Toronto: Myriad Assumes Knife Fight

Sunday, September 11, 2011, Toronto.. Myriad Pictures will handle sales outdoors The United States for Academy Award-champion Bill Guttentags political drama Knife Fight, starring Take advantage of Lowe (Free Airline Wing, Parks & Entertainment, Breakaway), Julie Bowen (Modern Family, Horrible Bosses, Boston Legal), Jamie Chung (Sucker Punch, The Hangover, Part II), Barbara-Anne Moss (The Matrix trilogy, Disturbia, Chocolat), Eric McCormack (Will & Sophistication, Textuality, The Brand New Adventures of Old Christine) and Richard Schiff (Free Airline Wing, Solitary Guy, The Lost World: Jurassic Park). The script was compiled by Guttentag and prominent political consultant Chris Lehane who like a Whitened House consultant to Leader Bill Clinton gained the status as Master of Disaster and then offered as Al Gore’s Press Secretary. This really is Lehanes first feature film script. The film follows three political candidates running for public office. Take advantage of Lowe plays a tough-ball political crisis manager in the center of the dirty campaigns whose customers are stylish-deep in scams including drugs, sex, money and lies. Chung plays his wise administrative aid, and Bowen plays a hot shot reporter who sleeps her method to major news tales. The film is created by Guerrino P Luca of delucafilms, and Daniel Dvila and Catherine Dvila of Davisidero Pictures (Splinters, Harrison Montgomery). The film completed principal photography captured in Bay Area. Myriad Director of Development Ari Haas introduced the project to Myriad. Haas and Catherine Davila attended graduate school at USC together. Myriad Pictures Boss Kirk DAmico shared his enthusiasm for that project. ”Knife Fight is really a compelling satirical comedy which comes in the perfect time once we attempt an election year. Chris’ script is particularly non-partisan for the reason that it skewers political figures on sides from the aisle. We're so very happy to be focusing on this film using the producers Guerrino P Luca, Daniel Davila and Catherine Davila with Bill Guttentag as a result a gifted director which remarkable cast.” Director Guttentag, said about the timeliness from the story. The film informs how modern political races really are a bloodstream sport in which the campaign that wins is nearly almost always the campaign that does the very best job of learning the dark arts of politics - and ultimately, all hotly contested races for political office be a knife fight inside a telephone booth. Most of us on Knife Fight are thrilled to become dealing with Myriad about this project because the election season gets hotter. Lehane added There's keen interest all over the world in American politics, and Knife Fight goes in to the back room to determine what our political leaders are actually made from and also to explore a central tension in present day U.S. politics: that those who bring us are people with both remarkable talents and remarkable defects that frequently cause them to the breaking of the promises. Myriad plans to produce a trailer for that American Film Market in November. The film you will need to screen for that early 2012 festival season.