By Matt Grobar | May 15th, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Stephen Dorff (Blade) is set to star opposite Terry Chen (Almost Famous), Fei Ren (The Terror) and Wern Lee (Voyagers) in Slant, a new crime thriller from director Chester Sit that’s wrapped production and is being presented to buyers at Cannes.
Slant follows an Asian teenager (Lee) who discovers his father was a legendary Triad enforcer. As he seeks his inheritance in a criminal underworld ruled by the ruthless Mo (Chen), he must choose between power, his soul, and his childhood mentor-turned-rival, Sid (Dorff). Set against a backdrop of violence and shifting loyalties, Slant dives deep into the savage — and at times surreal — world of organized crime.
Mark Kandborg penned the script. Keli Price is producing for Price Productions, alongside Richard Greenhalgh and Michael Olsen, with Evan Tylor and Caterina Scrivano of IndustryWorks Studios exec producing. Price negotiated Dorff’s deal, with IndustryWorks set to handle worldwide distribution and sales for the film.
Best known for turns in films like Blade and Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere, Dorff has recently been seen on HBO’s acclaimed comedy series The Righteous Gemstones, and in indies like Mob Land, King of Killers, and The Trainer. He is repped by Paradigm, Atlas Artists, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller.
Chen is repped by The Characters Talent Agency; Ren by Play Management and Strand Entertainment; Lee by CESD and Performers Management; and Kandborg by Integral Artists.