The CW is bulking up its roster of scripted series — and again looking north of the border for its two latest shows.
The Nexstar-owned broadcast network has ordered dramas titled Wild Cards and Sight Unseen, targeting both for premieres in 2024. Wild Cards, starring Riverdale alum Vanessa Morgan and Giacomo Gianniotti (Grey’s Anatomy, Reign), is a co-production between The CW and Canada’s CBC, while Sight Unseen is in partnership with Bell Media’s CTV. Both are produced by Blink49 Studios and Front Street Pictures; Sight Unseen is also produced by Sisters Troubetzkoy Productions.
“Wild Cards and Sight Unseen are two unique, binge-worthy shows that reflect The CW’s commitment to compelling, top-tier storytelling that will appeal to our loyal fans and attract a wide range of new viewers,” said Liz Wise Lyall, head of scripted programming at the network. “We are thrilled to collaborate with our partners at Blink49 Studios,...
The Nexstar-owned broadcast network has ordered dramas titled Wild Cards and Sight Unseen, targeting both for premieres in 2024. Wild Cards, starring Riverdale alum Vanessa Morgan and Giacomo Gianniotti (Grey’s Anatomy, Reign), is a co-production between The CW and Canada’s CBC, while Sight Unseen is in partnership with Bell Media’s CTV. Both are produced by Blink49 Studios and Front Street Pictures; Sight Unseen is also produced by Sisters Troubetzkoy Productions.
“Wild Cards and Sight Unseen are two unique, binge-worthy shows that reflect The CW’s commitment to compelling, top-tier storytelling that will appeal to our loyal fans and attract a wide range of new viewers,” said Liz Wise Lyall, head of scripted programming at the network. “We are thrilled to collaborate with our partners at Blink49 Studios,...
- 10/12/2023
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The CW has ordered two new scripted dramas, the crime procedural “Wild Cards” and the detective drama “Sight Unseen.”
“Wild Cards” will see the return of CW stars Vanessa Morgan, known for her work on “Riverdale,” and Giacomo Gianniotti, known for “Reign,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “From Scratch.” As for “Sight Unseen,” the drama will star newcomer Dolly Lewis, “Dmz” star Agam Darshi, “The 100” star Jarod Joseph and Daniel Gillies, known for his work on “Virgin River” and “The Vampire Diaries.”
“’Wild Cards’ and ‘Sight Unseen’ are two unique, binge-worthy shows that reflect The CW’s commitment to compelling, top-tier storytelling that will appeal to our loyal fans and attract a wide range of new viewers,” head of scripted programming for The CW, Liz Wise Lyall, said in a statement.
Wise Lyall also noted that the network is “thrilled” to collaborate with Blink49 Studios, Front Street Pictures and Piller/Segan...
“Wild Cards” will see the return of CW stars Vanessa Morgan, known for her work on “Riverdale,” and Giacomo Gianniotti, known for “Reign,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “From Scratch.” As for “Sight Unseen,” the drama will star newcomer Dolly Lewis, “Dmz” star Agam Darshi, “The 100” star Jarod Joseph and Daniel Gillies, known for his work on “Virgin River” and “The Vampire Diaries.”
“’Wild Cards’ and ‘Sight Unseen’ are two unique, binge-worthy shows that reflect The CW’s commitment to compelling, top-tier storytelling that will appeal to our loyal fans and attract a wide range of new viewers,” head of scripted programming for The CW, Liz Wise Lyall, said in a statement.
Wise Lyall also noted that the network is “thrilled” to collaborate with Blink49 Studios, Front Street Pictures and Piller/Segan...
- 10/12/2023
- by Kayla Cobb
- The Wrap
The CW has ordered two scripted series set to premiere in the fall of 2024: crime-solving dramas “Wild Cards” and “Sight Unseen.”
“Wild Cards” is a procedural starring two alumni of the CW: Vanessa Morgan (“Riverdale”) and Giacomo Gianniotti (“Reign”). Ellis (Giannioti) is a gruff, sardonic cop demoted from his role as a detective fown to the maritime unit, while Max (Morgan) is a spirited, clever con woman living a transient life and scamming everyone she meets. When Max gets arrested and ends up helping Ellis solve a local crime, the two are offered the opportunity to redeem themselves, with Ellis going back to detective and Max staying out of jail if they can learn to trust each other and work together.
Michael Konyves created “Wild Cards” and executive produces alongside pilot director James Genn, Shawn Piller, Lloyd Segan, and writers Alexandra Zarowny, James Thorpe, Noelle Carbone and Morwyn Brebner,...
“Wild Cards” is a procedural starring two alumni of the CW: Vanessa Morgan (“Riverdale”) and Giacomo Gianniotti (“Reign”). Ellis (Giannioti) is a gruff, sardonic cop demoted from his role as a detective fown to the maritime unit, while Max (Morgan) is a spirited, clever con woman living a transient life and scamming everyone she meets. When Max gets arrested and ends up helping Ellis solve a local crime, the two are offered the opportunity to redeem themselves, with Ellis going back to detective and Max staying out of jail if they can learn to trust each other and work together.
Michael Konyves created “Wild Cards” and executive produces alongside pilot director James Genn, Shawn Piller, Lloyd Segan, and writers Alexandra Zarowny, James Thorpe, Noelle Carbone and Morwyn Brebner,...
- 10/12/2023
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
It would be understandable if independent filmmaker Rodney Evans turned inward to deal with a life-changing medical diagnosis like retinitis pigmentosa. After all, the disease, which has destroyed 80% of his visual field thus far, has the potential to severely limit not only his everyday life, but also his life’s work.
Instead, however, this imposed limitation inspired him to seek out new forms of perception. Initially, he had planned only to interview other artists who have grappled with visual impairment. But eventually, he decided that his own journey was an important element of the story — or, as it turns out, multitudinous stories — he wanted to tell.
So Evans intersperses his own experience with those of three others, finding comforting commonalities and essential differences. The result is artistically uneven in structure but emotionally powerful throughout.
Also Read: 'In the Dark' Producers Explain Why They Didn't Cast a Blind Actress...
Instead, however, this imposed limitation inspired him to seek out new forms of perception. Initially, he had planned only to interview other artists who have grappled with visual impairment. But eventually, he decided that his own journey was an important element of the story — or, as it turns out, multitudinous stories — he wanted to tell.
So Evans intersperses his own experience with those of three others, finding comforting commonalities and essential differences. The result is artistically uneven in structure but emotionally powerful throughout.
Also Read: 'In the Dark' Producers Explain Why They Didn't Cast a Blind Actress...
- 8/7/2019
- by Elizabeth Weitzman
- The Wrap
Rodney Evans’ Vision Portraits works his experience of gradually losing his eyesight while continuing to make films into a personal documentary that also considers the larger implications of this experience for artists and minorities. The film is structured around Evans’ own experience: he shows himself on film sets, dealing with the aftermath of falling onto an Amtrak train platform in New Jersey and traveling to Berlin to get surgery. But in between, he also profiles three artists who are largely or entirely blind: photographer John Dugdale, dancer Kayla Hamilton and writer Ryan Knighton. Dugdale makes the biggest impression; despite losing […]...
- 8/6/2019
- by Steven Erickson
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Rodney Evans’ Vision Portraits works his experience of gradually losing his eyesight while continuing to make films into a personal documentary that also considers the larger implications of this experience for artists and minorities. The film is structured around Evans’ own experience: he shows himself on film sets, dealing with the aftermath of falling onto an Amtrak train platform in New Jersey and traveling to Berlin to get surgery. But in between, he also profiles three artists who are largely or entirely blind: photographer John Dugdale, dancer Kayla Hamilton and writer Ryan Knighton. Dugdale makes the biggest impression; despite losing […]...
- 8/6/2019
- by Steven Erickson
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
"I feel like I'm just looking for guidance in how to be a blind artist." Stimulus Pictures has debuted the first official trailer for a compelling, very unique documentary titled Vision Portraits, which first premiered at the SXSW Film Festival earlier this year. The film is an in-depth exploration of the creative paths of blind and visually impaired artists including others working in highly visual mediums explaining their thoughts about blindness, and processes. It is made by filmmaker Rodney Evans, exploring his own feelings about his loss of vision. He also profiles three other creative people - photographer John Dugdale, dancer Kayla Hamilton, writer Ryan Knighton. Reviews describe it as "an evocative meditation on sight, cinema, and the tools of filmmaking", a contemplative film that "consistently fascinates the mind and activates the senses." This looks very good, I'm always keen to watch documentaries that explore topics in an unconventional way.
- 6/26/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
“I think I always make films about things that are the scariest for me to deal with,” says filmmaker Rodney Evans in the trailer for his latest work, an evocative exploration of sight and creativity titled “Vision Portraits.” The deeply personal documentary chronicles the filmmaker’s loss of vision due to a rare genetic eye disorder, as well as the practices of three other artists who have lost or are in the process of losing their sight.
“Vision Portraits” premiered at the SXSW Film Festival in documentary competition and went on to screen BAMcinemaFest. It will also play queer film festivals Frameline and Outfest before premiering theatrically in August.
Evans is best known as the writer/director/producer of the feature film “Brother to Brother,” which won the Special Jury Prize in Drama at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival and featured the screen debut of Anthony Mackie. The film explores the...
“Vision Portraits” premiered at the SXSW Film Festival in documentary competition and went on to screen BAMcinemaFest. It will also play queer film festivals Frameline and Outfest before premiering theatrically in August.
Evans is best known as the writer/director/producer of the feature film “Brother to Brother,” which won the Special Jury Prize in Drama at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival and featured the screen debut of Anthony Mackie. The film explores the...
- 6/25/2019
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
An evocative meditation on sight, cinema, and the tools of filmmaking, Rodney Evans’ latest feature documentary Vision Portraits is an intimate and generous look at what it means to reconfigure your art practice to accommodate your own disability. For Evans, who suffers from a rare retina condition that’s slowly eroding his peripheral vision, it’s using the landscape of the face to tell his stories rather than the traditional tools of mise-en-scene which considers all elements within the frame.
Seeking out and visiting artists across disciplines Evans–best known for his 2004 Sundance-winning narrative Brother to Brother along with The Happy Sad–crafts an often captivating and immersive portrait of disability as they rely on collaborators to not only make work but also work in various fields, including academia. Connecting with writer Ryan Knighton, Evans is brutally honest about his own search for a tenure track professorship and when to...
Seeking out and visiting artists across disciplines Evans–best known for his 2004 Sundance-winning narrative Brother to Brother along with The Happy Sad–crafts an often captivating and immersive portrait of disability as they rely on collaborators to not only make work but also work in various fields, including academia. Connecting with writer Ryan Knighton, Evans is brutally honest about his own search for a tenure track professorship and when to...
- 3/20/2019
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
The Beach BumThe titles for SXSW 2019 are being announced in anticipation of the event running March 8th - March 17th, 2019. We will update the program as new films are revealed.Narrative Film COMPETITIONAlice: She did everything right until it all went wrong. Extra Ordinary: Rose, a mostly sweet and mostly lonely small-town driving instructor, must use her supernatural talent to save the daughter of Martin (also mostly sweet and lonely), from a washed-up rockstar who is using her in a satanic pact that will reignite his fame. Go Back to China: After spoiled rich girl Sasha Li (Anna Akana) blows through half of her trust fund, she is cut off by her father (Richard Ng) and forced to go back to China and work for the family toy business. Mickey and the Bear: Faced with the responsibility to take care of her addict, veteran father, headstrong teen Mickey Peck keeps her household afloat.
- 1/16/2019
- MUBI
Exclusive: Ryan Knighton is adapting Michelle Adelman’s novel Piece of Mind for Paramount and Bad Robot, a project which we’re hearing has Daisy Ridley circling.
The W.W. Norton novel follows 27-year old Lucy, who sustained a traumatic brain injury when she was 3. When Lucy’s main caregiver, her father, dies suddenly, she’s forced to move in with her college-age younger brother in his cramped studio apartment in New York City. While Lucy knows everything about coffee, comic books and Gus, the polar bear at the Central Park Zoo, she possesses a rare gift for drawing. However, she has trouble relating to people and cannot hold down a job. During her summer with her brother, Lucy learns to discover that she has more strengths than she herself knows.
Knighton is a Sundance Lab screenwriting fellow and the recipient of the 2009 Alfred Sloan Prize from the Tribeca Film Institute.
The W.W. Norton novel follows 27-year old Lucy, who sustained a traumatic brain injury when she was 3. When Lucy’s main caregiver, her father, dies suddenly, she’s forced to move in with her college-age younger brother in his cramped studio apartment in New York City. While Lucy knows everything about coffee, comic books and Gus, the polar bear at the Central Park Zoo, she possesses a rare gift for drawing. However, she has trouble relating to people and cannot hold down a job. During her summer with her brother, Lucy learns to discover that she has more strengths than she herself knows.
Knighton is a Sundance Lab screenwriting fellow and the recipient of the 2009 Alfred Sloan Prize from the Tribeca Film Institute.
- 5/4/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro and Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Though the feature-length writing of Ryan Knighton is, as yet, untested on the big screen, he has a number of scripts in development with studios – including his adaptation of Eben Alexander’s book, ‘Proof Of Heaven’. It is his latest assignment – to pen the script for Snow Leopard – that is making waves today, however, because it has some pretty hefty weight behind it.
The project is based on a New York Times article, looking at the Us Army’s Cascom (Combined Arms Support Command) Ultimate Warrior Competition. For the uninitiated, this is a highly anticipated event, and is described by the Army as:
“An annual Soldier skills competition…designed to measure proficiency in a number of tactical events to include land navigation, weapons qualification, first aid and radio communications.
“It also tests Solider’s knowledge and abilities with a written examination, essay, Army Physical Fitness Test, board appearance and a...
The project is based on a New York Times article, looking at the Us Army’s Cascom (Combined Arms Support Command) Ultimate Warrior Competition. For the uninitiated, this is a highly anticipated event, and is described by the Army as:
“An annual Soldier skills competition…designed to measure proficiency in a number of tactical events to include land navigation, weapons qualification, first aid and radio communications.
“It also tests Solider’s knowledge and abilities with a written examination, essay, Army Physical Fitness Test, board appearance and a...
- 10/3/2014
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
Ryan Knighton has been tapped to write Snow Leopard, an action-thriller quietly in development at Fox. Ridley Scott’s Scott Free Productions and Temple Hill, run by Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey, are producing. Also producing are Todd Hoffman of Bungalow Media and Greg Shapiro of Kingsgate. The story is set in motion when an elite military training compound finds itself under siege, and an unlikely pair of soldiers must fight from the shadows and confront the question of what is real and what isn't. The project is based on a New York Times article detailing the Army's Cascom Ultimate
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- 10/2/2014
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Universal has acquired the rights to the non-fiction book Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey Into The Afterlife (let’s hope the title will be just Proof of Heaven). Definitely an interesting story, written by Dr. Eben Alexander, which tells the story of a man who glimpsed the afterlife during a near death health crisis. Sounds promising. Unfortunately, at this moment no director is attached to the project, but we do know that the film will be written by Ryan Knighton and produced by Mary Parent and Cale Boyter. Alexander’s Proof of Heaven has topped The New York Times bestseller list since it was published in...
- 3/1/2013
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
Universal Pictures has won a bidding war for the film rights to the book Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey Into The Afterlife. The non-fiction book tells the first person account of Eben Alexander, "a neurosurgeon who taught at Harvard Medical School and other universities, [who embraces] science over faith. Despite being a Christian, he did not embrace religious theories of the afterlife. That was until he contracted a rare bacterial meningitis that penetrated his cerebro-spinal fluid and attacked his brain. He lay near death, comatose for seven days in 2008. He awoke with a clear recollection of what he described as a journey to heaven."
This could make for a very interesting film. There's a huge faith-based audience out there for a movie like this, which is why a bunch of studios were trying to get their hands on it. It has the potential to be a decent money maker. The...
This could make for a very interesting film. There's a huge faith-based audience out there for a movie like this, which is why a bunch of studios were trying to get their hands on it. It has the potential to be a decent money maker. The...
- 2/28/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Universal Pictures and Disruption Entertainment have scored the film rights to Eben Alexander's recent bestselling non-fiction work "Proof Of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey Into The Afterlife".
Alexander is a Harvard Medical School neurosurgeon and staunch scientist. Though a Christian, he did not believe in religious theories of the afterlife.
Several years ago he contracted a rare bacterial meningitis that penetrated his cerebro-spinal fluid and attacked his brain. Comatose for seven days in 2008, he awoke with a clear recollection of what he described as a journey to heaven.
Mary Parent and Cale Boyter will produce. Ryan Knighton ("Thick As Thieves") will pen the script.
Source: Deadline...
Alexander is a Harvard Medical School neurosurgeon and staunch scientist. Though a Christian, he did not believe in religious theories of the afterlife.
Several years ago he contracted a rare bacterial meningitis that penetrated his cerebro-spinal fluid and attacked his brain. Comatose for seven days in 2008, he awoke with a clear recollection of what he described as a journey to heaven.
Mary Parent and Cale Boyter will produce. Ryan Knighton ("Thick As Thieves") will pen the script.
Source: Deadline...
- 2/27/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Universal Pictures has won a bidding battle for movie rights to Proof Of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey Into The Afterlife, the runaway bestselling non-fiction book about a man who glimpsed the afterlife during a near death health crisis. Mary Parent and Cale Boyter will produce through Disruption Entertainment. Deal was six figures and three studios chased the book. The film will be written by Ryan Knighton, an interesting story in his own right. He first made a name for himself adapting his own memoir, Cockeyed, about his 15-year gradual descent into blindness. He’s currently adapting the Peter Spiegelman novel Thick As Thieves for Fox 2000, Imagine and Film 360. Proof of Heaven has topped The New York Times bestseller list since it was published in late October by Simon & Schuster. It is a first person account by Eben Alexander, a neurosurgeon who taught at Harvard Medical School and other universities,...
- 2/26/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Universal Pictures has acquired the film rights to Dr. Eben Alexander's recent bestseller Proof of Heaven , Deadline reports. Ryan Knighton will adapt the screenplay from the non-fiction book, officially described as follows: Thousands of people have had near-death experiences, but scientists have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those scientists. A highly trained neurosurgeon, Alexander knew that NDEs feel real, but are simply fantasies produced by brains under extreme stress. Then, Dr. Alexander.s own brain was attacked by a rare illness. The part of the brain that controls thought and emotion.and in essence makes us human.shut down completely. For seven days he lay in a coma. Then, as his doctors considered stopping treatment, Alexander.s...
- 2/26/2013
- Comingsoon.net
In "The Invisible Made Visible," radio show This American Life went live onstage for "radio you can watch." Fans can now watch the full-length stream for $5 here; Dmr-free copies are also available for download. The show was curated by This American Life's Ira Glass and was broadcast live into theaters in the Us, Canada and Australia from its New York venue. The two hour show features monologues from David Sedaris, Glynn Washington and Ryan Knighton; a short film by Mike Birbiglia; a musical performance from Ok Go; a live dance plus stories from Tig Notaro, Glass and Tal contributor David Rakoff. Check out the trailer below.
- 11/19/2012
- by Sophia Savage
- Thompson on Hollywood
Miguel Arteta ("Cedar Rapids") is attached to direct an adaptation of Troy Cook's comic crime novel "47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers" for FilmColony and Mandalay Pictures says Variety.
The story follows a pair of lovers running from their families, the law and underworld characters as they rob banks across the South.
Arteta is supervising a script polish by Ryan Knighton, while Richard Gladstein and Cathy Schulman are producing. Casting will take place later this Summer.
The story follows a pair of lovers running from their families, the law and underworld characters as they rob banks across the South.
Arteta is supervising a script polish by Ryan Knighton, while Richard Gladstein and Cathy Schulman are producing. Casting will take place later this Summer.
- 7/16/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
There are few comedy directors in Hollywood that are as underrated as Miguel Arteta. With a string of character-focused, hilarious films including Youth in Revolt and Cedar Rapids, his efforts never get the box-office they deserve. While he spends his off-time with a heavy dose of TV directing, he’s now set his next feature project and it’s a bit of a depature.
Variety reports that Arteta has signed on to direct 47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers, based on the comedy crime novel by Troy Cook. Described as “in the vein of True Romance,” the film will have a more “dynamic and visceral” when compared to his previous film. Scripted by Ryan Knighton, the helmer will even have a chance to take on some action setpieces in the “fast-paced, poppy” film. Check out a synopsis of the original novel below thanks to Amazon, and if his previous films are any indication,...
Variety reports that Arteta has signed on to direct 47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers, based on the comedy crime novel by Troy Cook. Described as “in the vein of True Romance,” the film will have a more “dynamic and visceral” when compared to his previous film. Scripted by Ryan Knighton, the helmer will even have a chance to take on some action setpieces in the “fast-paced, poppy” film. Check out a synopsis of the original novel below thanks to Amazon, and if his previous films are any indication,...
- 7/13/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
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