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Exclusive: Premiere Entertainment Group has acquired international rights to the Shea Whigham (Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning) and Carrie Coon (The Gilded Age) crime thriller Lake George.

Premiere will launch international sales this week at the European Film Market.

The neo-noir road movie follows an ex-con who is coerced by mobsters into executing a hit on a woman, but instead, the two misfits hatch a plan to steal money from the people who want her dead. Max Casella and Glenn Fleshler round out the lead cast.

Jeffrey Reiner directed the film from his original screenplay. Reiner also produced alongside Joey Oglesby, Cleta Ellington, and Bernie Stern. Michael Hillman and Brent Wilson served as executive producers.

The film was released in limited theaters and on digital in the U.S. on December 6 via Magnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, after its premiere at Tribeca.

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The trailer has been released for Lake George. Lake George is a crime thriller about two people who end up on a road trip together, despite one of them having more nefarious intentions. The film features a leading cast including Shea Whigham, Carrie Coon, Max Casella, Ashley Fink, Glenn Fleshler, Troy Metcalf, Joey Oglesby, and Derk Phillips. It is written and directed by Jeffrey Reiner, and produced by Reiner, Cleta Elaine Ellington, Michael Hillman, Bennett LeBarre, Joey Oglesby, Tim Ogletree, David DeGrow Shotwell, Bernie Stern, Jessica To, and Brent Wilson.

Now, Magnolia Pictures has released the trailer for Lake George.

The trailer introduces ex-con Don (Wingham), who is put up by a crime boss named Armen (Fleshler) take care of Armen's problem. In this case, the problem in question is a woman named Phyllis, who Don is tasked to kill. After Don picks up Phyllis, he fidns that he cannot actually kill her.

Carrie Coon is continuing her cult status as the go-to actress for complex performances.

The star, who leads HBO series “The Gilded Age” and Azazel Jacobs’ Netflix drama “His Three Daughters,” is poised to leave her mark on the “White Lotus” franchise with the highly anticipated third season. Before then, though, Coon can be seen in neo-noir crime comedy “Lake George,” which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and has been acquired by Magnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, for its North American rights. IndieWire shares the exclusive details below.

Coon stars as Phyllis, the target of hitman Don (Shea Whigham). Yet as things go sideways, Phyllis and Don end up working together to take down the mobsters who want her dead. The duo embark on a road trip to steal all the money from the mob boss who first hired Don. It’s a two-birds, one-stone kind...

Exclusive: Vertical has acquired North American rights to Parachute, the romantic drama marking the directorial debut of actress Brittany Snow (X), which won multiple awards in its debut at SXSW 2023, recognizing Snow and star Courtney Eaton (Yellowjackets). The film from Yale Productions, also starring Thomas Mann (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl), is set to open in select theaters on April 5.

Written by Snow and Becca Gleason (Summer ’03), Parachute boasts a starry cast that also includes Gina Rodriguez (Not Dead Yet), Dave Bautista (Dune: Part Two), Joel McHale (Community), Francesca Reale, and Scott Mescudi aka Kid Cudi (Silent Night).

The film tells the story of Riley (Eaton), a fun and energetic young woman who struggles with an eating disorder and body image issues, and Ethan (Mann), a once-promising musician approaching the end of his 20s, watching as the two meet and just “click.” To Ethan, all...

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Californication and The X-Files star David Duchovny will star alongside Oakes Fegley (The Fabelmans, Pete’s Dragon, The War With Grandpa) and T.R. Knight (Grey’s Anatomy, The Flight Attendant) in Irving Franco’s Adam the First, which Archstone Entertainment will be introducing to buyers at the American Film Market.

Franco (Cheerleader) wrote and directed the film, which follows Adam, who, when his foster parents are suddenly murdered, sets out on a cross country adventure to track down a series of men who could be his estranged father, each one with a different life that could become his.

Adam The First is produced by Nathan Marcus, Jonathan Rubenstein, Ari Daniel Pinchot and Bernie Stern. Executive producers include Scott Martin, Michael Slifkin, and Jack Sheehan of Archstone.

“Adam The First is masterfully crafted and beautifully shot,” said Martin. “It is engaging from start to finish,...

Exclusive: Robert Patrick (Scorpion), Nick Stahl (Sleepwalking), Scott Haze (Venom), Kelli Garner (Godzilla: King of the Monsters), Jake Weber (Midway) and Tony Hale (Veep) will star in Vincent Grashaw’s forthcoming psychological horror What Josiah Saw, which has recently wrapped principal photography in Oklahoma.

Written by Robert Alan Dilts, What Josiah Saw tells the story of a family with buried secrets who reunite at a farmhouse after two decades to pay for their past sins. Specific plot details are being kept under wraps.

“I felt if I was ever going to do a film which scared people, it would need to be one grounded in a reality that was relatable,” Grashaw said. “It was one of the most unique and terrifying scripts I’d ever come across, and I can’t wait to share this one with an audience.”

Randomix Productions’ Ran Namerode is producing alongside Beth Elise Hawk through her shingle,...

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