MUMBAI: RLJ Entertainment, Inc. has acquired all US rights to the thriller Pay The Ghost.

Written by Dan Kay and directed by Uli Edel, Pay The Ghost stars Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage and Sarah Wayne Callies.

The film will be released in theaters and VOD on 23 September, 2015.

RLJ Entertainment chief acquisitions officer Mark Ward said, "The intense action and scares in PAY THE GHOST will have audiences on the edge of their seats. We can't wait to get the film into theaters this September."

One year after his young son disappeared during a Halloween carnival, Mike Cole (Cage) is haunted by eerie images and terrifying messages he can't explain. Together with his estranged wife (Wayne Callies), he will stop at nothing to unravel the mystery and find their son—and, in doing so, he unearths a legend that refuses to remain buried in the past.

Produced by Nicolas Chartier, Craig J. Flores, Ian Levy and Patrick Newall, the deal was negotiated by Voltage Pictures and Mark Ward and Grace Santos on behalf of RLJ Entertainment.