Asian finance for high stakes US thriller
By Patrick Frater
Fri, 20 July 2012, 11:54 AM (HKT)
Chinese financier E Stars Entertainment (巨星有限公司) and Indian-owned companies Reliance Entertainment and IM Global are backing Paranoia, a new Hollywood independent film that starts production today.
The $40 million film is a high tech corporate espionage thriller being directed by Robert Luketic (who previously directed 21). It stars Australia's Liam Hemsworth (pictured), Gary Oldman, Harrison Ford, Lucas Till (X-Men: First Class), Amber Heard (The Rum Diary), Embeth Davidtz (The Amazing Spider-Man), Julian McMahon (Nip/Tuck), Josh Holloway (Lost) and veteran Richard Dreyfuss.
The story follows a young technologist (Hemsworth) who, after a mistake, finds himself used like a pawn in a multi-million dollar power game.
Demarest Films, a financing and production company launched in April by Lambert Media Group's Michael Lambert, Sam Englebardt and William D Johnson, is co-financier and co-producer, while Beijing's E Stars Entertainment will co-finance. Paranoia will be distributed in the US by Relativity Media.
Paranoia is being produced by Alexandra Milchan of Emjag Productions, William D. Johnson of Demarest Films and Deepak Nayar of Kintop Reliance, Reliance's joint production venture with Kintop Pictures. IM Global CEO Stuart Ford, Scott Lambert of Film 360, Sam Englebardt of Demarest Films, Allen Liu of E Stars, Douglas Urbanski, Christophe Riandee of Gaumont, Ryan Kavanaugh and Tucker Tooley of Relativity Media will serve as executive producers. International sales are handled by IM Global.
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