We are thrilled to share with your audience/readership the Strike Back Studios (a new joint venture between Realization Films, Public House Films, and Hideout Pictures), release of iconic western “The Legend of Hells’ Gate” from writer/director & star Tanner Beard (Mammoth Film Festival Founder, “6 Bullets to Hell,” and executive producer on a number of Terrance Malick’s epic films “Knight of Cups,” “Voyage of Time,” “Song to Song”), which is available now for audiences to stream on Amazon Prime, Vudu, Tubi and other streaming platforms along with across TVOD platforms iTunes, Fandango Now, Google Play, YouTube, among others globally to rent or buy.
Tanner Beard’s (Mammoth Film Festival celebrating its 10th Anniversary, as well as also starring in “We Summon the Darkness,” “Sentinel,” and ABC’s “Holy Moley”) “The Legend of Hells’ Gate,” is an epic western starring Eric Balfour (“Six Feet Under, “24”), Lou Taylor Pucci (Evil Dead,” “American Horror Story”), Henry Thomas (“E.T. The Extra Terrestrial,” “Legends of the Fall”), Jenna Dewan (“Step Up,” “World of Dance”), Jamie Thomas King (“Mad Men,” “The Tudors”), Glenn Morshower (“The Resident,” “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”), and Kevin Alejandro (Netflix’s “Lucifer,” and A&E’s “The Returned”). Chronicling how ‘Hell’s Gate’ at Possum Kingdom Lake, Texas came to have its name, Beard, a veteran of the studio system (Lionsgate, Phase 4, etc.) and the film festival circuit (Venice, Sundance, etc.) has honored the beloved spaghetti western. “The Legend of Hells’ Gate” features music by acclaimed composer Ennio Morricone (“6 Bullets to Hell”) and brings the true grit of the west to audiences with this latest star studded cast.
Logline: The story of 3 outlaws Crossing paths with the West’s most notorious figures who fight their way through 1870s Texas.
Short Synopsis: The story of how ‘Hell’s Gate’ at Possum Kingdom Lake, Texas came to have its name. Relive the story of how three outlaws’ expeditions and encounters through historical 1870s Texas were remembered for a lifetime.
Long Synopsis: Based on real events, when a curious errand boy catches wind of one of America’s most infamous crimes, he falls in with two desperate men on the wrong side of the law. Crossing paths with some of the West’s most notorious figures, these three outlaws fight for their lives in the pursuit of fame and riches. Few are to be trusted, as their interwoven stories prove that everyone has a hidden agenda, and by no means is anyone innocent.
Strike Back Studios is a unique new studio, who will first look to partner with other distributors on projects they are producing/financing. But they will also be able to distribute projects themselves directly to all major exploitation platforms. The goal is to work with producers from the earliest stages of development & production on up. They are embracing the true tenants of film collaboration and are bringing them to global audiences.
