Exclusive: Reservoir Dogs and The Hateful Eight star Michael Madsen is to lead horror pic Jungle Room, which is now underway in the U.S. The Verdi Productions movie follows a group of college students who spend a night at an old, eerie manor, only to realize that a terrifying stalker is watching their every move as he plans to repossess an ancient Native American artifact located inside. David Gere co-directs with Daniel Dahlstrom and also stars with Chelsea Vale and Joey Ambrosini.
Exclusive: Gravitas Ventures will release Jack Baxter and Joshua Faudem’s documentary The Last Sermon this December. You can check out the film’s first trailer here. The documentary follows Baxter and Faudem, survivors of the April 30, 2003 suicide bombing attack at Mike’s Place music bar in Tel Aviv, as they travel across Europe in a bid to further understand the roots of extremism and how terrorists...
Exclusive: Gravitas Ventures will release Jack Baxter and Joshua Faudem’s documentary The Last Sermon this December. You can check out the film’s first trailer here. The documentary follows Baxter and Faudem, survivors of the April 30, 2003 suicide bombing attack at Mike’s Place music bar in Tel Aviv, as they travel across Europe in a bid to further understand the roots of extremism and how terrorists...
- 10/23/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Antoine Fuqua and “Sully” writer Todd Komarnicki are developing a film about the 2003 terrorist attack at Mike’s Place, a beachside blues bar in Israel.
Komarnicki will produce through his Guy Walks Into a Bar banner and also direct from a script by Tony Spiridakis. Fuqua’s production credits include “Southpaw” and “Olympus Has Fallen.”
The duo optioned the 2004 documentary “Blues by the Beach,” directed by Joshua Faudem, and the film rights to Jack Baxter’s 2015 graphic novel “Mike’s Place: A True Story of Love, Blues and Terror in Tel Aviv.” The filmmakers have also obtained Baxter’s life rights.
When the bombing took place, Baxter had been working on a documentary about Mike’s Place, a venue popular among young people, where discussion of politics and religion were not allowed. A suicide bomber attacked the bar, killing three people and injuring 50, including Baxter and security guard Avi Tabib,...
Komarnicki will produce through his Guy Walks Into a Bar banner and also direct from a script by Tony Spiridakis. Fuqua’s production credits include “Southpaw” and “Olympus Has Fallen.”
The duo optioned the 2004 documentary “Blues by the Beach,” directed by Joshua Faudem, and the film rights to Jack Baxter’s 2015 graphic novel “Mike’s Place: A True Story of Love, Blues and Terror in Tel Aviv.” The filmmakers have also obtained Baxter’s life rights.
When the bombing took place, Baxter had been working on a documentary about Mike’s Place, a venue popular among young people, where discussion of politics and religion were not allowed. A suicide bomber attacked the bar, killing three people and injuring 50, including Baxter and security guard Avi Tabib,...
- 5/10/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
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