Exclusive: Tony Todd (Candyman) and Natasha Henstridge (Species) have been tapped star alongside Isabella Blake-Thomas (Secret Society of Second Born Royals) in the YA supernatural thriller Karma’s a Bitch, which has just wrapped production. Others in the ensemble include Pearce Joza, Terry Hu, Matt Cornett, David Lipper, Rich Ting, Elise Luthman, Notlim Taylor, Abbie Georganna, Pedro Henrique, Eddie McClintock and Fernanda Romero.
The film penned by Blake-Thomas follows queer teen Charley Stevens (Blake-Thomas) as she moves to the remote town of Latigo Springs, where her recently deceased mother, Maya, grew up. Soon after arriving, Charley is plagued with strange nightmares that tease a horrific event from the past, hinting at why Maya left town when she was younger. The spitting image of her mother, Charley has an uncontrollable curse; the ability to instantly inflict bad karma. Feeling the weight of the world on her shoulders, Charley finds comfort in...
The film penned by Blake-Thomas follows queer teen Charley Stevens (Blake-Thomas) as she moves to the remote town of Latigo Springs, where her recently deceased mother, Maya, grew up. Soon after arriving, Charley is plagued with strange nightmares that tease a horrific event from the past, hinting at why Maya left town when she was younger. The spitting image of her mother, Charley has an uncontrollable curse; the ability to instantly inflict bad karma. Feeling the weight of the world on her shoulders, Charley finds comfort in...
- 9/16/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Mark Strong (TÁR), Jahleel Kamara (Nanny), Marvin “Krondon” Jones III (Black Lightning), Natalia Reyes (Terminator: Dark Fate), Yoson An (The Plane) and Ed Quinn (The Oval) have signed on for roles in Lionsgate’s action-thriller Shadow Force, from director Joe Carnahan, which has entered production in Colombia. The actors join an ensemble led by Kerry Washington and Omar Sy, which also includes Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Cliff “Method Man” Smith, as previously announced.
The film penned by Leon Chills and Carnahan follows Kyrah (Washington) and Isaac (Sy), who were once the leaders of a multinational special forces group called Shadow Force. They broke the rules by falling in love, and in order to protect their son, they go underground. With a large bounty on their heads, and the vengeful Shadow Force hot on their trail, one family’s fight becomes all-out war.
Details as to the roles the film...
The film penned by Leon Chills and Carnahan follows Kyrah (Washington) and Isaac (Sy), who were once the leaders of a multinational special forces group called Shadow Force. They broke the rules by falling in love, and in order to protect their son, they go underground. With a large bounty on their heads, and the vengeful Shadow Force hot on their trail, one family’s fight becomes all-out war.
Details as to the roles the film...
- 8/30/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Da’Vine Joy Randolph (Only Murders in the Building) and Cliff “Method Man” Smith (Power Book II: Ghost) have signed on to star alongside Kerry Washington and Omar Sy in Lionsgate’s action-thriller Shadow Force, from director Joe Carnahan (Copshop).
The film written by Leon Chills and Carnahan centers on Kyrah (Washington) and Isaac (Sy), who were once the leaders of a multinational special forces group called Shadow Force. They broke the rules by falling in love, and in order to protect their son, they go underground. With a large bounty on their heads, and the vengeful Shadow Force hot on their trail, one family’s fight becomes all-out war.
Details as to the roles Randolph and Smith will play haven’t been disclosed. But Stephen “Dr.” Love is producing through his company Made with Love Media—which has an overall deal with Lionsgate—alongside Simpson Street’s Washington and Pilar Savone,...
The film written by Leon Chills and Carnahan centers on Kyrah (Washington) and Isaac (Sy), who were once the leaders of a multinational special forces group called Shadow Force. They broke the rules by falling in love, and in order to protect their son, they go underground. With a large bounty on their heads, and the vengeful Shadow Force hot on their trail, one family’s fight becomes all-out war.
Details as to the roles Randolph and Smith will play haven’t been disclosed. But Stephen “Dr.” Love is producing through his company Made with Love Media—which has an overall deal with Lionsgate—alongside Simpson Street’s Washington and Pilar Savone,...
- 8/16/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Lupin and Intouchables star Omar Sy will now co-star opposite Emmy winner Kerry Washington in Lionsgate action-thriller Shadow Force, we can reveal.
Bad Boys For Life scribe and The Grey director Joe Carnahan is newly aboard to direct the feature, which will follow an estranged couple with a bounty on their heads who must go on the run with their son to avoid their former employer, a shadow ops unit that has been sent to kill them.
Screenplay comes from Leon Chills and Carnahan. Producers are Stephen “Dr.” Love through his Made with Love Media company (which has an overall deal with Lionsgate), Kerry Washington and Pilar Savone through Washington’s production company Simpson Street, and Sterling K. Brown (who was previously attached to star) through his Indian Meadows Productions.
Executive producers are Kathy Atkinson, Indian Meadows’ Danielle Reardon and Jennifer Wiley-Stockton. Lionsgate’s Robert Melnik negotiated...
Bad Boys For Life scribe and The Grey director Joe Carnahan is newly aboard to direct the feature, which will follow an estranged couple with a bounty on their heads who must go on the run with their son to avoid their former employer, a shadow ops unit that has been sent to kill them.
Screenplay comes from Leon Chills and Carnahan. Producers are Stephen “Dr.” Love through his Made with Love Media company (which has an overall deal with Lionsgate), Kerry Washington and Pilar Savone through Washington’s production company Simpson Street, and Sterling K. Brown (who was previously attached to star) through his Indian Meadows Productions.
Executive producers are Kathy Atkinson, Indian Meadows’ Danielle Reardon and Jennifer Wiley-Stockton. Lionsgate’s Robert Melnik negotiated...
- 4/8/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Will Packer Productions has tapped Leon Chills to adapt Stan Parish’s “Love and Theft” into a new movie for Universal Pictures.
Based on Parish’s novel, which was published in 2020 by Penguin Random House through its imprint at Knopf Doubleday, “Love and Theft” is a global romantic heist film set in Las Vegas, Mexico, and Spain.
Chills has previously written episodes for Netflix’s “Spinning Out” and Amazon’s “The Wilds,” where he was a story editor. On the feature side, Chills’ first spec sale was “Shadow Force,” an action drama sold to Lionsgate.
Packer and Johanna Byer will produce the movie, while Alvie Hurtado will oversee the production for Wpp. Lexi Barta, Universal Pictures’ vice president of production development, will oversee on behalf of the studio.
Packer’s production company has amassed a box office haul of more than $1 billion dollars, boasting ten films that have opened at number one,...
Based on Parish’s novel, which was published in 2020 by Penguin Random House through its imprint at Knopf Doubleday, “Love and Theft” is a global romantic heist film set in Las Vegas, Mexico, and Spain.
Chills has previously written episodes for Netflix’s “Spinning Out” and Amazon’s “The Wilds,” where he was a story editor. On the feature side, Chills’ first spec sale was “Shadow Force,” an action drama sold to Lionsgate.
Packer and Johanna Byer will produce the movie, while Alvie Hurtado will oversee the production for Wpp. Lexi Barta, Universal Pictures’ vice president of production development, will oversee on behalf of the studio.
Packer’s production company has amassed a box office haul of more than $1 billion dollars, boasting ten films that have opened at number one,...
- 1/20/2022
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Will Packer Productions has tapped screenwriter Leon Chills to adapt Stan Parish’s novel Love and Theft for Universal Pictures.
Published by Penguin Random House through their Knopf Doubleday imprint in 2020, Love and Theft is billed as a global romantic heist film set in Las Vegas, Mexico and Spain.
It centers, per the publisher, on Alex Cassidy and Diane Alison, who develop an instant and undeniable chemistry when they meet at a party in Princeton, New Jersey. She’s a single mother, local fixture and owner of a successful catering company. He’s a single father and weekend homeowner—and leader of an armed-robbery crew that just pulled off a record-breaking, precision jewel heist in Las Vegas. Neither one realizes that their lives have overlapped before, and that the shared history they uncover will threaten everyone they love.
Will Packer and Johanna Byer will produce the...
Published by Penguin Random House through their Knopf Doubleday imprint in 2020, Love and Theft is billed as a global romantic heist film set in Las Vegas, Mexico and Spain.
It centers, per the publisher, on Alex Cassidy and Diane Alison, who develop an instant and undeniable chemistry when they meet at a party in Princeton, New Jersey. She’s a single mother, local fixture and owner of a successful catering company. He’s a single father and weekend homeowner—and leader of an armed-robbery crew that just pulled off a record-breaking, precision jewel heist in Las Vegas. Neither one realizes that their lives have overlapped before, and that the shared history they uncover will threaten everyone they love.
Will Packer and Johanna Byer will produce the...
- 1/20/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
CAA has signed actor and producer Sterling K. Brown.
Brown’s first big break came in 2016 when he portrayed prosecutor Christopher Darden in FX’s highly-rated award-winning television event series American Crime Story: The People V. O.J. Simpson. He earned rave reviews for the role and would go on to win an Emmy Award and Critics’ Choice Award for the role and was nominated for a Golden Globe, SAG Award, and NAACP Image Award for the role. He would follow that part up the next year with his star making role as Randal Pearson aka one of the big three in NBC’s critically acclaimed drama series This Is Us. The first season was not only a huge hit but earned him a second straight Emmy for Best Actor in a drama series. In addition to his Emmy, Golden Globe, and SAG accolades for his performance, Brown has won...
Brown’s first big break came in 2016 when he portrayed prosecutor Christopher Darden in FX’s highly-rated award-winning television event series American Crime Story: The People V. O.J. Simpson. He earned rave reviews for the role and would go on to win an Emmy Award and Critics’ Choice Award for the role and was nominated for a Golden Globe, SAG Award, and NAACP Image Award for the role. He would follow that part up the next year with his star making role as Randal Pearson aka one of the big three in NBC’s critically acclaimed drama series This Is Us. The first season was not only a huge hit but earned him a second straight Emmy for Best Actor in a drama series. In addition to his Emmy, Golden Globe, and SAG accolades for his performance, Brown has won...
- 5/18/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Victoria Mahoney, the second unit director on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, is set to helm the upcoming flick Shadow Force. The Lionsgate action-drama starring Kerry Washington and Sterling K. Brown follows an estranged husband and wife who find themselves on the run from their former shadow ops unit. Leon Chills (Spinning Out) and Joe Carnahan (Narc) wrote the […]
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- 10/27/2020
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
Victoria Mahoney is set to direct “Shadow Force,” an action-drama starring Kerry Washington and Sterling K. Brown, for Lionsgate.
Mahoney previously served as a second unit director on “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” making her the first woman ever to hold a directing credit on a “Star Wars” movie.
“Shadow Force” follows an estranged husband and wife (portrayed by Washington and Brown) with a bounty on their heads. They are forced to go on the run with their son to avoid their former employer — a unit of shadow ops that has been sent to kill them. Leon Chills and Joe Carnahan wrote the screenplay.
“Victoria is one of the most impressive and in-demand directors working today,” Erin Westerman, president of production for the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, said in a statement. “Like with all of her work, she will bring iconic action, warmth, style, and gravitas to ‘Shadow Force.
Mahoney previously served as a second unit director on “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” making her the first woman ever to hold a directing credit on a “Star Wars” movie.
“Shadow Force” follows an estranged husband and wife (portrayed by Washington and Brown) with a bounty on their heads. They are forced to go on the run with their son to avoid their former employer — a unit of shadow ops that has been sent to kill them. Leon Chills and Joe Carnahan wrote the screenplay.
“Victoria is one of the most impressive and in-demand directors working today,” Erin Westerman, president of production for the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, said in a statement. “Like with all of her work, she will bring iconic action, warmth, style, and gravitas to ‘Shadow Force.
- 10/26/2020
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Lionsgate has hired Victoria Mahoney to direct “Shadow Force,” an action film starring Kerry Washington and Sterling K. Brown, the studio announced Monday.
Mahoney has worked extensively in TV on shows like “Power,” “American Crime,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Queen Sugar” and most recently “Lovecraft Country,” but she became the first woman to ever direct on a “Star Wars” film when she served as a second unit director on “The Rise of Skywalker.”
Mahoney will direct “Shadow Force” from a script by Leon Chills and Joe Carnahan about an estranged husband and wife with a bounty on their heads who must go on the run with their son to avoid their former employer, a unit of shadow ops that has been sent to kill them.
Washington and Brown are also both producing “Shadow Force” through her Simpson Street production company and his Indian Meadows Productions, as is Stephen “Dr.” Love through Made With Love Media.
Mahoney has worked extensively in TV on shows like “Power,” “American Crime,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Queen Sugar” and most recently “Lovecraft Country,” but she became the first woman to ever direct on a “Star Wars” film when she served as a second unit director on “The Rise of Skywalker.”
Mahoney will direct “Shadow Force” from a script by Leon Chills and Joe Carnahan about an estranged husband and wife with a bounty on their heads who must go on the run with their son to avoid their former employer, a unit of shadow ops that has been sent to kill them.
Washington and Brown are also both producing “Shadow Force” through her Simpson Street production company and his Indian Meadows Productions, as is Stephen “Dr.” Love through Made With Love Media.
- 10/26/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Victoria Mahoney, who is the first woman ever to direct a Star War movie, will direct the Kerry Washington-Sterling K. Brown action drama Shadow Force for Lionsgate. Mahoney served as the second unit director on Disney’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
Shadow Force, written by Leon Chills and Joe Carnahan, follows an estranged husband and wife with a bounty on their heads who must go on the run with their son to avoid their former employer – a unit of shadow ops that has been sent to kill them.
Shadow Force is being produced by Stephen “Dr.” Love, who is producing through his Made with Love Media company, along with Washington, who is producing through her production company Simpson Street; Brown, who is producing through his Indian Meadows Productions; and Simpson Street’s Pilar Savone. The film is executive produced by Indian Meadows’ Danielle Reardon, Jennifer Wiley-Stockton, and by Katherine Atkinson.
Shadow Force, written by Leon Chills and Joe Carnahan, follows an estranged husband and wife with a bounty on their heads who must go on the run with their son to avoid their former employer – a unit of shadow ops that has been sent to kill them.
Shadow Force is being produced by Stephen “Dr.” Love, who is producing through his Made with Love Media company, along with Washington, who is producing through her production company Simpson Street; Brown, who is producing through his Indian Meadows Productions; and Simpson Street’s Pilar Savone. The film is executive produced by Indian Meadows’ Danielle Reardon, Jennifer Wiley-Stockton, and by Katherine Atkinson.
- 10/26/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Kerry Washington and Sterling K. Brown are attached to star in an action film called “Shadow Force,” acquired by Lionsgate, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
Washington and Brown will both star in and produce a film that’s in the vein of “Mr. and Mrs. Smith.” Leon Chills wrote the action movie.
Simpson Street’s Pilar Savone and Washington will produce through her production banner Simpson Street alongside Pilar Savone, as well as with Danielle Reardon and Brown for their Indian Meadows Productions. Stephen Love is producing through his Made with Love Media banner.
Also Read: Kerry Washington on Why Her Kids Are Not Immune From Police Brutality Just Because She's Famous (Video)
Washington, who stars in ABC’s “Scandal,” is currently filming “Little Fires Everywhere,” a Hulu miniseries that is directed by Lynn Shelton and based on a novel by Celeste Ng. She most recently starred in “American Son,...
Washington and Brown will both star in and produce a film that’s in the vein of “Mr. and Mrs. Smith.” Leon Chills wrote the action movie.
Simpson Street’s Pilar Savone and Washington will produce through her production banner Simpson Street alongside Pilar Savone, as well as with Danielle Reardon and Brown for their Indian Meadows Productions. Stephen Love is producing through his Made with Love Media banner.
Also Read: Kerry Washington on Why Her Kids Are Not Immune From Police Brutality Just Because She's Famous (Video)
Washington, who stars in ABC’s “Scandal,” is currently filming “Little Fires Everywhere,” a Hulu miniseries that is directed by Lynn Shelton and based on a novel by Celeste Ng. She most recently starred in “American Son,...
- 9/12/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Lionsgate is in final negotiations for the action-drama “Shadow Force” with Kerry Washington and Sterling K. Brown attached to star in and produce.
Simpson Street’s Pilar Savone will also produce alongside Indian Meadows Productions’ Danielle Reardon and Stephen “Dr” Love, who is producing through his Made With Love Media company. Leon Chills wrote the script, described as a new take on the 2005 action-comedy “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” which starred Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as a married couple who are also assassins.
Washington’s Simpson Street produced “American Son,” which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and will launch in November on Netflix. Washington executive produces and stars in the project, which originally debuted on Broadway, along with her original Broadway co-stars Steven Pasquale, Jeremy Jordan and Eugene Lee. “American Son” tells the story of two interracial parents who reunite in a Florida police station seeking answers about their missing teenage son.
Simpson Street’s Pilar Savone will also produce alongside Indian Meadows Productions’ Danielle Reardon and Stephen “Dr” Love, who is producing through his Made With Love Media company. Leon Chills wrote the script, described as a new take on the 2005 action-comedy “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” which starred Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as a married couple who are also assassins.
Washington’s Simpson Street produced “American Son,” which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and will launch in November on Netflix. Washington executive produces and stars in the project, which originally debuted on Broadway, along with her original Broadway co-stars Steven Pasquale, Jeremy Jordan and Eugene Lee. “American Son” tells the story of two interracial parents who reunite in a Florida police station seeking answers about their missing teenage son.
- 9/12/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Lionsgate is in final talks to acquire the action spec script package Shadow Force. Kerry Washington and Sterling K. Brown will star in and produce a Leon Chills-scripted action drama that is described as a two-hander action picture reminiscent of films like Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
Simpson Street’s Pilar Savone and Washington will produce alongside Indian Meadows Productions’ Danielle Reardon and Brown, and Stephen “Dr” Love, who is producing through his Made with Love Media company. The script started drawing bids last month.
Washington is shooting the Lynn Shelton-directed limited series Little Fires Everywhere, and has starred in Scandal, Confirmation and Django Unchained. She is repped by Washington Square Arts, CAA and attorney Gretchen Rush. Her Simpson Street premiered American Son at Toronto before it launches on Netflix.
Brown, the Emmy-winning This Is Us star, is coming off Black Panther and next stars in A24’s Waves,...
Simpson Street’s Pilar Savone and Washington will produce alongside Indian Meadows Productions’ Danielle Reardon and Brown, and Stephen “Dr” Love, who is producing through his Made with Love Media company. The script started drawing bids last month.
Washington is shooting the Lynn Shelton-directed limited series Little Fires Everywhere, and has starred in Scandal, Confirmation and Django Unchained. She is repped by Washington Square Arts, CAA and attorney Gretchen Rush. Her Simpson Street premiered American Son at Toronto before it launches on Netflix.
Brown, the Emmy-winning This Is Us star, is coming off Black Panther and next stars in A24’s Waves,...
- 9/12/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Lionsgate is in final talks to acquire action two-hander Shadow Force, with Sterling K. Brown and Kerry Washington attached to star.
Leon Chills penned the screenplay that is in the vein of Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
Washington and Pilar Savone will produce via Simpson Street, alongside Danielle Reardon and Brown for Indian Meadows Productions, and Stephen Love for Made With Love Media.
Washington, repped by CAA and Hansen Jacobson, will next be seen in Hulu's adaptation of Celeste Ng's best-selling novel Little Fires Everywhere. Brown, repped by Innovative Artists, Jws Entertainment and Bloom Hergott, will be in theaters with Disney'...
Leon Chills penned the screenplay that is in the vein of Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
Washington and Pilar Savone will produce via Simpson Street, alongside Danielle Reardon and Brown for Indian Meadows Productions, and Stephen Love for Made With Love Media.
Washington, repped by CAA and Hansen Jacobson, will next be seen in Hulu's adaptation of Celeste Ng's best-selling novel Little Fires Everywhere. Brown, repped by Innovative Artists, Jws Entertainment and Bloom Hergott, will be in theaters with Disney'...
- 9/12/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lionsgate is in final talks to acquire action two-hander Shadow Force, with Sterling K. Brown and Kerry Washington attached to star.
Leon Chills penned the screenplay that is in the vein of Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
Washington and Pilar Savone will produce via Simpson Street, alongside Danielle Reardon and Brown for Indian Meadows Productions, and Stephen Love for Made With Love Media.
Washington, repped by CAA and Hansen Jacobson, will next be seen in Hulu's adaptation of Celeste Ng's best-selling novel Little Fires Everywhere. Brown, repped by Innovative Artists, Jws Entertainment and Bloom Hergott, will be in theaters with Disney'...
Leon Chills penned the screenplay that is in the vein of Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
Washington and Pilar Savone will produce via Simpson Street, alongside Danielle Reardon and Brown for Indian Meadows Productions, and Stephen Love for Made With Love Media.
Washington, repped by CAA and Hansen Jacobson, will next be seen in Hulu's adaptation of Celeste Ng's best-selling novel Little Fires Everywhere. Brown, repped by Innovative Artists, Jws Entertainment and Bloom Hergott, will be in theaters with Disney'...
- 9/12/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Kerry Washington and Sterling K. Brown are set to star in the upcoming action-drama Shadow Force, which is said to be a fresh take on the story Mr. and Mrs. Smith. The script is being written by Leon Chills, with both stars set to produce. Bidding has begun, so we will see where the film will land, as well as a director, most likely, in the near future.
This sounds like it could be a great and fun film, as both actors are fantastic, and a Mr. and Mrs. Smith-type movie is always action-packed and fun. Does this sound like a film you’ll be into?
via: Deadline...
This sounds like it could be a great and fun film, as both actors are fantastic, and a Mr. and Mrs. Smith-type movie is always action-packed and fun. Does this sound like a film you’ll be into?
via: Deadline...
- 8/19/2019
- by Jessica Fisher
- GeekTyrant
Exclusive: Bidding has started on Shadow Force, a Leon Chills-scripted action drama that has Kerry Washington and Sterling K. Brown attached to star in and produce.
The script is described as a fresh take on Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Simpson Street’s Pilar Savone and Washington will be producing alongside Indian Meadows Productions’ Danielle Reardon and Brown, and Stephen “Dr” Love, who is producing through his Made with Love Media company.
Washington, who is filming the Lynn Shelton-directed limited series Little Fires Everywhere, has starred in Scandal, Confirmation and Django Unchained, and is repped by Washington Square Arts, CAA and attorney Gretchen Rush. Her Simpson Street has American Son premiering at Toronto next month before bowing on Netflix.
Brown, the Emmy-winning This Is Us star, is coming off Black Panther, currently voices a role in The Angry Birds Movie 2 and next stars in A24’s Waves and the...
The script is described as a fresh take on Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Simpson Street’s Pilar Savone and Washington will be producing alongside Indian Meadows Productions’ Danielle Reardon and Brown, and Stephen “Dr” Love, who is producing through his Made with Love Media company.
Washington, who is filming the Lynn Shelton-directed limited series Little Fires Everywhere, has starred in Scandal, Confirmation and Django Unchained, and is repped by Washington Square Arts, CAA and attorney Gretchen Rush. Her Simpson Street has American Son premiering at Toronto next month before bowing on Netflix.
Brown, the Emmy-winning This Is Us star, is coming off Black Panther, currently voices a role in The Angry Birds Movie 2 and next stars in A24’s Waves and the...
- 8/16/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Over 500 screenwriters applied to WeScreenplay’s inaugural Diverse Voices Screenwriting Competition. The competition was designed to encourage writers who are under-represented in Hollywood, according to the WGA diversity report.
“The contest is focused on diversity in entertainment both behind and in front of the camera,” said Co-Founder and Director of WeScreenplay Mark Stasenko in a recent interview with IndieWire. The contest was not limited to women and minority screenwriters, nor by age, as the Diverse Voices competition is also looking for stories that bring diversity in front of the camera as well. A majority of the 50 judges were readers for production companies with on average three years of professional experience.
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“While The Nicholl Fellowship usually has fewer than 30% of their submissions from women writers, Diverse Voices received 60% of our submissions from female writers,...
“The contest is focused on diversity in entertainment both behind and in front of the camera,” said Co-Founder and Director of WeScreenplay Mark Stasenko in a recent interview with IndieWire. The contest was not limited to women and minority screenwriters, nor by age, as the Diverse Voices competition is also looking for stories that bring diversity in front of the camera as well. A majority of the 50 judges were readers for production companies with on average three years of professional experience.
Read More:‘How I Sold My Web Series to Netflix’: The Director of ‘EastSiders’ Explains His Secret
“While The Nicholl Fellowship usually has fewer than 30% of their submissions from women writers, Diverse Voices received 60% of our submissions from female writers,...
- 7/15/2016
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
I love it when up-and-coming relatively-unknown filmmakers whose work I really appreciate, progress. South African director Jahmil X.T. Qubeka, whose controversial serial killer origins film Of Good Report, was initially banned by South African censors as it was about to make its World Premiere, will be making his USA debut with a romantic comedy titled Heaven Hath No Fury, written by Leon Chills and Chad Sanders, for New York-based D Street Pictures. You'll recall that we announced the project in January, when D Street optioned it, and, as I recall, your reactions were mixed.The story follows a New York playboy whose decision to break the wrong...
- 3/5/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
South African director boards Us romantic comedy.
Jahmil X.T. Qubeka, whose controversial film Of Good Report was initially banned by South African censors, is to direct Us romantic comedy Heaven Hath No Fury, written by Leon Chills and Chad Sanders, for New York-based D Street Media Group.
It marks Qubeka’s debut in the Us and his first film since 2013’s Of Good Report, about a teacher who embarks on an affair with his pupil that was prevented from opening the Durban International Film Festival last year due to a refusal of classification by the South African Film and Publications Board.
It has since screened in South Africa following a successful appeal by the producers and won the La BAFTA for Best Feature at the 2014 Pan African Film Festival last month.
Heaven Hath No Fury follows a New York playboy whose decision to break the wrong woman’s heart, knocks the world out of kilter, as men start...
Jahmil X.T. Qubeka, whose controversial film Of Good Report was initially banned by South African censors, is to direct Us romantic comedy Heaven Hath No Fury, written by Leon Chills and Chad Sanders, for New York-based D Street Media Group.
It marks Qubeka’s debut in the Us and his first film since 2013’s Of Good Report, about a teacher who embarks on an affair with his pupil that was prevented from opening the Durban International Film Festival last year due to a refusal of classification by the South African Film and Publications Board.
It has since screened in South Africa following a successful appeal by the producers and won the La BAFTA for Best Feature at the 2014 Pan African Film Festival last month.
Heaven Hath No Fury follows a New York playboy whose decision to break the wrong woman’s heart, knocks the world out of kilter, as men start...
- 3/5/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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