EXCLUSIVE: Quiver Distribution has picked up North American rights to the motion thriller Wanted Man, co-written, directed by and starring Dolph Lundgren, for launch in choose theaters and on VOD on January 19, 2024.
Also starring Kelsey Grammer (Frasier) and Christina Villa (The Wedding within the Hamptons), the movie facilities on Johansen (Lundgren), an getting old detective whose outdated policing strategies have given the division a current public relations downside. To save his job, he’s despatched to Mexico to extradite a feminine witness (Villa) to the murders of two DEA brokers. Once there, he finds not solely his previous opinions challenged, however that unhealthy guys on either side of the border are actually gunning for him and his witness.
Writing the script with Lundgren was Michael Worth (Killing Cupid). Producers included Craig Baumgarten (Universal Soldier), Lundgren and Emma Krokdal, in addition to Jeffrey Greenstein and Jonathan Yunger of Millennium Media. Exec producers for Millennium Media are Avi Lerner, Boaz Davidson, and Trevor Short.
In a press release on the acquisition, Quiver Distribution Co-Presidents Berry Meyerowitz and Jeff Sackman shared, “We have been fans of Dolph from his debuts in A View to a Kill and Rocky IV all the way through to the recent Expendables films. We are thrilled to be working with him on Wanted Man, a personal project that is obviously so close to his heart.”
Added Millennium’s JJ Nugent, “We always enjoy partnering with Dolph and we look forward to continuing our work with Quiver on Wanted Man.”
Larry Greenberg negotiated the deal on behalf of Quiver Distribution, with Greenstein and Nugent on behalf of Millennium Media.