Exclusive: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kate Bosworth, Dave Bautista, and Gina Carano are joining the Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films production of Bus 657, the ensemble heist pic that Robert De Niro already has boarded. This is the latest pic that is part of E/F/O’s overall deal with Grindhouse/Lionsgate, which will distribute the $15M-budgeted Bus 657 along with Hannibal Classics. Stephen Sepher and Max Adams wrote the action thriller that Scott Mann (The Tournament) will direct. Principal photography is set to begin October 13 in Mobile, Al.
The pic, formerly titled Bus 757, centers on a father (Morgan) without the means to pay for his daughter’s medical treatment. As a last resort, he partners with a greedy co-worker (Bautista) to rob a casino and the two hijack a bus full of hostages and things go awry. De Niro will play Frank “The Pope”, owner of the casino, and Bosworth plays his estranged daughter.
The pic, formerly titled Bus 757, centers on a father (Morgan) without the means to pay for his daughter’s medical treatment. As a last resort, he partners with a greedy co-worker (Bautista) to rob a casino and the two hijack a bus full of hostages and things go awry. De Niro will play Frank “The Pope”, owner of the casino, and Bosworth plays his estranged daughter.
- 9/24/2014
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline
Exclusive: Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films has set Robert De Niro to star in Bus 757, a Stephen Sepher-scripted action thriller that Scott Mann (The Tournament) will direct. The film, which shoots in September in Baton Rouge, will be distributed by Grindstone/Lionsgate Films with Hannibal Classics’ Richard Rionda Del Castro and Patricia Eberle handling international sales. Efof principals Randall Emmett and George Furla are producing and financing, and international financing on the $15 million film is being provided by Hannibal Classics and Michael Mendelsohn’s Union Patriot Capital. Related: Cannes: Directors To Watch Bus 757 centers on a casino card dealer who puts together a crew to simultaneously rob a bank and hijack a bus full of hostages to use as collateral. De Niro will play “The Pope”, a casino owner with illegitimate business practices whose assets are the targets of the heist. Now that he’s in place, casting will begin in earnest.
- 5/17/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films will produce and finance the action thriller Bus 757 from Stephen Sepher and has lined up a 2014 shoot.
The story centres on a Las Vegas croupier who plans to rob a bank and hijack a bus.
Randall Emmett, George Furla, Alexander Tabrizi and writer-director Sepher will produce with Brandon Grimes, Daniel Grodnik and Beth Holden-Garland serving as executive producers.
Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films’ production and financing slate includes Martin Scorsese’s Silence, Vin Diesel’s The Last Witch Hunter and Hasbro’s Monopoly. The company backed recent releases 2 Guns and Escape Plan.
The story centres on a Las Vegas croupier who plans to rob a bank and hijack a bus.
Randall Emmett, George Furla, Alexander Tabrizi and writer-director Sepher will produce with Brandon Grimes, Daniel Grodnik and Beth Holden-Garland serving as executive producers.
Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films’ production and financing slate includes Martin Scorsese’s Silence, Vin Diesel’s The Last Witch Hunter and Hasbro’s Monopoly. The company backed recent releases 2 Guns and Escape Plan.
- 11/6/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films will produce and finance the action thriller Bus 757 from a script by Stephen Sepher, who’ll produce with Randall Emmett, George Furla, Alexander Tabrizi and Stephen Sepher. The $15 million pic will shoot next year. A Las Vegas card dealer puts a crew together to rob a bank and hijack a city bus as collateral. Brandon Grimes, Daniel Grodnik and Beth Holden-Garland are exec producers and Tim Sullivan is co-producer. Efof has the Peter Berg-directed Lone Survivor launching in Oscar season, and will soon start production on Martin Scorsese’s Silence, The Last Witch Hunter with Vin Diesel and Hasbro’s Monopoly, based on the iconic board game.
- 11/6/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
New York, NY, April 9, 2012 – Dimension Films continues its acquisitions streak with the pick up of the road-trip comedy Wild Oats featuring a talented cast including Academy Award® winner Shirley MacLaine, Academy Award® nominee Jacki Weaver and Academy Award® winner Alan Arkin . The film is directed by Howard Deutch who helmed the classics Pretty In Pink and Some Kind Of Wonderful, and recently worked at HBO directing shows such as Big Love and Hung. Claudia Myers and Gary Kanew penned the script which has been described as a spunky comedy that is a cross between Sideways and Thelma And Louise. Wild Oats tells the story of a retired widow (Shirley MacLaine) who hits the jackpot when she receives a Social Security check mistakenly made out for $900,000 instead of $900. She and her best friend (Jacki Weaver) then take off for Las Vegas, only to become media sensations and fugitives from justice. “Howard Deutch...
- 4/9/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Shirley MacLaine, Alan Arkin and Jacki Weaver ("Animal Kingdom") will topline Howard Deutch's indie comedy "Wild Oats" at Wild Pictures says Variety.
MacLaine plays a woman who accidentally receives a fortune due to a Social Security cheque misprint. She heads to Las Vegas with her best friend (Weaver) to start a new life.
Said new life is short lived as they become overnight media sensations and fugitives who must outwit a trio of conmen along with dodging Social Security agents.
Gary Kanew and Claudia Myers penned the script and shooting will commence mid-January on location in Pittsburgh and Las Vegas.
Alexander Tabrizi, Blythe Frank and Agathe David-Weill will produce.
MacLaine plays a woman who accidentally receives a fortune due to a Social Security cheque misprint. She heads to Las Vegas with her best friend (Weaver) to start a new life.
Said new life is short lived as they become overnight media sensations and fugitives who must outwit a trio of conmen along with dodging Social Security agents.
Gary Kanew and Claudia Myers penned the script and shooting will commence mid-January on location in Pittsburgh and Las Vegas.
Alexander Tabrizi, Blythe Frank and Agathe David-Weill will produce.
- 11/18/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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