Saban Films Acquires Worldwide Distribution Rights to Antonio Banderas-Thriller “The Last Girl”

Antonio Banderas will be thrilling theater-goers in the near future…

Saban Films has picked up worldwide rights (except Italy) to Yale Entertainment’s thriller The Last Girl, starring the 62-year-old Spanish Oscar-nominated actor.

Antonio BanderasDirected by Jon Keeyes and written by Charles Burnley, The Last Girl recently wrapped production in Ireland and stars Alice Eve, Shelley Hennig and Banderas.

In the film, Eve plays a private investigator forced into a dangerous alliance with a killer (Hennig) in order to uncover a quiet town’s grisly criminal underbelly and clear the name of her mentor (Banderas), who is implicated in the crimes.

Saban is planning an early 2023 release for the feature.

The film is produced by Jordan Yale Levine, Jordan Beckerman, and Michael J. Rothstein for Yale, as well as Richard Bolger and Conor Barry from Hail Mary Pictures, and Richard Clabaugh.

Antonio Banderas to Star in the Thriller “The Last Girl” for Yale Entertainment

Antonio Banderas is saving the best for Last Girlll. 

The 61-year-old British singer has signed on to star in Jon Keeyes’ thriller The Last Girl for Yale Entertainment, which will head into production in Ireland this summer.

Antonio BanderasIn addition to Banderas, the project will also include Alice Eve and Shelley Hennig.

Written by Charles Burnley, the film stars Eve, who plays a private investigator forced into a dangerous alliance with a killer (Hennig) in order to uncover a quiet town’s grisly criminal underbelly and clear the name of her mentor (Banderas), who is implicated in the crimes.

Jordan Yale Levine, Jordan Beckerman, and Michael J. Rothstein are producing for Yale Entertainment, along with Richard Bolger and Conor Barry from Hail Mary Pictures, and Richard Clabaugh.

Banderas’ decades-long career has spanned stage and screen, in both the United States and his native Spain. He’s a frequent collaborator of iconic Spanish writer-director Pedro Almodóvar, who has starred in a number of his most notable titles, including Pain and Glory, for which he won the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival, also landing an Academy Award nomination in the same category.  He can currently be seen starring with Penelope Cruz in the Spanish comedy Official Competition, is set to return as the voice of Puss in Boots in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, and next year stars in the highly anticipated fifth installment of the Indiana Jones franchise.