Maybe the item I published 2 weeks ("At Least 8 Walter Mosley TV & Film Projects Announced, But No Follow-Through. What's the Deal?") somehow gave this project the boost it needed to get going... Obviously I'm just joking. Although it's yet another Walter Mosley literary work that's been optioned by a film producer to add to the growing list of at least 8 previousproject announcements. This time around, producer Denise Grayson and writer/director Paul Chart have teamed up to adapt Mosley’s “Killing Johnny Fry” as a feature film, which Mosley will produce through his production company Bob Filmhouse together with Denise Grayson Productions, it was announced...
- 3/24/2016
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Gilmore Girls
While negotiations with cast members are still ongoing, Warner Bros. TV seems pretty sure their proposed four TV movie continuation of beloved childhood drama series "Gilmore Girls" on Netflix will go ahead. how sure? TV Line reports that the sets are already being constructed which means shooting will begin quite soon.
The Path
Hulu has set a March 30th premiere date for its ten episode drama series "The Path" (previously titled "The Way"). Jessica Goldberg ("Parenthood"), Jason Katims and Michelle Lee will executive produce.
Aaron Paul, Michelle Monaghan, Hugh Dancy and Rockmond Dunbar stars in the story about a family at the center of a controversial cult as they struggle with relationships, faith and power. [Source: Variety]
The 4th Kingdom
"Game of Thrones" executive producer Vince Gerardis is set to develop the $40 million high-octane adventure series "The 4th Kingdom". Paul Chart ("Children of Men," "The Book of Life") penned the...
While negotiations with cast members are still ongoing, Warner Bros. TV seems pretty sure their proposed four TV movie continuation of beloved childhood drama series "Gilmore Girls" on Netflix will go ahead. how sure? TV Line reports that the sets are already being constructed which means shooting will begin quite soon.
The Path
Hulu has set a March 30th premiere date for its ten episode drama series "The Path" (previously titled "The Way"). Jessica Goldberg ("Parenthood"), Jason Katims and Michelle Lee will executive produce.
Aaron Paul, Michelle Monaghan, Hugh Dancy and Rockmond Dunbar stars in the story about a family at the center of a controversial cult as they struggle with relationships, faith and power. [Source: Variety]
The 4th Kingdom
"Game of Thrones" executive producer Vince Gerardis is set to develop the $40 million high-octane adventure series "The 4th Kingdom". Paul Chart ("Children of Men," "The Book of Life") penned the...
- 12/9/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Interviewed by Michael Juvinall, MoreHorror.com
Actor Chris Sarandon has appeared in numerous stage, screen, and Television roles since 1972. Horror fans know him best as the handsome, yet wicked vampire “Jerry Dandrige” in the now classic film Fright Night (1985), as well as playing the lead as detective Mike Norris in the original Child’s Play (1988) film. He is also well known for playing the speaking voice of “Jack Skellington” in Tim Burton’s A Nightmare Before Christmas (1993). Some of his other genre roles include The Sentinel (1977), The Resurrected (1991), The Vampyre Wars (1996), Bordello of Blood (1996), and a small role in the Fright Night remake (2011).
He is also well known for his non genre roles including Dog Day Afternoon (1975) for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. Other roles include the evil prince in The Princess Bride (1987), as well as over 80 more film and Television appearances.
The extremely versatile actor has...
Actor Chris Sarandon has appeared in numerous stage, screen, and Television roles since 1972. Horror fans know him best as the handsome, yet wicked vampire “Jerry Dandrige” in the now classic film Fright Night (1985), as well as playing the lead as detective Mike Norris in the original Child’s Play (1988) film. He is also well known for playing the speaking voice of “Jack Skellington” in Tim Burton’s A Nightmare Before Christmas (1993). Some of his other genre roles include The Sentinel (1977), The Resurrected (1991), The Vampyre Wars (1996), Bordello of Blood (1996), and a small role in the Fright Night remake (2011).
He is also well known for his non genre roles including Dog Day Afternoon (1975) for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. Other roles include the evil prince in The Princess Bride (1987), as well as over 80 more film and Television appearances.
The extremely versatile actor has...
- 11/27/2012
- by admin
- MoreHorror
A couple of days ago it was reported that DreamWorks purchased a script from J. Michael Straczynski called Voices From The Dead. The story follows magician Harry Houdini, detective Sherlock Holmes, and writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as they solve a string of murders in 1920's New York with the help of a psychic friend.
The SyFy Channel is also developing a TV series based around this same idea. This series is no way involved with the movie DreamWorks is making. It will be called Among the Spirits, and the project is a drama that also follows Houdini and Doyle solving mysteries in 1920s. The series was named after Houdini's book A Magician Among the Spirits published in 1924, and is based on self-published graphic novel Among the Spirits by writers Steve Valentine and Paul Chart.
President of original programming Mark Stern had this to say about the project, "I...
The SyFy Channel is also developing a TV series based around this same idea. This series is no way involved with the movie DreamWorks is making. It will be called Among the Spirits, and the project is a drama that also follows Houdini and Doyle solving mysteries in 1920s. The series was named after Houdini's book A Magician Among the Spirits published in 1924, and is based on self-published graphic novel Among the Spirits by writers Steve Valentine and Paul Chart.
President of original programming Mark Stern had this to say about the project, "I...
- 2/11/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Exclusive: Just the other day, Mike Fleming reported on DreamWorks acquiring Voices from the Dead, an original script by Changeling and Thor scribe J. Michael Straczynski. Based on the real-life friendship between magician Harry Houdini and mystery author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, it is a fictional account of how they teamed up with a psychic to solve bizarre murders in 1920s New York. Independently, Syfy had been negotiating for Among the Spirits, a drama series project about Houdini and Doyle solving mysteries in 1920s, with the deal closing at the very time the feature announcement was coming out. "I guess there is something in the air about that whole time period and that very interesting relationship between Houdini and Doyle," said Syfy's president of original programming Mark Stern. (Both Syfy brass and the producers of Among the Spirits first heard about Voices from the Dead from reading our story.
- 2/11/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Chosen to direct The Empire Strikes Back, he turned in one of the best sequels – and highest box-office earners – of all time
The film director Irvin Kershner, who has died aged 87, was known in the trade as a hired gun. His most famous film, The Empire Strikes Back (1980), the fifth episode in the Star Wars saga, is most commonly linked to its executive producer, George Lucas. Never Say Never Again (1983) is celebrated as the film in which Sean Connery made his comeback as James Bond after 12 years away from the role, the director merely providing the vehicle. Kershner's first feature, Stakeout On Dope Street (1958), was made under the aegis of Roger Corman, who usually gained the main credit for the films he produced. Yet, eclectic as Kershner seemed, his best films reveal a visual flair, with an eye for the telling detail and a sympathy for the rebel.
The Philadelphia...
The film director Irvin Kershner, who has died aged 87, was known in the trade as a hired gun. His most famous film, The Empire Strikes Back (1980), the fifth episode in the Star Wars saga, is most commonly linked to its executive producer, George Lucas. Never Say Never Again (1983) is celebrated as the film in which Sean Connery made his comeback as James Bond after 12 years away from the role, the director merely providing the vehicle. Kershner's first feature, Stakeout On Dope Street (1958), was made under the aegis of Roger Corman, who usually gained the main credit for the films he produced. Yet, eclectic as Kershner seemed, his best films reveal a visual flair, with an eye for the telling detail and a sympathy for the rebel.
The Philadelphia...
- 11/30/2010
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Paul Chart's remarkably assured directorial debut is a thriller-slash-road movie (and I do mean slash) that wears its familiar elements proudly on its sleeve.
Now making the festival circuit, it stars Robert Forster -- due to receive a major career infusion with the release of Quentin Tarantino's "Jackie Brown" -- so a commercial release will probably be forthcoming.
Produced by veteran director Irvin Kershner, "American Perfekt" was one of the most popular and acclaimed films at this year's Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.
Forster plays Jake Nyman, a vacationing criminal psychologist wandering around the highways of the American Southwest. Jake forgoes the pressures of responsibility by living his life by chance; faced with any kind of decision, he flips the coin in his pocket and lets fate decide.
The film's complicated chain of events is set in motion when Jake gives a ride to Sandra (Amanda Plummer), a young woman who was nearly run off the road by a car driven by an unknown assailant. Sandra, en route to picking up her wayward sister Alice (Fairuza Balk), is clearly turned on by ever-cool Jake, who barely seems to acknowledge her attentions.
The driver of the malicious vehicle turns out to be Santini, a small-time con man (played with enormous relish by David Thewlis). The trio eventually sits down to a meal together, but Jake, after fending off the attentions of a drugged-out local floozy (Joanna Gleason), takes great umbrage at Santini's conning of a buffoonish local cop (Chris Sarandon). It isn't long before the floozy winds up dead, Santini turns up with his tongue cut out and Sandra lands in the trunk of Jake's car. Jake, it seems, is a criminal psychologist who's both a criminal and a psycho. The last part of the film depicts the cat-and-mouse game between Jake and the plucky Alice as Jake is pursued by the savvy local sheriff (Paul Sorvino).
Chart's complex screenplay is most interesting in its first half, as it keeps us off-guard with its quietly menacing series of surprises and revelations. If the film's pacing is a bit slow, it's still a relief to encounter a thriller more intent on mystery and atmosphere than random shocks. Some of that originality dissipates in the more conventional, bloody second part, but by this point the filmmaker has already demonstrated his talent for concocting original situations, quirky dialogue and sharp, off-kilter characterizations.
The film's power is increased immeasurably by the superb cast, which gives the appearance of having a great deal of fun. Forster is wonderfully subtle and controlled for most of the film, which makes his final, over-the-top rampage that much more entertaining. The made-to-order role is a reminder of how much we've missed with his lengthy absence from the screen.
Plummer invests her neurotic character with a twitchy lovability, while Thewlis is highly entertaining in his broadly comic turn. He slaps Plummer at one point, and the gusto with which he did so brought down the house. And his lengthy death scene is the best since the silent-movie days. Balk makes a feisty heroine, and Sorvino is fun as the tenacious sheriff.
Tech credits are way-above-average for an indie feature, with superb lensing of the dusty Southwest by cinematographer William Wages and tense editing by Michael Ruscio.
AMERICAN PERFEKT
Nu Image
Director-screenwriter: Paul Chart
Producer: Irvin Kershner
Executive producers: Avi Lerner, Danny Dimbort, Elie Samaha, Boaz Davidson, Trevor Short
Co-producers: Dawn Handler, Andrew Schuth
Director of photography: William Wages
Editor: Michael Ruscio
Music: Simon Boswell
Color/stereo
Cast:
Sandra: Amanda Plummer
Jake: Robert Forster
Santini: David Thewlis
Alice: Fairuza Balk
Frank: Paul Sorvino
Shirley: Joanna Gleason
Running time -- 99 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Now making the festival circuit, it stars Robert Forster -- due to receive a major career infusion with the release of Quentin Tarantino's "Jackie Brown" -- so a commercial release will probably be forthcoming.
Produced by veteran director Irvin Kershner, "American Perfekt" was one of the most popular and acclaimed films at this year's Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.
Forster plays Jake Nyman, a vacationing criminal psychologist wandering around the highways of the American Southwest. Jake forgoes the pressures of responsibility by living his life by chance; faced with any kind of decision, he flips the coin in his pocket and lets fate decide.
The film's complicated chain of events is set in motion when Jake gives a ride to Sandra (Amanda Plummer), a young woman who was nearly run off the road by a car driven by an unknown assailant. Sandra, en route to picking up her wayward sister Alice (Fairuza Balk), is clearly turned on by ever-cool Jake, who barely seems to acknowledge her attentions.
The driver of the malicious vehicle turns out to be Santini, a small-time con man (played with enormous relish by David Thewlis). The trio eventually sits down to a meal together, but Jake, after fending off the attentions of a drugged-out local floozy (Joanna Gleason), takes great umbrage at Santini's conning of a buffoonish local cop (Chris Sarandon). It isn't long before the floozy winds up dead, Santini turns up with his tongue cut out and Sandra lands in the trunk of Jake's car. Jake, it seems, is a criminal psychologist who's both a criminal and a psycho. The last part of the film depicts the cat-and-mouse game between Jake and the plucky Alice as Jake is pursued by the savvy local sheriff (Paul Sorvino).
Chart's complex screenplay is most interesting in its first half, as it keeps us off-guard with its quietly menacing series of surprises and revelations. If the film's pacing is a bit slow, it's still a relief to encounter a thriller more intent on mystery and atmosphere than random shocks. Some of that originality dissipates in the more conventional, bloody second part, but by this point the filmmaker has already demonstrated his talent for concocting original situations, quirky dialogue and sharp, off-kilter characterizations.
The film's power is increased immeasurably by the superb cast, which gives the appearance of having a great deal of fun. Forster is wonderfully subtle and controlled for most of the film, which makes his final, over-the-top rampage that much more entertaining. The made-to-order role is a reminder of how much we've missed with his lengthy absence from the screen.
Plummer invests her neurotic character with a twitchy lovability, while Thewlis is highly entertaining in his broadly comic turn. He slaps Plummer at one point, and the gusto with which he did so brought down the house. And his lengthy death scene is the best since the silent-movie days. Balk makes a feisty heroine, and Sorvino is fun as the tenacious sheriff.
Tech credits are way-above-average for an indie feature, with superb lensing of the dusty Southwest by cinematographer William Wages and tense editing by Michael Ruscio.
AMERICAN PERFEKT
Nu Image
Director-screenwriter: Paul Chart
Producer: Irvin Kershner
Executive producers: Avi Lerner, Danny Dimbort, Elie Samaha, Boaz Davidson, Trevor Short
Co-producers: Dawn Handler, Andrew Schuth
Director of photography: William Wages
Editor: Michael Ruscio
Music: Simon Boswell
Color/stereo
Cast:
Sandra: Amanda Plummer
Jake: Robert Forster
Santini: David Thewlis
Alice: Fairuza Balk
Frank: Paul Sorvino
Shirley: Joanna Gleason
Running time -- 99 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 11/17/1997
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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