Gravitas Ventures Acquires North American Rights To "LOST TRANSMISSIONS" Starring Simon Pegg and Juno Temple

Gravitas Ventures Acquires North American Rights To "LOST TRANSMISSIONS" 

Starring Simon Pegg and Juno Temple

"LOST TRANSMISSIONS" will be available in theaters and on demand March 13th.


LOS ANGELES (February 19, 2019) —Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studios company, has acquired North American rights to Lost Transmissions, Katharine O’Brien’s directorial debut starring Simon Pegg (Star Trek, Mission Impossible), Juno Temple (Atonement, Maleficent), and Alexandra Daddario (Baywatch, True Detective). Lost Transmissions will be available in theaters and on demand March 13th.

Based on a true story, Lost Transmissions follows Theo Ross (Simon Pegg), a respected, Los Angeles music producer. His friend, Hannah (Juno Temple), a shy, aspiring songwriter, discovers that he has lapsed on his medication for schizophrenia. In an effort to get Theo the help he needs, Hannah and their group of friends, chase him as he outruns his colorful delusions through the glamour and grit of Los Angeles’ music scene.

The film was produced by Filip Jan Rymsza for Royal Road Entertainment alongside Tory Lenosky for Pulse Films, alongside Al Di for Underlying Tension, and Olga Kagan. Executive Producers were Pulse Films’ Thomas Benski and Brian Levy, Bo An, Alan Li, Katharine O’Brien and Robert Schwartzman. The film is co-produced by Craig Newman, Alyssa Swanzey, and Jo Henriquez.

Lost Transmissions premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival and went on to receive wide acclaim on the festival circuit, including Best Actor honors for Simon Pegg at the DTLA Film Festival.

Joey Magidson of Hollywood News said, “Simon Pegg and Juno Temple have never been better, exercising new acting muscles and causing you to re-evaluate what each is capable of.”

"It's been deeply gratifying to watch the film resonate with film festival audiences around the world. I've found it touches on a common shared experience and I'm thrilled for Gravitas to bring Lost Transmissions to a wide audience," said Katharine O’Brien.

“Katharine’s nuanced direction draws out a revelatory performance from Simon Pegg. We look forward to North American audiences discovering the film,” said Tony Piantedosi, Vice President of Acquisitions at Gravitas Ventures.

UTA Independent Film Group negotiated the deal with Gravitas Ventures on O’Brien’s behalf with Piantedosi of Gravitas Ventures.


About Gravitas Ventures

Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studios company, is a leading all rights distributor of independent feature films and documentaries. Founded in 2006, Gravitas connects independent filmmakers and producers with distribution opportunities across the globe. Working with talented directors and producers, Gravitas Ventures has distributed thousands of films into over a hundred million homes in North America - over one billion homes worldwide. Recent releases include Armstrong, directed by David Fairhead; Above the Shadows staring Olivia Thirlby, Megan Fox and Jim Gaffigan; The River and the Wall, directed by Ben Masters; Score: A Film Music Documentary; California Typewriter; Legion of Brothers; Katie Holmes’ feature directorial debut; All We Had, Colin Hanks’ All Things Must Pass; and Being Evel from Academy Award  winning director Daniel Junge and producer Johnny Knoxville.


About Red Arrow Studios

Red Arrow Studios is one of the world’s leading creators and distributors of entertainment content. Red Arrow Studios is comprised of 20 production companies in seven territories, including 10 companies based in the United States; world-leading multi-platform digital network Studio71, based in six countries; and global film and TV distributors Red Arrow Studios International and Gravitas Ventures.

The group’s significant output includes scripted, non-scripted and formatted content and IP, from TV and film to short-form and branded content, made for an array of global networks and platforms.

Red Arrow Studios is part of ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE, one of Europe's leading media groups. For more information, please visit: https://redarrowstudios.com/


About Pulse Films:

Pulse Films is an award-winning, next generation studio encompassing the development, production, financing and distribution of content across all platforms and for audiences worldwide.

The studio was founded by Thomas Benski and Marisa Clifford in 2005, and is headquartered in London with outposts in Los Angeles, New York, Paris and Berlin. Dedicated to creating moments of culture through innovative storytelling, Pulse Films operates globally under the following divisions: Scripted, Non-Fiction and Commercials & Music Videos.

Pulse Films’ feature film credits include forthcoming PIG starring Academy Award winning actor Nicolas Cage and Alex Wolff, MOGUL MOWGLI starring Riz Ahmed and 2019’s Tribeca Film Festival hit XY CHELSEA. The studio also produced the Sundance selected SKATE KITCHEN from director Crystal Moselle, Andrea Arnold’s Cannes Jury Prize winner AMERICAN HONEY, and Sundance Award winners THE WITCH and ALL THESE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS.

The studios TV credits include the new scripted drama series GANGS OF LONDON with Gareth Evans & Matt Flannery for Sky Atlantic & HBO’s Cinemax, set for 2020 release. Pulse Films also produced Netflix's most popular release of 2019 in the UK THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MADELEINE MCCANN and was behind the Grammy nominated AZIZ ANSARI RIGHT NOW special (Netflix). The studio’s forthcoming Channel 4 documentary series INSIDE MISSGUIDED is set to air in 2020, with a second major scripted series ATOMIC BAZAAR from Gregory Burke in development.

In 2019 Pulse Films won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Nature Documentary at the Emmy’s News & Documentary ceremony for TROPHY. In 2018 the studio won two Grierson Awards for documentary KINGDOM OF US. Other notable releases include the Emmy Nominated NO GREATER LAW for A+E and the London Film Festival hit RUDEBOY: THE STORY OF TROJAN RECORDS.

Gravitas Ventures Acquires North American Rights To "LOST TRANSMISSIONS" Starring Simon Pegg and Juno Temple

Lulu Wilson Cast Opposite Simon Pegg in Thriller "BECKY" From Highland Film Group

“THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE” STAR LULU WILSON CAST AS “BECKY” OPPOSITE SIMON PEGG

Highland Film Group handling International Sales which will launch at Cannes

LOS ANGELES (May 10, 2019) – Highland Film Group announced today that Lulu Wilson (Annabelle: Creation,  “The Haunting of Hill House”, upcoming The Glorias: A Life on the Road) and Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Mission Impossible, Star Trek) will go head-to-head in a new action thriller, Becky, from directors Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion (Bushwick, Cooties). The film will be produced by Jordan Yale Levine (King Cobra, Crypto) and Jordan Beckerman (After Everything, Crypto) of Yale Productions, alongside Raphael Margules and J.D. Lifshitz of BoulderLight Pictures (Contracted, Dismissed, Pledge). Highland Film Group is handling international sales which will commence in Cannes next week. UTA Independent Film Group is handling the US sale.

Spunky, rebellious 13-year-old Becky (Wilson) is brought to a weekend getaway at a lake house by her father in an effort to try to reconnect after her mother’s death. The trip immediately takes a turn for the worse when a group of convicts on the run, led by the merciless Dominick (Pegg), suddenly invade the lake house. Becky, not daddy’s little girl anymore, decides to take matters into her own hands in this high-octane action-thriller described as John Wick with a 13-year-old girl. Principal photography is set to begin in Summer 2019.

Wilson has made her mark in a number of films and TV series, many of which are in the horror/thriller genre. Her most recent credits include Annabelle: Creation, Ouija: Origin of Evil as well as Netflix’s hit series “The Haunting of Hill House” and HBO’s “Sharp Objects.” Wilson’s next projects include the films Wyrm and The Glorias: A Life on the Road where she will play a young Gloria Steinem, alongside Alicia Vikander & Julianne Moore.

Pegg has an extensive list of acting, writing and comedy credits to his name. His feature film credits include Shaun of the Dead, Star Trek, Mission Impossible, The World’s End and Hot Fuzz. He will next star in Lost Transmissions - recently premiered at TriBeca Film Festival, Hump, Highland Film Group’s Inheritance, alongside Lily Collins, and will lend his voice talents to the new series “The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.”

Wilson is represented by United Talent Agency (UTA) and Jackoway Austen Tyerman; Pegg is repped by Dawn Sedgwick Management and UTA.

At Cannes, Highland will be selling Vaughn Stein’s Inheritance starring Lily Collins and Simon Pegg; Dimitri Logothetis’ Jiu Jitsu starring Nicolas Cage; Marc Meyer’s thriller We Summon the Darkness starring Alexandra Daddario; Trauma Center starring Bruce Willis; Michael Polish’s Axis Sally starring Al Pacino; Southland starring Bella Thorne; Skylines, the third chapter of the successful franchise, starring Lindsey Morgan;  and Ghosts of War starring Brenton Thwaites, Theo Rossi and Skylar Astin.

About Highland Film Group
Highland Film Group’s diversified production and sales slate also includes: Joe Carnahan’s Boss Level starring Frank Grillo, Naomi Watts and Mel Gibson; Michael Cristofer’s The Night Clerk starring Tye Sheridan, Ana de Armas and Helen Hunt; Shawn Ku’s action thriller A Score to Settle starring Nicolas Cage; John Herzfeld’s action thriller Escape Plan: The Extractors starring Sylvester Stallone and Dave Bautista; Vaughn Stein’s Terminal starring Margot Robbie; the star-studded Berlin, I Love You with Helen Mirren, Keira Knightley, Jim Sturgess, Mickey Rourke, Diego Luna and Jenna Dewan Tatum; and Lin Oeding’s thriller Braven starring Jason Momoa.

About Yale Productions
Yale Productions is an independent feature film production company lead by partners Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman. The company was founded in 2010 by Jordan Yale Levine. In 2017, Jordan Beckerman joined the company as a full-time partner and producer, having previously worked as a film production and entertainment attorney. Yale Productions produces high-quality, filmmaker-driven features at conservative budgets, maximizing the possibility for creative and commercial success. 

These films include Crypto, released by Lionsgate, starring Kurt Russell, Alexis Bledel, and Beau Knapp, After Everything, released by Good Deed, starring Maika Monroe, Jeremy Allen White, Sasha Lane, Joey Keery, and Marisa Tomei, which premiered at SXSW in 2018, IFC title King Cobra, starring James Franco, Christian Slater, Garrett Clayton, and Keegan Allen, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2016, and Jack Goes Home, released through eOne, starring Rory Culkin, Britt Robertson, and Lin Shaye, which premiered at SXSW in 2016. Recently produced films include Burn, starring Josh Hutcherson, Suki Waterhouse, and Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Separation, starring Rupert Friend, Mamie Gummer, Madeline Brewer, Violet McGraw and Brian Cox, and Bailey and Darla, starring Brittany Snow, Sam Richardson, Jordana Brewster, Vivica A. Fox, and Anna Akana. As Yale Productions continues to grow and partner with film industry leaders, it remains dedicated to creating meaningful and exciting films, which are both artistically significant and financially successful.

About BoulderLight Pictures
BoulderLight Pictures was launched by Raphael Margules in 2012 with the production of body horror hit Contracted, a major theatrical and VOD hit for IFC Midnight that was quickly followed by a sequel. Over the following years, BoulderLight continued to grow its production arm with a number of genre films and expanded to work alongside global leaders in the industry. Their psychological thriller Dismissed, starring Dylan Sprouse, was produced as part of a 3-picture slate deal with Making Film Productions LTD - one of Hong Kong’s most prominent entertainment companies and their tinder-based thriller Bad Match was a co-production with MM2 Entertainment, Singapore’s leading media company.

BoulderLight’s most recent release, fraternity horror film, Pledge, premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival, and was released by IFC Midnight in January 2019 to rave reviews. Later this year, they will be releasing the scifi/horror anthology film Portals, which features segments directed by Eduardo Sanchez (The Blair Witch Project), Timo Tjahjanto (Headshot, VHS franchise), and Liam O’Donnell (Skyline franchise). BoulderLight currently has multiple projects in all stages of production. The company continues to seek inspired and imaginative storytellers from around the world in order to create innovative content for an evolving audience.

Lulu Wilson headshot -- credit Matt Sayles
Simon Pegg headshot -- credit Ray Burmiston

Lulu Wilson Cast Opposite Simon Pegg in Thriller "BECKY" From Highland Film Group

"INHERITANCE" -- Lily Collins Joins Simon Pegg in Vaughn Stein's High-Stakes Thriller

LILY COLLINS JOINS SIMON PEGG IN VAUGHN STEIN’S HIGH-STAKES THRILLER "INHERITANCE"

Highland Film Group to continue foreign sales at the EFM this week

BERLIN (February 6, 2019) – Highland Film Group announced today that Golden Globe® nominee Lily Collins (“Les Misérables,” To the Bone, Rules Don’t Apply, Okja) will join Simon Pegg (Mission Impossible, Star Trek, The Cornetto Trilogy) in the high-stakes thriller Inheritance, with British helmer Vaughn Stein directing, fresh off his recent work with Pegg and Margot Robbie in his noir thriller Terminal. Matthew Kennedy penned script, and Richard B. Lewis (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Backdraft, August Rush) is producing through his Southpaw Entertainment banner alongside David Wulf (upcoming The Night Clerk). UTA and Highland Film Group are co-repping the US rights with Highland Film Group handling foreign sales, which will continue in Berlin at the EFM this week.

Inheritance explores what happens when the patriarch of a wealthy and powerful family suddenly passes away, leaving his wife and daughter with a shocking secret inheritance that threatens to unravel and destroy their lives.

This marks HFG’s second collaboration with Stein, previously partnering on his debut film Terminal, which released last year.

Collins currently stars in BBC’s television adaptation of “Les Misérables” alongside David Oyelowo and Dominic West, which will premiere in the US on Masterpiece on PBS April 14th, and the Ted Bundy thriller Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile, which premiered in Sundance last month. Past credits include To the Bone, Okja, Love, Rosie, Mirror Mirror and Wareen Beatty’s Rules Don’t Apply, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe®. Up next, she will star alongside Nicholas Hoult in Fox Searchlight’s Tolkien, releasing in May.

Pegg most recently reprised the role of Benji Dunn, starring alongside Tom Cruise in the Paramount critical and box office success Mission: Impossible – Fallout, and also starred in Stein’s Terminal last year. Previous credits include: Star Trek, Ready Player One, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and more. 

Collins is represented by CAA, LBI Entertainment and Definition Entertainment and Pegg is represented by UTA and Dawn Sedgwick Management.

HFG’s diversified production and sales slate includes: Joe Carnahan’s Boss Level starring Frank Grillo, Naomi Watts and Mel Gibson; Michael Cristofer’s The Night Clerk starring Tye Sheridan, Ana de Armas and Helen Hunt; Marc Meyer’s thriller We Summon the Darkness starring Alexandra Daddario; Shawn Ku’s action thriller A Score to Settle starring Nicolas Cage; Vaughn Stein’s Terminal starring Margot Robbie, which released earlier this year; the star-studded Berlin, I Love You with Helen Mirren, Keira Knightley, Jim Sturgess, Mickey Rourke, Diego Luna, and Jenna Dewan Tatum; Lin Oeding’s thriller Braven starring Jason Momoa; and Steven C. Miller’s action thriller Escape Plan 2: Hades starring Sylvester Stallone and Dave Bautista.

About Highland Film Group
Led by founding partners Arianne Fraser and Delphine Perrier, Highland Film Group (HFG) is an independent worldwide sales, production and film financing company. Launched in 2010, HFG has had success across a wide range of film genres and platforms, building a reputation for handling high-octane films in the action/horror/thriller space, focusing on cast, director, filmmaker driven content.

"INHERITANCE" -- Lily Collins Joins Simon Pegg in Vaughn Stein's High-Stakes Thriller

Kate Mara and Simon Pegg in Negotiations to Star in Vaughn Stein's "INHERITANCE"

KATE MARA AND SIMON PEGG IN NEGOTIATIONS TO STAR IN VAUGHN STEIN’S "INHERITANCE"
 
Highland Film Group launched foreign sales at the American Film Market this week


LOS ANGELES (November 1, 2018) – Highland Film Group announced today that Kate Mara (Megan Leavy, The Martian, “House of Cards”) and Simon Pegg (Mission Impossible, Star Trek, The Cornetto Trilogy) are in negotiations to star in the high-stakes thriller Inheritance, with British helmer Vaughn Stein directing, fresh off his recent work with Pegg and Margot Robbie in his noir thriller Terminal.

Matthew Kennedy penned script, and Richard B. Lewis (The Space Between Us, August Rush) is producing through his Southpaw Entertainment banner alongside David Wulf (upcoming The Night Clerk) of WulfPak Productions, and Convergent Media’s Dan Reardon and Santosh Govindaraju (The Night Clerk). UTA and Highland Film Group are co-repping the US rights with Highland Film Group handling foreign sales, which commenced at the American Film Market (AFM) this week.

Inheritance explores what happens when the patriarch of a wealthy and powerful family suddenly passes away, leaving his wife and daughter with a shocking secret inheritance that threatens to unravel and destroy their lives.

This marks HFG’s second collaboration with Stein, previously partnering on his debut film Terminal, which released earlier this year.

With a career spanning film and television, Mara is one of the most versatile actors working today. Since her breakout performance in Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain, she has starred in a number of critically acclaimed productions. Most recently, she starred on the big screen in Ridley Scott's The Martian, Meagan Leavey and Chappaquidick and on the small screen she starred in megahit “House of Cards” which garnered her an Emmy nomination.

Pegg recently reprised the role of Benji Dunn, starring alongside Tom Cruise in the Paramount critical and box office success Mission: Impossible – Fallout, and also starred in Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One earlier this year. He can next be seen in the horror action comedy Slaughterhouse Rulez, which he also will executive produce alongside frequent collaborator Nick Frost under the pair's Stolen Picture banner. Previous credits include: Star Trek: Beyond, Ready Player One, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and more. 

Mara is repped by UTA, Mosaic and Sloane, Offer, Weber and Dern. Pegg is represented by UTA and Dawn Sedgwick Management. Stein is represented by UTA and Grandview.

HFG’s slate includes: Joe Carnahan’s Boss Level starring Frank Grillo, Naomi Watts and Mel Gibson; Michael Cristofer’s The Night Clerk starring Tye Sheridan, Ana de Armas and Helen Hunt; Marc Meyer’s thriller We Summon the Darkness starring Alexandra Daddario; Shawn Ku’s action thriller A Score to Settle starring Nicolas Cage; the star-studded Berlin, I Love You with Helen Mirren, Keira Knightley, Jim Sturgess, Mickey Rourke, Diego Luna, and Jenna Dewan Tatum; Lin Oeding’s thriller Braven starring Jason Momoa; and Steven C. Miller’s action thriller Escape Plan 2: Hades starring Sylvester Stallone and Dave Bautista.

About Highland Film Group
Led by founding partners Arianne Fraser and Delphine Perrier, Highland Film Group (HFG) is an independent worldwide sales, production and film financing company. Launched in 2010, HFG has had success across a wide range of film genres and platforms, building a reputation for handling high-octane films in the action/horror/thriller space, focusing on cast, director, film maker driven content.

Kate Mara and Simon Pegg in Negotiations to Star in Vaughn Stein's "INHERITANCE"