Arnold Schwarzenegger is set to star in “Expendables 4” filmmaker Scott Waugh’s upcoming action film “Breakout,” which Anton will sell at the upcoming market in Cannes.
Schwarzenegger will lead “Breakout” in the role of Terry Reynolds. After Terry’s stepson is framed and sentenced to serve 25 years in a foreign country, he makes it his mission to break him out of jail. Terry will have to dodge prison wardens and the race of time if he wants to aid his stepsons flee from the country.
“Breakout” serves as Schwarzenegger’s return to action films since the blockbuster franchise installment “Terminator: Dark Fate,” and ahead of his Netflix series “Fubar” which is set to release in May.
Waugh hails as director of the film coming off the fourth installment of the acclaimed “The Expendables” franchise. He, too, is known for directing “Act of Valor” and DreamWorks’ “Need For Speed.”
“We are proud to be on board to make Scott [Waugh]’s vision come alive with the legendary Arnold Schwarzenegger in the lead,” said Sebastien Raybaud of Anton. “This is the perfect fit for Anton’s slate to continue delivering high-quality entertainment with big scale to the global market.”
The film is financed and produced by Anton and Off The Pier Productions. Anton is handling worldwide sales, with UTA Independent Film Group co-repping domestic rights. Raybaud and John Zois from Anton, Jeff Elliott and Chad Moore from Off The Pier Productions, Oscar nominee Cindy Cowan from Cindy Cowan Entertainment, Carsten Lorenz and Danny Chan from Almost Never Films are producing. Steve Ponce serves as executive producer. Off the Pier Productions and Cindy Cowan Entertainment developed and packaged the project.
‘The Blackening’ to Make U.S. Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival at the Apollo Theater
Lionsgate announced its new horror-comedy “The Blackening” will make its U.S. premiere on June 13 at the Tribeca film festival. The screening will take place at the Apollo theater in Harlem.
The Blackening centers around a group of Black friends who reunite for a Juneteenth weekend getaway only to find themselves trapped in a remote cabin with a twisted killer. Forced to play by his rules, the friends soon realize this ain’t no motherf game. Directed by Tim Story (Ride Along, Think Like A Man, Barbershop) and co-written by Tracy Oliver (Girls Trip, Harlem) and Dewayne Perkins (“The Amber Ruffin Show,” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”), The Blackening skewers genre tropes and poses the sardonic question: if the entire cast of a horror movie is Black, who dies first? Lionsgate and MRC present, a Story Company / Tracy Yvonne / Artists First / CatchLight Studios production.
“The Blackening” will hit theaters on June 16.