Screen Media has picked up North American rights from Arclight Films to the Russell Crowe and Liam Hemsworth thriller Poker Face.
RZA and Elsa Pataky also star in the story set in the world of high stakes poker as a tech billionaire and gambler offers friends the chance to make more money than they’ve ever dreamed of so long as they give up their secrets.
Crowe directed and co-wrote the screenplay with Stephen M. Coates. Arclicht Films head Gary Hamilton and Keith Rodger served as producers alongside Ying Ye and Ryan Hamilton, Addam Bramich, Catchlight Studios’ Jeanette Volturno and Jason Clark, and Matt Williams.
Executive producers are Arclight Films’ Brian Beckmann, Screen Media’s Seth Needle and Conor McAdam, David Nagleberg, Walter Josten, Joe Thomas, Mikael Borglund, Romilda De Luca, Elizabeth Zavoyskiy, Andrew Kotliar, Jay Douglas and Alceon Entertainment Partners, and Julia Stuart and Laura Grange from Sky.
Screen Media plans a theatrical release on November 16 followed by digital rollout on November 22.
Needle, Screen Media’s EVP of global acquisitions and co-productions, brokered the deal on behalf of the distributor.
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