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Percy Hynes White & Jeff Wahlberg Lead Lovers-On-The-Run Thriller ‘Crime Novella’, Roland Emmerich Exec-Producing & First Look Revealed
Percy Hynes White and Jeff Wahlberg will lead Crime Novella, a romance crime-thriller about two lovers fleeing together and confronting the lengths required to preserve their relationship. The film marks writer-director Omar de Soto’s feature debut, with Roland Emmerich serving as executive producer.
The cast also includes Zlatko Burić, Bobby Soto and Ava del Cielo. Shot on 35mm film, production concluded this summer across Albuquerque, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Mexico; producers describe it as a modern, transgressive successor to Badlands and Wild at Heart.
In short
- Percy Hynes White and Jeff Wahlberg headline the lovers-on-the-run thriller.
- Omar de Soto makes his feature directorial debut.
- Roland Emmerich executive-produces the 35mm-shot film.
Explained simply
Omar de Soto is making his first feature film as writer and director with Crime Novella. Percy Hynes White and Jeff Wahlberg play a couple on the run, while the story follows the risks they take to stay together. The cast also includes Zlatko Burić, Bobby Soto and Ava del Cielo.
Roland Emmerich, known as a film director and producer, is an executive producer. The film was shot on 35mm film, a traditional format that uses photographic celluloid. Its makers have compared its style with Badlands and Wild at Heart, earlier films about crime, romance and people living outside the rules.
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