Shaquita Smith Main Psychological Thriller ‘Janice Doe‘
EXCLUSIVE: Depraved Metropolis star Shaquita Smith is signed on to steer Janice Doe, a psychological thriller from Mann Robinson Studios, whose founder, Mann Robinson, is directing. The pic follows Nissassa Reside, a girl whose life spirals into chaos after a sequence of violent occasions result in a court-ordered psychiatric analysis. Robinson is billing it as exploring “the nice line between sanity and delusion, guilt and survival.” Janice Doe will start capturing within the first quarter of 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia. A theatrical launch in late 2026 or early 2027 is being focused. Mann Robinson Studios will exec produce alongside Smith, who’s coming off of a breakout position as Jordan Davis in AMC drama Depraved Metropolis. Final yr, we have been first to report Smith would exec produce and star in indie flick Voyage of the Forgotten. Additional casting on Janice Doe is at present underway. Smith is repped by Unique Expertise, Bailey Rae Harrison and Renae Rodriguez.
Jean-Paul Ly & Past The Pixels Intention To ‘Misfire‘
EXCLUSIVE: Hollywood stunt performer, director and producer Jean-Paul Ly and Hasraf ‘Haz’ Dulull are teaming for Misfire. The neo noir-style quick is billed as “an emotionally charged and visually intense story exploring the fragility of belief and the devastating value of betrayal between pals.” Ly’s Unhealthy Guys Movies and Dulull’s Past The Pixels are co-producing, with each serving as producers. Pic follows the younger protégé of a legendary crime boss, secretly an undercover cop, who’s executed earlier than revealing a file that exposes town’s whole net of corruption. The protégé, himself a deep-cover officer, has to guard the boss’s daughter and survive one evening in a metropolis the place each the gangs and the police need them useless. “With Misfire, I wished to inform a narrative that captures the uncooked emotion behind betrayal and the wrestle for redemption,” says Ly, whose on-screen credit embrace Dr. Unusual and Lucy. “It’s impressed by the emotional energy of movies from Korean motion pictures, like A Bittersweet Life, Oldboy and John Woo’s A Bullet within the Head — tales the place motion serves the guts, not the opposite approach round.” Dulull, who launched Past the Pixels earlier this yr, can also be growing the quick as a retro-inspired online game impressed by side-scrollers akin to Streets of Rage. “From day one, JP and I talked about how Misfire may dwell throughout mediums,” mentioned Dulull. “The movie units the emotional tone, and the sport lets gamers really feel that depth firsthand. It’s the proper fusion of cinematic storytelling and interactive motion – precisely what Past The Pixels was constructed for.”
Autentic Names Studios Chief
Germany-based producer-distributor Autentic has promoted Andreas Martin as Director of Content material & Manufacturing. The position places him answerable for Autentic Studios, which behind De-extinction – Species Safety 2.0?, Love Across the World and Terra X: The Thriller of Monster Waves amongst others, lots of which Martin helmed as Head of Manufacturing and exec producer. “The appointment of Andreas Martin underlines our objective to strategically develop the manufacturing actions of Autentic Studios – each within the nationwide and worldwide broadcast markets in addition to on digital platforms,” mentioned Patrick Hörl, Managing Director of Autentic. Munich-based Autentic is a three way partnership between Hörl and Jan Mojto’s Beta Movie.