Anne Hathaway has insisted 'The Devil Wears Prada' fans "don't need to worry about a sequel".The 41-year-old star reunited with Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt - her co-stars from the 2006 fashion blockbuster - on stage at the SAG Awards this week, but she has insisted there are no plans for a follow-up despite author Lauren Weisberger penning 'Revenge Wears Prada'.She told E! News: "I don't think a continuation of that story is probably ever gonna happen."She joked the trio will "continue to give out awards to other people" so fans can still expect more reunions, but rubbished the idea of a sequel.The actress admitted she "would love" to see the trio reunite with diretor David Frankel, but she wants the original movie to stand alone.She said: "The truth of the matter is—with any film—all we can do is make it.
- 3/20/2024
- by Alistair McGeorge
- Bang Showbiz
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” is one of the few films in Oscars history to win Best Picture, Best Director and Best Editing plus prizes for acting and writing. Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert won Best Director and Best Original Screenplay while they shared in the Best Picture win with Jonathan Wang. Paul Rogers took home Best Film Editing while the film claimed three acting victories: Best Actress for Michelle Yeoh, Best Supporting Actress for Jamie Lee Curtis, and Best Supporting Actor for Ke Huy Quan.
“Forrest Gump” was the last movie to win these top awards. it won Best Picture in 1995 for Wendy Finerman, Steve Starkey, and Steve Tisch while Robert Zemeckis won Best Director, Tom Hanks won Best Actor, Eric Roth won Best Adapted Screenplay, and Arthur Schmidt won Best Editing.
Several other movies have come close to achieving this feat, with “American Beauty” (2000), “A Beautiful Mind” (2002), ” “No Country For Old Men...
“Forrest Gump” was the last movie to win these top awards. it won Best Picture in 1995 for Wendy Finerman, Steve Starkey, and Steve Tisch while Robert Zemeckis won Best Director, Tom Hanks won Best Actor, Eric Roth won Best Adapted Screenplay, and Arthur Schmidt won Best Editing.
Several other movies have come close to achieving this feat, with “American Beauty” (2000), “A Beautiful Mind” (2002), ” “No Country For Old Men...
- 2/15/2024
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
It’s impossible to imagine “The Devil Wears Prada” without Meryl Streep’s icy, Oscar-nominated performance as Miranda Priestly, but it turns out there was initial resistance to casting the acting icon in the 2006 classic. During a recent appearance on the “Hollywood Gold” podcast, producer Wendy Finerman revealed Streep was almost passed over for the role because some people thought “she has never been funny a day in her life.”
“Meryl, people thought we were crazy,” Finerman said. “I mean, I had people call me up and say, ‘Are you out of your mind? She’s never been funny a day in her life.’”
“She has been funny and they were wrong,” the producer said, calling out Streep’s comedy work in films such as “Death Becomes Her.” “But this was clearly a different kind of world for her.”
Streep’s dramatic work in “Sophie’s Choice,” “The Deer Hunter,” “Out of Africa...
“Meryl, people thought we were crazy,” Finerman said. “I mean, I had people call me up and say, ‘Are you out of your mind? She’s never been funny a day in her life.’”
“She has been funny and they were wrong,” the producer said, calling out Streep’s comedy work in films such as “Death Becomes Her.” “But this was clearly a different kind of world for her.”
Streep’s dramatic work in “Sophie’s Choice,” “The Deer Hunter,” “Out of Africa...
- 12/8/2023
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Meryl Streep was already an icon when she was cast alongside Anne Hathaway in The Devil Wears Prada. However, she almost didn’t book her now-iconic role.
The 74-year-old screen star brought Anne‘s boss Miranda Priestly to life, and she played the editor-in-chief of Runway Magazine so perfectly that she was seemingly made for the role.
However, producer Wendy Finerman recently revealed that someone voiced a surprising concern about Meryl that almost led to her not being cast.
Keep reading to find out more…
While on the Hollywood Gold podcast, Wendy explained that someone believed Meryl didn’t have a sense of humor required for the part. While they “knew” Anne was right for the part, there were some concerns about her costar.
“And Meryl, people thought we were crazy,” Wendy recalled. “I mean, I had people call me up and say, ‘Are you out of your mind? She...
The 74-year-old screen star brought Anne‘s boss Miranda Priestly to life, and she played the editor-in-chief of Runway Magazine so perfectly that she was seemingly made for the role.
However, producer Wendy Finerman recently revealed that someone voiced a surprising concern about Meryl that almost led to her not being cast.
Keep reading to find out more…
While on the Hollywood Gold podcast, Wendy explained that someone believed Meryl didn’t have a sense of humor required for the part. While they “knew” Anne was right for the part, there were some concerns about her costar.
“And Meryl, people thought we were crazy,” Wendy recalled. “I mean, I had people call me up and say, ‘Are you out of your mind? She...
- 12/8/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Meryl Streep nearly lost her role in 'The Devil Wears Prada' over fears she wasn't "funny" enough.The Hollywood veteran landed the part of fearsome fashion boss Miranda Priestly in the hit 2006 film opposite Anne Hathaway as her assistant but the movie's producer Wendy Finerman has now admitted she faced some push back for casting Meryl.Speaking during an appearance on the 'Hollywood Gold' podcast, Wendy explained: "Meryl, people thought we were crazy. I mean, I had people call me up and say, ‘Are you out of your mind? She’s never been funny a day in her life.'"But this was clearly a different kind of world for her, and I think that that was part of the fun of the unexpected."Wendy went on to cite that although the actress was mostly known for her serious and dramatic roles, she had also played funny turns...
- 12/8/2023
- by Louise Mary Randell
- Bang Showbiz
It’s hard to imagine anyone other than Meryl Streep playing the iconic Miranda Priestly in 2006’s The Devil Wears Prada.
However, producer Wendy Finerman recently said on the Hollywood Gold podcast that the Oscar-winning actress was nearly passed over for the role since someone working in the production thought “she has never been funny a day in her life.”
“And Meryl, people thought we were crazy, Finerman told host Daniela Taplin Lundberg. “I mean, I had people call me up and say, ‘Are you out of your mind? She’s never been funny a day in her life.'”
“She has been funny and they were wrong,” the producer added, to which Lundberg referenced Streep’s comical roles in films such as She-Devil and Death Becomes Her.
“But this was clearly a different kind of world for her,” the producer acknowledged since Streep was known for her more serious performances at the time,...
However, producer Wendy Finerman recently said on the Hollywood Gold podcast that the Oscar-winning actress was nearly passed over for the role since someone working in the production thought “she has never been funny a day in her life.”
“And Meryl, people thought we were crazy, Finerman told host Daniela Taplin Lundberg. “I mean, I had people call me up and say, ‘Are you out of your mind? She’s never been funny a day in her life.'”
“She has been funny and they were wrong,” the producer added, to which Lundberg referenced Streep’s comical roles in films such as She-Devil and Death Becomes Her.
“But this was clearly a different kind of world for her,” the producer acknowledged since Streep was known for her more serious performances at the time,...
- 12/8/2023
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"Life [is] like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get" is an unforgettable line from the unforgettable film "Forrest Gump." The adage, which gives a surprisingly enlightened view of accepting what life hands you, is not spoken by a philosopher or a pseudo-intellectual know-it-all. It's spoken by Tom Hanks' Forrest Gump, a man with an Iq of 75. He's the film's titular hero, and he has become one of the actor's most beloved roles.
The movie premiered in 1994 and follows the unlikely adventures of Hanks' Forrest. The simple-minded guy unwittingly finds himself in the background of key events in American history, becoming a decorated war veteran, a ping-pong champion in China, and, eventually, a millionaire. "Forrest Gump" took nearly a decade to get made because, as producer Wendy Finerman told the New York Times, "actors, directors, agents, studio people were just not interested in the project." She said...
The movie premiered in 1994 and follows the unlikely adventures of Hanks' Forrest. The simple-minded guy unwittingly finds himself in the background of key events in American history, becoming a decorated war veteran, a ping-pong champion in China, and, eventually, a millionaire. "Forrest Gump" took nearly a decade to get made because, as producer Wendy Finerman told the New York Times, "actors, directors, agents, studio people were just not interested in the project." She said...
- 11/28/2022
- by Alani Vargas
- Slash Film
If “Women Talking” take home the Best Picture statuette at next year’s 95th Oscars, Frances McDormand would become only the second woman to win at least two Academy Awards trophies in the category. We say ”at least” because should the movie win the top prize, it would mean that fellow “Women Talking” producer Dede Gardner had earned her third.
In fact, Gardner has a pair of chances this year to add more Best Pic gold to her bio: “Women Talking” and “She Said.” Her previous triumphs in the category came in 2014 for “12 Years a Slave” and in 2017 for “Moonlight.”
See‘Women Talking’ women talk about taking down the patriarchy [Watch]
McDormand’s previous Best Picture producer victory came in 2021 for “Nomadland,” for which she also earned her third Best Actress award. Her other Oscar performing wins – also for Best Actress – came in 1997 for “Fargo” and in 2018 for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing,...
In fact, Gardner has a pair of chances this year to add more Best Pic gold to her bio: “Women Talking” and “She Said.” Her previous triumphs in the category came in 2014 for “12 Years a Slave” and in 2017 for “Moonlight.”
See‘Women Talking’ women talk about taking down the patriarchy [Watch]
McDormand’s previous Best Picture producer victory came in 2021 for “Nomadland,” for which she also earned her third Best Actress award. Her other Oscar performing wins – also for Best Actress – came in 1997 for “Fargo” and in 2018 for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing,...
- 10/24/2022
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan’s latest release ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’, which is a remake of the iconic Hollywood film ‘Forest Gump’, got a thumbs up from The Academy. The official Twitter account of The Academy, which recognises excellence in the motion picture arts and sciences, shared a video compilation of snippets from ‘Forest Gump’ and the Aamir Khan-starrer.
A tweet from The Academy called the Bollywood film a “faithful Indian adaptation”.
“Robert Zemeckis and Eric Roth’s sweeping story of a man who changes the world with kindness receives a faithful Indian adaptation in Advait Chandan and Atul Kulkarni’s ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ feat. Aamir Khan in the role made famous by Tom Hanks,” read the tweet.
The Academy’s twitter handle also mention the number of Oscars nominations ‘Forest Gump’ had.
“1994’s ‘Forrest Gump’ was nominated for 13 Oscars including six wins for: as Best Actor (Tom Hanks) as...
A tweet from The Academy called the Bollywood film a “faithful Indian adaptation”.
“Robert Zemeckis and Eric Roth’s sweeping story of a man who changes the world with kindness receives a faithful Indian adaptation in Advait Chandan and Atul Kulkarni’s ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ feat. Aamir Khan in the role made famous by Tom Hanks,” read the tweet.
The Academy’s twitter handle also mention the number of Oscars nominations ‘Forest Gump’ had.
“1994’s ‘Forrest Gump’ was nominated for 13 Oscars including six wins for: as Best Actor (Tom Hanks) as...
- 8/14/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Time to dust off those old “Runway” issues! Fans of the hit 2006 film The Devil Wears Prada will have the opportunity to bid on a private Zoom session with the film’s incredible cast – Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci – for a 10-minute meet-and-greet with one lucky winner, all to benefit the incredible work of Lollipop Theater Network.
The auction will be open until August 3 at www.charitybuzz.com/thedevilwearsprada
The Devil Wears Prada is a 2006 American comedy-drama film directed by David Frankel and produced by Wendy Finerman. The screenplay, written by Aline Brosh McKenna, is based on Lauren Weisberger’s 2003 novel of the same name. The film adaptation stars Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly, a powerful fashion magazine editor, and Anne Hathaway as Andrea “Andy” Sachs, a college graduate who goes to New York City and lands a job as Priestly’s co-assistant. Emily Blunt and...
The auction will be open until August 3 at www.charitybuzz.com/thedevilwearsprada
The Devil Wears Prada is a 2006 American comedy-drama film directed by David Frankel and produced by Wendy Finerman. The screenplay, written by Aline Brosh McKenna, is based on Lauren Weisberger’s 2003 novel of the same name. The film adaptation stars Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly, a powerful fashion magazine editor, and Anne Hathaway as Andrea “Andy” Sachs, a college graduate who goes to New York City and lands a job as Priestly’s co-assistant. Emily Blunt and...
- 7/26/2021
- Look to the Stars
Harry Clein, 82, co-founder of Hollywood PR agencies Clein + Feldman and Clein + White, died June 18 in Atlanta. He suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder.
I first met Clein in Manhattan in 1978 when I worked in the United Artists publicity bullpen at 729 Seventh Ave. He represented Alan J. Pakula on the western “Comes a Horseman,” starring James Caan and Jane Fonda. He admired my Annie Hall vests and fedoras; we bonded over his encyclopedic knowledge of film and Broadway musicals, and remained friends as he founded bicoastal press agency Clein + Feldman in 1981 with Bruce Feldman. Their first client, Pakula’s “Sophie’s Choice,” won Meryl Streep her second acting Oscar.
When I first moved to Los Angeles as the West Coast Editor of Film Comment, Clein + Feldman hired me to be the unit publicist on what would turn out to be Sam Peckinpah’s last movie, “The Osterman Weekend” (1983), starring Rutger Hauer, Dennis Hopper,...
I first met Clein in Manhattan in 1978 when I worked in the United Artists publicity bullpen at 729 Seventh Ave. He represented Alan J. Pakula on the western “Comes a Horseman,” starring James Caan and Jane Fonda. He admired my Annie Hall vests and fedoras; we bonded over his encyclopedic knowledge of film and Broadway musicals, and remained friends as he founded bicoastal press agency Clein + Feldman in 1981 with Bruce Feldman. Their first client, Pakula’s “Sophie’s Choice,” won Meryl Streep her second acting Oscar.
When I first moved to Los Angeles as the West Coast Editor of Film Comment, Clein + Feldman hired me to be the unit publicist on what would turn out to be Sam Peckinpah’s last movie, “The Osterman Weekend” (1983), starring Rutger Hauer, Dennis Hopper,...
- 7/24/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Harry Clein, 82, co-founder of Hollywood PR agencies Clein + Feldman and Clein + White, died June 18 in Atlanta. He suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder.
I first met Clein in Manhattan in 1978 when I worked in the United Artists publicity bullpen at 729 Seventh Ave. He represented Alan J. Pakula on the western “Comes a Horseman,” starring James Caan and Jane Fonda. He admired my Annie Hall vests and fedoras; we bonded over his encyclopedic knowledge of film and Broadway musicals, and remained friends as he founded bicoastal press agency Clein + Feldman in 1981 with Bruce Feldman. Their first client, Pakula’s “Sophie’s Choice,” won Meryl Streep her second Best Actress Oscar.
When I first moved to Los Angeles as the West Coast Editor of Film Comment, Clein + Feldman hired me to be the unit publicist on what would turn out to be Sam Peckinpah’s last movie, “The Osterman Weekend” (1983), starring Rutger Hauer,...
I first met Clein in Manhattan in 1978 when I worked in the United Artists publicity bullpen at 729 Seventh Ave. He represented Alan J. Pakula on the western “Comes a Horseman,” starring James Caan and Jane Fonda. He admired my Annie Hall vests and fedoras; we bonded over his encyclopedic knowledge of film and Broadway musicals, and remained friends as he founded bicoastal press agency Clein + Feldman in 1981 with Bruce Feldman. Their first client, Pakula’s “Sophie’s Choice,” won Meryl Streep her second Best Actress Oscar.
When I first moved to Los Angeles as the West Coast Editor of Film Comment, Clein + Feldman hired me to be the unit publicist on what would turn out to be Sam Peckinpah’s last movie, “The Osterman Weekend” (1983), starring Rutger Hauer,...
- 7/24/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Harry Clein, a veteran film publicist who wrote the original press notes for Star Wars and helped develop the innovative internet campaign for The Blair Witch Project, died June 18 of chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder in Atlanta. He was 82.
His death was announced by spokesperson Mark Pogachefsky.
Clein, along with Bruce Feldman, cofounded the Clein + Feldman agency in 1981. Their first client was director Alan J. Pakula and his film Sophie’s Choice.
With offices on both coasts and quickly developing a reputation as an innovative shop for independent distributors, producers and filmmakers, the agency became Clein + White in 1989, with the addition of Cara White as a partner and the departure of Feldman for a studio career. Clein + White closed in 2000, with Clein focusing on producing and marketing consultation. He also taught at the Los Angeles Film School.
Earlier in his career, Clein was a unit publicist on such films as All the President’s Men,...
His death was announced by spokesperson Mark Pogachefsky.
Clein, along with Bruce Feldman, cofounded the Clein + Feldman agency in 1981. Their first client was director Alan J. Pakula and his film Sophie’s Choice.
With offices on both coasts and quickly developing a reputation as an innovative shop for independent distributors, producers and filmmakers, the agency became Clein + White in 1989, with the addition of Cara White as a partner and the departure of Feldman for a studio career. Clein + White closed in 2000, with Clein focusing on producing and marketing consultation. He also taught at the Los Angeles Film School.
Earlier in his career, Clein was a unit publicist on such films as All the President’s Men,...
- 7/24/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The 2019-2020 movie awards season got underway on Monday night, December 2, with the presentation of the Gotham Awards for independent film. Presented by the Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp), these prizes are decided by juries of industry peers and have honored Oscar winners like “Sideways” (2004), “Capote” (2005), “The Hurt Locker” (2009), “Spotlight” (2015) and “Moonlight” (2016). So who took top honors this year? Scroll down for the complete list in all 10 categories, updated live as they were announced.
“Marriage Story,” “The Farewell” and “Uncut Gems” led the nominations with three apiece. Those three films were up for Best Feature along with “Hustlers” and “Waves.”
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“Marriage Story” was the highest-profile Oscar contender among those nominees, but did that mean it was a surefire winner? The jury voting process opens the door for underdogs and left-field choices like last year’s champ “The Rider,” which beat Oscar...
“Marriage Story,” “The Farewell” and “Uncut Gems” led the nominations with three apiece. Those three films were up for Best Feature along with “Hustlers” and “Waves.”
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“Marriage Story” was the highest-profile Oscar contender among those nominees, but did that mean it was a surefire winner? The jury voting process opens the door for underdogs and left-field choices like last year’s champ “The Rider,” which beat Oscar...
- 12/3/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Cinema Retro has received the following press release from Paramount Home Video:
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Hollywood, Calif. – On July 6, 1994 moviegoers met a man named Forrest Gump whose story was both a deeply personal and affecting odyssey and a universal meditation on our times. Hailed as “magical” and filled with “startling grace”, Forrest Gump became not only a global blockbuster, but a true cultural touchstone.
25 years later, Forrest Gump remains a treasured cinematic classic that is beloved and quoted the world over. Tom Hanks gives an astonishing performance as Forrest, an everyman whose simple innocence comes to embody a generation. Alongside his mamma (Sally Field), his best friend Bubba (Mykelti Williamson), his commanding officer Lieutenant Dan (Gary Sinise), and his favorite girl Jenny (Robin Wright), Forrest has a ringside seat for the most memorable events of the second half of the 20th century.
Directed by Robert Zemeckis...
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Hollywood, Calif. – On July 6, 1994 moviegoers met a man named Forrest Gump whose story was both a deeply personal and affecting odyssey and a universal meditation on our times. Hailed as “magical” and filled with “startling grace”, Forrest Gump became not only a global blockbuster, but a true cultural touchstone.
25 years later, Forrest Gump remains a treasured cinematic classic that is beloved and quoted the world over. Tom Hanks gives an astonishing performance as Forrest, an everyman whose simple innocence comes to embody a generation. Alongside his mamma (Sally Field), his best friend Bubba (Mykelti Williamson), his commanding officer Lieutenant Dan (Gary Sinise), and his favorite girl Jenny (Robin Wright), Forrest has a ringside seat for the most memorable events of the second half of the 20th century.
Directed by Robert Zemeckis...
- 6/17/2019
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Sony Pictures has acquired the film rights to best-selling author Richard Kirshenbaum’s first novel “Rouge” about the glitzy-glam, competitive 20th century beauty industry, Variety has learned.
Wendy Finerman (“The Devil Wears Prada”) will produce the project, which will cast A-list actresses in the lead roles of the business titans, who are suspiciously similar to real-life foes Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein.
“Rouge” details the cutthroat world of the beauty business world between the two rivals. The novel is set in cities across the world such as NYC, Hollywood, Palm Beach, London, and Paris and St Martin’s Press Executive Editor Beier likened the story to “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” in style and time-period.
The book will hit stores on “Rouge” on June 25, but it sold in an auction based on the galleys.
“’Rouge’ makes you want to stand up and cheer for these iconic cosmetic industry pioneers. These women were brilliant,...
Wendy Finerman (“The Devil Wears Prada”) will produce the project, which will cast A-list actresses in the lead roles of the business titans, who are suspiciously similar to real-life foes Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein.
“Rouge” details the cutthroat world of the beauty business world between the two rivals. The novel is set in cities across the world such as NYC, Hollywood, Palm Beach, London, and Paris and St Martin’s Press Executive Editor Beier likened the story to “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” in style and time-period.
The book will hit stores on “Rouge” on June 25, but it sold in an auction based on the galleys.
“’Rouge’ makes you want to stand up and cheer for these iconic cosmetic industry pioneers. These women were brilliant,...
- 5/10/2019
- by Mackenzie Nichols
- Variety Film + TV
Lysa Heslov, director, co-writer and producer of 2017 documentary “Served Like A Girl,” has teamed up with Matador Content and producer Wendy Finerman to make an eight-part docuseries based on the film.
The docuseries will follow female veterans competing in the Ms. Veteran America competition. The event was created to raise awareness about homeless female veterans who struggle as they transition from solider to civilian. “Served Like A Girl” will focus on five of the finalists as they prepare for the final competition while battling personal issues such as Ptsd, military sexual trauma, and combat injuries.
“I’m so thrilled to be working with the amazing team at Matador,” Heslov said. “And to continue this journey with these female warriors who took an oath to give their lives for our country is an honor.”
Matador Content is also the production company behind Spike’s “Lip Sync Battle,” ABC’s “Boy Band,...
The docuseries will follow female veterans competing in the Ms. Veteran America competition. The event was created to raise awareness about homeless female veterans who struggle as they transition from solider to civilian. “Served Like A Girl” will focus on five of the finalists as they prepare for the final competition while battling personal issues such as Ptsd, military sexual trauma, and combat injuries.
“I’m so thrilled to be working with the amazing team at Matador,” Heslov said. “And to continue this journey with these female warriors who took an oath to give their lives for our country is an honor.”
Matador Content is also the production company behind Spike’s “Lip Sync Battle,” ABC’s “Boy Band,...
- 5/11/2018
- by Ariana Brockington
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Margaret French Isaac has been named president of Denise Di Novi Pictures. Isaac previously worked at Johnny Depp’s Infinitu Nihil Productions as its Executive VP of Film and Television during Depp’s Pirates of the Caribbean The Rum Diary, Mortdecai and Dark Shadows runs.
She also previously worked at DreamWorks right before it went public and ran Wendy Finerman’s Co. as president during Forrest Gump, StepMom and Fairytale: A True Story.
At one point, she and Mimi Leder partnered. She also became a senior executive at Vangaurd Animation and has been involved in various aspects of film for years. She also helped to develop series for TV networks including ABC, Fox, CBS, MGM, and Lifetime.
“As anyone who knows Margaret will tell you, her positive energy, talent with material and breadth of experience is a rare combination,” Di Novi told Deadline. “I am lucky and delighted to have her on my team.
She also previously worked at DreamWorks right before it went public and ran Wendy Finerman’s Co. as president during Forrest Gump, StepMom and Fairytale: A True Story.
At one point, she and Mimi Leder partnered. She also became a senior executive at Vangaurd Animation and has been involved in various aspects of film for years. She also helped to develop series for TV networks including ABC, Fox, CBS, MGM, and Lifetime.
“As anyone who knows Margaret will tell you, her positive energy, talent with material and breadth of experience is a rare combination,” Di Novi told Deadline. “I am lucky and delighted to have her on my team.
- 4/23/2018
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline Film + TV
Oscar statue (Courtesy: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
By: Carson Blackwelder
Managing Editor
There was always a chance for the best picture category at the 2017 Academy Awards to feature solid representation for female producers and, with the nominations official, the numbers are in. Turns out there are five of the nine films in this year’s top category with women behind it — but how does that stand up to the rest of Oscar history?
As mentioned above, there are five out of the total nine films in the best picture category this year that took some girl power to get made. There’s Hell or High Water (Carla Hacken and Julie Yorn), Hidden Figures (Donna Gigliotti and Jenno Topping), Lion (Angie Fielder), Manchester by the Sea (Kimberly Steward and Lauren Beck), and finally Moonlight (Adele Romanski and Dede Gardner). This leaves out Arrival, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, and La La Land as...
By: Carson Blackwelder
Managing Editor
There was always a chance for the best picture category at the 2017 Academy Awards to feature solid representation for female producers and, with the nominations official, the numbers are in. Turns out there are five of the nine films in this year’s top category with women behind it — but how does that stand up to the rest of Oscar history?
As mentioned above, there are five out of the total nine films in the best picture category this year that took some girl power to get made. There’s Hell or High Water (Carla Hacken and Julie Yorn), Hidden Figures (Donna Gigliotti and Jenno Topping), Lion (Angie Fielder), Manchester by the Sea (Kimberly Steward and Lauren Beck), and finally Moonlight (Adele Romanski and Dede Gardner). This leaves out Arrival, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, and La La Land as...
- 2/11/2017
- by Carson Blackwelder
- Scott Feinberg
‘The Devil Wears Prada’ At 10: Meryl Streep and More on How Their Risky Project Became a Massive Hit
Ten years ago, “The Devil Wears Prada” surprised even the people that made it. The movie opened over the July 4th weekend in 2006 as a counter-programmer aimed primarily at women. But it played far broader than that, all over the world. Based on the bestseller written by Lauren Weisberger, the ex-Vogue assistant to editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, it was an anomaly that influenced movies to come but remained a rare bird, hard to categorize or imitate.
It wasn’t a standard-issue studio genre, neither a romantic comedy centered around a young woman’s choice of mate, a biopic, nor a revenge plot. Aspiring young assistant Andy (Anne Hathaway) and her powerful editrix boss Miranda (Meryl Streep) were dual protagonists in a coming-of-age workplace fairy tale about the trials of a first job and finding your identity.
The other players behind the $41-million film, which shot over 57 days in New York and...
It wasn’t a standard-issue studio genre, neither a romantic comedy centered around a young woman’s choice of mate, a biopic, nor a revenge plot. Aspiring young assistant Andy (Anne Hathaway) and her powerful editrix boss Miranda (Meryl Streep) were dual protagonists in a coming-of-age workplace fairy tale about the trials of a first job and finding your identity.
The other players behind the $41-million film, which shot over 57 days in New York and...
- 7/1/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
‘The Devil Wears Prada’ At 10: Meryl Streep and More on How Their Risky Project Became a Massive Hit
Ten years ago, “The Devil Wears Prada” surprised even the people that made it. The movie opened over the July 4th weekend in 2006 as a counter-programmer aimed primarily at women. But it played far broader than that, all over the world. Based on the bestseller written by Lauren Weisberger, the ex-Vogue assistant to editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, it was an anomaly that influenced movies to come but remained a rare bird, hard to categorize or imitate.
It wasn’t a standard-issue studio genre, neither a romantic comedy centered around a young woman’s choice of mate, a biopic, nor a revenge plot. Aspiring young assistant Andy (Anne Hathaway) and her powerful editrix boss Miranda (Meryl Streep) were dual protagonists in a coming-of-age workplace fairy tale about the trials of a first job and finding your identity.
The other players behind the $41-million film, which shot over 57 days in New York and...
It wasn’t a standard-issue studio genre, neither a romantic comedy centered around a young woman’s choice of mate, a biopic, nor a revenge plot. Aspiring young assistant Andy (Anne Hathaway) and her powerful editrix boss Miranda (Meryl Streep) were dual protagonists in a coming-of-age workplace fairy tale about the trials of a first job and finding your identity.
The other players behind the $41-million film, which shot over 57 days in New York and...
- 7/1/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Lifetime is prepping The 10th Date, a two-hour movie executive produced by The Devil Wears Prada producer Wendy Finerman. There is no green light for the project yet, but I hear casting choices already are being discussed and the movie potentially could serve as backdoor pilot. Written by and will be directed by Nzingha Stewart, writer-director of the 2015 Lifetime movie With this Ring, The 10th Date is a comedy that follows four friends who embark on an often hilarious…...
- 4/28/2016
- Deadline TV
While in Panama for the film festival, one of the notable people I met was Jorge Ameer.
Jorge left his home in Panama at age 16 in the late 1980s due to political unrest and civil instability. The country’s dictator and drug king Noriega was recruiting young men to fight in his military army as the looming confrontation with the United States approached. In 1989, the United States invaded Panama under the name of “Just Cause” ousted the Panamanian dictator.
Living in Los Angeles, at the age of 18, he was selected to participate in the Walt Disney College Program. He worked in the marketing departments of New Line Cinema, Paramount and Columbia Pictures. In motion picture development, Jorge worked as a story analyst for Richard Gere's production company and Wendy Finerman's productions at Tri Star Pictures in the early nineties and the now defunct Fries Entertainment.
He also tried his hand at acting and was in Gramercy's "Panther" and "Tales from the Hood", HBO's "Social Friction Fables" New Line's "Friday" along with other cameos and supporting roles. He co-starred opposite award winning actor Matthew Leitch (Star of “Aka”) in the carnival romp "Sabor Tropical".
Ameer served as the coordinator for the 1988 Latino Entertainment Industry Conference and as a member of the advisory board of the Methodfest Film Festival. He was also the U.S. representative for the Barcelona G & L Film Festival and a film programmer for the Palm Springs G & L Film Festival.
In October 1997, he founded and executive directed The Continental Film Festival, better known as the first American Independent film festival held overseas on the island of Contadora, off the Gulf of Panama. There is where his film career actually began. He served as a festival coordinator during the very beginnings of the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival founded by Edward James Olmos and Marlene Dehmer.
At these festivals, Ameer helped in the selection of many foreign features. After noticing a lack of recognition of foreign and independent gay themed films released theatrically, he founded the International Gay Film Awards, the Glitter Awards (2001-2008), at that time the only award show of its kind.
In 1997, Ameer also started Hollywood Independents, a distribution company which launched with the theatrical release of "California Myth" starring Tyron Powers Jr.
Thereafter, the company has released such titles as the Jamaican/American co-production "Klash" starring Jazmine Guy, "Eastside" starring Mario Lopez, "Tequila Body Shots" starring Joey Lawrence, "Poor White Trash" starring Jamie Pressley, Jason London, William Devane and Sean Young, Spain's Academy Awards Winning film (Goya Winner) "I will Survive" (Sobrevivire), and "Hotel Room" from the director of "Nico & Dani". Other releases include his film "The Singing Forest", and "Junked" starring Thomas Jane (star of "The Mist", "Punisher" and the popular HBO series "Hung") and Jordan Ladd (star of "Cabin Fever", "Hostel 2").
Jorge Ameer's theatrical distribution company Hollywood Independents International opened its theatrical distribution operations in Central and South America in 2006 with the theatrical release of "Grande Ecole" a film by Robert Salis. The French film was censored and banned in Panama due to its explicit sexual content
Ameer took a trip to Panama to denounce the banning of this film. After outrage was expressed by the Panamanian press, the film opened successfully in Panama. It opened number one at the Alhambra-Plus Transistmica beating studio films "Night at the Museum" and "Deja Vu". It broke box office records locally, playing in theaters for eight weeks.
On January 26, 2009 the Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture study invited Mr. Ameer's to have his screenplays be a permanent part of "The Core Collection". The screenplays in this collection are made accessible for research purposes; students, filmmakers, writers and actors are among the patrons.
In April 2011, Mr. Ameer started his own film series in Panama called Jorge Ameer presents Cine Serie Independiente, a showcase to promote and exhibit high profile award winning independent and foreign films in Panama.
He brought in Aluzio Abranche's controversial incestuous drama of brotherly love "From Beginning to End" (“Do Comeco ao Fim”), Andre Shortell's "Psych 9" starring Sara Foster & Cary Elwes and Karee Andrew's "Altitude".
During the film presentations, directors presented their work to Panamanian audiences in person and live via skype. This is the first time in Panama's cinema history technology has allowed local cinephiles the opportunity to interact with award winning filmmakers virally before and after their film presentations.
Unfortunately, the presenting cinema and only theatre exhibitor to support independent films - the Alhambra Theatres- closed the following year, 2012, due to financial troubles. It was the last of a series of vintage stand-alone cinemas constructed during the boom of single screen theatres and drive-ins in Panama.
There are currently only two theatre chain exhibitors (Cinepolis & Cinemark) operating in Panama. Both chains have their multiplex cinemas located throughout today's popular mega malls.
Several months after his film series, Mr. Ameer produced the opening night after-party to the October 2011 edition of Screamfest, the world's premiere horror film festival based in Hollywood, California. The event was held at the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel. The event brought luminaries of the genre such as Paranormal Activity's Oren Peli, "Saw" and "Insidious" director James Wan, as well as "Grease", "Summer Lovers", "Blue Lagoon" director Randal Kleiser and "Firestarters", "Class of 1984" director Mark Lester to name a few celebrity attendees. With a seance theme, over 400 votive candles were used to create the atmosphere. In addition over one hundred skulls, the Screamfest symbol, were featured as centerpieces and part of the morbid "look" throughout the event. A well-lit coffin surrounded by neon lights was featured in the gift room where guests retrieved their gift bags from the open casket.
Mr. Ameer has authored, produced, and directed the theatrical features "The Truth Within", "Strippers","The Singing Forest", "Contadora is for lovers", "The House of Adam", "The Dark Side of Love","Sabor Tropical", "D'Agostino". All projects released theatrically through Hollywood Independents.
Ameer has produced, written and directed countless 35mm comedic shorts films to name a few "My Straight Boyfriend", "Popcorn & Coke", "Uninhibited", "Midnight Snack", "Tease" now available on DVD as a compilation of shorts called “Straight Men & the Men Who Love Them”.
This collection has been so successful that he has executive produced, programmed and curated two more such programs “Straight Men & the Men Who Love Them 2” and the upcoming “Straight Men & the Men Who Love Them 3”. The latest compilation of shorts is a collection of international shorts curated from the Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner.
Ameer made a documentary "Classic Hollywood Cinemas" an in depth look at the old Hollywood movie palaces, their historic and preservation value and impact.
He's also produced and arranged the publishing of the historical and award winning first ever "Guide to Gay & Lesbian Film which has won many book awards for its detail, educational and historical contribution to independent gay and lesbian films released in theaters.
In addition to filmmaking, within the exhibition industry, Jorge Ameer was the last person to re-open the historic Vogue theatre in Hollywood as a movie theatre to showcase independent films. Films such as "Nico and Dani" (Tla Releasing) and "Just one time" from the now defunct Cowboy Releasing played at this theatre. The resurgence of film exhibition at the Vogue was short lived due to alleged hauntings at the venue where a paranormal research group leased the theatre from Mann theaters to set up shop as headquarters for their research group.
Jorge Ameer's "The Dark Side of Love " was the last film to shoot at the Regent Showcase Theatre in Hollywood prior to its closing. "The Regent Showcase Theatre, originally the Gordon Theatre (1938), is one of the older art houses in Los Angeles until its closing in May 2009.
A human rights activist, Ameer has spent most of his career creating controversial, cutting edge trivial stories with thought provoking subject matters to challenge audiences from the stereotypical social conventions and outdated traditional values which detract from enhancing the global human experience.
He is currently working on his latest film project “Oasis” to be shot in Panama during the month of August. Oasis” is a twisted thriller set in the backdrop of Panama's paradise its about a newlywed American who decides to visit a friend while in Panama on business, to rekindle their friendship to prove his love to his wife by killing him.
Also, on the current issue of Scream Magazine issue # 35, the worlds largest horror film magazine, his “Medusa” has received with extensive coverage. The film is currently playing in theaters in the U.S. through Regal Cinemas after having its world premiere at the Cannes Film Market.
“Medusa” had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival Marche along with a horror short he starred in called "Find Pauletta" in the Short Film Corner. This was the first time a Panamanian has had two films in two different programs of the Cannes Film Festival.
VFX for “Medusa” was by Jeremy Vanneman who has worked on many studio films including the upcoming “Ghostbusters”, “Guardians of the Galaxy”, “San Andreas”, etc. “Medusa” also has a celebrity cameo by 80's hearthrob William McNamara.
Jorge is the only Panamanian filmmaker who writes, direct, produces and own his own production and distribution company in Hollywood.
Jorge Ameer has also pioneered and procured the opening of the first high school film program at one of the oldest (110 years) and most prestigious private high schools in Panama, the Pan American Institute (Instituto Panamericano) in Panama City.
The film program curriculum was designed by Ameer and approved by the Ministry of Education.
It launched in 2015 with the first class schedule to graduate in 2017.
In his own words:
The high school film program was an idea that started because of the lack of opportunity and education in film that I myself had when growing up. I loved film so much; film was my babysitter during my childhood years. Whenever I wasn't in school I was at the movie theatre watching several films a day until my mom picked me up from the theatre. I attended the Pan American Institute (Instituto Panamericano) from kindergarten through graduation 1989.
Decades later as a filmmaker, distributor and film buyer, I approached the principal of the high school with the high risk idea of starting a film school program for an industry that even though in its infancy I knew it would grow leaps and bounds if those who pushed hard enough would stick with it to create some semblance of film opportunities and production here in Panama. Ten years later after designing a very thorough program that includes script writing, production, distribution, film marketing, campaign strategy, film fund and grant writing as well as crowdfunding to use donors as ambassadors to promote the film, the Ministry of Education approved the program.
Last year, the first students, approximately 27 brave souls, risking the uncertainty the entertainment field has to offer, weathered the scrutiny of their parents to become the pioneering and prototype Class of 2017. This Class, now in the 11th grade, is gearing up to produce its first set of shorts for the Ipa Student Film Festival. The first film festival of its kind, it showcases the works of these film students with the goal of creating filmmakers from an early stage who will graduate with films reels in their areas of interest which will show their talents to prospective universities, scholarship programs and other international student competitions.
I got the Ministry of Industry and Commerce Film Department called Di Cine in conjunction with the Panama Film Commission to fund the projections of these works which will take place as an outdoor cinema event on the school grounds. on Friday, August 5 at 7pm. Provided the students meet the minimum Gpa, they will be required to do internships placed and provided through the Film Commission in conjunction with other private film entities such as the Tvn Channel 2, one of Panama's major television networks as well as The Panama Canal Chanel among other companies offering opportunities for these students to practice their craft prior to graduating.
Currently, under construction, is an upcoming state of the art film lab studio facility providing students with the opportunity to develop their talents. Also a new auditorium will host film events and eventually the high school graduation ceremony.
Jorge left his home in Panama at age 16 in the late 1980s due to political unrest and civil instability. The country’s dictator and drug king Noriega was recruiting young men to fight in his military army as the looming confrontation with the United States approached. In 1989, the United States invaded Panama under the name of “Just Cause” ousted the Panamanian dictator.
Living in Los Angeles, at the age of 18, he was selected to participate in the Walt Disney College Program. He worked in the marketing departments of New Line Cinema, Paramount and Columbia Pictures. In motion picture development, Jorge worked as a story analyst for Richard Gere's production company and Wendy Finerman's productions at Tri Star Pictures in the early nineties and the now defunct Fries Entertainment.
He also tried his hand at acting and was in Gramercy's "Panther" and "Tales from the Hood", HBO's "Social Friction Fables" New Line's "Friday" along with other cameos and supporting roles. He co-starred opposite award winning actor Matthew Leitch (Star of “Aka”) in the carnival romp "Sabor Tropical".
Ameer served as the coordinator for the 1988 Latino Entertainment Industry Conference and as a member of the advisory board of the Methodfest Film Festival. He was also the U.S. representative for the Barcelona G & L Film Festival and a film programmer for the Palm Springs G & L Film Festival.
In October 1997, he founded and executive directed The Continental Film Festival, better known as the first American Independent film festival held overseas on the island of Contadora, off the Gulf of Panama. There is where his film career actually began. He served as a festival coordinator during the very beginnings of the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival founded by Edward James Olmos and Marlene Dehmer.
At these festivals, Ameer helped in the selection of many foreign features. After noticing a lack of recognition of foreign and independent gay themed films released theatrically, he founded the International Gay Film Awards, the Glitter Awards (2001-2008), at that time the only award show of its kind.
In 1997, Ameer also started Hollywood Independents, a distribution company which launched with the theatrical release of "California Myth" starring Tyron Powers Jr.
Thereafter, the company has released such titles as the Jamaican/American co-production "Klash" starring Jazmine Guy, "Eastside" starring Mario Lopez, "Tequila Body Shots" starring Joey Lawrence, "Poor White Trash" starring Jamie Pressley, Jason London, William Devane and Sean Young, Spain's Academy Awards Winning film (Goya Winner) "I will Survive" (Sobrevivire), and "Hotel Room" from the director of "Nico & Dani". Other releases include his film "The Singing Forest", and "Junked" starring Thomas Jane (star of "The Mist", "Punisher" and the popular HBO series "Hung") and Jordan Ladd (star of "Cabin Fever", "Hostel 2").
Jorge Ameer's theatrical distribution company Hollywood Independents International opened its theatrical distribution operations in Central and South America in 2006 with the theatrical release of "Grande Ecole" a film by Robert Salis. The French film was censored and banned in Panama due to its explicit sexual content
Ameer took a trip to Panama to denounce the banning of this film. After outrage was expressed by the Panamanian press, the film opened successfully in Panama. It opened number one at the Alhambra-Plus Transistmica beating studio films "Night at the Museum" and "Deja Vu". It broke box office records locally, playing in theaters for eight weeks.
On January 26, 2009 the Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture study invited Mr. Ameer's to have his screenplays be a permanent part of "The Core Collection". The screenplays in this collection are made accessible for research purposes; students, filmmakers, writers and actors are among the patrons.
In April 2011, Mr. Ameer started his own film series in Panama called Jorge Ameer presents Cine Serie Independiente, a showcase to promote and exhibit high profile award winning independent and foreign films in Panama.
He brought in Aluzio Abranche's controversial incestuous drama of brotherly love "From Beginning to End" (“Do Comeco ao Fim”), Andre Shortell's "Psych 9" starring Sara Foster & Cary Elwes and Karee Andrew's "Altitude".
During the film presentations, directors presented their work to Panamanian audiences in person and live via skype. This is the first time in Panama's cinema history technology has allowed local cinephiles the opportunity to interact with award winning filmmakers virally before and after their film presentations.
Unfortunately, the presenting cinema and only theatre exhibitor to support independent films - the Alhambra Theatres- closed the following year, 2012, due to financial troubles. It was the last of a series of vintage stand-alone cinemas constructed during the boom of single screen theatres and drive-ins in Panama.
There are currently only two theatre chain exhibitors (Cinepolis & Cinemark) operating in Panama. Both chains have their multiplex cinemas located throughout today's popular mega malls.
Several months after his film series, Mr. Ameer produced the opening night after-party to the October 2011 edition of Screamfest, the world's premiere horror film festival based in Hollywood, California. The event was held at the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel. The event brought luminaries of the genre such as Paranormal Activity's Oren Peli, "Saw" and "Insidious" director James Wan, as well as "Grease", "Summer Lovers", "Blue Lagoon" director Randal Kleiser and "Firestarters", "Class of 1984" director Mark Lester to name a few celebrity attendees. With a seance theme, over 400 votive candles were used to create the atmosphere. In addition over one hundred skulls, the Screamfest symbol, were featured as centerpieces and part of the morbid "look" throughout the event. A well-lit coffin surrounded by neon lights was featured in the gift room where guests retrieved their gift bags from the open casket.
Mr. Ameer has authored, produced, and directed the theatrical features "The Truth Within", "Strippers","The Singing Forest", "Contadora is for lovers", "The House of Adam", "The Dark Side of Love","Sabor Tropical", "D'Agostino". All projects released theatrically through Hollywood Independents.
Ameer has produced, written and directed countless 35mm comedic shorts films to name a few "My Straight Boyfriend", "Popcorn & Coke", "Uninhibited", "Midnight Snack", "Tease" now available on DVD as a compilation of shorts called “Straight Men & the Men Who Love Them”.
This collection has been so successful that he has executive produced, programmed and curated two more such programs “Straight Men & the Men Who Love Them 2” and the upcoming “Straight Men & the Men Who Love Them 3”. The latest compilation of shorts is a collection of international shorts curated from the Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner.
Ameer made a documentary "Classic Hollywood Cinemas" an in depth look at the old Hollywood movie palaces, their historic and preservation value and impact.
He's also produced and arranged the publishing of the historical and award winning first ever "Guide to Gay & Lesbian Film which has won many book awards for its detail, educational and historical contribution to independent gay and lesbian films released in theaters.
In addition to filmmaking, within the exhibition industry, Jorge Ameer was the last person to re-open the historic Vogue theatre in Hollywood as a movie theatre to showcase independent films. Films such as "Nico and Dani" (Tla Releasing) and "Just one time" from the now defunct Cowboy Releasing played at this theatre. The resurgence of film exhibition at the Vogue was short lived due to alleged hauntings at the venue where a paranormal research group leased the theatre from Mann theaters to set up shop as headquarters for their research group.
Jorge Ameer's "The Dark Side of Love " was the last film to shoot at the Regent Showcase Theatre in Hollywood prior to its closing. "The Regent Showcase Theatre, originally the Gordon Theatre (1938), is one of the older art houses in Los Angeles until its closing in May 2009.
A human rights activist, Ameer has spent most of his career creating controversial, cutting edge trivial stories with thought provoking subject matters to challenge audiences from the stereotypical social conventions and outdated traditional values which detract from enhancing the global human experience.
He is currently working on his latest film project “Oasis” to be shot in Panama during the month of August. Oasis” is a twisted thriller set in the backdrop of Panama's paradise its about a newlywed American who decides to visit a friend while in Panama on business, to rekindle their friendship to prove his love to his wife by killing him.
Also, on the current issue of Scream Magazine issue # 35, the worlds largest horror film magazine, his “Medusa” has received with extensive coverage. The film is currently playing in theaters in the U.S. through Regal Cinemas after having its world premiere at the Cannes Film Market.
“Medusa” had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival Marche along with a horror short he starred in called "Find Pauletta" in the Short Film Corner. This was the first time a Panamanian has had two films in two different programs of the Cannes Film Festival.
VFX for “Medusa” was by Jeremy Vanneman who has worked on many studio films including the upcoming “Ghostbusters”, “Guardians of the Galaxy”, “San Andreas”, etc. “Medusa” also has a celebrity cameo by 80's hearthrob William McNamara.
Jorge is the only Panamanian filmmaker who writes, direct, produces and own his own production and distribution company in Hollywood.
Jorge Ameer has also pioneered and procured the opening of the first high school film program at one of the oldest (110 years) and most prestigious private high schools in Panama, the Pan American Institute (Instituto Panamericano) in Panama City.
The film program curriculum was designed by Ameer and approved by the Ministry of Education.
It launched in 2015 with the first class schedule to graduate in 2017.
In his own words:
The high school film program was an idea that started because of the lack of opportunity and education in film that I myself had when growing up. I loved film so much; film was my babysitter during my childhood years. Whenever I wasn't in school I was at the movie theatre watching several films a day until my mom picked me up from the theatre. I attended the Pan American Institute (Instituto Panamericano) from kindergarten through graduation 1989.
Decades later as a filmmaker, distributor and film buyer, I approached the principal of the high school with the high risk idea of starting a film school program for an industry that even though in its infancy I knew it would grow leaps and bounds if those who pushed hard enough would stick with it to create some semblance of film opportunities and production here in Panama. Ten years later after designing a very thorough program that includes script writing, production, distribution, film marketing, campaign strategy, film fund and grant writing as well as crowdfunding to use donors as ambassadors to promote the film, the Ministry of Education approved the program.
Last year, the first students, approximately 27 brave souls, risking the uncertainty the entertainment field has to offer, weathered the scrutiny of their parents to become the pioneering and prototype Class of 2017. This Class, now in the 11th grade, is gearing up to produce its first set of shorts for the Ipa Student Film Festival. The first film festival of its kind, it showcases the works of these film students with the goal of creating filmmakers from an early stage who will graduate with films reels in their areas of interest which will show their talents to prospective universities, scholarship programs and other international student competitions.
I got the Ministry of Industry and Commerce Film Department called Di Cine in conjunction with the Panama Film Commission to fund the projections of these works which will take place as an outdoor cinema event on the school grounds. on Friday, August 5 at 7pm. Provided the students meet the minimum Gpa, they will be required to do internships placed and provided through the Film Commission in conjunction with other private film entities such as the Tvn Channel 2, one of Panama's major television networks as well as The Panama Canal Chanel among other companies offering opportunities for these students to practice their craft prior to graduating.
Currently, under construction, is an upcoming state of the art film lab studio facility providing students with the opportunity to develop their talents. Also a new auditorium will host film events and eventually the high school graduation ceremony.
- 4/26/2016
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Screen Masculinity
For almost a year, Graffiti with Punctuation editor Blake Howard and I have been discussing doing a series of essays about a topic of mutual interest - portrayals of masculinity on screen. The aim is to explore our favorite elements of the topic, to get quite personal and to come up with something hopefully compelling.
We've now begun that journey over the next few months starting with the first piece by Blake. It took him to some challenging places, but the result is intimate, passionate, complex and ultimately wonderful and sets a tone for promising reading to come. I urge you to check out the piece in our features section, or by clicking here and to leave feedback on it if possible.
River Town
Chinese helmer Lu Chuan is attached to direct and produce the Tristine Skyler=penned adaptation of Peter Hessler's memoir "River Town" for Fugitive Films.
For almost a year, Graffiti with Punctuation editor Blake Howard and I have been discussing doing a series of essays about a topic of mutual interest - portrayals of masculinity on screen. The aim is to explore our favorite elements of the topic, to get quite personal and to come up with something hopefully compelling.
We've now begun that journey over the next few months starting with the first piece by Blake. It took him to some challenging places, but the result is intimate, passionate, complex and ultimately wonderful and sets a tone for promising reading to come. I urge you to check out the piece in our features section, or by clicking here and to leave feedback on it if possible.
River Town
Chinese helmer Lu Chuan is attached to direct and produce the Tristine Skyler=penned adaptation of Peter Hessler's memoir "River Town" for Fugitive Films.
- 3/14/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Xbox One
Microsoft's Phil Spencer has revealed that the Windows 10 update and complete Os overhaul for the Xbox One will go live on November 12th, bringing backwards compatibility with select titles to the console in the process.
The update will allow users to have easier access to all of the storefront freatures and a more streamlined Ui that allows users to more easily navigate through each tab. Spencer made the announcement during yesterday's "Halo 5: Guardians" worldwide launch event. [Source: Game Informer]
Split
Universal Pictures has announced that following their successful pairing for "The Visit," director M. Night Shyamalan and Jason Blumhouse's production company label will release their next project together, "Split," on January 20th 2017.
James McAvoy headlines the supernatural suspense thriller, which co-stars Anya Taylor Joy, Betty Buckley, Jessica Sula and Haley Lu Richardson. [Source: Deadline]
Flawed
Warner Bros. Pictures is set to adapt "Flawed," the upcoming first young adult novel from author Cecelia Ahern...
Microsoft's Phil Spencer has revealed that the Windows 10 update and complete Os overhaul for the Xbox One will go live on November 12th, bringing backwards compatibility with select titles to the console in the process.
The update will allow users to have easier access to all of the storefront freatures and a more streamlined Ui that allows users to more easily navigate through each tab. Spencer made the announcement during yesterday's "Halo 5: Guardians" worldwide launch event. [Source: Game Informer]
Split
Universal Pictures has announced that following their successful pairing for "The Visit," director M. Night Shyamalan and Jason Blumhouse's production company label will release their next project together, "Split," on January 20th 2017.
James McAvoy headlines the supernatural suspense thriller, which co-stars Anya Taylor Joy, Betty Buckley, Jessica Sula and Haley Lu Richardson. [Source: Deadline]
Flawed
Warner Bros. Pictures is set to adapt "Flawed," the upcoming first young adult novel from author Cecelia Ahern...
- 10/27/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The original movie “Drumline: A New Beat,” produced in partnership with Fox Television Studios, and executive produced by the original film producers Wendy Finerman, Dallas Austin and Jody Gerson, along with Nick Cannon, will premiere Tonight, Monday, October 27th at 9pm Et/Pt. The telefilm is the next project in the network’s successful original movie initiative, kickstarted by 2013’s “CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story,” which generated record-breaking ratings and tremendous viewer response. “Drumline: A New Beat” will capture the sound and spirit of the first film while welcoming a whole new class to the Atlanta A&T drumline. The new story follows female lead...
- 10/27/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
VH1 calls it a "supertrailer" because it's much longer than the previous trailer, and shows a lot more footage. The upcoming original movie “Drumline: A New Beat,” produced in partnership with Fox Television Studios, and executive produced by the original film producers Wendy Finerman, Dallas Austin and Jody Gerson, along with Nick Cannon, will premiere next week Monday, October 27th at 9pm Et/Pt. The telefilm is the next project in the network’s successful original movie initiative, kickstarted by 2013’s “CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story,” which generated record-breaking ratings and tremendous viewer response. “Drumline: A New Beat” will capture the sound...
- 10/22/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
VH1’s upcoming original movie “Drumline: A New Beat,” produced in partnership with Fox Television Studios, and executive produced by the original film producers Wendy Finerman, Dallas Austin and Jody Gerson, along with Nick Cannon, will premiere on Monday, October 27th at 9pm Et/Pt. The telefilm is the next project in the network’s successful original movie initiative, kickstarted by 2013’s “CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story,” which generated record-breaking ratings and tremendous viewer response. “Drumline: A New Beat” will capture the sound and spirit of the first film while welcoming a whole new class to the Atlanta A&T drumline. The new story...
- 10/16/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
VH1’s upcoming original movie “Drumline: A New Beat,” produced in partnership with Fox Television Studios, and executive produced by the original film producers Wendy Finerman, Dallas Austin and Jody Gerson, along with Nick Cannon, will premiere Monday, October 27th at 9Pm Et/Pt. The original film was produced by Fox 2000. The telefilm is the next project in the network’s successful original movie initiative, kickstarted by 2013’s “CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story,” which generated record-breaking ratings and tremendous viewer response. “Drumline: A New Beat” will capture the sound and spirit of the first film while welcoming a whole new class to the...
- 10/7/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
VH1’s upcoming original movie “Drumline: A New Beat,” produced in partnership with Fox Television Studios, and executive produced by the original film producers Wendy Finerman, Dallas Austin and Jody Gerson, along with Nick Cannon, will premiere Monday, October 27th at 9Pm Et/Pt. The original film was produced by Fox 2000. The telefilm is the next project in the network’s successful original movie initiative, kickstarted by 2013’s “CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story,” which generated record-breaking ratings and tremendous viewer response. “Drumline: A New Beat” will capture the sound and spirit of the first film while welcoming a whole new class to the...
- 9/11/2014
- by Press Release
- ShadowAndAct
It's cool to be in the school band again. VH1 is making sure of that with its upcoming television movie, “Drumline: A New Beat,” which will premiere Monday, Oct. 27, at 9 p.m. Et. A sequel to the hit 2002 movie, “Drumline,” VH1's TV movie is executive produced by the star of the original film, Nick Cannon, alongside Wendy Finerman, Dallas Austin and Jody Gerson. Cannon also makes an appearance in the movie. See video: Nick Cannon Returns in Teaser for VH1's ‘Drumline: A New Beat’ The forthcoming “Drumline” sequel stars Alexandra Shipp as Dani Raymond, a promising young percussionist who leaves Brooklyn.
- 9/11/2014
- by Jethro Nededog
- The Wrap
The long-rumored Drumline sequel is a go at VH1. The network has given the green light to Drumline: A New Beat (tentative title), its next original movie to follow the very successful TLC biopic. Nick Cannon, who played the lead in the 2002 Drumline feature in a star-making turn, will be back, reprising his role as well as executive producing alongside the Fox 2000 film’s producers Wendy Finerman, Jody Gerson and Dallas Austin. Regina Hicks and Karin Gist are writing the script, with filming slated to begin in the spring for a fall 2014 premiere. VH1 is producing with Fox TV Studios, whose parent company owns the rights to the movie. “Drumline has become one of those beloved cornerstone films for a generation, always generating high ratings when we air it on VH1,” said the network’s Evp Susan Levison. Drumline: A New Beat is not a traditional sequel as...
- 2/5/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Greg Mooradian is joining Fox 2000 as Evp Production. He reports to Fox 2000 president Elizabeth Gabler. Mooradian joins from Paramount, where he was Svp Production and helped initiate Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters and helped reinvigorate the G.I. Joe franchise with G.I. Joe: Retaliation, a sequel reconstructed at a lower price point. Before joining Paramount in 2009, he ran his own production shingle making youth-driven pictures that included the Screen Gems remake Stepfather, the Percy Jackson films for Fox 2000, and the Twilight Saga films for Summit. Mooradian started as a development exec for producer Arnold Kopelson on films like The Fugitive and Falling Down before becoming production president for Wendy Finerman and working on such films as The Fan and Drumline, the latter for Fox 2000. ”We are elated that Greg is now a part of our team at Fox 2000 Pictures,” said Gabler. “His ability to recognize compelling and...
- 12/9/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Robert Zemeckis is set to direct "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" at New Line.
Jeff Stockwell has written the adaptation of Kate Dicamillo’s popular children’s novel about the adventures of a porcelain rabbit who is given to a ten-year-old girl in the 1930s.
The bunny enjoys a pleasant life until falling overboard from the Queen Mary and spending nearly a year on the ocean floor. Freed with the help of a storm, the rabbit soon ends up in a succession of owners including a fisherman’s wife, a homeless man, and a girl with pneumonia.
Wendy Finerman, Steve Starkey and Jack Rapke will produce. The project has been in development at the studio ever since the book's release back in 2006.
Source: Variety...
Jeff Stockwell has written the adaptation of Kate Dicamillo’s popular children’s novel about the adventures of a porcelain rabbit who is given to a ten-year-old girl in the 1930s.
The bunny enjoys a pleasant life until falling overboard from the Queen Mary and spending nearly a year on the ocean floor. Freed with the help of a storm, the rabbit soon ends up in a succession of owners including a fisherman’s wife, a homeless man, and a girl with pneumonia.
Wendy Finerman, Steve Starkey and Jack Rapke will produce. The project has been in development at the studio ever since the book's release back in 2006.
Source: Variety...
- 10/31/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Oscar winner Robert Zemeckis is in talks to direct “The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane” for New Line, an individual familiar with the long-gestating project told TheWrap. Wendy Finerman, who worked with Zemeckis on “Forrest Gump,” is producing the adaptation of Kate Dicamillo’s bestselling children’s novel, which has been in development at New Line for seven years. Zemeckis will also produce through his ImageMovers banner along with Jack Rapke and Steve Starkey. Also Read: Robert Zemeckis in Negotiations to Direct ‘Chaos Walking’ for Lionsgate (Exclusive) Jeff Stockwell wrote the last draft of the script, which follows a porcelain rabbit who falls off a.
- 10/30/2013
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Movie box office sees The Grey top with $20 million. One for the Money third. Joe Carnahan's The Grey wolf adventure thriller from Open Road Films, took a decent bit out of of the box office, scoring an estimated $20 million debut from 3,185 theaters. Pic starring Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo, Dallas Roberts, James Badge Dale, Joe Anderson and Nonso Anonzie, averaged $6.279 per theater. Carnahan scripts alongside Ian Mackenzie Jeffers, based on the short story "Ghost Walker" by Mackenzie Jeffers. Friday - Sunday Daily Figures for The Grey: - Friday: $6.5 million. - Saturday: $8.2 million. - Sunday: $5.3 million. In second, Screen Gems' Underworld: Awakening showed a 51% change in its sophomore weekend at the box office, pulling in around $12.5 million. Total domestic cume for the Kate Beckinsale starrer is over $45.1 million. Performing well in third, Lionsgate's One for the Money comedy grossed $11.75 on its debut weekend. Movie's based on Janet Evanovich...
- 1/29/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Movie box office sees The Grey top with $20 million. One for the Money third. Joe Carnahan's The Grey wolf adventure thriller from Open Road Films, took a decent bit out of of the box office, scoring an estimated $20 million debut from 3,185 theaters. Pic starring Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo, Dallas Roberts, James Badge Dale, Joe Anderson and Nonso Anonzie, averaged $6.279 per theater. Carnahan scripts alongside Ian Mackenzie Jeffers, based on the short story "Ghost Walker" by Mackenzie Jeffers. Friday - Sunday Daily Figures for The Grey: - Friday: $6.5 million. - Saturday: $8.2 million. - Sunday: $5.3 million. In second, Screen Gems' Underworld: Awakening showed a 51% change in its sophomore weekend at the box office, pulling in around $12.5 million. Total domestic cume for the Kate Beckinsale starrer is over $45.1 million. Performing well in third, Lionsgate's One for the Money comedy grossed $11.75 on its debut weekend. Movie's based on Janet Evanovich...
- 1/29/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Movie box office sees The Grey top with $20 million. One for the Money third. Joe Carnahan's The Grey wolf adventure thriller from Open Road Films, took a decent bit out of of the box office, scoring an estimated $20 million debut from 3,185 theaters. Pic starring Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo, Dallas Roberts, James Badge Dale, Joe Anderson and Nonso Anonzie, averaged $6.279 per theater. Carnahan scripts alongside Ian Mackenzie Jeffers, based on the short story "Ghost Walker" by Mackenzie Jeffers. Friday - Sunday Daily Figures for The Grey: - Friday: $6.5 million. - Saturday: $8.2 million. - Sunday: $5.3 million. In second, Screen Gems' Underworld: Awakening showed a 51% change in its sophomore weekend at the box office, pulling in around $12.5 million. Total domestic cume for the Kate Beckinsale starrer is over $45.1 million. Performing well in third, Lionsgate's One for the Money comedy grossed $11.75 on its debut weekend. Movie's based on Janet Evanovich...
- 1/29/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
There is a new clip for One For The Money, the new film based on the popular novel by Janet Evanovich which hits theaters next Friday, January 27, 2012… and Wamg has it for you!
Synopsis: Katherine Heigl brings Stephanie Plum – the popular heroine of Janet Evanovich’s worldwide best-selling eighteen-book mystery series – to vibrant life in Lionsgate and Lakeshore Entertainment’s One For The Money.
A proud, born-and-bred Jersey girl, Stephanie Plum’s got plenty of attitude, even if she’s been out of work for the last six months and just lost her car to a debt collector. Desperate for some fast cash, Stephanie turns to her last resort: convincing her sleazy cousin to give her a job at his bail bonding company…as a recovery agent. True, she doesn’t even own a pair of handcuffs and her weapon of choice is pepper spray, but that doesn’t stop...
Synopsis: Katherine Heigl brings Stephanie Plum – the popular heroine of Janet Evanovich’s worldwide best-selling eighteen-book mystery series – to vibrant life in Lionsgate and Lakeshore Entertainment’s One For The Money.
A proud, born-and-bred Jersey girl, Stephanie Plum’s got plenty of attitude, even if she’s been out of work for the last six months and just lost her car to a debt collector. Desperate for some fast cash, Stephanie turns to her last resort: convincing her sleazy cousin to give her a job at his bail bonding company…as a recovery agent. True, she doesn’t even own a pair of handcuffs and her weapon of choice is pepper spray, but that doesn’t stop...
- 1/19/2012
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Clip from One for the Money, starring Katherine Heigl. Grandma shoots the turkey! Julie Anne Robinson (The Last Song, Grey's Anatomy) directs the January 27th release, from the screenplay by Stacy Sherman, Karen Ray and Liz Brixius, based on the novel by Janet Evanovich. The Lionsgate comedy also stars Jason O’Mara, Daniel Sunjata, John Leguizamo, Sherri Shepherd and Debbie Reynolds. Sidney Kimmel, Wendy Finerman, Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi produce. Katherine Heigl brings Stephanie Plum - the popular heroine of Janet Evanovich's worldwide best-selling seventeenth-book mystery series - to vibrant life. A proud, born-and-bred Jersey girl, Stephanie Plum's got plenty of attitude, even if she's been out of work for the last six months and just lost her car to a debt collector. Desperate for some fast cash, Stephanie turns to her last resort: convincing her sleazy cousin to give her a job at his bail bonding company.
- 1/19/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Clip from One for the Money, starring Katherine Heigl. Grandma shoots the turkey! Julie Anne Robinson (The Last Song, Grey's Anatomy) directs the January 27th release, from the screenplay by Stacy Sherman, Karen Ray and Liz Brixius, based on the novel by Janet Evanovich. The Lionsgate comedy also stars Jason O’Mara, Daniel Sunjata, John Leguizamo, Sherri Shepherd and Debbie Reynolds. Sidney Kimmel, Wendy Finerman, Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi produce. Katherine Heigl brings Stephanie Plum - the popular heroine of Janet Evanovich's worldwide best-selling seventeenth-book mystery series - to vibrant life. A proud, born-and-bred Jersey girl, Stephanie Plum's got plenty of attitude, even if she's been out of work for the last six months and just lost her car to a debt collector. Desperate for some fast cash, Stephanie turns to her last resort: convincing her sleazy cousin to give her a job at his bail bonding company.
- 1/19/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Clip from One for the Money, starring Katherine Heigl. Grandma shoots the turkey! Julie Anne Robinson (The Last Song, Grey's Anatomy) directs the January 27th release, from the screenplay by Stacy Sherman, Karen Ray and Liz Brixius, based on the novel by Janet Evanovich. The Lionsgate comedy also stars Jason O’Mara, Daniel Sunjata, John Leguizamo, Sherri Shepherd and Debbie Reynolds. Sidney Kimmel, Wendy Finerman, Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi produce. Katherine Heigl brings Stephanie Plum - the popular heroine of Janet Evanovich's worldwide best-selling seventeenth-book mystery series - to vibrant life. A proud, born-and-bred Jersey girl, Stephanie Plum's got plenty of attitude, even if she's been out of work for the last six months and just lost her car to a debt collector. Desperate for some fast cash, Stephanie turns to her last resort: convincing her sleazy cousin to give her a job at his bail bonding company.
- 1/19/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Check out Katherine Heigl as Stephanie Plum is the brand new clip for One For The Money now live on SheKnows! Think family dinners at your house are crazy? Nothing beats dinner at the Plum household, especially when Grandma Mazur is up to no good.
Check it out now: http://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/articles/945955/exclusive-katherine-heigl-stalks-her-ex-in-one-for-the-money
Katherine Heigl stars as Stephanie Plum, Jersey girl turned recovery agent, in the fun action-comedy directed by Julie Anne Robinson. The film also stars Jason O’Mara, Daniel Sunjata, John Leguiziamo, Debbie Reynolds and Debra Monk.
Based on the massively popular novel by Janet Evanovich, the movie will be in theaters next Friday, January 27, 2012 and Wamg is giving away Run-Of-Engagement passes for the film!
Official Rules: Fill Out Your Name And E-mail Address Below. Real First Name Required. Answer The Following Question: What 2007 movie did Katherine Heigl play ‘Alison Scott’?
Winners Will Be Chosen...
Check it out now: http://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/articles/945955/exclusive-katherine-heigl-stalks-her-ex-in-one-for-the-money
Katherine Heigl stars as Stephanie Plum, Jersey girl turned recovery agent, in the fun action-comedy directed by Julie Anne Robinson. The film also stars Jason O’Mara, Daniel Sunjata, John Leguiziamo, Debbie Reynolds and Debra Monk.
Based on the massively popular novel by Janet Evanovich, the movie will be in theaters next Friday, January 27, 2012 and Wamg is giving away Run-Of-Engagement passes for the film!
Official Rules: Fill Out Your Name And E-mail Address Below. Real First Name Required. Answer The Following Question: What 2007 movie did Katherine Heigl play ‘Alison Scott’?
Winners Will Be Chosen...
- 1/19/2012
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Lionsgate has released a preview of their upcoming slate for 2012. Some of their upcoming films are The Possession, Safe, The Cabin In The Woods and the highly anticipated The Hunger Games.
One For The Money
Release Date: January 27, 2012
Starring: Katherine Heigl, Jason O’Mara, Daniel Sunjata, John Leguizamo, Sherri Shepherd, and Debbie Reynolds
Directed by: Julie Anne Robinson
Screenplay by: Stacy Sherman & Karen Ray and Liz Brixius
Based on the Novel by: Janet Evanovich
Synopsis:
Katherine Heigl brings Stephanie Plum – the popular heroine of Janet Evanovich’s worldwide best-selling eighteen-book mystery series – to vibrant life in Lionsgate and Lakeshore Entertainment’s One For The Money.
A proud, born-and-bred Jersey girl, Stephanie Plum’s got plenty of attitude, even if she’s been out of work for the last six months and just lost her car to a debt collector. Desperate for some fast cash, Stephanie turns to her last resort:...
One For The Money
Release Date: January 27, 2012
Starring: Katherine Heigl, Jason O’Mara, Daniel Sunjata, John Leguizamo, Sherri Shepherd, and Debbie Reynolds
Directed by: Julie Anne Robinson
Screenplay by: Stacy Sherman & Karen Ray and Liz Brixius
Based on the Novel by: Janet Evanovich
Synopsis:
Katherine Heigl brings Stephanie Plum – the popular heroine of Janet Evanovich’s worldwide best-selling eighteen-book mystery series – to vibrant life in Lionsgate and Lakeshore Entertainment’s One For The Money.
A proud, born-and-bred Jersey girl, Stephanie Plum’s got plenty of attitude, even if she’s been out of work for the last six months and just lost her car to a debt collector. Desperate for some fast cash, Stephanie turns to her last resort:...
- 12/21/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Check out the new photos of Katherine Heigl as Stephanie Plum - Jersey girl turned recovery agent - from director Julie Anne Robinson.s fun action-comedy One For The Money.
Here’s another look at the trailer.
Synopsis:
Katherine Heigl brings Stephanie Plum . the popular heroine of Janet Evanovich.s worldwide best-selling sixteen-book mystery series . to vibrant life in Lionsgate and Lakeshore Entertainment.s One For The Money.
A proud, born-and-bred Jersey girl, Stephanie Plum.s got plenty of attitude, even if she.s been out of work for the last six months and just lost her car to a debt collector. Desperate for some fast cash, Stephanie turns to her last resort: convincing her sleazy cousin to give her a job at his bail bonding company.as a recovery agent. True, she doesn.t even own a pair of handcuffs and her weapon of choice is pepper spray, but...
Here’s another look at the trailer.
Synopsis:
Katherine Heigl brings Stephanie Plum . the popular heroine of Janet Evanovich.s worldwide best-selling sixteen-book mystery series . to vibrant life in Lionsgate and Lakeshore Entertainment.s One For The Money.
A proud, born-and-bred Jersey girl, Stephanie Plum.s got plenty of attitude, even if she.s been out of work for the last six months and just lost her car to a debt collector. Desperate for some fast cash, Stephanie turns to her last resort: convincing her sleazy cousin to give her a job at his bail bonding company.as a recovery agent. True, she doesn.t even own a pair of handcuffs and her weapon of choice is pepper spray, but...
- 10/10/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
This one looks surprisingly good actually, though... different. Especially considering it's Heigl... that could just be me.
Katherine Heigl brings Stephanie Plum - the popular heroine of Janet Evanovich's worldwide best-selling seventeen-book mystery series - to vibrant life in Lionsgate and Lakeshore Entertainment's One For The Money.
A proud, born-and-bred Jersey girl, Stephanie Plum's got plenty of attitude, even if she's been out of work for the last six months and just lost her car to a debt collector. Desperate for some fast cash, Stephanie turns to her last resort: convincing her sleazy cousin to give her a job at his bail bonding company...as a recovery agent. True, she doesn't even own a pair of handcuffs and her weapon of choice is pepper spray, but that doesn't stop Stephanie from taking on Vinny's biggest bail-jumper: former vice cop and murder suspect Joe Morelli - yup, the same sexy,...
Katherine Heigl brings Stephanie Plum - the popular heroine of Janet Evanovich's worldwide best-selling seventeen-book mystery series - to vibrant life in Lionsgate and Lakeshore Entertainment's One For The Money.
A proud, born-and-bred Jersey girl, Stephanie Plum's got plenty of attitude, even if she's been out of work for the last six months and just lost her car to a debt collector. Desperate for some fast cash, Stephanie turns to her last resort: convincing her sleazy cousin to give her a job at his bail bonding company...as a recovery agent. True, she doesn't even own a pair of handcuffs and her weapon of choice is pepper spray, but that doesn't stop Stephanie from taking on Vinny's biggest bail-jumper: former vice cop and murder suspect Joe Morelli - yup, the same sexy,...
- 9/27/2011
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Katherine Heigl stars as Stephanie Plum, Jersey girl turned recovery agent, in the new trailer for director Julie Anne Robinson’s fun action-comedy One For The Money. The film also stars Jason O’Mara, Daniel Sunjata, John Leguiziamo, Debbie Reynolds and Debra Monk.
Synopsis:
Katherine Heigl brings Stephanie Plum – the popular heroine of Janet Evanovich’s worldwide best-selling sixteen-book mystery series – to vibrant life in Lionsgate and Lakeshore Entertainment’s One For The Money.
A proud, born-and-bred Jersey girl, Stephanie Plum.s got plenty of attitude, even if she.s been out of work for the last six months and just lost her car to a debt collector. Desperate for some fast cash, Stephanie turns to her last resort: convincing her sleazy cousin to give her a job at his bail bonding company.as a recovery agent. True, she doesn.t even own a pair of handcuffs and her weapon of choice is pepper spray,...
Synopsis:
Katherine Heigl brings Stephanie Plum – the popular heroine of Janet Evanovich’s worldwide best-selling sixteen-book mystery series – to vibrant life in Lionsgate and Lakeshore Entertainment’s One For The Money.
A proud, born-and-bred Jersey girl, Stephanie Plum.s got plenty of attitude, even if she.s been out of work for the last six months and just lost her car to a debt collector. Desperate for some fast cash, Stephanie turns to her last resort: convincing her sleazy cousin to give her a job at his bail bonding company.as a recovery agent. True, she doesn.t even own a pair of handcuffs and her weapon of choice is pepper spray,...
- 9/25/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
One For The Money, based on the massively popular novel by Janet Evanovich, will be in theaters everywhere January 27th, 2012! Get a first look at Katherine Heigl as Stephanie Plum in the first official poster.
Katherine Heigl stars as Stephanie Plum, Jersey girl turned recovery agent, in the fun action-comedy directed by Julie Anne Robinson. The film also stars Jason O’Mara, Daniel Sunjata, John Leguiziamo, Debbie Reynolds and Debra Monk.
Synopsis:
Katherine Heigl brings Stephanie Plum – the popular heroine of Janet Evanovich’s worldwide best-selling sixteen-book mystery series – to vibrant life in Lionsgate and Lakeshore Entertainment’s One For The Money.
A proud, born-and-bred Jersey girl, Stephanie Plum’s got plenty of attitude, even if she’s been out of work for the last six months and just lost her car to a debt collector. Desperate for some fast cash, Stephanie turns to her last resort: convincing her sleazy...
Katherine Heigl stars as Stephanie Plum, Jersey girl turned recovery agent, in the fun action-comedy directed by Julie Anne Robinson. The film also stars Jason O’Mara, Daniel Sunjata, John Leguiziamo, Debbie Reynolds and Debra Monk.
Synopsis:
Katherine Heigl brings Stephanie Plum – the popular heroine of Janet Evanovich’s worldwide best-selling sixteen-book mystery series – to vibrant life in Lionsgate and Lakeshore Entertainment’s One For The Money.
A proud, born-and-bred Jersey girl, Stephanie Plum’s got plenty of attitude, even if she’s been out of work for the last six months and just lost her car to a debt collector. Desperate for some fast cash, Stephanie turns to her last resort: convincing her sleazy...
- 9/8/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Meg Ryan will make her feature directorial debut on the dramatic comedy "Into the Beautiful."According to Variety, Ryan will not act in the film.Wendy Finerman of Wendy Finerman Productions ("Forrest Gump," "The Devil Wears Prada," "P.S. I Love You") will produce along with Natalie Marciano.Bcdf Productions will co-produce.Anne Meredith wrote the script.The film focuses, much like John Sayles' "Return of the Secaucus 7" and Lawrence Kasdan's "The Big Chill," on a group of longtime friends reuniting.Casting is underway with shooting set to begin in September in New York.Ryan was recently in "Serious Moonlight" and "The Women."...
- 4/12/2011
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
Here are a few interesting and/or noteworthy projects that were recently added to IMDbPro's database of development titles.
Good Deeds— Thandie Newton teams up with Tyler Perry in this romancer about wealthy husband-to-be who falls for a struggling single mom. Shooting begins this month in Atlanta.
Into the Beautiful— For those disappointed that a blood-sucking sequel to When Harry Met Sally isn’t actually in the works, its star Meg Ryan announced plans for a different kind of reunion. The actress plans to make her feature directorial debut with a Big Chill-like drama written by Anne Meredith. Wendy Finerman produces.
Maggie— Timur Bekmambetov nabbed the rights to develop this zombie project written by NASA satellite programmer, John Scott 3, with VFX guru Henry Hobson on board to direct.
To Catch a Thief— Alfred Hitchcock’s 1955 classic starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly is getting the reboot treatment courtesy of Paramount Pictures and Good Luck Chuck scribe Josh Stolberg. I have no words.
Untitled Dusty Springfield Biopic— “Wishin’ and Hopin’” isn’t just a popular tune by the late pop artist, Dusty Springfield: it’s Hollywood’s mantra for making a movie about her life story. So far separate attempts from Nicole Kidman and Glee’s Kristen Chenowith have stalled. This UK production from Fairbanks Productions hopes to fare better with an adaptation of Sharon Davis’ book “A Girl Called Dusty.”
If you know of something in active development, you can submit it via our online submission form.
Good Deeds— Thandie Newton teams up with Tyler Perry in this romancer about wealthy husband-to-be who falls for a struggling single mom. Shooting begins this month in Atlanta.
Into the Beautiful— For those disappointed that a blood-sucking sequel to When Harry Met Sally isn’t actually in the works, its star Meg Ryan announced plans for a different kind of reunion. The actress plans to make her feature directorial debut with a Big Chill-like drama written by Anne Meredith. Wendy Finerman produces.
Maggie— Timur Bekmambetov nabbed the rights to develop this zombie project written by NASA satellite programmer, John Scott 3, with VFX guru Henry Hobson on board to direct.
To Catch a Thief— Alfred Hitchcock’s 1955 classic starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly is getting the reboot treatment courtesy of Paramount Pictures and Good Luck Chuck scribe Josh Stolberg. I have no words.
Untitled Dusty Springfield Biopic— “Wishin’ and Hopin’” isn’t just a popular tune by the late pop artist, Dusty Springfield: it’s Hollywood’s mantra for making a movie about her life story. So far separate attempts from Nicole Kidman and Glee’s Kristen Chenowith have stalled. This UK production from Fairbanks Productions hopes to fare better with an adaptation of Sharon Davis’ book “A Girl Called Dusty.”
If you know of something in active development, you can submit it via our online submission form.
- 4/9/2011
- by Eric Greene
- IMDbPro News
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