Gravitas Ventures has now announced the March release date for the psychological thriller Exploited, from Jon Abrahams, who most recently directed and starred in Clover.
The film follows a college freshman who, along with his friends, is terrorized by a voyeuristic hacker after becoming obsessed with a missing male webcam model. It explores real-world fears such as privacy and camming.
The film, written by 12-time Tony Award winner and film producer Carl Moellenberg (Wakefield) and Anthony Del Negro (Lazy Susan, Anarchy Parlor), stars up and coming actors Sierra McCormick (Amazon Studios’ The Vast of Night, IFC Midnight’s We Need to Do Something), Makenzie Vega (SAW, CBS’ Award-winning “The Good Wife,” Netflix Original series “13 Reasons Why”), Leah Pipes (The CW’s “The Originals,” Summit Distribution’s Sorority Row), Spencer List (Bad Robot and Fox Network’s Award-winning television series “Fringe”), Will Peltz (Blumhouse’s Unfriended, NBC’s “Manifest”), Hannah Rose May (Shooter, Ballers), Jordan Ver Hoeve (Netflix’s Huge in France), Andrew Matthew Welch (Blumhouse’s MA), Colin Bates (The Girl from the North Country on Broadway) and Lisa Thornhill (The Family Man).
Exploited is produced by Moellenberg and Del Negro, alongside Shane O’Brien (Animal, The Boy) and Zach O’Brien (Purity Falls, Secrets at the Lake). Darklight Films is representing worldwide rights to the film.
“I have had the pleasure of working with many incredible casts and this entire young ensemble is extremely talented. You will be seeing much more of them in the future as many of the cast members have gone on to book or film major roles on highly visible films/series recently released,” said writer/producer Carl Moellenberg.
“Our villain is living out their twisted version of Rear Window, in this stressful world of today’s millennials—who are also exploring their sexuality. A script for a sequel has already been written,” said writer/producer Anthony Del Negro.
Carl Moellenberg is Chairman of Dominion Pictures and a Broadway producer with 12 Tony Awards for Spring Awakening, War Horse, Hair, Death of a Salesman, Pippin, All the Way, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Dear Evan Hansen, Angels in America, The Band’s Visit, Oklahoma and Hadestown.
Anthony Del Negro is an actor, producer, and writer and is part of the senior management of Stargazer Films, founded by Zach and Shane O’Brien. Stargazer is a prolific film producer and both Zach and Shane had extensive experience at other film entities before starting Stargazer Films.
Jon Abrahams starred in and made his directorial debut on All At Once. His acting credits include Dimension Films’ box office hit Scary Movie with Anna Faris, Carmen Electra, Marlon Wayans, and James Van Der Beek, Warner Bros.’ House of Wax starring Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, and Jared Padalecki, Universal Pictures’ Meet the Parents with Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, and Owen Wilson, and Universal Pictures and StudioCanal’s Non-Stop with Liam Neeson, Lupita Nyong’o, Michelle Dockery, and Julianne Moore.
Exploited will make its premiere on VOD, from Gravitas Ventures, on Friday, March 11, 2022.
