Garrett Hedlund (“Mudbound”) and Mel Gibson (“Braveheart”) are set to star in Nadine Crocker’s thriller “Desperation Road.”
Signature Entertainment are repping international sales on the project at AFM.
Based on the novel by Michael Farris Smith (“Blackwood”), the film tells the story of ex-con Russell Gaines (Hedlund) who attempts to rebuild his life with help from his father Mitchell (Gibson). But when Maben arrives and throws Russell’s life into chaos, the pair end up on the lam.
“As their violent pasts catch up to them, the pair must learn to trust each other if they hope to live out the rest of their days,” reads the logline.
Ryan Hurst (“Remember the Titans”), Woody McClain (“The Harder They Fall”) and Pyper Braun (“Country Comfort”) also star.
Nadine Crocker
Crocker (“Continue”) directs the film based on a script by Smith, who is adapting his own novel. Crocker, Smith, Walter Josten...
Signature Entertainment are repping international sales on the project at AFM.
Based on the novel by Michael Farris Smith (“Blackwood”), the film tells the story of ex-con Russell Gaines (Hedlund) who attempts to rebuild his life with help from his father Mitchell (Gibson). But when Maben arrives and throws Russell’s life into chaos, the pair end up on the lam.
“As their violent pasts catch up to them, the pair must learn to trust each other if they hope to live out the rest of their days,” reads the logline.
Ryan Hurst (“Remember the Titans”), Woody McClain (“The Harder They Fall”) and Pyper Braun (“Country Comfort”) also star.
Nadine Crocker
Crocker (“Continue”) directs the film based on a script by Smith, who is adapting his own novel. Crocker, Smith, Walter Josten...
- 10/27/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Premiere Entertainment has acquired the international rights to family faith-based film “The Girl Who Believes in Miracles” after the film’s solid performance at the U.S. box office over Easter.
The Oklahoma-shot feature was written and directed by “Hannah Montana” co-creator Richard Correll and stars Academy Award winner Mira Sorvino (“The Mighty Aphrodite”); Austyn Johnson (“The Greatest Showman”) and celebrated voice actor Pete Coyote (“The Roosevelts: An Intimate History”).
The feature, co-written by G.M. Mercier, focuses on a child called Sara (Johnson) who achieves overnight fame when her prayers appear to start healing local townsfolk.
These miracles come at a cost however, as the toll of fame and the girl’s deteriorating physical condition force those close to her to take action.
Produced by Trailmaker Productions and Gerson Productions in association with film investors Stephen Hays and Peter Graham’s 120dB Films, the title was released via Atlas Distribution to a total of 1,333 U.
The Oklahoma-shot feature was written and directed by “Hannah Montana” co-creator Richard Correll and stars Academy Award winner Mira Sorvino (“The Mighty Aphrodite”); Austyn Johnson (“The Greatest Showman”) and celebrated voice actor Pete Coyote (“The Roosevelts: An Intimate History”).
The feature, co-written by G.M. Mercier, focuses on a child called Sara (Johnson) who achieves overnight fame when her prayers appear to start healing local townsfolk.
These miracles come at a cost however, as the toll of fame and the girl’s deteriorating physical condition force those close to her to take action.
Produced by Trailmaker Productions and Gerson Productions in association with film investors Stephen Hays and Peter Graham’s 120dB Films, the title was released via Atlas Distribution to a total of 1,333 U.
- 6/21/2021
- by Ann-Marie Corvin
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Lionsgate has picked up the North American and U.K. distribution rights to noir thriller, The Virtuoso, starring Anson Mount (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds), Abbie Cornish (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan), and Oscar-winning actor Anthony Hopkins (The Father). Directed and produced by Nick Stagliano, the film is slated to be released in theaters and on-demand in Q2 of 2021.
James C. Wolf wrote the screenplay. Hopkins stars as The Mentor, the head of a sophisticated group of highly skilled assassins. And at the top of them all is a hitman (Mount) who is the very best at what he does – not merely a professional, but a true artist, a virtuoso. Tortured by a past job gone wrong, and to satisfy an outstanding debt to The Mentor, The Virtuoso accepts a new assignment – but he’s given no name or photo, only a code word and the information that his...
James C. Wolf wrote the screenplay. Hopkins stars as The Mentor, the head of a sophisticated group of highly skilled assassins. And at the top of them all is a hitman (Mount) who is the very best at what he does – not merely a professional, but a true artist, a virtuoso. Tortured by a past job gone wrong, and to satisfy an outstanding debt to The Mentor, The Virtuoso accepts a new assignment – but he’s given no name or photo, only a code word and the information that his...
- 3/19/2021
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Financer 120dB Films principals Stephen Hays and Peter Graham are joining forces with producer and consultant Scott Einbinder and distribution veteran Gary Rubin to form strategic consulting firm, 120dB Advisors.
The new company is designed to guide clients on a worldwide basis. Areas covered include capital structuring and sourcing, content packaging, acquisitions, distribution, banking, state tax credit oversight; solving production, insurance, delivery problems, and sales. Offerings will also include distressed asset, residuals and library valuations and monetization, workouts, litigation support and expert testimony. A core service will be assisting its clients in prudently managing and investing their media sector exposure.
The firm will begin operations immediately. Hays, Graham, Einbinder and Rubin will keep a special eye on Covid-19 related production, financing and insurance issues, and similar challenges in a rapidly changing environment. Each partner will continue separately with their respective non-advisory businesses.
Managed by former hedge fund executive Hays and entertainment banking veteran Graham,...
The new company is designed to guide clients on a worldwide basis. Areas covered include capital structuring and sourcing, content packaging, acquisitions, distribution, banking, state tax credit oversight; solving production, insurance, delivery problems, and sales. Offerings will also include distressed asset, residuals and library valuations and monetization, workouts, litigation support and expert testimony. A core service will be assisting its clients in prudently managing and investing their media sector exposure.
The firm will begin operations immediately. Hays, Graham, Einbinder and Rubin will keep a special eye on Covid-19 related production, financing and insurance issues, and similar challenges in a rapidly changing environment. Each partner will continue separately with their respective non-advisory businesses.
Managed by former hedge fund executive Hays and entertainment banking veteran Graham,...
- 6/15/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Vertical Entertainment has secured the U.S. distribution rights to Can You Keep a Secret?, the romantic comedy starring Alexandra Daddario, and slated it for a day-and-date release September 13. Daddario also served as an executive producer on the project, which is based on the Nyt best-selling novel by Sophie Kinsella. The Elise Duran-directed film also stars Tyler Hoechlin, Kimiko Glenn, and Laverne Cox
Here’s the plot: On the way home from a botched client meeting, Emma (Daddario) mistakenly reveals all her deepest secrets to a handsome stranger sitting next to her when her plane hits turbulence. At least, she thought he was a stranger — until she later meets Jack (Hoechlin), her company’s young CEO, who now knows every humiliating detail about her.
Peter Hutchings adapted the screenplay. Producers are Claude Dal Farra, Brice Dal Farra and Brian Keady, while Charles Miller, Stephen Hays, Peter Graham, Rusty Holzer,...
Here’s the plot: On the way home from a botched client meeting, Emma (Daddario) mistakenly reveals all her deepest secrets to a handsome stranger sitting next to her when her plane hits turbulence. At least, she thought he was a stranger — until she later meets Jack (Hoechlin), her company’s young CEO, who now knows every humiliating detail about her.
Peter Hutchings adapted the screenplay. Producers are Claude Dal Farra, Brice Dal Farra and Brian Keady, while Charles Miller, Stephen Hays, Peter Graham, Rusty Holzer,...
- 7/24/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Vertical Entertainment has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Iron Sky 2: The Coming Race, a sequel to the cult sci-fi parody that returns director Timo Vuorensola and those Nazis in space that so buzzed the Berlin Film Festival when the original bowed there in 2012.
The new pic stars Lara Rossi, Tom Green, Vladimir Burlakov, Kit Dale and the return of Udo Kier, and will feature the mix of B-movie plot and A-list effects that made the first one work so well. Myriad Pictures is aboard to hande worldwide sales and will screen the film for buyers beginning next week at the Cannes film market. Vertical plans a July 19 day-and-date theatrical and digital release in the U.S.
The first Iron Sky started out with the unknown fact that at the end of 1945 as the war was ending a group of Nazi scientists in the Antarctic escaped in space...
The new pic stars Lara Rossi, Tom Green, Vladimir Burlakov, Kit Dale and the return of Udo Kier, and will feature the mix of B-movie plot and A-list effects that made the first one work so well. Myriad Pictures is aboard to hande worldwide sales and will screen the film for buyers beginning next week at the Cannes film market. Vertical plans a July 19 day-and-date theatrical and digital release in the U.S.
The first Iron Sky started out with the unknown fact that at the end of 1945 as the war was ending a group of Nazi scientists in the Antarctic escaped in space...
- 5/10/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
120dB Film Finance has executed a memorandum of understanding with a New York-based investment management firm for $100 million of financings with 100 loans during its 14-year history.
The company made the announcement Thursday at the American Film Market in Santa Monica, Calif. Founded in 2004, the company offers gap, presale, tax credit, P&A, bridge, and finish fund loans to independent filmmakers and television producers.
“We are pleased to announce this transition in our business model as we approach our 15th anniversary, and 100th film loan since inception in 2004. Our first transaction under the new facility for Bcdf’s film ‘Can You Keep a Secret,’ based upon the best-selling novel and starring Alexandra Daddario, closed in just over two weeks,” said Stephen Hays, 120dB Films’ founder and managing member. “We look forward to offering borrowers much more competitively priced loans for larger transactions, while retaining the highly attentive service that has been our model from the outset.
The company made the announcement Thursday at the American Film Market in Santa Monica, Calif. Founded in 2004, the company offers gap, presale, tax credit, P&A, bridge, and finish fund loans to independent filmmakers and television producers.
“We are pleased to announce this transition in our business model as we approach our 15th anniversary, and 100th film loan since inception in 2004. Our first transaction under the new facility for Bcdf’s film ‘Can You Keep a Secret,’ based upon the best-selling novel and starring Alexandra Daddario, closed in just over two weeks,” said Stephen Hays, 120dB Films’ founder and managing member. “We look forward to offering borrowers much more competitively priced loans for larger transactions, while retaining the highly attentive service that has been our model from the outset.
- 11/1/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
A hospital's halls turn into creepy corridors of horror in The Void, which has been acquired by Screen Media Films for Us distribution following its recent world premiere at Fantastic Fest.
The Void is expected to hit theaters in early 2017. You can read the press below for full details on Screen Media Films acquiring The Void for Us distribution, and in case you missed them, check out Heather's Fantastic Fest review of the movie and her interview with the movie's co-writer/directors Jeremy Gillespie and Steven Kostanski, as well as producer Casey Walker.
Press Release: New York, November 18, 2016 – Screen Media Films acquired U.S. rights for the horror title “The Void”, which is written and directed by Jeremy Gillespie and Steven Kostanski and stars Aaron Poole, Ellen Wong, Kathleen Munroe, Stephanie Belding, and Kenneth Welsh, will be released in theaters day-and-date in Q1 2017. The film previously made its world premiere...
The Void is expected to hit theaters in early 2017. You can read the press below for full details on Screen Media Films acquiring The Void for Us distribution, and in case you missed them, check out Heather's Fantastic Fest review of the movie and her interview with the movie's co-writer/directors Jeremy Gillespie and Steven Kostanski, as well as producer Casey Walker.
Press Release: New York, November 18, 2016 – Screen Media Films acquired U.S. rights for the horror title “The Void”, which is written and directed by Jeremy Gillespie and Steven Kostanski and stars Aaron Poole, Ellen Wong, Kathleen Munroe, Stephanie Belding, and Kenneth Welsh, will be released in theaters day-and-date in Q1 2017. The film previously made its world premiere...
- 11/18/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Clarius Entertainment has acquired Us rights to Benaroya Pictures and The Genre Company’s thriller Cell starring John Cusack (upcoming Love & Mercy, Lee Daniels’ The Butler) and Oscar-nominated Samuel L. Jackson (upcoming Kingsman: The Secret Service, Django Unchained).
The film is based on the best-selling apocalyptic novel by Stephen King.
When a powerful signal is broadcast across mobile networks worldwide, cell phone users’ minds are instantly and dangerously re-programmed. Heading north through New England in search of his wife and son, Clay Riddell (Cusack) is joined by a group of survivors hoping to fend off the bloodthirsty and hyper-connected “phoners.”
Set to be a wide theatrical release later this year, Cell also stars Isabelle Fuhrman (The Hunger Games) and Golden Globe winner Stacy Keach (Nebraska, The Bourne Legacy).
The film is directed by Tod “Kip” Williams (Paranormal Activity 2). The announcement was made today by the film’s producers Michael Benaroya and Richard Saperstein.
The film is based on the best-selling apocalyptic novel by Stephen King.
When a powerful signal is broadcast across mobile networks worldwide, cell phone users’ minds are instantly and dangerously re-programmed. Heading north through New England in search of his wife and son, Clay Riddell (Cusack) is joined by a group of survivors hoping to fend off the bloodthirsty and hyper-connected “phoners.”
Set to be a wide theatrical release later this year, Cell also stars Isabelle Fuhrman (The Hunger Games) and Golden Globe winner Stacy Keach (Nebraska, The Bourne Legacy).
The film is directed by Tod “Kip” Williams (Paranormal Activity 2). The announcement was made today by the film’s producers Michael Benaroya and Richard Saperstein.
- 2/5/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Get ready stateside filmgoers, because the “phoners” (aka “crazies”) are coming to the Us. Stephen King fans know that the master of macabre doesn’t like using cell phones. His 2006 novel, Cell, is a cautionary tale about what can go wrong by pressing portable phones to our ears and keeping them close at hand in our pockets, and its unflinching subject matter contains flocks of murderous lunatics that would be right at home in Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later, George A. Romero’s The Crazies, or Simon Clark’s Blood Crazy.
We knew this unique King novel was getting the adaptation treatment, with King co-writing the screenplay and John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson in the lead roles, but we’re now one big step closer to seeing it on the silver screen, as Clarius Entertainment has acquired the Us rights to the movie.
Slated to hit theaters this year,...
We knew this unique King novel was getting the adaptation treatment, with King co-writing the screenplay and John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson in the lead roles, but we’re now one big step closer to seeing it on the silver screen, as Clarius Entertainment has acquired the Us rights to the movie.
Slated to hit theaters this year,...
- 2/5/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Exclusive: Olivier Award-winning stage star Lesli Margherita has joined Taye Diggs and Topher Grace in One Shot, the movie musical about a failed performer-turned-stage manager (Grace) struggling to keep his latest show from imploding on opening night. Broadway and West End vet Margherita will play Brandy, a brassy resident chorus girl who makes a bet with the flamboyant Malcolm (Diggs) to see who’ll bed a hunky new cast member first. Margherita is currently on Broadway in Matilda as Matilda’s mother Mrs. Wormwood, a role she originated for the NYC cast. She won an Olivier for her turn in the Gypsy Kings musical Zorro and nabbed an Ovation Award for her performance in Kiss Me Kate in La. TV credits include Fame L.A.; she’s repped by Hartig/Hilepo Agency and Velocity Entertainment Partners.
Eddie Marsan (Filth, War Horse, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows) has joined Patrick Wilson,...
Eddie Marsan (Filth, War Horse, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows) has joined Patrick Wilson,...
- 11/25/2014
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
Nick Meyer has reported a slew of sales on Untitled Patricia Highsmith, with Sony taking multiple territories on the psychological thriller that will now also star Eddie Marsan.
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has acquired rights for the UK, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand, Scandinavia, Canada, Spain, Portugal, South Africa, Benelux, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czech, Slovakia, former Yugoslavia, Greece, Cyprus and Iceland.
Production got underway in Cincinnati last week on the story starring Patrick Wilson, Jessica Biel and Haley Bennett.
Andy Goddard makes his feature directorial debut and Killer Films’ Christine Vachon and David Hinojosa produce alongside Ted Hope and Sierra Pictures, which finances the project with 120dB Films and Electric Shadow.
Sierra / Affinity also licensed rights in Germany (Wild Bunch), Cis (Zao West), Switzerland (Ascot Films), Baltics (Acme), Thailand (Ipa), Middle East (Eagle), Israel (United King) and Asia pay TV (Star TV).
Sierra / Affinity has licensed Untitled Patricia Highsmith in more than 25 territories. CAA represents...
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has acquired rights for the UK, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand, Scandinavia, Canada, Spain, Portugal, South Africa, Benelux, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czech, Slovakia, former Yugoslavia, Greece, Cyprus and Iceland.
Production got underway in Cincinnati last week on the story starring Patrick Wilson, Jessica Biel and Haley Bennett.
Andy Goddard makes his feature directorial debut and Killer Films’ Christine Vachon and David Hinojosa produce alongside Ted Hope and Sierra Pictures, which finances the project with 120dB Films and Electric Shadow.
Sierra / Affinity also licensed rights in Germany (Wild Bunch), Cis (Zao West), Switzerland (Ascot Films), Baltics (Acme), Thailand (Ipa), Middle East (Eagle), Israel (United King) and Asia pay TV (Star TV).
Sierra / Affinity has licensed Untitled Patricia Highsmith in more than 25 territories. CAA represents...
- 11/24/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
120dB Films closed film loans on the John Cusack thriller Reclaim and Barely Lethal starring Samuel Jackson and Hailee Steinfeld.
Arclight Films handles sales at Afm on Paradox Entertainment’s Reclaim, directed by Alan White.
Highland Film Group is the sales agent on Barely Lethal. Brett Ratner produces.
Stephen Hays and Peter Graham founded 120dB in 2004 and manage a $100m fund that to date has backed more than 100 films and TV series.
Arclight Films handles sales at Afm on Paradox Entertainment’s Reclaim, directed by Alan White.
Highland Film Group is the sales agent on Barely Lethal. Brett Ratner produces.
Stephen Hays and Peter Graham founded 120dB in 2004 and manage a $100m fund that to date has backed more than 100 films and TV series.
- 11/10/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
In anticipation of Anchor Bay Films' release of Vamps on Blu-ray and DVD tomorrow, November 13th, we have a casket full of new clips to get you into the spirit of things. And Sigourney Weaver, if you're reading this, feel free to bite us any time!
Synopsis:
Written and directed by Amy Heckerling, Vamps is a comedy-fantasy-romance that puts a fresh and hilariously upbeat twist on the vampire genre. The film combines the fun of the classic hit Clueless with the tremendous popularity of vampires and stars Alicia Silverstone, Sigourney Weaver, Krysten Ritter (“Don’t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23,” Confessions of a Shopaholic), Wallace Shawn (Toy Story, Princess Bride), Dan Stevens (“Downton Abbey”), Richard Lewis (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”), Justin Kirk (“Weeds”), Kristen Johnston (Bride Wars), Malcolm McDowell (The Artist, A Clockwork Orange), Zak Orth (Romeo + Juliet), and Marilu Henner (Johnny Dangerously). It was produced by Lauren Versel, Molly Hassell,...
Synopsis:
Written and directed by Amy Heckerling, Vamps is a comedy-fantasy-romance that puts a fresh and hilariously upbeat twist on the vampire genre. The film combines the fun of the classic hit Clueless with the tremendous popularity of vampires and stars Alicia Silverstone, Sigourney Weaver, Krysten Ritter (“Don’t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23,” Confessions of a Shopaholic), Wallace Shawn (Toy Story, Princess Bride), Dan Stevens (“Downton Abbey”), Richard Lewis (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”), Justin Kirk (“Weeds”), Kristen Johnston (Bride Wars), Malcolm McDowell (The Artist, A Clockwork Orange), Zak Orth (Romeo + Juliet), and Marilu Henner (Johnny Dangerously). It was produced by Lauren Versel, Molly Hassell,...
- 11/12/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
It would be unfair to judge Amy Heckerling's Vamps just yet as we haven't watched it, but after seeing the new one-sheet and this trailer, yeah, we can tell you that the whole affair looks to be very sex and the shitty.
Anchor Bay Films is sending Vamps out in a limited theatrical release on November 2nd, followed by Blu-ray/DVD on November 13th. Look for the specs to be revealed shortly.
Written and directed by Amy Heckerling, Vamps is a comedy-fantasy-romance that puts a fresh and hilariously upbeat twist on the vampire genre. The film also stars Dan Stevens (“Downton Abbey”), Richard Lewis (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”), Justin Kirk (“Weeds”), Kristen Johnston (Bride Wars), Malcolm McDowell (The Artist, A Clockwork Orange), Zak Orth (Romeo + Juliet), and Marilu Henner (Johnny Dangerously). It was produced by Lauren Versel, Molly Hassell, Stuart Cornfeld, and Maria Teresa Arida. Executive Producers include Stanislaw Tyczynski,...
Anchor Bay Films is sending Vamps out in a limited theatrical release on November 2nd, followed by Blu-ray/DVD on November 13th. Look for the specs to be revealed shortly.
Written and directed by Amy Heckerling, Vamps is a comedy-fantasy-romance that puts a fresh and hilariously upbeat twist on the vampire genre. The film also stars Dan Stevens (“Downton Abbey”), Richard Lewis (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”), Justin Kirk (“Weeds”), Kristen Johnston (Bride Wars), Malcolm McDowell (The Artist, A Clockwork Orange), Zak Orth (Romeo + Juliet), and Marilu Henner (Johnny Dangerously). It was produced by Lauren Versel, Molly Hassell, Stuart Cornfeld, and Maria Teresa Arida. Executive Producers include Stanislaw Tyczynski,...
- 9/21/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
It was several months ago when we first heard that Anchor Bay would be releasing Amy Heckerling's new horror comedy Vamps, but no details were announced. That's been fixed now as we have info on when and how you'll be able to see it.
Anchor Bay Films is sending Vamps out in a limited theatrical release on November 2nd, followed by Blu-ray/DVD on November 13th. Look for the specs to be revealed shortly.
Synopsis:
Starring Alicia Silverstone (Clueless, Batman & Robin), Krysten Ritter (“Don’t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23,” Confessions of a Shopaholic), Wallace Shawn (Toy Story, Princess Bride), and Sigourney Weaver (Aliens, Avatar), the film combines the fun of the classic hit Clueless with the tremendous popularity of vampires.
Beautiful vampires Goody (Silverstone) and Stacy (Ritter) have been enjoying the good life in New York City. As upstanding, politically correct Extended Life Forms (ELFs), the pair hit a support group,...
Anchor Bay Films is sending Vamps out in a limited theatrical release on November 2nd, followed by Blu-ray/DVD on November 13th. Look for the specs to be revealed shortly.
Synopsis:
Starring Alicia Silverstone (Clueless, Batman & Robin), Krysten Ritter (“Don’t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23,” Confessions of a Shopaholic), Wallace Shawn (Toy Story, Princess Bride), and Sigourney Weaver (Aliens, Avatar), the film combines the fun of the classic hit Clueless with the tremendous popularity of vampires.
Beautiful vampires Goody (Silverstone) and Stacy (Ritter) have been enjoying the good life in New York City. As upstanding, politically correct Extended Life Forms (ELFs), the pair hit a support group,...
- 8/23/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Anchor Bay Films announced today the acquisition of all North American distribution rights to the latest film by Amy Heckerling (Clueless, Fast Times at Ridgemont High), Vamps. Starring Alicia Silverstone (Clueless, Batman & Robin), Krysten Ritter (.Don.t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23,. Confessions of a Shopaholic), Wallace Shawn (Toy Story, Princess Bride) and Sigourney Weaver (Aliens, Avatar), the film combines the fun of the classic hit Clueless with the tremendous popularity of vampires. A theatrical release is expected near Halloween. The deal was announced by Bill Clark, President of Anchor Bay Entertainment.
.We are excited to have picked up the rights to Vamps,. commented Kevin Kasha, Executive Vice President, Acquisitions and Co-Productions for Anchor Bay Films. .It.s a hilarious story with the perfect cast..
Beautiful vampires Goody (Silverstone) and Stacy (Ritter) have been enjoying the good life in New York City. As upstanding, politically correct Extended Life Forms...
.We are excited to have picked up the rights to Vamps,. commented Kevin Kasha, Executive Vice President, Acquisitions and Co-Productions for Anchor Bay Films. .It.s a hilarious story with the perfect cast..
Beautiful vampires Goody (Silverstone) and Stacy (Ritter) have been enjoying the good life in New York City. As upstanding, politically correct Extended Life Forms...
- 4/17/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Looking forward to Amy Heckerling's new horror comedy Vamps starring the impressive cast of Alicia Silverstone, Krysten Ritter, Sigourney Weaver, Richard Lewis, and Malcolm McDowell playing Vlad the Impaler, aka Dracula? Then have we got some good news for you!
From the Press Release
Anchor Bay Films announced today the acquisition of all North American distribution rights to the latest film by Amy Heckerling (Clueless, Fast Times at Ridgemont High), Vamps. Starring Alicia Silverstone (Clueless, Batman & Robin), Krysten Ritter (“Don’t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23,” Confessions of a Shopaholic), Wallace Shawn (Toy Story, Princess Bride) and Sigourney Weaver (Aliens, Avatar), the film combines the fun of the classic hit Clueless with the tremendous popularity of vampires. A theatrical release is expected near Halloween. The deal was announced by Bill Clark, President of Anchor Bay Entertainment.
“We are excited to have picked up the rights to Vamps,” commented Kevin Kasha,...
From the Press Release
Anchor Bay Films announced today the acquisition of all North American distribution rights to the latest film by Amy Heckerling (Clueless, Fast Times at Ridgemont High), Vamps. Starring Alicia Silverstone (Clueless, Batman & Robin), Krysten Ritter (“Don’t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23,” Confessions of a Shopaholic), Wallace Shawn (Toy Story, Princess Bride) and Sigourney Weaver (Aliens, Avatar), the film combines the fun of the classic hit Clueless with the tremendous popularity of vampires. A theatrical release is expected near Halloween. The deal was announced by Bill Clark, President of Anchor Bay Entertainment.
“We are excited to have picked up the rights to Vamps,” commented Kevin Kasha,...
- 4/17/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
By Wrap Staff
Two of the entertainment industry’s leading independent financers -- 120dB Films and Tax Credit Finance -- have merged to form 120dB Films Tax Finance.
120dB Films was founded by Stephen Hays and Peter Graham in 2004, and Anthony Gudas previously managed Tcf; the three will run the newly-formed company.
120dB Films and Tcf have worked together on numerous productions, including co-funding the Oregon-based second season of the TNT television series “Leverage” and Robert Rodriguez’s Texas-based feature “Mach...
Two of the entertainment industry’s leading independent financers -- 120dB Films and Tax Credit Finance -- have merged to form 120dB Films Tax Finance.
120dB Films was founded by Stephen Hays and Peter Graham in 2004, and Anthony Gudas previously managed Tcf; the three will run the newly-formed company.
120dB Films and Tcf have worked together on numerous productions, including co-funding the Oregon-based second season of the TNT television series “Leverage” and Robert Rodriguez’s Texas-based feature “Mach...
- 9/15/2009
- by Michael Speier
- The Wrap
Indie financiers 120dB Films and Tax Credit Finance have merged to form the 120dB Films Tax Finance, with plans to place and fund credits on aggregate production budgets of more than $300 million in 2010.
The new entity's managing partners will be Stephen Hays and Peter Graham, who founded 120dB in 2004, and Anthony Gudas, who managed Tcf.
120dB has served as a senior lender to indie films and TV, providing gap, presale, tax credit, finishing funds, prints and advertising as well as bridge financing for more than 40 films and TV series. Tcf has overseen more than $300 million in project financing since its formation in 2002.
120dB and Tcf also have worked together on such productions as TNT's "Leverage," Robert Rodriguez's feature "Machete" and the Josh Lucas-Terrence Howard starrer "Little Murder."
120dB Films Tax Finance expects to incorporate in Iowa and register in several other states where there is tax-credit demand.
The new entity's managing partners will be Stephen Hays and Peter Graham, who founded 120dB in 2004, and Anthony Gudas, who managed Tcf.
120dB has served as a senior lender to indie films and TV, providing gap, presale, tax credit, finishing funds, prints and advertising as well as bridge financing for more than 40 films and TV series. Tcf has overseen more than $300 million in project financing since its formation in 2002.
120dB and Tcf also have worked together on such productions as TNT's "Leverage," Robert Rodriguez's feature "Machete" and the Josh Lucas-Terrence Howard starrer "Little Murder."
120dB Films Tax Finance expects to incorporate in Iowa and register in several other states where there is tax-credit demand.
- 9/15/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Generation Kplus
SYDNEY -- Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger is an Australian coming-of-age comedy that's as self-consciously quirky as its title.
First-time writer-director Cathy Randall would have done well to dial down the eccentricity and concentrate on evening out the tone, which oscillates between cutesy and creepy with a jarring third-act detour into melodrama.
The misfit Jewish girl of the title (played by newcomer Danielle Catanzariti) bears more than a passing resemblance to Heather Matarazzo's nerdy 12-year-old in Welcome to the Dollhouse. But Randall doesn't have the fine-tuned satirical sensibility that allowed Todd Solondz to hit just the right note between comedy and pain.
The presence of Toni Collette and Oscar-nominated Keisha Castle-Hughes (Whale Rider) should help its profile, but this Disney-backed film is too left of center to appeal to the mainstream when it opens March 20 in Australia.
Esther takes a kitchen-sink approach to the teen issues it canvasses -- bullying, peer pressure, family dysfunction and sexual awakening among them -- so there's something for everyone as far as the adolescent target audience is concerned.
But some of it is dubious fare. Esther's back-alley experimentation with a classmate, for example, is more disquieting than droll. And the behavior exhibited by her number-crunching twin brother Jacob (Christian Byers) is not so much idiosyncratic as downright scary. Little wonder the entire family winds up in a psychiatrist's office.
Esther is a tiny, beetle-browed 13-year-old tormented by her perfectionist mother's (Essie Davis) preparations for her upcoming bat-mitzvah and by the taunting of classmates at her ultra-conformist all-girls private school. The girls make fun of her dorky look and peculiar habits, and she spends lonely lunch hours talking to God through a toilet bowl. It's that kind of quirky.
Her oddness catches the eye of Sunni (Castle-Hughes), a tough-nut drummer from a nearby public school, who befriends Esther. Together they hatch a plan: Esther borrows Sunni's spare school uniform and secretly changes schools, fooling her parents while exploring an exciting new universe that includes hanging out with the cool kids and Sunni's hip, laid-back mother, Mary (Collette.)
In her desperation to fit in, Esther's natural adolescent self-absorption takes an unpleasant turn, and she starts to alienate everyone (except the pet duckling named Normal that follows her everywhere and is somewhat labored as a metaphor.)
Production designer Nell Hanson, costume designer Shareen Beringer and cinematographer Anna Howard use a Skittles-colored palette to create a heightened reality that mirrors Esther's internal fantasy world. The film boasts a great indie soundtrack dominated by upbeat Australian bands.
HEY HEY IT'S ESTHER BLUEBERGER
Tama Films
Credits:
Screenwriter-director: Cathy Randall
Producer: Miriam Stein
Executive producers: Heather Ogilvie, Stephen Hays, Peter Graham, Anton Rosenberg, Toni Collette
Director of photography: Anna Howard
Production designer: Nell Hanson
Music: Guy Gross
Co-producer: Harry Clein
Costume designer: Shareen Beringer
Editor: Dany Cooper
Cast:
Esther: Danielle Catanzariti
Sunni: Keisha Castle-Hughes
Mary: Toni Collette
Jacob: Christian Byers
Grace: Essie Davis
Osmond: Russell Dykstra
Running time -- 103 minutes
No MPAA rating...
SYDNEY -- Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger is an Australian coming-of-age comedy that's as self-consciously quirky as its title.
First-time writer-director Cathy Randall would have done well to dial down the eccentricity and concentrate on evening out the tone, which oscillates between cutesy and creepy with a jarring third-act detour into melodrama.
The misfit Jewish girl of the title (played by newcomer Danielle Catanzariti) bears more than a passing resemblance to Heather Matarazzo's nerdy 12-year-old in Welcome to the Dollhouse. But Randall doesn't have the fine-tuned satirical sensibility that allowed Todd Solondz to hit just the right note between comedy and pain.
The presence of Toni Collette and Oscar-nominated Keisha Castle-Hughes (Whale Rider) should help its profile, but this Disney-backed film is too left of center to appeal to the mainstream when it opens March 20 in Australia.
Esther takes a kitchen-sink approach to the teen issues it canvasses -- bullying, peer pressure, family dysfunction and sexual awakening among them -- so there's something for everyone as far as the adolescent target audience is concerned.
But some of it is dubious fare. Esther's back-alley experimentation with a classmate, for example, is more disquieting than droll. And the behavior exhibited by her number-crunching twin brother Jacob (Christian Byers) is not so much idiosyncratic as downright scary. Little wonder the entire family winds up in a psychiatrist's office.
Esther is a tiny, beetle-browed 13-year-old tormented by her perfectionist mother's (Essie Davis) preparations for her upcoming bat-mitzvah and by the taunting of classmates at her ultra-conformist all-girls private school. The girls make fun of her dorky look and peculiar habits, and she spends lonely lunch hours talking to God through a toilet bowl. It's that kind of quirky.
Her oddness catches the eye of Sunni (Castle-Hughes), a tough-nut drummer from a nearby public school, who befriends Esther. Together they hatch a plan: Esther borrows Sunni's spare school uniform and secretly changes schools, fooling her parents while exploring an exciting new universe that includes hanging out with the cool kids and Sunni's hip, laid-back mother, Mary (Collette.)
In her desperation to fit in, Esther's natural adolescent self-absorption takes an unpleasant turn, and she starts to alienate everyone (except the pet duckling named Normal that follows her everywhere and is somewhat labored as a metaphor.)
Production designer Nell Hanson, costume designer Shareen Beringer and cinematographer Anna Howard use a Skittles-colored palette to create a heightened reality that mirrors Esther's internal fantasy world. The film boasts a great indie soundtrack dominated by upbeat Australian bands.
HEY HEY IT'S ESTHER BLUEBERGER
Tama Films
Credits:
Screenwriter-director: Cathy Randall
Producer: Miriam Stein
Executive producers: Heather Ogilvie, Stephen Hays, Peter Graham, Anton Rosenberg, Toni Collette
Director of photography: Anna Howard
Production designer: Nell Hanson
Music: Guy Gross
Co-producer: Harry Clein
Costume designer: Shareen Beringer
Editor: Dany Cooper
Cast:
Esther: Danielle Catanzariti
Sunni: Keisha Castle-Hughes
Mary: Toni Collette
Jacob: Christian Byers
Grace: Essie Davis
Osmond: Russell Dykstra
Running time -- 103 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 2/28/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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