Crime thriller stars Luke Hemsworth, Thomas
Jane, Nick Cassavetes, Tyrese Gibson, Diego Tinoco, Hemky Madera,
and Paul Johansson
Screen Media, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Company
(NASDAQ: CSSE), today announced the acquisition of all North
American rights to the film Bad Hombres, directed by John Stalberg
Jr. ahead of its world premiere at the Mammoth Film Festival. The
edge-of-your-seat crime thriller features an ensemble cast that
includes Luke Hemsworth (Westworld), Thomas Jane (The Punisher),
Nick Cassavetes (Face Off), Tyrese Gibson (The Fast and The
Furious), Diego Tinoco (On My Block), Hemky Madera (Queen of the
South) and Paul Johansson (One Tree Hill). Screen Media is planning
a theatrical release of Bad Hombres later this year, followed by a
digital release soon thereafter.
Bad Hombres follows the story of two immigrants who take a
simple job, but when their employers reveal themselves to be
criminals, surviving becomes the most difficult job of their
lives.
“We are thrilled to acquire such a gripping, tense crime
thriller with an exceptional cast,” said David Fannon, chief
acquisitions and distribution officer at Chicken Soup for the Soul
Entertainment. “John Stalberg Jr. has created an intense, uniquely
irreverent and suspenseful film that will keep audiences engaged
from start to finish.”
Stalberg Jr.’s previous films include Crypto, starring Hemsworth
and Kurt Russell, and Muzzle, which features Aaron Eckhart and will
be released later this year.
Bad Hombres is produced by Stalberg Jr., David Frigerio, Scott
Macfarland, Oliver Hudson and Wyatt Russell.
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 and
the Bella Thorne-led thriller Saint Clare also starring Ryan
Phillippe and Rebecca DeMornay. Recent film releases include
Devil’s Peak starring Academy Award winner Billy Bob Thornton and
Emmy winner Robin Wright, The Locksmith starring Ryan Phillippe,
Kate Bosworth, and Ving Rhames, 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, 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 160 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 books series and
produces super-premium pet food under the Chicken Soup for the Soul
brand name.
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stock price volatility, future regulatory changes, price changes,
the ability of the Company’s content offerings to achieve market
acceptance, the Company’s success in retaining or recruiting
officers, key employees, or directors, the ability to protect
intellectual property, the ability to complete strategic
acquisitions, the ability to manage growth and integrate acquired
operations, the ability to pay dividends, regulatory or operational
risks, and general market conditions impacting demand for the
Company’s services. For a more complete description of these and
other risks and uncertainties, please refer to Item 1A (Risk
Factors) in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
three- and nine-month period ended September 30, 2022, filed with
the SEC on November 14, 2022. If any of these risks materialize or
our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ
materially from the results implied by the forward-looking
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the acquisition of Redbox and related transactions is qualified by
reference to the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with
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Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (PRESS) Peter
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