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A festival favorite film is now headed to theaters.<\/p>\n
\u201cOrion,\u201d a sci-fi thriller starring Andrew McCarthy (\u201cPretty in Pink,\u201d \u201cSt. Elmo\u2019s Fire\u201d), Drew Van Acker (\u201cPretty Little Liars,\u201d \u201cTitans\u201d) and Debby Ryan (\u201cJessie,\u201d \u201cInsatiable\u201d), has been acquired by Blue Harbor Entertainment and will have a U.S. theatrical run in the fall. Jaco Bouwer (\u201cGaia\u201d) directed the film from a script by first-time writer Anne Vithayathil.<\/p>\n
More from Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n Per the official synopsis, \u201c\u2018Orion\u2019 follows a high-stakes psychological chess match between a NASA interrogator (McCarthy) and an amnesiac astronaut (Van Acker). Tasked with reconstructing the fractured memories of a catastrophic mission, the interrogator must determine what \u2014 or who \u2014slaughtered the crew before their craft crash-landed back on Earth.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOrion\u201d is produced by Sunil Perkash (\u201cEnchanted,\u201d \u201cSalt\u201d), Van Acker, Elle Army and Scott Army.<\/p>\n At its world premiere at the Provo, Utah festival FilmQuest in fall 2025, \u201cOrion\u201d earned 11 top nominations, winning best actor for Van Acker and best visual effects.<\/p>\n \u201cJaco Bouwer has crafted a genuinely unique sci-fi thriller \u2014 one that delivers outstanding performances from Andrew, Drew and Debby alongside spectacular visual effects, while building a world and a narrative that will truly surprise audiences. We are thrilled to partner with Blue Harbor to bring \u2018Orion\u2019 to U.S. audiences, starting with our theatrical rollout later this year,\u201d Perkash said in a statement.<\/p>\n \u201cI was drawn to the script of \u2018Orion\u2019 because it weaponizes restraint. A chamber-piece thriller dressed in the costume of science fiction, where the real frontier isn\u2019t the cosmos, it\u2019s what\u2019s hiding inside the man across the table. The thriller form gave me a way to take that anxiety, sharpen it to a point and put it on screen,\u201d Bouwer added.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to be working with the talented filmmaking team to release \u2018Orion\u2019 later this year. The film delivers the kind of ambitious, high-concept storytelling that excites audiences while remaining grounded in compelling human emotion. From its striking world-building to its edge-of-your-seat tension, the film represents exactly the type of bold independent filmmaking we\u2019re passionate about supporting,\u201d the Blue Harbor Entertainment team said in a statement.<\/p>\n WME brokered the deal on behalf of the filmmakers.<\/p>\n Best of Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Variety’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A festival favorite film is now headed to theaters. \u201cOrion,\u201d a sci-fi thriller starring Andrew McCarthy (\u201cPretty in Pink,\u201d \u201cSt. Elmo\u2019s Fire\u201d), Drew Van Acker (\u201cPretty Little Liars,\u201d \u201cTitans\u201d) and Debby Ryan (\u201cJessie,\u201d \u201cInsatiable\u201d), has been acquired by Blue Harbor Entertainment and will have a U.S. theatrical run in the fall. 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