Exclusive: Cinedigm has acquired North American rights to the CIA thriller Mk Ultra, starring Anson Mount (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds), Jaime Ray Newman (Dopesick) and Jason Patric (Lost Boys), scheduling it for release in theaters and on VOD this fall.
The film is inspired by the true story of the illegal drug experimentation program, Project MKUltra, which the CIA established during the early 1960s, as a means of developing procedures and identifying drugs like LSD, which could be used to weaken individuals in interrogations, forcing confessions through brainwashing and psychological torture. It follows the brilliant psychiatrist Ford Strauss (Mount), who finds his professional and ethical boundaries tested as he is recruited to run a subsect of the program at a rural Mississippi mental hospital.
Mk Ultra was written and directed by Ex-Intelligence Officer Joseph Sorrentino, and also stars Alon Aboutboul (Snowfall) and Jen Richards (Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches). Sorrentino,...
The film is inspired by the true story of the illegal drug experimentation program, Project MKUltra, which the CIA established during the early 1960s, as a means of developing procedures and identifying drugs like LSD, which could be used to weaken individuals in interrogations, forcing confessions through brainwashing and psychological torture. It follows the brilliant psychiatrist Ford Strauss (Mount), who finds his professional and ethical boundaries tested as he is recruited to run a subsect of the program at a rural Mississippi mental hospital.
Mk Ultra was written and directed by Ex-Intelligence Officer Joseph Sorrentino, and also stars Alon Aboutboul (Snowfall) and Jen Richards (Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches). Sorrentino,...
- 5/9/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
NEW YORK -- Chris Klein, Jake Busey and Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst are starring in Jason Wiles' dark comedy Play Dead.
Klein will play Ronnie Reno, a former TV action hero in dire need of a comeback. On his way back from a failed audition, he winds up snowbound in a remote Nevada town run by scary meth dealers, including Merle (Busey), and their henchman (Durst). When he finds the body of a dead FBI agent there, life imitates Reno's art as he is forced to reunite with his former co-stars, including Devon Michael Beach), to save himself and the terrorized townsfolk.
The feature is written by Wiles and Shem Bitterman, whose 10-year-old daughter Annabelle will play one of the endangered residents. Bitterman, Wiles, Kurt Tuffendsam, Mark Koetting, Michael O'Shea and Tom Rooker are producing the project with executive producer Brent Herrin.
Wiles is best known as Maurice Bosco Boscorelli on NBC's long-running series Third Watch. He recently directed the drama Lenexa, 1 Mile with co-writer/director Bitterman.
Klein will play Ronnie Reno, a former TV action hero in dire need of a comeback. On his way back from a failed audition, he winds up snowbound in a remote Nevada town run by scary meth dealers, including Merle (Busey), and their henchman (Durst). When he finds the body of a dead FBI agent there, life imitates Reno's art as he is forced to reunite with his former co-stars, including Devon Michael Beach), to save himself and the terrorized townsfolk.
The feature is written by Wiles and Shem Bitterman, whose 10-year-old daughter Annabelle will play one of the endangered residents. Bitterman, Wiles, Kurt Tuffendsam, Mark Koetting, Michael O'Shea and Tom Rooker are producing the project with executive producer Brent Herrin.
Wiles is best known as Maurice Bosco Boscorelli on NBC's long-running series Third Watch. He recently directed the drama Lenexa, 1 Mile with co-writer/director Bitterman.
- 12/21/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dominique Swain has joined Thora Birch, Jena Malone, Marla Sokoloff and Anna Faris in Richard Zelniker's indie rock 'n' roll drama Vinyl. Shooting starts at the end of next month. Vinyl follows the story of a group of women behind a male rock 'n' roll band that is on the verge of breakout success. Swain will star as a groupie who is hot after the band's lead singer. The male cast members are expected to be announced shortly. Birch is producing along with Bill Bannerman and Tom Rooker. Zelniker is directing from his own script. Swain next stars opposite Dennis Hopper in Out of Season. She recently signed on for representation with Paradigm Talent & Literary and is additionally repped by Leverage Management. Her other credits include Lolita, Tart, Pumpkin and The Job.
- 2/11/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Anna Faris, who turned heads for her bubbly turn in Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation, will team with The Practice star Marla Sokoloff to star in Richard Zelniker's Vinyl. Thora Birch and Jena Malone have already signed on to the project, which is due to start shooting in February in Los Angeles. Zelniker is directing from his own script. Vinyl centers on the women behind a male rock 'n' roll band that is on the verge of breakout success. Faris will play the live-in girlfriend of the band's bad-boy lead guitarist. Sokoloff will star as a bar waitress who wreaks havoc on the band when she comes between a band member and his girlfriend. Other casting is expected to be announced in January. Bill Bannerman and Tom Rooker are producing for Zelniker. Faris is repped by the Gersh Agency and Raw Talent. Her other credits include the Scary Movie franchise and May. Sokoloff is repped by Endeavor and Myles Levy at James/Levy/Jacobson. She next stars in the 2004 Sundance Film Festival entry Home of Phobia.
- 12/22/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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