Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan are in negotiations to star in directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead's sci-fi thriller SYNCHRONIC. The film will be produced by David Lawson Jr. along with Moorhead and Benson for Rustic Films, with a script written by Benson. XYZ Films is handling international sales, with XYZ co-repping domestic rights with UTA.
RLJE Films (NASDAQ: RLJE) has acquired all North American rights to The Standoff at Sparrow Creek, the upcoming thriller from CINESTATE and XYZ Films. Written by Henry Dunham who is also making his feature directorial debut, the film stars James Badge Dale (13 Hours), Chris Mulkey (Captain Phillips), Brian Geraghty (NBC's “Chicago P.D”.), Robert Aramayo (HBO's “Game of Thrones”), Patrick Fischler (Showtime's “Twin Peaks”), Happy Anderson (Cinemax's “The Knick”) and Gene Jones (The Hateful Eight). The Standoff at Sparrow Creek will make its world premiere at Midnight Madness at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. RLJE plans to release the film nationally in theaters and on VOD and Digital HD in early 2019.
Imogen Poots and Jesse Eisenberg are set to star in VIVARIUM, a science-fiction thriller directed by Lorcan Finnegan. XYZ Films will be selling the film in Cannes ahead of a July start of production in Ireland.
RLJE Films, a brand of RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE), has acquired all North American rights to the horror film Housewife. Directed by Can Evrenol (Baskin), who also co-wrote the film with Cem Özüduru, the film stars Clementine Poidatz (Shut-In) and David Sakurai (Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald). RLJE Films plans to release the film in the fall of 2018.
Sentinel Pictures and XYZ Films announced today that Amber Heard has been cast as the lead in the romantic thriller RUN AWAY WITH ME, directed by Fred Grivois. Based on an original screenplay by Matthew Ian Cirulnick and produced by Adam Brawer and David Beitchman of Sentinel Pictures, the film will be executive produced by Nate Bolotin and Aram Tertzakian of XYZ with Raphaël Rocher of Empreinte Cinema also serving as an executive producer. RUN AWAY WITH ME is scheduled for production later this year with XYZ handling worldwide sales at the upcoming European Film Market in Berlin. Sentinel Pictures acquired this as an original pitch by Cirulnick and they developed it together.
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Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired North American rights to Peter Vack's visceral, gross-out directorial debut ASSHOLES. B
RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) has acquired all North American rights to the highly anticipated action/science fiction film THE OSIRIS CHILD. Directed by Shane Abbess (Infini, Gabriel), who also co-wrote the film with Brian Cachia (Infini), the film stars Kellan Lutz (Twilight Franchise), Daniel MacPherson (The Shannara Chronicles, "APB"), Isabel Lucas (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Knight of Cups), Temuera Morrison ("Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith"), with Rachel Griffiths (Hacksaw Ridge, "Six Feet Under") and Teagan Croft, making her feature film debut.
Shudder announced today that it is acquiring North American and UK/Ireland rights to Flying Lotus' psych-out nightmare KUSO.
Well Go USA Entertainment announced its acquisition of all North American rights for Chris Peckover's BETTER WATCH OUT, a horrifying holiday home invasion tale with a twist.
Toa Fraser's thriller “6 DAYS”, starring Jamie Bell, Abbie Cornish, and Mark Strong, has been acquired by Vertical Entertainment for North American rights with a target U.S. theatrical date in Fall 2017.
WarParty and XYZ films have announced that they will partner on the reimagining of the hit Indonesian action film THE RAID
XYZ Films and Sundance Selects announced today that all domestic rights for the UNTITLED DELOREAN DOCUMENTARY have been picked up by Sundance Selects.
Babak Anvari's psychological thriller UNDER THE SHADOW has been selected as the United Kingdom's Foreign Language Academy Award entry for 2016. The film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January and which has had an extensive festival run, will be released by Vertigo Releasing in the U.K. on September 23rd and by XYZ Films and Vertical in the U.S. on October 7th. Vertical Entertainment and XYZ Films are releasing the film theatrically in North America and globally on digital platforms.
Dave Bautista has been cast to star opposite Jane Levy (EVIL DEAD) in the Brooklyn- set action thriller BUSHWICK
XYZ Films has picked up all international sales rights to James Merendino's PUNK'S DEAD, the sequel to the ever-popular 90's cult classic SLC PUNK.
Jane Levy (SUBURGATORY, EVIL DEAD) has been cast to star in the action thriller BUSHWICK.
Paragon Pictures has acquired the North American rights to the thriller “Mall,” directed by Linkin Park band member Joe Hahn. The announcement was made by Evan Crooke, CEO of Paragon Pictures.
XYZ Films and Lionsgate Films have announced today that Lionsgate has acquired all U.S. and Canadian rights to the new thriller OPERATION AVALANCHE from acclaimed filmmaker Matt Johnson. Johnson's first film THE DIRTIES, which he directed, co-wrote, and co-starred in, won the Grand Prize at Slamdance in 2013. The multi-hyphenate is reteaming with his DIRTIES co-writer Josh Boles, co-star Owen Williams, producer Matthew Miller, and has brought on Toronto-based producer Lee Kim (THE CONSPIRACY, I'LL FOLLOW YOU DOWN). Nick Spicer will executive produce for XYZ Films, with Michael Paseornek, John Sacchi, and Jessica Switch overseeing for Lionsgate. Production is set to begin June 30th in Toronto, Houston, and Washington D.C.
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