Joan Scott, the founder and president of the talent and literary agency Writers and Artists, died of natural causes on Thursday, August 4 at her home in New York City. She was 98.
Scott was instrumental in starting the careers of many award-winning actors, including Harrison Ford, Danny Glover, Roy Scheider, James Woods, Henry Winkler, Elizabeth McGovern, Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy, and James Gandolfini, among others. She also furthered the publishing of writers George Wing, David Henry Hwang, Robert Schenkkan, David Magee, and Jonathan Larson, and directors Joe Mantello and Philip Noyce.
She also helped start the careers of many literary and talent agents who later moved on to run studios or become partners at bigger agencies.
Nellie Bellflower, an Academy Award nominee and producer of Finding Neverland, praised Scott’s loyalty. “Once you became her client, you also became her family.”
Born June 14, 1924 in New Jersey, Scott started her...
Scott was instrumental in starting the careers of many award-winning actors, including Harrison Ford, Danny Glover, Roy Scheider, James Woods, Henry Winkler, Elizabeth McGovern, Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy, and James Gandolfini, among others. She also furthered the publishing of writers George Wing, David Henry Hwang, Robert Schenkkan, David Magee, and Jonathan Larson, and directors Joe Mantello and Philip Noyce.
She also helped start the careers of many literary and talent agents who later moved on to run studios or become partners at bigger agencies.
Nellie Bellflower, an Academy Award nominee and producer of Finding Neverland, praised Scott’s loyalty. “Once you became her client, you also became her family.”
Born June 14, 1924 in New Jersey, Scott started her...
- 8/13/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Bollywood actor Asif Basra, best known for his role in the 2006 comedy feature Outsourced, was found dead Thursday at a private guest house in Dharamsala, northern India. His death is being investigated as an apparent suicide, according to Indian news outlets. He was 53.
Born in Amravati, western India, Basra has appeared in several international English-language productions, but is known best as one of the leads in the 2006 American romantic comedy film Outsourced (see photo above), directed by John Jeffcoat and written by Jeffcoat and George Wing. He made his feature film debut in 2002 in Sam Firstenberg’s U.S./India co-pro Quicksand, then went on to appear in acclaimed Indian independent films such as Black Friday and Parzania.
In 2006, he also appeared alongside Omar Sharif and Peter O’Toole in Michael O. Sajbel’s One Night with the King.
Basra also starred in several popular Hindi movies, including Once Upon a Time in Mumbai,...
Born in Amravati, western India, Basra has appeared in several international English-language productions, but is known best as one of the leads in the 2006 American romantic comedy film Outsourced (see photo above), directed by John Jeffcoat and written by Jeffcoat and George Wing. He made his feature film debut in 2002 in Sam Firstenberg’s U.S./India co-pro Quicksand, then went on to appear in acclaimed Indian independent films such as Black Friday and Parzania.
In 2006, he also appeared alongside Omar Sharif and Peter O’Toole in Michael O. Sajbel’s One Night with the King.
Basra also starred in several popular Hindi movies, including Once Upon a Time in Mumbai,...
- 11/12/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
NBC has picked up pilots for an hour-long superhero drama and an office comedy, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The Cape, set in a fictionalized version of Los Angeles, follows a framed ex-cop who becomes a masked hero to clear his name and reunite with his son. The drama comes from Empire's Tom Wheeler, who will executive produce with Lloyd Braun and Gail Berman.
Conan O'Brien gets Justice on NBC
Outsourced, based on George Wing and John Jeffcoat's movie, is a single-camera office comedy about a recently demoted manager ...
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The Cape, set in a fictionalized version of Los Angeles, follows a framed ex-cop who becomes a masked hero to clear his name and reunite with his son. The drama comes from Empire's Tom Wheeler, who will executive produce with Lloyd Braun and Gail Berman.
Conan O'Brien gets Justice on NBC
Outsourced, based on George Wing and John Jeffcoat's movie, is a single-camera office comedy about a recently demoted manager ...
Read More >...
- 1/29/2010
- by Gina DiNunno
- TVGuide - Breaking News
NBC on Thursday picked up two more pilots: hourlong "The Cape" and the comedy "Outsourced."
"Cape," from "Empire" creator Tom Wheeler, is a light drama with a comic book sensibility. Set in a fictionalized version of Los Angeles, it centers on a former cop framed for a crime who becomes the Cape, a masked hero, to clear his name and reunite with his son.
The project, from Ums and BermanBraun, was set up at NBC in the fall with a premium script commitment.
Wheeler wrote the script and is exec producing with Lloyd Braun and Gail Berman.
Based on George Wing and John Jeffcoat's indie movie, "Outsourced" is single-camera office comedy centered on a recently demoted manager of a novelties company who is shipped off to India to manage a ragtag group of customer service reps.
NBC originally developed "Outsourced" during the 2007-08 season with Wing and Jeffcoat writing...
"Cape," from "Empire" creator Tom Wheeler, is a light drama with a comic book sensibility. Set in a fictionalized version of Los Angeles, it centers on a former cop framed for a crime who becomes the Cape, a masked hero, to clear his name and reunite with his son.
The project, from Ums and BermanBraun, was set up at NBC in the fall with a premium script commitment.
Wheeler wrote the script and is exec producing with Lloyd Braun and Gail Berman.
Based on George Wing and John Jeffcoat's indie movie, "Outsourced" is single-camera office comedy centered on a recently demoted manager of a novelties company who is shipped off to India to manage a ragtag group of customer service reps.
NBC originally developed "Outsourced" during the 2007-08 season with Wing and Jeffcoat writing...
- 1/28/2010
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The trades are reporting that Steve Carell and his Carousel Productions are set to produce Hi-t, a comedy about masculinity that is set up at Warner Bros., where Carell has a first-look feature deal. Carell became involved with the project back in 2005 when it was set up at New Line under the title High T. It centers on a man who begins taking testosterone injections after an injury leaves him deprived of the chemical, only to find his moods swing uncontrollably. Kim Barker (License to Wed) is writing the screenplay and the project is being developed as a potential starring vehicle for Carell. George Wing (50 First Dates) penned the original script. If Carell does star, the project would likely not move forward right away. The Office star is still weighing different projects he will shoot during his upcoming May hiatus. The trades say the frontrunner is the offbeat romantic comedy Date Night,...
- 3/5/2009
- by James Cook
- TheMovingPicture.net
NBC is heading east with Outsourced, an India-set comedy project to be directed and exec produced by Ken Kwapis based on the indie comedy of the same name.
The single-camera project, which has received a premium script commitment from the network, centers on a customer service manager in Seattle whose department is outsourced to India, and he goes there to train his replacement. The project explores the clash of the Western and Indian cultures and chronicles the manager's romance with a local woman.
Outsourced screenwriters George Wing (50 First Dates) and John Jeffcoat are on board to pen the pilot script. They also will executive produce with Kwapis and the film's producers, Tom Gorai and David Skinner. Alexandra Beattie will serve as co-exec producer.
Kwapis and Beattie's In Cahoots and Universal Media Studios are producing the comedy.
The premise of a romantic comedy about an American man falling for a woman from a different ethnic background draws parallels to another indie film, the smash hit My Big Fat Greek Wedding. A half-hour series version of Greek also was sold near the film's premiere in 2002.
The single-camera project, which has received a premium script commitment from the network, centers on a customer service manager in Seattle whose department is outsourced to India, and he goes there to train his replacement. The project explores the clash of the Western and Indian cultures and chronicles the manager's romance with a local woman.
Outsourced screenwriters George Wing (50 First Dates) and John Jeffcoat are on board to pen the pilot script. They also will executive produce with Kwapis and the film's producers, Tom Gorai and David Skinner. Alexandra Beattie will serve as co-exec producer.
Kwapis and Beattie's In Cahoots and Universal Media Studios are producing the comedy.
The premise of a romantic comedy about an American man falling for a woman from a different ethnic background draws parallels to another indie film, the smash hit My Big Fat Greek Wedding. A half-hour series version of Greek also was sold near the film's premiere in 2002.
- 10/8/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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