The end of 2023 is almost upon us and 2024 is just around the corner, so we are taking a look at 6 titles that are being released from Signature Entertainment UK in January 2024. Three films were shot in different genres: action comedy Freelance with John Cena, Alison Brie, and Christian Slater and British folk horror Lord of Misrule featuring Ralph Ineson.
So let’s take a look at what’s being released.
Liberation (99mins)
This historical drama will make you question how far you’d go to help someone in need. When a folk high school is turned into an internment camp for German refugees, the headmaster couple Jakob and Lis and their children are thrust into an impossible situation. Should the family help the refugees – or stand firm in the Danish resistance against the Germans? Starring Pilou Asbæk (Game of Thrones), Katrine Greis-Rosenthal (A Fortunate Man), Morten Hee Andersen (Herrens veje), Peter Kurth (Babylon Berlin), Ulrich Thomsen (The Celebration), Liberation is directed by Anders Walter (I Kill Giants) from a script he co-wrote with Miriam Nørgaard (The War Show).
Signature Entertainment presents Liberation on Digital Platforms 1st January
Freelance (Cert 15, 109mins)
This balls-to-the-wall action comedy will have you exploding with laughter. Ex-special forces operative Mason Pettits is stuck in a dead-end desk job when he’s reluctantly recruited by former military buddy Sebastian Earle to take on a simple freelance gig providing security for washed-up journalist Claire Wellington. He begrudgingly escorts Claire on assignment to interview the ruthless—but impeccably dressed—dictator, Juan Venegas, when a military coup breaks out just as she’s about to get the scoop of a lifetime. Now, the unlikely trio must figure out how to survive the jungle AND each other in order to make it out alive! Starring John Cena (Peacemaker), Alison Brie (Community), Christian Slater (Mr. Robot), Alice Eve (Before We Go) and Juan Pablo Raba (Narcos), Freelance is written by Jacob Lentz and directed by Pierre Morel (Taken).
Freelance is streaming in January
Lord of Misrule (104mins)
From the director of Orphan: First Kill comes this chilling British folk horror. Rebecca Holland has recently taken over as vicar of a rural English village. When her young daughter Grace goes missing at the local festival, the villagers and local police join in a desperate search. However, the closer they edge towards finding Grace, the more secrets emerge from the village’s dark past. Soon, Rebecca must decide just how much she is willing to sacrifice to rescue her daughter from the grip of evil. Starring Tuppence Middleton (Downton Abbey), Ralph Ineson (The Green Knight), Matt Stokoe (The Hunt for Raoul Moat) and Evie Templeton (Life After Life), Lord of Misrule is directed by William Brent Bell (Orphan: First Kill) from a script written by Tom de Ville (Urban Gothic).
Signature Entertainment presents Lord of Misrule on Digital Platforms 8th January
Femme (99mins)
This neo-noir revenge thriller will get your heart pounding. Jules’ life and career as a drag queen is destroyed by a homophobic attack, but when he re-encounters his attacker in a gay sauna, he is presented with a chance to exact revenge. Starring George MacKay (1917), Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (Misfits), John McCrea (Cabaret), Nima Taleghani (Heartstopper), Aaron Heffernan (Brassic), and Antonia Clarke (The Serpent Queen). With music composed by Adam Janota Bzowski (Saint Maud) and cinematography by James Rhodes (Adele: One Night Only). Femme is produced by Myles Payne (Beast), Sam Ritzenberg, executive produced by Marnie Podos and Eva Yates (The End We Start From) of BBC Films, co-produced by Hayley Williams and written and directed by Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping based on their 2021 BIFA-winning and BAFTA-nominated short of the same name.
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Signature Entertainment presents Femme on Digital Platforms 15th January
The Inseparables (Cert U, 90mins)
From the writers of Toy Story comes a heartwarming adventure that shows the true power of imagination. A fun buddy adventure following the misadventures of runaway puppet Don with a boundless imagination and abandoned stuffed animal toy DJ Doggie Dog in need of a friend. The pair cross paths in Central Park and pair up against all odds for an epic adventure of friendship in the big city. Starring Dakota West and Jordan Baird, The Inseparables is directed by Jérémie Degruson (Son of Bigfoot) and written by Joel Cohen & Alec Sokolow (Toy Story), Bob Barlen (PAW Patrol: The Movie) and Cal Brunker (Escape from Planet Earth).
Signature Entertainment presents The Inseparables on Digital Platforms 22nd January
All Souls (80mins)
Mikey Madison leads this adrenaline-fuelled, tightly wound thriller. Young single mother River is coerced against her will to become an informant for the police against Silas, an infamous drug lord and father of her child. After an undercover operation goes wrong, River soon finds herself fighting for her life and on the run to protect her daughter. Starring Mikey Madison (Scream), Gerald Earl Gillum A.K.A G-Eazy (Hustlers), Zach Villa (American Horror Story) and Samuel Roukin (TURN: Washington’s Spies), All Souls is written by Anthony Ragnone II (Josie) and directed by Emmanuelle Pickett (Jessica Jones).
Signature Entertainment presents All Souls on Digital Platforms 22nd January
Karen Woodham is the founder and owner of the Blazing Minds. She is also a Cinema reviewer and works with RealD 3D reviewing the latest 3D releases and IMAX, she has also had several articles published in various publications including the first edition of SFW Magazine. In 2015 she became an Award Winning Blogger and also has her website listed as one of the UK’s Top 10 Film Blogs.
