Exclusive: Joel M. Gonzales, the current board president and executive director of Latino arts advocacy group Nosotros, has joined with philanthropist and entrepreneur Amber Butaud to launch Untold Content Group. The production company will develop, finance and produce film, TV, documentary and podcast projects that the company says will be “diverse, authentic and culturally reflective of today’s global audience.”
Under the structure, Gonzales, also the former Head of Latinx Content at Confluential Films, will run Untold’s Los Angeles offices, while Butaud will oversee the 4TheOneStudio production facility located in Houston. That production hub will be available for mid-level productions, commercials, music videos and includes a podcast recording studio.
“The primary directive for Untold Content Group is to work with a diverse range of rising and established storytellers to develop a slate of universally appealing content that inspire, enlighten and enrich the lives of the audience,” Gonzales said. “My...
Under the structure, Gonzales, also the former Head of Latinx Content at Confluential Films, will run Untold’s Los Angeles offices, while Butaud will oversee the 4TheOneStudio production facility located in Houston. That production hub will be available for mid-level productions, commercials, music videos and includes a podcast recording studio.
“The primary directive for Untold Content Group is to work with a diverse range of rising and established storytellers to develop a slate of universally appealing content that inspire, enlighten and enrich the lives of the audience,” Gonzales said. “My...
- 7/1/2022
- by Patrick Hipes and Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Watch new clips from Alex Cross, starring Typer Perry and Matthew Fox. The film opens on October 26th, 2012 and the interview videos give you an opportunity to get feedback from cast and filmmakers of the Summit Entertainment crime thriller. Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Edward Burns, Rachel Nichols, author and producer James Patterson, and producers Paul Hanson, Bill Block and Steven Bowen, all talk about the excellent-looking film. Tyler Perry is the seminal young homicide detective in this taut, exciting origin story where Alex Cross meets his match in a ferociously skilled serial killer. The two face off in a psychological struggle of epic proportions, where Cross is pushed to the edge of his moral and physical limits.
- 10/9/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Watch new clips from Alex Cross, starring Typer Perry and Matthew Fox. The film opens on October 26th, 2012 and the interview videos give you an opportunity to get feedback from cast and filmmakers of the Summit Entertainment crime thriller. Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Edward Burns, Rachel Nichols, author and producer James Patterson, and producers Paul Hanson, Bill Block and Steven Bowen, all talk about the excellent-looking film. Tyler Perry is the seminal young homicide detective in this taut, exciting origin story where Alex Cross meets his match in a ferociously skilled serial killer. The two face off in a psychological struggle of epic proportions, where Cross is pushed to the edge of his moral and physical limits.
- 10/9/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
[1] Welcome back from the weekend, everyone. We've got some quick superhero bits and pieces to kick off your week. Captain America: The First Avenger star Chris Evans revealed in an interview that his character would be getting a new costume for the upcoming The Avengers film, due out 2012. This isn't a huge surprise, seeing as this summer's Captain America film takes place in the World War II era and next summer's The Avengers takes place in the modern day -- some updates were probably inevitable. But Evans' talking about the new costume might indicate that the Avengers costume is significantly different from the familiar red, white and blue one we've already seen from The First Avenger. Evans didn't reveal much else about what the new costume would actually look like, though he did say it was "awesome," "really cool," and "pretty rad." [MTV [2] via Movieline [3]] Hit the jump for tidbits on...
- 5/2/2011
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
A new production company, Waterstone Entertainment, enters the media fray with The Stare, a drama starring James Franco and Winona Ryder, to be directed by Jay Anania. [Deadline]
The film focuses on a playwright (Ryder), whose mind begins to unravel as she starts on a new production. Franco (who is also producing), plays an actor performing in the play. The plot sounds quite a bit like Black Swan – only blessedly free of ballet and Natalie Portman.
Waterstone, formed by producer Jeff Kalligheri and Texas real estate developer and producer Steve Bowen, has two more projects in development, both with Franco producing (and one he’s apparently directing). According to Kalligheri, Waterstone will strike deals with an independent distributor, as well as offering minimum guarantees on films and will look for financial opportunities on the films they have in their pipeline. There is no word on whether or not Franco’s Waterstone...
The film focuses on a playwright (Ryder), whose mind begins to unravel as she starts on a new production. Franco (who is also producing), plays an actor performing in the play. The plot sounds quite a bit like Black Swan – only blessedly free of ballet and Natalie Portman.
Waterstone, formed by producer Jeff Kalligheri and Texas real estate developer and producer Steve Bowen, has two more projects in development, both with Franco producing (and one he’s apparently directing). According to Kalligheri, Waterstone will strike deals with an independent distributor, as well as offering minimum guarantees on films and will look for financial opportunities on the films they have in their pipeline. There is no word on whether or not Franco’s Waterstone...
- 4/19/2011
- by Anthony Vieira
- The Film Stage
Deadline reports that James Franco and Winona Ryder will star opposite each other in The Stare, an Indie film funded by new production company Waterstone Entertainment.
Jay Anania, who helmed Franco in the film Shadow and Lies (we had to look it up on IMDb too) and is a teacher who heads the directing program at the graduate film school at Nyu has written and will direct the drama in which;
a playwright (Ryder) finds her mind beginning to warp as she struggles to launch her next production. She’s plagued by dreams and visions of being watched, but can’t decide if she’s at the center of a manipulative plot or simply losing her grip on reality. Franco plays one of the performers in the playwright’s production.
Shooting begins May 6th in New York.
Waterstone Entertainment has been setup by producer Jeff Kalligheri and Texas real estate...
Jay Anania, who helmed Franco in the film Shadow and Lies (we had to look it up on IMDb too) and is a teacher who heads the directing program at the graduate film school at Nyu has written and will direct the drama in which;
a playwright (Ryder) finds her mind beginning to warp as she struggles to launch her next production. She’s plagued by dreams and visions of being watched, but can’t decide if she’s at the center of a manipulative plot or simply losing her grip on reality. Franco plays one of the performers in the playwright’s production.
Shooting begins May 6th in New York.
Waterstone Entertainment has been setup by producer Jeff Kalligheri and Texas real estate...
- 4/19/2011
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
James Franco and Winona Ryder are set to star in The Stare being directed by Jay Anania. The film is the first project funded by Waterstone Entertainment, a new producing/financing company formed by producer Jeff Kalligheri and Texas real estate developer and producer Steve Bowen.
Waterstone will generate projects it develops and has several other projects in the works, including two being produced by Franco (one he'll direct) and his Rabbit Bandini partner Vince Jolivette. According to Kalligheri,"Waterstone's core business will be to build a distribution business through a partnership it will strike with an independent distributor." Waterstone will put up minimum guarantees on films, and will also be looking for structured finance opportunities on films that are in the works. Kalligheri will be meeting with potential strategic partner distributors at Cannes, with Waterstone repped by Gersh's head of Packaging and Finance, Jay Cohen.
The Stare, "a drama...
Waterstone will generate projects it develops and has several other projects in the works, including two being produced by Franco (one he'll direct) and his Rabbit Bandini partner Vince Jolivette. According to Kalligheri,"Waterstone's core business will be to build a distribution business through a partnership it will strike with an independent distributor." Waterstone will put up minimum guarantees on films, and will also be looking for structured finance opportunities on films that are in the works. Kalligheri will be meeting with potential strategic partner distributors at Cannes, with Waterstone repped by Gersh's head of Packaging and Finance, Jay Cohen.
The Stare, "a drama...
- 4/18/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Waterstone Entertainment is a brand spanking new production company that has been put together by producer Jeff Kalligheri (Lake Placid) and a Texas real estate developer named Steve Bowen. I know the questions you’re asking, and I’ve got the answers. Firstly, no, the new company’s logo doesn’t include Texas longhorns anywhere in its design. And secondly, yes, they are launching their brand by making a movie starring James Franco. The Stare is set to be directed by Jay Anania (who previously worked with Franco in Shadows & Lies) and to star Franco and Winona Ryder. Perhaps piggybacking on the momentum of Ryder’s role in Black Swan, The Stare will be about a playwright whose mind begins to slip off into crazyland while she’s working on her next project. Over the course of the film things get so bad that she loses track of whether she is just having paranoid delusions, or...
- 4/18/2011
- by Nathan Adams
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
James Franco (127 Hours) and Winona Ryder (Girl, Interrupted) have signed on to co-star in The Stare.
The Stare will center on a playwright (Ryder) who finds her mind beginning to warp as she struggles to launch her next production. She’s plagued by dreams and visions of being watched, but can’t decide if she’s at the center of a manipulative plot or simply losing her grip on reality.
Franco will play one of the performers in the playwright’s production.
Directed by Jay Anania (William Vincent), The Stare will be the first project to be funded by Waterstone Entertainment, a new production company formed by producers Jeff Kalligheri and Steve Bowen.
Production is expected to begin next month in New York.
Source: Deadline...
The Stare will center on a playwright (Ryder) who finds her mind beginning to warp as she struggles to launch her next production. She’s plagued by dreams and visions of being watched, but can’t decide if she’s at the center of a manipulative plot or simply losing her grip on reality.
Franco will play one of the performers in the playwright’s production.
Directed by Jay Anania (William Vincent), The Stare will be the first project to be funded by Waterstone Entertainment, a new production company formed by producers Jeff Kalligheri and Steve Bowen.
Production is expected to begin next month in New York.
Source: Deadline...
- 4/18/2011
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: James Franco will star with Winona Ryder in The Stare, a Jay Anania-directed film that is the first project funded by Waterstone Entertainment, a new producing/financing company formed by producer Jeff Kalligheri and Texas real estate developer and producer Steve Bowen. Waterstone intends to generate projects it develops and has several other projects percolating, including two that will be produced by Franco (one he'll direct) and his Rabbit Bandini partner Vince Jolivette. Waterstone's core business will be to build a distribution business through a partnership it will strike with an independent distributor, Kalligheri said. Waterstone will put up minimum guarantees on films, and will also be looking for structured finance opportunities on films that are in the works. Kalligheri said he will be meeting with potential strategic partner distributors at Cannes, with Waterstone repped by Gersh's head of Packaging and Finance, Jay Cohen. Bowen has funded several...
- 4/18/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
James Patterson's Alex Cross character is getting a reboot with an adaptation of the 2006 novel "Cross" reports Deadline.
Idris Elba (TV's "The Wire," "The Losers," "Rocknrolla") has signed on to play the forensic psychologist who in this story tracks a serial rapist who may have murdered his pregnant wife years before.
Morgan Freeman starred as Cross in two previous films, 1997's "Kiss the Girls" and 2001's "Along Came A Spider" at Paramount Pictures. This reboot is being privately financed but distribution is not yet locked.
David Twohy ("Pitch Black," "The Arrival") is set to direct from a script adapted by Kerry Williamson which Twohy will rewrite. Shooting kicks off next Spring. Patterson, Steve Bowen, Lloyd Levin and Leopoldo Goutm will produce.
Elba will next be seen on Showtime's "The C Word" and recently starred as a serial killer hunting, unstable cop in the British series "Luther".
Idris Elba (TV's "The Wire," "The Losers," "Rocknrolla") has signed on to play the forensic psychologist who in this story tracks a serial rapist who may have murdered his pregnant wife years before.
Morgan Freeman starred as Cross in two previous films, 1997's "Kiss the Girls" and 2001's "Along Came A Spider" at Paramount Pictures. This reboot is being privately financed but distribution is not yet locked.
David Twohy ("Pitch Black," "The Arrival") is set to direct from a script adapted by Kerry Williamson which Twohy will rewrite. Shooting kicks off next Spring. Patterson, Steve Bowen, Lloyd Levin and Leopoldo Goutm will produce.
Elba will next be seen on Showtime's "The C Word" and recently starred as a serial killer hunting, unstable cop in the British series "Luther".
- 8/19/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Idris Elba has one of the coolest names. It's probably not for that reason he's doing so well at the moment, but it has to be a factor. According to Deadline, he is to play the lead in Cross, the latest installment to be adapted from James Patterson's Dr. Alex Cross saga.
Originally played by Morgan Freeman in the two previous films made about the character, in 1997's Kiss The Girls and 2001's Along Came A Spider, it is thought that David Twohy, who is directing, desired a younger lead than Freeman so that he could put the 'action' back into 'action hero'.
The novel that the film is based on follows Dr. Cross as he tracks a serial rapist whom he suspects of killing his pregnant wife years before. Twohy is re-working the original script by Kerry Williamson, and it will be produced by Lloyd Levin, Belle Avery,...
Originally played by Morgan Freeman in the two previous films made about the character, in 1997's Kiss The Girls and 2001's Along Came A Spider, it is thought that David Twohy, who is directing, desired a younger lead than Freeman so that he could put the 'action' back into 'action hero'.
The novel that the film is based on follows Dr. Cross as he tracks a serial rapist whom he suspects of killing his pregnant wife years before. Twohy is re-working the original script by Kerry Williamson, and it will be produced by Lloyd Levin, Belle Avery,...
- 8/19/2010
- Screenrush
Idris Elba will star as Dr. Alex Cross in Cross, a theatrical adaptation of the next installment in James Patterson’s famed murder mystery series of novels.
Elba takes over from Morgan Freeman who previously starred as Dr. Alex Cross in Kiss the Girls and Along Came A Spider.
Synopsis: Cross centres on a serial rapist who may have murdered his pregnant wife years before.
David Twohy will direct from a screenplay penned by Kerry Williamson. Lloyd Levin, James Patterson, Leopoldo Goutm and Steve Bowen will produce, with shooting expected to commence in Spring 2011.
Cross will be privately financed.
Deadline reported this one.
Elba takes over from Morgan Freeman who previously starred as Dr. Alex Cross in Kiss the Girls and Along Came A Spider.
Synopsis: Cross centres on a serial rapist who may have murdered his pregnant wife years before.
David Twohy will direct from a screenplay penned by Kerry Williamson. Lloyd Levin, James Patterson, Leopoldo Goutm and Steve Bowen will produce, with shooting expected to commence in Spring 2011.
Cross will be privately financed.
Deadline reported this one.
- 8/19/2010
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Idris Elba has signed up to play Dr. Alex Cross in 'Cross'. The '28 Days Later' actor will play the lead role in a new instalment of the murder mystery series, originally fronted by Morgan Freeman, who played the detective in 'Kiss the Girls' and 'Along Came A Spider'. The story - adapted for the screen by Kerry Williamson and directed by David Twohy - tells the tale of Dr. Cross tracking a rapist who may have murdered his pregnant wife many years ago. 'Cross' will be produced by the Lloyd Levin, Leopoldo Gout, Belle Avery and Steve Bowen, Deadline.com reports. ..
- 8/19/2010
- Virgin Media - Movies
It's time to breathe some life back into the character Alex Cross on the big screen once more in the film adaptation of "Cross". Idris Elba will be taking on the role of the popular fictionalized character Alex Cross in the film. In Patterson's novel, Cross (Elba) tracks a serial rapist who may have murdered his pregnant wife years before. The role was formerly filled by Morgan Freeman, who took the character on in "Kiss the Girls" and "Along Came a Spider". Belle Avery, Leopoldo Gout, Lloyd Levin, Steve Bowen and James Patterson are all producing the film set to be directed by David Twohy.In between film and television, you must have seen Elba show off his acting chops at one point. On the television spectrum he appeared in several episodes of "The Office" and "Luther". This year he's appearing in two films, one of them the comic book...
- 8/19/2010
- LRMonline.com
Exclusive: Idris Elba has signed to play Dr. Alex Cross in Cross, a new installment of James Patterson's bestselling murder mystery series that will be directed by David Twohy. Kerry Williamson wrote the script. Elba takes over the role originated by Morgan Freeman, who played the sleuth in the Paramount Pictures thrillers, 1997's Kiss the Girls and 2001's Along Came A Spider. Twohy is doing a rewrite. In the novel, Cross tracks a serial rapist who may have murdered his pregnant wife years before. The film is being produced by Lloyd Levin and Leopoldo Goutm, along with the author and Steve Bowen. Production will begin in 2011, likely in the spring. The film will be privately financed and distribution is being set. Paramount is a possibility. There are few franchises out there with a black actor in the lead role. So this is a big star-making step for the British...
- 8/18/2010
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sony Pictures Entertainment has opened a full-service digital intermediate facility called Colorworks. Chris Cookson, Sony Pictures Technologies president announced the opening on Monday with the location being on Sony's Culver City lot. Colorists John Persichetti, Steve Bowen and Trent Johnson are now part of the Colorworks team which works from a fourteen thousand square-foot center in the studio's Stage 6. It features real time- 4k processing in a full digital workflow for filmmakers from across the industry. Gary Martin, president of production administration and Sony Pictures studio operations said "Digital intermediate and mastering are a lesser known, but critical piece of the film-making puzzle. We are thrilled to have our own center here on the lot, but more than that, the facility...
- 11/17/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Sony Pictures Entertainment has opened Colorworks, a full-service digital intermediate facility, located on its Culver City lot, Chris Cookson, Sony Pictures Technologies president, announced Monday.
Colorists John Persichetti, Steve Bowen and Trent Johnson have joined the Colorworks team.
The 14,000 square -foot center, housed in the studio's Stage 6, features technology offering real-time, 4K processing in a full digital workflow for filmmakers from across the industry.
"Digital intermediate and mastering are a lesser known, but critical piece of the film-making puzzle," Gary Martin, president of production administration and Sony Pictures studio operations, said. "We are thrilled to have our own center here on the lot, but more than that, the facility and the personnel are truly top-of-the-line."...
Colorists John Persichetti, Steve Bowen and Trent Johnson have joined the Colorworks team.
The 14,000 square -foot center, housed in the studio's Stage 6, features technology offering real-time, 4K processing in a full digital workflow for filmmakers from across the industry.
"Digital intermediate and mastering are a lesser known, but critical piece of the film-making puzzle," Gary Martin, president of production administration and Sony Pictures studio operations, said. "We are thrilled to have our own center here on the lot, but more than that, the facility and the personnel are truly top-of-the-line."...
- 11/17/2009
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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