Exclusive: An exposé about institutionalized corruption in the Hare Krishna movement is being adapted into a feature doc by Sphere Media.
Sphere has acquired rights to non-fiction book Monkey on a Stick: Murder, Madness, which was a New York Times bestseller from 1988 that investigative journalists John Huber and Lindsey Gruson co-authored.
The adaptation will be for Canada’s Hollywood Suite for English-speaking Canada and directed by Jason Lapeyre. The book is billed as a “chilling exposé of institutionalised corruption.”
Telefilm Canada’s Theatrical Documentary Program has invested in the film, with assistance coming from the Roger’s Documentary Fund. UK-based Abacus Media Rights has distribution rights outside of Canada, with Hollywood Suite commissioning it for English-speaking Canada and a French-speaking Canadian deal very close to closing.
Lapeyre brought the doc to Canadian film and TV producer Sphere. It explores the Krishna Consciousness,...
Sphere has acquired rights to non-fiction book Monkey on a Stick: Murder, Madness, which was a New York Times bestseller from 1988 that investigative journalists John Huber and Lindsey Gruson co-authored.
The adaptation will be for Canada’s Hollywood Suite for English-speaking Canada and directed by Jason Lapeyre. The book is billed as a “chilling exposé of institutionalised corruption.”
Telefilm Canada’s Theatrical Documentary Program has invested in the film, with assistance coming from the Roger’s Documentary Fund. UK-based Abacus Media Rights has distribution rights outside of Canada, with Hollywood Suite commissioning it for English-speaking Canada and a French-speaking Canadian deal very close to closing.
Lapeyre brought the doc to Canadian film and TV producer Sphere. It explores the Krishna Consciousness,...
- 12/12/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
With conspiracy theories and rumors running amok, it is no wonder that urban legends are more powerful than ever – and horror master Eli Roth is fully exploring the phenomenon in his new series “Urban Legend,” which premieres on Travel Channel and begins streaming on discovery+ Oct. 28.
Based on widely shared “true” stories that happened to a friend of a friend of a friend, each of the eight episodes is a mini-horror film, complete with lurking psychopaths, murderous mysteries, creepy creatures and, of course, more jump takes than your nerves can probably handle. And in Roth’s nightmarish anthology series, he showcases these modern-day folktales as you’ve never seen them before.
“We said, ‘Let’s just make the story be the scariest, most compelling version of that story,” Roth told TheWrap. His criteria in which of the thousands of urban legends to choose from? “It’s gotta sound nuts, but just,...
Based on widely shared “true” stories that happened to a friend of a friend of a friend, each of the eight episodes is a mini-horror film, complete with lurking psychopaths, murderous mysteries, creepy creatures and, of course, more jump takes than your nerves can probably handle. And in Roth’s nightmarish anthology series, he showcases these modern-day folktales as you’ve never seen them before.
“We said, ‘Let’s just make the story be the scariest, most compelling version of that story,” Roth told TheWrap. His criteria in which of the thousands of urban legends to choose from? “It’s gotta sound nuts, but just,...
- 10/27/2022
- by Rosemary Rossi
- The Wrap
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