Abramorama has acquired North American theatrical rights to Hanging By A Wire, director Mohammed Ali Naqvi’s Sundance premiere docudrama.
The film will open in New York on August 28 and expand to theatres across North America ahead of its fourth quarter streaming debut. Dogwoof is launching the film in cinemas in the UK and Ireland on the same date.
The US/UK/Pakistan project recounts the true story of a school commute that turned terrifying when a snapped cable car wire left eight passengers suspended hundreds of feet above a ravine in the foothills of the Pakistani Himalayas.
Co-produced by EverWonder Studio, Universal Pictures Content Group, Mindhouse and 64th Street Media, in association with The Concordia Fellowship, the film was written and produced by Naqvi and Bilal Sami. Executive producers are Ian Orefice, Amanda Spain, Jon Adler, Bonnie McGrath, Aloke Devichand, Arron Fellows, Helen Parker, Davis Guggenheim and Rahdi Taylor.
Karol Martesko-Fenster, CEO of Abramorama and parent AB2 Media Group, said: “Hanging By A Wire is exactly the kind of urgent, true-life storytelling we love to bring to audiences. Audiences at Sundance were riveted, and we can’t wait to bring this nail-biting, deeply human story to theaters across North America this summer.”
Naqvi added: “This film is a tribute to the ordinary people who became extraordinary when it mattered most. To have Abramorama bring Hanging By A Wire to theatres means this story will reach audiences as we intended — together, in the dark, holding their breath as a real-life disaster thriller unfolds through the voices and footage of the people who lived it.”
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