RENNY HARLIN TO DIRECT ACTION COMEDY "SKIPTRACE"
STARRING JACKIE CHAN AND SEANN WILLIAM SCOTT
BLOOM to Handle International Sales with Production Set to Begin this August
Los Angeles/Cannes, May 21, 2014: BLOOM announced Renny Harlin (The Legend of Hercules, Die Hard 2) will direct action buddy comedy SKIPTRACE which will commence production on August 11, 2014. Starring Jackie Chan (Rush Hour, The Karate Kid), Seann William Scott (American Pie, Role Models) and Fan Bingbing (Iron Man 3), SKIPTRACE is written by Jay Longino with revisions by Brian Gatewood & Alessandro Tanaka and Geoff Moore & David Posmentier and BenDavid Grabinski. Talent International and Dasym Entertainment will produce along with Jackie Chan, Esmond Ren, Charlie Coker, Damien Saccani and David Gerson. The film is financed by Talent International and Dasym Entertainment (a subsidiary of Dasym Investment Strategies B.V., Exclusive Media’s parent company). Alex Walton and Ken Kao’s newly launched BLOOM will handle international sales on the film.
SKIPTRACE follows a Hong Kong detective Bennie Black (Chan), who has been tracking a dangerous crime boss, Victor Wong, for over a decade. When Bennie’s beautiful young niece Bai (Fan Bingbing) gets into trouble with Wong’s crime syndicate, he comes to the rescue and must track down the only man who can help her – a fast-talking American gambler named Connor Watts (Scott) who is also on the run from the mob. The unlikely pair embarks on a hilarious adventure from the wind swept dunes of the Gobi Desert to the rocky spires of the Huangshan Mountains.
“Jackie Chan’s international presence is unparalleled, and we’re thrilled that Renny Harlin has come on board to direct this exhilarating and hilarious project,” says BLOOM’s Alex Walton. “Having Jackie, Renny and Seann involved will bring this wild script to life with the perfect blend of action and comedy.”
Jackie Chan and Fan BingBing are represented by WME. Renny Harlin is represented by UTA.
BLOOM, which recently launched at the Cannes Film Festival, is handling international sales on Sea of Treesdirected by two-time Academy Award® nominee Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting, Milk) and starring Academy Award® winner Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club). In addition to the slate transitioning from Exclusive includes: John Carney’s Begin Againstarring Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo; A Walk Among the Tombstonesstarring Liam Neeson; Gillian Flynn’s best-selling novel Dark Places starring Charlize Theron; The Woman in Black: Angel of Death; Skiptrace starring Jackie Chan; Pele, the biopic about the legendary Brazilian soccer player; Brian Kirk’s Passengers starring Keanu Reeves; Jane Got a Gun starring Natalie Portman; Eli Roth’s The Green Inferno;Out of the Dark starring Julia Stiles and Scott Speedman; and Murder of a Catproduced by Sam Raimi.
About BLOOM
BLOOM is a new sales, production and financing outfit which was recently launched by trusted international sales executive Alex Walton and financier & producer Ken Kao. The company represents and curates a diversified slate of films ranging from commercial, talent-driven, wide release movies, to specialty films from proven and trusted filmmakers, all the while keeping an eye towards fresh and emerging talent.
