Exclusive: Vertical has acquired U.S. rights from AGC Studios to The Order, a dramatic thriller directed by Australia’s Justin Kurzel (Macbeth), on which we were first to report. Starring Jude Law (Firebrand), Nicholas Hoult (X-Men franchise), Tye Sheridan (The Card Counter), Jurnee Smollett (Birds of Prey) and more, the film will will have an exclusive release in theaters nationwide later this year.
Written by Oscar and BAFTA nominee Zach Baylin (King Richard), the film adapts Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt’s book The Silent Brotherhood, chronicling the escalating crimes of the titular white supremacist domestic terror group. It’s set in 1983, when a series of increasingly violent bank robberies, counterfeiting operations, and armored car heists frightened communities throughout the Pacific Northwest. As baffled law enforcement agents scrambled for answers, a lone FBI agent (Law), stationed in the sleepy, picturesque town of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, came to believe...
Written by Oscar and BAFTA nominee Zach Baylin (King Richard), the film adapts Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt’s book The Silent Brotherhood, chronicling the escalating crimes of the titular white supremacist domestic terror group. It’s set in 1983, when a series of increasingly violent bank robberies, counterfeiting operations, and armored car heists frightened communities throughout the Pacific Northwest. As baffled law enforcement agents scrambled for answers, a lone FBI agent (Law), stationed in the sleepy, picturesque town of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, came to believe...
- 5/16/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Mubi Swoops For Andrea Arnold’s ‘Bird’
Mubi has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Bird, the Andrea Arnold feature that is getting its world premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Written and directed by Arnold, the pic stars Barry Keoghan, Franz Rogowski (Passages, Great Freedom), and newcomers Nykiya Adams and Jason Buda. The plot follows a 12-year-old girl, Bailey, who lives with her dad and brother in a squat in north Kent in southern England. As her dad has little time for his kids, Bailey seeks attention and adventure elsewhere. BBC Studios-owned House Productions made the film, which was shot in the UK around the Kent area. Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Lee Groombridge are the producers. Financiers include BBC Film, the BFI through National Lottery funding), Pinky Promise, FirstGen Content and Access Entertainment. Cornerstone is handling international sales and distribution, striking the deal with Mubi.
Mubi has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Bird, the Andrea Arnold feature that is getting its world premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Written and directed by Arnold, the pic stars Barry Keoghan, Franz Rogowski (Passages, Great Freedom), and newcomers Nykiya Adams and Jason Buda. The plot follows a 12-year-old girl, Bailey, who lives with her dad and brother in a squat in north Kent in southern England. As her dad has little time for his kids, Bailey seeks attention and adventure elsewhere. BBC Studios-owned House Productions made the film, which was shot in the UK around the Kent area. Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Lee Groombridge are the producers. Financiers include BBC Film, the BFI through National Lottery funding), Pinky Promise, FirstGen Content and Access Entertainment. Cornerstone is handling international sales and distribution, striking the deal with Mubi.
- 5/14/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
The first-look photo of Pierce Brosnan and Amir El-Masry on the set of “Giant,” written and directed by Rowan Athale, has been revealed. The sports drama is shooting in Leeds, England.
“Giant” is based on the true-life story of British-Yemeni boxer Prince Naseem “Naz” Hamed (El-Masry) and his rags to riches ascent to a world championship under the tutelage of his Irish-born boxing trainer Brendan Ingle (Brosnan).
The picture is financed by AGC Studios and BondIt Media Capital. The producers are Mark Lane of Tea Shop Productions, Kevin Sampson of White Star Productions and Stuart Ford, AGC Studios chairman and CEO.
Executive producers are Sylvester Stallone and Braden Aftergood of Balboa Productions, AGC Studios’ Miguel Palos, Zach Garrett and Anant Tamirisa, BondIt’s Matthew Helderman, Luke Taylor and Tyler Gould, Michael Ewing and True Brit Entertainment’s Zygi Kamasa.
True Brit has taken U.K. distribution rights with AGC International...
“Giant” is based on the true-life story of British-Yemeni boxer Prince Naseem “Naz” Hamed (El-Masry) and his rags to riches ascent to a world championship under the tutelage of his Irish-born boxing trainer Brendan Ingle (Brosnan).
The picture is financed by AGC Studios and BondIt Media Capital. The producers are Mark Lane of Tea Shop Productions, Kevin Sampson of White Star Productions and Stuart Ford, AGC Studios chairman and CEO.
Executive producers are Sylvester Stallone and Braden Aftergood of Balboa Productions, AGC Studios’ Miguel Palos, Zach Garrett and Anant Tamirisa, BondIt’s Matthew Helderman, Luke Taylor and Tyler Gould, Michael Ewing and True Brit Entertainment’s Zygi Kamasa.
True Brit has taken U.K. distribution rights with AGC International...
- 5/14/2024
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: On the eve of the Cannes market, Westbrook Studios and AGC Studios have set Italian filmmaker Stefano Sollima, known for directing Without Remorse, Sicario: Day of the Soldado and hit series Gomorrah, to helm big-budget action-thriller Sugar Bandits.
Based on the screenplay and novel Devils In Exile by Chuck Hogan (The Town), Oscar winner Will Smith (Bad Boys) will play a former special forces soldier who runs an elite vigilante squad working to wipe out the drug trade in Boston. Additional casting continues.
AGC International and CAA Media Finance represent the film’s worldwide distribution rights and will continue sales in Cannes, ahead of an anticipated fall production start.
Smith and Jon Mone will produce Sugar Bandits through Westbrook Studios with Ryan Shimazaki overseeing; Stuart Ford will produce for AGC Studios, which is fully financing; and Richard Abate (13 Hours) will produce for 3 Arts Entertainment. Sollima’s producing partners...
Based on the screenplay and novel Devils In Exile by Chuck Hogan (The Town), Oscar winner Will Smith (Bad Boys) will play a former special forces soldier who runs an elite vigilante squad working to wipe out the drug trade in Boston. Additional casting continues.
AGC International and CAA Media Finance represent the film’s worldwide distribution rights and will continue sales in Cannes, ahead of an anticipated fall production start.
Smith and Jon Mone will produce Sugar Bandits through Westbrook Studios with Ryan Shimazaki overseeing; Stuart Ford will produce for AGC Studios, which is fully financing; and Richard Abate (13 Hours) will produce for 3 Arts Entertainment. Sollima’s producing partners...
- 5/13/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Pierce Brosnan will star with Amir El-Masry in the sports drama “Giant,” based on the true-life story of British-Yemeni boxer Prince Naseem “Naz” Hamed and his rags to riches ascent to a world championship under the tutelage of his Irish-born boxing trainer Brendan Ingle.
El-Masry will play Naz and Brosnan is set to portray Ingle. The film will be written and directed by Rowan Athale, and produced by Mark Lane of Tea Shop Productions and Kevin Sampson of White Star Productions. AGC chairman and CEO Stuart Ford will also produce.
AGC Studios and BondIt Media Capital are financing the film.
On board to executive produce are Sylvester Stallone and Braden Aftergood of Balboa Productions, AGC Studios’ Miguel Palos, Zach Garrett and Anant Tamirisa, BondIt’s Matthew Helderman, Luke Taylor and Tyler Gould, Michael Ewing and True Brit’s Zygi Kamasa.
Kamasa’s True Brit Entertainment has taken U.K. distribution...
El-Masry will play Naz and Brosnan is set to portray Ingle. The film will be written and directed by Rowan Athale, and produced by Mark Lane of Tea Shop Productions and Kevin Sampson of White Star Productions. AGC chairman and CEO Stuart Ford will also produce.
AGC Studios and BondIt Media Capital are financing the film.
On board to executive produce are Sylvester Stallone and Braden Aftergood of Balboa Productions, AGC Studios’ Miguel Palos, Zach Garrett and Anant Tamirisa, BondIt’s Matthew Helderman, Luke Taylor and Tyler Gould, Michael Ewing and True Brit’s Zygi Kamasa.
Kamasa’s True Brit Entertainment has taken U.K. distribution...
- 4/15/2024
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Pierce Brosnan and Amir El-Masry will star in AGC’s Naseem Hamed boxing drama Giant, which starts shooting later this month in the UK after the producers relocated from Malta to benefit from the country’s recently announced Independent Film Tax Credit.
Zygi Kamasa’s True Brit has acquired UK distribution rights to the project which Rowan Athale, whose credits include Gangs Of London, will direct from his screenplay.
Strike-induced production delays meant the producers had to reconfigure the cast after Paddy Considine and Mena Massoud were originally announced as the leads.
Principal photography will take place in Leeds. Brosnan...
Zygi Kamasa’s True Brit has acquired UK distribution rights to the project which Rowan Athale, whose credits include Gangs Of London, will direct from his screenplay.
Strike-induced production delays meant the producers had to reconfigure the cast after Paddy Considine and Mena Massoud were originally announced as the leads.
Principal photography will take place in Leeds. Brosnan...
- 4/14/2024
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Netflix closed a $20 million deal on Hit Man, making the biggest deal at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival and of the year for that matter. After the Richard Linklater-directed noir comic thriller debuted to raves at Venice, the film was expected to fetch the biggest deal of the fall festivals so far. Hit Man did not disappoint. Hit Man stars Top Gun Maverick’s Glen Powell and Adria Arjona (Andor) playing the most unlikely romantic partners, in performances that will boost each of their careers. Especially Powell, who co-wrote with Linklater what will be a major star turn for him. Netflix got US, UK, Australia/New Zealand, India, South Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, and Iceland. There is also a theatrical component to the deal, I’ve heard.
Heading into its final weekend, TIFF had been slow so far on the deal front, but this...
Heading into its final weekend, TIFF had been slow so far on the deal front, but this...
- 9/18/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Tye Sheridan (The Tender Bar) has closed a deal to star alongside Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult in AGC Studios‘ crime thriller The Order from director Justin Kurzel, which is heading into production in Alberta, Canada on May 11th.
The film adapts the book The Silent Brotherhood by Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt, which chronicles the escalating crimes of the titular white supremacist domestic terror group. It’s set in 1983 amongst the series of increasingly violent bank robberies, counterfeiting operations and armored car heists that frightened communities throughout the Pacific Northwest. As baffled law enforcement agents scrambled for answers, a lone FBI agent (Law), stationed in the sleepy, picturesque town of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, came to believe the crimes were not the work of traditional, financially motivated criminals, but a group of dangerous domestic terrorists, inspired by a radical, charismatic leader (Hoult), who are plotting...
The film adapts the book The Silent Brotherhood by Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt, which chronicles the escalating crimes of the titular white supremacist domestic terror group. It’s set in 1983 amongst the series of increasingly violent bank robberies, counterfeiting operations and armored car heists that frightened communities throughout the Pacific Northwest. As baffled law enforcement agents scrambled for answers, a lone FBI agent (Law), stationed in the sleepy, picturesque town of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, came to believe the crimes were not the work of traditional, financially motivated criminals, but a group of dangerous domestic terrorists, inspired by a radical, charismatic leader (Hoult), who are plotting...
- 5/2/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
AGC Television, the TV unit of Stuart Ford’s independent content studio AGC Studios, and Lionsgate have teamed on espionage thriller series “Gray,” based on an original concept by best-selling novelist David Baldacci. Patricia Clarkson and Nathalie Emmanuel are attached to star.
Under the terms of their agreement AGC will distribute the series in the U.S., represented by CAA, and Lionsgate Television will handle international distribution rights.
The announcement was made by Ford, who is AGC chairman, Lourdes Diaz, who is the company’s president of television, and Agapy Kapouranis, who is Lionsgate’s president of international television and digital distribution. Ford is currently attending Rome’s Mia Market.
“Gray,” which is written by John McLaughlin, will be directed by Ruba Nadda, who previously worked with Clarkson on the film “Cairo Time.”
In “Gray,” Clarkson will play CIA spy Cornelia Gray, who is coming in from the cold after 20 years in hiding,...
Under the terms of their agreement AGC will distribute the series in the U.S., represented by CAA, and Lionsgate Television will handle international distribution rights.
The announcement was made by Ford, who is AGC chairman, Lourdes Diaz, who is the company’s president of television, and Agapy Kapouranis, who is Lionsgate’s president of international television and digital distribution. Ford is currently attending Rome’s Mia Market.
“Gray,” which is written by John McLaughlin, will be directed by Ruba Nadda, who previously worked with Clarkson on the film “Cairo Time.”
In “Gray,” Clarkson will play CIA spy Cornelia Gray, who is coming in from the cold after 20 years in hiding,...
- 10/15/2021
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Company’s Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story lined up for world premiere at Tribeca in June.
AGC Studios has hired two-time Emmy winner B.J. Levin as EVP, non-fiction, to oversee the company’s development and production of non-fiction content for film and television.
Levin has worked as a producer and creative executive for more than 15 years and was most recently showrunner of FX’s Hip Hop Uncovered.
He was showrunner on HBO’s Emmy winner Vice for four seasons and has worked at networks including A&e, Bravo, BBC of Americas, Discovery, MTV, Hulu and National Geographic.
Levin will...
AGC Studios has hired two-time Emmy winner B.J. Levin as EVP, non-fiction, to oversee the company’s development and production of non-fiction content for film and television.
Levin has worked as a producer and creative executive for more than 15 years and was most recently showrunner of FX’s Hip Hop Uncovered.
He was showrunner on HBO’s Emmy winner Vice for four seasons and has worked at networks including A&e, Bravo, BBC of Americas, Discovery, MTV, Hulu and National Geographic.
Levin will...
- 5/3/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
AGC Studios has hired industry veteran B.J. Levin as executive VP of non-fiction.
In his new role, he will oversee the indie company’s development production for film and television. Those duties include continuing to build the studio’s episodic non-fiction and unscripted output, as well as the company’s feature documentary slate. He will report to AGC Television president Lourdes Diaz and founder Stuart Ford.
“We’re excited to continue expanding our non-fiction slate under Bj’s leadership. He brings focus and exceptional taste to an already talented team,” Diaz said.
Levin joins AGC Studios from NBCUniversal, where he was recently the senior VP of development and original programming. He also served as the showrunner of the FX series “Hip Hop Uncovered.” In his 15-year career, Levin has worked at several networks, including A&e, Bravo, Food Network, FX and HBO.
“I could not be more thrilled to make it official with AGC Studios.
In his new role, he will oversee the indie company’s development production for film and television. Those duties include continuing to build the studio’s episodic non-fiction and unscripted output, as well as the company’s feature documentary slate. He will report to AGC Television president Lourdes Diaz and founder Stuart Ford.
“We’re excited to continue expanding our non-fiction slate under Bj’s leadership. He brings focus and exceptional taste to an already talented team,” Diaz said.
Levin joins AGC Studios from NBCUniversal, where he was recently the senior VP of development and original programming. He also served as the showrunner of the FX series “Hip Hop Uncovered.” In his 15-year career, Levin has worked at several networks, including A&e, Bravo, Food Network, FX and HBO.
“I could not be more thrilled to make it official with AGC Studios.
- 5/3/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
We're very excited to see the next film from Neill Blomkamp and there won't be too long of a wait, as IFC Midnight has acquired Demonic, with plans to release the movie on August 20th:
"IFC Midnight and AGC Studios announced today that IFC Midnight is acquiring U.S. rights to Demonic, written and directed by Neill Blomkamp, from AGC Studios. Blomkamp first earned critical acclaim across the board for his debut feature and sci-fi allegory on immigration District 9 before going on to further success with such films as Elysium and Chappie. Demonic was co-financed and co-produced by AGC Studios and STABILITi Studios last summer and marks Blomkamp’s fourth film. Joining Blomkamp is Oats Studios collaborator, editor Austyn Daines. The film stars up-and-comers Carly Pope (Elysium), Chris William Martin, and Michael Rogers. Neill Blomkamp, Mike Blomkamp of STABILITi Studios, Stuart Ford and Linda McDonough of AGC Studios are on board as producers.
"IFC Midnight and AGC Studios announced today that IFC Midnight is acquiring U.S. rights to Demonic, written and directed by Neill Blomkamp, from AGC Studios. Blomkamp first earned critical acclaim across the board for his debut feature and sci-fi allegory on immigration District 9 before going on to further success with such films as Elysium and Chappie. Demonic was co-financed and co-produced by AGC Studios and STABILITi Studios last summer and marks Blomkamp’s fourth film. Joining Blomkamp is Oats Studios collaborator, editor Austyn Daines. The film stars up-and-comers Carly Pope (Elysium), Chris William Martin, and Michael Rogers. Neill Blomkamp, Mike Blomkamp of STABILITi Studios, Stuart Ford and Linda McDonough of AGC Studios are on board as producers.
- 3/31/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
IFC Midnight said Wednesday that it is acquiring U.S. rights to Neill Blomkamp’s new film Demonic, a horror thriller starring Elysium‘s Carly Pope, Chris William Martin and Michael Rogers. The pic, co-produced and co-financed by AGC Studios and Stabiliti Studios and which was selling international rights during last month’s European Film Market, will now be released on August 20, 2021.
The backstory to the pic, written and directed by the District 9 and Elysium helmer in his first movie since 2015’s Chappie, is interesting: Deadline scooped a couple months ago that he shot it under the radar in British Columbia over the summer during the pandemic, after he had to pause on moving forward with the AGC-backed Taylor Kitsch action thriller The Inferno because of the Covid shutdown.
The result is Demonic. The plot centers on a young woman who unleashes terrifying demons when supernatural forces at...
The backstory to the pic, written and directed by the District 9 and Elysium helmer in his first movie since 2015’s Chappie, is interesting: Deadline scooped a couple months ago that he shot it under the radar in British Columbia over the summer during the pandemic, after he had to pause on moving forward with the AGC-backed Taylor Kitsch action thriller The Inferno because of the Covid shutdown.
The result is Demonic. The plot centers on a young woman who unleashes terrifying demons when supernatural forces at...
- 3/31/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
IFC Midnight has landed the U.S. rights to the supernatural horror movie “Demonic,” the next film from “District 9” director Neill Blomkamp.
“Demonic” is the fourth film from Blomkamp, who previously directed “Elysium” and the 2015 sci-fi “Chappie.” This latest film takes him into the horror realm and follows a young woman who unleashes terrifying demons and supernatural forces when a decades old rift between a mother and daughter is ruthlessly revealed.
Carly Pope, Chris William Martin and Michael Rogers stars in “Demonic.” Blomkamp wrote and directed the movie, and IFC Midnight will release it on August 20, 2021.
“Demonic” was co-financed and and co-produced by AGC Studios and STABILITi Studios last summer. Neill Blomkamp, Mike Blomkamp of STABILITi Studios, Stuart Ford and Linda McDonough of AGC Studios are on board as producers. The film’s executive producers are AGC’s Miguel Palos Jr., Alastair Burlingham, Charlie Dombek, Viktor Muller and Steven St. Arnaud.
“Demonic” is the fourth film from Blomkamp, who previously directed “Elysium” and the 2015 sci-fi “Chappie.” This latest film takes him into the horror realm and follows a young woman who unleashes terrifying demons and supernatural forces when a decades old rift between a mother and daughter is ruthlessly revealed.
Carly Pope, Chris William Martin and Michael Rogers stars in “Demonic.” Blomkamp wrote and directed the movie, and IFC Midnight will release it on August 20, 2021.
“Demonic” was co-financed and and co-produced by AGC Studios and STABILITi Studios last summer. Neill Blomkamp, Mike Blomkamp of STABILITi Studios, Stuart Ford and Linda McDonough of AGC Studios are on board as producers. The film’s executive producers are AGC’s Miguel Palos Jr., Alastair Burlingham, Charlie Dombek, Viktor Muller and Steven St. Arnaud.
- 3/31/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Genre title was a hit among international buyers at virtual EFM.
IFC Films has picked up US rights from AGC Studios to Neill Blomkamp’s supernatural thriller Demonic, which was also a hot seller with international buyers at the recent virtual EFM.
IFC Midnight plans an August 20 release on the story written by Blomkamp about a young woman who unleashes demons when supernatural forces at the root of a decades-old rift between mother and daughter reveal themselves.
Demonic sales launch at EFM and sold to Signature Entertainment in the UK and Ireland, Reset Collective in Australia and New Zealand, Metropolitan in France,...
IFC Films has picked up US rights from AGC Studios to Neill Blomkamp’s supernatural thriller Demonic, which was also a hot seller with international buyers at the recent virtual EFM.
IFC Midnight plans an August 20 release on the story written by Blomkamp about a young woman who unleashes demons when supernatural forces at the root of a decades-old rift between mother and daughter reveal themselves.
Demonic sales launch at EFM and sold to Signature Entertainment in the UK and Ireland, Reset Collective in Australia and New Zealand, Metropolitan in France,...
- 3/31/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Genre title was a hit among international buyers at virtual EFM.
IFC Films has picked up US rights from AGC Studios to Neil Blomkamp’s supernatural thriller Demonic, which was also a hot seller with international buyers at the recent virtual EFM.
IFC Midnight plans an August 20 release on the story written by Blomkamp about a young woman who unleashes demons when supernatural forces at the root of a decades-old rift between mother and daughter reveal themselves.
Demonic sales launch at EFM and sold to Signature Entertainment in the UK and Ireland, Reset Collective in Australia and New Zealand, Metropolitan in France,...
IFC Films has picked up US rights from AGC Studios to Neil Blomkamp’s supernatural thriller Demonic, which was also a hot seller with international buyers at the recent virtual EFM.
IFC Midnight plans an August 20 release on the story written by Blomkamp about a young woman who unleashes demons when supernatural forces at the root of a decades-old rift between mother and daughter reveal themselves.
Demonic sales launch at EFM and sold to Signature Entertainment in the UK and Ireland, Reset Collective in Australia and New Zealand, Metropolitan in France,...
- 3/31/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: 300 and Atomic Blonde screenwriter Kurt Johnstad is joining AGC Studios’ adventure-thriller The Englishman.
Based on the first novel in a new book series from author David Gilman, the feature will center on Raglan, a former soldier whose work in the French Foreign Legion taking on terrorists in sub-Saharan Africa brings him to the attention of MI6. He is soon recruited for a secret, undercover mission that takes him on a relentless search through the network of a dangerous international organized crime operation. He finds out just how dangerous the mission is when he lands in a Siberian penal colony and faces a life or death battle for survival.
Johnstad is best known for scripting action movies 300 and 300: Rise Of An Empire, Act Of Valor and Atomic Blonde, which between them have grossed close to $1Bn.
The deal was negotiated by AGC boss Stuart Ford and SVP...
Based on the first novel in a new book series from author David Gilman, the feature will center on Raglan, a former soldier whose work in the French Foreign Legion taking on terrorists in sub-Saharan Africa brings him to the attention of MI6. He is soon recruited for a secret, undercover mission that takes him on a relentless search through the network of a dangerous international organized crime operation. He finds out just how dangerous the mission is when he lands in a Siberian penal colony and faces a life or death battle for survival.
Johnstad is best known for scripting action movies 300 and 300: Rise Of An Empire, Act Of Valor and Atomic Blonde, which between them have grossed close to $1Bn.
The deal was negotiated by AGC boss Stuart Ford and SVP...
- 3/26/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Carla Gugino, who recently starred in The Haunting of Bly Manor, will front a television crime thriller for AGC Television.
The company, which makes Epix’s War of the Worlds, is producing and financing Leopard Skin with production underway in the Dominican Republic.
There is no network attached yet and AGC will begin discussions with broadcast and streaming partners when the show is in post-production.
The series comes from Sebastian Gutierrez, who wrote the screenplay for Snakes on a Plane and created Cinemax series Jett. He serves as showrunner with Lantica Studios providing production services
The cast also includes Amelia Eve (The Haunting of Bly Manor), Gentry White (Palm Springs), Philip Winchester (Law & Order: Svu), Margot Bingham (The Walking Dead), Gaite Jansen (Jett), Nora Arnezeder (Safe House), and Ana de la Reguera (Narcos).
Leopard Skin kicks off when a criminal gang fleeing a botched jewelry heist is forced to...
The company, which makes Epix’s War of the Worlds, is producing and financing Leopard Skin with production underway in the Dominican Republic.
There is no network attached yet and AGC will begin discussions with broadcast and streaming partners when the show is in post-production.
The series comes from Sebastian Gutierrez, who wrote the screenplay for Snakes on a Plane and created Cinemax series Jett. He serves as showrunner with Lantica Studios providing production services
The cast also includes Amelia Eve (The Haunting of Bly Manor), Gentry White (Palm Springs), Philip Winchester (Law & Order: Svu), Margot Bingham (The Walking Dead), Gaite Jansen (Jett), Nora Arnezeder (Safe House), and Ana de la Reguera (Narcos).
Leopard Skin kicks off when a criminal gang fleeing a botched jewelry heist is forced to...
- 2/9/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
AGC Television producing, fully financing eight-episode series.
Production has begun in Dominican Republic on AGC Television’s crime thriller Leopard Skin which Sebastian Gutierrez is directing from his screenplay.
Carla Gugino leads an ensemble cast on the story about a gang who flee a botched heist and seek refuge in a beachside estate where two women live in seclusion, triggering secrets, betrayal and desire.
The cast includes Amelia Eve (The Haunting Of Bly Manor), Gentry White (Palm Springs), Philip Winchester (Law & Order: Svu), Margot Bingham (The Walking Dead), Gaite Jansen (Peaky Blinders), Nora Arnezeder (Mozart In The Jungle), and Ana de la Reguera.
Production has begun in Dominican Republic on AGC Television’s crime thriller Leopard Skin which Sebastian Gutierrez is directing from his screenplay.
Carla Gugino leads an ensemble cast on the story about a gang who flee a botched heist and seek refuge in a beachside estate where two women live in seclusion, triggering secrets, betrayal and desire.
The cast includes Amelia Eve (The Haunting Of Bly Manor), Gentry White (Palm Springs), Philip Winchester (Law & Order: Svu), Margot Bingham (The Walking Dead), Gaite Jansen (Peaky Blinders), Nora Arnezeder (Mozart In The Jungle), and Ana de la Reguera.
- 2/9/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios has optioned rights to David Gilman’s thriller novel The Englishman.
Gilman is a former reconnaissance platoon paratrooper in the British Army, a firefighter and a professional photographer who has also spent time as a writer on ITV series A Touch Of Frost. His published works include the Master Of War historical novels and the adventure series Danger Zone.
Published by Head of Zeus, The Englishman centers on a former soldier whose work in the French Foreign Legion taking on terrorists in sub-Saharan Africa brings him to the attention of MI6. He is soon recruited for a secret, undercover mission that takes him on a relentless search through the network of a dangerous international organized crime operation. The book is viewed as the first in a series.
The deal was negotiated by Ford and Vice President of Legal & Business Affairs Anant Tamirisa on behalf of AGC,...
Gilman is a former reconnaissance platoon paratrooper in the British Army, a firefighter and a professional photographer who has also spent time as a writer on ITV series A Touch Of Frost. His published works include the Master Of War historical novels and the adventure series Danger Zone.
Published by Head of Zeus, The Englishman centers on a former soldier whose work in the French Foreign Legion taking on terrorists in sub-Saharan Africa brings him to the attention of MI6. He is soon recruited for a secret, undercover mission that takes him on a relentless search through the network of a dangerous international organized crime operation. The book is viewed as the first in a series.
The deal was negotiated by Ford and Vice President of Legal & Business Affairs Anant Tamirisa on behalf of AGC,...
- 11/12/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Thriller follows French Foreign Legionnaire who goes undercover for M16.
Fresh details have emerged on The Englishman, the AGC Studios project based on a new book series by David Gilman that forms part of the company’s burgeoning UK slate.
Screen revealed earlier this week that AGC had optioned the adventure book, which centres on Raglan, a former soldier whose work in the French Foreign Legion taking on terrorists in sub-Saharan Africa brings him to the attention of MI6.
Raglan is recruited for an undercover mission into the heart of organised crime that lands him in a Siberian penal colony...
Fresh details have emerged on The Englishman, the AGC Studios project based on a new book series by David Gilman that forms part of the company’s burgeoning UK slate.
Screen revealed earlier this week that AGC had optioned the adventure book, which centres on Raglan, a former soldier whose work in the French Foreign Legion taking on terrorists in sub-Saharan Africa brings him to the attention of MI6.
Raglan is recruited for an undercover mission into the heart of organised crime that lands him in a Siberian penal colony...
- 11/12/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Director Brad Peyton (Rampage) and Dave Bautista (Guardians Of The Galaxy) are teaming up to produce big-budget sci-fi fantasy movie Universe’s Most Wanted, which is slated to go into production spring next year.
The film will focus on a small town which gets a big surprise when a space ship carrying the universe’s most wanted and dangerous criminals crash lands in their backyard. Soon the sheriff’s son becomes a hero when he finds himself helping an intergalactic peacekeeper (Bautista) to keep the ragtag group of alien prisoners from escaping and taking over the world.
AGC Studios and CAA Media Finance will launch worldwide sales on the project in the coming weeks to coincide with the virtual AFM.
Peyton will direct and produce via his production company Asap Entertainment, along with Asap’s Jeff Fierson, from a script by F. Scott Frazier (xXx: Return of Xander Cage) and Jimmy Loweree.
The film will focus on a small town which gets a big surprise when a space ship carrying the universe’s most wanted and dangerous criminals crash lands in their backyard. Soon the sheriff’s son becomes a hero when he finds himself helping an intergalactic peacekeeper (Bautista) to keep the ragtag group of alien prisoners from escaping and taking over the world.
AGC Studios and CAA Media Finance will launch worldwide sales on the project in the coming weeks to coincide with the virtual AFM.
Peyton will direct and produce via his production company Asap Entertainment, along with Asap’s Jeff Fierson, from a script by F. Scott Frazier (xXx: Return of Xander Cage) and Jimmy Loweree.
- 10/30/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Dave Bautista will star in a sci-fi fantasy film from AGC Studios and “Rampage” director Brad Peyton called “Universe’s Most Wanted,” the studio announced Friday.
“Universe’s Most Wanted” is about a small town that gets thrust into a fight for the world’s survival when a space ship carrying the universe’s most wanted and dangerous criminals crash lands in their backyard. Bautista plays an intergalactic peacekeeper who teams with the son of the town sheriff to prevent the escape of the alien prisoners and from them taking over the world.
Production will begin on the film in Spring 2021, and CAA Media Finance will represent worldwide sales on the project in the coming weeks. Casting is underway.
F. Scott Frazier (“xXx: Return of Xander Cage”) and Jimmy Loweree wrote the screenplay. Peyton will produce through his Asap Entertainment banner along with Jeff Fierson, as will Bautista through his...
“Universe’s Most Wanted” is about a small town that gets thrust into a fight for the world’s survival when a space ship carrying the universe’s most wanted and dangerous criminals crash lands in their backyard. Bautista plays an intergalactic peacekeeper who teams with the son of the town sheriff to prevent the escape of the alien prisoners and from them taking over the world.
Production will begin on the film in Spring 2021, and CAA Media Finance will represent worldwide sales on the project in the coming weeks. Casting is underway.
F. Scott Frazier (“xXx: Return of Xander Cage”) and Jimmy Loweree wrote the screenplay. Peyton will produce through his Asap Entertainment banner along with Jeff Fierson, as will Bautista through his...
- 10/30/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Actor Dave Bautista and director Brad Peyton are teaming up on “Universe’s Most Wanted,” a sci-fi fantasy about a small town’s fight to save the world. AGC Studios and CAA Media Finance are launching worldwide sales on the project in the coming weeks.
In addition to Bautista starring and Peyton directing, they will also produce “Universe’s Most Wanted.” F. Scott Frazier (“xXx: Return of Xander Cage”) and Jimmy Loweree wrote the script. The story centers on a small town that sees a space ship carrying the universe’s most wanted and dangerous criminals land in their backyard. The sheriff’s son soon becomes a hero as he works with an intergalactic peacekeeper (Bautista) to rally up the alien prisoners and keep them from taking over the world.
“We couldn’t be more thrilled to get going on ‘Universe’s Most Wanted,'” Peyton said in a statement.
In addition to Bautista starring and Peyton directing, they will also produce “Universe’s Most Wanted.” F. Scott Frazier (“xXx: Return of Xander Cage”) and Jimmy Loweree wrote the script. The story centers on a small town that sees a space ship carrying the universe’s most wanted and dangerous criminals land in their backyard. The sheriff’s son soon becomes a hero as he works with an intergalactic peacekeeper (Bautista) to rally up the alien prisoners and keep them from taking over the world.
“We couldn’t be more thrilled to get going on ‘Universe’s Most Wanted,'” Peyton said in a statement.
- 10/30/2020
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Production earmarked for spring 2021
Dave Bautista will star in the irreverent sci-fi Universe’s Most Wanted for AGC Studios, which will launch worldwide sales with CAA Media Finance in the coming weeks.
Production has been earmarked for spring 2021 and Brad Peyton, will direct the story from a screenplay by F. Scott Frazier (xXx: Return of Xander Cage) and Jimmy Loweree.
When a spaceship carrying the universe’s most wanted and dangerous criminals crash-lands in a small town, the sheriff’s son becomes a hero when he finds himself helping an intergalactic peacekeeper (Bautista) to keep the ragtag group of alien...
Dave Bautista will star in the irreverent sci-fi Universe’s Most Wanted for AGC Studios, which will launch worldwide sales with CAA Media Finance in the coming weeks.
Production has been earmarked for spring 2021 and Brad Peyton, will direct the story from a screenplay by F. Scott Frazier (xXx: Return of Xander Cage) and Jimmy Loweree.
When a spaceship carrying the universe’s most wanted and dangerous criminals crash-lands in a small town, the sheriff’s son becomes a hero when he finds himself helping an intergalactic peacekeeper (Bautista) to keep the ragtag group of alien...
- 10/30/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Label to release comedy on January 29, 2021.
MGM Worldwide Distribution and Acquisitions is relaunching American International Pictures (Aip) to handle limited and digital releases, kicking off with the North American release of Tate Taylor’s Breaking News In Yuba County.
The relaunched division will distribute the comedy theatrically on January 29, 2021, via MGM’s joint venture United Artists Releasing, followed by digital roll-out on a date to be announced.
MGM, which acquired Yuba County from AGC Studios, will oversee all downstream media on Aip releases.
Aip was founded in the 1950s and became famous for its slate of Roger Corman films. The...
MGM Worldwide Distribution and Acquisitions is relaunching American International Pictures (Aip) to handle limited and digital releases, kicking off with the North American release of Tate Taylor’s Breaking News In Yuba County.
The relaunched division will distribute the comedy theatrically on January 29, 2021, via MGM’s joint venture United Artists Releasing, followed by digital roll-out on a date to be announced.
MGM, which acquired Yuba County from AGC Studios, will oversee all downstream media on Aip releases.
Aip was founded in the 1950s and became famous for its slate of Roger Corman films. The...
- 10/7/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
MGM is relaunching American International Pictures and making Tate Taylor’s Breaking News in Yuba County it’s first acquisition. MGM acquired the domestic rights to Breaking News in Yuba County from AGC studios and the newly launched Aip label will release the film, starring Allison Janney, Mila Kunis, Regina Hall, Awkwafina, Wanda Sykes, Matthew Modine, Ellen Barkin, Samira Wiley, Bridget Everett, Clifton Collins, Jr., Jimmi Simpson and Juliette Lewis beginning January 29, 2021. In the U.S., Breaking News in Yuba County will be released theatrically via MGM’s joint venture distribution company United Artists Releasing. Films released under the Aip banner are overseen by MGM across all downstream media.
“Tate has made a widely entertaining film and we are thrilled to be partnering with him and AGC Studios to bring it to audiences in January,” said Chris Ottinger, President of World Wide Television Distribution & Acquisitions at MGM.
The film follows...
“Tate has made a widely entertaining film and we are thrilled to be partnering with him and AGC Studios to bring it to audiences in January,” said Chris Ottinger, President of World Wide Television Distribution & Acquisitions at MGM.
The film follows...
- 10/7/2020
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
The North American rights to Allison Janney’s drama-comedy “Breaking News in Yuba County” have been bought by MGM, which will release the film on Jan. 29, 2021 through its relaunched American International Pictures label.
Janney stars as an overlooked pencil pusher who catches her husband in bed with another woman, which causes him to die of a heart attack. Janney’s character buries his body and takes advantage of the growing celebrity status that comes from having a missing husband. But she quickly finds herself in over her head while trying to keep the truth from her half-sister (Mila Kunis), a local news anchor who’s desperate for a story, and a relentless local policewoman (Regina Hall)
Awkwafina, Wanda Sykes, Matthew Modine, Ellen Barkin, Samira Wiley, Bridget Everett, Clifton Collins Jr., Jimmi Simpson and Juliette Lewis round out the cast. Tate Taylor directed the film from a script by Amanda Idoko.
Janney stars as an overlooked pencil pusher who catches her husband in bed with another woman, which causes him to die of a heart attack. Janney’s character buries his body and takes advantage of the growing celebrity status that comes from having a missing husband. But she quickly finds herself in over her head while trying to keep the truth from her half-sister (Mila Kunis), a local news anchor who’s desperate for a story, and a relentless local policewoman (Regina Hall)
Awkwafina, Wanda Sykes, Matthew Modine, Ellen Barkin, Samira Wiley, Bridget Everett, Clifton Collins Jr., Jimmi Simpson and Juliette Lewis round out the cast. Tate Taylor directed the film from a script by Amanda Idoko.
- 10/7/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
AGC Studios will fully finance an untitled biopic about Lang Lang from Oscar-winning director Ron Howard.
The film about the world-renowned pianist will be produced by Howard’s longtime partner Brian Grazer, as well as Imagine Entertainment President of Features Karen Lunder and AGC Studios Stuart Ford.
The screenplay by Michelle Mulroney and Kieran Mulroney, the team behind “Paper Man” and “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,” is based on “Journey of a Thousand Miles,” a memoir that Lang Lang wrote with David Ritz.
Lang Lang ranks as one of the greatest classical pianists, beloved for his dramatic playing style. But his rise to the top of the music world came at great personal cost. His childhood was marred by the collapse of his parents’ marriage and his family’s precarious financial situation. After moving to America, Lang Lang attended the Curtis Institute of Music where he was mentored by Gary Graffman,...
The film about the world-renowned pianist will be produced by Howard’s longtime partner Brian Grazer, as well as Imagine Entertainment President of Features Karen Lunder and AGC Studios Stuart Ford.
The screenplay by Michelle Mulroney and Kieran Mulroney, the team behind “Paper Man” and “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,” is based on “Journey of a Thousand Miles,” a memoir that Lang Lang wrote with David Ritz.
Lang Lang ranks as one of the greatest classical pianists, beloved for his dramatic playing style. But his rise to the top of the music world came at great personal cost. His childhood was marred by the collapse of his parents’ marriage and his family’s precarious financial situation. After moving to America, Lang Lang attended the Curtis Institute of Music where he was mentored by Gary Graffman,...
- 9/22/2020
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Ron Howard, Imagine Entertainment, AGC Studios and CAA are teaming up for the movie biopic of virtuoso Chinese pianist Lang Lang.
Two-time Oscar-winner Howard will direct the currently untitled film with Oscar-winner Brian Grazer producing alongside Imagine’s President of Features Karen Lunder, and AGC Studios’ Stuart Ford.
The project plans to shoot in China and the U.S. and will feature both Mandarin and English. It is intended to be Howard’s next film after he finishes the upcoming Thirteen Lives for MGM.
Born in China to aspiring musicians, Lang Lang (who is only 38 years old) has emerged as one of the world’s most famous contemporary classical pianists. His memoir documents the remarkable story of a family who sacrificed almost everything for the belief in his prodigious talent.
The film will chart the story from Lang’s childhood in the provincial city of Shenyang in Northern China to...
Two-time Oscar-winner Howard will direct the currently untitled film with Oscar-winner Brian Grazer producing alongside Imagine’s President of Features Karen Lunder, and AGC Studios’ Stuart Ford.
The project plans to shoot in China and the U.S. and will feature both Mandarin and English. It is intended to be Howard’s next film after he finishes the upcoming Thirteen Lives for MGM.
Born in China to aspiring musicians, Lang Lang (who is only 38 years old) has emerged as one of the world’s most famous contemporary classical pianists. His memoir documents the remarkable story of a family who sacrificed almost everything for the belief in his prodigious talent.
The film will chart the story from Lang’s childhood in the provincial city of Shenyang in Northern China to...
- 9/22/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer, Karen Lunder producing with AGC head Stuart Ford.
AGC Studios will fully finance and Ron Howard will direct an untitled biopic of the celebrated pianist Lang Lang from Imagine Entertainment.
Brian Grazer, Imagine Entertainment executive chairman, is producing with president of features Karen Lunder, and AGC Studios chairman and CEO Stuart Ford.
Michelle Mulroney and Kieran Mulroney wrote the screenplay based on the memoir Journey Of A Thousand Miles by Lang Lang and David Ritz. Lang Lang and Jean-Jacques Cesbron along with Polygram Entertainment’s Michele Anthony and David Blackman will serve as executive producers.
AGC Studios will fully finance and Ron Howard will direct an untitled biopic of the celebrated pianist Lang Lang from Imagine Entertainment.
Brian Grazer, Imagine Entertainment executive chairman, is producing with president of features Karen Lunder, and AGC Studios chairman and CEO Stuart Ford.
Michelle Mulroney and Kieran Mulroney wrote the screenplay based on the memoir Journey Of A Thousand Miles by Lang Lang and David Ritz. Lang Lang and Jean-Jacques Cesbron along with Polygram Entertainment’s Michele Anthony and David Blackman will serve as executive producers.
- 9/22/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Narcos director Andrés Baiz will helm Scott Free and Agc thriller Panopticon, based on the Black List script by Emily Jerome.
Tom Moran and Vera Meyer will shepherd the project with Kevin Walsh producing for Scott Free alongside Jerome and Agc Studios CEO Stuart Ford and Head of Production Linda McDonough. Ridley Scott will serve as executive producer.
Production is slated to begin in fall 2020, and active casting is ongoing.
The film, according to the official synopsis, will follow “rising hedge fund manager Chase who hears about a little known financial gold mine called Pcc Correctional, an Arizona based private prison system that racks up huge profits. She decides to go all in to advance her career but it soon becomes clear that it’s a bad bet in every way except return on investment. On a tour of the prison she realizes that the inmates are running the show.
Tom Moran and Vera Meyer will shepherd the project with Kevin Walsh producing for Scott Free alongside Jerome and Agc Studios CEO Stuart Ford and Head of Production Linda McDonough. Ridley Scott will serve as executive producer.
Production is slated to begin in fall 2020, and active casting is ongoing.
The film, according to the official synopsis, will follow “rising hedge fund manager Chase who hears about a little known financial gold mine called Pcc Correctional, an Arizona based private prison system that racks up huge profits. She decides to go all in to advance her career but it soon becomes clear that it’s a bad bet in every way except return on investment. On a tour of the prison she realizes that the inmates are running the show.
- 5/28/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Ridley Scott will executive produce a thriller called “Panopticon” that is based on a script that landed on the Black List in 2017, and Agc Studios will finance and co-produce the film, the studio’s chairman and CEO Stuart Ford announced Thursday.
Andrés Baiz (“Narcos”) will direct “Panopticon” from the Black List script by Emily Jerome, and production is slated to begin this fall, with casting already underway.
The word “panopticon” refers to a prison designed in a round such that all the prisoners can be watched at once by a single guard, and because they can’t see when they’re being watched, they’re motivated to use good behavior.
Also Read: Ridley Scott's Scott Free Productions Signs First-Look Deal at Apple
The film “Panopticon” though follows rising hedge fund manager Chase, who hears about a little known financial gold mine called Pcc Correctional, an Arizona based private prison system that racks up huge profits.
Andrés Baiz (“Narcos”) will direct “Panopticon” from the Black List script by Emily Jerome, and production is slated to begin this fall, with casting already underway.
The word “panopticon” refers to a prison designed in a round such that all the prisoners can be watched at once by a single guard, and because they can’t see when they’re being watched, they’re motivated to use good behavior.
Also Read: Ridley Scott's Scott Free Productions Signs First-Look Deal at Apple
The film “Panopticon” though follows rising hedge fund manager Chase, who hears about a little known financial gold mine called Pcc Correctional, an Arizona based private prison system that racks up huge profits.
- 5/28/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Signaling its second project bound for Cannes’ late June virtual market, Agc Studios will fully finance and co-produce criminal justice thriller “Panopticon,” Agc chairman-ceo Stuart Ford announced Thursday.
Sales arm Agc International is handling international sales; CAA Media Finance, which arranged for the film’s financing, will represent a domestic sale. The two companies will co-represent Chinese distribution rights
Set up at Scott Free Productions, and based on a screenplay from Emily Jerome which made the 2017 Black List, “Panopticon” will be directed by Andrés Baiz, a founding father of Colombia’s modern-day cinema who made one of its highlights (“The Hidden Face”) and has gained large international profile directing 12 episodes of “Narcos” and now four of “Narcos: Mexico.”
Active casting is ongoing with production scheduled to begin in Fall 2020 on a feature which aims to take a hard look at the U.S. criminal justice system – befitting its title of...
Sales arm Agc International is handling international sales; CAA Media Finance, which arranged for the film’s financing, will represent a domestic sale. The two companies will co-represent Chinese distribution rights
Set up at Scott Free Productions, and based on a screenplay from Emily Jerome which made the 2017 Black List, “Panopticon” will be directed by Andrés Baiz, a founding father of Colombia’s modern-day cinema who made one of its highlights (“The Hidden Face”) and has gained large international profile directing 12 episodes of “Narcos” and now four of “Narcos: Mexico.”
Active casting is ongoing with production scheduled to begin in Fall 2020 on a feature which aims to take a hard look at the U.S. criminal justice system – befitting its title of...
- 5/28/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Production earmarked for autumn start; project out to casting.
Agc Studios is fully financing and will co-produce with Scott Free the thriller Panopticon and has announced the project to international buyers.
Andrés Baiz, whose credits include Narcos, Narcos Mexico and The Hidden Face, will direct from a screenplay from The Black List by Emily Jerome. Ridley Scott will serve as executive producer.
Panopticon centres on a hedge fund manager who finds herself in deeper than she expected after she invests in a profitable private prison in Arizona, only to discover the inmates are running the show.
Production has been earmarked...
Agc Studios is fully financing and will co-produce with Scott Free the thriller Panopticon and has announced the project to international buyers.
Andrés Baiz, whose credits include Narcos, Narcos Mexico and The Hidden Face, will direct from a screenplay from The Black List by Emily Jerome. Ridley Scott will serve as executive producer.
Panopticon centres on a hedge fund manager who finds herself in deeper than she expected after she invests in a profitable private prison in Arizona, only to discover the inmates are running the show.
Production has been earmarked...
- 5/28/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Roland Emmerich has signed a deal with Huayi Brothers to distribute his next film, “Moonfall,” in China, the company announced on Thursday.
Huayi Brothers’ Dennis and James Wang will also serve as executive producers on the sci-fi film, which follows a last-ditch attempt to stop the moon from colliding with Earth after a mysterious force knocks it out of orbit. Emmerich is directing from a script by himself, Harald Kloser and Spenser Cohen.
Also Read: Lionsgate Lands Roland Emmerich's Sci-Fi Epic 'Moonfall'
Emmerich is producing Moonfall under his Centropolis banner with Kloser producing through
his company, Street Entertainment. Ute Emmerich, Stuart Ford, J.P. Pettinato, Carsten Lorenz, and
Marco Shepherd are all listed as executive producers.
“We believe that the most effective way to facilitate worldwide cultural exchange is in collaboration with top artists, and this project marks a milestone for us as a solid content creator in the international film business,...
Huayi Brothers’ Dennis and James Wang will also serve as executive producers on the sci-fi film, which follows a last-ditch attempt to stop the moon from colliding with Earth after a mysterious force knocks it out of orbit. Emmerich is directing from a script by himself, Harald Kloser and Spenser Cohen.
Also Read: Lionsgate Lands Roland Emmerich's Sci-Fi Epic 'Moonfall'
Emmerich is producing Moonfall under his Centropolis banner with Kloser producing through
his company, Street Entertainment. Ute Emmerich, Stuart Ford, J.P. Pettinato, Carsten Lorenz, and
Marco Shepherd are all listed as executive producers.
“We believe that the most effective way to facilitate worldwide cultural exchange is in collaboration with top artists, and this project marks a milestone for us as a solid content creator in the international film business,...
- 1/17/2020
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Roland Emmerich and Centropolis Entertainment’s $150 million sci-fi movie Moonfall is getting funding and Chinese distribution from Huayi Brothers.
The big-canvas project is scheduled to go into production this spring and casting is underway. The Huayi deal was negotiated by Agc International, the international sales and distribution arm of Stuart Ford’s Agc Studios, and CAA Media Finance.
In Moonfall, a mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it on a collision course with life as we know it. With weeks before impact, a ragtag team launches a last-ditch mission into space to land on the lunar surface and save the planet from annihilation. The script comes from Emmerich, his 2012 co-writer Harald Kloser and Spenser Cohen.
Emmerich is producing under his Centropolis banner, with Kloser producing through his company, Street Entertainment. Huayi Brothers co-founders Dennis Wang and James Wang will executive produce, along with Ute Emmerich,...
The big-canvas project is scheduled to go into production this spring and casting is underway. The Huayi deal was negotiated by Agc International, the international sales and distribution arm of Stuart Ford’s Agc Studios, and CAA Media Finance.
In Moonfall, a mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it on a collision course with life as we know it. With weeks before impact, a ragtag team launches a last-ditch mission into space to land on the lunar surface and save the planet from annihilation. The script comes from Emmerich, his 2012 co-writer Harald Kloser and Spenser Cohen.
Emmerich is producing under his Centropolis banner, with Kloser producing through his company, Street Entertainment. Huayi Brothers co-founders Dennis Wang and James Wang will executive produce, along with Ute Emmerich,...
- 1/17/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Following a solid opening of the WWII pic Midway, Lionsgate is re-teaming with the film’s director Roland Emmerich by acquiring the North American distribution rights to his upcoming sci-fi feature Moonfall.
Set to go before the lens in 2020, the pic will be directed by Emmerich based on a script he penned with co-writers Harald Kloser and Spenser Cohen. The plot is about a mysterious force that knocks the Moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it. With mere weeks before impact, and against all odds, a ragtag team launches an impossible last-ditch mission into space, leaving behind everyone they love and risking everything to land on the lunar surface and save our planet from annihilation.
Similar to Midway, Emmerich and his Centropolis Entertainment banner are independently producing and financing Moonfall and will oversee all aspects of production,...
Set to go before the lens in 2020, the pic will be directed by Emmerich based on a script he penned with co-writers Harald Kloser and Spenser Cohen. The plot is about a mysterious force that knocks the Moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it. With mere weeks before impact, and against all odds, a ragtag team launches an impossible last-ditch mission into space, leaving behind everyone they love and risking everything to land on the lunar surface and save our planet from annihilation.
Similar to Midway, Emmerich and his Centropolis Entertainment banner are independently producing and financing Moonfall and will oversee all aspects of production,...
- 11/26/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Lionsgate has acquired the North American distribution rights to “Moonfall,” the next film from director Roland Emmerich, it was announced today by Joe Drake, chairman of Lionsgate Motion Picture Group.
“Moonfall” is a sci-fi epic and will be the next collaboration between Emmerich and Lionsgate after the release of “Midway” earlier this month. The film will begin production in 2020 and will be directed by Emmerich from a script he co-wrote with Spencer Cohen and the writer on his film “2012,” Harald Kloser. A cast for the film has yet to be set.
In “Moonfall,” a mysterious force knocks the Moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it. With mere weeks before impact, and against all odds, a ragtag team launches an impossible last-ditch mission into space, leaving behind everyone they love and risking everything to land on the lunar...
“Moonfall” is a sci-fi epic and will be the next collaboration between Emmerich and Lionsgate after the release of “Midway” earlier this month. The film will begin production in 2020 and will be directed by Emmerich from a script he co-wrote with Spencer Cohen and the writer on his film “2012,” Harald Kloser. A cast for the film has yet to be set.
In “Moonfall,” a mysterious force knocks the Moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it. With mere weeks before impact, and against all odds, a ragtag team launches an impossible last-ditch mission into space, leaving behind everyone they love and risking everything to land on the lunar...
- 11/26/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
‘Midway’ crosses $100m at worldwide box office.
Lionsgate has reteamed with Roland Emmerich, Centropolis and Agc Studios on Moonfall, the sci-fi tentpole that was one of the heavyweight acquisition titles of the Cannes market.
As the previous collaboration on Second World War action drama Midway crossed $100m at the worldwide box office, Lionsgate announced the North American rights acquisition on Tuesday (26).
Emmerich’s Centropolis Entertainment brokered the deal with Lionsgate and is producing Moonfall, which is scheduled to begin production in 2020. Emmerich will direct from a screenplay he co-wrote with his 2012 co-writer Harald Kloser and Spenser Cohen.
The story centres...
Lionsgate has reteamed with Roland Emmerich, Centropolis and Agc Studios on Moonfall, the sci-fi tentpole that was one of the heavyweight acquisition titles of the Cannes market.
As the previous collaboration on Second World War action drama Midway crossed $100m at the worldwide box office, Lionsgate announced the North American rights acquisition on Tuesday (26).
Emmerich’s Centropolis Entertainment brokered the deal with Lionsgate and is producing Moonfall, which is scheduled to begin production in 2020. Emmerich will direct from a screenplay he co-wrote with his 2012 co-writer Harald Kloser and Spenser Cohen.
The story centres...
- 11/26/2019
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
‘Midway’ crosses $100m at worldwide box office.
Lionsgate has reteamed with Roland Emmerich and Agc Studios on Moonfall, the sci-fi tentpole that was one of the heavyweight acquisition titles of the Cannes market.
As the previous collaboration on Second World War action drama Midway crossed $100m at the worldwide box office, the partners announced the North American rights acquisition on Tuesday (26).
Emmerich’s Centropolis Entertainment is producing Moonfall, which is scheduled to begin production in 2020. Emmerich will direct from a screenplay he co-wrote with his 2012 co-writer Harald Kloser and Spenser Cohen.
The story centres on a mysterious force that knocks...
Lionsgate has reteamed with Roland Emmerich and Agc Studios on Moonfall, the sci-fi tentpole that was one of the heavyweight acquisition titles of the Cannes market.
As the previous collaboration on Second World War action drama Midway crossed $100m at the worldwide box office, the partners announced the North American rights acquisition on Tuesday (26).
Emmerich’s Centropolis Entertainment is producing Moonfall, which is scheduled to begin production in 2020. Emmerich will direct from a screenplay he co-wrote with his 2012 co-writer Harald Kloser and Spenser Cohen.
The story centres on a mysterious force that knocks...
- 11/26/2019
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Andrea Riseborough will star in the supernatural thriller “Geechee” for Stuart Ford’s Agc Studios, which will finance and produce.
Ford announced the deal Monday, two days ahead of the opening of the American Film Market in Santa Monica. Agc will sell international rights at Afm. CAA Media Finance is co-representing domestic rights.
“Geechee” will be the feature debut of writer-director Dubois Ashong. Production is set to begin in early 2020.
Ford and Agc’s Glendon Palmer will produce. Executive producers are Jermaine Johnson and Luke Maxwell of 3 Arts Entertainment.
Riseborough will portray a successful New York scientist who decides to leave the city with her son to start life over in the remote Sea Islands off the Atlantic coast. She quickly falls in love with the secluded island and its people, who are descendants of a centuries-old group of African slaves, but her world starts to unravel as the...
Ford announced the deal Monday, two days ahead of the opening of the American Film Market in Santa Monica. Agc will sell international rights at Afm. CAA Media Finance is co-representing domestic rights.
“Geechee” will be the feature debut of writer-director Dubois Ashong. Production is set to begin in early 2020.
Ford and Agc’s Glendon Palmer will produce. Executive producers are Jermaine Johnson and Luke Maxwell of 3 Arts Entertainment.
Riseborough will portray a successful New York scientist who decides to leave the city with her son to start life over in the remote Sea Islands off the Atlantic coast. She quickly falls in love with the secluded island and its people, who are descendants of a centuries-old group of African slaves, but her world starts to unravel as the...
- 11/4/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Andrea Riseborough (Birdman) will lead the cast of Geechee, a supernatural thriller from debut writer-director Dubois Ashong.
Stuart Ford’s Agc Studios will finance and produce the pic and is repping sales rights. CAA Media Finance is co-repping domestic rights.
Riseborough will star as Wren, a successful New York scientist who decides to leave the city with her son to start life over in the remote Sea Islands off the Atlantic Coast. She quickly falls in love with the land and the people on the secluded island, but soon her world starts to unravel as the souls of the subjugated begin to haunt her dreams and her waking life.
Production is set for early 2020. Agc’s Ford and Glendon Palmer will produce. Onboard as executive producers are Jermaine Johnson and Luke Maxwell of 3 Arts Entertainment.
Riseborough will next be seen in Nicolas Pesce’s reboot of horror movie The Grudge,...
Stuart Ford’s Agc Studios will finance and produce the pic and is repping sales rights. CAA Media Finance is co-repping domestic rights.
Riseborough will star as Wren, a successful New York scientist who decides to leave the city with her son to start life over in the remote Sea Islands off the Atlantic Coast. She quickly falls in love with the land and the people on the secluded island, but soon her world starts to unravel as the souls of the subjugated begin to haunt her dreams and her waking life.
Production is set for early 2020. Agc’s Ford and Glendon Palmer will produce. Onboard as executive producers are Jermaine Johnson and Luke Maxwell of 3 Arts Entertainment.
Riseborough will next be seen in Nicolas Pesce’s reboot of horror movie The Grudge,...
- 11/4/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Production set for early 2020.
Agc Studios has added another appealing package to its Afm slate and will finance, produce and sell worldwide rights on the supernatural thriller Geechee to star Andrea Riseborough.
Chairman and CEO Stuart Ford and Agc’s Glendon Palmer serve as producers, and Jermaine Johnson and Luke Maxwell of 3 Arts Entertainment are executive producers.
Dubois Ashong makes his writing and directing feature debut on Geechee and production is set to commence in early 2020 on the story about a New York scientist who relocates with her son to the Sea Islands off the southeastern United States.
While...
Agc Studios has added another appealing package to its Afm slate and will finance, produce and sell worldwide rights on the supernatural thriller Geechee to star Andrea Riseborough.
Chairman and CEO Stuart Ford and Agc’s Glendon Palmer serve as producers, and Jermaine Johnson and Luke Maxwell of 3 Arts Entertainment are executive producers.
Dubois Ashong makes his writing and directing feature debut on Geechee and production is set to commence in early 2020 on the story about a New York scientist who relocates with her son to the Sea Islands off the southeastern United States.
While...
- 11/4/2019
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Magnolia Pictures Acquires National Enquirer Documentary ‘Scandalous’ From CNN Films and Agc Studios
Enquiring minds will want to know that Magnolia Pictures has acquired the North American rights to “Scandalous,” a documentary about tabloid the National Enquirer and its founder Generoso Pope, Jr, the distributor announced Thursday.
Mark Landsman (“Thunder Soul”) directed the documentary that highlights the Enquirer’s impact on journalism, business, culture and politics throughout the years, dating back to how its founder transformed a racing and sporting magazine into a household name for scandal and gossip.
This Is Just a Test Media produced the film, and CNN Films and Agc Studios executive produced. CNN Films will retain North American broadcast rights, while Agc International, the international sales and distribution arm of Agc Studios, will oversee international distribution rights. Magnolia is planning a Nov. 15 theatrical release.
Also Read: Hudson News CEO James Cohen to Buy National Enquirer for $100 Million (Report)
After purchasing the New York Enquirer in the 1950s with funds...
Mark Landsman (“Thunder Soul”) directed the documentary that highlights the Enquirer’s impact on journalism, business, culture and politics throughout the years, dating back to how its founder transformed a racing and sporting magazine into a household name for scandal and gossip.
This Is Just a Test Media produced the film, and CNN Films and Agc Studios executive produced. CNN Films will retain North American broadcast rights, while Agc International, the international sales and distribution arm of Agc Studios, will oversee international distribution rights. Magnolia is planning a Nov. 15 theatrical release.
Also Read: Hudson News CEO James Cohen to Buy National Enquirer for $100 Million (Report)
After purchasing the New York Enquirer in the 1950s with funds...
- 8/15/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to “Scandalous,” a deep dive into the history of the National Enquirer, an influential tabloid that’s covered everything from celebrity breakups to alien landings. Directed by Mark Landsman (“Thunder Soul”), the film looks at the publication’s impact on journalism, culture, and politics.
“Scandalous” follows Generoso Pope, Jr., the man who purchased the New York Enquirer in the 1950s and rebranded and renamed the publication the National Enquirer. Pope used funds supplied by his godfather, reputed mob boss Frank Costello to make the purchase and charts the publication’s metamorphosis from a racing and sporting newspaper into a grocery store tabloid filled with stories of medical oddities, conspiracy theories, and paparazzi photos.
“The real story behind the National Enquirer is like a classic monster movie from the 1950s where initially the creature doesn’t intend to harm anyone, but is soon wreaking havoc on the population,...
“Scandalous” follows Generoso Pope, Jr., the man who purchased the New York Enquirer in the 1950s and rebranded and renamed the publication the National Enquirer. Pope used funds supplied by his godfather, reputed mob boss Frank Costello to make the purchase and charts the publication’s metamorphosis from a racing and sporting newspaper into a grocery store tabloid filled with stories of medical oddities, conspiracy theories, and paparazzi photos.
“The real story behind the National Enquirer is like a classic monster movie from the 1950s where initially the creature doesn’t intend to harm anyone, but is soon wreaking havoc on the population,...
- 8/15/2019
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The Alienist writer John Sayles is developing a limited series set in the world of televangelism with Agc Television.
Sayles, who has been nominated for a best screenwriting Oscar for Passion Fish and Lone Star, is developing Electric Church with Black Mirror director John Hillcoat on board to direct.
Sayles co-created the project with Marc-Edouard Leon. The drama tells the true story behind the rise of the Christian Right. In the 1980’s, larger-than-life personalities such as Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, Pat Robertson, and Jerry Falwell ruled the airwaves. They were rich, they were idolized, they epitomized religious excess. The series will explore how their paths collided in an epic saga that would change the face of American politics.
Sayles will exec produce with Hillcoat, Agc Studios founder Stuart Ford, Agc Television President Lourdes Diaz and Agc’s Head of Film Greg Shapiro with Jonathan Pavesi producing.
The deal...
Sayles, who has been nominated for a best screenwriting Oscar for Passion Fish and Lone Star, is developing Electric Church with Black Mirror director John Hillcoat on board to direct.
Sayles co-created the project with Marc-Edouard Leon. The drama tells the true story behind the rise of the Christian Right. In the 1980’s, larger-than-life personalities such as Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, Pat Robertson, and Jerry Falwell ruled the airwaves. They were rich, they were idolized, they epitomized religious excess. The series will explore how their paths collided in an epic saga that would change the face of American politics.
Sayles will exec produce with Hillcoat, Agc Studios founder Stuart Ford, Agc Television President Lourdes Diaz and Agc’s Head of Film Greg Shapiro with Jonathan Pavesi producing.
The deal...
- 5/21/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Anthony Anderson, the star of ABC’s “Black-ish,” will star in “Football or Me,” a new romantic comedy. The film will be produced and fully financed by Stuart Ford’s Agc Studios.
It is inspired by the Argentinian comedy “Futbol y Yo,” the story of an obsessive soccer fan whose love of the sport causes him to lose his job and puts a strain on his marriage. This time the sport in question will be football. The film will follow Peter (Anderson), a lifelong American football addict, who falls for Veronica, a successful entrepreneur. Their relationship is tested by his need to follow the season’s every tackle, interception, and touchdown.
Agc has hired Robb Chavis to adapt the screenplay. Badabing Pictures’ Tracey Bing and Benedict Carver will produce the film along with E. Brian Dobbins and Jose Levy. Ford and Agc’s head of film Greg Shapiro and head...
It is inspired by the Argentinian comedy “Futbol y Yo,” the story of an obsessive soccer fan whose love of the sport causes him to lose his job and puts a strain on his marriage. This time the sport in question will be football. The film will follow Peter (Anderson), a lifelong American football addict, who falls for Veronica, a successful entrepreneur. Their relationship is tested by his need to follow the season’s every tackle, interception, and touchdown.
Agc has hired Robb Chavis to adapt the screenplay. Badabing Pictures’ Tracey Bing and Benedict Carver will produce the film along with E. Brian Dobbins and Jose Levy. Ford and Agc’s head of film Greg Shapiro and head...
- 5/8/2019
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Badabing Pictures’ Tracey Bing, Benedict Carver among producers.
Agc Studios is fully financing and producing Football Or Me, the English-language remake of Argentinian rom-com Futbol O Yo, and has attached Anthony Anderson to star.
Anderson will also serve as producer on the project alongside Agc Studios, Badabing Pictures’ Tracey Bing, and producer Benedict Carver.
Agc has hired Robb Chavis (Black-ish) to adapt the screenplay about a lifelong American football addict who must decide if he is willing to ditch his love of the game when he falls for a successful entrepreneur.
Producing alongside Anderson are E. Brian Dobbins and Jose Levy,...
Agc Studios is fully financing and producing Football Or Me, the English-language remake of Argentinian rom-com Futbol O Yo, and has attached Anthony Anderson to star.
Anderson will also serve as producer on the project alongside Agc Studios, Badabing Pictures’ Tracey Bing, and producer Benedict Carver.
Agc has hired Robb Chavis (Black-ish) to adapt the screenplay about a lifelong American football addict who must decide if he is willing to ditch his love of the game when he falls for a successful entrepreneur.
Producing alongside Anderson are E. Brian Dobbins and Jose Levy,...
- 5/8/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Agc Television has optioned rights to author Christopher Golden’s Ben Walker supernatural thriller book franchise to develop into a TV series. The deal unveiled Tuesday encompasses the prolific Golden’s 2017 bestseller Ararat that launched the series and the upcoming The Pandora Room which hits shelves in April. A third novel, Red Hands, will be published in 2020.
Golden, who helped on the screenplay for the Hellboy reboot coming later this year, will pen the pilot script based on Ararat, which won a Bram Stoker Award. Agc Studios founder Stuart Ford and TV division boss Lourdes Diaz are executive producing the project with Golden and Pete Donaldson of Donaldson Media & Consulting. A late 2019 production start is being eyed.
The book’s lead character Ben Walker is a self-described “weird sh*t expert” working for a secret arm of the Department of Defense to investigate newly discovered phenomena. The job leads Walker...
Golden, who helped on the screenplay for the Hellboy reboot coming later this year, will pen the pilot script based on Ararat, which won a Bram Stoker Award. Agc Studios founder Stuart Ford and TV division boss Lourdes Diaz are executive producing the project with Golden and Pete Donaldson of Donaldson Media & Consulting. A late 2019 production start is being eyed.
The book’s lead character Ben Walker is a self-described “weird sh*t expert” working for a secret arm of the Department of Defense to investigate newly discovered phenomena. The job leads Walker...
- 2/5/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
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