Exclusive: Husband and wife Ed Harris and Amy Madigan will star in School for the Blind, a $4.5 million budgeted indie that will be produced by Picturehouse, John Boccardo’s Blind Faith Productions and Neil Koenigsberg. Lou Howe is directing from his adaptation of Dennis McFarland’s critically acclaimed 1995 novel.
Harris and Madigan have previously starred together in several features including Gone Baby Gone, Places in the Heart, Alamo Bay, The Last Full Measure, The Rules Don’t Apply, Sweetwater, Riders of the Purple Saga to name a few including the Harris-directed Oscar winning Pollock. Harris earned an Oscar nom for playing artist Jackson Pollock and Madigan co-starred as Peggy Guggenheim. The two are also starring in Harris’ The Ploughman which he’s also directing and in pre-production on. Both Harris and Madigan have co-starred in theatre productions such as the world premiere of Beth Henley’s The Jacksonian in Los...
Harris and Madigan have previously starred together in several features including Gone Baby Gone, Places in the Heart, Alamo Bay, The Last Full Measure, The Rules Don’t Apply, Sweetwater, Riders of the Purple Saga to name a few including the Harris-directed Oscar winning Pollock. Harris earned an Oscar nom for playing artist Jackson Pollock and Madigan co-starred as Peggy Guggenheim. The two are also starring in Harris’ The Ploughman which he’s also directing and in pre-production on. Both Harris and Madigan have co-starred in theatre productions such as the world premiere of Beth Henley’s The Jacksonian in Los...
- 10/4/2021
- 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
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