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EXCLUSIVE: Emile Hirsch (Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood) has signed on to star alongside actor-director Danny A. Abeckaser in his latest feature, The Engineer. The project is the pair’s second together, on the heels of the crime drama The Gemini Lounge—also starring Lucy Hale, Ashley Greene, Robert Davi and Vincent Laresca—which is set for release this fall.

EXCLUSIVE: Grindstone Entertainment has acquired the North American rights to the crime drama Mob Cops, we’ve learned. A release date will be set in the future.

K.J. Yossman Danny A. Abeckaser is directing and starring in a new World War II drama, “Bardejov” from a screenplay by Shmuel Lynn.

Dennis Harvey Film Critic Though raised in Brooklyn, actor turned producer/director Danny A. Abeckaser was born in Israel. Unfortunately, that birthright isn’t enough to lend authenticity to “The Engineer,” which feels very much like an American B-movie stab at turning Israeli anti-terrorist operations of 30 years ago into formulaic action fodder — without much action, even.

Emile Hirsch is going undercover in a new mob thriller, The upcoming film, from director Danny A. Abeckaser and writer Kosta Kondilopoulos, is based on true events surrounding New York City's infamous Gambino crime family in the 1960s and '70s.Hirsch stars as a disgraced New York police detective, Bobby Belucci, who goes undercover after a violent reaction to his wife's infidelity lands him a demotion at work.

EXCLUSIVE: Lucy Hale (Ragdoll), Ashley Greene (The Immaculate Room), Vincent Laresca (Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood), Jake Cannavale (The Offer), Robert Davi (The Goonies), Greg Finley (I Love Us), Bo Dietl (Godfather of Harlem), Sid Rosenberg (Gravesend), Jeremy Luke (Pep) and James Russo (Gravesend) have signed on to star alongside Emile Hirsch in director Danny A. Abeckaser’s crime thriller Gemini Lounge, which marks the first feature from Rush Hour producer Arthur Sarkissian’s new media and entertainment company, Global Ascension Studios.

EXCLUSIVE: Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild) has signed on to star in the crime thriller Gemini Lounge, marking the first feature from producer Rush Hour producer Arthur Sarkissian’s new media and entertainment company Global Ascension Studios.

Vision Film has acquired rights to I Love Us, a romantic drama from Danny A. Abeckaser’s 2B Films. Abeckaser stars with Jackie Cruz, Katie Cassidy, Harlow Jane, David James Elliott, Robert Davi, Jasper Polish, Greg Finley, James Madio, David James Elliott, Elya Baskin and Courtney Lopez in the ensemble, which wrapped production at the end of March after a shoot in Los Angeles. It will get a 10-city theatrical run along with VOD in September.

Harlow Jane, Katie Cassidy, Jasper Polish, Robert Davi and Orange is the New Black actress Jackie Cruz have boarded the romantic crime drama I Love Us, the fourth directorial outing for The Irishman star Danny A. Abeckaser, in which he also stars.

EXCLUSIVE: Actor, director and producer Danny A. Abeckaser has signed with APA. He most recently starred opposite Harvey Keistel, Abbie Cornish and tom Arnold in Unto The Sun. His other recent credits include opposite David Arquette in the Mob Town, which he also directed and produced, and he also appeared in The Irishman. He has also produced 12 films and documentaries through his 2B Films banner.

EXCLUSIVE: Harvey Keitel (Pulp Fiction), Abbie Cornish (Jack Ryan), Peter Facinelli (Nurse Jackie), Tom Arnold (True Lies), Danny A. Abeckaser (Blackjack: The Jackie Ryan Story), Adam Karst (Snowfall), Marta Pozzan (A Dark Foe), Marwan Salama (Here And Now) and Miles Santo (The Elephant Princess) have been set to star in crime-drama Unto The Son.

By Amanda N'Duka