Exclusive: Producer Michael Bayer has launched True Case Films, a new production company based in Los Angeles, focused solely on producing and financing stories based on true crime. The newly formed company has secured IP and is actively seeking additional packaged true crime projects to finance, produce and executive produce. Bayer will serve as the new company’s president.
True Case Films is launching with its first offering, a three-part docuseries currently titled Vanished -The Heather Elvis Case, co-produced by three-time Emmy winning investigative journalist and former managing editor of Wpde in Myrtle Beach, Summer Dashe.
The series explores the disappearance of Heather Elvis, who went missing in South Carolina in 2013 and whose case became national news. Dashe covered the case extensively and was able to provide this series with interviews that reached a level of depth previously unseen, thanks to her proximity to the area and earned trust with its subjects.
True Case Films is launching with its first offering, a three-part docuseries currently titled Vanished -The Heather Elvis Case, co-produced by three-time Emmy winning investigative journalist and former managing editor of Wpde in Myrtle Beach, Summer Dashe.
The series explores the disappearance of Heather Elvis, who went missing in South Carolina in 2013 and whose case became national news. Dashe covered the case extensively and was able to provide this series with interviews that reached a level of depth previously unseen, thanks to her proximity to the area and earned trust with its subjects.
- 5/16/2024
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Developments around the 2005 disappearance of high school teen Natalee Holloway, which led to a media frenzy captivating families across the globe, remained stagnant for more than a decade. Despite the family officially declaring the Alabama teen dead in 2012, her disappearance fueled the cultural canon with true-crime TV programming, a Lifetime movie, and more books on Amazon than you care to count.
But it wasn’t until Joran van der Sloot, the primary suspect in her death, was extradited from Peru on extortion charges in 2023 and confessed to Holloway’s killing,...
But it wasn’t until Joran van der Sloot, the primary suspect in her death, was extradited from Peru on extortion charges in 2023 and confessed to Holloway’s killing,...
- 3/1/2024
- by Kalia Richardson
- Rollingstone.com
This Sunday, November 5, 2023, Investigation Discovery brings you a new true-crime series, “Lost Women of Highway 20,” with its premiere episode titled “Vanished.”
In this compelling episode, viewers will be drawn into the mysterious disappearance of 13-year-old Rachanda Pickle. When a young person vanishes, questions and suspicions arise. In this case, the spotlight falls on Rachanda’s father, who has a troubled past, leading to a cloud of doubt surrounding his involvement in her disappearance.
“Lost Women of Highway 20” delves into the unsettling cases of women who have gone missing along a stretch of highway, exploring the mysteries and seeking answers to what happened to them.
True crime enthusiasts and those intrigued by real-life mysteries won’t want to miss this series. Tune in at 10:00 Pm on Investigation Discovery for the premiere episode, “Vanished,” and be prepared for a gripping and thought-provoking journey into the world of unsolved cases.
In this compelling episode, viewers will be drawn into the mysterious disappearance of 13-year-old Rachanda Pickle. When a young person vanishes, questions and suspicions arise. In this case, the spotlight falls on Rachanda’s father, who has a troubled past, leading to a cloud of doubt surrounding his involvement in her disappearance.
“Lost Women of Highway 20” delves into the unsettling cases of women who have gone missing along a stretch of highway, exploring the mysteries and seeking answers to what happened to them.
True crime enthusiasts and those intrigued by real-life mysteries won’t want to miss this series. Tune in at 10:00 Pm on Investigation Discovery for the premiere episode, “Vanished,” and be prepared for a gripping and thought-provoking journey into the world of unsolved cases.
- 10/29/2023
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
Atx and The Black List partnered with Bad Robot, Carlton Cuse Productions, FX, Sony and USA Network on a new writing program, designed to find TV writers for staffing consideration across participating networks, studios and production companies.
The contest, which was announced this January, drew over 1,000 applicants. 16 winning scribes have been selected.
To be considered, writers had to submit their original pilots to The Black List’s website. The strongest pieces — both half-hour and hourlong content — were shared with studios, networks and production companies that were tasked with choosing writers with whom they’d like to work.
This year marks the inaugural contest for the Austin-based television festival, which kicks off today.
“Atx Television Festival strives to support TV writers — both established and up-and-comers — not just through the festival itself, and our year-round programming, but through key partnerships such as this with The Black List, so we thought this was...
The contest, which was announced this January, drew over 1,000 applicants. 16 winning scribes have been selected.
To be considered, writers had to submit their original pilots to The Black List’s website. The strongest pieces — both half-hour and hourlong content — were shared with studios, networks and production companies that were tasked with choosing writers with whom they’d like to work.
This year marks the inaugural contest for the Austin-based television festival, which kicks off today.
“Atx Television Festival strives to support TV writers — both established and up-and-comers — not just through the festival itself, and our year-round programming, but through key partnerships such as this with The Black List, so we thought this was...
- 6/9/2016
- by Elizabeth Wagmeister
- Variety Film + TV
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