Bert Marcus, founder and CEO of Bert Marcus Productions, has signed with Range Media Partners. Marcus will be represented by a core team consisting of Matt Graham, Cj Cook, Tyler Henry, Ben Grayson and Rich Cook.
“Bert is a creative engine, his mind works at a million miles an hour,” Graham, Range Media Partners’ co-founder and managing partner, said announcing the signing. “He is always finding the most interesting way into a world as a storyteller which is what has made his films so sticky. We believe his creativity, experience and resources are a force multiplier for us on the unscripted side of our business. We are beyond thrilled to collaborate with such a talent.”
Bert Marcus Productions creates and oversees unscripted feature film and television content, while Bert Marcus Film is the company’s scripted feature film and television arm, working toward the company’s overall mission to “craft distinctive,...
“Bert is a creative engine, his mind works at a million miles an hour,” Graham, Range Media Partners’ co-founder and managing partner, said announcing the signing. “He is always finding the most interesting way into a world as a storyteller which is what has made his films so sticky. We believe his creativity, experience and resources are a force multiplier for us on the unscripted side of our business. We are beyond thrilled to collaborate with such a talent.”
Bert Marcus Productions creates and oversees unscripted feature film and television content, while Bert Marcus Film is the company’s scripted feature film and television arm, working toward the company’s overall mission to “craft distinctive,...
- 7/14/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Atlanta – Triller Fight Club is looking to change the game when it comes to sports entertainment. Saturday’s sophomore event was the continuation of a vision that appears willing to pull out all the stops for success.
“When you say Coachella, it’s not just music — it’s the experience of a weekend,” Triller co-founder and principal Ryan Kavanaugh tells Rolling Stone. “We want people to say the same when they think Triller Fight Club. Boxing hasn’t changed in 50 years. If I go watch a boxing match from 1995 then...
“When you say Coachella, it’s not just music — it’s the experience of a weekend,” Triller co-founder and principal Ryan Kavanaugh tells Rolling Stone. “We want people to say the same when they think Triller Fight Club. Boxing hasn’t changed in 50 years. If I go watch a boxing match from 1995 then...
- 4/19/2021
- by Mike Bohn
- Rollingstone.com
Hot on the heels of Mike Tyson lacing them up vs. Roy Jones last September, 11-time world champion Oscar De La Hoya on Friday announced his return to the ring.
De La Hoya strode onto the stage as Snoop Dogg was talking up his Triller Fight Club 2021 event on April 17. Talking about De La Hoya’s successful career as a promoter himself, Snoop said, “I keep seeing you in the ring, but I’m not seeing you in the ring.”
“July 3rd, I’m making my comeback,” responded De La Hoya, before dropping the mic and walking offstage.
Mic Drop!
De La Hoya strode onto the stage as Snoop Dogg was talking up his Triller Fight Club 2021 event on April 17. Talking about De La Hoya’s successful career as a promoter himself, Snoop said, “I keep seeing you in the ring, but I’m not seeing you in the ring.”
“July 3rd, I’m making my comeback,” responded De La Hoya, before dropping the mic and walking offstage.
Mic Drop!
- 3/27/2021
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Justin Bieber, The Black Keys, Doja Cat, Saweetie, Diplo and Major Lazer will perform at Triller Network’s upcoming Triller Fight Club boxing match broadcast, the company announced Wednesday, a month ahead of the April 17 event.
Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Too $hort and E-40’s new hip-hop supergroup Mt. Westmore will also make its debut performance at the event — a four-hour, pay-per-view spectacle directed by Emmy-winning filmmaker Bert Marcus that will culminate in a match between social media-star-turned-boxer Jake Paul and fighter Ben Askren.
“This event is more like making a tentpole movie than a boxing match,...
Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Too $hort and E-40’s new hip-hop supergroup Mt. Westmore will also make its debut performance at the event — a four-hour, pay-per-view spectacle directed by Emmy-winning filmmaker Bert Marcus that will culminate in a match between social media-star-turned-boxer Jake Paul and fighter Ben Askren.
“This event is more like making a tentpole movie than a boxing match,...
- 3/17/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Justin Bieber, The Black Keys, Doja Cat, Saweetie, Diplo and Major Lazer will perform at Triller Network’s upcoming Triller Fight Club boxing match broadcast, the company announced Wednesday, a month ahead of the April 17 event.
Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Too $hort and E-40’s new hip-hop supergroup Mt. Westmore will also make its debut performance at the event — a four-hour, pay-per-view spectacle directed by Emmy-winning filmmaker Bert Marcus that will culminate in a match between social media-star-turned-boxer Jake Paul and fighter Ben Askren.
“This event is more like making a tentpole movie than a boxing match,...
Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Too $hort and E-40’s new hip-hop supergroup Mt. Westmore will also make its debut performance at the event — a four-hour, pay-per-view spectacle directed by Emmy-winning filmmaker Bert Marcus that will culminate in a match between social media-star-turned-boxer Jake Paul and fighter Ben Askren.
“This event is more like making a tentpole movie than a boxing match,...
- 3/17/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Exclusive: Filmmaker, producer and financier Bert Marcus, principal of Bert Marcus Film and Bert Marcus Production, has signed with Wme.
Marcus’ latest production, Bull, made its world premiere in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival last year and went on to win Deauville’s Grand Jury Prize and SXSW’s “Lone Star” Award. Bull stars Rob Morgan, and tells the story of a reckless teen who befriends an aging bull rider.
Marcus also produced the narrative feature, Human Capital, which premiered at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival. The intense drama, written by Oscar-and Emmy-nominated screenwriter Oren Moverman, is a remake of the 2013 Italian film. Human Capital, stars Liev Schreiber, Maya Hawke, Marisa Tomei and Peter Sarsgaard.
Marcus has also directed and produced a number of documentaries. In 2018, he directed, wrote and produced the critically acclaimed Netflix original documentary, The American Meme, which the streamer acquired out of the Tribeca Film Festival.
Marcus’ latest production, Bull, made its world premiere in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival last year and went on to win Deauville’s Grand Jury Prize and SXSW’s “Lone Star” Award. Bull stars Rob Morgan, and tells the story of a reckless teen who befriends an aging bull rider.
Marcus also produced the narrative feature, Human Capital, which premiered at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival. The intense drama, written by Oscar-and Emmy-nominated screenwriter Oren Moverman, is a remake of the 2013 Italian film. Human Capital, stars Liev Schreiber, Maya Hawke, Marisa Tomei and Peter Sarsgaard.
Marcus has also directed and produced a number of documentaries. In 2018, he directed, wrote and produced the critically acclaimed Netflix original documentary, The American Meme, which the streamer acquired out of the Tribeca Film Festival.
- 5/15/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Vertical Entertainment and DirecTV have acquired the North American rights to “Human Capital,” which stars Liev Schreiber and Marisa Tomei, an individual with knowledge of the deal told TheWrap.
The drama premiered at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival last month. DirecTV will have the exclusive on pre-release Svod, while Vertical will distribute the film in theaters in the second quarter of 2020.
Marc Meyers’ film is an adaptation of both a 2004 novel by Stephen Amidon as well as the 2013 Italian film based on the book and directed by Paolo Virzi. Oren Moverman (“The Messenger”) wrote the screenplay about two families, one wealthy and one poor, that become intertwined following a tragic hit and run car accident.
See Video: Alex Wolff Really Did Bleed From His Eyebrow During Scene From 'Human Capital
The film is broken into three chapters that are each viewed from the perspective of a different individual involved with the accident,...
The drama premiered at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival last month. DirecTV will have the exclusive on pre-release Svod, while Vertical will distribute the film in theaters in the second quarter of 2020.
Marc Meyers’ film is an adaptation of both a 2004 novel by Stephen Amidon as well as the 2013 Italian film based on the book and directed by Paolo Virzi. Oren Moverman (“The Messenger”) wrote the screenplay about two families, one wealthy and one poor, that become intertwined following a tragic hit and run car accident.
See Video: Alex Wolff Really Did Bleed From His Eyebrow During Scene From 'Human Capital
The film is broken into three chapters that are each viewed from the perspective of a different individual involved with the accident,...
- 10/18/2019
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Vertical Entertainment and DirecTV have jointly acquired the North American distribution rights to “Human Capital,” an official selection of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival from director Marc Meyers.
The film stars Oscar winner Marisa Tomei, Liev Schreiber, Peter Sarsgaard, and Maya Hawke. The ensemble drama follows numerous interconnected stories surrounding a hit and run, as parents from different socioeconomic backgrounds adjust to their children forming a romantic relationship. Aasif Mandvi and Alex Wolff co-star.
DirecTV will have the exclusive on pre-release Svod, and Vertical will take the film out in theaters in the second quarter of 2020. Peter Jarowey and Josh Spector of Vertical negotiated for the boutique distributor, with the UTA Independent Film Group working on behalf of the filmmakers.
“I think it’s about community and how we’ve become fractured. Beyond the lens of class — Liev is a middle-class real estate broker, Marisa Tomei is an...
The film stars Oscar winner Marisa Tomei, Liev Schreiber, Peter Sarsgaard, and Maya Hawke. The ensemble drama follows numerous interconnected stories surrounding a hit and run, as parents from different socioeconomic backgrounds adjust to their children forming a romantic relationship. Aasif Mandvi and Alex Wolff co-star.
DirecTV will have the exclusive on pre-release Svod, and Vertical will take the film out in theaters in the second quarter of 2020. Peter Jarowey and Josh Spector of Vertical negotiated for the boutique distributor, with the UTA Independent Film Group working on behalf of the filmmakers.
“I think it’s about community and how we’ve become fractured. Beyond the lens of class — Liev is a middle-class real estate broker, Marisa Tomei is an...
- 10/18/2019
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Sony has acquired international rights to Annie Silverstein’s featured debut “Bull” which world premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section and went on to win three awards at Deauville.
The deal with Sony was negotiated by London-based Constellation Film which represents the film in international markets. Samuel Goldwyn acquired U.S. rights to the movie from 30West.
A portrait of a rebellious teenage girl from South Texas, “Bull” marks Silverstein’s follow up to her short “Skunk” which won Cannes’s Cinéfondation prize in 2014. The movie follows the relationship between a troubled adolescent from West of Houston whose mother is in jail and an ageing African American bullfighter.
The film was written by Silverstein and Johnny McAllister. Producers are Monique Walton, Bert Marcus, HeatherRae, Ryan Zacarias, and Audrey Rosenberg, while the executive producers are Cassandra Thornton, Johnny McAllister and Jess Jacobs. Bert Marcus Film...
The deal with Sony was negotiated by London-based Constellation Film which represents the film in international markets. Samuel Goldwyn acquired U.S. rights to the movie from 30West.
A portrait of a rebellious teenage girl from South Texas, “Bull” marks Silverstein’s follow up to her short “Skunk” which won Cannes’s Cinéfondation prize in 2014. The movie follows the relationship between a troubled adolescent from West of Houston whose mother is in jail and an ageing African American bullfighter.
The film was written by Silverstein and Johnny McAllister. Producers are Monique Walton, Bert Marcus, HeatherRae, Ryan Zacarias, and Audrey Rosenberg, while the executive producers are Cassandra Thornton, Johnny McAllister and Jess Jacobs. Bert Marcus Film...
- 10/9/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, Lionel Richie’s Glastonbury concert gets a movie release, cat story “A Gift From Bob” is in the works, and “Bull” and “Cosmos” find homes.
One-night Release
Fathom Events and Meteor 17 have set a one-night global theatrical release of “Lionel Richie at Glastonbury” for Nov. 19.
The screening, a filmed version of the singer’s 2015 performance, will also feature an exclusive introduction and commentary from Richie about his career from his beginnings in Tuskegee, Ala.
“I’m so excited for the opportunity to share the 2015 Glastonbury Festival performance with fans across the globe,” Richie said. “I’m honored to have played on such an iconic stage, and the fans’ energy that day truly made this show a memorable moment in my career.”
Richie’s set included hits like “Dancing on the Ceiling,” All Night Long,” “We Are The World,” “Easy,” and “Three Times A Lady.
One-night Release
Fathom Events and Meteor 17 have set a one-night global theatrical release of “Lionel Richie at Glastonbury” for Nov. 19.
The screening, a filmed version of the singer’s 2015 performance, will also feature an exclusive introduction and commentary from Richie about his career from his beginnings in Tuskegee, Ala.
“I’m so excited for the opportunity to share the 2015 Glastonbury Festival performance with fans across the globe,” Richie said. “I’m honored to have played on such an iconic stage, and the fans’ energy that day truly made this show a memorable moment in my career.”
Richie’s set included hits like “Dancing on the Ceiling,” All Night Long,” “We Are The World,” “Easy,” and “Three Times A Lady.
- 10/9/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to Annie Silverstein’s drama Bull, which had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Starring are Rob Morgan (Just Mercy), Yolonda Ross (Whitney), and newcomer Amber Havard. The film centers on a young tearaway who discovers a passion for bull riding. As she sets out to learn the dangerous sport, bad influences lure her back into delinquent ways. Pic was directed by Annie Silverstein from her screenplay with Johnny McAllister. Producers are Monique Walton, Bert Marcus, Heather Rae, Ryan Zacarias, and Audrey Rosenberg; executive producers are Cassandra Thornton, Johnny McAllister and Jess Jacobs. Bert Marcus Film produced and financed the film with Invisible Pictures. The deal was negotiated by Peter Goldwyn on behalf of Samuel Goldwyn Films, Lawrence Kopeikin of Morris Yorn on behalf of Bert Marcus Film and Tristen Tuckfield of 30West on behalf of the filmmakers. Sony Pictures...
- 10/8/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Here’s the latest episode of the The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the ever-growing podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.
For those unfamiliar, with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro budget indie films to bigger budget studio films and everything in-between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their film making experiences from directors, writers, producers, screenwriters, actors, cinematographers and distributors. They also shoot the breeze about their new films, The Dare, World of Darkness,...
For those unfamiliar, with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro budget indie films to bigger budget studio films and everything in-between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their film making experiences from directors, writers, producers, screenwriters, actors, cinematographers and distributors. They also shoot the breeze about their new films, The Dare, World of Darkness,...
- 6/12/2019
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
London-based Film Constellation has boarded American director Annie Silverstein’s feature debut “Bull” in the run up to the Cannes Film Festival where the movie will have its world premiere in Un Certain Regard.
Film Constellation, which also reps Werner Herzog’s Cannes’ special screening title “Family Romance, LLC,” has acquired international sales rights to “Bull;” 30West, which helped source the financing for the film, is handling North American rights. “Bull” is Film Constellation’s second film in the official selection. which will have its world premiere in the special screenings section at the Cannes Film Festival.
Set on the outskirts of Houston, “Bull” follows Kris, a headstrong and troubled 14-year old-girl whose mother is in the state penitentiary, and Abe, an ex-bull rider past-his-prime who is making his living working the rodeo circuit each week. Both at a crossroad in their lives, the pair forms an unlikely bond and...
Film Constellation, which also reps Werner Herzog’s Cannes’ special screening title “Family Romance, LLC,” has acquired international sales rights to “Bull;” 30West, which helped source the financing for the film, is handling North American rights. “Bull” is Film Constellation’s second film in the official selection. which will have its world premiere in the special screenings section at the Cannes Film Festival.
Set on the outskirts of Houston, “Bull” follows Kris, a headstrong and troubled 14-year old-girl whose mother is in the state penitentiary, and Abe, an ex-bull rider past-his-prime who is making his living working the rodeo circuit each week. Both at a crossroad in their lives, the pair forms an unlikely bond and...
- 4/30/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Company boards Annie Silverstein’s debut feature.
London-based Film Constellation has picked up international sales rights, excluding North America, to Us filmmaker Annie Silverstein’s debut feature Bull ahead of its world premiere in Un Certain Regard at Cannes.
The film stars Rob Morgan and newcomer Amber Havard and is a drama about a troubled 14-year-old who destroys her neighbour’s rundown house in an act of youthful defiance and now faces state prison. She forms a bond with a man working on the rodeo circuit.
North American rights are being handled by Us outfit 30West which helped to source financing for the project.
London-based Film Constellation has picked up international sales rights, excluding North America, to Us filmmaker Annie Silverstein’s debut feature Bull ahead of its world premiere in Un Certain Regard at Cannes.
The film stars Rob Morgan and newcomer Amber Havard and is a drama about a troubled 14-year-old who destroys her neighbour’s rundown house in an act of youthful defiance and now faces state prison. She forms a bond with a man working on the rodeo circuit.
North American rights are being handled by Us outfit 30West which helped to source financing for the project.
- 4/30/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Film Constellation boards Annie Silverstein’s debut feature.
London-based Film Constellation has picked up international sales rights, excluding North America, to Us filmmaker Annie Silverstein’s debut feature Bull ahead of its world premiere in Un Certain Regard at Cannes.
The film stars Rob Morgan and newcomer Amber Havard and is a drama about a troubled 14-year-old who destroys her neighbour’s rundown house in an act of youthful defiance and now faces state prison. She forms a bond with a man working on the rodeo circuit.
North American rights are being handled by Us outfit 30West which helped to source financing for the project.
London-based Film Constellation has picked up international sales rights, excluding North America, to Us filmmaker Annie Silverstein’s debut feature Bull ahead of its world premiere in Un Certain Regard at Cannes.
The film stars Rob Morgan and newcomer Amber Havard and is a drama about a troubled 14-year-old who destroys her neighbour’s rundown house in an act of youthful defiance and now faces state prison. She forms a bond with a man working on the rodeo circuit.
North American rights are being handled by Us outfit 30West which helped to source financing for the project.
- 4/30/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Film Constellation boards Annie Silverstein’s debut feature.
London-based Film Constellation has picked up international sales rights, excluding North America, to Us filmmaker Annie Silverstein’s debut feature Bull ahead of its world premiere in Un Certain Regard at Cannes.
The film stars Rob Morgan and newcomer Amber Havard and is a drama about a troubled 14-year-old who destroys her neighbour’s rundown house in an act of youthful defiance and now faces state prison. She forms a bond with a man working on the rodeo circuit.
North American rights are being handled by Us outfit 30West which helped to source financing for the project.
London-based Film Constellation has picked up international sales rights, excluding North America, to Us filmmaker Annie Silverstein’s debut feature Bull ahead of its world premiere in Un Certain Regard at Cannes.
The film stars Rob Morgan and newcomer Amber Havard and is a drama about a troubled 14-year-old who destroys her neighbour’s rundown house in an act of youthful defiance and now faces state prison. She forms a bond with a man working on the rodeo circuit.
North American rights are being handled by Us outfit 30West which helped to source financing for the project.
- 4/30/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Emmy nominee Paul Sparks, Aasif Mandvi and newcomer Fred Hechinger (Eighth Grade) are the latest to join the cast of Human Capital, a film adaptation of Stephen Amidon’s 2005 novel. Directed by Marc Meyers and based on a screenplay from Oren Moverman, the thriller stars Liev Schreiber, Marisa Tomei, Peter Sarsgaard, Alex Wolff and Maya Hawke.
The pic centers on families who collide as they chase the American Dream. Paolo Virzì adapted the book into a 2013 Italian-language film.
Producers are Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray of Maven Pictures, Bert Marcus of Bert Marcus Film, Moverman via his Sight Unseen Pictures, and Schreiber and Matthew Stillman via their Illuminated Content.
Sparks, repped by Gersh and One Entertainment, was most recently seen on the big screen in The Greatest Showman and Thoroughbreds. Mandvi, whose film credits include Mother’s Day and Million Dollar Arm,...
The pic centers on families who collide as they chase the American Dream. Paolo Virzì adapted the book into a 2013 Italian-language film.
Producers are Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray of Maven Pictures, Bert Marcus of Bert Marcus Film, Moverman via his Sight Unseen Pictures, and Schreiber and Matthew Stillman via their Illuminated Content.
Sparks, repped by Gersh and One Entertainment, was most recently seen on the big screen in The Greatest Showman and Thoroughbreds. Mandvi, whose film credits include Mother’s Day and Million Dollar Arm,...
- 12/7/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
The American Meme, a new Netflix documentary film, highlights the absurdity and emotional dangers of life as a modern social media mogul. Writer-director Bert Marcus follows four web celebrities – Paris Hilton, Josh “the Fat Jew” Ostrovsky, Vine star Brittany Furlan and Kirill “the Slut Whisperer” Bichutsky – as they process the fame and ridiculousness of becoming a brand. DJ Khaled, Hailey Baldwin and Emily Ratajkowski also appear in the doc.
The briskly paced clip opens with Hilton gazing at selfies and scrolling through her phone, noting, “I have over 50 million followers...
The briskly paced clip opens with Hilton gazing at selfies and scrolling through her phone, noting, “I have over 50 million followers...
- 12/7/2018
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
Wait, there’s a movie about the social influence of Paris Hilton, The Fat Jewish, Emily Ratajkowski and more? Loves it.
The trailer for Netflix’s new documentary about “social media disruptors” dropped Friday morning, just in time to give you a preview of what you’ll see if you decide to watch “The American Meme” tonight — as the 98-minute film launched on the streamer, too.
Also Read: Netflix Paying Almost $100 Million for 'Friends' Proves Old Series Still Matter
Here’s the official synopsis for the flick, which debuted at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival:
With support from social media moguls DJ Khaled, Hailey Baldwin and Emily Ratajkowski, The American Meme explores the journeys of four distinct social media disruptors, Paris Hilton (@parishilton), Josh Ostrovsky (@TheFatJewish), Brittany Furlan (@brittanyfurlan) and Kirill Bichutsky (@slutwhisperer), as they hustle to build empires out of their online footprints, redefining the paradigm for the American Dream.
The trailer for Netflix’s new documentary about “social media disruptors” dropped Friday morning, just in time to give you a preview of what you’ll see if you decide to watch “The American Meme” tonight — as the 98-minute film launched on the streamer, too.
Also Read: Netflix Paying Almost $100 Million for 'Friends' Proves Old Series Still Matter
Here’s the official synopsis for the flick, which debuted at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival:
With support from social media moguls DJ Khaled, Hailey Baldwin and Emily Ratajkowski, The American Meme explores the journeys of four distinct social media disruptors, Paris Hilton (@parishilton), Josh Ostrovsky (@TheFatJewish), Brittany Furlan (@brittanyfurlan) and Kirill Bichutsky (@slutwhisperer), as they hustle to build empires out of their online footprints, redefining the paradigm for the American Dream.
- 12/7/2018
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Peter Sarsgaard (Shattered Glass), Maya Hawke (BBC’s Little Women), and Betty Gabriel (Get Out) have joined Liev Schreiber, Marisa Tomei, and Alex Wolff in the indie dramatic thriller Human Capital, an adaption of Stephen Amidon’s novel which is being helmed by Mark Meyers.
From a screenplay by Oren Moverman, the film centers on the lives of two families, one middle-class and one privileged, as their lives intertwine across the social divide when two of their children suddenly begin a relationship that leads to a tragic accident.
Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray’s Maven Pictures and Bert Marcus Film’s Bert Marcus are producing the pic alongside Moverman for Sight Unseen Pictures, as well as Schrieber and Matthew Stillman under their Illuminated Content banner.
The book was first adapted into the 2013 Italian-language film Il Capitale Umano from director Paolo Virzì and became one of Italy’s highest grossing films.
From a screenplay by Oren Moverman, the film centers on the lives of two families, one middle-class and one privileged, as their lives intertwine across the social divide when two of their children suddenly begin a relationship that leads to a tragic accident.
Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray’s Maven Pictures and Bert Marcus Film’s Bert Marcus are producing the pic alongside Moverman for Sight Unseen Pictures, as well as Schrieber and Matthew Stillman under their Illuminated Content banner.
The book was first adapted into the 2013 Italian-language film Il Capitale Umano from director Paolo Virzì and became one of Italy’s highest grossing films.
- 11/14/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Marisa Tomei has been set to star opposite Liev Schreiber in Human Capital, the adaptation of Stephen Amidon’s 2005 novel about families who collide as they chase the American Dream. Marc Meyers (My Friend Dahmer) is directing the pic from Oren Moverman’s script, and production gets underway today in New York.
The film follows the lives of two families — one middle-class and one privileged — as their lives intertwine across the social divide when two of their children suddenly begin a relationship that leads to a tragic accident.
Tomei will play Carrie in the pic, which previously set Schreiber as Drew and Alex Wolff as Ian in the drama, which is being produced by Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray’s Maven Pictures and Bert Marcus Film’s Bert Marcus alongside Moverman via his Sight Unseen Pictures and Schrieber and Matthew Stillman via their Illuminated Content).
Paolo Virzì adapted Amidon...
The film follows the lives of two families — one middle-class and one privileged — as their lives intertwine across the social divide when two of their children suddenly begin a relationship that leads to a tragic accident.
Tomei will play Carrie in the pic, which previously set Schreiber as Drew and Alex Wolff as Ian in the drama, which is being produced by Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray’s Maven Pictures and Bert Marcus Film’s Bert Marcus alongside Moverman via his Sight Unseen Pictures and Schrieber and Matthew Stillman via their Illuminated Content).
Paolo Virzì adapted Amidon...
- 11/12/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has acquired social media documentary The American Meme.
The doc, written and directed by Bert Marcus, explores the journeys of four distinct social media influencers — Paris Hilton, Josh Ostrovsky (aka The Fat Jewish), Brittany Furlan and Kirill Bichutsky — as they build empires out of their online footprints and rebrand the American dream.
DJ Khaled, Hailey Baldwin and Emily Ratajkowski also appear in the film, which premiered earlier this year at the Tribeca Film Festival and will be released globally on Netflix in December 2018.
Marcus and Cassandra Thornton produced with Hilton acting as exec producer.
Marcus, whose producer ...
The doc, written and directed by Bert Marcus, explores the journeys of four distinct social media influencers — Paris Hilton, Josh Ostrovsky (aka The Fat Jewish), Brittany Furlan and Kirill Bichutsky — as they build empires out of their online footprints and rebrand the American dream.
DJ Khaled, Hailey Baldwin and Emily Ratajkowski also appear in the film, which premiered earlier this year at the Tribeca Film Festival and will be released globally on Netflix in December 2018.
Marcus and Cassandra Thornton produced with Hilton acting as exec producer.
Marcus, whose producer ...
- 10/18/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Netflix has acquired social media documentary The American Meme.
The doc, written and directed by Bert Marcus, explores the journeys of four distinct social media influencers — Paris Hilton, Josh Ostrovsky (aka The Fat Jewish), Brittany Furlan and Kirill Bichutsky — as they build empires out of their online footprints and rebrand the American dream.
DJ Khaled, Hailey Baldwin and Emily Ratajkowski also appear in the film, which premiered earlier this year at the Tribeca Film Festival and will be released globally on Netflix in December 2018.
Marcus and Cassandra Thornton produced with Hilton acting as exec producer.
Marcus, whose producer ...
The doc, written and directed by Bert Marcus, explores the journeys of four distinct social media influencers — Paris Hilton, Josh Ostrovsky (aka The Fat Jewish), Brittany Furlan and Kirill Bichutsky — as they build empires out of their online footprints and rebrand the American dream.
DJ Khaled, Hailey Baldwin and Emily Ratajkowski also appear in the film, which premiered earlier this year at the Tribeca Film Festival and will be released globally on Netflix in December 2018.
Marcus and Cassandra Thornton produced with Hilton acting as exec producer.
Marcus, whose producer ...
- 10/18/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
We all know people who think they’re tuned in but still have a way of raising high-minded objections to the popular culture they didn’t happen to grow up with. They’re the ones who said, back in the ’90s, that Howard Stern isn’t funny or Hip-hop isn’t music or How could anyone watch reality TV? It’s all fake! So if you gawk with bewilderment, and a touch of horrified awe, at the brave new world of social-media exhibitionists who preen and flounce through the brutally arresting documentary “The American Meme,” you may leave yourself open to the same accusation: that you have somehow failed to grasp the appeal of these people because, to put it simply, you’re too old.
Actually, though, there’s a key difference. “The American Meme” is a movie I very much recommend, since it’s both highly entertaining and an...
Actually, though, there’s a key difference. “The American Meme” is a movie I very much recommend, since it’s both highly entertaining and an...
- 5/2/2018
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Paris Hilton is opening up about the infamous sex tape that was leaked 14 years ago in her new film The American Meme.
The 37-year-old heiress spoke about the 2004 leak of the intimate video, which also featured her former boyfriend Rick Salomon, in the new documentary.
“It was like being raped,” she says in the film, according to USA Today. “It felt like I’d lost part of my soul and been talked about in such cruel and mean ways.”
“I literally wanted to die at some points,” Hilton continued. “I was like, ‘I just don’t want to live,’ because...
The 37-year-old heiress spoke about the 2004 leak of the intimate video, which also featured her former boyfriend Rick Salomon, in the new documentary.
“It was like being raped,” she says in the film, according to USA Today. “It felt like I’d lost part of my soul and been talked about in such cruel and mean ways.”
“I literally wanted to die at some points,” Hilton continued. “I was like, ‘I just don’t want to live,’ because...
- 5/1/2018
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
Paris Hilton is many things: hotel heiress, perfume mogul, DJ, recording artist, model, actress, fashion designer, former reality TV star, philanthropist and, most recently, fiancee to actor Chris Zylka. But above all, she is a pioneer — and, arguably, the original "influencer."
Hilton is the cynosure of director Bert Marcus' new documentary The American Meme, debuting at New York's Tribeca Film Festival on Friday. The film explores society's complex relationship with social media, with Hilton playing the role of den mother to today's crop of Internet celebrities, including "Queen of Vine" Brittany Furlan, Kirill Bichutsky ...
Hilton is the cynosure of director Bert Marcus' new documentary The American Meme, debuting at New York's Tribeca Film Festival on Friday. The film explores society's complex relationship with social media, with Hilton playing the role of den mother to today's crop of Internet celebrities, including "Queen of Vine" Brittany Furlan, Kirill Bichutsky ...
- 4/27/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Paris Hilton is many things: hotel heiress, perfume mogul, DJ, recording artist, model, actress, fashion designer, former reality TV star, philanthropist and, most recently, fiancee to actor Chris Zylka. But above all, she is a pioneer — and, arguably, the original "influencer."
Hilton is the cynosure of director Bert Marcus' new documentary The American Meme, debuting at New York's Tribeca Film Festival on Friday. The film explores society's complex relationship with social media, with Hilton playing the role of den mother to today's crop of Internet celebrities, including "Queen of Vine" Brittany Furlan, Kirill Bichutsky ...
Hilton is the cynosure of director Bert Marcus' new documentary The American Meme, debuting at New York's Tribeca Film Festival on Friday. The film explores society's complex relationship with social media, with Hilton playing the role of den mother to today's crop of Internet celebrities, including "Queen of Vine" Brittany Furlan, Kirill Bichutsky ...
- 4/27/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A documentarian who is no stranger to the Tribeca Film Festival, director Bert Marcus is back at the fest this year with his latest outing, The American Meme, in which he takes on the bizarre current climate of social media, with a little help from Paris Hilton.
The film charts the evolution of the social media landscape since the time Hilton—by her own account—invented the selfie, demonstrating a path to celebrity success and, in essence, creating a career template through which generations of future social media stars like Brittany Furlan and the Fat Jew would be able to cultivate their own brands.
“It’s such an apropos time for a film like this. I don’t think there’s anybody that can say social media doesn’t play a part in their life, so it seemed like a perfect opportunity and the perfect time to come out with...
The film charts the evolution of the social media landscape since the time Hilton—by her own account—invented the selfie, demonstrating a path to celebrity success and, in essence, creating a career template through which generations of future social media stars like Brittany Furlan and the Fat Jew would be able to cultivate their own brands.
“It’s such an apropos time for a film like this. I don’t think there’s anybody that can say social media doesn’t play a part in their life, so it seemed like a perfect opportunity and the perfect time to come out with...
- 4/23/2018
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
This year’s Tribeca Film Festival will again live-stream a dozen panels and events exclusively on Facebook for free — no ticket or trip to Manhattan required.
The 12 sessions from Tribeca include the April 19 panel with HBO’s “Westworld” co-creators/showrunners/directors Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, along with cast members Evan Rachel Wood (pictured above), Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright, and James Marsden. They’ll be talking about the upcoming season 2 premiere, slated for April 22, after it screens at the festival.
Tribeca’s Facebook live-streams also are scheduled to include sessions with Spike Lee, Alec Baldwin, Jamie Foxx, Paris Hilton, Nathan Lane, Christine Baranski, André Leon Tally, Antonio Banderas, Terrance McNally and John Legend. The 2018 Tribeca Film Festival, presented by At&T, runs April 18-29.
The talks are available exclusively via Facebook Live on the Tribeca Film Festival Facebook page at facebook.com/tribeca. Tribeca also live-streamed 12 panels during last year’s fest on Facebook.
The 12 sessions from Tribeca include the April 19 panel with HBO’s “Westworld” co-creators/showrunners/directors Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, along with cast members Evan Rachel Wood (pictured above), Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright, and James Marsden. They’ll be talking about the upcoming season 2 premiere, slated for April 22, after it screens at the festival.
Tribeca’s Facebook live-streams also are scheduled to include sessions with Spike Lee, Alec Baldwin, Jamie Foxx, Paris Hilton, Nathan Lane, Christine Baranski, André Leon Tally, Antonio Banderas, Terrance McNally and John Legend. The 2018 Tribeca Film Festival, presented by At&T, runs April 18-29.
The talks are available exclusively via Facebook Live on the Tribeca Film Festival Facebook page at facebook.com/tribeca. Tribeca also live-streamed 12 panels during last year’s fest on Facebook.
- 4/18/2018
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Paris Hilton is often credited for inventing the art of being "famous for being famous." But, nearly 15 years after shooting to mainstream stardom thanks to the success of her first reality show, The Simple Life, the hotel heiress is opening up about the dark side of worldwide notoriety: loneliness.
As Hilton explains in Bert Marcus' The American Meme — a new documentary set to premiere at New York's Tribeca Film Festival on April 27 — fame can be an isolating experience.
"I'm constantly traveling; 250 days a year I'm on a plane, in a different country. So it gets really lonely sometimes," she says...
As Hilton explains in Bert Marcus' The American Meme — a new documentary set to premiere at New York's Tribeca Film Festival on April 27 — fame can be an isolating experience.
"I'm constantly traveling; 250 days a year I'm on a plane, in a different country. So it gets really lonely sometimes," she says...
- 4/16/2018
- by Evan Real
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Paris Hilton is often credited for inventing the art of being "famous for being famous." But, nearly 15 years after shooting to mainstream stardom thanks to the success of her first reality show, <em>The Simple Life</em>, the hotel heiress is opening up about the dark side of worldwide notoriety: loneliness.
As Hilton explains in Bert Marcus' <em>The American Meme</em> — a new documentary set to premiere at New York's Tribeca Film Festival on April 27 — fame can be an isolating experience.
"I'm constantly traveling; 250 days a year I'm on a plane,...
As Hilton explains in Bert Marcus' <em>The American Meme</em> — a new documentary set to premiere at New York's Tribeca Film Festival on April 27 — fame can be an isolating experience.
"I'm constantly traveling; 250 days a year I'm on a plane,...
- 4/16/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Who is the "we" in Bert Marcus and Cyrus Saidi's What We Started? This look at electronic dance music speaks of the genre's origins — in Manhattan disco, Detroit techno, etc. — in the third person, and incompletely; the interviewees we do hear from are mostly those who rode predecessors' coattails to fame and fortune. Nevertheless, the throbbing documentary tells enough of the story to show today's legion of David Guetta fans where he and his peers came from. Viewers who suspect this scene's superstars will be in 20 (or 10) years will likely remain unconvinced when the credits roll.
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- 3/22/2018
- by John DeFore
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bert Marcus Productions has partnered with Abramorama for the North American distribution rights to documentary, What We Started, which delves into the world of electronic dance music, providing backdoor access to a widely misunderstood industry. Written and directed by Bert Marcus and Cyrus Saidi, the pic features appearances from such artists as Martin Garrix, Carl Cox, Moby, David Guetta, Afrojack, Usher, and Ed Sheeran. Abramorama will premiere What We Started March…...
- 1/12/2018
- Deadline
In an exclusive clip for What We Started, the upcoming documentary focusing on the impact of electronic dance music that will premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival, audiences get a look at how age is but a number in the world of Edm.
The film focuses on industry pioneer Carl Cox, as well as up-and-coming DJ Martin Garrix, who has already found success at the age of 17. Other featured artists include Steve Angello, Tiesto, Afrojack, David Guetta, Usher, Ed Sheeran and more.
Bert Marcus Productions produced the doc.
What We Started will have its...
The film focuses on industry pioneer Carl Cox, as well as up-and-coming DJ Martin Garrix, who has already found success at the age of 17. Other featured artists include Steve Angello, Tiesto, Afrojack, David Guetta, Usher, Ed Sheeran and more.
Bert Marcus Productions produced the doc.
What We Started will have its...
- 6/12/2017
- by Kara Haar
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This year’s Los Angeles Film Festival, better known as Laff if you’re fun, has unveiled its full slate of 2017 offerings, including new offerings from Vincent Grashaw, Leena Pendharkar, Hong Sangsoo, Lea Thompson and many more. The slate includes 48 feature films, 51 short films, 15 high school short films and 10 short episodic works representing 32 countries. The festival’s five competitions feature 37 World Premieres, 2 International Premieres and 9 North American Premieres. Across the competition categories, 42% of the films are directed by women and 40% are directed by people of color.
“Our competitions reflect who Film Independent is as an organization,” said La Film Festival Director Jennifer Cochis. “Within each section you’ll find discovery, diversity, and promising talent both in front of and behind the camera.” Programming Director Roya Rastegar added, “The films curated for the 2017 competition reflect the changing political climate’s impact on emerging independent filmmakers, who are compelled to tell stories about the power of conviction,...
“Our competitions reflect who Film Independent is as an organization,” said La Film Festival Director Jennifer Cochis. “Within each section you’ll find discovery, diversity, and promising talent both in front of and behind the camera.” Programming Director Roya Rastegar added, “The films curated for the 2017 competition reflect the changing political climate’s impact on emerging independent filmmakers, who are compelled to tell stories about the power of conviction,...
- 5/9/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The days are getting longer and the nights are getting warmer, which means that we're edging ever closer to this year's La Film Festival. Taking place June 14th–22nd, the La Film Festival's 2017 competition lineup has been unveiled, and of particular interest for genre fans is the Nightfall section, which includes Colin Minihan's It Stains the Sands Red, Julius Ramsay's Midnighters, and Amanda Evans' Serpent.
Press Release: Los Angeles (May 9, 2017)— Today the La Film Festival, produced by Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that also produces the Film Independent Spirit Awards, unveiled the official U.S. Fiction, Documentary, World Fiction, La Muse and Nightfall sections. The 2017 La Film Festival will screen a diverse slate of feature films, shorts and episodic series, along with programs such as Coffee Talks and Future Filmmakers Showcase. The La Film Festival takes place June 14 – June 22, 2017 headquartered at ArcLight Cinemas Culver City, with additional screenings at ArcLight Hollywood,...
Press Release: Los Angeles (May 9, 2017)— Today the La Film Festival, produced by Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that also produces the Film Independent Spirit Awards, unveiled the official U.S. Fiction, Documentary, World Fiction, La Muse and Nightfall sections. The 2017 La Film Festival will screen a diverse slate of feature films, shorts and episodic series, along with programs such as Coffee Talks and Future Filmmakers Showcase. The La Film Festival takes place June 14 – June 22, 2017 headquartered at ArcLight Cinemas Culver City, with additional screenings at ArcLight Hollywood,...
- 5/9/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
A newly announced documentary titled What We Started is gearing up to offer the definitive account of the rise of Edm. Presented by Bert Marcus Productions, the film has secured Martin Garrix and Carl Cox to help shape the story. Award winning filmmaker Bert Marcus will write, direct and produce What We Started, while legendary DJ Pete Tong has signed on as executive producer and music supervisor.
What We Started will juxtapose the stories of one of dance music’s most respected veterans with one of its fastest growing stars, with Carl Cox and Martin Garrix serving as the documentary’s leads. The film seeks to set the record straight on the past, present and future of Edm while offering up a rare insight into a culture that has often been misunderstood by the public.
In a quote, Pete Tong explained that What We Started is “a film that honors...
What We Started will juxtapose the stories of one of dance music’s most respected veterans with one of its fastest growing stars, with Carl Cox and Martin Garrix serving as the documentary’s leads. The film seeks to set the record straight on the past, present and future of Edm while offering up a rare insight into a culture that has often been misunderstood by the public.
In a quote, Pete Tong explained that What We Started is “a film that honors...
- 10/27/2016
- by Connor Jones
- We Got This Covered
“From Everything I’ve seen and learned, prison is not about helping people reform or rehabilitate, or learn to read, or get a job. It’s not about reconciliation or healing the victims of crime. It’s not about public safety, and it’s not about the wellbeing of our communities. It’s about two things: our worst instinct to revenge and the worship of money.”
Award winning Producer, Director & Human Rights Activist Matthew Cooke is using the power of crowd funding via Indiegogo to finish his film Survivor’S Guide To Prison, an exposé on the barbaric acts of the Us Prison system that holds 25% of the world’s prison population.
The film’s Executive Producers include Adrian Grenier and Susan Sarandon, and features interviews with Harry Belafonte, Deepak Chopra, Russell Simmons, Author of The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander, Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine, and Brandon Boyd, the singer of Incubus.
His chilling exploration dives deep into the criminally abusive & socially unjust realities of incarceration through the perspectives of two prisoners who were convicted of crimes they did not commit. This is an all too common story in the Us where the Innocence Project estimates there could easily be anywhere from 40,000 to 100,000 people in Us prisons that haven’t committed a crime.
Your support of the film’s Indiegogo campaign will help to do more than just finish a film. It will help to give a loud roar to a nearly silent movement to end human rights abuses of an unfathomable scale.
Watch Cooke’s gripping and poignant call to action, and learn more about the chilling facts below:
The Us has the largest prison population on the planet, larger than China.
1/3 of all women prisoners in the world are in Us prisons.
If you’re an American, you’re more likely to go to prison here than anyone else in the entire world.
More Black men are in prison now, than the total enslaved in 1850.
The USA Has More Prisons Than Colleges And Universities.
More About Matthew Cooke:
In 2013 Cooke released his directorial debut How To Make Money Selling Drugs which he also wrote, narrated, shot, edited and art directed. Drugs was produced by Bert Marcus Productions and Adrian Grenier featuring Eminem, 50 Cent, Susan Sarandon, Woody Harrelson and others. Drugs was bought and distributed by Robert DeNiro's Tribeca Film where it debuted at #1 on iTunes and Amazon. Drugs won the audience award at the Champs-Elysees and Newport Film Festivals and the Best Writing Award from the International Documentary Association.
In 2007 Cooke produced and edited his first feature film. Deliver Us From Evil, written + directed by Amy Berg, was honored with the Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary film, made over 100 critics "best of" lists and Rotten Tomatoes top 100 best reviewed films of all time.
Award winning Producer, Director & Human Rights Activist Matthew Cooke is using the power of crowd funding via Indiegogo to finish his film Survivor’S Guide To Prison, an exposé on the barbaric acts of the Us Prison system that holds 25% of the world’s prison population.
The film’s Executive Producers include Adrian Grenier and Susan Sarandon, and features interviews with Harry Belafonte, Deepak Chopra, Russell Simmons, Author of The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander, Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine, and Brandon Boyd, the singer of Incubus.
His chilling exploration dives deep into the criminally abusive & socially unjust realities of incarceration through the perspectives of two prisoners who were convicted of crimes they did not commit. This is an all too common story in the Us where the Innocence Project estimates there could easily be anywhere from 40,000 to 100,000 people in Us prisons that haven’t committed a crime.
Your support of the film’s Indiegogo campaign will help to do more than just finish a film. It will help to give a loud roar to a nearly silent movement to end human rights abuses of an unfathomable scale.
Watch Cooke’s gripping and poignant call to action, and learn more about the chilling facts below:
The Us has the largest prison population on the planet, larger than China.
1/3 of all women prisoners in the world are in Us prisons.
If you’re an American, you’re more likely to go to prison here than anyone else in the entire world.
More Black men are in prison now, than the total enslaved in 1850.
The USA Has More Prisons Than Colleges And Universities.
More About Matthew Cooke:
In 2013 Cooke released his directorial debut How To Make Money Selling Drugs which he also wrote, narrated, shot, edited and art directed. Drugs was produced by Bert Marcus Productions and Adrian Grenier featuring Eminem, 50 Cent, Susan Sarandon, Woody Harrelson and others. Drugs was bought and distributed by Robert DeNiro's Tribeca Film where it debuted at #1 on iTunes and Amazon. Drugs won the audience award at the Champs-Elysees and Newport Film Festivals and the Best Writing Award from the International Documentary Association.
In 2007 Cooke produced and edited his first feature film. Deliver Us From Evil, written + directed by Amy Berg, was honored with the Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary film, made over 100 critics "best of" lists and Rotten Tomatoes top 100 best reviewed films of all time.
- 8/17/2015
- by Erin Grover
- Sydney's Buzz
Sneak Peek footage from director Bert Marcus' documentary "Champs", following the lives and careers of legendary professional boxers Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard Hopkins. available May 12, 2015 on DVD from Anchor Bay Entertainment:
"...in their own words, these champions reveal their journeys from poverty and violence, through fame and fortune, to self-destruction and self-discovery.
"Featuring clips from classic bouts and observations from journalists, educators, and boxing fans that include Mark Wahlberg, Denzel Washington, Ron Howard, Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson, Spike Lee and Mary J. Blige, discover the sometimes disturbing truths behind the controversial sport where the fight for glory is challenged only by the fight to survive..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Champs"...
"...in their own words, these champions reveal their journeys from poverty and violence, through fame and fortune, to self-destruction and self-discovery.
"Featuring clips from classic bouts and observations from journalists, educators, and boxing fans that include Mark Wahlberg, Denzel Washington, Ron Howard, Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson, Spike Lee and Mary J. Blige, discover the sometimes disturbing truths behind the controversial sport where the fight for glory is challenged only by the fight to survive..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Champs"...
- 5/7/2015
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
The distributor has acquired North American rights and will handle international sales on Garrett Bradley’s New Orleans-set feature directorial debut.
Below Dreams (pictured) premiered at Tribeca 2014 and follows a trio of adults in the Big Easy as they pursue, work, stardom and love.
108 Media plans to release the film in Los Angeles on April 10 and New York on April 17 followed by VOD release on April 21. 108 Media also handles international sales.
Below Dreams was produced in New Orleans and supported by New York’s Independent Filmmaker Project.
Abhi Rastogi and Nick Burton of 108 Media negotiated the deal with Rj Millard of Obscured Pictures on behalf of the film-maker.
Gravitas Ventures has picked up Us rights to David T Friendly and Mick Partridge’s recent SXSW premiere Sneakerheadz. The film will receive an autumn theatrical and VOD debut in collaboration with its sponsor At&T, as well as Complex and Submarine Deluxe. Nolan Gallagher brokered...
Below Dreams (pictured) premiered at Tribeca 2014 and follows a trio of adults in the Big Easy as they pursue, work, stardom and love.
108 Media plans to release the film in Los Angeles on April 10 and New York on April 17 followed by VOD release on April 21. 108 Media also handles international sales.
Below Dreams was produced in New Orleans and supported by New York’s Independent Filmmaker Project.
Abhi Rastogi and Nick Burton of 108 Media negotiated the deal with Rj Millard of Obscured Pictures on behalf of the film-maker.
Gravitas Ventures has picked up Us rights to David T Friendly and Mick Partridge’s recent SXSW premiere Sneakerheadz. The film will receive an autumn theatrical and VOD debut in collaboration with its sponsor At&T, as well as Complex and Submarine Deluxe. Nolan Gallagher brokered...
- 3/23/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The latest boxing documentary is at its best when it isn't really about boxing. Before moving on to the in-ring action that defined the careers of Evander Holyfield, Mike Tyson, and Bernard Hopkins, director Bert Marcus opens Champs with a dissection of the sport's socioeconomic roots. "Rich kids don't go into boxing," one talking head says bluntly, explaining how a great many up-and-comers envision the sport first and foremost as a means of escaping the poverty of their youth. Once those kids make it, however, promoters and glad-handing entourages milk them dry and bail at the first sign of trouble. Tyson (who also co-produced) remains one of the most interesting athletic figures of his generation, as magnetic now, talking about pigeons, as he is in the montages of his ...
- 3/11/2015
- Village Voice
As someone who isn't the biggest sports guy, the fascination with the sport of boxing is a mystery to me. But at the same time, I've enjoyed many a boxing drama, from Rocky to The Fighter. But for those who have an interest in boxing, there's a new documentary on the way called Champs, which profiles heavyweight championship boxers like Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard Hopkins. Helped along by interviews with boxing fans and pop culture figures like Mark Wahlberg, Denzel Washington, Ron Howard, Spike Lee and more, this looks like something accessible for even the most clueless sports fan, and actually looks at the darker side of the sport, exploiting these athletes for their skills. Watch below! Here's the first trailer for Bert Marcus' documentary Champs, originally from Apple: Champs is directed by Bert Marcus. Boxing, "the poor man’s sport," has long given kids from America...
- 2/13/2015
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
You know the famous names — Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, and Bernard Hopkins — and you may even known their stories, but you've never seen them told quite like they are in "Champs," an eye-opening documentary from Bert Marcus that goes ringside with an angle you don't see coming. And today we've got the exclusive poster for the film that should be on your radar. While we all may know the stories of these pugilists from their time in the spotlight, and even the backgrounds which they came from, Marcus tells his story from a sociological viewpoint. For many entering the sport, boxing is the way out of poverty, an escape from communities where there aren't many opportunities for a better life. However, as the documentary points out, the sport doesn't have the systemic structures in place to protect these young athletes who are not just experiencing the wider world for the first time,...
- 2/11/2015
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Jay Martin’s directorial debut also stars Luke Mitchell, Leven Rambin and Kris Kristofferson
Starz Digital Media has acquired all North American rights to Jay Martin’s crime thriller “7 Minutes” and will release the film theatrically and on VOD this summer.
“7 Minutes,” which premiered at the Austin Film Festival in October, marks the directorial debut of Martin, a veteran music video director who also wrote the screenplay.
Also Read: ‘Avengers’ Star Clark Gregg’s Comedy ‘Trust Me’ Acquired by Starz Digital Media
The film stars Luke Mitchell, Jason Ritter, Leven Rambin (“The Hunger Games”), Kris Kristofferson and Zane Holtz, and...
Starz Digital Media has acquired all North American rights to Jay Martin’s crime thriller “7 Minutes” and will release the film theatrically and on VOD this summer.
“7 Minutes,” which premiered at the Austin Film Festival in October, marks the directorial debut of Martin, a veteran music video director who also wrote the screenplay.
Also Read: ‘Avengers’ Star Clark Gregg’s Comedy ‘Trust Me’ Acquired by Starz Digital Media
The film stars Luke Mitchell, Jason Ritter, Leven Rambin (“The Hunger Games”), Kris Kristofferson and Zane Holtz, and...
- 1/22/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Mike Tyson has the Afm in his sights and will attend a buyer screening of the documentary after The Works International picked up sales rights.
Bert Marcus directed Champs, which features interviews with Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard Hopkins as they discuss their lifelong journeys, travails and successes.
Celebrity interviewers include Mark Wahlberg, Denzel Washington, Ron Howard, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Spike Lee and Mary J Blige.
Last week it emerged that Amplify and Starz Digital Media had acquired North American rights and plan a day-and-date theatrical and VOD release.
Attorney Larry Kopeikin negotiated on behalf of the filmmakers with The Works CEO Laurence Gornall. The parties said the deal closed during the recent Toronto International Film Festival.
“I am honoured to be a part of Champs,” said Tyson, who also serves as producer. “It was a great experience to work with my friend Bert Marcus and to have him help tell my story. This is a film...
Bert Marcus directed Champs, which features interviews with Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard Hopkins as they discuss their lifelong journeys, travails and successes.
Celebrity interviewers include Mark Wahlberg, Denzel Washington, Ron Howard, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Spike Lee and Mary J Blige.
Last week it emerged that Amplify and Starz Digital Media had acquired North American rights and plan a day-and-date theatrical and VOD release.
Attorney Larry Kopeikin negotiated on behalf of the filmmakers with The Works CEO Laurence Gornall. The parties said the deal closed during the recent Toronto International Film Festival.
“I am honoured to be a part of Champs,” said Tyson, who also serves as producer. “It was a great experience to work with my friend Bert Marcus and to have him help tell my story. This is a film...
- 9/22/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Mike Tyson has the Afm in his sights and will attend a buyer screening of the documentary after The Works International picked up sales rights.
Bert Marcus directed Champs, which features interviews with Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard Hopkins as they discuss their lifelong journeys, travails and successes.
Celebrity interviewers include Mark Wahlberg, Denzel Washington, Ron Howard, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Spike Lee and Mary J Blige.
Last week it emerged that Amplify and Starz Digital Media had acquired North American rights and plan a day-and-date theatrical and VOD release.
Attorney Larry Kopeikin negotiated on behalf of the filmmakers with The Works CEO Laurence Gornall. The parties said the deal closed during the recent Toronto International Film Festival.
“I am honoured to be a part of Champs,” said Tyson, who also serves as producer. “It was a great experience to work with my friend Bert Marcus and to have him help tell my story. This is a film...
Bert Marcus directed Champs, which features interviews with Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard Hopkins as they discuss their lifelong journeys, travails and successes.
Celebrity interviewers include Mark Wahlberg, Denzel Washington, Ron Howard, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Spike Lee and Mary J Blige.
Last week it emerged that Amplify and Starz Digital Media had acquired North American rights and plan a day-and-date theatrical and VOD release.
Attorney Larry Kopeikin negotiated on behalf of the filmmakers with The Works CEO Laurence Gornall. The parties said the deal closed during the recent Toronto International Film Festival.
“I am honoured to be a part of Champs,” said Tyson, who also serves as producer. “It was a great experience to work with my friend Bert Marcus and to have him help tell my story. This is a film...
- 9/22/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Mike Tyson has the Afm in his sights and will attend a buyer screening of the documentary after The Works International picked up sales rights.
Bert Marcus directed the film, which features interviews with Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard Hopkins as they discuss their lifelong journeys, travails and successes.
Celebrity interviewers include Mark Wahlberg, Denzel Washington, Ron Howard, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Spike Lee and Mary J Blige.
Last week it emerged that Amplify and Starz Digital Media had acquired North American rights and plan a day-and-date theatrical and VOD release.
Attorney Larry Kopeikin negotiated on behalf of the filmmakers with The Works CEO Laurence Gornall. The parties said the deal closed during the recent Toronto International Film Festival.
“I am honoured to be a part of Champs,” said Tyson, who also serves as producer. “It was a great experience to work with my friend Bert Marcus and to have him help tell my story. This is a film...
Bert Marcus directed the film, which features interviews with Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard Hopkins as they discuss their lifelong journeys, travails and successes.
Celebrity interviewers include Mark Wahlberg, Denzel Washington, Ron Howard, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Spike Lee and Mary J Blige.
Last week it emerged that Amplify and Starz Digital Media had acquired North American rights and plan a day-and-date theatrical and VOD release.
Attorney Larry Kopeikin negotiated on behalf of the filmmakers with The Works CEO Laurence Gornall. The parties said the deal closed during the recent Toronto International Film Festival.
“I am honoured to be a part of Champs,” said Tyson, who also serves as producer. “It was a great experience to work with my friend Bert Marcus and to have him help tell my story. This is a film...
- 9/22/2014
- ScreenDaily
Amplify and Starz Digital Media have jointly acquired North American rights to director Bert Marcus’ documentary “Champs,” which premiered earlier this year at the Tribeca Film Festival and is slated for a day-and-date theatrical and VOD release in 2015. “Champs” takes a unique look into the remarkable lives and careers of three of the world's most legendary boxers — Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard Hopkins. “Champs” features candid, never-before-seen interviews with the three fighters, as well as notable boxing supporters including Mark Wahlberg, Denzel Washington, Ron Howard, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Spike Lee and Mary J. Blige. Also read: Adrian Grenier, Bert Marcus...
- 9/15/2014
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Tribeca Film has acquired North American rights to Gerard Johnson’s Hyena following its recent screening in Toronto. In separate deals, Amplify and Starz Digital Media take Champs and Dada Films will release All You Need Is Love.
The thriller opened this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival and Tribeca plans a theatrical 2015 launch after brokering the deal with Independent Film Sales.
Johnson directed from his screenplay about a corrupt police officer in London who must adapt to an influx of Albanian organised crime. Peter Ferdinando stars.
Film4 and the BFI present Hyena, a Number 9 Films Production in association with Riggins Productions Limited and Lipsync. Stephen Woolley, Joanna Laurie and Elizabeth Karlsen are the producers.
The thriller can access funding through the BFI’s Us Distribution Fund, the pilot scheme that helps UK films premiering at Toronto attract theatrical distribution and reach wider audiences in the Us.
Amplify and Starz Digital Media have jointly acquired North American...
The thriller opened this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival and Tribeca plans a theatrical 2015 launch after brokering the deal with Independent Film Sales.
Johnson directed from his screenplay about a corrupt police officer in London who must adapt to an influx of Albanian organised crime. Peter Ferdinando stars.
Film4 and the BFI present Hyena, a Number 9 Films Production in association with Riggins Productions Limited and Lipsync. Stephen Woolley, Joanna Laurie and Elizabeth Karlsen are the producers.
The thriller can access funding through the BFI’s Us Distribution Fund, the pilot scheme that helps UK films premiering at Toronto attract theatrical distribution and reach wider audiences in the Us.
Amplify and Starz Digital Media have jointly acquired North American...
- 9/15/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Editor's Note: This post is presented in partnership with Time Warner Cable Movies On Demand in support of May's Indie Film Month. "How to Make Money Selling Drugs" is currently available to view On Demand. Matthew Cooke's documentary "How To Make Money Selling Drugs" is just as provocative and informative as the title suggests. The slickly produced film functions as a how-to guide for blossoming drug dealers; employing a format of different "levels," the viewer can climb on the road from lowly street dealer to international cartel lord.With producers Adrian Grenier and Bert Marcus, Cooke provides an insightful guide to the lucrative and violent drug industry, ultimately revealing some of its deeper horrors and the imperfections of U.S. drug policy. The documentary enlists a lineup of law enforcement officers, drug dealers, and rights advocates (including Susan Sarandon, Woody Harrelson, and "The Wire" creator David Simon) that offer first-person accounts and fascinating.
- 5/19/2014
- by Julia Selinger
- Indiewire
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