Sean Young Boards ‘Ouija Witch’; ‘Bullet Proof’ Gets Grindstone Deal; Verloren Developing ‘Macho!’; Dances With Films Selections; More – Film Briefs
13.05.2022 - 19:25
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EXCLUSIVE: Screen icon Sean Young (Blade Runner, Dune) has signed on for a role in the horror film Ouija Witch, which is currently in production. She’s set to star alongside Miley Rose, Jeremy Dean, Cheyenne Phillips, Ryan M. Shaw, LeJon Woods, Rivera Reese, Maggie Wagner and Sean Michael Conway.
The film concerns a young woman who summons an evil witch to get revenge on the men who attacked her. Young will play the mysterious shopkeeper who helps summon the evil spirit.
Ouija Witch is a co-production of Millman Productions, Titan Global Entertainment, Salem House Films and Otsego Media. Robert Michael Ryan is directing from a script by John Doolan, which was based on a story by Ryan and Cuyle Carvin. Ryan, Carvin and Korey Rowe are producing, with Jeff Miller (The Toybox) and Mark L. Lester (director of the original Firestarter) exec producing, and Alysa Blasetti serving as co-producer. Titan Global Entertainment and Millman Productions are handling worldwide sales and distribution. Young is repped by Media Artists Group and Miles Anthony Associates in the UK.
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EXCLUSIVE: IndustryWorks Studios announced today that it will present the action-packed feature Bullet Proof to the foreign market at the Cannes Film Festival. Grindstone Entertainment Group, a Lionsgate company, will distribute the film in the U.S. and Canada this summer.
In James C. Clayton’s directorial debut, a thief (Clayton) who only looks out for number one pulls off the robbery of a lifetime when he robs the psychotic drug lord Temple (Vinnie Jones). The plan goes off without a hitch until the thief discovers a stowaway in his getaway car: Temple’s wife, Mia (Lina Lecompte). With Temple and his top hitman, the deadly and mysterious hitman The Frenchman