Major pre-sales closed ahead of scheduled May production start. Mallory Edens’ Little Ray Media financing.
Picturestart and Picture Perfect Federation have set Jc Lee to direct the English-language remake of Thai hit Bad Genius (Chalard Games Goeng) and have cast rising stars Callina Liang (Tell Me Everything) and Jabari Banks (Bel-Air) alongside Benedict Wong (Doctor Strange franchise).
Picture Perfect Federation has also announced a raft of pre-sales, closing deals for the UK (Studiocanal), Australia/ New Zealand (Roadshow), France (Metropolitan), Germany and Austria (Constantin), Italy (Leone), and Latin America (Sun).
Rights have also gone in Japan (Gaga), Benelux (Belga), Scandinavia (Nordisk...
Picturestart and Picture Perfect Federation have set Jc Lee to direct the English-language remake of Thai hit Bad Genius (Chalard Games Goeng) and have cast rising stars Callina Liang (Tell Me Everything) and Jabari Banks (Bel-Air) alongside Benedict Wong (Doctor Strange franchise).
Picture Perfect Federation has also announced a raft of pre-sales, closing deals for the UK (Studiocanal), Australia/ New Zealand (Roadshow), France (Metropolitan), Germany and Austria (Constantin), Italy (Leone), and Latin America (Sun).
Rights have also gone in Japan (Gaga), Benelux (Belga), Scandinavia (Nordisk...
- 3/23/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
“Luce” writer Jc Lee is set to make his directorial debut with “Bad Genius,” the upcoming English-language remake of the 2017 hit Thai film “Chalard Games Goeng (Bad Genius).”
Picturestart and Picture Perfect Federation are producing the project, which will star Benedict Wong (“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”) alongside up-and-coming talent Callina Liang (“Tell Me Everything”) and Jabari Banks (“Bel-Air”). The film is financed by Mallory Edens’ Little Ray Media and will begin production in May.
The original film was written and directed by Nattawut Poonpiriya and produced by Thai film studio Gdh 559 Company Limited. The movie debuted at No. 1 at the Thai box office, quickly becoming the country’s highest-grossing Thai film of the year and, ultimately, the most internationally successful Thai film ever.
In addition to directing the remake, Lee reteams with “Luce” filmmaker Julius Onah to pen the script for “Bad Genius.” Their adaptation is described as “a high-stakes,...
Picturestart and Picture Perfect Federation are producing the project, which will star Benedict Wong (“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”) alongside up-and-coming talent Callina Liang (“Tell Me Everything”) and Jabari Banks (“Bel-Air”). The film is financed by Mallory Edens’ Little Ray Media and will begin production in May.
The original film was written and directed by Nattawut Poonpiriya and produced by Thai film studio Gdh 559 Company Limited. The movie debuted at No. 1 at the Thai box office, quickly becoming the country’s highest-grossing Thai film of the year and, ultimately, the most internationally successful Thai film ever.
In addition to directing the remake, Lee reteams with “Luce” filmmaker Julius Onah to pen the script for “Bad Genius.” Their adaptation is described as “a high-stakes,...
- 3/23/2023
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Picturestart and Picture Perfect Federation have set Jc Lee to direct the English-language remake of Thai hit Bad Genius and also announced key cast members as well as a raft of international presales.
Lee also takes co-writing credits for the English-language screenplay with Julius Onah, who was previously announced as the director. The pair previously collaborated on the Sundance 2019 title Luce, adapted from Lee’s original play of the same name.
Up-and-coming talents Callina Liang, star of Itvx teen drama Tell Me Everything, and Jabari Banks (Bel-Air) will star with veteran UK actor Benedict Wong (Doctor Stranger In The Multiverse Of Madness).
The English remake is billed as a high-stakes, high-octane thriller about a diverse group of young people who team up to fight the system of injustice and inequity and take down the rigged academic institutions around them.
It is produced by Erik Feig and Jessica Switch at Picturestart...
Lee also takes co-writing credits for the English-language screenplay with Julius Onah, who was previously announced as the director. The pair previously collaborated on the Sundance 2019 title Luce, adapted from Lee’s original play of the same name.
Up-and-coming talents Callina Liang, star of Itvx teen drama Tell Me Everything, and Jabari Banks (Bel-Air) will star with veteran UK actor Benedict Wong (Doctor Stranger In The Multiverse Of Madness).
The English remake is billed as a high-stakes, high-octane thriller about a diverse group of young people who team up to fight the system of injustice and inequity and take down the rigged academic institutions around them.
It is produced by Erik Feig and Jessica Switch at Picturestart...
- 3/23/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Following the success on their hit HBO series Silicon Valley, Mike Judge and Alec Berg have found their next project. Sources tell Deadline that Picturestart is financing and will produce Automated Trucking, a comedy feature based on an original idea from the pair. Judge will direct with Rob Turbovsky and Matteo Borghese penning the script.
Judge also will produce via his Bemco Productions with Berg also producing. Erik Feig, Samie Kim Falvey and Royce Reeves-Darby will serve as producers for Picturestart.
Automated Trucking follows a young engineer who pitches a fully automated trucking system to one of Silicon Valley’s most successful billionaires and must prove the technology’s viability by driving cross country with a real trucker to present his breakthrough at the International Truckers Expo.
For Picturestart, the company is coming off Luckiest Girl Alive starring Mila Kunis, which hit Netflix in late September and came in...
Judge also will produce via his Bemco Productions with Berg also producing. Erik Feig, Samie Kim Falvey and Royce Reeves-Darby will serve as producers for Picturestart.
Automated Trucking follows a young engineer who pitches a fully automated trucking system to one of Silicon Valley’s most successful billionaires and must prove the technology’s viability by driving cross country with a real trucker to present his breakthrough at the International Truckers Expo.
For Picturestart, the company is coming off Luckiest Girl Alive starring Mila Kunis, which hit Netflix in late September and came in...
- 10/13/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Kiernan Shipka and Nico Hiraga are set to star New Line and Picturestart’s Sweethearts with Dollface creator Jordan Weiss on board to direct. The film will be produced by Picturestart for New Line Cinema and is currently in production. Weiss also co-wrote the script with Dan Brier. Caleb Hearon, Tramell Tillman and Christine Taylor are also part of the ensemble.
The film tells the hilarious and all-too familiar story of two college freshmen who decided to stick with their high school sweethearts and now have to pull a “Turkey Dump” and break up with them over “Drunksgiving” – the one chaotic night before Thanksgiving in their hometown that puts their codependent friendship to the test.
Erik Feig and Jessica Switch are producing and Julia Hammer, Samie Kim Falvey, and Shayne Fiske Goldner are executive producing on behalf of Picturestart. Brier will also executive produce.
Best known for her roles...
The film tells the hilarious and all-too familiar story of two college freshmen who decided to stick with their high school sweethearts and now have to pull a “Turkey Dump” and break up with them over “Drunksgiving” – the one chaotic night before Thanksgiving in their hometown that puts their codependent friendship to the test.
Erik Feig and Jessica Switch are producing and Julia Hammer, Samie Kim Falvey, and Shayne Fiske Goldner are executive producing on behalf of Picturestart. Brier will also executive produce.
Best known for her roles...
- 7/14/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Ben Platt, Molly Gordon, Noah Galvin, Amy Sedaris, Alan S. Kim, Patti Harrison, Owen Thiele, Jimmy Tatro, Ayo Edebiri, Caroline Aaron and Nathan Lee Graham will star in the musical comedy Theater Camp, marking the directorial debut of Gordon and Nick Lieberman.
The film written by Platt, Galvin, Gordon and Lieberman is inspired by their 2020 short film of the same name. It will follow the eccentric staff of a rundown theater camp in upstate New York, as they band together with the beloved founder’s bro-y son to keep the camp afloat, when she falls into a coma right before the summer session is set to begin. Up-and-comers including Alexander Bello, Kyndra Sanchez, Bailee Bonick, Donovan Colan and Vivienne Sachs will round out the cast of the pic, which will feature original music written by Galvin, Gordon, Lieberman, Platt and Mark Sonnenblick.
Erik Feig, Samie Kim Falvey and Julia Hammer will produce for Picturestart,...
The film written by Platt, Galvin, Gordon and Lieberman is inspired by their 2020 short film of the same name. It will follow the eccentric staff of a rundown theater camp in upstate New York, as they band together with the beloved founder’s bro-y son to keep the camp afloat, when she falls into a coma right before the summer session is set to begin. Up-and-comers including Alexander Bello, Kyndra Sanchez, Bailee Bonick, Donovan Colan and Vivienne Sachs will round out the cast of the pic, which will feature original music written by Galvin, Gordon, Lieberman, Platt and Mark Sonnenblick.
Erik Feig, Samie Kim Falvey and Julia Hammer will produce for Picturestart,...
- 6/9/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Ben Platt, Molly Gordon and Amy Sedaris have signed up to lead the cast of “Theater Camp,” a feature adaptation of Nick Lieberman’s 2020 short film of the same name.
“Booksmart” and “Shiva Baby” star Gordon will make her directorial debut alongside Lieberman, who has helmed a number of video shorts and music videos for Platt, the award-winning star of “Dear Evan Hansen.” Gordon, Lieberman, Platt and co-star Noah Galvin (“Booksmart”), who wrote the short film together, will write the screenplay. The foursome will partner with composer Mark Sonnenblick on original music.
Set in upstate New York, the film revolves around the eccentric staff of a rundown theater camp that threatens to fall apart when its beloved founder falls into a coma right before the start of the summer session. In order to save the camp, they must work together with her bro-y son.
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“Booksmart” and “Shiva Baby” star Gordon will make her directorial debut alongside Lieberman, who has helmed a number of video shorts and music videos for Platt, the award-winning star of “Dear Evan Hansen.” Gordon, Lieberman, Platt and co-star Noah Galvin (“Booksmart”), who wrote the short film together, will write the screenplay. The foursome will partner with composer Mark Sonnenblick on original music.
Set in upstate New York, the film revolves around the eccentric staff of a rundown theater camp that threatens to fall apart when its beloved founder falls into a coma right before the start of the summer session. In order to save the camp, they must work together with her bro-y son.
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- 6/9/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Following a competitive bidding situation, Picturestart and Endeavor Content are set to co-finance and produce Cha Cha Real Smooth. Cooper Raiff, whose debut film Shithouse won the Grand Jury Prize at last year’s SXSW, will direct a script he has written. Raiff will star with Dakota Johnson.
Raiff will produce with Johnson and her TeaTime Pictures partner Ro Donnelly. Johnson this week wrapped Am I Ok?, which Picturestart financed, and produced with Johnson.
Endeavor Content is handling global sales with ICM Partners. Production is set to begin this summer.
In the film, Raiff takes a job as a bar mitzvah party starter — a guy who gets the young crowd dancing and having fun — while he separately strikes up a friendship with a young mother (Johnson) and her autistic daughter.
Jessica Switch and Julia Hammer are overseeing the project for Picturestart.
Raiff, who wrote, directed, produced, starred in and edited Shithouse,...
Raiff will produce with Johnson and her TeaTime Pictures partner Ro Donnelly. Johnson this week wrapped Am I Ok?, which Picturestart financed, and produced with Johnson.
Endeavor Content is handling global sales with ICM Partners. Production is set to begin this summer.
In the film, Raiff takes a job as a bar mitzvah party starter — a guy who gets the young crowd dancing and having fun — while he separately strikes up a friendship with a young mother (Johnson) and her autistic daughter.
Jessica Switch and Julia Hammer are overseeing the project for Picturestart.
Raiff, who wrote, directed, produced, starred in and edited Shithouse,...
- 3/12/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Picturestart, the production banner run by Erik Feig, has tapped Neha Gandhi as evp of digital and strategy.
Under her new role, which will see her report to coo James McGough, Gandhi will oversee digital content initiatives such as the recently launched Facebook Watch video series Letters To, as well as Picturestart’s social channels.
She will also be tasked with building-out and managing digital initiatives with new partners, as well as Picturestart’s established partners like Scholastic and QCode.
Gandhi last served as the coo and editor-in-chief of Girlboss. Prior to that, Gandhi was at Refinery29.
“Neha’s innovative and forward-thinking approach to ...
Under her new role, which will see her report to coo James McGough, Gandhi will oversee digital content initiatives such as the recently launched Facebook Watch video series Letters To, as well as Picturestart’s social channels.
She will also be tasked with building-out and managing digital initiatives with new partners, as well as Picturestart’s established partners like Scholastic and QCode.
Gandhi last served as the coo and editor-in-chief of Girlboss. Prior to that, Gandhi was at Refinery29.
“Neha’s innovative and forward-thinking approach to ...
- 10/20/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Picturestart, the production banner run by Erik Feig, has tapped Neha Gandhi as evp of digital and strategy.
Under her new role, which will see her report to coo James McGough, Gandhi will oversee digital content initiatives such as the recently launched Facebook Watch video series Letters To, as well as Picturestart’s social channels.
She will also be tasked with building-out and managing digital initiatives with new partners, as well as Picturestart’s established partners like Scholastic and QCode.
Gandhi last served as the coo and editor-in-chief of Girlboss. Prior to that, Gandhi was at Refinery29.
“Neha’s innovative and forward-thinking approach to ...
Under her new role, which will see her report to coo James McGough, Gandhi will oversee digital content initiatives such as the recently launched Facebook Watch video series Letters To, as well as Picturestart’s social channels.
She will also be tasked with building-out and managing digital initiatives with new partners, as well as Picturestart’s established partners like Scholastic and QCode.
Gandhi last served as the coo and editor-in-chief of Girlboss. Prior to that, Gandhi was at Refinery29.
“Neha’s innovative and forward-thinking approach to ...
- 10/20/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This week, Amazon Studios became a standard-bearer for the issue impacting every specialized distributor: Exactly how is it supposed to get people to watch their movies?
Exhibit A is the failure of “Late Night,” for which Amazon paid $13 million in North American rights. With 2,200 screens in its second week, the well-reviewed “Late Night” saw a per-screen average of $2,367, and will likely end its run at or near $20 million.
Exhibit B is the exit of Bob Berney, head of Amazon Studios’ marketing and distribution. He decided that when his four-year contract expired on June 15, it was the right time to leave. “I fulfilled my deal and we did some great stuff,” he told IndieWire. “I am proud of the team. I want to move on. I’ve done everything I think I can do there.”
Already, Salke is making moves to right the ship. Although Amazon launched declaring its intent to honor traditional theatrical windows,...
Exhibit A is the failure of “Late Night,” for which Amazon paid $13 million in North American rights. With 2,200 screens in its second week, the well-reviewed “Late Night” saw a per-screen average of $2,367, and will likely end its run at or near $20 million.
Exhibit B is the exit of Bob Berney, head of Amazon Studios’ marketing and distribution. He decided that when his four-year contract expired on June 15, it was the right time to leave. “I fulfilled my deal and we did some great stuff,” he told IndieWire. “I am proud of the team. I want to move on. I’ve done everything I think I can do there.”
Already, Salke is making moves to right the ship. Although Amazon launched declaring its intent to honor traditional theatrical windows,...
- 6/27/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
This week, Amazon Studios became a standard-bearer for the issue impacting every specialized distributor: Exactly how is it supposed to get people to watch their movies?
Exhibit A is the failure of “Late Night,” for which Amazon paid $13 million in North American rights. With 2,200 screens in its second week, the well-reviewed “Late Night” saw a per-screen average of $2,367, and will likely end its run at or near $20 million.
Exhibit B is the exit of Bob Berney, head of Amazon Studios’ marketing and distribution. He decided that when his four-year contract expired on June 15, it was the right time to leave. “I fulfilled my deal and we did some great stuff,” he told IndieWire. “I am proud of the team. I want to move on. I’ve done everything I think I can do there.”
Already, Salke is making moves to right the ship. Although Amazon launched declaring its intent to honor traditional theatrical windows,...
Exhibit A is the failure of “Late Night,” for which Amazon paid $13 million in North American rights. With 2,200 screens in its second week, the well-reviewed “Late Night” saw a per-screen average of $2,367, and will likely end its run at or near $20 million.
Exhibit B is the exit of Bob Berney, head of Amazon Studios’ marketing and distribution. He decided that when his four-year contract expired on June 15, it was the right time to leave. “I fulfilled my deal and we did some great stuff,” he told IndieWire. “I am proud of the team. I want to move on. I’ve done everything I think I can do there.”
Already, Salke is making moves to right the ship. Although Amazon launched declaring its intent to honor traditional theatrical windows,...
- 6/27/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Netflix executive James McGough has been named chief operating officer of PictureStart, the newly launched production studio led by former Lionsgate co-president Erik Feig, the studio announced on Wednesday.
McGough will provide strategic counsel, oversee finance, business affairs and physical production. Feig launched PictureStart in May with the focus of co-financing and producing content around the theme of “Discovery of Voice.” McGough will report to Feig.
“I truly believe in what Erik and his team have created with PictureStart and the platform they are giving to ‘discovery of voice’ storytelling,” McGough said in a statement. “I’m excited for this opportunity to build upon Erik’s vision.”
Also Read: Former Lionsgate Co-President Erik Feig Launches Media Company PictureStart
McGough joins PictureStart from Netflix where he oversaw the content strategy and analysis team for the streamer’s original film division. While at Netflix, he was responsible for key strategic initiatives as...
McGough will provide strategic counsel, oversee finance, business affairs and physical production. Feig launched PictureStart in May with the focus of co-financing and producing content around the theme of “Discovery of Voice.” McGough will report to Feig.
“I truly believe in what Erik and his team have created with PictureStart and the platform they are giving to ‘discovery of voice’ storytelling,” McGough said in a statement. “I’m excited for this opportunity to build upon Erik’s vision.”
Also Read: Former Lionsgate Co-President Erik Feig Launches Media Company PictureStart
McGough joins PictureStart from Netflix where he oversaw the content strategy and analysis team for the streamer’s original film division. While at Netflix, he was responsible for key strategic initiatives as...
- 6/26/2019
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
Executive worked at Summit Entertainment with Picturestart founder Erik Feig.
James McGough has joined Erik Feig’s nascent PictureStart as COO in the second major executive move away from Netflix announced this week.
McGough will provide strategic counsel, oversee finance, business affairs and physical production, and will report to Feig. The executives worked together at Summit Entertainment when McGough was senior vice-president of corporate and business development. Feig served as president at Summit Entertainment before he was named co-president of Lionsgate’s motion picture group.
McGough oversaw the content strategy and analysis team at Netflix’s original film division, which...
James McGough has joined Erik Feig’s nascent PictureStart as COO in the second major executive move away from Netflix announced this week.
McGough will provide strategic counsel, oversee finance, business affairs and physical production, and will report to Feig. The executives worked together at Summit Entertainment when McGough was senior vice-president of corporate and business development. Feig served as president at Summit Entertainment before he was named co-president of Lionsgate’s motion picture group.
McGough oversaw the content strategy and analysis team at Netflix’s original film division, which...
- 6/26/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Erik Feig has hired his former Summit Entertainment colleague James McGough as chief operating officer at Picturestart, the company said Wednesday. McGough has been at Netflix, where he oversaw the Content Strategy and Analysis team for the streamer’s Original Film division.
The move comes a day after Disney+ hired of Netflix’s Director Of Original Film Matt Brodlie.
As COO, McGough will provide strategic counsel and oversee finance, business affairs and physical production. He will report to Feig, who was president at Summit before when McGough was Svp Corporate and Business Development.
Feig later became Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-president. He launched Picturestart in May with a range of funding to create, co-finance, and produce what he calls “discovery of voice” content across multiple platforms. It already has several high-profile projects in its pipeline, including the Chadwick Boseman-starring Yasuke about Japan’s first African samurai, and Grease: Summer...
The move comes a day after Disney+ hired of Netflix’s Director Of Original Film Matt Brodlie.
As COO, McGough will provide strategic counsel and oversee finance, business affairs and physical production. He will report to Feig, who was president at Summit before when McGough was Svp Corporate and Business Development.
Feig later became Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-president. He launched Picturestart in May with a range of funding to create, co-finance, and produce what he calls “discovery of voice” content across multiple platforms. It already has several high-profile projects in its pipeline, including the Chadwick Boseman-starring Yasuke about Japan’s first African samurai, and Grease: Summer...
- 6/26/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
He had a crush on her, until he found out that she wanted to kill him for a satanic ritual... In countless horror films, the babysitter is an unfortunate victim of a killer on the loose, but in Netflix's new horror comedy The Babysitter, she's the one behind the carnage, and you can get an idea of what to expect from the blood-soaked first trailer for the film ahead of its release on the streaming service beginning Friday, October 13th.
"The Babysitter follows a lonely, 12-year-old boy who falls in love with his hot babysitter only to discover that she’s part of a satanic cult that wants to kill him.
McG and Mary Viola are producing with David Boies, Zack Schiller, Steven Bello, Duffield, and James McGough serving as exec producers. Devin Andre and Jimmy Warden are co-producers."
Directed by McG from a screenplay by Brian Duffield, The Babysitter stars Bella Thorne,...
"The Babysitter follows a lonely, 12-year-old boy who falls in love with his hot babysitter only to discover that she’s part of a satanic cult that wants to kill him.
McG and Mary Viola are producing with David Boies, Zack Schiller, Steven Bello, Duffield, and James McGough serving as exec producers. Devin Andre and Jimmy Warden are co-producers."
Directed by McG from a screenplay by Brian Duffield, The Babysitter stars Bella Thorne,...
- 10/3/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The distributor has acquired Us rights to the romantic drama starring Bella Thorne based on Norihiro Koizumi’s 2006 Japanese film Taiyo No Uta.
Mister Smith Entertainment handles international sales on the Us version, which centres on a 17-year-old with a life-threatening sensitivity to sunlight who hides her condition from the young man she has secretly admired from afar.
Scott Speer directed Midnight Sun from Eric Kirsten’s adapted screenplay. Patrick Schwarzenegger, Rob Riggle and Quinn Shephard also star.
John Rickard, Zack Schiller and Jen Gatien produced Midnight Sun, and David Boies, James McGough, Alan Ou, Hiroki Shirota and Speer served as executive producers.
Boies/Schiller financed and produced the film alongside Rickard’s Wrigley Pictures. Wme Global and Sky Moore at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan represented Boies/Schiller in the deal.
Mister Smith Entertainment handles international sales on the Us version, which centres on a 17-year-old with a life-threatening sensitivity to sunlight who hides her condition from the young man she has secretly admired from afar.
Scott Speer directed Midnight Sun from Eric Kirsten’s adapted screenplay. Patrick Schwarzenegger, Rob Riggle and Quinn Shephard also star.
John Rickard, Zack Schiller and Jen Gatien produced Midnight Sun, and David Boies, James McGough, Alan Ou, Hiroki Shirota and Speer served as executive producers.
Boies/Schiller financed and produced the film alongside Rickard’s Wrigley Pictures. Wme Global and Sky Moore at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan represented Boies/Schiller in the deal.
- 10/13/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Young adult romance stars Bella Thorne and Patrick Schwarzenegger.
Mister Smith Entertainment has boarded romantic drama Midnight Sun ahead of November’s American Film Market (Afm) (Nov 4-11).
The film, which is currently in production, stars Bella Thorne (The Duff), Patrick Schwarzenegger (Stuck In Love) and Rob Riggle (21 Jump Street).
Director Scott Speer (Step Up Revolution) is helming a screenplay from debut screenwriter Eric Kirsten.
The story follows a teenage girl (Thorne) who has a life-threatening sensitivity to sunlight. One night, when playing her guitar at a train station, she meets a former high school all-star athlete (Schwarzenegger), with whom she forms an instant romance.
Producers are John Rickard, Zack Schiller and Jen Gatien. Devin Andre is co-producing.
Executive producers are David Boies, James McGough, Alan Ou, Hiroki Shirota and director Speer.
Midnight Sun is based on a 2006 Japanese film of the same name.
Mister Smith Entertainment has boarded romantic drama Midnight Sun ahead of November’s American Film Market (Afm) (Nov 4-11).
The film, which is currently in production, stars Bella Thorne (The Duff), Patrick Schwarzenegger (Stuck In Love) and Rob Riggle (21 Jump Street).
Director Scott Speer (Step Up Revolution) is helming a screenplay from debut screenwriter Eric Kirsten.
The story follows a teenage girl (Thorne) who has a life-threatening sensitivity to sunlight. One night, when playing her guitar at a train station, she meets a former high school all-star athlete (Schwarzenegger), with whom she forms an instant romance.
Producers are John Rickard, Zack Schiller and Jen Gatien. Devin Andre is co-producing.
Executive producers are David Boies, James McGough, Alan Ou, Hiroki Shirota and director Speer.
Midnight Sun is based on a 2006 Japanese film of the same name.
- 10/26/2015
- ScreenDaily
The distributor has reunited with its Snowpiercer star and acquired Us rights to Chris Evans’ directorial debut.
Before We Go stars Evans and Alice Eve as strangers in New York who become close after a night of adventure forces them to take control of their lives.
RADiUS has scheduled a second quarter 2015 release after closing the deal with CAA and Wme Global for the filmmakers and James McGough and David Boyle on behalf of Wonderland.
Evans produced with Mark Kassen, McG, Mary Viola, Karen Baldwin, Howard Baldwin and William J Immerman. Wonderland financed the feature.
Relativity has dated The Woman In Black Sequel on January 30 2015 after its recent Us rights buy from Hammer and eOne.
The film takes place in the same house 40 years later when a group of children who are evacuated from London during the Second World War come to stay and awaken the house’s darkest inhabitants.
TWC-Dimension has acquired...
Before We Go stars Evans and Alice Eve as strangers in New York who become close after a night of adventure forces them to take control of their lives.
RADiUS has scheduled a second quarter 2015 release after closing the deal with CAA and Wme Global for the filmmakers and James McGough and David Boyle on behalf of Wonderland.
Evans produced with Mark Kassen, McG, Mary Viola, Karen Baldwin, Howard Baldwin and William J Immerman. Wonderland financed the feature.
Relativity has dated The Woman In Black Sequel on January 30 2015 after its recent Us rights buy from Hammer and eOne.
The film takes place in the same house 40 years later when a group of children who are evacuated from London during the Second World War come to stay and awaken the house’s darkest inhabitants.
TWC-Dimension has acquired...
- 9/11/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Update, 11:35 Am Pst: Radius has confirmed Deadline’s scoop for Before We Go. Below find the press release.
Previous Exclusive, 9:49 Am Pst: Radius has gotten on the Toronto deal-making board. I’m hearing the label is closing a low-seven-figure deal for U.S. rights to Before We Go, the film directed by and starring Captain America‘s Chris Evans. This comes after the successful multi-platform release of the Evans-starrer Snowpiercer.
Scripted by Ronald Bass, Jen Smolka, Chris Shafer, and Paul Vicknair, Before We Go also stars Alice Eve. Over the course of one night, two strangers form an unlikely bond based on the conflicts in their own lives. Pic is produced by Evans, McG, Mary Viola, Karen Baldwin and Howard Baldwin, Mark Kassen and Bill Immerman.
The film came into the festival playing the Special Presentations section and a lot of people really liked it. CAA and Wme...
Previous Exclusive, 9:49 Am Pst: Radius has gotten on the Toronto deal-making board. I’m hearing the label is closing a low-seven-figure deal for U.S. rights to Before We Go, the film directed by and starring Captain America‘s Chris Evans. This comes after the successful multi-platform release of the Evans-starrer Snowpiercer.
Scripted by Ronald Bass, Jen Smolka, Chris Shafer, and Paul Vicknair, Before We Go also stars Alice Eve. Over the course of one night, two strangers form an unlikely bond based on the conflicts in their own lives. Pic is produced by Evans, McG, Mary Viola, Karen Baldwin and Howard Baldwin, Mark Kassen and Bill Immerman.
The film came into the festival playing the Special Presentations section and a lot of people really liked it. CAA and Wme...
- 9/11/2014
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline
Weinstein boutique arm RADiUS-twc has picked up Us rights to "Before We Go," "Snowpiercer" star Chris Evans' directorial debut, at Tiff. Starring Evans and Alice Eve (of "Star Trek Into Darkness"), the film follows two strangers stuck overnight in New York City whose casual acquaintance grows into something deeper a la "Before Sunrise." "Before We Go" was produced by Evans, Mark Kassen, McG, Mary Viola, Karen Baldwin, Howard Baldwin and William J. Immerman. The executive producers are Peter Pastorelli, James McGough and Ron Bass - the latter of whom also wrote the screenplay with Jen Smolka, Chris Shafer and Paul Vicknair. RADiUS, which also handled "Snowpiercer" and has tapped something of an indie star in Evans, is eyeing a second quarter 2015 release.
- 9/11/2014
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
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