{"id":820283,"date":"2026-08-20T21:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T21:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/820283\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T21:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T21:10:11","slug":"andrew-mccarthy-movie-orion-acquired-by-hyde-park-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/820283\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew McCarthy Movie ‘Orion’ Acquired by Hyde Park International"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Hyde Park International<\/a> has picked up foreign sales rights to Jaco Bouwer\u2019s sci-fi thriller Orion<\/a> starring Andrew McCarthy<\/a>, Debby Ryan and Drew Van Acker.<\/p>\n

\n\tOrion is set for a nationwide U.S. release through Blue Harbor this fall. <\/p>\n

\n\tIn the pic, McCarthy plays Jim, a NASA interrogator who is pitted against Apollo (Van Acker), an amnesiac astronaut whose recent space mission has ended catastrophically. But not everything is as it first seems in the charged battle of wits that ensues as Jim attempts to reconstruct Apollo\u2019s fractured memories of the mission in order to determine what \u2014 or who \u2014 slaughtered the crew before their craft crash-landed back on Earth.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHyde Park International<\/p>\n

\n\tOrion is produced by Sunil Perkash (Enchanted, Salt), Van Acker (Last Survivors), Elle Army and Scott Army. The screenplay is by Anne Vithayathil.<\/p>\n

\n\tOrion arrives on the international sales market after premieres at such genre festivals as FilmQuest, where it won awards for Best Actor (Van Acker) and Best Visual Effects and the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival.<\/p>\n

\n\tBouwer\u2019s debut feature\u00a0Gaia\u00a0premiered at SXSW 2021, and won the ZEISS Cinematography Award.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOrion is an excellent new entry into the canon of great first-contact sci-fi movies,\u201d Hyde Park International\u2019s Carl Clifton sad. \u201cIt\u2019s smart, twisty and totally compelling.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAdded the producers: \u201cOn behalf of the entire Orion team, we are thrilled Hyde Park responded so enthusiastically to Orion and could not be more excited for audiences all over the world to discover Jaco Bouwer\u2019s vision and world-building along with terrific performances from Andrew, Debby and Drew.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMcCarthy\u2019s credits includes such 1980 classics Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo\u2019s Fire and\u00a0Weekend at Bernie\u2019s. He recently directed and produced the Hulu feature documentary\u00a0Brats\u00a0in which he interviews the famed Brat Pack that included the likes of Demi Moore and Rob Lowe. He will next be seen in Season 3 of Netflix hit series Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\n\tVan Acker previously starred alongside Alicia Silverstone and Stephen Moyer in the independent crime thriller\u00a0Last Survivors\u00a0and also starred opposite Addison Timlin and James D\u2019Arcy in Lionsgate\u2019s futuristic sci-fi thriller\u00a0Life Like. On TV he is known for his prominent roles in Pretty Little Liars\u00a0and DC\u2019s Titans.<\/p>\n

\n\tRyan will next be seen opposite Zac Efron in the A24 thriller Famous. Recent credits include the Sundance titles Shortcomings\u00a0and\u00a0Horse Girl, as well as Jeff Baena\u2019s\u00a0Spin Me Round and\u00a0The Sun Never Sets, which premiered at this year\u2019s SXSW and will be released by IFC Films. On the small screen, she starred in the Disney Channel series\u00a0Jessie\u00a0and the Netflix original series Insatiable.<\/p>\n

\n\tOrion\u2018s ensemble also includes singer-songwriter Karin Ann (The Tattooist of Auschwitz) and Natalia Lesz (Krime Story). Karin Ann\u2019s 2024 debut album\u00a0Through the Telescope\u00a0drew critical praise, and she recently released the single \u201ci was never yours,\u201d co-written with Harrison Whitford, Chelsea Balan and Suki Waterhouse, the first of several new releases this year. Karin Ann also wrote and recorded four original songs for Orion\u2019s soundtrack.<\/p>\n

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