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Bridezillas are certainly a force to be reckoned with, but the upcoming release of Magenta Light Studios’ high-octane comedy, Bride Hard, will make you think twice before getting in the way of a dedicated bridesmaid. Today, Collider is excited to unveil the exclusive first look at the movie’s official poster, which lines up the leading ladies in all their wedding gorgeousness. It’s a star-studded event in the image, which features Anna Chlumsky (Inventing Anna), Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers), Rebel Wilson (Bridesmaids), Anna Camp (True Blood), and Gigi Zumbado (Heart Eyes), with each woman prepping for some good old-fashioned wedding-day combat. With guns in hand and matching red dresses, Wilson and Randolph are the two gals you’d want backing you up on your special day, but Camp’s bride isn’t going to let her friends have all the fun, as her white dress is complemented...

Rebel Wilson is making her action debut with genre-bending comedy “Bride Hard.”

The “Bridesmaids” alum reunites with her former “Pitch Perfect” co-star Anna Camp — who plays the bride of the title — for the feature directed by “Con Air” helmer Simon West. Wilson plays a secret agent whose work gets in the way of her personal life during the weekend she’s the maid of honor at a destination wedding. Anna Chlumsky, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Gigi Zumbado, Stephen Dorff, and Justin Hartley also star.

The official synopsis reads: “For badass secret agent Sam (Rebel Wilson), blending in has never been part of the mission — until she’s maid of honor at her best friend’s extravagant destination wedding. Out of her element and surrounded by high-maintenance bridesmaids and a strict ‘no weapons’ policy, Sam is determined to prove she can be there for her friend — even if emotional support isn’t exactly her specialty.

Bob Yari’s Magenta Light Studios will release the action comedy Bride Hard on June 20. The film will have a nationwide theatrical release. The film reunites Pitch Perfect’s Rebel Wilson and Anna Camp in an action-packed female-led comedy set against the backdrop of a fairy-tale wedding with some uninvited and unexpected crashers. From director Simon West (The Expendables 2, Con Air), the film stars Rebel Wilson (Pitch Perfect trilogy, JoJo Rabbit), Anna Camp (Scream 7, Pitch Perfect trilogy), Emmy nominated Anna Chlumsky (Inventing Anna, Veep), Academy Award winner Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers), Gigi Zumbado (Heart Eyes), Stephen Dorff (True Detective, The Righteous Gemstones), and Justin Hartley (Tracker, This is Us).

Magenta Light Studios has given us a new peek at the film with a couple of images from the movie.

The official synopsis reads,

“For badass secret agent Sam (Rebel Wilson), blending in has never been part of...

Bruce Willis' Die Hard remains one of the greatest action films of all time, inspiring numerous films to capture its magic but to no avail. Now, Simon West, the director behind Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, returns to put a comedic spin on the traditional action formula with Bride Hard, an action comedy film starring Rebel Wilson and Justin Hartley.

In Bride Hard, Rebel Wilson plays Sam, a maid of honor for her childhood best friend who is unaware she is a secret agent. When mercenaries crash the wedding and take the wealthy guests hostage, it is up to Sam to rescue them and show the intruders the consequences of ruining the most important day of her best friend's life. While the film has been in development for a while, it has seen a few delays due to the SAG-AFTRA strike and other production setbacks, but Bride Hard finally has a confirmed release date,...

Rebel Wilson’s latest film ‘Bride Hard’ is set to hit cinemas this summer.Billed as a high-octane twist on the traditional wedding comedy, the action-packed film, in which Rebel stars as a secret agent forced to battle mercenaries at a lavish destination wedding, will be released nationwide on 20 June, Magenta Light Studios has confirmed.Directed by Simon West, 62, best known for ‘The Expendables 2’ and ‘Con Air’, the film sees Wilson, 44, reunite with her ‘Pitch Perfect’ co-star Anna Camp, 41. The ensemble cast includes Anna Chlumsky, 43, known for ‘Inventing Anna’ and ‘Veep’, Oscar winner Da’Vine Joy Randolph, 37, from ‘The Holdovers’, Gigi Zumbado, Stephen Dorff, 50, of ‘True Detective’ and ‘The Righteous Gemstones’, and Justin Hartley, 47, from ‘Tracker’ and ‘This Is Us’.Rebel plays Sam, a highly skilled secret agent who faces her toughest mission yet – serving as maid of honour for her best friend, played by Anna Camp. The celebrations take...

Rebel Wilson’s “Bride Hard,” a high-octane twist on a wedding romp, has set a date for wide release this summer.

Bob Yari’s Magenta Light Studios will take the comedy out nationwide on June 20, Variety can report. Directed by Simon West, the film reunites Wilson with her “Pitch Perfect” costar Anna Camp. The starry supporting cast includes Anna Chlumsky, Oscar winner Da’Vine Joy Randolph (“The Holdovers”), Gigi Zumbado (“Heart Eyes”), Stephen Dorff and Justin Hartley.

Wilson plays Sam, a secret agent whose toughest mission to date is pleasing her bride-to-be best friend (Camp) at a lavish destination wedding. When a team of mercenaries crashes the party and takes the guests hostage, Sam is thrown into a fight unlike any before — one where she can’t risk blowing her cover or ruining the big day. As she takes on the bad guys in a high-stakes battle disguised as a fairy-tale affair,...

Dave Bautista is returning to the sci-fi genre. After starring in Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy and Denis Villeneuve's two-part film adaptation of Dune, the actor has been tapped to headline the upcoming dystopian thriller, Dreadnought.

According to Deadline, Bautista will reunite with his Bushwick directors, Cary Murnion and Jonathan Milott, for Dreadnought. The screenplay, written by Joseph Greenberg, follows "Max (Bautista), whose world was devastated when an alien species crash-landed on Earth, unleashing a deadly plague that claimed his wife and much of humanity. In the fragile society that remains, humans have learned to coexist with their extraterrestrial invaders. But for Max, survival isn’t enough," reads the synopsis.

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"His older daughter, Greta, is dying from the disease. As her body weakens,...

Guardians of the Galaxy star Dave Bautista continues to cement himself as one of modern movie’s most interesting action heroes, with the former MCU actor signing on to lead the upcoming dystopian thriller, Dreadnought. Details of the project come courtesy of Deadline, with WME Independent all set to present Dreadnought at the European Film Market in Berlin. And no doubt many will want to snap the movie up, seeing as it not only finds Bautista in the lead but also sees him teaming up with the producers behind the iconic John Wick franchise.

Bautista will reunite with directors Cary Murnion and Jonathan Milott on Dreadnought. The filmmaking pair and Dune star first worked together on the 2017 action thriller Bushwick, which finds Bautista caught in the middle of an invasion of New York City by a secessionist militia. The action outing proved to be divisive upon release (49% on Rotten Tomatoes), but boasts another gruff,...

Dave Bautista will soon be able to be seen in Paul W.S. Anderson’s newest fantasy action film with Milla Jovovich, In the Lost Lands. Anderson boasted, “With In the Lost Lands, we’ve created a movie with a completely unique visual style and storytelling that uses cutting-edge technology to bring the story to life like never before.” Anderson said in a statement, “So, it was always important to me that it be seen on the big screen. That’s why I couldn’t be more thrilled that Vertical is bringing In the Lost Lands to American theaters.“

Deadline now reports that the former Guardian of the Galaxy will be starring in another dystopian science-fiction film, Dreadnaught. For this movie, Bautista will reunite with his directors of the film Bushwick, Cary Murnion and Jonathan Milott. The plot of the film will follow “Max (Bautista), whose world was devastated when an alien species crash-landed on Earth,...

After playing an alien in Guardians of the Galaxy, Dave Bautista will fight them off in Dreadnought, Deadline reports.

Written by Joseph Greenberg, the dystopian sci-fi thriller reunites Bautista with directors Cary Murnion & Jonathan Milott, who directed him in 2017’s Bushwick.

Bautista will star as Max, whose world was devastated when an alien species crash-landed on Earth, unleashing a deadly plague that claimed his wife and much of humanity. In the fragile society that remains, humans have learned to coexist with their extraterrestrial invaders. But for Max, survival isn’t enough.

His older daughter, Greta, is dying from the disease. As her body weakens, an alien Sentinel lurks outside their home, drawing nearer and nearer as Greta takes her final breaths. This silent, unyielding predator is on a mission to collect her body to fulfill an unstoppable metamorphosis ritual. The government sanctions it. Society accepts it. But Max refuses to...

Dave Bautista is set to lead a new film, ‘Dreadnought,’ which marks his return to work with directors Cary Murnion and Jonathan Milott, the duo behind the action-packed film ‘Bushwick.’ The dystopian thriller will take viewers into a world ravaged by an alien plague, where survival is a constant struggle.

The film’s screenplay, written by Joseph Greenberg, tells the story of Max (played by Bautista), a man who lives in a world torn apart by the crash-landing of an alien species. This extraterrestrial invasion brought with it a deadly plague that wiped out Max’s wife and left much of humanity devastated. In this new, fragile world, humans and aliens are forced to coexist, but for Max, simply surviving is no longer enough.

The plot takes a personal turn when Max’s daughter, Greta, is also struck by the disease. As she grows weaker, a terrifying alien Sentinel begins to circle their home,...

Exclusive: Guardians Of The Galaxy and Dune star Dave Bautista is set to reunite with his Bushwick directors, Cary Murnion and Jonathan Milott, to star in dystopian thriller, Dreadnought.

Penned by Joseph Greenberg, the screenplay follows “Max (Bautista), whose world was devastated when an alien species crash-landed on Earth, unleashing a deadly plague that claimed his wife and much of humanity. In the fragile society that remains, humans have learned to coexist with their extraterrestrial invaders. But for Max, survival isn’t enough.

“His older daughter, Greta, is dying from the disease. As her body weakens, an alien Sentinel lurks outside their home, drawing nearer and nearer as Greta takes her final breaths. This silent, unyielding predator is on a mission to collect her body to fulfill an unstoppable metamorphosis ritual. The government sanctions it. Society accepts it. But Max refuses to have anything else taken from him.”

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The Rebel Wilson-led action comedy “Bride Hard” has bagged a domestic release from Magenta Light Studios.

Bob Yari’s upstart production and distribution venture will roll out the feature from Simon West, about a secret agent whose toughest assignment is making sure her friend gets to the altar on time.

The cast is stacked with more than one Barden Bella; it includes Anna Camp, Emmy nominee Anna Chlumsky, Academy Award winner Da’Vine Joy Randolph (“The Holdovers”), Gigi Zumbado (“Heart Eyes”), Stephen Dorff and Justin Hartley. The film is eyeing a wide release for 2025, on the back of Magenta Light’s buzzy first release “Strange Darling.”

Wilson plays Sam, a maid of honor for her childhood best friend. Out of her comfort zone, and with fellow bridesmaids judging her every move, she struggles to maintain her cover. But when a team of mercenaries take the uber-wealthy guests hostage, it’s...

Signature Entertainment has acquired U.K. and Ireland rights to action comedy “Bride Hard,” starring Rebel Wilson (The Pitch Perfect franchise).

In the film, badass secret agent Sam is tasked with one of her hardest missions to date – being maid of honor for her childhood best friend. Out of her comfort zone, and with fellow bridesmaids judging her every move, she struggles to maintain her cover. But when a team of mercenaries take the uber-wealthy guests hostage, it’s up to Sam to do what none of the other bridesmaids can – wage war on anyone who would ruin the most important day of her best friend’s life.

The film is directed by Simon West. The cast also includes Anna Camp (“Pitch Perfect”), Stephen Dorff (“Blade”), Justin Hartley (“This is Us”), Anna Chlumsky (“Veep”), Gigi Zumbado (“Pitch Perfect 2”) and Da’Vine Joy Randolph (“The Idol”).

It is produced by Joel David Moore...

Exclusive: The Rebel Wilson feature Bride Hard, directed by Simon West, has rounded out its cast that includes Anna Camp, Justin Hartley, Anna Chlumsky, Stephen Dorff, Gigi Zumbado and Da’Vine Joy Randolph.

In addition, the pic also features Sam Huntington, Sherry Cola and Michael O’Neill.

Bride Hard stars Wilson as a badass secret agent who is a force to be reckoned with as a mercenary group takes hostage her best friend’s lavish wedding. The indie feature was cleared for a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement.

The pic was written by Shaina Steinberg from a story by Steinberg and CeCe Pleasants.

Bride Hard just wrapped production in Savannah, Ga.

Joel David Moore and Max Osswald are producing for Balcony 9 along with Cassian Elwes (Mudbound), Colleen Camp (Father Stu) and Jason Ross Jallet (Die in a Gunfight). WME Independent is handling worldwide sales; production financing is provided by East West Bank.

Joel David Moore’s psychological thriller also stars Ashley Greene Khoury.

Radiant Films International has released a first look image of Tom Felton and Amanda Crew in Joel David Moore’s psychological thriller Some Other Woman.

The film, also starring Ashley Greene Khoury, follows a woman whisked away to a tropical island by her husband’s work. As months turn to years and unable to leave, she finds her life slowly taken over by another woman.

Sales, finance, and production outfit Radiant is handling worldwide sales for the Productivity Media film, which will world premiere at the upcoming Mammoth Film Festival.

Exclusive: Gravitas Ventures has acquired U.S. rights to actor Avan Jogia’s first feature Door Mouse from Highland Film Group. The thriller starring Hayley Law (Riverdale), Keith Powers (The Tomorrow War), Famke Janssen (Long Slow Exhale), Donal Logue (Gotham) and Jogia (Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City) is slated for release in theaters and on demand on January 13.

Pic follows Mouse (Law), an irreverent dancer at a dead-end burlesque club run by Mama (Janssen). When Mouse’s only friends and fellow club dancers go missing under mysterious circumstances, nobody at the club seems too concerned about them, and the police couldn’t care less. Mouse and her constant sidekick Ugly (Powers) quickly realize that it’s up to them to dig up all the dirt and start the hunt for the culprits.

Jogia directed from his script, with Kyle Mann producing for Independent Edge, along with Jason Ross Jallet from Cause and Effect Entertainment.

Award-winning filmmaker Valerie Buhagiar has commenced principal photography on “The Dogs,” an adaptation of Allan Stratton’s bestselling novel.

“The Dogs” revolves around a 13-year-old boy named Cameron and his mother, who have spent years escaping Cameron’s mentally ill father. Although sometimes, Cameron suspects his mother may have kidnapped him. Eventually the pair settle into a dilapidated farmhouse near Wolf Hollow, a property whose previous owner, Frank McTavish, was killed by his guard dogs after his wife ran off with their son, Jacky, and her lover.

The film is currently shooting in Northern Ontario. It is produced by Wild Media Entertainment in association with 2ofaMind Productions and funded in part by the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund. Producers include James Milligan, Anthony Artibello, Sheila Rogerson and Jason Jallet. Paul Flint, Kevin C. Bjerkness, Perry Dellelce and Brad Pelman serve as executive producers.

The cast includes Donovan Colan (“Spirit Halloween”), Kathleen Munroe...

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With Hollywood in need of cost-effective programming as the streamers begin to tighten their belts, local film studio operators see an opening for Ontario as the major studios reach for generous currency and tax credit savings.

Ontario is projected to add another 2.3 million square feet of studio space to an existing 3.7 million square feet of soundstages and production space over the next four years. Amid speculation about whether the video streaming market is finally oversaturated, studio operators in and around Toronto do not expect major streaming services to greatly cut back on content spending — at least in the near future.

“Netflix, Amazon, Apple, they’re still doing their production. The filtering down of [content] cutbacks, we haven’t felt that,” Paul Bronfman, chairman and CEO of studio operator Comweb Corp., tells The Hollywood Reporter amid talk of a Hollywood spending slump just as the Toronto Film Festival gets underway.

Feature is one of three to shoot in Cayman Islands through Productivity Media, Darius Films.

Mimi Steinbauer’s sales, finance, and production outfit Radiant Films International has closed major deals on TIFF sales title and upcoming action-comedy The Retirement Plan starring Nicolas Cage, Ashley Greene and Ron Perlman.

Writer-director Tim Brown’s film follows a woman who appeals to her estranged, retired beach bum father in the Cayman Islands for help when she and her daughter get caught up with criminals.

When the reunited family are tracked down on the island by a crime boss and his lieutenant, it emerges...

Samuel Goldwyn Films to distribute in North America. Kristen Wiig executive producer.

Arclight Films has picked up international sales rights on the completed dark comedy Big Gold Brick starring Andy Garcia and Emory Cohen and will launch sales at Toronto International Film Festival next month.

Megan Fox, Lucy Hale and Oscar Isaac round out the key cast on the feature directorial debut of writer-director Brian Petsos, who worked with Isaac on his shorts Lightningface and Ticky Tacky.

Cohen plays a down-at-heel writer who is commissioned by the patriarch of an eccentric family (Garcia) to write his biography only for the undertaking to descend into pandemonium.

Hayley Law and Keith Powers are set to star in actor Avan Jogia’s debut feature, Door Mouse, which just wrapped production in Canada.

Also starring Famke Janssen and Donal Logue, the neo-noir thriller centers on a woman named Mouse (Law) who is stuck in a dead-end job, doing nothing with her life and going nowhere. Mouse works at Mama’s Burlesque Club all night, where her boss Mama (Janssen) encourages her to pursue her real passion of making comics. When a friend from work named Doe-Eyes goes missing and the cops do nothing about it, Mouse and her sidekick Ugly (Powers) take it upon themselves to find out what happened to her. What they discover is that corruption runs deep, monsters are real, and that sometimes, justice is meant...

Telefilm Canada, Northern Ontario Heritage Fund, Ontario Creates contributed to funding.

Production has wrapped in Canada on Highland Film Group sales title Door Mouse, the neo noir thriller starring Hayley Law, Keith Powers, Famke Janssen, and Donal Logue.

Actor Avan Jogia (Zombieland sequel) makes his feature writing and directing debut on the film about Mouse, a woman in a dead-end job at a burlesque club whose boss encourages her to pursue her passion for making comics.

When a friend from work goes missing, Mouse and her sidekick Ugly take it upon themselves to find out what happened and uncover corruption.

In today’s film news roundup, Rob Schneider wins a SAG-AFTRA board seat; “Badland,” “Sorry We Missed You” and “Extracurricular” find homes; and “The Shawshank Redemption” gets a re-release.

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Rob Schneider has won a SAG-aftra national board seat as a member of presidential candidate Matthew Modine’s progressive Membership First slate.

Schneider won a four-year term as representative of the union’s San Francisco branch. He ran on a campaign platform of increased compensation from streaming services and garnered 402 votes, topping incumbent Kathryn Howell and three other candidates.

Schneider is a former cast member on “Saturday Night Live” with movie credits on “Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo,” “The Hot Chick,” “The Benchwarmers,” and “Grown Ups” in addition to the two-season Netflix series “Real Rob.” It’s the first time he has run for a SAG-aftra post.

Results in the closely watched presidential contest will be tabulated on August...

Zeitgeist Films and Kino Lorber on Tuesday said they have co-acquired U.S. rights to Ken Loach’s Sorry We Missed You, which had its world premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The news comes as the pic readies for a screening at the Toronto Film Festival next month. The plan is for Zeitgeist to release the film beginning March 6, 2020 in New York with a national rollout following; Kino Lorber will handle the digital release. Penned by Paul Laverty, Sorry We Missed You examines the implications of the service economy are seen through the eyes of a British delivery worker (Kris Hitchen), his caregiver wife (Debbie Honeywood) and their two children. Sixteen Films’ Rebecca O’Brien is producer. The deal was negotiated by Kino Lorber’s Wendy Lidell, Wild Bunch International’s Eva Diederix and CAA Media Finance on behalf of the filmmakers.

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