Stefan Ruzowitzky is directing the crime thriller Ice Fall while Arclight begins sales at AFM

Stefan Ruzowitzky (The FakersNetflix series Barbarians) will direct the thriller Ice trapProduced by Arclight Films and Addam Bramich.

Arclight handles international rights and has begun selling to the US film market. UTA Independent Film Group will handle domestic rights.

Production will begin in early 2024 and casting will take place soon.

The film was written by George Mahaffey (forthcoming). Head of the station with Olga Kurylenko and Aaron Eckhart). It centers on a young local game warden who arrests a notorious poacher and discovers that the poacher knows the location of a plane carrying millions of dollars that crashed into a frozen lake. When a group of criminals and dirty cops are alerted to the poacher’s whereabouts, the guard and the poacher team up to fight back and escape across the treacherous lake before the ice melts.

“Ice trap promises to be a nerve-racking crime thriller Wind flow meet A simple plan. Our director Stefan Ruzowitzky’s vision is exciting and captivating, full of excitement and intrigue! We can’t wait to bring it to life,” said Gary Hamilton, president of Arclight Films.

“From the first time I saw it The FakersI knew Stefan was a director I wanted to work with. Throughout his work, he was always a visionary director. Having recently worked with the likes of Charlie Hunnam, Kate Mara, Stanley Tucci and Olivia Wilde, we are confident that by collaborating with UTA we will attract a similar line-up that the market will respond to,” said Bramich.

by Ruzowitzky The Fakers won the 2008 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Additional credits include The heirs, Cause of death with Eric Bana and Olivia Wilde, Patient zero With Natalie Dormer, Stanley Tucci and Matt Smith.

The current list of Arclight films includes murder starring Viggo Mortensen, Al Pacino, Shia LaBeouf and John Travolta, written by David Mamet and directed by Barry Levinson; Renny Harlin’s epic survival thriller Deep water; the comedy Arthur’s whiskey with Oscar winner Diane Keaton, Patricia Hodge and legendary Scottish singer/actress Lulu; the biographical crime novel Miranda’s victim with Abigail Breslin, Luke Wilson, Andy Garcia, Ryan Phillippe, Kyle MacLachlan and Donald Sutherland; the Sundance title Wonderland starring Scoot McNairy and Emilia Jones and produced by Sofia Coppola; and the horror thriller What remains of us starring Kit Harington.