Phase 4 Films has moved on North American rights to Shana Betz’s feature directorial debut Free Ride starring Anna Paquin, Cam Gigandet and Drea De Matteo. Cargo Entertainment handles international sales in Cannes.

Liana Liberato, Jeff Hephner, Brit Morgan and Ava Acres round out the key cast on the crime thriller about a single mother who moves to Florida with her daughters to find a better life and gets involved in the drug trade.

Susan Dynner, Cerise Hallam Larkin, Chris Swinney and Paquin produced and Mark Larkin and Stephen Moyer are the executive producers. 

This is the first film production from Paquin and Moyer’s new production company CASM. Phase 4 will release later this year in theatres and on VoD.

Phase 4 brokered the deal with Paradigm and attorney Ron Levin on behalf of the filmmakers.