Exclusive: The Longest Yard is getting another set of downs.
Deadline hears that another remake of the film, which originally starred Burt Reynolds in 1974 and was remade starring Adam Sandler in 2005, is in the works at Paramount Pictures. Rodney Barnes, who was an exec producer and writer on HBO’s Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, is writing.
It comes from Gunpowder & Sky, whose CEO Van Toffler was an exec producer on the 2005 version when he worked at then-MTV owner Viacom. Toffler is producing with former MTV Films boss David Gale, who reunited with Toffler at Gunpowder & Sky and who also exec produced the Sandler version.
The Longest Yard is a prison sports comedy film.
‘The Longest Yard,’ 1974
The 1974 original was based on a story by Al Ruddy, directed by Robert Aldrich and written by Tracy Keenan Wynn. It starred Reynolds as Paul “Wrecking” Crewe, a...
Deadline hears that another remake of the film, which originally starred Burt Reynolds in 1974 and was remade starring Adam Sandler in 2005, is in the works at Paramount Pictures. Rodney Barnes, who was an exec producer and writer on HBO’s Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, is writing.
It comes from Gunpowder & Sky, whose CEO Van Toffler was an exec producer on the 2005 version when he worked at then-MTV owner Viacom. Toffler is producing with former MTV Films boss David Gale, who reunited with Toffler at Gunpowder & Sky and who also exec produced the Sandler version.
The Longest Yard is a prison sports comedy film.
‘The Longest Yard,’ 1974
The 1974 original was based on a story by Al Ruddy, directed by Robert Aldrich and written by Tracy Keenan Wynn. It starred Reynolds as Paul “Wrecking” Crewe, a...
- 11/6/2023
- by Peter White and Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The episode of The Black Sheep covering The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning was Written and Narrated by Andrew Hatfield, Edited by Brandon Nally, Produced by Lance Vlcek and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.
When did the Texas Chainsaw movies get so muddled with so many timelines? It’s not a hard thing to do. People get lost in Texas and end up victims of Leatherface and his family. I’m not saying there shouldn’t be a story line or a variation on things from time to time, hell, that’s what made Freddy, Michael, and Jason so popular. You could have even done something like the legacy sequel for Halloween, at least the first one. Oh wait, you did, and it didn’t turn out well with characters that made terrible decisions and weren’t likeable in the first place? Oh yeah, I remember that one.
When did the Texas Chainsaw movies get so muddled with so many timelines? It’s not a hard thing to do. People get lost in Texas and end up victims of Leatherface and his family. I’m not saying there shouldn’t be a story line or a variation on things from time to time, hell, that’s what made Freddy, Michael, and Jason so popular. You could have even done something like the legacy sequel for Halloween, at least the first one. Oh wait, you did, and it didn’t turn out well with characters that made terrible decisions and weren’t likeable in the first place? Oh yeah, I remember that one.
- 10/20/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
It can seem like "superhero movie" is an automatic greenlight in Hollywood these days. Yet, the genre is still littered with unrealized projects.
One is "X-Men Origins: Magneto." True to its title, it would've chronicled the early years of the X-Men's arch-foe. If any Marvel villain could sustain an origin movie, it's Magneto, who has one of the boldest backstories in superhero comics. In the 1980s, "X-Men" comic writer Chris Claremont desired to revitalize Magneto, to make him "a more credible adversary, but also a more credible person." That meant offering a reason for why he believed in mutant supremacy. Claremont considered what was known about Magneto and struck upon brilliance:
"Magneto had to have come to adolescence, and possibly come of age, in the Second World War. And he certainly looked European. And what would have given him such an extreme attitude toward mutant-human relations? [...] The next corollary was,...
One is "X-Men Origins: Magneto." True to its title, it would've chronicled the early years of the X-Men's arch-foe. If any Marvel villain could sustain an origin movie, it's Magneto, who has one of the boldest backstories in superhero comics. In the 1980s, "X-Men" comic writer Chris Claremont desired to revitalize Magneto, to make him "a more credible adversary, but also a more credible person." That meant offering a reason for why he believed in mutant supremacy. Claremont considered what was known about Magneto and struck upon brilliance:
"Magneto had to have come to adolescence, and possibly come of age, in the Second World War. And he certainly looked European. And what would have given him such an extreme attitude toward mutant-human relations? [...] The next corollary was,...
- 8/13/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
Alicia Allain, a producer and actress who started in the business as a hair stylist, has died according to a social media post by her husband, John Schneider. She was 53.
“This is a time of unimaginable sorrow for me,” former Dukes of Hazzard star Schneider wrote after his wife’s passing. “Grief is much too small a word. I’ve heard it said that ‘with great love comes great sorrow.’ I had no idea what that meant until now. Alicia was the fuel that ran my biggest dreams. The inspiration behind every creative thought. The very fabric of my soul. The glue that held me together. I miss her more than any words could possibly describe.”
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Schneider also asked,...
“This is a time of unimaginable sorrow for me,” former Dukes of Hazzard star Schneider wrote after his wife’s passing. “Grief is much too small a word. I’ve heard it said that ‘with great love comes great sorrow.’ I had no idea what that meant until now. Alicia was the fuel that ran my biggest dreams. The inspiration behind every creative thought. The very fabric of my soul. The glue that held me together. I miss her more than any words could possibly describe.”
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Schneider also asked,...
- 2/23/2023
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: AMC Studios is in early development on Diligence, a drama from Sheldon Turner and Jennifer Klein’s Vendetta Productions, for AMC and AMC+.
Written by Turner, in Diligence, when a former investigative journalist begins working for private intelligence firm Diligence, he finds himself influencing the news rather than reporting it. Alongside his former Mossad agent partner, he delves headfirst into the seedy world of private intelligence, never quite sure if the work he’s doing is in the name of good or evil.
Turner and Klein executive produce with Tana Jamieson and Barry Jossen of A+E Studios where Vendetta is under a first-look deal. AMC Studios is the studio.
Turner most recently co-wrote Road House, Doug Liman’s upcoming remake of the 1989 film, starring Jake Gyllenhaal in the role portrayed by the late Patrick Swayze. He also created Stronger, a female empowerment bodybuilding drama series starring and executive produced by Insecure standout Yvonne Orji,...
Written by Turner, in Diligence, when a former investigative journalist begins working for private intelligence firm Diligence, he finds himself influencing the news rather than reporting it. Alongside his former Mossad agent partner, he delves headfirst into the seedy world of private intelligence, never quite sure if the work he’s doing is in the name of good or evil.
Turner and Klein executive produce with Tana Jamieson and Barry Jossen of A+E Studios where Vendetta is under a first-look deal. AMC Studios is the studio.
Turner most recently co-wrote Road House, Doug Liman’s upcoming remake of the 1989 film, starring Jake Gyllenhaal in the role portrayed by the late Patrick Swayze. He also created Stronger, a female empowerment bodybuilding drama series starring and executive produced by Insecure standout Yvonne Orji,...
- 2/23/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
In this installment of The Silver Lining, we’ll be covering Jonathan Liebesman’s unfairly maligned prequel, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning.
While the production company is now mostly known for movies like The Purge and A Quiet Place, it was originally a series of horror remakes that put Platinum Dunes on the map. Flicks like 2005’s The Amityville Horror and 2009’s Friday the 13th made big money at the box office, but it was the astounding success of the 2003 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake that made this endeavor possible in the first place.
And with the success of that initial remake convincing Hollywood that brutal horror was still a sound investment, it makes sense that TCM would be the first movie in Platinum Dunes’ repertoire to garner a sequel. So where might a filmmaker go after a no-holds-barred splatterfest that ends with most of the cannibal family being...
While the production company is now mostly known for movies like The Purge and A Quiet Place, it was originally a series of horror remakes that put Platinum Dunes on the map. Flicks like 2005’s The Amityville Horror and 2009’s Friday the 13th made big money at the box office, but it was the astounding success of the 2003 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake that made this endeavor possible in the first place.
And with the success of that initial remake convincing Hollywood that brutal horror was still a sound investment, it makes sense that TCM would be the first movie in Platinum Dunes’ repertoire to garner a sequel. So where might a filmmaker go after a no-holds-barred splatterfest that ends with most of the cannibal family being...
- 12/20/2022
- by Luiz H. C.
- bloody-disgusting.com
This article contains Marvel universe spoilers
It feels like there’s no stopping the might of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and as we look to Phase 5 (and beyond), the ever-expanding slate grows by the day. Unlike the tumultuous times over at the DC Extended Universe, it’s hard to see the MCU pulling the plug on any of its projects these days.
Still, there have been plenty of Marvel movies lost to the Quantum Realm over the years. Wall-crawling heroes, marvellous mutants, and even Olivia Newton-John have all had their movies shelved. Not everything has always fit the neat little box of the MCU, so if you’re ready for an unexpected episode of What If…?, here are 12 canceled Marvel movies you’ll never get to see.
Spider-Man 4
Arguably the most famous canceled Marvel movie is Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 4. While Raimi’s 2002 Spider-Man kickstarted our current obsession with comic book movies,...
It feels like there’s no stopping the might of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and as we look to Phase 5 (and beyond), the ever-expanding slate grows by the day. Unlike the tumultuous times over at the DC Extended Universe, it’s hard to see the MCU pulling the plug on any of its projects these days.
Still, there have been plenty of Marvel movies lost to the Quantum Realm over the years. Wall-crawling heroes, marvellous mutants, and even Olivia Newton-John have all had their movies shelved. Not everything has always fit the neat little box of the MCU, so if you’re ready for an unexpected episode of What If…?, here are 12 canceled Marvel movies you’ll never get to see.
Spider-Man 4
Arguably the most famous canceled Marvel movie is Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 4. While Raimi’s 2002 Spider-Man kickstarted our current obsession with comic book movies,...
- 12/16/2022
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
The 2019 open-world action/adventure video game "Days Gone" is getting the big screen treatment from Sony PlayStation Productions, according to Deadline. The PlayStation game from Bend Studios and Sony Interactive Entertainment is set in a post-apocalyptic future in the Pacific Northwest after a pandemic turns people into zombie-like creatures called Freakers. It has sold over nine million units so far, with the lead role of Deacon St. John voiced by Sam Witwer, the voice of Darth Maul in "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," "Star Wars Rebels," and "Solo: A Star Wars Story."
This move comes after the success of Sony's "Uncharted" film, based on the video game of the same name, starring Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg. "Uncharted" made almost 402 million worldwide, making it the fifth-highest grossing after "Warcraft," "Detective Pikachu," "Rampage," and "Sonic the Hedgehog 2."
Here is everything we know so far about the film adaptation of "Days Gone.
This move comes after the success of Sony's "Uncharted" film, based on the video game of the same name, starring Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg. "Uncharted" made almost 402 million worldwide, making it the fifth-highest grossing after "Warcraft," "Detective Pikachu," "Rampage," and "Sonic the Hedgehog 2."
Here is everything we know so far about the film adaptation of "Days Gone.
- 8/19/2022
- by Jenna Busch
- Slash Film
Get ready to siphon some gas from your local station and stock up on zombie-killing supplies because a Days Gone movie is hitting the open road. That’s right, gamers! Sony‘s post-apocalyptic tale of motorcycles and undead mayhem is getting adapted for the silver screen. Additionally, it looks as if Outlander‘s Sam Heughan is going donuts around the lead role.
Created by Bend Studio, Days Gone is an open-world action-adventure game set in a harsh wilderness two years after a devastating global pandemic. Players assume the role of Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter who rides the broken road, fighting to survive while searching for a reason to live. Featuring a harsh sandbox environment, brutal combat against undead hordes and humans alike, and plenty of open roads to explore, Days Gone has sold more than 9 million units since its launch on the Playstation 4 console.
According to Deadline,...
Created by Bend Studio, Days Gone is an open-world action-adventure game set in a harsh wilderness two years after a devastating global pandemic. Players assume the role of Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter who rides the broken road, fighting to survive while searching for a reason to live. Featuring a harsh sandbox environment, brutal combat against undead hordes and humans alike, and plenty of open roads to explore, Days Gone has sold more than 9 million units since its launch on the Playstation 4 console.
According to Deadline,...
- 8/19/2022
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Released in 2019, Bend Studio’s zombie game Days Gone is headed to the big screen, Deadline reports, with Sam Heughan (“Outlander”) currently “circling” the movie adaptation.
Sony PlayStation Productions is behind the Days Gone movie, which has Oscar-nominated scribe Sheldon Turner writing.
Days Gone is “set in the Pacific Northwest after a devastating global pandemic.”
“The game chronicles former motorcycle club member, Deacon St. John, as he fights to survive against the forces of despair and mutated, predatory humans in his quest to find the long lost, presumed dead, love of his life.”
If he lands the role, Sam Heughan would play Deacon St. John.
Deadline also reports, “I hear Turner’s script will be a love ballad to motorcycle movies; the bike being Deacon’s sole form of transportation, his horse in this would-be, modern-day western.”
Vendetta Productions is producing with Sony PlayStation Productions.
Days Gone was conceived as...
Sony PlayStation Productions is behind the Days Gone movie, which has Oscar-nominated scribe Sheldon Turner writing.
Days Gone is “set in the Pacific Northwest after a devastating global pandemic.”
“The game chronicles former motorcycle club member, Deacon St. John, as he fights to survive against the forces of despair and mutated, predatory humans in his quest to find the long lost, presumed dead, love of his life.”
If he lands the role, Sam Heughan would play Deacon St. John.
Deadline also reports, “I hear Turner’s script will be a love ballad to motorcycle movies; the bike being Deacon’s sole form of transportation, his horse in this would-be, modern-day western.”
Vendetta Productions is producing with Sony PlayStation Productions.
Days Gone was conceived as...
- 8/19/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: In the wake of Sony minting the start of a cinematic franchise in its big screen take of PlayStation game, Uncharted, which made close to 402M WW, we hear the movie division of its videogame arm, Sony PlayStation Productions, is developing the feature rendition of Days Gone, which Outlander‘s Sam Heughan is circling and Oscar nominated scribe Sheldon Turner is adapting.
The Bend Studios created game, which has sold 9M units, is set in the Pacific Northwest after a devastating global pandemic. The game chronicles former motorcycle club member, Deacon St. John, as he fights to survive against the forces of despair and mutated, predatory humans in his quest to find the long lost, presumed dead, love of his life. Heughan will play Deacon St. John. I hear Turner’s script will be a love ballad to motorcycle movies; the bike being Deacon’s sole form of transportation,...
The Bend Studios created game, which has sold 9M units, is set in the Pacific Northwest after a devastating global pandemic. The game chronicles former motorcycle club member, Deacon St. John, as he fights to survive against the forces of despair and mutated, predatory humans in his quest to find the long lost, presumed dead, love of his life. Heughan will play Deacon St. John. I hear Turner’s script will be a love ballad to motorcycle movies; the bike being Deacon’s sole form of transportation,...
- 8/19/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Coming off of her Emmy-nominated run as Insecure‘s Molly, Yvonne Orji reportedly has been tapped to lead a new drama series at Netflix.
As reported by our sister site Deadline, Stronger (working title) would star Orji as a single mom who “becomes obsessed with bodybuilding” as she toes “the surprisingly tenuous line separating self-empowerment from self-destruction.”
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Sheldon Turner, who was Academy Award-nominated for his Up in the Air screenplay,...
As reported by our sister site Deadline, Stronger (working title) would star Orji as a single mom who “becomes obsessed with bodybuilding” as she toes “the surprisingly tenuous line separating self-empowerment from self-destruction.”
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Sheldon Turner, who was Academy Award-nominated for his Up in the Air screenplay,...
- 8/9/2022
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: Netflix is developing Stronger (working title), a female empowerment bodybuilding drama series starring and executive produced by Insecure standout Yvonne Orji, sources tell Deadline. The project is created and written by Sheldon Turner (Up In the Air) and comes from A+E Studios where Turner and Jennifer Klein’s Vendetta Productions has a first-look deal.
No one would comment but Stronger (wt) is believed to follow Toni Winslow (Orji), a single mom who feels unseen and unimportant. She becomes obsessed with bodybuilding as she explores the surprisingly tenuous line separating self-empowerment from self-destruction, and will undergo not only a physical transformation but also an emotional one.
Turner and Klein executive produce via their Vendetta Productions alongside Orji and her manager DC Wade of Odenkirk Provissiero. A+E Studios is the studio.
Orji is coming off her role as Issa Dee’s (Issa Rae) best friend Molly on the HBO comedy series Insecure,...
No one would comment but Stronger (wt) is believed to follow Toni Winslow (Orji), a single mom who feels unseen and unimportant. She becomes obsessed with bodybuilding as she explores the surprisingly tenuous line separating self-empowerment from self-destruction, and will undergo not only a physical transformation but also an emotional one.
Turner and Klein executive produce via their Vendetta Productions alongside Orji and her manager DC Wade of Odenkirk Provissiero. A+E Studios is the studio.
Orji is coming off her role as Issa Dee’s (Issa Rae) best friend Molly on the HBO comedy series Insecure,...
- 8/9/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Going into this year’s Oscars, Jane Campion is currently expected to win Best Adapted Screenplay for “The Power of the Dog” with 7/2 odds according to Gold Derby’s combined predictions as of this writing. However, she recently ended up losing that award at BAFTA to Siân Heder for “Coda” in quite an upset. Last year, “The Father” managed to beat the eventual Best Picture winner, “Nomadland,” for Best Adapted Screenplay at BAFTA before going on to repeat at the Oscars. Could “Coda” be on a similar trajectory?
“Coda” follows Ruby Rossi (Emilia Jones), a child of deaf adults, otherwise known as a Coda, as she is the only hearing person in her family. Her parents, Frank (Troy Kotsur) and Jackie (Marlee Matlin), as well as her older brother, Leo (Daniel Durant), are all deaf. Ruby works alongside Frank and Leo in their fishing business. Though when she discovers a passion for singing,...
“Coda” follows Ruby Rossi (Emilia Jones), a child of deaf adults, otherwise known as a Coda, as she is the only hearing person in her family. Her parents, Frank (Troy Kotsur) and Jackie (Marlee Matlin), as well as her older brother, Leo (Daniel Durant), are all deaf. Ruby works alongside Frank and Leo in their fishing business. Though when she discovers a passion for singing,...
- 3/22/2022
- by Jeffrey Kare
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: NBC is developing Connection, a one-hour sci-fi character-driven drama from writer Nic Sheff, Sheldon Turner and Jennifer Klein’s Vendetta Productions and A+E Studios, where Turner and Klein are under a deal.
Written by Sheff, Connection centers around a boy who went missing ten years ago. Long presumed kidnapped or dead, he came back and claims to have been abducted by aliens. The strangest part? He’s not lying.
Sheff executive produces with Turner and Klein via Vendetta. A+E Studios is the studio.
Sheff was a writer and subject of the 2018 feature Beautiful Boy, based on his memoir Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines. On the television side, he staffed on Netflix series 13 Reasons Why and AMC’s The Killing, among other credits.
Vendetta Productions currently has in development Wyrd, a drama inspired by the Dark Horse comic, starring Matthew Rhys, at FX/20th Television.
Written by Sheff, Connection centers around a boy who went missing ten years ago. Long presumed kidnapped or dead, he came back and claims to have been abducted by aliens. The strangest part? He’s not lying.
Sheff executive produces with Turner and Klein via Vendetta. A+E Studios is the studio.
Sheff was a writer and subject of the 2018 feature Beautiful Boy, based on his memoir Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines. On the television side, he staffed on Netflix series 13 Reasons Why and AMC’s The Killing, among other credits.
Vendetta Productions currently has in development Wyrd, a drama inspired by the Dark Horse comic, starring Matthew Rhys, at FX/20th Television.
- 3/3/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
“Ted Lasso” star Juno Temple has joined the cast of Doug Liman’s action-adventure thriller “Everest.” The movie has also struck a number of global pre-sales for HanWay Films.
Temple will play mountaineer George Mallory’s wife, Ruth, who is left behind to handle their life during his life-threatening attempts to scale the mountain. The actor has joined cast members Ewan McGregor, who plays Mallory, alongside Sam Heughan and Mark Strong.
The movie, which launched at the pre-Cannes virtual market in June, will be released theatrically in all territories. It has so far sold into Sky Cinema (U.K.), Snd (France), Wild Bunch, Notorious, Belga (Benelux), Nordisk (Scandinavia), Nos (Portugal), Madman, Idc (Latin America), Elevation (Canada), Paradise (Cis/Baltics), Monolith (Poland), ProRom (Central and Eastern Europe), FrontRow (Middle East), Forum (Israel), Gravel Road (South Africa), Medialink (Hong Kong), PVR (Indian subcontinent), Falcon (Indonesia), Shaw (Singapore), Joy n Cinema (South Korea...
Temple will play mountaineer George Mallory’s wife, Ruth, who is left behind to handle their life during his life-threatening attempts to scale the mountain. The actor has joined cast members Ewan McGregor, who plays Mallory, alongside Sam Heughan and Mark Strong.
The movie, which launched at the pre-Cannes virtual market in June, will be released theatrically in all territories. It has so far sold into Sky Cinema (U.K.), Snd (France), Wild Bunch, Notorious, Belga (Benelux), Nordisk (Scandinavia), Nos (Portugal), Madman, Idc (Latin America), Elevation (Canada), Paradise (Cis/Baltics), Monolith (Poland), ProRom (Central and Eastern Europe), FrontRow (Middle East), Forum (Israel), Gravel Road (South Africa), Medialink (Hong Kong), PVR (Indian subcontinent), Falcon (Indonesia), Shaw (Singapore), Joy n Cinema (South Korea...
- 9/9/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Paramount Players has bought the original pitch Man of War from Vendetta Productions’ Sheldon Turner and Jennifer Klein. The project is in early development, and the Up in the Air Oscar-nominated and Golden Globe-winning scribe Turner will write.
In Man of War, when a recently retired Army veteran returns to his hometown in rural Georgia after the death of his mother, he abruptly is drawn into his own war against corruption and cruelty.
Turner and Klein’s Vendetta Productions have a first-look TV development and production deal at A+E Studios. Under the pact, Turner will pen original series, and A+E Studios and Vendetta will develop and produce projects targeted at all global and domestic television platforms and services. Turner also has football drama The Season in development at Amazon, producing via Vendetta.
Klein is producing the upcoming Doug Liman-directed adventure thriller feature Everest, starring Ewan McGregor, Sam Heughan and Mark Strong,...
In Man of War, when a recently retired Army veteran returns to his hometown in rural Georgia after the death of his mother, he abruptly is drawn into his own war against corruption and cruelty.
Turner and Klein’s Vendetta Productions have a first-look TV development and production deal at A+E Studios. Under the pact, Turner will pen original series, and A+E Studios and Vendetta will develop and produce projects targeted at all global and domestic television platforms and services. Turner also has football drama The Season in development at Amazon, producing via Vendetta.
Klein is producing the upcoming Doug Liman-directed adventure thriller feature Everest, starring Ewan McGregor, Sam Heughan and Mark Strong,...
- 8/10/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
In a presentation to buyers delivered at the start of the Pre-Cannes Screenings on Monday, director Doug Liman described his new movie “Everest,” set to star Ewan McGregor, Sam Heughan and Mark Strong, as the “ultimate adventure film.” HanWay Films is selling international rights at the virtual market, while UTA Independent Film Group handles U.S.
“‘Everest is about the first attempt to climb Mount Everest in 1921,” Liman explained. “It resulted in the first 11 deaths on Everest.” The film charts the intense rivalry between and driving obsession of English mountaineer George Mallory (McGregor) and the eccentric Aussie climber George Finch (Heughan). Strong plays the arrogant Arthur Hinks of the Royal Geographic Society, who selects Mallory to scale the mountain.
“;The Bourne Identity’ sort of changed how we shot car chases. My intention here with ‘Everest’ is to give the audience the experience, through Mallory and Finch, of what it’s actually like to climb Everest.
“‘Everest is about the first attempt to climb Mount Everest in 1921,” Liman explained. “It resulted in the first 11 deaths on Everest.” The film charts the intense rivalry between and driving obsession of English mountaineer George Mallory (McGregor) and the eccentric Aussie climber George Finch (Heughan). Strong plays the arrogant Arthur Hinks of the Royal Geographic Society, who selects Mallory to scale the mountain.
“;The Bourne Identity’ sort of changed how we shot car chases. My intention here with ‘Everest’ is to give the audience the experience, through Mallory and Finch, of what it’s actually like to climb Everest.
- 6/21/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Hollywood star Ewan McGregor is all set to play the late British mountaineering legend George Mallory in the upcoming adventure drama "Everest".
The film is directed by "The Bourne Identity" helmer Doug Liman and written for the screen by "Up In The Air" writer Sheldon Turner, reports hollywoodreporter.com.
Mark Strong and Sam Heughan will essay important roles in the film, while cinematographer Martin Ruhe, Oscar-winning composer T. Bone Burnett and production designer Oliver Scholl are also associated with the project.
"Everest" will be introduced to buyers at the Cannes Virtual Market during the prestigious Cannes film festival, being held this year from July 6 to 17. Shooting for the film begins in January next year, in the UK and Italy, according to Hollywood Reporter.
The film is directed by "The Bourne Identity" helmer Doug Liman and written for the screen by "Up In The Air" writer Sheldon Turner, reports hollywoodreporter.com.
Mark Strong and Sam Heughan will essay important roles in the film, while cinematographer Martin Ruhe, Oscar-winning composer T. Bone Burnett and production designer Oliver Scholl are also associated with the project.
"Everest" will be introduced to buyers at the Cannes Virtual Market during the prestigious Cannes film festival, being held this year from July 6 to 17. Shooting for the film begins in January next year, in the UK and Italy, according to Hollywood Reporter.
- 6/16/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Hanway Films to handle international sales and distribution.
Ewan McGregor, Sam Heughan and Mark Strong are to star in Doug Liman’s adventure thriller Everest, which will begin shooting in the UK and Italy from January 2022.
Hanway Films is handling international sales and distribution of the feature, and will begin sales at the Cannes Pre-Screenings next week. UTA Independent Film Group will oversee the US sale.
The screenplay has been written by Sheldon Turner, whose credits include Up In The Air, and is inspired by Jeffrey Archer novel Paths Of Glory. The feature has been a passion project of Liman...
Ewan McGregor, Sam Heughan and Mark Strong are to star in Doug Liman’s adventure thriller Everest, which will begin shooting in the UK and Italy from January 2022.
Hanway Films is handling international sales and distribution of the feature, and will begin sales at the Cannes Pre-Screenings next week. UTA Independent Film Group will oversee the US sale.
The screenplay has been written by Sheldon Turner, whose credits include Up In The Air, and is inspired by Jeffrey Archer novel Paths Of Glory. The feature has been a passion project of Liman...
- 6/16/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Having recently tackled the world of haute couture in “Halston,” Ewan McGregor is going to break out his climbing gear to scale the heights in “Everest.”
The high-altitude adventure comes courtesy of Doug Liman, the exacting action auteur behind “The Bourne Identity” and “Edge of Tomorrow,” and will star McGregor as George Mallory, an English mountaineer who took part in the first three British expeditions to Mount Everest. This is, of course, not to be confused with 2015’s “Everest,” a re-telling of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, when eight climbers caught in a blizzard died while attempting to descend from the summit.
Here’s the official logline: “1921. Everest remains the very last great unconquered challenge on earth. Many have sacrificed their sanity and often their lives in the attempt to reach its fabled summit. George Mallory (McGregor) is picked by the arrogant Arthur Hinks (Strong) of the Royal Geographic Society to scale the impossible.
The high-altitude adventure comes courtesy of Doug Liman, the exacting action auteur behind “The Bourne Identity” and “Edge of Tomorrow,” and will star McGregor as George Mallory, an English mountaineer who took part in the first three British expeditions to Mount Everest. This is, of course, not to be confused with 2015’s “Everest,” a re-telling of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, when eight climbers caught in a blizzard died while attempting to descend from the summit.
Here’s the official logline: “1921. Everest remains the very last great unconquered challenge on earth. Many have sacrificed their sanity and often their lives in the attempt to reach its fabled summit. George Mallory (McGregor) is picked by the arrogant Arthur Hinks (Strong) of the Royal Geographic Society to scale the impossible.
- 6/16/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Ewan McGregor, Outlander‘s Sam Heughan and Mark Strong have been set to star in Everest, an adventure thriller to be directed by Doug Liman from a script from Oscar-nominated Up in the Air scribe Sheldon Turner. The just announced pic is set to start shooting in the UK and Italy in January 22. HanWay Films will rep international sales and distribution beginning at the upcoming Cannes Virtual Market. UTA Independent Film Group will handle the U.S. sale.
Inspired by Jeffrey Archer’s novel Paths of Glory, the story is set in 1921 and centers on the real-life George Mallory (McGregor) who is picked by Arthur Hinks (Strong) of the Royal Geographic Society to scale the previously unconquerable Mt Everest. Following World War I, the fading British empire is desperate for a victory, but for Mallory and his rival, the eccentric Aussie George Finch (Heughan), the challenge has nothing to do with patriotism,...
Inspired by Jeffrey Archer’s novel Paths of Glory, the story is set in 1921 and centers on the real-life George Mallory (McGregor) who is picked by Arthur Hinks (Strong) of the Royal Geographic Society to scale the previously unconquerable Mt Everest. Following World War I, the fading British empire is desperate for a victory, but for Mallory and his rival, the eccentric Aussie George Finch (Heughan), the challenge has nothing to do with patriotism,...
- 6/16/2021
- by Patrick Hipes and Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Ewan McGregor is heading towards the stars again.
The Star Wars, Trainspotting and Halston actor is set to play famed British mountaineer George Mallory in adventure thriller Everest from The Bourne Identity and Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Sheldon Turner (Up In the Air). Sam Heughan (Outlander, The Spy Who Dumped Me, Bloodshot) and Mark Strong (1917, Cruella) will also star.
The feature — which HanWay films will be introducing to buyers at the upcoming Cannes Virtual Market, with UTA handling U.S. — is inspired by the novel Paths of Glory by bestselling English author Jeffrey Archer, and is set in 1921, when Mount Everest remained the very ...
The Star Wars, Trainspotting and Halston actor is set to play famed British mountaineer George Mallory in adventure thriller Everest from The Bourne Identity and Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Sheldon Turner (Up In the Air). Sam Heughan (Outlander, The Spy Who Dumped Me, Bloodshot) and Mark Strong (1917, Cruella) will also star.
The feature — which HanWay films will be introducing to buyers at the upcoming Cannes Virtual Market, with UTA handling U.S. — is inspired by the novel Paths of Glory by bestselling English author Jeffrey Archer, and is set in 1921, when Mount Everest remained the very ...
- 6/16/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Ewan McGregor is heading towards the stars again.
The Star Wars, Trainspotting and Halston actor is set to play famed British mountaineer George Mallory in adventure thriller Everest from The Bourne Identity and Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Sheldon Turner (Up In the Air). Sam Heughan (Outlander, The Spy Who Dumped Me, Bloodshot) and Mark Strong (1917, Cruella) will also star.
The feature — which HanWay films will be introducing to buyers at the upcoming Cannes Virtual Market, with UTA handling U.S. — is inspired by the novel Paths of Glory by bestselling English author Jeffrey Archer, and is set in 1921, when Mount Everest remained the very ...
The Star Wars, Trainspotting and Halston actor is set to play famed British mountaineer George Mallory in adventure thriller Everest from The Bourne Identity and Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Sheldon Turner (Up In the Air). Sam Heughan (Outlander, The Spy Who Dumped Me, Bloodshot) and Mark Strong (1917, Cruella) will also star.
The feature — which HanWay films will be introducing to buyers at the upcoming Cannes Virtual Market, with UTA handling U.S. — is inspired by the novel Paths of Glory by bestselling English author Jeffrey Archer, and is set in 1921, when Mount Everest remained the very ...
- 6/16/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Earning his first two Golden Globe nominations in 2017 and 2019 for his turn in FX spy drama The Americans, actor Matthew Rhys returns to contention this month with HBO’s Perry Mason redux.
For Rhys, this morning’s nom felt like a validation of the efforts of the production team, as well as of the risk he took, when he stepped into the shoes of an already iconic character.
“It’s always great to be nominated for something you really believe in. There was, I think, a mild hint of apprehension…because you’re reimagining something that was firmly established, in the hearts and minds of especially America, but worldwide,” the actor told Deadline today. “The madness of this business is, you throw so many balls in the air, hoping that they align as planets, and it works. So, you’re relieved, in a way, that it worked.”
Developed and written...
For Rhys, this morning’s nom felt like a validation of the efforts of the production team, as well as of the risk he took, when he stepped into the shoes of an already iconic character.
“It’s always great to be nominated for something you really believe in. There was, I think, a mild hint of apprehension…because you’re reimagining something that was firmly established, in the hearts and minds of especially America, but worldwide,” the actor told Deadline today. “The madness of this business is, you throw so many balls in the air, hoping that they align as planets, and it works. So, you’re relieved, in a way, that it worked.”
Developed and written...
- 2/3/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: One of television’s most iconic legal dramas is poised for a comeback. ABC is developing LA Law, a new incarnation of the Emmy-winning Steven Bochco series, with Tony nominee Blair Underwood set to reprise his role as attorney Jonathan Rollins and executive produce.
The new LA Law is written/executive produced by Arrow and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow co-creator/executive producer Marc Guggenheim and Arrow/Legends writer Ubah Mohamed, and directed/executive produced by Emmy winner Anthony Hemingway. In it, the venerable law firm of McKenzie Brackman reinvents itself as a litigation firm specializing in only the most high-profile, boundary-pushing and incendiary cases. Underwood reprises his role as Rollins, who has gone from idealistic to more conservative as he clashes with millennial JJ Freeman to decide the best path forward for the firm to effect political and legal change.
While the focus will be on the new...
The new LA Law is written/executive produced by Arrow and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow co-creator/executive producer Marc Guggenheim and Arrow/Legends writer Ubah Mohamed, and directed/executive produced by Emmy winner Anthony Hemingway. In it, the venerable law firm of McKenzie Brackman reinvents itself as a litigation firm specializing in only the most high-profile, boundary-pushing and incendiary cases. Underwood reprises his role as Rollins, who has gone from idealistic to more conservative as he clashes with millennial JJ Freeman to decide the best path forward for the firm to effect political and legal change.
While the focus will be on the new...
- 12/17/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Deadline has reported that Matthew Rhys is set to return to FX, the home of his very successful spy thriller series The Americans, in a new drama based on the Dark Horse comic Wyrd. Matthew Rhys will serve as executive producer on Wyrd as well as starring in the series, which has been written by Sheldon Turner (Up In the Air). The original comic was described by Dark Horse as "James…...
- 12/16/2020
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Matthew Rhys could be the lead of an FX series once again.
“The Americans” star is developing a new drama called “Wyrd” at the network, teaming with “Up In the Air” writer Sheldon Turner. Rhys is in place to executive produce, alongside his wife and fellow “Americans” star Keri Russell, with an eye on playing the titular lead.
Inspired by the Dark Horse comic, the prospective series centers around Wyrd (Rhys), an exiled extraterrestrial who was sent to earth in an attempt to better understand humanity. When his people don’t come back for him, Wyrd is forced to assimilate at the same time as investigating paranormal activity and searching for a way home.
“Wyrd” hails from FX Productions, 20th Television and Turner and Jennifer Klein’s Vendetta Productions. Turner and Klein are both EPs on the project via Vendetta, with Dark Horse also executive producing.
This would be the...
“The Americans” star is developing a new drama called “Wyrd” at the network, teaming with “Up In the Air” writer Sheldon Turner. Rhys is in place to executive produce, alongside his wife and fellow “Americans” star Keri Russell, with an eye on playing the titular lead.
Inspired by the Dark Horse comic, the prospective series centers around Wyrd (Rhys), an exiled extraterrestrial who was sent to earth in an attempt to better understand humanity. When his people don’t come back for him, Wyrd is forced to assimilate at the same time as investigating paranormal activity and searching for a way home.
“Wyrd” hails from FX Productions, 20th Television and Turner and Jennifer Klein’s Vendetta Productions. Turner and Klein are both EPs on the project via Vendetta, with Dark Horse also executive producing.
This would be the...
- 12/16/2020
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
Matthew Rhys is back in the spy game… but his homeland is a little further away this time.
The Emmy winner will star in the upcoming FX drama Wyrd, based on the Dark Horse comic book of the same name, our sister site Deadline reports. He’ll play Wyrd, an extraterrestrial sent to Earth to observe humanity. “When his people don’t come back for him, he’s forced to assimilate, all while investigating paranormal activity and searching for a way home,” per the official description.
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The Emmy winner will star in the upcoming FX drama Wyrd, based on the Dark Horse comic book of the same name, our sister site Deadline reports. He’ll play Wyrd, an extraterrestrial sent to Earth to observe humanity. “When his people don’t come back for him, he’s forced to assimilate, all while investigating paranormal activity and searching for a way home,” per the official description.
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- 12/16/2020
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: Emmy-winning The Americans star Matthew Rhys is returning to FX as the lead and executive producer of Wyrd, a drama inspired by the Dark Horse comic. The project, which is in development at the Disney-owned cable network, hails from Sheldon Turner (Up In the Air), Vendetta Prods., FX Prods. and 20th Television.
Written by Turner, Wyrd is the story of the ultimate immigrant, an extraterrestrial in exile. It centers on Wyrd (Rhys) who was sent to earth in an attempt to better understand humanity. When his people don’t come back for him, he’s forced to assimilate – all while investigating paranormal activity and searching for a way home.
Rhys executive produces alongside his The Americans co-star and wife Keri Russell. Turner and Jennifer Klein executive produce via their Vendetta Productions alongside Mike Richardson, Keith Goldberg and Chris Tongue for Dark Horse.
The four-issue Wyrd book series, created by Curt Pires and Antonio Fuso,...
Written by Turner, Wyrd is the story of the ultimate immigrant, an extraterrestrial in exile. It centers on Wyrd (Rhys) who was sent to earth in an attempt to better understand humanity. When his people don’t come back for him, he’s forced to assimilate – all while investigating paranormal activity and searching for a way home.
Rhys executive produces alongside his The Americans co-star and wife Keri Russell. Turner and Jennifer Klein executive produce via their Vendetta Productions alongside Mike Richardson, Keith Goldberg and Chris Tongue for Dark Horse.
The four-issue Wyrd book series, created by Curt Pires and Antonio Fuso,...
- 12/16/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Sheldon Turner and Jennifer Klein and their Vendetta Productions are setting up shop at A+E Studios with a first-look television development and production deal. Under the pact, Turner will pen original series, and A+E Studios and Vendetta will also develop and produce projects targeted at all global and domestic television platforms and services.
At A+E Studios, Turner and Klein will work with studio head Barry Jossen and EVP Creative Affairs Tana Jamieson.
“Sheldon and Jennifer are fantastic producers whose strong talent relations result in discovering unique voices and captivating stories,” said Jamieson. “With new series in production and a robust development slate, A+E Studios continues to grow and evolve, and now with the addition of Sheldon and Jennifer to our roster, together we will add to our arsenal of outstanding premium television across all platforms.”
Vendetta Productions is currently developing The Star Chamber for Amazon, a...
At A+E Studios, Turner and Klein will work with studio head Barry Jossen and EVP Creative Affairs Tana Jamieson.
“Sheldon and Jennifer are fantastic producers whose strong talent relations result in discovering unique voices and captivating stories,” said Jamieson. “With new series in production and a robust development slate, A+E Studios continues to grow and evolve, and now with the addition of Sheldon and Jennifer to our roster, together we will add to our arsenal of outstanding premium television across all platforms.”
Vendetta Productions is currently developing The Star Chamber for Amazon, a...
- 10/26/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Scribe Sheldon Turner & His Vendetta Productions Board Amazon College Football Feature ‘Work Horses’
Exclusive: Up in the Air Oscar nominee and Golden Globe winning scribe Sheldon Turner has boarded Amazon’s football drama Work Horses in what is a complete reinvention of the project. He will produce with Jennifer Klein via their company Vendetta Productions.
The project, which is being directed by Emmy winning American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson filmmaker Anthony Hemingway, was announced in November 2018 exclusively by Deadline. Work Horses takes an inside look into the world of high-stakes, big time college football, and follows a newly hired head coach as he confronts systematic corruption and the routine abuse of athletes within the sport. We hear it’s been billed as The Insider meets Friday Night Lights.
As previously reported two-time NFL Mvp Aaron Rodgers and ESPN analyst Desmond Howard will executive produce with Ryan Rottman. Hemingway will produce with ex-NFL and former Lsu receiver Abram Booty and Nate Raabe.
The project, which is being directed by Emmy winning American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson filmmaker Anthony Hemingway, was announced in November 2018 exclusively by Deadline. Work Horses takes an inside look into the world of high-stakes, big time college football, and follows a newly hired head coach as he confronts systematic corruption and the routine abuse of athletes within the sport. We hear it’s been billed as The Insider meets Friday Night Lights.
As previously reported two-time NFL Mvp Aaron Rodgers and ESPN analyst Desmond Howard will executive produce with Ryan Rottman. Hemingway will produce with ex-NFL and former Lsu receiver Abram Booty and Nate Raabe.
- 8/20/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO Max is going to the dogs: WarnerMedia’s forthcoming streaming service has ordered the dog grooming competition series Hot Dog (working title).
The 12-episode program will feature “three dog groomers facing off in a full head-to-tail creative competition showcasing canine breeds of all kinds,” per the official synopsis. Each installment will include “imaginative challenges and out-of-the-box themes meant to spotlight the best looks for man’s best friend.”
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The 12-episode program will feature “three dog groomers facing off in a full head-to-tail creative competition showcasing canine breeds of all kinds,” per the official synopsis. Each installment will include “imaginative challenges and out-of-the-box themes meant to spotlight the best looks for man’s best friend.”
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- 4/17/2020
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: Amazon Studios has put in development The Star Chamber, a thriller drama inspired by the 1983 Michael Douglas film of the same name, from Sheldon Turner and Jennifer Klein’s Vendetta Productions and Fox 21 Television Studios. The project stems from Vendetta’s deal at 20th Century Fox TV and Fox 21 TV Studios, divisions of Disney TV Studios.
Written by Turner (Up In the Air), The Star Chamber series gives the movie a gender twist. It follows a revered female federal appellate court judge in San Francisco. She leads a shadowy group of judges that decide to right the wrongs of the broken legal system as she struggles to balance her obligations to law, to religion and to her family.
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Written by Turner (Up In the Air), The Star Chamber series gives the movie a gender twist. It follows a revered female federal appellate court judge in San Francisco. She leads a shadowy group of judges that decide to right the wrongs of the broken legal system as she struggles to balance her obligations to law, to religion and to her family.
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- 4/17/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
What a difference 18 hours makes. Greta Gerwig‘s “Little Women” script was the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar frontrunner, but then suffered a pair of transatlantic defeats over the weekend. She lost the Writers Guild of America Award and the BAFTA to Taika Waititi‘s “Jojo Rabbit,” which has now displaced “Little Women” for the top spot in our odds. Can “Little Women” pull off a big upset at the Oscars? Sure, but it’ll have to be the first film in 10 years to take down the WGA and BAFTA champ.
The last movie to do so was “Precious” (2009), which stunned “Up in the Air” to take the Oscar for Geoffrey Fletcher. This was a bigger shocker than “Little Women” over “Jojo Rabbit” would be since “Up in the Air” had dominated the season, collecting the Golden Globe (which has one screenplay category), Critics’ Choice, BAFTA, the USC Scripter Award and WGA.
The last movie to do so was “Precious” (2009), which stunned “Up in the Air” to take the Oscar for Geoffrey Fletcher. This was a bigger shocker than “Little Women” over “Jojo Rabbit” would be since “Up in the Air” had dominated the season, collecting the Golden Globe (which has one screenplay category), Critics’ Choice, BAFTA, the USC Scripter Award and WGA.
- 2/7/2020
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
The Writers Guild of America Awards on Sunday was full of surprises, not the least of which was “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” winning Best Adapted Screenplay over “BlacKkKlansman.” The Oscar frontrunner, “BlacKkKlansman” was the odds-on favorite at WGA as well in what many of us assumed would be an easy win for Spike Lee & Co. en route to his first competitive Oscar. But what does this loss mean for “BlacKkKlansman”‘s Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar chances now? It will have to do what just one film has managed to achieve in the last 10 years: win the Oscar by beating the film to which it lost the WGA Award.
The last film to do this was “Precious” (2009), which claimed Best Adapted Screenplay over season-long frontrunner “Up in the Air.” Just how big of an upset was this? “Up in the Air” had bagged every major precursor: the Golden Globe, Critics’ Choice,...
The last film to do this was “Precious” (2009), which claimed Best Adapted Screenplay over season-long frontrunner “Up in the Air.” Just how big of an upset was this? “Up in the Air” had bagged every major precursor: the Golden Globe, Critics’ Choice,...
- 2/20/2019
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Existence, a survival story based on a screenplay by Anthony Jaswinski who penned the hit thriller The Shallows, will be directed by Brad Anderson (The Machinist) and produced by Tucker Tooley Entertainment. The harrowing story was inspired by the 1981 ill-fated shipwreck of a research vessel that became marooned after a typhoon on a remote island — the North Sentinel Island –in the Indian Ocean.
Upon exploring the terrain, the surviving crew encounters multiple terrors not only from the forces of nature but also from a sect of people who have existed in a primal state for about 60,000 years. Widely considered to be the last remaining Pre-Neolithic society on Earth, the North Sentinelese tribesmen have successfully saved themselves from extinction by exercising their right to resist all integration with the outside world – avoiding the catastrophic violence and disease that such contact has historically brought to other indigenous people.
Tooley will produce...
Upon exploring the terrain, the surviving crew encounters multiple terrors not only from the forces of nature but also from a sect of people who have existed in a primal state for about 60,000 years. Widely considered to be the last remaining Pre-Neolithic society on Earth, the North Sentinelese tribesmen have successfully saved themselves from extinction by exercising their right to resist all integration with the outside world – avoiding the catastrophic violence and disease that such contact has historically brought to other indigenous people.
Tooley will produce...
- 2/5/2019
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline Film + TV
Universal Pictures has set Jane, a drama that Sheldon Turner will write, with Jennifer Klein producing through their Vendetta label.
The African-set action thriller has a strong role for an actress. When well-trained and well-financed professional poachers begin to target a conservationist ranch in Tanzania, it falls on one woman to defend the land and its denizens, and protect the very future of the rhino.
Uni’s Kristin Lowe is overseeing.
Turner (Up In The Air and The Longest Yard) is repped by CAA and Myman Greenspan, Klein by CAA and Bloom Hergott.
The African-set action thriller has a strong role for an actress. When well-trained and well-financed professional poachers begin to target a conservationist ranch in Tanzania, it falls on one woman to defend the land and its denizens, and protect the very future of the rhino.
Uni’s Kristin Lowe is overseeing.
Turner (Up In The Air and The Longest Yard) is repped by CAA and Myman Greenspan, Klein by CAA and Bloom Hergott.
- 12/12/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox has handed out a put pilot commitment to Safe Harbor, a drama written by Sheldon Turner and to be directed by McG. The project is produced by Turner and Jennifer Klein’s Vendetta, McG’s Wonderland Sound & Vision and 20th Century Fox TV, where the two companies are under deals.
Safe Harbor is an inside look at the country’s most unique military organization. It follows an investigative branch of the U.S. Coast Guard in Miami Beach as they confront a wide array of crimes and catastrophes on land and sea. Willfully putting themselves in harm’s way, these “Coasties” embody the honor and bravery it can take to save a life.
Executive producing the project are Turner and Klein via Vendetta; McG and Mary Viola via Wonderland Sound and Vision as well as Lawrence Bender and Kevin Brown.
This is the second consecutive collaboration between Vendetta and Wonderland...
Safe Harbor is an inside look at the country’s most unique military organization. It follows an investigative branch of the U.S. Coast Guard in Miami Beach as they confront a wide array of crimes and catastrophes on land and sea. Willfully putting themselves in harm’s way, these “Coasties” embody the honor and bravery it can take to save a life.
Executive producing the project are Turner and Klein via Vendetta; McG and Mary Viola via Wonderland Sound and Vision as well as Lawrence Bender and Kevin Brown.
This is the second consecutive collaboration between Vendetta and Wonderland...
- 11/5/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
There’s a new Bonnie and Clyde film in development called Love is a Gun and the two legendary outlaws will be played by Chloë Grace Moretz (Kick-Ass) and Jack O’Connell (Unbroken).
This movie is is based on a book called Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story Of Bonnie And Clyde from author Jeff Guinn. The script for the movie is being written by Sheldon Turner (Up In The Air) with revisions by Johnny Newman (Narcos) and Kiké Maillo (Eva) is directing.
There hasn’t been a Bonnie and Clyde movie made since Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway’s classic 1967 film. I’m kinda surprised it’s taken so long to tell their story on the big screed again.
Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut Barrow were notorious criminals who traveled central U.S. with their gang during the Great Depression, robbing banks and killing when cornered or confronted.
This movie is is based on a book called Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story Of Bonnie And Clyde from author Jeff Guinn. The script for the movie is being written by Sheldon Turner (Up In The Air) with revisions by Johnny Newman (Narcos) and Kiké Maillo (Eva) is directing.
There hasn’t been a Bonnie and Clyde movie made since Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway’s classic 1967 film. I’m kinda surprised it’s taken so long to tell their story on the big screed again.
Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut Barrow were notorious criminals who traveled central U.S. with their gang during the Great Depression, robbing banks and killing when cornered or confronted.
- 10/31/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Chloë Grace Moretz and Jack O’Connell are attached to star in the Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow story Love Is a Gun with Spanish helmer Kiké Maillo directing.
Marissa McMahon and Ashley Schlaifer of Kamala Films (A Private War) are producing alongside Sean and Bryan Furst of Skybound Entertainment. The project is based on Jeff Guinn’s "Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde" and written by Sheldon Turner (Up in the Air) with revisions by Johnny Newman.
Marissa McMahon and Ashley Schlaifer of Kamala Films (A Private War) are producing alongside Sean and Bryan Furst of Skybound Entertainment. The project is based on Jeff Guinn’s "Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde" and written by Sheldon Turner (Up in the Air) with revisions by Johnny Newman.
- 10/30/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Sean and Bryan Furst (The Matador) among producers.
Chloë Grace Moretz and Jack O’Connell are attached to star in Kiké Maillo’s Bonnie and Clyde drama Love Is A Gun, which Endeavor Content is introducing to Afm buyers this week.
Marissa McMahon and Ashley Schlaifer of Kamala Films (A Private War) are producing the gritty love story about Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow alongside Sean and Bryan Furst of Skybound Entertainment.
Production is scheduled to start in early 2019. CAA jointly represents the film in the Us with the producers. Love Is A Gun is based on Sheldon Turner’s...
Chloë Grace Moretz and Jack O’Connell are attached to star in Kiké Maillo’s Bonnie and Clyde drama Love Is A Gun, which Endeavor Content is introducing to Afm buyers this week.
Marissa McMahon and Ashley Schlaifer of Kamala Films (A Private War) are producing the gritty love story about Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow alongside Sean and Bryan Furst of Skybound Entertainment.
Production is scheduled to start in early 2019. CAA jointly represents the film in the Us with the producers. Love Is A Gun is based on Sheldon Turner’s...
- 10/30/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Chloë Grace Moretz (Greta) and Jack O’Connell (Unbroken) are attached to star as iconic outlaws Bonnie and Clyde in Kiké Maillo’s (Eva) Love Is A Gun.
Marissa McMahon and Ashley Schlaifer of Kamala Films (A Private War) are producing alongside Sean and Bryan Furst (Daybreakers) of Skybound Entertainment. Endeavor Content is handling international sales and will present the project to buyers at AFM. CAA is co-repping domestic with the producers.
The story is based on author Jeff Guinn’s (Manson: The Life And Times of Charles Manson) book Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story Of Bonnie And Clyde and adapted by Sheldon Turner (Up In The Air) with revisions by Johnny Newman (Narcos). Production is scheduled to start in early 2019 and the movie is set in the 1930s.
This is an audacious effort, seeing as the iconic couple have not been tackled for the big screen...
Marissa McMahon and Ashley Schlaifer of Kamala Films (A Private War) are producing alongside Sean and Bryan Furst (Daybreakers) of Skybound Entertainment. Endeavor Content is handling international sales and will present the project to buyers at AFM. CAA is co-repping domestic with the producers.
The story is based on author Jeff Guinn’s (Manson: The Life And Times of Charles Manson) book Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story Of Bonnie And Clyde and adapted by Sheldon Turner (Up In The Air) with revisions by Johnny Newman (Narcos). Production is scheduled to start in early 2019 and the movie is set in the 1930s.
This is an audacious effort, seeing as the iconic couple have not been tackled for the big screen...
- 10/30/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
More than 50 years after Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway turned them into cinematic icons, Bonnie and Clyde are heading back to the big screen.
Chloe Grace Moretz and Jack O'Connell are teaming up to play the notorious Depression-era criminal duo for Love Is a Gun, which will be directed by Kike Maillo, whose 2016 film Toro became a box-office hit in his native Spain.
Based on best-selling author Jeff Guinn’s Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde and written by Oscar-nominee Sheldon Turner (Up In the Air) with revisions by Johnny Newman (Narcos), Love ...
Chloe Grace Moretz and Jack O'Connell are teaming up to play the notorious Depression-era criminal duo for Love Is a Gun, which will be directed by Kike Maillo, whose 2016 film Toro became a box-office hit in his native Spain.
Based on best-selling author Jeff Guinn’s Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde and written by Oscar-nominee Sheldon Turner (Up In the Air) with revisions by Johnny Newman (Narcos), Love ...
- 10/30/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
More than 50 years after Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway turned them into cinematic icons, Bonnie and Clyde are heading back to the big screen.
Chloe Grace Moretz and Jack O'Connell are teaming up to play the notorious Depression-era criminal duo for Love is a Gun, being directed by Kike Maillo, whose 2016 film Toro became a box office hit in his native Spain.
Based on bestselling author Jeff Guinn’s Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde and written by Oscar-nominee Sheldon Turner (Up In The Air) with revisions by Johnny Newman (Narcos), Love is ...
Chloe Grace Moretz and Jack O'Connell are teaming up to play the notorious Depression-era criminal duo for Love is a Gun, being directed by Kike Maillo, whose 2016 film Toro became a box office hit in his native Spain.
Based on bestselling author Jeff Guinn’s Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde and written by Oscar-nominee Sheldon Turner (Up In The Air) with revisions by Johnny Newman (Narcos), Love is ...
- 10/30/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fox has given a script commitment plus penalty to Remedy, a medical drama from writer Katie Lovejoy (Dracula), Sheldon Turner and Jennifer Klein’s Vendetta Productions and 20th Century Fox TV, where Vendetta is based.
Written by Lovejoy, Remedy is an aspirational drama about Remedy Shaw, a young female medical professional with a rare neurological condition that allows her to literally feel her patient’s pain. As she enters the impersonal, evidence-based medical system for the first time, she discovers that her unique ability to empathize with patients allows her to do more than cure sickness; it heals people. And in the process, she may even heal herself.
The series is inspired by 30-year old Missouri woman Megan Pohlmann who has mirror-touch synesthesia, an extremely rare neurological condition that enables people to feel others’ emotions and physical pain. She uses her skills to help others as a nurse.
Lovejoy executive...
Written by Lovejoy, Remedy is an aspirational drama about Remedy Shaw, a young female medical professional with a rare neurological condition that allows her to literally feel her patient’s pain. As she enters the impersonal, evidence-based medical system for the first time, she discovers that her unique ability to empathize with patients allows her to do more than cure sickness; it heals people. And in the process, she may even heal herself.
The series is inspired by 30-year old Missouri woman Megan Pohlmann who has mirror-touch synesthesia, an extremely rare neurological condition that enables people to feel others’ emotions and physical pain. She uses her skills to help others as a nurse.
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- 10/12/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Sheldon Turner and Jennifer Klein and their Vendetta Productions are staying at 20th Century Fox Television. The duo have inked a two-year overall deal with 20th TV and its cable/digital division, Fox 21 TV Studios. Under the new pact, Turner and Klein will continue to develop new projects for network, cable and streaming services.
“Sheldon and Jen are gifted producers with smart, commercial instincts and they are brimming with ideas,” said 20th TV president of creative affairs Jonnie Davis. “We love working with them.”
Added Bert Salke, president of Fox 21 TV Studios, “Sheldon is a fantastic writer and he and Jen have been developing with Fox 21 since the early days of our company. I have known both of them forever, and was excited to continue our relationship.”
Vendetta moved to 20th TV two years ago after a three-year stint at Sony TV. One of the projects they developed and...
“Sheldon and Jen are gifted producers with smart, commercial instincts and they are brimming with ideas,” said 20th TV president of creative affairs Jonnie Davis. “We love working with them.”
Added Bert Salke, president of Fox 21 TV Studios, “Sheldon is a fantastic writer and he and Jen have been developing with Fox 21 since the early days of our company. I have known both of them forever, and was excited to continue our relationship.”
Vendetta moved to 20th TV two years ago after a three-year stint at Sony TV. One of the projects they developed and...
- 8/8/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Paramount Pictures has acquired the Jonathan Miles novel Anatomy Of A Miracle, and Sheldon Turner will write the script. It’s Turner’s first job with the studio since he co-wrote Up In The Air, and before that The Longest Yard. Jennifer Klein is producing.
The novel was published last March by Crown/Hogarth. A war vet returns from battle to his hometown a paraplegic. Until one day he just literally stands up. No one knows how. The town thinks he’s a Messiah and he soon has news media and the Vatican on his doorstep. The author previously wrote Dear American Airlines and Want Not.
ICM Partners reps the author and Vanessa Joyce will oversee the project for Paramount. CAA reps Turner.
Klein and Turner partner in Vendetta Production Co. and they are shepherding several projects including one on the attempts to climb Mt. Everest by George Mallory...
The novel was published last March by Crown/Hogarth. A war vet returns from battle to his hometown a paraplegic. Until one day he just literally stands up. No one knows how. The town thinks he’s a Messiah and he soon has news media and the Vatican on his doorstep. The author previously wrote Dear American Airlines and Want Not.
ICM Partners reps the author and Vanessa Joyce will oversee the project for Paramount. CAA reps Turner.
Klein and Turner partner in Vendetta Production Co. and they are shepherding several projects including one on the attempts to climb Mt. Everest by George Mallory...
- 6/20/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
At this year’s Golden Globes, four films failed to translate any of their nominations into wins. “The Post” had six bids but was blanked while “Call Me By Your Name” and “Dunkirk” each lost three races and ”Get Out” was bested in two. Do these cross-the-board shutouts by the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. hurt their hopes with the academy? After all, each of these four films is predicted to score multiple Oscar nominations, including bids for Best Picture.
The producers of these pictures need to remember what happened in 2010, the first year that the academy expanded the Best Picture race from five to 10 nominees. “The Hurt Locker,” which had lost all three of its Globe races, won six Oscars including the top prize. It also took home Academy Awards for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing.
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The producers of these pictures need to remember what happened in 2010, the first year that the academy expanded the Best Picture race from five to 10 nominees. “The Hurt Locker,” which had lost all three of its Globe races, won six Oscars including the top prize. It also took home Academy Awards for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing.
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- 1/20/2018
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Fox has given a script commitment plus penalty to Victory Lane, a soapy car racing drama from Oscar-nominated writer Sheldon Turner (Up in the Air). The project hails from Turner and Jennifer Klein's Vendetta Productions and 20th Century Fox TV, where the company is based. Written by Turner, Victory Lane is a serialized family soap set in the world of auto racing. It follows the sport’s biggest family rivalry. The real drama is outside the arena as two star drivers fall…...
- 10/12/2017
- Deadline TV
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