Exclusive: Directors Yoav and Doron Paz, the Israel-born brothers behind the 2015 indie zombie horror hit Jeruzalem who are now working on its sequel, have signed with Verve for representation.
Their most recent film, The Golem, just had its North American premiere at Screamfest in Los Angeles. The pic, from Epic Pictures’ revived Dread Central label, is set during an outbreak of a deadly plague, when a mystical woman must save her tight-knit Jewish community from foreign invaders. The entity she conjures to protect them though is a far greater evil. It has been slated for a February 2019 theatrical release date.
The Paz Brothers, as they are known, are also working on Plan A, a sci-fi Holocaust-revenge feature. On the TV side, they directed several episodes of the Israeli caper comedy Asfur, and helmed the pilot for Temporarily Dead.
The remain managed by Zero Gravity Management.
Their most recent film, The Golem, just had its North American premiere at Screamfest in Los Angeles. The pic, from Epic Pictures’ revived Dread Central label, is set during an outbreak of a deadly plague, when a mystical woman must save her tight-knit Jewish community from foreign invaders. The entity she conjures to protect them though is a far greater evil. It has been slated for a February 2019 theatrical release date.
The Paz Brothers, as they are known, are also working on Plan A, a sci-fi Holocaust-revenge feature. On the TV side, they directed several episodes of the Israeli caper comedy Asfur, and helmed the pilot for Temporarily Dead.
The remain managed by Zero Gravity Management.
- 10/25/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Well, if anyone was concerned that Gal Gadot was going to find herself typecast as the Amazon Princess Wonder Woman, the actress is being extremely proactive in making sure that doesn't happen. First of all, Gal — who is currently shooting Wonder Woman 1984 — is attached to a Showtime TV series about actress Hedy Lemarr (see below), and now comes word that she is going to be starring in a remake of the Agatha Christie murder mystery Death on the Nile. Originally published in 1937, the novel focuses on detective Hercule Poirot who, on a luxury cruise on the Nile River, uncovers a murder, but finds his job complicated by the fact that a number of his suspects end up dead as well. Gal, 33, will be playing a rich heiress named Linnet Ridgeway Doyle and, as such, is the first cast member signed thus far. (Photo Credit: 20th Century Fox) In speaking...
- 9/28/2018
- by Ed Gross
- Closer Weekly
Exclusive: Israeli box office hit Maktub is being lined up for French and Italian movie remakes with the producers of Ariel Vroman’s upcoming Netflix thriller The Angel and Donald Sutherland-Helen Mirren starrer The Leisure Seeker.
Paiva Films and Adama Pictures have taken remake rights to the film for France while veteran outfit Indiana Production has taken rights for Italy, respectively. As we previously reported, a U.S. remake is already in the works.
The well-received original, which won awards at Palm Springs and Chicago Film Festival, is currently streaming on Netflix worldwide and is one of the most successful local films at the Israeli local box office in recent years, pulling in more than 650,000 admissions.
The politically incorrect caper, directed by Oded Raz, sees two small-time enforcers for a Jerusalem mob protection racket attempt to change their ways when they survive a suicide bombing and set out...
Paiva Films and Adama Pictures have taken remake rights to the film for France while veteran outfit Indiana Production has taken rights for Italy, respectively. As we previously reported, a U.S. remake is already in the works.
The well-received original, which won awards at Palm Springs and Chicago Film Festival, is currently streaming on Netflix worldwide and is one of the most successful local films at the Israeli local box office in recent years, pulling in more than 650,000 admissions.
The politically incorrect caper, directed by Oded Raz, sees two small-time enforcers for a Jerusalem mob protection racket attempt to change their ways when they survive a suicide bombing and set out...
- 6/28/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Chicago – The world comes to Chicago for the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival, and screenwriters/lead actors Guy Amir and Hanan Savyon has brought their new film “Maktub” for screening on Sunday night, October 15th, 2017 (8pm). The unique comedy is the first film for the Israeli television hitmakers.
Festival Men (L-r): Producer Adar Shafran, Writer/Actors Guy Amir and Hanan Savyon
Photo credit: Patrick McDonald for HollywoodChicago.com
Amir and Sayron wrote the film and play the leads, two small-time enforcers for a Jerusalem mob protection racket, who find their lives in flux when they survive a terrorist suicide bomb. They readjust, and go to the Wailing Wall, where they begin to fulfill the wishes of those who traditionally leave notes at the shrine. The two writer/actors have created some hugely popular TV shows in Israel, including “Scarred,” “Asfur” and “Ma Bakarish.”
In the following Podtalk HollywoodChicago.com...
Festival Men (L-r): Producer Adar Shafran, Writer/Actors Guy Amir and Hanan Savyon
Photo credit: Patrick McDonald for HollywoodChicago.com
Amir and Sayron wrote the film and play the leads, two small-time enforcers for a Jerusalem mob protection racket, who find their lives in flux when they survive a terrorist suicide bomb. They readjust, and go to the Wailing Wall, where they begin to fulfill the wishes of those who traditionally leave notes at the shrine. The two writer/actors have created some hugely popular TV shows in Israel, including “Scarred,” “Asfur” and “Ma Bakarish.”
In the following Podtalk HollywoodChicago.com...
- 10/15/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Hanan Savyon and Guy Amir are best known for creating and starring in Israeli TV shows Asfur [pictured] and Ptzuim BaRosh.
Israeli TV stars Hanan Savyon and Guy Amir unveiled first images from their big-screen debut Maktub at Pitch Point on Sunday.
The pair — known as the creators and stars of popular shows such as Asfur and Ptzuim BaRosh (Scarred) — joined forces with childhood friend and director Oded Raz.
It is the second feature for Raz after The Journey To Astra, which was spun out of children’s TV series Galis.
In Maktub, Savyon and Amir play two mobster debt collectors who turn to philanthropy after they survive a terror attack. The trio unveiled a sneak preview of the Jerusalem-based caper.
An English-language remake of Asfur, about four men living on a farm, is soon to air on Us network Fox as Hard Up.
Former Warner Bros executive John Wells acquired the remake rights in 2011. Adar Shafran of Firma...
Israeli TV stars Hanan Savyon and Guy Amir unveiled first images from their big-screen debut Maktub at Pitch Point on Sunday.
The pair — known as the creators and stars of popular shows such as Asfur and Ptzuim BaRosh (Scarred) — joined forces with childhood friend and director Oded Raz.
It is the second feature for Raz after The Journey To Astra, which was spun out of children’s TV series Galis.
In Maktub, Savyon and Amir play two mobster debt collectors who turn to philanthropy after they survive a terror attack. The trio unveiled a sneak preview of the Jerusalem-based caper.
An English-language remake of Asfur, about four men living on a farm, is soon to air on Us network Fox as Hard Up.
Former Warner Bros executive John Wells acquired the remake rights in 2011. Adar Shafran of Firma...
- 7/11/2016
- ScreenDaily
Production has begun in the Czech Republic on The Zookeeper’S Wife, adapted from Diane Ackerman’s nonfiction book of the same name which was based on the diaries of Antonina Żabiński. Focus Features will release the film domestically; Universal Pictures International has distribution rights to the film in the U.K., France, Germany, Scandinavia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe.
Two-time Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain stars in the title role, as Antonina Żabiński. The Zookeeper’S Wife director Niki Caro’s previous films include Whale Rider and North Country.
The Zookeeper’S Wife dramatizes a real-life story of heroism. The time is 1939. The place is Poland, homeland of Antonina Żabiński (portrayed by Ms. Chastain) and her husband, Dr. Jan Żabiński (Johan Heldenbergh, a European Film Award nominee for the Academy Award-nominated The Broken Circle Breakdown). The Warsaw Zoo flourishes under Jan’s stewardship and Antonina’s care. When their...
Two-time Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain stars in the title role, as Antonina Żabiński. The Zookeeper’S Wife director Niki Caro’s previous films include Whale Rider and North Country.
The Zookeeper’S Wife dramatizes a real-life story of heroism. The time is 1939. The place is Poland, homeland of Antonina Żabiński (portrayed by Ms. Chastain) and her husband, Dr. Jan Żabiński (Johan Heldenbergh, a European Film Award nominee for the Academy Award-nominated The Broken Circle Breakdown). The Warsaw Zoo flourishes under Jan’s stewardship and Antonina’s care. When their...
- 10/19/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Exclusive: Fox has bought Hard Up, a single-camera comedy project executive produced by John Wells. Based on the Israeli series Asfur created by Hanan Savyon and Guy Amir, Hard Up is a comedy about four twentysomething, cash-strapped close friends willing to do anything for each other — especially if it means breaking the rules as they fight against the odds to keep their home in a gentrifying neighborhood. The Fox version, which has received a script commitment, will be written by Etan Frankel (Shameless). The original series, produced by Sumayoko, airs on Israeli network Hot with Shameless. Because of the two shows’ compatibility on Hot, CAA — which reps Add, the company that has foreign distribution rights to Asfur – took the format to Wells, who co-created the U.S. version of Shameless, and the series’ writer Frankel. Wells and Frankel will executive produce Hard Up with Savyon & Amir, Mark Mylod (pilot only) and Andrew Stearn,...
- 7/31/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
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