6 days Ago By anthonypauldalessandro
Ali Afshar’s ESX Entertainment has started production on their second film in Nevada, High Stakes Holiday starring the M3GAN actress Violet McGraw and Black Phone ‘s Madeleine McGraw . In addition, Brynne Kurland has joined the cast which also includes Andew Koji, Azizi Donnelly, Jack Griffo and Struggle Jennings. In High Stakes Holiday, two sharp-witted sisters (Madeleine & Violet McGraw) on vacation in Las Vegas find themselves caught in the middle of a high-stakes heist and must team up with a jaded ex-MI6 agent turned security guard (Koji) to outsmart a cunning international thief (Donnelly) and save a priceless diamond gauntlet—just in time for Christmas.
The pic is billed as Oceans 11 meets Home Alone. Related Stories Scott Adkins & Trace Adkins Join Western 'Day Of Reckoning' From ESX Entertainment Scorpions Music Biopic 'Wind Of Change' In Works From ESX Entertainment's Ali Afshar Shaun Piccinino (Netflix’s A California Christmas ) directs off a script by John Ducey (Max’s A Hollywood Christmas ). Afshar, Daniel Aspromonte and Christina Moore will produce the film.
Violet, Madeline and their mother Jackie McGraw are EPs. Watch on Deadline ESX Entertainment has an output deal through Warner Bros, which is doubling down when it comes to doing production in Las Vegas. High Stakes Holiday is chiefly lensing in the Palms Casino in Las Vegas.
Back in February it was announced that Howard Hughes Holdings , Sony Pictures Entertainment and Warner Bros. Discovery were teaming on a 31-acre world-class production facility in Sin City. Dependent on the passage and approval of Assembly Bill 238, a film studio tax credit legislation in Nevada, the venture is expected to create tens of thousands of new jobs and have an economic impact of more than $3 billion.
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