{"id":545534,"date":"2023-01-30T20:32:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T17:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/boulderlight-production-banner-behind-horror-hit-barbarian-signs-first-look-deal-with-new-line-exclusive\/"},"modified":"2023-01-30T20:32:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T17:32:40","slug":"boulderlight-production-banner-behind-horror-hit-barbarian-signs-first-look-deal-with-new-line-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/boulderlight-production-banner-behind-horror-hit-barbarian-signs-first-look-deal-with-new-line-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"#BoulderLight, Production Banner Behind Horror Hit \u2018Barbarian,\u2019 Signs First-Look Deal with New Line (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d41c2e39a2\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d41c2e39a2\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/boulderlight-production-banner-behind-horror-hit-barbarian-signs-first-look-deal-with-new-line-exclusive\/#BoulderLight_Production_Banner_Behind_Horror_Hit_%E2%80%98Barbarian_Signs_First-Look_Deal_with_New_Line_Exclusive\" >BoulderLight, Production Banner Behind Horror Hit \u2018Barbarian,\u2019 Signs First-Look Deal with New Line (Exclusive)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"BoulderLight_Production_Banner_Behind_Horror_Hit_%E2%80%98Barbarian_Signs_First-Look_Deal_with_New_Line_Exclusive\"><\/span>BoulderLight, Production Banner Behind Horror Hit \u2018Barbarian,\u2019 Signs First-Look Deal with New Line (Exclusive)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    BoulderLight Pictures, the prolific and under-the-radar genre production banner behind last year\u2019s surprise hit, <em>Barbarian<\/em>, has signed a first-look deal with New Line Cinema.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The pact occurs on the heels of a milestone deal with New Line and <em>Barbarian\u2019s<\/em> filmmaker, Zach Cregger, for a new feature project that reunites that movie\u2019s team, including BoulderLight. That deal, inked last week, sees Cregger making his follow-up, titled <em>Weapons<\/em>, with a fast-tracked shoot to begin in July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The first-look deal is part of the Cinderella story involving BoulderLight\u2019s two-founders, J.D. Lifshitz, 30, and Raphael Margules, 31. The two men met in Hebrew school and bonded over their love of horror (Lifshitz was an avid reader of <em>Fangoria<\/em> and saw <em>Scream 3<\/em> in theaters at the age of seven). After taking a year in study in Israel, the pair hit the road to Hollywood. Founding BoulderLight in 2012, their first movie was a 2013 horror movie titled <em>Contracted<\/em>, which had a budget of around $50,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Since then, the pair have produced around two <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> a year, almost 20 in the past decade, each of them in the horror, sci-fi and action sphere. All of them were ultra low-budget, most little-seen, although some garnered critical acclaim such as 2021\u2019s four-time Independent Spirit Award nominee <em>Wild Indian<\/em>. Then came <em>Barbarian<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Thanks to its unorthodox structure and characters, Cregger\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a> was rejected by every company in town. Everyone except BoulderLight, that is. \u201cIt\u2019s a weird movie on paper, but it\u2019s never not funny, scary, thrilling, entertaining,\u201d Margules told <em>Vulture<\/em> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/2022\/10\/no-one-in-hollywood-wanted-to-make-barbarian.html\">last year<\/a>. \u201cThe very reasons people passed on it is why we wanted to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    With financing coming and going and coming back in dramatic fashion, the movie was made for $4.5 million, opened at No. 1 on its opening weekend in September and grossed over $40 million domestically. The company, under mentorship from Roy Lee of Vertigo Entertainment, now found itself in the spotlight and on Hollywood\u2019s radar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Under the first-look, the plan is for BoulderLight to work on high-concept, filmmaker-driven genre stories for New Line. While budgets for these stories were not disclosed, it\u2019s safe to say they won\u2019t be $50,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cJ.D. and Rafi share a passion for cinema that puts the audience first,\u201d said New Line president and chief creative officer Richard Brener. \u201cThey have a proven ability to identify and champion stories and filmmakers that transcend genre, and no one works harder or faster as evidenced by the fact they set up a go movie with us before even moving into their offices.\u00a0 We couldn\u2019t be more excited to partner with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    On a certain level, having a deal at New Line is a dream come true for the duo. As horror aficionados know, New Line was built on scary movies, starting with the Freddy Krueger-fronted <em>Nightmare on Elm Street<\/em> in the 1980s. In recent times, the Warner Bros. division has maintained it industry leader status by having six of the top ten horror films of all time, including the top horror film of all time (<em>It, <\/em>with\u00a0$705 million worldwide) and the top horror franchise in history (<em>The Conjuring<\/em>\u00a0universe with more than $2 billion worldwide and counting).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cWe have long referenced New Line Cinema as the gold standard of genre entertainment and are incredibly grateful to be moving into the \u2018House that Freddy Built.&#8217;\u201d said Lifshitz and Margules in a joint statement. \u201cIt is truly a dream come true to get to work alongside so many people we genuinely admire, and we are elated to help continue the New Line legacy and remind people why they love going to the movies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Jack Whigham at Range <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Partners advised on the deal, which was negotiated by Benjamin Rubinfeld and Dean Bahat of law firm Ziffren Brittenham.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n!function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\nif (f.fbq) return;\nn = f.fbq = function() {n.callMethod ? n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);};\nif (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\nn.push = n;\nn.loaded = !0;\nn.version = '2.0';\nn.queue = [];\nt = b.createElement(e);\nt.async = !0;\nt.src = v;\ns = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n}(window, document, 'script', 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '352999048212581');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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