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Highland Film Group announced today that it has locked distribution deals in key international territories in all media for the action comedy Old Guy starring two-time Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz, Lucy Liu and Cooper Hoffman (Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza).
Directed by Simon West and written by Greg Johnson (The Last Son), Highland Film Group has sold the rights to Old Guy to Snd Films for France, Square One Entertainment GmbH for Germany, Vertigo Releasing and Lumiere Ventures for the UK, YouPlanet Pictures for Spain, Blue Swan Entertainment for Italy, Spentzos Film for Greece, Nos Lusomundo Audiovisuais for Portugal, Sf Studios for Scandinavia, Vertical Entertainment for Eastern Europe, Aqua Group for Turkey, Falcon Films for the Middle East, Forum Film for Israel, California Filmes for Latin America, MovieCloud for Taiwan, Filmfinity for South Africa and Village Road Show for Australia and New Zealand.
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Highland Film Group announced today that it has locked distribution deals in key international territories in all media for the action comedy Old Guy starring two-time Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz, Lucy Liu and Cooper Hoffman (Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza).
Directed by Simon West and written by Greg Johnson (The Last Son), Highland Film Group has sold the rights to Old Guy to Snd Films for France, Square One Entertainment GmbH for Germany, Vertigo Releasing and Lumiere Ventures for the UK, YouPlanet Pictures for Spain, Blue Swan Entertainment for Italy, Spentzos Film for Greece, Nos Lusomundo Audiovisuais for Portugal, Sf Studios for Scandinavia, Vertical Entertainment for Eastern Europe, Aqua Group for Turkey, Falcon Films for the Middle East, Forum Film for Israel, California Filmes for Latin America, MovieCloud for Taiwan, Filmfinity for South Africa and Village Road Show for Australia and New Zealand.
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- 5/22/2023
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Highland Film Group’s action-comedy Old Guy — starring Christoph Waltz, Lucy Liu and Cooper Hoffman — has landed a number of key international deals.
Directed by Simon West (The Expendables 2, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, The Mechanic) and written by Greg Johnson (The Last Son), the film has sold to Snd Films for France, Square One Entertainment GmbH for Germany, Vertigo Releasing and Lumiere Ventures for the U.K., YouPlanet Pictures for Spain, Blue Swan Entertainment for Italy, Spentzos Film for Greece, Nos Lusomundo Audiovisuais for Portugal, Sf Studios for Scandinavia, Vertical Entertainment for Eastern Europe, Aqua Group for Turkey, Falcon Films for the Middle East, Forum Film for Israel, California Filmes for Latin America, MovieCloud for Taiwan, Filmfinity for South Africa and Village Road Show for Australia and New Zealand.
In Old Guy aging contract killer Danny Dolinski (Waltz) still believes he’s the best at what he does. Stuck...
Directed by Simon West (The Expendables 2, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, The Mechanic) and written by Greg Johnson (The Last Son), the film has sold to Snd Films for France, Square One Entertainment GmbH for Germany, Vertigo Releasing and Lumiere Ventures for the U.K., YouPlanet Pictures for Spain, Blue Swan Entertainment for Italy, Spentzos Film for Greece, Nos Lusomundo Audiovisuais for Portugal, Sf Studios for Scandinavia, Vertical Entertainment for Eastern Europe, Aqua Group for Turkey, Falcon Films for the Middle East, Forum Film for Israel, California Filmes for Latin America, MovieCloud for Taiwan, Filmfinity for South Africa and Village Road Show for Australia and New Zealand.
In Old Guy aging contract killer Danny Dolinski (Waltz) still believes he’s the best at what he does. Stuck...
- 5/22/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cooper Hoffman and Christoph Waltz team up as a pair of unlikely hitmen in this first-look still from Simon West’s upcoming action comedy Old Guy. Lucy Liu also stars in the film.
West directs and produces the feature, which was written by Greg Johnson (The Son) and recently wrapped in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Highland Film Group is co-financing the action comedy and handling worldwide rights.
Old Guy follows aging contract killer Danny Dolinski (Waltz), who still believes he’s the best at what he does. Stuck at a dead end but vying for the love of club manager Anata (Liu), Danny is thrilled when The Company pulls him back into the field, but only to train Gen Z newcomer Wihlborg (Hoffman), a prodigy assassin with an attitude. The mismatched pair is asked to eliminate top members of a competing crime syndicate and, in the process, uncover their employer’s...
West directs and produces the feature, which was written by Greg Johnson (The Son) and recently wrapped in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Highland Film Group is co-financing the action comedy and handling worldwide rights.
Old Guy follows aging contract killer Danny Dolinski (Waltz), who still believes he’s the best at what he does. Stuck at a dead end but vying for the love of club manager Anata (Liu), Danny is thrilled when The Company pulls him back into the field, but only to train Gen Z newcomer Wihlborg (Hoffman), a prodigy assassin with an attitude. The mismatched pair is asked to eliminate top members of a competing crime syndicate and, in the process, uncover their employer’s...
- 5/20/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lucy Liu (Strange World, Shazam! Fury of the Gods) and Cooper Hoffman (Licorice Pizza) have joined two-time Oscar winner Christoph Waltz (No Time to Die, Big Eyes, Inglourious Basterds) in Old Guy, the upcoming action comedy from Simon West (The Expendables 2, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider).
West directs and produces the feature, which was written by Greg Johnson (The Son) and recently wrapped in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where it was filmed on location, with support from Northern Ireland Screen. Highland Film Group is co-financing the action comedy and handling worldwide rights.
Old Guy follows aging contract killer Danny Dolinski (Waltz), who still believes he’s the best at what he does. Stuck at a dead end but vying for the love of club manager Anata (Liu), Danny is thrilled when The Company pulls him back into the field, but only to train Gen Z newcomer Wihlborg (Hoffman), a prodigy assassin with an attitude.
West directs and produces the feature, which was written by Greg Johnson (The Son) and recently wrapped in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where it was filmed on location, with support from Northern Ireland Screen. Highland Film Group is co-financing the action comedy and handling worldwide rights.
Old Guy follows aging contract killer Danny Dolinski (Waltz), who still believes he’s the best at what he does. Stuck at a dead end but vying for the love of club manager Anata (Liu), Danny is thrilled when The Company pulls him back into the field, but only to train Gen Z newcomer Wihlborg (Hoffman), a prodigy assassin with an attitude.
- 5/18/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hot horror author Philip Fracassi’s short story, Death, My Old Friend, has been optioned by director Christopher Riggert for his feature directing debut. Terms were not disclosed.
In Fracassi’s short story, a boy sparks an unlikely relationship with the personification of Death. As they grow older, and Death begins taking those closest to him, he is forced to question the sinister nature of their friendship.
Fracassi is the author of the award-winning story collection, Behold the Void, and his latest collection, Beneath a Pale Sky, was recently nominated for a Bram Stroker award. His upcoming novels include A Child Alone with Strangers (Skyhorse) and Gothic (Cemetery Dance).
He recently closed a two-book, six-figure deal with Tor Nightfire, an imprint of Macmillan, the first release of which will be the novel Boys in the Valley (Summer 2023).
As a screenwriter, Fracassi’s films have been distributed by Lifetime Movie Network and Disney Entertainment.
In Fracassi’s short story, a boy sparks an unlikely relationship with the personification of Death. As they grow older, and Death begins taking those closest to him, he is forced to question the sinister nature of their friendship.
Fracassi is the author of the award-winning story collection, Behold the Void, and his latest collection, Beneath a Pale Sky, was recently nominated for a Bram Stroker award. His upcoming novels include A Child Alone with Strangers (Skyhorse) and Gothic (Cemetery Dance).
He recently closed a two-book, six-figure deal with Tor Nightfire, an imprint of Macmillan, the first release of which will be the novel Boys in the Valley (Summer 2023).
As a screenwriter, Fracassi’s films have been distributed by Lifetime Movie Network and Disney Entertainment.
- 8/6/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
BondIt Media Capital provided financing.
Los Angeles-based sales, production and financing company Premiere Entertainment Group announced on Monday (14) that principal photography has begun in Baja California, Mexico, on Scott Adkins action thriller Seized.
Mario Van Peebles also stars in the story about a former Special Forces agent who is given five hours in which to eliminate three crime syndicates if his kidnapped son is to be returned alive.
Isaac Florentine directs from a screenplay by Richard Lowry. Adkins and Florentine worked together on the Undisputed and Ninja franchises.
Rafael Primorac of Arramis Films and Premiere Entertainment Group president and CEO...
Los Angeles-based sales, production and financing company Premiere Entertainment Group announced on Monday (14) that principal photography has begun in Baja California, Mexico, on Scott Adkins action thriller Seized.
Mario Van Peebles also stars in the story about a former Special Forces agent who is given five hours in which to eliminate three crime syndicates if his kidnapped son is to be returned alive.
Isaac Florentine directs from a screenplay by Richard Lowry. Adkins and Florentine worked together on the Undisputed and Ninja franchises.
Rafael Primorac of Arramis Films and Premiere Entertainment Group president and CEO...
- 1/14/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Tommy Lee Jones, Jessica Alba and Michelle Yeoh have joined Jason Statham in the sequel to 2011's The Mechanic. Summit will release the next installment in the Millennium Films action franchise on Jan. 22, 2016. Summit also dated Millennium Films' thriller Criminal, which includes Kevin Costner, Ryan Reynolds and Jones among its cast, for August 2015. Dennis Gansel is directing Mechanic: Resurrection, which follows the hitman Arthur Bishop (Statham) as he struggles to complete a list of assassinations of the most dangerous men in the world. William Chartoff, David Winkler, John Thompson and Frank DeMartini are producing, and Avi Lerner is executive producing. Principal
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- 11/8/2014
- by Austin Siegemund-Broka
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Tommy Lee Jones, Jessica Alba and Michelle Yeoh have joined the cast of "Mechanic: Resurrection," the upcoming sequel to 2011's remake of the popular Charles Bronson classic "The Mechanic" at Summit Entertainment.
Jason Statham will reprise the role of hitman Arthur Bishop as he struggles to complete a list of assassinations of the most dangerous man in the world.
Dennis Gansel is taking over the director's chair with filming to begin this week in Bangkok. Avi Lerner, William Chartoff, David Winkler and Frank DeMartini are producing with a January 22nd 2016 release date already locked in.
Jones also stars with Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman and Ryan Reynolds in Ariel Vroman's thriller "Criminal" which Summit has just announed an August 2015 release for.
Source: Heat Vision...
Jason Statham will reprise the role of hitman Arthur Bishop as he struggles to complete a list of assassinations of the most dangerous man in the world.
Dennis Gansel is taking over the director's chair with filming to begin this week in Bangkok. Avi Lerner, William Chartoff, David Winkler and Frank DeMartini are producing with a January 22nd 2016 release date already locked in.
Jones also stars with Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman and Ryan Reynolds in Ariel Vroman's thriller "Criminal" which Summit has just announed an August 2015 release for.
Source: Heat Vision...
- 11/7/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Good news for fight fans emerged from the world premiere of Isaac Florentine's Ninja: Shadow Of A Tear at Fantastic Fest last night. In the midst of the Q&A session a fan asked a question on the mind of many fans: What will come first for Adkins? Ninja 3 or Undisputed 4? Adkins, clearly unsure how much he was allowed to say in public, simply paused and smiled at the crowd until producer Frank De Martini picked up the mike and delivered this little nugget: "The Undisputed 4 script is being written right now by David White and it should shoot in the spring. Unless Scott wants too much money."So there you have it, straight from the horse's mouth. Undisputed 4 is happening and -...
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- 9/21/2013
- Screen Anarchy
As President Obama finds himself working harder for Hollywood re-election donations – “You can only be the first African-American president once,’’ says a Democratic consultant – the number of Hollywood Republicans appears to be swelling. "There are lot more than people think," Frank DeMartini, a veteran film producer who blogs at HollywoodRepublican.net, told TheWrap. "It used to be about 80-20, Democrat. Now, I’d say it’s closer to 60-40. A majority of Republicans in Hollywood are hiding under rocks." "There are certainly more conviction conservatives in Hollywood than conviction liberals," agrees screenwriter Lionel...
- 2/28/2012
- by Michael Janofsky
- The Wrap
Next Sunday, Sept.11, will mark the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Flight 93. Throughout the coming week, a bevy of documentaries, newscasts, movies, concerts and special editions of regular programs will recall that tragic day, honor the fallen and the heroes, and look to the future. TVLine has compiled a list of the many commemorative programs.
Sunday, Sept. 4
9/11: Heroes of the 88th Floor (TLC, 9 pm) | Chris Noth narrates this special about two construction workers, Frank De Martini and Pablo Ortiz, who saved the lives of 77 people.
ID Investigates: 9/11 Crime Scene Investigators (Investigation Discovery,...
Sunday, Sept. 4
9/11: Heroes of the 88th Floor (TLC, 9 pm) | Chris Noth narrates this special about two construction workers, Frank De Martini and Pablo Ortiz, who saved the lives of 77 people.
ID Investigates: 9/11 Crime Scene Investigators (Investigation Discovery,...
- 9/3/2011
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Millennium Films/ Nu Image is gearing up for their next project now that Conan the Barbarian, starring Jason Momoa (Game of Thrones, Stargate: Atlantis) is out in theaters. This next project also has a supernatural twist with a plot that involves jungle mercenaries.
According to THR, Millennium has picked up an untitled spec script from action actor Paul Sloan (Stiletto, The Scorpion King). This supernatural action script is described to have been “inspired by pulp heroes Doc Savage and Tarzan, and centers on a team of mercenaries whose search for a missing person in the jungles of Cambodia becomes a descent into the heart of darkness as they confront the dark force of a vampire.”
Millennium aims to begin shooting in early 2012 and are already looking for a director to helm the project. Frank De Martini, Leo Amari, and Richard Salvatore are producing the project.
So, what do you think so far?...
According to THR, Millennium has picked up an untitled spec script from action actor Paul Sloan (Stiletto, The Scorpion King). This supernatural action script is described to have been “inspired by pulp heroes Doc Savage and Tarzan, and centers on a team of mercenaries whose search for a missing person in the jungles of Cambodia becomes a descent into the heart of darkness as they confront the dark force of a vampire.”
Millennium aims to begin shooting in early 2012 and are already looking for a director to helm the project. Frank De Martini, Leo Amari, and Richard Salvatore are producing the project.
So, what do you think so far?...
- 8/26/2011
- by Lillian 'zenbitch' Standefer
- ScifiMafia
Millennium/Nu Image has locked a deal for an untitled supernatural action spec script by Paul Sloan ("Stiletto") says Heat Vision.
The story centers on a team of mercenaries whose search for a missing person in the jungles of Cambodia "becomes a descent into the heart of darkness as they confront the dark force of a vampire".
Said to be akin to "Doc Savage" in tone, the project is being fast tracked in the hopes of shooting it early next year. Frank De Martini and Richard Salvatore are producing and a director is currently being sought.
The story centers on a team of mercenaries whose search for a missing person in the jungles of Cambodia "becomes a descent into the heart of darkness as they confront the dark force of a vampire".
Said to be akin to "Doc Savage" in tone, the project is being fast tracked in the hopes of shooting it early next year. Frank De Martini and Richard Salvatore are producing and a director is currently being sought.
- 8/24/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Millennium/Nu Image is developing a supernatural action film that will combine Conan the Barbarian and The Expendables. THR reports that the company bought a spec script from Paul Sloan, and has fast-tracked the project to begin shooting it early next year.
A director is currenlty being sought for the"untitled supernatural action script is described as having been inspired by pulp heroes Doc Savage and Tarzan, and centers on a team of mercenaries whose search for a missing person in the jungles of Cambodia becomes a descent into the heart of darkness as they confront the dark force of a vampire." The project is being produced by Frank De Martini and Richard Salvatore.
Sloan has starred in low-budget action movie, but is aspiring to make it as a writer. His first script was Stiletto, a 2008 action flick in which he also appeared alongside Castle star Stana Katic and Tom Berenger.
A director is currenlty being sought for the"untitled supernatural action script is described as having been inspired by pulp heroes Doc Savage and Tarzan, and centers on a team of mercenaries whose search for a missing person in the jungles of Cambodia becomes a descent into the heart of darkness as they confront the dark force of a vampire." The project is being produced by Frank De Martini and Richard Salvatore.
Sloan has starred in low-budget action movie, but is aspiring to make it as a writer. His first script was Stiletto, a 2008 action flick in which he also appeared alongside Castle star Stana Katic and Tom Berenger.
- 8/24/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Ted Danson has joined Mad Money, a comedic caper that Callie Khouri is directing from her own script.
Roger Cross, Stephen Root, Adam Rothenberg, J.C. MacKenzie, Chris McDonald and Finesse Mitchell also have been cast in the Millennium Films production, which is being toplined by Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah and Katie Holmes.
Set in Kansas City, Mo., Money follows three co-workers, all with their own motives, who hatch a plan to steal money scheduled to be destroyed at the Federal Reserve Bank.
Principal photography is due to begin Monday, April 16 in Shreveport, La.
Producing are Jay Cohen, James Acheson and Frank DeMartini. Executive producing are Avi Lerner, Danny Dimbort, Boaz Davidson, Trevor Short, Michael P. Flannigan, Wendy Kram and Robert O. Green.
Big City Films and Lightspeed Media are also involved.
Danson, repped by CAA, next co-stars opposite Glenn Close on FX's upcoming drama series Damages. His feature credits include Saving Private Ryan, Mumford and The Moguls.
Roger Cross, Stephen Root, Adam Rothenberg, J.C. MacKenzie, Chris McDonald and Finesse Mitchell also have been cast in the Millennium Films production, which is being toplined by Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah and Katie Holmes.
Set in Kansas City, Mo., Money follows three co-workers, all with their own motives, who hatch a plan to steal money scheduled to be destroyed at the Federal Reserve Bank.
Principal photography is due to begin Monday, April 16 in Shreveport, La.
Producing are Jay Cohen, James Acheson and Frank DeMartini. Executive producing are Avi Lerner, Danny Dimbort, Boaz Davidson, Trevor Short, Michael P. Flannigan, Wendy Kram and Robert O. Green.
Big City Films and Lightspeed Media are also involved.
Danson, repped by CAA, next co-stars opposite Glenn Close on FX's upcoming drama series Damages. His feature credits include Saving Private Ryan, Mumford and The Moguls.
- 4/16/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- Producers Frank DeMartini and James Acheson have signed a nonexclusive, first-look, five-picture deal with Avi Lerner's Millennium Films. The pact provides Acheson and DeMartini with full financing, with distribution handled by Millennium. The duo recently wrapped Mozart and the Whale for Millennium, which was penned by Ron Bass and stars Josh Hartnett, Radha Mitchell and Erica Leerhsen. Whale was helmed by Petter Naess (Elling) and centers on a young couple (Hartnett, Mitchell) who have Asperger's syndrome, a type of autism. Additional films in development under the deal include The Pirates of Palawan, a modern-day pirate tale that takes place in the Philippines during the fall of the Marcos regime, and Michael Strogoff, a sweeping epic based on the Jules Verne novel of the same name.
Variety reports that Josh Hartnett has signed on to star in Mozart and the Whale, with Rachel Weisz currently negotiating for the female lead. Based on a 1995 LA Times article and scripted by Ron Bass, the love story will be directed by Elling's Petter Naess for Millennium Films. The central couple are two savants with Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism, whose disabilites sabotage their budding relationship. Robert Lawrence, Frank DeMartini and James Acheson are set to produce; interestingly it's Hartnett who's been driving the project, which he'll do before moving on to Brian De Palma's The Black Dahlia opposite Mark Wahlberg.
- 1/13/2004
- IMDbPro News
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