Christopher Convery Joins Katie Holmes In STXfilms / Lakeshore Entertainment's "The Boy 2"
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- Published on Wednesday, 21 November 2018 16:41
STXfilms, a division of STX Entertainment, and Lakeshore Entertainment announced The Boy 2, starring Christopher Convery who joins the cast led by Katie Holmes, introduced for the first time at the AFM has been sold out all international.
Highlights include Entertainment (UK & Ireland), Sun (Spain & LatAm), Lucky Red (Italy), The Searchers (Benelux), Koch (Germany & Austria), MGN (CIS), Vertical (Eastern Europe) and JBG (Australia & New Zealand).
The film is a follow-up to horror aficionado William Brent Bell's box office hit The Boy (2016). Many of these distributors enjoyed the success of the first film and are returning to participate in this timely sequel.
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Katie Holmes (Batman Begins, Logan Lucky, Dawson's Creek) leads the cast as "Liza," with Christopher Convery (Gotham, The Girl in the Spider's Web) to co-star as her son "Jude."
Written by Stacey Menear, who also penned its predecessor, The Boy 2 will be produced by Lakeshore's Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi and Eric Reid, in addition to Matt Berenson, Jim Wedaa and Roy Lee. Principal photography will begin in Victoria, British Columbia on January 14th, 2019.
Unaware of the terrifying history of Heelshire Mansion, a young family moves into the estate, where their young son soon makes an unsettling new friend, an eerily life-like doll he calls Brahms.
At just 10 years old, Convery is firmly establishing himself as a rising new talent, who will next be seen playing 'August Balder' in The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018), starring alongside Claire Foy and Claes Bang. His previous TV credits include his recurring role as 'Martin' in season 4 of Fox's Gotham (2017), Netflix's Haters Back Off! (2017) and NBC's The Blacklist: Redemption (2017). He also appeared as 'Young Charlie' in the Broadway musical Kinky Boots from 2016 until 2017.
Following their recent collaborations on Pierre Morel's action-thriller Peppermint, starring Jennifer Garner, and the romantic drama Adrift, starring Sam Claflin and Shailene Woodley, STXfilms and Lakeshore Entertainment continue their successful partnership withThe Boy 2. STX Entertainment, which is co-producing with Lakeshore, will distribute in the US, having jointly handled international sales with Lakeshore.
A list of other sales to this date include: Odeon (Greece & Cyprus), Cinemundo (Portugal), Selmer (Scandinavia), Ascot (Switzerland), United King (Israel), Jaguar (Middle East), Aqua (Turkey), Canada (Elevation), Acme (Baltics), Intercontinental (Hong Kong & Macao), PT Prima (Indonesia), Company L (Korea), GSC (Malaysia), Viva (Philippines), CatchPlay (Taiwan), MVP (Vietnam, Thailand & Burma), HBO (Pan Asia Satellite), Times Media (South Africa), Caribbean Cinemas (West Indies) and TSI (Airlines).
Christopher Convery is represented by Paradigm, Sinclair Management, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein. Holmes is represented by Adam Schweitzer at ICM Partners and managed by Jason Weinberg at Untitled Entertainment. Brent Bell is represented by Harley Copen at ICM Partners.
About STXfilms
STXfilms is a division of STX Entertainment, a global, next-generation media company whose mission is to unlock the value of the direct connection stars have with their fans through the development, financing, production, marketing and distribution of film, television, VR, digital video, music and live entertainment content. It is the industry leader in transforming beyond traditional platform-driven content to creating talent-driven enterprises.
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The company is led by accomplished businessman Robert Simonds and was co-founded by Bill McGlashan, managing partner of the leading global private investment firm TPG. Other investors include Hony Capital, a leading private equity firm in China; PCCW, Southeast Asia's largest Internet and cable services provider; Tencent Holdings, China's leading provider of online products and services; Liberty Global, the world's largest distribution platform; Dominic Ng, Chairman of East West Bank; New Enterprise Associates (NEA); DNS Capital (representing the business interests of Gigi Pritzker and her immediate family); and Beau Wrigley, former Chairman and CEO of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, among others. With these strategic relationships, the company is uniquely positioned to maximize the impact of content worldwide, with direct passage into the China market.
About Lakeshore Entertainment
Lakeshore Entertainment is a leading independent motion picture production, distribution and international sales company. Founded in 1994 by Tom Rosenberg, Lakeshore has produced over 60 films including the Academy Award winning Million Dollar Baby, as well as the Underworld film franchise, The Boy, The Age of Adaline, The Lincoln Lawyer, Runaway Bride, The Ugly Truth, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Crank, Arlington Road and The Gift.
Lakeshore also produced the film adaptation of Philip Roth's Pulitzer Prize winning novel American Pastoral, directed by and starring Ewan McGregor, Underworld: Blood Wars, the fifth installment of the Underworld franchise, AXL, a contemporary nod to the classic 1980s E.T., romantic drama Adrift and Pierre Morel's revenge thriller, Peppermint, starring Jennifer Garner. Lakeshore is currently in post-production on The Wedding Year, a romantic comedy starring Sarah Hyland.
