Lionsgatehas pushed the release date forMel Gibsons anticipated suspense thrillerFlight Risk, starringMark Wahlberg, Topher Grace and Michelle Dockery, to 2025, the studio announced on Friday afternoon.
The film will now open wide on January 24, 2025, contending in its opening weekend with only the Disney-inspired indie horror comedyScreamboatand IFC Films thrillerInheritancestarring Phoebe Dynevor and Rhys Ifans.
The films previous frame of October 18, 2024 was a good deal busier Paramount Pictures horror picSmile 2, Neons Palme dOr winnerAnorafrom Sean Baker and Roadside Attractions dramaExhibiting Forgivenessbeing among the titles set to open then.
Mark Wahlberg in ‘Flight Risk’Lionsgate
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Based on the 2020 Black List script by Jared Rosenberg,Flight Riskfollows a pilot (Wahlberg) transporting an Air Marshal (Dockery), whos been tasked with accompanying a fugitive (Grace) to trial.
As the trio crosses the Alaskan wilderness, tensions soar and trust is tested, as not everyone on board is who they seem.
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The project marks Gibsons first outing behind the camera since the Academy Award-nominated war dramaHacksaw Ridgefor the same studio.
Davis Entertainment produced alongside Gibson and Bruce Davey through their Icon Productions, as well as Alex Lebovicis Hammerstone Studios.
Coming off of the release of its reboot ofThe Crow, crime comedyGreedy People, heist thriller1992and mental health dramaContinue, Lionsgate will next open its Dave Bautista action comedyThe Killers Gameon September 13.
The rest of the year will also see the studio release horror picsBagman &Never Let Go(September 20), thrillerAmber Alert(September 27) starring Hayden Panetierre and Tyler James Williams, Francis Ford CoppolasMegalopolis(September 27), the period dramaWhite Bird(October 4), and holiday family comedyThe Best Christmas Pageant Ever(November 8).
