Photo: Alison Sweeney Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Pooya Nabei
Hallmark actress Alison Sweeney is truly going places as she picks up her first writing credit for the new Hannah Swensen movie.
Moreover, she is also starring in and executive producing One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery. How did the popular actress grow into a screenwriter? She opened up about it in a recent interview.
Alison Sweeney scriptwriter for One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
Hallmark fans are excited about the return of Alison Sweeney as Hannah Swensen in her latest mystery movie on Hallmark Mystery. However, she isn’t just starring in the movie but is also the screenwriter. How did that come about?
When Cinemablend recently interviewed Sweeney, she explained that it was an “organic” process. As an executive producer for the movies, she is reportedly the one who reads through author Joanne Fluke’s novels to find a new,...
Hallmark actress Alison Sweeney is truly going places as she picks up her first writing credit for the new Hannah Swensen movie.
Moreover, she is also starring in and executive producing One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery. How did the popular actress grow into a screenwriter? She opened up about it in a recent interview.
Alison Sweeney scriptwriter for One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
Hallmark fans are excited about the return of Alison Sweeney as Hannah Swensen in her latest mystery movie on Hallmark Mystery. However, she isn’t just starring in the movie but is also the screenwriter. How did that come about?
When Cinemablend recently interviewed Sweeney, she explained that it was an “organic” process. As an executive producer for the movies, she is reportedly the one who reads through author Joanne Fluke’s novels to find a new,...
- 4/8/2024
- by Anne King
- Celebrating The Soaps
Photo: Alison Sweeney, Victor Webster Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Bettina Strauss
Hallmark Channel fans can see the reunion between Alison Sweeney and Victor Webster in the new mystery movie, One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery. Fans will recall that the last time we saw the actors together was in The Wedding Veil movies.
Webster joins the cast of the long-running franchise and stars with regular actors Gabriel Hogan, Barbara Niven, Tess Atkins and Lisa Durupt. Read on to find out more about the movie and its cast and enjoy images taken on the set. Meanwhile, readers can also watch a teaser trailer for the movie.
One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery on Hallmark Mystery Photo: Tess Atkins, Alison Sweeney, Barbara Niven, Lisa Durupt Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Bettina Strauss
According to the official synopsis, Hannah Swensen (Sweeney) has been asked to teach a baking class at a local college.
Hallmark Channel fans can see the reunion between Alison Sweeney and Victor Webster in the new mystery movie, One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery. Fans will recall that the last time we saw the actors together was in The Wedding Veil movies.
Webster joins the cast of the long-running franchise and stars with regular actors Gabriel Hogan, Barbara Niven, Tess Atkins and Lisa Durupt. Read on to find out more about the movie and its cast and enjoy images taken on the set. Meanwhile, readers can also watch a teaser trailer for the movie.
One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery on Hallmark Mystery Photo: Tess Atkins, Alison Sweeney, Barbara Niven, Lisa Durupt Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Bettina Strauss
According to the official synopsis, Hannah Swensen (Sweeney) has been asked to teach a baking class at a local college.
- 4/5/2024
- by Anne King
- Celebrating The Soaps
Exclusive: Vault Entertainment has added industry veteran Craig Baumgarten as a manager/producer.
The move reunites Baumgarten and Vault founder, Adam Griffin, who previously worked together. Baumgarten most recently was a partner at management/production company Wonder Street.
Baumgarten previously served as VP of Paramount Pictures, President of Keith Barish Productions, EVP of Production at Columbia, President of Lorimar Motion Pictures, and EVP of Twentieth Century Fox. After leaving Fox, Baumgarten produced several films including Disney’s Blank Check, It Could Happen to You starring Nicolas Cage and Hook, directed by Steven Spielberg. As a senior executive, Baumgarten oversaw production of many successful films over the years, including Sophie’s Choice, Ghostbusters and Die Hard.
Baumgarten, in partnership with Clay Epstein of Film Mode Entertainment, most recently produced Diablo for Grindstone alongside client Scott Adkins, who also stars in the movie. Last year, Baumgarten produced Samuel Goldwyn Films’ Trouble Man! featuring client Michael Jai White,...
The move reunites Baumgarten and Vault founder, Adam Griffin, who previously worked together. Baumgarten most recently was a partner at management/production company Wonder Street.
Baumgarten previously served as VP of Paramount Pictures, President of Keith Barish Productions, EVP of Production at Columbia, President of Lorimar Motion Pictures, and EVP of Twentieth Century Fox. After leaving Fox, Baumgarten produced several films including Disney’s Blank Check, It Could Happen to You starring Nicolas Cage and Hook, directed by Steven Spielberg. As a senior executive, Baumgarten oversaw production of many successful films over the years, including Sophie’s Choice, Ghostbusters and Die Hard.
Baumgarten, in partnership with Clay Epstein of Film Mode Entertainment, most recently produced Diablo for Grindstone alongside client Scott Adkins, who also stars in the movie. Last year, Baumgarten produced Samuel Goldwyn Films’ Trouble Man! featuring client Michael Jai White,...
- 3/18/2024
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Michael Jai White (Black Dynamite) has wrapped production on Trouble Man!, an action comedy that he directed and stars in for Samuel Goldwyn Films. Those starring alongside him are Method Man (Power Book II: Ghost), Gillian White (Take Back), Mike Epps (The Upshaws), Orlando Jones (Drumline) and La La Anthony (Power).
Filmed under the Georgia Production Program, the film stars White as Jaxen, a former cop turned private detective living in Atlanta. When famed R&b singer Jahari goes missing, Jaxen is hired to find and save her. As he investigates, he realizes her disappearance is tied to a much larger conspiracy of lies and deceit, which makes him question everyone around him and confront his own past.
White and Michael Stratford penned the script, with Craig Baumgarten producing. Samuel Goldwyn Films financed the pic and will release it next year, following past collaborations with White on the actioner...
Filmed under the Georgia Production Program, the film stars White as Jaxen, a former cop turned private detective living in Atlanta. When famed R&b singer Jahari goes missing, Jaxen is hired to find and save her. As he investigates, he realizes her disappearance is tied to a much larger conspiracy of lies and deceit, which makes him question everyone around him and confront his own past.
White and Michael Stratford penned the script, with Craig Baumgarten producing. Samuel Goldwyn Films financed the pic and will release it next year, following past collaborations with White on the actioner...
- 12/15/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Action icon Dolph Lundgren and Frasier himself Kelsey Grammer – who have actually worked together before, on The Expendables 3 – star in the upcoming action thriller Wanted Man, which is set to receive a theatrical, VOD, and digital release on January 19th. With that date just one month away, a trailer for Wanted Man has arrived online, and you can check it out in the embed above. A poster for the film has also been unveiled, and that can be found at the bottom of this article.
Lundgren also directed this film, working from a screenplay he wrote with Hank Hugues and Michael Worth. Here’s the synopsis: Johansen (Lundgren) is an aging detective, whose outdated policing methods have given the department a recent public relations problem. To save his job, he is sent to Mexico to extradite a female witness to the murders of two DEA agents. Once there, he finds...
Lundgren also directed this film, working from a screenplay he wrote with Hank Hugues and Michael Worth. Here’s the synopsis: Johansen (Lundgren) is an aging detective, whose outdated policing methods have given the department a recent public relations problem. To save his job, he is sent to Mexico to extradite a female witness to the murders of two DEA agents. Once there, he finds...
- 12/15/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Quiver Distribution has picked up North American rights to the action thriller Wanted Man, co-written, directed by and starring Dolph Lundgren, for release in select theaters and on VOD on January 19, 2024.
Also starring Kelsey Grammer (Frasier) and Christina Villa (The Wedding in the Hamptons), the film centers on Johansen (Lundgren), an aging detective whose outdated policing methods have given the department a recent public relations problem. To save his job, he is sent to Mexico to extradite a female witness (Villa) to the murders of two DEA agents. Once there, he finds not only his old opinions challenged, but that bad guys on both sides of the border are now gunning for him and his witness.
Writing the script with Lundgren was Michael Worth (Killing Cupid). Producers included Craig Baumgarten (Universal Soldier), Lundgren and Emma Krokdal, as well as Jeffrey Greenstein and Jonathan Yunger of Millennium Media. Exec producers...
Also starring Kelsey Grammer (Frasier) and Christina Villa (The Wedding in the Hamptons), the film centers on Johansen (Lundgren), an aging detective whose outdated policing methods have given the department a recent public relations problem. To save his job, he is sent to Mexico to extradite a female witness (Villa) to the murders of two DEA agents. Once there, he finds not only his old opinions challenged, but that bad guys on both sides of the border are now gunning for him and his witness.
Writing the script with Lundgren was Michael Worth (Killing Cupid). Producers included Craig Baumgarten (Universal Soldier), Lundgren and Emma Krokdal, as well as Jeffrey Greenstein and Jonathan Yunger of Millennium Media. Exec producers...
- 11/29/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Jake Paul is to make his feature film debut in a combat sports drama.The 26-year-old star is teaming up with Mandalay Pictures and Wonder Street for the movie that will see him play a small-town youth who rises to global fame through combat sports.The story echoes Jake's own life as he used his fame as a social media personality to enter the world of professional boxing and has co-founded the promotion company Most Valuable Promotions.Paul described the film as "just the beginning of an exciting new chapter in my career".The controversial YouTuber-turned-boxer said: "I'm thrilled to be partnering with Mandalay Pictures and Wonder Street on my first feature film project."Both companies have proven track records of producing high-quality content that resonates with audiences, and I couldn't be more excited to work with such talented and experienced teams."As someone who has always believed in pushing boundaries and taking risks,...
- 6/7/2023
- by Joe Graber
- Bang Showbiz
Jake Paul, the social media personality and Disney Channel star turned professional boxer, is set to make his feature film debut in a combat sports drama backed by Mandalay Pictures and Wonder Street
Paul will star as a small-town youth rising to international fame as a pugilist. “Like many other superstar content creators, Jake cracked the code to attract an audience that generates hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue while also delivering his story in a way that connects directly with audiences of all ages,” producer David Zelon said in a statement on Tuesday.
Paul initially became famous on Vine, the defunct social video app, before jumping to YouTube. He also scored a role on the Disney Channel series Bizaardvark, though he was let go from the show after some antics on the part of him and his brother Logan Paul, also a social media star turned boxer, made unflattering headlines.
Paul will star as a small-town youth rising to international fame as a pugilist. “Like many other superstar content creators, Jake cracked the code to attract an audience that generates hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue while also delivering his story in a way that connects directly with audiences of all ages,” producer David Zelon said in a statement on Tuesday.
Paul initially became famous on Vine, the defunct social video app, before jumping to YouTube. He also scored a role on the Disney Channel series Bizaardvark, though he was let go from the show after some antics on the part of him and his brother Logan Paul, also a social media star turned boxer, made unflattering headlines.
- 6/6/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jake Paul, pugilist, notorious internet personality and digital entrepreneur, is making his first foray into feature film.
Mandalay Pictures and Wonder Street have partnered with Paul on the picture, which finds him starring as a small-town youth rising to international fame through combat sports. It’s a world Paul knows well, having leveraged his digital media fame to enter the world of professional boxing and to co-found Most Valuable Promotions, a boxing promotion company.
“Jake continues to make an indelible imprint on today’s youth with his exuberance and business savvy. He is the blueprint of the new breed of entrepreneur, using social media as a platform to bring his brand to global audiences,” says producer David Zelon. “Like many other superstar content creators, Jake cracked the code to attract an audience that generates hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue while also delivering his story in a way that...
Mandalay Pictures and Wonder Street have partnered with Paul on the picture, which finds him starring as a small-town youth rising to international fame through combat sports. It’s a world Paul knows well, having leveraged his digital media fame to enter the world of professional boxing and to co-found Most Valuable Promotions, a boxing promotion company.
“Jake continues to make an indelible imprint on today’s youth with his exuberance and business savvy. He is the blueprint of the new breed of entrepreneur, using social media as a platform to bring his brand to global audiences,” says producer David Zelon. “Like many other superstar content creators, Jake cracked the code to attract an audience that generates hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue while also delivering his story in a way that...
- 6/6/2023
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Scott Adkins and Marko Zaror, who played, respectively, the heavies Killa and Chidi in John Wick 4, will reunite in the upcoming action film Diablo.
Chilean director Ernesto Díaz Espinoza, known for such action films as The Fist of the Condor and Redemer, is set to direct Diablo from a screenplay by Mat Sansom. Diablo is being set up as a co-production between Film Mode Entertainment and Wonder Street, with Film Mode handling foreign sales, and collaborating with Wonder for domestic. The filmmakers will hold a buyers presentation for the project in Cannes on May 15.
Adkins will play Kris Chaney, a recently released ex-convict embarking on a perilous mission. He kidnaps Elisa, the daughter of a powerful gangster, which puts him in danger. Zaror will portray El Corvo, a psychopathic killer seeking revenge against Vincent’s family.
Diablo is currently in pre-production and will shoot Chile, the home country of Zaror and Espinoza.
Chilean director Ernesto Díaz Espinoza, known for such action films as The Fist of the Condor and Redemer, is set to direct Diablo from a screenplay by Mat Sansom. Diablo is being set up as a co-production between Film Mode Entertainment and Wonder Street, with Film Mode handling foreign sales, and collaborating with Wonder for domestic. The filmmakers will hold a buyers presentation for the project in Cannes on May 15.
Adkins will play Kris Chaney, a recently released ex-convict embarking on a perilous mission. He kidnaps Elisa, the daughter of a powerful gangster, which puts him in danger. Zaror will portray El Corvo, a psychopathic killer seeking revenge against Vincent’s family.
Diablo is currently in pre-production and will shoot Chile, the home country of Zaror and Espinoza.
- 5/15/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Actors Scott Adkins and Marko Zaror, best known for their martial arts work in John Wick: Chapter 4, have signed on to star in the action pic Diablo from director Ernesto Díaz Espinoza.
Film Mode Entertainment and Wonder Street are co-producing with a script from Mat Sansom. Producers are Craig Baumgarten (Universal Soldier franchise) and Clay Epstein (Crypto) alongside Adkins and Zaror. Film Mode is handling all international sales and has partnered with Wonder Street on domestic. Both companies will present the project to buyers at the upcoming Cannes market with a filmmaker presentation on May 15 at 16:00 local time at the Olympia 6.
We understand pic is currently moving into pre-production and will shoot later this year in Chile, the home country of Zaror and Espinoza. Plot follows Kris Chaney (Adkins) who, after being released from prison, embarks on a perilous mission to...
Film Mode Entertainment and Wonder Street are co-producing with a script from Mat Sansom. Producers are Craig Baumgarten (Universal Soldier franchise) and Clay Epstein (Crypto) alongside Adkins and Zaror. Film Mode is handling all international sales and has partnered with Wonder Street on domestic. Both companies will present the project to buyers at the upcoming Cannes market with a filmmaker presentation on May 15 at 16:00 local time at the Olympia 6.
We understand pic is currently moving into pre-production and will shoot later this year in Chile, the home country of Zaror and Espinoza. Plot follows Kris Chaney (Adkins) who, after being released from prison, embarks on a perilous mission to...
- 5/15/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Christmas has come early for Hallmark Media: Alison Sweeney (The Wedding Veil trilogy) has agreed to a multi-picture overall deal with the channel.
“Alison Sweeney has been an incredible creative partner for us over the years – both on screen as well as behind the camera as a producer,” said Lisa Hamilton Daly, EVP Programming at Hallmark Media. “She’s long been a fan favorite, and we can’t wait to continue our work together as we bring new stories to life.”
Sweeney remarked: “I am thrilled to continue to work with Hallmark as they continue to support my work as an actress and as a producer. I’m very proud of our Christmas movie and excited for the future projects to come!”
As part of Sweeney’s deal, she is starring in A Magical Christmas Village, which she also executive produces with Luke Macfarlane (Moriah’s Lighthouse) and guest star Marlo Thomas.
“Alison Sweeney has been an incredible creative partner for us over the years – both on screen as well as behind the camera as a producer,” said Lisa Hamilton Daly, EVP Programming at Hallmark Media. “She’s long been a fan favorite, and we can’t wait to continue our work together as we bring new stories to life.”
Sweeney remarked: “I am thrilled to continue to work with Hallmark as they continue to support my work as an actress and as a producer. I’m very proud of our Christmas movie and excited for the future projects to come!”
As part of Sweeney’s deal, she is starring in A Magical Christmas Village, which she also executive produces with Luke Macfarlane (Moriah’s Lighthouse) and guest star Marlo Thomas.
- 9/19/2022
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Lifetime is set to premiere the new original movie Cruel Instruction starring Camryn Manheim, Cynthia Bailey, Kelcey Mawema and Viv Leacock on March 12 at 8 p.m. Et.
The project, inspired by true events, tells the story of Kayla Adams (Mawema), a 16-year-old who was sent to a youth residential treatment center by her mother Karen Adams (Bailey) at the suggestion of a school counselor. While at the Utah facility—led by headmistress Miss Connie (Manheim)— Kayla, her roommate and the rest of the residents are subjected to draconian treatments including force-feeding medications, arbitrary punishments, solitary confinement, and verbal and physical abuse to keep the students in line.
When Kayla and Amanda reach their limit, they band together to survive and fight to expose the abuse before it’s too late.
Following the airing of the original movie, Lifetime will air the special Beyond the Headlines: Cruel Instruction featuring interviews with real-life treatment program survivors.
The project, inspired by true events, tells the story of Kayla Adams (Mawema), a 16-year-old who was sent to a youth residential treatment center by her mother Karen Adams (Bailey) at the suggestion of a school counselor. While at the Utah facility—led by headmistress Miss Connie (Manheim)— Kayla, her roommate and the rest of the residents are subjected to draconian treatments including force-feeding medications, arbitrary punishments, solitary confinement, and verbal and physical abuse to keep the students in line.
When Kayla and Amanda reach their limit, they band together to survive and fight to expose the abuse before it’s too late.
Following the airing of the original movie, Lifetime will air the special Beyond the Headlines: Cruel Instruction featuring interviews with real-life treatment program survivors.
- 2/2/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
‘The Dropout’: Dylan Minnette, Bashir Salahuddin & Alan Ruck Among Nine Added To Hulu Limited Series
Hulu’s upcoming limited series The Dropout, about the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos, continues to expand its cast with the addition of Dylan Minnette, Alan Ruck, Bashir Salahuddin and Mary Lynn Rajskub. Also joining the cast are Hart Bochner, James Hiroyuki Liao, Nicky Endres, Camryn Mi-Young Kim and Andrew Leeds. They will appear opposite Amanda Seyfried in the series from Liz Meriwether, Seachlight Television and Disney Television Studios’ 20th Television.
Created and executive produced by Meriwether, who also serves as showrunner, The Dropout is based on the ABC News/ABC Radio podcast. Holmes (Seyfried), the enigmatic Stanford dropout who founded medical testing start-up Theranos, was lauded as a Steve Jobs for the next tech generation. Once worth billions of dollars, the myth crumbled when it was revealed that none of the tech actually worked, putting thousands of people’s health in grave danger. Money. Romance. Tragedy.
Created and executive produced by Meriwether, who also serves as showrunner, The Dropout is based on the ABC News/ABC Radio podcast. Holmes (Seyfried), the enigmatic Stanford dropout who founded medical testing start-up Theranos, was lauded as a Steve Jobs for the next tech generation. Once worth billions of dollars, the myth crumbled when it was revealed that none of the tech actually worked, putting thousands of people’s health in grave danger. Money. Romance. Tragedy.
- 8/3/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Kellie Madison will direct the fourthquel Never Back Down: Revolt from a script by Audrey Arkins (Elyse) for Mandalay Pictures, Wonder Street and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions. Production is set to start November 23 in and around London.
Never Back Down: Revolt centers on a woman who is kidnapped and forced to compete in elite underground fights and has to battle her way out to freedom. Michael Bisping (Den of Thieves) and Brooke Johnston (Hurricane Heist) star as the antagonists who run the fight trafficking ring. Diana Hoyos (2020 Best Actress winner in Colombia for Enfermeras), Neetu Chandra and James Faulkner round out the supporting cast.
The fourth installment will be produced by Craig Baumgarten of Wonder Street and David Zelon of Mandalay Pictures.
The first Never Back Down released in 2008 starred Amber Heard,...
Never Back Down: Revolt centers on a woman who is kidnapped and forced to compete in elite underground fights and has to battle her way out to freedom. Michael Bisping (Den of Thieves) and Brooke Johnston (Hurricane Heist) star as the antagonists who run the fight trafficking ring. Diana Hoyos (2020 Best Actress winner in Colombia for Enfermeras), Neetu Chandra and James Faulkner round out the supporting cast.
The fourth installment will be produced by Craig Baumgarten of Wonder Street and David Zelon of Mandalay Pictures.
The first Never Back Down released in 2008 starred Amber Heard,...
- 11/11/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
CBS has given a put pilot order to Sylvester Stallone and Dolph Lundgren’s one-hour drama “The International,” according to a person familiar with the situation.
Lundgren is set to star as a Anders Soto, who is described as part negotiator, part international spy. He is a one-man covert black-ops team working for the U.N., called in to find asymmetrical solutions to the world’s most delicate and complex problems.
Stallone is set to direct, while Ken Sanzel will write and executive produce. Lundgren will produce, and Stallone will executive produce for Balboa Productions along with Braden Aftergood, Tony Krantz of Flame Ventures and Craig Baumgarten. CBS Television Studios is the studio attached.
Also Read: Sylvester Stallone on Why He 'Hated' Dolph Lundgren Irl When Casting 'Rocky IV' (Video)
A put pilot order means that the network has agreed to produce and air the pilot episode, or pay...
Lundgren is set to star as a Anders Soto, who is described as part negotiator, part international spy. He is a one-man covert black-ops team working for the U.N., called in to find asymmetrical solutions to the world’s most delicate and complex problems.
Stallone is set to direct, while Ken Sanzel will write and executive produce. Lundgren will produce, and Stallone will executive produce for Balboa Productions along with Braden Aftergood, Tony Krantz of Flame Ventures and Craig Baumgarten. CBS Television Studios is the studio attached.
Also Read: Sylvester Stallone on Why He 'Hated' Dolph Lundgren Irl When Casting 'Rocky IV' (Video)
A put pilot order means that the network has agreed to produce and air the pilot episode, or pay...
- 10/3/2019
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
In a competitive situation with broadcast and streaming networks pursuing, CBS has landed action drama The International, which reunites The Expendables and Rocky IV co-stars Sylvester Stallone and Dolph Lundgren.
The show, starring and produced by Lundgren and directed and executive produced by Stallone, hails from Tony Krantz’s Flame Ventures, Stallone’s Balboa Productions and CBS TV Studios.
Written by drama veteran Ken Sanzel, The International centers on Anders Soto (Lundgren). Part negotiator, part international spy, Anders is a one-man covert black-ops team working for the U.N., called in to find asymmetrical solutions to the world’s most delicate and complex problems.
Sanzel is executive producer and showrunner. Also executive producing are Krantz via Flame; Stallone and his partner in Balboa Productions, Braden Aftergood; as well as Lundgren’s manager, Craig Baumgarten from Zero Gravity. Lundgren is a producer.
“Myself and Balboa Productions are so proud...
The show, starring and produced by Lundgren and directed and executive produced by Stallone, hails from Tony Krantz’s Flame Ventures, Stallone’s Balboa Productions and CBS TV Studios.
Written by drama veteran Ken Sanzel, The International centers on Anders Soto (Lundgren). Part negotiator, part international spy, Anders is a one-man covert black-ops team working for the U.N., called in to find asymmetrical solutions to the world’s most delicate and complex problems.
Sanzel is executive producer and showrunner. Also executive producing are Krantz via Flame; Stallone and his partner in Balboa Productions, Braden Aftergood; as well as Lundgren’s manager, Craig Baumgarten from Zero Gravity. Lundgren is a producer.
“Myself and Balboa Productions are so proud...
- 10/3/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
CBS has given a put pilot order to the one-hour drama with Dolph Lundgren attached to star and Sylvester Stallone attached to direct.
Titled “The International,” Lundgren would star as Anders Soto, described as a one-man covert black-ops team working for the U.N., who is called in to find asymmetrical solutions to the world’s most delicate and complex problems. He is part negotiator and part international spy.
Ken Sanzel will write and executive produce. Sanzel most recently created the series “Reef Break,” with his other credits including shows like “Numb3rs” and “Blue Bloods.” In addition to directing, Stallone will executive produce under his Balboa Productions banner. Balboa Productions’ Braden Aftergood will also executive produce along with Tony Krantz of Flame Ventures and Craig Baumgarten. Lundgren will produce. CBS Television Studios will serve as studio on the project.
This marks the latest in a string of projects Lundgren and Stallone...
Titled “The International,” Lundgren would star as Anders Soto, described as a one-man covert black-ops team working for the U.N., who is called in to find asymmetrical solutions to the world’s most delicate and complex problems. He is part negotiator and part international spy.
Ken Sanzel will write and executive produce. Sanzel most recently created the series “Reef Break,” with his other credits including shows like “Numb3rs” and “Blue Bloods.” In addition to directing, Stallone will executive produce under his Balboa Productions banner. Balboa Productions’ Braden Aftergood will also executive produce along with Tony Krantz of Flame Ventures and Craig Baumgarten. Lundgren will produce. CBS Television Studios will serve as studio on the project.
This marks the latest in a string of projects Lundgren and Stallone...
- 10/3/2019
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Joseph Baxter Oct 4, 2019
CBS has ordered action pilot The International, starring Dolph Lundgren and produced by Sylvester Stallone.
Dolph Lundgren has been putting in a lot of work with onscreen Rocky IV rival Sylvester Stallone ever since their reunion in 2010’s The Expendables, which yielded sequels and substantially improved opportunities. Indeed, this imminently-ending decade has seen a proper comeback for the ‘80s action icon; a comeback that will shift to the small screen as the star of a TV project, with Stallone involved.
The International is the newly-revealed title of said TV project, which – in the latest development – has procured an order by CBS. The move is the culmination of some solicitation after the hourlong action pilot, with Lundgren set as its star, was shopped around back in August by Tony Krantz’s Flame Ventures, reported Deadline.
The CBS-set pilot, which will see Lundgren’s old pal Sly Stallone onboard...
CBS has ordered action pilot The International, starring Dolph Lundgren and produced by Sylvester Stallone.
Dolph Lundgren has been putting in a lot of work with onscreen Rocky IV rival Sylvester Stallone ever since their reunion in 2010’s The Expendables, which yielded sequels and substantially improved opportunities. Indeed, this imminently-ending decade has seen a proper comeback for the ‘80s action icon; a comeback that will shift to the small screen as the star of a TV project, with Stallone involved.
The International is the newly-revealed title of said TV project, which – in the latest development – has procured an order by CBS. The move is the culmination of some solicitation after the hourlong action pilot, with Lundgren set as its star, was shopped around back in August by Tony Krantz’s Flame Ventures, reported Deadline.
The CBS-set pilot, which will see Lundgren’s old pal Sly Stallone onboard...
- 8/2/2019
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: The Expendables and Rocky co-stars Sylvester Stallone and Dolph Lundgren have reunited for an action drama series, which is shaping up as the first sought-after hourlong project this broadcast pitch season.
The show, starring Lundgren and executive produced by Stallone, hails from Tony Krantz’s Flame Ventures. According to sources, the project was sold in the room at all three broadcast networks it was pitched to this week — Fox, CBS and NBC — and also drew interest from the two streamers it was taken to, Netflix and Apple.
Written by drama veteran Ken Sanzel, the series stars Lundgren as a covert operative at the Department of Safety and Security at the Un. He is described as the Un’s secret special agent, a...
The show, starring Lundgren and executive produced by Stallone, hails from Tony Krantz’s Flame Ventures. According to sources, the project was sold in the room at all three broadcast networks it was pitched to this week — Fox, CBS and NBC — and also drew interest from the two streamers it was taken to, Netflix and Apple.
Written by drama veteran Ken Sanzel, the series stars Lundgren as a covert operative at the Department of Safety and Security at the Un. He is described as the Un’s secret special agent, a...
- 8/2/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Today, the the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (Awmf) announced that Superstore’s Lauren Ash will host the 44th Annual Gracie Awards on May 21 at the Four Seasons Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles.
Joining her on stage for a special night of performances is nine-time Grammy award-winner Sheryl Crow. The Gracie Awards, presented by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (Awmf), honors outstanding individual achievement and programming by, for and about women.
Loni Love, Melora Hardin, Nichole Bloom, Donna Lynne Champlin, and Aisha Dee are set to take the stage as presenters at this year’s ceremony. Honorees slated to attend the annual event include Christina Hendricks, Leah Remini, Retta, Rachel Bloom, Toni Braxton, Craig Baumgarten, Audrey Kolina, Elizabeth Perkins, Tisha Thompson and more.
“We’ve seen how the power of supporting women in media can deeply affect culture and inspire a new generation of courageous trailblazers and for the past 70 years,...
Joining her on stage for a special night of performances is nine-time Grammy award-winner Sheryl Crow. The Gracie Awards, presented by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (Awmf), honors outstanding individual achievement and programming by, for and about women.
Loni Love, Melora Hardin, Nichole Bloom, Donna Lynne Champlin, and Aisha Dee are set to take the stage as presenters at this year’s ceremony. Honorees slated to attend the annual event include Christina Hendricks, Leah Remini, Retta, Rachel Bloom, Toni Braxton, Craig Baumgarten, Audrey Kolina, Elizabeth Perkins, Tisha Thompson and more.
“We’ve seen how the power of supporting women in media can deeply affect culture and inspire a new generation of courageous trailblazers and for the past 70 years,...
- 5/16/2019
- Look to the Stars
Film Bridge International has entered into a two-picture production deal with Dublin-based Merlin Films headed by Kieran Corrigan and Deliverance director, John Boorman. Film Bridge founder and CEO Ellen Wander will partner with Corrigan and Boorman to produce two features, heist thriller Underground and gritty action thriller Assassins Club. Boorman, whose latest work as director was 2015’s Queen & Country, will helm the former with Stephen Saint Leger (Vikings) on the latter. Worldwide sales will be handled by Wander in Cannes. Underground is set in Boston where an Irish mob family is struggling to get out of the business, but is tempted by the discovery of an abandoned tunnel beneath Tiffany & Co. Assassins Club centers on a man offered a contract to kill seven people from around the globe. The targets, in turn, are also assassins with contracts to kill him. The only way out is to leave a...
- 5/14/2019
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Australia, Spain, South Korea, China amng buyers.
Los Angeles-based Vmi Worldwide has scored a number of key territories on Minds Eye Entertainment’s Efm kidnap thriller Daughter Of The Wolf starring Richard Dreyfuss and Gina Carano.
Rights have gone in Australia and New Zealand (Eagle Entertainment), Spain (Mediaset), Italy (Funwood), South Korea (Double & Joy), Middle East (Phoenicia), China (Times Vision), Greece (Spentzos), and Asia pay-tv (Fox).
David Hackl (Saw V) directed the feature, the third collaboration between Canadian producer Minds Eye Entertainment and Qme Entertainment, about Clair (Galano) a former military specialist whose son is kidnapped by a gang...
Los Angeles-based Vmi Worldwide has scored a number of key territories on Minds Eye Entertainment’s Efm kidnap thriller Daughter Of The Wolf starring Richard Dreyfuss and Gina Carano.
Rights have gone in Australia and New Zealand (Eagle Entertainment), Spain (Mediaset), Italy (Funwood), South Korea (Double & Joy), Middle East (Phoenicia), China (Times Vision), Greece (Spentzos), and Asia pay-tv (Fox).
David Hackl (Saw V) directed the feature, the third collaboration between Canadian producer Minds Eye Entertainment and Qme Entertainment, about Clair (Galano) a former military specialist whose son is kidnapped by a gang...
- 2/8/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Roland Joffe will direct the independent mobster drama “The Legitimate Wiseguy,” Variety has learned exclusively.
Joffe received Academy Award nominations for best director for “The Killing Fields” and “The Mission,” which won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1986. He also helmed “The Scarlet Letter,” “The Forgiven,” “City of Joy,” “Time Traveller,” and “There Be Dragons.”
“The Legitimate Wiseguy” is based on the true coming-of-age story of veteran writer/producer Nicholas Celozzi, and centers on his relationship with Tony Spilotro, a mob enforcer who was the inspiration behind Joe Pesci’s character of Nicholas “Nicky” Santoro in Martin Scorsese’s 1995 film “Casino.” Spilotro was murdered in 1986.
“Though Tony and I had a father-son relationship, I was playing checkers while he was playing chess,” Celozzi said. “He was always many moves ahead of me.”
Monaco Films is founded by Celozzi and partner Michael Sportelli, who will co-produce “The...
Joffe received Academy Award nominations for best director for “The Killing Fields” and “The Mission,” which won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1986. He also helmed “The Scarlet Letter,” “The Forgiven,” “City of Joy,” “Time Traveller,” and “There Be Dragons.”
“The Legitimate Wiseguy” is based on the true coming-of-age story of veteran writer/producer Nicholas Celozzi, and centers on his relationship with Tony Spilotro, a mob enforcer who was the inspiration behind Joe Pesci’s character of Nicholas “Nicky” Santoro in Martin Scorsese’s 1995 film “Casino.” Spilotro was murdered in 1986.
“Though Tony and I had a father-son relationship, I was playing checkers while he was playing chess,” Celozzi said. “He was always many moves ahead of me.”
Monaco Films is founded by Celozzi and partner Michael Sportelli, who will co-produce “The...
- 1/17/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Story of faith and rebellion takes place in Darjeeling, India.
Radiant Films International has boarded The Mission director Roland Joffé’s upcoming India-set romantic epic Sweet Surrender.
Mimi Steinbauer represents international rights on the love story set in the Himalayan foothills of Darjeeling as a man raised by Catholic priests embarks on an affair that forces him to question his faith and traditional beliefs.
Andy Khaitan will produce for Opus Cinema, a subsidiary of Mridula Productions that is based in Los Angeles and London. Joffé joins him on the producer roster alongside Susie Landau Finch, and Guy J. Louthan.
“Roland...
Radiant Films International has boarded The Mission director Roland Joffé’s upcoming India-set romantic epic Sweet Surrender.
Mimi Steinbauer represents international rights on the love story set in the Himalayan foothills of Darjeeling as a man raised by Catholic priests embarks on an affair that forces him to question his faith and traditional beliefs.
Andy Khaitan will produce for Opus Cinema, a subsidiary of Mridula Productions that is based in Los Angeles and London. Joffé joins him on the producer roster alongside Susie Landau Finch, and Guy J. Louthan.
“Roland...
- 11/3/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Zero Gravity Management has added veteran manager/producer Craig Baumgarten to its management group. Baumgarten comes over from Link Entertainment, where he has been a partner for the past three years and brings with him all of his clients including: Dolph Lundgren who is in the new James Wan film Aquaman; the seven-time Grammy winner and TV star Toni Braxton; director Rob Cohen, who is in post on his new film Category 5; Roland Joffe, who recently wrapped The F…...
- 5/4/2017
- Deadline
Amazon Studios will co-finance the dramatic comedy with Sidney Kimmel Entertainment (Ske) and distribute in North America.
Sierra/Affinity will introduce to international buyers at the Afm this week.
Michael Sheen, Luke Wilson and Jenna Fischer have joined Ben Stiller and Austin Abrams on Brad’s Status, which Mike White is currently shooting about a father who still harbours feelings of jealousy towards his old school friends.Ske, Plan B and Dave Bernad are producing.
Saban Films has picked up North American rights from Wme Global to Roland Joffé’s drama The Forgiven starring Forest Whitaker and Eric Bana. 13 Films represents international rights at the Afm. Joffé and Michael Ashton adapted The Forgiven from Ashton’s play The Archbishop And The Antichrist, about Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s work as president of the Truth And Reconciliation Commission in post-Apartheid South Africa. The film is currently in production and Joffé produces alongside Link Entertainment’s Craig Baumgarten and Zaheer Goodman-Bhyat...
Sierra/Affinity will introduce to international buyers at the Afm this week.
Michael Sheen, Luke Wilson and Jenna Fischer have joined Ben Stiller and Austin Abrams on Brad’s Status, which Mike White is currently shooting about a father who still harbours feelings of jealousy towards his old school friends.Ske, Plan B and Dave Bernad are producing.
Saban Films has picked up North American rights from Wme Global to Roland Joffé’s drama The Forgiven starring Forest Whitaker and Eric Bana. 13 Films represents international rights at the Afm. Joffé and Michael Ashton adapted The Forgiven from Ashton’s play The Archbishop And The Antichrist, about Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s work as president of the Truth And Reconciliation Commission in post-Apartheid South Africa. The film is currently in production and Joffé produces alongside Link Entertainment’s Craig Baumgarten and Zaheer Goodman-Bhyat...
- 10/31/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The distributor has picked up North American rights from Wme Global to Roland Joffé’s drama starring Forest Whitaker and Eric Bana. 13 Films represents international rights at the Afm.
Joffé and Michael Ashton adapted The Forgiven from Ashton’s play The Archbishop And The Antichrist, about Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s work as president of the Truth And Reconciliation Commission in post-Apartheid South Africa.
The story charts Tutu’s struggle with brutal murderer Piet Blomfeld, played by Bana, over issues of redemption. The film is currently in production.
Joffé produced the film alongside Link Entertainment’s Craig Baumgarten and Zaheer Goodman-Bhyat of Light & Dark Films. The Fyzz Facility provides financing.
Ddi has acquired worldwide sales rights to the comedy Ripped starring stand-up comic Russell Peters, Faizon Love, Kyle Massey and Alex Meneses. Brad Epstein’s feature directorial debut centres on two stoners who fast forward 30 years to 2016 after smoking top-secret CIA pot. Epstein produced...
Joffé and Michael Ashton adapted The Forgiven from Ashton’s play The Archbishop And The Antichrist, about Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s work as president of the Truth And Reconciliation Commission in post-Apartheid South Africa.
The story charts Tutu’s struggle with brutal murderer Piet Blomfeld, played by Bana, over issues of redemption. The film is currently in production.
Joffé produced the film alongside Link Entertainment’s Craig Baumgarten and Zaheer Goodman-Bhyat of Light & Dark Films. The Fyzz Facility provides financing.
Ddi has acquired worldwide sales rights to the comedy Ripped starring stand-up comic Russell Peters, Faizon Love, Kyle Massey and Alex Meneses. Brad Epstein’s feature directorial debut centres on two stoners who fast forward 30 years to 2016 after smoking top-secret CIA pot. Epstein produced...
- 10/31/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Open Road Films has picked up the U.S. rights to the drama-thriller, “All I See Is You,” starring Blake Lively and Jason Clarke. Directed by Marc Forster (“World War Z”), the film will be released on Aug. 4 of next year, Open Road CEO Tom Ortenberg announced Tuesday. “All I See Is You” follows a blind woman (Lively) and her husband (Clarke). Her sight unexpectedly returns, but with that, she discovers disturbing details about her marriage and their lives. Also Read: Amy Schumer, Blake Lively Slam Girls' Life Magazine for Sexism (Photos) The film also stars Yvonne Strahovski, Danny Huston,...
- 10/25/2016
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Mark Forster’s recent Toronto world premiere starring Blake Lively and Jason Clarke has found its Us home.
Open Road has set an August 4, 2017, theatrical release for the thriller from Sc International Pictures, 2Dux2, Wing And A Prayer Pictures and Link Entertainment.
All I See Is You tells of a blind woman who discovers disturbing details about her marriage after her sight returns unexpectedly.
The cast includes Yvonne Strahovski, Danny Huston, Ahna O’Reilly and Wes Chatham. Craig Baumgarten, Michael Selby, Forster and Jillian Kugler produced.
Serving as executive producers are Ron Perlman, Brian Wilkins and Renee Wolfe.
Open Road brokered the deal with Wme Global, Baumgarten and Selby.
Meanwhile the distributor announced it has moved Sleepless from February 24, 2017, to January 13, 2017. Jamie Foxx plays an undercover Las Vegas police officer caught up in a web of corruption. Coming-of-age drama Before I Fall starring Zoey Deutch has moved from April 7, 2017, to March 3, 2017.
Open Road has set an August 4, 2017, theatrical release for the thriller from Sc International Pictures, 2Dux2, Wing And A Prayer Pictures and Link Entertainment.
All I See Is You tells of a blind woman who discovers disturbing details about her marriage after her sight returns unexpectedly.
The cast includes Yvonne Strahovski, Danny Huston, Ahna O’Reilly and Wes Chatham. Craig Baumgarten, Michael Selby, Forster and Jillian Kugler produced.
Serving as executive producers are Ron Perlman, Brian Wilkins and Renee Wolfe.
Open Road brokered the deal with Wme Global, Baumgarten and Selby.
Meanwhile the distributor announced it has moved Sleepless from February 24, 2017, to January 13, 2017. Jamie Foxx plays an undercover Las Vegas police officer caught up in a web of corruption. Coming-of-age drama Before I Fall starring Zoey Deutch has moved from April 7, 2017, to March 3, 2017.
- 10/25/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Forest Whitaker and Vince Vaughn are set to star in Roland Joffe's The Archbishop and the Antichrist. The film will be based on the play of the same name by Michael Ashton, which follows a fictionalized account of Archbishop Desmond Tutu's (Whitaker) meetings with brutal murderer Piet Blomfield (Vaughn).
Joffé has been nominated for an Oscar for his films The Killing Fields and The Mission. He also directed films like The Scarlett Letter and Goodbye Lover.
The Archbishop And the Antichrist will be produced by Emmy Award nominated producer Craig Baumgarten (Hook, Never Back Down). Kim Aston will serve as executive producer.
In the film, Vaughn's character Piet Blomfield seeks redemption for the atrocities he’s committed while he serves a life sentence in prison in post-apartheid South Africa.
“Forest Whitaker brings a great sense of depth and power to all his performances and he is the perfect...
Joffé has been nominated for an Oscar for his films The Killing Fields and The Mission. He also directed films like The Scarlett Letter and Goodbye Lover.
The Archbishop And the Antichrist will be produced by Emmy Award nominated producer Craig Baumgarten (Hook, Never Back Down). Kim Aston will serve as executive producer.
In the film, Vaughn's character Piet Blomfield seeks redemption for the atrocities he’s committed while he serves a life sentence in prison in post-apartheid South Africa.
“Forest Whitaker brings a great sense of depth and power to all his performances and he is the perfect...
- 11/3/2015
- by Laura Frances
- LRMonline.com
Forest Whitaker and Vince Vaughn are teaming for 13 Films' post-apartheid drama "The Archbishop and the Antichrist" which will start filming early next year.
Based on Michael Ashton's play of the same name, the story follows a fictionalized account of Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his meetings with Piet Blomfield - an imprisoned murderer who seeks redemption for the atrocities he has committed.
Roland Joffe ("The Killing Fields") is directing from a screenplay he co-wrote with Ashton. Craig Baumgarten is producing.
Source: Variety...
Based on Michael Ashton's play of the same name, the story follows a fictionalized account of Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his meetings with Piet Blomfield - an imprisoned murderer who seeks redemption for the atrocities he has committed.
Roland Joffe ("The Killing Fields") is directing from a screenplay he co-wrote with Ashton. Craig Baumgarten is producing.
Source: Variety...
- 11/3/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Oscar winner Forest Whitaker (Lee Daniels’ The Butler, The Last King Of Scotland) and Vince Vaughn (upcoming Hacksaw Ridge, Into The Wild) are set to star in the drama The Archbishop And The Antichrist to be directed by two time Oscar nominee writer/director Roland Joffé (The Killing Fields, The Scarlet Letter), it was announced today by Emmy Award nominated producer Craig Baumgarten (Hook, Never Back Down).
Joffé co-wrote the screenplay with Michael Ashton. Currently in pre-production, The Archbishop And The Antichrist will begin shooting in early 2016.
13 Films is handling international rights and will introduce the project to buyers at the upcoming American Film Market. Wme Global is handling North American rights.
Kim Ashton serves as executive producer on the feature film.
Based on the play The Archbishop and The Antichrist by Michael Ashton, the feature film follows a fictionalized account of Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s (Whitaker) meetings with brutal...
Joffé co-wrote the screenplay with Michael Ashton. Currently in pre-production, The Archbishop And The Antichrist will begin shooting in early 2016.
13 Films is handling international rights and will introduce the project to buyers at the upcoming American Film Market. Wme Global is handling North American rights.
Kim Ashton serves as executive producer on the feature film.
Based on the play The Archbishop and The Antichrist by Michael Ashton, the feature film follows a fictionalized account of Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s (Whitaker) meetings with brutal...
- 11/3/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Oscar winner Forest Whitaker and Vince Vaughn are set to star in Roland Joffé’s drama “The Archbishop and the Antichrist,” Emmy-nominated producer Craig Baumgarten announced Monday. Two-time Oscar nominee Joffé (“The Killing Fields”) co-wrote the screenplay with Michael Ashton. Kim Ashton will executive produce the film, which will begin shooting early next year. 13 Films is handling international rights and will introduce the project to buyers at the upcoming American Film Market. Wme Global is handling North American rights. Also Read: Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk Join 'Star Wars: Rogue One'; First Photo Revealed Based on Ashton’s play “The Archbishop and The Antichrist,...
- 11/2/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Roland Joffé will direct Oscar winner Forest Whitaker and Vince Vaughn in The Archbishop And The Antichrist, which the sales agent introduces to international buyers this week.
Production is scheduled for early 2016. Wme Global represents North American rights.
Joffé co-wrote with Michael Ashton the screenplay based Ashton’s play of the same name about a fictionalised account of Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s meetings with death row murderer Piet Blomfield during the Truth And Reconciliation Commission hearings in post-apartheid South Africa.
Craig Baumgarten is producing and Kim Ashton serves as executive producer.
“Forest Whitaker brings a great sense of depth and power to all his performances and he is the perfect match for Tutu’s complex character,” said 13 Films president Tannaz Anisi.
“Vince Vaughn continues to prove his wide-ranging acting skills following his more dramatic roles in Into The Wild and the upcoming Hacksaw Ridge. Under the direction of Roland Joffé, their combined...
Production is scheduled for early 2016. Wme Global represents North American rights.
Joffé co-wrote with Michael Ashton the screenplay based Ashton’s play of the same name about a fictionalised account of Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s meetings with death row murderer Piet Blomfield during the Truth And Reconciliation Commission hearings in post-apartheid South Africa.
Craig Baumgarten is producing and Kim Ashton serves as executive producer.
“Forest Whitaker brings a great sense of depth and power to all his performances and he is the perfect match for Tutu’s complex character,” said 13 Films president Tannaz Anisi.
“Vince Vaughn continues to prove his wide-ranging acting skills following his more dramatic roles in Into The Wild and the upcoming Hacksaw Ridge. Under the direction of Roland Joffé, their combined...
- 11/2/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Tiffany Hines has joined the cast of Lifetime Television’s “Un-Break My Heart,” which is based on the life of R&B superstar Toni Braxton, TheWrap has learned. Vondie Curtis-Hall is directing the TV movie, which singer/songwriter Braxton will executive produce with Craig Baumgarten, Erik Kritzer and Marcus Grant. Hines will be playing Braxton’s sister, Tamara. Also Read: ABC Family Launches 'Stitchers' Virtual Reality App That's 'Very Minority Report' Hines just wrapped Adi Shankar‘s directorial debut “Gods and Secrets” opposite Jackson Rathbone, Rj Mitte, and Kellan Lutz, and she’s set to star in...
- 10/1/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Lifetime is going authorized for its latest TV movie with Toni Braxton at the center. E! News can exclusively confirm Un-Break My Heart, based on Braxton's memoir of the same name, will retell the singer's life story, touching on her battle with lupus, financial troubles, divorce, her son's autism and her resulting activism and her family struggles. "Un-Break My Heart is the never-before-told story of the measures Braxton took to make herself and her family whole again, serving as an inspiration to people around the world," the movie's official description reads. Braxton will executive produce the project and appear in the film, but not as herself. Craig Baumgarten of Twist of Faith, a...
- 9/15/2015
- E! Online
Opening Belle
Reese Witherspoon is set to produce and potentially star in a film adaptation of former Bear Stearns managing director Maureen Sherry Kinsky's upcoming novel "Opening Belle".
The story follows a mother of three trying to balance home life with her Wall Street career during the year before the financial meltdown. Bruna Papandrea would also produce. [Source: Deadline]
The Legacy Of A Whitetail Deer Hunter
Josh Brolin and Danny McBride are set to star in "The Legacy Of A Whitetail Deer Hunter" for Scott Rudin Productions and Rough House. Plot details are being kept under wraps.
Jody Hill is directing a script he co-wrote with McBride and John Carcieri, the trio having previously worked together on HBO's "Eastbound & Down". Filming begins this Fall. [Source: Deadline]
All I See Is You
Yvonne Strahovski ("Dexter," "24: Live Another Day") has been cast opposite Blake Lively and Jason Clarke in Marc Forster's psychological drama "All I See Is You...
Reese Witherspoon is set to produce and potentially star in a film adaptation of former Bear Stearns managing director Maureen Sherry Kinsky's upcoming novel "Opening Belle".
The story follows a mother of three trying to balance home life with her Wall Street career during the year before the financial meltdown. Bruna Papandrea would also produce. [Source: Deadline]
The Legacy Of A Whitetail Deer Hunter
Josh Brolin and Danny McBride are set to star in "The Legacy Of A Whitetail Deer Hunter" for Scott Rudin Productions and Rough House. Plot details are being kept under wraps.
Jody Hill is directing a script he co-wrote with McBride and John Carcieri, the trio having previously worked together on HBO's "Eastbound & Down". Filming begins this Fall. [Source: Deadline]
All I See Is You
Yvonne Strahovski ("Dexter," "24: Live Another Day") has been cast opposite Blake Lively and Jason Clarke in Marc Forster's psychological drama "All I See Is You...
- 6/10/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Marc Forster has commenced principal photography in Thailand on the psychological thriller starring Blake Lively and Jason Clarke.
Sc Pictures International finances and Sierra/Affinity handles international sales. CAA represents Us rights.
Forster co-wrote the screenplay with Sean Conway about a blind woman who learns disturbing things about her marriage after she gets a corneal transplant.
The cast includes Ahna O’Reilly, Wes Chatham, June Diane Raphael, Danny Huston and Miguel Fernandez.
Forster produces All I See Is You alongside Craig Baumgarten, Michael Selby and Jillian Kugler. Brian Wilkins, Ron Perlman and Renee Wolfe are the executive producers.
The film is scheduled to shoot for eight weeks on location in Bangkok and Phuket and will move to the south of Spain for the final three weeks.
Sc Pictures International finances and Sierra/Affinity handles international sales. CAA represents Us rights.
Forster co-wrote the screenplay with Sean Conway about a blind woman who learns disturbing things about her marriage after she gets a corneal transplant.
The cast includes Ahna O’Reilly, Wes Chatham, June Diane Raphael, Danny Huston and Miguel Fernandez.
Forster produces All I See Is You alongside Craig Baumgarten, Michael Selby and Jillian Kugler. Brian Wilkins, Ron Perlman and Renee Wolfe are the executive producers.
The film is scheduled to shoot for eight weeks on location in Bangkok and Phuket and will move to the south of Spain for the final three weeks.
- 6/3/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Deep Blue Good-by
Rosamund Pike is in talks to play the female lead opposite Christian Bale in James Mangold's film adaptation of John D. MacDonald's 1964 pulp novel "The Deep Blue Good-by" at 20th Century Fox. Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson-Killoran are producing.
Bale plays Travis McGee a self-described “salvage consultant” who recovers others’ property for a fee and along the way gets into trouble fighting bad guys and wooing women. Dennis Lehane penned the script, with Scott Frank working on the most recent draft. [Source: Variety]
All I See Is You
Blake Lively and Jason Clarke have scored the lead roles in Marc Forster's indie psychologial thriller "All I See Is You" for Sc International Pictures. Forster, Michael Selby, Craig Baumgarten, Michael Selby and Jillian Kugler will produce.
The story follows and blind woman and her husband who, upon restoration of her sight, begin to discover previously unseen and disturbing details about themselves,...
Rosamund Pike is in talks to play the female lead opposite Christian Bale in James Mangold's film adaptation of John D. MacDonald's 1964 pulp novel "The Deep Blue Good-by" at 20th Century Fox. Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson-Killoran are producing.
Bale plays Travis McGee a self-described “salvage consultant” who recovers others’ property for a fee and along the way gets into trouble fighting bad guys and wooing women. Dennis Lehane penned the script, with Scott Frank working on the most recent draft. [Source: Variety]
All I See Is You
Blake Lively and Jason Clarke have scored the lead roles in Marc Forster's indie psychologial thriller "All I See Is You" for Sc International Pictures. Forster, Michael Selby, Craig Baumgarten, Michael Selby and Jillian Kugler will produce.
The story follows and blind woman and her husband who, upon restoration of her sight, begin to discover previously unseen and disturbing details about themselves,...
- 2/27/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
World War Z helmer Marc Forster has set Blake Lively and Jason Clarke to star in All I See Is You, an Sc International Pictures-funded indie that Forster wrote with Sean Conway. Sc International Pictures, run by Michael Selby, will produce with Wing And A Prayer Pictures, Link Entertainment and 2Dux2. Forster produces with Craig Baumgarten, Michael Selby and Jillian Kugler. Brian Wilkins, Ron Perlman, the Sons Of Anarchy star behind Wing And A Prayer and Renee Wolfe will…...
- 2/27/2015
- Deadline
Exclusive: After 26 years on his own, manager/producer Craig Baumgarten is becoming a partner at Link, the management and production company formerly known as Kritzer Levine Wilkins Griffin Nilon Entertainment. He becomes the sixth partner in the firm along with Brian Wilkins, Ben Levine, Erik Kritzer, Adam Griffin and Mike Nilon. He moved into the new office over the weekend, and his first day on the job is today. Baumgarten brings with him clients Roland Joffe who is currently directing History Channel’s mini-series Texas Rising starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Brendan Fraiser, showrunner and director Ted Kotcheff (Law And Order […]...
- 8/4/2014
- Deadline
Writer/producer/director John Fasano, best known for his work in the horror genre, died in his sleep Saturday night at the age of 52, his attorney Craig Baumgarten confirmed. No cause of death was available. Fasano was nominated for a Writers Guild Award in 1996 for writing the teleplay for The Hunchback for TNT. He also had a hand in more than 40 other film and TV projects, including writing the hit Tom Selleck TV movie Stone Cold, Iraq war TV docudramas Saving Jessica Lynch and The Hunt for Saddam, and films including Alien 3, Meggido: The Omega Code 2, Darkness Falls and Another 48 Hours. Fasano also worked as a script doctor […]...
- 7/20/2014
- Deadline
Exclusive: Hyde Park International (Hpi) president Eric Christenson will commence sales in Cannes on the Dolph Lundgren and Tony Jaa revenge thriller.
Beautiful Boxer director Ekachai Uekrongtham recently completed principal photography on Skin Trade in Thailand, based on a screenplay by Gabriel Dowrick, Steven Elder and Lundgren.
The film stars Lundgren as a New York detective who teams up with a Thai counterpart played by Jaa after a Serbian crime lord murders his family. In the process the pair attempt to tear down the villain’s human trafficking operation.
The cast includes Ron Perlman, Michael Jai White and Peter Weller. The film recently shot in Thailand under the auspices of Sc Pictures International and Sc Films Thailand and Lundgren produces with Craig Baumgarten and Sc Pictures International CEO Mike Selby.
“We were blown away when we saw the footage of Skin Trade,” said Christenson, who will show nine minutes of footage to buyers on the Croisette.
“Dolph...
Beautiful Boxer director Ekachai Uekrongtham recently completed principal photography on Skin Trade in Thailand, based on a screenplay by Gabriel Dowrick, Steven Elder and Lundgren.
The film stars Lundgren as a New York detective who teams up with a Thai counterpart played by Jaa after a Serbian crime lord murders his family. In the process the pair attempt to tear down the villain’s human trafficking operation.
The cast includes Ron Perlman, Michael Jai White and Peter Weller. The film recently shot in Thailand under the auspices of Sc Pictures International and Sc Films Thailand and Lundgren produces with Craig Baumgarten and Sc Pictures International CEO Mike Selby.
“We were blown away when we saw the footage of Skin Trade,” said Christenson, who will show nine minutes of footage to buyers on the Croisette.
“Dolph...
- 5/7/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Sc Films International’s ‘Skin Trade’ Sets Cast Sc Films International has lined up Dolph Lundgren, Tony Jaa, Ron Perlman, Peter Weller, Michael Jai White, Celina Jade and Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa for action thriller Skin Trade. Ekachai Uekrongtham directs the film, which has just started principal photography in Bangkok. From a screenplay by Gabriel Dowrick, Steven Elder and Lundgren, Skin Trade tells the story of a New York City detective who, after his family is killed by a Serbian crime boss, heads to Bangkok and teams up with a Thai detective to get revenge and bring down a worldwide human trafficking ring. Lundgren, Craig Baumgarten and Sc Films’ Mike Selby are producers. BBC Films Options Novel ‘That Part Was True’ BBC Films has optioned Deborah McKinlay’s novel That Part Was True. The story follows the relationships between a UK divorcée and a U.S. author through their shared love of food and cooking.
- 2/4/2014
- by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
- Deadline TV
Directors Jeff Melman, Ted Kotcheff, Jeremiah Chechik, Leslie Libman and Lee Rose have signed with Apa. Veteran Jeff Melman, a six-time Emmy nominee, recently has directed episodes of Modern Family, Animal Practice, Happy Endings and Community. He was formerly with ICM Partners. Ted Kotcheff has served as director/executive producer on Law & Order: Svu for the past 12 seasons. His feature directorial credits include Weekend At Bernie’s, Switching Channels and First Blood. He continues to be managed by Craig Baumgarten. He was with ICM. Jeremiah Chechik has directed episodes of Hart Of Dixie, The Glades, Leverage, Gossip Girl, Chuck, Burn Notice and Warehouse 13, as well as the pilot episodes of J.O.N.A.S. and The Middleman, for which he also served as supervising producer. On the feature side, he directed Christmas Vacation, the 1998 The Avengers, and most recently the upcoming The Right Kind Of Wrong. Chechik continues...
- 2/7/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
With Universal Soldier: Regeneration director John Hyams brought the franchise to a brutal and startling new level. In the sequel to his sequel, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, he unleashes an altogether different kind of beast.
From the Press Release
Action legends Jean-Claude Van Damme (The Expendables 2) and Dolph Lundgren
(The Expendables 2) are back for the ultimate battle between soldiers in Universal Soldier: Day Of Reckoning, available January 22nd on Blu-ray™ and DVD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Scott Adkins (The Bourne Ultimatum) and Ultimate Fighting Champion (Ufc) Former Heavyweight Champion Andrei “The Pitbull” Arlovski join Van Damme and Lundgren for the latest action-packed chapter in the series. This time, an army of Universal Soldiers has gone A.W.O.L. and only one man can stop them.
Director John Hyams (Universal Soldier: Regeneration), hailed by the Village Voice as a leading candidate for best action director working today,...
From the Press Release
Action legends Jean-Claude Van Damme (The Expendables 2) and Dolph Lundgren
(The Expendables 2) are back for the ultimate battle between soldiers in Universal Soldier: Day Of Reckoning, available January 22nd on Blu-ray™ and DVD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Scott Adkins (The Bourne Ultimatum) and Ultimate Fighting Champion (Ufc) Former Heavyweight Champion Andrei “The Pitbull” Arlovski join Van Damme and Lundgren for the latest action-packed chapter in the series. This time, an army of Universal Soldiers has gone A.W.O.L. and only one man can stop them.
Director John Hyams (Universal Soldier: Regeneration), hailed by the Village Voice as a leading candidate for best action director working today,...
- 1/3/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Universal Soldier is being rebooted, remade into a TV Show. The Universal Soldier TV series is being penned by Damian Kindler and is being brought to the small screen by Fremantle Media. Allen Shapiro and Craig Baumgarten, both of whom produced the original 1992 Universal Soldier film – directed by Roland Emmerich - will executive produce the TV series.
I found this story strange since John Hyams is currently making Universal Soldier: A New Dimension with Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Scott Adkins, Rus Blackwell, Mariah Bonner, Audrey P. Scott, David Jensen, Adam Sibley, James DuMont, Roy Jones Jr., Christopher Severio, Juli Erickson, and David Lee Valle. The film has not even been released yet. I thought Michael Jai White was starring in the film as well, reported here: Universal Soldier: A New Dimension: Michael Jai White joins Damme, Lundgren, but a quick check of his IMDb page and the Universal Soldier: A New Dimension...
I found this story strange since John Hyams is currently making Universal Soldier: A New Dimension with Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Scott Adkins, Rus Blackwell, Mariah Bonner, Audrey P. Scott, David Jensen, Adam Sibley, James DuMont, Roy Jones Jr., Christopher Severio, Juli Erickson, and David Lee Valle. The film has not even been released yet. I thought Michael Jai White was starring in the film as well, reported here: Universal Soldier: A New Dimension: Michael Jai White joins Damme, Lundgren, but a quick check of his IMDb page and the Universal Soldier: A New Dimension...
- 10/5/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
[1] In today's extra-cinematic edition of TV Bits, a film franchise gets adapted into television series, a classic show turns into a movie, and a certain brilliant-but-cancelled television series that's been trying to get a big-screen sequel off the ground looks increasingly likely to make a temporary return to the small-screen. After the jump, read about: Hulu and IFC's interest in new episodes of Arrested Development The big-screen adaptation of the classic talking horse series Mr. Ed The development of a series based on film franchise Universal Soldier Earlier this week, we reported [2] that not only is the long-awaited Arrested Development movie still happening, creator Mitchell Hurwitz has so much material for the film that he's now working on a TV miniseries to serve as a bridge between the show and the movie. Showtime and Netflix quickly voiced their interest in airing the limited series, and now it appears Hulu and...
- 10/5/2011
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
During Mipcom 2011 at Cannes today, FreemantleMedia has announced that it has acquire the rights to "Universal Soldier" and is now planning a TV series based on the property. "We've long wanted to come up with a bold new way of updating 'Universal Soldier,'" said producers Allen Shapiro and Craig Baumgarten. "We're thrilled to team up with FremantleMedia and are sure that the millions of fans who loved the movie will now welcome it into their living rooms." The pilot episode will be written by Damian Kindler ("Stargate," "Sanctuary"). The plan is now to take the package to international buyers.
- 10/4/2011
- WorstPreviews.com
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