EXCLUSIVE: Magnolia Photos has pre-bought U.S. rights to horror-thriller The Shepherd from Anton and are planning a sturdy theatrical launch subsequent yr.
David Dastmalchian (The Darkish Knight) and Georgina Campbell (Barbarian) are set to star within the movie a couple of determined younger girl on the run from her ex who hitches a journey via the desert with a daunting stranger, solely to understand he’s on a mission to destroy the mysterious cargo resting within the backseat.
Filming is because of get underway this fall on the film which heralds from Spooky Photos and Picture Nation. John Hyams (Sick) is directing from a script by Alexander Gustaveson.
Anton is dealing with worldwide rights and co-repping North American rights with UTA Unbiased Movie Group and Cinetic. Worldwide gross sales will proceed at TIFF.
The deal was negotiated by Magnolia’s SVP of Acquisitions John Von Thaden, with Louis Balsan and Sebastien Raybaud of Anton, and CAA Media Finance on behalf of the filmmakers.
Reuniting the producers behind the box-office hit Late Evening with the Satan – which additionally starred Dastmalchian – The Shepherd is produced below the Spooky Photos – Picture Nation partnership with Steven Schneider (Paranormal Exercise) and Roy Lee (It franchise, Weapons) for Spooky Photos (Unusual Darling); Ben Cornwell, Jordan Foley and Nick Smith for Paperclip Ltd. (Alone) together with Jonathan Rosenthal (Alone); and Sébastien Raybaud (Greenland) for Anton. Anton and Picture Nation are financing.
Government producers are David Dastmalchian below his Good Fiend Movies banner, Georgina Campbell, Ben Ross and Derek Dauchy for Picture Nation, Rami Yasin for Spooky Photos, and Yeardley Smith for Paperclip Ltd.
“John Hyams has turn into a grasp at delivering intense, visceral materials with most affect,” stated Magnolia Photos co-CEOs Eamonn Bowles and Dori Begley. “We’re excited to carry this to audiences subsequent yr.”
Oppenheimer, The Darkish Knight and Ant-Man star Dastmalchian may be seen subsequent in Apple TV+’s sci fi collection Murderbot. Barbarian and The Watchers star Campbell received a BAFTA TV prize for Murdered by My Boyfriend.
