When Fast & Furious director Justin Lin was revealed to be at the helm of the live-action One-Punch Man film back in June 2022, the script was in the hands of Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinkner of Venom and Jumanji: The Next Level . Now, according to The Hollywood Reporter , Rick and Morty co-creator Dan Harmon is teaming up with writer Heather Anne Campbell on a rewrite of the script. The news closed out the end of the latest update on Justin Lin's directorial work. The next project he's hopped on is crime thriller Stakehorse , based on a script by Justin Piasecki that found itself near the top of the 2023 Black List. In addition to that and One-Punch Man , Lin has the thriller Two for the Money —starring Charlize Theron and Daniel Craig—in the works at Apple. Related: One-Punch Man Season 3 Anime Helps Gamers Rise Up with King Visual The One-Punch Man...
- 4/15/2024
- by Joseph Luster
- Crunchyroll
Justin Lin is ready to announce his next project, Stakehorse. Is it about a horse made of wooden stakes? Doubtful. Sources say the forthcoming crime thriller is like Ben Affleck’s 2010 banger The Town. The screenplay hails from Justin Piasecki, with a plot revolving around a horse veterinarian who has a side hustle patching up criminals who need medical attention under the table.
After shooting several chapters of the Fast and Furious saga and more, Lin is a clever and creative director with a sleek style all his own. In addition to directing Stakehorse, Lin will produce through his Perfect Storm Entertainment studio with Todd Lieberman and Alex Young of Hidden Pictures. Perfect Storm’s Andrew Schneider and Sal Gatdula will exec produce.
Lin, a champion of the Fast and Furious franchise, directed The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Fast & Furious, Fast Five (still the best one), Fast & Furious 6,...
After shooting several chapters of the Fast and Furious saga and more, Lin is a clever and creative director with a sleek style all his own. In addition to directing Stakehorse, Lin will produce through his Perfect Storm Entertainment studio with Todd Lieberman and Alex Young of Hidden Pictures. Perfect Storm’s Andrew Schneider and Sal Gatdula will exec produce.
Lin, a champion of the Fast and Furious franchise, directed The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Fast & Furious, Fast Five (still the best one), Fast & Furious 6,...
- 4/12/2024
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Justin Lin has come aboard to direct Stakehorse, a crime thriller set up at Amazon MGM Studios.
Lin and his Perfect Storm Entertainment banner will also produce the feature, joining Todd Lieberman and Alex Young of Hidden Pictures on the project.
Justin Piasecki wrote the script, much of which is being kept in the stable. It is known that it centers on a horse veterinarian who has a side hustle doing medical work for criminals who may need work off the books.
Sources say the project is tonally similar to The Town, the crime thriller directed by Ben Affleck. The script landed near the top of the 2023 Black List.
Perfect Storm’s Andrew Schneider and Sal Gatdula will exec produce.
Lin is known for his action tentpoles, including several Fast and Furious movies and the last Chris Pine-led Star Trek movie, although he got his start by making his semi-autobiographical drama,...
Lin and his Perfect Storm Entertainment banner will also produce the feature, joining Todd Lieberman and Alex Young of Hidden Pictures on the project.
Justin Piasecki wrote the script, much of which is being kept in the stable. It is known that it centers on a horse veterinarian who has a side hustle doing medical work for criminals who may need work off the books.
Sources say the project is tonally similar to The Town, the crime thriller directed by Ben Affleck. The script landed near the top of the 2023 Black List.
Perfect Storm’s Andrew Schneider and Sal Gatdula will exec produce.
Lin is known for his action tentpoles, including several Fast and Furious movies and the last Chris Pine-led Star Trek movie, although he got his start by making his semi-autobiographical drama,...
- 4/12/2024
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Justin Lin has come aboard to direct Stakehorse for Amazon MGM Studios from a script penned by Justin Piasecki. Hidden Pictures’ Todd Lieberman and Alex Young will produce, with Lin producing through his Perfect Storm Entertainment banner and Piasecki executive producing.
Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the film is being described as a crime thriller.
Piasecki’s script was No. 2 on the latest Black List.
Lin has been staying busy as of late. He’s going back to his indie roots with The Last Days of John Allen Chau, which is heading into production soon, and also has the Apple thriller Two for the Money with Charlize Theron and Daniel Craig starring and is developing One Punch Man for Sony Pictures.
Piasecki most recently penned the Dave Mackenzie pic Relay, starring Lily James and Riz Ahmed.
Lin is repped by CAA and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.
Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the film is being described as a crime thriller.
Piasecki’s script was No. 2 on the latest Black List.
Lin has been staying busy as of late. He’s going back to his indie roots with The Last Days of John Allen Chau, which is heading into production soon, and also has the Apple thriller Two for the Money with Charlize Theron and Daniel Craig starring and is developing One Punch Man for Sony Pictures.
Piasecki most recently penned the Dave Mackenzie pic Relay, starring Lily James and Riz Ahmed.
Lin is repped by CAA and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.
- 4/12/2024
- by Justin Kroll and Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
The Black List is the annual round-up of feature film screenplays that have yet to be produced.
Hollywood’s annual round-up of most popular screenplays yet to be produced has been topped by Travis Braun’s Bad Boy.
The Black List is compiled from the suggestions of more than 375 film executives, each contributing the names of up to 10 favourite feature film screenplays that were written in, or associated with, 2023, and will not have begun principal photography during this calendar year.
It was founded by Franklin Leonard in 2005.
This year, scripts had to receive at least seven nominations to be included.
Hollywood’s annual round-up of most popular screenplays yet to be produced has been topped by Travis Braun’s Bad Boy.
The Black List is compiled from the suggestions of more than 375 film executives, each contributing the names of up to 10 favourite feature film screenplays that were written in, or associated with, 2023, and will not have begun principal photography during this calendar year.
It was founded by Franklin Leonard in 2005.
This year, scripts had to receive at least seven nominations to be included.
- 12/12/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Rounding up the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood, as voted on by hundreds of film executives, The Black List has been a strong resource to clue one in on projects to potentially anticipate, but first, to kickstart Hollywood on bringing them to screen. Today we have this year’s edition, as voted on by more than 375 film executives.
Topping the 2023 edition is Travis Braun’s Bad Boy, which follows a rescue dog who suspects his loving new owner is a serial killer. Other scripts include The Great Pretender, a drama which imagines the kidnapping of Tom Hanks; the Super Bowl-set sniper drama The Nest; the Area 51 thriller 10/24/02; a Hans Christian Andersen meets Charles Dickens fantasy; plus films about Patsy Cline, Didier Drogba, Arthur Miller and Elia Kazan, Ftx’s downfall, and more.
See the list below via Deadline (and Pdf here), ranked from top to bottom by number of votes.
Topping the 2023 edition is Travis Braun’s Bad Boy, which follows a rescue dog who suspects his loving new owner is a serial killer. Other scripts include The Great Pretender, a drama which imagines the kidnapping of Tom Hanks; the Super Bowl-set sniper drama The Nest; the Area 51 thriller 10/24/02; a Hans Christian Andersen meets Charles Dickens fantasy; plus films about Patsy Cline, Didier Drogba, Arthur Miller and Elia Kazan, Ftx’s downfall, and more.
See the list below via Deadline (and Pdf here), ranked from top to bottom by number of votes.
- 12/11/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
At the close of a particularly fraught year for Hollywood screenwriters, Monday saw the release of the annual Black List – a ranking of the top unproduced scripts in show business.
Voted on by nearly 400 creative executives, this year’s favorite project that has yet to receive a greenlight is “Bad Boy” by Travis Braun, described simply as the tale of a rescue dog who suspects his loving new owner is a serial killer. C2 Motion Picture Group is financing the project and meeting with potential distribution partners imminently.
The list includes 76 titles and covers wide narrative ground. Kirill Baru and Eric Zimmerman’s “The Great Pretender” is the story of America’s sweetheart Tom Hanks getting kidnapped, and the doppelgänger who must step in to save him. Hunter Toro’s “Boy Falls From Sky” tells of an anxious playwright whose world is turned upside down by lies and bone-crushing accidents...
Voted on by nearly 400 creative executives, this year’s favorite project that has yet to receive a greenlight is “Bad Boy” by Travis Braun, described simply as the tale of a rescue dog who suspects his loving new owner is a serial killer. C2 Motion Picture Group is financing the project and meeting with potential distribution partners imminently.
The list includes 76 titles and covers wide narrative ground. Kirill Baru and Eric Zimmerman’s “The Great Pretender” is the story of America’s sweetheart Tom Hanks getting kidnapped, and the doppelgänger who must step in to save him. Hunter Toro’s “Boy Falls From Sky” tells of an anxious playwright whose world is turned upside down by lies and bone-crushing accidents...
- 12/11/2023
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
The Black List has revealed its 2023 list of best unproduced screenplays, with scripts that include a biopic of country singer Patsy Cline, the rise and fall of Sam Bankman-Fried crypto empire Ftx, and an action-comedy about Tom Hanks and his doppelganger.
Topping this year’s list is a feature script from Travis Braun titled Bad Boy, with a logline that reads: “A rescue dog suspects his loving new owner is a serial killer.”
Elsewhere on the list is a screenplay about the Broadway playwright behind notorious disaster Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark from writer Hunter Toro, and a script focused on soccer star Didier Drogba from Jackson Kellard.
“This year, the industry was defined by a debate about the value of writers within it, and I think it’s inevitable that this year’s Black List means more than it has in the past,” said Black List founder and CEO Franklin Leonard.
Topping this year’s list is a feature script from Travis Braun titled Bad Boy, with a logline that reads: “A rescue dog suspects his loving new owner is a serial killer.”
Elsewhere on the list is a screenplay about the Broadway playwright behind notorious disaster Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark from writer Hunter Toro, and a script focused on soccer star Didier Drogba from Jackson Kellard.
“This year, the industry was defined by a debate about the value of writers within it, and I think it’s inevitable that this year’s Black List means more than it has in the past,” said Black List founder and CEO Franklin Leonard.
- 12/11/2023
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Travis Braun’s screenplay Bad Boy, which follows a rescue dog who suspects that his loving new owner is a serial killer, topped the 2023 Black List today. The 19th edition, which was selected by more than 375 film executives, counts 76 feature screenplays by 80 writers.
Second place went to Justin Piasecki’s Stakehorse which follows a racetrack veterinarian who runs an off-the-books ER for criminals, and finds his practice and life in jeopardy when he’s recruited for his patient’s heist.
“This year, the industry was defined by a debate about the value of writers within it, and I think it’s inevitable that this year’s Black List means more than it has in the past,” said its founder Franklin Leonard. “I’ve been saying that writing is the lifeblood of the industry for almost twenty years now, and I’ll continue saying it until the industry actually starts acting like it.
Second place went to Justin Piasecki’s Stakehorse which follows a racetrack veterinarian who runs an off-the-books ER for criminals, and finds his practice and life in jeopardy when he’s recruited for his patient’s heist.
“This year, the industry was defined by a debate about the value of writers within it, and I think it’s inevitable that this year’s Black List means more than it has in the past,” said its founder Franklin Leonard. “I’ve been saying that writing is the lifeblood of the industry for almost twenty years now, and I’ll continue saying it until the industry actually starts acting like it.
- 12/11/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Range Media Partners has signed Justin Piasecki, one of Variety’s 10 screenwriters to watch for 2023, for representation.
Piasecki broke onto the scene with his 2016 Academy Nicholl Fellowship winning script “Last Meals” (formerly “Death of An Ortolan”) which is slated to go into production soon, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Boyd Holbrook, with Morgan Freeman’s Revelations producing.
Since then, Piasecki landed three consecutive scripts on the Black List: “Relay” (formerly “The Broker”), “The Neutral Corner” and “Ballast.” Of those screenplays, “Relay” is currently in post-production. The film is directed by David Mackenzie and stars Riz Ahmed, Sam Worthington and Lily James, with Black Bear and Thunder Road producing. “The Neutral Corner,” about a district court judge who moonlights as a boxing referee, and “Ballast,” a thriller set on a cargo ship, are slated to begin production next year.
In April, Piasecki’s latest original script, the crime thriller “Stakehorse,” was...
Piasecki broke onto the scene with his 2016 Academy Nicholl Fellowship winning script “Last Meals” (formerly “Death of An Ortolan”) which is slated to go into production soon, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Boyd Holbrook, with Morgan Freeman’s Revelations producing.
Since then, Piasecki landed three consecutive scripts on the Black List: “Relay” (formerly “The Broker”), “The Neutral Corner” and “Ballast.” Of those screenplays, “Relay” is currently in post-production. The film is directed by David Mackenzie and stars Riz Ahmed, Sam Worthington and Lily James, with Black Bear and Thunder Road producing. “The Neutral Corner,” about a district court judge who moonlights as a boxing referee, and “Ballast,” a thriller set on a cargo ship, are slated to begin production next year.
In April, Piasecki’s latest original script, the crime thriller “Stakehorse,” was...
- 11/22/2023
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Yellowstone star Kelly Reilly and Oscar nominee David Strathairn are in final negotiations to join Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction) and Boyd Holbrook (Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny) in Last Meals.
Theo Rossi (Sons of Anarchy) and Joshua Boone (A Jazzman’s Blues) are also joining the drama which begins filming in Atlanta on November 28 with a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement.
Tony-winner Kenny Leon (Fences) is newly aboard to direct.
Jackson will play Walter, a disgraced former White House chef who finds himself 30 years later cooking last meals for death row inmates, forming an unlikely bond with Reed, a prisoner on a hunger strike whose innocence Walter begins to believe in. With the help of Hannah (Reilly), the trio take on a politically motivated prison head (Strathairn), while bringing dignity and hope to their fellow inmates (Rossi among others). Boone will play young Walter.
Theo Rossi (Sons of Anarchy) and Joshua Boone (A Jazzman’s Blues) are also joining the drama which begins filming in Atlanta on November 28 with a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement.
Tony-winner Kenny Leon (Fences) is newly aboard to direct.
Jackson will play Walter, a disgraced former White House chef who finds himself 30 years later cooking last meals for death row inmates, forming an unlikely bond with Reed, a prisoner on a hunger strike whose innocence Walter begins to believe in. With the help of Hannah (Reilly), the trio take on a politically motivated prison head (Strathairn), while bringing dignity and hope to their fellow inmates (Rossi among others). Boone will play young Walter.
- 11/2/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Django Unchained and Captain Marvel star Samuel L. Jackson has been set to star in death-row drama Last Meals, joining the previously announced Boyd Holbrook.
Jackson will play Walter, a disgraced White House chef who finds himself many years later working in a maximum-security prison cooking last meals for inmates on death row. Holbrook will play Reed, the inmate who embarks on a hunger strike on Walter’s watch. The two men form an unlikely bond which gives Walter a look into the soul of a man who is willing to forgo his last pleasurable experience in order to protest his innocence.
This is a package whose script garnered good feedback in the last couple of years but was initially impacted by the pandemic and it has now been refashioned.
The film will now be helmed by New Yorker Andrew Levitas,...
Jackson will play Walter, a disgraced White House chef who finds himself many years later working in a maximum-security prison cooking last meals for inmates on death row. Holbrook will play Reed, the inmate who embarks on a hunger strike on Walter’s watch. The two men form an unlikely bond which gives Walter a look into the soul of a man who is willing to forgo his last pleasurable experience in order to protest his innocence.
This is a package whose script garnered good feedback in the last couple of years but was initially impacted by the pandemic and it has now been refashioned.
The film will now be helmed by New Yorker Andrew Levitas,...
- 5/15/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: In what might be the last vigorous spec script auction before a possible WGA strike next week, Amazon Studios has paid near seven figures for Stakehorse, a crime thriller spec written by Justin Piasecki. Numerous bidders chased this one but it came down to Amazon with Hidden Pictures, and Netflix with Chernin Entertainment, sources said. Deal closed last night. Hidden Pictures’ Todd Lieberman and Alex Young will produce.
The protagonist is a veterinarian who makes his living keeping horses healthy, but makes side money doing medical work for underworld figures, patching them up in a pinch. He gets over his head and suddenly his own life is in danger. The tone is reminiscent of The Town.
Justin Piasecki
The auction was brokered by Paradigm. It is not coincidence that an action thriller which already has filmmakers and talent circling would be at a premium in this moment. It might...
The protagonist is a veterinarian who makes his living keeping horses healthy, but makes side money doing medical work for underworld figures, patching them up in a pinch. He gets over his head and suddenly his own life is in danger. The tone is reminiscent of The Town.
Justin Piasecki
The auction was brokered by Paradigm. It is not coincidence that an action thriller which already has filmmakers and talent circling would be at a premium in this moment. It might...
- 4/27/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
A couple months ago, it was announced that Best Actor Oscar nominee Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal) and Lily James, who was recently nominated for an Emmy for her performance as Pamela Anderson in Pam & Tommy, had signed on to star in the thriller Relay for director David Mackenzie, whose credits include Outlaw King, Under the Banner of Heaven, and Best Picture nominee Hell or High Water. Production on Relay is now officially underway, with filming taking place in New York and New Jersey, and it has been announced that Ahmed and James are joined in the cast by Sam Worthington of the Avatar franchise.
Worthington and Mackenzie previously worked together on Under the Banner of Heaven. Details on his Relay character have not been revealed.
Mackenzie wrote the screenplay for Relay with Justin Piasecki, whose only previous credit is a 2008 short film. The story Mackenzie and Piasecki crafted...
Worthington and Mackenzie previously worked together on Under the Banner of Heaven. Details on his Relay character have not been revealed.
Mackenzie wrote the screenplay for Relay with Justin Piasecki, whose only previous credit is a 2008 short film. The story Mackenzie and Piasecki crafted...
- 4/26/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Avatar: The Way of Water star Sam Worthington has joined Oscar winner Riz Ahmed and Emmy nominee Lily James in thriller Relay, which began filming this week in New York and New Jersey.
David Mackenzie (Hell Or High Water) is directing the feature for Thunder Road’s Basil Iwanyk (John Wick franchise), Sigma’s Gillian Berrie (Tetris) and Mackenzie and Black Bear’s Teddy Schwarzman (The Imitation Game).
In Relay, Ahmed will play Ash, a world class “fixer” who specializes in brokering lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten their ruin. He keeps his identity a secret through meticulous planning and always follows an exacting set of rules. When a message arrives one day from potential client Sarah (James), needing Tom’s protection just to stay alive, the rules start to change.
Script comes from Justin Piasecki and Mackenzie. Executive producers include Black Bear’s Michael Heimler and John Friedberg,...
David Mackenzie (Hell Or High Water) is directing the feature for Thunder Road’s Basil Iwanyk (John Wick franchise), Sigma’s Gillian Berrie (Tetris) and Mackenzie and Black Bear’s Teddy Schwarzman (The Imitation Game).
In Relay, Ahmed will play Ash, a world class “fixer” who specializes in brokering lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten their ruin. He keeps his identity a secret through meticulous planning and always follows an exacting set of rules. When a message arrives one day from potential client Sarah (James), needing Tom’s protection just to stay alive, the rules start to change.
Script comes from Justin Piasecki and Mackenzie. Executive producers include Black Bear’s Michael Heimler and John Friedberg,...
- 4/24/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Following up her breakthrough in The Worst Person in the World, Renate Reinsve has steadily been adding new projects to her roster. The latest is Piero Messina’s sci-fi film Another End, in which she co-stars with Gael García Bernal and Bérénice Bejo. Variety reports the film is “set in a near-future when a new technology exists that can put the consciousness of a dead person back into a living body, in an attempt to ease the grief of separation, providing a little extra time to say goodbye.” Bernal takes the role of the widower Sal and Reinsve is Zoe, whose body is where the memory and consciousness of Sal’s former wife have been temporarily implanted. With production already wrapped, see the first images above and below.
Next up, David Mackenzie has set his next film with the thriller Relay, starring Riz Ahmed and Lily James. Scripted by Justin Piasecki and Mackenzie,...
Next up, David Mackenzie has set his next film with the thriller Relay, starring Riz Ahmed and Lily James. Scripted by Justin Piasecki and Mackenzie,...
- 2/21/2023
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Best Actor Oscar nominee Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal) and Lily James, who was recently nominated for an Emmy for her performance as Pamela Anderson in Pam & Tommy, have signed on to star in the “contemporary thriller” Relay, which is scheduled to start filming in New York and New Jersey in April. At the helm of the film is David Mackenzie, whose credits include Outlaw King, Under the Banner of Heaven, and Best Picture nominee Hell or High Water.
Mackenzie is also producing Relay alongside Thunder Road’s Basil Iwanyk, Sigma’s Gillian Berrie, and Black Bear’s Teddy Schwarzman. Black Bear’s Michael Heimler and John Friedberg executive produce with Thunder Road’s Erica Lee and Charlie Morrison. Black Bear is also fully financing the film, with Black Bear International handling international sales and presenting the project to potential buyers at the European Film Market. CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group,...
Mackenzie is also producing Relay alongside Thunder Road’s Basil Iwanyk, Sigma’s Gillian Berrie, and Black Bear’s Teddy Schwarzman. Black Bear’s Michael Heimler and John Friedberg executive produce with Thunder Road’s Erica Lee and Charlie Morrison. Black Bear is also fully financing the film, with Black Bear International handling international sales and presenting the project to potential buyers at the European Film Market. CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group,...
- 2/20/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Riz Ahmed and Lily James are joining forces for the contemporary thriller “Relay,” which will be presented to buyers at European Film Market in Berlin.
David Mackenzie, who helmed the Oscar-nominated “Hell or High Water,” will direct from a script he wrote with Justin Piasecki. Production begins in New York and New Jersey in April 2023.
“Relay” stars Ahmed as Tom, a “fixer” whose specialty is brokering major payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten to ruin them. He’s careful to keep his identity hidden, until a potential client named Sarah (James) seeks his protection in order to stay alive.
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The production is a joint effort by Black Bear Pictures, Sigma and Thunder Road. Producers are Thunder Road’s Basil Iwanyk, Sigma’s Gillian Berrie and David Mackenzie,...
David Mackenzie, who helmed the Oscar-nominated “Hell or High Water,” will direct from a script he wrote with Justin Piasecki. Production begins in New York and New Jersey in April 2023.
“Relay” stars Ahmed as Tom, a “fixer” whose specialty is brokering major payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten to ruin them. He’s careful to keep his identity hidden, until a potential client named Sarah (James) seeks his protection in order to stay alive.
Also Read:
Chlöe Bailey, Olivia Colman and Woody Harrelson to Star in Feature Adaptation of Broadway Musical ‘Girl from the North Country’
The production is a joint effort by Black Bear Pictures, Sigma and Thunder Road. Producers are Thunder Road’s Basil Iwanyk, Sigma’s Gillian Berrie and David Mackenzie,...
- 2/17/2023
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
Exclusive: We’re not quite done yet with the European Film Market packages, with a nice one coming together at the eleventh hour as Oscar winner Riz Ahmed and Baby Driver star Lily James have been set to lead thriller Relay for director David Mackenzie (Hell or High Water).
Pic is being produced by Thunder Road’s Basil Iwanyk (John Wick franchise), Sigma’s Gillian Berrie (Outlaw King) and Mackenzie, and Black Bear’s Teddy Schwarzman (The Imitation Game).
Black Bear International is launching the project at the EFM in Berlin, which as a whole has drawn a strong lineup of pre-sale projects. CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group will co-rep domestic on this one.
In Relay, Sound of Metal and Venom star Ahmed will play Tom, a world class “fixer” who specializes in brokering lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten their ruin. He...
Pic is being produced by Thunder Road’s Basil Iwanyk (John Wick franchise), Sigma’s Gillian Berrie (Outlaw King) and Mackenzie, and Black Bear’s Teddy Schwarzman (The Imitation Game).
Black Bear International is launching the project at the EFM in Berlin, which as a whole has drawn a strong lineup of pre-sale projects. CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group will co-rep domestic on this one.
In Relay, Sound of Metal and Venom star Ahmed will play Tom, a world class “fixer” who specializes in brokering lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten their ruin. He...
- 2/17/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Delroy Lindo to star in, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje to direct ‘Last Meals’.
Sentient Entertainment founder and CEO Renee Tab and producer Christopher Tuffin have launched sales, production and finance company Sentient Pictures International (Spi) and will oversee alongside former Relativity COO Andrew Marcus and Taken director Pierre Morel.
Boutique management and production company Sentient and Spi will function as separately owned and operated entities. Spi announced on Thursday (10) an inaugural sales slate led by Sentient productions Last Meals with Delroy Lindo and Boyd Holbrook and sci-fi thriller D.O.A. which Morel will direct, and produce with Tab and Tuffin.
Adewale...
Sentient Entertainment founder and CEO Renee Tab and producer Christopher Tuffin have launched sales, production and finance company Sentient Pictures International (Spi) and will oversee alongside former Relativity COO Andrew Marcus and Taken director Pierre Morel.
Boutique management and production company Sentient and Spi will function as separately owned and operated entities. Spi announced on Thursday (10) an inaugural sales slate led by Sentient productions Last Meals with Delroy Lindo and Boyd Holbrook and sci-fi thriller D.O.A. which Morel will direct, and produce with Tab and Tuffin.
Adewale...
- 2/10/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Sentient Entertainment founder and CEO Renee Tab and producer Christopher Tuffin are launching a new foreign sales, finance and production outfit dubbed Sentient Pictures International (Spi), which they will oversee alongside former Relativity COO Andrew Marcus and Taken helmer Pierre Morel.
The first projects on the company’s sales slate include drama Last Meals, from director Adewale Akinnuoye Agbaje and Morel’s sci-fi thriller D.O.A.
Last Meals stars Delroy Lindo and Boyd Holbrook and follows a disgraced and misunderstood White House chef who finds himself many years later working in a maximum security prison cooking last meals for inmates on death row. There, he forms an unlikely bond with an inmate who launches a hunger strike as his day of execution quickly approaches.
Justin Piasecki writes the script, which is based on his Nicholls Award-winning screenplay Death Of An Ortolan. Shooting is expected to begin in January 2023. It’s produced...
The first projects on the company’s sales slate include drama Last Meals, from director Adewale Akinnuoye Agbaje and Morel’s sci-fi thriller D.O.A.
Last Meals stars Delroy Lindo and Boyd Holbrook and follows a disgraced and misunderstood White House chef who finds himself many years later working in a maximum security prison cooking last meals for inmates on death row. There, he forms an unlikely bond with an inmate who launches a hunger strike as his day of execution quickly approaches.
Justin Piasecki writes the script, which is based on his Nicholls Award-winning screenplay Death Of An Ortolan. Shooting is expected to begin in January 2023. It’s produced...
- 2/10/2022
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
The 15th annual Black List survey was revealed Monday December 16, and it includes 66 un-produced screenplays from up-and-coming literary talent. Results were pooled from a survey of more than 250 film executives, each of whom contributed the names of up to 10 favorite scripts that were written in, or are somehow uniquely associated with, 2019 and will not have begun principal photography during this calendar year. This year, scripts had to receive at least six mentions to be included on the Black List.
Since 2005, more than a third of the screenplays included in the annual Black List surveys have become produced films, and often to notoriety — such as “Argo,” “American Hustle,” “Juno,” “The King’s Speech,” “Slumdog Millionaire,” “Spotlight,” “The Revenants,” “The Descendants,” and “Hell or High Water.” Melina Matsoukas’s 2019 film “Queen & Slim,” written by Lena Waithe with a story co-authored by James Frey, was featured on the 2018 Black List.
Below is the...
Since 2005, more than a third of the screenplays included in the annual Black List surveys have become produced films, and often to notoriety — such as “Argo,” “American Hustle,” “Juno,” “The King’s Speech,” “Slumdog Millionaire,” “Spotlight,” “The Revenants,” “The Descendants,” and “Hell or High Water.” Melina Matsoukas’s 2019 film “Queen & Slim,” written by Lena Waithe with a story co-authored by James Frey, was featured on the 2018 Black List.
Below is the...
- 12/16/2019
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
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