Day Zero

Source: Raven Banner

Day Zero

Toronto-based genre specialists Raven Banner head to AFM with a sales slate led by Day One and The Fight Machine.

Joey De Guzman’s Filipino action horror Day Zero from the creators of On The Job stars MMA fighter Brandon “The Truth” Vera, Pepe Herrera, MJ Lastimosa and Joey Marquez in the story of an inmate with Special Forces training who breaks out of prison to reunite with his loved ones during a zombie outbreak.

Raven Banner’s Michaelangelo Masangkay and Michael Paszt negotiated the international sales rights deal with producer Ronald “Dondon” Monteverde and Stacey Bascon.

The Fight Machine is directed by Andrew T. Hunt and is a feature adaptation of the novel of the same name by Craig Davidson (Rust & Bone) and follows two young whose destinies collide when they come face-to-face in the world of illegal bare-knuckle boxing.

Pasha Patriki served as proiducer and the cast includes Greg Hovanessian (Walker: Independence), Dempsey Bryk (Willow), Michael Ironside, Natasha Henstridge, Ted Atherton, Noah Danby, and Greg Bryk.

Hangar 18 Media, the joint partnership between Raven Banner and 9 Light Entertainment, produced The Fight Machine.

Rounding out the slate is David Hebrero’s Everyone Will Burn, Jesse T. Cook’s action horror Cult Hero, Rodrigo Gudiño’s cosmic action horror The Breach and upcoming Shudder original sequel Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge.