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Lionsgate’s unveiled two short videos in support of the November 17, 2023 theatrical release of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, including one featuring the new song “Can’t Catch Me Now” by Olivia Rodrigo.
The three-time Grammy winner revealed her involvement in the film during a special event broadcast on TikTok.
“From the very beginning of this franchise, we have been fortunate to attract some of the world’s most talented recording artists, whose music has accentuated and complemented the drama of the films while underscoring the emotional weight carried by the characters,” said director Francis Lawrence. “With her highly charged lyrics and urgent voice, Olivia Rodrigo taps into all of that as much as any artist today. She’s an absolute thrill to work with, and we couldn’t be more excited that her music is a part of the movie.”
The studio’s second clip...
The three-time Grammy winner revealed her involvement in the film during a special event broadcast on TikTok.
“From the very beginning of this franchise, we have been fortunate to attract some of the world’s most talented recording artists, whose music has accentuated and complemented the drama of the films while underscoring the emotional weight carried by the characters,” said director Francis Lawrence. “With her highly charged lyrics and urgent voice, Olivia Rodrigo taps into all of that as much as any artist today. She’s an absolute thrill to work with, and we couldn’t be more excited that her music is a part of the movie.”
The studio’s second clip...
- 11/2/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
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Director Francis Lawrence says that early on in the process of bringing The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes to life he spoke with author Suzanne Collins about the music. Collins told him music’s an important element to this prequel and that the songs were inspired by Scottish, English, and Irish ballads. Lionsgate’s new behind the scenes featurette focuses on the music and features never-before-released clips from the film, including scenes of Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler) performing on stage.
The new video also includes interviews with Lawrence, producer Nina Jacobson, and executive music producer Dave Cobb who worked closely with author Collins to capture her vision.
In addition to Rachel Zegler, the cast includes Tom Blyth as Coriolanus Snow, Oscar winner Viola Davis as Head Gamemaker Volumnia Gaul, Peter Dinklage as Dean Cesca Highbottom, Jason Schwartzman as Lucky Flickerman, Josh Andrés Rivera as Sejanus Plinth,...
The new video also includes interviews with Lawrence, producer Nina Jacobson, and executive music producer Dave Cobb who worked closely with author Collins to capture her vision.
In addition to Rachel Zegler, the cast includes Tom Blyth as Coriolanus Snow, Oscar winner Viola Davis as Head Gamemaker Volumnia Gaul, Peter Dinklage as Dean Cesca Highbottom, Jason Schwartzman as Lucky Flickerman, Josh Andrés Rivera as Sejanus Plinth,...
- 10/27/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
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Director Francis Lawrence walks viewers through the basics of the story in this lengthy behind the scenes video from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. The nearly five-minute video offers a better look at the overall production and ends with Rachel Zegler as Lucy Gray Baird performing “The Hanging Tree.”
The cast also includes Tom Blyth as Coriolanus Snow,Oscar winner Viola Davis as Head Gamemaker Volumnia Gaul, Peter Dinklage as Dean Cesca Highbottom, Jason Schwartzman as Lucky Flickerman, Josh Andrés Rivera as Sejanus Plinth, and Hunter Schafer as Tigris Snow. Jerome Lance is Marcus, tribute from District 2; Ashley Liao is Clemensia Dovecote, one of Coriolanus’s closest friends and mentor to a tribute from District 11; Knox Gibson plays Bobbin, tribute from District 8; Mackenzie Lansing is Coral, tribute from District 4; and Aamer Husain plays Felix Ravinstill, mentor to a tribute from District 11.
Fionnula Flanagan plays Grandma’am,...
The cast also includes Tom Blyth as Coriolanus Snow,Oscar winner Viola Davis as Head Gamemaker Volumnia Gaul, Peter Dinklage as Dean Cesca Highbottom, Jason Schwartzman as Lucky Flickerman, Josh Andrés Rivera as Sejanus Plinth, and Hunter Schafer as Tigris Snow. Jerome Lance is Marcus, tribute from District 2; Ashley Liao is Clemensia Dovecote, one of Coriolanus’s closest friends and mentor to a tribute from District 11; Knox Gibson plays Bobbin, tribute from District 8; Mackenzie Lansing is Coral, tribute from District 4; and Aamer Husain plays Felix Ravinstill, mentor to a tribute from District 11.
Fionnula Flanagan plays Grandma’am,...
- 10/19/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
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The full trailer for Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes finds a young Coriolanus Snow falling in love with a tribute who, if he doesn’t figure out a way to alter their fates, will die during the Hunger Games. Billy the Kid‘s Tom Blyth stars as the lovestruck Coriolanus, and West Side Story‘s Rachel Zegler stars as the District 12 tribute who Coriolanus is tied up in knots over.
The cast also includes Oscar winner Viola Davis as Head Gamemaker Volumnia Gaul, Peter Dinklage as Dean Cesca Highbottom, Jason Schwartzman as Lucky Flickerman, Josh Andrés Rivera as Sejanus Plinth, and Hunter Schafer as Tigris Snow. Jerome Lance is Marcus, tribute from District 2; Ashley Liao is Clemensia Dovecote, one of Coriolanus’s closest friends and mentor to a tribute from District 11; Knox Gibson plays Bobbin, tribute from District 8; Mackenzie Lansing is Coral, tribute from...
The cast also includes Oscar winner Viola Davis as Head Gamemaker Volumnia Gaul, Peter Dinklage as Dean Cesca Highbottom, Jason Schwartzman as Lucky Flickerman, Josh Andrés Rivera as Sejanus Plinth, and Hunter Schafer as Tigris Snow. Jerome Lance is Marcus, tribute from District 2; Ashley Liao is Clemensia Dovecote, one of Coriolanus’s closest friends and mentor to a tribute from District 11; Knox Gibson plays Bobbin, tribute from District 8; Mackenzie Lansing is Coral, tribute from...
- 9/20/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
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Happy Hunger Games!
Lionsgate has dropped the second trailer for “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.”
Based on Suzanne Collins’ prequel novel of the same name, the upcoming film follows a young Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth), who strives to revive his family’s legacy. In the midst of his efforts, he is tasked with mentoring District 12’s tribute and Panem’s favorite, Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler). Coriolanus works with Lucy to keep her alive in the Hunger Games, and he begins to battle between good and evil.
Following the CinemaCon release of the first official trailer, fans now have a peek into the ancestry of characters from the original series including Jason Schwartzman as Lucretious Flickerman, a descendent of Stanley Tucci’s Caesar Flickerman. Coriolanus’ cousin, Tigris Snow, is portrayed by Hunter Schafer. Peter Dinklage portrays one of the creators of the Hunger Games, Dean Casca Highbottom,...
Lionsgate has dropped the second trailer for “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.”
Based on Suzanne Collins’ prequel novel of the same name, the upcoming film follows a young Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth), who strives to revive his family’s legacy. In the midst of his efforts, he is tasked with mentoring District 12’s tribute and Panem’s favorite, Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler). Coriolanus works with Lucy to keep her alive in the Hunger Games, and he begins to battle between good and evil.
Following the CinemaCon release of the first official trailer, fans now have a peek into the ancestry of characters from the original series including Jason Schwartzman as Lucretious Flickerman, a descendent of Stanley Tucci’s Caesar Flickerman. Coriolanus’ cousin, Tigris Snow, is portrayed by Hunter Schafer. Peter Dinklage portrays one of the creators of the Hunger Games, Dean Casca Highbottom,...
- 9/20/2023
- by Charna Flam
- Variety Film + TV
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‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ Rachel Zegler Poster (Photo © 2023 Lionsgate)
Lionsgate’s released seven gorgeous character posters for The Hunger Games prequel, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Each of the seven posters is dedicated to a key player in the upcoming prequel, including Rachel Zegler as District 12’s Lucy Gray Baird and Tom Blyth as a young Coriolanus Snow.
The posters also feature Oscar winner Viola Davis as Head Gamemaker Volumnia Gaul, Peter Dinklage as Dean Cesca Highbottom, Jason Schwartzman as Lucky Flickerman, Josh Andrés Rivera as Sejanus Plinth, and Hunter Schafer as Tigris Snow.
Not pictured are cast members Jerome Lance as Marcus, tribute from District 2; Ashley Liao as Clemensia Dovecote, one of Coriolanus’s closest friends and mentor to a tribute from District 11; Knox Gibson plays Bobbin, tribute from District 8; Mackenzie Lansing is Coral, tribute from District 4; and Aamer Husain plays Felix Ravinstill,...
Lionsgate’s released seven gorgeous character posters for The Hunger Games prequel, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Each of the seven posters is dedicated to a key player in the upcoming prequel, including Rachel Zegler as District 12’s Lucy Gray Baird and Tom Blyth as a young Coriolanus Snow.
The posters also feature Oscar winner Viola Davis as Head Gamemaker Volumnia Gaul, Peter Dinklage as Dean Cesca Highbottom, Jason Schwartzman as Lucky Flickerman, Josh Andrés Rivera as Sejanus Plinth, and Hunter Schafer as Tigris Snow.
Not pictured are cast members Jerome Lance as Marcus, tribute from District 2; Ashley Liao as Clemensia Dovecote, one of Coriolanus’s closest friends and mentor to a tribute from District 11; Knox Gibson plays Bobbin, tribute from District 8; Mackenzie Lansing is Coral, tribute from District 4; and Aamer Husain plays Felix Ravinstill,...
- 9/6/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
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Lionsgate’s unveiled the official trailer for The Hunger Games prequel, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, seven months out from its theatrical release. The nearly three-minute trailer opens with Head Gamemaker Volumnia Gaul (Oscar winner Viola Davis) introducing the creator of the Hunger Games, Dean Cesca Highbottom (Peter Dinklage). Highbottom confirms the 10th annual Hunger Games are about to get underway and introduces the tributes chosen to fight to the death.
The trailer shows a young Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth) and the tribute he’ll be mentoring, District 12’s Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler). We’re also treated to our first look at a young Lucky Flickerman (Jason Schwartzman), the first-ever host of the Hunger Games and an ancestor of Caesar Flickerman.
“What happens in there, fueled with the terror of becoming prey, see how quickly we become predator. See how quickly civilation disappears,” says Gaul as the Hunger Games commence.
The trailer shows a young Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth) and the tribute he’ll be mentoring, District 12’s Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler). We’re also treated to our first look at a young Lucky Flickerman (Jason Schwartzman), the first-ever host of the Hunger Games and an ancestor of Caesar Flickerman.
“What happens in there, fueled with the terror of becoming prey, see how quickly we become predator. See how quickly civilation disappears,” says Gaul as the Hunger Games commence.
- 4/27/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
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The Hunger Games prequel The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes has released its first teaser poster featuring the creatures in the film’s title. The golden poster shows a songbird and a snake engaged in battle.
Rachel Zegler, currently on screen in Shazam! Fury of the Gods, stars as District 12’s tribute Lucy Gray Baird. Billy the Kid‘s Tom Blyth stars as Coriolanus Snow.
The huge ensemble includes Oscar winner Viola Davis as Head Gamemaker Volumnia Gaul; Peter Dinklage as Cesca Highbottom, the Dean of the Academy; Jerome Lance as Marcus, tribute from District 2; Ashley Liao as Clemensia Dovecote, one of Coriolanus’s closest friends and mentor to a tribute from District 11; Knox Gibson plays Bobbin, tribute from District 8; Mackenzie Lansing is Coral, tribute from District 4; and Aamer Husain plays Felix Ravinstill, mentor to a tribute from District 11.
Jason Schwartzman is on board as Lucretius “Lucky” Flickerman,...
Rachel Zegler, currently on screen in Shazam! Fury of the Gods, stars as District 12’s tribute Lucy Gray Baird. Billy the Kid‘s Tom Blyth stars as Coriolanus Snow.
The huge ensemble includes Oscar winner Viola Davis as Head Gamemaker Volumnia Gaul; Peter Dinklage as Cesca Highbottom, the Dean of the Academy; Jerome Lance as Marcus, tribute from District 2; Ashley Liao as Clemensia Dovecote, one of Coriolanus’s closest friends and mentor to a tribute from District 11; Knox Gibson plays Bobbin, tribute from District 8; Mackenzie Lansing is Coral, tribute from District 4; and Aamer Husain plays Felix Ravinstill, mentor to a tribute from District 11.
Jason Schwartzman is on board as Lucretius “Lucky” Flickerman,...
- 3/25/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
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Rachel Zegler as Lucy Gray Baird and Tom Blyth as Coriolanus Snow in ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ (Photo Credit: Murray Close)
Lionsgate’s upcoming The Hunger Games prequel, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds, has added 11 additional actors in roles including Coriolanus’ grandmother, Peacekeepers, and nomads from District 12. The just-announced new cast members join Tom Blyth as Coriolanus Snow and Rachel Zegler as District 12’s tribute Lucy Gray Baird in the upcoming adaptation of Suzanne Collins’s novel.
Per Lionsgate: Fionnula Flanagan will play Grandma’am, Coriolanus’s strict grandmother. Characters played by Honor Gillies (Barb Azure), Eike Onyambu (Tam Amber), and Konstantin Taffet (Clerk Carmine) are all members of the Covey, a group of nomads in District 12. Isobel Jesper Jones will play Mayfair Lipp, daughter of the mayor of District 12, with Flora Li Thiemann playing Livia Cardew, mentor to a tribute from District...
Lionsgate’s upcoming The Hunger Games prequel, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds, has added 11 additional actors in roles including Coriolanus’ grandmother, Peacekeepers, and nomads from District 12. The just-announced new cast members join Tom Blyth as Coriolanus Snow and Rachel Zegler as District 12’s tribute Lucy Gray Baird in the upcoming adaptation of Suzanne Collins’s novel.
Per Lionsgate: Fionnula Flanagan will play Grandma’am, Coriolanus’s strict grandmother. Characters played by Honor Gillies (Barb Azure), Eike Onyambu (Tam Amber), and Konstantin Taffet (Clerk Carmine) are all members of the Covey, a group of nomads in District 12. Isobel Jesper Jones will play Mayfair Lipp, daughter of the mayor of District 12, with Flora Li Thiemann playing Livia Cardew, mentor to a tribute from District...
- 9/19/2022
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
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Exclusive: The Francis Lawrence-directed feature adaptation of the Suzanne Collins prequel The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes has added 11 actors in its final casting round.
This includes Tony Award nominee Fionnula Flanagan, who’ll play Grandma’am, young Coriolanus Snow’s (Tom Blyth) strict grandmother. Years before he would become the tyrannical President of Panem, the 18-year-old is the last hope for his fading lineage, a once-proud family that has fallen from grace in a postwar Capitol. With the 10th annual Hunger Games fast approaching, the young Snow is alarmed when he is assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler), the girl tribute from impoverished District 12. But, after Lucy Gray commands all of Panem’s attention by defiantly singing during the reaping ceremony, Snow thinks he might be able to turn the odds in their favor. Uniting their instincts for showmanship and newfound political savvy,...
This includes Tony Award nominee Fionnula Flanagan, who’ll play Grandma’am, young Coriolanus Snow’s (Tom Blyth) strict grandmother. Years before he would become the tyrannical President of Panem, the 18-year-old is the last hope for his fading lineage, a once-proud family that has fallen from grace in a postwar Capitol. With the 10th annual Hunger Games fast approaching, the young Snow is alarmed when he is assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler), the girl tribute from impoverished District 12. But, after Lucy Gray commands all of Panem’s attention by defiantly singing during the reaping ceremony, Snow thinks he might be able to turn the odds in their favor. Uniting their instincts for showmanship and newfound political savvy,...
- 9/16/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Start your feature film career with the top gig in today’s roundup. A major feature film is seeking female models in London for background roles. Plus, a play is seeking a supporting actor, real families are wanted for a cookery shoot, and a young couple is needed to get close for a festival shoot. Major Feature FILMKey Casting, who has worked on some of the biggest films in the U.K., including “Star Wars: Rogue One,” is seeking female models to play background in a feature film. Talent, aged 18–35, is wanted for the shoot. Some models will be asked to shoot in lingerie, but it is not required. There will be a fitting the last week of August and the shoot will take place Sept. 8–10 in London. Talent will be paid Faa Pact rates. Apply here! “The Greater Game”Join the cast of “The Greater Game,” a play starring Michael Greco,...
- 8/9/2018
- backstage.com
Love Island won't be Love Island without original love god Lee Sharpe and accidental comedian Paul Danan... were our first thoughts as the return of the decade-old dating show was announced.
But we were wrong. So very wrong.
Love Island 2015: Did Max and Jess deserve to win?
For six solid weeks, we were hooked on the tears and drama as romantic relationships formed and drastically unravelled. We cringed (and sniggered) at the unashamed sexual antics, the accompanying sound effects and dodgy post-coital lines - "my vagina feels like it's just been hit by a train" - which often took place unapologetically in the communal bedroom.
How we were entertained as desperate contestants attempted to couple up with anybody available just to stay on the show. What car crash television gold we were delivered when producers decided to bring in a contestant's spurned and bitter ex.
We saw grown men...
But we were wrong. So very wrong.
Love Island 2015: Did Max and Jess deserve to win?
For six solid weeks, we were hooked on the tears and drama as romantic relationships formed and drastically unravelled. We cringed (and sniggered) at the unashamed sexual antics, the accompanying sound effects and dodgy post-coital lines - "my vagina feels like it's just been hit by a train" - which often took place unapologetically in the communal bedroom.
How we were entertained as desperate contestants attempted to couple up with anybody available just to stay on the show. What car crash television gold we were delivered when producers decided to bring in a contestant's spurned and bitter ex.
We saw grown men...
- 7/16/2015
- Digital Spy
Remember the first ever Love Island with its seemingly clueless single celebrities constantly bickering on a tumultuous and stormy (literally and metaphorically) Fijian island?
Even the show's co-hosts Kelly Brook and Patrick Kielty were baying for one another's blood when Kielty decided to declare during one live show that Brook had previously dated contestant Paul Danan.
Other memorable highlights included Abi Titmuss becoming more and more enraged as Fran Cosgrave repeatedly referred to her as Vanessa Feltz, swiftly followed by a tipsy and uncouth Rebecca Loos letting rip.
The series aired almost exactly a decade ago, so we found ourselves wondering - whatever happened to eventual winner Jayne Middlemiss? And the Love Island love god that was Lee Sharpe?
As the new non-celebrity series currently enjoys its ITV2 revival, we find out what the 12 star contestants have gone on to do since their 2005 stint below:
Jayne Middlemiss
Love Island winner...
Even the show's co-hosts Kelly Brook and Patrick Kielty were baying for one another's blood when Kielty decided to declare during one live show that Brook had previously dated contestant Paul Danan.
Other memorable highlights included Abi Titmuss becoming more and more enraged as Fran Cosgrave repeatedly referred to her as Vanessa Feltz, swiftly followed by a tipsy and uncouth Rebecca Loos letting rip.
The series aired almost exactly a decade ago, so we found ourselves wondering - whatever happened to eventual winner Jayne Middlemiss? And the Love Island love god that was Lee Sharpe?
As the new non-celebrity series currently enjoys its ITV2 revival, we find out what the 12 star contestants have gone on to do since their 2005 stint below:
Jayne Middlemiss
Love Island winner...
- 6/10/2015
- Digital Spy
Discovery Channel has promoted Michael Greco to Evp programming and research. In his expanded role, Greco will oversee program strategy and long- and short-term planning for Discovery Channel's primetime, daytime and late-night programming. Greco will report to Rich Ross, President, Discovery Channel. He most recently served as Svp Research at Discovery Channel, where he planned and directed all programming, marketing, brand, and audience research connected with Discovery…...
- 2/18/2015
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Image Entertainment secures Us and UK deal, among other sales, for R Ellis Frazier’s action film.
Hannibal Pictures has licensed a slew of territories on R Ellis Frazier’s action film Misfire led by a Us and UK deal with Image Entertainment.
Rights have also gone to Spain (Inopia Films), France (Marco Polo), Greece and Turkey (Tanweer), former Yugoslavia (Montenegro Discovery Film & Video), Hungary (M-rtl Zrt), Poland (Monolith Films), Romania (Prorom Media-Trade), Middle East (Eagle), Latin America (California Filmes), Japan (Klockworx) and China and Hong Kong (Star Alliance).
Frazier and Geoffrey Ross are producing the film and anticipate a late April delivery.
Misfire stars Gary Daniels, Vannessa Vasquez and Michael Greco and tells of a DEA agent who heads to Mexico after his ex-wife is kidnaped by a cartel boss. Benjamin Budd wrote the screenplay.
Luis Gatica, Geoffrey Ross and Patricia Peinado Cruz round out the key cast.
Hannibal chairman...
Hannibal Pictures has licensed a slew of territories on R Ellis Frazier’s action film Misfire led by a Us and UK deal with Image Entertainment.
Rights have also gone to Spain (Inopia Films), France (Marco Polo), Greece and Turkey (Tanweer), former Yugoslavia (Montenegro Discovery Film & Video), Hungary (M-rtl Zrt), Poland (Monolith Films), Romania (Prorom Media-Trade), Middle East (Eagle), Latin America (California Filmes), Japan (Klockworx) and China and Hong Kong (Star Alliance).
Frazier and Geoffrey Ross are producing the film and anticipate a late April delivery.
Misfire stars Gary Daniels, Vannessa Vasquez and Michael Greco and tells of a DEA agent who heads to Mexico after his ex-wife is kidnaped by a cartel boss. Benjamin Budd wrote the screenplay.
Luis Gatica, Geoffrey Ross and Patricia Peinado Cruz round out the key cast.
Hannibal chairman...
- 2/11/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Image Entertainment secures Us and UK deal, among other sales, for R Ellis Frazier’s action film [pictured].
Hannibal Pictures has licensed a slew of territories on R Ellis Frazier’s action film Misfire led by a Us and UK deal with Image Entertainment.
Rights have also gone to Spain (Inopia Films), France (Marco Polo), Greece and Turkey (Tanweer), former Yugoslavia (Montenegro Discovery Film & Video), Hungary (M-rtl Zrt), Poland (Monolith Films), Romania (Prorom Media-Trade), Middle East (Eagle), Latin America (California Filmes), Japan (Klockworx) and China and Hong Kong (Star Alliance).
Frazier and Geoffrey Ross are producing the film and anticipate a late April delivery.
Misfire stars Gary Daniels, Vannessa Vasquez and Michael Greco and tells of a DEA agent who heads to Mexico after his ex-wife is kidnaped by a cartel boss. Benjamin Budd wrote the screenplay.
Luis Gatica, Geoffrey Ross and Patricia Peinado Cruz round out the key cast.
Hannibal chairman...
Hannibal Pictures has licensed a slew of territories on R Ellis Frazier’s action film Misfire led by a Us and UK deal with Image Entertainment.
Rights have also gone to Spain (Inopia Films), France (Marco Polo), Greece and Turkey (Tanweer), former Yugoslavia (Montenegro Discovery Film & Video), Hungary (M-rtl Zrt), Poland (Monolith Films), Romania (Prorom Media-Trade), Middle East (Eagle), Latin America (California Filmes), Japan (Klockworx) and China and Hong Kong (Star Alliance).
Frazier and Geoffrey Ross are producing the film and anticipate a late April delivery.
Misfire stars Gary Daniels, Vannessa Vasquez and Michael Greco and tells of a DEA agent who heads to Mexico after his ex-wife is kidnaped by a cartel boss. Benjamin Budd wrote the screenplay.
Luis Gatica, Geoffrey Ross and Patricia Peinado Cruz round out the key cast.
Hannibal chairman...
- 2/11/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
How did the Hatfields and McCoys know who to shoot? They all looked alike with their big, bushy beards
The 19th-century blood feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys – two families living either side of a river that marked the border between West Virginia and Kentucky – was famous enough for the term "Hatfields and McCoys" to become American shorthand for any type of intractable dispute. The horrors of the original conflict were largely buried under jokey references. In the 1970s actual members of the Hatfield and McCoy families appeared on the game show Family Feud. The McCoys won that one.
Now comes a three-part miniseries, Hatfields & McCoys (Channel 5), which aims to to put the blood back in the feud. It's a Kevin Costner project, in that he produced, directed and starred in, and wrote some of the music.
My initial fear – that I wouldn't be able to tell the Hatfields...
The 19th-century blood feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys – two families living either side of a river that marked the border between West Virginia and Kentucky – was famous enough for the term "Hatfields and McCoys" to become American shorthand for any type of intractable dispute. The horrors of the original conflict were largely buried under jokey references. In the 1970s actual members of the Hatfield and McCoy families appeared on the game show Family Feud. The McCoys won that one.
Now comes a three-part miniseries, Hatfields & McCoys (Channel 5), which aims to to put the blood back in the feud. It's a Kevin Costner project, in that he produced, directed and starred in, and wrote some of the music.
My initial fear – that I wouldn't be able to tell the Hatfields...
- 10/25/2012
- by Tim Dowling
- The Guardian - Film News
Few stories in American history have such a strange dynamic of awareness and ignorance, and that fact alone gives Hatfields & McCoys the potential to set records for a mini-series that focuses on historic fact (as best they’re known). While virtually everyone knows about the dueling families, not many are truly familiar with all the details, or the seriousness of the feud’s escalation.
Beginning May 28th, History brings you a three-part event that takes you through the entire feud, from a time when the two patriarchs were friends, all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court’s intervention in the hostilities which had brought West Virginia and Kentucky to the brink of their own war.
As you might imagine (or at least, hope), being that the show is airing on History, the strength of the series comes from its commitment to accuracy. It’s hard to find fault...
Beginning May 28th, History brings you a three-part event that takes you through the entire feud, from a time when the two patriarchs were friends, all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court’s intervention in the hostilities which had brought West Virginia and Kentucky to the brink of their own war.
As you might imagine (or at least, hope), being that the show is airing on History, the strength of the series comes from its commitment to accuracy. It’s hard to find fault...
- 5/23/2012
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
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Former EastEnders actor Michael Greco has revealed that he is keen to land a part on Neighbours. The star, who played Walford's Beppe di Marco between 1998 and 2002, is currently in the soap's home city of Melbourne for the Aussie Millions Poker Championships. Although he now has a full-time poker career, Greco told the Herald Sun that he would like to make a soap comeback by arriving on Ramsay Street. (more)...
- 1/27/2011
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
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Ashley Cole and Shaun Wright-Phillips are thought to have spent around £8,000 during the course of one night out in Los Angeles. The footballers were reportedly celebrating the World Cup final with EastEnders star Michael Greco and a number of glamour girls in the city's Xiv. A partygoer told The Sun: "You would think they had something to celebrate. They looked far too pleased with (more)...
- 7/14/2010
- by By Clare Wiley
- Digital Spy
Former EastEnders actor Michael Greco has insisted that he has no regrets over his decision to launch a poker career. The ex-soap star has become a professional gambler since bowing out as Walford's Beppe di Marco in 2002. "After being in EastEnders it was either do this or take part in one of those awful celebrity reality television series. I would never (more)...
- 9/23/2009
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
David Foster ( Collateral Damage ) and Ryan Heppe have bought feature rights to Lori Culwell's debut novel, "Hollywood Car Wash," reports Variety . Winner of 2007's Project Publish award, the book centers on the rise and fall of a fresh-faced actress who goes from small-town Michigan co-ed to Hollywood star overnight. The title was published by Touchstone, a division of Simon & Schuster, in May. Stephan Cox and Michael Greco have written the adaptation.
- 8/3/2009
- Comingsoon.net
Travis Barker's former mother-in-law, Gail Moakler, tells People, "We're totally crushed," but that Shanna Moakler has rushed to be with her ex, while DJ Am's sister, Lara, and her husband, Benjamin Long, learned the news of the plane crash – in which Barker and DJ Am were badly burned and four others were killed – from a phone call from Am's mother on Saturday morning. "We're in shock," Benjamin Long told People. "Nobody expects something like this. We're waiting to hear more." Moakler, whose daughter Shanna was married to Barker, tells People, "Our heart pours out. We're hoping he recovers. The...
- 9/20/2008
- by Lisa Ingrassia and Linda Marx
- PEOPLE.com
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