Growing up as the only son of Ed Pressman, the prolific Hollywood independent producer behind more than 90 major productions including Wall Street, American Psycho and The Crow, it’s fair to say that the film business has always been in Sam Pressman’s blood.
“As a little kid, I got to be on set a lot and feel that beautiful sense of live shoots,” says Pressman, now CEO of Pressman Film, which was established by his late father in 1969. “Movies are deep inside of me, but I didn’t always believe that I would go into film. I really loved it more as an art. I remember taking a silent film class in my freshman year of college where we watched the really tough silent documentary Man With a Movie Camera and we studied it as a cultural phenomenon – it was fascinating.”
But his father’s love of the independent...
“As a little kid, I got to be on set a lot and feel that beautiful sense of live shoots,” says Pressman, now CEO of Pressman Film, which was established by his late father in 1969. “Movies are deep inside of me, but I didn’t always believe that I would go into film. I really loved it more as an art. I remember taking a silent film class in my freshman year of college where we watched the really tough silent documentary Man With a Movie Camera and we studied it as a cultural phenomenon – it was fascinating.”
But his father’s love of the independent...
- 9/11/2023
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to “Dalíland” starring Ben Kingsley and Ezra Miller, according to an individual with knowledge of the deal.
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Mary Harron, the film stars Kingsley as Salvador Dalí, one of the most renowned artists of the 20th century. Barbara Sukowa, Rupert Graves, Christopher Briney, Suki Waterhouse and Andreja Pejic also star.
The film’s premiere closed the 2022 Toronto Film Festival. Magnolia plans to release the film theatrically next year.
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“Dalíland” tells the story of the later years of the strange and fascinating marriage between the genius Dalí and his wife, Gala (Sukowa), as their seemingly unshakable bond begins to stress and fracture. Set in 1973 between New York City and Spain, the story is told through the eyes of James (Briney), a...
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Mary Harron, the film stars Kingsley as Salvador Dalí, one of the most renowned artists of the 20th century. Barbara Sukowa, Rupert Graves, Christopher Briney, Suki Waterhouse and Andreja Pejic also star.
The film’s premiere closed the 2022 Toronto Film Festival. Magnolia plans to release the film theatrically next year.
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Why Making ‘Dalíland’ Was a Dream Come True for ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Star Christopher Bri
ney
“Dalíland” tells the story of the later years of the strange and fascinating marriage between the genius Dalí and his wife, Gala (Sukowa), as their seemingly unshakable bond begins to stress and fracture. Set in 1973 between New York City and Spain, the story is told through the eyes of James (Briney), a...
- 11/22/2022
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Magnolia Pictures has snapped up North American rights to the Toronto Film Festival closing-night film Dalíland from Mary Harron, Deadline has learned.
Oscar winner Ben Kingsley stars as the titular Salvador Dalí, and Ezra Miller plays the younger version of the world-renowned 20th century artist. Magnolia plans a theatrical release next year.
Dalíland tells the story of the later years of the strange and fascinating marriage between the genius Salvador Dalí and his wife, Gala (Barbara Sukowa), as their seemingly unshakable bond begins to stress and fracture. Set in New York and Spain in 1974, the story is told through the eyes of James (Christopher Briney), a young assistant who’s keen to make his name in the art world and helps the eccentric and mercurial Dalí prepare for a big gallery show. Rupert Graves, Suki Waterhouse and Andreja Pejic also star.
“Ben Kingsley wonderfully inhabits Salvador Dalí’s persona,...
Oscar winner Ben Kingsley stars as the titular Salvador Dalí, and Ezra Miller plays the younger version of the world-renowned 20th century artist. Magnolia plans a theatrical release next year.
Dalíland tells the story of the later years of the strange and fascinating marriage between the genius Salvador Dalí and his wife, Gala (Barbara Sukowa), as their seemingly unshakable bond begins to stress and fracture. Set in New York and Spain in 1974, the story is told through the eyes of James (Christopher Briney), a young assistant who’s keen to make his name in the art world and helps the eccentric and mercurial Dalí prepare for a big gallery show. Rupert Graves, Suki Waterhouse and Andreja Pejic also star.
“Ben Kingsley wonderfully inhabits Salvador Dalí’s persona,...
- 11/22/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Distributor plans 2023 theatrical release.
Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to Mary Harron’s TIFF closing night film Daliland starring Ben Kingsley as the celebrated Surrealist artist and Barbara Sukowa as his wife and muse Gala.
The film takes place in the early 1970s as Dali prepares to stage a New York exhibition and is told through the eyes of a young assistant played by Christopher Briney.
Magnolia plans a 2023 theatrical release. “Ben Kingsley wonderfully inhabits Salvador Dalí’s persona and Barbara Sukowa is his match in this suitably wild and entertaining film from Mary Harron,” said Magnolia Pictures president Eamonn Bowles.
Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to Mary Harron’s TIFF closing night film Daliland starring Ben Kingsley as the celebrated Surrealist artist and Barbara Sukowa as his wife and muse Gala.
The film takes place in the early 1970s as Dali prepares to stage a New York exhibition and is told through the eyes of a young assistant played by Christopher Briney.
Magnolia plans a 2023 theatrical release. “Ben Kingsley wonderfully inhabits Salvador Dalí’s persona and Barbara Sukowa is his match in this suitably wild and entertaining film from Mary Harron,” said Magnolia Pictures president Eamonn Bowles.
- 11/22/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Kellie Madison (Never Back Down: Revolt) has signed on to direct a supernatural action thriller, centered on a geothermic explosion inside the ruins of Pompeii, for Pressman Film.
The script for the as-yet untitled feature will be penned by Kalen Egan and Travis Sentell (Electric Dreams). Edward R. Pressman and Kelly McKee of Pressman Film are on board to produce along with veteran Korean producer Lewis Taewan Kim. Korean VFX company Westworld will co-produce, with Jihyun Kim (Train to Busan) leading creature design and concept artwork.
“I’ve been a fan of Pressman Film since the original Bad Lieutenant. I’m so excited to be collaborating with them to create something really special and unique,” said Madison. “The type of hybrid production team we are putting together has never been done before.
The script for the as-yet untitled feature will be penned by Kalen Egan and Travis Sentell (Electric Dreams). Edward R. Pressman and Kelly McKee of Pressman Film are on board to produce along with veteran Korean producer Lewis Taewan Kim. Korean VFX company Westworld will co-produce, with Jihyun Kim (Train to Busan) leading creature design and concept artwork.
“I’ve been a fan of Pressman Film since the original Bad Lieutenant. I’m so excited to be collaborating with them to create something really special and unique,” said Madison. “The type of hybrid production team we are putting together has never been done before.
- 11/23/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Slate includes Indecent exposure adaptation with The Bureau director Eric Rochant.
Eager to mine his back catalogue of IP, veteran US producer Ed Pressman is lining up local-language remakes of Bad Lieutenant, the crime drama he first made with Abel Ferrara nearly 30 years ago and subsequently remade with Werner Herzog.
Pressman, who joined son and Pressman Film VP of production Sam Pressman in Cannes this week to unveil the Evolver-Prologue VR collaboration with Terrence Malick, has lined up directors and local producing partners to adapt Bad Lieutenant in the UK, Germany, Italy, South Korea, and Argentina.
Scripts are being written...
Eager to mine his back catalogue of IP, veteran US producer Ed Pressman is lining up local-language remakes of Bad Lieutenant, the crime drama he first made with Abel Ferrara nearly 30 years ago and subsequently remade with Werner Herzog.
Pressman, who joined son and Pressman Film VP of production Sam Pressman in Cannes this week to unveil the Evolver-Prologue VR collaboration with Terrence Malick, has lined up directors and local producing partners to adapt Bad Lieutenant in the UK, Germany, Italy, South Korea, and Argentina.
Scripts are being written...
- 7/10/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Here’s your first look at Oscar-winner Ben Kingsley as Salvador Dali in Mary Harron’s (American Psycho) feature Dalíland, which has now wrapped filming in the UK.
The movie tells the story of the later years of the strange and fascinating marriage between the iconic Spanish painter and his domineering wife, Gala, as their seemingly unshakable bond begins to stress and fracture. Set in New York and Spain in 1973, the story is told through the eyes of James, a young assistant keen to make his name in the art world, who helps the eccentric and mercurial Dalí prepare for a big gallery show.
Starring with Schindler’s List actor Kingsley are Cannes and Venice Best Actress winner Barbara Sukowa (Two Of Us) as Dalí’s wife and muse, Gala; newcomer Christopher Briney as James, the young art enthusiast who finds himself thrust into the centre of Dalí’s...
The movie tells the story of the later years of the strange and fascinating marriage between the iconic Spanish painter and his domineering wife, Gala, as their seemingly unshakable bond begins to stress and fracture. Set in New York and Spain in 1973, the story is told through the eyes of James, a young assistant keen to make his name in the art world, who helps the eccentric and mercurial Dalí prepare for a big gallery show.
Starring with Schindler’s List actor Kingsley are Cannes and Venice Best Actress winner Barbara Sukowa (Two Of Us) as Dalí’s wife and muse, Gala; newcomer Christopher Briney as James, the young art enthusiast who finds himself thrust into the centre of Dalí’s...
- 5/4/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
A while back social media was a buzz with congratulatory messages for Priyanka Chopra on her new show Quantico. While the show has been doing well, it seems to have run into some legal trouble. In fact the producer of the show Mark Gordon has been sued by filmmakers, Jamie Hellman and Barbara Leibovitz, claiming that he stole the idea for the drama from their documentary film.
Apparently, both Jamie Hellman and Barbara Leibovitz were responsible for a 1999 documentary Quantico: The Making of an FBI Agent, which followed a class of recruits throughout their 16-week training program. Later the said documentary was presented to Gordon in 2001 by business executive Paula Paizes, following which Leibovitz and Hellman signed a deal with the Mark Gordon Company and provided all their notes, transcripts and other information pertaining to the documentary, with the surety that Gordon and his company would get back in...
Apparently, both Jamie Hellman and Barbara Leibovitz were responsible for a 1999 documentary Quantico: The Making of an FBI Agent, which followed a class of recruits throughout their 16-week training program. Later the said documentary was presented to Gordon in 2001 by business executive Paula Paizes, following which Leibovitz and Hellman signed a deal with the Mark Gordon Company and provided all their notes, transcripts and other information pertaining to the documentary, with the surety that Gordon and his company would get back in...
- 10/31/2015
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
ABC's breakout FBI drama Quantico may be under investigation itself. According to Deadline, a team of documentary filmmakers has accused series producer Mark Gordon of lifting the show's premise from their 1999 film.
The 35-page complaint says that Gordon and his company, Mark Gordon Company, had made plans with filmmakers Jamie Hellman and Barbara Leibovitz Hellman and business exec Paula Paizes in the early 2000s to develop the documentary Quantico: The Making of an FBI Agent. The film trailed a group of FBI trainees just as the series does. However, after some initial discussion of developing the Hellman's film into a movie or TV series, Gordon never followed up with the filmmakers.
The lawsuit alleges "breach of contract, fiduciary duty and more" and "the filing seeks a jury trial, actual and punitive damages and a 'based on' credit for Hellman and Leibovitz and their documentary."
What...
The 35-page complaint says that Gordon and his company, Mark Gordon Company, had made plans with filmmakers Jamie Hellman and Barbara Leibovitz Hellman and business exec Paula Paizes in the early 2000s to develop the documentary Quantico: The Making of an FBI Agent. The film trailed a group of FBI trainees just as the series does. However, after some initial discussion of developing the Hellman's film into a movie or TV series, Gordon never followed up with the filmmakers.
The lawsuit alleges "breach of contract, fiduciary duty and more" and "the filing seeks a jury trial, actual and punitive damages and a 'based on' credit for Hellman and Leibovitz and their documentary."
What...
- 10/31/2015
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Call this a federal case, of sorts. A new lawsuit claims the idea for ABC’s hit freshman FBI drama Quantico was lifted from a 1999 documentary that aired on CNN. Filmmakers Jamie Hellman and Barbara Leibovitz Hellman and business exec Paula Paizes filed a 35-page complaint Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court (read it here) that says series producer Ma…...
- 10/30/2015
- Deadline TV
Quantico is one of the success stories of the fall broadcast season. The ABC drama starring Priyanka Chopra and centered on a class of FBI recruits, one of whom is a sleeper terrorist, has held ratings week over week and is Sunday's top broadcast program among the advertiser-coveted adults 18-49 demographic. According to a Thursday lawsuit, it’s also stolen. Paula Paizes, Barbara Leibovitz Hellman and Jamie Hellman have sued Quantico producer Mark Gordon (whose credits include Grey’s Anatomy, Criminal Minds and films from Steve Jobs to Saving Private Ryan) and his Mark Gordon Company, claiming the company ripped off the series from a documentary by Hellman
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- 10/30/2015
- by Austin Siegemund-Broka
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Actors Liam Hemsworth and Yvonne Strahovski are the joint recipients of the Breakthrough Award, which honours their international success and will be presented to them at an Australians in Film (Aif) awards benefit dinner in Los Angeles on June 27.
John Polson, actor, director, producer and the founder of short film competition Tropfest, and the legendary Us distributor Harvey Weinstein . who purchased many rights to The Sapphires during Cannes -- will also be recognised at the event for their contribution to Australian film and television.
Hemsworth.s breakout performance was in The Hunger Games, which has now grossed more than $650 million worldwide and is the second most popular film so far this year in Australia, having sold more than $30 million worth of tickets.
He is expected to also appear in the sequel, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, and is also attached to Paranoia, alongside Gary Oldman and Harrison Ford,. Arabian Nights,...
John Polson, actor, director, producer and the founder of short film competition Tropfest, and the legendary Us distributor Harvey Weinstein . who purchased many rights to The Sapphires during Cannes -- will also be recognised at the event for their contribution to Australian film and television.
Hemsworth.s breakout performance was in The Hunger Games, which has now grossed more than $650 million worldwide and is the second most popular film so far this year in Australia, having sold more than $30 million worth of tickets.
He is expected to also appear in the sequel, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, and is also attached to Paranoia, alongside Gary Oldman and Harrison Ford,. Arabian Nights,...
- 5/30/2012
- by Sandy George
- IF.com.au
Bob Yari and Mark Gordon's Stratus Film Co. has struck a two-year, first-look deal with producer Paula Paizes. Stratus and Paizes have already earmarked their first collaboration to fall under the deal: My Absolutely Unforgivable Dark and Evil Ways, penned by Morgan Upton and to be directed by Stephan Elliott. Paizes, Yari and Gordon will produce Dark and Evil Ways, which centers on man trying to make money for his family of seven kids only to get in too deep with a baby-obsessed criminal who forces him to make a choice: die or give up one of his offspring. "I am very excited to be given this opportunity to produce movies with Stratus," Paizes said. "They are a great company, and I am happy to be making such a wicked and fun first project with them." Added Gordon: "Paula is an extremely committed and effective producer who has great taste in material. We look forward to making this movie with her and many more in the future." Paizes produced Where Eskimos Live, a 2002 Sundance Film Festival selection that took a top award at the 2002 Avignon Film Festival. She serves as the executive producer of KTLA's Clubbin'.
- 10/27/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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