Film Mode Entertainment (FME) announces the launch of psychological thriller, Past Life, starring Emmy and Golden Globe-award winning Actor and Comedian Jeremy Piven (Entourage), William Moseley (The Chronicles of Narnia, The Royals), Tim McInnerny (Notting Hill, Gladiator 2, One Day) and pop star/actress, Pixie Lott. FME has taken on global sales rights. Production on Past Life will start in February 2025 in Manchester (UK).
Simeon Halligan, head of Grimmfest, Manchester’s International Festival of Fantastic Film, will direct. Halligan, a Royal College or Art graduate, previous feature directing credits includes The Blood Lands and Habit. Past Life was written by Halligan, Dean Lines and Ray Bogdanovich (Hounded, The Banishing).
“We are thrilled to be working with the incredible Past Life team, and to have launched the film to the global marketplace at AFM,” said Clay Epstein, President of Film Mode Entertainment. “The immense talent in front of and behind the camera, along with a captivating and gripping story will have audiences on the edge of their seats from start to finish.”
Past Life follows Jason Frey (Moseley), an investigative reporter who reluctantly agrees to attend a hypnotism event with his pregnant wife Claira (Lott). Under hypnosis, Jason witnesses a murder through the eyes of a psychotic killer. Haunted by what he has seen, Jason partners with the hypnotist (Piven) to use ‘past life regression’ techniques to investigate a series of unsolved murders from the 1980s while unwittingly reawakening a psychotic killer’s tendencies.
The film is produced by Rachel Richardson-Jones of Grimmfest Films (The Blood Lands), Pierre Romain of Worldwide Entertainment and Media (Son of the South), and Michael Laundon of M2 MediaPost (Endless) and executive producers Michael Bassick (Hacksaw Ridge) and Clay Epstein. The film is financed through a combination of private equity, a sales MG and the recently increased UK Film tax credit, with support from Manchester film studio, The Vectar Project.
“Past Life is an exciting psychological thriller that combines the rush of ’80s thrillers like DePalma’s Blow Out, with the conceptual complexity of movies like Nolan’s Memento. I can’t wait to share this twisty-turny mind-bender with audiences,” Halligan said.
Richardson-Jones added: “We are so excited that Jeremy, William, Pixie and Tim will be joining us for Past Life. It’s a testament to the quality of the screenplay that such wonderful acting talent is drawn to the piece, and we know their involvement will make Past Life something very special.”
Multi million dollar selling BritPop band, James, are in place to produce the score. James are a multiple-award winning English rock band from Manchester, with four top-10 hits on the UK Singles Chart and nine top-10 placings on the UK Albums Chart. The band’s best-known singles include Come Home, Sit Down, She’s a Star and Laid.
A household name for his 2x Golden Globe and 3x Emmy Award-winning performance playing the fast-talking, acerbic Hollywood agent ‘Ari Gold’ in the HBO series Entourage, actor, comedian, and podcast host Jeremy Piven also achieved significant success playing the title role in the British/PBS television drama series Mr Selfridge, the semi-fictional story based on the life of Harry Selfridge, who founded the London department store Selfridges. Piven has also appeared in numerous successful films, including Grosse Pointe Blank, Singles, Very Bad Things, The Family Man, Black Hawk Down, The Kingdom, Heat, PCU, Old School, Rock N Rolla, Serendipity, Smokin’ Aces, and Runaway Jury.
Piven appears as Joel Lapchick, the man responsible for helping Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton break the color barrier in the NBA in 1950 in the movieSweetwater, which dropped on Angel Studios on September 26th, soon to be available VOD. His next film, The Performance, is an adaptation of an Arthur Miller work due out in theaters at the end of 2024.
He was recently seen in the feature film Last Call opposite Oscar winner Bruce Dern and Orange is the New Black star Taryn Manning. Other recent and upcoming films include American Night opposite Oscar nominee Emile Hirsch, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, which screened at the Venice Film Festival, period drama film The Walk opposite Justin Chatwin and Oscar nominee Terrence Howard, and The System which teamed him up again with Terrence Howard and Tyrese Gibson.
Piven also released the popular podcast “How U Livin’ J Piven,” where he interviewed influential guests such as Jamie Foxx, Tiffany Haddish, Common, Mark Cuban and UFC stars Rashad Evans and Jorge Masvidal, in an intimate and in depth format that showcased his dynamic personality in a never-before-seen way. The show is available wherever you get your podcasts.
Piven now tours the country with his successful stand-up comedy show, flexing a comedic muscle that few actors have been able to transition over to. The tour will see him across the entire continental U.S. and also take him internationally to the U.K. and beyond. He is repped by IAM, 3Arts and Felker Toczek Suddleson McGinnis Ryan LLP.
Nurturing an impressive body of work that encompasses film and television, William Moseley has positioned himself as one of Hollywood’s most promising talents as his career continues to evolve with exciting and challenging projects.
William Moseley is currently in production for Hallmark Media’s “Once Upon A Royal Summer.” Most recently, he starred as the lead in Derek Estlin Purvis’ action feature “The Ballad of Davy Crockett” and “Savage Lands.” In the same year, Wiliam played the lead role of ‘Graham Savoy’ in the Crown Media feature “Christmas In Notting Hill” as well as “Muder Company” alongside Kelsey Grammer. Moseley also played the role of ‘Jake’ opposite Michele Morrone in Steffen Jacker and Alexander Kiesl’s sci-fi feature “Home Sweet Home Rebirth.”
In 2022, William starred in Romuald Boulanger’s feature film “On the Line” opposite Mel Gibson, and the Amazon Prime feature film “Raven’s Hollow” alongside Kate Dickie. Moseley can be seen in the independent film, “Saving Paradise,” in which he stars as a ruthless corporate raider forced to reexamine his past, as well as Petr Jakl’s “Medieval” opposite Ben Foster and Michael Caine. He also recently starred in Zackary Adler’s action drama “The Courier” opposite Gary Oldman, which chronicles the harrowing journey of a delivery woman who discovers a package she’s transporting is actually a bomb.
William previously starred on the hit television series, “The Royals.” The show was E! Entertainment Network’s first scripted series and was one of the highest rated cable debuts of 2015, receiving critical acclaim and record social numbers.
He is best known for his role as Peter Pevensie in “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.” He reprised his role of Peter in the 2008 sequel “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” and later in 2010 in “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.” Other credits include feature films “In Like Flynn,” “Carrie Pilby,” opposite Bel Powley, “The Silent Mountain,” and on television, the feature, “My Sweet Audrina.” William Moseley is repped by Independent Artist Group (IAG), Untitled Entertainment (US), Creative Artists Management (UK) and Ginsburg, Daniels, and Kallis.
Tim McInnerny’s many films include Wetherby, Notting Hill, Eddie the Eagle, Peterloo and the much-anticipated Gladiator 2. His television work ranges from Blackadder to award-winning dramas such as The Line Of Beauty, The Serpent, Game of Thrones and, most recently, Ten Per Cent
and One Day. On stage he has played leading roles at the National Theatre, The Royal Shakespeare Company and in The West End. He is repped by Saskia Mulder at The Artists Partnership.
Since selling 1.6 million copies of her 2009 debut album Turn It Up, Pixie Lott recently released her new album Encino, has notched up three UK No.1 tracks, sold in excess of four million singles, secured four BRIT nominations, judged The Voice Kids (coaching four winners to victory!) and is also an accomplished actress. She has starred in McDonald And Dodds (ITV), Made In Dagenham (Palladium), Breakfast at Tiffany’s (West End) and stars in the forthcoming Christmas Karma (True Brit). Pixie is Represented by Jonathan Arun Group (JAG), Ascend Artist Representation and Halestorm PR & Management.
Film Mode Entertainment is represented by Lon Haber & Co.
