Heist Thriller ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ Acquired by Neon Out of Toronto
thewrap.comNeon has acquired the North American rights to “How to Blow Up a Pipeline,” a heist thriller that made its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this week and was being sought by multiple studios.
The film from Daniel Goldhaber played in the Platform section of TIFF and is one of the first major acquisitions from the festival.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” follows a crew of young environmental activists who execute a daring mission to sabotage an oil pipeline in a taut and timely thriller that is part high-stakes heist, part radical exploration of direct action as climate activism.The film stars Ariela Barer (“Runaways,” “Atypical”) alongside Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Forrest Goodluck, Sasha Lane, Jayme Lawson, Marcus Scribner, Jake Weary, Irene Bedard and Olive Jane Lorraine.
Goldhaber co-wrote the script with Jordan Sjol, and Goldhaber also produced. “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” was written, cast, financed, and prepped in only seven months with Lyrical Media and Spacemaker financing.
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