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Liev Schrieber In Talks to Star in THE GUNS OF CHRISTMAS PAST

  I'd like to be one of the first to say FUCK YES to this news! I want to see this happen!!! Just putting that out into the universe, lets see what it returns. Scrieber is a versatile performer who makes everything he's involved in a little bit better. I personally love it when he messes around in the genre space. Full details below:  Liev Schrieber is in negotiations for the lead in the new action thriller THE GUNS OF CHRISTMAS PAST, directed by Xavier Gens, with a script by Andrew Hilton. The film is produced by Navid McIlhargey and Erik Olsen, with XYZ Films also producing and financing with investment funding coming from IPR.VC. The film is set to go into production later this year. XYZ Films is handling world rights and will introduce the film to buyers at the upcoming MarchΓ© du Film in Cannes.   In the genre mash up described as “A Christmas Carol” meets JOHN WICK, ‘Ebb’ is a former hitman for the mob, brought out from hiding when his former best friend and partner (Jacob

Greta Garbo Inspired Daring, Compassionate Tale of Love GRETA to Arrive this Holiday Season

Pedro, a 70-year-old gay nurse, and a big fan of Greta Garbo, needs to find an empty bed in the hospital where he works to save his best friend, Daniela. To do so he decides to help Jean, a criminal in police custody, escape from the premises. But then, worried about Jean’s health, Pedro sets the criminal up in his apartment to treat his wounds. The two wind up having a highly-charged affair that brings to the surface Pedro’s own solitude, now augmented by Daniela’s imminent death.

BEN AFFLECK TO STAR IN HYPNOTIC, DIRECTED BY ROBERT RODRIGUEZ

photo by John Russo Ben Affleck will star in Robert Rodriguez’s mind-bending action thriller Hypnotic. Production is scheduled to start in April. This is the first green lit film under the Studio 8 and Solstice Studios strategic partnership.  Hypnotic is an action thriller directed by Robert Rodriguez (Alita: Battle Angel, Sin City) and written by Rodriguez and Max Borenstein (Godzilla franchise, Kong: Skull Island). The film follows a detective (Affleck) who becomes entangled in a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret government program--while investigating a string of impossible high-end heists. Rodriguez, Studio 8 CEO Jeff Robinov and his colleagues Guy Danella & John Graham will produce the film with Solstice, which will spearhead US distribution and international sales beginning at the AFM this week. “Working with Ben on his award-winning projects, including Argo and The Town, I have seen how his versatility and creativity has made him one of the most

SABAN FILMS GAME FOR TIFF ACTION THRILLER “GUNS AKIMBO” STARRING DANIEL RADCLIFFE

Saban Films announced today that they have acquired North American rights to writer/director Jason Lei Howden’s (Deathgasm) Guns Akimbo following its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.  The darkly comedic action sci-fi thriller stars Daniel Radcliffe (the Harry Potter franchise, Swiss Army Man, Now You See Me 2), Samara Weaving (Ready or Not, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), Rhys Darby (“Flight of the Conchords”, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle), Natasha Liu Bordizzo (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny, “The Society”) and Ned Dennehy (“Good Omens”, “Peaky Blinders”).  Occupant Entertainment’s Joe Neurauter and Felipe Marino and Four Knights Film’s Tom Hern produced.  Guns Akimbo watches a nerdy video game developer (Radcliffe) become the next contestant in an illegal live-streamed death match, in this hilariously dark, viciously violent, and chillingly prescient sci-fi thriller. “With gaming on the rise, Guns Akimbo is a timely fi