Exclusive: The Love List has released its inaugural list highlighting the best 14 unproduced romance-centered screenplays and pilots of the year just in time for Valentine’s Day.
The list was read and curated by a group of anonymous readers, in addition to writer Lindsay Grossman and Olive Bridge TV exec Madison Jones, who launched the Love List last month.
“We were blown away by the response we got, especially in the Love List’s first year,” Jones told Deadline. “We were really encouraged by the quality of submissions sent our way. And we’re excited we’re able to highlight a lot of up-and-coming writers too.”
Grossman added, “Our hope is that these projects will be read by the industry at large and that they will ultimately be sold and produced. Coming out of a pandemic, and then a double-strike, we know there’s a need for stories that inspire and touch our hearts,...
The list was read and curated by a group of anonymous readers, in addition to writer Lindsay Grossman and Olive Bridge TV exec Madison Jones, who launched the Love List last month.
“We were blown away by the response we got, especially in the Love List’s first year,” Jones told Deadline. “We were really encouraged by the quality of submissions sent our way. And we’re excited we’re able to highlight a lot of up-and-coming writers too.”
Grossman added, “Our hope is that these projects will be read by the industry at large and that they will ultimately be sold and produced. Coming out of a pandemic, and then a double-strike, we know there’s a need for stories that inspire and touch our hearts,...
- 2/14/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Following the acclaim of the comedy Dumb Money, director Craig Gillespie and Sony Pictures are reteaming on another film in which money plays a factor in the central story. In a competitive situation, Sony has acquired Daniel Casey’s untitled heist spec screenplay, with Gillespie set to direct and Plan B producing.
Casey will also produce with Josie Liang under their newly formed production company Space Bandit, as will Gillespie. The logline is being kept under wraps. Brittany Morrissey will oversee the project for the studio.
Best known for his based-on-true-life comedies like the Oscar-nominated I, Tonya and Dumb Money, Gillespie has also seen success with commercial tentpole fare, directing Disney’s Cruella starring Emma Stone. Gillespie has also seen success on the TV side recently exec producing and directing the Hulu limited series Pam & Tommy.
Casey is represented by CAA, Writ Large, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman,...
Casey will also produce with Josie Liang under their newly formed production company Space Bandit, as will Gillespie. The logline is being kept under wraps. Brittany Morrissey will oversee the project for the studio.
Best known for his based-on-true-life comedies like the Oscar-nominated I, Tonya and Dumb Money, Gillespie has also seen success with commercial tentpole fare, directing Disney’s Cruella starring Emma Stone. Gillespie has also seen success on the TV side recently exec producing and directing the Hulu limited series Pam & Tommy.
Casey is represented by CAA, Writ Large, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman,...
- 12/14/2023
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Boy bands are powerful. They've stood the test of time, staying endlessly relevant and fascinating, and have dominated pop culture discourse no matter the decade. Whether it be The Beatles or One Direction, we've at least once dreamed of following a boy band we've been obsessed with while they're on tour. And now, eOne is making a movie about it.
Titled "Rock The Boat," the female-driven boy band comedy stars queen of comedy Rebel Wilson, Leslie Mann, and James Van Der Beek. Here's everything we know about it.
Everything We Know About The Story Of Rock The Boat
As per Deadline, the film is being described as a "female-driven comedy" that borrows inspiration from the real-life phenomena generated by boy bands such as "Backstreet Boys" and "New Kids on the Block" during their reunion tours aboard luxury cruise ships. Because who doesn't want to be a part of that?
The...
Titled "Rock The Boat," the female-driven boy band comedy stars queen of comedy Rebel Wilson, Leslie Mann, and James Van Der Beek. Here's everything we know about it.
Everything We Know About The Story Of Rock The Boat
As per Deadline, the film is being described as a "female-driven comedy" that borrows inspiration from the real-life phenomena generated by boy bands such as "Backstreet Boys" and "New Kids on the Block" during their reunion tours aboard luxury cruise ships. Because who doesn't want to be a part of that?
The...
- 3/19/2023
- by Fatemeh Mirjalili
- Slash Film
James Van Der Beek is getting the band back together.
Van Der Beek is in negotiations to join Rebel Wilson and Leslie Mann in Rock the Boat, a comedy being made by eOne.
Veteran comedy director Luke Greenfield (Let’s Be Cops) is helming the project that has Netflix in talks to pick it up from eOne, which is on the market from Hasbro. A spring shoot is being eyed.
Jon Turteltaub, Jonathan Prince, Mark Ross and Wilson are producing. Josie Liang is executive producing.
The story tells of four female best friends who in high school in the 1990s were obsessed with a boy band a la The Backstreet Boys or 98 Degrees. Cut to 20 years later, when the band, named 4Play, announces a reunion tour aboard a cruise ship, the four women hop on board to rediscover their friendships and reignite their lives.
Van Der Beek will play one of the band members.
Van Der Beek is in negotiations to join Rebel Wilson and Leslie Mann in Rock the Boat, a comedy being made by eOne.
Veteran comedy director Luke Greenfield (Let’s Be Cops) is helming the project that has Netflix in talks to pick it up from eOne, which is on the market from Hasbro. A spring shoot is being eyed.
Jon Turteltaub, Jonathan Prince, Mark Ross and Wilson are producing. Josie Liang is executive producing.
The story tells of four female best friends who in high school in the 1990s were obsessed with a boy band a la The Backstreet Boys or 98 Degrees. Cut to 20 years later, when the band, named 4Play, announces a reunion tour aboard a cruise ship, the four women hop on board to rediscover their friendships and reignite their lives.
Van Der Beek will play one of the band members.
- 3/7/2023
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Rebel Wilson and Leslie Mann are set to star in the R-rated eOne comedy Rock the Boat with Luke Greenfield on board to direct sources tell Deadline. The project was originally written by Jacob Meszaros and Zach Taylor, with revisions by Sarah Rothschild, Greenfield & Jason Benoit.
The project is produced by Jon Turteltaub, Jonathan Prince, Mark Ross, and Rebel Wilson with Josie Liang executive producing. Zev Foreman, Jen Gorton, and Steven Holster are overseeing for eOne.
Principal photography is set for January 2023.
The pic is a female-driven comedy inspired by the hilarious real-life phenomenon of boy bands such as Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block throwing reunion tours aboard luxury cruise ships. The movie follows four best friends from high school who were obsessed with a famous boy band back in the 90’s. Twenty years later, when the band announces a reunion tour aboard a cruise ship,...
The project is produced by Jon Turteltaub, Jonathan Prince, Mark Ross, and Rebel Wilson with Josie Liang executive producing. Zev Foreman, Jen Gorton, and Steven Holster are overseeing for eOne.
Principal photography is set for January 2023.
The pic is a female-driven comedy inspired by the hilarious real-life phenomenon of boy bands such as Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block throwing reunion tours aboard luxury cruise ships. The movie follows four best friends from high school who were obsessed with a famous boy band back in the 90’s. Twenty years later, when the band announces a reunion tour aboard a cruise ship,...
- 10/6/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
The unexpected but surprisingly entertaining prequel Orphan: First Kill (read our review Here) is now available to watch on the Paramount Plus streaming service, and will be coming to Blu-ray and DVD on October 18th. (Amazon is already accepting pre-orders at This Link.) To promote the fact that the film is streaming, Paramount Plus has shared a behind-the-scenes featurette on Twitter, and you can check it out in the embed below.
The featurette not only includes interviews with producer Alex Mace, director William Brent Bell, and cast members Isabelle Fuhrman, Julia Stiles, and Matthew Finlan, but also shows off some of the trickery that was used to allow Fuhrman to play a character who looks like she’s still a child.
Esther fans, this one's for you #OrphanFirstKill streaming now on #ParamountPlus pic.twitter.com/yIBCldaMoO
— Paramount+ (@paramountplus) September 6, 2022
Isabelle Fuhrman reprises the role of Leena Klammer / Esther, an adult...
The featurette not only includes interviews with producer Alex Mace, director William Brent Bell, and cast members Isabelle Fuhrman, Julia Stiles, and Matthew Finlan, but also shows off some of the trickery that was used to allow Fuhrman to play a character who looks like she’s still a child.
Esther fans, this one's for you #OrphanFirstKill streaming now on #ParamountPlus pic.twitter.com/yIBCldaMoO
— Paramount+ (@paramountplus) September 6, 2022
Isabelle Fuhrman reprises the role of Leena Klammer / Esther, an adult...
- 9/8/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
The unexpected but surprisingly entertaining prequel Orphan: First Kill (read our review Here) is now in theatres and available to watch on the Paramount Plus streaming service, but if you’ve been hoping to secure a physical copy of the movie you’ll be glad to hear that Orphan: First Kill is going to reach Blu-ray and DVD on October 18th. And Amazon is already accepting pre-orders at This Link! So if you want to include the physical media version of this one in your Halloween horror marathons, head over there and put in your pre-order.
Directed by William Brent Bell from a screenplay by David Coggeshall, Orphan: First Kill has the following synopsis:
Esther’s terrifying saga continues in this thrilling prequel to the original and shocking horror hit, Orphan. After orchestrating a brilliant escape from an Estonian psychiatric facility, Esther travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family.
Directed by William Brent Bell from a screenplay by David Coggeshall, Orphan: First Kill has the following synopsis:
Esther’s terrifying saga continues in this thrilling prequel to the original and shocking horror hit, Orphan. After orchestrating a brilliant escape from an Estonian psychiatric facility, Esther travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family.
- 8/24/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Thirteen years after playing serial killer Leena Klammer (a.k.a. Esther) in the horror thriller Orphan, Isabelle Fuhrman has reprised the role in the prequel Orphan: First Kill (read our review Here) – which was released through the Paramount+ streaming service last Friday. Orphan: First Kill was also given a 498 screen theatrical release in the United States, and earned 1,675,000 over the weekend – a decent haul for that number of screens. So there was clearly an interest in seeing Fuhrman play Esther again. And during an interview with Variety, Fuhrman confirmed that she would be willing to come back for an Orphan 3 if it gets made.
Leena Klammer / Esther is an adult who was able to pass herself off as a 9 year old kid in the first Orphan. Looking 9 was easy for Fuhrman at the time because she was a child when she made that movie… but some trickery had to...
Leena Klammer / Esther is an adult who was able to pass herself off as a 9 year old kid in the first Orphan. Looking 9 was easy for Fuhrman at the time because she was a child when she made that movie… but some trickery had to...
- 8/22/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Orphan: First Kill, the prequel to the 2009 thriller Orphan, is set to receive a limited theatrical release this Friday, August 19th, and will also be receiving a digital release and will be available to watch on the Paramount+ streaming service that same day. In anticipation of the film’s release, we were able to interview stars Isabelle Fuhrman and Julia Stiles about how this gig came about for them and what it was like for them to work together. To find out what they had to say about Orphan: First Kill, check out the video embedded above!
Directed by William Brent Bell from a screenplay by David Coggeshall, Orphan: First Kill has the following synopsis:
Esther’s terrifying saga continues in this thrilling prequel to the original and shocking horror hit, Orphan. After orchestrating a brilliant escape from an Estonian psychiatric facility, Esther travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family.
Directed by William Brent Bell from a screenplay by David Coggeshall, Orphan: First Kill has the following synopsis:
Esther’s terrifying saga continues in this thrilling prequel to the original and shocking horror hit, Orphan. After orchestrating a brilliant escape from an Estonian psychiatric facility, Esther travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family.
- 8/16/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Rossif Sutherland has boarded Orphan: First Kill opposite Julia Stiles and the horror pic’s original actress Isabelle Fuhrman.
As we first told you, the eOne and Dark Castle movie is directed by The Boy franchise helmer William Brent Bell, and written by David Coggeshall.
The prequel to the 2009 movie centers on Leena Klammer, who orchestrates a brilliant escape from an Estonian psychiatric facility. She travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family. But Leena’s new life as “Esther” comes with an unexpected wrinkle and pits her against a mother who will protect her family at any cost.
Dark Castle Entertainment’s Alex Mace, Hal Sadoff and Ethan Erwin are producing with James Tomlinson. David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick is an EP, with Jen Gorton and Josie Liang overseeing for eOne. Sierra/Affinity is handling international sales.
The Vancouver-born son of Donald Sutherland recently starred in...
As we first told you, the eOne and Dark Castle movie is directed by The Boy franchise helmer William Brent Bell, and written by David Coggeshall.
The prequel to the 2009 movie centers on Leena Klammer, who orchestrates a brilliant escape from an Estonian psychiatric facility. She travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family. But Leena’s new life as “Esther” comes with an unexpected wrinkle and pits her against a mother who will protect her family at any cost.
Dark Castle Entertainment’s Alex Mace, Hal Sadoff and Ethan Erwin are producing with James Tomlinson. David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick is an EP, with Jen Gorton and Josie Liang overseeing for eOne. Sierra/Affinity is handling international sales.
The Vancouver-born son of Donald Sutherland recently starred in...
- 11/6/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
A prequel film is in the works to the 2009 horror-thriller “Orphan,” and Isabelle Fuhrman, who played the duplicitous orphan girl Esther, will reprise her role in the new feature, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
Julia Stiles will also star in the new film titled “Orphan: First Kill,” which is directed by William Brent Bell and is in production now in Winnipeg, Canada.
In “Orphan: First Kill,” previously just titled “Esther,” Fuhrman returns as the murderous sociopath from the original but follows her life before she assumed the identity of Esther. Fuhrman will play Leena Klammer, who escapes from an Estonian psychiatric facility and travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family. But Leena’s new life as Esther comes with an unexpected wrinkle and pits her against a mother who will protect her family at any cost. David Coggeshall wrote the script.
Julia Stiles will also star in the new film titled “Orphan: First Kill,” which is directed by William Brent Bell and is in production now in Winnipeg, Canada.
In “Orphan: First Kill,” previously just titled “Esther,” Fuhrman returns as the murderous sociopath from the original but follows her life before she assumed the identity of Esther. Fuhrman will play Leena Klammer, who escapes from an Estonian psychiatric facility and travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family. But Leena’s new life as Esther comes with an unexpected wrinkle and pits her against a mother who will protect her family at any cost. David Coggeshall wrote the script.
- 11/3/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Looks like something is still wrong with Esther.
Isabelle Fuhrman, who broke out in Hollywood as the lead of the disturbing 2009 hit “Orphan,” will reprise her role in an upcoming prequel to the film.
Fuhrman played Esther, an Eastern European child adopted by parents (played by Peter Sarsgaard and Vera Farmiga) overcoming an unspeakable loss of their own. It earned $80 million worldwide on a reported $20 million budget.
While the movie received mixed reviews, it was largely credited with delivering a twist that broke new ground in the sub-genre of disturbed little kids — Esther was not a child at all, but an adult woman with primordial dwarfism masquerading as a nine-year-old. This made her attempts to split up her parents and eliminate her siblings all the more sinister and unforgettable.
While the prequel’s plot is under wraps, Fuhrman will return as star and associate producer on the project. William Brent Bell...
Isabelle Fuhrman, who broke out in Hollywood as the lead of the disturbing 2009 hit “Orphan,” will reprise her role in an upcoming prequel to the film.
Fuhrman played Esther, an Eastern European child adopted by parents (played by Peter Sarsgaard and Vera Farmiga) overcoming an unspeakable loss of their own. It earned $80 million worldwide on a reported $20 million budget.
While the movie received mixed reviews, it was largely credited with delivering a twist that broke new ground in the sub-genre of disturbed little kids — Esther was not a child at all, but an adult woman with primordial dwarfism masquerading as a nine-year-old. This made her attempts to split up her parents and eliminate her siblings all the more sinister and unforgettable.
While the prequel’s plot is under wraps, Fuhrman will return as star and associate producer on the project. William Brent Bell...
- 11/2/2020
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Julia Stiles has boarded Entertainment One and Dark Castle Entertainment’s Orphan prequel Orphan: First Kill (né Esther), and we hear that the star of the 2009 feature, Isabelle Fuhrman, is also returning to play her iconic role of Esther.
William Brent Bell (The Boy franchise) is already shooting Orphan: First Kill in Winnipeg. In order to help Fuhrman bring her character to life again, filmmakers are utilizing a combination of forced perspective shooting and a world-class makeup team.
In Orphan: First Kill, written by David Coggeshall, Leena Klammer orchestrates a brilliant escape from an Estonian psychiatric facility and travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family. But Leena’s new life as “Esther” comes with an unexpected wrinkle and pits her against a mother who will protect her family at any cost.
Dark Castle’s Alex Mace, Hal Sadoff and Ethan Erwin are producing with James Tomlinson.
William Brent Bell (The Boy franchise) is already shooting Orphan: First Kill in Winnipeg. In order to help Fuhrman bring her character to life again, filmmakers are utilizing a combination of forced perspective shooting and a world-class makeup team.
In Orphan: First Kill, written by David Coggeshall, Leena Klammer orchestrates a brilliant escape from an Estonian psychiatric facility and travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family. But Leena’s new life as “Esther” comes with an unexpected wrinkle and pits her against a mother who will protect her family at any cost.
Dark Castle’s Alex Mace, Hal Sadoff and Ethan Erwin are producing with James Tomlinson.
- 11/2/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Director William Brent Bell — whose horror film “Brahms: The Boy II” hits theaters this Friday — has been tapped to direct “Esther,” a prequel to the 2009 horror film “Orphan,” for Entertainment One (eOne) and Dark Castle.
Production is set to begin this summer on the David Coggeshall-scripted film that will revisit the murderous sociopath featured in director Jaume Collet-Serra’s original film, which grossed nearly $78 million worldwide for Warner Bros.
A description for the prequel reads:
Lena Klammer orchestrates a brilliant escape from a Russian psychiatric facility and travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family. But Lena’s new life as “Esther” comes with an unexpected wrinkle and pits her against a mother who will protect her family at any cost.
Dark Castle Entertainment’s Alex Mace, Hal Sadoff and Ethan Erwin will produce with James Tomlinson. David Leslie Johnson will serve as an executive...
Production is set to begin this summer on the David Coggeshall-scripted film that will revisit the murderous sociopath featured in director Jaume Collet-Serra’s original film, which grossed nearly $78 million worldwide for Warner Bros.
A description for the prequel reads:
Lena Klammer orchestrates a brilliant escape from a Russian psychiatric facility and travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family. But Lena’s new life as “Esther” comes with an unexpected wrinkle and pits her against a mother who will protect her family at any cost.
Dark Castle Entertainment’s Alex Mace, Hal Sadoff and Ethan Erwin will produce with James Tomlinson. David Leslie Johnson will serve as an executive...
- 2/20/2020
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
With his sequel set to open this weekend, Stx’s Brahms: The Boy II, William Brent Bell will next direct Esther, a prequel to to Warner Bros.’/Dark Castle’s 2009 genre pic Orphan for eOne. Sierra/Affinity is also launching sales at the Berlin Film Festival.
The prequel is written by David Coggeshall. In it, Lena Klammer orchestrates a brilliant escape from a Russian psychiatric facility and travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family. But Lena’s new life as “Esther” comes with an unexpected wrinkle and pits her against a mother who will protect her family at any cost. Filming is expected to start in the third quarter.
Bell also directed the first The Boy for Stx. He is in the final stages of post-production on his next feature, Separation, a Brooklyn-set supernatural thriller starring Emmy Award nominee Rupert Friend and Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner Brian Cox.
The prequel is written by David Coggeshall. In it, Lena Klammer orchestrates a brilliant escape from a Russian psychiatric facility and travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family. But Lena’s new life as “Esther” comes with an unexpected wrinkle and pits her against a mother who will protect her family at any cost. Filming is expected to start in the third quarter.
Bell also directed the first The Boy for Stx. He is in the final stages of post-production on his next feature, Separation, a Brooklyn-set supernatural thriller starring Emmy Award nominee Rupert Friend and Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner Brian Cox.
- 2/20/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Production expected to commence in third quarter.
William Brent Bell has signed on to direct Sierra/Affinity Efm sales title and eOne and Dark Castle horror Esther.
The plot centres on Lena Klammer, the character from Dark Castle’s 2009 Warner Bros release Orphan, who escapes from a Russian psychiatric facility and travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family.
However Klammer’s new life as Esther hits a roadblock when she encounters a mother who will protect her family at any cost. David Coggeshall wrote the screenplay.
Production is expected to commence in the third quarter of the year,...
William Brent Bell has signed on to direct Sierra/Affinity Efm sales title and eOne and Dark Castle horror Esther.
The plot centres on Lena Klammer, the character from Dark Castle’s 2009 Warner Bros release Orphan, who escapes from a Russian psychiatric facility and travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family.
However Klammer’s new life as Esther hits a roadblock when she encounters a mother who will protect her family at any cost. David Coggeshall wrote the screenplay.
Production is expected to commence in the third quarter of the year,...
- 2/20/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Entertainment One has won the high concept sci-fi spec Out There. David Bruckner is attached to direct the spec by exec-turned-tyro screenwriter Ian Levy.
The Picture Company Partners Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman will produce.
The genre thriller is said to be akin to The Mist and deals with a mysterious event that changes the course of the world. One family struggles to survive.
Levy sold his first spec after serving as an exec at SyFy and Bravo. He produced the film Pay The Ghost before making the transition to writing.
Bruckner just directed an episode of the relaunch of Creepshow on Shudder. He will shoot the horror-thriller The Night House this spring, with Rebecca Hall starring. He also directed The Ritual for Netflix.
For eOne, Zev Foreman and Josie Liang will oversee the picture.
Heineman and Rona are in post production on the horror-thriller Larry at Amblin and...
The Picture Company Partners Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman will produce.
The genre thriller is said to be akin to The Mist and deals with a mysterious event that changes the course of the world. One family struggles to survive.
Levy sold his first spec after serving as an exec at SyFy and Bravo. He produced the film Pay The Ghost before making the transition to writing.
Bruckner just directed an episode of the relaunch of Creepshow on Shudder. He will shoot the horror-thriller The Night House this spring, with Rebecca Hall starring. He also directed The Ritual for Netflix.
For eOne, Zev Foreman and Josie Liang will oversee the picture.
Heineman and Rona are in post production on the horror-thriller Larry at Amblin and...
- 3/25/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Us-uk production about a 60+ cheerleading squad is to be directed by The Battle Of The Sexes’ Zara Hayes.
Sierra/Affinity has come on board to finance and produce the grey pound/silver dollar comedy Poms, a Us-uk comedy about the Sun City Poms, America’s first cheerleading squad for women aged over 60.
Currently out to cast, the intriguing indie package will be directed by Zara Hayes (The Battle Of The Sexes) from a script written by Shane Atkinson.
Producers are Mad as Birds Films’ Ade Shannon, Celyn Jones, and Andy Evans; Rose Pictures’ Rose Ganguzza (Margin Call); and Sierra’s Kelly McCormick (The Coldest City).
Sierra/Affinity’s Nick Meyer and Marc Schaberg are executive producing the project while Josie Liang, Sierra/Affinity’s vice president of production and acquisitions, is overseeing the production for the company.
Hayes’ 2013 doc-biopic The Battle Of The Sexes (above) charted the events leading up to the 1973 tennis match between retired...
Sierra/Affinity has come on board to finance and produce the grey pound/silver dollar comedy Poms, a Us-uk comedy about the Sun City Poms, America’s first cheerleading squad for women aged over 60.
Currently out to cast, the intriguing indie package will be directed by Zara Hayes (The Battle Of The Sexes) from a script written by Shane Atkinson.
Producers are Mad as Birds Films’ Ade Shannon, Celyn Jones, and Andy Evans; Rose Pictures’ Rose Ganguzza (Margin Call); and Sierra’s Kelly McCormick (The Coldest City).
Sierra/Affinity’s Nick Meyer and Marc Schaberg are executive producing the project while Josie Liang, Sierra/Affinity’s vice president of production and acquisitions, is overseeing the production for the company.
Hayes’ 2013 doc-biopic The Battle Of The Sexes (above) charted the events leading up to the 1973 tennis match between retired...
- 7/27/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Sierra/Affinity has picked up the worldwide rights to Sovereign, a sci-fi thriller written by Geoff Tock & Gregory Weidman. Marc Munden will direct with 21 Laps' Shawn Levy, Dan Levine and Dan Cohen producing. Nick Meyer and Mark Schaberg will executive produce along with Kelly McCormick who is overseeing the project with Josie Liang for Sierra/Affinity. Wme Global will broker the domestic deal. A mixture between cerebral sci-fi films such as 2001 and Solaris…...
- 3/15/2016
- Deadline
The Solution Entertainment Group has hired Focus Features executive Josie Liang to the position of VP of Acquisitions and Development with immediate effect, the company's co-foudners Lisa Wilson and Myles Nestel announced earlier today. Reporting directly to Wilson and Nestel, Liang will focus on the development of commercial feature films to produce and finance in-house, along with the acquisition of third party titles for international sales under The Solution banner. Read More: Justine Nagan Appointed as Executive Director of American Documentary, Inc. and 'Pov' "Josie is admired and well-respected in the industry with a keen understanding of projects that have wide, commercial appeal for a theatrical audience," said Wilson and Nestel. "Her studio experience and established ties to cast and filmmakers make her a perfect addition to our expanding team." While at Focus Features, Lang worked on such titles as Leigh Whannell's "Insidious:...
- 9/29/2015
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
The Solution Entertainment Group has hired Josie Liang as VP Acquisitions and Development. She joins immediately after most recently working as a acquisitions and sales exec at Focus Features, where the titles she worked on included the Blumhouse horror pics Insidious: Chapter 3 and Sinister 2 for the Gramercy genre label. At The Solution will focus on development of commercial feature films to produce and finance in-house along with the acquisition of third-party titles…...
- 9/29/2015
- Deadline
Find out who are the dynamic, inspiring executives who will be driving the sector forward.Click here to read the digital edition
Screen started highlighting the Future Leaders in our Cannes issue two years ago, when we spotlighted emerging sales and acquisitions executives. Last year, we looked at the rising producers. For 2014, we’re back spotlighting sales and distribution; it’s a sign of the industry’s vitality that there were hundreds of possible candidates that have proven themselves as ‘ones to watch’ since our previous look two years ago.
For this class of Future Leaders, we tried to introduce executives at a stage when they may be slightly less well known to the wider industry; they are not totally new to the sector and do have decision-making power, but are not yet in the top positions. So these are not generally the vice-presidents or CEOs unless they have split off into running their own boutique companies...
Screen started highlighting the Future Leaders in our Cannes issue two years ago, when we spotlighted emerging sales and acquisitions executives. Last year, we looked at the rising producers. For 2014, we’re back spotlighting sales and distribution; it’s a sign of the industry’s vitality that there were hundreds of possible candidates that have proven themselves as ‘ones to watch’ since our previous look two years ago.
For this class of Future Leaders, we tried to introduce executives at a stage when they may be slightly less well known to the wider industry; they are not totally new to the sector and do have decision-making power, but are not yet in the top positions. So these are not generally the vice-presidents or CEOs unless they have split off into running their own boutique companies...
- 5/12/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
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