LOS ANGELES, CA – November 4th, 2011- Hollywood Studios International’s foreign sales division, HSI Films, slate for the American Film Market 2011
This year’s AFM offerings from HSI Films include:
Carnaval
Pre-Production
Logline: John Cusack is a sports agent who has to sign Brazil’s biggest soccer star during the world famous Carnaval. His best friend, played by Johnny Knoxville, comes along to have fun at Carnaval but becomes involved with the player’s girlfriend in this rollicking comedy.
Cast: John Cusack (Being John Malkovich, Hot Tub Time Machine, 2012) Johnny Knoxville (Jackass: The Movie, The Dukes of Hazard)
Director: Joshua Michael Stern
Producer: Scott Steindorff (Lincoln Lawyer)
Executive Producer: Steven Saxton (The Kids Are Alright)
Love Scotch & Death
Pre-Production
Log-line: A series of unfortunate coincidences and unusual events unfold for one guy during the course of one very strange week.
Cast: Michael C. Hall (Dexter, Gamer), Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air, The Departed)
Writer/Director: James Manos Jr. (Creator of Dexter, Emmy award winning Writer on The Shield and for The Sopranos)
Answers to Nothing
Domestic Release December 2nd
Log-line: Against the backdrop of a missing girl case, lost souls throughout Los Angeles search for meaning and redemption and affect each other in ways they don’t always see.
Cast: Dane Cook (My Friend’s Girl, Good Luck Chuck), Julie Benz (Saw V, Rambo) Elizabeth Mitchell (Running Scared), Barbara Hershey (Black Swan)
Director: Matthew Leutwyler
AFM SCREENING of Answers to Nothing: Saturday November 5th at 5:00pm
Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best
Awaiting Release
Log-line: With only an acoustic guitar, a broken heart, and an arsenal of children’s instruments, dejected singer-songwriter, Alex and self-appointed music revolutionary Jim, set off on a dubious tour that may be their last shot at achieving their childhood dreams.
Cast: Ryan O’Nan (Eat Prey Love), Michael Weston (Scrubs, Six Feet Under), Arielle Kebbel (John Tucker Must Die, The Grudge 2, Be Cool)
AFM SCREENING of Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best: Friday November 4th at 11:00am, Sunday November 6th at 12:00pm
La Hora Cero (The Zero Hour):
New Release
Log-line: Set in Caracas during a 24-hour medical strike, Parca, a tattooed hit-man, takes an elite hospital hostage in order to save his pregnant girlfriend. It’s a story about a man’s mythic rise to power and inevitable fall from grace.
Cast: Zapata 666 (Venezuelan Rap sensation), Amanda Key and Erich Wildpret.
Writer/Director: Diego Velasco
Writer/Producer: Carolina Paiz
Hollywood Studios International at AFM:
Loews Hotel, Santa Monica
Suite 866
ABOUT HSI FILMS
HSI Films is a worldwide theatrical motion picture financing, production and distribution division of Hollywood Studios International. The company handles all aspects of marketing and distribution for both its own internally developed motion pictures, as well as acquired films. HSI Films Distribution is led by Eric Christenson, who has licensed films that represent more than 50 Academy Award nominations, including: Academy Award “Best Picture” winners “The Hurt Locker” and “The Departed,” as well as “Traffic”, “The Aviator,” and “Gangs of New York”. HSI Films Production is overseen by Producer Paul Schiff. Schiff has an in-house first-look production deal with HSI. Some of the films produced by Schiff include “Young Guns I & II,” “My Cousin Vinny,“ “The Vanishing,” “Rushmore,” “Maid in Manhattan,” “Mona Lisa Smile,” and “Solitary Man.”
ABOUT HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS INTERNATIONAL
Hollywood Studios International is a media holding company focused on the intelligent deployment of capital in the entertainment industry. The company has developed a portfolio of fee-based businesses ranging from talent representation to international distribution.
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