"He was on TV as himself. That's power." Xtr & Roco Films have revealed the trailer for the documentary film Butterfly in the Sky, a look back at the magic & brilliance of the "Reading Rainbow" TV program. This first premiered in 2022 at the Tribeca Film Festival, and at the Calgary, Hot Springs, Philadelphia, & Heartland Film Festivals. Finally set for a release in theaters first (at AMC locations) in March before hitting VOD in April. The inspirational doc chronicles the journeys of broadcasters, educators and filmmakers who believed television could inspire a lifelong love of reading. Featuring LeVar Burton (the Reading Rainbow host), along with many more: Whoopi Goldberg (Guest Star), Jason Reynolds (Former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature), Twila Liggett (Reading Rainbow co-creator), Larry Lancit & Cecily Truett Lancit (Reading Rainbow co-creators), Tony Buttino (Reading Rainbow co-creator), Steve Horelick (series composer), Ed & Orly Wiseman (Reading Rainbow director / producer) and also lots...
- 3/6/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Vadim Perelman has signed on to adapt and direct Lois Lowry's Newbery Award-winning novel The Giver for 20th Century Fox and Walden Media. The story centers on Jonas, a 12-year-old boy living in an idyllic future society where all memory of human history has been erased. His life is thrown into turmoil when he is designated to inherit the role of the Giver -- the sole keeper of the vast range of human emotions. Perelman will work from an earlier draft penned by Todd Alcott. Jeff Bridges and Neil Koenigsberg of AsIs Prods. and Orly Wiseman and Nikki Silver of On Screen Entertainment are producing.
Vadim Perelman has signed on to adapt and direct Lois Lowry's Newbery Award-winning novel The Giver for 20th Century Fox and Walden Media. The story centers on Jonas, a 12-year-old boy living in an idyllic future society where all memory of human history has been erased. His life is thrown into turmoil when he is designated to inherit the role of the Giver -- the sole keeper of the vast range of human emotions. Perelman will work from an earlier draft penned by Todd Alcott. Jeff Bridges and Neil Koenigsberg of AsIs Prods. and Orly Wiseman and Nikki Silver of On Screen Entertainment are producing.
Filmmakers LeVar Burton, Bill Duke and Ernest Dickerson have joined Spike Lee in directing episodes of Miracle's Boys, which is the first dramatic miniseries from the N, a nighttime cable and satellite network for tweens and teens. In addition, production and development company On Screen Entertainment has teamed with the N to produce the six-episode miniseries, set to premiere in February. Lee is directing the premiere episode of Miracle's, which is based on the novel by Jacqueline Woodson and revolves around three orphaned brothers coming of age in Harlem, N.Y. Miracle's will be executive produced by Nikki Silver, Orly Wiseman and David C. McCourt for On Screen Entertainment in conjunction with Lee's wife, Tonya Lewis Lee.
NEW YORK -- Telecommunications firm RCN Corp. is set to premiere cable network iT Television today on its New York cable system, which serves about 300,000 households, according to company officials. IT TV will feature programming developed and produced by the company's RCN Entertainment unit and promises to provide a TV home for independent TV and film producers. The network will be centered around a five-hour daily core programming block with local, kids and indie film content. The network -- led by RCN Entertainment co-presidents Nikki Silver and Orly Wiseman, who have won several Emmys for producing PBS mainstay Reading Rainbow -- will continually modify its programming schedule based on viewer feedback received on the channel's Web site.
- 12/9/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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