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Nikki Amuka-Bird, Michael Socha star.

UK- and Italy-based sales firm Brilliant Pictures has acquired world sales rights to Will Gilbey’s survival thriller Jericho Ridge, which wrapped production in Kosovo last month.

Brilliant Pictures will launch the film at Cannes next week.

Set in a remote town in North Washington state, Jericho Ridge follows the story of a lone-deputy and her battle to survive and save her son from the clutches of a murderous drug cartel.

Nikki Amuka-Bird stars alongside Michael Socha, Zack Morris and Solly McLeod. Gilbey wrote and directed the film, which is produced by Alex Tate and...

Nikki Amuka-Bird, Michael Socha star.

UK- and Italy-based sales firm Brilliant Pictures has acquired world sales rights to Will Gilbey’s UK survival thriller Jericho Ridge, which wrapped production in Kosovo last month.

Brilliant Pictures will launch the film at Cannes next week.

Set in a remote town in North Washington state, Jericho Ridge follows the story of a lone-deputy and her battle to survive and save her son from the clutches of a murderous drug cartel.

Nikki Amuka-Bird stars alongside Michael Socha, Zack Morris and Solly McLeod. Gilbey wrote and directed the film, which is produced by Alex Tate...

First look images have been unveiled of Nikki Amuka-Bird in upcoming survival thriller “Jericho Ridge.”

The film tells the story of North Washington county sheriff Tabby (Amuka-Bird), who finds herself alone in the sheriff’s office one night while her colleagues are out on patrol. But she soon finds out they’ve been set up by a murderous drug cartel while she herself comes under siege at the office, where she must battle desperately to save herself and her son.

Amuka-Bird is best-known for “Jupiter Ascending” and “Old.” She recently wrapped on an adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Persuasion” alongside Dakota Johnson.

In first stills from “Jericho Ridge,” which has been shooting in Kosovo (subbing for North Washington), Amuka-Bird can be seen in her deputy sheriff’s uniform pointing a gun (above) while “This is England” star Michael Socha, who plays redneck crook Earl Macready, can be seen in another...

Nikki Amuka-Bird (“The Outfit”) will play the lead in Will Gilbey’s “Jericho Ridge.”

BAFTA award-winner Gilbey (“A Lonely Place to Die”) also wrote the screenplay for the feature, which is billed as a survival thriller.

Amuka-Bird is joined by Michael Socha (“This is England”), Zack Morris (“The Fades”), Chris Reilly (“Wrath of Man”) Philipp Christopher (“Origin”), Solly McLeod (“Boxing Day”) and music artist Capital T.

The film tells the story of North Washington county sheriff Tabby (Amuka-Bird), who finds herself alone in the sheriff’s office one night while her colleagues are out on patrol. But she soon finds out they’ve been set up by a murderous drug cartel while she herself comes under siege at the office, where she must battle desperately to save herself and her son.

“Jericho Ridge” is co-financed by Silver Lining Productions and Dlnqnt, with Dlnqnt’s Alex Tate (“Hope Gap”) and Harvey Ascott...

New trailer for Skin Walker, out on August 4th from Cleopatra Entertainment. This gothic, supernatural-terror-meets-psychological-thriller stars Udo Kier (Downsizing), Jefferson Hall (Halloween) and Amber Anderson (In Darkness). Cleopatra Entertainment VOD Release Date: August 4, 2020 Written & Directed by: Christian Neuman Produced by: Jesus Gonzalez-Elvira, Alex Tate Starring: Udo Kier, Jefferson Hall, Amber Anderson Synopsis: …

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Roadside Attractions has teamed with Screen Media for the North American distribution rights to Hope Gap, a family drama starring Annette Bening, Bill Nighy, and Josh O’Connor. Oscar-nominated screenwriter William Nicholson directed the film, which will be released in theaters sometime next year.

Hope Gap details the life of a woman, shocked to learn her husband is leaving her for another after 29 years of marriage, and the ensuing emotional fallout the dissolution has on their only grown son, until she ultimately regains her footing, and discovers a new, powerful voice.

The pic, which is based on Nicholson’s Tony Award-nominated play, The Retreat From Moscow, was produced by David M Thompson of Origin Pictures and Sarada McDermott.

Roadside and Screen Media acquired the rights from CAA Media Finance and Protagonist, who has already sold to film in key international territories like Germany/Austria (Tobis), Spain (A Contracorriente), Italy (Cloud...

Roadside Attractions and Screen Media have acquired North American rights to “Hope Gap,” a family drama from Oscar nominee William Nicholson starring Annette Bening, Roadside co-founders Howard Cohen and Eric d’Arbeloff and Screen Media’s Seth Needle jointly announced Thursday.

Roadside and Screen Media acquired the rights from Protagonist and CAA Media Finance. The distributors will release “Hope Gap” in 2020, and levelFILM will distribute in Canada.

Bening stars in “Hope Gap” alongside Bill Nighy and Josh O’Connor in an adaptation of Nicholson’s play “The Retreat From Moscow.” “Hope Gap” is the story of a woman who learns her husband is leaving her for another woman after 29 years of marriage. It charts the emotional fallout experienced by their grown son and how the woman regains her footing and discovers a new voice.

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Protagonist licenses to Curzon in UK, Tobis in Germany/Austria, among others.

Roadside Attractions has acquired North American rights with Screen Media to William Nicholson’s family drama Hope Gap starring Annette Bening, Bill Nighy, and BAFTA winner Josh O’Connor.

Roadside and Screen Media acquired rights from Protagonist and CAA Media Finance, and the distributors are planning a theatrical release in 2020. The film will be distributed by levelFILM in Canada.

Based on Nicholson’s Tony Award-nominated play The Retreat From Moscow, Hope Gap charts the life of a woman who is shocked to learn her husband is leaving her...

Exclusive: William Nicholson’s (Gladiator) drama Hope Gap, starring Annette Bening (American Beauty), Bill Nighy (Love Actually) and Josh O’Connor (God’s Own Country), has sold into key markets for UK sales firm Protagonist Pictures.

Deals have closed in Germany/Austria (Tobis), Spain (A Contracorriente), Italy (Cloud 9), Australia and New Zealand (Transmission), Scandinavia and Iceland (Sf Studios), China (Dd Dream), Japan (Kino Films), Latin America (California Filmes), Poland (M2), Former Yugoslavia (McF), Middle East (Front Row), Israel (Forum Films), Hungary (Cinetel) and Airlines/Ships (Eim). CAA co-reps North America.

Hope Gap, currently in final post-production, is Nicholson’s second feature as a director after 1997’s Firelight starring Sophie Marceau and Stephen Dillane. The acclaimed writer was Oscar-nominated for his screenplays for Gladiator and Shadowlands and further writing credits include Les Miserables, Breathe and Everest.

Hope Gap charts the unraveling of a marriage after 29 years and the impact on a family unit.

Project wrapped UK shoot earlier this month.

Screen can reveal the first look at Josh O’Connor, Annette Bening and Bill Nighy in William Nicholson’s family drama Hope Gap for Origin Pictures.

Principal photography wrapped on the project earlier this month after shooting for five weeks in the eponymous Hope Gap in Seaford, Sussex as well as in Leeds and Doncaster.

Hope Gap is Nicholson’s second feature as a director after 1997’s Firelight with Sophie Marceau. He was Oscar-nominated for his screenplays for Gladiator and Shadowlands and his further writing credits include Breathe and Everest.

O’Connor, whose...

Black Angel first seen as a short at theatrical screenings of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.

A short film shown before screenings of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back in 1980, is to be adapted into a new feature film starring Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner) and John Rhys-Davis (Lord of the Rings).

Black Angel: The Feature Film has partnered with crowdfunding platform Indiegogo to launch a 45-day campaign aimed at raising $100,000 (£66,000) which goes live from today http://igg.me/at/blackangel.

Production is slated for September 2015, with filming locations to include Hungary, Belgium, Morocco and Scotland.

Carnaby International will handle worldwide sales and distribution on the film, which is a co-production between Belgium, Hungary, Canada and UK.

The film will be directed and written by Roger Christian, who wrote and directed the original short and won an Oscar for his work on the art/set decoration of the original Star Wars in 1977.

Rewards in the crowdfunding...