“The Highwaymen,” about a group of African American artists in segregated 1960s Florida, is being readied to go into production, with casting underway. Curated By Media is packaging the project, with Concourse Media on board as sales agent. Todd Thompson directs from a script by Lucien Christian Adderley and Richard ‘Byrd’ Wilson.
Thompson previously directed the documentary “Woman in Motion,” which traces the drive – led by Nichelle Nichols, Lt. Uhura in “Star Trek” – to recruit African American, Asian and Latino folks to join Nasa’s Space Shuttle Program. Adderley and Wilson are in their second season writing for Own series “David Makes Man,” another Florida-set drama, created by Tarell Alvin McCraney, who won the adapted screenplay Academy Award with Barry Jenkins for “Moonlight.”
The film is based on the true story about a group of 25 young African American men and one African American woman, led by 19-year-old Alfred Hair, who...
Thompson previously directed the documentary “Woman in Motion,” which traces the drive – led by Nichelle Nichols, Lt. Uhura in “Star Trek” – to recruit African American, Asian and Latino folks to join Nasa’s Space Shuttle Program. Adderley and Wilson are in their second season writing for Own series “David Makes Man,” another Florida-set drama, created by Tarell Alvin McCraney, who won the adapted screenplay Academy Award with Barry Jenkins for “Moonlight.”
The film is based on the true story about a group of 25 young African American men and one African American woman, led by 19-year-old Alfred Hair, who...
- 5/27/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Horror thriller A Brilliant Monster, which premiered last June at the Dances with Films festival in La, has been acquired by Gravitas Ventures.
The film is slated for limited theatrical and on-demand release in May 2019.
The fifth feature by director F.C. Rabbath is based on his 2015 short Dead Meat. It stars Dennis Friebe, Joy Kigin, Nick Leali, Dina Najjar, Aléa Figueroa and David Raizor. Friebe plays a successful author of inspirational and self-help stories who hides the dark secret that his creative ideas are supplied by a hidden monster that must be kept fed with human flesh. Rabbath, Friebe, Ramsey White, Jessica Roszko and Joshua Ayres are producers. Buzz was positive coming out of Dances with Films, with genre critics saluting the film’s ambitious narrative. A review in Film Threat said Rabbath blends elements of Misery, Little Shop of Horrors and The Neon Demon and praises Friebe, who “carries...
The film is slated for limited theatrical and on-demand release in May 2019.
The fifth feature by director F.C. Rabbath is based on his 2015 short Dead Meat. It stars Dennis Friebe, Joy Kigin, Nick Leali, Dina Najjar, Aléa Figueroa and David Raizor. Friebe plays a successful author of inspirational and self-help stories who hides the dark secret that his creative ideas are supplied by a hidden monster that must be kept fed with human flesh. Rabbath, Friebe, Ramsey White, Jessica Roszko and Joshua Ayres are producers. Buzz was positive coming out of Dances with Films, with genre critics saluting the film’s ambitious narrative. A review in Film Threat said Rabbath blends elements of Misery, Little Shop of Horrors and The Neon Demon and praises Friebe, who “carries...
- 1/27/2019
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Although the news is not yet posted to the press site, Nickelodeon has renewed its I Am Frankie TV show for a second season. An English-language adaption of the Colombian TV series, Yo Soy Franky, the live-action teen program premiered on Nick, on September 11, 2017 and aired as a daily series. A scripted sci-fi dramedy, I Am Frankie stars Alex Hook as Frankie Gaines, an android that looks like a real teenaged girl. The Nickelodeon cast also includes Nicole Alyse Nelson, Mohana Krishnan, Uriel Baldesco, Kristi Beckett, Armani Barrett, Sophia Forest, Carson Rowland, Michael Laurino, Carrie Schroeder, Mark Jacobson, Joy Kigin, Kyson Facer, James D. Ballard, Tracy A. Johnson, Tay Lindsey, Todd Allen Durkin, and Rachael Thompson. Read More…...
- 11/14/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Network: Nickelodeon. Episodes: Ongoing (half-hour). Seasons: Ongoing. TV show dates: September 11, 2017 — present. Series status: Has not been cancelled. Performers include: Alex Hook, Nicole Alyse Nelson, Mohana Krishnan, Uriel Baldesco, Kristi Beckett, Armani Barrett, Sophia Forest, Carson Rowland, Michael Laurino, Carrie Schroeder, Mark Jacobson, Joy Kigin, Kyson Facer, James D. Ballard, Tracy A. Johnson, Tay Lindsey, Todd Allen Durkin, and Rachael Thompson. TV show description: An English language adaptation of Nick's Columbian comedy drama, Yo Soy Franky, the I Am Frankie TV show centers on android Frankie Gaines (Hook). Although she looks like an ordinary teenaged girl, Frankie is actually a sophisticated computer. She is fully equipped with internet access and huge stores of memory.
- 9/12/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
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