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Rita Ora, Marshawn Lynch and Jack O’Connell are set to join Joe Cole in the action thriller He Bled Neon from award-winning music video director Drew Kirsch. Written by Tim Cairo and Jake Gibson (Lowlife, Night Patrol) with a story by Nate Bolotin, the film will be Kirsch’s feature debut. The original story by Nate Bolotin was inspired by his early experiences growing up in Las Vegas, Nevada.   

Zachary Levi is set to headline the rock-climbing action thriller Free Fall, with Zoë Bell directing. Free Fall tells the story of a father’s attempt to reconcile with his estranged daughter in New Zealand on a rock-climbing trip that turns deadly as an accident leaves them stranded hundreds of feet in the air. As a storm sets in, the two must fight against the elements and terrifying heights in order to survive.

LIPS LIKE SUGAR is starring Oscar-nominated actors Woody Harrelson and Owen Wilson and directed by Grammy-winner Brantley Gutierrez. Oscar-nominee Juliette Lewis (Yellowjackets), Sasha Calle (The Flash), Kathryn Newton (Big Little Lies, Lisa Frankenstein) and Erin Moriarty (The Boys) and have joined the star-studded cast.

XYZ Films has come aboard for worldwide sales on the sci-fi action thriller OSIRIS, written by William Kaufman and Paul Reichelt and directed by William Kaufman (The Channel) and starring Max Martini (Pacific Rim), Brianna Hildebrand (Deadpool Franchise), LaMonica Garrett (1883, Special Ops: Lioness) and Linda Hamilton (The Terminator). 

Day is best known for the iconic role of Charlie in “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia,” which is the longest running live-action comedy series on TV as well as for roles in the features THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE, HORRIBLE BOSSES, THE LEGO MOVIE, AND the recent FOOL’S PARADISE, which he wrote, directed and starred in.

Recently filmed in Hamilton, Canada, THE WELL features an all-star Canadian cast, working outside of SAG jurisdiction, with veteran talents Sheila McCarthy (Women Talking), and Arnold Pinnock (The Porter) starring and executive producing with Shailyn Pierre-Dixon (Book of Negros) and Idrissa Sanogo (Robin Hood) also starring.

Greenfield co-wrote the script and will also produce alongside Jason Benoit, with XYZ Films producing and financing with investment funding coming from IPR.VC. Lee Kim of Resolute Films and Entertainment is also producing. XYZ will handle world sales and introduce the film to buyers at the upcoming Marché du Film in Cannes.

Douglas Smith (Big Little Lies, Don’t Worry Darling), Mark O’Brien (Perry Mason, Arrival), Rebecca Liddiard (Alias Grace, Run This Town) and Vinessa Antoine (Diggstown, Ginny & Georgia) have been cast opposite Amanda Seyfried (The Dropout, Mank, Les Misérables) in SEVEN VEILS, a new feature film from acclaimed filmmaker Atom Egoya.

Seyfried plays Jeanine, an earnest theatre director, who has been given the daunting task of remounting her former mentor’s most famous work, the opera Salome. Haunted by dark and disturbing memories from her past, Jeanine allows her repressed trauma to color the present as she re-enters the opera world after so many years away.

Tessa Thompson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are attached to star in the new sci-fi thriller ASH, directed by Flying Lotus and based on an original screenplay written by Jonni Remmler. XYZ Films and GFC Films are to produce, with Neill Blomkamp (DISTRICT 9) and Echo Lake onboard as exec producers.

XYZ Films will handle worldwide sales for HOUNDS OF WAR starring Frank Grillo, Robert Patrick, and Rhona Mitra, and directed by action-fan favorite Isaac Florentine.  XYZ Films has boarded the film as executive producers and are set to introduce the project, and screen footage, for buyers at the upcoming Marché du Film in Cannes.

Logical Content Ventures, Logical Pictures’ co-production fund, will finance the development of the films, which will focus on genres in the horror, thriller and sci-fi universe. Logical also secured a first-look agreement to finance and produce. The slate will span multiple projects, with XYZ Films set to produce and handle sales.

XYZ Films has acquired all North American rights to the horror/thriller MAN’S SON, starring Frank Grillo and directed by his son, Remy Grillo. The film was written by Josh Plasse and Brev Moss. Dare Angel will produce in partnership with Mi Nene.

The film was written and directed by Addison Heimann and stars Zach Villa (American Horror Story), Devon Graye (I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore), Madeline Zima (Californication), Chris Doubek (Boyhood), Marlene Forte (Knives Out), and Paget Brewster (Criminal Minds). The film is a Minutehand Pictures production.

The Last Thing Mary Saw begins in Southold, New York, 1843: Young Mary (Stefanie Scott, Insidious: Chapter 3), blood trickling from behind the blindfold tied around her eyes, is interrogated about the events surrounding her grandmother’s death.

XYZ Films announces that they will partner with Drafthouse Films for a North American co-release of JALLIKATTU, India’s Oscar entry for Best International Feature Film for 2020.

The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced today the showcase of new independent work selected across the Feature Film, Short Film, Indie Series and New Frontier categories for the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.

Vertical Entertainment has acquired the worldwide rights to crime drama Payback. The film marks the feature debut of director Joseph Mensch.

XYZ Films and Starburns Industries announces today that they will produce the biographical documentary WELCOME TO MY DAYDREAM, about the stop-motion animation pioneer Will Vinton. The film will be directed by Marq Evans, and produced by XYZ Films and Starburns Industries, with XYZ handling worldwide sales for the project.

It was announced that Maisie Williams is set to star in the 90's-set thriller THE OWNERS, directed by Julius Berg, with a screenplay by Berg and Matthieu Gompel, based on comic book from renowned artist Herrmann and written by Yves H. The film is produced by Alain de la Mata at UK-based Bluelight, and executive produced by XYZ Films. XYZ will handle North American sales with Versatile handling international at the upcoming EFM in Berlin. The film will shoot this spring in Kent, close to London, in an isolated Victorian mansion, with casting by Dan Hubbard.