STX locks worldwide deal for Brad Peyton thriller, Black Hole

STXfilms, a division of STX Entertainment, has taken worldwide rights to Brad Peyton’s epic action thriller Black Hole, it was jointly announced today by Adam Fogelson, Chairman of STXfilms, Peyton and producer Bill Block. STXinternational will introduce Black Hole to distributors in Berlin this week. The company announced earlier this week that it was also introducing Baltasar Kormakur’s unforgettable true film about survival at sea Adrift at the EFM.


Peyton, the filmmaker who brought audiences the $474 million international smash hit San Andreas, will direct the action thriller from a script he wrote with Philip Gawthorne. Peyton will produce through his ASAP Entertainment banner, along with producing partner Jeff Fierson. Bill Block (Bad Moms, Fury, District 9) will produce and co-finance through his Billblock Media company. Production is expected to begin in early 2018. STXfilms is co-financing the production within the company’s fiscal parameters and business model.


In the film, a black hole enters our solar system setting off natural disasters on an unprecedented scale. As cities are assaulted by gigantic meteorites, continents devastated by super-volcanos and the Earth’s shifting axis triggers a cataclysmic second Ice Age, a team of scientists, soldiers and astronauts must work together to save the planet from imminent global annihilation.


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