Rosario Dawson, Alexandra Shipp, Milla Jovovich Join ‘Midnight’ Action Thriller

It’s perfect: Rosario Dawson (Ahsoka) completed production in Connecticut as producer and star of At midnighta new action thriller from filmmaker Joshua Otis Miller and Yale Productions.

Other actors include Alexandra Shipp (Anyone But You) and Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil).

Written by Lamont Magee and Jeff Byrd, At midnight follows a young, blind woman (Shipp) as she is hunted by an international criminal gang (led by Jovovich) in search of a package believed to have been given to the woman by the sister of a federal agent (Dawson). However, the attackers quickly realize that the woman, although blind, may be more dangerous than expected.

The film was produced by Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman of Yale Productions in association with Dawson, Leah Elizabeth Rucinski and Timothy Christian and Rab Butler of Night Fox Entertainment. Other producers include David Gere, Chelsea Vale, and Beth Bryant. Michael Day co-produced.

Exec producers include Rabbit Black’s Sean Krajewski, Ronnie Exley, Jeremy Ross, and Lawrence Minicone. Others are Shipp, Jovovich, Annabelle Mullen Pacheco, Francisco Cueto, Will Hirschfeld, Edmund Lowell, Declan Morgan, Scott Fink, Jeremy Rothstein, Josh Buchalter, Jason Kringstein, Scott Levenson, Russ Posternak, Kyle Fethke, Kurt Fethke, Andrea Iervolino, Luca Matrundola , Emanuele Moretti, Nicholas Donnermeyer, Ben Walter, Inna Walter, Jeffrey Tussi, Ram Getz, Michael Becker and Michael Mortensennn.

The Great Escape will shop the film to buyers at the Toronto Film Festival next month.

Dawson said, “Without being too generous, ‘Midnight’ is a wonderful drama film, about work and adventure. It’s about coming into your own and embracing your independence, but at its core, it’s a film about family and that’s what resonated with me the most. I am very excited to be a part of an amazing project with this amazing team and team.”

Added producers Levine and Beckerman, “Working with Rosario on this film was an incredible experience. He is an incredibly talented actor, and we couldn’t be more impressed with his creative process as a producer. Dawson, along with Alexandra Shipp and Milla Jovovich, give great performances, and we can’t wait for audiences to see ‘Midnight.’

Currently, Dawson leads the team star Wars series Ahsokathe acclaimed Disney+ spin-off The Mandalorian. Recently, he was also seen in the Disney remake The Haunted Mansion and Kevin Smith Clerks IIIand similar series Illness. Dawson also produced and starred in the scripted series Normal Not Normalwhich began broadcasting this past fall.

She will next be seen opposite Nick Jonas in Robert Schwartzman’s indie The Good HalfShipp has been miserable in recent years, with his roles Anyone But You, Barbie, tick, tick… BOOM! and more. Also coming up is an indie thriller Violent endingswhere he plays opposite Billy Magnussen.

They are well known for earning billions of dollars Resident Evil Franchise, Jovovich recently wrapped World-breaker director Brad Anderson and will be seen next In Lost Lands directed by her husband Paul WS Anderson.

Associate producer on upcoming HBO series The Green LanternMagee also served as writer and co-producer on Black Lightning and as a supervising producer All Americans: Homecomingboth of the CW. Her tap dance feature Places to stay in Buffalo Flats is being developed at MGM Films with Emma Westenberg attached to direct, and he’s teaming up with Geoff Johns and others on the new comic book thriller Ghost Machine.

A protégé of Spike Lee, Byrd wrote and directed A Love Letter: The Definitive Reason Men Are Dogsacquired by BET Pictures, as well Truth be told starring Regina King. Additionally, you are directed to shows like this one Flash, Those who run away, Star Trek: Discovery again Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Currently, he works as a co-exec producer and director on Showtime’s Yellowjacketswhere he was nominated for an Emmy in 2023.

Dawson is repped by CAA and Untitled Entertainment; Shipping by CAA, Neon Kite, and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman; Jovovich by CAA, Untitled with Hansen, Jacobson, Teller; Miller by EHB Management; Magee by Rain, Verve, and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman; and Byrd by Rain, IAG, and Felker Toczek Suddleson.