Producer Arnold Rifkin (“Live Free or Die Hard”) and his Cheyenne Enterprises have optioned Roy Freirich’s script “Mercy Road,” an action drama set in the world of counterfeit life-saving medication.
Jay Judah brought the script to Cheyenne and will co-produce the feature via his Coin Toss Creative banner along with Freirich.
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Freirich’s last produced script “Winged Creatures” (aka “Fragments”) starred Kate Beckinsale and Forest Whitaker and was released in 2009 by Sony Pictures Worldwide.
Rifkin has produced several Bruce Willis movies including “Hostage,” “16 Blocks” and “The Whole Ten Yards,” as well as the Hugh Jackman thriller “Deception.” He also executive produced “Live Free or Die Hard.”
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Judah previously worked for John Baldecchi at Fusion Films, where he earned an associate producer credit on Stephen Sommers’ “Odd Thomas” starring Anton Yelchin and Willem Dafoe.
Rifkin is represented by the law offices of Matt Saver, while Freirich was repped in the deal by Ron Levin of Levin Law Corp.