Olga Kurylenko Action Comedy High Heat Will Release Later This Year
screenrant.comThe action-comedy film High Heat, starringOlga Kurylenko, who is best known recently for her role as Taskmaster in Marvel Studios' Black Widow, has been acquired by distributor Saban Films and will release later this year. The film is being directed by Zach Golden, who previously directed The Escape of Prisoner 614 starring Hellboy actor Ron Perlman. Also starring in High Heat alongside Kurylenko is Knives Out and Miami Vice series actor Don Johnson. The film is based on a script by writer James Pedersen.
According to Deadline, Saban Films has now acquired worldwide rights to High Heat, with plans to release the film sometime later this year. Jonathan Saba reportedly negotiated the deal for Saban Films with Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman for Yale Entertainment. Levine and Beckerman have produced a notable collection of films recently via their Yale Entertainment group. Some of those projects include the recently released action film Gasoline Alley, starring Devon Sawa and Bruce Willis. Their next big film, Panama, which stars Mel Gibson and is directed by Crank director Mark Neveldine, is set to premiere in theaters and VOD on March 18th.
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InHigh Heat, the story takes place over a single night and follows Ana, played by Kurylenko, a meticulous chef with a hidden past, and her husband Ray, played by Johnson, a schmoozy serial restaurateur. When the local mafia shows up to burn down her restaurant as part of an insurance scam, Ana must defend her property and prove her knife skills both in and out of the kitchen.
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Source: Deadline
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