VMI Worldwide Takes Manila-Set Action Film Big Tiger to the AFM

VMI Worldwide is launching sales on Big Tiger, an action film set in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, according to Deadline. The film is heading to the American Film Market, the November trade show where companies sell films to cinemas, streamers and TV channels around the world.

The cast is led by Luke Goss, who plays Chance Ryan, and Katherine McNamara, who plays May. Alden Richards plays John Lynch, and Byron Mann also appears in the film. Keoni Waxman directed it.

A sales company is the firm that takes a film to buyers in different countries. Those buyers decide whether and where the film will be shown, so the market is where a film's path to audiences often begins. For Big Tiger, that step now belongs to VMI Worldwide.

The film is produced by Lux Angeles Studios, Birns & Sawyer and Myriad Entertainment. Seven people are credited as producers: Matt Macur, Binh Dang, Biajani Marrero, Mari Acevedo, Damien Douglas, Erica Steele and Thomas Walton. Seven more are credited as executive producers, among them Rebecca O'Hara, Steven Fabos and Robert Smith. Richards, who acts in the film, is also one of the executive producers.

The sales deal was negotiated by Matt Macur and Binh Dang for Lux Angeles Studios. On the other side, Jessica Russo, chief operating officer of Productions + Acquisitions, handled it for VMI Worldwide. Andre Relis is chief executive of VMI Worldwide. Macur is co-chief executive of Lux Angeles Studios.

For readers new to the film trade, the credits list is worth a second look. Each name marks someone who helped bring the project from script to a finished film, and each one now has a stake in how it sells. Sales deals of this kind are often the first public sign that a film is moving toward cinemas or home screens.

Sales on Big Tiger are now underway through VMI Worldwide.