Exclusive: Mariko Tamaki’s graphic novel Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me is getting a live-action feature adaptation, with Tommy Dorfman signed on to direct.
Toronto-based Wildling Pictures and LA’s Mxn Entertainment will co-produce the romantic comedy. Dorfman is attached through her production company Down The Line Productions. Tamaki is writing the screenplay.
Synopsis reads: “Laura Dean is the most popular girl in school and Frederica ‘Freddie’ Riley’s dream girl. She has it all: charm, confidence, and charisma. But there’s one problem… Laura Dean keeps breaking up with her. The story follows Freddie’s journey to finding the courage to end her toxic relationship and regain her self-love, with the help of her best friends and a psychic.”
Tamaki’s graphic novel is billed as an emotional story with “powerful” social commentary, and was named by The Times of London as one of the top 100 young adult.
Toronto-based Wildling Pictures and LA’s Mxn Entertainment will co-produce the romantic comedy. Dorfman is attached through her production company Down The Line Productions. Tamaki is writing the screenplay.
Synopsis reads: “Laura Dean is the most popular girl in school and Frederica ‘Freddie’ Riley’s dream girl. She has it all: charm, confidence, and charisma. But there’s one problem… Laura Dean keeps breaking up with her. The story follows Freddie’s journey to finding the courage to end her toxic relationship and regain her self-love, with the help of her best friends and a psychic.”
Tamaki’s graphic novel is billed as an emotional story with “powerful” social commentary, and was named by The Times of London as one of the top 100 young adult.
- 12/12/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
2023 edition of international finance forum adds episodic content to line-up.
Canadian 2Slgbtq+ film festival Inside Out has unveiled 11 projects to participate in this weekend’s seventh annual international finance forum, which is moving ahead after the end of the Hollywood strikes.
The two-day forum had been scheduled to run during Inside Out’s flagship festival in Toronto in May and now takes place from November 17-18.
The agenda includes in-person conversations and interactive panel discussions with queer filmmakers and producers, as well as one-on-one meetings with executives, and roundtable sessions on co-producing with Canada, and entertainment law and music rights.
Canadian 2Slgbtq+ film festival Inside Out has unveiled 11 projects to participate in this weekend’s seventh annual international finance forum, which is moving ahead after the end of the Hollywood strikes.
The two-day forum had been scheduled to run during Inside Out’s flagship festival in Toronto in May and now takes place from November 17-18.
The agenda includes in-person conversations and interactive panel discussions with queer filmmakers and producers, as well as one-on-one meetings with executives, and roundtable sessions on co-producing with Canada, and entertainment law and music rights.
- 11/17/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Wildling Pictures has launched a new TV division focusing high-end drama, kids, YA and family content.
The Toronto-based production company, whose feature film output includes Iris Apatow starrer “Young Wether” and David Bowie biopic “Stardust,” have unveiled their first scripted TV slate as part of the expansion.
Highlights include screen adaptations of novels “A Death at The Party” by Amy Stuart and “Clara Voyant” by Rachelle Delaney.
In “A Death at The Party” protagonist Nadine is in the middle of throwing a garden party when she finds herself face to face with a dead body in the basement. She soon embarks on a hunt for the truth. Screenwriter Joanne Sarazen (“Tammy’s Always Dying”) will adapt the novel into a series.
Delaney’s “Clara Voyant” is a coming-of-age about wannabe journalist and astrologer Clara, who is crushed when her student newspaper assigns her the horoscopes beat… until she realizes that she is actually clairvoyant.
The Toronto-based production company, whose feature film output includes Iris Apatow starrer “Young Wether” and David Bowie biopic “Stardust,” have unveiled their first scripted TV slate as part of the expansion.
Highlights include screen adaptations of novels “A Death at The Party” by Amy Stuart and “Clara Voyant” by Rachelle Delaney.
In “A Death at The Party” protagonist Nadine is in the middle of throwing a garden party when she finds herself face to face with a dead body in the basement. She soon embarks on a hunt for the truth. Screenwriter Joanne Sarazen (“Tammy’s Always Dying”) will adapt the novel into a series.
Delaney’s “Clara Voyant” is a coming-of-age about wannabe journalist and astrologer Clara, who is crushed when her student newspaper assigns her the horoscopes beat… until she realizes that she is actually clairvoyant.
- 11/10/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
The contemporary romantic comedy also stars Patrick J. Adams and Iris Apatow.
UK sales outfit Mister Smith Entertainment is launching international sales at the upcoming American Film Market, with CAA Media Finance overseeing US sales, on the contemporary romantic comedy adaptation of German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s hit 1774 novel, Young Werther.
A first-look image featuring Alison Pill and Douglas Booth has also been unveiled.
They are joined in the starry cast by Patrick J. Adams and Iris Apatow, with Canadian filmmaker José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço making his feature debut as director. He also penned the screenplay.
Young...
UK sales outfit Mister Smith Entertainment is launching international sales at the upcoming American Film Market, with CAA Media Finance overseeing US sales, on the contemporary romantic comedy adaptation of German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s hit 1774 novel, Young Werther.
A first-look image featuring Alison Pill and Douglas Booth has also been unveiled.
They are joined in the starry cast by Patrick J. Adams and Iris Apatow, with Canadian filmmaker José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço making his feature debut as director. He also penned the screenplay.
Young...
- 10/26/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Douglas Booth, Alison Pill and Iris Apatow have joined an adaptation of the Johann Wolfgang von Goethe classic “The Sorrows of Young Werther.”
The film, simply titled “Young Werther,” is produced by Toronto-based film and TV outfit Wildling Pictures, which describes the project as a modern retelling of the book.
Booth (“That Dirty Black Bag”) and Pill (“Scott Pilgrim vs. the World”) will take lead roles, with Apatow (“The Bubble”) also set to star along Patrick J. Adams (“Suits”). Production will begin this month in Toronto.
Drawing from Goethe’s passionate personal accounts, which were first published in letter form in 1774, “Young Werther” is the story of a charmingly irresponsible and enthusiastic young man named Werther (Booth) who finds himself at the mercy of Charlotte (Pill), whose allure and commitment to her impressive fiancé Albert turns Werther’s life upside down.
The project marks the feature directorial debut for José...
The film, simply titled “Young Werther,” is produced by Toronto-based film and TV outfit Wildling Pictures, which describes the project as a modern retelling of the book.
Booth (“That Dirty Black Bag”) and Pill (“Scott Pilgrim vs. the World”) will take lead roles, with Apatow (“The Bubble”) also set to star along Patrick J. Adams (“Suits”). Production will begin this month in Toronto.
Drawing from Goethe’s passionate personal accounts, which were first published in letter form in 1774, “Young Werther” is the story of a charmingly irresponsible and enthusiastic young man named Werther (Booth) who finds himself at the mercy of Charlotte (Pill), whose allure and commitment to her impressive fiancé Albert turns Werther’s life upside down.
The project marks the feature directorial debut for José...
- 5/17/2023
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: levelFILM and Wildling Pictures today announced that Suze, the latest comedy from Linsey Stewart and Dane Clark, has begun principal photography in Hamilton, Ontario.
The film follows the emotional rollercoaster of single mother Suze after her only daughter leaves for university on the other side of the country. Suddenly feeling without purpose, Suze quickly finds herself taking care of her daughter’s heartbroken ex-boyfriend who she can’t stand.
The film stars Michaela Watkins, who also serves as an executive producer on the film and Charlie Gillespie (The Rest of Us) who plays the titular character’s daughter’s ex-boyfriend.
“This is a movie about rediscovery, loneliness, codependency, self-worth, and transitions,” said writer-directors Stewart and Clark.
levelFILM’s Dave Hudakoc and John Bain added: “Linsey and Dane have imbued this charming odd couple with authenticity and vulnerability. Michaela and Charlie are the perfect people to breathe life into these complicated characters.
The film follows the emotional rollercoaster of single mother Suze after her only daughter leaves for university on the other side of the country. Suddenly feeling without purpose, Suze quickly finds herself taking care of her daughter’s heartbroken ex-boyfriend who she can’t stand.
The film stars Michaela Watkins, who also serves as an executive producer on the film and Charlie Gillespie (The Rest of Us) who plays the titular character’s daughter’s ex-boyfriend.
“This is a movie about rediscovery, loneliness, codependency, self-worth, and transitions,” said writer-directors Stewart and Clark.
levelFILM’s Dave Hudakoc and John Bain added: “Linsey and Dane have imbued this charming odd couple with authenticity and vulnerability. Michaela and Charlie are the perfect people to breathe life into these complicated characters.
- 9/16/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Wildling Pictures, the Toronto-based indie behind Mary Goes Round and David Bowie biopic Stardust, is moving into the kids programing space and has set a loose adaptation of book series Professor Goose Debunks Fairy Tales as its first project.
The book series will be adapted by Jocelyn Geddie (Pinecone & Pony). Matt Code (Random Acts of Violence), Natalie Urquhart (Suits) and Julie Strifler (Easy Land) are executive producing and Urquhart will be presenting to networks at the upcoming Kidscreen Summit in Miami.
Written by Paulette Bourgeois and illustrated by Alex G. Griffiths, Professor Goose Debunks Fairy Tales is a picture book that combines fairy tale with science, as the protagonist debunks popular tales such as Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
“As Wildling continues to grow, Professor Goose marks the initial step as we expand into television with such an exciting property,” said Code.
The Toronto company has been behind indie...
The book series will be adapted by Jocelyn Geddie (Pinecone & Pony). Matt Code (Random Acts of Violence), Natalie Urquhart (Suits) and Julie Strifler (Easy Land) are executive producing and Urquhart will be presenting to networks at the upcoming Kidscreen Summit in Miami.
Written by Paulette Bourgeois and illustrated by Alex G. Griffiths, Professor Goose Debunks Fairy Tales is a picture book that combines fairy tale with science, as the protagonist debunks popular tales such as Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
“As Wildling continues to grow, Professor Goose marks the initial step as we expand into television with such an exciting property,” said Code.
The Toronto company has been behind indie...
- 7/8/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Bleecker Street, IFC Films, Bankside Fims, Netflix, Neon among participants.
A raft of digital events to commemorate the 30th annual Inside Out Toronto Lgbt Film Festival includes the annual finance forum, set to run from May 26-30 and featuring projects from Canada, the UK, Australia and Kenya.
Netflix, Neon, Bleecker Street, IFC Films, Gamechanger Films, Killer Films, MK2, Bankside Films, Powderkeg Studios and GLAAD are among the companies participating in the forum, which enables Lgbtq-identified producers and/or producers creating Lgbtq content an opportunity to pitch projects directly to leading decision-makers.
Projects include The Viridian (Canada) from director and Blake Mawson...
A raft of digital events to commemorate the 30th annual Inside Out Toronto Lgbt Film Festival includes the annual finance forum, set to run from May 26-30 and featuring projects from Canada, the UK, Australia and Kenya.
Netflix, Neon, Bleecker Street, IFC Films, Gamechanger Films, Killer Films, MK2, Bankside Films, Powderkeg Studios and GLAAD are among the companies participating in the forum, which enables Lgbtq-identified producers and/or producers creating Lgbtq content an opportunity to pitch projects directly to leading decision-makers.
Projects include The Viridian (Canada) from director and Blake Mawson...
- 5/23/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Tim Marshall with Christina Radburn (second from left).
Writer-director Tim Marshall’s debut feature Followers is among 10 projects from around the world selected to participate in the Toronto-based Inside Out Lgbtq Film Finance Forum.
Developed from his eponymous short which had its world premiere in competition at Sundance followed by SXSW in 2015, the dark comedy follows Lynn Walters, a grieving widow who sees a vision of Jesus on the shorts of young, queer aqua aerobics instructor Rudi.
Convinced Rudi has been sent from God to heal and reinvigorate her life, Lynn hopes he will somehow fill the void left by her dead husband while he endures a toxic relationship with Jim, his older life coach.
Melbourne-based Frances Wang-Ward and Christina Radburn (who produced the short) will produce, with Robyn Kershaw as Ep.
The fourth edition of the Lgbtq Forum will take place online from May 26-29, featuring one-on-one meetings with reps from Netflix,...
Writer-director Tim Marshall’s debut feature Followers is among 10 projects from around the world selected to participate in the Toronto-based Inside Out Lgbtq Film Finance Forum.
Developed from his eponymous short which had its world premiere in competition at Sundance followed by SXSW in 2015, the dark comedy follows Lynn Walters, a grieving widow who sees a vision of Jesus on the shorts of young, queer aqua aerobics instructor Rudi.
Convinced Rudi has been sent from God to heal and reinvigorate her life, Lynn hopes he will somehow fill the void left by her dead husband while he endures a toxic relationship with Jim, his older life coach.
Melbourne-based Frances Wang-Ward and Christina Radburn (who produced the short) will produce, with Robyn Kershaw as Ep.
The fourth edition of the Lgbtq Forum will take place online from May 26-29, featuring one-on-one meetings with reps from Netflix,...
- 5/12/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
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