The Hollywood Reporter – Lionsgate has picked up the domestic rights to the Sandra Bullock-starring action thriller Vigilance.
The pic is inspired by the 2004 French film Le Convoyeur, and explores greed, revenge and the dark heart of human nature. Directed by Narcos director Josef Wladyka from a screenplay by Ethan Erwin, Albert Hughes and John Hodge, the film will be produced by Silver Pictures’ Joel Silver and executive produced by Hal Sadoff.
Lionsgate inked a first-look TV deal with Silver Pictures in 2015. Vigilance portrays Alex (Bullock), an American who has fallen on hard times, beginning a job at a London armored car company that was the target of a deadly heist.
As she works her way into the confidence of the tight-knit crew, she has her own mysterious agenda and an explosive secret from her past that propels the story in new directions. Bullock will also serve as executive producer.
Lionsgate will release Vigilance through its Summit Entertainment label, while IMR International is handling international sales. “We’re excited to be working with the great Joel Silver and the incredibly talented Sandra Bullock,” Lionsgate president of acquisitions and co-productions Jason Constantine said in a statement.
Wladyka is also the director of Manos Sucias, and Outcast from the creator of The Walking Dead. The deal was negotiated for Lionsgate by Constantine, Eda Kowan, executive vp of acquisitions and co-productions, and John Biondo, executive vp of business and legal affairs, acquisitions and co-productions.
Yesterday during a Television Critics Association panel for the new season of American Horror Story, Sarah Paulson told reporters that Oceans 8 goes back next week for additional shooting, /Film is reporting.
“I am actually going to do some more of that next week, they decided to add more things. It was extraordinary to look around the room and see Cate Blanchett, whom I’ve worked with twice now, and Sandra Bullock and Rihanna and Mindy Kaling, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Awkwafina. It felt like a really empowering place to be and really fun. We have a text chain going that’s one of the most epic things. If my phone were stolen, it would be… I’m sure I’m just inviting everyone to hack my phone now.”
Gary Ross directs the script by Ross and Olivia Milch. Matt Damon is expected to appear in a cameo, providing more connection to the Ocean’s trilogy, and a Clooney cameo has not been ruled out.
Ocean’s Eight is due in theaters June 8, 2018.
It’s been a while since we heard news about a new project featuring Sandra Bullock. But according with Showbiz 411, Sandra agreed to star in “Bird Box,” directed by Susanne Bier (The Night Manager).
“Bird Box” is based on an apocalyptic type thriller novel by Josh Malerman published in 2014. Bullock would play main character Malorie, mother of a pair of 4 year olds, trying to survive in the post-apocalyptic age.
The book received mixed reviews, so hopefully the screenplay by Eric Heisserer will come up with something more satisfying. Dylan Clark and Clayton Townsend are producing. Back in 2013, there were reports of a different director and producers, but the property was sold to Universal.
The May issue of Total Film magazine featured the first look of Oceans’8. Check scans in our gallery.
Warner Bros and Village Roadshow have released the first image of its upcoming female-driven caper film Ocean’s 8.
In Summer 2018, the tide will turn as (left to right) Debbie Ocean (Sandra Bullock) attempts to pull off the heist of the century at New York City’s star-studded annual Met Gala. Her first stop is to assemble the perfect crew: Lou (Cate Blanchett); Nine Ball (Rihanna); Amita (Mindy Kaling); Constance (Awkwafina); Rose (Helena Bonham Carter); Daphne Kluger (Anne Hathaway); and Tammy (Sarah Paulson).
Gary Ross (The Hunger Games, Seabiscuit) is directing from a script he wrote with Olivia Milch. Steven Soderbergh and Jon Kilik produce. Michael Tadross, Susan Ekins, Bullock, Diana Alvarez and Bruce Berman exec produce and Milch co-produces.
Ocean’s 8 will be released in the U.S. on June 8, 2018.
Warner Bros. has set a June 8, 2018, release date for Ocean’s Eight, the all-female spinoff of Ocean’s Eleven.
Sandra Bullock is heading the cast, which includes Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Rihanna, Helena Bonham Carter, Mindy Kaling, Awkwafina, and Sarah Paulson.
Gary Ross, whose credits include The Hunger Games and Free State of Jones, is directing. Bullock’s character will be the leader of a group of thieves and cons who try to pull off a major heist. Ross is directing from a script that he co-wrote with Olivia Milch.
Ocean’s Eleven director Steven Soderbergh and Ross will produce with executive producer Susan Ekins. Village Roadshow is co-producing and co-financing, as it did with the three previous Ocean’s movies starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt.
Greg Silverman and Jesse Ehrman are overseeing the film for the studio. Production is scheduled to begin soon in New York.
Ocean’s Eight had been listed previously on the June 8, 2018, only as a Warner Bros. “event film.” will open against Paramount’s sixth Transformers movie, planned as a spinoff centering on Bumblebee autobot.
Ocean’s Eight is a spinoff from the Ocean’s Eleven trilogy of heist comedies released in 2001, 2004 and 2007, which were directed by Steven Soderbergh, produced by the late Jerry Weintraub and starred George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Julia Roberts. The three films grossed more than $1.1 billion worldwide.
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