Shailene Woodley, Ben Foster and Pablo Schreiber will join the previously announced Alan Ritchson in the action thriller “Motor City.”
Potsy Ponciroli will direct the picture. Production begins July 10 in New Jersey and AlUla, Saudi Arabia as part of Stampede Ventures’ 10-picture slate deal with Film AlUla.
Greg Silverman and Jon Berg will produce for Stampede Ventures, alongside Rohini Singh, Paramdeep Singh and Manmeet Singh of Astro Lion Pictures, and Cliff Roberts and Chad St. John, who also penned the script. Mike Tadross Jr. and Eric Hedayat will executive produce.
Black Bear represents international rights with WME Independent co-representing domestic rights with Stampede, and Sacker Entertainment Law overseeing production legal.
“Motor City” follows John Miller (Ritchson), a Detroit auto-worker whose life and girlfriend (Woodley) are taken away from him when he’s framed by a local gangster (Foster) and sent to prison. On his release, Miller unleashes a maelstrom of...
Potsy Ponciroli will direct the picture. Production begins July 10 in New Jersey and AlUla, Saudi Arabia as part of Stampede Ventures’ 10-picture slate deal with Film AlUla.
Greg Silverman and Jon Berg will produce for Stampede Ventures, alongside Rohini Singh, Paramdeep Singh and Manmeet Singh of Astro Lion Pictures, and Cliff Roberts and Chad St. John, who also penned the script. Mike Tadross Jr. and Eric Hedayat will executive produce.
Black Bear represents international rights with WME Independent co-representing domestic rights with Stampede, and Sacker Entertainment Law overseeing production legal.
“Motor City” follows John Miller (Ritchson), a Detroit auto-worker whose life and girlfriend (Woodley) are taken away from him when he’s framed by a local gangster (Foster) and sent to prison. On his release, Miller unleashes a maelstrom of...
- 5/10/2024
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Part of the fun to be had with Gangster Squad was the over the top violence, almost cartoonish in its execution, which began very early on in the film with two cars going in the opposite direction.
Stuntman and Director Doug Coleman is the man behind many of the best moments in the film and we spoke to him about his time with the Gangster Squad and how his parallel career as Unit Director has been informed by his background and what the future holds.
On the importance of the period of a film.
The period is so important as far as developing the characters and their movement, the way they hold their weapons, the way they drive their cars, the way they fight. The period of the film is key, and making sure that it’s all about the behavior from that period.
The actors in Gangster Squad doing their own stunt.
Stuntman and Director Doug Coleman is the man behind many of the best moments in the film and we spoke to him about his time with the Gangster Squad and how his parallel career as Unit Director has been informed by his background and what the future holds.
On the importance of the period of a film.
The period is so important as far as developing the characters and their movement, the way they hold their weapons, the way they drive their cars, the way they fight. The period of the film is key, and making sure that it’s all about the behavior from that period.
The actors in Gangster Squad doing their own stunt.
- 5/29/2013
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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