Exclusive: Lisa Hamilton Daly, who was most recently Director, Original Series at Netflix, has joined Bedrock Entertainment, the production company set up by Tony To Dan Sackheim after leaving the streamer.
Hamilton Daly, who oversaw development and production of series including Virgin River and Sweet Magnolias at Netflix, joins the company as EVP, Creative Affairs. She left the streamer in October 2020.
Band of Brothers producer To and True Detective director and exec producer Sackheim teamed up with ITV Studios America to launch the venture last year.
It is currently developing projects including an adaptation of Barry Eisler’s book series, starting with A Clean Kill in Tokyo, centered around Japanese-American assassin John Rain with Stuart Beattie (Collateral) and is also working with writers and executive producers such as Julia Ruchman (The Walking Dead), Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson (The Outpost), and David Arata (Spy Game).
Prior to joining Netflix, where...
Hamilton Daly, who oversaw development and production of series including Virgin River and Sweet Magnolias at Netflix, joins the company as EVP, Creative Affairs. She left the streamer in October 2020.
Band of Brothers producer To and True Detective director and exec producer Sackheim teamed up with ITV Studios America to launch the venture last year.
It is currently developing projects including an adaptation of Barry Eisler’s book series, starting with A Clean Kill in Tokyo, centered around Japanese-American assassin John Rain with Stuart Beattie (Collateral) and is also working with writers and executive producers such as Julia Ruchman (The Walking Dead), Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson (The Outpost), and David Arata (Spy Game).
Prior to joining Netflix, where...
- 2/16/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Stuart Beattie.
Screenwriter/producer Stuart Beattie’s illustrious career is in overdrive, with multiple projects bubbling in the US, Australia and Germany.
Some 28 years after the Aussie moved to LA, he is cashing in on his hard-earned reputation and extensive network of creative contacts.
One Australian-based project is a biopic about speed skater Steven Bradbury, who overcame seemingly insurmountable odds to win Australia’s first ever Olympic Winter Games Gold Medal.
The other is Interceptor, an action thriller to be directed by LA-based Australian novelist Matthew Reilly.
His US-based slate includes Rain, a 10-part drama based on a series of books by Barry Eisler about the exploits of a Japanese-American contract killer named John Rain.
Beattie is writing the bible and pilot and executive producing for Bedrock Entertainment, a new production banner founded by director Daniel Sackheim and producer Tony To in partnership with ITV Studios America.
Sackheim will direct the pilot,...
Screenwriter/producer Stuart Beattie’s illustrious career is in overdrive, with multiple projects bubbling in the US, Australia and Germany.
Some 28 years after the Aussie moved to LA, he is cashing in on his hard-earned reputation and extensive network of creative contacts.
One Australian-based project is a biopic about speed skater Steven Bradbury, who overcame seemingly insurmountable odds to win Australia’s first ever Olympic Winter Games Gold Medal.
The other is Interceptor, an action thriller to be directed by LA-based Australian novelist Matthew Reilly.
His US-based slate includes Rain, a 10-part drama based on a series of books by Barry Eisler about the exploits of a Japanese-American contract killer named John Rain.
Beattie is writing the bible and pilot and executive producing for Bedrock Entertainment, a new production banner founded by director Daniel Sackheim and producer Tony To in partnership with ITV Studios America.
Sackheim will direct the pilot,...
- 8/3/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
In today’s TV news roundup, BET will air six episodes of “The Good Fight,” and Netflix announced a premiere date for “Julie and the Phantoms.”
First Looks
Netflix released a trailer for Sam Jay’s comedy special, “3 In The Morning,” shot at The Masquerade in Atlanta and set to launch Aug. 4. In her first one-hour special for the streamer, the comedian jokes about traveling with her partner and experiences related to her sexuality. Watch the trailer below.
Quibi revealed a trailer for its new sci-fi series, “Don’t Look Deeper,” which premieres July 27. The show follows a high school senior named Aisha (Helena Howard) who struggles with the concept that she might not be quite human. The series, directed by Catherine Hardwicke, also stars Don Cheadle and Emily Mortimer. Hardwicke also serves as an executive producer, along with Jeffrey Lieber, Charlie McDonnell, Kathleen Grace, Laura Schwartz, Jed Weintrob and Julina Tatlock.
First Looks
Netflix released a trailer for Sam Jay’s comedy special, “3 In The Morning,” shot at The Masquerade in Atlanta and set to launch Aug. 4. In her first one-hour special for the streamer, the comedian jokes about traveling with her partner and experiences related to her sexuality. Watch the trailer below.
Quibi revealed a trailer for its new sci-fi series, “Don’t Look Deeper,” which premieres July 27. The show follows a high school senior named Aisha (Helena Howard) who struggles with the concept that she might not be quite human. The series, directed by Catherine Hardwicke, also stars Don Cheadle and Emily Mortimer. Hardwicke also serves as an executive producer, along with Jeffrey Lieber, Charlie McDonnell, Kathleen Grace, Laura Schwartz, Jed Weintrob and Julina Tatlock.
- 7/21/2020
- by Eli Countryman
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Producer Tony To (Band of Brothers) and director/producer Dan Sackheim (True Detective) have teamed with ITV Studios America to launch Bedrock Entertainment, part of ITV Studios’ expansion of its U.S. scripted TV business under the leadership of Philippe Maigret. The company, led by To and Sackheim, will develop and produce premium television content for the global marketplace across network, cable and streaming platforms. Infrastructure and financial support will be provided by ITV Studios America.
Bedrock Entertainment has multiple projects in the pipeline for television development, including Barry Eisler’s bestselling book series centered around Japanese-American assassin John Rain. Starting with A Clean Kill in Tokyo and spreading across the globe, Rain wrestles with demons while having to navigate between shifting global forces and governments that contract his unique services. Stuart Beattie (Collateral) is writing and is executive producer. Other projects are with writers and executive producers Julia Ruchman...
Bedrock Entertainment has multiple projects in the pipeline for television development, including Barry Eisler’s bestselling book series centered around Japanese-American assassin John Rain. Starting with A Clean Kill in Tokyo and spreading across the globe, Rain wrestles with demons while having to navigate between shifting global forces and governments that contract his unique services. Stuart Beattie (Collateral) is writing and is executive producer. Other projects are with writers and executive producers Julia Ruchman...
- 7/21/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has rounded out the cast of its upcoming action movie “Kate,” starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, with the addition of Tadanobu Asano, Michiel Huisman, Jun Kunimura, Miyavi Lee Ishihara and newcomer Miku Martineau.
Woody Harrelson is also on board to star in the film, which is directed by “The Huntsman: Winter’s War” helmer Cedric Nicolas-Troyan. Umair Aleem penned the script.
The story revolves around a female assassin, who, after being poisoned and given less than 24 hours to live, must go on a manhunt through the streets of Tokyo to take vengeance on her murderer before she dies.
The movie will be produced by Bryan Unkeless — who most recently worked with Winstead on the Harley Quinn spinoff, “Birds of Prey” — “Hobbs & Shaw” and “Deadpool 2” producer Kelly McCormick, and Patrick Newall. “Hobbs & Shaw” director David Leitch is exec producing with Scott Morgan.
Netflix landed the project in 2017 after winning an...
Woody Harrelson is also on board to star in the film, which is directed by “The Huntsman: Winter’s War” helmer Cedric Nicolas-Troyan. Umair Aleem penned the script.
The story revolves around a female assassin, who, after being poisoned and given less than 24 hours to live, must go on a manhunt through the streets of Tokyo to take vengeance on her murderer before she dies.
The movie will be produced by Bryan Unkeless — who most recently worked with Winstead on the Harley Quinn spinoff, “Birds of Prey” — “Hobbs & Shaw” and “Deadpool 2” producer Kelly McCormick, and Patrick Newall. “Hobbs & Shaw” director David Leitch is exec producing with Scott Morgan.
Netflix landed the project in 2017 after winning an...
- 9/23/2019
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
Prior to the box office boom of “John Wick: Chapter 2,” the film’s director and franchise mastermind Chad Stahelski said he and screenwriting partner Derek Kolstad had plans for a TV series. Those plans are still in motion, with the project in development at Lionsgate and a new title assigned to the prequel.
IndieWire has learned that the series is being developed under the name, “The Continental,” and Lionsgate is “very excited” about the series. In a separate interview, Stahelski said the focus was expected to be the “cool, Wick-ian, magical, and mysterious world” of the titular hotel.
“They’ve got a really good structure,” Stahelski said. “It’s very tied to the film [in that] it’s about the Continentals all over the world, how certain people come into that world, and what happens in relation to those people, which is cool. I think the world is very vast, and...
IndieWire has learned that the series is being developed under the name, “The Continental,” and Lionsgate is “very excited” about the series. In a separate interview, Stahelski said the focus was expected to be the “cool, Wick-ian, magical, and mysterious world” of the titular hotel.
“They’ve got a really good structure,” Stahelski said. “It’s very tied to the film [in that] it’s about the Continentals all over the world, how certain people come into that world, and what happens in relation to those people, which is cool. I think the world is very vast, and...
- 6/14/2017
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Good news for fans of the 2014 film John Wick, which featured Keanu Reeves as a “retired” hitman out for revenge. Thunder Road pictures just announced that the sequel (working title of John Wick 2) will begin filming later this year. Lionsgate/Summit Entertainment will handle worldwide distribution.
Reeves is scheduled to make a return as the titular character although no other casting announcements are available at this time. David Leitch and Chad Stahelski are also scheduled to return as co-directors of the film. Derek Kolstad has once again asked to pen the screenplay.
The original film was made for a mere $20 million, a modest budget for a Hollywood action picture, and made over $78 million worldwide. That return on investment plus strong results in video and on-demand sales helped make the decision for a sequel to be an easy one.
For Reeves, this won’t mark his first or last entry...
Reeves is scheduled to make a return as the titular character although no other casting announcements are available at this time. David Leitch and Chad Stahelski are also scheduled to return as co-directors of the film. Derek Kolstad has once again asked to pen the screenplay.
The original film was made for a mere $20 million, a modest budget for a Hollywood action picture, and made over $78 million worldwide. That return on investment plus strong results in video and on-demand sales helped make the decision for a sequel to be an easy one.
For Reeves, this won’t mark his first or last entry...
- 9/28/2015
- by Jeff Bricker
- AreYouScreening.com
Keanu Reeves returns to screens with a vengeance later this month in the outstanding action thriller John Wick, but he also has some long-brewing projects waiting in the wings, including playing another professional assassin in the TV show "Rain" (based on the book series by Barry Eisler), the sci-fi romance Passengers (in which Keanu wakes up in the middle of a 90-year journey to another planet) and, of course, Bill & Ted 3.
- 10/12/2014
- Comingsoon.net
Assassin novel adaptation Rain will see Keanu Reeves on both sides of the camera.
Making a bit of a career shift, former Neo actor Keanu Reeves is now executive-producing his own action TV series Rain for Slingshot Global Media.
Described as a ‘globe-trotting action drama,’ Rain is an adaptation on the best-selling book series by Barry Eisler of the same name. A 2009 feature film based on the same material, Rain Fall, has already been produced, but didn't make much of a - ready for it? - splash. Ahem.
Reeves will play the eponymous anti-hero John Rain, who in the books is a half-Japanese, half-American former-soldier-turned-assassin.
Rain is a freelance killer-for-hire, who lives by the rules that he’ll kill anyone, as long as they fit these rules: 'No women or children', 'no secondary team working separately on Rain's project' and 'Principal actors only' (as in: no hits on family members...
Making a bit of a career shift, former Neo actor Keanu Reeves is now executive-producing his own action TV series Rain for Slingshot Global Media.
Described as a ‘globe-trotting action drama,’ Rain is an adaptation on the best-selling book series by Barry Eisler of the same name. A 2009 feature film based on the same material, Rain Fall, has already been produced, but didn't make much of a - ready for it? - splash. Ahem.
Reeves will play the eponymous anti-hero John Rain, who in the books is a half-Japanese, half-American former-soldier-turned-assassin.
Rain is a freelance killer-for-hire, who lives by the rules that he’ll kill anyone, as long as they fit these rules: 'No women or children', 'no secondary team working separately on Rain's project' and 'Principal actors only' (as in: no hits on family members...
- 8/19/2014
- by rleane
- Den of Geek
Interview by Alan Kelly
Charlaine Harris is the bestselling author of The Sookie Stackhouse books. A collection of stories adapted for the small-screen by Six Feet Under's Alan Ball which has since become phenomenally successful, quickly becoming both a critical and a commercial success and probably the best genre show since Buffy: The Vampire Slayer.
Unfairly compared to Twilight (a bit like comparing Sigourney Weaver to Megan Fox), the books and the show are closer in style and substance to David Lynch’s Twin Peaks. Full of Southern Gothic soap operatics, massive bloodshed, betrayal, psychotic Maenads, twisted Were-bitches, Sapphic vampire queens, malevolent faeries and an endearing, cute-as-a-button telepathic waitress with a hard edge. Harris talks exclusively with us about her work and the TV series.
I've always been curious about The Great Revelation - what first gave you the idea to write about vampires integrating into society?
I thought...
Charlaine Harris is the bestselling author of The Sookie Stackhouse books. A collection of stories adapted for the small-screen by Six Feet Under's Alan Ball which has since become phenomenally successful, quickly becoming both a critical and a commercial success and probably the best genre show since Buffy: The Vampire Slayer.
Unfairly compared to Twilight (a bit like comparing Sigourney Weaver to Megan Fox), the books and the show are closer in style and substance to David Lynch’s Twin Peaks. Full of Southern Gothic soap operatics, massive bloodshed, betrayal, psychotic Maenads, twisted Were-bitches, Sapphic vampire queens, malevolent faeries and an endearing, cute-as-a-button telepathic waitress with a hard edge. Harris talks exclusively with us about her work and the TV series.
I've always been curious about The Great Revelation - what first gave you the idea to write about vampires integrating into society?
I thought...
- 8/7/2010
- by BunnyFlask
- Planet Fury
Rain Fall is what you would get if you took The Bourne Identity and stripped it of its tactful direction and smart writing, then slapped on a pun-tastically goofy title. The titular character, John Rain, is a recurring half-Japanese character used by author Barry Eisler in several of his novels, such as Rain Storm, Killing Rain, and Hard Rain, in order to be a super-secret spy working for, well, maybe John doesn’t even know. Writers and directors alike should pay attention to titles. Eisler’s plays on words are obvious but what are they playing on? I cannot speak for the book, but in the movie Rain Fall, there is no significant rainfall, nor is there any kind of downfall of John Rain’s character. I guess Rain Fall just sounded cool. Fair enough.
Back to the main character, John Rain: who is he? The movie describes him only...
Back to the main character, John Rain: who is he? The movie describes him only...
- 6/13/2010
- by Ryan Katona
- JustPressPlay.net
Director: Max Mannix. Review: Adam Wing. John Rain kills people for a living. Half American and half Japanese but out of place in both worlds, Rain is not a good man, but he is good at what he does. He’s not so hot with women though, bit of a soft touch if you ask me. Doesn’t like to kill them either, probably not even the bad ones. He’s a very busy man though, which explains why he doesn’t watch a lot of movies, because if he did, he would know that you never get ‘groin-y’ for the daughter of a man you just killed. That goes without saying, no matter how beautiful she is. Now Rain must prevent the girl from becoming collateral damage, but that’s what happens when you think with your heart and not your head. Based on the novel by author Barry Eisler,...
- 4/11/2010
- 24framespersecond.net
UK distributor Momentum Pictures will be releasing Max Mannix’s Rain Fall on DVD later this month.
Based on the first novel of Barry Eisler’s popular series, the film stars Kippei Shiina as a half-Japanese assassin named John Rain who specializes in clean kills which mimic the appearance of natural deaths. Rain is forced to serve as bodyguard to a beautiful young woman named Midori (Kyoko Hasegawa), who happens to be the daughter of one of his victims, when it’s revealed that she may hold the key to exposing high-level governmental corruption.
Rain is a former member of the U.S. Special Forces. While serving in Vietnam, he was betrayed by a man who later became the head of CIA operations in Tokyo, William Holtzer (Gary Oldman). With nowhere to run, and his old nemesis gunning for both him and Midori, Rain depends on a trustworthy former adversary...
Based on the first novel of Barry Eisler’s popular series, the film stars Kippei Shiina as a half-Japanese assassin named John Rain who specializes in clean kills which mimic the appearance of natural deaths. Rain is forced to serve as bodyguard to a beautiful young woman named Midori (Kyoko Hasegawa), who happens to be the daughter of one of his victims, when it’s revealed that she may hold the key to exposing high-level governmental corruption.
Rain is a former member of the U.S. Special Forces. While serving in Vietnam, he was betrayed by a man who later became the head of CIA operations in Tokyo, William Holtzer (Gary Oldman). With nowhere to run, and his old nemesis gunning for both him and Midori, Rain depends on a trustworthy former adversary...
- 3/22/2010
- Nippon Cinema
Based on the novel by author Barry Eisler, “Dance of the Dragon” director Max Mannix’s 2009 political thriller “Rain Fall” marks the first cinematic adventure of freelance assassin John Rain. Having never read any of the six books in the series, I can’t say for sure whether or not Mannix and crew have faithfully transported the character from the printed page to the big screen. That being said, the film is an exciting, briskly-paced head-scratcher that takes several stylish pages from the last two Jason Bourne movies. Can you guess which ones? If you selected intense fight sequences and needlessly shaky camera work, pat yourself on the back a few times. I think you’ve earned it. From what I’ve gathered from reading through Eisler’s official website and studying a few lengthy Wikipedia entries on the subject, John Rain is one seriously dangerous individual. In addition to...
- 3/16/2010
- by Todd
- Beyond Hollywood
You can’t go wrong with Gary Oldman in a movie about a hitman, a pretty girl, and evil CIA assassins. The film, which we reported on last year but have heard nothing about since, is called “Rain Fall”, and my guess is that Gary Oldman either plays the head of those evil CIA guys, or, well, he’s probably the head of the evil CIA guys. I’m just guessing, of course, but you don’t pay Gary Oldman and not have him play the heavy. It’s just wrong. Directed by the very cool-sounding Max Mannix, the movie is based on a novel by Barry Eisler, and has an assassin protecting the daughter of one of his victims against other assassins. Probably because he feels bad for whacking her old man or something. That seems to happen a lot in movies about assassins, if you haven’t noticed.
- 2/18/2009
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
Reportedly budgeted at a final of $12m and currently in post-production after shooting in both New York and Tokyo, Rain Fall headlines Gary Oldman as a CIA agent in a Tokyo bureau who is up against the assassin John Rain played by Kippei Shiina. As I'm a big fan of Gary Oldman's work, I'm definitely looking forward to this. "Based on the best-selling novel by Barry Eisler, the film stars Japanese actor Kippei Shiina (Shinobi, Sakuran) as the assassin John Rain who is forced to protect the daughter of one of his own targets. Oldman plays the chief officer of the CIA Tokyo bureau, while Kyoko Hasegawa (Nanayo) plays the daughter." If you head over to the official website which is linked after the break, you can find a few production stills.
Rain Fall official website
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Rain Fall official website
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- 10/2/2008
- QuietEarth.us
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