
About The Avenue
Launched in 2020, The Avenue is HFG’s U.S. distribution division managing all release windows, from
theatrical through home entertainment to television, SVOD and AVOD. The Avenue empowers
filmmakers by pioneering innovative marketing and distribution strategies that amplify their stories to
connect them with the broadest possible audience while driving commercial success. The Avenue has a partnership with Paramount Pictures to handle home entertainment and airlines. Films released under
The Avenue label are a combination of film titles from Highland Film Group as well as third party
acquisitions.
The Avenue’s releases include successful launches of William Eubank’s action thriller Land of
Bad starring Russell Crowe, Liam Hemsworth and Luke Hemsworth; Adam Cooper’s crime
thriller Sleeping Dogs starring Russell Crowe and Karen Gillan; and Adrian Grünberg’s shark actioner The
Black Demon starring Josh Lucas. Recent titles include the survival thriller Locked produced by Sam Raimi
and starring Bill Skarsgård and Academy Award® winner Anthony Hopkins which recently took the #1
spot on Hulu in the U.S. following its theatrical release; Rod Blackhurst’s Tribeca Film Festival and
Deauville title Blood For Dust starring Scoot McNairy, Kit Harington and Josh Lucas; Rusty Cundieff’s sci-fi
thriller 57 Seconds starring Morgan Freeman and Josh Hutcherson; and Petr Jákl’s sweeping historical
action epic Medieval starring Ben Foster, Sophie Lowe and Academy Award® winner Sir Michael
Caine. The first feature film title released under the new stand-alone distribution banner was the martial
arts sci-fi film Jiu Jitsu starring Academy Award® winner Nicolas Cage and Frank Grillo, followed by
Renny Harlin’s The Misfits, starring Pierce Brosnan, Nick Cannon and Tim Roth.
About Highland Film Group
Led by founding partners Arianne Fraser and Delphine Perrier, Highland Film Group (HFG) is an award-
winning global studio with end-to-end capabilities, driving films from development to release. HFG
operates as a producer, financier, distributor and sales agent, with an in-house team that oversees
global productions and acquisitions. Launched in 2010, HFG delivers standout films across a wide range
of genres and platforms, building a reputation for producing high-octane films in the action, thriller and
horror space. In 2020, the studio expanded into U.S. distribution with the successful launch of The
Avenue, HFG’s dedicated label managing all release windows, from theatrical through home
entertainment to television, SVOD and AVOD.
HFG’s diversified production and sales slate includes William Eubank’s action thriller Land of Bad starring
Academy Award® winner Russell Crowe, Liam Hemsworth and Luke Hemsworth released on 1,300
screens in February 2024 and surged to the #1 spot on Netflix in the US; Benjamin Brewer’s survival
action-thriller Arcadian starring Academy Award® winner Nicolas Cage, official selection at SXSW; Adam
Cooper’s crime thriller Sleeping Dogs starring Russell Crowe and Karen Gillan which took the #1 spot on
Hulu in the U.S. last year; and Adrian Grünberg’s shark actioner The Black Demon starring Josh Lucas
which claimed the #1 spot on Amazon’s streaming rankings for seven consecutive days following its
theatrical release in 2023. Upcoming releases include Joe Carnahan’s survival thriller Not Without Hope
starring Zachary Levi and Josh Duhamel; the sci-fi thriller The Astronaut produced by Brad Fuller and
starring Kate Mara and Laurence Fishburne, world premiere at SXSW; Chuck Russell’s horror thriller
Witchboard starring Jamie Campbell Bower; and Allan Ungar’s action comedy London Calling starring
Josh Duhamel and Jeremy Ray Taylor.
New projects include Justin Chadwick’s action spy-thriller The Mark starring Jessica Alba; the espionage
action thriller Stratagem starring Noomi Rapace and Teo Yoo; the thriller Just Play Dead starring Samuel
L. Jackson and Eva Green; the action crime thriller Wardriver starring Dane DeHaan and Sasha Calle;
Adrian Grunberg’s action-thriller Protector starring Milla Jovovich; John Stalberg, Jr.’s Muzzle: City of
Wolves starring Aaron Eckhart; and the action crime thriller The Deputy starring Duke Nicholson, William
H. Macy, Tiffany Haddish and Stephen Dorff.
Previous titles include Joe Carnahan’s Boss Level starring Naomi Watts, Mel Gibson and Frank Grillo; Lin
Oeding’s thriller Braven starring Jason Momoa; Scott Mann’s Final Score starring Dave Bautista and
Pierce Brosnan; Berlin, I Love You with Helen Mirren, Keira Knightley, Jim Sturgess, Mickey Rourke, Diego
Luna and Jenna Dewan Tatum, and Vaughn Stein’s Terminal starring Margot Robbie and Simon Pegg.




Staff

Arianne Fraser
CEO

Delphine Perrier
COO

Monique Green
CFO

Anita Levian
Head of Business and Legal Affairs

Caleb Ward
VP of Acquisitions and Development

Paul Hazen
VP of Operations

Alyson Newman
VP of Business and Legal Affairs

JJ Caruth
President of Domestic Marketing and Distribution

Erik Gonzalez
Director of Marketing and Distribution