Blue Fox has come on board to sell worldwide rights on the crime thriller What We Do Next starring Corey Stoll (Billions, Ant-Man) and will launch sales talks at EFM this week.
Stephen Belber (Match starring Patrick Stewart) wrote and directed the completed feature, which also stars Karen Pittman (The Morning Show) and Michelle Veintimilla (Gotham) and gets a US theatrical release on March 3 via Small Batch Studio Entertainment.
What We Do Next centres on a New York City politician (Pittman) climbing the political ladder who is forced to navigate her complicated past with a young woman recently released from prison (Veintimilla) and a corporate attorney with whom she shares an equally complicated history (Stoll).
Merry-Kay Poe’s Unbridled Films (Don’t Tell A Soul), Chris Mangano’s Movies & Media (Standing Up, Falling Down, Don’t Tell A Soul), and Max Neace produced the film. Brian Tanke, Stephen Belber and Matt Bronson executive produced, and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage co-produced.
Blue Fox head of international Lisa Gutberlet said, “We can’t wait to bring Stephen Belber’s brilliant story to audiences worldwide. Stephen’s sharp and elegant screenplay about the intersection of race, class, and social justice and his stellar cast lead by Karen Pittman, Michelle Veintimilla, and Corey Stoll created an impressive thriller unlike any other we’ve seen.”
Belber added, “Bringing this film to life with absolutely stellar producers and a top tier cast was about as artistically fulfilling as it gets. Fun, rewarding, challenging, and a near-perfect example of the type of artist I aim to be. To have Blue Fox not only recognise our efforts, but lend their artistic and industry expertise in helping us roll it out, makes me extremely proud and deeply grateful.”
Blue Fox Entertainment’s recent international sales titles include One Winter starring Julian Dennison, Minnie Driver, and James Rolleston; family comedy Popular Theory with Cheryl Hines, Sophia Reid-Ganzert, Marc Evan Jackson; YA thriller Jane with Madelaine Petsch and Chloe Bailey; comedy Linoleum starring Jim Gaffigan and Rhea Seehorn; and Sahar Mosayebi’s Orca.
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