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 alien thrillers much like we all grew up with, standing in line at the theaters to watch with state-of-the-art creature designs and visual effects that thrill audiences everywhere. We didn’t hold back our nostalgia for the genre, and teaming up again with Max Martini alongside the legendary Linda Hamilton was a huge gift for this movie. We can’t wait to show the world and wrap post-production this spring.” said the producers.
Martini is best known for his standout roles in Pacific Rim, 13 Hours, Captain Phillips, The Tender Bar, the TV series “The Unit,” and The Channel, also directed by Kaufman. Martini is currently filming, producing and starring in LA Grit co-starring Tyrese Gibson, directed by Ryan Curtis (Repo’d) and is also produced by Scott Adler and David Meadows.
Hildebrand additionally starred in Playing With Fire for Paramount and in television she starred in Trinkets for Netflix, “The Exorcist” for FOX and the final season of “Lucifer” for Netflix. She will next be seen in Deadpool 3 which Marvel Studios will release July 26th. Hildebrand is represented by IAG, Luber Roklin Entertainment and Brecheen Feldman.
Garrett has been seen in Paramount + “1883” and Amazon’s “The Terminal List.” He is currently on Paramount +’s “Special Ops: Lioness.”
Hamilton is also known for her role in the TV series “Beauty and the Beast” and has been seen in many films including Dante’s Peak and the series “Resident Alien.” She will next be seen in the final season of “Stranger Things.”
Kaufman started his career directing the cult hit Sinners & Saints starring Johnny Strong, and has also directed Shrapnel, Daylight’s End, and The Hit List.
The news first broke via Deadline’s Andreas Wiseman on Tuesday. Check out a first look still of Osiris below.
