The Loft (film)

The Loft
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Erik Van Looy
Produced by	Hilde De Laere Matt DeRoss Steve Golin Paul Green Adam Shulman
Screenplay by	Bart De Pauw Wesley Strick
Story by	Bart De Pauw
Based on	Loft by Erik Van Looy Bart De Pauw
Starring	Karl Urban James Marsden Wentworth Miller Eric Stonestreet Matthias Schoenaerts Rhona Mitra Rachael Taylor Isabel Lucas
Music by	John Frizzell
Cinematography	Nicolas Karakatsanis
Edited by	Eddie Hamilton
Production companies	Anonymous Content Woestijnvis
Distributed by	Open Road Films (US) Kinepolis Film Distribution (Belgium)
Release date	October 14, 2014 (2014-10-14) (Ghent Film Festival) October 15, 2014 (2014-10-15) (Belgium) January 30, 2015 (2015-01-30) (United States)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	United States Belgium
Language	English
Budget	$14 million
Box office	$10.1 million

The Loft is a 2014 American-Belgian erotic mystery film directed by Erik Van Looy. It is a remake of the 2008 Dutch-language Belgian film Loft, which was also directed by Van Looy. The script was written by Bart De Pauw and adapted by Wesley Strick. Starring Karl Urban, James Marsden and Wentworth Miller, it also features Matthias Schoenaerts who reprises his role from the original film.

The film was shot in Summer 2011, but its theatrical release was delayed by a change of the film distributor. Dark Castle Entertainment originally acquired the US distribution rights, as they did for Splice, with the intention of releasing the film through Warner Bros. When Joel Silver moved his office to Universal Studios, he took Dark Castle, and the film with him. Universal planned to release the film on August 29, 2014, but the studio pulled it from the schedule in favor of Legendary Pictures' As Above, So Below. Universal and Dark Castle dropped the film, which was then picked up by Open Road Films, who released it on January 30, 2015. Universal retained the US home entertainment rights through its ancillaries deal with Open Road. Dark Castle, however, hasn't been heard from to this day.

Five married men share ownership of an upmarket loft, which they use to discreetly meet their respective mistresses. When the body of a murdered woman is found in that loft, the men begin to suspect each other of having committed the gruesome crime, as they are the only ones with keys to the premises. Through flashbacks, which are intertwined with scenes from the present, the story is unraveled.