Exclusive: Marc Butan’s MadRiver Pictures has acquired La-based film and TV production outfit Adaptive Studios, we can reveal, in a deal which will see MadRiver absorb Adaptive’s existing IP library and assets.
Adaptive Studios co-founder Marc Joubert will join MadRiver, overseeing Adaptive’s existing library, with MadRiver also due to ramp up internal staffing. Adaptive’s credits to date include HBO’s Project Greenlight and Netflix pic Coin Heist.
Adaptive’s shareholders will become investors in MadRiver. Deal points were not disclosed but according to those across the transaction, the pact places an eight-figure valuation on four-year-old MadRiver. CAA Media Finance consulted on the transaction.
Adaptive last year raised $16.5M in Series B funding led by minority investors AMC Networks and Atwater Capital. The company, which was founded in 2013 by Perrin Chiles, Tj Barrack and Joubert, has specialized in un-produced screenplays, which it has acquired and often published in book form,...
Adaptive Studios co-founder Marc Joubert will join MadRiver, overseeing Adaptive’s existing library, with MadRiver also due to ramp up internal staffing. Adaptive’s credits to date include HBO’s Project Greenlight and Netflix pic Coin Heist.
Adaptive’s shareholders will become investors in MadRiver. Deal points were not disclosed but according to those across the transaction, the pact places an eight-figure valuation on four-year-old MadRiver. CAA Media Finance consulted on the transaction.
Adaptive last year raised $16.5M in Series B funding led by minority investors AMC Networks and Atwater Capital. The company, which was founded in 2013 by Perrin Chiles, Tj Barrack and Joubert, has specialized in un-produced screenplays, which it has acquired and often published in book form,...
- 5/14/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
CollegeHumor, Big Breakfast and Adaptive Studios have teamed on Downbeat, a six-episode mid-form mockumentary digital series that will premiere on CollegeHumor YouTube channels beginning March 24. A new episode will launch each Sunday.
Conceived and created by Graham Wallace & Luke Kelly-Clyne, the series is described as an experiment in the world of character studies — a series where each episode follows the life of one compelling, down on their luck musician. Each episode will capture a slice of life for a different well-intentioned, yet misguided, individual – or group of individuals – hoping to find success and respect in the music business. From a thirty-five-year-old cruise ship diva who hoped for something more, to a tech whiz who’s created a truly awful personalized music app, to a pretentious children’s singer-songwriter frustrated that audiences “miss” the depth behind her seemingly simple lyrics,...
Conceived and created by Graham Wallace & Luke Kelly-Clyne, the series is described as an experiment in the world of character studies — a series where each episode follows the life of one compelling, down on their luck musician. Each episode will capture a slice of life for a different well-intentioned, yet misguided, individual – or group of individuals – hoping to find success and respect in the music business. From a thirty-five-year-old cruise ship diva who hoped for something more, to a tech whiz who’s created a truly awful personalized music app, to a pretentious children’s singer-songwriter frustrated that audiences “miss” the depth behind her seemingly simple lyrics,...
- 3/14/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Adaptive Studios announced today that they have purchased Zane Grey’s complete literary estate, which includes a massive catalog of intellectual property from one of the most iconic storytellers of the American West.
Founded by Perrin Chiles, Tj Barrack, and Marc Joubert, Adaptative Studios now has over 133 titles from Zane Grey under its belt. Grey is a pioneer of modern-day western storytelling, becoming one of the first millionaire authors in literary history. His foray into Hollywood began in 1916 when the rights to his best-selling novel Riders of the Purple Sage, purchased by William Fox. Adaptive Studios hopes to breathe new life into Grey’s classic western stories for modern audiences to be distributed across digital, TV, film and publishing.
Grey’s works have been adapted into over 112 feature films, primarily in the first half of the 20th century. The 1950s TV series Dick Powell’s Zane Grey Theater was...
Founded by Perrin Chiles, Tj Barrack, and Marc Joubert, Adaptative Studios now has over 133 titles from Zane Grey under its belt. Grey is a pioneer of modern-day western storytelling, becoming one of the first millionaire authors in literary history. His foray into Hollywood began in 1916 when the rights to his best-selling novel Riders of the Purple Sage, purchased by William Fox. Adaptive Studios hopes to breathe new life into Grey’s classic western stories for modern audiences to be distributed across digital, TV, film and publishing.
Grey’s works have been adapted into over 112 feature films, primarily in the first half of the 20th century. The 1950s TV series Dick Powell’s Zane Grey Theater was...
- 4/18/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Adaptive Studios, an upstart studio focused on short-form content for digital platforms, has hired HBO veteran Steve Foster as head of original content.
He will oversee all Adaptive’s original TV, film, publishing and digital content. Foster had been responsible for supporting the quality of the HBO Films’ brand by managing film projects from development through production, post-production and marketing. Adaptive made the announcement Friday.
“As Adaptive continues to iterate and innovate on the development process, it is important to integrate the insight of a seasoned traditional development executive,” said Perrin Chiles, CEO of Adaptive Studios. “Steve’s background and experience aligns with Adaptive’s goals and will assist us in accelerating development across our TV, film, publishing and digital content arms.”
While at HBO, which he joined in 2011, Foster worked on “Behind the Candelabra,” “Bessie,” “Clear History,” “Confirmation,” “Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight,” “Notes From the Field” and “Paterno.
He will oversee all Adaptive’s original TV, film, publishing and digital content. Foster had been responsible for supporting the quality of the HBO Films’ brand by managing film projects from development through production, post-production and marketing. Adaptive made the announcement Friday.
“As Adaptive continues to iterate and innovate on the development process, it is important to integrate the insight of a seasoned traditional development executive,” said Perrin Chiles, CEO of Adaptive Studios. “Steve’s background and experience aligns with Adaptive’s goals and will assist us in accelerating development across our TV, film, publishing and digital content arms.”
While at HBO, which he joined in 2011, Foster worked on “Behind the Candelabra,” “Bessie,” “Clear History,” “Confirmation,” “Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight,” “Notes From the Field” and “Paterno.
- 4/6/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Adaptive Studios announced today a $16.5 million funding round led by AMC Networks and Atwater Capital.
The production company behind HBO’s Project Greenlight and the Netflix feature Coin Heist will allocate funds for new projects for traditional and digital distribution outlets alike. To date, Adaptive -- which was founded by Marc Joubert, Perrin Chiles, and Tj Barrack (pictured above) in 2013 -- has created programming for Verizon, Miramax, FX, YouTube Red, Fox Animation, Lionsgate, and Blackpills. The studio has notably honed a unique premise whereby it taps writers to turn other studios' discarded scripts into novels, and then re-adapts those works into series and films.
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The production company behind HBO’s Project Greenlight and the Netflix feature Coin Heist will allocate funds for new projects for traditional and digital distribution outlets alike. To date, Adaptive -- which was founded by Marc Joubert, Perrin Chiles, and Tj Barrack (pictured above) in 2013 -- has created programming for Verizon, Miramax, FX, YouTube Red, Fox Animation, Lionsgate, and Blackpills. The studio has notably honed a unique premise whereby it taps writers to turn other studios' discarded scripts into novels, and then re-adapts those works into series and films.
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- 2/15/2018
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
Multi-faceted production outfit Adaptive Studios, known for projects like the revived Project Greenlight on HBO and Netflix’s original movie Coin Heist, has raised $16.5 in Series B funding led by minority investors AMC Networks and Atwater Capital. The company, which was founded in 2013 by Perrin Chiles, Tj Barrack and Marc Joubert, said it will use the influx of funds to continue developing across traditional and digital platforms. Adaptive has pursued a novel strategy…...
- 2/15/2018
- Deadline
Multi-faceted production outfit Adaptive Studios, known for projects like the revived Project Greenlight on HBO and Netflix’s original movie Coin Heist, has raised $16.5 in Series B funding led by minority investors AMC Networks and Atwater Capital. The company, which was founded in 2013 by Perrin Chiles, Tj Barrack and Marc Joubert, said it will use the influx of funds to continue developing across traditional and digital platforms. Adaptive has pursued a novel strategy…...
- 2/15/2018
- Deadline TV
Plus: FilmBuff picks up Us rights to ‘We The People’; Ron Perlman and Christopher Plummer join ‘Howard Lovecraft’; and more…
Frank Marshall will receive CinemaCon’s special International Filmmaker Of The Decade Award on April 11.
The producer has made Raiders Of The Lost Ark, The Color Purple, The Sixth Sense, Jurassic World, and many others including the likely Cannes Film Festival world premiere Bfg, as well as upcoming releases Jason Bourne, Sully, and Assassin’s Creed. CinemaCon takes place in Las Vegas from April 11-14.
FilmBuff has licensed Us rights to Tommy Reid’s documentary We the People: The Market Basket Effect, a real-time chronicle of a labour dispute involving New England-based corporation Market Basket. FilmBuff plans an April 14-19 theatrical and April 22 VOD launch.Arcana Studio and Shout! Factory have cast Ron Perlman and Christopher Plummer in the upcoming animated film Howard Lovecraft And The Frozen Kingdom. Perlman will voice the role of Shoggoth and Plummer...
Frank Marshall will receive CinemaCon’s special International Filmmaker Of The Decade Award on April 11.
The producer has made Raiders Of The Lost Ark, The Color Purple, The Sixth Sense, Jurassic World, and many others including the likely Cannes Film Festival world premiere Bfg, as well as upcoming releases Jason Bourne, Sully, and Assassin’s Creed. CinemaCon takes place in Las Vegas from April 11-14.
FilmBuff has licensed Us rights to Tommy Reid’s documentary We the People: The Market Basket Effect, a real-time chronicle of a labour dispute involving New England-based corporation Market Basket. FilmBuff plans an April 14-19 theatrical and April 22 VOD launch.Arcana Studio and Shout! Factory have cast Ron Perlman and Christopher Plummer in the upcoming animated film Howard Lovecraft And The Frozen Kingdom. Perlman will voice the role of Shoggoth and Plummer...
- 3/24/2016
- ScreenDaily
Sixteen years after they first pitched the concept, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s reality competition series The Runner finally is coming to fruition with a pickup by Verizon’s recently launched free, ad-supported video platform, go90. For the latest incarnation of the reality chase, Affleck and Damon have teamed with their partners on Project Greenlight, Adaptive Studios’ Marc Joubert and Perrin Chiles, and top unscripted producer Craig Piligian of Pilgrim Media Group, a…...
- 3/16/2016
- Deadline TV
Read More: Magnolia Pictures Promotes International Sales Team's Scott Veltri and Rob Maylor Brittany Turner has been promoted to Vice President of Digital Video for Adaptive Studios. With this new role, she will oversee the development of a variety of new digital ventures over the next year and beyond. Before she worked at Adaptive, Turner worked in digital strategy and social media management at "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" and YouTube multichannel network Marker Studios. Since joining Adaptive almost two years ago, she has overseen all of the digital contest and community initiatives for this cycle of HBO's "Project Greenlight," managing the largest online video contest ever created. "Adaptive has a multitude of exciting digital endeavors on the horizon, and Brittany’s passion and drive make her, without question, the best executive to help us usher them in," said Perrin Chiles, CEO of Adaptive Studios. "She has always brought dynamic...
- 10/27/2015
- by Sonya Saepoff
- Indiewire
Former MTV executive Van Toffler and Adaptive Studios CEO Perrin Chiles are teaming up to develop an adaptation of comedian Sara Benincasa’s upcoming book “D.C. Trip” with veteran producers Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa of Bona Fide Productions, it was announced at The Grill on Tuesday. “DC Trip” is an honest and irreverent journey of sexual confusion, bar shots, drag queens and pot cookies in the Rose Garden. The book is set for publication on Nov. 3. “It’s a combination of ‘Superbad’ and ‘Election,'” said Toffler at TheWrap’s sixth annual media leadership conference. The story follows Alicia Deats,...
- 10/7/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Producer extraordinaire Effie Brown has joined the *cast* of HBO’s “Project Greenlight” reboot, Variety is reporting exclusively. She will assume the role of producer and mentor to the winner of the filmmaking competition. The veteran producer of indie films most recently put her stamp on Justin Simien's lauded "Dear White People," which is currently doing quite well in theaters. "Effie is a fearless producer whose experience will be invaluable to a first-time director," said producer Perrin Chiles. "We are excited to work with Effie in making our winning director’s dream a reality." "I am beyond thrilled at the...
- 11/6/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Do you remember the HBO series Project Greenlight? It was one of the only reality TV shows that I really enjoyed watching because about something that I was actually passionate about. The show was launched in 2001 and was executive produced and judged by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. I'm happy to say that they are bringing it back!
The show allowed directors and screenwriters to send their work in to producers in hopes of being chosen to make a feature length movie. Producers would take the best from each category and then pair them together to work on the film production.
The series spawned three feature length movies and launched the careers of Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, who wrote The Collector and some of the Saw films. Horror director John Gulager (Feast, Piranha 3Dd) also got his start on the show. One of the films even featured a young Shia Labeouf and Amy Smart.
The show allowed directors and screenwriters to send their work in to producers in hopes of being chosen to make a feature length movie. Producers would take the best from each category and then pair them together to work on the film production.
The series spawned three feature length movies and launched the careers of Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, who wrote The Collector and some of the Saw films. Horror director John Gulager (Feast, Piranha 3Dd) also got his start on the show. One of the films even featured a young Shia Labeouf and Amy Smart.
- 5/1/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's series Project Greenlight has been revived by HBO.
The series originally aired between 2001 and 2005, and followed budding filmmakers given the chance to work on their first feature.
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HBO's revived version of Project Greenlight will follow a similar format, but update the process to include digital filmmaking and online distribution.
Project Greenlight executive producers Affleck and Damon hailed the show's legacy and its impact on independent filmmaking in a statement announcing the show's return.
"Project Greenlight was ahead of its time," Affleck commented. "Now that technology has caught up to the concept, we thought it was a perfect time to bring it back.
"A whole new generation of filmmakers has grown up sharing everything, and the next big director could be just an upload away.
The series originally aired between 2001 and 2005, and followed budding filmmakers given the chance to work on their first feature.
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck poke fun at each other in charity video
Ben Affleck, Matt Damon producing Sleeper comic book movie
HBO's revived version of Project Greenlight will follow a similar format, but update the process to include digital filmmaking and online distribution.
Project Greenlight executive producers Affleck and Damon hailed the show's legacy and its impact on independent filmmaking in a statement announcing the show's return.
"Project Greenlight was ahead of its time," Affleck commented. "Now that technology has caught up to the concept, we thought it was a perfect time to bring it back.
"A whole new generation of filmmakers has grown up sharing everything, and the next big director could be just an upload away.
- 4/30/2014
- Digital Spy
Project Greenlight, the docu- TV series chronicling the search for a first-time director, while exploring the filmmaking process, will return to HBO for a new season, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming. Executive producers of the new season include Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, who were executive producers of the previous two seasons on HBO, over a decade ago, in 2001 and 2003, as well as Adaptive Studios’ Marc Joubert, Tj Barrack, Perrin Chiles and Marshall Lewy, and Miramax’s Zanne Devine. "Project Greenlight was ahead of its time,” notes Affleck. “Now that technology has caught up to the concept, we thought it was a perfect time to bring...
- 4/30/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
HBO is giving a second life to an acclaimed show that ended far too soon. On Wednesday, the network announced plans to revive documentary series Project Greenlight, more than a decade after the program's original run. Produced by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, the series involves the search for a first-time director and chronicles the behind-the-scenes process of turning a script into a feature film.
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"Project Greenlight was ahead of its time," said Affleck in a statement. "Now that technology has caught up to the concept, we...
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"Project Greenlight was ahead of its time," said Affleck in a statement. "Now that technology has caught up to the concept, we...
- 4/30/2014
- Rollingstone.com
HBO has given the greenlight to more "Project Greenlight." The documentary series from returning executive producers Ben Affleck and Matt Damon will return for a new season, HBO Programming president Michael Lombardo today announced. "Greenlight" follows the search for a first-time film director and examines all aspects of the filmmaking process from pre-production and casting through principal photography and post-production. Affleck and Damon executive produced the previous two seasons in 2001 and 2003. However, the duo's former producing partner Chris Moore, who was prominently featured in the first two seasons, on camera and off, is not returning for the new season. A third season aired on Bravo in 2005. Adaptive Studios’ Marc Joubert, Tj Barrack, Perrin Chiles and Marshall Lewy, and Miramax’s Zanne Devine will also serve as exec producers. "'Project Greenlight' was ahead of its time," notes Affleck in a press release. "Now that technology has caught up to the concept,...
- 4/30/2014
- by Dave Lewis
- Hitfix
"Project Greenlight," the documentary series chronicling the search for a first-time director and exploring the filmmaking process, will return to HBO for a new season, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming. Executive producers of the new season include Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, who were executive producers of the previous two seasons on HBO in 2001 and 2003, as well as Adaptive Studios' Marc Joubert, Tj Barrack, Perrin Chiles and Marshall Lewy, and Miramax's Zanne Devine. The new season of "Project Greenlight" will be produced for HBO by Adaptive Studios, Affleck and Damon's Pearl Street Films, and Miramax. "'Project Greenlight' was ahead of its time," notes Affleck. "Now that technology has caught up to the...
- 4/30/2014
- Comingsoon.net
Palm Springs International Film Festival
PALM SPRINGS -- Well-deserving of its slot on the Academy Awards shortlist for best documentary, "Autism: The Musical" is a moving testament to love and hope in the face of a diagnosis that seems to be reaching epidemic proportions.
While the five remarkable young performers spotlighted in Tricia Regan's film exhibit types of behavior that are as wide-ranging as the long-impenetrable neurological disorder itself, they share a diligent support group in the form of family members and the passionate acting teacher who has found a way to tap into their inner world.
In fact, the main attraction is beside the point, as Regan is less concerned with the actual show these kids put on than with the intriguing steps taken to get them there over the course of a six-month period.
Slated to air on HBO in April, the film also merits theatrical exposure, especially if it makes the cut when Oscar nominations are announced Jan. 22.
Aside from pointing out the unsettling fact that autism was diagnosed in 1 in 10,000 children in 1980 but today affects 1 in about 150 American children, the film dispenses with statistics and factoids in favor of a more intimate approach.
First we meet Elaine Hall, a former TV drama coach who redirected her professional energies after her son, Neal, was diagnosed with a severe form of autism.
Upon discovering that bringing in creative people -- such as actors, writers and musicians -- to engage her son proved more successful than traditional therapies, Hall developed the Miracle Project, a musical theater program catering to both special-needs and developmentally on-track kids.
Joining now-12-year-old Neal in that first category are four other fascinating children, including 14-year-old Lexi, who looks like a typical teen and sings like a Broadway baby; sensitive, articulate-beyond-his-years Wyatt; resident dinosaur expert Henry, who turns out to be Stephen Stills' son; and 9-year-old cello virtuoso Adam.
Watching Coach E. unlock some of those doors and windows into the kids' closely guarded inner lives is as absorbing as hearing their parents' fears and frustrations is heartbreaking.
And as is Regan's and Hall's intention, that journey to opening night ultimately proves more rewarding than whatever transpires after the curtain comes up.
AUTISM: THE MUSICAL
HBO Documentary Films
Bunim/Murray Prods. in association with In Effect Films
Credits:
Director/director of photography: Tricia Regan
Producers: Tricia Regan, Perrin Chiles, Sasha Alpert
Executive producers: Jonathan Murray, Joey Carson, Janet Grillo, David S. Glynn, Kristen Stills
Music: Mike Semple
Editor: Kim Roberts
Running time -- 94 minutes
No MPAA rating...
PALM SPRINGS -- Well-deserving of its slot on the Academy Awards shortlist for best documentary, "Autism: The Musical" is a moving testament to love and hope in the face of a diagnosis that seems to be reaching epidemic proportions.
While the five remarkable young performers spotlighted in Tricia Regan's film exhibit types of behavior that are as wide-ranging as the long-impenetrable neurological disorder itself, they share a diligent support group in the form of family members and the passionate acting teacher who has found a way to tap into their inner world.
In fact, the main attraction is beside the point, as Regan is less concerned with the actual show these kids put on than with the intriguing steps taken to get them there over the course of a six-month period.
Slated to air on HBO in April, the film also merits theatrical exposure, especially if it makes the cut when Oscar nominations are announced Jan. 22.
Aside from pointing out the unsettling fact that autism was diagnosed in 1 in 10,000 children in 1980 but today affects 1 in about 150 American children, the film dispenses with statistics and factoids in favor of a more intimate approach.
First we meet Elaine Hall, a former TV drama coach who redirected her professional energies after her son, Neal, was diagnosed with a severe form of autism.
Upon discovering that bringing in creative people -- such as actors, writers and musicians -- to engage her son proved more successful than traditional therapies, Hall developed the Miracle Project, a musical theater program catering to both special-needs and developmentally on-track kids.
Joining now-12-year-old Neal in that first category are four other fascinating children, including 14-year-old Lexi, who looks like a typical teen and sings like a Broadway baby; sensitive, articulate-beyond-his-years Wyatt; resident dinosaur expert Henry, who turns out to be Stephen Stills' son; and 9-year-old cello virtuoso Adam.
Watching Coach E. unlock some of those doors and windows into the kids' closely guarded inner lives is as absorbing as hearing their parents' fears and frustrations is heartbreaking.
And as is Regan's and Hall's intention, that journey to opening night ultimately proves more rewarding than whatever transpires after the curtain comes up.
AUTISM: THE MUSICAL
HBO Documentary Films
Bunim/Murray Prods. in association with In Effect Films
Credits:
Director/director of photography: Tricia Regan
Producers: Tricia Regan, Perrin Chiles, Sasha Alpert
Executive producers: Jonathan Murray, Joey Carson, Janet Grillo, David S. Glynn, Kristen Stills
Music: Mike Semple
Editor: Kim Roberts
Running time -- 94 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 1/11/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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