HOSTILE TAKEOVER

Professional assassin John Lago faces off against his deadliest adversary yet—his wife—in Hostile Takeover, the exciting sequel to Shane Kuhn’s bestselling debut The Intern’s Handbook, which the New York Post called “a sexy, darkly comic thriller.

At the end of The Intern’s Handbook, John tracks down his nemesis Alice but instead of putting a bullet in her head, he puts a ring on her finger and marries her. Together, they execute a hostile takeover of Human Resources, Inc., the “placement agency” that trains young assassins to infiltrate corporations disguised as interns and knock off high profile targets. As HR’s former top operatives, they are successful until conflicting management styles cause an ugly breakup that locks John out of the bedroom and the boardroom. But when Alice takes on a new HR target, John is forced to return to the office battlefield in a role he swore he would never play again: the intern. What starts out as a deadly showdown turns into the two of them fighting side by side to save HR, Inc.—and their marriage.

Shane Kuhn is a writer, director, and producer with 15 years of experience (as he delicately puts it) whoring himself out to the entertainment business and advertising. In feature film, he has writing and directing credits with Universal, Paramount, Sony, and Lionsgate. He is currently co-writing a feature for Paramount and producing an independent documentary. A shameless product pusher in the ad world, he has worked as a copywriter, creative director, and broadcast spot director for brands such as Levi’s, Snapple, Cisco Systems, and DirecTV. For the past three years, he has been wearing golden handcuffs as creative director and broadcast producer for a Bay Area media company. So that you know he is not completely soulless, he is one of the original co-founders of the Slamdance Film Festival and currently serves as an Executive Board member of Slamdance, Inc. Kuhn holds a post-graduate degree in Film Production from The University of Westminster, Central London and an MFA in Screenwriting from the American Film Institute.