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The Exchange and Saban Films announced today that Frank Grillo (THE PURGE franchise, CAPTAIN AMERICA franchise), Luke Wilson (OLD SCHOOL, THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS) and Adelaide Kane (THE PURGE) have joined Golden Globe® Award winner Bruce Willis (DIE HARD franchise, UNBREAKABLE, ARMAGEDDON) in the sci-if/action feature COSMIC SIN.

As production just wrapped, COSMIC SIN is written and directed by Corey Large and Edward Drake (ANTI-LIFE) and produced by Corey Large (IT FOLLOWS, THE NOVEMBER MAN, ANTI-LIFE), with Johnny Messner and Stephen Eads serving as executive producers.

COSMIC SIN follows a group of warriors and scientists who must fight to protect and save their race when a hostile alien species with the power to infect and take over human hosts sets its sights on a futuristic human society.

COSMIC SIN was introduced to buyers at the 2020 European Film Market by The Exchange who is representing international sales rights. Saban Films previously acquired the North American rights.
COSMIC SIN is almost sold out worldwide.

Grillo recently starred in the brawl-thriller DONNYBROOK with Jamie Bell and Margaret Qualley the Netflix action/thriller POINT BLANK opposite Anthony Mackie and in the CAPTAIN AMERICA and PURGE franchises. He will next be seen in Lionsgate’s THE HITMAN’S WIFE’S BODYGUARD alongside Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, and Salma Hayek.

Wilson’s recent credits include Columbia Pictures’ ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP alongside Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg and Emma Stone and Warner Bros.’ THE GOLDFINCH with Ansel Elgort and Nicole Kidman. Past credits include: Paramount Pictures’ BLADES OF GLORY, Twentieth Century Fox’s MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND and Columbia Pictures’ CHARLIE’S ANGELS franchise.

Kane has starred in Universal Pictures’ THE PURGE, ABC’s Emmy® nominated “ONCE UPON A TIME,” The CW’s “REIGN” and MTV’s “TEEN WOLF.”

The Exchange’s EFM ’20 line-up included Sundance ’20 and Berlinale ’20 Panorama Audience Award documentary winner WELCOME TO CHECHNYA; Kumail Nanjiani’s THE INDEPENDENT; Peter Dinklage, Noomi Rapace, Sophia Lillis’ THE THICKET; Anna Faris’ SUMMER MADNESS; Zoe Saldana’s KEY HOLE GARDEN; SXSW ’20 Midnight section THE TOLL; Sundance ’20 Joe Keery, Sasheer Zamata, David Arquette’s SPREE; and Thomas Jane, Alex Pettyfer, Charlotte Le Bon, Alice Eve, Patrick Schwarzenegger’s WARNING.

Grillo is represented by Management 360, CAA and Paul Hastings. Wilson is repped by CAA and Hirsch Wallerstein Hayum Matlof and Fishman. Kane is repped by ROAR, The Gersh Agency, Artist Management Australia and Hansen Jacobson Teller Hoberman Newman Warren Richman Rush Kaller & Gellman.

About The Exchange
Collaborative and transparent, The Exchange is a leading international sales, finance and production company committed to creating strong relationships between filmmakers, film financiers and distributors through the exchange of product, information and commerce. Created by veteran sales executive Brian O'Shea, the company specializes in high quality, commercial films that appeal to North American audiences and the ever-evolving global film market. For more information, please visit: www.theexchange.ws.

About Saban Films
Saban Films, an affiliate of Saban Capital Group (“SCG”), is a film acquisition and distribution company which acquires high-quality, feature films to distribute in North America. Focusing on commercial, talent driven films, the company looks at projects in all stages of production for release across multiple platforms, including a day and date theatrical/VOD release strategy. Based in Los Angeles, Saban Films was established by Haim Saban, SCG Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and is led by Bill Bromiley who serves as President, Shanan Becker, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer and Ness Saban, Vice President of Business Development.

Saban Films continues to grow its presence in the industry, remaining active in the acquisition, production and distribution space. The company’s successes have run the gamut from critically acclaimed theatrical films such as The Homesman starring Hilary Swank, to two of the biggest Fathom events with horror icon and heavy metal mastermind Rob Zombie’s 3 From Hell last year and Kevin Smith’s Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, the sequel to the 2001 comedy Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back which the company partnered on after coming onboard at script stage. Its upcoming slate includes: Jason Lei Howden’s Guns Akimbo starring Daniel Radcliffe, Ant Timpson’s Come to Daddy starring Elijah Wood, and Vivarium starring Imogen Poots and Jesse Eisenberg.