The crime thriller is set for a February
2023 theatrical and digital release
Screen Media, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment company
(Nasdaq: CSSE), announced today the acquisition of all North
American rights to the upcoming crime thriller Devil’s Peak. The
film stars Academy Award winner Billy Bob Thornton (The Gray Man,
Bad Santa), Golden Globe winner Robin Wright (Wonder Woman 1984,
House of Cards), Hopper Penn (War Machine, The Cleaner) and Academy
Award nominee Jackie Earle Haley (The Watchmen). Devil’s Peak is
directed by Ben Young (Hounds of Love, Extinction) from a
screenplay written by Robert Knott (Appaloosa), based on the novel
Where All Light Tends to Go written by David Joy. Screen Media will
release the film exclusively in theaters on February 17, followed
by a digital release on February 24.
Set in the Appalachian Mountains, Devil’s Peak is a tense
thriller about a family dominated by a crime lord (Thornton) who
controls his family and his business with his fists. When his son
(Penn) meets the girl of his dreams (Katelyn Nacon), desperately
wanting to escape the life he is expected to lead and free himself
from the clutches of his father, he is forced to go head to head
with the terrifying man who will stop at nothing to ensure loyalty
from all of those around him.
“Working with a cast of this stature had always been a dream of
mine,” said director Ben Young. “I wanted to get back to my roots
and make a movie on location that would live or die by its
performances. It’s movie-making in its purest form, driven by love
and passion for the medium by all involved.”
“We’ve been big fans of the story since we first read it,” said
David Fannon, chief acquisitions and distribution officer at
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment. “Devil’s Peak is the kind
of original storytelling that Screen Media can’t wait to bring to
audiences worldwide.”
The film was produced by Wright, Griff Furst, Josh Kesselman,
Robert Knott, and Jamie Hilton. Executive producers include Ford
Corbett, Seth Needle, Conor McAdam, Maurice Fadida, Angela Meredith
Furst, Landon Gorman, Amanda Morrison, Brandon Powers, Anthony
Standberry and David Nagelberg.
The deal was negotiated by Seth Needle, executive vice president
of global acquisitions and co-productions, on behalf of Screen
Media, with Griff Furst on behalf of the filmmakers.
Screen Media recently acquired Tom DeLonge’s directorial debut
Monsters of California, Renny Harlin’s action film The Bricklayer
starring Aaron Eckhart and Nina Dobrev from Millennium Films, The
Locksmith starring Ryan Phillippe, Kate Bosworth, and Ving Rhames
as well as the Bella Thorne-led thriller Saint Clare also starring
Ryan Phillippe and Rebecca DeMornay. Recent film releases include
Poker Face directed by and starring Academy Award Winner Russell
Crowe, Kevin Lewis’ follow-up to Willy’s Wonderland, The Accursed
starring Alexis Knapp and Mena Suvari, The Enforcer starring
Antonio Banderas and Kate Bosworth, The Immaculate Room starring
Emile Hirsch, Kate Bosworth and Ashley Greene Khoury, The Nan Movie
starring Catherine Tate, Code Name Banshee starring Antonio
Banderas, Jaime King and Tommy Flanagan and the psychological
horror film Monstrous starring Christina Ricci.
About Screen Media Ventures LLC
Screen Media Ventures, LLC, a Chicken Soup for the Soul
Entertainment (Nasdaq: CSSE) company, is a leading independent
distributor of feature films, television series and documentaries
in North America and supplies high-quality content to the global
market through its foreign sales division. The company is the main
supplier of content to the Crackle Plus streaming services, as well
as to third-party streaming platforms. With its recent acquisitions
of 1091 Pictures and the Sonar Entertainment library assets, Screen
Media continues to expand its library of nearly 7,000 television
series and motion pictures. Screen Media’s diverse slate of titles
includes critically acclaimed and audience favorites: The Outpost
starring Scott Eastwood, Willy’s Wonderland starring Academy Award®
Winner Nicolas Cage, groundbreaking documentaries such as The
Phenomenon and Grammy-Award Winner Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My
Voice, and indie film hits including Academy Award® Winner Taika
Waititi’s What We Do in the Shadows and Hunt for the Wilderpeople.
For more information, visit: www.screenmedia.net
About Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (Nasdaq: CSSE) provides
premium content to value-conscious consumers. The company is one of
the largest advertising-supported video-on-demand (AVOD) companies
in the US, with three flagship AVOD streaming services: Redbox,
Crackle and Chicken Soup for the Soul. In addition, the company
operates Redbox Free Live TV, a free ad-supported streaming
television service (FAST), with over 150 channels as well as a
transaction video on demand (TVOD) service, and a network of
approximately 34,000 kiosks across the US for DVD rentals. To
provide original and exclusive content to its viewers, the company
creates, acquires and distributes films and TV series through its
Screen Media and Chicken Soup for the Soul TV Group subsidiaries.
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment is a subsidiary of Chicken
Soup for the Soul, LLC, which publishes the famous book series and
produces super-premium pet food under the Chicken Soup for the Soul
brand name.
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