
Birthday:
01-04-1970
(55 years)
Birthplace:
Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
Biography
Basil William Iwanyk (born January 4, 1970) is an American film producer. He founded Thunder Road Films and is most known for the films Sicario, The Town, Greenland and the John Wick franchise. His films have earned more than $2 billion internationally as of 2018. He is of Ukrainian descent.
After working for Warner Bros in the 1990s, Basil founded the film production company Thunder Road in 2000.
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After working for Warner Bros in the 1990s, Basil founded the film production company Thunder Road in 2000.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Basil Iwanyk, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Don't F*#% With John Wick
Act like Self
event2015 star_border 7.5
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Behind the scenes look at fight choreography and action training.
Chamber Check: Evolution of a Fight Scene
Act like Self
event2017 star_border 8.4
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More fight choreography footage and in fact seems to be documenting more than one fight scene, unless one simply takes the entire film as one long extended fight scene, which isn't that far fetched of a perception.
As Above, So Below: The Underworld of 'John Wick'
Act like Self
event2017 star_border 7.5
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A close look at the assassin's lifestyle in the film.
Laws of Attraction
Executive Producer
event2004 star_border 5.8
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Amidst a sea of litigation, two New York City divorce lawyers find love.
We Are Marshall
Producer
event2006 star_border 6.9
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When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive.
Welcome to Mooseport
Producer
event2004 star_border 5.1
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A US president who has retired after two terms in office returns to his hometown of Mooseport, Maine and decides to run for Mayor against another local candidate.
Firewall
Producer
event2006 star_border 5.8
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State-of-the-art security system creator Jack Stanfield has cemented his reputation as a man who's thought of everything. But when a criminal finds a way into his personal life, everything Jack holds dear is suddenly at stake.
Brooklyn's Finest
Producer
event2010 star_border 6.3
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Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially within the Van Dyke housing projects is the NYPD's sixty-fifth precinct. Three police officers struggle with the sometimes fine line between right and wrong.
The Expendables
Executive Producer
event2010 star_border 6.2
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Barney Ross leads a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, a martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitionist Toll Road, and a loose-cannon sniper Gunner Jensen. When the group is commissioned by the mysterious Mr. Church to assassinate the dictator of a small South American island, Barney and Lee visit the remote locale to scout out their opposition and discover the true nature of the conflict engulfing the city.
National Champions
Producer
event2021 star_border 6.5
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A star quarterback ignites a players’ strike hours before the biggest game of the year in order to fight for fair compensation, equality, and respect for the athletes who put their bodies and health on the line for their schools.
Lost Boys: The Tribe
Producer
event2008 star_border 4.8
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Surfing vampires hit the waves, rule the night and seek fresh blood, and the new girl in town may be exactly what they're craving.
The Expendables 3
Executive Producer
event2014 star_border 6.2
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Barney, Christmas and the rest of the team comes face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks, who years ago co-founded The Expendables with Barney. Stonebanks subsequently became a ruthless arms trader and someone who Barney was forced to kill… or so he thought. Stonebanks, who eluded death once before, now is making it his mission to end The Expendables -- but Barney has other plans. Barney decides that he has to fight old blood with new blood, and brings in a new era of Expendables team members, recruiting individuals who are younger, faster and more tech-savvy. The latest mission becomes a clash of classic old-school style versus high-tech expertise in the Expendables’ most personal battle yet.
Lost Boys: The Thirst
Producer
event2010 star_border 5
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A mysterious fiend uses a designer drug to turn partiers at an all-night rave into his personal army of never-say-die bloodsuckers.
Clash of the Titans
Producer
event2010 star_border 5.9
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Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus is helpless to save his family from Hades, vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus and unleash hell on earth. Battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts, Perseus and his warriors will only survive if Perseus accepts his power as a god, defies fate and creates his own destiny.
Black Site
Producer
event2022 star_border 6.1
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A group of officers based in a labyrinthine top-secret prison must fight for their lives against Hatchet, a brilliant and infamous high-value detainee. When he escapes, his mysterious and deadly agenda has far reaching and dire consequences.
Love Again
Producer
event2023 star_border 6.7
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Mira Ray, dealing with the loss of her fiancé, John, sends a series of romantic texts to his old cell phone number… not realizing the number was reassigned to Rob Burns' new work phone. Rob, a journalist, is captivated by the honesty in the beautifully confessional texts. When he’s assigned to write a profile of megastar Céline Dion, he enlists her help in figuring out how to meet Mira in person and win her heart.
Wrath of the Titans
Producer
event2012 star_border 5.7
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Perseus tries to live a quieter life as a village fisherman while – dangerously weakened by humanity's lack of devotion – the gods are losing control of the long-imprisoned Titans and their ferocious leader, Kronos.
The Expendables 2
Executive Producer
event2012 star_border 6.3
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Mr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat.
Greenland: Migration
Producer
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Having found the safety of the Greenland bunker after the comet Clarke decimated the Earth, the Garrity family must now risk everything to embark on a harrowing journey across the wasteland of Europe to find a new home.
John Wick
Producer
event2014 star_border 7.4
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Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
Expend4bles
Executive Producer
event2023 star_border 6.1
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Armed with every weapon they can get their hands on and the skills to use them, The Expendables are the world’s last line of defense and the team that gets called when all other options are off the table. But new team members with new styles and tactics are going to give “new blood” a whole new meaning.
Seventh Son
Producer
event2014 star_border 5.5
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John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected the country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an apprentice to carry on his trade. Most have failed to survive. The last hope is a young farmer's son named Thomas Ward. Will he survive the training to become the spook that so many others couldn't?
Breathe
Producer
event2024 star_border 5.8
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Air-supply is scarce in the near future, forcing a mother and daughter to fight for survival when two strangers arrive desperate for an oxygenated haven.
Bruised
Producer
event2020 star_border 6.9
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Jackie Justice is a mixed martial arts fighter who leaves the sport in disgrace. Down on her luck and simmering with rage and regret years after the fight, she's coaxed into a brutal underground fight by her manager and boyfriend Desi and grabs the attention of a fight league promoter who promises Jackie a life back in the Octagon. But the road to redemption becomes unexpectedly personal when Manny - the son she gave up as an infant - shows up at her doorstep. A triumphant story of a fighter who reclaims her power, in and out of the ring, when everyone has counted her out
K-19: The Widowmaker
Co-Producer
event2002 star_border 6.5
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When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.
Silent Night
Producer
event2023 star_border 6.2
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A tormented father witnesses his young son die when caught in a gang's crossfire on Christmas Eve. While recovering from a wound that costs him his voice, he makes vengeance his life's mission and embarks on a punishing training regimen in order to avenge his son's death.
Fight or Flight
Producer
new_releases Release: March 13, 2025
A mercenary takes on the job of tracking down a target on a plane but must protect her when they're surrounded by people trying to kill both of them.
Sicario
Producer
event2015 star_border 7.4
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An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
Dust Bunny
Producer
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An eight-year-old girl asks her scheming neighbor for help in killing the monster under her bed that she thinks ate her family.
Basic
Executive Producer
event2003 star_border 6.5
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When a hurricane hits a US Army base on the edge of the Panama Canal, an elite covert operations team of US Army Rangers recruits are on a routine jungle training exercise that goes horribly awry. Only two recruits are rescued, one of which is badly injured, but both have different accounts regarding the fate of their leader, legendary and ruthless Army Ranger Drill Sergeant Nathan West, and the rest of their platoon. Tom Hardy, an ex-army Ranger turned maverick DEA agent is brought in to solve the mystery and uncover what really happened out there.
Wind River: Rising
Producer
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Terror has escalated on the Wind River reservation as a series of ritualistic murders remain unsolved. The FBI therefore enlists the aid of Hanson, a newly minted tracker for the U.S. Fish & Game, who becomes embroiled in a desperate and dangerous fight between the authorities, a vigilante and the Reservation he calls home.
Red Right Hand
Producer
event2024 star_border 6.8
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Cash is trying to live a quiet, honest life in a small Appalachian town. When a vicious crime boss forces him back into her services, he soon learns he's capable of anything -- even killing -- to protect his family and his home.
Gods of Egypt
Producer
event2016 star_border 5.7
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A common thief joins a mythical god on a quest through Egypt.
Kandahar
Producer
event2023 star_border 6.8
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After his mission is exposed, an undercover CIA operative stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding elite enemy forces and foreign spies tasked with hunting them down.
The Town
Producer
event2010 star_border 7.2
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Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their burgeoning relationship threatens to unveil the identities of Doug and his crew to the FBI Agent who is on their case.
The Accidental Getaway Driver
Producer
new_releases Release: February 28, 2025
During a routine pickup, an elderly Vietnamese cab driver is taken hostage by three recently escaped Orange County convicts. Based on a true story.
Wind River
Producer
event2017 star_border 7.4
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An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.
The Mother
Producer
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An immigrant mother and businesswoman tries to make a new life for her family in America. But when her two teenage sons stumble into trouble with a Boston crime ring, she’s forced to rekindle her past to save them.
A Star Is Born
Executive Producer
event2018 star_border 7.5
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Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers — and falls in love with — struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer — until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jack fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.
John Wick: Chapter 2
Producer
event2017 star_border 7.3
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John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous killers.
Relay
Producer
event2024
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Tom, a world class “fixer”, specializes in brokering lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten their ruin. He keeps his identity a secret through meticulous planning and always follows an exacting set of rules. But when a message arrives one day from potential client Sarah, needing Tom’s protection just to stay alive, the rules quickly start to change.
The Current War
Producer
event2018 star_border 6.7
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Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Producer
event2019 star_border 7.4
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Super-assassin John Wick returns with a $14 million price tag on his head and an army of bounty-hunting killers on his trail. After killing a member of the shadowy international assassin’s guild, the High Table, John Wick is excommunicado, but the world’s most ruthless hit men and women await his every turn.
The Informer
Producer
event2019 star_border 6.5
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In New York, former convict Pete Koslow, related to the Polish mafia, must deal with both Klimek the General, his ruthless boss, and the twisted ambitions of two federal agents, as he tries to survive and protect the lives of his loved ones.
Perdition
Producer
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Perdition is set in December 1944 in Belgium on the Western Front as WWII hurtles towards its brutal climax. A lone American soldier, who miraculously survives a POW camp execution, escapes into the freezing landscape to save himself and the precious cargo he salvaged from the camp. But hot in pursuit is a ruthless Nazi SS officer on horseback who is obsessed with hunting him down.
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Producer
event2018 star_border 6.9
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Agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the United States border.
From the World of John Wick: Caine
Producer
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A spin-off to John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023), focusing on Donnie Yen's character Caine after he has been freed from his obligations to the High Table.
24 Hours to Live
Producer
event2017 star_border 5.9
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An assassin seeks redemption after being given a second chance at life.
Robin Hood
Executive Producer
event2018 star_border 5.9
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A war-hardened Crusader and his Moorish commander mount an audacious revolt against the corrupt English crown.
Killer 10
Producer
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A group of expat criminals are coerced into a suicide mission behind enemy lines to destroy a game-changing chemical weapon developed by the Nazis and Japanese during World War II.
Perfect Girl
Producer
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A thriller in the vein of Black Swan, set against the competitive world of K-pop.
From the World of John Wick: Ballerina
Producer
new_releases Release: June 04, 2025
Taking place during the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum, Eve Macarro begins her training in the assassin traditions of the Ruska Roma.
A Private War
Producer
event2018 star_border 6.8
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One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontlines of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.
Voyagers
Producer
event2021 star_border 6
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With the future of the human race at stake, a group of young men and women -- bred for intelligence and obedience -- embark on an expedition to colonize a distant planet. When they uncover disturbing secrets about the mission, they defy their training and begin to explore their most primitive natures. As life on the ship descends into chaos, they soon become consumed by fear, lust and an insatiable hunger for power.
John Wick: Chapter 4
Producer
event2023 star_border 7.7
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With the price on his head ever increasing, John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.
Hotel Mumbai
Producer
event2019 star_border 7.5
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Mumbai, India, November 26, 2008. While several terrorists spread hatred and death through the city, others attack the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. Both hotel staff and guests risk their lives, making unthinkable sacrifices to protect themselves and keep everyone safe while help arrives.
Greenland
Producer
event2020 star_border 7.1
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John Garrity, his estranged wife and their young son embark on a perilous journey to find sanctuary as a planet-killing comet hurtles toward Earth. Amid terrifying accounts of cities getting levelled, the Garritys experience the best and worst in humanity. As the countdown to the global apocalypse approaches zero, their incredible trek culminates in a desperate and last-minute flight to a possible safe haven.
The Contractor
Producer
event2022 star_border 6.4
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After being involuntarily discharged from the U.S. Special Forces, James Harper decides to support his family by joining a private contracting organization alongside his best friend and under the command of a fellow veteran. Overseas on a covert mission, Harper must evade those trying to kill him while making his way back home.
If Only
Executive Producer
event2004 star_border 7
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After his impetuous musician girlfriend, Samantha, dies in an accident shortly after they had a fight (and nearly broke up), Ian Wyndham, a grief-stricken British businessman living in London gets a chance to relive the day all over again, in the hope of changing the events that led up to her getting killed.
Endless
Producer
event2020 star_border 6.7
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When madly in love high school graduates Riley and Chris are separated by a tragic car accident, Riley blames herself for her boyfriend's death while Chris is stranded in limbo. Miraculously, the two find a way to connect. In a love story that transcends life and death, both Riley and Chris are forced to learn the hardest lesson of all: letting go.
Monkey Man
Producer
event2024 star_border 6.9
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Kid is an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.
Trigger Warning
Producer
event2024 star_border 5.7
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A Special Forces commando uncovers a dangerous conspiracy when she returns to her hometown looking for answers into her beloved father's death.
Mister
Producer
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The film centers on a retired hitman who has to survive a wave of assassins who have targeted him.
Dangerous Games to Play
Producer
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Based on Lucia Peters’ novel Dangerous Games to Play in the Dark.
Day Drinker
Producer
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A cruise ship bartender meets a mysterious day drinker, only for both of them to find themselves entangled in a criminal underbelly and connected in unexpected ways.
The Boondock Saints III
Producer
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A reimagining of the action film franchise about the fraternal twin Irish brothers who raise holy hell to rid their Boston hometown of all criminals. Reedus and Flanery will reprise their roles, and the story will involve the indoctrination of new Saints.
By Any Means
Producer
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Based on the incredible true story of the notorious mafia hitman who was hired by Hoover’s FBI off-the-books and partnered with a young Black special agent to hunt down those responsible for the murders of civil rights leaders in 1966 Mississippi.
Masked and Anonymous
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event2003 star_border 5.1
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A nation wracked with civil war and social unrest anticipates a giant charity concert, organized by deceptive promoter Uncle Sweetheart, who plans on raking in huge sums for himself from the event. Headlining is legendary musician Jack Fate, whose prison time is cut short with Sweetheart's help. Meanwhile, journalist Tom Friend investigates the corrupt concert and sets out to unmask the truth to the public.
Invisible: The Chronicles of Benjamin Knight
Production Assistant
event1993 star_border 3.6
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When a lab experiment goes wrong, Benjamin Knight is left invisible while his scientist friends trying to find a formula that will restore his visibility to last the rest of his life.
62,000:1 Three Teams One City One Year
Executive Producer
event2019
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1969, New York City, 3 teams won World Championships, the Jets, the Mets and the Knicks.
Arachnid
Producer
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When a man returns from a trip unwittingly harboring a new breed of arachnid, the people in an apartment block are quarantined and left to fend for themselves against a plague of venomous spiders.
Dreadnought
Producer
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Max, whose world was devastated when an alien species crash-landed on Earth, unleashing a deadly plague that claimed his wife and much of humanity. In the fragile society that remains, humans have learned to coexist with their extraterrestrial invaders. But for Max, survival isn’t enough. His older daughter, Greta, is dying from the disease. As her body weakens, an alien Sentinel lurks outside their home, drawing nearer and nearer as Greta takes her final breaths. This silent, unyielding predator is on a mission to collect her body to fulfill an unstoppable metamorphosis ritual. The government sanctions it. Society accepts it. But Max refuses to have anything else taken from him.
Hivemind
Producer
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An environmental thriller about the evolution of a new breed of killer wasps and the small town authorities who team up to prevent a deadly global outbreak.
The Continental: From the World of John Wick
Executive Producer (3 ep.)
event2023 star_border 7.4
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Winston Scott is roped into a world of assassins and must make things right after his brother's attack on the Continental hotel.
The Fugitive
Executive Producer (14 ep.)
event2020 star_border 6.2
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Falsely accused of bombing a Los Angeles subway train by “tweet-now, confirm-later” journalism, blue collar worker Mike Ferro must prove his innocence by uncovering the real perpetrator, before the legendary cop heading the investigation can apprehend him.
The Messengers
Executive Producer (13 ep.)
event2015 star_border 6.3
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When a mysterious object crashes to Earth, a group of seemingly unconnected strangers die from the energy pulse, but then awaken to learn that they have assigned the task of preventing the impending Apocalypse.
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