Myriad Pictures has boarded international sales and will commence talks in Cannes on the comedy drama, Sisters featuring Cristo Fernández from Ted Lasso.
Marta Méndez Cross, Valeria Maldonado, Virginia Novello, Maya Zapata, and Gonzalo García Vivanco star in the Las Caminantas Films production.
Sisters tells of a woman with cancer who tricks her estranged siblings into joining her on her pilgrimage to find a miracle along a path in Mexico used by their beloved grandmother.
Mar Novo directed from a screenplay by Virginia Novello, Marta Méndez Cross, Valeria Maldonado, and Youssef Delara.
Producing are Denisse Prieto, Novello, Cross, and Maldonado.
Marta Méndez Cross, Valeria Maldonado, Virginia Novello, Maya Zapata, and Gonzalo García Vivanco star in the Las Caminantas Films production.
Sisters tells of a woman with cancer who tricks her estranged siblings into joining her on her pilgrimage to find a miracle along a path in Mexico used by their beloved grandmother.
Mar Novo directed from a screenplay by Virginia Novello, Marta Méndez Cross, Valeria Maldonado, and Youssef Delara.
Producing are Denisse Prieto, Novello, Cross, and Maldonado.
- 5/13/2024
- ScreenDaily
Gemma Arterton, the British stage and screen star perhaps best known for playing Bond girl Strawberry Fields in “Quantum of Solace,” is set to star in upcoming period adventure thriller “Storm Witch.”
The independent U.K./Ireland co-production, to be directed by David Blair (a BAFTA winner for “Taking Over the Asylum” and “The Street”) from a screenplay by Tristan de Vere Cole, is being launched at the Marche du Film in Cannes later this month, with Myriad Pictures handling pre-sales.
Arterton, who also starred in “The King’s Man” and recently appeared in the Toronto-bowing “The Critic,” will lead a cast that includes Chloe Pirrie (“The Queen’s Gambit”), Stuart Martin (“Army of Thieves”), Kate Dickie (“Prometheus”) Steven Cree (“Outlander”) and Kevin McKidd (“Grey’s Anatomy”). The film is set to be shot later this year, primarily in Ireland.
Set in the 17th century, “Storm Witch” centers on a small coastal community...
The independent U.K./Ireland co-production, to be directed by David Blair (a BAFTA winner for “Taking Over the Asylum” and “The Street”) from a screenplay by Tristan de Vere Cole, is being launched at the Marche du Film in Cannes later this month, with Myriad Pictures handling pre-sales.
Arterton, who also starred in “The King’s Man” and recently appeared in the Toronto-bowing “The Critic,” will lead a cast that includes Chloe Pirrie (“The Queen’s Gambit”), Stuart Martin (“Army of Thieves”), Kate Dickie (“Prometheus”) Steven Cree (“Outlander”) and Kevin McKidd (“Grey’s Anatomy”). The film is set to be shot later this year, primarily in Ireland.
Set in the 17th century, “Storm Witch” centers on a small coastal community...
- 5/1/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
Rita Moreno stars in mystery dark comedy.
Myriad Pictures has boarded international sales rights and is in talks with AFM buyers on Xrm Media and Sneak Preview Entertainment’s mystery dark comedy The Prank starring Rita Moreno.
Kirk D’Amico is screening the film today (November 2). Maureen Bharoocha directed the story of high school best friends who set out to get revenge on their cruel teacher (Moreno) after she threatens to fail the entire class when one student is suspected of cheating.
What starts out as an innocent prank soon spirals out of control, engulfing the school in a mystery. The...
Myriad Pictures has boarded international sales rights and is in talks with AFM buyers on Xrm Media and Sneak Preview Entertainment’s mystery dark comedy The Prank starring Rita Moreno.
Kirk D’Amico is screening the film today (November 2). Maureen Bharoocha directed the story of high school best friends who set out to get revenge on their cruel teacher (Moreno) after she threatens to fail the entire class when one student is suspected of cheating.
What starts out as an innocent prank soon spirals out of control, engulfing the school in a mystery. The...
- 11/2/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Roadside Attractions and Samuel Goldwyn Films have acquired U.S. rights to “Bring Him to Me,” a mob thriller starring Barry Pepper (“Saving Private Ryan”) and Sam Neill (“Jurassic Park”).
The film will open in select theaters and on digital on Jan. 19, 2024.
Written by Tom Evans and directed by Luke Sparke, “Bring Him to Me” centers on a mild-mannered getaway driver (Pepper). His conscious is tested when his mob boss asks him to collect a young and unsuspecting new crew member, known as Passenger (Jamie Costa), one week after a violent robbery. The driver must battle his conscience as he takes the passenger to an uncertain fate. The cast also includes Rachel Griffiths, Liam McIntyre and Zac Garred.
“My goal with ‘Bring Him to Me’ was to bring a talented team together to make a suspenseful and action-packed film that explores loyalty and moral dilemmas,” Sparke said in a statement.
The film will open in select theaters and on digital on Jan. 19, 2024.
Written by Tom Evans and directed by Luke Sparke, “Bring Him to Me” centers on a mild-mannered getaway driver (Pepper). His conscious is tested when his mob boss asks him to collect a young and unsuspecting new crew member, known as Passenger (Jamie Costa), one week after a violent robbery. The driver must battle his conscience as he takes the passenger to an uncertain fate. The cast also includes Rachel Griffiths, Liam McIntyre and Zac Garred.
“My goal with ‘Bring Him to Me’ was to bring a talented team together to make a suspenseful and action-packed film that explores loyalty and moral dilemmas,” Sparke said in a statement.
- 10/26/2023
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Justina Machado stars in comedy about stressed mother who regresses to college student persona.
Myriad Pictures has added comedy The Throwback starring Justina Machado to its TIFF sales and commences talks this week.
CEO Kirk D’Amico represents worldwide rights to writer-director Mario Garcia’s story about a stressed “supermom” with two energetic kids and a lethargic husband whose lives are upended when she experiences a life-threatening situation at work.
Suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder the woman regresses to her college student, party-going persona but eventually learns the party life will never replace the love for her family.
The Throwback hails...
Myriad Pictures has added comedy The Throwback starring Justina Machado to its TIFF sales and commences talks this week.
CEO Kirk D’Amico represents worldwide rights to writer-director Mario Garcia’s story about a stressed “supermom” with two energetic kids and a lethargic husband whose lives are upended when she experiences a life-threatening situation at work.
Suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder the woman regresses to her college student, party-going persona but eventually learns the party life will never replace the love for her family.
The Throwback hails...
- 9/5/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Update Sept 6, 1Pm Pst: Archstone is contesting the producer and Myriad’s claim that it is not handling international sales rights to Die Alone. The dispute is ongoing.
Original Exclusive Sept 1, 2.30Pm Pst: Thriller Die Alone, starring Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix franchise), Douglas Smith (Big Little Lies), Frank Grillo (Captain America) and Kimberly-Sue Murray (V Wars), has switched international sales companies from Archstone — which launched the project in Cannes — to Myriad Pictures.
The Minds Eye Entertainment production recently wrapped production in Saskatchewan. Above is a first look at Moss in the movie, which has already quietly sold to Quiver for U.S. right and Filmoption for Canada.
Canada native Moss, best known for playing Trinity in The Matrix franchise, will be seen next year in Star Wars spinoff series The Acolyte.
Lowell Dean’s feature Die Alone follows Ethan (Douglas Smith), a young man with amnesia who wakes to discover...
Original Exclusive Sept 1, 2.30Pm Pst: Thriller Die Alone, starring Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix franchise), Douglas Smith (Big Little Lies), Frank Grillo (Captain America) and Kimberly-Sue Murray (V Wars), has switched international sales companies from Archstone — which launched the project in Cannes — to Myriad Pictures.
The Minds Eye Entertainment production recently wrapped production in Saskatchewan. Above is a first look at Moss in the movie, which has already quietly sold to Quiver for U.S. right and Filmoption for Canada.
Canada native Moss, best known for playing Trinity in The Matrix franchise, will be seen next year in Star Wars spinoff series The Acolyte.
Lowell Dean’s feature Die Alone follows Ethan (Douglas Smith), a young man with amnesia who wakes to discover...
- 9/1/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Shia Labeouf has joined action thriller Mace, directed by Jon Amiel from a script by David Chisholm. Trevor Jackson will co-star. Myriad Pictures is shopping the project to buyers here in Cannes this week.
Mace is the harrowing story of two very different types of cops – a veteran officer Mace (Labeouf), dangerous and corrupt, and Virgil Woods (Jackson), a young rookie who believes that he can change the system that fosters cops like Mace from within. It’s inspired by the recent racial injustice on the streets of America and Woods refuses to be bullied and pits his principles against the amoral Mac. Woods risks everything he believes to stop Mace from destroying the city when Mace unleashes a gang war to cover up his crimes. Everyone around Mace is in danger as Mace plays his game and tries to conceal his tracks, no matter the cost.
Mace is the harrowing story of two very different types of cops – a veteran officer Mace (Labeouf), dangerous and corrupt, and Virgil Woods (Jackson), a young rookie who believes that he can change the system that fosters cops like Mace from within. It’s inspired by the recent racial injustice on the streets of America and Woods refuses to be bullied and pits his principles against the amoral Mac. Woods risks everything he believes to stop Mace from destroying the city when Mace unleashes a gang war to cover up his crimes. Everyone around Mace is in danger as Mace plays his game and tries to conceal his tracks, no matter the cost.
- 5/17/2023
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
R&r to distribute in Australia and New Zealand.
Myriad Pictures CEO Kirk D’Amico and his team will launch worldwide sales excluding Australia and New Zealand in Cannes next month on crime thriller The Removalists starring Abbie Cornish, Bryan Brown, and Caroline Goodall.
Craig Monahan will direct for Pointblank Pictures from a screenplay he adapted with Australian playwright and screenwriter David Williamson from the latter’s 1971 stage play.
The Removalists addresses inequity, sexism, and abuse of power spanning 1976 to present day. Brown plays Neville Ross, a decorated police chief forced to relive his disastrous first day on the job when...
Myriad Pictures CEO Kirk D’Amico and his team will launch worldwide sales excluding Australia and New Zealand in Cannes next month on crime thriller The Removalists starring Abbie Cornish, Bryan Brown, and Caroline Goodall.
Craig Monahan will direct for Pointblank Pictures from a screenplay he adapted with Australian playwright and screenwriter David Williamson from the latter’s 1971 stage play.
The Removalists addresses inequity, sexism, and abuse of power spanning 1976 to present day. Brown plays Neville Ross, a decorated police chief forced to relive his disastrous first day on the job when...
- 4/18/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Shout! Studios has acquired North American rights to the music documentary Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World, about a historic happening that’s been called “the second most important event in rock & roll history.”
Ron Chapman directed the film, which held its U.S. premiere this week at SXSW in Austin, Texas, playing in the festival’s 24 Beats Per Second section. The documentary tells “the remarkable, behind-the-scenes story of how a little known, but life-altering music festival came together — against all odds,” according to a description of the film. “Young, scrappy concert promoter John Brower puts his life on the line (literally) to turn his failing Toronto Rock n Roll Revival into a one-day event… The festival united rock legends like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddley, and Gene Vincent, with The Doors, who were the biggest band in the world. But it was the...
Ron Chapman directed the film, which held its U.S. premiere this week at SXSW in Austin, Texas, playing in the festival’s 24 Beats Per Second section. The documentary tells “the remarkable, behind-the-scenes story of how a little known, but life-altering music festival came together — against all odds,” according to a description of the film. “Young, scrappy concert promoter John Brower puts his life on the line (literally) to turn his failing Toronto Rock n Roll Revival into a one-day event… The festival united rock legends like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddley, and Gene Vincent, with The Doors, who were the biggest band in the world. But it was the...
- 3/17/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Formerly known as Hello Stranger, the sci-fi thriller Simulant is set to receive a theatrical release in Canada on April 7th – and with that date now just four weeks away, we’re proud to share the Exclusive first look at the trailer for the film! You can check it out in the embed above.
Mongrel is handling the Canadian release of Simulant. Vertical holds the US and UK/Ireland rights, and are planning to give it a Directv On Demand release on May 5th, followed by a day and date theatrical and VOD release on June 2nd.
Jordana Brewster (The Fast and the Furious), Sam Worthington (Avatar), Robbie Amell (Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City), Simu Liu )Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), and Alicia Sanz (From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series) star in the film, which April Mullen (Wander) directed from a screenplay by Ryan Christopher Churchill.
Mongrel is handling the Canadian release of Simulant. Vertical holds the US and UK/Ireland rights, and are planning to give it a Directv On Demand release on May 5th, followed by a day and date theatrical and VOD release on June 2nd.
Jordana Brewster (The Fast and the Furious), Sam Worthington (Avatar), Robbie Amell (Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City), Simu Liu )Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), and Alicia Sanz (From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series) star in the film, which April Mullen (Wander) directed from a screenplay by Ryan Christopher Churchill.
- 3/8/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Vertical’s early bid for the sci-fi thriller Simulant, currently in post-production, paid off for the company with US and UK/Ire distribution rights. Vertical will release the film on May 5th beginning with a Directv On Demand exclusive followed by the day & date release on June 2nd. Myriad Pictures will be selling international distribution rights.
The film is directed by April Mullen and stars Robbie Amell, Jordana Brewster (The Fast and the Furious film franchise), Sam Worthington, Simu Liu (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), and Alicia Sanz (From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series). This movie marks Vertical’s second project with Amell, who previously starred in Code 8 alongside his cousin Stephen Amell, the sequel of which was purchased as a Netflix Original film. Directv has partnered with Vertical on several recent films on...
The film is directed by April Mullen and stars Robbie Amell, Jordana Brewster (The Fast and the Furious film franchise), Sam Worthington, Simu Liu (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), and Alicia Sanz (From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series). This movie marks Vertical’s second project with Amell, who previously starred in Code 8 alongside his cousin Stephen Amell, the sequel of which was purchased as a Netflix Original film. Directv has partnered with Vertical on several recent films on...
- 2/14/2023
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Olga Kurylenko is set to lead the sci-fi action-thriller “Unify.”
Directed and written by Jonathan Hopkins (“Slumber”), the film is set in a dystopian future and tells the story of a refugee mother who holds the key to humanity’s salvation in the war against A.I. but is being hunted by a technological enemy.
Myriad has acquired rights for the action-adventure drama from BoxFly and Ostara Pictures, and will launch the film to buyers at this month’s European Film Market, which runs alongside the Berlin Film Festival. The film will begin production in October.
BoxFly and Ostara Pictures will produce “Unify” with Haydn Pryce-Jenkins and Raimund Berens. Executive producers are BoxFly’s Colin Brown, Ostara Pictures’ Graham Bryan and Myriad Pictures’ Kirk D’Amico and Brian Nitzkin. Shakyra Dowling has come on board as casting director.
From a story by Hopkins, Charlie Macpherson and Jennie Gruner, “Unify” warns of a biological A.
Directed and written by Jonathan Hopkins (“Slumber”), the film is set in a dystopian future and tells the story of a refugee mother who holds the key to humanity’s salvation in the war against A.I. but is being hunted by a technological enemy.
Myriad has acquired rights for the action-adventure drama from BoxFly and Ostara Pictures, and will launch the film to buyers at this month’s European Film Market, which runs alongside the Berlin Film Festival. The film will begin production in October.
BoxFly and Ostara Pictures will produce “Unify” with Haydn Pryce-Jenkins and Raimund Berens. Executive producers are BoxFly’s Colin Brown, Ostara Pictures’ Graham Bryan and Myriad Pictures’ Kirk D’Amico and Brian Nitzkin. Shakyra Dowling has come on board as casting director.
From a story by Hopkins, Charlie Macpherson and Jennie Gruner, “Unify” warns of a biological A.
- 2/7/2023
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Barry Pepper takes the lead in feature film “Bring Him to Me,” which is now shooting in Queensland, Australia, under director Luke Sparke (“Occupation Rainfall”). The picture is a mob thriller written by Tom Evans and which also stars Sam Neill and Rachel Griffiths.
Under orders from a ruthless crime boss, a getaway driver must battle his conscience and drive a young and unsuspecting passenger to an uncertain fate. Evans’ script was inspired by the traumatic scene in Martin Scorsese’s “Casino” in which Nicky Santoro (portrayed by Joe Pesci) unwittingly turns up for a meeting in a cornfield and things go South.
“I’ve been fascinated by morally gray stories like ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘Drive,’ so when presented with the chance to dive deep into the underworld, I couldn’t resist bringing my own flavor to the genre, toeing the lines of film noir and graphic novels,” said Sparke.
Under orders from a ruthless crime boss, a getaway driver must battle his conscience and drive a young and unsuspecting passenger to an uncertain fate. Evans’ script was inspired by the traumatic scene in Martin Scorsese’s “Casino” in which Nicky Santoro (portrayed by Joe Pesci) unwittingly turns up for a meeting in a cornfield and things go South.
“I’ve been fascinated by morally gray stories like ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘Drive,’ so when presented with the chance to dive deep into the underworld, I couldn’t resist bringing my own flavor to the genre, toeing the lines of film noir and graphic novels,” said Sparke.
- 12/7/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Click here to read the full article.
Vaccinations are up, hospitalisations down and, as evidenced by the crowds of international buyers at the Lowes Hotel for AFM this week, global travel is back. But for the industry, Covd, and the complications it brings for financing, insuring and producing independent films, is here to stay.
“The financial impact of Covid, the logistics, Covid insurance, the costs of testing and so on are going to last for a long time,” notes Erica Lee, a partner at Thunder Road Pictures (John Wick, Sicario), speaking at AFM this week. “Which is frustrating, because that’s more money that doesn’t go on screen.”
Well-established Covid protocols —everything from regular testing, mandatory masks for off-camera crew and “bubble” systems that isolate different sections of a production to contain any possible outbreak —have been standard practice and have greatly reduced the risk of a total shutdown.
Vaccinations are up, hospitalisations down and, as evidenced by the crowds of international buyers at the Lowes Hotel for AFM this week, global travel is back. But for the industry, Covd, and the complications it brings for financing, insuring and producing independent films, is here to stay.
“The financial impact of Covid, the logistics, Covid insurance, the costs of testing and so on are going to last for a long time,” notes Erica Lee, a partner at Thunder Road Pictures (John Wick, Sicario), speaking at AFM this week. “Which is frustrating, because that’s more money that doesn’t go on screen.”
Well-established Covid protocols —everything from regular testing, mandatory masks for off-camera crew and “bubble” systems that isolate different sections of a production to contain any possible outbreak —have been standard practice and have greatly reduced the risk of a total shutdown.
- 11/4/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Principal photography has begun on the World War II drama The Boy in the Woods, a big-screen adaptation of the wartime novel The Boy in the Woods: A True Story of Survival During the Second World War by Maxwell Smart.
The film is currently shooting in North Bay, Canada.
Rebecca Snow (Cheating Hitler: Surviving the Holocaust) writes and directs the pic for Lumanity and JoBro Production. Myriad Pictures holds worldwide rights (excluding Canada) and will be selling the film at the American Film Market.
Billed as a “true-life survival story,” the film follows Max, a Jewish boy hiding in the forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe during WWII. Max is an aspiring artist who escapes death when his selfless mother tells him to run away from the Nazi trucks which they are about to board. He befriends a farmer, Jasko, and his family, who take him in. But with mounting...
The film is currently shooting in North Bay, Canada.
Rebecca Snow (Cheating Hitler: Surviving the Holocaust) writes and directs the pic for Lumanity and JoBro Production. Myriad Pictures holds worldwide rights (excluding Canada) and will be selling the film at the American Film Market.
Billed as a “true-life survival story,” the film follows Max, a Jewish boy hiding in the forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe during WWII. Max is an aspiring artist who escapes death when his selfless mother tells him to run away from the Nazi trucks which they are about to board. He befriends a farmer, Jasko, and his family, who take him in. But with mounting...
- 10/31/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
George Basha wrote, directed and stars for Gold Marquee Enterprises.
Myriad Pictures has acquired worldwide sales rights from Australia’s Gold Marquee Enterprises to action thriller Retreat and will launch sales at the AFM next week.
George Basha wrote, directed and stars alongside Maya Stange and Troy Honeysett (The Combination: Redemption) in the story about a retired special ops soldier who must save his family from a team of trained killers when they stumble across mysterious packages while on holiday. John Tedesco and Basha served as producers.
Myriad Pictures CEO Kirk D’Amico said, “We are thrilled to be returning to...
Myriad Pictures has acquired worldwide sales rights from Australia’s Gold Marquee Enterprises to action thriller Retreat and will launch sales at the AFM next week.
George Basha wrote, directed and stars alongside Maya Stange and Troy Honeysett (The Combination: Redemption) in the story about a retired special ops soldier who must save his family from a team of trained killers when they stumble across mysterious packages while on holiday. John Tedesco and Basha served as producers.
Myriad Pictures CEO Kirk D’Amico said, “We are thrilled to be returning to...
- 10/25/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Myriad Pictures is selling at the Cannes market.
Trevor Jackson has joined James Franco in the cast of Meyers Media Group’s action thriller Mace, selling in Cannes through Myriad Pictures.
US actor Jackson - best known for roles in Grown-ish and Superfly - has landed the role of Virgil Woods opposite Franco as the titular character in the story of two polar-opposite cops inspired by the ongoing racial injustice on America’s streets.
Idealistic rookie Woods believes he can change the system that fosters corrupt police officers like Mace from within and risks everything to stop Mace from destroying...
Trevor Jackson has joined James Franco in the cast of Meyers Media Group’s action thriller Mace, selling in Cannes through Myriad Pictures.
US actor Jackson - best known for roles in Grown-ish and Superfly - has landed the role of Virgil Woods opposite Franco as the titular character in the story of two polar-opposite cops inspired by the ongoing racial injustice on America’s streets.
Idealistic rookie Woods believes he can change the system that fosters corrupt police officers like Mace from within and risks everything to stop Mace from destroying...
- 5/19/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Jon Amiel to direct from script by David Chisholm.
Myriad Pictures has acquired worldwide sales rights for Mace starring starring James Franco from Meyers Media Group and will commence sales in Cannes next week.
Jon Amiel will direct from a script by David Chisholm two very different types of cops. Franco will play veteran officer Mace, a corrupt and dangerously unhinged man, while Virgil Woods is a young rookie who believes he can change the from within.
Inspired by the recent racial injustice on the streets of America, Woods risks everything he believes in to stop Mace from destroying the...
Myriad Pictures has acquired worldwide sales rights for Mace starring starring James Franco from Meyers Media Group and will commence sales in Cannes next week.
Jon Amiel will direct from a script by David Chisholm two very different types of cops. Franco will play veteran officer Mace, a corrupt and dangerously unhinged man, while Virgil Woods is a young rookie who believes he can change the from within.
Inspired by the recent racial injustice on the streets of America, Woods risks everything he believes in to stop Mace from destroying the...
- 5/9/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
James Franco is set to star in action thriller Mace from The Singing Detective helmer Jon Amiel.
The title, which is the first production from Meyers Media Group, follows the story of two very different kinds of cops. Mace (Franco) is a veteran officer, corrupt and dangerously unhinged, while Virgil Woods is a young rookie who believes that he can change the system that fosters cops like Mace from within. Inspired by the racial injustice on the streets of America, Woods refuses to be bullied and pits his principles against the amoral Mace, risking everything he believes in to stop Mace from destroying the city when Mace unleashes a gang war to cover up his crimes.
Amiel directs from a script written by David Chisholm while Lawrence Steven Meyers, Randy Dannenberg and John Evangelides will produce. Brendan McDonald and Kirk D’Amico will serve as exec producer with Jonathan Tybel as an associate producer.
The title, which is the first production from Meyers Media Group, follows the story of two very different kinds of cops. Mace (Franco) is a veteran officer, corrupt and dangerously unhinged, while Virgil Woods is a young rookie who believes that he can change the system that fosters cops like Mace from within. Inspired by the racial injustice on the streets of America, Woods refuses to be bullied and pits his principles against the amoral Mace, risking everything he believes in to stop Mace from destroying the city when Mace unleashes a gang war to cover up his crimes.
Amiel directs from a script written by David Chisholm while Lawrence Steven Meyers, Randy Dannenberg and John Evangelides will produce. Brendan McDonald and Kirk D’Amico will serve as exec producer with Jonathan Tybel as an associate producer.
- 5/9/2022
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Shang-Chi’ star Simu Liu has joined the growing cast of the upcoming thriller ‘Hello Stranger.’
Liu joins Sam Worthington, Jordana Brewster, Robbie Amell and Alicia Sanz on the cast.
The film will follow Faye, a woman who attempts to replace her newly deceased husband, Evan, with an android simulant (Sim). Although Sim Evan appears like human Evan in every way, Faye does not feel the same love for Sim Evan as it does for her. Sim Evan tries to win Faye back while at the same time being on the run from a government agent chasing down SIMs who have become “conscious” and could potentially be a threat to humankind.
Myriad Pictures’ President and CEO Kirk D’Amico said: “We are all tremendously excited that Simu Liu has joined the cast of Hello Stranger. We think that Simu will absolutely do a great job with this pivotal role for April and the production.
Liu joins Sam Worthington, Jordana Brewster, Robbie Amell and Alicia Sanz on the cast.
The film will follow Faye, a woman who attempts to replace her newly deceased husband, Evan, with an android simulant (Sim). Although Sim Evan appears like human Evan in every way, Faye does not feel the same love for Sim Evan as it does for her. Sim Evan tries to win Faye back while at the same time being on the run from a government agent chasing down SIMs who have become “conscious” and could potentially be a threat to humankind.
Myriad Pictures’ President and CEO Kirk D’Amico said: “We are all tremendously excited that Simu Liu has joined the cast of Hello Stranger. We think that Simu will absolutely do a great job with this pivotal role for April and the production.
- 2/23/2022
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: Simu Liu, star of Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings and Kim’s Convenience, is joining Sam Worthington, Jordana Brewster, Robbie Amell and Alicia Sanz in thriller Hello Stranger.
Currently filming in the Toronto area, the movie follows Faye, a woman who attempts to replace her newly deceased husband, Evan, with an android simulant (Sim). Although Sim Evan appears like human Evan in every way, Faye does not feel the same love for Sim Evan as it does for her. Sim Evan tries to win Faye back while at the same time being on-the-run from a government agent chasing down SIMs who have become “conscious” and could potentially be a threat to humankind.
April Mullen (Wander) directs from a script by Ryan Christopher Churchill. Producers are Tim Doiron (Wander) and James van der Woerd (Wander) in association with their production company Wango Films, with Myriad’s Kirk D’Amico...
Currently filming in the Toronto area, the movie follows Faye, a woman who attempts to replace her newly deceased husband, Evan, with an android simulant (Sim). Although Sim Evan appears like human Evan in every way, Faye does not feel the same love for Sim Evan as it does for her. Sim Evan tries to win Faye back while at the same time being on-the-run from a government agent chasing down SIMs who have become “conscious” and could potentially be a threat to humankind.
April Mullen (Wander) directs from a script by Ryan Christopher Churchill. Producers are Tim Doiron (Wander) and James van der Woerd (Wander) in association with their production company Wango Films, with Myriad’s Kirk D’Amico...
- 2/22/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
UTA Independent Film Group handles US rights.
Myriad Pictures has boarded international sales on the feel-good comedy and Tribeca selection Peace By Chocolate and has launched EFM talks with buyers this week.
Jonathan Keijser (What Would Beethoven Do?) directed the film from Magnetic North Pictures about a Syrian refugee in Canada who aspires to be a doctor and is torn by his chocolatier father’s wish to help him rebuild the family business. Hatem Ali, Ayham Abou Ammar, Yara Sabri and Mark Camacho star.
Keijser produced alongside Catherine Léger, whose Babysitter premiered at Sundance last month, Martin Paul-Hus and Kathy Wolf.
Myriad Pictures has boarded international sales on the feel-good comedy and Tribeca selection Peace By Chocolate and has launched EFM talks with buyers this week.
Jonathan Keijser (What Would Beethoven Do?) directed the film from Magnetic North Pictures about a Syrian refugee in Canada who aspires to be a doctor and is torn by his chocolatier father’s wish to help him rebuild the family business. Hatem Ali, Ayham Abou Ammar, Yara Sabri and Mark Camacho star.
Keijser produced alongside Catherine Léger, whose Babysitter premiered at Sundance last month, Martin Paul-Hus and Kathy Wolf.
- 2/8/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Upload and Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City actor Robbie Amell and El Cid star Alicia Sanz have joined Sam Worthington and Jordana Brewster in the thriller Hello Stranger, which began filming in Canada this week.
Myriad Pictures is handling international sales and will be shopping the project at the virtual European Film Market beginning next week. CAA Media Finance and Verve Ventures are handling U.S. sales. Mongrel will distribute in Canada.
In Hello Stranger, Faye (Brewster) attempts to replace her newly deceased husband, Evan, with an android simulant (Sim). Although Sim Evan appears like human Evan in every way, Faye does not feel the same love for Sim Evan as it does for her. Sim Evan tries to win Faye back while at the same time being on-the-run from a government agent (Worthington) chasing down SIMs who have become “conscious” and could potentially be a threat to humankind.
Myriad Pictures is handling international sales and will be shopping the project at the virtual European Film Market beginning next week. CAA Media Finance and Verve Ventures are handling U.S. sales. Mongrel will distribute in Canada.
In Hello Stranger, Faye (Brewster) attempts to replace her newly deceased husband, Evan, with an android simulant (Sim). Although Sim Evan appears like human Evan in every way, Faye does not feel the same love for Sim Evan as it does for her. Sim Evan tries to win Faye back while at the same time being on-the-run from a government agent (Worthington) chasing down SIMs who have become “conscious” and could potentially be a threat to humankind.
- 2/2/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Distributor sets June day-and-date release.
Vertical Entertainment has acquired US rights from UTA Independent Film Group and Myriad Pictures to Livia De Paolis’s Peter Pan-inspired fantasy The Lost Girls heading into the online EFM.
Myriad Pictures will represent international rights on the film at the market. Vertical plans a day-and-date US release on June 17. Photon Films will release the film in Canada and Altitude is releasing in the UK.
Paolis wrote and directed the film based on the novel by Laurie Fox. De Paolis stars alongside Joely Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, Julian Ovenden, Parker Sawyers, Emily Carey, Louis Partridge, Ella Rae Smith and Iain Glen.
Vertical Entertainment has acquired US rights from UTA Independent Film Group and Myriad Pictures to Livia De Paolis’s Peter Pan-inspired fantasy The Lost Girls heading into the online EFM.
Myriad Pictures will represent international rights on the film at the market. Vertical plans a day-and-date US release on June 17. Photon Films will release the film in Canada and Altitude is releasing in the UK.
Paolis wrote and directed the film based on the novel by Laurie Fox. De Paolis stars alongside Joely Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, Julian Ovenden, Parker Sawyers, Emily Carey, Louis Partridge, Ella Rae Smith and Iain Glen.
- 1/27/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Vertical Entertainment has acquired U.S. distribution rights to drama The Lost Girls directed by Livia De Paolis.
The film is inspired by J.M. Barrie’s classic Peter Pan and is based on the novel by Laurie Fox. Vertical is planning a day-and-date release in the U.S. on June 17, 2022.
The film is written and directed by De Paolis (Emoticon ;)), who also stars in the film along an ensemble cast including Joely Richardson (Nip/Tuck), Vanessa Redgrave (Atonement), Julian Ovenden (The Crown), Parker Sawyers (Southside with You), Emily Carey (Wonder Woman), Louis Partridge (Enola Holmes), Ella Rae Smith (Séance) and Iain Glen (Game of Thrones) as Hook.
Myriad Pictures is handling international sales and will continue to drum up business at the upcoming virtual European Film Market (EFM). Myriad and UTA co-repped the film for the U.S. with UTA Independent Film Group taking the lead on the sale.
The film is inspired by J.M. Barrie’s classic Peter Pan and is based on the novel by Laurie Fox. Vertical is planning a day-and-date release in the U.S. on June 17, 2022.
The film is written and directed by De Paolis (Emoticon ;)), who also stars in the film along an ensemble cast including Joely Richardson (Nip/Tuck), Vanessa Redgrave (Atonement), Julian Ovenden (The Crown), Parker Sawyers (Southside with You), Emily Carey (Wonder Woman), Louis Partridge (Enola Holmes), Ella Rae Smith (Séance) and Iain Glen (Game of Thrones) as Hook.
Myriad Pictures is handling international sales and will continue to drum up business at the upcoming virtual European Film Market (EFM). Myriad and UTA co-repped the film for the U.S. with UTA Independent Film Group taking the lead on the sale.
- 1/27/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Myriad Pictures has licensed Irish comedy Deadly Cuts to Level 33 Entertainment for distribution in North America.
The company will release the film on March 17, 2022, to coincide with St. Patrick’s Day.
Written and directed by Irish director Rachel Carey, and filmed on location in Ireland, the dark comedy is set in a working-class hair salon where young stylists Stacey, Gemma, Chantelle, along with boss Michelle become accidental vigilantes and community heroes as they take on the gang members and gentrifiers threatening their community.
Starring are Angeline Ball (The Commitments), Victoria Smurfit (The Beach), Ericka Roe (Herself), Lauren Larkin, and Shauna Higgins (A Date for Mad Mary).
Additional deals have closed in Australia/New Zealand (Rialto Distribution), South Africa (Mnet), and Spain (Media Solution Partners).
Following its Ireland release on October 8th, the film ranked in third place on its opening weekend behind No Time To Die and The Addams Family 2.
The company will release the film on March 17, 2022, to coincide with St. Patrick’s Day.
Written and directed by Irish director Rachel Carey, and filmed on location in Ireland, the dark comedy is set in a working-class hair salon where young stylists Stacey, Gemma, Chantelle, along with boss Michelle become accidental vigilantes and community heroes as they take on the gang members and gentrifiers threatening their community.
Starring are Angeline Ball (The Commitments), Victoria Smurfit (The Beach), Ericka Roe (Herself), Lauren Larkin, and Shauna Higgins (A Date for Mad Mary).
Additional deals have closed in Australia/New Zealand (Rialto Distribution), South Africa (Mnet), and Spain (Media Solution Partners).
Following its Ireland release on October 8th, the film ranked in third place on its opening weekend behind No Time To Die and The Addams Family 2.
- 1/11/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
April Mullen to direct her follow-up to Wander.
Sam Worthington and Jordana Brewster have joined previously announced Luke Grimes in sci-fi thriller Hello Stranger with April Mullen lined up to direct for Myriad Pictures and Wango Films.
Ryan Christopher Churchill wrote the screenplay about Faye, a woman who brings an android “simulant” – or “sim” – into her life to replace her deceased husband, Evan.
While the sim matches Evan in every way physically Faye does not feel the same love. The android tries to win Faye’s heart while on the run from a government agent assigned to find sims that...
Sam Worthington and Jordana Brewster have joined previously announced Luke Grimes in sci-fi thriller Hello Stranger with April Mullen lined up to direct for Myriad Pictures and Wango Films.
Ryan Christopher Churchill wrote the screenplay about Faye, a woman who brings an android “simulant” – or “sim” – into her life to replace her deceased husband, Evan.
While the sim matches Evan in every way physically Faye does not feel the same love. The android tries to win Faye’s heart while on the run from a government agent assigned to find sims that...
- 12/3/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Hamish Linklater is the latest addition to Dead for a Dollar, the Western that Walter Hill helmed for Quiver Distribution, which has wrapped production in New Mexico.
He joins a cast that includes Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz, Academy Award nominee Willem Dafoe, Emmy and SAG Award winner Rachel Brosnahan, SAG Award winner Benjamin Bratt, Brandon Scott and Warren Burke.
Dead for a Dollar follows a famed bounty hunter (Waltz) who runs into his sworn enemy (Dafoe), a professional gambler and outlaw that he had sent to prison years before, while on a mission to find and return the wife (Brosnahan) of a successful businessman who is being held hostage in Mexico. Standing in the way is an infamous gangster (Bratt) who gets a piece of any action that happens along the Mexican border.
Berry Meyerowitz, Neil Dunn, Carolyn McMaster and Kirk D’Amico are...
He joins a cast that includes Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz, Academy Award nominee Willem Dafoe, Emmy and SAG Award winner Rachel Brosnahan, SAG Award winner Benjamin Bratt, Brandon Scott and Warren Burke.
Dead for a Dollar follows a famed bounty hunter (Waltz) who runs into his sworn enemy (Dafoe), a professional gambler and outlaw that he had sent to prison years before, while on a mission to find and return the wife (Brosnahan) of a successful businessman who is being held hostage in Mexico. Standing in the way is an infamous gangster (Bratt) who gets a piece of any action that happens along the Mexican border.
Berry Meyerowitz, Neil Dunn, Carolyn McMaster and Kirk D’Amico are...
- 9/21/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Yellowstone and Fifty Shades franchise actor Luke Grimes has signed on to star in the sci-fi-thriller Hello Stranger, with April Mullen (Wander) slated to direct from a screenplay penned by Ryan Christopher Churchill.
In Hello Stranger, a woman attempts to replace her newly deceased husband, Evan (Grimes), with an android simulant. Although Sim Evan appears like human Evan in every way, Faye does not feel the same love for Sim Evan as it does for her. Sim Evan tries to win Faye back, while at the same time, he is on the run from a government agent chasing down SIMs who have become “conscious” and could be a threat to humankind. Casting on the other key roles is underway.
The film marks Mullen’s follow-up to feature Wander, starring Aaron Eckhart, Katheryn Winnick and Tommy Lee Jones, which was released by Saban, and her Toronto Film Festival feature Below Her Mouth,...
In Hello Stranger, a woman attempts to replace her newly deceased husband, Evan (Grimes), with an android simulant. Although Sim Evan appears like human Evan in every way, Faye does not feel the same love for Sim Evan as it does for her. Sim Evan tries to win Faye back, while at the same time, he is on the run from a government agent chasing down SIMs who have become “conscious” and could be a threat to humankind. Casting on the other key roles is underway.
The film marks Mullen’s follow-up to feature Wander, starring Aaron Eckhart, Katheryn Winnick and Tommy Lee Jones, which was released by Saban, and her Toronto Film Festival feature Below Her Mouth,...
- 9/9/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Roadside Attractions to distribute in US.
Myriad Pictures has picked up international rights ahead of TIFF on crime thriller Hard Luck Love Song starring Sophia Bush from WB/CW drama series One Tree Hill, Eric Roberts and Dermot Mulroney.
Kirk D’Amico and his team will launch talks with buyers and screen the film at the virtual TIFF market and screen the film ahead of the US release via Roadside Attractions on October 15.
Writer-director Justin Corsbie makes his feature debut on the feature based on the song ‘Just Like Old Times’ by Todd Snider and centres on a down-on-his-luck troubadour (Michael Dorman...
Myriad Pictures has picked up international rights ahead of TIFF on crime thriller Hard Luck Love Song starring Sophia Bush from WB/CW drama series One Tree Hill, Eric Roberts and Dermot Mulroney.
Kirk D’Amico and his team will launch talks with buyers and screen the film at the virtual TIFF market and screen the film ahead of the US release via Roadside Attractions on October 15.
Writer-director Justin Corsbie makes his feature debut on the feature based on the song ‘Just Like Old Times’ by Todd Snider and centres on a down-on-his-luck troubadour (Michael Dorman...
- 8/26/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Benjamin Bratt has joined the cast of Dead for a Dollar, the Western helmed by Walter Hill for Quiver Distribution, which is currently in production in New Mexico.
The SAG Award winner will star alongside Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz, Academy Award nominee Willem Dafoe, Emmy and SAG Award winner Rachel Brosnahan, Brandon Scott and Warren Burke.
Dead for a Dollar follows a famed bounty hunter (Waltz) who runs into his sworn enemy (Dafoe), a professional gambler and outlaw that he had sent to prison years before, while on a mission to find and return the wife (Brosnahan) of a successful businessman who is being held hostage in Mexico. Standing in the way is an infamous gangster (Bratt) who gets a piece of any action that happens along the Mexican border.
Berry Meyerowitz, Neil Dunn, Carolyn McMaster, Kirk D’Amico and Jeremy Wall are producing the film written by Hill,...
The SAG Award winner will star alongside Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz, Academy Award nominee Willem Dafoe, Emmy and SAG Award winner Rachel Brosnahan, Brandon Scott and Warren Burke.
Dead for a Dollar follows a famed bounty hunter (Waltz) who runs into his sworn enemy (Dafoe), a professional gambler and outlaw that he had sent to prison years before, while on a mission to find and return the wife (Brosnahan) of a successful businessman who is being held hostage in Mexico. Standing in the way is an infamous gangster (Bratt) who gets a piece of any action that happens along the Mexican border.
Berry Meyerowitz, Neil Dunn, Carolyn McMaster, Kirk D’Amico and Jeremy Wall are producing the film written by Hill,...
- 8/25/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Brandon Scott and Warren Burke have joined the cast of the upcoming Western “Dead for a Dollar,” Variety has learned exclusively.
The film follows a famed bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz) as he encounters his sworn enemy, a professional gambler he had sent to prison years before (Willem Dafoe), while on a mission to find and return the wife of a successful businessman who is being held hostage in Mexico (Rachel Brosnahan).
Written and directed by Walter Hill, “Dead for a Dollar” has begun principal photography in Santa Fe, N.M.
“Dead for a Dollar honors traditional Westerns while simultaneously dealing with issues of race relations and the modern empowerment of women,” Hill said.
Berry Meyerowitz, Neil Dunn, Carolyn McMaster, Kirk D’Amico and Jeremy Wall are producing the film, with executive producers including Jeff Sackman, Larry Greenberg, Waltz, Lawrence Mortorff, and Alex Habrich.
Quiver Distribution arranged the film’s financing and...
The film follows a famed bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz) as he encounters his sworn enemy, a professional gambler he had sent to prison years before (Willem Dafoe), while on a mission to find and return the wife of a successful businessman who is being held hostage in Mexico (Rachel Brosnahan).
Written and directed by Walter Hill, “Dead for a Dollar” has begun principal photography in Santa Fe, N.M.
“Dead for a Dollar honors traditional Westerns while simultaneously dealing with issues of race relations and the modern empowerment of women,” Hill said.
Berry Meyerowitz, Neil Dunn, Carolyn McMaster, Kirk D’Amico and Jeremy Wall are producing the film, with executive producers including Jeff Sackman, Larry Greenberg, Waltz, Lawrence Mortorff, and Alex Habrich.
Quiver Distribution arranged the film’s financing and...
- 8/24/2021
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Emmy, SAG and Golden Globe award winner Rachel Brosnahan is joining Walter Hill’s upcoming western Dead for a Dollar which already stars Oscar winner Christoph Waltz and Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe.
In addition, Quiver Distribution, we understand, was instrumental in arranging the film’s financing and packaged the project alongside Canadian-based production company Chaos a Film Company. Quiver will release the movie in the U.S. and Myriad Pictures has acquired the international distribution rights which they began selling at the recent Cannes market. Deadline first told you about the project.
Dead for a Dollar follows a famed bounty hunter (Waltz) who runs into his sworn enemy, a professional gambler and outlaw that he had sent to prison years before (Dafoe), while on a mission to find and return the wife (Brosnahan) of a successful businessman who is being held hostage in Mexico. Hill also wrote the movie.
In addition, Quiver Distribution, we understand, was instrumental in arranging the film’s financing and packaged the project alongside Canadian-based production company Chaos a Film Company. Quiver will release the movie in the U.S. and Myriad Pictures has acquired the international distribution rights which they began selling at the recent Cannes market. Deadline first told you about the project.
Dead for a Dollar follows a famed bounty hunter (Waltz) who runs into his sworn enemy, a professional gambler and outlaw that he had sent to prison years before (Dafoe), while on a mission to find and return the wife (Brosnahan) of a successful businessman who is being held hostage in Mexico. Hill also wrote the movie.
- 8/10/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Here’s a fun one uniting three screen greats. Oscar winner Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) and Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe (Spider-Man) are set to star in Western thriller Dead For A Dollar from legendary filmmaker and western aficionado Walter Hill (The Warriors).
The film will mark Waltz’s first Western since his memorable performance as Dr Schultz in Django Unchained, for which he won his second Oscar. This time around he’ll also be playing a bounty hunter.
Myriad Pictures is launching international sales for the hot package at this week’s Cannes virtual market.
Hill will write and direct the feature which is set in New Mexico Territory, Chihuahua, in 1897. The story will follow Max Borlund (Waltz), a famed bounty hunter, hired to find and return Rachel Price, the politically progressive wife of Nathan Price, a successful Santa Fe businessman. Max is told she has been kidnapped by an African American army deserter,...
The film will mark Waltz’s first Western since his memorable performance as Dr Schultz in Django Unchained, for which he won his second Oscar. This time around he’ll also be playing a bounty hunter.
Myriad Pictures is launching international sales for the hot package at this week’s Cannes virtual market.
Hill will write and direct the feature which is set in New Mexico Territory, Chihuahua, in 1897. The story will follow Max Borlund (Waltz), a famed bounty hunter, hired to find and return Rachel Price, the politically progressive wife of Nathan Price, a successful Santa Fe businessman. Max is told she has been kidnapped by an African American army deserter,...
- 6/21/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Film shot on location in New York City, Paris.
Myriad Pictures has added Implanted to its virtual Cannes market sales line-up and will launch talks on the sci-fi from Fabien Dufils later this month.
Dufils co-wrote the screenplay with David Bourgie about Sarah, a struggling young woman in Brooklyn, who volunteers to be a test subject for an experimental brain nano-chip that orders her to commit crimes.
Implanted filmed on location in New York City and Paris and stars Michelle Girolami, Candace McAdams, Edouard Montoute, Martin Ewens, and Ivo Velon. Implanted Films produced in association with Mad Street Motion Pictures.
Myriad Pictures has added Implanted to its virtual Cannes market sales line-up and will launch talks on the sci-fi from Fabien Dufils later this month.
Dufils co-wrote the screenplay with David Bourgie about Sarah, a struggling young woman in Brooklyn, who volunteers to be a test subject for an experimental brain nano-chip that orders her to commit crimes.
Implanted filmed on location in New York City and Paris and stars Michelle Girolami, Candace McAdams, Edouard Montoute, Martin Ewens, and Ivo Velon. Implanted Films produced in association with Mad Street Motion Pictures.
- 6/11/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Drama played Venice in 2019, was selected for Tribeca Festival last year.
Myriad Pictures has added Grear Patterson’s coming-of-age drama Giants Being Lonely to its virtual Cannes market slate and is preparing to kick off talks with international buyers.
Mixed-media artist Patterson directed the 2019 Venice Film Festival and 2020 Tribeca Festival selection from a screenplay he co-wrote with Sam Stillman about a pair of high school baseball players in the American South whose seemingly tranquil existence hides dark secrets that culminate in tragedy.
Jack Irv, Ben Irving and Gabe Fazio star in the 2020 Tribeca Festival selection, produced by Olmo Schnabel.
Myriad...
Myriad Pictures has added Grear Patterson’s coming-of-age drama Giants Being Lonely to its virtual Cannes market slate and is preparing to kick off talks with international buyers.
Mixed-media artist Patterson directed the 2019 Venice Film Festival and 2020 Tribeca Festival selection from a screenplay he co-wrote with Sam Stillman about a pair of high school baseball players in the American South whose seemingly tranquil existence hides dark secrets that culminate in tragedy.
Jack Irv, Ben Irving and Gabe Fazio star in the 2020 Tribeca Festival selection, produced by Olmo Schnabel.
Myriad...
- 6/10/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Decal will release theatrically in US.
Myriad Pictures has acquired international sales rights to Ride The Eagle and will premiere the indie comedy starring Jake Johnson, Susan Sarandon, and J.K. Simmons at the pre-Cannes screenings in late June.
Decal holds North American rights to the film about a man who can only inherit his mother’s picturesque Yosemite cabin if he completes an elaborate to-do list designed by his mother while she was alive as a way of making amends from beyond the grave.
Trent O’Donnell directed from a screenplay he co-wrote with Johnson. The cast includes D’Arcy Carden.
Producers are O’Donnell,...
Myriad Pictures has acquired international sales rights to Ride The Eagle and will premiere the indie comedy starring Jake Johnson, Susan Sarandon, and J.K. Simmons at the pre-Cannes screenings in late June.
Decal holds North American rights to the film about a man who can only inherit his mother’s picturesque Yosemite cabin if he completes an elaborate to-do list designed by his mother while she was alive as a way of making amends from beyond the grave.
Trent O’Donnell directed from a screenplay he co-wrote with Johnson. The cast includes D’Arcy Carden.
Producers are O’Donnell,...
- 5/27/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Wildcard Distribution distributes in Ireland, UK.
Heading into the Cannes virtual pre-screenings event next month, Los Angeles-based Myriad Pictures has picked up international rights excluding the UK and Ireland to Irish comedy Deadly Cuts.
Rachel Carey wrote and directed the film, a Dublin International Film Festival Discovery Awards recipient for breakthrough talent that closed the festival in March.
Deadly Cuts follows a working class hair salon where young stylists Stacey, Gemma, and Chantelle and their boss Michelle accidentally become vigilantes and community heroes when they challenge gang members and gentrifiers threatening their community.
Angeline Ball (The Commitments), Victoria Smurfit, Ericka Roe,...
Heading into the Cannes virtual pre-screenings event next month, Los Angeles-based Myriad Pictures has picked up international rights excluding the UK and Ireland to Irish comedy Deadly Cuts.
Rachel Carey wrote and directed the film, a Dublin International Film Festival Discovery Awards recipient for breakthrough talent that closed the festival in March.
Deadly Cuts follows a working class hair salon where young stylists Stacey, Gemma, and Chantelle and their boss Michelle accidentally become vigilantes and community heroes when they challenge gang members and gentrifiers threatening their community.
Angeline Ball (The Commitments), Victoria Smurfit, Ericka Roe,...
- 5/10/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American rights to Undergods, a fantasy thriller anthology movie directed by Chino Moya in his feature directorial debut. A May 7 day-and-date release in theaters and on-demand is planned.
The pic is a collection of darkly humorous fantasy tales about failed societies and doomed fortune told via a pair of corpse collectors who roam the desolate streets of an unknown city chatting humorously about their dreams, in which a series of men see their worlds fall apart through a visit from an unexpected stranger.
Geza Rohrig, Johann Meyers, Ned Dennehy, Hayley Carmichael, Michael Gould, Khalid Abdalla, Jan Bijvoet, Eric Godon, Tanya Reynolds, Tadhg Murphy, Katariina Unt, Sam Louwyck, Kate Dickie, Adrian Rawlings and Burn Gorman star.
Gravitas’ VP Acquisitions Tony Piantedosi negotiated the deal with Kirk D’Amico of Myriad Pictures, which continues to handle worldwide sales.
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Veteran TV director Matthew Penn has been set to Badge of Trust,...
The pic is a collection of darkly humorous fantasy tales about failed societies and doomed fortune told via a pair of corpse collectors who roam the desolate streets of an unknown city chatting humorously about their dreams, in which a series of men see their worlds fall apart through a visit from an unexpected stranger.
Geza Rohrig, Johann Meyers, Ned Dennehy, Hayley Carmichael, Michael Gould, Khalid Abdalla, Jan Bijvoet, Eric Godon, Tanya Reynolds, Tadhg Murphy, Katariina Unt, Sam Louwyck, Kate Dickie, Adrian Rawlings and Burn Gorman star.
Gravitas’ VP Acquisitions Tony Piantedosi negotiated the deal with Kirk D’Amico of Myriad Pictures, which continues to handle worldwide sales.
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Veteran TV director Matthew Penn has been set to Badge of Trust,...
- 3/11/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Jason Isaacs, Colin Morgan and Jess Barden attached to star.
Sony Pictures International Productions has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Iain Softley’s dark comedy thriller The Dead Spit Of Kelly, which worldwide sales agent Myriad Pictures will continue to discuss with buyers at the virtual EFM next week.
Jason Isaacs, Colin Morgan and Jess Barden are attached to star for Grand Pictures and Forthcoming Films.
Softley will direct the UK-Ireland dark comedy from a screenplay by Johnny Ferguson set in turn-of-the-century Dublin where a diligent taxidermist Murphy (Morgan) is tormented by his boss, the vile and volatile Kelly...
Sony Pictures International Productions has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Iain Softley’s dark comedy thriller The Dead Spit Of Kelly, which worldwide sales agent Myriad Pictures will continue to discuss with buyers at the virtual EFM next week.
Jason Isaacs, Colin Morgan and Jess Barden are attached to star for Grand Pictures and Forthcoming Films.
Softley will direct the UK-Ireland dark comedy from a screenplay by Johnny Ferguson set in turn-of-the-century Dublin where a diligent taxidermist Murphy (Morgan) is tormented by his boss, the vile and volatile Kelly...
- 2/25/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
South Korea-born executive arrives as company prepares for EFM, Filmart.
Ramping up for the year’s first cycle of online festivals and markets, Myriad Pictures president Kirk D’Amico has hired Jaewoo Kim as vice president, distribution and sales.
Jaewoo most recently served as director of international sales and acquisitions at 13 Films, where she handled sales and distribution on films such as The Current War starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Every Breath You Take with Casey Affleck.
Earlier in her career the South Korea-born executive worked for Korean distribution company 9ers Entertainment as manager of the international business, when she acquired...
Ramping up for the year’s first cycle of online festivals and markets, Myriad Pictures president Kirk D’Amico has hired Jaewoo Kim as vice president, distribution and sales.
Jaewoo most recently served as director of international sales and acquisitions at 13 Films, where she handled sales and distribution on films such as The Current War starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Every Breath You Take with Casey Affleck.
Earlier in her career the South Korea-born executive worked for Korean distribution company 9ers Entertainment as manager of the international business, when she acquired...
- 1/25/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Pacific Northwest Pictures to release in Canada.
Myriad Pictures announced on Wednesday (September 30) that Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired US rights to rom-com Modern Persuasion starring Alicia Witt.
Alex Appel and Jonathan Lisecki directed the Jane Austen adaptation from Tangerine Entertainment and Tortyfly Pictures, based on a screenplay by Lisecki (Gayby) and Barbara Radecki (Expecting).
Witt, stars with Shane McRae and Bebe Neuwirth in the contemporary tale about a New York workaholic whose firm is hired by an old flame.
Samuel Goldwyn Films will release Modern Persuasion in December.
Myriad Pictures president and CEO Kirk D’Amico said: “We are delighted...
Myriad Pictures announced on Wednesday (September 30) that Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired US rights to rom-com Modern Persuasion starring Alicia Witt.
Alex Appel and Jonathan Lisecki directed the Jane Austen adaptation from Tangerine Entertainment and Tortyfly Pictures, based on a screenplay by Lisecki (Gayby) and Barbara Radecki (Expecting).
Witt, stars with Shane McRae and Bebe Neuwirth in the contemporary tale about a New York workaholic whose firm is hired by an old flame.
Samuel Goldwyn Films will release Modern Persuasion in December.
Myriad Pictures president and CEO Kirk D’Amico said: “We are delighted...
- 9/30/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Livia De Paolis directs female take on Peter Pan story.
Myriad Pictures has completed principal photography in the UK on TIFF sales title The Lost Girls starring Joely Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave and Iain Glen.
Livia De Paolis is directing the female take on the Peter Pan story and adapted the screenplay from Laurie Fox’s novel.
Julian Ovenden, Parker Sawyers, Emily Carey, Louis Partridge, Ella Rae Smith round out the ensemble cast on the adventure about four generations of Darling women as they struggle in the aftermath of their adventures with Peter Pan (Partridge) in Neverland.
Like her grandmother (Redgrave...
Myriad Pictures has completed principal photography in the UK on TIFF sales title The Lost Girls starring Joely Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave and Iain Glen.
Livia De Paolis is directing the female take on the Peter Pan story and adapted the screenplay from Laurie Fox’s novel.
Julian Ovenden, Parker Sawyers, Emily Carey, Louis Partridge, Ella Rae Smith round out the ensemble cast on the adventure about four generations of Darling women as they struggle in the aftermath of their adventures with Peter Pan (Partridge) in Neverland.
Like her grandmother (Redgrave...
- 9/8/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Myriad Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to the Alicia Witt romantic comedy “Modern Persuasion,” which will premiere at the Cannes Virtual Market.
The film, an adaptation of Jane Austen’s 1817 novel “Persuasion,” is directed by Alex Appel and Jonathan Lisecki from a script by Lisecki and Barbara Radecki. The film also stars Liza Lapira, Daniela Pineda, Shane McRae and Bebe Neuwirth.
“Modern Persuasion” centers on Witt’s character, a happily single and self-confessed workaholic who, after steadfastly rising to the top of the ladder in the New York corporate publicity world, finds herself coming home every night to her cat. When her firm is hired by a previous love, long-lost feelings are stirred.
Myriad Pictures president and CEO Kirk D’Amico said: “We loved Alex’s and Jonathan’s modern day take on the Jane Austen classic and are excited to begin selling this delightful and clever romantic comedy. Alicia Witt...
The film, an adaptation of Jane Austen’s 1817 novel “Persuasion,” is directed by Alex Appel and Jonathan Lisecki from a script by Lisecki and Barbara Radecki. The film also stars Liza Lapira, Daniela Pineda, Shane McRae and Bebe Neuwirth.
“Modern Persuasion” centers on Witt’s character, a happily single and self-confessed workaholic who, after steadfastly rising to the top of the ladder in the New York corporate publicity world, finds herself coming home every night to her cat. When her firm is hired by a previous love, long-lost feelings are stirred.
Myriad Pictures president and CEO Kirk D’Amico said: “We loved Alex’s and Jonathan’s modern day take on the Jane Austen classic and are excited to begin selling this delightful and clever romantic comedy. Alicia Witt...
- 6/18/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Tangerine Entertainment and Tortyfly Pictures produced.
Myriad Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to the rom-com Modern Persuasion starring Alicia Witt and will launch sales and screen the film at the Cannes virtual market next week.
Alex Appel and Jonathan Lisecki directed the Jane Austen adaptation from Tangerine Entertainment and Tortyfly Pictures, based on a screenplay by Lisecki (Gayby) and Barbara Radecki (Expecting).
Witt, stars with Shane McRae and Bebe Neuwirth in the contemporary tale about a New York workaholic whose firm is hired by an old flame.
Tangerine Entertainment, founded by Amy Hobby and Anne Hubbell, works exclusively with female-identifying...
Myriad Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to the rom-com Modern Persuasion starring Alicia Witt and will launch sales and screen the film at the Cannes virtual market next week.
Alex Appel and Jonathan Lisecki directed the Jane Austen adaptation from Tangerine Entertainment and Tortyfly Pictures, based on a screenplay by Lisecki (Gayby) and Barbara Radecki (Expecting).
Witt, stars with Shane McRae and Bebe Neuwirth in the contemporary tale about a New York workaholic whose firm is hired by an old flame.
Tangerine Entertainment, founded by Amy Hobby and Anne Hubbell, works exclusively with female-identifying...
- 6/15/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Vertical Entertainment handles North American distribution.
Los Angeles-based Myriad Pictures’ genre label Scoundrel Media has acquired international rights excluding the UK and South Africa to horror thriller The Unfamiliar and will kick off sales at the Cannes virtual market next month.
Vertical Entertainment will handle the North American release on the story starring Jemima West from The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones as a British Army doctor who returns from battle with what she thinks is Ptsd only to discover that she is being attacked by malevolent spirits.
Henk Pretorius directed from a screenplay by Jennifer Nicole Stang, and the cast includes Christopher Dane.
Los Angeles-based Myriad Pictures’ genre label Scoundrel Media has acquired international rights excluding the UK and South Africa to horror thriller The Unfamiliar and will kick off sales at the Cannes virtual market next month.
Vertical Entertainment will handle the North American release on the story starring Jemima West from The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones as a British Army doctor who returns from battle with what she thinks is Ptsd only to discover that she is being attacked by malevolent spirits.
Henk Pretorius directed from a screenplay by Jennifer Nicole Stang, and the cast includes Christopher Dane.
- 5/20/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Just as local audiences flocked to this year’s Berlinale on its 70th anniversary, its European Film Market attracted more than 11,000 visitors, up 500 from last year — even after over 60 Chinese delegates withdrew. That said: Sales were down.
At perhaps the only Berlinale ever to take place after the Oscars, Bong Joon Ho’s Best Picture-winner and global blockbuster “Parasite” was top of mind. However, buyers quickly decided that the accessible arthouse breakout will be hard to duplicate.
“‘Parasite’ was a good thing,” said Efm head Matthijs Wouter Knol. “People came to the market with high spirits about the chance for arthouse films to be discovered. Sadly, the arthouse film in reality these past days is struggling; it’s not the most easy part of cinema. That some people went home disappointed with their results doesn’t take away the fact that films like ‘Parasite’ do have a chance.”
Here are further gleanings from Berlin.
At perhaps the only Berlinale ever to take place after the Oscars, Bong Joon Ho’s Best Picture-winner and global blockbuster “Parasite” was top of mind. However, buyers quickly decided that the accessible arthouse breakout will be hard to duplicate.
“‘Parasite’ was a good thing,” said Efm head Matthijs Wouter Knol. “People came to the market with high spirits about the chance for arthouse films to be discovered. Sadly, the arthouse film in reality these past days is struggling; it’s not the most easy part of cinema. That some people went home disappointed with their results doesn’t take away the fact that films like ‘Parasite’ do have a chance.”
Here are further gleanings from Berlin.
- 3/2/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Just as local audiences flocked to this year’s Berlinale on its 70th anniversary, its European Film Market attracted more than 11,000 visitors, up 500 from last year — even after over 60 Chinese delegates withdrew. That said: Sales were down.
At perhaps the only Berlinale ever to take place after the Oscars, Bong Joon Ho’s Best Picture-winner and global blockbuster “Parasite” was top of mind. However, buyers quickly decided that the accessible arthouse breakout will be hard to duplicate.
“‘Parasite’ was a good thing,” said Efm head Matthijs Wouter Knol. “People came to the market with high spirits about the chance for arthouse films to be discovered. Sadly, the arthouse film in reality these past days is struggling; it’s not the most easy part of cinema. That some people went home disappointed with their results doesn’t take away the fact that films like ‘Parasite’ do have a chance.”
Here are further gleanings from Berlin.
At perhaps the only Berlinale ever to take place after the Oscars, Bong Joon Ho’s Best Picture-winner and global blockbuster “Parasite” was top of mind. However, buyers quickly decided that the accessible arthouse breakout will be hard to duplicate.
“‘Parasite’ was a good thing,” said Efm head Matthijs Wouter Knol. “People came to the market with high spirits about the chance for arthouse films to be discovered. Sadly, the arthouse film in reality these past days is struggling; it’s not the most easy part of cinema. That some people went home disappointed with their results doesn’t take away the fact that films like ‘Parasite’ do have a chance.”
Here are further gleanings from Berlin.
- 3/2/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Iain Softley to direct dark comedy from screenplay by Johnny Ferguson.
Jessica Barden, star of Netflix series The End Of The F***ing World and a former Screen Star of Tomorrow, has joined Jason Isaacs on The Dead Spit Of Kelly, one of several sales titles that Myriad Pictures is bringing to the Efm in Berlin.
Iain Softley will direct the UK-Ireland dark comedy from a screenplay by Johnny Ferguson set in turn-of-the-century Dublin where a diligent taxidermist Murphy (Colin Morgan) is tormented by his boss, the vile and volatile Kelly (Isaacs).
Fast-rising Barden, a Screen Star of Tomorrow 2015 and former...
Jessica Barden, star of Netflix series The End Of The F***ing World and a former Screen Star of Tomorrow, has joined Jason Isaacs on The Dead Spit Of Kelly, one of several sales titles that Myriad Pictures is bringing to the Efm in Berlin.
Iain Softley will direct the UK-Ireland dark comedy from a screenplay by Johnny Ferguson set in turn-of-the-century Dublin where a diligent taxidermist Murphy (Colin Morgan) is tormented by his boss, the vile and volatile Kelly (Isaacs).
Fast-rising Barden, a Screen Star of Tomorrow 2015 and former...
- 2/11/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Seller also reports international deals for first time.
Kirk D’Amico’s Myriad Pictures has closed a Us deal on upcoming Efm screening Never Too Late and has announced previously unreported international sales on the Australian comedy starring James Cromwell and Jacki Weaver.
Blue Fox Entertainment has acquired Us rights to Mark Lamprell’s tale about a band of retired Vietnam War veterans who plan to break out of their retirement home and reunite their friend with his lost love.
Dennis Waterman also stars in Never Too Late, which Lamprell directed from a screenplay by crime novellist Luke Preston.
D’Amico...
Kirk D’Amico’s Myriad Pictures has closed a Us deal on upcoming Efm screening Never Too Late and has announced previously unreported international sales on the Australian comedy starring James Cromwell and Jacki Weaver.
Blue Fox Entertainment has acquired Us rights to Mark Lamprell’s tale about a band of retired Vietnam War veterans who plan to break out of their retirement home and reunite their friend with his lost love.
Dennis Waterman also stars in Never Too Late, which Lamprell directed from a screenplay by crime novellist Luke Preston.
D’Amico...
- 2/6/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
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