Tye Sheridan additionally stars within the characteristic, following a paramedic working adrenaline-fueled nights in New York.
Black Flies, the Cannes competitors entry starring two-time Oscar winner Sean Penn and Tye Sheridan (Prepared Participant One), has been acquired by Signature Leisure for the U.Okay. and Eire from FilmNation Leisure.
Produced by Warren Goz (Copshop),Eric Gold(Copshop), Penn and Sheridan, the characteristic is directed by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire (A Prayer Earlier than Daybreak) from a script by Ben Mac Brown and Ryan King (The Tutor), primarily based on Shannon Burke’s novel.
Alongside Penn and Sheridan, the movie stars Michael Pitt(Humorous Video games),Katherine Waterston(Implausible Beasts and The place to Discover Them) and Mike Tyson(The Hangover).
Black Flies follows Ollie Cross (Sheridan) an upstart paramedic who programs by adrenaline-fueled nights in an ambulance for the New York Metropolis Hearth Division in Brownsville, Brooklyn whereas spending days finding out for med-school exams in a Chinatown hovel. Working alongside seasoned first responder Gene Rutkovsky (Penn), Cross discovers firsthand the chaos and awe of a job that careens from harrowing to heartfelt, and infrequently stretches into moral ambiguity.
The deal was negotiated between Signature Leisure’s director of acquisitions and TV Elizabeth Williamsand FilmNation Leisure’s senior vpof worldwide gross sales Rob Carney.
“We're very pleased to accomplice with FilmNation once more on this wonderful white knuckle thriller and we sit up for U.Okay. and Irish audiences seeing Sean Penn’s grizzled Gene Rutkovsky tackle the imply streets of NYC,” stated Williams.
Added Carney: “Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire’s visceral propulsive thriller is a must-see, and we're thrilled to be partnering with the Signature crew to deliver the movie to U.Okay. and Irish audiences.”