E1 nabs clutch of Senator films
Pics include 'Unthinkable,' 'Informers'
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It has acquired Canadian and British rights to "Unthinkable," directed by Gregor Jordan, starring Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Sheen and Carrie-Ann Moss. Pic is a thriller about a black-ops interrogator and an FBI agent hunting for three nuclear weapons set to detonate in the U.S.
Distrib took Canadian rights to four pics.
Jordan's "The Informers," top-lining Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke and Winona Ryder, opens in the U.S. on Friday. Pic concerns a group of disparate characters in 1980s L.A., including a rock star and a vampire.
"All the Boys Love Mandy Lane," directed by Jonathan Levin, with Amber Heard, Michael Welch and Anson Mount, is about high-school kids at a secluded ranch party. It's set for a July release.
"The Greatest," written and directed by Shana Feste, stars Pierce Brosnan and Susan Sarandon as a couple who learn their son's girlfriend is pregnant after he dies in a car crash. Pic will be released next spring.
"Clocktower" is an adaptation of the Capcom video game directed by Martin Weisz.
Deal was negotiated by Marco Weber from Senator and Patrice Theroux and Lara Thompson for E1.
