Dillon Jordan, who produced the 2018 Maggie Gyllenhaal drama The Kindergarten Teacher, which won the directing award at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, pled guilty to operating an interstate prostitution business.
Jordan ran the ring f seven years from 2010 to 2017, providing women to wealthy clients for up to $15,000 and organizing sex parties.
He was sentenced to a maximum of five years in prison. U.S. District Judge John P. Cronan said he wished to impose a longer prison sentence if he could, citing the physical and emotional toll inflicted upon the women involved.
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One victim said she nearly died when Jordan invited her to a party and fed her a mix of drugs that gave her permanent brain damage.
Jordan founded PaperChase Films in 2013. He allegedly used the movie production company and a California event-planning firm to launder money from the prostitution ring.
He...
Jordan ran the ring f seven years from 2010 to 2017, providing women to wealthy clients for up to $15,000 and organizing sex parties.
He was sentenced to a maximum of five years in prison. U.S. District Judge John P. Cronan said he wished to impose a longer prison sentence if he could, citing the physical and emotional toll inflicted upon the women involved.
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One victim said she nearly died when Jordan invited her to a party and fed her a mix of drugs that gave her permanent brain damage.
Jordan founded PaperChase Films in 2013. He allegedly used the movie production company and a California event-planning firm to launder money from the prostitution ring.
He...
- 2/19/2023
- by Alex Nguyen
- Uinterview
Update: Film producer Dillon Jordan was sentenced in New York City today to the maximum of five years in prison for running a high-end prostitution ring. He was sentenced in New York for providing women to clients and organizing sex parties in the US and abroad.
Jordan, of Lake Arrowhead, California, ran the ring for seven years. Manhattan. U.S. District Judge John P. Cronan said he would have imposed a longer prison sentence if he had the authority to do so.
Jordan pleaded guilty to a conspiracy count and five years was the maximum sentence available.
Earlier: Dillon Jordan, the backer of the 2018 Maggie Gyllenhaal drama The Kindergarten Teacher (which won a directing award at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival), pled guilty today to conspiracy to violate the Mann Act for his operation of an interstate prostitution business.
Sentencing is scheduled for December 12, 2022. Jordan allegedly ran the ring with the help of a British madam.
Jordan, of Lake Arrowhead, California, ran the ring for seven years. Manhattan. U.S. District Judge John P. Cronan said he would have imposed a longer prison sentence if he had the authority to do so.
Jordan pleaded guilty to a conspiracy count and five years was the maximum sentence available.
Earlier: Dillon Jordan, the backer of the 2018 Maggie Gyllenhaal drama The Kindergarten Teacher (which won a directing award at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival), pled guilty today to conspiracy to violate the Mann Act for his operation of an interstate prostitution business.
Sentencing is scheduled for December 12, 2022. Jordan allegedly ran the ring with the help of a British madam.
- 2/10/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
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Dillon Jordan, a producer on projects including Netflix movie The Kindergarten Teacher and A24 film Skin, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to operate an international prostitution ring. He used his production company, PaperChase Films, as a front for the operation, said federal prosecutors in an announcement.
Jordan, 50, of Arrowhead Lake, California, on Thursday in New York federal court pleaded guilty to a count of conspiracy to violate the Mann Act, a federal law prohibiting transportation of people across state lines to engage in illegal sexual activity. Under the plea agreement, three lesser charges of enticement, use of interstate commerce to promote unlawful activity and money laundering were dismissed. He faces up to five years in prison. He will also forfeit 1.4 million in ill-gotten gains.
In June 2021, federal prosecutors indicted Jordan in connection with overseeing a prostitution ring, which allegedly had a roster of...
Dillon Jordan, a producer on projects including Netflix movie The Kindergarten Teacher and A24 film Skin, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to operate an international prostitution ring. He used his production company, PaperChase Films, as a front for the operation, said federal prosecutors in an announcement.
Jordan, 50, of Arrowhead Lake, California, on Thursday in New York federal court pleaded guilty to a count of conspiracy to violate the Mann Act, a federal law prohibiting transportation of people across state lines to engage in illegal sexual activity. Under the plea agreement, three lesser charges of enticement, use of interstate commerce to promote unlawful activity and money laundering were dismissed. He faces up to five years in prison. He will also forfeit 1.4 million in ill-gotten gains.
In June 2021, federal prosecutors indicted Jordan in connection with overseeing a prostitution ring, which allegedly had a roster of...
- 9/1/2022
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Electric Entertainment, the LA-based production, distribution and post-production company, has acquired North American rights to crime-thriller Heavy, starring Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones) and Daniel Zovatto (Penny Dreadful: City of Angels)
The feature centers on a couple living it up in the high-end drug scene of New York City. The Tvod release is due to rollout from February 9, 2021.
Directed by Jouri Smit and based on a screenplay by Seth Miller, the romantic crime-thriller sees Zovatto play Seven ‘Sev’ Max, a high-end drug dealer living in New York City. He has his game perfected: trust-fund clients, model parties, and crazed drug-fueled escapades. But troubled by his painful past and riddled with vices, he constantly tries to find comfort in all the wrong places. Sev realizes too late that his key to true happiness has been right in front of him all this time; his equally broken girlfriend and true love...
The feature centers on a couple living it up in the high-end drug scene of New York City. The Tvod release is due to rollout from February 9, 2021.
Directed by Jouri Smit and based on a screenplay by Seth Miller, the romantic crime-thriller sees Zovatto play Seven ‘Sev’ Max, a high-end drug dealer living in New York City. He has his game perfected: trust-fund clients, model parties, and crazed drug-fueled escapades. But troubled by his painful past and riddled with vices, he constantly tries to find comfort in all the wrong places. Sev realizes too late that his key to true happiness has been right in front of him all this time; his equally broken girlfriend and true love...
- 1/27/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, Rita Moreno joins the “West Side Story” reboot, “Justified Vengeance” unveils its cast, Zane Holtz’s “Beyond the Night” gets acquired, and Jamie Bell’s “Skin” closes territorial deals.
Castings
Rita Moreno will join the cast of Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of the Broadway musical “West Side Story.”
Moreno will also serve as an executive producer of the film. She won an Academy Award for her portrayal of Anita in the 1961 film version of “West Side Story.” In the new “West Side Story,” Moreno will be playing Valentina, a reconceived version of the character of Doc, the owner of the corner store in which Tony works.
“Never in my wildest dreams did I see myself revisiting this seminal work,” Moreno said. “And to be asked by Steven Spielberg to participate is simply thrilling! Then to work together with the brilliant playwright, Tony Kushner — what a glorious stew!
Castings
Rita Moreno will join the cast of Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of the Broadway musical “West Side Story.”
Moreno will also serve as an executive producer of the film. She won an Academy Award for her portrayal of Anita in the 1961 film version of “West Side Story.” In the new “West Side Story,” Moreno will be playing Valentina, a reconceived version of the character of Doc, the owner of the corner store in which Tony works.
“Never in my wildest dreams did I see myself revisiting this seminal work,” Moreno said. “And to be asked by Steven Spielberg to participate is simply thrilling! Then to work together with the brilliant playwright, Tony Kushner — what a glorious stew!
- 11/28/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Lionsgate UK, Ascot Elite, The Jokers among buyers.
Voltage Pictures has closed key territories including the UK, Germany, France and Italy on the Jamie Bell skinhead drama and Tiff Fipresci winner Skin.
In a string of major deals on the Toronto world premiere that closed since Voltage launched sales at the Afm earlier this month, Lionsgate snapped up rights for the UK, Ascot Elite for Germany and Switzerland, The Jokers for France, and Sun Film Group for Italy and Poland.
Further deals closed in: Spain (Twelve Oaks), Japan (King Records), Baltics and Russia (Volga), South Korea (Contents Panda), Middle East...
Voltage Pictures has closed key territories including the UK, Germany, France and Italy on the Jamie Bell skinhead drama and Tiff Fipresci winner Skin.
In a string of major deals on the Toronto world premiere that closed since Voltage launched sales at the Afm earlier this month, Lionsgate snapped up rights for the UK, Ascot Elite for Germany and Switzerland, The Jokers for France, and Sun Film Group for Italy and Poland.
Further deals closed in: Spain (Twelve Oaks), Japan (King Records), Baltics and Russia (Volga), South Korea (Contents Panda), Middle East...
- 11/27/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
cDrama won Tiff Fipresci Prize for Special Presentations.
With a little over one week to go before Afm kicks off in Santa Monica, Voltage Pictures has picked up international sales rights to Skin, Maven Pictures’ acclaimed drama starring Jamie Bell as a repentant skinhead that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) last month.
Skin marks the first Us-set feature from Israeli director Guy Nattiv and won the Tiff Fipresci Prize for Special Presentations in Toronto, where it landed a North America distribution deal with A24/Directv, who plan a 2019 launch.
Starring alongside Bell are Vera Farmiga and Patti...
With a little over one week to go before Afm kicks off in Santa Monica, Voltage Pictures has picked up international sales rights to Skin, Maven Pictures’ acclaimed drama starring Jamie Bell as a repentant skinhead that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) last month.
Skin marks the first Us-set feature from Israeli director Guy Nattiv and won the Tiff Fipresci Prize for Special Presentations in Toronto, where it landed a North America distribution deal with A24/Directv, who plan a 2019 launch.
Starring alongside Bell are Vera Farmiga and Patti...
- 10/22/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
A24 has picked up North American distribution rights to the Jamie Bell-led drama “Skin,” in conjunction with DirecTV. The film had its world premiere during the Toronto Film Festival over the weekend.
Under the deal, A24 will release the film in 2019.
Directed by Israeli filmmaker Guy Nattiv, “Skin” is inspired by the true life story of Bryon Widner, a young man raised by skinheads who is transformed by his relationship with a single mother of three children and a compassionate African American activist.
Bryon decides to turn his back on violence and hatred and to risk everything for a new life of tolerance, empathy, and love.
Widner, whose story also inspired the 2011 MSNBC documentary “Erasing Hate” was one of the FBI’s most wanted white supremacists. He endured death threats and harassment from...
Under the deal, A24 will release the film in 2019.
Directed by Israeli filmmaker Guy Nattiv, “Skin” is inspired by the true life story of Bryon Widner, a young man raised by skinheads who is transformed by his relationship with a single mother of three children and a compassionate African American activist.
Bryon decides to turn his back on violence and hatred and to risk everything for a new life of tolerance, empathy, and love.
Widner, whose story also inspired the 2011 MSNBC documentary “Erasing Hate” was one of the FBI’s most wanted white supremacists. He endured death threats and harassment from...
- 9/11/2018
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
A24 and DirecTV have partnered for North American rights to the Toronto International Film Festival title Skin.
The drama stars Jamie Bell as a man raised by skinheads who leaves the white supremacy group and begins the painful process of removing his tattoos with the help of a black activist.
Vera Farmiga, Danielle MacDonald, Mike Colter and Bill Camp also star in the movie from director Guy Nattiv.
Nattiv also produced Skin, along with Oren Moverman, Jaime Ray Newman, Celine Rattray, Trudie Styler and Dillon D. Jordan.
ICM negotiated the deal on behalf of the filmmakers.
Bell is involved with multiple Tiff titles,...
The drama stars Jamie Bell as a man raised by skinheads who leaves the white supremacy group and begins the painful process of removing his tattoos with the help of a black activist.
Vera Farmiga, Danielle MacDonald, Mike Colter and Bill Camp also star in the movie from director Guy Nattiv.
Nattiv also produced Skin, along with Oren Moverman, Jaime Ray Newman, Celine Rattray, Trudie Styler and Dillon D. Jordan.
ICM negotiated the deal on behalf of the filmmakers.
Bell is involved with multiple Tiff titles,...
- 9/11/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A24 and DirecTV have partnered for North American rights to the Toronto International Film Festival title Skin.
The drama stars Jamie Bell as a man raised by skinheads who leaves the white supremacy group and begins the painful process of removing his tattoos with the help of a black activist.
Vera Farmiga, Danielle MacDonald, Mike Colter and Bill Camp also star in the movie from director Guy Nattiv.
Nattiv also produced Skin, along with Oren Moverman, Jaime Ray Newman, Celine Rattray, Trudie Styler and Dillon D. Jordan.
ICM negotiated the deal on behalf of the filmmakers.
Bell is involved with multiple Tiff titles,...
The drama stars Jamie Bell as a man raised by skinheads who leaves the white supremacy group and begins the painful process of removing his tattoos with the help of a black activist.
Vera Farmiga, Danielle MacDonald, Mike Colter and Bill Camp also star in the movie from director Guy Nattiv.
Nattiv also produced Skin, along with Oren Moverman, Jaime Ray Newman, Celine Rattray, Trudie Styler and Dillon D. Jordan.
ICM negotiated the deal on behalf of the filmmakers.
Bell is involved with multiple Tiff titles,...
- 9/11/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
PaperChase Films’ Dillon D. Jordan and Ira Capital’s Samir M. Patel have closed a multimillion-dollar film financing partnership set to begin in 2019.
“Samir is not only a brilliant financial strategist, he is a remarkable thinker who is not afraid to make bold moves, which aligns perfectly with the PaperChase mission,” Jordan said.
Founded in 2013, PaperChase is making waves in the indie film space. Its debut feature, The Kindergarten Teacher, won best director (U.S. drama) for Sara Colangelo at Sundance and was acquired by Netflix for North American distribution. Maggie Gyllenhaal and Gael Garcia Bernal star....
“Samir is not only a brilliant financial strategist, he is a remarkable thinker who is not afraid to make bold moves, which aligns perfectly with the PaperChase mission,” Jordan said.
Founded in 2013, PaperChase is making waves in the indie film space. Its debut feature, The Kindergarten Teacher, won best director (U.S. drama) for Sara Colangelo at Sundance and was acquired by Netflix for North American distribution. Maggie Gyllenhaal and Gael Garcia Bernal star....
PaperChase Films’ Dillon D. Jordan and Ira Capital’s Samir M. Patel have closed a multimillion-dollar film financing partnership set to begin in 2019.
“Samir is not only a brilliant financial strategist, he is a remarkable thinker who is not afraid to make bold moves, which aligns perfectly with the PaperChase mission,” Jordan said.
Founded in 2013, PaperChase is making waves in the indie film space. Its debut feature, The Kindergarten Teacher, won best director (U.S. drama) for Sara Colangelo at Sundance and was acquired by Netflix for North American distribution. Maggie Gyllenhaal and Gael Garcia Bernal star....
“Samir is not only a brilliant financial strategist, he is a remarkable thinker who is not afraid to make bold moves, which aligns perfectly with the PaperChase mission,” Jordan said.
Founded in 2013, PaperChase is making waves in the indie film space. Its debut feature, The Kindergarten Teacher, won best director (U.S. drama) for Sara Colangelo at Sundance and was acquired by Netflix for North American distribution. Maggie Gyllenhaal and Gael Garcia Bernal star....
The title of this film, Superman Vs. The Kkk might be a little misleading, but I'm not the guy who came up with the title. Regardless, it still sounds like an intriguing story that will make a good movie.
The film is based on a book called Superman Versus The Ku Klux Klan: The True Story of How the Iconic Superhero Battle the Men of Hate. The book was written by Rick Bowers and the story chronicles "a former Klan member who goes undercover in 1947 Atlanta and works with the Anti-Defamation League and the producer of the Superman radio show." One of the film's producers Marc Rosen says:
“Fighting the forces of evil with brain over brawn, artists taking down bullies and the power of a good piece of content, it’s a real case of truth being cooler than fiction."
Even though the story doesn't really involve the character "Superman" fighting the Kkk,...
The film is based on a book called Superman Versus The Ku Klux Klan: The True Story of How the Iconic Superhero Battle the Men of Hate. The book was written by Rick Bowers and the story chronicles "a former Klan member who goes undercover in 1947 Atlanta and works with the Anti-Defamation League and the producer of the Superman radio show." One of the film's producers Marc Rosen says:
“Fighting the forces of evil with brain over brawn, artists taking down bullies and the power of a good piece of content, it’s a real case of truth being cooler than fiction."
Even though the story doesn't really involve the character "Superman" fighting the Kkk,...
- 5/1/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Partners to finance, sell project set in 1940s Atlanta.
Lotus Entertainment, PaperChase Films and financier and executive producer Marco Vicini have teamed up to produce Superman Vs The Kkk.
The project is based on the novel Superman Versus The Ku Klux Klan by Rick Bowers, which was inspired by a true story during the summer of 1946 that the producers describe as The Departed meets Mississippi Burning with a touch of American Hustle.
The story will centre on a klansman who went undercover in Atlanta for the FBI and combined with the efforts of the Anti-Defamation League and the ‘Superman Radio Show’ to take on the Kkk. Katherine Lindberg is adapting from Bowers’s novel.
Newly arrived Lotus producer Marc Rosen, who serves as executive producer on the Wachowskis’ series Sense8, and PaperChase CEO Dillon Jordan negotiated the deal with Lotus vice-president of acquisitions Daniel Brandt.
PaperChase, Vicini, and Lotus will finance and sell the film.
“The themes...
Lotus Entertainment, PaperChase Films and financier and executive producer Marco Vicini have teamed up to produce Superman Vs The Kkk.
The project is based on the novel Superman Versus The Ku Klux Klan by Rick Bowers, which was inspired by a true story during the summer of 1946 that the producers describe as The Departed meets Mississippi Burning with a touch of American Hustle.
The story will centre on a klansman who went undercover in Atlanta for the FBI and combined with the efforts of the Anti-Defamation League and the ‘Superman Radio Show’ to take on the Kkk. Katherine Lindberg is adapting from Bowers’s novel.
Newly arrived Lotus producer Marc Rosen, who serves as executive producer on the Wachowskis’ series Sense8, and PaperChase CEO Dillon Jordan negotiated the deal with Lotus vice-president of acquisitions Daniel Brandt.
PaperChase, Vicini, and Lotus will finance and sell the film.
“The themes...
- 4/28/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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