EXCLUSIVE: Chad Stahelski‘s 87Eleven Entertainment and Capstone Studios are lining the first film in planned action thriller franchise, Sentinel.
J. Houston Yang is directing based on a story he wrote and a screenplay from Joe Barnathan and Marcus Rinehart, with Capstone and WME Independent launching sales at the Cannes Market. Production’s slated for the fall.
John Wick director Stahelski is producing alongside 87Eleven colleagues Alex Young and Jason Spitz, and Christian Mercuri from Capstone and Marc Goldberg. David Haring and Roman Viaris of Capstone Studios serve as executive producers.
The film is based on a short Yang wrote and directed. He is a filmmaker, editor and action designer who worked as a trailer editor and pitch consultant in Hollywood for over a decade.
Sentinel will follow a blue-collar mechanic who finds himself on the run in an unforgiving wilderness hunted by a killer, a ruthless drone gone rogue, after he witnesses the assassination of his boss. With only an unlikely companion at his side, he has to survive a brutal and uncover the truth.
“We are excited to partner with Capstone Studios to create this new, near-future action franchise,” stated Stahelski and Young of 87Eleven in a statement. “The franchise focuses on elements of the future that have every potential to scare humanity. Houston’s fresh take on our overall concept will intrigue international audiences and leave them craving more.”
87Eleven’s current slate includes development on Amazon MGM pic Highlander with Henry Cavill; Lionsgate’s Karoshi from writer-director Takashi Doscher starring Cynthia Erivo, Teo Yoo and Isabel May, which goes into production next month; and the untitled John Wick spin-off directed by Donnie Yen among others. On the TV front, it is developing Project Nemesis and Scot Harvarth, both at Sony Pictures Television, and John Wick: Under the High Table.
For Capstone, Sentinel comes after it launched worldwide sales on Marriage Material, starring Emma Roberts and Matt Rife, in Cannes.
Yang repped by WME and Redefine Entertainment. Barnathan and Rinehart are repped by Kaplan Perrone Entertainment.
