Guy Danella has been named the new president of film at XYZ Films, tasked with heading up theatrical production and acquisition at the genre specialist.

Danella’s production credits include the Ke Huy Quan actioner Love Hurts and Tommy Wirkola’s Violent Night, starring David Harbour, both Universal Pictures releases. He will kick off his XYZ slate with The Trip, an adaptation of Wirkola’s 2021 Norwegian thriller Onde Dager, which XYZ financed.

The film follows a dysfunctional couple who head to a remote cabin, ostensibly to try and rescue their marriage. But both have secret plans to kill the other. Before they can do anything, unexpected visitors arrive, putting them both in greater danger. Jorma Taccone is directing the remake, which stars Jason Segel, Samara Weaving, Juliette Lewis and Timothy Olyphant, . The film is currently in post-production.

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