Alchemy has acquired the political drama starring Nicolas Cage, while in a separate deal BBC Worldwide North America will present the theatrical premiere of We Come As Friends.
Austin Stark directed The Runner, about an ideaological politician who confronts hard truths about his dysfunctional life.
Sarah Paulson, Connie Nielsen, Wendell Pierce, Bryan Batt and Peter Fonda round out the key cast.
Alchemy plans to release The Runner later this year.
Bingo Gubelmann, Benji Kohn, Glenn Williamson, Erika Hampson and Chris Papavasiliou produced, while the executive producer roster includes Noah Millman, Ruth Mutch, Sam Bisbee, Tom Conigliaro, Galt Niederhoffer and Todd Cohen.
Alchemy vp of acquisitions Jeff Deutchman negotiated the North American deal with Wme Global and Alan Sacks of Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein & Selz PC. Fortitude International handles international sales.
BBC Worldwide North America will present the worldwide theatrical premiere of We Come As Friends from documentarian Hubert Sauper at the IFC Center in New York on August...
Austin Stark directed The Runner, about an ideaological politician who confronts hard truths about his dysfunctional life.
Sarah Paulson, Connie Nielsen, Wendell Pierce, Bryan Batt and Peter Fonda round out the key cast.
Alchemy plans to release The Runner later this year.
Bingo Gubelmann, Benji Kohn, Glenn Williamson, Erika Hampson and Chris Papavasiliou produced, while the executive producer roster includes Noah Millman, Ruth Mutch, Sam Bisbee, Tom Conigliaro, Galt Niederhoffer and Todd Cohen.
Alchemy vp of acquisitions Jeff Deutchman negotiated the North American deal with Wme Global and Alan Sacks of Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein & Selz PC. Fortitude International handles international sales.
BBC Worldwide North America will present the worldwide theatrical premiere of We Come As Friends from documentarian Hubert Sauper at the IFC Center in New York on August...
- 6/5/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The distributor has picked up writer-director Andrew Renzi’s feature debut and recent Tribeca selection starring Richard Gere. Fortitude International handles sales in Cannes on behalf of Qed International.
Franny centres on a hedonistic philanthropist who inveigles his way into the lives of a deceased friend’s daughter and new husband.
Dakota Fanning, Theo James, Clarke Peters, Cheryl Hines and Dylan Baker round out the key cast.
Celerity Pictures and TideRock Media present Franny in association with Treehouse Pictures, Follow Through Productions, Soaring Flight Productions, Audax Films and Magnolia Entertainment.
Kevin Turen, Jason Michael Berman, Jay Schuminsky and Thomas B Fore produced.
Michael Finley, Ruth Mutch, Walter Kortschak, Justin Nappi, Richard Loughran, Shelley Browning, Michael Diamond, George Paaswell, Andrew Corkin, John Friedberg and Mark Moran are on the executive producer roster.
Samuel Goldwyn Films brokered the deal with Wme Global and CAA on behalf of the filmmakers.
Franny centres on a hedonistic philanthropist who inveigles his way into the lives of a deceased friend’s daughter and new husband.
Dakota Fanning, Theo James, Clarke Peters, Cheryl Hines and Dylan Baker round out the key cast.
Celerity Pictures and TideRock Media present Franny in association with Treehouse Pictures, Follow Through Productions, Soaring Flight Productions, Audax Films and Magnolia Entertainment.
Kevin Turen, Jason Michael Berman, Jay Schuminsky and Thomas B Fore produced.
Michael Finley, Ruth Mutch, Walter Kortschak, Justin Nappi, Richard Loughran, Shelley Browning, Michael Diamond, George Paaswell, Andrew Corkin, John Friedberg and Mark Moran are on the executive producer roster.
Samuel Goldwyn Films brokered the deal with Wme Global and CAA on behalf of the filmmakers.
- 5/1/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Connie Nielsen, Peter Fonda, Bryan Batt and Wendell Pierce have joined Nicolas Cage and Sarah Paulson on Paper Street Films and Back Lot Pictures’ The Runner. Separately, it emerged on Wednesday that production on Sicario will take place at Albuquerque Studios.
Austin Stark’s directorial debut is a contemporary political drama that takes place in the aftermath of the 2010 Bp oil spill.
Production is set to commence in New Orleans on June 23.
Benji Kohn, Bingo Gubelmann, Chris Papavasiliou and Erika Hampson are producing The Runner for Paper Street Films and Glenn Williamson for Back Lot Pictures.
Executive producers are Ruth Mutch, Noah Millman, Sam Bisbee and Tom Conigliaro.
Sicario, which Denis Villeneuve will shoot for Thunder Road Pictures and Black Label Media, will shoot at Albuquerque Studios in New Mexico. Lionsgate International commenced sales at the Cannes market and Lionsgate will distribute in the Us.
Austin Stark’s directorial debut is a contemporary political drama that takes place in the aftermath of the 2010 Bp oil spill.
Production is set to commence in New Orleans on June 23.
Benji Kohn, Bingo Gubelmann, Chris Papavasiliou and Erika Hampson are producing The Runner for Paper Street Films and Glenn Williamson for Back Lot Pictures.
Executive producers are Ruth Mutch, Noah Millman, Sam Bisbee and Tom Conigliaro.
Sicario, which Denis Villeneuve will shoot for Thunder Road Pictures and Black Label Media, will shoot at Albuquerque Studios in New Mexico. Lionsgate International commenced sales at the Cannes market and Lionsgate will distribute in the Us.
- 6/18/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Victor Levin’s romantic dramedy stars Anton Yelchin, Bérénice Marlohe, Olivia Thirlby, Lambert Wilson, Frank Langella and Glenn Close. The Solution Entertainment Group handles international sales.
Julie Lynn and Bonnie Curtis produced 5 To 7 for Mockingbird Pictures with Sam Englebardt and William Johnson for Demarest Films.
David Greathouse, Ruth Mutch and Benjamin and Theresa Castellano-Wood served as executive producers.
The film premiered at Tribeca and tells of an aspiring writer’s affair with the wife of a diplomat. IFC brokered the deal with CAA and Wme Global on behalf of the filmmakers.
Julie Lynn and Bonnie Curtis produced 5 To 7 for Mockingbird Pictures with Sam Englebardt and William Johnson for Demarest Films.
David Greathouse, Ruth Mutch and Benjamin and Theresa Castellano-Wood served as executive producers.
The film premiered at Tribeca and tells of an aspiring writer’s affair with the wife of a diplomat. IFC brokered the deal with CAA and Wme Global on behalf of the filmmakers.
- 6/17/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The NYC-based distributor has acquired writer-director Victor Levin’s romantic dramedy that premiered at Tribeca in April. IFC Films hasn’t set a U.S. release date for 5 To 7, which stars Anton Yelchin as an aspiring novelist who has an affair with a French diplomat’s wife (Berenice Marlohe). Cultures, worldviews, personal ethics and dietary preferences clash as love deepens. Olivia Thirlby, Lambert Wilson, Frank Langella and Glenn Close co-star in the film produced by Julie Lynn and Bonnie Curtis for Mockingbird Pictures, Sam Englebardt and William Johnson for Demarest Films. Executive producers are David Greathouse, Ruth Mutch and Benjamin and Theresa […]...
- 6/17/2014
- Deadline
IFC Films has acquired U.S. rights to writer-director Victor Levin's romantic dramedy “5 to 7,” which premiered in April at the Tribeca Film Festival, the company announced Tuesday. The film stars Anton Yelchin, Bérénice Marlohe, Olivia Thirlby, Lambert Wilson, Frank Langella and Glenn Close. “5 to 7” was produced by Julie Lynn and Bonnie Curtis for Mockingbird Pictures and Sam Englebardt and William Johnson for Demarest Films. The film was executive produced by David Greathouse, Ruth Mutch and Benjamin and Theresa Castellano-Wood. Also read: Voltage to Finance Joe Dante's ‘Burying the Ex’ Starring Anton Yelchin, Ashley Greene (Exclusive) Set in New York,...
- 6/17/2014
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Nicolas Cage will star for Paper Street Films and Back Lot Pictures in political drama The Runner.
Infinitely Polar Bear executive producer Austin Stark’s writing and directing debut centres on an idealistic but flawed New Orleans congressman who becomes embroiled in a sex scandal in the aftermath of the tragic 2010 Bp oil spill.
Benji Kohn, Bingo Gubelmann and Chris Papavasiliou produce for Paper Street Films with Glenn Williamson for Back Lot Pictures.
Ruth Mutch, Noah Millman, Sam Bisbee, Tom Conigliaro and Erika Hampson are the executive producers and production is set to kick off in New Orleans on June 23.
Infinitely Polar Bear executive producer Austin Stark’s writing and directing debut centres on an idealistic but flawed New Orleans congressman who becomes embroiled in a sex scandal in the aftermath of the tragic 2010 Bp oil spill.
Benji Kohn, Bingo Gubelmann and Chris Papavasiliou produce for Paper Street Films with Glenn Williamson for Back Lot Pictures.
Ruth Mutch, Noah Millman, Sam Bisbee, Tom Conigliaro and Erika Hampson are the executive producers and production is set to kick off in New Orleans on June 23.
- 5/16/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Nicolas Cage will star for Paper Street Films and Back Lot Pictures in political drama The Runner.
Infinitely Polar Bear executive producer Austin Stark’s writing and directing debut centres on an idealistic but flawed New Orleans congressman who becomes embroiled in a sex scandal in the aftermath of the tragic 2010 Bp oil spill.
Benji Kohn, Bingo Gubelmann and Chris Papavasiliou produce for Paper Street Films with Glenn Williamson for Back Lot Pictures.
Ruth Mutch, Noah Millman, Sam Bisbee, Tom Conigliaro and Erika Hampson are the executive producers and production is set to kick off in New Orleans on June 23.
Infinitely Polar Bear executive producer Austin Stark’s writing and directing debut centres on an idealistic but flawed New Orleans congressman who becomes embroiled in a sex scandal in the aftermath of the tragic 2010 Bp oil spill.
Benji Kohn, Bingo Gubelmann and Chris Papavasiliou produce for Paper Street Films with Glenn Williamson for Back Lot Pictures.
Ruth Mutch, Noah Millman, Sam Bisbee, Tom Conigliaro and Erika Hampson are the executive producers and production is set to kick off in New Orleans on June 23.
- 5/16/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Amplify has picked up Us rights to the drama, which as previously announced Premiere Entertainment will sell internationally in Cannes.
Sara Colangelo wrote and directed Little Accidents, which premiered in Sundance and stars Elizabeth Banks, Josh Lucas, Boyd Holbrook and Chloe Sevigny.
The story takes place in a small American town living under the shadow of a mining accident when a teenage boy goes missing.
Anne Carey, Jason Michael Berman, Thomas B Fore and Summer Shelton produced, while Chris Columbus, Amy Nauiokas, Eleanor Columbus, Ruth Mutch, Richard Loughran, Kwesi Collisson, Mike Feuer, and Todd Feuer served as executive producers.
Kent Sanderson brokered the deal on behalf of Amplify with Wme for the filmmakers.
Sara Colangelo wrote and directed Little Accidents, which premiered in Sundance and stars Elizabeth Banks, Josh Lucas, Boyd Holbrook and Chloe Sevigny.
The story takes place in a small American town living under the shadow of a mining accident when a teenage boy goes missing.
Anne Carey, Jason Michael Berman, Thomas B Fore and Summer Shelton produced, while Chris Columbus, Amy Nauiokas, Eleanor Columbus, Ruth Mutch, Richard Loughran, Kwesi Collisson, Mike Feuer, and Todd Feuer served as executive producers.
Kent Sanderson brokered the deal on behalf of Amplify with Wme for the filmmakers.
- 5/1/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Premiere Entertainment Group has picked up international sales rights to the Sundance thriller.
Sara Colangelo wrote and directed the film starring Elizabeth Banks, Josh Lucas, Boyd Holbrook and Chloe Sevigny.
Little Accidents tells the story of a small American town living under the shadow of a mining accident where a teenage boy goes missing.
Anne Carey, Jason Michael Berman, Thomas B Fore and Summer Shelton produced, while Chris Columbus, Amy Nauiokas, Eleanor Columbus, Ruth Mutch, Richard Loughran, Kwesi Collisson, Mike Feuer, and Todd Feuer served as executive producers.
Premiere Entertainment CEO Elias Axume brokered the deal with Wme Global on behalf of the filmmakers.
Sara Colangelo wrote and directed the film starring Elizabeth Banks, Josh Lucas, Boyd Holbrook and Chloe Sevigny.
Little Accidents tells the story of a small American town living under the shadow of a mining accident where a teenage boy goes missing.
Anne Carey, Jason Michael Berman, Thomas B Fore and Summer Shelton produced, while Chris Columbus, Amy Nauiokas, Eleanor Columbus, Ruth Mutch, Richard Loughran, Kwesi Collisson, Mike Feuer, and Todd Feuer served as executive producers.
Premiere Entertainment CEO Elias Axume brokered the deal with Wme Global on behalf of the filmmakers.
- 4/29/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired all North American, German, UK, Scandinavian, Eastern European and Russian rights to Maya Forbes' directorial debut Infinitely Polar Bear . Also written by Forbes, the film stars Mark Ruffalo and Zoe Saldana and premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival to great acclaim. Infinitely Polar Bear is produced by Paper Street Films and Park Pictures Features, in association with Bad Robot and Kgb Media. Wally Wolodarsky, Benji Kohn, Bingo Gubelmann, Sam Bisbee and Galt Niederhoffer produced the film with Executive Producers J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk, Austin Stark, Ruth Mutch, Noah Millman, Mark Ruffalo, Jackie Kelman Bisbee, Danny Rifkin, Tom Valerio and Richard Rifkin. Set in the late '70s, an eccentric mess of a...
- 2/2/2014
- Comingsoon.net
Sony Pictures Classics (Spc) has finalised its deal for North American, German, UK, Scandinavian, Eastern European and Russian rights to Maya Forbes’ directorial debut Infinitely Polar Bear following the recent world premiere in Sundance.
The Solution Entertainment Group holds international rights to the Paper Street Films and Park Pictures Features drama.
Mark Ruffalo and Zoe Saldana star in the story of an eccentric father who takes charge of his daughters while the mother goes to university.
Wally Wolodarsky produced with Paper Street Films’ Benji Kohn and Bingo Gubelmann and Park Pictures’ Sam Bisbee and Galt Niederhoffer.
Bad Robot’s Jj Abrams and Bryan Burk are the executive producers with Paper Street Films’ Austin Stark, Soaring Flight Productions’ Ruth Mutch and Park Pictures’ Jackie Kelman Bisbee.
Spc negotiated the deal with ICM Partners.
The Solution Entertainment Group holds international rights to the Paper Street Films and Park Pictures Features drama.
Mark Ruffalo and Zoe Saldana star in the story of an eccentric father who takes charge of his daughters while the mother goes to university.
Wally Wolodarsky produced with Paper Street Films’ Benji Kohn and Bingo Gubelmann and Park Pictures’ Sam Bisbee and Galt Niederhoffer.
Bad Robot’s Jj Abrams and Bryan Burk are the executive producers with Paper Street Films’ Austin Stark, Soaring Flight Productions’ Ruth Mutch and Park Pictures’ Jackie Kelman Bisbee.
Spc negotiated the deal with ICM Partners.
- 2/1/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Jonas Carpignano will direct the feature version of his Venice 2011 award-winning short A Chjana, one of several films backed by new company Maiden Voyage Pictures.
Maiden Voyage, which launches officially in Sundance with the January 22 world premiere of Little Accidents, will join Audax Films, Court 13, Dcm Productions, Good Lap Productions, Le Grisbi, TideRock Media and Treehouse Pictures in financing and producing Mediterranea.
Maiden Voyage’s Chris Columbus and Eleanor Columbus, Kwesi Collisson of Mindsmack and Mike Feuer, Todd Feuer, Ruth Mutch and Amy Nauiokas of Archer Gray serve as executive producers on the story of migrant workers in Italy, inspired by real events.
Jason Berman and Thomas Fore of TideRock Media, Anne Carey of Archer Gray and Summer Shelton are the producers.
Wme Global represents Little Accidents (pictured) and Mediterranea.
Maiden Voyage, which launches officially in Sundance with the January 22 world premiere of Little Accidents, will join Audax Films, Court 13, Dcm Productions, Good Lap Productions, Le Grisbi, TideRock Media and Treehouse Pictures in financing and producing Mediterranea.
Maiden Voyage’s Chris Columbus and Eleanor Columbus, Kwesi Collisson of Mindsmack and Mike Feuer, Todd Feuer, Ruth Mutch and Amy Nauiokas of Archer Gray serve as executive producers on the story of migrant workers in Italy, inspired by real events.
Jason Berman and Thomas Fore of TideRock Media, Anne Carey of Archer Gray and Summer Shelton are the producers.
Wme Global represents Little Accidents (pictured) and Mediterranea.
- 1/21/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Jonas Carpignano will direct the feature version of his Venice 2011 award-winning short A Chjana, one of several films backed by new company Maiden Voyage Pictures.
Maiden Voyage, which launches officially in Sundance with the January 22 world premiere of Little Accidents, will join Audax Films, Court 13, Dcm Productions, Good Lap Productions, Le Grisbi, TideRock Media and Treehouse Pictures in financing and producing Mediterranea.
Maiden Voyage’s Chris Columbus and Eleanor Columbus, Kwesi Collisson of Mindsmack and Mike Feuer, Todd Feuer, Ruth Mutch and Amy Nauiokas of Archer Gray serve as executive producers on the story of migrant workers in Italy, inspired by real events.
Jason Berman and Thomas Fore of TideRock Media, Anne Carey of Archer Gray and Summer Shelton are the producers.
Wme Global represents Little Accidents (pictured) and Mediterranea.
Maiden Voyage, which launches officially in Sundance with the January 22 world premiere of Little Accidents, will join Audax Films, Court 13, Dcm Productions, Good Lap Productions, Le Grisbi, TideRock Media and Treehouse Pictures in financing and producing Mediterranea.
Maiden Voyage’s Chris Columbus and Eleanor Columbus, Kwesi Collisson of Mindsmack and Mike Feuer, Todd Feuer, Ruth Mutch and Amy Nauiokas of Archer Gray serve as executive producers on the story of migrant workers in Italy, inspired by real events.
Jason Berman and Thomas Fore of TideRock Media, Anne Carey of Archer Gray and Summer Shelton are the producers.
Wme Global represents Little Accidents (pictured) and Mediterranea.
- 1/21/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Solution Entertainment Group will handle international rights to Emmy-Award nominated writer Maya Forbes’ directorial debut Infinitely Polar Bear starring Oscar nominee Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are Alright) and Zoe Saldana (Star Trek), it was announced today by The Solution Entertainment Group’s (“The Solution”) founders and partners, Lisa Wilson and Myles Nestel.
The film will make its world premiere at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic section. ICM Partners will be handling Us rights.
The film is produced by Emmy-winning Wally Wolodarsky along with Paper Street Films’ Benji Kohn and Bingo Gubelmann (Happythankyoumoreplease) and Park Pictures’ Sam Bisbee and Galt Niederhoffer (Robot & Frank).
The film is executive produced by Bad Robot’s J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk, Paper Street Films’ Austin Stark, Soaring Flight Productions’ Ruth Mutch and Park Pictures’ Jackie Kelman Bisbee.
The year is 1978, and the Stuart family is struggling to hold it together.
The film will make its world premiere at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic section. ICM Partners will be handling Us rights.
The film is produced by Emmy-winning Wally Wolodarsky along with Paper Street Films’ Benji Kohn and Bingo Gubelmann (Happythankyoumoreplease) and Park Pictures’ Sam Bisbee and Galt Niederhoffer (Robot & Frank).
The film is executive produced by Bad Robot’s J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk, Paper Street Films’ Austin Stark, Soaring Flight Productions’ Ruth Mutch and Park Pictures’ Jackie Kelman Bisbee.
The year is 1978, and the Stuart family is struggling to hold it together.
- 1/14/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Exclusive: The Solution Entertainment Group will handle international sales on the upcoming Sundance world premiere Infinitely Polar Bear, on which Jj Abrams serves as executive producer.
Co-founders Lisa Wilson and Myles Nestel said the Solution will introduce the film to international buyers at the Efm in Berlin next month. ICM Partners represents Us rights.
Mark Ruffalo and Zoe Saldana star in the Us Dramatic selection by first-time feature director Maya Forbes.
Infinitely Polar Bear takes place in 1978 as a bipolar, unemployed father becomes the primary carer of his two children for 18 months while his wife goes to school in New York.
Wally Wolodarsky produced with Paper Street Films’ Benji Kohn and Bingo Gubelmann and Park Pictures’ Sam Bisbee and Galt Niederhoffer.
Bad Robot’s Abrams and Bryan Burk are the executive producers with Paper Street Films’ Austin Stark, Soaring Flight Productions’ Ruth Mutch and Park Pictures’ Jackie Kelman Bisbee.
Co-founders Lisa Wilson and Myles Nestel said the Solution will introduce the film to international buyers at the Efm in Berlin next month. ICM Partners represents Us rights.
Mark Ruffalo and Zoe Saldana star in the Us Dramatic selection by first-time feature director Maya Forbes.
Infinitely Polar Bear takes place in 1978 as a bipolar, unemployed father becomes the primary carer of his two children for 18 months while his wife goes to school in New York.
Wally Wolodarsky produced with Paper Street Films’ Benji Kohn and Bingo Gubelmann and Park Pictures’ Sam Bisbee and Galt Niederhoffer.
Bad Robot’s Abrams and Bryan Burk are the executive producers with Paper Street Films’ Austin Stark, Soaring Flight Productions’ Ruth Mutch and Park Pictures’ Jackie Kelman Bisbee.
- 1/14/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
“Tracking Shot” is a monthly featurette here on Ioncinema.com that looks at a dozen or so projects that are moments away from lensing and this October we see a couple of items that we could certainly circle as potential Cannes 2014 bait. Thanks to our friends at Production Weekly for the helping hand in curating our list of future must see items.
Among the top foreign film productions, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover‘s Peter Greenaway is looking at a late October, possible November start to begin filming a fragment of the great Soviet master filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein’s bio timeline. Eisenstein In Guanajuato will cover the portion of the filmmaker’s post Battleship Potemkin career, with Eisenstein landing in Mexico after Hollywood studios balked at the idea of working with him and in its place finds romance. The Girl Who Played with Fire‘s Daniel Alfredson...
Among the top foreign film productions, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover‘s Peter Greenaway is looking at a late October, possible November start to begin filming a fragment of the great Soviet master filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein’s bio timeline. Eisenstein In Guanajuato will cover the portion of the filmmaker’s post Battleship Potemkin career, with Eisenstein landing in Mexico after Hollywood studios balked at the idea of working with him and in its place finds romance. The Girl Who Played with Fire‘s Daniel Alfredson...
- 10/1/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
He has been on our radar since he produced Alistair Banks Griffin’s Two Gates of Sleep (2010) and mounted his writing-directing projects in the Sundance preemed shorts The Fort (2012) and Karaoke! (2013) (here is one of our two interviews with the helomer), Deadline reports that Richard Gere has boarded Andrew Renzi’s directorial debut – a Sundance Writers’ Lab project that will begin lensing in October, Franny will potentially film Philadelphia where the original screenplay is set. We’re looking forward to more casting announcements for the roles of the young couple. The producer army begins with Treehouse Pictures’ Justin Nappi and Kevin Turen (All Is Lost), TideRock Media’s Thomas B Fore and Jason Michael Berman (Sara Colangelo’s Little Accidents) and Big Shoes Media’s Jay Schuminsky are producing. Magnolia Entertainment’s Shelley Browning and Michael Diamond serve as executive producers alongside Soaring Flight Productions’ Ruth Mutch and Qed evp of international sales John Friedberg.
- 8/30/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Gere has set his first film since the acclaimed Arbitrage and will star in the drama from Treehouse Pictures, TideRock Media, Big Shoes Media, Magnolia Entertainment and Soaring Flight Productions. Qed International will commence pre-sales in Toronto.
Andrew Renzi’s debut feature is scheduled to commence production in October. Gere will play a fun-loving philanthropist who works his way into the lives of a newlywed couple to recapture the life he once had.
Renzi wrote and developed Franny through the 2013 Sundance Screenwriters Lab. Treehouse Pictures, who produced Arbitrage, is producing with TideRock Media’s Thomas B Fore and Jason Michael Berman and Big Shoes Media’s Jay Schuminsky.
Magnolia Entertainment’s Shelley Browning and Michael Diamond serve as executive producers alongside Soaring Flight Productions’ Ruth Mutch and Qed evp of international sales John Friedberg.
“Andrew is a remarkably promising filmmaker who we met through the Sundance Institute,” said Schuminsky, Fore and Berman. “He has written...
Andrew Renzi’s debut feature is scheduled to commence production in October. Gere will play a fun-loving philanthropist who works his way into the lives of a newlywed couple to recapture the life he once had.
Renzi wrote and developed Franny through the 2013 Sundance Screenwriters Lab. Treehouse Pictures, who produced Arbitrage, is producing with TideRock Media’s Thomas B Fore and Jason Michael Berman and Big Shoes Media’s Jay Schuminsky.
Magnolia Entertainment’s Shelley Browning and Michael Diamond serve as executive producers alongside Soaring Flight Productions’ Ruth Mutch and Qed evp of international sales John Friedberg.
“Andrew is a remarkably promising filmmaker who we met through the Sundance Institute,” said Schuminsky, Fore and Berman. “He has written...
- 8/30/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Production is underway in West Virginia on Sara Colangelo’s feature directorial debut starring Elizabeth Banks, Boyd Holbrook, Chloë Sevigny, Jacob Lofland and Josh Lucas.
Little Accidents was developed at both the Sundance Institute’s Screenwriters and Directors Labs and weaves together the lives of three residents from an Appalachian coal town after a teenage boy goes missing.
Colangelo previously directed the short film of the same name and debuted that at Sundance 2010.
Anne Carey of Archer Gray Productions produces with Jason Michael Berman and Thomas B Fore of TideRock Media alongside Summer Shelton.
Chris Columbus and Eleanor Columbus of Maiden Voyage serve as executive producers with Amy Nauiokas of Archer Gray, Ruth Mutch of Soaring Flight Productions and Kwesi Collisson, Mike Feuer and Todd Feuer of Mindsmack Productions.
Wme packaged the project and represents sales rights.
Little Accidents was developed at both the Sundance Institute’s Screenwriters and Directors Labs and weaves together the lives of three residents from an Appalachian coal town after a teenage boy goes missing.
Colangelo previously directed the short film of the same name and debuted that at Sundance 2010.
Anne Carey of Archer Gray Productions produces with Jason Michael Berman and Thomas B Fore of TideRock Media alongside Summer Shelton.
Chris Columbus and Eleanor Columbus of Maiden Voyage serve as executive producers with Amy Nauiokas of Archer Gray, Ruth Mutch of Soaring Flight Productions and Kwesi Collisson, Mike Feuer and Todd Feuer of Mindsmack Productions.
Wme packaged the project and represents sales rights.
- 8/15/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Indie starlet Chloë Sevigny, veteran Josh Lucas and Mud discovery Jacob Lofland have joined the already mentioned Elizabeth Banks and Boyd Holbrook in Sara Colangelo’s feature directing debut. We’ve been tracking the filmmaker who made a splash at Sundance with the short of the same name in 2010, and since followed that up with workshopping screenwriting and directing labs. Production on Little Accidents has begun in West Virginia, the army of producers include Anne Carey of Archer Gray Productions, Jason Michael Berman and Thomas B. Fore of TideRock Media, and Summer Shelton with executive producers creds going to Chris Columbus and Eleanor Columbus of Maiden Voyage, Amy Nauiokas of Archer Gray Productions, Ruth Mutch of Soaring Flight Productions, and Kwesi Collisson, Mike Feuer and Todd Feuer of Mindsmack Productions.
Gist: Set in a small American coal-mining town left devastated by a mining accident that killed 12 men, story explores tragedy...
Gist: Set in a small American coal-mining town left devastated by a mining accident that killed 12 men, story explores tragedy...
- 8/15/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Exclusive: Production has gotten underway in West Virginia on Little Accidents, an indie drama written and directed by first timer Sara Colangelo. Elizabeth Banks, Boyd Holbrook, Chloë Sevigny, Jacob Lofland and Josh Lucas are starring in a film developed at both the Sundance Institute’s Screenwriters and Directors Labs. In Little Accidents, a 14-year old boy disappears in an American coal town that has already seen its share of tragedy after a mining accident. The disappearance draws together three local residents from very different walks of life to struggle to navigate the web of secrets surrounding the boy’s death, unaware of how connected they truly are. Colangelo directed an award-winning short film by the same name, which debuted at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and explored some of the same themes in this feature. The film is being produced by Anne Carey of Archer Gray Productions, Jason Michael Berman and...
- 8/15/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Cinedigm Entertainment Group has acquired North American distribution rights to writer-director Jared Moshé’s Western “Dead Man’s Burden.” The company plans a 2013 theatrical release followed by digital, VOD and DVD releases. Clare Bowen, David Call and Barlow Jacobs star in the post-Civil War-era story of a couple dealing with a mining company that is trying to buy their New Mexico land. The film had its premiere at the 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival and will next screen at the Hamptons International Film Festival. Read More: Laff Review: Jared Moshé's 'Dead Man's Burden' Does Justice To Its Western Roots Veronica Nickel produced the project; Jennifer Chikes, Ruth Mutch and Nick Quested are executive producers. “Jared has created a classic Western in which his eye for detail and love of the genre come through in every scene,” said Cinedigm acquisitions exec Vincent Scordino. “The result...
- 10/4/2012
- by Jay A. Fernandez
- Indiewire
Jennifer Jason Leigh has joined James Ponsoldt's The Spectacular Now, adapted from the Tim Tharp novel by (500) Days of Summer duo Michael H. Weber and Scott Neustadter. The film stars Teller as a high school senior who tries to save an introvert (Woodley) from life as a social outcast. Variety reports that The Spectacular Now which is currently shooting in Georgia, stars Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller, where Larson would play Teller's character's mother. Andrew Lauren Prods., Shawn Levy's 21 Laps and Global Produce are producing while Neustadter and Weber are serving as executive producers alongside Marc Shmuger, Ruth Mutch and Matthew Medlin.
- 8/28/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Jennifer Jason Leigh has joined James Ponsoldt's The Spectacular Now, adapted from the Tim Tharp novel by (500) Days of Summer duo Michael H. Weber and Scott Neustadter. The film stars Teller as a high school senior who tries to save an introvert (Woodley) from life as a social outcast. Variety reports that The Spectacular Now which is currently shooting in Georgia, stars Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller, where Larson would play Teller's character's mother. Andrew Lauren Prods., Shawn Levy's 21 Laps and Global Produce are producing while Neustadter and Weber are serving as executive producers alongside Marc Shmuger, Ruth Mutch and Matthew Medlin.
- 8/28/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The year is 1870, and a fragmented America still strains to pick up the pieces from a savage Civil War. Martha (exciting newcomer Clare Bowen, ABC’s “Nashville”) and her husband Heck (David Call, Tiny Furniture) are living on a homestead Martha.s father purchased on the rural New Mexico frontier and struggle to make ends meet. When a mining company expresses interest in buying their land, Martha and Heck see their ticket to a better life.
Pictured: Clare Bowen as “Martha” photo by Philip De Jong
Their hopeful plans are soon complicated when Martha.s oldest brother Wade (Barlow Jacobs, Shotgun Stories).whom she had thought killed during the war .returns to the family homestead after learning of their father.s death. A defector to the Union Army, Wade soon discovers that Martha is hiding secrets of her own. As the two siblings become reacquainted, torn between a desire to...
Pictured: Clare Bowen as “Martha” photo by Philip De Jong
Their hopeful plans are soon complicated when Martha.s oldest brother Wade (Barlow Jacobs, Shotgun Stories).whom she had thought killed during the war .returns to the family homestead after learning of their father.s death. A defector to the Union Army, Wade soon discovers that Martha is hiding secrets of her own. As the two siblings become reacquainted, torn between a desire to...
- 5/17/2012
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
We've been talking about John Wildman's horror flick Stripped for about two years now, and we are extremely happy to report that the little indie flick that's home to some stunning eye candy is finally gettin' cookin'!
From the Press Release
Wildworks Productions announced that the horror thriller Stripped, initially set to film two years ago in 2010, will begin principal photography in Dallas, Texas this June. Directed by John Wildman from a script co-penned by Wildman and Justina Walford, the film will star the previously announced trio of popular horror film scream queen Tiffany Shepis (pictured below; The Violent Kind, Night Of The Demons), adult film icon Michelle “Belladonna” Sinclair, who will make her mainstream feature film debut, and internationally accomplished actor Samrat Chakrabarti (The Waiting City, Kissing Cousins). The film also stars Michael Guarnera (“Desperate Housewives”, “NCIS”).
The effort to get the film before cameras is headed by executive producers Ruth Mutch,...
From the Press Release
Wildworks Productions announced that the horror thriller Stripped, initially set to film two years ago in 2010, will begin principal photography in Dallas, Texas this June. Directed by John Wildman from a script co-penned by Wildman and Justina Walford, the film will star the previously announced trio of popular horror film scream queen Tiffany Shepis (pictured below; The Violent Kind, Night Of The Demons), adult film icon Michelle “Belladonna” Sinclair, who will make her mainstream feature film debut, and internationally accomplished actor Samrat Chakrabarti (The Waiting City, Kissing Cousins). The film also stars Michael Guarnera (“Desperate Housewives”, “NCIS”).
The effort to get the film before cameras is headed by executive producers Ruth Mutch,...
- 5/4/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
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