That's right — "Lee Daniels' The Butler" has 39 credited producers to its name, and it isn't just Lee Daniels 39 times. We're not sure if this is a record, but we are sure that it's a lot of f**king producers.
So what, exactly, did each producer do for the movie? In a NextMovie exclusive, we've obtained a verified* list of the various roles each producer filled during the production of the film. Needless to say, each was wholly necessary to the quality of the end result.
*Note: By "verified" we mean "not verified."
Horatio Bacon: Responsible for convincing director Lee Daniels to not film the movie in 3D.
Julia Barry: Responsible with supplying the production office with the proper Nerf guns for anticipated downtime.
Len Blavatnik: Responsible for assaulting any "nerd" who insists on putting another "s" after the apostrophe in the film's title.
Charles Sauveur Bonan:...
So what, exactly, did each producer do for the movie? In a NextMovie exclusive, we've obtained a verified* list of the various roles each producer filled during the production of the film. Needless to say, each was wholly necessary to the quality of the end result.
*Note: By "verified" we mean "not verified."
Horatio Bacon: Responsible for convincing director Lee Daniels to not film the movie in 3D.
Julia Barry: Responsible with supplying the production office with the proper Nerf guns for anticipated downtime.
Len Blavatnik: Responsible for assaulting any "nerd" who insists on putting another "s" after the apostrophe in the film's title.
Charles Sauveur Bonan:...
- 8/20/2013
- by Nick Blake
- NextMovie
Jay Russell is attached to direct the fantasy comedy "Duncan" for Ben Kingsley's Sbk Pictures.
Written by Barton Randall, "Duncan" tells the story of a grown woman reconnecting with a stuffed animal from her childhood. Kingsley, who is producing, will provide the voice of the toy.
Kingsley's Sbk partners Simone Sheffield and Valerie Hoffman also are producing.
Sbk has a number of projects in the works, including the period drama "Will," which Charles Wood is adapting from the Christopher Rush novel; "Whispers Like Thunder," about the 65-year legal battle between three Native American sisters and the U.S. government over sacred burial ground; and "Quixote," about the author Miguel Cervantes, with a screenplay by Rusty Lemorande.
Sbk most recently produced "50 Dead Men Walking" and "The Wackness."
Russell directed "Ladder 49," "Tuck Everlasting," "My Dog Skip" and, most recently, "The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep." He is repped...
Written by Barton Randall, "Duncan" tells the story of a grown woman reconnecting with a stuffed animal from her childhood. Kingsley, who is producing, will provide the voice of the toy.
Kingsley's Sbk partners Simone Sheffield and Valerie Hoffman also are producing.
Sbk has a number of projects in the works, including the period drama "Will," which Charles Wood is adapting from the Christopher Rush novel; "Whispers Like Thunder," about the 65-year legal battle between three Native American sisters and the U.S. government over sacred burial ground; and "Quixote," about the author Miguel Cervantes, with a screenplay by Rusty Lemorande.
Sbk most recently produced "50 Dead Men Walking" and "The Wackness."
Russell directed "Ladder 49," "Tuck Everlasting," "My Dog Skip" and, most recently, "The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep." He is repped...
- 7/29/2009
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Hollywood Reporter says Jay Russell is attached to direct the fantasy comedy Duncan for Ben Kingsley's Sbk Pictures. Written by Barton Randall, Duncan tells the story of a grown woman reconnecting with a stuffed animal from her childhood. Kingsley, who is producing, will provide the voice of the toy. Kingsley's Sbk partners Simone Sheffield and Valerie Hoffman also are producing.
- 7/29/2009
- Comingsoon.net
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