by FilmInk Staff
PROTAGONIST PICTURES BOARDS WORLDWIDE SALES AHEAD OF EFM ON THE RAUCOUS NEW TIME TRAVELLING ROM-COM ‘ONE MORE SHOT’ STARRING EMILY BROWNING
Leading sales, finance and production company Protagonist Pictures is launching worldwide sales ahead of the upcoming EFM on the time travel rom-com One More Shot, starring Emily Browning (American Gods, Class of ‘07, Legend ), Aisha Dee (Sissy, Apple Cider Vinegar), Sean Keenan (Nitram, The Power of the Dog), Pallavi Sharda (Wedding Season, Lion), and Ashley Zukerman ( Succession, Silo).
One More Shot is directed by Nicholas Clifford (Monologue, The Handyman) from a script by Alice Foulcher (That’s Not Me) and Gregory Erdstein (That’s Not Me). The film is produced by Virginia Whitwell and Nick Batzias for GoodThing Productions (The Australian Dream, Nitram), and Jim Wright and Elise Trenorden for Truce (This Is Going to be Big, Monologue),
Shooting has recently wrapped in Australia on the Stan Original Film. One More Shot will have its international premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival later this year. Madman Entertainment will set a theatrical release in Australia, and the film then heads to streaming only on Stan. Madman will also handle distribution in New Zealand.
Major production investment from Screen Australia and Stan. Produced in Association with VicScreen, Melbourne International Film Festival Premiere Fund, Abstar Productions, Heathcote Wright and Madman Entertainment.
It’s New Year’s Eve 1999, and Minnie has just discovered a bottle of time-travelling tequila. Each shot takes her back to the start of the night, giving her a bottle’s worth of chances to change the course of the evening and make her ex-boyfriend Joe fall back in love with her before the stroke of midnight.
“With its ingenious time-loop twist and raucous take on the traditional rom-com, One More Shot is a wild ride,” said Bishop. “Emily Browning shines – blending heart and humour as her increasingly desperate attempts to change the future end in hilarious disaster.”
“We’re delighted to be sharing One More Shot with the international market in the trusted hands of Protagonist Pictures,” said the filmmakers. “It’s such a fun movie and a crazy fresh take on the time-loop genre. We think audiences will love Emily Browning’s Minnie.”
Director Nick Clifford added, “Making One More Shot has been an unforgettable journey, and I’m grateful to Emily Browning and all the incredibly talented cast and crew who brought the film to life. I’m also grateful to Protagonist Pictures for their support and insight. It’s been a true collaboration, and I can’t wait to share this film with audiences around the world. It’s party time.”
Protagonist Pictures EFM slate includes the survival thriller Die By Night directed by Rod Blackhurst and starring Isabelle Fuhrman, Ben Hardy and Scoot McNairy; Sophie Hyde’s multi-generational drama Jimpa, starring Oscar winner Olivia Colman and Golden Globe winner John Lithgow, which comes to Berlin straight from its Sundance world premiere. As part of the Berlinale Special Presentations programme, Protagonist will host the world premiere of Jan-Ole Gerster’s English language debut Islands, starring Sam Riley and Stacy Martin. Protagonist’s line-up also features Mark Jenkin’s mystery drama Rose of Nevada, starring George MacKay and Callum Turner; the high-concept horror Monitor, produced by Temple Hill, the team behind the megahit Smile Franchise; Philippa Lowthorpe’s H Is For Hawk, starring Emmy winners Claire Foy and Brendan Gleeson; the Scottish family drama Glenrothan, starring Emmy winners Alan Cumming, and Brian Cox in his directorial debut, and; Bharat Nalluri’s family adventure Flavia, starring Martin Freeman, Jonathan Pryce, and Molly Belle Wright; and the BAFTA-nominated genre-bending comedy Sister Midnight, which screened at the London Film Festival and was nominated for Cannes’ Camera D’Or.
Browning is repped by UTA, CP Artist Management, Signpost, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner Auerbach Hynick Jaime LeVine Sample & Klein; Dee is repped by Gersh Agency, Anonymous Content, imPRint and attorney Daniel Passman;
Keenan is repped by Nathan Culliver Management and 42; Sharda is repped by Independent Management Company and ColourCreative; Zukerman is repped by Gersh Agency, Lisa Mann Creative Management (LMCM), Aligned Entertainment, and Felker Toczek Suddleson McGinnis Ryan LLP.
