Liam Neeson To Star In Gangster Thriller ‘Thug’ For ‘Copshop’ & ‘Rush Hour’ Producers, Mossbank & CAA To Launch Sales — Cannes Market
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Liam Neeson is set to star in thriller Thug, reuniting with his Cold Pursuit director Hans Petter Moland, who will direct the film for Sculptor Media and Electromagnetic Productions, with Mossbank and CAA handling international sales at next week’s Cannes market.Thug revolves around an ageing San Pedro gangster (Neeson) who attempts to reconnect with his children and rectify the mistakes in his past, but the criminal underworld won’t loosen their grip willingly.
Tony Gayton wrote the screenplay.Principal photography is slated for October, 2022, in Los Angeles.Sculptor Media’s Warren Goz and Eric Gold are producing the movie alongside Roger Birnbaum (Rush Hour franchise) and Michael Besman (About Schmidt) for Electromagnetic Productions, and James Masciello’s Force Majeure (Copshop).Executive producers are James Masciello, Matt Sidari and Mitchell Zhang of Raven, which has a slate financing and production partnership with Sculptor Media and is financing Thug.Mossbank, headed by Michael Rothstein and Sam Hall, will handle international sales and introduce the project to buyers at the Cannes Market.
CAA Media Finance arranged the financing and is handling domestic sales.Sculptor’s recentreleases include action pic Copshop and Neeson-starrer The Marksman.
The company is currently in production on Black Flies with Sean Penn and Tye Sheridan. Open Road Films is due to release. The company is also working on projects Just Watch Me with Gerard Butler and The Delivered from director Jamie M.
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