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Robert Rodriguez is gearing up to make his return to theaters this summer with a brand new, mind-bending thriller starring none other than Ben Affleck. The somewhat mysterious film, titled "Hypnotic," held an in-progress screening at SXSW this year. You can read our findings right here from the version of the film that was screened, but the rest of you out there will soon have the chance to see the film for yourselves. The movie now has a release date and, unlike Rodriguez's recent venture, "We Can Be Heroes," this one is destined for the big screen.
For those who enjoy the "Alita: Battle Angel" and "From Dusk Till Dawn" filmmaker's work, we're here to give you all of...
Robert Rodriguez is gearing up to make his return to theaters this summer with a brand new, mind-bending thriller starring none other than Ben Affleck. The somewhat mysterious film, titled "Hypnotic," held an in-progress screening at SXSW this year. You can read our findings right here from the version of the film that was screened, but the rest of you out there will soon have the chance to see the film for yourselves. The movie now has a release date and, unlike Rodriguez's recent venture, "We Can Be Heroes," this one is destined for the big screen.
For those who enjoy the "Alita: Battle Angel" and "From Dusk Till Dawn" filmmaker's work, we're here to give you all of...
- 4/1/2023
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Fresh off a surprise “work in progress” screening at SXSW, Robert Rodriguez’s action-thriller Hypnotic, starring Ben Affleck, has been set for a May 12 U.S. release.
As we revealed last month, Ketchup Entertainment will be launching the movie on more than 2,000 screens.
The looming release for a movie that remains unfinished is yet another talking point in the project’s tumultuous journey to screen.
Little has been straight-forward for Hypnotic but the warm reception it received on Sunday night was a welcome respite for its creatives and financiers. It’s unusual for a big budget film to get a public “work in progress” screening at a festival but Austin was a smart choice given the home crowd’s reverence for Texas-native Rodriguez.
The director said today: “I’ve been working on this film for many years now, and to see the reaction from my home town audience at SXSW was humbling and validating.
As we revealed last month, Ketchup Entertainment will be launching the movie on more than 2,000 screens.
The looming release for a movie that remains unfinished is yet another talking point in the project’s tumultuous journey to screen.
Little has been straight-forward for Hypnotic but the warm reception it received on Sunday night was a welcome respite for its creatives and financiers. It’s unusual for a big budget film to get a public “work in progress” screening at a festival but Austin was a smart choice given the home crowd’s reverence for Texas-native Rodriguez.
The director said today: “I’ve been working on this film for many years now, and to see the reaction from my home town audience at SXSW was humbling and validating.
- 3/17/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Derailed by the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, Solstice Studios lost its top leadership on Monday in a sign that the relatively new indie producer and distribution outfit is winding down.
Veteran Hollywood indie executive Mark Gill helped found Solstice in 2018 after the proposed venture raised a hefty sum.
Gill, who serves as CEO, is among those exiting alongside marketing chief Vincent Bruzzese, production chief Lia Ellzey, distribution chief Shari Hardison and international sales head Crystal Bourbeau.
Roughly 10 people are said to be remaining at Solstice through next year. Their job is to oversee the completion of the ...
Veteran Hollywood indie executive Mark Gill helped found Solstice in 2018 after the proposed venture raised a hefty sum.
Gill, who serves as CEO, is among those exiting alongside marketing chief Vincent Bruzzese, production chief Lia Ellzey, distribution chief Shari Hardison and international sales head Crystal Bourbeau.
Roughly 10 people are said to be remaining at Solstice through next year. Their job is to oversee the completion of the ...
- 10/5/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Derailed by the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, Solstice Studios lost its top leadership on Monday in a sign that the relatively new indie producer and distribution outfit is winding down.
Veteran Hollywood indie executive Mark Gill helped found Solstice in 2018 after the proposed venture raised a hefty sum.
Gill, who serves as CEO, is among those exiting alongside marketing chief Vincent Bruzzese, production chief Lia Ellzey, distribution chief Shari Hardison and international sales head Crystal Bourbeau.
Roughly 10 people are said to be remaining at Solstice through next year. Their job is to oversee the completion of the ...
Veteran Hollywood indie executive Mark Gill helped found Solstice in 2018 after the proposed venture raised a hefty sum.
Gill, who serves as CEO, is among those exiting alongside marketing chief Vincent Bruzzese, production chief Lia Ellzey, distribution chief Shari Hardison and international sales head Crystal Bourbeau.
Roughly 10 people are said to be remaining at Solstice through next year. Their job is to oversee the completion of the ...
- 10/5/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Company released one film since launching three years ago.
Solstice Studios founder and CEO Mark Gill and his senior executive suite are on the way out in a major blow to the independent film supply chain as insiders told Screen the LA-based company appeared destined to become the first casualty of the pandemic.
It is understood that besides Gill – the former Warner Independent Pictures head and a top executive at Miramax and Millennium Films who launched the production, finance, distribution and sales company almost three years ago to the day on October 3 2018 – departing key executives are international sales head Crystal Bourbeau,...
Solstice Studios founder and CEO Mark Gill and his senior executive suite are on the way out in a major blow to the independent film supply chain as insiders told Screen the LA-based company appeared destined to become the first casualty of the pandemic.
It is understood that besides Gill – the former Warner Independent Pictures head and a top executive at Miramax and Millennium Films who launched the production, finance, distribution and sales company almost three years ago to the day on October 3 2018 – departing key executives are international sales head Crystal Bourbeau,...
- 10/4/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Company released one film since launching three years ago.
Solstice Studios founder and CEO Mark Gill and his senior executive suite are on the way out in a major blow to the independent film supply chain as insiders told Screen the LA-based company appeared destined to become the first casualty of the pandemic.
It is understood that besides Gill – the former Warner Independent Pictures head and a top executive at Miramax and Millennium Films who launched the production, finance, distribution and sales company almost three years ago to the day on October 3 2018 – other key executives on the way out are international sales head Crystal Bourbeau,...
Solstice Studios founder and CEO Mark Gill and his senior executive suite are on the way out in a major blow to the independent film supply chain as insiders told Screen the LA-based company appeared destined to become the first casualty of the pandemic.
It is understood that besides Gill – the former Warner Independent Pictures head and a top executive at Miramax and Millennium Films who launched the production, finance, distribution and sales company almost three years ago to the day on October 3 2018 – other key executives on the way out are international sales head Crystal Bourbeau,...
- 10/4/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Company released one film since launching three years ago.
Solstice Studios founder and CEO Mark Gill and his senior executive suite are on the way out in a major blow to the independent film supply chain as insiders told Screen the LA-based company appeared destined to become the first casualty of the pandemic.
It is understood that besides Gill – the former Warner Independent Pictures head and a top executive at Miramax and Millennium Films who launched the producer, distributor and sales agent almost three years ago to the day on October 3 2018 – other key executives on the way out are international sales head Crystal Bourbeau,...
Solstice Studios founder and CEO Mark Gill and his senior executive suite are on the way out in a major blow to the independent film supply chain as insiders told Screen the LA-based company appeared destined to become the first casualty of the pandemic.
It is understood that besides Gill – the former Warner Independent Pictures head and a top executive at Miramax and Millennium Films who launched the producer, distributor and sales agent almost three years ago to the day on October 3 2018 – other key executives on the way out are international sales head Crystal Bourbeau,...
- 10/4/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Upstart production and distribution company Solstice Studios has pink-slipped the majority of its executive leadership and looks on the verge of closure as it completes a new film starring Ben Affleck, insiders tell Variety.
On Monday morning, major players including CEO Mark Gill, production head Lisa Ellzey and production co-head Guy Botham, marketing head Vincent Bruzzese, distribution chief Shari Hardison, and international sales chief Crystal Bourbeau were all dismissed. Founded in 2018, the studio is mid-shoot on the thriller “Hypnotic,” from Affleck and director Robert Rodriguez.
Ten employees remain. Insiders close to the company blamed the financial challenges of the pandemic for the sudden departures.
“Solstice is not closing. It is being streamlined and will focus entirely on getting ‘Hypnotic’ produced and released. To that end, there will still be 10 people working at the company going forward. ‘Hypnotic’ is fully funded and in production now. Principal photography is scheduled to be...
On Monday morning, major players including CEO Mark Gill, production head Lisa Ellzey and production co-head Guy Botham, marketing head Vincent Bruzzese, distribution chief Shari Hardison, and international sales chief Crystal Bourbeau were all dismissed. Founded in 2018, the studio is mid-shoot on the thriller “Hypnotic,” from Affleck and director Robert Rodriguez.
Ten employees remain. Insiders close to the company blamed the financial challenges of the pandemic for the sudden departures.
“Solstice is not closing. It is being streamlined and will focus entirely on getting ‘Hypnotic’ produced and released. To that end, there will still be 10 people working at the company going forward. ‘Hypnotic’ is fully funded and in production now. Principal photography is scheduled to be...
- 10/4/2021
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Solstice Studios is terminating most of its key executives, a move that was announced to staff Monday morning. Deadline hears that among those who are out are founding CEO Mark Gill, production president Lisa Ellzey, founding marketing chief Vincent Bruzzese, distribution head Shari Hardison and international sales topper Crystal Bourbeau. This follows a round of layoffs last December of about 20 people.
The company will continue with just 10 staffers left, and they will oversee the completion of Hypnotic, which is now in production with Robert Rodriguez directing and Ben Affleck and Alice Braga starring. Those staffers are expected to stay on through fall 2022. I’m told the company will be shuttered after that.
“Solstice is not closing,” a company spokesperson said this morning. “It is being streamlined and will focus entirely on getting ‘Hypnotic’ produced and released. To that end, there will still be 10 people working at the company going forward.
The company will continue with just 10 staffers left, and they will oversee the completion of Hypnotic, which is now in production with Robert Rodriguez directing and Ben Affleck and Alice Braga starring. Those staffers are expected to stay on through fall 2022. I’m told the company will be shuttered after that.
“Solstice is not closing,” a company spokesperson said this morning. “It is being streamlined and will focus entirely on getting ‘Hypnotic’ produced and released. To that end, there will still be 10 people working at the company going forward.
- 10/4/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Veteran Hollywood executive Terry Curtin has joined Solstice Studios as executive vice president of communications.
Curtin, who has previously held top jobs at Disney, Universal and Fox, will report directly to Vincent Bruzzese, head of marketing and strategy at the upstart studio. All of film publicity and corporate communications will fall on her desk.
Curtin replaces Elissa Greer, who is transitioning to a consultant role.
“Terry is a world-class executive who is respected across the industry,” Bruzzese said. “We’re fortunate to have her join the company on a full-time basis. Terry and Elissa worked extremely well together and delivered an excellent publicity and promotion campaign for ‘Unhinged,’ under difficult circumstances: launching the first new movie back in U.S. theaters this summer was no easy task. I look forward to their teaming up to achieve similarly striking results on ‘Good Joe Bell.’”
Curtin last oversaw a boutique consulting agency,...
Curtin, who has previously held top jobs at Disney, Universal and Fox, will report directly to Vincent Bruzzese, head of marketing and strategy at the upstart studio. All of film publicity and corporate communications will fall on her desk.
Curtin replaces Elissa Greer, who is transitioning to a consultant role.
“Terry is a world-class executive who is respected across the industry,” Bruzzese said. “We’re fortunate to have her join the company on a full-time basis. Terry and Elissa worked extremely well together and delivered an excellent publicity and promotion campaign for ‘Unhinged,’ under difficult circumstances: launching the first new movie back in U.S. theaters this summer was no easy task. I look forward to their teaming up to achieve similarly striking results on ‘Good Joe Bell.’”
Curtin last oversaw a boutique consulting agency,...
- 9/24/2020
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Solstice Studios has hired Terry Curtin, an industry veteran who has held top film communications jobs at Disney, Universal and Fox, as its EVP of Communications, it was announced Thursday.
Curtin will report to Vincent Bruzzese, head of marketing and strategy, and she will oversee the newly launched distributor’s film publicity and promotion and its corporate communications.
Curtin will replace Elissa Greer in the role, who will segue into the role of lead communications consultant on “Good Joe Bell,” which Solstice recently acquired out of Toronto for $20 million.
“Terry is a world-class executive who is respected across the industry,” Bruzzese said in a statement. “We’re fortunate to have her join the company on a full-time basis. Terry and Elissa worked extremely well together and delivered an excellent publicity and promotion campaign for Unhinged, under difficult circumstances: launching the first new movie back in U.S. theaters this summer was no easy task.
Curtin will report to Vincent Bruzzese, head of marketing and strategy, and she will oversee the newly launched distributor’s film publicity and promotion and its corporate communications.
Curtin will replace Elissa Greer in the role, who will segue into the role of lead communications consultant on “Good Joe Bell,” which Solstice recently acquired out of Toronto for $20 million.
“Terry is a world-class executive who is respected across the industry,” Bruzzese said in a statement. “We’re fortunate to have her join the company on a full-time basis. Terry and Elissa worked extremely well together and delivered an excellent publicity and promotion campaign for Unhinged, under difficult circumstances: launching the first new movie back in U.S. theaters this summer was no easy task.
- 9/24/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Terry Curtin has joined Solstice Studios as EVP of Communications.
She replaces Elissa Greer, who has segued to the role of lead communications consultant on the studio’s next release, the Mark Wahlberg drama Good Joe Bell, which Solstice recently snapped up at TIFF for $20M as Deadline first reported.
Curtin will report to Vincent Bruzzese, Head of Marketing & Strategy, and will oversee all aspects of film publicity and promotion as well as corporate communications for the company.
“Terry is a world-class executive who is respected across the industry,” Bruzzese said. “We’re fortunate to have her join the company on a full-time basis. Terry and Elissa worked extremely well together and delivered an excellent publicity and promotion campaign for Unhinged, under difficult circumstances: launching the first new movie back in U.S. theaters this summer was no easy task. I look forward to their teaming up to achieve similarly...
She replaces Elissa Greer, who has segued to the role of lead communications consultant on the studio’s next release, the Mark Wahlberg drama Good Joe Bell, which Solstice recently snapped up at TIFF for $20M as Deadline first reported.
Curtin will report to Vincent Bruzzese, Head of Marketing & Strategy, and will oversee all aspects of film publicity and promotion as well as corporate communications for the company.
“Terry is a world-class executive who is respected across the industry,” Bruzzese said. “We’re fortunate to have her join the company on a full-time basis. Terry and Elissa worked extremely well together and delivered an excellent publicity and promotion campaign for Unhinged, under difficult circumstances: launching the first new movie back in U.S. theaters this summer was no easy task. I look forward to their teaming up to achieve similarly...
- 9/24/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Even if New York City theaters aren’t opening, and even if Warner Bros. decides to move Tenet to August, Solstice Studios’ Russell Crowe road-rage movie Unhinged still will open on July 1.
While Tenet is being pinned as the long-awaited launch of the summer season after exhibition’s great shutdown since mid-March, Unhinged is the warm-up act to get turnstiles primed as multiplexes and their staffs adjust to operating in an environment of reduced auditorium seating (25%-50%), face covers, and heightened cleaning with a greater space between showtimes.
Tracking hits tomorrow for the first theatrical release from the new studio from Mark Gill, Guy Botham and Vincent Bruzzese which opened its doors in October 2018 as Deadline first told you.
It will be interesting to see what projections that the B.O. stat agencies put forth for director Derrick Borte’s Unhinged, especially for a theatrical marketplace which is far...
While Tenet is being pinned as the long-awaited launch of the summer season after exhibition’s great shutdown since mid-March, Unhinged is the warm-up act to get turnstiles primed as multiplexes and their staffs adjust to operating in an environment of reduced auditorium seating (25%-50%), face covers, and heightened cleaning with a greater space between showtimes.
Tracking hits tomorrow for the first theatrical release from the new studio from Mark Gill, Guy Botham and Vincent Bruzzese which opened its doors in October 2018 as Deadline first told you.
It will be interesting to see what projections that the B.O. stat agencies put forth for director Derrick Borte’s Unhinged, especially for a theatrical marketplace which is far...
- 6/11/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Solstice Studios has acquired rights to “Bomb Squad,” an original pitch from Greg Kwedar and Clint Bentley, who previously collaborated on “Transpecos.”
“Bomb Squad” is an action-thriller about two unlikely partners who team up to stop a serial bomber whose escalating attacks are building to a catastrophic event that will kill millions and destroy America’s energy supply.
This project is the first feature film pitch Solstice Studios has purchased since it was founded in fall 2018. The pitch was brought in by senior vice president Beth Bruckner O’Brien and director of development Isabelle London, who will work with Kwedar and Bentley to develop the film for the studio.
Solstice Studios was launched with $400 million in capital, and a goal of producing three to five movies a year that are aimed at global audiences. These will usually have budgets ranging between $20 million to $80 million, an arena that major studios, most of...
“Bomb Squad” is an action-thriller about two unlikely partners who team up to stop a serial bomber whose escalating attacks are building to a catastrophic event that will kill millions and destroy America’s energy supply.
This project is the first feature film pitch Solstice Studios has purchased since it was founded in fall 2018. The pitch was brought in by senior vice president Beth Bruckner O’Brien and director of development Isabelle London, who will work with Kwedar and Bentley to develop the film for the studio.
Solstice Studios was launched with $400 million in capital, and a goal of producing three to five movies a year that are aimed at global audiences. These will usually have budgets ranging between $20 million to $80 million, an arena that major studios, most of...
- 2/11/2020
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Solstice Studios has hired Mark Mulcahy to be Senior Vice President, In-Theatre Marketing, and Tom Sweetser to be Vice President, Operations. Both will report to Shari Hardison, Head of Us Distribution. The company continues to staff up in anticipation of its first theatrical release, the road rage thriller Unhinged with Russell Crowe, which is set for August 28, 2020 release.
Mulcahy comes to Solstice after has worked in the film business for 38 years at Paramount Pictures, The Weinstein Company and Stx Entertainment, as well as in exhibition, with Mann Theatres, Movie Tavern and Syfy. He was instrumental in the U.S. launch of iPic (Gold Class Cinemas) the Australian based concept, and worked with exhibition to develop theatrical digital smart marketing that pinpoints niche audiences and saves studios millions of dollars.
Sweetser most recently was an executive at Comscore Movies Group, where he led the global roadmap and day-to-day operations for Swift,...
Mulcahy comes to Solstice after has worked in the film business for 38 years at Paramount Pictures, The Weinstein Company and Stx Entertainment, as well as in exhibition, with Mann Theatres, Movie Tavern and Syfy. He was instrumental in the U.S. launch of iPic (Gold Class Cinemas) the Australian based concept, and worked with exhibition to develop theatrical digital smart marketing that pinpoints niche audiences and saves studios millions of dollars.
Sweetser most recently was an executive at Comscore Movies Group, where he led the global roadmap and day-to-day operations for Swift,...
- 12/12/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Jimmi Simpson will play a key role in “Unhinged,” Variety has learned.
He joins an impressive cast that includes Oscar-winner Russell Crowe and Caren Pistorius. Solstice Studios is producing the psychological thriller, which is currently filming in New Orleans.
“Unhinged” centers on a woman named Rachel (Pistorius), who leans on her horn at the wrong time, with the wrong driver (Crowe). According to the logline, “‘Road rage’ doesn’t begin to describe what he’s about to do to her and everyone she knows.”
Simpson is best known for his work on “House of Cards” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” as well as for his Emmy Award nominated turn on “Westworld.” He is currently starring opposite Sir Ben Kingsley and Jacki Weaver in “Perpetual Grace, Ltd” and recently finished production on Tate Taylor’s “Breaking News in Yuba County” alongside Allison Janney, Regina Hall, and Mila Kunis. Earlier...
He joins an impressive cast that includes Oscar-winner Russell Crowe and Caren Pistorius. Solstice Studios is producing the psychological thriller, which is currently filming in New Orleans.
“Unhinged” centers on a woman named Rachel (Pistorius), who leans on her horn at the wrong time, with the wrong driver (Crowe). According to the logline, “‘Road rage’ doesn’t begin to describe what he’s about to do to her and everyone she knows.”
Simpson is best known for his work on “House of Cards” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” as well as for his Emmy Award nominated turn on “Westworld.” He is currently starring opposite Sir Ben Kingsley and Jacki Weaver in “Perpetual Grace, Ltd” and recently finished production on Tate Taylor’s “Breaking News in Yuba County” alongside Allison Janney, Regina Hall, and Mila Kunis. Earlier...
- 7/17/2019
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Caren Pistorius has landed the lead role opposite Oscar-winner Russell Crowe in Unhinged, the psychological thriller from Solstice Studios and director Derrick Borte.
Unhinged takes an ordinary, everyday incident to its most terrifying conclusion in telling the story of Rachel (Pistorius), a mother who leans on her horn at the wrong time, to the wrong guy (Crowe). “Road rage” doesn’t begin to describe what he’s about to do to her and everyone she knows. The pic, written by Carl Ellsworth stars production tomorrow in New Orleans with Solstice eyeing a third quarter 2020 wide U.S. theatrical release. Lisa Ellzey produces.
Pistorius was most recently seen in Peter Jackson’s Mortal Engines and co-starred with Julianne Moore in Gloria Bell. Prior to that she starred alongside Michael Fassbender in Slow West and The Light Between Two Oceans, as well as opposite Rachel Weisz in Denial.
Unhinged takes an ordinary, everyday incident to its most terrifying conclusion in telling the story of Rachel (Pistorius), a mother who leans on her horn at the wrong time, to the wrong guy (Crowe). “Road rage” doesn’t begin to describe what he’s about to do to her and everyone she knows. The pic, written by Carl Ellsworth stars production tomorrow in New Orleans with Solstice eyeing a third quarter 2020 wide U.S. theatrical release. Lisa Ellzey produces.
Pistorius was most recently seen in Peter Jackson’s Mortal Engines and co-starred with Julianne Moore in Gloria Bell. Prior to that she starred alongside Michael Fassbender in Slow West and The Light Between Two Oceans, as well as opposite Rachel Weisz in Denial.
- 7/15/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Production on Russell Crowe thriller Unhinged set to start in New Orleans next month.
Solstice Studios has added a key member to the sales team, bringing on Nicholas Sherry from Sierra/Affinity to serve as vice-president of international sales.
Sherry will focus on Asia and emerging markets, and reports to acquisitions and international head Crystal Bourbeau.
The Australian executive was vice-president of international sales and distribution at Sierra/Affinity, where he worked on such films as Hell Or High Water, Manchester By The Sea, Molly’s Game, I, Tonya, and the upcoming Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark.
President and CEO Mark Gill,...
Solstice Studios has added a key member to the sales team, bringing on Nicholas Sherry from Sierra/Affinity to serve as vice-president of international sales.
Sherry will focus on Asia and emerging markets, and reports to acquisitions and international head Crystal Bourbeau.
The Australian executive was vice-president of international sales and distribution at Sierra/Affinity, where he worked on such films as Hell Or High Water, Manchester By The Sea, Molly’s Game, I, Tonya, and the upcoming Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark.
President and CEO Mark Gill,...
- 6/27/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Solstice Studios has acquired and is fast-tracking late summer or early fall start Manhunt, the working title of an action film based on the Kazuhiro Kiuchi Japanese novel and the Takashi Miike-directed cult classic film Shield of Straw. The American remake is produced in association with Depth of Field, Nippon TV and Anew. Andrew Miano, Dan Balgoyen and Naoki Kitazima are the producers, with Paul & Chris Weitz, Sanford Climan, and Naomi Hatta the exec producers.
The screenplay for the American version is written by Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt (the Olympus Has Fallen series). They will also be executive producers.
Manhunt is an action-thriller that begins with the brutal murder of the granddaughter of a wealthy man. Her grieving grandfather issues a challenge heard around the world: “Kill the murderer, and I’ll pay you $1 billion. If you die in the process, the money goes to your family.
The screenplay for the American version is written by Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt (the Olympus Has Fallen series). They will also be executive producers.
Manhunt is an action-thriller that begins with the brutal murder of the granddaughter of a wealthy man. Her grieving grandfather issues a challenge heard around the world: “Kill the murderer, and I’ll pay you $1 billion. If you die in the process, the money goes to your family.
- 4/16/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Solstice Studios is rounding out its executive team.
The company, which launched in 2018 with a goal of making the kind of mid-budget movies that major studios have largely ignored, has made several key hires in its marketing and finance ranks.
Former Disney and Fox executive David Singh will join as Evp of creative advertising and Um and Zenith Media vet Brian Dailey has been named Evp of media. The two offer experience in hawking the kinds of broadly appealing movies that Solstice hopes to produce. In addition, Evelyn Labonte, a former Entertainment One executive, has been named Svp of finance and controller, and Fernando Montero, a former executive at Lionsgate, will be VP of finance.
Singh has created award-winning marketing and advertising campaigns for Disney, Sony, and Fox on over 40 films, including the “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “X-Men,” and “The Amazing Spider-Man” franchises, and the likes of “The Martian,” “The Greatest Showman,...
The company, which launched in 2018 with a goal of making the kind of mid-budget movies that major studios have largely ignored, has made several key hires in its marketing and finance ranks.
Former Disney and Fox executive David Singh will join as Evp of creative advertising and Um and Zenith Media vet Brian Dailey has been named Evp of media. The two offer experience in hawking the kinds of broadly appealing movies that Solstice hopes to produce. In addition, Evelyn Labonte, a former Entertainment One executive, has been named Svp of finance and controller, and Fernando Montero, a former executive at Lionsgate, will be VP of finance.
Singh has created award-winning marketing and advertising campaigns for Disney, Sony, and Fox on over 40 films, including the “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “X-Men,” and “The Amazing Spider-Man” franchises, and the likes of “The Martian,” “The Greatest Showman,...
- 2/5/2019
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Following a stunningly buoyant Sundance, another U.S. player is entering the fray. Heads were turned last autumn when Solstice Studios launched with an announced $400M in capitalization and ambitions to become the next multi-faceted U.S. mini studio. The distributor-producer, co-founded by Mark Gill, Andrew Gunn, Guy Botham and Vincent Bruzzese, brought on long-time Lionsgate international executive Crystal Bourbeau in November to spearhead domestic acquisitions and international sales. We spoke to Solstice’s Acquisitions & International Head to find out more about the company’s strategy on the eve of their first European Film Market.
“I’m beyond excited,” enthuses Bourbeau, who is a regular fixture on the circuit and well known to buyers. “Distributors have responded really well to our launch. I think they’re truly hungry for product.”
The plan is for Solstice to produce three-five movies a year for a global audience in the $30M-$80M range,...
“I’m beyond excited,” enthuses Bourbeau, who is a regular fixture on the circuit and well known to buyers. “Distributors have responded really well to our launch. I think they’re truly hungry for product.”
The plan is for Solstice to produce three-five movies a year for a global audience in the $30M-$80M range,...
- 2/4/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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