AFM continues its barrage of high-profile projects. Including two starring Al Pacino and one written by Luc Besson:
Billy Knight
Dir/Wri: Alec Griffen Roth
Star(s): Al Pacino, Charlie Heaton (Stranger Things), Diana Silvers (Booksmart)
Prod. Company: Firebrand Media Group (Desert Road)
Sales Rep: Mise-En-Scène (Code Name Abdul)
Synopsis:
Follow Alex and Emily as they go through their aspiring careers as filmmakers and an old time memory from Alex’s father, a box of unfinished scripts and a handkerchief with the nickname “Billy Knight”.
Father Joe
Dir: Barthélémy Grossman (13 m2)
Wri: Luc Besson (The Fifth Element, Léon: The Professional)
Star(s): Al Pacino and Kiefer Sutherland (24)
Prod. Company: Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp (Dracula)
Sales Rep: Kinology (The Beast)
Synopsis:
A man of faith wages a violent war against Manhattan’s criminal underworld, putting him on a collision course with a powerful mob boss while guiding a young woman caught between danger and redemption.
A Murder Uncorked
Dir: Ari Sandel (When We First Met)
Wri: Karen McCullah (Legally Blonde)
Star(s): Emma Roberts (We’re the Millers) and Lucas Bravo (Emily in Paris)
Prod. Company: Contentious Media (About Fate)
Sales Rep: Luminosity Pictures (Lakshmi)
Synopsis:
Follows a struggling actress who loses her TV detective role and takes a job at a prestigious Napa Valley winery, where she must solve a murder while protecting her love interest.
Indiana and the Otters’ Legend
Dir: Julien Decoin (The Hitchhiker)
Wri: Cynthia Knight (Virtual Insanity)
Star: Marguerite Laurence (Miss Boots)
Prod. Company: Mediawan’s Mai Juin Productions (Mia and the White Lion)
Sales Rep: Playtime (The Quiet Son)
Synopsis:
Follows 12-year-old Indiana who moves to Otterville, a riverside town once famous for its otters, and becomes embroiled in protecting two returning otters while battling a predatory developer, corrupt mayor, and her sheriff father.
Hot Mother
Dir/Wri: Lucy Knox (short: An Act of Love)
Star(s): Toni Collette (Hereditary) and Milly Alcock (House of the Dragon)
Prod. Company: Carver Films (Run Rabbit Run, Relic)
Sales Rep: Bankside Films (Talk to Me)
Synopsis:
At an idyllic spa retreat a vacationing mother and daughter bicker and avoid connection until an unfortunate accident occurs.
Fairyheart
Dir/Wri: Anita Doron (The Breadwinner)
Star: Sandra Oh (Killing Eve)
Prod. Company: Mythberg Films (Freedom)
Sales Rep: Odin’s Eye (Animal Crackers)
Synopsis:
A young prince and a lonely human girl team up with a magical capybara unicorn on a quest to protect humanity from an evil wizard threatening their world.
AFM kicks off tomorrow.
Mini Tidbit:
LA-based sales agent VMI (Bull Run) picks up global rights to The Experiment, a 2080-set post-nuclear war film. The high-octane action flick is directed by Chee Keong Cheung (Redcon-1), who is also producing via his Action Xtreme (Bad Day at the Office) banner.