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In 2013, Gabriela Cowperthwaite released her last documentary feature, Blackfish, about the captivity of Orcas, especially at SeaWorld. The film directly impacted the attendance and revenue of the theme park. Eventually, SeaWorld and its former CEO James Atchison had to pay more than 5 million to settle federal charges that they covered up the negative impact of the documentary.
Nearly a decade later, after dabbling in narrative with features like 2017’s Megan Leavey and 2019’s Our Friend, Cowperthwaite has returned to non-fiction with The Grab, which had its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival. The title, which is up for sale via WME, takes a look at the geopolitical forces behind global land and water rights, and the race for the world’s last farmable land. For The Grab, the filmmakers teamed with The Center for Investigative Reporting, spending years diving into the money...
In 2013, Gabriela Cowperthwaite released her last documentary feature, Blackfish, about the captivity of Orcas, especially at SeaWorld. The film directly impacted the attendance and revenue of the theme park. Eventually, SeaWorld and its former CEO James Atchison had to pay more than 5 million to settle federal charges that they covered up the negative impact of the documentary.
Nearly a decade later, after dabbling in narrative with features like 2017’s Megan Leavey and 2019’s Our Friend, Cowperthwaite has returned to non-fiction with The Grab, which had its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival. The title, which is up for sale via WME, takes a look at the geopolitical forces behind global land and water rights, and the race for the world’s last farmable land. For The Grab, the filmmakers teamed with The Center for Investigative Reporting, spending years diving into the money...
- 9/15/2022
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
You’ve heard the expression, “There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy.” Well, “The Grab” makes the case that society had best brace itself for disorder, since certain parties are gobbling up the world’s food and water resources while the rest of us are distracted by other things. Produced in association with the Center for Investigative Reporting, “Blackfish” director Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s astonishing, eye-opening doc hits us with the idea that the next world war won’t be fought over ideology, oil or border disputes, but basic resources like meat, wheat and water, none of which should be taken for granted.
Experts call this field “food security,” and the entire system is more fragile than it looks. World populations are climbing while water resources are dwindling, which has led countries such as Saudi Arabia and China to seek farmland on other continents. Among its myriad examples, “The Grab...
Experts call this field “food security,” and the entire system is more fragile than it looks. World populations are climbing while water resources are dwindling, which has led countries such as Saudi Arabia and China to seek farmland on other continents. Among its myriad examples, “The Grab...
- 9/9/2022
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
The “Bourne” movies revivified the espionage genre with their nimble, scrappy, down-and-dirty action. But they weren’t as widely imitated as one might have expected, which leaves “The Contractor” feeling like a relatively fresh chip off a not-so-old block. Chris Pine stars as a forcibly decommissioned U.S. Army careerist whom financial straits push him into a sketchy private militaristic security job. Needless to say, that goes south in a hurry.
Swede Tarik Saleh’s first American feature is more impersonally commercial than prior projects (including 2017 Sundance jury prize winner “The Nile Hilton Incident”), and more efficient than memorable as a medium-scaled adventure exercise. Still, being a solid cut above average is good enough, given so much formulaic mediocrity among thrillers cluttering the streaming market. Already released in several territories during March, the film is scheduled for launch to U.S. theaters, digital and on demand platforms April 1.
Things start out...
Swede Tarik Saleh’s first American feature is more impersonally commercial than prior projects (including 2017 Sundance jury prize winner “The Nile Hilton Incident”), and more efficient than memorable as a medium-scaled adventure exercise. Still, being a solid cut above average is good enough, given so much formulaic mediocrity among thrillers cluttering the streaming market. Already released in several territories during March, the film is scheduled for launch to U.S. theaters, digital and on demand platforms April 1.
Things start out...
- 3/28/2022
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Updated, 6:40 Pm: Education Secretary Betsy DeVos resigned Thursday, becoming to second member of Donald Trump’s Cabinet to quit in the wake of Wednesday chaos at the U.S. Capitol.
Here is DeVos’ resignation latter to Trump:
“We should be highlighting and celebrating your Administration’s many accomplishments on behalf of the American people. Instead, we are left to clean up the mess cause by violent protestors overrunning the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to undermine the people’s business. That behavior was unconscionable for our country. There is no mistaking the impact your rhetoric had on the situation, and it is the inflection point for me.
“Impressionable children are watching all of this and they are learning from us. I believe we each have a moral obligation to exercise good judgement and model the behavior we hope they would emulate. They must know from us that America...
Here is DeVos’ resignation latter to Trump:
“We should be highlighting and celebrating your Administration’s many accomplishments on behalf of the American people. Instead, we are left to clean up the mess cause by violent protestors overrunning the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to undermine the people’s business. That behavior was unconscionable for our country. There is no mistaking the impact your rhetoric had on the situation, and it is the inflection point for me.
“Impressionable children are watching all of this and they are learning from us. I believe we each have a moral obligation to exercise good judgement and model the behavior we hope they would emulate. They must know from us that America...
- 1/8/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Each year we publish tens of thousands of stories, covering music news and trends, political analysis, how culture is constantly shifting, and critical takes on our entertainment landscape. So we realize some may get lost in the shuffle — especially in a year when it seemed we were consuming more media than ever before as we tried to make sense of the world in which we live.
And there are always interviews, investigative features, and provocative storytelling that deserves to be revisited. Our most-read story of the year was an essay by anthropologist Wade Davis,...
And there are always interviews, investigative features, and provocative storytelling that deserves to be revisited. Our most-read story of the year was an essay by anthropologist Wade Davis,...
- 12/29/2020
- by RS Editors
- Rollingstone.com
Washington — The disinformation operation was christened “Project Clintonson.” It brought together two notorious figures in Republican political circles, Blackwater founder Erik Prince and Trump adviser Roger Stone. Their objective couldn’t have been more explicit.
“We do not need to make major gains among African American voters,” said a 13-page proposal for Project Clintonson that Prince sent to unnamed donors a week before Election Day 2016. “We merely need to dampen turn out [sic] and make it difficult for the Black Democratic elected officials in Hillary’s pocket to turn out Black voters at Obama-like levels.
“We do not need to make major gains among African American voters,” said a 13-page proposal for Project Clintonson that Prince sent to unnamed donors a week before Election Day 2016. “We merely need to dampen turn out [sic] and make it difficult for the Black Democratic elected officials in Hillary’s pocket to turn out Black voters at Obama-like levels.
- 10/28/2020
- by Andy Kroll
- Rollingstone.com
In the spring of 2019, Khalifa Haftar went to a cafe in Cairo to plot a coup. At the meeting, the Libyan general was shown an $80 million plan to overthrow Libya’s U.N.-recognized government. In a PowerPoint presentation viewed by Rolling Stone, Haftar, a warlord with a power base in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, saw plans for an operation that would use two Cobra H1 attack helicopters, mounted with 20mm rotary machine guns and crewed by foreign mercenaries, to swoop down and kill or capture 11 of Haftar’s political enemies.
- 10/25/2020
- by Seth Hettena
- Rollingstone.com
Steve Bannon, the chief executive officer of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in New York. Bannon, who also served as chief White House strategist and senior counselor to the president, is accused, with three others, of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. He was arrested by agents with the U.S. Postal Service and was expected to appear in court Thursday.
Bannon is the sixth person who served in the inner circle of President Trump’s 2016 campaign...
Bannon is the sixth person who served in the inner circle of President Trump’s 2016 campaign...
- 8/20/2020
- by Tessa Stuart and Andy Kroll
- Rollingstone.com
George Nader, a key witness in Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, pleaded guilty on Monday to two child sex charges.
According to the Washington Post, Nader admitted to bringing an underage boy to the U.S. for sex and being in possession of child pornography. Nader was a part of President Donald Trump’s 2016 election circle and met with officials and associates of Trump in 2017.
Nader drew the attention of Mueller because he organized a meeting between Trump supporter and associate Erik Prince and a Russian banker with close connections to President Vladimir Putin.
According to the Washington Post, Nader admitted to bringing an underage boy to the U.S. for sex and being in possession of child pornography. Nader was a part of President Donald Trump’s 2016 election circle and met with officials and associates of Trump in 2017.
Nader drew the attention of Mueller because he organized a meeting between Trump supporter and associate Erik Prince and a Russian banker with close connections to President Vladimir Putin.
- 1/14/2020
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Just as the nation zeroes in on the House impeachment inquiry brought on by Trump’s solicitation of foreign interference in the 2020 election, one of the last shoes is dropping over foreign interference in the election of 2016.
Roger Stone — an informal Trump adviser and infamous longtime Gop henchman — is now on trial in federal court on criminal charges that he lied under oath to House investigators, as well as engaged in witness tampering, regarding the 2016 Trump campaign’s connections to Wikileaks and its dissemination of damaging emails from the Clinton...
Roger Stone — an informal Trump adviser and infamous longtime Gop henchman — is now on trial in federal court on criminal charges that he lied under oath to House investigators, as well as engaged in witness tampering, regarding the 2016 Trump campaign’s connections to Wikileaks and its dissemination of damaging emails from the Clinton...
- 11/7/2019
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Figures associated with President Trump have been charged with everything from lying to the government to violating federal campaign finance law to just about every financial crime imaginable. Add trafficking child pornography to the list.
George Nader, a Middle East fixer who advised the crown prince of the United Arab Emirates and whose connections to Trump drew the attention of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, was apprehended on Monday and indicted on federal child pornography charges. According to federal prosecutors, he was arrested upon landing at John F. Kennedy Airport in...
George Nader, a Middle East fixer who advised the crown prince of the United Arab Emirates and whose connections to Trump drew the attention of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, was apprehended on Monday and indicted on federal child pornography charges. According to federal prosecutors, he was arrested upon landing at John F. Kennedy Airport in...
- 6/3/2019
- by Ryan Bort and Andy Kroll
- Rollingstone.com
According to a study led by Michigan State University professor Mark Skidmore, some $21 trillion in Pentagon accounting transactions, made over a 17-year period, lack supporting data. This doesn’t mean the money is gone — the Pentagon only received roughly $9.2 trillion in budget money during that time — but it does mean the system is so choked with bad numbers, we have little idea of what mischief might be taking place at the Department of Defense.
Here’s a brief list of some of the problems likely lurking in the Pentagon’s books.
Here’s a brief list of some of the problems likely lurking in the Pentagon’s books.
- 3/20/2019
- by Matt Taibbi
- Rollingstone.com
Imperative Entertainment has come aboard to produce “Prince of War,” the biopic that will focus on the life of Erik Prince, the ex-Navy Seal and founder of the private military contracting firm, Blackwater, an individual with knowledge of the project tells TheWrap.
Michaël R. Roskam will direct the film.
The script will be based on the book “Civilian Warriors,” written by Prince and a 2009 Vanity Fair piece, “Tycoon, Contractor, Soldier, Spy” by Adam Ciralsky. Stuart Beattie (“Collateral”) wrote the initial draft of the screenplay and is working with Roskam on a new version.
Also Read: Robert Schwentke to Direct 'Snake Eyes' For Paramount and Paramount and Allspark
The story centers on Prince, the ex-Navy Seal and billionaire capitalist who was dogged by a grand-jury investigation, clandestine CIA assassination missions, and the voluntary manslaughter trial of five former employees. This deep dive into the industry of modern warfare...
Michaël R. Roskam will direct the film.
The script will be based on the book “Civilian Warriors,” written by Prince and a 2009 Vanity Fair piece, “Tycoon, Contractor, Soldier, Spy” by Adam Ciralsky. Stuart Beattie (“Collateral”) wrote the initial draft of the screenplay and is working with Roskam on a new version.
Also Read: Robert Schwentke to Direct 'Snake Eyes' For Paramount and Paramount and Allspark
The story centers on Prince, the ex-Navy Seal and billionaire capitalist who was dogged by a grand-jury investigation, clandestine CIA assassination missions, and the voluntary manslaughter trial of five former employees. This deep dive into the industry of modern warfare...
- 1/23/2019
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Imperative Entertainment, the studio behind the Clint Eastwood movie The Mule and last year’s Ridley Scott-helmed All the Money in the World, has come aboard to produce Prince of War. The feature film will center on Erik Prince, the ex-Navy Seal who founded the controversial private military contracting firm Blackwater.
Michaël R. Roskam is directing the film as his next project. He is also working with Collateral‘s Stuart Beattie on a new version of Beattie’s initial script, which was adapted from Prince’s 2013 book Civilian Warriors: The Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror, as well as Adam Ciralsky’s 2009 Vanity Fair article “Tycoon, Contractor, Soldier, Spy.”
The pic will focus on Prince, the billionaire capitalist dogged by a grand-jury investigation, clandestine CIA assassination missions, and the voluntary manslaughter trial of five ex-employees. The producers say...
Michaël R. Roskam is directing the film as his next project. He is also working with Collateral‘s Stuart Beattie on a new version of Beattie’s initial script, which was adapted from Prince’s 2013 book Civilian Warriors: The Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror, as well as Adam Ciralsky’s 2009 Vanity Fair article “Tycoon, Contractor, Soldier, Spy.”
The pic will focus on Prince, the billionaire capitalist dogged by a grand-jury investigation, clandestine CIA assassination missions, and the voluntary manslaughter trial of five ex-employees. The producers say...
- 1/23/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Imperative Entertainment is producing “Prince of War,” which focuses on the controversial life of Erik Prince, an ex-Navy Seal and founder of the private military contracting firm Blackwater.
“The Drop” helmer Michael R. Roskam will direct the film. The script will be based on Prince’s 2009 book “Civilian Warriors” and Adam Ciralsky’s 2009 Vanity Fair article “Tycoon, Contractor, Soldier, Spy.” The screenplay was originally written by Stuart Beattie, with Roskam penning the most recent draft.
The story follows Prince, a Navy Seal turned billionaire, as he is dogged by a grand-jury investigation, clandestine CIA assassination missions, and the voluntary manslaughter trial of five ex-employees. The pic takes a deep dive into the industry of modern warfare, and reflects on the dark convergence of capitalism and patriotism.
Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, and Ryan Friedkin will produce the movie for Imperative Entertainment. Nicolas Chartier from Voltage Pictures and Craig Flores from...
“The Drop” helmer Michael R. Roskam will direct the film. The script will be based on Prince’s 2009 book “Civilian Warriors” and Adam Ciralsky’s 2009 Vanity Fair article “Tycoon, Contractor, Soldier, Spy.” The screenplay was originally written by Stuart Beattie, with Roskam penning the most recent draft.
The story follows Prince, a Navy Seal turned billionaire, as he is dogged by a grand-jury investigation, clandestine CIA assassination missions, and the voluntary manslaughter trial of five ex-employees. The pic takes a deep dive into the industry of modern warfare, and reflects on the dark convergence of capitalism and patriotism.
Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, and Ryan Friedkin will produce the movie for Imperative Entertainment. Nicolas Chartier from Voltage Pictures and Craig Flores from...
- 1/23/2019
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
Erik Prince, the former Navy Seal who founded the private military contractor Blackwater, is getting the biopic treatment.
Imperative Entertainment, which produced the recent Clint Eastwood hit The Mule, is behind the feature project, titled Prince of War, setting Michaël R. Roskam to direct.
The script is based on Prince’s book, Civilian Warriors: The Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror and a 2009 Vanity Fair article by Adam Ciralsky titled "Tycoon, Contractor, Soldier, Spy." Stuart Beattie, who wrote the Michael Mann-directed Tom Cruise movie Collateral and helped launch the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, wrote ...
Imperative Entertainment, which produced the recent Clint Eastwood hit The Mule, is behind the feature project, titled Prince of War, setting Michaël R. Roskam to direct.
The script is based on Prince’s book, Civilian Warriors: The Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror and a 2009 Vanity Fair article by Adam Ciralsky titled "Tycoon, Contractor, Soldier, Spy." Stuart Beattie, who wrote the Michael Mann-directed Tom Cruise movie Collateral and helped launch the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, wrote ...
- 1/23/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Erik Prince, the former Navy Seal who founded the private military contractor Blackwater, is getting the biopic treatment.
Imperative Entertainment, which produced the recent Clint Eastwood hit The Mule, is behind the feature project, titled Prince of War, setting Michaël R. Roskam to direct.
The script is based on Prince’s book, Civilian Warriors: The Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror and a 2009 Vanity Fair article by Adam Ciralsky titled "Tycoon, Contractor, Soldier, Spy." Stuart Beattie, who wrote the Michael Mann-directed Tom Cruise movie Collateral and helped launch the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, wrote ...
Imperative Entertainment, which produced the recent Clint Eastwood hit The Mule, is behind the feature project, titled Prince of War, setting Michaël R. Roskam to direct.
The script is based on Prince’s book, Civilian Warriors: The Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror and a 2009 Vanity Fair article by Adam Ciralsky titled "Tycoon, Contractor, Soldier, Spy." Stuart Beattie, who wrote the Michael Mann-directed Tom Cruise movie Collateral and helped launch the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, wrote ...
- 1/23/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Last week, President Trump’s ex-lawyer Michael Cohen admitted he lied to Congress more than a year ago when he claimed discussions about a possible Trump Tower in Moscow ceased in January 2016. (The talks continued through the Republican primary season, which ended in June 2016.) Cohen made the claims in a two-page letter he drafted while in communication with the White House, and delivered it to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in August 2017 as it was conducting an investigation into Russia’s attempts to interfere in the 2016 election.
Cohen’s plea agreement,...
Cohen’s plea agreement,...
- 12/4/2018
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
NBC’s Late Night host Seth Meyers explained the origin of President Donald Trump’s conspiracy theory about the FBI spying in his White House:
Trump was holed up in the White House last weekend, with no public events, as various news outlets published one new bombshell after another about his campaign’s ties to foreign governments. That triggered a tsunami if presidential tweets.
So many long tweets, Late Night had to fast forward through them. Meyers called it unfair that a guy who won’t read a two-page press briefing makes America read a six-part Twitter rant that, technically, is so long it’s a miniseries. “Look for it streaming this summer on Net-Dicks,” Meyers snarked:
Things are really getting ridiculous. The Failing and Crooked (but not as Crooked as Hillary Clinton) @nytimes has done a long & boring story indicating that the World’s most expensive Witch Hunt...
Trump was holed up in the White House last weekend, with no public events, as various news outlets published one new bombshell after another about his campaign’s ties to foreign governments. That triggered a tsunami if presidential tweets.
So many long tweets, Late Night had to fast forward through them. Meyers called it unfair that a guy who won’t read a two-page press briefing makes America read a six-part Twitter rant that, technically, is so long it’s a miniseries. “Look for it streaming this summer on Net-Dicks,” Meyers snarked:
Things are really getting ridiculous. The Failing and Crooked (but not as Crooked as Hillary Clinton) @nytimes has done a long & boring story indicating that the World’s most expensive Witch Hunt...
- 5/22/2018
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
Earlier this week, The New York Times opinion section really outdid itself in terms of the level of dog shit takes it deemed fit to print. In an op-ed titled “Contractors, Not Troops, Will Save Afghanistan,” Erik Prince argues that, instead of sending more U.S. military into the war-torn Middle Eastern country, we…
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- 8/31/2017
- by Dan Neilan
- avclub.com
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