Exclusive: Noah Hawley’s 26 Keys has set a new feature and a TV pilot with Matthew Baker, the author who has set Hollywood on fire with short stories that have sparked major bidding battles over the past year.
They will team for Lost Souls, a feature they’ve just set at Fox Searchlight, and Why Visit America, an FX pilot they’ll develop with Baker writing it, marking the first time he’s done that. Hawley will exec produce. Both of these are based on Baker short stories, making this the fourth Baker short story that Hawley has made a deal to produce.
Lost Souls is set in a world in which some babies are born without souls. A young expectant mother is sent to an unusual wellness center in the desert, with the hopes that it will improve her chances of delivering a healthy baby.
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They will team for Lost Souls, a feature they’ve just set at Fox Searchlight, and Why Visit America, an FX pilot they’ll develop with Baker writing it, marking the first time he’s done that. Hawley will exec produce. Both of these are based on Baker short stories, making this the fourth Baker short story that Hawley has made a deal to produce.
Lost Souls is set in a world in which some babies are born without souls. A young expectant mother is sent to an unusual wellness center in the desert, with the hopes that it will improve her chances of delivering a healthy baby.
Here’s the log...
- 4/1/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
ThinkFilm vets David Hudakoc and Michael Baker have launched levelFILM, an indie distribution company that gets off the ground with a deal for North American rights to the Chen Kaige-directed Caught In The Web. Baker and Hudakoc will make the acquisitions for a company that plans to distribute ten to twelve titles per year, both theatricals and multi-platform. “It’s an exciting time to be in this business”, commented Hudakoc, who is Managing Partner and will oversee distribution and marketing for levelFILM. “The market changes so quickly and continuously that we see an opportunity for an experienced, nimble and quick-to-act partner to provide producers and rights holders with quality execution to bring their films to audiences across all platforms.” Said Baker: “ThinkFilm afforded both Dave and I a tremendous amount of experience and allowed us to work on an incredible number of outstanding films,” added Baker. “We are...
- 8/15/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
While talking with Shock Till You Drop Rick Baker talked a little bit about his alien designs for Men In Black 3. Baker said that since the movie will be based out of the 60's he wanted to designs aliens that refelct that era with more B movie designs. Said Baker: "The thing that's cool is there is a time travel element [to the story]. Where I had fun is that we go back to the Men in Black headquarters of the '60s. The first thing I said is that we should have retro aliens, not aliens of 2012. More based on B-movies of the '50s and '60s. So, a lot of the aliens are based on that. Space suits with fishbowl helmets and ray guns." Baker also spoke a little about going to see Rise Of The Planet Of the Apes. He worked with Tim Burton on Planet of The Apes...
- 9/27/2011
- ComicBookMovie.com
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