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The Zurich Film Festival will this year present director Edward Berger with its prestigious Golden Eye A Tribute To…Award, honoring his life’s work.

Berger, whose 2022 war epic All Quiet on the Western Front was nominated for 9 Oscars and won 4, is back in the award conversations this year with his latest feature, Conclave. The gripping Vatican-set drama stars Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci and John Lithgow in a behind-the-scenes thriller about the selection of a new pope after the death of the previous pontiff.

“With Conclave, Edward Berger has successfully created a masterpiece,” said Zurich Film Festival artistic director Christian Jungen. “Edward is a master of the classic style who allows his character actors like Ralph Fiennes to give room to their talent and whose directions are entirely intended to serve the story. He is multifaceted, able to navigate a wide range of genres and always manages to find the appropriate style and tone.

Fresh off a whopping nine Oscar nominations for his Netflix adaptation of “All Quiet on the Western Front,” filmmaker Edward Berger is setting up shop at Fremantle. The company announced on Friday that it has secured a two-year, first-look deal with Nine Hours, the new production label created by Berger and his partner Luke Rivett.

Under the two-year deal, Fremantle will become the primary home for all of Nine Hours’ television projects and will give the global producer and distributor second look access to Berger’s new film pipeline. The new production company was launched by Berger and partner Luke Rivett (“Berlin Station”) with producer Jeanne Tremsal.

“Great drama comes from filmmakers who have an undeniable urge to tell their story,” Berger said in a statement. “We intend to find and nourish these filmmakers in their endeavors to bring their grounded, intelligent and cinematic vision to the screen. We couldn...

Fremantle has struck a two-year, first-look deal with Nine Hours, the new production label set up by Edward Berger, director of the Oscar-nominated “All Quiet on the Western Front,” and his partner Luke Rivett.

Netflix drama “All Quiet on the Western Front” recently scored nine Oscar nominations, including best picture, and a record 14 BAFTA nominations. Berger’s other directing credits include “Patrick Melrose,” “Your Honor,” “ The Terror” and Fremantle’s “Deutschland 83.”

The two-year deal will see Fremantle become the primary home for all of Nine Hours’ television projects. It will also give the super-indie second look access to Berger’s new film pipeline. The new production company was launched by Berger and Rivett with producer Jeanne Tremsal.

The deal with Berger was spearheaded by Fremantle’s Christian Vesper, who was recently promoted to CEO of global drama, and Seb Shorr, executive VP of commercial and business affairs. Lorenzo De Maio assisted on the deal.

All Quiet on the Western Front director Edward Berger has launched a new production label, Nine Hours, and signed a two-year first-look deal with production giant Fremantle.

Berger, riding high on the success of All Quiet, which picked up 9 Oscar nominations, including for best picture, launched the new company together with producing partners Luke Rivett (Corner Office, Berlin Station) and Jeanne Tremsal (So Long Daddy, See you in Hell).

Fremantle’s deal will give the company the first crack at Nine Hours’ television projects and second-look access to Berger’s new film pipeline.

All Quiet on the Western Front, made for Netflix, has been a breakout success this awards season. In addition to its 9 Oscar nominations, the German film is the front-runner for this year’s BAFTA awards, with an astounding 14 nominations. The first-ever German adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s classic anti-war novel, the film stars Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch and Daniel Brühl.

Berger has just launched new label with partner Luke Rivett.

Fremantle has agreed a two-year, first-look deal with Nine Hours, the new production label set up by All Quiet On The Western Front director Edward Berger and partner Luke Rivett.

German director Berger recently secured nine Oscar nominations and 14 Bafta nominations for All Quiet On The Western Front. He is also the director of BAFTA winner Patrick Melrose as well as Your Honor, The Terror and Fremantle’s Deutschland 83.

The two-year deal sees Fremantle become the primary home for all of Nine Hours’ television projects. The global producer and...

Oscar-nominated All Quiet on the Western Front director Edward Berger has launched a production outfit and struck a first-look deal with Fremantle.

Berger has forged Nine Hours with partner Luke Rivett (The Tomorrow Man) and producer Jeanne Tremsal and the indie will make global TV and film projects.

Fremantle will house Nine Hours’ TV projects for the next two years as well as being given second-look access to Berger’s new film pipeline.

Berger is fresh off the back of nine Oscar nominations for critically-acclaimed Netflix adaptation All Quiet on the Western Front , which has also secured a record 14 BAFTA noms. Other high-profile credits include Patrick Melrose, Your Honor, The Terror and Deutschland 83, the latter of which he made with Fremantle.

“Great drama comes from filmmakers who have an undeniable urge to tell their story,” said Berger. “We intend to find and...

Film premiered at Tribeca Festival.

Vmi Worldwide has picked up international rights and launched talks at TIFF on Joachim Back’s dark comedy Corner Office starring Jon Hamm.

The film received its world premiere earlier this year at Tribeca Festival and follows Orson, a corporate employee trying to move up the ladder who discovers a secret room in his drab office building, which causes problems with his new colleagues.

Rounding out the cast are Danny Pudi, Sarah Gadon and Christopher Heyerdahl. Ted Kupper adapted the screenplay from Jonas Karlsson’s novel The Room.

Producer credits on the Kafkaesque tale are...

Exclusive: Director Eddie Alcazar has signed with CAA.

Alcazar made his feature film debut with the 2018 sci-fi thriller Perfect from Alcazar’s Brainfeeder Films, a collaboration with music producer Flying Lotus. The project was executive produced by Steven Soderbergh, who will serve in the same role in Alcazar’s second feature Divinity starring Stephen Dorff, Moises Arias, Jason Genao, Karrueche Tran, and Mike O’Hearn.

His stop-motion, short film collaboration with Darren Aronofsky titled The Vandal was recently acquired by New Yorker Studios.

It stars Bill Duke in the role of Harold, a man who undergoes a lobotomy and is suffering from traumatic memory loss as a result. As his memories continue to fade and his search for peace is interrupted, the character becomes desperate.

The Vandal—set in a world not unlike mid-20th century America—also stars Baadja-Lyne Odums, Harry Goaz, Maurice Compte, Thomas Hildreth, and Abbey Lee.

Exclusive: Kellie Madison (Never Back Down: Revolt) has signed on to direct a supernatural action thriller, centered on a geothermic explosion inside the ruins of Pompeii, for Pressman Film.

The script for the as-yet untitled feature will be penned by Kalen Egan and Travis Sentell (Electric Dreams). Edward R. Pressman and Kelly McKee of Pressman Film are on board to produce along with veteran Korean producer Lewis Taewan Kim. Korean VFX company Westworld will co-produce, with Jihyun Kim (Train to Busan) leading creature design and concept artwork.

“I’ve been a fan of Pressman Film since the original Bad Lieutenant. I’m so excited to be collaborating with them to create something really special and unique,” said Madison. “The type of hybrid production team we are putting together has never been done before.

Diane Kruger will star alongside Talia Ryder (Never Rarely Sometimes Always) in Joika, writer-director James Napier Robertson’s film about elite American ballet dancer Joy Womack.

Ryder is playing Womack (Thomasin McKenzie was previously cast in the role). Kruger will play her tough but inspirational mentor Volkova, a former ballet dancer and the head of the Bolshoi’s training academy.

Sales agent Embankment have closed a raft of pre-sales on the pic: Australia/New Zealand (The Reset Collective), Germany (Square One), Italy (Eagle), Spain (Vertice), Greece (Spentzos), Israel (United King), South Africa (Filmfinity) and Portugal (Nos Lusomundo).

Embankment is co-repping U.S. rights with UTA Independent Film Group and will continue sales at the Toronto market.

The film is a New Zealand-Polish co-production and is scheduled to shoot in Poland in early 2022. Producers are Napier Robertson and Tom Hern’s Four Knights Film alongside Anonymous Content, Laurie Ross, Paul Green,...

The series is based on Amanda Bridgeman’s novel of the same name.

Australian production company Aquarius Films is partnering with US firm Anonymous Content on The Subjugate, a sci-fi crime thriller series based on Amanda Bridgeman’s 2018 novel of the same name.

Aquarius has picked up the development and production rights to the book; Angie Fielder and Polly Staniford will produce for Aquarius, with Luke Rivett and Ryan Cunningham for Anonymous.

The Subjugate is set in 2040, when a series of murders sends shockwaves through the religious, technology-avoiding community of Bountiful. Two homicide detectives are sent to investigate obvious suspects...

Australia’s Aquarius Films has joined with the U.S.’s Anonymous Content to produce a futuristic crime thriller series “The Subjugate.” The series is an adaptation of a book of the same title by Amanda Bridgeman.

The story follows a pair of detectives who, in 2040, are called on to investigate a series of murders in a religious community which has turned its back on technology and the modern world. The obvious suspects are formerly violent offenders who have been turned into servants, but the town’s puritan citizens are also hostile and keen to avoid having their society and its institutions probed.

The original novel was published in 2018 by Angry Robot Books, and is the first part of a planned trilogy. The second book, “The Sensation” was released worldwide in October 2020 through Angry Robot Books (U.K.). Bridgeman is currently working on the final book in the series.

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Aquarius Films and Anonymous Content will partner to produce dystopian sci-fi crime thriller The Subjugate, based on the novel of the same name by Amanda Bridgeman.

Planned as a long-format series, The Subjugate is set in 2040 and follows a number of murders that send shockwaves through the religious community of Bountiful, which has turned its back on technology and the modern world. The obvious suspects are ‘The Subjugates’, violent offenders who are transformed into town servants, known as Serenes at the Solme Complex.

Sent from the city to investigate the crimes, two homicide detectives are met with open hostility. Everyone has a motive and the frustrated detectives begin to crack under the pressure. As their mutual mistrust builds, they set out on parallel investigations.

Angie Fielder and Polly Staniford will produce for Aquarius Films and Luke Rivett and Ryan Cunningham for Anonymous Content. The producers are currently in talks with...

Aquarius Films has acquired development and production rights to dystopian sci-fi thriller novel The Subjugate and is teaming with Anonymous Content to produce a TV adaptation.

Written by award winner Amanda Bridgeman, the Subjugates book series is set in 2040, watching as a series of murders sends shockwaves through the religious community of Bountiful. Heading to the city to investigate the crimes are two homicide detectives, who are met with little other than open hostility. While the obvious suspects are “The Subjugates”—violent offenders who are turned into town servants, known as Serenes—unsettling wrinkles in the case emerge, as the detectives set out on parallel investigations.

Aquarius Films founders Angie Fielder and Polly Staniford will produce the long-format series, along with Luke Rivett and Ryan Cunningham of Anonymous Content.

“The Subjugate explores topical themes of rehabilitation, recidivism and advancing technology in a captivating near-future science fiction thriller and is perfect...

Anonymous Content and Aquarius Films have joined forces to produce the sci-fi crime thriller series The Subjugate, based on the popular novel of the same name by Australian author Amanda Bridgeman.

The long-format series will be produced by Angie Fielder and Polly Staniford for Aquarius Films and Luke Rivett and Ryan Cunningham for Anonymous Content.

Published by Angry Robot Books, The Subjugate is set in the year 2040 in a religious community dubbed The Bountiful, which has turned its back on technology and the modern world. After a series of murders take place in the town, the obvious suspects are The Subjugates,...

Anonymous Content and Aquarius Films have joined forces to produce the sci-fi crime thriller series The Subjugate, based on the popular novel of the same name by Australian author Amanda Bridgeman.

The long-format series will be produced by Angie Fielder and Polly Staniford for Aquarius Films and Luke Rivett and Ryan Cunningham for Anonymous Content.

Published by Angry Robot Books, The Subjugate is set in the year 2040 in a religious community dubbed The Bountiful, which has turned its back on technology and the modern world. After a series of murders take place in the town, the obvious suspects are The Subjugates,...

Thomasin McKenzie, who starred in “Jojo Rabbit,” will play Joy “Joika” Womack, the American ballet dancer, in James Napier Robertson’s “Joika,” to shoot in New Zealand in early 2021. Embankment has launched worldwide sales and co-reps U.S. rights with UTA Independent Film Group.

Kiwi writer-director Napier Robertson, producing partner Tom Hern, and McKenzie are already in prep and the production will “utilize innovative digital technology to navigate ongoing pandemic restrictions,” according to a statement.

Based on Womack’s true story, the film sees McKenzie step into ballet pumps and brave the most competitive dance school in the world: Moscow’s Bolshoi. “Testing the limits of dedication, determination, sacrifice and virtuosity, and spurred on by the passions of first love, Joy’s leap into the unknown touched perfection,” Embankment said.

McKenzie broke out in Debra Granik’s “Leave No Trace” and starred in Taika Waititi’s Oscar winning “Jojo Rabbit.

Exclusive: Fast-rising actress Thomasin McKenzie, star of Jojo Rabbit and Leave No Trace, is to play American ballet dancer Joy Womack in biopic Joika.

Womack, who is only the second American to graduate from Moscow’s infamously tough Bolshoi Ballet Academy, is personally overseeing McKenzie’s training and will act as the actress’s double for more demanding sequences.

The film will chart the dancer’s intense training, which tested the limits of her dedication, determination, sacrifice and virtuosity, and how she was spurred on by the passions of first love. Womack, now 26, went on to become the principal dancer with the Universal Ballet in Korea then returned to America where she dances with the Boston Ballet. ‘Joika’ was the name Womack was given in Russia.

Set to shoot in pandemic-free New Zealand in early 2021, writer-director James Napier Robertson, producing partner Tom Hern and fellow Kiwi McKenzie are already prepping...

Epix has canceled the Paramount TV spy drama “Berlin Station” after three seasons, TheWrap has learned.

Created and executive produced by author Olen Steinhauer, the series centered on Richard Armitage as a spy working for the CIA in Europe. The third season, which wrapped its run last month, took a timely turn to focus on the relationship between Russia and the U.S., with the CIA trying to determine if the Kremlin had been involved in foul play.

Michelle Forbes, Richard Jenkins, Rhys Ifans, Leland Orser, Ashley Judd, Keke Palmer and Ismael Cruz Córdova also starred.

Also Read: Don't Expect a 'Gotham' Crossover on Epix's Alfred Prequel 'Pennyworth'

Jason Horwitch served as showrunner and executive producer on the series from Paramount Television and Anonymous Content, along with Eric Roth, Steve Golin, Kerry Kohansky-Roberts, Keith Redmon and Luke Rivett.

The cancellation comes as Epix ramps up another big push on the scripted originals front,...

Epix has canceled the espionage drama “Berlin Station” after three seasons, Variety has confirmed.

The series aired its third season finale in February. The series starred Richard Armitage, Michelle Forbes, Leland Orser, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Ashley Judd, Keke Palmer, Richard Jenkins and Rhys Ifans. James Cromwell also appeared in Season 3 in a recurring guest star role. Armitage starred as Daniel Miller, a CIA officer who is stationed in Berlin and must learn the art of intelligence gathering where the stakes are truly life and death.

In Season 3, Newly promoted to Chief of Station Valerie Edwards (Forbes) sends Miller and Robert Kirsch (Orser) on a diplomatic mission to Estonia, where they uncover signs of an impending Russian invasion

“Berlin Station” was created and executive produced by Olen Steinhauer. Jason Horwitch served as showrunner. Eric Roth, Steve Golin, Kerry Kohansky-Roberts, Keith Redmon and Luke Rivett from Anonymous Content also executive produced. The...

Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has acquired all international rights to “The Tomorrow Man,” a romantic drama with John Lithgow and Blythe Danner, Variety has learned.

The deal is in advance of the film’s world premiere on Wednesday, Jan. 30 at the Sundance Film Festival. It does not include North American rights. Those went to Bleecker Street, which announced the acquisition earlier this week. A spokesperson for Sony declined to comment.

“The Tomorrow Man” marks the debut feature of Noble Jones, an up-and-coming filmmaker who also wrote the script. The film centers on Ed Hemsler (Lithgow), a man obsessed with preparing himself for a disaster that never comes, and Ronnie Meisner (Danner), a shopaholic who buys lots of junk she may never use. Together they end up forming an unlikely romantic pair.

“The Tomorrow Man” co-stars Derek Cecil, Katie Aselton, Sophie Thatcher, and Eve Harlow. It was produced by Luke Rivett,...

In one of the first deals for the upcoming Sundance Film Festival, Bleecker Street has acquired North American rights to the John Lithgow-Blythe Danner romance “The Tomorrow Man.”

The movie will hold its world premiere at the fest, which opens on Jan. 24 in Park City, Utah. The distributor is planning a May 17 release.

“The Tomorrow Man” is written and directed by Noble Jones and produced by Luke Rivett, Nicolaas Bertelsen, James Schamus, and Tony Lipp. It also stars Derek Cecil, Katie Aselton, Sophie Thatcher, and Eve Harlow.

Lithgow will portray a man in a small town who dedicates his life to preparing for a disaster that may never come, while Danner’s character spends her time shopping for things she may never use.

“Noble Jones has created a uniquely charming love story between master actors John Lithgow and Blythe Danner,” Bleecker Street CEO Andrew Karpen said. “I’m...

Drama set for May 17 theatrical release.

Bleecker Street has acquired North American rights to The Tomorrow Man starring John Lithgow and Blythe Danner ahead of its world premiere in Sundance on January 30.

Noble Jones’ debut feature stars Lithgow as a man who spends his life preparing for a disaster that may never come, and Danner as a woman who spends her life shopping for things she may never use.

In a small town somewhere in America, the pair try to find love and not get lost in each other’s stuff. Derek Cecil, Katie Aselton, Sophie Thatcher and Eve Harlow round out the key cast.

Bleecker Street has acquired North American rights to The Tomorrow Man, the debut feature film from writer-director Noble Jones that stars John Lithgow and Blythe Danner. The move comes ahead of the drama’s world premiere in the Premieres section of the Sundance Film Festival. A May 17, 2019 theatrical release is now planned.

The plot; Ed Hemsler (Lithgow) spends his life preparing for a disaster that may never come. Ronnie Meisner (Danner) spends her life shopping for things she may never use. In a small town somewhere in America, these two people will try to find love while trying not to get lost in each other’s stuff. Derek Cecil, Katie Aselton, Sophie Thatcher and Eve Harlow co-star.

The pic is produced by Luke Rivett, Nicolaas Bertelsen, James Schamus and Tony Lipp. It bows January 30 at the Eccles Theatre in Park City. The fest this year runs January 24-February 3.

The North...

Bleecker Street has acquired the North American rights to Noble Jones’ debut feature “The Tomorrow Man,” the distributor announced Thursday.

John Lithgow and Blythe Danner star in the romantic film, which will have its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 30 and will subsequently be released on May 19.

The film follows Ed (Lithgow), who spends his life preparing for a disaster that might never come, while Ronnie (Danner) shops for things she might not need. The two try to find love while trying not to get lost.

Also Read: Lesley Manville, Liam Neeson Romance 'Normal People' Acquired By Bleecker Street

Jones wrote and directed, while Luke Rivett, Nicolaas Bertelsen, James Schamus and Tony Lipp produced. Derek Cecil, Katie Aselton, Sophie Thatcher and Eve Harlow also star.

“Noble Jones has created a uniquely charming love story between master actors John Lithgow and Blythe Danner,” Bleecker Street’s CEO Andrew Karpen said in a statement.

Academy Award-nominated actor James Cromwell has a ticket to board the third season of the Epix spy series Berlin Station, which premieres December 3.

Cromwell joins in a recurring guest role as Gilbert Dorn, a former CIA legend put out to pasture who appears on a podcast revealing information about past missions. Season three of Berlin Station is currently in production in Budapest and takes place over the course of 11 days in Eastern and Central Europe as Chief of Station Valerie Edwards (Michelle Forbes) guides her team through the high-stakes relationship between Russia, the United States and its vulnerable Nato allies. Is the Kremlin involved in any foul play that could upend a thinly-held World Order?

Berlin Station also features Richard Armitage as Daniel Miller, Richard Jenkins as Steven Frost, Rhys Ifans as Hector DeJean, Leland Orser as Robert Kirsch, Ashley Judd as Bb Yates, and Keke Palmer as April Lewis.

Channel 4 has acquired Paramount’s critically acclaimed CIA drama “Berlin Station” for the U.K. Paramount Pictures Worldwide Television Licensing and Distribution announced the sale of free-to-air and non-linear rights to the British broadcaster Monday.

Produced by Paramount Television and Anonymous Content, “Berlin Station” has now been licensed in more than 150 territories worldwide. Two seasons of the contemporary spy drama have already aired on Epix in the U.S., and the show was renewed for a third season in December.

The third season is currently in production in Budapest, Hungary, under new showrunner Jason Horwitch. It was announced in February that Horwitch would succeed Brad Winters, who departed the show after serving as showrunner for the first two seasons.

“Berlin Station” stars Richard Armitage, Richard Jenkins, Michelle Forbes, Rhys Ifans, Leland Orser, Ashley Judd, Keke Palmer and Ismael Cruz Cordova. It follows the activities of CIA operatives on a...

Spy drama Berlin Station is finally heading to the UK after Channel 4 acquired the Paramount Pictures-distributed series for its digital station More4.

The Epix series, which is currently in production for its third season in Hungary, Budapest, will air in the UK later this year. The deal was struck by Paramount Pictures Worldwide Television Licensing & Distribution for the Paramount Television and Anonymous Content-produced show.

It comes as the series has been sold into more than 150 territories including across Europe, Australia, Canada, the Middle East and Africa.

The show is a contemporary spy drama that follows the activities of CIA operatives on a global stage amid investigations of moles, terrorists, corrupt politicians and more. It stars Richard Armitage (Hannibal), Richard Jenkins (Olive Kitteridge), Michelle Forbes (The Killing), Leland Orser (Ray Donovan), Ashley Judd (Divergent) and Britsh actor Rhys Ifans (Snowden). The third season sees Ray Donovan’s Ismael Cruz Córdova join the cast.

Ismael Cruz Córdova has been cast as a series regular on Epix’s spy drama Berlin Station. The Ray Donovan actor will join the series as it commences third season production in Budapest, Hungary on July 4.

The series also is adding new showrunner Jason Horwitch this season. The series is slated to return to Epix later this year.

Córdova plays Rafael Torres, a former military, highly intelligent, rugged warrior-scholar with a quick wit and ability to speak several languages and pick pockets. His methods are unorthodox but he’s extremely effective in the field. Post-war, he is now in the special activities division of the CIA and sent to Berlin on a critical mission.

The series also stars Richard Armitage as Daniel Miller, Richard Jenkins as Steven Frost, Michelle Forbes as Valerie Edwards, Rhys Ifans as Hector DeJean, Leland Orser as Robert Kirsch, Ashley Judd as...

Arianna Bocco, David Magdael among mentors.

The Seattle International Film Festival (Siff) has announced the filmmakers for the 2018 New Works-in-Progress Forum supporting emerging talent, including four feature projects, two documentaries and two narratives from three countries.

The projects in the Forum, now in its second year, are: Bijon Imtiaz’s Paradise (pictured), a documentary from Bangladesh; Sarah Brennen Kolb’s Good Ol Girl, a documentary from the Us; and from Israel, Yona Rozenkier’s The Dive, and Limor Shmila’s Hanging.

This year’s documentary industry mentors include publicity veteran David Magdael, film journalist Amy Nicholson, and Hot Docs Canadian...

Berlin Station will be the first series to benefit from the new fund.

Paramount Television’s Berlin Station is set to become the first international TV series to benefit from the recently created German Motion Picture Fund (Gmpf).

This was revealed by David Goldman, Paramount’s Evp Business Affairs and Strategy at a panel on international TV series organised by Mpa and media lawyers Morrison Foerster in Berin at the weekend ahead of the Efm’s second edition of its Drama Series Days which kicks off today (Monday).

The 10-part spy series by Paramount and Anonymous Content for Epix has been shooting in Berlin since last autumn with a cast including Rhys Ifans, Richard Armitage, Richard Jenkins and Tamlyn Tomita.

“We have had a very good experience with Studio Babelsberg and the German crews have been fantastic,” Anonymous Content’s Luke Rivett added.

The $11.2m Gmpf incentive scheme, which can pay out up to 20% of eligible German...

Presented by the Duplass brothers and Blumhouse, Creep is directed by Patrick Brice and will be released this summer. Also in this round-up: details on a special screening of A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge and a new poster for Ghoul.

Creep: After receiving critical acclaim at last year's SXSW, Creep will arrive on iTunes on June 23rd and stream on Netflix on July 14th:

Synopsis: "Looking for work, Aaron (Patrick Brice) comes across a cryptic online ad: “$1,000 for the day. Filming service. Discretion is appreciated.”

Low on cash and full of naiveté, he decides to go for it. He drives to a cabin in a remote mountain town where he meets Josef (Mark Duplass), his cinematic subject for the day. Josef is sincere and the project seems heartfelt, so Aaron begins to film. But as the day goes on, it becomes clear that Josef is not who he says,...

Who on earth would set a high-octane, high-body count, bulletfest of an action movie in a single room? The answer is director Joe Lynch. The filmmaker’s new film, Everly, stars Salma Hayek as a prostitute who must kill a small army of assassins sent to murder her at an apartment by a yakuza crime boss. At Christmas.

The director explains that his intent with the film was to combine two cinematic flavors few people might have considered placing together: Action classic Die Hard and the work of the avant-garde Dogme 95 filmmaking collective, whose leading lights include one Lars von Trier.

Dimension and RADiUS-twc have picked up Us rights to the action thriller starring Salma Hayek, which is currently in post. Sierra/Affinity handles international sales.

Joe Lynch directs the tale of a woman forced to take arms against a sea of assassins dispatched by her mob boss ex-husband.

Togo Igawa, Masashi Fujimoto and Hiroyuki Watanabe round out the key cast.

Dimension and RADiUS have slated a fourth quarter release.

Recently launch Singapore venture Vega, Baby! financed and produced Everly and Adam Ripp and Rob Paris’ Crime Scene Pictures produced. Luke Rivett of Anonymous Content and Andrew Pfeffer also produced.

Rizal Risjad, Ricky Budhrani and Paul Green are the executive producers.

RADiUS negotiated the deal with CAA, Paris and David Boyle.

We have your first look at Academy Award Nominated actress Salma Hayek in director Joe Lynch's action thriller Everly. The Black List script by Yale Hannon is an intense action thriller centered on a down-on-her-luck woman who is forced to fend off waves of assassins sent by her ex, a dangerous mob boss, while trying to save her estranged mother and daughter. The film is set entirely in one apartment, and is based on a concept created by Joe Lynch.

Everly co-stars Togo Igawa, Masashi Fujimoto and Hiroyuki Watanabe. Everly is financed by Vega, Baby! and produced via Everly Productions in conjunction with Adam Ripp, Rob Paris and Luke Rivett and Andrew Pfeffer. Rizal Risjad and Ricky Budhrani are the executive producers. Brett Hedblom is the co-producer. The film just wrapped principal photography in Belgrade, Serbia.

Everly comes to theaters in 2014 and stars Salma Hayek, Jennifer Blanc, Togo Igawa,...

Here’s a first look at Salma Hayek in director Joe Lynch’s action thriller Everly.

Everly co-stars Togo Igawa (Last Samurai; Memoirs Of A Geisha), Masashi Fujimoto (Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance) and Hiroyuki Watanabe. The Black List script by Yale Hannon is an intense action thriller centered on a down-on-her-luck woman (Hayek) who is forced to fend off waves of assassins sent by her ex, a dangerous mob boss, while trying to save her estranged mother and daughter. The film is set entirely in one apartment, and is based on a concept created by Lynch.

The film just wrapped principal photography in Belgrade, Serbia and is financed by Vega, Baby! and produced via Everly Productions in conjunction with Adam Ripp, Rob Paris and Luke Rivett and Andrew Pfeffer. Rizal Risjad and Ricky Budhrani are the executive producers. Brett Hedblom is the co-producer.

Sierra/Affinity is handling international sales and...

With the American Film Market bearing down on us, expect to hear a lot about the horror projects heading to the event. Right now we have the first look at Academy Award-nominated Salma Hayek in director Joe Lynch's action thriller Everly.

Everly is financed by Vega, Baby! and produced via Everly Productions in conjunction with Adam Ripp, Rob Paris, and Luke Rivett and Andrew Pfeffer. Rizal Risjad and Ricky Budhrani are the executive producers. Brett Hedblom is the co-producer. The film just wrapped principal photography in Belgrade, Serbia.

Synopsis:

Everly, directed by Joe Lynch and starring Salma Hayak, co-stars Togo Igawa (Last Samurai; Memoirs Of A Geisha), Masashi Fujimoto (Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance), and Hiroyuki Watanabe. The Black List script by Yale Hannon is an intense action thriller centered on a down-on-her-luck woman (Hayek) who is forced to fend off waves of assassins sent by her ex, a dangerous mob boss,...

After a very successful run at this year's South by Southwest Film Festival, Kevin and Michael Goetz's Scenic Route, starring Josh Duhamel and Dan Fogler, has landed itself some distribution. Read on for details.

From the Press Release

Vertical Entertainment has acquired all U.S. rights to the thriller Scenic Route, starring Josh Duhamel (Safe Haven, Transformers 1, 2, and 3) and Dan Fogler (Balls of Fury and Kung Fu Panda) at the 2013 Cannes International Film Festival. The film marks Kevin and Michael Goetz's directorial debut from a screenplay by Kyle Killen (The Beaver). Scenic Route first premiered at the 2013 SXSW Film Festival to strong reviews and will be released theatrically in August 2013. Vertical Entertainment’s Rich Goldberg announced the deal today.

“Josh Duhamel has over one billion dollars in box office to his name, yet somehow finds a role in Scenic Route, unlike any other he’s had before” said Goldberg.

Vertical Entertainment has purchased the U.S. rights to Scenic Route, a thriller that stars Josh Duhamel (Transformers, Las Vegas) and Dan Fogler (Kung Fu Panda, Hannibal). The film is directed by Kevin and Michael Goetz from a screenplay by The Beaver writer Kyle Killen. It all went down at Cannes. Check the press release for the details and a synopsis for the thriller.

Los Angeles (May 17, 2012) – Vertical Entertainment has acquired all U.S. rights to the thriller Scenic Route, starring Josh Duhamel (Safe Haven, Transformers 1,2, and 3) and Dan Fogler (Balls of Fury and Kung Fu Panda) at the 2013 Cannes International Film Festival. The film marks Kevin and Michael Goetz directorial debut from a screenplay by Kyle Killen (The Beaver). Scenic Route first premiered at the 2013 SXSW Film Festival to strong reviews and will be released theatrically in August 2013. Vertical Entertainment’s Rich Goldberg announced the deal today.

“Josh Duhamel...

Exclusive: Salma Hayek has signed to star in Everly, which Joe Lynch will direct from a Black List script by Yale Hannon. The movie will be shot in Belgrade, Serbia this summer. Pic is an intense action thriller centered on a down-on-her-luck woman who is forced to fend off waves of assassins sent by her ex, a dangerous mob boss. The film is set entirely in one room. Hayek, repped by CAA and Management 360, is producing the animated film The Prophet with Participant Media Films and reprises with Adam Sandler in Grown Ups 2. Singapore-based Vega, Baby! will produce via Everly Productions in conjunction with Adam Ripp, Rob Paris and Luke Rivett. Rizal Risjad will executive produce and Brett Hedblom is co-producing. Sierra/Affinity is handling international sales and CAA is representing U.S. rights.

The first trailer has debuted for the indie romance Something Real and Good, which proves that a connection can be made anywhere, even at the airport. Alex Hannant and Matt Jones star as a young man and woman who meet while their plane is being delayed. They go on a touching and romantic journey through the concourses of their own hearts over the course of one magical night. Take a look at the new footage from this upcoming movie, debuting on VOD and iTunes March 5.

Something Real And Good - Trailer

Something Real and Good comes to theaters in 2013 and stars Alex Hannant, Dillaran Martin, Tommy Shayne Manfredi, Marla Stone. The film is directed by Luke Rivett.

ComingSoon.net has your exclusive first look at the trailer for Something Real and Good , directed by Luke Rivett and starring Alex Hannant and Matt Jones. The film will be available on iTunes and On Demand March 5th. In Something Real and Good , a young man and woman meet by chance in an airport while waiting for a delayed flight. When the plane is rerouted, they decide to make the best of it, and over the course of one night, realize that sometimes it takes a detour to make a connection.

There is either a couple of football fans or Jerry Maguire/Moneyball with this year’s most liked unproduced screenplay. Close to 300 hundred film executives provided with the Black List creators a top ten of their favorite screenplays of the year and the consensus first overall pick (with 65 votes) comes from the recently featured in Variety (10 Screenwriters to Watch 2012) tandem of Rajiv Joseph & Scott Rothman and their drama which has nothing to do with enlisting in the armed forces. Draft Day – about the day in the life of a fictitious Buffalo Bills Gm appears to currently be in turnaround — which only means I expect to see this greenlight perhaps a little later than sooner – worth noting: top spot almost guarantees that the film will indeed go into production (2006, 2010 and 2011 are the exceptions.) Among the more alluring logline subjects we find on the list, I’d be keen on reading the...

Sibling filmmakers Kevin and Michael Goetz continued prep work on their Scenic Route and Deadline reported today on comic actor Dan Fogler and Transformers leading man Josh Duhamel joining the film as two college buddies who set out on a road trip and become stuck in the desert with a dwindling chance at being rescued. Kyle Killen, writer and executive producer on the upcoming NBC drama Awake starring Jason Isaacs as a police detective living parallel lives, wrote Scenic Route with Luke Rivett of Anonymous Content and Paul Jensen and Brion Hambel of Best Medicine Productions producing. Fogler, last seen in the Relativity comedy Take Me Home Tonight, recently joined the ABC comedy pilot Prairie Dogs with Kal Penn. The 35-year-old actor also recently co-directed and starred in the film Don Peyote alongside Abel Ferrara.

Sibling filmmakers Kevin and Michael Goetz continued prep work on their buddy comedy Scenic Route and Deadline reported today on comic actor Dan Fogler and Transformers leading man Josh Duhamel joining the film as two college buddies who set out on a road trip and become stuck in the desert with a dwindling chance at being rescued. Kyle Killen, writer and executive producer on the upcoming NBC drama Awake starring Jason Isaacs as a police detective living parallel lives, wrote Scenic Route with Luke Rivett of Anonymous Content and Paul Jensen and Brion Hambel of Best Medicine Productions producing.

Sibling filmmakers Kevin and Michael Goetz continued prep work on their buddy comedy Scenic Route and Deadline reported today on comic actor Dan Fogler and Transformers leading man Josh Duhamel joining the film as two college buddies who set out on a road trip and become stuck in the desert with a dwindling chance at being rescued. Kyle Killen, writer and executive producer on the upcoming NBC drama Awake starring Jason Isaacs as a police detective living parallel lives, wrote Scenic Route with Luke Rivett of Anonymous Content and Paul Jensen and Brion Hambel of Best Medicine Productions producing.

Kate Hudson will star in Joe Lynch's thriller "Everly" for Crime Scene Pictures and Anonymous Content says The Hollywood Reporter.

Hudson plays a down-on-her luck woman who is forced to fend off assassins hired by her ex, a dangerous mob boss. Yale Hannon penned the Black List script which takes place entirely in one room.

The project will be shopped around at the upcoming European Film Market in Berlin ahead of filming which is scheduled to commence in May. Adam Ripp, Rob Paris and Luke Rivett will produce.

FEARnet, cable television's premiere horror, thriller and suspense channel, has given a series order to Holliston, an outrageous and offbeat multi-camera, half-hour buddy comedy series starring directors Adam Green (Hatchet, Hatchet II, Frozen) and Joe Lynch ("Knights of Badassdom," Wrong Turn 2.) Created by Green, the sitcom is scheduled to start production later this year and will be the network's first original production.

The show, set in the town of Holliston, Ma, follows the lives of Adam and Joe, two friends chasing the dream of becoming successful horror movie filmmakers while struggling to make ends meet and dealing with life and the opposite sex in their post-college jobs at a Boston cable access station where they also host a late night movie program called "The Movie Crypt."

"This show has just the right amount of wrong, and you really can't imagine it ever making it on to TV. That's where FEARnet comes in,...

While we anxiously await the release of director Joe Lynch's Knights of Badassdom as well as the anthology film Chillerama of which he's a part, Lynch himself is hardly resting on his laurels as word broke today of the next project he'll be helming: action thriller Everly.

Details so far are a bit on the scant side, but according to Variety Crime Scene Pictures partners Adam Ripp and Rob Paris are set to produce Everly as the year-old shingle's second project after the Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz starrer Gambit, which is lensing in London.

Everly centers on a down-on-her-luck woman, stuck in her apartment, who must fend off waves of assassins sent by her ex, a dangerous mob boss. It is set entirely in one room and based on a concept created by Lynch (pictured right) with the script penned by Yale Hannon. Crime Scene is talking to...

Crime Scene Pictures is moving forward on Joe Lynch's action thriller Everly, with Adam Ripp and Rob Paris producing. This marks the second feature film for Crime Scene. Gambit is currently filming in London starring Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz.

Yale Hannon wrote the script which tells the story of "a down-on-her-luck woman, stuck in her apartment, who must fend off waves of assassins sent by her ex, a dangerous mob boss." The film will be shot entirely in one room, based on a concept created by Lynch. Crime Scene is currently in talks with female leads, with filming slated to begin this winter in New Orleans. 

Everly is also being produced by Anonymous Content's Luke Rivett. Rizal Risjad and Philip Elway are serving as executive producers. With the Firth starring in Gambit, the project sold quickly in Berlin this year. Joel and Ethan Coen wrote Gambit's script,...