{"id":458,"date":"2014-09-09T11:47:15","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T18:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviesharkdeblore.com\/site\/?p=458"},"modified":"2014-10-08T11:48:10","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T18:48:10","slug":"relativity-acquires-halle-berry-thriller-kidnap-for-us-distribution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/news\/relativity-acquires-halle-berry-thriller-kidnap-for-us-distribution\/","title":{"rendered":"Relativity acquires Halle Berry thriller KIDNAP for US distribution"},"content":{"rendered":"

RELATIVITY STUDIOS ACQUIRES U.S. DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS TO\u00a0<\/strong>HALLE BERRY THRILLER, KIDNAP<\/em> from lotus entertainment<\/strong><\/p>\n

-Relativity Studios announced today that it has acquired U.S. distribution rights from Lotus Entertainment to the thriller KIDNAP, starring Academy Award\u00ae winner Halle Berry (X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST, MONSTER\u2019S BALL).<\/p>\n

-This is the second acquisition announced by the studio this week, along with WOMEN IN BLACK 2. \u00a0It is also yet another step in building out Relativity Studios\u2019\u00a0action thriller genre, which has seen recent profitable grosses in 3 DAYS TO KILL and THE NOVEMBER MAN and begins production this month on D.J. Caruso\u2019s THE DISAPPOINTMENTS\u2019\u00a0ROOM.<\/p>\n

-Lotus Entertainment and Gold Star Films financed the film with Lotus handling international sales.\u00a0 This is the second significant domestic deal for Lotus and Gold Star in recent weeks, after Lionsgate acquired the North American rights to Henry Hobson’s film “Maggie” starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Abigail Breslin.<\/p>\n

-Luis Prieto (PUSHER) is attached to direct\u00a0the film, based off Knate Gwaltney\u2019s first screenplay.\u00a0 The film is set to begin production in late fall 2014.<\/p>\n

Di Bonaventure Pictures’ Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Erik Howsam are producing the film. Executive producers are Lotus Entertainment’s Bill Johnson, Jim Seibel, D.J. Gugenheim and Ara Keshishian alongside Gold Star\u00b9s Joey Tufaro and Colin Bates, Knate Gwaltney, Halle Berry and her producing partner Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas through their 606 Films production banner.<\/p>\n

-The film is a heart-stopping action thriller following a mother (Berry) who will stop at nothing to rescue her kidnapped son.<\/p>\n

-Berry is represented by CAA, Vincent Cirrincione Associates, and attorney Doug Stone with Stone, Meyer, Genow, Smelkinson and Binder. Luis Prieto is represented by CAA, and Knate Gwaltney is represented by CAA and attorney Darren Trattner at Jackoway Tyerman Wertheimer Austen Mandelbaum Morris & Klein.<\/p>\n

-CAA packaged the project and reps the domestic rights.<\/p>\n

-Relativity Studios had the highest-grossing acquisition out of TIFF 2013 with OCULUS.<\/p>\n

-Looking forward, Relativity Studios will release Hector and the Search for Happiness<\/em> (in theaters September 19, 2014), author Nicholas Sparks\u2019 The Best of Me<\/em> (in theaters October 17, 2014) and Beyond the Lights <\/em>(in theaters November 14, 2014).<\/p>\n

-Lotus’ current film slate includes: Tom Tykwer’s “A Hologram for the King” starring two-time Academy Award\u00ae Winner Tom Hanks; Scott Hicks’ Fallen based on the best-selling YA novel; Craig Zobel’s “Z For Zachariah” with Chiwetel Ejiofor and Chris Pine; and Song One starring Anne Hathaway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RELATIVITY STUDIOS ACQUIRES U.S. DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS TO\u00a0HALLE BERRY THRILLER, KIDNAP from lotus entertainment -Relativity Studios announced today that it has acquired U.S. distribution rights from Lotus Entertainment to the thriller KIDNAP, starring Academy Award\u00ae winner Halle Berry (X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST, MONSTER\u2019S BALL). -This is the second acquisition announced by the studio this week, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nRelativity acquires Halle Berry thriller KIDNAP for US distribution - Behind The Lens Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Behind the Lens is your home for in-depth movie reviews, filmmaker & celebrity interviews, and more, all by industry professional and film critic debbie lynn elias...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/news\/relativity-acquires-halle-berry-thriller-kidnap-for-us-distribution\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Relativity acquires Halle Berry thriller KIDNAP for US distribution\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Behind the Lens is your home for in-depth movie reviews, filmmaker & celebrity interviews, and more, all by industry professional and film critic debbie lynn elias...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/news\/relativity-acquires-halle-berry-thriller-kidnap-for-us-distribution\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Behind The Lens Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-09-09T18:47:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-10-08T18:48:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"debbie lynn elias\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"debbie lynn elias\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/news\\\/relativity-acquires-halle-berry-thriller-kidnap-for-us-distribution\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/news\\\/relativity-acquires-halle-berry-thriller-kidnap-for-us-distribution\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"debbie lynn elias\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2d9b602095eb0ce3d363efb75ad0b5d4\"},\"headline\":\"Relativity acquires Halle Berry thriller KIDNAP for US distribution\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-09-09T18:47:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-10-08T18:48:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/news\\\/relativity-acquires-halle-berry-thriller-kidnap-for-us-distribution\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":406,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/news\\\/relativity-acquires-halle-berry-thriller-kidnap-for-us-distribution\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/behindthelensonline.net\\\/site\\\/news\\\/relativity-acquires-halle-berry-thriller-kidnap-for-us-distribution\\\/\",\"name\":\"Relativity acquires Halle Berry thriller KIDNAP for US distribution - 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