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EXCLUSIVE: Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz) and Lena Headey (Game Of Thrones) have been cast as the leads in comedic thriller Svalta, which will reteam the two actors after they starred together in Fighting With My Family. Scheduled to shoot in Finland next year, the film will follow a family on their summer vacation to a remote…

EXCLUSIVE: Pulsar Content and XYZ Films have partnered to handle sales on the Fantastic Fest and Sitges sci-fi drama Tropic, directed by Edouard Salier who also co-wrote with Mauricio Carrasco. The film follows Lázaro and Tristán (19), twin brothers and best friends, who are training together for the Astronaut Academy…

EXCLUSIVE: Naomie Harris (Moonlight) and Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones) have been tapped to lead the psychological thriller The Wasp, which BAFTA winner and two-time nominee Guillem Morales (Inside No. 9) is directing for XYZ Films. The film based on Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s play of the same name, which ran in 2015 at…

EXCLUSIVE: XYZ Films has acquired worldwide rights to the English-language horror-thriller Sound of Silence, directed by Alessandro Antonaci, Daniel Lascar and Stefano Mandala — the Italy-based filmmaking trio otherwise known as T3. The independent studio has slated the film for a domestic release next spring. T3’s…

EXCLUSIVE: XYZ Films has acquired North American distribution rights to thriller Dash, a “one-take feature” about an adulterous rideshare driver navigating the streets of Hollywood. Written and directed by Sean Perry and starring Alexander Molina, the film follows Milly (Molina), a rideshare driver who leads a double…

EXCLUSIVE: Bangkok-based Night Edge Pictures, a new distributor and production outfit focused on horror and thriller titles, is launching this week with its first release, Kate Dolan's You Are Not My Mother, which is opening in Thailand on August 11. Headed by former T&B Media Global executive Hans Audric Estialbo in…

EXCLUSIVE: XYZ Films has taken North American rights to Low Life, the cat-and-mouse thriller from director Tyler Michael James starring Marriage Story’s Lucas Neff. Pic will be released later this month in North America. Scroll down for trailer. Low Life follows Benny (Wes Dunlap), a small-time YouTube star who…

EXCLUSIVE: XYZ Films has acquired North American rights from FilmSharks to the Argentinian horror film Legions, directed by Fabian Forte. The film stars Germán De Silva and Lorena Vega and was produced by Javier Diaz. Pic premiered at Fantasia Fest in Montreal this past weekend, and also won best script at the 2022…

EXCLUSIVE: XYZ Films has picked up We Go On director Andy Mitton’s horror The Harbinger. Exclusive trailer above. The Harbinger follows Monique (Gabby Beans), who has been quarantining with her father and brother a good distance away from town, in a bubble they've worked very hard to maintain. One day, her oldest…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a trailer for Megalomaniac, the film inspired by Belgium’s real life and terrifying Butcher of Mons. The film from Golden Méliès-winning writer/director Karim Ouelhaj, which will premiere at Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival on July 22, examines the tragic events that can turn a man…

EXCLUSIVE: Don’t Let Go creator Jacob Aaron Estes has enlisted his wife and kids for latest horror thriller He’s Watching. Scroll down for the trailer. XYZ Films’ feature, which is written and directed by Estes, features Estes’ musician wife Gretchen Lieberum and their children, Iris Serena Estes and Lucas Steel…

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Prime has quietly picked up domestic rights to UK boxing movie Prizefighter: The Life Of Jem Belcher. Also kept relatively quiet has been the casting of Oscar winner Russell Crowe in a key supporting role alongside protagonists Matt Hookings, Ray Winstone, Marton Csokas, Jodhi May, Steven Berkoff…