NEW TITLES AT AFM 2018

SHADOW WOLVES

GENRE: Action

DIRECTOR:  McKay Daines

CAST: Thomas Gibson (Criminal Minds), Cody Walker (In The Rough), Graham Greene (Dances With Wolves, The Green Mile,Twighlight)

SYNOPSIS: Colonel Branson (Thomas Gibson), head of a secret and covert division of the NSA, keeps the Shadow Wolves operating albeit now independent and rogue. When ISIS terrorists begin to sneak across the U.S. border into Arizona, Branson alerts the Shadow Wolves to track and stop them

STATUS: Post-Production

KARMOUZ WAR

GENRE: Action

DIRECTOR:  Peter Mimi

CAST: Scott Adkins, Amir Kararah

SYNOPSIS: A British soldier (Adkins) is locked up by his own army for military misconduct, but is unleashed by the British as their secret weapon when fighting the Egyptian soldiers, who are led by General Yousef al- Masri in Karmouz, Alexandria during English-occupied Egypt.

LANGUAGE: English

STATUS: Completed

STELLA'S LAST WEEKEND

GENRE: Comedy

DIRECTOR:  Polly Draper

CAST: Nat Wolff (Paper Towns, The Fault in Our Stars) , Alex Wolff (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Patriots Day), Paulina Singer (Gotham, The Intern)

SYNOPSIS: Brothers Jack (Nat Wolff) and Oliver (Alex Wolff) reunite at their childhood home to put their beloved old dog, Stella, to sleep. While their unconventional mother plans an extravagant party in celebration of Stella's life, Jack and Oliver are blindsided when they discover they are both in love with the same girl (Paulina Singer). Over the course of the weekend, their fraternal bond will be tested by love and loss.

STATUS: Completed

BOOGIE MAN

GENRE: Romance

DIRECTOR:  Andrew Morahan

CAST: Amy Jackson (Supergirl), Nick Moran (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows), Ella-Rae Smith (The Commuter)

SYNOPSIS: A British-Indian teenager struggles with his cultural heritage in modern-day London, falling for a white, 20-something actress/model during a 1970's themed exhibition, and becoming obsessed with both her, the fashion and music of a seemingly more glamorous 70's era, all the while trying to keep his family's Indian traditionalism and the impending responsibilities of adulthood at bay.

STATUS: Completed

SEIZED

GENRE: Action

DIRECTOR:  Isaac Florentine

PRODUCERS: Rafael Primorac, Daniel Lief, Michael Roccio

CAST: Scott Adkins

SYNOPSIS: A former special forces agent's son is kidnapped and buried inside a casket in the desert. If he wants to see his son alive again, then he must complete three missions in under 5.5 hours before his son runs out of oxygen. His missions are to wipe out three dangerous international mobs.

STATUS: Pre-Production

LEGIONNAIRE'S TRAIL

GENRE: Action/Epic

DIRECTOR: Jose Magan

PRODUCERS: Jose Magan

CAST: Mickey Rourke

SYNOPSIS: A Roman soldier is sent on a 7-day journey to seek help after his legion has been surrounded by Persian soldiers who have cut off the Roman food supply in the Armenian mountains.

STATUS: Post-Production

HOUR OF LEAD

GENRE: Thriller

DIRECTOR:  Peter Facinelli

PRODUCERS: Rafael Primorac, Daniel Lief, Michael Roccio

CAST: Thomas Jane (The Punisher, Deep Blue Sea), Anne Heche (Six Days and Seven Nights)

SYNOPSIS: A family of three take a camping trip to the lake, when their five-year-old daughter vanishes. The police are searching but not finding many clues. The husband and wife suspect everyone and decide to take matters into their own hands. They will stop at nothing to find their daughter.

STATUS: Pre-Production

YOU'RE NOT ALONE

GENRE: Thriller

DIRECTOR:  Eduardo Rodriguez (Stash House, El Gringo, Fright House 2)

PRODUCERS: Luis Guerrero, Chris Lemos, Kacie Lehner

CAST: Katia Winter (Negative, Sleepy Hollow), Julee Cerda (Passengers, House of Cards), Richard Bekins (Limitless, Julie & Julia)

SYNOPSIS: After the premature death of her estranged husband, Emma regains custody of their young daughter, Isla and hopes to rebuild their relationship after many years apart. But when an evil entity begins to torment them, mother and daughter are forced to face the inexplicable presence that inhabits the walls of their new home.

STATUS: Post-Production

DANGER ONE

GENRE: Action

DIRECTOR:  Tom Oesch

PRODUCERS: Chady Eli Mattar, Scott C. Silver, Alfred S. Newman (The Pyramid)

CAST: Tom Everett Scott (13 Reasons Why, Race to Witch Mountain, Because I Said So)

SYNOPSIS: While transporting a dying man to the hospital, two paramedics find a million dollars in cash sewn into his clothing. When the man dies, they decide to keep it, setting them on a path for a hellish night of violence and mayhem.

STATUS: Completed

UNLOVABLE

GENRE: Comedy

DIRECTOR:  Suzi Yoonessi

PRODUCER: Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass, Jen Roskind

CAST: John Hawkes, Melissa Leo, Charlene deGuzman

SYNOPSIS: A frivolous woman addicted to unhealthy relationships learns what real intimacy is when she starts making music with a reclusive man. Premiered at SXSW 2018.

STATUS: Completed

GETTING GRACE

GENRE: Comedy

DIRECTOR:  Daniel Roebuck

PRODUCERS: Daniel Roebuck, Cory Geryak, Brian Glassford,

CAST: Daniel Roebuck (The Fugitive, U.S. Marshals) , Madelyn Dundon, Dana Ashbrook (Twin Peaks)

SYNOPSIS: Grace, a teenage girl with cancer, crashes a funeral home to find out what will happen to her after she dies, but ends up teaching awkward funeral director Bill how to celebrate life.

STATUS: Completed

CHAMPION

GENRE: Family

DIRECTOR:  Judd Brannon

PRODUCERS: Judd Brannon, Steve Hyland

CAST: Andrew Cheney (Beyond the Mask), Faith Renee Kennedy (Rectify), Gary Graham (Star Trek Enterprise)

SYNOPSIS: In the supercharged world of dirt track racing, a single mistake causes the lives of two men to change forever. One must fight for his family, the other must fight to forgive.

STATUS: Completed

AFRAID

GENRE: Horror

DIRECTOR: Jason Goldberg (Executive Producer The Butterfly Effect, Killers, Guess Who)

PRODUCERS: Miles Barken, Brion Hambel, Nick Kreiss

CAST: Alanna Masterson (The Walking Dead)

SYNOPSIS: A young couple arrives at a quaint cabin for a brief vacation. However, they soon discover that their every move is being observed by a psychopath watching them through cameras hidden throughout the house.

STATUS: Completed

BENEATH US

GENRE: Horror/Thriller

DIRECTOR: Max Pachman

PRODUCERS: Luis Guerrero, Chris Lemos

CAST: Lynn Collins (John Carter, X-Men Origins: Wolverine), James Tupper (Revenge, Mr. Popper's Penguins), Rigo Sanchez (Goliath, Queen of the South, McFarland, USA)

SYNOPSIS: Undocumented workers are lured into a wealthy woman's home with the prospect of work, only to discover the terrifying fate she has in store for them.

STATUS: Completed

HOUSE OF TOMORROW

GENRE: Comedy

DIRECTOR:  Peter Livolsi

PRODUCERS: Danielle Renfrew Behrens, Tarik Karam

CAST: Asa Butterfield (Hugo, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, The Boy in The Striped Pajamas, Ender's Game), Alex Wolff (Patriots Day, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2), Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation)

SYNOPSIS: When a sheltered teen raised inside a geodesic dome meets a rebellious kid with a heart transplant, the two form a punk band to escape an oppressive grandmother, an overprotective father, and the looming legacy of renowned futurist Buckminster Fuller.

STATUS: Completed

TIME TRAP

GENRE: Action/Sci-Fi

DIRECTOR:  Mark Dennis, Ben Foster

PRODUCERS: Zachary Matz, Mark Dennis, Ben Foster

CAST: Andrew Wilson, (Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums), Cassidy Gifford (The Gallows, God's Not Dead), Brianne Howey (Horrible Bosses 2)

SYNOPSIS: A group of students become trapped inside a mysterious cave where they discover time passes differently underground than on the surface.

STATUS: Completed

LEGACY

GENRE: Action

DIRECTOR:  Michael Winnick

PRODUCERS: Rick Benattar, Nigel Thomas

CAST: Luke Goss 

SYNOPSIS: While on a hunting trip in the isolated wilderness, a father and 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 international crime lord, and why that crime lord has sent trained assassins to kill the teenager.

STATUS: Pre-Production

MESSAGE MAN

GENRE: Action

DIRECTOR: Corey Pearson  

PRODUCERS: Corey Pearson

CAST: Paul O'Brien (Underbelly Files),Valentine Payen (Beyond Skyline), Verdi Solaiman (Halfworlds)

SYNOPSIS: A retired assassin's past catches up with him and his brutality surfaces as he goes on a final killing spree to make things right.

STATUS: Completed

ICE DRAGON

GENRE: Animation

DIRECTOR:  Bruce W. Stacey

PRODUCERS: Bruce W. Stacey

CAST: Rheal Rees, Justin Dube, Bill Bray

SYNOPSIS: A young girl and her grandfather are the only ones in a village who still believe the legend of dragons. When a dragon returns and threatens the villagers, they are forced to believe the ancient stories and listen to the old man who holds the secret for defeating the dragon.

STATUS: Completed

F.R.E.D.I.

GENRE: Family/Adventure

DIRECTOR:  Sean Olson

PRODUCERS: Johnny Remo

CAST: Kelly Hu (Arrow, Scorpion King), Angus Macfadyen, Candance Cameron Bure (Fuller House, Full House)

SYNOPSIS: An intelligent , lovable robot known as "F.R.E.D.I" is stolen from a secret research facility by the project's lead scientist . The robot is found by a 15-year-old teenager, James. Soon the two begin to communicate and create a bond in which F.R.E.D.I. learns about teenage life and James learns about some new values.

STATUS: Completed

BORN GUILTY

GENRE: Romantic Comedy

DIRECTOR:  Max Heller

PRODUCERS: Max Heller, Raymond Hauserman

CAST: Rosanna Arquette, David Coussins, Jay Devore

SYNOPSIS: A lonely and frazzled New York social worker can't resist the urge to intervene in her son Marty's life. Meanwhile, Marty is trying to be creative in his advertising career and manage a romantic relationship at the same time, on top of constantly talking his mother off the ledge. When Marty's free-spirited Aussie pal Rawl show up, Marty hires Rawl to see Judy and restore her to health any way it takes.

STATUS: Completed

A BOY CALLED SAILBOAT

GENRE: Comedy/Family

DIRECTOR:  Cameron Nugent

PRODUCERS: Cameron Nugent, Richard Gray

CAST: J.K. Simmons (Whiplash, La La Land), Jake Busey (Ray Donovan, Enemy of The State), Noel Gugliemi (The Fast and The Furious, Training Day)

SYNOPSIS: A family finds hope in their extraordinary son named Sailboat when a personal gesture awakens a global desire. Armed with a "little guitar," Sailboat leads an offbeat cast into the miraculous story of the greatest secret never told.

STATUS: Completed

HEAVENS TO BETSY

GENRE: Comedy

DIRECTOR: Robert Alaniz

Cast: Jim O'Heir (Parks and Rec), Karen Lesiewicz, Steve Parks

SYNOPSIS: An aspiring children's book author comes to a better understanding of God's will after each and every one of her prayers from past to present are suddenly answered all at once, erasing her past and altering everything in her present.

STATUS: Completed

JUVENILE

GENRE: Thriller

DIRECTOR:  Bradley Buecker

PRODUCERS: Bradley Buecker, Blake Jenner, Mike Jenner

CAST: Melissa Benoist (Supergirl, Glee), Blake Jenner (American Animals, Edge of Seventeen)

SYNOPSIS: When an angry teenager Billy Forsetti (Blake Jenner) discovers a close friend has been killed, grief jeopardizes his future and he finds himself engulfed in danger.

STATUS: Completed

THE DOG OF CHRISTMAS

GENRE: Family

DIRECTOR:  Bret Roberts

CAST: Blanca Blanco, Bret Roberts

SYNOPSIS: A fun holiday adventure involving a dog that is adopted by a family for Christmas. The kids love their new, playful dog. However, not everyone is happy as mom is forced to clean up after him. When thieves break into the house, the family dog will come to the rescue and save Christmas!

STATUS: Post-Production

MISSION POSSIBLE

GENRE: Family

DIRECTOR:  Bret Roberts

CAST: John Savage (The Deer Hunter), James Duval (Independence Day, Gone in Sixty Seconds), Blanca Blanco, Chris Coppola (Beowulf, Friday the 13th), Bret Roberts

SYNOPSIS: A group of kids and their loveable shih tzu dog, Alex, discover the secret hideout of a gang of puppy traffickers in the woods. Together they will embark on an unforgettable adventure to save the puppies. Starring John Savage (“The Deer Hunter”) and James Duval (“Donnie Darko”)

STATUS: Completed