The Aviary: Malin Akerman, Lorenza Izzo thriller acquired by Saban Films

Saban Films has picked up the rights to distribute the thriller The Aviary in North America and South Africa, and according to Deadline they will also be teaming with Altitude Media Group to release the film in the UK and Ireland, and with Defiant Screen Entertainment to release it in Australia and New Zealand. Specific release dates weren’t announced, we just know that the movie – which stars Malin Akerman (The Final Girls) and Lorenza Izzo (The Green Inferno) – will be making its way out into the world in 2022.

Written and directed by first-time filmmakers Chris Cullari and Jennifer Raite, The Aviary follows

two women who flee into the southwest desert to escape the clutches of an insidious cult. Consumed by fear and paranoia, they can’t shake the feeling that they are being followed by its leader, a man as seductive as he is controlling.

Akerman and Izzo are joined in the cast by Chris Messina (I Care a Lot) and Sandrine Holt (Sorry for Your Loss).

The Aviary was produced by Pacesetter Productions’ Jessica Rhoades and Andrew Miller, and CatchLight Studios’ Marcei Brown and Jeanette Volturno. Akerman, Cullari, and Raite serve as executive producers alongside Stagecoach Entertainment’s Steve Smith and Evan Lewis, Catchlight Studios’ Jessica Malanaphy and Jason Clark, and Saban Films’ Bill Bromiley, Shanan Becker, Jonathan Saba, and Ness Saban. Pacesetter’s Rachel Polan is co-executive producer, as are Huey Park and The Forest Road Company.

Bromiley had this to say about The Aviary:

The writing and directing team is a force to be reckoned with and tremendously skilled in showcasing the film’s suspenseful narrative. The standout performances from this talented cast will absolutely get under audiences’ skin in this nail-biting, cult-themed feature.”

I’m totally on board to watch a cult thriller starring Malin Akerman and Lorenza Izzo, so I’m looking forward to hearing exactly when this is going to be released.

Here’s a first look image: