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Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
SXSW Title ‘Odyssey' Heading To Cannes Market Kaleidoscope
EXCLUSIVE: Kaleidoscope Film Distribution has picked up world sales rights (excluding UK & Ireland and airlines) fonr Gerard Johnson's (Tony) Odyssey, which debuted at this year's SXSW Film Festival. Kaleidoscope will introduce the flick to buyers in Cannes. More from Deadline Alec Baldwin & Nick Cannon Flick 'Hollywood Heist' Heading To Cannes Market With VMI Michelle Rodriguez & Richard Gere Lead Survival Thriller 'Left Seat' For 'Highest 2 Lowest' Producer Jason Michael Berman & Mandalay; Anton & WME Launch For Cannes Market Paul Walter Hauser, Lili Reinhart, Tim Roth, Jake Lacy, Jai Courtney & Kerry Bishé Set For Comedic Thriller 'The Very Best People' Written by Johnson and Austin Collings, Odyssey follows an ambitious real estate agent called Natasha Flynn who lives every day on the verge of total success–or ruin. Her luxurious lifestyle of flashy clothes and hard partying is an unaffordable mask for the lonely void she's tried to fill with the hustle for success. Then, when a shady lender forces her complicity in a criminal scheme to settle a debt, Natasha seeks out a dangerous old friend for help. As pressure from colleagues and collectors escalates, so begins a wild ride through the city's criminal underworld. The film stars Polly Maberly (Muscle) alongside Mikael Persbrandt (Sex Education, The Kingdom, In A Better World), Guy Burnet (Oppenheimer, Ray Donovan), Charley Palmer Rothwell (Legend, Industry), Jasmine Blackborow (The Gentlemen, Marie Antoinette), Tom Davis (Murder in Successville, Free Fire) and Purab Kohli (Matrix Resurrections). 'We're very excited to be working with Gerard Johnson and the rest of the team on his latest film, as we are big fans of his previous work and the film is going to be a visceral delight for our partners and buyers globally after its SXSW premiere,' Kaleidoscope CEO Spencer Pollard said in a statement. Johnson added: 'Odyssey is true to the warped world we find ourselves in. It's a mirror to the madness—cutthroat ambition, corporate greed, and a culture that's losing its soul.' Best of Deadline Book-To-Movie Adaptations Coming Out In 2025 TV Show Book Adaptations Arriving In 2025 So Far Everything We Know About 'Emily In Paris' Season 5 So Far
Perth Now
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Richard Gere and Michelle Rodriguez cast in plane thriller Left Seat
Richard Gere and Michelle Rodriguez have been cast in a new plane survival thriller. The 'Pretty Woman' actor and 'Fast and Furious' franchise star will join forces on upcoming blockbuster 'Left Seat' from 'Bleed For This' director Ben Younger. As reported by Deadline, Rodriguez will play a "travelling pharmaceutical rep" who is "forced to take control of a small charter plane after the pilot falls unconscious mid-flight". The synopsis continues: "She must rely on the help of a stranger (Gere) over the radio, to navigate through deadly storms and land the aircraft before the fuel runs out.' Younger will direct from David M. Crabtree's screenplay, and he is also making script revisions. Longtime Mandalay President Jason Michael Berman is serving as producer under his new A/Vantage Pictures banner. He said in a statement: "I am thrilled to be bringing David M. Crabtree's brilliant screenplay to life, which is a visceral cinematic experience that explores important themes of the human experience with emotional depth." He pointed to the importance of having a "real life" pilot at the helm of the movie, as well as two "extraordinarily talented actors" on the bill. He added: "To have Ben Younger directing and writing on the movie will create the most authentic experience possible for our audience, as Ben is a pilot in real life, as well as a brilliant filmmaker and screenwriter who creates movies with incredible tension, along with heart. "And finally, to be working with the extraordinarily talented actors Michelle Rodriguez and Richard Gere to bring 'Left Seat' to the screen is a dream come true.' Gere can be seen in Paramount+ series 'The Agency' - which is a remake of French series 'Le Bureau des Legendes, and has been renewed for a second season. In 2024, he also appeared with Uma Thurman and Jacob Elordi in 'Oh, Canadda', while Rodriguez - known for her roles in the lieks of 'Resident Evil' and 'Machete' - will appear in 'Fast X: Part 2' next year. Despite her successful career - which includes the 'Avatar' franchise - Rodriguez still sees herself as an outlier in Hollywood. She recently told PEOPLE magazine: "I think, ultimately, at the end of the day, it's like being a salmon swimming upstream, and Hollywood always feels like the stream." Rodriguez is determined to remain true to herself in the film business. She explained: "You don't want to be pushed around or [let] anybody to tell [you that you] can't get to the other side of the river. "I'm going to get there one way or another. I don't care which way everybody else is going. "That's the rebellion. All it is is just sticking to who you are."
