Busy day for Mark Canton.Not only did the producer of 300 (amongst other films) sign a deal with Pterodactyl Prods to bring Hopalong Cassidy to the big screen after decades away, he also picked up the rights to a story so invigorating that it’s already spawned three great movies.Canton has picked up Honor For Sale, a book by Gerald Kelly about a gang of New York narcotics cops in the 1970s who actually ran the biggest heroin distribution ring at that time. This involved pulling off a massive heroin heist that inspired elements of both French Connection movies and Ridley Scott’s American Gangster. So much for New York's Finest, huh? Still, should make for a hell of a story. The script for the movie was adapted by the late John Bishop, and Canton will produce – as he will on Hopalong Cassidy – with Pterodactyl’s Aaron Peters and Ivan Cohen.
- 11/21/2008
- EmpireOnline
NEW YORK -- Online video platform Ripe Digital is set to unveil a new programming lineup at its "INFront" in New York on Thursday, with shows featuring Pauly Shore, Tyson Beckford and other celebrities.
Ripe will present over 20 new shows at the event, the majority of which will revolve around celebrities, the company said. Shore will contribute short-form comedy to the platform via his "Paulysodes" and Beckford ("Make Me a Supermodel") will take part in a car-racing project on the company's OctaneTV site.
Other new shows will feature DJ Funkmaster Flex, rapper Ghostface Killah and professional skateboarder Danny Way.
Previously, Ripe announced that it had signed a multiseries deal with TV writing-producing team Ross McCall and Aaron Peters. The duo, whose credits include "The Simple Life" and "The Tom Green Show", are creating short-form programming for Ripe, including the Jamie Kennedy-hosted "Model Dating: Hawaii", which launched Tuesday and will also be showcased at Thursday's event.
Founded in 2002, Ripe said it receives more than 30 million views each month via three broadband sites, its mobile site and through VOD partnerships with Time Warner and Comcast.
Ripe will present over 20 new shows at the event, the majority of which will revolve around celebrities, the company said. Shore will contribute short-form comedy to the platform via his "Paulysodes" and Beckford ("Make Me a Supermodel") will take part in a car-racing project on the company's OctaneTV site.
Other new shows will feature DJ Funkmaster Flex, rapper Ghostface Killah and professional skateboarder Danny Way.
Previously, Ripe announced that it had signed a multiseries deal with TV writing-producing team Ross McCall and Aaron Peters. The duo, whose credits include "The Simple Life" and "The Tom Green Show", are creating short-form programming for Ripe, including the Jamie Kennedy-hosted "Model Dating: Hawaii", which launched Tuesday and will also be showcased at Thursday's event.
Founded in 2002, Ripe said it receives more than 30 million views each month via three broadband sites, its mobile site and through VOD partnerships with Time Warner and Comcast.
- 2/28/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- Online video platform Ripe Digital has signed TV writing-producing team Ross McCall and Aaron Peters to a multiseries deal.
CAA brought together clients Ripe and McCall/Peters, whose credits include The Simple Life, The Tom Green Show and creating the WB Network sitcom Modern Men.
The first series will be Model Dating: Hawaii, with comedian Jamie Kennedy on board as host. Debuting today, the ad-supported series will feature models dating viewers who write in to the show. CAA also reps Kennedy.
Aaron and Peters also are in development on two other series for Ripe: "Are You In?" an "all-viewer-controlled online reality game show," and The One, an interactive competition that looks for the next "it girl."
Founded in 2002, Ripe said it receives more than 30 million views each month via three broadband sites, its mobile site and through VOD partnerships with Time Warner and Comcast.
Ripe founder and CEO Ryan Magnussen said the shows represent a departure for the young male-focused media company.
CAA brought together clients Ripe and McCall/Peters, whose credits include The Simple Life, The Tom Green Show and creating the WB Network sitcom Modern Men.
The first series will be Model Dating: Hawaii, with comedian Jamie Kennedy on board as host. Debuting today, the ad-supported series will feature models dating viewers who write in to the show. CAA also reps Kennedy.
Aaron and Peters also are in development on two other series for Ripe: "Are You In?" an "all-viewer-controlled online reality game show," and The One, an interactive competition that looks for the next "it girl."
Founded in 2002, Ripe said it receives more than 30 million views each month via three broadband sites, its mobile site and through VOD partnerships with Time Warner and Comcast.
Ripe founder and CEO Ryan Magnussen said the shows represent a departure for the young male-focused media company.
- 2/26/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Wolper Organization has acquired feature film rights to Love and Terror, an article about suicide bombers by David France. France's true story, published in O: The Oprah Magazine in June, chronicled a teenage Palestinian girl's arrest and conviction on charges of plotting a suicide bombing following her disastrous affair with a charismatic rebel leader who was locked in war with the Israeli military. The adaptation will be made by Wolper in association with Pterodactyl and Plain Brown Wrapper Prods. Mark Wolper and Kevin Nicklaus are producers along with Ivan Cohen, William Haworth and Aaron Peters. France also will be a producer.
- 11/7/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Emmy and Golden Globe winner Donald Sutherland has been tapped to star opposite Geena Davis in ABC's drama pilot Commander in Chief. Meanwhile, the Who's Roger Daltrey has come aboard the WB Network's untitled mermaid drama pilot, Gina Gershon has joined the cast of UPN's drama pilot The Lot and Cheers alum George Wendt has been cast in the WB's untitled Ross McCall-Aaron Peters comedy pilot. Additionally, Peter Weller has been tapped as the co-lead opposite Peter Facinelli in ABC's drama pilot Westside, Nestor Carbonell has joined Fox's untitled Jablonski/Katims drama pilot, Marguerite Moreau has been cast in Fox's drama pilot Deviant Behavior, and Alfre Woodard has joined NBC's drama pilot Inconceivable in what would be a recurring role. The two-hour Commander in Chief, from Touchstone TV and Rod Lurie, centers on the first female president of the United States (Davis). Sutherland will play the Speaker of the House.
- 3/15/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Emmy and Golden Globe winner Donald Sutherland has been tapped to star opposite Geena Davis in ABC's drama pilot Commander in Chief. Meanwhile, the Who's Roger Daltrey has come aboard the WB Network's untitled mermaid drama pilot, Gina Gershon has joined the cast of UPN's drama pilot The Lot and Cheers alum George Wendt has been cast in the WB's untitled Ross McCall-Aaron Peters comedy pilot. Additionally, Peter Weller has been tapped as the co-lead opposite Peter Facinelli in ABC's drama pilot Westside, Nestor Carbonell has joined Fox's untitled Jablonski/Katims drama pilot, Marguerite Moreau has been cast in Fox's drama pilot Deviant Behavior, and Alfre Woodard has joined NBC's drama pilot Inconceivable in what would be a recurring role. The two-hour Commander in Chief, from Touchstone TV and Rod Lurie, centers on the first female president of the United States (Davis). Sutherland will play the Speaker of the House.
- 3/15/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In a story that is sure to give hope to the army of aspiring screenwriters who dream of a glorious future while working as writers' assistants, Larry Reitzer, who has worked as assistant to writer-producer Marsh McCall for the past four years, has sold a pilot script to ABC. McCall is on board to supervise Reitzer through his Warner Bros. TV-based Marsh McCall Prods. The two are executive producing the project, which centers on a soft-spoken gay man who lives with his very not gay brother. WBTV is producing. McCall is keeping busy this development season. In addition to the Reitzer project, he is executive producing two comedies through WBTV and Bruckheimer TV that have receive put pilot commitments, one at CBS, which he is writing, and one at the WB, which is being written by his brother Ross McCall and Aaron Peters (HR 10/21). Reitzer and McCall are repped by CAA.
- 12/20/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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