‘The System’ Sets Starz Premiere Date; ‘Freedom’s Path’ Heading Back To Theaters Via The Forge; Freestyle Acquires ‘Take The Ice’; Lion Heart Lands ‘As Certain As Death’ – Film Briefs
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: After hitting 300 North American theaters via The Avenue last fall, the action thriller The System, starring Tyrese Gibson, Terrence Howard, Jeremy Piven and Lil Yachty, has been set to premiere on Starz on July 1st.
The film will have its linear premiere there at 12:00 p.m. ET on July 6th, also airing that night at 11:30 p.m. ET. Currently being developed into a series by Bryan Lord (Willy’s Wonderland, Blackbird) and his SkullCrusher Films, as well as Gibson and writer-director Dallas Jackson, The System centers on a former marine (Gibson) who is recruited by authorities to go undercover in a notoriously dangerous prison following a drug bust.
After discovering an underground fight ring in the facility, he must fight to stay alive, and to take down the corrupt system.
Lord and Gibson produced the film, with Martin J. Barab, Matthew Helderman, Luke Taylor and Grady Craig exec producing alongside Highland Film Group’s Arianne Fraser, Delphine Perrier, JJ Caruth and Caleb Ward. *** EXCLUSIVE: Freestyle Digital Media has acquired worldwide rights the sports doc Take the Ice, telling the story of world-class female hockey players and their fight for equality in their sport, slating it for release on VOD on July 25.
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