Juliette Lewis has boarded Alex Prager’s alternative reality debut feature DreamQuil alongside the previously announced Elizabeth Banks and John C Reilly. Also confirmed as joining the project are Kathryn Newton and Sofia Boutella. The futuristic psychological thriller commenced principal photography in Los Angeles this week.
Republic Pictures has already acquired North American rights, with HanWay Films having sold a number of international territories. HanWay will share new material with buyers in Cannes.
Set in the not so distant future, DreamQuil centers on Carol (Banks), a dissatisfied career mother, who is struggling to find real connection within her marriage to Gary (Reilly) and to her child.
Worried that she could be heading towards divorce, Carol leaps at the chance to get her life back on track by signing up for DreamQuil’s unconventional digital wellness retreat. However, things take a sinister turn upon Carol’s homecoming.
Lewis will play Nurse Chapman – the religious,...
Republic Pictures has already acquired North American rights, with HanWay Films having sold a number of international territories. HanWay will share new material with buyers in Cannes.
Set in the not so distant future, DreamQuil centers on Carol (Banks), a dissatisfied career mother, who is struggling to find real connection within her marriage to Gary (Reilly) and to her child.
Worried that she could be heading towards divorce, Carol leaps at the chance to get her life back on track by signing up for DreamQuil’s unconventional digital wellness retreat. However, things take a sinister turn upon Carol’s homecoming.
Lewis will play Nurse Chapman – the religious,...
- 5/9/2024
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Elizabeth Banks and John C. Reilly team up for a psychological thriller, titled DreamQuil. The movie will be the debut of U.S. filmmaker and contemporary artist Alex Prager. Deadline has reported that Paramount’s Republic Pictures has just purchased the North American rights to the film in pre-sales. In addition, HanWay has also closed deals at international markets, which include companies like The Jokers (France), Tfg (Greece), Mars (Turkey), McF (Former Yugoslavia), Arthouse Traffic (Ukraine), Front Row (Middle East), Cinesky (Airlines) and Shaw (Singapore).
The movie has currently commenced filming in LA. And the synopsis, per Deadline, reads, “Set in the not so distant future, pic charts the story of Carol (Banks), a dissatisfied career mother, who is struggling to find real connection within her marriage to Gary (Reilly) and to her child. Worried that she could be heading towards divorce, Carol leaps at the chance to get her...
The movie has currently commenced filming in LA. And the synopsis, per Deadline, reads, “Set in the not so distant future, pic charts the story of Carol (Banks), a dissatisfied career mother, who is struggling to find real connection within her marriage to Gary (Reilly) and to her child. Worried that she could be heading towards divorce, Carol leaps at the chance to get her...
- 5/7/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Republic Pictures has acquired North American rights to Dreamquil, the psychological thriller starring Elizabeth Banks and John C. Reilly.
The pre-sale was negotiated by UTA Independent Film Group and CAA Media Finance with Sejin Croninger, Executive Vice President at Paramount Worldwide Acquisitions.
Filming is now underway in LA on the movie, which marks the debut of U.S. filmmaker and contemporary artist Alex Prager. HanWay will continue sales at the Cannes market next week.
Set in the not so distant future, the movie — which comes amid heightened industry attention on the role of AI — is a cautionary tale about what happens when Artificial Intelligence and automation are integrated into our daily lives.
Banks will play Carol, a dissatisfied career mother, who is struggling to find real connection within her marriage to Gary (Reilly) and to her child. Worried that she could be heading towards divorce, Carol leaps at the...
The pre-sale was negotiated by UTA Independent Film Group and CAA Media Finance with Sejin Croninger, Executive Vice President at Paramount Worldwide Acquisitions.
Filming is now underway in LA on the movie, which marks the debut of U.S. filmmaker and contemporary artist Alex Prager. HanWay will continue sales at the Cannes market next week.
Set in the not so distant future, the movie — which comes amid heightened industry attention on the role of AI — is a cautionary tale about what happens when Artificial Intelligence and automation are integrated into our daily lives.
Banks will play Carol, a dissatisfied career mother, who is struggling to find real connection within her marriage to Gary (Reilly) and to her child. Worried that she could be heading towards divorce, Carol leaps at the...
- 5/7/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
It took more than eighteen years for writer/director Nick Cassavetes to manage to get an adaptation of the Boston Teran novel God Is a Bullet (pick up a copy Here) into production, but he stuck with the project, and his film received a wide theatrical release last month. A week ago, it was given a digital release as well – but now it has come to our attention that there are two different cuts of the movie out there. If you seek out the digital version in the United States, you’ll find that the cut available is the full 156 minute cut. But if you go to rent or purchase the digital release in Canada, you’ll find that the movie has been trimmed down to 120 minutes.
We don’t know exactly why the Canadian digital release is 36 minutes shorter than the U.S. digital release. On the Blu-ray.com forums,...
We don’t know exactly why the Canadian digital release is 36 minutes shorter than the U.S. digital release. On the Blu-ray.com forums,...
- 7/19/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
God is a Bullet offers an “unrelenting gauntlet of violence,” and an Nsfw new exclusive clip provided to Bloody Disgusting highlights just how gnarly this revenge thriller can get.
After last month’s theatrical release, God is a Bullet is now available on Digital and VOD.
Check out the exclusive clip below that sees Maika Monroe’s character take no prisoners when chasing down a lead, demonstrating how badly a human body can get mangled. If legs bending in ways they should never bend makes you squeamish, beware.
The film follows “detective Bob Hightower (Coster-Waldau), who finds his ex-wife murdered and his daughter kidnapped by an insidious cult. With the help of the cult’s only female victim escapee, Case Hardin (Monroe), Bob and Case go down the rabbit hole with The Ferryman (Jamie Foxx) to save his daughter and find closure for Case from the cult – and its maniacal...
After last month’s theatrical release, God is a Bullet is now available on Digital and VOD.
Check out the exclusive clip below that sees Maika Monroe’s character take no prisoners when chasing down a lead, demonstrating how badly a human body can get mangled. If legs bending in ways they should never bend makes you squeamish, beware.
The film follows “detective Bob Hightower (Coster-Waldau), who finds his ex-wife murdered and his daughter kidnapped by an insidious cult. With the help of the cult’s only female victim escapee, Case Hardin (Monroe), Bob and Case go down the rabbit hole with The Ferryman (Jamie Foxx) to save his daughter and find closure for Case from the cult – and its maniacal...
- 7/11/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace) and Armand Assante (Judge Dredd) have signed on to star in the home invasion thriller Misdirection, Deadline reports. Willy’s Wonderland director Kevin Lewis will be taking the helm, working from a script by Lacy McClory, and filming is expected to begin later this year.
Oliver Trevena (Plane) is also in the cast. McClory’s story centers on a desperate couple (Kurylenko and Trevena), who have pulled off a string of high-end break-ins to pay off a mob debt. When they attempt to rob their latest victim, they find themselves caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse where the tables are turned and the hunters become the hunted.
Lewis had this to say about the project: “I am over the moon to be working with Olga, Armand, Oliver, and the rest of our amazing and talented team on crafting a tight, edge-of-your-seat thriller that will entertain audiences worldwide.
Oliver Trevena (Plane) is also in the cast. McClory’s story centers on a desperate couple (Kurylenko and Trevena), who have pulled off a string of high-end break-ins to pay off a mob debt. When they attempt to rob their latest victim, they find themselves caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse where the tables are turned and the hunters become the hunted.
Lewis had this to say about the project: “I am over the moon to be working with Olga, Armand, Oliver, and the rest of our amazing and talented team on crafting a tight, edge-of-your-seat thriller that will entertain audiences worldwide.
- 6/30/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Up next from Willy’s Wonderland director Kevin Lewis is the home invasion movie Misdirection, and Deadline reports that Olga Kurylenko (Black Widow) will lead the cast.
Armand Assante (American Gangster) will also star in the film.
The film follows a desperate couple (Kurylenko and Oliver Trevena), who have pulled off a string of high-end break-ins to pay off a mob debt. When they attempt to rob their latest victim, they find themselves caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse…
The tables are turned and the hunters become the hunted.
“I am over the moon to be working with Olga, Armand, Oliver, and the rest of our amazing and talented team on crafting a tight, edge-of-your-seat thriller that will entertain audiences worldwide,” said director Kevin Lewis.
Lacy McClory wrote Misdirection. Marcus Englefield and George Lee produced for Storyoscopic Films along with Trevena (Another Day In America), Michael Mendelsohn for Patriot Pictures,...
Armand Assante (American Gangster) will also star in the film.
The film follows a desperate couple (Kurylenko and Oliver Trevena), who have pulled off a string of high-end break-ins to pay off a mob debt. When they attempt to rob their latest victim, they find themselves caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse…
The tables are turned and the hunters become the hunted.
“I am over the moon to be working with Olga, Armand, Oliver, and the rest of our amazing and talented team on crafting a tight, edge-of-your-seat thriller that will entertain audiences worldwide,” said director Kevin Lewis.
Lacy McClory wrote Misdirection. Marcus Englefield and George Lee produced for Storyoscopic Films along with Trevena (Another Day In America), Michael Mendelsohn for Patriot Pictures,...
- 6/30/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Black Widow actress Olga Kurylenko and American Gangster actor Armand Assante are toplining Kevin Lewis’ latest feature thriller, Misdirection, which looks to shoot later this year.
Oliver Trevena is also part of the cast.
Oliver Trevena
The pic follows a desperate couple (Kurylenko and Trevena), who have pulled off a string of high-end break-ins to pay off a mob debt. When they attempt to rob their latest victim, they find themselves caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse where the tables are turned and the hunters become the hunted.
“I am over the moon to be working with Olga, Armand, Oliver, and the rest of our amazing and talented team on crafting a tight, edge-of-your-seat thriller that will entertain audiences worldwide,” said Lewis, who is best known for the recent horror/comedy cult film, Willy’s Wonderland starring Nicolas Cage.
Lacy McClory wrote Misdirection. Marcus Englefield and George Lee...
Oliver Trevena is also part of the cast.
Oliver Trevena
The pic follows a desperate couple (Kurylenko and Trevena), who have pulled off a string of high-end break-ins to pay off a mob debt. When they attempt to rob their latest victim, they find themselves caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse where the tables are turned and the hunters become the hunted.
“I am over the moon to be working with Olga, Armand, Oliver, and the rest of our amazing and talented team on crafting a tight, edge-of-your-seat thriller that will entertain audiences worldwide,” said Lewis, who is best known for the recent horror/comedy cult film, Willy’s Wonderland starring Nicolas Cage.
Lacy McClory wrote Misdirection. Marcus Englefield and George Lee...
- 6/29/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
A few weeks ago, we learned that Patriot Pictures and XYZ Films are teaming up with Wayward Entertainment to give the Satanic cult thriller God Is a Bullet a wide domestic theatrical release on June 23rd, with a digital release to follow on July 11th. Now a trailer for God Is a Bullet has arrived online, and you can check it out in the embed above to see whether or not this is a movie you’ll want to watch this summer.
Actor turned writer/director Nick Cassavetes, best known to many as the director of The Notebook but to me as the villain in The Wraith, was at the helm of God Is a Bullet, which is based on a novel by Boston Teran (pick up a copy Here). Starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Maika Monroe, the film follows detective Bob Hightower (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), who finds his ex-wife murdered and...
Actor turned writer/director Nick Cassavetes, best known to many as the director of The Notebook but to me as the villain in The Wraith, was at the helm of God Is a Bullet, which is based on a novel by Boston Teran (pick up a copy Here). Starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Maika Monroe, the film follows detective Bob Hightower (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), who finds his ex-wife murdered and...
- 5/10/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (“Game of Thrones,” Mama) and an almost unrecognizable Maika Monroe (It Follows, Watcher) take on a bloodthirsty, Satanic cult in God is a Bullet, a revenge thriller based on the best-selling novel by Boston Teran.
The film follows “detective Bob Hightower (Coster-Waldau), who finds his ex-wife murdered and his daughter kidnapped by an insidious cult. With the help of the cult’s only female victim escapee, Case Hardin (Monroe), Bob and Case go down the rabbit hole with The Ferryman (Jamie Foxx) to save his daughter and find closure for Case from the cult – and its maniacal leader (Karl Glusman) – that took so much away from her.”
God is a Bullet releases exclusively in theaters on June 23, 2023. The film will expand to a digital release in the US on July 11, 2023.
The revenge thriller is adapted for the screen and directed by Nick Cassavetes (Alpha Dog, John Q, The...
The film follows “detective Bob Hightower (Coster-Waldau), who finds his ex-wife murdered and his daughter kidnapped by an insidious cult. With the help of the cult’s only female victim escapee, Case Hardin (Monroe), Bob and Case go down the rabbit hole with The Ferryman (Jamie Foxx) to save his daughter and find closure for Case from the cult – and its maniacal leader (Karl Glusman) – that took so much away from her.”
God is a Bullet releases exclusively in theaters on June 23, 2023. The film will expand to a digital release in the US on July 11, 2023.
The revenge thriller is adapted for the screen and directed by Nick Cassavetes (Alpha Dog, John Q, The...
- 5/10/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
A starry action-thriller from Nick Cassavetes is on its way to theaters. According to Deadline, Patriot Pictures and XYZ Films partnered with Wayward Entertainment to release the upcoming God Is a Bullet film. Maika Monroe, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones), Karl Glusman, January Jones, Paul Johansson, David Thornton, and Jamie Foxx star, with a wide domestic theatrical release happening on June 23, 2023. God Is a Bullet also gets a digital release on July 11, 2023.
Nick Cassavetes directs from a script he wrote inspired by actual events and based on the novel of the same name by Boston Teran. God Is a Bullet tells the following story:
When vice detective Bob Hightower (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a satanic cult, he is frustrated by bumbling botched official investigations. Bob quits the police force, gets tattoos, and infiltrates the cult to hunt down the charismatic cult leader, Cyrus, with...
Nick Cassavetes directs from a script he wrote inspired by actual events and based on the novel of the same name by Boston Teran. God Is a Bullet tells the following story:
When vice detective Bob Hightower (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a satanic cult, he is frustrated by bumbling botched official investigations. Bob quits the police force, gets tattoos, and infiltrates the cult to hunt down the charismatic cult leader, Cyrus, with...
- 4/20/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Patriot Pictures and XYZ Films have brought on Wayward Entertainment to release Nick Cassavetes action-thriller God Is A Bullet.
Maika Monroe, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Karl Glusman, January Jones, Paul Johansson, David Thornton and Jamie Foxx star in the movie, which producers say will have a wide domestic theatrical release on June 23, 2023, followed by a digital roll out from July 11, 2023.
The film follows detective Bob Hightower (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), who finds his ex-wife murdered and his daughter kidnapped by an insidious cult. Hightower takes matters into his own hands and infiltrates the secretive cult to try to save his daughter. With the help of the cult’s only female victim escapee, Case Hardin (Maika Monroe), Hightower and Hardin go down the rabbit hole with The Ferryman (Jamie Foxx) to save his daughter and find closure for Hardin from the cult – and its maniacal leader (Glusman).
Inspired by true events and based on...
Maika Monroe, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Karl Glusman, January Jones, Paul Johansson, David Thornton and Jamie Foxx star in the movie, which producers say will have a wide domestic theatrical release on June 23, 2023, followed by a digital roll out from July 11, 2023.
The film follows detective Bob Hightower (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), who finds his ex-wife murdered and his daughter kidnapped by an insidious cult. Hightower takes matters into his own hands and infiltrates the secretive cult to try to save his daughter. With the help of the cult’s only female victim escapee, Case Hardin (Maika Monroe), Hightower and Hardin go down the rabbit hole with The Ferryman (Jamie Foxx) to save his daughter and find closure for Hardin from the cult – and its maniacal leader (Glusman).
Inspired by true events and based on...
- 4/20/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Oscilloscope Laboratories is set to release a 4K re-edit of Mark Pellington’s “Going All the Way: The Director’s Edit,” starring Ben Affleck, Rachel Weisz, Rose McGowan, Jeremy Davies and Nick Offerman.
The new cut of the 1997 film was rescanned for 4K and features 50 additional minutes of never-before-seen footage. A new title sequence was also created by Sergio Pinheiro, along with 50 minutes of music from composer Pete Adams.
Dan Berger, president of Oscilloscope, said, “Though shot 25 years ago, ‘Going All the Way’ is as fresh, revelatory, and ahead of its time today as it would have been then. I couldn’t be more thrilled that O-Scope will be able to reintroduce this important gem of independent cinema in a way no one has ever experienced before and to collaborate closely with the entire, impassioned filmmaking team to do so.”
Based on Dan Wakefield’s novel of the same name,...
The new cut of the 1997 film was rescanned for 4K and features 50 additional minutes of never-before-seen footage. A new title sequence was also created by Sergio Pinheiro, along with 50 minutes of music from composer Pete Adams.
Dan Berger, president of Oscilloscope, said, “Though shot 25 years ago, ‘Going All the Way’ is as fresh, revelatory, and ahead of its time today as it would have been then. I couldn’t be more thrilled that O-Scope will be able to reintroduce this important gem of independent cinema in a way no one has ever experienced before and to collaborate closely with the entire, impassioned filmmaking team to do so.”
Based on Dan Wakefield’s novel of the same name,...
- 10/25/2022
- by Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Peter Webber (Girl With A Pearl Earring) is set to direct The Pianist, Valkyrie and Indiana Jones 5 star Thomas Kretschmann in WWII movie The Prominents.
Set in the chaotic final days of World War II, the story follows a group of Nazi Germany’s most prominent prisoners as they are transported across Europe, out of Allied reach, to be used as bargaining chips in the German surrender. On their journey, they endure aerial attacks, collapsing bridges, partisan raids, and the escalating threat of liquidation by their Nazi captors.
Kretschmann will star as Bogislaw von Bonin, a German prisoner battling his own demons: complicity in the war’s atrocities and the drug abuse he uses to cope with it.
Hippolyte Girardot (The French Dispatch) and Irène Jacob (The Double Life of Veronique) will play French prime minister Leon Blum and his wife Janot, respectively. Valentina Cervi (Jane Eyre) is playing...
Set in the chaotic final days of World War II, the story follows a group of Nazi Germany’s most prominent prisoners as they are transported across Europe, out of Allied reach, to be used as bargaining chips in the German surrender. On their journey, they endure aerial attacks, collapsing bridges, partisan raids, and the escalating threat of liquidation by their Nazi captors.
Kretschmann will star as Bogislaw von Bonin, a German prisoner battling his own demons: complicity in the war’s atrocities and the drug abuse he uses to cope with it.
Hippolyte Girardot (The French Dispatch) and Irène Jacob (The Double Life of Veronique) will play French prime minister Leon Blum and his wife Janot, respectively. Valentina Cervi (Jane Eyre) is playing...
- 4/29/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
When producer Robert Lantos began developing the big-budget historical drama series “Rise of the Raven,” adapting Hungarian author Bán Mór’s series of bestselling novels presented obvious challenges. “It’s an 11-volume novel, each volume being 500-600 pages long,” says Lantos. It took several writers and the better part of a decade to find a way forward, something the producer describes as “finding a creative solution to a jigsaw puzzle.”
With a budget that Lantos describes as “competitive with English-language productions of that scope and that size,” financing the series was the second challenge, with the producer determined to secure the majority of the show’s financing from the host country. “It’s ambitious. It’s certainly by far the biggest thing done in that part of the world, not just in Hungary,” he says. The last puzzle piece finally fell into place when Hungary’s National Film Institute (Nfi...
With a budget that Lantos describes as “competitive with English-language productions of that scope and that size,” financing the series was the second challenge, with the producer determined to secure the majority of the show’s financing from the host country. “It’s ambitious. It’s certainly by far the biggest thing done in that part of the world, not just in Hungary,” he says. The last puzzle piece finally fell into place when Hungary’s National Film Institute (Nfi...
- 9/7/2021
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Production on Nick Cassavetes’ action pic God Is a Bullet was paused last week after five people tested positive for Covid-19.
Writer-director Cassavetes was among those who tested positive, and he announced the temporary shutdown through his Instagram account over the weekend.
“Miss being on set. Six days ago, I marked [positive] for Covid, with five shooting days left to go! Brutal, but a bump in the road. We’re back to work and will finish in the next week,” he wrote Saturday. “Please stay safe everyone. This f*cking disease is still out there, and it’s no joke. Get vaccinated. Wear your masks, whatever you need to do to protect yourselves and your families. And love to all my fellow humans…” See the full post below.
EP-actor Paul Johansson told the Daily Mail on Monday that he also tested positive. Producer Michael Mendelsohn at Patriot Pictures said all five...
Writer-director Cassavetes was among those who tested positive, and he announced the temporary shutdown through his Instagram account over the weekend.
“Miss being on set. Six days ago, I marked [positive] for Covid, with five shooting days left to go! Brutal, but a bump in the road. We’re back to work and will finish in the next week,” he wrote Saturday. “Please stay safe everyone. This f*cking disease is still out there, and it’s no joke. Get vaccinated. Wear your masks, whatever you need to do to protect yourselves and your families. And love to all my fellow humans…” See the full post below.
EP-actor Paul Johansson told the Daily Mail on Monday that he also tested positive. Producer Michael Mendelsohn at Patriot Pictures said all five...
- 7/27/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Project rounds out key cast; currently in production in Mexico.
XYZ Films’ Cannes sales title God Is A Bullet from Patriot Pictures, which is directed by Nick Cassavetes and stars Game Of Thrones favourite Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, has rounded out its key cast as production continues in Mexico.
Karl Glusman, David Thornton, Paul Johannson, Johnathan Tucker, Ethan Suplee, Garret Wareing, Brendan Sexton III, Virginia Cassavetes and Chloe Guy have joined previously announced Coster-Waldau (pictured in an exclusive first-look from the set), Maika Monroe, January Jones, and Jamie Foxx.
God Is A Bullet is in its sixth week of principal photography and...
XYZ Films’ Cannes sales title God Is A Bullet from Patriot Pictures, which is directed by Nick Cassavetes and stars Game Of Thrones favourite Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, has rounded out its key cast as production continues in Mexico.
Karl Glusman, David Thornton, Paul Johannson, Johnathan Tucker, Ethan Suplee, Garret Wareing, Brendan Sexton III, Virginia Cassavetes and Chloe Guy have joined previously announced Coster-Waldau (pictured in an exclusive first-look from the set), Maika Monroe, January Jones, and Jamie Foxx.
God Is A Bullet is in its sixth week of principal photography and...
- 6/24/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Daisy Head, who can currently be seen in the new Netflix series Shadow and Bone, has signed on for Paramount and eOne’s untitled Dungeons & Dragons film adaptation, based on the world of D&d, the popular Hasbro game franchise from Wizards of the Coast.
Head is joining the ensemble cast that includes Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Justice Smith, Rege-Jean Page, Hugh Grant, and Sophia Lillis. Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley co-wrote and are co-directing the film, with Goldstein recently tweeting that production was officially underway.
Jeremy Latcham and Hasbro’s Brian Goldner are producing the project.
Head can be seen as Genya Safin in Shadow and Bone. Her other credits include the Hulu series Harlots, the 2021 reboot of Wrong Turn franchise, and the Underworld franchise. She is repped by Luber Roklin Entertainment, UK agency Gordon and French, and attorney Derek Kroeger.
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Paul Johansson (One Tree Hill) has...
Head is joining the ensemble cast that includes Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Justice Smith, Rege-Jean Page, Hugh Grant, and Sophia Lillis. Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley co-wrote and are co-directing the film, with Goldstein recently tweeting that production was officially underway.
Jeremy Latcham and Hasbro’s Brian Goldner are producing the project.
Head can be seen as Genya Safin in Shadow and Bone. Her other credits include the Hulu series Harlots, the 2021 reboot of Wrong Turn franchise, and the Underworld franchise. She is repped by Luber Roklin Entertainment, UK agency Gordon and French, and attorney Derek Kroeger.
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Paul Johansson (One Tree Hill) has...
- 5/21/2021
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Here’s a hot one. Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx (Ray), Emmy-nominee Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game Of Thrones), Golden Globe-nominee January Jones (Mad Men), Maika Monroe (It Follows) and Andrew Dice Clay (Entourage) are set to star in action-thriller God Is A Bullet, we can reveal.
Written and to be directed by Nick Cassavetes (The Notebook), based on the novel of the same name by Boston Teran, the film will follow vice detective Bob Hightower (Coster-Waldau) who finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a satanic cult. Frustrated by the botched official investigations, he quits the force, gets tattoos, and infiltrates the cult to hunt down the cult leader with the help of the cult’s only female victim escapee, Case Hardin (Monroe). We understand Foxx will play the pivotal supporting role of ‘The Ferryman’.
The film will be produced by Michael Mendelsohn from Patriot Pictures and Don Allen. Kim H. Winther...
Written and to be directed by Nick Cassavetes (The Notebook), based on the novel of the same name by Boston Teran, the film will follow vice detective Bob Hightower (Coster-Waldau) who finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a satanic cult. Frustrated by the botched official investigations, he quits the force, gets tattoos, and infiltrates the cult to hunt down the cult leader with the help of the cult’s only female victim escapee, Case Hardin (Monroe). We understand Foxx will play the pivotal supporting role of ‘The Ferryman’.
The film will be produced by Michael Mendelsohn from Patriot Pictures and Don Allen. Kim H. Winther...
- 3/18/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Ella Bleu Travolta is set to star in Get Lost, a young adult film that was written and will be directed by Daniela Amavia.
Get Lost is a modern-day re-imagining of Alice In Wonderland with the creatures turned into human characters. Travolta plays Alicia/Alice, who goes on a wildly magical trip into the wonderland that is Budapest. Alicia is backpacking through Europe to fulfill her mother’s last wish, and a chance encounter with a strange girl forces Alicia to go on a mind-bending overnight adventure. There she meets not only a mysterious young man, but a whole menagerie of individuals that take her on an odyssey that will open her heart and mind. In the end, her journey ends with a revelation, and freedom.
Travolta was last seen in The Poison Rose, and recently appeared in the Scotts Miracle-Gro Super Bowl commercial with her dad. She is...
Get Lost is a modern-day re-imagining of Alice In Wonderland with the creatures turned into human characters. Travolta plays Alicia/Alice, who goes on a wildly magical trip into the wonderland that is Budapest. Alicia is backpacking through Europe to fulfill her mother’s last wish, and a chance encounter with a strange girl forces Alicia to go on a mind-bending overnight adventure. There she meets not only a mysterious young man, but a whole menagerie of individuals that take her on an odyssey that will open her heart and mind. In the end, her journey ends with a revelation, and freedom.
Travolta was last seen in The Poison Rose, and recently appeared in the Scotts Miracle-Gro Super Bowl commercial with her dad. She is...
- 3/2/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
In the lead-up to its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, Sion Sono's Prisoners of the Ghostland has been acquired for US distribution by Rlje Films:
Press Release: Los Angeles, Jan. 26, 2021 – Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has acquired the US rights to the action/adventure film Prisoners Of The Ghostland ahead of its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Prisoners Of The Ghostland presented by Patriot Pictures was fully financed by Michael Mendelsohn’s Union Patriot Capital Management. XYZ Films produced, is handling world sales, and will be introducing the film to international buyers on the heels of Sundance.
Directed by the acclaimed Japanese director, Sion Sono (Why Don’t You Play in Hell), the film was written by Aaron Hendry and Rexa Sixo Safai (Western Wonderland). The film stars Nicolas Cage (Mandy), Sofia Boutella (The Mummy), Nick Cassavetes (Face/Off), Bill Moseley...
Press Release: Los Angeles, Jan. 26, 2021 – Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has acquired the US rights to the action/adventure film Prisoners Of The Ghostland ahead of its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Prisoners Of The Ghostland presented by Patriot Pictures was fully financed by Michael Mendelsohn’s Union Patriot Capital Management. XYZ Films produced, is handling world sales, and will be introducing the film to international buyers on the heels of Sundance.
Directed by the acclaimed Japanese director, Sion Sono (Why Don’t You Play in Hell), the film was written by Aaron Hendry and Rexa Sixo Safai (Western Wonderland). The film stars Nicolas Cage (Mandy), Sofia Boutella (The Mummy), Nick Cassavetes (Face/Off), Bill Moseley...
- 1/26/2021
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has acquired the US rights to the action/adventure film Prisoners Of The Ghostland ahead of its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Prisoners Of The Ghostland presented by Patriot Pictures was fully financed by Michael Mendelsohn’s Union Patriot Capital Management. XYZ Films produced, is handling world sales, and will be introducing the film to international buyers on the heels of Sundance.
Directed by the acclaimed Japanese director, Sion Sono (Why Don’t You Play in Hell), the film was written by Aaron Hendry and Rexa Sixo Safai (Western Wonderland). The film stars Nicolas Cage (Mandy), Sofia Boutella (The Mummy), Nick Cassavetes (Face/Off), Bill Moseley (Texas Chainsaw Franchise), Tak Sakaguchi (Tokyo Tribe) and Yuzuka Nakaya (The Forest of Love). Joseph Trapanese composed the original score.
“We’re excited to once again work with Nicolas Cage on a highly-anticipated film...
Directed by the acclaimed Japanese director, Sion Sono (Why Don’t You Play in Hell), the film was written by Aaron Hendry and Rexa Sixo Safai (Western Wonderland). The film stars Nicolas Cage (Mandy), Sofia Boutella (The Mummy), Nick Cassavetes (Face/Off), Bill Moseley (Texas Chainsaw Franchise), Tak Sakaguchi (Tokyo Tribe) and Yuzuka Nakaya (The Forest of Love). Joseph Trapanese composed the original score.
“We’re excited to once again work with Nicolas Cage on a highly-anticipated film...
- 1/26/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Before its Sundance Film Festival premiere, Japanese director Sion Sono’s action/adventure feature Prisoners of the Ghostland has been snapped up by AMC Networks’ Rlje Films.
Rlje distributed Cage’s trippy sci-fi feature Color Out of Space, which they picked up at TIFF 2019, and released this past summer’s The Tax Collector from David Ayer.
Prisoners of the Ghostland, written by Aaron Hendry and Rexa Sixo Safai, is set in the treacherous frontier city of Samurai Town where a ruthless bank robber (Cage) is sprung from jail by wealthy warlord The Governor (Bill Moseley), whose adopted granddaughter Bernice (Sofia Boutella) has gone missing. The Governor offers the prisoner his freedom in exchange for retrieving the runaway. Strapped into a leather suit that will self-destruct within three days, the bandit sets off on a journey to find the young woman—and his own path to redemption.
Prisoners of the Ghostland...
Rlje distributed Cage’s trippy sci-fi feature Color Out of Space, which they picked up at TIFF 2019, and released this past summer’s The Tax Collector from David Ayer.
Prisoners of the Ghostland, written by Aaron Hendry and Rexa Sixo Safai, is set in the treacherous frontier city of Samurai Town where a ruthless bank robber (Cage) is sprung from jail by wealthy warlord The Governor (Bill Moseley), whose adopted granddaughter Bernice (Sofia Boutella) has gone missing. The Governor offers the prisoner his freedom in exchange for retrieving the runaway. Strapped into a leather suit that will self-destruct within three days, the bandit sets off on a journey to find the young woman—and his own path to redemption.
Prisoners of the Ghostland...
- 1/26/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Rlje Films has acquired the U.S. rights to “Prisoners of the Ghostland,” an action film starring Nicolas Cage that is set to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival later this week.
Japanese auteur Sion Sono (“Why Don’t You Play In Hell”) directs “Prisoners of the Ghostland,” which is described as a mashup between Westerns, samurai films, action movies and post-apocalyptic thrillers. And Rlje Films is the same team that released Cage’s “Color Out of Space” and “Mandy,” both of which were similarly indie, art house movies that have become cult favorites. No release date has been set for the latest film.
“Prisoners of the Ghostland” also stars Sofia Boutella, Nick Cassavetes, Bill Moseley, Tak Sakaguchi and Yuzuka Nakaya. The film is set in the treacherous frontier city of Samurai Town where a ruthless bank robber (Cage) is sprung from jail by the wealthy warlord The Governor (Moseley), whose...
Japanese auteur Sion Sono (“Why Don’t You Play In Hell”) directs “Prisoners of the Ghostland,” which is described as a mashup between Westerns, samurai films, action movies and post-apocalyptic thrillers. And Rlje Films is the same team that released Cage’s “Color Out of Space” and “Mandy,” both of which were similarly indie, art house movies that have become cult favorites. No release date has been set for the latest film.
“Prisoners of the Ghostland” also stars Sofia Boutella, Nick Cassavetes, Bill Moseley, Tak Sakaguchi and Yuzuka Nakaya. The film is set in the treacherous frontier city of Samurai Town where a ruthless bank robber (Cage) is sprung from jail by the wealthy warlord The Governor (Moseley), whose...
- 1/26/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has acquired the U.S. rights to the film “Prisoners of the Ghostland,” which stars Nicolas Cage and Sofia Boutella, ahead of its Sundance world premiere.
“Prisoners of the Ghostland” stars Cage as a ruthless bank robber, sprung from jail by a wealthy warlord, called The Governor (Bill Moseley), whose adopted granddaughter Bernice (Boutella) has gone missing. In order to earn his freedom, Cage’s bandit sets off to find the young woman — with the added pressure of being strapped into a leather suit that will self-destruct within five days — which results in the actor giving what is professed to be “one of his most unhinged performances to date.”
The action/adventure film from director Sion Sono (in his English-language debut), is described as a “delirious mash-up of Western, samurai, and post-apocalyptic thriller” and is set to make its world premiere at...
“Prisoners of the Ghostland” stars Cage as a ruthless bank robber, sprung from jail by a wealthy warlord, called The Governor (Bill Moseley), whose adopted granddaughter Bernice (Boutella) has gone missing. In order to earn his freedom, Cage’s bandit sets off to find the young woman — with the added pressure of being strapped into a leather suit that will self-destruct within five days — which results in the actor giving what is professed to be “one of his most unhinged performances to date.”
The action/adventure film from director Sion Sono (in his English-language debut), is described as a “delirious mash-up of Western, samurai, and post-apocalyptic thriller” and is set to make its world premiere at...
- 1/26/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
XYZ Films to launch international sales after Sundance.
Rlje Films has acquired US rights from XYZ Films to Sion Sono’s Sundance entry Prisoners Of The Ghostland starring Nicolas Cage.
Michael Mendelsohn’s Union Patriot Capital Management fully financed the Patriot Pictures and XYZ Films feature starring Cage as a bank robber sprung from jail by a wealthy warlord to rescue his granddaughter from a frontier town.
Cage’s character will reclaim his freedom if he succeeds in the mission but does not have much time – he is strapped into a leather suit that will self-destruct within three days.
Sofia Boutella,...
Rlje Films has acquired US rights from XYZ Films to Sion Sono’s Sundance entry Prisoners Of The Ghostland starring Nicolas Cage.
Michael Mendelsohn’s Union Patriot Capital Management fully financed the Patriot Pictures and XYZ Films feature starring Cage as a bank robber sprung from jail by a wealthy warlord to rescue his granddaughter from a frontier town.
Cage’s character will reclaim his freedom if he succeeds in the mission but does not have much time – he is strapped into a leather suit that will self-destruct within three days.
Sofia Boutella,...
- 1/26/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The Sundance Film Festival, the largest independent film festival in the United States, celebrates bold, creative, and distinctive voices. The upcoming 2021’s edition will offer an online platform featuring seven days of premieres, events, artist talks, and cutting-edge Xr exhibitions. It will also be partnering with independent cinema communities across the U.S. to safely host in-person events. From January 28 through February 3, adventurous audiences and indie film lovers everywhere will come together to be the first to discover exciting new creative visions that people will be talking about all year.
This year the Festival will downsize to 72 feature films (from last year’s 128) but still including a 50% of the total of female directors, more than 50% of the total of filmmakers of color and a number of genderqueer artists.
The full line-up includes few interesting Asian titles. Here they are:
“Fire in the Mountains“
a searing portrait of the power dynamics...
This year the Festival will downsize to 72 feature films (from last year’s 128) but still including a 50% of the total of female directors, more than 50% of the total of filmmakers of color and a number of genderqueer artists.
The full line-up includes few interesting Asian titles. Here they are:
“Fire in the Mountains“
a searing portrait of the power dynamics...
- 12/17/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Exclusive: Josh Duhamel (Transformers: The Last Knight), Abbie Cornish (Jack Ryan), three-time Oscar nominee Nick Nolte (Warrior) and Mexican mega-star Omar Chaparro (Pokémon Detective Pikachu) are to star in the action movie Blackout, which is set to get underway tomorrow in Mexico City.
Blackout will follow Cain (Duhamel), who wakes up in a Mexican hospital with no memory. After meeting Anna (Cornish), he discovers who he is but soon finds himself fighting for his life as several warring cartel factions attack him, each looking for something he has stolen. Cain looks towards co-worker and mentor, DEA Agent McCoy (Nolte), for answers.
The Patriot Pictures (Synchronic) feature will be directed by Sam Macaroni (Guest House), director of the VR fight sequences on John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. Script comes from Van B. Nguyen. XYZ will launch world sales at the upcoming American Film Market.
Producers are Michael Mendelsohn from Patriot Pictures and Jim Steele.
Blackout will follow Cain (Duhamel), who wakes up in a Mexican hospital with no memory. After meeting Anna (Cornish), he discovers who he is but soon finds himself fighting for his life as several warring cartel factions attack him, each looking for something he has stolen. Cain looks towards co-worker and mentor, DEA Agent McCoy (Nolte), for answers.
The Patriot Pictures (Synchronic) feature will be directed by Sam Macaroni (Guest House), director of the VR fight sequences on John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. Script comes from Van B. Nguyen. XYZ will launch world sales at the upcoming American Film Market.
Producers are Michael Mendelsohn from Patriot Pictures and Jim Steele.
- 10/28/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead said potential viewers should not head to indoor theaters to watch their sci-fi thriller Synchronic.
“We want to be very clear: at the time of writing this, we personally wouldn’t go to an indoor theater, so we can’t encourage you to,” Moorhead said in an Instagram post. “To us, this isn’t only about feeling safe in a theater, this is also about the scientific community indicating that enclosed spaces like movie theaters are still a hazard for spreading Covid-19 to others.”
Moorhead’s social media notice, posted on Friday, came the same day Well Go USA announced that Synchronic would hit drive-ins and movie theaters in October. The statement, also penned by Benson and producer David Lawson, said that the movie will have a VOD release in the coming months, which means that viewers can still catch the flick without potentially...
“We want to be very clear: at the time of writing this, we personally wouldn’t go to an indoor theater, so we can’t encourage you to,” Moorhead said in an Instagram post. “To us, this isn’t only about feeling safe in a theater, this is also about the scientific community indicating that enclosed spaces like movie theaters are still a hazard for spreading Covid-19 to others.”
Moorhead’s social media notice, posted on Friday, came the same day Well Go USA announced that Synchronic would hit drive-ins and movie theaters in October. The statement, also penned by Benson and producer David Lawson, said that the movie will have a VOD release in the coming months, which means that viewers can still catch the flick without potentially...
- 9/12/2020
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
After numerous delays, Well Go USA’s Cut Throat City is finally making its debut — and in theaters. Yes, you heard that right. The RZA-directed crime drama will make its way into select theaters starting today as they slowly start to open their doors across the country.
“Well Go is a supporter of the traditional theatrical window and when we initially read the script a couple years ago we truly envisioned Cut Throat City as a wide theatrical release,” said Doris Pfardrescher, President & CEO, Well Go USA. “It is a socially relevant film that we feel needs to be seen on the big screen. We also want to help support the cinemas as best we can in bringing life back to their business.”
She added, “Obviously, safety is an important part of reopening but we do feel that the cinemas are taking every precaution to make us all and the environment feel safe.
“Well Go is a supporter of the traditional theatrical window and when we initially read the script a couple years ago we truly envisioned Cut Throat City as a wide theatrical release,” said Doris Pfardrescher, President & CEO, Well Go USA. “It is a socially relevant film that we feel needs to be seen on the big screen. We also want to help support the cinemas as best we can in bringing life back to their business.”
She added, “Obviously, safety is an important part of reopening but we do feel that the cinemas are taking every precaution to make us all and the environment feel safe.
- 8/21/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Originally set to open in theaters April, the RZA-directed heist drama Cut Throat City is now slated for a limited theatrical release on July 17. Well Go USA and Patriot Pictures announced today that the film will hit 300 screens across the U.S. following its initial cancellation due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Demetrius Shipp Jr., Denzel Whitaker, Isaiah Washington, Kat Graham, Keean Johnson, Shameik Moore, and Tip T.I. Harris star in the film along with Eiza González, Ethan Hawke, Terrence Howard, and Wesley Snipes. Written by P.G. Cuschieri, the plot follows four boyhood friends in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward who return after Hurricane Katrina to find their homes decimated, with no jobs and no help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Out of options, they reluctantly turn to a local gangster, who offers them one shot at turning their situations around – by pulling off a dangerous heist...
Demetrius Shipp Jr., Denzel Whitaker, Isaiah Washington, Kat Graham, Keean Johnson, Shameik Moore, and Tip T.I. Harris star in the film along with Eiza González, Ethan Hawke, Terrence Howard, and Wesley Snipes. Written by P.G. Cuschieri, the plot follows four boyhood friends in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward who return after Hurricane Katrina to find their homes decimated, with no jobs and no help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Out of options, they reluctantly turn to a local gangster, who offers them one shot at turning their situations around – by pulling off a dangerous heist...
- 6/24/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Production scheduled to commence in spring / summer.
Xyz Films has reported robust territory sales at Efm on Nick Cassavetes’ upcoming boxing drama Cus And Mike starring Anthony Hopkins as Mike Tyson’s legendary trainer Cus D’Amato.
Patriot Pictures head Michael Mendelsohn is producing the true story about how D’Amato turned Tyson from an adolescent street thug into the world’s youngest heavyweight boxing champion and one of the most feared pugilists the sport has ever seen.
Xyz Films has struck deals in Italy (Eagle Pictures), Spain (A Contracorriente), Middle East (Falcon), Poland (Kino Swiat), Eastern Europe (Prorom), Portugal (Nos...
Xyz Films has reported robust territory sales at Efm on Nick Cassavetes’ upcoming boxing drama Cus And Mike starring Anthony Hopkins as Mike Tyson’s legendary trainer Cus D’Amato.
Patriot Pictures head Michael Mendelsohn is producing the true story about how D’Amato turned Tyson from an adolescent street thug into the world’s youngest heavyweight boxing champion and one of the most feared pugilists the sport has ever seen.
Xyz Films has struck deals in Italy (Eagle Pictures), Spain (A Contracorriente), Middle East (Falcon), Poland (Kino Swiat), Eastern Europe (Prorom), Portugal (Nos...
- 3/5/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: In an intriguing Berlin Efm addition, Oscar-winner Anthony Hopkins has been set to star in Cus And Mike, the story of Mike Tyson’s legendary trainer Cus D’Amato and how he moulded the fighter into becoming the youngest heavyweight title winner ever and one of the most ferocious boxers of his generation.
The Patriot Pictures film, which is set to be a character study as well as a sports-biopic, will be directed and written by The Notebook and John Q filmmaker Nick Cassavetes, based on the original screenplay by Desmond Nakano, and the book Mike Tyson: Money, Myth, and Betrayal by Montieth Illingworth.
Xyz Films and Patriot are handling world sales at the Efm in Berlin and are aiming to shoot in spring/summer 2020.
The film will chart how the tough but brilliant D’Amato became a father-figure to the wayward adolescent Tyson who would go on to become...
The Patriot Pictures film, which is set to be a character study as well as a sports-biopic, will be directed and written by The Notebook and John Q filmmaker Nick Cassavetes, based on the original screenplay by Desmond Nakano, and the book Mike Tyson: Money, Myth, and Betrayal by Montieth Illingworth.
Xyz Films and Patriot are handling world sales at the Efm in Berlin and are aiming to shoot in spring/summer 2020.
The film will chart how the tough but brilliant D’Amato became a father-figure to the wayward adolescent Tyson who would go on to become...
- 2/20/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Whiplash Oscar winner J.K. Simmons is attached to star in director Mark Palansky’s dark comedy/heist thriller My Only Sunshine from Circle of Confusion and Patriot Pictures. John Cusack is also in talks to join.
In the film, written by J.T. Petty and K. Reed Petty, Cusack plays one half of a passionately dysfunctional couple, who orchestrate a bank robbery as an unconventional act of bloodthirsty marriage counseling. Trying to make peace with the shocking mystery of their relationship throughout a violent hostage situation, is a cop hostage negotiator (Simmons), who previously investigated a past related murder.
Circle of Confusion‘s Matt Smith and Lawrence Mattis, and Michael Mendelsohn from Patriot Pictures are producing. Mendelsohn’s Union Patriot Capital Management, LLC is fully financing the project. J.T. Petty, Natalie Perrotta, and Jim Steele will be executive producing. Xyz Films and Patriot are handling global sales now at Berlin.
In the film, written by J.T. Petty and K. Reed Petty, Cusack plays one half of a passionately dysfunctional couple, who orchestrate a bank robbery as an unconventional act of bloodthirsty marriage counseling. Trying to make peace with the shocking mystery of their relationship throughout a violent hostage situation, is a cop hostage negotiator (Simmons), who previously investigated a past related murder.
Circle of Confusion‘s Matt Smith and Lawrence Mattis, and Michael Mendelsohn from Patriot Pictures are producing. Mendelsohn’s Union Patriot Capital Management, LLC is fully financing the project. J.T. Petty, Natalie Perrotta, and Jim Steele will be executive producing. Xyz Films and Patriot are handling global sales now at Berlin.
- 2/20/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
John Cusack is in talks to star alongside J.K. Simmons in director Mark Palansky’s dark comic heist thriller “My Only Sunshine.” Xyz Films will handle worldwide sales at the Berlin Film Festival.
In the film, Cusack plays one half of a passionately dysfunctional couple, who orchestrate a bank robbery as an unconventional act of bloodthirsty marriage counseling. Trying to make peace with the shocking mystery of their relationship throughout a violent hostage situation is a cop hostage negotiator (Simmons), who previously investigated a past related murder.
The film was written by J.T. Petty and K. Reed Petty, and is produced by Circle of Confusion‘s Matt Smith and Lawrence Mattis, and Michael Mendelsohn from Patriot Pictures. Mendelsohn’s Union Patriot Capital Management is fully financing.
Petty, Natalie Perrotta, and Jim Steele will be executive producing. Production is scheduled to start spring/summer 2020.
Palansky is known for directing “Penelope,” starring Christina Ricci,...
In the film, Cusack plays one half of a passionately dysfunctional couple, who orchestrate a bank robbery as an unconventional act of bloodthirsty marriage counseling. Trying to make peace with the shocking mystery of their relationship throughout a violent hostage situation is a cop hostage negotiator (Simmons), who previously investigated a past related murder.
The film was written by J.T. Petty and K. Reed Petty, and is produced by Circle of Confusion‘s Matt Smith and Lawrence Mattis, and Michael Mendelsohn from Patriot Pictures. Mendelsohn’s Union Patriot Capital Management is fully financing.
Petty, Natalie Perrotta, and Jim Steele will be executive producing. Production is scheduled to start spring/summer 2020.
Palansky is known for directing “Penelope,” starring Christina Ricci,...
- 2/20/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Circle of Confusion, Patriot Pictures dark comedy heist thriller set to go before cameras in spring / summer.
John Cusack is in talks to star alongside J.K. Simmons in the dark comedy heist thriller My Only Sunshine from Circle of Confusion and Michael Mendelsohn’s Patriot Pictures which Xyz Films is introducing to Efm buyers this week.
Production is scheduled to start in spring / summer this year, with Patriot Pictures head Michael Mendelsohn’s Union Patriot Capital Management fully financing.
Mark Palansky (Penelope) will direct from a screenplay by J.T. Petty and K. Reed Petty about a dysfunctional couple who orchestrate...
John Cusack is in talks to star alongside J.K. Simmons in the dark comedy heist thriller My Only Sunshine from Circle of Confusion and Michael Mendelsohn’s Patriot Pictures which Xyz Films is introducing to Efm buyers this week.
Production is scheduled to start in spring / summer this year, with Patriot Pictures head Michael Mendelsohn’s Union Patriot Capital Management fully financing.
Mark Palansky (Penelope) will direct from a screenplay by J.T. Petty and K. Reed Petty about a dysfunctional couple who orchestrate...
- 2/20/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Principal photography set to commence in Japan this month on Sion Sono’s English-language debut.
Rising star Sofia Boutella from Climax and The Mummy and Ed Skrein have joined Nicolas Cage in Xyz Films’ Afm worldwide sales title Prisoners Of The Ghostland.
Bill Moseley has come on board the English-language debut by Japanese auteur Sion Sono, which will also star Japan’s Young Dais and Tak Sakaguchi.
Principal photography is scheduled to commence in Japan this month on the story of a criminal (Cage) dispatched to rescue an abducted woman (Boutella) from a dark supernatural realm known as the Ghostland.
Rising star Sofia Boutella from Climax and The Mummy and Ed Skrein have joined Nicolas Cage in Xyz Films’ Afm worldwide sales title Prisoners Of The Ghostland.
Bill Moseley has come on board the English-language debut by Japanese auteur Sion Sono, which will also star Japan’s Young Dais and Tak Sakaguchi.
Principal photography is scheduled to commence in Japan this month on the story of a criminal (Cage) dispatched to rescue an abducted woman (Boutella) from a dark supernatural realm known as the Ghostland.
- 11/6/2019
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Well Go USA has acquired the U.S. rights to the sci-fi thriller “Synchronic” starring Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan, an individual with knowledge of the deal told TheWrap.
The distributor will release “Synchronic,” which made its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this fall, theatrically beginning in 2020 as part of a seven-figure deal.
Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson direct this stylish, genre, and mind-bending film that stars Dornan and Mackie as two paramedics in New Orleans who stumble across a bizarre series of drug-related deaths all tied to a narcotic called “Synchronic” that does more than just alters consciousness. The two set off to find the source of the drug after Mackie’s character is given a terminal cancer diagnosis an after Dornan’s daughter tries the drug and goes missing. Benson also wrote the screenplay.
Also Read: 'Synchronic' Directors on Working in an Industry That...
The distributor will release “Synchronic,” which made its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this fall, theatrically beginning in 2020 as part of a seven-figure deal.
Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson direct this stylish, genre, and mind-bending film that stars Dornan and Mackie as two paramedics in New Orleans who stumble across a bizarre series of drug-related deaths all tied to a narcotic called “Synchronic” that does more than just alters consciousness. The two set off to find the source of the drug after Mackie’s character is given a terminal cancer diagnosis an after Dornan’s daughter tries the drug and goes missing. Benson also wrote the screenplay.
Also Read: 'Synchronic' Directors on Working in an Industry That...
- 10/10/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Signature Entertainment has struck a deal with Xyz Films for UK and Irish rights to the sci-fi film Synchronic starring Jamie Dornan and Anthony Mackie.
Directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (The Endless), the Toronto and London film fests title follows two New Orleans paramedics who encounter a series of horrific deaths linked to a designer drug. Katie Aselton and Ally Ioannides are among supporting cast.
The deal was negotiated by Tatyana Joffe, President, International Sales & Distribution at Xyz, and Signature’s Head of Acquisitions & Development Elizabeth Williams.
Pic was produced by Patriot Pictures, Rustic Films and Xyz, with finance from Michael Mendelsohn’s Union Patriot Capital Management. UK release, which will include a limited theatrical run, will come in late 2020.
Signature’s CEO Marc Goldberg said, “We were blown away when we screened Synchronic in Toronto, the film hits the mark on every level and we are...
Directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (The Endless), the Toronto and London film fests title follows two New Orleans paramedics who encounter a series of horrific deaths linked to a designer drug. Katie Aselton and Ally Ioannides are among supporting cast.
The deal was negotiated by Tatyana Joffe, President, International Sales & Distribution at Xyz, and Signature’s Head of Acquisitions & Development Elizabeth Williams.
Pic was produced by Patriot Pictures, Rustic Films and Xyz, with finance from Michael Mendelsohn’s Union Patriot Capital Management. UK release, which will include a limited theatrical run, will come in late 2020.
Signature’s CEO Marc Goldberg said, “We were blown away when we screened Synchronic in Toronto, the film hits the mark on every level and we are...
- 10/4/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
British actor, Simon Pegg and Oscar winner J.K Simmons have signed up to star in the new heist comedy thriller ‘My Only Sunshine’.
The feature will be directed by Mark Palansky from a script by J.T. Petty and K. Reed Petty. No distributor is yet attached but sales for the film is expected to commence at next month’s Toronto Film Festival.
The story will revolve around a passionately dysfunctional couple who orchestrate a bank robbery as an unconventional act of bloodthirsty marriage counselling. They try to make peace with the shocking mystery of their relationship throughout the violent hostage situation, discovered by a cop hostage negotiator who previously investigated a past related crime.
Also in news – Viola Davis takes on the role of former first lady Michelle Obama for new series
Matt Smith, Lawrence Mattis are producing for Circle of Confusion and Michael Mendelsohn is producing on behalf of Patriot Pictures.
The feature will be directed by Mark Palansky from a script by J.T. Petty and K. Reed Petty. No distributor is yet attached but sales for the film is expected to commence at next month’s Toronto Film Festival.
The story will revolve around a passionately dysfunctional couple who orchestrate a bank robbery as an unconventional act of bloodthirsty marriage counselling. They try to make peace with the shocking mystery of their relationship throughout the violent hostage situation, discovered by a cop hostage negotiator who previously investigated a past related crime.
Also in news – Viola Davis takes on the role of former first lady Michelle Obama for new series
Matt Smith, Lawrence Mattis are producing for Circle of Confusion and Michael Mendelsohn is producing on behalf of Patriot Pictures.
- 8/28/2019
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Mark Palansky to commence directing later this year.
Xyz Films has added an appealing sales title to the Toronto market and will launch worldwide pre-sales next week on the comedy heist thriller My Only Sunshine starring Simon Pegg and J.K. Simmons.
The story centres on a dysfunctional couple who orchestrate a bank robbery as an unconventional act of marriage counselling. Mark Palansky will commence directing later this year from a screenplay by J.T. Petty and K. Reed Petty. Another key character is a tenacious police officer.
Michael Mendelsohn’s Union Patriot Capital Management is fully financing the project and Circle...
Xyz Films has added an appealing sales title to the Toronto market and will launch worldwide pre-sales next week on the comedy heist thriller My Only Sunshine starring Simon Pegg and J.K. Simmons.
The story centres on a dysfunctional couple who orchestrate a bank robbery as an unconventional act of marriage counselling. Mark Palansky will commence directing later this year from a screenplay by J.T. Petty and K. Reed Petty. Another key character is a tenacious police officer.
Michael Mendelsohn’s Union Patriot Capital Management is fully financing the project and Circle...
- 8/27/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Simon Pegg and Oscar winner J.K. Simmons have been set to star in My Only Sunshine, a comedy heist thriller being directed by Penelope helmer Mark Palansky. The pic penned by J.T. Petty and K. Reed Petty will begin production in the fall, with Xyz Films handling worldwide sales beginning at next month’s Toronto Film Festival and teaming with ICM Partners to rep U.S. rights.
The pic revolves around a passionately dysfunctional couple who orchestrate a bank robbery as an unconventional act of bloodthirsty marriage counseling. They try to make peace with the shocking mystery of their relationship throughout the violent hostage situation, discovered by a cop hostage negotiator who previously investigated a past related crime.
Producers are Circle of Confusion‘s Matt Smith and Lawrence Mattis, and Patriot Pictures’ Michael Mendelsohn; Mendelsohn’s Union Patriot Capital Management is fully financing. J.T. Petty, Natalie Perrotta and Jim Steele are executive producing.
The pic revolves around a passionately dysfunctional couple who orchestrate a bank robbery as an unconventional act of bloodthirsty marriage counseling. They try to make peace with the shocking mystery of their relationship throughout the violent hostage situation, discovered by a cop hostage negotiator who previously investigated a past related crime.
Producers are Circle of Confusion‘s Matt Smith and Lawrence Mattis, and Patriot Pictures’ Michael Mendelsohn; Mendelsohn’s Union Patriot Capital Management is fully financing. J.T. Petty, Natalie Perrotta and Jim Steele are executive producing.
- 8/27/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Simon Pegg and J.K. Simmons are set to star in Mark Palansky’s comedy heist thriller “My Only Sunshine,” which will be introduced to buyers at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival.
“My Only Sunshine” was written by J.T. Petty and K. Reed Petty and is produced by Circle of Confusion’s Matt Smith and Lawrence Mattis, and Michael Mendelsohn from Patriot Pictures. Executive producers are Natalie Perrotta and Jim Steele. Xyz will handle worldwide sales at Tiff and co-represent with ICM partners. The film is supposed to begin production this fall.
The film follows a dysfunctional couple that orchestrates a bank robbery as a form or marriage counseling. A violent hostage situation makes the pair confront their marital problems.
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“My Only Sunshine” was written by J.T. Petty and K. Reed Petty and is produced by Circle of Confusion’s Matt Smith and Lawrence Mattis, and Michael Mendelsohn from Patriot Pictures. Executive producers are Natalie Perrotta and Jim Steele. Xyz will handle worldwide sales at Tiff and co-represent with ICM partners. The film is supposed to begin production this fall.
The film follows a dysfunctional couple that orchestrates a bank robbery as a form or marriage counseling. A violent hostage situation makes the pair confront their marital problems.
Also Read: Amazon Lands Simon Pegg, Nick Frost Supernatural Comedy Series 'Truth Seekers'
Pegg is best known for his roles in the “Star Trek” and “Mission: Impossible” franchises,...
- 8/27/2019
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Wu-tang Clan member turned filmmaker RZA is known for his affinity for anything and everything in the martial arts ilk, but as seen in the first trailer of Cut Throat City, he is going a different route. He took the Comic-Con stage in Hall H to wax poetic about how he relates to martial arts and how he honors it before switching gears to talk about the movie. He was joined by the cast Shameik Moore, Wesley Snipes, Demetrius Shipp Jr., Denzel Whitaker, Keean Johnson, Kat Graham, and Tyron Woodley to debut the trailer for the heist drama. T.I. and Terrence Howard also star but were unfortunately not able to join in on the Comic-Con fun.
P.G. Cuscheri wrote the film centers on four childhood friends who return to New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina, to find their home decimated and prospects for work swept away. Turning...
P.G. Cuscheri wrote the film centers on four childhood friends who return to New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina, to find their home decimated and prospects for work swept away. Turning...
- 7/21/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Vivica A. Fox-starrer Kinky has been acquired by Patriot Releasing, part of the company’s plan to distribute 10 films a year that target African American women. Written and directed by Chocolate City helmer Jean Claude Lamarre, the film from Patriot Pictures will hit 300 screens October 12 and expand to 700 the following week.
The plot follows Dr. Joyce Richardson, a beautiful African American surgeon who begins a sexual journey with a billionaire investor. After a few months of dating, the couple begins exploring their most kinky sexual fantasies, leading them into a world of Bdsm and hardcore sexual exploration.
Dawn Richard (Danity Kane), Robert Ri’Chard (Coach Carter), Eurika Pratts (Black Magic) and Gary Dourdan (CSI) co-star.
Producers are Patriot CEO/chairman Michael Mendelsohn, Jessie LeVostre and Pratts.
Patriot recently acquired a Black female-lead comedy spec, Wedding Guest List, with an aim to start production next year. Also, the company just...
The plot follows Dr. Joyce Richardson, a beautiful African American surgeon who begins a sexual journey with a billionaire investor. After a few months of dating, the couple begins exploring their most kinky sexual fantasies, leading them into a world of Bdsm and hardcore sexual exploration.
Dawn Richard (Danity Kane), Robert Ri’Chard (Coach Carter), Eurika Pratts (Black Magic) and Gary Dourdan (CSI) co-star.
Producers are Patriot CEO/chairman Michael Mendelsohn, Jessie LeVostre and Pratts.
Patriot recently acquired a Black female-lead comedy spec, Wedding Guest List, with an aim to start production next year. Also, the company just...
- 7/5/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Well Go USA has secured all North American rights to the New Orleans-set heist drama Cut Throat City Cut Throat City, directed Wu-Tang Clan’s by RZA, with plans for a 2019 theatrical release. The film stars Terrence Howard, Wesley Snipes, Eiza González (Baby Driver), Tip “T.I.” Harris (Ant-Man), Rob Morgan (Mudbound), Kat Graham (The Vampire Diaries), Demetrius Shipp Jr. (All Eyez on Me), Denzel Whitaker (Black Panther), and Shameik Moore (Dope) as production is slated to wrap later this summer.
Written by P.G. Cuscheri, the plot follows four boyhood friends in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward who return after Hurricane Katrina to find their homes decimated, no jobs, and no help from Fema. Reluctantly turning to a local gangster for work, the friends are hired to pull off a daring heist in the heart of the city. While being hunted by two idealistic detectives and a neighborhood warlord,...
Written by P.G. Cuscheri, the plot follows four boyhood friends in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward who return after Hurricane Katrina to find their homes decimated, no jobs, and no help from Fema. Reluctantly turning to a local gangster for work, the friends are hired to pull off a daring heist in the heart of the city. While being hunted by two idealistic detectives and a neighborhood warlord,...
- 6/25/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Empire star Terrence Howard, Wesley Snipes (Blade), Eiza González (Baby Driver), rapper and actor Tip "T.I." Harris (Ant-Man), Demetrius Shipp Jr. (All Eyez on Me) and Shameik Moore (Netflix’s The Get Down) have all been tapped to star in post-Katrina heist drama, Cut Throat City, with Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA at the helm. The pic, currently filming in New Orleans, is produced by Elliott Michael Smith of Rumble Riot Pictures, Michael Mendelsohn of Patriot Pictures…...
- 12/14/2017
- Deadline
Brainstorm Media has picked up distribution rights to writer-director Justin Kelly’s I Am Michael starring James Franco, Zachary Quinto, and Emma Roberts, and will released the indie in U.S. theaters and on digital January 27. The pic premiered at Sundance last year and is produced by Franco and Vince Jolivette of Rabbit Bandini, Michael Mendelsohn of Patriot Pictures, and Scott Reed and Ron Singer of That’s Hollywood and exec produced by Gus Van Sant. Based on Benoit…...
- 11/29/2016
- Deadline
Sarah Shahi has been added to the cast of Johnny Martin's crime thriller Hangman alongside Al Pacino, Karl Urban, and Brittany Snow. The film follows a homicide detective (Pacino) who teams up with a criminal profiler (Urban) to catch a serial killer whose crimes are inspired by the children's game Hangman. Shahi will play police Captain Lisa Watson. Patriot Pictures and Union Patriot Capital Management's Michael Mendelsohn produces with Cheyenne Enterprises' Arnold…...
- 11/22/2016
- Deadline
Exclusive: Shooting has wrapped in East London on the Salon Pictures features.
Two-time Oscar nominee John Hurt has joined the cast of My Name Is Lenny, the boxing drama biopic from UK production outfit Salon Pictures.
Wrapping a four-week shoot in London’s East End today (Sept 19), the film tells the story of one of Britain’s most notorious bare-knuckle fighters, Lenny McLean.
Josh Helman stars as the titular Lenny, alongside Nick Moran, Chanel Cresswell, current Ufc Middleweight Champion Michael Bisping and Charlie Palmer Rothwell. Hurt has replaced Michael Gambon in the cast.
Ron Scalpello (Offender) directs from a screenplay written by Paul Van Carter and Martin Askew. Van Carter produces with his fellow Salon Pictures co-founder Nick Taussig, alongside Michael Mendelsohn of Patriot Pictures (who are financing the feature) and Jamie McLean, son of the titular Lenny. Salon’s Christopher J Reynolds is an executive producer.
Embankment is handling sales. Lionsgate picked...
Two-time Oscar nominee John Hurt has joined the cast of My Name Is Lenny, the boxing drama biopic from UK production outfit Salon Pictures.
Wrapping a four-week shoot in London’s East End today (Sept 19), the film tells the story of one of Britain’s most notorious bare-knuckle fighters, Lenny McLean.
Josh Helman stars as the titular Lenny, alongside Nick Moran, Chanel Cresswell, current Ufc Middleweight Champion Michael Bisping and Charlie Palmer Rothwell. Hurt has replaced Michael Gambon in the cast.
Ron Scalpello (Offender) directs from a screenplay written by Paul Van Carter and Martin Askew. Van Carter produces with his fellow Salon Pictures co-founder Nick Taussig, alongside Michael Mendelsohn of Patriot Pictures (who are financing the feature) and Jamie McLean, son of the titular Lenny. Salon’s Christopher J Reynolds is an executive producer.
Embankment is handling sales. Lionsgate picked...
- 9/19/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
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