The companys projects span a number of genres hailing from multiple territories around the world. XYZ Films and Celluloid Nightmares will be introducing these projects, along with the company’s current slate, during the Toronto International Film Festival next month.
- Stage Fright from Serendipity Point Films marks the feature film debut from director Jerome Sable. Sable is best known as the director of the short film The Legend of Beaver Dam which was a recent TIFF Midnight Madness selection as well as a Sundance selection. The musical/horror film has Meat Loaf and Minnie Driver confirmed for the cast and has a scheduled September production start.
- These Final Hours is a sci-fi thriller from first-time Australian director, Zak Hilditch. The film follows a self-obsessed young man who makes his way to the party-to end-all-parties on the last day on Earth, but ends up saving the life of a little girl searching for her father. Their relationship ultimately leads him on the path to redemption. The film will begin production in Perth, Australia in October with the support of Screen Australia.
- Creeping Zero is a European co-production from director Billy OBrien (Isolation, a TIFF Midnight Madness title from 2005). The sci-fi film is scheduled to start shooting October 29th in Budapest and will star John Boyega (Attack the Block), Ashley Hinshaw (Chronicle), Eddie Marsan and Adam Deacon.
- Killers is a Japanese/Indonesian co-production between Guerrilla Merah Productions and Gareth Evans Pt. Merantau Films (The Raid) out of Indonesia and Nikkatsu (Cold Fish) out of Japan. This serial-killer thriller from directors The Mo Brothers (Macabre), follows two contrasting serial killers inadvertently discover each others existence, as the world around them falls apart, their paths will cross in a violent collision. Starring an international cast, the film is has just commenced production.
XYZ Films is next producing Berandal (aka The Raid 2) which starts production in January and is currently in pre-production in Jakarta, Indonesia. They are also producing The Raid, an English-language remake which is currently in development at Sony Pictures Screen Gems. The company is in post-production on The Rambler, directed by Calvin Reeder and starring Dermot Mulroney; and Frankenstein’s Army, directed by Richard Raaphorst. They are also handling world sales on the film RAZE, which is currently in post-production and starring Zoe Bell and Rachel Nichols.
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