Harrison Ford & Ed Helms Pair for STXfilms’ Seafaring Comedy "The Miserable Adventures of Burt Squire Aboard the Horn High ...
October 19 2020 - 8:00AM
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Eros STX Global Corporation (NYSE:ESGC) (“ErosSTX”), a global
entertainment company, announced today that STXfilms has acquired
the comedy script The Miserable Adventures of Burt Squire Aboard
the Horn High Yo with Harrison Ford and Ed Helms attached to star.
The announcement was made today by Adam Fogelson, chairman,
STXfilms Motion Picture Group.
The screenplay is by Ben Bolea. LD Entertainment’s Mickey
Liddell, and Pete Shilaimon are producing the film alongside Kim
Zubick. LD's Michael Glassman will executive produce.
Inspired by a true story, Burt Squire revolves around a family
man in the midst of a midlife crisis who embarks on what he hopes
would be a dream sailing vacation, but ends up shipwrecked in the
Atlantic Ocean with a charming but unhinged sea captain.
Commenting on the announcement, Fogelson said, “We love this
story and are looking forward to working with Mickey and the team
at LD and this incredible cast. There’s no one better than Ed Helms
to play an everyday guy who gets saddled with every comedic
misfortune life could throw his way, and Harrison is going to
create yet another memorable and iconic character as an unhinged
sea captain. Instead of a road-trip comedy, we can’t wait to see
these unlikely buddies in this seafaring comedy.”
HARRISON FORD most recently followed his return to the
role of Han Solo in the Star Wars franchise by starring in The Call
of the Wild for Amazon and in Blade Runner 2049 as Rick Deckard.
He’s next set to star in Annapurna Television’s “The Staircase” and
to reprise his role as Indiana Jones. Ford is represented by
UTA.
ED HELMS most recently starred in Netflix’s "Coffee and
Kareem" and the comedy hit Tag. He has starred in such blockbusters
as The Hangover trilogy and hit series including “The Office.” In
2012, he and Mike Falbo founded Pacific Electric Picture Co, a TV
and film production company with a first look deal at Universal
Television.
Pacific Electric is currently producing the scripted comedy
series "Rutherford Falls," created by Helms, Mike Schur, and Sierra
Ornelas for Peacock which stars Helms. They are in prep on their
NBC show "True Story," hosted by Helms and Randall Park, based on
the highly acclaimed Australian format that will feature true
stories from ordinary Americans reenacted by comedians. They are
also in post on a sketch series for Netflix set to be released
later this year. They also have a mini series in development at AMC
with Jim Gaffigan attached to star as the former mayor of Toronto
Rob Ford.
In 2017, Pacific Electric released their Comedy Central special,
“The Fake News with Ted Nelms,” a subversive, a-political news show
satire, hosted by a guy who kind of looks like Ed Helms. The
special was honored with the Writers Guild of America Award for the
Best Comedy/Variety Special.
Helms is represented by UTA, Artists First, and Schreck Rose
Dapello Adams Berlin & Dunham.
The film will be overseen by STXfilms’ Drew Simon and Spencer
Ela.
Eros STX Global Corporation:
Eros STX Global Corporation, (“ErosSTX” or “The Company”) (NYSE:
ESGC) is a global entertainment company that acquires, co-produces
and distributes films, digital content & music across multiple
formats such as theatrical, television and OTT digital media
streaming to consumers around the world. Eros International Plc
changed its name to Eros STX Global Corporation pursuant to the
July 2020 merger with STX Entertainment, merging two international
media and entertainment groups. The combination of one of the
largest Indian OTT players and premier studio with one of
Hollywood’s fastest-growing independent media companies has created
an entertainment powerhouse with a presence in over 150 countries.
ErosSTX delivers star-driven premium feature film and episodic
content across a multitude of platforms at the intersection of the
world's most dynamic and fastest-growing global markets, including
US, India, Middle East, Asia and China. The Company also owns the
rapidly growing OTT platform Eros Now which has rights to over
12,000 films across Hindi and regional languages and had 205.8
million registered users and 33.8 million paying subscribers as of
June 30th, 2020. For further information, please visit
ErosSTX.com.
STXfilms:
STXfilms, a division of Eros STX Global Corporation, is a
next-generation film studio that produces, acquires, distributes,
and markets motion pictures at scale. From blockbusters like
Hustlers, Bad Moms, and The Upside to hits like The Gentlemen,
Molly’s Game, and The Gift, STXfilms produces star-driven films for
a global audience. In just 5 short years, its slate of films has
already grossed over $1.8b in global theatrical box office. With a
wide range of partners including Universal Pictures Home
Entertainment and Showtime (which handle the physical and premium
television releases of STXfilms content, respectively), the studio
is a fast-growing, industry powerhouse.
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