Exclusive: Hillman Grad announces its new class for the 2023 Mentorship Lab.
Organized by three distinct tracks, this year’s emerging creatives include Aj Dinsmore, Dralla Aierken, Dylan Correa, Jair Majid Kornegay, MenuEtte Silver, Naki Franklin, and Omar Nava for the writing track; Elle Yun, Janis Peebles Valdez, Jason Armani Martinez, Josca Moore, Mark Antony Howard, Priscilla Walker, Shawn Roundtree Jr., and Simran Jehani for the acting track; and Christine Murrain, Jason Young, Reese Dizon, Sharon Xiang, and Victoria Garabedian for the executive track.
Mentorship Lab instructors Carolyn Michelle Smith (co-Director of Acting Track), Behzad Dabu (co-Director of Acting Track), and Michael Svoboda (Director of Writing Track) said, “The Hillman Grad Mentorship Lab is different because we believe that community comes first. Yes, we strive to help our mentees hone their craft and expose them to people in the industry, but at the end of the day it’s the people...
Organized by three distinct tracks, this year’s emerging creatives include Aj Dinsmore, Dralla Aierken, Dylan Correa, Jair Majid Kornegay, MenuEtte Silver, Naki Franklin, and Omar Nava for the writing track; Elle Yun, Janis Peebles Valdez, Jason Armani Martinez, Josca Moore, Mark Antony Howard, Priscilla Walker, Shawn Roundtree Jr., and Simran Jehani for the acting track; and Christine Murrain, Jason Young, Reese Dizon, Sharon Xiang, and Victoria Garabedian for the executive track.
Mentorship Lab instructors Carolyn Michelle Smith (co-Director of Acting Track), Behzad Dabu (co-Director of Acting Track), and Michael Svoboda (Director of Writing Track) said, “The Hillman Grad Mentorship Lab is different because we believe that community comes first. Yes, we strive to help our mentees hone their craft and expose them to people in the industry, but at the end of the day it’s the people...
- 3/24/2023
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Jennifer Yuh Nelson, a seasoned and bankable director in animation thanks to her work on the billion-dollar-grossing “Kung Fu Panda” franchise, has taken on her first live-action film with “The Darkest Minds,” to be released by Fox on Aug. 3. Adapted from the best-selling book by Alexandra Bracken, the first in a Ya trilogy, the film stars Amandla Stenberg in the lead as Ruby, alongside Harris Dickinson (“Beach Rats”), Miya Cech (“American Horror Story”) and Skylan Brooks (“Southpaw”).
The film, which also stars Mandy Moore and Bradley Whitford, revolves around a group of teens who mysteriously develop powerful abilities, and are declared a threat by the government and detained. It’s essentially a genre mash-up — a road movie with some sci-fi elements and lots of kinetic action.
“Jen is a badass who wants to make big, action-packed, event movies, but her artistic side always shines through,” says Jason Young, senior vice president of production at Fox.
The film, which also stars Mandy Moore and Bradley Whitford, revolves around a group of teens who mysteriously develop powerful abilities, and are declared a threat by the government and detained. It’s essentially a genre mash-up — a road movie with some sci-fi elements and lots of kinetic action.
“Jen is a badass who wants to make big, action-packed, event movies, but her artistic side always shines through,” says Jason Young, senior vice president of production at Fox.
- 7/26/2018
- by Carole Horst
- Variety Film + TV
Michael B. Jordan and director Jennifer Yuh Nelson are circling A Bittersweet Life, a remake of a 2005 Korean film.
The project is an action-thriller that follows a mobster who is ordered by his boss to kill one of his mistresses, but the man grows close to the woman and finds himself conflicted. Lee Byung-hun starred in the original film.
The Fox project will be produced by 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy, Dan Levine and Dan Cohen in conjunction with Cj Entertainment. Jason Young will oversee the project for Fox.
Nelson is known for her work in animation, having directed Kung...
The project is an action-thriller that follows a mobster who is ordered by his boss to kill one of his mistresses, but the man grows close to the woman and finds himself conflicted. Lee Byung-hun starred in the original film.
The Fox project will be produced by 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy, Dan Levine and Dan Cohen in conjunction with Cj Entertainment. Jason Young will oversee the project for Fox.
Nelson is known for her work in animation, having directed Kung...
- 8/17/2017
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dylan O’Brien has signed on to star in “Little White Corvette,” a brother-sister action-comedy that was developed as a starring vehicle for Emma Stone, TheWrap has learned. The long-gestating project, which has bounced around from MRC to Columbia Pictures, just landed at 20th Century Fox, the studio behind O’Brien’s popular “Maze Runner” series. Iain Morris (“The Inbetweeners”) is in talks to direct from a script by Michael Diliberti. Graham King will produce under his Gk Films banner, while 20th Century Fox executives Emma Watts and Jason Young will oversee the project on behalf of the studio. Also Read: 'Maze Runner: The Scorch.
- 12/18/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Luke Greenfield, who wrote, produced and directed the Fox sleeper Let’s Be Cops, is back in business with the studio for his next film. He’s made a deal to direct and produce an untitled suspense thriller that, like his recent outing, depicts normal people using a loophole to empower themselves to live different lives. Here, a group of twentysomethings have diplomatic immunity because their parents are government officials. Since they literally cannot get arrested, the group uses this get-out-of-jail-free card to live an adrenaline-filled lifestyle filled with illegal stunts to satisfy their lust for life. But when the group gets trapped in real-world espionage, they are forced to risk their lives to save their diplomat parents, with the possibility they could be convicted of treason.
Greenfield teamed up with Peter Chernin’s company as producing partners with David Ready & Jenno Topping. Greenfield will not be writing this...
Greenfield teamed up with Peter Chernin’s company as producing partners with David Ready & Jenno Topping. Greenfield will not be writing this...
- 9/17/2014
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline
Although they won't know until September 19th of next year what kind of reception their The Maze Runner adaptation will receive, 20th Century Fox has exercised the option to buy The Scorch Trials, the second book in the four-novel series written by James Dashner.
Per Deadline, T.S. Nowlin will adapt the story under the supervision of Wes Ball, who directs The Maze Runner.
In The Maze Runner a group of youngsters find themselves in "The Glades" and have to find their way through a seemingly impenetrable maze. In The Scorch Trials the main kids have escaped but now face an even more treacherous challenge on the open roads of a devastated planet.
The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Lee Stollman are producing The Scorch Trials along with Joe Hartwick, Jr., and Temple Hill’s Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen. Emma Watts and Jason Young are overseeing.
Book Synopsis:
Solving...
Per Deadline, T.S. Nowlin will adapt the story under the supervision of Wes Ball, who directs The Maze Runner.
In The Maze Runner a group of youngsters find themselves in "The Glades" and have to find their way through a seemingly impenetrable maze. In The Scorch Trials the main kids have escaped but now face an even more treacherous challenge on the open roads of a devastated planet.
The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Lee Stollman are producing The Scorch Trials along with Joe Hartwick, Jr., and Temple Hill’s Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen. Emma Watts and Jason Young are overseeing.
Book Synopsis:
Solving...
- 10/10/2013
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
The Invisible Woman will close the Halifax-based festival.
Over 180 films are to feature at the 33rd annual Atlantic Film Festival (Aff), running September 12-19, in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Joining the Festival’s Gala program is the Atlantic Gala, Gia Milani’s All the Wrong Reasons, a locally produced drama in which four troubled young adults deal with post-traumatic experiences.
The Invisible Woman [pictured] has been unveiled as the festival’s Closing Gala presentation. Directed by and starring Ralph Fiennes, The Invisible Woman tells the story of a secret love affair between Charles Dickens and Nelly Ternan.
The 2013 Rogers Special Presentations will feature ten of the newest and most anticipated films of year. Newly announced additions include civil war drama Copperhead; Jason Priestly’s directorial feature debut Cas & Dylan; and Jonathan Sobol’s heist film, The Art of the Steal, starring Kurt Russell and Jay Baruchel.
Also selected are Joseph Gordon Levitt’s Don Jon; Parkland, which looks at...
Over 180 films are to feature at the 33rd annual Atlantic Film Festival (Aff), running September 12-19, in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Joining the Festival’s Gala program is the Atlantic Gala, Gia Milani’s All the Wrong Reasons, a locally produced drama in which four troubled young adults deal with post-traumatic experiences.
The Invisible Woman [pictured] has been unveiled as the festival’s Closing Gala presentation. Directed by and starring Ralph Fiennes, The Invisible Woman tells the story of a secret love affair between Charles Dickens and Nelly Ternan.
The 2013 Rogers Special Presentations will feature ten of the newest and most anticipated films of year. Newly announced additions include civil war drama Copperhead; Jason Priestly’s directorial feature debut Cas & Dylan; and Jonathan Sobol’s heist film, The Art of the Steal, starring Kurt Russell and Jay Baruchel.
Also selected are Joseph Gordon Levitt’s Don Jon; Parkland, which looks at...
- 8/20/2013
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Fox has made a pre-emptive pitch deal for Breaker, an original sci-fi idea by VFX wiz and commercials director Trevor Cawood. Fox-based Hutch Parker Entertainment is producing. Matt Cook, whose scripts By Way Of Helena and 999 made the Black List, will write the script. The scribe and Parker previously teamed for an untitled heist project at the studio. Dan Wilson is running point for Hutch Parker Ent, and Jason Young is the Fox exec. Parker just produced The Wolverine and is working on X-Men: Days Of Future Past. Cook and Cawood are both repped at Wme and Anonymous Content.
- 8/12/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Exclusive: 20th Century Fox and Hutch Parker Entertainment have acquired an untitled heist film from screenwriter Matt Cook, whose percolating scripts include Triple Nine and By Way Of Helena. It’s the second project between the script and Parker, who is developing at FX an original prison-set drama called Keepers. Parker, who came back to the Fox lot as producer after leaving New Regency, just produced Wolverine and recently joined the producing roster for X-Men: Days Of Future Past, which Bryan Singer is directing for the studio shortly. Parker exec Dan Wilson is spearheading the heist project along with Fox exec Jason Young. Cook is repped by Wme and Anonymous Content.
- 3/21/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Fox has picked up an untitled action spec from scribe Robert Lynn. John Davis is attached to produce via his Fox-based Davis Entertainment banner. The logline is being (frustratingly) kept under wraps. Ira Napoliello will oversee the project for Davis Entertainment. Jason Young will oversee the project for Fox. Davis produced Chronicle, the surprise hit released earlier this year that proved to be trampolines for actor Dane DeHaan and director Josh Trank. Other recent credits include Mr. Popper's Penguins and Gulliver's Travels. Lynn last year wrote The Envoy, which was acquired by Warner Bros. with Silver Pictures producing. That
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- 12/6/2012
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Energy Australia has released a campaign to show how people can be more energy efficient by using its services.
The campaign, created by Leo Burnett Sydney, follows the rebrand of Energy Australia from TRUenergy in August.
The campaign is running across TV, online, print, outdoor and in cinemas.
It is the second campaign for the rebranded client by Burnett, which also created Energy Australia’s new logo and brand identity.
Credits for Fridge and Treadmill
Client: EnergyAustralia
Agency: Leo Burnett, Sydney
Andy Dilallo, Chief Creative Officer
Iggy Rodriguez, Creative Group Head/Writer
Justin Carew, Creative Group Head/Art Director
Jason Young, Designer
Tc Miles, Strategy Director
Margot Fitzpatrick, Executive Producer Broadcast
Wendy Gilles, TV Producer
Paul Everson, Group Business Director
Libby Weston-Webb, Senior Business Director
Neil Duncan, Snr Business Manager
Harold Einstein, Director
Station Film, Production Company
Production Producer, Eric Liney
Production Facilitation, Curious Film
The Mill NYC, Post
Simon Lister,...
The campaign, created by Leo Burnett Sydney, follows the rebrand of Energy Australia from TRUenergy in August.
The campaign is running across TV, online, print, outdoor and in cinemas.
It is the second campaign for the rebranded client by Burnett, which also created Energy Australia’s new logo and brand identity.
Credits for Fridge and Treadmill
Client: EnergyAustralia
Agency: Leo Burnett, Sydney
Andy Dilallo, Chief Creative Officer
Iggy Rodriguez, Creative Group Head/Writer
Justin Carew, Creative Group Head/Art Director
Jason Young, Designer
Tc Miles, Strategy Director
Margot Fitzpatrick, Executive Producer Broadcast
Wendy Gilles, TV Producer
Paul Everson, Group Business Director
Libby Weston-Webb, Senior Business Director
Neil Duncan, Snr Business Manager
Harold Einstein, Director
Station Film, Production Company
Production Producer, Eric Liney
Production Facilitation, Curious Film
The Mill NYC, Post
Simon Lister,...
- 10/29/2012
- by Robin Hicks
- Encore Magazine
EnergyAustralia has created a new brand campaign to promote the integrated brand following the merger between TRUenergy and EnergyAustralia in 2011.
The campaign features a series of tongue in cheek TV ads in which representatives of the utility try to discover how consumers are using electricity.
The campaign will run across TV, online, in press, outdoor and in cinemas. The electricity and gas company has a new logo and brand identity created by Leo Burnett and is a very different look and feel to the previous work created by the agency for the brand’s Olympic swim team sponsorship.
Credits:
Client: Energy Australia
Creative agency: Leo Burnett Sydney
Andy Dilallo, Chief Creative Officer
Iggy Rodriguez, Creative Group Head
Justin Carew, Creative Group Head
Jason Young, Designer
Tc Miles, Strategy Director
Margot Fitzpatrick, Executive Producer Broadcast
Wendy Gilles, TV Producer
Paul Everson, Group Business Director
Libby Weston-Webb, Senior Business Director
Neil Duncan,...
The campaign features a series of tongue in cheek TV ads in which representatives of the utility try to discover how consumers are using electricity.
The campaign will run across TV, online, in press, outdoor and in cinemas. The electricity and gas company has a new logo and brand identity created by Leo Burnett and is a very different look and feel to the previous work created by the agency for the brand’s Olympic swim team sponsorship.
Credits:
Client: Energy Australia
Creative agency: Leo Burnett Sydney
Andy Dilallo, Chief Creative Officer
Iggy Rodriguez, Creative Group Head
Justin Carew, Creative Group Head
Jason Young, Designer
Tc Miles, Strategy Director
Margot Fitzpatrick, Executive Producer Broadcast
Wendy Gilles, TV Producer
Paul Everson, Group Business Director
Libby Weston-Webb, Senior Business Director
Neil Duncan,...
- 8/27/2012
- by Cathie McGinn
- Encore Magazine
20th Century Fox is beefing up its creative executive ranks, hiring Kira Goldberg and Jason Young. Goldberg will be a senior vice president; Young's title will be vice president. Goldberg comes to the studio from DreamWorks, where she oversaw projects including She's Out of My League, starring Jay Baruchel, and The Zebra Murders: A Season of Killing, Racial Madness and Civil Rights. Young arrives from production shingle Ninjas Runnin' Wild Productions. The duo will report directly to Fox president of production Emma Watts. They'll essentially fill the vacancies left with the departure of creative executives Steven Puri, John Fox and
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- 4/30/2012
- by Matthew Belloni
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The rights to Die In A Gunfight are in the process of being acquired by Media Rights Capital. The script was written by recent Nyu grads Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari.
Zac Efron is attached to star as a fight-prone and death-obsessed young society man who pursues a romance with the daughter of his father's enemy.
Mark Gordon and Jennifer Todd will produce Gunfight. Efron and Jason Barrett will serve as executive producers through Efron's Ninjas Runnin' Wild banner. Allyson Seeger and Jason Young co-produce the project.
Sounds like an interesting and deeper role for Efron. If you have not seen him in Me and Orson Welles I recommend you check it out. He has a lot of skill in that role and it gives us a taste of what he is capable of in roles to come.
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- 12/9/2010
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Exclusive: Media Rights Capital is negotiating to acquire Die in a Gunfight, a script by fresh-from-nyu scribes Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari that has Zac Efron attached to play a fight-prone and death-obsessed young society man who pursues a romance with the daughter of his father's enemy. The film will be produced by Mark Gordon Co's Mark Gordon and Jennifer Todd, with Efron and Jason Barrett executive producers through Efron's Ninjas Runnin' Wild banner. Allyson Seeger and Jason Young will be co-producers. The writers are repped by Wme and Prolific while Efron's CAA and Alchemy.
- 12/8/2010
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
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