Open Road Films has acquired U.S. rights to The Grey from Liddell Entertainment,the companies announced recently. The thriller reunites director Joe Carnahan with his A-Team star Liam Neeson. The movie centres on a group of oil-rig workers who are left stranded in the Arctic after their plane crashes. Making matter worse,the team is hunted by a vicious pack of wolves. Neeson plays the leader of the team. Dermot Mulroney (About Schmidt) and Dallas Roberts (The Good Wife) co-star. Carnahan has attracted praise for the flashy and violent touch he applied to movies such as Smokin' Aces and Narc,but The A-Team was considered a box-office disappointment. The film,Carnahans most mainstream project,grossed $177 million worldwide,but cost $110 million to produce. Open Road,a co-venture between theatre chains AMC and Regal,launched last spring with the stated goal of distributing between eight to ten films a year. Among the films it has picked up rights to are an adaptation of Twilight author Stephenie Meyers The Host and the Robert De Niro action film The Killer Elite.
