Jack Kesy, Julio Cedillo, and Kate Del Castillo to star in shark survival motion movie, “The Black Demon: Atlantis”, the 2nd installment of the profitable franchise
Highland Movie Group launching worldwide gross sales on the European Movie Market
Jack Kesy (twentieth Century Fox’s “Deadpool 2“, “Hellboy: The Crooked Man”), Julio Cesar Cedillo (Netflix’s “The Tougher They Fall“, Denis Villeneuve’s “Sicario“, “The Black Demon“) and Kate Del Castillo (Telemundo’s “La Reina del Sur”, Fox’s “The Cleansing Girl”, the upcoming function movie “Lure Home” reverse Dave Bautista) are set to star within the shark survival actioner “The Black Demon: Atlantis”, it was introduced in the present day.
The sequel to The Black Demon is directed by Ben Hernandez Bray (David E. Kelley’s “The Lincoln Lawyer”, CBS’ “S.W.A.T.”), who can be one of many trade’s prime motion stunt coordinators engaged on such movies as David O. Russell’s “The Fighter”, “The Gray” starring Liam Neeson and the “Transformers” franchise.
The script is written by Aaron Benjamin and Boise Esquerra (Austin Movie Competition award-winner “Blackwater”, “The Black Demon”).
The sequel comes after the success of “The Black Demon” starring Josh Lucas, which, following its theatrical launch in 2023, claimed the #1 spot on Amazon’s streaming rankings for seven consecutive days.
Teaming up once more to provide are Javier Chapa and Phillip Braun for Mucho Mas Media (“The Lengthy Recreation”, “Rosario” starring Emeraude Toubia and David Dastmalchian), Jon Silk (Netflix’s “Texas Chainsaw Bloodbath“, “Rosario”) for Silk Mas, and Highland Movie Group.
“The Black Demon: Atlantis” is govt produced by Sherrese Clarke Soares for Harbourview Fairness Companions and Robert Muñoz, Simon Smart, Bruce Barshop, and Vincent Cordero for Mucho Mas Media.
Highland Movie Group is dealing with worldwide rights to “The Black Demon: Atlantis”, launching gross sales on the European Movie Market.
Financed by Highland Movie Group and Mucho Mas Media, manufacturing is ready to start in Could.
After the large splash of “The Black Demon”, the beast returns – sooner, fiercer, and hungrier than ever.
Undercover DEA agent Jerry Simms (Jack Kesy) groups up together with his cellmate, Chato (Julio Cesar Cedillo), in a maximum-security jail stranded in the course of the Pacific Ocean, to dismantle a large drug operation run by the infamous crime boss Diego Nunez.
However their mission shortly turns into one in every of survival when the legendary creature, “The Black Demon”, tears by way of the jail, which sits atop a decaying desalination plant polluting the ocean.
In a determined transfer to guard his empire, Diego unleashes his personal large sea predators to take down the beast.
What follows is an epic conflict of monsters, the place solely the strongest will prevail.
“It’s nice to be teaming up once more with producers Javier Chapa, Phillip Braun and Jon Silk following the success of our first creature collaboration. We have now a unbelievable ensemble forged led by Jack Kesy and we sit up for introducing this sensational new installment to audiences around the globe,” mentioned Highland Movie Group COO Delphine Perrier.
“Helmed by the motion and stunt maven Ben Hernandez Bray, ‘The Black Demon: Atlantis’ will function gorgeous motion sequences – the dimensions of the mission is sort of immense and even greater than the primary movie!” added Highland Movie Group CEO Arianne Fraser.
“We’re excited to reunite with acquainted faces whereas introducing a contemporary new forged in ‘The Black Demon: Atlantis’. Increasing the mythology and including new creatures from the pantheon of Aztec monsters makes this chapter much more thrilling—we will’t look forward to audiences to dive into this new journey,” commented producers Javier Chapa, Phillip Braun, and Jon Silk.
Jack Kesy lately wrapped manufacturing on “The Pickup” for Amazon alongside Eddie Murphy, Pete Davidson, and Keke Palmer.
At present, he could be seen starring within the titular function of Hellboy in “Hellboy: The Crooked Man”, the third movie within the Hellboy franchise for Millennium.
Kesy can be seen starring within the Lionsgate function “Darkish Internet: Cicadia 3301” reverse Alan Ritchson, and starring within the Paramount function “Sheroes”.
He additionally appeared within the Netflix function “The Killer”, directed by David Fincher; the Millennium function “The Outpost”, reverse Orlando Bloom, Scott Eastwood, and Caleb Landry Jones; and in Tom Clancy’s Amazon function “With out Regret” alongside Michael B. Jordan.
Kesy additionally starred within the AMC function “Mosquito State”, which premiered to rave evaluations on the Venice Movie Competition, and in Sony’s “Peel” reverse Emilie Hirsch.
Different movie credit embrace “Deadpool 2”, “Baywatch“, “Horse Troopers”, “Demise Want“, and “Juggernaut”.
Kesy’s tv credit embrace “Claws,” produced by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack, and “The Pressure” for Guillermo del Toro.
Julio Cesar Cedillo latest movies embrace “The Black Demon”, Amazon Studios’ “A Million Miles Away” with Michael Peña, and Netflix’s “Chupa” alongside Christian Slater.
Further credit embrace Lionsgate’s 3-time Academy Award-nominated movie “Sicario” starring Emily Blunt and Josh Brolin, Common Footage’ “Cowboys and Aliens” with Daniel Craig and Abigail Spencer, and Netflix’s “Narcos: Mexico” alongside Scoot McNairy and Diego Luna.
Kate Del Castillo is greatest identified for her starring function in Telemundo’s long-running sequence “La Reina del Sur”.
She at present stars within the Fox hit sequence “The Cleansing Girl” and may subsequent be seen reverse Dave Bautista within the upcoming Ridley Scott-produced function “Lure Home”.
Highland Movie Group’s present slate additionally consists of Martin Campbell’s action-thriller “Dedication” starring Daisy Ridley; Adrian Grunberg’s action-thriller “Protector” starring Milla Jovovich; Justin Chadwick’s motion thriller “Sierra Madre” starring Kiefer Sutherland; the motion crime thriller “Wardriver” starring Dane DeHaan and Sasha Calle; Allan Ungar’s action-comedy “London Calling” starring Josh Duhamel and Jeremy Ray Taylor; and the sci-fi thriller “The Astronaut” from producer Brad Fuller and starring Kate Mara and Lawrence Fishburne, which may have its world premiere at SXSW.
Kesy is repped by Paradigm and Vary Media Companions; Cedillo is repped by Spellbound Leisure and Buchwald; Castillo is repped by Sweeney Leisure, Buchwald, and Felker Toczek Suddleson McGinnis Ryan; Esquerra is repped by Sandra Avila at Inclusion Administration.
