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Boat Rocker and Shamier Anderson and Stephan James’ Bay Mills Studios are developing Christopher Robin, an R-rated comedic reimagining of A.A. Milne’s beloved characters, Christopher Robin and Winnie-the-Pooh, as a television series.
The project is based on an original script from Charlie Kesslering, who will also executive produce. Conrad Vernon is on-board to direct the pilot episode and executive produce.
Christopher Robin is a comedic live-action/animation hybrid reimagining of A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh. Per the logline: Christopher Robin is a disillusioned New Yorker navigating his quarter-life crisis with the help of the weird talking animals who live beyond a drug-induced portal outside his derelict apartment complex, the Hundred Acres.
In addition to Kesslering and Vernon, Christopher Robin is also being executive produced by Nick Nantell for Boat Rocker, and Shamier Anderson and Stephan James for Bay Mills Studios.
The project is based on an original script from Charlie Kesslering, who will also executive produce. Conrad Vernon is on-board to direct the pilot episode and executive produce.
Christopher Robin is a comedic live-action/animation hybrid reimagining of A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh. Per the logline: Christopher Robin is a disillusioned New Yorker navigating his quarter-life crisis with the help of the weird talking animals who live beyond a drug-induced portal outside his derelict apartment complex, the Hundred Acres.
In addition to Kesslering and Vernon, Christopher Robin is also being executive produced by Nick Nantell for Boat Rocker, and Shamier Anderson and Stephan James for Bay Mills Studios.
- 4/27/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
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Just when you thought Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey was going to be the only for-adults-only adaptation of the classic children’s story this year, Variety reports today on an entirely different project in the works from Boat Rocker Studios and Bay Mills Studios.
Titled “Christopher Robin,” this particular adaptation of the public domain story is said to be a hybrid of live action and animation, and it very much aims to be rated “R”.
In the series, “Christopher Robin is a disillusioned New Yorker navigating his quarter-life crisis with the help of the weird talking animals who live beyond a drug-induced portal outside his derelict apartment complex, the Hundred Acres.”
Conrad Vernon (Sausage Party) is directing the pilot and executive producing.
Charlie Kesslering wrote the script for “Christopher Robin” and will also executive produce. Nick Nantell executive produces for Boat Rocker along with Shamier Anderson and Stephan James for Bay Mills.
Titled “Christopher Robin,” this particular adaptation of the public domain story is said to be a hybrid of live action and animation, and it very much aims to be rated “R”.
In the series, “Christopher Robin is a disillusioned New Yorker navigating his quarter-life crisis with the help of the weird talking animals who live beyond a drug-induced portal outside his derelict apartment complex, the Hundred Acres.”
Conrad Vernon (Sausage Party) is directing the pilot and executive producing.
Charlie Kesslering wrote the script for “Christopher Robin” and will also executive produce. Nick Nantell executive produces for Boat Rocker along with Shamier Anderson and Stephan James for Bay Mills.
- 4/27/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
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An R-rated live-action/animation hybrid series about Winnie-the-Pooh character Christopher Robin is in development from Boat Rocker Studios and Shamier Anderson and Stephan James’ Bay Mills Studios, Variety has learned exclusively.
The official logline for the project, currently titled “Christopher Robin,” states, “Christopher Robin is a disillusioned New Yorker navigating his quarter-life crisis with the help of the weird talking animals who live beyond a drug-induced portal outside his derelict apartment complex, the Hundred Acres.”
Charlie Kesslering wrote the script for the project and will also executive produce. Conrad Vernon will direct the pilot and executive produce. Nick Nantell executive produces for Boat Rocker along with Anderson and James for Bay Mills. Holly Hubsher is overseeing the project for Bay Mills. Bay Mills is currently under a first-look deal at Boat Rocker.
“There are few characters more iconic and known the world over for their adventures together than Christopher Robin and Winnie-the-Pooh,...
The official logline for the project, currently titled “Christopher Robin,” states, “Christopher Robin is a disillusioned New Yorker navigating his quarter-life crisis with the help of the weird talking animals who live beyond a drug-induced portal outside his derelict apartment complex, the Hundred Acres.”
Charlie Kesslering wrote the script for the project and will also executive produce. Conrad Vernon will direct the pilot and executive produce. Nick Nantell executive produces for Boat Rocker along with Anderson and James for Bay Mills. Holly Hubsher is overseeing the project for Bay Mills. Bay Mills is currently under a first-look deal at Boat Rocker.
“There are few characters more iconic and known the world over for their adventures together than Christopher Robin and Winnie-the-Pooh,...
- 4/27/2023
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
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Exclusive: Horror-thriller All Fun And Games, starring Asa Butterfield (Sex Education) and Natalia Dyer (Stranger Things), begins production today in Canada with joining cast including Benjamin Evan Ainsworth — who has the title role in Disney’s upcoming Pinocchio — Keith David (Greenleaf) and Annabeth Gish (The Fall of the House of Usher).
The Anton and Agbo production, which is going through the latter’s Gozie Agbo banner, was a buzz title among buyers at the recent EFM market in Berlin. Anthony and Joe Russo are among exec producers.
The story follows two kids who play a game with their sadistic older cousin and awaken a cruel entity knows as ‘The Skarrow.’ Co-directors are Ari Costa (second unit on Extraction and Avengers: Endgame) and Eren Celeboglu (The Internet Kills).
Pre-sales inked out of Berlin by Anton include Square One for Germany; Sun Distribution Group for Spain, Portugal and Latin America; Rialto for Australia and N.
The Anton and Agbo production, which is going through the latter’s Gozie Agbo banner, was a buzz title among buyers at the recent EFM market in Berlin. Anthony and Joe Russo are among exec producers.
The story follows two kids who play a game with their sadistic older cousin and awaken a cruel entity knows as ‘The Skarrow.’ Co-directors are Ari Costa (second unit on Extraction and Avengers: Endgame) and Eren Celeboglu (The Internet Kills).
Pre-sales inked out of Berlin by Anton include Square One for Germany; Sun Distribution Group for Spain, Portugal and Latin America; Rialto for Australia and N.
- 4/7/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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Stephan James is attached to star and produce a scripted limited series about artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.
James and Shamier Anderson are developing the series via their Bay Mills Studios banner with Boat Rocker Studios, which they have a first-look deal with.
Set in 1980’s New York City, it will showcase the rise of Basquiat, from an obscure graffiti artist to a star neo-expressionist painter. It also explore Basquiat’s close friendship with Andy Warhol and his death from a heroin overdose in 1988.
Basquiat, whose untitled painting of a black skull with red and yellow rivulets sold for over $110M in 2017, has been in the news recently after the Orlando Museum of Art unveiled 25 paintings that had previously been hidden away, paintings that have had their legitimacy questioned.
Homecoming and If Beale Street Could Talk star James, who is starring in Boat Rocker’s upcoming Spectrum/AMC drama Beacon 23, and...
James and Shamier Anderson are developing the series via their Bay Mills Studios banner with Boat Rocker Studios, which they have a first-look deal with.
Set in 1980’s New York City, it will showcase the rise of Basquiat, from an obscure graffiti artist to a star neo-expressionist painter. It also explore Basquiat’s close friendship with Andy Warhol and his death from a heroin overdose in 1988.
Basquiat, whose untitled painting of a black skull with red and yellow rivulets sold for over $110M in 2017, has been in the news recently after the Orlando Museum of Art unveiled 25 paintings that had previously been hidden away, paintings that have had their legitimacy questioned.
Homecoming and If Beale Street Could Talk star James, who is starring in Boat Rocker’s upcoming Spectrum/AMC drama Beacon 23, and...
- 2/24/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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Boat Rocker Studios and Shamier Anderson and Stephan James’ Bay Mills Studios are teaming to co-produce a limited series about the life of Jean-Michel Basquiat.
James is attached to star in the untitled series, which would be set in 1980s New York City. It will showcase the rise of Basquiat, from an obscure graffiti artist to a Neo-expressionist painter of rockstar status. It will also explore Basquiat’s close friendship with Andy Warhol and his ultimate demise.
“We’re grateful to be working with Shamier, Stephan, and the entire Bay Mills Studios team to tell the story of a visionary artist whose profound cultural influence only continues to grow with time,” said Steve Lescroart, president of scripted for Boat Rocker Studios. “We know that audiences around the world will be captivated.”
The search is currently on for a writer for the project. Katie O’Connell Marsh and Nick Nantell will executive produce for Boat Rocker,...
James is attached to star in the untitled series, which would be set in 1980s New York City. It will showcase the rise of Basquiat, from an obscure graffiti artist to a Neo-expressionist painter of rockstar status. It will also explore Basquiat’s close friendship with Andy Warhol and his ultimate demise.
“We’re grateful to be working with Shamier, Stephan, and the entire Bay Mills Studios team to tell the story of a visionary artist whose profound cultural influence only continues to grow with time,” said Steve Lescroart, president of scripted for Boat Rocker Studios. “We know that audiences around the world will be captivated.”
The search is currently on for a writer for the project. Katie O’Connell Marsh and Nick Nantell will executive produce for Boat Rocker,...
- 2/24/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
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Exclusive: Bay Mills Studios, the production company set up by brothers Shamier Anderson and Stephan James, has bolstered its executive team with two new hires.
The company has hired Holly Hubsher joins as VP, Development & Production and Tse Daniel has been appointed Director of Development.
Hubsher previously worked at film and TV financier Anton, where she worked on Gerard Butler’s Greenland and Netflix’s Curs>R. She is an exec producer on Agbo’s horror movie All Fun and Games and was previously at Universal Pictures and WME. She is based in LA.
Daniel joins from The Black Academy, a Black-led organization, co-founded by Shamier Anderson and Stephan James, dedicated to breaking down barriers of discrimination and combating systemic racism in Canada. He is based in Toronto.
Hubsher will handle development, day-to-day operations of the studio, and oversee Bay Mills’ slate. Daniel is responsible for sourcing, creating, packaging and...
The company has hired Holly Hubsher joins as VP, Development & Production and Tse Daniel has been appointed Director of Development.
Hubsher previously worked at film and TV financier Anton, where she worked on Gerard Butler’s Greenland and Netflix’s Curs>R. She is an exec producer on Agbo’s horror movie All Fun and Games and was previously at Universal Pictures and WME. She is based in LA.
Daniel joins from The Black Academy, a Black-led organization, co-founded by Shamier Anderson and Stephan James, dedicated to breaking down barriers of discrimination and combating systemic racism in Canada. He is based in Toronto.
Hubsher will handle development, day-to-day operations of the studio, and oversee Bay Mills’ slate. Daniel is responsible for sourcing, creating, packaging and...
- 2/10/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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Exclusive: After optioning the screen rights, Greenland and The Night House producer Anton has tapped rising U.S. scribe Meredith Dawson to adapt Rosie Danan’s debut novel The Roommate, which has been getting strong notices ahead of general release next month.
Described by The New York Times last week as a “warmly funny and gorgeously sexy porn-star romance”, the novel follows two unlikely roommates – one straight-laced, the other an adult film star – who get more than they bargained for when the sparks that fly between them inspire a plan to launch a sexy, feminist start-up that risks their hearts and the wrath of a porn empire.
The book won the 2019 Romance Writers of America Golden Heart award for Best Contemporary Romance, and will be published by Berkley (US) and Piatkus/Little Brown (UK) on September 15.
Producer-financier Anton is producing, and The Gotham Group (The Maze Runner series) is executive-producing.
Described by The New York Times last week as a “warmly funny and gorgeously sexy porn-star romance”, the novel follows two unlikely roommates – one straight-laced, the other an adult film star – who get more than they bargained for when the sparks that fly between them inspire a plan to launch a sexy, feminist start-up that risks their hearts and the wrath of a porn empire.
The book won the 2019 Romance Writers of America Golden Heart award for Best Contemporary Romance, and will be published by Berkley (US) and Piatkus/Little Brown (UK) on September 15.
Producer-financier Anton is producing, and The Gotham Group (The Maze Runner series) is executive-producing.
- 8/10/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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