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Exclusive: Mena Suvari (American Beauty), Jeffrey Donovan (Sicario), and Cam Gigandet (Twilight) are set to star opposite James C. Clayton (Bullet Proof) in Briefcase, 8, a new neo-noir action film which Clayton is directing.

Set in a city where the rain never stops and the truth is buried in alleyways, Briefcase, 8 follows 8, a weary hitman who takes one last job from his ruthless boss (Donovan) to escape with the woman he loves (Suvari). But as blood spills over a mysterious briefcase, he must outwit his enemies (Gigandet) and uncover the truth to survive.

Production is underway in Winnipeg, Manitoba and Kamloops, British Columbia, with Marc Petey and Jonnie Broi producing. Exec producers include Evan Tylor and Caterina Scrivano of IndustryWorks Studios, which is handling worldwide distribution and sales for the film, as well as Keli Price of Price Productions, who negotiated talent deals on behalf of the production.

Clayton comes to Briefcase,...

Directorial duo Kit & Arran, whose darkly comedic satire “King Baby” premieres at International Film Festival Rotterdam, are lining up two further film projects, “How Dare You” and “Jericho,” the directors, whose full names are Kit Redstone and Arran Shearing, tell Variety.

Selected for the Bright Future section and initially developed as a play, “King Baby” sees a King and a Servant (Graham Dickson and Neil Chinneck) living alone in the ruins of a castle. When their daily routine is disturbed by a Queen, they start succumbing to their worst instincts. Even though she is a wooden mannequin.

Variety debuts the trailer here:

The film was produced by Franck Priot, Ye Shu, the directors and Marc Petey for Ghosts City and Chimples Pictures.

“We felt there was something deliciously promising about this stripped-down world,” says Kit. But despite its comedic set-up, “King Baby” quickly turns more disturbing, exploring “different nuances of patriarchal brutality.

Lionsgate will be giving the action film Bullet Proof a theatrical, VOD, and Digtial release this Friday, August 19th – and in anticipation of this release, we’ve gotten our hands on an Exclusive clip from the movie that shows star Vinnie Jones (Snatch) participating in a tense standoff. Check it out in the embed above!

The feature directorial debut of James C. Clayton, who also stars in the movie with Jones, Bullet Proof has the following synopsis:

Vinnie Jones plays Temple, a sadistic mob boss, in this gritty, white-knuckle action ride. After stealing millions in cash from Temple’s drug-dealing hideout, the Thief finds a stowaway in his getaway car – Temple’s pregnant wife, Mia! Desperate to reclaim his cash – and his unborn son – Temple sends out a squad of hit men and bounty hunters to bring in Mia and the Thief. Speed, cleverness, and good aim give the duo a brief advantage,...

Exclusive: Screen icon Sean Young has signed on for a role in the horror film Ouija Witch, which is currently in production. She’s set to star alongside Miley Rose, Jeremy Dean, Cheyenne Phillips, Ryan M. Shaw, LeJon Woods, Rivera Reese, Maggie Wagner and Sean Michael Conway.

The film concerns a young woman who summons an evil witch to get revenge on the men who attacked her. Young will play the mysterious shopkeeper who helps summon the evil spirit.

Ouija Witch is a co-production of Millman Productions, Titan Global Entertainment, Salem House Films and Otsego Media. Robert Michael Ryan is directing from a script by John Doolan, which was based on a story by Ryan and Cuyle Carvin. Ryan, Carvin and Korey Rowe are producing, with Jeff Miller (The Toybox) and Mark L. Lester (director of the original Firestarter) exec producing, and Alysa Blasetti serving as co-producer.

The Motorcycle Boy Productions and Greendale Productions horror-thriller starring Gary Busey, James Clayton and Chelah Horsdal will be in production in the city from April 13-20.

Rusty Nixon directs Candiland from his adapted screenplay based on Elizabeth Engstrom’s novel of the same name about a pair of lovers who isolate themselves in a bizarre heightened existence experiment.

Marc Petey and Marena Dix produce and James Clayton, Blaine Anderson and Roseanne Milliken are the executive producers.

The film is being shot in two blocks, nine weeks apart, to allow Clayton and Horsdal (pictured) the time needed for a dramatic weight loss as as their characters become emaciated after a year of isolation.