Exclusive: Amazon Studios has acquired Victoria Woodhull, with Oscar winning Room star Brie Larson poised to produce, and play the first female candidate for the presidency of the United States. Amazon bought it in a pitch package deal. Ben Kopit, who wrote the Warner Bros film Libertine that has Brett Ratner attached to direct, will write the script. Larson will produce alongside Whalerock Industries’ Lloyd Braun and Andrew Mittman. Anne Woodward is exec producer and…...
- 3/22/2017
- Deadline
Alissa Feldman has left Magnolia Entertainment and joined Authentic Talent & Literary Management, TheWrap has learned. Feldman spent nearly a decade working alongside Shelley Browning at Magnolia, and she'll be bringing all of the clients who she was directly responsible for. Also read: Gary Oldman's Manager Slams Media Backlash Over Playboy Interview While Authentic is primarily known as a New York-based company, it has been steadily expanding its Los Angeles branch, where Feldman joins fellow managers Sean Elliott, Ran Aubrey Frazier, Bryan Leder, Joshua Pasch, Anne Woodward and Cori Pembleton Thompson. Authentic represents a diverse array of stars including Tom Hiddleston,...
- 7/9/2014
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
"Prison Break" alum Frank Grillo has landed the lead in ABC's supernatural crime drama series "The Gates."
Luke Mably, Janina Gavankar and Chandra West also have been cast in the project, which Terry McDonough has come on board to direct.
"Gates" is produced by Fox TV Studios through the company's international co-production model. Its green light was contingent on FtvS securing foreign financing.
The series, being eyed for a summer launch, moved forward after ABC stepped up and increased the license fee on it while FtvS continues conversations with international broadcasters.
Written by Richard Hatem and Grant Scharbo, "Gates" centers on a big-city cop (Grillo) who becomes chief of police in a seemingly sleepy planned community only to discover there's much more to the residents than meets the eye.
Mably ("The Prince and Me") will play one of the residents, a cardiologist who is a vampirelike creature. Gavankar ("The L Word...
Luke Mably, Janina Gavankar and Chandra West also have been cast in the project, which Terry McDonough has come on board to direct.
"Gates" is produced by Fox TV Studios through the company's international co-production model. Its green light was contingent on FtvS securing foreign financing.
The series, being eyed for a summer launch, moved forward after ABC stepped up and increased the license fee on it while FtvS continues conversations with international broadcasters.
Written by Richard Hatem and Grant Scharbo, "Gates" centers on a big-city cop (Grillo) who becomes chief of police in a seemingly sleepy planned community only to discover there's much more to the residents than meets the eye.
Mably ("The Prince and Me") will play one of the residents, a cardiologist who is a vampirelike creature. Gavankar ("The L Word...
- 2/9/2010
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Brie Larson has landed a co-starring role on Showtime's new series "United States of Tara."
"Tara," written by Oscar-winning "Juno" scribe Diablo Cody, is a single-camera comedy starring Toni Collette as Tara, a wife and mother with dissociative identity disorder.
Larson will play Tara's smart, confident 17-year-old daughter Kate, who struggles with her mother's disorder while rebelling against the world with her own issues.
The role was played in the pilot by Portia Doubleday.
John Corbett co-stars as Tara's husband and Kate's father.
Showtime recently picked up "Tara," from DreamWorks TV and Steven Spielberg, to series with a 12-episode order.
Production is slated to begin during the summer in Los Angeles.
Larson ("Peck") is repped by Gersh and manager Anne Woodward.
"Tara," written by Oscar-winning "Juno" scribe Diablo Cody, is a single-camera comedy starring Toni Collette as Tara, a wife and mother with dissociative identity disorder.
Larson will play Tara's smart, confident 17-year-old daughter Kate, who struggles with her mother's disorder while rebelling against the world with her own issues.
The role was played in the pilot by Portia Doubleday.
John Corbett co-stars as Tara's husband and Kate's father.
Showtime recently picked up "Tara," from DreamWorks TV and Steven Spielberg, to series with a 12-episode order.
Production is slated to begin during the summer in Los Angeles.
Larson ("Peck") is repped by Gersh and manager Anne Woodward.
- 7/9/2008
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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