Actor Billy Magnussen (No Time to Die) is set to star in the survival thriller The Ridge – and not only that, but will also be making his feature directorial debut with this project! Production is set to take place in the United States later this year, and Magnussen has already assembled the rest of the lead cast members: Lamorne Morris (Fargo), Chace Crawford (The Boys), and Jordan Firstman (You People).
Scripted by Mike Anderson, John Clavier, and Will Lowell from a story Anderson and Clavier crafted with Magnussen, The Ridge has the following synopsis: When Dez (Lamorne Morris) travels to Wyoming with his friends (Chace Crawford and Jordan Firstman) to meet his fiancé’s brother Grady (Billy Magnussen), the sensitive city dweller is put to the test by Grady, a true outdoorsman. This sets the two men at odds with one another, and they engage in an explosive feud that...
Scripted by Mike Anderson, John Clavier, and Will Lowell from a story Anderson and Clavier crafted with Magnussen, The Ridge has the following synopsis: When Dez (Lamorne Morris) travels to Wyoming with his friends (Chace Crawford and Jordan Firstman) to meet his fiancé’s brother Grady (Billy Magnussen), the sensitive city dweller is put to the test by Grady, a true outdoorsman. This sets the two men at odds with one another, and they engage in an explosive feud that...
- 5/9/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Billy Magnussen (No Time to Die, Game Night, Bridge of Spies) is set to make his feature directorial debut with the survival thriller The Ridge.
Magnussen will also star in the film alongside Lamorne Morris (Fargo, Woke), Chace Crawford (The Boys, Gossip Girl) and Jordan Firstman (You People, Rotting in the Sun). Produced by Mandalay Pictures (Ben Affleck’s Air), Highland Film Group is launching international sales at Cannes.
Written by Mike Anderson, John Clavier and Will Lowell, from a story by Magnussen, Anderson and Clavier, The Ridge follows Dez (Morris), a sensitive city dweller who travels to Wyoming with his friends (Crawford and Firstman) to meet his fiancé’s brother — and true outdoorsman — Grady (Magnussen). When Grady puts Dez to the test, it sets the two men at odds with one another, and they engage in an explosive feud that causes their truck to crash and tumble from a ridge.
Magnussen will also star in the film alongside Lamorne Morris (Fargo, Woke), Chace Crawford (The Boys, Gossip Girl) and Jordan Firstman (You People, Rotting in the Sun). Produced by Mandalay Pictures (Ben Affleck’s Air), Highland Film Group is launching international sales at Cannes.
Written by Mike Anderson, John Clavier and Will Lowell, from a story by Magnussen, Anderson and Clavier, The Ridge follows Dez (Morris), a sensitive city dweller who travels to Wyoming with his friends (Crawford and Firstman) to meet his fiancé’s brother — and true outdoorsman — Grady (Magnussen). When Grady puts Dez to the test, it sets the two men at odds with one another, and they engage in an explosive feud that causes their truck to crash and tumble from a ridge.
- 5/9/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Newen Connect, the film and TV distribution arm of the French media group Newen Studios, is launching a raft of comedies at the Unifrance Rendez-Vous event in Paris this week.
New titles include “Mr. Putifar’s Wacky Plan,” based on the book “Comedy.” It’s produced by Ugc and Romain Rotjman’s Les Films du 24, the team behind “Serial (Bad) Weddings.”
Directed by Pierre-François Martin-Laval (“Serial Teachers”), the movie stars Christian Clavier and Isabelle Nanty. Clavier stars as a retired school teacher plotting a revenge on the kids who made his life hell twenty years ago and destroyed his one chance at love.
“Open Season,” produced by Starman Films and Curiosa Films (“Stars at Noon”), is directed by Frédéric Forestier and Antonin Fourlon. The film stars Didier Bourdon (“Alibi.com 2”), Camille Lou (“Spoiled Brats”), Hakim Jemili (“A Good Doctor”), Thierry Lhermitte (“Just Retired”) and Chantal Ladesou.
The film follows Adelaide,...
New titles include “Mr. Putifar’s Wacky Plan,” based on the book “Comedy.” It’s produced by Ugc and Romain Rotjman’s Les Films du 24, the team behind “Serial (Bad) Weddings.”
Directed by Pierre-François Martin-Laval (“Serial Teachers”), the movie stars Christian Clavier and Isabelle Nanty. Clavier stars as a retired school teacher plotting a revenge on the kids who made his life hell twenty years ago and destroyed his one chance at love.
“Open Season,” produced by Starman Films and Curiosa Films (“Stars at Noon”), is directed by Frédéric Forestier and Antonin Fourlon. The film stars Didier Bourdon (“Alibi.com 2”), Camille Lou (“Spoiled Brats”), Hakim Jemili (“A Good Doctor”), Thierry Lhermitte (“Just Retired”) and Chantal Ladesou.
The film follows Adelaide,...
- 1/10/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
CAA Media Finance, Bron co-represent worldwide rights.
Billy Magnussen will make his feature directorial debut on The Ridge for Mandalay Pictures in association with Bron Studios, which CAA Media Finance and Bron co-represent for worldwide rights at AFM.
Magnussen will star alongside Chace Crawford (The Boys), Lamorne Morris (Fargo), and Jordan Firstman (Ms. Marvel) in the story of three city dwellers who take a hunting trip in the Wyoming wilderness to celebrate a bachelor party.
However when a terrible accident forces them to come together to survive the men must come to terms with how they need to change their lives for the better.
Billy Magnussen will make his feature directorial debut on The Ridge for Mandalay Pictures in association with Bron Studios, which CAA Media Finance and Bron co-represent for worldwide rights at AFM.
Magnussen will star alongside Chace Crawford (The Boys), Lamorne Morris (Fargo), and Jordan Firstman (Ms. Marvel) in the story of three city dwellers who take a hunting trip in the Wyoming wilderness to celebrate a bachelor party.
However when a terrible accident forces them to come together to survive the men must come to terms with how they need to change their lives for the better.
- 11/1/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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