Los Angeles, CA., September 7, 2021– Lionsgate released the official Warning movie trailer for the Anova Pictures/Studio Mao film that will screen in theaters and online October 22nd, 2021 followed by BluRay and DVD on October 26th. The release will be day-date for all platforms including international territories. Set in the not too distant future, this intense sci-fi thriller explores the repercussions that mankind faces when their omniscient technology becomes a substitute for human contact. The meaning of life explored through multiple interconnected lives. But life begin to unravel when a global storm causes electronics to go haywire, leading to terrifying, deadly consequences.
The film features an ensemble cast featuring Alex Pettyfer (I Am Number Four), Alice Eve (Star Trek Into Darkness), Annabelle Wallis (Malignant), Benedict Samuel The Walk), Charlotte Le Bon (Anthropoid), Thomas Jane (The Expanse), Patrick Schwarzenegger (Midnight Sun), Rupert Everett (My Best Friends Wedding), Tomasz Kot Cold War), Kylie Bunbury (WhenThey See Us), and Garance Marillier (Titane).
Warning Movie Trailer: Official Trailer
Anova Pictures
Anova Pictures, run by Cybill Lui Eppich, produces elevated genre and prestige features. The Silencing, a thriller/action film starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones), Annabelle Wallis (Peaky Blinders) and Hero Fiennes Tiffin (After) directed by Robin Pront (The Ardennes) was a bonafide smash hit. Released across all platforms in summer 2020, Indiewire called it a “breakout success” and Variety reported the “hit” as the top-grossing new film release with the highest per-screen average playing in 79 theaters and was the #1 rental for weeks continuing to top the charts two months into its domestic release while the film continued its international run as Universal Pictures’ top-performing PVOD title.
The Anova Pictures board consists of American Entertainment Investor’s Joseph N Cohen and studio marketing veteran Andrew Fogelson, who have a proven track record of identifying, assisting, and supporting successful companies in the media and entertainment space.
About Studio Mao
Studio Mao is a premiere global content management company founded in 2006 with a strong focus on motion picture production, development and distribution. The company produces feature films, including Guy Nattiv’s Oscar nominated (Best Live Action Short) film SKIN, the critically-acclaimed award-winning film Filth by the author of Trainspotting Irvine Welsh in which James McAvoy won Best Actor awards at the Scottish BAFTA’s, British Independent Film Awards, Empire Awards and London Critics Circle Film Awards. The film’s director Jon S. Baird also won the London Critics Circle Breakthrough British Filmmaker award and the film was nominated on multiple occasions for Best Feature Film. Filth was the highest grossing independent film in England in 2013 and was produced with Maven Pictures and Steel Mill Pictures. Studio Mao also collaborated with Maven Pictures on the Netflix acquired The Kindergarten Teacher (Maggie Gyllenhaal) that won Best Director at the Sundance Film Festival, Wilding (Bel Powley, Liv Tyler), American Honey (Shia La Beouf, Riley Keoug, Sasha Lane), Freak Show (Alex Lawther, AnnaSophia Robb, Abigail Breslin, Laverne Cox, Bette Midler), Girl Most Likely (Kristen Wiig, Darren Criss), Ten Thousand Saints (Ethan Hawke, Hailee Steinfeld, Asa Butterfield). Studio Mao is responsible for arranging distribution of the docudrama The Man Who Saved the World (Stanislav Petrov, Kevin Costner, Sergey Shnyryov, Nataliya Vdovina) in Russia/CIS on theatrical and digital platforms.
Films have premiered at major festivals including the Cannes Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Berlinale in Berlin, and the Sundance Film festival. Films have been sold at festival to major distributors for worldwide theatrical release.
The Studio Mao brand is synonymous with high quality, original and bold content that is distributed to markets around the world. The company is actively involved in developing its proprietary HD content management and video streaming platform “STP™” designed to securely deliver content worldwide and on multiple platforms. Subscribers will be able to view Studio Mao movie releases and content utilizing STP™ technology that will further permit an interactive experience with dynamic and live HD feeds.
The company’s open-source mantra is “Leave no creative stone unturned”.
For more information about Studio Mao, please visit www.studiomao.com
Contact:
Steve Kent
asst@studiomao.com
+1 (212) 961-6882
