Nick Antosca’s production company Eat the Cat is bolstering its executive ranks.
Gemma Levinson has joined the company as vp development. She’ll take charge of day-to-day development for the company, headed by Antosca and Alex Hedlund, and also help grow Eat the Cat’s roster of TV and film projects.
“Gemma’s fantastic taste and her commitment to strange, special, provocative genre storytelling make her a perfect new partner for Eat the Cat,” Antosca said in a statement. “I’m thrilled she’s joining our small team—and I’m so excited about everything we’re already working on together.”
Eat the Cat has an overall deal Universal Studio Group’s UCP and is behind Syfy and USA’s Chucky, Hulu’s Candy and The Act — which recently got a viewing bump due to its subject, Gypsy Rose Blanchard, being back in the news — and Peacock’s A Friend of the Family.
Gemma Levinson has joined the company as vp development. She’ll take charge of day-to-day development for the company, headed by Antosca and Alex Hedlund, and also help grow Eat the Cat’s roster of TV and film projects.
“Gemma’s fantastic taste and her commitment to strange, special, provocative genre storytelling make her a perfect new partner for Eat the Cat,” Antosca said in a statement. “I’m thrilled she’s joining our small team—and I’m so excited about everything we’re already working on together.”
Eat the Cat has an overall deal Universal Studio Group’s UCP and is behind Syfy and USA’s Chucky, Hulu’s Candy and The Act — which recently got a viewing bump due to its subject, Gypsy Rose Blanchard, being back in the news — and Peacock’s A Friend of the Family.
- 2/5/2024
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Netflix just unveiled the line-up of films they’ll be releasing in 2024, and missing from that list is the Halle Berry sci-fi movie The Mothership – which, as we reported last week, Netflix has decided not to release at all. At the time, their decision to scrap the movie was reminiscent of Warner Bros. scrapping the films Coyote vs. Acme, Batgirl, and Scoob! Holiday Haunt (as well as a couple other Scooby-Doo projects). But, while at a media event yesterday, Bela Bajaria, who is currently serving as chief of Netflix’s film division, said the producers of The Mothership agreed with Netflix that the movie shouldn’t be released. This is different from what goes on at Warner Bros., where filmmakers are shocked and upset to hear their work is being tossed in the trash.
If we had the chance to watch The Mothership, we would have found that the story...
If we had the chance to watch The Mothership, we would have found that the story...
- 2/1/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Back in 2021, a Netflix production called The Mothership was filmed with Halle Berry in the lead role and Bridge of Spies writer Matthew Charman at the helm, making his feature directorial debut. Unfortunately, there have been “multiple delays in post-production” for unspecified reasons… and now Variety has confirmed that Netflix has made the decision to scrap the film instead of completing post-production.
Most people thought it was a questionable move when Warner Bros. decided to scrap the films Coyote vs. Acme, Batgirl, and Scoob! Holiday Haunt for the purpose of tax write-offs, but apparently Netflix thought it was a good idea, since they’ve decided to do the same thing with this project.
If we had the chance to watch The Mothership, we would have found that the story of the sci-fi movie took place one year after the husband of Berry’s character mysteriously vanishes from their rural farm.
Most people thought it was a questionable move when Warner Bros. decided to scrap the films Coyote vs. Acme, Batgirl, and Scoob! Holiday Haunt for the purpose of tax write-offs, but apparently Netflix thought it was a good idea, since they’ve decided to do the same thing with this project.
If we had the chance to watch The Mothership, we would have found that the story of the sci-fi movie took place one year after the husband of Berry’s character mysteriously vanishes from their rural farm.
- 1/25/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
A viral horror story from Reddit/NoSleep, the tale of the Purgatory Games is headed to the big screen with a movie adaptation from Lyrical Media, Deadline reports this week.
The original story was written by Sam Haysom, and Deadline additionally reports that Bryce Edward Hill (“Ash vs. Evil Dead”) will adapt the tale into a feature film.
Deadline details, “In Purgatory Games, when a mysterious narrator receives a Usb drive from an unknown source containing videos and transcripts of six strangers trapped in an underground bunker with unusual rules to gain their freedom, an investigation begins into this secret, disturbing experiment. The project has been billed as Ring meets Squid Game.”
Alex Black and Natalie Sellers produce for Lyrical Media with Brian Kavanaugh Jones and Fred Berger producing for Automatik. Hill and Gemma Levinson will also serve as EPs.
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The original story was written by Sam Haysom, and Deadline additionally reports that Bryce Edward Hill (“Ash vs. Evil Dead”) will adapt the tale into a feature film.
Deadline details, “In Purgatory Games, when a mysterious narrator receives a Usb drive from an unknown source containing videos and transcripts of six strangers trapped in an underground bunker with unusual rules to gain their freedom, an investigation begins into this secret, disturbing experiment. The project has been billed as Ring meets Squid Game.”
Alex Black and Natalie Sellers produce for Lyrical Media with Brian Kavanaugh Jones and Fred Berger producing for Automatik. Hill and Gemma Levinson will also serve as EPs.
The post ‘Purgatory Games’ – Reddit/NoSleep Short Story Getting a...
- 4/20/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Lyrical Media has snapped up Sam Haysom’s short story Purgatory Games which Titans and Ash vs. Evil Dead scribe Bryan Edward Hill will adapt into a feature film.
In Purgatory Games, when a mysterious narrator receives a Usb drive from an unknown source containing videos and transcripts of six strangers trapped in an underground bunker with unusual rules to gain their freedom, an investigation begins into this secret, disturbing experiment. The project has been billed as Ring meets Squid Game.
The big screen take of the short story from the viral Reddit/NoSleep thread will be produced by Alex Black and Natalie Sellers on behalf of Lyrical Media with Brian Kavanaugh Jones and Fred Berger producing for Automatik. Hill and Gemma Levinson will also serve as EPs.
Hill is an African-American creator working across film, television, and comics. He has five features in various stages of active deep development including his own comic,...
In Purgatory Games, when a mysterious narrator receives a Usb drive from an unknown source containing videos and transcripts of six strangers trapped in an underground bunker with unusual rules to gain their freedom, an investigation begins into this secret, disturbing experiment. The project has been billed as Ring meets Squid Game.
The big screen take of the short story from the viral Reddit/NoSleep thread will be produced by Alex Black and Natalie Sellers on behalf of Lyrical Media with Brian Kavanaugh Jones and Fred Berger producing for Automatik. Hill and Gemma Levinson will also serve as EPs.
Hill is an African-American creator working across film, television, and comics. He has five features in various stages of active deep development including his own comic,...
- 4/14/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
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Paramount Global’s streaming service Paramount+ has released first-look images from upcoming romantic comedy At Midnight, starring Top Gun: Maverick breakout Monica Barbaro, and unveiled that the original film will premiere on the streamer on Friday, Feb. 10 across the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia, Latin America and Italy.
Premiere dates for other Paramount+ international markets will be set at a later date.
Monica Barbaro stars as Sophie in At Midnight.
The film focuses on Alejandro, an ambitious hotel manager portrayed by Diego Boneta (Father of the Bride) and Sophie (Barbaro), a movie star navigating the politics of Hollywood. “He’s focused on opening his own boutique hotel. She’s trying to focus on shooting her new superhero film Super Society 3, in hopes of getting her own spinoff, but catches her co-star (and boyfriend!) Adam (Anders Holm, Workaholics) cheating,” according to a plot description.
Paramount Global’s streaming service Paramount+ has released first-look images from upcoming romantic comedy At Midnight, starring Top Gun: Maverick breakout Monica Barbaro, and unveiled that the original film will premiere on the streamer on Friday, Feb. 10 across the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia, Latin America and Italy.
Premiere dates for other Paramount+ international markets will be set at a later date.
Monica Barbaro stars as Sophie in At Midnight.
The film focuses on Alejandro, an ambitious hotel manager portrayed by Diego Boneta (Father of the Bride) and Sophie (Barbaro), a movie star navigating the politics of Hollywood. “He’s focused on opening his own boutique hotel. She’s trying to focus on shooting her new superhero film Super Society 3, in hopes of getting her own spinoff, but catches her co-star (and boyfriend!) Adam (Anders Holm, Workaholics) cheating,” according to a plot description.
- 12/13/2022
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Dating & New York” helmer Jonah Feingold is set to direct the Paramount Plus original film “At Midnight,” toplining Diego Boneta, star of Telemundo/Netflix smash hit “Luis Miguel” and “Rock of Ages.”
Part of the robust Spanish-language production slate at ViacomCBS International Studios (Vis), the romantic comedy, scheduled to begin production in January, follows two people who have made the “safe” choice not to fall in love. Alejandro lives a predictable life that is going according to his well-thought-out plan. Grace is a movie star on the rise with an unreliable celebrity boyfriend. All this changes when fate brings them together.
Based on an original story by Giovanni Porta, the film was written by Porta, Maria Hinojos, and Feingold. Boneta’s production company, Three Amigos, is producing along with co-producers Brian Kavanaugh Jones and Fred Berger of Automatik; David Bernon of Burn Later; Teorema, headed by celebrated Mexican director-producer...
Part of the robust Spanish-language production slate at ViacomCBS International Studios (Vis), the romantic comedy, scheduled to begin production in January, follows two people who have made the “safe” choice not to fall in love. Alejandro lives a predictable life that is going according to his well-thought-out plan. Grace is a movie star on the rise with an unreliable celebrity boyfriend. All this changes when fate brings them together.
Based on an original story by Giovanni Porta, the film was written by Porta, Maria Hinojos, and Feingold. Boneta’s production company, Three Amigos, is producing along with co-producers Brian Kavanaugh Jones and Fred Berger of Automatik; David Bernon of Burn Later; Teorema, headed by celebrated Mexican director-producer...
- 10/20/2021
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger’s production company Automatik has upped three executives to handle development and production, working across both film and television.
Gemma Levinson has been named vice president of feature development and production. Levinson’s credits at Automatik include HBO’s Bad Education, Kristen Stewart-starrer Seberg and Honey Boy, with an upcoming slate that includes Halley Berry-fronted Netflix feature The Mothership.
Mariel Redlin has been named television director of development, overseeing a slate that includes Tessa Thompson’s The Left Right Game and Amazon’s Dirty Diana, starring Demi Moore. She previously held roles at WME and BBC America, where she worked on projects ...
Gemma Levinson has been named vice president of feature development and production. Levinson’s credits at Automatik include HBO’s Bad Education, Kristen Stewart-starrer Seberg and Honey Boy, with an upcoming slate that includes Halley Berry-fronted Netflix feature The Mothership.
Mariel Redlin has been named television director of development, overseeing a slate that includes Tessa Thompson’s The Left Right Game and Amazon’s Dirty Diana, starring Demi Moore. She previously held roles at WME and BBC America, where she worked on projects ...
- 5/11/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger’s production company Automatik has upped three executives to handle development and production, working across both film and television.
Gemma Levinson has been named vice president of feature development and production. Levinson’s credits at Automatik include HBO’s Bad Education, Kristen Stewart-starrer Seberg and Honey Boy, with an upcoming slate that includes Halley Berry-fronted Netflix feature The Mothership.
Mariel Redlin has been named television director of development, overseeing a slate that includes Tessa Thompson’s The Left Right Game and Amazon’s Dirty Diana, starring Demi Moore. She previously held roles at WME and BBC America, where she worked on projects ...
Gemma Levinson has been named vice president of feature development and production. Levinson’s credits at Automatik include HBO’s Bad Education, Kristen Stewart-starrer Seberg and Honey Boy, with an upcoming slate that includes Halley Berry-fronted Netflix feature The Mothership.
Mariel Redlin has been named television director of development, overseeing a slate that includes Tessa Thompson’s The Left Right Game and Amazon’s Dirty Diana, starring Demi Moore. She previously held roles at WME and BBC America, where she worked on projects ...
- 5/11/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Derek Kolstad, the screenwriter behind the John Wick series, is collaborating with Amazon Studios to develop a live-action feature film based on the iconic Japanese action-horror manga Hellsing.
“Ever since my brother introduced me to the Hellsing manga and anime some years ago, I’ve been obsessed with adapting it,” Kolstad said. “And when Mike Callaghan and his team managed to secure the rights to then partner us up with Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Amazon, I mean -damn, dude- this is a dream.”
Written and illustrated by Kouta Hirano and published by Shōnen Gahōsha, Hellsing reimagines Dracula as Alucard, a special agent bound to The Hellsing Organization, under the leadership of Integra Hellsing, great-granddaughter of Abraham Van Hellsing, to aid them in their mission to protect England and the world from vampires, ghouls, and other supernatural threats. The manga also focuses on Hellsing’s newest recruit, a female ex-police officer named Seras Victoria.
“Ever since my brother introduced me to the Hellsing manga and anime some years ago, I’ve been obsessed with adapting it,” Kolstad said. “And when Mike Callaghan and his team managed to secure the rights to then partner us up with Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Amazon, I mean -damn, dude- this is a dream.”
Written and illustrated by Kouta Hirano and published by Shōnen Gahōsha, Hellsing reimagines Dracula as Alucard, a special agent bound to The Hellsing Organization, under the leadership of Integra Hellsing, great-granddaughter of Abraham Van Hellsing, to aid them in their mission to protect England and the world from vampires, ghouls, and other supernatural threats. The manga also focuses on Hellsing’s newest recruit, a female ex-police officer named Seras Victoria.
- 3/4/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Jamie Bell and Margaret Qualley will star in a biopic about Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers for Amazon Studios and Automatik called “Fred & Ginger.”
Jonathan Entwistle (“The End of the F—ing World”) will direct the film about the two Old Hollywood movie stars and dance icons. Arash Amel (“A Private War”) will write the script.
“Fred & Ginger” tells the untold love story between Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, going behind the scenes of their stage personas and examining what drove them and how they found their creative spark as the most recognizable on-screen musical duo of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Astaire and Rogers starred in 10 films together — nine of them with Rko and between 1933 and 1939 — including such classics as “Top Hat,” “Swing Time” and “Roberta.”
Photo by Rko/Archive Photos/Getty Images
Both Bell and Qualley have deep roots in dance, either on stage or on screen. Bell...
Jonathan Entwistle (“The End of the F—ing World”) will direct the film about the two Old Hollywood movie stars and dance icons. Arash Amel (“A Private War”) will write the script.
“Fred & Ginger” tells the untold love story between Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, going behind the scenes of their stage personas and examining what drove them and how they found their creative spark as the most recognizable on-screen musical duo of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Astaire and Rogers starred in 10 films together — nine of them with Rko and between 1933 and 1939 — including such classics as “Top Hat,” “Swing Time” and “Roberta.”
Photo by Rko/Archive Photos/Getty Images
Both Bell and Qualley have deep roots in dance, either on stage or on screen. Bell...
- 12/11/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Jamie Bell and Margaret Qualley will portray the legendary dance pair Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the biopic “Fred & Ginger” for Amazon Studios and Automatik.
Bell and Qualley will also produce. Bell showed his skills as a dancer in his breakout performance in 2000’s “Billy Elliot.” Qualley has performed extensively as a dancer, as seen in FX’s “Fosse/Verdon” and the viral Kenzo perfume ad directed by Spike Jonze.
Astaire and Rogers starred in 10 movies together, starting with “Flying Down to Rio” in 1933 and ending with “The Barkleys of Broadway” in 1949. The pic plans to examine what individually drove Astaire and Rogers while celebrating the creative magic between them. It will tell the real love story between these two legends both on and offscreen.
Jonathan Entwistle (“The End of the F***ing World”) will direct from a script to be penned by Arash Amel (“A Private War”). Amel will also...
Bell and Qualley will also produce. Bell showed his skills as a dancer in his breakout performance in 2000’s “Billy Elliot.” Qualley has performed extensively as a dancer, as seen in FX’s “Fosse/Verdon” and the viral Kenzo perfume ad directed by Spike Jonze.
Astaire and Rogers starred in 10 movies together, starting with “Flying Down to Rio” in 1933 and ending with “The Barkleys of Broadway” in 1949. The pic plans to examine what individually drove Astaire and Rogers while celebrating the creative magic between them. It will tell the real love story between these two legends both on and offscreen.
Jonathan Entwistle (“The End of the F***ing World”) will direct from a script to be penned by Arash Amel (“A Private War”). Amel will also...
- 12/11/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Amazon Studios and Automatik have set Jamie Bell and Margaret Qualley to star in Fred & Ginger, a new feature film profiling the iconic dancing pair Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Jonathan Entwistle will direct the biopic based off a script by Arash Amel.
Fred & Ginger goes behind the beloved stage personas of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, examining what individually drove them while celebrating the creative magic between them. The biopic will tell the untold, real love story between the two legends both on and off the screen.
Fred Berger and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones of Automatik will produce, with Bell, Qualley and Amel also producing. Max Minghella will executive produce under his and Bell’s Blank Tape banner, reuniting them with Automatik, their partners on Teen Spirit. Gemma Levinson will be overseeing for Automatik.
Both Bell and Qualley, with deep roots in dance, won’t be strangers to the rigorous choreography.
Fred & Ginger goes behind the beloved stage personas of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, examining what individually drove them while celebrating the creative magic between them. The biopic will tell the untold, real love story between the two legends both on and off the screen.
Fred Berger and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones of Automatik will produce, with Bell, Qualley and Amel also producing. Max Minghella will executive produce under his and Bell’s Blank Tape banner, reuniting them with Automatik, their partners on Teen Spirit. Gemma Levinson will be overseeing for Automatik.
Both Bell and Qualley, with deep roots in dance, won’t be strangers to the rigorous choreography.
- 12/11/2020
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Jamie Bell and Margaret Qualley are set to star in a biopic about iconic dancing duo Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
Amazon Studios and Automatik are behind the movie — titled Fred & Ginger — which will be directed by The End of the F*ucking World creator Jonathan Entwistle.
The biopic, written by A Private War scripter Arash Amel, will tell the untold, real love story between these two legends both on- and offscreen.
Fred Berger and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones will produce for Automatik, along with Bell, Qualley and Amel. Max Minghella will executive produce under his and Bell’s Blank Tape banner. Gemma Levinson will be overseeing ...
Amazon Studios and Automatik are behind the movie — titled Fred & Ginger — which will be directed by The End of the F*ucking World creator Jonathan Entwistle.
The biopic, written by A Private War scripter Arash Amel, will tell the untold, real love story between these two legends both on- and offscreen.
Fred Berger and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones will produce for Automatik, along with Bell, Qualley and Amel. Max Minghella will executive produce under his and Bell’s Blank Tape banner. Gemma Levinson will be overseeing ...
- 12/11/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Jamie Bell and Margaret Qualley are set to star in a biopic about iconic dancing duo Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
Amazon Studios and Automatik are behind the movie — titled Fred & Ginger — that will be directed by The End of the F*ucking World creator Jonathan Entwistle.
The biopic, written by A Private War scripter Arash Amel, will tell the untold, real love story between these two legends both on- and off-screen.
Fred Berger and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones will produce for Automatik, along with Bell, Qualley, and Amel. Max Minghella will executive produce under his and Bell’s Blank Tape banner. Gemma Levinson will be ...
Amazon Studios and Automatik are behind the movie — titled Fred & Ginger — that will be directed by The End of the F*ucking World creator Jonathan Entwistle.
The biopic, written by A Private War scripter Arash Amel, will tell the untold, real love story between these two legends both on- and off-screen.
Fred Berger and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones will produce for Automatik, along with Bell, Qualley, and Amel. Max Minghella will executive produce under his and Bell’s Blank Tape banner. Gemma Levinson will be ...
- 12/11/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Amazon Studios has acquired Raindrop, a grounded sci-fi action thriller pitch by scribes Anna Halberg and Spenser Cohen. Automatik is producing.
The pitch is a female two-hander sci-fi actioner as an estranged mother and daughter are forced to team up to unravel a conspiracy after a time travel mission goes awry.
Producers are Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Fred Berger of Automatik and Gemma Levinson is the exec on the project for Automatik.
Verve, Anonymous Content and McKuin Frankel rep the scribes, who were recently set to adapt for Screen Gems the Nicholas Adams Alloy Entertainment novel Horrorscope.
Cohen wrote Distant, which Amblin has put in production with Will Speck & Josh Gordon directing and Rachel Brosnahan starring and Halberg among the producers. Cohen wrapped the short film Blink, which he wrote with Halberg. They’re also writing The Wand for Amblin, and Cohen previously scripted Netflix’s Extinction, the sci-fi thriller that...
The pitch is a female two-hander sci-fi actioner as an estranged mother and daughter are forced to team up to unravel a conspiracy after a time travel mission goes awry.
Producers are Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Fred Berger of Automatik and Gemma Levinson is the exec on the project for Automatik.
Verve, Anonymous Content and McKuin Frankel rep the scribes, who were recently set to adapt for Screen Gems the Nicholas Adams Alloy Entertainment novel Horrorscope.
Cohen wrote Distant, which Amblin has put in production with Will Speck & Josh Gordon directing and Rachel Brosnahan starring and Halberg among the producers. Cohen wrapped the short film Blink, which he wrote with Halberg. They’re also writing The Wand for Amblin, and Cohen previously scripted Netflix’s Extinction, the sci-fi thriller that...
- 10/12/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
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