“I wanted it to be alive more than anything, and there to be a sense of real delight and weirdness,” reveals “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans” composer Julia Newman about her score for the FX limited series. For our recent webchat she adds, “What I love so much about this show is that there’s no good guys, but we empathize at different moments with all of the characters. Everyone inhabits a real humanness and in inhabiting that humanness, of course, everybody is flawed. I loved the idea of Truman Capote always listening, always with the typewriter going on, as everybody was always scheming. It’s actually part of what makes the story so powerful. As shallow as human beings can get and as deep as human beings can get, what does it mean to be on your deathbed and to regret a friendship lost? That’s so profound. So,...
- 5/28/2024
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
After a seven-year break, FX’s anthology series “Feud” is back with another installment of rivalry and gossip titled “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans,” telling the story of Truman Capote (Tom Hollander) and a high society New York City socialite group known as The Swans, which includes Babe Paley (Naomi Watts), Slim Keith (Diane Lane), C.Z. Guest (Chloë Sevigny), Lee Radziwill (Calista Flockhart), Ann Woodward (Demi Moore) and Joanne Carson (Molly Ringwald). The previous season of the Ryan Murphy docudrama that starred Jessica Lange as Joan Crawford and Susan Sarandon as Bette Davis nabbed 18 Emmy Award nominations and two wins. Let’s look back at their haul to see how it may impact this current season at the 2024 Emmys.
Here are the 2017 Emmy wins and nominations for “Feud: Bette and Joan”:
Best Limited/Movie Non-Prosthetic Makeup (Won)
Eryn Krueger Mekash, Makeup Designer
Robin Beauchesne, Assistant Makeup Department Head
Shutchai Tym Buacharern,...
Here are the 2017 Emmy wins and nominations for “Feud: Bette and Joan”:
Best Limited/Movie Non-Prosthetic Makeup (Won)
Eryn Krueger Mekash, Makeup Designer
Robin Beauchesne, Assistant Makeup Department Head
Shutchai Tym Buacharern,...
- 4/20/2024
- by Christopher Tsang
- Gold Derby
Created by Ryan Murphy and Jaffe Cohen, Feud season 2 is a fictional retelling of a real-life American novelist and screenwriter, Truman Capote, and his group of socialite friends, or maybe we’d better call them frenemies. These two episodes depicted the beginning of Truman’s friendship with his group of socialites, whom he used to call the swans. Even though Truman Capote was well appreciated by his swans, a feud among them marked the beginning of the end of their relationship. Let’s see what led Truman to cut his ties with his swans.
Spoilers Ahead
How Did Paley Meet Truman?
The first episode of Feud season 2 opened in 1984, with Truman Capote wandering around a graveyard when he laid his eyes on a flock of swans swimming on a nearby lake. The scene shifted back to 1968, when Truman paid a visit to his closest friend, Babe Paley, a socialite married...
Spoilers Ahead
How Did Paley Meet Truman?
The first episode of Feud season 2 opened in 1984, with Truman Capote wandering around a graveyard when he laid his eyes on a flock of swans swimming on a nearby lake. The scene shifted back to 1968, when Truman paid a visit to his closest friend, Babe Paley, a socialite married...
- 2/3/2024
- by Poulami Nanda
- Film Fugitives
Feud: Capote vs The Swans is the long-awaited second season of the Feud series. Created by Ryan Murphy, Jaffe Cohen, and Michael Zam, the first part of the widely acclaimed anthology series is dubbed Bette and Joan which premiered in 2017 on FX, chronicling the rivalry that broke out between actresses Joan Crawford and Bette Davis in the course of making the 1962 film What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Though greenlit in February 2017, the second season of Feud is scheduled for an early 2024 release following a hiatus. While the series is based on Laurence Leamer’s bestselling book – Capote’s...
- 1/30/2024
- by Banks Onuoha
- TVovermind.com
Molly Ringwald appeared on the black carpet at the premiere of Feud: Capote vs. The Swans on Jan. 23. The Diff’rent Strokes actor looked chic in a black and white ensemble, matching the rest of the cast as they gathered for photos at New York City’s MoMA.
Feud: Capote vs. The Swans is the second season of the anthology TV series Feud, which Ryan Murphy, Jaffe Cohen, and Michael Zam produce for FX.
Molly Ringwald at FX’s ‘Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans’ premiere | Arturo Holmes/WireImage
Ringwald, now 55 years old, donned a black velvet trumpet dress for the event. The Pretty in Pink actor paired her halter gown with statement-making diamond earrings and a white tulle shrug to complement her dress’s white tulle underlay. Not skimping on accessories, Ringwald wore a large pearl ring on her right hand alongside a black cuff with pearl accents.
Ringwald opted for a smokey eye,...
Feud: Capote vs. The Swans is the second season of the anthology TV series Feud, which Ryan Murphy, Jaffe Cohen, and Michael Zam produce for FX.
Molly Ringwald at FX’s ‘Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans’ premiere | Arturo Holmes/WireImage
Ringwald, now 55 years old, donned a black velvet trumpet dress for the event. The Pretty in Pink actor paired her halter gown with statement-making diamond earrings and a white tulle shrug to complement her dress’s white tulle underlay. Not skimping on accessories, Ringwald wore a large pearl ring on her right hand alongside a black cuff with pearl accents.
Ringwald opted for a smokey eye,...
- 1/24/2024
- by Ali Harrison
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Exclusive: Ryan Murphy and Plan B have set a second installment of their FX anthology series Feud. Titled Capote’s Women, the project will star two-time Oscar nominee Naomi Watts as Babe Paley who ruled the glamorous world of New York society in the 1960s and 70s. Two-time Oscar nominee Gus Van Sant is set to direct all eight episodes, with Tony and Pulitzer-nominated Jon Robin Baitz, who put together the high-profile package, writing all episodes and serving as showrunner.
An adaptation of Laurence Leamer’s bestselling book “Capote’s Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era,” the miniseries is set in the 1970s, and ends with Truman Capote’s death in 1984. It chronicles the tale of the famous wunderkind author as he stabs several of his female friends — whom he called his “swans” — in the back by publishing a roman à clef...
An adaptation of Laurence Leamer’s bestselling book “Capote’s Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era,” the miniseries is set in the 1970s, and ends with Truman Capote’s death in 1984. It chronicles the tale of the famous wunderkind author as he stabs several of his female friends — whom he called his “swans” — in the back by publishing a roman à clef...
- 4/1/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Award-winning filmmaker Fatih Akin has signed with Sentient Entertainment for management across all areas.
The German-Turkish creative is perhaps best known for his thriller In the Fade, which claimed the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film in 2017 and brought star Diane Kruger the Cannes Film Festival’s award for Best Actress. The film was selected to compete there for the Palme D’Or and was Germany’s official entry for the Academy Awards.
Akin is currently in production on his next film, Rheingold, based on the real-life story of Turkish gangster rapper Xatar. He also recently acquired the rights to Buddha, the graphic novel from acclaimed Japanese illustrator Osamu Tezuka, and will adapt it as a TV series, which Sentient is currently packaging.
Sentient’s signing of Akin was announced on Monday by the company’s founder and CEO Renee Tab and producer Christopher Tuffin. “I am so...
The German-Turkish creative is perhaps best known for his thriller In the Fade, which claimed the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film in 2017 and brought star Diane Kruger the Cannes Film Festival’s award for Best Actress. The film was selected to compete there for the Palme D’Or and was Germany’s official entry for the Academy Awards.
Akin is currently in production on his next film, Rheingold, based on the real-life story of Turkish gangster rapper Xatar. He also recently acquired the rights to Buddha, the graphic novel from acclaimed Japanese illustrator Osamu Tezuka, and will adapt it as a TV series, which Sentient is currently packaging.
Sentient’s signing of Akin was announced on Monday by the company’s founder and CEO Renee Tab and producer Christopher Tuffin. “I am so...
- 10/18/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Motion picture agent Niki Montazaran has departed ICM Partners for WME, Deadline has learned.
Montazaran began her career at Paradigm, rising through the ranks from the mailroom before joining ICM.
During her five year tenure at ICM in their Motion Picture Literary Group, Montazaran represented a broad array of diverse clients including Pulitzer-nominated playwright Theresa Rebeck (who also wrote the upcoming Simon Kinberg-directed feature spy-thriller 355 starring Jessica Chastain), Hayley Schore & Roshan Sethi (co-creators of The Resident on Fox), Mike McMahan, Michael Zam & Jaffe Cohen (co-creators of FX’s Feud), and Emmy-winning director Rudy Valdez (The Sentence), among others.
The daughter of Iranian immigrants, Montazaran was recognized on the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 list in recognition of her work championing diverse artists.
Montazaran began her career at Paradigm, rising through the ranks from the mailroom before joining ICM.
During her five year tenure at ICM in their Motion Picture Literary Group, Montazaran represented a broad array of diverse clients including Pulitzer-nominated playwright Theresa Rebeck (who also wrote the upcoming Simon Kinberg-directed feature spy-thriller 355 starring Jessica Chastain), Hayley Schore & Roshan Sethi (co-creators of The Resident on Fox), Mike McMahan, Michael Zam & Jaffe Cohen (co-creators of FX’s Feud), and Emmy-winning director Rudy Valdez (The Sentence), among others.
The daughter of Iranian immigrants, Montazaran was recognized on the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 list in recognition of her work championing diverse artists.
- 9/10/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Steven Quale is set to direct the upcoming aquatic thriller Alphas, based on the screenplay by Frank Hannah (The Cooler).
The deep sea epic centers on a school of great white sharks terrorizing a coastal town. The only hope is a damaged killer whale who has been in solitary confinement for years after killing its trainer.
Producers include Academy Award-winning Nicolas Chartier for Voltage Pictures, Pierre Morel and Sentient Entertainment’s, Renee Tab and Christopher Tuffin. Jonathan Deckter, President and COO of Voltage Pictures will executive produce.
In addition to producing, Voltage Pictures will also finance the film and is handling worldwide sales for the VFX thriller.
“Alphas typifies the kind of highly commercial, yet sophisticated films that attract buyers to the Voltage slate,” said Nicolas Chartier, CEO of Voltage Pictures. “Steven Quale has a formidable...
The deep sea epic centers on a school of great white sharks terrorizing a coastal town. The only hope is a damaged killer whale who has been in solitary confinement for years after killing its trainer.
Producers include Academy Award-winning Nicolas Chartier for Voltage Pictures, Pierre Morel and Sentient Entertainment’s, Renee Tab and Christopher Tuffin. Jonathan Deckter, President and COO of Voltage Pictures will executive produce.
In addition to producing, Voltage Pictures will also finance the film and is handling worldwide sales for the VFX thriller.
“Alphas typifies the kind of highly commercial, yet sophisticated films that attract buyers to the Voltage slate,” said Nicolas Chartier, CEO of Voltage Pictures. “Steven Quale has a formidable...
- 11/3/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Welcome to Rumorville! Here you can learn about casting news that’s about to break in Hollywood. These speculations might be only rumors, but that doesn’t mean you can’t follow the trail all the way to the audition room. Aaron and Jordan Kandell pitchDeadline reported that a comedy pitch from Aaron and Jordan Kandell should be going to a studio very soon. The last project from the team was “Moana,” and they sold a script, “Adrift,” which is in production, to Stx with Shailene Woodley starring. This pitch already has “Star Wars” star Daisy Ridley attached, as well as “Beauty and the Beast” costars Josh Gad and Luke Evans. The movie is an “original spin on the superhero genre.” The duo used a team of casting directors to cast “Moana,” so this project will likely take a different approach, but with stars already attached, casting might begin quickly...
- 10/20/2017
- backstage.com
ICM Partners has signed Michael Zam and Jaffe Cohen, co-creators, writers and producers of FX’s limited series Feud: Bette and Joan starring Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon. The New York-based writing duo originally conceived Feud as the Black List feature film screenplay entitled Best Actress, which sold to Ryan Murphy in a competitive situation. They co-created Bette and Joan, which launched a Feud anthology series franchise for FX, alongside executive producer Murphy…...
- 6/12/2017
- Deadline TV
A cloud of melancholy hangs over the eight episodes that comprise Feud: Bette and Joan, a limited series that has completed its run on U.S. cable network FX. Nostalgia creeps in at the edges and occasionally threatens to overwhelm the players in a series that focuses initially on the making of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Much of the early fascination for me came in watching the recreations of scenes from the movie, and then pulling back to show the interactions between Bette Davis (Susan Sarandon), Joan Crawford (Jessica Lange) and director Robert Aldrich (Alfred Molina), on and off the set. The series, created by Ryan Murphy, Jaffe Cohen and Michael Zam, had much greater ambitions than simply recreating scenes, however, and as the...
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- 4/24/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Though she’s been offered the chance to play Bette Davis her entire career, Susan Sarandon wasn’t keen on bringing a caricature of the iconic actress to the screen, especially in a movie that didn’t dig deep into her story. “It’s not enough to think Bette Davis is cool,” Sarandon tells Et. “What do you do with her then? It’s really a challenge to make an audience experience something in that moment -- and not just a camp impersonation of somebody, because that’s going to get tired really quickly.”
In fact, when the first installment of Ryan Murphy’s new FX anthology series Feud (premiering Sunday, March 5), about the legendary rivalry between Joan Crawford (Jessica Lange) and Davis (Sarandon) during their collaboration on What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, was first presented to Sarandon as a film, the actress passed on it. “You still need a good script,” she says, not...
In fact, when the first installment of Ryan Murphy’s new FX anthology series Feud (premiering Sunday, March 5), about the legendary rivalry between Joan Crawford (Jessica Lange) and Davis (Sarandon) during their collaboration on What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, was first presented to Sarandon as a film, the actress passed on it. “You still need a good script,” she says, not...
- 3/3/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Come March, Susan Sarandon and Jessica Lange will chronicle the intense rivalry between Hollywood icons Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in Ryan Murphy’s third anthology series for FX, “Feud: Bette and Joan.”
The two leading ladies, Sarandon as Davis and Lange as Crawford, have now made their debut as the glamorous Hollywood stars on the cover of this week’s Entertainment Weekly.
Your exclusive first look at Ryan Murphy’s addictive series starring @SusanSarandon & Jessica Lange is here! https://t.co/IFbGrajPG8 #FeudFX pic.twitter.com/d7Bmd7HSwJ
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) January 19, 2017
Read More: ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Will ‘Lean Into the Pain’ of Aging Actresses in Hollywood
Based on the Jaffe Cohen and Michael Zam script “Best Actress,” the first installment tells the story of the legendary rivalry between the two movie stars, who agree to work together on the horror film “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane.
The two leading ladies, Sarandon as Davis and Lange as Crawford, have now made their debut as the glamorous Hollywood stars on the cover of this week’s Entertainment Weekly.
Your exclusive first look at Ryan Murphy’s addictive series starring @SusanSarandon & Jessica Lange is here! https://t.co/IFbGrajPG8 #FeudFX pic.twitter.com/d7Bmd7HSwJ
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) January 19, 2017
Read More: ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Will ‘Lean Into the Pain’ of Aging Actresses in Hollywood
Based on the Jaffe Cohen and Michael Zam script “Best Actress,” the first installment tells the story of the legendary rivalry between the two movie stars, who agree to work together on the horror film “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane.
- 1/19/2017
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Not content with just FX's award-winning "American Horror Story" and this year's highly acclaimed "American Crime Story," producer Ryan Murphy is setting up a third anthology series at the network entitled "Feud".
Scoring a straight-to-series eight-episode order, each season of the anthology will center around a different epic battle between two major personalities. For this first season he's picked a juicy one - the legendary backstage battle between Joan Crawford and Bette Davis and how the rivalry came to a crescendo with the making of 1962's "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?".
Murphy has enlisted Jessica Lange to play Crawford and Susan Sarandon to play Davis in the series which also stars Alfred Molina as director Robert Aldrich, Stanley Tucci as studio mogul Jack Warner, Judy Davis as gossip columnist Hedda Hopper, and Dominic Burgess as 'Jane' co-star Victor Buono.
Murphy, Sarandon, Lange, Dede Gardener and Brad Pitt will all...
Scoring a straight-to-series eight-episode order, each season of the anthology will center around a different epic battle between two major personalities. For this first season he's picked a juicy one - the legendary backstage battle between Joan Crawford and Bette Davis and how the rivalry came to a crescendo with the making of 1962's "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?".
Murphy has enlisted Jessica Lange to play Crawford and Susan Sarandon to play Davis in the series which also stars Alfred Molina as director Robert Aldrich, Stanley Tucci as studio mogul Jack Warner, Judy Davis as gossip columnist Hedda Hopper, and Dominic Burgess as 'Jane' co-star Victor Buono.
Murphy, Sarandon, Lange, Dede Gardener and Brad Pitt will all...
- 5/5/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Jessica Lange is returning to TV alongside Ryan Murphy in an anthology series…that's not American Horror Story. E! News has confirmed Lange will star opposite Susan Sarandon in the first installment of Feud, a new FX anthology series about, yes, famous feuds. The duo will star in the eight-episode first season about Bette Davis and Joan Crawford's infamous feud that went down in 1962 when they worked on What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Lange will play Crawford and Sarandon is Davis. The pilot episode is based on the script Best Actress by Jaffe Cohen and Michael Zam. Murphy is executive producing alongside Brad Pitt and Dede Gardner. Sarandon and Lange are also on board as producers. The cast also...
- 5/5/2016
- E! Online
Cross one project off Darren Aronofsky's growing ledger. Despite a report from the website Tracking Board on Tuesday that Aronofsky would helm "Get Happy," a Judy Garland biopic that has Anne Hathaway attached to star, the director confirms it isn't happening.
"Judy Garland story is not true," Aronofsky wrote on Twitter. While the account is not verified by the social networking site, The Huffington Post confirmed with Aronofsky's publicist that it is indeed the director doing the tweeting.
Aronofsky does have one actual project happening in the near future: "Noah," a large-scale big-budget interpretation of the story of Noah's Ark. Russell Crowe is attached to star as Noah.
After "Black Swan" earned multiple Oscar nominations and over $329 million in worldwide grosses (on a scant $13 million budget), Aronfosky was attached to direct "The Wolverine" with Hugh Jackman, but backed out because he wanted to spend time with his family.
"Get Happy...
"Judy Garland story is not true," Aronofsky wrote on Twitter. While the account is not verified by the social networking site, The Huffington Post confirmed with Aronofsky's publicist that it is indeed the director doing the tweeting.
Aronofsky does have one actual project happening in the near future: "Noah," a large-scale big-budget interpretation of the story of Noah's Ark. Russell Crowe is attached to star as Noah.
After "Black Swan" earned multiple Oscar nominations and over $329 million in worldwide grosses (on a scant $13 million budget), Aronfosky was attached to direct "The Wolverine" with Hugh Jackman, but backed out because he wanted to spend time with his family.
"Get Happy...
- 3/28/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
In a competitive-bidding environment, DreamWorks Studios has picked up a pitch from screenwriter Andrea McCloud titled "I Saw You."
Based on a comics anthology edited by Julia Wertz, the pitch revolves around four intersecting love stories derived from missed-connections ads. George Tillman Jr. is attached to direct and produce through his State Street Pictures with Robert Teitel. Wertz also will produce.
The pitch sale was in the mid-six figures.
Wertz's "I Saw You ..." collected comics based on real-life missed-connection ads on Craigslist and in local papers. Random House's Three Rivers Press imprint published the trade paperback in February.
The ensemble romantic comedy has become a subgenre unto itself of late, with such films as "Love Actually," "He's Just Not That Into You" and the forthcoming "Valentine's Day" using the intertwining-story format.
As it moves back into production, the newly independent DreamWorks is fashioning several potential comedy projects. The studio has...
Based on a comics anthology edited by Julia Wertz, the pitch revolves around four intersecting love stories derived from missed-connections ads. George Tillman Jr. is attached to direct and produce through his State Street Pictures with Robert Teitel. Wertz also will produce.
The pitch sale was in the mid-six figures.
Wertz's "I Saw You ..." collected comics based on real-life missed-connection ads on Craigslist and in local papers. Random House's Three Rivers Press imprint published the trade paperback in February.
The ensemble romantic comedy has become a subgenre unto itself of late, with such films as "Love Actually," "He's Just Not That Into You" and the forthcoming "Valentine's Day" using the intertwining-story format.
As it moves back into production, the newly independent DreamWorks is fashioning several potential comedy projects. The studio has...
- 12/13/2009
- by By Jay A. Fernandez and Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
For the fourth consecutive year Hollywood has selected its Black List, a compilation of the top unproduced screenplays for 2009. Over 300 film professionals were asked to submit the titles of up to ten of their favorite screenplays. The only condition for the picks were that the projects would not be released in theaters this year. That means some of the Black List honorees may be in the process of being turned into movies but by far the majority remain thoughts on digital ink, a blueprint for grand dramatic ideas, high-reaching adventure and controversial ideas waiting to be burned to light.
For a screenplay to have made it onto the Black List it must have received at least five votes for it. Some scripts have five votes while the top-rated screenplay received 47 votes. That doesn't mean that the script with the most votes is the best screenplay of the year; it means...
For a screenplay to have made it onto the Black List it must have received at least five votes for it. Some scripts have five votes while the top-rated screenplay received 47 votes. That doesn't mean that the script with the most votes is the best screenplay of the year; it means...
- 12/12/2009
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
DreamWorks has bought the rights to the action-comedy “Wife vs. Ninja” project from Michael Besman (”About Schmidt, “The Opposite of Sex”), about a Long Island housewife who discovers that the beautiful intern who seduced her research scientist husband away from her is actually a ruthless ninja assassin intent on stealing his work and claiming it as her own. Besman will produce the project as well as write the script, alongside Michael Zam and Jaffe Cohen. No casting or directing news has been announced yet. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news and more from”Wife vs. Ninja” and Dreamworks. By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: Variety)...
- 12/11/2009
- by Costa Koutsoutis
- ShockYa
DreamWorks has bought producer Michael Besman.s action/comedy pitch .Wife vs. Ninja.. The story centers on a Long Island housewife who makes the discovery that the young intern who stole her scientist husband away is really a ninja assassin trying to steal his life's work.According to Variety, Besman will produce the film and write the script alongside writers Michael Zam and Jaffe Cohen.
- 12/11/2009
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
Sure it’s silly, but I suppose that’s the point. DreamWorks has snatched up the action-comedy pitch from Michael Besman, and if Spielberg doesn’t immediately attach himself to direct, he’s nuts. Or smart. Either/or. “Wife vs. Ninja” will tell the action-packed tale of a Long Island housewife who discovers that the beautiful young intern who stole her scientist husband is actually a bloodthirsty ninja assassin intent on stealing his work. Hilarity, as they say, ensues. Besman, a producer by trade, will produce and co-write the script with Michael Zam and Jaffe Cohen. But more importantly, what does a real Ninja have to say about this, and other topics of interest? Maybe a review of “Ninja Assassin”, perhaps?...
- 12/10/2009
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
It's not the most obvious of face-offs, perhaps - hardly up there with Alien vs. Predator or Superman Vs. Batman - but Wife Vs. Ninja is set for the screen with DreamWorks, and it actually sounds kinda fun.This is the story of a Long Island housewife whose scientist husband leaves her for a beautiful young intern. Our heroine discovers that said intern is in fact a ninja assassin out to steal her husband's work, and has to find a way to get rid of the bitch before the latter can accomplish her goal and (presumably) leave the cheating, lying husband dead in a ditch somewhere. Why the wife cares about his fate we're not sure, but it's still a great premise.Producer Michael Besman (Seven Years in Tibet, Georgia Rule) came up with the story, is producing and will write the script with debutant screenwriters Michael Zam and Jaffe Cohen.
- 12/10/2009
- EmpireOnline
DreamWorks Pictures has picked up Michael Besman’s action comedy pitch "Wife vs. Ninja" says Variety.
The story centers on a Long Island housewife who discovers that the beautiful young intern who recently stole her scientist husband is actually a bloodthirsty ninja assassin intent on stealing his work.
Besman will produce the project and co-write the script with Michael Zam and Jaffe Cohen.
The story centers on a Long Island housewife who discovers that the beautiful young intern who recently stole her scientist husband is actually a bloodthirsty ninja assassin intent on stealing his work.
Besman will produce the project and co-write the script with Michael Zam and Jaffe Cohen.
- 12/10/2009
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
DreamWorks Pictures has picked up Michael Besman’s action comedy pitch "Wife vs. Ninja" says Variety.
The story centers on a Long Island housewife who discovers that the beautiful young intern who recently stole her scientist husband is actually a bloodthirsty ninja assassin intent on stealing his work.
Besman will produce the project and co-write the script with Michael Zam and Jaffe Cohen.
The story centers on a Long Island housewife who discovers that the beautiful young intern who recently stole her scientist husband is actually a bloodthirsty ninja assassin intent on stealing his work.
Besman will produce the project and co-write the script with Michael Zam and Jaffe Cohen.
- 12/10/2009
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
No, it's not April Fool's Day, and no we're not drunk. Believe or not, DreamWorks has purchased Michael Besman's pitch for a new movie called Wife vs Ninja, which centers on a Long Island housewife who discovers that the beautiful young intern who recently stole her scientist husband is actually a bloodthirsty Ninja assassin intent on stealing his work (via Variety). And you thought all the good original ideas were gone! Besman will write the high-concept action-comedy with writers Michael Zam and Jaffe Cohen and we'll just pretend that DreamWorks actually picked up a good idea to add to their upcoming slate instead. Studio co-president of production Holly Bario explains: "We fell in love with the mix of action and laughs in [the story]." I'm surprised they didn't laugh Besman's ass right out of the meeting after hearing that title alone. This concept sounds mind-numbingly stupid unless the film is intentionally...
- 12/10/2009
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Variety says that DreamWorks has bought Michael Besman's pitch Wife vs. Ninja , which centers on a Long Island housewife who discovers that the beautiful young intern who recently stole her scientist husband is actually a bloodthirsty Ninja assassin intent on stealing his work. Besman ( About Schmidt , The Opposite of Sex ) will write the script with newcomers Michael Zam and Jaffe Cohen. Besman will also produce. "We fell in love with the mix of action and laughs in (the story)," said co-president of production Holly Bario.
- 12/9/2009
- Comingsoon.net
New York -- How about experiencing a night of Big Apple stand-up comedy on the big screen to take your mind off the recession -- without a two-drink minimum!?
The programming network arm of cinema advertising firm Screenvision has partnered with production firm Waggingtail Entertainment for seven original stand-up features set to hit theaters across the U.S. starting in May under the series title "Stand-Up 360."
Caroline Rhea serves as the lead host of the live-recorded features, which typically include 100-plus minutes each of stand-up from six headline and up-and-coming comedians as well as behind-the-scenes footage.
The "Stand-Up 360" series also includes special-theme presentations, such as two "Muy Caliente" editions, featuring Latino talent and hosted by Erik Rivera, and "Inside Out," headlined by popular gay and lesbian comics.
Among the featured comics in the series are Roz G, Judy Gold, Godfrey, Modi, Poppi Kramer and Wali Collins.
"Muy Caliente" includes Angelo Lozada,...
The programming network arm of cinema advertising firm Screenvision has partnered with production firm Waggingtail Entertainment for seven original stand-up features set to hit theaters across the U.S. starting in May under the series title "Stand-Up 360."
Caroline Rhea serves as the lead host of the live-recorded features, which typically include 100-plus minutes each of stand-up from six headline and up-and-coming comedians as well as behind-the-scenes footage.
The "Stand-Up 360" series also includes special-theme presentations, such as two "Muy Caliente" editions, featuring Latino talent and hosted by Erik Rivera, and "Inside Out," headlined by popular gay and lesbian comics.
Among the featured comics in the series are Roz G, Judy Gold, Godfrey, Modi, Poppi Kramer and Wali Collins.
"Muy Caliente" includes Angelo Lozada,...
- 3/25/2009
- by By Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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