Actor/Director Joel Edgerton’s New Movie Officially Titled THE GIFT

Motion picture and television studio STX Entertainment and Blumhouse Productions have officially titled their Joel Edgerton-helmed film THE GIFT, it was announced today by Adam Fogelson, Chairman of STX Entertainment’s Motion Picture Group.

Set to debut on July 31, 2015, this chilling, contemporary psychological thriller marks the writing and directorial debut of acclaimed actor Joel Edgerton (The Great Gatsby, Zero Dark Thirty, Warrior), and stars Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall and Edgerton. The film is produced by Rebecca Yeldham (On the Road, The Kite Runner) and Jason Blum (Whiplash, The Purge).

Can you really go through life having never wronged anyone? Even if you are unaware of how, or when, and even who you may have wronged…chances are there is someone out there who won’t ever forget it…or you.

Simon (Jason Bateman) and Robyn (Rebecca Hall) are a young married couple whose life is going just as planned until a chance encounter with an acquaintance from Simon’s high school sends their world into a harrowing tailspin. Simon doesn’t recognize Gordo (Joel Edgerton) at first, but after a seemingly coincidental series of encounters proves troubling, a horrifying secret from their past is uncovered after nearly 20 years. As Robyn learns the unsettling truth about what happened between Simon and Gordo, she starts to question: how well do we really know the people closest to us, and are past bygones ever really bygones?

In addition to THE GIFT, STX Entertainment recently announced its release dates for its first films. SECRET IN THEIR EYES will be released on October 23, 2015. The thriller is written and directed by Billy Ray and stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nicole Kidman and Julia Roberts.

On January 22, 2016, STX will release THE BOY, a horror film from director William Brent Bell (The Devil Inside), written by Stacy Menear and starring Lauren Cohan (“The Walking Dead”).

Finally, March 11, 2016 brings the release of the epic action-drama THE FREE STATE OF JONES, starring Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Keri Russell and Mahershala Ali, from writer-director and 4-time Academy Award nominee Gary Ross.

Blumhouse produced the highly-profitable PARANORMAL ACTIVITY, THE PURGE, INSIDIOUS, and SINISTER franchises which have grossed more than $1.2 billion worldwide as well as the Academy Award winning WHIPLASH.