Broad Green Pictures Announces U.S. Acquisition of Brad Furman's Adaptation Of 'The Infiltrator'

 

FILM STARS BRYAN CRANSTON, DIANE KRUGER, JOHN LEGUIZAMO, BENJAMIN BRATT, YUL VASQUEZ AND AMY RYAN IN THE ESCOBAR CRIME THRILLER

CANNES, FRANCE (May 21, 2015) – Broad Green Pictures announced today the U.S. acquisition of Brad Furman’s adaption of THE INFILTRATOR.  Purchased during the Cannes International Film Festival, the studio plans to add the film to their growing slate for 2016.  

Adapted by Ellen Brown Furman based on the autobiography by Robert Mazur, Brad Furman (The Lincoln Lawyer) directs an all-star cast headlined by Emmy® and Golden Globe® winner Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad, Argo), alongside Diane Kruger (Inglourious Basterds), Golden Globe® nominee John Leguizamo (Chef), Benjamin Bratt (Traffic), Yul Vazquez (Captain Phillips), and Academy Award® nominee Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone). THE INFILTRATOR is produced by Good Films’ Miriam Segal, with Bank Leumi, Good Films and LipSync co-financing.

Based on the true story of a fearless operative, THE INFILTRATOR is a heart-stopping account of one of history’s largest and most elaborate stings. Set amidst the lavish excess of the 1980’s, THE INFILTRATOR tells the story of undercover US Customs agent Robert Mazur (Cranston) AKA Robert Musella, who became a pivotal player for drug lords cleaning their dirty cash. He traded on mob connections to become the confidant to scores of the international underworld, and the bankers who enabled them. Laying his life on the line, he infiltrated the globe’s largest cartels and discovered just how deep into society their influence extended. The operation reeled in key players in a chain stretching all the way to Escobar. Their arrests would lead to the collapse of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, and shake the underground economy to its core.

“I’m thrilled to be partnering with Broad Green Pictures” Furman stated. “This project was truly a labor of love for all involved, and I can’t wait for Broad Green, whose passion for film is unparalleled, to bring THE INFILTRATOR to a wide audience.”

"Brad Furman is a major talent who has brought an exciting and intense piece of U.S history to screen.  We are eager to work with the filmmakers and cast to make sure their vision is realized for the release of this film," said CEO Gabriel Hammond and Daniel Hammond, Broad Green’s Chief Creative Officer. 

Good Films Founder Miriam Segal commented, “We are so proud of this movie and could not be happier to be partnering with the brilliant team at Broad Green Pictures, whose passion and commitment to excellence will ensure this extraordinary real-life thriller reaches and excites the broadest of U.S. audiences.”

The deal was brokered on behalf of the filmmakers by WME, while Dylan Wiley, President of Specialty Releasing and Chris Tricarico, EVP Business Affairs handled for Broad Green.

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About Broad Green Pictures

Broad Green Pictures is a feature film financing, production and distribution company founded by Gabriel and Daniel Hammond in 2014. The studio distributes both specialty and wide release product across a multitude of platforms resulting from in-house development and production as well as acquisitions and co-productions.

Broad Green is constructing a fully-integrated movie studio providing filmmakers with unparalleled development support, production infrastructure, and marketing resources to execute their vision from script to screen. Through collaborative partnerships with both rising talent and established filmmakers, Broad Green shares incredible stories with the widest possible audiences, pushing boundaries and taking creative risks.  The studio’s upcoming slate includes the critically acclaimed 99 Homes, A Walk In The Woods, Samba, I Smile Back and Learning To Drive, as well as Terrence Malick’s Knight Of Cups, Voyage Of Time, and his untitled project starring Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara and Michael Fassbender.

About Good Films

Good Films, which is run in partnership by Miriam Segal (Lead Producer) and Martin Rushton-Turner (Co-Managing Director), operates as the production entity for projects developed by George Films.

Good Films' next two films in production this summer are best-selling author James Patterson and Liza Marklund’s The Postcard Killings with Everardo Gout (Days Of Grace) attached to direct and award winning playwright Tena Stivicic’s Invisible with Danis Tanovic (No Man’s Land) attached to direct.

Then, in 2016, Christian Contreras’ Labyrinth, adapted from the book by Randall Sullivan, is set to shoot in LA and Vegas.

In final development are author and journalist Peter Godwin’s When A Crocodile Eats The Sun, author Siri Hustvedt’s What I Loved and Ellen Brown Furman’s original screenplay No Comment.