Exclusive: Indie distributor Brainstorm Media has locked down North American rights to Laroy, a darkly comedic thriller starring John Magaro (First Cow), Steve Zahn (The White Lotus) and Dylan Baker (Happiness) that world premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Festival and nabbed three awards at the Deauville American Film Festival, including the Grand Prix, Audience Award, and Critics Award.
The film is the first from writer-director Shane Atkinson and is set for release in theaters and on digital in 2024.
Hailing from Next Productions, Laroy follows a down-and-out man who is mistaken for a hired killer, leading him to play a dangerous game with dire consequences. Magaro leads the ensemble as Ray, who, after discovering his wife is cheating on him, decides to kill himself. He buys a gun, drives to the seedy motel where she and her lover are entangled, and is about to do the deed — but before he can pull the trigger,...
The film is the first from writer-director Shane Atkinson and is set for release in theaters and on digital in 2024.
Hailing from Next Productions, Laroy follows a down-and-out man who is mistaken for a hired killer, leading him to play a dangerous game with dire consequences. Magaro leads the ensemble as Ray, who, after discovering his wife is cheating on him, decides to kill himself. He buys a gun, drives to the seedy motel where she and her lover are entangled, and is about to do the deed — but before he can pull the trigger,...
- 9/14/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Peacock has landed the rights to stream “The Independent,” a political thriller that stars John Cena, “Succession’s” Brian Cox, Ann Dowd (“The Handmaid’s Tale”), and Jodie Turner-Smith (“Queen & Slim”). The film from Relativity Media and director Amy Rice will skip theaters and stream exclusively on Peacock beginning next week on November 2, just ahead of midterm elections.
“The Independent” follows a young journalist (Turner-Smith) who discovers a conspiracy involving a U.S. Presidential candidate that could change the election and the fate of the country in an election in which America would be poised to elect either its first female president or its first viable independent candidate (Cena). Turner-Smith’s character teams up with a legendary journalist (Cox) to unravel the political conspiracy surrounding the election.
Rice directed the film from a script by Evan Parter. Executive producing “The Independent” are Laura Grange, Julia Stuart, Brian Cox, Jodie Turner-Smith, John Cena,...
“The Independent” follows a young journalist (Turner-Smith) who discovers a conspiracy involving a U.S. Presidential candidate that could change the election and the fate of the country in an election in which America would be poised to elect either its first female president or its first viable independent candidate (Cena). Turner-Smith’s character teams up with a legendary journalist (Cox) to unravel the political conspiracy surrounding the election.
Rice directed the film from a script by Evan Parter. Executive producing “The Independent” are Laura Grange, Julia Stuart, Brian Cox, Jodie Turner-Smith, John Cena,...
- 10/26/2022
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
Exclusive: We’ve just learned that White Boy Rick actress Bel Powley, The High Note‘s Tracee Ellis Ross and The Room‘s Jacob Tremblay are leading the psychological thriller Cold Copy, which reps the feature directorial debut of Roxine Helberg.
Principal photography has just wrapped and the pic also stars Nesta Cooper (See), James Tupper (Big Little Lies) and Ekaterina Baker (The Card Counter). Cold Copy is based on a script by Helberg and tells the story of a young broadcast journalism student trying to win the approval of her influential mentor who pushes her to reconsider the meaning of truth if it means success.
The film is produced by Justin Lothrop & Brent Stiefel at Votiv Films (Obvious Child), Dan Bekerman at Scythia Films (The Witch) and Helberg, in association with Needle’s Eye, ShivHans Pictures, 30West, and Carte Blanche.
EPs are Charles Stiefel, Lee Broda, Kyle Stroud, Shivani Rawat,...
Principal photography has just wrapped and the pic also stars Nesta Cooper (See), James Tupper (Big Little Lies) and Ekaterina Baker (The Card Counter). Cold Copy is based on a script by Helberg and tells the story of a young broadcast journalism student trying to win the approval of her influential mentor who pushes her to reconsider the meaning of truth if it means success.
The film is produced by Justin Lothrop & Brent Stiefel at Votiv Films (Obvious Child), Dan Bekerman at Scythia Films (The Witch) and Helberg, in association with Needle’s Eye, ShivHans Pictures, 30West, and Carte Blanche.
EPs are Charles Stiefel, Lee Broda, Kyle Stroud, Shivani Rawat,...
- 9/28/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
“Catch the Fair One,” a critically acclaimed thriller from Josef Kubota Wladyka (“Narcos”) starring real-life professional boxer Kali “K.O.” Reis, has been sold to major markets by Paris-based Memento International (“Call Me By Your Name”).
“Catch the Fair One” opened at Tribeca Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award and a Special Jury mention for Reis’ performance.
Memento has sold “Catch the Fair One” to France (Ace entertainment), U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand (Vertigo Releasing), Scandinavia and Baltics (Nonstop Entertainment), Israel (Lev Cinemas), Russia+Cis (Russian World Vision), Eastern Europe (HBO Europe), India (Indo Overseas Films), Indonesia (Pt Falcon) and the Middle East (Front Row).
IFC Films will release “Catch the Fair One” in the U.S. on Feb. 11.
“Catch the Fair One” follows Kaylee “K.O.” Uppashaw (Reis), a former boxer, as she discovers that her missing sister is possibly alive and circulating in a trafficking network.
“Catch the Fair One” opened at Tribeca Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award and a Special Jury mention for Reis’ performance.
Memento has sold “Catch the Fair One” to France (Ace entertainment), U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand (Vertigo Releasing), Scandinavia and Baltics (Nonstop Entertainment), Israel (Lev Cinemas), Russia+Cis (Russian World Vision), Eastern Europe (HBO Europe), India (Indo Overseas Films), Indonesia (Pt Falcon) and the Middle East (Front Row).
IFC Films will release “Catch the Fair One” in the U.S. on Feb. 11.
“Catch the Fair One” follows Kaylee “K.O.” Uppashaw (Reis), a former boxer, as she discovers that her missing sister is possibly alive and circulating in a trafficking network.
- 11/24/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Nomadland Oscar winner Mollye Asher among producers; Darren Aronofsky served as EP.
IFC Films has picked up US rights from The Film Sales Company to Josef Kubota Wladyka’s Tribeca Festival winner Catch The Fair One and plans a 2022 release.
Wladyka wrote the screenplay to his second feature from a story he developed with the film’s star and professional boxer Kali “K.O.” Reis, who plays an Indigenous former boxer that sets out to save her missing sister when she learns her sibling is possibly circulating in a trafficking network.
The film won Tribeca’s audience award this summer...
IFC Films has picked up US rights from The Film Sales Company to Josef Kubota Wladyka’s Tribeca Festival winner Catch The Fair One and plans a 2022 release.
Wladyka wrote the screenplay to his second feature from a story he developed with the film’s star and professional boxer Kali “K.O.” Reis, who plays an Indigenous former boxer that sets out to save her missing sister when she learns her sibling is possibly circulating in a trafficking network.
The film won Tribeca’s audience award this summer...
- 8/4/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
IFC Films has acquired U.S. rights to “Catch the Fair One,” a thriller from “Narcos” director Josef Kubota Wladyka that stars real-life professional boxer, Kali “K.O.” Reis. The deal comes after “Catch the Fair One” debuted at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival, where it received warm reviews and captured the Audience Award and a Special Jury mention for Reis’ performance.
It was a role that Reis helped develop in conjunction with Wladyka, who wrote the screenplay based on a story she created. And it’s also a film that drew on her experiences as the first Indigenous fighter to win the International Boxing Association middleweight crown and the reigning Wba Super lightweight champion.
“Catch the Fair One” follows Kaylee “K.O.” Uppashaw (Reis), a former boxer, as she discovers that her missing sister is possibly alive and circulating in a trafficking network. She plugs herself into this dark and dangerous world to find her,...
It was a role that Reis helped develop in conjunction with Wladyka, who wrote the screenplay based on a story she created. And it’s also a film that drew on her experiences as the first Indigenous fighter to win the International Boxing Association middleweight crown and the reigning Wba Super lightweight champion.
“Catch the Fair One” follows Kaylee “K.O.” Uppashaw (Reis), a former boxer, as she discovers that her missing sister is possibly alive and circulating in a trafficking network. She plugs herself into this dark and dangerous world to find her,...
- 8/4/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Deadline has your first look at Catch the Fair One, a boxing pic backed by Darren Aronofsky and Oscar-winning Nomadland producer Mollye Asher, which will soon premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.
The thriller, written and directed by Josef Kubota Wladyka, centers on a former boxer who embarks on the fight of her life when she goes in search of her missing sister.
Leading the cast, in her first film role, is professional boxer Kali Reis. Known for competing in the first female boxing match ever televised, Reis is also the first Native American fighter to win the International Boxing Association middleweight crown.
Exec produced by Aronofsky, with Asher producing, the film also stars Daniel Henshall, Tiffany Chu, Michael Drayer, Shelito Vincent, Lisa Emery, Kimberly Guerrero, and Kevin Dunn.
Asher’s fellow producers on the project are Kimberly Parker and Wladyka, who previously won Tribeca’s...
The thriller, written and directed by Josef Kubota Wladyka, centers on a former boxer who embarks on the fight of her life when she goes in search of her missing sister.
Leading the cast, in her first film role, is professional boxer Kali Reis. Known for competing in the first female boxing match ever televised, Reis is also the first Native American fighter to win the International Boxing Association middleweight crown.
Exec produced by Aronofsky, with Asher producing, the film also stars Daniel Henshall, Tiffany Chu, Michael Drayer, Shelito Vincent, Lisa Emery, Kimberly Guerrero, and Kevin Dunn.
Asher’s fellow producers on the project are Kimberly Parker and Wladyka, who previously won Tribeca’s...
- 5/24/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Memento International has boarded international sales rights to Tribeca Film Festival thriller Catch The Fair One, Oscar-nominated producer Mollye Asher’s follow-up to Nomadland.
The movie, about a former champion boxer who embarks on the fight of her life when she goes in search of her missing sister, marks the acting debut of real-life boxer, Kali “Ko” Reis, the first Native American woman to win a major world title. Reis is the current Wba Super Lightweight World Champion and fought in the first televised women’s bout on HBO.
As announced by Tribeca yesterday, the film will get its world premiere in the festival’s U.S. narrative competition. Above is a first look image from the movie.
Pic is written and directed by Josef Kubota Wladyka and stars Reis in the lead role. Reis also shares a story by credit with Wladyka. Other cast include Daniel Henshall, Tiffany Chu,...
The movie, about a former champion boxer who embarks on the fight of her life when she goes in search of her missing sister, marks the acting debut of real-life boxer, Kali “Ko” Reis, the first Native American woman to win a major world title. Reis is the current Wba Super Lightweight World Champion and fought in the first televised women’s bout on HBO.
As announced by Tribeca yesterday, the film will get its world premiere in the festival’s U.S. narrative competition. Above is a first look image from the movie.
Pic is written and directed by Josef Kubota Wladyka and stars Reis in the lead role. Reis also shares a story by credit with Wladyka. Other cast include Daniel Henshall, Tiffany Chu,...
- 4/21/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Scott Speer, the director whose credits include Step Up Revolution, Til I See You and the Bella Thorne-Patrick Schwarzenegger romancer Midnight Sun, has come aboard to helm S21, a dark and edgy romantic comedy from Catapult Entertainment Group. The news is being announced at the American Film Market in Santa Monica, and a spring 2019 production start is being eyed.
Written by Greg Wayne, the plot of S21 is set in a not-so-distant future where clinically assisted suicide has become legal at age 21. A chance encounter in a clinic waiting room leads two lost souls to spend the final 24 hours of their lives together discovering the true meaning of life and death. Casting is underway.
Catapult’s Christopher Watkins and Kevin Goetz are producing with Charles Stiefel from Needle’s Eye, whose most recent tie-up A Violent Separation scored a North American distribution deal with Screen Media this week at Afm.
Written by Greg Wayne, the plot of S21 is set in a not-so-distant future where clinically assisted suicide has become legal at age 21. A chance encounter in a clinic waiting room leads two lost souls to spend the final 24 hours of their lives together discovering the true meaning of life and death. Casting is underway.
Catapult’s Christopher Watkins and Kevin Goetz are producing with Charles Stiefel from Needle’s Eye, whose most recent tie-up A Violent Separation scored a North American distribution deal with Screen Media this week at Afm.
- 11/2/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Brian O’Malley, the Irish director whose last movie The Lodgers premiered last year at the Toronto Film Festival’s Midnight Madness section, has signed on to direct Immaculate, an upcoming suspense thriller from Catapult Entertainment Group.
Catapult’s Christopher Watkins and Kevin Goetz, who produced A Violent Separation, are producing this one with Needle Eye’s Charles Stiefel. Casting is underway and production is being eyed to start later this year in Alabama.
The script from David R. Flores & J. Hunter Roe centers on a minister who, after a personal tragedy and having his own crisis of faith, is taken captive by a mother who believes her son possesses extraordinary abilities that are rooted in evil.
“At its heart, Immaculate is a character piece that slices open the beast that can exist in all of us,” Goetz said. Added Watkins: “We’ve found an immensely talented director whose...
Catapult’s Christopher Watkins and Kevin Goetz, who produced A Violent Separation, are producing this one with Needle Eye’s Charles Stiefel. Casting is underway and production is being eyed to start later this year in Alabama.
The script from David R. Flores & J. Hunter Roe centers on a minister who, after a personal tragedy and having his own crisis of faith, is taken captive by a mother who believes her son possesses extraordinary abilities that are rooted in evil.
“At its heart, Immaculate is a character piece that slices open the beast that can exist in all of us,” Goetz said. Added Watkins: “We’ve found an immensely talented director whose...
- 9/7/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Catapult Entertainment Group and Needle’s Eye Productions, whose principals teamed for the on upcoming crime thriller A Violent Separation starring Brenton Thwaites and Claire Holt, have inked a joint venture to produce five more films with budgets ranging from $5 million-$10 million.
The plan is for both companies to be hands-on from development to distribution of the new pic, though Catapult will take the lead on creative and Needle’s Eye will oversee financials. The films will all be developed and produced by Chris Watkins and Kevin Goetz of Catapult, and Charles Stiefel of Needle’s Eye, who worked together on Violent Separation.
First up on the new slate is the mystery thriller The Orphan Dialogues, to be directed by Kevin and Michael Goetz, who helmed Violent Separation and whose director credits include 2013’s Josh Duhamel-starrer Scenic Route. The new pic centers on a psychologist whose personal struggles are...
The plan is for both companies to be hands-on from development to distribution of the new pic, though Catapult will take the lead on creative and Needle’s Eye will oversee financials. The films will all be developed and produced by Chris Watkins and Kevin Goetz of Catapult, and Charles Stiefel of Needle’s Eye, who worked together on Violent Separation.
First up on the new slate is the mystery thriller The Orphan Dialogues, to be directed by Kevin and Michael Goetz, who helmed Violent Separation and whose director credits include 2013’s Josh Duhamel-starrer Scenic Route. The new pic centers on a psychologist whose personal struggles are...
- 7/12/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Jamie Scott Gordon, Alexandra Nicole Hulme star in horror.
Hex Studios, the Scotland-based horror studio that launched in 2017, has wrapped filming on supernatural horror feature Automata.
The company’s latest production is from writer-director duo Lawrie Brewster and Sarah Daly. It centres on a historian who is called upon to authenticate a legendary clockwork doll which is discovered in the basement of a Scottish mansion. As he investigates the item’s history, the malevolent forces surrounding it are awakened.
The film stars Hex regulars Jamie Scott Gordon (The Black Gloves) and Alexandra Nicole Hulme (Girls) alongside Erich Redman (The Danish Girl...
Hex Studios, the Scotland-based horror studio that launched in 2017, has wrapped filming on supernatural horror feature Automata.
The company’s latest production is from writer-director duo Lawrie Brewster and Sarah Daly. It centres on a historian who is called upon to authenticate a legendary clockwork doll which is discovered in the basement of a Scottish mansion. As he investigates the item’s history, the malevolent forces surrounding it are awakened.
The film stars Hex regulars Jamie Scott Gordon (The Black Gloves) and Alexandra Nicole Hulme (Girls) alongside Erich Redman (The Danish Girl...
- 4/25/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
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