The Kissing Booth and Euphoria star Jacob Elordi will star with Star Trek and American Horror Story star Zachary Quinto in the road-trip crime thriller He Went That Way, which Mister Smith Entertainment is launching ahead of the virtual Cannes market.

Set in 1964, the movie is based on the strange but true crime story of celebrity animal trainer Dave Pitts and his famous TV chimp, Spanky, centerpiece of the traveling extravaganza The Ice Capades, and his fateful three-day encounter with the serial killer Larry Lee Ranes. Quinto will portray Jim Goodwin, based on Pitts. Elordi will play serial killer Bobby Falls, based on Ranes. The story is inspired by Conrad Hilberry’s book Luke Karamazov and the real-life account from Pitts, the sole survivor of Ranes’ killing spree. Commercials director Jeffrey Darling will make his feature debut from a script by Evan M. Wiener (Monogamy).

The producing team includes Marc Benardout (Sinner), James Harris (Welcome to Raccoon City: Resident Evil) and Mark Lane (47 Meters Down) of Teashop Productions, Hugh Broder (Emoticon;)) and Jeremy Kotin (Blood Stripe). Phil Hunt of Head Gear Films and recently formed Bohemia Media are executive producing. David Garrett’s Mister Smith Entertainment is handling worldwide sales and introducing the project to global buyers ahead of a planned fall start of production in California.

Zippy the chimp, based on Spanky, will be a fusion of a suited character actor and animatronics created by Legacy Effects, which has provided creature design and animatronics for movies including The Shape of Water, Avengers: Infinity War, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Jurassic World.

“He Went That Way is a undoubtedly a journey of curious tensions and bonds between two and at times three interesting characters all on their own path,” Darling said. “A cinematic tale on the road across the U.S. in the early ’60s where people come with a rawness forged from the landscapes they inhabit. It is for our two leads Jacob and Zachary as well as myself, a great opportunity to explore with an improvised sensibility.” Mister Smith Entertainment’s Garrett added: “The screenplay is a heady mix of menacing, funny and emotional and, with Jeffrey’s incomparable visual genius, we anticipate this will be a unique and darkly thrilling road trip experience for audiences around the world.”

The first look image for The Kissing Booth 3 is released. Netflix’s rom-com franchise is debuting its threequel in August 11, and to drive up the hype for the blockbuster, marketing appears to be starting soon. Based on the novels of the same name written by Beth Reekles, The Kissing Booth premiered in 2018; the second installment of the series, The Kissing Booth 2 arrived a couple years later in 2020, which directly springboards what can be expected from its upcoming sequel.

From the looks of it, The Kissing Booth 3 might be stretching out Elle’s conflict that was introduced at the end of the second movie. With the film being primarily set during the summer break allows all the main characters to spend a little bit more time with each other. The Kissing Booth 2 already had Noah separated from the group for the most part of its run as he’s across the country studying at Harvard. He only spent time with Elle and the rest of the characters during his girlfriend’s visit to his school and over at Thanksgiving holiday which wasn’t really a great experience for anyone involved. The question now is if Elle choosing her college school to be the upcoming movie’s core narrative issue or is there more to it?

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Amazon Prime has just presented its long-awaited list with the movie premieres for the 2021 calendar year. It is a list of more than 20 movies covering all genres which includes 2 Hearts. 2 Hearts will be released on February 02.

For two couples the future unfolds in different decades and different places, but a hidden connection will bring them together in a way no one could have predicted.

Added a new poster of “2 Hearts” to our photo gallery. Enjoy it! Also, you can watch a new clip from the movie.

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