Some might complain that “9/11” reduces the events of September 11, 2001, to just another disaster movie, but that’s actually one of its strengths: this isn’t a film that tries to parse the big, awful picture of what happened that day, or the geopolitics that led to it or the worldwide reverberations it caused. By focusing on a small group of people trapped somewhere they shouldn’t be, the film can, at least intermittently, succeed as a human-sized drama. In fact, titling the movie “Elevator” — the name of Patrick Carson’s original play, adapted here by Steven James Golebiowski and director.
- 9/8/2017
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Thunder Studios Capital Management has attached $4M in P&A funding to the Whoopi Goldberg-Charlie Sheen drama Nine Eleven. The pic, which is filming in Long Beach, CA, revolves around a group of people stuck in an elevator in the Twin Towers during the 9/11 attack. Martin Guigui is directing from a script he wrote with Steven Golebiowski. Gina Gershon, Luis Guzman, Wood Harris and Olga Fonda also star. Thunder Studios Capital Management arose out of a joint venture…...
- 3/17/2016
- Deadline
Whoopi Goldberg has booked a co-starring role opposite Charlie Sheen in an indie drama titled “Nine Eleven,” which follows 5 people trapped in an elevator in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. Described as more of an action-drama, the film will be directed by Martin Guigui from script he co-wrote with Steven Golebiowski, and filming is set to begin today at Thunder Studios in Long Beach, California, with Wood Harris, Luis Guzman and Olga Fonda rounding out the key cast. “We are immensely grateful to bring this inspirational story to life. ‘Nine Eleven’ is a highly emotional journey and it took a dynamic bunch to collectively come together to make...
- 3/7/2016
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Charlie Sheen and Whoopi Goldberg are set to topline the indie film Nine Eleven, a drama project that kicked has kicked off production and marks Sheen’s first work since announcing in November he is HIV-positive. Production is now underway in Long Beach, CA for a scheduled four-week shoot. The plot centers on a group of people stuck in an elevator in the Twin Towers during the 9/11 attack. Martin Guigui is directing from script he wrote with Steven Golebiowski. Thunder…...
- 3/7/2016
- Deadline
Charlie Sheen and Whoopi Goldberg are set to star in the indie drama "Nine Eleven" for Thunder Studios, Sprockefeller Pictures, Vitamin A Films and Sunset Pictures.
The story centers on a group of people stuck in an elevator in the Twin Towers during the 9/11 attack. Luis Guzman, Wood Harris and Olga Fonda co-star.
Martin Guigui is directing from script he wrote with Steven Golebiowski. A four-week shoot has just gotten underway in Long Beach.
Source: Deadline...
The story centers on a group of people stuck in an elevator in the Twin Towers during the 9/11 attack. Luis Guzman, Wood Harris and Olga Fonda co-star.
Martin Guigui is directing from script he wrote with Steven Golebiowski. A four-week shoot has just gotten underway in Long Beach.
Source: Deadline...
- 3/7/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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