More tea is being spilled about the Below Deck franchise. Pic credit: Bravo
Below Deck producer Mark Cronin has addressed two of the hottest topics surrounding the hit yachting franchise.
The series has been on for nearly a decade, with Season 10 of the Og Below Deck hitting airwaves this fall.
Five spin-offs have emerged in the franchise. Below Deck Mediterranean, Below Deck Sailing Yacht, Below Deck Down Under, Galley Talk, and the upcoming Below Deck Adventure.
There are two things Below Deck fans are always asking when it comes to the franchise, regardless of the show.
Below Deck fans constantly ask if the show’s scripted and just how much money the cast makes each season.
Mark has spilled the tea on both those topics.
Below Deck producer Mark Cronin addresses cast pay
Last spring Eddie Lucas dropped the bomb that Below Deck cast members were paid the least out of all Bravo stars.
Below Deck producer Mark Cronin has addressed two of the hottest topics surrounding the hit yachting franchise.
The series has been on for nearly a decade, with Season 10 of the Og Below Deck hitting airwaves this fall.
Five spin-offs have emerged in the franchise. Below Deck Mediterranean, Below Deck Sailing Yacht, Below Deck Down Under, Galley Talk, and the upcoming Below Deck Adventure.
There are two things Below Deck fans are always asking when it comes to the franchise, regardless of the show.
Below Deck fans constantly ask if the show’s scripted and just how much money the cast makes each season.
Mark has spilled the tea on both those topics.
Below Deck producer Mark Cronin addresses cast pay
Last spring Eddie Lucas dropped the bomb that Below Deck cast members were paid the least out of all Bravo stars.
- 8/27/2022
- by Rachelle Lewis
- Monsters and Critics
Sneak Peek new footage from the upcoming comedy feature "The Polka King", written and directed by Maya Forbes and Wallace Wolodarsky, starring Jack Black, Jenny Slate, Jason Schwartzman and Jacki Weaver, based on the book "The Man Who Would Be Polka King" by Joshua Brown and John Mikulak, airing on Netflix January 12, 2018:
"...a Pennsylvania polka sensation (Black) seduces his fans into investing in a 'Ponzi' scheme, swindling them out of millions..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Polka King"...
"...a Pennsylvania polka sensation (Black) seduces his fans into investing in a 'Ponzi' scheme, swindling them out of millions..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Polka King"...
- 12/18/2017
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Netflix just released the first trailer for its Jack Black-starring comedy The Polka King, which it picked up in June at Sundance for high seven figures. The film is based on the the documentary film The Man Who Would Be Polka King from directors John Mikulak and Joshua Von Brown. The film version was directed by Maya Forbes, Wallace Wolodarsky who also scripted. The film follows Lewan (Black), who developed a Ponzi-like scheme, taking hordes of cash from senior citizens…...
- 12/15/2017
- Deadline
Netflix seems to be taking a more proactive stance these days in terms of cutting original shows, but it has no qualms about continuing to throw money at original movies. Earlier today, we reported that the streaming service had bought the rights to the art world drama from the team behind Nightcrawler, and now Variety says that Netflix has also picked up the Jack Black-starring comedy The Polka King. As we noted when the project was originally announced last year, The Polka King is based on Joshua Brown and John Mikulak’s documentary The Man Who Would be Polka King, which centered around a Grammy-nominated artist named Jan Lewan who scammed millions of dollars out of his fans in an elaborate, Poland-themed Ponzi scheme.
Black is playing Lewan, and The Polka King will also star Jenny Slate, Jason Schwartzman, Jacki Weaver, J.B. Smoove, and Vanessa Bayer. The film was...
Black is playing Lewan, and The Polka King will also star Jenny Slate, Jason Schwartzman, Jacki Weaver, J.B. Smoove, and Vanessa Bayer. The film was...
- 6/26/2017
- by Sam Barsanti
- avclub.com
Netflix has acquired worldwide distribution rights to the Jack Black-starrer The Polka King, which first debuted at Sundance.
The feature is based on the documentary The Man Who Would Be Polka King from directors Joshua Brown and John Mikulak, which follows Grammy-nominated polka sensation Jan Lewan, who ended up running a Soviet souvenir-based Ponzi scheme that landed him in jail.
Black stars as Lewan and also acted as a producer under his Electric Dynamite banner. David Permut, Stuart Cornfeld, Shivani Rawat, Monica Levinson, Wally Wolodarsky and Priyanka Mattoo also produced.
Infinitely Polar Bear helmer Maya Forbes and former Simpsons writer...
The feature is based on the documentary The Man Who Would Be Polka King from directors Joshua Brown and John Mikulak, which follows Grammy-nominated polka sensation Jan Lewan, who ended up running a Soviet souvenir-based Ponzi scheme that landed him in jail.
Black stars as Lewan and also acted as a producer under his Electric Dynamite banner. David Permut, Stuart Cornfeld, Shivani Rawat, Monica Levinson, Wally Wolodarsky and Priyanka Mattoo also produced.
Infinitely Polar Bear helmer Maya Forbes and former Simpsons writer...
- 6/26/2017
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kudos to Jack Black for trying new things. The actor seems to be on a mission to expand his comedic (and dramatic) palette with interesting turns in smaller fare like Bernie, The D Train and now The Polka King. Written and directed by Maya Forbes and Wallace Wolodarsky (also responsible for recent Sundance flick Infinitely Polar Bear), the film tells the true story of Jan Lewan, famed Polish polka singer and Ponzi scheme scammer in Pennsylvania (try saying that five times fast). Based out of a novelty store in Hazleton, Jan wraps himself up in the American Dream. Playing everything from weddings to county fairs and other senior citizen-heavy venues, his polka fanbase grows as he continues to expand the number of band members, much to the chagrin of friend and band clarinetist Mickey (Jason Schwartzman).
Jan is a untenable ball of ambition, determined to become rich and famous while remaining well-loved by all.
Jan is a untenable ball of ambition, determined to become rich and famous while remaining well-loved by all.
- 1/27/2017
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Jacki Weaver and Jason Schwartzman are set to join Jack Black in The Man Who Would Be Polka King. The feature project is based on Joshua Brown and John Mikulak's 2009 documentary, which follows the rise and fall of Jan Lewan, a Pennsylvania polka sensation who unwittingly brought a town to its knees in a Ponzi scheme. Maya Forbes and Wally Wolodarsky (Infinitely Polar Bear) write and direct the amazing true story. Permut Presentations, Red Hour Films and…...
- 7/14/2016
- Deadline
Halt and Catch Fire
Manish Dayal ("The Hundred-Foot Journey," "Rubicon") will recur as a brilliant yet awkward young coder on the third season of AMC's period computer drama "Halt and Catch Fire". The third season shifts the action of the 1980s-set series to Silicon Valley. The third season is expected to premiere this summer. [Source: THR]
The Man Who Would Be Polka King
Jack Black is set to produce and star in "The Man Who Would Be Polka King" for Permut Presenations, Red Hour Films and Shivhans Pictures. The story follows Jan Lewan, a Polish-born Pennsylvania polka sensation who unwittingly brought a town to its knees in a Ponzi scheme.
Based on Joshua Brown and John Mikulak's documentary, "Infinitely Polar Bear" duo Maya Forbes and Wally Wolodarsky will pen and direct the true story tale which aims to begin production in July. [Source: Deadline]
You Get Me
Bella Thorne and Halston Sage are...
Manish Dayal ("The Hundred-Foot Journey," "Rubicon") will recur as a brilliant yet awkward young coder on the third season of AMC's period computer drama "Halt and Catch Fire". The third season shifts the action of the 1980s-set series to Silicon Valley. The third season is expected to premiere this summer. [Source: THR]
The Man Who Would Be Polka King
Jack Black is set to produce and star in "The Man Who Would Be Polka King" for Permut Presenations, Red Hour Films and Shivhans Pictures. The story follows Jan Lewan, a Polish-born Pennsylvania polka sensation who unwittingly brought a town to its knees in a Ponzi scheme.
Based on Joshua Brown and John Mikulak's documentary, "Infinitely Polar Bear" duo Maya Forbes and Wally Wolodarsky will pen and direct the true story tale which aims to begin production in July. [Source: Deadline]
You Get Me
Bella Thorne and Halston Sage are...
- 3/11/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive– Jack Black is set to produce and star in The Man Who Would Be Polka King. It is based on Joshua Brown and John Mikulak’s documentary of the same name, which follows the rise and fall of Jan Lewan, a Pennsylvania polka sensation who unwittingly brought a town to its knees in a Ponzi scheme. Maya Forbes and Wally Wolodarsky (Infinitely Polar Bear) write and direct the amazing true life story. Permut Presenations, Red Hour Films and Shivhans Pictures are beginning…...
- 3/10/2016
- Deadline
The "Alaskan Bush People" just got smacked down by a judge who made one thing clear -- if you steal from Alaska ... you're gonna do jail time. Billy Brown -- the dad on the popular Discovery Channel show -- and his son Joshua Brown thought they'd struck a sweet plea deal. As we reported ... they copped to lying on their annual Alaskan oil refund docs and essentially stealing $8,000 from the state. The deal called for...
- 11/20/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
NY Giants kicker Josh Brown has a message for Ray Finkle -- You Shoulda Made The Frickin' Kick ... even if the laces were in!!!!20 years after "Ace Ventura" came out in theaters (yes, it's really been that long) ... we asked Brown how a real NFL kicker reacts when the holder pulls a Dan Marino and doesn't get the laces out. Brown's response -- Make The Kick!!!!! "The times that it does happen, you just gotta...
- 10/15/2014
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Thanks to the streaming media revolution of the past few years, independent filmmakers have the greatest opportunity to deliver their work to the largest audiences ever in cinema history. Filmmakers also have the greatest opportunity to make money directly from their work without giving up a portion to middlemen distributors.
So, why is it that so few, if any, indie filmmakers are able to make a viable income from streaming media services? Yes, Virginia, there still is an “underground.”
The heart of the issue … Well, the real heart is, as always, about money. But, financial concerns lead to the other heart of the issue, which is the same issue that has always plagued underground filmmakers: Crappy discovery mechanisms.
In the streaming world, though, hardly a week goes by without news of one of the major delivery services, i.e. Amazon, iTunes and Netflix, making some sort of exclusive distribution deal with a Hollywood studio.
So, why is it that so few, if any, indie filmmakers are able to make a viable income from streaming media services? Yes, Virginia, there still is an “underground.”
The heart of the issue … Well, the real heart is, as always, about money. But, financial concerns lead to the other heart of the issue, which is the same issue that has always plagued underground filmmakers: Crappy discovery mechanisms.
In the streaming world, though, hardly a week goes by without news of one of the major delivery services, i.e. Amazon, iTunes and Netflix, making some sort of exclusive distribution deal with a Hollywood studio.
- 12/2/2013
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Principal photography has begun on .Someone Marry Barry,. a raucous comedy written and directed by Academy Award©-nominee Rob Pearlstein, starring Tyler Labine, Damon Wayans, Jr., Lucy Punch, Hayes MacArthur, Thomas Middleditch, Frankie Shaw and Amanda Lund. Producers are Josephson Entertainment.s Barry Josephson along with Marisa Polvino and Kate Cohen, of Straight Up Films. Executive producers are Josephson Entertainment vice-president Alexander Young, Madrose Productions. Jeremy Bailer, and Marc H. Simon at Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard Llp, who packaged the project.
.Someone Marry Barry. follows three friends who plot to get rid of their socially inappropriate friend Barry by finding him a wife. But when Barry finally meets a woman, she turns out to be just like him, and now the guys have to deal with not one but two .Barrys.. Through their tribulations with this uncensored duo, the guys learn some truths about the nature of friendship and love.
.Someone Marry Barry. follows three friends who plot to get rid of their socially inappropriate friend Barry by finding him a wife. But when Barry finally meets a woman, she turns out to be just like him, and now the guys have to deal with not one but two .Barrys.. Through their tribulations with this uncensored duo, the guys learn some truths about the nature of friendship and love.
- 7/24/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
New On DVDMaximum Shame
Movies don’t get much cultier than Carlos Atanes‘ post-apocalyptic S&M musical. Filmed in a dirty warehouse filling in for the edge of the universe just as said universe is about to fall into a massive black hole, Maximum Shame plays out like an oblique chess match with a demented black leather clad Queen (the phenomenal Marina Gatell) forcing the other players to sit in barbed wire cardboard boxes and shovel pounds of spaghetti into their mouths. Atanes, already Spain’s underground master, really pulls out the stops on this happy mess of madness.
Buy on Amazon!
The Films of Bob Moricz
If you’re looking to give a special someone something absolutely out of this world and one-of-a-kind, then you can’t go wrong with a Bob Moricz hand-produced “Bobbywood” production or two. Or go for a full 6-pack of reality-warping DVDs! Whether it...
Movies don’t get much cultier than Carlos Atanes‘ post-apocalyptic S&M musical. Filmed in a dirty warehouse filling in for the edge of the universe just as said universe is about to fall into a massive black hole, Maximum Shame plays out like an oblique chess match with a demented black leather clad Queen (the phenomenal Marina Gatell) forcing the other players to sit in barbed wire cardboard boxes and shovel pounds of spaghetti into their mouths. Atanes, already Spain’s underground master, really pulls out the stops on this happy mess of madness.
Buy on Amazon!
The Films of Bob Moricz
If you’re looking to give a special someone something absolutely out of this world and one-of-a-kind, then you can’t go wrong with a Bob Moricz hand-produced “Bobbywood” production or two. Or go for a full 6-pack of reality-warping DVDs! Whether it...
- 12/15/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Bad Lit Press, the screenplay e-publishing arm of Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film, is now offering its first two publications on Barnes & Noble’s Nook device and apps for just $1.99 each. Previously, the scripts were only available for Amazon’s Kindle for the same price.
The two screenplays are:
1. Altamont Now, written by Joshua Brown and David Bucci. Richard Havoc, former punk rock teen idol, and his crew of “White Angst” agitators have taken over an abandoned nuclear missile silo and are pointing their love bomb straight into the heart of square culture.
2. The Proper Care & Feeding of an American Messiah, written by Chris Hansen and D.M. Lovic. Meet Brian B., your new messiah! Well, as long as you live within a 100-mile radius of his home, he is. With the help of his two subservient siblings, its up to Brian to figure out what God’s...
The two screenplays are:
1. Altamont Now, written by Joshua Brown and David Bucci. Richard Havoc, former punk rock teen idol, and his crew of “White Angst” agitators have taken over an abandoned nuclear missile silo and are pointing their love bomb straight into the heart of square culture.
2. The Proper Care & Feeding of an American Messiah, written by Chris Hansen and D.M. Lovic. Meet Brian B., your new messiah! Well, as long as you live within a 100-mile radius of his home, he is. With the help of his two subservient siblings, its up to Brian to figure out what God’s...
- 8/29/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Below, please check out the first 7 pages of the screenplay of Altamont Now, co-written by director Joshua Brown and playwright David Bucci. (Embedding courtesy of the book sharing site Scribd.)
Altamont Now: The Screenplay is the first publication by the newly imprinted Bad Lit Press, which is publishing the shooting scripts to great underground and independent movies. The film version of Altamont Now can be seen via Amazon, Netflix and iTunes. If you love the screenplay sample, see the movie, then buy the full version of the script!
The script sample below includes a character list and note on the dialogue, then the first 7 pages of the screenplay that introduces the characters of Mark Clark, a documentary filmmaker tracking down the infamous “Cult of the Kids,” and one of the cult’s main members, Karen Kennedy, a former child sitcom star.
Plus, there’s the electrifying introduction to the film’s main character,...
Altamont Now: The Screenplay is the first publication by the newly imprinted Bad Lit Press, which is publishing the shooting scripts to great underground and independent movies. The film version of Altamont Now can be seen via Amazon, Netflix and iTunes. If you love the screenplay sample, see the movie, then buy the full version of the script!
The script sample below includes a character list and note on the dialogue, then the first 7 pages of the screenplay that introduces the characters of Mark Clark, a documentary filmmaker tracking down the infamous “Cult of the Kids,” and one of the cult’s main members, Karen Kennedy, a former child sitcom star.
Plus, there’s the electrifying introduction to the film’s main character,...
- 7/19/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Because great screenplays make great literature!
Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film is thrilled to announce the launch of its new e-publishing imprint, Bad Lit Press, which is publishing the full screenplays of underground films.
For our inaugural publication, of course we had to go to one of our favorite films of the past three years. That’s right, it’s the rock-docu-exploitation comedy hit of 2008, Altamont Now! As of today, you can download and read the original full-length screenplay by co-writers Joshua Brown and David Bucci for the Kindle for the dirt cheap price of $1.99!
And you don’t even need an actual Kindle device to read it! Download the Kindle app for your computer, iPod, iPad or smart phone, then purchase a copy of the screenplay and you can start re-staging your favorite scenes anywhere you go. In your bedroom, on the bus, in your work cubicle.
Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film is thrilled to announce the launch of its new e-publishing imprint, Bad Lit Press, which is publishing the full screenplays of underground films.
For our inaugural publication, of course we had to go to one of our favorite films of the past three years. That’s right, it’s the rock-docu-exploitation comedy hit of 2008, Altamont Now! As of today, you can download and read the original full-length screenplay by co-writers Joshua Brown and David Bucci for the Kindle for the dirt cheap price of $1.99!
And you don’t even need an actual Kindle device to read it! Download the Kindle app for your computer, iPod, iPad or smart phone, then purchase a copy of the screenplay and you can start re-staging your favorite scenes anywhere you go. In your bedroom, on the bus, in your work cubicle.
- 7/11/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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