David Harbour would appreciate it if you could refrain from screaming the name “Hopper” at him in public. It was flattering at first, but after so many years of playing Jim Hopper for Netflix’s Stranger Things, the actor hopes to move forward. He’s got several feature-length projects on the horizon and plans to make feature films exclusively after Stranger Things ends with its fifth and final season.
Speaking with Insider before the SAG-AFTRA strike kicked into high gear, he said he’s ready to become a featured player in films people will remember. “I’ve been on Netflix, but this was a small original movie that’s going to a cinema,” Harbour said about his ultra-violent Christmas-themed action-comedy Violent Night resonating with audiences. “A whole new world opened up for me with that. I like this playing field. I want to make original movies that go to the movie theaters.
Speaking with Insider before the SAG-AFTRA strike kicked into high gear, he said he’s ready to become a featured player in films people will remember. “I’ve been on Netflix, but this was a small original movie that’s going to a cinema,” Harbour said about his ultra-violent Christmas-themed action-comedy Violent Night resonating with audiences. “A whole new world opened up for me with that. I like this playing field. I want to make original movies that go to the movie theaters.
- 8/9/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Rising Australian actress Olivia DeJonge has signed with Linden Entertainment for management.
DeJonge starred opposite Austin Butler in Baz Luhrmann’s celebrated Warner Bros drama Elvis, which grossed over $288M globally and this year notched eight Academy Award nominations including Best Picture. The actress portraying the King of Rock and Roll’s one-time wife, Priscilla Presley, was recognized with a Best Supporting Actress Aacta Award for her performance.
DeJonge also recently appeared in HBO Max’s true-crime limited series The Staircase, created by Antonio Campos, starring there opposite Colin Firth, Toni Collette, Rosemarie DeWitt, Sophie Turner, Dane DeHaan and Juliette Binoche.
The thesp earlier in her career earned a Young Artist Award nom for her starring turn in M. Night Shyamalan’s Uni horror-thriller The Visit, as well as a West Australian Screen Award for her work in the Maziar Lahooti short, Good Pretender. Other notable...
DeJonge starred opposite Austin Butler in Baz Luhrmann’s celebrated Warner Bros drama Elvis, which grossed over $288M globally and this year notched eight Academy Award nominations including Best Picture. The actress portraying the King of Rock and Roll’s one-time wife, Priscilla Presley, was recognized with a Best Supporting Actress Aacta Award for her performance.
DeJonge also recently appeared in HBO Max’s true-crime limited series The Staircase, created by Antonio Campos, starring there opposite Colin Firth, Toni Collette, Rosemarie DeWitt, Sophie Turner, Dane DeHaan and Juliette Binoche.
The thesp earlier in her career earned a Young Artist Award nom for her starring turn in M. Night Shyamalan’s Uni horror-thriller The Visit, as well as a West Australian Screen Award for her work in the Maziar Lahooti short, Good Pretender. Other notable...
- 4/26/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Cooper Raiff, director of the Sundance award-winning romance film “Cha Cha Real Smooth,” announced on Tuesday that he is creating the new production company Small Ideas with producing partner Clementine Quittner.
The pair plan to develop independent film and TV series from other up-and-coming directors and writers as well as Raiff’s own. Small Ideas’ first project is an unnamed TV series that Raiff will write and direct as well as produce alongside Quittner.
“Clem and I are very protective of passion. We want the artists we work with to know we believe in their stories and ideas as much as they do. I know how brutal fighting for people to trust your vision can be, and I know what a difference it makes to not have to fight for it alone. Small Ideas knows just how much love and support a filmmaker needs,” Raiff said in a statement. “I...
The pair plan to develop independent film and TV series from other up-and-coming directors and writers as well as Raiff’s own. Small Ideas’ first project is an unnamed TV series that Raiff will write and direct as well as produce alongside Quittner.
“Clem and I are very protective of passion. We want the artists we work with to know we believe in their stories and ideas as much as they do. I know how brutal fighting for people to trust your vision can be, and I know what a difference it makes to not have to fight for it alone. Small Ideas knows just how much love and support a filmmaker needs,” Raiff said in a statement. “I...
- 8/2/2022
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Twenty-five-year-old filmmaker Cooper Raiff is on the up. In 2022 alone, his sophomore film “Cha Cha Real Smooth” was scooped out of the Sundance Film Festival by Apple TV+ for a cool 15 million and released this summer, and he announced a new film, “The Trashers,” starring David Harbour and Cooper Hoffmann. Now, the “Shithouse” director and Sundance Audience Award winner is launching a production company, called Small Ideas, with former Black Bear Pictures executive Clementine Quittner.
The outfit will aim to develop and produce independent film and television projects from emerging filmmakers and creators, as well as writer/director Raiff’s own work. The first project at Small Ideas will be an undisclosed TV series written, directed, and produced by Raiff, with Quittner also producing.
“Clem and I are very protective of passion. We want the artists we work with to know we believe in their stories and ideas as much as they do.
The outfit will aim to develop and produce independent film and television projects from emerging filmmakers and creators, as well as writer/director Raiff’s own work. The first project at Small Ideas will be an undisclosed TV series written, directed, and produced by Raiff, with Quittner also producing.
“Clem and I are very protective of passion. We want the artists we work with to know we believe in their stories and ideas as much as they do.
- 8/2/2022
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
“Cha Cha Real Smooth” director Cooper Raiff and former Black Bear Pictures development executive Clementine Quittner are teaming up to launch a new production company, Small Ideas, with a goal of developing and producing independent film and television projects.
The duo are joining forces to make projects from emerging filmmakers and creators, as well as projects written and directed by Raiff. Their first endeavor will be an undisclosed television series which Raiff will write, direct, and produce, and which Quittner will produce.
Raiff’s most recent film, “Cha Cha Real Smooth,” won the Audience Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was acquired by Apple for 15 million. It was released on Apple TV+ in June. He’s already lined up a follow-up, “The Trashers,” which will star “Stranger Things’” David Harbour and “Licorice Pizza” breakout Cooper Hoffman and “Elvis'” Olivia DeJonge. It will shoot this fall.
While at Black Bear,...
The duo are joining forces to make projects from emerging filmmakers and creators, as well as projects written and directed by Raiff. Their first endeavor will be an undisclosed television series which Raiff will write, direct, and produce, and which Quittner will produce.
Raiff’s most recent film, “Cha Cha Real Smooth,” won the Audience Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was acquired by Apple for 15 million. It was released on Apple TV+ in June. He’s already lined up a follow-up, “The Trashers,” which will star “Stranger Things’” David Harbour and “Licorice Pizza” breakout Cooper Hoffman and “Elvis'” Olivia DeJonge. It will shoot this fall.
While at Black Bear,...
- 8/2/2022
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Sundance prize winner Cooper Raiff (Cha Cha Real Smooth) has partnered with former Black Bear Pictures development executive Clementine Quittner to launch Small Ideas—a new production company that will develop and produce indie projects across film and television.
Raiff hinted at the move, and even cited the name of his new shingle in a recent chat with Deadline, which had him discussing the viability of small, carefully crafted projects in the ever-evolving entertainment marketplace.
“I feel really confident about small things. I’m going to start a company and probably call it Small Ideas,” the filmmaker said in the interview published back in June. “There’s a very good, lucrative market for making small things and flipping them, and if you’re okay with them being maybe like a streamer-theatrical duo, I think everyone should be really feeling great and confident about getting their stuff made that they want to make.
Raiff hinted at the move, and even cited the name of his new shingle in a recent chat with Deadline, which had him discussing the viability of small, carefully crafted projects in the ever-evolving entertainment marketplace.
“I feel really confident about small things. I’m going to start a company and probably call it Small Ideas,” the filmmaker said in the interview published back in June. “There’s a very good, lucrative market for making small things and flipping them, and if you’re okay with them being maybe like a streamer-theatrical duo, I think everyone should be really feeling great and confident about getting their stuff made that they want to make.
- 8/2/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Olivia DeJonge has joined the cast of Cooper Raiff’s “The Trashers.”
The deal comes on the heels of DeJonge’s breakout performance in “Elvis,” in which she played Priscilla Presley, the wife of the King of Rock. The film crossed 200 million globally this past weekend, becoming one of the rare movies geared towards older audiences to be a commercial success. The performance also earned DeJonge some superlatives from critics and awards watchers, with USA Today praising her as “spot-on” and Gold Derby’s Edward Douglas singling out her “emotional scenes with [co-star Austin] Butler” and describing her work as “head-turning.”
In “The Trashers,” DeJonge will join an ensemble that includes Cooper Hoffman (“Licorice Pizza”) and David Harbour of “Stranger Things” fame. Details are being kept under wraps, but the film reportedly follows the rise and fall of Jimmy Galante, a garbage tycoon with ties to the Genovese crime family. It’s...
The deal comes on the heels of DeJonge’s breakout performance in “Elvis,” in which she played Priscilla Presley, the wife of the King of Rock. The film crossed 200 million globally this past weekend, becoming one of the rare movies geared towards older audiences to be a commercial success. The performance also earned DeJonge some superlatives from critics and awards watchers, with USA Today praising her as “spot-on” and Gold Derby’s Edward Douglas singling out her “emotional scenes with [co-star Austin] Butler” and describing her work as “head-turning.”
In “The Trashers,” DeJonge will join an ensemble that includes Cooper Hoffman (“Licorice Pizza”) and David Harbour of “Stranger Things” fame. Details are being kept under wraps, but the film reportedly follows the rise and fall of Jimmy Galante, a garbage tycoon with ties to the Genovese crime family. It’s...
- 7/28/2022
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Olivia DeJonge (Elvis) has been set as the female lead for The Trashers—the latest feature from Sundance prize-winning director Cooper Raiff (Cha Cha Real Smooth), which will have her starring alongside David Harbour and Cooper Hoffman.
The film will center on Hoffman’s character Aj—the teenage son of Connecticut trash magnate and Genovese crime family associate Jimmy Galante (Harbour). In 2004, Galante bought the city’s minor-league hockey team and assigned A.J. to run it. The two had bonded over their love for the game when A.J. played, with his crooked father hoping to hold onto their bond. The kid did well, watching the team gain notoriety for its rough and violent style of play but also developing a wide fan base as it started to win more and more games. The team’s success and fame all came to an abrupt end with Galante’s arrest on 72 criminal charges.
The film will center on Hoffman’s character Aj—the teenage son of Connecticut trash magnate and Genovese crime family associate Jimmy Galante (Harbour). In 2004, Galante bought the city’s minor-league hockey team and assigned A.J. to run it. The two had bonded over their love for the game when A.J. played, with his crooked father hoping to hold onto their bond. The kid did well, watching the team gain notoriety for its rough and violent style of play but also developing a wide fan base as it started to win more and more games. The team’s success and fame all came to an abrupt end with Galante’s arrest on 72 criminal charges.
- 7/28/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Top CAA media finance agent Maren Olson has joined 30West as executive vice president of film, it was announced Wednesday.
Olson will work alongside 30West’s Trevor Groth to manage the label’s slate. This includes the upcoming “The Trashers” starring David Harbour and directed by Sundance breakout Cooper Raiff, as well as the thriller “Day Drinker” from director Marc Webb.
Olson spent 7 years at CAA working alongside media finance chiefs Roeg Sutherland and Ben Kramer. Projects she recently helped assemble include Channing Tatum’s “Dog”; “The 355” directed by Simon Kinberg and starring Jessica Chastain and Penelope Cruz; the forthcoming “The Pale Blue Eye” from director Scott Cooper and star Christian Bale; and “Pussy Island,” directed by Zoë Kravitz and starring Tatum.
30West heads to Cannes with the Imperative Entertainment premiere “Triangle of Sadness” playing in competition, as well as “The Silent Twins,” which will premiere in Un Certain Regard.
Olson will work alongside 30West’s Trevor Groth to manage the label’s slate. This includes the upcoming “The Trashers” starring David Harbour and directed by Sundance breakout Cooper Raiff, as well as the thriller “Day Drinker” from director Marc Webb.
Olson spent 7 years at CAA working alongside media finance chiefs Roeg Sutherland and Ben Kramer. Projects she recently helped assemble include Channing Tatum’s “Dog”; “The 355” directed by Simon Kinberg and starring Jessica Chastain and Penelope Cruz; the forthcoming “The Pale Blue Eye” from director Scott Cooper and star Christian Bale; and “Pussy Island,” directed by Zoë Kravitz and starring Tatum.
30West heads to Cannes with the Imperative Entertainment premiere “Triangle of Sadness” playing in competition, as well as “The Silent Twins,” which will premiere in Un Certain Regard.
- 5/11/2022
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
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