Linda Hamilton and Abbie Cornish have joined the cast of Anna Nicole Smith movie 'Trust Me, I’m A Doctor'.The 'Terminator' actress and the 'Limitless' star will appear alongside Kal Penn in the movie, which is based on the memoir of Dr. Sandeep Kapoor. Penn is due to portray Kapoor, who was implicated into the death of his former patient, model Smith - who passed away in 2007 aged 39 of combined drug intoxication - before being acquitted. According to Deadline, Cornish is due to play Smith in the film, which is from writer-director Thane Economou.Hamilton will portray Ellyn Garafalo, the attorney who was Kapoor's legal counsel during the drug conspiracy trial. Cornish admitted it is a "dream" role to portray Smith. She said: "Playing Anna Nicole Smith is such a dream."I am honoured to have been chosen by our amazing producers and talented writer/director,...
- 5/2/2024
- by James Adam Leyfield
- Bang Showbiz
Exclusive: Linda Hamilton (The Terminator) and Abbie Cornish (Three Billboards) have come aboard to star opposite Kal Penn in Trust Me, I’m a Doctor, a new film from writer-director Thane Economou (The Wedding Party) that will launch sales at the Cannes Market.
UTA Independent Film Group is handling domestic rights, and Fortitude International overseeing international.
Pic is based on the memoir of Dr. Sandeep Kapoor (Penn), whose life is turned upside down when he is implicated in the death of his former patient — model, actress, and reality TV star, Anna Nicole Smith. The film takes place at the height of early 2000s tabloid culture and explores the intersection of fame, privacy, self-discovery and politics through the perspective of a man who wound up forced into the spotlight through the court of public opinion.
Cornish will play the late Anna Nicole Smith, with Hamilton as Ellyn Garafalo, the veteran attorney who served as Dr.
UTA Independent Film Group is handling domestic rights, and Fortitude International overseeing international.
Pic is based on the memoir of Dr. Sandeep Kapoor (Penn), whose life is turned upside down when he is implicated in the death of his former patient — model, actress, and reality TV star, Anna Nicole Smith. The film takes place at the height of early 2000s tabloid culture and explores the intersection of fame, privacy, self-discovery and politics through the perspective of a man who wound up forced into the spotlight through the court of public opinion.
Cornish will play the late Anna Nicole Smith, with Hamilton as Ellyn Garafalo, the veteran attorney who served as Dr.
- 5/1/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Kal Penn admits he didn’t know much about Anna Nicole Smith’s physician, Dr. Sandeep Kapoor, before he was approached to star as the doctor in the indie adaptation of his memoir, “Trust Me, I’m a Doctor.”
“But then I read the doctor’s autobiography and found it interesting and compelling,” Penn told me Monday night at the South Asians at the Oscars party on the Paramount lot.
Variety’s Tatiana Siegel exclusively reported Feb. 23 that Penn is set to portray Sandeep in “Trust Me, I’m a Doctor,” which chronicles Smith’s final days before dying of an accidental overdose in 2007 at the age of 39. Kapoor became entangled in Smith’s death when reports surfaced that he wrote her prescriptions to addictive drugs.
Written and directed by Thane Economou (“The Wedding Party”), the movie is a “drama,” Penn said, but it will be “equal parts ridiculous” because of some...
“But then I read the doctor’s autobiography and found it interesting and compelling,” Penn told me Monday night at the South Asians at the Oscars party on the Paramount lot.
Variety’s Tatiana Siegel exclusively reported Feb. 23 that Penn is set to portray Sandeep in “Trust Me, I’m a Doctor,” which chronicles Smith’s final days before dying of an accidental overdose in 2007 at the age of 39. Kapoor became entangled in Smith’s death when reports surfaced that he wrote her prescriptions to addictive drugs.
Written and directed by Thane Economou (“The Wedding Party”), the movie is a “drama,” Penn said, but it will be “equal parts ridiculous” because of some...
- 3/5/2024
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Kal Penn has been cast to star as a pivotal person in the final days of Anna Nicole Smith‘s life.
The 46-year-old actor has been cast to portray Dr. Sandeep Kapoor in the upcoming movie Trust Me, I’m a Doctor, according to Variety.
The news comes nearly three weeks after the 17 year anniversary of the late model and actress’ death.
Keep reading to find out more…
Trust Me, I’m a Doctor takes place during the final days leading up to her death, and is based off of her doctor, Dr Sandeep Kapoor‘s, 2017 book of the same name.
According to Variety, the upcoming movie “follows Smith’s pain-medication doctor whose life was turned upside down when he was implicated in the wrongful death trials of the one-time Playboy centerfold.”
Anna‘s death was ruled an accidental drug overdose of chloral hydrate, which became more toxic combined with other prescription drugs in her system.
The 46-year-old actor has been cast to portray Dr. Sandeep Kapoor in the upcoming movie Trust Me, I’m a Doctor, according to Variety.
The news comes nearly three weeks after the 17 year anniversary of the late model and actress’ death.
Keep reading to find out more…
Trust Me, I’m a Doctor takes place during the final days leading up to her death, and is based off of her doctor, Dr Sandeep Kapoor‘s, 2017 book of the same name.
According to Variety, the upcoming movie “follows Smith’s pain-medication doctor whose life was turned upside down when he was implicated in the wrongful death trials of the one-time Playboy centerfold.”
Anna‘s death was ruled an accidental drug overdose of chloral hydrate, which became more toxic combined with other prescription drugs in her system.
- 2/26/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Anna Nicole Smith died 17 years ago this month, but the fascination with the blond bombshell continues unabated.
Kal Penn is set to star in “Trust Me, I’m a Doctor,” a film that chronicles the final days of the actress and model whose accidental overdose death in 2007 at the age of 39 sparked a tabloid feeding frenzy. “Trust Me, I’m a Doctor,” which is based on Dr. Sandeep Kapoor’s 2017 book of the same name, marks the second film about Smith to move forward in recent months. In late December, the biopic “Hurricanna” wrapped production, with Sylvia Hoeks and Holly Hunter in the lead roles.
Written and directed by Thane Economou (“The Wedding Party”), “Trust Me I’m a Doctor” follows Smith’s pain-medication doctor whose life was turned upside down when he was implicated in the wrongful death trials of the one-time Playboy centerfold. Smith became a household name when she married 89-year-old oil tycoon J.
Kal Penn is set to star in “Trust Me, I’m a Doctor,” a film that chronicles the final days of the actress and model whose accidental overdose death in 2007 at the age of 39 sparked a tabloid feeding frenzy. “Trust Me, I’m a Doctor,” which is based on Dr. Sandeep Kapoor’s 2017 book of the same name, marks the second film about Smith to move forward in recent months. In late December, the biopic “Hurricanna” wrapped production, with Sylvia Hoeks and Holly Hunter in the lead roles.
Written and directed by Thane Economou (“The Wedding Party”), “Trust Me I’m a Doctor” follows Smith’s pain-medication doctor whose life was turned upside down when he was implicated in the wrongful death trials of the one-time Playboy centerfold. Smith became a household name when she married 89-year-old oil tycoon J.
- 2/23/2024
- by Tatiana Siegel
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Joel Johnstone (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) has signed on to star opposite Yara Martinez in Good Egg.
The film, written and directed by Nicole Gomez Fisher, centers on Jessica Nieves-Sanders (Martinez), a high school drama teacher in Queens who longs to be a mother before she hits 40 and is forced to explore alternative methods to become one, after several failed attempts at IVF. Just as Jessica’s about to throw in the towel, she meets a young professional con-artist named Bridget, who she believes will be able to give her what she most desires, striking up a deal with her. Subsequently, though, she gets caught up in a criminal underworld, and is forced to consider how she wound up in dire straits.
Johnstone will play Jessica’s high school sweetheart-turned-husband, Gordon, a seemingly meager desktop analyst with a heart of gold, who dreams of having a large family.
The film, written and directed by Nicole Gomez Fisher, centers on Jessica Nieves-Sanders (Martinez), a high school drama teacher in Queens who longs to be a mother before she hits 40 and is forced to explore alternative methods to become one, after several failed attempts at IVF. Just as Jessica’s about to throw in the towel, she meets a young professional con-artist named Bridget, who she believes will be able to give her what she most desires, striking up a deal with her. Subsequently, though, she gets caught up in a criminal underworld, and is forced to consider how she wound up in dire straits.
Johnstone will play Jessica’s high school sweetheart-turned-husband, Gordon, a seemingly meager desktop analyst with a heart of gold, who dreams of having a large family.
- 6/14/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Why Watch? Two things stick out about this comedy(?) short film from Thane Economou besides it being a single, six-minute-long tracking shot. First, it’s an intense blast of the full emotional spectrum contained in a tiny space. Second, it shrugs off its own ferocity with Dude-like, headphone-blasting zen. In Quentin and Lisa…at the Grocery Store, two fiery exes run into each other in an area built for 1.8 shopping carts to exist and proceed to brutally assail each other across the entire establishment. Things get ugly — maybe too ugly at times — but the manic energy is infectious, providing two brains devoid of rational thought a chance to collide. The comic timing is sharp, the camera movement is acrobatic enough to impress in the tight squeeze, but the short film also works largely because it focuses on a rocket blast of an argument that’s meaningless from a few feet away. It...
- 8/5/2014
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Here's a great short film you've got to watch called Abe, which tells the story of a twisted robot serial killer. The film was written and directed by Rob McLellan, and it was described by the person that sent it to us as Silence of the Lambs only the insane maniac is a robot.
We've all seen robots go crazy in movies before, many of them become hell bent on destroying the world, but this one is a lot different. This one features a robot that has the lust for blood. I can see a movie like this getting a feature film adaptation. Apparently, the director is working on it.
Abe from Rob McLellan on Vimeo.
Thanks to Thane Economou for sending this short over to us! ...
We've all seen robots go crazy in movies before, many of them become hell bent on destroying the world, but this one is a lot different. This one features a robot that has the lust for blood. I can see a movie like this getting a feature film adaptation. Apparently, the director is working on it.
Abe from Rob McLellan on Vimeo.
Thanks to Thane Economou for sending this short over to us! ...
- 4/30/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
In a world where aliens have gone head up with predators and nightmare men have taken on unstoppable killing machines, we certainly could do (and have seen) worse! Check out your first look at the indie horror comedy The Horror of Barnes Folly.
From director Jonathan Rach comes a flick that pits snarling beasts against the best the backwoods have to offer. Rach also stars along with Chris Gorbos, Dennis Gubbins, Elizabeth Bell, Blake Arnold, Chris Rodrick, Thane Economou, and Ethan Ross.
Synopsis
When a misunderstood monster stumbles into the small backwoods hillbilly town of Barnes Folly, it is up to Deputy Johnson (Gorbos), an inept, newly transplanted cop from the big city, to ease the terrified town and bring the monster to justice. He forms a mismatched posse, including his slightly psychic girlfriend (Bell), the town's only doctor, an odd woodsman (Gubbins), and Jeff, the hillbilliest of all hillbillies (Rodrick), to catch the horrible,...
From director Jonathan Rach comes a flick that pits snarling beasts against the best the backwoods have to offer. Rach also stars along with Chris Gorbos, Dennis Gubbins, Elizabeth Bell, Blake Arnold, Chris Rodrick, Thane Economou, and Ethan Ross.
Synopsis
When a misunderstood monster stumbles into the small backwoods hillbilly town of Barnes Folly, it is up to Deputy Johnson (Gorbos), an inept, newly transplanted cop from the big city, to ease the terrified town and bring the monster to justice. He forms a mismatched posse, including his slightly psychic girlfriend (Bell), the town's only doctor, an odd woodsman (Gubbins), and Jeff, the hillbilliest of all hillbillies (Rodrick), to catch the horrible,...
- 4/19/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
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