EXCLUSIVE: Sundance and Berlin 2020 drama Surge, starring Ben Whishaw, has sold to FilmRise for North America.Skyfall and A Very English Scandal star Whishaw leads the UK drama about a security guard at Stansted Airport crumbling under the strain of his job and the pressures of a dysfunctional family.
A series of frustrations leads him to commit an impulsive act of rebellion, an act that releases a wilder side of his personality which takes him on an uninhibited journey across the British capital.FilmRise has taken theatrical, digital and broadcast rights.
The deal was negotiated by Katie Carroll, Manager, Independent Film Acquisition at FilmRise and George Hamilton, Head of Sales at Protagonist Pictures.Surge marks Aneil Karia’s (Top Boy)
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