Saban Films has taken global rights to the John Travolta and Stephen Dorff feature, American Metal.Writer and first-time feature director Nicholas Maggio’s film tells the story of a desperate and struggling family man who robs a pill mill.
However, when the theft turns violent, he finds himself hunted by both the police and the Dixieland mafia. Filming just wrapped in Georgia with Saban Films looking at a 2023 release.Shiloh Fernandez (Evil Dead) Ashley Benson (Spring Breakers) and Kevin Dillon (Platoon, The Doors, Entourage) also star.The pic was produced by 308 Entertainment’s Corey Large (The November Man, Kid Cannibis, Paradise City) and Bernie Gewissler (Dead Hipsters, Midnight in the Switchgrass) in association with Bondit Media Capital.The feature reps the second film with Travolta and Dorff for 308 Entertainment’s Large, following the upcoming Saban release Paradise City.Travolta received two Best Actor Oscar nominations for 1977’s Saturday Night Fever and 1994’s Pulp Fiction.
His feature credits include Get Shorty for which he received a Best Actor Golden Globe – Comedy or Musical award and a Primetime Emmy award for Outstanding Limited Series for FX’s The People vs.
O.J. Simpson — American Crime Story on which he played O.J. Simpson attorney Robert Shapiro. He also recently earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Actor in the comedy Die Hart with Kevin Hart.
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