MORGAN FREEMAN, COLE HAUSER AND JAIMIE ALEXANDER COMMENCE PRODUCTION ON MILESTONE STUDIOS SUSPENSE THRILLER THE MINUTE YOU WAKE UP DEAD

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 Milestone Studios announced that neo-noir suspense thriller feature film THE MINUTE YOU WAKE UP DEAD is starting production, starring legendary and Academy Award® winning actor Morgan Freeman (MILLION DOLLAR BABY), award-winning actor Cole Hauser (Paramount’s TV series Yellowstone, OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN), and actress Jaimie Alexander (THOR franchise, NBC’s Blindspot).

Production has officially begun in Mississippi.

Freeman has currently two highly anticipated studio movies in post-production: Lionsgate’s PARADISE HIGHWAY starring Academy Award® winner Juliette Binoche, Frank Grillo and Cameron Monaghan and MGM’s A GOOD PERSON featuring Florence Pugh, Celeste O’Connor, and Molly Shannon.

Star vehicle for Hauser, Paramount’s record-breaking ratings drama TV series Yellowstone just received a nomination for the 2022 SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

Alexander just wrapped filming the long-awaited movie directed by Taika Waititi, THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER, the next installment in the Marvel Studios movie franchise THOR, featuring Academy Award® winners’, Natalie Portman, Matt Damon, Christian Bale, and Russell Crowe.

Alexander wrapped filming the feature movie CHASE starring opposite Gerard Butler.

THE MINUTE YOU WAKE UP DEAD is an original screenplay by Timothy Holland, directed by Michael Mailer (HEART OF CHAMPIONS) and produced by Andrew Stevens (THE WHOLE NINE YARDS).

Dawn Bursteen and Alan B. Bursteen of Milestone Studios act as executive producers.

THE MINUTE YOU WAKE UP DEAD, a neo-noir suspense thriller, follows a stockbroker (Hauser) in a small southern town who gets embroiled in an insurance scam with a pretty, next-door neighbor (Alexander), that leads to multiple murders when a host of other people want in on the plot. Meanwhile, Sheriff Thurmond Fowler (Freeman), the by-the-book town sheriff for over four decades, works earnestly to try and unravel the town’s mystery and winds up getting more than he bargained for.

Milestone’s Dawn Bursteen and Alan B. Bursteen said jointly, “We couldn’t be more excited to have such a stellar cast with unique talents on board. Morgan Freeman is one of the most acclaimed and respected actors globally, paired with the terrifically versatile and talented Cole Hauser and the wonderfully gifted actress Jaimie Alexander is an extraordinary and ideal cast for the film. In addition, we are thrilled to be working with visionary director Michael Mailer and veteran producer, Andrew Stevens on this clever suspense thriller.

Milestone Studios has several upcoming locked pictures slated for 2022.

Milestone Studios, formed by Dawn Bursteen and Alan B. Bursteen develops original content and sourced materials to produce, finance and distribute commercial films worldwide. The company can provide turnkey solutions for filmmakers in various stages of production to secure financing and distribution for their movies.

Freeman is represented by CAA and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern, Hauser by APA and Brillstein Entertainment Partners and Yorn, Levine, Barnes, Krintzman, Rubenstein, Kohner, Endlich & Gellman, and Alexander by Atlas Artists, United Talent Agency and Ginsburg Daniels Kallis.

Source:JZ PR