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).
“When courage turns into a disease… fear is the only cure.”
Highland Film Group has locked distribution deals in key international territories for action thriller Gunner. The new film is directed by Dimitri Logothetis from a script by Gary Scott Thompson.
Film duo Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores, better known as The Butcher Brothers have directed their newest horror thriller to date with Consumed, with Devon Sawa (“Chucky” the Syfy/USA Network series, Final Destination) headlining. The film is directed by Altieri from a script by David Calbert, with Courtney Halverson (Unfriended, “True Detective”) and Mark Fariglietti (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, How to Get Away with Murder, “Madmen”) also starring.
Deadline is doling out the first visuals of Classified, the newest action thriller from Fistful Of Vengeance helmer Roel Reine. Film Bridge International will launch sales at the Cannes market.
International sales agent Third Window Films has affirmed its next steps forward with Reiki Tsuno’s fantastically entertaining action comedy adventure thriller, Mad Cats. The film is currently poised to screen for the White Raven Competition of the 41st BIFFF in Brussels next month. Further festival dates and commercial release announcements remain pending as well, and those updates can’t come soon enough.
There hasn’t been much information circulating about director Wych Kaosayananda’s new film, Bang. Thankfully, Film Combat Syndicate can now discuss the upcoming action thriller with some much-needed exclusive info and a selection of behind-the-scenes stills courtesy of the director.
International sales outfit WTFilms have made available several photos and initial market artwork for Escalation, the new action crime thriller reuniting director James Mark with actors George Tchortov and Chris Mark. The film, which screened for buyers in Berlin in the past week, is produced by Bruno Marino (Enhanced), and also reteams the helmer a fourth time with writer Matthew Nayman, who co-wrote with Brett Caron.
Highland Film Group revealed a first look at director Audrey Cummings’s (Netflix’s hit comedy drama “Ginny & Georgia”) new Western thriller, Place Of Bones. Highland is at EFM this week repping world sales on the pic which recently wrapped its Los Angeles production featuring Heather Graham (Half Magic, The Hangover), Tom Hopper (Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy,” Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard), Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone (UFC welterweight and mixed martial artist, The Equalizer 2, Netflix’s Spenser Confidential) and Corin Nemec (Showtime’s “Stargate SG-1,” Joe Baby, Run Hide Fight).
Ben Brewer, the award-winning commercial and music video director and VFX artist (Everything Everywhere All At Once) who made his feature film debut with the SXSW competition title The Trust, starring Nicolas Cage and Elijah Wood, now takes the mantle for his newest effort, Arcadian.
Director Rod Blackhurst’s (Netflix’s Amanda Knox, Peacock’s “John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise”) new action thriller, Blood For Dust, is currently in post-production and offering a first look photo which you can catch above. Starring are Scoot McNairy (Warner Bros.’s Argo, 20th Century Fox’s Gone Girl, Universal’s A Quiet Place Part II), Kit Harington (HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” Eternals), and Josh Lucas (20th Century Fox’s Ford v. Ferrari and Paramount’s “Yellowstone”).
Folks can currently get a first look at UK action thriller Jackdaw in the image above, directed by TV vet Jamie Childs (The Sandman, His Dark Materials). The pic is fully financed and repped by Anton for international sales this month at EFM, with a cast led by Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Jenna Coleman.
A new behind-the-scenes look is online for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always, the new upcoming special set to stream on Netflix this year. The special is directed by Charlie Haskell who has helmed nearly a dozen previous incarnations of the show.
Actor Don Lee took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a few new stills from The Roundup: No Way Out, from director Lee Sang-yong. Production is reportedly wrapped on the pic according to Lee who stars in the film as well as produces the multi-film franchise, including the next title also filming which is now revealed as The Roundup: Punishment.
Published November 2, 2022: MSR Media International is launching sales on The Island, with a first look still photo from the new action thriller above and now making the rounds. Shaun Paul Piccinino (Lionsgate’s American Fighter, Netflix’s That’s Amor and A California Christmas: City Lights) is directing the film based on an original story by Philippe Martinez, and scripted by Martinez and Michael Caissie.
Principal photography is already underway for Underwater and The Signal helmer Will Eubank’s Land Of Bad, with cameras currently rolling in Australia’s Gold Coast and South-East Queensland. Production on the new action thriller began in September with Eubank directing from a script he co-wrote with David Frigerio.
Variety’s Patrick Frater has a look at Brave Citizen, the latest film from director Park Jin-pyo (Voice Of A Murderer, You Are My Sunshine). Finecut is launching worldwide sales on the sidelines of this year’s film festivities at Busan, with OTT streaming service Content Wavve presenting the film ahead of its 2023 theatrical release.
Director John Stalberg Jr.’s new crime thriller, Muzzle is well on the way after wrapping principal photography last month and we’ve since been given a first look photo which you can view above.
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