Jason Cloth, a Canadian financier with executive producer credits on dozens of films such as Joker, Licorice Pizza and the upcoming Mission: Impossible movie, is out as co-head of C2 Motion Picture Group as he fields allegations of fraud on a number of projects.
The announcement that Cloth stepped down, made on Tuesday, comes less than a week after a Florida jury found that he defrauded an investor out of millions of dollars for the production of a slate of movies, including Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Monkey Man and NBA docuseries The Pathway. Cloth, who didn’t mount a defense in the trial, was ordered to pay roughly $19.6 million. Since 2021, he and his former financing company Creative Wealth Media have been named in at least four lawsuits, two of which have since been voluntarily dismissed, accusing him of making false statements to solicit investments and loans that he allegedly failed to repay.
The announcement that Cloth stepped down, made on Tuesday, comes less than a week after a Florida jury found that he defrauded an investor out of millions of dollars for the production of a slate of movies, including Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Monkey Man and NBA docuseries The Pathway. Cloth, who didn’t mount a defense in the trial, was ordered to pay roughly $19.6 million. Since 2021, he and his former financing company Creative Wealth Media have been named in at least four lawsuits, two of which have since been voluntarily dismissed, accusing him of making false statements to solicit investments and loans that he allegedly failed to repay.
- 5/14/2024
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Your Old Droog has dropped a banging new posse cut featuring Denzel Curry and Method Man. Titled “Dbz,” the lyrical free-for-all was produced by Madlib. Stream it below.
Trading bars over an expertly-chopped soul sample, each rapper gets off their best punchlines and pop culture references. Droog opens the track by comparing haters to NBA player Dillon Brooks, who cost his team a playoff series against LeBron James due to his antics: “You ain’t no villain, you Dillon Brooks/ Let me guess, you on your Grizzly, tryna diss me/ I’m looking at him like Bron, ‘Dawg, who is he?'”
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Grabbing the mic for the third verse, Method Man name-checks Spider-Man and shouts out his native Staten Island, rapping, “Love Mary Jane like I’m Peter Parker/ Si New Yorker, we don’t make up stories, Sephora.”
Closing out the track, Curry shouts...
Trading bars over an expertly-chopped soul sample, each rapper gets off their best punchlines and pop culture references. Droog opens the track by comparing haters to NBA player Dillon Brooks, who cost his team a playoff series against LeBron James due to his antics: “You ain’t no villain, you Dillon Brooks/ Let me guess, you on your Grizzly, tryna diss me/ I’m looking at him like Bron, ‘Dawg, who is he?'”
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Grabbing the mic for the third verse, Method Man name-checks Spider-Man and shouts out his native Staten Island, rapping, “Love Mary Jane like I’m Peter Parker/ Si New Yorker, we don’t make up stories, Sephora.”
Closing out the track, Curry shouts...
- 4/12/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Welcome to this week’s review of Nxt, right here on Nerdly. Let’s get straight into it and see what went down in this episode…
Match #1: Otm def. Chase U The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
Andre Chase will have to find a new way to fix Chase U’s money problems as he failed to win Scrypts’ money after losing to Otm. With Otm’s big win, Bronco Nima and Lucien Price will get a future Tag Team Title Match against Tony D’Angelo and Stacks.
My Score: 2.5 out of 5 Match #2: Heritage Cup Match – Noam Dar def. Josh Briggs (Dq) The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
Josh Briggs wanted to prove that he could win without Brooks Jensen and Fallon Henley in his corner, but it proved to be an unwise decision as Nxt Heritage Cup Champion Noam Dar and The Meta-Four frustrated...
Match #1: Otm def. Chase U The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
Andre Chase will have to find a new way to fix Chase U’s money problems as he failed to win Scrypts’ money after losing to Otm. With Otm’s big win, Bronco Nima and Lucien Price will get a future Tag Team Title Match against Tony D’Angelo and Stacks.
My Score: 2.5 out of 5 Match #2: Heritage Cup Match – Noam Dar def. Josh Briggs (Dq) The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
Josh Briggs wanted to prove that he could win without Brooks Jensen and Fallon Henley in his corner, but it proved to be an unwise decision as Nxt Heritage Cup Champion Noam Dar and The Meta-Four frustrated...
- 12/28/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Canadian production company Bron Studios which financed massive Academy Award nominated blockbuster films such as ‘Joker’, ‘Licorice Pizza’ and ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ has now filed for bankruptcy. The company had stressed financial difficulties for a long time, and the Covid-19 pandemic coupled with the recently ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes has only caused more problems for the studio.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the company’s co-founder Aaron J Gilbert said that the indie studio had filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy in the United States as well as protection from creditors in Canada.
Talking about the bankruptcy, Gilbert said: “Having explored many options for many months, Bron had no choice but to take this step in light of its financial circumstances.”
“The last few years have been incredibly difficult for Bron, and things have only gotten more complicated over these past months. Covid and the many other issues...
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the company’s co-founder Aaron J Gilbert said that the indie studio had filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy in the United States as well as protection from creditors in Canada.
Talking about the bankruptcy, Gilbert said: “Having explored many options for many months, Bron had no choice but to take this step in light of its financial circumstances.”
“The last few years have been incredibly difficult for Bron, and things have only gotten more complicated over these past months. Covid and the many other issues...
- 7/20/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Covid, media landscape challenges, strikes “have made Bron’s ability to continue its existing business impossible”.
Bron, the Canadian producer and co-financier of studio titles like Joker, House Of Gucci and Licorice Pizza, has filed for protection from its Canadian creditors.
The company has also filed for recognition of the initial creditor protection order – issued by the Supreme Court of British Columbia – in the United States under Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code.
It is attempting to steer through a recovery after a brutal confluence of events that has afflicted many in the industry – Covid, economic challenges, and now the double strike.
Bron, the Canadian producer and co-financier of studio titles like Joker, House Of Gucci and Licorice Pizza, has filed for protection from its Canadian creditors.
The company has also filed for recognition of the initial creditor protection order – issued by the Supreme Court of British Columbia – in the United States under Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code.
It is attempting to steer through a recovery after a brutal confluence of events that has afflicted many in the industry – Covid, economic challenges, and now the double strike.
- 7/19/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Bron Studios, the Canadian production and financing company, has filed for bankruptcy. The company filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy in the United States as well as protection from creditors in Canada.
The company is known for co-financing on projects such as Joker, the Oscar-winning pic that amassed $1.1 billion at the worldwide box office, and Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza, and had relationships with talent such as Charlize Theron and Jason Reitman. Rumors of financial stresses at the company had swirled for months, and in a letter released Wednesday, the company cited headwinds within the industry.
“Having explored many options for many months, Bron had no choice but to take this step in light of its financial circumstances,” wrote CEO Aaron L. Gilbert. “The last few years have been incredibly difficult for Bron, and things have only gotten more complicated over these past months. Covid and the many other issues affecting...
The company is known for co-financing on projects such as Joker, the Oscar-winning pic that amassed $1.1 billion at the worldwide box office, and Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza, and had relationships with talent such as Charlize Theron and Jason Reitman. Rumors of financial stresses at the company had swirled for months, and in a letter released Wednesday, the company cited headwinds within the industry.
“Having explored many options for many months, Bron had no choice but to take this step in light of its financial circumstances,” wrote CEO Aaron L. Gilbert. “The last few years have been incredibly difficult for Bron, and things have only gotten more complicated over these past months. Covid and the many other issues affecting...
- 7/19/2023
- by Aaron Couch and Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bron, the finance and production company that backed films including Joker, Licorice Pizza, Bombshell and Judas and the Black Messiah, has filed for bankruptcy, its co-founder Aaron J. Gilbert said Wednesday.
In a letter to “friends, partners, team members and backers,” Gilbert wrote today that Bron — the parent company of Bron Studios and Bron Digital — had filed for creditor protection with the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Canada, where it is based, concurrent with Chapter 15 in the U.S.
The Chapter 15 designation deals with cases involving more than one country.
“Having explored many options for many months, Bron had no choice but to take this step in light of its financial circumstances,” Gilbert wrote (read the full letter here). “The last few years have been incredibly difficult for Bron, and things have only gotten more complicated over these past months. Covid and the many other issues affecting the media industry the last few years,...
In a letter to “friends, partners, team members and backers,” Gilbert wrote today that Bron — the parent company of Bron Studios and Bron Digital — had filed for creditor protection with the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Canada, where it is based, concurrent with Chapter 15 in the U.S.
The Chapter 15 designation deals with cases involving more than one country.
“Having explored many options for many months, Bron had no choice but to take this step in light of its financial circumstances,” Gilbert wrote (read the full letter here). “The last few years have been incredibly difficult for Bron, and things have only gotten more complicated over these past months. Covid and the many other issues affecting the media industry the last few years,...
- 7/19/2023
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Bron, the Canadian studio behind films including “Joker” and Clint Eastwood’s “The Mule,” filed for cross-border bankruptcy on Wednesday.
“The decision to seek creditor protection was not taken lightly and was adopted with a view to the best interests of the company and its many stakeholders,” a company memo from CEO Aaron L. Gilbert read.
The company filed for creditor protection in Vancouver, B.C., and Chapter 15 in the U.S.
Gilbert wrote that Bron will be working with its creditors and stakeholders alongside court-appointed monitor Grant Thornton Limited and that proceedings “are expected to be completed by late
fall.”
He thanked the Bron team, as well as the company’s “incredible creative, production, and business partners,” as corporate backers and reps and service providers for “all the support and patience through a very tough few years.”
Gilbert added, “Your continued support and patience will remain critical during this restructuring process,...
“The decision to seek creditor protection was not taken lightly and was adopted with a view to the best interests of the company and its many stakeholders,” a company memo from CEO Aaron L. Gilbert read.
The company filed for creditor protection in Vancouver, B.C., and Chapter 15 in the U.S.
Gilbert wrote that Bron will be working with its creditors and stakeholders alongside court-appointed monitor Grant Thornton Limited and that proceedings “are expected to be completed by late
fall.”
He thanked the Bron team, as well as the company’s “incredible creative, production, and business partners,” as corporate backers and reps and service providers for “all the support and patience through a very tough few years.”
Gilbert added, “Your continued support and patience will remain critical during this restructuring process,...
- 7/19/2023
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Not so fast. HBO has responded to a report in New York Post’s Page Six, citing sources, that the music drama series would likely not return for a second season.
“It is being misreported that a decision on a second season of The Idol has been determined,” HBO wrote in a tweet. “It has not, and we look forward to sharing the next episode with you Sunday night.” (See below).
Page Six quoted a source as saying, “This was never meant to be a long-running show, it was always … a limited series.” The story also quoted a source inside HBO which refuted the idea that it would not return, saying “The door is definitely still open — it’s definitely not a decision [yet]. At this point, this is normal in our process … we’re only two episodes in.”
Page Six reported that star and executive producer Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye...
“It is being misreported that a decision on a second season of The Idol has been determined,” HBO wrote in a tweet. “It has not, and we look forward to sharing the next episode with you Sunday night.” (See below).
Page Six quoted a source as saying, “This was never meant to be a long-running show, it was always … a limited series.” The story also quoted a source inside HBO which refuted the idea that it would not return, saying “The door is definitely still open — it’s definitely not a decision [yet]. At this point, this is normal in our process … we’re only two episodes in.”
Page Six reported that star and executive producer Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye...
- 6/15/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The buzz surrounding HBO’s controversial new series The Idol might just be working to its benefit.
Episode 2 aired on Sunday night, drawing about 800,000 total viewers across Max and linear HBO telecasts. That’s a slight dip from last week’s premiere audience of 913,000. According to HBO, viewing held steady on Max and the dip in viewers came via linear.
That makes sense, considering the series is likely targeting a younger demographic than the typical linear television viewer. Nielsen reports that The Idol viewers on Max are tracking 21 years younger than viewers via the HBO channel, a wider disparity than the typical HBO drama.
As predicted, viewing for the premiere episode has significantly increased since the episode aired. It has now surpassed 3.6M viewers in its first week on the service, which HBO says outpaces the series premieres for both The White Lotus (3M in 2021) and Euphoria (3.3M in 2019) in the same time period.
Episode 2 aired on Sunday night, drawing about 800,000 total viewers across Max and linear HBO telecasts. That’s a slight dip from last week’s premiere audience of 913,000. According to HBO, viewing held steady on Max and the dip in viewers came via linear.
That makes sense, considering the series is likely targeting a younger demographic than the typical linear television viewer. Nielsen reports that The Idol viewers on Max are tracking 21 years younger than viewers via the HBO channel, a wider disparity than the typical HBO drama.
As predicted, viewing for the premiere episode has significantly increased since the episode aired. It has now surpassed 3.6M viewers in its first week on the service, which HBO says outpaces the series premieres for both The White Lotus (3M in 2021) and Euphoria (3.3M in 2019) in the same time period.
- 6/12/2023
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO said “Hello, angel” to 913,000 viewers when it aired the series premiere of “The Idol” on Sunday night.
Provided by Warner Bros. Discovery, that number points to Nielsen’s measurement of linear viewers on HBO’s cable channel combined with Wbd’s own data regarding streams on Max.
For context, “Euphoria” drew 1.1 million viewers when it premiered in 2019. Levinson’s second HBO outing is therefore 17% behind his first. The trajectory of “Euphoria” Season 1 viewership was mostly flat, peaking with 1.2 million viewers of the finale, meaning that “The Idol” could still manage to beat out “Euphoria’s” early performance if its audience continue to grow. But there’s only one month left to achieve that, as the drama’s first season will run for a short five episodes.
It’s additionally notable that “Euphoria” had the benefit of premiering directly after an episode of HBO’s “Big Little Lies” that got 2.3 million viewers,...
Provided by Warner Bros. Discovery, that number points to Nielsen’s measurement of linear viewers on HBO’s cable channel combined with Wbd’s own data regarding streams on Max.
For context, “Euphoria” drew 1.1 million viewers when it premiered in 2019. Levinson’s second HBO outing is therefore 17% behind his first. The trajectory of “Euphoria” Season 1 viewership was mostly flat, peaking with 1.2 million viewers of the finale, meaning that “The Idol” could still manage to beat out “Euphoria’s” early performance if its audience continue to grow. But there’s only one month left to achieve that, as the drama’s first season will run for a short five episodes.
It’s additionally notable that “Euphoria” had the benefit of premiering directly after an episode of HBO’s “Big Little Lies” that got 2.3 million viewers,...
- 6/5/2023
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Will Sam Levinson have another HBO success on his hands with The Idol?
The series premiered Sunday night to 913,000 total viewers across Max and linear HBO telecasts, according to HBO. This is a fairly promising debut for The Idol, and viewership for the premiere is likely to grow in the next week as conversation about the somewhat controversial series continues ahead of Episode 2.
HBO says that new episodes of a series tend to draw 10%-20% of their total viewership on Sunday nights, indicating that The Idol will probably average several million viewers, at least for the first episode.
That being said, the series starring Abel Tesfaye aka The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp didn’t quite match premiere viewership for Levinson’s first HBO hit, Euphoria. That series took home 1.1 million viewers on its premiere night in 2019, with a bit of a lead-in from a Season 2 episode of Big Little Lies.
The series premiered Sunday night to 913,000 total viewers across Max and linear HBO telecasts, according to HBO. This is a fairly promising debut for The Idol, and viewership for the premiere is likely to grow in the next week as conversation about the somewhat controversial series continues ahead of Episode 2.
HBO says that new episodes of a series tend to draw 10%-20% of their total viewership on Sunday nights, indicating that The Idol will probably average several million viewers, at least for the first episode.
That being said, the series starring Abel Tesfaye aka The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp didn’t quite match premiere viewership for Levinson’s first HBO hit, Euphoria. That series took home 1.1 million viewers on its premiere night in 2019, with a bit of a lead-in from a Season 2 episode of Big Little Lies.
- 6/5/2023
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated: “You’re the American dream. Rags to riches. Trailers to mansions. You are f***ing Jocelyn. Just be you.” HBO released the final trailer Tuesday for music drama The Idol, starring Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye and Lily-Rose Depp, ahead of its June 4 premiere. Watch it above.
Previous, April 17: HBO has set 9 p.m. Sunday, June 4, for the premiere of its music drama The Idol, starring Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye and Lily-Rose Depp. HBO also released a new teaser for the series, which as previously announced, will debut out of competition at next month’s Cannes Film Festival. Watch it above.
Co-created by Sam Levinson (Euphoria), Tesfaye and Reza Fahim, in The Idol, after a nervous breakdown derailed Jocelyn’s (Depp) last tour, she’s determined to claim her rightful status as the greatest and sexiest pop star in America. Her passions are reignited by Tedros (Tesfaye), a nightclub impresario with a sordid past.
Previous, April 17: HBO has set 9 p.m. Sunday, June 4, for the premiere of its music drama The Idol, starring Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye and Lily-Rose Depp. HBO also released a new teaser for the series, which as previously announced, will debut out of competition at next month’s Cannes Film Festival. Watch it above.
Co-created by Sam Levinson (Euphoria), Tesfaye and Reza Fahim, in The Idol, after a nervous breakdown derailed Jocelyn’s (Depp) last tour, she’s determined to claim her rightful status as the greatest and sexiest pop star in America. Her passions are reignited by Tedros (Tesfaye), a nightclub impresario with a sordid past.
- 5/30/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Sam Levinson’s The Idol, the new HBO series starring Lily-Rose Depp and Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye, received a five-minute-plus standing ovation after its world premiere out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday night.
After the screening of the first two episodes of the series that debuts next month, Levinson, the Euphoria creator who co-created this one with Tesfaye and Reza Fahim, turned emotional addressing the crowd at the Grand Theatre Lumiere, where he was flanked by his two stars.
“I am incredibly proud of this show, and I’m proud of the way we made this show,” he said, adding, “I feel like I gained a family .. I know that sounds a little culty but that’s the way it feels.”
Tesfaye, the pop star who is making is acting debut, also was wiping away tears.
“Being at the Cannes Film Festival has been the dream...
After the screening of the first two episodes of the series that debuts next month, Levinson, the Euphoria creator who co-created this one with Tesfaye and Reza Fahim, turned emotional addressing the crowd at the Grand Theatre Lumiere, where he was flanked by his two stars.
“I am incredibly proud of this show, and I’m proud of the way we made this show,” he said, adding, “I feel like I gained a family .. I know that sounds a little culty but that’s the way it feels.”
Tesfaye, the pop star who is making is acting debut, also was wiping away tears.
“Being at the Cannes Film Festival has been the dream...
- 5/22/2023
- by Antonia Blyth and Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Sony Pictures has acquired “Hell Naw,” a horror comedy from Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi and “Euphoria” producer Sam Levinson, TheWrap has confirmed.
Keith and Kenny Lucas, who were nominated for an Oscar for their work on the “Judas and the Black Messiah” screenplay, are on board to write the film, which is in the early stages of development. While plot details are being kept under wraps, it is set at Paris Fashion Week and involves zombies. Mescudi will star and also produce, alongside Karina Manashil, Dennis Cummings, Sam Levinson and Ashley Levinson.
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“This movie has been 5 years in the making. I am telling the world now, this film will f— you up in all the best ways. I have been a horror fan since I was 7 years old. The first horror movies I ever saw were...
Keith and Kenny Lucas, who were nominated for an Oscar for their work on the “Judas and the Black Messiah” screenplay, are on board to write the film, which is in the early stages of development. While plot details are being kept under wraps, it is set at Paris Fashion Week and involves zombies. Mescudi will star and also produce, alongside Karina Manashil, Dennis Cummings, Sam Levinson and Ashley Levinson.
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Robert Rodriguez, Catherine Corsini and Pedro Costa Round Out Cannes’ Filmmakers Lineup
“This movie has been 5 years in the making. I am telling the world now, this film will f— you up in all the best ways. I have been a horror fan since I was 7 years old. The first horror movies I ever saw were...
- 4/24/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Sony Pictures has acquired the action horror-comedy Hell Naw, with Scott Mescudi aka Kid Cudi attached to star and Euphoria creator Sam Levinson producing. Oscar-nominated Judas and the Black Messiah screenwriters Keith & Kenny Lucas are writing the script, which is in early development.
Mescudi will also produce along with his partners Karina Manashil and Dennis Cummings through their Mad Solar banner with Sam and Ashley Levinson producing through their Little Lamb production company. Bron and H. Wood Films are also producing.
The plot is being kept under wraps, but we do know the film is set during Paris Fashion Week and there will be zombies. Bron’s Aaron L. Gilbert, Brenda Gilbert and Novo Entertainment’s Stuart Manashil will executive produce along with Kevin Turen, Harrison Kreiss, John Terzian and Jeremy Allen. Brian Toll will serve as associate producer.
“This movie has been five years in the making. I am telling the world now,...
Mescudi will also produce along with his partners Karina Manashil and Dennis Cummings through their Mad Solar banner with Sam and Ashley Levinson producing through their Little Lamb production company. Bron and H. Wood Films are also producing.
The plot is being kept under wraps, but we do know the film is set during Paris Fashion Week and there will be zombies. Bron’s Aaron L. Gilbert, Brenda Gilbert and Novo Entertainment’s Stuart Manashil will executive produce along with Kevin Turen, Harrison Kreiss, John Terzian and Jeremy Allen. Brian Toll will serve as associate producer.
“This movie has been five years in the making. I am telling the world now,...
- 4/24/2023
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
The biggest challenge that Bob Ducsay had in editing “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” came in trying to make sure that the film’s ensemble got equal footing. “This film is trying to balance all of the characters and keep all the balls in the air and make sure everyone is given their due because regardless of the size of the role we want to try to make sure that all those flavors come together in a way that feels coherent,” he tells Gold Derby during our exclusive interview during the Middleburg Film Festival (watch above).
He’s quick to add that so much of what works with this comes from the script and the performances and that makes his job much easier. “It’s on the page and the actors are giving you enormously great performances, but there’s still a lot to it when you finally put the film together.
He’s quick to add that so much of what works with this comes from the script and the performances and that makes his job much easier. “It’s on the page and the actors are giving you enormously great performances, but there’s still a lot to it when you finally put the film together.
- 10/24/2022
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
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