Exclusive: Entertainment One has acquired the rights to bestselling author Lisa Gardner’s novel Before She Disappeared with Oscar winner Hillary Swank set to star and executive produce via her Film Bandits banner.
Gardner’s novel, published by Penguin Randomhouse in January, follows Frankie Elkin, a recovering alcoholic who travels light and is obsessed with locating missing people whose cases have been dismissed, overlooked, or marginalized.
Swank and Phillip Schneider will executive produce for Film Bandits along with Guymon Casady and Justin Grey Stone of Entertainment 360, Rene Rigal and Nuno Bettencourt of Atlantis Entertainment and David Thwaites of Ember20.
Gardner is the author of more than 20 suspense novels, published in more than 30 countries. She began her career writing romantic suspense under the pseudonym Alicia Scott, before the publication of her breakout domestic thriller, The Perfect Husband, in 1997. TV and movie credits include CBS’ At the Midnight House and The Survivors Club,...
Gardner’s novel, published by Penguin Randomhouse in January, follows Frankie Elkin, a recovering alcoholic who travels light and is obsessed with locating missing people whose cases have been dismissed, overlooked, or marginalized.
Swank and Phillip Schneider will executive produce for Film Bandits along with Guymon Casady and Justin Grey Stone of Entertainment 360, Rene Rigal and Nuno Bettencourt of Atlantis Entertainment and David Thwaites of Ember20.
Gardner is the author of more than 20 suspense novels, published in more than 30 countries. She began her career writing romantic suspense under the pseudonym Alicia Scott, before the publication of her breakout domestic thriller, The Perfect Husband, in 1997. TV and movie credits include CBS’ At the Midnight House and The Survivors Club,...
- 10/12/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
In a competitive deal, Sight Unseen has acquired the film rights to Bess Kalb’s wildly imaginative memoir, “Nobody Will Tell You This But Me,” which was published by Knopf on March 17. Elizabeth Chomko will direct from a script adapted by Kalb.
Sight Unseen’s Eddie Vaisman, Julia Lebedev, and Oren Moverman will produce. Chomko will also produce alongside Justin Grey Stone for Entertainment 360, who brought her the source material, with Kalb exec producing. Rachel Jacobs will oversee for Sight Unseen.
The story is told by Kalb, who saved every voicemail her grandmother Bobby Bell ever left her before she died at 90.
Chomko most recently wrote and directed the family drama and her feature debut “What They Had,” starring Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon and Robert Forster. The film premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and was later released in theaters by Bleecker Street. Her script for the film earned...
Sight Unseen’s Eddie Vaisman, Julia Lebedev, and Oren Moverman will produce. Chomko will also produce alongside Justin Grey Stone for Entertainment 360, who brought her the source material, with Kalb exec producing. Rachel Jacobs will oversee for Sight Unseen.
The story is told by Kalb, who saved every voicemail her grandmother Bobby Bell ever left her before she died at 90.
Chomko most recently wrote and directed the family drama and her feature debut “What They Had,” starring Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon and Robert Forster. The film premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and was later released in theaters by Bleecker Street. Her script for the film earned...
- 4/9/2020
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
Sight Unseen Pictures, the production company behind Justin Simien’s Sundance thriller, Bad Hair, has nabbed the film rights to Bess Kalb’s memoir, Nobody Will Tell You This But Me. Elizabeth Chomko, who made her directorial debut with What They Had, starring Hilary Swank and Michael Shannon, will direct the feature adaptation.
Kalb, an Emmy-nominated and Writers Guild award-winning writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live!, will pen the screenplay. Kalb has also written for the Oscars and Emmys and is a regular contributor to The New Yorker’s Daily Shouts.
More from DeadlineElizabeth Chomko Explored Loss & Found Everything To Gain In Directorial Debut, 'What They Had'Hilary Swank & Robert Forster Take A Personal Journey With Elizabeth Chomko In 'What They Had' - The Contenders La'What They Had' Director & Cast Speak On The Film's Multi-Generational Coming-Of-Age Story - Toronto Studio
The novel, published by Knopf on March 17, centers on Kalb...
Kalb, an Emmy-nominated and Writers Guild award-winning writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live!, will pen the screenplay. Kalb has also written for the Oscars and Emmys and is a regular contributor to The New Yorker’s Daily Shouts.
More from DeadlineElizabeth Chomko Explored Loss & Found Everything To Gain In Directorial Debut, 'What They Had'Hilary Swank & Robert Forster Take A Personal Journey With Elizabeth Chomko In 'What They Had' - The Contenders La'What They Had' Director & Cast Speak On The Film's Multi-Generational Coming-Of-Age Story - Toronto Studio
The novel, published by Knopf on March 17, centers on Kalb...
- 4/9/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: At last night’s holiday party, Management 360 minted as new partners Justin Grey Stone, Chris Huvane, and Gabriel Cohen. The three talent managers rep actors that include Margot Robbie, Johnny Galecki, Dakota Johnson, Chadwick Boseman, and Blake Lively. At the same time, the management/production company has promoted Ana Bedayo and Charlie Gavshon to become talent managers. Management 360 confirmed the promotions, giving Deadline this statement: "Although we…...
- 12/10/2015
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: At last night’s holiday party, Management 360 minted as new partners Justin Grey Stone, Chris Huvane, and Gabriel Cohen. The three talent managers rep actors that include Margot Robbie, Johnny Galecki, Dakota Johnson, Chadwick Boseman, and Blake Lively. At the same time, the management/production company has promoted Ana Bedayo and Charlie Gavshon to become talent managers. Management 360 confirmed the promotions, giving Deadline this statement: "Although we…...
- 12/10/2015
- Deadline
Blake Lively has signed with Wme. The former Gossip Girl star starred in the Rebecca Miller-directed The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee, the Ben Affleck-directed The Town and the Oliver Stone-helmed Savages. She’s next booked to star with Ellen Burstyn and Harrison Ford in Age Of Adaline. Lively left CAA recently, and Wme seems a good place to land. Her husband, Safe House star Ryan Reynolds, made the same move not long ago. Lively continues to be managed by Management 360′s Justin Grey Stone and attorney Jeff Bernstein.
- 12/17/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
We hear that Kevin Zegers, who was recently in the running to back up Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible 4, has gone back to ICM from CAA. He is managed by Justin Grey Stone.
Funny man John Michael Higgins has left WME and signed with UTA. He is managed by Shelly Browning.
Jonathan Daniel Brown, recently cast in the Todd Phillips-produced Project X, has signed with CAA. He is managed by Lowell Shapiro.
Shay Mitchell, who has appeared on ABC Family's Pretty Little Liars and Disney's Aaron Stone, has signed with Paradigm. She is managed by David Dean Portelli.
Cameron Richardson is also now with Paradigm. She had been at Gersh, and continues to be managed by the Collective.
Funny man John Michael Higgins has left WME and signed with UTA. He is managed by Shelly Browning.
Jonathan Daniel Brown, recently cast in the Todd Phillips-produced Project X, has signed with CAA. He is managed by Lowell Shapiro.
Shay Mitchell, who has appeared on ABC Family's Pretty Little Liars and Disney's Aaron Stone, has signed with Paradigm. She is managed by David Dean Portelli.
Cameron Richardson is also now with Paradigm. She had been at Gersh, and continues to be managed by the Collective.
- 9/14/2010
- by Matt Hayes
- IMDbPro News
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