EXCLUSIVE: Premiere Entertainment Group has licensed North American rights to Vertical for the family comedy F+, starring six-time UFC champion Randy Couture (The Expendables), Tommy Davidson (In Living Color) and Jennifer Esposito (Crash).
Swen Studios produced the film which follows a group of young teenagers who plan the perfect heist by breaking into their middle school to alter their failing test grades.
Additional cast includes WWE professional wrestler Ettore “Big E” Ewen, as well as newcomers Wells Rappaport, Lily Jane, James Williams Jr., Lilly Tricano, and Cade Clark.
Kenny Beaumont directed the film based on an original screenplay by Jonathan Davenport. Swen Studios’ Eli Lipnik produces with Jason M. Murphy for In The Dark Entertainment. Murray Lipnik, Amber Wilkins, Tim Wilkins, Dimiter Nikolov serve as executive producers alongside Elias Axume and Carlos Rincon for Premiere Entertainment.
Premiere’s CEO and President Elias Axume negotiated the deal on behalf of the producers with Vertical’s SVP of Acquisitions Tony Piantedosi.
“Producing this film during the strike was a challenging experience, but the team did an incredible job bringing this fun and engaging story to life. We are thrilled that Vertical will be sharing this family-friendly film with audiences of all ages,” said Eli Lipnik, President and Head of North America Productions at Swen Studios.
Vertical’s recent releases include crime thriller The Order starring Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult, sci-fi thriller Elevation starring Anthony Mackie, and WWII thriller Lee starring Kate Winslet and Alexander Skarsgård.
