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Thinking of making a movie and titling it Alone? You wouldn’t be alone.

During this year alone — a stretch of time when many found themselves at home alone due to the Covid-19 pandemic — there have been three thrillers that share the same moniker: Vladislav Khesin’s Alone starring Elizabeth Arends from Broken Cage Studio; John Hyams’ Alone starring Jules Wilcox and Marc Menchaca from Magnolia Pictures genre arm Magnet Releasing; and Johnny Martin’s Alone starring Donald Sutherland and Tyler Pose for Grindstone Entertainment. Those are also not to be confused with the seven seasons of the History Channel series of the same name ...

Thinking of making a movie and titling it Alone? You wouldn’t be alone.

During this year alone — a stretch of time when many found themselves at home alone due to the Covid-19 pandemic — there have been three thrillers that share the same moniker: Vladislav Khesin’s Alone starring Elizabeth Arends from Broken Cage Studio; John Hyams’ Alone starring Jules Wilcox and Marc Menchaca from Magnolia Pictures genre arm Magnet Releasing; and Johnny Martin’s Alone starring Donald Sutherland and Tyler Pose for Grindstone Entertainment. Those are also not to be confused with the seven seasons of the History Channel series of the same name ...

Los Angeles-based Electric Entertainment, co-headed by “Independence Day,” “Godzilla” and “Bad Samaritan” producer Dean Devlin, has acquired thriller “Alone” for worldwide distribution (except Cis).

Electric, headed by Devlin alongside Marc Roskin and Rachel Olschan, will be releasing the movie in the U.S. as well as handling international sales, and will screen it at Cannes.

“Alone,” which marks the feature directorial debut for Russian director Vladislav Khesin, follows a writer seeking peace and solitude in the countryside in an attempt to recover from tragedy and finish her book. However, as the welcoming country house turns into a living hell, she soon realizes that her inner demons are not the worst of her problems.

The film stars Elizabeth Arends (“On Wings of Eagles”) and Bailey Coppola. Also in the cast are Sara Anne, Albina Katsman, Dane Majors, Kyle Dondlinger, Caesar James and Christa Atkins. Evgeny Borisov, Daniel Shapovalov and Abylay Zhakashov...