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Californication and The X-Files star David Duchovny will star alongside Oakes Fegley (The Fabelmans, Pete’s Dragon, The War With Grandpa) and T.R. Knight (Grey’s Anatomy, The Flight Attendant) in Irving Franco’s Adam the First, which Archstone Entertainment will be introducing to buyers at the American Film Market.
Franco (Cheerleader) wrote and directed the film, which follows Adam, who, when his foster parents are suddenly murdered, sets out on a cross country adventure to track down a series of men who could be his estranged father, each one with a different life that could become his.
Adam The First is produced by Nathan Marcus, Jonathan Rubenstein, Ari Daniel Pinchot and Bernie Stern. Executive producers include Scott Martin, Michael Slifkin, and Jack Sheehan of Archstone.
“Adam The First is masterfully crafted and beautifully shot,” said Martin. “It is engaging from start to finish,...
Californication and The X-Files star David Duchovny will star alongside Oakes Fegley (The Fabelmans, Pete’s Dragon, The War With Grandpa) and T.R. Knight (Grey’s Anatomy, The Flight Attendant) in Irving Franco’s Adam the First, which Archstone Entertainment will be introducing to buyers at the American Film Market.
Franco (Cheerleader) wrote and directed the film, which follows Adam, who, when his foster parents are suddenly murdered, sets out on a cross country adventure to track down a series of men who could be his estranged father, each one with a different life that could become his.
Adam The First is produced by Nathan Marcus, Jonathan Rubenstein, Ari Daniel Pinchot and Bernie Stern. Executive producers include Scott Martin, Michael Slifkin, and Jack Sheehan of Archstone.
“Adam The First is masterfully crafted and beautifully shot,” said Martin. “It is engaging from start to finish,...
- 10/31/2022
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Questlove’s Summer of Soul is up to 753 theaters as the doc about the 1969 ‘Black Woodstock’ concert in Harlem that debuted in two locations last weekend crossed into arthouse, commercial and urban venues.
Not that it was easy, said Frank Rodriguez, SVP General Sales Manager, Searchlight Pictures. “Exhibitors are eager to get back on track,” he said. “We had to push very hard in a crowded marketplace” that includes The Boss Baby: Family Business, The Forever Purge and week two of the first true post-Covid blockbuster, F9.
Rodriguez cited notable performances in Brooklyn, San Francisco and Georgetown in D.C. after what was basically an extended promo in NY and LA. Deadline is hearing from industry estimates that Thursday night came in north of $78K.
Full title Summer of Soul, which features never-before-seen concert performances by Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly & the Family Stone,...
Not that it was easy, said Frank Rodriguez, SVP General Sales Manager, Searchlight Pictures. “Exhibitors are eager to get back on track,” he said. “We had to push very hard in a crowded marketplace” that includes The Boss Baby: Family Business, The Forever Purge and week two of the first true post-Covid blockbuster, F9.
Rodriguez cited notable performances in Brooklyn, San Francisco and Georgetown in D.C. after what was basically an extended promo in NY and LA. Deadline is hearing from industry estimates that Thursday night came in north of $78K.
Full title Summer of Soul, which features never-before-seen concert performances by Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly & the Family Stone,...
- 7/2/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Vertical Entertainment has acquired North American rights to medical thriller The God Committee, ahead of its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, with plans to release the film theatrically and on demand on July 2nd.
Written and directed by Austin Stark (The Runner), The God Committee examines today’s organ transplant system, through the eyes of those involved and affected by it, moving between two timelines. In the first, a transplant committee has one hour to decide which of three patients deserves a life-saving heart. The other, set seven years later, explores the impact of that fateful decision. Golden Globe and Emmy winner Kelsey Grammer (Frasier) stars in the feature, opposite Julia Stiles, Colman Domingo, Janeane Garofalo and Dan Hedaya (The Usual Suspects).
“We are thrilled to be working with Vertical,” Stark said in a statement. “Our film shines a light on the transplant system,...
Written and directed by Austin Stark (The Runner), The God Committee examines today’s organ transplant system, through the eyes of those involved and affected by it, moving between two timelines. In the first, a transplant committee has one hour to decide which of three patients deserves a life-saving heart. The other, set seven years later, explores the impact of that fateful decision. Golden Globe and Emmy winner Kelsey Grammer (Frasier) stars in the feature, opposite Julia Stiles, Colman Domingo, Janeane Garofalo and Dan Hedaya (The Usual Suspects).
“We are thrilled to be working with Vertical,” Stark said in a statement. “Our film shines a light on the transplant system,...
- 5/13/2021
- by Patrick Hipes and Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Crystal City Entertainment, the production and finance company with credits such as The Ides of March and Lee Daniel’s The Butler, has secured the film and TV rights to Donald Ray Pollock’s second book, The Heavenly Table.
Set in 1917, the story follows three young, dirt-poor sharecroppers who, after their father dies, hatch a plan to rob a bank and cast off their miserable existence. Things go terribly sideways and the brothers, armed only with a cache of blunt farming tools and a 12-gauge shotgun, ride north on a bloody crime spree.
Crystal City is currently in search of a screenwriter to attach to the project.
Pollock, a recipient of the 2009 Pen/Bingham Fellowship, made his literary debut in 2008 with the critically acclaimed story collection, Knockemstiff. Published in 2016, The Heavenly Table followed Pollock’s 2011 novel, The Devil All The Time, which is being adapted into a Netflix feature...
Set in 1917, the story follows three young, dirt-poor sharecroppers who, after their father dies, hatch a plan to rob a bank and cast off their miserable existence. Things go terribly sideways and the brothers, armed only with a cache of blunt farming tools and a 12-gauge shotgun, ride north on a bloody crime spree.
Crystal City is currently in search of a screenwriter to attach to the project.
Pollock, a recipient of the 2009 Pen/Bingham Fellowship, made his literary debut in 2008 with the critically acclaimed story collection, Knockemstiff. Published in 2016, The Heavenly Table followed Pollock’s 2011 novel, The Devil All The Time, which is being adapted into a Netflix feature...
- 3/29/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Kelsey Grammer and Julia Stiles have been set to star in The God Committee, a medical thriller that offers a lens into the U.S. organ transplant system. Austin Stark wrote and is directing the pic from Paper Street Films, Phiphen Pictures and Crystal City Entertainment, and shooting is underway in New York City.
The story moves between two timelines: In one, a donor heart is being flown to a New York hospital and a transplant committee has an hour to decide which patient deserves the life-saving organ. The other, which takes place six years later, explores the impact of that one decision. Colman Domingo, Janeane Garofalo and Dan Hedaya are co-starring.
Phiphen’s Molly Conners, Amanda Bowers, Vincent Morano and Jane Oster are producing alongside Crystal City’s Ari Pinchot and Jonathan Rubenstein and Paper Street’s Stark, Benji Kohn and Bingo Gubelmann. Joannna Meek, Ray Masucci, Erika Hampson,...
The story moves between two timelines: In one, a donor heart is being flown to a New York hospital and a transplant committee has an hour to decide which patient deserves the life-saving organ. The other, which takes place six years later, explores the impact of that one decision. Colman Domingo, Janeane Garofalo and Dan Hedaya are co-starring.
Phiphen’s Molly Conners, Amanda Bowers, Vincent Morano and Jane Oster are producing alongside Crystal City’s Ari Pinchot and Jonathan Rubenstein and Paper Street’s Stark, Benji Kohn and Bingo Gubelmann. Joannna Meek, Ray Masucci, Erika Hampson,...
- 3/28/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Kelsey Grammer and Julia Stiles are starring in medical thriller “The God Committee.”
Austin Stark is directing from his own script. Colman Domingo, Janeane Garofalo and Dan Hedaya are co-starring.
“The God Committee” explores the U.S. organ transplant system. The movie follows a donor heart being flown to a New York hospital, where a transplant committee has an hour to decide which patient is the recipient. The story also explores the impact of that decision six years later. It is currently shooting in New York.
“The worldwide organ shortage continues to devastate families from all walks of life,” Stark said. “I feel honored to be working with such an incredible ensemble –- anchored by Kelsey, Julia, Colman, Janeane and Dan –- in my quest to humanize the transplant system and bring faces to the statistics.”
Production companies behind the film include Paper Street Films, Phiphen Pictures, and Crystal City Entertainment.
Austin Stark is directing from his own script. Colman Domingo, Janeane Garofalo and Dan Hedaya are co-starring.
“The God Committee” explores the U.S. organ transplant system. The movie follows a donor heart being flown to a New York hospital, where a transplant committee has an hour to decide which patient is the recipient. The story also explores the impact of that decision six years later. It is currently shooting in New York.
“The worldwide organ shortage continues to devastate families from all walks of life,” Stark said. “I feel honored to be working with such an incredible ensemble –- anchored by Kelsey, Julia, Colman, Janeane and Dan –- in my quest to humanize the transplant system and bring faces to the statistics.”
Production companies behind the film include Paper Street Films, Phiphen Pictures, and Crystal City Entertainment.
- 3/28/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Infinitely Polar Bear producer Austin Stark directs from own screenplay.
The Solution Entertainment Group will launch international sales in Cannes on the Kelsey Grammer and Julia Stiles medical thriller The God Committee from Paper Street Films, Phiphen Pictures and Crystal City Entertainment.
Filming is underway in New York on the story set against the backdrop of the Us organ transplant system and takes place across two timelines. In one, a transplant committee has one hour to decide which patient deserves a donor heart that is being flown to a New York hospital. The other takes place six years later and...
The Solution Entertainment Group will launch international sales in Cannes on the Kelsey Grammer and Julia Stiles medical thriller The God Committee from Paper Street Films, Phiphen Pictures and Crystal City Entertainment.
Filming is underway in New York on the story set against the backdrop of the Us organ transplant system and takes place across two timelines. In one, a transplant committee has one hour to decide which patient deserves a donor heart that is being flown to a New York hospital. The other takes place six years later and...
- 3/28/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Infinitely Polar Bear producer Austin Stark directs from own screenplay.
The Solution Entertainment Group will launch international sales in Cannes on the Kelsey Grammer and Julia Stiles medical thriller The God Committee from Paper Street Films, Phiphen Pictures and Crystal City Entertainment.
Filming is underway in New York on the story set against the backdrop of the Us organ transplant system and takes place across two timelines. In one, a transplant committee has one hour to decide which patient deserves a donor heart that is being flown to a New York hospital. The other takes place six years later and...
The Solution Entertainment Group will launch international sales in Cannes on the Kelsey Grammer and Julia Stiles medical thriller The God Committee from Paper Street Films, Phiphen Pictures and Crystal City Entertainment.
Filming is underway in New York on the story set against the backdrop of the Us organ transplant system and takes place across two timelines. In one, a transplant committee has one hour to decide which patient deserves a donor heart that is being flown to a New York hospital. The other takes place six years later and...
- 3/28/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Kelsey Grammer and Julia Stiles are set to star in “The God Committee,” a medical thriller from writer and director Austin Stark. Paper Street Films, Phiphen Pictures and Crystal City Entertainment announced the casting on Thursday.
Colman Domingo, Janeane Garofalo and Dan Hedaya will co-star in “The God Committee,” which is currently shooting in New York.
“The God Committee” is a look into the U.S. organ transplant system, seen through the eyes of those personally involved and affected by it. The story moves between two timelines: In one, a donor heart is being flown to a NYC hospital, and a transplant committee has an hour to decide which patient deserves the life-saving organ. The other, which takes place six years later, explores the impact of that one decision.
Also Read: Kelsey Grammer Told Original 'Frasier' Cast He'd Want Them for a Reboot
Molly Conners, Amanda Bowers, Vincent Morano...
Colman Domingo, Janeane Garofalo and Dan Hedaya will co-star in “The God Committee,” which is currently shooting in New York.
“The God Committee” is a look into the U.S. organ transplant system, seen through the eyes of those personally involved and affected by it. The story moves between two timelines: In one, a donor heart is being flown to a NYC hospital, and a transplant committee has an hour to decide which patient deserves the life-saving organ. The other, which takes place six years later, explores the impact of that one decision.
Also Read: Kelsey Grammer Told Original 'Frasier' Cast He'd Want Them for a Reboot
Molly Conners, Amanda Bowers, Vincent Morano...
- 3/28/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Julia Roberts and husband Danny Moder were spotted on a casual outing in Malibu, CA, on Saturday afternoon. The couple, who is going on 15 years of marriage in July, put on a loving display as they wrapped their arms around each other and Julia appeared to whisper something in Danny's ear. While we haven't seen the couple out and about together since November, Julia made history in April when she was named People's Most Beautiful Woman for the fifth time. It was also revealed earlier this week that Julia will be returning to the big screen in Crystal City Entertainment's adaptation of The Bookseller. Julia will not only star in the film, but she's also producing the project alongside Lisa Gillan, Marisa Yeres Gill, Jonathan Rubenstein, and Ari Pinchot.
- 5/14/2017
- by Monica Sisavat
- Popsugar.com
Oscar-winner will also produce 1960s-set drama.
Crystal City Entertainment has optioned rights to Cynthia Swanson’s The Bookseller.
Julia Roberts is attached to star and will produce with partners Lisa Gillan and Marisa Yeres Gill through their Red Om Films, along with Crystal City’s Jonathan Rubenstein and Ari Pinchot.
The Bookseller follows a woman in the 1960s who must reconcile her reality with the alternate world of her dreams.
CAA represents Roberts and Swanson, and packaged the project and will represent Us distribution rights.
Roberts is also represented by Engelman & Company and Hirsch Wallerstein Hayum Matlof + Fishman.
Swanson is also represented by Susanna Einstein of Einstein Literary Management.
Crystal City Entertainment was represented in the deal by Rob Garson of GS2Law.
Crystal City Entertainment has optioned rights to Cynthia Swanson’s The Bookseller.
Julia Roberts is attached to star and will produce with partners Lisa Gillan and Marisa Yeres Gill through their Red Om Films, along with Crystal City’s Jonathan Rubenstein and Ari Pinchot.
The Bookseller follows a woman in the 1960s who must reconcile her reality with the alternate world of her dreams.
CAA represents Roberts and Swanson, and packaged the project and will represent Us distribution rights.
Roberts is also represented by Engelman & Company and Hirsch Wallerstein Hayum Matlof + Fishman.
Swanson is also represented by Susanna Einstein of Einstein Literary Management.
Crystal City Entertainment was represented in the deal by Rob Garson of GS2Law.
- 5/11/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Julia Roberts will star in Crystal City Entertainment’s adaptation of the bestselling novel “The Bookseller,” it was announced Thursday. Roberts will also produce with partners Lisa Gillan and Marisa Yeres Gill through their Red Om Films banner, along with Crystal City’s Jonathan Rubenstein and Ari Pinchot. Cynthia Swanson’s “The Bookseller” follows a woman in the 1960s who must reconcile her reality with the tantalizing alternate world of her dreams. Also Read: Julia Roberts Is People's 'Most Beautiful Woman' For Record-Breaking 5th Time Roberts last starred in “Money Monster” and voiced a character in “Smurfs: The Lost Village.
- 5/11/2017
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
The Chinese director of local box office hit Chronicles Of The Ghostly Tribe is attached to direct and produce Peter Hessler’s memoir.
Tristine Skyler adapted the screenplay and Jamie Gordon and Courtney Potts of Fugitive Films are producing.
River Town chronicles a celebrated American writer’s journey to China for the Chinese publication of his first book as he recalls events 20 years earlier when he was a teacher in a country on the brink of huge change.
Development financing on the project is provided by Dragon Summit Culture in association with Ibp and Crystal City Entertainment.
Zhao Jin, Cleo Lee and Jonathan Rubenstein serve as co-executive producers on the project.
Chuan’s credits include San Sebastian Golden Shell-winner City Of Life And Death, as well as The Missing Gun, Kekexili: Mountain Patrol, and The Last Supper.
He is currently in post-production on Born In China for Disneynature, which will open in China and the Us in April...
Tristine Skyler adapted the screenplay and Jamie Gordon and Courtney Potts of Fugitive Films are producing.
River Town chronicles a celebrated American writer’s journey to China for the Chinese publication of his first book as he recalls events 20 years earlier when he was a teacher in a country on the brink of huge change.
Development financing on the project is provided by Dragon Summit Culture in association with Ibp and Crystal City Entertainment.
Zhao Jin, Cleo Lee and Jonathan Rubenstein serve as co-executive producers on the project.
Chuan’s credits include San Sebastian Golden Shell-winner City Of Life And Death, as well as The Missing Gun, Kekexili: Mountain Patrol, and The Last Supper.
He is currently in post-production on Born In China for Disneynature, which will open in China and the Us in April...
- 3/14/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Open Road Films and Crystal City Entertainment/Boundary Stone Films have struck a multi-picture development financing pact for all of Open Road’s own productions over the coming years. Two-to-four films a year are expected to be developed through the deal, with each film getting a wide domestic release via Open Road Films. Open Road International and its partner, Film Nation, will handle foreign sales The announcement was made Thursday by Open Road Films CEO Tom Ortenberg and Ari Daniel Pinchot, Jonathan Rubenstein, Mark Schacknies and Khris Baxter, the managers of Crystal City Entertainment/Boundary Stone Films. Also Read: Open Road,...
- 1/28/2016
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
That's right — "Lee Daniels' The Butler" has 39 credited producers to its name, and it isn't just Lee Daniels 39 times. We're not sure if this is a record, but we are sure that it's a lot of f**king producers.
So what, exactly, did each producer do for the movie? In a NextMovie exclusive, we've obtained a verified* list of the various roles each producer filled during the production of the film. Needless to say, each was wholly necessary to the quality of the end result.
*Note: By "verified" we mean "not verified."
Horatio Bacon: Responsible for convincing director Lee Daniels to not film the movie in 3D.
Julia Barry: Responsible with supplying the production office with the proper Nerf guns for anticipated downtime.
Len Blavatnik: Responsible for assaulting any "nerd" who insists on putting another "s" after the apostrophe in the film's title.
Charles Sauveur Bonan:...
So what, exactly, did each producer do for the movie? In a NextMovie exclusive, we've obtained a verified* list of the various roles each producer filled during the production of the film. Needless to say, each was wholly necessary to the quality of the end result.
*Note: By "verified" we mean "not verified."
Horatio Bacon: Responsible for convincing director Lee Daniels to not film the movie in 3D.
Julia Barry: Responsible with supplying the production office with the proper Nerf guns for anticipated downtime.
Len Blavatnik: Responsible for assaulting any "nerd" who insists on putting another "s" after the apostrophe in the film's title.
Charles Sauveur Bonan:...
- 8/20/2013
- by Nick Blake
- NextMovie
The Weinstein Company has picked up distribution rights to his star-studded period drama The Butler, directed by Precious helmer Lee Daniels.
Based on the screenplay by Danny Strong (who just won an Emmy last night for Game Change) and Daniels, The Butler is inspired by Wil Haygood’s Washington Post article about an African-American man who served as a butler (Forest Whitaker) to eight Presidents such as Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon in the White House for over thirty years.
Obviously, Harvey Weinstein has liked what he’s seen of the footage. The film, which has been shooting down in New Orleans for weeks, also stars Oprah Winfrey, Mariah Carey, John Cusack, Jane Fonda, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Terrence Howard, Minka Kelly, Lenny Kravitz, Melissa Leo, James Marsden, David Oyelowo, Alex Pettyfer, Vanessa Redgrave, Alan Rickman, Liev Schreiber and Robin Williams.
Hit the jump to check out the...
Based on the screenplay by Danny Strong (who just won an Emmy last night for Game Change) and Daniels, The Butler is inspired by Wil Haygood’s Washington Post article about an African-American man who served as a butler (Forest Whitaker) to eight Presidents such as Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon in the White House for over thirty years.
Obviously, Harvey Weinstein has liked what he’s seen of the footage. The film, which has been shooting down in New Orleans for weeks, also stars Oprah Winfrey, Mariah Carey, John Cusack, Jane Fonda, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Terrence Howard, Minka Kelly, Lenny Kravitz, Melissa Leo, James Marsden, David Oyelowo, Alex Pettyfer, Vanessa Redgrave, Alan Rickman, Liev Schreiber and Robin Williams.
Hit the jump to check out the...
- 9/24/2012
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
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