A few months ago, we heard that Saban Films had picked up the rights to distribute the thriller The Aviary in multiple territories. Now we know how they’re going to handle the film’s release in North America: they’re bringing The Aviary to theatres, digital, and VOD on April 29th. A trailer for the film has also been unveiled, and you can check that out in the embed above.
Written and directed by first-time filmmakers Chris Cullari and Jennifer Raite, The Aviary follows
the twisted journey of two women’s desperate flee to escape the clutches of Skylight, an insidious cult. Lured in by the promise of “freedom” in the isolated desert campus called “The Aviary”, Jillian (Akerman) and Blair (Izzo) join forces to escape in hopes of real freedom. Consumed by fear and paranoia, they can’t shake the feeling that they are being followed by the cult’s leader, Seth (Messina), a man as seductive as he is controlling. The more distance the pair gains from the cult, the more Seth holds control of their minds. With supplies dwindling and their senses failing, Jillian and Blair are faced with a horrifying question: how do you run from an enemy who lives inside your head?
Malin Akerman (The Final Girls) and Lorenza Izzo (The Green Inferno) star in the film alongside Chris Messina (I Care a Lot) and Sandrine Holt (Sorry for Your Loss).
The Aviary was produced by Pacesetter Productions’ Jessica Rhoades and Andrew Miller, and CatchLight Studios’ Marcei Brown and Jeanette Volturno. Akerman, Cullari, and Raite serve as executive producers alongside Stagecoach Entertainment’s Steve Smith and Evan Lewis, Catchlight Studios’ Jessica Malanaphy and Jason Clark, and Saban Films’ Bill Bromiley, Shanan Becker, Jonathan Saba, and Ness Saban. Pacesetter’s Rachel Polan is co-executive producer, as are Huey Park and The Forest Road Company.
Bromiley said The Aviary is a “nail-biting” thriller that will “absolutely get under audiences’ skin'”. Hopefully he’s right, because judging by the trailer it looks like a lot of the running time is going to be taken up by shots of Akerman and Izzo wandering through the desert. The leads are enough to sell me on watching this movie, I’m just hoping there’s going to be more action than walking.
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