Exclusive: A group of horror veterans are partnering to launch Blood Oath, a consulting firm targeting the horror and independent genre world.
The company is aiming to be a one-stop shop for filmmakers and producers across all facets of the genre film landscape, from development to casting, budgeting and financing, all the way through delivery and promotion.
The team is comprised of: Paper Street Pictures’ producers Aaron B. Koontz (The Pale Door) and Ashleigh Snead (The Ranger), casting director David Guglielmo (The Standoff At Sparrow Creek), Film Bridge International’s Jordan Dykstra (Trick), festival programmer and public relations specialist Logan Ann Taylor (Fantastic Fest), and acquisitions/distribution vet Brandon Hill (Nightmare Cinema) who was previously at Cranked Up and Fangoria and has recently joined Cinedigm. The execs are based in Los Angeles, New York, and Austin, TX.
It is launching with two initial projects. Chamber-thriller Old Man is being helmed...
The company is aiming to be a one-stop shop for filmmakers and producers across all facets of the genre film landscape, from development to casting, budgeting and financing, all the way through delivery and promotion.
The team is comprised of: Paper Street Pictures’ producers Aaron B. Koontz (The Pale Door) and Ashleigh Snead (The Ranger), casting director David Guglielmo (The Standoff At Sparrow Creek), Film Bridge International’s Jordan Dykstra (Trick), festival programmer and public relations specialist Logan Ann Taylor (Fantastic Fest), and acquisitions/distribution vet Brandon Hill (Nightmare Cinema) who was previously at Cranked Up and Fangoria and has recently joined Cinedigm. The execs are based in Los Angeles, New York, and Austin, TX.
It is launching with two initial projects. Chamber-thriller Old Man is being helmed...
- 11/19/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: OneWorld Entertainment, the Paris and La-based investment and production company set up last year by producing collective The Project and a trio of U.S. executives, has revealed its first full slate of features.
The company is led in Paris by Laurent Fumeron, Daniel Goroshko and Rodolphe Sanzé from producing collective The Project, with it U.S. division OneWorld Films in La headed up by producers Matt Bradley and Sharunya Varriale.
Financing is assured by the OneWorld Film Fund created last year and managed by Ron Bradley, founder and CEO of Pinnacle Advisors Group.
OneWorld Entertainment has to date co-produced Andrew Desmond’s The Sonata, which played festivals including Fantasporto, Bifan and FrightFest this year before selling to Screen Media for North America as well as France and Japan.
Next up for the company are four new genre features.
Happy Mutant Baby Pills is a thriller comedy based on the book by Jerry Stahl,...
The company is led in Paris by Laurent Fumeron, Daniel Goroshko and Rodolphe Sanzé from producing collective The Project, with it U.S. division OneWorld Films in La headed up by producers Matt Bradley and Sharunya Varriale.
Financing is assured by the OneWorld Film Fund created last year and managed by Ron Bradley, founder and CEO of Pinnacle Advisors Group.
OneWorld Entertainment has to date co-produced Andrew Desmond’s The Sonata, which played festivals including Fantasporto, Bifan and FrightFest this year before selling to Screen Media for North America as well as France and Japan.
Next up for the company are four new genre features.
Happy Mutant Baby Pills is a thriller comedy based on the book by Jerry Stahl,...
- 10/25/2019
- by Tom Grater and Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Emmanuelle Chriqui, Analeigh Tipton star.
Los Angeles-based Premiere Entertainment Group (Peg) leaves for Cannes with two female-led thrillers from Howard Barish’s Kandoo Films.
Peg has acquired international rights to Hospitality (pictured) starring Emmanuelle Chriqui and Broken Star with Analeigh Tipton as the leads.
Chriqui plays a mother with a checkered past in Hospitality; a mother who must protect her son when an ex-con (Sam Trammell) checks into her isolated bed and breakfast searching for money he stashed on her property years ago.
Jr Bourne, Conner McVicker, and Jim Beaver round out the key cast. Nick Chakwin and David Guglielmo wrote and directed the film,...
Los Angeles-based Premiere Entertainment Group (Peg) leaves for Cannes with two female-led thrillers from Howard Barish’s Kandoo Films.
Peg has acquired international rights to Hospitality (pictured) starring Emmanuelle Chriqui and Broken Star with Analeigh Tipton as the leads.
Chriqui plays a mother with a checkered past in Hospitality; a mother who must protect her son when an ex-con (Sam Trammell) checks into her isolated bed and breakfast searching for money he stashed on her property years ago.
Jr Bourne, Conner McVicker, and Jim Beaver round out the key cast. Nick Chakwin and David Guglielmo wrote and directed the film,...
- 5/7/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Hospitality is a no holds barred indie thriller with compellingly memorable characters and a healthy dose of Americana pulp. It’s not horror, per se, but utilizes a number of horror elements which very effectively flavor this southern fried neo-noir with a fun, enjoyable eeriness. We sat down with writer/director duo, David Guglielmo and Nick Chakwin, […] The post Horror Business: Hospitality’s Writer/Director Duo on Indie Filmmaking appeared first on Dread Central.
- 2/4/2019
- by Nick Taylor
- DreadCentral.com
Creating an atmospheric setting that allows actors to truly delve into their characters’ emotions is a powerful motivator for any intriguing story. That’s certainly the case for writer-directors Nick Chakwin and David Guglielmo’s new movie, ‘Hospitality.’ The neo-noir thriller features damaged characters who are driven by their surroundings and circumstances to find something that will […]
The post Interview: Nick Chakwin and David Guglielmo Talk Hospitality (Exclusive) appeared first on Shockya.com.
The post Interview: Nick Chakwin and David Guglielmo Talk Hospitality (Exclusive) appeared first on Shockya.com.
- 12/20/2018
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
In real life, we struggle to forget mistakes we have made and hope that our past misdeeds will never come back to haunt us. But the past can never be truly left behind, according to most movies I have seen. Written and directed by Nick Chakwin and David Guglielmo, Hospitality obeys that rule, though it does it so in a slowly-simmering manner that, befitting its title, is friendly, courteous and kind, at least until its true intentions are revealed. The story revolves around Donna (Emmanuelle Chriqui), the manager of a bed and breakfast operation in the middle of Nowhere, USA. The loving mother of Jimmy (Conner McVicker), a teenager with a cognitive deficit, Donna is a quiet-spoken, straightforward person, which makes her reluctant but willing...
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- 12/6/2018
- Screen Anarchy
"The less fortunate you are, the more desperate you are..." Kandoo Releasing has debuted the official trailer for an indie crime thriller titled Hospitality, the latest film by directors Nick Chakwin & David Guglielmo (No Way to Live). The story is about a former prostitute named Donna who has turned her brothel into a legitimate bed and breakfast, moving on from her old life. But troubles come around when an ex-con arrives to collect what he has been hiding in the place. Of course, he's not the only one looking for it. Emmanuelle Chriqui stars as Donna, with a small cast including Conner McVicker, Sam Trammell, Jr Bourne, and Jim Beaver. This looks like a sneaky, noir thriller with some interesting twists and turns. Take a look. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Nick Chakwin & David Guglielmo's Hospitality, from YouTube: Former prostitute Donna (Emmanuelle Chriqui) turned her brothel into a legitimate bed and breakfast,...
- 10/31/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Freya Tingley in ‘The Sonata.’
Freya Tingley will play the lead in first-time Us director Ali Presley Paras’ mystery-thriller Year of the Detectives, which starts shooting in Los Angeles this month.
The Aussie actor describes her character Nic O’Connell, a recently discharged Army veteran, as “like a grenade with the pin pulled: she’s tomboyish, tough and not afraid of a fight.”
O’Connell jointly inherits her grandfather’s private detective agency in the heart of Chinatown. She must set aside her differences with her co-inheritor (True Grit’s Paul Rae) to solve the mystery of her grandparents’ deaths as bodies pile up.
Chris Johnson wrote the script and the producer is Silversmith Pictures’ Joe Smith. A longtime assistant cameraman, Paras has directed several shorts including Quad, which is available on Hulu as part of the Fun Size Horror anthology.
“I’m pretty well versed in classic films so...
Freya Tingley will play the lead in first-time Us director Ali Presley Paras’ mystery-thriller Year of the Detectives, which starts shooting in Los Angeles this month.
The Aussie actor describes her character Nic O’Connell, a recently discharged Army veteran, as “like a grenade with the pin pulled: she’s tomboyish, tough and not afraid of a fight.”
O’Connell jointly inherits her grandfather’s private detective agency in the heart of Chinatown. She must set aside her differences with her co-inheritor (True Grit’s Paul Rae) to solve the mystery of her grandparents’ deaths as bodies pile up.
Chris Johnson wrote the script and the producer is Silversmith Pictures’ Joe Smith. A longtime assistant cameraman, Paras has directed several shorts including Quad, which is available on Hulu as part of the Fun Size Horror anthology.
“I’m pretty well versed in classic films so...
- 10/15/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
In today’s film news roundup, Adrian Grenier and Mya Taylor join “Stage Mother,” Steve Coogan teams up with Michael Winterbottom and Kandoo Releasing launches. Castings Film Mode Entertainment and Branded Pictures Entertainment have added Adrian Grenier and Mya Taylor (“Tangerine”) to the cast of the drama-comedy “Stage Mother.” Jacki Weaver and Lucy Liu have been previously announced as starring in “Stage Mother,” set in the drag world of San Francisco. The film is set to go into production on Sept. 14 with much of the filming to take place in Nova Scotia. Rights for the film are for sale at the Toronto International Film Festival. Film Mode Entertainment’s Clay Epstein and Branded Pictures Entertainment founder and producer J. Todd Harris announced the project at the Cannes Film Festival. Grenier is best known for his starring role in “Entourage.” Taylor won the Gotham Award for “Breakthrough Actor” for her performance...
- 9/8/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Producer’s first release will be Hospitality on December 7.
Howard Barish’s Los Angeles-based production outfit Kandoo Films announced in Toronto it has launched a distribution arm and kicks off with Emmanuelle Chriqui and Sam Trammell star in Hospitality.
Kandoo Releasing will orchestrate theatrical and digital day-and-date releases. Hospitality has been set for December 7 and is about a mother with a chequered past who must protect her son when a dangerous man checks into her bed and breakfast. Nick Chakwin and David Guglielmo wrote and directed.
The slate includes human trafficking drama Skin In The Game from first-time director Adisa,...
Howard Barish’s Los Angeles-based production outfit Kandoo Films announced in Toronto it has launched a distribution arm and kicks off with Emmanuelle Chriqui and Sam Trammell star in Hospitality.
Kandoo Releasing will orchestrate theatrical and digital day-and-date releases. Hospitality has been set for December 7 and is about a mother with a chequered past who must protect her son when a dangerous man checks into her bed and breakfast. Nick Chakwin and David Guglielmo wrote and directed.
The slate includes human trafficking drama Skin In The Game from first-time director Adisa,...
- 9/7/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Kandoo Films, the Los Angeles-based production company run by 13th and Middle of Nowhere producer Howard Barish, is launching a distribution arm Kandoo Releasing and has set up its first projects under the new venture: with the noir thriller Hospitality starring Emmanuelle Chriqui and Sam Trammell which will now bow day-and-date December 7.
The plan for Kandoo Releasing is to distribute an eclectic slate of indie films from emerging and diverse artists with day-and-date theatrical and VOD/digital releases.
“Our goal is to create a more direct connection from filmmaker to viewer, providing audiences with the unfiltered film viewing experiences they crave,” said Barish, who is at the Toronto Film Festival that launched Thursday to screen potential films for pickup. “By focusing on this niche market, Kandoo Releasing will foster a home for passionate rising filmmakers and help quality independent films find their audience. Our boutique agency approach will allow...
The plan for Kandoo Releasing is to distribute an eclectic slate of indie films from emerging and diverse artists with day-and-date theatrical and VOD/digital releases.
“Our goal is to create a more direct connection from filmmaker to viewer, providing audiences with the unfiltered film viewing experiences they crave,” said Barish, who is at the Toronto Film Festival that launched Thursday to screen potential films for pickup. “By focusing on this niche market, Kandoo Releasing will foster a home for passionate rising filmmakers and help quality independent films find their audience. Our boutique agency approach will allow...
- 9/7/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Every now and again, you may encounter a genre-defying movie that surpasses your wildest expectations but remains extremely hard to adequately describe. I personally consider Nick Chakwin and David Guglielmo‘s thrilling mashup of Neo-Noir and Southern Gothic storytelling, No Way to Live, as one of these remarkable films. No Way to Live stars Tom Williamson […]...
- 8/2/2017
- by Luiz H. C.
- bloody-disgusting.com
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