Exclusive: New Line has set Secret Headquarters filmmakers Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman to direct Undo, from Will Simmons’ 2022 Black List screenplay. The action thriller is currently in development.
Undo follows a former getaway driver who comes into possession of a watch that allows its user to go back in time, but only by one minute.
Beau Flynn is producing through his FlynnPictureCo banner. Flynn’s most recent producing credits are New Line/DC’s Black Adam, Netflix’s Red Notice and Disney’s Jungle Cruise. FlynnPictureCo’s Scott Sheldon will executive produce.
Simmons is currently adapting Robert Kirkman’s acclaimed sci-fi/action graphic novel Hardcore for Universal, with Skybound producing and Adam Wingard (Godzilla Vs Kong) directing. He recently wrote for the Sleepy Hollow remake for Paramount and Todd Garner, as well as a reboot of Internal Affairs also at Paramount. Prior to that, he adapted the acclaimed graphic...
Undo follows a former getaway driver who comes into possession of a watch that allows its user to go back in time, but only by one minute.
Beau Flynn is producing through his FlynnPictureCo banner. Flynn’s most recent producing credits are New Line/DC’s Black Adam, Netflix’s Red Notice and Disney’s Jungle Cruise. FlynnPictureCo’s Scott Sheldon will executive produce.
Simmons is currently adapting Robert Kirkman’s acclaimed sci-fi/action graphic novel Hardcore for Universal, with Skybound producing and Adam Wingard (Godzilla Vs Kong) directing. He recently wrote for the Sleepy Hollow remake for Paramount and Todd Garner, as well as a reboot of Internal Affairs also at Paramount. Prior to that, he adapted the acclaimed graphic...
- 1/25/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
In a competitive situation, MGM’s Orion Pictures has won the feature film rights and will partner with producer Freddy Wexler on a feature length film based on the life of Keith Adams, coach of the championship winning all-deaf High School football team, the Riverside Cubs.
The film, which will also focus on the lives of Adams’ two sons who played on the team, is expected to begin production in 2023.
Henry Joost and Rel Schulman, the duo behind “Project Power” and “Catfish,” are set to direct the feature from a script by Josh Feldman, best known for Marvel’s “Grasshopper,” and a story by Wexler. Feldman previously co-wrote “This Close,” the first major U.S. series created by deaf writers.
The underdog story of Coach Adams and the Cubs captivated the heart of America. The California School for the Deaf, Riverside, is the only deaf high school in its division...
The film, which will also focus on the lives of Adams’ two sons who played on the team, is expected to begin production in 2023.
Henry Joost and Rel Schulman, the duo behind “Project Power” and “Catfish,” are set to direct the feature from a script by Josh Feldman, best known for Marvel’s “Grasshopper,” and a story by Wexler. Feldman previously co-wrote “This Close,” the first major U.S. series created by deaf writers.
The underdog story of Coach Adams and the Cubs captivated the heart of America. The California School for the Deaf, Riverside, is the only deaf high school in its division...
- 12/7/2022
- by Brent Lang and Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Zach Braff, Vanessa Hudgens, Evelyne Brochu and William Fichtner are set to star in the indie comedy French Girl.
Written & directed by James A. Woods & Nicolas Wright, the pic is a fish out of water comedy which follows Gordon Kinski (Braff) a high school teacher living in Brooklyn, who accompanies his girlfriend & chef Sophie Tremblay (Brochu) to her hometown of Quebec City where she is testing for a Michelin 3 star restaurant at the Chateau Frontenac, owned by wunderkind super-chef Ruby Collins (Hudgens.)
The pic is produced by Valerie D’Auteuil, Andre Rouleau through Caramel Films & Anders Bard through aBard Production. Paramount Global & Elevation Pictures are handling distribution worldwide. Production is currently underway in Montreal & Quebec City.
Braff is repped by CAA, Management 360 and attorney Ken Richmond, Hudgens is repped by CAA, Untitled Ent. and Ziffren Brittenham, Brochu is repped by Thruline Entertainment, Agence Goodwin and As Talents. Fichtner is repped by Principal Entertainment LA,...
Written & directed by James A. Woods & Nicolas Wright, the pic is a fish out of water comedy which follows Gordon Kinski (Braff) a high school teacher living in Brooklyn, who accompanies his girlfriend & chef Sophie Tremblay (Brochu) to her hometown of Quebec City where she is testing for a Michelin 3 star restaurant at the Chateau Frontenac, owned by wunderkind super-chef Ruby Collins (Hudgens.)
The pic is produced by Valerie D’Auteuil, Andre Rouleau through Caramel Films & Anders Bard through aBard Production. Paramount Global & Elevation Pictures are handling distribution worldwide. Production is currently underway in Montreal & Quebec City.
Braff is repped by CAA, Management 360 and attorney Ken Richmond, Hudgens is repped by CAA, Untitled Ent. and Ziffren Brittenham, Brochu is repped by Thruline Entertainment, Agence Goodwin and As Talents. Fichtner is repped by Principal Entertainment LA,...
- 11/3/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Mark Margolis and Mark O’Brien have been cast in Showtime’s “Your Honor” for Season 2 in recurring roles, Variety has learned exclusively.
Margolis will play Carmine Conti, a much feared mobster who is the father of Gina Baxter (Hope Davis). After retiring to Italy, Carmine returns to bring order to the fractured Baxter family. O’Brien is set to portray Father Jay, the Baxter family’s priest whom they rely on for counsel. According to the official character description, “Father Jay is a Roman Catholic priest who is very good at talking to skeptics.”
Margolis is best known for his Emmy-nominated turn as Hector “Tio” Salamanca on “Breaking Bad,” a role he reprised in “Better Call Saul.” The character was a former drug kingpin who is unable to speak or walk due to the lingering effects of a stroke. His other TV credits include “American Horror Story: Asylum,” “Gotham,” “Oz,...
Margolis will play Carmine Conti, a much feared mobster who is the father of Gina Baxter (Hope Davis). After retiring to Italy, Carmine returns to bring order to the fractured Baxter family. O’Brien is set to portray Father Jay, the Baxter family’s priest whom they rely on for counsel. According to the official character description, “Father Jay is a Roman Catholic priest who is very good at talking to skeptics.”
Margolis is best known for his Emmy-nominated turn as Hector “Tio” Salamanca on “Breaking Bad,” a role he reprised in “Better Call Saul.” The character was a former drug kingpin who is unable to speak or walk due to the lingering effects of a stroke. His other TV credits include “American Horror Story: Asylum,” “Gotham,” “Oz,...
- 10/11/2022
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Amazon’s Prime Video has set The Big Sick and The Eyes of Tammy Faye director Michael Showalter to helm and Anne Hathaway to star in The Idea of You, based on the Robinne Lee novel.
Cathy Schulman will produce the film via her Welle Entertainment label alongside I’ll Have Another’s Gabrielle Union and Kian Gass; Hathaway via her Somewhere Pictures label; the author; Eric Hayes; Showalter; and Jordana Mollick. Jennifer Westfeldt, who wrote the script, will be executive producer. Schulman optioned the book and attached Hathaway, and Amazon won the film in an auction.
Production will begin in October.
The Idea of You centers on Sophie, a 40-year-old divorced mother. Sophie’s husband Dan left her for a younger woman, and now he has canceled his Coachella trip with their 15-year-old daughter. Sophie picks up the pieces, braving the crowds and desert heat. There, she meets 24-year-old Hayes Campbell,...
Cathy Schulman will produce the film via her Welle Entertainment label alongside I’ll Have Another’s Gabrielle Union and Kian Gass; Hathaway via her Somewhere Pictures label; the author; Eric Hayes; Showalter; and Jordana Mollick. Jennifer Westfeldt, who wrote the script, will be executive producer. Schulman optioned the book and attached Hathaway, and Amazon won the film in an auction.
Production will begin in October.
The Idea of You centers on Sophie, a 40-year-old divorced mother. Sophie’s husband Dan left her for a younger woman, and now he has canceled his Coachella trip with their 15-year-old daughter. Sophie picks up the pieces, braving the crowds and desert heat. There, she meets 24-year-old Hayes Campbell,...
- 8/25/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Fans can expect to see more of Deputy Mo Poppernak in the upcoming third season of ABC’s Big Sky. J. Anthony Pena, who heavily recurred as the character in Season 2, has been promoted to series regular for the upcoming third season. Additionally, Luke Mitchell (Blindspot), Seth Gabel (Salem), Henry Ian Cusick (Lost), Anirudh Pisharody (9-1-1) and Madalyn Horcher (Gracepoint) have joined the cast in recurring roles.
Pena’s Poppernak is Jenny Hoyt’s (Katheryn Winnick) chatty, upbeat partner at the Sheriff’s Department and an indispensable right-hand man. He appeared in 16 episodes last season.
In Big Sky Season 3, private detective Cassie Dewell (Kylie Bunbury), under sheriff Jenny Hoyt, and newly appointed sheriff Beau Arlen (Jensen Ackles) maintain order in Helena, Montana. But when a local backcountry trip led by charismatic outfitter Sunny Barnes (fka Sunny Brick) (Reba McEntire) goes awry, the trio face their most formidable mystery yet.
Pena’s Poppernak is Jenny Hoyt’s (Katheryn Winnick) chatty, upbeat partner at the Sheriff’s Department and an indispensable right-hand man. He appeared in 16 episodes last season.
In Big Sky Season 3, private detective Cassie Dewell (Kylie Bunbury), under sheriff Jenny Hoyt, and newly appointed sheriff Beau Arlen (Jensen Ackles) maintain order in Helena, Montana. But when a local backcountry trip led by charismatic outfitter Sunny Barnes (fka Sunny Brick) (Reba McEntire) goes awry, the trio face their most formidable mystery yet.
- 7/18/2022
- by Sofia Behzadi
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Actor and filmmaker Mark O’Brien is set to star in season 2 of HBO’s Perry Mason in the recurring guest star role of Thomas Milligan.
Thomas is Los Angeles’ ambitious Deputy District Attorney. He’s described as an aggressive attack dog in court as he strives to make his mark and ascend to greater heights, no matter whose blood he has to spill to get there. Season 2 will be eight episodes long with Matthew Rhys returning to the title role in the Emmy-nominated series.
Season 2 of Perry Mason takes place months after the end of the Dodson trial. Perry (Rhys) has moved off the farm, ditched the milk truck, he’s even traded his leather jacket for a pressed suit. It’s the worst year of the Depression, and Perry and Della (Juliet Rylance) have set the firm on a safer path pursuing civil cases instead of the tumultuous work criminal cases entail.
Thomas is Los Angeles’ ambitious Deputy District Attorney. He’s described as an aggressive attack dog in court as he strives to make his mark and ascend to greater heights, no matter whose blood he has to spill to get there. Season 2 will be eight episodes long with Matthew Rhys returning to the title role in the Emmy-nominated series.
Season 2 of Perry Mason takes place months after the end of the Dodson trial. Perry (Rhys) has moved off the farm, ditched the milk truck, he’s even traded his leather jacket for a pressed suit. It’s the worst year of the Depression, and Perry and Della (Juliet Rylance) have set the firm on a safer path pursuing civil cases instead of the tumultuous work criminal cases entail.
- 1/14/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Coming off an eight-season run on The Blacklist, series star Megan Boone is staying in business with the studio behind the long-running NBC drama series. Boone has launched a production company, Weird Sister, signing a first-look deal with Sony Pictures Television.
Under the pact, Boone will develop and produce new series projects for the indie TV studio. She is in the process of hiring a development executive.
For the past eight years, Boone starred as Elizabeth Keen on NBC/Sony TV’s The Blacklist. She made her last appearance in the Season 8 finale, which aired last night.
“Megan was instrumental in the success of Blacklist and we are elated she will continue to be an integral member of the Sony family,” said Jeff Frost, President of Sony Pictures Television. “Megan’s artistic prowess and vision is extremely complimentary to our creative focus and direction and we’re very excited...
Under the pact, Boone will develop and produce new series projects for the indie TV studio. She is in the process of hiring a development executive.
For the past eight years, Boone starred as Elizabeth Keen on NBC/Sony TV’s The Blacklist. She made her last appearance in the Season 8 finale, which aired last night.
“Megan was instrumental in the success of Blacklist and we are elated she will continue to be an integral member of the Sony family,” said Jeff Frost, President of Sony Pictures Television. “Megan’s artistic prowess and vision is extremely complimentary to our creative focus and direction and we’re very excited...
- 6/24/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Mark O’Brien is set to star in AMC’s upcoming series 61st Street. He joins Tosin Cole, Courtney B. Vance, Holt McCallany and Aunjanue Ellis in AMC’s courtroom drama series, from BAFTA winner Peter Moffat. The series is executive produced by Michael B. Jordan and produced by AMC Studios.
Ordered as a two-season television event with eight episodes per season, 61st Street is slated to begin production next month in Chicago for a 2022 premiere. It reunites Ellis and Vance, who co-star together on HBO’s Lovecraft Country.
The series follows Moses Johnson (Cole), a promising Black high school athlete who is swept up into the infamously corrupt Chicago criminal justice system. Taken by the police as a supposed gang member, he finds himself in the eye of the storm as cops and prosecutors seek revenge for the death of an officer during a drug bust gone wrong. O’Brien plays Logan,...
Ordered as a two-season television event with eight episodes per season, 61st Street is slated to begin production next month in Chicago for a 2022 premiere. It reunites Ellis and Vance, who co-star together on HBO’s Lovecraft Country.
The series follows Moses Johnson (Cole), a promising Black high school athlete who is swept up into the infamously corrupt Chicago criminal justice system. Taken by the police as a supposed gang member, he finds himself in the eye of the storm as cops and prosecutors seek revenge for the death of an officer during a drug bust gone wrong. O’Brien plays Logan,...
- 5/21/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Significant Mother and Life Sentence creators Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith are heading back to The CW.
The network has put into development mystery drama Pandora’s Box and Ship from the pair.
The duo will write and exec produce via their production firm In Good Company with the Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas and iZombie exec producer Dan Etheridge exec producing. Rebecca Franko is producing.
It will be produced by Warner Bros. Television, Spondoolie and In Good Company.
The show follows the selfish and sarcastic, Lou Tucker, who is a grifter and her latest scam is stealing from packages at the Box and Ship where she works to make ends meet. But, when she opens a package that contains Pandora’s actual Box, she inadvertently unleashes all of the mythological evils of the ancient world into our modern one. And, unfortunately for humanity, it’s going to be up to her,...
The network has put into development mystery drama Pandora’s Box and Ship from the pair.
The duo will write and exec produce via their production firm In Good Company with the Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas and iZombie exec producer Dan Etheridge exec producing. Rebecca Franko is producing.
It will be produced by Warner Bros. Television, Spondoolie and In Good Company.
The show follows the selfish and sarcastic, Lou Tucker, who is a grifter and her latest scam is stealing from packages at the Box and Ship where she works to make ends meet. But, when she opens a package that contains Pandora’s actual Box, she inadvertently unleashes all of the mythological evils of the ancient world into our modern one. And, unfortunately for humanity, it’s going to be up to her,...
- 10/9/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Oscar nominee Quvenzhané Wallis is set as a lead alongside O’Shea Jackson Jr. in Swagger, Apple’s new basketball-themed drama series. The series is from NBA superstar Kevin Durant and his Thirty Five Ventures, Shots Fired co-creator Reggie Rock Bythewood, Imagine Television Studios and CBS TV Studios.
Written and directed by Bythewood, who also serves as showrunner, Swagger is inspired by Durant’s youth basketball experiences. It explores the world of youth basketball, and the players, their families and coaches who walk the fine line between dreams and ambition, and opportunism and corruption. Off the court, the show reveals what it’s like to grow up in America.
Wallis will play Crystal, a young, top female basketball player.
Bythewood executive produces with Durant and Brian Grazer for Imagine TV, Rich Kleiman for Thirty Five Ventures and Samantha Corbin Miller.
James Seidman will serve...
Written and directed by Bythewood, who also serves as showrunner, Swagger is inspired by Durant’s youth basketball experiences. It explores the world of youth basketball, and the players, their families and coaches who walk the fine line between dreams and ambition, and opportunism and corruption. Off the court, the show reveals what it’s like to grow up in America.
Wallis will play Crystal, a young, top female basketball player.
Bythewood executive produces with Durant and Brian Grazer for Imagine TV, Rich Kleiman for Thirty Five Ventures and Samantha Corbin Miller.
James Seidman will serve...
- 7/9/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Amazon has put in development Nobody’s Princess, a musical comedy, which puts a contemporary spin on classic fairytale princesses. The project hails from writer Nicole Delaney, Life Sentence creators Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith, songwriters/screenwriters Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner (First Date musical), Fulwell 73 (Late Late Show with James Corden) and CBS TV Studios, where Fulwell 73 is under a deal.
Written and executive produced by Delaney, Cardillo, Keith, Zachary and Weiner, Noboby’s Princess is an irreverent musical comedy that reimagines the stories of four classic fairy tale princesses for today’s generation. Instead of being set “once upon a time, in a land far away” where princesses were waiting around for true love to find them, the time is now, the setting is New York City, and the princesses are a group of friends in their twenties who are setting out to create their own happily-ever-afters...
Written and executive produced by Delaney, Cardillo, Keith, Zachary and Weiner, Noboby’s Princess is an irreverent musical comedy that reimagines the stories of four classic fairy tale princesses for today’s generation. Instead of being set “once upon a time, in a land far away” where princesses were waiting around for true love to find them, the time is now, the setting is New York City, and the princesses are a group of friends in their twenties who are setting out to create their own happily-ever-afters...
- 1/10/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Hot off the success of this fall’s A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, screenwriters Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster are set to make their feature directorial debut with their scripted adaptation of Dash Shaw’s graphic novel Bottomless Belly Button.
I hear that Bow and Arrow Entertainment, who were behind such Sundance premieres as Native Son and The Little Hours, has acquired the graphic novel for the duo.
Bottomless Belly Button follows the dysfunctional adventures of the Loony Family. After 40-some years of marriage, Maggie and David Loony shock their children with their announcement of a planned divorce. This sparks their now adult offspring Dennis, Claire and Peter to come together for a week long Loony family reunion at Maggie and David’s creepy –and possibly haunted– beach house.
Matthew Perniciaro and Michael Sherman of Bow and Arrow will produce the film with Fitzerman-Blue and Harpster,...
I hear that Bow and Arrow Entertainment, who were behind such Sundance premieres as Native Son and The Little Hours, has acquired the graphic novel for the duo.
Bottomless Belly Button follows the dysfunctional adventures of the Loony Family. After 40-some years of marriage, Maggie and David Loony shock their children with their announcement of a planned divorce. This sparks their now adult offspring Dennis, Claire and Peter to come together for a week long Loony family reunion at Maggie and David’s creepy –and possibly haunted– beach house.
Matthew Perniciaro and Michael Sherman of Bow and Arrow will produce the film with Fitzerman-Blue and Harpster,...
- 12/6/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Streamer HBO Max has set its pilot slate, handing out pilot orders to three projects — one-hour drama The Rules of Magic, from writer Melissa Rosenberg (Marvel’s Jessica Jones); half-hour dramedy Generation, from 17-year-old Zelda Barnz, her father Daniel Barnz and executive producer Lena Dunham; and hourlong Ya drama Red Bird Lane, from writer Sara Gran (Southland) and executive produced by John Wells.
The Rules of Magic, which also has received a 10-script order and has opened a writers room, and Red Bird Line hail from HBO Max sister studio Warner Bros TV, where Rosenberg and Wells are under overall deals; Generation is being produced by HBO Max.
Written by Rosenberg and & Dana Baratta (Marvel’s Jessica Jones), The Rules of Magic is based on Alice Hoffman’s novels The Rules of Magic and Practical Magic, the latter of which was adapted into the 1998 Warner Bros movie of the same...
The Rules of Magic, which also has received a 10-script order and has opened a writers room, and Red Bird Line hail from HBO Max sister studio Warner Bros TV, where Rosenberg and Wells are under overall deals; Generation is being produced by HBO Max.
Written by Rosenberg and & Dana Baratta (Marvel’s Jessica Jones), The Rules of Magic is based on Alice Hoffman’s novels The Rules of Magic and Practical Magic, the latter of which was adapted into the 1998 Warner Bros movie of the same...
- 8/19/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Henry Ian Cusick has been cast as a series regular on Season 4 of CBS series “MacGyver.” The “Lost” star is set to play Russ in a leading role opposite Lucas Till’s MacGyver.
Per CBS’ character description, Russ is a handsome, quick-witted, Oxford-educated ex-Military man. A master manipulator and salesman and skilled in propaganda and lie detection with an extremely high emotional intelligence, he’s also a very wealthy man. He’s used to getting his way and not beyond enjoying the spoils of war: expensive suits, fast cars, private jets, house in Monte Carlo.
Cusick’s addition to “MacGyver” Season 4 follows the promotion of Levy Tran, who had a recurring role on the drama’s third season, to series regular and the exit of former co-lead George Eads.
Also Read: CBS Renews 'Seal Team,' 'Swat,' 'Bull,' 'Hawaii Five-0,' 'MacGyver' and 'Madam...
Per CBS’ character description, Russ is a handsome, quick-witted, Oxford-educated ex-Military man. A master manipulator and salesman and skilled in propaganda and lie detection with an extremely high emotional intelligence, he’s also a very wealthy man. He’s used to getting his way and not beyond enjoying the spoils of war: expensive suits, fast cars, private jets, house in Monte Carlo.
Cusick’s addition to “MacGyver” Season 4 follows the promotion of Levy Tran, who had a recurring role on the drama’s third season, to series regular and the exit of former co-lead George Eads.
Also Read: CBS Renews 'Seal Team,' 'Swat,' 'Bull,' 'Hawaii Five-0,' 'MacGyver' and 'Madam...
- 6/28/2019
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Henry Ian Cusick (The Passage) has joined the cast of CBS’ action drama MacGyver as a series regular for its upcoming fourth season.
Cusick will play Russ, a lead opposite Lucas Till’s MacGyver. Russ is handsome and quick-witted Oxford-educated ex-military who is a master manipulator and salesman — skilled in propaganda and lie detection with an extremely high emotional intelligence. A very wealthy man, he’s used to getting his way and not beyond enjoying the spoils of war: expensive suits, fast cars, private jets, house in Monte Carlo.
Cusick is the second major new series regular cast addition to MacGyver for next season, along with Levy Tran, who was recently promoted after joining as a recurring last season. The cast expansion follows the exit last season of original co-lead George Eads. Cusick is the same age as Eads, and their characters have a similar ex-military background, so it...
Cusick will play Russ, a lead opposite Lucas Till’s MacGyver. Russ is handsome and quick-witted Oxford-educated ex-military who is a master manipulator and salesman — skilled in propaganda and lie detection with an extremely high emotional intelligence. A very wealthy man, he’s used to getting his way and not beyond enjoying the spoils of war: expensive suits, fast cars, private jets, house in Monte Carlo.
Cusick is the second major new series regular cast addition to MacGyver for next season, along with Levy Tran, who was recently promoted after joining as a recurring last season. The cast expansion follows the exit last season of original co-lead George Eads. Cusick is the same age as Eads, and their characters have a similar ex-military background, so it...
- 6/28/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Variety has been given the exclusive first-look image for “The Education of Fredrick Fitzell,” which stars Dylan O’Brien and Maika Monroe.
The cast for the pic, which is written and directed by Christopher MacBride (“The Conspiracy”), also includes Hannah Gross, Emory Cohen and Keir Gilchrist. Protagonist Pictures is handling international sales; ICM Partners and Endeavour Content are handling North America.
The movie follows Fred (O’Brien), who is not a detective, a secret agent or a philosopher, but a normal guy approaching 30 and going through an existential crisis as he finds himself on the precipice of full-blown adulthood. Should Fred commit to his long-term girlfriend? Should he take a corporate job to pay the bills and let go of his dream of becoming an artist? Should he paint the walls of his new condo Sea Foam Blue or Burnt Umber?
After a chance encounter with a man forgotten from his youth,...
The cast for the pic, which is written and directed by Christopher MacBride (“The Conspiracy”), also includes Hannah Gross, Emory Cohen and Keir Gilchrist. Protagonist Pictures is handling international sales; ICM Partners and Endeavour Content are handling North America.
The movie follows Fred (O’Brien), who is not a detective, a secret agent or a philosopher, but a normal guy approaching 30 and going through an existential crisis as he finds himself on the precipice of full-blown adulthood. Should Fred commit to his long-term girlfriend? Should he take a corporate job to pay the bills and let go of his dream of becoming an artist? Should he paint the walls of his new condo Sea Foam Blue or Burnt Umber?
After a chance encounter with a man forgotten from his youth,...
- 1/25/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
LeBron James, scribe Steve Mallory, and James’ SpringHill Entertainment have sold an untitled comedy pitch to Paramount Players, with the NBA icon in early talks to star.
SpringHill and Mallory have been developing the film for several months. Mallory would pen the script.
James would produce with his SpringHill partner Maverick Carter. Jamal Henderson and Spencer Beighley will oversee the project for SpringHill. Ali Bell and Gabby Canton are handling the project for Paramount Players.
This would mark James’ second big-screen role; he previously played himself in the Judd Apatow comedy “Trainwreck.”
The sale comes on the heels of James signing a four-year, $154 million contract to join the Los Angeles Lakers — one of the biggest sporting deals in NBA history.
Although James has been busy cementing himself as one of the best basketball players of all time, after just competing in his eighth straight NBA Final, the multi-hyphenate has also...
SpringHill and Mallory have been developing the film for several months. Mallory would pen the script.
James would produce with his SpringHill partner Maverick Carter. Jamal Henderson and Spencer Beighley will oversee the project for SpringHill. Ali Bell and Gabby Canton are handling the project for Paramount Players.
This would mark James’ second big-screen role; he previously played himself in the Judd Apatow comedy “Trainwreck.”
The sale comes on the heels of James signing a four-year, $154 million contract to join the Los Angeles Lakers — one of the biggest sporting deals in NBA history.
Although James has been busy cementing himself as one of the best basketball players of all time, after just competing in his eighth straight NBA Final, the multi-hyphenate has also...
- 7/11/2018
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
The Maze Runner and Teen Wolf lead Dylan O’Brien will star alongside It Follows actress Maika Monroe in Christopher MacBride’s (The Conspiracy) mystery thriller The Education Of Fredrick Fitzell, I have learned.
Due to shoot later this summer, O’Brien will play a man who begins to unravel a long hidden mystery about a missing girl, a drug called Mercury, and a terrifying creature that has followed him into adulthood.
Protagonist will handle international sales and launch the film to buyers in Cannes, with ICM Partners and Endeavor Content handling North America. The film is written by and will be directed by rising filmmaker MacBride. Lee Kim (Operation Avalanche) will produce for Resolute Films. Russell Ackerman and John Schoenfelder of Addictive Pictures are executive producing.
“The script is unlike anything I’ve read,” says Kim, who re-unites with MacBride, having worked together on The Conspiracy. “Chris has crafted a unique,...
Due to shoot later this summer, O’Brien will play a man who begins to unravel a long hidden mystery about a missing girl, a drug called Mercury, and a terrifying creature that has followed him into adulthood.
Protagonist will handle international sales and launch the film to buyers in Cannes, with ICM Partners and Endeavor Content handling North America. The film is written by and will be directed by rising filmmaker MacBride. Lee Kim (Operation Avalanche) will produce for Resolute Films. Russell Ackerman and John Schoenfelder of Addictive Pictures are executive producing.
“The script is unlike anything I’ve read,” says Kim, who re-unites with MacBride, having worked together on The Conspiracy. “Chris has crafted a unique,...
- 5/4/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Toronto -- Entertainment One Films has acquired the worldwide rights to the upcoming romantic comedy The F Word, which stars Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan. The Canadian distributor will sell all territories and handle the theatrical release of the film in Britain and Canada. UTA and Jamie Feldman will handle the sale of the U.S. rights. F Word takes a comedic look into the lives of two twentysomethings who meet at a party and hit it off. The film is directed by Michael Dowse, who lensed the Canadian hockey feature Goon; written by Elan Mastai and produced by David Gross
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- 7/17/2012
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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