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Exclusive: The Renny Harlin action thriller The Bricklayer, starring Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight) and Nina Dobrev (The Vampire Diaries), has been picked up by Vertical for a day-and-date release in the U.S. early next year.

An adaptation of the same-name novel by former FBI agent Paul Lindsay — who used the pen name Noah Boyd — the film also stars Clifton Collins Jr. (Westworld), Tim Blake Nelson (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs), and Ilfenesh Hadera (Billions). The story is that of a rogue insurgent blackmailing the CIA by assassinating foreign journalists and making it appear the agency is responsible. As other nations begin turning against the U.S., the CIA must lure Steve Vail (Eckhart) — their most brilliant and rebellious operative — out of retirement. With an elite and deadly skill set, Vail is tasked with helping clear the agency’s name, forcing him to confront his checkered past while unraveling an international conspiracy.

The “American Pie” franchise is one of the most popular and successful comedy franchises. The series spans nine movies and follows a group of friends navigating the highs and lows of teenage life.

From first kisses to losing their virginity, the “American Pie” movies capture the essence of being young and in love. And whether you’re a fan of the original cast or the newer additions, there’s something for everyone in this hilarious franchise.

Throughout the first film in the original series, Jim Levenstein (Jason Biggs) attempts to establish a connection with Nadia (Shannon Elizabeth), his schoolmate. Jim and three of his closest pals, Kevin Myers (Thomas Ian Nicholas), Paul Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas), and Chris Ostreicher (Chris Klein), make a promise to lose their virginity before graduation.

“The American Pie Movie” series was a huge success and became an American cultural phenomenon. The series began with a...

Screen Media announced today the acquisition of all North American rights to the action film The Bricklayer.

Directed by Renny Harlin (Cliffhanger, Die Hard 2) and written by Matt Johnson (Into The Blue) and Hanna Weg (Septembers of Shiraz) based on a novel by Noah Boyd, the film stars Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight, Olympus Has Fallen, Thank You for Smoking), Nina Dobrev (xXx: Return of Xander Cage, Let’s Be Cops), Clifton Collins Jr. (“Westworld,” Jockey) Tim Blake Nelson (Nightmare Alley, Naked Singularity), and Ilfenesh Hadera (Baywatch).

Screen Media is planning a day-and-date theatrical and on demand release summer 2023.

In The Bricklayer. someone is blackmailing the CIA – assassinating foreign journalists and making it look like the agency is responsible. As the world begins to unite against the US, the CIA must lure its most brilliant – and rebellious – operative out of retirement, forcing him to confront his checkered past while unraveling an international conspiracy.

Exclusive: Screen Media has acquired North American rights to Renny Harlin’s actioner The Bricklayer from Millennium Films, slating the pic for release in theaters and on VOD next summer. The Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment company has also unveiled a new still from the film, starring Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight) and Nina Dobrev (xXx: Return of Xander Cage), which can be found below.

In The Bricklayer, someone is blackmailing the CIA—assassinating foreign journalists and making it look like the agency is responsible. As the world begins to unite against the U.S., the CIA must lure its most brilliant—and rebellious—operative out of retirement, forcing him to confront his checkered past while unraveling an international conspiracy. Clifton Collins Jr. (Westworld), Tim Blake Nelson (Nightmare Alley) and Ilfenesh Hadera (Paramount’s Baywatch) also star.

The Bricklayer is the second title in Screen Media’s output deal with Millennium Films,...

Check out the new poster for Last Call, starring Travis Van Winkle, Ryan Hansen, Tara Reid, Tom Arnold and Christopher Lloyd. The film is directed by Greg Garthe from the script by Scott Donnelly and Erik Lindsay. Taglined "Drunk and Drunker" (not exactly a Poster child for teens), Last Call is a classic raunchy buddy comedy with a heart of gold. When it comes to saving family, you never know what lengths you might go to…until you absolutely have to! Danny and Phil O’Donnell are chronically underachieving cousins, forced into running the family pub, in order to save their crazy Uncle Pete from jail and financial destitution. The boys instigate a number of dubious schemes, from turning the pub into a strip club to a high school speakeasy, just to keep it afloat.

Gerard Butler has signed on to star in The Bricklayer adaptation for Millennium Films.

The project is based off the novel by Noah Boyd, which centers on a former FBI agent who is brought back into the bureau to help take down a dangerous criminal group. These criminals are extorting money from the bureau and know far too much about the inner workings of the FBI. Gerard Butler will play the former agent, Steve Vail, who became a Chicago bricklayer after leaving the FBI. The plot also involves a female deputy director who works alongside Vail, although that part has not been cast yet.

Hanna Weg is writing the adaptation for Millennium Films, with Alan Siegel and Danielle Robinson producing alongside Gerard Butler. Erik Lindsay and Hanna Weg are executive producing.

It isn't clear when production will start on The Bricklayer.

Just when you thought that Tara Reid's career was over, THR is now reporting that she has joined the cast of the indie comedy "Last Call." The new movie is a buddy film that stars Travis Van Winkle (Friday the 13th) and Ryan Hansen (Friday the 13th) as cousins forced to run a family pub. The supporting cast includes Christopher Lloyd, Tom Arnold, Dave Foley, Diora Baird, Clint Howard, John Capodice, David DeLuise and Richard Riehle. Greg Garthe is making his feature directorial debut on the film, written by Scott Donnelly and Erik Lindsay (American Pie Presents Beta House). The production is currently shooting in and around Los Angeles.

In a story from The Hollywood Reporter Tara Reid is coming aboard the indie comedy Last Call.

Also starring in this film are Travis Van Winkle and Ryan Hansen. They play cousins who have to run the family business: a pub.

Other cast memebers are Christopher Lloyd, Tom Arnold, Dave Foley, Diora Baird, Clint Howard, John Capodice, David DeLuise and Richard Riehle.

Greg Garthe is directing this movie which was penned by Scott Donnelly and Erik Lindsay.

The film is presently shooting in Los Angeles and surrounding areas.

Tara Reid is joining the cast of the indie comedy "Last Call." The buddy film stars Travis Van Winkle and Ryan Hansen as cousins forced to run a family pub.

The supporting cast includes Christopher Lloyd, Tom Arnold, Dave Foley, Diora Baird, Clint Howard, John Capodice, David DeLuise and Richard Riehle.

Greg Garthe is making his feature directorial debut on the film, written by Scott Donnelly and Erik Lindsay. The film is being produced by Shannon Riggs and Joe Di Maio alongside Donnelly and Garthe through their Mineola Films. Executive producers are David Dobkin and Spence Jackson.

Garthe previously held the position of creative exec at Dobkin's production company, Big Kid Pictures.

The production is currently shooting in and around Los Angeles.

Director nm0512215 autoErik Lindsay[/link] is revelling in the success of his straight-to-dvd tt0163651 autoAmerican Pie[/link] sequels - because they paid for the hedonistic lifestyle that inspired them.

Lindsay partied with students and strippers to help him create The Naked Mile and Beta House. The films won't win him awards, but they have already repaid the money he spent and proved his critics wrong.

He says, "These scripts are 95 to 98 per cent biographical. All the money I spent on booze, extracurricular activities and the strip bars has come full circle. So everybody who told me I was wasting my money over the last 20 years, just look at the Dvd shelves, baby. Every dollar I dropped into a G-string has come back tenfold on me."...

Indie production company Wind Dancer Films has hired writers for two feature comedies -- the first projects launched with Wind Dancer's recently announced private-equity development fund.

Bear Aderhold & Tom Sullivan have been hired to pen "Fear Less". The comedy writers behind the sequel to Eddie Griffin's "Undercover Brother" and the upcoming Lionsgate film "Delta Farce" will pen a script centered on a fearful man who after a freak accident can no longer experience fear. Aderhold & Sullivan most recently worked on the pilot "Homeland Security" for WBTV and NBC. Aderhold & Sullivan are repped by Ryan Saul at Metropolitan, as well as Chris Ridenhour & Brad Kaplan at Evolution.

Erik Lindsay has signed to write "Little Bastards", a buddy comedy about a couple of devious twentysomething cousins whose outlaw lifestyle comes to a grinding halt when their dying grandmother curses them with "goodness." Lindsay is repped by Benderspink, UTA and Eclipse Law.

Wind Dancer films was created by Matt Williams, David McFadzean and Carmen Finestra.

Rogue Pictures has picked up an untitled adult sex comedy pitch to be written by Erik Lindsay. Joe Nussbaum is on board to direct. While plot details are being kept under wraps, it is known that the main character is a guy in his mid- to late-20s as opposed to the usual sex comedies that center on high school or college-aged protagonists. Paul Getto, who brought the project in, will oversee with Andrew Rona. The comedy reteams Lindsay and Nussbaum, who are behind the company's upcoming American Pie 5: The Naked Mile. Lindsay wrote Mile as a spec, and Rogue turned it into an installment of the moneymaking "Pie" franchise. Rogue is so high on Mile that executives there wanted the two to work for them again.

The creator of hit American show The O.C. has been slapped with a lawsuit by two writers, who claim the idea for the series is theirs. Scott Donnelly and Erik Lindsay claim in their lawsuit that they had an agreement with producer Josh Schwartz to develop a series called The Pointes. Instead, they charge, Schwartz went behind their backs and pitched The O.C. They're seeking $10 million in damages. The Fox show will return in the autumn for a second season.