American Film Market Dailies

Michelle Rodriguez (FAST & FURIOUS franchise, GIRLFIGHT, MACHETE) is set to star in the title role in the crime noir thriller feature film TOMBOY, A REVENGER’S TALE opposite Academy Award nominated and Golden Globe winning actress Sigourney Weaver (AVATAR, ALIEN), it was announced today by producers Saïd Ben Saïd of SBS (CARNAGE, MAPS TO THE STARS) and Michel Merkt (upcoming LIFE, MAPS TO THE STARS).

The film is written and to be directed by Emmy-Award winning filmmaker Walter Hill (48 HOURS, THE WARRIORS). The screenplay is based upon a story by Denis Hamill.

The Solution Entertainment Group, co-founded by Lisa Wilson and Myles Nestel, is handling international sales on the project and will introduce it to buyers at the upcoming American Film Market. ICM is representing North American rights.

The feature film will begin shooting on November 9^th in Vancouver.

TOMBOY, A REVENGER’S TALE is about an ace assassin (Rodriguez) who is double crossed by gangsters and a rogue plastic surgeon (Weaver) operating on the fringes of society. The story becomes a trail of self-discovery and redemption against a criminal mastermind opponent.

“We are beyond excited to be working with Walter, a renowned filmmaker known for producing the classic ALIEN franchise who continues to break boundaries with this original script which has attracted a phenomenal cast and crew. We can’t wait to begin shooting and bring all these visionary and talented minds together,” said Ben Saïd and Merkt.

“Following the massive global success of this year’s FURIOUS 7, we are delighted to have Michelle Rodriguez on board to inhabit this strong-willed, empowered character in the action-filled thriller opposite the legendary Sigourney Weaver. With master filmmaker Walter Hill at the helm, this unique story keeps audiences guessing at every turn,” said Wilson and Nestel.

Michelle Rodriguez is known for her role as Letty in Universal’s record-breaking FAST & FURIOUS franchise. Released earlier this year, the latest installment, FURIOUS 7, has made 1.5 billion worldwide. Her other feature film credits include Robert Rodriguez’s MACHETE and its sequel MACHETE KILLS, BATTLE LOS ANGELES, James Cameron’s AVATAR, 20^th Century Fox’s TURBO and her breakthrough film, GIRLFIGHT, for which she won an Independent Spirit Award for her performance. She is currently filming MILTON’S SECRET.

Three-time Oscar nominee and two-time Golden Globe winner Sigourney Weaver has starred in numerous critically acclaimed and box office hits including the ALIEN franchise, GORILLAS IN THE MIST, WORKING GIRL opposite Harrison Ford and Melanie Griffith, and Ang Lee’s THE ICE STORM.  She will next be seen in Focus Features’ A MONSTER CALLS based on the best-selling novel co-starring Liam Neeson and Felicity Jones due in October 2016 and will appear in the next three installments of James Cameron’s global box office phenomenon AVATAR.

Walter Hill began his renowned career in the film industry in the 1970s writing and directing such classic hits as 48 HRS and its sequel ANOTHER 48 HRS starring Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy, THE WARRIORS, THE DRIVER with Bruce Dern and SOUTHERN COMFORT with Keith Carradine. He is also an established producer having produced the cult ALIEN franchise and its subsequent prequels, Twentieth Century Fox’s PROMETHEUS and the upcoming sequel PROMETHEUS 2, in pre-production. He most recently directed BULLET TO THE HEAD for Warner Bros. starring Sylvester Stallone.

Rodriguez is repped by WME, Untitled Entertainment and David Markman of Greenberg Traurig.  Weaver is repped by UTA and Alan Wertheimer, Hill by ICM and SBS by Behr Abramson Levy LLP.

ABOUT THE SOLUTION ENTERTAINMENT GROUP

The Solution Entertainment Group is a multi-faceted, full service international sales and financing company which offers filmmakers access to development funding, production funding, production and post-production services as well as international distribution. The Solution was founded in 2012 by international sales veteran, Lisa Wilson, and leading film financier, Myles Nestel, who are both partners.

The Solution’s slate includes the newly announced TRUTH IN ADVERTISING with Ryan Reynolds in final negotiations to star with Roger Michell (NOTTING HILL) to direct, 2015 Venice Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival selection MAN DOWN starring Shia LaBeouf, Gary Oldman and Kate Mara which will screen at AFM, the highly anticipated boxing biopic BLEED FOR THIS starring Miles Teller and Aaron Eckhart and executive produced by Martin Scorsese to be released by Open Road Films, Joseph Cedar’s OPPENHEIMER STRATEGIES starring Richard Gere, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Michael Sheen and THE TICKET with Dan Stevens, Malin Akerman and Oliver Platt.

Other films on their slate include the comedy THE RUNAROUND with Oscar winner J.K. Simmons and Emile Hirsch which recently wrapped production and action film LIVE! starring Aaron Eckhart in pre-production.

The company has four films which were recently released in the US: Sony Pictures Classics’ INFINITELY POLAR BEAR with Mark Ruffalo and Zoe Saldana, IFC Films’ JENNY’S WEDDING with Katherine Heigl, Tom Wilkinson and Linda Emond, Saban Films’ SOME KIND OF BEAUTIFUL (aka HOW TO MAKE LOVE LIKE AN ENGLISHMAN) with Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek and Jessica Alba and TEN THOUSAND SAINTS starring Ethan Hawke, Asa Butterfield and Hailee Steinfeld, directed by Bob Pulcini and Shani Berman which world premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and was released by Screen Media Films.

ABOUT SBS

Created in 2010 by Saïd Ben Saïd, SBS is a diversified cinematographic company which combines production, international sales and film distribution activities.

The filmography of SBS consists in a wide range of films in terms of genres, budgets or calibers which have in common the great experiment and the strong universe of their directors: Carnage by Roman Polanski with Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz and John C. Reilly, Passion by Brian de Palma with Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace, Maps to the Stars by David Cronenberg with Julianne Moore, Robert Pattinson, Mia Wasikowska and John Cusack are a few examples of them.

The films of SBS are regularly presented in major international film festivals with noticeably two official selections in Cannes (A Castle in Italy by Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Maps to the Stars by David Cronenberg) and three official selections in Venice (Carnage, Passion, Jealousy). More recently, In the Shadow of Women by Philippe Garrel opened the Directors’ Fortnight and will be shown in New York Film Festival and Toronto Film Festival this year.

Elle, the new film by Paul Verhoeven starring Isabelle Huppert, in post-production, is to be released in 2016.

SBS is also producing Aquarius, the second feature film of the Brazilian Kleber Mendonça Filho, currently in production.