• Ruthless

  • John Swetnam
  • Set Up
  • Action
  • Thriller
  • 2017
  • Black List
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Market: Tue, 14 Feb 2017Sold: Thu, 16 Feb 2017
Director: Brad Peyton
Producer: Matti Leshem, Lynn Harris, Tripp Vinson, Jeff Fierson
AgentDavid Boxerbaum (Paradigm)
ManagerMichael Botti (Industry Entertainment)
FinancierAmblin Partners
2-16-2017 Amblin won in an auction and sale price was mid to high six figures.
When a legendary retired assassin is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, she must return to the life she left behind and complete one final job in order to secure a future for her young daughter. Think a female John Wick. Or more accurately, think a female who could kick John Wick’s ass.
When a devoted single mother with a deadly past learns she has terminal cancer, she enters back into her past life as a contract killer in order to earn enough money to provide for her daughter's future once she is gone.
After discovering that she is terminally ill with cancer, a retired assassin returns for one last assignment, in order to provide a secure future for her young daughter.
Film
Film, Female Protagonist, Action, Thriller, Hitman, Mother/Daughter
106
R
Medium
F
White / European
33
Attractive
John Wick, Atomic Blonde, Lucy, Proud Mary, Salt, Taken
Present Day, Over a few weeks
Trailer, Glass Factory, Motel, Hospital, Washington, D.C., Office, Rio de Jeneiro, International Airport, Favelas, Valhalla, Nightclub, Compound
RUTH STANTON (30s), a single mother, tucks her daughter, NAOMI (4), in for bed. Soon after, she begins yet another tiresome day working two grueling jobs, although, as she explains at her Addicts Anonymous Meeting, they are worth it to provide for Naomi. However, Ruth has a violent past, one she is thoroughly reminded of. When a co-worker harasses her, she immobilizes him before she can even think.

Ruth begins having increasingly painful headaches, until they finally become too much, and she passes out at work. When she wakes up in the hospital, she learns she has brain cancer, and only has six months to live. Meeting with her lawyer, she learns that Naomi will most likely be forced into foster care, unless Ruth is able to put aside a large sum of money to give her a future.

GARRETT (50s), an older contract killer and friend of Ruth’s. With Naomi vehemently on her mind, she decides to enter back into her old life… as a contract killer. Ruth leaves Naomi with JULIE (19), the babysitter. She goes to see Bryce, her old boss, and receives her assignment… When she completes it, he tells her, she will earn ten million dollars....