The director-writer-producer team behind Jewish-drug drama “Holy Rollers” will evidently be reuniting for crime thriller “Kings Highway,” which will shoot on location in New York.
Kevin Asch, Antonio Macia and Danny A. Abeckaser will re-team for the story that follows a disgraced former Mossad agent who moves to New York in the mid-’80’s and falls in line with a burgeoning Israeli crime syndicate. It sounds pretty much like an extension of their first collaboration; the story of a group of Hasidic Jews and their ecstasy trade in the ’90’s, which starred Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Bartha and Q-Tip and will hit theaters this weekend after drawing mixed reviews from its run at this year’s Sundance.
“After reading dozens of formulaic thrillers, I read the first 20 pages of ‘Kings Highway,’ and I was hooked,” announced Asch referring to the script by Macia. Allen Bain and Jesse Scolaro of the 7th Floor will be producing the project alongside Abecksaer and his 2B prods. shingle.
