Exclusive: Bcdf Pictures and Frolic Media are set to produce a feature adaptation of New York Times best-selling author Tessa Bailey’s bestselling romantic comedy novel It Happened One Summer.
The book is the first installment in Bailey’s #1 New York Times and #1 USA Today bestselling Bellinger Sisters series. It has also been a TikTok sensation with a hashtag with over 35 million views. Christina Mengert (The Hating Game) and Joseph Muszynski (The Unhoneymooners) have adapted the book. Bcdf’s Claude Dal Farra and Brian Keady will produce alongside Lisa Berger from Frolic.
It Happened One Summer follows a Hollywood ‘It Girl,’ who is cut off from her wealthy family and exiled to a small Pacific Northwest beach town where she butts heads with a surly, sexy local who thinks she doesn’t belong. The story turns the classic ‘It Girl’ trope on its head as fun and fashionable socialite Piper...
The book is the first installment in Bailey’s #1 New York Times and #1 USA Today bestselling Bellinger Sisters series. It has also been a TikTok sensation with a hashtag with over 35 million views. Christina Mengert (The Hating Game) and Joseph Muszynski (The Unhoneymooners) have adapted the book. Bcdf’s Claude Dal Farra and Brian Keady will produce alongside Lisa Berger from Frolic.
It Happened One Summer follows a Hollywood ‘It Girl,’ who is cut off from her wealthy family and exiled to a small Pacific Northwest beach town where she butts heads with a surly, sexy local who thinks she doesn’t belong. The story turns the classic ‘It Girl’ trope on its head as fun and fashionable socialite Piper...
- 6/10/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Bcdf Pictures has taken the rights to Christina Lauren’s New York Times bestseller The Unhoneymooners which they’re developing for the big screen.
Joseph Muszynski adapted the novel and Bcdf Pictures’ Claude Dal Farra and Brian Keady are producing with Kelsey Law. Christina Lauren is the combined pen name of Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, the No. 1 internationally bestselling authors of seventeen New York Times bestselling novels published in over 30 languages.
The Unhoneymooners tells the story of Olive Torres and her nemesis Ethan Thomas, who are the only people not affected when Olive’s sister’s entire wedding party gets food poisoning. Suddenly there’s a free honeymoon up for grabs, and Olive will be damned if Ethan gets to enjoy paradise solo. Agreeing to a temporary truce, the pair head for Maui to assume the role of loving newlyweds.
The novel has sold over 1M copies worldwide.
Joseph Muszynski adapted the novel and Bcdf Pictures’ Claude Dal Farra and Brian Keady are producing with Kelsey Law. Christina Lauren is the combined pen name of Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, the No. 1 internationally bestselling authors of seventeen New York Times bestselling novels published in over 30 languages.
The Unhoneymooners tells the story of Olive Torres and her nemesis Ethan Thomas, who are the only people not affected when Olive’s sister’s entire wedding party gets food poisoning. Suddenly there’s a free honeymoon up for grabs, and Olive will be damned if Ethan gets to enjoy paradise solo. Agreeing to a temporary truce, the pair head for Maui to assume the role of loving newlyweds.
The novel has sold over 1M copies worldwide.
- 6/30/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: We hear that Bcdf Pictures has acquired rights to Anthony Ryan’s Penguin Random House fantasy book series A Raven’s Shadow, which the label plans to adapt into a TV series. Joseph Muszynski is adapting the first novel in the series, Blood Song, which has sold more than 1 million copies worldwide, with Claude Dal Farra, Brice Dal Farra, Brian Keady and Ryan executive producing.
Blood Song tells the story of Vaelin Al Sorna, who at 10 was left by his father at the iron gate of the Sixth Order to be trained and hardened to the austere, celibate and dangerous life of a warrior of the Faith. Vaelin’s father was Battle Lord to King Janus, ruler of the Unified Realm. Having been abandoned, Vaelin was deprived of his birthright and his rage swelled. His cherished memories of his mother are soon challenged by what he learns within the Order.
Blood Song tells the story of Vaelin Al Sorna, who at 10 was left by his father at the iron gate of the Sixth Order to be trained and hardened to the austere, celibate and dangerous life of a warrior of the Faith. Vaelin’s father was Battle Lord to King Janus, ruler of the Unified Realm. Having been abandoned, Vaelin was deprived of his birthright and his rage swelled. His cherished memories of his mother are soon challenged by what he learns within the Order.
- 11/7/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
It's been a long road for the film adaptation of Marie Lu's dystopian Ya novel Legend — but the project had found a new home.
Bcdf Pictures has acquired the film and TV rights to the sci-fi book franchise and set Joseph Muszynski to write a new script based on the first novel.
Claude Dal Farra, Brice Dal Farra, and Brian Keady of Bcdf Pictures are producers, along with Irfaan Fredericks of Kalahari Film & Media. Muszynski, Glenn W. Garland, and Kalahari's Michael S. Murphey are executive producers.
The book was first acquired in 2011 by ...
Bcdf Pictures has acquired the film and TV rights to the sci-fi book franchise and set Joseph Muszynski to write a new script based on the first novel.
Claude Dal Farra, Brice Dal Farra, and Brian Keady of Bcdf Pictures are producers, along with Irfaan Fredericks of Kalahari Film & Media. Muszynski, Glenn W. Garland, and Kalahari's Michael S. Murphey are executive producers.
The book was first acquired in 2011 by ...
- 7/26/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It's been a long road for the film adaptation of Marie Lu's dystopian Ya novel Legend — but the project had found a new home.
Bcdf Pictures has acquired the film and TV rights to the sci-fi book franchise and set Joseph Muszynski to write a new script based on the first novel.
Claude Dal Farra, Brice Dal Farra, and Brian Keady of Bcdf Pictures are producers, along with Irfaan Fredericks of Kalahari Film & Media. Lu, Muszynski, Glenn W. Garland, and Kalahari's Michael S. Murphey are executive producers.
The book was first acquired in 2011 ...
Bcdf Pictures has acquired the film and TV rights to the sci-fi book franchise and set Joseph Muszynski to write a new script based on the first novel.
Claude Dal Farra, Brice Dal Farra, and Brian Keady of Bcdf Pictures are producers, along with Irfaan Fredericks of Kalahari Film & Media. Lu, Muszynski, Glenn W. Garland, and Kalahari's Michael S. Murphey are executive producers.
The book was first acquired in 2011 ...
- 7/26/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
So Yong Kim has come on board to direct the independent drama “The Pecan Man,” based on the novel by Cassie Dandridge Selleck, Variety has learned exclusively.
Claude Dal Farra, Brice Dal Farra, and Brian Keady of Bcdf Pictures are the producers. Joseph Muszynski adapted the book and is an executive producer.
Described as “To Kill a Mockingbird” meets “The Help,” “The Pecan Man” tells the story of a small 1970s southern town after a homeless black man is hastily charged with the fatal stabbing of the police chief’s son. A white widow and her black housekeeper struggle with what they know of the crime as the tragedy creeps into their lives.
Kim’s debut feature, “In Between Days,” won the special jury prize at Sundance. Her two films, “For Ellen” and “Lovesong” also premiered in competition at Sundance. She has been nominated for four Film Independent Spirit Awards,...
Claude Dal Farra, Brice Dal Farra, and Brian Keady of Bcdf Pictures are the producers. Joseph Muszynski adapted the book and is an executive producer.
Described as “To Kill a Mockingbird” meets “The Help,” “The Pecan Man” tells the story of a small 1970s southern town after a homeless black man is hastily charged with the fatal stabbing of the police chief’s son. A white widow and her black housekeeper struggle with what they know of the crime as the tragedy creeps into their lives.
Kim’s debut feature, “In Between Days,” won the special jury prize at Sundance. Her two films, “For Ellen” and “Lovesong” also premiered in competition at Sundance. She has been nominated for four Film Independent Spirit Awards,...
- 7/19/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Peace, Love, and Misunderstanding Directed by: Bruce Beresford Written by: Joseph Muszynski and Christina Mengert Starring: Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, Elizabeth Olsen, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chace Crawford, Nat Wolff and Marissa O'Donnell Peace, Love, and Misunderstanding is a fairly rote piece of fluff, but exemplary performances by the talented cast make the film worth a watch. Catherine Keener stars as Diane, an icy and uptight lawyer who has just found out her husband wants a divorce. This event serves as the impetus for her to visit her estranged mother Grace (Jane Fonda) who lives in the town of Woodstock. For reasons never fully explained, the two have not spoken for over 20 years. That means that grandma has never had the opportunity to meet her grandchildren Zoe (Elizabeth Olsen) and Jake (Nat Wolff). Despite that minor detail, Grace doesn’t seem that rattled when Diane and the kids show up on her doorstep,...
- 6/13/2012
- by Shannon
- FilmJunk
Chicago – Jane Fonda portraying an aging hippie seems like a slam dunk. She was a 1960s hippie at one time, right? Well, it’s obvious she wasn’t the type of hippie personified in “Peace, Love & Misunderstanding,” co-starring Catherine Keener and Elizabeth Olsen. Nobody was that type of of hippie.
Rating: 2.5/5.0
Taking the route of clichés over character or substance, “Peace, Love & Misunderstanding” is a fable of a survivor from the 1960s era that could be argued as taking place in a parallel universe, or is written (by Joseph Muszynski and Christina Mengert) through people who didn’t experience what that era meant, but this is what they hoped a hippie character would be like. Set in Woodstock, New York (naturally), the narrative plods through a series of groovy references, strung together like mismatched love beads, but signifying stereotypical laziness and producing boredom.
Diane (Catherine Keener) is an uptight lawyer...
Rating: 2.5/5.0
Taking the route of clichés over character or substance, “Peace, Love & Misunderstanding” is a fable of a survivor from the 1960s era that could be argued as taking place in a parallel universe, or is written (by Joseph Muszynski and Christina Mengert) through people who didn’t experience what that era meant, but this is what they hoped a hippie character would be like. Set in Woodstock, New York (naturally), the narrative plods through a series of groovy references, strung together like mismatched love beads, but signifying stereotypical laziness and producing boredom.
Diane (Catherine Keener) is an uptight lawyer...
- 6/9/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Peace, Love And Misunderstanding is a comedy about an uptight New York City lawyer who takes her two spirited teenagers to her hippie mother.s farmhouse in the countryside for a family vacation. What was meant to be a weekend getaway quickly turns into a summer adventure of romance, music, family secrets, and self-discovery. Directed by two-time Academy Award®.nominated Bruce Beresford, Peace, Love And Misunderstanding stars Academy Award®.winning Jane Fonda, two-time Academy Award®.nominated Catherine Keener, Chace Crawford, Kyle MacLachlan, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Elizabeth Olsen, Nat Wolff, and Rosanna Arquette.
The film was the Official Selection at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.
Wamg has passes to the advance screening on Wednesday, June 6 at 7pm at Plaza Frontenac.
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The film was the Official Selection at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.
Wamg has passes to the advance screening on Wednesday, June 6 at 7pm at Plaza Frontenac.
Official Rules:
1. You Must Be In The St. Louis Area The Day Of The Screening.
2. Fill Out Your Real Name And Email Address Below.
3. What are the Two films that Jane Fonda...
- 5/31/2012
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Check out the first poster, trailer and photos for Peace, Love & Misunderstanding, starring Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chace Crawford and Elizabeth Olsen. Australian film veteran Bruce Beresford delivers a heartfelt comedy that centres on a conservative lawyer (Catherine Keener) who, after splitting with her husband, takes her two teenage children to meet their estranged, eccentric grandmother (Jane Fonda). Also in the cast of the Joseph Muszynski and Christina Mengert-written drama are Kyle MacLachlan, Rosanna Arquette and Nat Wolff. Peace, Love & Misunderstanding opens June 8 in limited areas.
- 4/30/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Check out the first poster, trailer and photos for Peace, Love & Misunderstanding, starring Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chace Crawford and Elizabeth Olsen. Australian film veteran Bruce Beresford delivers a heartfelt comedy that centres on a conservative lawyer (Catherine Keener) who, after splitting with her husband, takes her two teenage children to meet their estranged, eccentric grandmother (Jane Fonda). Also in the cast of the Joseph Muszynski and Christina Mengert-written drama are Kyle MacLachlan, Rosanna Arquette and Nat Wolff. Peace, Love & Misunderstanding opens June 8 in limited areas.
- 4/30/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
If you haven't heard of Elizabeth Olsen by now, who is seemingly much more suited for feature films than her twin siblings Mary-Kate and Ashley, then you're missing out on some fantastic performances. She made a splash at Sundance in 2011 with Silent House and Martha Marcy May Marlene and shined again at the festival this year with Liberal Arts and Red Lights. Now she's back in Peace, Love and Misunderstanding, a film about an uptight NYC lawyer (Catherine Keener) who takes her two teenagers to her hippie mother's (Jane Fonda) farmhouse upstate for a family vacation. Watch below! Here's the first trailer for Bruce Beresford's Peace, Love & Misunderstanding from Yahoo! Movies: Bruce Beresford (The Contract, Double Jeopardy) directs Peace, Love & Misunderstanding from a script by freshmen writers Joseph Muszynski and Christina Mengert. The film follows an uptight NYC lawyer (Catherine Keener) takes her two teenagers (Elizabeth Olsen and Nat...
- 4/26/2012
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
IFC Films has acquired North American rights to Peace, Love & Misunderstanding, directed by Bruce Beresford (Tender Mercies). The film had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, Kyle MacLachlan, Elizabeth Olsen, Chace Crawford, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Rosanna Arquette and Nat Wolff star in the story of a divorced woman (Keener) who impulsively takes her two children (Olsen, Wolff) to Woodstock, NY, to reconnect with their estranged, eccentric grandmother (Fonda). Christina Mengert and Joseph Muszynski wrote the screenplay. Film Review: Peace, Love & Misunderstanding Bcdf Pictures’ Brice Dal Farra, Claude Dal Farra, Lauren Munsch and Jonathan
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- 12/6/2011
- by Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
North American rights to Bruce Beresford's dramatic comedy, "Peace, Love & Misunderstanding" have been picked up by IFC Films. The feature, starring Academy Award-winner Jane Fonda, two-time Academy Award-nominee Catherine Keener, Kyle MacLachlan, Elizabeth Olsen, Chace Crawford, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Rosanna Arquette and Nat Wolff, debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival in September followed by a U.S. debut at the Woodstock Film Festival. Full acquisition release follows: IFC Films announced today that the company is acquiring North American rights to director Bruce Beresford’s dramatic comedy Peace, Love & Misunderstanding. The film, with a screenplay by Christina Mengert and Joseph Muszynski, boasts an all-star cast headlined by Academy Award® winner Jane Fonda, two-time Academy Award® nominee Catherine Keener, Kyle MacLachlan, Elizabeth Olsen, Chace Crawford, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Rosanna Arquette and Nat Wolff. Bcdf...
- 12/5/2011
- Indiewire
Peace, Love and Misunderstanding, stars Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener IFC Films has snagged North American rights to the dramedy, which also stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Elizabeth Olsen, Kyle MacLachlan, Chace Crawford, Rosanna Arquette and Nat Wolff. Peace, Love & Misunderstanding made its premiere at this year's Sundance Film Festival on September 16th, and is scri[ted by Christina Mengert and Joseph Muszynski. Claude Dal Farra, Brice Dal Farra, , Lauren Munsch and Jonathan Burkhart of Bcdf Pictures produced the film which follows a conservative lawyer...
- 12/5/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Peace, Love and Misunderstanding, stars Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener IFC Films has snagged North American rights to the dramedy, which also stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Elizabeth Olsen, Kyle MacLachlan, Chace Crawford, Rosanna Arquette and Nat Wolff. Peace, Love & Misunderstanding made its premiere at this year's Sundance Film Festival on September 16th, and is scri[ted by Christina Mengert and Joseph Muszynski. Claude Dal Farra, Brice Dal Farra, , Lauren Munsch and Jonathan Burkhart of Bcdf Pictures produced the film which follows a conservative lawyer...
- 12/5/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Peace, Love and Misunderstanding, stars Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener IFC Films has snagged North American rights to the dramedy, which also stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Elizabeth Olsen, Kyle MacLachlan, Chace Crawford, Rosanna Arquette and Nat Wolff. Peace, Love & Misunderstanding made its premiere at this year's Sundance Film Festival on September 16th, and is scri[ted by Christina Mengert and Joseph Muszynski. Claude Dal Farra, Brice Dal Farra, , Lauren Munsch and Jonathan Burkhart of Bcdf Pictures produced the film which follows a conservative lawyer...
- 12/5/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Kyle MacLachlan and Rosanna Arquette have joined the cast of Bruce Beresford's multigenerational indie drama "Peace, Love & Misunderstanding" for Bcdf Pictures.
Christina Mengert and Joseph Muszynski's script centers on a conservative lawyer (Catherine Keener) who takes her son and daughter to the house of their estranged, hippie grandmother (Jane Fonda) in Woodstock after her husband leaves her. They each find love in unexpected places.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chace Crawford, Elizabeth Olsen, Nat Wolff and Marissa O’Donnell also star. Claude Dal Farra, Brice Dal Farra, Lauren Munsch, and Jonathan Burkhart will produce. Shooting wraps this week in New York City.
Christina Mengert and Joseph Muszynski's script centers on a conservative lawyer (Catherine Keener) who takes her son and daughter to the house of their estranged, hippie grandmother (Jane Fonda) in Woodstock after her husband leaves her. They each find love in unexpected places.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chace Crawford, Elizabeth Olsen, Nat Wolff and Marissa O’Donnell also star. Claude Dal Farra, Brice Dal Farra, Lauren Munsch, and Jonathan Burkhart will produce. Shooting wraps this week in New York City.
- 8/29/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The cast continues to expand for Bruce Beresford's "Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding" with the additions of Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Nat Wolff. Written by Joseph Muszynski and Christina Mengert, the story focuses on a New York lawyer (Catherine Keener) who decides to take a trip with her two children (Wolff and Elizabeth Olsen) to go and visit her estranged hippie mother (Jane Fonda).Olsen and Marissa O'Donnell are also the newest pieces to the cast for this Bcdf Pictures project. Initial filming is expected to start soon in New York so they can reach their estimated 2011 release date.The always super-awesome Jeffrey Dean Morgan recently was seen in "The Losers" and briefly in the underperforming "Jonah Hex". He's expected to appear next in the Dan Bradley remake of "Red Dawn", if that comes out soon, and is in the middle of filming his role in the Ami Canaan Mann crime...
- 6/24/2010
- LRMonline.com
"Gossip Girl" hunk du jour Chace Crawford has joined the indie family drama "Peace, Love, and Misunderstanding" for Bcdf Pictures says Variety.
The story follows conservative lawyer Diane (Catherine Keener) who, after her husband leaves her, takes her kids to the home of her estranged, hippie mother (Jane Fonda) in Woodstock.
What started out as a much needed break quickly becomes a reminder of why Diane escaped her mother's hippie lifestyle in the first place. Crawford will play a war-protesting butcher who catches the eye of Diane's politically active and intellectual daughter.
Bruce Beresford directs from a script by Christina Mengert and Joseph Muszynski. Filming kicks off this July in New York's Hudson River Valley.
The story follows conservative lawyer Diane (Catherine Keener) who, after her husband leaves her, takes her kids to the home of her estranged, hippie mother (Jane Fonda) in Woodstock.
What started out as a much needed break quickly becomes a reminder of why Diane escaped her mother's hippie lifestyle in the first place. Crawford will play a war-protesting butcher who catches the eye of Diane's politically active and intellectual daughter.
Bruce Beresford directs from a script by Christina Mengert and Joseph Muszynski. Filming kicks off this July in New York's Hudson River Valley.
- 6/17/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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