Actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas is set to come on board for ‘The Bluff’ directed by Frank E Flowers. The project might also star Karl Urban, who is known for the streaming series ‘The Boys’, as he is in talks for the project. Flowers, who also co-wrote ‘The Bluff’, has also written ‘Bob Marley: One Love’, which has been on top spot for the past two weeks. The movie shot past $120 million worldwide, reports Deadline.
Set in the 19th century Caribbean, ‘The Bluff’, which is an Agbo Studios and Amazon MGM Studios movie, follows a former female pirate (played by Priyanka), who must protect her family when the mysterious sins of her past catch up to her.
As per Deadline, the film, which is targeting a spring production start in Australia and will be available to stream on Prime Video.
Flowers co-wrote the screenplay for ‘The Bluff’ with Joe Ballarini.
Producers include Agbo’s Anthony Russo,...
Set in the 19th century Caribbean, ‘The Bluff’, which is an Agbo Studios and Amazon MGM Studios movie, follows a former female pirate (played by Priyanka), who must protect her family when the mysterious sins of her past catch up to her.
As per Deadline, the film, which is targeting a spring production start in Australia and will be available to stream on Prime Video.
Flowers co-wrote the screenplay for ‘The Bluff’ with Joe Ballarini.
Producers include Agbo’s Anthony Russo,...
- 3/2/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Exclusive: Priyanka Chopra Jonas is set to star in The Bluff, the Agbo Studios and Amazon MGM Studios movie being directed by Frank E. Flowers. Prime Video’s The Boys Karl Urban is in talks to star.
Flowers, who also co-wrote The Bluff, is hot off writing this past two weeks’ No. 1 hit Bob Marley: One Love, which shot past $120 million worldwide.
Set in the 19th century Caribbean, The Bluff follows a former female pirate (Chopra Jonas) who must protect her family when the mysterious sins of her past catch up to her.
The film, which is targeting a spring production start in Australia and will be available to stream on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide, will further solidify the relationships among Amazon MGM Studios, Agbo and Chopra Jonas following last year’s debut of the global franchise Citadel. Following its April 28 release, the spy thriller...
Flowers, who also co-wrote The Bluff, is hot off writing this past two weeks’ No. 1 hit Bob Marley: One Love, which shot past $120 million worldwide.
Set in the 19th century Caribbean, The Bluff follows a former female pirate (Chopra Jonas) who must protect her family when the mysterious sins of her past catch up to her.
The film, which is targeting a spring production start in Australia and will be available to stream on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide, will further solidify the relationships among Amazon MGM Studios, Agbo and Chopra Jonas following last year’s debut of the global franchise Citadel. Following its April 28 release, the spy thriller...
- 3/1/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Natalia Dyer (Stranger Things) and Asa Butterfield (Sex Education) star in the horror thriller All Fun and Games, which was executive produced by Avengers: Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo and is set to receive a theatrical and VOD release on September 1st. With the film arriving tomorrow, we have an Exclusive clip to share with you today, and you can check it out in the embed above! This one features Butterfield playing a deadly game of hide and seek with some of his co-stars.
All Fun and Games marks the feature directorial debut of Ari Costa and Eren Celeboglu, who also wrote the screenplay (based on an original spec script written by JJ Braider). Here’s the logline: The Russo Brothers’ Agbo presents a terrifying tale about a group of Salem teens who discover a cursed knife that unleashes a demon that forces them to play gruesome, deadly versions...
All Fun and Games marks the feature directorial debut of Ari Costa and Eren Celeboglu, who also wrote the screenplay (based on an original spec script written by JJ Braider). Here’s the logline: The Russo Brothers’ Agbo presents a terrifying tale about a group of Salem teens who discover a cursed knife that unleashes a demon that forces them to play gruesome, deadly versions...
- 8/31/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Back at the start of 2022, we heard that Natalia Dyer (Stranger Things) and Asa Butterfield (Sex Education) had signed on to star in a horror thriller called All Fun and Games, which would be executive produced by Avengers: Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo. Now that movie is ready to make its way out into the world, set to receive a theatrical and VOD release on September 1st. With that date drawing near, a trailer for All Fun and Games has arrived online, and you can check it out in the embed above.
All Fun and Games marks the feature directorial debut of Ari Costa and Eren Celeboglu, who also wrote the screenplay (based on an original spec script written by JJ Braider). Here’s the logline: The Russo Brothers’ Agbo presents a terrifying tale about a group of Salem teens who discover a cursed knife that unleashes a demon...
All Fun and Games marks the feature directorial debut of Ari Costa and Eren Celeboglu, who also wrote the screenplay (based on an original spec script written by JJ Braider). Here’s the logline: The Russo Brothers’ Agbo presents a terrifying tale about a group of Salem teens who discover a cursed knife that unleashes a demon...
- 8/8/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
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Agbo, the independent production banner headed by Anthony and Joe Russo and producer Mike Larocca, has upped Kassee Whiting to svp of film and has hired Alessandra Mamán as vp of television.
Whiting, who joined Agbo in 2018 after positions at Open Road and Summit Entertainment, recently produced the high-concept horror-thriller All Fun and Games, starring Asa Butterfield and Natalia Dyer. In her new role, she will help manage the development of a film slate that includes the Guy Ritchie-directed live-action Hercules for Disney and the Chris Pratt-starrer Bodyguards for Universal, as well as oversee films through the company’s Gozie Agbo banner, which focuses on smaller budgeted genre fair from early-career filmmakers
Whiting will also continue to oversee some of Agbo’s filmmaker initiatives, including Slamdance Film Festival fellowships.
Mamán joins Agbo from Universal Content Productions. During her seven years at UCP,...
Agbo, the independent production banner headed by Anthony and Joe Russo and producer Mike Larocca, has upped Kassee Whiting to svp of film and has hired Alessandra Mamán as vp of television.
Whiting, who joined Agbo in 2018 after positions at Open Road and Summit Entertainment, recently produced the high-concept horror-thriller All Fun and Games, starring Asa Butterfield and Natalia Dyer. In her new role, she will help manage the development of a film slate that includes the Guy Ritchie-directed live-action Hercules for Disney and the Chris Pratt-starrer Bodyguards for Universal, as well as oversee films through the company’s Gozie Agbo banner, which focuses on smaller budgeted genre fair from early-career filmmakers
Whiting will also continue to oversee some of Agbo’s filmmaker initiatives, including Slamdance Film Festival fellowships.
Mamán joins Agbo from Universal Content Productions. During her seven years at UCP,...
- 7/7/2022
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Horror-thriller All Fun And Games, starring Asa Butterfield (Sex Education) and Natalia Dyer (Stranger Things), begins production today in Canada with joining cast including Benjamin Evan Ainsworth — who has the title role in Disney’s upcoming Pinocchio — Keith David (Greenleaf) and Annabeth Gish (The Fall of the House of Usher).
The Anton and Agbo production, which is going through the latter’s Gozie Agbo banner, was a buzz title among buyers at the recent EFM market in Berlin. Anthony and Joe Russo are among exec producers.
The story follows two kids who play a game with their sadistic older cousin and awaken a cruel entity knows as ‘The Skarrow.’ Co-directors are Ari Costa (second unit on Extraction and Avengers: Endgame) and Eren Celeboglu (The Internet Kills).
Pre-sales inked out of Berlin by Anton include Square One for Germany; Sun Distribution Group for Spain, Portugal and Latin America; Rialto for Australia and N.
The Anton and Agbo production, which is going through the latter’s Gozie Agbo banner, was a buzz title among buyers at the recent EFM market in Berlin. Anthony and Joe Russo are among exec producers.
The story follows two kids who play a game with their sadistic older cousin and awaken a cruel entity knows as ‘The Skarrow.’ Co-directors are Ari Costa (second unit on Extraction and Avengers: Endgame) and Eren Celeboglu (The Internet Kills).
Pre-sales inked out of Berlin by Anton include Square One for Germany; Sun Distribution Group for Spain, Portugal and Latin America; Rialto for Australia and N.
- 4/7/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
“Sex Education” star Asa Butterfield and “Stranger Things” actor Natalia Dyer are set to take the lead roles in high concept horror thriller “All Fun and Games.” The movie follows a group of siblings who find themselves in a game with a demonic twist.
Anton, whose credits include “Greenland,” “The Night House” and “Curs>r,” is producing with Anthony and Joe Russo’s Agbo, best known for “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Avengers: Endgame,” and will present the film to buyers at the virtual European Film Market in Berlin next month.
It will be co-directed by Ari Costa, whose credits include “Extraction,” “Avengers: Endgame” and “The Internet Kills,” and Eren Celeboglu, who worked on “The Internet Kills” and “Scrubs,” in their directorial debuts. It will be written from a script they co-wrote based off J.J. Braider’s original spec that sold competitively to Agbo. Principal photography is set to begin at...
Anton, whose credits include “Greenland,” “The Night House” and “Curs>r,” is producing with Anthony and Joe Russo’s Agbo, best known for “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Avengers: Endgame,” and will present the film to buyers at the virtual European Film Market in Berlin next month.
It will be co-directed by Ari Costa, whose credits include “Extraction,” “Avengers: Endgame” and “The Internet Kills,” and Eren Celeboglu, who worked on “The Internet Kills” and “Scrubs,” in their directorial debuts. It will be written from a script they co-wrote based off J.J. Braider’s original spec that sold competitively to Agbo. Principal photography is set to begin at...
- 1/13/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Asa Butterfield (Sex Education) and Natalia Dyer (Stranger Things) are leading the cast of All Fun And Games, a horror-thriller that will mark the feature directing debut of co-helmers Ari Costa and Eren Celeboglu.
The pic follows a group of siblings who find themselves in a game with a demonic twist. Costa and Celeboglu co-wrote the script based on JJ Braider’s original spec.
Production and finance outfits Anton and Agbo are teaming on the project through the Gozie Agbo banner, which is geared towards championing indie filmmakers. Previously produced under the banner are The Daniels’ Everything, Everywhere, All at Once and Isaiah Saxn’s The Legend of Ochi (both with A24) as well as Natalie Erika James’s Relic (with IFC Films).
Producers are Anton’s Sebastien Raybaud and John Zois, as well as Agbo’s Kassee Whiting. Serving as executive producers are Agbo’s Anthony and Joe Russo,...
The pic follows a group of siblings who find themselves in a game with a demonic twist. Costa and Celeboglu co-wrote the script based on JJ Braider’s original spec.
Production and finance outfits Anton and Agbo are teaming on the project through the Gozie Agbo banner, which is geared towards championing indie filmmakers. Previously produced under the banner are The Daniels’ Everything, Everywhere, All at Once and Isaiah Saxn’s The Legend of Ochi (both with A24) as well as Natalie Erika James’s Relic (with IFC Films).
Producers are Anton’s Sebastien Raybaud and John Zois, as well as Agbo’s Kassee Whiting. Serving as executive producers are Agbo’s Anthony and Joe Russo,...
- 1/13/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Chris Pratt and Wu Jing (“Wolf Warriors”) will star in Universal Pictures’ remake of “Saigon Bodyguards,” based on the Vietnamese action comedy of the same name.
The original 2016 film centered on two professional bodyguards who let their most important asset slip away. Pratt will produce through his Indivisible Productions alongside Anthony and Joe Russo, and Mike Larocca, who will produce through their Agbo production banner.
Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck are writing the script. Pratt previously worked with the Russo brothers on Marvel’s “Avengers” films. Agbo and the Russo brothers last worked with Wu when they consulted on his 2017 pic “Wolf Warrior 2,” one of the highest-grossing non-English films of all time.
Universal’s Executive Vice President of Production Matt Reilly will oversee the project on behalf of the studio. Creative Executive Kassee Whiting will oversee the movie on behalf of Agbo.
The original “Saigon Bodyguards” was directed by...
The original 2016 film centered on two professional bodyguards who let their most important asset slip away. Pratt will produce through his Indivisible Productions alongside Anthony and Joe Russo, and Mike Larocca, who will produce through their Agbo production banner.
Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck are writing the script. Pratt previously worked with the Russo brothers on Marvel’s “Avengers” films. Agbo and the Russo brothers last worked with Wu when they consulted on his 2017 pic “Wolf Warrior 2,” one of the highest-grossing non-English films of all time.
Universal’s Executive Vice President of Production Matt Reilly will oversee the project on behalf of the studio. Creative Executive Kassee Whiting will oversee the movie on behalf of Agbo.
The original “Saigon Bodyguards” was directed by...
- 11/9/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Universal Pictures has made a deal to craft a new version of Saigon Bodyguards. The studio will make a high-octane action comedy based on the Vietnamese film of the same name. Chris Pratt, fresh from wrapping Jurassic World: Dominion for Universal, is attached to star in the film with Wu Jing, the star of the blockbuster Chinese franchise Wolf Warrior.
Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck are writing the script. Pratt will produce through his Indivisible Productions alongside Joe and Anthony Russo and Mike Larocca, who will produce through their Agbo production banner.
The film reunites the Russos with both Pratt, who brought his Guardians of the Galaxy to their Avengers films, and with Wu Jing. The Russos were consultants on Wolf Warriors 2, which is the highest-grossing film ever in China with $877 million in ticket sales there. In fact it’s the highest-grossing non-English-language film ever.
Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck are writing the script. Pratt will produce through his Indivisible Productions alongside Joe and Anthony Russo and Mike Larocca, who will produce through their Agbo production banner.
The film reunites the Russos with both Pratt, who brought his Guardians of the Galaxy to their Avengers films, and with Wu Jing. The Russos were consultants on Wolf Warriors 2, which is the highest-grossing film ever in China with $877 million in ticket sales there. In fact it’s the highest-grossing non-English-language film ever.
- 11/9/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
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