Exclusive: Scott Gardenhour (13 Hours) is set to produce Ponzi: Pure and True alongside Flag On The Play Productions and producers Dominic Zamprogna and Travis Schneider. The upcoming film adapts the Charles Ponzi biography Ponzi: The Incredible True Story of the King of Financial Cons by Donald Dunn.
Ponzi was, of course, the Italian swindler notorious for his “Ponzi scheme,” used to cheat would-be investors across North America out of tens of millions of dollars, beginning in the 1920s. The film on the con artist has been written by Richard Kahan. Producers’ search for a director for the project is now underway.
“Before Madoff, before any other big-time hustler, there was Charles Ponzi,” said Gardenhour in a statement. “It’s time to meet the swindler’s swindler, the man who invented The Ponzi Scheme. And with an incredible script by Richard Kahan, the true story is crazier and much stranger than fiction.
Ponzi was, of course, the Italian swindler notorious for his “Ponzi scheme,” used to cheat would-be investors across North America out of tens of millions of dollars, beginning in the 1920s. The film on the con artist has been written by Richard Kahan. Producers’ search for a director for the project is now underway.
“Before Madoff, before any other big-time hustler, there was Charles Ponzi,” said Gardenhour in a statement. “It’s time to meet the swindler’s swindler, the man who invented The Ponzi Scheme. And with an incredible script by Richard Kahan, the true story is crazier and much stranger than fiction.
- 11/29/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Norwegian filmmaker André Øvredal is in very early talks to direct The Last Voyage Of The Demeter for Amblin Partners, Deadline has confirmed. The film is based on Bram Stoker’s classic novel Dracula about seminal vampire’s sea voyage to England aboard The Demeter. The initial screenplay is by Escape Room scribe Bragi Schut. Mike Medavoy, Brad Fischer and Arnold Messer, the producers behind such films as Black Swan, Shutter Island, and Zodiac, are producing the project. Øvredal’s most recent directorial outings include the Lionsgate horror thriller, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, and The Autopsy of Jane Doe. THR was first to break this story.
Orion Pictures has obtained the rights to 10-31, a horror script from screenwriters Ian Shorr (Infinite) and Peter Gamble (Office Uprising) with Eli Roth and Roger Birnbaum attached to produce under their Arts District Entertainment shingle alongside John Zaozirny’s Bellevue Productions.
Orion Pictures has obtained the rights to 10-31, a horror script from screenwriters Ian Shorr (Infinite) and Peter Gamble (Office Uprising) with Eli Roth and Roger Birnbaum attached to produce under their Arts District Entertainment shingle alongside John Zaozirny’s Bellevue Productions.
- 10/1/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Joseph Baxter Nov 7, 2018
A reboot of the USA Network sci-fi mystery series, The 4400, is in development at The CW.
The 4400 is not a show that gets name-dropped very often these days, but that will soon change. The slow-burn sci-fi mystery series, which ran for four seasons on USA Network from 2004 to 2007 will make its own dare to defy attempt with a reboot series now being planned for The CW.
The current version of the original producing studio of The 4400, CBS Television Studios, is returning to the property to produce a reboot/reimagining of the series, developed as an offering for The CW. The studio has given the reigns of the series to the overall-deal-fulfilling duo of Taylor Elmore and a writer/producer from the original series in Craig Sweeny. Elmore and Sweeny will co-write the pilot an serve as executive producers. Additionally, Elmore has been designated as the...
A reboot of the USA Network sci-fi mystery series, The 4400, is in development at The CW.
The 4400 is not a show that gets name-dropped very often these days, but that will soon change. The slow-burn sci-fi mystery series, which ran for four seasons on USA Network from 2004 to 2007 will make its own dare to defy attempt with a reboot series now being planned for The CW.
The current version of the original producing studio of The 4400, CBS Television Studios, is returning to the property to produce a reboot/reimagining of the series, developed as an offering for The CW. The studio has given the reigns of the series to the overall-deal-fulfilling duo of Taylor Elmore and a writer/producer from the original series in Craig Sweeny. Elmore and Sweeny will co-write the pilot an serve as executive producers. Additionally, Elmore has been designated as the...
- 11/7/2018
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Thomas Sadoski (The Newsroom), Camryn Manheim (The Practice), and Sharon Lawrence (NYPD Blue) have come aboard the dark indie comedy Killing Eleanor, along with Chris Mulkey (Whiplash), Rusty Schwimmer (The Perfect Storm), Cerina Vincent (Stuck in the Middle) and David Eigenberg (Chicago Fire).
Rich Newey is directing the film, which is currently shooting in Illinois. Annika Marks wrote the screenplay and will also star in the film. Other previously announced cast members include Betsy Brandt, Jane Kaczmarek, and Jenny O’Hara.
The pic follows Eleanor (O’Hara), a terminally ill old lady who wants to die on her own terms and Natalie (Marks), the self-destructive addict who agrees to help kill her, in exchange for clean urine.
Sadoski will play Greg, an alcoholic in his first year of sobriety who crosses Natalie’s path. Manheim is Anne-Marie, a small town artist who offers surprising insight about death. Lawrence is Barbara,...
Rich Newey is directing the film, which is currently shooting in Illinois. Annika Marks wrote the screenplay and will also star in the film. Other previously announced cast members include Betsy Brandt, Jane Kaczmarek, and Jenny O’Hara.
The pic follows Eleanor (O’Hara), a terminally ill old lady who wants to die on her own terms and Natalie (Marks), the self-destructive addict who agrees to help kill her, in exchange for clean urine.
Sadoski will play Greg, an alcoholic in his first year of sobriety who crosses Natalie’s path. Manheim is Anne-Marie, a small town artist who offers surprising insight about death. Lawrence is Barbara,...
- 10/1/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Breaking Bad‘s Betsy Brandt, Malcolm in the Middle alum Jane Kaczmarek, Annika Marks (The Affair) and Jenny O’Hara will star in Killing Eleanor, a dark indie comedy penned by Marks. Rich Newey is directing the pic, which will go into production next month in Illinois.
Marks, whose acting credits include The Affair, Amazon’s Goliath series, and Waco, is also producing the pic with Angie Gaffney, Richard Kahan, and Newey.
The plot follows Natalie (Marks), fresh out of rehab for her ever-persistent painkiller addiction, and the terminally ill Eleanor (O’Hara), who is determined to take control of the end of her life, with Natalie’s assistance. When Natalie’s confrontation-averse, enabling mother Martina (Kaczmarek) and type-a older sister Anya (Brandt) demand weekly drug tests, she reluctantly agrees to help Eleanor — in exchange for clean urine.
Ted Reilly and Kelly Waller of Chicago Media Angels...
Marks, whose acting credits include The Affair, Amazon’s Goliath series, and Waco, is also producing the pic with Angie Gaffney, Richard Kahan, and Newey.
The plot follows Natalie (Marks), fresh out of rehab for her ever-persistent painkiller addiction, and the terminally ill Eleanor (O’Hara), who is determined to take control of the end of her life, with Natalie’s assistance. When Natalie’s confrontation-averse, enabling mother Martina (Kaczmarek) and type-a older sister Anya (Brandt) demand weekly drug tests, she reluctantly agrees to help Eleanor — in exchange for clean urine.
Ted Reilly and Kelly Waller of Chicago Media Angels...
- 9/25/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Ninety-five members of the Writers Guild of America have signed a letter sent to the guild’s board of directors urging that it divest from gun companies and any companies that support the NRA.
The letter, sent to the Board Tuesday, warns “Gun violence enabled by the ready availability of military grade weapons, has become one of the biggest threats to the safety and security of the American people.” The letter continues, “We urge the WGA and the WGA Pension Plan to divest of all stocks of any gun or ammunition manufacturer, and any company that provides material support to the gun industry lobbying organization called The National Rifle Association, whether through donations, deductions or other means (e.g. Federal Express), until such time as sensible national gun reform legislation is passed.”
It is signed by 95 members of both WGA West and WGA East.
You can read the letter in...
The letter, sent to the Board Tuesday, warns “Gun violence enabled by the ready availability of military grade weapons, has become one of the biggest threats to the safety and security of the American people.” The letter continues, “We urge the WGA and the WGA Pension Plan to divest of all stocks of any gun or ammunition manufacturer, and any company that provides material support to the gun industry lobbying organization called The National Rifle Association, whether through donations, deductions or other means (e.g. Federal Express), until such time as sensible national gun reform legislation is passed.”
It is signed by 95 members of both WGA West and WGA East.
You can read the letter in...
- 4/4/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Film finance and development company The Lagralane Group, which were one of the companies behind Harry Dean Stanton’s last film Lucky and is becoming in indie source with two feature docs on the shortlist for Oscar this year, has hired Richard Kahan to pen the script for their new feature drama Lifeline. Inspired by real life events, Lifeline is told through a series of interconnected stories spanning 30 years which examine race, class, family, and the search…...
- 1/18/2018
- Deadline
Separately, Kino Lorber takes Dawson City: Frozen Time, and Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World.
Magnolia Pictures has picked up Us and international rights from Xyz Films to John Carroll Lynch’s directorial debut Lucky.
Magnolia head of worldwide sales Scott Veltri and director of international sales Lorna Lee Sagebiel-Torres will represent international rights in Cannes.
The comedic drama about mortality, loneliness, spirituality, and human connection stars Harry Dean Stanton, David Lynch, Ron Livingston, Ed Begley Jr. and Tom Skerritt.
Lukcy premiered at SXSW and Magnolia plans a theatrical release later in the year on the story about a 90-year-old atheist’s spiritual journey.
Danielle Renfrew Behrens’ Superlative Films produced along with Greg Gilreath, Adam Hendricks, and John Lang of Divide/Conquer. Ira Steven Behr, Richard Kahan, Sumonja, and Sparks. Jason Delane Lee served as executive producers.
“Lucky is an uplifting, beautifully crafted paean to one of the most iconic actors of any era,” Magnolia President...
Magnolia Pictures has picked up Us and international rights from Xyz Films to John Carroll Lynch’s directorial debut Lucky.
Magnolia head of worldwide sales Scott Veltri and director of international sales Lorna Lee Sagebiel-Torres will represent international rights in Cannes.
The comedic drama about mortality, loneliness, spirituality, and human connection stars Harry Dean Stanton, David Lynch, Ron Livingston, Ed Begley Jr. and Tom Skerritt.
Lukcy premiered at SXSW and Magnolia plans a theatrical release later in the year on the story about a 90-year-old atheist’s spiritual journey.
Danielle Renfrew Behrens’ Superlative Films produced along with Greg Gilreath, Adam Hendricks, and John Lang of Divide/Conquer. Ira Steven Behr, Richard Kahan, Sumonja, and Sparks. Jason Delane Lee served as executive producers.
“Lucky is an uplifting, beautifully crafted paean to one of the most iconic actors of any era,” Magnolia President...
- 4/7/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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