{"id":27588,"date":"2025-09-17T19:41:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T19:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/27588\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T19:41:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T19:41:07","slug":"ryan-phillippe-roxy-sophie-sorkin-movie-acquired-by-voltage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/27588\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Phillippe, Roxy Sophie Sorkin Movie Acquired by Voltage"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Voltage Pictures has acquired international rights to the high-concept horror slasher The Him<\/a> from Joe Gossett (Catch Hell, Revenger). The film, which Gossett, wrote and directed, is currently in post with international sales now underway.<\/p>\n

\n\tPic stars Chris Elliott<\/a> (There\u2019s Something About Mary,\u00a0Groundhog Day,\u00a0Cabin Boy), Roxy Sophie Sorkin<\/a>, Asya Giller<\/a>, Mindy Cohn<\/a> (Palm Royale, Billy Knight, Mother Father Sister Brother Frank) and Ryan Phillippe<\/a> (Crash,\u00a0I Know What You Did Last Summer,\u00a0Shooter).<\/p>\n

\n\tIn\u00a0The Him, a family\u2019s elaborate Halloween display becomes a genuine massacre when a silent killer turns their home into a house of horrors\u2014while unsuspecting crowds cheer, believing it\u2019s the best show in town.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVoltage<\/p>\n

\n\tPic is produced by Andrea Bucko (Alpha Gang, Dead Man\u2019s Wire, Longlegs) of Sugar Rush Pictures and Cassian Elwes (Dallas Buyers Club, Mudbound, Lawless) of Elevated Films, alongside Joel Michaely, Veronica Radealli, and Michael Mammoliti. Tomer Shmulevich (Captivated), Meadow Williams (Den of Thieves, After), Stacey Kemp (Street Smart), Danilo Dayani, Phillip Neumann and Phillippe are executive producers, with Buck Traweek and Izak Zabek serving as co-executive producers.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhite Rabbit Productions, founded by Tomer Shmulevich, and Elevated Films are financing the film.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe film takes the audience\u2019s love of immersive horror and turns it on its head\u2014what if the show you\u2019re cheering for is real? It\u2019s a terrifying concept that will leave people talking for a long time\u201d said Alexandra Cocean, President of Global Sales and Distribution at Voltage Pictures.<\/p>\n

\n\tBucko of Sugar Rush Pictures added, \u201cThe Him\u00a0is a chilling reimagining of the slasher genre, masterfully blending intimate family dynamics with the spine-tingling suspense of classic horror.\u201d She continued, \u201cJoe Gossett has crafted the film that strikes a powerful contrast between the comfort of normal life and the brutal intrusion of violence, creating a one-of-a-kind fusion of suspense and terror with its unforgettable blend of psychological horror and shocking twists.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tElwes of Elevated Films said, \u201cThe Him is a remarkable and unsettling film that pushes the boundaries of the slasher genre.\u00a0 Joe Gossett has crafted something truly original\u2014The Him\u00a0will leave audiences haunted long after the credits roll.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tProducers Elwes and Bucko most recently premiered\u00a0Gus Van Sant\u2019s Dead Man\u2019s Wire\u00a0out of competition at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival and the 50th Toronto International Film Festival, where the movie\u2019s North American rights were acquired by frosh distributor, Row K Entertainment.<\/p>\n

\n\tElliott is repped by United Talent Agency and Vault Entertainment. Sorkin is repped by Entertainment 360, UTA and Ziffren. Giller is repped by Joey Stanton at Vybe Trybe Entertainment. Cohn is repped by LB Talent and Constellation Media Group. Phillippe is repped by his manager, David Schiff, at MGMT Entertainment, and his legal team, David Weber and Lon Sorensen, at\u00a0Sloane, Offer, Weber, and Dern, LLP.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Voltage Pictures has acquired international rights to the high-concept horror slasher The Him from Joe Gossett (Catch…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[22839,22840,93,61,60,22841,270,22842,22843,22844],"class_list":{"0":"post-27588","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-asya-giller","9":"tag-chris-elliott","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-mindy-cohn","14":"tag-movies","15":"tag-roxy-sophie-sorkin","16":"tag-ryan-phillippe","17":"tag-the-him"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}