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Sullivan Stapleton & Ryan Kwanten Set For Aussie Crime Thriller ‘Cut Snake’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday December 5, 2012 @ 4:21pm PSTTags: Big Deals Film, Ryan Kwanten

Don Groves is a Deadline contributor based in Sydney.

EXCLUSIVE: Sullivan Stapleton and Ryan Kwanten will play ex-cons who set fire to a nightclub, killing 15 people in Cut Snake, an Australian thriller to be produced by Matchbox Pictures. Also attached is Rachael Taylor, who will play the girlfriend of Kwanten’s character. Matchbox’s Tony Ayres, who was the series producer on the TV drama series The Slapand is an exec producer on the U.S. remake, will direct. The script by Blake Ayshford is inspired by a real-life incident in 1973 when Brisbane’s Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub fire was torched, killing 15 people. EOne will handle international sales and its Australian subsidiary eOne Hopscotch will release in Oz. Producer Trevor Blainey, who is co-producing with Michael McMahon, tells Deadline shooting will start in mid-2013 and they are in the latter stages of assembling the financing. READ MORE »

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Well Go Acquires Romantic Comedy ‘Not Suitable For Children’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday October 9, 2012 @ 4:12pm PDTTags: Ryan Kwanten, Well Go USA

LOS ANGELES (October 9, 2012) – Arclight Films announces the sale of romantic comedy NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN starring RYAN KWANTEN to Well Go USA.

NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN is an epic comedic and romantic journey centered

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‘True Blood’s Ryan Kwanten Stars In ‘Sex And Sunsets’ Feature

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday July 13, 2012 @ 9:13am PDTTags: Ryan Kwanten, True Blood
Mike Fleming

Ryan Kwanten will take a temporary detour from the sex and fangs of HBO’s True Blood to star in the indie feature Sex And Sunsets. Jeremiah Chechick will direct from the screenplay adaptation by Megan Martin based on the novel by Tim Sandlin. Principal photography will begin on August 20th on locations in Banff and Los Angeles. Robert Lantos is producing the Serendipity Point Films production with Ari Lantos, and Mark Musselman is exec producer. Read More »

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‘Entourage’s Jerry Ferrara Hops Fright Flight ‘7500’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday November 8, 2011 @ 2:20pm PSTTags: Amy Smart, Christian Serratos, Gabrielle Union, Kevin Hart, Leslie Bibb, Michael Ealy, Ryan Kwanten, Takashi Shimizu
Mike Fleming

Entourage‘s Jerry Ferrara has joined the cast of the Takashi Shimizu-directed CBS Films thriller 7500. He stars with Ryan Kwanten, Amy Smart, Leslie Bibb, Jamie Chung, Christian Serratos, and Scout Taylor-Compton. It is Ferrara’s second film since the end … Read More »

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CBS Films Sets Cast For ’7500′, Thriller By ‘Grudge’ Helmer Takashi Shimizu

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday November 1, 2011 @ 10:00am PDTTags: 7500, Amy Smart, CBS Films, Film Castings, Leslie Bibb, Ryan Kwanten, Takashi Shimizu
Mike Fleming

CBS Films has set Leslie Bibb, True Blood’s Ryan Kwanten and Amy Smart to star in 7500, a thriller that will be directed by The Grudge helmer Takashi Shimizu. The focus is a group of passengers who encounter what appears … Read More »

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