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EXCLUSIVE: Priyanka Chopra Jonas (The Bluff) and Orlando Bloom (The Cut) are group to prima successful Reset, a endurance thriller directed by Matt Smukler (Wildflower) that will caput into accumulation successful August.
Written by Jordan Rawlins, Reset follows a female (Chopra Jonas) who wakes up successful nan mediate of nan wilderness days from civilization pinch nary representation of really she sewage there, uncovering that her only chance astatine endurance is to spot a charming alien (Bloom) — who whitethorn not beryllium who he says he is.
On nan casting process, Smukler said, “I was looking for a pairing wherever attraction and mistrust could effortlessly coexist. Priyanka and Orlando person this uncanny expertise to make you judge some astatine once. Their chemistry is undeniable.”
Reset will beryllium produced by Jon Hoeber & Erich Hoeber nether their Fratricidal Films banner, Michael Lazarovitch for Chemically Altered, and Matthew Rhodes of Rhodes Entertainment, on pinch Chopra Jonas’ Purple Pebble Pictures and Bloom’s Amazing Owl. Nadine de Barros will exec produce.
Fortitude International is financing and launching world income astatine nan Marché du Film successful Cannes, pinch Verve Ventures, UTA, and WME Independent co-repping North American rights.
Producers Jon & Erich Hoeber told us, “Jordan Rawlins and Matt Smukler person created a gripping communicative of survival, romance, suspense, and deceit, replete pinch shocking twists, and we’re thrilled to person collaborated pinch Priyanka and Orlando to bring it to nan screen.”
Coming disconnected of starring and producing nan action escapade flick The Bluff, which debuted astatine #1 connected Prime Video worldwide, Chopra Jonas anterior to that starred alongside Idris Elba and John Cena successful nan streamer’s 4th most-watched film, Heads of State, which has racked up complete 75 cardinal views. She besides starred successful and exec produced Netflix’s Oscar-nominated movie The White Tiger, and exec produced some nan Oscar-nominated short Anuja and nan Oscar-nominated characteristic doc To Kill a Tiger done her Purple Pebble Pictures. Next up, she’ll beryllium seen successful Season 2 of Prime Video’s Citadel, arsenic good arsenic Varanasi, an action escapade movie from RRR‘s S.S. Rajamouli. She is represented by Anjula Acharia and UTA.
Bloom precocious garnered rave reviews for his capacity successful The Cut, which he starred successful and produced done Amazing Owl. Also precocious seen successful nan action drama Deep Cover, which was nominated for Best Movie Made for Television astatine nan Critics’ Choice Television Awards, he adjacent stars other Rooney Mara and Kate Mara successful Werner Herzog’s Bucking Fastard. He is represented by WME and Untitled Entertainment.
Smukler is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker whose credits see nan Sundance Grand Jury nominee Finders Keepers (The Orchard), arsenic good arsenic nan documentary Wildflower, which he adapted into nan communicative characteristic of nan aforesaid sanction starring Kiernan Shipka. Upcoming characteristic projects see Sonny Lovejoy by Jana Savage, To Tim pinch Love pinch shaper Ian Bryce, and The Portland Condition pinch shaper Karen Lunder and Unwell Productions. Smukler is represented by Untitled Entertainment and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman.
Rawlins began his profession arsenic a stuntman and master poker subordinate earlier transitioning into screenwriting. In summation to Reset, his book Bulldog Barb (co-written pinch Nicol Paone) is being produced by Bradley Pilz and Va Bene Productions pinch Tiffany Haddish and Snoop Dogg attached. His book The Pirate Queen is besides successful development, pinch Fan Bingbing attached to prima and produce. He is repped by The Nord Group.
Jon and Erich Hoeber are represented by Verve and Peikoff Mahan. Rhodes is repped by Lichter, Grossman, Nichols. Lazarovitch is repped by CTA and Lauren Bishow of Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz.
