Veteran Hollywood producer Bob George has died after a bike accident in Los Angeles. He was 51.
The filmmaker, who produced Drake Doremus-directed films such as “Endings, Beginnings,” “Zoe” and “Newness,” was struck by a car while riding his bicycle in Silver Lake. He died Tuesday, according to writer-director Ben York Jones, who confirmed his colleague’s death via an Instagram post. TheWrap has also reached out to the Los Angeles Police Department.
That post stated “We lost beloved and sweet and virtuous Bob George this week. Bob was a friend and collaborator. He produced ‘Newness’ and projects that had yet to be realized. His smile was undeniable and his demeanor was reverent. He was quietly kooky and eager to laugh. I loved Bob. He passed suddenly in a bicycle accident on Tuesday.”
The statement written by the “Newness” writer ended, “He rode his bike everywhere. He rides on in our hearts,...
The filmmaker, who produced Drake Doremus-directed films such as “Endings, Beginnings,” “Zoe” and “Newness,” was struck by a car while riding his bicycle in Silver Lake. He died Tuesday, according to writer-director Ben York Jones, who confirmed his colleague’s death via an Instagram post. TheWrap has also reached out to the Los Angeles Police Department.
That post stated “We lost beloved and sweet and virtuous Bob George this week. Bob was a friend and collaborator. He produced ‘Newness’ and projects that had yet to be realized. His smile was undeniable and his demeanor was reverent. He was quietly kooky and eager to laugh. I loved Bob. He passed suddenly in a bicycle accident on Tuesday.”
The statement written by the “Newness” writer ended, “He rode his bike everywhere. He rides on in our hearts,...
- 10/20/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
Bob George, who served as a producer on the recent Drake Doremus-directed dramas Newness, Zoe and Endings, Beginnings, has died. He was 51.
George died Tuesday after he was stuck by a car while on his bicycle in Silver Lake, writer-actor Ben York Jones told The Hollywood Reporter. “He was very healthy and precautious and conscientious and humble, and he rode his bike everywhere,” Jones said.
Born in Peoria, Illinois, Robert Joseph George Jr. started out as production accountant on such big-budget films as Armageddon (1998), Pearl Harbor (2001), The Sum of All Fears (2002), three Pirates of the Caribbean movies and The Lone Ranger (2013).
He was a production consultant on Divergent (2014) before producing his first feature, Scott Free’s Newness (2017). Starring Nicholas Hoult and Laia Costa and written by Jones, it premiered at Sundance and was acquired by Netflix.
He reunited with Doremus on the Ewan McGregor and Léa Seydoux-starring Zoe...
George died Tuesday after he was stuck by a car while on his bicycle in Silver Lake, writer-actor Ben York Jones told The Hollywood Reporter. “He was very healthy and precautious and conscientious and humble, and he rode his bike everywhere,” Jones said.
Born in Peoria, Illinois, Robert Joseph George Jr. started out as production accountant on such big-budget films as Armageddon (1998), Pearl Harbor (2001), The Sum of All Fears (2002), three Pirates of the Caribbean movies and The Lone Ranger (2013).
He was a production consultant on Divergent (2014) before producing his first feature, Scott Free’s Newness (2017). Starring Nicholas Hoult and Laia Costa and written by Jones, it premiered at Sundance and was acquired by Netflix.
He reunited with Doremus on the Ewan McGregor and Léa Seydoux-starring Zoe...
- 10/20/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Im Global handles international sales; co-finances with China’s Hlcg Entertainment.
Christina Aguilera, Theo James, Rashida Jones and Miranda Otto have joined the cast of Drake Doremus’s Zoe.
They join the previously announced Ewan McGregor and Léa Seydoux in Scott Free’s sci-fi romance
Zoe centres on two colleagues at a research lab charged with perfecting romantic relationships. As their work progresses, they make profound discoveries beyond their imagination.
Matthew Gray Gubler also joins the cast in a supporting role. Rich Greenberg wrote the screenplay.
Im Global is financing the futuristic love story alongside China’s Hlcg Entertainment and handles international sales heading into Cannes. UTA represents Us rights.
The project is scheduled to commence filming on location in Montreal on May 8.
Multiple Grammy winner Aguilera previously appeared in the film Burlesque opposite Cher, Kristen Bell and Alan Cumming.
James was recently seen on the London stage in Sex With Strangers and starred in the [link...
Christina Aguilera, Theo James, Rashida Jones and Miranda Otto have joined the cast of Drake Doremus’s Zoe.
They join the previously announced Ewan McGregor and Léa Seydoux in Scott Free’s sci-fi romance
Zoe centres on two colleagues at a research lab charged with perfecting romantic relationships. As their work progresses, they make profound discoveries beyond their imagination.
Matthew Gray Gubler also joins the cast in a supporting role. Rich Greenberg wrote the screenplay.
Im Global is financing the futuristic love story alongside China’s Hlcg Entertainment and handles international sales heading into Cannes. UTA represents Us rights.
The project is scheduled to commence filming on location in Montreal on May 8.
Multiple Grammy winner Aguilera previously appeared in the film Burlesque opposite Cher, Kristen Bell and Alan Cumming.
James was recently seen on the London stage in Sex With Strangers and starred in the [link...
- 5/1/2017
- ScreenDaily
Christina Aguilera, Theo James, Rashida Jones and Miranda Otto have joined Ewan McGregor and Lea Seydoux in Drake Doremus' Zoe, which starts production in Montreal next Monday. The futuristic love story is being financed by Stuart Ford's Im Global and is being done with Scott Free's Michael Pruss and Kevin Walsh producing with Doremus and Robert George. Written by The Beauty Inside's Rich Greenberg, Zoe follows two colleagues at a revolutionary research lab who design…...
- 5/1/2017
- Deadline
Drake Doremus' next film, Zoe, is rounding out the cast, adding Christina Aguilera, Rashida Jones, Theo James and Miranda Otto. Matthew Gray Gubler also joins in a supporting role.
Ewan McGregor and Lea Seydoux are starring in the sci-fi romance from the director of Equals and Like Crazy.
Im Global is financing the film alongside China’s Hlcg Entertainment. Scott Free’s Kevin Walsh and Michael Pruss are producing along with Doremus and Robert George. Ridley Scott is executive producing, and additional executive producers are Im Global's CEO Stuart Ford and president of production Greg Shapiro along with Hlcg’s Li...
Ewan McGregor and Lea Seydoux are starring in the sci-fi romance from the director of Equals and Like Crazy.
Im Global is financing the film alongside China’s Hlcg Entertainment. Scott Free’s Kevin Walsh and Michael Pruss are producing along with Doremus and Robert George. Ridley Scott is executive producing, and additional executive producers are Im Global's CEO Stuart Ford and president of production Greg Shapiro along with Hlcg’s Li...
- 5/1/2017
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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