Canadian production house Entertainment One has booked Pam Grier for the lead role in a currently-untitled action drama that will see the actress star as a retired ex-Homeland Security agent who is called on for one last job which puts her in charge of a young team of ambitious agents, on the trail of domestic terrorists hellbent on anarchy in the United States. The script will be penned by Bennie Richburg (best known for his work on The Jamie Foxx Show, One on One and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Most recently, in addition to traveling with a retrospective of her screen work, Grier has been working on a script adaptation of her autobiography, Foxy:...
- 12/5/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Pam Grier is set to star in an action drama for Entertainment One. Written by Bennie Richburg, the project follows an ex-Homeland Security agent (Grier) who is pulled out of retirement to lead a young but highly qualified team of “shoot first, ask questions later” agents. They are on a trail of homegrown domestic terrorists who have set about to bring anarchy to the heartland of the United States and have to stop them before it is too late. Richburg and Grier recently collaborated on the adaptation of Grier’s memoir Foxy: My Life In Three Acts, which Richburg wrote. Grier is repped by TalentWorks; Richburg is repped by attorney Hillary Jones, who will also serve as a producer on the show. eOne’s Michael Rosenberg and Harrison Reishman oversee the project for the studio.
- 12/5/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Untitled Pam Grier Project
Pam Grier has joined the cast of a new untitled action thriller for Entertainment One. Grier will also produce the film which Bennie Richburg is scripting.
Grier plays an ex-Homeland Security agent pulled out of retirement to lead a young but highly qualified team of new agents. They are on a trail of homegrown domestic terrorists who have set about to bring anarchy the U.S. heartland. [Source: Eurweb]
Once Upon a Time
"The Originals" actress Alexandra Metz has been cast as the fairy-tale character Rapunzel in the current third season on ABC's "Once Upon a Time".
Metz, currently booked for just one episode, will play the character in the upcoming fourteenth episode. [Source: The Live Feed]
Ouija
Daren Kagasoff ("The Secret Life Of The American Teenager") has scored the male lead role in Universal and Platinum Dunes' horror film "Ouija" based on the Hasbro board game. Juliet Snowden and Stiles White helm the project.
Pam Grier has joined the cast of a new untitled action thriller for Entertainment One. Grier will also produce the film which Bennie Richburg is scripting.
Grier plays an ex-Homeland Security agent pulled out of retirement to lead a young but highly qualified team of new agents. They are on a trail of homegrown domestic terrorists who have set about to bring anarchy the U.S. heartland. [Source: Eurweb]
Once Upon a Time
"The Originals" actress Alexandra Metz has been cast as the fairy-tale character Rapunzel in the current third season on ABC's "Once Upon a Time".
Metz, currently booked for just one episode, will play the character in the upcoming fourteenth episode. [Source: The Live Feed]
Ouija
Daren Kagasoff ("The Secret Life Of The American Teenager") has scored the male lead role in Universal and Platinum Dunes' horror film "Ouija" based on the Hasbro board game. Juliet Snowden and Stiles White helm the project.
- 12/5/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
According to Deadline, Imprint Entertainment have optioned the film rights to legendary blaxploitation star Pam Grier‘s autobiography, Foxy, My Life in Three Acts. Television producer Eunetta Boone will adapt the project, with Michael Becker producing alongside Bennie Richburg and Alfred Sapse.
For those unfamiliar with Grier‘s work — she was a big name and sex symbol in the 1970′s, with starring roles in Foxy Brown, Coffy and ‘Sheba, Baby’. (You’re most likely to know her as the titular character in Quentin Tarantino‘s Jackie Brown, pictured above) Her autobiography chronicles the actresses’ various love affairs with Richard Pryor, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Freddie Prinze Sr.; there are also nights out with John Lennon, Harry Nilsson, and Peter Lawford, and her ongoing battle with cancer.
“‘Foxy’ succeeds as a stark impression of Grier‘s courage and inner strength without the use of rose-colored glasses. Imprint Entertainment looks forward to bringing this triumphant story to life,...
For those unfamiliar with Grier‘s work — she was a big name and sex symbol in the 1970′s, with starring roles in Foxy Brown, Coffy and ‘Sheba, Baby’. (You’re most likely to know her as the titular character in Quentin Tarantino‘s Jackie Brown, pictured above) Her autobiography chronicles the actresses’ various love affairs with Richard Pryor, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Freddie Prinze Sr.; there are also nights out with John Lennon, Harry Nilsson, and Peter Lawford, and her ongoing battle with cancer.
“‘Foxy’ succeeds as a stark impression of Grier‘s courage and inner strength without the use of rose-colored glasses. Imprint Entertainment looks forward to bringing this triumphant story to life,...
- 4/9/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Imprint Entertainment has optioned the film rights to actress Pam Grier’s autobiography "Foxy, My Life in Three Acts".
Grier was an iconic African American female sex symbol and action star in the 70′s, arguably the most recognisable name in the 'blaxploitation' genre. First appearing in a cameo in "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls", the actress made numerous films in the genre including "Foxy Brown," "Coffy" and "Women in Cages".
She's also been steadily employed in films and on TV over the past four decades including films and shows like "Jackie Brown," "Jawbreaker," "Escape from L.A.," "The L Word," "Ghosts of Mars," "Smallville" and "Larry Crowne".
The film's story follows Grier’s life both past and present - her relationships with the likes of Richard Pryor, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Freddie Prinze Sr.; nights out with John Lennon, Harry Nilsson, and Peter Lawford; and her ongoing battle with cancer.
Eunetta...
Grier was an iconic African American female sex symbol and action star in the 70′s, arguably the most recognisable name in the 'blaxploitation' genre. First appearing in a cameo in "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls", the actress made numerous films in the genre including "Foxy Brown," "Coffy" and "Women in Cages".
She's also been steadily employed in films and on TV over the past four decades including films and shows like "Jackie Brown," "Jawbreaker," "Escape from L.A.," "The L Word," "Ghosts of Mars," "Smallville" and "Larry Crowne".
The film's story follows Grier’s life both past and present - her relationships with the likes of Richard Pryor, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Freddie Prinze Sr.; nights out with John Lennon, Harry Nilsson, and Peter Lawford; and her ongoing battle with cancer.
Eunetta...
- 4/6/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Los Angeles, California (April 5, 2012) – Imprint Entertainment (Twilight, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief) has optioned the film rights to Grier’s autobiography Foxy, My Life in Three Acts. Eunetta Boone to adapt. Boone most recently scripted Who is Doris Payne? with Halle Berry attached to star. Imprint Entertainment’s Michael Becker will produce with Bennie Richburg and Alfred Sapse. ‘Foxy’ is Pam Grier’s account of her life: past and present. It reveals her relationships with Richard Pryor, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Freddie Prinze Sr.; nights out with John Lennon, Harry Nilsson, and Peter Lawford; and her ongoing battle with cancer. “’Foxy’ succeeds at a stark impression of Grier’s courage and inner strength without the use of rose-colored glasses. Imprint Entertainment looks forward to bringing this triumphant story to life,” says Becker. Grier, the iconic African American female sex symbol and action star from the 70′s, launched an...
- 4/5/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
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