Exclusive: Utopia has acquired U.S. rights to feature documentary Jerry’s Last Mission.
Directed by Louisa Merino (Managing to Win: The Story of Strat-o-Matic Baseball) and produced by Melissa Hibbard (The Glass House) and Oscar winner Ed Cunningham (Undefeated), the film tells the remarkable story of a World War II fighter pilot from New Jersey who flew the last combat mission over Japan.
On August 14, 1945, fighter pilot Jerry Yellin flew the last combat mission of World War II to attack airfields near Nagoya, Japan, carrying with him instructions to continue the assault unless he heard the word “Utah,” a code signaling the Japanese surrender, which never came. It was Yellin’s 19th mission over Japan.
Yellin returned home to a dark life of survivor’s guilt and daily thoughts of suicide. Married with four sons, he was forced to face his ‘enemy’ once again when his youngest son moved...
Directed by Louisa Merino (Managing to Win: The Story of Strat-o-Matic Baseball) and produced by Melissa Hibbard (The Glass House) and Oscar winner Ed Cunningham (Undefeated), the film tells the remarkable story of a World War II fighter pilot from New Jersey who flew the last combat mission over Japan.
On August 14, 1945, fighter pilot Jerry Yellin flew the last combat mission of World War II to attack airfields near Nagoya, Japan, carrying with him instructions to continue the assault unless he heard the word “Utah,” a code signaling the Japanese surrender, which never came. It was Yellin’s 19th mission over Japan.
Yellin returned home to a dark life of survivor’s guilt and daily thoughts of suicide. Married with four sons, he was forced to face his ‘enemy’ once again when his youngest son moved...
- 11/19/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Settebello Entertainment will represent producer-filmmaker and former NFL player and broadcaster Ed Cunningham in all areas.
Cunningham, who was part of the producing team of the Oscar-winning football doc Undefeated, will work with Byron Austen Ashley’s management and production company to expand his reach in the non-fiction space, executing on several ancillary and entrepreneurial projects. The new collaboration is also aimed to help Cunningham develop and package a full slate of scripted projects for stage, film, television and streaming platforms.
In addition to serving as a producer on Undefeated and The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, Cunningham was at the center of the Washington Huskie’s 1991 National Championships win and played five years for the Seattle Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals. After his time on the field, Cunningham took his talents and experience to sports broadcasting where he covered college football for CBS, then. ESPN and ABC.
“Ed...
Cunningham, who was part of the producing team of the Oscar-winning football doc Undefeated, will work with Byron Austen Ashley’s management and production company to expand his reach in the non-fiction space, executing on several ancillary and entrepreneurial projects. The new collaboration is also aimed to help Cunningham develop and package a full slate of scripted projects for stage, film, television and streaming platforms.
In addition to serving as a producer on Undefeated and The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, Cunningham was at the center of the Washington Huskie’s 1991 National Championships win and played five years for the Seattle Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals. After his time on the field, Cunningham took his talents and experience to sports broadcasting where he covered college football for CBS, then. ESPN and ABC.
“Ed...
- 12/17/2020
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Public Relations firm Stan Rosenfield & Associates has rebranded itself as Rmg (Rosenfield Media Group), effective Oct. 1.
The re-branding comes seven-and-a-half years after Zach Rosenfield joined PR entertainment industry vet Stan Rosenfield and expanded the company’s reach beyond talent representation to include producers, production companies, content creators, sports based ventures and corporations. The rebranding also recognizes the evolving executive structure since Zach Rosenfield joined the company, as well as the rise of Katie Feldman within the talent division and Ethan Friedman with company’s client base of producers and production companies.
Rmg is also providing consulting services for companies and institutions looking to create relationships within the entertainment industry; their first client in this space is Inc. 5000 company, Belay. Rmg has hired Amanda Sprague to oversee the firm’s corporate strategies, and work closely with Zach Rosenfield and Friedman on the day-to-day representations of the firm’s entertainment and business based clients.
The re-branding comes seven-and-a-half years after Zach Rosenfield joined PR entertainment industry vet Stan Rosenfield and expanded the company’s reach beyond talent representation to include producers, production companies, content creators, sports based ventures and corporations. The rebranding also recognizes the evolving executive structure since Zach Rosenfield joined the company, as well as the rise of Katie Feldman within the talent division and Ethan Friedman with company’s client base of producers and production companies.
Rmg is also providing consulting services for companies and institutions looking to create relationships within the entertainment industry; their first client in this space is Inc. 5000 company, Belay. Rmg has hired Amanda Sprague to oversee the firm’s corporate strategies, and work closely with Zach Rosenfield and Friedman on the day-to-day representations of the firm’s entertainment and business based clients.
- 9/29/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Ed Cunningham made national headlines when he voluntarily left his job as an Ncaa football analyst for ABC and Espn after 17 years, because he in good conscience could not talk about one more head-to-head collision or concussion protocol that is part and parcel of the game. So as the Ncaa gridiron season ends tonight with the College Football Playoff title game between Alabama and Georgia, how did Cunningham fare without the game that was the focal point of his life for…...
- 1/8/2018
- Deadline TV
Ed Cunningham made national headlines when he voluntarily left his job as an Ncaa football analyst for ABC and Espn after 17 years, because he in good conscience could not talk about one more head-to-head collision or concussion protocol that is part and parcel of the game. So as the Ncaa gridiron season ends tonight with the College Football Playoff title game between Alabama and Georgia, how did Cunningham fare without the game that was the focal point of his life for…...
- 1/8/2018
- Deadline
NEW YORK -- Clear Channel Entertainment on Monday announced a 50-year joint venture with the state-owned Beijing Gehua Cultural Development Group, creating what one Clear Channel exec called an "opportunity for unprecedented cultural exchange of music, sports and other live-entertainment events." The newly formed organization, Gehua Clear Channel Entertainment & Sports Co. Ltd., will have first right of refusal to launch live tours of performance shows and sporting events in China and will be involved with event promotion, venue management, artistic management, sponsorship opportunities and merchandising. Each partner will have a 50% stake and share profits equally, Clear Channel Entertainment senior vp Ed Cunningham said.
NEW YORK -- Clear Channel Entertainment on Monday announced a 50-year joint venture with the state-owned Beijing Gehua Cultural Development Group, creating what one Clear Channel exec called an "opportunity for unprecedented cultural exchange of music, sports and other live-entertainment events." The newly formed organization, Gehua Clear Channel Entertainment & Sports Co. Ltd., will have first right of refusal to launch live tours of performance shows and sporting events in China and will be involved with event promotion, venue management, artistic management, sponsorship opportunities and merchandising. Each partner will have a 50% stake and share profits equally, Clear Channel Entertainment senior vp Ed Cunningham said.
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