Wesley Snipes is set to star in and produce a casino heist thriller called “Payline” for Dawn’s Light Media and Maandi House Studios, Snipes announced Tuesday.
Snipes will play the villain in the film, which will be the first time Snipes has taken a villain role since 1993’s “Demolition Man,” in which he starred opposite Sylvester Stallone.
Described as a project in the vein of “Ocean’s Eleven” and Ben Wheatley’s “Free Fire,” “Payline” centers on a small-town casino that turns into a battleground after two groups of criminals attempt to rob it on the same night. Rob Robol and Jay S. Boyd wrote the screenplay.
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Allan Ungar, who directed the fan film “Uncharted” starring Nathan Fillion based on the popular video game series, will produce alongside Richard Switzer and Jason Cherubini of Dawn’s Light.
Snipes will play the villain in the film, which will be the first time Snipes has taken a villain role since 1993’s “Demolition Man,” in which he starred opposite Sylvester Stallone.
Described as a project in the vein of “Ocean’s Eleven” and Ben Wheatley’s “Free Fire,” “Payline” centers on a small-town casino that turns into a battleground after two groups of criminals attempt to rob it on the same night. Rob Robol and Jay S. Boyd wrote the screenplay.
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Allan Ungar, who directed the fan film “Uncharted” starring Nathan Fillion based on the popular video game series, will produce alongside Richard Switzer and Jason Cherubini of Dawn’s Light.
- 4/16/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Gridlocked
Written by Rob Robol & Allan Ungar
Directed by Allan Ungar
Canada, 2015
In Gridlocked, Dominic Purcell plays David Hendrix, a Strategic Response Team (a type of swat team) leader who after taking a bullet in the line of duty is on forced leave from his squad. Hendrix spends his days single-handedly kicking down doors and laying the smack down on petty thugs while pining to rejoin his former unit. Enter Brody Walker (Cody Hackman), a Justin Bieber-esque movie star with a downward spiraling career and a penchant for indiscretions that leaves him facing jail time. Walker’s PR/Legal team cut a deal placing him in a community service program as Hendrix’s tag-a-long, and surprise, surprise, the two don’t get along. Just when Gridlocked looks to be ripping pages right out of the 48 Hrs. and Ride Along movie making handbooks, it provides one more swerve. Hendrix takes Brody to his former headquarters,...
Written by Rob Robol & Allan Ungar
Directed by Allan Ungar
Canada, 2015
In Gridlocked, Dominic Purcell plays David Hendrix, a Strategic Response Team (a type of swat team) leader who after taking a bullet in the line of duty is on forced leave from his squad. Hendrix spends his days single-handedly kicking down doors and laying the smack down on petty thugs while pining to rejoin his former unit. Enter Brody Walker (Cody Hackman), a Justin Bieber-esque movie star with a downward spiraling career and a penchant for indiscretions that leaves him facing jail time. Walker’s PR/Legal team cut a deal placing him in a community service program as Hendrix’s tag-a-long, and surprise, surprise, the two don’t get along. Just when Gridlocked looks to be ripping pages right out of the 48 Hrs. and Ride Along movie making handbooks, it provides one more swerve. Hendrix takes Brody to his former headquarters,...
- 10/21/2015
- by Victor Stiff
- SoundOnSight
Exclusive: The action-thriller stars Dominic Purcell, Danny Glover, Cody Hackman and Stephen Lang and is in post.
Allan Ungar directs Gridlocked, about a former Swat leader and a movie star on a ride-along who become trapped when a training facility is overrun by mercenaries.
Ungar and Rob Robol wrote the screenplay and Bruno Marino produces alongside Jenna Mattison and Geoff Hart from Hackybox Pictures.
“It’s fun to sell such an energetic, exciting and edgy film,” said Red Sea Media CEO Roman Kopelevich. “This is a high-quality production with an outstanding script and we think this type of action film is exactly what buyers are looking for.”
Ungar previously wrote and directed the Mma thriller Tapped starring Michael Biehn and Anderson Silva.
Red Sea Media’s Afm sales slate includes Dawn Patrol starring Scott Eastwood and Rita Wilson, The Timber starring Josh Peck and action adventure Beyond Skyline, set to begin shooting in December.
Allan Ungar directs Gridlocked, about a former Swat leader and a movie star on a ride-along who become trapped when a training facility is overrun by mercenaries.
Ungar and Rob Robol wrote the screenplay and Bruno Marino produces alongside Jenna Mattison and Geoff Hart from Hackybox Pictures.
“It’s fun to sell such an energetic, exciting and edgy film,” said Red Sea Media CEO Roman Kopelevich. “This is a high-quality production with an outstanding script and we think this type of action film is exactly what buyers are looking for.”
Ungar previously wrote and directed the Mma thriller Tapped starring Michael Biehn and Anderson Silva.
Red Sea Media’s Afm sales slate includes Dawn Patrol starring Scott Eastwood and Rita Wilson, The Timber starring Josh Peck and action adventure Beyond Skyline, set to begin shooting in December.
- 10/31/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Some casting news you can use... First, Danny Glover has joined the cast of the Canadian indie thriller "Gridlocked," which stars Dominic Purcell as a former Swat leader being shadowed by a movie star with quite an ego, played by Cody Hackman. Glover will play a police chief in the film, which will be directed by Allan Ungar, from a script penned by Ungar and Rob Robol, with Hackybox Pictures producing. Vinnie Jones and Stephen Lang round out the film's key cast, with principal photography set to begin later this month, in Toronto and London. Next, Tory Kittles has joined the cast of HBO's Bessie Smith biopic, which stars Queen Latifah and is written and...
- 7/2/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Exclusive: Red Sea Media has come on to handle international sales at the Efm on the Cuba Gooding Jr [pictured] thriller Gridlocked.
Allan Ungar directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with Rob Robol about a former Swat chief and his trainee caught in a training facility overrun by mercenaries.
Bruno Marino produces with Geoff Hart and Cody Hackman from Canada’s Hackybox Pictures.
“We’re really going to be pushing the envelope in terms of the action,” said Ungar. “It’s going to remain grounded, but it will pack a punch. You’re going to see Cuba Gooding Jr like you’ve never seen him before. It’s going to be exciting.”
Ungar previously wrote and directed the Mma thriller Tapped with Michael Biehn and Anderson Silva, which Lionsgate releases in May.
Red Sea Media’s slate includes two films from La-based FX specialists Hydraulx The Seventh Tear produced by Brett Ratner and Chimera as well as Jinn...
Allan Ungar directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with Rob Robol about a former Swat chief and his trainee caught in a training facility overrun by mercenaries.
Bruno Marino produces with Geoff Hart and Cody Hackman from Canada’s Hackybox Pictures.
“We’re really going to be pushing the envelope in terms of the action,” said Ungar. “It’s going to remain grounded, but it will pack a punch. You’re going to see Cuba Gooding Jr like you’ve never seen him before. It’s going to be exciting.”
Ungar previously wrote and directed the Mma thriller Tapped with Michael Biehn and Anderson Silva, which Lionsgate releases in May.
Red Sea Media’s slate includes two films from La-based FX specialists Hydraulx The Seventh Tear produced by Brett Ratner and Chimera as well as Jinn...
- 2/7/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Cuba Gooding Jr has booked the starring role in a Canadian action/thriller titled Gridlocked, which will be directed by Allan Ungar, from a script penned by Ungar and Rob Robol. for Hackybox Pictures. The feature film will see Gooding play a former Swat team chief who who finds himself having to take on a team of mercenaries, with the help of the surviving members of a training facility that was attacked, and an actor shadowing him for a part. The project is being shopped at the ongoing European Film Market in Berlin, with a spring 2014 shoot eyed. Gooding will next star in Clement Virgo's much-anticipated film adaptation of...
- 2/6/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
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