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Lots of news coming in for the first in a series of grindhouse films coming from Michael Biehn and Xavier Gens starting with The Farm. We've got some distro news, some new sales art, and lord knows what else on tap for you right now.

From the Press Release

Aspect Film's genre label Chiller Films has pre-sold Xavier Gens' upcoming grindhouse feature The Farm to German distributor Tiberius Film, with other territories including North America and UK circling. The deal was brokered by Aspect's Hugh Edwards and Tiberius' Wolfgang Carl and David Marsh.

The first in a series of three grindhouse films from Blanc/Biehn Productions, The Farm will reunite Hitman director Xavier Gens with The Terminator star Michael Biehn, who worked together on The Divide. Also back from starring in The Divide is Michael Eklund, Courtney B. Vance, Ivan Gonzalez, Jennifer Blanc-Biehn, while Danielle Harris will also star.

The new grindhouse factory from Tinseltown’s fringes, Blanc-Biehn Productions, grabbed some buzz from Cannes today, as word circulated about their link-up with infamous French horror film director, Xavier Gens. The Divide brought these two take-no-prisoners talents together earlier this year. Now, in true indy-grit fashion, they’re taking a family approach to generating a trio of high-intensity noir films.

It’s a natural bond. Biehn, his partner Jennifer Blanc-Biehn, and Gens share a frontier spirit when it comes to film-making: Grab a colony of folks you trust and head into the wilderness on your own dime.

The results should be appropriately wild.

The Farm is the first in this slate of tragic tales. It’ll sport many of the cast members from The Divide, Biehn and Gens riding that family dynamic’s energy as far as it can take them. That’s a good call, as The Divide demanded...

Michael Biehn and Xavier Gens worked together on The Divide and it has been announced that they have partnered to produce Biehn’s upcoming series of grindhouse films. Continue reading for the official press release, including details on their first project, The Farm:

Award-winning actor Michael Biehn (The Terminator, Aliens), under his Blanc Biehn Productions shingle, has joined forces with famed director Xavier Gens (Hitman, Frontiers) to produce a series of grindhouse films, the first of which will be The Farm. Each film will be dark, provocative and feature characters that are larger than life. Chiller Film, the genre arm of Aspect Film Ltd., will represent all three titles as part of the deal they announced with Blanc Biehn Productions back in February.

“The inspiration to do The Farm came from a desire to work once again with Michael Biehn,” said Xavier Gens. “We had so much fun making The Divide.

Really cool news coming out of the indie scene. This morning we got word that entertainment veterans Michael Biehn and Xavier Gens have joined forces to produce a series of grindhouse films starting with The Farm. Read on for all of the details!

From the Press Release

Award-winning actor Michael Biehn (The Terminator, Aliens), under his Blanc/Biehn Productions shingle, has joined forces with famed director Xavier Gens (Hitman, Frontiers) to produce a series of grindhouse films, the first of which will be The Farm. Each film will be dark, provocative and feature characters that are larger than life. Chiller Film, the genre arm of Aspect Film Ltd., will represent all three titles as part of the deal they announced with Blanc/Biehn Productions back in February.

“The inspiration to do The Farm came from a desire to work once again with Michael Biehn,” said Xavier Gens. “We had so much fun making The Divide.