EXCLUSIVE: Upgrade will commence talks with international buyers in Cannes next week on the revenge thriller Violent Ends starring Billy Magnussen, James Badge Dale, Alexandra Shipp, and Nick Stahl.
John-Michael Powell will direct the story about Lucas Frost (Magnussen), a man raised in a notorious crime family who desperately wants to build a peaceful life with his fiancée, Emma (Shipp).
When a robbery involving Lucas’s cousin spirals out of control with tragic consequences, Lucas is forced back into the violent underworld he fought to leave behind.
Production took place in Arkansas and Upgrade will present footage to buyers on the Croisette. Kate Burton (Dumb Money) and Ray McKinnon (Knox Goes Away) round out the cast. Magnussen’s credits include No Time To Die; Dale was in The Departed; Shipp’s credits include Barbie; and Stahl was in Showtime’s Let The Right One In.
Vincent Sieber-Smith (Narnia) and Undine Buka (This Land) serve as producers on Violent Ends, with Cathy Fegan-Kim and Alex Kim on board as executive producers through their Midnight Road Entertainment, alongside Magnussen through his HappyBad Bungalow.
Screen understands US buyers are circling the feature, which Upgrade’s Jonathan Kier said is distinguished by its “intense narrative and powerful performances”.
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