Palisades Park Pictures Launching Sales Ahead of Toronto Film Festival
Leading global entertainment company Palisades Park Pictures is launching worldwide sales ahead of Toronto on the sci-fi thriller Eyes in the Trees, a reimagining of H.G. Wells’ seminal novel “The Island of Doctor Moreau” for today’s audience, starring two-time Academy Award winner Sir Anthony Hopkins (The Father, Silence of the Lambs). The announcement came today from Tamara Birkemoe, CEO of Palisades Park Pictures. Ashland Hill (The Magic Faraway Tree, The Crow, Sneaks) is coming aboard to finance alongside BGG Capital.
The cast will be led by Golden Globe winner Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Michael Collins, Match Point), Ashley Greene (The Twilight Saga, Bombshell), Thomas Kretschmann (Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, King Kong), and Praya Lundberg (White Lotus, Season 3). Emmy Award winner Timothy Woodward Jr. (“Studio City,” Til Death Do Us Part) will direct from a script by B. Harrison Smith (Where the Scary Things Are), Mike Manning (Son of the South), and Dominic Burns (Airborne).
Eyes in the Trees will be produced by Daemon Hillin (Which Brings Me to You) of Hillin Entertainment, Simon Williams (The Magic Faraway Tree) of Ashland Hill, Artisha Mann-Cooper (Tripped Up) of Artman Cooper Productions, and Mike Manning. Landon B. Gorman of BGG Capital, Joe Simpson, Jonathan Bross, and Tamara Birkemoe will executive produce. Jonathan J. Cooper and Jeremy O’Keefe will co-produce.
Production is set to begin in Thailand later this year.
Eyes in the Trees follows a video journalist and his film crew who embark on a journey into an isolated forest, only to find their excursion turned into a fight for survival for not just themselves, but the entire human race. Vince Henway (Meyers) and his former protégé-turned-ex Channing Arneau (Greene) lead their crew into the heart of Monkey Ko off the coast of Thailand. Also known as “The Island of Death” to the locals, the island holds rumors of forgotten government medical experiments and scientific genetic manipulations lead by Dr. Addis (Hopkins). What they find on the island is beyond their wildest expectations, a product of nightmares. Their search for answers quickly transforms into a fight for survival as they try to thwart Dr. Addis’ plan to “regress mankind,” killing the majority of earth’s human population.
Director Timothy Woodward Jr. added, "Having the opportunity to work closely with the legendary Sir Anthony Hopkins and the rest of this incredible cast is a true honor. It has been deeply inspiring, and I’m genuinely grateful for the experience. I look forward to sharing this film with audiences, knowing it’s being shaped by such remarkable talents in front of and behind the camera."
“Eyes in the Trees is a bold, twisted elevated-genre film with a brilliant ensemble cast, including the incomparable Anthony Hopkins,” said Simon Williams, Ashland Hill’s Managing Partner. “We look forward to introducing global audiences to this chilling and creative reimagining seen through Timothy’s unique vision.”
Palisades Park Pictures’ TIFF slate also includes The Magic Faraway Tree starring Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Nicola Coughlan, Jessica Gunning and Jennifer Saunders, The Jim Henson Company’s live action monster tale Grendel, starring Jeff Bridges, Dave Bautista, Bryan Cranston, Thomasin McKenzie, Sam Elliott and T Bone Burnett, That’s Amore! starring John Travolta, Katherine Heigl and Christopher Walken, written and to be directed by two-time Academy Award winner Nick Vallelonga, and Philip Noyce’s action-adventure Fast Charlie starring Pierce Brosnan, and James Caan in his final on-screen performance.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers is repped by Artists International Group and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner Auerbach Hynick Jaime LeVine Sample & Klein;
Thomas Kretschmann is repped by Independent Artist Group and Myman Greenspan Fox Rosenberg Mobasser Younger & Light; Ashley Greene is repped by The Gersh Agency, Untitled Management and Gang, Tyre, Ramer, Brown & Passman; Praya Lundberg is repped TalentWorks and Artist International Group.
BGG Capital is represented by DLA Piper LLP (US).
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ABOUT HILLIN ENTERTAINMENT
Founded by Daemon Hillin in 2008, Hillin Entertainment is a full-service and multi-faceted production company located in Los Angeles, California, that has quickly garnered a reputation as one of the top independent film production companies in the U.S. and abroad. With a proven track record of producing noteworthy and financially successful films globally, Hillin Entertainment excels in production, packaging, and finance. Our strength in finance is evident through our strategic management of resources and investments, ensuring each project is not only creatively compelling but also financially viable. Our prolific portfolio comprises over 40 successful films, each release reinforcing our growing reputation in the global entertainment landscape.
ABOUT BGG CAPITAL
BGG Capital, LLC (“BGG”) is a privately held boutique investment firm headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with affiliate offices located in New York, New York; Sun Valley, Idaho; and Trondheim, Norway. The firm allocates capital globally to select industries across its credit, real estate, and capital market solutions platforms.
Since its founding in Fall 2019, BGG Capital has participated in the production, financing, and distribution of several motion pictures, including Eyes in the Trees (BGG’s fourth film with Daemon Hillin and Hillin Entertainment, and its second with Ashland Hill); Operation Blood Hunt (also starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, along with Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson); 57 Seconds (based on the short story entitled “Lucifer” by E.C. Tubb, with screenplay by Macon Blair and Rusty Cundieff; and starring Morgan Freeman, Josh Hutcherson, and Lovie Simone; produced by Griff Furst, et al.); Devil’s Peak (based on the book “Where All Light Tends to Go” by David Joy, with screenplay by Robert Knott; directed by Ben Young; and starring Billy Bob Thornton, Robin Wright, Hopper Penn, and Jackie Earle Haley; produced by Griff Furst, et al.); The Tiger Rising (based on the New York Times best-selling book by Kate DiCamillo, with screenplay by Ray Giarratana; directed by Deborah Giarratana; and starring Dennis Quaid, Queen Latifah, Christian Convery, and Madalen Mills); Twist (based on the novel by Charles Dickens and written by John Wrathall and Sally Collett; directed by Michael Owen; and starring Michael Caine, Lena Headey, Rita Ora, and Rafferty Law); and Force of Nature (written by Cory Miller; directed by Michael Polish; and starring Mel Gibson, Kate Bosworth, Emile Hirsch, and David Zayas).
Incubated within a New York-based single-family office, BGG Capital is led by its founder, Landon B. Gorman.
ABOUT ASHLAND HILL
Launched in Spring 2022 by long-standing film financiers and producers Joe Simpson, Simon Williams and Jonathan Bross, Ashland Hill is a specialist film and TV financing company with offices in Santa Monica, London and Tallinn, Estonia. With over $220M invested across 32 deals so far, recent films the company has supported include The Magic Faraway Tree, based on the best-selling book series by beloved children’s author Enid Blyton, written by Simon Farnaby (Wonka, Paddington 2), directed by Ben Gregor (“Britannia,” “Black Ops,” Fatherhood); and starring Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Nicola Coughlan, Jessica Gunning and Jennifer Saunders; Rupert Sanders’ reimagining of The Crow, starring Bill Skarsgård and FKA twigs, and released in theatres by Lionsgate; John Maclean’s Tornado, starring Academy Award nominee Tim Roth; The period drama Harvest, directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari (Attenburg, Chevalier), starring Caleb Landry-Jones, Harry Melling and Rosy McEwen, and set to premiere at the upcoming Venice International Film Festival (World), and the Toronto International Film Festival (North America); The horror-comedy The Scurry, directed by Craig Thomas (Eternal Beauty, The Phantom of the Open) and starring Ella Purnell, Rhys Ifans, Paapa Essiedu and Antonia Thomas; and Philip Noyce’s action thriller Fast Charlie, starring Pierce Brosnan and Academy Award nominee James Caan in his final on-screen performance.
Ashland Hill also backs the independent entertainment company Palisades Park Pictures. Led by CEO Tamara Birkemoe, Palisades Park Pictures is focused on the global distribution, production, and financing of high-level, quality commercial content for a worldwide audience.
Ashland Hill is backed by an alternative investment fund with assets under management of over $3B.
ABOUT PALISADES PARK PICTURES
Palisades Park Pictures is the independent entertainment company focused on the distribution, production, and financing of high-level, quality commercial content for a worldwide audience. Led by CEO Tamara Birkemoe in partnership with Ashland Hill, Palisades Park Pictures is establishing itself as a home for ambitious, exciting storytelling with a global appeal and a one-stop shop for producers and filmmakers, with a robust slate of both in-house and third-party premium content.
Current slate of films include Grendel, adapted from the critically acclaimed novel about the legendary monster at the heart of the Beowulf epic poem, and starring a multi-award winning ensemble cast including Jeff Bridges, Dave Bautista, Bryan Cranston, Sam Elliott and T Bone Burnett; The Magic Faraway Tree, based on the best-selling book series by beloved children’s author Enid Blyton, written by Simon Farnaby (Wonka, Paddington 2), directed by Ben Gregor (“Britannia,” “Black Ops,” Fatherhood); and starring Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Nicola Coughlan, Jessica Gunning and Jennifer Saunders; That’s Amore! starring John Travolta, Katherine Heigl and Christopher Walken, written and to be directed by two-time Academy Award winner Nick Vallelonga (Green Book); Philip Noyce’s action-adventure Fast Charlie starring Pierce Brosnan, Morena Baccarin and Academy Award nominee James Caan in his final on-screen performance; and the action-thriller Duchess, directed by Neil Marshall, starring Charlotte Kirk, Colm Meaney, Sean Pertwee and Stephanie Beacham. Palisades also recently acquired all media rights to a number of premium titles in the VIP Medienfonds Media 8 film library including Patty Jenkins’ Monster, starring Academy Award winner Charlize Theron; Upside of Anger, starring Kevin Costner, Joan Allen, and Evan Rachel Wood; and Barbara Kopple’s action thriller Havoc, starring Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Channing Tatum.
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