Blue Harbor Entertainment Acquires ‘Trim Season’ for U.S. Release (EXCLUSIVE)

Blue Harbor Entertainment has acquired the horror/thriller film “Trim Season” for U.S. release, with plans to debut in theaters and on VOD in June.

The cast includes Bethlehem Million, Jane Badler, Alexandra Essoe, Bex-Taylor Klaus and Ally Ioannides.

The film’s description reads, “Emma, jobless and searching for purpose, joins a group of twenty-somethings from Los Angeles and heads up the coast to make quick cash trimming marijuana on a secluded farm in Northern California. Cut off from the rest of the world, they soon realize that the estate is harboring darker secrets than any of them could imagine, and it becomes a race against time for Emma and her friends to escape the dense woods with their lives.”

Vida has also directed the 2022 film “Vide Noir.” Additionally, she is an award-winning producer and production designer, with her work spanning short films, music videos and features. Her contributions to music videos have earned her several awards; prominent artists she has worked with include Lord Huron and Childish Gambino.

Million has previously appeared in the Peacock original film “Sick.” Badler starred in the 1980s sci-fi series “V” as Diana. She subsequently appeared in the sequel miniseries “V: The Final Battle,” “V: The Series” and the 2009 remake series.

Vida said of the acquisition, “I’m thrilled that Blue Harbor is bringing this team’s work to audiences, whom I hope resonate with our film’s themes of power, agency, friendship, and loss — as well as the stylized lens through which we sought to paint both the horrifying and the heartrending.”

Aaron B. Koontz of Paper Street Pictures and Sean E. DeMott of Execution Style Entertainment are producers of “Trim Season.” Paul Holbrook of Hlbrk Ent. produces in addition to Badler on behalf of MeJane Productions. Leal Naim executive produces while Cameron Burns co-produces.

Koontz negotiated the deal.

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