Love was clearly in the air when Ted Danson met Mary Steenburgen on a five-hour canoe ride on California’s Big River during filming of the otherwise forgettable 1994 movie Pontiac Moon. "We paddled in sync," Ted tells Closer. "We went out as friends and by the time we came back, we were in love." Making it all the sweeter, both Ted, 70, and Mary, 65, had been through rocky romantic waters beforehand and had given up on love. "I announced to all my friends — not dramatically, but very seriously — that I was done with relationships," says Mary, then a single mother of two. The twice-divorced Ted had reached the same conclusion. "Ironic how life works in those moments," he says. "Once you throw up your arms and surrender, a lot of times things come your way." That’s the kind of wisdom Ted attained from a young age, when he grew up...
- 7/29/2018
- by Closer Staff
- Closer Weekly
Medak 'Addicted' to thriller
Peter Medak has been tapped to direct the erotic thriller Addicted for Lionsgate.
Based on a novel by Zane, whose sex-themed tomes have developed a cult following, the story centers on Zoe, a successful black art dealer whose marriage, family and career are threatened by her overpowering addiction to sex. Medak (Romeo Is Bleeding) will direct from a script penned by Christina Welsh.
Zane and Suzanne De Passe are producing the film, which begins shooting in the fall in Atlanta.
Mike Paseornek, John Sacchi and Charisee Nesbit are overseeing for Lionsgate.
Medak, whose helming credits also include Pontiac Moon, is attached to direct Inamorata for Initial Entertainment and Infinitum Nihil.
He is repped by the Gersh Agency, Ensemble Entertainment and attorney George Hayum.
Welsh is repped by Evolution Management and attorney Jeff Frankel.
Based on a novel by Zane, whose sex-themed tomes have developed a cult following, the story centers on Zoe, a successful black art dealer whose marriage, family and career are threatened by her overpowering addiction to sex. Medak (Romeo Is Bleeding) will direct from a script penned by Christina Welsh.
Zane and Suzanne De Passe are producing the film, which begins shooting in the fall in Atlanta.
Mike Paseornek, John Sacchi and Charisee Nesbit are overseeing for Lionsgate.
Medak, whose helming credits also include Pontiac Moon, is attached to direct Inamorata for Initial Entertainment and Infinitum Nihil.
He is repped by the Gersh Agency, Ensemble Entertainment and attorney George Hayum.
Welsh is repped by Evolution Management and attorney Jeff Frankel.
- 6/20/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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