Exclusive: Jane Wu, the Supervising Director and Producer behind Annie Award-winning Netflix series, Blue Eye Samurai, has signed with Verve for representation following the announcement that the show would be returning for a second season on Netflix. We also hear that Wu has been upped to EP.
In addition Wu will continue to direct multiple episodes of season 2 working alongside creators Michael Green and Amber Noizumi. The series follows a young female warrior, who has been made an outcast in Edo-period Japan. She cuts a bloody path toward her destiny.
The series features the voice talents of Maya Erskine, Kenneth Branagh, Randall Park and George Takei, and has been sitting at 100% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes since its debut in November last year.
In addition to Blue Eye Samurai, Wu has channeled her martial arts background and live-action sensibility into such features as a storyboard artist for Mulan, Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse,...
In addition Wu will continue to direct multiple episodes of season 2 working alongside creators Michael Green and Amber Noizumi. The series follows a young female warrior, who has been made an outcast in Edo-period Japan. She cuts a bloody path toward her destiny.
The series features the voice talents of Maya Erskine, Kenneth Branagh, Randall Park and George Takei, and has been sitting at 100% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes since its debut in November last year.
In addition to Blue Eye Samurai, Wu has channeled her martial arts background and live-action sensibility into such features as a storyboard artist for Mulan, Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse,...
- 3/22/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Kuwaiti-born writer-director Zeyad (also known as “Z”) Alhusaini, whose action movie with comedic undertones “How I Got There” recently won the audience award at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival, has joined United Talent Agency for representation in all areas.
The groundbreaking film about two best buddies from childhood, named Salem and Asad, who stumble upon a gun shipment and try to seize this opportunity to get rich quick is set entirely in the Persian Gulf. “How I Got There” provides a relatively realistic glimpse of Kuwait’s present-day melting-pot of cultures, and its underworld of gun-running mercenaries, gangs, and terrorists, plus the local rap scene.
A Columbia University film school graduate, Alhusaini has an extensive background in short films and commercials. He worked for years bring to the screen “How I Got There” which is considered the first action movie set in Kuwait. The groundbreaking film, which he wrote and directed,...
The groundbreaking film about two best buddies from childhood, named Salem and Asad, who stumble upon a gun shipment and try to seize this opportunity to get rich quick is set entirely in the Persian Gulf. “How I Got There” provides a relatively realistic glimpse of Kuwait’s present-day melting-pot of cultures, and its underworld of gun-running mercenaries, gangs, and terrorists, plus the local rap scene.
A Columbia University film school graduate, Alhusaini has an extensive background in short films and commercials. He worked for years bring to the screen “How I Got There” which is considered the first action movie set in Kuwait. The groundbreaking film, which he wrote and directed,...
- 3/9/2023
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Ben Hibon (Codehunters) has been tapped to direct, co-executive produce and serve as the creative lead of Nickelodeon’s new animated series Star Trek: Prodigy.
The CG-animated series, which expands the Star Trek universe, follows a group of lawless teens who discover a derelict Starfleet ship and use it to search for adventure, meaning and salvation. It’s set to premiere on Nickelodeon in 2021.
“Ben’s contributions to the world of animation are immeasurable, and we are so lucky to have his vision and creative genius on Star Trek: Prodigy. As an incredible storyteller and a world builder with a distinct vision, his original approach paired with this beloved property will bring the characters to life in a whole new way,” said Ramsey Naito, EVP Animation Production and Development, Nickelodeon Group.
Star Trek: Prodigy hails from CBS’ Eye Animation Productions, CBS Television Studios’ new animation arm; Secret Hideout; and Roddenberry Entertainment.
The CG-animated series, which expands the Star Trek universe, follows a group of lawless teens who discover a derelict Starfleet ship and use it to search for adventure, meaning and salvation. It’s set to premiere on Nickelodeon in 2021.
“Ben’s contributions to the world of animation are immeasurable, and we are so lucky to have his vision and creative genius on Star Trek: Prodigy. As an incredible storyteller and a world builder with a distinct vision, his original approach paired with this beloved property will bring the characters to life in a whole new way,” said Ramsey Naito, EVP Animation Production and Development, Nickelodeon Group.
Star Trek: Prodigy hails from CBS’ Eye Animation Productions, CBS Television Studios’ new animation arm; Secret Hideout; and Roddenberry Entertainment.
- 8/10/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Veteran Cartoonist and director Tony Cervone has signed with CAA for representation.
He most recently directed and voiced a handful of characters in Warner Bros. Animation’s Scooby-Doo pic Scoob, which became #1 on PVOD when Warner Bros. released it in May. It was recently moved over to HBO Max in June, where it still resides. The film is the latest take on the classic cartoon and marks one of many Scooby-Doo project he’s been involved over the years. He also directed, Scooby-Doo Kiss – a Rock and Roll Mystery, in 2015, which combined pop icons Scooby-Doo and Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, Kiss, with its world premiere happening in Hall H at the 2015 Comic-Con International in San Diego and was released in July 2015.
Cervone started his career in Chicago as an animator and story artist on Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs which set the modern Warner Bros. Animation style of fast,...
He most recently directed and voiced a handful of characters in Warner Bros. Animation’s Scooby-Doo pic Scoob, which became #1 on PVOD when Warner Bros. released it in May. It was recently moved over to HBO Max in June, where it still resides. The film is the latest take on the classic cartoon and marks one of many Scooby-Doo project he’s been involved over the years. He also directed, Scooby-Doo Kiss – a Rock and Roll Mystery, in 2015, which combined pop icons Scooby-Doo and Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, Kiss, with its world premiere happening in Hall H at the 2015 Comic-Con International in San Diego and was released in July 2015.
Cervone started his career in Chicago as an animator and story artist on Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs which set the modern Warner Bros. Animation style of fast,...
- 7/22/2020
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Just because Netflix withdrew its movies from playing here, that doesn’t mean it isn’t a player in the Cannes market. The streaming service has completed a worldwide distribution rights deal worth around $30 million for Next Gen, an animated feature film that is directed by Kevin R. Adams and Joe Ksander and has a voice cast including Charlyne Yi, Jason Sudeikis, David Cross, Michael Pena and Constance Wu.
Netflix won it in competitive bidding, and it’s one of the biggest deals so far at Cannes.
Pic is described as an action-packed and touching tale of two unlikely friends in a world filled with robots. It is based on the original comic 7723, by Wang Nima.
The English-language pic deal excluded China, where Alibaba and Wanda will give the film a wide release this summer. Baozou financed the film and produced with Tangent Animation.
CAA Media Finance Group brokered the deal.
Netflix won it in competitive bidding, and it’s one of the biggest deals so far at Cannes.
Pic is described as an action-packed and touching tale of two unlikely friends in a world filled with robots. It is based on the original comic 7723, by Wang Nima.
The English-language pic deal excluded China, where Alibaba and Wanda will give the film a wide release this summer. Baozou financed the film and produced with Tangent Animation.
CAA Media Finance Group brokered the deal.
- 5/11/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
With the indie feature An American Terror currently enjoying its festival run, we caught up with filmmaker Haylar Garcia to get the skinny on the latest. Read on for his comments along with our initial impressions of the flick.
An American Terror was written, directed, and edited by Denver, Colorado, filmmaker Garcia; produced by Sam Sleiman and Tarik Heitmann; and executive produced by Jim Brennan and Roland Salameh.
"We are so flattered and grateful for the response to the film," offered Garcia, "as it was accepted as official selections at Crypticon Seattle, Comic Con Denver, and of course the amazing La Fear & Fantasy Film Fest, where we actually took away awards for 'Best Feature', 'Best Director,' and 'Best Actress'. We are excited to be attending such amazing events with such gracious hosts, audiences, and our badass filmmaking peers. We have our fingers crossed for a great 2013 fest season, especially in September and October,...
An American Terror was written, directed, and edited by Denver, Colorado, filmmaker Garcia; produced by Sam Sleiman and Tarik Heitmann; and executive produced by Jim Brennan and Roland Salameh.
"We are so flattered and grateful for the response to the film," offered Garcia, "as it was accepted as official selections at Crypticon Seattle, Comic Con Denver, and of course the amazing La Fear & Fantasy Film Fest, where we actually took away awards for 'Best Feature', 'Best Director,' and 'Best Actress'. We are excited to be attending such amazing events with such gracious hosts, audiences, and our badass filmmaking peers. We have our fingers crossed for a great 2013 fest season, especially in September and October,...
- 5/21/2013
- by Sean Decker
- DreadCentral.com
Mark your calendars! Haylar Garcia’s buzzed-about feature An American Terror is screening in Los Angeles, CA, this May, and we’ve got the details. Read on!
“We are honored to part of the La Fear and Fantasy Film Festival,” filmmaker Garcia told us of the fest’s selection of his An American Terror. “They have been nothing but great, and they really seem to be behind independent film. We hope that showcasing the film in L.A. will help reach the sales platform we think it deserves.”
Written, directed and edited by Garcia and produced by Sam Sleiman and Tarik Heitmann and executive produced by Jim Brennan and Roland Salameh, the official synopsis for An American Terror reads as follows: Three teen outcasts decide to trade their nameless and bullied existences for internet fame by exacting a sadistic template for the unthinkable, but in their search for the assault weapons to pull it off,...
“We are honored to part of the La Fear and Fantasy Film Festival,” filmmaker Garcia told us of the fest’s selection of his An American Terror. “They have been nothing but great, and they really seem to be behind independent film. We hope that showcasing the film in L.A. will help reach the sales platform we think it deserves.”
Written, directed and edited by Garcia and produced by Sam Sleiman and Tarik Heitmann and executive produced by Jim Brennan and Roland Salameh, the official synopsis for An American Terror reads as follows: Three teen outcasts decide to trade their nameless and bullied existences for internet fame by exacting a sadistic template for the unthinkable, but in their search for the assault weapons to pull it off,...
- 4/19/2013
- by Sean Decker
- DreadCentral.com
From Columbine to Sandy Hook, school shootings have truly become a modern American terror, and given horror cinema’s historic penchant for addressing the populace’s real-life anxieties in the wake of such tragedies, it was only a matter of time before a filmmaker reflected on this raw topic.
Just as the Saw series and Eli Roth’s Hostel (debatably reactionary films which perhaps unconsciously attempted to ease our psyches in the wake of the stream of beheading and torture videos which emanated from the Middle East commencing with the first Gulf War) drew audience attention, so did George Romero’s 1968 classic feature Night of the Living Dead, via its thinly-veiled commentary on race relations. The amount of sociological discourse inherent in horror is voluminous, and Colorado filmmaker Haylar Garcia is about to throw his hat into the ring, with his forthcoming feature An American Terror (the film’s trailer...
Just as the Saw series and Eli Roth’s Hostel (debatably reactionary films which perhaps unconsciously attempted to ease our psyches in the wake of the stream of beheading and torture videos which emanated from the Middle East commencing with the first Gulf War) drew audience attention, so did George Romero’s 1968 classic feature Night of the Living Dead, via its thinly-veiled commentary on race relations. The amount of sociological discourse inherent in horror is voluminous, and Colorado filmmaker Haylar Garcia is about to throw his hat into the ring, with his forthcoming feature An American Terror (the film’s trailer...
- 3/13/2013
- by Sean Decker
- DreadCentral.com
Tim Burton is attached to direct the big screen adaptation of Matt Wilson's board game "Monsterpocalypse" for DreamWorks.According to Variety, the film is being produced by Dick Zanuck and Roy Lee. Tarik Heitmann, Gerald Moon and Doug Davison are executive producing.Wilson, who is also a co-producer, is working with writer John August on the script. The game revolves around giant robots developed by mankind to fight off equally giant aliens.There is some speculation that the film could be released in 3D, however nothing has been finalized yet. Burton.s last film was Disney.s 3D box office hit "Alice in Wonderland" starring Johnny Depp. He will reteam with Depp on Warner Bros.' "Dark Shadows."...
- 7/21/2010
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
Tim Burton is developing and is attached to helm the bigscreen adaptation of the Matt Wilson board game "Monsterpocalypse" for DreamWorks. Dick Zanuck and Roy Lee will produce "Monsterpocalypse." Tarik Heitmann, Gerald Moon and Doug Davison are serving executive producers. It's speculated that the film may be released in 3D. Burton will reteam, with his frequent star Johnny Depp for Warner Bros.' "Dark Shadows."...
- 7/20/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
All I can say is it's about time. One thing the horror genre lacks more of is animated features and that's exactly what we are getting with this wicked animated zombie flick called A.D.. The Undead all toon'd up ready to eat some brains and crave some flesh . . . now that's what I'm talking about! Seriously, this thing looks so off the hook! Why are you still reading us blabbing on and not reading more right now?!!
So the trailer for A.D. showed up on Zombie Info a few days ago and man does this look boss or what? I'm sure you're like me and want to watch this sucker right now am I right? Well, unfortunately we can't (don't you just hate it when a horror site reports on something that you just can't wait to see? They just rub it in and make you that much more impatient.
So the trailer for A.D. showed up on Zombie Info a few days ago and man does this look boss or what? I'm sure you're like me and want to watch this sucker right now am I right? Well, unfortunately we can't (don't you just hate it when a horror site reports on something that you just can't wait to see? They just rub it in and make you that much more impatient.
- 2/2/2010
- by admin
- Horrorbid
I think it’s high time we moved Zombies over to the animated world. I’ve seen more than my share of what live action Zombies can do to fleshy, breathing humans. It’s time C.G.I. people learned to share in the pain of getting a good chomping or the pleasure of taking your Mom’s garden hoe and inserting it edgewise between the hemispheres of your typical garden Zombie. In this really wicked looking trailer for A.D., directed by Ben Hibon (Codehunters), produced by Bernie Goldmann (300), Tarik Heitmann and Renee Tab and written by Haylar Garcia, we are witness to a really hard edged adult art style and a hard lesson in progress about what happens when you take a break from your I.Q. whilst resting in the middle of a big road in broad daylight. Thanks to Quiet Earth for the tip.
- 2/2/2010
- by endymi0n
- SciFiCool.com
To hear the words "horror" and "animation", let alone "zombies", spoken in the same breath is as rare as there are too many PG comedy-driven animated films so I was pleasantly surprised to see the A.D. teaser via Quietearth that contains exactly just that. The teaser for the action-horror adventure is directed by Ben Hibon (Codehunters) and produced by Bernie Goldmann (George Romero's Land of the Dead, 300), Tarik Heitmann and Renee Tab. Haylar Garcia, the creator/writer plans to develop a full length feature and present "the unstoppable godfather of all zombie films".
For an interview with the crew behind the project, check out Zombie Info. You'll find the teaser trailer embedded below.
For an interview with the crew behind the project, check out Zombie Info. You'll find the teaser trailer embedded below.
- 2/1/2010
- Screen Anarchy
From a partially local time (local to me in Denver that is) comes a stunning looking teaser for a post apocalyptic zombie film with it's own style, one which they plan to make into a feature length film. Described as a "cg animated horror adventure", this was written by Haylar Garcia with the movie teaser directed by Ben Hibon (Codehunters) and produced by Bernie Goldmann (300), Tarik Heitmann and Renee Tab.
Teaser after the break. You can read an interview with the folks behind this at zombieinfo.
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Teaser after the break. You can read an interview with the folks behind this at zombieinfo.
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- 2/1/2010
- QuietEarth.us
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