A year and a half after then-newly independent network Fox Entertainment launched SideCar Content Accelerator with Gail Berman at the helm, Fox is dissolving the production company. Its slate, which includes 17 projects currently in development, will be folded into the network’s scripted programming department.
SideCar Chairperson Berman will return as full-time CEO of her own banner, The Jackal Group, which operated independently from SideCar. She will remain attached to future Fox projects that originated under SideCar as an executive producer.
The shutdown is believed to be a cost-cutting measure by Fox related to the current financial squeeze experienced by the Hollywood studios and networks amid the Covid-19-related production shutdown and the big contraction in the advertising market.
Fully owned by Fox Entertainment, SideCar was created as al content pipeline for the network, developing and producing/co-producing scripted and unscripted shows, primarily for Fox but also for other networks.
SideCar Chairperson Berman will return as full-time CEO of her own banner, The Jackal Group, which operated independently from SideCar. She will remain attached to future Fox projects that originated under SideCar as an executive producer.
The shutdown is believed to be a cost-cutting measure by Fox related to the current financial squeeze experienced by the Hollywood studios and networks amid the Covid-19-related production shutdown and the big contraction in the advertising market.
Fully owned by Fox Entertainment, SideCar was created as al content pipeline for the network, developing and producing/co-producing scripted and unscripted shows, primarily for Fox but also for other networks.
- 6/12/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
by Nathaniel R
Have you heard that news that Annette Bening and Michelle Pfeiffer have signed on as the leading ladies of a new feature film? If you've heard that news than you'll understand that I, Nathaniel, am typing this from heaven as I must have died and gone there for this to be true. Last thing I remember I was on a plane back to NYC (more on where I've been shortly) and then I was dead. Death by actressexuality. What a way to go.
The future film what done me in is called Turn of Mind and it's based on the novel of the same name by Alice Laplante. Gideon Raff (best known for creating the Israeli series that TV's Homeland is based on) will be directing the thriller with Doug Wright (Quills) doing the screenplay. Annette Bening plays Dr Jennifer White, a retiree suffering from Alzheimers and...
Have you heard that news that Annette Bening and Michelle Pfeiffer have signed on as the leading ladies of a new feature film? If you've heard that news than you'll understand that I, Nathaniel, am typing this from heaven as I must have died and gone there for this to be true. Last thing I remember I was on a plane back to NYC (more on where I've been shortly) and then I was dead. Death by actressexuality. What a way to go.
The future film what done me in is called Turn of Mind and it's based on the novel of the same name by Alice Laplante. Gideon Raff (best known for creating the Israeli series that TV's Homeland is based on) will be directing the thriller with Doug Wright (Quills) doing the screenplay. Annette Bening plays Dr Jennifer White, a retiree suffering from Alzheimers and...
- 5/12/2019
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Actresses Annette Bening and Michelle Pfeiffer will star in the psychological thriller "Turn of Mind", to be helmed by Gideon Raff.
The script for "Turn of Mind", based on Alice Laplante's bestseller of the same name, has been adapted by Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Wright, reports variety.com.
The story centres on a retired orthopaedic doctor suffering from Alzheimer's who is trying to figure out - in her moments of clarity - if she killed the person the police claim she had, or if she's being deceived.
"'Turn of Mind' is an edge of your seat emotional thriller," Raff said. "A story of a warped friendship between two brilliant, sharp, forceful women who are bonded equally by their love for and jealousy of one other."
-By Ians...
The script for "Turn of Mind", based on Alice Laplante's bestseller of the same name, has been adapted by Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Wright, reports variety.com.
The story centres on a retired orthopaedic doctor suffering from Alzheimer's who is trying to figure out - in her moments of clarity - if she killed the person the police claim she had, or if she's being deceived.
"'Turn of Mind' is an edge of your seat emotional thriller," Raff said. "A story of a warped friendship between two brilliant, sharp, forceful women who are bonded equally by their love for and jealousy of one other."
-By Ians...
- 5/11/2019
- GlamSham
Annette Bening and Michelle Pfeiffer have signed on to star in the psychological thriller “Turn of Mind” With Gideon Raff directing.
Rocket Science will finance the film and launch international sales at Cannes next week. CAA Media Finance represents the U.S. domestic rights.
The script for “Turn of Mind,” based on Alice Laplante’s New York Times bestseller of the same name, has been adapted by Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Wright. The story centers on a retired orthopedic doctor suffering from Alzheimer’s who is trying to figure out – in her moments of clarity – if she killed the person the police claim she had, or if she’s being deceived.
Producers are Raff, Gail Berman through The Jackal Group and Well Told Entertainment’s Rory Koslow. Raff is the creator of the Israeli series “Prisoners of War.” The American adaptation, “Homeland” starring Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin, is going into its eighth season.
Rocket Science will finance the film and launch international sales at Cannes next week. CAA Media Finance represents the U.S. domestic rights.
The script for “Turn of Mind,” based on Alice Laplante’s New York Times bestseller of the same name, has been adapted by Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Wright. The story centers on a retired orthopedic doctor suffering from Alzheimer’s who is trying to figure out – in her moments of clarity – if she killed the person the police claim she had, or if she’s being deceived.
Producers are Raff, Gail Berman through The Jackal Group and Well Told Entertainment’s Rory Koslow. Raff is the creator of the Israeli series “Prisoners of War.” The American adaptation, “Homeland” starring Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin, is going into its eighth season.
- 5/11/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Oscar nominees Annette Bening and Michelle Pfeiffer are boarding director Gideon Raff’s thriller Turn of Mind, which is the feature adaptation of the Alice Laplante New York Times bestseller.
Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Wright is adapting the psychological thriller which centers around a retired orthopedic doctor suffering from Alzheimer’s who is trying to figure out – in her moments of clarity – if she killed the person the police claim she had, or if she’s being deceived.
Producing are Gail Berman through The Jackal Group, Well Told Entertainment’s Rory Koslow, and Raff. Rocket Science will finance the film and launch international sales at Cannes next week. CAA Media Finance represents the U.S. domestic rights.
“Turn of Mind is an edge of your seat emotional thriller. A story of a warped friendship between two brilliant, sharp, forceful women who are bonded equally by their love for and jealousy of one other,...
Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Wright is adapting the psychological thriller which centers around a retired orthopedic doctor suffering from Alzheimer’s who is trying to figure out – in her moments of clarity – if she killed the person the police claim she had, or if she’s being deceived.
Producing are Gail Berman through The Jackal Group, Well Told Entertainment’s Rory Koslow, and Raff. Rocket Science will finance the film and launch international sales at Cannes next week. CAA Media Finance represents the U.S. domestic rights.
“Turn of Mind is an edge of your seat emotional thriller. A story of a warped friendship between two brilliant, sharp, forceful women who are bonded equally by their love for and jealousy of one other,...
- 5/11/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
"Homeland" and "Tyrant" co-creator Gideon Raff has sold the pitch "Operation Brothers" to Fox Searchlight which Raff will write, produce and direct based on the 1981 rescue of Ethiopian Jews to Israel.
Alexandra Milchan is also on board to produce the project which is set in 1977. At the time the Mossad was ordered to rescue thousands of Ethiopian Jewish refugees in Sudan and deliver them to the Jewish state.
The agency established a covert forward base in a deserted holiday village and deployed a handful of operatives to oversee the exodus of the refugees to the Promised Land.
Raff is also set to direct and produce a film adaptation of the Alice Laplante novel "Turn to Mind" for Fox 2000. Gail Berman would also produce a thriller about a retired surgeon suffering from Alzheimer’s who becomes a suspect in her friend's murder.
Source: Variety...
Alexandra Milchan is also on board to produce the project which is set in 1977. At the time the Mossad was ordered to rescue thousands of Ethiopian Jewish refugees in Sudan and deliver them to the Jewish state.
The agency established a covert forward base in a deserted holiday village and deployed a handful of operatives to oversee the exodus of the refugees to the Promised Land.
Raff is also set to direct and produce a film adaptation of the Alice Laplante novel "Turn to Mind" for Fox 2000. Gail Berman would also produce a thriller about a retired surgeon suffering from Alzheimer’s who becomes a suspect in her friend's murder.
Source: Variety...
- 8/27/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Having carved out a successful career on television, co-creating Homeland and Tyrant, Gideon Raff is now setting his sights on getting back to the movies. He's already attached to adapt Alice Laplante's novel Turn Of Mind for Fox, and he's now also sold his treatment for Operation Brothers to the same studio. Raff will write, produce and direct the film, based on the true story of the evacuation of Jewish Ethiopian Civil War refugees from from Sudan to Israel in the late 1970s and early '80s. On the orders of then-Prime Minister Menachem Begin, Mossad set up a secret base in a deserted Sudanese holiday camp, and orchestrated the mass extraction by sea and air. It's Argo meets Exodus, is no doubt the pitch somewhere. Alexandra Milchan (The Wolf Of Wall Street) is producing.Raff was an assistant to Doug Liman on Mr. & Mrs Smith before going on...
- 8/27/2015
- EmpireOnline
Breaking: Fox Searchlight has acquired Operation Brothers, a pitch that Tyrant exec producer and co-creator Gideon Raff will write and direct about the 1981 rescue of Ethiopian Jews and their relocation to Israel. Alexandra Milchan will produce with Raff. The story has overtones that have it compared to Argo meets Hotel Rwanda. Raff separately set up Turn Of Mind with Gail Berman at Fox 2000 based on the Alice Laplante book, and he’s attached to produce and direct. Raff…...
- 8/26/2015
- Deadline
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