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Exclusive: Entertainment Squad has acquired world rights to the psychological thriller Grace Point starring John Owen Lowe (Unstable) and Andrew McCarthy (Pretty In Pink).

The film is set for its North American release in select locations on January 10 followed by a digital release on January 28, 2025. Shaked Berenson’s Entertainment Squad will also be launching international sales for Grace Point at the American Film Market.

McCarthy stars with John Owen Lowe forty years after co-starring with his father, Rob Lowe, in the 80’s classic St Elmo’s Fire. Directed by four-time Emmy and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Rory Karpf (Nature Boy) of First Row Films, Grace Point follows a young man (Lowe) on his way to a remote drug rehab and finds himself in a strange town being chased by the locals, as well as his own personal demons.

The film was written by Paul Russell Smith and Rory Karpf. Other cast members...

Exclusive: UTA has signed actor and writer John Owen Lowe for representation in all areas, Deadline has learned.

Lowe recently co-created, wrote, starred in and executive produced the Netflix comedy series Unstable, alongside his father Rob Lowe and Victor Fresco. The series is loosely inspired by his relationship on social media with his dad. Season 2 of Unstable premiered on Aug. 1.

Lowe recently starred in and produced the thriller Grace Point for director Rory Karpf. The film marked his debut as a lead star in a feature film. Grace Point follows a young man faced with addiction who gets lost in the woods on his way to a remote drug rehab center and wrestles with the locals as well as his own personal demons. As a producer, Lowe helped shape the character based on his personal experiences. The movie premiered at the 2022 Santa Barbara Film Festival.

From 2020 until 2022, Lowe wrote for...

“Law & Order” fans, you have Rob Lowe to thank for the entire franchise. As does Dick Wolf’s bank account. At least, Lowe says this, with his tongue a bit in cheek (but also with some accuracy). As the star of Fox’s “9-1-1: Lone Star” and Netflix’s “Unstable” recently told Variety’s Awards Circuit Podcast, Lowe starred in Wolf’s 1988 feature flop “Masquerade.” It was just the kind of movie disappointment that would have sent Wolf back to TV — and two years later, “Law & Order” premiered. “I remember him saying to me how frustrated he was in the movie business, that he was going to write a pilot,” Lowe said. “And he wrote ‘Law and Order.’ And the rest is history. You’re welcome. Yeah, I’m happy to provide the bomb that powers your rise to dominance.”

Lowe’s not asking for credit — well, Ok,...

“It was a lot of highs and Lowes,” John Owen Lowe said of working with his famous father, Rob Lowe, on Netflix’s latest comedy “Unstable.”

At the show’s premiere on Thursday night in Hollywood, the father-son duo spoke with Variety about their unique dynamic — and how its portrayal on the show isn’t so different from real life.

John Owen plays Jackson, the son of Ellis Dragon (Rob Lowe) in the workplace comedy. Ellis is a quirky biotech genius who finds out he may lose his job when he spirals following the death of his wife. With the company at risk of imploding, his employees seek out the one source they feel can help him at this time: his son.

The Lowes have worked together before. John Owen served as a writer for multiple seasons of Fox’s “9-1-1: Lone Star,” which his father stars in. They also starred in “The Grinder,...