LIGHTNING
DOUBLES DOWN WITH TWO NEW FILMS FOR AFM
Company
Attains International Sales Rights to Louis Mandylor’s Apocalyptic Thriller
“The Blackout” and Brookstreet Pictures’ Horror Thriller “GirlHouse”
Los
Angeles, CA – November 4, 2014 – Adding to its robust international sales
slate on the eve of the AFM, Lightning Entertainment announced today and it has
acquired international sales rights to Louis Mandylor’s thriller “The Blackout”
and Brookstreet Pictures’ horror thriller “GirlHouse,” directed by Trevor
Matthews and Jon Knautz. The announcement was made by Lightning
Entertainment EVP & General Manager Ken DuBow.
The
AFM will serve as the market debut for both films with Lightning giving
international buyers their first glimpse at each.
Directed
by Louis Mandylor (“In the Eyes of a Killer,” “Jimmy Bones”) and written by
Steve C. Yoon and Jordan Marder, “The Blackout” stars Lymari Nadal (“American
Gangster,” “Battlestar Galactica,” “America”), Costas Mandylor (“Saw”
film series, “Picket Fences”), Jordan Marder (“American History
X, “Lord of Illusions”), Ronnie Gene Blevins (“The Dark Knight
Rises,” “Joe,” “Seven Psychopaths”), Bill Sage (“American Psycho,”
“Precious,” “Boiler Room”), Abe Benrubi(“U Turn,” “Wristcutters: A Love
Story”), and Grant Harvey (“The Secret Life of the American
Teenager,” “Save the Date,” “Geography Club”).
Horror
thriller “GirlHouse” is directed by Trevor Matthews and Jon Knautz (“The
Shrine,” “Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer”) and written by Gersh client Nick Gordon.
The film stars Ali Cobrin(“Neighbors,” “American Reunion”), Slaine (“Killing
Them Softly,” “The Town”) and Adam DiMarco (“Words and Pictures,”
“Date and Switch”), and features Chasty Ballesteros (“Final
Destination 5,” “The Internship,” “Casting Couch”), and Erin Agostino (“18
to Life,” “You Are So Undead”).
Acquisitions
and Sales Consultant Richard S. Guardian and Joseph Dickstein, SVP of Lighting
Entertainment, negotiated the deal to handle international sales rights for
“The Blackout” with executive producer and attorney Mark Halloran and
“GirlHouse” with Jay Cohen of Gersh.
In
addition to “The Blackout" and “GirlHouse,” Lightning’s international
sales slate includes the comedy “Preggoland” (starring Sonja Bennett and James
Caan), drama “Bravetown” (starring Lucas Till, Josh Duhamel, Maria Bello, and
Laura Dern), horror/thrillers “Indigenous,” “Dark House,” “The Pack,” dramatic
thriller “Ask Me Anything” (starring Britt Robertson), and “Healing” (starring
Hugo Weaving).
About
“The Blackout”
Martin
and Julia (Lymari Nadal) leave New York City to return to the small town
where Martin grew up. The house his father lived in hasn’t been touched since
his passing. People in the town recognize the handsome man as his father’s son.
Julia, his pregnant wife, likes the cozy countryside and makes herself at
home.
Four
college kids hike through the woods and camp at the top of a scenic hill. Jim
(Costas Mandylor) has lived in the town for years, and since his wife’s
passing he has built a comfortable life for himself, fishing and playing chess
with friends over his short wave radio.
Then
the power goes out.
It
doesn’t take long before food and supplies become scarce, fights break out, and
people start to panic. The worst of humanity surfaces in only a few days.
Things take a turn for the worse when a few men, lead by a convict named Lee
(Ronnie Gene Blevins), decide to take what’s left for themselves. The Sheriff
makes a stand to try and stop them and regrets it.
Jim
gets his weapons ready and prepares for what’s coming. Martin tries to stay
calm until his wife’s pregnancy is no longer at risk. The college kids come
down from the peaceful woods into the middle of a whirlwind of fear and
violence.
Everyone
eventually crosses paths and things come to a violent head. Some people live,
some do not. It only takes a few days of living in fear, with no power or food
or water, for humanity to unravel. There was light. Then there was darkness.
About
“GirlHouse”
Kylie
Atkins (Ali Cobrin) is a beautiful young co-ed with cover-girl looks and a
desperate need for money to pay her college tuition. Having convinced herself
that Internet porn may be the answer to her financial problems, Kylie is
recruited to join GirlHouse, a live web-feed broadcasting the sexy antics of a
group of stunning young women living in a secluded – and highly-secure – wooded
mansion. One night while Kylie is out, one of the other girls
insults an online client (Slaine), a deranged psychopathic computer technician,
who then hacks in to determine the house's location, seeking twisted revenge.
Kylie returns to the house to find herself cut off from the outside world and
in a terrifying fight for survival.
About
Lightning Entertainment:
Established
in 2001 and based in Beverly Hills, CA, Lightning Entertainment is a leading
independent entertainment company specializing in the international sales,
licensing, representation, marketing and distribution of premier independent
content in all available media. With a strong presence at major international
film markets and established relationships with key distributors in global
territories, Lightning focuses on monetizing superior films theatrically and in
ancillary markets including home entertainment, television, emerging media, and
video-on-demand & digital platforms. The company represents one of the
largest libraries of high-quality pictures in today’s independent marketplace.
Lightning
Entertainment distributes films of every genre in the United States and Canada,
boasting a remarkable presence on both in-store and digital shelf space. Their
distribution arm reaches all available nationwide home entertainment platforms
including (but not limited to) Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Redbox, Netflix,
iTunes, Google Play, Hulu, Xbox, Sony Play Station, Amazon, Vudu, and most
major video-on-demand cable providers. Lightning Entertainment’s domestic
distribution branch features the ability to adaptively generate domestic
revenue in a rapidly changing industry.
For
more information on Lightning Entertainment, please visit www.lightning-ent.com.
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