Following Films Podcast: Michael Mendelsohn

Today I'm joined be Michael Mendelsohn, the CEO of Patriot Pictures, an organization that packages film production, financing, and distribution elements. Upcoming projects include LOST IN WONDERLAND written and directed by Daniela Amavia, starring Ella Bleu Travolta, Edouard Philipponnat, Sasha Luss, James Cromwell, and Terrence Howard; and GHOST SHIPS, an underwater dive shipwreck documentary directed by Markus Blunder, and many more projects currently in production.

Recent releases include the seasonal hit THE GRINGO WHO STOLE CHRISTMAS (2023) starring George Lopez, Emily Tosta, Mariana Treviño, and Jack Kilmer. GOD IS A BULLET (2023) is based on a book by Boston Teran, starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman, January Jones, and Jamie Foxx. BLACKOUT (Netflix released October 2022 to #2 worldwide) directed by Sam Macaroni, starring Josh Duhamel, Abbie Cornish, Omar Chaparro, and Nick Nolte; THE MATRIX starring Keanu Reeves; Icon Pictures and Nancy Meyers directed WHAT WOMEN WANT starring Mel Gibson and Quentin Tarantino’s RESERVOIR DOGS, ROMEO + JULIET, and more.

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