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RLJE Films has snapped up rights to the psychological thriller Sympathy for the Devil , starring Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage ( Mandy ) and Joel Kinnaman ( Suicide Squad films), for North America, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Bringing the film to the AMC Networks business unit was Christian Mercuri’s Capstone Global, which is handling global sales. It’s set for release on July 28. The film written by Luke Paradise and directed by Yuval Adler ( The Operative ) watches as a man is forced to drive a mysterious passenger at gunpoint, finding himself in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse where it becomes clear that not everything is at it seems. Cage was joined in producing the pic by Alex Lebovici ( Barbarian ), Allan Ungar ( Bandit ) and Stuart Manashil ( Pieces of a Woman ). Exec producers included Paradise, Mercuri ( Out of the Furnace ), David Haring ( The Old Way ), Marc Goldberg ( Final Score ), David Sullivan ( The … [Read more...] about RLJE Films Nabs Psychological Thriller ‘Sympathy For The Devil’ Starring Nicolas Cage And Joel Kinnaman

They’re back. RLJE Films presents the Stephen King reboot Children of the Corn by Kurt Wimmer on 500+ screens. It’s a redo of the classic 1984 slasher-horror film about kids possessed by a demonic spirit in a dying cornfield, with bloody, rampaging results. King’s iconic short story features a 12-year-old Nebraska girl who recruits the kids in her small town for a killing spree of all the adults, and anyone else who opposes her. A bright high schooler who won’t go along with the plan is the town’s only hope of survival. There are some new twists, in Wimmer’s version, the corn is genetically modified. Starring Elena Kampouris, Kate Moyer, Callan Mulvey and Bruce Spence. The story is great, spawning numerous spinoffs beginning with Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice in 1992 followed by C hildren of the Corn III: Urban Harvest in 1995. Most went direct to video. In 2009 an adaptation of the short story aired on Syfy. This one will have an 18-day … [Read more...] about Will Moviegoers Lend An Ear To ‘Children Of The Corn’ Remake? – Specialty Preview