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The worldwide rights for the Canadian crime thriller Cold Deck have been picked up by Screen Media Ventures. The film stars Paul Sorvino, Robert Knepper and Stéfano Gallo.Screen Media Ventures are currently at Mipcom in Cannes this week to sell the feature film, then follow up sales at Afm. The first trailer for the thriller has been released. It features Robert Knepper sporting a blunderbuss-axe. I kid you not. Stuck in a dead-end job that can barely pay for his mother's medical care, Bobby Locke's (Gallo) only escape is poker. His skills at the table are put to the test regularly at 'Scruples', a club run by an enigmatic father-figure affectionately known as 'Chips' (Sorvino). Fed up with his lot in life, Bobby decides to seize the...

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Exclusive: The thriller will be sold at Mipcom this week.

Screen Media Ventures has acquired worldwide rights to Sudden Storm Entertainment’s Cold Deck and will begin foreign sales on the crime thriller at this week’s Mipcom market in Cannes. A Us ancillary release is planned for late this year or early 2016.

Cold Deck stars Paul Sorvino, Robert Knepper and Stéfano Gallo in the story of a gambler who has to pull off a high-stakes heist in order to get out of debt. Zack Bernbaum (And Now a Word From Our Sponsor) directs from a screenplay by Jason Lapeyre (I Declare War), Gallo and Slater Jewell-Kempker.

Jesse Ikeman and Jeff Glickman from Sudden Storm produced alongside executive producers Justin McConnell, Gallo and Bernbaum.

The deal was negotiated by Ikeman, Unstable Ground’s Justin McConnell and Screen Media director of worldwide acquisitions Seth Needle.

Production of gambling thriller Cold Deck will begin here in Toronto on September 30th. The film stars Paul Sorvino (Goodfellas and Jersey Shore Shark Attack), Robert Knepper (Prison Break, Heroes and Sgu) and Stéfano Gallo (The Collapsed and I Choose Chaos). Stuck in a dead-end job that can barely pay for his mother's medical care, Bobby Locke's (Gallo) only escape is poker. His skills at the table are put to the test regularly at 'Scruples', a club run by an enigmatic father-figure affectionately known as 'Chips' (Sorvino). Fed up with his lot in life, Bobby decides to seize the opportunity that arises when he is invited to a secret high-roller game, and along with his friend Ben, plots to rob these wealthy businessmen. Unfortunately, the game...

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Paul Sorvino, Robert Knepper and Stéfano Gallo have been cast in Cold Deck ahead of the scheduled September 30 start in Toronto.

Zack Bernbaum directs from a screenplay by Jason Lapeyre and Stéfano Gallo about a gambler who

Cold Deck centres on a gambler who must pull off a robbery to pay off his debts.

Jesse Ikeman and Jeff Glickman from Sudden Storm Entertainment are producing alongside Scooping Owl Productions’ Stéfano Gallo, who also serves as executive producer with Justin McConnell and Zack Bernbaum.

Sudden Storm’s Ikeman and Innovative Artists negotiated the deal with Sorvino (pictured) and Kramer Management for Knepper.

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