The ultimate cringe comedy has ended as Curb Your Enthusiasm took its final bow.
After 15 seasons of watching Larry David’s fictional self make a complete and utter ass of himself again and again, it might seem like the end is near for the medium.
Rest assured, this brand of humor will not disappear quickly, and streaming on Peacock today is Hapless, a British comedy from creator Gary Sinyor about -- to harken back to David’s Seinfeld -- nothing.
First of all, you should probably know that I am not generally a sitcom gal. My comedy needs to be brusque and sarcastic, borderline rude, but not raunchy.
As you can imagine, cringe comedies make my heart sing.
These comedies often feature somewhat neurotic people who have failed to fully mature as they live life. As a single adult without children, this speaks to me. How do you mature without kids?...
After 15 seasons of watching Larry David’s fictional self make a complete and utter ass of himself again and again, it might seem like the end is near for the medium.
Rest assured, this brand of humor will not disappear quickly, and streaming on Peacock today is Hapless, a British comedy from creator Gary Sinyor about -- to harken back to David’s Seinfeld -- nothing.
First of all, you should probably know that I am not generally a sitcom gal. My comedy needs to be brusque and sarcastic, borderline rude, but not raunchy.
As you can imagine, cringe comedies make my heart sing.
These comedies often feature somewhat neurotic people who have failed to fully mature as they live life. As a single adult without children, this speaks to me. How do you mature without kids?...
- 4/10/2024
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
The distributor will schedule a North American release on the family drama starring Susan Sarandon, Rose Byrne and Jk Simmons.
Lorene Scafaria directed the imminent Toronto world premiere, which Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (Spwa) acquired for the world prior to production.
Spwa will distribute internationally. Sarandon plays a widow who relocates to be closer to her grown-up daughter.
Joy Gorman Wettels of Anonymous Content produced with Paul Green and Sarandon and Anonymous’ Steve Golin served as executive producers.
Lorene Scafaria directed the imminent Toronto world premiere, which Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (Spwa) acquired for the world prior to production.
Spwa will distribute internationally. Sarandon plays a widow who relocates to be closer to her grown-up daughter.
Joy Gorman Wettels of Anonymous Content produced with Paul Green and Sarandon and Anonymous’ Steve Golin served as executive producers.
- 8/25/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Could the debut novel from Mary Kubica be the next Winter's Bone? Anonymous Content is betting it might as the company has picked up rights to The Good Girl. "After the first read we knew we wanted to be involved in bringing Mary Kubica's deeply imaginative thriller to the screen," said Anonymous Content’s Paul Green. "Her book represents the kind of powerful storytelling Anonymous aspires to produce." With credits on the 2010 Oscar-winning film starring…...
- 4/10/2015
- Deadline
Wonsuk Chin, is a Korean American Indie Filmmaker. I have known Wonsuk since the early Ifp Market days in the 1980s when he lived in New York and produced “Too Tired to Die” which made some waves in the indie world at that time. He disappeared for several years and we recently reconnected in L.A.
Wonsuk: As you know, I started out in New York. I went to School of Visual Arts and studied film there. My first film was “Too Tired To Die”, a dark comedy I wrote and directed in 1998. It starred Takeshi Kaneshiro, Mira Sorvino, Ben Gazzara and Jeffrey Wright. It premiered at Sundance Film Festival that year.
Then I did a feature length documentary “E-Dreams” which chronicled the rise and fall of kozmo.com. After a special world premiere at Walter Reade Theater, the film went on to screen at such festivals as Seattle, Hamptons, Jeonju (in Korea) and San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. The film also won the Best Documentary Award at Ammi, the aMagazine-sponsored Asian-American "Academy Awards” when “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” won the Best Film.
Having grown up in Korea idolizing Hollywood films, I was one of the first Korean emigre filmmakers in the United States. When I first came here, many people were asking me if we even had a film industry in Korea. Truly, Korean films were virtually unknown outside Korea at the time. Of course, things have changed dramatically and Korea has produced some amazing films in the past 15 years. Some of the filmmakers like Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon-ho are very influential and I am proud of it. But it is true many of those wonderful Korean films are still considered cult classics and have a limited audience. It has been my goal to make a film about Korea that can travel beyond the arthouse and foreign film fans.
In the mid 2000s, I tried to make a film called “Expats”, a heist comedy about American expats teaching English in Busan, Korea. Although we had a partial cast (Chris Kline, John Cho and others have expressed interest), we couldn’t raise money and the project ultimately fell through. Many were saying I was a little ahead of the time. In the mid 2000s, Korean studios weren’t interested in making films for the global audience. Personally it was a devastating experience. You work on a project for several years and it doesn’t happen. Financially and spiritually it hurts you so much.
Wonsuk: In the past decade, I would travel back and forth between Korea and L.A., always trying to find the right project that has the best of Korean and American indie cinema.
Meanwhile, I ended up hosting a radio program in Korea to play soundtrack music. It was a great experience. I also appeared in a TV show regularly as a part time critic. I taught classes at Korea National University of the Arts.
I also tried producing some movies. I was involved in a Korean-Singapore-Chinese co-production Dance of the Dragon and a Korean wild boar movie “Chaw” but neither was a pleasant experience for me. I guess, I missed being creative. My role was very limited in those projects.
Then, I saw “Blue Valentine”. It was directed by a fellow Sundance alumni Derek Cianfrance. He had “Brother Tied” then. When I heard Derek had been working on the project for 12 years – that he never gave up his passion and dream for it -- it was a rude wake-up call for me. I’d been slacking off, placing blames on my producers for not being able to make my own movies. But Derek just persevered and made it happen for him.
I was truly humbled. I was inspired. I also sensed the time slipping away from me. I had to go back to making movies although uncertainty always awaited me.
In 2010, I started making some short films and music videos using iPhone and it got me excited about filmmaking again. They’re tiny projects created with a smartphone but I was happy to tell stories again. I got a little bit of notoriety because of them. In 2012, I shot “992,” a 13-minute comedy with an iPhone and it premiered at Macworld. The film received great reviews both in Korea and internationally and as a filmmaker, it boosted my confidence again. To be able to tell a story, even if it’s just short and online, I started believing again in my ability as a storyteller. Also, when you make a movie with a phone and raise the budget via crowdfunding, you begin to sense this is the brand new world.
Because of my previous works such as “E-Dreams” which dealt with the early days of the dot com world and those iPhone generated shorts, I’ve been known as a tech-savvy filmmaker in my homeland. I also exec produced the iPhone film Park Chan-wook co-directed called “Night Fishing”. I’m also known to be an early adopter as I’m one of the first filmmakers in Korea to use social media. As an indie filmmaker, you have to know what tools are available to you since you have to be resourceful.
Ironically, my new project is far from technology. As you know, I’m working on a film called “Ape of Wrath”. This will be my first feature as a director since e-dreams which I made over 13 years ago. This one will be very special because I will get to shoot it in the country where I grew up.
“Ape of Wrath” is a comedy about an ambitious but questionably talentless American director who travels to Korea in 1976 to make a giant ape movie. Yes, the story takes place in 1976 and we’re going to make it as a mockumentary as if this was the making of from the era. Those who read the script have compared it to Ed Wood and “Bowfinger”.
This story was inspired by an actual giant ape movie shot in Korea in 1976. It is called “A*P*E” and is considered to be one of the worst movies ever made. But it has become a cult classic.
My story is completely fictional and the protagonist is a Edward Wood, Jr.- like character named Federico Smith who has no resemblance to Paul Leder (Mimi Leder’s father), the director of “A*P*E”.
In my story, Federico Smith is a USC graduate (went to school with George Lucas) who made one forgettable horror film called “The Seventh Steal”. Now he gets to make his own King Kong in Korea with a washed up Scottish actor John McGregor playing the ape when his college roommate, Mr. Park, tells him to fuck copyrights and come to Korea to make the King Kong rip-off. Federico thinks his giant ape movie will be up there with Merian C. Cooper’s “King Kong” but you know well how this film will turn out.
This will be my lifetime dream come true ever since, as a little kid, I saw the posters of “A*P*E” in the streets of Songtan, a small town near Osan Air Base. As a 8 year old kid, I thought “A*P*E” was the sequel to King Kong and was proud Hollywood came to Korea to make a movie.
Many years later, now, I am preparing to make a film in Korea with an international cast. Luckily I have a great team behind us already. I hooked up with Paul Green of Anonymous Content who's the main producer of the project. Paul is the president and COO of Anonymous Content and has executive produced “Laggies” and will be executive producing “The Revenant”. Earlier this year, “Avengers: Age of Ultron” was filmed partially in Korea and soon “Sense8”, the new Netflix TV series from the Wachowski siblings will shoot scenes in Korea.
But “Ape of Wrath” will be the first coproduction with the U.S. to be shot entirely in Korea. It will be quite challenging though. We have a production system quite different from the ones in the States. Often, the shooting days are much longer in Korea. We can't afford to do that this time. Also it will be a daunting task to recreate 1970s Korea as Korea has changed so much.
But as a filmmaker, such challenges are always welcome. I’m not interested in making movies which seem familiar to you. The story of a hopeless dreamer may be familiar to you but such a story taking place in 1976 Korea will seem unlike anything you’ve ever seen.
If everything goes well, we will go into production next March. In the coming weeks, we hope to start casting the film.
You can watch Wonsuk Chin short film "992" below.
Wonsuk: As you know, I started out in New York. I went to School of Visual Arts and studied film there. My first film was “Too Tired To Die”, a dark comedy I wrote and directed in 1998. It starred Takeshi Kaneshiro, Mira Sorvino, Ben Gazzara and Jeffrey Wright. It premiered at Sundance Film Festival that year.
Then I did a feature length documentary “E-Dreams” which chronicled the rise and fall of kozmo.com. After a special world premiere at Walter Reade Theater, the film went on to screen at such festivals as Seattle, Hamptons, Jeonju (in Korea) and San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. The film also won the Best Documentary Award at Ammi, the aMagazine-sponsored Asian-American "Academy Awards” when “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” won the Best Film.
Having grown up in Korea idolizing Hollywood films, I was one of the first Korean emigre filmmakers in the United States. When I first came here, many people were asking me if we even had a film industry in Korea. Truly, Korean films were virtually unknown outside Korea at the time. Of course, things have changed dramatically and Korea has produced some amazing films in the past 15 years. Some of the filmmakers like Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon-ho are very influential and I am proud of it. But it is true many of those wonderful Korean films are still considered cult classics and have a limited audience. It has been my goal to make a film about Korea that can travel beyond the arthouse and foreign film fans.
In the mid 2000s, I tried to make a film called “Expats”, a heist comedy about American expats teaching English in Busan, Korea. Although we had a partial cast (Chris Kline, John Cho and others have expressed interest), we couldn’t raise money and the project ultimately fell through. Many were saying I was a little ahead of the time. In the mid 2000s, Korean studios weren’t interested in making films for the global audience. Personally it was a devastating experience. You work on a project for several years and it doesn’t happen. Financially and spiritually it hurts you so much.
Wonsuk: In the past decade, I would travel back and forth between Korea and L.A., always trying to find the right project that has the best of Korean and American indie cinema.
Meanwhile, I ended up hosting a radio program in Korea to play soundtrack music. It was a great experience. I also appeared in a TV show regularly as a part time critic. I taught classes at Korea National University of the Arts.
I also tried producing some movies. I was involved in a Korean-Singapore-Chinese co-production Dance of the Dragon and a Korean wild boar movie “Chaw” but neither was a pleasant experience for me. I guess, I missed being creative. My role was very limited in those projects.
Then, I saw “Blue Valentine”. It was directed by a fellow Sundance alumni Derek Cianfrance. He had “Brother Tied” then. When I heard Derek had been working on the project for 12 years – that he never gave up his passion and dream for it -- it was a rude wake-up call for me. I’d been slacking off, placing blames on my producers for not being able to make my own movies. But Derek just persevered and made it happen for him.
I was truly humbled. I was inspired. I also sensed the time slipping away from me. I had to go back to making movies although uncertainty always awaited me.
In 2010, I started making some short films and music videos using iPhone and it got me excited about filmmaking again. They’re tiny projects created with a smartphone but I was happy to tell stories again. I got a little bit of notoriety because of them. In 2012, I shot “992,” a 13-minute comedy with an iPhone and it premiered at Macworld. The film received great reviews both in Korea and internationally and as a filmmaker, it boosted my confidence again. To be able to tell a story, even if it’s just short and online, I started believing again in my ability as a storyteller. Also, when you make a movie with a phone and raise the budget via crowdfunding, you begin to sense this is the brand new world.
Because of my previous works such as “E-Dreams” which dealt with the early days of the dot com world and those iPhone generated shorts, I’ve been known as a tech-savvy filmmaker in my homeland. I also exec produced the iPhone film Park Chan-wook co-directed called “Night Fishing”. I’m also known to be an early adopter as I’m one of the first filmmakers in Korea to use social media. As an indie filmmaker, you have to know what tools are available to you since you have to be resourceful.
Ironically, my new project is far from technology. As you know, I’m working on a film called “Ape of Wrath”. This will be my first feature as a director since e-dreams which I made over 13 years ago. This one will be very special because I will get to shoot it in the country where I grew up.
“Ape of Wrath” is a comedy about an ambitious but questionably talentless American director who travels to Korea in 1976 to make a giant ape movie. Yes, the story takes place in 1976 and we’re going to make it as a mockumentary as if this was the making of from the era. Those who read the script have compared it to Ed Wood and “Bowfinger”.
This story was inspired by an actual giant ape movie shot in Korea in 1976. It is called “A*P*E” and is considered to be one of the worst movies ever made. But it has become a cult classic.
My story is completely fictional and the protagonist is a Edward Wood, Jr.- like character named Federico Smith who has no resemblance to Paul Leder (Mimi Leder’s father), the director of “A*P*E”.
In my story, Federico Smith is a USC graduate (went to school with George Lucas) who made one forgettable horror film called “The Seventh Steal”. Now he gets to make his own King Kong in Korea with a washed up Scottish actor John McGregor playing the ape when his college roommate, Mr. Park, tells him to fuck copyrights and come to Korea to make the King Kong rip-off. Federico thinks his giant ape movie will be up there with Merian C. Cooper’s “King Kong” but you know well how this film will turn out.
This will be my lifetime dream come true ever since, as a little kid, I saw the posters of “A*P*E” in the streets of Songtan, a small town near Osan Air Base. As a 8 year old kid, I thought “A*P*E” was the sequel to King Kong and was proud Hollywood came to Korea to make a movie.
Many years later, now, I am preparing to make a film in Korea with an international cast. Luckily I have a great team behind us already. I hooked up with Paul Green of Anonymous Content who's the main producer of the project. Paul is the president and COO of Anonymous Content and has executive produced “Laggies” and will be executive producing “The Revenant”. Earlier this year, “Avengers: Age of Ultron” was filmed partially in Korea and soon “Sense8”, the new Netflix TV series from the Wachowski siblings will shoot scenes in Korea.
But “Ape of Wrath” will be the first coproduction with the U.S. to be shot entirely in Korea. It will be quite challenging though. We have a production system quite different from the ones in the States. Often, the shooting days are much longer in Korea. We can't afford to do that this time. Also it will be a daunting task to recreate 1970s Korea as Korea has changed so much.
But as a filmmaker, such challenges are always welcome. I’m not interested in making movies which seem familiar to you. The story of a hopeless dreamer may be familiar to you but such a story taking place in 1976 Korea will seem unlike anything you’ve ever seen.
If everything goes well, we will go into production next March. In the coming weeks, we hope to start casting the film.
You can watch Wonsuk Chin short film "992" below.
- 9/6/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
• Jamie Foxx will reportedly play Mike Tyson in an untitled biopic. Terence Winter is set to write. Rick Yorn, Foxx’s manager, will produce. The project is still in the works and is currently without a studio. Though HBO released 1995’s Tyson, this is the first feature film to follow the controversial boxer. [Variety]
• Dakota Johnson will star in the Luca Guadagnino-directed A Bigger Splash. Tilda Swinton and Ralph Fiennes have signed on as well, and Michael Costigan will produce. The film, based on the 1969 French crime drama La Piscine, follows a triangle that develops between a couple and a...
• Dakota Johnson will star in the Luca Guadagnino-directed A Bigger Splash. Tilda Swinton and Ralph Fiennes have signed on as well, and Michael Costigan will produce. The film, based on the 1969 French crime drama La Piscine, follows a triangle that develops between a couple and a...
- 7/31/2014
- by C. Molly Smith
- EW - Inside Movies
Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures is in talks to board the revenge tale as co-financier while it is understood New Regency is sticking to its intended September start date.
The development comes in the wake of the decision by the Worldview hierarchy to withdraw from the project after Christopher Woodrow’s red-faced departure in light of alleged personal misconduct. Sources confirmed to Screendaily that Ellison was circling following a report inThe Hollywood Reporter.
Less than two weeks ago Tom Hardy joined Leonardo DiCaprio on the project, which Alejandro González Iñárritu will direct from the screenplay he co-adapted with Mark L Smith from Michael Punke’s novel The Revenant: A Novel Of Revenge.
RatPac is co-financing The Revenant with New Regency, while Anonymous Content’s Steve Golin, Keith Redmon and David Kanter will produce the film alongside Iñárritu, Arnon Milchan and James Skotchdopole.
Paul Green, Brett Ratner and James Packer are the executive producers and the film-makers...
The development comes in the wake of the decision by the Worldview hierarchy to withdraw from the project after Christopher Woodrow’s red-faced departure in light of alleged personal misconduct. Sources confirmed to Screendaily that Ellison was circling following a report inThe Hollywood Reporter.
Less than two weeks ago Tom Hardy joined Leonardo DiCaprio on the project, which Alejandro González Iñárritu will direct from the screenplay he co-adapted with Mark L Smith from Michael Punke’s novel The Revenant: A Novel Of Revenge.
RatPac is co-financing The Revenant with New Regency, while Anonymous Content’s Steve Golin, Keith Redmon and David Kanter will produce the film alongside Iñárritu, Arnon Milchan and James Skotchdopole.
Paul Green, Brett Ratner and James Packer are the executive producers and the film-makers...
- 7/13/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
New Regency confirmed the casting on Monday (30) as the mouth-watering cast takes shape around Leonardo DiCaprio.
Alejandro González Iñárritu will direct the story from the screenplay he co-adapted with Mark L Smith from Michael Punke’s novel The Revenant: A Novel Of Revenge.
The in-demand Hardy has been linked to the project for some time as mentioned in a profile in mid-June in Screendaily on one of the project’s producers Anonymous Content.
RatPac is co-financing The Revenant with New Regency, while Anonymous Content’s Steve Golin, Keith Redmon and David Kanter will produce the film alongside Iñárritu, Arnon Milchan and James Skotchdopole.
Paul Green, Brett Ratner and James Packer are the executive producers and the film is scheduled to start production on September 22 for an autumn 2015 release.
The Revenant is a 19th century-set story about a fur trapper who hatches a revenge plot after he is robbed in the aftermath of a bear attack.
Alejandro González Iñárritu will direct the story from the screenplay he co-adapted with Mark L Smith from Michael Punke’s novel The Revenant: A Novel Of Revenge.
The in-demand Hardy has been linked to the project for some time as mentioned in a profile in mid-June in Screendaily on one of the project’s producers Anonymous Content.
RatPac is co-financing The Revenant with New Regency, while Anonymous Content’s Steve Golin, Keith Redmon and David Kanter will produce the film alongside Iñárritu, Arnon Milchan and James Skotchdopole.
Paul Green, Brett Ratner and James Packer are the executive producers and the film is scheduled to start production on September 22 for an autumn 2015 release.
The Revenant is a 19th century-set story about a fur trapper who hatches a revenge plot after he is robbed in the aftermath of a bear attack.
- 6/30/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
In a busy week for Alejandro González Iñárritu, the Mexican director is set to shoot in September for New Regency, RatPac and Worldview after he wraps production on Birdman.
Iñárritu co-wrote the screenplay with Mark L Smith based on Michael Punke’s novel, The Revenant: A Novel Of Revenge.
DiCaprio, coming off an Oscar nomination for The Wolf Of Wall Street, will play a 19th century trapper who sets out to right wrongs after he is discovered in the wake of a near fatal bear attack and robbed.
Anonymous Content’s Steve Golin, Keith Redmon and David Kanter will produce with Iñárritu, Arnon Milchan and James Skotchdopole. Paul Green is the executive producer. RatPac and Worldview Entertainment will co-finance the film.
The Revenant is scheduled for an awards season autumn 2015 release through 20th Century Fox.
New Regency co-financed Birdman with Fox Searchlight and Worldview.
Iñárritu co-wrote the screenplay with Mark L Smith based on Michael Punke’s novel, The Revenant: A Novel Of Revenge.
DiCaprio, coming off an Oscar nomination for The Wolf Of Wall Street, will play a 19th century trapper who sets out to right wrongs after he is discovered in the wake of a near fatal bear attack and robbed.
Anonymous Content’s Steve Golin, Keith Redmon and David Kanter will produce with Iñárritu, Arnon Milchan and James Skotchdopole. Paul Green is the executive producer. RatPac and Worldview Entertainment will co-finance the film.
The Revenant is scheduled for an awards season autumn 2015 release through 20th Century Fox.
New Regency co-financed Birdman with Fox Searchlight and Worldview.
- 4/15/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Leonardo DiCaprio will star in Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s film The Revenant for New Regency.
DiCaprio, recently nominated for his fifth Academy Award, will follow up his performance in The Wolf Of Wall Street with the role of Hugh Glass in The Revenant.
Glass is a 19th century fur trapper who is mauled by a grizzly bear, left for dead and then robbed. When he survives against all odds, he sets out on a treacherous journey to exact revenge on his betrayers in this captivating and inspiring story based on the Michael Punke novel, The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge.
The film, written by Mark L. Smith and Inarritu, is scheduled to start production this September with a fall 2015 release planned through New Regency’s distribution deal with 20th Century Fox.
Anonymous Content’s Steve Golin, Keith Redmon and David Kanter will produce the film along with Inarritu, Arnon Milchan and James Skotchdopole.
DiCaprio, recently nominated for his fifth Academy Award, will follow up his performance in The Wolf Of Wall Street with the role of Hugh Glass in The Revenant.
Glass is a 19th century fur trapper who is mauled by a grizzly bear, left for dead and then robbed. When he survives against all odds, he sets out on a treacherous journey to exact revenge on his betrayers in this captivating and inspiring story based on the Michael Punke novel, The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge.
The film, written by Mark L. Smith and Inarritu, is scheduled to start production this September with a fall 2015 release planned through New Regency’s distribution deal with 20th Century Fox.
Anonymous Content’s Steve Golin, Keith Redmon and David Kanter will produce the film along with Inarritu, Arnon Milchan and James Skotchdopole.
- 4/15/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Exclusive: Leonardo DiCaprio has committed to star this September in The Revenant, a gritty thriller that Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu will direct for New Regency, for fall 2015 release through Fox. Gonzalez Inarritu and Mark L. Smith co-wrote the script. DiCaprio had been attached to team with Gonzalez Inarritu, but he is attached to many projects; getting the star to commit off his Oscar-nominated The Wolf Of Wall Street performance is a big development for Arnon Milchan and Brad Weston’s game plan to make tasteful, star- and director-driven fare. Anonymous Content’s Steve Golin, Keith Redmon and David Kanter will produce with Gonzalez Iñárritu, Milchan and James Skotchdopole. Paul Green is exec producer. The film will be co-financed by RatPac and Worldview Entertainment, latter of which just partnered with Regency and Fox Searchlight in the Inarritu-directed Birdman, which was just set for release on October 17. An adaptation of the Michael Punke...
- 4/15/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Leonardo DiCaprio will star in Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's film The Revenant for New Regency, it was announced today by Brad Weston, president and chief executive officer. The film, written by Mark L. Smith and Inarritu, is scheduled to start production this September with a fall 2015 release planned through New Regency's distribution deal with 20th Century Fox. Anonymous Content's Steve Golin, Keith Redmon and David Kanter will produce the film along with Inarritu, Arnon Milchan and James Skotchdopole. Executive producer is Paul Green. RatPac and Worldview Entertainment will co-finance the film. DiCaprio, recently nominated for his fifth Academy Award, will follow up his heralded performance in the enormously successful The Wolf of Wall Street with the role of Hugh Glass in...
- 4/15/2014
- Comingsoon.net
Exclusive: The Walking Dead star Norman Reedus will spend his hiatus from the AMC show in the stellar ensemble cast of Triple Nine, the John Hillcoat-directed heist film that begins production this summer. Open Road Films pre-bought domestic distribution rights just prior to Berlin and will release the film wide next year. Reedus, who just completed his fourth season playing Daryl Dixon, joins Casey Affleck, Woody Harrelson, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kate Winslet, Anthony Mackie, Aaron Paul, Teresa Palmer, and Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman in the Batman Vs. Superman film). Matt Cook scripted the thriller, in which a crew of dirty cops is blackmailed by the Russian mob to execute a virtually impossible heist. The only way to pull it off is to manufacture a 999, police code for “officer down.” Their plan is turned upside down when the unsuspecting rookie they set up to die foils the attack, triggering a breakneck,...
- 3/31/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Exclusive: Princess Pictures has acquired screen rights to The Traitor’s Wife, the bestseller by Allison Pataki about Benedict Arnold’s historical betrayal of Gen. George Washington. Turns out that behind the most notorious turncoat of the American Revolutionary War was a wife half his age who orchestrated the whole thing. Peggy Shippen Arnold was a beautiful socialite with a loyalty to the British that led her to exploit her husband’s disillusionment into a scandalous move. The label will team with Anonymous Content, which is coming off HBO’s True Detective. Washington learned of the plot when British Major John Andre was caught with Arnold’s traitorous documents in his boot. While Andre was hanged, Arnold fled and became a Brigadier General for the Brits. There has been a lot of chatter in the press about screen interest on this book by Pataki, who’s the daughter of former New York Gov. George Pataki.
- 3/31/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Exclusive: True Detective star Woody Harrelson has joined the cast of Triple Nine, the John Hillcoat-directed heist thriller which begins production this summer. Open Road Films pre-bought domestic distribution rights just prior to Berlin and has pledged to give the film a wide release next year. Harrelson will play Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen, the uncle to the cop played by Casey Affleck. Those two meshed together well last fall in Out Of The Furnace. Harrelson joins Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kate Winslet, Fruitvale Station’s Michael B. Jordan, Breaking Bad and Need For Speed‘s Aaron Paul, Warm Bodies’ Teresa Palmer, and Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman in the Batman Vs. Superman film). Matt Cook scripted the thriller, in which a crew of dirty cops is blackmailed by the Russian mob to execute a virtually impossible heist. The only way to pull it off is to manufacture a 999, police code for...
- 3/18/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Dimension and RADiUS-twc have picked up Us rights to the action thriller starring Salma Hayek, which is currently in post. Sierra/Affinity handles international sales.
Joe Lynch directs the tale of a woman forced to take arms against a sea of assassins dispatched by her mob boss ex-husband.
Togo Igawa, Masashi Fujimoto and Hiroyuki Watanabe round out the key cast.
Dimension and RADiUS have slated a fourth quarter release.
Recently launch Singapore venture Vega, Baby! financed and produced Everly and Adam Ripp and Rob Paris’ Crime Scene Pictures produced. Luke Rivett of Anonymous Content and Andrew Pfeffer also produced.
Rizal Risjad, Ricky Budhrani and Paul Green are the executive producers.
RADiUS negotiated the deal with CAA, Paris and David Boyle.
Joe Lynch directs the tale of a woman forced to take arms against a sea of assassins dispatched by her mob boss ex-husband.
Togo Igawa, Masashi Fujimoto and Hiroyuki Watanabe round out the key cast.
Dimension and RADiUS have slated a fourth quarter release.
Recently launch Singapore venture Vega, Baby! financed and produced Everly and Adam Ripp and Rob Paris’ Crime Scene Pictures produced. Luke Rivett of Anonymous Content and Andrew Pfeffer also produced.
Rizal Risjad, Ricky Budhrani and Paul Green are the executive producers.
RADiUS negotiated the deal with CAA, Paris and David Boyle.
- 2/8/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has closed a deal with Fortitude International for all international English-speaking territories, Latin America and select European territories to The End Of The Tour.
Jason Segel and Jesse Eisenberg will star in the story of a Rolling Stone reporter who accompanies the late author David Foster Wallace on a book promotional tour.
James Ponsoldt of The Spectacular Now fame directs from a screenplay by playwright Donald Margulies, who adapted David Lipsky’s book Although Of Course You End Up Beconming Yourself: A Road Trip With David Foster Wallace.
Kilburn Media fully financed the film, with Mark Manuel and Ted O’Neal producing alongside David Kanter and Matt DeRoss for Anonymous Content and James Dahl of Modern Man Films.
Anonymous Content’s Paul Green will serve as executive producer and production is scheduled to commence shortly.
UTA and Wme handle domestic rights.
Jason Segel and Jesse Eisenberg will star in the story of a Rolling Stone reporter who accompanies the late author David Foster Wallace on a book promotional tour.
James Ponsoldt of The Spectacular Now fame directs from a screenplay by playwright Donald Margulies, who adapted David Lipsky’s book Although Of Course You End Up Beconming Yourself: A Road Trip With David Foster Wallace.
Kilburn Media fully financed the film, with Mark Manuel and Ted O’Neal producing alongside David Kanter and Matt DeRoss for Anonymous Content and James Dahl of Modern Man Films.
Anonymous Content’s Paul Green will serve as executive producer and production is scheduled to commence shortly.
UTA and Wme handle domestic rights.
- 2/8/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
We are so happy to hear that our dear friend for many years Nadine de Barros has joined industry vets film financier Daniel Wagner and producer Robert Ogden Barnum to form a new international sales company Fortitude International which de Barros will roll out in Berlin the next weeks.
In the Berlin Efm Market Fortitude International to sell Foreign Rights for and will introduce this new project to buyers at the upcoming Berlin European Film Market.
The project will see Kilburn Media financing The End Of The Tour, starring Jason Segel and Jesse Eisenbeg, Directed By James Ponsoldt.
Mark Manuel and Ted O’Neal’s Kilburn Media has come on board as full financiers of the fact-based drama “The End of the Tour,” starring Jason Segel and Jesse Eisenberg and directed by James Ponsoldt. The announcement was made jointly by Kilburn and by Anonymous Content. David Kanter and Matt DeRoss will produce for Anonymous Content along with James Dahl of Modern Man Films. Manuel and O’Neal will produce for Kilburn.
The film follows author David Foster Wallace (Segel), author of famous best selling novel Infinite Jest, on the 1996 supporting book tour as Wallace is accompanied David Lipsky (Eisenberg), on assignment from Rolling Stone Magazine. Along the way, both a friendship and jealousy and competition emerge between the two writers as they discuss women, culture, depression and the pros and cons of fame. Though Wallace committed suicide in 2008, the movie captures both men at a time of great promise.
James Ponsoldt (The Spectacular Now) will direct from a script by playwright Donald Margulies, who adapted Lipsky’s book Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip With David Foster Wallace. Ponsoldt himself used to work at Rolling Stone while he was in college.
Anonymous Content’s Paul Green will executive produce the film, which is scheduled to start production shortly.
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About Nadine de Barros and her new venture international sales agent Fortitude International.
Veteran foreign sales agent Nadine de Barros, financier/producer Daniel Wagner (Kill The Trumpet Player, Young Ones) and producer Robert Ogden Barnum (All Is Lost, Lawless) have partnered to launch Fortitude International, a new sales and financing outfit based in Los Angeles. De Barros will be meeting with film buyers at the upcoming European Film Market at the Berlinale.
De Barros most recently served as Head of Sales at Aldamisa International, and was previously Vice President of Sales and Acquisitions at Voltage Pictures. She has handled sales on such films as Sin City 2, Chef and Machete Kills as well as The Hurt Locker, Don Jon and Killer Joe.
In addition to sales, Fortitude will also fully finance projects, and will be actively looking to produce strong, commercial and director driven material immediately. The company will finance and sell 10-15 movies a year and has at its disposal equity, bridge and senior debt capabilities.
Fortitude will also focus on sourcing and financing television series and miniseries.
De Barros has always had a foot in television and previously sold TNT’s Leverage, The Triangle on SyFy, True Justice on Reelz and most recently SAF3.
“I am thrilled to be working with Daniel and Rob as we build Fortitude into a full-service international sales and financing company. I’m also very excited about our forthcoming slate of projects, both film and television series and miniseries,” said de Barros.
“Through Fortitude International, we have created a company that will provide important services and support not just for our personal slate of films, but to our present and future producing partners as well. I'm excited to partner with such talented and dedicated individuals on this new venture,” said Wagner.
“As financiers, Nadine brings us the international market knowledge that is so imperative to us when evaluating projects. Fortitude will be a haven for filmmakers and artists to make creatively and commercially successful films,” said Barnum.
Wagner’s La-based production and finance company BiFrost Pictures launched last year at Cannes and has recently greenlit high profile projects including the Miles Davis biography Kill The Trumpet Player, which will star and be directed by Don Cheadle. Other projects include Jake Paltrow’s Sundance entry Young Ones with Michael Shannon and Nicholas Hoult, Paul Bettany’s directorial debut Shelter starring Jennifer Connelly and Anthony Mackie, the romantic comedy We’LL Never Have Paris from director and star Simon Helberg, and The World Made Straight which stars Noah Wiley, Haley Joel Osment and Minka Kelly.
Robert Ogden Barnum, also a producer on Kill the Trumpet Player and Shelter, is a co-founder of the financing firm e2b Capital with Cassian Elwes, and most recently executive produced All Is Lost starring Robert Redford and directed by Jc Chandor. Other recent projects include Lawless, starring Shia Labeouf and Tom Hardy and Chandor’s first film Margin Call, starring Kevin Spacey. Barnum has also served as an executive, overseeing operations and strategy of both Benaroya Pictures and Annapurna Pictures, both major independent film financiers.
Nadine de Barros - detailed bio
A highly respected veteran in the sales of film and TV properties to the international market, Nadine represents projects of various budgets and genres making sales to distributors worldwide. She has represented over 350 films and TV series in the last 12 years. Until September of 2013, she was the President of Aldamisa International. In the last year, she has been responsible for the sales of “Machete Kills” starring Lady Gaga and Mel Gibson, “Sin City 2” a 75 million dollar budget film directed by Robert Rodriguez and starring Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon Levitt and an ensemble cast, and “Chef” starring Jon Favreau, Robert Downey Junior and Scarlett Johansson. She is also overseeing production, financing and sales on “Captive” starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, “Rescue 3” a 22 episode series currently in production, and Barbra’s Streisand’s directorial return, “The Margaret Bourke-White Story”. For 7 years prior to Aldamisa, Nadine was the President of Sales and Acquisitions of Voltage Pictures, a sales agency which she launched with global sales expert Nicolas Chartier. At Voltage she worked on Best Picture Academy Award Winner “The Hurt Locker”, “Killer Joe” directed by William Friedkin and starring Matthew McConaughey, “Company you Keep” directed and starring Robert Redford, and “Leverage” a 77 episode TNT series.
She also worked at Summit Entertainment when it was a growing foreign sales company and in Paris at Opening Distribution.
Nadine is a French and American Citizen who speaks both languages fluently. She graduated from the American University in Paris where she began her film career.
In the Berlin Efm Market Fortitude International to sell Foreign Rights for and will introduce this new project to buyers at the upcoming Berlin European Film Market.
The project will see Kilburn Media financing The End Of The Tour, starring Jason Segel and Jesse Eisenbeg, Directed By James Ponsoldt.
Mark Manuel and Ted O’Neal’s Kilburn Media has come on board as full financiers of the fact-based drama “The End of the Tour,” starring Jason Segel and Jesse Eisenberg and directed by James Ponsoldt. The announcement was made jointly by Kilburn and by Anonymous Content. David Kanter and Matt DeRoss will produce for Anonymous Content along with James Dahl of Modern Man Films. Manuel and O’Neal will produce for Kilburn.
The film follows author David Foster Wallace (Segel), author of famous best selling novel Infinite Jest, on the 1996 supporting book tour as Wallace is accompanied David Lipsky (Eisenberg), on assignment from Rolling Stone Magazine. Along the way, both a friendship and jealousy and competition emerge between the two writers as they discuss women, culture, depression and the pros and cons of fame. Though Wallace committed suicide in 2008, the movie captures both men at a time of great promise.
James Ponsoldt (The Spectacular Now) will direct from a script by playwright Donald Margulies, who adapted Lipsky’s book Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip With David Foster Wallace. Ponsoldt himself used to work at Rolling Stone while he was in college.
Anonymous Content’s Paul Green will executive produce the film, which is scheduled to start production shortly.
......
About Nadine de Barros and her new venture international sales agent Fortitude International.
Veteran foreign sales agent Nadine de Barros, financier/producer Daniel Wagner (Kill The Trumpet Player, Young Ones) and producer Robert Ogden Barnum (All Is Lost, Lawless) have partnered to launch Fortitude International, a new sales and financing outfit based in Los Angeles. De Barros will be meeting with film buyers at the upcoming European Film Market at the Berlinale.
De Barros most recently served as Head of Sales at Aldamisa International, and was previously Vice President of Sales and Acquisitions at Voltage Pictures. She has handled sales on such films as Sin City 2, Chef and Machete Kills as well as The Hurt Locker, Don Jon and Killer Joe.
In addition to sales, Fortitude will also fully finance projects, and will be actively looking to produce strong, commercial and director driven material immediately. The company will finance and sell 10-15 movies a year and has at its disposal equity, bridge and senior debt capabilities.
Fortitude will also focus on sourcing and financing television series and miniseries.
De Barros has always had a foot in television and previously sold TNT’s Leverage, The Triangle on SyFy, True Justice on Reelz and most recently SAF3.
“I am thrilled to be working with Daniel and Rob as we build Fortitude into a full-service international sales and financing company. I’m also very excited about our forthcoming slate of projects, both film and television series and miniseries,” said de Barros.
“Through Fortitude International, we have created a company that will provide important services and support not just for our personal slate of films, but to our present and future producing partners as well. I'm excited to partner with such talented and dedicated individuals on this new venture,” said Wagner.
“As financiers, Nadine brings us the international market knowledge that is so imperative to us when evaluating projects. Fortitude will be a haven for filmmakers and artists to make creatively and commercially successful films,” said Barnum.
Wagner’s La-based production and finance company BiFrost Pictures launched last year at Cannes and has recently greenlit high profile projects including the Miles Davis biography Kill The Trumpet Player, which will star and be directed by Don Cheadle. Other projects include Jake Paltrow’s Sundance entry Young Ones with Michael Shannon and Nicholas Hoult, Paul Bettany’s directorial debut Shelter starring Jennifer Connelly and Anthony Mackie, the romantic comedy We’LL Never Have Paris from director and star Simon Helberg, and The World Made Straight which stars Noah Wiley, Haley Joel Osment and Minka Kelly.
Robert Ogden Barnum, also a producer on Kill the Trumpet Player and Shelter, is a co-founder of the financing firm e2b Capital with Cassian Elwes, and most recently executive produced All Is Lost starring Robert Redford and directed by Jc Chandor. Other recent projects include Lawless, starring Shia Labeouf and Tom Hardy and Chandor’s first film Margin Call, starring Kevin Spacey. Barnum has also served as an executive, overseeing operations and strategy of both Benaroya Pictures and Annapurna Pictures, both major independent film financiers.
Nadine de Barros - detailed bio
A highly respected veteran in the sales of film and TV properties to the international market, Nadine represents projects of various budgets and genres making sales to distributors worldwide. She has represented over 350 films and TV series in the last 12 years. Until September of 2013, she was the President of Aldamisa International. In the last year, she has been responsible for the sales of “Machete Kills” starring Lady Gaga and Mel Gibson, “Sin City 2” a 75 million dollar budget film directed by Robert Rodriguez and starring Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon Levitt and an ensemble cast, and “Chef” starring Jon Favreau, Robert Downey Junior and Scarlett Johansson. She is also overseeing production, financing and sales on “Captive” starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, “Rescue 3” a 22 episode series currently in production, and Barbra’s Streisand’s directorial return, “The Margaret Bourke-White Story”. For 7 years prior to Aldamisa, Nadine was the President of Sales and Acquisitions of Voltage Pictures, a sales agency which she launched with global sales expert Nicolas Chartier. At Voltage she worked on Best Picture Academy Award Winner “The Hurt Locker”, “Killer Joe” directed by William Friedkin and starring Matthew McConaughey, “Company you Keep” directed and starring Robert Redford, and “Leverage” a 77 episode TNT series.
She also worked at Summit Entertainment when it was a growing foreign sales company and in Paris at Opening Distribution.
Nadine is a French and American Citizen who speaks both languages fluently. She graduated from the American University in Paris where she began her film career.
- 2/1/2014
- by Peter Belsito
- Sydney's Buzz
Mark Manuel and Ted O’Neal’s Kilburn Media will fully finance fact-based drama The End Of The Tour to star Jason Segel and Jesse Eisenberg. Freshly minted Fortitude International will commence sales at the Efm.
David Kanter and Matt DeRoss will produce for Anonymous Content along with James Dahl of Modern Man Films and Manuel and O’Neal for Kilburn.
Paul Green will serve as executive producer and production is scheduled to commence shortly.
James Ponsoldt will direct the story about the acclaimed late author David Foster Wallace (pictured) on the 1996 supporting book tour for his masterpiece Infinite Jest accompanied by David Lipsky from Rolling Stone.
Segal will play Wallace and Eisenberg the reporter. Foster Wallace committed suicide in 2008.
Playwright Donald Margulies adapted the screenplay from Lipsky’s book Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip With David Foster Wallace.
David Kanter and Matt DeRoss will produce for Anonymous Content along with James Dahl of Modern Man Films and Manuel and O’Neal for Kilburn.
Paul Green will serve as executive producer and production is scheduled to commence shortly.
James Ponsoldt will direct the story about the acclaimed late author David Foster Wallace (pictured) on the 1996 supporting book tour for his masterpiece Infinite Jest accompanied by David Lipsky from Rolling Stone.
Segal will play Wallace and Eisenberg the reporter. Foster Wallace committed suicide in 2008.
Playwright Donald Margulies adapted the screenplay from Lipsky’s book Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip With David Foster Wallace.
- 1/30/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Mark Manuel and Ted O’Neal’s Kilburn Media will fully finance fact-based drama The End Of The Tour to star Jason Segel and Jesse Eisenberg. Freshly minted Fortitude International will commence sales at the Efm.
David Kanter and Matt DeRoss will produce for Anonymous Content along with James Dahl of Modern Man Films and Manuel and O’Neal for Kilburn.
Paul Green will serve as executive producer and production is scheduled to commence shortly.
James Ponsoldt will direct the story about the acclaimed late author David Foster Wallace (pictured) on the 1996 supporting book tour for his masterpiece Infinite Jest accompanied by David Lipsky from Rolling Stone.
Segal will play Wallace and Eisenberg the reporter. Foster Wallace committed suicide in 2008.
Playwright Donald Margulies adapted the screenplay from Lipsky’s book Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip With David Foster Wallace.
David Kanter and Matt DeRoss will produce for Anonymous Content along with James Dahl of Modern Man Films and Manuel and O’Neal for Kilburn.
Paul Green will serve as executive producer and production is scheduled to commence shortly.
James Ponsoldt will direct the story about the acclaimed late author David Foster Wallace (pictured) on the 1996 supporting book tour for his masterpiece Infinite Jest accompanied by David Lipsky from Rolling Stone.
Segal will play Wallace and Eisenberg the reporter. Foster Wallace committed suicide in 2008.
Playwright Donald Margulies adapted the screenplay from Lipsky’s book Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip With David Foster Wallace.
- 1/30/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
A24 has closed a deal for domestic distribution rights to Lynn Shelton’s “Laggies,” the company announced Sunday morning. Keira Knightley, Chloe Moretz and Sam Rockwell star in the film, which will receive a summer theatrical release from A24. Also Read: Kevin Smith’s ‘Tusk’ to Hit Theaters Fall 2014 Via A24, Demarest Films The film was produced by Anonymous Content and The Solution Entertainment Group, in association with Merced Media Partners, PalmStar Media Capital, and Penlife Media. Anonymous Content’s Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Rosalie Swedlin and Steve Golin produced the movie with Palm Star’s Kevin Frakes, The Solution’s Myles Nestel,...
- 1/19/2014
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Watch a Published in Full clip as well as a second featurette from The Fifth Estate starring Benedict Cumberpatch and Daniel Bruhl. The film from director Bill Condon opens October 18th via DreamWorks Pictures. Josh Singer wrote the screenplay bassed on the books “Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World’s Most Dangerous Website” by Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and the Guardian book “WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange’s War on Secrecy” by David Leigh and Luke Harding Anthony Mackie, David Thewlis, Alicia Vikander, Peter Capaldi, Carice van Houten, Dan Stevens, with Stanley Tucci and Laura Linney also star in the drama thriller produced by Steve Golin and Michael Sugar and executive-produced by Richard Sharkey, Paul Green, Jeff Skoll and Jonathan King.
- 10/10/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
In 2010, a website dedicated to protecting whistleblowers released an avalanche of classified U.S. documents that triggered a new age of high-stakes secrecy and explosive news leaks. Now, in a dramatic thriller based on real events, DreamWorks Pictures’ The Fifth Estate reveals the quest to expose the deceptions and corruptions of power that turned this Internet upstart into the 21st century’s most fiercely debated organization.
The story begins as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Brühl) team up to become underground watchdogs of the privileged and powerful. On a shoestring, they create an online platform that allows whistleblowers to anonymously leak covert data, shining a light on the dark recesses of government secrets and corporate crimes.
Soon, they are breaking more hard news than the world’s most legendary media organizations. But when Assange and Domscheit-Berg gain access to the biggest trove of confidential intelligence documents in U.
The story begins as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Brühl) team up to become underground watchdogs of the privileged and powerful. On a shoestring, they create an online platform that allows whistleblowers to anonymously leak covert data, shining a light on the dark recesses of government secrets and corporate crimes.
Soon, they are breaking more hard news than the world’s most legendary media organizations. But when Assange and Domscheit-Berg gain access to the biggest trove of confidential intelligence documents in U.
- 10/9/2013
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
After a very successful run at this year's South by Southwest Film Festival, Kevin and Michael Goetz's Scenic Route, starring Josh Duhamel and Dan Fogler, has landed itself some distribution. Read on for details.
From the Press Release
Vertical Entertainment has acquired all U.S. rights to the thriller Scenic Route, starring Josh Duhamel (Safe Haven, Transformers 1, 2, and 3) and Dan Fogler (Balls of Fury and Kung Fu Panda) at the 2013 Cannes International Film Festival. The film marks Kevin and Michael Goetz's directorial debut from a screenplay by Kyle Killen (The Beaver). Scenic Route first premiered at the 2013 SXSW Film Festival to strong reviews and will be released theatrically in August 2013. Vertical Entertainment’s Rich Goldberg announced the deal today.
“Josh Duhamel has over one billion dollars in box office to his name, yet somehow finds a role in Scenic Route, unlike any other he’s had before” said Goldberg.
From the Press Release
Vertical Entertainment has acquired all U.S. rights to the thriller Scenic Route, starring Josh Duhamel (Safe Haven, Transformers 1, 2, and 3) and Dan Fogler (Balls of Fury and Kung Fu Panda) at the 2013 Cannes International Film Festival. The film marks Kevin and Michael Goetz's directorial debut from a screenplay by Kyle Killen (The Beaver). Scenic Route first premiered at the 2013 SXSW Film Festival to strong reviews and will be released theatrically in August 2013. Vertical Entertainment’s Rich Goldberg announced the deal today.
“Josh Duhamel has over one billion dollars in box office to his name, yet somehow finds a role in Scenic Route, unlike any other he’s had before” said Goldberg.
- 5/17/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Vertical Entertainment has purchased the U.S. rights to Scenic Route, a thriller that stars Josh Duhamel (Transformers, Las Vegas) and Dan Fogler (Kung Fu Panda, Hannibal). The film is directed by Kevin and Michael Goetz from a screenplay by The Beaver writer Kyle Killen. It all went down at Cannes. Check the press release for the details and a synopsis for the thriller.
Los Angeles (May 17, 2012) – Vertical Entertainment has acquired all U.S. rights to the thriller Scenic Route, starring Josh Duhamel (Safe Haven, Transformers 1,2, and 3) and Dan Fogler (Balls of Fury and Kung Fu Panda) at the 2013 Cannes International Film Festival. The film marks Kevin and Michael Goetz directorial debut from a screenplay by Kyle Killen (The Beaver). Scenic Route first premiered at the 2013 SXSW Film Festival to strong reviews and will be released theatrically in August 2013. Vertical Entertainment’s Rich Goldberg announced the deal today.
“Josh Duhamel...
Los Angeles (May 17, 2012) – Vertical Entertainment has acquired all U.S. rights to the thriller Scenic Route, starring Josh Duhamel (Safe Haven, Transformers 1,2, and 3) and Dan Fogler (Balls of Fury and Kung Fu Panda) at the 2013 Cannes International Film Festival. The film marks Kevin and Michael Goetz directorial debut from a screenplay by Kyle Killen (The Beaver). Scenic Route first premiered at the 2013 SXSW Film Festival to strong reviews and will be released theatrically in August 2013. Vertical Entertainment’s Rich Goldberg announced the deal today.
“Josh Duhamel...
- 5/17/2013
- by Andy Greene
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
IFC Films announced today that the company is acquiring North American rights to Scott Coffey's Adult World , which had its world premiere at last month's 2013 Tribeca Film Festival. The film, with a screenplay by Andy Cochran, stars Emma Roberts, Evan Peters, John Cusack, Armando Riesco, Cloris Leachman and Shannon Woodward. Adult World was produced by Justin Nappi and Kevn Turen of Treehouse Pictures with Joy Gorman and Alex Goldstone of Anonymous Content and Manu Gargi. Executive producers are Mohammed Al Turki, Joel Michaely and Paul Green. IFC Films is planning a day and date theatrical and VOD release. Adult World stars Emma Roberts as Amy . naïve, awkward and anxious to get her poetry career off the ground. Living with her parents in a seemingly bland upstate New...
- 5/10/2013
- Comingsoon.net
IFC Films has acquired North American rights to Scott Coffey's comedy "Adult World" and is planning a day and date theatrical and VOD release. Andy Cochran wrote the film, which had its world premier at last month's Tribeca Film Festival. Emma Roberts and Evan Peters star alongside John Cusack, Armando Riesco, Cloris Leachman and Shannon Woodward. Justin Nappi and Kevin Turen of Treehouse Pictures produced with Joy Gorman and Alex Goldstone of Anonymous Content and Manu Gargi. Mohammed Al Turki, Joel Michaely and Paul Green were executive producers. "Adult World" stars Roberts as Amy,...
- 5/10/2013
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
As part of the Entertainment and Technology Summit at Digital Hollywood’s Spring 2012 edition, Variety brought together a group of top entertainment executives to muse on “The State of the Entertainment Content Business.” Panelists included heavy hitters in the industry like David Madden, President, Fox TV Studios; Vivi Zigler, President, NBCUniversal Digital Entertainment; Paul Green, President/COO, Anonymous Content; Dawn Ostroff, President, Condé Nast Entertainment; John Sykes, President, Clear Channel Entertainment Enterprises; and Kevin Conroy, President, Univision Interactive. Hot topics included the second screen experience, social media, original web content and digital disruption. Current Focus All of the speakers agreed that we are still in a time of flux, with elements of the entertainment business simultaneously converging and falling apart. Turns out independent content creators aren’t the only ones still trying to figure out how to maximize monetization on digital platforms! Fox TV Studios’ Madden said, “We were used...
- 5/18/2012
- by Tamara Krinsky
- Tubefilter.com
Kids, man. They get into the craziest things sometimes. While some are into cars, sports, and general mischief, others tend to focus on the darker side of the world. If you're reading this, chances are that you completely relate.
According to Deadline, Brett Morgen will direct When the Street Lights Go On, the Eddie O’Keefe and Chris Hutton Black List script that is being put together by Anonymous Content.
The film is in the vein of Stand by Me with a story that revolves around a teen boy who becomes obsessed with solving a murder case involving a young girl that has their sleepy suburban town in a panic in the summer of 1982.
Steve Golin, Chad Hamilton, and Michael Sugar will produce for Anonymous Content with Paul Green exec producing with Tariq Merhab and the scribes.
More as it comes.
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According to Deadline, Brett Morgen will direct When the Street Lights Go On, the Eddie O’Keefe and Chris Hutton Black List script that is being put together by Anonymous Content.
The film is in the vein of Stand by Me with a story that revolves around a teen boy who becomes obsessed with solving a murder case involving a young girl that has their sleepy suburban town in a panic in the summer of 1982.
Steve Golin, Chad Hamilton, and Michael Sugar will produce for Anonymous Content with Paul Green exec producing with Tariq Merhab and the scribes.
More as it comes.
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
Got news? Click here to submit it!
- 4/11/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Ranking pretty high on last year’s Black List was Eddie O’Keefe and Chris Hutton‘s When the Street Lights Go On — it came in second behind Graham Moore‘s Imitation Game, which is also making its way to the big screen. Now, according to Deadline, the team have landed Brett Morgen to direct their drama, through Anonymous Content.
Known predominantly for his documentary work (including the Robert Evans piece The Kid Stays in the Picture and Chicago 10), Morgen will make his feature debut with a story that “revolves around a teen boy who becomes obsessed with solving a murder case involving a young girl that has their sleepy suburban town in a panic in the summer of 1982.” If you’re getting flashbacks to Stand By Me, don’t worry — the project will be in a similar “vein” as the classic coming-of-age tale. Steve Golin, Chad Hamilton and...
Known predominantly for his documentary work (including the Robert Evans piece The Kid Stays in the Picture and Chicago 10), Morgen will make his feature debut with a story that “revolves around a teen boy who becomes obsessed with solving a murder case involving a young girl that has their sleepy suburban town in a panic in the summer of 1982.” If you’re getting flashbacks to Stand By Me, don’t worry — the project will be in a similar “vein” as the classic coming-of-age tale. Steve Golin, Chad Hamilton and...
- 4/11/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Brett Morgen will direct When The Street Lights Go On, the Eddie O’Keefe & Chris Hutton Black List script that is being put together by Anonymous Content. The film is in the vein of Stand by Me, with a story that revolves around a teen boy who becomes obsessed with solving a murder case involving a young girl that has their sleepy suburban town in a panic in the summer of 1982. Steve Golin, Chad Hamilton and Michael Sugar will produce for Anonymous Content, with Paul Green exec producing with Tariq Merhab and the scribes. Last I’d heard of this project, Drew Barrymore was eyeing it as a directing vehicle. Instead, it will mark the dramatic feature debut of Morgen, who helmed The Kid Stays in the Picture, the documentary based on the Robert Evans memoir. Morgen also directed the docu The Chicago 10. He is currently directing a...
- 4/10/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Patrick Wilson and James Marsden are in talks to star in Loft, an indie thriller remake of the 2008 Belgian film from Anonymous Content. The original film's director Erik Van Looy will return to helm from a screenplay by Wesley Strick ("A Nightmare on Elm Street"), adapting from original script by Bart De Pauw. Loft follows five married friends who decide to rent a loft together where they can bring their mistresses. After a body of an unknown woman is found in the loft, they get the feeling they don't know each other as well as they thought and start to suspect each other of murder. Paul Green, Matt DeRoss, Adam Shulman and Steve Golin of Anonymous are producing along with Hilde DeLaere of Belgian company Woestijnvis, the producer of the original Loft movie...
- 2/24/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Eva Mendes is getting dirty for Cleaner, a thriller from Millennium Films and Anonymous Content being directed by Renny Harlin. Also signed on is Christa Campbell, joining a cast toplined by Samuel L. Jackson, Ed Harris and Keke Palmer. Production began Monday in Louisiana.
Written by Matthew Aldrich, the story centers on a former cop (Jackson) who makes his living cleaning up crime scenes. After cleaning a murder site, he discovers that the crime was never reported to the police and that he has unwittingly covered up a homicide.
Mendes will play the widow of the slain man who turns to Jackson for help. Campbell will be a coach to Jackson's daughter (Palmer).
The film is produced by Jackson, Avi Lerner, Michael P. Flannigan, Lati Grobman, Alix Madigan and Steve Golin. Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short, Joe Gatta, Eli Selden, Paul Green and Julie Yorn are executive producing.
Mendes co-stars opposite Nicolas Cage in Ghost Rider, which opens Feb.
Written by Matthew Aldrich, the story centers on a former cop (Jackson) who makes his living cleaning up crime scenes. After cleaning a murder site, he discovers that the crime was never reported to the police and that he has unwittingly covered up a homicide.
Mendes will play the widow of the slain man who turns to Jackson for help. Campbell will be a coach to Jackson's daughter (Palmer).
The film is produced by Jackson, Avi Lerner, Michael P. Flannigan, Lati Grobman, Alix Madigan and Steve Golin. Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short, Joe Gatta, Eli Selden, Paul Green and Julie Yorn are executive producing.
Mendes co-stars opposite Nicolas Cage in Ghost Rider, which opens Feb.
- 1/30/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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