Solstice Studios is teaming up with Fast and Furious producers Original Film on Shadow Run, an original script written by Joe Gazzam (Magnum P.I., the Cliffhanger reboot). The action thriller will be produced by Original’s Neal H. Moritz and Toby Jaffe, with Solstice Studios’ SVP of Development and Production Beth Bruckner O’Brien and Creative Executive Leah Bleich overseeing the project.  Solstice will finance and distribute the film in the U.S. and handle international sales.

Shadow Run tells the story of a CIA agent who devoted five years of his life to capturing the Russian spy who killed his wife. His triumph turns into a nightmare when he’s told that, not only is America trading the spy away – but he’s been assigned to make the swap. Now he’s stuck with his mortal enemy on an off-the-books “shadow run” where nothing happens as planned and everyone is trying to kill them. 

Gazzam is represented by Circle of Confusion and Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson LLP.

Solstice Studios is an independent movie company based in Los Angeles, founded in October 2018. The studio develops, fully finances, produces, sells internationally and distributes feature films in the U.S. on a wide-release basis.  Solstice plans to produce 3-5 movies per year for a global audience—generally in the $20-80M budget range.  It also plans to co-finance or acquire another 1-2 films per year for wide U.S. distribution.  The company has a partnership with Ingenious Media.

Solstice’s first film, Unhinged, starring Academy Award Winner Russell Crowe will open theatrically July 31st, 2020.  The studio is targeting late summer/early fall for the start of production on Robert Rodriguez’s mind-bending action thriller, Hypnotic, starring Academy Award winner Ben Affleck. It recently acquired the futuristic thriller Mind Fall, written by Academy Award-winner Graham Moore with Cedric Jimenez set to direct.