Exclusive: In a tantalising development to emerge from the Bam market in Colombia this week, the studio is in discussions on the period comedy with the team behind Mexican smash The Noble Family.
Producer Leonardo Zimbron of Traziende Films will reunite with the hit comedy’s director Gaz Alazraki, who is adapting William Sutcliffe’s original screenplay The Brothers Hufffington Fffyne.
Los Hermanos Marquez Castillo centres on two brothers who fight for their father’s inheritance and will mark the second feature from Alazraki, who will produce alongside Zimbron, Avelino Rodriguez, Marco Polo Constandse and Mexico’s Filmadora.
The Noble Family (Nosotros Los Nobles, pictured) grossed close to $30m in Mexico via Warner Bros in 2013 and generated 7.1million admissions to rank as Mexico’s second biggest box office hit behind No Instructions Included.
“We’re intending to shoot [the film] in Mexico next year, and are hoping for a top-line cast,” Zimbron told Screendaily at the Bam Bogota Audiovisual...
Producer Leonardo Zimbron of Traziende Films will reunite with the hit comedy’s director Gaz Alazraki, who is adapting William Sutcliffe’s original screenplay The Brothers Hufffington Fffyne.
Los Hermanos Marquez Castillo centres on two brothers who fight for their father’s inheritance and will mark the second feature from Alazraki, who will produce alongside Zimbron, Avelino Rodriguez, Marco Polo Constandse and Mexico’s Filmadora.
The Noble Family (Nosotros Los Nobles, pictured) grossed close to $30m in Mexico via Warner Bros in 2013 and generated 7.1million admissions to rank as Mexico’s second biggest box office hit behind No Instructions Included.
“We’re intending to shoot [the film] in Mexico next year, and are hoping for a top-line cast,” Zimbron told Screendaily at the Bam Bogota Audiovisual...
- 7/14/2015
- by chrisevans78@hotmail.co.uk (Chris Evans)
- ScreenDaily
The relationship between a mother and son has been explored many times in cinema – often to great comic effect. As a general rule, the mother is seen as an interfering, oppressive force, cramping the style of an immature male who just wants to do what he wants to do. The upcoming adaptation of the William Sutcliffe novel, Whatever Makes You Happy, looks as though it will take that trope and build on it in interesting and original ways – something further suggested by the casting of some truly stellar performers.
The story looks at three mothers who are long-time friends, having bonded while their sons were in grade school together. The sons, now 28 years old, reside in New York City, avoiding responsibility as much as they avoid calling their respective mothers back in the suburbs. When the sidelined matriarchs decide to visit their wayward offspring unannounced, they discover that their own...
The story looks at three mothers who are long-time friends, having bonded while their sons were in grade school together. The sons, now 28 years old, reside in New York City, avoiding responsibility as much as they avoid calling their respective mothers back in the suburbs. When the sidelined matriarchs decide to visit their wayward offspring unannounced, they discover that their own...
- 11/8/2014
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
Whatever Makes You Happy
"Arrow" star Stephen Amell is in talks to join actresses Susan Sarandon and Allison Janney in Cindy Chupack's directorial debut "Whatever Makes You Happy" at Mandalay Pictures. Filming begins in New York City in June.
Based on William Sutcliffe's novel, the story follows a trio of suburban mothers who have been friends since their sons were in grade school. Two decades later, the mothers, feeling marginalized and forgotten, impulsively decide to pay an unannounced visit to their sons in New York City. [Source: Variety]
Who Gets the Dog
Alicia Silverstone will star in Steven C. Miller's romantic comedy "Who Gets the Dog?" for Epic Pictures Group. The story centers on a divorcing couple who are fighting over custody of their beloved dog. Matt J.L. Wheeler & Rick Rapoza penned the script and filming begins December 3rd in Chicago. [Source: Variety]
Is That a Gun In Your Pocket?...
"Arrow" star Stephen Amell is in talks to join actresses Susan Sarandon and Allison Janney in Cindy Chupack's directorial debut "Whatever Makes You Happy" at Mandalay Pictures. Filming begins in New York City in June.
Based on William Sutcliffe's novel, the story follows a trio of suburban mothers who have been friends since their sons were in grade school. Two decades later, the mothers, feeling marginalized and forgotten, impulsively decide to pay an unannounced visit to their sons in New York City. [Source: Variety]
Who Gets the Dog
Alicia Silverstone will star in Steven C. Miller's romantic comedy "Who Gets the Dog?" for Epic Pictures Group. The story centers on a divorcing couple who are fighting over custody of their beloved dog. Matt J.L. Wheeler & Rick Rapoza penned the script and filming begins December 3rd in Chicago. [Source: Variety]
Is That a Gun In Your Pocket?...
- 11/7/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
• Who Gets the Dog? has found its lead in Alicia Silverstone. Steven C. Miller will direct from a script by Matt J.L. Wheeler and Rick Rapoza. The romantic comedy follows a divorcing couple that fights for custody of their pet. [Variety] • Sharon Stone has been cast as the lead in Darknet. Jacques Malaterre will direct the psychological thriller, which also stars Billy Zane, Gina Gershon, and Caterina Murino. Set in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, the film takes a deep dive into the world of organ trafficking. It centers on Stone’s character whose husband is murdered when he nearly uncovers...
- 11/7/2014
- by C. Molly Smith
- EW - Inside Movies
Animated feature Animal Crackers has added some heavyweights to its voice cast. Sir Ian McKellen, Danny DeVito, and Sylvester Stallone will lend their voices to the Blue Dream Studios film about a family whose life is turned upside down when they inherit a rundown circus and a mysterious box of Animal Crackers that turn the person who eats them into the animal they’ve just snacked on. Patrick Warburton, Gilbert Gottfried, Raven-Symoné, Harvey Fierstein, James Arnold Taylor, Tara Strong, and newcomer Lydia Taylor round out the line-up for co-directors Scott Christian Sava and Tony Bancroft. Sava and Dean Lorey are co-writers; Sava is also producing with George Lee and Marcus Englefield from Storyoscopic Films, Jamie Thomason, and Leiming Guan. Odins Eye Entertainment is repping international sales.
Chile-set actioner Redeemer has been picked up for North America by Mpi Media Group, which has set a summer theatrical bow through genre arm Dark Sky Films.
Chile-set actioner Redeemer has been picked up for North America by Mpi Media Group, which has set a summer theatrical bow through genre arm Dark Sky Films.
- 11/6/2014
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
Susan Sarandon, Allison Janney and “Arrow” star Stephen Amell have been set to star in indie dramedy “Whatever Makes You Happy,” Radiant Films International announced Thursday. Elijah Kelly is also in talks to join the cast. Also read: Susan Sarandon to Play Marilyn Monroe's Mother on Lifetime's Biopic Miniseries Cindy Chupack adapted the screenplay from the novel of the same name by William Sutcliffe and will also make her feature directorial debut on the project. The film will follow suburban mothers Helen, Carol and Gillian, who have been friends since their 28 year-old sons were in grade school together. Now,...
- 11/6/2014
- by Linda Ge
- The Wrap
Susan Sarandon, Allison Janney and Stephen Amell have been cast in Whatever Makes You Happy.
The Thelma & Louise, West Wing and Arrow actors will star in director Cindy Chupack's feature film debut, Radiant Films International has announced.
The film will centre around three mothers who have been friends since their sons were little.
Feeling distanced from their negligent, now-28-year-old children, they pay them a surprise visit in New York in order to renew old bonds.
Elijah Kelly (Lee Daniels' The Butler) is also in talks for the project.
Mark Andrus's script was based on the novel of the same name by William Sutcliffe, and is being rewritten by Chupack.
Chupack's credits include Sex and the City and Modern Family.
Whatever Makes You Happy will begin shooting in New York City in June 2015.
The Thelma & Louise, West Wing and Arrow actors will star in director Cindy Chupack's feature film debut, Radiant Films International has announced.
The film will centre around three mothers who have been friends since their sons were little.
Feeling distanced from their negligent, now-28-year-old children, they pay them a surprise visit in New York in order to renew old bonds.
Elijah Kelly (Lee Daniels' The Butler) is also in talks for the project.
Mark Andrus's script was based on the novel of the same name by William Sutcliffe, and is being rewritten by Chupack.
Chupack's credits include Sex and the City and Modern Family.
Whatever Makes You Happy will begin shooting in New York City in June 2015.
- 11/6/2014
- Digital Spy
Susan Sarandon, Stephen Amell and Allison Janney are in talks to star in comedy Whatever Makes You Happy, based on the popular novel by William Sutcliffe about three longtime friends who visit their absent sons in New York City. Mandalay Pictures developed the comedy, which marks the feature directorial debut of TV writer/producer Cindy Chupack (Modern Family, Sex and the City). Cathy Schulman is producing, with Prescience Film Finance (The King's Speech, Chef) coming aboard to co-finance. Radiant Film International is introducing the project to foreign buyers at the American Film Market. Read more Afm: Naomi Watts, Elle
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- 11/6/2014
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Susan Sarandon, Allison Janney and Stephen Amell are in talks to star in Mandalay Pictures’ comedy Whatever Makes You Happy. Mimi Steinbauer’s Radiant Films International has introduced the project to buyers at Afm.
Modern Family and Sex And The City write-producer Cindy Chupack makes her directorial debut.
Whatever Makes You Happy is based on the novel of the same name by William Sutcliffe and an earlier draft by Mark Andrus about a pair of suburban women in New York who pay an impromptu visit to their grown-up sons in an effort to reconnect.
Principal photography on the current draft by Chupack is set to begin in New York in June 2015. Elijah Kelly is also in talks to join the cast.
Mandalay developed the comedy and Cathy Schulman will produce, with Prescience on board as a financier.
David Frankel serves as executive producer with Matt Rhodes and Jason Michael Berman.
“As one of...
Modern Family and Sex And The City write-producer Cindy Chupack makes her directorial debut.
Whatever Makes You Happy is based on the novel of the same name by William Sutcliffe and an earlier draft by Mark Andrus about a pair of suburban women in New York who pay an impromptu visit to their grown-up sons in an effort to reconnect.
Principal photography on the current draft by Chupack is set to begin in New York in June 2015. Elijah Kelly is also in talks to join the cast.
Mandalay developed the comedy and Cathy Schulman will produce, with Prescience on board as a financier.
David Frankel serves as executive producer with Matt Rhodes and Jason Michael Berman.
“As one of...
- 11/6/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Producer David Heyman's relationship with Alfonso Cuarón actually began well before he tapped the filmmaker for a new direction in the "Harry Potter" franchise back in 2004. They were thinking of collaborating on an adaptation of William Sutcliffe's 1999 road trip novel "Are You Experienced?," but the project fell through. Cuarón went on to make "Y Tu Mamá También" and Heyman went on to shepherd the "Harry Potter" books to the screen. When it came time for a stylistic detour in that series, Cuarón was the first artist Heyman had in mind. "There were several reasons I thought he was the...
- 10/3/2013
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
George Monbiot (The rich world's smugness will melt along with the ice, 28 August) is right to draw attention to the impending disaster of climate change heralded by the melting of the Arctic sea ice. He is also right to place the responsibility firmly on our shoulders. So when will someone in a position of authority and influence have the courage to point to the true reason for this – an unwillingness to limit the size of our families?
Every human being that is born in the developed world grows up wanting a car, a centrally heated (or air-conditioned) house full of electrical appliances, cheap flights to holidays abroad and a new mobile phone every couple of years.
Most of the young women I know regard it as unsatisfactory to have one child – many are on their second or third pregnancy. Yet we smile and congratulate them as if they have done...
Every human being that is born in the developed world grows up wanting a car, a centrally heated (or air-conditioned) house full of electrical appliances, cheap flights to holidays abroad and a new mobile phone every couple of years.
Most of the young women I know regard it as unsatisfactory to have one child – many are on their second or third pregnancy. Yet we smile and congratulate them as if they have done...
- 8/28/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
He went from pre-teen "shrimp" in About a Boy to the sexy face of Skins. Now, Nicholas Hoult is set to crack Hollywood. His only problem is working out how he feels about it all
"Oh no. Interview, uh oh. I always panic about these things." Nicholas Hoult does look genuinely apprehensive, which is annoying because he's been perfectly at ease until now. He arrived promptly at the west London studio where he's to be photographed at 9am on this December Monday morning, introducing himself very politely to everyone. He swapped jeans and hooded top for a dapper suit by Tom Ford, the fashion designer whose directorial debut, A Single Man, stars Hoult alongside Colin Firth and Julianne Moore, then chatted away with the make-up artist about his newly shorn head, a crop to cut out hair extensions for his role in upcoming CGI blockbuster Clash of the Titans. But...
"Oh no. Interview, uh oh. I always panic about these things." Nicholas Hoult does look genuinely apprehensive, which is annoying because he's been perfectly at ease until now. He arrived promptly at the west London studio where he's to be photographed at 9am on this December Monday morning, introducing himself very politely to everyone. He swapped jeans and hooded top for a dapper suit by Tom Ford, the fashion designer whose directorial debut, A Single Man, stars Hoult alongside Colin Firth and Julianne Moore, then chatted away with the make-up artist about his newly shorn head, a crop to cut out hair extensions for his role in upcoming CGI blockbuster Clash of the Titans. But...
- 1/31/2010
- by Alice Fisher
- The Guardian - Film News
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