Capstone Studios and Hammerstone Studios have hired Steven Quale to direct their upcoming supernatural thriller Black Box (Flight 298).
The film is based on the short film The Vessel, and an original screenplay from horror writer Stephen Susco.
Principal photography is set to begin in May in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Black Box (Flight 298) follows the supernatural events surrounding Vero Airlines 298 from New Orleans to Seattle.
Hammerstone Studios’ Alex Lebovici and Jon Oakes will produce alongside Capstone’s Christian Mercuri and David Haring (Bill & Ted Face the Music), Warren Zide, and Susco. Ruzanna Kegeyan and Roman Viaris of Capstone, and Clark Baker (Vessel) will executive produce.
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The film is based on the short film The Vessel, and an original screenplay from horror writer Stephen Susco.
Principal photography is set to begin in May in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Black Box (Flight 298) follows the supernatural events surrounding Vero Airlines 298 from New Orleans to Seattle.
Hammerstone Studios’ Alex Lebovici and Jon Oakes will produce alongside Capstone’s Christian Mercuri and David Haring (Bill & Ted Face the Music), Warren Zide, and Susco. Ruzanna Kegeyan and Roman Viaris of Capstone, and Clark Baker (Vessel) will executive produce.
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- 5/8/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Steven Quale, best known for his work on “Into the Storm” and “Final Destination 5,” has been tapped to direct Capstone Studios and Hammerstone Studios’ “Black Box (Flight 298).” The upcoming supernatural thriller is based on an original screenplay from Stephen Susco, a horror writer whose many genre credits include “The Grudge,” “The Grudge 2,” “Texas Chainsaw 3D” and “Hell Fest.” According to the logline, the film follows the supernatural events surrounding Vero Airlines Flight 298 from New Orleans to Seattle.
Hammerstone Studios’ Alex Lebovici (“Barbarian”) and Jon Oakes (“The Guilty”) will produce alongside Capstone’s Christian Mercuri and David Haring (“Bill & Ted Face the Music”), Warren Zide (“The Final Destination” and Susco. Ruzanna Kegeyan and Roman Viaris of Capstone, and Clark Baker will executive produce. Sacker Law will handle production legal services. Principal photography is set to begin this month in Sofia, Bulgaria.
In addition to his work on the...
Hammerstone Studios’ Alex Lebovici (“Barbarian”) and Jon Oakes (“The Guilty”) will produce alongside Capstone’s Christian Mercuri and David Haring (“Bill & Ted Face the Music”), Warren Zide (“The Final Destination” and Susco. Ruzanna Kegeyan and Roman Viaris of Capstone, and Clark Baker will executive produce. Sacker Law will handle production legal services. Principal photography is set to begin this month in Sofia, Bulgaria.
In addition to his work on the...
- 5/7/2024
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Back in September, the first image from the horror film Don’t Move was unveiled. That’s the image above, which doesn’t show us anything other than the fact that the movie stars Yellowstone cast member Kelsey Asbille. Hopefully we’ll be seeing more about Don’t Move soon, though, because Variety reports that the worldwide distribution rights to the film have been acquired by the Netflix streaming service. A release date has not yet been announced.
Don’t Move is being produced by genre legend Sam Raimi. Adam Schindler and Brian Netto, who directed episodes of the Raimi-produced anthology series 50 States of Fright, directed the film from a screenplay written by T.J. Cimfel and David White, who previously wrote the 2015 home invasion movie Intruders and the recent creepy kid movie There’s Something Wrong with the Children. This film follows a seasoned killer who injects a grieving woman with a paralytic agent.
Don’t Move is being produced by genre legend Sam Raimi. Adam Schindler and Brian Netto, who directed episodes of the Raimi-produced anthology series 50 States of Fright, directed the film from a screenplay written by T.J. Cimfel and David White, who previously wrote the 2015 home invasion movie Intruders and the recent creepy kid movie There’s Something Wrong with the Children. This film follows a seasoned killer who injects a grieving woman with a paralytic agent.
- 4/11/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Netflix has taken worldwide rights on the horror-thriller “Don’t Move,” a new genre entry from producer Sam Raimi.
The project is led by Kelsey Asbille, breakout on the FX anthology series “Fargo” and “Yellowstone,” alongside frequent Ryan Murphy player and “The Big Short’ star Finn Wittrock.
It follows a seasoned serial killer who injects a grieving woman with a paralytic agent while the two of them are isolated deep in the forest. As the agent gradually takes over her body, she must run, hide, and fight for her life before her entire nervous system shuts down.
Filmmaking team Brian Netto and Adam Schindler directed the film, having previously delivered the Quibi serial “50 States of Fright.” T.J. Cimfel and David White of “Intruders” wrote the script.
CAA Media Finance and Capstone brokered the deal with Netflix, whose film vertical was just taken over by veteran producer Dan Lin. The streamer...
The project is led by Kelsey Asbille, breakout on the FX anthology series “Fargo” and “Yellowstone,” alongside frequent Ryan Murphy player and “The Big Short’ star Finn Wittrock.
It follows a seasoned serial killer who injects a grieving woman with a paralytic agent while the two of them are isolated deep in the forest. As the agent gradually takes over her body, she must run, hide, and fight for her life before her entire nervous system shuts down.
Filmmaking team Brian Netto and Adam Schindler directed the film, having previously delivered the Quibi serial “50 States of Fright.” T.J. Cimfel and David White of “Intruders” wrote the script.
CAA Media Finance and Capstone brokered the deal with Netflix, whose film vertical was just taken over by veteran producer Dan Lin. The streamer...
- 4/9/2024
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
22 months ago, we caught word that an “edge-of-your-seat survival thriller” starring Jennifer Hudson of Respect and Dreamgirls and Milla Jovovich of The Fifth Element and Resident Evil was about to head into production – and now we finally know when we’re going to have a chance to see the movie, which is titled Breathe. It will be getting a theatrical, digital, and on demand release on April 26th, and with that date just one month away, a trailer has made its way online. You can check it out in the embed above.
Directed by Stefon Bristol, who won a Film Independent Spirit Award for his 2017 short film See You Yesterday, from a Black List screenplay by Doug Simon, Breathe follows a mother named Maya and her daughter, who are forced to live underground after Earth is made uninhabitable due to a lack of oxygen. Only short trips to the surface...
Directed by Stefon Bristol, who won a Film Independent Spirit Award for his 2017 short film See You Yesterday, from a Black List screenplay by Doug Simon, Breathe follows a mother named Maya and her daughter, who are forced to live underground after Earth is made uninhabitable due to a lack of oxygen. Only short trips to the surface...
- 3/18/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
All’s quiet the night before Christmas, but John Woo is ready to enter with a bloody bang.
Woo’s first U.S. film in 20 years, “Silent Night,” stars Joel Kinnaman as a dad who witnesses his son die on Christmas Eve amid a shootout. The almost dialogue-less film co-stars Catalina Sandino Moreno, Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi, and Harold Torres.
The gritty revenge tale follows a tormented father (Kinnaman) who witnesses his young son die when caught in a gang’s crossfire on Christmas Eve. While recovering from a wound that costs him his voice, he makes vengeance his life’s mission and embarks on a punishing training regimen in order to avenge his son’s death.
The original screenplay is written by Robert Archer Lynn.
“It was a very smart script and the story really touched me [because] I have three children,” Woo told Entertainment Weekly. “The biggest challenge is...
Woo’s first U.S. film in 20 years, “Silent Night,” stars Joel Kinnaman as a dad who witnesses his son die on Christmas Eve amid a shootout. The almost dialogue-less film co-stars Catalina Sandino Moreno, Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi, and Harold Torres.
The gritty revenge tale follows a tormented father (Kinnaman) who witnesses his young son die when caught in a gang’s crossfire on Christmas Eve. While recovering from a wound that costs him his voice, he makes vengeance his life’s mission and embarks on a punishing training regimen in order to avenge his son’s death.
The original screenplay is written by Robert Archer Lynn.
“It was a very smart script and the story really touched me [because] I have three children,” Woo told Entertainment Weekly. “The biggest challenge is...
- 10/3/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Paramount Network’s Yellowstone is the most-watched show across all of television, so it makes sense that the first image from the horror film Don’t Move promotes the fact that Yellowstone cast member Kelsey Asbille is in the movie. Actually, that’s pretty much all it promotes, because the image (which was first seen on Variety) just shows a close-up of Asbille’s face. You can take a look at it at the bottom of this article.
Don’t Move is being produced by genre legend Sam Raimi. Adam Schindler and Brian Netto, who directed episodes of the Raimi-produced anthology series 50 States of Fright, directed the film from a screenplay written by T.J. Cimfel and David White, who previously wrote the 2015 home invasion movie Intruders and the recent creepy kid movie There’s Something Wrong with the Children. This film follows a seasoned killer who injects a grieving woman with a paralytic agent.
Don’t Move is being produced by genre legend Sam Raimi. Adam Schindler and Brian Netto, who directed episodes of the Raimi-produced anthology series 50 States of Fright, directed the film from a screenplay written by T.J. Cimfel and David White, who previously wrote the 2015 home invasion movie Intruders and the recent creepy kid movie There’s Something Wrong with the Children. This film follows a seasoned killer who injects a grieving woman with a paralytic agent.
- 9/7/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Kelsey Asbille of Yellowstone and Finn Wittrock of American Horror Story have signed on to star in the horror film Don’t Move, which is being produced by genre legend Sam Raimi. The Hollywood Reporter got the exclusive on the casting announcement. Filming will begin in Europe next month, with Adam Schindler and Brian Netto, who directed episodes of the Raimi-produced anthology series 50 States of Fright, at the helm.
Scripted by T.J. Cimfel and David White, who previously wrote the 2015 home invasion movie Intruders and the recent creepy kid movie There’s Something Wrong with the Children, Don’t Move will follow a seasoned killer who injects a grieving woman with a paralytic agent. She must run, fight and hide before her body completely shuts down.
The film is coming to us from Raimi Productions, Hammerstone Studios, and Capstone Studios. Sam Raimi will be producing alongside Zainab Azizi and Hammerstone’s Alex Lebovici.
Scripted by T.J. Cimfel and David White, who previously wrote the 2015 home invasion movie Intruders and the recent creepy kid movie There’s Something Wrong with the Children, Don’t Move will follow a seasoned killer who injects a grieving woman with a paralytic agent. She must run, fight and hide before her body completely shuts down.
The film is coming to us from Raimi Productions, Hammerstone Studios, and Capstone Studios. Sam Raimi will be producing alongside Zainab Azizi and Hammerstone’s Alex Lebovici.
- 5/15/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Kelsey Asbille (Yellowstone, Fargo, Wind River) and Finn Wittrock (American Horror Story, The Big Short, La La Land) have been tapped to lead the upcoming horror thriller Don’t Move from Sam Raimi’s Raimi Productions, Christian Mercuri’s Capstone Studios and Alex Lebovici’s Hammerstone Studios. Principal photography on the feature will commence in Europe in June.
The announcement comes hot on the heels of the runaway success of Raimi’s latest outing, Evil Dead Rise, which has already surpassed $125 million at the global box-office in only its third week of release.
Adam Schindler and Brian Netto, who recently helmed episodes of Raimi’s horror anthology series 50 States of Fright, are set to direct Don’t Move, which follows a seasoned killer who injects a grieving woman with a paralytic agent. She must run, fight and hide before her body completely shuts down. It was written by T.J. Cimfel and David White,...
The announcement comes hot on the heels of the runaway success of Raimi’s latest outing, Evil Dead Rise, which has already surpassed $125 million at the global box-office in only its third week of release.
Adam Schindler and Brian Netto, who recently helmed episodes of Raimi’s horror anthology series 50 States of Fright, are set to direct Don’t Move, which follows a seasoned killer who injects a grieving woman with a paralytic agent. She must run, fight and hide before her body completely shuts down. It was written by T.J. Cimfel and David White,...
- 5/15/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Vertical has acquired U.S. rights to Catherine Hardwicke’s “Prisoner’s Daughter,” a thriller with Brian Cox and Kate Beckinsale that premiered at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival.
The film is about a terminally ill father who is recently released from prison and struggles to connect with his daughter and grandson. Vertical will release “Prisoner’s Daughter” in theaters on June 30, 2023.
It’s a starry collection of talent. Cox is best known for playing the mephistophelean Logan Roy on “Succession,” while Beckinsale has starred in blockbusters and indie films such as “Underworld,” “Love and Friendship” and “Pearl Harbor.” Hardwicke has directed critical and commercial hits like “Twilight” and “Thirteen.”
In “Prisoner’s Daughter,” Cox stars as Max, who is diagnosed with cancer after 12-years in prison. Granted a compassionate release he goes to live with his daughter, Maxine (Beckinsale). She resents her father but is financially strapped and working multiple...
The film is about a terminally ill father who is recently released from prison and struggles to connect with his daughter and grandson. Vertical will release “Prisoner’s Daughter” in theaters on June 30, 2023.
It’s a starry collection of talent. Cox is best known for playing the mephistophelean Logan Roy on “Succession,” while Beckinsale has starred in blockbusters and indie films such as “Underworld,” “Love and Friendship” and “Pearl Harbor.” Hardwicke has directed critical and commercial hits like “Twilight” and “Thirteen.”
In “Prisoner’s Daughter,” Cox stars as Max, who is diagnosed with cancer after 12-years in prison. Granted a compassionate release he goes to live with his daughter, Maxine (Beckinsale). She resents her father but is financially strapped and working multiple...
- 4/18/2023
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Russian buyers unaffiliated to the state have been particularly active, sellers report.
AFM sellers have been engaging with private Russian buyers unaffiliated to the state as attendees overall reported a busy market for independent international distributors, where action titles once again are proving to be a major draw.
A number of executives who spoke to Screen revealed Russian buyers were pursuing must-have titles “aggressively” as the Hollywood studios’ blockade of theatrical releases creates a deep appetite for content. Trade with parts of Asia has been soft in the absence of buyers from China.
Meanwhile the bruising exchange rate does not...
AFM sellers have been engaging with private Russian buyers unaffiliated to the state as attendees overall reported a busy market for independent international distributors, where action titles once again are proving to be a major draw.
A number of executives who spoke to Screen revealed Russian buyers were pursuing must-have titles “aggressively” as the Hollywood studios’ blockade of theatrical releases creates a deep appetite for content. Trade with parts of Asia has been soft in the absence of buyers from China.
Meanwhile the bruising exchange rate does not...
- 11/4/2022
- by Jeremy Kay¬Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Here’s your first look at Resident Evil star Milla Jovovich in new action film Breathe from John Wick producers Thunder Road.
Jovovich stars with Jennifer Hudson, Sam Worthington, Quvenzhané Wallis and Common.
The story follows a mother named Maya (Hudson) and her daughter (Wallis) who are forced to live underground after Earth is made uninhabitable due to a lack of oxygen. Only short trips to the surface are made possible by a state-of-art oxygen suit made by Maya’s husband Darius (Common), whom she presumes to be dead. When a mysterious couple arrives claiming to know Darius and his fate, Maya tentatively agrees to let them into their bunker but are they all they appear to be?
Stefon Bristol directs from a Black List screenplay written by Doug Simon (Demonic). The film is now in post-production with Capstone continuing sales at the AFM this week. Thunder Road Films...
Jovovich stars with Jennifer Hudson, Sam Worthington, Quvenzhané Wallis and Common.
The story follows a mother named Maya (Hudson) and her daughter (Wallis) who are forced to live underground after Earth is made uninhabitable due to a lack of oxygen. Only short trips to the surface are made possible by a state-of-art oxygen suit made by Maya’s husband Darius (Common), whom she presumes to be dead. When a mysterious couple arrives claiming to know Darius and his fate, Maya tentatively agrees to let them into their bunker but are they all they appear to be?
Stefon Bristol directs from a Black List screenplay written by Doug Simon (Demonic). The film is now in post-production with Capstone continuing sales at the AFM this week. Thunder Road Films...
- 10/31/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
AFM slate includes Silent Night, Breathe, Boy Kills World.
With AFM less than three weeks away, Capstone Global has bolstered its senior sales team and appointed Sophia Aronne vice president of international sales and distribution, effective immediately.
Aronne, a former executive at The Exchange and Highland Film Group, will report directly to CEO and chairman Christian Mercuri and head of acquisitions Ruzanna Kegeyan.
Her arrival comes at a busy time for Capstone, whose upcoming AFM sales slate features Stefon Bristol’s post-apocalyptic thriller Breathe starring Sam Worthington, Jennifer Hudson and Milla Jovovich; Moritz Mohr’s dystopian thriller Boy Kills World with Bill Skarsard,...
With AFM less than three weeks away, Capstone Global has bolstered its senior sales team and appointed Sophia Aronne vice president of international sales and distribution, effective immediately.
Aronne, a former executive at The Exchange and Highland Film Group, will report directly to CEO and chairman Christian Mercuri and head of acquisitions Ruzanna Kegeyan.
Her arrival comes at a busy time for Capstone, whose upcoming AFM sales slate features Stefon Bristol’s post-apocalyptic thriller Breathe starring Sam Worthington, Jennifer Hudson and Milla Jovovich; Moritz Mohr’s dystopian thriller Boy Kills World with Bill Skarsard,...
- 10/12/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Gerard Butler stars in ‘Kandahar’ (Photo Courtesy of Open Road Films)
Open Road Films has acquired the North American rights to the action film Kandahar starring Gerard Butler. The thriller reunites Butler with his Greenland and Angel Has Fallen director Ric Roman Waugh. The duo are also in pre-production on the Greenland follow-up, Greenland: Migration.
“What made Mitch Lafortune’s visceral script so compelling and unique for me is its authenticity and how he humanizes not just our heroes, but all the characters portrayed in a region that’s been locked in a perpetual cycle of violence,” said director Ric Roman Waugh.
In addition to Gerard Butler, the cast includes Navid Negahban (Homeland), Ali Fazal (Death on the Nile), Travis Fimmel (Vikings), and Bollywood star Elnaaz Norouzi.
Commenting on the acquisition, Open Road Films’ Tom Ortenberg stated, “Kandahar is an adrenaline ride made for the big screen. Gerry, Ric, the G-base team,...
Open Road Films has acquired the North American rights to the action film Kandahar starring Gerard Butler. The thriller reunites Butler with his Greenland and Angel Has Fallen director Ric Roman Waugh. The duo are also in pre-production on the Greenland follow-up, Greenland: Migration.
“What made Mitch Lafortune’s visceral script so compelling and unique for me is its authenticity and how he humanizes not just our heroes, but all the characters portrayed in a region that’s been locked in a perpetual cycle of violence,” said director Ric Roman Waugh.
In addition to Gerard Butler, the cast includes Navid Negahban (Homeland), Ali Fazal (Death on the Nile), Travis Fimmel (Vikings), and Bollywood star Elnaaz Norouzi.
Commenting on the acquisition, Open Road Films’ Tom Ortenberg stated, “Kandahar is an adrenaline ride made for the big screen. Gerry, Ric, the G-base team,...
- 9/21/2022
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Open Road Films has landed North American distribution rights to the action thriller “Kandahar,” starring Gerard Butler and directed by Ric Roman Waugh. The film will receive a wide domestic release in 2023.
First announced in 2020, “Kandahar” follows Tom Harris (Butler), an undercover CIA operative stationed in hostile territory in Afghanistan. When his mission is exposed, he and his Afghan translator (Navid Negahban) must fight their way past foreign spies and enemy forces on their way to an extraction point in Kandahar.
“Kandahar” sees Butler reteam with his “Angel Has Fallen” and “Greenland” director Ric Roman Waugh. He wrote the script with Mitchell Lafortune, based on Lafortune’s own experiences serving as a military intelligence officer during the Edward Snowden leaks.
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The cast also includes Ali Fazal, Travis Fimmel and Bollywood star Elnaaz Norouzi.
First announced in 2020, “Kandahar” follows Tom Harris (Butler), an undercover CIA operative stationed in hostile territory in Afghanistan. When his mission is exposed, he and his Afghan translator (Navid Negahban) must fight their way past foreign spies and enemy forces on their way to an extraction point in Kandahar.
“Kandahar” sees Butler reteam with his “Angel Has Fallen” and “Greenland” director Ric Roman Waugh. He wrote the script with Mitchell Lafortune, based on Lafortune’s own experiences serving as a military intelligence officer during the Edward Snowden leaks.
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The cast also includes Ali Fazal, Travis Fimmel and Bollywood star Elnaaz Norouzi.
- 9/21/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Open Road Films has acquired U.S. rights to Gerard Butler action thriller Kandahar in a splashy eight-figure deal.
The G-base, Thunder Road, Capstone Studios and Mbc Studios feature reunites Butler and director Ric Roman Waugh in the story of Tom Harris (Butler), an undercover CIA operative, stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan. After his mission is exposed, he must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding elite enemy forces and foreign spies tasked with hunting them down.
Also starring are Navid Negahban (Homeland), Ali Fazal (Victoria & Abdul), Travis Fimmel (Vikings), and Bollywood star Elnaaz Norouzi (Sacred Games).
Screenplay comes from Mitchell Lafortune, based on his own experiences as a military intelligence officer during the Snowden leaks. The film was among the first major U.S. productions to shoot in...
The G-base, Thunder Road, Capstone Studios and Mbc Studios feature reunites Butler and director Ric Roman Waugh in the story of Tom Harris (Butler), an undercover CIA operative, stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan. After his mission is exposed, he must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding elite enemy forces and foreign spies tasked with hunting them down.
Also starring are Navid Negahban (Homeland), Ali Fazal (Victoria & Abdul), Travis Fimmel (Vikings), and Bollywood star Elnaaz Norouzi (Sacred Games).
Screenplay comes from Mitchell Lafortune, based on his own experiences as a military intelligence officer during the Snowden leaks. The film was among the first major U.S. productions to shoot in...
- 9/21/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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For their mask-free, post-covid return, the Cannes and Venice film festivals played to their strengths: doubling down on red carpet glamour and old-world elegance.
Cannes’ jaw-dropping display for Top Gun: Maverick — including a supersonic flyover courtesy of the French air force — reestablished the Gallic fest as the go-to location for the launch of big-ticket tentpoles.
Venice’s combination of classy backdrop — celebrities arriving by boat behind the Hotel Excelsior — and up-close fan connection — the teen crowds camped out on the Lido red carpet — made it the ideal stage to present this year’s most anticipated art house features, including Todd Field’s Tár starring Cate Blanchett, Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale with Brendan Fraser, both of which are already Oscar frontrunners, and more eclectic offerings, including Bones and All, Luca Guadagnino’s cannibal love story starring Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell.
Downtown Toronto has,...
For their mask-free, post-covid return, the Cannes and Venice film festivals played to their strengths: doubling down on red carpet glamour and old-world elegance.
Cannes’ jaw-dropping display for Top Gun: Maverick — including a supersonic flyover courtesy of the French air force — reestablished the Gallic fest as the go-to location for the launch of big-ticket tentpoles.
Venice’s combination of classy backdrop — celebrities arriving by boat behind the Hotel Excelsior — and up-close fan connection — the teen crowds camped out on the Lido red carpet — made it the ideal stage to present this year’s most anticipated art house features, including Todd Field’s Tár starring Cate Blanchett, Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale with Brendan Fraser, both of which are already Oscar frontrunners, and more eclectic offerings, including Bones and All, Luca Guadagnino’s cannibal love story starring Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell.
Downtown Toronto has,...
- 9/8/2022
- by Etan Vlessing and Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Bonnie is legendary for her boundless energy on the Crosiette,” AGC Studios head Stuart Ford said of his marketing head Bonnie Voland, whose 40th Cannes Festival was celebrated by Ford and friends at an elegant beachside cocktail on Friday evening.
“This is my 15th Cannes with Bonnie Voland and I’m not sure I still have the energy to keep up with her,” he confessed in a speech in her honor at the cocktail.
Voland has had a rich career to date, – she insists she’s certainly not done yet – graduating as a French major at Hunter College, and working as an actress in Paris before first attending Cannes in 1982 for Passion – The Magazine of Paris. She ran the Toronto Festival press office in the mid-eighties, then worked in Los Angeles for Samuel Goldwyn, Buena Vista International and Chris Blackwell’s Island Pictures, and created her own PR agency and consultancy B. Voland International.
“This is my 15th Cannes with Bonnie Voland and I’m not sure I still have the energy to keep up with her,” he confessed in a speech in her honor at the cocktail.
Voland has had a rich career to date, – she insists she’s certainly not done yet – graduating as a French major at Hunter College, and working as an actress in Paris before first attending Cannes in 1982 for Passion – The Magazine of Paris. She ran the Toronto Festival press office in the mid-eighties, then worked in Los Angeles for Samuel Goldwyn, Buena Vista International and Chris Blackwell’s Island Pictures, and created her own PR agency and consultancy B. Voland International.
- 5/22/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
John Woo’s “Silent Night” recently wrapped principal photography in Mexico City. The film is the first U.S. action movie directed by the iconic helmer Woo in more than a decade.
In “Silent Night,” Godlock (played by Joel Kinnaman) is a father on a mission to avenge his young son who was tragically caught in the crossfire of gang violence on Christmas Eve. Shot and nearly killed while in pursuit of the murderers, Godlock vows to avenge his son by any means necessary.
Kinnaman is pictured above in an exclusive first look still from the actioner.
The film also stars Scott Mescudi (a.k.a. Kid Cudi), Harold Torres and Catalina Sandino Moreno. “Silent Night” was produced by Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee for Thunder Road, Christian Mercuri for Capstone Studios and Lori Tilkin for A Better Tomorrow. Executive producers are David Haring, Joe Gatta and Ruzanna Kegeyan for Capstone,...
In “Silent Night,” Godlock (played by Joel Kinnaman) is a father on a mission to avenge his young son who was tragically caught in the crossfire of gang violence on Christmas Eve. Shot and nearly killed while in pursuit of the murderers, Godlock vows to avenge his son by any means necessary.
Kinnaman is pictured above in an exclusive first look still from the actioner.
The film also stars Scott Mescudi (a.k.a. Kid Cudi), Harold Torres and Catalina Sandino Moreno. “Silent Night” was produced by Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee for Thunder Road, Christian Mercuri for Capstone Studios and Lori Tilkin for A Better Tomorrow. Executive producers are David Haring, Joe Gatta and Ruzanna Kegeyan for Capstone,...
- 5/17/2022
- by Carole Horst
- Variety Film + TV
Avatar’s Sam Worthington, Jennifer Hudson, Milla Jovovich (the Resident Evil franchise), Quvenzhané Wallis and Academy Award-winner Common are set to star in Indie Spirit Award-winner Stefon Bristol’s (See You Yesterday) new action-thriller ‘Breathe.’
In the movie, after Earth is left uninhabitable due to a lack of oxygen, a mother Maya (Hudson) and her daughter Zora (Wallis) are forced to live underground, with short trips to the surface only made possible by a state of the art oxygen suit made by Maya’s husband, Darius, whom she presumes to be dead. When a mysterious couple arrives claiming to know Darius and his fate, Maya tentatively agrees to let them into their bunker, but are they all they appear to be?
Bristol will direct from the Black List screenplay written by Doug Simon (Dimension’s Demonic). Principal photography on the edge-of-your-seat survival thriller will take place on location in Pennsylvania in this summer.
In the movie, after Earth is left uninhabitable due to a lack of oxygen, a mother Maya (Hudson) and her daughter Zora (Wallis) are forced to live underground, with short trips to the surface only made possible by a state of the art oxygen suit made by Maya’s husband, Darius, whom she presumes to be dead. When a mysterious couple arrives claiming to know Darius and his fate, Maya tentatively agrees to let them into their bunker, but are they all they appear to be?
Bristol will direct from the Black List screenplay written by Doug Simon (Dimension’s Demonic). Principal photography on the edge-of-your-seat survival thriller will take place on location in Pennsylvania in this summer.
- 5/11/2022
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Jennifer Hudson, Milla Jovovich, Sam Worthington, Quvenzhané Wallis and Common are set to star in Stefon Bristol’s action-thriller Breathe.
Bristol directs from a Black List screen play written by Doug Simon (Demonic). Principal photography is expected to begin in Pennsylvania this summer. The feature, described as an “edge-of-your-seat survival thriller,” is produced by Thunder Road Films’ Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee and Capstone’s Christian Mercuri. Capstone’s Ruzanna Kegeyan exec produces alongside David Haring, Esther Hornstein and Will Flynn. Capstone Studios will finance alongside Thunder Road.
The story follows a mother named Maya (Hudson) and her daughter (Wallis) who are forced to live underground after Earth is made uninhabitable due to a lack of oxygen. Only short trips to the surface are made possible by a state-of-art oxygen suit made by Maya’s husband Darius (Common), whom she presumes to be dead. When a mysterious couple arrives claiming...
Bristol directs from a Black List screen play written by Doug Simon (Demonic). Principal photography is expected to begin in Pennsylvania this summer. The feature, described as an “edge-of-your-seat survival thriller,” is produced by Thunder Road Films’ Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee and Capstone’s Christian Mercuri. Capstone’s Ruzanna Kegeyan exec produces alongside David Haring, Esther Hornstein and Will Flynn. Capstone Studios will finance alongside Thunder Road.
The story follows a mother named Maya (Hudson) and her daughter (Wallis) who are forced to live underground after Earth is made uninhabitable due to a lack of oxygen. Only short trips to the surface are made possible by a state-of-art oxygen suit made by Maya’s husband Darius (Common), whom she presumes to be dead. When a mysterious couple arrives claiming...
- 5/10/2022
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Jennifer Hudson, Milla Jovovich, Quvenzhané Wallis and Common are set to star in Stefon Bristol’s new action-thriller “Breathe.”
Capstone Global will introduce the project to buyers at the Marché du Film in Cannes next week. CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group helped to arrange financing for the film and will co-represent the U.S. rights, alongside Capstone.
In “Breathe,” after Earth is left uninhabitable due to lack of oxygen, a mother Maya (Hudson) and her daughter Zora (Wallis) are forced to live underground, with short trips to the surface only made possible by a state-of-the-art oxygen suit made by Maya’s husband, Darius, whom she presumes to be dead. When a mysterious couple arrives claiming to know Darius and his fate, Maya tentatively agrees to let them into their bunker, but are they all they appear to be?
“Avatar” star Sam Worthington is also in talks to join the cast.
Capstone Global will introduce the project to buyers at the Marché du Film in Cannes next week. CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group helped to arrange financing for the film and will co-represent the U.S. rights, alongside Capstone.
In “Breathe,” after Earth is left uninhabitable due to lack of oxygen, a mother Maya (Hudson) and her daughter Zora (Wallis) are forced to live underground, with short trips to the surface only made possible by a state-of-the-art oxygen suit made by Maya’s husband, Darius, whom she presumes to be dead. When a mysterious couple arrives claiming to know Darius and his fate, Maya tentatively agrees to let them into their bunker, but are they all they appear to be?
“Avatar” star Sam Worthington is also in talks to join the cast.
- 5/10/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Capstone, Thunder Road producing, financing.
Capstone Global will launch sales in Cannes next week on the action thriller Breathe from Capstone and Thunder Road starring Jennifer Hudson, Milla Jovovich, Sam Worthington, Quvenzhané Wallis and Common.
Stefon Bristol will direct from the Black List screenplay by Doug Simon. Production is scheduled to start this summer in Pennsylvania on the story, which takes place after Earth is left uninhabitable due to lack of oxygen.
Hudson plays a woman forced to live underground with her daughter and make short trips to the surface in a state-of-the-art oxygen suit made her husband whom she presumes to be dead.
Capstone Global will launch sales in Cannes next week on the action thriller Breathe from Capstone and Thunder Road starring Jennifer Hudson, Milla Jovovich, Sam Worthington, Quvenzhané Wallis and Common.
Stefon Bristol will direct from the Black List screenplay by Doug Simon. Production is scheduled to start this summer in Pennsylvania on the story, which takes place after Earth is left uninhabitable due to lack of oxygen.
Hudson plays a woman forced to live underground with her daughter and make short trips to the surface in a state-of-the-art oxygen suit made her husband whom she presumes to be dead.
- 5/10/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Capstone, Thunder Road producing, financing.
Capstone Global will launch sales in Cannes next week on the action thriller Breathe from Capstone and Thunder Road starring Jennifer Hudson, Milla Jovovich, Quvenzhané Wallis and Common.
Sam Worthington, who will be seen in Avatar 2 later this year and stars in FX series Under The Banner Of Heaven, is in talks to join the cast.
Stefon Bristol will direct from the Black List screenplay by Doug Simon. Production is scheduled to start this summer in Pennsylvania on the story, which takes place after Earth is left uninhabitable due to lack of oxygen.
Hudson...
Capstone Global will launch sales in Cannes next week on the action thriller Breathe from Capstone and Thunder Road starring Jennifer Hudson, Milla Jovovich, Quvenzhané Wallis and Common.
Sam Worthington, who will be seen in Avatar 2 later this year and stars in FX series Under The Banner Of Heaven, is in talks to join the cast.
Stefon Bristol will direct from the Black List screenplay by Doug Simon. Production is scheduled to start this summer in Pennsylvania on the story, which takes place after Earth is left uninhabitable due to lack of oxygen.
Hudson...
- 5/10/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Jennifer Hudson, Common, Quvenzhané Wallis and Milla Jovovich are set to star in an action thriller film called “Breathe” from director Stefon Bristol (“See You Yesterday”). “Avatar” actor Sam Worthington is also in talks to join the cast.
“Breathe” comes from a Black List script written by Doug Simon (“Demonic”) and sees Earth after it has been left uninhabitable due to a lack of oxygen.
Hudson and Wallis play a mother and daughter forced to live underground with only short trips to the surface thanks to a special oxygen suit made by her husband (Common), whom she presumes to be dead. But when a mysterious couple arrives claiming to know her husband and his fate, Hudson’s character tentatively agrees to let them into their bunker. But are they all they appear to be?
Capstone Global will introduce the title to buyers at the upcoming Marche du Film at Cannes.
“Breathe” comes from a Black List script written by Doug Simon (“Demonic”) and sees Earth after it has been left uninhabitable due to a lack of oxygen.
Hudson and Wallis play a mother and daughter forced to live underground with only short trips to the surface thanks to a special oxygen suit made by her husband (Common), whom she presumes to be dead. But when a mysterious couple arrives claiming to know her husband and his fate, Hudson’s character tentatively agrees to let them into their bunker. But are they all they appear to be?
Capstone Global will introduce the title to buyers at the upcoming Marche du Film at Cannes.
- 5/10/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Capstone, Thunder Road producing, financing.
Capstone Global will launch sales in Cannes next week on the action thriller Breathe from Capstone and Thunder Road starring Jennifer Hudson, Milla Jovovich, Quvenzhané Wallis and Common.
Sam Worthington, who will be seen in Avatar 2 later this year and stars in FX series Under The Banner Of Heaven, is in talks to join the cast.
Stefon Bristol will direct from the Black List screenplay by Doug Simon. Production is scheduled to start this summer in Pennsylvania on the story, which takes place after Earth is left uninhabitable due to lack of oxygen.
Hudson...
Capstone Global will launch sales in Cannes next week on the action thriller Breathe from Capstone and Thunder Road starring Jennifer Hudson, Milla Jovovich, Quvenzhané Wallis and Common.
Sam Worthington, who will be seen in Avatar 2 later this year and stars in FX series Under The Banner Of Heaven, is in talks to join the cast.
Stefon Bristol will direct from the Black List screenplay by Doug Simon. Production is scheduled to start this summer in Pennsylvania on the story, which takes place after Earth is left uninhabitable due to lack of oxygen.
Hudson...
- 5/10/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi (Don’t Look Up) is the last addition to the cast of the action-thriller Silent Night, from iconic action director John Woo (Face/Off), John Wick producers Thunder Road Films and Capstone Studios. He’s set to star alongside Joel Kinnaman, Harold Torres and Catalina Sandino Moreno.
The film currently in production in Mexico City centers on Godlock (Kinnaman), a father on a mission to avenge his young son who was tragically caught in the crossfire of gang violence on Christmas Eve. Shot and nearly killed while in pursuit of the murderers, Godlock vows to avenge his son by any means necessary. Mescudi will portray a detective named Dennis Vassel.
Robert Lynn penned the screenplay. Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee are producing for Thunder Road, with Christian Mercuri for Capstone, and Lori Tilkin for A Better Tomorrow Films. Capstone’s David Haring, Joe Gatta and Ruzanna Kegeyan...
The film currently in production in Mexico City centers on Godlock (Kinnaman), a father on a mission to avenge his young son who was tragically caught in the crossfire of gang violence on Christmas Eve. Shot and nearly killed while in pursuit of the murderers, Godlock vows to avenge his son by any means necessary. Mescudi will portray a detective named Dennis Vassel.
Robert Lynn penned the screenplay. Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee are producing for Thunder Road, with Christian Mercuri for Capstone, and Lori Tilkin for A Better Tomorrow Films. Capstone’s David Haring, Joe Gatta and Ruzanna Kegeyan...
- 4/4/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Grammy-winning singer, rapper, and actor Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi has signed on to star in John Woo’s “Silent Night,” an action-thriller about a father (Joel Kinnaman) venturing into the underworld to avenge his young son’s death. His son was caught in the crossfire of gang violence on Christmas Eve, hence the holiday-esque title. One of the many twists? Deadline previously reported that the film will be dialogue-free.
The original screenplay is written by Robert Lynn and is currently shooting in Mexico City. “Silent Night” also stars Harold Torres and Catalina Sandino Moreno. Additional casting is underway.
Mescudi recently appeared in Adam McKay’s Oscar-nominated “Don’t Look Up” plus Ti West’s ’70s slasher “X.” Mescudi also starred in “Bill & Ted Face the Music” and Season 3 of “Westworld,” and had a starring role in Luca Guadagnino’s HBO limited series “We Are Who We Are.”
The rapper recently...
The original screenplay is written by Robert Lynn and is currently shooting in Mexico City. “Silent Night” also stars Harold Torres and Catalina Sandino Moreno. Additional casting is underway.
Mescudi recently appeared in Adam McKay’s Oscar-nominated “Don’t Look Up” plus Ti West’s ’70s slasher “X.” Mescudi also starred in “Bill & Ted Face the Music” and Season 3 of “Westworld,” and had a starring role in Luca Guadagnino’s HBO limited series “We Are Who We Are.”
The rapper recently...
- 4/4/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi is joining the cast of “Silent Night,” the next film from action movie auteur John Woo — a film entirely free of dialogue.
“Silent Night” stars Joel Kinnaman (“The Suicide Squad”) and is currently filming in Mexico City. In the film, Kinnaman plays Godlock, a father on a mission to avenge his young son who was tragically caught in the crossfire of gang violence on Christmas Eve. Shot and nearly killed while in pursuit of the murderers, Godlock vows to avenge his son by any means necessary.
Mescudi, who most recently appeared in “Don’t Look Up” and in the horror movie “X,” will play Detective Dennis Vassel in the film. “Silent Night” also stars Harold Torres and Catalina Sandino Moreno. Robert Lynn wrote the original screenplay.
“Silent Night” comes from Thunder Road Films and Capstone Studios. The film’s producers are Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee for Thunder Road,...
“Silent Night” stars Joel Kinnaman (“The Suicide Squad”) and is currently filming in Mexico City. In the film, Kinnaman plays Godlock, a father on a mission to avenge his young son who was tragically caught in the crossfire of gang violence on Christmas Eve. Shot and nearly killed while in pursuit of the murderers, Godlock vows to avenge his son by any means necessary.
Mescudi, who most recently appeared in “Don’t Look Up” and in the horror movie “X,” will play Detective Dennis Vassel in the film. “Silent Night” also stars Harold Torres and Catalina Sandino Moreno. Robert Lynn wrote the original screenplay.
“Silent Night” comes from Thunder Road Films and Capstone Studios. The film’s producers are Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee for Thunder Road,...
- 4/4/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Catalina Sandino Moreno and Harold Torres have been cast in “Silent Night,” an action-thriller starring Joel Kinnaman.
Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo (“A Better Tomorrow”) is directing the film, which is currently in production in Mexico City. The story centers on Godlock (Kinnaman), a father on a mission to avenge his young son, who was tragically caught in the crossfire of gang violence on Christmas Eve. Moreno will portray Saya, Godlock’s wife, and Torres will take on the role of the gang leader, Playa.
Robert Lynn is writing the screenplay, which contains almost no dialogue. Instead, the film will rely on the actor’s abilities to convey meaning and intention through Woo’s stylized imagery and intense action sequences.
Thunder Road Pictures and Capstone Studios are producing “Silent Night.”
“We couldn’t be happier to have the immensely talented Catalina and Harold join ‘Silent Night,’” said Capstone’s head of production,...
Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo (“A Better Tomorrow”) is directing the film, which is currently in production in Mexico City. The story centers on Godlock (Kinnaman), a father on a mission to avenge his young son, who was tragically caught in the crossfire of gang violence on Christmas Eve. Moreno will portray Saya, Godlock’s wife, and Torres will take on the role of the gang leader, Playa.
Robert Lynn is writing the screenplay, which contains almost no dialogue. Instead, the film will rely on the actor’s abilities to convey meaning and intention through Woo’s stylized imagery and intense action sequences.
Thunder Road Pictures and Capstone Studios are producing “Silent Night.”
“We couldn’t be happier to have the immensely talented Catalina and Harold join ‘Silent Night,’” said Capstone’s head of production,...
- 3/24/2022
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Shooting wrapped last month on the long-awaited Gerard Butler project Kandahar and here are some exclusive behind the scenes photos from the film, which is notably one of the first major U.S. titles to shoot its entirety in Saudi Arabia. The film, which is produced by John Wick outfit Thunder Road Films and Capstone, reunites Butler with his Greenland and Angel Has Fallen director Ric Roman Waugh. While this certainly isn’t the first action thriller the bankable Scottish actor has starred in, Kandahar is one of the first big-budget Hollywood titles to shoot in the country’s northwest AlUla region, which is home to the Unesco World Heritage Site of Hegra.
Butler stars as Tom Harris, an undercover CIA operative, stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan. He must fight his way out alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding the elite...
Butler stars as Tom Harris, an undercover CIA operative, stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan. He must fight his way out alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding the elite...
- 2/8/2022
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Diane Warren today landed her 13th Oscar nomination for her original song “Somehow You Do,” from Vertical Entertainment’s film, Four Good Days.
Warren’s latest nomination for the song performed by Reba McEntire is her fifth in as many years. Her most recent noms came for the songs “Io Si (Seen)” from Netflix’s The Life Ahead, co-written by Laura Pausini; “I’m Standing With You” from Twentieth Century Fox’s Breakthrough; “I’ll Fight” from Magnolia Pictures’ Rbg; and “Stand Up for Something” from Open Road Films’ Marshall, co-written by Common.
While the prolific songwriter has also previously been recognized for the tunes “Til It Happens to You” from The Hunting Ground, “Grateful” from Beyond the Lights, “There You’ll Be” from Pearl Harbor, “Music Of My Heart” from Music of the Heart, “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing” from Armageddon, “How Do I Live” from Con Air,...
Warren’s latest nomination for the song performed by Reba McEntire is her fifth in as many years. Her most recent noms came for the songs “Io Si (Seen)” from Netflix’s The Life Ahead, co-written by Laura Pausini; “I’m Standing With You” from Twentieth Century Fox’s Breakthrough; “I’ll Fight” from Magnolia Pictures’ Rbg; and “Stand Up for Something” from Open Road Films’ Marshall, co-written by Common.
While the prolific songwriter has also previously been recognized for the tunes “Til It Happens to You” from The Hunting Ground, “Grateful” from Beyond the Lights, “There You’ll Be” from Pearl Harbor, “Music Of My Heart” from Music of the Heart, “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing” from Armageddon, “How Do I Live” from Con Air,...
- 2/8/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
As we wait and see if Adam Wingard’s sequel Face/Off 2 will actually get made, Hong Kong master John Woo is getting back in the director’s chair to show the world how action filmmaking is done. In what might be his most interesting and perhaps ambitious conceit yet, his next film will not feature a single word of dialogue.
Deadline reports Woo is set to direct Silent Night, a U.S. production that will star Joel Kinnaman as a father who must venture into the underworld to avenge his young son’s death. Backed by John Wick’s Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee, Christian Mercuri, and Lori Tilkin as well as Capstone’s Ruzanna Kegeyan and Joe Gatta, there are no additional plot details, but from the sounds of it, there may not be many more to reveal in what looks to be an all-out action extravaganza.
Woo’s...
Deadline reports Woo is set to direct Silent Night, a U.S. production that will star Joel Kinnaman as a father who must venture into the underworld to avenge his young son’s death. Backed by John Wick’s Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee, Christian Mercuri, and Lori Tilkin as well as Capstone’s Ruzanna Kegeyan and Joe Gatta, there are no additional plot details, but from the sounds of it, there may not be many more to reveal in what looks to be an all-out action extravaganza.
Woo’s...
- 10/29/2021
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: A bountiful American Film Market just got even better. Buyers are buzzing about Silent Night, the first U.S. action film in decades to be directed by the iconic Chinese filmmaker John Woo. Joel Kinnaman will star in an film that will tell a loud action tale, without a word of dialogue.
Sources tell Deadline the story is basic, as a normal father heads into the underworld to avenge his young son’s death. The film is in negotiations to be financed by Capstone. John Wick’s Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee, Christian Mercuri and Lori Tilkin are producing and Capstone’s Ruzanna Kegeyan is overseeing with Joe Gatta. Other casting is underway.
The prospect of a Woo return is as intriguing as his intention to make has buyers sparked up. After directing the stylistic Hong Kong action classics from A Better Tomorrow and The Killer to Bullet in the Head and Hard Boiled,...
Sources tell Deadline the story is basic, as a normal father heads into the underworld to avenge his young son’s death. The film is in negotiations to be financed by Capstone. John Wick’s Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee, Christian Mercuri and Lori Tilkin are producing and Capstone’s Ruzanna Kegeyan is overseeing with Joe Gatta. Other casting is underway.
The prospect of a Woo return is as intriguing as his intention to make has buyers sparked up. After directing the stylistic Hong Kong action classics from A Better Tomorrow and The Killer to Bullet in the Head and Hard Boiled,...
- 10/29/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Joe Gatta has been named Head of Production at Capstone, where he reunites with Christian Mercuri after previous stints at Millennium and Red Granite.
Gatta, who moved from an agent at Gersh to production exec who was head of production at Millennium and president of Red Granite Pictures, will steer all aspects of Capstone’s global film operation including oversight of development and production. Gatta told Deadline he is “thrilled to be taking on this role at Capstone and look forward to working with my friend and former colleague Christian Mercuri, head of acquisitions Ruzanna Kegeyan, and everyone at the company. Working with Christian is like coming home. We have a shorthand and love working together. Capstone is financially stable, aggressive and I look forward to building a commercial, mainstream slate of movies.”
Said Mercuri: “Joe’s incredible passion for the industry guides all that he does and over...
Gatta, who moved from an agent at Gersh to production exec who was head of production at Millennium and president of Red Granite Pictures, will steer all aspects of Capstone’s global film operation including oversight of development and production. Gatta told Deadline he is “thrilled to be taking on this role at Capstone and look forward to working with my friend and former colleague Christian Mercuri, head of acquisitions Ruzanna Kegeyan, and everyone at the company. Working with Christian is like coming home. We have a shorthand and love working together. Capstone is financially stable, aggressive and I look forward to building a commercial, mainstream slate of movies.”
Said Mercuri: “Joe’s incredible passion for the industry guides all that he does and over...
- 10/14/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Christopher Convery (On the Verge) has joined the cast of the upcoming Catherine Hardwicke film, Prisoner’s Daughter. He’ll appear in the family drama alongside previously announced cast members Brian Cox, Kate Beckinsale and Tyson Ritter.
The film penned by Mark Bacci tells the story of Max (Cox), a tough but proud ex-con who’s struggling to find a way to reconnect with his only daughter Maxine (Beckinsale), as well as his grandson; once he begins an attempt at reconciliation, his violent past once again catches up to him.
Convery will play Ezra, Maxine’s sharp-witted pre-teen son who struggles with epilepsy and bullying at school.
Sam Okun is producing for Sam Okun Productions, with Marina Grasic of Oakhurst Entertainment. Robert E. Morgan, Chris Rasmussen, Guy Moshe, and Jai Khanna will exec produce, with Lachlan Towle and Bill Yates serving as co-producers.
Capstone Pictures is co-financing and commenced sales at TIFF.
The film penned by Mark Bacci tells the story of Max (Cox), a tough but proud ex-con who’s struggling to find a way to reconnect with his only daughter Maxine (Beckinsale), as well as his grandson; once he begins an attempt at reconciliation, his violent past once again catches up to him.
Convery will play Ezra, Maxine’s sharp-witted pre-teen son who struggles with epilepsy and bullying at school.
Sam Okun is producing for Sam Okun Productions, with Marina Grasic of Oakhurst Entertainment. Robert E. Morgan, Chris Rasmussen, Guy Moshe, and Jai Khanna will exec produce, with Lachlan Towle and Bill Yates serving as co-producers.
Capstone Pictures is co-financing and commenced sales at TIFF.
- 9/13/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Tyson Ritter has joined the cast of Prisoner’s Daughter, the latest film from director Catherine Hardwicke.
He’ll appear in the family drama opposite previously announced cast members Brian Cox (Succession) and Kate Beckinsale (Underworld).
The film written by Mark Bacci tells the story of Max (Cox), a tough but proud ex-con, who’s struggling to find a way to reconnect with his only daughter Maxine (Beckinsale), as well as his grandson; once he begins an attempt at reconciliation, his violent past once again catches up to him.
Ritter will play Maxine’s ex-husband Tyler, who fights with her to stay connected to their son Ezra.
Sam Okun is producing for Sam Okun Productions, with Marina Grasic of Oakhurst Entertainment. Robert E. Morgan, Chris Rasmussen, Guy Moshe, and Jai Khanna will exec produce, with Lachlan Towle and Bill Yates serving as co-producers.
Capstone Pictures is...
He’ll appear in the family drama opposite previously announced cast members Brian Cox (Succession) and Kate Beckinsale (Underworld).
The film written by Mark Bacci tells the story of Max (Cox), a tough but proud ex-con, who’s struggling to find a way to reconnect with his only daughter Maxine (Beckinsale), as well as his grandson; once he begins an attempt at reconciliation, his violent past once again catches up to him.
Ritter will play Maxine’s ex-husband Tyler, who fights with her to stay connected to their son Ezra.
Sam Okun is producing for Sam Okun Productions, with Marina Grasic of Oakhurst Entertainment. Robert E. Morgan, Chris Rasmussen, Guy Moshe, and Jai Khanna will exec produce, with Lachlan Towle and Bill Yates serving as co-producers.
Capstone Pictures is...
- 8/24/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Succession star Brian Cox is set to join Kate Beckinsale in the Catherine Hardwicke-helmed family drama Prisoner’s Daughter, penned by Mark Bacci.
The film tells the story of a tough but proud ex-con who’s struggling to find a way to reconnect with his only daughter and grandson; once he begins an attempt at reconciliation, his violent past once again catches up to him.
“I’m excited to see Brian Cox bring his layers of toughness, vulnerability and warmth to this broken man who has one last chance to reconnect with his family. We’ll ride with Brian on Max’s twisted journey, really feeling all the excruciating pain — and small moments of joy” said Hardwicke.
Sam Okun will Produce for Sam Okun Productions, as will Marina Grasic for Oakhurst Entertainment. Robert E. Morgan, Chris Rasmussen, Guy Moshe, Jai Khanna will serve as Executive Producers. Lachlan Towle and Bill Yates will Co-Produce.
The film tells the story of a tough but proud ex-con who’s struggling to find a way to reconnect with his only daughter and grandson; once he begins an attempt at reconciliation, his violent past once again catches up to him.
“I’m excited to see Brian Cox bring his layers of toughness, vulnerability and warmth to this broken man who has one last chance to reconnect with his family. We’ll ride with Brian on Max’s twisted journey, really feeling all the excruciating pain — and small moments of joy” said Hardwicke.
Sam Okun will Produce for Sam Okun Productions, as will Marina Grasic for Oakhurst Entertainment. Robert E. Morgan, Chris Rasmussen, Guy Moshe, Jai Khanna will serve as Executive Producers. Lachlan Towle and Bill Yates will Co-Produce.
- 7/21/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Israeli filmmaker Rotem Shamir is set to direct Savior, an action thriller script by Todd Komarnicki that will be financed by Oakhurst Entertainment and Capstone Group. Shamir directed the second season of the acclaimed Israeli espionage series, and is co-creator and writer of the Indian TV series Hostages, for Disney+ Hotstar. He’s also co-creator and director of the Israeli drama Line In The Sand and most recently set the 8-part thriller Diamonds with Netflix and Belgium’s Vrt. Now he’s stepping up to features.
Savior centers on Vincent Will, a cold-blooded killer and mercenary working for a secret organization called the twelve disciples. Their master plan is to trigger a world war through what appears to be a string of individual terror acts. None of the mercenaries know anything but their own mission. Komarnicki’s credits include Sully and The Professor and the Madman.
Oakhurst Entertainment’s...
Savior centers on Vincent Will, a cold-blooded killer and mercenary working for a secret organization called the twelve disciples. Their master plan is to trigger a world war through what appears to be a string of individual terror acts. None of the mercenaries know anything but their own mission. Komarnicki’s credits include Sully and The Professor and the Madman.
Oakhurst Entertainment’s...
- 4/28/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
“Four Good Days,” a drama starring Glenn Close and Mila Kunis as mother and daughter that first premiered at Sundance in 2020, has been acquired for North American theatrical release by Vertical Entertainment.
Rodrigo Garcia directs the film, which tells the story of a woman battling drug addiction who begs for one last change from her estranged mother.
Vertical Entertainment will release “Four Good Days” theatrically beginning April 30 and then release it on demand starting May 21.
Based on a true story from Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post writer Eli Saslow, the film is about 31-year-old Molly, who begs her estranged mother, Deb, for help fighting a fierce battle against the demons that have derailed her life. Despite all she has learned over a decade of disappointment, grief and rage, Deb throws herself into one last attempt to save her beloved daughter from the deadly and merciless grip of heroin addiction.
Kunis told...
Rodrigo Garcia directs the film, which tells the story of a woman battling drug addiction who begs for one last change from her estranged mother.
Vertical Entertainment will release “Four Good Days” theatrically beginning April 30 and then release it on demand starting May 21.
Based on a true story from Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post writer Eli Saslow, the film is about 31-year-old Molly, who begs her estranged mother, Deb, for help fighting a fierce battle against the demons that have derailed her life. Despite all she has learned over a decade of disappointment, grief and rage, Deb throws herself into one last attempt to save her beloved daughter from the deadly and merciless grip of heroin addiction.
Kunis told...
- 3/12/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Vertical Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Four Good Days, the Rodrigo Garcia drama toplined by his Albert Nobbs star Glenn Close and Mila Kunis that bowed at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. It will now hit theaters April 30 and be available on-demand May 21.
Based on a true story by Pulitzer-winning Washington Post writer Eli Saslow and adapted by Saslow and Garcia, the pic centers on 31-year-old Molly (Kunis) who begs her estranged mother Deb (Close) for save her from the grip of heroin addiction in a poignant and unpredictable chronicle of mother and daughter fighting to regain the love and trust that once held them together. Stephen Root also stars along with a cast that includes Chad Lindberg, Rebecca Field, Joshua Leonard, Michael Hyatt and Sam Hennings.
The pic is produced by Jon Avnet, Marina Grasic, Jake Avnet, Jai Khanna and Garcia. Sage Scroope, William G. Santor, John Hills,...
Based on a true story by Pulitzer-winning Washington Post writer Eli Saslow and adapted by Saslow and Garcia, the pic centers on 31-year-old Molly (Kunis) who begs her estranged mother Deb (Close) for save her from the grip of heroin addiction in a poignant and unpredictable chronicle of mother and daughter fighting to regain the love and trust that once held them together. Stephen Root also stars along with a cast that includes Chad Lindberg, Rebecca Field, Joshua Leonard, Michael Hyatt and Sam Hennings.
The pic is produced by Jon Avnet, Marina Grasic, Jake Avnet, Jai Khanna and Garcia. Sage Scroope, William G. Santor, John Hills,...
- 3/12/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, the “Just Dance” video game is in development as a movie; Capstone Entertainment hires a key exec; the Writers Guild Initiative promotes an exec; and Metrograph Pictures launches.
Project Launch
Sony’s Screen Gems has acquired the motion picture rights for a film based on Ubisoft’s video game “Just Dance.”
Ubisoft Film and Television and Olive Bridge Entertainment will develop and produce the project. Jason Altman and Margaret Boykin will produce for Ubisoft Film and Television alongside Jodi Hildebrand and Will Gluck for Olive Bridge Entertainment.
The “Just Dance” franchise is touted as the best-selling music video game of all time with more than 120 million players worldwide. The video game is celebrating its 10-year anniversary and includes songs by Shakira, Pharrell Williams, Alicia Keys, Camila Cabello, the Chainsmokers, Jennifer Lopez, and Calvin Harris.
Eric Paquette and Brian Dukes are overseeing for Screen Gems.
Project Launch
Sony’s Screen Gems has acquired the motion picture rights for a film based on Ubisoft’s video game “Just Dance.”
Ubisoft Film and Television and Olive Bridge Entertainment will develop and produce the project. Jason Altman and Margaret Boykin will produce for Ubisoft Film and Television alongside Jodi Hildebrand and Will Gluck for Olive Bridge Entertainment.
The “Just Dance” franchise is touted as the best-selling music video game of all time with more than 120 million players worldwide. The video game is celebrating its 10-year anniversary and includes songs by Shakira, Pharrell Williams, Alicia Keys, Camila Cabello, the Chainsmokers, Jennifer Lopez, and Calvin Harris.
Eric Paquette and Brian Dukes are overseeing for Screen Gems.
- 1/15/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Veteran has served at Arclight Films, Im Global, Synchronicity Entertainment.
As the Efm in Berlin draws nearer, Los Angeles-based financing and international sales company Capstone Group has hired Ruzanna Kegeyan as head of acquisitions.
Kegeyan arrives from Arclight Films where she served as executive vice-president of sales and acquisitions. Prior to that she led Synchronicity Entertainment under The Solution Entertainment Group, and before that held senior executive roles at Im Global and Hyde Park International, among others.
Effective immediately, Kegeyan will lead efforts to source projects for development and financing and identify third-party productions for sales. She reports to Capstone...
As the Efm in Berlin draws nearer, Los Angeles-based financing and international sales company Capstone Group has hired Ruzanna Kegeyan as head of acquisitions.
Kegeyan arrives from Arclight Films where she served as executive vice-president of sales and acquisitions. Prior to that she led Synchronicity Entertainment under The Solution Entertainment Group, and before that held senior executive roles at Im Global and Hyde Park International, among others.
Effective immediately, Kegeyan will lead efforts to source projects for development and financing and identify third-party productions for sales. She reports to Capstone...
- 1/14/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Indie film financier and international sales company Capstone Group has hired Ruzanna Kegeyan as Head of Acquisitions. In the newly created position, the 18-year industry veteran most recently with Arclight Films will will spearhead sourcing projects for development and financing and ID third-party productions for sales. She will report to Christian Mercuri, Capstone Group’s president and CEO.
“Ruzanna is one of the best acquisitions executives I have had the experience of dealing with from both a creative and commercial perspective,” Mercuri said in a release Monday announcing her hire. “She has an impressive record in sourcing high-caliber projects that resonate with audiences. We’re thrilled to have Ruzanna join the Capstone team.”
At Arclight, she oversaw and brought in A24’s awards-season pic First Reformed from Paul Schrader and starring Ethan Hawke, and Hotel Mumbai starring Armie Hammer and Dev Patel being distributed by Bleecker Street and ShivHans Pictures.
“Ruzanna is one of the best acquisitions executives I have had the experience of dealing with from both a creative and commercial perspective,” Mercuri said in a release Monday announcing her hire. “She has an impressive record in sourcing high-caliber projects that resonate with audiences. We’re thrilled to have Ruzanna join the Capstone team.”
At Arclight, she oversaw and brought in A24’s awards-season pic First Reformed from Paul Schrader and starring Ethan Hawke, and Hotel Mumbai starring Armie Hammer and Dev Patel being distributed by Bleecker Street and ShivHans Pictures.
- 1/14/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Arclight Films has announced a sci-fi action film, Robots, which has American Heist helmer Sarik Andreasyan attached to direct.
The movie is set on a post-apocalyptic Earth, where deadly creatures known as “Wretches” torment humans. Led by Cassius, a group of men sets out to save what is left of humanity from these Wretches.
Production will take place in both Russia and China.
Arclight Films' Gary Hamilton will produce, along with Ying Ye, Mike Gabrawy and Andreasyan. Ruzanna Kegeyan will executive produce.
Arclight is handling worldwide rights on Robots. The international sales company is also handling the rights to...
The movie is set on a post-apocalyptic Earth, where deadly creatures known as “Wretches” torment humans. Led by Cassius, a group of men sets out to save what is left of humanity from these Wretches.
Production will take place in both Russia and China.
Arclight Films' Gary Hamilton will produce, along with Ying Ye, Mike Gabrawy and Andreasyan. Ruzanna Kegeyan will executive produce.
Arclight is handling worldwide rights on Robots. The international sales company is also handling the rights to...
- 7/10/2017
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lisa Wilson and Myles Nestel's new financing, production and international sales venture The Solution Entertainment Group is expanding its reach by forming a strategic alliance with Hollywood-based Siren Studios, which is making a major push into the physical production and post production space. The two companies also are launching a joint genre sales company, Synchronicity, which will be headed by Ruzanna Kegeyan, formerly of Im Global and Hyde Park International. The partnership is part of The Solution's mandate to create a fully integrated company and provide its production partners with access to physical production and post production services. The
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- 7/12/2012
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ashok Amritraj.s Hyde Park International has picked up international rights to Josh Radnor.s Liberal Arts. Radnor wrote, directed and stars in this light-hearted drama with an ensemble cast that includes Elizabeth Olsen, Richard Jenkins, Allison Janney and Zac Efron. Hpi.s president Ruzanna Kegeyan will be spearheading sales on the project at the upcoming American Film Market.
The film centers on Jesse Fisher (Radnor) who, after returning to his alma mater for a professor.s retirement dinner, discovers that life is passing him by. He falls for a 19-year-old coed (Olsen), and is faced with the powerful attraction that springs up between them.
Radnor produced along with Claude Dal Farra, Brice Dal Farra and Lauren Munsch of Bcdf Pictures (Higher Ground, Peace, Love And Misunderstanding), and Jesse Hara (Happythankyoumoreplease).
Hyde Park International has become one of the most important foreign sales companies in the world and is a permanent fixture at Cannes,...
The film centers on Jesse Fisher (Radnor) who, after returning to his alma mater for a professor.s retirement dinner, discovers that life is passing him by. He falls for a 19-year-old coed (Olsen), and is faced with the powerful attraction that springs up between them.
Radnor produced along with Claude Dal Farra, Brice Dal Farra and Lauren Munsch of Bcdf Pictures (Higher Ground, Peace, Love And Misunderstanding), and Jesse Hara (Happythankyoumoreplease).
Hyde Park International has become one of the most important foreign sales companies in the world and is a permanent fixture at Cannes,...
- 11/6/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
LONDON -- First Look International, the overseas sales and financing arm for First Look Studios in Los Angeles, on Wednesday said it has opened a U.K. base of operations and hired Celsius Entertainment's Tim Grohne to lead the new unit as vp, international sales.
"This is a logical development for our rapidly growing international sales operation. The London base will allow us to have much more day-to-day contact with European distributors," First Look International president Stuart Ford said in making the announcement. "The office will also act as an invaluable search engine for European-based projects we can board as a seller or co-financier, an area of our business we're very intent on growing."
Grohne said the London set up "will make First Look even more accessible to European filmmakers and distributors, and marks an important step toward Stuart's vision of creating a truly global entity."
FLI also announced hires for its Los Angeles operations, with Ruzanna Kegeyan joining as vp, international sales from Bob Yari's Syndicate Films.
"This is a logical development for our rapidly growing international sales operation. The London base will allow us to have much more day-to-day contact with European distributors," First Look International president Stuart Ford said in making the announcement. "The office will also act as an invaluable search engine for European-based projects we can board as a seller or co-financier, an area of our business we're very intent on growing."
Grohne said the London set up "will make First Look even more accessible to European filmmakers and distributors, and marks an important step toward Stuart's vision of creating a truly global entity."
FLI also announced hires for its Los Angeles operations, with Ruzanna Kegeyan joining as vp, international sales from Bob Yari's Syndicate Films.
- 1/31/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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