U.K.-based sales and distribution company Blue Finch Films has secured worldwide rights to “Zero,” an action thriller directed by Jean Luc Herbulot, known for his 2021 TIFF Midnight Madness selection “Saloum.”
The film has been selected for Sitges Film Festival’s first wave, with additional festival announcements expected.
“Zero” follows two Americans who awaken in Senegal with explosive devices attached to their bodies and a 10-hour deadline to uncover the reason. Guided by a mysterious voice on the phone, they must complete a series of tasks that inadvertently cause chaos in Dakar. Against a backdrop of growing anti-Western sentiment, the protagonists race against time for survival and redemption.
The screenplay was co-written by Herbulot and Hus Miller, with Miller also producing alongside Paméla Diop, Steven Adams and Gary Dourdan. The cast includes Miller, Cam McHarg, Moran Rosenblatt, Roger Sallah and Dourdan.
Herbulot said: “I have always admired Sergio Leone’s Westerns,...
The film has been selected for Sitges Film Festival’s first wave, with additional festival announcements expected.
“Zero” follows two Americans who awaken in Senegal with explosive devices attached to their bodies and a 10-hour deadline to uncover the reason. Guided by a mysterious voice on the phone, they must complete a series of tasks that inadvertently cause chaos in Dakar. Against a backdrop of growing anti-Western sentiment, the protagonists race against time for survival and redemption.
The screenplay was co-written by Herbulot and Hus Miller, with Miller also producing alongside Paméla Diop, Steven Adams and Gary Dourdan. The cast includes Miller, Cam McHarg, Moran Rosenblatt, Roger Sallah and Dourdan.
Herbulot said: “I have always admired Sergio Leone’s Westerns,...
- 7/23/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
We might be in the mid-August, dog days of summer, but horror season is just around the corner. Spirit Halloween stores have popped up and are open, Pumpkin Spice Latte are back in shops and grocery stores and on Shudder, the 31 days of Halloween have become the 61 days of Halloween
For horror fans it’s never too early for the spooky season and with that comes these movies to check out on Shudder.
Streaming now – What Josiah Saw.
The southern gothic horror movie stars Robert Patrick (The Terminator), Nick Stahl (Sin City), Scott Haze (Child Of God) and Kelli Garner (Lars And The Real Girl)
The film is the third feature from American filmmaker Vincent Grashaw and world premiered to high praise at the 2021 Fantasia Film Festival and went on to win awards at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, Fantaspoa International Fantastic Film Festival, Screamfest, and more.
After two decades,...
For horror fans it’s never too early for the spooky season and with that comes these movies to check out on Shudder.
Streaming now – What Josiah Saw.
The southern gothic horror movie stars Robert Patrick (The Terminator), Nick Stahl (Sin City), Scott Haze (Child Of God) and Kelli Garner (Lars And The Real Girl)
The film is the third feature from American filmmaker Vincent Grashaw and world premiered to high praise at the 2021 Fantasia Film Festival and went on to win awards at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, Fantaspoa International Fantastic Film Festival, Screamfest, and more.
After two decades,...
- 8/17/2022
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Saloum Trailer — Jean Luc Herbulot‘s Saloum (2021) movie trailer has been released by Shudder. The Saloum trailer stars Yann Gael, Evelyne Ily Juhen, Roger Sallah, Mentor Ba, and Bruno Henry. Crew Jean Luc Herbulot wrote the screenplay for Saloum, “from a story by Pamela Diop and Jean Luc Herbulot.” Plot Synopsis Saloum‘s plot synopsis: “Amidst Guinea-Bissau’s [...]
Continue reading: Saloum (2021) Movie Trailer: Mercenaries after a Theft Hide at a Holiday Encampment in Shudder’s Neo-Western...
Continue reading: Saloum (2021) Movie Trailer: Mercenaries after a Theft Hide at a Holiday Encampment in Shudder’s Neo-Western...
- 8/12/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Genre cinema rarely feels as multifaceted as Congolese director Jean Luc Herbulot’s gonzo thriller Saloum, which combines its disparate influences with such abandon that you can’t help but go along for the ride. Propulsively lurching with infectious glee from crime drama to modern-day Western to horror suffused with supernatural elements, this may turn out to be the rare African film that enters the international mainstream, or, at the very least, achieves cult movie status. Appropriately showcased in the Midnight Madness section of the Toronto Film Festival, the feature marks its director-screenwriter and his creative partner, producer Pamela Diop, as talents to ...
- 9/21/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Genre cinema rarely feels as multifaceted as Congolese director Jean Luc Herbulot’s gonzo thriller Saloum, which combines its disparate influences with such abandon that you can’t help but go along for the ride. Propulsively lurching with infectious glee from crime drama to modern-day Western to horror suffused with supernatural elements, this may turn out to be the rare African film that enters the international mainstream, or, at the very least, achieves cult movie status. Appropriately showcased in the Midnight Madness section of the Toronto Film Festival, the feature marks its director-screenwriter and his creative partner, producer Pamela Diop, as talents to ...
- 9/21/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Watch a Clip from Saloum: "U.S. Fantastic Fest Premiere Saloum is a cool and kinetic genre shifting supernatural thriller in which a legendary trio of on-the-run mercenaries carrying a stolen gold bounty and a kidnapped drug lord take refuge in a remote and mystical area of Senegal, where creepy curses and sinister ancestral forces unleash hell on them all.
Uniquely inspired by African-Carribean folklore and mysticism as well as western and action/horror hybrids such as From Dusk Till Dawn and Predator, Saloum was written & directed by acclaimed African filmmaker Jean Luc Herbulot and is the producing debut of Senegal-based filmmaker / entrepreneur Pamela Diop.
Saloum also marks the feature film debut for their new pan African production company Lacme Studios, founded in 2019 by the film’s creative team of Jean Luc Herbulot and Pamela Diop.
Writer/Director: Jean Luc Herbulot (Netflix’s Dealer, Canal + Afrique’s Sakho & Mangane...
Uniquely inspired by African-Carribean folklore and mysticism as well as western and action/horror hybrids such as From Dusk Till Dawn and Predator, Saloum was written & directed by acclaimed African filmmaker Jean Luc Herbulot and is the producing debut of Senegal-based filmmaker / entrepreneur Pamela Diop.
Saloum also marks the feature film debut for their new pan African production company Lacme Studios, founded in 2019 by the film’s creative team of Jean Luc Herbulot and Pamela Diop.
Writer/Director: Jean Luc Herbulot (Netflix’s Dealer, Canal + Afrique’s Sakho & Mangane...
- 9/16/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Revenge is a dish served with considerable style and imagination in “Saloum,” a fast and furious crime-horror-thriller that twists and turns its way around the mangroves, islets and inlets of Senegal’s Sine-Saloum coastal region. Centered on a trio of mercenaries holed up in a strange holiday camp that harbors a diabolical secret, the second feature by Congolese filmmaker Jean Luc Herbulot freely mixes and marries the cinematic languages of spaghetti Westerns, samurai dramas and classic monster movies to tell an exciting and distinctly African story. There’s not much else in Senegalese cinema to compare with “Saloum,” which is bound to be in high demand on the festival circuit and has the sheer entertainment value to enjoy a successful commercial life thereafter.
Part of a small but growing wave of African genre cinema to attract international exposure, “Saloum” marks a winning start to feature production for Lacme Studios, the...
Part of a small but growing wave of African genre cinema to attract international exposure, “Saloum” marks a winning start to feature production for Lacme Studios, the...
- 9/15/2021
- by Richard Kuipers
- Variety Film + TV
Directed by Jean Luc Herbulot and produced by Pamela Diop, Saloum is a Toronto Film Festival’s Midnight Madness selection that premiered this past week. The film weaves together supernatural horror elements with comedy and suspense. All aspects come together to create a unique story about how the cycle of revenge can come back to haunt you.
In 2003, a trio of mercenaries called the Bangui Hyenas are flying to Dakar, Senegal, with millions in gold and a rescued cartel drug lord. Chaka (Yann Gael) is the brains, Rafa (Roger Sallah) is the muscle, and Minuit (Mentor Ba) is the silent but deadly type. In the middle of their flight, there is a sudden hole in the wing, and they must land on the Saloum Delta. Before they begin their walk to civilization, they bury the gold and vow to come back for it.
They reach a mysterious and isolated Baobab camp deep within the Delta.
In 2003, a trio of mercenaries called the Bangui Hyenas are flying to Dakar, Senegal, with millions in gold and a rescued cartel drug lord. Chaka (Yann Gael) is the brains, Rafa (Roger Sallah) is the muscle, and Minuit (Mentor Ba) is the silent but deadly type. In the middle of their flight, there is a sudden hole in the wing, and they must land on the Saloum Delta. Before they begin their walk to civilization, they bury the gold and vow to come back for it.
They reach a mysterious and isolated Baobab camp deep within the Delta.
- 9/14/2021
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Three mercenaries on the run with a plane full of gold and a dark secret in their past are the starting point for Jean Luc Herbulot’s Senegalese genre-bender “Saloum,” which has its world premiere in the Midnight Madness section of the Toronto Film Festival.
The film centers on the Bangui Hyenas, a mythic trio of mercenaries whose plane is shot down as they’re fleeing a coup in Guinea-Bissau. Transporting a bounty of stolen gold and a kidnapped drug lord, they’re forced to take refuge in a remote and mystical region of Senegal.
But as they lay low in the Saloum Delta waiting to repair and refuel their plane, a mysterious secret from the past emerges, unleashing dark ancestral forces that threaten to consume them all.
“Saloum” is the first production from Lacme Studios, a Dakar-based production company that Herbulot and co-founder Pamela Diop hope will reshape narratives...
The film centers on the Bangui Hyenas, a mythic trio of mercenaries whose plane is shot down as they’re fleeing a coup in Guinea-Bissau. Transporting a bounty of stolen gold and a kidnapped drug lord, they’re forced to take refuge in a remote and mystical region of Senegal.
But as they lay low in the Saloum Delta waiting to repair and refuel their plane, a mysterious secret from the past emerges, unleashing dark ancestral forces that threaten to consume them all.
“Saloum” is the first production from Lacme Studios, a Dakar-based production company that Herbulot and co-founder Pamela Diop hope will reshape narratives...
- 9/11/2021
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Film marks first production from Pamela Diop’s pan-African Lacme Studios.
Paris-based Elle Driver has acquired worldwide rights to Senegalese supernatural thriller Saloum ahead of its world premiere in the Midnight Madness strand of the Toronto International Film Festival’s (TIFF).
Congolese filmmaker Jean Luc Herbulot, who made the Canal + and Netflix crime series Sakho & Mangane, wrote and directed the story about a notorious trio of mercenaries on the run during the 2003 coup in Guinea Bissau.
When the soldiers of fortune arrive in the Sine-Saloum Delta region of Senegal with stolen gold and a kidnapped drug lord in tow they...
Paris-based Elle Driver has acquired worldwide rights to Senegalese supernatural thriller Saloum ahead of its world premiere in the Midnight Madness strand of the Toronto International Film Festival’s (TIFF).
Congolese filmmaker Jean Luc Herbulot, who made the Canal + and Netflix crime series Sakho & Mangane, wrote and directed the story about a notorious trio of mercenaries on the run during the 2003 coup in Guinea Bissau.
When the soldiers of fortune arrive in the Sine-Saloum Delta region of Senegal with stolen gold and a kidnapped drug lord in tow they...
- 9/7/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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