Exclusive: Screen Media has acquired North American rights to the psychological thriller The Immaculate Room, from writer-director Mukunda Michael Dewil (Vehicle 19). The Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment company has slated the title, starring Emile Hirsch, Kate Bosworth, Ashley Greene and M. Emmet Walsh, for a day-and-date release in the second half of this year.
The Immaculate Room follows a seemingly perfect couple who take part in a psychological experiment that will reward them $5 million if they can stay in a perfectly white room for 50 days. But the room is much more than it seems, and a hidden past and private demons will reveal shameful truths that they may not survive.
The film premiered on February 3rd as the opening night film at 4th annual Mammoth Film Festival,...
The Immaculate Room follows a seemingly perfect couple who take part in a psychological experiment that will reward them $5 million if they can stay in a perfectly white room for 50 days. But the room is much more than it seems, and a hidden past and private demons will reveal shameful truths that they may not survive.
The film premiered on February 3rd as the opening night film at 4th annual Mammoth Film Festival,...
- 2/18/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Screen Media has acquired North American rights to the horror film The Accursed, from director Kevin Lewis (Willy’s Wonderland), which stars Mena Suvari (American Beauty), Sarah Grey (Power Rangers), Meg Foster (They Live) and Alexis Knapp (Pitch Perfect). The Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment company has slated the title, which is currently in post-production, for a theatrical day-and-date release this fall.
The Accursed follows a young woman who is forced to return home following the death of her mother. Consumed by guilt and desperate to escape the haunting visions playing out in her head, she takes a temporary caregiver position for a comatose, old lady living alone in the woods. It does not take long before she realizes that not all is as it seems, and that the old lady harbors a demonic secret; an evil secret that the old lady’s daughter is intent on passing on.
The Accursed follows a young woman who is forced to return home following the death of her mother. Consumed by guilt and desperate to escape the haunting visions playing out in her head, she takes a temporary caregiver position for a comatose, old lady living alone in the woods. It does not take long before she realizes that not all is as it seems, and that the old lady harbors a demonic secret; an evil secret that the old lady’s daughter is intent on passing on.
- 2/10/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Even fans of “La Soga,” the 2009 crime drama shot in the Dominican Republic, will have their patience taxed by this vacuous follow-up that catches up with Luisito (Manny Pérez), a former executioner for the secret police in Santiago now living a quiet life in New England with his girlfriend Lia (Sarah Jorge Leon).
Things don’t stay quiet for long. Luisito’s past intrudes on his domestic bliss in the form of a well-dressed U.S. federal agent (Chris McGarry), who kidnaps Lia and threatens to murder her unless Luisito takes down a Dominican drug lord before he can testify in court. The assignment gets complicated fast. But despite the mayhem, the film remains curiously inert, unable to generate even the B-grade buzz of a lower-tier Liam Neeson paycheck picture.
The original movie — a minor phenomenon back in 2009, being the first Dominican Republic-made feature to screen at the Toronto International...
Things don’t stay quiet for long. Luisito’s past intrudes on his domestic bliss in the form of a well-dressed U.S. federal agent (Chris McGarry), who kidnaps Lia and threatens to murder her unless Luisito takes down a Dominican drug lord before he can testify in court. The assignment gets complicated fast. But despite the mayhem, the film remains curiously inert, unable to generate even the B-grade buzz of a lower-tier Liam Neeson paycheck picture.
The original movie — a minor phenomenon back in 2009, being the first Dominican Republic-made feature to screen at the Toronto International...
- 1/28/2022
- by Rene Rodriguez
- Variety Film + TV
Hada Vanessa as assassin Dani in writer/director Manny Perez’ LA Soga: Salvation. Courtesy of Screen Media
For a definition of what people mean when they describe a crime drama as “gritty,” look no further than LA Soga: Salvation, a mostly-subtitled tale of a former Dominican hit man, Luisito (writer/director Manny Perez), struggling to leave that life after a personal tragedy. He’s moved many times to avoid the cartels and corrupt politicians he’d targeted. He was one of the “good” assassins, bumping off the worst of the bad guys ruining his country. Think of him as playing the vigilante role somewhere between a Zorro and a Dexter. We meet him in Rhode Island with a new love, Lia (Sarah Jorge Leon), while living small to stay under the radar of former associates and enemies. Of course, that doesn’t work, or we wouldn’t have much of a movie.
For a definition of what people mean when they describe a crime drama as “gritty,” look no further than LA Soga: Salvation, a mostly-subtitled tale of a former Dominican hit man, Luisito (writer/director Manny Perez), struggling to leave that life after a personal tragedy. He’s moved many times to avoid the cartels and corrupt politicians he’d targeted. He was one of the “good” assassins, bumping off the worst of the bad guys ruining his country. Think of him as playing the vigilante role somewhere between a Zorro and a Dexter. We meet him in Rhode Island with a new love, Lia (Sarah Jorge Leon), while living small to stay under the radar of former associates and enemies. Of course, that doesn’t work, or we wouldn’t have much of a movie.
- 1/27/2022
- by Mark Glass
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
A scaled-down 2021 Toronto Film Festival has dramatically turned into two events: a festival for directors and producers over the moon for finally screening their latest movies in front of a live audience, and a stay-at-home event for film buyers and sellers looking to avoid crowds and the delta variant.
“I was afraid they were going to shut down the border and the [Toronto] festival wasn’t happening, or only virtually,” Manny Perez, the Dominican American writer and actor set to host a socially distanced world premiere at Bell Lightbox for his La Soga 2 on Friday night, tells The ...
“I was afraid they were going to shut down the border and the [Toronto] festival wasn’t happening, or only virtually,” Manny Perez, the Dominican American writer and actor set to host a socially distanced world premiere at Bell Lightbox for his La Soga 2 on Friday night, tells The ...
A scaled-down 2021 Toronto Film Festival has dramatically turned into two events: a festival for directors and producers over the moon for finally screening their latest movies in front of a live audience, and a stay-at-home event for film buyers and sellers looking to avoid crowds and the delta variant.
“I was afraid they were going to shut down the border and the [Toronto] festival wasn’t happening, or only virtually,” Manny Perez, the Dominican American writer and actor set to host a socially distanced world premiere at Bell Lightbox for his La Soga 2 on Friday night, tells The ...
“I was afraid they were going to shut down the border and the [Toronto] festival wasn’t happening, or only virtually,” Manny Perez, the Dominican American writer and actor set to host a socially distanced world premiere at Bell Lightbox for his La Soga 2 on Friday night, tells The ...
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