Toxic Gym Culture Horror ‘Shredded’ From Josh Lawson and Michael Bay Launching at EFM With Protagonist, Logical Pictures and UTA (EXCLUSIVE)
Modern gym culture and self-obsession is getting the horror treatment in the newly announced feature “Shredded.”
The picture, produced by Michael Bay‘s Platinum Dunes (“A Quiet Place, “The Purge”), is being written and directed by Josh Lawson, the actor/director who starred as Kano in “Mortal Kombat” and was Oscar nominated for the live-action short “The Eleven O’Clock.”
Protagonist Pictures will be handling international sales with newly-announced Logical Pictures International co-repping alongside them and UTA will represent U.S. rights. Logical also provides full financing for the film.
“Shredded” is described as offering an “unflinching look at the darker side of modern fitness culture and self-obsession,” and as a “propulsive thrill ride that pushes toxic gym culture to terrifying extremes.”
The film follows Eileen who, reeling from a breakup, enrols in an intense gym class run by a charismatic but deranged coach. When she quits the program, he abducts her and imprisons her in his sadistic training compound, forcing her — and other captives — through punishing, often lethal workouts. As the physical toll mounts, Eileen must outwit the coach’s vicious regimen and turn his obsession with control and perfection against him before it’s too late.
Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Alex Ginno produce for Platinum Dunes, and Jeff Golenberg for Strand Entertainment (“John Leguizamo’s Ghetto Klown,” “Katt Williams Presents: Katthouse Comedy”). Executive Producers include Frédéric Fiore, Ryan Wickers and Andrei Kamarowsky for Logical Pictures Group, alongside Dave Bishop, James Pugh and George Hamilton for Protagonist Pictures, and Troy Lum.
“Platinum Dunes has an extraordinary track record of creating iconic horror, and we’re thrilled to be joining ‘Shredded’ and collaborating with our partners at Protagonist on this exciting new project” said Andrei Kamarowsky, head of international at Logical Pictures Group.
“’Shredded’ is a high concept horror as brutal and unapologetically intense as the ultimate workout from hell,” added Protagonist CEO Bishop. “We’re thrilled to be partnering with Platinum Dunes on this bold and timely white-knuckle ride. Tapping directly into contemporary anxieties around control, self-obsession and self-improvement, ‘Shredded’ is set to put worldwide theatrical audiences through their paces.”
The picture, produced by Michael Bay‘s Platinum Dunes (“A Quiet Place, “The Purge”), is being written and directed by Josh Lawson, the actor/director who starred as Kano in “Mortal Kombat” and was Oscar nominated for the live-action short “The Eleven O’Clock.”
Protagonist Pictures will be handling international sales with newly-announced Logical Pictures International co-repping alongside them and UTA will represent U.S. rights. Logical also provides full financing for the film.
“Shredded” is described as offering an “unflinching look at the darker side of modern fitness culture and self-obsession,” and as a “propulsive thrill ride that pushes toxic gym culture to terrifying extremes.”
The film follows Eileen who, reeling from a breakup, enrols in an intense gym class run by a charismatic but deranged coach. When she quits the program, he abducts her and imprisons her in his sadistic training compound, forcing her — and other captives — through punishing, often lethal workouts. As the physical toll mounts, Eileen must outwit the coach’s vicious regimen and turn his obsession with control and perfection against him before it’s too late.
Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Alex Ginno produce for Platinum Dunes, and Jeff Golenberg for Strand Entertainment (“John Leguizamo’s Ghetto Klown,” “Katt Williams Presents: Katthouse Comedy”). Executive Producers include Frédéric Fiore, Ryan Wickers and Andrei Kamarowsky for Logical Pictures Group, alongside Dave Bishop, James Pugh and George Hamilton for Protagonist Pictures, and Troy Lum.
“Platinum Dunes has an extraordinary track record of creating iconic horror, and we’re thrilled to be joining ‘Shredded’ and collaborating with our partners at Protagonist on this exciting new project” said Andrei Kamarowsky, head of international at Logical Pictures Group.
“’Shredded’ is a high concept horror as brutal and unapologetically intense as the ultimate workout from hell,” added Protagonist CEO Bishop. “We’re thrilled to be partnering with Platinum Dunes on this bold and timely white-knuckle ride. Tapping directly into contemporary anxieties around control, self-obsession and self-improvement, ‘Shredded’ is set to put worldwide theatrical audiences through their paces.”