Eric Roberts and Dr. Rico Simonini will topline My Dinner With Eric Roberts (Julia’s brother), a platonic rom-com bromance that will be shooting this month in Los Angeles. Described as along the lines of Louie Malle’s My Dinner With Andre, the film follows Roberts having dinner with his cardiologist and friend, Dr. Rico and evolves into their deep passionate friendship and how their lives are intertwined. The pic was written by Roberts, Simonini, Eliza Roberts and Darryl Marshak. Eliza Roberts and Marshak are directing and producing the project with Sarbori Bhattacharya, Joe Levy, and Sambhu Choifhury serving as executive producers.
Wendy Makkena (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood) and Walter Belenky have been added to the cast of Spiked, and indie drama based on Arizona newspaper publisher Joseph Soldwedel. The film hails from Juan Martinez Vera, who wrote the screenplay and is directing.
Wendy Makkena (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood) and Walter Belenky have been added to the cast of Spiked, and indie drama based on Arizona newspaper publisher Joseph Soldwedel. The film hails from Juan Martinez Vera, who wrote the screenplay and is directing.
- 9/11/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
The Rustam Branaman film will be released theatrically on May 1
Gravitas Ventures has acquired U.S. distribution rights to the Rustam Branaman drama “Any Day” starring Sean Bean, Eva Longoria and Kate Walsh, the company announced Friday.
Vian McLean (Bean) is an ex-fighter who is filled with resentment. He killed a man with his bare hands and has just spent the last 12 years in prison for the crime. Upon his release, he stays with his sister Bethley (Walsh) and her son Jimmy, who looks up to his uncle as the greatest man he has ever known.
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Gravitas Ventures has acquired U.S. distribution rights to the Rustam Branaman drama “Any Day” starring Sean Bean, Eva Longoria and Kate Walsh, the company announced Friday.
Vian McLean (Bean) is an ex-fighter who is filled with resentment. He killed a man with his bare hands and has just spent the last 12 years in prison for the crime. Upon his release, he stays with his sister Bethley (Walsh) and her son Jimmy, who looks up to his uncle as the greatest man he has ever known.
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- 1/23/2015
- by Linda Ge
- The Wrap
Happy October! With Halloween only a few weeks away, it seems that the month’s home entertainment choices are going to be endless just based on the amount of titles being released on October 7th alone.
Not only is Edge of Tomorrow (one of the best sci-fi movies of the year) coming to DVD and Blu-ray, but we’re also seeing several cult classics coming to HD for the first time, numerous horror franchise collections are being re-released and we’ve got the highly anticipated 35th Anniversary Edition of Alien from 20th Century Fox to look forward to as well.
Spotlight Titles:
Edge of Tomorrow (Warner Home Video, Blu-ray 3D/Blu/DVD/Digital HD & DVD)
An alien race, undefeatable by any existing military unit, has launched a relentless attack on Earth, and Major William Cage (Tom Cruise) finds himself dropped into a suicide mission. Killed within minutes, Cage is thrown into a time loop,...
Not only is Edge of Tomorrow (one of the best sci-fi movies of the year) coming to DVD and Blu-ray, but we’re also seeing several cult classics coming to HD for the first time, numerous horror franchise collections are being re-released and we’ve got the highly anticipated 35th Anniversary Edition of Alien from 20th Century Fox to look forward to as well.
Spotlight Titles:
Edge of Tomorrow (Warner Home Video, Blu-ray 3D/Blu/DVD/Digital HD & DVD)
An alien race, undefeatable by any existing military unit, has launched a relentless attack on Earth, and Major William Cage (Tom Cruise) finds himself dropped into a suicide mission. Killed within minutes, Cage is thrown into a time loop,...
- 10/7/2014
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Philip Marshak, who wrote and directed several cult classic films in the late ’70s and ’80s, including Night Train To Terror, Cataclysm and Dracula Sucks, has died. He passed away last night surrounded by his family at his Los Angeles home after a long battle with leukemia, diabetes and heart disease. his son, talent manager Darryl Marshak said. He was 80. Philip Marshak began his Hollywood career as an actor studying with Lee Strasberg, but then took a turn as an underground/guerrilla filmmaker in the late 60’s/70’s. Raising indie funds, Marshak wrote, produced & directed several low budget cult classics. […]...
- 7/28/2014
- Deadline
A planned auction of celebrity actor audition tapes scheduled to take place this week in Beverly Hills will not go forward. A representative for Jane Jenkins and Janet Hirshenson, the two casting directors who had planned to sell 54 VHS tapes of early-career auditions by actors such as Brad Pitt and Sandra Bullock, confirmed to Backstage that the tapes have been withrawn from the auction and will instead be donated to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. "I got an email this morning from Janet and Jane saying that there's a big hoopla over this and that they're going to give it to the Academy," said Darryl Marshak of Marshak/Zachary management company. "The Academy now is the keeper of the tapes, and anyone in there can go in and look at them. They're for the whole world to see once they're at the Academy library." Martin Nolan, executive director of Julian's Auctions,...
- 4/2/2013
- backstage.com
Millenium Films has signed long-time agent and manager Darryl Marshak to a two-year first-look production deal, the company announced on Wednesday. Marshak is a founder of the Marshak Zachary Co, a management and production shop that is currently working on a film adaptation of "Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs and Declarations of Independence," a memoir by Emmy Award-winner John Hockenberry. Prior to Marshak Zachary, Marshak created the Gold Marshak Liedtke Agency, where he helped launch the careers of actors such as Leonardo DiCaprio and James Franco. That is also where Marshak met many...
- 10/24/2012
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
How to: Submit to an AgentWhen you're ready to submit your headshot and résumé to agents in order to find representation, pick up a copy of Call Sheet, published by Back Stage, to see what agencies are looking for and what kind of performers they represent. Many agencies now have websites, which may even list specific guidelines and the agency's clients. Look at those client rosters and see where you might fit in or help fill an agency's needs.Nancy Moon-Broadstreet, theatrical agent, the Geddes Agency, Los Angeles: "Find out what kind of business they do and where their clients work. If you see someone who has three clients that are kind of like you, then maybe that's not the office to press for. They clearly have the same taste, but you would be fourth on the list, so maybe you should look for somebody who doesn't have anyone like you.
- 5/5/2010
- backstage.com
Show the results of your latest headshot session to two of your closest friends and you'll often get two diametrically opposed reactions. When it comes to headshots, everyone seems to have a strong opinion. But it's the opinion of the industry that counts. So Back Stage recently asked an agent, a manager, and three casting directors to comment on two photos from their files — headshots that "popped" and made these insiders want to learn more about the people behind the portraits. It's All in the Smile New York casting director Laura Verbeke was looking for an edgy young man for the HBO series The Flight of the Conchords and came upon Carl K. Li's headshot. It had the precise vibe she was seeking. "I think he's looking confident in the photo," she says, "but I also see a sense of quirkiness." Even his decision to wear a shade of red...
- 10/9/2008
- by Mark Dundas Wood
- backstage.com
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