Ann Peacock is set to pen an adaptation of "Outlander", a novel in Diana Gabaldon's fantasy series, for Essential Pictures reports Variety.
'Outlander' is set around the end of WW2 when an Army nurse takes a second honeymoon in Scotland with her husband.
She soon finds herself transported back to a time when the clans ruled the Highlands and her husband's English ancestors are the enemy.
Neil Kaplan and Jim Kohlberg are producing.
'Outlander' is set around the end of WW2 when an Army nurse takes a second honeymoon in Scotland with her husband.
She soon finds herself transported back to a time when the clans ruled the Highlands and her husband's English ancestors are the enemy.
Neil Kaplan and Jim Kohlberg are producing.
- 10/20/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Toronto -- Canadian producer Brightlight Pictures is partnering with Los Angeles-based Essential Pictures to make TV shows for the world market.
The two companies, as they complete negotiations on a "business venture," intend to work under the Ebtv banner to develop, finance and produce scripted half-hours, one hours and miniseries.
Two Ebtv series are already in the works for Canadian pay TV operators the Movie Network and Movie Central, one of which has participation from Scott Free.
"Working together under the Ebtv banner will give us the infrastructure and experience to take full advantage of new, forward thinking business models for financing, producing and distributing television projects, both domestically and internationally," Essential Pictures president and COO Neil Kaplan, who co-founded the production unit in 2008 with Jim Kohlberg, said in a statement.
The move is the latest sign American producers are partnering with Canadian and other foreign producers to tap soft...
The two companies, as they complete negotiations on a "business venture," intend to work under the Ebtv banner to develop, finance and produce scripted half-hours, one hours and miniseries.
Two Ebtv series are already in the works for Canadian pay TV operators the Movie Network and Movie Central, one of which has participation from Scott Free.
"Working together under the Ebtv banner will give us the infrastructure and experience to take full advantage of new, forward thinking business models for financing, producing and distributing television projects, both domestically and internationally," Essential Pictures president and COO Neil Kaplan, who co-founded the production unit in 2008 with Jim Kohlberg, said in a statement.
The move is the latest sign American producers are partnering with Canadian and other foreign producers to tap soft...
- 6/10/2010
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Features from Natalie Portman, Barry Sonnenfeld and Randall Wallace highlight the seven-film debut slate from Essential Pictures.
The new production outfit is a sister to sales/financing company Essential Entertainment. Although funded by separate pools of equity, the two share mutual investors and employees: Ee co-founder Jim Kohlberg is Ep's chairman/CEO, and exec Neil Kaplan is president/COO.
Ep is aiming to develop, package, finance and produce two to three films a year in the $10 million-$40 million range, then sell them via Ee, which Kohlberg continues to run with co-founder Jere Haufstater. The slate includes:
-- The Natalie Portman starrer "Isabella V," an adaptation of John Richardson's 2003 blog-formatted Esquire article about an heiress on the run from her family. Dan Gordon ("The Hurricane") wrote the thriller script, to be produced in conjunction with Brightlight Pictures and Handsome Charlie Films.
-- "Outlander," based on Diana Gabaldon's 1992 best-seller about a...
The new production outfit is a sister to sales/financing company Essential Entertainment. Although funded by separate pools of equity, the two share mutual investors and employees: Ee co-founder Jim Kohlberg is Ep's chairman/CEO, and exec Neil Kaplan is president/COO.
Ep is aiming to develop, package, finance and produce two to three films a year in the $10 million-$40 million range, then sell them via Ee, which Kohlberg continues to run with co-founder Jere Haufstater. The slate includes:
-- The Natalie Portman starrer "Isabella V," an adaptation of John Richardson's 2003 blog-formatted Esquire article about an heiress on the run from her family. Dan Gordon ("The Hurricane") wrote the thriller script, to be produced in conjunction with Brightlight Pictures and Handsome Charlie Films.
-- "Outlander," based on Diana Gabaldon's 1992 best-seller about a...
- 10/28/2008
- by By Gregg Goldstein
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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