Exclusive: Fineman Entertainment literary manager Dana Jackson has moved over to Echo Lake Entertainment where she will continue to represent a roster of film and TV directors and writers. Echo Lake’s management division has been growing in recent months with Jackson being the fifth management hire during the pandemic lockdown.
Jackson has built and guided the careers of such scribes as Bert V. Royal, the award-winning playwright of Dog Sees God and screenwriter of the critically acclaimed hit film Easy A, and Karen Diconcetto who, along with Royal, created the television series Recovery Road for Freeform.
In 1997, she was named SVP of Hunt/Tavel Productions, the Sony-based production company of Oscar winning actor-producer Helen Hunt and producer/manager Connie Tavel. While there she developed and was a Co-Producer of Hunt’s directorial debut Then She Found Me, which the actress starred in with Bette Midler and Colin Firth.
Jackson has built and guided the careers of such scribes as Bert V. Royal, the award-winning playwright of Dog Sees God and screenwriter of the critically acclaimed hit film Easy A, and Karen Diconcetto who, along with Royal, created the television series Recovery Road for Freeform.
In 1997, she was named SVP of Hunt/Tavel Productions, the Sony-based production company of Oscar winning actor-producer Helen Hunt and producer/manager Connie Tavel. While there she developed and was a Co-Producer of Hunt’s directorial debut Then She Found Me, which the actress starred in with Bette Midler and Colin Firth.
- 5/27/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
La La Land scores a record-equalling 14 nominations.
The nominations for the 89th annual Academy Awards have been revealed.
The 2017 Academy Awards will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on Sunday, February 26.
Read: Oscars 2017: ‘La La Land’ equals record with 14 nominations
Best Motion Picture of the yearArrivalFencesHacksaw RidgeHell Or High WaterHidden FiguresLionLa La LandManchester By The SeaMoonlightBest DirectorDamien Chazelle, La La LandBarry Jenkins, MoonlightKenneth Lonergan, Manchester By The SeaDenis Villeneuve, ArrivalMel Gibson, Hacksaw RidgePerformance by an actress in a leading roleIsabelle Huppert, ElleRuth Negga, LovingNatalie Portman, JackieEmma Stone, La La LandMeryl Streep, Florence Foster JenkinsPerformance by an actor in a leading roleCasey Affleck, Manchester By The SeaDenzel Washington, FencesRyan Gosling, La La LandAndrew Garfield, Hacksaw RidgeViggo Mortensen, Captain FantasticPerformance by an actress in a supporting roleViola Davis, FencesMichelle Williams, Manchester By the SeaNaomie Harris, MoonlightNicole Kidman, LionOctavia Spencer, Hidden FiguresPerformance by an actor in a supporting roleMahershala Ali, MoonlightJeff Bridges, Hell Or High WaterDev Patel, LionLucas Hedges...
The nominations for the 89th annual Academy Awards have been revealed.
The 2017 Academy Awards will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on Sunday, February 26.
Read: Oscars 2017: ‘La La Land’ equals record with 14 nominations
Best Motion Picture of the yearArrivalFencesHacksaw RidgeHell Or High WaterHidden FiguresLionLa La LandManchester By The SeaMoonlightBest DirectorDamien Chazelle, La La LandBarry Jenkins, MoonlightKenneth Lonergan, Manchester By The SeaDenis Villeneuve, ArrivalMel Gibson, Hacksaw RidgePerformance by an actress in a leading roleIsabelle Huppert, ElleRuth Negga, LovingNatalie Portman, JackieEmma Stone, La La LandMeryl Streep, Florence Foster JenkinsPerformance by an actor in a leading roleCasey Affleck, Manchester By The SeaDenzel Washington, FencesRyan Gosling, La La LandAndrew Garfield, Hacksaw RidgeViggo Mortensen, Captain FantasticPerformance by an actress in a supporting roleViola Davis, FencesMichelle Williams, Manchester By the SeaNaomie Harris, MoonlightNicole Kidman, LionOctavia Spencer, Hidden FiguresPerformance by an actor in a supporting roleMahershala Ali, MoonlightJeff Bridges, Hell Or High WaterDev Patel, LionLucas Hedges...
- 1/24/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
“Recovery Road,” the new drama that premieres on Freeform Monday night, was originally pitched as “Romeo and Juliet in Rehab,” but according to showrunners Bert V. Royal and Karen Diconcetto, it’s not really a love story at all. “I don’t think anybody’s going to be completely, all-the-way rooting for this couple,” Royal said in an interview with TheWrap. “We present it as a bad idea, and the characters make some very bad choices.” The show, according to the executive producers, is really about one character’s recovery journey and the bonds she forms living in a coed,...
- 1/25/2016
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
ABC Family has rounded out the cast for its drama Recovery Road, which was picked up to series in December. British actor David Witts (EastEnders) has joined as a series regular, and Lindsay Pearce (The Wedding Ringer) has been tapped for a recurring role. Written by Bert V. Royal and Karen Diconcetto based on the popular young-adult novel by Blake Nelson, Recovery Road centers on Maddie (Jessica Sula), a party girl and a highly functioning addict who doesn't think she…...
- 3/7/2015
- Deadline TV
ABC Family junkies, prepare for your next major addiction — wildly inappropriate puns intended.
The network on Tuesday announced a series order for Recovery Road, an hour-long drama about Maddie, a teen party girl who’s suddenly faced with a life-changing ultimatum: rehab or expulsion. But how long can she keep her new digs — a rehab facility amongst other addicts — a secret from the other kids at school?
Written by Bert V. Royal (Easy A) and Karen Diconcetto (Ruby & the Rockits), Recovery Road is based on Blake Nelson’s novel of the same title.
No casting or scheduling information is available at this time.
The network on Tuesday announced a series order for Recovery Road, an hour-long drama about Maddie, a teen party girl who’s suddenly faced with a life-changing ultimatum: rehab or expulsion. But how long can she keep her new digs — a rehab facility amongst other addicts — a secret from the other kids at school?
Written by Bert V. Royal (Easy A) and Karen Diconcetto (Ruby & the Rockits), Recovery Road is based on Blake Nelson’s novel of the same title.
No casting or scheduling information is available at this time.
- 12/16/2014
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: Sebastian De Souza (UK’s Skins, Showtime’s The Borgias) has been cast as the male lead opposite Samantha Logan, and Mixology‘s Alexis Carra is set to co-star in ABC Family’s drama pilot Recovery Road, based on Blake Nelson’s novel about a teenage girl dealing with addiction. Written by Bert V. Royal and Karen Diconcetto, the project centers on party girl high school student Maddie Graham (Logan) who spends her nights at a rehab facility. Related: 2014 ABC Family Pilots De Souza plays the mysterious, bad-boy type Wes Stewart, another patient in rehab to whom Maddie is immediately attracted. Carra, repped by SMS Talent and J.C. Robbins, plays Cynthia McDermott, the high school guidance counselor who discovers Maddie’s problem and sends her to rehab. For obvious reasons, she and Maddie have a contentious relationship. Brit De Souza, repped by Magnolia Entertainment, ICM Partners and Waring and McKenna in London,...
- 6/4/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
The Headless Horseman will be back. British actor Neil Jackson, who guest starred in Episode 7 of the first season of the drama Sleepy Hollow, is set to heavily recur on the Fox series in Season 2. He will reprise his role as Abraham Von Brunt aka the Headless Horseman. Jackson is repped by Evolution Entertainment Partners, Paradigm, Troika, and attorney Steve Younger. Related: Fox 2014 Schedule Shake It Up alumna Caroline Sunshine has landed a series regular role opposite Samantha Logan in ABC Family’s drama pilot Recovery Road, based on Blake Nelson’s novel about a teenage girl dealing with addiction. Written by Bert V. Royal and Karen Diconcetto, the project centers on party girl high school student Maddie Graham (Logan), who spends her nights at a rehab facility. Sunshine, repped by Innovative Artists and Hirsch Wallerstein, will play Emily Owenby, Maddie’s best friend since childhood who’s becoming increasingly concerned about Maddie’s partying.
- 5/22/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Kyla Pratt (Dr. Doolittle) and Justin Prentice (Malibu Country) have been cast as series regulars opposite Samantha Logan on ABC Family’s drama pilot Recovery Road, based on Blake Nelson’s novel about a teenage girl dealing with addiction. Written by Bert V. Royal and Karen Diconcetto, the project centers on Maddie Graham (Logan) who has a reputation as a party girl and doesn’t think she has a problem, until she’s confronted by her school guidance counselor and forced to choose between expulsion and rehab. Maddie opts to spend her nights living with other recovering addicts at a rehab facility, and her days pretending everything is perfectly normal among her high school classmates and her closest friend. Pratt, repped by Stone Manners Salners, will play Trish Collins, Maddie’s roommate at the rehab facility. Prentice will play Dallas, the uber-popular, devious and Machiavellian yet sentimental high school bad boy.
- 5/8/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Samantha Logan, who has been recurring on ABC Family series Melissa & Joey, has been cast as the lead of the network’s drama pilot Recovery Road, based on Blake Nelson’s novel about a teenage girl dealing with addiction. Written by Bert V. Royal and Karen Diconcetto, the project centers on Maddie Graham (Logan). She has a reputation as a party girl who doesn’t think she has a problem, until she’s confronted by her school guidance counselor and forced to choose between expulsion and rehab. Maddie opts to spend her nights living with other recovering addicts at a rehab facility, and her days pretending everything is perfectly normal among her high school classmates and her closest friends. Larry Trilling is directing the pilot, which is executive produced by Beth Miller, Craig Piligian and Danielle Von Zerneck. 666 Park Ave alumna Logan, repped by Innovative Artists, recently wrapped Disney’s Alexander And The Terrible.
- 5/6/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
ABC Family is growing its original programming slate. In addition to renewing sitcoms "Melissa & Joey" and "Baby Daddy" for fourth seasons, the network has given the greenlight to three new drama pilots: “Alice in Arabia,” “Recovery Road” and “Unstrung.” “These three powerful new dramas are a great fit with ABC Family’s brand of original programming known for diverse stories that challenge as well as entertain our viewers,” commented ABC Family President Tom Ascheim. “We’re also delighted to produce more episodes of ‘Melissa & Joey’ and ‘Baby Daddy,’ two series that together have helped ABC Family establish a strong comedy block that continues to make our audience laugh out loud.” Following is a brief roundup of the three new dramas: - "Alice in Arabia": After being kidnapped by her extended family in Saudi Arabia and forced to live in her grandfather's royal compound there, a rebellious American teenage girl...
- 3/17/2014
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
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