Macbeth
A big batch of new photos have been released from Justin Kurzel's new film adaptation of the classic Shakespeare play "Macbeth" which scored rave reviews at the Cannes Film Festival and is scheduled to hit several overseas countries over the next month or two. [Source: Empire]
Untitled Robert Zemeckis Project
Writer Steven Knight says that Robert Zemeckis' next project, a sweeping romantic espionage thriller set against the backdrop of World War II Britain, will start filming in January.
Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard are set to play assassins who fall in love during a mission in Casablanca to kill a German ambassador. A game of espionage ensues as matters are further complicated. [Source: Collider]
Long Shot
WWE Studios has acquired the rights to adapt Franklin Martin's 2013 documentary "Long Shot: The Kevin Laue Story" into a feature film. "Soul Surfer" scribe Kara Holden will pen the story of Laue, the first...
A big batch of new photos have been released from Justin Kurzel's new film adaptation of the classic Shakespeare play "Macbeth" which scored rave reviews at the Cannes Film Festival and is scheduled to hit several overseas countries over the next month or two. [Source: Empire]
Untitled Robert Zemeckis Project
Writer Steven Knight says that Robert Zemeckis' next project, a sweeping romantic espionage thriller set against the backdrop of World War II Britain, will start filming in January.
Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard are set to play assassins who fall in love during a mission in Casablanca to kill a German ambassador. A game of espionage ensues as matters are further complicated. [Source: Collider]
Long Shot
WWE Studios has acquired the rights to adapt Franklin Martin's 2013 documentary "Long Shot: The Kevin Laue Story" into a feature film. "Soul Surfer" scribe Kara Holden will pen the story of Laue, the first...
- 8/27/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
WWE Studios has acquired rights to adapt Franklin Martin's documentary Long Shot: The Kevin Laue Story to a feature film, and has tapped Soul Surfer scribe Kara Holden to adapt it. The 2013 documentary followed Laue, who become the first player missing a limb to play Ncaa Division I basketball. A director search is underway. The Long Shot movie will detail Laue’s journey from Pleasanton, CA to the basketball court of Manhattan College in New York, where he joined the team…...
- 8/26/2015
- Deadline
WWE Studios has acquired the rights to adapt Franklin Martin’s 2012 documentary Long Shot: The Kevin Laue Story into a narrative feature film.
The film will center on Kevin Laue, a young man who defied all odds to become the first player missing a limb to play Ncaa Division 1 basketball. Kara Holden — whose credits include Carrie Pilby, The Opposite of Love and Soul Surfer — is set to write the adaptation. WWE Studios is circling in on a director to helm.
Like Martin’s documentary, Long Shot will chronicle the trials and tribulations Laue faced and surpassed during his journey from the ...
The film will center on Kevin Laue, a young man who defied all odds to become the first player missing a limb to play Ncaa Division 1 basketball. Kara Holden — whose credits include Carrie Pilby, The Opposite of Love and Soul Surfer — is set to write the adaptation. WWE Studios is circling in on a director to helm.
Like Martin’s documentary, Long Shot will chronicle the trials and tribulations Laue faced and surpassed during his journey from the ...
- 8/26/2015
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
WWE Studios has acquired the rights to adapt Franklin Martin’s 2012 documentary Long Shot: The Kevin Laue Story into a narrative feature film.
The film will center on Kevin Laue, a young man who defied all odds to become the first player missing a limb to play Ncaa Division 1 basketball. Kara Holden — whose credits include Carrie Pilby, The Opposite of Love and Soul Surfer — is set to write the adaptation. WWE Studios is circling in on a director to helm.
Like Martin’s documentary, Long Shot will chronicle the trials and tribulations Laue faced and surpassed during his journey from the ...
The film will center on Kevin Laue, a young man who defied all odds to become the first player missing a limb to play Ncaa Division 1 basketball. Kara Holden — whose credits include Carrie Pilby, The Opposite of Love and Soul Surfer — is set to write the adaptation. WWE Studios is circling in on a director to helm.
Like Martin’s documentary, Long Shot will chronicle the trials and tribulations Laue faced and surpassed during his journey from the ...
- 8/26/2015
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cinpix, a new Hollywood studio funded by a pair of veteran Wall Street financiers, has acquired its first film, the documentary "Long Shot: The Kevin Laue Story." Laue was born with one arm due to poor prenatal blood circulation but refused to let that derail his dreams of becoming a basketball player. The 6-foot 11-inch California native now plays for Manhattan College. Cinipix, launched in March, also will produce a feature film based on Laue's story, with Franklin Martin, who wrote and directed the documentary, directing. His Dutchmen Films will produce alongside Billy...
- 5/29/2013
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
Indie distributor Variance Films is launching with the theatrical release of the dark comedy "Smother" starring Diane Keaton, Dax Shepard and Liv Tyler and exec producer Terry Bradshaw's Hurricane Katrina football documentary "Walking on Dead Fish."
Former ThinkFilm distribution and marketing director Dylan Marchetti wants Variance to bridge the gap between producers self-releasing features and traditional distributors, avoiding the direct-to-video trap that many indies encounter.
Part of Marchetti's strategy is to avoid conventional New York/Los Angeles platform releases, instead looking to rollouts tailored to each film's target audience. He will be scouting for more Variance projects at next month's Toronto International Film Festival.
Vince Di Meglio's "Smother" centers on an overbearing mother who worms her way into her son's life. The film will receive a Sept. 26 release in the top five markets.
Franklin Martin's "Fish", a co-release with Dutchmen Films, follows New Orleans high school students who overcome natural disaster to form a winning football team. The film, narrated by Fox NFL studio analyst and former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Bradshaw, opens there Sept. 5, followed by a regional expansion Sept. 19.
Marchetti negotiated the "Smother" deal with Vincent Reppert and Johnson Chan of Germie & Bucky Prods. and did the "Fish" deal with Nguyen Tran and Ilan Arboleda of the Institution.
Former ThinkFilm distribution and marketing director Dylan Marchetti wants Variance to bridge the gap between producers self-releasing features and traditional distributors, avoiding the direct-to-video trap that many indies encounter.
Part of Marchetti's strategy is to avoid conventional New York/Los Angeles platform releases, instead looking to rollouts tailored to each film's target audience. He will be scouting for more Variance projects at next month's Toronto International Film Festival.
Vince Di Meglio's "Smother" centers on an overbearing mother who worms her way into her son's life. The film will receive a Sept. 26 release in the top five markets.
Franklin Martin's "Fish", a co-release with Dutchmen Films, follows New Orleans high school students who overcome natural disaster to form a winning football team. The film, narrated by Fox NFL studio analyst and former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Bradshaw, opens there Sept. 5, followed by a regional expansion Sept. 19.
Marchetti negotiated the "Smother" deal with Vincent Reppert and Johnson Chan of Germie & Bucky Prods. and did the "Fish" deal with Nguyen Tran and Ilan Arboleda of the Institution.
- 8/17/2008
- by By Gregg Goldstein
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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