Exclusive: The Film Sales Company, in Berlin screening Forum selection H., has come on to produce the documentary Sweetheart Deal with Peggy Case and Elisa Haradon.
Haradon and Gabriel Miller direct the film about three heroin addict prostitutes who seek help from a man who is not who he seems to be. The film goes into edit this spring.
Andrew Herwitz’s New York-based The Film Sales Company will also serve as executive producer on Nelson George and Leslie Norville’s documentary A Ballerina’s Tale.
That film is in post and chronicles the life of superstar black ballet dancer Misty Copeland.
Fsc holds world rights to Fourm entry and recent Sundance premiere H., directed by Rania Attieh and Daniel Garcia and set in the near future as two women undergo physical and psychological changes as disaster threatens their town.
Herwitz has reported strong buyer interest in Berlin on the documentary Ballet 422. Magnolia holds Us...
Haradon and Gabriel Miller direct the film about three heroin addict prostitutes who seek help from a man who is not who he seems to be. The film goes into edit this spring.
Andrew Herwitz’s New York-based The Film Sales Company will also serve as executive producer on Nelson George and Leslie Norville’s documentary A Ballerina’s Tale.
That film is in post and chronicles the life of superstar black ballet dancer Misty Copeland.
Fsc holds world rights to Fourm entry and recent Sundance premiere H., directed by Rania Attieh and Daniel Garcia and set in the near future as two women undergo physical and psychological changes as disaster threatens their town.
Herwitz has reported strong buyer interest in Berlin on the documentary Ballet 422. Magnolia holds Us...
- 2/11/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Samuel Goldwyn Films has bought U.S. rights to Stephen Gyllenhaal’s "Grassroots" starring Jason Biggs, Lauren Ambrose, Tom Arnold and Cedric The Entertainer. It's the closing-night film of the 2012 Seattle Film Festival, which runs May 17-June 10; the film will open in theaters June 22. Set in 2001 and inspired by true events, "Grassroots" is the story of a political neophyte (Joel David Moore) who wants to take down a Seattle councilman (Cedric the Entertainer) and moves toward victory after he hires a recently fired alt-weekly reporter (Jason Biggs) to run his campaign. Gyllenhaal and Justin Rhodes wrote the script. The film’s producers are Peggy Rajski, Michael Huffington, Matthew R. Brady, Brent Stiefel and Peggy Case. Ian Puente, Goldwyn’s general counsel and VP development, along with senior VP acquisisions Peter Goldwyn, negotiated the deal with Maren Olson of Traction Media and attorney Darin Frank...
- 5/16/2012
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
Samuel Goldwyn Films acquired U.S. rights to the Stephen Gyllenhaal-directed Grassroots, a character-driven comedy about the power of the people and the virtues of standing up for what you believe in. Jason Biggs, Joel David Moore, Lauren Ambrose, Cobie Smulders, Tom Arnold, Christopher McDonald and Cedric The Entertainer star. Gyllenhaal and Justin Rhodes wrote the script and Peggy Rajski, Michael Huffington, Matthew R. Brady, Brent Stiefel and Peggy Case produced with Mrb Productions. Goldwyn has slated a June 22nd release. Pic is set in pre-Twitter 2001, as a political unknown named Grant Cogswell (Moore) decides he must take down Seattle City Councilman Richard McIver (Cedric the Entertainer). Grant has only one dream, but it’s a big one: an elegant monorail gliding silently above the city’s wet streets, with only a tiny footprint — “like a kids’ lemonade stand!” – on the ground. He is apoplectic with rage over McIver...
- 5/16/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Jason Biggs and Joel David Moore will star in the independent political comedy "Grassroots." According to Variety, Stephen Gyllenhaal will direct the film, based on the memoir "Zioncheck for President" by Phil Campbell. Peggy Rajski will produce through Matthew Brady's Mrb Productions along with Peggy Case and Robin Gurland. Biggs will portray a recently fired journalist who reluctantly agrees to head the Seattle City Council campaign of his eccentric friend (Moore). The film will begin shooting in late June in Seattle. Gyllenhaal's credits include "Losing Isaiah," "A Dangerous Woman," "Waterland" and "Paris Trout." Rajski has been a producer on such films as "The Grifters," "Eight Men Out," "Towelhead" and "Home for the Holidays."...
- 6/25/2010
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
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