Updated with more signatories: Reaction continues to The Zone of Interest director Jonathan Glazer’s acceptance speech after his film won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film this month.
Some 1,215 Jewish show business professionals now have signed a letter denouncing the filmmaker’s speech, in which he decried the “dehumanization” of the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas. See the updated full list below.
“We refute our Jewishness being hijacked for the purpose of drawing a moral equivalence between a Nazi regime that sought to exterminate a race of people, and an Israeli nation that seeks to avert its own extermination,” the letter states (read it in full in full below).
This list includes among its signatories Eli Roth and Amy Sherman-Palladino, Amy Pascal, Debra Messing, Gail Berman, Hawk Koch, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gary Barber, Lawrence Bender, Tovah Feldshuh and Rod Lurie.
You can watch Glazer’s speech here,...
Some 1,215 Jewish show business professionals now have signed a letter denouncing the filmmaker’s speech, in which he decried the “dehumanization” of the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas. See the updated full list below.
“We refute our Jewishness being hijacked for the purpose of drawing a moral equivalence between a Nazi regime that sought to exterminate a race of people, and an Israeli nation that seeks to avert its own extermination,” the letter states (read it in full in full below).
This list includes among its signatories Eli Roth and Amy Sherman-Palladino, Amy Pascal, Debra Messing, Gail Berman, Hawk Koch, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gary Barber, Lawrence Bender, Tovah Feldshuh and Rod Lurie.
You can watch Glazer’s speech here,...
- 3/20/2024
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
An open letter condemning Jonathan Glazer’s Zone of Interest Oscars acceptance speech has been signed by more than 450 Jewish Hollywood professionals.
The group consists of actors, executives, directors, creators, producers and representatives denouncing Glazer’s controversial comments made when accepting the Academy Award for best international film on March 10.
“We refute our Jewishness being hijacked for the purpose of drawing a moral equivalence between a Nazi regime that sought to exterminate a race of people, and an Israeli nation that seeks to avert its own extermination,” the letter reads.
In his acceptance at the 2024 Oscars, Glazer read from a prepared speech to thank his partners and then make a statement addressing the current Israel-Gaza conflict.
“All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present, not to say, ‘Look what they did then’; rather, ‘what we do now,’” Glazer said. “Our film shows where dehumanization leads at its worst.
The group consists of actors, executives, directors, creators, producers and representatives denouncing Glazer’s controversial comments made when accepting the Academy Award for best international film on March 10.
“We refute our Jewishness being hijacked for the purpose of drawing a moral equivalence between a Nazi regime that sought to exterminate a race of people, and an Israeli nation that seeks to avert its own extermination,” the letter reads.
In his acceptance at the 2024 Oscars, Glazer read from a prepared speech to thank his partners and then make a statement addressing the current Israel-Gaza conflict.
“All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present, not to say, ‘Look what they did then’; rather, ‘what we do now,’” Glazer said. “Our film shows where dehumanization leads at its worst.
- 3/18/2024
- by Zoe G Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Last year, author Grady Hendrix contributed the 29 page short story Ankle Snatcher (you can read it Here) to the Amazon Original Stories Creature Feature collection, which also featured stories by Joe Hill, Josh Malerman, Paul Tremblay, Jason Mott, and Chandler Baker. Now, Deadline reports that Sony has acquired the rights to make a feature film adaptation of Ankle Snatcher.
Hendrix’s story follows Marcus, who grew up believing his father killed his mother — then blamed it on the boogeyman under the bed. Always leave the lights on, his father warned, or the boogeyman will get you. Marcus still heeds the superstition, especially when he invites his new girlfriend over. Is Marcus haunted by a creature or has he just inherited his father’s murderous delusions? The night will tell.
Hendrix will be producing the film alongside Escape Artist’ Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, and Tony Shaw, and Aperture Entertainment’s Adam Goldworm.
Hendrix’s story follows Marcus, who grew up believing his father killed his mother — then blamed it on the boogeyman under the bed. Always leave the lights on, his father warned, or the boogeyman will get you. Marcus still heeds the superstition, especially when he invites his new girlfriend over. Is Marcus haunted by a creature or has he just inherited his father’s murderous delusions? The night will tell.
Hendrix will be producing the film alongside Escape Artist’ Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, and Tony Shaw, and Aperture Entertainment’s Adam Goldworm.
- 3/8/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Another horror tale from author Grady Hendrix is getting a film adaptation, with Deadline reporting today that Hendrix’s Ankle Snatcher has been scooped up by Sony for an upcoming feature film adaptation.
Hendrix is on board to write the screenplay and produce alongside Escape Artists‘ Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Tony Shaw, as well as Aperture Entertainment‘s Adam Goldworm.
Deadline notes that Ankle Snatcher was “released in September 2023 as part of Amazon Original Stories’ Creature Feature Collection comprised of six original stories.”
The story follows “Marcus, who grew up believing his father killed his mother — then blamed it on the boogeyman under the bed. Always leave the lights on, his father warned, or the boogeyman will get you. Marcus still heeds the superstition, especially when he invites his new girlfriend over.
“Is Marcus haunted by a creature or has he just inherited his father’s murderous delusions? The night will tell.
Hendrix is on board to write the screenplay and produce alongside Escape Artists‘ Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Tony Shaw, as well as Aperture Entertainment‘s Adam Goldworm.
Deadline notes that Ankle Snatcher was “released in September 2023 as part of Amazon Original Stories’ Creature Feature Collection comprised of six original stories.”
The story follows “Marcus, who grew up believing his father killed his mother — then blamed it on the boogeyman under the bed. Always leave the lights on, his father warned, or the boogeyman will get you. Marcus still heeds the superstition, especially when he invites his new girlfriend over.
“Is Marcus haunted by a creature or has he just inherited his father’s murderous delusions? The night will tell.
- 3/8/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Sony has preemptively closed a deal for film rights to Grady Hendrix’s short story “Ankle Snatcher,” tapping Hendrix to adapt it for the screen, sources tell Deadline. Hendrix is also set to produce alongside Escape Artists’ Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Tony Shaw, as well as Aperture Entertainment’s Adam Goldworm.
The first short story Hendrix has taken to market, after setting up numerous novels and original screenplays for adaptation, “Ankle Snatcher” was released in September 2023 as part of Amazon Original Stories’ Creature Feature collection comprised of six original stories written by New York Times bestselling authors, the others being Joe Hill, Josh Malerman, Paul Tremblay, Jason Mott, and Chandler Baker.
Hendrix’s story follows Marcus, who grew up believing his father killed his mother — then blamed it on the boogeyman under the bed. Always leave the lights on, his father warned, or the boogeyman will get you.
The first short story Hendrix has taken to market, after setting up numerous novels and original screenplays for adaptation, “Ankle Snatcher” was released in September 2023 as part of Amazon Original Stories’ Creature Feature collection comprised of six original stories written by New York Times bestselling authors, the others being Joe Hill, Josh Malerman, Paul Tremblay, Jason Mott, and Chandler Baker.
Hendrix’s story follows Marcus, who grew up believing his father killed his mother — then blamed it on the boogeyman under the bed. Always leave the lights on, his father warned, or the boogeyman will get you.
- 3/8/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
After making the little-seen 2009 thriller Absence, the filmmaking duo of Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer went on to make the impressive 2014 horror film Starry Eyes, which led to them getting the chance to direct the 2019 remake of Pet Sematary. That movie didn’t become as popular as the original film, but it did earn over $100 million at the box office. Five years later, Kölsch and Widmyer have finally set up their next feature: the survival thriller The Swallow, which is set to star Grace Van Dien, who had a memorable role in season 4 of Stranger Things.
Kölsch and Widmyer wrote the screenplay for The Swallow, which was previously featured on the Bloodlist, a list assembled through a survey of industry professionals, who recommend their favorite unproduced thriller and horror scripts. Thanks to producers James Harris and Mark Lane of Tea Shop Productions, John Finemore of Lost City, Adam Goldworm of Aperture Entertainment,...
Kölsch and Widmyer wrote the screenplay for The Swallow, which was previously featured on the Bloodlist, a list assembled through a survey of industry professionals, who recommend their favorite unproduced thriller and horror scripts. Thanks to producers James Harris and Mark Lane of Tea Shop Productions, John Finemore of Lost City, Adam Goldworm of Aperture Entertainment,...
- 2/9/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Kevin Kölsch & Dennis Widmyer, the duo behind Starry Eyes and the Pet Sematary remake, are back with the brand new survival horror film The Swallow, Deadline reports.
The cast for the film is led by Grace Van Dien (“Stranger Things”).
“Van Dien stars as Ziggy, who, along with her four friends, journeys out on a camping trip to a picturesque remote forest. But trespassing into an off-limits area, they awaken an uncanny terror in the woods… and a ravenous hunger from within the Earth. Soon, the ground itself is trying to swallow anything and anyone it comes into contact with and Ziggy and her friends have nowhere to run as every trembling step they take could be their last.”
Kölsch and Widmyer said in a statement, “The Swallow is a lean, mean horror film that never lets its foot off the gas. Essentially, one extended set piece of tension and...
The cast for the film is led by Grace Van Dien (“Stranger Things”).
“Van Dien stars as Ziggy, who, along with her four friends, journeys out on a camping trip to a picturesque remote forest. But trespassing into an off-limits area, they awaken an uncanny terror in the woods… and a ravenous hunger from within the Earth. Soon, the ground itself is trying to swallow anything and anyone it comes into contact with and Ziggy and her friends have nowhere to run as every trembling step they take could be their last.”
Kölsch and Widmyer said in a statement, “The Swallow is a lean, mean horror film that never lets its foot off the gas. Essentially, one extended set piece of tension and...
- 2/9/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Pet Sematary filmmakers Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer have found their next project in the shape of survival thriller The Swallow, in which a group of teens are abandoned in a deadly forest.
The duo are teaming with producers James Harris and Mark Lane of Tea Shop Productions and John Finemore of Lost City (Watcher) on the project, which will star Grace Van Dien (Stranger Things).
The filmmakers also penned the screenplay for The Swallow, which previously landed on the Bloodlist, the best horror scripts of the year. Architect have launched for worldwide sales ahead of the EFM, and are co-representing U.S. rights with Verve Ventures. Filming is being lined up for the summer with additional casting underway.
Van Dien stars as Ziggy, who, along with her four friends, journeys out on a camping trip to a picturesque remote forest. But trespassing into an off-limits area,...
The duo are teaming with producers James Harris and Mark Lane of Tea Shop Productions and John Finemore of Lost City (Watcher) on the project, which will star Grace Van Dien (Stranger Things).
The filmmakers also penned the screenplay for The Swallow, which previously landed on the Bloodlist, the best horror scripts of the year. Architect have launched for worldwide sales ahead of the EFM, and are co-representing U.S. rights with Verve Ventures. Filming is being lined up for the summer with additional casting underway.
Van Dien stars as Ziggy, who, along with her four friends, journeys out on a camping trip to a picturesque remote forest. But trespassing into an off-limits area,...
- 2/8/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Hollywood star Denzel Washington is set to play Hannibal in a new film. The 68-year-old Hollywood legend will reunite with Antoine Fuqua who directed him in 2001 movie ‘Training Day’, for which Washington won an Oscar.
He will also produce the film alongside Fuqua, Erik Olsen and Adam Goldworm, according to Deadline. John Logan will pen the script, and Jeremy Lott and Frank Rodriguez Moll are to executive produce the movie, reports ‘Female First UK’.
Hannibal commanded the forces of Carthage in their battle against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War – which took place from 218 to 201 BC – during which he invaded Italy on top of a North African war elephant.
As per ‘Female First UK’, Hannibal was also regarded as a master tactician when it came to defeating his opponents.
The movie is expected to be set after the battles between Hannibal’s troops and the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War.
He will also produce the film alongside Fuqua, Erik Olsen and Adam Goldworm, according to Deadline. John Logan will pen the script, and Jeremy Lott and Frank Rodriguez Moll are to executive produce the movie, reports ‘Female First UK’.
Hannibal commanded the forces of Carthage in their battle against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War – which took place from 218 to 201 BC – during which he invaded Italy on top of a North African war elephant.
As per ‘Female First UK’, Hannibal was also regarded as a master tactician when it came to defeating his opponents.
The movie is expected to be set after the battles between Hannibal’s troops and the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War.
- 11/14/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Hollywood star Denzel Washington is set to play Hannibal in a new film. The 68-year-old Hollywood legend will reunite with Antoine Fuqua who directed him in 2001 movie ‘Training Day’, for which Washington won an Oscar.
He will also produce the film alongside Fuqua, Erik Olsen and Adam Goldworm, according to Deadline. John Logan will pen the script, and Jeremy Lott and Frank Rodriguez Moll are to executive produce the movie, reports ‘Female First UK’.
Hannibal commanded the forces of Carthage in their battle against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War – which took place from 218 to 201 BC – during which he invaded Italy on top of a North African war elephant.
As per ‘Female First UK’, Hannibal was also regarded as a master tactician when it came to defeating his opponents.
The movie is expected to be set after the battles between Hannibal’s troops and the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War.
He will also produce the film alongside Fuqua, Erik Olsen and Adam Goldworm, according to Deadline. John Logan will pen the script, and Jeremy Lott and Frank Rodriguez Moll are to executive produce the movie, reports ‘Female First UK’.
Hannibal commanded the forces of Carthage in their battle against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War – which took place from 218 to 201 BC – during which he invaded Italy on top of a North African war elephant.
As per ‘Female First UK’, Hannibal was also regarded as a master tactician when it came to defeating his opponents.
The movie is expected to be set after the battles between Hannibal’s troops and the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War.
- 11/14/2023
- by Agency News Desk
Denzel Washington is set to reunite with his ‘Training Day’ and ‘Equalizer’ director Antoine Fuqua in an upcoming untitled Netflix movie.
Washington is to play the ancient Carthaginian general Hannibal in the movie which is based on real-life warrior Hannibal, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest military commanders in history. The film covers the pivotal battles he led against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War.
Hannibal, a Carthaginian general, rode a war elephant from northern Africa to invade Italy. He led his army to several key victories against the Romans, which allowed him to occupy large parts of southern Italy for 15 years. However, he was eventually defeated by the Romans in the Battle of Zama, after they launched a counter-invasion of North Africa.
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‘The Gladiator’ and ‘The Aviator’ scribe,...
Washington is to play the ancient Carthaginian general Hannibal in the movie which is based on real-life warrior Hannibal, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest military commanders in history. The film covers the pivotal battles he led against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War.
Hannibal, a Carthaginian general, rode a war elephant from northern Africa to invade Italy. He led his army to several key victories against the Romans, which allowed him to occupy large parts of southern Italy for 15 years. However, he was eventually defeated by the Romans in the Battle of Zama, after they launched a counter-invasion of North Africa.
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‘The Gladiator’ and ‘The Aviator’ scribe,...
- 11/14/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Netflix is bringing a grand tale to life with Denzel Washington portraying Hannibal, the renowned Carthaginian warrior. This project marks a significant collaboration, reuniting Washington with director Antoine Fuqua. The pair previously worked together on the acclaimed 2001 film ‘Training Day,’ for which Washington bagged an Oscar. They’ve kept the partnership going, most recently with the third movie in the ‘Equalizer’ series.
The script for this Netflix epic is penned by John Logan, a three-time Oscar nominee known for ‘The Aviator,’ ‘Hugo,’ and the gripping ‘Gladiator.’ Logan’s expertise in crafting compelling historical dramas is a perfect match for Hannibal’s story. The production team includes heavy-hitters like Erik Olsen and Adam Goldworm, with Jeremy Lott and Frank Rodriguez Moll executive producing.
Hannibal’s saga is a fascinating one. He’s famous for his audacious trek over the Alps on an elephant to attack Rome, challenging the might of the Roman Republic.
The script for this Netflix epic is penned by John Logan, a three-time Oscar nominee known for ‘The Aviator,’ ‘Hugo,’ and the gripping ‘Gladiator.’ Logan’s expertise in crafting compelling historical dramas is a perfect match for Hannibal’s story. The production team includes heavy-hitters like Erik Olsen and Adam Goldworm, with Jeremy Lott and Frank Rodriguez Moll executive producing.
Hannibal’s saga is a fascinating one. He’s famous for his audacious trek over the Alps on an elephant to attack Rome, challenging the might of the Roman Republic.
- 11/13/2023
- by Hrvoje Milakovic
- Fiction Horizon
Round up your war elephants, folks, because Denzel Washington is taking a page out of the history books for his next starring role. Currently set to restart production on Ridley Scott's "Gladiator" sequel, which was one of the many casualties of halting filming during the recently-concluded SAG-AFTRA strike, it would seem that the famous actor has caught the historical epic bug. And in a surprising twist, this next project will bring Washington full-circle to a movie he originally wanted to star in over two decades ago. Always trust the process, people!
Netflix has revealed that Washington and his creative collaborator on the trilogy of "The Equalizer" movies, director Antoine Fuqua, are once again teaming up -- this time, to dramatize the legendary feats of Hannibal the Conqueror. Considered one of the most feared and accomplished military commanders of the ancient world, Hannibal's campaign against the Roman Empire throughout...
Netflix has revealed that Washington and his creative collaborator on the trilogy of "The Equalizer" movies, director Antoine Fuqua, are once again teaming up -- this time, to dramatize the legendary feats of Hannibal the Conqueror. Considered one of the most feared and accomplished military commanders of the ancient world, Hannibal's campaign against the Roman Empire throughout...
- 11/13/2023
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
Denzel Washington is on a current kick of ancient period pieces as the Academy Award-winning actor recently worked with Joel Coen on Apple’s The Tragedy of Macbeth and is about to pick up filming on the stalled Gladiator 2 film that will have to continue production after repairs are made to the deteriorating sets when it was shut down while the Screen Actors’ Guild went on strike. Deadline has now reported that Denzel will be donning extravagant period clothing yet again for a new Netflix film about the ancient Carthaginian general Hannibal.
The new Netflix historical epic will be pairing Denzel back up with his frequent collaborator, Antoine Fuqua. Washington has worked with the director for The Equalizer trilogy, as well as The Magnificent Seven remake and on the film to feature his Oscar-winning performance, Training Day. The script will be written by Gladiator writer John Logan. Fuqua, Washington,...
The new Netflix historical epic will be pairing Denzel back up with his frequent collaborator, Antoine Fuqua. Washington has worked with the director for The Equalizer trilogy, as well as The Magnificent Seven remake and on the film to feature his Oscar-winning performance, Training Day. The script will be written by Gladiator writer John Logan. Fuqua, Washington,...
- 11/13/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Denzel Washington and Antoine Fuqua are reteaming for the epic Hannibal drama for Netflix.
Fuqua will direct the film based on a script by John Logan, with Washington also producing. There’s no word on Washington’s role in the movie based on the real-life warrior Hannibal, but expect lots of characters atop elephants crossing the Alps.
Washington and Fuqua already had outings on 2001’s Training Day, 2014’s The Equalizer and 2018’s The Equalizer 2.
The historical figure Hannibal was regarded as one of the greatest military commanders in history. The Netflix movie will cover pivotal battles against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War fought between the two great empires of Rome and Carthage.
The Hannibal project is part of Fuqua’s production company Hill District Media’s first look partnership with Netflix. Washington and Fuqua also worked together on the third edition of the Equalizer franchise.
Washington...
Fuqua will direct the film based on a script by John Logan, with Washington also producing. There’s no word on Washington’s role in the movie based on the real-life warrior Hannibal, but expect lots of characters atop elephants crossing the Alps.
Washington and Fuqua already had outings on 2001’s Training Day, 2014’s The Equalizer and 2018’s The Equalizer 2.
The historical figure Hannibal was regarded as one of the greatest military commanders in history. The Netflix movie will cover pivotal battles against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War fought between the two great empires of Rome and Carthage.
The Hannibal project is part of Fuqua’s production company Hill District Media’s first look partnership with Netflix. Washington and Fuqua also worked together on the third edition of the Equalizer franchise.
Washington...
- 11/13/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Denzel Washington definitely is thinking about the Roman Empire.
The actor is confirmed to reunite with longtime “Training Day” and “The Equalizer” director Antoine Fuqua for an untitled Hannibal film at Netflix based on the real-life warrior who fought against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War. The yet-to-be-titled project is based on real-life warrior Hannibal, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest military commanders in history, and will cover his pivotal battles.
“Gladiator” scribe John Logan wrote the script. Washington and Fuqua will both produce the film, along with Erik Olsen and Adam Goldworm. Jeremy Lott and Frank Moll serve as executive producers.
In addition to the Hannibal movie, Washington is also starring in the Roman Empire-set “Gladiator” sequel, directed by Ridley Scott. The upcoming film co-stars Paul Mescal.
The upcoming Hannibal film is part of Fuqua’s production company Hill District Media’s first-look partnership with Netflix,...
The actor is confirmed to reunite with longtime “Training Day” and “The Equalizer” director Antoine Fuqua for an untitled Hannibal film at Netflix based on the real-life warrior who fought against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War. The yet-to-be-titled project is based on real-life warrior Hannibal, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest military commanders in history, and will cover his pivotal battles.
“Gladiator” scribe John Logan wrote the script. Washington and Fuqua will both produce the film, along with Erik Olsen and Adam Goldworm. Jeremy Lott and Frank Moll serve as executive producers.
In addition to the Hannibal movie, Washington is also starring in the Roman Empire-set “Gladiator” sequel, directed by Ridley Scott. The upcoming film co-stars Paul Mescal.
The upcoming Hannibal film is part of Fuqua’s production company Hill District Media’s first-look partnership with Netflix,...
- 11/13/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Denzel Washington is teaming up once again with his “Training Day” and “Equalizer” director Antoine Fuqua to play the ancient Carthaginian general Hannibal in an untitled Netflix movie, Variety has confirmed.
The film will be written by John Logan, the three-time Academy Award winner who scribed Martin Scorsese’s “The Aviator” and Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator.”
According to the official logline, the movie is “based on real-life warrior Hannibal, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest military commanders in history. The film covers the pivotal battles he led against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War.”
Hannibal invaded Italy while riding a Northern African war elephant. Under his lead, the Carthaginians won key victories against the Romans, allowing Hannibal to occupy the majority of southern Italy for 15 years. Eventually, Hannibal was defeated by the Romans at the Battle of Zama after they counter-invaded North Africa.
Washington produces the film alongside Erik Olsen,...
The film will be written by John Logan, the three-time Academy Award winner who scribed Martin Scorsese’s “The Aviator” and Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator.”
According to the official logline, the movie is “based on real-life warrior Hannibal, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest military commanders in history. The film covers the pivotal battles he led against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War.”
Hannibal invaded Italy while riding a Northern African war elephant. Under his lead, the Carthaginians won key victories against the Romans, allowing Hannibal to occupy the majority of southern Italy for 15 years. Eventually, Hannibal was defeated by the Romans at the Battle of Zama after they counter-invaded North Africa.
Washington produces the film alongside Erik Olsen,...
- 11/13/2023
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
Denzel Washington is reteaming with director Antoine Fuqua and is set to star in an untitled Hannibal biopic at Netflix, the streamer announced Monday.
Following the Carthaginian general’s historic conquests, the Roman wartime epic also comes from “Gladiator” scribe John Logan.
Hannibal was a brilliant Carthaginian general who led his army, including fearsome war elephants, over the Alps into Italy during the Second Punic War against Rome in the 3rd Century B.C.
The official logline from Netflix said the project is “based on real-life warrior Hannibal, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest military commanders in history.” The streamer added that “the film covers the pivotal battles he led against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War.”
Washington and Fuqua will also produce the project along with Erik Olsen and Adam Goldworm. Jeremy Lott and Frank Moll are attached as executive producers.
The film is...
Following the Carthaginian general’s historic conquests, the Roman wartime epic also comes from “Gladiator” scribe John Logan.
Hannibal was a brilliant Carthaginian general who led his army, including fearsome war elephants, over the Alps into Italy during the Second Punic War against Rome in the 3rd Century B.C.
The official logline from Netflix said the project is “based on real-life warrior Hannibal, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest military commanders in history.” The streamer added that “the film covers the pivotal battles he led against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War.”
Washington and Fuqua will also produce the project along with Erik Olsen and Adam Goldworm. Jeremy Lott and Frank Moll are attached as executive producers.
The film is...
- 11/13/2023
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Now that the SAG-AFTRA strike is ending, why not come out with elephant-sized ambition? Netflix has attached Denzel Washington to play the ancient Carthaginian general Hannibal in an untitled epic drama that will reteam him with Antoine Fuqua for Netflix. That reunites back star and director who first teamed on 2001’s Training Day — Washington won the Oscar for that turn — and they most recently made the third installment of the Equalizer franchise.
John Logan, the three-time Oscar-nominated The Aviator and Hugo scribe who knows his way around a sword-and-scandal saga with Gladiator, is writing the script. Fuqua, Washington, Erik Olsen and Adam Goldworm will produce. Jeremy Lott and Frank Rodriguez Moll exec produce.
For Washington, the development brings back a project that he wanted to star in more than 20 years ago, but Fox wanted to make it at a time when Washington didn’t want to be away from...
John Logan, the three-time Oscar-nominated The Aviator and Hugo scribe who knows his way around a sword-and-scandal saga with Gladiator, is writing the script. Fuqua, Washington, Erik Olsen and Adam Goldworm will produce. Jeremy Lott and Frank Rodriguez Moll exec produce.
For Washington, the development brings back a project that he wanted to star in more than 20 years ago, but Fox wanted to make it at a time when Washington didn’t want to be away from...
- 11/13/2023
- by Justin Kroll and Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Legendary Entertainment and Sam Raimi‘s Ghost House Pictures are teaming up to bring an adaptation of My Best Friend’s Exorcism author Grady Hendrix’s best-selling horror novel How to Sell a Haunted House to the screen, Variety reports. Hendrix is writing the screenplay adaptation himself, and James Ashcroft – who made his feature directorial debut with the 2021 horror film Coming Home in the Dark – is on board to direct.
Hendrix’s novel (pick up a copy Here) has the following description: When Louise finds out her parents have died, she dreads going home. She doesn’t want to leave her daughter with her ex and fly to Charleston. She doesn’t want to deal with her family home, stuffed to the rafters with the remnants of her father’s academic career and her mother’s lifelong obsession with puppets and dolls. She doesn’t want to learn how to...
Hendrix’s novel (pick up a copy Here) has the following description: When Louise finds out her parents have died, she dreads going home. She doesn’t want to leave her daughter with her ex and fly to Charleston. She doesn’t want to deal with her family home, stuffed to the rafters with the remnants of her father’s academic career and her mother’s lifelong obsession with puppets and dolls. She doesn’t want to learn how to...
- 4/27/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Best-selling horror author Grady Hendrix’s latest novel, How to Sell a Haunted House, was released earlier this year, and an adaptation is already on the way.
Legendary Entertainment won movie rights, per Variety, and tapped Coming Home in the Dark filmmaker James Ashcroft to helm the adaptation.
If that’s not intriguing enough, Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert’s Ghost House Pictures will produce the film with Hendrix (My Best Friend’s Exorcism) and Adam Goldworm’s Aperture Entertainment. Romel Adam and Jose Cañas will oversee for Ghost House.
Hendrix will adapt his own novel for the screen.
Fans of Hendrix’s novel know this is no ordinary haunted house.
The novel’s official synopsis: “When Louise finds out her parents have died, she dreads going home. She doesn’t want to leave her daughter with her ex and fly to Charleston. She doesn’t want to deal with her family home,...
Legendary Entertainment won movie rights, per Variety, and tapped Coming Home in the Dark filmmaker James Ashcroft to helm the adaptation.
If that’s not intriguing enough, Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert’s Ghost House Pictures will produce the film with Hendrix (My Best Friend’s Exorcism) and Adam Goldworm’s Aperture Entertainment. Romel Adam and Jose Cañas will oversee for Ghost House.
Hendrix will adapt his own novel for the screen.
Fans of Hendrix’s novel know this is no ordinary haunted house.
The novel’s official synopsis: “When Louise finds out her parents have died, she dreads going home. She doesn’t want to leave her daughter with her ex and fly to Charleston. She doesn’t want to deal with her family home,...
- 4/26/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Legendary Entertainment has won the movie rights to Grady Hendrix’s runaway bestseller “How to Sell a Haunted House.”
The studio behind “Dune” took the novel over several bids. The book received critical acclaim and an instant following thanks to its dynamic storytelling — pulling off genuine fright with its evil puppet antagonist, and a deeply emotional story about the horrors of family.
New Zealand-based Māori filmmaker James Ashcroft is attached to direct the project. Ashcroft made his mark in the indie genre space with the bleak “Coming Home in the Dark,” which premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and was later acquired by Netflix. Hendrix will adapt his own novel for the screen.
“Hendrix has created a wholly original creature in Pupkin, one as iconic as Chuckie or Pennywise,” wrote The New York Times in its January review. “Pupkin represents the losses of growing up. He’s the vehicle of an unfulfilled mother’s pain,...
The studio behind “Dune” took the novel over several bids. The book received critical acclaim and an instant following thanks to its dynamic storytelling — pulling off genuine fright with its evil puppet antagonist, and a deeply emotional story about the horrors of family.
New Zealand-based Māori filmmaker James Ashcroft is attached to direct the project. Ashcroft made his mark in the indie genre space with the bleak “Coming Home in the Dark,” which premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and was later acquired by Netflix. Hendrix will adapt his own novel for the screen.
“Hendrix has created a wholly original creature in Pupkin, one as iconic as Chuckie or Pennywise,” wrote The New York Times in its January review. “Pupkin represents the losses of growing up. He’s the vehicle of an unfulfilled mother’s pain,...
- 4/26/2023
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
With “Evil Dead Rise” earning good reviews (96% and 7.5/10 on Rotten Tomatoes) and solid buzz out of its SXSW premiere, New Line wasted no time in locking down director Lee Cronin’s next feature. Next up will be an original horror film, titled “Thaw,” for which Cronin will rewrite the current draft.
The picture, originally written by Jeremy Passmore, is set years after the polar ice caps have melted with concurrent rising sea levels. “Thaw” centers on a group of survivors at sea searching for a new home. They discover an inhabitable town only to realize… well this isn’t “Waterworld” folks.
Van Toffler and David Gale of Gunpowder & Sky as well as Adam Goldworm of Aperture, who produced HBO’s upcoming adaptation of Grady Hendrix’s novel “The Final Girl Support Group,” are producing.
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The picture, originally written by Jeremy Passmore, is set years after the polar ice caps have melted with concurrent rising sea levels. “Thaw” centers on a group of survivors at sea searching for a new home. They discover an inhabitable town only to realize… well this isn’t “Waterworld” folks.
Van Toffler and David Gale of Gunpowder & Sky as well as Adam Goldworm of Aperture, who produced HBO’s upcoming adaptation of Grady Hendrix’s novel “The Final Girl Support Group,” are producing.
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- 3/29/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
Lee Cronin was a virtually unknown filmmaker just a few years ago. Now? It seems he's poised to be one of horror's chief new guiding voices. Case in point, not only is he bringing us "Evil Dead Rise" next month, which debuted to glowing reviews out of SXSW this year (read our review here), but he has lined up his next feature that will see him reunite with Warner Bros. and New Line. And this time, he's bringing us some sea-dwelling terror.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cronin has been tapped to direct and rewrite an original horror flick titled "Thaw." Jeremy Passmore ("San Andreas") penned the original version of the screenplay, which was sold to Gunpowder & Sky. Now, it's in Cronin's hands, demonstrating a pretty big show of faith in the director by the brass at Warner Bros. Van Toffler, David Gale, and Adam Goldworm are on board to produce the film.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cronin has been tapped to direct and rewrite an original horror flick titled "Thaw." Jeremy Passmore ("San Andreas") penned the original version of the screenplay, which was sold to Gunpowder & Sky. Now, it's in Cronin's hands, demonstrating a pretty big show of faith in the director by the brass at Warner Bros. Van Toffler, David Gale, and Adam Goldworm are on board to produce the film.
- 3/29/2023
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
While we wait for Evil Dead Rise next month, THR reports this afternoon that Lee Cronin (The Hole in the Ground) will next be directing the movie Thaw for New Line Cinema.
Jeremy Passmore (San Andreas) wrote the original script, which sold to Gunpowder & Sky. THR reports that Lee Cronin will be rewriting the script as well as directing.
“Set years after the polar ice caps have melted and the sea levels have risen, the story centers on a group of survivors at sea searching for a new home.
“Their prayers are answered with the discovery of an inhabitable town; until, that is, they encounter a new nightmare living just below the water’s surface.”
Producers include Van Toffler and David Gale, as well as Adam Goldworm.
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Jeremy Passmore (San Andreas) wrote the original script, which sold to Gunpowder & Sky. THR reports that Lee Cronin will be rewriting the script as well as directing.
“Set years after the polar ice caps have melted and the sea levels have risen, the story centers on a group of survivors at sea searching for a new home.
“Their prayers are answered with the discovery of an inhabitable town; until, that is, they encounter a new nightmare living just below the water’s surface.”
Producers include Van Toffler and David Gale, as well as Adam Goldworm.
The post ‘Thaw’ – ‘Evil Dead Rise’ Filmmaker Lee Cronin Directing Aquatic Horror Movie for New Line appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
- 3/29/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Lee Cronin, director of New Line’s upcoming Evil Dead Rise, is reuniting with the studio to direct the original horror feature Thaw.
Cronin, who is riding high from Rise’s rapturous reception at this year’s SXSW, will also rewrite the current draft.
Van Toffler and David Gale of Gunpowder & Sky, as well as Adam Goldworm of Aperture, who produced the well-regarded drama My Friend Dahmer and has Final Girl Support Group set up at HBO, are producing.
Set years after the polar ice caps have melted and sea levels have risen, the story of Thaw centers on a group of survivors at sea searching for a new home. Their prayers are answered with the discovery of an inhabitable town, that is, until they encounter a new nightmare living just below the water’s surface.
Thaw was initially written by Jeremy Passmore, who developed the project as an original spec with Goldworm,...
Cronin, who is riding high from Rise’s rapturous reception at this year’s SXSW, will also rewrite the current draft.
Van Toffler and David Gale of Gunpowder & Sky, as well as Adam Goldworm of Aperture, who produced the well-regarded drama My Friend Dahmer and has Final Girl Support Group set up at HBO, are producing.
Set years after the polar ice caps have melted and sea levels have risen, the story of Thaw centers on a group of survivors at sea searching for a new home. Their prayers are answered with the discovery of an inhabitable town, that is, until they encounter a new nightmare living just below the water’s surface.
Thaw was initially written by Jeremy Passmore, who developed the project as an original spec with Goldworm,...
- 3/29/2023
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: In a competitive situation, Kinetic Content has landed the rights to Grady Hendrix’s forthcoming sci-fi comedic novella BadAsstronauts to develop as a half-hour television series, with Aperture Entertainment.
Described as The Right Stuff meets King of the Hill, BadAsstronauts is about ordinary Americans trying to accomplish an extraordinary, and very stupid, and also extremely dangerous task: launching a manned backyard rocket into space to rescue their abandoned friend.
Hendrix and Aperture Entertainment Founder Adam Goldworm will executive produce the series adaptation with Kinetic Content CEO Chris Coelen and President and Partner Melissa Myers.
The book’s official logline reads in part: “Melville, South Carolina was out of money, it was out of jobs, it was out of hope, and today it was out of astronauts. There were only two to begin with, and now one is stuck on the abandoned International Space Station after his mission went south.
Described as The Right Stuff meets King of the Hill, BadAsstronauts is about ordinary Americans trying to accomplish an extraordinary, and very stupid, and also extremely dangerous task: launching a manned backyard rocket into space to rescue their abandoned friend.
Hendrix and Aperture Entertainment Founder Adam Goldworm will executive produce the series adaptation with Kinetic Content CEO Chris Coelen and President and Partner Melissa Myers.
The book’s official logline reads in part: “Melville, South Carolina was out of money, it was out of jobs, it was out of hope, and today it was out of astronauts. There were only two to begin with, and now one is stuck on the abandoned International Space Station after his mission went south.
- 4/8/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Wanted filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov and his production banner Bazelevs are in development on a new cinematic universe based on the unexploited horror works by Stan Lee.
Bazelevs will team with Zq Entertainment, a production company belonging to CAA vet and producer Ara Keshishian, on Sawbones and Carnival of Killers, both of which show a darker side of Lee’s world. Stan Lee’s Pow! Entertainment, the company the comic book architect co-founded post-Marvel, will serve as EPs on the projects.
Sawbones follows a frail 12-year old, Alex Covin, who reads a mysterious comic book and is transported into the comic’s terrifying world: a haunted Juvenile Detention Center overrun by demonic forces led by Sawbones, a homicidal entity who preys upon the troubled inmates. Has Alex gone insane? Or is this nightmarish world his new reality? If he is to escape, Alex must find a way to defeat Sawbones,...
Bazelevs will team with Zq Entertainment, a production company belonging to CAA vet and producer Ara Keshishian, on Sawbones and Carnival of Killers, both of which show a darker side of Lee’s world. Stan Lee’s Pow! Entertainment, the company the comic book architect co-founded post-Marvel, will serve as EPs on the projects.
Sawbones follows a frail 12-year old, Alex Covin, who reads a mysterious comic book and is transported into the comic’s terrifying world: a haunted Juvenile Detention Center overrun by demonic forces led by Sawbones, a homicidal entity who preys upon the troubled inmates. Has Alex gone insane? Or is this nightmarish world his new reality? If he is to escape, Alex must find a way to defeat Sawbones,...
- 12/1/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Monarch Media has optioned Leah Kunnath’s comedy script Foreign and Familiar, and are currently setting it up as a film, which Steve Barnett and Alan Powell will produce for the company.
Loosely based on Kunnath’s own teen years, Foreign and Familiar tells the story of a rebellious first-generation Indian-American teen who embarrasses her traditional Indian family, resulting in her parents sending her to high school in India to learn more about her culture.
Monarch’s Vicky Patel will executive produce the project with Adam Goldworm of Aperture Entertainment.
Kunnath’s first comedy feature script earned her a fellowship position with the Blacklist’s Minority Report initiative, and was also a semifinalist at the Austin Film Festival.
Other projects in the works at Monarch, from Barnett, Powell and Patel, include Chris Pratt starrer The Black Belt, which Paul Briganti is directing from the Black List script by Randall Green,...
Loosely based on Kunnath’s own teen years, Foreign and Familiar tells the story of a rebellious first-generation Indian-American teen who embarrasses her traditional Indian family, resulting in her parents sending her to high school in India to learn more about her culture.
Monarch’s Vicky Patel will executive produce the project with Adam Goldworm of Aperture Entertainment.
Kunnath’s first comedy feature script earned her a fellowship position with the Blacklist’s Minority Report initiative, and was also a semifinalist at the Austin Film Festival.
Other projects in the works at Monarch, from Barnett, Powell and Patel, include Chris Pratt starrer The Black Belt, which Paul Briganti is directing from the Black List script by Randall Green,...
- 10/25/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
New Line has pressed the defrost button for Thaw, an original horror script from Jeremy Passmore.
Gunpowder & Sky, the banner behind indie horror hit Summer of 84 and Sam Raimi’s 50 States of Fright anthology, is producing with Adam Goldworm of Aperture Entertainment.
Plot details are being kept under the ice but it is described as an environmental horror thriller.
The pick-up keeps New Line in the horror game, a key part of the company’s legacy that goes back to the days of Freddy Krueger and A Nightmare on Elm Street. Its The Conjuring Universe recently crossed $2 billion at the global box office with ...
Gunpowder & Sky, the banner behind indie horror hit Summer of 84 and Sam Raimi’s 50 States of Fright anthology, is producing with Adam Goldworm of Aperture Entertainment.
Plot details are being kept under the ice but it is described as an environmental horror thriller.
The pick-up keeps New Line in the horror game, a key part of the company’s legacy that goes back to the days of Freddy Krueger and A Nightmare on Elm Street. Its The Conjuring Universe recently crossed $2 billion at the global box office with ...
- 10/22/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
New Line has pressed the defrost button for Thaw, an original horror script from Jeremy Passmore.
Gunpowder & Sky, the banner behind indie horror hit Summer of 84 and Sam Raimi’s 50 States of Fright anthology, is producing with Adam Goldworm of Aperture Entertainment.
Plot details are being kept under the ice but it is described as an environmental horror thriller.
The pick-up keeps New Line in the horror game, a key part of the company’s legacy that goes back to the days of Freddy Krueger and A Nightmare on Elm Street. Its The Conjuring Universe recently crossed $2 billion at the global box office with ...
Gunpowder & Sky, the banner behind indie horror hit Summer of 84 and Sam Raimi’s 50 States of Fright anthology, is producing with Adam Goldworm of Aperture Entertainment.
Plot details are being kept under the ice but it is described as an environmental horror thriller.
The pick-up keeps New Line in the horror game, a key part of the company’s legacy that goes back to the days of Freddy Krueger and A Nightmare on Elm Street. Its The Conjuring Universe recently crossed $2 billion at the global box office with ...
- 10/22/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Exclusive: HBO Max is developing The Final Girl Support Group, a TV series based on New York Times bestselling author Grady Hendrix’s horror novel of the same name. The project hails from Oscar winner Charlize Theron and her Denver & Delilah Films, It duo Barbara and Andy Muschietti’s Double Dream as well as Aperture Entertainment.
The novel’s title refers to a Los Angeles–based therapeutic support group for six “final girls”— survivors of mass-murderer rampages whose experiences inspired the slasher franchises that saturated horror cinema in the 1980s and ’90s, earning them minor celebrity. The book was released Tuesday, July 13 by Random House/Berkley.
Andy Muschietti is set to direct the pilot. Theron, Aj Dix, Beth Kono and Andrew Haas will executive produce for Denver & Delilah Films, along with Barbara and Andy Muschietti and Irene Yeung for Double Dream and Adam Goldworm for Aperture Entertainment. Hendrix also will serve as an executive producer.
The novel’s title refers to a Los Angeles–based therapeutic support group for six “final girls”— survivors of mass-murderer rampages whose experiences inspired the slasher franchises that saturated horror cinema in the 1980s and ’90s, earning them minor celebrity. The book was released Tuesday, July 13 by Random House/Berkley.
Andy Muschietti is set to direct the pilot. Theron, Aj Dix, Beth Kono and Andrew Haas will executive produce for Denver & Delilah Films, along with Barbara and Andy Muschietti and Irene Yeung for Double Dream and Adam Goldworm for Aperture Entertainment. Hendrix also will serve as an executive producer.
- 7/19/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: On the heels of the success of A Quiet Place Part II, Amazon has partnered with that film’s producer Brad Fuller, picking up Welcome to the Neighborhood, written by Ross Lazar & Sebastian Shepard with Justin Dyck directing. Fuller’s Fully Formed is producing.
Plot details are being kept under wraps, but prior to the package being picked up by Amazon, sources say execs on the project were impressed with Dyck’s presentation of what this contained thriller could look like; it eventually landed him the job.
Dyck’s Anything for Jackson, which was shot for less than $250,000, premiered at Fantasia Fest last fall and was released on Shudder to critical acclaim (the film currently sits at 98% on Rotten Tomatoes). Although it was Dyck’s first genre film, he honed his skills directing dozens of Canadian Christmas films and rom-coms.
For Lazar and Shepard, this marks their first major sale to a studio.
Plot details are being kept under wraps, but prior to the package being picked up by Amazon, sources say execs on the project were impressed with Dyck’s presentation of what this contained thriller could look like; it eventually landed him the job.
Dyck’s Anything for Jackson, which was shot for less than $250,000, premiered at Fantasia Fest last fall and was released on Shudder to critical acclaim (the film currently sits at 98% on Rotten Tomatoes). Although it was Dyck’s first genre film, he honed his skills directing dozens of Canadian Christmas films and rom-coms.
For Lazar and Shepard, this marks their first major sale to a studio.
- 7/19/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Screen Media has acquired “Best Sellers,” a comedy with Michael Caine and Aubrey Plaza about a pair of misfits that has a literary twist. The deal is for all U.S. rights, and the company plans to release the film theatrically and on-demand in September.
Directed by Lina Roessler (“Little Whispers: The Vow”), “Best Sellers” centers on an ambitious young editor (Plaza) who decides to try to save the flailing publishing house her father left her by going on a book tour with the bitter, hard-drinking author (Caine) who helped establish the company several decades and an ocean of booze ago.
Cary Elwes, Scott Speedman, Ellen Wong and Veronica Ferres co-star in the film. The screenplay, written by Anthony Grieco, won a 2015 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting award.
“Not since ‘As Good as it Gets’ have we seen such a mismatched pair take to the road,” said Screen Media in a statement.
Directed by Lina Roessler (“Little Whispers: The Vow”), “Best Sellers” centers on an ambitious young editor (Plaza) who decides to try to save the flailing publishing house her father left her by going on a book tour with the bitter, hard-drinking author (Caine) who helped establish the company several decades and an ocean of booze ago.
Cary Elwes, Scott Speedman, Ellen Wong and Veronica Ferres co-star in the film. The screenplay, written by Anthony Grieco, won a 2015 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting award.
“Not since ‘As Good as it Gets’ have we seen such a mismatched pair take to the road,” said Screen Media in a statement.
- 7/12/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: We can tell you first that French filmmaker Alexandre Aja is set to direct the horror feature Elijah for Searchlight Pictures as the newly owned Disney label continues a streak with genre fare following last year’s Ready or Not and Scott Cooper and Guillermo del Toro’s Antlers.
The Last Witch Hunter scribe Cory Goodman sold the original pitch to Searchlight before Aja came in to direct, and rewrite with Gregory Levasseur (Mirrors). Pic follows a young boy who invites a mysterious man into his home, believing the stranger to be the key to saving his sick mother. As increasingly disturbing things start to happen around his home, the boy soon realizes that the sinister stranger is not the savior he claims to be.
Producers are David Goyer and Keith Levine of Phantom Four (The Night House) and Adam Goldworm of Aperture Entertainment.
Searchlight’s SVP of Production...
The Last Witch Hunter scribe Cory Goodman sold the original pitch to Searchlight before Aja came in to direct, and rewrite with Gregory Levasseur (Mirrors). Pic follows a young boy who invites a mysterious man into his home, believing the stranger to be the key to saving his sick mother. As increasingly disturbing things start to happen around his home, the boy soon realizes that the sinister stranger is not the savior he claims to be.
Producers are David Goyer and Keith Levine of Phantom Four (The Night House) and Adam Goldworm of Aperture Entertainment.
Searchlight’s SVP of Production...
- 11/19/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Annapurna has landed the rights to New York Times bestselling author, Grady Hendrix’s forthcoming horror novel, The Final Girl Support Group and are adapting the book as a series.
Co-creators of ABC’s The Fix, Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain, are set to pen the adaptation. Hendrix will serve as an EP on the series alongside Megan Ellison, Sue Naegle, and Patrick Chu on behalf of Annapurna and Adam Goldworm of Aperture Entertainment.
Both an homage to and subversion of iconic slasher films, The Final Girl Support Group, is billed as a fresh new take on the beloved horror sub-genre, while also capturing the cultural zeitgeist around true crime stories.
The hardcover will be published by Berkley, a division of Penguin Random House, on July 13, 2021.
The women in the Final Girl Support Group have been in therapy together for decades – ever since one was attacked by a cannibal family in Texas,...
Co-creators of ABC’s The Fix, Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain, are set to pen the adaptation. Hendrix will serve as an EP on the series alongside Megan Ellison, Sue Naegle, and Patrick Chu on behalf of Annapurna and Adam Goldworm of Aperture Entertainment.
Both an homage to and subversion of iconic slasher films, The Final Girl Support Group, is billed as a fresh new take on the beloved horror sub-genre, while also capturing the cultural zeitgeist around true crime stories.
The hardcover will be published by Berkley, a division of Penguin Random House, on July 13, 2021.
The women in the Final Girl Support Group have been in therapy together for decades – ever since one was attacked by a cannibal family in Texas,...
- 11/16/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Joe Penna has been set to direct Paramount’s World War II action pic Blessed Event. Temple Hill’s Marty Bowen, Issac Klausner and John Fischer will produce the project with Adam Goldworm serving as executive producer. The film is based on a screenplay by Jeremy Lott.
Set in the South Pacific during WWII, the film is about the American crew of a B-24 Liberator Bomber who pilots their wounded plane through a gauntlet of enemy fighters and anti-aircraft guns to complete an improbable but critical mission behind enemy lines. Sources say the studio sees this in the vein of the classic war pic Memphis Belle, starring Matthew Modine.
Penna’s longtime partner Ryan Morrison will also exec produce. Morrison co-wrote Arctic and Penna’s upcoming sci-fi thriller Stowaway.
Insiders say the film is still in early development, so when casting will get underway is still unknown.
Penna broke...
Set in the South Pacific during WWII, the film is about the American crew of a B-24 Liberator Bomber who pilots their wounded plane through a gauntlet of enemy fighters and anti-aircraft guns to complete an improbable but critical mission behind enemy lines. Sources say the studio sees this in the vein of the classic war pic Memphis Belle, starring Matthew Modine.
Penna’s longtime partner Ryan Morrison will also exec produce. Morrison co-wrote Arctic and Penna’s upcoming sci-fi thriller Stowaway.
Insiders say the film is still in early development, so when casting will get underway is still unknown.
Penna broke...
- 10/21/2020
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Oscar-winning 1917 co-financier and producer New Republic Pictures has optioned New York Times best-selling author Grady Hendrix’s novel Horrorstör, which they will develop into a feature we have learned.
Hendrix’s debut novel, Horrorstör, was released by Quirk Books in 2013 and published in over a dozen languages across the world.
Formerly set up as a television series with Charlie Kaufman, Gail Berman and Josh Schwartz producing at Fox and then at AMC, Horrorstör is now going the feature route with Hendrix adapting his own material for the first time.
The book is set at the Orsk furniture superstore in Cleveland, Ohio where morning, employees arrive to find broken Kjerring bookshelves, shattered Glans water goblets, and smashed Liripip wardrobes. Sales are down, security cameras reveal nothing, and store managers are panicking. To unravel the mystery, three employees volunteer to work a nine-hour dusk-till-dawn shift with plans to patrol the empty showroom floor,...
Hendrix’s debut novel, Horrorstör, was released by Quirk Books in 2013 and published in over a dozen languages across the world.
Formerly set up as a television series with Charlie Kaufman, Gail Berman and Josh Schwartz producing at Fox and then at AMC, Horrorstör is now going the feature route with Hendrix adapting his own material for the first time.
The book is set at the Orsk furniture superstore in Cleveland, Ohio where morning, employees arrive to find broken Kjerring bookshelves, shattered Glans water goblets, and smashed Liripip wardrobes. Sales are down, security cameras reveal nothing, and store managers are panicking. To unravel the mystery, three employees volunteer to work a nine-hour dusk-till-dawn shift with plans to patrol the empty showroom floor,...
- 6/15/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Cary Elwes has joined Lina Roessler’s feature directorial debut Best Sellers starring Michael Caine and Aubrey Plaza.
Movie follows Caine as a has-been author on a wild book tour with his young editor played by Plaza. She’s trying to save her father’s boutique publishing house, but Caine’s character would prefer to live out his days with a bottle of scotch, a cigar and his orange Tabby cat. Elwes will play Halpren Nolan, a New York Times book critic. Production is already underway in Montreal.
Elwes broke out in the classic Rob Reiner comedy The Princess Bride and went on to star in such movies as Kiss the Girls, Saw, Glory, Days of Thunder, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, New Year’s Eve and most recently Blumhouse’s Black Christmas. He currently stars in season 3 of Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Gavin Hawk and also...
Movie follows Caine as a has-been author on a wild book tour with his young editor played by Plaza. She’s trying to save her father’s boutique publishing house, but Caine’s character would prefer to live out his days with a bottle of scotch, a cigar and his orange Tabby cat. Elwes will play Halpren Nolan, a New York Times book critic. Production is already underway in Montreal.
Elwes broke out in the classic Rob Reiner comedy The Princess Bride and went on to star in such movies as Kiss the Girls, Saw, Glory, Days of Thunder, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, New Year’s Eve and most recently Blumhouse’s Black Christmas. He currently stars in season 3 of Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Gavin Hawk and also...
- 12/19/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Ellen Wong has joined the Michael Caine-Aubrey Plaza comedy Best Sellers. The pic follows Caine as a has-been author on a wild book tour with his young editor, Plaza as she’s trying to save her father’s boutique publishing house. Caine’s miserable and sharp-witted author just wants to live out his days in peace with a bottle of scotch, a cigar and his orange Tabby cat, but Plaza’s hopeful editor pulls him out of his reclusion. Wong will play the role of Rachel Spence. Wong broke out in Universal’s Edgar Wright cult pic Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World as Knives Chow and is renowned for playing femme wrestler Jenny Chey in the Netflix Emmy-winning and Golden Globe nominated comedy series Glow. A Scarborough, Ontario, Canada native, Wong’s first role was on the award winning television series This Is Wonderland. She is repped...
- 12/18/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Foresight Unlimited handles foreign sales, producer Cassian Elwes represents Us rights.
Scott Speedman from the Underworld fantasy action franchise has joined Michael Caine and Aubrey Plaza on UK-Canada co-production Best Sellers, which is set to commence shooting in Montreal this month.
Foresight Unlimited handles foreign sales, and producer Cassian Elwes will represent Us rights on Lina Roessler’s feature directorial debut about an ambitious young editor (Plaza) at a struggling boutique pusher who goes on a wild book tour with a curmudgeonly author past his prime (Caine).
Speedman will portray the heir to a rival publishing firm that is looking...
Scott Speedman from the Underworld fantasy action franchise has joined Michael Caine and Aubrey Plaza on UK-Canada co-production Best Sellers, which is set to commence shooting in Montreal this month.
Foresight Unlimited handles foreign sales, and producer Cassian Elwes will represent Us rights on Lina Roessler’s feature directorial debut about an ambitious young editor (Plaza) at a struggling boutique pusher who goes on a wild book tour with a curmudgeonly author past his prime (Caine).
Speedman will portray the heir to a rival publishing firm that is looking...
- 11/8/2019
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Aubrey Plaza is joining Oscar-winning actor Michael Caine in Lina Roessler’s feature directorial debut Best Sellers.
The story follows a has-been author, played by Caine, who is on a wild book tour with a young editor, Plaza, trying to save her father’s boutique publishing house. Caine’s miserable and sharp-witted author just wants to live out his days in peace with a bottle of scotch, a cigar, and his orange Tabby cat, but Plaza’s hopeful editor pulls him out of his reclusion.
The project is based on Anthony Grieco’s original screenplay which won a 2015 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting award, and will be an official Canada-uk co-production, produced by Arielle Elwes (Braid), Cassian Elwes, Petr Jákl and Wayne Marc Godfrey on the UK side and Jonathan Vanger (Wishing Tree Productions: Miss Sloane) and Pierre Even on the Canadian side. EPs include Martin Barab, Jere Hausfater, and Mark Damon. Adam Goldworm is also an Executive Producer
Foresight Unlimited handled foreign sales, while Elwes will handle the domestic sale. Cameras roll this month.
Roessler is a Canadian actor, writer and director. Her previous short films Little Whispers: The Vow and Winter have won several awards and screened at prestigious festivals around the globe. Her feature script, The Rescuer, recently placed in top selections across a number of Canadian competitions and is one of ten scripts selected to partake in the 2019 Tiff Writers’ Studio.
Plaza recently wrapped production on the feature, Black Bear, a suspenseful meta-drama, which she produced and stars in opposite Christopher Abbott and Sarah Gadon. Also upcoming for Plaza is the Netflix feature Hope from New Zealand duo Jackie van Beek and Madeleine Sami. The Parks and Recreation actress’ other feature film credits include: this past summer’s Child’s Play, Matt Spicer’s critically acclaimed, Ingrid Goes West (which she produced and received a 2018 Film Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature), Jeff Baena’s The Little Hours (also producer), Hal Hartley’s Ned Rifle, Colin Trevorrow’s Safety Not Guaranteed, Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Judd Apatow’s Funny People, among others. On television, Plaza most recently starred in Noah Hawley’s Legion on FX. Additionally, she hosted the 2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards.
Plaza is repped by CAA, Mgmt Entertainment, and Schreck Rose Dapello Adams Berlin & Dunham Llp.
The story follows a has-been author, played by Caine, who is on a wild book tour with a young editor, Plaza, trying to save her father’s boutique publishing house. Caine’s miserable and sharp-witted author just wants to live out his days in peace with a bottle of scotch, a cigar, and his orange Tabby cat, but Plaza’s hopeful editor pulls him out of his reclusion.
The project is based on Anthony Grieco’s original screenplay which won a 2015 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting award, and will be an official Canada-uk co-production, produced by Arielle Elwes (Braid), Cassian Elwes, Petr Jákl and Wayne Marc Godfrey on the UK side and Jonathan Vanger (Wishing Tree Productions: Miss Sloane) and Pierre Even on the Canadian side. EPs include Martin Barab, Jere Hausfater, and Mark Damon. Adam Goldworm is also an Executive Producer
Foresight Unlimited handled foreign sales, while Elwes will handle the domestic sale. Cameras roll this month.
Roessler is a Canadian actor, writer and director. Her previous short films Little Whispers: The Vow and Winter have won several awards and screened at prestigious festivals around the globe. Her feature script, The Rescuer, recently placed in top selections across a number of Canadian competitions and is one of ten scripts selected to partake in the 2019 Tiff Writers’ Studio.
Plaza recently wrapped production on the feature, Black Bear, a suspenseful meta-drama, which she produced and stars in opposite Christopher Abbott and Sarah Gadon. Also upcoming for Plaza is the Netflix feature Hope from New Zealand duo Jackie van Beek and Madeleine Sami. The Parks and Recreation actress’ other feature film credits include: this past summer’s Child’s Play, Matt Spicer’s critically acclaimed, Ingrid Goes West (which she produced and received a 2018 Film Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature), Jeff Baena’s The Little Hours (also producer), Hal Hartley’s Ned Rifle, Colin Trevorrow’s Safety Not Guaranteed, Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Judd Apatow’s Funny People, among others. On television, Plaza most recently starred in Noah Hawley’s Legion on FX. Additionally, she hosted the 2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards.
Plaza is repped by CAA, Mgmt Entertainment, and Schreck Rose Dapello Adams Berlin & Dunham Llp.
- 11/5/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Paramount Pictures has picked up Blessed Event, a spec script by Jeremy Lott based on a true WWII story. The pic is set at Temple Hill, which inked a multi-year first-look film deal with the studio earlier this year. Temple Hill’s Marty Bowen, Issac Klausner, and John Fischer will produce the project with Adam Goldworm serving as executive producer.
Set in the South Pacific during WWII, the film is about the American crew of a B-24 Liberator Bomber who pilots their wounded plane through a gauntlet of enemy fighters and anti-aircraft guns to complete an improbable but critical mission behind enemy lines.
Lott was initially inspired by a local news interview with the bomber’s tail gunner who was finally getting his medals after more than 70 years. This led to his five-year research stint where he tracked down and met with the tail gunner and family members of the rest of the crew,...
Set in the South Pacific during WWII, the film is about the American crew of a B-24 Liberator Bomber who pilots their wounded plane through a gauntlet of enemy fighters and anti-aircraft guns to complete an improbable but critical mission behind enemy lines.
Lott was initially inspired by a local news interview with the bomber’s tail gunner who was finally getting his medals after more than 70 years. This led to his five-year research stint where he tracked down and met with the tail gunner and family members of the rest of the crew,...
- 10/22/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Following its international premiere at Overlook Film Festival, Fangoria's Satanic Panic (directed by Chelsea Stardust) has been acquired by Rlje Films, with a theatrical, VOD, and Digital HD release planned for September 6th.
Press Release: Los Angeles, June 4, 2019 –Rlje Films (Nasdaq: Rlje) has acquired the highly anticipated horror film Satanic Panic. The latest in the line-up from the recently re-launched Fangoria, and based on a story by Grady Hendrix (Mohawk) and Ted Geoghegan (We Are Still Here), the film was written by Hendrix and directed by Chelsea Stardust (Hulu’s “Into the Dark”). Satanic Panic stars Hayley Griffith (The Drew), Ruby Modine (Happy Death Day), Michael Polish (Before I Wake), Jerry O’Connell (“Billions”) and Rebecca Romijn (X-Men Franchise). The film will be released in theaters and on VOD and Digital HD on September 6, 2019.
“We could not be more excited to be releasing the instant classic, Satanic Panic,...
Press Release: Los Angeles, June 4, 2019 –Rlje Films (Nasdaq: Rlje) has acquired the highly anticipated horror film Satanic Panic. The latest in the line-up from the recently re-launched Fangoria, and based on a story by Grady Hendrix (Mohawk) and Ted Geoghegan (We Are Still Here), the film was written by Hendrix and directed by Chelsea Stardust (Hulu’s “Into the Dark”). Satanic Panic stars Hayley Griffith (The Drew), Ruby Modine (Happy Death Day), Michael Polish (Before I Wake), Jerry O’Connell (“Billions”) and Rebecca Romijn (X-Men Franchise). The film will be released in theaters and on VOD and Digital HD on September 6, 2019.
“We could not be more excited to be releasing the instant classic, Satanic Panic,...
- 6/4/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Rlje Films has acquired Satanic Panic, the latest pickup for the indie distributor of a pic from the recently relaunched Fangoria horror label. Hayley Griffith, Ruby Modine, Michael Polish, Jerry O’Connell and Rebecca Romijn star in the pic, which had its world premiere earlier this year at the Overlook Film Festival. It will now hit big screens and digital day-and-date September 6.
Chelsea Stardust (Hulu’s Into the Dark) directed the film, about a pizza delivery girl (Griffith) at the end of her financial rope who has to fight for her life – and her tips – when her last order of the night turns out to be for high society Satanists in need of a virgin sacrifice. The story is by Grady Hendrix (Mohawk) and Ted Geoghegan (We Are Still Here) and Hendrix penned the script.
The Fangoria label was relaunched by Dallas Sonnier’s Cinestate and previously produced Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich...
Chelsea Stardust (Hulu’s Into the Dark) directed the film, about a pizza delivery girl (Griffith) at the end of her financial rope who has to fight for her life – and her tips – when her last order of the night turns out to be for high society Satanists in need of a virgin sacrifice. The story is by Grady Hendrix (Mohawk) and Ted Geoghegan (We Are Still Here) and Hendrix penned the script.
The Fangoria label was relaunched by Dallas Sonnier’s Cinestate and previously produced Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich...
- 6/4/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Pizza delivery horror premiered at the acclaimed Overlook Film Festival.
Horror film Satanic Panic from Fangoria and handled by Double Dutch International outside North America has found a Us home in the form of Rlje Films.
Hayley Griffith stars as the cash-strapped pizza delivery person who ends up in the fight of her life when her last order of the night takes her into the lair of satanists in need of a virgin sacrifice.
Chelsea Stardust directed the story from a screenplay by Grady Hendrix based on a story by Hendrix and Ted Geoghegan.
Rounding out the cast are Ruby Modine,...
Horror film Satanic Panic from Fangoria and handled by Double Dutch International outside North America has found a Us home in the form of Rlje Films.
Hayley Griffith stars as the cash-strapped pizza delivery person who ends up in the fight of her life when her last order of the night takes her into the lair of satanists in need of a virgin sacrifice.
Chelsea Stardust directed the story from a screenplay by Grady Hendrix based on a story by Hendrix and Ted Geoghegan.
Rounding out the cast are Ruby Modine,...
- 6/4/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Production underway in Dallas, Texas, on horror comedy.
Toronto-based Double Dutch International will launch international sales at Afm next week on the horror comedy Satanic Panic starring Rebecca Romijn.
Production is underway in Dallas, Texas, on the film about a pizza delivery girl who must fight for her life when her last order of the night leads her to a satanic society in need of a virgin sacrifice.
Romijn leads the satanists, while newcomer Hayley Griffith plays the delivery girl. Rounding out the cast are Ruby Modine, Arden Myrin, Jerry O’Connell, Aj Bowen, Jordan Ladd, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Hannah Stocking,...
Toronto-based Double Dutch International will launch international sales at Afm next week on the horror comedy Satanic Panic starring Rebecca Romijn.
Production is underway in Dallas, Texas, on the film about a pizza delivery girl who must fight for her life when her last order of the night leads her to a satanic society in need of a virgin sacrifice.
Romijn leads the satanists, while newcomer Hayley Griffith plays the delivery girl. Rounding out the cast are Ruby Modine, Arden Myrin, Jerry O’Connell, Aj Bowen, Jordan Ladd, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Hannah Stocking,...
- 10/24/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
When you deliver pizzas, you could encounter anyone on the other side of the front door, including murderous satanic cult members. Such is the case for a pizza delivery woman in Fangoria's new movie Satanic Panic, which now has a full cast, including Rebecca Romijn in the lead role.
Deadline reports the news of Romijn's casting, revealing that she will co-star as a Satanist leader opposite Hayley Griffith, who will play a pizza delivery worker, who, "at the end of her financial rope who has to fight for her life—and her tips—when her last order of the night turns out to be high society Satanists (led by Romijn) in need of a virgin sacrifice."
According to Deadline, the cast of Satanic Panic, which is expected to start production in Dallas next week, also includes "Ruby Modine (Happy Death Day), Arden Myrin (Insatiable), Jerry O’Connell (Carter), Aj Bowen...
Deadline reports the news of Romijn's casting, revealing that she will co-star as a Satanist leader opposite Hayley Griffith, who will play a pizza delivery worker, who, "at the end of her financial rope who has to fight for her life—and her tips—when her last order of the night turns out to be high society Satanists (led by Romijn) in need of a virgin sacrifice."
According to Deadline, the cast of Satanic Panic, which is expected to start production in Dallas next week, also includes "Ruby Modine (Happy Death Day), Arden Myrin (Insatiable), Jerry O’Connell (Carter), Aj Bowen...
- 10/11/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Rebecca Romijn To Star In ‘Satanic Panic’; Hayley Griffith, Ruby Modine, Jerry O’Connell & More Cast
Exclusive: Rebecca Romijn is set to star in Fangoria’s Chelsea Stardust-directed film, Satanic Panic, described as an after-hours-esque horror comedy with a healthy dash of imaginative gore.
Newcomer Hayley Griffith will co-star opposite Romijn with Ruby Modine (Happy Death Day), Arden Myrin (Insatiable), Jerry O’Connell (Carter), Aj Bowen (The Sacrament), Jordan Ladd (Cabin Fever), Jeff Daniel Phillips (The Lords Of Salem), Hannah Stocking (Boo 2! A Madea Halloween), Michael Polish (Some Kind Of Hate), Whitney Moore (House Of Demons) and Skeeta Jenkins (Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich) rounding out the supporting cast as production is set to being next week in Dallas, Texas.
Written by Grady Hendrix, based on a story by Hendrix and Ted Geoghegan, the plot follows a pizza delivery girl (Griffith) at the end of her financial rope who has to fight for her life — and her tips — when her...
Newcomer Hayley Griffith will co-star opposite Romijn with Ruby Modine (Happy Death Day), Arden Myrin (Insatiable), Jerry O’Connell (Carter), Aj Bowen (The Sacrament), Jordan Ladd (Cabin Fever), Jeff Daniel Phillips (The Lords Of Salem), Hannah Stocking (Boo 2! A Madea Halloween), Michael Polish (Some Kind Of Hate), Whitney Moore (House Of Demons) and Skeeta Jenkins (Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich) rounding out the supporting cast as production is set to being next week in Dallas, Texas.
Written by Grady Hendrix, based on a story by Hendrix and Ted Geoghegan, the plot follows a pizza delivery girl (Griffith) at the end of her financial rope who has to fight for her life — and her tips — when her...
- 10/11/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Cory Goodman & Jeremy Lott have sold an original family-themed Christmas adventure pitch to Paramount. Studio is keeping plot and title under wraps.
Original Film’s Neal Moritz & Amanda Lewis and Aperture Entertainment’s Adam Goldworm will produce.
This marks the third sale for Goodman & Lott, who scored in the seven figures for a Warner Bros deal for Lore that has Dwayne Johnson attached, and one to Sony for Hood, with Jerry Bruckheimer producing. Goodman separately sold his spec The Oberlin Incident to Paramount with Aperture producing, and wrote the Kate Beckinsale-starrer Underworld: Blood Wars, the Vin Diesel-starrer The Last Witch Hunter and the Paul Bettany-starrer Priest.
Lott wrote Man At Arms for Jonathan Liebesman with Thunder Road and Aperture Entertainment producing and Rally Car for Keanu Reeves to star with Fundamental producing.
Goodman is repped by Verve and Aperture Entertainment. Lott is repped by CAA and Aperture.
Original Film’s Neal Moritz & Amanda Lewis and Aperture Entertainment’s Adam Goldworm will produce.
This marks the third sale for Goodman & Lott, who scored in the seven figures for a Warner Bros deal for Lore that has Dwayne Johnson attached, and one to Sony for Hood, with Jerry Bruckheimer producing. Goodman separately sold his spec The Oberlin Incident to Paramount with Aperture producing, and wrote the Kate Beckinsale-starrer Underworld: Blood Wars, the Vin Diesel-starrer The Last Witch Hunter and the Paul Bettany-starrer Priest.
Lott wrote Man At Arms for Jonathan Liebesman with Thunder Road and Aperture Entertainment producing and Rally Car for Keanu Reeves to star with Fundamental producing.
Goodman is repped by Verve and Aperture Entertainment. Lott is repped by CAA and Aperture.
- 9/14/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
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