“Sovereign,” the crime thriller starring Nick Offerman (“Parks & Recreation”) and Jacob Tremblay (“Room”), has been acquired by Signature Leisure for the U.Okay. and Eire.
The movie, written and directed by Christian Swegal in his function movie debut, follows an anti-government fanatic and his son who enterprise throughout the nation whereas always discovering themselves on the unsuitable facet of the legislation. It’s loosely based mostly on real-life occasions surrounding the West Memphis police shootings in 2020 and not too long ago had it world premiere on the Tribeca Movie Competition.
Alongside Offerman and Tremblay, Dennis Quaid (“The Substance”), Megan Mullally (“Will & Grace”) and Martha Plimpton (“The Goonies”) additionally star.
“Sovereign” is produced by Nick Moceri (“A Woman Walks House Alone at Evening”), Barbara J. McCarthy (“Don’t Sleep”), Shelley D. Needham (“American Cherry”), Jeff Corridor, Jeffrey Drader and Maribeth Derry.
The deal was negotiated between Signature’s acquisitions and improvement supervisor Katie Wilkinson-Javes and Concourse founder and CEO Matthew Shreder.
“Sovereign is the type of stop-you-in-your-tracks thriller that we’re at all times trying to find at Signature,” stated Wilkinson-Javes. “U.Okay. and Irish audiences won’t ever have a look at Nick Offerman or Jacob Tremblay in the identical approach once more later this yr.”
Signature not too long ago launched “Terrifier 3,” which turned its highest-ever rising field workplace hit, alongside the Gerard Butler motion thriller sequel “Den of Thieves: Pantera” and Peter Dinklage western “The Thicket.” Upcoming titles embody sci-fi thriller “The Astronaut” starring Kate Mara and Laurence Fishburne and fantasy epic “Purple Sonja” starring Matilda Lutz.
