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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Nov 3, 2014 16:24:25 GMT -6
variety.com/2014/film/news/autobahn-nicholas-hoult-felicity-jones-1201346424/Relativity Takes Nicholas Hoult’s ‘Autobahn’ for U.S. Relativity Studios has acquired U.S. distribution rights to action-thriller “Autobahn” starring Nicholas Hoult, Felicity Jones, Anthony Hopkins and Ben Kingsley. Eran Creevy (“Welcome to the Punch”) directed from a script he co-wrote with F. Scott Frazier about a desperate man (Hoult) who schemes to pull a drug heist on an eccentric gangster (Kingsley) in order to pay for his girlfriend’s medical emergency. IM Global and China’s DMG Entertainment financed the film with additional financing provided by Sycamore Pictures and Ingenious Media. Producers are Joel Silver, Ben Pugh and Rory Aitken of 42, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones of Automatik and Daniel Hetzer of Germany’s Action Concept. IM Global is selling international rights at the American Film Market this week. The deal was brokered by IM Global topper Stuart Ford and Deborah Zipser. “Relativity is the perfect home for this action-packed, adrenaline-filled international thriller and we’re delighted at their enthusiasm for ‘Autobahn,'” said Ford. The film was shot in Germany with subsidies from DFFF, the German Federal Film Fund, and NRW, the North Rhine-Westphalia funding entity.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Feb 8, 2015 20:26:55 GMT -6
variety.com/2015/film/news/nicholas-hoult-felicity-jones-thriller-autobahn-set-for-oct-30-in-u-s-1201424083/Nicholas Hoult-Felicity Jones’ Thriller ‘Autobahn’ Set for Oct. 30 in U.S. Relativity Studios and IM Global have set Oct. 30 as the U.S. release date for action-thriller “Autobahn,” starring Nicholas Hoult, Felicity Jones, Anthony Hopkins and Ben Kingsley. Eran Creevy (‘Welcome to the Punch”) directed the film from a script he co-wrote with F. Scott Frazier. The story involves Hoult’s character scheming to pull a drug heist for an eccentric gangster (played by Kingsley) to pay for his girlfriend’s medical emergency. Hopkins portrays an evil druglord menacing the girlfriend, played by Jones. IM Global and China’s DMG Entertainment financed the film, with additional financing provided by Sycamore Pictures and Ingenious Media. “Autobahn” was produced by Joel Silver, Ben Pugh and Rory Aitken of 42, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones of Automatik and Daniel Hetzer of Germany’s Action Concept. Relativity acquired U.S. distribution rights in November.
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