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Stars: Maisie Williams, Sylvester McCoy, Andrew Ellis, Rita Tushingham, Jake Curran, Ian Kenny, Stacha Hicks | Written by Mathieu Gompel, Julius Berg | Directed by Julius Berg

I can’t remember watching a home invasion horror movie for a long time and then two come along at once. First, I watched By Night’s End and then The Owners comes along… I wouldn’t say it’s a sub genre I love but it has produced some really great movies – the likes of The Strangers, You’re Next, Don’t Breathe, Inside and Hush are all highly entertaining.

There is a tendency for lower budget home invasion offerings to go down the same path and stick to ideas that have been used time and time again. Meaning that many feel very samey. The Owners, at the very least, does try to do things a little bit different. So much so, that at about the...

The young cast of this clever thriller undertake a hair-raising manor house heist, but it’s Sylvester McCoy and Rita Tushingham who steal the show

This nifty thriller, set mostly in a grand manor house deep in the British countryside, has an impressively evil streak and a clever twist or two that perhaps are not hard to see coming if you’re experienced in the genre. Even so, director Julius Berg, who has worked mostly in French TV and makes his feature debut here, has a knack for ratcheting up suspense and finessing the technicalities in order to maximise the creepiness. For example, the sound design (by Ben Baird) is outstanding, an almost palpable entity that shimmers with synthesiser drones and distorted noises generated by the plot. Elsewhere, when the violence and anxiety reaches its zenith, the film switches aspect ratio to a boxy, nearly square format, heightening the claustrophobia...

The Owners In Theaters And On Demand And Digital: September 4, 2020 Maisie Williams, Sylvester McCoy, Jake Curran, Ian Kenny, Andrew Ellis, Rita Tushingham Directed By Julius Berg Screenplay By Matthieu Gompel, Julius Berg A group of friends think they found the perfect easy score – an empty house with a safe full of cash. …

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The Owners Review — The Owners (2020) Video Movie Review, a movie written and directed by Julius Berg and co-written by Mathieu Gompel, and stars Maisie Williams, Sylvester McCoy, Rita Tushingham, Jake Curran, Andrew Ellis, Ian Kenny, and Stacha Hicks. In this video review, I talk about the new horror film The Owners and why I [...]

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Stars: Maisie Williams, Sylvester McCoy, Andrew Ellis, Rita Tushingham, Jake Curran, Ian Kenny, Stacha Hicks | Written by Mathieu Gompel, Julius Berg | Directed by Julius Berg

I can’t remember watching a home invasion horror movie for a long time and then two come along at once. First, I watched By Night’s End and then The Owners comes along as part of this year’s Frightfest. I wouldn’t say it’s a sub genre I love but it has produced some really great movies – the likes of The Strangers, You’re Next, Don’t Breathe, Inside and Hush are all highly entertaining.

There is a tendency for lower budget home invasion offerings to go down the same path and stick to ideas that have been used time and time again. Meaning that many feel very samey. The Owners, at the very least, does try to do things a little bit different. So much so,...

Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, will release the thriller The Owners on October 20, 2020 on DVD and Blu-ray. Check out the trailer:

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The Owners stars Maisie Williams (“Game of Thrones,” The New Mutants), Sylvester McCoy , Jake Curran (“Spotless”, Stardust), Ian Kenny (Solo: A Star Wars Story, Sing Street), Andrew Ellis (Teen Spirit, “This Is England”),and RitaTushingham (“The Pale Horse,” Vera). The film is directed by Julius Berg (“TheForest,” “Mata Hari”) who co-wrote the...

Exclusive: Signature Entertainment has picked up UK and Aus/Nz rights out of the Toronto virtual market to Maisie Williams (Game Of Thrones) horror The Owners and Aus/Nz rights to Alexandra Daddario (Baywatch) thriller Lost Girls & Love Hotels.

The deals were negotiated by the company’s Director of Acquisitions and Development Elizabeth Williams.

Directed by French filmmaker Julius Berg (Netflix’s The Forest and Osmosis), home invasion chiller The Owners is is based on the gruesome French comic book Une Nuit De Pleine Lune. Williams plays a young woman who reluctantly agrees to participate in a robbery, but the burglary soon takes a violent turn when the elderly inhabitants turn the table on the young intruders.

From the executive producers of Mandy, the film was acquired from French sales outfit Versatile Films and will be get its UK premiere at genre festival FrightFest in October ahead of its UK...

In case you missed it, The Owners is an upcoming thriller. Already showing on Digital platforms, The Owners will debut on DVD and Blu-ray this October. In the film, a group of friends break into a mansion, to score some easy cash. However, an elderly couple live here. And, they have a darker side, compared to their new guests. This title was developed by Julius Berg and stars: Maisie Williams (The New Mutants), Jake Curran ("Spotless), Sylvester McCoy and Ian Kenny. A preview of the film's secondary launch is available now. The trailer shows characters searching this estate. When they find a safe, the owners arrive home. Now, it is a game of psychological warfare as one group tries to break the other, in this dark tale. Rlj Entartainment will release The Owners in an unrated format. No special features have been announced. However, the release is only a few weeks away - October 20th.

A group of criminals get more than they bargained for when they choose the wrong house to rob in the new home invasion movie The Owners (starring Maisie Williams), and following its theatrical, VOD, and Digital release in September, Rlje Films will bring The Owners to Blu-ray and DVD on October 20th, just in time for Halloween.

From the Press Release: Los Angeles – Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, will release the thriller The Owners on October 20, 2020 on DVD and Blu-ray.

The Owners stars Maisie Williams (“Game of Thrones,” The New Mutants), Sylvester McCoy , Jake Curran (“Spotless”, Stardust), Ian Kenny (Solo: A Star Wars Story, Sing Street), Andrew Ellis (Teen Spirit, "This Is England"),and RitaTushingham ("The Pale Horse," Vera). The film is directed by Julius Berg (“TheForest,” “Mata Hari”) who co-wrote the film with Matthieu Gompel (The Dream Kids). Rlje Films will release The Owners on DVD...

Genre festival to open with ‘Train To Busan Presents: Peninsula’.

South Korean zombie thriller Train To Busan Presents: Peninsula will open UK genre festival FrightFest on October 22 ahead of its UK release by Studiocanal on November 6.

The festival will host 34 features in central London from October 22-25 and has secured seven world premieres and two European premieres.

It will close with the world premiere of US horror Held, directed by Chris Lofing and Travis Cluff, the filmmaking duo behind The Gallows franchise.

Further world premieres include Will Jewell’s Concrete Plans; Leroy Kincaide’s The Last Rite; and Dune Drifter from Marc Price,...

As our esteemed Film Editor David Crow has said elsewhere, movies are back — but in a sense they’ve never really gone away. New original films have been popping up via streaming and video-on-demand all throughout the reign of the coronavirus, and they continue to do so even as theaters begin to reopen and the studios slowly start to fill them with new releases as well.

The operative word here is “slow”: we’re not seeing a deluge of new films anywhere — the big or small screen — but there is a steady flow of them nonetheless, and as is often the case, horror leads the way. Below is a round-up of fresh horror releases coming your way (or there already) in the US and UK, available either at your local multiplex (and we urge you to keep the risks of going to the theater in mind) or right in your living room.

After devoting a decade of her life to HBO’s global phenomenon, Game of Thrones, Maisie Williams is going indie. In her first post-Thrones role, Williams plays Mary in Julius Berg’s The Owners, which explores a botched home burglary involving a group of friends and an older couple who practice medicine from the aforementioned manor. Williams’ character gets caught up in her boyfriend’s (Ian Kenny) muddled plan, and has to deal with the unexpected fallout.

Coming off of the biggest television production of all time, Williams jumped at the chance to go back to basics via the horror-thriller, as her indie ambitions were ...

After devoting a decade of her life to HBO’s global phenomenon, Game of Thrones, Maisie Williams is going indie. In her first post-Thrones role, Williams plays Mary in Julius Berg’s The Owners, which explores a botched home burglary involving a group of friends and an older couple who practice medicine from the aforementioned manor. Williams’ character gets caught up in her boyfriend’s (Ian Kenny) muddled plan, and has to deal with the unexpected fallout.

Coming off of the biggest television production of all time, Williams jumped at the chance to go back to basics via the horror-thriller, as her indie ambitions were ...

Writer/director Julius Berg's feature film debut is an unexpectedly fun thriller that bucks expectations.

The Owners stars Jake Curran, Andrew Ellis and Ian Kenny as Gaz, Terry and Nathan, a trio of friends who hatch a plan to break into the home of a local wealthy doctor, crack the safe and get away with the loot. It's a full-proof plan: they know when the doctor and his wife will be way, they know where the safe is and they have a safe cracker but the plan starts to fall apart almost immediately. Mary, (Maisie Williams), Nathan's girlfriend, comes looking for him and causing all sorts of trouble, the safe isn't the type that the crew came prepared to crack and just as the would-be thieves come up with a new plan to get the loot, they're faced with the fact that the meek docto...

If they watch enough horror films, aspiring criminals will have learned by now that home invasions can be a particularly dicey proposition. Even if the would-be victims are a seemingly harmless, elderly couple, nasty surprises may be in store. Such a scenario is unveiled in Julius Berg’s debut feature, based on a French graphic novel. Starring Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones, The New Mutants) and featuring welcome appearances by film veterans Rita Tushingham (A Taste of Honey, Doctor Zhivago) and Sylvester McCoy (the Hobbit trilogy). The Owners proves a nasty, if not exactly credible, thriller.

The set-up is simple. Three British teens decide ...

If they watch enough horror films, aspiring criminals will have learned by now that home invasions can be a particularly dicey proposition. Even if the would-be victims are a seemingly harmless, elderly couple, nasty surprises may be in store. Such a scenario is unveiled in Julius Berg’s debut feature, based on a French graphic novel. Starring Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones, The New Mutants) and featuring welcome appearances by film veterans Rita Tushingham (A Taste of Honey, Doctor Zhivago) and Sylvester McCoy (the Hobbit trilogy). The Owners proves a nasty, if not exactly credible, thriller.

The set-up is simple. Three British teens decide ...

Poor Maisie Williams. After spending eight seasons on “Game of Thrones,” with her character Arya Stark being orphaned, beaten, blinded and battered, she got a job as a Marvel superhero in “The New Mutants” – but that film, which hit theaters on Aug. 28, turned out to put a horror-movie spin on a Marvel movie by focusing on superpowers run amok in an abandoned hospital.

And now, only a week later, Williams is back starring in “The Owners.” And you don’t even want to know what happens to her in this nasty piece of work.

Or maybe you do want to know. Maybe you don’t see that phrase, nasty piece of work, as a pejorative. Hell, maybe I didn’t even mean it to be pejorative.

Based on the French comic book “Une nuit de pleine lune” and directed by Julius Berg, “The Owners” is tense, uneasy and brutal, escalating...

After eight seasons as Arya Stark on “Game of Thrones,” Maisie Williams is no stranger to blood, violence, guts and gore.

In her latest role, as a vengeful girlfriend in the gruesome thriller “The Owners,” Williams isn’t afraid to get down and dirty in the name of survival. The ’90s-set movie — directed by Julius Berg and written by Berg and Matthieu Gompel — follows childhood friends who break in and attempt to rob their elderly neighbor’s empty mansion. But when the owners come home earlier than expected, chaos ensues.

“I liked the script and I liked that it was set in the ’90s,” Williams says. “I just thought doing a psychological thriller would be really good fun. I’ve always loved the genre.”

Before “The Owners” is released digitally and in theaters on Sept. 4, Williams will hit the big screen in the superhero epic “The New Mutants.” After two years of delays,...

A safe full of cash in a remote, empty house seems like the perfect score for Mary and her friends but when the owners, an older couple, come home early, the seemingly easy hit turns into a bit of a nightmare.

Based on a comic book from acclaimed artist Hermann and Yves H., The Owners tars "Game of Thrones" star Maisie Williams, "Dublin Murders" star Ian Kenny and is adapted for the screen and directed by French director Julius Berg. Berg has been working in TV for a decade and his latest series, "The Forest" is currently streaming on Netflix.

The twist here, that the returning homeowners turn out to be far worse than the would-be robbers, is an interesting idea. While on the one hand, I think this reveal would have been better left as a surprise, it's also cl...

In the spirit of Don't Breathe and Villains, a group of criminals get more than they bargained for when they choose the wrong house to rob in the new home invasion movie The Owners, starring Maisie Williams. Ahead of its theatrical, VOD, and Digital release beginning September 4th via Rlje Films, we have a look at the film's official trailer and poster, reminding you that "there is no place like home," especially when that home harbors a sinister secret.

Directed by Julius Berg from a screenplay by Matthieu Gompel and Berg, The Owners stars Maisie Williams, Sylvester McCoy, Jake Curran, Ian Kenny, Andrew Ellis, and Rita Tushingham.

Synopsis: "A group of friends think they found the perfect easy score - an empty house with a safe full of cash. But when the elderly couple that lives there comes home early the tables are suddenly turned. As a deadly game of...

"I've told you a thousand times... shoes off at the door!" Rlje Films has released the trailer for a horror thriller titled The Owners, marking the feature directorial debut of French filmmaker Julius Berg. A group of friends think they find an easy score at an empty house with a safe full of cash. But when the owners, an elderly couple, come home early, the tables are suddenly turned. Conceptually this looks like the typical rob-a-big-house-that-looks-empty horror concept mashed up with The Visit. This nice elderly couple are actually maniacs who are going to torture you! Watch out, they are not so nice after all... The Owners stars Maisie Williams, with Sylvester McCoy and Rita Tushingham as the charming Huggins, plus Ian Kenny, Jake Curran, Andrew Ellis, and Stacha Hicks. This definitely looks creepy! But mostly for horror fans. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Julius Berg's The Owners,...

In today’s film news roundup, Maisie Williams’ “The Owners” and crime thriller “Chameleon” get acquired and Adam Alleca’s sci-fi project “Singular” is in the works at Netflix.

Acquisitions

Rlje Films has acquired the North American rights to the thriller “The Owners,” starring Maisie Williams (“Game of Thrones”), Jake Curran, Ian Kenny, Andrew Ellis, Sylvester McCoy and Rita Tushingham.

The film is expected to be released in theaters and on VOD and Digital HD in the fall of 2020. Julius Berg made his feature directorial debut with “The Owners” from a script he co-wrote with Matthieu Gompel with the participation of Geoff Cox.

“Coming off the unprecedented success of ‘Game of Thrones,’ we’re excited to work with Maisie Williams and the other talented filmmakers and cast members,” said Mark Ward, Chief Acquisitions Officer at Rlje Films.

The story centers on a group of friends thinking they found an easy...

Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has acquired the North American rights to a thriller starring Maisie Williams, “The Owners,” the distributor announced Thursday.

“The Owners” is the debut film of writer and director Julius Berg, and Rlje Films is expected to release the movie in theaters and on VOD and digital HD in the fall of 2020.

The “Game of Thrones” actress Williams stars in the film as part of a group of friends who think they found the perfect, easy score – an empty house with a safe full of cash. But when the elderly couple that lives there comes home early, the tables are suddenly turned. As a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues, the would-be thieves are left to fight to save themselves from a nightmare they could never have imagined.

Also Read: Maisie Williams Says 'Game of Thrones' Fame Led Her to Be Consumed...

Rlje Films has secured North American distribution rights to The Owners, a 90’s-set thriller starring Game Of Thrones alum Maisie Williams. Based on the comic book from artist Herrmann and written by Yves H, the film is aiming for a theatrical and digital release in the fall of 2020.

First-time feature director Julius Berg directed and co-wrote the film alongside Matthieu Gompel with the participation of Geoff Cox.

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The Owners follows a group of friends who think they found the perfect easy score – an empty house with a safe full of cash. But when the elderly couple that lives there comes home early, the tables are suddenly turned. As a...

Distributor anticipates theatrical, VOD and digital HD release in autumn.

Rlje Films has picked up North American rights from Xyz Films to thriller The Owners starring Maisie Williams from Game Of Thrones.

Julius Berg’s feature directorial debut centres on a group of friends who attempt to burgle an empty house with a safe full of cash when the elderly owners return and turn the tables on the intruders.

Jake Curran, Ian Kenny, Andrew Ellis, Sylvester McCoy, and Rita Tushingham round out the cast. Berg co-wrote the screenplay with Matthieu Gompel with the participation of Geoff Cox.

Rlje Films expects...

Rlje Films has nabbed the North American rights to the Maisie Williams'-starring thriller The Owners.

Julius Berg's feature directorial debut is expected to be released in theaters and on VOD and digital HD in the fall of 2020. Game of Thrones star Williams plays a young woman who finds herself in the middle of a nightmare when her boyfriend plots with a friend to commit a burglary, which spirals out of control.

When an elderly couple return home early, the tables are suddenly turned and a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues as the would-be thieves fight to ...

Rlje Films has nabbed the North American rights to the Maisie Williams'-starring thriller The Owners.

Julius Berg's feature directorial debut is expected to be released in theaters and on VOD and digital HD in the fall of 2020. Game of Thrones star Williams plays a young woman who finds herself in the middle of a nightmare when her boyfriend plots with a friend to commit a burglary, which spirals out of control.

When an elderly couple return home early, the tables are suddenly turned and a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues as the would-be thieves fight to ...

Bloody regular Fabien M. has shared with us the below new image from The Owners, which shows “Games of Thrones” fav Maisie Williams in a tense situation. Directed by Julius Berg and based on “Une Nuit de Pleine Lune” by Yves H. and Hermann, the film sounds a bit like Don’t Breathe in which a group of friends plot a […]...

Versatile Films and Logical Pictures dropped two new images from The Owners, which stars “Games of Thrones” fav Maisie Williams, with Jake Curran, Ian Kenny, Sylvester McCoy, and Rita Tushingham. Directed by Julius Berg and based on “Une Nuit de Pleine Lune” by Yves H. and Hermann, the film sounds a bit like Don’t Breathe in which a group of friends plot […]...

It is one of Williams’s first roles since Game Of Thrones came to an end last year.

Screen can reveal the first look at Game Of Thrones star Maisie Williams in horror-thriller The Owners.

Paris-based sales company Versatile is market premiering the feature at the European Film Market this week.

French director Julius Berg’s English-language horror thriller The Owners revolves around a burglary that takes a violent turn when the elderly inhabitants turn the tables on the young intruders. It is adapted from the graphic novel Une Nuit De Pleine Lune by Belgian artist Hermann and writer Yves...

The Owners

French television director Julius Berg moved into feature filmmaking with Game of Thrones Maisie Williams toplining the English language tale about a group of friends who plot a burglary that spirals out of control.

Prediction: Midnight

Possessor

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Xyz Films handles North American sales.

Sylvester McCoy, Rita Tushingham, Ian Kenny, Jake Curran, Andrew Ellis and Stacha Hicks have been announced as cast members of home invasion thriller The Owners alongside Game Of Thrones star Maisie Williams as the production starts shooting in the UK.

McCoy, whose credits include Doctor Who, plays an elderly doctor opposite veteran UK actress Rita Tushingham as his wife. Together, the retired couple turn the tables on a gang of local hoodlums who break into their isolated house.

Kenny and Ellis (This Is England) play two dead-beat, childhood friends who are spurred on by...

Production is underway in the UK on Maisie Williams thriller The Owners.

Joining Williams (Game Of Thrones) in the cast are Sylvester McCoy (Doctor Who), Rita Tushingham (A Taste of Honey), Ian Kenny (Sing Street), Jake Curran (Spotless), Andrew Ellis (This Is England) and Stacha Hicks (The Children Act).

The 90’s-set thriller is directed by Julius Berg, with a screenplay by Berg and Mathieu Gompel, based on the comic book from artist Herrmann and written by Yves H. Producers are Alain de la Mata at UK-based Bluelight and Christopher Granier-Deferre, with Nate Bolotin and Maxime Cottray executive producing for Xyz Films.

Co-producers are Brahim Chioua for Wild Bunch, Frédéric Fiore and Eric Tavitian for Logical Pictures and Pape Boye for Versatile. Versatile will continue pre-sales on available international territories, while Xyz will handle North American sales, at the upcoming Marché du Film at Cannes.

Shooting is currently underway in Kent,...

Sylvester McCoy and Ian Kenny are among several new cast members to have signed on for Maisie Wiliams-starrer “The Owners,” the 1990s-set thriller helmed by Julius Berg from a screenplay by him and Matthieu Gompel.

McCoy is best known for a stint as the Doctor in sci-fi series “Doctor Who.” He joins Williams and Kenny (“Solo: A Star Wars Story”), as well as Rita Tushingham (“A Taste of Honey”), Jake Curran (“Spotless”), Andrew Ellis (“This Is England”), and Stacha Hicks (“The Children Act”) in the film.

Shooting is currently underway on the film in an isolated Victorian mansion near London. The movie is based on a comic book from renowned artist Herrmann and written by Yves H.

The story follows childhood friends Nathan (Kenney) and Terry (Ellis), who are spurred on by sociopath Gaz (Curran) to rob Huggins (McCoy), an elderly local doctor and his wife (Tushingham). Williams plays Nathan’s girlfriend,...

Lille, France — The series the audience was about to see on Sunday night at Lille’s central Ugc Cine-Cité multiplex wasn’t even playing in Series Mania’s main International Competition.

But in many ways, Netflix’s” “Osmosis” was certainly among the most-anticipated of shows at this year’s festival. The excitement before the screening was palpable, and pointed up multiple paradoxes about France’s current TV scene.

As a service, Netflix has taken France by storm. Launching in Sept, 2014, it has run up at least 5 million household subscriptions, as many as the retail subscriber base of pay TV Canal Plus, a pillar of France’s cultural establishment, which has been in service since 1985.

Released in May 2016, Netflix’s first sortie into French Original Series, “Marseilles,” a political corruption thriller starring Gerard Depardieu, proved polemical, being lambasted by many French critics, newspaper Le Monde dismissing it famously as “cowshit”, and director Julius Berg,...

‘Game of Thrones’ star Maisie Williams has signed up to star in Julius Berg’s UK thriller ‘The Owners’.

Based on Herrmann and Yves Huppen’s comic book, the film is set in rural England during the early 1990s, the story follows childhood friends Nathan and Terry who, inspired by an out-of-town sociopath, attempt to rob the elderly local doctor and his wife.

Williams will play Mary, the girlfriend of the leading character, Nathan. Mary thinks the plan is a bad idea but the boys go ahead with it anyway. Dr. Huggins, however, won’t go down easy, and a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues.

On Williams casting Berg said “I’m very proud that Maisie Williams is joining the cast of The Owners[…]Her already impressive experience will bring great force and vitality to her character and to the narrative of what promises to be a particularly intense thriller.

Maisie Williams is set to star in the 1990s-set thriller The Owners, the feature directorial debut of Julius Berg.

Williams will play a young woman living in rural England who finds herself in the middle of a nightmare when her boyfriend plots with a friend to commit a burglary, which spirals out of control.

Berg and Matthieu Gompel have written the screenplay, based on a comic book from the artist Hermann, written by Yves H. The film is being produced by Alain de la Mata at U.K.-based Bluelight and executive produced by Xyz Films. 

The Owners is set to ...

Maisie Williams is set to star in 90’s-set thriller The Owners, the feature directorial debut of Julius Berg. Williams will play a young woman living in rural England who finds herself in the middle of a nightmare when her boyfriend plots with a friend to commit a burglary, which spirals out of control.

Berg and Matthieu Gompel have written the screenplay, based on a comic book from the artist Hermann, written by Yves H. The film is being produced by Alain de la Mata at U.K.-based Bluelight, and executive produced by Xyz Films.

The film is set ...

“Game of Thrones” star Maisie Williams is coming on board the 1990s-set thriller “The Owners,” directed by Julius Berg from a screenplay by Berg and Matthieu Gompel.

“The Owners” is based on a comic book from the artist Herrmann and written by Yves H. The film is produced by Alain de la Mata at U.K.-based Bluelight, and executive produced by Xyz Films, which will handle North American sales with Versatile handling international at the European Film Market at the Berlin Film Festival.

The film will shoot this spring in Kent, close to London, in an isolated Victorian mansion. The story takes place in rural England with two friends — broke and on the scrap heap at 20 — being spurred on by an out-of-town sociopath to rob the elderly local doctor and his wife. Williams will portray the girlfriend of one of the perpetrators who is dead set against the plan,...

“Game of Thrones” star Maisie Williams has been cast in Julius Berg’s ’90s thriller “The Owners,” it was announced Friday.

Berg and Matthieu Gompel wrote the screenplay based on the comic book from artist Hermann Huppen and written by Yves H. Alain de la Mata at UK-based Bluelight is producing, while Xyz Films is executive producing.

Xyz is handling North American sales, while Versatile handles international sales at Berlin’s Efm. The film will shoot this spring.

Also Read: Maisie Williams Filmed Her Final 'Game of Thrones' Scene Solo: 'Arya's Always Bloody Alone'

“The Owners” is set in rural England in the early 1990s and follows Nathan and Terry, who are tracked down by an out-of-town sociopath names Gaz and forced to rob an elderly doctor and his wife.

Williams is best known for her role as Arya Stark in HBO’s “Game of Thrones.” Last year,...

The project is launching at Efm, with Versatile handling international sales and Xyz overseeing North America.

Maisie Williams is set to star in Julius Berg’s 1990s-set thriller The Owners revolving around the burglary of an isolated house by a group of young delinquents that goes badly wrong when the elderly inhabitants turn the tables on the intruders.

The screenplay, written by Berg and Matthieu Gompel, is based on the comic book Une Nuit De Pleine Lune by Belgian artist Hermann and writer Yves H.

The film is produced by Alain de la Mata at UK-based Bluelight, and executive produced by Xyz Films.

“We have the same DNA” says Logical president Frédéric Fiore.

French film production and film financing company Logical Pictures has taken a minority stake in Manuel Chiche’s Paris-based genre distributor The Jokers.

“We have the same DNA,” said Frédéric Fiore, president of Logical Pictures. ”Beyond the films we have in common, Manuel’s input has been invaluable across our whole line-up.

The Jokers is set to distribute two upcoming films either produced or part financed by Logical: Eric Cherrière’s medieval action drama No Gods No Masters and Gerard Johnson’s English-language thriller Muscle, starring Craig Fairbrass.

Fiore said...

Update: Andrew Davies tribute, Beta, Studiocanal deals; The Halcyon, Mata Hari set the tone for market awash with high-end drama.

Mipcom got off to a glamourous start this year with world premiere screenings of Sony Pictures Television’s The Halcyon followed by Julius Berg’s Mata Hari starring Vahina Giocante, Rutger Hauer and Christopher Lambert on Sunday.

These two premieres, on the eve of Mipcom’s official opening, set the tone for a market that will be more awash than ever with high-end dramas.

In the backdrop, one of the talking points is which platforms these series will be distributed on as part of Mipcom’s overall theme of “New Television”.

Sony Corporation president and CEO Kazuo Hirai, who kicked off Mipcom’s conference programme on Monday, said content and delivery were two sides of the same coin when it came to getting viewers to pay for they were watching.

“Consumers are willing...

The Halcyon, Mata Hari set the tone for market awash with high-end drama.

Mipcom got off to a glamourous start this year with world premiere screenings of Sony Pictures Television’s The Halcyon followed by Julius Berg’s Mata Hari starring Vahina Giocante, Rutger Hauer and Christopher Lambert on Sunday.

These two premieres, on the eve of Mipcom’s official opening, set the tone for a market that will be more awash than ever with high-end dramas.

In the backdrop, one of the talking points is which platforms these series will be distributed on as part of Mipcom’s overall theme of “New Television”.

Sony Corporation president and CEO Kazuo Hirai, who kicked off Mipcom’s conference programme on Monday, said content and delivery were two sides of the same coin when it came to getting viewers to pay for they were watching.

“Consumers are willing to pay for content that they want and they desire when it...