Award-winning studio NEON announced today that it has come on board to distribute writer / director Chloe Domont’s (“Fair Play”) latest thriller “A Place in Hell” from MRC and T-Street. Starring five-time Academy Award-nominee Michelle Williams (“My Week with Marilyn,” “Blue Valentine”), Daisy Edgar Jones (“Twisters,” “On Swift Horses”), and Andrew Scott (“Ripley”, upcoming “Wake Up Dead Man”), NEON will release the film theatrically in the U.S. with Republic Pictures handling International distribution. The film recently wrapped production in New Jersey.

NEON is co-financing the film with MRC and Republic Pictures, with T-Street producing. The deal was negotiated by Alison Cohen, Emily Thomas, and Jeff Deutchman for NEON, and Peter McPartlin for Republic Pictures.

“A Place in Hell” is a thriller that follows two women at a high-profile criminal law firm.

In Cannes, NEON earned its sixth consecutive Palme d’Or win with Jafar Panahi’s “It Was Just an Accident,” which the company acquired at the festival, and won a total of 6 awards across all films including the Grand Prix for Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value.” Also in Cannes, NEON debuted Julia Ducournau’s “Alpha,” Raoul Peck’s “Orwell: 2+2=5,” and Michael Angelo Covino’s “Splitsville” starring Dakota Johnson and Adria Arjona which NEON also produced and is releasing August 22. The company acquired North American rights to “Sirât” from Oliver Laxe; “The Secret Agent” from acclaimed writer/director Kleber Mendonça Filho; and Ugo Bienvenu’s animated feature “Arco” with Natalie Portman, which recently won the top Cristal Award at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.

NEON is behind Sean Baker’s “Anora” starring Mikey Madison which took home five Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress and its theatrical release opened to the highest per-screen average of 2024.

Republic Pictures has rapidly established itself as a powerhouse in prestige acquisitions, with a slate that includes Sundance Audience Award-winner “Twinless,” Oscar and Golden Globe-nominee “September 5,” and Emmy-nominated “The Greatest Night in Pop.” Revived in 2023 under Paramount Pictures, the label continues to build momentum with titles like “Bad Apples” starring Saoirse Ronan, “Rob Peace,” and William Friedkin’s final film “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial.”

About NEON
In only eight years, NEON has garnered 39 Academy Award nominations (7 this year), 11 total wins (5 this year), including two Best Picture wins, and has grossed over $400M at the box office. The company continues to push boundaries and take creative risks on bold cinema such as Sean Baker’s “Anora, “which recently took home five Academy Awards including Best Picture, and was released in theaters to the highest per-screen average of 2024; as well as Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite,” which made history winning four Academy Awards, becoming the first non-English-language film to claim Best Picture, and grossed over $54M at the domestic box office.

NEON has built an impressive streak winning the coveted Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, with six consecutive wins, including” “this most recent year’s winner “It Was Just an Accident “from Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi,” as well as Anora, Parasite,” “Anatomy of a Fall,” “Titane, “and “Triangle of Sadness. “In 2024, NEON was named The Hollywood Reporter’s Independent Studio of the Year and received the Clio Award for Studio of the Year.

Recent NEON releases include Mike Flanagan’s “The Life of Chuck” and Osgood Perkins’ horror film “The Monkey,” both of which are based on the short stories by Stephen King. “The Monkey “marked NEON’s second biggest opening weekend at the box office following Perkins’ “Longlegs,” which is the highest grossing independent film of the year at $75 million domestically.

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; Michael Covino’s “Splitsville “starring Dakota Johnson and Adria Arjona; the highly anticipated Boots Riley feature “I Love Boosters” starring Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie, LaKeith Stanfield, Demi Moore, and Eiza González;” The Wrong Girls” starring Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat”; “Tilman Singer’s “Cuckoo “starring Hunter Schafer; and Brandon Cronenberg’s “Infinity Pool”. NEON’s international sales outfit handles the company’s in-house titles as well as third party projects.

NEON has amassed a library of over 120 films, with a noteworthy selection of Academy Award nominated films including: Mohammad Rasoulof’s “The Seed of the Sacred Fig”; Wim Wenders’ “Perfect Days”; “Robot Dreams” from Pablo Berger; documentaries “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” “Fire of Love,” “Moonage Daydream,” and “Flee,” which made history becoming the first film to score an impressive trifecta of Oscar nominations; Joachim Trier’s “The Worst Person in The World”; and Craig Gillespie’s “I, Tonya.”