Bloom To Handle International Sales On Julius Onah’s Dramatic Thriller "Luce"
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- Published on Tuesday, 24 April 2018 07:14
BLOOM announced today that they will launch international sales on Julius Onah's Luce at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival. The dramatic thriller stars two-time Academy Award® Nominee Naomi Watts Academy Award® Winner Octavia Spencer, Academy Award® Nominee Tim Roth and Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Based on J.C. Lee's play, the script was written by Lee and Onah. John Baker, Onah, and Andrew Yang are producing with Eric Ro co-producing. The Dream Factory Group's Rob Feng, Amber Wang, and Lee serving as executive producers. CAA and Endeavor Content are co-repping domestic rights on Luce, which is currently in post-production.
The film follows Luce Edgar (Harrison Jr.), a model student, track star, and champion debater. He's everything a high school senior aspires to be, much to the relief of his adoring parents (Watts & Roth) who adopted him from a war-torn African nation.
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Thankfully, the violent trauma of Luce's upbringing is in the distant past. Or is it? Luce's teacher, Harriet (Spencer) believes he represents a symbol of black excellence setting a positive example for his peers – however everything is put into question after Harriet discovers that Luce wrote a well-researched paper littered with disturbing statements about political violence. Eager to protect her star pupil, Harriet investigates but her discoveries force Luce's parents to question their assumptions of who their adopted child really is and set a chain of events in motion that will change everyone's lives forever.
"Luce is a captivating story that constantly has the audience on its toes – a social chess match that is timely and internationally relevant. Julius Onah is a talent we have great belief in and he has assembled an amazing cast to portray this story, we are excited to discuss with our partners in Cannes," says BLOOM's President of International Sales Kristen Figeroid.
In Cannes, BLOOM will also be selling Dee Rees' The Last Thing He Wanted starring Anne Hathaway, David Sandberg's Kung Fury starring Michael Fassbender, Yuval Adler's The Operative, Sam Levinson's Assassination Nation, Bill Holderman's Book Club starring Diane Keaton and Jane Fonda, andMatthew Heineman's A Private War starring Rosamund Pike.
About BLOOM
BLOOM recently entered into a first-look deal with filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallée and Nathan Ross' Crazyrose banner, where they will partner on film, TV and documentaries. This deal gives BLOOM a strategic film & TV partner to enter into the original content and production space. BLOOM is a sales, production and financing outfit. The company represents and curates a diversified slate of films ranging from commercial, talent-driven, wide release movies, to specialty films from proven and trusted filmmakers, all the while keeping an eye towards fresh and emerging talent.
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BLOOM's slate also includes: Josh Trank's Al Capone bio-pic Fonzo starring Tom Hardy; Scott Cooper's Hostiles which is currently in theaters and starring Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike and Wes Studi; Paul Weitz's Bel Canto starring Julianne Moore; Jake Scott's The Burning Woman, starring Christina Hendricks and Sienna Miller; Zhang Yimou's Shadow; Craig S. Zahler's Dragged Across Concrete starring Mel Gibson and Vince Vaughn which will be released by Lionsgate; Strangers: Prey at Night from Johannes Roberts; Andrea Di Stefano's Three Seconds, starring Joel Kinnaman, Rosamund Pike, Common, and Clive Owen; and Victor Levin's Destination Wedding starring Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder. In 2017, BLOOM was acquired by Endeavor (formerly WME | IMG).
