The list of streaming platforms and new programming continues to grow, and the good news is the latest of the former is free! The Network, an ad-supported premium streaming platform, officially launched on Tuesday, April 30. It “seeks to declutter the streaming experience, eliminating audiences’ endless scrolling to find appealing series and films” and is “built on the principle ‘Always Originals, Always Free.'” The platform was created by Aram Rappaport, founder of the creative ad agency The Boathouse with backing from Bh Media Holdings, and will be available on all devices across Apple, Android, Roku, Amazon Fire, and the web. The Network will release two originals at a time: dramas on Tuesdays and comedies on Thursdays. With the launch on Tuesday, it released the first two episodes of the drama The Green Veil and the comedy Chivalry. The Network The Green Veil is an eight-episode drama/thriller/sci-fi series from...
- 4/30/2024
- TV Insider
John Leguizamo has portrayed a wide range of characters in his career, from comic book villains to Shakespearean legends to drag queens. Despite his versatility, fans have never seen him as dark and unsettling as he is in the new TV series “The Green Veil.”
His portrayal of the 1950s FBI agent Gordon Rogers was already rattling audiences after the premiere of the first four episodes of the new drama at Variety‘s TV FYC Screening Series on April 26 in West Hollywood. Following the screening, one fan revealed that it was difficult to witness Leguizamo’s character inflict trauma after trauma and asked how he managed to act out the scripted atrocities.
“I don’t need people to like me in this role,” Leguizamo responded. “That’s not what I want. I want it to be understood, understood how a person becomes this vile and twisted.” This powerful performance set...
His portrayal of the 1950s FBI agent Gordon Rogers was already rattling audiences after the premiere of the first four episodes of the new drama at Variety‘s TV FYC Screening Series on April 26 in West Hollywood. Following the screening, one fan revealed that it was difficult to witness Leguizamo’s character inflict trauma after trauma and asked how he managed to act out the scripted atrocities.
“I don’t need people to like me in this role,” Leguizamo responded. “That’s not what I want. I want it to be understood, understood how a person becomes this vile and twisted.” This powerful performance set...
- 4/30/2024
- by Selena Kuznikov
- Variety Film + TV
Emmy and Tony winner John Leguizamo has been tapped to star alongside Taron Egerton in Apple’s upcoming drama series Firebug, from Apple Studios and creator Dennis Lehane. Additionally, Emmy-nominated and BAFTA-winning director Kari Skogland will direct and serve as executive producer.
Written by Lehane and loosely inspired by true events, Firebug will follow a troubled detective and an enigmatic arson investigator (Egerton) as they pursue the trails of two serial arsonists.
Leguizamo with play Esposito, a former policeman with a lot of bad habits and a lot of good instincts.
Previously announced Jurnee Smollett also stars.
In addition to starring, Egerton will serve as executive producer alongside Richard Plepler through Eden Productions, Dan Friedkin and Bradley Thomas through Imperative Entertainment and Kary Antholis.
Firebug is the latest project hailing from Apple Studios and produced by Imperative Entertainment, joining Black Bird,...
Written by Lehane and loosely inspired by true events, Firebug will follow a troubled detective and an enigmatic arson investigator (Egerton) as they pursue the trails of two serial arsonists.
Leguizamo with play Esposito, a former policeman with a lot of bad habits and a lot of good instincts.
Previously announced Jurnee Smollett also stars.
In addition to starring, Egerton will serve as executive producer alongside Richard Plepler through Eden Productions, Dan Friedkin and Bradley Thomas through Imperative Entertainment and Kary Antholis.
Firebug is the latest project hailing from Apple Studios and produced by Imperative Entertainment, joining Black Bird,...
- 3/27/2024
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The Network is the latest free streaming service to launch in the U.S. The ad-supported service, which was set up by Aram Rappaport, founder of the creative ad-agency The Boathouse, is launching April 30.
However, the service, which has backing from Bh Media Holdings, is not launching with a slew of library titles and movies. Instead, it will focus on two originals at a time.
It is launching with Chivalry, a comedy originally commissioned by the UK’s Channel 4 and starring Steve Coogan and Sarah Solemani, and The Green Veil starring John Leguizamo.
Chivalry was written by Coogan and Solemani and is set in Hollywood, exploring the nuances, advances, and limitations of the entertainment industry in a post #MeToo era. It follows a critically acclaimed female director, played by Solemani, who is brought on to right the ship of a wayward production run by a seasoned male producer,...
However, the service, which has backing from Bh Media Holdings, is not launching with a slew of library titles and movies. Instead, it will focus on two originals at a time.
It is launching with Chivalry, a comedy originally commissioned by the UK’s Channel 4 and starring Steve Coogan and Sarah Solemani, and The Green Veil starring John Leguizamo.
Chivalry was written by Coogan and Solemani and is set in Hollywood, exploring the nuances, advances, and limitations of the entertainment industry in a post #MeToo era. It follows a critically acclaimed female director, played by Solemani, who is brought on to right the ship of a wayward production run by a seasoned male producer,...
- 3/19/2024
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Learning from the pain caused by the oppression of minorities and women in America’s history is one of the best ways to combat the resurging of injustices in present society. The persecution of these groups in modern culture can be stopped in part by reflecting on the way they fought back against the mistreatment they […]
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- 6/26/2022
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
The 2022 Tribeca Festival announced its lineup of world premieres of new and returning television including ESPN’s The Captain, about iconic New York Yankee Derek Jeter and Amazon Prime Video’s A League of Their Own, inspired by the 1992 film, with Abbi Jacobson.
The fest, which unspools June 8-19, announced its film slate earlier this week.
The nine series premieres and two first looks at returning favorites feature Hulu’s Victoria’s Secret: Angels and Demons, an exposé of Victoria’s Secret; HBO Max’s Menudo: Forever Young, a behind-the-scenes look at the multi-generational pop sensation; FX’s The Bear, a ride through the culinary world; Time Studios for A&e Network’s Right to Offend, a docuseries about Black comedians; Epix’s Bridge and Tunnel, which follows a group of Long Islanders pursuing Manhattan dreams, written and directed by Edward Burns; and the mid-season premiere of the final season...
The fest, which unspools June 8-19, announced its film slate earlier this week.
The nine series premieres and two first looks at returning favorites feature Hulu’s Victoria’s Secret: Angels and Demons, an exposé of Victoria’s Secret; HBO Max’s Menudo: Forever Young, a behind-the-scenes look at the multi-generational pop sensation; FX’s The Bear, a ride through the culinary world; Time Studios for A&e Network’s Right to Offend, a docuseries about Black comedians; Epix’s Bridge and Tunnel, which follows a group of Long Islanders pursuing Manhattan dreams, written and directed by Edward Burns; and the mid-season premiere of the final season...
- 4/21/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
The 2022 Tribeca Festival announced its TV lineup featuring world premieres of new and returning shows, original scripted audio, and original indie episodic series.
The Festival takes place from June 8-19 and will open with Jennifer Lopez documentary “Halftime.” The features program spans 10 categories and showcases 110 feature films and 16 online premieres from 151 filmmakers across 40 countries.
This year’s TV lineup include nine series premieres and two first looks at returning favorites. Emmy-winning AMC series “Better Call Saul” debuts its mid-season premiere of the final season, followed by a special conversation with lead stars Bob Odenkirk and Rhea Seehorn and showrunner, executive producer, and co-creator Peter Gould. Edward Burns’ Epix dramedy “Bridge and Tunnel,” following Long Island college grads grappling with adulthood, also premieres.
Docuseries including ESPN’s “The Captain” about iconic New York Yankee All-Star Derek Jeter, Hulu’s exposé “Victoria’s Secret: Angels and Demons,” HBO Max’s “Menudo: Forever Young,...
The Festival takes place from June 8-19 and will open with Jennifer Lopez documentary “Halftime.” The features program spans 10 categories and showcases 110 feature films and 16 online premieres from 151 filmmakers across 40 countries.
This year’s TV lineup include nine series premieres and two first looks at returning favorites. Emmy-winning AMC series “Better Call Saul” debuts its mid-season premiere of the final season, followed by a special conversation with lead stars Bob Odenkirk and Rhea Seehorn and showrunner, executive producer, and co-creator Peter Gould. Edward Burns’ Epix dramedy “Bridge and Tunnel,” following Long Island college grads grappling with adulthood, also premieres.
Docuseries including ESPN’s “The Captain” about iconic New York Yankee All-Star Derek Jeter, Hulu’s exposé “Victoria’s Secret: Angels and Demons,” HBO Max’s “Menudo: Forever Young,...
- 4/21/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
The Tribeca Festival has announced the television premieres for its upcoming 2022 edition.
The festival, which takes place each year in New York City, features screenings and premieres of notable films, television series and audio storytelling. For its television slate, the festival will premiere nine new series and screen the returns of two series.
The television lineup includes six docuseries: Hulu’s “Victoria’s Secret: Angels and Demons,” an exposé of the lingerie retail chain; HBO Max’s “Menudo: Forever Young,” a look behind-the-scenes of the titular Puerto Rican boy band; Peacock’s “The End is Nye,” which sees celebrity scientist and TV host Bill Nye examine potential global disasters; Showtime’s “Supreme Team,” an examination of a real-life Queens gang co-directed by rapper Nas; A&e Network’s “Right to Offend,” a Time Studios production that looks at the history of Black comedians using their comedy to push for social...
The festival, which takes place each year in New York City, features screenings and premieres of notable films, television series and audio storytelling. For its television slate, the festival will premiere nine new series and screen the returns of two series.
The television lineup includes six docuseries: Hulu’s “Victoria’s Secret: Angels and Demons,” an exposé of the lingerie retail chain; HBO Max’s “Menudo: Forever Young,” a look behind-the-scenes of the titular Puerto Rican boy band; Peacock’s “The End is Nye,” which sees celebrity scientist and TV host Bill Nye examine potential global disasters; Showtime’s “Supreme Team,” an examination of a real-life Queens gang co-directed by rapper Nas; A&e Network’s “Right to Offend,” a Time Studios production that looks at the history of Black comedians using their comedy to push for social...
- 4/21/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
Old to-catch-a-thief cliches get dusted off and mangled in The Crash, Aram Rappaport's macroeconomic technodrama in which a stock-market hacker is recruited by the feds to protect the New York Stock Exchange from unknown terrorists. No film in which the Chairman of the Federal Reserve (played here by Christopher McDonald) is the most colorful character can be said to have much grip on reality, but this one is further off the mark than even that suggests; theatrically and on video, its stock will tank quickly enough to test the reflexes of a high-frequency trading algorithm.
Frank Grillo makes an unsympathetic...
Frank Grillo makes an unsympathetic...
- 1/13/2017
- by John DeFore
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Part rejected network pilot, part Michael Crichton-esque what-if, the clumsy, cheap-looking sort-of thriller The Crash presents a very near future in which the U.S. government secretly enlists a white-collar crook from Chicago named Guy Clifton (Frank Grillo) to put together a team of hackers and analysts who can stop an imminent computer attack on the stock market. Whatever fun one might have with this junky premise is neutralized by the fact that the movie has zero narrative momentum. At once oversimplified and overcomplicated—the type of film where shadowy elites cackle sinisterly while meeting at an abandoned carnival in broad daylight—The Crash fumbles between bad diatribe and bad domestic drama, complete with subplots about absent parents and childhood cancer. Only occasionally does writer-director Aram Rappaport remember that what he’s supposed to be making is a bad techno-thriller, the kind where people shout information at each other...
- 1/11/2017
- by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
- avclub.com
"The hacker will save the world." Vertical Entertainment has debuted a trailer for a film called The Crash, about a stock market crash in the "near future". Described as a "fast-paced, save-the-world thriller" about a stock market criminal who is secretly hired by the government to run a "shadow" stock market in order to keep the economy stable. This has an oddly impressive ensemble cast: Dianna Agron, Minnie Driver, Frank Grillo, John Leguizamo, Maggie Q, AnnaSophia Robb, Mary McCormack, Ed Westwick, Andrew James Allen and Christopher McDonald. As interesting as this may look, it actually seems to be some seriously absurd stock market propaganda, about how important the stock market is to the stability of the country. Truth is, it is bad, we'd be better off without it. But they don't want you to think about that. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Aram Rappaport's The Crash, direct from...
- 12/12/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Treating herself to an evening of marvelous music, Dianna Agron showed up at the Mayan Theatre in Los Angeles on Wednesday night (June 11).
The “Glee” gal was joined by a mystery guy as she strolled inside to enjoy a performance from Jack White, looking stunning as usual.
In related news, it seems Dianna has a serious love for boxing as her “A Conspiracy on Jekyll Island” director Aram Rappaport told The Sun Times.
Rappaport explained, “While we were shooting, there was a fight on HBO that Ed Westwick, Frank[Grillo], and Minnie [Driver] wanted to watch. They convinced the owners of the house we shot at to let them watch it on the big-screen TV.”
“I go to check up on them, and someone is yelling about the fight, ‘Come on, hit ‘em! Hit ‘em!’ And it’s Dianna! Dianna is freaking out in front of the fight, putting up her fists,...
The “Glee” gal was joined by a mystery guy as she strolled inside to enjoy a performance from Jack White, looking stunning as usual.
In related news, it seems Dianna has a serious love for boxing as her “A Conspiracy on Jekyll Island” director Aram Rappaport told The Sun Times.
Rappaport explained, “While we were shooting, there was a fight on HBO that Ed Westwick, Frank[Grillo], and Minnie [Driver] wanted to watch. They convinced the owners of the house we shot at to let them watch it on the big-screen TV.”
“I go to check up on them, and someone is yelling about the fight, ‘Come on, hit ‘em! Hit ‘em!’ And it’s Dianna! Dianna is freaking out in front of the fight, putting up her fists,...
- 6/12/2014
- GossipCenter
Kellan Lutz ‘The Legend of Hercules’: New Summit release has 0% Rotten Tomatoes approval rating (photo: Gaia Weiss and shirtless Kellan Lutz in ‘The Legend of Hercules’) Starring Kellan Lutz, best known as the hunky and likable vampire Emmett in the Twilight movies, The Legend of Hercules opens today, January 10, 2014, in North America. That’s the good news for Kellan Lutz fans. Now, the bad news: The Legend of Hercules isn’t about to become the next Spartacus — or even the next Gladiator. “The only thing epic about The Legend of Hercules is what a failure it is,” writes Stephanie Merry in the Washington Post, while Newsday‘s Rafer Guzman’s complains that “this painfully feeble version of the strongman story fails on every level, from Lutz’s wooden acting to the styrofoam special effects.” In fact, out of 35 reviews, the Summit Entertainment / Lionsgate Pictures release has a 0% approval rating...
- 1/10/2014
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Aram Rappaport’s cyber thriller “A Conspiracy on Jekyll Island” has added a couple of interesting names to its cast, including a pair of strong TV female leads in Mary McCormack (USA’s “In Plain Sight”) and Maggie Q., who is wrapping up the final season of her CW action series “Nikita”. The film also has Minnie Driver and Dianna Agront, along with John Leguizamo, Ed Westwick, AnnaSophia Robb, and Dominic Cooper. Frank Grillo will star as an ex-Wall Street man “whom the Secretary of the Treasury enlists to thwart a cyber attack that threatens to derail the American economy. With the help of his wife, he recruits his ragtag team of misfits, and prepares to save the world from total financial implosion.” No idea who is playing who (except Grillo), but “The Conspiracy on Jekyll Island” is set for 2014. Rappaport previously directed 2009′s “Innocent” and recently, “Syrup” with Amber Heard and Shiloh Fernandez.
- 12/3/2013
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
• The Hangover’s Zach Galifianakis is in negotiations to star opposite Owen Wilson in a heist comedy for Relativity Media. Napoleon Dynamite’s Jared Hess is set to direct the pic, previously titled Loomis Fargo, which follows an armored car driver (Galifianakis) who teams up with a group of aspiring criminals to steal $20 million. Jim Carrey was previously circling the lead, but reportedly dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. Galifianakis and Wilson recently appeared together in Matthew Weiner’s You Are Here, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival but does not yet have a date set for a U.
- 12/3/2013
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
Conspiracy on Jekyll Island
AnnaSophia Robb ("The Carrie Diaries") has been cast opposite Minnie Driver and Frank Grillo in Aram Rappaport's political thriller "Conspiracy on Jekyll Island".
Robb plays Driver and Grillo's cancer-stricken daughter. John Leguizamo, Maggie Q, Dianna Agron and Ed Westwick also star with filming currently underway in Chicago. [Source: Deadline]
The Whale
Martin Sheen is set to star in "The Whale," a new BBC One telemovie about the last voyage of the whaling ship Essex which was attacked and sunk by a sperm whale in the southern Pacific Ocean in 1820. Jonas Armstrong and Paul Kaye also star.
Sheen will play the elder version of Thomas Nickerson, a character that Charles Furness will play the teenage version of. The elder Nickerson's writings inspired Herman Melville to pen "Moby Dick". [Source: The Mirror]
50 Shades of Grey
Former Broadway stage actress Eloise Mumford ("Lone Star," "The River") has scored the role of Anastasia Steele's...
AnnaSophia Robb ("The Carrie Diaries") has been cast opposite Minnie Driver and Frank Grillo in Aram Rappaport's political thriller "Conspiracy on Jekyll Island".
Robb plays Driver and Grillo's cancer-stricken daughter. John Leguizamo, Maggie Q, Dianna Agron and Ed Westwick also star with filming currently underway in Chicago. [Source: Deadline]
The Whale
Martin Sheen is set to star in "The Whale," a new BBC One telemovie about the last voyage of the whaling ship Essex which was attacked and sunk by a sperm whale in the southern Pacific Ocean in 1820. Jonas Armstrong and Paul Kaye also star.
Sheen will play the elder version of Thomas Nickerson, a character that Charles Furness will play the teenage version of. The elder Nickerson's writings inspired Herman Melville to pen "Moby Dick". [Source: The Mirror]
50 Shades of Grey
Former Broadway stage actress Eloise Mumford ("Lone Star," "The River") has scored the role of Anastasia Steele's...
- 11/26/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
• Curtis Jackson (aka 50 Cent), John Cusack (Lee Daniels’ The Butler), and Jason Patric (Speed 2: Cruise Control) will team up with Bruce Willis for The Prince, a Las Vegas-set thriller about a former mob boss who must return to the city when his daughter goes missing. Brian A Miller (House of the Rising Sun) is set to direct. Cusack and Jackson recently appeared together in The Frozen Ground. [Deadline]
• AnnaSophia Robb (The Carrie Diaries) will play a girl with cancer in Conspiracy on Jekyll Island, which is currently shooting in Chicago. Minnie Driver and Frank Grillo are set to star as...
• AnnaSophia Robb (The Carrie Diaries) will play a girl with cancer in Conspiracy on Jekyll Island, which is currently shooting in Chicago. Minnie Driver and Frank Grillo are set to star as...
- 11/26/2013
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
Frank Grillo ("Warrior"), Dianna Agron ("Glee"), John Leguizamo ("Kick Ass 2"), Minnie Driver ("The Phantom of the Opera"), Ed Westwick ("Gossip Girl") and Maggie Q ("Nikita") have all joined Aram Rappaport's indie thriller "A Conspiracy on Jekyll Island"
Grillo plays an ex-Wall Street employee whom the Secretary of the Treasury enlists to thwart a cyber attack that threatens to derail the American economy.
With the help of his wife, he recruits his rag tag team of misfits, and prepares to save the world from total financial implosion.
Hilary Shor ("The Butler," "The Paperboy") will produce. Filming is slated to begin next month.
Source: Variety...
Grillo plays an ex-Wall Street employee whom the Secretary of the Treasury enlists to thwart a cyber attack that threatens to derail the American economy.
With the help of his wife, he recruits his rag tag team of misfits, and prepares to save the world from total financial implosion.
Hilary Shor ("The Butler," "The Paperboy") will produce. Filming is slated to begin next month.
Source: Variety...
- 10/30/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
• Olympus Has Fallen may have fizzled critically (EW gave Antoine Fuqua’s action pic a C), but Millennium Films is hoping to get traction on a sequel, called London Has Fallen. The $70 million pic made about $98.9 million domestically for a worldwide total of $161 million. Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, and Morgan Freeman are expected to reprise their roles from the first film. Fuqua (Training Day) will not be returning to direct, but they will use the same screenwriting team from the first film. Shooting on the sequel is already set for May 2014, and the plot will center on a terrorist attack...
- 10/30/2013
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
A financial thriller called, inexplicably, “A Conspiracy on Jekyll Island,” is about to head into production with Frank Grillo leading a cast that also includes Minnie Driver, John Leguizamo, Dianna Agron, Ed Westwick and Maggie Q, according to Variety. Aram Rappaport wrote and will direct the film starring Grillo as an ex-Wall Street businessman who [...]
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- 10/29/2013
- by Linda Ge
- UpandComers
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Nov. 5, 2013
Price: DVD $26.98, Blu-ray $29.98
Studio: Magnolia
Amber Heard goes corporate in Syrup.
Shiloh Fernandez (Red Riding Hood) and Amber Heard (The Joneses) star in the comedy-tinged corporate drama Syrup.
Slacker-ish business school grad Scat (Fernandez) comes up with a million-dollar idea for a new soft drink to pitch to a major beverage manufacturer, though the drink itself is seemingly a worthless potable. The drink is nonetheless embraced by the company, but Scat is screwed over by his roommate (Kellan Lutz, Immortals), who claims all the credit. Teaming up with a luscious lady executive (Heard), Scat plot to get back the credit, the money…and some serious payback.
Directed and co-written by Aram Rappaport and adapted by co-scenarist Max Barry’s 2000 book, Syrup also features Brittany Snow (Pitch Perfect), Rachel Dratch and Kirstie Alley (as herself!).
Syrup premiered as a video-on-demand title in May, 2013 to little fanfare,...
Price: DVD $26.98, Blu-ray $29.98
Studio: Magnolia
Amber Heard goes corporate in Syrup.
Shiloh Fernandez (Red Riding Hood) and Amber Heard (The Joneses) star in the comedy-tinged corporate drama Syrup.
Slacker-ish business school grad Scat (Fernandez) comes up with a million-dollar idea for a new soft drink to pitch to a major beverage manufacturer, though the drink itself is seemingly a worthless potable. The drink is nonetheless embraced by the company, but Scat is screwed over by his roommate (Kellan Lutz, Immortals), who claims all the credit. Teaming up with a luscious lady executive (Heard), Scat plot to get back the credit, the money…and some serious payback.
Directed and co-written by Aram Rappaport and adapted by co-scenarist Max Barry’s 2000 book, Syrup also features Brittany Snow (Pitch Perfect), Rachel Dratch and Kirstie Alley (as herself!).
Syrup premiered as a video-on-demand title in May, 2013 to little fanfare,...
- 10/3/2013
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
With a release date set for August 15, 2014, the cast of The Expendables 3 is beginning to solidify. Today, The Wrap reports that The Twilight Saga star Kellan Lutz is in talks to join Sylvester Stallone's Barney Ross and his team for the action ensemble sequel. In addition to Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jason Statham have been confirmed for the project, which is slated to begin shooting next month in Los Angeles. Jackie Chan, Wesley Snipes, Nicolas Cage and Milla Jovovich are also rumored to be in advanced negotiations to join the cast as well. Lutz, who recently starred in Aram Rappaport's Syrup , can next be seen as the title character in Renny Harlin's Hercules 3D . (Photo Credit: Brian To / WENN.com)...
- 7/23/2013
- Comingsoon.net
What a delicious irony. The same weekend the shameless product placement vehicle The Internship hits North American cinemas, discerning audiences will also be able to seek out Syrup, an adaptation of the brilliantly satirical Max Barry novel of the same name which takes square aim at marketing bullshit. Directed by Aram Michael Rappaport, Syrup stars Amber Heard, Shiloh Fernandez, Kellan Lutz and Brittany Snow, and while the short synopsis doesn't do the story justice here it is: A lowly marketing exec enlists the help of a scarily beautiful, brainy co-worker to save his million-dollar idea from corporate espionage in this scathingly funny send up of sex, celebrity, and greed. For those wondering about the headline, Fukk is the name of a fictional energy drink used in the book and film,...
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- 6/7/2013
- Screen Anarchy
People often do whatever it takes to stand out and be remembered, both in their professional and personal lives. That’s certainly the case with the lead character, Scat, in the new independent romance-comedy-drama, ‘Syrup,’ which is now available on iTunes and On Demand, and will open in select theaters on June 7. The movie is based on the 1999 debut novel of the same name by Max Berry, who co-wrote the script with director Aram Rappaport. Like the book, the movie, which stars Shiloh Fernandez and Kellan Lutz, satirizes the extreme lengths people will go to in order to impress their boss in the advertising world, but also the people [ Read More ]
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- 5/10/2013
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
We already shared the official trailer for Syrup movie, which stars Shiloh Fernandez, Amber Heard and Kellan Lutz, remember? Now it’s time to give you a much better look at the trio, ’cause brand new photos, first poster and a 3-minute featurette from the film have arrived. Check out what they have to say about their characters & let us know what you think… Director Aram Rappaport stands behind this comedy which is actually based on the best-selling book of the same name written by Maxx Barry. It’s an edgy comedy that exposes the cut-throat world of advertising through the eyes of a young prodigy...
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- 5/4/2013
- by Jeanne Standal
- Filmofilia
ComingSoon.net has your exclusive first look at a new clip from Syrup , now available On Demand and on iTunes and in theaters on June 7th. Directed by Aram Rappaport, the film stars Shiloh Fernandez, Amber Heard, Kellan Lutz and Brittany Snow. Based on the best-selling book, Syrup is an edgy comedy that exposes the cut-throat world of advertising through the eyes of a young prodigy chasing fame, fortune, and the woman of his dreams. Fresh out of school with a degree in marketing, Scat will do anything to prove that he has what it takes to swim with the rich and wildly successful. Scat comes up with a brilliant new product that gives new meaning to the old saying .sex sells.. He is sure it will send him right to the top.if only he can convince his boss, the beautiful and...
- 5/2/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Today we have a new trailer for the upcoming "Syrup" dark comedy, starring Amber Heard, Shiloh Fernandez, Kellan Lutz, and Brittany Snow. Check it out below. Plot: A slacker (Fernandez) hatches a million-dollar idea. But in order to see it through, he has to learn to trust his attractive corporate counterpart (Heard). Based on Max Barry's novel. The new movie is written and directed by Aram Rappaport (Summer Song). A release date has yet to be set, but it will likely hit selected theaters this summer. Trailer:...
- 4/11/2013
- WorstPreviews.com
Is it possible that all of your likes, your dislikes, the very tastes that you feel define you as a human being, aren’t really choices that you’ve made for yourself at all, but ideas that have been sold to you by slick, suit-wearing predators who pride themselves on being able to tap into your ego and insecurities in order to brainwash you into believing whatever what they want you to believe? Are you such a mindless follower that you’ve bought your entire identity off of a billboard? These are the heady questions at the center of Max Barry’s debut novel “Syrup,” which is a satirical tale set in the world of product marketing. And they’re the heady questions at the center of director Aram Rappaport’s new film adaptation of the story, which stars names like Shiloh Fernandez, Brittany Snow, and Amber Heard. Does watching a group of smug, pretty...
- 4/11/2013
- by Nathan Adams
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
"We take image very seriously." Magnolia Pictures has debuted a trailer for the indie film Syrup, based on Max Barry's "cult" business/marketing novel of the same name. It tells the story of a young marketing exec who comes up with a million-dollar idea, but "has to learn to trust his attractive corporate counterpart." The concept behind this isn't bad, but there's something extra cheesy about the cast and the marketing dialogue that makes everything feel a bit too fake. The cast includes Brittany Snow and Amber Heard as the sex sellers, plus Shiloh Fernandez, Kellan Lutz, Rachel Dratch and Josh Pais. Not great, but may be fun. Here's the first official trailer for Aram Rappaport's adaptation Syrup, found on YouTube: A slacker named Scat (Shiloh Fernandez) hatches a million-dollar idea. But, in order to see it through, he has to learn to trust his attractive corporate counterpart.
- 4/10/2013
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
After an underwhelming trailer and flashy set photos, we thought the film adaptation of Max Barry’s novel “Syrup,” might show up at Sundance. It didn't, but along the way, Magnolia Pictures landed the film and, with a theatrical and OnDemand release around they corner, they’ve also dropped a brand new trailer. Directed by Aram Rappaport and featuring "Evil Dead" star Shiloh Fernandez, Amber Heard and Kellan Lutz, the film looks to posit itself as a sleek, winking satire on the advertising and business worlds. As the trailer shows, Fernandez plays Scat (yes, that’s his name), who brainstorms a soda beverage called Fukk Cola and bands together, both romantically and professionally, with 6 (Heard), the production manager at Coke. Yes, that’s her name as well, and speaking of promotional attempts aimed to please, the trailer doesn’t exactly sell the film’s charms. Amidst the rampant dolly whip-pans...
- 4/10/2013
- by Charlie Schmidlin
- The Playlist
Are you guys ready for a huge Syrup update? Sure you are, so here we go – a brand new trailer for Aram Rappaport‘s movie is here and you can check it out in the rest of this report. Unfortunately, there’s still nothing about the official release date, but at least you can take a much better look at the leading cast – Shiloh Fernandez, Amber Heard, Brittany Snow & Kellan Lutz! So, as we previously reported, the movie comes from writer/director Aram Rappaport and is actually an adaptation of the Max Barry novel of the same name which tells the story of marketing and...
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- 4/10/2013
- by Jeanne Standal
- Filmofilia
Amber Heard is all set to co-star in McG's Three Days to Kill. Kevin Costner stars in the action thriller written by Luc Besson and Adi Hasak where he plays a dying Secret Service agent who takes retirement so he can reconnect with his estranged family. Variety reports that Heard's in as a woman who offers him an experimental drug that could change his life in exchange for a final assignment which he must complete while dealing with the drug's hallucinatory side effects. Besson produces with Virginie Besson-Silla via his EuropaCorp, alongside Hasak and Relativity Media's Ryan Kavanaugh. Stunning Heard has completed work in Aram Rappaport's Syrup dramedy with Brittany Snow, Kellan Lutz and Shiloh Fernandez. She's also in Robert Rodriguez Machete Kills action sequel with Danny Trejo, Mel Gibson, Antonio Banderas, Michelle Rodriguez, Jessica Alba, Alexa Vega, Sofia Vergara and Vanessa Hudgens.
- 12/13/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Amber Heard is all set to co-star in McG's Three Days to Kill. Kevin Costner stars in the action thriller written by Luc Besson and Adi Hasak where he plays a dying Secret Service agent who takes retirement so he can reconnect with his estranged family. Variety reports that Heard's in as a woman who offers him an experimental drug that could change his life in exchange for a final assignment which he must complete while dealing with the drug's hallucinatory side effects. Besson produces with Virginie Besson-Silla via his EuropaCorp, alongside Hasak and Relativity Media's Ryan Kavanaugh. Stunning Heard has completed work in Aram Rappaport's Syrup dramedy with Brittany Snow, Kellan Lutz and Shiloh Fernandez. She's also in Robert Rodriguez Machete Kills action sequel with Danny Trejo, Mel Gibson, Antonio Banderas, Michelle Rodriguez, Jessica Alba, Alexa Vega, Sofia Vergara and Vanessa Hudgens.
- 12/13/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Young people doing bad things is a familiar trope in indie flicks, featuring in everything from "The Rules Of Attraction" to "Cruel Intentions" to "The Informers" and more. Amber Heard has already been down that path as the star of "The Informers," and once again it looks like she'll be in a film where everyone seems just a little bit crooked. Following the arguably amateur-ish trailer released last month, a few more pics from "Syrup" have landed online. Co-starring Shiloh Fernandez and Kellan Lutz, and directed by Aram Rappaport, the story follows Scat (Fernandez) who discovers the idea for a new soda beverage named Fukk Cola. "The fucking American Dream in a can," he says. He pitches it to 6 (yes, that's her name, and she's played by Heard), the production manager at Coke, who agrees that it has massive potential to make them rich. But Scat's roommate Sneaky Pete sees this opportunity for wealth and.
- 10/24/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Today we have the trailer for the upcoming "Syrup" dark comedy, starring Amber Heard, Shiloh Fernandez, Kellan Lutz, and Brittany Snow. Check it out below. Plot: A slacker (Fernandez) hatches a million-dollar idea. But in order to see it through, he has to learn to trust his attractive corporate counterpart (Heard). Based on Max Barry's novel. The new movie is written and directed by Aram Rappaport (Summer Song). A release date has yet to be set. Trailer:...
- 9/25/2012
- WorstPreviews.com
Featuring one of Hollywood’s hottest, but underutilized actresses, Amber Heard alongside Shiloh Fernandez, Syrup is based on the 1999 Max Barry’s comic novel of the same name.
A satirical comedy of marketing and consumerism is co-written and directed by Aram Rappaport (Innocent).
The story follows Scat (Fernandez) who discovers the idea for a new soda beverage named Fukk. He pitches it to ‘6’ (Heard), the production manager at Coke, who agrees that it has massive potential to make them rich. But Scat’s roommate Sneaky Pete (Kellan Lutz) sees this opportunity to climb the corporate ladder, and steals the idea.
While Brad Pitt, Winona Ryder, Tom Cruise and Gwyneth Paltrow all make appearances in the book, something tells us this indie didn’t manage to get them.
The film also stars Brittany Snow.
No release date or distributor yet.
Watch the Syrup movie promo teaser trailer below.
Click here to view the embedded video.
A satirical comedy of marketing and consumerism is co-written and directed by Aram Rappaport (Innocent).
The story follows Scat (Fernandez) who discovers the idea for a new soda beverage named Fukk. He pitches it to ‘6’ (Heard), the production manager at Coke, who agrees that it has massive potential to make them rich. But Scat’s roommate Sneaky Pete (Kellan Lutz) sees this opportunity to climb the corporate ladder, and steals the idea.
While Brad Pitt, Winona Ryder, Tom Cruise and Gwyneth Paltrow all make appearances in the book, something tells us this indie didn’t manage to get them.
The film also stars Brittany Snow.
No release date or distributor yet.
Watch the Syrup movie promo teaser trailer below.
Click here to view the embedded video.
- 9/24/2012
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
Amber Heard and movies based on cult novels don't seem to fit so well together. "The Informers," based on Bret Easton Ellis' book, was largely ignored, while "The Rum Diary" didn't manage to bring much life to Hunter S. Thompson's work. And now comes "Syrup," which brings Max Barry's novel to the big screen, and this trailer suggests that Heard might be going 0-3. Co-starring Shiloh Fernandez and Kellan Lutz, and directed by Aram Rappaport, the story follows Scat (Fernandez) who discovers the idea for a new soda beverage named, uh, Fukk Cola. He pitches it to 6 (yes, that's her name, and she's played by Heard), the production manager at Coke, who agrees that it has massive potential to make them rich. But Scat's roommate Sneaky Pete sees this opportunity for wealth and corporate ascension, and steals the idea and takes it the bigwigs himself. In case...
- 9/24/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Kellan Lutz (photo), best known for playing Emmett Cullen in the Twilight movies, and Resident Evil actress Spencer Locke, will star in the performance-capture 3D movie Tarzan, adapted from Edgar Rice Burroughs’ classic tale, and to be directed by Animals United’s producers / directors Reinhard Klooss and Holger Tappe. Needless to say, Lutz will bring Tarzan back to life, while Locke will play Jane. The screenplay was written by Klooss, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs‘ Yoni Brenner and Jessica Postigo, whose sole listed credit on the IMDb is Harald Zwart’s The Mortal Instruments, currently in pre-production. According to The Hollywood Reporter, it updates Burroughs’ story by having Tarzan’s parents killed in a plane crash, the CEO of Greystoke Energies as the film’s chief villain, and Jane as an environmentally conscious heroine. Come to think of it, the first "update" isn’t something really new: Boy’s...
- 5/5/2012
- by Anna Robinson
- Alt Film Guide
Air Collision, the best action film ever directed by a woman (for The Asylum), has a great ensemble cast and comes from a really innovative company; The Asylum, like Roger Corman’s various studios, is game to give a woman a chance to direct a genre film as well as to cast all ethnicities and both sexes for all kinds of roles. In short, I love The Asylum.
Director Liz Adams had one award-winning short film under her belt (Side Effect) when she went in for an interview at The Asylum. She was originally asked to write the fast-paced script for the then-unnamed action movie, but was offered the chance to submit herself as the director as well. “I threw my hat into the ring to direct and they gave me a shot,” she says. This is not unlike the shot given to filmmakers like Katt Shea by Corman; when...
Director Liz Adams had one award-winning short film under her belt (Side Effect) when she went in for an interview at The Asylum. She was originally asked to write the fast-paced script for the then-unnamed action movie, but was offered the chance to submit herself as the director as well. “I threw my hat into the ring to direct and they gave me a shot,” she says. This is not unlike the shot given to filmmakers like Katt Shea by Corman; when...
- 4/3/2012
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
Amber Heard Amber Heard, among whose credits are Patrick Lussier's Nicolas Cage action flick Drive Angry, Zombieland, and the Johnny Depp box-office disappointment The Rum Diary, arrives at the 2012 Screen Actors Guild Awards. The SAG Awards ceremony was broadcast on TNT/TBS directly from the Shrine Auditorium on January 29 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Lester Cohen/WireImage.) Among Amber Heard's other screen credits are Pineapple Express, The Joneses, The Stepfather, John Carpenter's The Ward, And Soon the Darkness, and The River Why. Aram Rappaport's Syrup, in which Heard is featured opposite The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2's Kellan Lutz, Prom Night's Brittany Snow, and Red Riding Hood's Shiloh Fernandez, is expected to open later this year.
- 2/1/2012
- by D. Zhea
- Alt Film Guide
Amber Heard Rolls to Motor City
Amber Heard has the looks and the talent, but her luck is floating around somewhere in the sewers. 2011 might not have been her year but 2012 might be off to a good start as she grabs a role in Albert Hughes’ Motor City.
Films like Pineapple Express and Zombieland show that Lady Luck can be kind to Heard but Luck has been a witch to the actress lately. Just this year, Heard appeared in Drive Angry 3D, The Ward, and The Rum Diary, and all three films bombed at the box office. I can understand the first two, but The Rum Diary? When’s the last time a Johnny Depp flick tanked? To add insult to injury, Heard hooked up with NBC’s The Playboy Club, which has already been yanked off the air.
Now, Deadline brings word that the actress is heading back to...
Amber Heard has the looks and the talent, but her luck is floating around somewhere in the sewers. 2011 might not have been her year but 2012 might be off to a good start as she grabs a role in Albert Hughes’ Motor City.
Films like Pineapple Express and Zombieland show that Lady Luck can be kind to Heard but Luck has been a witch to the actress lately. Just this year, Heard appeared in Drive Angry 3D, The Ward, and The Rum Diary, and all three films bombed at the box office. I can understand the first two, but The Rum Diary? When’s the last time a Johnny Depp flick tanked? To add insult to injury, Heard hooked up with NBC’s The Playboy Club, which has already been yanked off the air.
Now, Deadline brings word that the actress is heading back to...
- 11/23/2011
- by Marty Shaw
- Boomtron
Amber Heard has been on the rise recently with roles in the popular comedies Pineapple Express and Zombieland, as well as a starring role in last year’s Drive Angry 3D and now a substantial role in the Johnny Depp starrer The Rum Diary. Consequently, you would assume she’s working on many films due to popular demand, but up until now she’s only had Aram Rappaport‘s Syrup on the horizon.
Now, however, Deadline is reporting that she will take the female lead role in Albert Hughes‘ Motor City (not to be confused with his brother Allen Hughes‘ upcoming Broken City), a revenge tale in which a recently released convict hunts down the people who framed him.
Sounds like pretty formulaic stuff, but it will be interesting to see what Albert Hughes does with his first feature film that is not co-directed with his brother Allen (who is...
Now, however, Deadline is reporting that she will take the female lead role in Albert Hughes‘ Motor City (not to be confused with his brother Allen Hughes‘ upcoming Broken City), a revenge tale in which a recently released convict hunts down the people who framed him.
Sounds like pretty formulaic stuff, but it will be interesting to see what Albert Hughes does with his first feature film that is not co-directed with his brother Allen (who is...
- 11/21/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Kellan Lutz is shooting his forthcoming flick, "Syrup", in New York City on Thursday, June 23. During the production, the Emmett Cullen of "Twilight" film series keeps his smile framing his face. He also looks dapper in his gray tux.
Also spotted on the set is Lutz's co-star Amber Heard. The "Drive Angry" hottie, who was nominated for Best Scared-As-s**t Performance at 2010 MTV Movie Awards for her role in "Zombieland", dolls up herself with stand-out red lipstick and white dress, which is topped with bright red coat.
Based on Max Berry's novel, "Syrup" revolves around Scat, a young marketing graduate who sells his three-million idea to a soda company. Problems come when he finds out that his roommate has unfairly claimed the copyright. So, he moves in with his friends while trying to manage summer marketing campaign for the company.
Shiloh Fernandez stars as Scat, while Lutz portrays Sneaky Pete...
Also spotted on the set is Lutz's co-star Amber Heard. The "Drive Angry" hottie, who was nominated for Best Scared-As-s**t Performance at 2010 MTV Movie Awards for her role in "Zombieland", dolls up herself with stand-out red lipstick and white dress, which is topped with bright red coat.
Based on Max Berry's novel, "Syrup" revolves around Scat, a young marketing graduate who sells his three-million idea to a soda company. Problems come when he finds out that his roommate has unfairly claimed the copyright. So, he moves in with his friends while trying to manage summer marketing campaign for the company.
Shiloh Fernandez stars as Scat, while Lutz portrays Sneaky Pete...
- 6/24/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Syrup
Kellan Lutz and Allison Williams are in negotiations to join the cast of Aram Rappaport's indie drama "Syrup".
Based on the Max Barry novel, the story follows young ladder-climbers in the corporate soda industry. Shiloh Fernandez and Amber Heard also star. [Source: Variety]
Melissa McCarthy
"Bridesmaids" scene stealer Melissa McCarthy will star in and co-write an untitled comedy which she has just sold to Paramount Pictures.
The story follows a supportive wife who decides to help her husband steal the Stanley Cup after he is diagnosed with an incurable disease.
Her fellow cast member Annie Mumolo, who co-wrote "Bridesmaids" with Kristen Wiig, will co-write this project's script. [Source: Deadline]
Over The Wall
Kim Basinger, Nick Stahl, Jennifer Morrison and Freddy Rodriguez are attached to star in "Over The Wall" which begins shooting later this summer in Ohio.
Steven Christopher Young penned and directs the drama, set in the world of stock car racing,...
Kellan Lutz and Allison Williams are in negotiations to join the cast of Aram Rappaport's indie drama "Syrup".
Based on the Max Barry novel, the story follows young ladder-climbers in the corporate soda industry. Shiloh Fernandez and Amber Heard also star. [Source: Variety]
Melissa McCarthy
"Bridesmaids" scene stealer Melissa McCarthy will star in and co-write an untitled comedy which she has just sold to Paramount Pictures.
The story follows a supportive wife who decides to help her husband steal the Stanley Cup after he is diagnosed with an incurable disease.
Her fellow cast member Annie Mumolo, who co-wrote "Bridesmaids" with Kristen Wiig, will co-write this project's script. [Source: Deadline]
Over The Wall
Kim Basinger, Nick Stahl, Jennifer Morrison and Freddy Rodriguez are attached to star in "Over The Wall" which begins shooting later this summer in Ohio.
Steven Christopher Young penned and directs the drama, set in the world of stock car racing,...
- 5/14/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Everything's set to go for "Syrup," which will be author Max Barry's first big screen production of his debut novel. The very favorably-reviewed book will be directed by Aram Rappaport (upcoming "Summer Song" starring "Spy Kids" Alex Vega) and be lead by Shiloh Fernandez from the abhorrent "Red Riding Hood" (and the relatively interesting "Skateland") and Amber Heard from the anticipated, but seemingly long-delayed Hunter S. Thompson flick "The Rum Diary." Although the talent is rather unknown, the source material seems to be an insane delight: Marketing grad Scat (Fernandez) discovers the idea for a new soda beverage, effectively named…...
- 5/12/2011
- The Playlist
There's a reason this article is illustrated with a ten-year old image of Nicole Kidman in The Others: she's not quite a stranger to making low-budget chillers, and now she seems to be tapped for a new one. Saw and Insidious director James Wan is putting together a movie called Spectre, and a throwaway mention in a Variety [1] report on Cannes sales mentions that Nicole Kidman is in talks to star. We don't know what the film is, but knowing James Wan's general M.O. I'll let you guess the basics. Nicole Kidman already has one thriller in the can for this year (Joel Schumacher's Trespass, with Nic Cage) and may be Park Chan-Wook's Stoker and/or Sam Raimi's Oz the Great and Powerful. But I'll admit: fond memories of The Others make me hope this comes together. After the break. Mark Strong gets ready to punch,...
- 5/10/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
From Robert Altman.s The Player to George Huang.s Swimming With Sharks, Hollywood has celebrated juicy, malicious, tell-all dark comedies that tear industries down from within. Now a new indie drama takes aim at the corporate intrigue fueling the soda business, and two young leads have signed on for the sticky sweet battle. Amber Heard (of Drive Angry 3D) and Shiloh Fernandez (of Red Riding Hood have signed on for Aram Rappaport.s Syrup, Variety reports. The dark dramedy will be adapted from Australian author Max Barry.s satirical novel about backstabbing twentysomethings who will do whatever it takes to climb the ranks of the soda industry. The book seemed ripe for Hollywood exploitation. Barry didn.t shy away from including celebrity cameos in his story, with entrepreneur character Scat bumping into the likes of Tom Cruise and Gwyneth Paltrow on his rise to the top. Now we.ll...
- 5/10/2011
- cinemablend.com
There was one good thing in Red Riding Hood: Shiloh Fernandez. The actor will now topline the indie Syrup with Amber Heard (Zombieland), a story about competitive 20somethings working their way up the corporate ladder in the soda beverage industry.
It's being adapted from Maxx Barry's book of the same title which Barnes and Noble provides the synopsis: "When Scat comes up with the idea for the hottest new soda ever, he's sure he'll retire the next rich, savvy marketing success story. But in the treacherous waters of corporate America there are no sure things--and suddenly Scat has to save not only his idea but his yet-to-be-realized career. With the help of the scarily beautiful and brainy 6, he sets out on a mission to reclaim the fame and fortune that, time and again, eludes him."
Aram Rappaport is directing.
Source: Variety...
It's being adapted from Maxx Barry's book of the same title which Barnes and Noble provides the synopsis: "When Scat comes up with the idea for the hottest new soda ever, he's sure he'll retire the next rich, savvy marketing success story. But in the treacherous waters of corporate America there are no sure things--and suddenly Scat has to save not only his idea but his yet-to-be-realized career. With the help of the scarily beautiful and brainy 6, he sets out on a mission to reclaim the fame and fortune that, time and again, eludes him."
Aram Rappaport is directing.
Source: Variety...
- 5/10/2011
- by tara@kidspickflicks.com (Tara the Mom)
- kidspickflicks
Amber Heard ("Drive Angry") and Shiloh Fernandez ("Red Riding Hood") are set to topline the indie adaptation "Syrup" for Lila 9th Productions says Variety.
Max Barry penned the marketing-themed novel about the backstabbing and corporate ladder climbing of twenty-somethings trying to make it to the top in the soda industry.
Aram Rappaport directs while Barrie M. Osborne and Cameron Lamb will produce. Shooting kicks off this Summer in New York City.
Max Barry penned the marketing-themed novel about the backstabbing and corporate ladder climbing of twenty-somethings trying to make it to the top in the soda industry.
Aram Rappaport directs while Barrie M. Osborne and Cameron Lamb will produce. Shooting kicks off this Summer in New York City.
- 5/10/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Amber Heard (Zombieland, Drive Angry 3D) and Shiloh Fernandez (Red Riding Hood) have been cast in an indie drama entitled Syrup. The film is based on the book by Max Barry and deals with corporate intrigue in the beverage industry. Barry co-wrote the script with director Aram Rappaport.
Here is a description of the book:
The average person has three million-dollar ideas per year. Scat, an unemployed marketing graduate who knows you don't get noticed calling yourself Michael, has had his first. It's a sure-fire ticket to the life of shallow fame and fleeting celebrity he craves. But first he has to deal with 6, who is possibly the love of Scat's life or possibly ripping him off, and Sneaky Pete, marketing genius, refugee from Tokyo, and Scat's best friend—as far as Scat knows.
At this time we don't know what roles Heard and Fernandez will play, but it's most...
Here is a description of the book:
The average person has three million-dollar ideas per year. Scat, an unemployed marketing graduate who knows you don't get noticed calling yourself Michael, has had his first. It's a sure-fire ticket to the life of shallow fame and fleeting celebrity he craves. But first he has to deal with 6, who is possibly the love of Scat's life or possibly ripping him off, and Sneaky Pete, marketing genius, refugee from Tokyo, and Scat's best friend—as far as Scat knows.
At this time we don't know what roles Heard and Fernandez will play, but it's most...
- 5/9/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
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