Vertical has picked up North American rights to Fast And Furious franchise and Star Trek Beyond director Justin Lin’s indie drama Last Days, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival.
Keanu Reeves is among the executive producers on the true story starring Sky Yang as ill-fated Christian missionary John Allen Chau. As Chau journeys to an uncontacted tribe on North Sentinel Island from the Andaman Islands archipelago in India, a detective races to stop him causing harm to himself or the tribe.
The cast includes Radhika Apte, Naveen Andrews, Ken Leung, Toby Wallace, Ciara Bravo, and Marny Kennedy. Lin directed from a screenplay by Flatliners and Source Code writer Ben Ripley based on the Outside magazine article ‘The Last Days Of John Allen Chau’ by Alex Perry.
Lin produced for Perfect Storm Entertainment alongside Clayton Townsend for 40 Degrees, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Eric Robinson for The Gotham Group, Salvador Gatdula, and Andrew Schneider.
Vertical negotiated the deal with CAA Media Finance and has scheduled an exclusive theatrical release for October 24.
Among the company’s upcoming release pipeline are 2024 Tribeca selection Sacramento starring Michael Angarano, Michael Cera, and Kristen Stewart; Fight Or Flight directed by James Madigan and starring Josh Hartnett and Katee Sackhoff; and Kristin Scott Thomas’ My Mother’s Wedding starring Thomas, Scarlett Johansson, and Sienna Miller.
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