IFC Films nabbed North American rights to Stephen Dorff’s mixed martial arts drama “Embattled” and plans to release the film in November.
The Blitz Films production marks Georgian-born director Nick Sarkisov’s English-language film debut. David McKenna, whose credits include “Blow” and “American History X,” wrote the script.
Dorff plays a man who channels his aggression into becoming a major champion in the cage-fighting sport but when his second son is born with Williams Syndrome, an incurable developmental disorder, he runs away from his family. McKenna’s own 15-year-old son Colin, who was born with Williams Syndrome, portrays the boy. When his elder son, played by Darren Mann, decides to follow his father’s footsteps into the fight game, a media firestorm results in the father and son facing each other in a battle that neither can truly win.
The cast also includes Karrueche Tran, Elizabeth Reaser, Donald Faison,...
The Blitz Films production marks Georgian-born director Nick Sarkisov’s English-language film debut. David McKenna, whose credits include “Blow” and “American History X,” wrote the script.
Dorff plays a man who channels his aggression into becoming a major champion in the cage-fighting sport but when his second son is born with Williams Syndrome, an incurable developmental disorder, he runs away from his family. McKenna’s own 15-year-old son Colin, who was born with Williams Syndrome, portrays the boy. When his elder son, played by Darren Mann, decides to follow his father’s footsteps into the fight game, a media firestorm results in the father and son facing each other in a battle that neither can truly win.
The cast also includes Karrueche Tran, Elizabeth Reaser, Donald Faison,...
- 7/15/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Phillip Noyce served as executive producer on ménage à trois drama.
Storyboard Media has acquired worldwide rights to Show Me What You Got, the feature directorial debut of Svetlana Cvetko, the cinematographer on best documentary Oscar winner Inside Job and Cannes selection Red Army.
Elisabeth Costa de Beauregard will introduce the black and white drama about a ménage à trois to buyers at Afm in November. Phillip Noyce served as executive producer and chairman Oliver Stone’s jury awarded the feature the grand jury prize for best film at the Taormina International Film Fest in Italy in July. Watch the exclusive trailer below.
Storyboard Media has acquired worldwide rights to Show Me What You Got, the feature directorial debut of Svetlana Cvetko, the cinematographer on best documentary Oscar winner Inside Job and Cannes selection Red Army.
Elisabeth Costa de Beauregard will introduce the black and white drama about a ménage à trois to buyers at Afm in November. Phillip Noyce served as executive producer and chairman Oliver Stone’s jury awarded the feature the grand jury prize for best film at the Taormina International Film Fest in Italy in July. Watch the exclusive trailer below.
- 9/21/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Phillip Noyce served as executive producer on ménage à trois drama.
Storyboard Media has acquired worldwide rights to Show Me What You Got, the feature directorial debut of Svetlana Cvetko, the cinematographer on best documentary Oscar winner Inside Job and Cannes selection Red Army.
Elisabeth Costa de Beauregard will introduce the black and white drama about a ménage à trois to buyers at Afm in November. Phillip Noyce served as executive producer and chairman Oliver Stone’s jury awarded the feature the grand jury prize for best film at the Taormina International Film Fest in Italy in July. Watch the exclusive trailer below.
Storyboard Media has acquired worldwide rights to Show Me What You Got, the feature directorial debut of Svetlana Cvetko, the cinematographer on best documentary Oscar winner Inside Job and Cannes selection Red Army.
Elisabeth Costa de Beauregard will introduce the black and white drama about a ménage à trois to buyers at Afm in November. Phillip Noyce served as executive producer and chairman Oliver Stone’s jury awarded the feature the grand jury prize for best film at the Taormina International Film Fest in Italy in July. Watch the exclusive trailer below.
- 9/21/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Eryl Cochran heads production & development at production and financing shingle Blitz Films, where she works alongside company founders, filmmakers Nikolay and Sergey Sarkisov. Blitz, launched in 2018, is carving out a niche in the indie world with an eye for emerging talent. Blitz’s slate includes “Show Me What You Got,” directed by cinematographer Svetlana Cvetko; “Let’s Scare Julie to Death,” a one-take film directed by first-time helmer Jud Cremata; and “Embattled,” written by David McKenna (“American History X”), directed by Nikolay Sarkisov and starring Stephen Dorff. It’s also in development in TV series “Sultana,” set during the Ottoman Empire.
Why start a company now, when the indie marketplace is so challenging?
There was the sense that there were a lot of stories that weren’t being told. It was wanting to address these topics and open these worlds and make them accessible. And we were not afraid of...
Why start a company now, when the indie marketplace is so challenging?
There was the sense that there were a lot of stories that weren’t being told. It was wanting to address these topics and open these worlds and make them accessible. And we were not afraid of...
- 5/22/2019
- by Carole Horst
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Show Me What You Got, the directorial debut of Inside Job cinematographer Svetlana Cvetko, has wrapped production. The under-the-radar pic is backed by Blitz Films and counts award-winning filmmaker Phillip Noyce among its executive producers. Billed as a modern-day Jules & Jim, Show Me What You Got stars Cristina Rambaldi, Neyssan Falahi and Mattia Minasi.
A coming-of-age (at 30) tale, it explores the profound effect strangers can have on the trajectory of each other’s lives. The story follows three people from La to Italy as they navigate their way through intimacy, sexuality and proving their worth to their families and to the world around them.
Blitz Films financed and produced the movie which is in line with the company’s vision to back up-and-coming directors. Blitz’s Nikolay Sarkisov and Double Take Pictures’ David Scott Smith are producers with Noyce and Sergey Sarkisov exec producing.
Sarkisov says, “As directors, we...
A coming-of-age (at 30) tale, it explores the profound effect strangers can have on the trajectory of each other’s lives. The story follows three people from La to Italy as they navigate their way through intimacy, sexuality and proving their worth to their families and to the world around them.
Blitz Films financed and produced the movie which is in line with the company’s vision to back up-and-coming directors. Blitz’s Nikolay Sarkisov and Double Take Pictures’ David Scott Smith are producers with Noyce and Sergey Sarkisov exec producing.
Sarkisov says, “As directors, we...
- 3/7/2019
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
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