Exclusive: Jack Black has boarded Gianna, a horror comedy short written, produced by and starring his School of Rock co-star Rivkah Reyes, as an associate producer.
Also starring Emmy nominee Margaret Cho (Fire Island) and Elizabeth Faith Ludlow (Peacemaker), the film follows the newly sober and recently single Gina (Reyes), who is faced with the literal devil herself, after her sliding-scale therapist (Cho) suggests spending time with her inner demons. Kait Schuster served as director, with Jarad Schwartz and Brando Crawford among the EPs on the short, which premieres at Inside Out Festival and will also play the Palm Springs Shorts Festival.
“I loved the perfectly twisted queerness of the story and script and I had to get involved,” said Cho of the project. “Rivkah is The Gay Future!!!!!”
Part of the cast of Uni’s recent box-office smash The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Black will also reunite with Reyes...
Also starring Emmy nominee Margaret Cho (Fire Island) and Elizabeth Faith Ludlow (Peacemaker), the film follows the newly sober and recently single Gina (Reyes), who is faced with the literal devil herself, after her sliding-scale therapist (Cho) suggests spending time with her inner demons. Kait Schuster served as director, with Jarad Schwartz and Brando Crawford among the EPs on the short, which premieres at Inside Out Festival and will also play the Palm Springs Shorts Festival.
“I loved the perfectly twisted queerness of the story and script and I had to get involved,” said Cho of the project. “Rivkah is The Gay Future!!!!!”
Part of the cast of Uni’s recent box-office smash The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Black will also reunite with Reyes...
- 6/2/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
• Noomi Rapace (Prometheus) will play seven sisters in the dystopian pic What Happened to Monday? Tommy Wirkola (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters) is set to direct the movie about a set of septuplets born into a strictly enforced one-child per family society. Wirkola originally intended to cast a man in the lead. In the release announcing the news, he said: “I was struck by the complexities of having an actor portray seven characters and immediately knew Noomi was the ideal actor — male or female — to bring them to life.” Max Botkin wrote the script, which made the 2010 Black List. [THR]
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- 10/29/2013
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
It's not just a simple bank heist in the first episode of this web series based on the upcoming "Payday 2" directed by filmmaker Demian Lichtenstein.
Developers 505 Games (a spinoff of "Syndicate" remake studio, Starbreeze) collaborated on the series of "Payday 2" shorts which, at this stage, have a real paranoid vibe to them, with a little bit of a Robin Hood angle for its bank robbing antiheroes. It's a real departure from the essentially amoral first game, which borrowed its aesthetic and mood from the career criminal action flicks like "Heat" or "Thief."
You can look for new episodes of "Payday 2" every two weeks leading up to the release of the game in August.
Watch: Payday 2 Live Action Series, Episode 1
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Developers 505 Games (a spinoff of "Syndicate" remake studio, Starbreeze) collaborated on the series of "Payday 2" shorts which, at this stage, have a real paranoid vibe to them, with a little bit of a Robin Hood angle for its bank robbing antiheroes. It's a real departure from the essentially amoral first game, which borrowed its aesthetic and mood from the career criminal action flicks like "Heat" or "Thief."
You can look for new episodes of "Payday 2" every two weeks leading up to the release of the game in August.
Watch: Payday 2 Live Action Series, Episode 1
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- 6/5/2013
- by Charles Webb
- MTV Multiplayer
The web series follows the action as masked crooks "Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains descend on Washington D.C. for an epic crime spree," according to developer 505 Games. The series of shorts is from director Demian Lichtenstein who was responsible for the Elvis-themed crime flick "3,000 Miles to Graceland" and is directing the big screen adaptation of "Payday: The Heist."
Meanwhile, the retail sequel for the PS3-exclusive "Payday: The Heist," "Payday 2," is coming to the PC, 360, and PS3 in August.
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Meanwhile, the retail sequel for the PS3-exclusive "Payday: The Heist," "Payday 2," is coming to the PC, 360, and PS3 in August.
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- 5/24/2013
- by Charles Webb
- MTV Multiplayer
PayDay 2 will release on consoles and Steam for PC on August 2013. Players who are excited for the game can prepare for the action-packed adventure ahead with the new PayDay web series. Read on to learn more.
505 Games, Overkill – a Starbreeze studio, and director Demian Lichtenstein (director of the upcoming Payday movie) today launched a teaser for the upcoming live-action Payday web series, supporting the August launch of first-person heist shooter Payday 2, the video game. The heist is on as Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf, and Chains descend on Washington, DC, for an epic crime spree. Episode One of the web series launches in two weeks. Pre-order Payday 2 now on Steam and console versions from all retailers.
To learn more, visit the official Payday 2 website.
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505 Games, Overkill – a Starbreeze studio, and director Demian Lichtenstein (director of the upcoming Payday movie) today launched a teaser for the upcoming live-action Payday web series, supporting the August launch of first-person heist shooter Payday 2, the video game. The heist is on as Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf, and Chains descend on Washington, DC, for an epic crime spree. Episode One of the web series launches in two weeks. Pre-order Payday 2 now on Steam and console versions from all retailers.
To learn more, visit the official Payday 2 website.
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
Got news? Click here to submit it!
Get paid in the comments section below!
- 5/23/2013
- by Amanda Dyar
- DreadCentral.com
Can you imagine if Ruggero Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust was in 3-d? It was announced last night that Demian Lichtenstein (3000 Miles to Graceland) is set to direct 3-d action feature Relentless for Baldwin Entertainment. The $25 million movie will star Kiwi actor Karl Urban. It will shoot this September in Puerto Rico, produced by Eric Mitchell. Its the story of four extreme sports professionals who survive a plane crash in the Amazon jungle, and must use all their survival instincts as they are hunted by a group of homicidal natives. I can only hope that these natives are thirsting for some human flesh, if not... we won't cover this any more (wink).
- 5/1/2008
- bloody-disgusting.com
Donald Faison, Molly Sims, Eddie Kaye Thomas and Eddie Guerra are teaming to star in the indie comedy feature Venus and Vegas for helmer Demian Lichtenstein. Penned by Guerra (CSI: Miami), Venus follows a trio of crooks -- Faison, Thomas and Guerra -- who must work together to repair their fractured relationship after they botch a holdup job. Jaime Pressly, Abraham Benrubi, Florence Henderson, Jon Polito and Paul Ben-Victor round out the cast. The project is under way in Los Angeles and is being produced by Scott Floyd Lochmus and Luis Moro. Lichtenstein (3000 Miles to Graceland) also is producing.
- 8/17/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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