Voltage, Samuel Goldwyn Acquire Aaron Eckhart's 'Butcher's War' — SkimNews
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- Samuel Goldwyn Films acquired North American rights to the Aaron Eckhart action thriller 'Butcher's War,' while Voltage Pictures picked up international rights and will introduce the film to international buyers at the Toronto International Film Festival.
- Aaron Eckhart stars as Jedediah "Jed" Butcher, a former special operations commander haunted by the loss of his team who is recruited for a covert mission to rescue a besieged foreign leader from rebel militias, uncovering a plot driven by powerful interests seeking control of the country's natural resources.
- Jason Behr (Roswell, The Grudge), Danielle Vasinova (1923, The Madison), and Glenn Morshower (Transformers franchise, 24) also star in the film.
- Kyle Kauwika Harris directs from a screenplay by Don Roff, Harris, and Dawn Bursteen; Randy Wayne and Talia Bella produce, with Alan B. Bursteen and Dawn Bursteen as executive producers, as a production of Rebellium Films and Milestone Studios.
- The acquisition deals were negotiated by Alan B. Bursteen, President of Milestone Studios, with Voltage CEO Nicolas Chartier for international rights and Samuel Goldwyn Films CEO Ben Feingold for North American rights.
Why it matters: The dual-pickup structure splits domestic specialty distribution (Samuel Goldwyn) from international sales (Voltage), giving the Milestone Studios-produced action film two parallel revenue pipelines starting at TIFF, where pre-sales to foreign buyers can seed financing before the U.S. release pipeline ramps up.
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