EXCLUSIVE : AI firm Flawless, distributor-financier XYZ Films ( Mandy ), and producer Tea Shop Productions ( The Fall ) have acquired Michel Gondry's 2023 Cannes Directors' Fortnight movie The Book Of Solutions for all English-speaking territories. Directed and written by Gondry, the French-language…

EXCLUSIVE : In a seven-figure deal, Shout! Studios has acquired all North American rights to The Wasp , a psychological thriller starring Academy Award nominee Naomie Harris ( Moonlight ) and Natalie Dormer ( Game of Thrones ), which adapts the play by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm. Written by Malcolm and directed…

EXCLUSIVE : Ahead of EFM 2024, XYZ Films has promoted James Emanuel Shapiro to President of Domestic Distribution, upping Alex Williams to Sr. Manager, Acquisitions and Development. Shapiro, formerly the Executive Vice President of U.S. Distribution, reports to XYZ CEO Nick Spicer and Partner Nate…

EXCLUSIVE : Max Martini ( Pacific Rim ), Brianna Hildebrand ( Deadpool ), LaMonica Garrett ( 1883 ) and Linda?Hamilton?( The  Terminator ) lead cast in under-the-radar sci-fi action movie Osiris , which quietly wrapped shoot at the end of last year. XYZ Films has come aboard for world sales on the project…

Ahead of Sundance, which kicks off Thursday, and the forthcoming European Film Market (Feb 15) in Berlin, Indie film studio XYZ Films has expanded its executive branch.?? Former STX exec Celine Lin has been hired as XYZ’s new Senior Vice President of International Sales and Distribution.? As…

EXCLUSIVE : XYZ?Films has pre-bought all U.S. rights to distribute under-the-radar martial arts sci-fi action threequel Skyline: Warpath , written and directed by Liam O'Donnell ( Beyond  Skyline ) and starring Iko Uwais ( The Raid Franchise ) and Scott Adkins ( Undisputed ). Louis Mandylor, Randall J. Bacon…

Indie studio XYZ Films has renewed its financing pact with Finish-based fund management company IPR.VC.  The renewal continues the financial arrangement first struck in November 2019 — a funding pool that has since facilitated 20 productions, including Matthew Johnson's Blackberry and upcoming…

EXCLUSIVE : Rosamund Pike ( Saltburn ) and Matthew Rhys ( Perry Mason ) have entered production overseas on Hallow Road , a new psychological thriller, which Under the Shadow ‘s Babak Anvari is directing from a script by William Gillies. Commissioned and developed by London Film & TV, the film watches as…

EXCLUSIVE: XYZ Films has taken global distribution rights, excluding Canada, on the eco-thriller The Well , the first narrative feature by Academy Award-nominated documentary director Hubert Davis.  Recently filmed in Hamilton, Canada, The Well features a Canadian cast, including veterans such as…

EXCLUSIVE: XYZ Films, Wayward Entertainment, and Resolute Films have wrapped on the horror pic Svalta with This Way Up actor Aisling Bea and Nick Frost leading. The pic, written and starring Nick Frost, has just wrapped production in Tampere, Finland, with post-production currently underway in the…

Indie studio XYZ Films has promoted Maxime Cottray to the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO).  Cottray previously served as XYZ's Executive Vice President. In the role, he worked closely with the studio founders to raise significant production and P&A financing for the company, including a…

Director Ryoo Seung-wan’s Smugglers has been acquired ahead of its Gala Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Flawless, along with XYZ Films and Tea Shop Productions, announced today their acquisition of the South Korean crime-action epic. Deadline reported in May that  Flawless …