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Exterritorial is a German action thriller film written and directed by Christian Zübert. The 2025 film follows Sara Wulf, a former Special Forces soldier visiting the US consulate with her son. When Sara’s son suddenly vanishes, she illegally stays on the premises to find her son, and she finds herself embroiled in a dangerous conspiracy. Exterritorial stars Jeanne Goursaud, Dougray Scott, Lera Abova, Kayode Akinyemi, and Lara Babalola. So, if you loved the brutal action, thrilling drama, and compelling characters in Exterritorial, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

Extraction (Netflix) Credit – Netflix

Extraction is an action thriller film directed by Sam Hargrave from a screenplay by Joe Russo. Based on the graphic novel Ciudad by Ande Parks, Joe Russo, and Anthony Russo, the 2020 film follows Tyler Rake, an Australian mercenary who is hired to...

Protagonizan la película Natalia Azahara, Javier Gutiérrez y Valèria Sorolla. © Filmax

Filmax ha lanzado el primer tráiler y póster de la película de terror y thriller psicológico, “Estación Rocafort”, inspirada en una leyenda urbana que rodea la estación de Rocafort.

En “Estación Rocafort”, un misterio que durante años ha sacudido a la estación de metro de Rocafort en Barcelona entra de lleno en la vida de Laura (Natalia Azahara) cuando empieza a trabajar en esta vieja y tranquila parada. Pronto descubre una leyenda que l empieza a perseguirla: muchas personas han muerto allí en extrañas circunstancias. Laura, decidida a descubrir la verdad, pedirá ayuda a Román (Javier Gutiérrez), un curtido expolicía que alberga sus propios demonios relacionados con el caso.

La película está protagonizada por Natalia Azahara (“A Través de mi Ventana”) junto a Javier Gutiérrez y Valèria Sorolla (“La Consagración de la Primavera”).

El cineasta Luis Prieto, afincado en Estados Unidos,...

Last Stop: Rocafort St, the next genre film directed by Spanish director Luis Prieto, who has mostly developed his career in the US, has been acquired by Film Factory and will be introduced to buyers at this year’s European Film Market.

Filmax will release the film in Spain this summer.

Produced by Showrunner Films and Nostromo Pictures, Last Stop: Rocafort St stars Natalia Azahara, Javier Gutiérrez and Valèria Sorolla, a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2022.

The film is about a woman assigned to work in a quiet Barcelona subway station called Rocafort. When she discovers it is the location...

The Good Mother is a crime thriller film directed by Miles Joris-Peyrafitte, he also worked on the script with Madison Harrison. The film follows the story of a grieving mother who teams up with his son’s pregnant girlfriend to find the person who killed her son. The Good Mother stars Hillary Swank in the lead role with Olivia Cooke, Jack Reynor, and Hopper Penn starring in supporting roles. So, if you liked The Good Mother here are some similar movies you could watch next.

Wind River (Netflix & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – The Weinstein Company

Synopsis: Wind River is a chilling thriller that follows a rookie FBI agent (Elizabeth Olsen) who teams up with a local game tracker with deep community ties and a haunted past (Jeremy Renner) to investigate the murder of a local girl on a remote Native American Reservation in the hopes of solving her mysterious death.

Peacock, the home of the new slasher movie Sick and the upcoming Friday the 13th series “Crystal Lake,” has announced this week that they’ve cancelled “Vampire Academy,” a new series based on Richelle Mead’s line of same-titled books. The drama-horror series had only opened up for business this past September, and it’s gotten the axe after just one season.

Deadline explains, “Deadline understands that execs at Peacock were happy with both shows creatively but they just didn’t find the requisite audience to justify further seasons.”

Here’s the synopsis for the series: “In a world of privilege and glamour, two young women’s friendship transcends their strikingly different classes as they prepare to complete their education and enter vampire society. One as a powerful Royal, the other a half-vampire Guardian trained to protect against the savage ‘Strigoi’ who threaten to tear their society apart.

“That is,...

Exclusive: A pair of YA drama series are coming to an end at Peacock.

The NBCU streamer has cancelled One Of Us Is Lying and Vampire Academy.

One Of Us Is Lying ran for two seasons, while Vampire Academy, which comes from Julie Plec, has ended after one.

Deadline understands that execs at Peacock were happy with both shows creatively but they just didn’t find the requisite audience to justify further seasons.

One Of Us Is Lying, which is based on Karen M. McManus’ novel, launched in October 2021 and was the first Peacock pilot to go to series. It was renewed for a second season earlier this year that aired in October 2022.

Vampire Academy was handed a straight-to-series order in May 2021 and premiered in September 2022.

Both shows come from Universal Studio Group.

One Of Us Is Lying, from UCP, follows what happens when five high schoolers walk into detention...

Sky has revealed the trailer for ‘Vampire Academy,’ streaming on Peacock on 16 September, exclusively on Sky and Now. The 10-episode series will launch with the first four episodes available immediately, and then the series will follow a weekly pattern.

In a world of privilege and glamour, two young women’s friendship transcends their strikingly different classes as they prepare to complete their education and enter vampire society. One as a powerful Royal, the other a half-vampire Guardian trained to protect against the savage ‘Strigoi’ who threaten to tear their society apart. That is if Royal infighting doesn’t do the job first.

Produced by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group and from executive producers Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, Legacies) and Marguerite MacIntyre (The Vampire Diaries) comes Peacock Original Vampire Academy, a story of friendship, romance and danger. St. Vladmir’s Academy isn’t just any...

Eight years after being turned into a feature film, Richelle Mead‘s line of “Vampire Academy” books are getting the series treatment from Peacock, and the trailer has arrived.

Peacock’s “Vampire Academy” opens up for business on September 15, 2022. Sink your teeth into the series trailer below, which brings the fight to the blood-sucking vamps.

Here’s the plot synopsis that comes along with today’s “Vampire Academy” trailer…

“Friendship, romance and danger. In a world of privilege and glamour, two young women’s friendship transcends their strikingly different classes as they prepare to complete their education and enter vampire society. One as a powerful Royal, the other a half-vampire Guardian trained to protect against the savage ‘Strigoi’ who threaten to tear their society apart.

“That is, if Royal infighting doesn’t do the job first. ”

The six-book young adult vampire series was originally published between 2007 and 2010, with the first...

Not since RuPaul’s Drag Race has a smackdown for the crown been this bloodthirsty.

Peacock has finally released the official trailer for its upcoming, 10-episode adaptation of Richelle Mead’s Vampire Academy books, which premieres Thursday, Sept. 15 with weekly releases.

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Vampire Academy is described as a “story of friendship, romance and danger. In a world of privilege and glamour,...

Rose (Sisi Stringer) is caught between being a protector and a friend to princess Lissa Dragomir (Lucy Fry) in the new trailer for Peacock’s upcoming drama “Vampire Academy.”

The series, from executive producers Julie Plec of “The Vampire Diaries,” “The Originals” and “Legacies,” and Marguerite MacIntyre, follows a vampire princess and the half-vampire guardian trained to protect her. It’s based on the YA books by Richelle Mead, which was previously adapted in the 2014 film starring Zoey Deutch.

The series also stars Kieron Moore as Dimitri Belikov, the model Dhampir Guardian; Andre Dae Kim as Christian Ozera, a Royal Moroi vampire who is the pariah of the school and royal court due to his parents’ unforgivable societal sins; J. August Richards as Victor Dashkov, a Royal Moroi vampire who has dedicated his life to the well-being of not just of his husband and two adopted daughters, but to his entire community,...

Exclusive: Daniel Cohan has joined Brillstein Entertainment Partners as a manager.

Cohan comes to the company from ICM Partners, where he worked in the Motion Picture Department since 2017, parting ways with the company following CAA’s acquisition. He was previously at WME for 11 years.

“Brillstein is a first-class company that epitomizes what drew me to management,” Cohan said. “I am thrilled to roll up my sleeves with my fantastic new colleagues. I can’t imagine a better place to embark upon this next chapter of my career.”

Cohan, who began his career as a corporate attorney, brings with him to Brillstein clients including writer/director/producer Lindsey Beer (Pet Sematary); and filmmakers Simon McQuoid (Mortal Kombat), Ciaran Foy (Eli), Jesper Ganslandt (Netflix’s Snabba Cash), Mitzi Peirone (Saint Clare), Mike P. Nelson (Wrong Turn), Taneli Mustonen & Aleksi Hyvarinen (The Twin), Adam Egypt Mortimer (Daniel Isn’t Real), Luis Prieto (Vampire Academy...

Exclusive: Pantaya has set September 15 as the premiere date for Toda La Sangre, the crime-thriller starring Aarón Díaz and Ana Brenda Contreras.

Based on the best-selling novel by Mexican author Bernardo Esquinca, Toda La Sangre follows Casasola (Díaz), a tabloid reporter who joins forces with police lieutenant Edith Mondragón (Contreras) and Elisa (Yoshira Escárrega), a local anthropologist, who aim to decipher a series of murders that have shocked the country. Together they travel through Mexico City chasing a ritual murderer whose peculiarity is to recreate ancient Aztec sacrifices.

Yoshira Escárrega, Antonio Trejo Sánchez, Clementina Guadarrama, Cinthia Vázquez, Odiseo Bichir, and Julio Casado also star.

Produced by Fremantle Mexico, the 10-episode series is developed and produced by showrunner and executive producer Zasha Robles from Spiral International, the creator of the Emmy-winning series Falco. The series is directed by Luis Prieto and Hari Sama; and written by Rodrigo Ordónez, Santiago Rocagliolo, Natalia Mejia,...

We’re getting the first look at Vampire Academy, Peacock’s YA supernatural drama series from Julie Plec and Marguerite MacIntyre, based on Richelle Mead’s book series. The trailer was unveiled during the show’s panel Thursday at Comic-Con in San Diego. You can watch it above and see some first-look photos below.

Written by MacIntyre, Vampire Academy is set in a world of privilege and glamour, where two young women’s friendship transcends their strikingly different classes as they prepare to complete their education and enter royal vampire society. This serialized and sexy drama combines the elegance of aristocratic romance and the supernatural thrills of the vampire genre.

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The cast includes Sisi Stringer, Daniela Nieves, Kieron Moore, Andre Dae Kim, J. August Richards, Anita-Joy Uwajeh, Mia Mckenna-Bruce, Rhian Blundell, Jonetta Kaiser and Andrew Liner.

Plec and MacIntyre executive produce the Peacock series along with Emily Cummins,...

Stars: Cameron Monaghan, Frank Grillo, John Malkovich, Sasha Luss, Lilly Krug, Ash Santos, James C. Burns, Dat Phan | Written by David Loughery | Directed by Luis Prieto

Thirteen years after his last screenplay credit, writer David Loughery, who wrote blockbuster 90s action films like Passenger 57 and The Three Musketeers, returned to movies with Lakeview Terrace in 2008, and since then he seems to have specialised in films that feature characters with ulterior motives, who aren’t who they think you are; and with Obsessed he almost single-handedly looked to revive the low-budget thriller genre that was so prevalent during the era he last penned scripts for Hollywood. That determination continued with his scripts for films like Penthouse North and The Intruder; in 2020 he spiced things ups throwing in some eroticism with the script for Fatale and now comes Shattered, which takes the genre to its Basic Instinct-style roots. Though to be...

Luis Prieto’s psychodrama features a promising turn from Lilly Krug but it goes limp in end despite a decent vicious streak

You’ve not known humiliation until you’ve had John Malkovich pant “Walk of shame!” at you as you skulk back to your motel room. That is one bizarre moment in this halting and derivative thriller, which exists somewhere on the continuum between erotic and psychological. Malkovich puts in a batty turn as a motel owner that would have had “paycheque” written all over it except for his co-producer credit.

The shamee in question is Sky (Lilly Krug), a permanent resident at the motel who, thanks to a chance encounter in a supermarket wine aisle, has just bagged the attentions of local tech millionaire Chris (Cameron Monaghan). Living alone in a wood-panelled designer home and estranged from his wife and kid, this emotionally constipated app developer is obsessed with his security system.

Covid has changed our lives, our schools, our offices, and our habits. But January? Luis Prieto‘s “Shattered” is proof that January is the same as it ever was. It’s a twisty tale of secrets, cliches, and Lifetime characters that could only come out this month–it’s impossible to imagine this coming out in December, that’s for sure.

It starts on a surreal, almost laughable note when recently-divorced Chris (Cameron Monaghan) runs into a woman named Sky (Lily Krug), who is looking for a bottle of wine to get hammered.

Continue reading ‘Shattered’ Review: A Twisty Tale of Secrets, Clichés & Stock Lifetime Characters at The Playlist.

Exclusive: Oscar and Emmy winner Kathy Bates, two-time Oscar nominee and Emmy winner John Malkovich and Lewis Pullman have signed on to star in Thelma, an indie directed by two-time Emmy nom Ken Kwapis.

Thelma recounts the true story of the mother of John Kennedy Toole (Pullman), the Pulitzer Prize winning author of A Confederacy of Dunces. Toole died by suicide before finding a home for his masterpiece, and his mother Thelma (Bates) made it her life’s mission, through outrageous gamesmanship, to see the book published. She eventually succeeded in getting the manuscript into the hands of writer Walker Percy (Malkovich), who became the novel’s champion. It would be published in 1980, eleven years after Ken’s death, thereafter becoming a widely celebrated cult classic.

Black List screenwriter Andrew Farotte penned the original screenplay.

Fathom Events presents Betty White: A Celebration in 1,529 locations nationwide, a one-day-only special event on Monday honoring the actress who died Dec. 31 just a few weeks shy of her 100th birthday. The star-studded reflection on White’s life and career, which had already been set by filmmakers Steven Boettcher and Mike Trinklein to celebrate her centennial Jan. 17, will run three showtimes at 1 pm, 4 pm and 7 pm.

As for weekend openings, a pair of solid documentaries and two dramas — about memory loss and global apocalypse by pink gas — debut in a frame where there isn’t much new. Distributors are carefully weighing expansion for award hopefuls already out amid the ongoing surge in Omicron and ahead of Oscar nods Feb. 8.

Newcomers include Magnolia Pictures’ drama Italian Studies in seven theaters including New York and LA, and on demand. Directed by Adam Leon it stars Vanessa Kirby, Simon Brickner,...

If you’ve been awaiting the triumphant return of the erotic thriller, there’s good news and bad news. The good news is that “Shattered” is very much an erotic thriller, complete with femme fatale and out-of-his-depth protagonist. The bad news is that, despite a game performance from Lilly Krug, the next “Basic Instinct” this is not. Written by David Loughery and directed by Luis Prieto, “Shattered” comes across as an update on the thrillers of yore — just with the wrong elements updated.

That rule about something seeming too good to be true? Let’s just say it applies when you meet a beautiful woman at the grocery store, her Uber cancels on her, and she isn’t in the mood to go home because her troublesome roommate is there. To its benefit, “Shattered” keeps you on your toes from the very first despite this fishy setup, training you to...

Cameron Monaghan must be a glutton for punishment.

In “Shattered,” the actor plays a wealthy tech guru named Chris who comes to really, really, sincerely regret his fling with the beautiful and mysterious Sky (Lilly Krug). Their meet-cute in the aisle of a supermarket quickly devolves into kidnapping and extortion, with Chris finding himself tied up and brutalized in creatively horrific ways. Think of it as “Fatal Attraction” with buckets of blood.

“Shattered,” which definitely isn’t for the faint of stomach, opens on Jan. 14. Monaghan spoke with Variety about what attracted him to the horror-thriller, working with John Malkovich, and saying goodbye to “Shameless,” the Showtime series on which he memorably played Ian Gallagher, the tough-talking gay man from the wrong side of Chicago who finds happiness with charming delinquent Mickey (Noel Fisher).

Why did you want to make “Shattered”?

“Shattered” came to me pretty late in the process of its development.

We’ve all seen this premise before—a woman is alone at home, looking out of her window. She suddenly notices a violent crime happening in her neighbor’s house. When she calls the cops, it seems as if the woman is crazy. But what if she’s not crazy? Dun, dun, dunnnnnnnn. And so goes this type of thriller. And so goes the beginning of the new Netflix satire, “The Woman in the House Across the Street From the Girl in the Window.”

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As the title makes abundantly clear, the new Netflix thriller takes a darkly comedic view of the classic “Rear Window”-esque murder mystery.

Continue reading ‘The Woman In The House Across The Street From The Girl In The Window’ Teaser: Kristen Bell Satirizes Mystery Thrillers For Netflix at The Playlist.

How well do we know those around us? Does it even matter when the alternative is a lonely existence? “Shattered” delves into the life of a millionaire in search of human connection, only to find a dangerous stranger all too willing to change his life. Cameron Monaghan stars as the man prepared to undergo anything to forgo his solitary world. He’s joined by Lilly Krug, Sasha Luss, Frank Grillo, and legendary actor John Malkovich.

Continue reading ‘Shattered’ Trailer: John Malkovich, Cameron Monaghan & Frank Grillo Star In Luis Prieto’s New Thriller at The Playlist.

"You should've seen the look on your face!" Lionsgate has unveiled the trailer for an action thriller mystery film titled Shattered, made by Spanish filmmaker Luis Prieto. Divorcee Chris Decker is a wealthy tech Vc who lives in a high-tech house of his own design in the hills, protected physically and emotionally from the outside world. His life changes when he meets Sky, a gorgeous aspiring actress who draws him out of his shell. Love is in the air... or is it something else? Sky's odd behavior makes Chris suspect that she has more sinister intentions, especially when Sky's roommate is found dead out of nowhere... Starring Cameron Monaghan as Chris, Lilly Krug as Sky, plus Frank Grillo, Sasha Luss, and John Malkovich. This is my kind of nightmare scenario where your lover turns out to be a ruse for others to get into your life and mess with it,...

The other two acquisitions are ‘Shattered’ and ‘The Fall’.

Signature has acquired UK-Ireland distribution rights to three new titles, including Abel Ferrara’s Zeros And Ones starring Ethan Hawke.

Zeros And Ones premiered in the international competition at Locarno Film Festival in August, with Ferrara winning the best director prize.

Set near Vatican City in Rome, Ferrara’s thriller follows a US soldier, played by Hawke, in the aftermath of an apocalyptic siege as he navigates a world of fear and paranoia. Signature plans to release the title in the first quarter of 2022.

The distributor has also boarded Luis Prieto’s Shattered,...

Julie Plec's latest project about the undead has set its cast.

The series is described as "a story of romance, friendship, death, sex, and scandal."

Vampire Academy is based on a series of young adult paranormal romance novels by international bestselling author Richelle Mead.

In a world of privilege and glamour, two young women’s friendship transcends their strikingly different classes as they prepare to complete their education and enter royal vampire society.

This serialized and sexy drama combines the elegance of aristocratic romance and the supernatural thrills of the vampire genre.

"St. Vladmir’s Academy isn’t just any boarding school — it’s a hidden place where vampire royals are educated and half-human teens train to protect them from the savage ‘Strigoi’ vampires who would like to see them destroyed," reads the logline.

Plec is on board as Showrunner / Writer / Executive Producer / Director, and she'll be joined by Marguerite MacIntyre,...

The “Vampire Academy” series at Peacock has set its main cast as well as the directors for Season 1, Variety has learned.

The show, based on the book series by Richelle Mead, will star Sisi Stringer, Daniele Nieves, Kieron Moore, André Dae Kim, J. August Richards, Anita-Joy Uwajeh, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Rhian Blundell, Jonetta Kaiser, and Andrew Liner. In addition, Bille Woodruff will direct the first first episode. Luis Prieto, Jesse Warn, Erica Dunton, Geoff Shotz and series co-creator Julie Plec will also direct episodes in the first season.

The series take place at St. Vladmir’s Academy, which isn’t just any boarding school. It’s a hidden place where vampire royals are educated and half-human teens train to protect them from the savage “Strigoi” vampires who would like to see them destroyed.

Stringer (“Mortal Kombat”) will play Rose Hathaway, a vampire-human hybrid known as a Dhampir. Fiery and outspoken, Rose...

Peacock’s “The Vampire Academy” series has set its main cast, including “Mortal Kombat” actress Sisi Stringer in the lead role of Rose Hathaway.

Also set to star in the 10-episode drama are Daniela Nieves as Lissa Dragomir, Kieron Moore as Dimitri Belikov, Andre Dae Kim as Christian Ozera, J. August Richards as Victor Dashkov, Anita-Joy Uwajeh as Tatiana Vogel, Mia McKenna-Bruce as Mia Karp, Rhian Blundell as Meredith, Jonetta Kaiser as Sonya Karp and Andrew Liner as Mason Ashford. Read full character descriptions below.

Based on the young adult paranormal romance novels by author Richelle Mead, “Vampire Academy” follows two young women whose friendship “transcends their strikingly different classes as they prepare to complete their education and enter royal vampire society.” It is described as a “serialized and sexy drama” that “combines the elegance of aristocratic romance and the supernatural thrills of the vampire genre.”

“The Vampire Diaries” boss...

Exclusive: Aaron Diaz (Quantico) and Ana Brenda Contreras (Dynasty) have been set to star in Mexican crime thriller series Toda La Sangre, for Pantaya, Starzplay, Spiral International and Fremantle Mexico.

Produced by Fremantle Mexico, production is now underway on the genre series which is being directed by Luis Prieto and Hari Sama and is based on the best-selling novels by Mexican author Bernardo Esquinca.

Diaz will play the role of Eugenio Casasola, a journalist who joins forces with Lieutenant Edith Mondragon, played by Contreras, in a quest to uncover the truth behind a series of visceral murders that resemble Aztec sacrifices in modern-day Mexico City.

Prieto is best known for features such as Kidnap and directing on TV series such as White Lines and Snatch while Sama is best known for movie This Is Not Berlin.

Distributed internationally by Fremantle, the ten-episode series is developed and produced by showrunner and...

John Malkovich and Lilly Krug will star in upcoming action-thriller “Shattered,” directed by Luis Prieto (“White Lines”).

Krug (“Swing”) plays a con-artist, Cameron Monaghan (“Shameless”) as the millionaire who falls in love with her and Malkovich (“The New Pope”) a creepy landlord whose curiosity overwhelms him. Frank Grillo (“The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard”) plays Krug’s character’s violent, manipulative stepfather. The cast also includes Sasha Luss (“Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets”), Ash Santos (“Joe Bell”) and Ridley Bateman (“Shelter In Place”).

The film, written by David Loughery (“The Intruder”) and produced by Silver Reel and Construction Film, has just wrapped in Montana, with much of the action taking place in the luxury surrounds of a mansion in the exclusive Big Sky ski resort. The project is now in post-production, with expected completion in fall 2021.

Claudia Bluemhuber (“The Wife”) is producing alongside Veronica Ferres of Construction Film, with Malkovich and Prieto also producing.

Silver Reel, Construction Film have wrapped production in Montana.

Lilly Krug, Cameron Monaghan, John Malkovich, and Frank Grillo will star in action thriller Shattered, which Capstone Group division Blue Box International has introduced to buyers at the virtual Cannes market.

Grindstone Entertainment Group has acquired North American rights on the film from Silver Reel and Construction Film about a boy-meets-girl romance that turns into a nightmare. Production just wrapped in Montana ahead of anticipated completion in autumn.

Luis Prieto directs from a screenplay by David Loughery, and the cast includes Sasha Luss, Ash Santos, and Ridley Bateman.

Monaghan will play wealthy divorcee Chris Decker,...

Laura Haddock (“Guardians of the Galaxy”), Marta Milans (“Shazam”) and Juan Diego Botto (“Good Behavior”) are set to star in “White Lines,” the Netflix original series written by “La Casa de Pavel” creator Alex Pina.

The 10 episode show will start shooting later this month until October in the Balearic Islands including Majorca and Ibiza. On top of writing the series, Pina also serve as showrunner. Nick Hamm, Luis Prieto, Ashley Way and Alvaro Brechner will be directing it.

After the body of a legendary Manchester DJ is discovered twenty years after his mysterious disappearance from Ibiza, his sister returns to the beautiful Spanish island to find out what happened. Her investigation will lead her through a thrilling world of dance clubs, lies and cover-ups, forcing her to confront the darker sides of her own character.

The cast is completed by Nuno Lopes, Laurence Fox (“Victoria”) and Angela Griffin.

The series...

Netflix is under way on ten-part UK-Spanish crime-drama series White Lines, which is written by Money Heist creator Álex Pina (who is serving as showrunner) and executive-produced by Andy Harries and Sharon Hughff for The Crown outfit Left Bank Pictures.

Laura Haddock (Transformers: The Last Knight) leads cast in the English-language series in which the body of a legendary Manchester DJ is discovered twenty years after his mysterious disappearance from Ibiza. When his sister returns to the beautiful Spanish island to find out what happened her investigation leads her through a world of dance clubs, lies and cover-ups.

Also starring are Marta Milans (Shazam), Juan Diego Botto (Good Behavior), Nuno Lopes (Saint George), Daniel Mays (The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn), Laurence Fox (Victoria) and Angela Griffin (Turn Up Charlie).

The series will film from June-October in the Balearic Islands including Majorca and Ibiza. Directors will be Nick Hamm,...

“Flight Risk” is taking off with Great Point, which has boarded sales on the U.S.-produced thriller. The film follows a group of strangers who wake up with amnesia on a bullet-ridden plane. Luis Prieto, who helmed the remake of Nicolas Winding Refn’s “Pusher,” is attached to direct.

The action thriller is being produced by L.A.-based Automatic Media’s Ray Haboush (“The Last House on the Left”) and Robert Aaronson (“Chocolate City”). Great Point co-founders Robert Halmi and Jim Reeve will exec produce.

The story follows the strangers as they wake up on the plane, which is running on autopilot. They have no idea who they are, how they got there or who they can trust. “I was immediately hooked by the brilliant concept at the heart of this project, and I’m excited by the possibilities for an amazing cinematic experience,” Prieto said.

Producers Aaronson...

We’re getting the first look at Season 2 of Sony Crackle’s Snatch starring Rupert Grint. The Hill gang heads to sunny Costa del Sol for the sophomore run, where they’re on the lam in another fight to save their fortune and their lives.

This season, the Hills run afoul of the local kingpin and find themselves pressed into the malevolent crime boss’ service. The heroes attempt to outsmart their enemies even as they take over the town. The new season debuts Thursday, September 13 with all 10-episodes.

Grint, best-known for his role as Ron Weasley from the Harry Potter film franchise, returns as the utterly posh, Charlie Cavendish-Scott, alongside an ensemble cast featuring Luke Pasqualino as Albert Hill, Lucien Laviscount as Billy Ayres, Phoebe Dynevor as Lotti Mott, Juliet Aubrey as Lily Hill, Tamer Hassan (House Red...

The second season of its scripted original drama Snatch starring Rupert Grint returns to Sony Crackle on Sept. 13, with all 10 episodes available for streaming.

The series takes viewers to Spain’s Costa del Sol and follows the Hill Gang on the lam in a fight to save their fortune and their lives.

This season, Hills run afoul of the local kingpin and find themselves pressed into the malevolent crime boss’ service. The heroes attempt to outsmart their enemies even as they take over the town.

Grint, best-know for his role as Ron Weasley from the Harry Potter film franchise, returns as the utterly posh, Charlie Cavendish-Scott, alongside an ensemble cast featuring Luke Pasqualino (Skins, The Borgias) as Albert Hill, Lucien Laviscount (Scream Queens, Honeytrap) as Billy Ayres, Phoebe Dynevor (The Village, Dickensian) as Lotti Mott, Juliet Aubrey (The Infiltrator, Primeval) as Lily Hill, Tamer Hassan (House Red) as Hate ‘Em...

Exclusive: Alessandro Masi's La-based FlexyMovies has acquired international rights to filmmaker Luis Prieto’s documentary The Disunited States Of America. The Kidnap helmer’s latest is a look inside the lives and minds of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton supporters in the months leading up to the 2016 presidential election. It won prizes for Best Social-Issue Documentary and Best Cinematography at Atlanta Docufest. FlexyMovies will kick off sales at the Efm this week…...

Halle Berry continues her unwavering dedication to remaining a B-movie maven with Luis Prieto’s Kidnap, a lean, mean adrenaline pumping slice of 1990s style action which recalls several of the actor’s past star vehicles.

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Mothers are relentless when it comes to possibly hurting their child, and these kidnappers didn’t think a mother would do anything, and everything, to get her child back.

Halle Berry stars in this action thriller Kidnap with the basic plot of a small band of child kidnappers taking a young child from his mother. The mother would pursue these villains in a high-speed car chase--causing mayhem and destruction with every turn.

The film also stars Sage Correa, Chris McGinn and Lew Temple. It is directed by Luis Prieto (Pusher).

Lrm had an exclusive sit-down interview with director Luis Prieto late last month. He talked about the realistic car stunt scenes, no CGI involved, Halle Berry behind the wheel and what mothers would do if their child was kidnapped.

Kidnap is playing in theaters nationwide today.

Read our conversation below:

Lrm: This film was done back in 2014, right? It’s...

Director Luis Prieto reveals some of the behind the scenes action on the set of Kidnap, where Halle Berry did much of the driving.

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Female of the Species: Berry Brings It in Middlebrow Action Drama

Playing like a throwback to 1990s studio thrillers starring Oscar caliber actresses navigating survival under extreme duress or seeking vengeance against those who have harmed their families, Luis Prieto’s Kidnap, starring a vibrant Halle Berry, satisfies the urges of B-movie melodramas Hollywood stopped churning out long ago.

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Screeching into theaters towards the end of an unusually strong summer movie season, “Kidnap” is here to remind a nation of spoiled filmgoers that yes, movies really can be this bad. “The Emoji Movie” might have been a boring and brazenly cynical piece of corporate propaganda, but at least it had the courtesy to be offensive. “Kidnap,” on the other hand, doesn’t have the the courtesy to be much of anything.

A Halle Berry vehicle with four flat tires, this oppressively half-assed thriller is fueled by a premise it never bothers to develop into an actual plot. Berry, slumming it as hard as any Oscar winner has ever slummed it before, plays Karla Dyson, a divorced diner waitress who’s struggling to maintain custody over her six-year-old son, Frankie (Sage Correa).

Unfortunately for Karla, that struggle is about to get very real. Her husband, it turns out, isn’t...

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A new trailer has arrived for action-thriller Kidnap, which is released in cinemas later this summer, and you can view it in the player below!

Academy Award Winner Halle Berry (Monster’s Ball, X-Men: Days of Future Past) stars in this thrilling chase film as a single mother who, after her young son disappears, she takes it upon herself to chase down those who have taken him by any means necessary. The film is directed by Luis Prieto (Pusher) and co-stars Dana Gourrier (The Hateful Eight) and Christopher Berry (Spider-Man: Homecoming).

Here’s the film’s official synopsis:

A typical afternoon in the park turns into a nightmare for single mom Karla Dyson (Academy Award winner Halle Berry) when her son suddenly disappears. Without a cell phone and knowing she has no time to wait for police help, Karla jumps in her own car and sets off in pursuit of the kidnappers.

From the producers of Salt and Transformers, as the Kidnap trailer touts, comes an action-thriller with Halle Berry chasing down the people that stole her son. It’s directed by Luis Prieto, whose last feature was the remake of Nicolas Winding Refn’s Pusher. While Kidnap was originally scheduled to come out last December, it was pushed back to this August. Below, watch the Kidnap trailer. The last […]

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Aviron Films has released the second trailer for the upcoming thriller Kidnap, starring Halle Berry, before it hits theaters this summer. Unlike most mothers who go to the police right away, Halle Berry's Karla Dyson takes matters into her own hands and chases down these kidnappers herself. What she lacks in any sort of training, or "special skills" a la Taken, Karla makes up for with pure determination and an unrelenting drive, as you can see in this trailer.

A typical afternoon in the park turns into a nightmare for single mom Karla Dyson (Academy Award winner Halle Berry) when her son suddenly disappears. Without a cell phone and knowing she has no time to wait for police help, Karla jumps in her own car and sets off in pursuit of the kidnappers. A relentless, edge-of-your seat chase ensues, where Karla must risk everything to not lose sight of her son.

Originally scheduled to be released last December, no one really noticed when “Kidnap” starring Halle Berry didn’t arrive in theaters. It looks like straight-to-video fare, and we’re sure even Berry herself won’t be highlighting this on her CV, especially with the potential awards contender “Kings” on the horizon. But in case you cared, the movie is finally arriving and….it still looks pretty bad.

Directed by Luis Prieto (who helmed the remake of Nicolas Winding Refn‘s “Pusher“), the movie has a pretty simple, sorta Liam Neeson-esque premise: a woman’s son gets kidnapped, and rather wait for the slow wheels of justice to turn, she takes matters into her own hands.

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"As long as my son is in that car, I will not stop! Wherever you go, I will be right behind you!" Another new trailer has debuted for the kidnapping action thriller titled Kidnap. The film stars Halle Berry as a passionate mother who stops at nothing to recover her kidnapped son. This movie was originally supposed to open last December, but got pushed back with the Relativity fiasco. Now it's finally opening in August of this year for those still curious. This new trailer is a rehash of the first trailer with most of the same footage, but different edits. Also starring Sage Correa, Lew Temple, Dana Gourrier, Christopher Berry, and Chris McGinn. I like the intensity of these trailers, it's a good sell, I just hope the movie is worth the wait. Here's the second official trailer for Luis Prieto's Kidnap, direct from Aviron's YouTube: "Let me...

A second trailer has been released for Halle Berry's new thriller Kidnap which follows a single mother’s heroic attempt to save her kidnapped son. It looks like she's going to go to great lengths to save her child. She gets herself into some pretty crazy situations. This actually looks like it could be a really good tense action flick.

A typical afternoon in the park turns into a nightmare for single mom Karla Dyson (Berry) when her son suddenly disappears. Without a cell phone and knowing she has no time to wait for police help, Karla jumps in her own car and sets off in pursuit of the kidnappers. A relentless, edge-of-your-seat chase ensues, where Karla must risk everything to not lose sight of her son.

The movie was directed by Luis Prieto (Pusher) from a screenplay by Knate Gwaltney (New Mutants). Kidnap opens in theaters on August 4th,...

Judging by this trailer for upcoming film Kidnap, it’s probably best not to tangle with Halle Berry. After her son is snatched from an amusement park, she sets off on a one-woman crusade to rescue him. This appears to send her on what can only be described as a roaring rampage of revenge, which apparently leads to high-octane car chases and brutal axe chopping, as she harnesses her inner Jason Voorhees and shows these kidnappers that you absolutely do not mess with her kid.

Personally, I think this looks pretty great and I’m a sucker for action movies where villains seriously underestimate the murderous talents of women (You’re Next is a particular fave). The film comes from director Luis Prieto, whose previous pedigree includes 2012’s underrated Pusher (produced by Nicholas Winding Refn), so there’s definitely reason to be optimistic here. At least, before you consider its production troubles.

After The Bad Batch debuted at the Toronto Film Festival this past fall, buyers sparked a bidding war for the film that was produced by Megan Ellison's Anapurna Pictures and Vice Media. Today we have the first trailer for The Bad Batch, which will be released by Neon, Tim League's new distribution venture, on June 23. This trailer showcases a dystopian world set within a Texas wasteland that has distanced itself from every aspect of society, with a cast lead by newcomer Suki Waterhouse and Jason Momoa.

The highly anticipated follow-up to Ana Lily Amirpour's acclaimed directorial debut, A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, The Bad Batch follows Arlen (Suki Waterhouse) as she is unceremoniously dumped in a Texas wasteland fenced off from civilized society. While trying to orient her unforgiving environment, she is captured by a savage band of cannibals and quickly realizes she'll have to...

Exclusive: Relativity Media’s Halle Berry thriller Kidnap is now scheduled to be released on March 10, 2017. But Deadline also hears that the movie is being shopped around town to potential distributors. That news comes in the wake of Relativity today pulling Kidnap off its most recent December 2 release date. Kidnap is directed by Luis Prieto and written by Knate Lee and follows a mother who is hellbent on rescuing her kidnapped son. We hear the test scores on the film…...