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Visit Films Takes World Sales Right for Dystopian Tale ‘40 Acres’ Starring Danielle Deadwyler (EXCLUSIVE)


Visit Films takes world sales rights for TIFF dystopian drama ‘40 Acres’ starring Danielle Deadwyler

Visit Films has snapped up world sales rights (excluding Canada) to R.T. Thorne’s feature bow, “ 40 Acres,” a dystopian survival thriller, which is screening in Toronto’s Special Presentations. Michael Greyeyes (“Rutherford Falls”) stars as Freeman’s partner, with Toronto’s Kataem O’Connor as the eldest son who desires a different path after meeting a young woman (Milcania Diaz-Rojas) beyond the fence. Thorne, who started out directing music videos, has built a deep, world-building resume over the past 20 years, most recently as co-creator and multihyphenate on Hulu’s “Utopia Falls” and serving as a director and exec producer on period drama “The Porter.”

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