FilmRise acquires distribution rights to The Admirer
June 21, 2023
FilmRise, the New York-based film and television studio and streaming network, has acquired the exclusive North American distribution rights to Martin Makariev’s tech-thriller feature The Admirer from Starlings Television in association with Mediawan Rights.
Makariev, whose feature film In the Heart of the Machine served as Bulgaria’s official submission for the 2023 Academy Awards Best International Feature Film, directed the The Admirer co-written by Chris Philip and Rolfe Kanefsky. It is executive produced by Philip, Jeffery Beach, Phillip J. Roth and Richard Maroko, with Tina Casciani and Hannah Nailor as co-EPs.
The film, starring Roxanne McKee, Richard Fleeshman and Tina Casciani, follows a woman searching for answers when her life is hacked by a mysterious person from her past, harboring a dangerous obsession.
The announcement was made by Danny Fisher, CEO, FilmRise.
Fisher state: “This film will have audiences on the edge of their seat – rethinking their computer passwords and security codes! It’s an all too familiar theme of cybersecurity hacks, and one could see this thriller as a cautionary tale for how vulnerable we are as our lives become more consumed by A.I. and tech.”
Philip added: “FilmRise is the perfect partner for this female-driven thriller franchise. It shines a light on the all-too-real possibilities we deal with today and how invisible the perpetrators can be.”