Former Paramount Television Studios executive Jenna Santoianni has joined MRC as President of Television. She will replace Elise Henderson who is leaving the company after a four-year stint. The personnel change comes on the heels of Scott Tenley’s elevation to CEO as part of a new executive structure the studio announced last week, with co-founders Modi Wiczyk and Asif Satchu assuming the new roles of Chairmen. (Jonathan Golfman and Brye Adler continue as co-Presidents of Film and Amit Dey as Head of Non-Fiction.)
This marks the first executive move by Tenley and comes amid a major TV ramp-up at the indie studio over the past few years under Henderson with such series as Peacock’s breakout hit Poker Face, Hulu’s The Great, Prime Video’s The Terminal List and a recently greenlit prequel, Apple TV+’s The Shrink Next Door, Shining Girls and Hello Tomorrow!. The company also...
This marks the first executive move by Tenley and comes amid a major TV ramp-up at the indie studio over the past few years under Henderson with such series as Peacock’s breakout hit Poker Face, Hulu’s The Great, Prime Video’s The Terminal List and a recently greenlit prequel, Apple TV+’s The Shrink Next Door, Shining Girls and Hello Tomorrow!. The company also...
- 3/7/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Olivia Colman will star in “Empire of Light,” the next film from director Sam Mendes that is set at Searchlight Pictures.
Mendes will direct “Empire of Light” as his follow-up to the Best Picture-nominated “1917.” Mendes also wrote the film; it marks the first time he’s penned a screenplay solo. “Empire of Light” is a love story set in and around a beautiful old cinema on the South Coast of England in the 1980s.
Mendes will also produce “Empire of Light” with Pippa Harris through his Neal Street Productions, ad Searchlight is aiming for a release in fall 2022.
Mendes will also reunite on the film with cinematographer Roger Deakins, who won his second Oscar on the continuous, unedited look of Mendes’ war film “1917.”
“I have long been an admirer of Searchlight and the dynamic way they have produced and released some of my favorite theatrical releases of recent years,...
Mendes will direct “Empire of Light” as his follow-up to the Best Picture-nominated “1917.” Mendes also wrote the film; it marks the first time he’s penned a screenplay solo. “Empire of Light” is a love story set in and around a beautiful old cinema on the South Coast of England in the 1980s.
Mendes will also produce “Empire of Light” with Pippa Harris through his Neal Street Productions, ad Searchlight is aiming for a release in fall 2022.
Mendes will also reunite on the film with cinematographer Roger Deakins, who won his second Oscar on the continuous, unedited look of Mendes’ war film “1917.”
“I have long been an admirer of Searchlight and the dynamic way they have produced and released some of my favorite theatrical releases of recent years,...
- 4/6/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
After wowing early audiences with its technical mastery and a career-making performance from George MacKay, Sam Mendes’ one-shot-illusion, World War I drama entered the awards season fray a touch on the late side. Hitting theaters just last week, the film was thrust into a crowded field that included films like “The Irishman,” “Joker,” and “Marriage Story,” which already had weeks (and even months) of screening and stumping time under their belts.
No matter, however, because Mendes’ latest has emerged victorious in arguably the Golden Globes’ most vaunted category: Best Motion Picture, Drama. The film beat out a trio of Netflix entries for the big win, including Martin Scorsese’s latest mob epic “The Irishman,” Noah Baumbach’s two-hander divorce drama “Marriage Story,” and the well-regarded “The Two Popes.” The film’s win also dashed the hopes of Todd Phillips’ super-villain drama “Joker,” which has continued to pick up steam in...
No matter, however, because Mendes’ latest has emerged victorious in arguably the Golden Globes’ most vaunted category: Best Motion Picture, Drama. The film beat out a trio of Netflix entries for the big win, including Martin Scorsese’s latest mob epic “The Irishman,” Noah Baumbach’s two-hander divorce drama “Marriage Story,” and the well-regarded “The Two Popes.” The film’s win also dashed the hopes of Todd Phillips’ super-villain drama “Joker,” which has continued to pick up steam in...
- 1/6/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
“1917” is audacious cinema executed by masters at the top of their craft, and led by two young British actors who will go far: Dean-Charles Chapman and George MacKay. “We finished this movie a week ago today,” Sam Mendes told a packed Sunday Academy and guild screening in Los Angeles. The weary director had jetted with his UK team from London to New York for a series of Saturday screenings which ignited the first tweet reactions, followed by Sunday’s equally enthusiastic Los Angeles round.
Mendes dedicates the film to his grandfather Alfred, who served in World War I, and did not speak about it for 50 years, until he shared stories with his grandchildren. One was about a man carrying a message, which formed the germ of Mendes’ first screenplay. He wrote that with Krysty Wilson-Cairns (“Penny Dreadful”) at the behest of his long-time CAA agent Beth Swofford, who told him...
Mendes dedicates the film to his grandfather Alfred, who served in World War I, and did not speak about it for 50 years, until he shared stories with his grandchildren. One was about a man carrying a message, which formed the germ of Mendes’ first screenplay. He wrote that with Krysty Wilson-Cairns (“Penny Dreadful”) at the behest of his long-time CAA agent Beth Swofford, who told him...
- 11/25/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
“1917” is audacious cinema executed by masters at the top of their craft, and led by two young British actors who will go far: Dean-Charles Chapman and George MacKay. “We finished this movie a week ago today,” director Sam Mendes told a packed Sunday Academy and guild screening in Los Angeles. The weary director had jetted with his UK team from London to New York for a series of Saturday screenings which ignited the first tweet reactions, followed by Sunday’s equally enthusiastic Los Angeles round.
Mendes dedicates the film to his grandfather Alfred, who served in World War I, and did not speak about it for 50 years, until he shared stories with his grandchildren. One was about a man carrying a message, which formed the germ of Mendes’ first screenplay. He wrote that with Krysty Wilson-Cairns (“Penny Dreadful”) at the behest of his long-time CAA agent Beth Swofford, who told...
Mendes dedicates the film to his grandfather Alfred, who served in World War I, and did not speak about it for 50 years, until he shared stories with his grandchildren. One was about a man carrying a message, which formed the germ of Mendes’ first screenplay. He wrote that with Krysty Wilson-Cairns (“Penny Dreadful”) at the behest of his long-time CAA agent Beth Swofford, who told...
- 11/25/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Though it started as a very insider thing, The Black List has recently become more popular and mainstream. For those who may not know, it's an annual list of the year's best unproduced screenplays as voted on by about 300 Hollywood development executives and high-level assistants. We recently posted the 2010 list [1] and looking back at some previous years (2007 [2], 2008 [3], 2009 [4]), films such as Recount, The Beaver and The Social Network all sat near the top of the list. Skim over any of them and you'll see names of films that are out, are coming out and more. It's a big deal. This year, a new Black List of sorts has come out. Dubbed Viewfinder, it's supposed to do for directors what The Black List did for screenwriters. Viewfinder is a compilation of "the top commercials, shorts and/or music videos of 2010." Several of the directors on the list already have deals or are in production on films.
- 12/17/2010
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
What is the international watch list you ask? In their own words it's "an unofficial list of the American film industry's favorite foreign feature and short films from the past year." which is compiled from over fifty Us film executives and their assistants who vote for five foreign features and shorts. Why are we sharing this with you? Well first off to show that there are some people in Hollywood who actually have some good taste in film (shocking, I know) and the other is that we've actually covered many of the films and shorts on this list, and in fact were the first news site (at least among the larger English film community) to bring you news of the top short film with 10 votes, Afterville, and two of the features on the list, Before the Fall and The Square. Not surprisingly, Let the right one in is the top...
- 12/22/2008
- QuietEarth.us
Hugh Grant, Howard Stringer, Peter Weir and Angela Lansbury were the toast of the town Saturday night as the quartet was feted by BAFTA/LA at the organization's 12th annual Britannia Awards. The industry's top executives and a crowd of celebrities turned out for the event, which was held at the Century Plaza Hotel. Showing up to praise the Britannia honorees were Sony's Amy Pascal and Jeff Blake, Revolution Studios' Joe Roth, 20th Century Fox's Tom Rothman, MGM's Chris McGurk, producer Laura Ziskin, CAA's Richard Lovett and Beth Swofford along with Sandra Bullock, Russell Crowe, Robin Williams, Michael York, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Bettany, Rachel Weisz, Robert Wagner and event host Alan Cumming. The first award of the evening -- the 1st John Schlesinger Britannia Award for Excellence in Artistic Achievement -- was given to Weir. In accepting, Weir thanked the late Schlesinger, whom he credited with pushing along his dreams of being a filmmaker. He said he met the director only once, at a swimming pool in Los Angeles, but he was too shocked to introduce himself. "I wanted to say something and thank him for what he's given me over the years," Weir recalled, but instead, all he could muster up was, " 'Don't you find American swimming pools to be somewhat overheated.' Then we went our separate ways, but I followed his films and tonight I get a chance to thank you, John, for all the gifts you have given me over the years."...
- 11/9/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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