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2ND UPDATE, 11:47 AM: Solstice Studios is looking to release Unhinged in August now with AMC reopening next month, but they’re not scheduling a definite date yet as I understand.  They want to wait and see where Warner Bros.’ Tenet lands and if Disney moves Mulan off Aug. 21 (some sources believe the latter won’t…

Solstice Studios is partnering with Fast and Furious producers Original Film on the original action thriller Shadow Run by Magnum P.I. and upcoming Cliffhanger reboot scribe Joe Gazzam. Shadow Run tells the story of a CIA agent who devoted five years of his life to capturing the Russian spy who killed his wife. His…

EXCLUSIVE: There's been some confusion this week about whether Unhinged, the Russell Crowe thriller that was recently pushed by its U.S. distributor Solstice Studios from July 10 to July 31 due to continued coronavirus disruption, would also be moving in the UK from its planned July 17 date. I can clear that up now by…

Solstice Studios has finalized deals with key offshore distributors to bring psychological thriller Unhinged to cinemas across the world. The Russell Crowe-starrer, which has a domestic date of July 10, has set deals in the UK, Europe, Australia, Asia and Latin America. Directed by Derrick Borte, the road rage movie…

EXCLUSIVE: Even if New York City theaters aren’t opening, and even if Warner Bros. decides to move Tenet to August, Solstice Studios’ Russell Crowe road-rage movie Unhinged still will open on July 1. While Tenet is being pinned as the long-awaited launch of the summer season after exhibition’s great shutdown since…

Solstice Studios has picked up the Graham Moore scripted futuristic thriller Mind Fall and has set French filmmaker Cedric Jimenez to direct. Mind Fall is the second project from Studio 8 and Solstice Studios’ strategic partnership, their most recent movie being Robert Rodriguez's action thriller Hypnotic starring…

EXCLUSIVE: Solstice Studios has tapped former Lionsgate executive Mark W. McCoy as Head of Post Production. McCoy will report to Solstice’s Head of Physical Production Dana Belcastro. During his 15 years at Lionsgate as a Post Production Executive and the last five years as SVP Feature Post Production, McCoy worked on…

EXCLUSIVE: Solstice Studios has made two key hires with Sam Speiser as VP of Production and JD Black as SVP of Digital Marketing and Media. Speiser most recently worked as sole development executive under veteran studio head Rob Friedman, and previously under President of Production Lisa Ellzey at EuropaCorp. She…

Solstice Studios has acquired Ground Control to Major Tom which Horrible Bosses director Seth Gordon will helm. Solstice will distribute the movie stateside and sell foreign on the pic. Casting offers are underway. Ground Control to Major Tom is the story of an astronaut and a NASA ground control expert who have never…

Ben Affleck has been set to star in Robert Rodriguez's action thriller Hypnotic, playing a detective who, while investigating a string of impossible high-end heists, becomes entangled in a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret government program. The big budget pic, which we understand is set at…

EXCLUSIVE: Lisa Ellzey, the longtime film exec who has worked at Scott Free, Fox and Lionsgate and most recently as president of U.S. production at Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp, has joined Solstice Studios as Head of Production. She will report to Solstice president and CEO Mark Gill. The hire comes as Ellzey most recently…

Big-budget Robert Rodriguez action thriller Hypnotic is moving forward a deal between Solstice Studios and Studio 8. The news comes as the companies unveiled a strategic partnership with Hypnotic as the first project. Studio 8 and Solstice Studios will produce the film, with Solstice spearheading U.S. distribution and…