Reunification Director Laura Adkin and producer Christa Rand are back together again Of lucka female-led heist thriller based on the debut screenplay by bestselling thriller author Katherine MacKenzie.
The film will focus on a group of defiant women determined to strike their luck on St. Patrick’s Day, as they plot revenge on the man who wronged them by pulling off a suspenseful heist of his Irish pubs, according to a synopsis from the filmmakers. Vancouver producer Flat/Head Films has acquired the rights to McKenzie’s original script for Adkin to direct in Budapest as a co-production with Scripted Productions in Hungary.
“When Kathryn came to me with this idea, I jumped at the opportunity to work with her on it. Of luck “This is a high-stakes, female-driven heist thriller with a uniquely Canadian flair,” Adkin said in a statement. Re: unificationwritten and directed by Adkin and starring Jesse L. Martin and Michelle Harrison, premiered at the Austin Film Festival in 2023 and had a theatrical release a year later.
Mackenzie has written 20 suspense novels, thrillers, and rom-coms, such as… I will never say never and The good liarand is also known as a best-seller Vacation secrets Titles written under the pseudonym Katherine Mack. Paramount Television Studios had previously optioned thrillers for Mackenzie I will never say never and You can’t catch me To develop it into a television series.
the Of luck The feature film re-teams Adkin with Reunification Producer Christa Rand and longtime cinematographer Sterling Bancroft (Freaks, Bloodlines final destination). Adkin and Rand will be in Cannes to secure additional financing and partners for the film right after McKenzie gets her next book. Vacation secrets The series was released on April 28, 2026.
“I am thrilled to partner with Laura and Krista in this film. With Of luckI look forward to bringing the same sensibility that has brought me long-term success as a novelist to the Canadian film industry. “The evolution of the Canadian trade book market demonstrates to me that Canadian audiences are hungry for homegrown commercial film projects, especially in the current political climate,” McKenzie said in a statement.
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