Fresh off its well-received premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, A24 and its partner DirecTV have closed a deal to acquire U.S. rights to writer-director William Monahan‘s thriller “Mojave,” which stars Oscar Isaac and Garrett Hedlund, TheWrap has learned.
Monahan produced “Mojave” with Atlas Independent’s William Green and Aaron Ginsburg, as well as Justine Suzanne Jones. The film was executive produced by Jason Spire, Andy Horwitz and Nick Quested.
Dale Johnson’s Mica Entertainment and Atlas Independent co-financed the film, which was produced by Atlas Independent.
“Mojave” is an intense, classical thriller about a brilliant artist, Thomas (Hedlund), who attempts to escape his privileged existence into the desert only to encounter a homicidal drifter, Jack (Isaac).