Locarno, Switzerland — Originally announced as a movie re-teaming, post “Southpaw,” Antoine Fuqua and Jake Gyllenhaal’s “The Man Who Made It Snow” is now set up at Epix as a limited TV series, Fuqua said Saturday at Locarno Festival, where he will present Denzel Washington-starrer “The Equalizer 2” at the 8,000 seat Piazza Grande, one of the biggest open-air cinemas in Europe.
Inspired by the true story of Max Mermelstein, a Jewish hotel engineer who becomes embroiled unwittingly and then unwillingly in the building billion-dollar U.S. drug trade of Pablo Escobar’s Medellin Cartel, “The Man Who Made It Snow” was originally written by Michael Kingston and Brett Tabor. A new screenwriter is now being brought in to transform the movie into a drama series. Gyllenhaal may or may not be involved, according to his schedule, said Fuqua.
“What I love about it is that Max was a nerd,...
Inspired by the true story of Max Mermelstein, a Jewish hotel engineer who becomes embroiled unwittingly and then unwillingly in the building billion-dollar U.S. drug trade of Pablo Escobar’s Medellin Cartel, “The Man Who Made It Snow” was originally written by Michael Kingston and Brett Tabor. A new screenwriter is now being brought in to transform the movie into a drama series. Gyllenhaal may or may not be involved, according to his schedule, said Fuqua.
“What I love about it is that Max was a nerd,...
- 8/4/2018
- by John Hopewell and Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
As announced in Berlin's European Film Market, The Weinstein Company will co-finance and distribute "The Man Who Made It Snow" in the Us. Jake Gyllenhaal stars in this biopic of notorious 80's cocaine smuggler Max Mermelstein, who at the time was the only American alive ever admitted to the inner circle of the Colombian cocaine cartel. The screenplay, from Brett Tabor and Michael Kingston, is based on Mermelstein's autobiography of the same name. An unrecognizable Gyllenhaal built up 15 pounds of muscle for Fuqua as Junior Middleweight Champion Billy “The Great” Hope in "Southpaw," which TWC has already slated for release later this year. (Take a look here.) "The Man Who Made It Snow" is produced by Fuqua Films, Im Global, and Gyllenhaal.
- 2/5/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
The Weinstein Company will domestically distribute director Antoine Fuqua‘s “The Man Who Made It Snow,” starring Jake Gyllenhaal, and co-finance with Im Global, the heads of the companies said on Thursday. The biopic written by Brett Tabor and Michael Kingston tells the story of notorious 1980s cocaine smuggler Max Mermelstein, who was the only American alive, at the time, ever admitted to the inner circle of the Colombian cocaine cartel. The project, which is produced by Fuqua Films, Im Global, and Gyllenhaal, is based on the deceased drug smuggler’s best-selling autobiography of the same name. See photos: 19 Biggest Snubs and.
- 2/5/2015
- by Greg Gilman
- The Wrap
The Weinstein Company will co-finance and distribute domestically Im Global and Antoine Fuqua’s The Man Who Made It Snow starring Jake Gyllenhaal. Deadline first broke the news of the project in November.
Produced by Fuqua Films, Im Global, and Gyllenhaal, the picture is the first film from Fuqua Film’s overall relationship with the leading independent film and TV financing, sales and distribution studio, and will start lensing later this year.
Snow is a biopic of notorious 80’s cocaine smuggler Max Mermelstein, who at the time was the only American alive ever admitted to the inner circle of the Colombian cocaine cartel. The screenplay by Tabor and Michael Kingston is based on the now deceased Mermelstein’s best-selling autobiography of the same title.
The deal brings TWC back into business with Gyllenhaal and Fuqua following on from their current collaboration on boxing drama Southpaw, which stars Gyllenhaal as a...
Produced by Fuqua Films, Im Global, and Gyllenhaal, the picture is the first film from Fuqua Film’s overall relationship with the leading independent film and TV financing, sales and distribution studio, and will start lensing later this year.
Snow is a biopic of notorious 80’s cocaine smuggler Max Mermelstein, who at the time was the only American alive ever admitted to the inner circle of the Colombian cocaine cartel. The screenplay by Tabor and Michael Kingston is based on the now deceased Mermelstein’s best-selling autobiography of the same title.
The deal brings TWC back into business with Gyllenhaal and Fuqua following on from their current collaboration on boxing drama Southpaw, which stars Gyllenhaal as a...
- 2/5/2015
- by Ali Jaafar
- Deadline
The Weinstein Company has come on board to handle Us distribution and co-finance Im Global and Antoine Fuqua’s narco-thriller.
Fuqua, the Weinsteins and Jake Gyllenhaal, who is riding high after Nightcrawler, reunite on the biopic of 1980s cocaine smuggler Max Mermelstein following their ongoing collaboration on Southpaw, which TWC distributes later this year.
Brett Tabor and Michael Kingston adapted The Man Who Made It Snow from the late Mermelstein’s autobiography. Production is set to begin later this year.
Fuqua Films, Im Global and Gyllenhaal produce what is the first film from Fuqua Film and Im Global’s production partnership announced late last year.
TWC’s David Glasser and Michal Steinberg and Im Global CEO Ford and general counsel Deborah Zipser brokered the deal. CAA negotiated on behalf of Fuqua Films and Im Global.
Fuqua, the Weinsteins and Jake Gyllenhaal, who is riding high after Nightcrawler, reunite on the biopic of 1980s cocaine smuggler Max Mermelstein following their ongoing collaboration on Southpaw, which TWC distributes later this year.
Brett Tabor and Michael Kingston adapted The Man Who Made It Snow from the late Mermelstein’s autobiography. Production is set to begin later this year.
Fuqua Films, Im Global and Gyllenhaal produce what is the first film from Fuqua Film and Im Global’s production partnership announced late last year.
TWC’s David Glasser and Michal Steinberg and Im Global CEO Ford and general counsel Deborah Zipser brokered the deal. CAA negotiated on behalf of Fuqua Films and Im Global.
- 2/5/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Jake Gyllenhaal is set to reteam with Southpaw director, Antoine Fuqua, for a new drama called The Man Who Made It Snow. I don't know if you've seen Gyllenhaal's Nightcrawler yet, but he was incredible in that. The actor took his talents to a whole other level with the character he played in that. His performance definitely got me excited for whatever he did next.
This new project is being written by Michael Kingston and Brett Tabor, and the film is based on the true story of Max Mermelstein, "a Jewish hotel engineer, who transforms a small mom and pop drug organization into a billion-dollar enterprise known as the Medellin Cartel."
This role gives Gyllenhaal yet another edgy thriller to work within, and it has been proven that he and Fuqua make a solid filmmaking team.
This new project is being written by Michael Kingston and Brett Tabor, and the film is based on the true story of Max Mermelstein, "a Jewish hotel engineer, who transforms a small mom and pop drug organization into a billion-dollar enterprise known as the Medellin Cartel."
This role gives Gyllenhaal yet another edgy thriller to work within, and it has been proven that he and Fuqua make a solid filmmaking team.
- 11/9/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
After shooting the boxing drama Southpaw, Antoine Fuqua and Jake Gyllenhaal are going back into the ring together on The Man Who Made It Snow.
The film, previously titled, Let It Snow, tells the "true story of Max Mermelstein, a Jewish hotel engineer who transformed Pablo Escobar’s Medellin Cartel from a small mom-and-pop drug organization into a billion-dollar enterprise."
The film will be based on Mermelstein's bestselling autobiography, with Brett Tabor and Michael Kingston handling scripting duties.
In addition to acting, Gyllenhaal will also produce the film with Fuqua, who is producing through his company Fuqua Films.
Source: Deadline...
The film, previously titled, Let It Snow, tells the "true story of Max Mermelstein, a Jewish hotel engineer who transformed Pablo Escobar’s Medellin Cartel from a small mom-and-pop drug organization into a billion-dollar enterprise."
The film will be based on Mermelstein's bestselling autobiography, with Brett Tabor and Michael Kingston handling scripting duties.
In addition to acting, Gyllenhaal will also produce the film with Fuqua, who is producing through his company Fuqua Films.
Source: Deadline...
- 11/4/2014
- by Philip Sticco
- LRMonline.com
Having worked together on the recently wrapped boxing drama "Southpaw," actor Jake Gyllenhaal and filmmaker Antoine Fuqua are set to re-team for "The Man Who Made It Snow" which is being sold at the American Film Market this week.
The story deals with the notorious 1980s cocaine smuggler Max Mermelstein, at one time the only American admitted to the inner circle of the Colombian cocaine cartel.
Brett Tabor and Michael Kingston adapted the screenplay, while Gyllenhaal, Fuqua, Tabor and Matt Jackson will produce for Fuqua Films and Im Global. A late 2015 shoot is being targeted.
Source: Screen...
The story deals with the notorious 1980s cocaine smuggler Max Mermelstein, at one time the only American admitted to the inner circle of the Colombian cocaine cartel.
Brett Tabor and Michael Kingston adapted the screenplay, while Gyllenhaal, Fuqua, Tabor and Matt Jackson will produce for Fuqua Films and Im Global. A late 2015 shoot is being targeted.
Source: Screen...
- 11/4/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
They’ve only just finished working together on boxing drama Southpaw, but Jake Gyllenhaal and Antoine Fuqua are ready to get back in the ring. Well, they’re ready to make another film as actor and director, respectively. The pair is now attached to The Man Who Made It Snow.No, you should not expect a charming family film about a stranger who comes to town and helps children enjoy Christmas by spreading the white stuff around. It’s actually the real life story of Max Mermelstein, a Jewish hotel engineer who helped Pablo Escobar turn his small-scale drug running operation into a billion-dollar business. So, er, hooray?It’s a complex tale that Fuqua has developed from an earlier draft called Let It Snow, written by Brett Tabor and Michael Kingston. The whole thing is based on the Mermelstein’s best-selling autobiography. Fuqua is set to produce alongside Gyllenhaal...
- 11/4/2014
- EmpireOnline
Nightcrawler star Jake Gyllenhaal will re-team with director Antoine Fuqua on new Afm sales title The Man Who Made It Snow after the pair recently wrapped production on Southpaw.
The first project to emerge from Fuqua Films’ first-look deal with Im Global is a biopic about the notorious 1980s cocaine smuggler Max Mermelstein – at the time the only American admitted to the inner circle of the Colombian cocaine cartel.
Brett Tabor and Michael Kingston adapted the screenplay based on the late Mermelstein’s autobiography of the same title.
Gyllenhaal will also produce alongside Fuqua, Tabor and Im Global’s Matt Jackson. Im Global CEO Stuart Ford serves as executive producer.
Wme and attorney Alan Hergott of Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal Laviolette brokered the deal with Im Global head of business affairs Deborah Zipser and Ford.
Under the terms of the Fuqua Films deal, Im Global will fully finance and co-produce The Man Who Made It Snow when it...
The first project to emerge from Fuqua Films’ first-look deal with Im Global is a biopic about the notorious 1980s cocaine smuggler Max Mermelstein – at the time the only American admitted to the inner circle of the Colombian cocaine cartel.
Brett Tabor and Michael Kingston adapted the screenplay based on the late Mermelstein’s autobiography of the same title.
Gyllenhaal will also produce alongside Fuqua, Tabor and Im Global’s Matt Jackson. Im Global CEO Stuart Ford serves as executive producer.
Wme and attorney Alan Hergott of Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal Laviolette brokered the deal with Im Global head of business affairs Deborah Zipser and Ford.
Under the terms of the Fuqua Films deal, Im Global will fully finance and co-produce The Man Who Made It Snow when it...
- 11/3/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Their first collaboration, Southpaw, has yet to be released, but Jake Gyllenhaal and director Antoine Fuqua aren’t waiting too long for another opportunity to work together. While it may conjure images of a certain Christmas-time icon, The Man Who Made It Snow isn’t about Santa. Rather, the biopic revolves around Max Mermelstein, a “Jewish hotel engineer who transformed Pablo Escobar’s Medellin Cartel from a small mom-and-pop drug organization into a billion-dollar enterprise.”
Based on Mermelstein’s own account of the events which took place, the film will chart his rise from a street kid to one of the most influential men in the Columbian drug cartel. Tackling the adaptation are Michael Kingston and Brett Tabor, who will together craft the screenplay from Mermelstein’s best-selling autobiography.
While it’s not explicitly stated, it’s assumed that Gyllenhaal will portray the hotel engineer-turned-cartel chief. The actor is accruing...
Based on Mermelstein’s own account of the events which took place, the film will chart his rise from a street kid to one of the most influential men in the Columbian drug cartel. Tackling the adaptation are Michael Kingston and Brett Tabor, who will together craft the screenplay from Mermelstein’s best-selling autobiography.
While it’s not explicitly stated, it’s assumed that Gyllenhaal will portray the hotel engineer-turned-cartel chief. The actor is accruing...
- 11/3/2014
- by Gem Seddon
- We Got This Covered
Exclusive: Southpaw director Antoine Fuqua and star Jake Gyllenhaal are reuniting to work on The Man Who Made It Snow, based on the true story of Max Mermelstein, a Jewish hotel engineer who transformed Pablo Escobar’s Medellin Cartel from a small mom-and-pop drug organization into a billion-dollar enterprise.
Fuqua is producing the project, previously known as Let It Snow, through his Fuqua Films banner. The pic will be the first from Fuqua Films’ first-look development, production and financing deal with Im Global sealed in September. Gyllenhaal also will serve as a producer alongside Fuqua, Tabor and Im Global’s Matt Jackson. Im Global CEO Stuart Ford will exec produce.
Im Global will fully finance and serve as co-producers on the picture, which shoots late next year. It also is handling international sales at Afm beginning this week.
The screenplay by Brett Tabor and Michael Kingston is based on the now-deceased Mermelstein’s best-selling autobiography.
Fuqua is producing the project, previously known as Let It Snow, through his Fuqua Films banner. The pic will be the first from Fuqua Films’ first-look development, production and financing deal with Im Global sealed in September. Gyllenhaal also will serve as a producer alongside Fuqua, Tabor and Im Global’s Matt Jackson. Im Global CEO Stuart Ford will exec produce.
Im Global will fully finance and serve as co-producers on the picture, which shoots late next year. It also is handling international sales at Afm beginning this week.
The screenplay by Brett Tabor and Michael Kingston is based on the now-deceased Mermelstein’s best-selling autobiography.
- 11/3/2014
- by Ali Jaafar
- Deadline
Michael Kingston is a lifelong comic book and wrestling fan. In the past, various writers have attempted to create comics that mixed the two genres, but failed in spectacular fashion. In Headlocked: The Last Territory, though, Kingston creates a realistic hero in Mike Hartman who we follow on a journey in the unforgiving business. Filled with emotion and a clear passion from its writer, Headlocked is the most realistic portrayal of wrestling in the graphic novel form to date.
For his upcoming sequel Headlocked: The Last Territory Vol. 2, we follow the continuation of Hartman’s story. Kingston has taken to Kickstarter once more to raise the funds necessary to produce the book. Teaming up with him again is wrestling legend Jerry Lawler who will be providing the cover artwork. Also joining on the project in the role of guest creators are Booker T, Rob Van Dam, A.J. Styles, John Morrison,...
For his upcoming sequel Headlocked: The Last Territory Vol. 2, we follow the continuation of Hartman’s story. Kingston has taken to Kickstarter once more to raise the funds necessary to produce the book. Teaming up with him again is wrestling legend Jerry Lawler who will be providing the cover artwork. Also joining on the project in the role of guest creators are Booker T, Rob Van Dam, A.J. Styles, John Morrison,...
- 10/30/2014
- by Andrew Soucek
- Obsessed with Film
Day 3 of Sdcc '14 marks the end of an era with "True Blood's" last panel. It's joined by fellow fangers "The Vampire Diaries," the witches of "Salem" and "Ahs: Coven," "Grimm," Sin City, "Constantine," Troma, and lots more.
Per usual, we have the horror highlights along with info on a few other panels that should be of general interest (plus a couple of things for the kids). Be sure to visit the official 2014 San Diego Comic-Con website for the full lineup.
Day 3: Saturday, July 26, 2014
10 Am - The Simpsons
Celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Simpsons-no gifts please-with creator Matt Groening, executive producer Al Jean, supervising director Mike Anderson, and director for life David Silverman. Topics include the new Treehouse of Horror, Simpsorama, a visit from Homer Simpson and much, much more.
Saturday July 26, 2014 10:00am - 10:45am - Ballroom 20
10 Am - Idw: Summer Blockbusters!
Idw...
Per usual, we have the horror highlights along with info on a few other panels that should be of general interest (plus a couple of things for the kids). Be sure to visit the official 2014 San Diego Comic-Con website for the full lineup.
Day 3: Saturday, July 26, 2014
10 Am - The Simpsons
Celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Simpsons-no gifts please-with creator Matt Groening, executive producer Al Jean, supervising director Mike Anderson, and director for life David Silverman. Topics include the new Treehouse of Horror, Simpsorama, a visit from Homer Simpson and much, much more.
Saturday July 26, 2014 10:00am - 10:45am - Ballroom 20
10 Am - Idw: Summer Blockbusters!
Idw...
- 7/13/2014
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
The Headlocked comic once quoted me, “An intriguing take on an industry that is just as drama filled behind the scenes as it is on television.” Years later and seeing all the work that has gone behind Headlocked, I still hold that to be true. Michael Kingston has created the quintessential wrestling story ithough never [...]
The post Kickstarter Watch: ‘Headlocked: The Last Territory’ appeared first on The Flickcast.
The post Kickstarter Watch: ‘Headlocked: The Last Territory’ appeared first on The Flickcast.
- 7/16/2013
- by John Carle
- The Flickcast
Chicago – The popular image of the newspaper reporter screaming into the phone with a hot scoop most likely began with the popular and oft-produced stageplay, “The Front Page.” Timeline Theatre of Chicago presents an essential restaging of the classic with superior attention to period detail.
Play Rating: 4.0/5.0
This is also a true blood Chicago story, staged originally in 1928 and written by two former reporters in the Windy City, Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. The stink of politics, corruption of the legal system and the men who reported on these topics permeate the atmosphere of the serio-comedy, set in the days when Chicago had nine circulating newspapers, including the now defunct Daily News and the still surviving Tribune.
The story opens in the press room of the municipal courtroom building, where the denizens of the various Chicago newspapers are killing time before covering an impending execution. The accused, Earl Williams (Rob...
Play Rating: 4.0/5.0
This is also a true blood Chicago story, staged originally in 1928 and written by two former reporters in the Windy City, Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. The stink of politics, corruption of the legal system and the men who reported on these topics permeate the atmosphere of the serio-comedy, set in the days when Chicago had nine circulating newspapers, including the now defunct Daily News and the still surviving Tribune.
The story opens in the press room of the municipal courtroom building, where the denizens of the various Chicago newspapers are killing time before covering an impending execution. The accused, Earl Williams (Rob...
- 4/25/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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