Exclusive: Minnie Driver is getting into the scripted podcast world.
The Speechless star has been tapped to star in The Lesser Dead, a supernatural audio drama series.
Christopher Buehlman is adapting his own novel – about a colony of vampires – for the audio medium.
The Lesser Dead comes from podcast studio Echoverse, which was launched in 2020 by Lloyd Braun’s Whalerock Industries, the production and consulting company behind such unscripted series as Battlebots, Hyperdrive and Ravi Patel’s Pursuit of Happiness, and is run by former Syfy executive Mark Stern.
The book, which was published in 2014, is set in 1978 New York City and stars Driver as Margaret McMannis, the formidable leader of a colony of vampires.
Narrated by one of McMannis’s clan, Joey Peacock, an irreverent, eternally-young 19-year-old who quite literally never grew up. When a dangerous new adversary enters their world, Margaret and Joey’s unconventional family of vampires...
The Speechless star has been tapped to star in The Lesser Dead, a supernatural audio drama series.
Christopher Buehlman is adapting his own novel – about a colony of vampires – for the audio medium.
The Lesser Dead comes from podcast studio Echoverse, which was launched in 2020 by Lloyd Braun’s Whalerock Industries, the production and consulting company behind such unscripted series as Battlebots, Hyperdrive and Ravi Patel’s Pursuit of Happiness, and is run by former Syfy executive Mark Stern.
The book, which was published in 2014, is set in 1978 New York City and stars Driver as Margaret McMannis, the formidable leader of a colony of vampires.
Narrated by one of McMannis’s clan, Joey Peacock, an irreverent, eternally-young 19-year-old who quite literally never grew up. When a dangerous new adversary enters their world, Margaret and Joey’s unconventional family of vampires...
- 1/13/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Whalerock Industries, Lloyd Braun’s West Hollywood-based production and consulting company behind such unscripted series as Battlebots, Hyperdrive and Ravi Patel’s Pursuit of Happiness, is making a push into podcasting. The company has launched Echoverse, a first-of-its-kind podcast studio focusing on science fiction, supernatural, and fantasy audio experiences, headed by former Syfy executive Mark Stern.
The studio is funded by Whalerock, along with individual investors.
“The sci-fi, supernatural, and fantasy genres represent a significant opportunity in the scripted podcasting market, and Mark Stern is the ideal executive to bring this vision to life.” said Anne-Marie O’Neill, CEO of Whalerock.
Stern was most recently president of Fearless Media Group, which he launched in 2018 as an extension of the work he began as the head of Im Global Television. Prior to that, Stern was president of original content at Syfy for 11 years, where he developed and produced dozens of...
The studio is funded by Whalerock, along with individual investors.
“The sci-fi, supernatural, and fantasy genres represent a significant opportunity in the scripted podcasting market, and Mark Stern is the ideal executive to bring this vision to life.” said Anne-Marie O’Neill, CEO of Whalerock.
Stern was most recently president of Fearless Media Group, which he launched in 2018 as an extension of the work he began as the head of Im Global Television. Prior to that, Stern was president of original content at Syfy for 11 years, where he developed and produced dozens of...
- 8/19/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Maggie Smith (“Downton Abbey”), Kathy Bates (“Richard Jewell”) and Laura Linney (“Ozark”) will headline the cast of “The Miracle Club,” to be directed by Thaddeus O’Sullivan (“Silent Witness”).
Based on an original screenplay by Jimmy Smallhorne (“2by4”), Timothy Prager (“Crossing Lines”) and Josh Maurer, the film will follow the journey of a group of riotous working-class women from Dublin, whose pilgrimage to Lourdes in France leads them to discover each other’s friendship and their own personal miracles.
The film is produced by Chris Curling (“Falling”) for Zephyr Films and Josh Maurer (“Papillon”) and Alixandre Witlin (television’s “Howards End”), for City Films Entertainment. James Flynn (“Penny Dreadful”) will serve as executive producer.
Maurer said: “At its heart, this film captures the strength, resilience and love of remarkable woman as they define themselves under their own terms, and by the power of their friendship and faith.”
Embankment raised the film...
Based on an original screenplay by Jimmy Smallhorne (“2by4”), Timothy Prager (“Crossing Lines”) and Josh Maurer, the film will follow the journey of a group of riotous working-class women from Dublin, whose pilgrimage to Lourdes in France leads them to discover each other’s friendship and their own personal miracles.
The film is produced by Chris Curling (“Falling”) for Zephyr Films and Josh Maurer (“Papillon”) and Alixandre Witlin (television’s “Howards End”), for City Films Entertainment. James Flynn (“Penny Dreadful”) will serve as executive producer.
Maurer said: “At its heart, this film captures the strength, resilience and love of remarkable woman as they define themselves under their own terms, and by the power of their friendship and faith.”
Embankment raised the film...
- 6/17/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Embankment Films also reveals a raft of upcoming feature documentaries as part of a fresh push into factual.
Embankment Films has revealed the top-line cast of feelgood feature The Miracle Club and a key pre-sale, and boarded a raft of documentaries as part of a major push into factual.
Downton Abbey star Maggie Smith will be joined by fellow Oscar-winner Kathy Bates and Ozark star Laura Linney in the story of working-class women from Dublin who embark on a pilgrimage to Lourdes.
Directed by Thaddeus O’Sullivan (Ordinary Decent Criminal), the film is set to begin shooting in Ireland in April...
Embankment Films has revealed the top-line cast of feelgood feature The Miracle Club and a key pre-sale, and boarded a raft of documentaries as part of a major push into factual.
Downton Abbey star Maggie Smith will be joined by fellow Oscar-winner Kathy Bates and Ozark star Laura Linney in the story of working-class women from Dublin who embark on a pilgrimage to Lourdes.
Directed by Thaddeus O’Sullivan (Ordinary Decent Criminal), the film is set to begin shooting in Ireland in April...
- 6/17/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Javier Chapa and Simon Wise of Mucho Mas Media (Mucho Mas) have optioned the rights and will be partnering as producers with Sergio Arau and Yareli Arizmendi on the independent feature film, “Another Day Without a Mexican: This Time It’s Personal,” the sequel to Arau’s cult hit and 2004 social satire, “A Day Without a Mexican,” the company announced on Friday.
Arau will direct and co-write the script with writer/actress Yareli Arizmendi, who wrote and starred in the 2004 film.
Joshua Maurer and Alixandre Witlin will produce under their City Entertainment banner, alongside Mucho Mas partners Chapa and Wise.
Arau will direct and co-write the script with writer/actress Yareli Arizmendi, who wrote and starred in the 2004 film.
Joshua Maurer and Alixandre Witlin will produce under their City Entertainment banner, alongside Mucho Mas partners Chapa and Wise.
- 8/23/2019
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Muscle Shoals, a drama based on the life of Rick Hall, producer of the legendary Muscle Shoals sound, has sold to ABC for development under a straight-to-series model, Deadline has learned. The project hails from Global Road Entertainment, Johnny Depp and Christie Dembrowski’s Infinitum Nihil, Richard Branson’s Virgin Produced, and Joshua D. Maurer and Alixandre Witlin’s City Entertainment. The drama has been in development at Global Road since 2016.
Emmy-nominated Bettina Gilois (Bessie) is writing the drama based on Hall’s life as chronicled in his autobiography The Man from Muscle Shoals: My Journey from Shame to Fame and the acclaimed Sundance documentary Muscle Shoals.
Depp, Dembrowski and Bobby DeLeon of Infinitum Nihil are executive producing along with Jason Felts, Justin Berfield and Rene Rigal at Branson’s Virgin Produced; and City Entertainment’s Maurer and Witlin. Nancy Wilson of the seminal group Heart serves as Executive Music...
Emmy-nominated Bettina Gilois (Bessie) is writing the drama based on Hall’s life as chronicled in his autobiography The Man from Muscle Shoals: My Journey from Shame to Fame and the acclaimed Sundance documentary Muscle Shoals.
Depp, Dembrowski and Bobby DeLeon of Infinitum Nihil are executive producing along with Jason Felts, Justin Berfield and Rene Rigal at Branson’s Virgin Produced; and City Entertainment’s Maurer and Witlin. Nancy Wilson of the seminal group Heart serves as Executive Music...
- 4/26/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The parties have agreed to an exclusive two-year first-look TV deal that sees Goyer already on board as executive producer on previously announced I, Rebel as well as Golden State.
I, Rebel is a sci-fi series created by Dana and Siavash Farahani about a lost astronaut who returns to Earth after eight years and leads a rebellion against humanoid alien masters.
Jane Fleming and Mark Ordesky will also serve as executive producers, while Goyer’s Phantom Four president Kevin Turen will produce.
Golden State (working title) is also in development with Goyer and is a seasonal anthology series that tells the story of the Los Angeles Police Department over 150 years from the 1850’s culminating with the La Riots in 1992.
Jake Lee Hanne is set to write the series, with Turen and Linne Radmin of the Radmin Company attached to produce.
Im Global founder and CEO Stuart Ford and Im Global Television president Mark Stern announced the deal...
I, Rebel is a sci-fi series created by Dana and Siavash Farahani about a lost astronaut who returns to Earth after eight years and leads a rebellion against humanoid alien masters.
Jane Fleming and Mark Ordesky will also serve as executive producers, while Goyer’s Phantom Four president Kevin Turen will produce.
Golden State (working title) is also in development with Goyer and is a seasonal anthology series that tells the story of the Los Angeles Police Department over 150 years from the 1850’s culminating with the La Riots in 1992.
Jake Lee Hanne is set to write the series, with Turen and Linne Radmin of the Radmin Company attached to produce.
Im Global founder and CEO Stuart Ford and Im Global Television president Mark Stern announced the deal...
- 11/2/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Amy Winehouse’s life and death is getting the biopic treatment, and Noomi Rapace is in talks to play the late singer, TheWrap has learned. Kristen Sheridan is writing and directing the film titled “Amy Winehouse,” which is being financed and produced by Lotus Entertainment. Filmmakers are also in negotiations to obtain rights to use her music. Maurer and Alixandre Witlin of City Entertainment and Tristan Orpen Lynch of Subotica are producing, with Lotus Entertainment’s Jim Seibel, Bill Johnson, Ara Keshishian and Angus Sutherland on board as executive producers. Joshua Maurer is also on board. Also Read: The Top 40 Best and Worst.
- 11/6/2015
- by Linda Ge
- The Wrap
Director aims for “innovative, emotional and life affirming approach” to icon’s life.
Lotus Entertainment has boarded finance, production and international sales on Kirsten Sheridan’s Amy Winehouse biopic, revealed by Screen this morning.
Noomi Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) is currently in talks to star in the biopic, which according to the production will “celebrate” the life of the iconic singer.
CAA and UTA arranged financing and will be co-representing the domestic rights.
Joshua Maurer and Alixandre Witlin of City Entertainment and Tristan Orpen Lynch will produce, with Lotus Entertainment’s Jim Seibel, Bill Johnson, Ara Keshishian and Angus Sutherland on board as executive producers.
Lotus Entertainment’s Angus Sutherland said: “We are honored to be bringing Amy’s heart-breaking life story to the screen and to be working with such a gifted filmmaker as Kirsten Sheridan.
“After the huge success of documentary Amy this year, audiences worldwide have been left with a compelling...
Lotus Entertainment has boarded finance, production and international sales on Kirsten Sheridan’s Amy Winehouse biopic, revealed by Screen this morning.
Noomi Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) is currently in talks to star in the biopic, which according to the production will “celebrate” the life of the iconic singer.
CAA and UTA arranged financing and will be co-representing the domestic rights.
Joshua Maurer and Alixandre Witlin of City Entertainment and Tristan Orpen Lynch will produce, with Lotus Entertainment’s Jim Seibel, Bill Johnson, Ara Keshishian and Angus Sutherland on board as executive producers.
Lotus Entertainment’s Angus Sutherland said: “We are honored to be bringing Amy’s heart-breaking life story to the screen and to be working with such a gifted filmmaker as Kirsten Sheridan.
“After the huge success of documentary Amy this year, audiences worldwide have been left with a compelling...
- 11/6/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Director aims for “innovative, emotional and life affirming approach” to icon’s life.
Lotus Entertainment has boarded finance, production and international sales on Kirsten Sheridan’s Amy Winehouse biopic, revealed by Screen this morning.
Noomi Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) is currently in talks to star in the biopic, which according to the production will “celebrate” the life of the iconic singer.
CAA and UTA arranged financing and will be co-representing the domestic rights.
Joshua Maurer and Alixandre Witlin of City Entertainment and Tristan Orpen Lynch will produce, with Lotus Entertainment’s Jim Seibel, Bill Johnson, Ara Keshishian and Angus Sutherland on board as executive producers.
Lotus Entertainment’s Angus Sutherland said: “We are honored to be bringing Amy’s heart-breaking life story to the screen and to be working with such a gifted filmmaker as Kirsten Sheridan.
“After the huge success of documentary Amy this year, audiences worldwide have been left with a compelling...
Lotus Entertainment has boarded finance, production and international sales on Kirsten Sheridan’s Amy Winehouse biopic, revealed by Screen this morning.
Noomi Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) is currently in talks to star in the biopic, which according to the production will “celebrate” the life of the iconic singer.
CAA and UTA arranged financing and will be co-representing the domestic rights.
Joshua Maurer and Alixandre Witlin of City Entertainment and Tristan Orpen Lynch will produce, with Lotus Entertainment’s Jim Seibel, Bill Johnson, Ara Keshishian and Angus Sutherland on board as executive producers.
Lotus Entertainment’s Angus Sutherland said: “We are honored to be bringing Amy’s heart-breaking life story to the screen and to be working with such a gifted filmmaker as Kirsten Sheridan.
“After the huge success of documentary Amy this year, audiences worldwide have been left with a compelling...
- 11/6/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Lotus Entertainment has come aboard to finance, executive produce and handle international sales on Kirsten Sheridan's Amy Winehouse biopic that has Noomi Rapace (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) in talks to star as the tragic singer. Sheridan, daughter of Jim and an Academy Award nominee for In America, has penned the project and is attached to direct. CAA and UTA arranged financing and will co-rep domestic rights. Maurer and Alixandre Witlin of City Entertainment (The Ho…...
- 11/6/2015
- Deadline
Amy Winehouse's tragic life story is getting the biopic treatment. Noomi Rapace is in talks to portray the soulful singer in a movie titled simply Amy Winehouse that will be written and directed by Irish filmmaker Kristen Sheridan. Maurer and Alixandre Witlin of City Entertainment are producing with Tristan Orpen Lynch, while Lotus Entertainment has come aboard to finance, executive produce and sell internationally. CAA and UTA are co-representing domestic rights. Lotus is introducing Amy Winehouse to foreign buyers currently gathered at the American Film Market in Santa Monica. Talks are also underway with Winehouse’s father, Mitch Winehouse,
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- 10/27/2015
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Johnny Depp's Infinitum Nihil, Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Produced, and City Entertainment's Joshua Maurer and Alixandre Witlin have partnered to produce a series based on the award winning feature documentary Muscle Shoals. Greg Camalier, who directed and produced the documentary, will also produce the television adaption. Virgin Produced Executive Vice President of Production Rene Rigal brought the project into the company and will be overseeing with Infinitum Nihil's…...
- 7/7/2015
- Deadline TV
Richard Branson, Jason Felts and Justin Berfield’s Virgin Produced, City Entertainment’s Joshua D Maurer and Alixandre Witlin and Johnny Depp and Christi Dembrowski’s Infinitum Nihil will produce the drama series inspired by Greg Camalier’s Sundance 2013 documentary.
Camalier will produce the TV adaption of Muscle Shoals, named after the influential recording studio set up in Alabama in 1969.
The film will explore the segregated south through its characters, cultural and political history and southern gothic settings
Virgin Produced evp of production Rene Rigal brought the project to the company and will oversee with Infinitum Nihil’s Bobby DeLeon.
Camalier will produce the TV adaption of Muscle Shoals, named after the influential recording studio set up in Alabama in 1969.
The film will explore the segregated south through its characters, cultural and political history and southern gothic settings
Virgin Produced evp of production Rene Rigal brought the project to the company and will oversee with Infinitum Nihil’s Bobby DeLeon.
- 7/7/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Amazon Studios is looking to some Scandinavian fiction as inspiration for its next original series. Deadline learned that an untitled new show is in development at Amazon based on the popular mystery book series The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis.
The Boy in the Suitcase book series tells the story of Nina Borg, a nurse whose friend Karin tips her off that a naked and drugged little boy is in a suitcase in the Copenhagen train station. After Karin disappears and is later found murdered, Borg begins a dangerous journey across Denmark to find out who the young boy is and who exactly is trying to track him down.
Kirsten Sheridan (writer of the film In America) will pen the script for Amazon’s unnamed Boy in the Suitcase adaptation. City Entertainment’s Joshua Maurer and Alixandre Witlin will executive produce.
Amazon’s Scandinavian-based series...
The Boy in the Suitcase book series tells the story of Nina Borg, a nurse whose friend Karin tips her off that a naked and drugged little boy is in a suitcase in the Copenhagen train station. After Karin disappears and is later found murdered, Borg begins a dangerous journey across Denmark to find out who the young boy is and who exactly is trying to track him down.
Kirsten Sheridan (writer of the film In America) will pen the script for Amazon’s unnamed Boy in the Suitcase adaptation. City Entertainment’s Joshua Maurer and Alixandre Witlin will executive produce.
Amazon’s Scandinavian-based series...
- 4/2/2015
- by Bree Brouwer
- Tubefilter.com
Another best-selling Scandinavian mystery book series is looking to make the leap to American TV. I’ve learned that Amazon Studios has put in development an untitled drama project based on The Boy In The Suitcase mystery/thriller books by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis, published by SoHo Crime. Kirsten Sheridan (In America) will write script for the project, executive produced by Joshua Maurer & Alixandre Witlin through their company City Entertainment. In the books, a…...
- 4/2/2015
- Deadline TV
Finally a new teaser has arrived for NBC's two-part "Rosemary's Baby" TV-movie that shows off a bit of footage. It's not much, but it does give us an indication of the tone they're going for as well as another nice look at Zoe Saldana's bulging belly.
This new adaptation centers on a young married couple who escape New York and move to Paris with hopes of leaving their sad past behind. After a series of unfortunate events, Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse are presented with an offer they can’t refuse: an apartment at the most prestigious address in the city.
Problem is, it comes with a haunted past and an immeasurable price.
Related Story: Get Another Look at Rosemary's Baby
Rosemary (Zoe Saldana; Avatar, Star Trek Into Darkness) and Guy (Patrick J. Adams; “Suits”) are incredulous at their good fortune and find comfort in a strange city among their new friends and neighbors,...
This new adaptation centers on a young married couple who escape New York and move to Paris with hopes of leaving their sad past behind. After a series of unfortunate events, Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse are presented with an offer they can’t refuse: an apartment at the most prestigious address in the city.
Problem is, it comes with a haunted past and an immeasurable price.
Related Story: Get Another Look at Rosemary's Baby
Rosemary (Zoe Saldana; Avatar, Star Trek Into Darkness) and Guy (Patrick J. Adams; “Suits”) are incredulous at their good fortune and find comfort in a strange city among their new friends and neighbors,...
- 4/3/2014
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
We've seen a few stills already from NBC's reimagined "Rosemary's Baby," and now it's time for a quick peek behind the scenes with stars Zoe Saldana (Rosemary) and Patrick J. Adams (Guy) plus director Agnieszka Holland.
This new adaptation of “Rosemary’s Baby” centers on a young married couple who escapes New York and moves to Paris with hopes of leaving their sad past behind.
After a series of unfortunate events, Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse are presented with an offer they can’t refuse – an apartment at the most prestigious address in the city. Problem is, it comes with a haunted past and an immeasurable price.
Related Story: Get Another Look at Rosemary's Baby
Rosemary (Zoe Saldana; Avatar, Star Trek Into Darkness) and Guy (Patrick J. Adams; “Suits”) are incredulous at their good fortune and find comfort in a strange city among their new friends and neighbors, the Castevets. This...
This new adaptation of “Rosemary’s Baby” centers on a young married couple who escapes New York and moves to Paris with hopes of leaving their sad past behind.
After a series of unfortunate events, Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse are presented with an offer they can’t refuse – an apartment at the most prestigious address in the city. Problem is, it comes with a haunted past and an immeasurable price.
Related Story: Get Another Look at Rosemary's Baby
Rosemary (Zoe Saldana; Avatar, Star Trek Into Darkness) and Guy (Patrick J. Adams; “Suits”) are incredulous at their good fortune and find comfort in a strange city among their new friends and neighbors, the Castevets. This...
- 4/1/2014
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
Right now we have several new stills on tap from NBC's reimagined "Rosemary's Baby." Check 'em out, and please practice safe sex or risk the chance of accidentally shooting the devil's child out of your sac. Remember, kids: Wear a rubber!
This new adaptation of “Rosemary’s Baby” centers on a young married couple who escapes New York and moves to Paris with hopes of leaving their sad past behind.
After a series of unfortunate events, Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse are presented with an offer they can’t refuse – an apartment at the most prestigious address in the city. Problem is, it comes with a haunted past and an immeasurable price.
Rosemary (Zoe Saldana; Avatar, Star Trek Into Darkness) and Guy (Patrick J. Adams; “Suits”) are incredulous at their good fortune and find comfort in a strange city among their new friends and neighbors, the Castevets. This well-to-do successful older...
This new adaptation of “Rosemary’s Baby” centers on a young married couple who escapes New York and moves to Paris with hopes of leaving their sad past behind.
After a series of unfortunate events, Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse are presented with an offer they can’t refuse – an apartment at the most prestigious address in the city. Problem is, it comes with a haunted past and an immeasurable price.
Rosemary (Zoe Saldana; Avatar, Star Trek Into Darkness) and Guy (Patrick J. Adams; “Suits”) are incredulous at their good fortune and find comfort in a strange city among their new friends and neighbors, the Castevets. This well-to-do successful older...
- 3/28/2014
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
After weeks of images, teasers, etc., NBC has finally released the full details for its reimagined "Rosemary's Baby." Read on for the press release and all the details fit to print. Then think twice before asking your knocked up significant other to get a short haircut and move into a mysterious building.
From the Press Release
This new adaptation of “Rosemary’s Baby” centers on a young married couple who escapes New York and moves to Paris with hopes of leaving their sad past behind.
After a series of unfortunate events, Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse are presented with an offer they can’t refuse – an apartment at the most prestigious address in the city. Problem is, it comes with a haunted past and an immeasurable price.
Rosemary (Zoe Saldana; Avatar, Star Trek Into Darkness) and Guy (Patrick J. Adams; “Suits”) are incredulous at their good fortune and find comfort in...
From the Press Release
This new adaptation of “Rosemary’s Baby” centers on a young married couple who escapes New York and moves to Paris with hopes of leaving their sad past behind.
After a series of unfortunate events, Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse are presented with an offer they can’t refuse – an apartment at the most prestigious address in the city. Problem is, it comes with a haunted past and an immeasurable price.
Rosemary (Zoe Saldana; Avatar, Star Trek Into Darkness) and Guy (Patrick J. Adams; “Suits”) are incredulous at their good fortune and find comfort in...
- 3/25/2014
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
FX is moving forward with its TV series adaptation of Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan's "The Strain" novel trilogy. The cable network has given the project a thirteen episode order.
del Toro, Hogan and Carlton Cuse will produce the vampire drama which is aiming for a July 2014 premiere. Cuse will also serve as show runner.
FX has also begun development of "Desperadoes," a six-hour miniseries based on Ron Hansen's 1979 novel about Old West outlaws the Dalton Brothers. Robert Knott is penning and executive producing the project alongside Josh Maurer and Alixandre Witlin.
The Dalton Brothers gang specialized in bank and train robberies and the mini-series chronicles their infamous crime spree in the 1890s, as seen through the eyes of the youngest brother Emmett Dalton.
Source: FX...
del Toro, Hogan and Carlton Cuse will produce the vampire drama which is aiming for a July 2014 premiere. Cuse will also serve as show runner.
FX has also begun development of "Desperadoes," a six-hour miniseries based on Ron Hansen's 1979 novel about Old West outlaws the Dalton Brothers. Robert Knott is penning and executive producing the project alongside Josh Maurer and Alixandre Witlin.
The Dalton Brothers gang specialized in bank and train robberies and the mini-series chronicles their infamous crime spree in the 1890s, as seen through the eyes of the youngest brother Emmett Dalton.
Source: FX...
- 11/19/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Playwright and filmmaker Kenneth Lonergan will be following up the torturous five-year process of making his last film, the terrific and troubled "Margaret," with a British television project. Deadline reports that Lonergan is attached to write an adaptation of E.M. Forster's 1910 novel "Howards End" as a four-part miniseries currently in development at BBC Two. "Howards End" was adapted for TV before in 1970, and was the basis for the 1992 Merchant Ivory film that won a best actress Academy Award for Emma Thompson and best adapted screenplay for Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. The book is about issues of class and social mores as told through the entanglements of three different families. This new BBC project, which hasn't yet been greenlit, comes from Playground Entertainment, and will be executive produced by (Colin Callender ("Dracula," "The White Queen"), Joshua D. Maurer, Alixandre Witlin, David A. Stern and Polly Hill for the BBC. Deadline notes that this is the first.
- 10/11/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
Exclusive: The BBC and Colin Callender‘s Playground Entertainment are developing Howards End, a miniseries project based on E.M. Forster’s classic novel. Deadline has learned that Kenneth Lonergan, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Gangs Of New York and You Can Count On Me, will pen the adaptation in what marks his first move into television. The project is not yet greenlighted, but is envisioned as a four-parter for BBC Two. The novel was first published in 1910 and explores social and class divisions in early 20th century England through the prism of three families. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala won an Oscar for her feature script adaptation with Merchant Ivory’s 1992 film. Playground, in association with City Entertainment and KippSter Entertainment, acquired rights to turn the novel into a miniseries late last year. Callender will executive produce with Joshua D. Maurer, Alixandre Witlin and David A. Stern; Polly Hill is exec producing for the BBC.
- 10/11/2013
- by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
- Deadline TV
Lost vet Tania Raymonde is nearing a deal to play accused murderer Jodi Arias in Lifetime’s original movie centered on the sensational (and ongoing) trial, TVLine has learned.
Additionally, Mob Doctor‘s Jesse Lee Soffer has been cast as Travis Alexander, the ex Arias stands accused of killing.
Arias faces a first-degree murder charge for Alexander’s 2008 killing at his home outside Phoenix. She claims self defense.
On Monday, the defense rested their case after nearly three months of testimony.
The Lifetime project, titled Dirty Little Secret: The Jodi Arias Story, is being exec produced by Joshua D. Maurer,...
Additionally, Mob Doctor‘s Jesse Lee Soffer has been cast as Travis Alexander, the ex Arias stands accused of killing.
Arias faces a first-degree murder charge for Alexander’s 2008 killing at his home outside Phoenix. She claims self defense.
On Monday, the defense rested their case after nearly three months of testimony.
The Lifetime project, titled Dirty Little Secret: The Jodi Arias Story, is being exec produced by Joshua D. Maurer,...
- 4/17/2013
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
In the "what took so long" department, Lifetime is prepping a movie on the current trial of Jodi Arias, who's been charged with first-degree murder in the death of her ex-boyfriend, Travis Alexander. The currently untitled film is being put together by executive producers Joshua D. Maurer, Alixandre Witlin and Judith Verno, who have some experience with lurid, ripped-from-the-headlines legal dramas. Witlin and Maurer are executive producers on "The Duke Lacrosse Case," which is currently in preproduction, while Verno has served as executive producer on the previous Lifetime efforts "Drew Peterson:...
- 3/16/2013
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Playground Entertainment, City Entertainment and KippSter Entertainment are teaming for a proposed mini-series adaptation of E.M. Forster's classic 1910 novel "Howards End" for British broadcaster BBC2.
The story explores social and class divisions in early 20th century England through the prism of three families: the wealthy Wilcoxes (the title is their country home), the gentle and idealistic Schlegels and the lower-middle class Basts.
A writer is currently being sought to pen the adaptation, the first time the property has been adapted as a mini-series. The most famous adaptation thus far is Merchant Ivory’s 1992 feature which won Emma Thompson an Oscar.
Colin Callender, Joshua D. Maurer, Alixandre Witlin and David A. Stern will executive produce
Source: Deadline...
The story explores social and class divisions in early 20th century England through the prism of three families: the wealthy Wilcoxes (the title is their country home), the gentle and idealistic Schlegels and the lower-middle class Basts.
A writer is currently being sought to pen the adaptation, the first time the property has been adapted as a mini-series. The most famous adaptation thus far is Merchant Ivory’s 1992 feature which won Emma Thompson an Oscar.
Colin Callender, Joshua D. Maurer, Alixandre Witlin and David A. Stern will executive produce
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- 11/29/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Colin Callender is returning to his roots as a British TV producer. Callender’s Playground Entertainment, in association with City Entertainment and KippSter Entertainment, has acquired rights to the classic E.M. Forster novel Howards End to turn it into a miniseries for Britain’s BBC Two. Search is underway for a writer to pen the adaptation, which Callender will executive produce with Joshua D. Maurer, Alixandre Witlin and David A. Stern. The novel was originally published in 1910 and explores social and class divisions in early 20th century England through the prism of three families: the wealthy Wilcoxes, the gentle and idealistic Schlegels and the lower-middle class Basts. The title refers to the address of the Wilcox family’s country home. Emma Thompson won an Oscar for her star-making turn as Margaret Schlegel in Merchant Ivory’s 1992 feature adaptation. The new take on the material will be the first time...
- 11/28/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA AND NANCY TARTAGLIONE
- Deadline TV
Of all the rumored and speculated films revolving around WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange — refresh your memory by clicking here and here — one that seems to be building very positive momentum is the recently-announced production at HBO Films, to be directed by Charles Ferguson, director of the Oscar-winning documentary Inside Job.
Previously, the producing lineup was thought to include Audrey Marrs, Joshua Maurer, Alixandre Witlin, and David Stern, but apparently more names have become involved. Not only have Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall been recruited by HBO Films to produce, but Rowan Joffe, screenwriter of the striking and unusual crime film The American, has been pegged to write the screenplay. [Deadline]
There’s no word yet on when production might begin, but we’ll keep our eyes peeled on this project — as well as the other Assange-related projects — as the details roll in.
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Previously, the producing lineup was thought to include Audrey Marrs, Joshua Maurer, Alixandre Witlin, and David Stern, but apparently more names have become involved. Not only have Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall been recruited by HBO Films to produce, but Rowan Joffe, screenwriter of the striking and unusual crime film The American, has been pegged to write the screenplay. [Deadline]
There’s no word yet on when production might begin, but we’ll keep our eyes peeled on this project — as well as the other Assange-related projects — as the details roll in.
What do you think of the hiring of Joffe?...
- 6/11/2011
- by Danny King
- The Film Stage
HBO's untitled WikiLeaks movie is taking shape, with Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall coming on board as executive producers and British scribe Rowan Joffe (The American) tapped to write the script. The project, a co-production with the BBC, is based on source material that includes Raffi Khatchadourian's 2010 New Yorker article No Secrets: Julian Assange’s Mission for Total Transparency. It will tell the story of WikiLeaks, a database run by former hacker and Internet activist Julian Assange and his operatives, whose mission is to collect and disseminate via the Internet private, secret and classified information from anonymous sources. HBO put the WikiLeaks project in development in January with Joshua Maurer and Alixandre Witlin of City Entertainment and David Stern of KippSter Entertainment executive producing. In April, Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Charles Ferguson was attached to direct the potential film and executive produce. Maurer, Witlin, Stern and Ferguson will now...
- 6/10/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
We’ve heard about quite a few film projects concerning WikiLeaks founder and professional huckster Julian Assange over the past few months, but the first big piece of movement on one of them has just come in. THR says that Charles Ferguson, the Academy Award-winning director of Inside Job, will be directing a biopic of the man for HBO Films.
If it gets a greenlight, he’ll also be producing with Audrey Marrs, while executive producing will be done by Joshua Maurer, Alixandre Witlin andDavid Stern. The movie is said to The No End in Sight filmmaker will be making his narrative feature debut with the movie.
I’m looking forward to seeing a few of these projects, if only because I find myself interested in the man himself. That being said, Universal and Dreamworks have features planned about the man, and I’m worried it may become a little too much.
If it gets a greenlight, he’ll also be producing with Audrey Marrs, while executive producing will be done by Joshua Maurer, Alixandre Witlin andDavid Stern. The movie is said to The No End in Sight filmmaker will be making his narrative feature debut with the movie.
I’m looking forward to seeing a few of these projects, if only because I find myself interested in the man himself. That being said, Universal and Dreamworks have features planned about the man, and I’m worried it may become a little too much.
- 4/29/2011
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Charles Ferguson (Inside Job) has come on board to direct HBO Films' movie about Julian Assange should it be greenlighted for production. The project, a co-production with the BBC, is based on source material that includes Raffi Khatchadourian's June 7, 2010, article in The New Yorker No Secrets: Julian Assange’s Mission for Total Transparency, which takes an in-depth look at Assange and follows him and his WikiLeaks operatives as they prepare to leak a 38-minute classified video filmed from inside of the cockpit of an U.S. Army Apache Helicopter. The film is being executive produced by Joshua Maurer and Alixandre Witlin of City Entertainment and David Stern of KippSter Entertainment. Ferguson will also produce with producing partner Audrey Marrs. A writer for the project is expected to be locked in soon. This marks the first narrative project for Ferguson, who is also eying a transition to feature film directing.
- 4/29/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Sundance: Universal Pictures Funding WikiLeaks' Julian Assange Docu By Alex Gibney And Ex-Uni Chairman Marc Shmuger Exclusive: Julian Assange might be getting the HBO film treatment. A movie about the controversial WikiLeaks founder is in early development at HBO Films. HBO is in discussions with frequent collaborator BBC about co-producing together the film, whose source material would include Raffi Khatchadourian's June 7, 2010, article in The New Yorker No Secrets: Julian Assange’s Mission for Total Transparency. The article was an in-depth look at Julian Assange and follows him and his Wikileaks operatives as they prepare to leak a 38 minute classified video filmed from inside of the cockpit of an U.S. Army Apache Helicopter. The film project is being executive producer by Joshua Maurer and Alixandre Witlin of City Entertainment and David Stern of KippSter Entertainment who had optioned the article. Assange could not be hotter in Hollywood at the moment.
- 1/21/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Golden Globe noms announced
Complete list of film and TV nominees
"I'm pumped!" James Cameron said before hopping a plane from New York to Los Angeles, where he hoped to celebrate with the cast and crew of best drama nominee "Avatar" at a screening Tuesday night. "It's been a 4 1/2-year journey, and this is not typically the kind of film that critics love, it being a genre movie and being seen as a big commercial movie." Cameron, also nominated for a best director Golden Globe, was pleased the movie also got some love in the music category. "I think this is James Horner's best score to date," he says. But he says he is sad his actors got short shrift. "Maybe there's a sense that acting for performance capture isn't the same as acting for a lens, which is going to take an education. I think that will eventually go away.
Complete list of film and TV nominees
"I'm pumped!" James Cameron said before hopping a plane from New York to Los Angeles, where he hoped to celebrate with the cast and crew of best drama nominee "Avatar" at a screening Tuesday night. "It's been a 4 1/2-year journey, and this is not typically the kind of film that critics love, it being a genre movie and being seen as a big commercial movie." Cameron, also nominated for a best director Golden Globe, was pleased the movie also got some love in the music category. "I think this is James Horner's best score to date," he says. But he says he is sad his actors got short shrift. "Maybe there's a sense that acting for performance capture isn't the same as acting for a lens, which is going to take an education. I think that will eventually go away.
- 12/15/2009
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons are set to star in a Lifetime biopic about the late American artist Georgia O'Keeffe, with Bob Balaban on board to direct.
Allen also will take on executive producer duties for the first time, serving in the role alongside City Entertainment's Joshua D. Maurer ("Introducing Dorothy Dandridge") and Alixandre Witlin ("Dodson's Journey").
"Georgia O'Keeffe," from Sony Pictures TV, is something of a passion project for the three exec producers, who conceived and have been developing the movie as a team for four years; at one point, it was in development at HBO.
"Georgia" will follow the turbulent 20-year love affair between the celebrated artist (Allen) and photographer Alfred Steiglitz (Irons). The movie, set to premiere in third-quarter 2009, was written by Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Cristofer ("Gia"). Tony Mark ("And Starring Poncho Villa as Himself") is producing.
"Georgia" is the latest example of how Lifetime has...
Allen also will take on executive producer duties for the first time, serving in the role alongside City Entertainment's Joshua D. Maurer ("Introducing Dorothy Dandridge") and Alixandre Witlin ("Dodson's Journey").
"Georgia O'Keeffe," from Sony Pictures TV, is something of a passion project for the three exec producers, who conceived and have been developing the movie as a team for four years; at one point, it was in development at HBO.
"Georgia" will follow the turbulent 20-year love affair between the celebrated artist (Allen) and photographer Alfred Steiglitz (Irons). The movie, set to premiere in third-quarter 2009, was written by Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Cristofer ("Gia"). Tony Mark ("And Starring Poncho Villa as Himself") is producing.
"Georgia" is the latest example of how Lifetime has...
- 11/6/2008
- by By Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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