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EXCLUSIVE: Spain-based accumulation institution AF Films has announced it is partnering pinch The Housemaid shaper Hidden Pictures connected action-driven characteristic film Chopper.
The real-time thriller revolves astir a haunted seasoned chopper pilot, scraping by connected Caribbean charter flights, whose craft is seized by hijackers. He is forced astatine gunpoint into a ngo to propulsion disconnected a daring situation break. As nan cognition collapses into unit and betrayal his only measurement retired is to support flying.
Luis Gerard wrote nan screenplay and will nonstop nan thriller, which is scheduled sprout successful 2027, pinch filming locations successful nan Canary Islands and mainland Spain. Casting is underway.
Chopper marks nan Puerto Rican, New York-based director’s first characteristic aft respective award-winning shorts including The Wake, and a successful commercials profession moving pinch brands specified arsenic Volkswagen, Nike, Mercedes, Bud Light, Ikea, McDonalds, Chrysler and Axe.
Frank Ariza and Manu Vega will nutrient for AF Films, alongside Todd Lieberman and Alex Young astatine Hidden Pictures. Nicole Bryant will beryllium overseeing nan movie for Hidden Pictures. WME is handling sales.
L.A.-based Hidden Pictures is presently riding precocious connected nan occurrence of Netflix deed War Machine and world container agency deed The Housemaid, which has grossed adjacent to $400 cardinal worldwide connected a fund of $35m cardinal complete nan past 4 months, pinch a sequel, The Housemaid’s Kiss, now successful nan works.
Operating betwixt Europe and nan U.S., AF Films has a way grounds successful processing high-end characteristic films and prestige tv done strategical workplace alliances, top-tier producing partners, and blase cross-border financing models.
Recent projects see Sundance 2025 selected Sorry Baby; Above and Below, starring Antonio Banderas arsenic good arsenic dramas Secretos de Estado, Perdóname, Señor and HBO Max bid Mariachis.
“We’re very excited to collaborate pinch Hidden Pictures connected Chopper,” said AF Films laminitis Frank Ariza. “This business reflects our shared liking successful processing compelling, internationally scalable stories and building accumulation collaborations that bring together imaginative talent and world accumulation capabilities.”
