7/17/2023 0 Comments The shut in trailerHe is not afraid of making people uncomfortable. Sonnier’s brand has always been hard R-rated material with deeper messages and themes. And it's not my aesthetic - it's not my brand, anyway. And that is such a neutered way of making movies. ![]() ![]() And it’s just so typical Hollywood, because they're trying to appeal to everyone and offend no one. … At one point there was even an evil dog put in the script. All the really icky, dangerous stuff in the movie, like kids (in) danger or a a sexual predator in the house, got removed. All of the stuff about Nana's apple butter. So at one point, everything – all of the religious iconography - got removed. In an exclusive interview with, Sonnier described how hard it was to bring a movie like “Shut In” to the big screen in today’s Hollywood: He is the producer of “Shut In,” as well as “Run Hide Fight,” “Bone Tomahawk” (starring Kurt Russel and Patrick Wilson), “Brawl in Cell Block 99” (starring Vince Vaughn) and “Dragged Across Concrete” (starring Vince Vaughn and Mel Gibson). “We’re not making ‘Christmas Romance in the Rockies’ or ‘Hillary’s Hard Drive Part III,’” he told Axios. Jeremy Boering, CEO of the Wire has insisted that he and his team are not interested in making explicitly religious or political movies but rather movies that resonate with the values of their audience in ways that mainstream Hollywood is increasingly reluctant to make. It has already bought and distributed the Bonfire Legend-produced “Run Hide Fight” and produced a handful of comedy specials by Adam Carolla under the umbrella of “Truth Yeller,” but this is its first “Daily Wire Original” feature film. This is part of The Daily Wire’s overall push to diversify its platform from the political commentary that has made it a $100 million company. “Shut In” is produced in collaboration with Dallas Sonnier’s Bonfire Legend production company. You could say the context of the film is more important than the film itself. Hollywood has known this forever and wielded the power of story like a weapon. Stories express values, and values shape culture. “This film is going to be the first step in producing content that you are going to love,” said Ben Shapiro, editor emeritus of The Daily Wire and host of “The Ben Shapiro Show.” “It reflects your values rather than the values of Hollywood. “Shut In” is a solid home invasion horror film that seamlessly integrates faith with its claustrophobic thrills - and “solid” is exactly the bar it needed to clear to be a potential game changer for entertainment produced by religious conservatives for religious conservatives.Ĭonservatives - religious and otherwise - have long railed against a perceived anti-conservative and anti-religious bias in mainstream entertainment. ![]() After a period of stasis the option expired and Sonnier took it over to The Daily Wire, marking their third collaboration.(REVIEW) In a push to create a conservative alternative to Hollywood, the conservative news outlet The Daily Wire produced its first film, premiering Feb. ![]() The movie was initially set up at New Line with Jason Bateman aboard to direct. SHUT IN first came to attention as a touted 2019 Black List script, also topping the BloodList in the same year. Producers are Dallas Sonnier (Bone Tomahawk) and Amanda Presmyk (Run Hide Fight) of Bonfire Legend, who acquired the film’s script in 2018 from screenwriter Melanie Toast. Caruso filmed the movie around Nashville and Watertown, Tennessee. SHUT IN centers on a young single mother (Qualley) who is held captive along with her two children by a violent ex as she plots their escape before it’s too late. SHUT IN is being directed by DJ Caruso ( Disturbia, xXx: The Return Of Xander Cage), and according to Deadline, Voltage Pictures is handling international sales on the project. This is one of the first films the company has funded, and it has plans to do other films, including Terror On The Prairie starring Gina Carano. SHUT IN is a thriller/horror film starring Rainey Qualley and Vincent Gallo and funded by media outlet The Daily Wire.
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