News has been released that Endgame Entertainment and FilmDistrict are partnering on the theatrical release of “Looper”, written and directed by Rian Johnson (“Terriers”, “Breaking Bad”) and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, and Emily Blunt. The film will be released through the FilmDistrict’s relationship with Sony Pictures Entertainment’s TriStar label.
“Looper is our second collaboration with Rian and [producer] Ram [Bergman] and it’s truly been a thrilling ride,” said James D. Stern, Endgame Entertainment CEO, according to the press release. “We look forward to continuing the journey with Sony and Peter in delivering this commercial thriller to audiences everywhere.”
Bergman said, “‘We are very excited to be working with the entire team at Sony and Peter. District 9 was brilliant and Rian, [James] and I had this and Sony in mind as the group we wanted to release Looper.”
“We have been chasing Looper for six months and it is something my entire team agreed would be a great film for us to distribute,” Peter Schlessel, CEO of FilmDistrict said. “The fact that our friends at Sony feel the same makes it even more exciting.”
Here’s the official synopsis for “Looper”:
Looper is a time-travel action thriller involves a killer (Gordon-Levitt) who works for the mob of the future. He, along with other so-called Loopers, dispose of people that are sent from the future. When he recognizes one victim as his future self (Willis), he hesitates, letting the man escape. FilmNation Entertainment is handling international sales on Looper.
