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Carol Bodie And Oren Segal Form Radius Entertainment
3 June 2013 11:31 AM, PDT | Deadline New York | See recent Deadline New York news »
Exclusive: Longtime ICM agent Carol Bodie, who left the agency around the time that Jeff Berg exited to form Resolution, has gone into the management game. She is teaming with Oren Segal to form Radius Entertainment, which launches as a new management and production shingle. Bodie, an agent with both ICM and before that CAA, steered the careers of such actors as Jon Hamm, Claire Danes, Winona Ryder, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Kim Cattrall, Dermot Mulroney, Joel Edgerton, Jim Sturgess, Mark Strong, David Oyelowo, Hailee Steinfeld, Rosie Perez, Calista Flockhart and many others. She learned the business from mentor Ed Limato, the late great talent agent. Bodie has produced before, including Girl Interrupted, which won Angelina Jolie her first Academy Award. Segal has repped the likes of Kate Bosworth, Kim Basinger, Paz Vega, and Michael Polish. He formed Management Production Entertainment in 2011. Before that, he worked at Media Talent Group for more than seven years. »
- MIKE FLEMING JR
Buzz Titles For Sale at the Cannes Film Festival
13 May 2013 9:00 AM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Director: Rob Reiner
Producers: Alan Greisman, Rob Reiner, Mark Damon
Cast: Michael Douglas, Diane Keaton
An egocentric real estate agent’s life is turned upside down when he takes in a granddaughter he never knew, and unexpectedly falls in love with his neighbor.
Intl. sales: Foresight Unlimited
Director: Stephen Gaghan
Producers: Stephen Gaghan, Allison Shearmur
Key Cast: Omar Sy,
Criminal world thriller set in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn.
Intl. sales: Good Universe
Director: Derick Martini
Producers: Oren Segal, Jason Dubin and Chiara Trento
Cast: Bella Heathcote, Lucas Till
For the past eight years, a Downers Grove high school senior has met a mysterious end right before graduation — coincidence or curse?
Intl. sales: Myriad
Director: Brad Anderson
Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Jim Sturgess, Ben Kingsley
Thriller about a new doctor at a mental institution who falls in love with a patient. »
- Carole Horst and Dave McNary
Penelope Mitchell Talks Curse of Downer's Grove
18 April 2013 7:58 AM, PDT | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »
Radha Mitchell's daughter, Penelope, is hitting the genre scene on two fronts. Tomorrow, you'll be able to see her in Hemlock Grove, debuting on Netflix, and currently, she's shooting The Curse of Downer's Grove, co-written by American Psycho's Bret Easton Ellis.
The latter - directed by Derick Martini - concerns a small midwestern town gripped by a curse that claims the life of one high school senior every year. Chrissie Swanson (Bela Heathcote) fears she is the next victim of The Curse of Downers Grove.
We spoke to Mitchell recently who gave us an update on the film.
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Feisty Trailer & Images For DVD Release Of Chloe Grace Moretz & Eddie Redmayne In ‘Hick’
12 April 2013 2:00 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
We’ve got the latest UK trailer for the Home Entertainment release of Hick, that stars Chloe Grace Moretz, Eddie Redmayne and Blake Lively. The film is based on the novel by Andrea Portes and from celebrated indie director Derick Martini, with Moretz starring as Luli, a Nebraska girl who runs away to Vegas only to find herself in a heap of trouble: crime violence, and questionable relations with older gentlemen.
It looks a lot of fun, with those country hints of Killer Joe but with Moretz on fine form. There’s also the addition of Redmayne, the Les Miserables star who’s in high demand after a great performance in the musical epic. Check out the trailer below, and we’ve got some great stills if you’d like to scroll down the page. Will you be picking up a copy?
Hick is released on DVD on June 17th and also stars Alec Baldwin, »
- Dan Bullock
Chloe Moretz Is Going To Dark Places
2 April 2013 2:52 AM, PDT | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
Teenage movie star Chloe Grace Moretz has a big year ahead that includes this summer’s Kick-Ass 2 and the remake of Brian De Palma’s Carrie. And now it looks like she’s definitely back on top again as 16 years old Moretz is currently in talks to join Charlize Theron in the upcoming big screen adaptation of Gillian Flynn‘s Dark Places. Sarah’s Key helmer Gilles Paquet-Brenner will direct the upcoming thriller from his own script. Moretz is eyeing the role of Diondra, while Theron is set to play a woman named Libby Day, who, at the age of 7, survived the massacre of her sisters and...
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- Nick Martin
Tom Arnold to Suffer the Curse of Downers Grove
18 March 2013 11:29 AM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
You would think that being married to Roseanne for several years would have been enough torment for him, but Tom Arnold is pretty tenacious! Up next for the funny man is a spot in Derek Martini's adaptation of Downers Grove, entitled The Curse of Downers Grover.
Arnold has joined the cast of the indie flick opposite Zane Holtz, Lucas Till, Bella Heathcote, Penelope Mitchell, and Kevin Zegers. Martini, who directed Hick, is helming from a script he co-wrote with Bret Easton Ellis, adapted from 2001's Michael Hornburg novel.
Synopsis
Director Derick Martini takes us on a wild ride through a small Midwestern town gripped by a curse that claims the life of one high school senior every year. Chrissie Swanson, played by Heathcote, fears she is the next victim of The Curse of Downers Grove.
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- Uncle Creepy
Another Actor Feels The Curse of Downer's Grove
18 March 2013 6:58 AM, PDT | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »
The Curse of Downer's Grove - co-written by American Psycho's Bret Easton Ellis - is rolling cameras shortly and a new cast member has signed up for the project. To date, we know that Lucas Till, Penelope Mitchell, Kevin Zegers and Bella Heatcote star.
The film - directed by Derick Martini - concerns a small midwestern town gripped by a curse that claims the life of one high school senior every year. Chrissie Swanson (Heathcote) fears she is the next victim of The Curse of Downers Grove.
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Tom Arnold joins The Curse Of Downers Grove
18 March 2013 3:53 AM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Derick Martini's The Curse of Downer's Grove has cast Tom Arnold in the indie thriller. He joins Bella Heathcote, Lucas Till and Kevin Zegers, reports Variety. The film, adapted from the novel by Michael Hornburg, follows a paranoid school senior concerned about a curse that kills one student each year at the school. In the film scripted by Martini and Bret Easton Ellis, Arnold would play an abusive father who supplies steroids to his son (played by Zegers), powering him up for a professional career. Downey's Grove's being produced by Jason Dubin, Oren Segal and Chiara Trento. »
Tom Arnold joins The Curse Of Downers Grove
18 March 2013 3:53 AM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Derick Martini's The Curse of Downer's Grove has cast Tom Arnold in the indie thriller. He joins Bella Heathcote, Lucas Till and Kevin Zegers, reports Variety. The film, adapted from the novel by Michael Hornburg, follows a paranoid school senior concerned about a curse that kills one student each year at the school. In the film scripted by Martini and Bret Easton Ellis, Arnold would play an abusive father who supplies steroids to his son (played by Zegers), powering him up for a professional career. Downey's Grove's being produced by Jason Dubin, Oren Segal and Chiara Trento. »
Tom Arnold joins 'The Curse of Downers Grove'
17 March 2013 11:39 PM, PDT | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - Movie News news »
Tom Arnold has been cast in director Derick Martini's The Curse of Downers Grove.
The indie thriller is an adaptation of the Michael Hornburg novel of the same name.
Arnold has been tapped to play the role of an abusive father who supplies his athletic son with steroids, Variety reports.
The Curse of Downers Grove follows a nervous high school senior who fears a curse that takes the life of a school student each year.
Arnold joins an ensemble cast which includes Bella Heathcote (In Time, Dark Shadows), Lucas Till (Walk the Line) and Kevin Zegers (Dawn of the Dead).
Derick Martini and Bret Easton Ellis co-wrote the script for The Curse of Downers Grove, and Oren Segal, Jason Dubin and Chiara Trento are all on board to produce the feature.
The film is slated to be released in the Us and the UK during 2014.
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Casting: Heathcote, Slater, Ryan, Reinhold
7 March 2013 9:50 PM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Untitled Marc Lawrence Project
Bella Heathcote ("Dark Shadows") has joined Marc Lawrence's untitled romantic comedy at Castle Rock. Hugh Grant and Marisa Tomei also star.
The story follows a creatively washed up, divorced and broke former award-winning screenwriter forced to take on a job teaching screenwriting at a small college. Heathcote will play one of his students. [Source: Variety]
The Curse of Downer’s Grove
Helen Slater has joined Bella Heathcoate, Lucas Till and Kevin Zegers in Derick Martini's indie thriller "The Curse of Downer’s Grove". Martini co-wrote the script with Bret Easton Ellis.
Slater will play the mother of Heathcote’s character — a girl who fears she is the next victim of a curse which claims the life of a high school student every year. Oren Segal, Jason Dubin and Chiara Trento are producing. [Source: Variety]
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Oscar nominee Amy Ryan ("Gone Baby Gone") is the latest to join Alejandro »
- Garth Franklin
Zane Holtz Challenges The Curse of Downers Grove
26 February 2013 11:16 AM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
More casting news has come in regarding Derek Martini's adaptation of Downers Grove, entitled The Curse of Downers Grover, and we have the skinny for you hot off the presses. Considering most of the nation is freezing right now, that's a good thing!
Variety reports that Zane Holtz has joined the cast of the indie flick opposite Lucas Till, Bella Heathcote, Penelope Mitchell, and Kevin Zegers. Martini, who directed Hick, is helming from a script he co-wrote with Bret Easton Ellis, adapted from 2001's Michael Hornburg novel.
Synopsis
Director Derick Martini takes us on a wild ride through a small Midwestern town gripped by a curse that claims the life of one high school senior every year. Chrissie Swanson, played by Heathcote, fears she is the next victim of The Curse of Downers Grove.
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- Uncle Creepy
Zane Holtz Joins Lucas Till & Bella Heathcote In The Curse Of Downers Grove!
26 February 2013 5:33 AM, PST | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
The Curse of Downers Grove is an upcoming indie thriller which comes from director Derick Martini and already has quite interesting cast on board. In case you’re not so familiar with the project, let us first inform you that the whole thing is actually an adaptation of Michael Hornbug’s 2001 novel and that Lucas Till, Bella Heathcote, Penelope Mitchell and Kevin Zegers are all set to star in it. Now comes the word that Zane Holtz (last seen in The Perks of Being a Wallflower) will join them as well. Derick Martini will direct the movie from a script he co-wrote with Bret Easton Ellis, »
- Jeanne Standal
'Curse of Downers Grove' casts Zane Holtz in Derick Martini indie thriller
25 February 2013 8:36 PM, PST | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Zane Holtz (TV's Make It or Break It, The Perks of Being a Wallflower) has joined Lucas Till, Bella Heathcote, Penelope Mitchell and Kevin Zegers in The Curse of Downers Grove, an independent thriller helmed by Derick Martini. According to Variety, Holtz is playing a meth-crazed sidekick to Zegers character in the story which follows a paranoid high school senior concerned about a course which claims the life of a single student every year. Oren Segal, Chiara Trento and Jason Dubin produce with filming set to start in this spring. Martin (known for Hick starring Chloe Grace Moretz and Blake Lively), directs, as well as co-scripting with Bret Easton Ellis based on Michael Hornburg's novel, which was published back in 2001. »
'Curse of Downers Grove' casts Zane Holtz in Derick Martini indie thriller
25 February 2013 8:36 PM, PST | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Zane Holtz (TV's Make It or Break It, The Perks of Being a Wallflower) has joined Lucas Till, Bella Heathcote, Penelope Mitchell and Kevin Zegers in The Curse of Downers Grove, an independent thriller helmed by Derick Martini. According to Variety, Holtz is playing a meth-crazed sidekick to Zegers character in the story which follows a paranoid high school senior concerned about a course which claims the life of a single student every year. Oren Segal, Chiara Trento and Jason Dubin produce with filming set to start in this spring. Martin (known for Hick starring Chloe Grace Moretz and Blake Lively), directs, as well as co-scripting with Bret Easton Ellis based on Michael Hornburg's novel, which was published back in 2001. »
Bella Heathcote to lead Brett Easton Ellis' 'The Curse of Downer's Grove'
16 February 2013 1:38 PM, PST | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
Brett Easton Ellis ("American Psycho") and director Derick Martini ("Lymelife") are teaming for the new psychological thriller "The Curse of Downer's Grove." Bella Heathcote ("Dark Shadows"), and Lucas Till ("X-Men: First Class") and Penelope Mitchell ("Hemlock Grove") are set to star. The film, currently in development, will begin production in spring of this year. "The Curse of Downers Grove" takes place in a small town, where Chrissie Swanson (Heathcote) fears she's the next victim of the titular town curse that claims the life of one high school senior each year. Heathcote was recently seen in David Chase's "Not Fade Away." Till will soon co-star in "Paranoia," alongside Gary Oldman, »
- Dave Lewis
Bella Heathcote, Penelope Mitchell And Lucas Till Tackle Bret Easton Ellis Thriller
15 February 2013 8:07 AM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Lately author Bret Easton Ellis has only been grabbing headlines through outrageous claims on Twitter and for his most recent film, The Canyons. But far from the feature gaining praise, this thriller directed by Taxi Driver scribe Paul Schrader won attention.mostly negative.for casting porn star James Deen and because of the notoriously bad behavior of its sullied star, Lindsay Lohan. Having recently been rejected from the SXSW Film Festival, The Canyons is still seeking its chance to play before audiences. But Ellis is moving on to his next film venture with the Derick Martini-directed The Curse of Downers Grove. Inspired by Michael Hornburg's novel Downers Grove, this physiological thriller centers on high school senior Chrissie Swanson, who fears she will die within the year because of a terrible curse that terrorizes her Midwestern town. Australian ingénue Bella Heathcote, who played Johnny Depp's doll-like love interest »
Bella Heathcote Joins Lucas Till in 'Curse of Downers Grove'
15 February 2013 7:32 AM, PST | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Bella Heathcote, the wide-eyed beauty who turned heads in "Dark Shadows" and "Not Fade Away," will join Lucas Till in "The Curse of Downers Grove," the indie thriller's producers said Friday. The movie pairs Derick Martini, director of the 2008 coming-of-age drama "Lymelife," with Bret Easton Ellis, sometime novelist and Twitter provocateur. Martini will slide behind the camera while Easton Ellis will handle screenwriting duties. The film is set in a insular Midwestern town that shoulders a curse that claims the life of one high school senior every year. Heathcote will play »
- Brent Lang
Two New Hotties Sign on for The Curse of Downers Grove Adaptation
15 February 2013 | Horror Asylum | See recent Horror Asylum news »
Back in 2010 work began happening on the adaptation of author Micheal Hornberg's novel 'Downers Grove'. At the time ex-'Heroes' hottie Hayden Panettiere and 'Twlight' star Nikki Reed were attached to star along with Rebecca De Mornay ('Mother's Day'). Of course though it was TV director Nelson McCormick who was also lined up to helm. Flashforward 3 years and things have changed dramatically. To kick off the director cap has been passed to Derick Martini, whilst its a fresh faced double dose of hotness has been served up in the shapely forms of Aussie actresses Bella Heathcote ('Dark Shadows') and 'Hemlock Grove's Penelope Mitchell (below). Jill Hennessy, Kevin Zegers and Lucas Till ('X-Men: First Class') all co-star and the adaptation will be penned for the screen by 'American Psycho' author Bret Easton Ellis. »
More Cast Members Exposed to The Curse of Downers Grove
14 February 2013 10:29 PM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
Two more have signed up for active duty in the new flick to be directed by Derek Martini that was written by Bret Easton Ellis for Myriad Pictures, Downers Grove. Read on for all the latest details.
From the Press Release
Award-winning indie filmmaker Derick Martini (Lymelife with Alec Baldwin and Cynthia Nixon) has teamed up with Brett Easton Ellis on the new psychological thriller The Curse Of Downers Grove. The film, currently in development, will begin production in spring of this year. Martini will direct.
Bella Heathcote, winner of the Heath Ledger Scholarship Award and one of Variety’s Top Ten Actors to Watch who just recently starred in Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows and David Chase’s Not Fade Away, will star in The Curse Of Downers Grove. Penelope Mitchell (Hemlock Grove) will also take a leading role.
Kevin Zegers, and Lucas Till also star. Filming is set to commence in spring. »
- Uncle Creepy
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