Gunpowder & Sky has acquired the U.S. rights to “Villains,” a comedic thriller starring “It” actor Bill Skarsgård and Maika Monroe, the content studio announced Thursday.
“Villains” made its premiere at this year’s SXSW film festival, and it also stars Jeffrey Donovan and Kyra Sedgwick playing two sadistic homeowners who hold a pair of amateur criminals hostage after the young criminals break into their suburban home and stumble upon their dark secret.
Dan Berk and Robert Olsen directed the film for Bron Studios’ genre arm The Realm. Gunpowder & Sky is partnering with MoviePass Films for a release this summer.
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“Villains” was produced by Trevor White, Tim White and Allan Mandelbaum of Star Thrower Entertainment, and Garrick Dion of The Realm. The film marks the second collaboration between Gunpowder & Sky and The Realm, following the release of...
“Villains” made its premiere at this year’s SXSW film festival, and it also stars Jeffrey Donovan and Kyra Sedgwick playing two sadistic homeowners who hold a pair of amateur criminals hostage after the young criminals break into their suburban home and stumble upon their dark secret.
Dan Berk and Robert Olsen directed the film for Bron Studios’ genre arm The Realm. Gunpowder & Sky is partnering with MoviePass Films for a release this summer.
Also Read: 'It: Chapter 2' - Pennywise Is Back in CinemaCon Footage
“Villains” was produced by Trevor White, Tim White and Allan Mandelbaum of Star Thrower Entertainment, and Garrick Dion of The Realm. The film marks the second collaboration between Gunpowder & Sky and The Realm, following the release of...
- 4/18/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
The comedy-thriller Villains was a hit at SXSW earlier this year and Gunpowder & Sky took note. The global content studio announced today that it has acquired the U.S. rights to Villains from the Bron Studios genre arm The Realm. Gunpowder & Sky will partner with MoviePass Films to release the film on a yet-to-be-determined date later this summer.
Written and directed by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen, the film stars Bill Skarsgård and Maika Monroe as a pair of amateur criminals who break into a suburban home where they stumble upon two sadistic homeowners played by Jeffrey Donovan (Sicario) and Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer). The couple has a dark secret that they will do anything to keep from getting out.
“Our brilliant cast and crew worked tirelessly to make this movie something special, and there’s no better affirmation of that goal...
Written and directed by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen, the film stars Bill Skarsgård and Maika Monroe as a pair of amateur criminals who break into a suburban home where they stumble upon two sadistic homeowners played by Jeffrey Donovan (Sicario) and Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer). The couple has a dark secret that they will do anything to keep from getting out.
“Our brilliant cast and crew worked tirelessly to make this movie something special, and there’s no better affirmation of that goal...
- 4/18/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Dark comedy thriller “Villains,” which premiered last month at the SXSW Film Festival, has been acquired for U.S. release by Gunpowder & Sky in association with MoviePass’ film division.
G&S and MoviePass Films plans to give “Villains” a theatrical release this summer, after buying the rights from The Realm, Bron Studios genre arm.
The film stars Bill Skarsgård and Maika Monroe as a pair of amateur criminals who break into a suburban home. There they stumble on a dark secret that the two sadistic homeowners — played by Jeffrey Donovan (“Sicario”) and Kyra Sedgwick (TNT’s “The Closer”) — will do anything to keep from getting out.
The film “has a good cast to spark a scenario that’s intriguing enough to hold attention, if not quite clever enough to be a knockout,” critic Dennis Harvey wrote in his review for Variety. He said “Villains” should be a marketable title as an “accessible,...
G&S and MoviePass Films plans to give “Villains” a theatrical release this summer, after buying the rights from The Realm, Bron Studios genre arm.
The film stars Bill Skarsgård and Maika Monroe as a pair of amateur criminals who break into a suburban home. There they stumble on a dark secret that the two sadistic homeowners — played by Jeffrey Donovan (“Sicario”) and Kyra Sedgwick (TNT’s “The Closer”) — will do anything to keep from getting out.
The film “has a good cast to spark a scenario that’s intriguing enough to hold attention, if not quite clever enough to be a knockout,” critic Dennis Harvey wrote in his review for Variety. He said “Villains” should be a marketable title as an “accessible,...
- 4/18/2019
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
MoviePass Films has become an investor and strategic marketing partner on the Gabe Polsky-directed documentary In Search Of Greatness, in anticipation of the film’s release next month. Polsky previously directed Red Army, which Sony Pictures Classics released after its 2014 Cannes debut and he also is a producer on the Nat Geo series Genius.
A joint venture between Helios and Matheson Analytics and Emmett Furla Oasis Films, MoviePass Films has made this deal with Art of Sport (Aos), the newly-formed, sports-centric distribution entity. The film will be pushed by the MoviePass subscription service and made available to members as a bonus movie that won’t count toward their monthly in-theater movie ticket allotment.
The docu examines what makes certain athletes greater than others, and whether that greatness can be nurtured in young athletes. Among the world class athletes in the film are hockey star Wayne Gretzky, Hall of Fame...
A joint venture between Helios and Matheson Analytics and Emmett Furla Oasis Films, MoviePass Films has made this deal with Art of Sport (Aos), the newly-formed, sports-centric distribution entity. The film will be pushed by the MoviePass subscription service and made available to members as a bonus movie that won’t count toward their monthly in-theater movie ticket allotment.
The docu examines what makes certain athletes greater than others, and whether that greatness can be nurtured in young athletes. Among the world class athletes in the film are hockey star Wayne Gretzky, Hall of Fame...
- 10/25/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
MoviePass subscribers get to watch both titles as bonus films.
MoviePass Films, the Jv between controversial MoviePass and embattled parent company Helios and Matheson Analytics and Emmett Furla Oasis Films, has partnered with Neon to invest and co-release Monsters And Men and Border.
The partnership kicks off on Tuesday (25) with the New York City premiere of Sundance pick-up Monsters And Men, ahead of the New York and Los Angeles limited launch on Thursday (27).
Reinaldo Marcus Green wrote and directed the drama about the police shooting of a black man that stars BlacKkKlansman’s John David Washington and newcomers Anthony Ramos...
MoviePass Films, the Jv between controversial MoviePass and embattled parent company Helios and Matheson Analytics and Emmett Furla Oasis Films, has partnered with Neon to invest and co-release Monsters And Men and Border.
The partnership kicks off on Tuesday (25) with the New York City premiere of Sundance pick-up Monsters And Men, ahead of the New York and Los Angeles limited launch on Thursday (27).
Reinaldo Marcus Green wrote and directed the drama about the police shooting of a black man that stars BlacKkKlansman’s John David Washington and newcomers Anthony Ramos...
- 9/24/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: MoviePass Films has made a deal to invest in and co-release the next two films to be distributed by Neon: the Reinaldo Marcus Green-directed Sundance award-winner Monsters and Men and Ali Abassi’s Cannes award-winner Border. Both films are completed and will open theatrically in the U.S. this fall. MoviePass Films is a joint venture between MoviePass Inc. corporate parent Helios and Matheson Analytics and Emmett Furla Oasis (Efo) Films.
Monsters and Men premieres tomorrow in New York City before it is initially released in that city and Los Angeles this Thursday. BlacKkKlansman‘s John David Washington and newcomers Anthony Ramos and Kelvin Harrison Jr. star in a film that won the Sundance Special Jury Prize for Outstanding First Feature. Pic goes wide next month. The Ali Abassi-directed Border won top prize in the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard sidebar this year. Border has...
Monsters and Men premieres tomorrow in New York City before it is initially released in that city and Los Angeles this Thursday. BlacKkKlansman‘s John David Washington and newcomers Anthony Ramos and Kelvin Harrison Jr. star in a film that won the Sundance Special Jury Prize for Outstanding First Feature. Pic goes wide next month. The Ali Abassi-directed Border won top prize in the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard sidebar this year. Border has...
- 9/24/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: MoviePass Ventures, the movie ticket service’s indie film finance arm, announced tonight that it is taking an equity stake in Kevin Connolly’s Gotti, which stars John Travolta as the infamous New York City mobster and boss of the Gambino crime family, John Gotti. As Deadline announced two weeks ago, Vertical Entertainment is releasing Gotti on June 15 wide with Sunrider Productions.
The Gotti deal reps MoviePass Ventures’ second independent film rights deal, following its co-acquisition of this year’s Sundance Film Festival title American Animals with The Orchard earlier this year. American Animals opens theatrically on June 1.
MoviePass Ventures provides the movie ticket service with some skin in the game when it comes to a film’s release with a greater share in a pic’s box office. In return, MoviePass guarantees a distributor that its 3M subscribers show up on opening weekend. By utilizing the MoviePass marketing...
The Gotti deal reps MoviePass Ventures’ second independent film rights deal, following its co-acquisition of this year’s Sundance Film Festival title American Animals with The Orchard earlier this year. American Animals opens theatrically on June 1.
MoviePass Ventures provides the movie ticket service with some skin in the game when it comes to a film’s release with a greater share in a pic’s box office. In return, MoviePass guarantees a distributor that its 3M subscribers show up on opening weekend. By utilizing the MoviePass marketing...
- 4/25/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Renowned 72-year-old neurologist Howard L. Weiner makes his feature directorial debut.
Premiere Entertainment Group has bolstered its sales slate by taking international rights to Tribeca dramedy The Last Poker Game starring Martin Landau and Paul Sorvino.
The film follows a doctor who gets into hot water after befriending a womanising gambler at his wife’s nursing home.
Maria Dizzia also stars in the film that premiered at the New York Film Festival last month.
Renowned 72-year-old neurologist Howard L. Weiner made his feature directorial debut on The Last Poker Game from his own screenplay. He also produced.
Premiere president and CEO Elias Axume and Rincon negotiated the deal with Preferred Content’s Kevin Iwashina and Zac Bright on behalf of the producers.
Peter Pastorelli, Eddie Rubin, and Marshall Johnson of Long Road Film also produced, and Tamar Sela and Walter Klenhard served as executive producers.
“This is a charming, touching, and raunchy...
Premiere Entertainment Group has bolstered its sales slate by taking international rights to Tribeca dramedy The Last Poker Game starring Martin Landau and Paul Sorvino.
The film follows a doctor who gets into hot water after befriending a womanising gambler at his wife’s nursing home.
Maria Dizzia also stars in the film that premiered at the New York Film Festival last month.
Renowned 72-year-old neurologist Howard L. Weiner made his feature directorial debut on The Last Poker Game from his own screenplay. He also produced.
Premiere president and CEO Elias Axume and Rincon negotiated the deal with Preferred Content’s Kevin Iwashina and Zac Bright on behalf of the producers.
Peter Pastorelli, Eddie Rubin, and Marshall Johnson of Long Road Film also produced, and Tamar Sela and Walter Klenhard served as executive producers.
“This is a charming, touching, and raunchy...
- 5/21/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
One of the most iconic scenes in cinema history, the shower scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho is explored in-depth in Alexandre O. Philippe’s new documentary 78/52, which recently made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. IFC Midnight has now acquired Us rights to the film that Daily Dead’s Heather Wixson calls “a thoughtful look back at Psycho‘s iconic shower scene and the genius behind it all.”
IFC Midnight has not yet set a Us release date for 78/52, but we’ll keep Daily Dead readers updated as more information is revealed. Additionally, Dogwoof recently acquired the UK distribution and foreign sales rights to 78/52.
We have the official press release with full details below, and in case you missed it, check out Heather’s Sundance review of 78/52 and interview with director Alexandre O. Philippe.
Press Release: New York, NY (January 27, 2017) – IFC Midnight announced today from the Sundance...
IFC Midnight has not yet set a Us release date for 78/52, but we’ll keep Daily Dead readers updated as more information is revealed. Additionally, Dogwoof recently acquired the UK distribution and foreign sales rights to 78/52.
We have the official press release with full details below, and in case you missed it, check out Heather’s Sundance review of 78/52 and interview with director Alexandre O. Philippe.
Press Release: New York, NY (January 27, 2017) – IFC Midnight announced today from the Sundance...
- 1/28/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
IFC Midnight has acquired the U.S. rights to the documentary “78/52,” which premiered in the Sundance Film Festival’s Midnight section, Deadline reports. The doc deconstructs the famous shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” that consisted of 78 setups and 52 cuts.
“78/52” features interviews with Guillermo del Toro, Bret Easton Ellis, Karyn Kusama, Eli Roth, Walter Murch and Peter Bogdanovich. The film was directed Alexandre O. Philippe.
An Exhibit A Pictures production, “78/52″ was produced by Kerry Deignan Roy and co-produced by Oliver Schwehm, Chad Herschberger, Annick Mahnert and Robert Muratore. Felix Gill, Randy Pharo and Joey Porcelli served as executive producers.
“It’s a great honor to be partnering with IFC Films and working closely with them to bring 78/52 to horror and documentary fans across the U.S,” Philippe said in a statement. “Their love of smart genre cinema shines through in everything they do, and 78/52 will undoubtedly flourish with their savvy,...
“78/52” features interviews with Guillermo del Toro, Bret Easton Ellis, Karyn Kusama, Eli Roth, Walter Murch and Peter Bogdanovich. The film was directed Alexandre O. Philippe.
An Exhibit A Pictures production, “78/52″ was produced by Kerry Deignan Roy and co-produced by Oliver Schwehm, Chad Herschberger, Annick Mahnert and Robert Muratore. Felix Gill, Randy Pharo and Joey Porcelli served as executive producers.
“It’s a great honor to be partnering with IFC Films and working closely with them to bring 78/52 to horror and documentary fans across the U.S,” Philippe said in a statement. “Their love of smart genre cinema shines through in everything they do, and 78/52 will undoubtedly flourish with their savvy,...
- 1/28/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Company to commence sales of ‘Psycho’ documentary at Efm next month. IFC Midnight takes Us rights.
Exclusive, Updated: The company has acquired UK distribution and international sales rights to Alexandre O Philippe’s documentary. Later in the day it emerged IFC Midnight had taken Us rights.
78/52 deconstructs Alfred Hitchcock’s notorious and ground-breaking Psycho shower scene and investigates its influence upon the landscape of film and pop culture.
The Midnight selection premiered in Park City on Monday and immediately earned acclaim as an anticipated festival and cult hit.
Dogwoof plans to introduce the film to international buyers at the Efm in Berlin next month and a UK release date is forthcoming.
The Exhibit A Pictures production’s title references the number of set-ups (78) and the number of cuts (52) in the shower scene from Psycho.
Hitchcock took an entire week out of the four-week shoot to get what he wanted from the shower scene. The film features...
Exclusive, Updated: The company has acquired UK distribution and international sales rights to Alexandre O Philippe’s documentary. Later in the day it emerged IFC Midnight had taken Us rights.
78/52 deconstructs Alfred Hitchcock’s notorious and ground-breaking Psycho shower scene and investigates its influence upon the landscape of film and pop culture.
The Midnight selection premiered in Park City on Monday and immediately earned acclaim as an anticipated festival and cult hit.
Dogwoof plans to introduce the film to international buyers at the Efm in Berlin next month and a UK release date is forthcoming.
The Exhibit A Pictures production’s title references the number of set-ups (78) and the number of cuts (52) in the shower scene from Psycho.
Hitchcock took an entire week out of the four-week shoot to get what he wanted from the shower scene. The film features...
- 1/27/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Oren Shai directed the noir starring Jocelin Donahue, Kelly Lynch, and Jim Beaver.
Webb Wilcoxen and Shai co-wrote The Frontier, about a young woman on the run who encounters a violent gang of thieves at a desert motel and hatches a plan to escape with their stolen cash.
Izabella Miko, Jamie Harris, Liam Aiken, and Aj Bowen also star. Dana Lustig produced.
Alchemy brokered the Us deal with Zac Bright and Kevin Iwashina of Preferred Content and attorney William Immerman.
Instrum International handles international sales.
Webb Wilcoxen and Shai co-wrote The Frontier, about a young woman on the run who encounters a violent gang of thieves at a desert motel and hatches a plan to escape with their stolen cash.
Izabella Miko, Jamie Harris, Liam Aiken, and Aj Bowen also star. Dana Lustig produced.
Alchemy brokered the Us deal with Zac Bright and Kevin Iwashina of Preferred Content and attorney William Immerman.
Instrum International handles international sales.
- 11/13/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Sales on sci-fi thriller to begin at the Afm.
Magnet Releasing has acquired world rights to Synchronicity, a sci-fi noir thriller from director Jacob Gentry.
Magnet, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, will release the film in the Us in January.
Magnolia International’s Christina Rogers and Scott Veltri will handle sales to other territories at next month’s American Film Market (Afm) (Nov 4-11).
Director Gentry, best known for Sundance title The Signal, also wrote and edited Synchronicity. Producers are Alexander Motlagh and Christopher Alender.
The cast includes Chad McKnight, Aj Bowen, Brianne Davis, Scott Poythress and genre icon Michael Ironside.
The story centres on a daring physicist who has invented a machine that can fold space-time and a shadowy corporation that will stop at nothing to get the device.
The deal was negotiated by Magnolia VP of acquisitions John Von Thaden and, on behalf of the filmmakers, Adam Galen and [link...
Magnet Releasing has acquired world rights to Synchronicity, a sci-fi noir thriller from director Jacob Gentry.
Magnet, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, will release the film in the Us in January.
Magnolia International’s Christina Rogers and Scott Veltri will handle sales to other territories at next month’s American Film Market (Afm) (Nov 4-11).
Director Gentry, best known for Sundance title The Signal, also wrote and edited Synchronicity. Producers are Alexander Motlagh and Christopher Alender.
The cast includes Chad McKnight, Aj Bowen, Brianne Davis, Scott Poythress and genre icon Michael Ironside.
The story centres on a daring physicist who has invented a machine that can fold space-time and a shadowy corporation that will stop at nothing to get the device.
The deal was negotiated by Magnolia VP of acquisitions John Von Thaden and, on behalf of the filmmakers, Adam Galen and [link...
- 10/8/2015
- ScreenDaily
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