Exclusive: Storyboard Entertainment has secured the rights to the book To Offer Compassion: A History of the Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion which was co-authored by Doris Andrea Dirks and Patricia A. Relf who will serve as co-producers on the project. Hired on to adapt the feature project is Mr. Robot writer/producer Kor Adana.
The project will center around the true story of church administrator Arlene Carmen, who in 1967, started the Clergy Consultation Service (Ccs), an underground, illegal abortion counseling program that used a network of 1,500 ministers and rabbis from all over the country to help 500,000 women receive safe abortions.
The book will be released in paperback this summer. Dirks and Relf said they have “spent hours talking about the details of the clergy’s work” and “have been glad to share … resources and original interview tapes.”
“I live in Ohio, where the state legislature has passed a law...
The project will center around the true story of church administrator Arlene Carmen, who in 1967, started the Clergy Consultation Service (Ccs), an underground, illegal abortion counseling program that used a network of 1,500 ministers and rabbis from all over the country to help 500,000 women receive safe abortions.
The book will be released in paperback this summer. Dirks and Relf said they have “spent hours talking about the details of the clergy’s work” and “have been glad to share … resources and original interview tapes.”
“I live in Ohio, where the state legislature has passed a law...
- 3/5/2019
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Vertical Entertainment has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Giant Little Ones, the coming-of-age drama from Canadian director Keith Behrman that had its world premiere earlier this fall as a Toronto Film Festival special presentation. The plan is for a March 2019 platform theatrical release.
Josh Wiggins, Darren Mann, Taylor Hickson, Maria Bello and Kyle MacLachlan star in the pic, which centers on Franky Winter (Wiggins) and Ballas Kohl (Mann) who have been best friends since childhood. They are high school royalty – handsome, stars of the swim team and popular with girls. They live the perfect teenage life, until the night of Franky’s epic 17th birthday party when Franky and Ballas are involved in an unexpected incident that changes their lives forever.
Allison Black produced, with Patrice Theroux, Bello, Nathan Morlando, Ricky Blumenstein, Jason Potash, Paul Finkel, Hussain Amarshi, Daniel Bekerman, Mark Gingras and John Laing as executive producers.
Josh Wiggins, Darren Mann, Taylor Hickson, Maria Bello and Kyle MacLachlan star in the pic, which centers on Franky Winter (Wiggins) and Ballas Kohl (Mann) who have been best friends since childhood. They are high school royalty – handsome, stars of the swim team and popular with girls. They live the perfect teenage life, until the night of Franky’s epic 17th birthday party when Franky and Ballas are involved in an unexpected incident that changes their lives forever.
Allison Black produced, with Patrice Theroux, Bello, Nathan Morlando, Ricky Blumenstein, Jason Potash, Paul Finkel, Hussain Amarshi, Daniel Bekerman, Mark Gingras and John Laing as executive producers.
- 11/1/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Cara Santana has been tapped to star in The Detective, an indie drama written by John Burd and directed by Michael Feifer. Santana will play Jeanie who, after her best friend is attacked by an intruder, starts to secretly investigate the Lapd officer at the center of the investigation who may know more then he is letting on. Feifer is producing via Feifer Productions. In addition, has joined Season 2 of the YouTube series, Real Bros Of Simi Valley. The first season followed four dope bros in California’s Simi Valley who try to throw a dope kickback. It’s produced by 71 Studio and exec produced by Michael Schreiber and Michael Rosenstein. Santana has appeared in Wgn’s Salem, Netflix’s Santa Clarita Diet, and is currently working on the feature, Steps, which she wrote and will produce. She’s repped by Gersh, Luber Roklin Entertainment, and Bloom, Hergott, Diemer,...
- 7/24/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Mongrel International handles sales outside Us and Canada.
Kyle MacLachlan, star of Showtime’s recently revived Twin Peaks, has joined La and Toronto-based euclid431’s Ya drama Glo, which is currently shooting in and around Sault Ste. Marie in Ontario, Canada.
The star of the recently revived Twin Peaks on Showtime joins previously announced Maria Bello and Josh Wiggins on the Ya drama.
Keith Behrman wrote and directed Glo, also known as The Giant Little Ones, about two popular teenage friends whose lives and families are turned upside-down after an unexpected incident occurs at a 17th birthday party.
Darren Mann, Taylor Hickson, and Peter Outerbridge round out the cast. Production in Ontario is scheduled to continue through August.
Telefilm Canada, Storyboard Entertainment, Omdc, Nohfc, Mongrel Media, CBC, Urban Post, Bell Media’s Harold Greenberg Fund, and Tmn are financing the project.
euclid431 founder Allison Black produces the film, and executive producers are Bello, Patrice Theroux, [link...
Kyle MacLachlan, star of Showtime’s recently revived Twin Peaks, has joined La and Toronto-based euclid431’s Ya drama Glo, which is currently shooting in and around Sault Ste. Marie in Ontario, Canada.
The star of the recently revived Twin Peaks on Showtime joins previously announced Maria Bello and Josh Wiggins on the Ya drama.
Keith Behrman wrote and directed Glo, also known as The Giant Little Ones, about two popular teenage friends whose lives and families are turned upside-down after an unexpected incident occurs at a 17th birthday party.
Darren Mann, Taylor Hickson, and Peter Outerbridge round out the cast. Production in Ontario is scheduled to continue through August.
Telefilm Canada, Storyboard Entertainment, Omdc, Nohfc, Mongrel Media, CBC, Urban Post, Bell Media’s Harold Greenberg Fund, and Tmn are financing the project.
euclid431 founder Allison Black produces the film, and executive producers are Bello, Patrice Theroux, [link...
- 7/17/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
– Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired the North American rights to the Tribeca Film Festival entry “November.” Directed by Rainer Sarnet, the film is based on Andrus Kivirähk’s novel “Rehepapp,” about about a peasant girl in 19th century Estonia who longs for village boy. The story of requited love takes place in an incredibly complicated, dark landscape where spirits, werewolves, plagues, and the devil himself converge.
Read More: Film Acquisition Rundown: The Orchard Picks Up ‘Thelma,’ Samuel Goldwyn Films Buys ‘Gook’ and More
“’November’ is one of the most unique and stunning films to come along in some time,” Oscilloscope president Dan Berger said in a statement. “It’s equal measures beautiful love story and balls-to-wall bonkers-ass folk tale.
– Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired the North American rights to the Tribeca Film Festival entry “November.” Directed by Rainer Sarnet, the film is based on Andrus Kivirähk’s novel “Rehepapp,” about about a peasant girl in 19th century Estonia who longs for village boy. The story of requited love takes place in an incredibly complicated, dark landscape where spirits, werewolves, plagues, and the devil himself converge.
Read More: Film Acquisition Rundown: The Orchard Picks Up ‘Thelma,’ Samuel Goldwyn Films Buys ‘Gook’ and More
“’November’ is one of the most unique and stunning films to come along in some time,” Oscilloscope president Dan Berger said in a statement. “It’s equal measures beautiful love story and balls-to-wall bonkers-ass folk tale.
- 4/28/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Distributor sets June 30 theatrical and VOD launch.
IFC Midnight has acquired the North American rights to Austin Reading’s Darkness Rising.
The film written by Vikram Weet centres on Madison, a young woman who decides to visit her childhood home when she finds out it is about to be torn down.
When she was a child, her mother killed her baby sister and Madison narrowly escaped with her life. Now, as she tries to confront the demons that have haunted her ever since, Madison, her boyfriend, and cousin find themselves trapped in the house by the forces that may have driven her mother to commit murder.
Katrina Law, Tara Holt, Bryce Johnson, Heather Mazur, Myk Watford and Ted Raimi star.
Reading’s debut feature film was produced by Storyboard Entertainment’s Jason Potash and Paul Finkel, in association with Compass Entertainment’s Marcus Fuller and Julie S. Fuller, and Daniel Hyman.
IFC will release...
IFC Midnight has acquired the North American rights to Austin Reading’s Darkness Rising.
The film written by Vikram Weet centres on Madison, a young woman who decides to visit her childhood home when she finds out it is about to be torn down.
When she was a child, her mother killed her baby sister and Madison narrowly escaped with her life. Now, as she tries to confront the demons that have haunted her ever since, Madison, her boyfriend, and cousin find themselves trapped in the house by the forces that may have driven her mother to commit murder.
Katrina Law, Tara Holt, Bryce Johnson, Heather Mazur, Myk Watford and Ted Raimi star.
Reading’s debut feature film was produced by Storyboard Entertainment’s Jason Potash and Paul Finkel, in association with Compass Entertainment’s Marcus Fuller and Julie S. Fuller, and Daniel Hyman.
IFC will release...
- 4/25/2017
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: The Toronto-based genre specialist has boarded international sales for Efm on Austin Reading’s horror sci-fi.
Katrina Law from Arrow stars in Darkness Rising as the lone survivor of a family massacre who revisits her childhood home on the eve of its destruction. Chaos reigns.
Bryce Johnson, Tara Holt and Ted Raimi round out the key cast. Vikram Weet wrote the screenplay.
Storyboard Entertainment’s Jason Potash and Paul Finkel produced with Compass Entertainment’s Marcus Dean Fuller and Julie S Fuller.
Raven Banner’s Michael Paszt and James Fler negotiated the deal with Preferred Content on behalf of the producers.
Katrina Law from Arrow stars in Darkness Rising as the lone survivor of a family massacre who revisits her childhood home on the eve of its destruction. Chaos reigns.
Bryce Johnson, Tara Holt and Ted Raimi round out the key cast. Vikram Weet wrote the screenplay.
Storyboard Entertainment’s Jason Potash and Paul Finkel produced with Compass Entertainment’s Marcus Dean Fuller and Julie S Fuller.
Raven Banner’s Michael Paszt and James Fler negotiated the deal with Preferred Content on behalf of the producers.
- 2/10/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Comedian Jon Dore, Oscar-nominated actor David Paymer (“Mr. Saturday Night”), Lynn Cohen (“The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” “Sex and the City”) and Eric Edelstein (“Jurassic World”) are set to star in the indie comedy “The Pickle Recipe,” TheWrap has learned. Michael Manasseri is directing from a screenplay by Sheldon Cohn, based on a story by Gary Wolfson and Cohn. Storyboard Entertainment’s Jason Potash and Paul Finkel are producing with Cohn and Wolfson, while Manasseri is producing through his company Made in Michigan Entertainment. Eddie Rubin will executive produce the film, which starts production this month in Michigan. Also Read: Scarlett Johansson Can.
- 5/18/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Sundance: Hot on the heels of the event cinema fund launched by Tugg and New Balloon, Indiegogo and Vimeo have announced a distribution partnership. Separately, Vertical has acquired Dial A Prayer and Gravitas Ventures has picked up Any Day.
The content grab for Vimeo sees it become the preferred platform for films that Indiegogo back and gain exclusive distribution rights on Vimeo On Demand to select titles it supports via a new fund.
Indiegogo will also join the fledgling Vimeo On Demand Publisher Network and will embed a dedicated VOD storefront on its site featuring titles available for purchase.
Vimeo will also create a dedicated Indiegogo VOD home on Vimeo featuring a carousel of curated titles from the crowdfunder.
The venture launches with Malcom Carter’s documentary Connected Universe.
Vertical Entertainment has closed a deal in Park City for North American rights to Maggie Kiley’s Dial A Prayer, a non-Sundance title that stars Brittany Snow and William...
The content grab for Vimeo sees it become the preferred platform for films that Indiegogo back and gain exclusive distribution rights on Vimeo On Demand to select titles it supports via a new fund.
Indiegogo will also join the fledgling Vimeo On Demand Publisher Network and will embed a dedicated VOD storefront on its site featuring titles available for purchase.
Vimeo will also create a dedicated Indiegogo VOD home on Vimeo featuring a carousel of curated titles from the crowdfunder.
The venture launches with Malcom Carter’s documentary Connected Universe.
Vertical Entertainment has closed a deal in Park City for North American rights to Maggie Kiley’s Dial A Prayer, a non-Sundance title that stars Brittany Snow and William...
- 1/24/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
This weekend’s onslaught of smaller new films will have awards contenders and big names to jostle with at the box office. Awards hopefuls Foxcatcher and The Homesman begin their theatrical runs in limited New York and L.A. rollouts, with the former a likely winner in the first weekend when the numbers come in Sunday. The films from Sony Pictures Classics and Roadside Attractions, respectively, tell particularly American stories, though from very different eras. The Daily Show‘s Jon Stewart took time off in 2013 to work on his directorial debut. Open Road’s Rosewater, starring Gael García Bernal, will begin its theatrical rollout this weekend. It will be the biggest opener of this weekend’s cadre of specialty newcomers, playing in several hundred locations in the U.S. and Canada. Actor Chris Lowell also makes his filmmaking launch with Beside Still Waters. The project had smooth sailing until it came time for distribution,...
- 11/14/2014
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline
The group of friends who return to the cabin in the woods for a weekend genre is one that gets its share of entrants, though they are often spaced out to a degree, but Beside Still Waters is getting more attention than most, and is getting first-time director Chris Lowell‘s name mentioned quite a bit.
Lowell’s most recent acting effort was the show Enlisted, but many may remember him from Private Practice, or Veronica Mars. Now he’s taking on directing, and co-writing, and this is certainly an interesting choice for a first move.
The movie also stars The Blacklist‘s Ryan Eggold, and a diverse group that you’re likely to recognize. The general premise may sound familiar, but this one has a few new spins to throw at you, including Whiskey Slaps.
Take a look at the trailer, and keep this one in mind.
Mourning the sudden death of his parents,...
Lowell’s most recent acting effort was the show Enlisted, but many may remember him from Private Practice, or Veronica Mars. Now he’s taking on directing, and co-writing, and this is certainly an interesting choice for a first move.
The movie also stars The Blacklist‘s Ryan Eggold, and a diverse group that you’re likely to recognize. The general premise may sound familiar, but this one has a few new spins to throw at you, including Whiskey Slaps.
Take a look at the trailer, and keep this one in mind.
Mourning the sudden death of his parents,...
- 10/27/2014
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Exclusive: Tribeca Film has acquired actor-director Chris Lowell’s indie dramedy Beside Still Waters. The picture marks the directorial debut of TV and film thesp Lowell, who’s best known for his acting turns on Veronica Mars, Private Practice, and Enlisted. Ryan Eggold (The Blacklist) stars as Daniel Thatcher, a young romantic who has fallen on hard times and enlists his childhood friends to relive the glory days of their youth, whether they like it or not.
After the huge success of the Veronica Mars movie campaign on Kickstarter, Lowell and his fellow filmmakers took to the platform to raise $63,000 in finishing funds. The project collected over $207,000, more than tripling its funding goal, and became the 13th most-funded narrative film in Kickstarter’s history. In addition to directing, Lowell scripted with Mohit Narang and produced the dramedy which blends 16mm, Super 8, and his own black and white photography. Saturday Night Live‘s Beck Bennett,...
After the huge success of the Veronica Mars movie campaign on Kickstarter, Lowell and his fellow filmmakers took to the platform to raise $63,000 in finishing funds. The project collected over $207,000, more than tripling its funding goal, and became the 13th most-funded narrative film in Kickstarter’s history. In addition to directing, Lowell scripted with Mohit Narang and produced the dramedy which blends 16mm, Super 8, and his own black and white photography. Saturday Night Live‘s Beck Bennett,...
- 8/20/2014
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
Kate Flannery (“The Office”), Glenne Headly (“Don Jon”) and Tom Lipinski (“Labor Day”) will join Brittany Snow and William H. Macy in Storyboard Entertainment's “Dial a Prayer,” TheWrap has learned. Screenwriter Maggie Kiley is directing the indie movie, which started production last week in Michigan. Snow stars as Cora, a young woman who begrudgingly answers the phones at a prayer hotline where she finds her own faith tested when a caller tries to convince her that she is his savior. Also read: Gravitas Ventures Acquires ‘Brightest Star,’ Featuring Clark Gregg, Allison Janney The film is produced and financed by...
- 3/22/2014
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Brittany Snow and William H. Macy are in talks to join indie Dial-a-Prayer, a drama that will shoot in Michigan in March. The film follows a young woman named Cora (Snow) who is sentenced to community service working in a prayer request call center. She discovers a sense of accomplishment from the work until she finds out a boy she thinks she helped save is hiding a secret from her. The project is produced by Jason Potash. Video: Fireside Chats: Selena Gomez and Billy Crudup Praise First-Time Director William H. Macy Snow's recent projects include Pitch
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- 2/21/2014
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Gravitas Ventures has acquired all North American rights to Maggie Kiley’s Brightest Star, previously known as Light Years.
Chris Lowell, Rose McIver and Jessica Szohr star in the story of a young college graduate who sets out to win back the girl of his dreams. The cast includes Clark Gregg and Allison Janney.
The film will open in theatres and on VOD nationwide in late January 2014 following the recent world premiere at the 2013 Austin Film Festival.
Paul Finkel and Jason Potash financed and produced Brightest Star through Storyboard Entertainment alongside Kyle Heller and Gina Resnick, edited by Franklin Peterson and Cindy Thoennessen,
Gravitas Ventures negotiated the deal with Miller and Noor Ahmed of Reder & Feig on behalf of the filmmakers.
Chris Lowell, Rose McIver and Jessica Szohr star in the story of a young college graduate who sets out to win back the girl of his dreams. The cast includes Clark Gregg and Allison Janney.
The film will open in theatres and on VOD nationwide in late January 2014 following the recent world premiere at the 2013 Austin Film Festival.
Paul Finkel and Jason Potash financed and produced Brightest Star through Storyboard Entertainment alongside Kyle Heller and Gina Resnick, edited by Franklin Peterson and Cindy Thoennessen,
Gravitas Ventures negotiated the deal with Miller and Noor Ahmed of Reder & Feig on behalf of the filmmakers.
- 10/28/2013
- ScreenDaily
Chris Lowell, best known for his work in The Help and on Private Practice, is now poised to make his directorial debut with the independent dramatic film, Beside Still Waters. [Variety]
The film will star Ryan Eggold (90210) as a young man who has recently lost his parents and is now faced with the prospect of losing the home of his youth. He decides to invite his high school friends to his house for one more celebration, in the hopes of retaining his childhood friendships and wooing his ex-girlfriend.
Beside Still Waters c0-stars Beck Bennett, Will Brill, Brett Dalton, Erin Darke, Jessy Hodges, Britt Lower, and Reid Scott. Lowell will direct off a script co-written with Mohit Narang. Lowell and Narang will also produce with Steven Gorel, while Jason Potash and Paul Finkel will co-produce through Storyboard Entertainment. The film is set to start shooting in Michigan next week.
Though I...
The film will star Ryan Eggold (90210) as a young man who has recently lost his parents and is now faced with the prospect of losing the home of his youth. He decides to invite his high school friends to his house for one more celebration, in the hopes of retaining his childhood friendships and wooing his ex-girlfriend.
Beside Still Waters c0-stars Beck Bennett, Will Brill, Brett Dalton, Erin Darke, Jessy Hodges, Britt Lower, and Reid Scott. Lowell will direct off a script co-written with Mohit Narang. Lowell and Narang will also produce with Steven Gorel, while Jason Potash and Paul Finkel will co-produce through Storyboard Entertainment. The film is set to start shooting in Michigan next week.
Though I...
- 6/1/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Beside Still Waters marks The Help actor Chris Lowell's feature directorial debut The indie drama stars 90210's Ryan Eggold, as well as Beck Bennett, Will Brill, Brett Dalton, Erin Darke, Jessy Hodges, Britt Lower and Reid Scott. Variety reports that Eggold plays a man close to losing the family home after his parents die. He invites his high school friends over for one last celebration, and tries to win over his former girlfriend, as well as find closure at the same time. Script comes from Mohit Narang and Lowell, who also produce alongside Storyboard Entertainment's Jason Potash and Paul Finkel. Filming on Beside Still Waters is scheduled to start in Michigan next week.
- 5/31/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Beside Still Waters marks The Help actor Chris Lowell's feature directorial debut The indie drama stars 90210's Ryan Eggold, as well as Beck Bennett, Will Brill, Brett Dalton, Erin Darke, Jessy Hodges, Britt Lower and Reid Scott. Variety reports that Eggold plays a man close to losing the family home after his parents die. He invites his high school friends over for one last celebration, and tries to win over his former girlfriend, as well as find closure at the same time. Script comes from Mohit Narang and Lowell, who also produce alongside Storyboard Entertainment's Jason Potash and Paul Finkel. Filming on Beside Still Waters is scheduled to start in Michigan next week.
- 5/31/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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