As the Athena Film Festival gears up for its latest edition later this month, the female-centric event has unveiled the winners and finalists of its annual script competition, The Athena List. The competition aims to select “exceptional scripts with women leaders at the heart of the story” and its “goal is to raise the profile of the scripts and the writers within the industry with the purpose of getting these movies made and elevating their careers to the next level.” “The introduction of the Athena List has made women-driven narratives about female leaders a priority, and we are pleased to present this year’s list of dynamic scripts,” said Athena Film Festival co-founder Melissa Silverstein in an official statement.
The program has already enjoyed big successes over a few short years, and previous winners include Chinonye Chukwu’s “Clemency” (which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival...
The program has already enjoyed big successes over a few short years, and previous winners include Chinonye Chukwu’s “Clemency” (which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival...
- 2/12/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Tiger Woods, Jeff Benedict’s recently published biography of the controversial golf champion, is being turned into a scripted miniseries after the author struck a deal with Brent Montgomery’s Wheelhouse Entertainment.
The book, which was published last year, became a New York Times best seller and is the first project taken to market by Wheelhouse and Benedict.
The move comes as Woods won his fifth Masters championship last month, widely considered one of the greatest career comebacks in sports history.
Tiger Woods, which was published by CBS Corp-owned Simon & Schuster, opens with the 2009 car accident on the day after Thanskgiving that precipitated Woods’ infidelity scandal. Benedict and his co-author Armen Keteyian, a former 60 Minutes correspondent, spoke to more than 250 people for the book, including other professional golfers and Woods’ longtime chiropractor Mark Lindsay.
Benedict has written a number of sports titles including The System: The Glory and Scandal of Big-Time College Football,...
The book, which was published last year, became a New York Times best seller and is the first project taken to market by Wheelhouse and Benedict.
The move comes as Woods won his fifth Masters championship last month, widely considered one of the greatest career comebacks in sports history.
Tiger Woods, which was published by CBS Corp-owned Simon & Schuster, opens with the 2009 car accident on the day after Thanskgiving that precipitated Woods’ infidelity scandal. Benedict and his co-author Armen Keteyian, a former 60 Minutes correspondent, spoke to more than 250 people for the book, including other professional golfers and Woods’ longtime chiropractor Mark Lindsay.
Benedict has written a number of sports titles including The System: The Glory and Scandal of Big-Time College Football,...
- 5/21/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
“If I’m going to do something difficult, he’s usually my first choice,” reveals David Crosby about his choice to collaborate with his son, James Raymond, on the song “Home Free” from the movie, “Little Pink House.” In our recent chat with the music legend (watch the exclusive video above), he adds that his son is the best songwriter with whom he has worked over the years: “The other thing is that he writes for film anyway and he’s very good at it… What I’ve learned from him is to not be afraid and be as complex and strange with the music as I want to be. Don’t water it down.”
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The film is based on the story of Susette Kelo, a nurse whose property and that of her...
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The film is based on the story of Susette Kelo, a nurse whose property and that of her...
- 12/10/2018
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Catherine Keener stars as Susette Kelo, in the true-story drama about her battle against eminent domain to keep her home, in Little Pink House. Photo courtesy of Korchula Productions
A pink house is not for everyone but it was just right for Susette Kelo, especially with a lovely river view. When a local economic redevelopment organization tries to seize the Connecticut cottage she so lovingly rehabbed for a project to lure a Big Pharma company to the financially-strapped town, she fights – all the way to the Supreme Court.
There is a bit of Frank Capra mixed with “Erin Brockovich” in the true story-inspired Little Pink House. Oscar-nominee Catherine Keener plays Kelo in a moving performance as an ordinary woman pushed too far in this film from Courtney Balaker, making her directorial debut.
After her marriage failed, paramedic Kelo was looking for a place to start over. When she finds the...
A pink house is not for everyone but it was just right for Susette Kelo, especially with a lovely river view. When a local economic redevelopment organization tries to seize the Connecticut cottage she so lovingly rehabbed for a project to lure a Big Pharma company to the financially-strapped town, she fights – all the way to the Supreme Court.
There is a bit of Frank Capra mixed with “Erin Brockovich” in the true story-inspired Little Pink House. Oscar-nominee Catherine Keener plays Kelo in a moving performance as an ordinary woman pushed too far in this film from Courtney Balaker, making her directorial debut.
After her marriage failed, paramedic Kelo was looking for a place to start over. When she finds the...
- 5/11/2018
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Exclusive: Film Mode Entertainment has struck a deal with Samuel Goldwyn Films for North American home ent rights to Catherine Keener-starring drama Little Pink House.
Writer-director Courtney Moorehead Balaker’s (The Collector) feature, based on the book of the same name, follows the true story of Susette Kelo (Keener), a nurse who takes on a huge corporation that tries to use eminent domain to seize homes in her working-class Connecticut neighborhood to make room for a new corporate facility. Kelo organizes her neighbors and leads a battle that ends up before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Capote and Being John Malkovich star Keener plays alongside Jeanne Tripplehorn (The Firm) and Callum Keith Rennie (Fifty Shades Of Gray). Producers include Ted Balaker, Arielle Boisvert, Joel Soisson and Shawn Williamson. Dada Films released the movie theatrically in the U.S.
“We’re very excited about the reception Little Pink House has received from audience members,...
Writer-director Courtney Moorehead Balaker’s (The Collector) feature, based on the book of the same name, follows the true story of Susette Kelo (Keener), a nurse who takes on a huge corporation that tries to use eminent domain to seize homes in her working-class Connecticut neighborhood to make room for a new corporate facility. Kelo organizes her neighbors and leads a battle that ends up before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Capote and Being John Malkovich star Keener plays alongside Jeanne Tripplehorn (The Firm) and Callum Keith Rennie (Fifty Shades Of Gray). Producers include Ted Balaker, Arielle Boisvert, Joel Soisson and Shawn Williamson. Dada Films released the movie theatrically in the U.S.
“We’re very excited about the reception Little Pink House has received from audience members,...
- 5/8/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
As the thorny matter of eminent domain — the power of the government to seize private property for debatably public use — continues to flare up in American headlines, Courtney Moorehead Balaker’s “Little Pink House” arrives on screens as an earnest, adamant statement of opposition. Revisiting the Supreme Court’s famously contentious decision in the 2005 case of Kelo vs. City of New London, which ruled against a Connecticut homeowner standing her ground in the face of redevelopment by the Pfizer Corporation, Balaker’s heartfelt film holds attention as a straightforward account of a complicated case, and benefits from the intelligent, careworn presence of Catherine Keener as its human anchor amid all the procedural to-and-fro. If the story’s political and personal nuances have been a bit flattened in Balaker’s script, keeping proceedings in a movie-of-the-week register, this “Little Pink House” nonetheless retains what property developers would call good bones.
As it stands,...
As it stands,...
- 4/19/2018
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Members of Congress and U.S. senators — Democrats and Republicans alike — are set to view an eminent domain feature film at a theater located in the Capitol building on April 17.
The film is called Little Pink House and tells the story of Susette Kelo, whose home was taken through eminent domain to make way for a pharmaceutical company named Pfizer, which was expanding in preparation for a blockbuster drug called Viagra.
Kelo fought her case to the U.S. Supreme Court and lost, though Pfizer never built its facility at the site of her...
The film is called Little Pink House and tells the story of Susette Kelo, whose home was taken through eminent domain to make way for a pharmaceutical company named Pfizer, which was expanding in preparation for a blockbuster drug called Viagra.
Kelo fought her case to the U.S. Supreme Court and lost, though Pfizer never built its facility at the site of her...
- 3/28/2018
- by Paul Bond
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Members of Congress and U.S. senators — Democrats and Republicans alike — are set to view an eminent domain feature film at a theater located in the Capitol building on April 17.
The film is called Little Pink House and tells the story of Susette Kelo, whose home was taken through eminent domain to make way for a pharmaceutical company named Pfizer, which was expanding in preparation for a blockbuster drug called Viagra.
Kelo fought her case to the U.S. Supreme Court and lost, though Pfizer never built its facility at the site of her former home. The movie,...
The film is called Little Pink House and tells the story of Susette Kelo, whose home was taken through eminent domain to make way for a pharmaceutical company named Pfizer, which was expanding in preparation for a blockbuster drug called Viagra.
Kelo fought her case to the U.S. Supreme Court and lost, though Pfizer never built its facility at the site of her former home. The movie,...
- 3/28/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
"No amount of money could replace our homes." Korchula Productions has released an official trailer for a based-on-a-true story film titled Little Pink House, starring Catherine Keener as a woman who fights a defining legal battle against the government and corporations trying to take her home away. Keener plays Susette Kelo, a small-town Emt who buys a tiny rundown cottage in New London, Connecticut, refurbishes it with her bare hands, paints it pink, meets a new guy after a bad marriage. Then she discovers powerful politicians are bent on bulldozing her blue-collar neighborhood to make way for condos and offices designed to benefit the new corporate headquarters of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. So she resists and ends up going all the way to the Supreme Court. The film's cast includes Jeanne Tripplehorn, Callum Keith Rennie, Giacomo Baessato, Aaron Douglas, Colin Cunningham, and Miranda Frigon. Take a look below. Here's the official...
- 2/24/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Music icon David Crosby's latest album, Sky Trails, includes a track the artist wrote for independent film Little Pink House, which Dada Films opens in April. The movie, starring Jeanne Tripplehorn and Catherine Keener, centers on the Susette Kelo Supreme Court decision concerning eminent domain, a political issue the rock legend says is significant in the era of President Donald Trump.
The musician caught up with The Hollywood Reporter to discuss his new music, what inspires him in the age of Trump and the possibility of reuniting with his old bandmates, Graham Nash, Stephen Stills and Neil Young.
Why did...
The musician caught up with The Hollywood Reporter to discuss his new music, what inspires him in the age of Trump and the possibility of reuniting with his old bandmates, Graham Nash, Stephen Stills and Neil Young.
Why did...
- 2/3/2018
- by Paul Bond
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 19th Annual Provincetown International Film Festival concluded Sunday, with the HBO Audience Awards for narrative feature going to Courtney Moorehead Balaker's Little Pink House and for documentary to I Am Evidence, directed by Trish Adlesic and Geeta Gandbhir.
Those prizes reflect an edition of the festival in which more than 50 percent of the films were made by women.
Based on a true story, Little Pink House stars Catherine Keener as a nurse who leads her neighbors in a struggle to save their homes in working-class Connecticut from political and corporate interests trying to seize residential land and turn it...
Those prizes reflect an edition of the festival in which more than 50 percent of the films were made by women.
Based on a true story, Little Pink House stars Catherine Keener as a nurse who leads her neighbors in a struggle to save their homes in working-class Connecticut from political and corporate interests trying to seize residential land and turn it...
- 6/19/2017
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 19th Annual Provincetown International Film Festival concluded Sunday, with the HBO Audience Awards for narrative feature going to Courtney Moorehead Balaker's Little Pink House and for documentary to I Am Evidence, directed by Trish Adlesic and Geeta Gandbhir.
Those prizes reflect an edition of the festival in which more than 50 percent of the films were made by women.
Based on a true story, Little Pink House stars Catherine Keener as a nurse who leads her neighbors in a struggle to save their homes in working-class Connecticut from political and corporate interests trying to seize residential land and turn it ...
Those prizes reflect an edition of the festival in which more than 50 percent of the films were made by women.
Based on a true story, Little Pink House stars Catherine Keener as a nurse who leads her neighbors in a struggle to save their homes in working-class Connecticut from political and corporate interests trying to seize residential land and turn it ...
- 6/18/2017
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The 2017 Athena Film Festival premiered from February 9th to 12th at Barnard College in New York. The festival, founded on the idea on seeing more female protagonists in films, celebrated its seventh year by showcasing a town hall meeting with multiple female activists. Along with the highly awaited event, the festival also premiered several female-leading movies, including Little Pink House, Girl Unbound, and Dolores. With such a packed schedule, the festival saw a huge turn out despite the large snowstorm that occurred just hours beforehand.
The festival was founded seven years ago by Kathryn Kolbert (from the Athena Center for Leadership Studies at Barnard College) and Melissa Silverstein (the artistic director of Women and Hollywood) with the original idea of seeing more leading ladies in films. That idea has skyrocketed to showcasing not only films with strong female roles, but also honoring screenplays in the festival’s own Black List,...
The festival was founded seven years ago by Kathryn Kolbert (from the Athena Center for Leadership Studies at Barnard College) and Melissa Silverstein (the artistic director of Women and Hollywood) with the original idea of seeing more leading ladies in films. That idea has skyrocketed to showcasing not only films with strong female roles, but also honoring screenplays in the festival’s own Black List,...
- 2/27/2017
- by Catherina Gioino
- Nerdly
Exclusive: Courtney Balaker’s drama premiered at Santa Barbara Film Festival earlier this month.
Clay Epstein’s Film Mode is in talks with international buyers at this week’s European Film Market (Efm) in Berlin on Little Pink House starring Catherine Keener, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Callum Keith Rennie.
The story is based on the book of the same name by Jeff Benedict about a small-town nurse who rallies her neighbours to confront a corporation that threatens to destroy their homes in a working class area of Connecticut.
Courtney Moorehead Balaker wrote and directed Little Pink House and produced with Ted Balaker and Joel Soisson.
Clay Epstein’s Film Mode is in talks with international buyers at this week’s European Film Market (Efm) in Berlin on Little Pink House starring Catherine Keener, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Callum Keith Rennie.
The story is based on the book of the same name by Jeff Benedict about a small-town nurse who rallies her neighbours to confront a corporation that threatens to destroy their homes in a working class area of Connecticut.
Courtney Moorehead Balaker wrote and directed Little Pink House and produced with Ted Balaker and Joel Soisson.
- 2/12/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The 7th Athena Film Festival kicked off Thursday night with a screening of the first completed film from its female-focused version of The Black List, The Athena List. Little Pink House, starring Catherine Keener and Jeanne Tripplehorn, is based on the true story behind the Supreme Court eminent domain case of Kelo vs. City of New London and follows the Susette Kelo-led working-class homeowners trying to save their land from Pfizer.
The film was a fitting choice to open the festival, co-founder Melissa Silverstein says, not only because it was a finalist on the Athena List of unproduced...
The film was a fitting choice to open the festival, co-founder Melissa Silverstein says, not only because it was a finalist on the Athena List of unproduced...
- 2/10/2017
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out.
This Past Weekend:
Bomb, bomb bomb bomb, Boooooomb! Things just kept getting worse and worse at the box office as this past weekend saw more new releases not meeting up to their potential. The horribly-reviewed horror movie Rings (Paramount) ended up around where I predicted with $13 million, taking second place to M. Night Shyamalan’s Split. The sci-fi romance The Space Between Us (Stx Entertainment) didn’t make much of a mark, opening in ninth place with just $3.8 million with about $1,300 per theater. Robert De Niro’s The Comedian (Sony Classics) tanked worse than many recent movies, making less than a million in 848 theaters or about $1,000 per theater. By comparison, the doc I Am Not Your Negro made about 78% of that amount in 800 less theaters.
This Past Weekend:
Bomb, bomb bomb bomb, Boooooomb! Things just kept getting worse and worse at the box office as this past weekend saw more new releases not meeting up to their potential. The horribly-reviewed horror movie Rings (Paramount) ended up around where I predicted with $13 million, taking second place to M. Night Shyamalan’s Split. The sci-fi romance The Space Between Us (Stx Entertainment) didn’t make much of a mark, opening in ninth place with just $3.8 million with about $1,300 per theater. Robert De Niro’s The Comedian (Sony Classics) tanked worse than many recent movies, making less than a million in 848 theaters or about $1,000 per theater. By comparison, the doc I Am Not Your Negro made about 78% of that amount in 800 less theaters.
- 2/8/2017
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
Following in the tradition of issue-oriented films like Erin Brockovich and A Civil Action, the world premiere of Little Pink House at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival has unmistakable timeliness. This story of little people against Big Pharma certainly resonates today. The presence of two-time Oscar nominee Catherine Keener and an excellent supporting cast should help to give the movie more visibility. It has some structural problems, but with canny marketing, it could find a distributor and even a sympathetic audience.
The film is based on the true story of a Connecticut woman, Susette Kelo (Keener), who fought an...
The film is based on the true story of a Connecticut woman, Susette Kelo (Keener), who fought an...
- 2/5/2017
- by Stephen Farber
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: The Santa Barbara Film Festival hosted the world premiere of the true-life tale Little Pink House starring Catherine Keener last night at the Arlington Theater. The story centers on Susette Kelo, who helped change the nation’s eminent domain laws after leading her neighbors in New London, Ct, in a fight to save their homes from being taken over by the government for private development. That battle led to a landmark 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision that changed…...
- 2/3/2017
- Deadline
The first completed film from the Athena List, the Athena Film Festival's female-focused version of The Black List, will screen as the opening-night movie at the 2017 edition of the festival. Writer-director Courtney Moorehead Balaker's screenplay for Little Pink House was a finalist on the 2015 edition of the Athena List, a slate of unproduced screenplays with strong female protagonists.
The film, starring Catherine Keener and Jeanne Tripplehorn, is based on the true story behind the Supreme Court eminent domain case of Kelo vs. City of New London. Keener plays small-town nurse Susette Kelo, who emerges as the reluctant leader...
The film, starring Catherine Keener and Jeanne Tripplehorn, is based on the true story behind the Supreme Court eminent domain case of Kelo vs. City of New London. Keener plays small-town nurse Susette Kelo, who emerges as the reluctant leader...
- 1/18/2017
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The first completed film from the Athena List, the Athena Film Festival's female-focused version of The Black List, will screen as the opening-night movie at the 2017 edition of the festival. Writer-director Courtney Moorehead Balaker's screenplay for Little Pink House was a finalist on the 2015 edition of the Athena List, a slate of unproduced screenplays with strong female protagonists.
The film, starring Catherine Keener and Jeanne Tripplehorn, is based on the true story behind the Supreme Court eminent domain case of Kelo vs. City of New London. Keener plays small-town nurse Susette Kelo, who emerges as the reluctant leader ...
The film, starring Catherine Keener and Jeanne Tripplehorn, is based on the true story behind the Supreme Court eminent domain case of Kelo vs. City of New London. Keener plays small-town nurse Susette Kelo, who emerges as the reluctant leader ...
- 1/18/2017
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The first completed film from the Athena List, the Athena Film Festival's female-focused version of The Black List, will screen as the opening-night movie at the 2017 edition of the festival. Writer-director Courtney Moorehead Balaker's screenplay for Little Pink House was a finalist on the 2015 edition of the Athena List, a slate of unproduced screenplays with strong female protagonists.
The film, starring Catherine Keener and Jeanne Tripplehorn, is based on the true story behind the Supreme Court eminent domain case of Kelo vs. City of New London. Keener plays small-town nurse Susette Kelo, who emerges as the reluctant leader ...
The film, starring Catherine Keener and Jeanne Tripplehorn, is based on the true story behind the Supreme Court eminent domain case of Kelo vs. City of New London. Keener plays small-town nurse Susette Kelo, who emerges as the reluctant leader ...
- 1/18/2017
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Catherine Keener is headed for the cutthroat, morally grey world of crooked cops and drug wars.
Deadline is reporting that the actress, who had roles in both November Criminals and family drama Little Pink House, has climbed aboard Soldado, the embryonic action sequel to last year’s visceral narcotics thriller Sicario. Joining forces with Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin – Emily Blunt sadly won’t be returning for the follow-up – Keener has landed the role of Brolin’s superior, and together they’ll work to police the network of Mexican tunnels used by drug lords to cross the border into America.
Brolin’s questionable CIA agent Matt Graver is by no means a straight shooter, so it’ll be interesting to see which side of the moral spectrum Keener’s boss character hails from. Our guess? One of those inky grey areas between right and wrong.
Upon answering the call...
Deadline is reporting that the actress, who had roles in both November Criminals and family drama Little Pink House, has climbed aboard Soldado, the embryonic action sequel to last year’s visceral narcotics thriller Sicario. Joining forces with Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin – Emily Blunt sadly won’t be returning for the follow-up – Keener has landed the role of Brolin’s superior, and together they’ll work to police the network of Mexican tunnels used by drug lords to cross the border into America.
Brolin’s questionable CIA agent Matt Graver is by no means a straight shooter, so it’ll be interesting to see which side of the moral spectrum Keener’s boss character hails from. Our guess? One of those inky grey areas between right and wrong.
Upon answering the call...
- 10/27/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Canadian writer Carol Shields wrote numerous novels, short stories, and plays throughout her lifetime. She won many awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for her 1993 novel “The Stone Diaries.” Now, her final novel “Unless” has been adapted into a film starring Catherine Keener. Written and directed by Alan Gilsenan, the film follows Reta (Keener), a successful writer who struggles with her daughter Norah’s (Hannah Gross) decision to drop out of college and live on the streets as a mute in some form of protest. “Unless” also stars Brendan Coyle (“Downton Abbey”), Matt Craven (“X-Men: First Class”), Chloe Rose (“The Lesser Blessed”), Hanna Schygulla (“Berlin Alexanderplatz”), and more. Watch the trailer for the film below.
Read More: Catherine Keener To Fight to Keep Her Home in Little Pink House
Catherine Keener has appeared in a wide variety of films throughout her career that have garnered critical acclaim. She’s been nominated...
Read More: Catherine Keener To Fight to Keep Her Home in Little Pink House
Catherine Keener has appeared in a wide variety of films throughout her career that have garnered critical acclaim. She’s been nominated...
- 8/10/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Exclusive: The industry veteran heads to Cannes with his new worldwide sales and production venture and a fresh slate of titles to woo buyers.
Epstein, a former Screen International Future Leader who most recently served at svp of sales and acquisitions at Arclight Films, will aim at commercially driven films of all genres and budget sizes and will board at any stage of the process, often as executive producer.
The Croisette sales slate is led by Angel Makers in partnership with Arclight Films. Jon Amiel will direct Christina Hendricks and Emily Watson in the rom-com about a group of English women who fall for Wwi German Pow’s.
Alaska-set survival thriller Sugar Mountain stars Jason Momoa, socially conscious drama Little Pink House features Catherine Keener, and SXSW thriller The Waiting stars James Caan.
Beverly Hills-based Film Mode aims to present 10-15 theatrical titles a year and plans to build out the business to London, New York and...
Epstein, a former Screen International Future Leader who most recently served at svp of sales and acquisitions at Arclight Films, will aim at commercially driven films of all genres and budget sizes and will board at any stage of the process, often as executive producer.
The Croisette sales slate is led by Angel Makers in partnership with Arclight Films. Jon Amiel will direct Christina Hendricks and Emily Watson in the rom-com about a group of English women who fall for Wwi German Pow’s.
Alaska-set survival thriller Sugar Mountain stars Jason Momoa, socially conscious drama Little Pink House features Catherine Keener, and SXSW thriller The Waiting stars James Caan.
Beverly Hills-based Film Mode aims to present 10-15 theatrical titles a year and plans to build out the business to London, New York and...
- 5/6/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Plus: Telefilm Canada announces 12 Cfff productions; and Arielle Boisvert on the rise at Brightlight Entertainment
Zag has joined forces with Chris Columbus’ 1492 Pictures and Ocean Blue Entertainment on the live-action-animation hybrid 12/24.
Matt Lieberman wrote the screenplay from an original idea by David Guggenheim, who will produce with Madhouse Entertainment. Columbus, Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe will produce for 1492 Pictures.
12/24 (pictured) follows two brothers who try to prove the existence of Father Christmas and set an elaborate trap on Christmas Eve.
Telefilm Canada has raised more than C$8m (Usd 5.9m) to produce 12 english-language films through its Canada Feature Film Fund (Cfff), writes Angela Lee. The films are: Martine Blue’s Hunting Pignut; Aising Walsh’s Maudie; Bruce McDonald’s nineteenseventysomething; Jay Baruchel’s Goon: Last Of The Enforcers; Nathan Morlando’s Mean Dreams; Barnet Bain’s Milton’s Secret; Erik Canuel’s Operation Insanity; Joey Klein’s The Other Half; Jeremy Torrie’s Juliana And The Medicine Fish; [link...
Zag has joined forces with Chris Columbus’ 1492 Pictures and Ocean Blue Entertainment on the live-action-animation hybrid 12/24.
Matt Lieberman wrote the screenplay from an original idea by David Guggenheim, who will produce with Madhouse Entertainment. Columbus, Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe will produce for 1492 Pictures.
12/24 (pictured) follows two brothers who try to prove the existence of Father Christmas and set an elaborate trap on Christmas Eve.
Telefilm Canada has raised more than C$8m (Usd 5.9m) to produce 12 english-language films through its Canada Feature Film Fund (Cfff), writes Angela Lee. The films are: Martine Blue’s Hunting Pignut; Aising Walsh’s Maudie; Bruce McDonald’s nineteenseventysomething; Jay Baruchel’s Goon: Last Of The Enforcers; Nathan Morlando’s Mean Dreams; Barnet Bain’s Milton’s Secret; Erik Canuel’s Operation Insanity; Joey Klein’s The Other Half; Jeremy Torrie’s Juliana And The Medicine Fish; [link...
- 12/1/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Jeanne Tripplehorn (Big Love) and Callum Keith Rennie (Memento) have joined the cast of Korchula Productions’ Little Pink House, which is about to go into production in Vancouver.
Tripplehorn and Rennie join Catherine Keener on the film, which tells the true story of a small-town nurse who rose to worldwide attention when she stood up to powerful politicians determined to bulldoze her home and hand the land over to a multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical company.
Courtney Moorehead Balaker wrote the script and will direct.
Shawn Williamson’s Brightlight Pictures will co-produce the film. Balaker, Ted Balaker and Joel Soisson will produce, with Shawn Williamson executive producing.
The film’s script was a finalist for the 2015 Athena List, which recognizes the best and most marketable unproduced screenplays with strong female protagonists.
Tripplehorn and Rennie join Catherine Keener on the film, which tells the true story of a small-town nurse who rose to worldwide attention when she stood up to powerful politicians determined to bulldoze her home and hand the land over to a multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical company.
Courtney Moorehead Balaker wrote the script and will direct.
Shawn Williamson’s Brightlight Pictures will co-produce the film. Balaker, Ted Balaker and Joel Soisson will produce, with Shawn Williamson executive producing.
The film’s script was a finalist for the 2015 Athena List, which recognizes the best and most marketable unproduced screenplays with strong female protagonists.
- 10/6/2015
- ScreenDaily
Jeanne Tripplehorn and Callum Keith Rennie have joined the cast of Little Pink House.
The film follows the true story of Susette Kelo, a nurse from a small Connecticut town, who stands up to politicians that want to bulldoze her home and sell off the cleared land to a billion-dollar pharmaceutical company.
Tripplehorn will play Susette's neighbor that is leading the charge to bulldoze, while Rennie will play the heroine's love interest. Oscar nominee Catherine Keener has already been cast to play Susette.
The film comes from writer-director Courtney Moorehead Balaker, and will be produced by Ted Balaker and ...
The film follows the true story of Susette Kelo, a nurse from a small Connecticut town, who stands up to politicians that want to bulldoze her home and sell off the cleared land to a billion-dollar pharmaceutical company.
Tripplehorn will play Susette's neighbor that is leading the charge to bulldoze, while Rennie will play the heroine's love interest. Oscar nominee Catherine Keener has already been cast to play Susette.
The film comes from writer-director Courtney Moorehead Balaker, and will be produced by Ted Balaker and ...
- 10/5/2015
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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