Overview

• The 1970s Detroit revenge thriller premiered at the Venice Film Festival and is set to screen next at TIFF, with Ritchson missing Venice due to Reacher commitments but aiming to attend in Toronto.
• The film features roughly three to five audible lines and leans on needle-drops and an immersive score, with artists like Fleetwood Mac and David Bowie featured and Jack White consulting on music.
• Potsy Ponciroli directs from Chad St. John’s Black List script, with a principal cast that includes Shailene Woodley, Ben Foster and Pablo Schreiber alongside Ritchson.
• Made independently for about $30 million, the production rebounded from a late foreign-financing collapse that forced a move to New Jersey and a compressed schedule from 37 to 28 days.
• Black Bear is handling international sales, which trade reports say have performed well, while WME Independent and Range Select oversee domestic rights ahead of market screenings at Toronto.