Exclusive: Screenwriter-producer Mark Boal has just signed with Wme in all areas. The agency will rep Boal and his production company Page 1, which is overseen by former New York Times journalist Hugo Lindgren with Jonathan Leven serving as COO. Boal most recently wrote and produced Detroit, the Kathryn Bigelow-directed period drama that will be released on August 4 by Megan Ellison's Annapurna Pictures, which has a first-look deal with Page 1. Boal produced the film with…...
- 7/7/2017
- Deadline
The Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Hurt Locker and Kathryn Bigelow collaborator is backed by Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures.
Boal will serve as CEO of the La-based company while former New York Times Magazine editor Hugo Lindgren is named president based in New York.
Annapurna will hand-pick Page 1 projects to finance and produce. Matthew Budman will liaise for Annapurna and previously collaborated with Boal on Zero Dark Thirty as co-producer.
Zero Dark Thirty co-producer and longtime Boal associate Jonathan Leven has joined the company in a development/production executive position.
Boal will producer Page 1 projects and may write screenplays or teleplay adaptations. Ellison will come on in a producer or executive producer role.
Page 1 will focus on film and TV based on reported actual events. The aim is to unite filmmakers and screenwriters with non-fiction authors and journalists on projects.
The company may collaborate with reporters and rights holders on book projects that expand their coverage of an issue...
Boal will serve as CEO of the La-based company while former New York Times Magazine editor Hugo Lindgren is named president based in New York.
Annapurna will hand-pick Page 1 projects to finance and produce. Matthew Budman will liaise for Annapurna and previously collaborated with Boal on Zero Dark Thirty as co-producer.
Zero Dark Thirty co-producer and longtime Boal associate Jonathan Leven has joined the company in a development/production executive position.
Boal will producer Page 1 projects and may write screenplays or teleplay adaptations. Ellison will come on in a producer or executive producer role.
Page 1 will focus on film and TV based on reported actual events. The aim is to unite filmmakers and screenwriters with non-fiction authors and journalists on projects.
The company may collaborate with reporters and rights holders on book projects that expand their coverage of an issue...
- 5/6/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Mark Boal, the journalist-turned-filmmaker who teamed with Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, has formed Page 1. The production company will hatch films and TV that will be backed by Megan Ellison‘s Annapurna Pictures. She financed Zero Dark Thirty, which Boal wrote and produced. Boal will be CEO and he has named as president Hugo Lindgren, a former editor of The New York Times Magazine and editorial director of New York Magazine. Matthew Budman will be the Annapurna executive overseeing Page 1; he worked closely with Boal on Zero Dark Thirty. Jonathan Leven will be a development/production exec. Boal and Lindgren will play to their journalist strengths to find articles and books to generate fact-based films. It should be an empowering venture for investigative journalists. “There are great stories being told everyday by reporters who dig deep and provide not only great reportage, but insights into who we are as societies,...
- 5/6/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
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