NEW YORK -- Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired all worldwide rights to Kevin Bray's gang action thriller Linewatch starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Omari Hardwick and Evan Ross.
Gooding plays Michael Dixon, a one-time Los Angeles gang member who escapes his neighborhood to become a respected U.S. border patrol officer in New Mexico. But his peaceful life with his wife and daughter is threatened when a chance encounter leads the gang's psychotic leader, Drake (Hardwick), to his door, forcing Dixon to take extreme measures to protect his family.
Ross plays Dixon's nephew Little Boy, who sought out Drake as a surrogate father when Dixon disappeared and finds himself in the middle of their conflict. Sharon Leal plays Dixon's wife.
Sony is eyeing a 2008 theatrical release for the Motion Picture Corporation of America production, shot on location this summer in New Mexico. The film is directed by Bray (Walking Tall, All About the Benjamins), written by David W. Warfield (Ocean Park, Kill Me Again) and produced by Brad Krevoy and Reuben Liber of MPCA and Karri O'Reilly.
Gooding plays Michael Dixon, a one-time Los Angeles gang member who escapes his neighborhood to become a respected U.S. border patrol officer in New Mexico. But his peaceful life with his wife and daughter is threatened when a chance encounter leads the gang's psychotic leader, Drake (Hardwick), to his door, forcing Dixon to take extreme measures to protect his family.
Ross plays Dixon's nephew Little Boy, who sought out Drake as a surrogate father when Dixon disappeared and finds himself in the middle of their conflict. Sharon Leal plays Dixon's wife.
Sony is eyeing a 2008 theatrical release for the Motion Picture Corporation of America production, shot on location this summer in New Mexico. The film is directed by Bray (Walking Tall, All About the Benjamins), written by David W. Warfield (Ocean Park, Kill Me Again) and produced by Brad Krevoy and Reuben Liber of MPCA and Karri O'Reilly.
- 8/27/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- Evan Ross will star opposite Cuba Gooding Jr. in Kevin Bray's Mexican border-patrol drama Linewatch.
Ross, recently cast in Tony Kaye's drama Black Water Transit, will play Little Boy, the nephew of border-patrol agent and one-time Los Angeles gang member Michael Dixon (Gooding). The two shared a strong bond before Dixon disappeared from Los Angeles, leaving Little Boy to join the gang and seek out a psychotic member as his surrogate father. When a chance encounter leads the gang to Dixon, the agent is forced to take extreme measures to protect his family.
The Motion Picture Corporation of America production, shooting on location in New Mexico, is produced by Brad Krevoy and Karri O'Reilly.
Ross, the son of Diana Ross, recently appeared in Lionsgate's Pride, HBO Films' Life Support, Warner Bros. Pictures' ATL and the upcoming Life Is Hot in Cracktown. Gooding's credits include Sony Pictures' Jerry Maguire, for which he won the best supporting actor Oscar; DreamWorks/Paramount Pictures' Norbit; the upcoming Sony Pictures' Daddy Day Camp; Universal Pictures' American Gangster; and Harold for City Lights Pictures and M.E.G.A Films.
Ross, recently cast in Tony Kaye's drama Black Water Transit, will play Little Boy, the nephew of border-patrol agent and one-time Los Angeles gang member Michael Dixon (Gooding). The two shared a strong bond before Dixon disappeared from Los Angeles, leaving Little Boy to join the gang and seek out a psychotic member as his surrogate father. When a chance encounter leads the gang to Dixon, the agent is forced to take extreme measures to protect his family.
The Motion Picture Corporation of America production, shooting on location in New Mexico, is produced by Brad Krevoy and Karri O'Reilly.
Ross, the son of Diana Ross, recently appeared in Lionsgate's Pride, HBO Films' Life Support, Warner Bros. Pictures' ATL and the upcoming Life Is Hot in Cracktown. Gooding's credits include Sony Pictures' Jerry Maguire, for which he won the best supporting actor Oscar; DreamWorks/Paramount Pictures' Norbit; the upcoming Sony Pictures' Daddy Day Camp; Universal Pictures' American Gangster; and Harold for City Lights Pictures and M.E.G.A Films.
- 7/16/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
LAS VEGAS -- In a lunch reminiscent of the glory days of ShoWest, Lionsgate Films on Wednesday trotted out movie stars, famed directors and even a couple of comedians to a receptive audience of exhibitors.
The diversity of the indie studio's slate was on full display, from an earnest speech by William Friedkin -- the award-winning helmer of the upcoming horror film Bug who spoke about the merits of maintaining a significant theatrical window -- to the ebullient young Pride co-star Evan Ross introducing the heartwarming drama based on the life of swim coach Jim Ellis.
Tobin Bell, best known for portraying the villain Jigsaw in the lucrative Saw franchise, presented the ShoWest Award of Excellence in Producing to Saw producers Mark Burg and Oren Koules. A videotaped Jessica Alba bestowed on her Good Luck Chuck co-star Dane Cook the ShoWest Breakout Performance of the Year award. She spoke from the set of her horror film, The Eye, slated as a 2007 Lionsgate release.
The diversity of the indie studio's slate was on full display, from an earnest speech by William Friedkin -- the award-winning helmer of the upcoming horror film Bug who spoke about the merits of maintaining a significant theatrical window -- to the ebullient young Pride co-star Evan Ross introducing the heartwarming drama based on the life of swim coach Jim Ellis.
Tobin Bell, best known for portraying the villain Jigsaw in the lucrative Saw franchise, presented the ShoWest Award of Excellence in Producing to Saw producers Mark Burg and Oren Koules. A videotaped Jessica Alba bestowed on her Good Luck Chuck co-star Dane Cook the ShoWest Breakout Performance of the Year award. She spoke from the set of her horror film, The Eye, slated as a 2007 Lionsgate release.
- 3/15/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- Evan Ross, Michael Rapaport, Kerry Washington and Victor Rasuk are attached to star in Buddy Giovinazzo's drug-fueled indie urban drama Life Is Hot in Cracktown.
Ross also is starring in Jessy Terrero's Brooklyn to Manhattan, a thriller about four Manhattanites stalked by killers in Brooklyn subway tunnels after a failed drug deal.
Cracktown, based on Giovinazzo's eponymous 1993 collection of short stories, intertwines several unsettling tales of people in a neighborhood ravaged by crack cocaine.
Ross, the 18-year-old son of singer Diana Ross, recently stirred up controversy after the MPAA initially banned a poster for Lionsgate's upcoming Pride because of a revealing shot of him in a tight swimsuit. According to a story this week in the New York Daily News, Lionsgate was forced to prove that the photo wasn't altered, prompting a reversal of the decision. "Apparently the MPAA accused us of enlarging his bulge," a Lionsgate spokesperson said. "He's just naturally well-endowed. That's the long and short of it."
Ross' credits include the upcoming HBO Films drama Life Support with Queen Latifah and the indie drama Gardens of the Night with John Malkovich.
Ross also is starring in Jessy Terrero's Brooklyn to Manhattan, a thriller about four Manhattanites stalked by killers in Brooklyn subway tunnels after a failed drug deal.
Cracktown, based on Giovinazzo's eponymous 1993 collection of short stories, intertwines several unsettling tales of people in a neighborhood ravaged by crack cocaine.
Ross, the 18-year-old son of singer Diana Ross, recently stirred up controversy after the MPAA initially banned a poster for Lionsgate's upcoming Pride because of a revealing shot of him in a tight swimsuit. According to a story this week in the New York Daily News, Lionsgate was forced to prove that the photo wasn't altered, prompting a reversal of the decision. "Apparently the MPAA accused us of enlarging his bulge," a Lionsgate spokesperson said. "He's just naturally well-endowed. That's the long and short of it."
Ross' credits include the upcoming HBO Films drama Life Support with Queen Latifah and the indie drama Gardens of the Night with John Malkovich.
- 2/23/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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