Exclusive: Focus Features has acquired U.S. rights and select international territories on upcoming thriller Last Breath, starring Woody Harrelson, Finn Cole and Simu Liu. Focus will distribute the Alex Parkinson-directed title in the U.S. with Universal Pictures International handling select territories including France, Scandinavia, Australia and New Zealand, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea and Vietnam.
The project is an exhilarating true story, based on the 2019 documentary of the same name, which Parkinson co-directed with Richard da Costa. It follows a seasoned deep sea diver as he battles against the raging elements to execute his final rescue mission. It’s described as a “heart-pounding” and “gripping tale of teamwork” that takes audiences on a race against time. Mitchell Lafortune, Parkinson and David Brooks have written the script for the fact-based narrative.
Last Breath was developed by father and son Paul and David Brooks of Longshot Films and Dark Castle Entertainment,...
The project is an exhilarating true story, based on the 2019 documentary of the same name, which Parkinson co-directed with Richard da Costa. It follows a seasoned deep sea diver as he battles against the raging elements to execute his final rescue mission. It’s described as a “heart-pounding” and “gripping tale of teamwork” that takes audiences on a race against time. Mitchell Lafortune, Parkinson and David Brooks have written the script for the fact-based narrative.
Last Breath was developed by father and son Paul and David Brooks of Longshot Films and Dark Castle Entertainment,...
- 5/16/2024
- by Diana Lodderhose and Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Lionsgate will handle U.S. distribution of eagerly awaited “Greenland” sequel “Greenland: Migration,” Variety can confirm.
STX, which has a distribution partnership with Lionsgate, is handling international distribution.
Directed by Ric Roman Waugh from a screenplay by Chris Sparling and Mitchell Lafortune, “Greenland: Migration” sees Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin return as John and Allison Garrity. Along with their diabetic son Nathan, the couple were forced to flee in the first film as a comet hurtled towards earth, threatening to destroy the planet. In the sequel the family embark on a perilous journey across what’s left of Europe to find a new home.
Butler and Baccarin are joined by Roman Griffin Davis (“Jojo Rabbit”), Amber Rose Revah (“The Punisher”) and Trond Fausa (“Oppenheimer”) in the film, which is produced by Anton, STX Entertainment, Thunder Road Pictures and Butler’s G-base Entertainment.
“In the film, the Garrity family, having found...
STX, which has a distribution partnership with Lionsgate, is handling international distribution.
Directed by Ric Roman Waugh from a screenplay by Chris Sparling and Mitchell Lafortune, “Greenland: Migration” sees Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin return as John and Allison Garrity. Along with their diabetic son Nathan, the couple were forced to flee in the first film as a comet hurtled towards earth, threatening to destroy the planet. In the sequel the family embark on a perilous journey across what’s left of Europe to find a new home.
Butler and Baccarin are joined by Roman Griffin Davis (“Jojo Rabbit”), Amber Rose Revah (“The Punisher”) and Trond Fausa (“Oppenheimer”) in the film, which is produced by Anton, STX Entertainment, Thunder Road Pictures and Butler’s G-base Entertainment.
“In the film, the Garrity family, having found...
- 5/9/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Morena Baccarin and Gerard Butler return for the Greenland sequel, Greenland: Migration. And filming is now underway…
The man they call Gerard Butler, Mr Gerard Butler, is back on British shores for the next few weeks, as filming is now underway on the sequel to the terrific 2020 movie, Greenland.
The new film is called Greenland: Migration, and is set to pick up where the first film left us. Gerard Butler takes the lead alongside Morena Baccarin. Given that the first movie left things – spoiler free! – in an interesting place, the sequel has plenty to feast on.
The plan is to shoot the movie in the UK through until the middle of June, before then completing a couple of weeks in Iceland.
Ric Roman Waugh, who directed the original movie, is also back behind the camera for Greenland: Migration. The script has been written by Chris Sparling and Mitchell Lafortune, and...
The man they call Gerard Butler, Mr Gerard Butler, is back on British shores for the next few weeks, as filming is now underway on the sequel to the terrific 2020 movie, Greenland.
The new film is called Greenland: Migration, and is set to pick up where the first film left us. Gerard Butler takes the lead alongside Morena Baccarin. Given that the first movie left things – spoiler free! – in an interesting place, the sequel has plenty to feast on.
The plan is to shoot the movie in the UK through until the middle of June, before then completing a couple of weeks in Iceland.
Ric Roman Waugh, who directed the original movie, is also back behind the camera for Greenland: Migration. The script has been written by Chris Sparling and Mitchell Lafortune, and...
- 5/2/2024
- by Simon Brew
- Film Stories
Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin (Deadpool) are reprising their roles for ‘Greenland: Migration,’ the sequel to the hit action-packed disaster thriller ‘Greenland’ for Anton, STX Entertainment, Thunder Road and G-base.
The sequel sees the Garrity family having to leave the safety of the Greenland bunker after the comet “Clarke” decimated the earth and the family embarks on a harrowing journey across the wasteland of Europe to find a new home.
Ric Roman Waugh will take the helm on a screenplay penned by Chris Sparling and Mitchell Lafortune.
Also in news – Will Smith set for action thriller ‘Sugar Bandits’
Producing are Thunder Road Pictures’ Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee, Anton’s Sébastien Raybaud and John Zois, G-base’s Butler and Alan Siegel, and CineMachine’s Brendon Boyea. Executive Producers are Robert Simonds, Noah Fogelson and Sam Brown for STX Entertainment, Ric Roman Waugh for CineMachine and Chris Sparling.
The film will...
The sequel sees the Garrity family having to leave the safety of the Greenland bunker after the comet “Clarke” decimated the earth and the family embarks on a harrowing journey across the wasteland of Europe to find a new home.
Ric Roman Waugh will take the helm on a screenplay penned by Chris Sparling and Mitchell Lafortune.
Also in news – Will Smith set for action thriller ‘Sugar Bandits’
Producing are Thunder Road Pictures’ Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee, Anton’s Sébastien Raybaud and John Zois, G-base’s Butler and Alan Siegel, and CineMachine’s Brendon Boyea. Executive Producers are Robert Simonds, Noah Fogelson and Sam Brown for STX Entertainment, Ric Roman Waugh for CineMachine and Chris Sparling.
The film will...
- 2/16/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin are returning for Greenland 2, that’s going by the name of Greenland: Migration. More here.
One of the best of Gerard Butler’s most recent outings – and the man has a solid eye for a script – is Greenland, a movie whose release bounced around a little before landing at the end of 2020. That was the year of course when cinemas were shut for the most part, and so very few people got to see Greenland on the big screen.
Still, its video on demand release comfortably got the film into profit, and talk began shortly after of picking up where the first film left off, with a Greenland 2.
Well, Greenland 2 is now Greenland: Migration, and filming is due to start this April.
It’ll reunite Gerard Butler with director Ric Roman Waugh, with whom he’s made Kandahar, Angel Has Fallen and the original Greenland movie.
One of the best of Gerard Butler’s most recent outings – and the man has a solid eye for a script – is Greenland, a movie whose release bounced around a little before landing at the end of 2020. That was the year of course when cinemas were shut for the most part, and so very few people got to see Greenland on the big screen.
Still, its video on demand release comfortably got the film into profit, and talk began shortly after of picking up where the first film left off, with a Greenland 2.
Well, Greenland 2 is now Greenland: Migration, and filming is due to start this April.
It’ll reunite Gerard Butler with director Ric Roman Waugh, with whom he’s made Kandahar, Angel Has Fallen and the original Greenland movie.
- 2/16/2024
- by Simon Brew
- Film Stories
We finally have an update on Gerard Butler‘s Greenland sequel!
The 54-year-old actor’s 2020 action thriller was first revealed to get a sequel in June 2021, but some behind-the-scenes drama caused it to be delayed.
Now, with the title Greenland: Migration, the pic is finally moving forward and a production start has been revealed!
Keep reading to find out more…
Director Ric Roman Waugh and writer Chris Sparling return for the sequel, along with Gerard‘s co-star Morena Baccarin. Mitchell Lafortune joins Chris to pen the script.
According to Variety, Greenland: Migration will be “set after the comet has decimated earth, the Garrity family are forced to embark on a perilous journey across what’s left of Europe to find a new home.”
Production is set to begin in April!
Currently, Gerard is working on the live-action How to Train Your Dragon movie, where he’s reprising his role of Stoik,...
The 54-year-old actor’s 2020 action thriller was first revealed to get a sequel in June 2021, but some behind-the-scenes drama caused it to be delayed.
Now, with the title Greenland: Migration, the pic is finally moving forward and a production start has been revealed!
Keep reading to find out more…
Director Ric Roman Waugh and writer Chris Sparling return for the sequel, along with Gerard‘s co-star Morena Baccarin. Mitchell Lafortune joins Chris to pen the script.
According to Variety, Greenland: Migration will be “set after the comet has decimated earth, the Garrity family are forced to embark on a perilous journey across what’s left of Europe to find a new home.”
Production is set to begin in April!
Currently, Gerard is working on the live-action How to Train Your Dragon movie, where he’s reprising his role of Stoik,...
- 2/16/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Though the title Greenland: Migration might lead you to suspect that the sequel to 2020's Gerard Butler starrer is somehow crossing over with the recent animated duck film from Illumination, it's not the case. We'd still watch that, but this Migration promises to instead follow the drama as Butler's John Garrity and his family continue their struggle to survive an apocalyptic situation. The new film is about to start shooting.
You might recall that Greenland saw Butler and Morena Baccarin playing John and his estranged wife Allison as fragments from a comet start to batter the Earth, levelling cities and, in the case of one particularly large chunk, threatening an extinction-level event. Upon learning of a possible safe heaven (the title somewhat gives away the location), the family must make their way there.
For the sequel, written by Chris Sparling and Mitchell Lafortune, the Garrity family must venture out...
You might recall that Greenland saw Butler and Morena Baccarin playing John and his estranged wife Allison as fragments from a comet start to batter the Earth, levelling cities and, in the case of one particularly large chunk, threatening an extinction-level event. Upon learning of a possible safe heaven (the title somewhat gives away the location), the family must make their way there.
For the sequel, written by Chris Sparling and Mitchell Lafortune, the Garrity family must venture out...
- 2/15/2024
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
In 2020, audiences would watch a global disaster unfold in front of their eyes, and ironically, that year would also bring us the disaster movie Greenland. Ric Roman Waugh’s thriller starred Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin and follows a family’s struggle to get to emergency proceedings as they’re selected for shelter from the impending doom of a comet hurling toward our planet. Unlike most disaster films, this story was told from the perspective of everyday citizens simply trying to evade the crazy panic of the population in order to seek refuge. Talks of a sequel have been going on for a while and Deadline now reports that Greenland: Migration is set to film this April with the cast returning along with Ric Roman Waugh and screenwriter Chris Sparling. Sparling co-writes this entry with Mitchell Lafortune. The plot, according to Deadline, reads, “The Garrity family must leave the safety...
- 2/15/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Gerard Butler’s long-awaited “Greenland” sequel is finally set to go into production in April, Variety can confirm.
The disaster film, titled “Greenland: Migration,” will see Butler reunite with director Ric Roman Waugh and “Greenland” writer Chris Sparling. “Deadpool” star Morena Baccarin will also return for the sequel.
Sparling has co-written “Greenland: Migration” alongside Mitchell Lafortune.
In “Greenland,” Butler starred as John Garrity, a structural engineer who attempts to flee Atlanta along with his wife Allison (played by Baccarin) and diabetic son Nathan (Roger Dale Floyd) after a comet threatens to destroy the planet. After John, Allison and Nathan are separated, the family struggles to reunite while fragments of the comet rain down on earth, threatening an extinction-level event.
In the sequel, which is set after the comet has decimated earth, the Garrity family are forced to embark on a perilous journey across what’s left of Europe to find a new home.
The disaster film, titled “Greenland: Migration,” will see Butler reunite with director Ric Roman Waugh and “Greenland” writer Chris Sparling. “Deadpool” star Morena Baccarin will also return for the sequel.
Sparling has co-written “Greenland: Migration” alongside Mitchell Lafortune.
In “Greenland,” Butler starred as John Garrity, a structural engineer who attempts to flee Atlanta along with his wife Allison (played by Baccarin) and diabetic son Nathan (Roger Dale Floyd) after a comet threatens to destroy the planet. After John, Allison and Nathan are separated, the family struggles to reunite while fragments of the comet rain down on earth, threatening an extinction-level event.
In the sequel, which is set after the comet has decimated earth, the Garrity family are forced to embark on a perilous journey across what’s left of Europe to find a new home.
- 2/15/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Gerard Butler (Angel Has Fallen), Morena Baccarin (Deadpool) and director Ric Roman Waugh (Angel Has Fallen) are confirmed to reprise their roles for action sequel Greenland: Migration, which is due to start production in the UK in April.
Chris Sparling and Mitchell Lafortune wrote the screenplay in which “the Garrity family must leave the safety of the Greenland bunker after the comet ‘Clarke’ decimated the earth and the family embarks on a harrowing journey across the wasteland of Europe to find a new home”.
Producing are Thunder Road Pictures’ Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee, Anton’s Sébastien Raybaud and John Zois, G-base’s Butler and Alan Siegel, and CineMachine’s Brendon Boyea. Executive producers are Robert Simonds, Noah Fogelson and Sam Brown for STX Entertainment, Ric Roman Waugh for CineMachine and Chris Sparling.
The film will be co-financed and co-produced by Anton and STX. STX is handling global distribution and...
Chris Sparling and Mitchell Lafortune wrote the screenplay in which “the Garrity family must leave the safety of the Greenland bunker after the comet ‘Clarke’ decimated the earth and the family embarks on a harrowing journey across the wasteland of Europe to find a new home”.
Producing are Thunder Road Pictures’ Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee, Anton’s Sébastien Raybaud and John Zois, G-base’s Butler and Alan Siegel, and CineMachine’s Brendon Boyea. Executive producers are Robert Simonds, Noah Fogelson and Sam Brown for STX Entertainment, Ric Roman Waugh for CineMachine and Chris Sparling.
The film will be co-financed and co-produced by Anton and STX. STX is handling global distribution and...
- 2/15/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj, who has recently collaborated with actor Ali Fazal for the spy thriller ‘Khufiya’, shared how he was fascinated by the latter’s previous performances, saying he was looking for an opportunity to work with him.
Ali is best known for his role of Guddu Pandit in the action crime thriller web series ‘Mirzapur’. Apart from Ali, it also stars Pankaj Tripathi, Shweta Tripathi Shamra, Divyenndu, Vikrant Massey, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Rasika Dugal, Harshita Gaur and Kulbhushan Kharbanda in pivotal roles.
The actor is also known for his work in projects like ‘3 Idiots’, ‘Fukrey’, ‘Sonali Cable’, ‘Milan Talkies’, amongst many others.
In the Vishal Bhardwaj directorial ‘Khufiya’, Ali plays the character of Ravi Mohan.
Talking about casting Ali in the film, the National Film Award-winning director told Ians: “I have been seeing him for such a long time. Everyone has seen his work in ‘Mirzapur’. Entire country loved his performance.
Ali is best known for his role of Guddu Pandit in the action crime thriller web series ‘Mirzapur’. Apart from Ali, it also stars Pankaj Tripathi, Shweta Tripathi Shamra, Divyenndu, Vikrant Massey, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Rasika Dugal, Harshita Gaur and Kulbhushan Kharbanda in pivotal roles.
The actor is also known for his work in projects like ‘3 Idiots’, ‘Fukrey’, ‘Sonali Cable’, ‘Milan Talkies’, amongst many others.
In the Vishal Bhardwaj directorial ‘Khufiya’, Ali plays the character of Ravi Mohan.
Talking about casting Ali in the film, the National Film Award-winning director told Ians: “I have been seeing him for such a long time. Everyone has seen his work in ‘Mirzapur’. Entire country loved his performance.
- 10/7/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj, who has recently collaborated with actor Ali Fazal for the spy thriller ‘Khufiya’, shared how he was fascinated by the latter’s previous performances, saying he was looking for an opportunity to work with him.
Ali is best known for his role of Guddu Pandit in the action crime thriller web series ‘Mirzapur’. Apart from Ali, it also stars Pankaj Tripathi, Shweta Tripathi Shamra, Divyenndu, Vikrant Massey, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Rasika Dugal, Harshita Gaur and Kulbhushan Kharbanda in pivotal roles.
The actor is also known for his work in projects like ‘3 Idiots’, ‘Fukrey’, ‘Sonali Cable’, ‘Milan Talkies’, amongst many others.
In the Vishal Bhardwaj directorial ‘Khufiya’, Ali plays the character of Ravi Mohan.
Talking about casting Ali in the film, the National Film Award-winning director told Ians: “I have been seeing him for such a long time. Everyone has seen his work in ‘Mirzapur’. Entire country loved his performance.
Ali is best known for his role of Guddu Pandit in the action crime thriller web series ‘Mirzapur’. Apart from Ali, it also stars Pankaj Tripathi, Shweta Tripathi Shamra, Divyenndu, Vikrant Massey, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Rasika Dugal, Harshita Gaur and Kulbhushan Kharbanda in pivotal roles.
The actor is also known for his work in projects like ‘3 Idiots’, ‘Fukrey’, ‘Sonali Cable’, ‘Milan Talkies’, amongst many others.
In the Vishal Bhardwaj directorial ‘Khufiya’, Ali plays the character of Ravi Mohan.
Talking about casting Ali in the film, the National Film Award-winning director told Ians: “I have been seeing him for such a long time. Everyone has seen his work in ‘Mirzapur’. Entire country loved his performance.
- 10/7/2023
- by Agency News Desk
Exclusive: Rain has brought in talent/lit manager and producer Barney Slobodin. He will start in July. Slobodin joins Rain from Cavalry Media, where he helped launch a management division.
On the lit side, he represents Mitchell Lafortune (Kandahar), Benjamin Klein (Winning Time), David Schickler (Banshee), directors Miguel Ortega/Tran Ma (The Ningyo), Tiffanie Hsu (Waterschool) and second unit director, Tim Connolly (Old Man). His acting clients include Ryder McLaughlin (North Hollywood), Mikayla Bartholomew (King Richard), Oliver Cooper (Project X) and Nadiv Molcho (Transatlantic).
Slobodin produced New York Emmy-winning documentary 62,000:1 Three Teams, One City, One Year, about the historic stretch in 1969 when the New York Mets, Jets and Knicks all won championships, for Basil Iwanyk’s sports division, Game1 and SportsNet New York.
Prior to expanding into management, Slobodin worked at Iwanyk’s Thunder Road. He started as an assistant and rose over six years to become VP of Production & Development.
On the lit side, he represents Mitchell Lafortune (Kandahar), Benjamin Klein (Winning Time), David Schickler (Banshee), directors Miguel Ortega/Tran Ma (The Ningyo), Tiffanie Hsu (Waterschool) and second unit director, Tim Connolly (Old Man). His acting clients include Ryder McLaughlin (North Hollywood), Mikayla Bartholomew (King Richard), Oliver Cooper (Project X) and Nadiv Molcho (Transatlantic).
Slobodin produced New York Emmy-winning documentary 62,000:1 Three Teams, One City, One Year, about the historic stretch in 1969 when the New York Mets, Jets and Knicks all won championships, for Basil Iwanyk’s sports division, Game1 and SportsNet New York.
Prior to expanding into management, Slobodin worked at Iwanyk’s Thunder Road. He started as an assistant and rose over six years to become VP of Production & Development.
- 6/21/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for the new feature “Kandahar,” with Gerard Butler teaming up for a third time with action/thriller director Ric Roman Waugh. In theaters on May 26th.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Tom Harris (Gerard Butler), is undercover for the Agency, stuck deep within hostile territory during the America’s war in Afghanistan. When an intelligence leak exposes his identity and mission, he must fight his way out. At his side is his translator (Navid Negahban), and together they must reach an extraction point in the Afghan city of Kandahar, all while avoiding the elite special forces unit tasked with hunting them down.
Click Here for an interview with director Ric Roman Waugh of “Kandahar” by Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com.
”Kandahar” is in theaters on May 26th. Featuring Gerard Butler, Navid Negahban, Ali Fazal, Bahador Foladi and Rebecca Calder. Written by Mitchell Lafortune. Directed by Ric Roman Waugh.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Tom Harris (Gerard Butler), is undercover for the Agency, stuck deep within hostile territory during the America’s war in Afghanistan. When an intelligence leak exposes his identity and mission, he must fight his way out. At his side is his translator (Navid Negahban), and together they must reach an extraction point in the Afghan city of Kandahar, all while avoiding the elite special forces unit tasked with hunting them down.
Click Here for an interview with director Ric Roman Waugh of “Kandahar” by Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com.
”Kandahar” is in theaters on May 26th. Featuring Gerard Butler, Navid Negahban, Ali Fazal, Bahador Foladi and Rebecca Calder. Written by Mitchell Lafortune. Directed by Ric Roman Waugh.
- 5/28/2023
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Few actors enjoy more job security within their niche than Gerard Butler. If you need a tough-looking everyman to jump out of planes, strap bombs to the sides of buildings, and beat up faceless henchmen in a movie that nobody will know about until the day it’s released, he’s really the only guy you can call. Even as Hollywood keeps leaning more heavily on established IP while simultaneously lamenting the “death of the movie star” that those decisions inevitably create, Butler’s status as a man who can open instantly-forgotten films that make more money than God continues to rise.
In between stops on his quest to conquer every form of transportation known to man — “Plane” hit theaters in January and its sequel “Ship” is on the way — Butler found time to take a trip to the desert. His latest attempt at lucrative obscurity, Ric Roman Waugh’s “Kandahar,...
In between stops on his quest to conquer every form of transportation known to man — “Plane” hit theaters in January and its sequel “Ship” is on the way — Butler found time to take a trip to the desert. His latest attempt at lucrative obscurity, Ric Roman Waugh’s “Kandahar,...
- 5/26/2023
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Gerard Butler stars in ‘Kandahar’ (Photo Courtesy of Open Road Films)
For the second time this year, a film is hitting theaters focusing on the turmoil and chaos in the Middle East and an American and his interpreter fighting to escape Afghanistan. The first was Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant starring Jake Gyllenhaal. The second is the action drama Kandahar with Gerard Butler.
Kandahar centers around Tom Harris, an undercover CIA operative portrayed by Butler, who manages to uncover a clandestine nuclear facility in Iran and dismantle it. Although his mission is nearly flawless, a whistleblower at the Pentagon leaks the operation to a British journalist (Elnaaz Norouzi). Consequently, the journalist is apprehended by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard and subjected to interrogation.
Harris’s handler, Roman (Travis Fimmel), alerts his agent that his cover has been exposed. He instructs Harris to travel 400 miles to a former CIA facility in Kandahar,...
For the second time this year, a film is hitting theaters focusing on the turmoil and chaos in the Middle East and an American and his interpreter fighting to escape Afghanistan. The first was Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant starring Jake Gyllenhaal. The second is the action drama Kandahar with Gerard Butler.
Kandahar centers around Tom Harris, an undercover CIA operative portrayed by Butler, who manages to uncover a clandestine nuclear facility in Iran and dismantle it. Although his mission is nearly flawless, a whistleblower at the Pentagon leaks the operation to a British journalist (Elnaaz Norouzi). Consequently, the journalist is apprehended by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard and subjected to interrogation.
Harris’s handler, Roman (Travis Fimmel), alerts his agent that his cover has been exposed. He instructs Harris to travel 400 miles to a former CIA facility in Kandahar,...
- 5/26/2023
- by Kevin Finnerty
- Showbiz Junkies
Kandahar reunites is director Rick Roman Waugh with Gerard Butler, after they made Angel Has Fallen and Greenland together. This time they tackle the spy thriller genre, with cast that includes Travis Fimmel, Navid Negahban, Ali Fazal, and Bahador Foladi. With the script penned by Mitchell Lafortune, these particular types of stories often suffer from narrative sameness: westerner travels to the Middle East, things go boom, westerner saves the day, the end. This follows a predictable path.
The story begins in Iran with Tom Harris (Butler) with his partner Oliver (Tom Rhys Harries) working on wiring at a nuclear plant center. This cover is just to deposit a bomb. The two are surrounded by guards who become suspicious of their intentions, but Harris de-escalates the situation, and they manage to get away. His partner is worried that the army forces are onto them being CIA spies. Things are fine until...
The story begins in Iran with Tom Harris (Butler) with his partner Oliver (Tom Rhys Harries) working on wiring at a nuclear plant center. This cover is just to deposit a bomb. The two are surrounded by guards who become suspicious of their intentions, but Harris de-escalates the situation, and they manage to get away. His partner is worried that the army forces are onto them being CIA spies. Things are fine until...
- 5/24/2023
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
If it’s true that an empty wagon makes a lot of noise, then “Kandahar” is the most deafening movie of the year thus far. A complicated but undercooked thriller about an MI6 operative (Gerard Butler) and his Afghan translator (Navid Negahban) stranded behind enemy lines, the movie peaks early — meaning the first 10 minutes — when Tom, the secret agent, covertly blows up an underground nuclear reactor in Iran.
The mission completed, Tom prepares to head home to attend his daughter’s graduation, even though he and his wife have already agreed to an amicable divorce
But after his flight is delayed, Tom can’t resist a call from a contact (Travis Fimmel) who offers him a quick, high-paying gig for the CIA in Afghanistan that will take three days tops — plenty of time for him to still make that commencement ceremony.
The savvy, veteran Tom is weirdly relaxed about the...
The mission completed, Tom prepares to head home to attend his daughter’s graduation, even though he and his wife have already agreed to an amicable divorce
But after his flight is delayed, Tom can’t resist a call from a contact (Travis Fimmel) who offers him a quick, high-paying gig for the CIA in Afghanistan that will take three days tops — plenty of time for him to still make that commencement ceremony.
The savvy, veteran Tom is weirdly relaxed about the...
- 5/24/2023
- by Rene Rodriguez
- Variety Film + TV
The U.S. government might have done poorly by Afghan translators in real life, but Hollywood is attempting to make up for it with a vengeance.
Arriving shortly on the heels of Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant is this second action-thriller about an American desperately attempting to make his way through hostile, enemy-controlled territory with the help of his interpreter. Unfortunately, the Gerard Butler-starrer doesn’t benefit either from the timing or the comparison, since Kandahar lacks the visceral thrills and intense emotionality of its predecessor.
To its credit, the film directed by frequent Butler collaborator Ric Roman Waugh (Angel Has Fallen, Greenland) feels more serious and authentic than Ritchie’s film. That’s no doubt due to its screenwriter, Mitchell Lafortune, a former military intelligence officer who sold this script, supposedly based on his real-life experiences, on spec. (It’s a great story, made even better by his name,...
Arriving shortly on the heels of Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant is this second action-thriller about an American desperately attempting to make his way through hostile, enemy-controlled territory with the help of his interpreter. Unfortunately, the Gerard Butler-starrer doesn’t benefit either from the timing or the comparison, since Kandahar lacks the visceral thrills and intense emotionality of its predecessor.
To its credit, the film directed by frequent Butler collaborator Ric Roman Waugh (Angel Has Fallen, Greenland) feels more serious and authentic than Ritchie’s film. That’s no doubt due to its screenwriter, Mitchell Lafortune, a former military intelligence officer who sold this script, supposedly based on his real-life experiences, on spec. (It’s a great story, made even better by his name,...
- 5/24/2023
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Right out of the gate, Ric Roman Waugh’s Kandahar sets up a potentially cataclysmic case of American foreign intervention. The film opens with C.I.A. operative Tom Harris (Gerard Butler) destroying a clandestine Iranian nuclear facility with minimal difficulty, and despite his thin cover as an ISP technician. This is the kind of action that could kick off a hot war, but instead things pivot quickly into a more restrained manhunt as the Revolutionary Guards quickly figure out Tom’s true identity and launch a small unit to capture the man as he works a different mission in Afghanistan. With his cover blown, Tom must cross a hostile nation to an evacuation point, avoiding Afghan and Iranian pursuers in equal fashion.
This is the third collaboration between Butler and Waugh, but the slight whimsicality of Angel Has Fallen is nowhere to be found in this more downbeat survival thriller. Yet...
This is the third collaboration between Butler and Waugh, but the slight whimsicality of Angel Has Fallen is nowhere to be found in this more downbeat survival thriller. Yet...
- 5/24/2023
- by Jake Cole
- Slant Magazine
Chicago – Ric Roman Waugh is a man of action, as this stuntman-turned-director is approaching his tenth film, several of which involving his actor partner Gerard Butler. The duo takes on the Afghanistan War from the CIA undercover operative angle with the new film “Kandahar,” opening in theaters on May 26th.
Tom Harris (Gerard Butler), is undercover for the Agency, stuck deep within hostile territory during the America’s war in Afghanistan. When an intelligence leak exposes his identity and mission, he must fight his way out. At his side is his translator (Navid Negahban), and together they must reach an extraction point in the Afghan city of Kandahar, all while avoiding the elite special forces unit tasked with hunting them down.
Director Ric Roman Waugh with Gerard Butler on the Set of ‘Kandahar’
Photo credit: Open Road Films
Ric Roman Waugh is a director, writer, producer, actor and former stuntman.
Tom Harris (Gerard Butler), is undercover for the Agency, stuck deep within hostile territory during the America’s war in Afghanistan. When an intelligence leak exposes his identity and mission, he must fight his way out. At his side is his translator (Navid Negahban), and together they must reach an extraction point in the Afghan city of Kandahar, all while avoiding the elite special forces unit tasked with hunting them down.
Director Ric Roman Waugh with Gerard Butler on the Set of ‘Kandahar’
Photo credit: Open Road Films
Ric Roman Waugh is a director, writer, producer, actor and former stuntman.
- 5/22/2023
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The film Kandahar, the latest action-packed collaboration between Gerard Butler and his Angel Has Fallen and Greenland director Ric Roman Waugh, is set to reach theatres on May 26th – and with less than two months left before we reach that date, a new trailer for the film has arrived online. You can check it out in the embed above. We just saw a different trailer for Kandahar a month and a half ago, and you can watch that one Here.
Scripted by Mitchell Lafortune and the director, Kandahar has the following synopsis: Tom Harris (Gerard Butler), an undercover CIA operative, is stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan. After his mission is exposed, he must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding elite enemy forces and foreign spies tasked with hunting them down. The story is based on Lafortune’s...
Scripted by Mitchell Lafortune and the director, Kandahar has the following synopsis: Tom Harris (Gerard Butler), an undercover CIA operative, is stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan. After his mission is exposed, he must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding elite enemy forces and foreign spies tasked with hunting them down. The story is based on Lafortune’s...
- 4/4/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Kandahar Trailer — Ric Roman Waugh‘s Kandahar (2023) movie trailer has been released by Open Road Films. The Kandahar trailer stars Gerard Butler, Navid Negahban, Ali Fazal, Travis Fimmel, Olivia-Mai Barrett, and Elnaaz Norouzi. Crew Mitchell Lafortune wrote the screenplay for Kandahar. “Produced by Brendon Boyea, Gerard Butler, Basil Iwanyk, Scott Lastaiti, [...]
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- 2/19/2023
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Gerard Butler isn’t leaving anything to risk in Open Road Films‘ new Kandahar trailer. With slick direction from Ric Roman Waugh, Kandahar finds Butler playing Tom Harris, an undercover CIA operative stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan. After his mission is exposed, he must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all while avoiding elite enemy forces and foreign spies tasked with hunting them down. The Kandahar trailer will be your bag if you enjoy practical effects, explosions, widespread deception, and danger.
Navid Negahban (Homeland), Ali Fazal (Victoria & Abdul), Travis Fimmel (Vikings), and Bollywood star Elnaaz Norouzi (Sacred Games) star alongside Butler for this intense thriller co-written by Waugh and Mitchell Lafortune, based on his own experiences as a military intelligence officer during the Snowden leaks.
Open Road Films acquired the U.S. rights to Kandahar in an eight-figure deal. The...
Navid Negahban (Homeland), Ali Fazal (Victoria & Abdul), Travis Fimmel (Vikings), and Bollywood star Elnaaz Norouzi (Sacred Games) star alongside Butler for this intense thriller co-written by Waugh and Mitchell Lafortune, based on his own experiences as a military intelligence officer during the Snowden leaks.
Open Road Films acquired the U.S. rights to Kandahar in an eight-figure deal. The...
- 2/15/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Add another wide release to the 2023 theatrical calendar as Open Road has just dated the Gerard Butler action movie Kandahar for May 26, Memorial Day weekend.
The Ric Roman Waugh-directed feature joins other big theatrical titles over the four-day holiday like Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Lionsgate’s Sebastian Maniscalco-Robert De Niro movie About My Father, and Sony’s action comedy The Machine.
Kandahar, written by Mitchell Lafortune and Waugh, follows Tom Harris (Butler) who is an undercover CIA operative stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan. After his mission is exposed, he must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding elite enemy forces and foreign spies tasked with hunting them down.
Navid Negahban, Ali Fazal, Travis Fimmel and Elnaaz Norouzi also star.
Basil Iwanyk, Brendon Boyea, Erica Lee, Butler, Alan Siegel, Christian Mercuri, Ali Jaafar and Scott Lastaiti produce.
The Ric Roman Waugh-directed feature joins other big theatrical titles over the four-day holiday like Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Lionsgate’s Sebastian Maniscalco-Robert De Niro movie About My Father, and Sony’s action comedy The Machine.
Kandahar, written by Mitchell Lafortune and Waugh, follows Tom Harris (Butler) who is an undercover CIA operative stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan. After his mission is exposed, he must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding elite enemy forces and foreign spies tasked with hunting them down.
Navid Negahban, Ali Fazal, Travis Fimmel and Elnaaz Norouzi also star.
Basil Iwanyk, Brendon Boyea, Erica Lee, Butler, Alan Siegel, Christian Mercuri, Ali Jaafar and Scott Lastaiti produce.
- 1/25/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Open Road Films has acquired U.S. rights to Gerard Butler action thriller Kandahar in a splashy eight-figure deal.
The G-base, Thunder Road, Capstone Studios and Mbc Studios feature reunites Butler and director Ric Roman Waugh in the story of Tom Harris (Butler), an undercover CIA operative, stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan. After his mission is exposed, he must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding elite enemy forces and foreign spies tasked with hunting them down.
Also starring are Navid Negahban (Homeland), Ali Fazal (Victoria & Abdul), Travis Fimmel (Vikings), and Bollywood star Elnaaz Norouzi (Sacred Games).
Screenplay comes from Mitchell Lafortune, based on his own experiences as a military intelligence officer during the Snowden leaks. The film was among the first major U.S. productions to shoot in...
The G-base, Thunder Road, Capstone Studios and Mbc Studios feature reunites Butler and director Ric Roman Waugh in the story of Tom Harris (Butler), an undercover CIA operative, stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan. After his mission is exposed, he must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding elite enemy forces and foreign spies tasked with hunting them down.
Also starring are Navid Negahban (Homeland), Ali Fazal (Victoria & Abdul), Travis Fimmel (Vikings), and Bollywood star Elnaaz Norouzi (Sacred Games).
Screenplay comes from Mitchell Lafortune, based on his own experiences as a military intelligence officer during the Snowden leaks. The film was among the first major U.S. productions to shoot in...
- 9/21/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Tom Hooper, Roland Emmerich, Resident Evil franchise director Paul W. S. Anderson lining up projects.
Tom Hooper, Roland Emmerich and Resident Evil franchise director Paul W. S. Anderson are in talks to make shows with AGC Television. The US company is reaping the benefits of a “parallel tracks” strategy to secure project backing via streamers and independent film financing practices.
While a series like Gabriel Garcia Marquez adaption News Of A Kidnapping was fully financed by Amazon, which will release the thriller worldwide in August, AGC Television has also deployed pre-sales, split rights deals, co-productions and equity financing to move...
Tom Hooper, Roland Emmerich and Resident Evil franchise director Paul W. S. Anderson are in talks to make shows with AGC Television. The US company is reaping the benefits of a “parallel tracks” strategy to secure project backing via streamers and independent film financing practices.
While a series like Gabriel Garcia Marquez adaption News Of A Kidnapping was fully financed by Amazon, which will release the thriller worldwide in August, AGC Television has also deployed pre-sales, split rights deals, co-productions and equity financing to move...
- 5/17/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu and Djimon Hounsou have been cast to star in the upcoming deep-sea thriller ‘Last Breath.’
Based on the 2019 documentary, the story is about a commercial diver who was stranded on the bottom of the North Sea with only five minutes of oxygen and no chance of rescue for over 35 minutes. The project is said to have elements of ‘Apollo 13’ and ‘The Perfect Storm.’
Alex Parkinson, the co-director of the documentary, will helm the project from a screenplay by Mitchell Lafortune. Paul Brooks, David Brooks, Stewart le Maréchal, Al Morrow, Anna Mohr-Pietsch and Jeremy Plager will produce the film.
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Harrelson most recently starred in “’Venom: Let There Be Carnage.’ He’ll also be seen in ‘Man From Toronto’ with Kevin Hart.
Having led Marvel’s ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’, Liu...
Based on the 2019 documentary, the story is about a commercial diver who was stranded on the bottom of the North Sea with only five minutes of oxygen and no chance of rescue for over 35 minutes. The project is said to have elements of ‘Apollo 13’ and ‘The Perfect Storm.’
Alex Parkinson, the co-director of the documentary, will helm the project from a screenplay by Mitchell Lafortune. Paul Brooks, David Brooks, Stewart le Maréchal, Al Morrow, Anna Mohr-Pietsch and Jeremy Plager will produce the film.
Also in news – ‘Cobra Kai’ season 5 sets September premiere; Teaser trailer released
Harrelson most recently starred in “’Venom: Let There Be Carnage.’ He’ll also be seen in ‘Man From Toronto’ with Kevin Hart.
Having led Marvel’s ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’, Liu...
- 5/9/2022
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu and Djimon Hounsou are attached to star in “Last Breath,” a deep-sea diving thriller that’s based on a 2019 documentary of the same name.
Alex Parkinson co-directed with Richard de Costa the 2019 film “Last Breath” about a commercial diver who was stranded on the bottom of the North Sea with only five minutes of oxygen and no chance of rescue for over 35 minutes. Parkinson will direct the narrative feature based on his documentary. Mitchell Lafortune wrote the screenplay.
“Last Breath” will be presented to buyers at this month’s Cannes Film Market, with CAA Media Finance representing domestic sales rights, while FilmNation Entertainment will represent international sales.
Producers on the film include Paul Brooks, David Brooks, Stewart le Maréchal, Al Morrow, Anna Mohr-Pietsch and Jeremy Plager.
Harrelson most recently starred in “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” and will be on hand at Cannes for the premiere...
Alex Parkinson co-directed with Richard de Costa the 2019 film “Last Breath” about a commercial diver who was stranded on the bottom of the North Sea with only five minutes of oxygen and no chance of rescue for over 35 minutes. Parkinson will direct the narrative feature based on his documentary. Mitchell Lafortune wrote the screenplay.
“Last Breath” will be presented to buyers at this month’s Cannes Film Market, with CAA Media Finance representing domestic sales rights, while FilmNation Entertainment will represent international sales.
Producers on the film include Paul Brooks, David Brooks, Stewart le Maréchal, Al Morrow, Anna Mohr-Pietsch and Jeremy Plager.
Harrelson most recently starred in “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” and will be on hand at Cannes for the premiere...
- 5/6/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: In what is sure to be one of the hot packages of the upcoming Cannes Market, Woody Harrelson, Shang-Chi’s Simu Liu and Djimon Honsou are set to star in Last Breath, a fact-based narrative thriller that will be directed by Alex Parkinson. He co-directed with Richard da Costa the 2019 documentary of the same title that informs the film.
Last Breath has elements of Apollo 13 and The Perfect Storm, in the life saving ingenuity that is the only chance of keeping an impossible rescue situation in harsh elements from turning tragic. The premise: a diver is stranded on bottom of the North Sea, and when his umbilical cord snaps because of rough seas and an equipment mishap on the ship above, he is left with only five minutes of oxygen, in total darkness and freezing water, with no chance of rescue for at least thirty minutes. Mitchell Lafortune wrote the script,...
Last Breath has elements of Apollo 13 and The Perfect Storm, in the life saving ingenuity that is the only chance of keeping an impossible rescue situation in harsh elements from turning tragic. The premise: a diver is stranded on bottom of the North Sea, and when his umbilical cord snaps because of rough seas and an equipment mishap on the ship above, he is left with only five minutes of oxygen, in total darkness and freezing water, with no chance of rescue for at least thirty minutes. Mitchell Lafortune wrote the script,...
- 5/6/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Mbc, the Saudi-owned Middle East TV giant, is to co-produce and co-finance the upcoming Gerard Butler action thriller Kandahar, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
While no figures were provided, Peter Smith, managing director of Mbc’s production arm Mbc Studios, told THR that the company was making a “substantial investment” in the film.
First announced at the virtual Cannes market in 2020, Kandahar reunites Butler with his Angel Has Fallen and Greenland director Ric Roman Waugh, who directs from a screenplay he wrote with former military intelligence officer Mitchell Lafortune.
The film — based on Lafortune’s experiences at the Defense Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan at ...
While no figures were provided, Peter Smith, managing director of Mbc’s production arm Mbc Studios, told THR that the company was making a “substantial investment” in the film.
First announced at the virtual Cannes market in 2020, Kandahar reunites Butler with his Angel Has Fallen and Greenland director Ric Roman Waugh, who directs from a screenplay he wrote with former military intelligence officer Mitchell Lafortune.
The film — based on Lafortune’s experiences at the Defense Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan at ...
- 3/23/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Mbc, the Saudi-owned Middle East TV giant, is to co-produce and co-finance the upcoming Gerard Butler action thriller Kandahar, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
While no figures were provided, Peter Smith, managing director of Mbc’s production arm Mbc Studios, told THR that the company was making a “substantial investment” in the film.
First announced at the virtual Cannes market in 2020, Kandahar reunites Butler with his Angel Has Fallen and Greenland director Ric Roman Waugh, who directs from a screenplay he wrote with former military intelligence officer Mitchell Lafortune.
The film — based on Lafortune’s experiences at the Defense Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan at ...
While no figures were provided, Peter Smith, managing director of Mbc’s production arm Mbc Studios, told THR that the company was making a “substantial investment” in the film.
First announced at the virtual Cannes market in 2020, Kandahar reunites Butler with his Angel Has Fallen and Greenland director Ric Roman Waugh, who directs from a screenplay he wrote with former military intelligence officer Mitchell Lafortune.
The film — based on Lafortune’s experiences at the Defense Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan at ...
- 3/23/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Screenwriter and former Defense Intelligence Agency officer, Mitchell Lafortune has inked with APA.
Lafortune, who has served on multiple intelligence deployments to Afghanistan, recently penned Burn Run which turned into Kandahar, repping Gerard Butler’s reteam with his Angel Has Fallen filmmaker Ric Roman Waugh. Kandahar was a notable seller in the recent 2020 virtual Cannes market, as Deadline first told you.
Lafortune has worked on revisions for Butler’s Greenland, Robocop Returns for MGM, Split Second, Manhunt for Solstice, and The Gone World for 20th Century Studios.
Additionally, Lafortune just signed on to adapt the 2019 documentary Last Breath, a suspenseful survival story of deep-sea saturation diving that occurred in 2012 for Gold Circle, as well as an action franchise set in the Middle East for M.B.C. studios.
Earlier this week, Lafortune became attached for the feature adaptation of author Perry O’Brien’s revenge thriller, Fire in The Blood,...
Lafortune, who has served on multiple intelligence deployments to Afghanistan, recently penned Burn Run which turned into Kandahar, repping Gerard Butler’s reteam with his Angel Has Fallen filmmaker Ric Roman Waugh. Kandahar was a notable seller in the recent 2020 virtual Cannes market, as Deadline first told you.
Lafortune has worked on revisions for Butler’s Greenland, Robocop Returns for MGM, Split Second, Manhunt for Solstice, and The Gone World for 20th Century Studios.
Additionally, Lafortune just signed on to adapt the 2019 documentary Last Breath, a suspenseful survival story of deep-sea saturation diving that occurred in 2012 for Gold Circle, as well as an action franchise set in the Middle East for M.B.C. studios.
Earlier this week, Lafortune became attached for the feature adaptation of author Perry O’Brien’s revenge thriller, Fire in The Blood,...
- 7/31/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Upcoming thriller from Thunder Road Films, G-Base to shoot in Middle East.
Capstone Group has closed major territories led by France and Germany on the hot Cannes virtual market sales title Kandahar starring Gerard Butler.
The upcoming action thriller from Thunder Road Films and G-Base has sold in France (Metropolitan), Germany (Leonine), Italy (Leone), Spain (Dea Planeta), Middle East (Eagle), Scandinavia (Nordisk), and Benelux (Dfw).
Audiences will also get to see Butler in action in Latin America (Sun), Japan (Klockworx), South Korea (Joy N Contents), Taiwan (Movie Cloud), Portugal (Lusomundo), Switzerland (Impuls), Singapore and Vietnam (Encore), Israel (United King), and...
Capstone Group has closed major territories led by France and Germany on the hot Cannes virtual market sales title Kandahar starring Gerard Butler.
The upcoming action thriller from Thunder Road Films and G-Base has sold in France (Metropolitan), Germany (Leonine), Italy (Leone), Spain (Dea Planeta), Middle East (Eagle), Scandinavia (Nordisk), and Benelux (Dfw).
Audiences will also get to see Butler in action in Latin America (Sun), Japan (Klockworx), South Korea (Joy N Contents), Taiwan (Movie Cloud), Portugal (Lusomundo), Switzerland (Impuls), Singapore and Vietnam (Encore), Israel (United King), and...
- 7/2/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
In the spirit of apocalypse films such as Deep Impact and Armageddon, the countdown to extinction is running down in the midst of an incoming comet in the new movie Greenland, and you can get a look at one family's harrowing trek to find a bunker in the official trailer.
Directed by Ric Roman Waugh from a screenplay by Chris Sparling and Mitchell Lafortune, Greenland stars Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Roger Dale Floyd, Scott Glenn, David Denman, Hope Davis, Andrew Bachelor, and Joshua Mikel. STXfilms will release Greenland in theaters on August 14th.
Synopsis: "A family fights for survival as a planet-killing comet races to Earth. John Garrity (Gerard Butler), his estranged wife Allison (Morena Baccarin), and young son Nathan make a perilous journey to their only hope for sanctuary. Amid terrifying news accounts of cities around the world being leveled by the comet’s fragments, the Garrity’s experience...
Directed by Ric Roman Waugh from a screenplay by Chris Sparling and Mitchell Lafortune, Greenland stars Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Roger Dale Floyd, Scott Glenn, David Denman, Hope Davis, Andrew Bachelor, and Joshua Mikel. STXfilms will release Greenland in theaters on August 14th.
Synopsis: "A family fights for survival as a planet-killing comet races to Earth. John Garrity (Gerard Butler), his estranged wife Allison (Morena Baccarin), and young son Nathan make a perilous journey to their only hope for sanctuary. Amid terrifying news accounts of cities around the world being leveled by the comet’s fragments, the Garrity’s experience...
- 6/25/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Gerard Butler is set to re-team with his director from “Angel Has Fallen” and “Greenland” on a new action film called “Kandahar” that is launching sales at the Cannes Virtual Market.
Ric Roman Waugh will direct the film from a script he co-wrote with Mitchell Lafortune, a former military intelligence officer, based on Lafortune’s own experiences at the Defense Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan at the time of the Edward Snowden leaks.
In “Kandahar,” Butler stars as an undercover CIA operative working in the Middle East who is stuck in the region after an intelligence leak exposes his identity and his classified mission. He must fight his way out of Kandahar all while elite special forces pursue him. The film plans to shoot on location in the Middle East.
Also Read: Gerard Butler Disaster Movie 'Greenland' to Hit Theaters Late July for Stx
Thunder Road Films’ Basil Iwanyk...
Ric Roman Waugh will direct the film from a script he co-wrote with Mitchell Lafortune, a former military intelligence officer, based on Lafortune’s own experiences at the Defense Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan at the time of the Edward Snowden leaks.
In “Kandahar,” Butler stars as an undercover CIA operative working in the Middle East who is stuck in the region after an intelligence leak exposes his identity and his classified mission. He must fight his way out of Kandahar all while elite special forces pursue him. The film plans to shoot on location in the Middle East.
Also Read: Gerard Butler Disaster Movie 'Greenland' to Hit Theaters Late July for Stx
Thunder Road Films’ Basil Iwanyk...
- 6/22/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Gerard Butler is set to reteam with “Greenland” and “Angel Has Fallen” director Ric Roman Waugh on action thriller “Kandahar.” CAA Media Finance is representing the film’s U.S. rights, and Capstone is handling international, and will present the project to buyers at the virtual Cannes Market.
Waugh will direct from a screenplay he wrote with former military intelligence officer Mitchell Lafortune, based on the latter’s experiences at the Defense Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan at the time of the Snowden leaks.
Butler stars as Tom Harris, an undercover CIA operative working in the Middle East. An intelligence leak dangerously exposes his classified mission and reveals his covert identity. Stuck in the heart of hostile territory, Harris and his translator must fight their way out of the desert to an extraction point in Kandahar, while eluding the elite special forces hunting them.
The film is being produced by Basil Iwanyk...
Waugh will direct from a screenplay he wrote with former military intelligence officer Mitchell Lafortune, based on the latter’s experiences at the Defense Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan at the time of the Snowden leaks.
Butler stars as Tom Harris, an undercover CIA operative working in the Middle East. An intelligence leak dangerously exposes his classified mission and reveals his covert identity. Stuck in the heart of hostile territory, Harris and his translator must fight their way out of the desert to an extraction point in Kandahar, while eluding the elite special forces hunting them.
The film is being produced by Basil Iwanyk...
- 6/22/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Gerard Butler is set to star in action pic Kandahar, which Capstone and CAA will launch sales for at the Cannes virtual market.
John Wick and Sicario firm Thunder Road is among producers with Ric Roman Waugh directing. Butler and Waugh teamed up last year on hit action pic Angel Has Fallen.
Waugh will direct from a screenplay he wrote with former military intelligence officer Mitchell Lafortune.
In the film, Butler will play Tom Harris, an undercover CIA operative working in the Middle East. An intelligence leak dangerously exposes his classified mission and reveals his covert identity. Stuck in the heart of hostile territory, Harris and his translator must fight their way out of the desert to an extraction point in Kandahar, Afghanistan, while eluding the elite special forces hunting them.
The film is being produced by Thunder Road Films’ Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee, G-base’s Alan Siegel and Gerard Butler,...
John Wick and Sicario firm Thunder Road is among producers with Ric Roman Waugh directing. Butler and Waugh teamed up last year on hit action pic Angel Has Fallen.
Waugh will direct from a screenplay he wrote with former military intelligence officer Mitchell Lafortune.
In the film, Butler will play Tom Harris, an undercover CIA operative working in the Middle East. An intelligence leak dangerously exposes his classified mission and reveals his covert identity. Stuck in the heart of hostile territory, Harris and his translator must fight their way out of the desert to an extraction point in Kandahar, Afghanistan, while eluding the elite special forces hunting them.
The film is being produced by Thunder Road Films’ Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee, G-base’s Alan Siegel and Gerard Butler,...
- 6/22/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Gerard Butler is adding another action thriller to his belt, reuniting with his Angel Has Fallen and Greenland director Ric Roman Waugh on Kandahar.
Waugh will direct from a screenplay he wrote with former military intelligence officer Mitchell Lafortune.
Based on Lafortune’s experiences at the Defense Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan at the time of the Edward Snowden leaks, the film will see Butler star as an undercover CIA operative working in the Middle East whose classified mission and covert identity are exposed. Stuck in the heart of hostile territory, he must fight his way out of the desert alongside his translator ...
Waugh will direct from a screenplay he wrote with former military intelligence officer Mitchell Lafortune.
Based on Lafortune’s experiences at the Defense Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan at the time of the Edward Snowden leaks, the film will see Butler star as an undercover CIA operative working in the Middle East whose classified mission and covert identity are exposed. Stuck in the heart of hostile territory, he must fight his way out of the desert alongside his translator ...
- 6/22/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Gerard Butler is adding another action thriller to his belt, reuniting with his Angel Has Fallen and Greenland director Ric Roman Waugh on Kandahar.
Waugh will direct from a screenplay he wrote with former military intelligence officer Mitchell Lafortune.
Based on Lafortune’s experiences at the Defense Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan at the time of the Edward Snowden leaks, the film will see Butler star as an undercover CIA operative working in the Middle East whose classified mission and covert identity are exposed. Stuck in the heart of hostile territory, he must fight his way out of the desert alongside his translator ...
Waugh will direct from a screenplay he wrote with former military intelligence officer Mitchell Lafortune.
Based on Lafortune’s experiences at the Defense Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan at the time of the Edward Snowden leaks, the film will see Butler star as an undercover CIA operative working in the Middle East whose classified mission and covert identity are exposed. Stuck in the heart of hostile territory, he must fight his way out of the desert alongside his translator ...
- 6/22/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Andrew Bachelor, a.k.a King Bach and Marvel’s Daredevil actor Scott Glenn have been added cast of Greenland, the STXfilms disaster thriller starring Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin. Young actor Roger Dale Floyd, who will appear in WB’s The Shining sequel, Doctor Sleep, is also set to co-star.
Ric Roman Waugh is directing the film based on a script from Chris Sparling, with revisions by Mitchell Lafortune and Roman.
Currently in production, the pic centers on one family’s fight for survival in the face of a cataclysmic natural disaster.
Thunder Road Films’ Basil Iwanyk is producing the film with Butler and Alan Siegel via their G-base production company. STXinternational is handling foreign.
Bachelor’s upcoming slate includes Coffee and Kareem, a Netflix film starring Taraji P. Henson and Ed Helms, Holidate opposite Emma Roberts and Kristin Chenoweth,...
Ric Roman Waugh is directing the film based on a script from Chris Sparling, with revisions by Mitchell Lafortune and Roman.
Currently in production, the pic centers on one family’s fight for survival in the face of a cataclysmic natural disaster.
Thunder Road Films’ Basil Iwanyk is producing the film with Butler and Alan Siegel via their G-base production company. STXinternational is handling foreign.
Bachelor’s upcoming slate includes Coffee and Kareem, a Netflix film starring Taraji P. Henson and Ed Helms, Holidate opposite Emma Roberts and Kristin Chenoweth,...
- 7/15/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Deadpool and Gotham star Morena Baccarin is in final negotiations to co-star opposite Gerard Butler in STXfilms’ disaster-thriller Greenland. Angel Has Fallen director Ric Roman is helming the pic, which will go before cameras next week.
Chris Sparling wrote the script, with revisions by Mitchell Lafortune and Roman. The plot centers on one family’s fight for survival in the face of a cataclysmic natural disaster.
Thunder Road Films’ Basil Iwanyk is producing the film with Butler and Alan Siegel via their G-base production company.
Anton is financing and STXfilms is distributing worldwide.
Baccarin’s other credits include Firefly (and its film spinoff Serenity), ABC’s V series, and Showtime’s Homeland, the series that earned her a supporting actress Emmy nom. The Brazilian-American actress can also currently be seen in Season 3 of the Netflix show, A Series of Unfortunate Events.
Baccarin is repped by UTA and Seven Summits Pictures & Management.
Chris Sparling wrote the script, with revisions by Mitchell Lafortune and Roman. The plot centers on one family’s fight for survival in the face of a cataclysmic natural disaster.
Thunder Road Films’ Basil Iwanyk is producing the film with Butler and Alan Siegel via their G-base production company.
Anton is financing and STXfilms is distributing worldwide.
Baccarin’s other credits include Firefly (and its film spinoff Serenity), ABC’s V series, and Showtime’s Homeland, the series that earned her a supporting actress Emmy nom. The Brazilian-American actress can also currently be seen in Season 3 of the Netflix show, A Series of Unfortunate Events.
Baccarin is repped by UTA and Seven Summits Pictures & Management.
- 6/18/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
STXfilms has acquired the domestic rights to distribute “Greenland,” starring Gerard Butler, it announced Thursday.
“Greenland” is a disaster thriller that follows a family struggling for survival in the face of a cataclysmic natural disaster. The film will be directed by former stuntman Ric Roman Waugh, who wrote and directed Dwayne Johnson’s 2013 crime thriller “Snitch.”
Chris Sparling (“Buried”) penned the script for “Greenland,” with current revisions by Mitchell Lafortune. Principal photography on the film is set to begin in May.
“Greenland” is produced by Thunder Road Films’ Basil Iwanyk, who also developed the project, with Butler and Alan Siegel via their G-base production company. Anton is fully financing and producing. CAA Media Finance arranged the film’s financing and represented the project’s domestic rights alongside Anton.
STXinternational’s John Friedberg previously acquired the international rights to the film.
“Greenland” is a disaster thriller that follows a family struggling for survival in the face of a cataclysmic natural disaster. The film will be directed by former stuntman Ric Roman Waugh, who wrote and directed Dwayne Johnson’s 2013 crime thriller “Snitch.”
Chris Sparling (“Buried”) penned the script for “Greenland,” with current revisions by Mitchell Lafortune. Principal photography on the film is set to begin in May.
“Greenland” is produced by Thunder Road Films’ Basil Iwanyk, who also developed the project, with Butler and Alan Siegel via their G-base production company. Anton is fully financing and producing. CAA Media Finance arranged the film’s financing and represented the project’s domestic rights alongside Anton.
STXinternational’s John Friedberg previously acquired the international rights to the film.
- 3/14/2019
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
STXinternational to distribute directly in the UK.
STXfilms has acquired Us rights to the upcoming Gerard Butler disaster thriller Greenland from Thunder Road Films and Anton, which reunites the star with his Angel Has Fallen director Ric Roman Waugh.
Chris Sparling wrote the screenplay with revisions by Mitchell Lafortune about a family’s fight for survival in the face of a devastating natural disaster.
Greenland is scheduled to start shooting in May. STXinternational holds international rights, which newly promoted president of international John Friedberg and his team introduced to Efm buyers in Berlin last month.
STXinternational will handle international distribution...
STXfilms has acquired Us rights to the upcoming Gerard Butler disaster thriller Greenland from Thunder Road Films and Anton, which reunites the star with his Angel Has Fallen director Ric Roman Waugh.
Chris Sparling wrote the screenplay with revisions by Mitchell Lafortune about a family’s fight for survival in the face of a devastating natural disaster.
Greenland is scheduled to start shooting in May. STXinternational holds international rights, which newly promoted president of international John Friedberg and his team introduced to Efm buyers in Berlin last month.
STXinternational will handle international distribution...
- 3/14/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
STXfilms has acquired domestic distribution rights to Greenland, a disaster thriller that will be the next film from Angel Has Fallen director Ric Roman Waugh and that film’s star Gerard Butler. The studio said it is eyeing a May production start on the pic from Thunder Road Films and Anton.
STXinternational already has international rights to the project, which was among the buzz titles at last month’s European Film Market; at one time in an incarnation Chris Evans and Neill Blomkamp were attached. STXinternational will handle overseas distribution through its output partnerships and distribute the film itself in the UK.
The plot centers on one family’s fight for survival in the face of a cataclysmic natural
disaster. Chris Sparling penned the script, with revisions by Mitchell Lafortune.
Thunder Road Films’ Basil Iwanyk, who also developed the project, is producing with Butler and Alan Siegel via their G-Base production company.
STXinternational already has international rights to the project, which was among the buzz titles at last month’s European Film Market; at one time in an incarnation Chris Evans and Neill Blomkamp were attached. STXinternational will handle overseas distribution through its output partnerships and distribute the film itself in the UK.
The plot centers on one family’s fight for survival in the face of a cataclysmic natural
disaster. Chris Sparling penned the script, with revisions by Mitchell Lafortune.
Thunder Road Films’ Basil Iwanyk, who also developed the project, is producing with Butler and Alan Siegel via their G-Base production company.
- 3/14/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Solstice Studios, the upstart producer, financier and theatrical distribution venture launched last October by Mark Gill, Andrew Gunn, Guy Botham and Vincent Bruzzese, has targeted its first homegrown picture that will go into production. Deadline hears that Split Second is out to directors, with a plan to begin production later this year. Scripted by former military intelligence officer Mitchell Lafortune, Split Second is an action thriller about an assassin who suffers a psychological break when he is ordered to kill the woman who is his lifeline. The story follows two versions of the same character: one who pulls the trigger and descends into madness, the other who takes the road to redemption and goes on the run with her.
Solstice will make mid-budget films for wide theatrical release. Lafortune is repped by Verve, and managed by Kaplan/Perrone.
Solstice will make mid-budget films for wide theatrical release. Lafortune is repped by Verve, and managed by Kaplan/Perrone.
- 3/6/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Avengers: Infinity War
Alan Silvestri ("Forrest Gump," "Flight," "Cast Away") is returning to the fold with the award-winning composer reportedly confirmed to be doing the scores for both parts of the "Avengers: Infinity War" saga at Marvel Studios.
Silvestri joined the McU with the score for "Captain America: The First Avenger" and followed that up a year later with "The Avengers," but hasn't been involved since. [Source: Cbm]
Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures has put aside three release date slots in the near future for what it's dubbing major event films. Sadly it is not announcing the titles for the projects, but it has locked in three dates: August 10th 2018, January 18th 2019 and April 10th 2020.
It's known this list does not include the various Universal monster franchise films in the works which already have dates, or the "Jurassic World" sequel which is set for June 22nd 2018. [Source: Collider]
The Voyeur's Motel
Krysty Wilson-Cairns ("Penny Dreadful,...
Alan Silvestri ("Forrest Gump," "Flight," "Cast Away") is returning to the fold with the award-winning composer reportedly confirmed to be doing the scores for both parts of the "Avengers: Infinity War" saga at Marvel Studios.
Silvestri joined the McU with the score for "Captain America: The First Avenger" and followed that up a year later with "The Avengers," but hasn't been involved since. [Source: Cbm]
Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures has put aside three release date slots in the near future for what it's dubbing major event films. Sadly it is not announcing the titles for the projects, but it has locked in three dates: August 10th 2018, January 18th 2019 and April 10th 2020.
It's known this list does not include the various Universal monster franchise films in the works which already have dates, or the "Jurassic World" sequel which is set for June 22nd 2018. [Source: Collider]
The Voyeur's Motel
Krysty Wilson-Cairns ("Penny Dreadful,...
- 6/7/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Former Army sergeant and intelligence analyst with the 82nd Airborne Division-turned-screenwriter Mitchell Lafortune’s Burn Run has just sold to Thunder Road Pictures, one of the production companies behind the gritty Sicario. The spec went out last week from Paradigm, one of two screenplays with the same title and set in Afghanistan. This one, however, is based on true events from Lafortune's experiences while working as an intelligence officer at the Defense…...
- 6/6/2016
- Deadline
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