Exclusive: After six years as a manager at More/Medavoy, Stephen Belden is going it alone, having launched his own management and production company, Death Wish Entertainment.
“The dream,” Belden said, “has always been to work with a core group of clients that I absolutely adore as artists and as human beings and to be able to produce projects with and for those clients. With this company I get to focus on exactly that and I couldn’t be more excited.”
Belden explained that the name Death Wish is “a tongue-in-cheek nod to the fact that it’s harder than ever to be working in the entertainment industry right now,” underscoring at the same time that he “couldn’t be more optimistic about what the future holds for the up and coming generation of actors, writers, directors, and producers that I work with.”
Additionally, he expressed his gratitude to those at his former company.
“The dream,” Belden said, “has always been to work with a core group of clients that I absolutely adore as artists and as human beings and to be able to produce projects with and for those clients. With this company I get to focus on exactly that and I couldn’t be more excited.”
Belden explained that the name Death Wish is “a tongue-in-cheek nod to the fact that it’s harder than ever to be working in the entertainment industry right now,” underscoring at the same time that he “couldn’t be more optimistic about what the future holds for the up and coming generation of actors, writers, directors, and producers that I work with.”
Additionally, he expressed his gratitude to those at his former company.
- 4/10/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Luke Arnold, Bella Heathcote and Jay Ryan are set to lead Scrublands, a TV adaptation of Chris Hammer’s novel for Australian streamer Stan.
We’ve learned production in underway in Victoria, Australia on the crime series, which is a co-commission of the Nine Network and its streamer Stan. Easy Tiger, which optioned rights to the story back in 2018, is producing in association with VicScreen.
Scrublands is set in isolated country town Riversend brought to its knees by endless drought, where a charismatic and dedicated young priest (Jay Ryan) calmly opens fire on his congregation, killing five parishioners. A year later, investigative journalist Martin Scarsden (Luke Arnold) arrives to write what should be a simple feature story on the anniversary of the tragedy but when his instincts kick in and he digs beneath the surface, the previously accepted narrative begins to fall apart and he finds himself in a...
We’ve learned production in underway in Victoria, Australia on the crime series, which is a co-commission of the Nine Network and its streamer Stan. Easy Tiger, which optioned rights to the story back in 2018, is producing in association with VicScreen.
Scrublands is set in isolated country town Riversend brought to its knees by endless drought, where a charismatic and dedicated young priest (Jay Ryan) calmly opens fire on his congregation, killing five parishioners. A year later, investigative journalist Martin Scarsden (Luke Arnold) arrives to write what should be a simple feature story on the anniversary of the tragedy but when his instincts kick in and he digs beneath the surface, the previously accepted narrative begins to fall apart and he finds himself in a...
- 2/26/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Blu Hunt (The New Mutants) and Reno Wilson (Good Girls) are set as leads and Maximiliano Hernandez (Avengers: Endgame), Dawnn Lewis (Veronica Mars reboot), Derek Phillips (Blood of Zeus), Courtney Dietz (Beast Beast) and Troy Kotsur (The Mandalorian) also have been cast as series regulars in Fox pilot The Last Police, an adaptation of Ben Winters’ sci-fi mystery novel The Last Policeman.
Written and directed by Killen, in The Last Police, as an asteroid races toward an apocalyptic collision with Earth, a small-town police detective (Hunt) believes she’s been chosen to save humanity, while her cynical partner (Wilson) can’t decide what he’ll enjoy more: her delusional failure, or the end of the world itself.
Hunt plays Detective MacKenzie Ward. She’s a sharp young police detective who as our story begins has decided to end her life on her own terms rather than wait for the...
Written and directed by Killen, in The Last Police, as an asteroid races toward an apocalyptic collision with Earth, a small-town police detective (Hunt) believes she’s been chosen to save humanity, while her cynical partner (Wilson) can’t decide what he’ll enjoy more: her delusional failure, or the end of the world itself.
Hunt plays Detective MacKenzie Ward. She’s a sharp young police detective who as our story begins has decided to end her life on her own terms rather than wait for the...
- 10/1/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Douglas Smith, who currently stars in the Emmy-winning TNT series The Alienist: Angel of Darkness, has signed with ICM Partners for representation in all areas.
The Canadian actor and musician portrays Marcus Isaacson in The Alienist, alongside Daniel Bruhl, Luke Evans and Dakota Fanning.
Smith recently portrayed Corey Brockfield in the second season of HBO’s critically acclaimed Big Little Lies. His other television credits include a multi-episode arc on HBO’s Vinyl and a memorable turn on HBO’s Big Love, playing Bill Paxton’s son.
Previous film credits include STX’s Bye Bye Man; Miss Sloane opposite Jessica Chastain for director John Madden; Paramount’s Terminator, Genisys opposite Emilia Clarke for director Alan Taylor; the Universal feature Ouija produced by Michael Bay and Blumhouse; the Fox franchise Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters opposite Logan Lerman and Brandon Cronenberg’s Antiviral.
Smith has also received rave reviews for...
The Canadian actor and musician portrays Marcus Isaacson in The Alienist, alongside Daniel Bruhl, Luke Evans and Dakota Fanning.
Smith recently portrayed Corey Brockfield in the second season of HBO’s critically acclaimed Big Little Lies. His other television credits include a multi-episode arc on HBO’s Vinyl and a memorable turn on HBO’s Big Love, playing Bill Paxton’s son.
Previous film credits include STX’s Bye Bye Man; Miss Sloane opposite Jessica Chastain for director John Madden; Paramount’s Terminator, Genisys opposite Emilia Clarke for director Alan Taylor; the Universal feature Ouija produced by Michael Bay and Blumhouse; the Fox franchise Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters opposite Logan Lerman and Brandon Cronenberg’s Antiviral.
Smith has also received rave reviews for...
- 8/12/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Sony Pictures Television will shop the story of Jeffrey Epstein’s human-trafficking crimes as a limited series after optioning Conchita Sarnoff’s book TrafficKing. The studio has come on board the project after More/Medavoy Management had previously optioned the book, and Sarnoff’s life rights, for television in July.
Separately, publisher Post Hill Press has signed a deal with the author to publish her follow-up book The Cover Up, as well as an updated version of TrafficKing, following Epstein’s death last month in prison.
Sony TV is in the process of attaching a writer to the project before taking it out to the market. The move was made by Spt’s Svp Limited Series and Movies Tom Patricia.
TrafficKing explores the “darkest recesses of the corridors of power, from Harvard to the White House.” The Cover Up, meanwhile, will reveal why the pedophile billionaire, Wall Street hedge...
Separately, publisher Post Hill Press has signed a deal with the author to publish her follow-up book The Cover Up, as well as an updated version of TrafficKing, following Epstein’s death last month in prison.
Sony TV is in the process of attaching a writer to the project before taking it out to the market. The move was made by Spt’s Svp Limited Series and Movies Tom Patricia.
TrafficKing explores the “darkest recesses of the corridors of power, from Harvard to the White House.” The Cover Up, meanwhile, will reveal why the pedophile billionaire, Wall Street hedge...
- 9/25/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Bet Networks has put into development Black Mambas a one-hour drama from Rebel creator Amani Walker.
Black Mambas is the journey of four powerful women who are bikers and grow tired of the violent crimes and injustice in their hometown of New Orleans and decide to take justice into their own hands.
Salli Richardson-Whitfield is attached to direct the pilot and will executive produce along with Dallas Jackson (Rebel), Erwin More and Brian Medavoy. The project will be overseen by the network’s head of programming Connie Orlando and Svp Rose-Catherine Pinkney.
Walker created the Bet series Rebel, which was executive produced by the late John Singleton.
Jackson executive produced Rebel, and is the writer/producer/director of the Blumhouse/Netflix feature Thriller.
More and Medavoy’s past credits include Dharma And Greg,...
Black Mambas is the journey of four powerful women who are bikers and grow tired of the violent crimes and injustice in their hometown of New Orleans and decide to take justice into their own hands.
Salli Richardson-Whitfield is attached to direct the pilot and will executive produce along with Dallas Jackson (Rebel), Erwin More and Brian Medavoy. The project will be overseen by the network’s head of programming Connie Orlando and Svp Rose-Catherine Pinkney.
Walker created the Bet series Rebel, which was executive produced by the late John Singleton.
Jackson executive produced Rebel, and is the writer/producer/director of the Blumhouse/Netflix feature Thriller.
More and Medavoy’s past credits include Dharma And Greg,...
- 6/20/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Scott Schulman has been promoted to manager and Stephen Belden has been added as a manager to the team at More/Medavoy Management.
Schulman has worked alongside partners Erwin More and Brian Medavoy since the reboot of More/Medavoy Management in 2014. Before that, he worked at Abrams Artists and Fremantle Media North America.
Belden is joining More/Medavoy after having previously been a manager at Atn Entertainment. He also worked at Sovereign Talent Group. Belden brings a slate of young talent and will also focus on all More/Medavoy existing clients.
“Scott and Stephen fit the bill for us – they’re people you can trust, teach, learn from, and have fun with. They represent what we do best – not getting work done through people, but developing people through work,” said Medavoy.
Both start in their new jobs immediately.
Schulman has worked alongside partners Erwin More and Brian Medavoy since the reboot of More/Medavoy Management in 2014. Before that, he worked at Abrams Artists and Fremantle Media North America.
Belden is joining More/Medavoy after having previously been a manager at Atn Entertainment. He also worked at Sovereign Talent Group. Belden brings a slate of young talent and will also focus on all More/Medavoy existing clients.
“Scott and Stephen fit the bill for us – they’re people you can trust, teach, learn from, and have fun with. They represent what we do best – not getting work done through people, but developing people through work,” said Medavoy.
Both start in their new jobs immediately.
- 4/18/2018
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline Film + TV
Hollywood talent management veteran Brian Medavoy rose to renown steering the careers of A-list stars like Ryan Reynolds, Tobey Maguire, Josh Brolin, and Maria Bello. And now, Medavoy -- who subsequently transitioned into the TV production with bold-faced series like Dharma And Greg and Just Shoot Me -- is turning an eye to the social realm.
Medavoy (pictured above with Lionel Richie and Reno Wilson) has recently curated a Social Media Guide For Actors -- a how-to manual that seeks to teach aspiring peformers how to harness the internet to further their careers. Today, Medavoy represents Bella Heathcote (Twylight Zones), Daniel Henney (X-Men: Origins), Reno Wilson (Mike & Molly), Melora Walters (Big Love), and more -- and he has used his findings to help them navigate the digital world.
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Medavoy (pictured above with Lionel Richie and Reno Wilson) has recently curated a Social Media Guide For Actors -- a how-to manual that seeks to teach aspiring peformers how to harness the internet to further their careers. Today, Medavoy represents Bella Heathcote (Twylight Zones), Daniel Henney (X-Men: Origins), Reno Wilson (Mike & Molly), Melora Walters (Big Love), and more -- and he has used his findings to help them navigate the digital world.
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- 1/5/2018
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
Exclusive: The CW and More/Medavoy are developing a one-hour series based on the critically acclaimed, irreverent novel The Viagra Diaries. The theme of the book is the raucous exploration of love, romance, sexism, and the search for happiness at any age in a modern/digital time. The project’s executive producers are Erwin More and Brian Medavoy (American High, Just Shoot Me). Alan Nevins and Suzy Unger are also on board to produce. The book, written by author and…...
- 9/13/2017
- Deadline TV
A biopic about a female DJ who disguised herself as a man to break into a male-dominated industry is in the works.
Warner Bros has acquired the story of DJ Tatiana, reports Deadline.
Cuban DJ Tatiana Alvarez has performed at Electric Daisy Carnival and Coachella, but when breaking into the electronic dance scene she spent a year performing under the identity of DJ Musikillz.
Mike Medavoy, Brian Medavoy and Erwin More will produce the movie.
Mike Medavoy's production credits include Black Swan, Zodiac and Shutter Island.
Brian Medavoy and More are Alvarez's managers.
Alvarez is currently recording a new album.
Warner Bros has acquired the story of DJ Tatiana, reports Deadline.
Cuban DJ Tatiana Alvarez has performed at Electric Daisy Carnival and Coachella, but when breaking into the electronic dance scene she spent a year performing under the identity of DJ Musikillz.
Mike Medavoy, Brian Medavoy and Erwin More will produce the movie.
Mike Medavoy's production credits include Black Swan, Zodiac and Shutter Island.
Brian Medavoy and More are Alvarez's managers.
Alvarez is currently recording a new album.
- 12/2/2014
- Digital Spy
Exclusive: Warner Bros. has purchased life rights to the story of DJ Tatiana, an electronic dance DJ who disguised herself as a man and took on the name of DJ Musikillz for a year to break into the business. The studio bought the rights to DJ Tatiana in a pre-emptive bid for producers Mike Medavoy, Brian Medavoy and Erwin More. It will be executive produced by Benjamin Anderson and Mike Medavoy’s Phoenix Pictures (who are also casting now for their Itg series Red Flag). The execs handling the project at the studio are Jesse Ehrman and Julia Spiro. DJ Tatiana, now a successful figure in the domestic and international Edm world, will act as music supervisor on the film. She is managed by More/Medavoy.
This is More/Medavoy’s first project since they reunited after a 13-year stint of being apart. They were a powerhouse management/producing team...
This is More/Medavoy’s first project since they reunited after a 13-year stint of being apart. They were a powerhouse management/producing team...
- 12/1/2014
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline
They're getting the band back together. Erwin More and Brian Medavoy are reuniting after 13 years apart and have launched a new management company under the same banner that waved when they emerged as small screen power brokers in the 1990s — More/Medavory Management. “We both love spending a lot of time together,” More told TheWrap. “There's an undeniable uniqueness to the chemistry we share as partners that few people have in life or in business.” Also read: Katherine Heigl Exits CAA, Signs With Wme (Exclusive) Indeed, for 15 years, the production and talent management company boasted a rolodex of top-shelf clients such as Jason Bateman,...
- 3/31/2014
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
Brian Medavoy and Erwin More have reunited to relaunch More/Medavoy Management, effective immediately. The duo was previously together for 15 years. In the 1990s they represented talent including Jason Bateman, Tobey Maguire, Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Mariska Hargitay, David Schwimmer, Maria Bello, Peter Berg and Jenna Elfman. More/Medavoy also produced popular TV series such as Dharma and Greg and Just Shoot Me, in addition to the R.J. Cutler-directed docuseries American High, which garnered the producers an Emmy Award in 2001. Photos: Next Gen at 20: From Jeff Shell to the Murdochs, Hollywood's Power Elite Then and Now In the
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- 3/31/2014
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ben Koldyke, coming off ABC’s freshman comedy Back In the Game, has joined NBC’s recently picked-up six-episode comedy series Mr. Robinson in a new co-starring role opposite Craig Robinson. The addition of Koldyke’s character is part of the changes to the single-camera project, which is being reworked by its new creative team, led by executive producers/showrunners Mark Cullen and Rob Cullen. Mr. Robinson stars Robinson as a journeyman musician who gets a job as a music teacher at a middle school. Koldyke, repped by Gersh Agency and manager Brian Medavoy, plays a gym teacher at the school. Koldyke’s series credits also include HBO’s Big Love and CBS’ How I Met Your Mother. Related: 2014 ABC Pilots Manish Dayal, who co-stars in DreamWorks’ upcoming feature The Hundred-Foot Journey, has joined the CW pilot Identity, exec produced by Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci. It centers on Mia...
- 3/13/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Stella Maeve has been cast in a recurring role on NBC’s midseason drama Chicago Pd, a spinoff from the network’s Chicago Fire. On the cop drama, from Wolf Films and Universal TV, Maeve will play Nadia, a pretty 18-year-old escort who is addicted to heroin and goes through a very difficult withdrawal. Maeve, repped by Principato-Young and Abrams Artists, recently co-starred in CBS series Golden Boy, CW pilot Norfolk and indie Dark Summer. Spartacus and Crash alum Nick Tarabay has booked a recurring role on the new NBC Alfonso Cuaron drama Believe, about Bo (Johnny Sequoyah), a girl with special powers. Tarabay, repped by Domain and manager Brian Medavoy, will play Niko Zepeda, a dangerous, intimidating CIA Black Ops who is a constant looming threat as he hunts Bo and her protector Tate (Jake McLaughlin). Philip Anthony-Rodriguez (Secret Life Of The American Teenager) has landed a recurring role on another midseason series,...
- 10/21/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: In their pilot directing debut, feature directors John Requa and Glenn Ficarra are set to helm and executive produce ABC’s Cullen brothers single-camera comedy pilot. Additionally, joining the cast of the multi-generational family comedy, which locked in James Caan earlier today, is Ben Koldyke (How I Met Your Mother, Big Love). Requa and Ficarra, who wrote and directed I Love You Phillip Morris, wrote Bad Santa and directed Crazy, Stupid, Love, were hotly pursued for pilots this season. The Cullen brothers project, from 20th TV, centers on Terry Gannon, a recently divorced single mother who temporarily moves in with her estranged father (Caan), a beer-swilling former baseball player. She reluctantly starts coaching her son Tommy’s (Griffin Gluck) underdog Little League team and is drawn back into the world of sports she vowed to leave behind. Koldyke will play Dick Slingbaugh, the macho, handsome Little League coach who...
- 2/6/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: The Hunger Games‘ Latarsha Rose and Omari Hardwick (Middle Of Nowhere) have been added the cast of Bet’s hourlong pilot Being Mary Jane (form. Single Black Female) starring Gabrielle Union. Written by Mara Brock Akil and to be directed by Salim Akil, Being Mary Jane centers on successful talk show host Mary Jane Paul (Union) looking to one day become the No.1 nightly news anchor while searching for Mr. Right. Rose, repped by SMS Talent and Bleecker Street, will play Dr. Lisa Hudson, Mary Jane’s best friend from college who is a professional yet conflicted single woman whose strong religious values have driven her to a life of celibacy. Hardwick, repped by Greene & Assoc. and Brian Medavoy, will play Mary Jane’s love interest. Australian actress Freya Tingley (Beneath The Waves) has been cast as a regular in Netflix’s Famke Janssen-starring original series Hemlock Grove,...
- 4/11/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Bridesmaids’ Wendi McLendon-Covey is set to co-star opposite Goldie Hawn in HBO’s comedy pilot The Viagra Diaries, created by Sex and the City creator/executive producer Darren Star. The gig reunites her with Bridesmaids director Paul Feig, who is directing the pilot. Based on the book by Barbara Rose Brooker, Viagra Diaries centers on Claire (Hawn) who, after her husband has a “mid-life crisis” at 65 and leaves her, struggles with being single for the first time in 35 years. McLendon will play Claire’s daughter Hope, a female therapist. Executive producing the pilot are Star, Hawn, Feig, Aaron Kaplan, Alan, Wendy & Peter Riche, Brian Medavoy, Alan Nevins and David Knoller. Groundlings alumna McLendon-Covey, repped by UTA and manager Gladys Gonzalez, co-starred on Comedy Central’s Reno 911!. She will next be seen in the features Magic Mike and What To Expect When You’re Expecting and will reunite with her...
- 2/9/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Viagra Diaries snags Bridesmaids director Paul Feig for Goldie Hawn starrer. Feig will helm as well as serve as executive producer for the pilot for the HBO show, reports Variety. Scripted by Darren Star, the story follows a woman who is single after her husband of thirty-five-years leaves her and is based on the book of the same title by Barbara Rose Brooker. Also exec producing are Aaron Kaplan, David Knoller, Alan Nevins, Brian Medavoy, Alan Riche, Peter Riche and Wendy Riche, alongside Star, Hawn and Feig .
- 1/24/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Viagra Diaries snags Bridesmaids director Paul Feig for Goldie Hawn starrer. Feig will helm as well as serve as executive producer for the pilot for the HBO show, reports Variety. Scripted by Darren Star, the story follows a woman who is single after her husband of thirty-five-years leaves her and is based on the book of the same title by Barbara Rose Brooker. Also exec producing are Aaron Kaplan, David Knoller, Alan Nevins, Brian Medavoy, Alan Riche, Peter Riche and Wendy Riche, alongside Star, Hawn and Feig .
- 1/24/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Viagra Diaries snags Bridesmaids director Paul Feig for Goldie Hawn starrer. Feig will helm as well as serve as executive producer for the pilot for the HBO show, reports Variety. Scripted by Darren Star, the story follows a woman who is single after her husband of thirty-five-years leaves her and is based on the book of the same title by Barbara Rose Brooker. Also exec producing are Aaron Kaplan, David Knoller, Alan Nevins, Brian Medavoy, Alan Riche, Peter Riche and Wendy Riche, alongside Star, Hawn and Feig .
- 1/24/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Hot off directing summer boxoffice hit Bridesmades, Paul Feig has been tapped to helm HBO’s comedy pilot The Viagra Diaries, created by Sex and the City creator/executive producer Darren Star and starring Oscar winner Goldie Hawn. Based on the book by Barbara Rose Brooker, Viagra Diaries centers on a woman (Hawn) who, after her husband has a “mid-life crisis” at 65 and leaves her, struggles with being single for the first time in 35 years. In addition to directing, Feig will executive produce the pilot along with Star; Hawn; Aaron Kaplan, who put the project together; husband-and-wife duo Alan and Wendy Riche and their son Peter, who originally eyed the book for a feature; Hawn’s managers Brian Medavoy and Alan Nevins; as well as David Knolloer. Feig started off in TV where he created cult favorite Freeks And Geeks and served as co-executive producer/director on another NBC series,...
- 1/23/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: I hear that HBO is finalizing a deal for a pilot order to The Viagra Diaries, a half-hour comedy created by Sex and the City creator/executive producer Darren Star and starring Oscar winner Goldie Hawn. The project is looking for a director and eyes spring production start in New York. Based on the book by Barbara Rose Brooker, Viagra Diaries centers on a woman (Hawn) who, after her husband has a “mid-life crisis” at 65 and leaves her, struggles with being single for the first time in 35 years. The novel was first eyed for a feature, with husband-and-wife duo Alan and Wendy Riche and their son Peter attached to produce. Independent TV producer Aaron Kaplan (Terra Nova) then took over the property and, with the Riches still on board, took it to Star who came on board to adapt it as a comedy series. Star and Kaplan pitched the...
- 12/8/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Shelley Morales has joined Brian Medavoy’s Medavoy Management. ”I’ve been working really hard to build a business that holds the confidence of the community and my clients,” Medavoy tells Deadline. ”Shelley’s addition to the team further underscores our momentum and commitment to building great talent.” Medavoy made news in April following the departure of his partner Devon Jackson and the dissolution of their Jackson-Medavoy Entertainment. Medavoy has had on-and-off personal problems and once steered the early careers of Tobey Maguire, Jason Bateman, Ryan Reynolds, Jenna Elfman, Josh Brolin, David Schwimmer, and Maria Bello, plus was an exec producer of Dharma And Greg and Just Shoot Me. Medavoy was a partner in More-Medavoy before merging into Teg with Suzan Bymel and Evelyn O’Neill, who eventually formed Management 360. After moving to Anonymous Content for a year, Medavoy left the business completely then got back into it with Jackson.
- 11/15/2011
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Sex and the City creator/executive producer Darren Star is back at HBO with a sexy female-centered comedy project, this time about the boomer generation. In what would be her first acting gig in a decade, Oscar winner Goldie Hawn has come on board to star in the half-hour comedy, The Viagra Diaries, which is based on the book by Barbara Rose Brooker. Star is writing the script and is executive producing the project with Hawn, Aaron Kaplan and Wendy, Peter Riche and Alan Riche. It centers on a woman (Hawn) who, after her husband has a "mid-life crisis" at 65 and leaves her, struggles with being single for the first time in 35 years. Brooker's novel was first eyed for a feature, with husband-and-wife duo Alan and Wendy Riche and their son Peter attached to produce. It was subsequently optioned by Kaplan, who took it to HBO with Star signing on to write and executive produce.
- 6/16/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Update 4 Pm: Jackson also confirmed he had left the partnership he and Medavoy formed in 2009. Before that, Jackson had his own company, Trademark Talent. "I'm excited to grow my company in a new direction and wish the best for my former partner," he said. Update 2:11 Pm: Brian Medavoy confirms that he and Devon Jackson are indeed splitting up after more than a year together. Medavoy said it was an amicable split. "We had different styles and different goals, but he's still here, the clients will go where they'll go. Sometimes you partner with someone because you're so different and it helps, and sometimes it hinders. There was no special reason and Devon and I are fine." Medavoy has been back in the management/production business for 2.5 years. "My eyes and ears are open for partners," he said. "I've been asked, why do you need a partner, and the answer is,...
- 4/25/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Update, 2:11 Pm: Brian Medavoy confirms that he and Devon Jackson are indeed splitting up after a year together. Medavoy said it was an amicable split. "We had different styles and different goals, but he's still here, the clients will go where they'll go. Sometimes you partner with someone because you're so different and it helps, and sometimes it hinders. There was no special reason and Devon and I are fine." Medavoy has been back in the management/production business for 2.5 years. "My eyes and ears are open for partners," he said. "I've been asked, why do you need a partner, and the answer is, it's just more fun to share the wins and losses and information." Earlier, 1:08 Pm: Devon Jackson has split from Brian Medavoy of Jackson-Medavoy Entertainment. Details to come.
- 4/25/2011
- by NIKKI FINKE
- Deadline Hollywood
Update: Sean Astin just signed with Brian Medavoy at his new company Jackson-Medavoy. After a lull, clients are on the move again. Among the most recent defections: Wme signed Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies, whose latest, the Laura Linney-starrer Time Stands Still, is Tony-nominated for Best Play. Margulies, who won his Pulitzer for Dinner With Friends, was repped by CAA. A revival of his play Collected Stories is also running on Broadway. Verve has signed Scott Kosar, whose genre script credits include The Crazies, The Machinist and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Kosar, who'd been with CAA, has Verve working on financing and cast [...]...
- 6/4/2010
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
When Industry Entertainment partner Keith Addis recently went looking to add a talent manager to his company's roster, he didn't exactly need to hang a Help Wanted sign.
Industry, which counts as clients some of Hollywood's top writers, directors and actors, has been flush with employment inquiries lately, especially since the merger of Wma and Endeavor resulted in the layoffs of a host of top talent agents. Addis ended up hiring former Wma motion picture literary agent Sarah Botfeld, but not before she made a clean break from her former agency.
"We've been specific with her about what she can and cannot say to those clients," Addis says. "What she can say is: 'This is what I'm going to do. I'm excited about the people I'm working with, and if I can ever be of service to you, you know where to find me.' "
Botfeld is not alone in...
Industry, which counts as clients some of Hollywood's top writers, directors and actors, has been flush with employment inquiries lately, especially since the merger of Wma and Endeavor resulted in the layoffs of a host of top talent agents. Addis ended up hiring former Wma motion picture literary agent Sarah Botfeld, but not before she made a clean break from her former agency.
"We've been specific with her about what she can and cannot say to those clients," Addis says. "What she can say is: 'This is what I'm going to do. I'm excited about the people I'm working with, and if I can ever be of service to you, you know where to find me.' "
Botfeld is not alone in...
- 6/18/2009
- by By Alex Ben Block
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Anonymous Content has tapped Shawn Hopkins, Brian Medavoy and Lainie Stolhanske to join its management ranks. Hopkins joins the management division with a roster of lit clients that includes Burr Steers (Igby Goes Down), Scott Kosar (The Machinist), Laura Cahill (Hysterical Blindness), Tyger Williams (Menace II Society), Leigh Dunlap (A Cinderella Story), Paul Hernandez (Instant Karma), Peter Himmelstein (Lost Boys), Joel Hershman (Greenfingers), Philip Boston (Billabong Odyssey), Greg Pritikin (Dummy) and Joby Harold (Awake). She joins Anonymous from Catch 23 Entertainment. Before that, she spent two years with Rick and Julie Yorn and Artist Management Group. She started her career at ICM.
- 11/12/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hey, four words: Jerry Springer -- The Movie.
Poetry in motion, right? You take your average Springer guests and show them in their natural, pretaping habitat. And while you're at it, you also reveal what makes Jerry tick. It's money, baby.
Apparently, it's what the five producers and seven exec producers behind the low-budgeted "Ringmaster" are thinking. The problem is, their fictionalized account of the events leading up to an appearance on Springer's show, a k a "Lifestyles of the Poor and Trashy," plays like one of Jerry's "Too Hot for TV" videos, with the added bonus of bad writing and direction.
But will the guarantee of a bleep-free 90 minutes, complete with a generous flashing of breasts (including Jerry's), plus cheesy, simulated sex acts be enough to lure viewers out of the comfort of their trailer park? Artisan Entertainment, in a bid to break out of its usual art house mode, clearly hopes so, but "Ringmaster"'s true destiny lies on the video racks. Or maybe Jerry will thoughtfully throw in a copy as an incentive to buy his upcoming tell-all book.
Little do Angel, Connie, Rusty and Willie know, their sordid little lives are about to become the "You Did WHAT With Your Stepdaddy?" episode on the next "Jerry Springer".
It seems Angel (Jaime Pressly), a motel chambermaid who goes the extra distance for male guests, is about to tie the knot with the slow-witted Willie (Ashley Holbrook) while also carrying on with Rusty (Michael Dudikoff), who just happens to be married to Angel's mom, Connie (Molly Hagan). When she catches the two in action, Connie decides to teach her daughter a lesson by servicing her fiance.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the park, the take-no-prisoners Starletta Wendy Raquel Robinson) catches her man Michael Jai White) getting freaky with her best friend (Tangie Ambrose). With said boyfriend having previously played the dog with her other best friend (Nicki Micheaux), the grouping is a natural for a "My Traitor Girlfriends" episode.
More than willing to air their dirty laundry for a trip to Hollywood (apparently Chicago isn't sexy enough), both parties head for the "Springer" show -- but not before doing a little interfacing, if you know what we mean.
Playing out like watered-down John Waters, the Neil Abramson-directed, Jon Bernstein-written enterprise awkwardly goes for a poor approximation of cheap, sleazy satire one minute and (inexplicably) quiet, tender introspection the next, with nothing capturing the sheer, guilty-pleasure adrenaline rush of an installment of Springer's real TV show.
The acting styles are similarly all over the place, with Hagan's I-just-wanna-be-loved competitive mom bravely striving for something more noble. She's a trailer trash Ma Joad. At least Robinson ("The Steve Harvey Show") seems to be a enjoying herself as the wrong woman to mess with.
As for Jerry's big acting debut, in which he gets to share a post-coital embrace with Rebecca Broussard and delivers an encore performance of his country song ("Dr. Talk"), here's a Final Thought: Don't quit your day job.
RINGMASTER
Artisan Entertainment
A Motion Pictures
Corporation of America production
Director: Neil Abramson
Screenwriter: Jon Bernstein
Producers: Jerry Springer, Gina Rugolo-Judd, Brad Jenkel, Steve Stabler, Gary W. Goldstein
Executive producers: Brent Baum, Don Corsini, Richard Dominick, Erwin More, Brian Medavoy, Donald Kushner, Peter Locke
Director of photography: Russell Lyster
Production designers: Dorian Vernacchio, Deborah Raymond
Editor: Suzanne Hines
Costume designer: Gail McMullen
Music supervisor: Marcus Barone
Music: Kennard Ramsey
Casting: Carmen Tetzlaff
Color/stereo
Cast:
Jerry: Jerry Springer
Angel: Jaime Pressly
Troy: William McNamara
Connie: Molly Hagan
Starletta: Wendy Raquel Robinson
Demond: Michael Jai White
Willie: Ashley Holbrook
Rusty: Michael Dudikoff
Vonda: Tangie Ambrose
Leshawnette: Nicki Micheaux
Willie: Ashley Holbrook
Running time -- 90 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
Poetry in motion, right? You take your average Springer guests and show them in their natural, pretaping habitat. And while you're at it, you also reveal what makes Jerry tick. It's money, baby.
Apparently, it's what the five producers and seven exec producers behind the low-budgeted "Ringmaster" are thinking. The problem is, their fictionalized account of the events leading up to an appearance on Springer's show, a k a "Lifestyles of the Poor and Trashy," plays like one of Jerry's "Too Hot for TV" videos, with the added bonus of bad writing and direction.
But will the guarantee of a bleep-free 90 minutes, complete with a generous flashing of breasts (including Jerry's), plus cheesy, simulated sex acts be enough to lure viewers out of the comfort of their trailer park? Artisan Entertainment, in a bid to break out of its usual art house mode, clearly hopes so, but "Ringmaster"'s true destiny lies on the video racks. Or maybe Jerry will thoughtfully throw in a copy as an incentive to buy his upcoming tell-all book.
Little do Angel, Connie, Rusty and Willie know, their sordid little lives are about to become the "You Did WHAT With Your Stepdaddy?" episode on the next "Jerry Springer".
It seems Angel (Jaime Pressly), a motel chambermaid who goes the extra distance for male guests, is about to tie the knot with the slow-witted Willie (Ashley Holbrook) while also carrying on with Rusty (Michael Dudikoff), who just happens to be married to Angel's mom, Connie (Molly Hagan). When she catches the two in action, Connie decides to teach her daughter a lesson by servicing her fiance.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the park, the take-no-prisoners Starletta Wendy Raquel Robinson) catches her man Michael Jai White) getting freaky with her best friend (Tangie Ambrose). With said boyfriend having previously played the dog with her other best friend (Nicki Micheaux), the grouping is a natural for a "My Traitor Girlfriends" episode.
More than willing to air their dirty laundry for a trip to Hollywood (apparently Chicago isn't sexy enough), both parties head for the "Springer" show -- but not before doing a little interfacing, if you know what we mean.
Playing out like watered-down John Waters, the Neil Abramson-directed, Jon Bernstein-written enterprise awkwardly goes for a poor approximation of cheap, sleazy satire one minute and (inexplicably) quiet, tender introspection the next, with nothing capturing the sheer, guilty-pleasure adrenaline rush of an installment of Springer's real TV show.
The acting styles are similarly all over the place, with Hagan's I-just-wanna-be-loved competitive mom bravely striving for something more noble. She's a trailer trash Ma Joad. At least Robinson ("The Steve Harvey Show") seems to be a enjoying herself as the wrong woman to mess with.
As for Jerry's big acting debut, in which he gets to share a post-coital embrace with Rebecca Broussard and delivers an encore performance of his country song ("Dr. Talk"), here's a Final Thought: Don't quit your day job.
RINGMASTER
Artisan Entertainment
A Motion Pictures
Corporation of America production
Director: Neil Abramson
Screenwriter: Jon Bernstein
Producers: Jerry Springer, Gina Rugolo-Judd, Brad Jenkel, Steve Stabler, Gary W. Goldstein
Executive producers: Brent Baum, Don Corsini, Richard Dominick, Erwin More, Brian Medavoy, Donald Kushner, Peter Locke
Director of photography: Russell Lyster
Production designers: Dorian Vernacchio, Deborah Raymond
Editor: Suzanne Hines
Costume designer: Gail McMullen
Music supervisor: Marcus Barone
Music: Kennard Ramsey
Casting: Carmen Tetzlaff
Color/stereo
Cast:
Jerry: Jerry Springer
Angel: Jaime Pressly
Troy: William McNamara
Connie: Molly Hagan
Starletta: Wendy Raquel Robinson
Demond: Michael Jai White
Willie: Ashley Holbrook
Rusty: Michael Dudikoff
Vonda: Tangie Ambrose
Leshawnette: Nicki Micheaux
Willie: Ashley Holbrook
Running time -- 90 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
- 11/23/1998
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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