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Studio executives were having a grand old time surrounded by other moguls in Sun Valley, Idaho, as SAG-AFTRA’s national board unanimously agreed to go on strike from all Hollywood productions on Thursday. But to see how the execs carried on, it would seem the news hadn’t arrived to the resort.
Yes, studio leaders are currently living the dream at the Sun Valley Lodge for the Allen & Co. conference while their talent strikes against them and the companies they lead.
Negotiations between the Actors Guild and the AMPTP, which represents the studios, broke down late Wednesday night leaving SAG-AFTRA without an agreement on a new deal, promptly leading to a strike implemented on Thursday. For the first time in more than 60 years, SAG-AFTRA will join the WGA in the first...
Studio executives were having a grand old time surrounded by other moguls in Sun Valley, Idaho, as SAG-AFTRA’s national board unanimously agreed to go on strike from all Hollywood productions on Thursday. But to see how the execs carried on, it would seem the news hadn’t arrived to the resort.
Yes, studio leaders are currently living the dream at the Sun Valley Lodge for the Allen & Co. conference while their talent strikes against them and the companies they lead.
Negotiations between the Actors Guild and the AMPTP, which represents the studios, broke down late Wednesday night leaving SAG-AFTRA without an agreement on a new deal, promptly leading to a strike implemented on Thursday. For the first time in more than 60 years, SAG-AFTRA will join the WGA in the first...
- 7/14/2023
- by Natalie Korach
- The Wrap
Ashley Olsen and longtime boyfriend Louis Eisner have tied the knot.
According to a report from Page Six, the ceremony was so intimate and secretive that news of the nuptials is only now emerging, a week later.
Read More: Ashley Olsen Steps Out For Date Night With Boyfriend Louis Eisner: Pic!
The former “Full House” star and Eisner, an artist, were reportedly wed on Dec. 28 in what’s being described as “a hush-hush ceremony” that took place in a private home in Bel-Air.
The guest list consisted of just “a few dozen guests,” and while details about the ceremony are sparse, an “insider” told Page Six that “it went late with 50 people or so total.”
Olsen and Eisner have been dating since 2017, and have been intensely private about their relationship.
Read More: Ashley Olsen Finally Makes Red Carpet Debut With Longtime Boyfriend Louis Eisner
In fact, Page Six noted, the...
According to a report from Page Six, the ceremony was so intimate and secretive that news of the nuptials is only now emerging, a week later.
Read More: Ashley Olsen Steps Out For Date Night With Boyfriend Louis Eisner: Pic!
The former “Full House” star and Eisner, an artist, were reportedly wed on Dec. 28 in what’s being described as “a hush-hush ceremony” that took place in a private home in Bel-Air.
The guest list consisted of just “a few dozen guests,” and while details about the ceremony are sparse, an “insider” told Page Six that “it went late with 50 people or so total.”
Olsen and Eisner have been dating since 2017, and have been intensely private about their relationship.
Read More: Ashley Olsen Finally Makes Red Carpet Debut With Longtime Boyfriend Louis Eisner
In fact, Page Six noted, the...
- 1/5/2023
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
Jonah Hill and Martin Scorsese are to team up for a biopic feature of the band Grateful Dead.
Jonah Hill is on board to play the group’s frontman, Jerry Garcia, while Scorsese will direct and produce the untitled biopic. Hill will also produce through his Strong Baby banner along with his producing partner Matt Dines.
Sources have said that the band and the group’s management will be participating in the film, Apple has rights to use the group’s musical catalogue for the film.
Also in news – Mel Gibson set to direct ‘Lethal Weapon 5’
‘The People vs. O.J. Simpson’ scribes Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski will be penning the screenplay. The band’s Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann will executive produce along with their late bandmate’s daughter Trixie Garcia, Eric Eisner and Bernie Cahill.
Whether the biopic will cover the whole of...
Jonah Hill is on board to play the group’s frontman, Jerry Garcia, while Scorsese will direct and produce the untitled biopic. Hill will also produce through his Strong Baby banner along with his producing partner Matt Dines.
Sources have said that the band and the group’s management will be participating in the film, Apple has rights to use the group’s musical catalogue for the film.
Also in news – Mel Gibson set to direct ‘Lethal Weapon 5’
‘The People vs. O.J. Simpson’ scribes Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski will be penning the screenplay. The band’s Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann will executive produce along with their late bandmate’s daughter Trixie Garcia, Eric Eisner and Bernie Cahill.
Whether the biopic will cover the whole of...
- 11/19/2021
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Martin Scorsese has found his next movie for Apple: A biographical drama about the iconic rock band the Grateful Dead in which Jonah Hill will star as frontman and counterculture icon Jerry Garcia. Deadline first reported the project. The movie will reunite Scorsese and Hill, who last teamed for the director’s “The Wolf of Wall Street.” Hill earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor thanks to the movie.
According to Deadline: “Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, who have received rave reviews for penning ‘American Crime Story: Impeachment,’ are writing the script with Rick Yorn of Lbi Entertainment joining Hill and Scorsese as producers. Bernie Cahill, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Trixie Garcia and Eric Eisner will exec produce. Insiders add that with the band and the groups management participating in the film, Apple has rights to use the groups musical catalogue for the film.
According to Deadline: “Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, who have received rave reviews for penning ‘American Crime Story: Impeachment,’ are writing the script with Rick Yorn of Lbi Entertainment joining Hill and Scorsese as producers. Bernie Cahill, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Trixie Garcia and Eric Eisner will exec produce. Insiders add that with the band and the groups management participating in the film, Apple has rights to use the groups musical catalogue for the film.
- 11/18/2021
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Martin Scorsese is making a musical biopic about the Grateful Dead, with Jonah Hill set to star as the iconic rock band’s frontman Jerry Garcia.
The project reunites Scorsese and Hill, who worked together on “The Wolf of Wall Street.” In addition to directing, Scorsese will serve as a producer alongside Hill.
The still-untitled film is expected to chronicle the band’s formation in the Bay Area as the ’60s psychedelic counterculture movement started to take off. Known for popularizing the jam-band musical style, the Grateful Dead — whose devoted fans call themselves Deadheads — has remained one of the most influential music groups. Along with Garcia, founding members include Bob Weir, Ron McKernan, Phil Lesh and Bill Kreutzmann. Though Garcia died 25 years ago of a heart attack, some surviving members have continued to go on tour.
The movie is being developed at Apple, where Scorsese is currently working on his...
The project reunites Scorsese and Hill, who worked together on “The Wolf of Wall Street.” In addition to directing, Scorsese will serve as a producer alongside Hill.
The still-untitled film is expected to chronicle the band’s formation in the Bay Area as the ’60s psychedelic counterculture movement started to take off. Known for popularizing the jam-band musical style, the Grateful Dead — whose devoted fans call themselves Deadheads — has remained one of the most influential music groups. Along with Garcia, founding members include Bob Weir, Ron McKernan, Phil Lesh and Bill Kreutzmann. Though Garcia died 25 years ago of a heart attack, some surviving members have continued to go on tour.
The movie is being developed at Apple, where Scorsese is currently working on his...
- 11/18/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: After stepping up as a producer on his next film Killers of the Flower Moon, Apple has found its next Martin Scorsese project, and its subject is a band the Oscar winner knows well. Sources tell Deadline that Scorsese is on board to direct and produce a new untitled biopic on the Grateful Dead with Jonah Hill on board to play the group’s frontman, Jerry Garcia.
Hill will also produce the pic through his Strong Baby banner along with his producing partner Matt Dines.
Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, who received rave reviews for penning American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson, are writing the script with Rick Yorn of Lbi Entertainment joining Hill and Scorsese as producers. The Dead’s Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann will executive produce along with their late bandmate’s daughter Trixie Garcia, Eric Eisner and Bernie Cahill.
Hill will also produce the pic through his Strong Baby banner along with his producing partner Matt Dines.
Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, who received rave reviews for penning American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson, are writing the script with Rick Yorn of Lbi Entertainment joining Hill and Scorsese as producers. The Dead’s Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann will executive produce along with their late bandmate’s daughter Trixie Garcia, Eric Eisner and Bernie Cahill.
- 11/18/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Yes hosted the Yes 20th Anniversary Celebration on Thursday, September 23, at The Maybourne Beverly Hills, where they honored Willow Bay and Bob Iger for their decades-long support of the organization.
Christina Aguilera performs onstage during the Yes 20th Anniversary Gala
Credit/Copyright: Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Yes 20th Anniversary Gala
The Gala, which celebrated Yes’ extraordinary 20 years of changing lives through education, brought in over $5M for the organization. The special event was hosted by select Yes scholars and alumni, and was presented by The Walt Disney Company.
Mellody Hobson and David Geffen served as Co-Chairs for the Gala. The two took to the stage to introduce honorees Willow Bay and Bob Iger, and present them each with a Yes Award for their generous contributions over the years. Beyond providing invaluable resources for students, Bay and Iger have personally advocated for and supported scholars, from arranging school transportation to championing grants and charitable partnerships.
Christina Aguilera performs onstage during the Yes 20th Anniversary Gala
Credit/Copyright: Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Yes 20th Anniversary Gala
The Gala, which celebrated Yes’ extraordinary 20 years of changing lives through education, brought in over $5M for the organization. The special event was hosted by select Yes scholars and alumni, and was presented by The Walt Disney Company.
Mellody Hobson and David Geffen served as Co-Chairs for the Gala. The two took to the stage to introduce honorees Willow Bay and Bob Iger, and present them each with a Yes Award for their generous contributions over the years. Beyond providing invaluable resources for students, Bay and Iger have personally advocated for and supported scholars, from arranging school transportation to championing grants and charitable partnerships.
- 10/1/2021
- Look to the Stars
At Thursday night’s 20th anniversary celebration of Eric Eisner’s scholarship program Yes for disadvantaged and underserved youth, David Geffen made a surprise $1 million donation, as did Mellody Hobson. Christina Aguilera performed in a sparkly pink dress and former “Bachelorette” star Rachel Lindsay passed out red roses (natch!) to guests gifting $10,000 donations. The event raised more than $5 million for the organization.
Power couple Bob Iger and Willow Bay were honored for their longtime support of Yes at the event, which took place on a third-floor outdoor event space at the Maybourne, the Beverly Hills hotel formerly known as the Montage. “With all the uncertainty and all the anxiety and all of the turmoil that exists in our world today, it really is wonderful to come together and to be able to focus on something positive and celebrate an organization that has had such a meaningful and lasting impact on people’s lives,...
Power couple Bob Iger and Willow Bay were honored for their longtime support of Yes at the event, which took place on a third-floor outdoor event space at the Maybourne, the Beverly Hills hotel formerly known as the Montage. “With all the uncertainty and all the anxiety and all of the turmoil that exists in our world today, it really is wonderful to come together and to be able to focus on something positive and celebrate an organization that has had such a meaningful and lasting impact on people’s lives,...
- 9/24/2021
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
On Thursday evening, Hollywood executives and philanthropists gathered at The Maybourne in Beverly Hills to honor Bob Iger and Willow Bay in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Yes, Eric Eisner’s Young Eisner Scholars program. Cocktails flowed as the gala’s attendees — the likes of which included Iger and Bay, gala co-chairs David Geffen and Mellody Hobson, Chuck Lorre, Ashley Olsen, musical guest Christina Aguilera and actress Carey Lowell — made generous contributions to Yes throughout the night, culminating in more than $5 million in donations.
Since its inception in Lennox, California over 20 years ago, Yes has provided resources and opportunity to high-achieving students in ...
Since its inception in Lennox, California over 20 years ago, Yes has provided resources and opportunity to high-achieving students in ...
- 9/24/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
On Thursday evening, Hollywood executives and philanthropists gathered at The Maybourne in Beverly Hills to honor Bob Iger and Willow Bay in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Yes, Eric Eisner’s Young Eisner Scholars program. Cocktails flowed as the gala’s attendees — the likes of which included Iger and Bay, gala co-chairs David Geffen and Mellody Hobson, Chuck Lorre, Ashley Olsen, musical guest Christina Aguilera and actress Carey Lowell — made generous contributions to Yes throughout the night, culminating in more than $5 million in donations.
Since its inception in Lennox, California over 20 years ago, Yes has provided resources and opportunity to high-achieving students in ...
Since its inception in Lennox, California over 20 years ago, Yes has provided resources and opportunity to high-achieving students in ...
- 9/24/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Ashley Olsen is showing off her eye-catching style on a red carpet for the first time in quite a while. On Thursday, Sept. 23, the 35-year-old actress-turned-fashion mogul walked the carpet for the Yes 20th Anniversary Celebration at The Maybourne Beverly Hills. The event honored Young Eisner Scholars, a non-profit organization committed to supporting strong scholars from economically challenged neighborhoods. Yes' founder is former David Geffen Company president Eric Eisner, who is the father of Ashley's longtime boyfriend, Louis Eisner. For the big night, Ashley went with a dark ensemble, including a long black coat. The festivities included a performance from Christina...
- 9/24/2021
- E! Online
Yes will host the Yes 20th Anniversary Celebration on Thursday, September 23, 2021, at The Maybourne Beverly Hills, honoring Willow Bay and Bob Iger for their decades-long support of the organization.
Mellody Hobson and David Geffen are Co-Chairs for the Gala, which celebrates Yes’ extraordinary 20 years of changing lives through education. Presented by The Walt Disney Company, the celebration will feature a musical performance by global superstar Christina Aguilera. The evening will be hosted by select Yes scholars and alumni.
Founded by Eric Eisner, Young Eisner Scholars (“Yes”) identifies academically promising students from low-income communities. Beginning as early as elementary school and continuing through high school, college, and career placement, Yes provides long-term academic resources and holistic support necessary to make college and career success an attainable goal. Over 90% of Yes scholars are first generation college students, and 85% are from households below the national poverty level. With 100% of scholars accepted to college...
Mellody Hobson and David Geffen are Co-Chairs for the Gala, which celebrates Yes’ extraordinary 20 years of changing lives through education. Presented by The Walt Disney Company, the celebration will feature a musical performance by global superstar Christina Aguilera. The evening will be hosted by select Yes scholars and alumni.
Founded by Eric Eisner, Young Eisner Scholars (“Yes”) identifies academically promising students from low-income communities. Beginning as early as elementary school and continuing through high school, college, and career placement, Yes provides long-term academic resources and holistic support necessary to make college and career success an attainable goal. Over 90% of Yes scholars are first generation college students, and 85% are from households below the national poverty level. With 100% of scholars accepted to college...
- 9/17/2021
- Look to the Stars
Yes — Eric Eisner’s Young Eisner Scholars, an organization that supports academically promising students from low-income areas in L.A., New York, Chicago and rural Appalachian North Carolina — will honor Bob Iger and Willow Bay at its 20th-anniversary celebration.
The event, scheduled for Sept. 23, will be held at The Maybourne Beverly Hills and feature a performance by Christina Aguilera.
Iger, executive chairman of the Walt Disney Company and chairman of the board of directors, and wife Bay, dean of the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, will be feted with the Yes Award for their contributions over the years....
The event, scheduled for Sept. 23, will be held at The Maybourne Beverly Hills and feature a performance by Christina Aguilera.
Iger, executive chairman of the Walt Disney Company and chairman of the board of directors, and wife Bay, dean of the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, will be feted with the Yes Award for their contributions over the years....
In what has been one hell of an election year, Jon Stewart is cutting through all of it with his biting political comedy Irresistible starring Steve Carell, Rose Byrne and Chris Cooper. The Focus Features film was originally set to hit theaters on May 29, but like all films impacted by the pandemic, it pivoted to PVOD and drops today.
Written by Stewart, Irresistible follows a Democrat political consultant (Carell) who helps a retired Marine colonel (Cooper) run for mayor against a Republican rival (Byrne) in a small Wisconsin town. This marks a reunion of sorts for Stewart and Carell, who was a recurring correspondent on The Daily Show between 1999 and 2005. The film is also Stewart’s latest outing as a feature film director. His first pic, Rosewater, was released in 2014 and told the story of Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari who was accused and brutally interrogated by Iranian forces for being a spy.
Written by Stewart, Irresistible follows a Democrat political consultant (Carell) who helps a retired Marine colonel (Cooper) run for mayor against a Republican rival (Byrne) in a small Wisconsin town. This marks a reunion of sorts for Stewart and Carell, who was a recurring correspondent on The Daily Show between 1999 and 2005. The film is also Stewart’s latest outing as a feature film director. His first pic, Rosewater, was released in 2014 and told the story of Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari who was accused and brutally interrogated by Iranian forces for being a spy.
- 6/26/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: There is a certain generation that basks in the ’90s Blind Melon tune “No Rain” and Oscilloscope Laboratories is looking to shed light on that era via the forthcoming documentary All I Can Say. The indie film company co-founded by Beastie Boys member Adam Yauch has acquired the North American rights to the docu from the late Blind Melon frontman Shannon Hoon. Oscilloscope is set to release the film later this year.
Shot firsthand by Hoon over the course of five years up until a few hours before his sudden death at the age of 28 in 1995, All I Can Say made its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2019. Hoon used his camera as a diary and he meticulously documented facets of his life including his family, his creative process, his band’s rise to fame, and his struggle with addiction. From the birth of Hoon’s daughter to...
Shot firsthand by Hoon over the course of five years up until a few hours before his sudden death at the age of 28 in 1995, All I Can Say made its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2019. Hoon used his camera as a diary and he meticulously documented facets of his life including his family, his creative process, his band’s rise to fame, and his struggle with addiction. From the birth of Hoon’s daughter to...
- 5/5/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: 42West has hired former Rubenstein Evp Katie Schroeder as the firm’s Evp of Strategic Communications.
Simultaneously, 42West has promoted Rachel Aberly, Scott Feinstein and Annalee Paulo to Evp and Tara Fitzpatrick Portanova and Megan Zehmer to VP, all in the company’s Entertainment Marketing Division.
With Fitzpatrick Portanova and Zehmer’s promotions, they join Ashton Fontana, Jodie Magid Oriol, Todd Nickels and Jordan Van Brink as Vice Presidents in the company’s Entertainment Marketing Division.
Schroeder will report to Strategic Communications Division President Susie Arons, while the five report to Entertainment Marketing Division Presidents Susan Ciccone and Tom Piechura.
“Katie is among the most well-respected public relations professionals in the industry, and it will be incredible to bring her talents and expertise to our company. Rachel, Scott and Annalee have been part of our leadership — and a major driving force behind the ongoing success of our company — for many years,...
Simultaneously, 42West has promoted Rachel Aberly, Scott Feinstein and Annalee Paulo to Evp and Tara Fitzpatrick Portanova and Megan Zehmer to VP, all in the company’s Entertainment Marketing Division.
With Fitzpatrick Portanova and Zehmer’s promotions, they join Ashton Fontana, Jodie Magid Oriol, Todd Nickels and Jordan Van Brink as Vice Presidents in the company’s Entertainment Marketing Division.
Schroeder will report to Strategic Communications Division President Susie Arons, while the five report to Entertainment Marketing Division Presidents Susan Ciccone and Tom Piechura.
“Katie is among the most well-respected public relations professionals in the industry, and it will be incredible to bring her talents and expertise to our company. Rachel, Scott and Annalee have been part of our leadership — and a major driving force behind the ongoing success of our company — for many years,...
- 1/27/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Abramorama has set its spring release schedule with the acquisition of three documentaries in the music and mind, body, spirit space, plus the global re-release of the distrib’s 2017 doc Long Strange Trip: The Untold Story of the Grateful Dead.
Among music fare, Abramorama has taken North American rights to A Dog Called Money about British singer-songwriter Pj Harvey which will open on March 18 for a two-week run at the Film Forum in New York with additional markets to follow.
In addition Abramorama has taken North American rights and global rights management for Rob Beemer’s The Mindfulness Movement executive produced by Deepak Chopra and Jewel, and Tyler Chandler’s documentary about the opioid crisis Dosed.
Abramorama CEO Richard Abramowitz said, “These four films are all quite different, yet they have in common a fundamental humanity in pursuit of beauty, peace and justice. We feel privileged to be able...
Among music fare, Abramorama has taken North American rights to A Dog Called Money about British singer-songwriter Pj Harvey which will open on March 18 for a two-week run at the Film Forum in New York with additional markets to follow.
In addition Abramorama has taken North American rights and global rights management for Rob Beemer’s The Mindfulness Movement executive produced by Deepak Chopra and Jewel, and Tyler Chandler’s documentary about the opioid crisis Dosed.
Abramorama CEO Richard Abramowitz said, “These four films are all quite different, yet they have in common a fundamental humanity in pursuit of beauty, peace and justice. We feel privileged to be able...
- 1/27/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Live Nation Productions and Double E Entertainment have signed on as executive producers of “All I Can Say,” the documentary film featuring footage shot entirely by the late Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon.
The film’s title is taken from the opening lines of Blind Melon’s instantly recognizable 1993 smash, “No Rain.” Culled from Hoon’s archives, the footage is carefully crafted by Grammy-winning director Danny Clinch, along with co-directors Taryn Gould and Colleen Hennessy. The film follows Hoon’s career in the band as shot through his own lens, right up until a few hours before he died of a drug overdose at the age of 28.
The film “provides an inside look into his family, his creative process, his television, his band’s rise to fame, and his struggle with addiction,” according to an official release.
In the days before iPhones, Hoon was ahead of his time, Clinch recently told Variety.
The film’s title is taken from the opening lines of Blind Melon’s instantly recognizable 1993 smash, “No Rain.” Culled from Hoon’s archives, the footage is carefully crafted by Grammy-winning director Danny Clinch, along with co-directors Taryn Gould and Colleen Hennessy. The film follows Hoon’s career in the band as shot through his own lens, right up until a few hours before he died of a drug overdose at the age of 28.
The film “provides an inside look into his family, his creative process, his television, his band’s rise to fame, and his struggle with addiction,” according to an official release.
In the days before iPhones, Hoon was ahead of his time, Clinch recently told Variety.
- 11/22/2019
- by Michele Amabile Angermiller
- Variety Film + TV
All I Can Say — the long-in-the-works documentary about late Blind Melon singer Shannon Hoon — has added Double E Pictures and Live Nation Productions as executive producers on the film, which is currently on the festival circuit. It’s expected to drop in the U.S. in 2020.
Photographer and co-director Danny Clinch initially launched a Kickstarter in 2015 to finance the documentary; Clinch and Hoon were close friends, and the photographer had unfettered access and over 200 hours of footage that spanned from 1990 to Hoon’s overdose death shortly after the release of...
Photographer and co-director Danny Clinch initially launched a Kickstarter in 2015 to finance the documentary; Clinch and Hoon were close friends, and the photographer had unfettered access and over 200 hours of footage that spanned from 1990 to Hoon’s overdose death shortly after the release of...
- 11/21/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Double E Pictures founder and CEO Eric Eisner and Live Nation Productions have boarded All I Can Say, a documentary about Blind Melon singer Shannon Hoon, who died from complications due to a drug overdose in 1995 at 28 years old.
The film about the "No Rain" singer is co-directed by Danny Clinch, Taryn Gould and Colleen Hennessey and is produced by Gould, Lindha Narvaez and Samuel Gursky. Eisner, Michael Rapino, Ryan Kroft, Clinch and John Beug executive produced.
All I Can Say recounts the final five years of Hoon's life, as the lead singer of Blind Melon, until a ...
The film about the "No Rain" singer is co-directed by Danny Clinch, Taryn Gould and Colleen Hennessey and is produced by Gould, Lindha Narvaez and Samuel Gursky. Eisner, Michael Rapino, Ryan Kroft, Clinch and John Beug executive produced.
All I Can Say recounts the final five years of Hoon's life, as the lead singer of Blind Melon, until a ...
- 11/21/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Double E Pictures founder and CEO Eric Eisner and Live Nation Productions have boarded All I Can Say, a documentary about Blind Melon singer Shannon Hoon, who died from complications due to a drug overdose in 1995 at 28 years old.
The film about the "No Rain" singer is co-directed by Danny Clinch, Taryn Gould and Colleen Hennessey and is produced by Gould, Lindha Narvaez and Samuel Gursky. Eisner, Michael Rapino, Ryan Kroft, Clinch and John Beug executive produced.
All I Can Say recounts the final five years of Hoon's life, as the lead singer of Blind Melon, until a ...
The film about the "No Rain" singer is co-directed by Danny Clinch, Taryn Gould and Colleen Hennessey and is produced by Gould, Lindha Narvaez and Samuel Gursky. Eisner, Michael Rapino, Ryan Kroft, Clinch and John Beug executive produced.
All I Can Say recounts the final five years of Hoon's life, as the lead singer of Blind Melon, until a ...
- 11/21/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lionsgate Television is developing a series adaptation of B.P. Reiter’s book “The Saturday Night Knife & Gun Club” with Common set to star. The project is the first under the overall television deal Lionsgate set earlier this month with Common.
To be produced by Lionsgate and Common’s Freedom Road Productions, “The Saturday Night Knife & Gun Club” hails from Eric Eisner’s Double E Pictures. Eisner will exec produce with Allan Loeb and Andrew Farotte set to write the pilot episode.
“The Saturday Night Live Knife & Gun Club” is described as focusing on a tough, street smart ER doctor with a troubled past played by Common leads his staff against brutal conditions, dwindling resources, bureaucracy, and corporate greed in order to save lives at an inner-city hospital. No network has yet been attached to the project.
“I’m thrilled to partner with Lionsgate and Freedom Road to develop this...
To be produced by Lionsgate and Common’s Freedom Road Productions, “The Saturday Night Knife & Gun Club” hails from Eric Eisner’s Double E Pictures. Eisner will exec produce with Allan Loeb and Andrew Farotte set to write the pilot episode.
“The Saturday Night Live Knife & Gun Club” is described as focusing on a tough, street smart ER doctor with a troubled past played by Common leads his staff against brutal conditions, dwindling resources, bureaucracy, and corporate greed in order to save lives at an inner-city hospital. No network has yet been attached to the project.
“I’m thrilled to partner with Lionsgate and Freedom Road to develop this...
- 8/28/2018
- by Daniel Holloway
- Variety Film + TV
Common is hitting the ground running with his new overall deal at Lionsgate Television.
The Emmy-winning rapper is set to star in a TV series adaptation of B.P. Reiter’s “The Saturday Night Knife & Gun Club.”
No network or platform is attached to the drama yet, which centers around a tough and street smart ER doctor with a troubled past (Common) who leads his staff against brutal conditions, dwindling resources, bureaucracy and corporate greed in order to save lives at an inner-city hospital.
Common’s Freedom Road Productions and Lionsgate will collaborate with producer Eric Eisner on the TV adaptation. Eisner, founder and CEO of Double E Pictures who optioned the rights, will serve as executive producer. Allan Loeb and Andrew Farotte are penning the pilot script.
Also Read: Common Signs Overall TV Deal With Lionsgate
The Emmy-winning rapper, actor and producer signed his new pact with Lionsgate last week,...
The Emmy-winning rapper is set to star in a TV series adaptation of B.P. Reiter’s “The Saturday Night Knife & Gun Club.”
No network or platform is attached to the drama yet, which centers around a tough and street smart ER doctor with a troubled past (Common) who leads his staff against brutal conditions, dwindling resources, bureaucracy and corporate greed in order to save lives at an inner-city hospital.
Common’s Freedom Road Productions and Lionsgate will collaborate with producer Eric Eisner on the TV adaptation. Eisner, founder and CEO of Double E Pictures who optioned the rights, will serve as executive producer. Allan Loeb and Andrew Farotte are penning the pilot script.
Also Read: Common Signs Overall TV Deal With Lionsgate
The Emmy-winning rapper, actor and producer signed his new pact with Lionsgate last week,...
- 8/28/2018
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Common is getting a jump start on his Lionsgate TV deal.
The multihyphenate, days after signing the first-look pact with the studio, is set to star in a TV series based on B.P. Reiter’s The Saturday Night Knife & Gun Club.
The drama, which does not yet have a network, revolves around a tough, street-smart ER doctor with a troubled past (to be played by Common) who leads his staff against brutal conditions, dwindling resources, bureaucracy and corporate greed in order to save lives at an inner-city hospital.
The project hails from Eric Eisner (yes, Michael Eisner's son) ...
The multihyphenate, days after signing the first-look pact with the studio, is set to star in a TV series based on B.P. Reiter’s The Saturday Night Knife & Gun Club.
The drama, which does not yet have a network, revolves around a tough, street-smart ER doctor with a troubled past (to be played by Common) who leads his staff against brutal conditions, dwindling resources, bureaucracy and corporate greed in order to save lives at an inner-city hospital.
The project hails from Eric Eisner (yes, Michael Eisner's son) ...
- 8/28/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
TV academy members, check your doorsteps as Amazon’s 2018 Emmy Fyc mailer has arrived. The glossy package features three separate booklets (see photos above and below) highlighting their original programs that streamed during the 2017-18 television season. Comedy series “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and documentary series “Long Strange Trip” are showcased in their own booklets, while the the third highlights “The Dangerous Book for Boys,” “The Tick,” “Transparent,” Mozart in the Jungle,” “Grand Tour” and “Electric Dreams.”
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“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” stars Rachel Brosnahan as the titular Midge Maisel, a 1950s New York housewife, who has a midlife crisis and becomes a standup comedian. The show has already won top honors at the Golden Globes, Critics’ Choice and PGA Awards, and is considered a frontrunner for Best Comedy Series at the Emmys.
Midge’s husband Joel Maisel (Michael Zegen...
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“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” stars Rachel Brosnahan as the titular Midge Maisel, a 1950s New York housewife, who has a midlife crisis and becomes a standup comedian. The show has already won top honors at the Golden Globes, Critics’ Choice and PGA Awards, and is considered a frontrunner for Best Comedy Series at the Emmys.
Midge’s husband Joel Maisel (Michael Zegen...
- 5/10/2018
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
The process that Amir Bar-Lev and Eric Eisner went through to put together their Grateful Dead documentary, “Long Strange Trip,” was not too different than how the band operated. “It all organically came together,” says producer Eisner in our recent interview (watch the video above). Part of that can be seen in how the six-part series, currently on Amazon, was originally supposed to be 90 minutes. Bar-Lev, the film’s director, explains that during the three year editing process it became apparent that 90 minutes wouldn’t be enough time to paint the picture they wanted to. Bar-Lev adds that the story of the Dead is more than just one of the band: “It’s a collective and that includes the staff, the roadies and the fans.”
SEEAmazon launches immersive Fyc Emmy experience for ‘Mrs. Maisel,’ ‘Mozart’ and others
The series would also not have been possible without the involvement of Oscar winner Martin Scorsese.
SEEAmazon launches immersive Fyc Emmy experience for ‘Mrs. Maisel,’ ‘Mozart’ and others
The series would also not have been possible without the involvement of Oscar winner Martin Scorsese.
- 4/6/2018
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Amazon Prime Video is once again renting out the Hollywood Athletic Club for much of April to continue its Emmy “For Your Consideration” campaign. Dubbed the “Prime Experience,” the display and series of events take place from April 12 to 27. Among the events: screenings with the cast and creators of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and “Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams” for TV Academy members, as well as themed evenings open to the general public.
This is the second year that Amazon has taken over the space to create themed rooms throughout the historic building. This time, interactive, themed rooms include the world of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” where, per Amazon, “attendees will be able to travel back to 1958 New York City through the eyes of Midge Maisel. As they enter her apartment, they’ll experience a unique ‘magic mirror’ where they can interact with the show. From there, they’ll...
This is the second year that Amazon has taken over the space to create themed rooms throughout the historic building. This time, interactive, themed rooms include the world of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” where, per Amazon, “attendees will be able to travel back to 1958 New York City through the eyes of Midge Maisel. As they enter her apartment, they’ll experience a unique ‘magic mirror’ where they can interact with the show. From there, they’ll...
- 4/5/2018
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
Martin Scorsese is an executive producer on the four-hour documentary.
Amazon studios has acquired Sundance premiere Long Strange Trip, a four-hour documentary about American rock band The Grateful Dead.
Directed by Amir Bar-Lev (The Tillman Story) and executive produced by Martin Scorsese, the doc follows the band across a 30-year period as they experiment with music genres and eschew pop cliché.
The film will debut on Amazon Prime Video in the Us and UK in May as a six-part documentary, with additional territories to be announced at a later date.
Long Strange Trip was produced by Eric Eisner, Nick Koskoff and Alex Bavatnik, who also financed the project. Additional producers included Ken Dornstein and Justin Kreutzmann. Exec producers in addition to Scorsese were Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Rick Yorn, Andrew Heller, Sanford Heller, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Thomas J. Mangan IV, and Alicia Sams.
“I’ve always admired the spirit and creativity of the...
Amazon studios has acquired Sundance premiere Long Strange Trip, a four-hour documentary about American rock band The Grateful Dead.
Directed by Amir Bar-Lev (The Tillman Story) and executive produced by Martin Scorsese, the doc follows the band across a 30-year period as they experiment with music genres and eschew pop cliché.
The film will debut on Amazon Prime Video in the Us and UK in May as a six-part documentary, with additional territories to be announced at a later date.
Long Strange Trip was produced by Eric Eisner, Nick Koskoff and Alex Bavatnik, who also financed the project. Additional producers included Ken Dornstein and Justin Kreutzmann. Exec producers in addition to Scorsese were Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Rick Yorn, Andrew Heller, Sanford Heller, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Thomas J. Mangan IV, and Alicia Sams.
“I’ve always admired the spirit and creativity of the...
- 1/18/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Martin Scorsese is an executive producer on the four-hour documentary.
Amazon studios has acquired Sundance premiere Long Strange Trip, a four-hour documentary about American rock band The Grateful Dead.
Directed by Amir Bar-Lev (The Tillman Story) and executive produced by Martin Scorsese, the doc follows the band across a 30-year period as they experiment with music genres and eschew pop cliché.
The film will debut on Amazon Prime Video in the Us and UK in May as a six-part documentary, with additional territories to be announced at a later date.
Long Strange Trip was produced by Eric Eisner, Nick Koskoff and Alex Bavatnik, who also financed the project. Additional producers included Ken Dornstein and Justin Kreutzmann. Exec producers in addition to Scorsese were Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Rick Yorn, Andrew Heller, Sanford Heller, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Thomas J. Mangan IV, and Alicia Sams.
“I’ve always admired the spirit and creativity of the...
Amazon studios has acquired Sundance premiere Long Strange Trip, a four-hour documentary about American rock band The Grateful Dead.
Directed by Amir Bar-Lev (The Tillman Story) and executive produced by Martin Scorsese, the doc follows the band across a 30-year period as they experiment with music genres and eschew pop cliché.
The film will debut on Amazon Prime Video in the Us and UK in May as a six-part documentary, with additional territories to be announced at a later date.
Long Strange Trip was produced by Eric Eisner, Nick Koskoff and Alex Bavatnik, who also financed the project. Additional producers included Ken Dornstein and Justin Kreutzmann. Exec producers in addition to Scorsese were Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Rick Yorn, Andrew Heller, Sanford Heller, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Thomas J. Mangan IV, and Alicia Sams.
“I’ve always admired the spirit and creativity of the...
- 1/18/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Amazon Studios has acquired “Long Strange Trip,” the four hour documentary about the Grateful Dead playing in the Documentary Premieres section of the Sundance Film Festival. The film is directed by Amir Bar-Lev (“The Tillman Story”) and executive produced by Martin Scorsese.
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“I’ve always admired the spirit and creativity of the Grateful Dead,” Scorsese said in a statement. “They are revolutionary artists who forever changed the world of touring and recording live music. They were a cultural force—a lifestyle, that continue to influence new generations of fans. This film will entertain and educate audiences about one of the most innovative and groundbreaking American bands of the 20th century.”
Amazon will release the movie on May 26 on Amazon Prime Video in the U.S. and UK as a six-part documentary. Band members Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, and Bob Weir, as...
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“I’ve always admired the spirit and creativity of the Grateful Dead,” Scorsese said in a statement. “They are revolutionary artists who forever changed the world of touring and recording live music. They were a cultural force—a lifestyle, that continue to influence new generations of fans. This film will entertain and educate audiences about one of the most innovative and groundbreaking American bands of the 20th century.”
Amazon will release the movie on May 26 on Amazon Prime Video in the U.S. and UK as a six-part documentary. Band members Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, and Bob Weir, as...
- 1/18/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Amazon has acquired the Grateful Dead documentary “Long Strange Trip” ahead of its premiere at this month’s Sundance Film Festival. The four-hour movie is directed by Amir Bar-Lev and executive produced by Martin Scorsese. The six-part “Long Strange Trip” will debut in the U.S. and U.K. on May 26. The world premiere is right around the corner at Sundance, where band members Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann and Bob Weir — as well as Trixie Garcia — will be in attendance. The 30-year look-back is produced by Eric Eisner, Nick Koskoff and Alex Blavatnik who also financed the project. Additional producers include Ken Dornstein and Justin.
- 1/18/2017
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Guardian (UK) journalist Gary Younge’s non-fiction book "A Day in the Death of America" which deals with gun violence in America, has been optioned by Eric Eisner of Double E Pictures, with plans for a feature film that will be produced by Allegiance Theater - the producers of the upcoming George Clooney/Julia Roberts drama "Money Monster," which Jodie Foster directs. The book investigates the deaths of 10 random children by gunfire in 2013. The youngest was nine, the oldest was 19, and their individual deaths didn’t make the national news. Providing further backstory, a spokesperson for Guardian Faber (the book's publisher) shared the following:...
- 4/13/2016
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
The distributor has acquired all North American rights from Myriad Pictures to the crime drama starring Jim Sturgess and Isabel Lucas. Separately, Kino Lorber has acquired The Wanted 18 and Starz will release Every Secret Thing.
Electric Slide (pictured) premiered at Tribeca earlier in the year and tells of a broke 1980’s Los Angeles furniture store owner who embarks on a string of bank robberies with his lover.
Tristan Patterson directed from his own screenplay based on an article by Timothy Ford.
Rounding out the key cast are Chloe Sevigny, Patricia Arquette, Christopher Lambert and Vinessa Shaw.
Media House Capital and Myriad Pictures co-financed the film and Myriad handles world sales.
Myriad chief Kirk D’Amico produced with Hans Ritter and Killer Films’ Christine Vachon. Philip von Alvensleben served as executive producer alongside Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Ford, Brad Simpson, Media House Capital’s Aaron Gilbert and Pat Murray, Jacob Pechenik of Venture Forth, Eric Eisner and [link...
Electric Slide (pictured) premiered at Tribeca earlier in the year and tells of a broke 1980’s Los Angeles furniture store owner who embarks on a string of bank robberies with his lover.
Tristan Patterson directed from his own screenplay based on an article by Timothy Ford.
Rounding out the key cast are Chloe Sevigny, Patricia Arquette, Christopher Lambert and Vinessa Shaw.
Media House Capital and Myriad Pictures co-financed the film and Myriad handles world sales.
Myriad chief Kirk D’Amico produced with Hans Ritter and Killer Films’ Christine Vachon. Philip von Alvensleben served as executive producer alongside Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Ford, Brad Simpson, Media House Capital’s Aaron Gilbert and Pat Murray, Jacob Pechenik of Venture Forth, Eric Eisner and [link...
- 10/13/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Big-screen video game adaptations is the up-and-coming trend, behind comic book movies (which critics are getting sick of, but too bad! The Dark Knight Rises and The Man of Steel will keep that winch turning for a long time), and the whole “let’s remake everything from the 80′s!” thing. There are plenty of potential franchises on their way, and now we can add the Just Cause game series to the list.
THR reports that Bryan Edward Hill has been brought aboard by producers Adrian Askarieh and Eric Eisner to rewrite the existing adaptation of Square Enix’s hit series, which is currently titled Just Cause: Scorpio Rising. The plot? Something about “a black ops agent codenamed the Scorpion who enters a guerilla war to overthrow a dictator. The movie will focus on the origin of the Scorpion, aka Rico Rodriguez.” The second game in the series, Just Cause...
THR reports that Bryan Edward Hill has been brought aboard by producers Adrian Askarieh and Eric Eisner to rewrite the existing adaptation of Square Enix’s hit series, which is currently titled Just Cause: Scorpio Rising. The plot? Something about “a black ops agent codenamed the Scorpion who enters a guerilla war to overthrow a dictator. The movie will focus on the origin of the Scorpion, aka Rico Rodriguez.” The second game in the series, Just Cause...
- 12/14/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Bryan Edward Hill has been hired to pen a rewrite of "Just Cause: Scorpion Rising", the film adaptation of the hit video game series from "Tomb Raider" and "Hitman" game producers Square Enix says Heat Vision.
The games follow Rico Rodriguez, aka the Scorpion, a black ops agent who carries out deadly missions for the U.S. government which revolve around destabilising rogue nations from within and turning the bad guys against each other. The first game in the series was set on the fictional South American tropical island San Esperito, the second around the Indonesian island of Panau.
Rodriguez frequently uses both a grappling hook and retractable parachute to perform death-defying stunts that utterly defy the laws of physics. These include hijacking fighter planes in mid-air to a final boss battle that involves jumping between Icbm's in-flight.
Michael Ross ("Turistas") penned the previous draft while Adrian Askarieh and Eric Eisner will produce.
The games follow Rico Rodriguez, aka the Scorpion, a black ops agent who carries out deadly missions for the U.S. government which revolve around destabilising rogue nations from within and turning the bad guys against each other. The first game in the series was set on the fictional South American tropical island San Esperito, the second around the Indonesian island of Panau.
Rodriguez frequently uses both a grappling hook and retractable parachute to perform death-defying stunts that utterly defy the laws of physics. These include hijacking fighter planes in mid-air to a final boss battle that involves jumping between Icbm's in-flight.
Michael Ross ("Turistas") penned the previous draft while Adrian Askarieh and Eric Eisner will produce.
- 12/14/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Bryan Edward Hill has been hired to pen a rewrite of "Just Cause: Scorpion Rising", the film adaptation of the hit video game series from "Tomb Raider" and "Hitman" game producers Square Enix says Heat Vision.
The games follow Rico Rodriguez, aka the Scorpion, a black ops agent who carries out deadly missions for the U.S. government which revolve around destabilising rogue nations from within and turning the bad guys against each other. The first game in the series was set on the fictional South American tropical island San Esperito, the second around the Indonesian island of Panau.
Rodriguez frequently uses both a grappling hook and retractable parachute to perform death-defying stunts that utterly defy the laws of physics. These include hijacking fighter planes in mid-air to a final boss battle that involves jumping between Icbm's in-flight.
Michael Ross ("Turistas") penned the previous draft while Adrian Askarieh and Eric Eisner will produce.
The games follow Rico Rodriguez, aka the Scorpion, a black ops agent who carries out deadly missions for the U.S. government which revolve around destabilising rogue nations from within and turning the bad guys against each other. The first game in the series was set on the fictional South American tropical island San Esperito, the second around the Indonesian island of Panau.
Rodriguez frequently uses both a grappling hook and retractable parachute to perform death-defying stunts that utterly defy the laws of physics. These include hijacking fighter planes in mid-air to a final boss battle that involves jumping between Icbm's in-flight.
Michael Ross ("Turistas") penned the previous draft while Adrian Askarieh and Eric Eisner will produce.
- 12/14/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Square Enix’s Just Cause: Scorpion Rising video game is being adapted into a movie. THR reports that Bryan Edward Hill has been hired to write the script for the hit game, which is being produced by Adrian Askarieh and Eric Eisner. A first draft was penned by Michael Ross (Touristas).
Tomb Raider and Hitman were both designed by Square Enix. Scorpion Rising centers on “a black ops agent codenamed the Scorpion who enters a guerilla war to overthrow a dictator.” The video game sequel was released earlier this year and sold more than 3.5 million copies, and a third game is currently in development. The film is planned to focus on the origin of the Scorpion, aka Rico Rodriguez.
Hill co-wrote Broken Trinity: Pandora’s Box, a Witchblade mini-series for Top Cow. He also co-created the Image comic 7 Days From Hell, which is being made into a movie. I...
Tomb Raider and Hitman were both designed by Square Enix. Scorpion Rising centers on “a black ops agent codenamed the Scorpion who enters a guerilla war to overthrow a dictator.” The video game sequel was released earlier this year and sold more than 3.5 million copies, and a third game is currently in development. The film is planned to focus on the origin of the Scorpion, aka Rico Rodriguez.
Hill co-wrote Broken Trinity: Pandora’s Box, a Witchblade mini-series for Top Cow. He also co-created the Image comic 7 Days From Hell, which is being made into a movie. I...
- 12/14/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Bryan Edward Hill has been tapped to rewrite Just Cause: Scorpion Rising, the adaptation of the hit video game being produced by Adrian Askarieh and Eric Eisner. Just Cause hails from Square Enix, the home of the Tomb Raider and Hitman video games, and centers on a black ops agent codenamed the Scorpion who enters a guerilla war to overthrow a dictator. Just Cause 2 was released earlier this year and sold more than 3.5 million copies; a third game is now in development. The movie will focus on the origin of the Scorpion, aka Rico Rodriguez Askarieh and
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- 12/13/2011
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Square Enix sold more than 3.5 million copies of Just Cause: Scorpion Rising, the sequel to its hit Just Cause video game franchise about a black ops agent code named Scorpion starting a guerilla war and overthrowing a dictator. Square Enix recently partnered with producers Adrian Askarieh and Eric Eisner to adapt the video game for an action feature. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Just Cause project took a step closer to the big-screen when Askarieh and Eisner hired Bryan Edward Hill to adapt the video games into the first movie in a planned franchise.
- 12/13/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Square Enix sold more than 3.5 million copies of Just Cause: Scorpion Rising, the sequel to its hit Just Cause video game franchise about a black ops agent code named Scorpion starting a guerilla war and overthrowing a dictator. Square Enix recently partnered with producers Adrian Askarieh and Eric Eisner to adapt the video game for an action feature. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Just Cause project took a step closer to the big-screen when Askarieh and Eisner hired Bryan Edward Hill to adapt the video games into the first movie in a planned franchise.
- 12/13/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Square Enix sold more than 3.5 million copies of Just Cause: Scorpion Rising, the sequel to its hit Just Cause video game franchise about a black ops agent code named Scorpion starting a guerilla war and overthrowing a dictator. Square Enix recently partnered with producers Adrian Askarieh and Eric Eisner to adapt the video game for an action feature. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Just Cause project took a step closer to the big-screen when Askarieh and Eisner hired Bryan Edward Hill to adapt the video games into the first movie in a planned franchise.
- 12/13/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Warner Bros has hired Michael Ross to rewrite the futuristic Robin Hood project that has commercials director Nicolai Fuglsig attached to helm. The film is being produced by Charles Roven, Richard Suckle and Gianni Nunnari. Jason Dean Hall wrote the first draft of a drama set in dystopian London, about the band whose brazen thievery restores hope in the beleaguered population. Ross recently adapted the video game Just Cause for producers Eric Eisner and Adrian Askarieh. CAA dnd Management 360 rep both Ross and Fuglsig.
- 8/2/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
THR is reporting that the story of Rich Franklin’s remarkable rise from math teacher to mixed martial artist and Ufc champion is being made into a feature film titled American Fighter. The life rights to the story were optioned by Eric Eisner’s Double E Pictures and Motion Theory. David Hollander (The Cleaner, The Guardian) has been hired to write the script. Eisner will produce the film with Motion Theory’s Sean Sorensen.
The story will follow Franklin "a family man and high school math teacher, Franklin taught himself mixed martial arts, and quickly emerged as one of the most dominant figures in the sport." American Fighter also will chronicle the transformation of mixed martial arts into a billion-dollar industry.
Franklin made the following statement abotut the film. “I’m excited to see the story of my career as a fighter brought to the screen, and I feel confident...
The story will follow Franklin "a family man and high school math teacher, Franklin taught himself mixed martial arts, and quickly emerged as one of the most dominant figures in the sport." American Fighter also will chronicle the transformation of mixed martial arts into a billion-dollar industry.
Franklin made the following statement abotut the film. “I’m excited to see the story of my career as a fighter brought to the screen, and I feel confident...
- 7/27/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Mark Von Holden/WireImage
Looking fabulous!
Stacey Bendet totes daughter Eloise Breckenridge, 2, at alice + olivia‘s dinner celebrating the opening of their new Madison Avenue store, held Wednesday at The Lion in New York City.
“Mommy’s first night out!” the designer, 32, Tweeted.
Bendet just delivered Scarlet Haven, her second daughter with husband Eric Eisner, three weeks ago.
Related: Stacey Bendet Welcomes Daughter Scarlet Haven...
Looking fabulous!
Stacey Bendet totes daughter Eloise Breckenridge, 2, at alice + olivia‘s dinner celebrating the opening of their new Madison Avenue store, held Wednesday at The Lion in New York City.
“Mommy’s first night out!” the designer, 32, Tweeted.
Bendet just delivered Scarlet Haven, her second daughter with husband Eric Eisner, three weeks ago.
Related: Stacey Bendet Welcomes Daughter Scarlet Haven...
- 4/29/2011
- by Sarah
- People - CelebrityBabies
Jason Kempin/Getty
Another daughter to design for!
Stacey Bendet welcomed her second child, Scarlet Haven Eisner, via c-section on Friday, April 8 in New York City, the alice + olivia designer announced on Twitter.
Weighing in at 8 lbs., 9 oz., Scarlet joins big sister Eloise Breckenridge, 2, Bendet’s elder daughter with husband Eric Eisner.
“I am definitely the only maternity ward woman in hot pink Louboutin flip flops and a custom neon and black lace alice + olivia kimono robe…” Bendet, 32, noted.
– Sarah Michaud...
Another daughter to design for!
Stacey Bendet welcomed her second child, Scarlet Haven Eisner, via c-section on Friday, April 8 in New York City, the alice + olivia designer announced on Twitter.
Weighing in at 8 lbs., 9 oz., Scarlet joins big sister Eloise Breckenridge, 2, Bendet’s elder daughter with husband Eric Eisner.
“I am definitely the only maternity ward woman in hot pink Louboutin flip flops and a custom neon and black lace alice + olivia kimono robe…” Bendet, 32, noted.
– Sarah Michaud...
- 4/11/2011
- by Sarah
- People - CelebrityBabies
If you thought Bruce Willis riding a harrier jet in Live Free Or Die Hard was awesome instead of completely ridiculous, boy have I got a movie for you. It's the feature film adaptation of the video game Just Cause and the majority of it is spent blowing inordinate amounts of things up, grapple-hooking soldiers to propane tanks and surfing on top of fighter jets. But L+E Pictures' Adrian Askarieh and Eric Eisner say the film, despite its absurdity, is going to stay grounded in reality, and...
- 12/17/2010
- by Paul Tassi
- JoBlo.com
Jason Kempin/Getty
She’s busy with a new collection — and a baby on the way.
Stacey Bendet and husband Eric Eisner are expecting their second child this spring, the alice + olivia designer confirms. The new addition will join big sister Eloise Breckenridge Eisner, 22 months.
“Eric and I are so excited to bring another miracle into this world,” Bendet, 32, tells People. “If it’s a boy I will obviously have to bring back our men’s line!”
With her recently launched career collection spotted on Carrie Underwood, Elisabeth Moss and more, the alice + olivia designer is balancing work and motherhood...
She’s busy with a new collection — and a baby on the way.
Stacey Bendet and husband Eric Eisner are expecting their second child this spring, the alice + olivia designer confirms. The new addition will join big sister Eloise Breckenridge Eisner, 22 months.
“Eric and I are so excited to bring another miracle into this world,” Bendet, 32, tells People. “If it’s a boy I will obviously have to bring back our men’s line!”
With her recently launched career collection spotted on Carrie Underwood, Elisabeth Moss and more, the alice + olivia designer is balancing work and motherhood...
- 10/8/2010
- by Sarah
- People - CelebrityBabies
Filed under: Movie News, Cinematical
- In an interview segment that will be airing this Friday, J.K. Rowling tells Oprah that she could easily write three more Harry Potter books. Granted she's not saying that she will, but considering that after 'Deathly Hallows' was finished Rowling said she was done with that portion of the Potter-verse, it does seem like she's softening on the idea. [via Vulture]
- According to the site BleedingCool, Matthew Vaughn's 'X-Men: First Class' will contain the Polish prison camp scene that brilliantly opened Bryan Singer's 'X-Men' film. Their sources tell them that the sequence is being painstakingly constructed from reference materials so as to be a shot-for-shot recreation and not a simple homage.
- Despite 2-D having long been the party line, there should be zero surprise that Peter Jackson will be shooting both 'Hobbit' films in 3-D. The NY Times' Media Decoder blog...
- In an interview segment that will be airing this Friday, J.K. Rowling tells Oprah that she could easily write three more Harry Potter books. Granted she's not saying that she will, but considering that after 'Deathly Hallows' was finished Rowling said she was done with that portion of the Potter-verse, it does seem like she's softening on the idea. [via Vulture]
- According to the site BleedingCool, Matthew Vaughn's 'X-Men: First Class' will contain the Polish prison camp scene that brilliantly opened Bryan Singer's 'X-Men' film. Their sources tell them that the sequence is being painstakingly constructed from reference materials so as to be a shot-for-shot recreation and not a simple homage.
- Despite 2-D having long been the party line, there should be zero surprise that Peter Jackson will be shooting both 'Hobbit' films in 3-D. The NY Times' Media Decoder blog...
- 10/4/2010
- by Peter Hall
- Cinematical
Just Cause is an open world third-person shooter video game which sold over 1 million units on the PC, PS2, and Xbox 360. Variety reports that Eric Eisner's L+E Pictures has bought the rights to turn the Swedish developed video game into a movie. They have retained Michael Ross (Turistas) to write the script and have also signed up Adrian Askarieh to be the producer.
Like Turistas, the movie will be set in a paradisiacal scenery and in the case of Just Cause, a Carribean Tropical Island named "San Esperito". But that's where the similarity ends. Just Cause is a high flying action game loaded with impossible stunts.
Like Turistas, the movie will be set in a paradisiacal scenery and in the case of Just Cause, a Carribean Tropical Island named "San Esperito". But that's where the similarity ends. Just Cause is a high flying action game loaded with impossible stunts.
- 10/3/2010
- by Get The Big Picture
- GetTheBigPicture.net
Video games and comic books are the big hit in Hollywood and it looks like another one has been optioned for the big screen by the same guy who brought us the very cool Hitman movie. (Naked chicks and fights, so ya, it was cool.)Variety has more: Eric Eisner's L+E Pictures has optioned the film rights to Avalanche Studios' videogame franchise "Just Cause," which it will develop with producer Adrian Askarieh, of Prime Universe Prods., before shopping it to the studios. Michael Ross ("Turistas") will pen the script. Property revolves around Rico Rodriguez, aka the Scorpion, a black ops agent who carries out deadly missions for the U.S. government that come in the form of creating chaos and destabilizing rogue nations from within and turning the bad guys against each other. The character's calling card is his grappling hook and penchant for aerial stunts with his unique parachute,...
- 10/1/2010
- LRMonline.com
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