Kushner-Locke acquires worldwide distribution rights to $10 million "Basil"
BusinessWire, Thursday, October 31, 1996 at 08:18
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 31, 1996--
Christian Slater set to star in romantic mystery
The Kushner-Locke Co. (NASDAQ/NNM:KLOC) has acquired worldwide
distribution rights to "Basil," a $10 million budgeted theatrical
feature based on Wilke Collins' gothic suspense novel, in which
Christian Slater has been set to star, it was announced Thursday by
Kushner-Locke co-chairmen Peter Locke and Donald Kushner.
Kushner-Locke began licensing the film at the MIFED Film Market,
Oct. 27-Nov. 1.
"Basil," a Victorian era romantic mystery, is being adapted for
the screen and directed by Radha Bharadwaj ("Closet Land"), and is
set to begin principal photography on European locations in
February, with Slater and Bharadwaj producing.
Slater, who co-starred with John Travolta in the action hit
"Broken Arrow," plays an aristocratic young man in Victorian England
who falls in love with and then secretly marries a mysterious,
sensuous woman from a working class family. Following the breakup
of his marriage, disowned by his authoritarian father and cast into
the streets of London, he finds himself in great danger and in the
center of a chilling plot of revenge against his estranged family.
Slater also co-starred with Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt in
"Interview with the Vampire," with Kevin Costner in "Robin Hood:
Prince of Thieves," with Patricia Arquette in "True Romance," with
Winona Ryder in "Heathers," and with Kevin Bacon in "Murder in the
First."
Bharadwaj wrote and directed her critically acclaimed
debut film, "Closet Land," starring Alan Rickman and Madeleine
Stowe, for Imagine Entertainment. "Closet Land" screened in The
Toronto Film Festival, San Sebastian International Festival, where
it won the Human Rights and Youth Jury Awards, the Stockholm Film
Festival and other festivals worldwide.
"We believe `Basil' is an excellent complement to our theatrical
feature lineup," stated Peter Locke, "and very much in keeping with
Kushner-Locke's plan to increase its handling of quality films with
important casts." The company also recently acquired the worldwide
distribution rights to "The Last Time I Committed Suicide" with
Keanu Reeves.
The Kushner-Locke Co. is a leading independent entertainment
company primarily engaged in the development, production and
distribution of television programming and the development and
production of feature films for theatrical release to home video and
cable.
CONTACT: Kusher-Locke Co., Los Angeles
Donald Kushner, 310/445-1111
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