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Evolution Pictures Boards Sci-Fi Horror ‘The Grove’

Exclusive: Evolution Pictures has taken worldwide sales on horror sci-fi movie The Grove. The movie follows a Black Ops soldier who takes part in a mysterious experiment only to find his life descends into madness when he stops taking his meds and a subsequent lakeside getaway becomes a fight for survival. Acoryé White stars and co-wrote and co-directed alongside Patrycja Kępa. The duo, who previously made horror drama Trinket Box, produce under their Anchored Lens banner. The cast also includes Carl Anthony Payne, Psalms, Haley Sims, and Guxci. Evolution Pictures will launch sales at the market in Cannes. Its slate also includes Frank Grillo and Olga Kurylenko thriller Misdirection and Oak, a supernatural horror starring Joey Lauren Adams and Armand Assante. Evolution’s managing director, Kate Hoffman, said, “We are thrilled to partner with Acoryé and Patrycja at Anchored Lens on the first...

A super soldier’s homecoming takes a dark turn in The Grove.

Written and directed by Acoryé White and Patrycja Kepa, the indie horror thriller opens in select theaters this Friday, April 4, via Anchored Lens Productions.

After a Black Ops soldier goes under an experiment to create a better life for him and his fiancée, his homecoming turns tragic when he stops taking his medication, descending into feral madness. What was supposed to be a relaxing lake house getaway with friends becomes a fight for survival, testing the limits of love and sanity.

White also stars with Carl Anthony Payne II, Psalms, Haley Sims, Guxci, Jesus Venegas, Alestair Shu, Jolena Wu, Anuschka van Lent, Graham Edmonds ,Chloe Sirbu, Ethan Melisano, and Lucky Johnson.

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Exclusive: Carl Anthony Payne II, Acoryé White, Psalms Salazar (P-Valley), and Guxci (Night Games) have signed on to star in the indie horror feature The Grove.

The script is co-written by White and Patrycja Kępa, who will also co-direct under their Anchored Lens Productions company. The project follows the pair’s previous collaboration on 2023’s Trinket Box.

The Grove follows a soldier’s homecoming, which takes a dark turn when he forgets to take an experimental medication, triggering a deadly descent into animalistic madness. What was supposed to be a relaxing lake house getaway with friends becomes a fight for survival, testing the limits of love and sanity.

Alestair Shu (Shelter), Graham Edmonds (S.W.A.T.), influencer Anushka Van Lent (When the Ringlights Dim), Jesus Venegas (Bosch Legacy), and Jolena Wu (Eiknuj) round out the supporting cast.

Trinket Box executive producers Tru’Kessa S.

Exclusive: The Dtla Film Festival has set the full feature lineup for its 15th edition, taking place at Regal L.A. Live from November 1-5, announcing the Jack Huston starrer Hail Mary as its opening night film.

Also starring Angela Sarafyan, Natalia del Riego, and Benny Emmanuel, the film from Rosemary Rodriguez is described as a genre-bending retelling of the Mary and Joseph story following an undocumented, pregnant migrant’s journey to make it safely across the U.S. border.

Nicki Micheaux’s Summer of Violence will serve as Centerpiece film for the fest, being put on in accordance with SAG-AFTRA strike guidelines, with Deborah Attoinese’s Women in Fire to close it out. Additional feature highlights include the sci-fi rom-com Molli and Max in the Future starring Zosia Mamet, Aristotle Athari, and Okieriete Onaodowan; Maxim Pozdorovkin’s animated doc The Conspiracy featuring voice actors like Mayim Bialik, Liev Schreiber,...

Exclusive: Fivel Stewart (The Recruit) has signed on to star opposite Acoryé White in Bellmount, an action thriller that White will also direct, in his second outing behind the camera, from his own script.

The film heading into production later this year follows Chase and Hayley, a young couple living a simple lifestyle in a remote cabin, who encounter a group of sadistic robbers after a money heist goes awry. As the two worlds collide, everyone must fight for their lives to survive the night.

White will produce with partner Patrycja Kępa (Trinket Box) under their Anchored Lens Productions banner. Veteran stunt coordinator and performer Chris Brewster (Black Panther) will serve as stunt coordinator and producer, with Levi Wenrich (Trinket Box) on board as exec producer.

Boasting recent credits including Netflix’s The Recruit, Apple TV+’s Roar, the horror pic Umma with Sandra Oh and Netflix’s Atypical, Stewart...

Producers have set US theatrical release for March 31.

Priscilla Ross Smith’s The Coven (Terrifier 2) has reported robust trade from EFM on horror film Trinket Box led by deals in Germany and Latin America.

Deals on the film from Anchored Lens Productions have closed with Tiberius for Germany, Mundo Films for Latin America, Suraya for Malaysia, and Westec for Cambodia.

The film’s producers have also booked a US theatrical run starting on March 31 in more than 50 cinemas spanning more than 32 markets including Los Angeles, New York, Houston, Chicago and Atlanta.

Trinket Box follows a newlywed interracial couple who...

Patrycja Kepa (Bellmount) and Acoryé White (The Seventh Day) are directing a horror movie titled Trinket Box, Deadline reports this afternoon, the film written by White. Augie Duke (Mayans M.C.), pictured above, will also star in the upcoming film, alongside Sandra Ellis Lafferty (The Hunger Games) and Cindy Hogan (Stranger Things). “Trinket Box follows a newlywed couple intent on starting […]

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Exclusive: Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, actor and television host Luis Fonsi (Despacito) has signed on to star in the romantic comedy The Answer to My Prayer, in his feature film acting debut, with Oscar nominee Edward James Olmos (Stand and Deliver) coming aboard the project as an executive producer.

The film from director Patrick Perez Vidauri follows the romantic travails of three friends in San Antonio, Texas whose destinies are changed by an ancient prayer that guides them to true love. Cristina Nava and Vidauri will produce the pic written by Nancy De Los Santos via their companies Migrant Filmworks and Citizen Skull. Roberto Treviño and Eileen Kret (Selena) will serve as its co-producers.

Fonsi is represented by CAA; Olmos by CAA and Untitled Entertainment; and Vidauri and Nava by Citizen Skull Management.

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Exclusive: Acoryé White (The Seventh Day) and Augie Duke (Mayans M.C.) will star in Trinket Box—a new...