Ke Huy Quan To Star In Lionsgate Action Thriller ‘Fairytale In New York’
deadline.comAcademy Award winner Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once) has closed a deal to star in Fairytale in New York, a Lionsgate action thriller from director Jalmari Helander (Sisu), for which the studio is launching international sales at AFM.
Set to be produced by FlynnPictureCo.’s Beau Flynn, Fairytale takes place on Christmas Eve in New York City, as an unassuming cab driver takes one last ride before going to celebrate the holiday with his estranged son.
After a run-in with a gang of criminals, he embarks on a relentless pursuit to retrieve his kid’s priceless Christmas gift. Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani, Flynn’s collaborators on DC superhero pic Black Adam, wrote the script.
Scott Sheldon will exec produce for FlynnPictureCo, with Shelby Thomas overseeing the project for the company. James Myers is overseeing for Lionsgate, for whom Dan Freedman negotiated deals.
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