Brainstorm Media has acquired North American rights to Alistair Banks Griffin’s thriller The Wolf Hour, which has also sold around the world for HanWay Films. The Sundance debut stars Naomi Watts t…
together with Jennifer Ehle, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Emory Cohen, Brennan Brown, and Jeremy Bobb. Watts also executive produced.
Set against the ‘Summer of Sam’, the film charts the story of a once well-known, now reclusive writer caught up in the tension of late 1970s New York. The deal was negotiated between Brainstorm and CAA Media Finance on behalf of the filmmakers together with HanWay. Brainstorm will release theatrically in fall 2019.
HanWay has also closed deals with Odeon , NOS Lusomundo , Fabula , Discovery , DDDream , Klockworx , Shaw , Cinesky and UPHE Content Group . The film is produced by Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Bailey Conway Anglewicz from Automatik along with Bradley Pilz under Bradley Pilz productions. Felipe Dieppa and Taryn Nagle are exec producers for The Big Picture Company with Linda Moran of Belladonna Productions and Fred Berger of Automatik.
“Naomi Watts gives a riveting performance in this tense thriller. We are very excited to bring this movie to U.S. theaters nationwide,” said Michelle Shwarzstein, VP of Marketing and Acquisitions for Brainstorm Media.screened in Director’s Fortnight at Cannes 2010 and competed for the Camera d’Or.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Naomi Watts Thriller ‘The Wolf Hour’ Picked Up for U.S. by Brainstorm Media“The Wolf Hour,” a psychological thriller starring Naomi Watts and Jennifer Ehle, has been picked up for North America by Brainstorm Media. HanWay Films has also closed sales for a host of European…
Read more »
‘The Loudest Voice’ Stars Naomi Watts, Russell Crowe Talk Roger AilesRoger Ailes may have been the force behind the creation of Fox News, but the late newsman’s legacy will forever be his atrocious sexual harassment of several of the network’s female anchors and pro…
Read more »
Naomi Campbell says racial diversity in fashion should not be just a trendRacial diversity in fashion has improved in recent years, but the industry must ...
Read more »
Heidi Klum & Tim Gunn’s Amazon Fashion Competition Series Gets Title, Naomi Campbell & Nicole Richie Among JudgesHeidi Klum and Tim Gunn’s Amazon fashion competition series has gotten a title, timeline and first-look photos. Newly titled Making The Cut “will bring together 12 talented entrepreneur…
Read more »
naomi campbell’s forgotten 90s novel is an unintentional comic gem“I just did not have the time [in the 1990s],” Naomi Campbell once told an interviewer, “to sit down and write a book.”
Read more »
Must Read: Fashion's Rainbow Glass Ceiling Persists, Naomi Campbell to be Honored With Fashion Icon AwardPlus, more American designers are showing in Paris and a new Karl Lagerfeld makeup line is coming.
Read more »