Producers targeting summer start in Georgia and Alabama.
Deon Taylor has come on board to direct Civil Rights drama Freedom Ride, recounting the efforts by the late Congressman John Lewis and other activists to end segregation laws.
The Hideaway Entertainment, Inde Companies and Hidden Empire Film Group have targeted a summer production start and plan to film in Atlanta, Georgia, and Birmingham, Alabama.
Steven Vosburgh, Dusdi Fissette, and Taylor wrote the screenplay set in 1961 about the Freedom Riders – a multiracial group of young activists led by Lewis, who went on to become a Congressman and died last summer, as they...
Deon Taylor has come on board to direct Civil Rights drama Freedom Ride, recounting the efforts by the late Congressman John Lewis and other activists to end segregation laws.
The Hideaway Entertainment, Inde Companies and Hidden Empire Film Group have targeted a summer production start and plan to film in Atlanta, Georgia, and Birmingham, Alabama.
Steven Vosburgh, Dusdi Fissette, and Taylor wrote the screenplay set in 1961 about the Freedom Riders – a multiracial group of young activists led by Lewis, who went on to become a Congressman and died last summer, as they...
- 2/4/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Deon Taylor is set to direct Freedom Ride, a period drama that will be produced by The Hideaway Entertainment’s Matthew Rhodes (Cherry), Inde Companies’ Kim Leadford (The Butler), Mark R. Harris (Crash) and Hidden Empire Film Group’s Roxanne Avent Taylor (Fatale). Taylor, whose films include Fatale and Black and Blue, has written the script with Steven Vosburgh and Dusdi Fissette based on first-person accounts by a dozen of the original Freedom Riders, including the late civil rights icon and U.S. Congressman John Lewis.
Taylor and his Hidden Empire Film Group partner Robert F. Smith will be exec producers, along with Benjamin Crump and his company Brooklyn Media. Crump is the noted civil rights attorney who represents the family of the late George Floyd and repped the family of Trayvon Martin. The filmmakers will go out quickly to land a distributor for the package, in time for a hoped-for summer start date.
Taylor and his Hidden Empire Film Group partner Robert F. Smith will be exec producers, along with Benjamin Crump and his company Brooklyn Media. Crump is the noted civil rights attorney who represents the family of the late George Floyd and repped the family of Trayvon Martin. The filmmakers will go out quickly to land a distributor for the package, in time for a hoped-for summer start date.
- 2/4/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
StarStream Entertainment has appointed its co-founder Daniel McCarney as chief content officer, the company said Friday in Park City, Utah. The company will premiere its dark comedy “Life After Beth” at the Sundance Film Festival, playing in the U.S. Dramatic Competition. Also read: Sundance: Funny or Die Boards Midnight Comedy ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ McCarney will continue overseeing all upcoming content and projects for the company, alongside CEO Kim Leadford. “Daniel McCarney has been an essential member of our team, making exponential contributions to all of our films to date,” Leadford said. “We are thrilled to announce his appointment to Cco.
- 1/17/2014
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Lionsgate and CNN Films are believed to have paid in the region of $1m for North American rights following the film’s world premiere in Us Documentary competition on Day One (16).
Todd Miller’s film explores the legal and political brouhaha that ensued after a team of paleontologists discovered Sue, the remains of the biggest T-Rex ever found.
Lionsgate will release in theatres and CNN will handle the North American broadcast premiere.
The distributors negotiated rights with Submarine on behalf of the film-makers.
Funny Or Die has partnered with producers Unison Films and Defendor Films on the comedy What We Do In The Shadows, set to receive its world premiere in Park City on January. Funny Or Die will leverage it social media presence leading up to release if and when a distributor acquires the film. CAA represents Us rights to the film and brokered the alliance.Element Pictures and Lenny Abrahamson have announced a first-look deal ahead...
Todd Miller’s film explores the legal and political brouhaha that ensued after a team of paleontologists discovered Sue, the remains of the biggest T-Rex ever found.
Lionsgate will release in theatres and CNN will handle the North American broadcast premiere.
The distributors negotiated rights with Submarine on behalf of the film-makers.
Funny Or Die has partnered with producers Unison Films and Defendor Films on the comedy What We Do In The Shadows, set to receive its world premiere in Park City on January. Funny Or Die will leverage it social media presence leading up to release if and when a distributor acquires the film. CAA represents Us rights to the film and brokered the alliance.Element Pictures and Lenny Abrahamson have announced a first-look deal ahead...
- 1/17/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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