XYZ Films Acquires North American Rights To Horror-Thriller ‘Man’s Son’ Starring Frank Grillo
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: XYZ Films has acquired North American rights to the upcoming horror-thriller Man’s Son, starring Frank Grillo and to be directed by his son, Remy Grillo, with plans for a domestic release either later this year or early next year.The story surrounds a young couple hoping to create an aesthetically pleasing audition tape for an up-and-coming Charles Manson film.
But when the couple chooses an eclectic desert Airbnb as the perfect backdrop, the dark events of the audition material slowly slip into their reality… Eventually, they find themselves intertwined in an occult leader (Grillo)’s sinister plot.Josh Plasse and Brev Moss wrote the script for the project that Dare Angel is producing in partnership with Mi Nene, which will go before cameras in Yucca Valley, California this month.
Plasse, Shakira Barrera, Conor Allyn, Johnny James Fiore, Benjamin Anderson, Jake Allyn and Fabio Lo Fria are producing, with Nidal Kahl, Bobby McMichael, Chido Nwokocha and Dennis Echelberger exec producing.“Remy’s vision for this terrifying, grounded thriller had us hooked from the start,” said XYZ’s Pip Ngo. “As a company that built its brand working with emerging genre filmmakers, we could not be more excited to bring this film to audiences all over North America.”“Charles Manson is a staple of pop culture to this day.
But while many stories have been told about him, XYZ Films and I wanted to explore where the children of Manson’s following stand in modern day,” added Remy Grillo. “There is a dangerously close relevance between Manson’s ideology and today’s political and social atmosphere, and we believe it is time to resurrect the conversation.”XYZ Films is a producer, financier, and distributor founded by Nate Bolotin, Nick
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