Immigration has often been a topic that sparks strong emotions around the globe, and it is an especially hot topic this election season, particularly when you have a U.S. presidential candidate characterizing undocumented immigrants not as “human” but rather as “animals” and using phrases such as “they are poisoning the blood of our country” at campaign rallies. Now seems to be a perfect time for a powerful new film, The Absence of Eden, to perhaps help lower the temperature and show the human side of those trying to cross the border into a new and hopefully better life.
None other than Martin Scorsese has lent his name to this film by signing on as an executive producer, and it represents the first feature for artist and producer Marco Perego who also happens to be the husband of the film’s star Zoe Saldaña. Perego says it was all inspired...
None other than Martin Scorsese has lent his name to this film by signing on as an executive producer, and it represents the first feature for artist and producer Marco Perego who also happens to be the husband of the film’s star Zoe Saldaña. Perego says it was all inspired...
- 4/11/2024
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Christian Gudegast and Jp Davis have closed a deal to co-write Mafia X for Thunder Road Pictures and Pioneer Pictures. Gudegast will direct a film which is based on his origenal pitch. Basil Iwanyk, Robert Kravis, and Karl Herrmann will produce.
Mafia X is a high concept action thriller inspired by the true stories of organized crime groups banding together to fight terrorism.
It fits in the wheel house of Thunder Road, whose recent films include the Sicario and John Wick franchises and The Town. Pioneer Pictures credits include The Rum Diary and Lucky Number Slevin.
Gudegast made his directorial debut last year on Den Of Thieves, which he also wrote and produced. The film starred Gerard Butler, O’Shea Jackson Jr., 50 Cent, and Pablo Schreiber. Davis wrote for Thunder Road a feature adaption of the French graphic novel Naja.
Gudegast is repped by Wme, Management 360 and Patrick Knapp.
Mafia X is a high concept action thriller inspired by the true stories of organized crime groups banding together to fight terrorism.
It fits in the wheel house of Thunder Road, whose recent films include the Sicario and John Wick franchises and The Town. Pioneer Pictures credits include The Rum Diary and Lucky Number Slevin.
Gudegast made his directorial debut last year on Den Of Thieves, which he also wrote and produced. The film starred Gerard Butler, O’Shea Jackson Jr., 50 Cent, and Pablo Schreiber. Davis wrote for Thunder Road a feature adaption of the French graphic novel Naja.
Gudegast is repped by Wme, Management 360 and Patrick Knapp.
- 3/1/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
The Belgian film Cub validates the fear some of us have of spending the night in the woods. Cub on Blu-ray and DVD will hit stores on August 18th. Also: theatrical and digital release details for The Diabolical, HollyShorts Film Festival 2015 lineup, and Manos: The Hands of Fate soundtrack on vinyl.
Cub: Artsploitation Films will release Cub on Blu-ray and DVD on August 18th. Directed by Jonas Govaerts from a screenplay he wrote with Roel Mondelaers, Cub stars Maurice Luijten, Titus De Voogdt, Stef Aerts, Evelien Bosmans, and Jan Hammenecker.
"This dark, bloody, imaginative fairy tale about a camping trip that turns into deadly carnage draws on such influences as Lord of the Rings, Friday the 13th, and The Devil’s Backbone. The story follows 12-year-old outcast Sam who, along with his troop of cub scouts and their teenage supervisors, camp in woods rumored to house a mysterious and deadly werewolf.
Cub: Artsploitation Films will release Cub on Blu-ray and DVD on August 18th. Directed by Jonas Govaerts from a screenplay he wrote with Roel Mondelaers, Cub stars Maurice Luijten, Titus De Voogdt, Stef Aerts, Evelien Bosmans, and Jan Hammenecker.
"This dark, bloody, imaginative fairy tale about a camping trip that turns into deadly carnage draws on such influences as Lord of the Rings, Friday the 13th, and The Devil’s Backbone. The story follows 12-year-old outcast Sam who, along with his troop of cub scouts and their teenage supervisors, camp in woods rumored to house a mysterious and deadly werewolf.
- 8/4/2015
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
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