Exclusive: Max Beesley has joined the cast of Guy Ritchie’s latest action thriller formerly known as Five Eyes at Miramax and STX, opposite Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, Josh Hartnett and Cary Elwes.
Bill Block is producing for Miramax, which is also fully financing the film, and STX acquired worldwide distribution rights. The feature follows MI6 guns-and-steel agent (Statham) who is recruited by a global intelligence agency to track down and stop the sale of a deadly new weapons technology that threatens to disrupt the world order. Beesley plays a respectable lawyer and consigliere to a billionaire arms broker (Hartnett), who can also handle himself in a fight.
Beesley recently starred opposite Ben Mendelsohn and Paddy Considine in the HBO series The Outsider. Prior to that, her starred in the Carnival TV series Jamestown. Beesley is repped by Authentic Management, APA and Independent Talent Group in the UK.
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Bill Block is producing for Miramax, which is also fully financing the film, and STX acquired worldwide distribution rights. The feature follows MI6 guns-and-steel agent (Statham) who is recruited by a global intelligence agency to track down and stop the sale of a deadly new weapons technology that threatens to disrupt the world order. Beesley plays a respectable lawyer and consigliere to a billionaire arms broker (Hartnett), who can also handle himself in a fight.
Beesley recently starred opposite Ben Mendelsohn and Paddy Considine in the HBO series The Outsider. Prior to that, her starred in the Carnival TV series Jamestown. Beesley is repped by Authentic Management, APA and Independent Talent Group in the UK.
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- 3/18/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Luma Features has launched an independent film company under the oversee of CEO & Chief Creative Payam Shohadai and COO Grady Gamble with a string of projects, and new hires.
Luma’s first movie that’s come together and set for filming in January is The Silence of Mercy directed by The Runaways and The Handmaid’s Tale episodic director Floria Sigismondi. The movie, which is produced by Shohadai and executive produced by Gamble in partnership with The Black List Production’s Franklin Leonard and indie producer Marc Joubert, follows a woman who chooses a life enclosed, to face her personal demons as she’s challenged to break the walls of morality.
Annabelle Wallis, who just wrapped James Wan’s Malignant, stars in a screenplay written by Chris Basler. The script was developed as part of The Black List’s Features Writers Lab. Sigismondi is repped by WME,...
Luma’s first movie that’s come together and set for filming in January is The Silence of Mercy directed by The Runaways and The Handmaid’s Tale episodic director Floria Sigismondi. The movie, which is produced by Shohadai and executive produced by Gamble in partnership with The Black List Production’s Franklin Leonard and indie producer Marc Joubert, follows a woman who chooses a life enclosed, to face her personal demons as she’s challenged to break the walls of morality.
Annabelle Wallis, who just wrapped James Wan’s Malignant, stars in a screenplay written by Chris Basler. The script was developed as part of The Black List’s Features Writers Lab. Sigismondi is repped by WME,...
- 12/11/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Marc Butan’s MadRiver Pictures has acquired La-based film and TV production outfit Adaptive Studios, we can reveal, in a deal which will see MadRiver absorb Adaptive’s existing IP library and assets.
Adaptive Studios co-founder Marc Joubert will join MadRiver, overseeing Adaptive’s existing library, with MadRiver also due to ramp up internal staffing. Adaptive’s credits to date include HBO’s Project Greenlight and Netflix pic Coin Heist.
Adaptive’s shareholders will become investors in MadRiver. Deal points were not disclosed but according to those across the transaction, the pact places an eight-figure valuation on four-year-old MadRiver. CAA Media Finance consulted on the transaction.
Adaptive last year raised $16.5M in Series B funding led by minority investors AMC Networks and Atwater Capital. The company, which was founded in 2013 by Perrin Chiles, Tj Barrack and Joubert, has specialized in un-produced screenplays, which it has acquired and often published in book form,...
Adaptive Studios co-founder Marc Joubert will join MadRiver, overseeing Adaptive’s existing library, with MadRiver also due to ramp up internal staffing. Adaptive’s credits to date include HBO’s Project Greenlight and Netflix pic Coin Heist.
Adaptive’s shareholders will become investors in MadRiver. Deal points were not disclosed but according to those across the transaction, the pact places an eight-figure valuation on four-year-old MadRiver. CAA Media Finance consulted on the transaction.
Adaptive last year raised $16.5M in Series B funding led by minority investors AMC Networks and Atwater Capital. The company, which was founded in 2013 by Perrin Chiles, Tj Barrack and Joubert, has specialized in un-produced screenplays, which it has acquired and often published in book form,...
- 5/14/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The upcoming Netflix music docuseries ReMastered is at the center of a lawsuit from a pair of producers who say their idea was stolen.
Tj Barrack — son of Colony Capital founder and Donald Trump confidante Tom Barrack Jr. — and his business partner Marc Joubert are suing Jeff and Michael Zimbalist for allegedly stealing their concept for a music documentary series called Remastered.
According to a lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Barrack and Joubert in 2011 pitched Remastered as a series of hourlong episodes that would be produced and directed by rotating A-listers. They wanted the Zimbalists ...
Tj Barrack — son of Colony Capital founder and Donald Trump confidante Tom Barrack Jr. — and his business partner Marc Joubert are suing Jeff and Michael Zimbalist for allegedly stealing their concept for a music documentary series called Remastered.
According to a lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Barrack and Joubert in 2011 pitched Remastered as a series of hourlong episodes that would be produced and directed by rotating A-listers. They wanted the Zimbalists ...
- 10/11/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Exclusive: Adaptive Studios announced today that they have purchased Zane Grey’s complete literary estate, which includes a massive catalog of intellectual property from one of the most iconic storytellers of the American West.
Founded by Perrin Chiles, Tj Barrack, and Marc Joubert, Adaptative Studios now has over 133 titles from Zane Grey under its belt. Grey is a pioneer of modern-day western storytelling, becoming one of the first millionaire authors in literary history. His foray into Hollywood began in 1916 when the rights to his best-selling novel Riders of the Purple Sage, purchased by William Fox. Adaptive Studios hopes to breathe new life into Grey’s classic western stories for modern audiences to be distributed across digital, TV, film and publishing.
Grey’s works have been adapted into over 112 feature films, primarily in the first half of the 20th century. The 1950s TV series Dick Powell’s Zane Grey Theater was...
Founded by Perrin Chiles, Tj Barrack, and Marc Joubert, Adaptative Studios now has over 133 titles from Zane Grey under its belt. Grey is a pioneer of modern-day western storytelling, becoming one of the first millionaire authors in literary history. His foray into Hollywood began in 1916 when the rights to his best-selling novel Riders of the Purple Sage, purchased by William Fox. Adaptive Studios hopes to breathe new life into Grey’s classic western stories for modern audiences to be distributed across digital, TV, film and publishing.
Grey’s works have been adapted into over 112 feature films, primarily in the first half of the 20th century. The 1950s TV series Dick Powell’s Zane Grey Theater was...
- 4/18/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Adaptive Studios announced today a $16.5 million funding round led by AMC Networks and Atwater Capital.
The production company behind HBO’s Project Greenlight and the Netflix feature Coin Heist will allocate funds for new projects for traditional and digital distribution outlets alike. To date, Adaptive -- which was founded by Marc Joubert, Perrin Chiles, and Tj Barrack (pictured above) in 2013 -- has created programming for Verizon, Miramax, FX, YouTube Red, Fox Animation, Lionsgate, and Blackpills. The studio has notably honed a unique premise whereby it taps writers to turn other studios' discarded scripts into novels, and then re-adapts those works into series and films.
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The production company behind HBO’s Project Greenlight and the Netflix feature Coin Heist will allocate funds for new projects for traditional and digital distribution outlets alike. To date, Adaptive -- which was founded by Marc Joubert, Perrin Chiles, and Tj Barrack (pictured above) in 2013 -- has created programming for Verizon, Miramax, FX, YouTube Red, Fox Animation, Lionsgate, and Blackpills. The studio has notably honed a unique premise whereby it taps writers to turn other studios' discarded scripts into novels, and then re-adapts those works into series and films.
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- 2/15/2018
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
Multi-faceted production outfit Adaptive Studios, known for projects like the revived Project Greenlight on HBO and Netflix’s original movie Coin Heist, has raised $16.5 in Series B funding led by minority investors AMC Networks and Atwater Capital. The company, which was founded in 2013 by Perrin Chiles, Tj Barrack and Marc Joubert, said it will use the influx of funds to continue developing across traditional and digital platforms. Adaptive has pursued a novel strategy…...
- 2/15/2018
- Deadline
Multi-faceted production outfit Adaptive Studios, known for projects like the revived Project Greenlight on HBO and Netflix’s original movie Coin Heist, has raised $16.5 in Series B funding led by minority investors AMC Networks and Atwater Capital. The company, which was founded in 2013 by Perrin Chiles, Tj Barrack and Marc Joubert, said it will use the influx of funds to continue developing across traditional and digital platforms. Adaptive has pursued a novel strategy…...
- 2/15/2018
- Deadline TV
Plus: FilmBuff picks up Us rights to ‘We The People’; Ron Perlman and Christopher Plummer join ‘Howard Lovecraft’; and more…
Frank Marshall will receive CinemaCon’s special International Filmmaker Of The Decade Award on April 11.
The producer has made Raiders Of The Lost Ark, The Color Purple, The Sixth Sense, Jurassic World, and many others including the likely Cannes Film Festival world premiere Bfg, as well as upcoming releases Jason Bourne, Sully, and Assassin’s Creed. CinemaCon takes place in Las Vegas from April 11-14.
FilmBuff has licensed Us rights to Tommy Reid’s documentary We the People: The Market Basket Effect, a real-time chronicle of a labour dispute involving New England-based corporation Market Basket. FilmBuff plans an April 14-19 theatrical and April 22 VOD launch.Arcana Studio and Shout! Factory have cast Ron Perlman and Christopher Plummer in the upcoming animated film Howard Lovecraft And The Frozen Kingdom. Perlman will voice the role of Shoggoth and Plummer...
Frank Marshall will receive CinemaCon’s special International Filmmaker Of The Decade Award on April 11.
The producer has made Raiders Of The Lost Ark, The Color Purple, The Sixth Sense, Jurassic World, and many others including the likely Cannes Film Festival world premiere Bfg, as well as upcoming releases Jason Bourne, Sully, and Assassin’s Creed. CinemaCon takes place in Las Vegas from April 11-14.
FilmBuff has licensed Us rights to Tommy Reid’s documentary We the People: The Market Basket Effect, a real-time chronicle of a labour dispute involving New England-based corporation Market Basket. FilmBuff plans an April 14-19 theatrical and April 22 VOD launch.Arcana Studio and Shout! Factory have cast Ron Perlman and Christopher Plummer in the upcoming animated film Howard Lovecraft And The Frozen Kingdom. Perlman will voice the role of Shoggoth and Plummer...
- 3/24/2016
- ScreenDaily
Sixteen years after they first pitched the concept, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s reality competition series The Runner finally is coming to fruition with a pickup by Verizon’s recently launched free, ad-supported video platform, go90. For the latest incarnation of the reality chase, Affleck and Damon have teamed with their partners on Project Greenlight, Adaptive Studios’ Marc Joubert and Perrin Chiles, and top unscripted producer Craig Piligian of Pilgrim Media Group, a…...
- 3/16/2016
- Deadline TV
When "Project Greenlight" rose from the TV dead earlier this fall, the HBO reality series made headlines for an argument between one of its two celebrity producers in Matt Damon, and indie film veteran Effie Brown, who had been hired to line produce the latest "Greenlight" film. As the series' decision-makers put their heads together to pick this season's winning director, Brown — the only person of color in the room, and one of only two women — argued that they shouldn't be so quick to dismiss a filmmaking team featuring a white woman and a Vietnamese man, since their outsider perspectives could be very useful in rewriting the planned script, "Not Another Pretty Woman," where one of the main characters is a black female prostitute. Damon talked over Brown, insisted that you find diversity "in the casting of the movie, not the casting of the show," and in a later talking head,...
- 11/2/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Do you remember the HBO series Project Greenlight? It was one of the only reality TV shows that I really enjoyed watching because about something that I was actually passionate about. The show was launched in 2001 and was executive produced and judged by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. I'm happy to say that they are bringing it back!
The show allowed directors and screenwriters to send their work in to producers in hopes of being chosen to make a feature length movie. Producers would take the best from each category and then pair them together to work on the film production.
The series spawned three feature length movies and launched the careers of Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, who wrote The Collector and some of the Saw films. Horror director John Gulager (Feast, Piranha 3Dd) also got his start on the show. One of the films even featured a young Shia Labeouf and Amy Smart.
The show allowed directors and screenwriters to send their work in to producers in hopes of being chosen to make a feature length movie. Producers would take the best from each category and then pair them together to work on the film production.
The series spawned three feature length movies and launched the careers of Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, who wrote The Collector and some of the Saw films. Horror director John Gulager (Feast, Piranha 3Dd) also got his start on the show. One of the films even featured a young Shia Labeouf and Amy Smart.
- 5/1/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's series Project Greenlight has been revived by HBO.
The series originally aired between 2001 and 2005, and followed budding filmmakers given the chance to work on their first feature.
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HBO's revived version of Project Greenlight will follow a similar format, but update the process to include digital filmmaking and online distribution.
Project Greenlight executive producers Affleck and Damon hailed the show's legacy and its impact on independent filmmaking in a statement announcing the show's return.
"Project Greenlight was ahead of its time," Affleck commented. "Now that technology has caught up to the concept, we thought it was a perfect time to bring it back.
"A whole new generation of filmmakers has grown up sharing everything, and the next big director could be just an upload away.
The series originally aired between 2001 and 2005, and followed budding filmmakers given the chance to work on their first feature.
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck poke fun at each other in charity video
Ben Affleck, Matt Damon producing Sleeper comic book movie
HBO's revived version of Project Greenlight will follow a similar format, but update the process to include digital filmmaking and online distribution.
Project Greenlight executive producers Affleck and Damon hailed the show's legacy and its impact on independent filmmaking in a statement announcing the show's return.
"Project Greenlight was ahead of its time," Affleck commented. "Now that technology has caught up to the concept, we thought it was a perfect time to bring it back.
"A whole new generation of filmmakers has grown up sharing everything, and the next big director could be just an upload away.
- 4/30/2014
- Digital Spy
HBO is giving a second life to an acclaimed show that ended far too soon. On Wednesday, the network announced plans to revive documentary series Project Greenlight, more than a decade after the program's original run. Produced by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, the series involves the search for a first-time director and chronicles the behind-the-scenes process of turning a script into a feature film.
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"Project Greenlight was ahead of its time," said Affleck in a statement. "Now that technology has caught up to the concept, we...
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"Project Greenlight was ahead of its time," said Affleck in a statement. "Now that technology has caught up to the concept, we...
- 4/30/2014
- Rollingstone.com
HBO has given the greenlight to more "Project Greenlight." The documentary series from returning executive producers Ben Affleck and Matt Damon will return for a new season, HBO Programming president Michael Lombardo today announced. "Greenlight" follows the search for a first-time film director and examines all aspects of the filmmaking process from pre-production and casting through principal photography and post-production. Affleck and Damon executive produced the previous two seasons in 2001 and 2003. However, the duo's former producing partner Chris Moore, who was prominently featured in the first two seasons, on camera and off, is not returning for the new season. A third season aired on Bravo in 2005. Adaptive Studios’ Marc Joubert, Tj Barrack, Perrin Chiles and Marshall Lewy, and Miramax’s Zanne Devine will also serve as exec producers. "'Project Greenlight' was ahead of its time," notes Affleck in a press release. "Now that technology has caught up to the concept,...
- 4/30/2014
- by Dave Lewis
- Hitfix
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