EXCLUSIVE: Kaleidoscope Film Distribution has picked up world sales rights (excluding UK & Ireland and airlines) fonr Gerard Johnson’s (Tony) Odyssey, which debuted at this year’s SXSW Film Festival.
Kaleidoscope will introduce the flick to buyers in Cannes.
Written by Johnson and Austin Collings, Odyssey follows an ambitious real estate agent called Natasha Flynn who lives every day on the verge of total success–or ruin. Her luxurious lifestyle of flashy clothes and hard partying is an unaffordable mask for the lonely void she’s tried to fill with the hustle for success. Then, when a shady lender forces her complicity in a criminal scheme to settle a debt, Natasha seeks out a dangerous old friend for help. As pressure from colleagues and collectors escalates, so begins a wild ride through the city’s criminal underworld.
The film stars Polly Maberly (Muscle) alongside Mikael Persbrandt (Sex Education, The Kingdom, In A Better World), Guy Burnet (Oppenheimer, Ray Donovan), Charley Palmer Rothwell (Legend, Industry), Jasmine Blackborow (The Gentlemen, Marie Antoinette), Tom Davis (Murder in Successville, Free Fire) and Purab Kohli (Matrix Resurrections).
“We’re very excited to be working with Gerard Johnson and the rest of the team on his latest film, as we are big fans of his previous work and the film is going to be a visceral delight for our partners and buyers globally after its SXSW premiere,” Kaleidoscope CEO Spencer Pollard said in a statement.
Johnson added: “Odyssey is true to the warped world we find ourselves in. It’s a mirror to the madness—cutthroat ambition, corporate greed, and a culture that’s losing its soul.”
