MGM+ new original fantasy-adventure comedy, The Portable Door will debut exclusively on MGM+ and coming exclusively to the U.S. market in April. The comedy stars multi-time Golden Globe nominee Sam Neill and Patrick Gibson, joining two-time Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz and Sophie Wilde. The award-winning Jeffrey Walker directed the film, which is adapted by Leon Ford (Griff the Invisible) from Tom Holt’s popular seven-book fantasy series.
The movie centers on Paul Carpenter (Gibson) and Sophie Pettingel (Wilde), lowly, put-upon interns who begin working at the mysterious London firm J.W. Wells & Co., and become increasingly aware that their employers are anything but conventional. Charismatic villains Humphrey Wells (Waltz), the CEO of the company, and middle manager Dennis Tanner (Neill) are disrupting the...
The movie centers on Paul Carpenter (Gibson) and Sophie Pettingel (Wilde), lowly, put-upon interns who begin working at the mysterious London firm J.W. Wells & Co., and become increasingly aware that their employers are anything but conventional. Charismatic villains Humphrey Wells (Waltz), the CEO of the company, and middle manager Dennis Tanner (Neill) are disrupting the...
- 2/7/2023
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
MGM+ is shoring up its original content selection with the pickup of a new fantasy-adventure comedy, The Portable Door, an MGM+ original film that will be coming exclusively to the U.S. market in April.
The movie stars multi-time Golden Globe nominee Sam Neill and Patrick Gibson, joining two-time Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz, and Sophie Wilde.
The award-winning Jeffrey Walker directed the film, which is adapted by Leon Ford (Griff the Invisible) from Tom Holt's popular seven-book fantasy series.
"The movie centers on Paul Carpenter (Gibson) and Sophie Pettingel (Wilde), lowly, put-upon interns who begin working at the mysterious London firm J.W. Wells & Co., and become increasingly aware that their employers are anything but conventional," the logline reads.
"Charismatic villains Humphrey Wells (Waltz), the CEO of the company, and middle manager Dennis Tanner (Neill) are disrupting the world of magic by bringing modern corporate strategy to ancient magical practices,...
The movie stars multi-time Golden Globe nominee Sam Neill and Patrick Gibson, joining two-time Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz, and Sophie Wilde.
The award-winning Jeffrey Walker directed the film, which is adapted by Leon Ford (Griff the Invisible) from Tom Holt's popular seven-book fantasy series.
"The movie centers on Paul Carpenter (Gibson) and Sophie Pettingel (Wilde), lowly, put-upon interns who begin working at the mysterious London firm J.W. Wells & Co., and become increasingly aware that their employers are anything but conventional," the logline reads.
"Charismatic villains Humphrey Wells (Waltz), the CEO of the company, and middle manager Dennis Tanner (Neill) are disrupting the world of magic by bringing modern corporate strategy to ancient magical practices,...
- 2/7/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Ericson Core to helm thriller; Christian Mercuri’s Capstone Group, Oceanside Media fully finance.
Damien Chazelle’s screenplay The Claim has found its director – Ericson Core, whose credits include the Point Break reboot and Disney sports drama Invincible.
Scott Clayton of Oceanside Media and Route One Entertainment’s Russell Levine are producing The Claim, and Christian Mercuri’s financing, production and sales company Capstone Group will fully finance with Oceanside Media.
Casting is underway ahead of an anticipated start later this year on the story of a single father with a criminal past who races to find his kidnapped daughter while another couple claim the child is theirs.
Oceanside optioned the rights to the Black List thriller. Jay Stern and Chip Diggins are also producers on the project. Mercuri serves as executive producer alongside David Haring and Chris Lytton. Route One’s Sophia Dilley will co-produce.
Prior to features, Core was a cinematographer on such films as [link...
Damien Chazelle’s screenplay The Claim has found its director – Ericson Core, whose credits include the Point Break reboot and Disney sports drama Invincible.
Scott Clayton of Oceanside Media and Route One Entertainment’s Russell Levine are producing The Claim, and Christian Mercuri’s financing, production and sales company Capstone Group will fully finance with Oceanside Media.
Casting is underway ahead of an anticipated start later this year on the story of a single father with a criminal past who races to find his kidnapped daughter while another couple claim the child is theirs.
Oceanside optioned the rights to the Black List thriller. Jay Stern and Chip Diggins are also producers on the project. Mercuri serves as executive producer alongside David Haring and Chris Lytton. Route One’s Sophia Dilley will co-produce.
Prior to features, Core was a cinematographer on such films as [link...
- 8/2/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Producers eye second quarter start date.
Fisher Stevens has signed on to direct the drama Palmer for Route One Entertainment.
Cheryl Guerriero wrote Palmer, about an ex-con who returns to his hometown and bonds with a young boy abandoned by his drug addict mother.
Route One optioned the Blacklist screenplay last autumn. Company CEO and Palmer producer Russell Levine announced Stevens on Thursday.
Stevens won the best documentary Oscar in 2010 as a producer on The Cove, and his directing credits include National Geographic’s 2016 documentary Before The Flood.
Director of development and production Sophia Dilley brought Palmer to Route One and will co-produce.
Chris Lytton and Guerriero serve as executive producers along with Guerriero.
Fisher Stevens has signed on to direct the drama Palmer for Route One Entertainment.
Cheryl Guerriero wrote Palmer, about an ex-con who returns to his hometown and bonds with a young boy abandoned by his drug addict mother.
Route One optioned the Blacklist screenplay last autumn. Company CEO and Palmer producer Russell Levine announced Stevens on Thursday.
Stevens won the best documentary Oscar in 2010 as a producer on The Cove, and his directing credits include National Geographic’s 2016 documentary Before The Flood.
Director of development and production Sophia Dilley brought Palmer to Route One and will co-produce.
Chris Lytton and Guerriero serve as executive producers along with Guerriero.
- 5/4/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Fisher Stevens is set to direct Palmer, the drama pic scripted by Cheryl Guerriero that made the 2016 Black List. Route One Entertainment snagged the project in November. The pic centers on an ex-con who returns to his hometown and forms an unlikely bond with a young boy abandoned by his junkie mother. Route One’s Russell Levine is producing, and Sophia Dilley, who brought the project to Route One, will co-produce. Chris Lytton and Guerriero will executive…...
- 5/4/2017
- Deadline
Australia’s Oceanside Media partners on thriller with Route One, Motion Picture Capital.
Scott Clayton’s Oceanside Media has optioned the rights to the mystery thriller and will produce alongside Route One Entertainment’s Russell Levine and Leon Clarance of Motion Picture Capital.
Clarance’s Motion Picture Capital will fully finance the feature written by La La Land writer and Oscar-winning director Chazelle. A director is expected to be hired shortly in advance of a production start later in the year.
According to a press release a major Us distributor is in talks to release The Claim in 2018.
The Claim centres on a single father with a criminal background who must uncover the whereabouts of his kidnapped daughter while fighting the mysterious claims of another couple who insist the child is theirs.
Jay Stern and Chip Diggins also serve as producers on the project, which Diggins first brought into Route One.
Chris Lytton and [link...
Scott Clayton’s Oceanside Media has optioned the rights to the mystery thriller and will produce alongside Route One Entertainment’s Russell Levine and Leon Clarance of Motion Picture Capital.
Clarance’s Motion Picture Capital will fully finance the feature written by La La Land writer and Oscar-winning director Chazelle. A director is expected to be hired shortly in advance of a production start later in the year.
According to a press release a major Us distributor is in talks to release The Claim in 2018.
The Claim centres on a single father with a criminal background who must uncover the whereabouts of his kidnapped daughter while fighting the mysterious claims of another couple who insist the child is theirs.
Jay Stern and Chip Diggins also serve as producers on the project, which Diggins first brought into Route One.
Chris Lytton and [link...
- 3/13/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The digital titan has acquired Us rights to Gillian Robespierre’s U.S Dramatic Competition selection.
Jenny Slate, John Turturro, Edie Falco, Abby Quinn, Jay Duplass and Finn Wittrock star.
Odd Lot and Route One financed and produced the comedy about a teenager in 1990s Manhattan who learns her father is having an affair.
Robespierre’s co-writer Elisabeth Holm produced with Odd Lot’s Gigi Pritzker and Route One’s Russell Levine.
Executive producers are Rachel Shane, Natalya Petrosova, Lee Jea Woo, Chris Lytton, Charlotte Ubben, Slate and Robespierre.
Landline premiered last Friday and screens again on Wednesday and Friday.
UTA Independent Film Group brokered the deal on behalf of the filmmakers. Sierra/Affinity handles international sales.
Jenny Slate, John Turturro, Edie Falco, Abby Quinn, Jay Duplass and Finn Wittrock star.
Odd Lot and Route One financed and produced the comedy about a teenager in 1990s Manhattan who learns her father is having an affair.
Robespierre’s co-writer Elisabeth Holm produced with Odd Lot’s Gigi Pritzker and Route One’s Russell Levine.
Executive producers are Rachel Shane, Natalya Petrosova, Lee Jea Woo, Chris Lytton, Charlotte Ubben, Slate and Robespierre.
Landline premiered last Friday and screens again on Wednesday and Friday.
UTA Independent Film Group brokered the deal on behalf of the filmmakers. Sierra/Affinity handles international sales.
- 1/24/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Amazon has dialed up a U.S. rights deal to Landline, the dramedy that reteams actress Jenny Slate with her Obvious Child director Gillian Robespierre.
A source pegged the deal at $3 million. Amazon also is planning a traditional theatrical release.
Landline follows three women navigating their relationships in cellphone-free 1990s New York. Robespierre and Elisabeth Holm wrote the screenplay based on a story by Holm, Robespierre and Tom Bean.
Edie Falco, John Turturro, Jay Duplass and newcomer Abby Quinn star in the feature.
Slate and Robespierre also executive produced the feature, along with Rachel Shane, Natalya Petrosova, Lee Jea Woo, Chris Lytton and Charlotte...
A source pegged the deal at $3 million. Amazon also is planning a traditional theatrical release.
Landline follows three women navigating their relationships in cellphone-free 1990s New York. Robespierre and Elisabeth Holm wrote the screenplay based on a story by Holm, Robespierre and Tom Bean.
Edie Falco, John Turturro, Jay Duplass and newcomer Abby Quinn star in the feature.
Slate and Robespierre also executive produced the feature, along with Rachel Shane, Natalya Petrosova, Lee Jea Woo, Chris Lytton and Charlotte...
- 1/16/2017
- by Tatiana Siegel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Route One Entertainment has snapped up the all-media rights option for Cheryl Guerriero’s script Palmer, which follows an ex-con who returns to his hometown and forms an unlikely bond with a young boy abandoned by his junkie mother. Palmer was brought into Route One by Sophia Dilley, Director of Development and Production, who will co-produce. Route One CEO Russell Levine is producing, and Chris Lytton, Route One's COO, will serve as executive producer along…...
- 11/8/2016
- Deadline
Thomas White and Miles Hubley wrote the screenplay and Route One and Lost City will produce and finance with Maiden Voyage on board to produce.
The Shave tells of an Lapd officer cleared of murdering a high school student who visits the boy’s father and gets a wet shave while he relates his version of events.
Maiden Voyage’s Chris Columbus and Eleanor Columbus serve as producers with Route One CEO Russell Levine (pictured), Lost City’s John Finemore and Mason Novick and Michelle Knudsen of Mxn Entertainment.
Route One’s Chris Lytton is on board as executive producer alongside Lost City’s James Hoppe.
Lost City and Route One secured the screenplay. Route One and Maiden Voyage collaborated on Sian Heder’s upcoming Tallulah starring Ellen Page and Allison Janney.
Route One Entertainment financed and produced Drake Doremus’ recent Venice world premiere Equals starring Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult.
The slate includes...
The Shave tells of an Lapd officer cleared of murdering a high school student who visits the boy’s father and gets a wet shave while he relates his version of events.
Maiden Voyage’s Chris Columbus and Eleanor Columbus serve as producers with Route One CEO Russell Levine (pictured), Lost City’s John Finemore and Mason Novick and Michelle Knudsen of Mxn Entertainment.
Route One’s Chris Lytton is on board as executive producer alongside Lost City’s James Hoppe.
Lost City and Route One secured the screenplay. Route One and Maiden Voyage collaborated on Sian Heder’s upcoming Tallulah starring Ellen Page and Allison Janney.
Route One Entertainment financed and produced Drake Doremus’ recent Venice world premiere Equals starring Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult.
The slate includes...
- 10/20/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Former Summit and Marvel exec named CFO of Exclusive Media’s executive board.
Ron Hohauser has been appointed to Exclusive Media’s executive board as chief financial officer with immediate effect.
He has been a financial and strategic consultant to Exclusive for the past year during their expansion into domestic distribution through the launch of their Exclusive Releasing operation.
In his new expanded role as CFO at the company, he will also oversee all film finance strategy for Exclusive Media’s three production labels: UK-based genre label Hammer, La-based documentary film arm Spitfire Pictures and the flagship Exclusive Media production label.
He will also be a key member of the core executive team focusing on sourcing equity opportunities and building strategic partnerships for the company.
Hohauser was previously CFO at Summit Entertainment. Under his leadership, in 2007 Summit raised over $1 billion in equity and debt financing to support its transformation into a mini-major film studio. He also led...
Ron Hohauser has been appointed to Exclusive Media’s executive board as chief financial officer with immediate effect.
He has been a financial and strategic consultant to Exclusive for the past year during their expansion into domestic distribution through the launch of their Exclusive Releasing operation.
In his new expanded role as CFO at the company, he will also oversee all film finance strategy for Exclusive Media’s three production labels: UK-based genre label Hammer, La-based documentary film arm Spitfire Pictures and the flagship Exclusive Media production label.
He will also be a key member of the core executive team focusing on sourcing equity opportunities and building strategic partnerships for the company.
Hohauser was previously CFO at Summit Entertainment. Under his leadership, in 2007 Summit raised over $1 billion in equity and debt financing to support its transformation into a mini-major film studio. He also led...
- 9/17/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Academy Award winning actress Charlize Theron (Snow White And The Huntsmen, Prometheus, Monster) will star in and produce the film adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s best-selling novel Dark Places to be written and directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner (Sarah’S Key), it was announced today by Exclusive Media’s Co-Chairmen Nigel Sinclair and Guy East.
Exclusive Media’s Guy East and Nigel Sinclair will produce and fully finance the film alongside Theron’s production company Denver and Delilah Productions with partners Beth Kono and Aj Dix; Stephane Marsil’s Hugo Productions and Mandalay Vision’s Matthew Rhodes. Tobin Armbrust and Alex Brunner of Exclusive Media will executive produce with Peter Safran, and Mandalay’s Cathy Schulman will also produce in some capacity.
Stephane Marsil has developed and produced all of Gilles Paquet-Brenner’s films starting with 2001’s Pretty Things which garnered star Marion Cotillard a César nomination. When Gilles brought Gillian’s book to Stephane,...
Exclusive Media’s Guy East and Nigel Sinclair will produce and fully finance the film alongside Theron’s production company Denver and Delilah Productions with partners Beth Kono and Aj Dix; Stephane Marsil’s Hugo Productions and Mandalay Vision’s Matthew Rhodes. Tobin Armbrust and Alex Brunner of Exclusive Media will executive produce with Peter Safran, and Mandalay’s Cathy Schulman will also produce in some capacity.
Stephane Marsil has developed and produced all of Gilles Paquet-Brenner’s films starting with 2001’s Pretty Things which garnered star Marion Cotillard a César nomination. When Gilles brought Gillian’s book to Stephane,...
- 2/7/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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