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In an era of peak TV, and then some, it’s rarely a struggle to find something to watch. Instead, the challenge typically arrives when trying to remember on what platform the thing you want to see is streaming. Enter Qewd.
Launched this week, the free app serves as a discovery engine meant to make it easier to locate films, TV shows and short-form content while also offering a social feature that allows users to curate, share and recommend what-to-watch lists. The app enters a crowded market of services and websites that offer to cut through the streaming noise and help users find shows and movies.
Beyond that, Qewd acts as a concierge to make suggestions and as “a personal assistant that lets users bookmark content, access and watch all their streaming services – plus live free TV, YouTube, TikTok and more – with one click,...
In an era of peak TV, and then some, it’s rarely a struggle to find something to watch. Instead, the challenge typically arrives when trying to remember on what platform the thing you want to see is streaming. Enter Qewd.
Launched this week, the free app serves as a discovery engine meant to make it easier to locate films, TV shows and short-form content while also offering a social feature that allows users to curate, share and recommend what-to-watch lists. The app enters a crowded market of services and websites that offer to cut through the streaming noise and help users find shows and movies.
Beyond that, Qewd acts as a concierge to make suggestions and as “a personal assistant that lets users bookmark content, access and watch all their streaming services – plus live free TV, YouTube, TikTok and more – with one click,...
- 7/21/2022
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It’s a common problem. A friend or colleague recommends a TV show to binge or a movie to stream but can’t remember if it’s on Netflix or Amazon or one of those other services with a plus sign affixed to it.
But a new search and discovery app aims to make sense of all the confusion wrought by the streaming wars, by helping users get recommendations from their network of friends, family, even brands or influencers. And, more importantly, connecting users with the streaming services where those shows and movies are currently available.
It’s called Qewd, and it’s currently in Beta mode and available to the general public on Apple’s App Store and Google Play. The service is the brainchild of Zak Kadison, the former VP of production for Fox Atomic and founder of Blacklight Transmedia, as well as a film producer.
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But a new search and discovery app aims to make sense of all the confusion wrought by the streaming wars, by helping users get recommendations from their network of friends, family, even brands or influencers. And, more importantly, connecting users with the streaming services where those shows and movies are currently available.
It’s called Qewd, and it’s currently in Beta mode and available to the general public on Apple’s App Store and Google Play. The service is the brainchild of Zak Kadison, the former VP of production for Fox Atomic and founder of Blacklight Transmedia, as well as a film producer.
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- 7/20/2022
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
“Beyond” has been canceled at Freeform after two seasons, Variety has confirmed.
The one-hour drama follows a young man who wakes up from a coma after 12 years and discovers new supernatural abilities that propel him into the middle of a dangerous conspiracy. The series starred Burkely Duffield, Dilan Gwyn, Jordan Calloway, Jonathan Whitesell, Michael McGrady, Romy Rosemont, Jeff Pierre, and Eden Brolin.
The series hailed from Imperative Entertainment and Automatik. It was created, written and executive produced by Adam Nussdorf. Tim Kring, Zak Kadison, Justin Levy and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones served as executive producers.
The Season 2 finale of “Beyond” aired last week. The series struggled in the Nielsen Live+Same Day ratings during its second season, with a per episode average of just a 0.08 rating in adults 18-49 and 244,000 viewers per episode. That represents a drop off of nearly 50% in the key demo and over 50% in total viewers compared to the show’s first season.
The one-hour drama follows a young man who wakes up from a coma after 12 years and discovers new supernatural abilities that propel him into the middle of a dangerous conspiracy. The series starred Burkely Duffield, Dilan Gwyn, Jordan Calloway, Jonathan Whitesell, Michael McGrady, Romy Rosemont, Jeff Pierre, and Eden Brolin.
The series hailed from Imperative Entertainment and Automatik. It was created, written and executive produced by Adam Nussdorf. Tim Kring, Zak Kadison, Justin Levy and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones served as executive producers.
The Season 2 finale of “Beyond” aired last week. The series struggled in the Nielsen Live+Same Day ratings during its second season, with a per episode average of just a 0.08 rating in adults 18-49 and 244,000 viewers per episode. That represents a drop off of nearly 50% in the key demo and over 50% in total viewers compared to the show’s first season.
- 3/29/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Freeform has opted not to renew sci-fi drama series Beyond for a third season. The decision comes a week after Beyond’s Season 2 finale.
Beyond starred Burkeley Duffield as Holden, a young man who wakes up from a coma after 12 years and discovers new abilities that propel him into the middle of a dangerous conspiracy. Now Holden must try and figure out what happened to him during those 12 years; how to survive a world that changed while he was gone; and answer the question, why did this happen to him? Romy Rosemont, Michael McGrady, Jonathan Whitesell, Dilan Gwyn and Jeff Pierre also starred.
The recently concluded second season of Beyond saw ratings fall about 50% from Season 1.
Beyond was created, written and executive produced by Adam Nussdorf (Once Upon a Time in Wonderland). Tim Kring (Heroes), David Eick (Battlestar Galactica), Steven Adelson, Zak Kadison, Justin Levy and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones served as executive producers.
Beyond starred Burkeley Duffield as Holden, a young man who wakes up from a coma after 12 years and discovers new abilities that propel him into the middle of a dangerous conspiracy. Now Holden must try and figure out what happened to him during those 12 years; how to survive a world that changed while he was gone; and answer the question, why did this happen to him? Romy Rosemont, Michael McGrady, Jonathan Whitesell, Dilan Gwyn and Jeff Pierre also starred.
The recently concluded second season of Beyond saw ratings fall about 50% from Season 1.
Beyond was created, written and executive produced by Adam Nussdorf (Once Upon a Time in Wonderland). Tim Kring (Heroes), David Eick (Battlestar Galactica), Steven Adelson, Zak Kadison, Justin Levy and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones served as executive producers.
- 3/29/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Automatik, the production company run by Midnight Special producer Brian Kavanaugh Jones and La La Land producer Fred Berger, is ramping up its television business with the hire of former MTV and NBC executive Justin Levy. Levy joins the company as president of television from Imperative Entertainment, the company founded by Heroes creator Tim Kring, Dan Friedkin, Zak Kadison and Bradley Thomas. Imperative and Automatik are currently producing the second of Freeform's hit…...
- 2/6/2018
- Deadline TV
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Will they go above and beyond? Freeform has begun production on its upcoming Beyond TV series. A one-hour supernatural drama, Beyond features Holden, a young man who wakes from a dozen years in a coma, to find he possesses paranormal abilities.
The cast of Beyond includes: Burkely Duffield, Romy Rosemont, Michael McGrady, Jonathan Whitesell, Dilan Gwyn, and Jeff Pierre. The series comes from Imperative Entertainment and Automatik. Beyond is created, written and executive produced by Adam Nussdorf. Tim Kring, David Eick,, Zak Kadison, Justin Levy, and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones are executive producing.
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Will they go above and beyond? Freeform has begun production on its upcoming Beyond TV series. A one-hour supernatural drama, Beyond features Holden, a young man who wakes from a dozen years in a coma, to find he possesses paranormal abilities.
The cast of Beyond includes: Burkely Duffield, Romy Rosemont, Michael McGrady, Jonathan Whitesell, Dilan Gwyn, and Jeff Pierre. The series comes from Imperative Entertainment and Automatik. Beyond is created, written and executive produced by Adam Nussdorf. Tim Kring, David Eick,, Zak Kadison, Justin Levy, and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones are executive producing.
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- 4/6/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
ABC Family, which becomes Freeform as of January 2016, has ordered two new scripted dramas to series. Created and executive-produced by Kathryn Price and Nichole Millard, Guilt is a one-hour soapy mystery about an American woman who becomes a suspect in the murder of her London roommate.
Beyond is a supernatural drama that focuses on a man who wakes with supernatural powers, after a dozen years in a coma. The fantasy drama is created, written, and executive produced by Adam Nussdorf. Tim Kring, Zak Kadison, Justin Levy, and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones will serve as Executive Producers. Continue on for more details. Read More…...
Beyond is a supernatural drama that focuses on a man who wakes with supernatural powers, after a dozen years in a coma. The fantasy drama is created, written, and executive produced by Adam Nussdorf. Tim Kring, Zak Kadison, Justin Levy, and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones will serve as Executive Producers. Continue on for more details. Read More…...
- 11/6/2015
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
“The Great Gatsby” actor Callan McAauliffe has been set as the lead in ABC Family’s supernatural drama pilot “Beyond,” the network announced Tuesday. McAuliffe plays Holden, a young man who has awakened from a 12-year coma only to discover that he now has supernatural abilities. Jordan Calloway, Dilan Gwyn, Romy Rosemont, Michael McGrady and Burkely Duffield round out the cast. Production on “Beyond” is set to begin in Vancouver next week. Also Read: 94 Summer TV Shows: TheWrap's Ultimate Viewing Guide (Photos) The supernatural drama was created, written and executive produced by Adam Nussdorf, with Tim Kring, Zak Kadison, Justin Levy and Brian.
- 6/23/2015
- by Linda Ge
- The Wrap
Imperative Entertainment, the company run by “Heroes” creator Tim Kring as well as Dan Friedkin, Farrelly Brothers producer Bradley Thomas, and Zak Kadison, is joining forces with Black Mask Studios for a scripted TV adaptation of Mayday, the new comic… Continue Reading →
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- 5/1/2015
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
Imperative Entertainment has optioned the rights to Black Mask Studios' comic "Mayday" with plans to turn it into a scripted TV series.
Curt Pires penned the upcoming comic which centers on a washed-up, drug-addicted Hollywood screenwriter who discovers a Satanic cult's plan to bring about Armageddon by sacrificing people around Los Angeles.
He finds himself on the path to stop the them, but at the same time begins to wonder if the whole affair is a product of his drug-addled imagination.
The project is currently out to writers. Tim Kring, Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas and Zak Kadison will likely produce.
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Curt Pires penned the upcoming comic which centers on a washed-up, drug-addicted Hollywood screenwriter who discovers a Satanic cult's plan to bring about Armageddon by sacrificing people around Los Angeles.
He finds himself on the path to stop the them, but at the same time begins to wonder if the whole affair is a product of his drug-addled imagination.
The project is currently out to writers. Tim Kring, Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas and Zak Kadison will likely produce.
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- 4/30/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Dirty Grandpa
Zac Efron let it pretty much all show on the Georgia set of the upcoming comedy "Dirty Grandpa" this week. The actor flashed not just his chiseled torso but was running around in a pair of very tight flesh colored undies that got a little 'crack happy' at points. He did have a stuffed toy covering his manhood though for the scene.
Check out Just Jared for over two dozen photos. Speaking of Efron, his next film due for release "We Are Your Friends," has locked in an August 28th release date.
Ghost in the Shell
Walt Disney Pictures has moved up the release of DreamWorks' 3D film adaptation of the Japanese manga "Ghost in the Shell" by two weeks and will now open March 31st 2017. Rupert Sanders helms the project which stars Scarlett Johansson and will now go up against Sony's untitled Smurfs animation film.
The original...
Zac Efron let it pretty much all show on the Georgia set of the upcoming comedy "Dirty Grandpa" this week. The actor flashed not just his chiseled torso but was running around in a pair of very tight flesh colored undies that got a little 'crack happy' at points. He did have a stuffed toy covering his manhood though for the scene.
Check out Just Jared for over two dozen photos. Speaking of Efron, his next film due for release "We Are Your Friends," has locked in an August 28th release date.
Ghost in the Shell
Walt Disney Pictures has moved up the release of DreamWorks' 3D film adaptation of the Japanese manga "Ghost in the Shell" by two weeks and will now open March 31st 2017. Rupert Sanders helms the project which stars Scarlett Johansson and will now go up against Sony's untitled Smurfs animation film.
The original...
- 4/29/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Imperative Entertainment has set Nicholl Fellowship winner Stephanie Shannon to adapt the feature adaptation of the E. Lockhart bestselling Ya novel We Were Liars. Formed in 2014 by Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, Zak Kadison and Tim Kring, Imperative will finance the film, with Friedkin, Thomas and Kadison producing. They bought the novel before its publication. It’s the coming-of-age story of a 17-year-old girl who survived a horrible accident at her family's summer home…...
- 4/28/2015
- Deadline
Gangster Squad helmer Ruben Fleischer has been tapped to direct the story of Leo Sharp, the Indiana man who this year was caught running drugs for Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel and was sent to the slammer at age 90. An award-winning horticulturist and decorated WWII veteran known for his prized day lilies, Sharp was busted by the feds in 2011 while hauling $3 million in cocaine down the Michigan interstate in his Lincoln pickup truck. He had been one of the cartel’s most prolific drug couriers.
Imperative Entertainment acquired rights to Sam Dolnick’s Nyt Magazine article on Sharp, “The Sinaloa Cartel’s 90-Year-Old Drug Mule.” They’re looking for a writer to tell the story of how the ex-war hero was tracked down by DEA agents who only had the nickname Tata, or Grandfather, to work with. Sharp’s lawyers convinced a jury his dementia sent him on the wrong path and he got three years.
Imperative Entertainment acquired rights to Sam Dolnick’s Nyt Magazine article on Sharp, “The Sinaloa Cartel’s 90-Year-Old Drug Mule.” They’re looking for a writer to tell the story of how the ex-war hero was tracked down by DEA agents who only had the nickname Tata, or Grandfather, to work with. Sharp’s lawyers convinced a jury his dementia sent him on the wrong path and he got three years.
- 11/4/2014
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
Imperative Entertainment — the production banner run by Bradley Thomas, Dan Friedkin and Zak Kadison — is partnering with director Ruben Fleischer to adapt New York Times Magazine article "The Sinaloa Cartel’s 90-Year-Old Drug Mule." The shingle has acquired the rights to the article, written by Sam Dolnick, with Fleischer attached to direct. See more Highly Paid Film Stars Published in the June 15 issue, the story told of Leo Sharp, an award-winning horticulturist, renowned for his prized daylilies, who secretly worked for years as one of the most prolific drug couriers for
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- 11/4/2014
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Imperative Entertainment, the multi-platform media shingle formed in March by Heroes‘ Tim Kring, Zak Kadison and Bradley Thomas, has pacted with Germany-based publishing company Bastei Lubbe Ag on a new joint venture. Both companies will have a 50% stake in Bastei LLC, which will focus on developing new IP for the film, TV and gaming markets. Their slate launches with a quartet of projects: Family drama Capital Gains, set in the high-stakes world of private equity and corporate raiders; Pendulum, a thriller about an unlikely group of people who find themselves embroiled in a conspiracy that could upend Western democracy; Graves, an elevated series tracking a female first-grade teacher who moonlights as a serial killer and the tortured FBI agent on her trail; and The Bay, the San Francisco-set story of a straight-laced cop who teams with his corrupt detective brother to hunt for his daughter’s kidnappers. Imperative’s lineup...
- 9/17/2014
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
Exclusive: Neophyte shingle Imperative Entertainment has won a competitive bidding for Zach Dean’s World War II drama pitch Atlantic Wall, which Imperative will team with Madhouse Entertainment on to produce. Logline tracks a lone American paratrooper who is stranded behind enemy lines hours before D-Day, tasked with delivering intelligence critical to the outcome of the war and compelled to fulfill a promise to protect the young son of a murdered ally. Imperative’s Dan Friedkin and Bradley Thomas are producing along with Madhouse’s Adam Kolbrenner, while Imperative’s Zak Kadison and Madhouse’s Robyn Meisinger will exec produce. Dean previously penned 2012 crime […]...
- 7/17/2014
- Deadline
Exclusive: In competitive bidding, Imperative Entertainment has acquired the bestselling E. Lockhart book We Were Liars. The author has written the feature script. Imperative’s Bradley Thomas, Zak Kadison and Dan Friedkin will produce and production veep Justin Catron will be co-producer. Imperative was formed in March by Thomas, Kadison, Tim Kring and Friedkin, the latter of whom is financing the venture. Related: ‘Heroes’ Tim Kring, Zak Kadison And Bradley Thomas Launch Imperative Novel is the coming-of-age story of a 17-year-old girl who survived a horrible accident at her family’s summer home two years ago that she cannot remember. She returns, determined to remember […]...
- 6/11/2014
- Deadline
Exclusive: Heroes creator Tim Kring has joined forces with Blacklight founder Zak Kadison and longtime Farrelly brothers producer Bradley Thomas to form Imperative Entertainment, a production company launched with financing from Dan Friedkin and his Friedkin Group. The Houston-based entrepreneur made his fortune through automotive and other ventures, and he will fully finance a company designed to use the trio’s skills and relationships to exploit seams in a fast-changing industry. This, they hope, will provide a strong alternative for content creators who want to develop material across multiple platforms including television, movie, video game, books, comics and new media. I met the quartet in the two-story Santa Monica headquarters they are building. At that time, the sheetrock hadn’t been hung over the aluminum studs, and Friedkin didn’t expect the space to be ready until early next month. The venture already has gotten up and running, though. They...
- 3/12/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Heroes creator Tim Kring has joined forces with Blacklight founder Zak Kadison and longtime Farrelly brothers producer Bradley Thomas to form Imperative Entertainment, a production company launched with financing from Dan Friedkin and his Friedkin Group. The Houston-based entrepreneur made his fortune through automotive and other ventures, and he will fully finance a company designed to use the trio’s skills and relationships to exploit seams in a fast-changing industry. This, they hope, will provide a strong alternative for content creators who want to develop material across multiple platforms including television, movie, video game, books, comics and new media. I met the quartet in the two-story Santa Monica headquarters they are building. At that time, the sheetrock hadn’t been hung over the aluminum studs, and Friedkin didn’t expect the space to be ready until early next month. The venture already has gotten up and running, though. They...
- 3/12/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Exclusive: Heroes creator Tim Kring is shepherding another drama project about teens with powers. The CW has put in development Exp, from Kring’s Tim Kring Imperative and Warner Bros. TV. Written on spec by up-and-coming scribes Zach Craley and Jarrett Conaway, Exp explores what happens when a foreign designer drug – engineered to make you faster, smarter, stronger and better in every way – is trafficked illegally into American high schools, weaving a morally and socially complex web that entangles politicians, law enforcement and teenagers looking for an edge in an ever-competitive and fast-paced world. Kring, Zak Kadison and Bradley Thomas executive produce, with Zach Craley and Jarrett Conaway co-executive producing. This is Kring’s second project at the CW. He also executive produces the Wizard Of Oz-themed drama Dorothy Must Die, penned by writing duo Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster. Kring, Craley and Conaway are with Wme.
- 10/3/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Zak Kadison's Blacklight Transmedia has formed a partnership with Random House. Blacklight, which has a first-look deal at Imagine Entertainment, has formed a partnership with the publishing company to co-develop stories that can become books, comics, graphic novels, movies, TV shows and video games. The deal is similar to one Random House entered in April with the video game publisher Thq Inc. Under the deal, Blacklight can bring projects to Random House and Random House can bring projects to Blacklight. They're already working on several, although they're not ready to say much about...
- 10/5/2011
- by Joshua L. Weinstein
- The Wrap
Warner Bros. Pictures and Imagine Entertainment have acquired the script "Blood Wars", a reinvention of vampire lore reports The Wrap.
In this story, vampires have control of the world and humans are their slaves. But humans infiltrate the vampire army and plan a rebellion.
Chad St. John and Blacklight Transmedia created the story and Dalan Musson is writing the script. Zak Kadison is producing.
In this story, vampires have control of the world and humans are their slaves. But humans infiltrate the vampire army and plan a rebellion.
Chad St. John and Blacklight Transmedia created the story and Dalan Musson is writing the script. Zak Kadison is producing.
- 6/24/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The undead continue to be bankable at the box office, especially vampires. So much so that Warner Brothers is readying another project that's just waiting to put the bite on eager fans. Read on for details.
According to The Wrap, Warner Bros. has just acquired Blood Wars, a radical reinvention of vampire mythology with Imagine Entertainment producing.
In the Warner Bros. version of the story, vampires have control of the world and humans are their slaves. But humans infiltrate the vampire army and plan a rebellion.
The project is based on a story by Chad St. John and Blacklight Transmedia. Dalan Musson is writing the script.
Jon Berg is overseeing for Warner Bros. Sarah Bowen is Imagine's executive overseeing it. Zak Kadison is producing.
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According to The Wrap, Warner Bros. has just acquired Blood Wars, a radical reinvention of vampire mythology with Imagine Entertainment producing.
In the Warner Bros. version of the story, vampires have control of the world and humans are their slaves. But humans infiltrate the vampire army and plan a rebellion.
The project is based on a story by Chad St. John and Blacklight Transmedia. Dalan Musson is writing the script.
Jon Berg is overseeing for Warner Bros. Sarah Bowen is Imagine's executive overseeing it. Zak Kadison is producing.
Look for more on this one soon!
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- 6/23/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Exclusive Warner Bros. has just acquired "Blood Wars," a radical reinvention of vampire mythology, TheWrap has learned. Imagine Entertainment is producing. In the Warner Bros. version of the story, vampires have control of the world and humans are their slaves. But humans infiltrate the vampire army and plan a rebellion. The project is based on a story by Chad St. John and Blacklight Transmedia. Dalan Musson is writing the script. Jon Berg is overseeing for Warner Bros. Sarah Bowen is Imagine's executive overseeing it. Zak Kadison is producing. The undead remains big. Twentieth Century Fox has "Abraham Lincoln:...
- 6/23/2011
- by Joshua L. Weinstein
- The Wrap
Warner Bros. thinks they've got the material to reinvent the vampire genre again . The Wrap says Imagine Entertainment and WB is developing a film entitled Blood Wars . In what sounds like a twist on a chapter in The Terminator mythology, the story is set in the future where vampires have taken over the Earth. Humans are hunted down and used as slaves. Until a human rebellion is formed. On script duties is Dalan Musson. Zak Kadison, meanwhile, will produce. He's responsible for Blood Creek and Whisper .
- 6/23/2011
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Universal Pictures is in final negotiations to acquire a film pitch from screenwriter Kyle Ward called Arabian Knights. There’s not much information of the project other then it’s described as being "radically different" from FilmDistrict's Arabian Nights, with Liam Hemsworth and Anthony Hopkins attached to star.
Blacklight Transmedia's Zak Kadison will produce with Brian Grazer and Erica Huggins of Imagine Entertainment, while Eric Lieb will exec produce. Jeff Kirschenbaum and Kiska Higgs will oversee the project for Universal.
Universal previously bought Ward's Fiasco Heights. He also wrote Kane & Lynch and Hitman 2. He is currently writing the big screen adaptation of the video game Devil May Cry.
Blacklight Transmedia's Zak Kadison will produce with Brian Grazer and Erica Huggins of Imagine Entertainment, while Eric Lieb will exec produce. Jeff Kirschenbaum and Kiska Higgs will oversee the project for Universal.
Universal previously bought Ward's Fiasco Heights. He also wrote Kane & Lynch and Hitman 2. He is currently writing the big screen adaptation of the video game Devil May Cry.
- 5/17/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Universal Pictures is in final negotiations to acquire Kyle Ward's spec pitch "Arabian Knights" reports Variety.
Story details are being kept under wraps, but is said to be radically different from the similarly titled "Arabian Nights" film starring Liam Hemsworth which is set up at FilmDistrict.
"Fiasco Heights" scribe Ward will pen the script. Brian Grazer, Erica Huggins and Zak Kadison will produce.
Story details are being kept under wraps, but is said to be radically different from the similarly titled "Arabian Nights" film starring Liam Hemsworth which is set up at FilmDistrict.
"Fiasco Heights" scribe Ward will pen the script. Brian Grazer, Erica Huggins and Zak Kadison will produce.
- 5/17/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Universal Pictures is in final negotiations to acquire Arabian Knights , a pitch by Kyle Ward, who will also write the script. The film is described as being "radically different" from FilmDistrict's Arabian Nights , which has Liam Hemsworth attached to star. Blacklight Transmedia's Zak Kadison will produce with Brian Grazer and Erica Huggins of Imagine Entertainment, while Eric Lieb will exec produce. Jeff Kirschenbaum and Kiska Higgs will oversee the project for Universal. Universal previously bought Ward's Fiasco Heights . Ward also wrote Kane & Lynch and Hitman 2 . He is currently writing the game adaptation Devil May Cry .
- 5/17/2011
- Comingsoon.net
Universal is in final negotiations to acquire Blacklight Transmedia's "Arabian Knights," with Brian Grazer's Imagine Entertainment set to produce, TheWrap has learned. Kyle Ward and Blacklight co-created the concept, which is a reimagining of "1001 Arabian Knights." Ward will write the screenplay. Grazer will produce alongside Erica Huggins and Blacklight's Zak Kadison. Blacklight's Eric Lieb is executive producer. Ward's deal and the producer deals are closed. Universal is completing negotiations with Blacklight. Blacklight specializes in projects that go across media. The company develops movies, videogames, television shows, graphic novels and books all at once. In...
- 5/17/2011
- by Joshua L. Weinstein
- The Wrap
The search for revenue in a fast-changing Hollywood is giving new currency to the notion of “transmedia” – but one company has given up on putting movies at the top of the value heap. Blacklight Transmedia, a two-year-old company founded by former Fox Atomic executives Zak Kadison and R. Eric Lieb, has set out to develop books, movies, comics, games and other media properties -- simultaneously. “Success in any one medium furthers the other mediums,” Kadison (pictured below) told TheWrap. “It’s been wildly fun and incredibly beneficial trying to conceive of these deep mythologies and...
- 3/29/2011
- by Joshua L. Weinstein
- The Wrap
Disney has picked up Dave Andron's sci-fi adventure "The Runner," with Marc Forster attached to direct.According to Variety, Brian Grazer will produce through his Imagine Entertainment shingle along with Zak Kadison of Blacklight Transmedia. Forster will also produce through his Apparatus shingle along with his partner Brad Simpson.Blacklight's Eric Lieb will executive produce.The story centers on a man sent back in time to change history but who also has the personal motive of saving the life of the woman he loves.Forster last directed the James Bond film "Quantum of Solace" and is in pre-production on Paramount's zombie film "World War Z."...
- 3/10/2011
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
The Walt Disney Studios has acquired and is in development on the science fiction project
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- 3/10/2011
- Films N Movies
Walt Disney Studios has announced that they have acquired and are presently in development on a new picture called The Runner. The movie is a science fiction film on which Disney is collaborating with writer Dave Andron, director Marc Foster and Brad Simpson, Brian Grazer, and Blacklight Transmedia’s Zak Kadison and Eric Lieb.
The story, set in 2027, centers on a man who travels back in time to visit Earth before it became not fit to live in an attempt to change the past. The plot is decidedly non-Disney. It seems reasonable to consider it as a typical post apocalyptic time travel project.
In the near future, with the Earth’s surface inhabitable, a small group of survivors pick one man to travel back in time to try and stop the event that caused the destruction. Once he lands in the past, however, overlooks the humanity and egoistically tries to save his beloved sweetheart.
The story, set in 2027, centers on a man who travels back in time to visit Earth before it became not fit to live in an attempt to change the past. The plot is decidedly non-Disney. It seems reasonable to consider it as a typical post apocalyptic time travel project.
In the near future, with the Earth’s surface inhabitable, a small group of survivors pick one man to travel back in time to try and stop the event that caused the destruction. Once he lands in the past, however, overlooks the humanity and egoistically tries to save his beloved sweetheart.
- 3/9/2011
- by Nikola Mraovic
- Filmofilia
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: The Walt Disney Studios announced its decision to pick up right to “The Runner,” a science-fiction adventure currently being developed for Marc Forster (“Quantum of Solace”) to direct.
THR reports that the “Runner” story “centers on a lone man who is sent back in time to change the course of history but who also has a personal motive of saving the love of his life.”
Disney is currently collaborating with writer Dave Andron, Apparatus Entertainment’s Forster and Brad Simpson, Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer, and Blacklight Transmedia’s Zak Kadison and Eric Lieb.
It’s unclear when Forster would dash to “The Runner,” as he reportedly was preparing to mount Paramount’s zombie movie “World War Z.”
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Hollywoodnews.com: The Walt Disney Studios announced its decision to pick up right to “The Runner,” a science-fiction adventure currently being developed for Marc Forster (“Quantum of Solace”) to direct.
THR reports that the “Runner” story “centers on a lone man who is sent back in time to change the course of history but who also has a personal motive of saving the love of his life.”
Disney is currently collaborating with writer Dave Andron, Apparatus Entertainment’s Forster and Brad Simpson, Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer, and Blacklight Transmedia’s Zak Kadison and Eric Lieb.
It’s unclear when Forster would dash to “The Runner,” as he reportedly was preparing to mount Paramount’s zombie movie “World War Z.”
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- 3/9/2011
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
Disney has acquired multi-platform distribution rights to the upcoming, futuristic science fiction film written by Dave Andron with Blacklight Transmedia. In the year 2027, Earth's surface has been rendered uninhabitable due to a devastating attack. A group of survivors living in the Rocky Mountains have discovered a way to send a man back in time. While the volunteer departs under the guise of trying to stop the devastating attack, he has an ulterior motive: to save the love of his life. Dave Andron wrote NBC's recent adaption of Knight Rider, and he's currently supervising producer of the FX series Justified. Marc Forster (director of Machine Gun Preacher) is in talks to be the potential director of the film and Imagine Entertainment's Brian Grazer, Blacklight's Zak Kadison, and...
- 3/9/2011
- by Kimberly Houston
- The Daily BLAM!
Marc Forster is attached to direct the sci-fi adventure thriller "The Runner" for Disney Pictures reports Heat Vision.
The story centers on a lone man who is sent back in time to change the course of history but who also has a personal motive of saving the love of his life.
Dave Andron (FX's "Justified," NBC’s "Knight Rider") penned the script while Foster, Brian Grazer, Zak Kadison and Brad Simpson will produce.
The story centers on a lone man who is sent back in time to change the course of history but who also has a personal motive of saving the love of his life.
Dave Andron (FX's "Justified," NBC’s "Knight Rider") penned the script while Foster, Brian Grazer, Zak Kadison and Brad Simpson will produce.
- 3/9/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Walt Disney Studios just emailed Wamg this official statement:
Walt Disney Studios has acquired and is in development on the science fiction project The Runner. Disney is currently collaborating with writer Dave Andron, Apparatus Entertainment.s Marc Forster (Quantum Of Solace) and Brad Simpson, Imagine Entertainment.s Brian Grazer, and Blacklight Transmedia.s Zak Kadison and Eric Lieb.
Marc Forster is currently in post-production on Machine Gun Preacher starring Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan and Michael Shannon. We’ll be sharing more details on The Runner project in the coming future.
Walt Disney Studios has acquired and is in development on the science fiction project The Runner. Disney is currently collaborating with writer Dave Andron, Apparatus Entertainment.s Marc Forster (Quantum Of Solace) and Brad Simpson, Imagine Entertainment.s Brian Grazer, and Blacklight Transmedia.s Zak Kadison and Eric Lieb.
Marc Forster is currently in post-production on Machine Gun Preacher starring Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan and Michael Shannon. We’ll be sharing more details on The Runner project in the coming future.
- 3/9/2011
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Walt Disney has announced that they are in development of a new science fiction project called The Runner. The project has secured a writer in the form of Dave Andron, who will collaborate with the production team of Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer, Apparatus Entertainment’s Marc Forster and Brad Simpson, and and Blacklight Transmedia’s Zak Kadison and Eric Lieb.
No other details are known at this time but Deadline reports that “the premise takes place in the year 2027, Earth’s surface has been rendered uninhabitable due to a devastating attack. A group of survivors living in the Rocky Mountains have discovered a way to send a man back in time. While the volunteer departs under the guise of trying to stop the devastating attack, he has an ulterior motive: to save the love of his life.”
So is this Source Code meets Red Dawn by way of Timecop?...
No other details are known at this time but Deadline reports that “the premise takes place in the year 2027, Earth’s surface has been rendered uninhabitable due to a devastating attack. A group of survivors living in the Rocky Mountains have discovered a way to send a man back in time. While the volunteer departs under the guise of trying to stop the devastating attack, he has an ulterior motive: to save the love of his life.”
So is this Source Code meets Red Dawn by way of Timecop?...
- 3/8/2011
- by Kevin Coll
- FusedFilm
Walt Disney Pictures has acquired "The Runner," a science fiction adventure movie that originally was conceived as a spec for a television pilot. Brian Grazer of Ron Howard's Imagine Entertainment will produce along with Brad Simpson, of Forster's Apparatus Entertainment. Zak Kadison of Blacklight Transmedia is also producing and Transmedia's Eric Lieb is executive producing. The film comes from writer/creator Dave Andron ("Knight Rider," "Past Life," "Justified"). Marc Forster ("Quantum of Solace," "The Kite Runner," "Finding Neverland") is under consideration to direct. The project comes from Blacklight Transmedia's first look arrangement with Imagine. "The...
- 3/8/2011
- by Joshua L. Weinstein
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Walt Disney Pictures has acquired The Runner, a pitch for a futuristic science fiction film that will be written by Dave Andron as a potential directing vehicle for Marc Forster. Imagine Entertainment's Brian Grazer is producing with Forster's Apparatus Entertainment partner Brad Simpson. Andron hatched the NBC reinvention of Knight Rider, and he's supervising producer of the FX series Justified. The premise: In the year 2027, Earth's surface has been rendered uninhabitable due to a devastating attack. A group of survivors living in the Rocky Mountains have discovered a way to send a man back in time. While the volunteer departs under the guise of trying to stop the devastating attack, he has an ulterior motive: to save the love of his life. The concept was hatched by Andron with Blacklight Transmedia. Grazer's Imagine made a first-look deal with that company, which develops big idea concepts on multiple platforms.
- 3/8/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Walt Disney Studios has acquired, according to the studio, are currently in development on the science fiction film. Disney's collaborating with writer Dave Andron as well as Apparatus Entertainment's Brad Simpson and Marc Forster, Imagine Entertainment's Brian Grazer as well as Zak Kadison and Eric Lieb of Transmedia. As of now, there are no more details directly from Disney about this release. Dave Andron wrote the popular Justified series on FX which stars Timothy Olyphant. He also developed the Knight Rider reboot. It'll be interested to see how this turns out.
- 3/8/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Walt Disney Studios has acquired, according to the studio, are currently in development on the science fiction film. Disney's collaborating with writer Dave Andron as well as Apparatus Entertainment's Brad Simpson and Marc Forster, Imagine Entertainment's Brian Grazer as well as Zak Kadison and Eric Lieb of Transmedia. As of now, there are no more details directly from Disney about this release. Dave Andron wrote the popular Justified series on FX which stars Timothy Olyphant. He also developed the Knight Rider reboot. It'll be interested to see how this turns out.
- 3/8/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Walt Disney Studios has confirmed to ComingSoon.net that they have acquired and are currently developing a science fiction property called The Runner from writer Dave Andron, a writer on the rebooted "Knight Rider" television series as well as on "Justified." The story, according to Deadline , deals with a man sent back in time with the mission of stopping a deadly attack but who secretly plans to use the opportunity to save someone close to him. Alongside Andron, Disney is working with Apparatus Entertainment's Marc Forster and Brad Simpson, Imagine Entertainment's Brian Grazer, and Blacklight Transmedia's Zak Kadison and Eric Lieb. The project is being developed with Forster (who most recently directed Quantum of Solace ) in mind to direct.
- 3/8/2011
- Comingsoon.net
Megan Fox is ditching the robots and taking her career to Western and underwater frontiers.
Fox is in final negotiations to star opposite Josh Brolin and John Malkovich in "Jonah Hex," Warner Bros.' action Western based on the DC Comics character. She also is attached to star and develop "Fathom," Fox Atomic's comic book-based underwater adventure.
In "Hex," being directed by Jimmy Hayward, Fox will play Leila, a gun-wielding beauty and love interest of Hex (Brolin), a scarred bounty hunter tracking a voodoo practitioner (Malkovich) who wants to raise an army of undead to liberate the South.
The movie is prepping for a shoot in April, with Mad Chance's Andrew Lazar and Weed Road's Akiva Goldsman producing.
"Fathom," a comic created by recently deceased artist Michael Turner, follows a young woman named Aspen who learns she is a member of a race of aquatic humanoids who possess the ability to control water.
Fox is in final negotiations to star opposite Josh Brolin and John Malkovich in "Jonah Hex," Warner Bros.' action Western based on the DC Comics character. She also is attached to star and develop "Fathom," Fox Atomic's comic book-based underwater adventure.
In "Hex," being directed by Jimmy Hayward, Fox will play Leila, a gun-wielding beauty and love interest of Hex (Brolin), a scarred bounty hunter tracking a voodoo practitioner (Malkovich) who wants to raise an army of undead to liberate the South.
The movie is prepping for a shoot in April, with Mad Chance's Andrew Lazar and Weed Road's Akiva Goldsman producing.
"Fathom," a comic created by recently deceased artist Michael Turner, follows a young woman named Aspen who learns she is a member of a race of aquatic humanoids who possess the ability to control water.
- 3/3/2009
- by By Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
We have the full list of the Sitges International Film Festival of Catalonia 2008 award winners. Among those taking home prizes was "Surveillance," a film by Jennfier Chambers Lynch which captured the Best Motion Picture award. Lynch writes alongside Kent Harper, the crime drama/thriller which stars Julia Ormond, Bill Pullman, Pell James and Ryan Simpkins. Also taking significant awards was Brian Cox for his work on "Red," Fernando Meilelles' "Blindness" drama starring Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo and "Let the Right One In." What is Sitges? The number one fantasy film festival in the world and represents, at the same time, the cultural expression with the most media impact in Catalonia. With a solid experience, the Sitges Festival is a stimulating universe of encounters, exhibitions, presentations and screenings of fantasy films from all over the world. As announced, here are the winners announced by Sitges: Surveillance, by Jennifer Lynch, Best...
- 10/13/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
CORRECTED 3:03 p.m. PT Jan. 17
Hayden Panettiere may be wearing a new cheerleading uniform.
The "Heroes" actress is in negotiations with 20th Century Fox and its Fox Atomic label to star in the teen coming-of-age movie "I Love You, Beth Cooper".
Chris Columbus and his 1492 Pictures partners, Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe, are producing. Columbus also is in talks to direct.
"Cooper" is based on the novel by Larry Doyle, a former writer for "The Simpsons". Doyle also penned the screenplay and is an executive producer on the project.
Panettiere would play Beth, the school's hottest cheerleader who shows nerdy valedictorian Denis Cooverman the best night of his life after he proclaims his love for her during his graduation speech.
The studio is aiming to start filming in the spring. Debbie Liebling and Zak Kadison are overseeing for Fox Atomic.
Panettiere, best known as cheerleader Claire Bennet on NBC's "Heroes", recently wrapped filming "Fireflies in the Garden" for Senator International, which stars Julia Roberts, Ryan Reynolds and Willem Dafoe.
Hayden Panettiere may be wearing a new cheerleading uniform.
The "Heroes" actress is in negotiations with 20th Century Fox and its Fox Atomic label to star in the teen coming-of-age movie "I Love You, Beth Cooper".
Chris Columbus and his 1492 Pictures partners, Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe, are producing. Columbus also is in talks to direct.
"Cooper" is based on the novel by Larry Doyle, a former writer for "The Simpsons". Doyle also penned the screenplay and is an executive producer on the project.
Panettiere would play Beth, the school's hottest cheerleader who shows nerdy valedictorian Denis Cooverman the best night of his life after he proclaims his love for her during his graduation speech.
The studio is aiming to start filming in the spring. Debbie Liebling and Zak Kadison are overseeing for Fox Atomic.
Panettiere, best known as cheerleader Claire Bennet on NBC's "Heroes", recently wrapped filming "Fireflies in the Garden" for Senator International, which stars Julia Roberts, Ryan Reynolds and Willem Dafoe.
- 1/17/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fox Atomic has picked up Don't Lean on Me, a comedy from Ryan Jaffe. John Berg, Todd Komarnicki and Matthew Weinberg of Two Guys Walk Into a Bar are producing.
The story follows an assistant high school gym teacher with no interest in education who is forced into his worst nightmare -- a promotion to high school principal.
Fox Atomic president of production Debbie Liebling will oversee the project with executive Zak Kadison.
Jaffe also is the writer of Fox Atomic's currently shooting comedy The Rocker, which stars Rainn Wilson. Jaffe is repped by Endeavor and Principato/Young.
Two Guys is in production on the Eddie Murphy comedy Starship Dave and were behind the Will Ferrell comedy Elf.
The story follows an assistant high school gym teacher with no interest in education who is forced into his worst nightmare -- a promotion to high school principal.
Fox Atomic president of production Debbie Liebling will oversee the project with executive Zak Kadison.
Jaffe also is the writer of Fox Atomic's currently shooting comedy The Rocker, which stars Rainn Wilson. Jaffe is repped by Endeavor and Principato/Young.
Two Guys is in production on the Eddie Murphy comedy Starship Dave and were behind the Will Ferrell comedy Elf.
- 7/11/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fox Atomic has hired Zak Kadison as vp production as the studio expands its production department.
Kadison, chosen for his understanding of the youth market as well as his production expertise, has been tasked with building relationships with filmmakers and scout remaking opportunities in the action, thriller, and suspense genres. He will report to Atomic president of production Debbie Liebling.
"Zak's knowledge of the marketplace and infectious energy is a perfect fit for Fox Atomic," Liebling said. "With Atomic facing a number of imminent production starts, Zak is joining the team at the perfect time."
Kadison most recently was senior vp production at Gold Circle Films, where he oversaw such projects as the upcoming My Sassy Girl and Town Creek. One of his first projects under Liebling will be Larry Doyle's I Love You, Beth Cooper, produced by 1492 Pictures. Kadison began his career at Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Spyglass Entertainment.
Kadison, chosen for his understanding of the youth market as well as his production expertise, has been tasked with building relationships with filmmakers and scout remaking opportunities in the action, thriller, and suspense genres. He will report to Atomic president of production Debbie Liebling.
"Zak's knowledge of the marketplace and infectious energy is a perfect fit for Fox Atomic," Liebling said. "With Atomic facing a number of imminent production starts, Zak is joining the team at the perfect time."
Kadison most recently was senior vp production at Gold Circle Films, where he oversaw such projects as the upcoming My Sassy Girl and Town Creek. One of his first projects under Liebling will be Larry Doyle's I Love You, Beth Cooper, produced by 1492 Pictures. Kadison began his career at Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Spyglass Entertainment.
- 5/25/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Josh Holloway and Sarah Wayne Callies have been cast in the supernatural thriller Whisper. Stewart Hendler is making his directorial debut on the film for Gold Circle Films. Callies plays the girlfriend of a convict/kidnapper, to be played by Holloway, in the story of a New England-set kidnapping of a young boy. The screenplay is from producer-turned-writer Chris Borrelli. The producers are Gold Circle president Paul Brooks and H2F partner Walter Hamada and Deacon head Damon Lee. The executive producers are Gold Circle chief financial officer Scott Niemeyer and chairman of the board Norm Waitt and H2F partner Chris Fenton. Gold Circle's production executive Zak Kadison will co-produce and shepherd the film through production. Callies recently shot the Fox pilot Prison Break, which was directed by Brett Ratner. She also stars in the film The Celestine Prophecy, based on the novel, which will be released this year by Barnet Bains Films. She is repped by WMA. Her attorney is Jason Sloane. Holloway's credits include the TV series Lost and the features Cold Heart and Moving August. He is repped by Diverse Talent Group and Brillstein Gray. Hendler, who is repped by Foursight Entertainment and CAA, is a USC film school graduate. His previous films include the Sundance short One and the short Beyond Suspicion.
- 4/13/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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