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Manifest Pictures is handling international rights. CAA Media Finance, WME Independent and QC Entertainment will co-rep domestic sales. Shooting is set to get underway before the end of the year.

Bulls will follow Danny (O’Brien), “a man who has spent thirty years apologizing for existing. With his relationship cracking, he books a last-ditch trip to a hedonistic island resort, hoping to come back as someone his girlfriend can finally believe in. But his lonely escape detonates when a hookup with Ava, a married woman (Gerber), puts him on a collision course with her alpha male husband Marco (Pullman).

“As Danny is drawn deeper into Ava’s dangerous and intoxicating world of sex, power, and psychological games he quickly realizes getting caught by Marco is only the beginning.”

Morosini, who was most recently enlisted to write and EP a forthcoming adaptation of his Black List horror script Mommy’s Home for Lionsgate. Universal also picked up Morosini’s elevated comedy spec Inner Child, with the project being adapted for the Lego universe. As an actor, he most recently starred in It’s What’s Inside, which premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival and sold to Netflix in a $17M deall.

QC Entertainment partners Sean McKittrick, Raymond Mansfield and Edward H. Hamm Jr. said: “We’ve been looking for the right opportunity to collaborate with James for some time. He brings a bold, fearless sensibility to character and tension, and Bulls immediately stood out as a project with both strong commercial potential and a singular creative voice. We’re excited to finance and produce the film and help bring James’ vision to audiences.”

“James Morosini has crafted a provocative and unpredictable thriller that demands your attention. It demanded ours from page one! Elevated, yet crowd pleasing – and with this stellar cast – it’s a film we know will stick with audiences and create conversation,” commented Zack Roth of Roth/Kirschenbaum.

Morosini added: “I wrote Bulls because it’s the type of film I would cancel my plans to go see in cinemas. It’s mischievous, twisty, turn-y, and most of all it’s sexy.”

“James has crafted a loud, transgressive erotic thriller that speaks directly to today’s theatrical audience—one that’s embraced provocative hits from Wuthering Heights and The White Lotus to Saltburn and The Housemaid,” noted Zhuang and Glueck of Manifest Pictures. “With his sharp, distinctive voice and an incredible next-gen cast, Bulls will have audiences gasping, laughing, screaming and talking long after the credits roll.”

O’Brien is repped by WME, Principal Entertainment LA, and Lichter, Grossman; Gerber is repped by CAA, Entertainment 360, and Sloane, Offer; Pullman is repped by CAA and Anonymous Content. Morosini is repped by CAA, Range Media Partners, and Goodman, Genow.

Producers on the project include Julie Baldassi of Younger Daughter Films (Darkest Miriam, I Am in the World as Free and Slender as a Deer on a Plain), Daniel Bekerman of Scythia Films (The Apprentice, Endless Cookie), Banzhaf, Moore and Brian Robertson. Sam Sutcliffe and Jasmin Karibzhanova of Ursa Major Films are co-financing alongside Nicholas Chepesiuk of Gabardine, Telefilm Canada and Mongrel Media, with WME Independent and CAA Media Finance co-repping the film for sales. Production dates and locations are still being finalized.

O’Brien has been on a hot streak recently, between a Sundance Jury Award win and a Spirit Award nomination for his dual roles in the acclaimed dark comedy Twinless, and a starring role opposite Rachel McAdams in Send Help, the survival horror thriller from Sam Raimi that dominated the domestic box office in January, grossing more than $93 million and earning critical acclaim. Up next, he’ll be seen starring alongside Ruth Madeley and Mark Ruffalo in the Apple pic Being Heumann from CODA’s Sian Heder. He is represented by WME, Principal LA and Jamie Feldman.

Williams broke out with his starring role opposite Connor Storrie in the cultural phenomenon Heated Rivalry from Crave and HBO, a queer hockey romance heading into its second season. Upcoming, he’ll also be seen in Netflix’s FTX series The Altruists, among other projects. He is repped by CAA, RED Management and Hansen Jacobson.

Banzhaf previously directed the short film I Am in the World as Free and Slender as a Deer on a Plain, which premiered at TIFF and was named to the festival’s year-end Canada’s Top 10 list for shorts. She is repped by Amanda Rosenthal Talent Agency.

Moore is repped by Verve and New Story Entertainment; Bekerman by WME.

Source: deadline.com

Toronto filming dates: March 30 2026 – May 12 2026