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Highland Film Group announced today that the company has secured multiple international distribution deals for the new action-thriller One Way, directed by Andrew Baird (Zone 414) from a script by Ben Conway. The film stars Golden Globe winner Kevin Bacon (Black Mass, Mystic River, Showtime’s “City on a Hill”), Colson Baker (The Dirt, Project Power), also known as recording artist “Machine Gun Kelly,” Travis Fimmel (Ridley Scott’s ”Raised by Wolves,” “Vikings,” Warcraft), and Storm Reid (Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time, Blumhouse’s Don’t Let Go).

International distribution partners on the film include Splendid Film (Germany and German-speaking Switzerland), Cinemundo (Portugal), Rialto Distribution (Australia and New Zealand), Blue Swan Entertainment (Italy), MCF (Ex-Yugoslavia), Just Media (Benelux), Monolith Films (Poland), MGN (Russia and Baltics), Eagle Films (Middle East), Moviecloud (Taiwan) and FilmFinity (South Africa).

Principal photography recently wrapped in Thomasville, Georgia. Highland Film Group is handling worldwide sales, with Thomasville Pictures producing.

Also starring in the film are Drea de Matteo (“The Sopranos,” Dark Places), Meagan Holder (Jersey Boys, FOX’s “Pitch”), Thomas Francis Murphy (News of the World, Netflix’s “Mindhunter”), Luis Da Silva Jr. (21 Jump Street, Fast Five), Rhys Coiro (Hustlers, “Entourage”), Danny Bohnen (The Last Son), Scotty Bohnen (FOX’s Deputy), and Casie Baker.

In One Way, Freddy (Baker) goes on the run with a bag full of cash after a robbery of his former crime boss goes wrong. With a potentially fatal wound, he slips onto a bus with a one-way ticket. After a call for help, Freddy's estranged father (Bacon) betrays him, notifying the crime boss where he is. With his life slipping through his fingers, Freddy is left with very few choices to survive. There is only ONE WAY. 

"We are thrilled with how buyers have embraced Andrew Baird’s second film. The stellar cast lead by Colson Baker, Kevin Bacon, and Travis Fimmel has proven to be a powerful ingredient in reaching international audiences. It is a universal story, and we cannot wait to see the final film and share it with our international partners and their audiences," said Highland Film Group’s President of International Todd Olsson. "We are excited to have locked distribution deals in multiple key territories at this year’s virtual European Film Market. The story has a real hook and we are very proud that with principal photography now wrapped, we will once again be able to deliver a completed film to our trusted partners," continued Highland Film Group’s EVP of Sales Laura Voros.

Ryan Donnell Smith, Tim Palmer, Martin Brennan, and Jib Polhemus are producing the film with Ryan Winterstern and Nathan Klingher from Short Porch Pictures, Bill Grantham, Stephen Fingleton, and Highland Film Group’s Fraser and Perrier serving as executive producers. The film was developed with funding from Northern Ireland Screen and Screen Ireland.

Andrew Baird is repped by source | management + production.

Highland Film Group's diversified production and sales slate includes Edward Drake’s Gasoline Alley, starring Bruce Willis, Luke Wilson, and Devon Sawa; Herbert James Winterstern’ Supercell, starring Alec Baldwin; Renny Harlin's  Refuge; Mark Neveldine's Panama starring Cole Hauser and Mel Gibson; Andrew Baird's Zone 414 starring Guy Pearce, Matilda Lutz and Travis Fimmel; Louise Linton's Me You Madness, starring Ed Westwick and Linton; and Dimitri Logothetis' Jiu Jitsu starring Academy Award® winner Nicolas Cage, Tony Jaa and Frank Grillo released in the US by Highland Film Group's stand-alone distribution banner, The Avenue, in November 2020.

ABOUT HIGHLAND FILM GROUP

Led by founding partners Arianne Fraser and Delphine Perrier, Highland Film Group (HFG) is an independent worldwide sales, film financing, production, and distribution company. Launched in 2010, HFG has had success across a wide range of film genres and platforms, building a reputation for handling high-octane films in the action/thriller/horror space, focusing on cast, director, filmmaker-driven content. 

Highland Film Group's diversified production and sales slate includes: Mark Neveldine's Panama starring Cole Hauser and Mel Gibson; Randall Emmett's Wash Me In The River starring Robert De Niro, Jack Huston and John Malkovich; Michael Polish's Axis Sally starring Al Pacino; Andrew Baird's One Way starring Colson' Machine Gun Kelly' Baker, Travis Fimmel, and Kevin Bacon; John D. Eraklis' Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk with the voices of Whoopi Goldberg and Howie Mandel; Randall Emmett's Midnight in the Switchgrass starring Bruce Willis, Megan Fox, and Emile Hirsch; The Tiger Rising starring Queen Latifah and Dennis Quaid; Andrew Baird's Zone 414 starring Guy Pearce, Matilda Lutz and Travis Fimmel; Louise Linton's Me You Madness, starring Ed Westwick and Linton; Neil Marshall's The Reckoning released in the US in February 2021; Skylin3s, the third chapter of the successful franchise released in the US in December 2020, starring Lindsey Morgan; Dimitri Logothetis' Jiu Jitsu starring Nicolas Cage, Tony Jaa and Frank Grillo released in the US in November 2020; and Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion's Becky starring Lulu Wilson, Kevin James and Joel McHale released in the US in June 2020. 

Previous titles include Joe Carnahan's Boss Level starring Naomi Watts, Mel Gibson, and Frank Grillo; Lin Oeding's thriller Braven starring Jason Momoa; Scott Mann's Final Score starring Dave Bautista, and Pierce Brosnan; Berlin, I Love You with Helen Mirren, Keira Knightley, Jim Sturgess, Mickey Rourke, Diego Luna, and Jenna Dewan Tatum; Vaughn Stein's Terminal starring Margot Robbie.

ABOUT THOMASVILLE PICTURES

Based in the burgeoning area of Thomasville, Georgia, Thomasville Pictures is the leading production service company in South-West Georgia. Launched in 2017, Thomasville Pictures has developed a robust production slate in the South Georgia region, allowing films to leverage its sought-after tax credit while generating jobs for creatives in the field and driving the local economy. Co-owned by producer Ryan Donnell Smith (The Trial of the Chicago 7) and Allen Cheney (Crescendo), Thomasville Pictures’ slate includes the upcoming family drama The Tiger Rising, starring Queen Latifah and Dennis Quaid,  One Way, starring Colson Baker and Storm Reid, and the newly announced Supercell, starring Alec Baldwin.