Company to distribute roster of completed titles in US.
Vertical Entertainment continues to grow its international business and is in talks on a virtual Cannes market slate led by thriller Last Survivors starring Alicia Silverstone and civil rights drama Son Of The South executive produced by Spike Lee.
Head of international sales and distribution Ryan Keller and his team have been taking meetings this week on the international sales roster, which includes sci-fi thriller Risen, horror Shook, thriller Stalker, and The Resort. All titles are completed and Vertical will distribute in the US.
Drew Mylrea directed the thriller Last Survivors,...
Vertical Entertainment continues to grow its international business and is in talks on a virtual Cannes market slate led by thriller Last Survivors starring Alicia Silverstone and civil rights drama Son Of The South executive produced by Spike Lee.
Head of international sales and distribution Ryan Keller and his team have been taking meetings this week on the international sales roster, which includes sci-fi thriller Risen, horror Shook, thriller Stalker, and The Resort. All titles are completed and Vertical will distribute in the US.
Drew Mylrea directed the thriller Last Survivors,...
- 6/25/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Michael Lee Joplin driving through the night in Stalker
The story of Andy (Vincent Van Horn), a newcomer to Los Angeles who finds himself stalked by ride share driver Roger (Michael Lee Joplin), Tyler’s Savage’s Stalker was a popular contribution to last year’s Frightfest line-up, where it screened under the title Blinders. Tyler, who explains that Stalker was actually the name used during shooting, says that they reverted to it on the recommendation of the distributor. He made the film, three years after enjoying a hit with Inheritance, partly because he was attracted to the idea of collaborating on a project. I asked him how that came about.
Tyler Savage
“Michael and Vincent were close friends,” he explains.” And so between those relationships with them and then also my writing partner, Dash Hawkins, who I work a lot with, from the beginning, before anything was written, we...
The story of Andy (Vincent Van Horn), a newcomer to Los Angeles who finds himself stalked by ride share driver Roger (Michael Lee Joplin), Tyler’s Savage’s Stalker was a popular contribution to last year’s Frightfest line-up, where it screened under the title Blinders. Tyler, who explains that Stalker was actually the name used during shooting, says that they reverted to it on the recommendation of the distributor. He made the film, three years after enjoying a hit with Inheritance, partly because he was attracted to the idea of collaborating on a project. I asked him how that came about.
Tyler Savage
“Michael and Vincent were close friends,” he explains.” And so between those relationships with them and then also my writing partner, Dash Hawkins, who I work a lot with, from the beginning, before anything was written, we...
- 5/19/2021
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Stars: Christine Ko, Michael Lee Joplin, Vincent Van Horn, Dusty Sorg, Carla Valentine, Scott Subiono, Landry Allbright, Paula Jai Parker, Chase Joliet, Stephanie Barkley, Steve Sobel, Alex Dobrenko | Written by Tyler Savage, Dash Hawkins | Directed by Tyler Savage
Stalker is directed by Tyler Savage (Inheritance) and written by both Savage and Dash Hawkins. It introduces us to Andy, played by Vincent Van Horn, who moves from Texas to Los Angeles after his long-term relationship dissolves. He quickly meets a girl named Sam (Christine Ko) at a dive-bar and they start to hang out and see each other, but it also isn’t long before Andy meets Roger (Michael Lee Joplin), a ride-share driver, and things start to swan-dive for the new LA resident.
Andy, fighting against the feeling of rejection from his family and buddies back in Dallas and the isolation and loneliness of this new gigantic city, decides to...
Stalker is directed by Tyler Savage (Inheritance) and written by both Savage and Dash Hawkins. It introduces us to Andy, played by Vincent Van Horn, who moves from Texas to Los Angeles after his long-term relationship dissolves. He quickly meets a girl named Sam (Christine Ko) at a dive-bar and they start to hang out and see each other, but it also isn’t long before Andy meets Roger (Michael Lee Joplin), a ride-share driver, and things start to swan-dive for the new LA resident.
Andy, fighting against the feeling of rejection from his family and buddies back in Dallas and the isolation and loneliness of this new gigantic city, decides to...
- 5/18/2021
- by Chris Cummings
- Nerdly
International rights on offer at AFM and release planned for early 2021.
Vertical Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to thriller Stalker and is selling international rights at this week’s AFM.
Vertical plans an early 2021 release for the film (previously known as Blinders), which screened this summer at the FrightFest UK virtual festival and won the Dark Matters Audience Award at the Austin Film Festival.
The second feature from director Tyler Savage, Stalker stars Vincent Van Horn, Christine Ko and Michael Lee Joplin in the story of a young man who moves from Austin to Los Angeles after a messy break-up...
Vertical Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to thriller Stalker and is selling international rights at this week’s AFM.
Vertical plans an early 2021 release for the film (previously known as Blinders), which screened this summer at the FrightFest UK virtual festival and won the Dark Matters Audience Award at the Austin Film Festival.
The second feature from director Tyler Savage, Stalker stars Vincent Van Horn, Christine Ko and Michael Lee Joplin in the story of a young man who moves from Austin to Los Angeles after a messy break-up...
- 11/11/2020
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
Stars: Christine Ko, Michael Lee Joplin, Vincent Van Horn, Dusty Sorg, Carla Valentine, Scott Subiono, Landry Allbright, Paula Jai Parker, Chase Joliet, Stephanie Barkley, Steve Sobel, Alex Dobrenko | Written by Tyler Savage, Dash Hawkins | Directed by Tyler Savage
Blinders is directed by Tyler Savage (Inheritance) and written by both Savage and Dash Hawkins. It introduces us to Andy, played by Vincent Van Horn, who moves from Texas to Los Angeles after his long-term relationship dissolves. He quickly meets a girl named Sam (Christine Ko) at a dive-bar and they start to hang out and see each other, but it also isn’t long before Andy meets Roger (Michael Lee Joplin), a ride-share driver, and things start to swan-dive for the new LA resident.
Andy, fighting against the feeling of rejection from his family and buddies back in Dallas and the isolation and loneliness of this new gigantic city, decides to...
Blinders is directed by Tyler Savage (Inheritance) and written by both Savage and Dash Hawkins. It introduces us to Andy, played by Vincent Van Horn, who moves from Texas to Los Angeles after his long-term relationship dissolves. He quickly meets a girl named Sam (Christine Ko) at a dive-bar and they start to hang out and see each other, but it also isn’t long before Andy meets Roger (Michael Lee Joplin), a ride-share driver, and things start to swan-dive for the new LA resident.
Andy, fighting against the feeling of rejection from his family and buddies back in Dallas and the isolation and loneliness of this new gigantic city, decides to...
- 9/4/2020
- by Chris Cummings
- Nerdly
Andy (Vincent Van Horn) is lonely when he moves to Los Angeles, accompanied only by his dog Juicebox and nursing a broken heart. Before long, he meets two new people: a cautiously flirtatious young woman, Sam (Christine Ko); and a ride share driver, Roger (Michael Lee Joplin); he pours his heart out to both of them. Sam is warm and understanding. Though neither of them wants to rush things, a possible new relationship seems to be on the cards. Roger is friendly but starts calling every few hours, wanting to hang out again. It's suffocating. Andy tries to create distance between them. Before long, things turn sour.
Cinema is littered with stories of seemingly ordinary people attracting the attention of obsessive stalkers. Blinders is not quite what it looks like, but to say more would be to ruin the ending. In the meantime, it plays out in this very familiar stalker.
Cinema is littered with stories of seemingly ordinary people attracting the attention of obsessive stalkers. Blinders is not quite what it looks like, but to say more would be to ruin the ending. In the meantime, it plays out in this very familiar stalker.
- 8/31/2020
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Genre veteran Tyler Savage (Inheritance) has announced the world premiere of his latest feature, Blinders, at Arrow Video FrightFest Digital Edition 2020. The increasingly creepy film follows a lonely transplant to the City of Angels who forms a dangerous friendship with a rideshare driver. Savage directed from a script he co-wrote with Dash Hawkins, and they produced alongside J.P. Castel, Chadd Harbold and Daniel Pisano.
Vincent Van Horn and Michael Lee Joplin headline the cast as Andy and Roger, two lonely souls whose paths cross during one fateful drive. When Andy forms a blossoming connection with the beautiful Sam (Christine Ko), Roger quickly turns obsessive with disastrous consequences.
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, Arrow Video FrightFest has gone Digital for 2020. All films will ‘stream as live’ at the advertised times, except for the two short film showcases which will be available ‘on-demand’ for the duration of the festival. Each...
Vincent Van Horn and Michael Lee Joplin headline the cast as Andy and Roger, two lonely souls whose paths cross during one fateful drive. When Andy forms a blossoming connection with the beautiful Sam (Christine Ko), Roger quickly turns obsessive with disastrous consequences.
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, Arrow Video FrightFest has gone Digital for 2020. All films will ‘stream as live’ at the advertised times, except for the two short film showcases which will be available ‘on-demand’ for the duration of the festival. Each...
- 8/7/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
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