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  • RLJ Entertainment acquires Nicolas Cage’s thriller ‘Pay The Ghost’

    RLJ Entertainment acquires Nicolas Cage’s thriller ‘Pay The Ghost’

    MUMBAI: RLJ Entertainment, Inc. has acquired all US rights to the thriller Pay The Ghost.

     

    Written by Dan Kay and directed by Uli Edel, Pay The Ghost stars Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage and Sarah Wayne Callies.

     

    The film will be released in theaters and VOD on 23 September, 2015.

     

    RLJ Entertainment chief acquisitions officer Mark Ward said, “The intense action and scares in PAY THE GHOST will have audiences on the edge of their seats. We can’t wait to get the film into theaters this September.”

     

    One year after his young son disappeared during a Halloween carnival, Mike Cole (Cage) is haunted by eerie images and terrifying messages he can’t explain. Together with his estranged wife (Wayne Callies), he will stop at nothing to unravel the mystery and find their son—and, in doing so, he unearths a legend that refuses to remain buried in the past.

     

    Produced by Nicolas Chartier, Craig J. Flores, Ian Levy and Patrick Newall, the deal was negotiated by Voltage Pictures and Mark Ward and Grace Santos on behalf of RLJ Entertainment.

  • Adrien Brody to star in Houdini miniseries on History

    Adrien Brody to star in Houdini miniseries on History

    MUMBAI: History has announced that it has ordered a four-hour miniseries about the famed magician and his wife.

     

    The Pianist star Adrien Brody will play Houdini in the Lionsgate/A&E Studios co-production, with House of Cards’ Kristen Connolly playing his wife, Bess. Oscar nominee Uli Edel will direct the project.

     

    The mini will trace the arc of Houdini’s life from desperate poverty to worldwide fame. The drama will chronicle the life of a man who can defy death through his stunts, his visions and his mastery of illusion. Production will begin in the fall.

     

    “Since my childhood, when I dreamed of being a great magician, Harry Houdini has been one of my heroes,” Brody said. “His bravery and obsessive determination still fascinate me. Houdini mastered the art of escape – not only from physical chains, but from poverty and the social constraints of a humble immigrant origin. His life story appeals to the universal longing for acceptance with which we all can identify. To portray him is beyond an honor.”