EXCLUSIVE: U.S. sales outfit The Syndicate and financier Rabbits Black have set a strategic partnership heading into the European Film Market in Berlin.
The Syndicate will oversee sales rights moving forward on a slate of Rabbits Black-backed films, including upcoming thriller Midnight, starring Rosario Dawson, Milla Jovovich, and Alexandra Shipp, and the Clark Duke-directed Stranglehold, starring Ashley Benson, Jake Lacey and Ron Perlman.
Midnight, about a blind woman hunted by international criminals, and Stranglehold, about an exotic dancer and Army vet who rob a strip club, are both in post-production.
Both were previously on sale with The Great Escape. Michael Lurie and Jeffrey Giles, co-managers of The Syndicate, will oversee sales operations, while Great Escape’s Nick Donnermeyer will act as an advisor and oversee delivery and transition of the titles from Great Escape to The Syndicate.
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