Quiver Acquires Action Thriller ‘Wanted Man’ Directed By & Starring Dolph Lundgren

EXCLUSIVE: Quiver Distribution has picked up North American rights to the action thriller Wanted Man, co-written, directed by and starring Dolph Lundgren, for release in select theaters and on VOD on January 19, 2024.

Also starring Kelsey Grammer (Frasier) and Christina Villa (The Wedding in the Hamptons), the film centers on Johansen (Lundgren), an aging detective whose outdated policing methods have given the department a recent public relations problem. To save his job, he is sent to Mexico to extradite a female witness (Villa) to the murders of two DEA agents. Once there, he finds not only his old opinions challenged, but that bad guys on both sides of the border are now gunning for him and his witness.

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Writing the script with Lundgren was Michael Worth (Killing Cupid). Producers included Craig Baumgarten (Universal Soldier), Lundgren and Emma Krokdal, as well as Jeffrey Greenstein and Jonathan Yunger of Millennium Media. Exec producers for Millennium Media are Avi Lerner, Boaz Davidson, and Trevor Short.

In a statement on the acquisition, Quiver Distribution Co-Presidents Berry Meyerowitz and Jeff Sackman shared, “We have been fans of Dolph from his debuts in A View to a Kill and Rocky IV all the way through to the recent Expendables films. We are thrilled to be working with him on Wanted Man, a personal project that is obviously so close to his heart.”

Added Millennium’s JJ Nugent, “We always enjoy partnering with Dolph and we look forward to continuing our work with Quiver on Wanted Man.”

Larry Greenberg negotiated the deal on behalf of Quiver Distribution, with Greenstein and Nugent on behalf of Millennium Media.

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