Los Angeles-based Scatena & Rosner Films has acquired worldwide rights to horror film “The Hermit,” starring Lou Ferrigno as a cannibalistic pig farmer in his first role playing a creature since CBS TV series “The Incredible Hulk.”
They will be launching sales on the chiller, which is now in post, at the Cannes Marché du Film.
“The Hermit” is directed by U.S.-based Italian helmer Salvatore Sclafani and produced by Los Angeles- and New York-based Gerry Pass via his Chrome Entertainment shingle in tandem with Sclafani’s First Child Prods.
Dragged on a vacation to the woods, two self-absorbed teens named Lisa and Eric, played by Malina Weissman (“A Series of Unfortunate Events”) and Anthony Turpel (“Bloody Bridget”), venture off trail, stumble across a farm, go in, see animal heads hanging from the wall and “fight for their lives against an unstoppable cannibal pig farmer,” the synopsis says.
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They will be launching sales on the chiller, which is now in post, at the Cannes Marché du Film.
“The Hermit” is directed by U.S.-based Italian helmer Salvatore Sclafani and produced by Los Angeles- and New York-based Gerry Pass via his Chrome Entertainment shingle in tandem with Sclafani’s First Child Prods.
Dragged on a vacation to the woods, two self-absorbed teens named Lisa and Eric, played by Malina Weissman (“A Series of Unfortunate Events”) and Anthony Turpel (“Bloody Bridget”), venture off trail, stumble across a farm, go in, see animal heads hanging from the wall and “fight for their lives against an unstoppable cannibal pig farmer,” the synopsis says.
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- 5/15/2024
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Veteran talent agent Brad Lefler has left Gersh to join Brave Artists Management. Lefler, who started his career in talent management/production with stints at Industry Entertainment and Entertainment 360, spent the last 16 years at Gersh.
“Brad’s extensive expertise, coupled with our history of professional collaboration and personal rapport, ensures that he will be an invaluable asset to the Bam team,” said Bam CEO Mike Gillespie.
Additionally, Bam is launching a Digital/Social Media division. It is led by former Sony Pictures Television executive Jordana Ripp. She began her digital career working with brands such as New York Fashion Week and L’Oreal. In 2014, she joined Sony Pictures TV where she worked in digital marketing and led the digital marketing strategy for Impossible Science, earning nominations for the Streamys and Cynopsis Best of the Best awards.
“Jordana’s rich experience in the digital world makes her the perfect candidate...
“Brad’s extensive expertise, coupled with our history of professional collaboration and personal rapport, ensures that he will be an invaluable asset to the Bam team,” said Bam CEO Mike Gillespie.
Additionally, Bam is launching a Digital/Social Media division. It is led by former Sony Pictures Television executive Jordana Ripp. She began her digital career working with brands such as New York Fashion Week and L’Oreal. In 2014, she joined Sony Pictures TV where she worked in digital marketing and led the digital marketing strategy for Impossible Science, earning nominations for the Streamys and Cynopsis Best of the Best awards.
“Jordana’s rich experience in the digital world makes her the perfect candidate...
- 8/24/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Brave Artists Management continues to bolster its ranks with the promotion of Danielle Diramarian to Manager and the addition of Ben Pollack, previously with A3, and Luna Wise, to the talent management team.
Diramarian, praised for her dedication to talent management, started as a talent intern and was the first assistant at the launch of the company.
“Danielle has been an integral part in our companies success and I’m very excited to have her in the manager ranks,” said Brave Artists Management CEO Mike Gillespie. “We’re also thrilled to bring on board Ben and Luna, who bring a wide range of industry experience and fresh perspectives.”
Chelsea Streano, Abby Johnson and Adrian Hamerski
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Bam hired managers Chelsea Streano from Innovative Artists, Abby Johnson from The Green Room, and Adrian Hamerski, formerly with Buchwald, to the talent team.
“The addition of Chelsea, Abby, and...
Diramarian, praised for her dedication to talent management, started as a talent intern and was the first assistant at the launch of the company.
“Danielle has been an integral part in our companies success and I’m very excited to have her in the manager ranks,” said Brave Artists Management CEO Mike Gillespie. “We’re also thrilled to bring on board Ben and Luna, who bring a wide range of industry experience and fresh perspectives.”
Chelsea Streano, Abby Johnson and Adrian Hamerski
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Bam hired managers Chelsea Streano from Innovative Artists, Abby Johnson from The Green Room, and Adrian Hamerski, formerly with Buchwald, to the talent team.
“The addition of Chelsea, Abby, and...
- 7/6/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Mark O’Brien (Your Honor) will exec produce and star in the coming-of-age drama Topper from 1A Motion Pictures and Bad Lad Productions, which has wrapped production in Detroit. Others set for major roles include Paul Johansson (God Is a Bullet), Amanda Clayton (City on a Hill), and actor-comedians Jimmy Shubert (Entourage), Bryan Callen (Warrior) and Erik Griffin (Workaholics).
The first feature written and directed by actor Kevin McNamara (Why Women Kill) follows Topper (O’Brien), a hard-drinking middling comedian with a seemingly endless capacity for self-sabotage. Topper receives news that his estranged father (Johansson) is terminally ill and begrudgingly returns to Detroit to sell the family home, which was never much of a home to him.
While back in Detroit, the friends he left behind — Lucas (Callen), Cooper (Griffin) and Ray (Shubert) — aren’t shy about pointing out how far he has drifted off course, despite showing early promise as a young comic.
The first feature written and directed by actor Kevin McNamara (Why Women Kill) follows Topper (O’Brien), a hard-drinking middling comedian with a seemingly endless capacity for self-sabotage. Topper receives news that his estranged father (Johansson) is terminally ill and begrudgingly returns to Detroit to sell the family home, which was never much of a home to him.
While back in Detroit, the friends he left behind — Lucas (Callen), Cooper (Griffin) and Ray (Shubert) — aren’t shy about pointing out how far he has drifted off course, despite showing early promise as a young comic.
- 1/26/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Lou Ferrigno is set to play a murderous, cannibalistic pig farmer known as “The Hermit” in U.S.-based Italian director Salvatore Sclafani’s chiller of the same title that will mark Ferrigno’s first role playing a creature since CBS TV series “The Incredible Hulk.”
Shooting is set to start in August in Syracuse, N.Y., on the horror film with an undercurrent of fun and quirky irony that will see Ferrigno making and selling jerky made of human flesh.
“Most people are surprised that I’ve never really entered the horror space before now,” Ferrigno said in a statement for Variety. “When I was a kid I was fascinated with the monsters of the time like Dracula and Frankenstein.
“So I am really excited and honored to be working with such a great team on something that will for sure excite fans. The character I am playing is...
Shooting is set to start in August in Syracuse, N.Y., on the horror film with an undercurrent of fun and quirky irony that will see Ferrigno making and selling jerky made of human flesh.
“Most people are surprised that I’ve never really entered the horror space before now,” Ferrigno said in a statement for Variety. “When I was a kid I was fascinated with the monsters of the time like Dracula and Frankenstein.
“So I am really excited and honored to be working with such a great team on something that will for sure excite fans. The character I am playing is...
- 5/19/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: British-born Eurasian actor Mayling Ng (Wonder Woman) has joined the cast of UK-set boxing drama The Journeyman and will star opposite retired UFC Middleweight Champion Michael Bisping. Dax Phelan is directing the pic, which follows Kenny “The Beast” Breen (Bisping), an alcoholic, drug-abusing, past-his-prime journeyman boxer who, after being diagnosed with neurological damage, continues his career on the small-hall circuit at grave risk to himself and lands a fight with his former rival who’s gone on to become a star in the division. Ng will play Alina, a woman struggling to start her life over after escaping an abusive relationship, who becomes romantically involved with the boxer. Phelan and British author Mark Turley co-wrote the screenplay based on the latter’s book. The film is planning to shoot in Manchester and the team are now seeking a UK-based producing partner. Ng is repped by Eric Kind at Brave Artists Management.
- 4/21/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Amanda Clayton, who plays the role of Cathy Ryan on Showtime’s City on a Hill, has signed with Apa in all areas.
Renewed for a second season, the American crime drama series is created by Charlie McLean, based on an original idea by Ben Affleck and MacLean, and set in 1990s Boston. The city is rife with violent crimes, all emboldened by local law enforcement agencies, where corruption and racism are the norm.
Clayton’s feature credits include the Martin Scorsese-produced biographical drama Bleed For This opposite Miles Teller, Katey Sagal and Aaron Eckhart. That story followed the inspirational world champion boxer Vinny Pazienza. She also appeared in Disney’s John Carter opposite Taylor Kitsch, and the indie thriller Bad Frank.
Clayton is also set to make her directorial debut next summer for the feature film Brusco. She continues to be represented by Eric Kind at Brave Management.
Renewed for a second season, the American crime drama series is created by Charlie McLean, based on an original idea by Ben Affleck and MacLean, and set in 1990s Boston. The city is rife with violent crimes, all emboldened by local law enforcement agencies, where corruption and racism are the norm.
Clayton’s feature credits include the Martin Scorsese-produced biographical drama Bleed For This opposite Miles Teller, Katey Sagal and Aaron Eckhart. That story followed the inspirational world champion boxer Vinny Pazienza. She also appeared in Disney’s John Carter opposite Taylor Kitsch, and the indie thriller Bad Frank.
Clayton is also set to make her directorial debut next summer for the feature film Brusco. She continues to be represented by Eric Kind at Brave Management.
- 10/17/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Mike Gillespie has been staffing up his Brave Artists Management, which he launched in January. Eric Kind, formerly of Kind Management, was brought in as Executive Partner in late April, while Eric Skinner has joined as Partner, reuniting with Gillespie. Additionally, Bam has added managers Tom Bixby, Karli Doumanis and Kimberly Kottwitz.
Kind has 20 years of industry experience and has worked in studio business and legal affairs, casting, agency and management at Lionsgate Television, Sovereign Talent Group, and Casting House La and NY. Most recently, he was the owner/manager of Kind Management.
Kind’s clients include Amanda Clayton Lou Ferrigno Jr., Conor Husting and Shayan Sobhian...
Kind has 20 years of industry experience and has worked in studio business and legal affairs, casting, agency and management at Lionsgate Television, Sovereign Talent Group, and Casting House La and NY. Most recently, he was the owner/manager of Kind Management.
Kind’s clients include Amanda Clayton Lou Ferrigno Jr., Conor Husting and Shayan Sobhian...
- 8/20/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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