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ICE FALL: Myers, Kinnaman Topline New Thriller From ‘The Counterfeiters’ Director; Arclight Takes World Sales

Joel Kinnaman (The Suicide Squad, Silent Night) and Cara Jade Myers (Killers of the Flower Moon) are set to star in Ice Fall. Academy Award-winning filmmaker Stefan Ruzowitzky (The Counterfeiters, Deadfall, Netflix’s “Barbarians”) will direct from a script by George Mahaffey (upcoming Chief of Station). Production is set to start in March in Europe as marketgoers in Berlin await what’s in store from Arclight Films who will handle worldwide rights and commence sales at the European Film Market next week. Arclight is also producing alongside Top Film, Addam Bramich, Ryan Hamilton and Rob Van Norden. “We are delighted that the talented Joel Kinnaman and Cara Jade Myers are leading our cast in this nail-biting crime thriller. Ice Fall is a smart, intense and gripping thriller full of suspense and intrigue with so many twists and turns. And with director Stefan Ruzowitzky at the helm, we cannot wait for cameras to […]

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AFTERBURN: Red 5 Comic Adaptation Lands Dave Bautista, J.J. Perry To Direct

In an update six years in the making, Day Shift helmer J.J. Perry has been announced to adapt Red 5 Comic publication, Afterburn for the big screen. Perry replaces Carter and The Villainess director Jung Byung-gil who was previously attached to direct the film which at the time cast Fallen franchise star Gerard Butler. Instead, that spot now goes to Dave Bautista who reteams with Perry once more following their recent completion on hitman thriller, The Killer’s Game for Lionsgate. Casting also includes Samuel L. Jackson for the film which, according to Deadline’s Andreas Wiseman, will go before the EFM floor in Berlin beginning next week, with Black Bear handling world sales and CAA Media Finance launching domestic. Per Wiseman, Afterburn “is set ten years after a solar flare has wiped out technology across the globe. Bautista will play ex-soldier Jake who works as a treasure hunter recovering valuable objects […]

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OSIRIS Teases First Look At William Kaufman’s New Sci-Fi Ahead Of EFM

The Channel director William Kaufman is back on radar as XYZ Films has just announced its world sales for next week’s EFM launch in Berlin with Osiris. The new sci-fi flick wrapped filming late last year with Max Martini, Deadpool 1 and 2 actress Brianna Hildebrand, LaMonica Garrett and Terminator franchise staple Linda Hamilton starring. In the film, a team of Special Forces commandos are in the middle of an operation when they’re abducted by a mysterious spacecraft. When they wake up aboard the ship, they quickly discover they are being hunted by a merciless alien race. Kaufman directed the pic from a script he penned with Paul Reichelt. Jon Wroblewski and Christian Sosa produced the film for Roosevelt Film Lab, along with Andrew and Isaac Lewis of Denton Film, and the aforementioned Martini, with Reichelt exec producing. “XYZ Films is the perfect partner who shares our sentiment for iconic […]

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COPPERS: Catch The Trailer For The New Buddy Cop Comedy Now Playing In The Netherlands

Now playing for Dutch audiences is action comedy Coppers. It’s helmed by a trio of directors including lead actors Mohammed Chaara and Sinan Eroglu and filmmaker Jamel Attache who hit the radar for many of us as far back as few decades ago with gangland martial arts flick, Fighting Fish. Coppers tells the story of two streetwise detectives, Sino and Mo, who solve crimes in an unorthodox way. Sino and Mo have grown up in the same neighbourhood. From an early age, they learned how to get by on the streets and soon they grow up to be two streetwise detectives. When they find a lead that might uncover a massive cocaine smuggling operation, they see it as an opportunity to prove themselves. But their ‘unique’ Turkish and Moroccan investigation techniques lead to the Chief Inspector taking them off the case. They carry on with their investigation in secret and […]

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TAKEN FROM RIO BRAVO: ITN Takes North America For Alexander Nevsky’s ‘Gunfight At Rio Bravo’ Sequel

ITN Distribution has acquired North American rights Taken From Rio Bravo, the sequel to Joe Cornet’s Gunfight At Rio Bravo starring Alexander Nevsky (Showdown In Manila, Black Rose). Nevsky, a three-time Mr. Universe bodybuilding champion, is again joined by Cornet who co-stars, as well as directs from a script by Craig Hamann. Based on a real life brigadier general who led the Union army during the Civil War, Nevsky reprises his role as Ivan Turchin, a mysterious gunslinger who, in the first film, joins Sheriff Vernon Kelly (Cornet) in taking down a vicious gang. In Taken From Rio Bravo, Turchin and Kelly set out to pursue a gang of sadistic human traffickers – known as The Posse – who have kidnapped five women. Taken From Rio Bravo also Cynthia Rothrock, Tatiana Neva, and Don “The Dragon” Wilson, with Matthias Hues and John Fallon reprising their roles from the first film. […]

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DOVBUSH: WARRIOR OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN Delivers Outlaw Justice In The Trailer For Oleg Sanin’s Ukranian Period Actioner

Ukraine’s Oles Sanin has been popping up in a few territories since the release of his latest period action epic, Dovbush: Warrior Of The Black Mountain, from Pronto Film. Minerva Pictures International is representing the film for buyers at the American Film Market following its premiere at the Odesa Film Festival and its subsequent release in Germany, and will next head for cinemas in the Netherlands in the days ahead. To our delight, the film has also been hosting a round of exclusive screenings on select dates in the U.S. which you can read up on by clicking here. Carpathians. Beginning of the 18th century. The brutal rule of the Polish nobility forces Hutsuls to flee to the mountains. Two brothers, Oleksa and Ivan Dovbush, find themselves to be outlaws and become opryshoks. In search of revenge on the lords for the murder of Dovbush’s parents, the brothers become enemies […]

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PANDA PLAN Revealed In Tokyo As Next Jackie Chan Action Adventure

Panda Plan is the name of the next Jackie Chan headlining action adventure, previously touted in August as “Project P” following suit from the actor’s rollicking 1983 Golden Harvest hit, Project A, and its 1987 sequel. Panda Plan sees Chan in the role of a version of himself – an international action star forced to get involved in a daring rescue mission when a Middle Eastern tycoon hatches a plan to kidnap baby pandas from China zoo, including a rare panda with a dark circle around just one eye. Film details were announced reportedly on the final day of TIFFCOM content market ahead of the next AFM in Los Angeles this week. The film is reportedly aiming for a release in the new year, as is Chan’s latest reunion with Stanley Tong for A Legend, a sequel to 2005’s The Myth; The actor is also tapped to produce and star […]

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DUCHESS: First Look At Newest Charlotte Kirk Action Thriller Nabbed By Saban For 2024 Release

The first few stills are now out for Neil Marshall’s new action thriller, Duchess. Saban Films has acquired U.S. rights to the pic for a 2024 release, as announced on Thursday by Palisades Park Pictures CEO, Tamara Birkemoe. Starring Charlotte Kirk who also penned the pic with Marshall, Duchess follows no-nonsense Scarlett Monaghan (Kirk) and her rise from a working-class petty criminal to becoming a ruthless organized crime leader in the seedy underbelly of the diamond smuggling circuit of Tenerife. Also starring are Philip Winchester (”Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”), Sean Pertwee (Fox’s “Gotham,” Event Horizon), Colm Meaney (“Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” Con Air with Nicolas Cage) and Stephanie Beacham (“Dynasty,” “The Colbys”). Emily Corcoran produced the film for Cork Films next to Kristyna Sellnerova. Joe Simpson is exec producer alongside Simon Williams, Jonathan Bross and Matthew E. Chausse of Ashland Hill Media Finance, and Norman Merry and […]

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BRAVE CITIZEN Masks Up For Justice In The Official Trailer!

Park Jin-pyo’s newest action comedy, Brave Citizen, is currently sweeping up deals out of Busan’s market as of last week and you can read more about it at Variety. In the meantime, Mindmark is releasing the flick in South Korea on October 25 and below are two of the latest official promotional trailers making the rounds as of the past month. An expelled boxing champion, who now is a high-school teacher, witnesses intolerable violence and throws her first punch to build justice against it, while putting on a mask. Brave Citizen is based on Kim Jung-hyun’s 2014 webtoon publication via Comico and Naver and adapted for the screen by Yeo Ji-na and Hyun Chung-yeol. The film stars Shin Hae-sun and Lee Jun-young, and is produced by Naver’s StudioN, the production label behind hit shows like “Bloodhounds” and “Sweet Home”, and features action sequences by Heo Myeong-hoeng whose credits include Park […]

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THE ASTRONAUT: Highland Launches Sales As October Sci-Fi Shoot Adds Cast

Production is set to kick off in Ireland next month under SAG-AFTRA’s interim agreement for sci-fi thriller The Astronaut which just added (A Teacher, The Martian, “House of Cards”) and Gabriel Luna (Terminator: Dark Fate, “The Last Of Us”), and Laurence Fishburne (John Wick films, The Matrix trilogy). Jess Varley (Phobias) will debut-direct the pic per announcements over the weekend out of Toronto’s TIFF market.    When astronaut Sam Walker (Mara) returns from her first space mission, she’s found miraculously alive in a punctured capsule floating deep off the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Expecting to be reunited with her husband (Luna), she finds herself placed under intense NASA surveillance in a high security house for rehabilitation and medical testing under the control of General William Harris (Fishburne). However, when disturbing occurrences begin happening around the property, she fears that something extraterrestrial has followed her back to Earth. Brad Fuller (Paramount’s A […]

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WHAT REMAINS OF US: Kit Harrington Has An Axe To Grind In The First Look At The Upcoming Horror Thriller

Production is completed for the Yorkshire, England-shot horror thriller, What Remains Of Us, and the official first look has been revealed above. Award-winning photographer and documentary filmmaker Alexander J. Farrell (Refugee) is making his directorial debut from a script he wrote alongside Greer Ellison (Butterfly Kisses, winner of the Crystal Bear at the Berlinale) Featuring Kit Harington (HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” Eternals, upcoming Blood For Dust), What Remains Of Us is set deep in rural England, and framed from the point of view of Harington’s character’s 10-year-old daughter (Caoilinn Springall, Midnight Sky). Behind the walls of her family’s isolated, fortified compound, she begins to question her unusual life. She discovers that once a month her father turns into a monster. Her parents say the monster is nothing to be afraid of but when the monster escapes, the girl has to confront the harsh reality of her father’s identity and make […]

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NOT WITHOUT HOPE: First Look At Zachary Levi Survival Drama Revealed As Key Deals Announced

The first official look at writer/director Joe Carnahan’s new survival thriller Not Without Hope is now online with sales agent Highland Film Group announcing locked distribution deals in key international territories. Zachary Levi (Shazam! Fury of the Gods), Josh Duhamel (Transformers franchise), JoBeth Williams (The Big Chill), Quentin Plair (Hulu’s “Welcome to Chippendales”), Terrence Terrell (Netflix’s “Obliterated”) Marshall Cook (NBC’s “Parenthood”), and Floriana Lima (Disney+’s “The Punisher”) star in the pic which wrapped its Malta shoot in June. Based on the New York Times non-fiction best-seller, Not Without Hope follows best friends Nick Schuyler (Levi) and Will Bleakley (Marshall Cook), and NFL players Marquis Cooper (Plair) and Corey Smith (Terrell), as they depart Clearwater, Florida for a day trip at their favorite fishing spot 70 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico. As a severe storm heads their way, a trapped anchor causes the boat to capsize, throwing the four friends violently into the freezing water. US Coast […]

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VIKTORIA MUST DIE: Norwegian Family Crime Comedy Announces 2024 Release, LevelK Takes World Sales

The latest look at Norwegian family crime comedy Viktoria Must Die comes by way of Screendaily’s Wendy Mitchell, reporting LevelK for international sales ahead of a 2024 release. Hailing from På film AS, the film is produced by Ole Marius Elvestad, and is directed by Gunnbjörg Gunnarsdottir in her second solo outing. Two young and wealthy siblings, Hedvig and Henrik, decide to hire a hitman to get rid of their annoying stepmother, Viktoria. To solve their problem, the children approach Carl, an immigrant from Bosnia. He refuses to help them, because he is a law-abiding citizen. That is until he finds himself and his family in a difficult financial situation. Currently in post-production, Viktoria Must Die also stars Ine Marie Wilmann, Leo Ajkic, Morten Svartveit, and Agnete Haaland. Gunnarsdottir also penned the script with Rolf-Magne Golten Andersen. LevelK also financed the pic along with Scandinavian Film Distribution, Mediefondet Zefyr, and […]

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FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE: Jeremy Piven Leads Supernatural Action Thriller Underway Australia, S&R Leads World Sales

Production is already underway for Fight For Your Life, the new action thriller starring Jeremy Piven (“Entourage”, The System). The film also features viral video star Jamie Costa. S&R Films has North American and world sales rights on the pic at Cannes. Luke Sparke (Occupation 1 & 2, upcoming Bring Him To Me) is directing from a script he storied, and is co-writing with Tom Evans, as well as producing out of Sparke Films. Piven will play a soldier who wakes up in a mysterious cell and is forced to face an onslaught of deadly opponents in an ever-changing fight arena – his only goal being to survive long enough to return to his daughter.  “Fight For Your Life places Jeremy in a morality battle with himself and a slew of opponents in a vast array of settings. I was drawn to do this film and push my limits in […]

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SRI ASIH: Shout! Acquires North American Rights For Indonesian Superhero Pic

It’s been a long time coming, but Indonesian superhero adventure Sri Asih finally has a home with Shout! Studios set to release the pic on multiple platforms later this year. Actress Pevita Pearce leads the cast of the film based on comic author R.A. Kosasih’s 1954 creation. Sri Asih is only the second in a string of comic book properties to be adapted out of the Screenplay Bumilangit wheelhouse. It follows Joko Anwar’s inaugural actioner, Gundala starring Abimana Arysatya, with the third being Ody C. Harahap’s Virgo and the Sparklings featuring Adhisty Zara. Alana doesn’t understand why she is always influenced by anger. But she has always been trying to fight it. As she reaches adulthood, Alana discover the truth about her origin: she’s not an ordinary human being. She may be the gift for humanity and become its protector as SRI ASIH. Or a destruction, if she can’t control […]

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HOME FOR RENT: Thai Haunted House Thriller Toplines EST N8 Film Partnership In North America

Haunted house thriller, Home For Rent, is the latest genre pic from director Sophon Sakdaphisit. Produced by New York and Bangkok-based N8 Studios, and by GDH, the film has been released throughout Asia and will soon make landfall in cinemas in Latin America. Ning and Kwin are a couple with a 7-year-old daughter, Ing. The three of them decide to move to a condo room and rent out their house to two tenants: Ratree, a retired doctor, and her 40-year-old daughter, Nuch. After the new tenants have moved in, Ning notices that Kwin begins to exhibit unusual behavior. He becomes secretive and often disappears from the condo at 4 a.m. Kwin even sports a triangle-shaped tattoo – the same design as Nuch’s. As her husband’s behavior becomes more and more disturbing, Ning also realizes that her daughter is being preyed on by some unseen sinister force. She has to do […]

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TYRANT: Details On New Action Thriller From ‘The Witch’ And ‘The Childe’ Director

At this point all I really want is my threequel to The Witch franchise, and as long as Park Hoon-jung is back for a third time to direct it, I’ve got no complaints. In the meantime, I’m perfectly fine with another gritty, modern actioner out of South Korea from the celebrated Night In Paradise director who is now under way with Tyrant, as Acemaker Movieworks handles international sales. A covert program called ‘The Tyrant Project’ that was carried out in Korea is uncovered by the US intelligence agency, which orders the Korean counterpart to immediately shut down. The project is dismantled and is about to be handed over to the US but an accident takes place during the handoff. Operation staff Ja-kyung and Mo-yong successfully hijack the program sample as per Director Choi’s order. US intelligence agent Paul finds out about the accident and decides to retrieve the sample himself. […]

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SLEEPING DOGS: Check Out Russell Crowe And Tommy Flanagan In A First Look At The New Crime Thriller

Adam Cooper’s crime thriller debut, Sleeping Dogs, gets a first look this weekend out of Cannes as Highland Film Group and Nickel City Pictures handle world sales. The new photo features Russell Crowe and Tommy Flanagan who lead the cast from a script by Cooper and co-scribe Bill Collage (Assassins Creed, Exodus: Gods and Kings). Adapted frim E.O. Chirovici’s critically acclaimed novel, “The Book of Mirrors,” Crowe plays ex-homicide detective Roy Freeman. In the wake of a cutting-edge Alzheimer’s treatment, Freeman is tasked with re-examining a brutal murder case from his past – the grisly murder of a college professor. Intrigued and fighting to regain his memory, Roy enlists his former partner (Flanagan) to help him revive the investigation. This time though, things unfold very differently when they encounter a magnetic and mysterious woman: as he uncovers a tangled web of contradictions and secrets, Roy is forced to face a […]

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OLD GUY: Christoph Waltz Is A Killer Mentor In A First Look At The New Action Comedy

Highland Film Group is proudly unveiling a first look at Spectre actor Christoph Waltz and Cooper Hoffman of Licorice Pizza in Old Guy, the new action comedy from director Simon West. Hoffman joined Shazam! Fury of the Gods actress Lucy Liu in casting announcements on Friday for the film which recently wrapped in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Waltz plays Danny Dolinski, an aging contract killer who still believes he’s the best at what he does. Stuck at a dead end but vying for the love of club manager Anata (Liu), Danny is thrilled when The Company pulls him back in the field, but only to train Gen Z newcomer Wihlborg (Hoffman), a prodigy assassin with an attitude. The mismatched pair is asked to eliminate top members of a competing crime syndicate and, in the process, uncover their employer’s true motive: removing the old guard in a full takeover. However, The Company […]

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THE BLACK KAISER: Vanessa Hudgens To Reprise With Mads Mikkelsen For ‘Polar’ Sequel

Nearly a year after its announcement, Polar sequel The Black Kaiser is set for sales at the Cannes market. Derrick Borte (Unhinged) will replace Polar helmer Jonas Akerlund as director for the pic based on Victor Santos’s 2012 Dark Horse graphic novel publication. Mads Mikkelsen will reprise his role and will be rejoined by Vanessa Hudgens in the role of Camille from the first film. Akerlund’s inaugural 2019 film sees Mikkelsen in the role of Duncan Vizla (a.k.a. The Black Kaiser), settling into retirement when he soon finds himself marked for death by his former employer. As the story unfolds, a dark past unravels between Vizla and Camille, a woman he rescues in the midst of the calamity. Borte’s The Black Kaiser returns Mikkelsen in a story where “the world’s most lethal hitman uncovers a deadly conspiracy protecting a powerful syndicate of killers, and becomes their number one target.” Jayson […]

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