Momentum Pictures Snags Rights to ‘Brimstone’

Momentum Pictures just picked up rights to Brimstone, a picture that could prove to be one of 2017’s standout flicks. The film, which features the talents of Dakota Fanning and the chameleon like Guy Pearce, looks like the kind of film to leave viewers white knuckling their theater seats. We’re pumped to see it, and stoked that Momentum has obtained rights.

The picture is in good hands.

Look for Martin Koolhoven’s film to hit VOD in March of 2017.

Get a look at all of the clips to be released thus far:

Here’s some detailed 411 from the official press release:

LOS ANGELES – Oct. 20, 2016 – Momentum Pictures announced today that it has acquired North American rights to the western/thriller BRIMSTONE. The film, which first premiered in September at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival to positive reviews, is written and directed by Martin Koolhoven. It stars Dakota Fanning (Man on Fire), Guy Pearce (L.A. Confidential), Kit Harington (“Game of Thrones”), Carice van Houten (“Game of Thrones”) and Emilia Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides). Momentum Pictures will be releasing BRIMSTONE in theaters and on VOD in March 2017. Momentum Pictures’ Senior Vice President of Content Ian Goggins made the announcement today.

Synopsis: BRIMSTONE tells the story of a frontier woman turn fugitive when she is wrongly accused of a crime she didn’t commit and is hunted by a vengeful preacher.