Nickelodeon announced its latest TV movie Wednesday titled “Bixler High Private Eye,” starring Jace Norman and Ariel Martin, TheWrap has exclusively learned. The comedy tells the story of a young sleuth whose father suddenly goes missing.
Norman plays Xander DeWitt, whose dad Russell leave for work one day and doesn’t come back. Xander’s mom then sends him to live with his grandfather — who used to be a private eye — but it’s in his father’s hometown where the mystery really picks up. Xander finds a surprising lead in the case and meets Kenzie Messina, played by Martin, who is a reporter for the school paper.
The TV movie also marks “Henry Danger” star Norman’s first time as executive producer. See the exclusive first look photo above.
Also Read: AwesomenessTV Co-Founder Brian Robbins Named President of Nickelodeon
Norman executive produces with Scott Norman, Rene Rigal and Tobin Armburst.
Norman plays Xander DeWitt, whose dad Russell leave for work one day and doesn’t come back. Xander’s mom then sends him to live with his grandfather — who used to be a private eye — but it’s in his father’s hometown where the mystery really picks up. Xander finds a surprising lead in the case and meets Kenzie Messina, played by Martin, who is a reporter for the school paper.
The TV movie also marks “Henry Danger” star Norman’s first time as executive producer. See the exclusive first look photo above.
Also Read: AwesomenessTV Co-Founder Brian Robbins Named President of Nickelodeon
Norman executive produces with Scott Norman, Rene Rigal and Tobin Armburst.
- 10/3/2018
- by Ashley Boucher
- The Wrap
The 2011 Black List, the Top Unproduced Screenplays of the year has been released. The best unproduced screenplays from The Black List 2011 is compiled by votes from over 300 “execs, agency guys, and high-level assistants. Titled The Black List, the compendium highlights both established screenwriters and up-and-comers, and has served as a launching pad in the past for projects like Juno, Lars and the Real Girl, and (500) Days of Summer. Last year’s list included Margin Call, Crazy, Stupid, Love, The Hunger Games, and Snow White and the Huntsman.”
Regarding the validity of The Black List, things to keep in mind:
some of these screenplays have already been acquired and are already in development, though…none will have entered principal photography by December 31, 2011. Also worth pointing out is that, as in previous years, there have been rumors that some of the participants have been accused of using the Black List to promote their own clients or friends.
Regarding the validity of The Black List, things to keep in mind:
some of these screenplays have already been acquired and are already in development, though…none will have entered principal photography by December 31, 2011. Also worth pointing out is that, as in previous years, there have been rumors that some of the participants have been accused of using the Black List to promote their own clients or friends.
- 12/13/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
For the seventh annual year a list of the top unproduced screenplays written in the past 12 calendar months has been made. The Black List is the most recognized and celebritized compilation for screenwriters and unknown movie ideas to be heard. While some prior Black List scripts have gone on to be made (like Juno or 500 Days of Summer), most scripts do not. However, what being on The Black List can do is to give a big push of credibility to a screenwriter hoping to carve out a career in Hollywood.
The Black List recepients are chosen by a committee of 300 individuals working in Hollywood: agents, writers, producers, managers and the like. They read the screenplays that float around the showbiz ecosystem; some are bought and are already in development while others are still seeing the interest of talent of financial backers.
The makers of The Black List are good to...
The Black List recepients are chosen by a committee of 300 individuals working in Hollywood: agents, writers, producers, managers and the like. They read the screenplays that float around the showbiz ecosystem; some are bought and are already in development while others are still seeing the interest of talent of financial backers.
The makers of The Black List are good to...
- 12/13/2011
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
The 2011 Black List has arrived online and there are a bunch of the hottest scripts in Hollywood. Some have already been picked up by studios, while most are still unproduced. Here is the press release: The Black List was compiled from the suggestions of over 300 film executives, each of whom contributed the names of up to ten of their favorite scripts that were written in, or are somehow uniquely associated with, 2011 and will not have begun principal photography during this calendar year.
This year, scripts had to receive at least six mentions to be included on the The Black List.
All reasonable effort has been made to confirm the information contained herein. The Black List apologizes for all misspellings, misattributions, incorrect representation identification, and questionable 2011 affiliations.
It has been said many times, but it's worth repeating:
The Black List is not a "best of" list. It is, at best, a "most liked" list.
This year, scripts had to receive at least six mentions to be included on the The Black List.
All reasonable effort has been made to confirm the information contained herein. The Black List apologizes for all misspellings, misattributions, incorrect representation identification, and questionable 2011 affiliations.
It has been said many times, but it's worth repeating:
The Black List is not a "best of" list. It is, at best, a "most liked" list.
- 12/13/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
[1] Each December since 2004, studio executive Franklin Leonard has compiled the best unproduced screenplays of the year, as voted by hundreds of execs, agency guys, and high-level assistants. Titled The Black List, the compendium highlights both established screenwriters and up-and-comers, and has served as a launching pad in the past for projects like Juno, Lars and the Real Girl, and (500) Days of Summer. Last year's list included Margin Call, Crazy, Stupid, Love, The Hunger Games, and Snow White and the Huntsman. It should be noted that the headline is somewhat misleading -- some of these screenplays have already been acquired and are already in development, though according to Leonard none will have entered principal photography by December 31, 2011. Also worth pointing out is that, as in previous years, there have been rumors that some of the participants have been accused of using the Black List to promote their own clients or friends.
- 12/12/2011
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
This year at the Austin Film Festival, studio executive and “Black List” founder Franklin Leonard introduced the opening film, Butter. It’s a fantastic satirical comedy written by Jason Micallef and Leonard’s post-screening Q&A with him was equally hilarious and unconventional.
Sitting in the upper deck at the Paramount Theatre, I was in awe at how Leonard had not only created the list just six years prior but how it provided such legitimacy to emerging screenwriters, like Micallef. He was relatively unknown in ‘08, but his script placed third on the list. Now he has a movie coming out starring Jennifer Garner, his new scripts have Jack Black and Jason Segel attached (separately), and he wrote a movie titled Good Vibrations about, um, marital aids starring Charlize Theron. That’s the power of the Black List.
Simply put, “The Black List” is a collection of the best unproduced screenplays...
Sitting in the upper deck at the Paramount Theatre, I was in awe at how Leonard had not only created the list just six years prior but how it provided such legitimacy to emerging screenwriters, like Micallef. He was relatively unknown in ‘08, but his script placed third on the list. Now he has a movie coming out starring Jennifer Garner, his new scripts have Jack Black and Jason Segel attached (separately), and he wrote a movie titled Good Vibrations about, um, marital aids starring Charlize Theron. That’s the power of the Black List.
Simply put, “The Black List” is a collection of the best unproduced screenplays...
- 12/12/2011
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
Here are a few interesting and/or noteworthy projects that were recently added to IMDbPro's database of development titles:
Under the Banner of Heaven – Ron Howard teams up with Milk scribe Dustin Lance Black to adapt Jon Krakauer's (Into the Wild) investigation of a brutal murder of a mother and her baby girl whose killers claimed they were doing God's work.
Arms and the Dudes – Hangover dude Todd Phillips has optioned the rights to the unbelievably true story of two young guys who land a $300 million contract with the U.S. military to funnel weapons into Afghanistan. Phillips will produce via his Green Hat Films production company.
Untitled Dorothea Lange Project –David Fincher will executive produce Angela Workman's script chronicling the life story of Depression-era photojournalist Dorothea Lange, whose photography inspired John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath".
Rockabye Baby – Ivan Reitman's Montecito Picture Company is producing this family comedy written by Christopher Baldi. The plot outline's being kept under wraps, but Variety describes it as an "Uncle Buck"-inspired project.
The French Concession – British actor Tom Payne, who stars opposite Dustin Hoffman in the HBO pilot Luck, is starring in this indie comedy from Jaime Wolf playing an American in Shanghai looking for love with a fellow ex-pat.
Under the Banner of Heaven – Ron Howard teams up with Milk scribe Dustin Lance Black to adapt Jon Krakauer's (Into the Wild) investigation of a brutal murder of a mother and her baby girl whose killers claimed they were doing God's work.
Arms and the Dudes – Hangover dude Todd Phillips has optioned the rights to the unbelievably true story of two young guys who land a $300 million contract with the U.S. military to funnel weapons into Afghanistan. Phillips will produce via his Green Hat Films production company.
Untitled Dorothea Lange Project –David Fincher will executive produce Angela Workman's script chronicling the life story of Depression-era photojournalist Dorothea Lange, whose photography inspired John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath".
Rockabye Baby – Ivan Reitman's Montecito Picture Company is producing this family comedy written by Christopher Baldi. The plot outline's being kept under wraps, but Variety describes it as an "Uncle Buck"-inspired project.
The French Concession – British actor Tom Payne, who stars opposite Dustin Hoffman in the HBO pilot Luck, is starring in this indie comedy from Jaime Wolf playing an American in Shanghai looking for love with a fellow ex-pat.
- 7/29/2011
- by Eric Greene
- IMDbPro News
Josh Adler and Mike Goldberg have left Roar Management for New Wave Entertainment. They began Monday. The literary managers joined Roar when that company bought their Abstract Entertainment, a management and production company, in April 2010. While at Roar, they set up a number of projects, including "Stash House," written by Gary Spinelli, currently in production with Dark Castle Entertainment producing, and "What Would Kenny Do," written by Christopher Baldi, Michael Weber and Scott Neustadter, currently in development at Columbia Pictures with Overbrook Entertainment producing. Adler and Goldberg are executive producers on "What...
- 5/24/2011
- by Joshua L. Weinstein
- The Wrap
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