When Matt Reeves graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Tim Burton was about to film Batman’s big return to the big screen. Now The Batman writer-director and Class of 1988 alum will give the 2022 commencement address on May 13 at the campus-adjacent Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
Sca also said today that Insecure writer-director-ep Prentice Penny, a 1995 Sca grad, will receive its Mary Pickford Alumni Award. He was previously was announced as the speaker for the 2022 USC Black Graduation Ceremony on May 11 at Cromwell Field on campus.
Reeves’ The Batman, starring Robert Pattinson, is the top-grossing film of 2022, with 367.9 million in North America since its March 4 release and nearly 760 million worldwide. After directing episode of TV series including Felicity and Homicide: Life on the Street, his breakout film was 2008’s Cloverfield, which set a domestic record for January release and went on to gross more than 175 million globally. His...
Sca also said today that Insecure writer-director-ep Prentice Penny, a 1995 Sca grad, will receive its Mary Pickford Alumni Award. He was previously was announced as the speaker for the 2022 USC Black Graduation Ceremony on May 11 at Cromwell Field on campus.
Reeves’ The Batman, starring Robert Pattinson, is the top-grossing film of 2022, with 367.9 million in North America since its March 4 release and nearly 760 million worldwide. After directing episode of TV series including Felicity and Homicide: Life on the Street, his breakout film was 2008’s Cloverfield, which set a domestic record for January release and went on to gross more than 175 million globally. His...
- 4/28/2022
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Prentice Penny (Insecure, Uncorked) has signed on to direct an adaptation of the New York Times bestselling graphic novel New Kid for Universal Pictures, tapping Eli Wilson Pelton to adapt the script. His production company A Penny For Your Thoughts Entertainment has also come aboard to develop and produce the film alongside The SpringHill Company.
New Kid tells the story of Jordan Banks, who experiences culture shock as one of the few kids of color when his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school, struggling both to start over and to fit in. The graphic novel from award-winning author-illustrator Jerry Craft was published by HarperCollins in 2019 and subsequently became the first to win the coveted Newbery Medal, as well as the Coretta Scott King Award.
Universal Pictures acquired the rights to New Kid in 2020 as part of its four-year, first-look deal with The SpringHill Company, which optioned...
New Kid tells the story of Jordan Banks, who experiences culture shock as one of the few kids of color when his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school, struggling both to start over and to fit in. The graphic novel from award-winning author-illustrator Jerry Craft was published by HarperCollins in 2019 and subsequently became the first to win the coveted Newbery Medal, as well as the Coretta Scott King Award.
Universal Pictures acquired the rights to New Kid in 2020 as part of its four-year, first-look deal with The SpringHill Company, which optioned...
- 2/1/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Prentice Penny, who served as showrunner on HBO’s popular series “Insecure,” is stepping behind the camera to direct a feature film for Universal Pictures.
Penny has been hired to adapt “New Kid,” a movie version of Jerry Craft’s bestselling graphic novel. The children’s story follows a Black pre-teen named Jordan Banks, who experiences culture shock when his parents enroll him at an elite private school.
LeBron James will produce “New Kid” through his production house The SpringHill Company, along with SpringHill executive Maverick Carter. Jamal Henderson, Spencer Beighley and “New Kid” author Craft will be executive producers. In addition to directing, Penny will also executive produce through his shingle A Penny for Your Thoughts Entertainment with president and partner Chris Pollack.
Eli Wilson Pelton, whose credits include “Insecure” and “Brigerton,” will write the screenplay. After they collaborated on “Insecure,” where Wilson Pelton worked as writer and executive story editor for two seasons,...
Penny has been hired to adapt “New Kid,” a movie version of Jerry Craft’s bestselling graphic novel. The children’s story follows a Black pre-teen named Jordan Banks, who experiences culture shock when his parents enroll him at an elite private school.
LeBron James will produce “New Kid” through his production house The SpringHill Company, along with SpringHill executive Maverick Carter. Jamal Henderson, Spencer Beighley and “New Kid” author Craft will be executive producers. In addition to directing, Penny will also executive produce through his shingle A Penny for Your Thoughts Entertainment with president and partner Chris Pollack.
Eli Wilson Pelton, whose credits include “Insecure” and “Brigerton,” will write the screenplay. After they collaborated on “Insecure,” where Wilson Pelton worked as writer and executive story editor for two seasons,...
- 2/1/2022
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Prentice Penny will direct Universal Pictures’ “New Kid,” based on the graphic novel of the same name. Penny joins the project with his production banner A Penny For Your Thoughts Entertainment, which will develop and produce alongside The SpringHill Company.
Eli Wilson Pelton will adapt the graphic novel and write the script.
Based on the New York Times bestseller, “New Kid” tells the story of Jordan Banks, who experiences culture shock as one of the few kids of color when his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school.
From author-illustrator Jerry Craft and published by HarperCollins, “New Kid” is a timely, honest graphic novel about starting over at a new school where diversity is low and the struggle to fit in is real. “New Kid” became the first graphic novel to win the Newbery Medal, as well as the Coretta Scott King Award.
Universal Pictures acquired the rights to...
Eli Wilson Pelton will adapt the graphic novel and write the script.
Based on the New York Times bestseller, “New Kid” tells the story of Jordan Banks, who experiences culture shock as one of the few kids of color when his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school.
From author-illustrator Jerry Craft and published by HarperCollins, “New Kid” is a timely, honest graphic novel about starting over at a new school where diversity is low and the struggle to fit in is real. “New Kid” became the first graphic novel to win the Newbery Medal, as well as the Coretta Scott King Award.
Universal Pictures acquired the rights to...
- 2/1/2022
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
As far as I know, this book hasn’t been banned. Rather the opposite, so far: it was nominated for a National Book Award, and has won some other, more specific awards. But the week I read it acclaimed graphic-novelist-for-kids Jerry Craft was banned from a Dallas-area school for “critical race theory” [1], so I’m calling it now: the Usual Suspects will be protesting this book, too, since it makes their little Kaydens and Buddies either “get lib’rul ideas” or whine that their teachers are being mean to them, depending on how stupid and/or indoctrinated any individual Kayden or Buddy is.
That may seem to have nothing to do with the book, but it’s not. Culture wars have no boundaries: they range through all of culture. Culture is what we live in. And the white supremacists are waging a very clear cultural war, with loud “will not...
That may seem to have nothing to do with the book, but it’s not. Culture wars have no boundaries: they range through all of culture. Culture is what we live in. And the white supremacists are waging a very clear cultural war, with loud “will not...
- 11/19/2021
- by Andrew Wheeler
- Comicmix.com
The SpringHill Company, the brand built by NBA superstar LeBron James and co-founder Maverick Carter, has signed a four-year first-look deal with Universal Pictures, Donna Langley, Universal Filmed Entertainment Group chairman, announced on Tuesday. Both companies also announced three projects that are currently in various stages of development. The first project, first announced in 2018, is “Untitled LeBron James Project,” based on the book “Shooting Stars” by LeBron James and Buzz Bissinger recounting events in James’ early life. The film adaptation of “Shooting Stars,” which The SpringHill Company is producing with Terence and Rachel Winter, will be directed by Chris Robinson and was written by Frank E. Flowers with current revisions by Tony Rettenmaier & Juel Taylor. The other projects are “New Kid,” based on the 2019 graphic novel by Jerry Craft, and “Catch the Wave,” based on an original pitch by Ali Kinney. Also Read: LeBron James' Son Bronny Joining FaZe Clan...
- 9/29/2020
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Universal Pictures has pacted with LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s consumer and entertainment brand The SpringHill Company in a four-year first-look deal. Previously, SpringHill had its deal set up at Warner Bros, where they made the animated feature Space Jam: A New Legacy, a sequel to the original 1996 hit that grossed $230 million worldwide.
“LeBron, Maverick and the team at SpringHill are content creators with a purpose, and we’re excited to partner with filmmakers who challenge us to tell stories that move culture forward,” said Universal Filmed Entertainment Group chairman Donna Langley. “SpringHill’s projects are compelling, entertaining, inspiring and aim to start important conversations, which we need now more than ever. We’re already partnering with LeBron and Maverick on some exciting projects in active development, with more to come, and we look forward to leveraging our resources across the NBCU portfolio to amplify those titles and bring...
“LeBron, Maverick and the team at SpringHill are content creators with a purpose, and we’re excited to partner with filmmakers who challenge us to tell stories that move culture forward,” said Universal Filmed Entertainment Group chairman Donna Langley. “SpringHill’s projects are compelling, entertaining, inspiring and aim to start important conversations, which we need now more than ever. We’re already partnering with LeBron and Maverick on some exciting projects in active development, with more to come, and we look forward to leveraging our resources across the NBCU portfolio to amplify those titles and bring...
- 9/29/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
LeBron James’ SpringHill Company has entered into a four-year, first-look film deal with Universal Pictures, Variety has learned exclusively.
A global consumer and entertainment brand built by the NBA sensation and co-founder Maverick Carter, SpringHill now joins numerous other high-profile term deals on the studio lot under the purview of Universal Filmed Entertainment Group chairman Donna Langley.
“LeBron, Maverick and the team at SpringHill are content creators with a purpose, and we’re excited to partner with filmmakers who challenge us to tell stories that move culture forward,” said Langley. “SpringHill’s projects are compelling, entertaining, inspiring and aim to start important conversations, which we need now more than ever.”
Langley referenced several projects in development at the studio with SpringHill, and pledged to “leveraging our resources across the NBCU portfolio to amplify those titles and bring important voices like SpringHill to a global audience.”
Carter said the mission of...
A global consumer and entertainment brand built by the NBA sensation and co-founder Maverick Carter, SpringHill now joins numerous other high-profile term deals on the studio lot under the purview of Universal Filmed Entertainment Group chairman Donna Langley.
“LeBron, Maverick and the team at SpringHill are content creators with a purpose, and we’re excited to partner with filmmakers who challenge us to tell stories that move culture forward,” said Langley. “SpringHill’s projects are compelling, entertaining, inspiring and aim to start important conversations, which we need now more than ever.”
Langley referenced several projects in development at the studio with SpringHill, and pledged to “leveraging our resources across the NBCU portfolio to amplify those titles and bring important voices like SpringHill to a global audience.”
Carter said the mission of...
- 9/29/2020
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
The SpringHill Company, the banner run by LeBron James and Maverick Carter, has signed a first-look deal with Universal Pictures.
The pact, which has a four-year term, comes as the two entities already have three projects in development. Those include Untitled LeBron James Project, which is based on the book Shooting Stars by James and Buzz Bissinger and other events in James’ life; New Kid, based on the first graphic novel ever to win the Newbery Medal, by Jerry Craft; and Catch the Wave, based on an original pitch by Ali Kinney.
“LeBron, Maverick and the team at SpringHill are content creators with a purpose, and we’re excited to ...
The pact, which has a four-year term, comes as the two entities already have three projects in development. Those include Untitled LeBron James Project, which is based on the book Shooting Stars by James and Buzz Bissinger and other events in James’ life; New Kid, based on the first graphic novel ever to win the Newbery Medal, by Jerry Craft; and Catch the Wave, based on an original pitch by Ali Kinney.
“LeBron, Maverick and the team at SpringHill are content creators with a purpose, and we’re excited to ...
- 9/29/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The SpringHill Company, the banner run by LeBron James and Maverick Carter, has signed a first-look deal with Universal Pictures.
The pact, which has a four-year term, comes as the two entities already have three projects in development. Those include Untitled LeBron James Project, which is based on the book Shooting Stars by James and Buzz Bissinger and other events in James’ life; New Kid, based on the first graphic novel ever to win the Newbery Medal by Jerry Craft; Catch the Wave, based on an original pitch by Ali Kinney.
“LeBron, Maverick and the team at SpringHill are content creators with a purpose, and we’re excited to ...
The pact, which has a four-year term, comes as the two entities already have three projects in development. Those include Untitled LeBron James Project, which is based on the book Shooting Stars by James and Buzz Bissinger and other events in James’ life; New Kid, based on the first graphic novel ever to win the Newbery Medal by Jerry Craft; Catch the Wave, based on an original pitch by Ali Kinney.
“LeBron, Maverick and the team at SpringHill are content creators with a purpose, and we’re excited to ...
- 9/29/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Even with the NBA restart in high gear, LeBron James’ SpringHill Entertainment continues to stay busy building its feature film slate into a dominant presence. We are hearing Universal Pictures has acquired rights to New Kid, the 2019 graphic novel by Jerry Craft, with SpringHill on board to develop and produce. New Kid is the first graphic novel to win the coveted Newbery award as well as the Coretta Scott King Award. The SpringHill Company optioned the award-winning novel last year.
The graphic novel was highly coveted by several other buyers but SpringHill — specifically SpringHill co-founder Maverick Carter — was so touched by the story that they aggressively went after it, eventually landing rights. The project is now a high priority for SpringHill with hopes of attaching a writer to adapt the material shortly.
James and Carter will produce with Jamal Henderson and Spencer Beighley overseeing the project as executive producers for The SpringHill Company.
The graphic novel was highly coveted by several other buyers but SpringHill — specifically SpringHill co-founder Maverick Carter — was so touched by the story that they aggressively went after it, eventually landing rights. The project is now a high priority for SpringHill with hopes of attaching a writer to adapt the material shortly.
James and Carter will produce with Jamal Henderson and Spencer Beighley overseeing the project as executive producers for The SpringHill Company.
- 8/5/2020
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
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