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Mid-Century

Social Thriller · Lionsgate · Streaming on Amazon Prime

A weekend rental in a mid-century modern house turns into something far worse than a bad vacation. Written and produced by Mike Stern, directed by Sonja O’Hara.

The film was certified fresh by top critics on Rotten Tomatoes, drawing praise from the Austin Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, Film Yap and Film Threat.

Shane West · Sarah Hay · Chelsea Gilligan · Bruce Dern · Mike Stern · and Stephen Lang

• 2022Best Picture, IFS Los Angeles Film Festival
• 2022Best Director — Sonja O’Hara, IFS Los Angeles Film Festival
• 2022Best Supporting Actor — Bruce Dern, IFS Los Angeles Film Festival
• 2019Best Screenplay, Horror — Mike Stern, Filmmatic Screenwriting Awards

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"Its unique design makes it well worth the visit."

- Austin Chronicle

"The excellent performances will keep you riveted while the story has enough twists to spin your head around some, Linda Blair style."

- Film Threat

"Supernatural sensationalism that reveals how even the most appealing domestic life can become a trap."

– Projected Figures

"Stern weaves together a little Lovecraft and a little Jackson, and with a little Castle thrown in for good measure."

– Movie Reelist

In Production & Development

The Slate

• Post-Production

  The Dregs

  Feature · Comedic Horror-Thriller

  One drink won’t kill you.

  A comedic horror-thriller, currently in post-production.

  Maddie Phillips · Max Lloyd-Jones · Piper Curda · Charlie Gillespie · Zach Tinker · Marta Pozzan ·Shohreh Aghdashloo · with Nava Mau · and Stephen Lang

  
• In Development

  Fort Hollywood

  Series · Historical Drama

  For America to win the big one, Hollywood needed to start shooting.

  Two Golden Age Hollywood hotshots on the rise — Sam Starling and Ronald Reagan — are pulled off Casablanca by Jack Warner and handed the First Motion Picture Unit: the propaganda and training outfit at the center of America’s answer to Pearl Harbor.

  Based on the true story of the WWII Army Air Force’s First Motion Picture Unit, and on the forthcoming book by Major Douglas A. Cunningham, USAF (Ret.).

  
• In Development

  American Horseman

  Feature · Co-Written and Produced by Mike Stern

  Adapted from the NPR podcast Ride of Passage: at 24, Matt Parker became the first person in over a century to ride solo on horseback across the United States. Listen to the podcast

  
• In Development

  Untitled Treasure Hunt Series

  Series · AMC Networks · Co-Writer & Executive Producer

  An original series in development with AMC Networks.

• In Development

  Features

  Written by Mike Stern

  Maybe You’re the One  ▮  And Hell Followed With Him  ▮  Night Terrors

Who is Astral Plane?

Mike Stern

(p.g.a.) (W.G.A.) (SAG-AFTRA)

A veteran story analyst for Sony, WME, Broken Road Productions, Signature and Resolution, Stern now writes and produces full time for Astral Plane.

His film Mid-Century won Best Picture at the 2022 L.A. Film Festival. He wrote and produced the critically acclaimed social thriller, which had a limited theatrical release through Lionsgate and now streams on Amazon Prime. He is currently in post-production on The Dregs.

A screenwriter, Stern is actively developing the features Maybe You’re the One, And Hell Followed With Him and Night Terrors, and co-writing both the Untitled Treasure Hunt Series for AMC Networks and the feature American Horseman.

He earned a BA in Film and Screenwriting from the University of Michigan, where he won the Hopwood Literary Award, the Alice Webber Glover Playwriting Grant, the Trueblood Fellowship and the UTA Screenwriting Award.

As an actor, Stern has appeared in The Dregs, Mid-Century, Out of the Furnace, Edge of Tomorrow and Jack Reacher — where he served as stand-in for Tom Cruise.