Chris Rock (“Top Five,” “Fargo,” “Rustin”) will direct “Misty Green” in which he will also star. Peter Rice and Rock will produce alongside James Lopez for Macro Film Studios and Tommy Oliver for Confluential Films. Executive producers are Charles D. King for Macro Film Studios and Codie Elaine Oliver for Confluential Films.

Neon International will represent the foreign rights and introduce it at AFM next week while CAA Media Finance will represent the domestic rights.

Based on an original script by Rock, “Misty Green” follows Misty who is an undeniably talented actress, but her vices have derailed every attempt to revitalize her career. Her best opportunity in ages arrives in the form of Jordan (Rock), a film director with the perfect role for her – were it not for their contentious past. Additional casting is underway.

Rock made his big screen debut in “Beverly Hills Cop II” following years as a stand-up comic and spent three years as a cast member on “Saturday Night Live.” In 2014, he led the ensemble cast of “Top Five,” a critically acclaimed comedy feature that he also wrote and directed. Rock also directed, wrote and starred in “Head of State” and “I Think I Love My Wife.” His other film credits include “Rustin,” David O’Russell’s “Amsterdam,” “The Week Of,” “The Grown Ups” and “Madagascar” franchises, “2 Days in New York,” “Death at a Funeral,” “Nurse Betty,” “Dogma,” the hip-hop comedy “CB4,” and “New Jack City.” Rock serves as Executive Producer and narrator of “Everybody Still Hates Chris,” a reimagined animated version of his beloved autobiographical family comedy “Everybody Hates Chris,” which airs on Paramount+ and Comedy Central. Rock has won four Emmy Awards, three Grammy Awards, and is a New York Times Best-Selling Author.

Rock is represented by CAA, Untitled Entertainment and Yorn, Levine, Barnes, Krintzman, Rubenstein, Kohner, Endlich, Goodell & Gellman.

The Neon International slate currently includes Michael Covino’s “Splitsville” starring Dakota Johnson and Adria Arjona; Osgood Perkins’ “Keeper;” Steven Soderbergh’s “Presence,” which made its world premiere in Sundance, where Neon picked up the worldwide rights; Jason Buxton’s “Sharp Corner” starring Ben Foster and Cobie Smulders, which premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival; and “They Follow,” the long-awaited sequel to the modern horror classic “It Follows” from visionary writer/director David Robert Mitchell, starring Maika Monroe.

About Macro Film Studios
Macro Film Studios is a division of Macro, a multi-platform media company representing the voice and perspectives of Black people, indigenous people and people of color launched in 2015 by Founder & CEO Charles D. King. The company has a multi-year first look deal with Amazon Studios. Macro Film Studios has fifteen Oscar nominations and three wins, and co-financed the critically acclaimed “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “Mudbound,” “Fences,” “Roman J. Israel, Esq.,” “Just Mercy,” “Sorry To Bother You,” “Nine Days,” “Farewell Amor,” “Blast Beat,” “The Land” and “Blue Bayou.” Its most recent film is Netflix’s “They Cloned Tyrone.” James F. Lopez is President of Macro Film Studios. Macro’s other business verticals include Macro Television Studios, that finances, develops and produces premium television and holds nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards, six Children’s and Family Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award and Grammy Award, with one Primetime Emmy Award win; and an in-house branding and creative agency, Brand Macro. In addition, Macro has a majority interest in the company’s joint venture—M88, a full-service talent management firm and an affiliated venture capital firm, MaCVenture Capital. Go to https://www.staymacro.com/about for more information on the company.

About Confluential Films
Founded by Emmy award-winning multi-hyphenate Tommy Oliver, Confluential develops, produces, and finances across film, TV (scripted and unscripted), and documentaries.

A few of their past projects include 2024 Emmy-winning, Oscar Shortlisted, and Sundance Grand Jury Winner “Going To Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project” (HBO); “Fancy Dance,” starring Lily Gladstone (Apple TV+); “The Perfect Find,” starring Gabrielle Union, Keith Powers, and Gina Torres, (Netflix); “Young. Wild. Free.” starring Algee Smith and Sanaa Lathan (BET+); AFI Audience Award-winner “Juice WRLD: Into the Abyss (HBO)”; the critically acclaimed HBO Documentary “40 Years A Prisoner”; the ground-breaking docuseries “Black Love”; Sony thriller “The Perfect Guy,” which opened No. 1 at the U.S. box office; award-winning indie films “1982” (TIFF), “Jinn” (SXSW), and “Kinyarwanda” (Sundance); and the upcoming “Hamlet” starring Riz Ahmed and “Die Like A Man,” starring Cory Hardrict. www.confluentialfilms.com

About Neon
In only seven years, Neon has garnered 32 Academy Award nominations (7 this year), 6 wins, including Best Picture, and has grossed over $300M at the box office. The company continues to push boundaries and take creative risks on bold cinema such as Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite,” which made history winning four Academy Awards, becoming the first non-English-language film to claim Best Picture. The film also unanimously won the Palme d’Or at Cannes and grossed over $54M at the domestic box office.

Recent and upcoming Neon releases include: “Anora” from Sean Baker, which won the Palme d’Or in Cannes and released in theaters on October 18 to the highest per-screen average of 2024; and “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” from Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, which Neon picked up out of this year’s Cannes Film Festival and has been selected as the German entry for Best International Feature at the 97th Academy Awards.

As a burgeoning leader in the production space, Neon’s recent and upcoming in-house productions include: David Robert Mitchell’s “They Follow” starring Maika Monroe; Brandon Cronenberg’s “Infinity Pool;” Bishal Dutta’s “It Lives Inside;” and Joshua Oppenheimer’s “The End,” a golden-age musical starring Academy Award winner Tilda Swinton.

Neon launched its international sales outfit ahead of the Venice Film Festival in 2023, handling titles including: Michael Covino’s “Splitsville” starring Dakota Johnson and Adria Arjona; Kogonada’s “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey” starring Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell; Jason Buxton’s “Sharp Corner” starring Ben Foster and Cobie Smulders, which premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival; and Steven Soderbergh’s “Presence,” which made its world premiere in Sundance, where Neon picked up the worldwide rights.

Neon has amassed a library of over 110 films, with noteworthy releases including: “Anatomy of a Fall” from Justine Triet, which won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and earned Neon its fourth consecutive Palme d’Or win at its world premiere in Cannes; Wim Wenders’ “Perfect Days,” which was the Japanese nomination for the 96th Academy Awards; and “Robot Dreams” from Pablo Berger, which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature. It also includes the Oscar-nominated documentaries “All the Beauty” and the “Bloodshed” and “Fire of Love;” 2022’s highest grossing documentary, “Moonage Daydream;” and three-time Academy Award nominee Ruben Östlund’s “Triangle of Sadness;” “Flee,” which made history becoming the first film to score an impressive trifecta of Oscar nominations; “The Worst Person in The World,” which was nominated for Original Screenplay and International Feature Film at the Academy Awards; Julia Ducournau’s Palme d’Or winner, “Titane;” and Craig Gillespie’s “I, Tonya,” which garnered multiple Academy Award nominations, one win for Allison Janney and amassed over $30M in domestic box office.

Following a successful collaboration on “I, Tonya” in January 2018, 30WEST (Dan Friedkin’s and Micah Green’s strategic venture) partnered with Neon’s Tom Quinn (Founder & CEO) and Tim League (Co-Founder) to become majority investors in the company.