Arclight Films has picked up North American rights at AFM to the action thriller from Crimson Forest Films and Hanover House starring Brandon Routh and Zhang Yuqi.

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Arclight plans a December 1 VOD launch followed by DVD & Blu Ray on January 10.

The $10m film shot at Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios and follows a group of transatlantic air passengers who end up on an island that contains a deadly secret. Vincent Zhous wrote and directed.

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  • Focus Features have moved up the nationwide release of Charlize Theron and James McAvoy action thriller The Coldest City from August 11, 2017, to July 28, 2017.
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