Exclusive: Netflix’s film division has preemptively acquired a pitch for an untitled law school thriller from Holland, Michigan‘s Andrew Sodroski, sources tell Deadline.
Netflix could not be reached for comment. While plot details are unknown at this time, the pitch is said to be described as a contemporary spin on The Firm meets The Wolf of Wall Street. Ben Pugh and Peter Dealbert will produce for the L.A. and London-based management and production company 42.
Most recently, 42 worked with Netflix as a producer on its sci-fi actioner Outside the Wire starring Anthony Mackie, which debuted at #1 and was watched by 66 million households in its first quarter on the platform. Sodroski’s pitch marks 42’s second pre-emptive sale in a row on the heels of The Bet, a thriller spec from Enemy‘s Javier Gullón that sold to Warner Bros for what we’re told was a significant figure.
Netflix could not be reached for comment. While plot details are unknown at this time, the pitch is said to be described as a contemporary spin on The Firm meets The Wolf of Wall Street. Ben Pugh and Peter Dealbert will produce for the L.A. and London-based management and production company 42.
Most recently, 42 worked with Netflix as a producer on its sci-fi actioner Outside the Wire starring Anthony Mackie, which debuted at #1 and was watched by 66 million households in its first quarter on the platform. Sodroski’s pitch marks 42’s second pre-emptive sale in a row on the heels of The Bet, a thriller spec from Enemy‘s Javier Gullón that sold to Warner Bros for what we’re told was a significant figure.
- 4/2/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Mariko Tamaki’s graphic novel Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me is getting a live-action feature adaptation, with Tommy Dorfman signed on to direct.
Toronto-based Wildling Pictures and LA’s Mxn Entertainment will co-produce the romantic comedy. Dorfman is attached through her production company Down The Line Productions. Tamaki is writing the screenplay.
Synopsis reads: “Laura Dean is the most popular girl in school and Frederica ‘Freddie’ Riley’s dream girl. She has it all: charm, confidence, and charisma. But there’s one problem… Laura Dean keeps breaking up with her. The story follows Freddie’s journey to finding the courage to end her toxic relationship and regain her self-love, with the help of her best friends and a psychic.”
Tamaki’s graphic novel is billed as an emotional story with “powerful” social commentary, and was named by The Times of London as one of the top 100 young adult.
Toronto-based Wildling Pictures and LA’s Mxn Entertainment will co-produce the romantic comedy. Dorfman is attached through her production company Down The Line Productions. Tamaki is writing the screenplay.
Synopsis reads: “Laura Dean is the most popular girl in school and Frederica ‘Freddie’ Riley’s dream girl. She has it all: charm, confidence, and charisma. But there’s one problem… Laura Dean keeps breaking up with her. The story follows Freddie’s journey to finding the courage to end her toxic relationship and regain her self-love, with the help of her best friends and a psychic.”
Tamaki’s graphic novel is billed as an emotional story with “powerful” social commentary, and was named by The Times of London as one of the top 100 young adult.
- 12/12/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: London and LA-based management and production outfit 42 has hired Mxn Entertainment partner Michelle Knudsen in its LA office.
As a manager, Knudsen has focused on championing women and diverse voices. Her clients include Katie Silberman (Booksmart), Carrie Solomon, Lacey Duke (Insecure) and Jesse Andrews (Me & Earl & the Dying Girl). Most recently, she signed rising director Hiromi Kamata (Monarch: Legacy of Monsters).
As a producer, her film credits include the Netflix comedy, When We First Met, the music driven MTV Films documentary, No Cameras Allowed, and Melina Matsoukas’ feature directorial debut, Queen & Slim starring Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner Smith.
Knudsen grew up on Long Island with her Peruvian family and graduated from Columbia University.
42 Managing Partner and CEO Josh Varney said: “We’ve been huge fans of Michelle and her impeccable taste and clients for many years.
As a manager, Knudsen has focused on championing women and diverse voices. Her clients include Katie Silberman (Booksmart), Carrie Solomon, Lacey Duke (Insecure) and Jesse Andrews (Me & Earl & the Dying Girl). Most recently, she signed rising director Hiromi Kamata (Monarch: Legacy of Monsters).
As a producer, her film credits include the Netflix comedy, When We First Met, the music driven MTV Films documentary, No Cameras Allowed, and Melina Matsoukas’ feature directorial debut, Queen & Slim starring Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner Smith.
Knudsen grew up on Long Island with her Peruvian family and graduated from Columbia University.
42 Managing Partner and CEO Josh Varney said: “We’ve been huge fans of Michelle and her impeccable taste and clients for many years.
- 10/16/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The conference is taking place from September 26-28.
Mubi’s Bobby Allen, Blueprint Pictures’ Peter Czernin, Killer Films’ Christine Vachon, Casarotto Ramsay & Associates’ Anna Higgs and Netflix’s Teresa Moneo will all attend the second annual Creative Investors’ Conference at the San Sebastian International Film Festival this month.
Organised in collaboration with CAA Media Finance, it is taking place at the festival from September 26-28 and will comprise of a series of panels and discussions open to industry badge holders, under the Spanish Screenings: Financing & Tech strand.
Scroll down for the full list of participants
Roeg Sutherland, Benjamin Kramer and...
Mubi’s Bobby Allen, Blueprint Pictures’ Peter Czernin, Killer Films’ Christine Vachon, Casarotto Ramsay & Associates’ Anna Higgs and Netflix’s Teresa Moneo will all attend the second annual Creative Investors’ Conference at the San Sebastian International Film Festival this month.
Organised in collaboration with CAA Media Finance, it is taking place at the festival from September 26-28 and will comprise of a series of panels and discussions open to industry badge holders, under the Spanish Screenings: Financing & Tech strand.
Scroll down for the full list of participants
Roeg Sutherland, Benjamin Kramer and...
- 9/5/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Jessica Jones star Krysten Ritter, Winslow Fegley And Lidya Jewett are set to star in the Netflix family pic Night Books with David Yarovesky on board to direct. Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert will produce through Ghost House Pictures along with Mxn Entertainment’s Mason Novick and Michelle Knudsen.
Based on the J.A. White horror-fantasy children’s book, the story follows Alex (Fegley), a boy obsessed with scary stories, who is imprisoned by an evil young witch (Ritter) in her contemporary New York City apartment. He meets Yasmin (Jewett), who is also trapped there, and learns he must tell a new scary story every night in order to stay alive.
Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis will adapt the script. Ghost House Pictures’ Romel Adam will exec produce and Mxn Entertainment’s Tracy Kopulsky will co-produce.
Yarovesky broke on to the scene with his horror pic The Hive in 2014 and...
Based on the J.A. White horror-fantasy children’s book, the story follows Alex (Fegley), a boy obsessed with scary stories, who is imprisoned by an evil young witch (Ritter) in her contemporary New York City apartment. He meets Yasmin (Jewett), who is also trapped there, and learns he must tell a new scary story every night in order to stay alive.
Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis will adapt the script. Ghost House Pictures’ Romel Adam will exec produce and Mxn Entertainment’s Tracy Kopulsky will co-produce.
Yarovesky broke on to the scene with his horror pic The Hive in 2014 and...
- 10/13/2020
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
No Trace Camping’s David Gross produced.
As the US box office sputters back to life, Sony has set a September 11 US theatrical release for The Broken Hearts Gallery after the studio removed it from the calendar last month.
Natalie Krinsky’s rom-com and feature directorial debut is scheduled to open through TriStar Pictures one week after Warner Bros’ Christopher Nolan thriller Tenet.
Assuming there are no last-minute changes caused by the pandemic, the weekend of September 11-13 will see Solstice Studios’ Unhinged enter its third weekend, and Fox’s The New Mutants embark on its second.
Sony Pictures Worldwide...
As the US box office sputters back to life, Sony has set a September 11 US theatrical release for The Broken Hearts Gallery after the studio removed it from the calendar last month.
Natalie Krinsky’s rom-com and feature directorial debut is scheduled to open through TriStar Pictures one week after Warner Bros’ Christopher Nolan thriller Tenet.
Assuming there are no last-minute changes caused by the pandemic, the weekend of September 11-13 will see Solstice Studios’ Unhinged enter its third weekend, and Fox’s The New Mutants embark on its second.
Sony Pictures Worldwide...
- 8/24/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Updated, June 29: After the theatrical release schedule shifted once again last week with New York and Los Angeles still closed, and Tenet heading to Aug. 12 and Mulan to Aug. 21., Sony is moving their Tri-Star Selena Gomez executive produced romantic comedy Broken Hearts Gallery to Aug. 7, the weekend after Solstice Studio’s Unhinged on July 31. The pic has continually been scheduled in the weekend after Unhinged as part of the tee-up for theaters reopening as they head toward Warner Bros.’ Tenet.
Disney still has 20th Century Studios’ The Empty Man on Aug. 7. No word yet if that moves. We’re also waiting to see if STX’s Aug. 14 Gerard Butler release Greenland moves as well as Lionsgate’s Antebellum and Focus Features’ Let Him Go, both sharing Mulan‘s new release date.
Updated, June 16 Pm: Following the domino release schedule explosion Friday in the wake of Warner Bros’ Tenet shifting...
Disney still has 20th Century Studios’ The Empty Man on Aug. 7. No word yet if that moves. We’re also waiting to see if STX’s Aug. 14 Gerard Butler release Greenland moves as well as Lionsgate’s Antebellum and Focus Features’ Let Him Go, both sharing Mulan‘s new release date.
Updated, June 16 Pm: Following the domino release schedule explosion Friday in the wake of Warner Bros’ Tenet shifting...
- 6/29/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Rom-com remains first summer release of new film by Hollywood major studio.
Sony has moved back the release of TriStar Pictures’ The Broken Hearts Gallery to mid-July as Hollywood distribution executives continue to search for the sweet spot and exhibitors prepare to reopen sites across the Us.
The rom-com, which the studio acquired last week, had been scheduled to open on July 10 and will now go out one week later on July 17.
The new berth means The Broken Hearts Gallery remains the first summer release of a new film by a Hollywood major, one week before Disney is scheduled to...
Sony has moved back the release of TriStar Pictures’ The Broken Hearts Gallery to mid-July as Hollywood distribution executives continue to search for the sweet spot and exhibitors prepare to reopen sites across the Us.
The rom-com, which the studio acquired last week, had been scheduled to open on July 10 and will now go out one week later on July 17.
The new berth means The Broken Hearts Gallery remains the first summer release of a new film by a Hollywood major, one week before Disney is scheduled to...
- 6/16/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Elevation Pictures handles Canadian distribution.
In a move that offers hope amid a pandemic landscape that remains notoriously difficult to forecast, Sony has scheduled a July 10 theatrical-only launch for The Broken Hearts Gallery and positioned the rom-com as the first studio release of the summer one week ahead of Tenet.
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions’ Stage 6 Films acquired worldwide rights to Natalie Krinsky’s directorial debut, on which Selena Gomez served as executive producer, from producer-financier No Trace Camping.
Dacre Montgomery and Geraldine Viswanathan star in the story of a young art gallery assistant in New York who inspires romantics...
In a move that offers hope amid a pandemic landscape that remains notoriously difficult to forecast, Sony has scheduled a July 10 theatrical-only launch for The Broken Hearts Gallery and positioned the rom-com as the first studio release of the summer one week ahead of Tenet.
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions’ Stage 6 Films acquired worldwide rights to Natalie Krinsky’s directorial debut, on which Selena Gomez served as executive producer, from producer-financier No Trace Camping.
Dacre Montgomery and Geraldine Viswanathan star in the story of a young art gallery assistant in New York who inspires romantics...
- 6/10/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Elevation Pictures handles Canadian distribution.
In a move that offers hope amid a pandemic landscape that remains notoriously difficult to forecast, Sony has scheduled a July 10 theatrical-only launch for The Broken Hearts Gallery and positioned the rom-com as the first studio release of the summer one week ahead of Tenet.
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions’ Stage 6 Films acquired worldwide rights to Natalie Krinsky’s directorial debut, on which Selena Gomez served as executive producer, from producer-financier No Trace Camping.
Dacre Montgomery and Geraldine Viswanathan star in the story of a young art gallery assistant in New York who inspires romantics...
In a move that offers hope amid a pandemic landscape that remains notoriously difficult to forecast, Sony has scheduled a July 10 theatrical-only launch for The Broken Hearts Gallery and positioned the rom-com as the first studio release of the summer one week ahead of Tenet.
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions’ Stage 6 Films acquired worldwide rights to Natalie Krinsky’s directorial debut, on which Selena Gomez served as executive producer, from producer-financier No Trace Camping.
Dacre Montgomery and Geraldine Viswanathan star in the story of a young art gallery assistant in New York who inspires romantics...
- 6/10/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Sony has acquired the rights to “The Broken Hearts Gallery,” a romantic comedy executive produced by Selena Gomez, that the studio will release in theaters on July 10, making it the earliest major studio release of the summer.
Geraldine Viswanathan (“Bad Education”) and Dacre Montgomery (“Stranger Things”) co-star in the film that is the directorial debut of Natalie Krinsky.
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions’ Stage 6 Films acquired the worldwide rights to “The Broken Hearts Gallery” from producer and financier No Trace Camping. Elevation Pictures will distribute the film in Canada.
Also Read: Sony, WarnerMedia, Disney, ViacomCBS Weigh in on George Floyd Protests Urging 'Collective Empathy,' 'Action'
Sony’s release plans for “The Broken Hearts Gallery” put it ahead of Warner Bros.’ “Tenet,” which has held firm to its July 17 release date even as other major tentpole films both before and after it have shuffled release dates. It does still come...
Geraldine Viswanathan (“Bad Education”) and Dacre Montgomery (“Stranger Things”) co-star in the film that is the directorial debut of Natalie Krinsky.
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions’ Stage 6 Films acquired the worldwide rights to “The Broken Hearts Gallery” from producer and financier No Trace Camping. Elevation Pictures will distribute the film in Canada.
Also Read: Sony, WarnerMedia, Disney, ViacomCBS Weigh in on George Floyd Protests Urging 'Collective Empathy,' 'Action'
Sony’s release plans for “The Broken Hearts Gallery” put it ahead of Warner Bros.’ “Tenet,” which has held firm to its July 17 release date even as other major tentpole films both before and after it have shuffled release dates. It does still come...
- 6/9/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Enter here for your chance to win a pair of tickets to an advance screening of the new film Queen & Slim on Thursday, November 21st at 7:00pm at the Mjr Grand Digital Cinema Troy in Troy, Michigan.
To enter the contest, just look for the “Enter the Contest” box further down on this page. But hurry because the contest ends soon and there are only a limited number of passes available and when they’re gone, they’re gone! We’ll notify you before the screening if you’re one of the winners! No Purchase Necessary!
Screening Details
Where: Mjr Grand Digital Cinema Troy What: Queen & Slim Advance Screening When: Thursday, November 21st @ 7:00pm
About The Film
Queen & Slim: From trailblazing, Emmy-winning writer Lena Waithe (Netflix’s Master of None) and Melina Matsoukas, the visionary director of some of this generation’s most powerful pop-culture experiences, including Beyonce...
To enter the contest, just look for the “Enter the Contest” box further down on this page. But hurry because the contest ends soon and there are only a limited number of passes available and when they’re gone, they’re gone! We’ll notify you before the screening if you’re one of the winners! No Purchase Necessary!
Screening Details
Where: Mjr Grand Digital Cinema Troy What: Queen & Slim Advance Screening When: Thursday, November 21st @ 7:00pm
About The Film
Queen & Slim: From trailblazing, Emmy-winning writer Lena Waithe (Netflix’s Master of None) and Melina Matsoukas, the visionary director of some of this generation’s most powerful pop-culture experiences, including Beyonce...
- 11/15/2019
- by Administrator
- CinemaNerdz
Exclusive: Hulu has acquired the Pete Davidson film Big Time Adolescence in a deal we hear is worth $4M.
The coming-of-age pic, based on Jason Orley’s Black List script, reps his directorial debut and follows a teenage boy (Griffin Gluck) in his dull suburban town under the destructive guidance of his best friend, a charismatic college dropout (Davidson). Sydney Sweeney (The Handmaid’s Tale), Colson Baker aka Machine Gun Kelly (The Dirt), Thomas Barbusca (The Mick), Emily Arlook (Grown-ish), Oona Laurence (A Bad Moms Christmas) and Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men) also star. The pic made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival back in January and clocked an immediate 90% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with Davidson earning high praise for his strong performance in his first leading role.
Big Time Adolescence is the fourth feature from American High, a newly formed partnership between Jeremy Garelick and Mickey Liddell’s Ld Entertainment.
The coming-of-age pic, based on Jason Orley’s Black List script, reps his directorial debut and follows a teenage boy (Griffin Gluck) in his dull suburban town under the destructive guidance of his best friend, a charismatic college dropout (Davidson). Sydney Sweeney (The Handmaid’s Tale), Colson Baker aka Machine Gun Kelly (The Dirt), Thomas Barbusca (The Mick), Emily Arlook (Grown-ish), Oona Laurence (A Bad Moms Christmas) and Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men) also star. The pic made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival back in January and clocked an immediate 90% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with Davidson earning high praise for his strong performance in his first leading role.
Big Time Adolescence is the fourth feature from American High, a newly formed partnership between Jeremy Garelick and Mickey Liddell’s Ld Entertainment.
- 9/5/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
From Emmy-winning writer Lena Waithe and director Melina Matsoukas, comes the Makeready-backed buzzy new film, “Queen & Slim,” which stars Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith, in her first starring feature-film role.
Joining a legacy of films such as “Bonnie and Clyde” and “Thelma & Louise,” Waithe’s “Queen & Slim” is a dramatic thriller with romantic undertones that follows a black couple (Kaluuya and Turner-Smith) on a first date who are pulled over by a police officer, who they are then forced to kill in self-defense, and must go on the run.
The official synopsis reads: “While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man and a black woman are pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. The situation escalates, with sudden and tragic results, when the man kills the police officer in self-defense. Terrified and in fear for their lives, the man, a retail employee, and the woman,...
Joining a legacy of films such as “Bonnie and Clyde” and “Thelma & Louise,” Waithe’s “Queen & Slim” is a dramatic thriller with romantic undertones that follows a black couple (Kaluuya and Turner-Smith) on a first date who are pulled over by a police officer, who they are then forced to kill in self-defense, and must go on the run.
The official synopsis reads: “While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man and a black woman are pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. The situation escalates, with sudden and tragic results, when the man kills the police officer in self-defense. Terrified and in fear for their lives, the man, a retail employee, and the woman,...
- 7/31/2019
- by Tambay Obenson
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis, the screenwriting duo behind the recently released Five Feet Apart and Warner Bros’ The Curse of La Llorona, have signed on to pen the screenplay for Netflix’s film adaptation of the children’s fantasy-horror book, Nightbooks, by author J. A. White. The pic is being produced by Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert of Ghost House Pictures and Mason Novick and Michelle Knudsen of Mxn Entertainment.
The tale follows Alex, a boy obsessed with scary stories, who is trapped by a witch in her modern, magical New York City apartment. His original hair-raising tales are the only thing keeping him safe as he desperately tries to find a way out of this twisted place.
Daughtry and Iaconis were also recently tapped to pen a feature based on the social media sensation Esther the Wonder Pig. They are repped by Verve, Lit Entertainment Group, and McKuin Frankel.
The tale follows Alex, a boy obsessed with scary stories, who is trapped by a witch in her modern, magical New York City apartment. His original hair-raising tales are the only thing keeping him safe as he desperately tries to find a way out of this twisted place.
Daughtry and Iaconis were also recently tapped to pen a feature based on the social media sensation Esther the Wonder Pig. They are repped by Verve, Lit Entertainment Group, and McKuin Frankel.
- 6/19/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, Geraldine Viswanathan and Cedric the Entertainer get gigs, shooting starts on apocalyptic thriller “G.O.D.,” and immigrant story “Footprints of the Dragon” is in the works.
Castings
Geraldine Viswanathan, Dacre Montgomery and Utkarsh Ambudkar are set to star in romantic comedy “The Broken Heart Gallery.”
Viswanathan will portray an art collector who suffers a bad break up with her boyfriend, played by Ambudkar, who is also her boss at the Whitney Museum. She decides to curate The Broken Heart Gallery in the lobby of a hotel, operated by Montgomery’s character, and learns to love by letting go.
Natalie Krinsky is making her feature directorial debut and helming from her own script. Producers are No Trace Camping’s David Gross, Jesse Shapira and Jeff Arkuss along with Mason Novick and Michelle Knudsen. Selena Gomez, Mandy Teefey and Josh Clay Phillips of No Trace Camping are executive producing.
Castings
Geraldine Viswanathan, Dacre Montgomery and Utkarsh Ambudkar are set to star in romantic comedy “The Broken Heart Gallery.”
Viswanathan will portray an art collector who suffers a bad break up with her boyfriend, played by Ambudkar, who is also her boss at the Whitney Museum. She decides to curate The Broken Heart Gallery in the lobby of a hotel, operated by Montgomery’s character, and learns to love by letting go.
Natalie Krinsky is making her feature directorial debut and helming from her own script. Producers are No Trace Camping’s David Gross, Jesse Shapira and Jeff Arkuss along with Mason Novick and Michelle Knudsen. Selena Gomez, Mandy Teefey and Josh Clay Phillips of No Trace Camping are executive producing.
- 5/9/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Dacre Montgomery (“Stranger Things”) and Geraldine Viswanathan (“Blockers”) are set to star in Natalie Krinsky’s directorial debut “The Broken Heart Gallery,” which Endeavor Content will launch sales for at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival later this month.
Utkarsh Ambudkar (“Brittany Runs a Marathon”) will also star in the project, which will be produced by No Trace Camping’s David Gross, Jesse Shapira and Jeff Arkuss, as well as Mason Novick and Michelle Knudsen. Selena Gomez, Mandy Teefey and Josh Clay Phillips of No Trace Camping are executive producing.
Utkarsh Ambudkar (“Brittany Runs a Marathon”) will also star in the project, which will be produced by No Trace Camping’s David Gross, Jesse Shapira and Jeff Arkuss, as well as Mason Novick and Michelle Knudsen. Selena Gomez, Mandy Teefey and Josh Clay Phillips of No Trace Camping are executive producing.
- 5/8/2019
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
No Trace Camping serves as financier, producer on Natalie Krinsky debut.
Geraldine Viswanathan, Dacre Montgomery (Stranger Things) and Utkarsh Ambudkar (Brittany Runs A Marathon) will star in Cannes sales title The Broken Heart Gallery.
Toronto- and Los Angeles-based No Trace Camping is financing and producing the rom-com feature directorial debut of Natalie Krinsky, which is scheduled to start production in August. Endeavor Content and Jamie Feldman of Lgnafc handle worldwide sales.
Selena Gomez, Mandy Teefey, and Josh Clay Phillips of No Trace Camping serve as executive producers, and No Trace Camping’s David Gross, Jesse Shapira, Jeff Arkuss, Mason Novick and Michelle Knudsen will produce.
Geraldine Viswanathan, Dacre Montgomery (Stranger Things) and Utkarsh Ambudkar (Brittany Runs A Marathon) will star in Cannes sales title The Broken Heart Gallery.
Toronto- and Los Angeles-based No Trace Camping is financing and producing the rom-com feature directorial debut of Natalie Krinsky, which is scheduled to start production in August. Endeavor Content and Jamie Feldman of Lgnafc handle worldwide sales.
Selena Gomez, Mandy Teefey, and Josh Clay Phillips of No Trace Camping serve as executive producers, and No Trace Camping’s David Gross, Jesse Shapira, Jeff Arkuss, Mason Novick and Michelle Knudsen will produce.
- 5/8/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Rising star Jodie Turner-Smith will star opposite Academy Award nominee Daniel Kaluuya in Universal Pictures and Makeready’s “Queen & Slim.”
“Insecure” helmer Melina Matsoukas is set to make her feature directing debut from a script by Lena Waithe.
The story follows a couple after they’re stopped by the police and how it affects their lives.
Makeready is financing the film. Waithe is producing via her company Hillman Grad Productions, along with Matsoukas via her production company De La Revolución Films; James Frey with his 3BlackDot; Andrew Coles; and Michelle Knudsen. Pam Abdy will oversee the film on behalf of Makeready.
“Queen & Slim” will be distributed by Universal Pictures worldwide with eOne handling theatrical distribution in select territories. The film is set for release in North America on Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 27, 2019. This is the first film greenlit under Makeready’s recently announced distribution deal with Universal. eOne is Makeready’s lead investor.
“Insecure” helmer Melina Matsoukas is set to make her feature directing debut from a script by Lena Waithe.
The story follows a couple after they’re stopped by the police and how it affects their lives.
Makeready is financing the film. Waithe is producing via her company Hillman Grad Productions, along with Matsoukas via her production company De La Revolución Films; James Frey with his 3BlackDot; Andrew Coles; and Michelle Knudsen. Pam Abdy will oversee the film on behalf of Makeready.
“Queen & Slim” will be distributed by Universal Pictures worldwide with eOne handling theatrical distribution in select territories. The film is set for release in North America on Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 27, 2019. This is the first film greenlit under Makeready’s recently announced distribution deal with Universal. eOne is Makeready’s lead investor.
- 11/8/2018
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
Universal won a bidding war for a new project called “Queen & Slim” starring “Get Out” actor Daniel Kaluuya and penned by “Master of None” veteran Lena Waithe.
The film will explore America’s social and political climate through the lens of a genre-defying love story. When a black man and black woman on a first date are pulled over by a police officer at a traffic stop, their life goes awry. Forced to kill him in self-defense, rather than turn themselves in, they must go on the run.
Universal plans to release the film Nov. 27, 2019
Waithe wrote the script based on an original idea and treatment by bestselling author James Frey (“A Million Little Pieces”).
Also Read: The Black List, Lena Waithe and Eva Longoria Team With Macro to Promote TV Writers of Color
“Queen & Slim” will be the feature-film directorial debut for Melina Matsoukas (“Insecure”). Kaluuya will star as Slim.
The film will explore America’s social and political climate through the lens of a genre-defying love story. When a black man and black woman on a first date are pulled over by a police officer at a traffic stop, their life goes awry. Forced to kill him in self-defense, rather than turn themselves in, they must go on the run.
Universal plans to release the film Nov. 27, 2019
Waithe wrote the script based on an original idea and treatment by bestselling author James Frey (“A Million Little Pieces”).
Also Read: The Black List, Lena Waithe and Eva Longoria Team With Macro to Promote TV Writers of Color
“Queen & Slim” will be the feature-film directorial debut for Melina Matsoukas (“Insecure”). Kaluuya will star as Slim.
- 7/19/2018
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
Breaking: Makeready has won an auction to finance Queen & Slim, with Oscar-nominated Get Out star Daniel Kaluuya starring and Melina Matsoukas making her feature directing debut. Emmy-winning scribe Lena Waithe wrote the script based on an original idea and treatment by A Million Little Pieces author James Frey. The film will be distributed worldwide by Universal Pictures, with eOne handling theatrical distribution in some offshore territories including UK and Canada. The film has been set to be released in North America November 27, 2019, making this the first green lit picture for Brad Weston’s Makeready that falls under its Universal and eOne deal. Production begins in January.
The filmmakers are now looking for a fresh face to play Queen, and Stranger Things‘ Carmen Cuba has been tasked with casting that role. Pic is a complex film with many layers, exploring America’s social and political climate through the lens of a genre-defying love story.
The filmmakers are now looking for a fresh face to play Queen, and Stranger Things‘ Carmen Cuba has been tasked with casting that role. Pic is a complex film with many layers, exploring America’s social and political climate through the lens of a genre-defying love story.
- 7/19/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
“Get Out” star Daniel Kaluuya is set to lead the independent romance drama “Queen & Slim,” written by Lena Waithe.
“Insecure” and “Master of None” helmer Melina Matsoukas is making her feature directorial debut.
Waithe, known for her work on “Master of None” and “The Chi,” wrote the script based on an original idea and treatment from bestselling author James Frey (“A Million Little Pieces”) and a story by Frey and Waithe. “Queen & Slim” will go into pre-production this October with production commencing in January. Matsoukas and Waithe are still searching for a fresh face for the role of Queen.
“Queen & Slim” is an exploration of America’s social and political climate through the lens of a genre-defying love story. The film centers on a black man and black woman who go on a first date that goes awry after the two are pulled over by a police officer at a traffic stop.
“Insecure” and “Master of None” helmer Melina Matsoukas is making her feature directorial debut.
Waithe, known for her work on “Master of None” and “The Chi,” wrote the script based on an original idea and treatment from bestselling author James Frey (“A Million Little Pieces”) and a story by Frey and Waithe. “Queen & Slim” will go into pre-production this October with production commencing in January. Matsoukas and Waithe are still searching for a fresh face for the role of Queen.
“Queen & Slim” is an exploration of America’s social and political climate through the lens of a genre-defying love story. The film centers on a black man and black woman who go on a first date that goes awry after the two are pulled over by a police officer at a traffic stop.
- 7/19/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
“All Eyez on Me” director Benny Boom will helm the Lapd thriller “The Shave,” written by Thomas White and Miles Hubley, Route One Entertainment CEO Russell Levine and Lost City President John Finemore announced Monday. The Blacklist script tells the story of an Lapd officer who was recently exonerated in the murder of a high school honor student. He visits the boy’s father at his barbershop and while receiving a straight razor shave, he listens to the father recount the story of his son’s life. Levine and Finemore are producing alongside Maiden Voyage’s Chris Columbus and Eleanor Columbus and Mason Novick,...
- 6/19/2017
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Thomas White and Miles Hubley wrote the screenplay and Route One and Lost City will produce and finance with Maiden Voyage on board to produce.
The Shave tells of an Lapd officer cleared of murdering a high school student who visits the boy’s father and gets a wet shave while he relates his version of events.
Maiden Voyage’s Chris Columbus and Eleanor Columbus serve as producers with Route One CEO Russell Levine (pictured), Lost City’s John Finemore and Mason Novick and Michelle Knudsen of Mxn Entertainment.
Route One’s Chris Lytton is on board as executive producer alongside Lost City’s James Hoppe.
Lost City and Route One secured the screenplay. Route One and Maiden Voyage collaborated on Sian Heder’s upcoming Tallulah starring Ellen Page and Allison Janney.
Route One Entertainment financed and produced Drake Doremus’ recent Venice world premiere Equals starring Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult.
The slate includes...
The Shave tells of an Lapd officer cleared of murdering a high school student who visits the boy’s father and gets a wet shave while he relates his version of events.
Maiden Voyage’s Chris Columbus and Eleanor Columbus serve as producers with Route One CEO Russell Levine (pictured), Lost City’s John Finemore and Mason Novick and Michelle Knudsen of Mxn Entertainment.
Route One’s Chris Lytton is on board as executive producer alongside Lost City’s James Hoppe.
Lost City and Route One secured the screenplay. Route One and Maiden Voyage collaborated on Sian Heder’s upcoming Tallulah starring Ellen Page and Allison Janney.
Route One Entertainment financed and produced Drake Doremus’ recent Venice world premiere Equals starring Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult.
The slate includes...
- 10/20/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
MTV has picked up the distribution rights to No Cameras Allowed, a documentary directed by and starring James Marcus Haney, who turned a penchant for crashing the backstage of rock concerts into a budding career as a rock videographer. Lis Rowinski, who runs motion picture for Fake Empire, the production entity run by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, is producing the doc along with Matt Barber and Michelle Knudsen. Photos Capitol Music Group Celebrates Banner Year Schwartz and Savage are exec producing along with Haney, frequent Fake Empire music collaborator Alexandra Patsavas, Robyn Demarco, Joshua Vodnoy, Michael Raimondi, Mason Novick
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- 7/29/2014
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jamie Travis who had his debut film (For A Good Time, Call…) premiere at Sundance this past year will, according to Deadline, set-up his sophomore project with Footprint Features’ Adam Saunders (upcoming Jesse Zwick’s About Alex), Mxn’s Mason Novick (Bad Words) and Michelle Knudsen producing. Described as a “500 Days Of Summer meets Groundhog Day,” basically what any hot-blooded individual would give an arm and a leg to alter in their former life, casting is supposed to be announced shortly.
Gist: Written by John Whittington, this is about a man who spends the perfect first night with the girl of his dreams only to get stuck in the friend zone for the next three years – until he gets the chance to travel back in time to change that night, and his fate, over and over again.
Worth Noting: Travis had an impressive six short films (two short film trilogies...
Gist: Written by John Whittington, this is about a man who spends the perfect first night with the girl of his dreams only to get stuck in the friend zone for the next three years – until he gets the chance to travel back in time to change that night, and his fate, over and over again.
Worth Noting: Travis had an impressive six short films (two short film trilogies...
- 10/4/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
There is either a couple of football fans or Jerry Maguire/Moneyball with this year’s most liked unproduced screenplay. Close to 300 hundred film executives provided with the Black List creators a top ten of their favorite screenplays of the year and the consensus first overall pick (with 65 votes) comes from the recently featured in Variety (10 Screenwriters to Watch 2012) tandem of Rajiv Joseph & Scott Rothman and their drama which has nothing to do with enlisting in the armed forces. Draft Day – about the day in the life of a fictitious Buffalo Bills Gm appears to currently be in turnaround — which only means I expect to see this greenlight perhaps a little later than sooner – worth noting: top spot almost guarantees that the film will indeed go into production (2006, 2010 and 2011 are the exceptions.) Among the more alluring logline subjects we find on the list, I’d be keen on reading the...
- 12/18/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Principal photography is underway in Vancouver on Warner Bros. Pictures. Hidden, starring Alexander Skarsgård (TV.s .True Blood.) and Andrea Riseborough (.Shadow Dancer.).
Ray (Skarsgård), Claire (Riseborough) and their seven-year-old daughter, Zoe, are an average American family in Kingsville, North Carolina.except they have existed in a bomb shelter since escaping a day of devastation that changed everything.
For 301 days, they have transformed their cement prison into a home, holding on to memories of the past and hope for a normal life someday. And for 301 days, the family has eluded what looms above the surface.the heavy breathing and booming footsteps that punctuate the night, threatening their fragile existence.
All the while, the family has managed to stay hidden. Until now. Now their safe haven has been breached.and something is coming for them.
Brothers Matt and Ross Duffer, who wrote the original script, make their feature film directorial debut on .Hidden.
Ray (Skarsgård), Claire (Riseborough) and their seven-year-old daughter, Zoe, are an average American family in Kingsville, North Carolina.except they have existed in a bomb shelter since escaping a day of devastation that changed everything.
For 301 days, they have transformed their cement prison into a home, holding on to memories of the past and hope for a normal life someday. And for 301 days, the family has eluded what looms above the surface.the heavy breathing and booming footsteps that punctuate the night, threatening their fragile existence.
All the while, the family has managed to stay hidden. Until now. Now their safe haven has been breached.and something is coming for them.
Brothers Matt and Ross Duffer, who wrote the original script, make their feature film directorial debut on .Hidden.
- 8/15/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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