Signature Entertainment Acquires UK & Irish Rights To ‘Thrill Ride’ From Japanese Filmmaker Ryuhei Kitamura

EXCLUSIVE: Signature Entertainment has picked up UK & Irish rights to the roller coaster thriller Thrill Ride from Film Bridge International.

The deal was hashed out at the Cannes Market. The feature is directed by Ryuhei Kitamura, best known for the Bradley Cooper thriller The Midnight Meat Train, The Doorman, and Japanese genre actioner Godzilla: Final Wars. Producers are United Film’s Gabriel Georgiev, Ellen Wander, and Jordan Dykstra. 

The pic tells the story of a group of people who are trapped upside down on a roller coaster taken over by a mysterious saboteur threatening to drop them all one by one to their deaths.

The deal was negotiated between Signature Entertainment’s Acquisitions and Development Executive Max Hart and Film Bridge International’s Managing Director Jordan Dykstra.

“Thrill Ride is one of the most eye-catching genre propositions the market has had to offer since our very own Fall,” Hart said. “An adrenaline-fueled, fresh-spin on the classics of the genre, the script blew us away, combining high-concept survival action with expansive and tense hostage thrills. We are delighted to be working with our friends at Film Bridge once again and look forward to bringing the film to UK & Irish audiences next year.”

Signature’s recent titles include the award-winning George MacKay thriller Femme, critically acclaimed Jodie Comer drama The End We Start From, and Cate Blanchett drama The New Boy.