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Vertical has acquired North American rights to Home Sweet Home: Rebirth, the live-action adaptation of the hit video game from directors Alexander Kiesl and Steffen Hacker. The film is set to release this April.

The cast includes Michele Morrone, William Moseley, Thai-Norwegian actress Yaya Urassaya Sperbund, and K-Pop/K-Drama star Alexander Lee.

Home Sweet Home Rebirth follows Jake (Moseley), a cop thrust into an alternate realm called “The Hindrance” during a deadly mall shooting. With the help of a mysterious Novice Monk (Lee), Jake must race the clock to save his wife, Prang (Sperbund), and stop an evil occultist, Mek (Morrone), from opening the Gates of Hell.

The film is based on the hit survival thriller video game Home Sweet Home by Thai gaming company YGGDrazil, which has sold over 1 million units worldwide and has become a breakout on YouTube and Twitch, with streamers raking in more than 370 million views of gameplay across both platforms.

Exclusive: Vertical has acquired North American rights to Home Sweet Home: Rebirth, the live-action adaptation of the video game from directors Alexander Kiesl and Steffen Hacker.

Starring Michele Morrone (365 Days), William Moseley (The Chronicles of Narnia saga), Thai-Norwegian actress Yaya Urassaya Sperbund (Brother of the Year), and K-Pop/K-Drama star Alexander Lee (Moorin School: Saga of the Brave), the film is set for release this April. Below is a first look image.

Home Sweet Home Rebirth follows Jake (Moseley), a cop thrust into an alternate realm called “The Hindrance” during a deadly mall shooting. With the help of a mysterious Novice Monk (Lee), Jake must race the clock to save his wife, Prang (Sperbund), and stop an evil occultist, Mek (Morrone), from opening the Gates of Hell.

The film is based on the survival thriller video game Home Sweet Home by Thai gaming company YGGDrazil, which has sold more...

Exclusive: The live-action adaptation of hit the video game franchise Home Sweet Home Rebirth is debuting for world sales at the TIFF market with Diamond Media.

The completed film stars Michele Morrone (365 Days), William Moseley (The Chronicles Of Narnia), Thai-Norwegian model and actress Urassaya Sperbund (Brother Of The Year) and K-Pop/K-drama star Alexander Lee (Moorin School: Saga Of The Brave).

Filmmaking duo Alexander Kiesl and Steffen Hacker directed, with visuals coming from their German visual effects house Unexpected. The film was produced by Dean Altit under his Altit Media Group banner, and Pakin Maliwan, under Thailand-based Film Frame Productions.

Pic follows Jake (Moseley), a cop thrust into an alternate realm called ‘The Hindrance’ during a deadly mall shooting. With the help of a mysterious Novice Monk (Lee), Jake must race the clock to save his wife, Prang (Yaya), and stop an evil occultist, Mek (Morrone), from opening the Gates of Hell.

Robert Luketic will direct “All Out of Love: The Air Supply Story” for Altit Media Group. The film follows the two founding members of Air Supply, Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock, as they pursue their musical dreams, ultimately breaking big with such chart-toppers as “Every Woman in the World,” “Lost in Love” and, the film’s title song, “All Out of Love.”

In Luketic, the project gets a director with a proven box office track record — Luketic oversaw both “Legally Blonde” films, two of the biggest hits of Reese Witherspoon’s career, as well as the Jennifer Lopez and Jane Fonda comedy, “Monster-In-Law,” another commercial success.

Casting on the film, which features a script from BAFTA-nominated screenwriter Stuart Beattie, is currently underway.

Altit Media Group’s Dean Altit will produce, while Barry Seigel, Jesse Weiner, Julia Xu, and Johnny Hsu will serve as executive producers. Filming is set to take...

Exclusive: Pirates of the Caribbean and Collateral screenwriter Stuart Beattie is penning the biopic All Out of Love: The Air Supply Story about the 1980s soft rock band Air Supply.

Altit Media Group’s Dean Altit will produce, with Barry Seigel, Jesse Weiner, Johnny Hsu and Julia Xu serving as EPs.

Production is planned in Australia and the UK during Q4 this year in plan for a summer 2025 theatrical release to celebrate the band’s 50th anniversary.

Air Supply was the hit-meister of many gold and platinum slow dance and make-out songs during the 1980s such as “All Out of Love,” “The One That You Love” and “Making Love Out of Nothing at All.” The band found major success with seven Top 5 singles in a row, tying The Beatles’ consecutive run. Air Supply counts more than 100 million albums sold worldwide and played over 5,000 shows, with members Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock recording hits,...

Air Supply may be the latest chart-topping musical act to get the big screen treatment.

Altit Media Group said it plans to make biopic about the band that will, in a nod to one of the group’s biggest hits, be entitled, “All Out of Love: The Air Supply Story.” The film will be released in summer 2025 to celebrate Air Supply’s 50th anniversary. Filming is set to take place in Australia and the U.K. during the fourth quarter of 2024.

Air Supply found success with a series of romantic ballads. Their hits include “Here I Am,” “Lost in Love,” “The One That You Love”, “All Out of Love”, “Every Woman in the World” and “Even the Nights Are Better.” The group scored seven Top 5 singles in a row, tying the Beatles’ consecutive run, and went on to sell more than 100 million albums worldwide while playing over 5,000 shows. Members Graham Russell...

Exclusive: Following recent confirmation from Amazon MGM Studios and Lionsgate that A Simple Favor 2 is a go, the film has added seven new cast members: Elena Sofia Ricci, Michele Morrone (365 Days), Elizabeth Perkins (Minx), Alex Newell (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist), Taylor Ortega (Grand Death Lotto), Lorenzo de Moor, and Aparna Nancherla (The Drop).

While Nancherla reprises her role as Sona, all other roles are new and under wraps for now.

Deadline was first to report on the sequel two years ago, as stars Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively and director Paul Feig signed on to return. Others set to reprise include Henry Golding, Andrew Rannells, Bashir Salahuddin, Joshua Satine, Ian Ho, and Kelly McCormack.

Released by Lionsgate in 2018 to critical acclaim and more than $97 million at the worldwide box office, A Simple Favor is a mystery thriller that adapts the same-name novel by Darcey Bell. The first film introduces...