Stevie Hawkins, Emphasis Records and Hannon Hawkins Music BMI have signed a Synchronization and Master Use license for Hawkins' song titled "Only You" for inclusion in a new Blumhouse Productions and Divide/Conquer film titled, "Thriller". The song is performed by Stevie Hawkins, who is an Funk/Soul/Blues artist and 2018 GRAMMY^® recipient.  "Only You" appears on Hawkins' multi award-winning album titled, "What The Funk?", composed by Charlotte Hannon and Hawkins.

The film is written and directed by Dallas Jackson, and produced by Jackson along with Greg Gilreath, Adam Hendricks, and John H. Lang. Ken Rance is co-writer of the screenplay (New In Town - Renée Zellweger, The Good Son - Macaulay Culkin). Dallas Jackson credits include (Rebel - BET TV Series, South of Nowhere, The Last Dragon).

Thriller tells the tale of a shy young man named Chauncey Page who winds up in jail after he accidentally kills a young woman during a cruel prank being played on him. Once released from jail, he returns home to seek his revenge.

Thriller made its World-Premiere at the 2018 LA Film Festival in the "Nightfall" category. The red-carpet event and big-screen debut was held September 23 at ArcLight Cinema in Culver City, California. The LA Film Festival is a premiere venue for select emerging and established independent storytellers with unique voices and innovative visions to exhibit their new works. The Festival cultivates valuable working relationships and alliances between the film industry and independent artists.

Music Supervisor Paul Stewart, and Music Coordinator Rayshon Harris, selected "Only You" for inclusion in the film. Stewart's long-lauded instinct for finding the right song at the right moment has made him a valued and in-demand music consultant and entertainment marketer. He is a veteran in music supervision with credits in over thirty-five films including: "Hustle & Flow" (Academy Award for Best Original Song), "Four Brothers", "2 Fast 2 Furious", and "Poetic Justice" (Academy Awards nomination for Best Original Song - "Again" by Janet Jackson). Rayshon Harris is the Senior Director of Product Management at GMUSIC Group/Sony Entertainment. Ms. Harris is credited for her work as a music producer on the releases of: The Best Of Snoop Dogg, NWA: The World’s Most Dangerous Group (VH1 Rock Docs), Ice Cube: The Essentials, No Limit ‘s Greatest Hits, The Best Of D'Angelo. As a film and television producer she is credited for her work on: All In The Name Of God (Diamond Films), Lou Rawls Parade Of Stars (WLIW-NY, local network affiliate), and Love Between The Sexes (Black Entertainment Television-BET).

When asked about his reaction to the song being licensed for the film, Hawkins conveyed, "This is very exciting news for co-writer Charlotte Hannon, Emphasis Records and myself. Receiving communication from Mr. Stewart regarding licensing Only You for the film was one of the oh-so familiar situations in the music business, when you least expect something to happen, it does. Came clear out of the blue. I am truly honored that Mr. Dallas Jackson, Mr. Paul Stewart and Ms. Rayshon Harris chose the song for the film, to be included in the production and its stellar cast and crew."

Casting Director Kim Hardin (Think Like A Man, Billy Madison, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Blair Witch), brings a dynamic cast of actors to the production. Familiar stars include, Mykelti Williamson (Fences, Forrest Gump, Free Willy, Con-Air), Vanessa Bell Calloway (Coming To America, What's Love Got To Do With It, The Inkwell, Grey's Anatomy), Vanessa Williams (Candyman, Sugar Mommas, Incognito, New Jack City), Tequan Richmond (Ray, Blue Caprice, CSI, General Hospital), Pepi Sonuga (The Fosters, Famous In Love, Ash vs. Evil Dead, Mortal Combat X), Kurt Alexander a.k.a. Big Boy (Deuce Bigalow, Charlie's Angels, Entourage, The Longest Yard) and Maestro Harrell (Ali, Barbershop, CSI: NY, Bone Tomahawk).

Acting the role of Principal Hurd, as well as being the music composer and an executive producer of the film, is multi-talented Robert Diggs, better known as RZA. RZA is a prominent person in hip-hop music, member and producer of the GRAMMY nominated hip-hop group, Wu-Tang Clan. Deeply involved in film since the late 1990s, RZA has composed music for a number of films including, "The Man with the Iron Fists", "Kill Bill: Volume 1", and "Meet the Blacks". As a writer, director , producer, and actor in film and television, his work can be found in, "American Gangster", "Brick Mansions", "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai", and the Showtime series "Californication".

Further information regarding the release of the film "Thriller" will be provided as it becomes available.

To license music by Stevie Hawkins from the Emphasis Records catalog of master recordings, please contact us through our website. http://emphasisrecords.com/contact.html

Divide / Conquer Productions was founded in 2013 by Adam Hendricks, Greg Gilreath and John Lang, with Zac Locke joining their team in 2017. Their work encompasses productions of film, television, commercials, short films, music videos, and documentaries. In 2017, Divide / Conquer produced an award-winning film, "Lucky", directed by John Carroll Lynch (Fargo, The Founder, Star Trek: Voyager), starring Harry Stanton (The Green Mile, Pretty In Pink), Tom Skerritt (Steel Magnolias, A River Runs Through It), Ed Begley Jr (Renaissance Man, Ghostbusters), and David Lynch (The Elephant Man, Twin Peaks), distributed by Magnolia Pictures. Other company film credits include "Totem" (Cinemax), "Like.Share.Follow" (Cinemax), "Family Blood" (Netfilx), and commercials for Adidas (for ESPN), Minions (for Adult Swim), McDonald's and GMC.

Blumhouse Productions is a television and film production company founded by Jason Blum, that produces thriller and horror films. "Get Out", "Whiplash", "The Purge", "Insidious", "Paranormal Activity", and "The Gift" are some of Blum's productions. Blumhouse films, "Whiplash" and "Get Out", earned Jason Blum Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and a combined box-office gross of over 300 million dollars world-wide. A new Blumhouse / Miramax Films production of the classic horror film, Halloween, directed by David Gordon Green, with John Carpenter serving as executive producer and music composer, is slated for release October 19, 2018. Original Halloween stars, Jamie Lee Curtis (Laurie Strode) and Nick Castle (Michael Myers), return to the screen in the 2018 Blumhouse version, distributed by Universal Pictures.

Dallas Jackson at IMDb.  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1371010

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Thriller (2018) IMDb.  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7671414

Blumhouse Productions website.  http://www.blumhouse.com

Divide/Conquer website.  http://www.divideconquer.us