“LifeHack,” the cyber heist thriller that premiered at SXSW earlier this yr to essential acclaim, is now heading to the American Movie Market, the place Highland Movie Group is launching worldwide gross sales.
The movie — which at the moment holds a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes — marks the directorial characteristic debut of Irish filmmaker Ronan Corrigan, based mostly on a screenplay he wrote alongside Hope Elliot Kemp. Timur Bekmambetov, finest identified for his Screenlife format and movies together with “Looking” and “Lacking” produces alongside Joann Kushner and Sasha Kletsov, with Bazelevs and Screenlife Liverpool serving as manufacturing corporations. Michael Fassbender government produces together with his companions Daniel Emmerson and Conor McCaughan at DMC Movie (“Kneecap,” “The Kitchen,” “Scrapper,” “Calm with Horses”).
Impressed by true occasions, “LifeHack” follows Kyle and his crew of cyber Robin Hoods, who hack scammers and steal from the individuals the web likes to hate. However once they try a digital heist concentrating on an notorious crypto billionaire, they’re pulled into high-stakes cyber warfare with penalties in the actual world. In it’s assessment, Selection described it as “pulse-pounding” and an “absolute deal with” for followers of the Screenlife format.
The ensemble solid contains Georgie Farmer (“Wednesday”), Yasmin Finney (“Heartstopper,” “Physician Who”), Roman Hayeck-Inexperienced (“Intercourse Schooling”), YouTube influencer James Scholz, Jessica Reynolds (“Home of Guinness,” “Kneecap”) and Charlie Creed-Miles (“Peaky Blinders”).
“LifeHack is a riveting heist movie. We’re delighted to collaborate with producer Timur Bekmambetov who invented the screenlife style because it stands as we speak and has made it extremely worthwhile with many international successes together with ‘Looking,’ ‘Lacking’ and ‘Unfriended,’” mentioned Highland Movie Group CEO Arianne Fraser.
“That is such a wise and entertaining challenge with cross-generational attain – it connects all generations with its robust emotional pull and sudden plot twists. The film’s intelligent storytelling and the breathtaking enhancing rivals among the finest heist movies over the previous few years.,” added Highland Movie Group COO Delphine Perrier.
Highland Movie Group’s present slate additionally contains Justin Chadwick’s spy thriller “The Mark” starring Jessica Alba, Tom Hopper and Angus Sampson; Brad Anderson’s psychological thriller “Ethical Capability” starring Dacre Montgomery, Diane Lane, Sofia Boutella and Tim Robbins; the espionage motion thriller “Stratagem” starring Noomi Rapace and Teo Yoo; Martin Campbell‘s thriller “Simply Play Lifeless” starring Samuel L. Jackson and Eva Inexperienced; the motion crime thriller “Wardriver” starring Dane DeHaan and Sasha Calle; Adrian Grunberg’s action-thriller “Protector” starring Milla Jovovich; and the motion crime thriller “The Deputy” starring Duke Nicholson, William H. Macy, Tiffany Haddish and Stephen Dorff.
