Two executive producers, whose credits include the 2018 Sundance hit “The Tale,” are facing federal fraud and money laundering charges for allegedly running a scheme to bilk millions from investors who thought they were backing independent film projects. According to their indictment, the men instead used the money to spend lavishly on themselves: luxury cars, private air travel, real estate, and more.
Jason Van Eman, who heads the Oklahoma-based WeatherVane Prods., and producer Ben McConley allegedly teamed with a former Miami-based Wells Fargo Bank employee, Benjamin Rafael, who helped pull off the scam.
According to the indictment, McConley and Van Eman lured potential investors with the promise of “matching” their investments dollar for dollar, which they claimed to use to secure a loan to pay for the film’s production. The victim would transfer money to accounts controlled by the men, which they would use for their own purposes. Rafael would...
Jason Van Eman, who heads the Oklahoma-based WeatherVane Prods., and producer Ben McConley allegedly teamed with a former Miami-based Wells Fargo Bank employee, Benjamin Rafael, who helped pull off the scam.
According to the indictment, McConley and Van Eman lured potential investors with the promise of “matching” their investments dollar for dollar, which they claimed to use to secure a loan to pay for the film’s production. The victim would transfer money to accounts controlled by the men, which they would use for their own purposes. Rafael would...
- 8/22/2019
- by Chris Lindahl
- Indiewire
Rose McGowan and Christopher Lloyd star in supernatural thriller.
Orion Pictures and Samuel Goldwyn Films have secured Us rights to Jenna Mattison’s directorial debut The Sound.
The film centres on Kelly, a writer and a skeptic of the supernatural. As a specialist in acoustic physics she uses low frequency tactile sound waves to debunk reported paranormal activities for her online blog.
When presented a new case about a supposedly haunted subway station, Kelly sets off to uncover the truth behind the hoax that involves a 40-year-old unexplained suicide.
Rose McGowan, Christopher Lloyd, Michael Eklund, Richard Gunn, and Jane Moffat star in the supernatural thriller written and directed by Mattison.
Geoff Hart, Jenna Mattison, Allan Ungar, Michele Weisler produced the film, while Cody Hackman, Mike Hattim Louie Maisano and Bruno Marino served as executive producers.
Ben McConley, Jason Van Eman, Vincenzo Varallo, and Marino Kulas also served as executive producers.
“We’re proud...
Orion Pictures and Samuel Goldwyn Films have secured Us rights to Jenna Mattison’s directorial debut The Sound.
The film centres on Kelly, a writer and a skeptic of the supernatural. As a specialist in acoustic physics she uses low frequency tactile sound waves to debunk reported paranormal activities for her online blog.
When presented a new case about a supposedly haunted subway station, Kelly sets off to uncover the truth behind the hoax that involves a 40-year-old unexplained suicide.
Rose McGowan, Christopher Lloyd, Michael Eklund, Richard Gunn, and Jane Moffat star in the supernatural thriller written and directed by Mattison.
Geoff Hart, Jenna Mattison, Allan Ungar, Michele Weisler produced the film, while Cody Hackman, Mike Hattim Louie Maisano and Bruno Marino served as executive producers.
Ben McConley, Jason Van Eman, Vincenzo Varallo, and Marino Kulas also served as executive producers.
“We’re proud...
- 7/26/2017
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Terence Davies’ latest has sold to multiple territories including Germany, Spain and Scandinavia.
Double Dutch International president Jason Moring has announced a slew of sales on Terence Davies’ Berlinale premiere A Quiet Passion starring Cynthia Nixon.
Moring and his team licensed rights before Cannes to Gulf Films for Middle East, Rc Releasing for Germany, Golem for Spain, and Palace Films for Australia/New Zealand.
In further deals Lemon Tree acquired rights for China, Entermode for South Korea, McF for former Yugoslavia, Non-Stop Entertainment for Scandinavia, and Encore Inflight for airlines.
As previously announced, Metrodome acquired UK rights.
A Quiet Passion tells the story of American poet Emily Dickinson, from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive artist whose work earned recognition years after her death. Jennifer Ehle also stars.
Sol Papadopoulos and Roy Boulter of Hurricane Films produced with Belgium-based Potemkino on board as co-producer. Jason Van Eman, [link...
Double Dutch International president Jason Moring has announced a slew of sales on Terence Davies’ Berlinale premiere A Quiet Passion starring Cynthia Nixon.
Moring and his team licensed rights before Cannes to Gulf Films for Middle East, Rc Releasing for Germany, Golem for Spain, and Palace Films for Australia/New Zealand.
In further deals Lemon Tree acquired rights for China, Entermode for South Korea, McF for former Yugoslavia, Non-Stop Entertainment for Scandinavia, and Encore Inflight for airlines.
As previously announced, Metrodome acquired UK rights.
A Quiet Passion tells the story of American poet Emily Dickinson, from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive artist whose work earned recognition years after her death. Jennifer Ehle also stars.
Sol Papadopoulos and Roy Boulter of Hurricane Films produced with Belgium-based Potemkino on board as co-producer. Jason Van Eman, [link...
- 5/14/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Shoot underway in London on drama featuring Jonathan Rhys Meyers as frontman for The Clash, Joe Strummer.
Production is underway in the UK on London Town, the Dutch Tilt Film and Culmination Productions drama starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Match Point), Daniel Huttlestone (Into the Woods), Dougray Scott (Hitman) and Natascha McElhone (Californication).
Set in 1970’s London, the film charts the story of a 14-year-old boy whose life is changed forever after he is introduced to rock band The Clash by his estranged mother.
The Tudors star Rhys Meyers plays the late punk great and Clash frontman Joe Strummer while the production has secured rights to a number of the band’s songs.
The film is written by Kirsten Sheridan, Sonya Gildea and Matthew Brown and directed by Derrick Borte with Hubert Taczanowski serving as director of photography.
Producers are Sofia Sondervan of Dutch Tilt Film, Killer Films’ Christine Vachon and Tom Butterfield of Culmination Productions in association...
Production is underway in the UK on London Town, the Dutch Tilt Film and Culmination Productions drama starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Match Point), Daniel Huttlestone (Into the Woods), Dougray Scott (Hitman) and Natascha McElhone (Californication).
Set in 1970’s London, the film charts the story of a 14-year-old boy whose life is changed forever after he is introduced to rock band The Clash by his estranged mother.
The Tudors star Rhys Meyers plays the late punk great and Clash frontman Joe Strummer while the production has secured rights to a number of the band’s songs.
The film is written by Kirsten Sheridan, Sonya Gildea and Matthew Brown and directed by Derrick Borte with Hubert Taczanowski serving as director of photography.
Producers are Sofia Sondervan of Dutch Tilt Film, Killer Films’ Christine Vachon and Tom Butterfield of Culmination Productions in association...
- 7/8/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Shoot underway in London on drama in which Jonathan Rhys Meyers plays Joe Strummer; Christine Vachon among producers
Production is underway in the UK on London Town, the Dutch Tilt Film and Culmination Productions drama starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Match Point), Daniel Huttlestone (Into the Woods), Dougray Scott (Hitman) and Natascha McElhone (Californication).
Set in 70’s London, the film charts the story of a 14-year-old boy whose life is changed forever after he is introduced to the Clash by his estranged mother.
Tudors star Rhys Meyers plays the late punk great and Clash frontman Joe Strummer while the production has secured rights to a number of the band’s hits.
The film is written by Kirsten Sheridan, Sonya Gildea and Matthew Brown and directed by Derrick Borte with Hubert Taczanowski serving as director of photography.
Producers are Sofia Sondervan of Dutch Tilt Film, Killer Films’ Christine Vachon and Tom Butterfield of Culmination Productions in association with WeatherVane...
Production is underway in the UK on London Town, the Dutch Tilt Film and Culmination Productions drama starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Match Point), Daniel Huttlestone (Into the Woods), Dougray Scott (Hitman) and Natascha McElhone (Californication).
Set in 70’s London, the film charts the story of a 14-year-old boy whose life is changed forever after he is introduced to the Clash by his estranged mother.
Tudors star Rhys Meyers plays the late punk great and Clash frontman Joe Strummer while the production has secured rights to a number of the band’s hits.
The film is written by Kirsten Sheridan, Sonya Gildea and Matthew Brown and directed by Derrick Borte with Hubert Taczanowski serving as director of photography.
Producers are Sofia Sondervan of Dutch Tilt Film, Killer Films’ Christine Vachon and Tom Butterfield of Culmination Productions in association with WeatherVane...
- 7/8/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Jason Moring, Ddi president, has announced a deal to sell international rights to the feature "A Quiet Passion," which has added Jennifer Ehle ("Zero Dark Thirty," "Fifty Shades of Grey") to support Cynthia Nixon ("Stockholm, Pennsylvania," "Sex and the City"), the lead of the movie.
Ddi will be selling the picture during the 2015 Cannes Film Market in May. UTA with Indomitable Entertainment holds domestic sales rights.
"A Quiet Passion" is written and directed by award-winning and acclaimed director Terence Davies ("The House of Mirth," "The Deep Blue Sea"), starring Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle. Production kicks off May 4 in Belgium with Sol Papadopoulos and Roy Boulter producing for Hurricane Films and Potemkino co-producing. Executive producers include Jason Van Eman and Ben McConley from Weathervane Productions, Dominic Ianno ("Soul Surfer") and Stuart Pollok from Indomitable Entertainment, alongside Moring.
Nixon is represented by UTA, as is Ehle, who is also represented by Independent Talent Group in the UK.
"A Quiet Passion" is the story of America's foremost poet Emily Dickinson (Nixon) from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive, unrecognized artist; she left the world a huge body of emotional and powerful literary work, sadly discovered only after she was gone.
"Terence has shared great success in many of the biggest festivals throughout his career, including Cannes, and we couldn't be more excited to announce his next project at the festival," says Moring.
Davie states, "Emily Dickinson was one of the world's greatest poets, she distilled the terror and beauty of the world down to the quintessence of meaning and expression - I feel privileged to tell her story."...
Ddi will be selling the picture during the 2015 Cannes Film Market in May. UTA with Indomitable Entertainment holds domestic sales rights.
"A Quiet Passion" is written and directed by award-winning and acclaimed director Terence Davies ("The House of Mirth," "The Deep Blue Sea"), starring Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle. Production kicks off May 4 in Belgium with Sol Papadopoulos and Roy Boulter producing for Hurricane Films and Potemkino co-producing. Executive producers include Jason Van Eman and Ben McConley from Weathervane Productions, Dominic Ianno ("Soul Surfer") and Stuart Pollok from Indomitable Entertainment, alongside Moring.
Nixon is represented by UTA, as is Ehle, who is also represented by Independent Talent Group in the UK.
"A Quiet Passion" is the story of America's foremost poet Emily Dickinson (Nixon) from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive, unrecognized artist; she left the world a huge body of emotional and powerful literary work, sadly discovered only after she was gone.
"Terence has shared great success in many of the biggest festivals throughout his career, including Cannes, and we couldn't be more excited to announce his next project at the festival," says Moring.
Davie states, "Emily Dickinson was one of the world's greatest poets, she distilled the terror and beauty of the world down to the quintessence of meaning and expression - I feel privileged to tell her story."...
- 5/6/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Company president Jason Moring announced his Double Dutch International team has added the Emily Dickinson project to its Cannes sales roster.
Jennifer Ehle has joined the cast alongside lead Cynthia Nixon on the Hurricane Films, Potemkino, Weathervane Productions and Indomitable Entertainment.
A Quiet Passion centres on the life of the 19th century American poet from her early days to her later years as a recluse whose recognition would only come after her death.
Production kicked off May 4 in Belgium and Sol Papadopoulos and Roy Boulter produce for Hurricane Films and Potemkino co-produces.
UTA represents Us rights with Indomitable Entertainment.
Executive producers include Jason Van Eman and Ben McConley of Weathervane Productions and Dominic Ianno and Stuart Pollok of Indomitable Entertainment alongside Moring.
Jennifer Ehle has joined the cast alongside lead Cynthia Nixon on the Hurricane Films, Potemkino, Weathervane Productions and Indomitable Entertainment.
A Quiet Passion centres on the life of the 19th century American poet from her early days to her later years as a recluse whose recognition would only come after her death.
Production kicked off May 4 in Belgium and Sol Papadopoulos and Roy Boulter produce for Hurricane Films and Potemkino co-produces.
UTA represents Us rights with Indomitable Entertainment.
Executive producers include Jason Van Eman and Ben McConley of Weathervane Productions and Dominic Ianno and Stuart Pollok of Indomitable Entertainment alongside Moring.
- 5/5/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Mia Wasikowska’s Madame Bovary Sells For Radiant Films
Radiant Films International has completed multiple sales deals in territories worldwide for Madame Bovary starring Mia Wasikowska including all French-speaking rights to Jour2Fête and Italy to Paco Pictures. Additional sales include Benelux to A-Film, Scandinavia to Svensk Filmindustri and Portugal to Nos Lusomundo Audiovisuais, Latin America to Swen, Australia to Transmission Films, South Korea to Noori Pictures, Turkey to Aqua Pinema, Middle East to Gulf Film, Greece to Odeon and Iceland to Myndform. Radiant is handling all foreign sales on the project which they are actively selling at Efm.
The Solution Boards Tokyo Vice Starring Daniel Radcliffe
The Solution Entertainment Group is handling international rights to Tokyo Vice, produced by John Lesher’s Le Grisbi Productions. The Solution’s Myles Nestel and Lisa Wilson will exec produce and present to buyers at the Efm. UTA is representing Us rights. Adam Kassan is also producing.
Radiant Films International has completed multiple sales deals in territories worldwide for Madame Bovary starring Mia Wasikowska including all French-speaking rights to Jour2Fête and Italy to Paco Pictures. Additional sales include Benelux to A-Film, Scandinavia to Svensk Filmindustri and Portugal to Nos Lusomundo Audiovisuais, Latin America to Swen, Australia to Transmission Films, South Korea to Noori Pictures, Turkey to Aqua Pinema, Middle East to Gulf Film, Greece to Odeon and Iceland to Myndform. Radiant is handling all foreign sales on the project which they are actively selling at Efm.
The Solution Boards Tokyo Vice Starring Daniel Radcliffe
The Solution Entertainment Group is handling international rights to Tokyo Vice, produced by John Lesher’s Le Grisbi Productions. The Solution’s Myles Nestel and Lisa Wilson will exec produce and present to buyers at the Efm. UTA is representing Us rights. Adam Kassan is also producing.
- 2/7/2015
- by Ali Jaafar
- Deadline
Efm: Aldamisa has acquired sales rights to Royal Ice, based upon the life story of Prince Albert II of Monaco.
The company will finance and produce and anticipates a fourth quarter start on the story about the prince’s battle to pull together the country’s Olympic bobsled team. Mark Thomas wrote the screenplay.
Aldamisa co-chairman Sergei Bespalov will serve as a producer alongside Alexey Petrukhin, Mark Thomas, John Bernard and Oleg Boyko.
Alexander Zanzer is executive producer and diplomatic consultant on Royal relations. Jason Van Eman and Ben McConley round out the executive producer roster.
“This is the first Royal fairy tale which is a true story of a sitting Monarch, where the human drive for achievement becomes a battle with one’s own limits, amplified by the constraints of Royal duties,” said Bespalov.
The company will finance and produce and anticipates a fourth quarter start on the story about the prince’s battle to pull together the country’s Olympic bobsled team. Mark Thomas wrote the screenplay.
Aldamisa co-chairman Sergei Bespalov will serve as a producer alongside Alexey Petrukhin, Mark Thomas, John Bernard and Oleg Boyko.
Alexander Zanzer is executive producer and diplomatic consultant on Royal relations. Jason Van Eman and Ben McConley round out the executive producer roster.
“This is the first Royal fairy tale which is a true story of a sitting Monarch, where the human drive for achievement becomes a battle with one’s own limits, amplified by the constraints of Royal duties,” said Bespalov.
- 2/7/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Aldamisa International is launching sales at the Efm on Scarlett Johansson’s previously announced directorial debut, set to commence production in New York this summer.
The Truman Capote adaptation centres on a 17-year-old debutante who opts out of her parents’ Parisian travels to foster a romance with a Jewish valet parking attendant in 1945 New York.
“I am so excited to bring Summer Crossing off the page and on the screen as my directorial debut,” said Johansson.
“As a story that follows a love story for the lost generation of a Post-war America, I feel Truman’s words are more relevant today than ever before.”
Aldamisa International evp of international Eric Min and director of international Samantha Peel will be meeting with buyers in Berlin.
Barry Spikings will produce alongside Stacey Sher, Aldamisa co-chairman Sergei Bespalov and Tessela Production’s Oleg Boyko. Peter Graves, Jason Van Eman and Ben McConley serve as executive producers. CAA represents...
The Truman Capote adaptation centres on a 17-year-old debutante who opts out of her parents’ Parisian travels to foster a romance with a Jewish valet parking attendant in 1945 New York.
“I am so excited to bring Summer Crossing off the page and on the screen as my directorial debut,” said Johansson.
“As a story that follows a love story for the lost generation of a Post-war America, I feel Truman’s words are more relevant today than ever before.”
Aldamisa International evp of international Eric Min and director of international Samantha Peel will be meeting with buyers in Berlin.
Barry Spikings will produce alongside Stacey Sher, Aldamisa co-chairman Sergei Bespalov and Tessela Production’s Oleg Boyko. Peter Graves, Jason Van Eman and Ben McConley serve as executive producers. CAA represents...
- 2/4/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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