Exclusive: Qed International‘s Bill Block has made a pre-emptive acquisition of 19, a pitch that will be written by Jim Agnew & Sean Keller. The intention is to turn this into a trilogy. It involves zombies, but takes that genre in a new direction, in that everybody over the age of 19 turns into a walking corpse. That leaves a civilized world to be run by kids. The film will be produced by Film 360 and Wonderland Sound and Vision. The producers also are looking to reverse engineer the 19 idea into a series of books. Attached to direct is Jeff Chan, who got signed by Management 360, ICM Partners and attorney Karl Austen after he made a Call of Duty short film. The scribes are repped by Paradigm and Industry. Qed’s Nick Reimond brought it in. Qed’s next film is Fury, the David Ayer-directed WWII tank drama starring Brad Pitt.
- 6/28/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Exclusive: Qed International is committing to spend serious coin on scripts and pitches that it hopes will translate into features with global appeal. Qed CEO Bill Block has hired Nick Reimond to steer that effort as VP of Development and Production. Qed is getting started quickly, wrapping up deals for two spec scripts: the Zina Zaflow-scripted romantic comedy 52 Percent, and Leave, a thriller scripted by Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari. Reimond comes to Qed from Scott Rudin Productions and before that spent three years at Maguire Entertainment/Material Pictures. He started at Michael De Luca Productions. Reimond will be tasked with bringing in projects as Block intends to make Qed a prolific buyer of material at a time when development spending is drying up all over town. “We’re excited to develop these two outstanding scripts, which highlight our interest in romantic comedy and genre fare that can resonate across the global marketplace,...
- 11/30/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING JR.
- Deadline
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