MIKE & NICK & NICK & ALICE Trailer Debuts Ahead Of SXSW Premiere
The movie launches on Hulu from March 27.
The movie launches on Hulu from March 27.
Variety’s Jack Dunn debut the first poster for Ash, the new sci-fi thriller from director Flying Lotus, and starring Eiza González, Aaron Paul, and Iko Uwais. RLJE Films has since unveiled a teaser trailer as of October and now the film has a release date set for March 21. On the mysterious planet of Ash, Riya (González) awakens to find her crew slaughtered. When a man named Brion (Paul) arrives to rescue her, an ordeal of psychological and physical terror ensues while Riya and Brion must decide if they can trust one another to survive. Flying Lotus, whose real name is Steven Ellison, directs from a script by Jonni Remmler. The director also stars in the film along with Beulah Koale and Kate Elliott, and will feature an original score composed by Flying Lotus himself. Peep the poster below, and read more at Variety.
All things New York Comic Con came to a head for RLJE Films and Shudder on Friday with the first official teaser release of Ash, the new dark sci-fi thriller from Grammy Award Winner and sophomore director Flying Lotus. The teaser trailer features appearances by Eiza González and Aaron Paul set against the perpetual, sprawling backdrop of interstellar wonderment and mystery, coupled with the signature thrills of actor Iko Uwais which ought to rightly give action fans something to look forward to in the new year. On the mysterious planet of Ash, Riya (González) awakens to find her crew slaughtered. When a man named Brion (Paul) arrives to rescue her, an ordeal of psychological and physical terror ensues while Riya and Brion must decide if they can trust one another to survive. Ash also stars Beulah Koale and Kate Elliott, and will feature an original score composed by Flying Lotus. […]
A trio of first look stills are now up for Ash, the new sci-fi thriller featuring Eiza Gonzalez and Aaron Paul. The film is directed by Flying Lotus (Kuso) and based on an original screenplay written by Jonni Remmler. When a woman (Gonzalez) wakes up on a distant planet and finds the crew of her space station viciously killed, she must decide if she can trust the man (Paul) sent to rescue her. Rounding out the cast are Iko Uwais, Beulah Koale and Kate Elliot round out the cast. XYZ Films and GFC Films are producing, with Neill Blomkamp (District 9) and Echo Lake onboard as exec producers, and XYZ Films co-financing alongside IPR.VC. As previously reported the film rejoins the teams at XYZ Films and GFC following New Zealand director Toa Fraser’s subsequent successes, Maori action drama The Dead Lands and hostage thriller 6 Days. Lotus, who is also a globally-known and critically-acclaimed […]
Eiza González (Ambulance) and Aaron Paul (Dual) are attached to star in Ash, the new sci-fi thriller from Grammy Award-winning producer, composer, filmmaker, and rapper Flying Lotus (V/H/S/99, Kuso). Both stars are replacing the previously-added Tessa Thompson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt who were initially cast last August. Jonni Remmler is penning an original screenplay that sees González in the role of a woman who wakes up on a distant planet and finds the crew of her space station viciously killed, and must decide if she can trust the man (Paul) sent to rescue her. Additionally, Flying Lotus, a.k.a. Steven Ellison, will compose an original score for the pic. XYZ Films is co-financing alongside IPR.VC, and is producing next to GFC Films, with Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Elysium) and Echo Lake onboard as exec producers. Ash marks a reunion for XYZ Films and GFC Films following the New Zealand collab, Toa Fraser’s […]
Upcoming Jungleland star Charlie Hunnam is set to join the set of Waldo early next year when cameras roll. Tim Kirkby (Fleabag, Veep) is directing the film based on Howard Gould’s 1982 novel with a story that centers on a disgraced ex-LA detective who re-emerges from his mininalist lifestyle in the woods as a private investigator to look into the death of an eccentric TV star’s wife. Alex Ritman at The Hollywood Reporter also confirmed that upcoming Dragged Across Concrete and Boss Level actor Mel Gibson and upcoming Alita: Battle Angel and Kung Fury 2 actress Eiza Gonzalez will headline the cast for the action-packed thriller. IMR International is handling world sales rights at AFM with CAA Media Financing taking domestic.
One of the biggest and most important keys to getting a feature film going with help from partners at a major market at Cannes is obtaining funding. Filmmaker and actor David Sandberg knows this all too well having earned a world of support for his 2015 OTT half-hour 80’s-inspired fantasy martial arts time travel fantasy thriller, Kung Fury. Fast forward to 2018 and following brewing announcement since then for its feature film fruition and long since debuting at Cannes, Sandberg’s return to the sales floor this year is proving to be well worth the effort. Andreas Wiseman’s exclusive at Deadline on Monday is confirming a September production start for Laser Unicorn’s feature film evolution, Kung Fury 2: The Movie. The report reveals that Argent Pictures, the backer of the 2017 hit drama, Hacksaw Ridge, has joined the upcoming action-comedy production as a financier and producer with Sandberg set once again […]
Adding to the fervor this week is Eiza Gonzalez, now set to follow up her breakout stardom in Baby Driver with a role in David Sandberg’s latest, Kung Fury 2: The Movie. The actress will be joined by an accrued cast that so far lists Michael Fassbender, Arnold Schwarzenegger and David Hasselhoff for the sequel sheperded by Sanberg following the hit release of 2015 crowdfunded shortfilm success, Kung Fury from his Laser Unicorn banner. Set in 1985 in Miami, which is kept safe under the watchful eye of Kung Fury, the greatest damn cop of all time. Kung Fury’s Thundercops are the ultimate police force assembled from across history to defeat the villainous Kung Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler. After the tragic death of a Thundercop causes the group to disband, a mysterious villain emerges from the shadows to aid in the Fuhrer’s quest to attain the ultimate weapon. Kung Fury must […]