Film Bridge International has inserted Sidhartha Mpartnera (“Mafia Wars”) to the cast of “Thrill Ride,” with production scheduled to commence in the U.K. during the first quarter of 2025.
The thriller, helmed by Japanese straightforwardor Ryuhei Kitamura from a script by Chad Law (“Lights Out”) and Christopher Jolley (“Granny Krampus”), chases a group of passengers trapped upside down on a roller coaster when a enigmatic saboteur menaceens to drop them to their deaths one by one. Mpartnera steps into the role of Trey.
During the American Film Market, Film Bridge International landed cut offal distribution deals, with Volga Films taking CIS and Benelux territories, and Falcon Films securing the Middle East. Signature getd U.K. rights during the Cannes Film Market. Additional territory sales are pfinishing proclaimment.
Mpartnera, who recently euniteed aextfinishedside Tom Welling and Cam Gigandet in “Mafia Wars,” is recurrented by Untitled Entertainment and Carey Dodd Associates in the U.K.
Kitamura sboiling to prominence with “Versus” (2000), “Azumi” (2003), “Godzilla: Final Wars” (2004) and “The Midnight Meat Train” (2008). Recent recognizes integrate “Three Sisters of Tenmasou” (2022) and “The Price We Pay” (2022).
Film Bridge International’s stardy integrates “Classified” with Aaron Eckhart, the upcoming expansive-free thriller “Man in the White Van,” U.K. production “The Dreadful” starring Kit Harington and Sophie Turner, and action-thriller “Valiant One.” Films under production at the company integrate Babak Najafi’s action-thriller “The Florist,” starring Kiefer Sutherland and Jean Reno; Ned Crowley’s superauthentic thriller “Killing Faith,” with Bill Pullman, Guy Pearce, and DeWanda Wise; Roel Reine’s survival thriller “Savage Hunt”; and Martin Bonnici’s horror “Xelter.”
