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‘Cheap Thrills’ Acquired By Pacific Northwest Pictures For Canada
Pacific Northwest Pictures announced today that they have acquired all Canadian rights to E.L. Katz’s breakout hit Cheap Thrills from international sales company Films Distribution.
The film was recently awarded the “New Flesh Award” for Best First Feature at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal and PNP will release the film theatrically in Canada day-and-date with Drafthouse’s U.S. release, which is planned for first quarter of 2014.
“Cheap Thrills tells the story of a new father facing eviction whose life is turned upside down when he meets a wealthy couple who offer a path to a better life…but at a price. ”
Starring David Koechner, Pat Healy, Ethan Embry, and Sara Paxton, Cheap Thrills is directed by E.L. Katz from a script by Trent Haaga.
Sony returns to their own Marvel universe with the upcoming Kraven the Hunter, which has been bumped all over the release schedule. This week, it’s been bumped once more.
There was a time when Sony was going to unleash Kraven in theaters in October 2023, but the film was then bumped to August 2024. It’ll now release on December 13, 2024.
Kraven the Hunter will be the very first Marvel movie from Sony to be released into theaters with an “R” rating, with lots of bloody violence being promised.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as the title character, Marvel’s ultimate predator.
“Kraven the Hunter is the visceral story about how and why one of Marvel’s most iconic villains came to be. Set before his notorious vendetta with Spider-Man, Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as the titular character in the R-rated film.”
Ariana DeBose will play Calypso in the upcoming Kraven the Hunter movie.
Christopher Abbott (Possessor) is playing The Foreigner, with Levi Miller (Better Watch Out) also on board. Alessandro Nivola (The Many Saints of Newark) will play another villain, but character details are under wraps. Russell Crowe and Fred Hechinger also star.
J.C. Chandor (A Most Violent Year) is directing Kraven the Hunter.
The screenplay was written by Art Marcum & Matt Holloway and Richard Wenk.
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