The pun-packed, Arnie-starring original that strayed wildly from Stephen King’s book is one trashy 80s sci-fi romp that could actually benefit from a remake
Why bother remaking much-loved 80s and 90s science fiction movies? Frankly it never ends well. Len Wiseman’s 2012 reworking of Total Recall, with a baffled-looking Colin Farrell taking over from Arnold Schwarzenegger as the amnesiac dreamer of futuristic secret agent dreams, struggled to capture the bombast of the superbly trashy Paul Verhoeven original, and never even made it to mutant-heavy Mars. The maverick Dutch director’s 1987 version of RoboCop is a gloriously effective corporate satire masquerading as an all-guns-blazing actioner, but its 2014 remake from José Padilha (despite a stellar cast) seemed to smooth off all those rough, wonderfully stop-motion fuelled sci-fi edges and somehow lose something in the process.
How, then, should we greet the news that another of Arnie’s nutty sci-fi romps, 1987’s The Running Man,...
Why bother remaking much-loved 80s and 90s science fiction movies? Frankly it never ends well. Len Wiseman’s 2012 reworking of Total Recall, with a baffled-looking Colin Farrell taking over from Arnold Schwarzenegger as the amnesiac dreamer of futuristic secret agent dreams, struggled to capture the bombast of the superbly trashy Paul Verhoeven original, and never even made it to mutant-heavy Mars. The maverick Dutch director’s 1987 version of RoboCop is a gloriously effective corporate satire masquerading as an all-guns-blazing actioner, but its 2014 remake from José Padilha (despite a stellar cast) seemed to smooth off all those rough, wonderfully stop-motion fuelled sci-fi edges and somehow lose something in the process.
How, then, should we greet the news that another of Arnie’s nutty sci-fi romps, 1987’s The Running Man,...
- 4/19/2024
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
I don’t think it’s a controversial opinion to state that, of all the RoboCop movies, only Paul Verhoeven’s original 1987 film deserves to be called a classic. However, a lot of us have always thought that the ultra-violent sequel, RoboCop 2, was better than its reputation suggests. I know from our Original Video on the movie that it has more than a few fans, so it’s exciting to reveal that RoboCop 2 is finally getting a 4K Blu-ray release via Scream Factory.
The news was broken by our friends at Blu-ray.com. The company has also licensed José Padilha’s 2014 remake for release. No RoboCop 3 yet. I suppose the company just decided to let that one go, and you can’t really blame them, as it just might be one of the worst sequels of all time.
No news yet on whether RoboCop 2 will contain any special features.
The news was broken by our friends at Blu-ray.com. The company has also licensed José Padilha’s 2014 remake for release. No RoboCop 3 yet. I suppose the company just decided to let that one go, and you can’t really blame them, as it just might be one of the worst sequels of all time.
No news yet on whether RoboCop 2 will contain any special features.
- 4/1/2024
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Serve the public trust, protect the innocent, uphold the law, produce a crappy remake. When José Padilha’s RoboCop remake hit theaters in 2014, it was…something else all right. A PG-13 take on a movie that satirizes the Reagan administration and blasts corporate greed to smithereens – oh, and also features the hero shooting a guy in the dick – the RoboCop remake was about as lousy as you’d think, at least compared to Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 action classic. And that’s about where its star, Joel Kinnaman, stands on the matter, saying the RoboCop remake lost touch with what people loved about the original.
Speaking with ComicBook.com, Joel Kinnaman said that while he liked the experience of working on the RoboCop remake and helping Padilha bring his vision to the big screen, there was a serious disconnect between what they were doing and what fans of Verhoeven’s film wanted.
Speaking with ComicBook.com, Joel Kinnaman said that while he liked the experience of working on the RoboCop remake and helping Padilha bring his vision to the big screen, there was a serious disconnect between what they were doing and what fans of Verhoeven’s film wanted.
- 11/29/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
The Greatest Brazilian Jiu-jitsu fighter in the world is looking to fight me.
“Put your hands up,” Rickson Gracie tells me as he advances. “Like you’re talking like an Italian.”
I raise my hands as he lunges toward my head.
“Don’t let me touch your face.”
Gracie — the 63-year-old legend with shorn hair and tanned skin — is wearing gray shorts and a black T-shirt. He’s muscular and compact. I’m taller, but that’s about it. He can choke me unconscious with little to no effort. His hands shoot out,...
“Put your hands up,” Rickson Gracie tells me as he advances. “Like you’re talking like an Italian.”
I raise my hands as he lunges toward my head.
“Don’t let me touch your face.”
Gracie — the 63-year-old legend with shorn hair and tanned skin — is wearing gray shorts and a black T-shirt. He’s muscular and compact. I’m taller, but that’s about it. He can choke me unconscious with little to no effort. His hands shoot out,...
- 11/12/2023
- by Kevin Maurer
- Rollingstone.com
Like many independent filmmakers, Anthony Gomez has some quibbles with his own work. He wishes he’d had more time to shoot. His lead looks natural on camera but the voiceover delivery is stiff. A friend came through with some original music, but the post process was crazy. The usual stuff. What’s unusual is that Gomez, 26, made his most recent film, a short documentary about working out, while living inside San Quentin State Prison.
“It’s the first time I’ve had my parents say they’re proud of me since I graduated from high school,” Gomez says of the videos he has directed, starred in and contributed to while inside San Quentin. Among the highlights is a series of mockumentary shorts inspired by The Office. Staring deadpan into the camera after the guy next to you says something stupid, it turns out, is a cinematic language that translates to workplaces everywhere.
“It’s the first time I’ve had my parents say they’re proud of me since I graduated from high school,” Gomez says of the videos he has directed, starred in and contributed to while inside San Quentin. Among the highlights is a series of mockumentary shorts inspired by The Office. Staring deadpan into the camera after the guy next to you says something stupid, it turns out, is a cinematic language that translates to workplaces everywhere.
- 7/31/2023
- by Rebecca Keegan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Marvel’s Iron Man once might have slightly rubbed Oscar-winner Gary Oldman the wrong way. To Oldman, Robert Downey Jr.’s superhero blockbuster highlighted a problem Oldman had with many modern day blockbusters.
How Gary Oldman felt about starring in so many blockbuster franchises Gary Oldman | Dave Benett/Getty Images
Oldman has been a part of some of the film industry’s most lucrative and profitable franchises. He spent years playing a pivotal role in the Harry Potter series as the wizard Sirius Black. Apart from that, he’s contributed his talents to Matt Reeves’ rebooted Planet of the Apes films and Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy.
In a 2014 interview with Esquire, Oldman felt he was fortunate to be able to star in so many popular blockbusters. Especially since doing so offered him a lot of downtime.
“I’ve been lucky to be associated with these franchises and that...
How Gary Oldman felt about starring in so many blockbuster franchises Gary Oldman | Dave Benett/Getty Images
Oldman has been a part of some of the film industry’s most lucrative and profitable franchises. He spent years playing a pivotal role in the Harry Potter series as the wizard Sirius Black. Apart from that, he’s contributed his talents to Matt Reeves’ rebooted Planet of the Apes films and Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy.
In a 2014 interview with Esquire, Oldman felt he was fortunate to be able to star in so many popular blockbusters. Especially since doing so offered him a lot of downtime.
“I’ve been lucky to be associated with these franchises and that...
- 2/23/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Adria Arjona and Wagner Moura will star in the feature film adaptation of Francisco Goldman’s bestselling book “Say Her Name.” The film, which will be directed by Gerardo Naranjo, will feature a script by Goldman, while Arjona and Moura will executive produce. UTA Independent Film Group is representing worldwide rights and will be launching sales at EFM.
Naranjo is best known for directing “Miss Bala,” which premiered in Cannes in 2011, and was the Mexican entry for the Oscars and Goya awards that year. He has directed episodes of acclaimed series such as “The Walking Dead” and “Narcos,” and his latest film “Kokoloko” won Best Mexican Film at Guadalajara in 2020.
Goldman is the author of six books, including the 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist “Monkey Boy.” He wrote the screen adaptation for HBO’s 2020 crime documentary “The Art of Political Murder,” based on his 2007 nonfiction book by the same name. “Say Her...
Naranjo is best known for directing “Miss Bala,” which premiered in Cannes in 2011, and was the Mexican entry for the Oscars and Goya awards that year. He has directed episodes of acclaimed series such as “The Walking Dead” and “Narcos,” and his latest film “Kokoloko” won Best Mexican Film at Guadalajara in 2020.
Goldman is the author of six books, including the 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist “Monkey Boy.” He wrote the screen adaptation for HBO’s 2020 crime documentary “The Art of Political Murder,” based on his 2007 nonfiction book by the same name. “Say Her...
- 2/10/2023
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Filmmaker Amat Escalante, who won best director at Cannes for 2013 film “Heli,” has signed with CAA.
“Heli,” where the protagonist tries to protect his family from a drug cartel and corrupt police, competed for the Palme d’Or at Cannes and won several more awards, including at Camerimage, Palm Springs, Stockholm and Munich and represented Mexico at the 86th Academy Awards in the then Best Foreign Language Film category.
Escalante’s follow-up feature “The Untamed,” where the lives of a couple in a troubled marriage are turned upside down by the discovery of a mysterious creature, competed for the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival in 2016, and won the Silver Lion for his direction. Like with “Heli,” Escalante won best director at Mexico’s Ariel Awards for “The Untamed.”
The filmmaker is currently in post-production on his next feature, “Lost in the Night,” about a man in search...
“Heli,” where the protagonist tries to protect his family from a drug cartel and corrupt police, competed for the Palme d’Or at Cannes and won several more awards, including at Camerimage, Palm Springs, Stockholm and Munich and represented Mexico at the 86th Academy Awards in the then Best Foreign Language Film category.
Escalante’s follow-up feature “The Untamed,” where the lives of a couple in a troubled marriage are turned upside down by the discovery of a mysterious creature, competed for the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival in 2016, and won the Silver Lion for his direction. Like with “Heli,” Escalante won best director at Mexico’s Ariel Awards for “The Untamed.”
The filmmaker is currently in post-production on his next feature, “Lost in the Night,” about a man in search...
- 1/10/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
It’s safe to say a lot of lives were forever changed in 1987 with the release of Robocop, led by Peter Weller in the titular role and directed by auteur Paul Verhoeven. The deliciously violent film was praised as a weirdly humorous work of outsider art rooted in deeper meaning. Seriously, can you imagine a major studio releasing this now? It’s nearly impossible to fit the movie into a box: it’s a sci-fi action picture, a horror movie, a satire, a philosophical drama about what it means to be human. It’s a hard R even by today’s standards, and yet it also targeted kids with video games and action figure tie-ins. This movie had a Toy Line from Kenner! The 80s were a helluva time.
It took a while before the inevitable happened: a remake saw the light of day in 2014 from Brazilian director Jose Padilha,...
It took a while before the inevitable happened: a remake saw the light of day in 2014 from Brazilian director Jose Padilha,...
- 1/8/2023
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Updated, 8:42 Am: Narcos executive producer/director José Padilha has settled his lawsuit against fellow EP Eric Newman over what he claimed was his share of millions of dollars in profits from the Netflix drama series. Terms were not disclosed in Monday’s filing.
Read details of the case below.
Previously, August 30: Narcos executive producer/director José Padilha is suing his fellow EP Eric Newman over what he claims is his share of millions of dollars in profits from the Netflix drama series.
The lawsuit, filed last week in Los Angeles Superior Court, says that “Padilha and Newman agreed to share equally 50/50 (excluding any payments Padilha might receive from directing services) in all revenue, income, and proceeds of any nature …that either might receive based on or connected with the Series.”
Padilha, whose directing credits also include Elite Squad and its sequel, also directed episodes of Narcos, about the...
Read details of the case below.
Previously, August 30: Narcos executive producer/director José Padilha is suing his fellow EP Eric Newman over what he claims is his share of millions of dollars in profits from the Netflix drama series.
The lawsuit, filed last week in Los Angeles Superior Court, says that “Padilha and Newman agreed to share equally 50/50 (excluding any payments Padilha might receive from directing services) in all revenue, income, and proceeds of any nature …that either might receive based on or connected with the Series.”
Padilha, whose directing credits also include Elite Squad and its sequel, also directed episodes of Narcos, about the...
- 11/23/2022
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Click here to read the full article.
Narcos director José Padilha has settled a lawsuit against his production partner Eric Newman alleging the series showrunner cheated him out of millions in profits by concealing revenue.
The two sides reached an agreement to resolve the suit, according to a court document filed on Monday. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.
Newman, through his production company Spahn Ranch, and Padilha, through his production company Cold Mountain, report to each other all proceeds arising from exploitation of Narcos, including money from audits of and bonuses from Gaumont Television, according to the complaint. Under their profit sharing agreement, they have an equal split of all revenue.
But Padilha said he’s being shorted because the contract is structured in a way that the amount of money paid to Newman by Gaumont isn’t completely transparent. He claimed that the studio has paid Newman...
Narcos director José Padilha has settled a lawsuit against his production partner Eric Newman alleging the series showrunner cheated him out of millions in profits by concealing revenue.
The two sides reached an agreement to resolve the suit, according to a court document filed on Monday. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.
Newman, through his production company Spahn Ranch, and Padilha, through his production company Cold Mountain, report to each other all proceeds arising from exploitation of Narcos, including money from audits of and bonuses from Gaumont Television, according to the complaint. Under their profit sharing agreement, they have an equal split of all revenue.
But Padilha said he’s being shorted because the contract is structured in a way that the amount of money paid to Newman by Gaumont isn’t completely transparent. He claimed that the studio has paid Newman...
- 11/22/2022
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Campside Media, the company behind the popular Chameleon podcast series, which documented the story of the Hollywood Con Queen, has lined up its next project – the story of the wild kidnapping attempt of Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer.
The story, which is based on reporting from Ken Bensinger and Jessica Garrison, is being lined up as the sixth season of the Chameleon podcast.
However, in a new twist, the company is also simultaneously developing a television adaptation and has teamed up with Jeremy Miller and Daniel Cohn, who have worked on shows such as Ally McBeal and Entourage, to pen the small-screen adaptation.
The Michigan Plot details exactly what happened beyond the initial headlines that told the world the FBI had narrowly thwarted a kidnapping attempt against the governor of Michigan. What the Justice Department called the first step towards ‘The Big Boogaloo’ – a long-awaited civil war that would overthrow...
The story, which is based on reporting from Ken Bensinger and Jessica Garrison, is being lined up as the sixth season of the Chameleon podcast.
However, in a new twist, the company is also simultaneously developing a television adaptation and has teamed up with Jeremy Miller and Daniel Cohn, who have worked on shows such as Ally McBeal and Entourage, to pen the small-screen adaptation.
The Michigan Plot details exactly what happened beyond the initial headlines that told the world the FBI had narrowly thwarted a kidnapping attempt against the governor of Michigan. What the Justice Department called the first step towards ‘The Big Boogaloo’ – a long-awaited civil war that would overthrow...
- 10/18/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Click here to read the full article.
Narcos producer Gaumont Television and veteran TV exec Katie O’Connell Marsh have settled their dispute over profits from that series and several others a week before the fight was set for trial.
Marsh in February 2018 sued Gaumont claiming she was owed millions in profits on Narcos, Hannibal, Hemlock Grove and F Is for Family. Gaumont filed its own complaint a few months later, alleging it didn’t have to pay her because she breached her termination agreement by disclosing the company’s trade secrets.
As the parties proceeded toward an Oct. 17 trial, L.A. County Superior Court judge Holly Fujie had issued decisions trimming the case against Marsh to just one claim for breach of contract, while multiple claims against Gaumont were still pending, including breach of contract and fraud, which could have resulted in punitive damages.
On Monday and Tuesday, the parties filed requests for dismissal.
Narcos producer Gaumont Television and veteran TV exec Katie O’Connell Marsh have settled their dispute over profits from that series and several others a week before the fight was set for trial.
Marsh in February 2018 sued Gaumont claiming she was owed millions in profits on Narcos, Hannibal, Hemlock Grove and F Is for Family. Gaumont filed its own complaint a few months later, alleging it didn’t have to pay her because she breached her termination agreement by disclosing the company’s trade secrets.
As the parties proceeded toward an Oct. 17 trial, L.A. County Superior Court judge Holly Fujie had issued decisions trimming the case against Marsh to just one claim for breach of contract, while multiple claims against Gaumont were still pending, including breach of contract and fraud, which could have resulted in punitive damages.
On Monday and Tuesday, the parties filed requests for dismissal.
- 10/13/2022
- by Ashley Cullins
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There might be a real-life crime behind Netflix’s “Narcos.”
Director and producer José Padilha (“Robocop”) has officially sued production partner Eric Newman over allegations that Newman is hiding millions of dollars worth of profits from the critically acclaimed series. Padilha listed in the suit that Newman is concealing revenue from Gaumont Television, which violates their profit-sharing agreement.
Newman’s production company Spahn Ranch was supposed to be sharing reports and proceeds from “Narcos” with Padilha’s production company Cold Mountain. The contract states “each party receives an equal amount of Gross Proceeds at all times.” However, Padilha alleges Newman is hiding money because the contract is structured so the amount paid to Newman by Gaumont isn’t transparent.
“Despite having voluntarily accepted the trust reposed in him by Plaintiffs, and in violation of this relationship of trust, Newman (both individually and on behalf of Spahn Ranch) caused Narcos Revenues...
Director and producer José Padilha (“Robocop”) has officially sued production partner Eric Newman over allegations that Newman is hiding millions of dollars worth of profits from the critically acclaimed series. Padilha listed in the suit that Newman is concealing revenue from Gaumont Television, which violates their profit-sharing agreement.
Newman’s production company Spahn Ranch was supposed to be sharing reports and proceeds from “Narcos” with Padilha’s production company Cold Mountain. The contract states “each party receives an equal amount of Gross Proceeds at all times.” However, Padilha alleges Newman is hiding money because the contract is structured so the amount paid to Newman by Gaumont isn’t transparent.
“Despite having voluntarily accepted the trust reposed in him by Plaintiffs, and in violation of this relationship of trust, Newman (both individually and on behalf of Spahn Ranch) caused Narcos Revenues...
- 8/31/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
“Narcos” executive producer José Padilha is suing the show’s director Eric Newman over an alleged 1 million in unpaid revenue and breach of contract, claiming that his producing partner did not report certain profits totaling in the “several millions of dollars,” which reneges on a previous agreement to split all incomes received 50-50.
“Despite Plaintiffs’ efforts to obtain information and documents from Defendants concerning their receipt of revenues, income, and proceeds arising from or connected with ‘Narcos,’ Defendants have steadfastly refused to meaningfully communicate with Plaintiffs or otherwise provide Plaintiffs with any information or documents concerning the revenues, income, and proceeds Defendants have received based on ‘Narcos’ and have concealed all information from Plaintiffs concerning payments Defendants have received from the exploitation and huge success of Narcos,” the suit, which was filed with the Los Angeles Superior Court and demands a jury trial, reads.
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“Despite Plaintiffs’ efforts to obtain information and documents from Defendants concerning their receipt of revenues, income, and proceeds arising from or connected with ‘Narcos,’ Defendants have steadfastly refused to meaningfully communicate with Plaintiffs or otherwise provide Plaintiffs with any information or documents concerning the revenues, income, and proceeds Defendants have received based on ‘Narcos’ and have concealed all information from Plaintiffs concerning payments Defendants have received from the exploitation and huge success of Narcos,” the suit, which was filed with the Los Angeles Superior Court and demands a jury trial, reads.
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- 8/30/2022
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- The Wrap
A producer behind the hit Netflix series “Narcos” has filed a lawsuit claiming he is owed more than 1 million in unpaid profits on the show.
José Padilha sued fellow producer Eric Newman, claiming that Newman has breached an agreement to split all profits on the show 50-50.
The complaint alleges that Newman and his company have received “several millions of dollars in revenues arising from or connected with ‘Narcos’ that have not been reported to Plaintiffs.” The suit seeks to recoup 50 of all unreported revenues, as well as punitive damages.
Newman has a longstanding relationship with Netflix. He is currently producing “Rebel Moon,” the streamer’s mega-budget sci-fi epic from director Zack Snyder. In addition to “Narcos,” his other Netflix projects include “Bright,” with Will Smith, and “Hemlock Grove,” which was the second show the streamer ever produced.
Padilha is a Brazilian director who first gained notice for “Bus 174,...
José Padilha sued fellow producer Eric Newman, claiming that Newman has breached an agreement to split all profits on the show 50-50.
The complaint alleges that Newman and his company have received “several millions of dollars in revenues arising from or connected with ‘Narcos’ that have not been reported to Plaintiffs.” The suit seeks to recoup 50 of all unreported revenues, as well as punitive damages.
Newman has a longstanding relationship with Netflix. He is currently producing “Rebel Moon,” the streamer’s mega-budget sci-fi epic from director Zack Snyder. In addition to “Narcos,” his other Netflix projects include “Bright,” with Will Smith, and “Hemlock Grove,” which was the second show the streamer ever produced.
Padilha is a Brazilian director who first gained notice for “Bus 174,...
- 8/30/2022
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
Click here to read the full article.
Narcos director José Padilha claims his production partner is cheating him out of millions in profits from the series.
Padilha is suing showrunner Eric Newman, alleging the veteran producer is concealing revenue — including money from audits of and bonuses from Gaumont Television. Under their profit sharing agreement, they agreed to an equal split of all revenue.
“Despite having voluntarily accepted the trust reposed in him by Plaintiffs, and in violation of this relationship of trust, Newman (both individually and on behalf of Spahn Ranch) caused Narcos Revenues to be paid solely and directly to Defendants, without making Plaintiffs aware that these Narcos Revenues had been received by Defendants,” states the complaint filed on Friday in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Newman, through his production company Spahn Ranch, and Padilha, through his production company Cold Mountain, reports and accounts to each other all proceeds arising from exploitation of Narcos,...
Narcos director José Padilha claims his production partner is cheating him out of millions in profits from the series.
Padilha is suing showrunner Eric Newman, alleging the veteran producer is concealing revenue — including money from audits of and bonuses from Gaumont Television. Under their profit sharing agreement, they agreed to an equal split of all revenue.
“Despite having voluntarily accepted the trust reposed in him by Plaintiffs, and in violation of this relationship of trust, Newman (both individually and on behalf of Spahn Ranch) caused Narcos Revenues to be paid solely and directly to Defendants, without making Plaintiffs aware that these Narcos Revenues had been received by Defendants,” states the complaint filed on Friday in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Newman, through his production company Spahn Ranch, and Padilha, through his production company Cold Mountain, reports and accounts to each other all proceeds arising from exploitation of Narcos,...
- 8/30/2022
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Click here to read the full article.
Rio de Janeiro is dangling a big sweetener to lure Hollywood to shoot its movies and TV series locally.
RioFilme, a local city agency, has launched a 35 percent tax break for audiovisual production. The goal is attracting Hollywood and other foreign productions and film investments from elsewhere in Brazil, including São Paulo, to Rio de Janeiro, to make the Brazilian city a major international destination for film and TV producers.
The launch of the Rio de Janeiro tax incentive follows Netflix opening an office in São Paulo to shoot originals. Narcos producer José Padilha produced The Mechanism series for Netflix Brazil, and City of God director Fernando Meirelles produced 7 Prisoners for the streaming giant as it looks to branch out beyond São Paulo to shoot local language projects.
International productions will each be eligible to receive 2 million Brazilian Real, or around 380,000. In return,...
Rio de Janeiro is dangling a big sweetener to lure Hollywood to shoot its movies and TV series locally.
RioFilme, a local city agency, has launched a 35 percent tax break for audiovisual production. The goal is attracting Hollywood and other foreign productions and film investments from elsewhere in Brazil, including São Paulo, to Rio de Janeiro, to make the Brazilian city a major international destination for film and TV producers.
The launch of the Rio de Janeiro tax incentive follows Netflix opening an office in São Paulo to shoot originals. Narcos producer José Padilha produced The Mechanism series for Netflix Brazil, and City of God director Fernando Meirelles produced 7 Prisoners for the streaming giant as it looks to branch out beyond São Paulo to shoot local language projects.
International productions will each be eligible to receive 2 million Brazilian Real, or around 380,000. In return,...
- 7/11/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The tumultuous events surrounding the making of Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1973 film “Last Tango in Paris” will be the subject of a limited series to be co-directed by Lisa Brühlmann (“Killing Eve”) and José Padilha (“Narcos”).
The series, titled “Tango,” is part of the international first-look agreement between CBS Studios and Stampede Ventures, an independent entertainment media company founded by former Warner Bros. Pictures president Greg Silverman.
The series, set in Italy, France and the U.S., written by Jeremy Miller and Daniel Cohn, will span the 18 months before, during and after the production of “Last Tango in Paris,” and will be told through the lens of those at the center of the events — stars Maria Schneider, Marlon Brando and Bertolucci.
The film is known for its infamous rape scene, which Bertolucci admitted decades later was not consensual.
“Controversy plagued the film following its release in January of 1973, while Brando and...
The series, titled “Tango,” is part of the international first-look agreement between CBS Studios and Stampede Ventures, an independent entertainment media company founded by former Warner Bros. Pictures president Greg Silverman.
The series, set in Italy, France and the U.S., written by Jeremy Miller and Daniel Cohn, will span the 18 months before, during and after the production of “Last Tango in Paris,” and will be told through the lens of those at the center of the events — stars Maria Schneider, Marlon Brando and Bertolucci.
The film is known for its infamous rape scene, which Bertolucci admitted decades later was not consensual.
“Controversy plagued the film following its release in January of 1973, while Brando and...
- 11/29/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
CBS Studios is backing Tango, a limited event series based on the tumultuous events surrounding the making of Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1972 erotic drama Last Tango in Paris.
Lisa Brühlmann (Killing Eve) and José Padilha (Narcos) will co-direct the series, with Greg Silverman and Jp Sarni of Stampede Ventures executive producing. CBS Studios will co-produce under its international first-look agreement with Stampede, with SVP of international co-productions and development Meghan Lyvers overseeing the project for the studio.
Based on a script by Jeremy Miller and Daniel Cohn, Tango traces the 18 months before, during and after the production of Last Tango in Paris, exploring the story through ...
Lisa Brühlmann (Killing Eve) and José Padilha (Narcos) will co-direct the series, with Greg Silverman and Jp Sarni of Stampede Ventures executive producing. CBS Studios will co-produce under its international first-look agreement with Stampede, with SVP of international co-productions and development Meghan Lyvers overseeing the project for the studio.
Based on a script by Jeremy Miller and Daniel Cohn, Tango traces the 18 months before, during and after the production of Last Tango in Paris, exploring the story through ...
- 11/29/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
CBS Studios is backing Tango, a limited event series based on the tumultuous events surrounding the making of Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1972 erotic drama Last Tango in Paris.
Lisa Brühlmann (Killing Eve) and José Padilha (Narcos) will co-direct the series, with Greg Silverman and Jp Sarni of Stampede Ventures executive producing. CBS Studios will co-produce under its international first-look agreement with Stampede, with SVP of international co-productions and development Meghan Lyvers overseeing the project for the studio.
Based on a script by Jeremy Miller and Daniel Cohn, Tango traces the 18 months before, during and after the production of Last Tango in Paris, exploring the story through ...
Lisa Brühlmann (Killing Eve) and José Padilha (Narcos) will co-direct the series, with Greg Silverman and Jp Sarni of Stampede Ventures executive producing. CBS Studios will co-produce under its international first-look agreement with Stampede, with SVP of international co-productions and development Meghan Lyvers overseeing the project for the studio.
Based on a script by Jeremy Miller and Daniel Cohn, Tango traces the 18 months before, during and after the production of Last Tango in Paris, exploring the story through ...
- 11/29/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Amazon Prime Video announced that the comedy special “Yearly Departed” will return for its second special this December, this time hosted by Yvonne Orji.
The new special will feature an all-female lineup of guests to be announced at a later date. They will bid farewell to the trends we are leaving behind in 2021, including hot vaxx summer, hermit life, ignoring the climate crisis and Zoom.
“In my career, I’ve been fortunate to work on a show that was created by Blacks, for Black characters, and now, I get to host a special that was written by all women, featuring a lineup of incredibly funny female comedians, directed by a talented female director and produced by a group of amazing female producers. I guess lightning can strike twice,” said Orji.
“Yearly Departed” is from Amazon Studios, Done+Dusted and Scrap Paper Pictures. The special is executive produced by Rachel Brosnahan,...
The new special will feature an all-female lineup of guests to be announced at a later date. They will bid farewell to the trends we are leaving behind in 2021, including hot vaxx summer, hermit life, ignoring the climate crisis and Zoom.
“In my career, I’ve been fortunate to work on a show that was created by Blacks, for Black characters, and now, I get to host a special that was written by all women, featuring a lineup of incredibly funny female comedians, directed by a talented female director and produced by a group of amazing female producers. I guess lightning can strike twice,” said Orji.
“Yearly Departed” is from Amazon Studios, Done+Dusted and Scrap Paper Pictures. The special is executive produced by Rachel Brosnahan,...
- 10/11/2021
- by Selome Hailu and Katie Song
- Variety Film + TV
For once, those sniffles you hear aren’t a coke thing: “Narcos: Mexico” will come to an end with its upcoming third season, Netflix said on Monday. The streaming service also released a teaser of the show’s final episodes.
Watch the video above, which also reveals that the final “blow” of “Narcos: Mexico” will debut on Nov. 5.
Here’s the description for “Narcos: Mexico’s” 10-episode third and final season: Set in the 90s, when the globalization of the drug business ignites, Season 3 examines the war that breaks out after Felix’s arrest. As newly independent cartels struggle to survive political upheaval and escalating violence, a new generation of Mexican kingpins emerge. But in this war, truth is the first casualty – and every arrest, murder and take-done only pushes real victory further away…
“Narcos: Mexico” stars Scoot McNairy, José María Yázpik, Luis Gerardo Méndez, Alberto Guerra, Luisa Rubino, Alfonso Dosal,...
Watch the video above, which also reveals that the final “blow” of “Narcos: Mexico” will debut on Nov. 5.
Here’s the description for “Narcos: Mexico’s” 10-episode third and final season: Set in the 90s, when the globalization of the drug business ignites, Season 3 examines the war that breaks out after Felix’s arrest. As newly independent cartels struggle to survive political upheaval and escalating violence, a new generation of Mexican kingpins emerge. But in this war, truth is the first casualty – and every arrest, murder and take-done only pushes real victory further away…
“Narcos: Mexico” stars Scoot McNairy, José María Yázpik, Luis Gerardo Méndez, Alberto Guerra, Luisa Rubino, Alfonso Dosal,...
- 9/13/2021
- by Jennifer Maas and Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
‘Narcos: Mexico’ To End With Season 3 On Netflix; Premiere Date, First-Look Photos & Teaser Released
Netflix’s Narcos: Mexico returns with season 3 on Nov. 5 — its final season in Mexico. It is as yet unknown if the franchise will continue with another installment after the original series, set in Colombia, and the Mexico offshoot, both of which ran for three seasons. Executive producers previously have said their intention was to follow the drug trade across various countries.
The new season is set in the ’90s, when the globalization of the drug business ignites. It examines the war that breaks out after Félix Gallardo’s (Diego Luna) arrest. As newly independent cartels struggle to survive political upheaval and escalating violence, a new generation of Mexican kingpins emerge. But in this war, truth is the first casualty – and every arrest, murder, and take-done only pushes real victory further away.
Although Luna won’t return as Gallardo, there are many returning stars as well as some new ones. Most notably,...
The new season is set in the ’90s, when the globalization of the drug business ignites. It examines the war that breaks out after Félix Gallardo’s (Diego Luna) arrest. As newly independent cartels struggle to survive political upheaval and escalating violence, a new generation of Mexican kingpins emerge. But in this war, truth is the first casualty – and every arrest, murder, and take-done only pushes real victory further away.
Although Luna won’t return as Gallardo, there are many returning stars as well as some new ones. Most notably,...
- 9/13/2021
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix announced that the third and final season of “Narcos: Mexico” will premiere on Nov. 5 and released some first looks at the episodes.
This third and final season follows the war that breaks out after Felix’s arrest and the new Mexican kingpins who emerge as newly independent cartels navigate political turmoil and escalating violence.
Returning series regulars include Scoot McNairy, José María Yázpik, Alfonso Dosal, Mayra Hermosillo, Matt Letscher, Manuel Masalva, Alejandro Edda and Gorka Lasaosa. New cast members include Luis Gerardo Méndez, Alberto Guerra and Luisa Rubino, with guest star Bad Bunny aka Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio.
Executive producers on the series are Sidonie Dumas; Christophe Riandee; Nicolas Atlan; José Padilha; Doug Miro; Andrés Baiz, who also directs; Eric Newman and showrunner Carlo Bernard. Other directors are Alejandra Márquez Abella, Luis Ortega, Amat Escalante and Wagner Moura direct. Gaumont serves as the production company.
Watch a teaser and...
This third and final season follows the war that breaks out after Felix’s arrest and the new Mexican kingpins who emerge as newly independent cartels navigate political turmoil and escalating violence.
Returning series regulars include Scoot McNairy, José María Yázpik, Alfonso Dosal, Mayra Hermosillo, Matt Letscher, Manuel Masalva, Alejandro Edda and Gorka Lasaosa. New cast members include Luis Gerardo Méndez, Alberto Guerra and Luisa Rubino, with guest star Bad Bunny aka Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio.
Executive producers on the series are Sidonie Dumas; Christophe Riandee; Nicolas Atlan; José Padilha; Doug Miro; Andrés Baiz, who also directs; Eric Newman and showrunner Carlo Bernard. Other directors are Alejandra Márquez Abella, Luis Ortega, Amat Escalante and Wagner Moura direct. Gaumont serves as the production company.
Watch a teaser and...
- 9/13/2021
- by Ethan Shanfeld and Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Aimee Garcia has joined the cast of Woke.
The Hulu series, co-created by Keith Knight and Marshall Todd, centers on Keef Knight (Lamorne Morris), an African-American cartoonist who finds himself on the verge of mainstream success when an unexpected incident changes his life. With a newfound consciousness, Keef must navigate the new voices and ideas challenging him, all without setting fire to everything he’s already built.
In the comedy’s second season, Garcia will play Laura Salgado, a likable but formidable self-made Silicon Valley venture capitalist who is interested in working with Knight.
Knight and Todd exec produce Woke, alongside Maurice “Mo” Marable, Richie Schwartz, John Will, Will Gluck and Eric Christian Olsen. Anthony King is also on board as an exec producer for Season 2.
Garcia is known for her turn as Ella Lopez on Netflix’s Lucifer and recently...
The Hulu series, co-created by Keith Knight and Marshall Todd, centers on Keef Knight (Lamorne Morris), an African-American cartoonist who finds himself on the verge of mainstream success when an unexpected incident changes his life. With a newfound consciousness, Keef must navigate the new voices and ideas challenging him, all without setting fire to everything he’s already built.
In the comedy’s second season, Garcia will play Laura Salgado, a likable but formidable self-made Silicon Valley venture capitalist who is interested in working with Knight.
Knight and Todd exec produce Woke, alongside Maurice “Mo” Marable, Richie Schwartz, John Will, Will Gluck and Eric Christian Olsen. Anthony King is also on board as an exec producer for Season 2.
Garcia is known for her turn as Ella Lopez on Netflix’s Lucifer and recently...
- 6/22/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s Global Bulletin, Cannes creche returns; Andrei Konchalovsky to deliver Russian Key Buyers Event keynote; European Film Promotion elects board; drama series “The Holiday” sets lead cast; Canada opens women talent development initiatives; and Chinese blockbuster “The Eight Hundred” to premiere at Udine.
The Cannes Marché du Film and Parenting at Film Festivals are back with their daycare creche initiative Le Ballon Rouge, which was a success when introduced in 2019.
The daycare center, housed in a Covid-safe public school in the area, is available for children aged six months to 12 years from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and for a maximum of six hours at a time for each child during the Cannes Film Festival from July 7-14. In addition, a baby lounge will be available at the Palais.
Badges for the children and their caregivers will be provided by the Marché du Film for free.
Adef, British Film Institute,...
The Cannes Marché du Film and Parenting at Film Festivals are back with their daycare creche initiative Le Ballon Rouge, which was a success when introduced in 2019.
The daycare center, housed in a Covid-safe public school in the area, is available for children aged six months to 12 years from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and for a maximum of six hours at a time for each child during the Cannes Film Festival from July 7-14. In addition, a baby lounge will be available at the Palais.
Badges for the children and their caregivers will be provided by the Marché du Film for free.
Adef, British Film Institute,...
- 5/27/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Netflix has landed Sharp, an action script set in the world of expert knife fighting by José Padilha & Nicolette Noble that Padilha will direct. Stampede Ventures will produce. Deal is in the seven-figure range.
It brings Padilha back to the Netflix fold after a long collaboration on the Narcos and Narcos: Mexico series. The hope here is to launch an original action film franchise set in the world of knife fighting. Sharp follows a group of six knife-wielding assassins who, after a globally-synchronized hit goes wrong, are forced to work together to save themselves and discover who betrayed them.
Padilha directs and is a producer with Greg Silverman of Stampede Ventures. Taylor Zea will oversee the project for Netflix.
Padilha and Noble said they “read at least 20 books on blades, from different times and cultures, before writing Sharp. It boils down to this: gunfights are often anonymous; you can shoot someone from afar.
It brings Padilha back to the Netflix fold after a long collaboration on the Narcos and Narcos: Mexico series. The hope here is to launch an original action film franchise set in the world of knife fighting. Sharp follows a group of six knife-wielding assassins who, after a globally-synchronized hit goes wrong, are forced to work together to save themselves and discover who betrayed them.
Padilha directs and is a producer with Greg Silverman of Stampede Ventures. Taylor Zea will oversee the project for Netflix.
Padilha and Noble said they “read at least 20 books on blades, from different times and cultures, before writing Sharp. It boils down to this: gunfights are often anonymous; you can shoot someone from afar.
- 4/30/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Luis Gerardo Méndez, Alberto Guerra, Luisa Rubino and Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio (aka Bad Bunny) are joining the Season 3 cast of Netflix’s Narcos: Mexico.
Méndez will play Victor Tapia, a Juarez cop with a moral dilemma; despite his
misgivings over getting involved, he is drawn into the mystery of a series of brutal killings Guerra is Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, an independent drug trafficker, whose unassuming manner belies the fact that he is quietly one step ahead of everyone else Rubino will be Andrea Nuñez, a young idealistic and ambitious journalist, whose mission to expose corruption brings her an even bigger story than she anticipated Ocasio “Bad Bunny” will guest star as Arturo “Kitty” Paez, a member of Ramon Arellano Felix’s gang called the “Narco Juniors” – rich, well connected kids from upper society who fell in with the cartel life for the money, drugs and violence.
Additional new...
Méndez will play Victor Tapia, a Juarez cop with a moral dilemma; despite his
misgivings over getting involved, he is drawn into the mystery of a series of brutal killings Guerra is Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, an independent drug trafficker, whose unassuming manner belies the fact that he is quietly one step ahead of everyone else Rubino will be Andrea Nuñez, a young idealistic and ambitious journalist, whose mission to expose corruption brings her an even bigger story than she anticipated Ocasio “Bad Bunny” will guest star as Arturo “Kitty” Paez, a member of Ramon Arellano Felix’s gang called the “Narco Juniors” – rich, well connected kids from upper society who fell in with the cartel life for the money, drugs and violence.
Additional new...
- 11/10/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
David Kopple is joining Management 360.
Kopple comes to the management company from CAA, where he worked with such creatives as Narcos exec producer José Padilha, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, The Hunt Craig Zobel, ZeroZeroZero show runner Pablo Trapero Peter Sollett , Adam Robitel, Joe Swanberg, Emily Jerome and John Curran. These clients are expected to continue to be managed by Kopple and are also expected to stay at CAA
“We have long admired David as a person with great integrity, a keen eye, and an entrepreneurial spirit. We’re thrilled to welcome him to 360 and look forward to collaborating with him and his clients in exciting new ways,” said the Management 360 partners in a joint statement.
Kopple had been with CAA since 2010.
Kopple comes to the management company from CAA, where he worked with such creatives as Narcos exec producer José Padilha, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, The Hunt Craig Zobel, ZeroZeroZero show runner Pablo Trapero Peter Sollett , Adam Robitel, Joe Swanberg, Emily Jerome and John Curran. These clients are expected to continue to be managed by Kopple and are also expected to stay at CAA
“We have long admired David as a person with great integrity, a keen eye, and an entrepreneurial spirit. We’re thrilled to welcome him to 360 and look forward to collaborating with him and his clients in exciting new ways,” said the Management 360 partners in a joint statement.
Kopple had been with CAA since 2010.
- 9/15/2020
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
David Kopple is joining Management 360 from CAA, where he has worked since 2010. He currently serves in the agency’s motion picture lit department.
Among the clients joining Kopple at Management 360 are José Padilha, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, Craig Zobel, Pablo Trapero, Peter Sollett, Adam Robitel, Joe Swanberg, Emily Jerome, and John Curran. More are likely to follow. Clients represented by CAA are expected to stay at the agency.
“We have long admired David as a person with great integrity, a keen eye, and an entrepreneurial spirit,” the Management 360 partners said in a joint statement. “We’re thrilled to welcome him to 360 and look forward to collaborating with him and his clients in exciting new ways.”
Kopple is now the latest in a growing list of agents from top agencies who are making the move to management companies. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to mostly stymie production and live events,...
Among the clients joining Kopple at Management 360 are José Padilha, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, Craig Zobel, Pablo Trapero, Peter Sollett, Adam Robitel, Joe Swanberg, Emily Jerome, and John Curran. More are likely to follow. Clients represented by CAA are expected to stay at the agency.
“We have long admired David as a person with great integrity, a keen eye, and an entrepreneurial spirit,” the Management 360 partners said in a joint statement. “We’re thrilled to welcome him to 360 and look forward to collaborating with him and his clients in exciting new ways.”
Kopple is now the latest in a growing list of agents from top agencies who are making the move to management companies. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to mostly stymie production and live events,...
- 9/15/2020
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Longtime CAA agent David Kopple is becoming a manager.
Kopple has joined firm Management 360 and will bring with him a literary talent list that includes José Padilha (Narcos), Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (The People v. O.J. Simpson,), Craig Zobel (The Hunt), Pablo Trapero (ZeroZeroZero) Peter Sollett (Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist), Adam Robitel (Escape Room), Joe Swanberg (Easy), Emily Jerome (Panopticon), and John Curran (Chappaquiddick), with more to follow.
Clients represented by CAA are expected to stay at the agency. Kopple joined the agency in 2010 and was previously at Gersh.
“We have long admired David ...
Kopple has joined firm Management 360 and will bring with him a literary talent list that includes José Padilha (Narcos), Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (The People v. O.J. Simpson,), Craig Zobel (The Hunt), Pablo Trapero (ZeroZeroZero) Peter Sollett (Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist), Adam Robitel (Escape Room), Joe Swanberg (Easy), Emily Jerome (Panopticon), and John Curran (Chappaquiddick), with more to follow.
Clients represented by CAA are expected to stay at the agency. Kopple joined the agency in 2010 and was previously at Gersh.
“We have long admired David ...
- 9/15/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Longtime CAA agent David Kopple is becoming a manager.
Kopple has joined firm Management 360 and will bring with him a literary talent list that includes José Padilha (Narcos), Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (The People v. O.J. Simpson,), Craig Zobel (The Hunt), Pablo Trapero (ZeroZeroZero) Peter Sollett (Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist), Adam Robitel (Escape Room), Joe Swanberg (Easy), Emily Jerome (Panopticon), and John Curran (Chappaquiddick), with more to follow.
Clients represented by CAA are expected to stay at the agency. Kopple joined the agency in 2010 and was previously at Gersh.
“We have long admired David ...
Kopple has joined firm Management 360 and will bring with him a literary talent list that includes José Padilha (Narcos), Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (The People v. O.J. Simpson,), Craig Zobel (The Hunt), Pablo Trapero (ZeroZeroZero) Peter Sollett (Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist), Adam Robitel (Escape Room), Joe Swanberg (Easy), Emily Jerome (Panopticon), and John Curran (Chappaquiddick), with more to follow.
Clients represented by CAA are expected to stay at the agency. Kopple joined the agency in 2010 and was previously at Gersh.
“We have long admired David ...
- 9/15/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
A RoboCop prequel focusing on the life of a young Dick Jones is in the works at MGM, according to MovieHole. In a recent interview, original screenwriter Ed Neumeier had a special message for all the kids watching at home, and it wasn’t “stay out of trouble.” RoboCop is coming to TV.
“I’m working at MGM on it,” Neumeier told MovieHole. “With any luck, if MGM is willing, if we can find the partners, if we can get this pilot made, if we can convince a bunch of people.” The spinoff TV show will feature the president of Omni Consumer Products, the Ed-209 law enforcement robot’s biggest cheerleader, but it will have one thing missing. “It has all the cool stuff about RoboCop except no RoboCop,” Neumeier said. “It’s going to be about the evolution of Richard Jones to Dick Jones, the story of Ocp and...
“I’m working at MGM on it,” Neumeier told MovieHole. “With any luck, if MGM is willing, if we can find the partners, if we can get this pilot made, if we can convince a bunch of people.” The spinoff TV show will feature the president of Omni Consumer Products, the Ed-209 law enforcement robot’s biggest cheerleader, but it will have one thing missing. “It has all the cool stuff about RoboCop except no RoboCop,” Neumeier said. “It’s going to be about the evolution of Richard Jones to Dick Jones, the story of Ocp and...
- 9/9/2020
- by Chris Longo
- Den of Geek
At a point when comic book cinema is at its greatest height, maybe it is time for more films to arrive based on other properties that fall outside of usual suspects Marvel and DC. The grounds are now so fertile that we could see virtually anything from a comic book root grow and thrive on the big screen. We live in an age where, in the last few years, two (soon to be three) Ant-Man films have been made, Aquaman became the Dceu’s largest grossing film, Joker swept the board in academy award nominations and Avengers: Endgame dethroned Avatar’s box office crown. Anything is possible and the world seems ready for any new comic book films, let alone one based on successful material and with future aspirations.
Based on the bestselling Valiant Comics character of the same name, and intended to kick start a new shared universe of...
Based on the bestselling Valiant Comics character of the same name, and intended to kick start a new shared universe of...
- 4/17/2020
- by Jack Bottomley
- The Cultural Post
Brazil’s José Padilha, director of “Narcos” and writer-director-producer of the “Elite Squad” feature film diptych, has been signed by Globo Studios to write, direct and produce a Globoplay original series about Marielle Franco, the Brazilian black, gay female human rights activist assassinated in a still-unresolved murder.
The series, a high-profile addition to Latin America’s burgeoning premium content offer, marks a stand-out addition to Globoplay’s lineup, one of Latin America’s fastest-growing Svod original production powerhouses. Launched in 2015, Globo’s freemium Svod service in Brazil which had over 22 million unique visitors a month by the beginning of the year, aims to release 20 original productions in 2020.
Creative Artists Agency (CAA) will negotiate all international distribution agreements. Padilha indicated that it is looking for an “international partnership to exhibit the series worldwide. The idea is to tell [Franco’s] incredible life story to the greatest number of people, inside and outside the country.
The series, a high-profile addition to Latin America’s burgeoning premium content offer, marks a stand-out addition to Globoplay’s lineup, one of Latin America’s fastest-growing Svod original production powerhouses. Launched in 2015, Globo’s freemium Svod service in Brazil which had over 22 million unique visitors a month by the beginning of the year, aims to release 20 original productions in 2020.
Creative Artists Agency (CAA) will negotiate all international distribution agreements. Padilha indicated that it is looking for an “international partnership to exhibit the series worldwide. The idea is to tell [Franco’s] incredible life story to the greatest number of people, inside and outside the country.
- 3/11/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s TV news roundup, Quibi has greenlit a new series from Cam Newton and Netflix released the trailer for “John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch.”
Dates
Season 2 of “Narcos: Mexico” will premiere on Netflix on Feb. 13. Diego Luna returns as Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (“Félix”), the leader of the Guadalajara cartel, one of the biggest narcos in the history of Mexico and the founder of the modern Mexican drug trade. Joined by Scoot McNairy who plays Walt Breslin, a hardened DEA agent whose methods aren’t always by the book, season 2 promises to detail the missteps, ill-conceived agendas, and corruption on both sides of the border that have lead to a dangerous present in the failed war on drugs. “Narcos: Mexico” is produced by Gaumont Television. Eric Newman is showrunner and executive producer alongside José Padilha, Doug Miro, Carlo Bernard and Andi Baiz. View some of the first look photos below.
Dates
Season 2 of “Narcos: Mexico” will premiere on Netflix on Feb. 13. Diego Luna returns as Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (“Félix”), the leader of the Guadalajara cartel, one of the biggest narcos in the history of Mexico and the founder of the modern Mexican drug trade. Joined by Scoot McNairy who plays Walt Breslin, a hardened DEA agent whose methods aren’t always by the book, season 2 promises to detail the missteps, ill-conceived agendas, and corruption on both sides of the border that have lead to a dangerous present in the failed war on drugs. “Narcos: Mexico” is produced by Gaumont Television. Eric Newman is showrunner and executive producer alongside José Padilha, Doug Miro, Carlo Bernard and Andi Baiz. View some of the first look photos below.
- 12/18/2019
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Sony-owned Eleventh Hour Films is doubling down on development to broaden its slate following its investment by the Hollywood studio. The producer has scored developments with the BBC and ITV on a slew of book adaptations after Sony Pictures Television acquired a minority stake in the Foyle’s War producer in September 2018.
The company is currently focused on a number of book adaptations including Alex Rider, which has been fully funded by the studio, classic British detective series Rebus and Whatever You Love from Apple Tree Yard author Louise Doughty.
Deadline can reveal that Rebus, which was written by Ian Rankin and follows Inspector John Rebus, a hardboiled Edinburgh cop with a tendency to bend rules, is in development with the BBC. The series is being written by Gregory Burke, writer of José Padilha hijacking thriller Entebbe. Rebus previously aired on ITV between 2000 and 2007 and was produced by Stv Productions.
The company is currently focused on a number of book adaptations including Alex Rider, which has been fully funded by the studio, classic British detective series Rebus and Whatever You Love from Apple Tree Yard author Louise Doughty.
Deadline can reveal that Rebus, which was written by Ian Rankin and follows Inspector John Rebus, a hardboiled Edinburgh cop with a tendency to bend rules, is in development with the BBC. The series is being written by Gregory Burke, writer of José Padilha hijacking thriller Entebbe. Rebus previously aired on ITV between 2000 and 2007 and was produced by Stv Productions.
- 10/10/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
In typical shoot-from-the-hip remarks, Brazil’s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has declared that Ancine, Brazil’s powerful state-backed federal film agency, should accept “filters”or face closure.
“If it can’t have a filter, we’ll close Ancine, or privatize it,” Bolsonaro added, attacking Ancine, which plows some $300 million a year into Brazil’s film and TV industries, for supporting “pornography” – in a reference to its co-financing of “Bruna Surfistinha,” a drama about a young middle-class Rio call girl.
Talking on Thursday, Bolsonaro was not clear about what he meant by a filter but did present his own vision of what Brazilian movie production should focus on: “Brazilian heroes.”
“We have so many heroes in Brazil and people don’t talk about them,” the president argued. “We must preserve their memory, show the worth of those people who in the past gave their lives, battled for Brazil to be independent...
“If it can’t have a filter, we’ll close Ancine, or privatize it,” Bolsonaro added, attacking Ancine, which plows some $300 million a year into Brazil’s film and TV industries, for supporting “pornography” – in a reference to its co-financing of “Bruna Surfistinha,” a drama about a young middle-class Rio call girl.
Talking on Thursday, Bolsonaro was not clear about what he meant by a filter but did present his own vision of what Brazilian movie production should focus on: “Brazilian heroes.”
“We have so many heroes in Brazil and people don’t talk about them,” the president argued. “We must preserve their memory, show the worth of those people who in the past gave their lives, battled for Brazil to be independent...
- 7/20/2019
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
7 Days In Entebbe producer links up with former Studiocanal UK head.
Elysian Film Group, the new London-based company set up by former Studiocanal UK head Danny Perkins, has added 7 Days In Entebbe producer Kate Solomon to its ranks.
Perkins revealed the news at the Intv conference, which is being held in Jerusalem this week.
Information on the company has been kept to a minimum since Perkins left Studiocanal in June last year.
Speaking on stage, he said the plan is to “focus on a lot of different things [and] to concentrate on a small number of projects which we think will...
Elysian Film Group, the new London-based company set up by former Studiocanal UK head Danny Perkins, has added 7 Days In Entebbe producer Kate Solomon to its ranks.
Perkins revealed the news at the Intv conference, which is being held in Jerusalem this week.
Information on the company has been kept to a minimum since Perkins left Studiocanal in June last year.
Speaking on stage, he said the plan is to “focus on a lot of different things [and] to concentrate on a small number of projects which we think will...
- 3/12/2019
- by Tom Grater & Alex Farber Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
7 Days In Entebbe producer links up with former Studiocanal UK head.
Elysian Film Group, the new London-based company set up by former Studiocanal UK head Danny Perkins, has added 7 Days In Entebbe producer Kate Solomon to its ranks.
Perkins revealed the news at the Intv conference, which is being held in Jerusalem this week.
Information on the company has been kept to a minimum since Perkins left Studiocanal in June last year.
Speaking on stage, he said the plan is to “focus on a lot of different things [and] to concentrate on a small number of projects which we think will...
Elysian Film Group, the new London-based company set up by former Studiocanal UK head Danny Perkins, has added 7 Days In Entebbe producer Kate Solomon to its ranks.
Perkins revealed the news at the Intv conference, which is being held in Jerusalem this week.
Information on the company has been kept to a minimum since Perkins left Studiocanal in June last year.
Speaking on stage, he said the plan is to “focus on a lot of different things [and] to concentrate on a small number of projects which we think will...
- 3/12/2019
- by Tom Grater & Alex Farber Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
Seasoned British producer Kate Solomon (“Green Zone”) has joined former Studiocanal UK boss Danny Perkins at Elysian Film Group as a partner and will spearhead the production side.
Solomon, whose recent credits include José Padilha’s “7 Days in Entebbe,” is best known for her collaboration with the Oscar-nominated director Paul Greengrass with whom she worked on “Green Zone” and “United 93.” She’s also developed projects with Working Title and Film4.
Perkins announced that Solomon had joined the company during a panel discussion at the Intv conference in Jerusalem on March 12. Perkins praised Solomon for her track record and the key relationships she has built within the U.K. industry and beyond. Perkins said he envisioned Elysian Film Group to have 8 more executives on board. The company’s development slate includes a musical and a family movie, as well as some TV series, said Perkins.
Perkins left Studiocanal U.
Solomon, whose recent credits include José Padilha’s “7 Days in Entebbe,” is best known for her collaboration with the Oscar-nominated director Paul Greengrass with whom she worked on “Green Zone” and “United 93.” She’s also developed projects with Working Title and Film4.
Perkins announced that Solomon had joined the company during a panel discussion at the Intv conference in Jerusalem on March 12. Perkins praised Solomon for her track record and the key relationships she has built within the U.K. industry and beyond. Perkins said he envisioned Elysian Film Group to have 8 more executives on board. The company’s development slate includes a musical and a family movie, as well as some TV series, said Perkins.
Perkins left Studiocanal U.
- 3/12/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Brazilian jiu-jitsu will get its origin story told by José Padilha, the filmmaker behind the police thriller Elite Squad and Netflix’s crime drama Narcos.
Padilha will direct Dead or Alive, which is being made by Netflix, and will write the script with Peter Maguire. Padilha will also produce the period feature with Greg Silverman and his Stampede banner.
Dead or Alive centers on two men, Mitsuyo Maeda and Rickson Gracie, as the story tells an epic tale that stretches from 1800s-era Japan to present-day U.S. and Japan as it focuses on two men from vastly different worlds who developed and ...
Padilha will direct Dead or Alive, which is being made by Netflix, and will write the script with Peter Maguire. Padilha will also produce the period feature with Greg Silverman and his Stampede banner.
Dead or Alive centers on two men, Mitsuyo Maeda and Rickson Gracie, as the story tells an epic tale that stretches from 1800s-era Japan to present-day U.S. and Japan as it focuses on two men from vastly different worlds who developed and ...
Brazilian jiu-jitsu will get its origin story told by José Padilha, the filmmaker behind the police thriller Elite Squad and Netflix’s crime drama Narcos.
Padilha will direct Dead or Alive, which is being made by Netflix, and will write the script with Peter Maguire. Padilha will also produce the period feature with Greg Silverman and his Stampede banner.
Dead or Alive centers on two men, Mitsuyo Maeda and Rickson Gracie, as the story tells an epic tale that stretches from 1800s-era Japan to present-day U.S. and Japan as it focuses on two men from vastly different worlds who developed and ...
Padilha will direct Dead or Alive, which is being made by Netflix, and will write the script with Peter Maguire. Padilha will also produce the period feature with Greg Silverman and his Stampede banner.
Dead or Alive centers on two men, Mitsuyo Maeda and Rickson Gracie, as the story tells an epic tale that stretches from 1800s-era Japan to present-day U.S. and Japan as it focuses on two men from vastly different worlds who developed and ...
“Because of the current moment we are experiencing in Brazil, this is a story that everyone wants to tell,” says Moura.
Elle Driver has acquired international sales rights to Brazilian Narcos actor Wagner Moura’s politically-charged biopic Marighella, ahead of its premiere at the Berlinale (Feb 7-17).
Set against the backdrop of Brazil in 1969, in the early years of the military regime that would remain in place until 1985, the film revolves around legendary revolutionary leader Carlos Marighella.
Brazilian singer and actor Seu Jorge, best known for his roles in City Of God and The Life Aquatic, plays a 57-year-old Marighella...
Elle Driver has acquired international sales rights to Brazilian Narcos actor Wagner Moura’s politically-charged biopic Marighella, ahead of its premiere at the Berlinale (Feb 7-17).
Set against the backdrop of Brazil in 1969, in the early years of the military regime that would remain in place until 1985, the film revolves around legendary revolutionary leader Carlos Marighella.
Brazilian singer and actor Seu Jorge, best known for his roles in City Of God and The Life Aquatic, plays a 57-year-old Marighella...
- 1/30/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Both Diego Luna and Scott McNairy are set to star in “Narcos: Mexico” Season 2, reprising their roles from Season 1.
Production recently began on the second season of the series, which is the fifth season total of the “Narcos” franchise. Luna was recently honored with a Critics’ Choice Award nomination for best actor in a drama series for his performance in in the show. The series itself also garnered a WGA nomination in the episodic drama category.
Originally intended as a fourth season of “Narcos,” which focused on the rise of the cocaine business in Colombia under Pablo Escobar and his Medellín Cartel, “Narcos: Mexico” became a new series, shifting the focus to the beginnings of the Mexican drug trade and how it became what it is today.
Season 1 charted the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel in the 1980s as Félix Gallardo (Luna) takes the helm, unifying traffickers in order to build an empire.
Production recently began on the second season of the series, which is the fifth season total of the “Narcos” franchise. Luna was recently honored with a Critics’ Choice Award nomination for best actor in a drama series for his performance in in the show. The series itself also garnered a WGA nomination in the episodic drama category.
Originally intended as a fourth season of “Narcos,” which focused on the rise of the cocaine business in Colombia under Pablo Escobar and his Medellín Cartel, “Narcos: Mexico” became a new series, shifting the focus to the beginnings of the Mexican drug trade and how it became what it is today.
Season 1 charted the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel in the 1980s as Félix Gallardo (Luna) takes the helm, unifying traffickers in order to build an empire.
- 12/13/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Diego Luna and Scoot McNairy are set to return to the forthcoming season of Netflix’s Narcos: Mexico, which is currently in production in Mexico City, Mexico.
The second season will be produced by Gaumont Television for Netflix with Eric Newman as Executive Producer and showrunner. José Padilha, Doug Miro, Carlo Bernard and Andrés Baiz are Executive Producers.
Narcos: Mexico recently received a WGA nomination in the Episodic Drama category for the “Camelot” episode written by Eric Newman and Clayton Trussell. Luna also received recognition for his role as Félix Gallardo in the first season of the Netflix drama, landing a Critics’ Choice Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series.
Scoot McNairy served as the unseen mysterious, all-knowing narrator for the first season of Narcos: Mexico and it wasn’t until the last scene of the final episode where his identity was revealed as an agent who will lead...
The second season will be produced by Gaumont Television for Netflix with Eric Newman as Executive Producer and showrunner. José Padilha, Doug Miro, Carlo Bernard and Andrés Baiz are Executive Producers.
Narcos: Mexico recently received a WGA nomination in the Episodic Drama category for the “Camelot” episode written by Eric Newman and Clayton Trussell. Luna also received recognition for his role as Félix Gallardo in the first season of the Netflix drama, landing a Critics’ Choice Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series.
Scoot McNairy served as the unseen mysterious, all-knowing narrator for the first season of Narcos: Mexico and it wasn’t until the last scene of the final episode where his identity was revealed as an agent who will lead...
- 12/13/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has renewed “Narcos: Mexico” for a second season, Variety has learned.
Originally intended as a fourth season of “Narcos,” which focused on the rise of the cocaine business in Colombia under Pablo Escobar and his Medellín Cartel, “Narcos: Mexico” became a new series, shifting the focus to the beginnings of the Mexican drug trade and how it became what it is today.
Season 1 charts the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel in the 1980s as Félix Gallardo (Diego Luna) takes the helm, unifying traffickers in order to build an empire. When DEA agent Kiki Camarena (Michael Peña) moves his wife and young son from California to Guadalajara to take on a new post, he quickly learns that his assignment will be more challenging than he ever could have imagined. As Kiki garners intelligence on Félix and becomes more entangled in his mission, a tragic chain of events unfold, affecting the...
Originally intended as a fourth season of “Narcos,” which focused on the rise of the cocaine business in Colombia under Pablo Escobar and his Medellín Cartel, “Narcos: Mexico” became a new series, shifting the focus to the beginnings of the Mexican drug trade and how it became what it is today.
Season 1 charts the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel in the 1980s as Félix Gallardo (Diego Luna) takes the helm, unifying traffickers in order to build an empire. When DEA agent Kiki Camarena (Michael Peña) moves his wife and young son from California to Guadalajara to take on a new post, he quickly learns that his assignment will be more challenging than he ever could have imagined. As Kiki garners intelligence on Félix and becomes more entangled in his mission, a tragic chain of events unfold, affecting the...
- 12/5/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
There is still plenty of story left to be told in Narcos: Mexico. Netflix announced today that the drug trafficking drama will return for a second season.
The series premiered November 16 with Eric Newman serving as executive producer and showrunner. The series is a companion to its predecessor Narcos which ran for three seasons. Narcos: Mexico explores the origins of the modern drug war by going back to its roots, beginning at a time when the Mexican trafficking world was a loose and disorganized confederation of independent growers and dealers. Witness the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel in the 1980s as Félix Gallardo (Diego Luna) takes the helm, unifying traffickers in order to build an empire. When DEA agent Kiki Camarena (Michael Peña) moves his wife and young son from California to Guadalajara to take on a new post, he quickly learns that his assignment will be more challenging than he ever could have imagined.
The series premiered November 16 with Eric Newman serving as executive producer and showrunner. The series is a companion to its predecessor Narcos which ran for three seasons. Narcos: Mexico explores the origins of the modern drug war by going back to its roots, beginning at a time when the Mexican trafficking world was a loose and disorganized confederation of independent growers and dealers. Witness the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel in the 1980s as Félix Gallardo (Diego Luna) takes the helm, unifying traffickers in order to build an empire. When DEA agent Kiki Camarena (Michael Peña) moves his wife and young son from California to Guadalajara to take on a new post, he quickly learns that his assignment will be more challenging than he ever could have imagined.
- 12/5/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
The story of Félix Gallardo isn’t over yet, as Netflix has renewed “Narcos: Mexico” for a second season, the streamer announced Wednesday. The renewal comes just three weeks after the first season’s Nov. 16 premiere. No return date has been set.
“Narcos: Mexico” charts the origins of the country’s drug war through the rise and fall of the Guadalajara Cartel under Miguel Angel Félix Gallardo. Season 1 follows Gallardo as he unites Mexico’s disparate smuggling organizations into the country’s first global drug empire, while DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena’s efforts to expose the operation lead him to a horrific outcome with decades-long geopolitical consequences.
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With Diego Luna as Gallardo and Michael Peña as Camarena, Season 1 also starred Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Alyssa Diaz, Joaquín Cosío, José María Yazpik, Matt Letscher,...
“Narcos: Mexico” charts the origins of the country’s drug war through the rise and fall of the Guadalajara Cartel under Miguel Angel Félix Gallardo. Season 1 follows Gallardo as he unites Mexico’s disparate smuggling organizations into the country’s first global drug empire, while DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena’s efforts to expose the operation lead him to a horrific outcome with decades-long geopolitical consequences.
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With Diego Luna as Gallardo and Michael Peña as Camarena, Season 1 also starred Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Alyssa Diaz, Joaquín Cosío, José María Yazpik, Matt Letscher,...
- 12/5/2018
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
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