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US OR THEM First Look: Malin Åkerman Sets The Table For The New Action Thriller From MSR Media

MSR Media’s Philippe Martinez has announced Black Ops, Assailant, 400 Bullets and G-Loc helmer Tom Paton’s Us or Them, a new action thriller which wrapped production in the islands of the Federation of St Kitts and Nevis. While enjoying a luxury holiday won on a mobile game app, childhood best friends Jude (Jack Donnelly) and Andy (Wayne Gordon) agree to play another game despite the foreboding caveat that once the game begins, they must play to the end. Enticed by the $20 Million grand prize by a mysterious woman called The Officiator (Malin Åkerman), the duo signs up for a deadly round of “Us or Them,” where matching with your partner is critical and mutual trust is profoundly tested. As the game progresses, the penalties for disagreement escalate along with the prize money. The pair soon realize that failure to agree will have dire consequences not just for them, but […]

THE AVIARY Trailer Sees Malin Akerman And Lorenza Izzo Battle The Elements And Inner-Demons

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Debut writer/director duo Chris Cullari and Jennifer Raite are on deck this month with an April 29 release for Saban Films thriller, The Aviary. Peep the official trailer above and official stills at the bottom of the page along with official poster ink! Malin Akerman, Lorenza Izzo, and Chris Messina star in this twisted thriller about two women’s desperate attempt to flee the clutches of Skylight, an insidious cult. Trapped at Skylight’s isolated desert campus, The Aviary, Jillian (Akerman), and Blair (Izzo) join forces to make a treacherous escape. Alone in the harsh wilderness, they are consumed by paranoia and unable to shake the feeling that they are being followed by the cult’s leader, Seth (Messina), a man as seductive as he is controlling. With supplies dwindling and their senses failing, Jillian and Blair are faced with a horrifying question: how do you run from an enemy who lives inside […]

Comedy-Horror Thriller SLAYERS Acquired By The Avenue

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Upcoming comedy-horror film Slayers has been picked up for worldwide sales and release in 2022. Highland Film Group, a sales, financing, production and distribution company, specializes in the action/thriller/horror space and cast/director/filmmaker driven content. The film will be handled domestically by their US Distribution division, The Avenue, which was launched in 2020 and already has a catalog of films with stars from many genres, including Nicholas Cage, Pierce Brosnan, and Frank Grillo. Slayers stars Thomas Jane (The Thin Red Line). Kara Edward (Moonrise Kingdom) , Malin Akerman (Watchmen), Lydia Hearst (The Haunting of Sharon Tate) and Abigail Breslin (Zombieland), whom also is making her debut as a Producer. Elliot Jones (Thomas Jane) has made it his life’s mission to search for the vampire who murdered his teenage daughter. Jones gets his shot at revenge when The Stream Team, a group of trend-setting social media superstars including party-girl Jules (Abigail Breslin) […]

CHICK FIGHT: Malin Akerman Punches Her Way To Glory In The Official Trailer

Lee B. Golden III

Just as before with the release of revenge thriller, Becky, Quiver Distribution and Redbox are pairing up once more to bring the fight to your homefront with a day-and-date release of Chick Fight, slated for November 13. ETonline debuted the official trailer on Tuesday, which is now making the online rounds and host to a cast that includes Malin Akerman, Bella Thorne, Alec Baldwin, Dulcé Sloan, Kevin Connolly, Kevin Nash and Fortune Feimster. When Anna Wyncomb is introduced to an underground, all-female fight club in order to turn the mess of her life around, she discovers she is much more personally connected to the history of the club than she could ever imagine.

CHICK FIGHT: Alec Baldwin And Bella Thorn Join Malin Akerman Fight Club Action Comedy

Lee B. Golden III

News broke in September that Paul Leyden (Crackle’s Cleaners) would direct independent action comedy Chick Fight starring actress Malin Akerman (Watchmen, TV’s Billions) from a script by Joseph Downey. The film, according to the latest follow up report at Deadline, will also join actor Alec Baldwin and actress Bella Thorne for prospective roles. Hailing from Yale Productions and Idiot Savant Pictures, the film was shopped at the American Film Market, telling of Akerman who will star as Anna. In the wake of her mother’s death, her father’s closet exit and the accidental torching of her uninsured coffee shop caused by a used spliff exposed to moonshine, Anna sets out to shake and stir herself from life’s funk when her friend draws her into the world of an all-female underground fight club. Baldwin claims the role of Jack Murphy, Anna’s reclusive trainer who helps her build herself back up in the […]