Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson and Joe Manganiello are set to team up in upcoming Shout Studios thriller The Kill Room, Variety reports today.
The dark comedic thriller was directed by Nicol Paone and written by Jonathan Jacobson.
The Kill Room follows “an art dealer (Thurman) who teams with a hitman (Manganiello) and his boss (Jackson) for a money laundering scheme. The plan accidentally turns the hired killer into an overnight avant-garde sensation, forcing the dealer to play the art world against the underworld.”
“’The Kill Room’ is a sharp, darkly comic evisceration of the art collecting scene, delivered with wily relish by Uma Thurman and director Nicol Paone. We’re confident this will play very well with audiences who like their entertainment both witty and visceral,” Jordan Fields, senior VP of acquisitions and originals at Shout, told Variety.
The cast also includes Debi Mazar, Dree Hemingway (“The Unicorn,” “Starlet”), Amy Keum (“Honor Society,...
The dark comedic thriller was directed by Nicol Paone and written by Jonathan Jacobson.
The Kill Room follows “an art dealer (Thurman) who teams with a hitman (Manganiello) and his boss (Jackson) for a money laundering scheme. The plan accidentally turns the hired killer into an overnight avant-garde sensation, forcing the dealer to play the art world against the underworld.”
“’The Kill Room’ is a sharp, darkly comic evisceration of the art collecting scene, delivered with wily relish by Uma Thurman and director Nicol Paone. We’re confident this will play very well with audiences who like their entertainment both witty and visceral,” Jordan Fields, senior VP of acquisitions and originals at Shout, told Variety.
The cast also includes Debi Mazar, Dree Hemingway (“The Unicorn,” “Starlet”), Amy Keum (“Honor Society,...
- 7/6/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Shout Studios acquired North American rights to “The Kill Room,” a thriller starring Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson and Joe Manganiello.
The distribution and production division of indie Shout Factory has emerged victorious in a bidding war at Cannes Film Festival. Shout Studios plans to release the film in theaters this fall.
“The Kill Room” was directed by Nicol Paone and written by Jonathan Jacobson. The dark comedic-thriller follows an art dealer (Thurman) who teams with a hitman (Manganiello) and his boss (Jackson) for a money laundering scheme. The plan accidentally turns the hired killer into an overnight avant-garde sensation, forcing the dealer to play the art world against the underworld.
“’The Kill Room’ is a sharp, darkly comic evisceration of the art collecting scene, delivered with wily relish by Uma Thurman and director Nicol Paone. We’re confident this will play very well with audiences who like their entertainment both witty and visceral,...
The distribution and production division of indie Shout Factory has emerged victorious in a bidding war at Cannes Film Festival. Shout Studios plans to release the film in theaters this fall.
“The Kill Room” was directed by Nicol Paone and written by Jonathan Jacobson. The dark comedic-thriller follows an art dealer (Thurman) who teams with a hitman (Manganiello) and his boss (Jackson) for a money laundering scheme. The plan accidentally turns the hired killer into an overnight avant-garde sensation, forcing the dealer to play the art world against the underworld.
“’The Kill Room’ is a sharp, darkly comic evisceration of the art collecting scene, delivered with wily relish by Uma Thurman and director Nicol Paone. We’re confident this will play very well with audiences who like their entertainment both witty and visceral,...
- 7/6/2023
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Six Months In The Pink And Blue Building takes 11th Co-production Forum best project award.
The main industry prizes of Sebastian have been announced, with awards going to Bruno Santamaría’s Six Months In The Pink And Blue Building, Selman Nacar’s Hesitation Wound, and Martín Benchimol’s The Castle.
The 11th Co-production Forum best project winner, Six Months In The Pink And Blue Building, marks the third directing credit from cinematographer-editor Santamaria and is told from the perspective of 10-year-old Bru, who is attracted to his friend Vlady and learns that his father has been diagnosed with HIV, sending shock waves through his family.
The main industry prizes of Sebastian have been announced, with awards going to Bruno Santamaría’s Six Months In The Pink And Blue Building, Selman Nacar’s Hesitation Wound, and Martín Benchimol’s The Castle.
The 11th Co-production Forum best project winner, Six Months In The Pink And Blue Building, marks the third directing credit from cinematographer-editor Santamaria and is told from the perspective of 10-year-old Bru, who is attracted to his friend Vlady and learns that his father has been diagnosed with HIV, sending shock waves through his family.
- 9/21/2022
- by Emilio Mayorga
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Saban Films has picked up worldwide rights (except Italy) to Yale Entertainment’s thriller The Last Girl.
Directed by Jon Keeyes (The Survivalist) and written by Charles Burnley, The Last Girl recently wrapped production in Ireland and stars Alice Eve (Star Trek Into Darkness), Shelley Hennig (Teen Wolf) and Oscar nominee Antonio Banderas (Pain and Glory).
Saban is planning an early 2023 release for the feature, which follows a private investigator (Eve) who’s forced into a dangerous alliance with a killer (Hennig) in order to uncover a quiet town’s grisly criminal underbelly and clear the name of her mentor (Banderas), who is implicated in the crimes.
The pic is produced by Jordan Yale Levine, Jordan Beckerman, and Michael J. Rothstein for Yale, as well as Richard Bolger and Conor Barry from Hail Mary Pictures, and Richard Clabaugh.
The deal was negotiated by Jonathan Saba from Saban Films and...
Directed by Jon Keeyes (The Survivalist) and written by Charles Burnley, The Last Girl recently wrapped production in Ireland and stars Alice Eve (Star Trek Into Darkness), Shelley Hennig (Teen Wolf) and Oscar nominee Antonio Banderas (Pain and Glory).
Saban is planning an early 2023 release for the feature, which follows a private investigator (Eve) who’s forced into a dangerous alliance with a killer (Hennig) in order to uncover a quiet town’s grisly criminal underbelly and clear the name of her mentor (Banderas), who is implicated in the crimes.
The pic is produced by Jordan Yale Levine, Jordan Beckerman, and Michael J. Rothstein for Yale, as well as Richard Bolger and Conor Barry from Hail Mary Pictures, and Richard Clabaugh.
The deal was negotiated by Jonathan Saba from Saban Films and...
- 9/8/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Grindhouse Entertainment to distribute in North America.
Red Sea Media will handle international sales in Cannes on action thriller The Minute You Wake Up Dead starring Morgan Freeman, Cole Hauser and Jaimie Alexander.
Grindhouse Entertainment is the North American distributor on the project about a stockbroker in a small town who gets embroiled in an insurance scam with a pretty next door neighbour that leads to multiple murders when a host of other people want in on the scheme.
Michael Mailer (Heart Of Champions) directed and Andrew Stevens served as producer.
“Michael’s previous work speaks for itself,” said Red Sea’s Roman Kopelevich.
Red Sea Media will handle international sales in Cannes on action thriller The Minute You Wake Up Dead starring Morgan Freeman, Cole Hauser and Jaimie Alexander.
Grindhouse Entertainment is the North American distributor on the project about a stockbroker in a small town who gets embroiled in an insurance scam with a pretty next door neighbour that leads to multiple murders when a host of other people want in on the scheme.
Michael Mailer (Heart Of Champions) directed and Andrew Stevens served as producer.
“Michael’s previous work speaks for itself,” said Red Sea’s Roman Kopelevich.
- 5/13/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Kevin is back in the studio to talk about new Netflix movie Nightride. A low budget independent thriller starring Moe Dunford fresh off of Vikings, Knuckledust and the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Filmed in one take in real-time Netflix has truly picked up an absolute gem here and Kev can’t wait to talk about it.
Nightride is a real time, one shot thriller about a dealer trying to pull off one last job in order to go straight.
Starring Moe Dunford, Joana Ribeiro, Gerard Jordan, John Travers and Stephen Rea and directed by Stephen Fingleton (The Survivalist), Nightride is available to watch on Netflix now.
Nightride is a real time, one shot thriller about a dealer trying to pull off one last job in order to go straight.
Starring Moe Dunford, Joana Ribeiro, Gerard Jordan, John Travers and Stephen Rea and directed by Stephen Fingleton (The Survivalist), Nightride is available to watch on Netflix now.
- 3/8/2022
- by Kevin Haldon
- Nerdly
Moe Dunford shines in Stephen Fingleton’s well-constructed Belfast-set drug-deal drama that, though not perfect, has craftsmanship and brio in abundance
First-time screenwriter Ben Conway has put together an interesting Belfast crime thriller, which pans out in a single, unbroken 97-minute take in real time, about a drug dealer doing one last catastrophic deal. Stephen Fingleton, who made an impression with his own 2015 debut The Survivalist, directs it with some elan.
Most of the film is a single, locked-off shot of a guy at the wheel of his car, talking tensely to people via a hands-free mobile while his life terrifyingly unravels. This owes quite a bit to Steven Knight’s lo-fi 2014 classic Locke, starring Tom Hardy doing very much the same thing. Moe Dunford (from Paddy Breathnach’s homelessness drama Rosie) plays Budge: a tough drug dealer looking for the traditional final big score to get him out of...
First-time screenwriter Ben Conway has put together an interesting Belfast crime thriller, which pans out in a single, unbroken 97-minute take in real time, about a drug dealer doing one last catastrophic deal. Stephen Fingleton, who made an impression with his own 2015 debut The Survivalist, directs it with some elan.
Most of the film is a single, locked-off shot of a guy at the wheel of his car, talking tensely to people via a hands-free mobile while his life terrifyingly unravels. This owes quite a bit to Steven Knight’s lo-fi 2014 classic Locke, starring Tom Hardy doing very much the same thing. Moe Dunford (from Paddy Breathnach’s homelessness drama Rosie) plays Budge: a tough drug dealer looking for the traditional final big score to get him out of...
- 3/1/2022
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Exclusive: Quiver Distribution has acquired Mayim Bialik’s feature directorial debut As They Made Us, starring Diana Agron, Simon Helberg, Oscar nominee Candice Bergen and two-time Oscar winner Dustin Hoffman, slating it for release in theaters and on VOD on April 8.
The dysfunctional family dramedy written and directed by the former Big Bang Theory star follows Abigail (Agron), a divorced mother of two, who is struggling to balance the dynamic forces within her dysfunctional family as she attempts to cultivate new love.
Justin Chu Cary, Charlie Weber and Bialik’s Call Me Kat co-star Julian Gant round out the cast. Yale Productions’ Jordan Beckerman and Jordan Yale Levine produced with Anne Clements, Michael Day, Mark Maxey and the late Ash Christian,...
The dysfunctional family dramedy written and directed by the former Big Bang Theory star follows Abigail (Agron), a divorced mother of two, who is struggling to balance the dynamic forces within her dysfunctional family as she attempts to cultivate new love.
Justin Chu Cary, Charlie Weber and Bialik’s Call Me Kat co-star Julian Gant round out the cast. Yale Productions’ Jordan Beckerman and Jordan Yale Levine produced with Anne Clements, Michael Day, Mark Maxey and the late Ash Christian,...
- 2/10/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
This year’s Brit List of best unproduced UK film and TV scripts is topped by Tianna Johnson’s urban drama series Obeah, which received fifteen recommendations. The North London-set thriller follows a woman on the hunt for a serial killer. Scroll down for the lineup in full.
Close behind with thirteen industry recommendations is sci-fi TV project Maps by Jessi Drewett. The drama follows a woman who assumes a false identity to work in an interstellar mine and save her family from debt.
This year’s lineup includes projects set up with BBC, Heyday, Bad Wolf and Company Pictures, but the two highest-rated scripts are currently without producers.
Inspired by the U.S. Black List, the scripts showcase is compiled each year from recommendations by British production companies, talent agencies, sales companies, financiers, distributors and broadcasters.
In 2021, the bar for inclusion moved higher, with scripts needing a minimum of seven recommendations for inclusion.
Close behind with thirteen industry recommendations is sci-fi TV project Maps by Jessi Drewett. The drama follows a woman who assumes a false identity to work in an interstellar mine and save her family from debt.
This year’s lineup includes projects set up with BBC, Heyday, Bad Wolf and Company Pictures, but the two highest-rated scripts are currently without producers.
Inspired by the U.S. Black List, the scripts showcase is compiled each year from recommendations by British production companies, talent agencies, sales companies, financiers, distributors and broadcasters.
In 2021, the bar for inclusion moved higher, with scripts needing a minimum of seven recommendations for inclusion.
- 11/22/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Brainstorm Media has acquired North American rights for “Nightride,” a dark humored, action-packed thriller from BAFTA-nominated helmer Stephen Fingleton (“The Survivalist”), starring Moe Dunford and Joana Ribeiro (“The Man Who Killed Don Quixote”).
The deal, which was handled by UTA Independent Film Group, will see Brainstorm releasing the film in select theaters and on demand next spring.
“Nightride” is set in Belfast over the course of a single night, and follows a smalltime dealer, Budge, as he tries to pull one last deal with cash borrowed from a dangerous loan shark. When the handover goes terribly wrong, Budge finds himself in a race against the clock to get a hold of his missing product and find a new buyer before the loan shark tracks him down. Irish scribe Ben Conway (“Hunter’s Fall”) penned the script.
“We are thrilled to be working again with Pulsar on another stellar film,” said Brainstorm’s head of distribution,...
The deal, which was handled by UTA Independent Film Group, will see Brainstorm releasing the film in select theaters and on demand next spring.
“Nightride” is set in Belfast over the course of a single night, and follows a smalltime dealer, Budge, as he tries to pull one last deal with cash borrowed from a dangerous loan shark. When the handover goes terribly wrong, Budge finds himself in a race against the clock to get a hold of his missing product and find a new buyer before the loan shark tracks him down. Irish scribe Ben Conway (“Hunter’s Fall”) penned the script.
“We are thrilled to be working again with Pulsar on another stellar film,” said Brainstorm’s head of distribution,...
- 11/4/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Tanel Toom (“Truth and Justice”) has wrapped production in Estonia on sci-fi thriller “Sentinel.”
The film stars Kate Bosworth (“Force of Nature”), Thomas Kretschmann (“The Pianist”), Lucien Laviscount (“Emily in Paris”) and Martin McCann (“The Survivalist”).
Written by Malachi Smyth (“The Score”), the film is set in the future on a war-ravaged Earth where four soldiers man Sentinel – a remote military base in a vast ocean that separates two warring continents. While they await their relief or the enemy, the simmering tension amongst them escalates when a mysterious boat drifts into range.
“Sentinel” is presented by Altitude Film Entertainment in association with Head Gear Film and Metrol Technology in association with Br/Arte, Tallifornia, Ichiban Films, Sentinel Entertainment and Vertical Entertainment.
Altitude Film Sales are handling international sales and will introduce the project to buyers at the AFM Virtual Market (Nov. 1-5).
The film is produced by Ben Pullen...
The film stars Kate Bosworth (“Force of Nature”), Thomas Kretschmann (“The Pianist”), Lucien Laviscount (“Emily in Paris”) and Martin McCann (“The Survivalist”).
Written by Malachi Smyth (“The Score”), the film is set in the future on a war-ravaged Earth where four soldiers man Sentinel – a remote military base in a vast ocean that separates two warring continents. While they await their relief or the enemy, the simmering tension amongst them escalates when a mysterious boat drifts into range.
“Sentinel” is presented by Altitude Film Entertainment in association with Head Gear Film and Metrol Technology in association with Br/Arte, Tallifornia, Ichiban Films, Sentinel Entertainment and Vertical Entertainment.
Altitude Film Sales are handling international sales and will introduce the project to buyers at the AFM Virtual Market (Nov. 1-5).
The film is produced by Ben Pullen...
- 10/26/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Gilbery was formerly the head of film and TV financing company Media Finance Capital.
David Gilbery has been appointed as the new CEO of Bill Kenwright Films, the UK production outfit behind Off The Rails and Another Mother’s Son.
The company is owned by Everton Football Club chairman and West End theatre producer Bill Kenwright.
Earlier this year, Gilbery stepped down as CEO of UK-based film and TV financing company Media Finance Capital, which he founded in 2018. His previous film credits include as a producer on Stephen Fingleton’s The Survivalist and as an executive producer on Bone Tomahawk, Arkansas and Honest Thief.
David Gilbery has been appointed as the new CEO of Bill Kenwright Films, the UK production outfit behind Off The Rails and Another Mother’s Son.
The company is owned by Everton Football Club chairman and West End theatre producer Bill Kenwright.
Earlier this year, Gilbery stepped down as CEO of UK-based film and TV financing company Media Finance Capital, which he founded in 2018. His previous film credits include as a producer on Stephen Fingleton’s The Survivalist and as an executive producer on Bone Tomahawk, Arkansas and Honest Thief.
- 10/25/2021
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
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