TMichael Raymond-James (Tell Me a Story) is set to star in NBC drama pilot La Brea. Karina Logue (Tell Me a Story) and Zyra Gorecki (Chicago Fire) also have been cast as series regulars in the project from writer David Appelbaum (The Enemy Within), Keshet Studios and Universal Television. Additionally, Thor Freudenthal (Carnival Row) has been tapped to direct the pilot.
In La Brea, written by Appelbaum, when a massive sinkhole mysteriously opens in Los Angeles, it tears a family in half, separating mother and son from father (Raymond-James) and daughter (Gorecki). When part of the family find themselves in an unexplainable primeval world, alongside a disparate group of strangers, they must work to survive and uncover the mystery of where they are and if there is a way back home.
Raymond-James is Gavin Wolcott, Claire’s recently estranged husband. Gorecki plays Izzy Wolcott, Claire and Gavin’s daughter. Logue is Marybeth Hill,...
In La Brea, written by Appelbaum, when a massive sinkhole mysteriously opens in Los Angeles, it tears a family in half, separating mother and son from father (Raymond-James) and daughter (Gorecki). When part of the family find themselves in an unexplainable primeval world, alongside a disparate group of strangers, they must work to survive and uncover the mystery of where they are and if there is a way back home.
Raymond-James is Gavin Wolcott, Claire’s recently estranged husband. Gorecki plays Izzy Wolcott, Claire and Gavin’s daughter. Logue is Marybeth Hill,...
- 2/20/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
On Thursday, October 18, 2018, amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, will pay tribute to superstar recording artist Katy Perry and Toms founder Blake Mycoskie at its ninth annual amfAR Gala Los Angeles.
They will be presented with amfAR’s Award of Courage in recognition of their profound commitment to the fight against AIDS, as well as countless other humanitarian causes.
The black-tie benefit, which will feature a special performance by Dame Shirley Bassey, will take place at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. It will include a cocktail reception and dinner featuring Perrier-Jouët Champagne and signature Absolut Elyx cocktails, and a live auction.
Katy Perry and Blake Mycoskie join previous amfAR honorees including Julia Roberts, Charlize Theron, Ryan Murphy, Scarlett Johansson, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Goldie Hawn, Aileen Getty, Jennifer Lopez, Kevin Huvane, Jean-Paul Gaultier, James Franco, Francisco Costa, Robert Duffy/Marc Jacobs International, Miley Cyrus, Andy Cohen, Cher, and more.
They will be presented with amfAR’s Award of Courage in recognition of their profound commitment to the fight against AIDS, as well as countless other humanitarian causes.
The black-tie benefit, which will feature a special performance by Dame Shirley Bassey, will take place at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. It will include a cocktail reception and dinner featuring Perrier-Jouët Champagne and signature Absolut Elyx cocktails, and a live auction.
Katy Perry and Blake Mycoskie join previous amfAR honorees including Julia Roberts, Charlize Theron, Ryan Murphy, Scarlett Johansson, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Goldie Hawn, Aileen Getty, Jennifer Lopez, Kevin Huvane, Jean-Paul Gaultier, James Franco, Francisco Costa, Robert Duffy/Marc Jacobs International, Miley Cyrus, Andy Cohen, Cher, and more.
- 10/17/2018
- Look to the Stars
Nate Parker Returns: Cop Drama ‘Black & Blue’ to Be Director’s First Movie Since ‘Birth of a Nation’
Nate Parker is attached to direct the Los Angeles Police Department drama “Black & Blue,” Deadline reports. The filmmaker will rewrite the original script penned by Jim McGrath. The project is the first feature film Parker has been attached to since “The Birth of a Nation.”
“Black & Blue” tells the true story of Ralph Waddy, a heroic detective who led the Lapd through some of the most significant events of the 1960s, including Robert Kennedy’s assassination, the Watts riots, and the Manson Murders. The script reportedly focuses on Waddy’s detective career and his rocky relationship with his father.
Per Deadline, ForM.B Entertainment’s Steven Jensen is set to produce along with Darren Enenstein, Shondrella Avery, Adam R. Sanders, and Lenny Rosenberg. Avery will also star in the movie in an unspecified role.
Parker has remained largely out of the spotlight since fall 2016, when rape allegations from his college...
“Black & Blue” tells the true story of Ralph Waddy, a heroic detective who led the Lapd through some of the most significant events of the 1960s, including Robert Kennedy’s assassination, the Watts riots, and the Manson Murders. The script reportedly focuses on Waddy’s detective career and his rocky relationship with his father.
Per Deadline, ForM.B Entertainment’s Steven Jensen is set to produce along with Darren Enenstein, Shondrella Avery, Adam R. Sanders, and Lenny Rosenberg. Avery will also star in the movie in an unspecified role.
Parker has remained largely out of the spotlight since fall 2016, when rape allegations from his college...
- 3/23/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Birth of a Nation filmmaker Nate Parker has resurfaced and is attached to direct Black & Blue, a feature based on the life of decorated Lapd detective Ralph Waddy. Parker is rewriting a script originally penned by Jim McGrath. Waddy’s life rights was optioned by ForM.B Entertainment’s Steven Jensen who will also produce along with Darren Enenstein, Shondrella Avery (who will also act in it), Adam R. Sanders and Lenny Rosenberg. They are working to start the…...
- 3/23/2018
- Deadline
Oscar-winning Gladiator co-writer/producer David Franzoni has come on board to write and produce Red Flag, a Chinese history-themed adventure series starring Maggie Q, from Steven Jensen's Independent Television Group, Mike Medavoy & Benjamin Anderson of Phoenix Pictures, and Fred Fuchs. Maggie Q’s Stalker co-star and real-life fiancé Dylan McDermott may reunite with her onscreen, possibly taking on a recurring role in the series. Set in the early 1800s, Red Flag centers…...
- 7/23/2015
- Deadline TV
Francois Arnaud (The Borgias) is set as a male lead opposite Maggie Q in Red Flag, a limited series from Steven Jensen’s Independent Television Group, Mike Medavoy & Benjamin Anderson of Phoenix Pictures (Black Swan), and Fred Fuchs (Transporter). It is set in the early 1800s and centers on Ching Shih (Maggie Q), a beautiful young Chinese prostitute who goes on to become one of history’s most powerful pirates and head one of the most successful crime syndicates in China. With over 100,000 sailors and 1500-plus vessels, Ching controlled the South China Sea while taking on the Imperial Chinese navy, the Portuguese navy, and the all-powerful British navy to eventually conquer them all. Arnaud, repped by Apa and Management 360, will play Carlito, the Portuguese sailor and bounty hunter engaged to hunt down and capture Ching Shih. He has no loyalty and takes from everybody to kill Ching Shih, and soon becomes her lover.
- 3/28/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Now that Nikita is over and done with, it’s time for Maggie Q to set her eyes on a new iconic female character to bring to life on the TV screen, only this time she’ll be taking on the persona of a woman from China’s history. This new project will be a limited series and may put Maggie Q in line to portray one of the most badass female characters TV has ever seen come to life. If you haven’t heard of this woman, don’t be ashamed. This was the first I’d heard of her exploits and I immediately wished I could no more.
The limited series is called Red Flag and comes from Steven Jensen’s Independent Television Group, Mike Medaboy & Benjamin Anderson of Phoenix Pictures and Fred Fuchs. Deadline reported Maggie Q would be playing Ching Shih, a beautiful young Chinese prostitute in the early 1800s.
The limited series is called Red Flag and comes from Steven Jensen’s Independent Television Group, Mike Medaboy & Benjamin Anderson of Phoenix Pictures and Fred Fuchs. Deadline reported Maggie Q would be playing Ching Shih, a beautiful young Chinese prostitute in the early 1800s.
- 2/12/2014
- by Brody Gibson
- Boomtron
Exclusive: Nikita star Maggie Q is taking on another iconic character, this time from Chinese history. The Mission: Impossible III alumna is set to headline a limited series from Steven Jensen’s Independent Television Group, Mike Medavoy & Benjamin Anderson of Phoenix Pictures (Black Swan), and Fred Fuchs (Transporter). Titled Red Flag, the series is set in the early 1800s and centers on Ching Shih (Maggie Q), a beautiful young Chinese prostitute who goes on to become one of history’s most powerful pirates and head of the most successful crime syndicate in China. With over 100,000 sailors and 1500-plus vessels, Ching controlled the South China Sea while taking on the Imperial Chinese navy, the Portuguese navy, and the all-powerful British navy to eventually conquer them all. “It’s exciting to have the opportunity to share Ching Shih’s real-life story with audiences that are both familiar and unfamiliar with her prominent history,...
- 2/8/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Halle Berry is set to executive produce Hannibal (working title), a miniseries about the great generals in antiquity — Hannibal Barca and his archrival Scipio Africanus — who went head-to-head in the Second Punic War. Oscar-nominated writer Jeffrey Caine (The Constant Gardener) is penning the script for the project, co-produced by A+E Studios and Red Arrow Entertainment. “Hannibal was not only the greatest African general to ever live, he may have been the greatest general, period,” said Berry. “His story is an intricate and captivating ride, and I’m thrilled to get this project off the ground with our partners at History.” Hannibal begins in Carthage, 264 BC, at the beginning of his life in North Africa and takes viewers through the Second Punic War between Carthage and Rome. In what became legend, Hannibal and his archrival take a sacred vow to destroy the other and the nation he served. However, despite their fiercely opposed allegiances,...
- 12/2/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Paramount’s Insurge Pictures have mad an announcement that they have partnered with Katy Perry, as well as Imagine Entertainment, Direct Management, Aeg and co-financing partner Emi on a 3D feature film starring Katy Perry. Jane Lipsitz and Dan Cutforth direct Katy Perry: Part Of Me, a first-ever big-screen look at the international superstar’s life both on- and off-stage. Pic in turn will be produced by Perry as well as Academy Award®-winner Brian Grazer of Imagine Entertainment, Martin Kirkup, Bradford Cobb, and Steven Jensen of Direct Management. Hustle & Flow director Craig Brewer will serve as executive producer on the project which finds theaters on July 5, 2012.
- 4/3/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Melissa Rivers has partnered with her manager, Steven Jensen, to launch a production company dubbed Keep Clear. The company was formed specifically to fulfill the first-look deal Rivers has with TV Guide Channel but also aims to take projects to other cable and broadcast networks, Rivers said. Keep Clear will produce unscripted and scripted shows, she added, with no genre off-limits -- including reality, talk, comedy and drama. Asked why she decided to form this company now, Rivers said: "It was time. I have enough ideas and projects and people coming up to me with (ideas) and me trying to take (projects) out that it was time to go to that next step."...
- 4/20/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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