As a cold front moves in here at SXSW headquarters, the Film & TV Festival lineup heats up with Visions, Global presented by MUBI, 24 Beats, and Festival Favorites plus additions to Headliners, TV Premieres, Narrative and Documentary Spotlight, and more. “The second wave of our lineup signals that the countdown to SXSW is on! The hype […]
Rialto Distribution has acquired Australia/New Zealand rights to mob thriller Bring Him To Me, which Myriad will be selling at the upcoming EFM. Directed by Luke Sparke (Occupation), Barry Pepper (Saving Private Ryan), Sam Neill (Jurassic Park), Rachel Griffiths (Six Feet Under) and Liam McIntyre (The Flash) star in the film whose script is inspired […]
Barry Pepper takes the lead in feature film “Bring Him to Me,” which is now shooting in Queensland, Australia, under director Luke Sparke (“Occupation Rainfall”). The picture is a mob thriller written by Tom Evans and which also stars Sam Neill and Rachel Griffiths. The supporting cast is led by Liam McIntyre (“Spartacus: Vengeance,” “The […]
Myriad Pictures has bulked up its AFM sales slate with worldwide rights to girls’ night out comedy It Only Takes A Night from A Touch of Madness Studios. Eliza Taylor (The 100) stars in the film, styled as being in the vein of Bridget Jones’s Diary and Sex And The City, about four best friends on a wild night who […]
Principal photography has begun on the World War II drama The Boy in the Woods, a big-screen adaptation of the wartime novel The Boy in the Woods: A True Story of Survival During the Second World War by Maxwell Smart. The film is currently shooting in North Bay, Canada. Rebecca Snow (Cheating Hitler: Surviving the Holocaust) writes and directs the […]
Myriad Pictures has acquired worldwide sales rights from Australia’s Gold Marquee Enterprises to action thriller Retreat and will launch sales at the AFM next week. George Basha wrote, directed and stars alongside Maya Stange (Garage Days, Head On) and Troy Honeysett (The Combination: Redemption) in the story about a retired special ops soldier who must save his […]
Leonine Studio has acquired German rights from Myriad Pictures to April Mullen’s sci-fi thriller Hello Stranger starring Sam Worthington and Jordana Brewster. The film has also sold to Vertical in the UK, Mediawan in France, Mediaset in Spain, Rialto Distribution in Australia, Turner/Warner Media in Latin America, Tanweer Alliances in Greece/Turkey and Monolith in Poland. Screen has got the first-look […]
Benjamin Bratt (Miss Congeniality, Coco, Traffic) has joined the cast of Dead for a Dollar, the Western helmed by Walter Hill for Quiver Distribution, which is currently in production in New Mexico. The SAG Award winner will star alongside Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz, Academy Award nominee Willem Dafoe, Emmy and SAG Award winner Rachel […]
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Emmy, SAG and Golden Globe award winner Rachel Brosnahan is joining Walter Hill’s upcoming western Dead for a Dollar which already stars Oscar winner Christoph Waltz and Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe. In addition, Quiver Distribution, we understand, was instrumental in arranging the film’s financing and packaged the project alongside Canadian-based production company CHAOS a Film Company. Quiver […]
Here’s a fun one uniting three screen greats. Oscar winner Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) and Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe (Spider-Man) are set to star in Western thriller Dead For a Dollar from legendary filmmaker and Western aficionado Walter Hill (The Warriors). The film will mark Waltz’s first Western since his memorable performance as Dr Schultz […]