Jen has booked a lead role in the feature film “Kill her” directed by George Francisco.
“Kill Her ” is a combination of “I Know What You
Did Last Summer” and “Cabin Fever,” with the twist that the ultimate threat
our heroines face is not the brutal stranger who threatens their lives but each
other as, in a Steven King-like frenzy, they scramble to save themselves.
Written by Jule Selbo “Kill Her” tells the tale of six promising UCLA sorority sisters
selected to spend a long, fall-weekend leadership conference at the spectacularly
beautiful lodge owned by one of the girls millionaire father.
On the way to this isolated retreat, as the shadows of a setting sun cross the
winding road, there is a strange apparition—a lone figure, young but disheveled,
slouching along the highway to who-knows-where?
Little do they know that they will encounter this lonesome traveler again—and,
as we will discover, too soon.
Though that has been the setup for any number of thrillers, there the similarities
end. Once the eerie visitor has invaded their mountain redoubt, our heroines are
pitted against each other in the ultimate “Mean Girls” conflict – with the losers
paying with their lives!
Over the ensuing night we learn what motivates women of similar educational
achievements but from stunningly different socio-economic backgrounds (the
millionaire’s daughter to the scholarship student) and value systems (religious
conservative to free-thinking debutante) to bond in face of the threat and then,
as if intellectually “waterboarded,” break down and turn on each other in a
fascinating-yet-horrible explication of the roots of all women’s barely masked
final, underlying competition with each other.
With the losers paying with their lives.
Without giving away the shocking ending, suffice it say that more than one callow
girl actually survives, awakening from this nightmare sadder, yet wiser, young
adults.
In that sense, “Kill Her” promises not only to thrill and entertain, but
ultimately prove an uplifting moral tale, one that any audience will, hopefully, not
only enjoy but remember for a long time to come.
The Management (Filmmakers and Producer): This is the fourth time producer
Peter McAlevey and screenwriter Jule Selbo have collaborated, the first being on
Ms. Selbo’s 1992 Toronto Film Festival hit “Hard Promises” starring Sissy Spacek
and William Peterson. (“The story hinges on whether Spacek will call off her
marriage and go back to Petersen. So equitably does the screenplay handle her
choices that by the end of the movie I could still not decide which she should
do.” Roger Ebert).
A decade later, they reteamed on “The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth,” featuring
the country star LeAnn Rimes. This year, they’ve joined forces on the upcoming
“Thomasina,” a retelling of the Paul Gallico novel that became the classic Disney
movie “The Three Lives of Thomasina,” currently in preproduction with 7Arts
Entertainment.
Likewise, this is the third time Mr. McAlevey and director George Francisco have
worked together. The first was “Champions,” the first movie to revolve around
the world of Ultimate Fighting, which Mr. McAlevey produced and Mr. Francisco
wrote. “Champions” featured CBS TV star Louis Mandylor and UFC champ
Ken Shamrock in a devastating look at the brutal underside of mixed martial
arts. Perfectly timed in the marketplace, “Champions” was a huge financial hit
worldwide, more than doubling estimated foreign sales while capturing a large
chunk of U.S. cable-TV and video. Francisco is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker
who has a long and successful career directing and producing television, live
events, documentaries and public service announcements and commercials.
More recently, Messers McAlevey and Francisco, an experienced television
writer/director, have teamed on a pilot for Asylum Entertainment, “Sideshow.”
“Kill Her, Not Me” will be the feature-film directing debut of Mr. Francisco, a USC
Film School alum.
Finally, “Kill Her, Not Me” will mark Mr. McAlevey’s 14th feature film since leaving
Walt Disney Pictures as a vice-president of production where he reported directly
to studio chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg. Mr. McAlevey, an honors graduate of
Columbia College, Columba University began his career covering entertainment
for Newsweek magazine. He was recruited by Mr. Katzenberg in the mid-80s,
when the Disney studio was sizzling hot. There he was involved in helping oversee
the production and distribution of numerous hit pictures, such as “Cocktail.”
Later, Academy Award-winning producer and actor Michael Douglas recruited
him to Stonebridge Entertainment where Mr. McAlevey was involved in
producing such hits as “Flatliners” and “Radio Flyer” and launching the careers of
Brian Bosworth and Jean-Claude Van Damme (“Stone Cold” and “Double Impact,”
respectively.)
After leaving Stonebridge Mr. McAlevey created Thunderbird Pictures, which has
produced numerous pictures over the years including several Sundance hits and
the AFI Film Festival-winning “Screamers.”