Exclusive: In a seven-figure deal, New Regency Pictures has preemptively acquired film rights to the Peter Heller bestselling novel The Dog Stars, a package that comes with a completed script by Mark L. Smith, whose script work includes The Boys in the Boat, The Revenant and Midnight Sky.
New Regency, Smith and Cliff Roberts will produce. Heller, Lily Brooks-Dalton and Brandon Scott Smith will be executive producers. They are already talking to a big star.
The novel is set in a post-apocalyptic world in which a virus has wiped out most of humanity, with survivors being terrorized by roaming scavengers called “Reapers.” The protagonist is Hig, a pilot who survived the flu that killed everyone he knew, his wife included. He lives in the hangar of a small abandoned airport with his dog, his only neighbor a gun-toting ex-Marine. Hig sometimes heads off in his 1956 Cessna,...
New Regency, Smith and Cliff Roberts will produce. Heller, Lily Brooks-Dalton and Brandon Scott Smith will be executive producers. They are already talking to a big star.
The novel is set in a post-apocalyptic world in which a virus has wiped out most of humanity, with survivors being terrorized by roaming scavengers called “Reapers.” The protagonist is Hig, a pilot who survived the flu that killed everyone he knew, his wife included. He lives in the hangar of a small abandoned airport with his dog, his only neighbor a gun-toting ex-Marine. Hig sometimes heads off in his 1956 Cessna,...
- 6/29/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Unseen is the next project from Epix’s and Blumhouse’s eight TV movie deal and will star Jolene Purdy (The White Lotus) and Midori Francis (The Sex Lives of College Girls). The thriller will mark Yoko Okumura’s feature directing debut.
Unseen is written by Salvatore Cardoni and Brian Rawlins. The logline: Two women form an unlikely connection when a depressed gas station clerk Sam (Purdy), receives a call from Emily (Francis), a nearly blind woman who is running from her murderous ex in the woods. Emily must survive the ordeal with Sam being her eyes from afar using video call. Michael Patrick Lane (Dynasty) will play the ex.
Executive producers are Jason Blum, Chris McCumber and Jeremy Gold for Blumhouse Television, and Alexander Kruener.
Purdy’s additional television credits include WandaVision, The Magicians, and Orange is the New Black. She is repped by A3 Artists Agency and Bmk-ent.
Unseen is written by Salvatore Cardoni and Brian Rawlins. The logline: Two women form an unlikely connection when a depressed gas station clerk Sam (Purdy), receives a call from Emily (Francis), a nearly blind woman who is running from her murderous ex in the woods. Emily must survive the ordeal with Sam being her eyes from afar using video call. Michael Patrick Lane (Dynasty) will play the ex.
Executive producers are Jason Blum, Chris McCumber and Jeremy Gold for Blumhouse Television, and Alexander Kruener.
Purdy’s additional television credits include WandaVision, The Magicians, and Orange is the New Black. She is repped by A3 Artists Agency and Bmk-ent.
- 1/20/2022
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Paramount is heading to Rome. The studio has picked up an untitled exorcism feature that is set in the Vatican from Molly's Game and End of Watch producer Matt Jackson and his Jackson Pictures banner.
Writers Sal Cardoni and Brian Rawlins are behind the feature. Plot details are being kept under wraps.
Joanne Lee will executive produce for Jackson Pictures, along with Peter Heller for Heller Highwater. Bryan Oh will oversee the project for the studio.
Jackson Pictures is repped by CAA and Neil Sacker at Manatt Phelps. Cardoni is repped by Equitable Mgmt, Peter Heller, and Lichter Grossman. Rawlins is ...
Writers Sal Cardoni and Brian Rawlins are behind the feature. Plot details are being kept under wraps.
Joanne Lee will executive produce for Jackson Pictures, along with Peter Heller for Heller Highwater. Bryan Oh will oversee the project for the studio.
Jackson Pictures is repped by CAA and Neil Sacker at Manatt Phelps. Cardoni is repped by Equitable Mgmt, Peter Heller, and Lichter Grossman. Rawlins is ...
- 9/20/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Paramount is heading to Rome. The studio has picked up an untitled exorcism feature that is set in the Vatican from Molly's Game and End of Watch producer Matt Jackson and his Jackson Pictures banner.
Writers Sal Cardoni and Brian Rawlins are behind the feature. Plot details are being kept under wraps.
Joanne Lee will executive produce for Jackson Pictures, along with Peter Heller for Heller Highwater. Bryan Oh will oversee the project for the studio.
Jackson Pictures is repped by CAA and Neil Sacker at Manatt Phelps. Cardoni is repped by Equitable Mgmt, Peter Heller, and Lichter Grossman. Rawlins is ...
Writers Sal Cardoni and Brian Rawlins are behind the feature. Plot details are being kept under wraps.
Joanne Lee will executive produce for Jackson Pictures, along with Peter Heller for Heller Highwater. Bryan Oh will oversee the project for the studio.
Jackson Pictures is repped by CAA and Neil Sacker at Manatt Phelps. Cardoni is repped by Equitable Mgmt, Peter Heller, and Lichter Grossman. Rawlins is ...
- 9/20/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In today’s film news roundup, the “Toy Story 4” writer signs for abortion movie “This Is Jane,” Viggo Mortensen-Masershala Ali’s “Green Book” is honored in Denver and the WGA West names its feature access honorees.
Writing Deal
Amazon Studios is moving ahead with its Michelle Williams underground abortion movie “This Is Jane,” and has signed “Toy Story 4” screenwriter Stephany Folsom to write the script, Variety has learned exclusively.
Williams came on board to star in May. “Boys Don’t Cry” director Kimberly Peirce is helming “This Is Jane,” which is backed by John Lesher’s Le Grisbi Productions. Lesher and Peter Heller are producing.
The project is based on Laura Kaplan’s book “The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service,” which follows women who provided abortion services in the years before 1973’s Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion. Kaplan, who...
Writing Deal
Amazon Studios is moving ahead with its Michelle Williams underground abortion movie “This Is Jane,” and has signed “Toy Story 4” screenwriter Stephany Folsom to write the script, Variety has learned exclusively.
Williams came on board to star in May. “Boys Don’t Cry” director Kimberly Peirce is helming “This Is Jane,” which is backed by John Lesher’s Le Grisbi Productions. Lesher and Peter Heller are producing.
The project is based on Laura Kaplan’s book “The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service,” which follows women who provided abortion services in the years before 1973’s Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion. Kaplan, who...
- 11/13/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
YouTube Premium has given a series order to the dark comedy “On Becoming a God in Central Florida,” Variety has learned.
Kirsten Dunst stars in and executive produces the series, with George Clooney and Grant Heslov executive producing via their Smokehouse Pictures banner.
The show, which was previously in development at AMC, is described as a darkly comedic tale about the cult of free enterprise and one young woman’s relentless pursuit of the American dream. Set near Orlando in the early 1990s, the show centers on Krystal Gill (Dunst), a minimum-wage-earning water park employee who will eventually scheme her way up the ranks of Founders American Merchandise: the cultish, flag waving, multi-billion dollar pyramid scheme that drove her family to ruin. YouTube has ordered a 10-episode first season, which is slated to debut in 2019.
The series was co-created by Robert Funke and Matt Lutsky, who will executive produce in addition to writing.
Kirsten Dunst stars in and executive produces the series, with George Clooney and Grant Heslov executive producing via their Smokehouse Pictures banner.
The show, which was previously in development at AMC, is described as a darkly comedic tale about the cult of free enterprise and one young woman’s relentless pursuit of the American dream. Set near Orlando in the early 1990s, the show centers on Krystal Gill (Dunst), a minimum-wage-earning water park employee who will eventually scheme her way up the ranks of Founders American Merchandise: the cultish, flag waving, multi-billion dollar pyramid scheme that drove her family to ruin. YouTube has ordered a 10-episode first season, which is slated to debut in 2019.
The series was co-created by Robert Funke and Matt Lutsky, who will executive produce in addition to writing.
- 6/25/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
YouTube has finalized a deal for 10-episode series order to On Becoming A God In Central Florida, a 1990s-set one-hour dark comedy series, starring and executive produced by Kirsten Dunst. The series, set to premiere on YouTube Premium in 2019, hails from George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s Smokehouse Pictures and Sony’s TriStar Television.
On Becoming A God In Central Florida, which was previously in development at AMC, was one of the passion projects for the late TriStar TV topper Suzanne Patmore Gibbs who revived Sony Pictures TV’s label as home of female-focused material.
Written by Robert Funke and Matt Lutsky based on a spec script they wrote, On Becoming A God is set near Orlando in the early 1990s. It centers on Krystal Gill (Dunst), a minimum-wage-earning water park employee who will eventually scheme her way up the ranks of Founders American Merchandise: the cultish, flag waving, multi-billion...
On Becoming A God In Central Florida, which was previously in development at AMC, was one of the passion projects for the late TriStar TV topper Suzanne Patmore Gibbs who revived Sony Pictures TV’s label as home of female-focused material.
Written by Robert Funke and Matt Lutsky based on a spec script they wrote, On Becoming A God is set near Orlando in the early 1990s. It centers on Krystal Gill (Dunst), a minimum-wage-earning water park employee who will eventually scheme her way up the ranks of Founders American Merchandise: the cultish, flag waving, multi-billion...
- 6/25/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Michelle Williams will star in “This Is Jane,” Amazon Studios’ historical drama that follows women who provided abortion services in the years before legalized abortion.
“Boys Don’t Cry” director Kimberly Peirce came on board in 2017 to helm “This Is Jane,” set up at John Lesher’s Le Grisbi Productions. Lesher and Peter Heller are producing.
The project is based on Laura Kaplan’s book “The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service,” which follows women who provided abortion services in the years before 1973’s Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion. Kaplan, who joined the three-year-old organization Jane in 1971, assembled the histories of the anonymous women who are identified only by pseudonyms.
Williams will play Jane founder’s, known as Jenny. The actress has been nominated for Academy Awards for “Brokeback Mountain,” “Blue Valentine,” “My Week With Marilyn,” and “Manchester by the Sea.” She recently...
“Boys Don’t Cry” director Kimberly Peirce came on board in 2017 to helm “This Is Jane,” set up at John Lesher’s Le Grisbi Productions. Lesher and Peter Heller are producing.
The project is based on Laura Kaplan’s book “The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service,” which follows women who provided abortion services in the years before 1973’s Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion. Kaplan, who joined the three-year-old organization Jane in 1971, assembled the histories of the anonymous women who are identified only by pseudonyms.
Williams will play Jane founder’s, known as Jenny. The actress has been nominated for Academy Awards for “Brokeback Mountain,” “Blue Valentine,” “My Week With Marilyn,” and “Manchester by the Sea.” She recently...
- 5/22/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Michelle Williams has been set by Amazon Studios to star in and produce This Is Jane, the true story of a Chicago woman who founded and ran the underground abortion service Jane. Kimberly Peirce is directing, and John Lesher, Williams and Peter Heller are producing.
The drama is based on Laura Kaplan’s nonfiction book The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service. Jane was run by a group of women who taught themselves how to perform abortions in the years before Roe v. Wade. From 1968-73, they helped more than 11,000 women by providing safe – albeit illegal – services denied by the medical establishment. They also provided health education and counseling. Williams will play the role of Jane founder, known as Jenny.
Williams can currently be seen starring opposite Amy Schumer in the Stx Comedy I Feel Pretty, and she stars opposite Tom Hardy and Riz Ahmed in...
The drama is based on Laura Kaplan’s nonfiction book The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service. Jane was run by a group of women who taught themselves how to perform abortions in the years before Roe v. Wade. From 1968-73, they helped more than 11,000 women by providing safe – albeit illegal – services denied by the medical establishment. They also provided health education and counseling. Williams will play the role of Jane founder, known as Jenny.
Williams can currently be seen starring opposite Amy Schumer in the Stx Comedy I Feel Pretty, and she stars opposite Tom Hardy and Riz Ahmed in...
- 5/22/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television has tapped producer-manager Peter Heller to head a new office dedicated to helping graduates find work in the entertainment industry. Heller, a former executive at Propaganda Films and producer on such recent features as Like Mike and Brown Sugar, will serve as director of external affairs and development. As part of its industry outreach effort, Loyola also has recruited publicist Kathleen McInnis as the university's film festival specialist to help students navigate the global festival circuit. McInnis served as director of this year's Slamdance Festival and has long been associated with the Seattle International Film Festival.
- 6/22/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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