Solstice Studios
Solstice Studios is a Los Angeles-based entertainment company, founded in 2018. The studio develops, fully finances, produces, sells internationally and distributes feature films in the U.S. on a wide-release basis. History. In May 2019, Solstice Studios announced Russell Crowe would star in Carl Ellsworth's thriller film, "Unhinged". Principal photography took place in New Orleans from July 15 to August 23, 2019. It was released in the United States on August 21, 2020. The first film to receive a wide theatrical release in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, it grossed $44 million worldwide. Solstice  Studios announced a partnership with Studio 8 in November 2019, with Robert Rodriguez's "Hypnotic" as their first joint-project. Ben Affleck has been cast to star in the film. Affleck will play a "detective investigating a series of impossible high-end heists who becomes entangled in a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret government program". Production was set to begin April 2020, but delayed due to the pandemic. In September 2020, the studio acquired the distribution rights to the Mark Wahlberg drama film "Joe Bell" for $20 million.