Penchant Entertainment has announced that Joe Lynch has come onboard to direct the horror film Taste. Written by David Cohen, the project will be produced by Cohen, and Penchant partners Erin Eggers, Chase Hudson and Matthew Porter. Taste has qualified for the California tax credit and will shoot in Los Angeles later this summer. When …
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- 6/7/2017
- by Horrornews.net
- Horror News
Ha! I've actually known this dude for a few years, now. Joe Lynch, director of such films as Knights Of Badassdom, Everly, and the new Mayhem thriller starring Stephen Yuen, is getting ready to serve up some more spine-tingling cinema with his next film, Taste. David Cohen is set to write the film with Chase Hudson and Matthew Porter of the Penchant Entertainment production label set to produce. Taste... Read More...
- 6/1/2017
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
In the months following the election of Donald Trump as president, artists of every ilk have wondered what difference art can make in the face of grave injustice. Snoop Dogg — rapper, television host, marijuana’s number one fan — answered the call, and may be paying for it.
Early this morning, the president tweeted: “Can you imagine what the outcry would be if [Snoop Dogg], failing career and all, had aimed and fired that gun at President Obama? Jail time!”
Can you imagine what the outcry would be if @SnoopDogg, failing career and all, had aimed and fired the gun at President Obama? Jail time!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 15, 2017
Trump is referring to Snoop Dogg’s latest music video, “Lavender,” which pillories a clown version of the president and ends with the rapper firing a toy gun at his head. The gun is fit for a clown, unfurling a banner with the word “bang.
Early this morning, the president tweeted: “Can you imagine what the outcry would be if [Snoop Dogg], failing career and all, had aimed and fired that gun at President Obama? Jail time!”
Can you imagine what the outcry would be if @SnoopDogg, failing career and all, had aimed and fired the gun at President Obama? Jail time!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 15, 2017
Trump is referring to Snoop Dogg’s latest music video, “Lavender,” which pillories a clown version of the president and ends with the rapper firing a toy gun at his head. The gun is fit for a clown, unfurling a banner with the word “bang.
- 3/15/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
A few years ago, a veteran U.S. TV director was having trouble finding a gig. So much production was ending up in Canada that Americans were competing for fewer and fewer jobs. “Work started tapering off in the U.S.,” the director said. “I went on two interviews [for work in Canada], and when they found out I wasn’t Canadian, they said, ‘Sorry.’ I remember standing out on the corner and thinking, This won’t happen again — I’ve got to feed my family. So I got an immigration lawyer, established Canadian residency, and I’ve been working nonstop in Canada ever since. I know half-a-dozen guys who have done this.”
Dual residency has become a popular way for American filmmakers to find work with producers who get tax breaks when they hire Canadians. The veteran director says he has no qualms about his decision. “If it were Iran, I’d have a pang,...
Dual residency has become a popular way for American filmmakers to find work with producers who get tax breaks when they hire Canadians. The veteran director says he has no qualms about his decision. “If it were Iran, I’d have a pang,...
- 11/15/2014
- by David Robb
- Deadline
On Wednesday, Comcast, led by chairman and CEO Brian Roberts, sharply criticized Netflix, Discovery Communications, Dish Network and other companies that have opposed its planned $45 billion takeover of Time Warner Cable, speaking of attempted "extortion." The largest U.S. cable company made the comments in a response to comments filed by critics of the deal. "In our reply comments, we specifically and comprehensively address claims that have been made by organizations purporting to represent the public interest, programmers, competitors and others," Comcast executive vp David Cohen said in a blog post on Wednesday. "Many of these commenters have
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- 9/24/2014
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Comcast Evp David Cohen just made the comment in a remarkably thorough and thoughtful discussion of his company’s views about Internet policy and media consolidation at the first MoffettNathanson Media & Communications Summit. Bullet points: He thinks net neutrality advocates have engaged in an “almost hysterical reaction” to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s effort to set new open Internet rules without reclassifying the Web as a regulated common carrier service. Cohen sees usage based Internet pricing becoming the norm in a few years. And he doesn’t fear that Comcast’s $40B acquisition of Time Warner Cable would be endangered if At&T agrees to buy DirecTV — which he says would do more to reduce competition. On net neutrality, Cohen says that activists calling on the FCC to reclassify the Internet as a so-called Title II common carrier service that could be more easily regulated would be disappointed in the result.
- 5/14/2014
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Financial Editor
- Deadline TV
Brian Roberts earned $31.4 million as chairman and CEO of Comcast in 2013, up from $29.1 million a year prior. Stephen Burke, president and CEO of NBCUniversal, made $31.1 million, up from $26.3 million. The compensation was revealed in a regulatory filing on Friday. Michael Angelakis, CFO of Comcast, was paid $19.2 million, down from $23.2 million a year earlier. Neil Smit, president and CEO of Comcast Cable Communications, made $17.4 million, down from $18.3 million. David Cohen, an executive vp, was paid $14 million, down from $15.9 million. Comcast is
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- 4/11/2014
- by Paul Bond
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The company that owns the largest collection of cable systems plus NBCUniversal has about 3.6 times the market value of CBS — yet CEO Brian Roberts made less than half of what CBS paid Les Moonves in 2013? No need to shed any tears: After all, Roberts’ family controls Comcast, and it gave him his best pay day in years for a period when the stock value appreciated 39.1%. The package consists of $2.8M salary, $5.3M stock awards, $5.3M option awards, $9.2M in non-equity incentives, $5.1M change in pension value and $3.7M in other compensation. NBCU chief Steve Burke came close to his boss with an 18.1% raise that brought him to $31.1M. Roberts’ take includes $192,177 for personal use of the company jet; Burke’s aircraft use came to $390,994. The board says that Roberts “continued to demonstrate strong leadership” and adds that Burke “successfully managed NBCUniversal.” In a letter to shareholders Roberts talks up Comcast...
- 4/11/2014
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Financial Editor
- Deadline TV
Updated: The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing into Comcast’s $45.2B acquisition of Time Warner Cable wrapped after three hours today. And Comcast Evp David Cohen upheld his reputation as a lobbying Jedi Master, although critics of the deal scored by pointing out how it could lead to higher prices and problems for independent programmers. Cohen started off strong in his opening statement: He cast his company as the embodiment of the American Dream — and announced that it has more than 1M WiFi hot spots with plans to boost their transmission speeds. “This is the 13th time we’ve increased Internet speeds in 12 years,” he says. Public Knowledge’s Gene Kimmelman — a former Justice Department antitrust lawyer — hit back. He charged that it would be “anathema to Comcast” if programmers want to offer content directly to consumers via the Internet for a low cost. The cable giant is committed to “charging top dollar” and,...
- 4/9/2014
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Financial Editor
- Deadline TV
This is the kind of thing you’d expect the cable giant to assert in a regulatory filing — and that will be roundly contested, including tomorrow at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the $45.2B deal. Content companies that might oppose the deal “have strong relationships” with the committee, which oversees copyright matters, Guggenheim Securities’ Paul Gallant says. What’s more, the committee includes two strong critics of media consolidation: Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.). Comcast detailed its public interest arguments in a 175-page document delivered to the FCC this morning. It “lays out in considerable detail how Comcast and TWC are better together for millions of customers and businesses, describing the exciting enhanced services and other concrete consumer benefits that will be available because of the transaction,” Comcast Evp David Cohen says in a blog post. In addition to cable and Internet services, Comcast owns NBCUniversal. The...
- 4/8/2014
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Financial Editor
- Deadline TV
Is this announcement designed to help Comcast polish its image as a good corporate citizen while it lobbies the government to approve its $45.2B acquisition of Time Warner Cable? Of course. But it’s still noteworthy considering how big the company is, and how important the digital divide has become. The cable colossus says that it will expand “indefinitely” its Internet Essentials program that offers those who qualify the opportunity to buy broadband service for about $10 a month, and a computer for less than $150. It also will provide $1M to non-profits that create Internet Essentials Learning Zones. The Essentials program began in 2011 as a three-year commitment to help win FCC approval for Comcast’s acquisition of NBCUniversal. Now it serves about 300,000 low income families, or 1.2M people — which Evp David Cohen says is “about the population of Dallas, Texas or the state of Maine.” He couldn’t resist noting that...
- 3/4/2014
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Financial Editor
- Deadline TV
Ian Hislop's opening line last night when announcing the annual Paul Foot awards won loud laughs and applause.
"We are here to remember sacked and persecuted journalists across the world," he said. "I am thinking, of course, of Piers Morgan".
There was a lot of funny follow-up Morgan material from the Private Eye editor before he referred to Hugh Grant's post-Leveson inquiry organisation as "Knocked Up", offering due apologies to Hacked Off's amused director, Brian Cathcart.
On the serious business of the awards themselves, the top prize went to David Cohen, the London Evening Standard reporter who has distinguished himself and his paper over the past couple of years with two brilliant campaigns, one about the dispossessed and the other about criminal gangs in the capital.
It was the gang campaign that won him the award. Cohen not only managed to win the trust of gang members to...
"We are here to remember sacked and persecuted journalists across the world," he said. "I am thinking, of course, of Piers Morgan".
There was a lot of funny follow-up Morgan material from the Private Eye editor before he referred to Hugh Grant's post-Leveson inquiry organisation as "Knocked Up", offering due apologies to Hacked Off's amused director, Brian Cathcart.
On the serious business of the awards themselves, the top prize went to David Cohen, the London Evening Standard reporter who has distinguished himself and his paper over the past couple of years with two brilliant campaigns, one about the dispossessed and the other about criminal gangs in the capital.
It was the gang campaign that won him the award. Cohen not only managed to win the trust of gang members to...
- 2/26/2014
- by Roy Greenslade
- The Guardian - Film News
Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker, creators of Warner Bros TV‘s upcoming Fox comedy series Surviving Jack, have signed a two-year overall deal with the studio, which begins June 1. Surviving Jack, which the duo executive produce with Bill Calahan, who is serving as co-showrunner alongside them, Bill Lawrence and Jeff Ingold, was based on Halpern’s bestselling book I Suck At Girls. Halpern and Schumacker, repped by ICM Partners, previously co-created CBS’ S#*! My Dad Said for Wbtv and CBS with Max Mutchnick and David Cohen. It was based on another Halpern bestseller, Shit My Dad Says. Related: TCA: Justin Halpern Says Dad Better Suited For ‘Surviving Jack’ Than ‘$h*! My Dad Says’...
- 1/30/2014
- by ERIK PEDERSEN
- Deadline TV
Netflix will try to break the TV industry’s stranglehold on Emmy Awards this Sunday, and if you think the networks are happy about the red envelope’s success — think again. During two different panels at a USC tech conference on Wednesday, network executives downplayed Netflix’s disruption of the television industry. First up was ABC exec VP Albert Cheng, who said that Netflix’s impact is restricted to a specific kind of show — those on HBO or AMC. “What Netflix has done is specific to serial episodics,” Cheng told moderator David Cohen at the university’s Silicon Beach conference.
- 9/19/2013
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
Stars: Luke Evans, Adelaide Clemens, Lee Tergesen, Derek Magyar, Beau Knapp, America Olivo, Lindsey Shaw, Brodus Clay, Gary Grubbs | Written by David Cohen | Directed by Ryuhei Kitamura
Ryuhei Kitamura’s second American film (his first was the Vinnie Jones starrer The Midnight Meat Train), No One Lives harks back to his early work – the Super 8 short Down to Hell and his most famous flick Versus – putting strangers together in a pitched battle against a common enemy.
The film starts out very much along the typical backwoods/hillbilly slant, as a gang of robbers screw up their latest mansion heist and, to make up for their loses, kidnap a couple in a car instead. It looks as though we’re seemingly headed down the torture route, with our villains set to get the information they need from the couple by any means necessary. However Kitamura flips the script and what the robbers,...
Ryuhei Kitamura’s second American film (his first was the Vinnie Jones starrer The Midnight Meat Train), No One Lives harks back to his early work – the Super 8 short Down to Hell and his most famous flick Versus – putting strangers together in a pitched battle against a common enemy.
The film starts out very much along the typical backwoods/hillbilly slant, as a gang of robbers screw up their latest mansion heist and, to make up for their loses, kidnap a couple in a car instead. It looks as though we’re seemingly headed down the torture route, with our villains set to get the information they need from the couple by any means necessary. However Kitamura flips the script and what the robbers,...
- 8/5/2013
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Last year's Digital Content Newfronts helped raise hundreds of millions of dollars of ad money for the online video industry. According to AdAge, this year's event is set to blow that already-impressive figure out of the water. Per a recent article in the marketing publication, the 2013 Digital Content Newfronts are set to cross ten digits, raising more than one billion dollars in advertising deals. The increase in the Dcnf's prosperity can be attributed to several factors. One is sheer strength in numbers; this year's event will have 18 distributors present, a 200% increase over last year. There will also be more advertisers in the know thanks to the large network of the Dcnf's new organizer, Iab. Finally (and most intriguingly), waning ratings and rising prices in the TV sphere are causing many advertisers to look online for a more fruitful and cost-effective market. "The only way to reverse that trend [TV's downturn] is think...
- 4/10/2013
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
The 30th century will be meeting ... well, the Star Trek universe.Fox Television's "Futurama," which featured the talking head of Leonard Nimoy (Spock, "Star Trek") in its series premiere, will be dealing with Star Trek during its fourth season."A good number of the original 'Star Trek' cast will be involved," said David Cohen, executive producer of the Matt Groenig series. "The story revolves around the cult of Star Trek that grew into its own religion around the 23rd century and became too powerfil in the coming centuries. The world leaders -- Jimmy Carter's head and the Space Pope -- grew fearful of its power and banned all Star Trek viewing. All tapes were destroyed and launched to a forbidden planet."Now the entire original cast has disappeared, except for Leonard Nimoy, whose head remains ...
- 4/9/2013
- GeekNation.com
Comcast chairman and CEO Brian Roberts earned $29.1 million in total compensation in 2012, up from $26.9 million, Comcast said in a filing Friday. Vice chairman and CFO Michael Angelakis was paid $23.2 million, up from $21.9 million, while Steve Burke, president and CEO of NBCUniversal, earned $26.3 million, up from $23.7 million. Neil Smit, president and CEO of Comcast Cable Communications, earned $18.3 million in 2012, down from $18.5 million. David Cohen, Comcast executive vp, earned $15.9 million, up from $15.1 million. Comcast shares rose 61 percent in 2012.
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- 4/5/2013
- by Paul Bond
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
If you've paid any attention to the film industry the last few weeks, or maybe at least noticed green icons all over Facebook and Twitter, you're well aware of the on-going state of frustration within the visual effects community. HitFix's Drew McWeeny laid out a very compelling and considered piece this week examining why the industry playing chicken with these guys is a bad, bad idea, and the reportage on the "fragile underpinnings" of all of this really stems back to a David Cohen piece in Variety two weeks ago. In so many words, we're approaching a watershed moment. With that...
- 2/28/2013
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
This is a surprise. Kyle McSlarrow, a longtime political operative in Washington, will relocate to Salt Lake City to serve as a Regional VP overseeing Comcast‘s cable operations in Utah and Arizona. He’ll report to Steve White, President of Comcast Cable’s West Division. “We’re delighted Kyle will now be turning all of his attention to our business operations which has been a goal of his since he came to Comcast,” says company Evp David Cohen. Maybe so, but it sure wasn’t evident from McSlarrow’s DC activities. He joined Comcast in April 2011 with the fancy title of President, Comcast/NBC Universal, Washington, D.C., where he reported to Cohen and oversaw public policy matters. That followed six years as CEO of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, making him the industry’s top lobbyist. Lately he’s been an informal adviser to Mitt Romney on energy...
- 10/24/2012
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor
- Deadline TV
Comcast Corp. announced Thursday that it is lifting its cap on customers' monthly bandwidth use in favor of a model that will enable subscribers to buy as much bandwidth as they want. In a conference call with reporters, Comcast Executive Vice President David Cohen said the new policy -- which will increase bandwidth caps from 250 gigabytes a month to at least 300 gigabytes a month -- should address a complaint raised by Netflix that Comcast discriminates against the rental and streaming giant. Netflix's concern partly stemmed from Comcast's exemption of...
- 5/17/2012
- by Doug Halonen
- The Wrap
Here’s something you rarely see: Comcast‘s top two execs ended 2011 with big compensation cuts, even though the stock appreciated 6.9% in the year. CEO Brian Roberts collected $2.8M in salary, $5.7M in stock awards, $5.8M in option awards, $5.5M in non equity incentives, $3.7M change in pension value and $3.4M in other compensation. Last year he saw more than $10.9M from non-equity incentives. Although Roberts isn’t much of a flight risk — his family founded and controls Comcast — the board says that it based his pay on that of other top media CEOs because it believes compensation is an important “tool to attract and retain the best senior executives.” NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke was close behind with $23.7M, down 31.9%. His tally: $2.2M salary, $4.4M stock awards, $4.7M in option awards, $6.7M in non equity incentives, $3.1M change in pension, and $2.5M in other compensation. This year he didn’t collect a bonus,...
- 4/20/2012
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor
- Deadline TV
Members of the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee didn’t seem to have the technical knowledge, the time, or perhaps the will to pin down Verizon and Comcast execs who testified at today’s hearing about the controversial partnership arrangement the companies created in December. Verizon agreed to pay $3.6B for wireless spectrum that several cable giants control, and both camps agreed to cross promote each other’s products in markets where they don’t compete head-to-head. The deal is under review at the Justice Department and FCC. Verizon says that the collaboration won’t affect its efforts to roll out FiOS video and broadband service. It “has always been intended to reach a relatively small” part of the country, the company’s General Counsel Randal Milch said. He added that “Wall Street punished us for the massive investment we made in FiOS…We owe it to our shareholders to give them a return.
- 3/21/2012
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor
- Deadline TV
Updated 11:10 a.m. Comcast says it has met -- and in many cases exceeded -- the conditions set as part its $13.8 billion merger with NBC Universal in January 2011, the company said in a one-year-anniversary compliance report filed Tuesday with the Federal Communication Commission. “Our commitments and the conditions, though extensive, have been incorporated into our business activities and become part of the company’s ‘DNA,’” wrote Comcast Executive Vice President David Cohen in a blog post about the report on Comcast's website. Also read: Comcast-nbcu: The Strange Bedfellows at Year One "The substantial...
- 2/28/2012
- by Peter Voskamp
- The Wrap
New York - Cable giant Comcast, led by chairman and CEO Brian Roberts, on Tuesday filed its first annual compliance report on its NBCUniversal deal, which saw it take a 51 percent stake in the entertainment company late last January. Comcast executive vp David Cohen in a blog post summarized key parts of the FCC report, which details the implementation of the conditions placed by the FCC on the company as part of its regulatory clearance. "We’ll be filing these reports for the next six years to show the extensive measures we’ve taken to comply with and in many cases
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- 2/28/2012
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It pretty much goes without saying that The Devil Inside's co-writer/director William Brent Bell and co-writer/producer Matthew Peterman are having one hell of a week. After seeing their independently made film open to a staggering $33.7 million, the pair have witnessed some passionate debates heat up online surrounding it, and they've also been announced as attached to two other upcoming horror projects. Of course we have the scoop on it all!
Dread Central sat down to chat with Bell and Peterman yesterday to hear their thoughts on the opening weekend success of The Devil Inside as well as the controversial "non-ending" of the film and what they have in store for fans with their upcoming genre projects.
It had only been a week since we last spoke to Bell and Peterman at the Los Angeles premiere of The Devil Inside, and what a difference a week has made...
Dread Central sat down to chat with Bell and Peterman yesterday to hear their thoughts on the opening weekend success of The Devil Inside as well as the controversial "non-ending" of the film and what they have in store for fans with their upcoming genre projects.
It had only been a week since we last spoke to Bell and Peterman at the Los Angeles premiere of The Devil Inside, and what a difference a week has made...
- 1/13/2012
- by thehorrorchick
- DreadCentral.com
Exclusive: In what might be the first solid spec sale of 2012, Warner Bros made a preemptive acquisition of The All-Nighter, an actioner scripted by Brad Ingelsby. Deal was mid-six figures up front and the film has Roy Lee and Brooklyn Weaver attached as producers. Ingelsby in 2008 made a big spec deal for the revenge thriller The Low Dweller to Relativity Media with Leonardo DiCaprio attached. In The All-Nighter, the scribes focuses on how, in a single night, an aging mob hitman is forced to take on his former boss. The guy has to protect his son and family, and winds up on the run from the mob and the authorities with his estranged son. Lee has a first look deal at Warner Bros, and it’s the second project he has set in as many days, after Warner Bros acquired the David Cohen pitch The Vatican, to be directed by...
- 1/10/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
In the first box office weekend of 2012, Paramount Pictures had another surprising found footage horror film rake audiences into theaters with The Devil Inside grossing just over $33 million, an amount not expected from a January release, let alone an R-rated exorcism flick. While the reviews may not be all that kind to the film, director William Brent Bell is riding his success to close a deal for The Vatican, a new conspiracy driven thriller set up at Warner Bros. Up and coming writer David Cohen (who wrote the Black List script Subject Zero) is behind the pages of this new thriller whose plot is currently kept under wraps. However, much like The Devil Inside, Deadline reports the film will use a mix of found-footage and standard filming techniques. With this kind of box office success, it certainly sounds like found footage driven features aren't going anywhere for awhile, but ...
- 1/10/2012
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
William Brent Bell and Paramount Pictures surprised all of us this weekend when The Devil Inside grossed $34.5 million on an opening weekend that is generally reserved for holiday leftovers. Now it appears that other movie studios are catching on. Deadline reports that Warner Bros. has hired Bell to direct their recently purchased script entitled The Vatican, a conspiracy-thriller that is to be scripted by David Cohen.
It’s still very early in the process, but the film will be produced by Roy Lee, Lawrence Grey and John Middleton, and Bell’s producing partner Matt Peterman. Peterman wrote The Devil Inside with Bell, and produced that horror hit with Morris Paulson. The movie will feature the same hybrid use of found footage and live-action techniques like in The Devil Inside Me. If The Vatican proves to be a hit at the box office (because let’s face it, The Devil Inside...
It’s still very early in the process, but the film will be produced by Roy Lee, Lawrence Grey and John Middleton, and Bell’s producing partner Matt Peterman. Peterman wrote The Devil Inside with Bell, and produced that horror hit with Morris Paulson. The movie will feature the same hybrid use of found footage and live-action techniques like in The Devil Inside Me. If The Vatican proves to be a hit at the box office (because let’s face it, The Devil Inside...
- 1/10/2012
- by Mike Lee
- FusedFilm
A few days after delivering one of the most-hated endings in recent history — even if we didn’t despise it as a whole — The Devil Inside director William Brent Bell is planning to do something along the same line. According to Deadline, Warner Bros. has hired him for the fast-tracked The Vatican, a “conspiracy driven thriller” with found footage elements that’s been scribed by David Cohen.
With things moving along at an expedient pace, more could come in soon, but if they go the route everyone expects — a low budget and no-name cast, much like Inside — we might not hear about this until a trailer hits. (No complaints from me.) Nothing has been given out on the plot, but you figure it involves a) something supernatural and b) a connection to the church; the latter is practically confirmed by the title, the former through the description and the timing of this hire.
With things moving along at an expedient pace, more could come in soon, but if they go the route everyone expects — a low budget and no-name cast, much like Inside — we might not hear about this until a trailer hits. (No complaints from me.) Nothing has been given out on the plot, but you figure it involves a) something supernatural and b) a connection to the church; the latter is practically confirmed by the title, the former through the description and the timing of this hire.
- 1/9/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
This time last week nobody knew who William Brent Bell was. While the director had a film, The Devil Inside, coming out the first week of 2012, Paramount Pictures held very few press screenings. Now, however, despite the fact that audiences actually seemed to hate the movie (CinemaScore ratings gave it an "F"), Bell is a hot commodity because his movie pulled in nearly $35 million domestically. As a result, he's already lined up his next project. Deadline has learned that Warner Bros. has purchased a pitch called The Vatican from writer David Cohen and have hired William Brent Bell to direct the project. Few details are known about the story, but the website describes it as a "hybrid" (of what and what I have no idea) with some found footage elements. Cohen's other work includes a yet-to-be-produced script called Subject Zero - which was featured on last year's Black List -...
- 1/9/2012
- cinemablend.com
For better or for worse, The Devil Inside director William Brent Bell has gotten a lot of attention lately for creating one of the single most profitable and hated films we can ever remember. Noting his success, Warner Bros. is lining up a new gig for Bell in some very familiar territory.
According to Deadline, Warner Bros. has acquired The Vatican, a pitch for a conspiracy driven thriller to be scripted by David Cohen. Bell has made a deal to direct the film. The Vatican will be produced by Roy Lee, Lawrence Grey, John Middleton, and Bell’s producing partner, Matt Peterman. Peterman wrote The Devil Inside with Bell and produced that horror hit with Morris Paulson.
The Vatican, a sale that was conducted right before the holidays, will be fast-tracked by Warner Bros. and is described as a hybrid that uses some found footage techniques like The Devil Inside did.
According to Deadline, Warner Bros. has acquired The Vatican, a pitch for a conspiracy driven thriller to be scripted by David Cohen. Bell has made a deal to direct the film. The Vatican will be produced by Roy Lee, Lawrence Grey, John Middleton, and Bell’s producing partner, Matt Peterman. Peterman wrote The Devil Inside with Bell and produced that horror hit with Morris Paulson.
The Vatican, a sale that was conducted right before the holidays, will be fast-tracked by Warner Bros. and is described as a hybrid that uses some found footage techniques like The Devil Inside did.
- 1/9/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Warner Bros. has hired The Devil Inside director William Brent Bell to direct The Vatican. Written by David Cohen, The Vatican is said to be a “conspiracy driven thriller” that will use “some found footage techniques like The Devil Inside did”.
The Devil Inside may not have won over the audience this weekend, but it was still a big financial success for Paramount who acquired the film for $1 million, so we aren’t surprised to hear that William Brent Bell is lining up new projects. According to Deadline, Warner Bros. has fast tracked this project, so we should be hearing more about it over the coming months.
The Devil Inside may not have won over the audience this weekend, but it was still a big financial success for Paramount who acquired the film for $1 million, so we aren’t surprised to hear that William Brent Bell is lining up new projects. According to Deadline, Warner Bros. has fast tracked this project, so we should be hearing more about it over the coming months.
- 1/9/2012
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Keeping his momentum going, director William Brent Bell has already lined up his next project in the wake of a succeessful opening weekend for The Devil Inside.
He will next direct The Vatican for Warner Bros. The studio picked up a pitch for the movie from writer David Cohen. Roy Lee (The Ring) will produce with a number of others including The Devil Inside's co-writer Matt Peterman.
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He will next direct The Vatican for Warner Bros. The studio picked up a pitch for the movie from writer David Cohen. Roy Lee (The Ring) will produce with a number of others including The Devil Inside's co-writer Matt Peterman.
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- 1/9/2012
- by ryanrotten@shocktillyoudrop.com (Ryan Turek)
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Her Private Hell is a cautionary tale of an innocent girl abroad caught up in London’s sleazy world of modelling, and was Britain’s first narrative sex film. Previously unreleased, it finally comes to DVD and Blu-ray for the first time on 20th February 2012 in a Dual Format Edition on the BFI’s celebrated Flipside label. The new, director-approved High Definition transfer is accompanied by a wealth of rare and fascinating extra features and a comprehensive booklet.
Starring the Italian actress Lucia Modugno (Il generale Della Rovere, Danger: Diabolik), and directed by Norman J. Warren (Satan’s Slave, Prey, Terror), Her Private Hell put Britain on the map in the realm of home- grown adult features. The storyline features beautiful but naïve Marisa who arrives from the continent for a job as a fashion model, but soon discovers she’s being groomed for a different purpose.
By the late 1960s,...
Starring the Italian actress Lucia Modugno (Il generale Della Rovere, Danger: Diabolik), and directed by Norman J. Warren (Satan’s Slave, Prey, Terror), Her Private Hell put Britain on the map in the realm of home- grown adult features. The storyline features beautiful but naïve Marisa who arrives from the continent for a job as a fashion model, but soon discovers she’s being groomed for a different purpose.
By the late 1960s,...
- 1/9/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Right after The Devil Inside bilked audiences out $35 million dollars last weekend, Deadline is reporting that the director and co-writer of the film already has his next film lined up at Warner Bros. William Brent Bell's next was written by David Cohen and is another religious horror film called The Vatican. Expect it to mix traditional narrative with some of the found footage stuff he's familiar with. The film is on the fast track right now. Of course the question is- will they be able to...
- 1/9/2012
- by Alex Riviello
- JoBlo.com
Following the tremendous box office performance of last week's The Devil Inside , Deadline is reporting that director and co-writer William Brent Bell has already lined up his next project. Staying in the religious horror genre, Bell will direct The Vatican for Warner Bros. Written by David Cohen, The Vatican is said to merge a traditional narrative with "found footage" sequences. To be produced by Lawrence Grey, Roy Lee, John Middleton and Matt Peterman, The Vatican is said to now be on the fast track to production. Check back for details as they become available.
- 1/9/2012
- Comingsoon.net
Let's start the weekly round-up with Grimm.
Grimm's ratings dropped a little this week, but the show still won the 18-49 demo in its timeslot, finishing ahead of CSI: NY, Fringe and Supernatural, and rising by a full frakking ratings point (1.8) after Chuck (0.8). Wake up, Chuck.
Hitfix visited the set in Portland recently and posted a lengthy report. Here is a snippet:
Sasha Roiz on how his character will develop later in the series: "I’m not a Grimm descendent, but I'm a descendent of a long line that dates back just as Grimm does and we have a bit of a history and a past, so my line is a royal line and that will slowly unfold throughout the series."Collider has a longer interview with Sasha and Reggie Lee (more at the link):
It’s nice to see your character – like the main character – has the duality.
Grimm's ratings dropped a little this week, but the show still won the 18-49 demo in its timeslot, finishing ahead of CSI: NY, Fringe and Supernatural, and rising by a full frakking ratings point (1.8) after Chuck (0.8). Wake up, Chuck.
Hitfix visited the set in Portland recently and posted a lengthy report. Here is a snippet:
Sasha Roiz on how his character will develop later in the series: "I’m not a Grimm descendent, but I'm a descendent of a long line that dates back just as Grimm does and we have a bit of a history and a past, so my line is a royal line and that will slowly unfold throughout the series."Collider has a longer interview with Sasha and Reggie Lee (more at the link):
It’s nice to see your character – like the main character – has the duality.
- 11/6/2011
- by fanshawe
- CapricaTV
The entertainment industry is doing its part to get President Obama re-elected, according to a new report from the Center for Responsive Politics, as media-related donations account for $2.53 million, or 6.5%, of the campaign’s contributions through June, and the Los Angeles metro area — home to Hollywood — is tops nationwide in support, with residents donating $5.18 million (followed by New York City at $5.12 million.) According to the Crp’s OpenSecrets blog, top donors include the employees of Comcast, CAA, DreamWorks and Disney, who all participated in those big fund-raisers in Los Angeles that cost $35,800 to attend ($5,000 goes to the Obama campaign, the rest to the Democratic National Committee) but cost the rest of us traffic headaches in Century City. Comcast, based in Philadelphia but owners of NBCUniversal, lead all companies in all sectors in employee donations with $199,850; Comcast VP David Cohen and CEO Brian Roberts have hosted Obama events recently, the latter...
- 8/29/2011
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Fans of See No Evil (2006) will be excited to learn that WWE Studios will be returning to the ring to revisit the horror genre with No One Leaves, a co-production with Pathe U.K. that will star Luke Evans (The Three Musketeers, Immortals), with Ryuhei Kitamura (Versus, Midnight Meat Train) directing, reports Variety. Plot for the horror pic, penned by David Cohen, "revolves around a ruthless gang that takes a young couple hostage in an abandoned house in the middle of nowhere. When the captive girl is killed, the tables are unexpectedly turned, and the gang finds itself outsmarted by a seasoned killer." Evans plays one of the villains. Production starts in Louisiana June 13.
- 5/9/2011
- bloody-disgusting.com
President Obama's Startup America Partnership, announced today, follows a State of the Union address focused on innovation.
Fresh on the heels of his innovation-focused State of the Union address, today President Obama announced his Startup America Partnership, a campaign to invest in the country's startup entrepreneurs and create thousands of jobs. Facebook, Intel, TECHStars, and others are all pledging to support the initiative--ibm has already announced a $150 million pledge.
Much of the criticism of Obama, following his Sotu Speech, was about concrete plans regarding how to boost innovation and entrepreneurship. Author and economist Dambisa Moyo, for one, said the main questions are about implementation of proposed policies. Now, it seems that critics are getting their answer with the Startup America Partnership.
AOL co-founder Steve Case will lead the new campaign and Carl Schramm, president and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation, will serve on the board of what will be a private-sector led initiative,...
Fresh on the heels of his innovation-focused State of the Union address, today President Obama announced his Startup America Partnership, a campaign to invest in the country's startup entrepreneurs and create thousands of jobs. Facebook, Intel, TECHStars, and others are all pledging to support the initiative--ibm has already announced a $150 million pledge.
Much of the criticism of Obama, following his Sotu Speech, was about concrete plans regarding how to boost innovation and entrepreneurship. Author and economist Dambisa Moyo, for one, said the main questions are about implementation of proposed policies. Now, it seems that critics are getting their answer with the Startup America Partnership.
AOL co-founder Steve Case will lead the new campaign and Carl Schramm, president and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation, will serve on the board of what will be a private-sector led initiative,...
- 1/31/2011
- by Jenara Nerenberg
- Fast Company
New York - Online video firm Hulu was one key focus as regulators looked at the planned acquisition of a majority stake in NBC Universal by Comcast, and government agencies wanted to ensure that the cable giant would not sabotage its business.
When Comcast acquires a controlling stake in NBC Universal later this month, it will retain the entertainment company's economic stake in online video firm Hulu, but must remove its three directors on Hulu's board to effectively give up any management control.
The newly combine company must also continue to provide content to Hulu as long as it retains its stake.
The moves are part of regulatory conditions that emerged after the FCC and Justice Department approved the media merger on Tuesday.
Hulu, in which News Corp., Walt Disney and a private equity firm are also partners, will become a "passive economic" investment for the Comcast-controlled NBC Universal, Rick Cotton,...
When Comcast acquires a controlling stake in NBC Universal later this month, it will retain the entertainment company's economic stake in online video firm Hulu, but must remove its three directors on Hulu's board to effectively give up any management control.
The newly combine company must also continue to provide content to Hulu as long as it retains its stake.
The moves are part of regulatory conditions that emerged after the FCC and Justice Department approved the media merger on Tuesday.
Hulu, in which News Corp., Walt Disney and a private equity firm are also partners, will become a "passive economic" investment for the Comcast-controlled NBC Universal, Rick Cotton,...
- 1/18/2011
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
New York - Many of the expected FCC conditions on the proposed acquisition of 51 percent in NBC Universal by cable giant Comcast would last seven years, somewhat longer than normal, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
Some conditions would expire earlier, such as an expected three-year requirement that Comcast offer stand-alone Internet service to consumers for $49.95 a month, it said.
The FCC and Justice Department are expected to approve the deal this month, but with various conditions.
In talks with the FCC, media giants such as Walt Disney, Time Warner and Viacom, have expressed concerns that a proposed condition that Comcast offer NBC programming to any online video service that has reached a content deal with at least one competitor, according to the Journal. The other conglomerates worry that this would reduce their leverage in content negotiations.
The Journal also reported that the delay in the regulatory review process has...
Some conditions would expire earlier, such as an expected three-year requirement that Comcast offer stand-alone Internet service to consumers for $49.95 a month, it said.
The FCC and Justice Department are expected to approve the deal this month, but with various conditions.
In talks with the FCC, media giants such as Walt Disney, Time Warner and Viacom, have expressed concerns that a proposed condition that Comcast offer NBC programming to any online video service that has reached a content deal with at least one competitor, according to the Journal. The other conglomerates worry that this would reduce their leverage in content negotiations.
The Journal also reported that the delay in the regulatory review process has...
- 1/14/2011
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Will cable operator Comcast Corp. try to tone down MSNBC host Keith Olbermann, known for his on-air criticism of Fox News host Bill O'Reilly, one it gets regulatory approval to take a controlling stake in MSNBC parent NBC Universal?
The New York Times on Monday recounted how a former employee of Comcast cable network CN8 who criticized O'Reilly lost his job in 2008 and sued in protest - but lost his case last month.
It pointed out that as the largest U.S. distributor of cable programming, Comcast is in business with Fox News and its parent News Corp., and it argued in the case against Nolan that he jeopardized its business interests at a time it was in carriage renewal talks with News Corp.
The Columbia Journalism Review in August concluded that Nolan's firing reflected the "corrosive influence of over-concentrated corporate power," according to the New York Times, which also...
The New York Times on Monday recounted how a former employee of Comcast cable network CN8 who criticized O'Reilly lost his job in 2008 and sued in protest - but lost his case last month.
It pointed out that as the largest U.S. distributor of cable programming, Comcast is in business with Fox News and its parent News Corp., and it argued in the case against Nolan that he jeopardized its business interests at a time it was in carriage renewal talks with News Corp.
The Columbia Journalism Review in August concluded that Nolan's firing reflected the "corrosive influence of over-concentrated corporate power," according to the New York Times, which also...
- 10/4/2010
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Neil Marshall ("The Descent", "Centurion") is set to direct the food-themed horror thriller "Underground" for Ozla Pictures reports Deadline. David Cohen penned the story of an ambitious young chef who ventures into the terrifying underbelly of extreme cuisine served up in gourmet underground supper clubs. For those unfamiliar, these clubs serve outlandish cuisine prepared by a gourmet chef, usually food that's legal in other countries but not approved by food drug authorities in respective countries. Cohen, Taka Ichise, Jeremy Platt and Erin Eggers will produce....
- 8/30/2010
- www.ohmygore.com/
Neil Marshall ("The Descent", "Centurion") is set to direct the food-themed horror thriller "Underground" for Ozla Pictures reports Deadline. David Cohen penned the story of an ambitious young chef who ventures into the terrifying underbelly of extreme cuisine served up in gourmet underground supper clubs. For those unfamiliar, these clubs serve outlandish cuisine prepared by a gourmet chef, usually food that's legal in other countries but not approved by food drug authorities in respective countries. Cohen, Taka Ichise, Jeremy Platt and Erin Eggers will produce....
- 8/30/2010
- www.ohmygore.com/
Neil Marshall is ordering up a fresh serving of "Underground", an upcoming horror thriller that the director is setting himself to take on. Yes, I had to make some sort of cooking reference in here eventually, it was asking for it. The story, written by David Cohen, is centered on an ambitious young chef who ventures into the terrifying underbelly of extreme cuisine. The name Neil Marshall may sound familiar to you all because he's the director of "Doomsday" and the upcoming action film "Centurion". The upcoming Michael Fassbender starring production is expected to charge into limited theaters on August 27th.In regards to "Underground", does anyone else think it sounds a little silly? Maybe it'll be something really obvious like cannibalism or anything in that regard. Well, we can at least be the judge of Marshall's work again in "Centurion" pretty soon. Is anybody looking forward to that film?...
- 8/30/2010
- LRMonline.com
The fantastic writer and title character in Kissing Jessica Stein, Jennifer Westfeldt (who has been in a relationship with Jon Hamm for nine years) has written and will star in Life of O'Reilly, according to the Hollywood Cog. The movie, produced by De Line productions, is being described as Jerry McGuire meets Funny People. It's about a successful television actor who verbally bashes his number one rated show at an Emmy after-party. He must overcome a lot to get his career back on line, but considers if that's the life he still wants to lead.
I wouldn't be surprised to see Jon Hamm cast in the lead role.
R-Squared and Bradley Cooper are now attached to a buddy cop movie set in San Francisco that's meant to be in the vein of Lethal Weapon. It's written by Sheldon Turner (Up in the Air) and the story "follows two friends, who are also San Francisco cops,...
I wouldn't be surprised to see Jon Hamm cast in the lead role.
R-Squared and Bradley Cooper are now attached to a buddy cop movie set in San Francisco that's meant to be in the vein of Lethal Weapon. It's written by Sheldon Turner (Up in the Air) and the story "follows two friends, who are also San Francisco cops,...
- 8/30/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
Are you a fan of Kitchen Nightmares? If so, you should be especially interested in Neil Marshall's next horror flick Underground, which sounds like it will definitely bring new meaning to the phrase. I've been curious to see what genre he will hop to next after doing a straight up Roman-era action flick with Centurion, but I think it's safe to say that this one defies categorization. It is being described as a "horror thriller set in the world of gourmet underground supper clubs." No, seriously. According to Mike Fleming at Deadline New York [1], the movie revolves around a young chef who gets caught up in the "terrifying underbelly of extreme cuisine." It is currently being set up at Ozla Pictures (Shutter, The Grudge 3), and the script was written by David Cohen, but there are so many David Cohens out there that I have no idea which one it is.
- 8/30/2010
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Neil Marshall – who was responsible for The Descent, Doomsday and, most recently, Centurion – is set to return to the horror genre with Underground.
Underground was penned by David Cohen and is “set in the world of gormet underground supper clubs. According to Deadline, the lead character is an ambitious chef who ventures into the terrifying underbelly of extreme cuisine. Underground will be produced by Ozla Pictures, along with David Cohen and Jeremy Platt.
Further details on the horror-thriller are currently unknown. We’ll be sure to keep you updated.
Underground was penned by David Cohen and is “set in the world of gormet underground supper clubs. According to Deadline, the lead character is an ambitious chef who ventures into the terrifying underbelly of extreme cuisine. Underground will be produced by Ozla Pictures, along with David Cohen and Jeremy Platt.
Further details on the horror-thriller are currently unknown. We’ll be sure to keep you updated.
- 8/30/2010
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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