The American Film Market has unveiled the first group of exhibitors and speakers set for the Santa Monica event to run Oct. 31 to Nov. 5.
The Independent Film & Television Alliance said 245 companies so far will be in the new Le Méridien Delfina Santa Monica headquarters for AFM, including Amazon MGM Studios, Lionsgate, Millennium Media, A24, Voltage Pictures, AGC Studios, Black Bear Pictures, Protagonist Pictures, WME Independent and XYZ Films.
Besides U.S. players, there’s also international film production and promotion banners like Beta Cinema, Gaumont, HanWay Films, Pathé Films, Snd Groupe M6, Studiocanal, Toei Company, TrustNordisk and Unifrance.
Elsewhere, the AFM speaker sessions will include a “Film Funding Today” conference panel to include Jeaneane Davey (Netflix), Patrick Rizzotti (Blue Fox Financing), Ryan Broussard (Wrapbook) and Will French (Fallbrook).
AFM industry sessions will also include top players in the independent film business like Cassian Elwes of Elevated Film Sales, Lorelle Lynch at AGC Studios,...
The Independent Film & Television Alliance said 245 companies so far will be in the new Le Méridien Delfina Santa Monica headquarters for AFM, including Amazon MGM Studios, Lionsgate, Millennium Media, A24, Voltage Pictures, AGC Studios, Black Bear Pictures, Protagonist Pictures, WME Independent and XYZ Films.
Besides U.S. players, there’s also international film production and promotion banners like Beta Cinema, Gaumont, HanWay Films, Pathé Films, Snd Groupe M6, Studiocanal, Toei Company, TrustNordisk and Unifrance.
Elsewhere, the AFM speaker sessions will include a “Film Funding Today” conference panel to include Jeaneane Davey (Netflix), Patrick Rizzotti (Blue Fox Financing), Ryan Broussard (Wrapbook) and Will French (Fallbrook).
AFM industry sessions will also include top players in the independent film business like Cassian Elwes of Elevated Film Sales, Lorelle Lynch at AGC Studios,...
- 10/17/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Momentum Pictures previously acquired North American rights.
Blue Fox Entertainment has acquired international sales on the comedy Maximum Truth starring Ike Barinholtz from Suicide Squad and Dylan O’Brien from The Maze Runner franchise and will kick off sales in Cannes next week.
David Stassen (The Mindy Project) directed from a screenplay he co-wrote with Barinholtz about a documentary film crew following political grifters who set out to take down a rival congressional candidate.
Maximum Truth also features Kiernan Shipka, Mia Serafino, and Max Minghella. Momentum Pictures previously acquired North American rights.
QC Entertainment financed and served as executive producer. Patrick Rizzotti...
Blue Fox Entertainment has acquired international sales on the comedy Maximum Truth starring Ike Barinholtz from Suicide Squad and Dylan O’Brien from The Maze Runner franchise and will kick off sales in Cannes next week.
David Stassen (The Mindy Project) directed from a screenplay he co-wrote with Barinholtz about a documentary film crew following political grifters who set out to take down a rival congressional candidate.
Maximum Truth also features Kiernan Shipka, Mia Serafino, and Max Minghella. Momentum Pictures previously acquired North American rights.
QC Entertainment financed and served as executive producer. Patrick Rizzotti...
- 5/9/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
After a successful festival run, the WWI genre thriller Bunker is opening only in theaters (250+ theaters in over 50 markets) today.
In the film…
“Trapped in a bunker during World War I, a group of soldiers are faced with an ungodly presence that slowly turns them against each other. As paranoia and fear grow between them, the men experience the true hell of war.”
Bunker is directed by Adrian Langley (Butchers), written by Michael Huntsman, and stars Luke Baines (Under the Silver Lake), Kayla Radomski (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), Sean Cullen (Netfilx’s “Mindhunter”), Roger Clark (“Red Dead Redemption II”), Julian Feder, and Eddie Ramos, with theater veteran Patrick Moltane as the volatile “Lieutenant Turner.”
It was produced by Blue Fox Entertainment’s James Huntsman (Church and State) and Patrick Rizzotti (The Collector franchise) on behalf of Crossroad Productions.
Bloody has an exclusive clip that takes place not long...
In the film…
“Trapped in a bunker during World War I, a group of soldiers are faced with an ungodly presence that slowly turns them against each other. As paranoia and fear grow between them, the men experience the true hell of war.”
Bunker is directed by Adrian Langley (Butchers), written by Michael Huntsman, and stars Luke Baines (Under the Silver Lake), Kayla Radomski (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), Sean Cullen (Netfilx’s “Mindhunter”), Roger Clark (“Red Dead Redemption II”), Julian Feder, and Eddie Ramos, with theater veteran Patrick Moltane as the volatile “Lieutenant Turner.”
It was produced by Blue Fox Entertainment’s James Huntsman (Church and State) and Patrick Rizzotti (The Collector franchise) on behalf of Crossroad Productions.
Bloody has an exclusive clip that takes place not long...
- 2/24/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
“Maximum Truth,” a political mockumentary starring Ike Barinholtz and Dylan O’Brien, has sold domestic rights to Momentum Pictures. The distribution company is aiming to release the film in theaters and online in the fall.
David Stassen directed “Maximum Truth,” which tells the story of a documentary crew following political grifter Rick Klingman as he teams up with a fellow “operative” named Simon to take down a rival congressional candidate. “The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” star Kiernan Shipka and “What We Do in the Shadows” actor Mark Proksch also appear in the film.
“The on-screen comedic chemistry between Ike and Dylan is nothing short of hilarious, and we are excited to partner with them to bring this film to audiences nationwide,” said Ian Goggins, Momentum’s executive VP of global home entertainment.
Stassen, best known for “Central Intelligence,” “The Mindy Project” and the upcoming “History of the World: Part II,” also co-wrote the script with Barinholtz.
David Stassen directed “Maximum Truth,” which tells the story of a documentary crew following political grifter Rick Klingman as he teams up with a fellow “operative” named Simon to take down a rival congressional candidate. “The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” star Kiernan Shipka and “What We Do in the Shadows” actor Mark Proksch also appear in the film.
“The on-screen comedic chemistry between Ike and Dylan is nothing short of hilarious, and we are excited to partner with them to bring this film to audiences nationwide,” said Ian Goggins, Momentum’s executive VP of global home entertainment.
Stassen, best known for “Central Intelligence,” “The Mindy Project” and the upcoming “History of the World: Part II,” also co-wrote the script with Barinholtz.
- 2/23/2023
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Bunker is directed by Adrian Langley (Butchers), written by Michael Huntsman (Fish Lake), and produced by his father and Blue Fox Entertainment founder James Huntsman (Church And State), and Patrick Rizzotti (The Collector franchise). It stars Luke Baines (Under The Silver Lake), Eddie Ramos (TNT’s Animal Kingdom), Roger Clark (Red Dead Redemption II), Sean Cullen (Netfilx’s …
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- 2/19/2023
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
Kiefer Sutherland consistently places himself in harm’s way to entertain audiences, and now, thanks to The Winter Kills, he’s going after a serial killer. According to Deadline, Sutherland is the star of the new John Stalber Jr.-directed action film written by Ben Floro Carney. The Winter Kills finds Sutherland playing a disgraced cop tracking the serial killer who murdered his partner ten years ago. The killer has resurfaced, and Sutherland is prepared to stop at nothing to take them down.
Filming kicks off in New Jersey in the spring, with Patrick Rizzotti, Paul Johansson, David Guglielmo, John Jr, Wyatt Russell, Oliver Hudson, and XYZ Films producing.
“Kiefer Sutherland is more than just the perfect actor for this film, he’s an absolute legend, and I’m beyond thrilled to match his rare talent with a role that will require every ounce of it. I couldn’t imagine a better team of professionals,...
Filming kicks off in New Jersey in the spring, with Patrick Rizzotti, Paul Johansson, David Guglielmo, John Jr, Wyatt Russell, Oliver Hudson, and XYZ Films producing.
“Kiefer Sutherland is more than just the perfect actor for this film, he’s an absolute legend, and I’m beyond thrilled to match his rare talent with a role that will require every ounce of it. I couldn’t imagine a better team of professionals,...
- 2/13/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Kiefer Sutherland (24) is set to star in action-thriller The Winter Kills from director John Stalberg, Jr. (Crypto).
Sutherland will portray a disgraced cop pursuing the serial killer who murdered his partner ten years ago — and has resurfaced to kill again.
Written by Ben Floro Carney, the film is produced by Patrick Rizzotti, Paul Johansson, David Guglielmo, John Jr, Wyatt Russell, Oliver Hudson and XYZ Films.
Pic is set to shoot this spring in New Jersey with debt financing to be provided by Blue Fox Financing. XYZ Films is also financing and will introduce the film to buyers at this week’s European Film Market in Berlin.
“Kiefer Sutherland is more than just the perfect actor for this film, he’s an absolute legend, and I’m beyond thrilled to match his rare talent with a role that will require every ounce of it. I couldn’t imagine a better team of professionals,...
Sutherland will portray a disgraced cop pursuing the serial killer who murdered his partner ten years ago — and has resurfaced to kill again.
Written by Ben Floro Carney, the film is produced by Patrick Rizzotti, Paul Johansson, David Guglielmo, John Jr, Wyatt Russell, Oliver Hudson and XYZ Films.
Pic is set to shoot this spring in New Jersey with debt financing to be provided by Blue Fox Financing. XYZ Films is also financing and will introduce the film to buyers at this week’s European Film Market in Berlin.
“Kiefer Sutherland is more than just the perfect actor for this film, he’s an absolute legend, and I’m beyond thrilled to match his rare talent with a role that will require every ounce of it. I couldn’t imagine a better team of professionals,...
- 2/13/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Blue Fox Entertainment is excited to announce that the highly-anticipated WW1 genre thriller Bunker will be opening in theaters only February 24th! Bunker is directed by Adrian Langley (Butchers), written by Michael Huntsman (Fish Lake), and produced by his father and Blue Fox Entertainment founder James Huntsman (Church And State), and Patrick Rizzotti (The Collector …
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- 1/23/2023
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
Blue Fox plans Q1 theatrical release in US.
Blue Fox Entertainment has announced at AFM a raft of territory sales led by the UK, Germany and Australia on elevated First World War genre horror-thriller Bunker.
Rights have gone to 101 Films for the UK, Tiberius for Germany, Eagle Films in Australia, and FilmFinity in South Africa.
In further deals Tanweer has acquired Bunker for Greece, Phoenicia Pictures for Middle East, Galpogos for Poland, Ads for Hungary, and Pictureworks for India.
Adrian Langley (Butchers) directed Michael Huntsman’s (Fish Lake) screenplay about a group of soldiers trapped in a bunker who encounter...
Blue Fox Entertainment has announced at AFM a raft of territory sales led by the UK, Germany and Australia on elevated First World War genre horror-thriller Bunker.
Rights have gone to 101 Films for the UK, Tiberius for Germany, Eagle Films in Australia, and FilmFinity in South Africa.
In further deals Tanweer has acquired Bunker for Greece, Phoenicia Pictures for Middle East, Galpogos for Poland, Ads for Hungary, and Pictureworks for India.
Adrian Langley (Butchers) directed Michael Huntsman’s (Fish Lake) screenplay about a group of soldiers trapped in a bunker who encounter...
- 11/4/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Ken Jeong (Crazy Rich Asians) and Lochlyn Munro (Riverdale) have signed on to star alongside Zhang Jingchu, Michelle Krusiec and more in Impossible Dream Entertainment’s comedy Tiger Mom, which has entered production in Vancouver.
Zhang leads the U.S. & China co-produced film as Marilyn Khu, a first-generation Chinese-American mother who, unable to control her teenage children, enrolls them in a prestigious disciplinary school called Tiger Academy — run by the no-nonsense Suki Lai (Krusiec) —which is capable of whipping them into Ivy League shape. While Jeong will play Jimmy Khu, a work obsessed husband and father whose parenting style is decidedly out of touch, details as to Munro’s role haven’t been disclosed. Additional cast members set include Alexa Loo (Chad), William Budijanto (Resident Alien), Chloe Pun (Kung Fu), Neil Garguilo (Bloodsucking Bastards) and Nathalie Boltt (District 9).
Impossible Dream Entertainment has teamed for Tiger Mom with Storyoscopic Films,...
Zhang leads the U.S. & China co-produced film as Marilyn Khu, a first-generation Chinese-American mother who, unable to control her teenage children, enrolls them in a prestigious disciplinary school called Tiger Academy — run by the no-nonsense Suki Lai (Krusiec) —which is capable of whipping them into Ivy League shape. While Jeong will play Jimmy Khu, a work obsessed husband and father whose parenting style is decidedly out of touch, details as to Munro’s role haven’t been disclosed. Additional cast members set include Alexa Loo (Chad), William Budijanto (Resident Alien), Chloe Pun (Kung Fu), Neil Garguilo (Bloodsucking Bastards) and Nathalie Boltt (District 9).
Impossible Dream Entertainment has teamed for Tiger Mom with Storyoscopic Films,...
- 10/12/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Blue Fox Entertainment announced today that their highly-anticipated WWI genre thriller Bunker will have its World Premiere on October 8, 2022, at the Buffalo International Film Festival (Biff) as the festival’s “City Centerpiece” selection.
Ahead of the World Premiere, Blue Fox Entertainment has shared with Bloody an exclusive look at the first trailer, as well as this official theatrical poster designed by Christopher Shy from Ronin Studios.
“Trapped in a bunker during World War I, a group of soldiers are faced with an ungodly presence that slowly turns them against each other. As paranoia and fear grow between them, the men experience the true hell of war.”
Bunker is directed by Adrian Langley (Butchers), written by Michael Huntsman, and stars Luke Baines (Under the Silver Lake), Kayla Radomski (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), Sean Cullen (Netfilx’s “Mindhunter”), Roger Clark (“Red Dead Redemption II”), Julian Feder, and Eddie Ramos, with...
Ahead of the World Premiere, Blue Fox Entertainment has shared with Bloody an exclusive look at the first trailer, as well as this official theatrical poster designed by Christopher Shy from Ronin Studios.
“Trapped in a bunker during World War I, a group of soldiers are faced with an ungodly presence that slowly turns them against each other. As paranoia and fear grow between them, the men experience the true hell of war.”
Bunker is directed by Adrian Langley (Butchers), written by Michael Huntsman, and stars Luke Baines (Under the Silver Lake), Kayla Radomski (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), Sean Cullen (Netfilx’s “Mindhunter”), Roger Clark (“Red Dead Redemption II”), Julian Feder, and Eddie Ramos, with...
- 10/6/2022
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Taraneh Alidoosti’s drama centres on a domestic violence survivor who bids to become an endurance swim record-holder.
LA-based Blue Fox Entertainment has added Sahar Mosayebi’s real-life Iranian swimmer drama Orca and to its growing Cannes sales.
The Iranian drama follows a woman who survives a horrific attack by her estranged husband and finds solace as an endurance swimmer, eventually overcoming political and religious hurdles in a bid to swim further than anyone has done before with her hands bound. Taraneh Alidoosti, whose credits include The Salesman, stars with Mahtab Keramati star.
Tala Motazedi wrote the Orca screenplay and Tahoora Abolghassemi,...
LA-based Blue Fox Entertainment has added Sahar Mosayebi’s real-life Iranian swimmer drama Orca and to its growing Cannes sales.
The Iranian drama follows a woman who survives a horrific attack by her estranged husband and finds solace as an endurance swimmer, eventually overcoming political and religious hurdles in a bid to swim further than anyone has done before with her hands bound. Taraneh Alidoosti, whose credits include The Salesman, stars with Mahtab Keramati star.
Tala Motazedi wrote the Orca screenplay and Tahoora Abolghassemi,...
- 5/20/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Screen Media has acquired North American rights to the psychological thriller The Good Neighbor, from director Stephan Rick (The Dark Side of the Moon), with plans for a day-and-date theatrical release in June.
The film written by Rick and Ross Partridge (Room 104) is a remake of the 2011 German thriller Unter Nachbarn, which marked Rick’s feature directorial debut. It watches as a nightmarish evening unfolds when neighbors David (Luke Kleintank) and Robert (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) hit a woman on her bike and flee. When her sister arrives searching for the truth, Robert does unspeakable things to protect their secret.
Bruce Davison (X-Men) also stars in the thriller, which was produced by Dean Altit, Yulia Zayceva, Forma Pro Films and Altit Media Group. Kimberly Hines, Rami Jaber, Kia Jam, Jeff Kranzdorf, Ross Partridge, Max Pavlov, Igor Pronin, Svetlana Punte, Qais Qandil, Stephan Rick, Patrick Rizzotti and Jim Steele served as its executive producers.
The film written by Rick and Ross Partridge (Room 104) is a remake of the 2011 German thriller Unter Nachbarn, which marked Rick’s feature directorial debut. It watches as a nightmarish evening unfolds when neighbors David (Luke Kleintank) and Robert (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) hit a woman on her bike and flee. When her sister arrives searching for the truth, Robert does unspeakable things to protect their secret.
Bruce Davison (X-Men) also stars in the thriller, which was produced by Dean Altit, Yulia Zayceva, Forma Pro Films and Altit Media Group. Kimberly Hines, Rami Jaber, Kia Jam, Jeff Kranzdorf, Ross Partridge, Max Pavlov, Igor Pronin, Svetlana Punte, Qais Qandil, Stephan Rick, Patrick Rizzotti and Jim Steele served as its executive producers.
- 3/29/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Entity will focus on US tax credit loans, gap/supergap loans, US minimum guarantees.
LA-based sales company and distributor Blue Fox Entertainment has acquired Crossroad Lending and formed digital film financing hub Blue Fox Financing.
Patrick Rizzotti developed and created Crossroad Lending services to connect filmmakers with a database of film and television lenders and equity financiers and was designed with producers in need of cashflow for films gearing up for production and financial institutions and individual investors in need of low-risk lending sources.
Blue Fox Financing will focus on US tax credit loans, gap/supergap loans, US minimum guarantees...
LA-based sales company and distributor Blue Fox Entertainment has acquired Crossroad Lending and formed digital film financing hub Blue Fox Financing.
Patrick Rizzotti developed and created Crossroad Lending services to connect filmmakers with a database of film and television lenders and equity financiers and was designed with producers in need of cashflow for films gearing up for production and financial institutions and individual investors in need of low-risk lending sources.
Blue Fox Financing will focus on US tax credit loans, gap/supergap loans, US minimum guarantees...
- 3/10/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Sales and distribution outfit Blue Fox Entertainment is launching a digital lending platform dedicated to film financing.
Blue Fox Financing is being created following the acquisition of Crossroad Lending, a film financing digital marketplace.
Developed and created by film producer Patrick Rizzotti, Crossroad is designed to service the entertainment industry by connecting filmmakers with a curated database of film and television lenders as well as equity financiers.
The business model for Blue Fox Financing will focus on U.S. tax credit loans, gap/supergap loans, U.S. minimum guarantees and/or foreign pre-sales and estimates, the company said. Rizzotti will head up the new company.
“Crossroads Lending’s platform is uniquely positioned in the entertainment industry for its ability to streamline and expedite funding opportunities, for both filmmakers and lenders. Blue Fox Financing is a natural extension of Blue Fox Entertainment’s distribution and sales business but is a standalone company operated independently by Patrick,...
Blue Fox Financing is being created following the acquisition of Crossroad Lending, a film financing digital marketplace.
Developed and created by film producer Patrick Rizzotti, Crossroad is designed to service the entertainment industry by connecting filmmakers with a curated database of film and television lenders as well as equity financiers.
The business model for Blue Fox Financing will focus on U.S. tax credit loans, gap/supergap loans, U.S. minimum guarantees and/or foreign pre-sales and estimates, the company said. Rizzotti will head up the new company.
“Crossroads Lending’s platform is uniquely positioned in the entertainment industry for its ability to streamline and expedite funding opportunities, for both filmmakers and lenders. Blue Fox Financing is a natural extension of Blue Fox Entertainment’s distribution and sales business but is a standalone company operated independently by Patrick,...
- 3/10/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
The Free Fall, starring Shawn Ashmore, Andrea Londo (Narcos), and Jane Badler (V). Directed by Adam Stilwell, the horror film hits theaters & VOD on January 14th from Gravitas Ventures.
After attempting to take her own life, a young woman must wrestle with an overbearing husband.
Over at Rotten Tomatoes, the film sits at 80%. Dread Central’s take: “People who like psychological horror and unreliable protagonists should absolutely seek out The Free Fall.”
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_free_fall
“The Free Fall is a deep dive into the brutal confusion of a manipulative relationship. A horrific look at obsession and the gas-lighting that can possess us when we’re at our very worst. It’s an important story and I’m really excited for audiences to experience it,” said director Adam Stilwell.
The film was produced by Paul Holbrook, Sean E. Demott, Gill Gayle and Patrick Rizzotti. Executive producers were Heisman Holbrook,...
After attempting to take her own life, a young woman must wrestle with an overbearing husband.
Over at Rotten Tomatoes, the film sits at 80%. Dread Central’s take: “People who like psychological horror and unreliable protagonists should absolutely seek out The Free Fall.”
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_free_fall
“The Free Fall is a deep dive into the brutal confusion of a manipulative relationship. A horrific look at obsession and the gas-lighting that can possess us when we’re at our very worst. It’s an important story and I’m really excited for audiences to experience it,” said director Adam Stilwell.
The film was produced by Paul Holbrook, Sean E. Demott, Gill Gayle and Patrick Rizzotti. Executive producers were Heisman Holbrook,...
- 1/12/2022
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Shawn Ashmore, Andrea Londo, Jane Badler lead cast.
Gravitas Ventures has acquired worldwide rights to horror film The Free Fall which Myriad Pictures handles internationally and launched talks with buyers at AFM.
Adam Stilwell directed the film about a suicidal young woman who must contend with an overbearing husband. Shawn Ashmore, Andrea Londo, and Jane Badler lead the cast.
Gravitas has set a day-and-date North American theatrical and VoD release for January 14, 2022. Paul Holbrook, Sean E. Demott , Gill Gayle, and Patrick Rizzotti produced The Free Fall and executive producers are Heisman Holbrook, Shaun Redick and Yvette Yates.
“The Free Fall...
Gravitas Ventures has acquired worldwide rights to horror film The Free Fall which Myriad Pictures handles internationally and launched talks with buyers at AFM.
Adam Stilwell directed the film about a suicidal young woman who must contend with an overbearing husband. Shawn Ashmore, Andrea Londo, and Jane Badler lead the cast.
Gravitas has set a day-and-date North American theatrical and VoD release for January 14, 2022. Paul Holbrook, Sean E. Demott , Gill Gayle, and Patrick Rizzotti produced The Free Fall and executive producers are Heisman Holbrook, Shaun Redick and Yvette Yates.
“The Free Fall...
- 11/18/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Saban Films has acquired U.S. distribution rights to the “The Super,” starring Val Kilmer and John Flueger (“Chicago P.D.”).
Stephan Rick directed from a script by John J. McLaughlin. The genre film is based on an idea from “Law & Order” creator/producer Dick Wolf, who produced through his company Wolf Entertainment alongside Tom Thayer, Patrick Rizzotti, and Brett Forbes.
“The Super” centers on the mysterious disappearance of several tenants at a luxury New York City apartment building. Flueger portrays the building’s new superintendent and a former NYPD officer, who immediately suspects the strange maintenance man, played by Kilmer. With his daughters’ lives on the line, he must decipher the cryptic riddles in which Kilmer’s character speaks to solve the case of the disappearances before it’s too late.
“‘The Super’ marks a return to form for Val Kilmer, who delivers a truly menacing performance,” Saban Films’ Bill Bromiley said.
Stephan Rick directed from a script by John J. McLaughlin. The genre film is based on an idea from “Law & Order” creator/producer Dick Wolf, who produced through his company Wolf Entertainment alongside Tom Thayer, Patrick Rizzotti, and Brett Forbes.
“The Super” centers on the mysterious disappearance of several tenants at a luxury New York City apartment building. Flueger portrays the building’s new superintendent and a former NYPD officer, who immediately suspects the strange maintenance man, played by Kilmer. With his daughters’ lives on the line, he must decipher the cryptic riddles in which Kilmer’s character speaks to solve the case of the disappearances before it’s too late.
“‘The Super’ marks a return to form for Val Kilmer, who delivers a truly menacing performance,” Saban Films’ Bill Bromiley said.
- 8/13/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Saban Films has acquired U.S. distribution rights to The Super, the Stephan Rick-directed genre thriller that stars Top Gun 2‘s Val Kilmer and Chicago P.D.‘s Patrick John Flueger. The film was scripted by Black Swan’s John J. McLaughlin based on an idea by Law & Order creator/producer Dick Wolf, who produced through his company Wolf Entertainment alongside Tom Thayer, Patrick Rizzotti and Brett Forbes. Saban Films has set an October 19 release and the film should play through Halloween and on VOD.
The Super centers on the mysterious disappearance of several tenants at a luxury New York City apartment building. Phil Lodge (Flueger), the building’s new superintendent and a former NYPD officer, immediately suspects Walter (Kilmer), the strange maintenance man. With his daughters’ lives on the line, Phil must decipher the cryptic riddles in which Walter speaks to solve the disappearances before it’s too late.
The Super centers on the mysterious disappearance of several tenants at a luxury New York City apartment building. Phil Lodge (Flueger), the building’s new superintendent and a former NYPD officer, immediately suspects Walter (Kilmer), the strange maintenance man. With his daughters’ lives on the line, Phil must decipher the cryptic riddles in which Walter speaks to solve the disappearances before it’s too late.
- 8/13/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Kidnapping comedy marks Blue Fox Entertainment’s first theatrical release.
Blue Fox Entertainment has announced it has acquired worldwide rights to the comedy Big Bear and will release in theatres and on VOD on September 22.
The title will be Blue Fox Entertainment’s first theatrical release and centres on a man dumped by his girlfriend who goes ahead with his bachelor party and discovers the man his fiancée ran off with has been kidnapped by his friends.
The film marks the directorial debut of actor Joey Kern, known for TNT’s Good Behavior and Super Troopers, who stars alongside Pablo Schreiber, Adam Brody, Tyler Labine, Zachary Knighton, and Toby Huss.
Big Bear was financed by Maybe This Year Productions (Mty), which also produced in association with Fortress Features.
Kern wrote the script and produced with Mty Productions’ Brandon Evans, Fortress Features’ Brett Forbes and Patrick Rizzotti, and Luke Edwards.
“We want to make a big splash with our...
Blue Fox Entertainment has announced it has acquired worldwide rights to the comedy Big Bear and will release in theatres and on VOD on September 22.
The title will be Blue Fox Entertainment’s first theatrical release and centres on a man dumped by his girlfriend who goes ahead with his bachelor party and discovers the man his fiancée ran off with has been kidnapped by his friends.
The film marks the directorial debut of actor Joey Kern, known for TNT’s Good Behavior and Super Troopers, who stars alongside Pablo Schreiber, Adam Brody, Tyler Labine, Zachary Knighton, and Toby Huss.
Big Bear was financed by Maybe This Year Productions (Mty), which also produced in association with Fortress Features.
Kern wrote the script and produced with Mty Productions’ Brandon Evans, Fortress Features’ Brett Forbes and Patrick Rizzotti, and Luke Edwards.
“We want to make a big splash with our...
- 7/18/2017
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Josh Stewart, Delroy Lindo, Bojana Novakovic, Melissa Bolona and Yvette Yates have joined writer-director Michael Winnick’s U.S.-set horror film Malicious, which will launch at the American Film Market next week. The film follows a young college professor and his pregnant wife who find and open an antique box in their new home, unwittingly releasing a malevolent entity with murderous intentions. Patrick Rizzotti and Brett Forbes of Fortress Features produce…...
- 10/28/2016
- Deadline
In my seven years of doing this, I can count on one hand the number of times I've inadvertently deleted or otherwise lost audio from an interview -- literally one of the worst things that can happen to a journalist. Unfortunately, I was forced to tick off one of those fingers just last week, when I settled in to transcribe my chat with Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton -- the longtime creative partners who collaborated on a total of four entries in the Saw franchise and two films in their Collector series -- and discovered that our nearly 30-minute chat had been wiped out entirely. Luckily, Dunstan was kind and understanding enough to respond to a set of emailed questions in the aftermath, and while I lament that our much more extensive previous conversation will never see the light of day -- among other things, you better believe I dug...
- 9/16/2016
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
Exclusive: Dick Wolf's Wolf Entertainment is partnering with Tom Thayer and Fortress Features' Patrick Rizzotti and Brett Forbes to produce The Super, with production just getting underway in New York. Written by Black Swan scribe John J. McLaughlin and directed by The Good Neighbor‘s Stephan Rick in his U.S. debut, the film stars Chicago Pd's Patrick Flueger and Val Kilmer, with Mattea Marie Conforti, Taylor Richardson, Paul Ben-Victor, Yul Vazquez, Louisa Krause and…...
- 7/14/2016
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Dick Wolf's Wolf Entertainment is partnering with Tom Thayer and Fortress Features' Patrick Rizzotti and Brett Forbes to produce The Super, with production just getting underway in New York. Written by Black Swan scribe John J. McLaughlin and directed by The Good Neighbor‘s Stephan Rick in his U.S. debut, the film stars Chicago PD's Patrick Flueger and Val Kilmer, with Mattea Marie Conforti, Taylor Richardson, Paul Ben-Victor, Yul Vazquez, Louisa Krause and…...
- 7/14/2016
- Deadline
A soul-sucking job turns into a life-draining nightmare in Bloodsucking Bastards. Scream Factory's announced a November 3rd Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD release for their office-set horror comedy, and we have a look at the cover art and list of bonus features.
Press Release: This fall, sink your teeth into Bloodsucking Bastards (a.k.a. Bloodsucking Bosses), an action-packed vampire comedy in the vein of Office Space and Shaun of the Dead. Directed by Brian James O’Connell and penned by the popular comedy troupe Dr. God and Ryan Mitts, Bloodsucking Bastards takes audiences on a hilarious, blood-spattered roller coaster ride in the most terrifying locale of all: the American workplace. This film boasts an all-star cast, including Fran Kranz (Cabin in the Woods), Pedro Pascal (Narcos, Game of Thrones), Emma Fitzpatrick (Significant Mother, The Collection), Yvette Yates (Inherent Vice) with Joel Murray (Mad Men) and Joey Kern (Cabin Fever...
Press Release: This fall, sink your teeth into Bloodsucking Bastards (a.k.a. Bloodsucking Bosses), an action-packed vampire comedy in the vein of Office Space and Shaun of the Dead. Directed by Brian James O’Connell and penned by the popular comedy troupe Dr. God and Ryan Mitts, Bloodsucking Bastards takes audiences on a hilarious, blood-spattered roller coaster ride in the most terrifying locale of all: the American workplace. This film boasts an all-star cast, including Fran Kranz (Cabin in the Woods), Pedro Pascal (Narcos, Game of Thrones), Emma Fitzpatrick (Significant Mother, The Collection), Yvette Yates (Inherent Vice) with Joel Murray (Mad Men) and Joey Kern (Cabin Fever...
- 9/24/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The genre theatrical imprint of Shout! Factory will open the film in select cinemas across top Us markets and on VOD on September 4.
Fran Kranz, Pedro Pascal, Emma Fitzpatrick, Yvette Yates
with Joel Murray and Joey Kern star in the Slamdance 2015 selection about of an office worker who learns a rival colleague is a vampire.
Brian James O’Connell directed from a screenplay by comedy pairing Dr. God and Ryan Mitts.
Fortress Features’ Brett Forbes and Patrick Rizzotti produced in association with Brandon Evans of Maybe This Year Productions, Colleen Hard, and Justin Ware.
Shout! Factory has brought on Ruth Vitale of The Film Collective and Mj Peckos of Dada Films to handle the theatrical launch and Meyer Shwarzstein of Brainstorm Media for VOD roll-out.
Shout! Factory founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos made the announcement on Wednesday.
Fran Kranz, Pedro Pascal, Emma Fitzpatrick, Yvette Yates
with Joel Murray and Joey Kern star in the Slamdance 2015 selection about of an office worker who learns a rival colleague is a vampire.
Brian James O’Connell directed from a screenplay by comedy pairing Dr. God and Ryan Mitts.
Fortress Features’ Brett Forbes and Patrick Rizzotti produced in association with Brandon Evans of Maybe This Year Productions, Colleen Hard, and Justin Ware.
Shout! Factory has brought on Ruth Vitale of The Film Collective and Mj Peckos of Dada Films to handle the theatrical launch and Meyer Shwarzstein of Brainstorm Media for VOD roll-out.
Shout! Factory founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos made the announcement on Wednesday.
- 7/1/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
A soul-sucking job turns into a blood-draining nightmare when a vampire uses macabre motivation on his employees in Scream Factory's Bloodsucking Bastards, which has now been set for a September 4th release in select theaters and VOD.
Press Release: "Los Angeles, CA – (July 1, 2015) – Scream Factory™ Films, a genre theatrical imprint of Shout! Factory, announced today that action-packed horror-comedy Bloodsucking Bastards will open in select cinemas across top U.S. markets and on VOD September 4, 2015. The announcement was made by Shout! Factory’s founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer, and Garson Foos.
Directed by Brian James O’Connell and penned by the popular comedy troupe Dr. God and Ryan Mitts, Bloodsucking Bastards recently made its world premiere as the opening night film at the Slamdance Film Festival 2015 and has since played at numerous film festivals to press acclaim and great audience enthusiasm. The film boasts an all-star cast including Fran Kranz (Cabin...
Press Release: "Los Angeles, CA – (July 1, 2015) – Scream Factory™ Films, a genre theatrical imprint of Shout! Factory, announced today that action-packed horror-comedy Bloodsucking Bastards will open in select cinemas across top U.S. markets and on VOD September 4, 2015. The announcement was made by Shout! Factory’s founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer, and Garson Foos.
Directed by Brian James O’Connell and penned by the popular comedy troupe Dr. God and Ryan Mitts, Bloodsucking Bastards recently made its world premiere as the opening night film at the Slamdance Film Festival 2015 and has since played at numerous film festivals to press acclaim and great audience enthusiasm. The film boasts an all-star cast including Fran Kranz (Cabin...
- 7/1/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Details the upcoming convention screening of Bloodsucking Bastards, as well as casting updates for the Scream TV series and AMC's Preacher pilot, are featured in our latest round-up.
Bloodsucking Bastards: The office-set horror comedy Bloodsucking Bastards will screen at the Texas Frightmare Weekend on May 2nd at 8pm:
Press Release -- "An Office Space meets Shaun of the Dead action-packed horror comedy, Bloodsucking Bastards stars Fran Kranz as Evan Sanders, a low-level, dutiful employee stuck in a boring job at a soul-killing every corporation. Evan’s the kind of guy who does all the work and gets none of the credit, but at least he gets to spend his days with his beautiful co-worker/girlfriend Amanda (Emma Fitzpatrick) and his slacker best friend Tim (Joey Kern).
Unfortunately, it all falls apart in one fell swoop when Amanda breaks up with him and Evan’s boss Ted (Joel Murray) hands...
Bloodsucking Bastards: The office-set horror comedy Bloodsucking Bastards will screen at the Texas Frightmare Weekend on May 2nd at 8pm:
Press Release -- "An Office Space meets Shaun of the Dead action-packed horror comedy, Bloodsucking Bastards stars Fran Kranz as Evan Sanders, a low-level, dutiful employee stuck in a boring job at a soul-killing every corporation. Evan’s the kind of guy who does all the work and gets none of the credit, but at least he gets to spend his days with his beautiful co-worker/girlfriend Amanda (Emma Fitzpatrick) and his slacker best friend Tim (Joey Kern).
Unfortunately, it all falls apart in one fell swoop when Amanda breaks up with him and Evan’s boss Ted (Joel Murray) hands...
- 4/22/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Exclusive: La-based sales outfit brings It’s Already Tomorrow In Hong Kong and Bloodsucking Bastards to Filmart.
Roman Kopelevich’s Red Sea Media is to handle all international sales for It’s Already Tomorrow In Hong Kong and is debuting the romantic comedy to buyers this week at Filmart.
Directed and written by Emily Ting, the film stars Jamie Chung (Big Hero 6) and Bryan Greenberg (Friends With Benefits), and was produced by Ting with Sophia Shek.
Chung plays a Chinese American who visits Hong Kong for the first time and meets a Us expat (Greenberg). But as romance blossoms, time is not on their side.
The rights deal was negotiated by Kopelevich for Red Sea Media and Ari Haas of Sedgemoore Pictures on behalf of the filmmakers.
Ting said: “We shot the film in Hong Kong last summer and I couldn’t be happier to be returning ‘home’ a year later with the finished product.”
Bloodsucking...
Roman Kopelevich’s Red Sea Media is to handle all international sales for It’s Already Tomorrow In Hong Kong and is debuting the romantic comedy to buyers this week at Filmart.
Directed and written by Emily Ting, the film stars Jamie Chung (Big Hero 6) and Bryan Greenberg (Friends With Benefits), and was produced by Ting with Sophia Shek.
Chung plays a Chinese American who visits Hong Kong for the first time and meets a Us expat (Greenberg). But as romance blossoms, time is not on their side.
The rights deal was negotiated by Kopelevich for Red Sea Media and Ari Haas of Sedgemoore Pictures on behalf of the filmmakers.
Ting said: “We shot the film in Hong Kong last summer and I couldn’t be happier to be returning ‘home’ a year later with the finished product.”
Bloodsucking...
- 3/25/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Bathed in fluorescent lights, the telemarketing office where Evan (Fran Kranz of The Cabin in the Woods) works seems to be sucking the life out of his soul, but he’ll have to worry about the same thing happening to his lifeblood when a vampire takes his sought-after promotion. Such is the horror-comedy setup in Bloodsucking Bastards, a recent Slamdance screening that Shout! Factory just picked up:
Press Release - “Los Angeles / New York / Park City (January 29, 2015) – Shout! Factory, a leading multi- platform entertainment company, has acquired the North American rights to Bloodsucking Bastards, a vampire comedy-horror feature directed by Brian James O’Connell and penned by the comedy troupe Dr. God from an original script by Ryan Mitts. The announcement was made today by Shout! Factory’s founder Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos, and the producers of the film.
In this picture deal, Shout! Factory secured exclusive...
Press Release - “Los Angeles / New York / Park City (January 29, 2015) – Shout! Factory, a leading multi- platform entertainment company, has acquired the North American rights to Bloodsucking Bastards, a vampire comedy-horror feature directed by Brian James O’Connell and penned by the comedy troupe Dr. God from an original script by Ryan Mitts. The announcement was made today by Shout! Factory’s founder Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos, and the producers of the film.
In this picture deal, Shout! Factory secured exclusive...
- 1/29/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Multi-platform entertainment company Shout! Factory has acquired North American rights to “Bloodsucking Bastards,” a vampire comedy-horror feature directed by Brian James O’Connell and written by the comedy troupe Dr. God based on an original script by Ryan Mitts, TheWrap has learned.
The film’s producers and Shout! Factory’s founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos announced that the rights deal includes theatrical, home entertainment, digital distribution and broadcast for cross-platform releases in the U.S. and Canada.
Described as “Office Space” meets “Shaun of the Dead,” the film stars Fran Kranz (“Cabin in the Woods”) as an...
The film’s producers and Shout! Factory’s founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos announced that the rights deal includes theatrical, home entertainment, digital distribution and broadcast for cross-platform releases in the U.S. and Canada.
Described as “Office Space” meets “Shaun of the Dead,” the film stars Fran Kranz (“Cabin in the Woods”) as an...
- 1/29/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Coming soon from the producers of The Collector and The Collection, we've got your first look at the new poster for writer-director-star Josh Stewart's upcoming The Hunted, which will be launching limited theatrical engagements starting June 19th via Tugg this summer prior to a home video release in September. Fortress Features (The Collector and The Collection) and producers Patrick Rizzotti, Brett Forbes and Josh Stewart have teamed up with Tugg.com to launch theatrical screenings of the hunting-themed thriller The Hunted in cities across the country. Josh Stewart (The Dark Knight Rises, The Collector, Criminal Minds) wrote, directed and stars in the film, which is based on an experience from his college days. Growing up in rural West Virginia, Stewart spent much of his youth bow...
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- 6/13/2014
- Screen Anarchy
eOne Films Us has pounced on North American rights to horror thriller The Hunted and zombie comedy April Apocalypse.
Josh Stewart wrote, directed and stars in The Hunted and Brett Forbes and Patrick Rizzotti produced through Fortress Features and Cinema Management Group handles international sales.
The story follows two hunters bidding for their own reality TV show who encounter trouble in the West Virginia mountains. Wme Global negotiated the deal.
Jarret Tarnol directed April Apocalypse, about a loser who becomes a ferocious zombie slayer.
Brent Tarnol wrote the screenplay and the pair produced through Tarnol Group. Reece Thompson, Rebekah Brandes and Brent Tarnol star. Preferred Content’s Zac Bright negotiated the deal.
Dan Fisher represented eOne for both films.
Josh Stewart wrote, directed and stars in The Hunted and Brett Forbes and Patrick Rizzotti produced through Fortress Features and Cinema Management Group handles international sales.
The story follows two hunters bidding for their own reality TV show who encounter trouble in the West Virginia mountains. Wme Global negotiated the deal.
Jarret Tarnol directed April Apocalypse, about a loser who becomes a ferocious zombie slayer.
Brent Tarnol wrote the screenplay and the pair produced through Tarnol Group. Reece Thompson, Rebekah Brandes and Brent Tarnol star. Preferred Content’s Zac Bright negotiated the deal.
Dan Fisher represented eOne for both films.
- 11/10/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Two new flicks have found themselves a new home with eOne Entertainment - the zombie comedy April Apocalypse and Josh Stewart's (The Collector, The Collection) new film entitled The Hunted. Read on for details.
April Apocalypse was directed by Jarret Tarnol from a script by Brent Tarnol, who both produced the film via their Tarnol Group Pictures banner. The film stars Reece Thompson and Rebekah Brandes with Brent Tarnol, Stephanie Hunt, Todd Stashwick, Mark Rolston, Sarah Hyland, Roger Bart, and George Lopez.
Synopsis
After finally building the courage to sweep his dream girl April off her feet, hopeless Artie crashes his car and wakes up in the middle of the zombie apocalypse. With more power and courage than ever before, Artie’s love for April transforms him into a badass zombie slayer taking down everything that steps in his path. With an infected bite on Artie’s hand, time is...
April Apocalypse was directed by Jarret Tarnol from a script by Brent Tarnol, who both produced the film via their Tarnol Group Pictures banner. The film stars Reece Thompson and Rebekah Brandes with Brent Tarnol, Stephanie Hunt, Todd Stashwick, Mark Rolston, Sarah Hyland, Roger Bart, and George Lopez.
Synopsis
After finally building the courage to sweep his dream girl April off her feet, hopeless Artie crashes his car and wakes up in the middle of the zombie apocalypse. With more power and courage than ever before, Artie’s love for April transforms him into a badass zombie slayer taking down everything that steps in his path. With an infected bite on Artie’s hand, time is...
- 11/10/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Around these parts we're big big fans of writers Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, and any time some news surfaces concerning horror's golden duo, we get really excited. We're especially excited to hear about their Neighbor.
Screen Daily reports that London-based sales outfit Salt has inked a German-speaking Europe and Benelux deal with Splendid Film on their new horror-thriller The Neighbor from well-known genre writers Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton. Dunstan, who wrote Feast, Saw IV, V, and VI with Melton and was director of The Collector and its sequel, The Collection (also both written by Melton), will direct. Producers are Brett Forbes and Patrick Rizzotti of Fortress Features. Casting is under way.
The Neighbor is set in New Mexico, and the film follows a man who discovers the dark truth about his secretive neighbor and what, or whom, he may be keeping in the cellar.
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Screen Daily reports that London-based sales outfit Salt has inked a German-speaking Europe and Benelux deal with Splendid Film on their new horror-thriller The Neighbor from well-known genre writers Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton. Dunstan, who wrote Feast, Saw IV, V, and VI with Melton and was director of The Collector and its sequel, The Collection (also both written by Melton), will direct. Producers are Brett Forbes and Patrick Rizzotti of Fortress Features. Casting is under way.
The Neighbor is set in New Mexico, and the film follows a man who discovers the dark truth about his secretive neighbor and what, or whom, he may be keeping in the cellar.
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- 11/10/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Entertainment One has picked up North American rights for two new horror titles at Afm, the zombie comedy April Apocalypse from Preferred Content and the horror thriller The Hunted from Wme Global. The directorial debut of actor Josh Stewart, The Hunted focuses on two men hunting out in the West Virginia mountains who suddenly become the hunted. Brett Forbes and Patrick Rizzotti produced via their Fortress Features banner. Afm: Ryan Kavanaugh Predicts Summer 'Blood Bath' for Majors April Apocalypse is a zom rom com focusing on a shy guy who finally gets up the courage to ask his dream girl
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- 11/9/2013
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Germany-Benelux deal for new horror from Saw franchise writer.
London-based sales outfit Salt has inked a German-speaking Europe and Benelux deal with Splendid Film on their new horror-thriller The Neighbor, from well-known genre writers Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton.
Dunstan, who wrote Saw IV, V and VI with Melton and was director of The Collector and its sequel, The Collection (also both written by Melton), will direct.
Producers are Brett Forbes and Patrick Rizzotti of Fortress Features. Wme handles North America.
Tom Rice and Ben Nearn from Sycamore Pictures will also be producing and arranging financing.
Set in New Mexico, the film follows a man who discovers the dark truth about his secretive neighbour and what, or who, he may be keeping in the cellar. Casting is underway.
Salt’s Viking epic Northmen - A Viking Saga is currently in production.
London-based sales outfit Salt has inked a German-speaking Europe and Benelux deal with Splendid Film on their new horror-thriller The Neighbor, from well-known genre writers Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton.
Dunstan, who wrote Saw IV, V and VI with Melton and was director of The Collector and its sequel, The Collection (also both written by Melton), will direct.
Producers are Brett Forbes and Patrick Rizzotti of Fortress Features. Wme handles North America.
Tom Rice and Ben Nearn from Sycamore Pictures will also be producing and arranging financing.
Set in New Mexico, the film follows a man who discovers the dark truth about his secretive neighbour and what, or who, he may be keeping in the cellar. Casting is underway.
Salt’s Viking epic Northmen - A Viking Saga is currently in production.
- 11/9/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Germany-Benelux deal for new horror from Saw franchise writer.
London-based sales outfit Salt has inked a German-speaking Europe and Benelux deal with Splendid Film on their new horror-thriller The Neighbor, from well-known genre writers Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton.
Dunstan, who wrote Saw IV, V and VI with Melton and was director of The Collector and its sequel, The Collection (also both written by Melton), will direct.
Producers are Brett Forbes and Patrick Rizzotti of Fortress Features. Wme handles North America.
Tom Rice and Ben Nearn from Sycamore Pictures will also be producing and arranging financing.
Set in New Mexico, the film follows a man who discovers the dark truth about his secretive neighbour and what, or who, he may be keeping in the cellar. Casting is underway.
Salt’s Viking epic Northmen - A Viking Saga is currently in production.
London-based sales outfit Salt has inked a German-speaking Europe and Benelux deal with Splendid Film on their new horror-thriller The Neighbor, from well-known genre writers Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton.
Dunstan, who wrote Saw IV, V and VI with Melton and was director of The Collector and its sequel, The Collection (also both written by Melton), will direct.
Producers are Brett Forbes and Patrick Rizzotti of Fortress Features. Wme handles North America.
Tom Rice and Ben Nearn from Sycamore Pictures will also be producing and arranging financing.
Set in New Mexico, the film follows a man who discovers the dark truth about his secretive neighbour and what, or who, he may be keeping in the cellar. Casting is underway.
Salt’s Viking epic Northmen - A Viking Saga is currently in production.
- 11/9/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Screamfest La 2013 kicked off with a bloody bang last night in North Hollywood, CA, at the Laemmle NoHo 7, and we were there to shoot the black carpet, catch the premiere of Ben Ketai's feature Beneath, and hit the opening night party. Read on!
Gracing the carpet, in addition to director Ketai, were Beneath cast members Kelly Noonan, Joey Kern, Eric Etebari, Lauren Gores and Rene Rivera, along with producers Kelly Wagner and Nick Phillips. Joining them for opening night were the following Screamfest 2013 film selection attendees (take a breath): director Matt Eskandari and writer Matt Lawson of The Gauntlet, The Banishing’s director Erlingur Ottar Thoroddsen and writer Brian McAuley, The Summoners' filmmaker Christian Ackerman, director Paul Hyett (The Seasoning House), Frost producer Ingvar Thordarson, director Samuel Gonzalez Jr. and actress Danielle Adams of Woodland Heights, Luna director Antonio Perez, director of Cannon Fodder Eitan Gafny, director...
Gracing the carpet, in addition to director Ketai, were Beneath cast members Kelly Noonan, Joey Kern, Eric Etebari, Lauren Gores and Rene Rivera, along with producers Kelly Wagner and Nick Phillips. Joining them for opening night were the following Screamfest 2013 film selection attendees (take a breath): director Matt Eskandari and writer Matt Lawson of The Gauntlet, The Banishing’s director Erlingur Ottar Thoroddsen and writer Brian McAuley, The Summoners' filmmaker Christian Ackerman, director Paul Hyett (The Seasoning House), Frost producer Ingvar Thordarson, director Samuel Gonzalez Jr. and actress Danielle Adams of Woodland Heights, Luna director Antonio Perez, director of Cannon Fodder Eitan Gafny, director...
- 10/9/2013
- by Sean Decker
- DreadCentral.com
With writer/director Josh Stewart’s horror survival feature The Hunted set for its Los Angeles premiere Thursday, October 10, at 9:30pm at the Screamfest Film Festival, read on for our exclusive chat with the filmmaker along with the film's trailer and some stills!
Produced by Brett Forbes, Patrick Rizzotti and Josh Stewart from a script by the latter, The Hunted stars Stewart, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Nikki Deloach and Skipp Sudduth. It revolves around the characters of Jake (Stewart) and Stevie (Blevins), a duo who, in chasing their dream of landing on a television hunting show, head to the dense, secluded mountains of West Virginia. Equipped with only their bow and camera, they have just three days to kill a monster buck big enough to grab the attention of the producers, and they've found him. But the sun has set, and they realize they’re not alone. Have the hunters become the hunted?...
Produced by Brett Forbes, Patrick Rizzotti and Josh Stewart from a script by the latter, The Hunted stars Stewart, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Nikki Deloach and Skipp Sudduth. It revolves around the characters of Jake (Stewart) and Stevie (Blevins), a duo who, in chasing their dream of landing on a television hunting show, head to the dense, secluded mountains of West Virginia. Equipped with only their bow and camera, they have just three days to kill a monster buck big enough to grab the attention of the producers, and they've found him. But the sun has set, and they realize they’re not alone. Have the hunters become the hunted?...
- 10/9/2013
- by Sean Decker
- DreadCentral.com
Dread Central hopped a flight to Las Vegas, Nevada, on Thursday, October 3, in order to cover the opening of the haunt attraction Fright Dome at Adventuredome at Circus Circus, and we came back with not only a celebrity-filled gallery from the black carpet but also a report!
Arriving to the gusty Fright Dome carpet, we were beset by a menagerie of scare actors hired by Fright Dome creator and owner Jason Egan, who in true Tod Browning fashion had employed (among the requisite clowns and chainsaw-wielding madmen) individuals with actual physical anomalies, which were accentuated by entirely professional makeups. In addition to the duo of Johnny Eck-like young women with truncated torsos (who were made up as zombies and dashed about the carpet using their hands as locomotion), another actor sported a gruesome facial makeup which served to highlight his entirely empty optical orb (the result of sinus cancer,...
Arriving to the gusty Fright Dome carpet, we were beset by a menagerie of scare actors hired by Fright Dome creator and owner Jason Egan, who in true Tod Browning fashion had employed (among the requisite clowns and chainsaw-wielding madmen) individuals with actual physical anomalies, which were accentuated by entirely professional makeups. In addition to the duo of Johnny Eck-like young women with truncated torsos (who were made up as zombies and dashed about the carpet using their hands as locomotion), another actor sported a gruesome facial makeup which served to highlight his entirely empty optical orb (the result of sinus cancer,...
- 10/8/2013
- by Sean Decker
- DreadCentral.com
Josh Stewart, who was seen as one of Bane's main dudes in The Dark Knight Rises and is the star of The Collector and The Collection, recently completed work as a director on his own horror film.
The project is called The Hunted and the film will be showing to potential buyers at the Toronto International Film Festival next month. Stewart co-produced with The Collector producers Brett Forbes and Patrick Rizzotti.
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The project is called The Hunted and the film will be showing to potential buyers at the Toronto International Film Festival next month. Stewart co-produced with The Collector producers Brett Forbes and Patrick Rizzotti.
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- 8/27/2013
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Edward Noeltner’s Cinema Management Group has teamed up with The Collector and The Collection producers Brett Forbes and Patrick Rizzotti of Fortress Features and actor Josh Stewart on the Toronto-bound sales title.
The supernatural horror thriller stars Stewart as a hunter who heads into the West Virginian woods with a friend in a bid to land their own reality TV show. They soon learn a terrifying entity is stalking them. Wme Global represents Us rights.
Cmg will screen Hunted outside the festival for buyers on Sept 6 at 6.30pm at the Deluxe Screening Room.
“Josh, Brett, and Patrick have really taken their amazing skills of making horror films to another level with Hunted,” said Noeltner.
“We’ve had terrific success selling their previous films, and I think there’s a huge worldwide audience looking for a supernatural thriller as frightening as this one. We really can’t wait to share this film for the first time with...
The supernatural horror thriller stars Stewart as a hunter who heads into the West Virginian woods with a friend in a bid to land their own reality TV show. They soon learn a terrifying entity is stalking them. Wme Global represents Us rights.
Cmg will screen Hunted outside the festival for buyers on Sept 6 at 6.30pm at the Deluxe Screening Room.
“Josh, Brett, and Patrick have really taken their amazing skills of making horror films to another level with Hunted,” said Noeltner.
“We’ve had terrific success selling their previous films, and I think there’s a huge worldwide audience looking for a supernatural thriller as frightening as this one. We really can’t wait to share this film for the first time with...
- 8/19/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Check out this new movie clip from the The Collection, the upcoming thriller follow-up to The Collector, starring Josh Stewart, Emma Fitzpatrick and Christopher McDonald. Ld Entertainment distributes the film directed by Marcus Dunstan, from the script by Patrick Melton and Dunstan. Pic's produced by Brett Forbes, Mickey Liddell, Jennifer Hilton Monroe, Julie Richardson and Patrick Rizzotti. When Elena's (Emma Fitzpatrick) friends take her to a secret party at an undisclosed location, she never imagined she would become the latest victim of The Collector, a psychopathic killer. The Collector kidnaps and transports her to an abandoned hotel he's transformed into his own private maze of torture and death. Upon learning of his daughter's disappearance, Elena's wealthy father (Christopher McDonald) hires a group of mercenaries to retrieve her from the vicious grips of The Collector. These mercenaries coerce Arkin...
- 10/31/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Check out this new movie clip from the The Collection, the upcoming thriller follow-up to The Collector, starring Josh Stewart, Emma Fitzpatrick and Christopher McDonald. Ld Entertainment distributes the film directed by Marcus Dunstan, from the script by Patrick Melton and Dunstan. Pic's produced by Brett Forbes, Mickey Liddell, Jennifer Hilton Monroe, Julie Richardson and Patrick Rizzotti. When Elena's (Emma Fitzpatrick) friends take her to a secret party at an undisclosed location, she never imagined she would become the latest victim of The Collector, a psychopathic killer. The Collector kidnaps and transports her to an abandoned hotel he's transformed into his own private maze of torture and death. Upon learning of his daughter's disappearance, Elena's wealthy father (Christopher McDonald) hires a group of mercenaries to retrieve her from the vicious grips of The Collector. These mercenaries coerce Arkin...
- 10/31/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
This past week, I found a few bits of news about Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan-Tatum’s current and upcoming film projects ‘Dear John‘, ‘Son of No One‘, ‘Balls to the Wall‘, and ‘Legend of Hell’s Gate: An American Conspiracy‘. I also have a big news update for ‘Step Up 3D‘ too! Check out today’s Movie Bytes to get the latest scoop. Enjoy!!!
Dear John
Channing Tatum’s romantic drama ‘Dear John‘ just premiered in Portugal (as ‘Juntos ao Luar‘), Spain (as ‘Querido John‘), and Taiwan (as ‘最後一封情書’) This Past Week!!!
‘Dear John‘ tells the story of John (Channing Tatum), a young soldier home on leave and Savannah Curtis (Amanda Seyfried), the idealistic college student he meets during her spring vacation. It’s based on a Nicholas Sparks’ best-selling book, helmed by Lasse Hallström, written by Jamie Linden, and wrapped filming in the Charleston, South Carolina area...
Dear John
Channing Tatum’s romantic drama ‘Dear John‘ just premiered in Portugal (as ‘Juntos ao Luar‘), Spain (as ‘Querido John‘), and Taiwan (as ‘最後一封情書’) This Past Week!!!
‘Dear John‘ tells the story of John (Channing Tatum), a young soldier home on leave and Savannah Curtis (Amanda Seyfried), the idealistic college student he meets during her spring vacation. It’s based on a Nicholas Sparks’ best-selling book, helmed by Lasse Hallström, written by Jamie Linden, and wrapped filming in the Charleston, South Carolina area...
- 3/26/2010
- by Channing Tatum Unwrapped
- Channing Tatum Unwrapped
A while back we reported that Marcus Dunstan's The Collector wouldn't be getting a home video release until April of 2010. That seemed extremely unrealistic as we live in an age in which theatre to DVD turnaround time is usually a matter of a couple of months. Today an official date has been announced ...
According to VideoETA the movie will indeed be hitting home on April 6th, 2010. Really? Nearly a year? Wow.
Co-written by Marcus Dunstan and his Feast and Saw IV thru VI collaborator Patrick Melton, The Collector was produced by Fortress Features’ Brett Forbes and Patrick Rizzotti and Imaginarium Entertainment Group’s Julie Richardson and stars Josh Stewart (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Criminal Minds) as “handyman and ex-con Arkin (according to Liddell Ent.’s pr), who aims to repay a debt to his ex-wife by robbing his new employer’s country home. Unfortunately for Arkin, a...
According to VideoETA the movie will indeed be hitting home on April 6th, 2010. Really? Nearly a year? Wow.
Co-written by Marcus Dunstan and his Feast and Saw IV thru VI collaborator Patrick Melton, The Collector was produced by Fortress Features’ Brett Forbes and Patrick Rizzotti and Imaginarium Entertainment Group’s Julie Richardson and stars Josh Stewart (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Criminal Minds) as “handyman and ex-con Arkin (according to Liddell Ent.’s pr), who aims to repay a debt to his ex-wife by robbing his new employer’s country home. Unfortunately for Arkin, a...
- 1/14/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Now mind you this is just rumor for now, but if proven true, it will probably be one of the longest theatrical to DVD transitions ever.
VideoETA, which is usually pretty reliable, reports that The Collector is supposedly scheduled for home video release many months from now. April 2010 to be exact. Guess we will see what happens, but still ... wow.
Co-written by Marcus Dunstan and his Feast and Saw IV thru VI collaborator Patrick Melton, The Collector was produced by Fortress Features’ Brett Forbes and Patrick Rizzotti and Imaginarium Entertainment Group’s Julie Richardson and stars Josh Stewart (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Criminal Minds) as “handyman and ex-con Arkin (according to Liddell Ent.’s pr), who aims to repay a debt to his ex-wife by robbing his new employer’s country home. Unfortunately for Arkin, a far worse enemy has already laid claim to the property – and the family.
VideoETA, which is usually pretty reliable, reports that The Collector is supposedly scheduled for home video release many months from now. April 2010 to be exact. Guess we will see what happens, but still ... wow.
Co-written by Marcus Dunstan and his Feast and Saw IV thru VI collaborator Patrick Melton, The Collector was produced by Fortress Features’ Brett Forbes and Patrick Rizzotti and Imaginarium Entertainment Group’s Julie Richardson and stars Josh Stewart (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Criminal Minds) as “handyman and ex-con Arkin (according to Liddell Ent.’s pr), who aims to repay a debt to his ex-wife by robbing his new employer’s country home. Unfortunately for Arkin, a far worse enemy has already laid claim to the property – and the family.
- 12/28/2009
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Lionsgate just sent us this killer new movie trailer from the upcoming horror film “The Collector” produced by Fortress Features’ Brett Forbes and Patrick Rizzotti and Imaginarium Entertainment Group’s Julie Richardson and starring Josh Stewart (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Criminal Minds), Daniella Alonso (Friday Night Lights, The Hills Have Eyes 2), Michael Reilly Burke (Lincoln Heights, 24), Andrea Roth (Rescue Me, War), Madeline Zima (Californication, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle), Karley Scott-Collins (Pulse 2, The Class), Robert Wisdom (The Wire, The Forgotten) and Juan Fernandez (The Lost City, A Man Apart). Synopsis: The Collector follows the story of handyman and ex-con Arkin, who aims to repay a debt [...]...
- 7/26/2009
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
Here's a new pictures, a new red band thriller 4 movie clips from Marcus Dunstan's "The Collector", which will be screening this weekend at the Sdcc and opening in theatres on July 31, 2009. Co-written by Dunstan and his "Feast" and "Saw IV", "Saw V", "Saw VI" collaborator Patrick Melton, "The Collector" was produced by Fortress Features' Brett Forbes and Patrick Rizzotti and Imaginarium Entertainment Group's Julie Richardson, and stars Josh Stewart ("The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button", "Criminal Minds") as .handyman and ex-con Arkin (according to Liddell Ent.'s pr), who aims to repay a debt to his ex-wife by robbing his new employer's country home. Unfortunately for Arkin, a far worse enemy has already laid claim to the property . and the family. As the seconds tick down to...
- 7/25/2009
- www.ohmygore.com/
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