Exclusive: Tom Arnold (True Lies), Jennifer Tilly (Liar Liar), Shannyn Sossamon (Sinister 2), Robert Carradine (Justice), Asif Ali (Wrecked) and Oscar-winner Cloris Leachman (The Last Picture Show) are set to star in stoner comedy High Holiday, which Fortitude International will launch at the Cannes film market.
The film will follow the free-spirited daughter of a conservative politician who, in a bid to lighten up her uptight family’s Christmas, brings weed-infused salad dressing to their Christmas Eve dinner. Chaos ensues when everyone gets unknowingly high and a special guest arrives to reveal the family’s innermost secrets.
The picture, which is currently in production in Los Angeles, was written by Larry Postel and is directed by Brian Herzlinger (My Date With Drew). Lucas Jarach and Eric Brenner are producing.
Doug Kramer and Jim Jacobsen are executive producing through their respective companies Muddy Shoe Productions and Skyline Entertainment, which fully financed the picture.
The film will follow the free-spirited daughter of a conservative politician who, in a bid to lighten up her uptight family’s Christmas, brings weed-infused salad dressing to their Christmas Eve dinner. Chaos ensues when everyone gets unknowingly high and a special guest arrives to reveal the family’s innermost secrets.
The picture, which is currently in production in Los Angeles, was written by Larry Postel and is directed by Brian Herzlinger (My Date With Drew). Lucas Jarach and Eric Brenner are producing.
Doug Kramer and Jim Jacobsen are executive producing through their respective companies Muddy Shoe Productions and Skyline Entertainment, which fully financed the picture.
- 5/13/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
With The Amityville Murders getting a North American release on February 8th, we now have a look at the official trailer, which follows the events that took place prior to the Lutz family moving in:
"Skyline Entertainment has set a date for the North American release of the highly anticipated horror film The Amityville Murders from writer/director Daniel Farrands. The film stars John Robinson (“Elephant”), Chelsea Ricketts (“Crooked Arrows”), Diane Franklin (“Better Off Dead”), Paul Ben-Victor (“Daredevil”), Lainie Kazan (“My Big Fat Greek Wedding”) and Burt Young (“Rocky”). Skyline Entertainment will release the film in theaters, VOD and Digital HD on Feb. 8, 2019. The announcement was made today by Skyline CEO Jim Jacobsen.
“We are really excited about this title,” said Jacobsen. “As a new company, we look for films with big brand recognition and a built-in audience. Fans will not be disappointed as Dan Farrands and the team knocked...
"Skyline Entertainment has set a date for the North American release of the highly anticipated horror film The Amityville Murders from writer/director Daniel Farrands. The film stars John Robinson (“Elephant”), Chelsea Ricketts (“Crooked Arrows”), Diane Franklin (“Better Off Dead”), Paul Ben-Victor (“Daredevil”), Lainie Kazan (“My Big Fat Greek Wedding”) and Burt Young (“Rocky”). Skyline Entertainment will release the film in theaters, VOD and Digital HD on Feb. 8, 2019. The announcement was made today by Skyline CEO Jim Jacobsen.
“We are really excited about this title,” said Jacobsen. “As a new company, we look for films with big brand recognition and a built-in audience. Fans will not be disappointed as Dan Farrands and the team knocked...
- 12/28/2018
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
In today’s film news roundup, “On the Basis of Sex” will raise funds for the Aclu, Jon M. Chu has a USC scholarship fund named after him, and “The Amityville Murders” gets a release date.
Fundraiser
Gathr Films, Focus Features, and Participant Media have set Jan. 9 screenings for “On the Basis of Sex” at 500 theaters with the opportunity for ticket buyers to contribute to the American Civil Liberties Union’s Women’s Rights Project.
The movie stars Felicity Jones as a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Armie Hammer as her husband, Martin Ginsburg. It opens in limited release on Dec. 25 and goes wide on Jan. 11.
Ginsburg helped co-found the Women’s Rights Project in 1972. She successfully argued before the Supreme Court in 1975 that a widower denied his wife’s survivor benefits under Social Security violated the right to equal protection secured by the Due Process Clause of the Fifth...
Fundraiser
Gathr Films, Focus Features, and Participant Media have set Jan. 9 screenings for “On the Basis of Sex” at 500 theaters with the opportunity for ticket buyers to contribute to the American Civil Liberties Union’s Women’s Rights Project.
The movie stars Felicity Jones as a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Armie Hammer as her husband, Martin Ginsburg. It opens in limited release on Dec. 25 and goes wide on Jan. 11.
Ginsburg helped co-found the Women’s Rights Project in 1972. She successfully argued before the Supreme Court in 1975 that a widower denied his wife’s survivor benefits under Social Security violated the right to equal protection secured by the Due Process Clause of the Fifth...
- 12/21/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Mena Suvari and Frances Fisher have signed on to star in Grace and Grit, the indie feature adaptation of Ken Wilber’s book of the same title. Stuart Townsend, Mariel Hemingway, Lydia Hearst, Nick Stahl, Rebekah Graf, and Tara Subkoff also co-star in the Sebastian Siegel-directed film, which is currently in production.
Siegel penned the screenplay. It’s based on a true story of the five-year courageous journey of Treya Wilber (Suvari) and Ken Wilber (Townsend), through their falling in love, marriage, and challenge to overcome illness and meaning to find love beyond life. The story takes place in the mid-1980’s between Muir Beach, Tahoe, and Boulder, Colorado.
Siegel is also producing the pic with Lucas Jarach and Eric Brenner. Jim Jacobsen will serve as exec producer via Skyline Entertainment, which is financing.
Suvari, who broke onto the scene with her roles in American Pie and American Beauty,...
Siegel penned the screenplay. It’s based on a true story of the five-year courageous journey of Treya Wilber (Suvari) and Ken Wilber (Townsend), through their falling in love, marriage, and challenge to overcome illness and meaning to find love beyond life. The story takes place in the mid-1980’s between Muir Beach, Tahoe, and Boulder, Colorado.
Siegel is also producing the pic with Lucas Jarach and Eric Brenner. Jim Jacobsen will serve as exec producer via Skyline Entertainment, which is financing.
Suvari, who broke onto the scene with her roles in American Pie and American Beauty,...
- 11/15/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Hilary Duff plays ill-fated actor.
Saban Films announced at Afm it has picked up Us rights from Voltage Pictures to true-crime psychological thriller The Haunting Of Sharon Tate starring Hilary Duff.
Jonathan Bennett (Cheaper By The Dozen 2) and Lydia Hearst (Between Worlds) also star in the film, which follows the pregnant actor Sharon Tate (Duff), plagued by visions of death in the weeks leading up to her murder at the hands of the Manson Family in 1969.
Daniel Farrands wrote, directed and produced the film. Lucas Jarach and Eric Brenner also produced through Jim Jacobsen’s Skyline Entertainment, which fully financed the film.
Saban Films announced at Afm it has picked up Us rights from Voltage Pictures to true-crime psychological thriller The Haunting Of Sharon Tate starring Hilary Duff.
Jonathan Bennett (Cheaper By The Dozen 2) and Lydia Hearst (Between Worlds) also star in the film, which follows the pregnant actor Sharon Tate (Duff), plagued by visions of death in the weeks leading up to her murder at the hands of the Manson Family in 1969.
Daniel Farrands wrote, directed and produced the film. Lucas Jarach and Eric Brenner also produced through Jim Jacobsen’s Skyline Entertainment, which fully financed the film.
- 11/4/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
In Tom Nagel's The ToyBox, sometimes the thing that brings you together can also tear you apart... literally. Starring Denise Richards and Mischa Barton, The ToyBox opens in Los Angeles' Laemmle's NoHo 7 before coming to home media on September 18th, and we've been provided with an exclusive clip to share with Daily Dead readers.
"Skyline Entertainment and Steel House Productions are proud to announce the day and date release of Tom Nagel's The ToyBox, starring Denise Richards and Mischa Barton. Reuniting the team behind 2016's ClownTown, Nagel's supernatural thriller follows an ill-fated family on a road trip intended to bring them back together, but the possessed Rv they're traveling in may destroy them all.
The ToyBox will open in Los Angeles at Laemmle's NoHo 7 on September 14th for a week run. On September 18th, the film will be available nationwide on Blu-ray, DVD, and Cable and Digital HD, including Amazon Instant,...
"Skyline Entertainment and Steel House Productions are proud to announce the day and date release of Tom Nagel's The ToyBox, starring Denise Richards and Mischa Barton. Reuniting the team behind 2016's ClownTown, Nagel's supernatural thriller follows an ill-fated family on a road trip intended to bring them back together, but the possessed Rv they're traveling in may destroy them all.
The ToyBox will open in Los Angeles at Laemmle's NoHo 7 on September 14th for a week run. On September 18th, the film will be available nationwide on Blu-ray, DVD, and Cable and Digital HD, including Amazon Instant,...
- 9/14/2018
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
So, we have to be afraid to go Rv tripping now? Yikes! The debut of The Toybox starring Denise Richards and Mischa Barton on Blu-ray, DVD, digital HD, and streaming platforms headlines today's Horror Highlights. Also: a trailer for Halloween Party and Stillwater, as well as photos and release details for Ahco Little Box of Horror apparel.
The Toybox Release Details: "Skyline Entertainment and Steel House Productions are proud to announce the day and date release of Tom Nagel's The ToyBox, starring Denise Richards and Mischa Barton. Reuniting the team behind 2016's ClownTown, Nagel's supernatural thriller follows an ill-fated family on a road trip intended to bring them back together, but the possessed Rv they're traveling in may destroy them all.
The ToyBox will open in Los Angeles at Laemmle's NoHo 7 on September 14th for a week run. On September 18th, the film will be available nationwide on Blu-ray,...
The Toybox Release Details: "Skyline Entertainment and Steel House Productions are proud to announce the day and date release of Tom Nagel's The ToyBox, starring Denise Richards and Mischa Barton. Reuniting the team behind 2016's ClownTown, Nagel's supernatural thriller follows an ill-fated family on a road trip intended to bring them back together, but the possessed Rv they're traveling in may destroy them all.
The ToyBox will open in Los Angeles at Laemmle's NoHo 7 on September 14th for a week run. On September 18th, the film will be available nationwide on Blu-ray,...
- 8/30/2018
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Carrie Preston, who can currently be seen on Season 2 of TNT’s Claws, has signed on to star in Avalanche, an indie drama from writer/director Bastian Gunther. Preston will play Joan Dempsey, the organizer of one of the town’s biggest annual events, the “Hands On” competition, where 20 contestants keep one hand on a new Chevy Avalanche, and the last one standing wins. As the contestants endure blazing hot Texas days and torrential downpours, tensions fray and blood boils. Peter Veverka and Martin Heisler will produce the pic which is shooting in Baton Rouge next month. Preston, who has recurred on CBS’s The Good Wife, Person Of Interest, and HBO’s True Blood, is repped by Innovative, Sanders Armstrong Caserta Management, and Jackoway, Austen, Tyerman, Wertheimer.
Orange Is The New Black star Taryn Manning, Nick Stahl, and Agnes Bruckner are set to appear in the indie film, The Haunting of Nicole Brown Simpson,...
Orange Is The New Black star Taryn Manning, Nick Stahl, and Agnes Bruckner are set to appear in the indie film, The Haunting of Nicole Brown Simpson,...
- 7/31/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Vertical Entertainment has obtained the North American distribution rights to Emma Roberts-starring film In a Relationship, written and directed by first-time filmmaker Sam Boyd. The comedy, which had its world premiere this year at the Tribeca, also stars Michael Angarano, Dree Hemingway, and Patrick Gibson. The plot centers on one summer in the lives of two couples: Long-term pair Owen and Hallie, who are are breaking up (or maybe not?), while Matt and Willa embark on a romance of their own just as their relationship reaches a turning point. Greta Lee, Gayle Rankin, Melora Walter and Jay Ellis co-star in the pic, which will get a theatrical bow later this year. Jorge Garcia Castro, David Hunter, Ross Putman and Boyd produced the film with executive producers Andres Icaza Ballesteros and Sergio Cortes Gomez of 2 Friends Media, Roberts, Karah Preiss, Will Russell-Shapiro, Jim Jacobsen and Stephen Braun. The deal...
- 5/30/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
The feature is the second in an anthology of true-story supernatural films.
Voltage Pictures has commenced worldwide sales on the Croisette on psychological thriller The Haunting Of Nicole Brown Simpson starring Mena Suvari.
The feature is the second in an anthology of supernatural stories inspired by true events from Voltage and Skyline Entertainment after The Haunting Of Sharon Tate.
The Haunting Of Nicole Brown Simpson follows Oj Simpson’s ex-wife in the final days leading up to her death on June 12 1994, as seen from her point of view.
Daniel Farrands directs and principal photography is set to begin this summer.
Voltage Pictures has commenced worldwide sales on the Croisette on psychological thriller The Haunting Of Nicole Brown Simpson starring Mena Suvari.
The feature is the second in an anthology of supernatural stories inspired by true events from Voltage and Skyline Entertainment after The Haunting Of Sharon Tate.
The Haunting Of Nicole Brown Simpson follows Oj Simpson’s ex-wife in the final days leading up to her death on June 12 1994, as seen from her point of view.
Daniel Farrands directs and principal photography is set to begin this summer.
- 5/9/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The Haunting Of Sharon Tate imagines final days of actress.
Voltage Pictures has acquired worldwide sales rights to psychological thriller The Haunting Of Sharon Tate starring Hilary Duff and will launch sales at the Efm next week.
Production is underway on the Skyline Entertainment project, in which Duff (pictured) plays the late actress who was slain by Charles Manson’s followers in 1969.
The Haunting Of Sharon Tate imagines Tate’s final days. Pregnant with Roman Polanski’s child and awaiting the director’s return from Europe, the 26-year-old actress becomes plagued by visions of her imminent death. The cast includes Jonathan Bennett and Lydia Hearst.
Daniel Farrands (The Amityville Murders) directs from his screenplay. Lucas Jarach and Eric Brenner produce, and Jim Jacobsen serves as executive producer.
“We are excited to bring this new thriller to market given the public’s continued fascination with the notorious subject matter, and the international star appeal of lead Hilary Duff,” said...
Voltage Pictures has acquired worldwide sales rights to psychological thriller The Haunting Of Sharon Tate starring Hilary Duff and will launch sales at the Efm next week.
Production is underway on the Skyline Entertainment project, in which Duff (pictured) plays the late actress who was slain by Charles Manson’s followers in 1969.
The Haunting Of Sharon Tate imagines Tate’s final days. Pregnant with Roman Polanski’s child and awaiting the director’s return from Europe, the 26-year-old actress becomes plagued by visions of her imminent death. The cast includes Jonathan Bennett and Lydia Hearst.
Daniel Farrands (The Amityville Murders) directs from his screenplay. Lucas Jarach and Eric Brenner produce, and Jim Jacobsen serves as executive producer.
“We are excited to bring this new thriller to market given the public’s continued fascination with the notorious subject matter, and the international star appeal of lead Hilary Duff,” said...
- 2/8/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Denise Richards and Mischa Barton star.
Los Angeles-based CineTel Films has acquired worldwide rights to supernatural thriller The Toybox and will launch sales in Cannes.
Denise Richards and Mischa Barton star in the tale of a family on a cross-country trip who fall prey to a supernatural force in the desert. Production wrapped in April.
The film also stars Jeff Denton, Brian Nagel, Greg Violand, Matt Mercer, Malika Michelle, David H. Greathouse and Katie Keene.
Tom Nagel directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with Denton.
Jeff Miller, Tom Nagel, Brian Nagel and Denton are producing, while Jim Jacobsen, Eric Brenner, and Ronnie D. Lee serve as executive producers.
Paul Hertzberg negotiated the deal for CineTel Films with Eric Brenner on behalf of the filmmakers.
Los Angeles-based CineTel Films has acquired worldwide rights to supernatural thriller The Toybox and will launch sales in Cannes.
Denise Richards and Mischa Barton star in the tale of a family on a cross-country trip who fall prey to a supernatural force in the desert. Production wrapped in April.
The film also stars Jeff Denton, Brian Nagel, Greg Violand, Matt Mercer, Malika Michelle, David H. Greathouse and Katie Keene.
Tom Nagel directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with Denton.
Jeff Miller, Tom Nagel, Brian Nagel and Denton are producing, while Jim Jacobsen, Eric Brenner, and Ronnie D. Lee serve as executive producers.
Paul Hertzberg negotiated the deal for CineTel Films with Eric Brenner on behalf of the filmmakers.
- 5/3/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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