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Storm Reid (Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time, Blumhouse’s Don’t Let Go), Drea de Matteo (“The Sopranos,” Dark Places), Meagan Holder (Jersey Boys, FOX’s “Pitch”), Thomas Francis Murphy (News of the World, Netflix’s “Mindhunter”), Luis Da Silva Jr. (21 Jump Street, Fast Five), Rhys Coiro (Hustlers, “Entourage”), Danny Bohnen (The Last Son), Scotty Bohnen (FOX’s Deputy), and Casie Colson Baker join the stellar cast of the new action-thriller One Way, directed by Andrew Baird (Zone 414) from a script by Ben Conway. They join Golden Globe winner Kevin Bacon (Black Mass, Mystic River, Showtime’s “City on a Hill”), Colson Baker (The Dirt, Project Power), also known as recording artist “Machine Gun Kelly,” and Travis Fimmel (Ridley Scott’s ”Raised by Wolves,” “Vikings,” Warcraft) in the film.

Principal photography is underway in Thomasville, Georgia. Highland Film Group is handling worldwide sales, with Thomasville Pictures producing.

In One Way, Freddy (Baker) goes on the run with a bag full of cash after a robbery of his former crime boss goes wrong. With a potentially fatal wound, he slips onto a bus headed into the unrelenting California desert. After a call for help, Freddy's estranged father (Bacon) betrays him, notifying the crime boss where he is. With his life slipping through his fingers, Freddy is left with very few choices to survive. There is only ONE WAY. 

"Storm Reid is one of the most talented young actors of this generation. We are thrilled to have her join the cast of One Way alongside an all-star cast with a huge international appeal," Highland Film Group CEO Arianne Fraser stated. “Andrew Baird has lined up a dream cast. We are excited to start shooting very soon in Georgia. The team is following rigorous Covid-19 protocols to ensure the safety of the cast and crew while also bringing this stunning film to life to satisfy the appetite of distributors and their audiences,” continued Highland Film Group COO Delphine Perrier.

“I was looking for a young actress with the same power and talent as Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver. When my producing partner, Martin Brennan showed me Storm, I knew right away we found her. To round out the cast with such great and seasoned talents as Drea, Meagan, Luis and Rhys and the rest of them; I feel extremely lucky. I take great care in casting and this truly is and exceptional ensemble,” said director Andrew Baird.

Reid began her professional acting career at a young age starring in films such as the Academy Award Winner 12 Years a Slave, and the science fiction drama film Sleight, Nickelodeon’s “The Thundermans,” “NCIS,” and as the lead in Ava DuVernay's A Wrinkle in Time, for which she received a Teen Choice Award nomination and an NAACP Image Award nomination. Her recent credits include Netflix’s “When They See Us,” HBO’s “Euphoria,” Hulu’s “The Bravest Knight,” and Blumhouse’s film Don't Let Go. Reid joined the cast of the superhero film The Suicide Squad alongside Margot Robbie, Sylvester Stallone, and Idris Elba, which is slated for release in 2021.

Ryan Donnell Smith, Tim Palmer, Martin Brennan, and Jib Polhemus are producing the film with Bill Grantham, Stephen Fingleton, and Highland Film Group’s Fraser and Perrier serving as executive producers. The film was developed with funding from Northern Ireland Screen and Screen Ireland.

Andrew Baird is repped by source | management + production. Meagan Holder is repped by Buchwald and Atlas Artists.

HFG’s diversified production and sales slate includes: Highland Film Group’s diversified production and sales slate includes: Mark Neveldine’s Panama starring Cole Hauser and Mel Gibson; Randall Emmett’s Wash Me In The River starring Robert De Niro, John Malkovich, and Taylor Kitsch; Randall Emmett’s Midnight in the Switchgrass starring Bruce Willis, Megan Fox, and Colson ‘Machine Gun Kelly’ Baker; Alec Baldwin’s Rust; Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion’s Becky starring Lulu Wilson, Kevin James, and Joel McHale released in the US June 2020; Infamous starring Bella Thorne and Jake Manley, released in the US June 2020; Andrew Baird’s Zone 414 starring Guy Pearce, Matilda Lutz, and Travis Fimmel; John D. Eraklis’ Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk with the voices of Whoopi Goldberg and Howie Mandel; Mark Earl Burman’s Ambush starring Aaron Eckhart, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, and Connor Paolo; The Tiger Rising starring Queen Latifah and Dennis Quaid; and Skylin3s, the third chapter of the successful franchise, starring Lindsey Morgan.

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ABOUT HIGHLAND FILM GROUP

Led by founding partners Arianne Fraser and Delphine Perrier, Highland Film Group (HFG) is an independent worldwide sale, film financing, production and distribution company. Launched in 2010, HFG has had success across a wide range of film genres and platforms, building a reputation for handling high-octane films in the action/thriller/horror space, focusing on cast, director, film maker driven content.

Previous titles include: Joe Carnahan’s Boss Level starring Naomi Watts, Mel Gibson and Frank Grillo; Lin Oeding’s thriller Braven starring Jason Momoa; Scott Mann’s Final Score starring Dave Bautista, and Pierce Brosnan; Berlin, I Love You with Helen Mirren, Keira Knightley, Jim Sturgess, Mickey Rourke, Diego Luna, and Jenna Dewan Tatum; Vaughn Stein’s Terminal starring Margot Robbie.

ABOUT THOMASVILLE PICTURES

Based in the burgeoning area of Thomasville, Georgia, Thomasville Pictures is the leading production service company in South-West Georgia. Launched in 2017, Thomasville Pictures has developed a robust production slate in the South Georgia region, allowing films to leverage its sought-after tax credit while generating jobs for creatives in the field and driving the local economy. Co-owned by producer Ryan Donnell Smith (The Trial of the Chicago 7) and Allen Cheney (Crescendo), Thomasville Pictures’ slate includes the upcoming family drama “The Tiger Rising,” starring Queen Latifah and Dennis Quaid.