Editor’s note: One in a series of stories marking the 100th day of the WGA strike.
Over the last 100 days, thousands of WGA members took to the streets of major American cities to show solidarity in their pursuit for a fair deal with the major studios. Over that time, striking writers have had to navigate the weather — including, rain, heat and smoke from the Canadian wild fires — issues of physical and mental fatigue, as well as some studios making it damn-near difficult to picket.
There have been unforeseen obstacles and dangers too — who could have predicted that a producer would slam his car breaks within a few feet of striking writers? Or that an unknown employee would order trees to be trimmed right where picketers march?
Here are five incidents or controversies that picketers have had to deal with since May 2.
Excessive honking
Not long after the WGA hit the picket lines,...
Over the last 100 days, thousands of WGA members took to the streets of major American cities to show solidarity in their pursuit for a fair deal with the major studios. Over that time, striking writers have had to navigate the weather — including, rain, heat and smoke from the Canadian wild fires — issues of physical and mental fatigue, as well as some studios making it damn-near difficult to picket.
There have been unforeseen obstacles and dangers too — who could have predicted that a producer would slam his car breaks within a few feet of striking writers? Or that an unknown employee would order trees to be trimmed right where picketers march?
Here are five incidents or controversies that picketers have had to deal with since May 2.
Excessive honking
Not long after the WGA hit the picket lines,...
- 8/9/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Lionsgate has suspended Ian Woolf, a producer on the Starz drama Bmf, after he allegedly threatened picketing Writers Guild members with his SUV on Thursday, June 8, in Atlanta. “We take acts of intimidation and threats of violence seriously and investigate them thoroughly,” a spokesperson for Lionsgate said in a statement to TVLine. “As we continue to investigate, we have sent home the individual involved.” Brian Egeston, a writer on Tyler Perry’s House of Payne, called Woolf out on Twitter on Thursday after the alleged incident. “When you pointed your SUV at me as though it were a weapon and slammed the [brakes] within six feet of writers, I felt the hate and aggression of scenarios similar to Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, and others who have been harmed at the hands of hate-filled oppressors,” Egeston tweeted. In another tweet, Egeston wrote that Woolf said he was trying to scare the writers.
- 6/10/2023
- TV Insider
Update: The WGA has shared a statement with Variety regarding the incident. Please read below.
“Workers should not be threatened with physical harm when exercising their right to publicly protest and picket against unfair wages and working conditions. Anyone who harms or threatens to harm a member or supporter of the Writers Guild on a picket line should be held responsible for their actions. The WGA is working closely with members who were endangered during this incident to hold this individual accountable.”
“Bmf” producer Ian Woolf is under investigation amid reports that he attempted to threaten and intimidate picketing writers in Georgia, where the third season of “Bmf” is currently in production.
“We take acts of intimidation and threats of violence seriously and investigate them thoroughly. As we continue to investigate, we have sent home the individual involved,” said a Lionsgate rep in a statement to Variety.
Writer Brian Egeston...
“Workers should not be threatened with physical harm when exercising their right to publicly protest and picket against unfair wages and working conditions. Anyone who harms or threatens to harm a member or supporter of the Writers Guild on a picket line should be held responsible for their actions. The WGA is working closely with members who were endangered during this incident to hold this individual accountable.”
“Bmf” producer Ian Woolf is under investigation amid reports that he attempted to threaten and intimidate picketing writers in Georgia, where the third season of “Bmf” is currently in production.
“We take acts of intimidation and threats of violence seriously and investigate them thoroughly. As we continue to investigate, we have sent home the individual involved,” said a Lionsgate rep in a statement to Variety.
Writer Brian Egeston...
- 6/9/2023
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
Starz and Lionsgate have suspended producer Ian Woolf from the drama series “Bmf” following an alleged altercation with two striking Writers Guild of America writers in Atlanta on Thursday.
According to a series of tweets posted by WGA member Brian Egeston and strike captain Gabriel Alejandro Garza, the pair were on a public sidewalk, not impeding traffic, when Woolf pointed an SUV he was driving toward Egeston “as though it were a weapon and slammed the breaks within six feet of writers.”
Garza said that Woolf looked directly at him as he “hit the accelerator one more time, followed by the brakes, and skid even closer to us.” According to the pair, Woolf said that he was trying to scare them. Garza noted that they have a recording of Woolf’s explanation.
“I would implore you, in hindsight, to consider the ramifications of killing an African-American man in the streets...
According to a series of tweets posted by WGA member Brian Egeston and strike captain Gabriel Alejandro Garza, the pair were on a public sidewalk, not impeding traffic, when Woolf pointed an SUV he was driving toward Egeston “as though it were a weapon and slammed the breaks within six feet of writers.”
Garza said that Woolf looked directly at him as he “hit the accelerator one more time, followed by the brakes, and skid even closer to us.” According to the pair, Woolf said that he was trying to scare them. Garza noted that they have a recording of Woolf’s explanation.
“I would implore you, in hindsight, to consider the ramifications of killing an African-American man in the streets...
- 6/9/2023
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
Ian Woolf, a producer on Bmf, has been suspended by production studio Lionsgate after an altercation with Writers Guild members who were picketing outside the Starz drama’s production facility on Thursday afternoon in Atlanta.
“We take acts of intimidation and threats of violence seriously and investigate them thoroughly,” a Lionsgate spokesperson said in a statement to TVLine. ” As we continue to investigate, we have sent home the individual involved.”
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“We take acts of intimidation and threats of violence seriously and investigate them thoroughly,” a Lionsgate spokesperson said in a statement to TVLine. ” As we continue to investigate, we have sent home the individual involved.”
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- 6/9/2023
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
A day of picketing the set of the Starz/Lionsgate series Bmf in Atlanta turned dangerous for WGA writers Brian Egeston and Gabriel Alejandro Garza. In a series of tweets Thursday afternoon, accompanied by photos, Egeston claimed that Bmf line producer Ian Woolf, driving an SUV, pointed the vehicle at him “as though it were a weapon and slammed the brakes within six feet of writers.”
Egeston’s account was corroborated by Garza, a strike captain, who said that he was standing next to Egeston when the alleged incident happened and described it in a lengthy statement on Twitter Thursday evening. Garza claimed that he and Egeston were on a public sidewalk, not impeding traffic, when Woolf allegedly hit the accelerator and then by the brake as “he was looking directly at us the entire time and kept the vehicle pointed at us.”
Both Egeston, who has written on House of Payne,...
Egeston’s account was corroborated by Garza, a strike captain, who said that he was standing next to Egeston when the alleged incident happened and described it in a lengthy statement on Twitter Thursday evening. Garza claimed that he and Egeston were on a public sidewalk, not impeding traffic, when Woolf allegedly hit the accelerator and then by the brake as “he was looking directly at us the entire time and kept the vehicle pointed at us.”
Both Egeston, who has written on House of Payne,...
- 6/9/2023
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
A producer on the Starz/Lionsgate drama Bmf has been suspended from the 50 Cent-produced series after clashing with striking writers outside the show’s Atlanta set.
“We take acts of intimidation and threats of violence seriously and investigate them thoroughly. As we continue to investigate, we have sent home the individual involved,” a Lionsgate rep said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter.
The alleged incident occurred Thursday afternoon in Georgia, where Bmf (as in Black Mafia Family) was in production on the third season of the series based on the lives of two brothers who founded an influential crime organization in 1980s Detroit. Writer Brian Egeston, who documented the alleged incident on Twitter, claims Bmf’s Ian Woolf sped toward him and other writers in his SUV and stopped short in what he dubbed as an “intimidation” tactic.
“As I marched with the WGA in a peaceful protest, similar...
“We take acts of intimidation and threats of violence seriously and investigate them thoroughly. As we continue to investigate, we have sent home the individual involved,” a Lionsgate rep said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter.
The alleged incident occurred Thursday afternoon in Georgia, where Bmf (as in Black Mafia Family) was in production on the third season of the series based on the lives of two brothers who founded an influential crime organization in 1980s Detroit. Writer Brian Egeston, who documented the alleged incident on Twitter, claims Bmf’s Ian Woolf sped toward him and other writers in his SUV and stopped short in what he dubbed as an “intimidation” tactic.
“As I marched with the WGA in a peaceful protest, similar...
- 6/9/2023
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
No redemptive stone is left unturned in “On a Wing and a Prayer,” Sean McNamara’s formulaic dramatization of the true events surrounding civilian Doug White’s 2009 emergency landing of a King Air 200 plane carrying his wife and children. Dennis Quaid leads a cast that includes Heather Graham, Jesse Metcalfe, Brett Rice and Rocky Myers through a “story of faith and survival” far less extraordinary than the filmmakers would have you believe, at least when working from a script by Brian Egeston that feels as mechanical as an aircraft instruction manual. Meanwhile, McNamara, best known for directing 2011 faith-based sleeper hit “Soul Surfer,” leans so heavily on the virtue of starting from the truth that he fails to recognize the abundance of elements that make his movie ring false.
Quaid personifies flop sweat as White, a Louisiana pharmacist who brings his brother Jeff (Rice) along on his pilot lesson — to heckle him,...
Quaid personifies flop sweat as White, a Louisiana pharmacist who brings his brother Jeff (Rice) along on his pilot lesson — to heckle him,...
- 4/6/2023
- by Todd Gilchrist
- Variety Film + TV
If you were pining for another miraculous plane landing movie after last year’s Plane, Prime Video now brings you a film that is based on the incredible true story of a private aircraft that suddenly loses its pilot and the father of the family of passengers having no choice but to step up. On a Wing and a Prayer features Dennis Quaid and Heather Graham as the matriarch and patriarch put in the difficult position of ensuring the safety of their family. You can check out the trailer in the embed above.
The official synopsis from Prime Video reads,
“In this extraordinary true story of faith and survival, On a Wing and a Prayer follows a family’s harrowing journey to land a plane safely after their pilot unexpectedly dies mid-flight. With no experience flying the twin-engine aircraft, Doug White struggles to save his entire family from seemingly certain tragedy.
The official synopsis from Prime Video reads,
“In this extraordinary true story of faith and survival, On a Wing and a Prayer follows a family’s harrowing journey to land a plane safely after their pilot unexpectedly dies mid-flight. With no experience flying the twin-engine aircraft, Doug White struggles to save his entire family from seemingly certain tragedy.
- 3/7/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Dennis Quaid and Heather Graham in ‘On a Wing and a Prayer’ (Photo Courtesy of Prime Video/Boris Martin © Amazon Content Services LLC)
Prime Video’s unveiled the first official photo from On a Wing and a Prayer, an inspirational drama based on a true story. The new photo shows Dennis Quaid (Blue Miracle) at the controls of an airplane with Heather Graham (Love Guaranteed) as his co-pilot. Jesse Metcalfe also stars.
Per Prime Video: “In this extraordinary true story of faith and survival, On a Wing and a Prayer follows passenger Doug White’s (Quaid) harrowing journey to safely land a plane and save his entire family from insurmountable danger after their pilot dies unexpectedly mid-flight.”
The film reunites Quaid with his Soul Surfer and Reagan director Sean McNamara. Brian Egeston wrote the screenplay and Autumn Bailey-Ford, Roma Downey, and Karl Horstmann produce. Marco Henry executive produces and the film’s subject,...
Prime Video’s unveiled the first official photo from On a Wing and a Prayer, an inspirational drama based on a true story. The new photo shows Dennis Quaid (Blue Miracle) at the controls of an airplane with Heather Graham (Love Guaranteed) as his co-pilot. Jesse Metcalfe also stars.
Per Prime Video: “In this extraordinary true story of faith and survival, On a Wing and a Prayer follows passenger Doug White’s (Quaid) harrowing journey to safely land a plane and save his entire family from insurmountable danger after their pilot dies unexpectedly mid-flight.”
The film reunites Quaid with his Soul Surfer and Reagan director Sean McNamara. Brian Egeston wrote the screenplay and Autumn Bailey-Ford, Roma Downey, and Karl Horstmann produce. Marco Henry executive produces and the film’s subject,...
- 2/22/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Exclusive: Rain (fka Rain Management Group) has added The Rookery’s Adam Robinson as manager following Rain Management Group’s acquisition of the management and production company. Rain Management Group rebranded to Rain as of the January 1, 2023 merger.
Robinson launched his management and production company, The Rookery in 2008. In 14 years as a manager, he has developed and curated a list of clients including Rob Hardy, Crystle Roberson, Jeff Byrd, Brendan Walsh, James Bamford, Gary Hardwick (Deliver Us From Eva), Brian Egeston, Lamont Magee (All American: Homecoming), Katrina O Gilvie (All Rise), MacArthur Genius award winner Alex Rivera (Sleep Dealer), and Emmy winners Adrian Dukes (All American), Phil Bertelsen (Who Killed Malcolm X?...
Robinson launched his management and production company, The Rookery in 2008. In 14 years as a manager, he has developed and curated a list of clients including Rob Hardy, Crystle Roberson, Jeff Byrd, Brendan Walsh, James Bamford, Gary Hardwick (Deliver Us From Eva), Brian Egeston, Lamont Magee (All American: Homecoming), Katrina O Gilvie (All Rise), MacArthur Genius award winner Alex Rivera (Sleep Dealer), and Emmy winners Adrian Dukes (All American), Phil Bertelsen (Who Killed Malcolm X?...
- 1/18/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
David Letterman’s Emmy-nominated talk show series “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman” is set to return on May 20, Netflix announced on Thursday.
The fourth season of the Netflix original series will feature six episodes and a new selection of guests, including Cardi B, Kevin Durant, Billie Eilish, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ryan Reynolds and Will Smith.
The show features one-on-one conversations with the legendary talk show host and the celebrity guest inside and outside a studio setting. Season four comes after a long absence from the series, as season three premiered almost 18 months ago in October of 2020.
Notably, the streamer has announced that all of the episodes were filmed prior to March 2022; that means that there will be no talk of the infamous Will Smith-Chris Rock Oscars slap that occurred on March 27.
Letterman, who is renowned for his 33 years as a late night host at NBC and CBS,...
The fourth season of the Netflix original series will feature six episodes and a new selection of guests, including Cardi B, Kevin Durant, Billie Eilish, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ryan Reynolds and Will Smith.
The show features one-on-one conversations with the legendary talk show host and the celebrity guest inside and outside a studio setting. Season four comes after a long absence from the series, as season three premiered almost 18 months ago in October of 2020.
Notably, the streamer has announced that all of the episodes were filmed prior to March 2022; that means that there will be no talk of the infamous Will Smith-Chris Rock Oscars slap that occurred on March 27.
Letterman, who is renowned for his 33 years as a late night host at NBC and CBS,...
- 5/5/2022
- by Carson Burton and Sasha Urban
- Variety Film + TV
Disney Branded Television will bring Shawn Amos’ debut novel Cookies & Milk to screen with an animated series currently in development. The project hails from Laurence Fishburne and Helen Sugland of Cinema Gypsy Productions (black-ish), Jesse Murphy and James Sears Bryant of Jesse James Films and Shawn Amos.
The semi-autobiographical Cookies & Milk is inspired by the childhood of Shawn Amos, a Blues musician and the son of iconic Wallace “Wally” Amos, Jr., founder of the Famous Amos chocolate chip cookie brand. The Cookies & Milk teleplay follows the summer adventures of harmonica-playing middle-schooler Ellis Johnson as he begrudgingly helps his wildly optimistic and quite possibly magical father open the world’s first cookie shop in 1970s Hollywood, California.
“It’s an absolute coup to bring Shawn Amos’s heartfelt, humorous book to Disney television screens and, with the guiding vision, credibility and track record of our Cinema Gypsy and Jesse James Films creative team,...
The semi-autobiographical Cookies & Milk is inspired by the childhood of Shawn Amos, a Blues musician and the son of iconic Wallace “Wally” Amos, Jr., founder of the Famous Amos chocolate chip cookie brand. The Cookies & Milk teleplay follows the summer adventures of harmonica-playing middle-schooler Ellis Johnson as he begrudgingly helps his wildly optimistic and quite possibly magical father open the world’s first cookie shop in 1970s Hollywood, California.
“It’s an absolute coup to bring Shawn Amos’s heartfelt, humorous book to Disney television screens and, with the guiding vision, credibility and track record of our Cinema Gypsy and Jesse James Films creative team,...
- 5/5/2022
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Jessi Case (Mother’s Day) and Rocky Myers (Sons of Thunder) have joined the cast of On a Wing and a Prayer, a faith-based feature from director Sean McNamara, which will be released through MGM’s distribution and marketing joint venture United Artists Releasing. They’ll star alongside previously announced cast members Dennis Quaid, Heather Graham and Jesse Metcalfe.
The Lightworkers pic is based on a true story, watching as a small-town pilot dies unexpectedly while flying. In the aftermath, passenger Doug White (Quaid) is forced to land the plane safely in order to save his entire family.
Case will play Doug’s angsty teenage daughter, Maggie, who realizes while on board the plane that something has gone terribly wrong, and becomes the protector she was destined to be as she cares for her younger sister. Myers will portray Dan, an air traffic controller-in-training with a sardonic charm and...
The Lightworkers pic is based on a true story, watching as a small-town pilot dies unexpectedly while flying. In the aftermath, passenger Doug White (Quaid) is forced to land the plane safely in order to save his entire family.
Case will play Doug’s angsty teenage daughter, Maggie, who realizes while on board the plane that something has gone terribly wrong, and becomes the protector she was destined to be as she cares for her younger sister. Myers will portray Dan, an air traffic controller-in-training with a sardonic charm and...
- 11/23/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Jesse Metcalfe has signed on for MGM and Lightworkers’ new faith-based family drama “On a Wing and a Prayer,” starring opposite Dennis Quaid and Heather Graham.
Based on a true story, Quaid stars as Doug White, who’s forced to fly a plane after the pilot dies unexpectedly mid-flight.
The movie is the latest production from MGM’s Lightworkers — the company, founded by Roma Downey and Mark Burnett, is behind “The Bible” miniseries and MGM and Paramount’s contemporary “Ben-Hur” adaptation. Downey will produce the movie alongside Autumn Bailey-Ford, with Burnett serving as an executive producer. Directed by Sean McNamara from a screenplay by Brian Egeston, “On a Wing and a Prayer” is currently in production and slated for release on Aug. 31, 2022.
After kicking off his career with heartthrob roles on “Passions,” “Desperate Housewives” and the 2006 hit teen comedy “John Tucker Must Die,” Metcalfe has found massive success on the...
Based on a true story, Quaid stars as Doug White, who’s forced to fly a plane after the pilot dies unexpectedly mid-flight.
The movie is the latest production from MGM’s Lightworkers — the company, founded by Roma Downey and Mark Burnett, is behind “The Bible” miniseries and MGM and Paramount’s contemporary “Ben-Hur” adaptation. Downey will produce the movie alongside Autumn Bailey-Ford, with Burnett serving as an executive producer. Directed by Sean McNamara from a screenplay by Brian Egeston, “On a Wing and a Prayer” is currently in production and slated for release on Aug. 31, 2022.
After kicking off his career with heartthrob roles on “Passions,” “Desperate Housewives” and the 2006 hit teen comedy “John Tucker Must Die,” Metcalfe has found massive success on the...
- 10/12/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Heather Graham has signed on to star alongside Dennis Quaid in MGM and LightWorkers’ faith-based family drama, On a Wing and a Prayer. Sean McNamara will direct the pic and with Brian Egeston penning the script. The movie will be produced by Roma Downey and Autumn Bailey-Ford with Mark Burnett executive producing. It is expected to begin shooting this fall and will bow on Aug. 31, 2022.
The film follows an airline passenger (Quaid), who is forced to land the plane he is traveling on safely in order to save his entire family after the pilot unexpectedly dies mid-flight. Based on an astonishing true story of faith and survival, On a Wing and a Prayer follows one man’s harrowing journey to save his family from insurmountable danger.
Best known for roles in Boogie Nights and Austin Powers: the Spy Who Shagged Me, Graham most recently starred in the conspiracy thriller film Wander,...
The film follows an airline passenger (Quaid), who is forced to land the plane he is traveling on safely in order to save his entire family after the pilot unexpectedly dies mid-flight. Based on an astonishing true story of faith and survival, On a Wing and a Prayer follows one man’s harrowing journey to save his family from insurmountable danger.
Best known for roles in Boogie Nights and Austin Powers: the Spy Who Shagged Me, Graham most recently starred in the conspiracy thriller film Wander,...
- 9/16/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Dennis Quaid is set to star in a film at MGM and LightWorkers called “On a Wing and a Prayer” that’s based on the true story of a passenger who successfully landed a plane after the pilot died mid-flight.
“On a Wing and a Prayer” is a faith-based family film that will see Quaid reuniting with director Sean McNamara, who previously worked with the actor on “Soul Surfer.” McNamara is also directing Quaid in the upcoming Ronald Reagan biopic “Reagan.” Brian Egeston (“Perfect Harmony”) wrote the script.
In the film, Quaid will play Doug White, who in 2009 was flying on a private King Air plane when the pilot suddenly died, forcing White to communicate with air traffic controllers and find a way to safely land the plane and rescue his family that was aboard.
“On a Wing and a Prayer” is produced by Roma Downey and Autumn Bailey-Ford. Mark Burnett...
“On a Wing and a Prayer” is a faith-based family film that will see Quaid reuniting with director Sean McNamara, who previously worked with the actor on “Soul Surfer.” McNamara is also directing Quaid in the upcoming Ronald Reagan biopic “Reagan.” Brian Egeston (“Perfect Harmony”) wrote the script.
In the film, Quaid will play Doug White, who in 2009 was flying on a private King Air plane when the pilot suddenly died, forcing White to communicate with air traffic controllers and find a way to safely land the plane and rescue his family that was aboard.
“On a Wing and a Prayer” is produced by Roma Downey and Autumn Bailey-Ford. Mark Burnett...
- 1/27/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Two-time Golden Globe nominee and SAG Ensemble winner Dennis Quaid will star in MGM and LightWorkers’ faith-based family drama, On a Wing and a Prayer. The pic marks the actor’s third reteaming with filmmaker Sean McNamara after Soul Surfer and the upcoming biopic Reagan in which Quaid plays the title role as the 40th U.S. President. On a Wing and a Prayer will be released through MGM’s distribution and marketing joint venture United Artists Releasing.
After a small-town pilot dies unexpectedly while flying the plane, passenger Doug White (Quaid) is forced to land the plane safely in order to save his entire family. Based on an astonishing true story, On a Wing and a Prayer follows one man’s harrowing journey to save his family from insurmountable danger.
Brian Egeston (Perfect Harmony) wrote the screenplay which is being produced by Roma Downey and Autumn Bailey-Ford. Mark Burnett will executive produce the project.
After a small-town pilot dies unexpectedly while flying the plane, passenger Doug White (Quaid) is forced to land the plane safely in order to save his entire family. Based on an astonishing true story, On a Wing and a Prayer follows one man’s harrowing journey to save his family from insurmountable danger.
Brian Egeston (Perfect Harmony) wrote the screenplay which is being produced by Roma Downey and Autumn Bailey-Ford. Mark Burnett will executive produce the project.
- 1/27/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Dennis Quaid has boarded MGM and LightWorkers’ airplane survival drama On A Wing And A Prayer.
Quaid will star in the faith-based family film about a small-town pilot who dies unexpectedly while flying a plane, forcing passenger Doug White (Quaid) to land the plane safely in order to save his entire family. Sean McNamara (Soul Surfer) will direct the film written by Brian Egeston, with Roma Downey and Autumn Bailey-Ford producing and Mark Burnett executive producing.
“On a Wing And a Prayer is a gripping take on a very real survivor story and illuminates the remarkable power of the human spirit....
Quaid will star in the faith-based family film about a small-town pilot who dies unexpectedly while flying a plane, forcing passenger Doug White (Quaid) to land the plane safely in order to save his entire family. Sean McNamara (Soul Surfer) will direct the film written by Brian Egeston, with Roma Downey and Autumn Bailey-Ford producing and Mark Burnett executive producing.
“On a Wing And a Prayer is a gripping take on a very real survivor story and illuminates the remarkable power of the human spirit....
- 1/27/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Dennis Quaid has boarded MGM and LightWorkers’ airplane survival drama On A Wing And A Prayer.
Quaid will star in the faith-based family film about a small-town pilot who dies unexpectedly while flying a plane, forcing passenger Doug White (Quaid) to land the plane safely in order to save his entire family. Sean McNamara (Soul Surfer) will direct the film written by Brian Egeston, with Roma Downey and Autumn Bailey-Ford producing and Mark Burnett executive producing.
“On a Wing And a Prayer is a gripping take on a very real survivor story and illuminates the remarkable power of the human spirit....
Quaid will star in the faith-based family film about a small-town pilot who dies unexpectedly while flying a plane, forcing passenger Doug White (Quaid) to land the plane safely in order to save his entire family. Sean McNamara (Soul Surfer) will direct the film written by Brian Egeston, with Roma Downey and Autumn Bailey-Ford producing and Mark Burnett executive producing.
“On a Wing And a Prayer is a gripping take on a very real survivor story and illuminates the remarkable power of the human spirit....
- 1/27/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Former House of Payne head writer Brian Egeston says of himself that he's been “the class clown” and "the funny man everywhere I go," but for the longest, like a lot of comedians, he longed to be dramatic.As he says: “Comedy can get really broad, sometimes too broad. I still enjoy it and write it, but I like dabbling in drama to center my storytelling.” So after writing 30 episodes of Payne, as well as working on more than 100 episodes for other Tyler Perry TV sit-coms, Egeston has created the dramatic web series Birth Right which premiered yesterday on the serie' website (Here) and on YouTube.The series centers around Kia Right, “whose adoption rights are overturned by...
- 1/10/2014
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
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