Exclusive: After six years as a manager at More/Medavoy, Stephen Belden is going it alone, having launched his own management and production company, Death Wish Entertainment.
“The dream,” Belden said, “has always been to work with a core group of clients that I absolutely adore as artists and as human beings and to be able to produce projects with and for those clients. With this company I get to focus on exactly that and I couldn’t be more excited.”
Belden explained that the name Death Wish is “a tongue-in-cheek nod to the fact that it’s harder than ever to be working in the entertainment industry right now,” underscoring at the same time that he “couldn’t be more optimistic about what the future holds for the up and coming generation of actors, writers, directors, and producers that I work with.”
Additionally, he expressed his gratitude to those at his former company.
“The dream,” Belden said, “has always been to work with a core group of clients that I absolutely adore as artists and as human beings and to be able to produce projects with and for those clients. With this company I get to focus on exactly that and I couldn’t be more excited.”
Belden explained that the name Death Wish is “a tongue-in-cheek nod to the fact that it’s harder than ever to be working in the entertainment industry right now,” underscoring at the same time that he “couldn’t be more optimistic about what the future holds for the up and coming generation of actors, writers, directors, and producers that I work with.”
Additionally, he expressed his gratitude to those at his former company.
- 4/10/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Former Universal Pictures Distribution and Marketing EVP John C. Hall has joined the team at American-European media fund Apx Group, as it continues to restructure and expand ahead of a planned listing on the New York Stock Exchange later this year.
Hall has been appointed special consultant to the Board of Directors and Head of the Marketing and Distribution Committee of the board of directors of Apx Group.
The Los Angeles-based executive will work directly with Apx Group’s London-based Global CEO, Shelley Hammond and the freshly announced Director of Distribution and Acquisition Anthony Buckner.
The group said the appointment is part of a strategic restructuring as it prepares for its expected listing on New York Stock Exchange.
“John is a brilliant addition to the Apx Group. He brings vast experience – especially with companies which are fast developing and existing on the outside realms of the norm and becoming game changers in their field,...
Hall has been appointed special consultant to the Board of Directors and Head of the Marketing and Distribution Committee of the board of directors of Apx Group.
The Los Angeles-based executive will work directly with Apx Group’s London-based Global CEO, Shelley Hammond and the freshly announced Director of Distribution and Acquisition Anthony Buckner.
The group said the appointment is part of a strategic restructuring as it prepares for its expected listing on New York Stock Exchange.
“John is a brilliant addition to the Apx Group. He brings vast experience – especially with companies which are fast developing and existing on the outside realms of the norm and becoming game changers in their field,...
- 3/22/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Cardinal Trio Pictures principals –actor/filmmaker Chasen Parker, former Universal executive John C. Hall, and Lokal Media co-founder Nick Scherma– have secured a financing deal with Bakrr Media Group.
Cardinal Trio Pictures will be receiving up to €15 million a year ($17.3M) for projects for a five-year term.
“We’re incredibly grateful to be aligning with the wonderful team at Bakrr who have been in full support of our creative vision,” said Parker, Partner at Cardinal Trio Pictures. “Through this new partnership we will create an environment where artists are supported and encouraged to challenge themselves.”
“Teaming up with Zach and Luis at Bakrr is a huge move forward for us as we continue to infuse capital into our company and look for potential output deals and meaningful partners for our titles” added Hall, Partner at Cardinal Trio Pictures.
“We feel this alliance with Cardinal Trio will be to the advantage of both companies.
Cardinal Trio Pictures will be receiving up to €15 million a year ($17.3M) for projects for a five-year term.
“We’re incredibly grateful to be aligning with the wonderful team at Bakrr who have been in full support of our creative vision,” said Parker, Partner at Cardinal Trio Pictures. “Through this new partnership we will create an environment where artists are supported and encouraged to challenge themselves.”
“Teaming up with Zach and Luis at Bakrr is a huge move forward for us as we continue to infuse capital into our company and look for potential output deals and meaningful partners for our titles” added Hall, Partner at Cardinal Trio Pictures.
“We feel this alliance with Cardinal Trio will be to the advantage of both companies.
- 11/4/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Twin Peaks Primetime Emmy nominee Sherilyn Fenn has singed with Brs/Gage. Renowned for playing seductive teen Audrey Horne in the 1990 David Lynch ABC noir series. She would also star in Lynch’s 1990 Cannes Palme d’Or winner Wild at Heart. Fenn’s many TV credits include CBS’ S.W.A.T., Amazon’s Goliath, Showtime’s Shameless and Ray Donovan, and CW’s Gilmore Girls. In 1995 she played the title role in the NBC movie Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story. Her feature credits include Gary Sinise’s Of Mice and Men, Boxing Helena, Ruby, Wish Upon, and Immoralist. Fenn received a Best Supporting Actress-Drama nomination for Twin Peaks in 1990. She followed that up with a 1991 Golden Golden Supporting Actress nom in the Series/Miniseries and Made-for-tv movie.
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Echo Lake Entertainment has inked director/writer/actor Chasen Parker for management representation in all areas. He starred on 97 episodes of NBC’s Sunset Beach as Benjy Evans.
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Echo Lake Entertainment has inked director/writer/actor Chasen Parker for management representation in all areas. He starred on 97 episodes of NBC’s Sunset Beach as Benjy Evans.
- 6/4/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Universal EVP of Distribution and Marketing John C. Hall has recently exited the studio after 25 years and he’s launching Cardinal Trio Pictures with Lokal Media co-founder Nick Scherma, and filmmaker Chasen Parker.
The production company immediately has a number of projects in development:
—The untitled Enron Project which is written and will be directed by Parker. In a revisionist’s history 1999, an employee at Enron starts to figure out what the crooked real-life executives are up to and attempts to blackmail them, but upon humiliating him, he leaves with a plot of revenge.
—Killer will be directed by Michelle Cutolo and is written by T Zhang. The story follows two unlikely sleuths, bound together by a dark, shared past, as they pursue a serial kidnapper to Colombia. Upon arrival, the hunters become the hunted, and our heroes realized that the true enemy lies within.
—The Token Groomsman is written by Hall.
The production company immediately has a number of projects in development:
—The untitled Enron Project which is written and will be directed by Parker. In a revisionist’s history 1999, an employee at Enron starts to figure out what the crooked real-life executives are up to and attempts to blackmail them, but upon humiliating him, he leaves with a plot of revenge.
—Killer will be directed by Michelle Cutolo and is written by T Zhang. The story follows two unlikely sleuths, bound together by a dark, shared past, as they pursue a serial kidnapper to Colombia. Upon arrival, the hunters become the hunted, and our heroes realized that the true enemy lies within.
—The Token Groomsman is written by Hall.
- 10/1/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
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