From Cannes: Susan Sarandon Cast In John Krokidas' "Tunnels" For Highland Film Group
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- Category: Entertainment News
- Published on Friday, 17 May 2019 07:32
- Written by Hildy Johnson
Highland Film Group announced today that Academy Award® winner Susan Sarandon (Thelma & Louise, "Feud,") will star in John Krokidas' (Kill Your Darlings) Tunnels. The screenplay is written by Victoria Rose (The Time Capsule, Brimming with Love).
Colin Bates (Maggie) and Michael Jefferson (Blame) will produce under the Lucidity Entertainment banner with Ethan Terra and Cindy Bru serving as executive producers. Lucidity Entertainment is currently in production on Son of the South.
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Circle of Confusion's Matt Smith (Maleficent) and Brad Mendelsohn (Rim of the World) will produce along with Circle of Confusion's Frank Frattaroli, who will executive produce. Circle of Confusion is the management and production company behind AMC's hit series "The Walking Dead." Highland Film Group is handling international sales which will launch in Cannes.
In the wake of a school shooting, an unlikely friendship develops between Ruby Love (Sarandon), the grandmother who raised the shooter, and Grayson Mitchell, the teenage brother of one of the victims, when paired to work together at the local supermarket.
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An inspiring and surprisingly funny story of two outsiders helping each other to find hope in a town still too stuck in its recent history to see the potential of something beautiful on the horizon.
Sarandon is an Academy Award® winning actress, with an extensive list of credits including Thelma & Louise, Dead Man Walking, Step Mom, Bill Durham, A Bad Moms Christmas and more recently the TV series "Ray Donovan," and "Feud."
Tunnels marks Rose's debut feature, following recent inclusion on the Hollywood "Young and Hungry" list.
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Sarandon is represented UTA and Krokidas is represented by UTA and Circle of Confusion.
At Cannes, Highland will be selling Vaughn Stein's Inheritance starring Lily Collins and Simon Pegg; Dimitri Logothetis' Jiu Jitsu starring Nicolas Cage; Marc Meyer's thriller We Summon the Darkness starring Alexandra Daddario; Trauma Center starring Bruce Willis; Michael Polish's Axis Sally starring Al Pacino; Southland starring Bella Thorne; Skylines, the third chapter of the successful franchise, starring Lindsey Morgan; and Ghosts of War starring Brenton Thwaites, Theo Rossi and Skylar Astin.
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Highland Film Group's diversified production and sales slate also includes: Joe Carnahan's Boss Level starring Frank Grillo, Naomi Watts and Mel Gibson; Michael Cristofer's The Night Clerk starring Tye Sheridan, Ana de Armas and Helen Hunt; Shawn Ku's action thriller A Score to Settle starring Nicolas Cage.
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Also on the HFG upcoming slate John Herzfeld's action thriller Escape Plan: The Extractors starring Sylvester Stallone and Dave Bautista; Vaughn Stein's Terminal starring Margot Robbie; the star-studded Berlin, I Love You with Helen Mirren, Keira Knightley, Jim Sturgess, Mickey Rourke, Diego Luna and Jenna Dewan Tatum; and Lin Oeding's thriller Braven starring Jason Momoa.
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