EXCLUSIVE: Buffalo 8 has acquired North American distribution rights to Alex Kugelman’s thriller-dark comedy Don’t Journey.
Matthew Sato ((Imaginary, Excessive College Musical: The Sequence) stars as a struggling screenwriter who falls right into a harmful relationship with a robust producer’s son, performed by TikTok persona Will Sennett.
Additional forged members embody Olivia Rouyre (Excessive College, American Horror Story), Fred Melamed, (A Critical Man, Barry), Pell James (Zodiac, Euphoria) and Chloe Cherry (Euphoria).
Kugelman, who wrote the screenplay from his personal experiences in Hollywood, says Don’t Journey is shut in spirit to movies equivalent to The Participant and The Catastrophe Inventive for it exposé of the present enterprise world.
“We couldn’t be extra excited to companion with a staff as unbelievable as Buffalo 8,” Kugelman stated, describing the movie as “a darkly comedic and thrilling story that explores the underbelly of Hollywood nepo child tradition.”
The manufacturing is produced by Trevor Rothman and Lucid Rhino Productions. The acquisition was negotiated by Rothman and Nikki Stier Justice, Head of Distribution at Buffalo 8, who additionally serves as an government producer alongside Matthew Helderman and Luke Taylor.
Don’t Journey marks Kugelman’s function directorial function after quick movie The Bacheliar. He additionally co-produced the function alongside Rothman.
Santa Monica-based manufacturing and distribution firm Buffalo 8 will unveil particulars on the movie’s launch within the close to future.
