Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh is set to star in the action thriller The Mother.
Melanie Laurent will direct the high-octane movie being shopped to international buyers in Berlin. Yeoh will play Ann, an immigrant mother and businesswoman looking to make the best of her new life in America for her family.
When her two teenage sons stumble into trouble with a Boston dirty cop and a crime ring, Ann has no choice but to rekindle her past and stop at nothing until they are safe. Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee will produce through Thunder Road, alongside Arthur Sarkissian and John Schramm.
The Mother will shoot in summer 2024. Stuart Ford will executive produce for AGC Studios alongside 30WEST, which is financing the pic.
AGC International and CAA Media Finance hold the film’s worldwide distribution rights and will introduce the film to buyers at EFM in Berlin. Yeoh is represented by AIG. Laurent is represented by UTA.
Also in Berlin, AGC international and CAA Media will shop the crime thriller The Epiphany, starring Sylvester Stallone, with Will Eubank directing; and Sugar Bandits, starring Will Smith in another action thriller based on a screenplay by Chuck Hogan.
Smith and Jon Mone will produce Sugar Bandits through Westbrook Studios, with Ryan Shimazaki overseeing the project. Stuart Ford will produce for AGC Studios, which is fully financing the film, while Richard Abate will produce for 3 Arts Entertainment. The film’s logline remains under wraps.
Eubank will helm The Epiphany based on a screenplay by Katie Lovejoy and Russell Sommer. Stallone and Braden Aftergood will produce through Balboa Productions, with Stuart Ford executive producing for AGC Studios.
Stallone will play a hard-nosed police detective about to retire, but who must team up with a younger cop and former priest to stop a serial killer on a murderous crusade through the wintery streets of Philadelphia. Production is set for Philadelphia this summer.
EFM runs Feb. 15-21 in conjunction with the Berlin Film Festival, which begins on the same day.
