Deran Sarafian is set to direct Trigger Happy, an indie neo-noir thriller that centers around a desperate waitress in a dead-end town who meets the man of her dreams. Only he is not who he seems and neither is she.
Shawn McLaughlin and Mike Mityok co-wrote the screenplay, which is described as an American road cinema of the ‘70s, such as Vanishing Point, Badlands, and neo-noir thrillers like The Long Goodbye, Body Heat, and Blood Simple. McLaughlin is producing with Jaye Gazeley, under their Canadian-based production company Marauder Films, along with Gabrielle Almagor. Filming is slated to commence next year.
Sarafian is a veteran TV director and executive producer, whose credits include House, Swamp Thing, Rosewood, among a number of others. He’s repped by The Gersh Agency and Zero Gravity Management.
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Brian Krause and Rizwan Manji will star in Robert Rosenbaum-helmed drama Basement,...
Shawn McLaughlin and Mike Mityok co-wrote the screenplay, which is described as an American road cinema of the ‘70s, such as Vanishing Point, Badlands, and neo-noir thrillers like The Long Goodbye, Body Heat, and Blood Simple. McLaughlin is producing with Jaye Gazeley, under their Canadian-based production company Marauder Films, along with Gabrielle Almagor. Filming is slated to commence next year.
Sarafian is a veteran TV director and executive producer, whose credits include House, Swamp Thing, Rosewood, among a number of others. He’s repped by The Gersh Agency and Zero Gravity Management.
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Brian Krause and Rizwan Manji will star in Robert Rosenbaum-helmed drama Basement,...
- 9/21/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The Toronto-based distributor has picked up Canadian rights to George Mendeluk’s Ukranian genocide feature starring Max Irons, Samantha Barks and Terence Stamp.
D Films plans an early 2017 theatrical release for the story of lovers caught in Joseph Stalin’s murderous starvation of the Ukrainian people from 1932-1933 known as the Holodomor.
Barry Pepper and Tamer Hassan round out the key cast. Richard Bachynsky Hoover wrote the original story on which the film is based and collaborated on the screenplay with Mendeluk.
Roadside Attractions will release the film in the Us in early 2017.
Canadian businessman Ian Ihnatowycz, whose family fled Ukraine in the 1940s, financed and produced Bitter Harvest.
Producing alongside Ihnatowycz were Stuart Baird, Chad Barager, and Jaye Gazeley. Bill Immerman, Peter Graves, Dennis Davidson and Hoover served as executive producers.
“Bitter Harvest is an epic tale of real people struggling against the atrocities of a brutal dictator,” said [link=nm...
D Films plans an early 2017 theatrical release for the story of lovers caught in Joseph Stalin’s murderous starvation of the Ukrainian people from 1932-1933 known as the Holodomor.
Barry Pepper and Tamer Hassan round out the key cast. Richard Bachynsky Hoover wrote the original story on which the film is based and collaborated on the screenplay with Mendeluk.
Roadside Attractions will release the film in the Us in early 2017.
Canadian businessman Ian Ihnatowycz, whose family fled Ukraine in the 1940s, financed and produced Bitter Harvest.
Producing alongside Ihnatowycz were Stuart Baird, Chad Barager, and Jaye Gazeley. Bill Immerman, Peter Graves, Dennis Davidson and Hoover served as executive producers.
“Bitter Harvest is an epic tale of real people struggling against the atrocities of a brutal dictator,” said [link=nm...
- 10/6/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Plus: Strand Releasing acquires Sundance selection Lovesong; Talent incubator Resonance launches; and more…
Roadside Attractions has acquired Us rights to George Mendeluk’s Bitter Harvest, styled as the epic story of two lovers caught up in Stalin’s 1930s Ukranian genocide.
Max Irons and Samantha Barks (pictured) star alongside Barry Pepper, Tamer Hassan and Terence Stamp.
Ian Ihnatowycz, Stuart Baird, Mendeluk, Chad Barager and Jaye Gazeley produce and Dennis Davidson, Peter D. Graves and William J. Immerman serve as executive producers.
Roadside will release in the first quarter of 2017. Lawrence Meyers and attorney William J Immerman brokered the deal on behalf of the film-makers.
New talent incubator Resonance has launched to support bilingual, bicultural writers and writer-directors who can create content designed to succeed in China and the Us. Launched by producer Hans Canosa and production and management company Circle Of Confusion, Resonance will invite each year up to ten emerging storytellers to participate in a year-long...
Roadside Attractions has acquired Us rights to George Mendeluk’s Bitter Harvest, styled as the epic story of two lovers caught up in Stalin’s 1930s Ukranian genocide.
Max Irons and Samantha Barks (pictured) star alongside Barry Pepper, Tamer Hassan and Terence Stamp.
Ian Ihnatowycz, Stuart Baird, Mendeluk, Chad Barager and Jaye Gazeley produce and Dennis Davidson, Peter D. Graves and William J. Immerman serve as executive producers.
Roadside will release in the first quarter of 2017. Lawrence Meyers and attorney William J Immerman brokered the deal on behalf of the film-makers.
New talent incubator Resonance has launched to support bilingual, bicultural writers and writer-directors who can create content designed to succeed in China and the Us. Launched by producer Hans Canosa and production and management company Circle Of Confusion, Resonance will invite each year up to ten emerging storytellers to participate in a year-long...
- 8/9/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Canadian financier puts Ukrainian plight on agenda with Spotlight Pictures drama; other investments possible.
Canadian businessman Ian Ihnatowycz will be at the Afm this weekend to meet potential buyers of Bitter Harvest, the $20m period epic he fully financed.
Max Irons, Terence Stamp, Barry Pepper, Samantha Barks and Tamer Hassan star in the English-language inter-war tale about the Holodomor, the genocidal famine that killed millions in Ukraine.
Ihnatowycz, whose parents fled post-war Ukraine, commissioned Richard Bachynsky-Hoover and director Mendeluk to write the passion project.
The president and CEO of Toronto-based private investment firm First Generation Capital formerly founded investment firm Acuity, which in 2011 was sold for $340m ($7.6bn, including client assets).
“This is a period of history that is virtually unknown in the west,” private investment executive Ihnatowycz told Screen.
“I wanted to make this story understood more widely so making it English language with a known cast will hopefully help make it more appealing to a western...
Canadian businessman Ian Ihnatowycz will be at the Afm this weekend to meet potential buyers of Bitter Harvest, the $20m period epic he fully financed.
Max Irons, Terence Stamp, Barry Pepper, Samantha Barks and Tamer Hassan star in the English-language inter-war tale about the Holodomor, the genocidal famine that killed millions in Ukraine.
Ihnatowycz, whose parents fled post-war Ukraine, commissioned Richard Bachynsky-Hoover and director Mendeluk to write the passion project.
The president and CEO of Toronto-based private investment firm First Generation Capital formerly founded investment firm Acuity, which in 2011 was sold for $340m ($7.6bn, including client assets).
“This is a period of history that is virtually unknown in the west,” private investment executive Ihnatowycz told Screen.
“I wanted to make this story understood more widely so making it English language with a known cast will hopefully help make it more appealing to a western...
- 11/6/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
The Los Angeles-based sales company will introduce international buyers to Andamar Entertainment’s $21m drama at the Santa Monica market next week.
Max Irons, Terence Stamp, Barry Pepper, Samantha Barks and Tamer Hassan star in the inter-war tale about the Holodomor.
The story of the 1932-33 famine engineered by Joseph Stalin that is believed to have killed upwards of 2.5million Ukrainians is told through the eyes of two young lovers.
George Mendeluk directed Bitter Harvest from a screenplay he wrote with Richard Bachynsky-Hoover.
Spotlight will stage the world market premiere at a private screening in Santa Monica on November 9. Ian Ihnatowycz, Stuart Baird, Mendeluk, Chad Barager and Jaye Gazeley produced.
Spotlight Pictures head of acquisitions Carlos Rincon brokered the deal with production attorney William J Immerman on behalf of Andamar Entertainment.
Max Irons, Terence Stamp, Barry Pepper, Samantha Barks and Tamer Hassan star in the inter-war tale about the Holodomor.
The story of the 1932-33 famine engineered by Joseph Stalin that is believed to have killed upwards of 2.5million Ukrainians is told through the eyes of two young lovers.
George Mendeluk directed Bitter Harvest from a screenplay he wrote with Richard Bachynsky-Hoover.
Spotlight will stage the world market premiere at a private screening in Santa Monica on November 9. Ian Ihnatowycz, Stuart Baird, Mendeluk, Chad Barager and Jaye Gazeley produced.
Spotlight Pictures head of acquisitions Carlos Rincon brokered the deal with production attorney William J Immerman on behalf of Andamar Entertainment.
- 10/26/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Here’s your first look at The Devil’S Harvest starring Max Irons, Samantha Barks, Barry Pepper and Terence Stamp.
Principal photography wrapped on director George Mendeluk’s epic romance in Kiev on January 30th.
Shot on location in Ukraine and London, The Devil’S Harvest is an action-packed, dramatic tale of love and the importance of family, set against the backdrop of political upheaval in 1930s Ukraine. Yuri (Max Irons) is an artistic soul born into a family of Cossack warriors, who struggles to win the approval of his grandfather Ivan (Terence Stamp), father Yaroslav (Barry Pepper) and the heart of Natalka (Samantha Barks.) Yuri finds his life changed forever with the invasion of the Red Army and the subsequent persecution of his family and fellow countrymen as Stalin’s regime of terror extends across Eastern Europe.
The Devil’S Harvest also features Tamer Hassan (Dracula), Aneurin Barnard (The White Queen...
Principal photography wrapped on director George Mendeluk’s epic romance in Kiev on January 30th.
Shot on location in Ukraine and London, The Devil’S Harvest is an action-packed, dramatic tale of love and the importance of family, set against the backdrop of political upheaval in 1930s Ukraine. Yuri (Max Irons) is an artistic soul born into a family of Cossack warriors, who struggles to win the approval of his grandfather Ivan (Terence Stamp), father Yaroslav (Barry Pepper) and the heart of Natalka (Samantha Barks.) Yuri finds his life changed forever with the invasion of the Red Army and the subsequent persecution of his family and fellow countrymen as Stalin’s regime of terror extends across Eastern Europe.
The Devil’S Harvest also features Tamer Hassan (Dracula), Aneurin Barnard (The White Queen...
- 2/5/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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