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Stars: Chris Cleveland, Bill Wetherill, Heather Renee Wake, Kellen Garner, Chade Green, Aria Song | Written by Kellen Garner | Directed by Christopher Sheffield, Kellen Garner

I was just thinking the other day that it had been a while since I’d reviewed a western and then along comes Blood in Them Hills a tale of outlaws stolen gold, hostile Apaches and a Wendigo.

In a cabin outside of town a badly injured man begins to act strangely as his daughter pulls a tooth out of his infected shoulder. In the midst of this Apaches attack the cabin and he announces “I’m awake!” before attacking his family.

Back in town the Christmas festivities are taking a dark turn as a mob surrounds the jail looking to lynch one of the prisoners Mack for allegedly killing one of the townsfolk. Far from being afraid, he talks tough as the doctor stitches him up.

Rocky Balboa's greatest nemesis of all time has a war film that's set to hit streaming later this month. Come Out Fighting, the period war drama starring Dolph Lundgren, Hiram A. Murray, Michael Jai White, and Rich Lowe, will officially begin streaming on Hulu on September 21. The film is set during World War II and follows a squad of American soldiers who are sent on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines to search for their missing commanding officer. The film is currently only available for rent on Prime Video. In addition to Lundgren, Murray, White, and Love, Come Out Fighting also stars Tyrese Gibson, Kellan Lutz, and David Alvarado, and the film currently sits at brutal scores of 25% from critics and an even worse 19% from general audiences on Rotten Tomatoes.

Exclusive: Vmi Worldwide has tapped Benan Guz as its new Vice President of Sales and promoted Julie Paquit to President of Sales.

Guz previously led international content sales and film production at Film Bridge International. Her background includes roles as an Acquisitions Manager at SinemaTV, a group of Pay TV channels and VOD platform, and as an Account Manager at Spi International, where she managed key client relationships across various territories and worked on collaborative marketing initiatives in partnership with local sales agents.

Paquit, formerly the Senior Vice President of Sales at Vmi, started working at the company in 2017 and most recently served as SVP of Sales, inking territory and negotiating sales deals for films such as Darkness of Man (starring Jean-Claude Van Damme), Chosen Family (featuring Heather Graham and Julia Stiles) and The Price We Pay (starring Emile Hirsch and Stephen Dorff) and many others.

Vmi Worldwide was launched in 2010 under CEO Andre Relis.

Heading into the Cannes market Vmi Worldwide has acquired international sales rights to the action title Kill Craft, with sister company Vmi Releasing set to release in North America.

Mark Savage wrote and directed the story starring Sanae Loutsis as a wife and daughter forced to take over the family business after her veteran hitman father is mysteriously killed on the job.

Michael Paré and Bill Oberst Jr. also star in the feature from Stl Productions, Savage Sinema, and Millman Productions.

Savage, Alexi Angelino, and Jeff Miller produced Kill Craft, with Shawn Loutsis and Tamie Loutsis serving as executive producers.

Vmi Worldwide has boarded worldwide sales to the thriller Fluxx starring Tyrese Gibson and Shelley Hennig and is launching sales at the EFM in Berlin next week.

Brendan Gabriel Murphy directed from a screenplay he co-wrote with Keyaunte Mayfield.

Fluxx follows Vada, an actor who awakens in her bathtub unsure how she got there and soon lerns her home has been ransacked and her husband (Shiloh Fernandez) is missing.

When she tries to leave her house, she is awakens again in her bathtub. Trapped in a seemingly never-ending loop, Vada is visited by two unwanted guests who engage her in...

Exclusive: Vmi Releasing, the North American distribution arm of Vmi Worldwide, has hired Dan Fisher as Executive Vice President.

Fisher has previously served as Director of Worldwide Acquisitions for Entertainment One, Senior Director of Acquisitions for Gravitas Ventures, and VP of Acquisitions for Freestyle Digital Media. Before Vmi Releasing, he was the founder and principal of Poppy Pictures, a boutique film distribution and sales consulting firm. He also recently served as a visiting professor of film at Kenyon College in Ohio.

Vmi Worldwide launched in 2010 under CEO Andre Relis. They’ve produced titles such as Darkness of Man, The Price We Pay, The Last Son, Come Out Fighting, Arkansas, Wander, and The Humanity Bureau. Vmi Releasing first launched in 2021. They have released Freaks vs The Reich, a Venice 2021 selection, Defining Moments, starring Burt Reynolds in his final performance, Death on the Border, starring Shannon Elizabeth and Danny Trejo. Vmi’s...

Exclusive: Vmi Worldwide has acquired world rights to the action pic The Ballad of Davy Crockett from producer-director Derek Estlin Purvis, starring William Moseley (The Chronicles of Narnia) and Colm Meaney (Con Air)

Set in 1815, the pic tells the story of an American Legend whose wife has fallen deathly ill, leaving his young children to survive on their own. Davy must set out on a perilous journey fighting off danger and enemies across the wild frontier.

The deal was negotiated by Jessica Bennett, COO Productions and Acquisitions, and Michael Mailer with Derek Purvis. The pic was also produced by Michael Mailer.

“The Ballad of Davy Crockett is an action-packed epic showcase of an American Hero and how far he will go to save his children. We are excited to introduce this to buyers in TIFF,” said Andre Relis, CEO of Vmi Worldwide.

Purvis added: “We wanted to explore the larger-than-life...

Exclusive: Vmi Worldwide has acquired world rights to the WWII title Liberation, formally known as Avenue of the Giants, starring Stephen Lang (Avatar), Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade), Robin Weigert (Deadwood) and Luke Blumm (Where The Crawdads Sing).

Written and directed by filmmaker Finn Taylor, the film tells the true story of Herbert Heller (Blumm), who kept his experience as a teenage boy surviving for years in Auschwitz hidden from his family. That is until he meets Abbey (Fisher), a young teenager whose own brush with pain and death inspires him to open up as well, leading the two of them to exchange their stories as a meaningful and healing friendship is born.

The deal was negotiated by Jessica Bennett, COO of Productions and Acquisitions, Mickey Guerin, VP of Legal and Business Affairs for Vmi, and Mark Halloran and Executive Producer Noah Lang on behalf of the filmmakers.

The film was...

Exclusive: Vmi Worldwide has hired Scott Freije, former Vice President of Global Sales at XYZ Films, as President of Global Sales.

“I am excited to join Andre and the great team at Vmi. The company is well-positioned for success, and I am thrilled to contribute to its growth in an ever-changing market,” Freije said of his appointment.

Freije was at XYZ Films for over seven years, working as Director of Sales before being promoted to VP. At the company, he brokered deals for the Berlin Competition pic BlackBerry, Arctic starring Mads Mikkelsen, and Mandy starring Nicolas Cage.

Prior to joining XYZ, he worked for Artist View Entertainment. He is a University of North Carolina School of the Arts graduate.

Vmi Worldwide was launched in 2010 under CEO Andre Relis. Recent Vmi titles include Darkness Of Man, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme; Corner Office, starring Jon Hamm; Come Out Fighting, starring Kellan Lutz...

Come Out Fighting spotlights the courage and heroism of Black soldiers during World War II. The despicable racism faced at home reared its ugly head on European battlefields during the war. The film is a fictionalized account of the 761st Tank Battalion aka the Black Panthers. They join the hunt for a downed pilot and missing officer trapped behind enemy lines. Moments of genuine camaraderie are muddied by low-budget visual effects, questionable editing, and poorly defined, generic Nazi antagonists. Come Out Fighting has good intentions but struggles to be rousing and cinematic.

Lt. Frank Ross (Kellan Lutz) checks the fuel gauge on his P-51 Mustang fighter. He's almost empty. Wingman Lt. Mike Rawlings (Andrew Stecker) is in the same situation. They decide to end their recon mission when a German supply train comes into view. The pilots dutifully destroy the enemy but don't see a Messerschmitt jet racing towards them.

Action stars Michael Jai White, Dolph Lundgren, Tyrese Gibson, and Kellan Lutz lead the charge the upcoming WWII action drama, Come Out Fighting, for which we have an exclusive clip. Coming to theaters and on demand beginning May 19th, courtesy of Lionsgate, Come Out Fighting finds martial artist and actor Michael Jai White starring as Sergeant Aj 'Red' McCarron who, alongside his squad of soldiers, is sent on a dangerous rescue mission behind enemy lines. Check out our exclusive clip from Come Out Fighting below.

Set during WWII, the military adventure Come Out Fighting follows a small, specialized squad of African American U.S. Army soldiers who are sent on an unofficial rescue mission behind enemy lines to locate their missing commanding officer. The squad, upon battling their way through the German defenses, encounter more than they bargain for when they locate a downed U.S. Army fighter pilot. With the...

If you need proof that you never know what’s going on in people’s lives before you get a look behind the beaded curtain, I’ve got a story for you. Rocky IV and The Expendables franchise star Dolph Lundgren revealed he’s been battling cancer for the past eight years. During a nationally syndicated interview on In Depth With Graham Bensinger, Lundgren said he’d been diagnosed with lung cancer in 2015.

While Lundgren says he went into remission, the cancer returned with a vengeance in 2020. His doctor gave him a terminal diagnosis, saying he only had 2-3 years to live. When the actor’s cancer returned, Lundgren’s fiancée Emma Krokdal said the doctors found tumors in his lungs, spine, and kidneys. Dolph made peace with the diagnosis, thinking he would die within a finite period.

Thankfully, this report has a silver lining. Lundgren sought a second opinion from Dr.

"Hell of a way to fight a war..." Screen Media has revealed an official trailer for Come Out Fighting, a WWII action thriller from the filmmaker Steven Luke - he has been making tons of these junk World War II films recently, including Battle of the Bulge: Winter War, and Operation Seawolf before this. His latest war movie follows a small, specialized squad of U.S. Army African-American soldiers sent on an unofficial rescue mission behind enemy lines to locate their missing commanding officer. The action film stars Michael Jai White, Tyrese Gibson, Kellan Lutz, Hiram A. Murphy, and Dolph Lundgren. Come Out Fighting follows remarkable heroes making revolutionary strides during a grueling battle. Not much more than that, though... If you're not yet sold on all of that, then maybe this footage will help? Or maybe not... Take a look. // Continue Reading ›...

Exclusive: Vmi Releasing has picked up North American rights to the fantastical WWII drama Freaks vs. the Reich (formerly Freaks Out), which won eight awards at the Venice Film Festival in 2021, including the Grafetta d’Oro for Best Film, and went on to land six David di Donatello Awards from the Academy of Italian Cinema the following year. The second feature from director Gabriele Mainetti (They Call Me Jeeg) will bow in theaters and on digital on April 28th.

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The film set in 1943 Rome opens on an artisanal circus owned by elderly magician,...

Company becomes latest sales agent to enter releasing arena.

Vmi Worldwide has become the latest US sales agent to expand into US distribution and announced that Vmi Releasing will kick off with comedy Defining Moments starring the late Burt Reynolds on August 27.

In partnership with distribution company Nela Media, Kendall Anlian has been hired to head distribution for the new venture. Anlian founded Nela Media and will also run development and sale of original TV content at Vmi Releasing. As vice president of sales for The Asylum, Anlian oversaw sales of 25 new releases a year including the series Z Nation.

Production underway in Illinois.

Tyrese Gibson, riding high as F9 crosses $500m at the global box office, has joined the cast of Vmi Worldwide’s Cannes Marché sales title Come Out Fighting.

Vmi Worldwide, Schuetzle Company Productions and Deano Productions are producing the World War II action film about the 761st tank battalion known as The Black Panthers.

Gibson joins previously announced Kellan Lutz Hiram A. Murray and Michael Jai White on the project. He plays a hard-charging battalion sergeant who, along with his comrades, must put racial tensions aside when they encounter a downed fighter pilot behind enemy lines.

Stars: Tom Sandoval, Michael C. Alvarez, Michelle Palermo, Richard Lippert, Ethan Drew, Brad Grubenhoff, Charlotte Lilt, Jason Wiechert, Jennifer Jones Nesbit | Written by Will Hirsch, Ryan Henry Johnston, Charlotte Lilt, Ryan Kjolberg, Jordan Pillar, Carl Jensen IV, Tom J. McCoy | Directed by Ryan Henry Johnston, Charlotte Lilt, Ryan Kjolberg, Jordan Pillar, Carl Jensen IV, Tom J. McCoy

Scare Us, not to be confused with either of the Scare Me films from last year, is a new anthology film set in the small town of Sugarton. A town where a rash of killings has people wondering if the serial killer dubbed Cutthroat has returned. Against this backdrop, a group of aspiring writers gather at Pete’s bookstore to read their latest stories. This week’s theme, a story that is not only scary but very personal to the teller.

Diego passes so the first story, “Night Haul” comes from Naomi (Michelle...