Pressman Film is a production company that was founded by Ed Pressman, a prolific producer of over 90 films, including the likes of Wall Street, American Psycho, and The Crow. Sadly, Pressman passed away earlier this year at the age of 79. Now his son Sam Pressman is the CEO of Pressman Film, which recently rebooted The Crow – and landed an eight-figure domestic distribution deal for the film with Lionsgate. Moving forward, the company is working with Antoine Fuqua on a project called The Street, which was written by Goodfellas‘ Nicholas Pileggi, and planning an adaptation of the 1975 Edward Abbey novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, which will be directed by Catfish‘s Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. They’re also trying to figure out how they can exploit titles in the Pressman Film library… and in a recent article, Deadline mentions that endeavor might involve remakes of the 1980 holiday horror film Christmas Evil...
- 9/25/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Growing up as the only son of Ed Pressman, the prolific Hollywood independent producer behind more than 90 major productions including Wall Street, American Psycho and The Crow, it’s fair to say that the film business has always been in Sam Pressman’s blood.
“As a little kid, I got to be on set a lot and feel that beautiful sense of live shoots,” says Pressman, now CEO of Pressman Film, which was established by his late father in 1969. “Movies are deep inside of me, but I didn’t always believe that I would go into film. I really loved it more as an art. I remember taking a silent film class in my freshman year of college where we watched the really tough silent documentary Man With a Movie Camera and we studied it as a cultural phenomenon – it was fascinating.”
But his father’s love of the independent...
“As a little kid, I got to be on set a lot and feel that beautiful sense of live shoots,” says Pressman, now CEO of Pressman Film, which was established by his late father in 1969. “Movies are deep inside of me, but I didn’t always believe that I would go into film. I really loved it more as an art. I remember taking a silent film class in my freshman year of college where we watched the really tough silent documentary Man With a Movie Camera and we studied it as a cultural phenomenon – it was fascinating.”
But his father’s love of the independent...
- 9/11/2023
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated mathematician who retreated to a dingy shack in the Montana wilderness and ran a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died Saturday. He was 81.
Branded the “Unabomber” by the FBI, Kaczynski died at the federal prison medical center in Butner, North Carolina, Kristie Breshears, a spokesperson for the federal Bureau of Prisons, told The Associated Press. He was found unresponsive in his cell early Saturday morning and was pronounced dead around 8 a.m., she said. A cause of death was not immediately known.
Before his transfer to the prison medical facility, he had been held in the federal Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, since May 1998, when he was sentenced to four life sentences plus 30 years for a campaign of terror that set universities nationwide on edge. He admitted committing 16 bombings from 1978 and 1995, permanently maiming several of his victims.
Years before the Sept.
Branded the “Unabomber” by the FBI, Kaczynski died at the federal prison medical center in Butner, North Carolina, Kristie Breshears, a spokesperson for the federal Bureau of Prisons, told The Associated Press. He was found unresponsive in his cell early Saturday morning and was pronounced dead around 8 a.m., she said. A cause of death was not immediately known.
Before his transfer to the prison medical facility, he had been held in the federal Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, since May 1998, when he was sentenced to four life sentences plus 30 years for a campaign of terror that set universities nationwide on edge. He admitted committing 16 bombings from 1978 and 1995, permanently maiming several of his victims.
Years before the Sept.
- 6/10/2023
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
Ed Pressman’s five decades of producing credits include everything from Terrence Malick’s “Badlands” to “Wall Street,” “The Crow,” Abel Ferrara’s “Bad Lieutenant” and the reimagining of the same title in another version directed by Werner Herzog. But nothing in his roster has been as singular as the story of the hippie billionaire at the center of “Dear Mr. Brody,” which opens this week, and its existence speaks to the long-tail success of a producer whose assets have accrued unique value with time.
In the ‘70s, Pressman came into possession of material that he knew would make a good movie: Tentatively called “The Last Flower Child” with Richard Dreyfuss in talks to star, the project would recount the bizarre saga of Michael Brody Jr., the 21-year-old heir to the Oleomargarine fortune who announced that he would give $25 million to anyone who asked. In the process of acquiring the rights to the project,...
In the ‘70s, Pressman came into possession of material that he knew would make a good movie: Tentatively called “The Last Flower Child” with Richard Dreyfuss in talks to star, the project would recount the bizarre saga of Michael Brody Jr., the 21-year-old heir to the Oleomargarine fortune who announced that he would give $25 million to anyone who asked. In the process of acquiring the rights to the project,...
- 3/3/2022
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Slate includes Indecent exposure adaptation with The Bureau director Eric Rochant.
Eager to mine his back catalogue of IP, veteran US producer Ed Pressman is lining up local-language remakes of Bad Lieutenant, the crime drama he first made with Abel Ferrara nearly 30 years ago and subsequently remade with Werner Herzog.
Pressman, who joined son and Pressman Film VP of production Sam Pressman in Cannes this week to unveil the Evolver-Prologue VR collaboration with Terrence Malick, has lined up directors and local producing partners to adapt Bad Lieutenant in the UK, Germany, Italy, South Korea, and Argentina.
Scripts are being written...
Eager to mine his back catalogue of IP, veteran US producer Ed Pressman is lining up local-language remakes of Bad Lieutenant, the crime drama he first made with Abel Ferrara nearly 30 years ago and subsequently remade with Werner Herzog.
Pressman, who joined son and Pressman Film VP of production Sam Pressman in Cannes this week to unveil the Evolver-Prologue VR collaboration with Terrence Malick, has lined up directors and local producing partners to adapt Bad Lieutenant in the UK, Germany, Italy, South Korea, and Argentina.
Scripts are being written...
- 7/10/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
“Lonesome Cowboy”
By Raymond Benson
The late actor Kirk Douglas has often cited that one of his favorite pictures he ever made was Lonely are the Brave, a “western” set in its contemporary year of release (1962).
Based on Edward Abbey’s 1956 novel, The Brave Cowboy, the picture was shot on location in New Mexico and directed by David Miller, a craftsman who worked with a variety of genres and subjects (he gave us the 1952 film noir Sudden Fear and the 1941 Billy the Kid). Most significantly, the screenplay is by Dalton Trumbo, whom Douglas “rescued” from blacklist hell two years earlier by giving the writer screen credit for his work on Spartacus (and effectively ending the blacklist). It is indeed Trumbo’s script—and Douglas’ fine performance—that makes Lonely are the Brave a quality movie.
Jack Burns is a cowboy, a loner, a drifter, a man without a real home...
By Raymond Benson
The late actor Kirk Douglas has often cited that one of his favorite pictures he ever made was Lonely are the Brave, a “western” set in its contemporary year of release (1962).
Based on Edward Abbey’s 1956 novel, The Brave Cowboy, the picture was shot on location in New Mexico and directed by David Miller, a craftsman who worked with a variety of genres and subjects (he gave us the 1952 film noir Sudden Fear and the 1941 Billy the Kid). Most significantly, the screenplay is by Dalton Trumbo, whom Douglas “rescued” from blacklist hell two years earlier by giving the writer screen credit for his work on Spartacus (and effectively ending the blacklist). It is indeed Trumbo’s script—and Douglas’ fine performance—that makes Lonely are the Brave a quality movie.
Jack Burns is a cowboy, a loner, a drifter, a man without a real home...
- 6/19/2020
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
One Monday morning last April, an Englishman named Simon Bramwell glued himself to a glass door at Shell’s London headquarters and refused to leave.
Bramwell, 47, is a co-founder of Extinction Rebellion, a two-year-old climate-activist group dedicated to the belief that real change will only come through mass civil disobedience. For the next 10 days, Xr, as the group is known for short, launched a series of coordinated actions targeting several sites throughout London — blocking traffic outside the stock exchange, interrupting train service at Canary Wharf, and generally bringing the city...
Bramwell, 47, is a co-founder of Extinction Rebellion, a two-year-old climate-activist group dedicated to the belief that real change will only come through mass civil disobedience. For the next 10 days, Xr, as the group is known for short, launched a series of coordinated actions targeting several sites throughout London — blocking traffic outside the stock exchange, interrupting train service at Canary Wharf, and generally bringing the city...
- 4/1/2020
- by Josh Eells
- Rollingstone.com
The other day, after visiting the Camp Fire near Paradise, California, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke figured out who was to blame for the worst wildfire in California history, which has burned more than 105,000 acres, destroyed 12,600 homes, and killed at least 81 people (as of Wednesday morning, there are still more than 1,000 people unaccounted for). “I will lay this on the foot of environmental radicals who prevented us from managing the forests,” Zinke told Brietbart. “This is absolutely on them.”
This is of course bullshit. California is burning because industrialized nations of...
This is of course bullshit. California is burning because industrialized nations of...
- 11/21/2018
- by Jeff Goodell
- Rollingstone.com
Mike Blakeman, an eco education consultant for this Forest Services in Colorado, not long ago veteran a dissatisfaction present with a good number of teachers. When one of these elementary education little children who frequented his mastering dissertation writing services middle by the Rio Grande Countrywide Forest decided to go family home and advised her dad signing was harmful, Blakeman must seamless some ruffled feathers. Her father, simply because it appears, operated for Material Woodland Industries, one of the many largest logging companies during the San Luis Valley.
“Rrt had been slightly very popular listed here for a while,” he reveals. “Whatever I do is learning, not propaganda, but it is a great brand.”
Most outside educators make sure to range themselves from complete-blown activism, he affirms. Performing this allows them to get in touch with a larger customers. Additionally it allows for better showing, claims Karla Vanderzanden, founding father...
“Rrt had been slightly very popular listed here for a while,” he reveals. “Whatever I do is learning, not propaganda, but it is a great brand.”
Most outside educators make sure to range themselves from complete-blown activism, he affirms. Performing this allows them to get in touch with a larger customers. Additionally it allows for better showing, claims Karla Vanderzanden, founding father...
- 3/30/2016
- by Alexander Schaefer
- Scott Feinberg
The Braindead Megaphone by George Saunders “His essays are profound,” the actor raves of the short story scribe. “Eye-opening, empathetic, gut-busting.” Photos: Oscars 2014 After-Party Pictures: Hottest Celeb Bashes The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey In his 1975 classic, “Abbey recommends engaging in sabotage,” says the star. “I know we shouldn’t commit crimes, but I’m with him in spirit!” Why We Make Things and Why It Matters by Peter Korn A “moving” philosophical reflection written by a fell woodworker, “it’s about using your creativity to make anything with your hands.” Official Book [...]...
- 5/6/2015
- Us Weekly
As The Hunger Games franchise continues to bring in the big bucks at the box office, movie studios are feeling increasingly confident when it comes to adapting Young Adult novels. Some have flopped of course, while the next one – Divergent – should help give us a better idea as to whether or not this is a genre which can truly find its footing.
Regardless, Lionsgate are now moving ahead with an adaptation of Jeanne Ryan’s Nerve. It tells the story of a high school senior wallflower who, in an attempt to broaden her horizons, joins a global online game of provocative truth or dare while an audience of “watchers” vote and comment. But as she becomes a sensation and advances higher and higher, the game evolves and soon she finds herself in a dangerous and life-ending situation.
It sounds like an extremely interesting premise, and the movie version has been...
Regardless, Lionsgate are now moving ahead with an adaptation of Jeanne Ryan’s Nerve. It tells the story of a high school senior wallflower who, in an attempt to broaden her horizons, joins a global online game of provocative truth or dare while an audience of “watchers” vote and comment. But as she becomes a sensation and advances higher and higher, the game evolves and soon she finds herself in a dangerous and life-ending situation.
It sounds like an extremely interesting premise, and the movie version has been...
- 2/12/2014
- by Josh Wilding
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Jeremiah Johnson
Directed by Sydney Pollack
Written by Edward Anhalt and John Milius
1972,
The Western, at its creative and commercial peak – the late 1960s-early 1970s – proved itself an astoundingly pliable genre. It could be molded to deal with topical subject matter like racism (Skin Game, 1971), feminism (The Ballad of Josie, 1967), the excesses of capitalism (Oklahoma Crude, 1973). It could be bent into religious allegories (High Plains Drifter, 1973), or an equally allegorical address of the country’s most controversial war (Ulzana’s Raid, 1972). Westerns could be used to deconstruct America’s most self-congratulatory myths (Doc, 1971), and address historical slights and omissions (Little Big Man, 1970). They could provide heady social commentary (Hombre, 1967), or simple adventure and excitement (The Professionals, 1966). They could be funny (The Hallelujah Trail, 1965), unremittingly grim (Hour of the Gun, 1967), surreal (Greaser’s Palace, 1972), even be stretched into the shape of rock musical (Zachariah, 1971) or monster movie (Valley of Gwangi, 1969).
But...
Directed by Sydney Pollack
Written by Edward Anhalt and John Milius
1972,
The Western, at its creative and commercial peak – the late 1960s-early 1970s – proved itself an astoundingly pliable genre. It could be molded to deal with topical subject matter like racism (Skin Game, 1971), feminism (The Ballad of Josie, 1967), the excesses of capitalism (Oklahoma Crude, 1973). It could be bent into religious allegories (High Plains Drifter, 1973), or an equally allegorical address of the country’s most controversial war (Ulzana’s Raid, 1972). Westerns could be used to deconstruct America’s most self-congratulatory myths (Doc, 1971), and address historical slights and omissions (Little Big Man, 1970). They could provide heady social commentary (Hombre, 1967), or simple adventure and excitement (The Professionals, 1966). They could be funny (The Hallelujah Trail, 1965), unremittingly grim (Hour of the Gun, 1967), surreal (Greaser’s Palace, 1972), even be stretched into the shape of rock musical (Zachariah, 1971) or monster movie (Valley of Gwangi, 1969).
But...
- 1/6/2013
- by Bill Mesce
- SoundOnSight
Oren Peli's original "Paranormal Activity" had a tortured history getting to screens, having premiered at festivals in rough form two years before Paramount released the $15,000 indie to unprecedented success.
As for the nightmarish sequels, things have been a dream, with the studio churning them out annually to a highly appreciative (read: scared out of their wits) audience. With "Paranormal Activity 4" about to make people poop their pampers in theaters across the country, we're asking the inevitable question: Will there be a fivequel?
Although we haven't read the deal memo for Oren Peli's contract with Satan, we assume the dark lord demanded at least 40 or 50 sequels before the filmmaker's soul can be set free. Hence, we think "Paranormal Activity 5" is inevitable, but what do the filmmakers say?
"It's definitely too early to even start talking about 'Paranormal 5,'" producer Jason Blum told Dread Central. "I would say that...
As for the nightmarish sequels, things have been a dream, with the studio churning them out annually to a highly appreciative (read: scared out of their wits) audience. With "Paranormal Activity 4" about to make people poop their pampers in theaters across the country, we're asking the inevitable question: Will there be a fivequel?
Although we haven't read the deal memo for Oren Peli's contract with Satan, we assume the dark lord demanded at least 40 or 50 sequels before the filmmaker's soul can be set free. Hence, we think "Paranormal Activity 5" is inevitable, but what do the filmmakers say?
"It's definitely too early to even start talking about 'Paranormal 5,'" producer Jason Blum told Dread Central. "I would say that...
- 10/19/2012
- by Max Evry
- NextMovie
Kelly Reichardt's upcoming eco-terrorist thriller "Night Moves" has been slapped with a lawsuit from Edward R. Pressman Film demanding production to be halted immediately says THR Esq.
Pressman Film, which produced "American Psycho" and "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps", claims 'Night' is a blatant rip-off of Edward Abbey's 1975 novel "The Monkey Wrench Gang". Pressman owns the book's film rights and have hired "Catfish" filmmakers Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman to adapt.
According to the lawsuit, both works feature the targeting of a dam for destruction by means of ammonium fertilizer-laden boats. The principal in both is an alcoholic bomb-making veteran albeit in different services (Green Beret in the book, Us Marine in 'Night'), and both feature a young woman who develops a sexual relationship with the veteran despite his initial objections to her participation in the group's activities.
Shooting isn't scheduled to begin until next month on 'Night' which has Jesse Eisenberg,...
Pressman Film, which produced "American Psycho" and "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps", claims 'Night' is a blatant rip-off of Edward Abbey's 1975 novel "The Monkey Wrench Gang". Pressman owns the book's film rights and have hired "Catfish" filmmakers Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman to adapt.
According to the lawsuit, both works feature the targeting of a dam for destruction by means of ammonium fertilizer-laden boats. The principal in both is an alcoholic bomb-making veteran albeit in different services (Green Beret in the book, Us Marine in 'Night'), and both feature a young woman who develops a sexual relationship with the veteran despite his initial objections to her participation in the group's activities.
Shooting isn't scheduled to begin until next month on 'Night' which has Jesse Eisenberg,...
- 9/18/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
As fans of Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij, most of our coverage of Kelly Reichardt‘s eco-terrorism film, Night Moves, has made mention of the similarities between her film and Marling and Batmanglij’s latest, The East, as both films center on eco-terrorism groups who are bent on destruction. However, it now appears that we should have been playing closer attention to yet another eco-terrorism film and its similarities to Night Moves, mainly because the team behind that other film are alleging that Reichardt’s film has lifted from the production’s material in a big way. THR reports (via Cinema Blend) that Edward R. Pressman Film has filed a lawsuit against the production (including Reichardt, screenwriter Jonathan Raymond, executive producers Todd Haynes, Larry Fessenden, Alejandro De Leon, Film Science, Rt Features CEO Rodrigo Teixeira, and foreign sales agent The Match Factory GmbH) that demands that all work the film stop because “the plaintiffs claim that the...
- 9/17/2012
- by Kate Erbland
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Typically, the Toronto International Film Festival is a venue for a slate of new films to collect the kind of buzz that can give them a killer edge in award season. But at this year's festivities, while flashy new features like Anna Karenina, Cloud Atlas and The Master drew much of the focus, trouble was brewing for writer-director Kelly Reichardt's follow-up to Meek's Cutoff. The drama called Night Moves stars Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning and Peter Sarsgaard, and is gearing up to shoot next month. Producers were seeking foreign buyers for the property when a lawsuit was filed in a California federal court demanding all work on the film.including promotion and sales.stop immediately. THR reports the suit was filed by Edward R. Pressman Film, the production company developing a film adaptation of Edward Abbey's eco-terrorist novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, from which the company believes Reichardt...
- 9/17/2012
- cinemablend.com
Producer Edward R. Pressman has hired Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman to write and direct a feature version of Edward Abbey’s 1975 cult novel The Monkey Wrench Gang. The writing/directing team went from the “Is this a documentary?”-filmmaking of the controversial Catfish to mock-doc horror with last year’s Paranormal Activity 3 and is currently at work on its sequel. Abbey’s novel is about a group of four outdoors types who use vandalism to protect the unspoiled beauty of the Southwest against rapacious developers. And if the title rings a bell it’s probably because Abbey ...
- 5/8/2012
- avclub.com
Two years on and we're still none the wiser about whether Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman's debut film "Catfish" was in fact a documentary or not. Regardless, few would argue that it’s anything but a compelling watch, and that’s more than you can say for their follow up -- “Paranormal Activity 3” -– despite their best efforts. Thanks to the mammoth box office haul of the latter, however, they were invited back to direct the fourth entry in the franchise (which is currently in pre-production) and that should keep them busy until its release around Halloween later this year.
Don’t bet on them being back for a third time though, because the pair have signed on to write and direct an adaptation of the Edward Abbey novel “The Monkey Wrench Gang.” The story follows, according to Deadline, “a gang of four guys who try to battle...
Don’t bet on them being back for a third time though, because the pair have signed on to write and direct an adaptation of the Edward Abbey novel “The Monkey Wrench Gang.” The story follows, according to Deadline, “a gang of four guys who try to battle...
- 5/8/2012
- by Joe Cunningham
- The Playlist
"Catfish" filmmakers Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman are set to write and direct an adaptation of Edward Abbey's 1975 irreverent comedic novel "The Monkey Wrench Gang" says Deadline.
The story follows four guys who try to battle over-development in the American West in the 70s by bumbling attempts at sabotage and industrial espionage.
While three of the guys have no intention of harming anyone, the fourth is a young Vietnam vet who wants to blow shit up.
Edward R. Pressman and Gary Burden are producing the project which has been in development for around 15 years.
The story follows four guys who try to battle over-development in the American West in the 70s by bumbling attempts at sabotage and industrial espionage.
While three of the guys have no intention of harming anyone, the fourth is a young Vietnam vet who wants to blow shit up.
Edward R. Pressman and Gary Burden are producing the project which has been in development for around 15 years.
- 5/8/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Since busting on to the scene back in 2010, Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman have done their best to keep us guessing. Their ticket to notoriety, of course, was the thrilling and fascinating documentary Catfish, and then they moved over to the found-footage horror game with Paranormal Activity 3. While we know what's coming next from the filmmakers - Paranormal Activity 4 is hitting theaters this October - what does the future beyond hold for Joost and Schulman? According to Deadline, the answer to that question is The Monkey Wrench Gang. The site reports that Joost and Schulman have been hired to write and directed an adaptation of Edward Abbey's 1975 novel. The project has been in-development hell for about 15 years now, but may finally come to light thanks to the Catfish duo. The comedy follows a gang of four in the 1970s American West who live their lives to sabotage construction sites,...
- 5/8/2012
- cinemablend.com
After stirring up some controversy during Sundance 2010 regarding the legitimacy of their debut documentary Catfish, directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman made the smart financial next step and got linked up with one of Hollywood’s most profitable franchises. Their Paranormal Activity 3 turned out to also be a bit of a critical hit and aside from helming a fourth film set for a release this fall, they’ve found a new project, one that will mark their writing debut.
Deadline reports that the NYC-based duo will write and direct an adaptation of the novel The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey. The classic book, published in 1975, will come to screen thanks to American Psycho and Thank you For Smoking producer Edward R. Pressman, along with, for some reason, album cover artist Gary Burden. Check out a synopsis for the film, whose film adaptation has been bandied about for the past 15 years,...
Deadline reports that the NYC-based duo will write and direct an adaptation of the novel The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey. The classic book, published in 1975, will come to screen thanks to American Psycho and Thank you For Smoking producer Edward R. Pressman, along with, for some reason, album cover artist Gary Burden. Check out a synopsis for the film, whose film adaptation has been bandied about for the past 15 years,...
- 5/7/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
They burst on to the scene with controversial documentary Catfish, and followed that up by delivering the third outing of the Paranormal Activity franchise. Now Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman are moving away from docu-drama and found footage for an adaptation of Edward Abbey’s comic novel The Monkey Wrench Gang.Abbey’s 1975 book follows four men who are trying to turn the tide of over-development in the American West. While three swear a vow to avoid harming humans, animals, plants or rocks as they go about their bumbling acts of eco-sabotage on construction equipment and trains, the fourth, young Vietnam veteran Hayduke, is more a believer in the Things-Go-Boom school of protest.“We’re excited and honoured to turn this book into a movie,” Joost and Schulman said in a statement picked up by Deadline. “People often ask us why we work together and as Edward Abbey used to say,...
- 5/7/2012
- EmpireOnline
I loved Catfish, the "is it real or fake?" documentary from directing team Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. It was sad, heartfelt, and at times downright terrifying, with their blurring of the lines of reality and pure fiction resulting in a downright intriguing film. Their take on the Paranormal Activity franchise managed to inject new life into the franchise that was dangerously close to running stale, and since then they have solidified themselves as hot commodities. After Paranormal Activity 4, which is due out this October, it appears the duo's next film with be an adaptation of the '70s novel The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey.
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- 5/7/2012
- by Brad McHargue
- GordonandtheWhale
Exclusive: Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, the team behind the 2010 Sundance Film Festival documentary Catfish and Paranormal Activity 3, will write and direct an adaptation of the Edward Abbey novel The Monkey Wrench Gang. The project has been set up by Edward R. Pressman, who is producing with Grammy-winning album cover artist Gary Burden. The producers have been tooling around with The Monkey Wrench Gang for about 15 years but feel they’ve now got the right filmmakers to see through a movie adaptation of the ’70s tale. Written in 1975, the novel follows a gang of four guys who try to battle over-development in the American West in the 70s. They do this with bumbling attempts at sabotage, attacking deserted bulldozers, construction equipment and trains, with a vow they will not harm a human, animal, plant or rock. Well, three of the quartet take that to heart; the fourth, a young Vietnam vet named Hayduke,...
- 5/7/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman have lined up a new writing and directing project in the form of The Monkey Wrench Gang , Deadline reports. The pair, best known for Catfish and Paranormal Activity 3 , will bring to the screen the 1975 Edward Abbey novel, officially described as follows: Ex-Green Beret George Hayduke has returned from war to find his beloved southwestern desert threatened by industrial development. Joining with Bronx exile and feminist saboteur Bonnie Abzug, wilderness guide and outcast Mormon Seldom Seen Smith, and libertarian billboard torcher Doc Sarvis, M.D., Hayduke is ready to fight the power.taking on the strip miners, clear-cutters, and the highway, dam, and bridge builders who are threatening the natural habitat. The Monkey Wrench Gang is on the...
- 5/7/2012
- Comingsoon.net
Sony Pictures Entertainment's nascent acquisitions unit has entered into a multipicture co-financing and domestic distribution agreement with Inferno Films. The deal gives the Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group all media rights to films produced by Inferno.
The first film covered by the deal is "The Heaven Project", a psychological thriller starring Paul Walker and directed and written by John Glenn. The film is in production.
Pictures at the top of Inferno's development slate include a remake of George Cukor's "The Women", written and to be directed by Diane English, creator of television's "Murphy Brown"; "The Monkey Wrench", an adaptation of the Edward Abbey novel that will be directed by Catherine Hardwicke (William Goldman wrote the screenplay); and "A Dog's Story", a family drama inspired by a Japanese story of a man and his dog.
Inferno is in postproduction on "Smother", which stars Diane Keaton and was produced with Jay Roach. Recent film projects include Richard Kelley's "Southland Tales", with Sarah Michelle Gellar, Justin Timberlake and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson; "Just Friends", with Amy Smart, Ryan Reynolds and Anna Faris; and "The Air I Breathe", starring Forest Whitaker, Kevin Bacon, Andy Garcia, Brendan Fraser and Gellar.
The first film covered by the deal is "The Heaven Project", a psychological thriller starring Paul Walker and directed and written by John Glenn. The film is in production.
Pictures at the top of Inferno's development slate include a remake of George Cukor's "The Women", written and to be directed by Diane English, creator of television's "Murphy Brown"; "The Monkey Wrench", an adaptation of the Edward Abbey novel that will be directed by Catherine Hardwicke (William Goldman wrote the screenplay); and "A Dog's Story", a family drama inspired by a Japanese story of a man and his dog.
Inferno is in postproduction on "Smother", which stars Diane Keaton and was produced with Jay Roach. Recent film projects include Richard Kelley's "Southland Tales", with Sarah Michelle Gellar, Justin Timberlake and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson; "Just Friends", with Amy Smart, Ryan Reynolds and Anna Faris; and "The Air I Breathe", starring Forest Whitaker, Kevin Bacon, Andy Garcia, Brendan Fraser and Gellar.
NEW YORK -- Catherine Hardwicke will develop and helm The Monkey Wrench Gang, an adaptation of the 1975 novel by Edward Abbey, for Columbia Pictures. William Goldman is writing a new draft of the screenplay for Edward R. Pressman Prods., with Pressman, Gary Burden and Lloyd Phillips set to produce. Alessandro Camon is exec producing. Columbia presidents of production Matt Tolmach and Doug Belgrad announced the project Monday. Columbia exec vp production Andrea Giannetti is supervising the project with Tolmach.
- 9/27/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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