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We are excited to share with you updates on our current slate of films, as they are announced publicly.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Empower. Inspire. Create.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A simple focus, in a complex business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sunny<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Directed by: Eva S\u00f8rhaug
Written by: William Day Frank
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Aidan Gillen, Charlie Plummer, Jason Schmidt, Jonny Lee Miller, Mary Stu Masterston, Mark Mahoney and Method Man
Produced by: Mark Fasano & Nathan Klingher (Gramercy Park Media), Jeffrey Greenstein (A Higher Standard)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Logline: <\/strong>Wealthy and glamorous Sunny radiates perfection, but beneath her sparkling society smile, is a drug kingpin, mob mistress, and devoted single mother, who has an adrenaline-fueled 24 hours to clean up and get out of town before the local mob boss discovers her dysfunctional family’s devastating secret.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Awaiting Release<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Runner<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Directed by: Scott Waugh (Need for Speed, Expendables 4)
Written by: Miles Hubley & Tommy White
Starring: Alan Ritchson & Owen Wilson
Produced by: Todd Garner, Mark Fasano & Jeffrey Greenstein<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wide Theatrical Release on September 11th, 2026 on 3,000+ Screens<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Logline: High-end courier Hank Malone (Alan Ritchson) races against time with only three hours to transport a liver to save a seven year-old girl, who needs immediate transplant surgery. The seemingly simple mission turns deadly when the leader of the most notorious crime syndicate is hell-bent on claiming the organ too.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Get Out<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Directed by: Derrick Borte (Unhinged<\/em>)
Written by: Derrick Borte & Daniel Forte
Starring: Russell Crowe, Luke Evans, Teresa Palmer with Nina Dobrev and Aaron Paul
Produced by: Mark Fasano & Jeffrey Greenstein<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Logline: An aging but formidable club owner, Manco Kapak (Russell Crowe), has been robbed by a masked gunman. Now, his aspirations of selling his clubs and riding off into the sunset alongside his girlfriend, Shela, appear more distant than ever. Cartel bosses are breathing down his neck and a young upstart named Joe Carver has been posing as the new guy in town eager to purchase the clubs. Meanwhile, the real culprit and his new girlfriend seem to believe they’ve found a whole new profession: robbing Manco. These characters’ fates and interests coalesce in an intense and fun climax that keeps you on the edge of your seat.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Playdate<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Directed by: Luke Greenfield (Let’s Be Cops, The Girl Next Door<\/em>)
Written by: Neil Goldman (Shrinking)
Starring: Kevin James, Alan Ritchson, Sarah Chalke, Alan Tudyk, with Stephen Root and Isla Fisher
Produced by: Mark Fasano & Jeffrey Greenstein<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Released November 12th, 2025 on Amazon Prime – <\/strong>#1<\/strong> in the world for 7 weeks<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Logline: After being fired from his job, BRIAN (Kevin James), instantly becomes a reluctant stay-at-home dad to his 10-year-old son. On his very first day, Brian accepts a random invitation for a playdate from another stay-at-home dad, JEFF (Alan Ritchson). Jeff definitely seems a little bit\u2026off. And as the playdate begins, Jeff turns out to be someone Brian never expected and they immediately have to go on the run from a very dangerous situation. It\u2019s a playdate from hell as the two fathers and their sons spend the day trying not to get killed and solve a conspiracy. Think MIDNIGHT RUN meets MR. & MRS. SMITH.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Solo Mio<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Directed by: Chuck & Dan Kinnane (Home Team)
Written by: the Kinnane Brothers
Starring: Kevin James, Nicole Grimaudo, Kim Coates, Jonathan Roumie, Julie Ann Emery, Alyson Hannigan & Andrea Bocelli
Produced by: Mark Fasano & Jeffrey Greenstein<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Released February 6th, 2026 on 3,052 screens – #2 at the US Box Office<\/em><\/strong>
96% Audience Score on Rotten Tomatoes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Logline:\u00a0Matt (Kevin James)\u2019s fianc\u00e9 has dreamed of a wedding in Italy, he saves up and flies his whole family over for the wedding and booked a lavish honeymoon after. When his fiance stands him up at the altar, he is forced to go on his honeymoon solo, thrusting him into the beautiful culture of Italy and renews his passion for life, food and meets Gia, who reminds Matt that love and happiness is a reality.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Ladder<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Directed by: Adam Mason (Baby Blue, Songbird<\/em>)
Written by: Adam Mason & Simon Boyes
Produced by: Mark Fasano (Nickel City Pictures) & Jeffrey Greenstein (A Higher Standard)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Logline:<\/strong>\u00a0When Emma and her husband Clay move into a converted church in Ireland, they discover a secret hatch in the\u00a0basement with a ladder\u00a0headed straight down. Desperate to prove what\u2019s down there, Emma throws herself into danger, as she becomes obsessed with finding out where the ladder\u00a0goes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bodyman<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Directed by: Gary Fleder (Homefront, Kingdom<\/em>)
Written by: Byron Balasco (Creator of Kingdom<\/em>)
Starring: Nick Jonas
Produced by: Mark Fasano & Jeffrey Greenstein, and Nick Jonas & Spencer Berman (Powered by Jonas)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Logline:<\/strong> Bodyman follows a violent struggle for power and, ultimately survival, that ensues during a family Christmas when an eccentric billionaire unexpectedly signs over his nepo-baby children\u2019s expected inheritance of his private military company to his longtime bodyguard (Jonas). Who will make it out of their remote family estate alive?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Head Games<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Directed by: Anthony Mandler (Monster)
Written by: Colin Sonne Liddle
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson & Henry Golding
Produced by: Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Fred Berger, Josh Glick, Adonis Tountas & Jeffrey Greenstein<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Logline: In the vein of Ex Machina and The Menu – a corporate spy poses as a personal chef to the disgraced founder of a neuroprosthetics firm in order to steal his seismic-shifting new invention<\/em>. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sunny Directed by: Eva S\u00f8rhaugWritten by: William Day FrankStarring: Angelina Jolie, Aidan Gillen, Charlie Plummer, Jason Schmidt, Jonny Lee Miller, Mary Stu Masterston, Mark Mahoney and Method ManProduced by: Mark Fasano & Nathan Klingher (Gramercy Park Media), Jeffrey Greenstein (A Higher Standard) Logline: Wealthy and glamorous Sunny radiates perfection, but beneath her sparkling society smile, is a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":6,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":true,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":true,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"full-width-content","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-77","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahigherstandard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/77","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahigherstandard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahigherstandard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahigherstandard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahigherstandard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ahigherstandard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/77\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahigherstandard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahigherstandard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}