The contemporary romantic comedy also stars Patrick J. Adams and Iris Apatow.
UK sales outfit Mister Smith Entertainment is launching international sales at the upcoming American Film Market, with CAA Media Finance overseeing US sales, on the contemporary romantic comedy adaptation of German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s hit 1774 novel, Young Werther.
A first-look image featuring Alison Pill and Douglas Booth has also been unveiled.
They are joined in the starry cast by Patrick J. Adams and Iris Apatow, with Canadian filmmaker José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço making his feature debut as director. He also penned the screenplay.
Young...
UK sales outfit Mister Smith Entertainment is launching international sales at the upcoming American Film Market, with CAA Media Finance overseeing US sales, on the contemporary romantic comedy adaptation of German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s hit 1774 novel, Young Werther.
A first-look image featuring Alison Pill and Douglas Booth has also been unveiled.
They are joined in the starry cast by Patrick J. Adams and Iris Apatow, with Canadian filmmaker José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço making his feature debut as director. He also penned the screenplay.
Young...
- 10/26/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Vertical has acquired domestic distribution rights to “He Went That Way.”
Directed by Jeffrey Darling, the film tells the true story of a celebrity animal handler who picked up a young hitchhiker who turned out to be a serial murderer. Jacob Elordi plays the diabolical deviant. He broke out in Netflix’s “The Kissing Booth” trilogy and has starred in the likes of “Saltburn” and “Priscilla.”
Patrick J. Adams of “Suits” fame stars. That decade-old USA legal comedy inexplicably became a streaming sensation on Netflix this past summer.
Penned by Evan M. Weiner, “He Went That Way” had its world premiere at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival. Vertical plans to release the film in theaters in early 2024. It is inspired by Conrad Hillberry’s book, “Luke Karamazov” and the real-life account of Dave Pitts’ encounter with Larry Lee Ranes. Pitts was the sole survivor in Ranes’ killing spree.
Marc Benardout, Hugh Broder,...
Directed by Jeffrey Darling, the film tells the true story of a celebrity animal handler who picked up a young hitchhiker who turned out to be a serial murderer. Jacob Elordi plays the diabolical deviant. He broke out in Netflix’s “The Kissing Booth” trilogy and has starred in the likes of “Saltburn” and “Priscilla.”
Patrick J. Adams of “Suits” fame stars. That decade-old USA legal comedy inexplicably became a streaming sensation on Netflix this past summer.
Penned by Evan M. Weiner, “He Went That Way” had its world premiere at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival. Vertical plans to release the film in theaters in early 2024. It is inspired by Conrad Hillberry’s book, “Luke Karamazov” and the real-life account of Dave Pitts’ encounter with Larry Lee Ranes. Pitts was the sole survivor in Ranes’ killing spree.
Marc Benardout, Hugh Broder,...
- 10/17/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
Mister Smith is overseeing international sales and co-representing North American rights with WME Independent.
UK sales outfit Mister Smith is overseeing international sales and co-representing North American rights with WME Independent on New Zealand documentary feature Stylebender, directed by Zoe McIntosh.
It will premiere in June in the documentary competition at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival.
The feature follows underdog mixed martial arts (Mma) champion Israel Adesanya’s journey to the top of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He was born in Nigeria, before relocating to New Zealand as a child, overcoming abuse, bullying and racism to become the...
UK sales outfit Mister Smith is overseeing international sales and co-representing North American rights with WME Independent on New Zealand documentary feature Stylebender, directed by Zoe McIntosh.
It will premiere in June in the documentary competition at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival.
The feature follows underdog mixed martial arts (Mma) champion Israel Adesanya’s journey to the top of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He was born in Nigeria, before relocating to New Zealand as a child, overcoming abuse, bullying and racism to become the...
- 5/31/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Mister Smith is selling the project at Cannes.
Mister Smith Entertainment has unveiled a first look at Nell Fisher and Elijah Wood as a daughter and father in Bookworm.
It is directed by Come To Daddy filmmaker Ant Timpson, and currently in production in Canterbury, New Zealand.
Bookworm tells the story of a 12-year-old whose life is turned upside down when her estranged, washed-up American magician father, comes to look after her. It’s produced through Firefly Films and Nowhere.
“We have more meetings than in 2019”: Cannes welcomes back Asian film industry...
Mister Smith Entertainment has unveiled a first look at Nell Fisher and Elijah Wood as a daughter and father in Bookworm.
It is directed by Come To Daddy filmmaker Ant Timpson, and currently in production in Canterbury, New Zealand.
Bookworm tells the story of a 12-year-old whose life is turned upside down when her estranged, washed-up American magician father, comes to look after her. It’s produced through Firefly Films and Nowhere.
“We have more meetings than in 2019”: Cannes welcomes back Asian film industry...
- 5/18/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Mister Smith will launch international sales on the title
UK sales outfit Mister Smith Entertainment has boarded Katie Locke O’Brien’s debut feature Hot Mess starring Emma Roberts and will launch international sales in Cannes.
The US comedy is currently in pre-production and is scheduled to start shooting in early 2024.
Rebelle Media is handling North American rights on the title.
After an unsuccessful stint on a dating show, Roberts’ character is forced to move back in with her parents in her hometown and rediscover herself again. The script was penned by Gabrielle D’Amico.
Hot Mess is produced by Debbie Liebling,...
UK sales outfit Mister Smith Entertainment has boarded Katie Locke O’Brien’s debut feature Hot Mess starring Emma Roberts and will launch international sales in Cannes.
The US comedy is currently in pre-production and is scheduled to start shooting in early 2024.
Rebelle Media is handling North American rights on the title.
After an unsuccessful stint on a dating show, Roberts’ character is forced to move back in with her parents in her hometown and rediscover herself again. The script was penned by Gabrielle D’Amico.
Hot Mess is produced by Debbie Liebling,...
- 5/9/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Henry Dunham directs his second feature; Jay Van Hoy produces.
UK sales company Mister Smith Entertainment will introduce Henry Dunham’s thriller Wichita Libra , starring Phoebe Dynevor, to buyers at this month’s European Film Market.
UTA is handling North American rights.
Wichita Libra is the second feature of US filmmaker Dunham, whose 2019 debut The Standoff At Sparrow Creek premiered at Toronto.
It is about a woman who flees rural Kansas for Chicago following a triple murder. A decade later, she is drawn back home after her brother’s death to decode a cryptic letter he left behind.
It is...
UK sales company Mister Smith Entertainment will introduce Henry Dunham’s thriller Wichita Libra , starring Phoebe Dynevor, to buyers at this month’s European Film Market.
UTA is handling North American rights.
Wichita Libra is the second feature of US filmmaker Dunham, whose 2019 debut The Standoff At Sparrow Creek premiered at Toronto.
It is about a woman who flees rural Kansas for Chicago following a triple murder. A decade later, she is drawn back home after her brother’s death to decode a cryptic letter he left behind.
It is...
- 2/9/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Henry Dunham directs his second feature; Jay Van Hoy produces.
UK sales company Mister Smith Entertainment will introduce US-set thriller Wichita Libra starring Phoebe Dynevor to buyers at this month’s European Film Market.
Wichita Libra is the second feature of US filmmaker Henry Dunham. UTA is handling North American rights.
In the aftermath of a triple murder in her hometown, a woman flees rural Kansas for Chicago and starts a new life. A decade later, she is drawn back home after her brother’s death to decode a cryptic letter he left behind.
It is produced by Jay Van Hoy,...
UK sales company Mister Smith Entertainment will introduce US-set thriller Wichita Libra starring Phoebe Dynevor to buyers at this month’s European Film Market.
Wichita Libra is the second feature of US filmmaker Henry Dunham. UTA is handling North American rights.
In the aftermath of a triple murder in her hometown, a woman flees rural Kansas for Chicago and starts a new life. A decade later, she is drawn back home after her brother’s death to decode a cryptic letter he left behind.
It is produced by Jay Van Hoy,...
- 2/9/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Production begins this month in Atlanta, Georgia.
UK sales outfit Mister Smith Entertainment has boarded worldwide sales on Rachel Feldman’s Lilly, set to star Patricia Clarkson.
Shooting will begin this month in the US state of Georgia on the film which is based on the real-life Lilly Ledbetter, a family woman from a small Alabama town who fought for equal pay for equal work in the American courts. Her activism led to the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act of 2009, the first piece of legislation signed by President Obama.
The cast also includes Josh Lucas and Thomas Sadoski. Veteran...
UK sales outfit Mister Smith Entertainment has boarded worldwide sales on Rachel Feldman’s Lilly, set to star Patricia Clarkson.
Shooting will begin this month in the US state of Georgia on the film which is based on the real-life Lilly Ledbetter, a family woman from a small Alabama town who fought for equal pay for equal work in the American courts. Her activism led to the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act of 2009, the first piece of legislation signed by President Obama.
The cast also includes Josh Lucas and Thomas Sadoski. Veteran...
- 10/6/2021
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Kunal Nayyar, Lucy Hale, Christina Hendricks are set to headline “The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry,” a big screen makeover of Gabrielle Zevin’s blockbuster New York Times best-selling novel which has shifted five million copies and been translated into 38 languages.
The film rights to Zevin’s most recent novel, “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” recently sold to Paramount for $2 million upfront after an auction between reportedly over 25 bidders.
Hans Canosa will direct “The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry” from Zevin’s own adaptation. Bcdf Pictures’ Claude Dal Farra and Brian Keady are producing alongside Kelsey Law, Canosa and Zevin.
David Garrett’s Mister Smith Entertainment is launching worldwide sales at next week’s Pre-Cannes Screenings, with principal photography scheduled for this fall.
Exemplifying one major throughline in Mister Smith’s recent sales slate, “The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry” is not only produced by Bcdf Pictures and based on major IP,...
The film rights to Zevin’s most recent novel, “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” recently sold to Paramount for $2 million upfront after an auction between reportedly over 25 bidders.
Hans Canosa will direct “The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry” from Zevin’s own adaptation. Bcdf Pictures’ Claude Dal Farra and Brian Keady are producing alongside Kelsey Law, Canosa and Zevin.
David Garrett’s Mister Smith Entertainment is launching worldwide sales at next week’s Pre-Cannes Screenings, with principal photography scheduled for this fall.
Exemplifying one major throughline in Mister Smith’s recent sales slate, “The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry” is not only produced by Bcdf Pictures and based on major IP,...
- 6/16/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
IFC FIlms holds US rights.
Buyers in the UK, France and Canada have acquired rights to Jim Cummings’ recent Berlin Encounters selection The Beta Test.
Benjamin Wiesnner of Los Angeles-based production company Vanishing Angle negotiated the deals with Blue Finch in the UK, New Story in France, and Vortex Media in Canada.
The horror thriller centres on a Hollywood agent who gets sucked into a world of sexual infidelity and mysterious streams of digital data.
It recently sold to IFC Films for the US and is expected to launch in the US and the first wave of international markets in autumn.
Buyers in the UK, France and Canada have acquired rights to Jim Cummings’ recent Berlin Encounters selection The Beta Test.
Benjamin Wiesnner of Los Angeles-based production company Vanishing Angle negotiated the deals with Blue Finch in the UK, New Story in France, and Vortex Media in Canada.
The horror thriller centres on a Hollywood agent who gets sucked into a world of sexual infidelity and mysterious streams of digital data.
It recently sold to IFC Films for the US and is expected to launch in the US and the first wave of international markets in autumn.
- 3/24/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Saban Films has acquired the rights to two titles from Munich-based “Resident Evil” producer Constantin Film.
The deals include North American and U.K. rights to the adventure thriller “Tides,” directed by Tim Fehlbaum, and North American rights to director Mike P. Nelson’s anticipated horror reboot, “Wrong Turn.”
Mister Smith Entertainment is handling worldwide sales on both Constantin titles this week at the virtual American Film Market, where the titles will be screening for buyers.
“Tides” marks the second film from Swiss-born director Fehlbaum, who burst to attention with his debut feature “Hell,” another sci-fi thriller.
Set in a not-too-distant future, “Tides” follows an elite female astronaut from Space Colony Kepler who is shipwrecked on a decimated Earth after a global catastrophe has wiped out nearly all of humanity. She must make a decision that will seal the fate of the Earth’s populace.
“Tides” stars Nora Arnezeder (“Mozart In The Jungle...
The deals include North American and U.K. rights to the adventure thriller “Tides,” directed by Tim Fehlbaum, and North American rights to director Mike P. Nelson’s anticipated horror reboot, “Wrong Turn.”
Mister Smith Entertainment is handling worldwide sales on both Constantin titles this week at the virtual American Film Market, where the titles will be screening for buyers.
“Tides” marks the second film from Swiss-born director Fehlbaum, who burst to attention with his debut feature “Hell,” another sci-fi thriller.
Set in a not-too-distant future, “Tides” follows an elite female astronaut from Space Colony Kepler who is shipwrecked on a decimated Earth after a global catastrophe has wiped out nearly all of humanity. She must make a decision that will seal the fate of the Earth’s populace.
“Tides” stars Nora Arnezeder (“Mozart In The Jungle...
- 11/10/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Austin Stowell will star opposite Lucy Hale in romantic comedy “The Hating Game,” based on the runaway hit novel by Sally Thorne.
Presented at the American Film Market by David Garrett’s Mister Smith Entertainment, which is executive producing and handles world sales, “The Hating Game” will commence principal photography on Nov. 21 in Upstate New York.
Peter Hutchings (“Then Came You”) will direct from Christina Mengert’s script. Claude Dal Farra, Brice Dal Farra, and Brian Keady of Bcdf Pictures are producing alongside Convergent Media’s Santosh Govindaraju and Dan Reardon. Convergent Media is fully finacing the picture.
Stowell starred opposite Hayley Bennett in “Swallow,” a Variety Critics Pick, with Dominic Cooper and Gemma Chan in “Stratton,” and in Steven Spielberg’s “Amazing Stories” anthology TV series.
Headlining “Fantasy Island” with Hale and playing one of Yossarian’s fellow conscripts in George Clooney’s admired miniseries “Catch 22,” Stowell’s...
Presented at the American Film Market by David Garrett’s Mister Smith Entertainment, which is executive producing and handles world sales, “The Hating Game” will commence principal photography on Nov. 21 in Upstate New York.
Peter Hutchings (“Then Came You”) will direct from Christina Mengert’s script. Claude Dal Farra, Brice Dal Farra, and Brian Keady of Bcdf Pictures are producing alongside Convergent Media’s Santosh Govindaraju and Dan Reardon. Convergent Media is fully finacing the picture.
Stowell starred opposite Hayley Bennett in “Swallow,” a Variety Critics Pick, with Dominic Cooper and Gemma Chan in “Stratton,” and in Steven Spielberg’s “Amazing Stories” anthology TV series.
Headlining “Fantasy Island” with Hale and playing one of Yossarian’s fellow conscripts in George Clooney’s admired miniseries “Catch 22,” Stowell’s...
- 11/10/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Boies/Schiller Entertainment, Limelight fully financing with Stratagem.
Mister Smith has closed a raft of early sales on Phillip Noyce’s thriller Lakewood starring Naomi Watts, which wrapped production in Canada in late summer.
Wild Bunch has acquired the film for France, Germany, Austria, Italy and Spain, while Jaguar picked it up for the Middle East, Long Shong for Taiwan, and Belga Films for Benelux.
Deals have also closed in Indonesia (Pt Prima), Portugal (Nos Lusomundo), Poland (Best Film), Turkey (Filmarti), Greece (Odeon), Israel (United King), former Yugoslavia (Blitz), and Baltics (Acme).
The project was developed by Untapped Productions. Boies...
Mister Smith has closed a raft of early sales on Phillip Noyce’s thriller Lakewood starring Naomi Watts, which wrapped production in Canada in late summer.
Wild Bunch has acquired the film for France, Germany, Austria, Italy and Spain, while Jaguar picked it up for the Middle East, Long Shong for Taiwan, and Belga Films for Benelux.
Deals have also closed in Indonesia (Pt Prima), Portugal (Nos Lusomundo), Poland (Best Film), Turkey (Filmarti), Greece (Odeon), Israel (United King), former Yugoslavia (Blitz), and Baltics (Acme).
The project was developed by Untapped Productions. Boies...
- 11/9/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Naomi Watts and director Phillip Noyce are joining forces for the thriller “Lakewood,” set to begin filming Sept. 16 in Ontario under strict Covid-19 protocols.
The film, written by Chris Sparling and produced by Boies/Schiller’s Zack Schiller and David Boies, Limelight’s Dylan Sellers and Chris Parker, Untapped’s Andrew Corkin, star Watts for Jam Tart Films and Stratagem’s Alex Lalonde, has echoes from today’s headlines. Limelight’s Alex Dong is an executive producer.
“Lakewood” follows a mother (Watts) who desperately races against time to save her child as authorities place her small town on lockdown.
The run-up to filming “Lakewood” was nearly as suspenseful. A month before principal photography was set to begin, the two-time Oscar nominee and veteran producer (“The Painted Veil”) was unsure if her project would move forward as SAG-AFTRA regulations and other pandemic-related issues were being worked out.
“It seems like Canada has everything very under control,...
The film, written by Chris Sparling and produced by Boies/Schiller’s Zack Schiller and David Boies, Limelight’s Dylan Sellers and Chris Parker, Untapped’s Andrew Corkin, star Watts for Jam Tart Films and Stratagem’s Alex Lalonde, has echoes from today’s headlines. Limelight’s Alex Dong is an executive producer.
“Lakewood” follows a mother (Watts) who desperately races against time to save her child as authorities place her small town on lockdown.
The run-up to filming “Lakewood” was nearly as suspenseful. A month before principal photography was set to begin, the two-time Oscar nominee and veteran producer (“The Painted Veil”) was unsure if her project would move forward as SAG-AFTRA regulations and other pandemic-related issues were being worked out.
“It seems like Canada has everything very under control,...
- 9/12/2020
- by Gregg Goldstein
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Westworld and Creed star Tessa Thompson is to star with Marwan Kenzari (Aladdin) in psychological thriller Balestra, which Mister Smith, Endeavor Content and CAA Media Finance will be shopping during next week’s Cannes virtual market.
Thompson will also executive-produce the film, which will be directed by Nicole Dorsey (Black Conflux).
Balestra follows disgraced competitive fencer Joanna Bathory (Thompson), who is desperately hoping for an Olympic comeback. Pressured by her husband and coach Rafe, she receives a prototype device allowing her to extend her training into her sleeping hours. By day she’s on the piste, and by night she’s lucid dreaming. But reality begins to blur when she encounters a stranger named Elliot (Kenzari) and gets caught in her own web of subconscious desires and unfulfilling reality.
The film is being produced by Pierre Even (The Hummingbird Project). Also serving as executive producers will be Aron Eli Coleite...
Thompson will also executive-produce the film, which will be directed by Nicole Dorsey (Black Conflux).
Balestra follows disgraced competitive fencer Joanna Bathory (Thompson), who is desperately hoping for an Olympic comeback. Pressured by her husband and coach Rafe, she receives a prototype device allowing her to extend her training into her sleeping hours. By day she’s on the piste, and by night she’s lucid dreaming. But reality begins to blur when she encounters a stranger named Elliot (Kenzari) and gets caught in her own web of subconscious desires and unfulfilling reality.
The film is being produced by Pierre Even (The Hummingbird Project). Also serving as executive producers will be Aron Eli Coleite...
- 6/15/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Andrea Riseborough leads lottery winner drama directed by Michael Morris.
Oscar-winner Allison Janney and John Hawkes have joined Michael Morris’s lottery-winner drama To Leslie, which Mister Smith Entertainment will introduce to worldwide buyers at the Cannes virtual market.
They join Andrea Riseborough, who takes the leading role of a single mother who won the lottery and squandered it, before fighting to rebuild her life. Ryan Binaco (3022) wrote the screenplay, which is inspired by the life of his mother.
It marks the feature debut of Morris, who has directed episodes of Better Call Saul and 13 Reasons Why among others.
Oscar-winner Allison Janney and John Hawkes have joined Michael Morris’s lottery-winner drama To Leslie, which Mister Smith Entertainment will introduce to worldwide buyers at the Cannes virtual market.
They join Andrea Riseborough, who takes the leading role of a single mother who won the lottery and squandered it, before fighting to rebuild her life. Ryan Binaco (3022) wrote the screenplay, which is inspired by the life of his mother.
It marks the feature debut of Morris, who has directed episodes of Better Call Saul and 13 Reasons Why among others.
- 6/11/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
It looks like Roland Emmerich has re-teamed with German director Tim Fehlbaum on a science fiction thriller called Haven: Above Sky. Some research into the title shows that it's been in post-production since early 2019, but there is good pedigree and rep behind the film, including production company Constantin Film (Resident Evil series), and international sales rep from Mister Smith Ent. who managed I Am Mother and Captive State. Also, the visual FX company Scanline has it listed as an upcoming project. Here's hoping this means we hear more from this one sooner than later. Set in the distant future, the film is set to follow a female astronaut, shipwrecked on the long-decimated Earth who must decide the fate of the wasteland's remaining populace. Emmerich...
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- 3/11/2020
- Screen Anarchy
Edgar Ramirez, best known for “Carlos” and “The Assassination of Gianni Versace,” will star in the drama “The War Has Ended,” from writer and director Hagar Ben-Asher’s award-winning original script about a man in search of his children. Mister Smith Entertainment will launch international sales at next month’s American Film Market.
The film is being produced by Dale Armin Johnson, Collen Camp, Jill Littman and Marek Rozenbaum, the chairman of the Israeli Academy of Cinema and Television.
Set in Poland in 1945, at the end World War II, Joseph (Ramirez) travels through battle-scarred towns with his horse, Oscar, and his enchanting puppet show to give local children a momentary escape from reality. Joseph performs the story of “Frank and Tiny,” two elephants on the hunt for Frank’s lost trunk, but his real mission is the perilous hunt for his two missing sons.
Along the way he finds an unlikely ally in Lily,...
The film is being produced by Dale Armin Johnson, Collen Camp, Jill Littman and Marek Rozenbaum, the chairman of the Israeli Academy of Cinema and Television.
Set in Poland in 1945, at the end World War II, Joseph (Ramirez) travels through battle-scarred towns with his horse, Oscar, and his enchanting puppet show to give local children a momentary escape from reality. Joseph performs the story of “Frank and Tiny,” two elephants on the hunt for Frank’s lost trunk, but his real mission is the perilous hunt for his two missing sons.
Along the way he finds an unlikely ally in Lily,...
- 10/23/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Fisher Stevens will direct project earmarked for late autumn start.
Justin Timberlake will star in the title role of Sk Global’s drama Palmer, which Mister Smith represents for international sales.
Fisher Stevens will direct and the project has been earmarked for a principal photography start in late autumn.
Palmer is about a former college football phenomenon named Eddie Palmer who, after a stint in prison, returns to his hometown to get his life back on track and must take charge of a unique young boy who has been abandoned by his wayward mother. Cheryl Guerriero’s script appeared on the 2016 Black List.
Justin Timberlake will star in the title role of Sk Global’s drama Palmer, which Mister Smith represents for international sales.
Fisher Stevens will direct and the project has been earmarked for a principal photography start in late autumn.
Palmer is about a former college football phenomenon named Eddie Palmer who, after a stint in prison, returns to his hometown to get his life back on track and must take charge of a unique young boy who has been abandoned by his wayward mother. Cheryl Guerriero’s script appeared on the 2016 Black List.
- 9/5/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Mister Smith handles international sales on auteur’s return to Croisette after 2011 Palme d’Or winner The Tree Of Life.
Details have emerged of the international component of Fox Searchlight’s headline-grabbing Cannes deal for Terrence Malick’s Competition selection A Hidden Life.
The company pounced early last week following the world premiere on the Croisette, announcing Us and select territories in a deal with CAA Media Finance and Mister Smith believed to be around $13m.
Screen has learned Searchlight also picked up rights for the UK, Italy, Spain, Latin America, Benelux, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Baltics, South Africa, Turkey,...
Details have emerged of the international component of Fox Searchlight’s headline-grabbing Cannes deal for Terrence Malick’s Competition selection A Hidden Life.
The company pounced early last week following the world premiere on the Croisette, announcing Us and select territories in a deal with CAA Media Finance and Mister Smith believed to be around $13m.
Screen has learned Searchlight also picked up rights for the UK, Italy, Spain, Latin America, Benelux, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Baltics, South Africa, Turkey,...
- 5/28/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Mister Smith handles international sales on auteur’s return to Croisette after 2011 Palme d’Or winner The Tree Of Life.
Details have emerged of the international component of Fox Searchlight’s headline-grabbing Cannes deal for Terrence Malick’s Competition selection A Hidden Life.
The company pounced early last week following the world premiere on the Croisette, announcing Us and select territories in a deal with CAA Media Finance and Mister Smith believed to be around $13m.
Screen has learned Searchlight also picked up rights for the UK, Italy, Spain, Latin America, Benelux, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Baltics, South Africa, Turkey,...
Details have emerged of the international component of Fox Searchlight’s headline-grabbing Cannes deal for Terrence Malick’s Competition selection A Hidden Life.
The company pounced early last week following the world premiere on the Croisette, announcing Us and select territories in a deal with CAA Media Finance and Mister Smith believed to be around $13m.
Screen has learned Searchlight also picked up rights for the UK, Italy, Spain, Latin America, Benelux, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Baltics, South Africa, Turkey,...
- 5/28/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Mister Smith handles international sales on auteur’s return to Croisette after 2011 Palme d’Or winner The Tree Of Life.
May 28 Update: Details have emerged of the international component of Fox Searchlight’s headline-grabbing Cannes deal for Terrence Malick’s Competition selection A Hidden Life.
The company pounced early last week following the world premiere on the Croisette, announcing Us and select territories in a deal with CAA Media Finance and Mister Smith believed to be around $13m.
Screen has learned Searchlight also picked up rights for the UK, Italy, Spain, Latin America, Benelux, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Baltics, South Africa,...
May 28 Update: Details have emerged of the international component of Fox Searchlight’s headline-grabbing Cannes deal for Terrence Malick’s Competition selection A Hidden Life.
The company pounced early last week following the world premiere on the Croisette, announcing Us and select territories in a deal with CAA Media Finance and Mister Smith believed to be around $13m.
Screen has learned Searchlight also picked up rights for the UK, Italy, Spain, Latin America, Benelux, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Baltics, South Africa,...
- 5/28/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
carMister Smith handles international sales on auteur’s return to Croisette after 2011 Palme d’Or winner The Tree Of Life.
Fox Searchlight has snapped up Us and select territories in Cannes on Terrence Malick’s well-received A Hidden Life following its world premiere on Sunday (19).
The 173-minute-long film – Malick’s first in Cannes since his 2011 Palme d’Or winner The Tree Of Life, which Searchlight distributed in the Us – has been hailed as a return to form and became the second Competition selection to land an on-site deal after Amazon Studios picked up Ladj Ly’s Les Misérables.
August Diehl...
Fox Searchlight has snapped up Us and select territories in Cannes on Terrence Malick’s well-received A Hidden Life following its world premiere on Sunday (19).
The 173-minute-long film – Malick’s first in Cannes since his 2011 Palme d’Or winner The Tree Of Life, which Searchlight distributed in the Us – has been hailed as a return to form and became the second Competition selection to land an on-site deal after Amazon Studios picked up Ladj Ly’s Les Misérables.
August Diehl...
- 5/20/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Terrence Malick’s Cannes Film Festival competition drama A Hidden Life has been hailed as an impressive return to form for the U.S. writer-director. Buyers immediately began circling after the film’s debut here yesterday, and Fox Searchlight has come out on top for U.S and a number of international markets in a highly competitive situation.
According to sources, deal is pegged at $12 million-$14 million and was hatched overnight with CAA Media Finance and Mister Smith. Paramount, Focus, A24, Netflix and others were among buyers hot on the trail. The deal is one of the biggest ever at a market for a movie shot in Germany.
The English- and German-language film charts the moving true story of Austrian Franz Jägerstätter (played by August Diel), a conscientious objector who refused to fight for the Nazis during World War II. Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Nyqvist, Valerie Pachner, Jurgen Prochnow, Alexander Fehling...
According to sources, deal is pegged at $12 million-$14 million and was hatched overnight with CAA Media Finance and Mister Smith. Paramount, Focus, A24, Netflix and others were among buyers hot on the trail. The deal is one of the biggest ever at a market for a movie shot in Germany.
The English- and German-language film charts the moving true story of Austrian Franz Jägerstätter (played by August Diel), a conscientious objector who refused to fight for the Nazis during World War II. Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Nyqvist, Valerie Pachner, Jurgen Prochnow, Alexander Fehling...
- 5/20/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Further sales include to Taiwan, India, Spain and Italy.
UK genre specialists Devilworks have sold Emiliano Ranzani’s creature horror Blood Bags to High Octane Picture for North American distribution.
Further international sales include Taiwan (MovieCloud); India (Star TV); Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Lighthouse Entertainment); Benelux and Scandinavia (TakeOne); Spain (Tema Distribuciones); and Italy (CG Entertainment).
Ranzani’s feature debut tells the story of a bloodthirsty creature that stalks the corridors of an abandoned mansion.
The Italian filmmaker co-wrote the feature with Davide Mela, with Alessandro Regaldo as executive producer for Grey Ladder Productions.
Charlotte Vega to star in Wrong Turn reboot for Constantin,...
UK genre specialists Devilworks have sold Emiliano Ranzani’s creature horror Blood Bags to High Octane Picture for North American distribution.
Further international sales include Taiwan (MovieCloud); India (Star TV); Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Lighthouse Entertainment); Benelux and Scandinavia (TakeOne); Spain (Tema Distribuciones); and Italy (CG Entertainment).
Ranzani’s feature debut tells the story of a bloodthirsty creature that stalks the corridors of an abandoned mansion.
The Italian filmmaker co-wrote the feature with Davide Mela, with Alessandro Regaldo as executive producer for Grey Ladder Productions.
Charlotte Vega to star in Wrong Turn reboot for Constantin,...
- 5/17/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Pretty Little Liars and Truth Or Dare actress Lucy Hale will star with When We First Met and The Flash actor Robbie Amell in rom-com movie The Hating Game, based on the hit novel by Sally Thorne.
The 2018 USA Today bestseller, published in more than 20 countries, tells the story of kind-hearted Lucy Hutton (Hale) and her cold, efficient nemesis Joshua Templeton (Amell). Resolving to achieve professional success without compromising her ethics, Lucy embarks on a ruthless game of one-upmanship against Josh, a rivalry that is impossibly complicated by her growing attraction to him.
Peter Hutchings (Then Came You) will direct Christina Mengert’s adaptation. Claude Dal Farra, Brice Dal Farra, and Brian Keady of Bcdf Pictures are producers. Mister Smith Entertainment is co-financing the film and will handle sales.
Mister Smith’s David Garrett stated, “The Hating Game is a gloriously funny and sexy rom-com with a broad audience appeal.
The 2018 USA Today bestseller, published in more than 20 countries, tells the story of kind-hearted Lucy Hutton (Hale) and her cold, efficient nemesis Joshua Templeton (Amell). Resolving to achieve professional success without compromising her ethics, Lucy embarks on a ruthless game of one-upmanship against Josh, a rivalry that is impossibly complicated by her growing attraction to him.
Peter Hutchings (Then Came You) will direct Christina Mengert’s adaptation. Claude Dal Farra, Brice Dal Farra, and Brian Keady of Bcdf Pictures are producers. Mister Smith Entertainment is co-financing the film and will handle sales.
Mister Smith’s David Garrett stated, “The Hating Game is a gloriously funny and sexy rom-com with a broad audience appeal.
- 5/16/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Lucy Hale and Robbie Amell are set to star in the romantic comedy The Hating Game, an adaptation of the popular novel by Sally Thorne to be co-financed by Mister Smith.
Hale will play kind-hearted Lucy Hutton, who launches a ruthless game of one-upmanship against her cold-efficient nemesis Joshua Templeton (Amell), only to find her rivalry is complicated by her growing attraction to him. Peter Hutchings will direct an adaptation of the Thorne novel by Christina Mengert.
Claude Dal Farra, Brice Dal Farra and Brian Keady of Bcdf Pictures are producing the film. "The Hating Game is a gloriously funny and ...
Hale will play kind-hearted Lucy Hutton, who launches a ruthless game of one-upmanship against her cold-efficient nemesis Joshua Templeton (Amell), only to find her rivalry is complicated by her growing attraction to him. Peter Hutchings will direct an adaptation of the Thorne novel by Christina Mengert.
Claude Dal Farra, Brice Dal Farra and Brian Keady of Bcdf Pictures are producing the film. "The Hating Game is a gloriously funny and ...
- 5/16/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Lucy Hale and Robbie Amell are set to star in the romantic comedy The Hating Game, an adaptation of the popular novel by Sally Thorne to be co-financed by Mister Smith.
Hale will play kind-hearted Lucy Hutton, who launches a ruthless game of one-upmanship against her cold-efficient nemesis Joshua Templeton (Amell), only to find her rivalry is complicated by her growing attraction to him. Peter Hutchings will direct an adaptation of the Thorne novel by Christina Mengert.
Claude Dal Farra, Brice Dal Farra and Brian Keady of Bcdf Pictures are producing the film. "The Hating Game is a gloriously funny and ...
Hale will play kind-hearted Lucy Hutton, who launches a ruthless game of one-upmanship against her cold-efficient nemesis Joshua Templeton (Amell), only to find her rivalry is complicated by her growing attraction to him. Peter Hutchings will direct an adaptation of the Thorne novel by Christina Mengert.
Claude Dal Farra, Brice Dal Farra and Brian Keady of Bcdf Pictures are producing the film. "The Hating Game is a gloriously funny and ...
- 5/16/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Original film’s writer Alan B. McElroy and director Mike P. Nelson team for reboot.
The Misfits Club and American Assassin star Charlotte Vega will lead the cast of Wrong Turn, a reboot of the cult horror franchise being produced by Constantin Film.
Alan B. McElroy, who wrote the original 2003 version of Wrong Turn, which was followed by five sequels, is teaming with Resident Evil producer Robert Kulzer and 47 Meters Down producer James Harris on the project. Mike P. Nelson (The Domestics) is directing.
Martin Moszkowicz, also of Resident Evil fame, is an executive producer.
London-based Mister Smith Entertainment is commencing sales on the project,...
The Misfits Club and American Assassin star Charlotte Vega will lead the cast of Wrong Turn, a reboot of the cult horror franchise being produced by Constantin Film.
Alan B. McElroy, who wrote the original 2003 version of Wrong Turn, which was followed by five sequels, is teaming with Resident Evil producer Robert Kulzer and 47 Meters Down producer James Harris on the project. Mike P. Nelson (The Domestics) is directing.
Martin Moszkowicz, also of Resident Evil fame, is an executive producer.
London-based Mister Smith Entertainment is commencing sales on the project,...
- 5/16/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Film sold to Germany, Italy, Japan, Latin America, Scandinavia and Spain.
Mister Smith Entertainment has secured multiple international territory deals on George Nolfi’s The Banker, which stars Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Mackie, Nicholas Hoult and Nia Long.
The film has sold to Germany (Constantin Film), Italy (Bim), Japan (Hakuhodo Dy MaP), Latin America (Sun Distribution), Scandinavia (Nordisk), and Spain (DeaPlaneta).
It is based on the true story of two African American entrepreneurs who, during the 1950s, tried to circumvent the racial limitations of the era by recruiting a working class white man and training him to pose as the...
Mister Smith Entertainment has secured multiple international territory deals on George Nolfi’s The Banker, which stars Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Mackie, Nicholas Hoult and Nia Long.
The film has sold to Germany (Constantin Film), Italy (Bim), Japan (Hakuhodo Dy MaP), Latin America (Sun Distribution), Scandinavia (Nordisk), and Spain (DeaPlaneta).
It is based on the true story of two African American entrepreneurs who, during the 1950s, tried to circumvent the racial limitations of the era by recruiting a working class white man and training him to pose as the...
- 2/8/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Mister Smith represents international sales.
Netflix has acquired North American rights to the Hilary Swank sci-fi thriller I Am Mother that premiered in Sundance after previously taking select international territories.
The film caused a stir among buyers at the Afm last November and stars newcomer Clara Rugaard alongside Swank and Rose Byrne. Endeavor Content represented the sale on behalf of the filmmakers and Mister Smith represents international sales.
Grant Sputore directed the story of a teenage girl, the first in a new generation of children raised by robots to repopulate earth after humans have become extinct.
The girl’s relationship...
Netflix has acquired North American rights to the Hilary Swank sci-fi thriller I Am Mother that premiered in Sundance after previously taking select international territories.
The film caused a stir among buyers at the Afm last November and stars newcomer Clara Rugaard alongside Swank and Rose Byrne. Endeavor Content represented the sale on behalf of the filmmakers and Mister Smith represents international sales.
Grant Sputore directed the story of a teenage girl, the first in a new generation of children raised by robots to repopulate earth after humans have become extinct.
The girl’s relationship...
- 2/6/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Mister Smith handles international ales on recent Toronto world premiere.
Bleecker Street has partnered with Ld Entertainment on Us rights to Max Minghella’s directorial debut Teen Spirit starring Elle Fanning.
The companies are planning a 2019 release on the film about a shy teenager in Europe who befriends an unlikely mentor as she sets out to become a pop star. Rebecca Hall, Zlatko Buric, and Agnieszka Grochowska round out the key cast.
Fred Berger produced Teen Spirit, which premiered in Toronto in September. Jamie Bell, who starred in Toronto premiere Skin, served as executive producer.
Interscope Records co-produced with Automatik and Blank Tape,...
Bleecker Street has partnered with Ld Entertainment on Us rights to Max Minghella’s directorial debut Teen Spirit starring Elle Fanning.
The companies are planning a 2019 release on the film about a shy teenager in Europe who befriends an unlikely mentor as she sets out to become a pop star. Rebecca Hall, Zlatko Buric, and Agnieszka Grochowska round out the key cast.
Fred Berger produced Teen Spirit, which premiered in Toronto in September. Jamie Bell, who starred in Toronto premiere Skin, served as executive producer.
Interscope Records co-produced with Automatik and Blank Tape,...
- 11/7/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Bleecker Street and Ld Entertainment are teaming up for U.S. distribution rights to Max Minghella’s directorial debut film Teen Spirit. Starring Elle Fanning as a shy teen from a small European town who dreams of pop stardom, the pic had its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival and will be released in theaters sometime next year.
Written by Minghella, the plot centers around Violet (Fanning) who, in search of an escape from her dismal surroundings and with the help of an unlikely mentor, enters an international singing competition that will test her integrity, talent, and ambition.
Rebecca Hall, Zlatko Buric, and Agnieszka Grochowska co-star. Fred Berger (La La Land) produced the pic with Jamie Bell serving as executive producer. Interscope Records co-produced with Automatik and Blank Tape.
The U.S. deal was co-repped by CAA and Mister Smith Entertainment and the film is being sold internationally and co-financed by Mister Smith.
Written by Minghella, the plot centers around Violet (Fanning) who, in search of an escape from her dismal surroundings and with the help of an unlikely mentor, enters an international singing competition that will test her integrity, talent, and ambition.
Rebecca Hall, Zlatko Buric, and Agnieszka Grochowska co-star. Fred Berger (La La Land) produced the pic with Jamie Bell serving as executive producer. Interscope Records co-produced with Automatik and Blank Tape.
The U.S. deal was co-repped by CAA and Mister Smith Entertainment and the film is being sold internationally and co-financed by Mister Smith.
- 11/7/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Breaking News In Yuba County, Eve, I Am Mother among hot titles.
After a generally upbeat start to Afm 2018 with deals poised to break out on the market’s most high-profile packages, the widening gulf between the haves and the have-notes remains a talking point.
Agc Studios’ dark comedy Breaking News In Yuba County, Voltage Pictures’ Jessica Chastain action thriller Eve – both involving director Tate Taylor – Mister Smith’s Hilary Swank sci-fi I Am Mother, and Endeavor Content’s Dev Patel directorial debut Monkey Man are all sparking business.
FilmNation and CAA’s George Miller package Three Thousand Years Of Longing,...
After a generally upbeat start to Afm 2018 with deals poised to break out on the market’s most high-profile packages, the widening gulf between the haves and the have-notes remains a talking point.
Agc Studios’ dark comedy Breaking News In Yuba County, Voltage Pictures’ Jessica Chastain action thriller Eve – both involving director Tate Taylor – Mister Smith’s Hilary Swank sci-fi I Am Mother, and Endeavor Content’s Dev Patel directorial debut Monkey Man are all sparking business.
FilmNation and CAA’s George Miller package Three Thousand Years Of Longing,...
- 11/4/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: David Garrett’s Mister Smith Entertainment has boarded international sales rights to drama Jungleland, starring Jack O’Connell (Unbroken), Charlie Hunnam (Sons Of Anarchy), Jessica Barden (End Of The F***ing World) and Jonathan Majors (White Boy Rick). CAA and Wme will rep U.S.
In Jungleland, a reluctant bareknuckle boxer (O’Connell) and his brother (Hunnam) must travel across the country for one last fight, but an unexpected travel companion (Barden) — the girlfriend of a dangerous mob boss — exposes the cracks in their bond along the way. Mister Smith will launch sales on the project at the upcoming Afm.
Max Winkler (Flower) directs the script he wrote with Theodore B. Bressman and David Branson Smith. Romulus Entertainment financed the pic, which recently wrapped shoot. Producers are Brad Feinstein (Fences), Jules Daly (The Grey), and Scott Free duo Kevin Walsh (Manchester By The Sea) and Ryan Stowell (Manchester By The Sea).
Garrett commented,...
In Jungleland, a reluctant bareknuckle boxer (O’Connell) and his brother (Hunnam) must travel across the country for one last fight, but an unexpected travel companion (Barden) — the girlfriend of a dangerous mob boss — exposes the cracks in their bond along the way. Mister Smith will launch sales on the project at the upcoming Afm.
Max Winkler (Flower) directs the script he wrote with Theodore B. Bressman and David Branson Smith. Romulus Entertainment financed the pic, which recently wrapped shoot. Producers are Brad Feinstein (Fences), Jules Daly (The Grey), and Scott Free duo Kevin Walsh (Manchester By The Sea) and Ryan Stowell (Manchester By The Sea).
Garrett commented,...
- 10/17/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
First look at Nora Arnezeder in project; Mister Smith Entertainment launching sales at Afm.
Munich-based Constantin Film has begun production on sci-fi epic Haven - Above Sky, from director Tim Fehlbaum and executive producer Roland Emmerich.
Screen can reveal a first look at the film, which is starring Nora Arnezeder (Mozart In The Jungle), Iain Glen (Game Of Thrones), Sarah-Sofie Boussnina (Mary Magdalene), Sope Dirisu (The Huntsman: Winter’s Tale), Sebastian Roché (The Man In The High Castle) and Joel Basman (Land Of Mine).
Director Fehlbaum co-wrote the screenplay with Mariko Minoguchi. Set in the near future, after a global...
Munich-based Constantin Film has begun production on sci-fi epic Haven - Above Sky, from director Tim Fehlbaum and executive producer Roland Emmerich.
Screen can reveal a first look at the film, which is starring Nora Arnezeder (Mozart In The Jungle), Iain Glen (Game Of Thrones), Sarah-Sofie Boussnina (Mary Magdalene), Sope Dirisu (The Huntsman: Winter’s Tale), Sebastian Roché (The Man In The High Castle) and Joel Basman (Land Of Mine).
Director Fehlbaum co-wrote the screenplay with Mariko Minoguchi. Set in the near future, after a global...
- 10/16/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Director George Nolfi has set Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Mackie, Nicholas Hoult and Nia Long to star in The Banker, a fact based drama that Nolfi wrote with Niceole Levy. Romulus Entertainment is financing the film, with Brad Feinstein of Romulus producing.
The drama is based on the true story of two African American entrepreneurs, Bernard Garrett (Mackie) and Joe Morris (Jackson), who during the 1950’s tried to circumvent the racial limitations of the era and take on the establishment by recruiting a working class white man, Matt Steiner (Hoult) and training him to pose as the head of their business empire while they posed as a janitor and a chauffeur. Bernard’s wife Eunice (Nia Long), plays a key role in setting up the enterprise. Garrett and Morris become two of the wealthiest and most successful real estate owners in the country with Steiner as their front man,...
The drama is based on the true story of two African American entrepreneurs, Bernard Garrett (Mackie) and Joe Morris (Jackson), who during the 1950’s tried to circumvent the racial limitations of the era and take on the establishment by recruiting a working class white man, Matt Steiner (Hoult) and training him to pose as the head of their business empire while they posed as a janitor and a chauffeur. Bernard’s wife Eunice (Nia Long), plays a key role in setting up the enterprise. Garrett and Morris become two of the wealthiest and most successful real estate owners in the country with Steiner as their front man,...
- 10/9/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Hilary Swank in ‘I Am Mother.’
Executives at Studiocanal are so confident that Grant Sputore’s I Am Mother will get a meaningful Us release they plan to launch the sci-fi thriller in Australia after the Us.
Adelaide Film Festival audiences will see a work-in-progress of Sputore’s debut feature, which stars Hilary Swank, newcomer Clara Rugaard, a former Disney Channel star in Denmark, and Rose Byrne, on October 12.
Rugaard plays a lonely teenager who is raised by ‘Mother,’ a kindly robot designed to repopulate the Earth following the extinction of mankind. That bond is threatened when a blood-drenched woman played by Swank turns up, calling into question everything the girl had been told about the outside world.
Byrne will voice the robot, which was designed by Kiwi special effects house Weta Workshop. Sputore described the collaboration with the Weta team led by founder Richard Taylor as a “dream.”
After...
Executives at Studiocanal are so confident that Grant Sputore’s I Am Mother will get a meaningful Us release they plan to launch the sci-fi thriller in Australia after the Us.
Adelaide Film Festival audiences will see a work-in-progress of Sputore’s debut feature, which stars Hilary Swank, newcomer Clara Rugaard, a former Disney Channel star in Denmark, and Rose Byrne, on October 12.
Rugaard plays a lonely teenager who is raised by ‘Mother,’ a kindly robot designed to repopulate the Earth following the extinction of mankind. That bond is threatened when a blood-drenched woman played by Swank turns up, calling into question everything the girl had been told about the outside world.
Byrne will voice the robot, which was designed by Kiwi special effects house Weta Workshop. Sputore described the collaboration with the Weta team led by founder Richard Taylor as a “dream.”
After...
- 10/2/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Lionsgate takes UK on Max Minghella’s pop star story.
Teen Spirit, the directing debut of actor Max Minghella (The Handmaid’s Tale) starring Elle Fanning as a teenager dreaming of pop stardom, has sold out internationally for Mister Smith.
Deals include Lionsgate for the UK, Roadshow for Australia, Square One for Germany, and Metropolitan Filmexport for France.
The film will premiere in Toronto’s Special Presentation on Friday (September 7).
Further territories sold now include Scandinavia (Svensk), Latin America (Sun), Benelux (The Searchers), Italy (Notorious), Japan (Kadokawa Entertainment), and China (Joy Pictures). CAA is handling the Us sale.
In Teen Spirit,...
Teen Spirit, the directing debut of actor Max Minghella (The Handmaid’s Tale) starring Elle Fanning as a teenager dreaming of pop stardom, has sold out internationally for Mister Smith.
Deals include Lionsgate for the UK, Roadshow for Australia, Square One for Germany, and Metropolitan Filmexport for France.
The film will premiere in Toronto’s Special Presentation on Friday (September 7).
Further territories sold now include Scandinavia (Svensk), Latin America (Sun), Benelux (The Searchers), Italy (Notorious), Japan (Kadokawa Entertainment), and China (Joy Pictures). CAA is handling the Us sale.
In Teen Spirit,...
- 9/6/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Jenny Slate will star in and produce “The Sunlit Night” with Tony Award winner Alex Sharp.
German director David Wnendt will helm the Norway-set drama, which also stars Zach Galifianakis, Gillian Anderson, and Jessica Hecht.
The movie is adapted from Rebecca Dinerstein’s debut novel, published by Bloomsbury in 2015. Mister Smith will launch sales at the Cannes Film Market.
The pic is a co-production between Deetailfilm in Germany and Ape&Bjørn in Norway, where filming will take place this summer. Producing alongside Slate are Fabian Gasmia and Ruben Thorkildsen, with Michael B. Clark and Alex Turtletaub on the U.S. side.
Set between New York City and the far north of Norway, “The Sunlit Night” follows American painter Frances (played by Slate) and émigré Yasha (Sharp) — an unlikely pair who find each other in the Arctic circle. Frances has arrived to jumpstart her career while Yasha has come to bury...
German director David Wnendt will helm the Norway-set drama, which also stars Zach Galifianakis, Gillian Anderson, and Jessica Hecht.
The movie is adapted from Rebecca Dinerstein’s debut novel, published by Bloomsbury in 2015. Mister Smith will launch sales at the Cannes Film Market.
The pic is a co-production between Deetailfilm in Germany and Ape&Bjørn in Norway, where filming will take place this summer. Producing alongside Slate are Fabian Gasmia and Ruben Thorkildsen, with Michael B. Clark and Alex Turtletaub on the U.S. side.
Set between New York City and the far north of Norway, “The Sunlit Night” follows American painter Frances (played by Slate) and émigré Yasha (Sharp) — an unlikely pair who find each other in the Arctic circle. Frances has arrived to jumpstart her career while Yasha has come to bury...
- 5/3/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Jessica Hecht also starring in feature for Look Who’s Back director David Wnendt.
Jenny Slate (Obvious Child) is set to star in and produce The Sunlit Night for director David Wnendt (Look Who’s Back).
Also cast are Tony award-winning actor Alex Sharp (The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time), Gillian Anderson (The X-Files), Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover) and Jessica Hecht (Breaking Bad).
Mister Smith Entertainment is launching sales on the project in Cannes.
The Sunlit Night is adapted from Rebecca Dinerstein’s novel of the same name. The film is a German-Norwegian co-production between DETAiLFILM in...
Jenny Slate (Obvious Child) is set to star in and produce The Sunlit Night for director David Wnendt (Look Who’s Back).
Also cast are Tony award-winning actor Alex Sharp (The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time), Gillian Anderson (The X-Files), Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover) and Jessica Hecht (Breaking Bad).
Mister Smith Entertainment is launching sales on the project in Cannes.
The Sunlit Night is adapted from Rebecca Dinerstein’s novel of the same name. The film is a German-Norwegian co-production between DETAiLFILM in...
- 5/3/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
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