VMI's business is rooted strongly in the development and production of high-profile, cast-driven content with strong commercial value in the international independent marketplace. VMI actively seeks new projects for development in any stage of production, and is capable of co-financing, pre-selling, co-producing, attaching cast, and finding appropriate distribution partners for any given film. We wish to establish long-term working relationships with our production partners, utilizing an effective formula that ensures a return on investment for every title.
Our productions have been released widely by large North American distributors such as Lionsgate, Paramount, Saban Universal Pictures, Entertainment One, Screen Media, IFC, Cinedigm and Shout Factory, the latter with which we have a multi-picture output deal for in-house productions.
VMI's slated productions include: Ryuehi Kitamura's THE PRICE WE PAY starring Emile Hirsch and Stephen Dorff, WWII action picture COME OUT FIGHTING starring Twilight's Kellan Lutz, Fast and the Furious' Tyrese Gibson, OPERATION SEAWOLF starring Dolph Lundgren and Marvel's Frank Grillo, THE LAST SON starring Avatar's Sam Worthington, Colson Baker, Thomas Jane and Heather Graham.
Current VMI releases include: Saban's and Paramount Pictures' WANDER starring Aaron Eckhart and Tommy Lee Jones, action packed CASTLE FALLS directed by and starring Dolph Lundgren and Scott Adkins released by Shout Factory, the highly anticipated crime thriller THE CRIME BOSS starring Vince Vaughn and Liam Hemsworth, Screen Media's GRAND ISLE starring Nicolas Cage, Netflix's newly announced elevated thriller AWAKE starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Francesca Eastwood and William Forsythe, action/thriller DAUGHTER OF THE WOLF starring Richeard Dreyfuss and Gina Carano, action/adventure THE HUMANITY BUREAU starring Nicolas Cage, a sci-fi thriller THE RECALL and starring Wesley Snipes and RJ Mitte, THE PERFECT WEAPON starring Steven Seagal, the theatrically-released title WAR PIGS starring Luke Goss, Dolph Lundgren, Chuck Lidell, and Mickey Rourke, BLOOD OF REDEMPTION starring Dolph Lundgren and Vinnie Jones, WICKED BLOOD starring Sean Bean, Abigail Breslin, and James Purefoy, and RIOT starring Dolph Lundgren and Chuck Liddell, which was released by Universal Pictures.
For more information on VMI's projects in development and production, please contact acquisitions@vmiworldwide.com
Two years ago, Russell Hatch (Van Damme), an Interpol operative, watched the aftermath of a routine raid gone wrong that left his informant Esther Martin dead. Since then, Hatch has taken on the role of father figure to her son Jayden. When Yates, an old CIA buddy, warns him of an impending turf war between the Russian, Albanian, and Korean mobs in Los Angeles, Hatch doesn’t believe him at first, but two Russian gangsters soon attack Jayden’s grandfather Mr. Kim in Koreatown. Thankfully, they are met by a rageful Hatch who fights them to protect the old man and his business. That turn of events leads him to start formulating a plan to protect Jayden and Mr. Kim from the impending all-out war between the merciless gangs. When Jayden suddenly goes missing, Hatch sets off to find him and will do literally anything in his power to attack and fight anyone getting in his way including supposed allies with hidden agendas and nefarious intents.
Before his tragic death at the age of 25, Randy Rhoads was on a fast track to being hailed by critics and public alike as the greatest rock guitar player of all time. Over a short two-year period, Randy recorded two seminal multi-platinum albums with Ozzy Osbourne, which are heralded today as among the most noteworthy recordings in hard rock music history. Through his jaw-dropping six-string work on songs such as “Crazy Train,” “Mr. Crowley,” and “Flying High Again,” Randy Rhoads achieved legendary status as a guitar icon and his artistic legacy continues to grow with each passing year. A brilliant guitar virtuoso, Randy’s masterful ability of bridging rock and classical techniques, helped him forge a groundbreaking style of guitar playing. In 1981, Guitar Player magazine honored Randy by selecting him as best new talent of the year. Humble and self-effacing, Randy refused to rest on his laurels. Instead, being bestowed with this prestigious award motivated him to strive for greater creative heights. Tragically, Randy’s life ended much too soon when on the morning of March 19th 1982 he was killed in a small private plane that careened into the garage of a plantation home in Leesburg, Florida.
When a botched robbery goes awry and a gang of criminals find themselves injured with a resilient young female hostage in tow, they find refuge in an unassuming farm ranch run by brazen organ harvesters. Saving their skin literally becomes a bigger priority than escaping the police and they won’t surrender without an all-around fight to the death.
Ann (Heather Graham) is a yoga teacher struggling to achieve inner peace despite the fact her family is driving her crazy and her dating life is miserable. She doesn’t know how to say no and wants to fix everyone’s problems. In the meantime, Ann struggles to save her sister from addiction with disastrous results. With so many expectations on her, Ann leans on her good friends Max, Frances, Roz and Ella for support. They in turn set her up with a cute divorced dad Steve, who has an adorable 7 year old daughter. When Ann meets Steve’s daughter Lily, she is immediately smitten. But Lily does not feel the same, and as Steve and Ann get closer, Lily grows increasingly jealous and competitive. When Lily starts to misbehave, Ann sees that Lily can do no wrong in Steve’s eyes - she’s in the battle of her life with a 7 year old.
During WWII, General George S. Patton and his Third American Army have raced their way through the countryside on the border of France, entering Nazi Germany. Hitler, desperate to end the tide of the Allied advance, has deployed an M-262 fighter jet. Lt. Frank Ross encounters this Nazi weapon, and an intense ariel battle ensues. Ross, forced to eject from his plane, lands behind enemy lines. While awaiting his rescue team, he is greeted by an African American tanker known as “The Black Panthers”. Racial differences must be set aside to win the war.
Isaac LeMay (Worthington), learns from a soothsayer that he is cursed and will be killed by one of his children. To prevent the curse from coming true, he tracks down his spawn, whose bloodlines are confirmed by a hereditary birthmark, eventually finding his son Cal (Machine Gun Kelly), who is on a murdering rampage. With bounty hunters and the sheriff on their tail, LeMay must find a way to stop his son and end the curse.
After decades of neglect, Castle Heights Hospital, this symbol of the city's segregated past has been packed with dynamite and is ready to be demolished. No one knows that a gang leader, now in prison, hid the 3 million dollars in cash he stole from his rivals inside the abandoned building. Now, three desperate parties want the money - a blue collared ex-fighter (Adkins) who finds it while working as part of the demolition crew, a prison guard (Lundgren) willing to do anything to pay for his daughter's cancer treatment and a ruthless gang who claim to be the rightful owners. The demolition charges are set, everyone clears out and the Castle is set to fall in 90 minutes. The clock is ticking. Who will find the cash and: will they get out alive?
Arthur Bretnik is a conspiracy theorist and private eye with a traumatic past. After being hired to investigate a possible murder cover up in the small town of Wander, Arthur is plunged into a world of lies and deceit, as he quickly suspects the murder may be part of the same 'conspiracy cover up' that caused the death of his daughter. Increasingly paranoid, Arthur's sanity is tested as he attempts to filter fact from fiction and solve the case, all the while questioning if he is a pawn in a much bigger game.
Walter Franklin (Cage) lives alone with his wife Fancy in a Victorian house on a quiet island in Louisiana. Walter is awoken in the middle of the night by a home invader, he swiftly guns down the invader but destroys his fence in the process. Walter hires Buddy (Benward), to quickly fix his fence but the job is put on hold when a ferocious hurricane strikes trapping Buddy at the Franklins’ residence. The night takes an expected turn and Walter is forced to frame Buddy for murder. When Detective Jones (Grammer) is brought in to lead the extensive investigation he soon exposes the true identity and intentions of the conspirators.
Dealing in contraband is risky, shady business and there’s no room for second chances. A pair of small time criminals Kyle (Liam Hemsworth) and Swin, live by the orders of a crime boss they’ve never met named Frog (Vince Vaughn). But when a deal goes horribly wrong, frightening consequences are soon to rattle the duo's routine lives. There’s no right or wrong. They must be eliminated.
On a quiet evening, a shabby beige sedan speeds down a country highway. Dust and gravel fly through the air when suddenly the car slides out of control into a ravine… Later a man wakes up in a hospital bed with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. His nurse DIANA (Eastwood) is unable to find any identification and refers to him as JOHN DOE (Rhys Meyers). The police barge into the hospital, accusing John of being a serial killer responsible for the murder of several young women in the area. As the Sergeant ushers John into a private room for questioning, he manages to escape with the help of Diana, who is convinced of his innocence. The fugitives then set off for the last crime scene in search of clues and answers to clear John’s name but the benevolent nurse will soon uncover the shocking truth behind the amnesiac’s identity and the web of deceit that will lead him to a final fight for his survival…
Clair McKenna, an ex-military specialist, comes home to the recent news of her fathers passing only to find herself at odds with her defiant 13-year-old son, CHARLIE. With the news that Clair has inherited a large sum of money from her fathers business Charlie is kidnaped for a ransom. Instead of seeking help Clair takes one of the kidnappers, Larsen, as a hostage and forces him to lead her on a perilous journey to rescue her son from the mysterious figure only know as the Father. The trek takes Clair deep in the mountains of the Yukon, near the US – Canadian border as a winter storm approaches. As the odds of survival start to mount against Clair she has no choice, but to form an unlikely alliance with Larsen in order to save her son and survive the wild of the far North.
The year is 2030. Global warming has turned parts of the American Midwest into a desert. In its attempt to take hold of the economic recession, a government agency called The Humanity Bureau exiles members of society deemed unproductive and banishes them to a colony known as New Eden An ambitious and impartial caseworker Noah Kross (Cage) investigates a case appealed by a single mother (Lind) and her son (Davies). Knowing the unjust fate of the innocent boy, Kross sets off to save the lives of the mother and child duo and to expose the truth about The Humanity Bureau’s secrets once and for all.
The Recall is a Thrilling Sci-Fi Action feature in the vein of Cabin Fever and Skyline. A group of friends are spending the weekend at a cabin on the lake while unbeknownst to them aliens have begun to attack planet Earth. A number of the friends are abducted immediately by the ship hovering above and the remaining two of the group, Annie and Charlie, must rely on an eccentric and dangerous hunter who seems to have special knowledge of the attack explaining that this day has been prophesied for years and extraterrestrials have been guiding Earth’s evolution in preparation for their ultimate takeover. Even with the help of the hunter, Annie and Charlie are eventually abducted as well but returned to earth the next morning. When they wake, everyone is back at the cabin and seems to fine. But when they turn on the news, they learn that the planet has just declared war on the 7 million individuals who were abducted and returned...
A totalitarian government controls the behavior of all its citizens in the not too distant future and rules through a network of elite secret agents and assassins. The best of these operatives is Condor but when a failed mission leads Condor to start questioning orders, he discovers an elaborate and deadly conspiracy that reaches all the way to the top and the ruthless dictator, the Director.
A brand new inside look at one of the most controversial musical acts of all time who pioneered gangsta rap and west coast hip hop featuring the testimony of those who experienced it all.
Disgraced World War 2 Army Captain Jack Wosick (Luke Goss) is given the opportunity for redemption when asked to lead a rag-tag unit of misfits known as the War Pigs on a secretmission to go behind enemy lines to uncover and capture a Nazi developed Super Weapon the V3, a massive artillery canon that would give the Nazis an insurmountable advantage against the Allies. With the help of Captain Hans Picault (Dolph Lundgren), a German Anti-Nazi serving with the FrenchForeign Legion and Colonel AJ Redding (Mickey Rourke), a battle hardened WW1 veteran, Jack must train, lead and earn the respect of his new squad to become a functioning reconnaissance unit.
A bright teen girl, trapped in the criminal underworld of her Uncle's business, schemes to pit one pawn against another in a cunning game of revenge.
When the most powerful criminal empire in the land comes crumbling down from within, it is up to a former henchman to put the puzzle pieces together in order to find those responsible and extract revenge.