Buffalo 8 has acquired worldwide rights to sci-fi fantasy thriller Satan’s Play (fka The Wheels of Heaven), starring Oscar nominee Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler).
Directed by Ben Charles Edwards, impressed by Mark Twain’s The Mysterious Stranger, the movie explores themes of religion, future, and the duality of fine and evil.
Starring alongside Rourke are Dessy Tenekedjieva (The Occupation of Arms), who additionally produced the film by way of Black Sea Movies and Nova Movie, Gary Stretch (Alexander, Lifeless Man’s Footwear), and Geoff Bell (RocknRolla). The solid options rising Bulgarian actors Eleonora Ivanova and Dimitar Nikolov in lead roles, with particular appearances by Lee Ryan (The Heavy) and Nicky Whelan (Corridor Move).
Satan’s Play follows Iva (Ivanova), a troubled teenager trapped between an abusive stepfather (Stretch) and a distant, deaf mom (Tenekedjieva). She finds sudden salvation in a mysterious boy claiming to be Lucifer (Nikolov), a fallen angel despatched to information her. As she wrestles with religion, insanity, and future, she is skilled for a chilling mission: to assassinate a strong American televangelist (Rourke) hiding a sinister reality beneath his holy picture.
The movie started its competition run beneath its unique title, The Wheels of Heaven, touchdown 4 awards on the Capri Hollywood Worldwide Movie Competition. It noticed theatrical distribution in Bulgaria by way of No Blink Movie.
Satan’s Play was produced by Dessy Tenekedjieva of Black Sea Movies and Nova Movie, with Goldfinch UK as co-producer. Mike Shilliam penned the screenplay from a narrative by Edwards and Tenekedjieva. Principal images occurred in Bulgaria, with extra filming in Los Angeles and London. Government Producers embody Gary Stretch, Yosif Kambarev, Neli Beshirova, Phil McKenzie, Kirsty Bell, Kimberly Hines, Ian Stack, together with Buffalo 8 Government Producers Matthew Helderman, Luke Taylor, and Nikki Stier Justice.
Dessy Tenekedjieva & Mickey Rourke
“We’re thrilled that our ardour undertaking has discovered its residence with Buffalo 8,” stated Tenekedjieva. “Satan’s Play is a novel and unconventional movie that asks severe questions — and that’s what makes it significant.”
The deal was organized by Buffalo 8’s Head of Distribution, Nikki Stier Justice, who known as Satan’s Play “a visually putting and thematically daring thriller that explores energy, religion, and transformation via a uniquely stylized lens.”
