Acres,' an action thriller starring Danielle Deadwyler, has been acquired by Magnolia Pictures for release in the U.S.

Brandon Kramer's Berlin-bowing film is a bracing account of an Israeli-American family whose lives were upended when two of them were taken hostage by Hamas on October 7th, 2023.

Hollywood loved the idea, though it had little use for words like “lighthearted” or “mild” in what the screen trade ...