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AFM 2016 Line up from Premiere Entertainment
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AFM LINE-UP
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FALL GUY
GENRE: Action
DIRECTOR: Kevin Carraway
PRODUCERS: Kevin Carraway
CAST: Sean Bean (The Martian, Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings), Paz Vega (Grace of Monaco)
SYNOPSIS: A cab driver with a gambling debt accepts a job to transport a valuable briefcase, and gets in over his head when the case is stolen.
STATUS: Pre-Production
screenplay available upon request
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YOUR MOVE
GENRE: Action
DIRECTOR: Luke Goss
PRODUCER: Cecil Chambers, Luke Goss,
CAST: Luke Goss (Hellboy II: The Golden Army, The Night Crew) Robert Davi (Die Hard, The Expendables 3) Patricia De Leon (Bad Ass)
SYNOPSIS: A successful New York businessman, while on a video call with his wife and child who are visiting her family in Mexico, witnesses their brutal attack and kidnapping. Unable to rely on the country's law enforcement, he embarks on a journey to find his family and avenge the violence that befell them.
STATUS: Post-Production
Password: youRmove5
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HOSTILE BORDER
GENRE: Thriller
DIRECTOR: Michael Dwyer
PRODUCER: Michael Dwyer
CAST: Veronica Sixtos (House of Payne), Julio Cedillo (Sicario, Cowboys & Aliens), Roberto Urbina(Che: Part One, Narcos)
SYNOPSIS: Raised in the U.S., Claudia (22) has forged her own version of the American Dream when she is suddenly arrested for credit card fraud and deported to Mexico. Unable and unwilling to adapt to her new reality she forms a dangerous alliance with a drug cartel in a desperate attempt to return to the United States.
STATUS: Completed
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LOCKED IN
GENRE: Woman in Peril/Action/Thriller
DIRECTOR: Carlos Gutierrez
PRODUCERS: Elias Axume
CAST: TBD
SYNOPSIS: A single mother must protect her daughter and herself during a heist gone wrong at a high-tech storage facility.
STATUS: Pre-Production
screenplay available upon request
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THE GREATEST MIRACLE
GENRE: Animation, Drama
DIRECTOR: Bruce Morris
PRODUCER: Luis De Velasco
SYNOPSIS: The Greatest Miracle is an inspiring story which illustrates hope and faith. A story of the unseen sense of going and participating in church. It focuses on three characters and their guardians. From confession to communion to offerings and our prayers for those who have gone to heaven.
STATUS: Completed
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THE VEIL
GENRE: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
DIRECTOR: Brent Ryan Green
PRODUCERS: Brent Ryan Green, Jeff Goldberg
CAST: William Levy (Addicted, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter), William Moseley (The Chronicles of Narnia), Serinda Swan (Graceland)
SYNOPSIS: Set in a war-torn land where tribal factions live in fear of annihilation, the film tells the story of a deadly warrior leading a destructive war campaign. When he is betrayed by his own and left for dead, he is healed by a mysterious princess and taken in by a hidden tribe that believes he was chosen to wage a final battle.
STATUS: Post-Production
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AMERICAN HANGMAN
DIRECTOR: Wilson Coneybeare
GENRE: Thriller
CAST: Donald Sutherland (The Hunger Games, The Italian Job), Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, Sherlock)
SYNOPSIS: A judge is kidnapped and put on public trial over the internet for sentencing a man to death that his captor claims was innocent.
STATUS: Pre-Production
screenplay available upon request
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LEGACY
GENRE: Action
DIRECTOR: Michael Winnick
CAST: TBD
SYNOPSIS: While on a hunting trip in the isolated wilderness, a father adn his adopted teenage son are turned into the prey of unknown assailants. They are unexpectedly joined in their fight for survival by a stranger who reveals the disturbing truth about the son's biological father, an intenational crime lord, and why that crime lord has sent trained assasins to kill the teenager.
STATUS: Pre-Production
screenplay available upon request
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FOR GREATER GLORY
GENRE: War, Adventure
DIRECTOR: Dean Wright
PRODUCER: Pablo Jose Barroso
CAST: Andy Garcia (The Godfather: Part III), Oscar Isaac (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives)
SYNOPSIS: A retired Gen (Andy Garcia) and his wife (Eva Longoria) watch their country degenerate into violent civil war when the government enacts a series of anti-clerical laws. At first, he is hesitant to join the rebels, until he begins to see the cost of religious persecution on his countrymen. Though the odds are against him, and with the help of a rebel(Oscar Isaac) the general nevertheless transforms a ragtag band of rebels into a formidable fighting force.
STATUS: Completed
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US THEATRICAL
RELEASED ON 325 SCREENS
DVD/VOD via FOX
From the Producer of CRASH & THE ILLUSIONIST
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PAPA HEMINGWAY IN CUBA
GENRE: Drama, Adventure, Biography
DIRECTOR: Bob Yari
PRODUCER: Bob Yari
CAST: Giovanni Ribisi (Avatar, Saving Private Ryan), Joely Richardson (Nip/Tuck), Adrian Sparks (My Stepmother is an Alien), Minka Kelly (Lee Daniels' The Butler)
SYNOPSIS: Based on a true story, Papa follows journalist Ed Myers (Ribisi) on his adventure to Cuba in 1959, on a mission to meet his idol, the legendary Ernest Hemingway (Sparks). Hidden away at a private estate with his wife Mary (Richardson), the elusive author mentors Myers in fishing, drinking, and finding his voice, while the Cuban Revolution boils around them. In this turbulent landscape, beholding an icon in his twilight years, Myers discovers his strength, while recognizing that all of our heroes are human.
STATUS: Completed
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THE PREPPIE CONNECTION
GENRE: Crime Drama
DIRECTOR: Joseph Castelo
PRODUCERS: Charlie Bunting, Adam Folk, Eric Schultz
CAST: Thomas Mann (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Kong: Skull Island), Lucy Fry (Vampire Academy, Mako Mermaids), Sam Page (Self/less, Shark)
SYNOPSIS: A student at a private school uses his connections to establish a drug trafficking network at his school.
STATUS: Completed
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THE PASTOR
GENRE: Drama. Faith-Based
DIRECTOR: Deborah Goodwin
PRODUCERS: WolfGang Cinemas
CAST: Arturo Muyshondt, Ismael Cruz Cordova (Ray Donovan, The Good Wife), Franky G (Saw II, Saw III)
SYNOPSIS: An imprisoned former gang leader discovers his faith in God while in solitary confinement. When he comes out, he becomes a Pastor and is committed to protecting the youth in his gang infested Hispanic community. One gang leader targets the Pastor's new mission and community - the church is vandalized, his life is threatened and his estranged wife is kidnapped. Fighting his inner demons and violent instincts, the Pastor must decide between maintaining his newfound faith or returning to the cold-blooded killer he once was.
STATUS: Completed
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TACO SHOP
GENRE: Comedy
DIRECTOR: Joaquin Perea
PRODUCERS: Robert A. Parada
CAST: Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf), Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight)
SYNOPSIS: A taco shop's business is jeopardized when a gourmet taco truck parks across the street.
STATUS: Completed
Password: Tacowar
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CHOSEN
Based on true events...
GENRE: War, Action, Drama
DIRECTOR: Jasmin Dizdar
PRODUCERS: Michael Riley
CAST: Harvey Keitel (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction), Luke Mably (28 Days Later), Ana Ularu (Inferno)
SYNOPSIS: An unassuming young lawyer leads a fight against the Nazis near the end of the Second World War.
STATUS: Completed
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UNTIL FOREVER
GENRE: Faith Based, Family, Drama
DIRECTOR: Michael Linn
PRODUCERS: Bonnie Boyum, Carolyn Linn
CAST: Stephen Anthony Bailey (Easy Silence), Madison Lawlor (Close Range)
SYNOPSIS: The Michael Boyum Story is a powerful, true account of one young man's courageous battle with leukemia and his journey of faith.
STATUS: Completed
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BEYOND REDEMPTION
GENRE: Action
DIRECTOR: Bruce Fontaine
PRODUCERS: Bruce Fontaine
CAST: Brian Ho (X-Men: Days of Future Past), Peter Chao (Grave Encounters 2), Eddie Ko (The Martian)
SYNOPSIS: A weary undercover cop must maintain his cover while trying to save the daughter of a notorious Triad Boss from becoming collateral damage in a sting operation gone wrong.
STATUS: Post-Production
Password: beyond#redemption
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ORDEAL
GENRE: Sci-Fi/Action
DIRECTOR: Juan Felipe Orozco
CAST: TBD
SYNOPSIS: A space smuggler has to find a way to free his girlfriend from a deadly bomb locked around her neck.
STATUS: Pre-Production
screenplay available upon request
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RESOLUTE
GENRE: Dramatic Thriller
DIRECTOR: Catherine Linstrum
PRODUCERS: Raimund Berens, Michael Dobbin
CAST: Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix Trilogy), Max Irons (Red Riding Hood, The Host, Bitter Harvest)
SYNOPSIS: The film follows a woman seeking revenge and a man seeking escape, who embark on a journey to the far north.
STATUS: Pre-Production
screenplay available upon request
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LIBRARY TITLES
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