STXFilms Snags Karen Gillan Assassin Movie ‘Gunpowder Milkshake’
Action film co-stars Lena Headey, Carla Gugino, Michelle Yeoh and Angela Bassett
Brian Welk | February 24, 2020 @ 1:48 PM
Last Updated: February 24, 2020 @ 1:56 PM
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STXfilms has acquired the North American rights to “Gunpowder Milkshake,” a female-fronted action film starring Karen Gillan as one half of a mother-daughter assassin team, the distributor announced Monday.
Lena Headey, Angela Basset, Michelle Yeoh, Chloe Coleman, Carla Gugino and Paul Giamatti co-star in the film that’s written by Navot Papushado and Ehud Lavski and directed by Papushado, the director’s first English-language film and his follow-up to the Israeli film “Big Bad Wolves” from 2013
“Gunpowder Milkshake” was financed by Studiocanal and produced by Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman’s The Picture Company. It tells the story of three generations of female assassins who fight to stop a cycle of violence over the course of one night.
“Gunpowder Milkshake has found the perfect domestic distributor in STX,” Studiocanal CEO Anna Marsh said in a statement. “Produced by our good partners Andrew Rona & Alex Heineman, this ambitious high-octane action film boasts a top-class line up of kick-ass and smart female talent who promise to light up audiences worldwide. Adam Fogelson and the team at STX has delivered time and again in this genre with hits such as ‘Hustlers’ and more recently ‘The Gentlemen.’ Partnering with them on ‘Gunpowder Milkshake’ will allow us to scale a first-class campaign firmly positioning our film as an event.”
The deal was made out of the European Film Market and was negotiated by Studiocanal’s Anna Marsh, Anne Cherel, Sophie Leuthreau, STX’s Jordan Lichtman and Carolyn Steinmetz and UTA Independent Film Group. The film is now sold out worldwide.
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Next year is going to be a big one for super-powered women, with 9 female-led superhero movies hitting theaters in 2020. And if rough estimates pan out, these films could combine to gross over $4 billion at movie theaters worldwide. Not only that, but if 12 months from now "Birds of Prey," "Mulan," "Black Widow, "Wonder Woman 1984," and "Eternals" are among the year's 10 highest grossing films, it will be the first time ever that the list will have gender parity among directors. Read on to see which women will be kicking asses in movie theaters throughout 2020.
1. "The Rhythm Section" -- Jan. 31
January kicks off with Blake Lively's long-anticipated spy thriller "The Rhythm Section," a possible franchise-starter led from the long-time producers of the James Bond films, Michael G. Wilson, and Barbara Broccoli. Lively's got dark hair, an icy cold stare and is looking to settle things violently in the movie written by Mark Burnell based on his book of the same name. Directed by Reed Morano, best known for her work on Hulu's "The Handmaid's Tale," it also stars Jude Law and Sterling K. Brown.
2. "Birds of Prey" -- Feb. 7
Margot Robbie once again plays Harley Quinn, now broken up with the Joker and teaming up with a crew of badass women like Black Canary (Jurnee Smollet-Bell), Huntress (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), and Renee Montoya (Rosie Perez) to stop the villain Black Mask (Ewan McGregor) before he can have Cassandra Cain (Basco) murdered.
3. "Mulan" -- March 27
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4. "The New Mutants" -- April 3
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5. "Black Widow" -- May 1
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6. "Wonder Woman 1984" -- June 5
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7. "Monster Hunter" -- Sep. 4
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8. "The Eternals" -- Nov. 6
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9. "No Time to Die" - April 2 (UK)/April 8 (U.S.)
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