Shout! Studios Acquires North American Rights To The Upcoming Thriller Pretty Things Starring Alicia Silverstone And Karl Glusman

Shout! Studios, a multi-platform media company, has acquired North American rights to PRETTY THING from Yale Entertainment and Great Escape. Directed by Justin Kelly (JT LeRoy, King Cobra, I Am Michael, Welcome the Stranger) and from a debut feature screenplay by Jack Donnelly, Alicia Silverstone (Clueless, The Killing of a Sacred Deer) and Karl Glusman (Civil War, The Bikeriders) lead a talented cast of Catherine Curtin (Stranger Things, Saturday Night), Britne Oldford (The Umbrella Academy, Dead Ringers), and Tammy Blanchard (Into the Woods, Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows).

PRETTY THING follows a successful executive taking a younger lover but then must fight back when he pushes his obsession too far in this gripping, sexually-charged thriller with incisive commentary on gender, age, and social class.

Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman of Yale Productions produced with Lexi Tannenholtz, Scott Levenson, and Jesse Korman. Michael Day and Joy Kim-Crilley serve as co-producers. Executive producers include John Wollman, Paul Wedgwood, Nicholas Donnermeyer, Julie Foss, Gigi Lacks, Andy Rich, David Nazar, Jeremy Rothstein, Lauren Rothstein, Jodie Lazar, Robert Levine, Will Hirschfeld, John McMullen, Eric Broughton, Brian S. Unger, Michael J. Rothstein, Matthew Ajayi, Dajana Gudic, Driss Ouazaani, Amber Martin, Ben Walter, Inna Ivanova Walter, Jeffrey Tussi, Coleman Lannum, Kurt Fethke, Kyle Fethke, John S. Phillips, Leslie A. Phillips, Jason Kringstein, and Cavallino Entertainment. Co-executive producers are Jill Bussanich, Paul Tietz, Joseph Huguenot, Amy E. Newman, Matthew W. Newman, Michael Dibiasio-Ornelas, Eric Goren, Michael Burkert, and Maximus Seale.

Shout! Studios has secured exclusive distribution rights to PRETTY THING in the U.S. and Canada, including theatrical, home entertainment rights (digital, video-on-demand, broadcast, and physical media) and ancillary rights for cross-platform releases. Shout! plans a strategic launch of this movie across all major entertainment platforms later this year.

"There is a perennial and voracious demand for high quality, sexy thrillers in the marketplace, and Justin has served up a pretty delicious one. With Alicia Silverstone leading the cast, this was a no-brainer for us," said Shout's SVP of Acquisitions and Originals, Jordan Fields.

“It was an honor working with the iconic Alicia Silverstone for the second time (after King Cobra) as well as the uber-talented Karl Glusman— their on-screen chemistry is electric. A big thank you to Yale Productions for our third collaboration together, and to my incredible cast and crew. I cannot wait to share this film with the world,” Kelly said.

“Shout has been a terrific distribution partner and we’re very excited to solidify our continued relationship with their talented team,” Levine and Beckerman said in a joint statement.

The movie deal was negotiated by Shout’s Jordan Fields, Shout’s Vice President of Business Affairs, Steven Katz, and Nick Donnermeyer of Great Escape on behalf of Yale Entertainment and the filmmakers. Justin Kelly is represented by Joanne Roberts Wiles of Black Bear Pictures. Alicia Silverstone is represented by Brian Nossokoff of UTA, Greg Clark of Untitled Entertainment, and Narrative. Karl Glusman is represented by Ilene Feldman Management and Nathalie Didier and Scott Melrose of Paradigm Talent Agency.