It’s well known at this point that Nate Parker’s “The Birth of a Nation” was bought for a record-setting $17.5 million at Sundance this year, just as it’s well known that the writer/director/star — and by extension the film itself — is now mired in controversy. Less well known until now is how “The Birth of a Nation” was financed in the first place. The Hollywood Reporter broke down the $10 million that went into the project earlier this year, noting that Parker put $100,000 of his own money into it.
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A dozen or so other sources backed him. Parker, Jason Michael Berman of Mandalay Pictures and Kevin Turen are responsible for tracking down approximately 60 percent of the film’s funding, with most of the rest coming from Aaron L. Gilbert of Bron Studios. Filmmaker Edward Zwick...
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A dozen or so other sources backed him. Parker, Jason Michael Berman of Mandalay Pictures and Kevin Turen are responsible for tracking down approximately 60 percent of the film’s funding, with most of the rest coming from Aaron L. Gilbert of Bron Studios. Filmmaker Edward Zwick...
- 10/4/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Jackie Earle Haley and Mark Boone Jr have joined Nate Parker’s slave drama, currently shooting in Savannah, Georgia.
The story tells of slave-preacher turned revolutionary Nat Turner, who in 1831 led the most successful slave revolt in American history.
Haley will portray slave patrol captain Raymond Cobb while Boone Jr will play Reverend Walthall, a preacher who develops a plan to use Turner to pull his owner Samuel Turner out of debt.
Parker stars alongside previously announced Armie Hammer, Aja Naomi King, Aunjanue Ellis, Coleman Domingo, Dwight Henry, Roger Guenveur Smith and Gabrielle Union.
The Birth Of A Nation hails from Bron Studios, Phantom Four, Mandalay Pictures and Tiny Giant Productions in association with Follow Through Productions, Infinity Entertainment, and Creative Wealth Media Finance.
Bron’s Aaron L Gilbert produces with Parker, Kevin Turen, Jason Michael Berman and Preston Holmes.
Executive producers are David Goyer, Mike Novogratz, Michael Finley, Tony Parker, Jason Cloth, [link...
The story tells of slave-preacher turned revolutionary Nat Turner, who in 1831 led the most successful slave revolt in American history.
Haley will portray slave patrol captain Raymond Cobb while Boone Jr will play Reverend Walthall, a preacher who develops a plan to use Turner to pull his owner Samuel Turner out of debt.
Parker stars alongside previously announced Armie Hammer, Aja Naomi King, Aunjanue Ellis, Coleman Domingo, Dwight Henry, Roger Guenveur Smith and Gabrielle Union.
The Birth Of A Nation hails from Bron Studios, Phantom Four, Mandalay Pictures and Tiny Giant Productions in association with Follow Through Productions, Infinity Entertainment, and Creative Wealth Media Finance.
Bron’s Aaron L Gilbert produces with Parker, Kevin Turen, Jason Michael Berman and Preston Holmes.
Executive producers are David Goyer, Mike Novogratz, Michael Finley, Tony Parker, Jason Cloth, [link...
- 5/27/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
NEW YORK -- The Tribeca All Access mentoring program announced 32 new projects to help aspiring filmmakers, including films chronicling a lynching survivor and Christian wrestlers, along with two high-profile names: producer Lawrence Bender and actor Joe Mantegna.
The narrative and documentary films in the fourth annual program, presented by Tribeca Film Festival, American Express and Tribeca Film Institute, will allow their directors and screenwriters to meet with more than 100 investors, development execs, producers and agents.
Notable narrative projects include Tze Chun and Sheila Dvorak's sperm donor odyssey Artificial Dissemination, Joshua Sanchez's romantic drama Four from producer Gill Holland, screenwriters Aaron Greer and Fran Kaplan's lynching biopic Fruit of the Tree and Priyanka Kumar's The Flicker's Dance, a tale of an ill boy featuring actors Mantegna, William Mapother and Ione Skye.
Docus include Barb Lee's "Adopted: The New American Family," Karen Hayes' "The Foolishness of God: Desmond Tutu and Forgiveness," Jae-Ho Chang and Tara Autovino's Ultimate Christian Wrestling and Jessica Sanders' music-themed Samba from exec producer Bender.
The narrative and documentary films in the fourth annual program, presented by Tribeca Film Festival, American Express and Tribeca Film Institute, will allow their directors and screenwriters to meet with more than 100 investors, development execs, producers and agents.
Notable narrative projects include Tze Chun and Sheila Dvorak's sperm donor odyssey Artificial Dissemination, Joshua Sanchez's romantic drama Four from producer Gill Holland, screenwriters Aaron Greer and Fran Kaplan's lynching biopic Fruit of the Tree and Priyanka Kumar's The Flicker's Dance, a tale of an ill boy featuring actors Mantegna, William Mapother and Ione Skye.
Docus include Barb Lee's "Adopted: The New American Family," Karen Hayes' "The Foolishness of God: Desmond Tutu and Forgiveness," Jae-Ho Chang and Tara Autovino's Ultimate Christian Wrestling and Jessica Sanders' music-themed Samba from exec producer Bender.
- 3/23/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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