Shia Labeouf just might have a future as a screenwriter if he ever gets tired of acting: The “Transformers” star has made it to the quarterfinals of the Page International Screenwriting Awards, a contest for up-and-coming screenwriters.
Labeouf has a bragging point most of his fellow quarterfinalists don’t: His feature film script, “Honey Boy,” is in production at Automatik Entertainment, where Brian Kavanaugh-Jones is a producing partner. Lucas Hedges will star alongside Labeouf.
That might seem like a built-in advantage, but Page executive director Kristin Overn said the contest, which has attracted some big names in the past, is judged anonymously so that no one benefits or is unfairly judged for having a famous name.
Also Read: Shia Labeouf, Lucas Hedges to Star as Father and Son in 'Honey Boy'
“Though it may appear that someone working in the industry would have no need to enter a...
Labeouf has a bragging point most of his fellow quarterfinalists don’t: His feature film script, “Honey Boy,” is in production at Automatik Entertainment, where Brian Kavanaugh-Jones is a producing partner. Lucas Hedges will star alongside Labeouf.
That might seem like a built-in advantage, but Page executive director Kristin Overn said the contest, which has attracted some big names in the past, is judged anonymously so that no one benefits or is unfairly judged for having a famous name.
Also Read: Shia Labeouf, Lucas Hedges to Star as Father and Son in 'Honey Boy'
“Though it may appear that someone working in the industry would have no need to enter a...
- 7/18/2018
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
Voltage Pictures fully finances and represents world sales at the Efm.
Casting on Carnival will begin immediately as the producers eye an autumn start on principal photography.
Argentinian writer Matias Caruso’s Black List screenplay centres on Shiv, a circus knife-thrower who uses his deadly skills and enlists the help of his circus friends to avenge his sister’s murder.
Bard Dorros, Craig Flores, Mitchell Peck and Nicolas Chartier are producers on the project and Kristin Overn will serve as executive producer.
Stromberg directed Maleficent and shared two art direction Oscars for Avatar and Alice In Wonderland.
Anonymous Content, Voltage Pictures, Peck Entertainment, and Bread & Circuses Entertainment announced Stromberg on Friday.
Casting on Carnival will begin immediately as the producers eye an autumn start on principal photography.
Argentinian writer Matias Caruso’s Black List screenplay centres on Shiv, a circus knife-thrower who uses his deadly skills and enlists the help of his circus friends to avenge his sister’s murder.
Bard Dorros, Craig Flores, Mitchell Peck and Nicolas Chartier are producers on the project and Kristin Overn will serve as executive producer.
Stromberg directed Maleficent and shared two art direction Oscars for Avatar and Alice In Wonderland.
Anonymous Content, Voltage Pictures, Peck Entertainment, and Bread & Circuses Entertainment announced Stromberg on Friday.
- 2/10/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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