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Eadie
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 11:51 pm    Post subject: Voyagers (?) Reply with quote

https://deadline.com/2019/04/voyagers-colin-farrell-lily-rose-depp-tye-sheridan-cast-neil-burgers-lord-of-the-flies-in-space-universal-agc-1202602566/

AGC Studios and John Wick outfit Thunder Road are pulling together an impressive ensemble cast for Voyagers, the upcoming sci-fi pic from Neil Burger (Divergent). Colin Farrell (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them), Tye Sheridan (X-Men: Apocalypse), Lily-Rose Depp (The King) and Fionn Whitehead (Dunkirk) are among confirmed cast.

Advanced discussions are underway with Kelvin Harrison (Mudbound), Isaac Hempstead Wright (Game of Thrones), Chanté Adams (Roxanne Roxanne) and Madison Hu (Bizaardvark).

The Upside, Divergent and Limitless director Burger has written and will direct the sci-fi-thriller about 30 children who are sent on a multi-generational mission to populate a new planet. After the captain of the mission is killed in mysterious circumstances, the young crew descends into chaos, aligning themselves into tribes as they surrender to their most feral impulses. Production is due to get underway in Romania in early June.

Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios is producing with John Wick and Sicario outfit Thunder Road. AGC is financing and closed multiple deals on the film earlier this year at the European Film Market.

We can also reveal a significant multi-territory presale to Universal International for territories including UK, France, Italy, Scandinavia and Australia/NZ. The film is now all but sold out, but U.S. buyers are circling.

Burger is coming off hit Kevin Hart comedy The Upside, which has grossed more than $120 million worldwide.

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 27, 2019 1:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sounds like shades of the Canadian series THE STARLOST and LORD OF THE FLYS.

Of course it also recalls Heinlien's UNIVERSE.

In any event....sounds interesting

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 28, 2019 3:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lionsgate Acquires Neil Burger’s Sci-Fi Thriller

https://www.thewrap.com/lionsgate-acquires-neil-burgers-sci-fi-voyagers-tye-sheridan-colin-farrell/

Archie Madekwe, Viveik Kalra, Quintessa Swindell, Archie Renaux also join cast

by Brian Welk

June 28, 2019 @ 9:28 AM
Last Updated: June 28, 2019 @ 11:00 AM

Lionsgate has acquired the U.S. rights to Voyagers, a sci-fi thriller from director Neil Burger that stars Colin Farrell and Tye Sheridan, the studio announced on Friday.

Voyagers, which is described as Lord of the Flies for a new generation, is produced by AGC Studios and Thunder Road, and it is Burger’s follow-up to The Upside, the remake of The Intouchables [NOT The Untouchablrs] that hit No. 1 at the box office earlier this year for STX Entertainment.

Rounding out the cast of Voyagers are Fionn Whitehead, Lily-Rose Depp, Isaac Hempstead Wright and Chanté Adams. Lionsgate also announced Friday that Viveik Kalra, Quintessa Swindell, Archie Madekwe and Archie Renaux will also be joining the cast of the film. Production began this week in Romania.

Set in the near future, the film chronicles the odyssey of 30 young men and women who are sent deep into space on a multi-generational mission in search of a new home. The mission descends into madness as the crew reverts to its most primal state, not knowing if the real threat they face is what’s outside the ship or who they’re becoming inside it.

Burger is directing from his own script and is also producing on behalf of his Nota Bene Productions banner. Thunder Road’s Basil Iwanyk and Brendon Boyea are also producing.

AGC is fully financing Voyagers in partnership with AGC investors Fibonacci Films, Ingenious Media, and Aperture Media. Stuart Ford and Greg Shapiro are on board as executive producers, as are Fibonacci’s Greg Clark and Victoria Hill.

“Acquiring US rights to Voyagers was an easy decision for us,” Jason Constantine, Lionsgate president of acquisitions and co-productions said in a statement. “We have worked with Neil Burger very successfully and he will without a doubt create an experience with Voyagers as a sophisticated and stylish event sci-fi thriller. Paired with the amazing producing team behind John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, and this outstanding cast of our industry’s most talented young actors, this package had everything we were looking for that made us excited and eager to jump on board. Voyagers is a unique opportunity to present an elevated horror film with deep and complex morality themes.”

“We are thrilled that the talented team at Lionsgate will be distributing Voyagers for us in the United States,” Ford, AGC’s chairman and CEO said in a statement. “They are simply extraordinary as partners and I could not have more confidence in Joe Drake and their marketing group led by Damon Wolf.”

Burger is the director of Limitless, The Illusionist and Divergent. The Upside brought in $122.7 million at the global box office on a budget of $37.5 million.

Quintessa Swindell is repped by The Gersh Agency. Viveik Kalra is repped by CAA and Hamilton Hodell in the UK. Archie Madekwe is repped by UTA and the Curtis Brown Group. Archie Renaux is repped by The Artists Partnership.

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[According to IMDb Pro the movie is expected to be released in 2020]
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