Responding to the tough outlook for most independent films, Pinnacle Films is moving away from releasing a large slate of small theatrical titles and instead plans to focus on two or three wide- release commercial films per year. . Augmenting that will be a handful of smaller overseas and local .passion projects. such as the Spierig brothers. .Predestination and Craig Monahan.s Healing. . Pinnacle now looks to pick up films with name casts that have a guaranteed wide release in the Us, handled either by the major studios or the larger indies... . Its 2015 slate is headed by.Autobahn, an action thriller starring Anthony Hopkins,.Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything), Nicholas Hoult and Ben Kingsley; and The Legend of Barney Thomson, a comedy-thriller directed by and starring Robert Carlyle, with Emma Thompson and Ray Winstone. . .Our smaller films were struggling to get exposure with exhibitors, who have limited space for independent product,...
- 1/15/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
"Zombieland" and "Gangster Squad" helmer Ruben Fleischer will direct an untitled drug drama that's in the works. Based on the recent New York Times Magazine article "The Sinaloa Cartel’s 90-Year-Old Drug Mule," the film tells the true story of "Leo Sharp, the Indiana man who this year was caught running drugs for Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel and was sent to the slammer at age 90." No word yet on who will write the script. [Deadline] "Elizabeth" director Shekhar Kapur is going Ya with "Tiger's Curse." Based on the books by Colleen Houck, the story centers on "teenager Kelsey Hayes, who learns that she has a powerful connection with a beautiful white tiger named Ren, while working at a circus in Oregon. When a mysterious stranger arrives to reclaim Ren and return him to his native India, Kelsey is whisked into an exotic adventure across the far reaches of the globe where...
- 11/4/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
He directed short segments in New York, I Love You and Venice 70, but we haven't seen a feature from director Shekhar Kapur since 2007's Elizabeth: The Golden Age. That's about to change, however, with the news that he's signed on to the Ya adaptation Tiger's Curse. Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries) wrote the screenplay based on Colleen Houck's novel.The first in a saga that currently runs to four books and a novella, Tiger's Curse involves young Kelsey Hayes. In the market for a summer job before university, she finds herself in the unlikely position of looking after a white tiger called Dhiren in a travelling circus. Agreeing to be responsible for transporting the tiger back to India after he's been sold, she finds herself key to an ancient Indian curse. Cue globetrotting Lara Croft-type adventures with a dash of supernatural romance for good measure.“Colleen Houck has created...
- 11/4/2014
- EmpireOnline
“Elizabeth” director Shekhar Kapur is set to take the helm of adventure saga "Tiger's Curse" at Lotus Entertainment and Ineffable Pictures.
Based on a series of novels by Colleen Houck, the story centers on a woman who learns that she has a powerful connection with a beautiful white tiger named Ren while working at a circus in Oregon over the summer.
When a mysterious stranger arrives to reclaim Ren and return him to his native India, the woman learns that the tiger is a prince who is the victim of a 300-year-old curse.
"Vampire Diaries" creator Julie Plec adapted the script while Kapur, Raphael Kryszek, Jesse Israel, Bill Johnson and Jim Seibel will produce.
Source: Variety...
Based on a series of novels by Colleen Houck, the story centers on a woman who learns that she has a powerful connection with a beautiful white tiger named Ren while working at a circus in Oregon over the summer.
When a mysterious stranger arrives to reclaim Ren and return him to his native India, the woman learns that the tiger is a prince who is the victim of a 300-year-old curse.
"Vampire Diaries" creator Julie Plec adapted the script while Kapur, Raphael Kryszek, Jesse Israel, Bill Johnson and Jim Seibel will produce.
Source: Variety...
- 11/3/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Internationally acclaimed producer and filmmaker Shekhar Kapur (Elizabeth) has come on to direct the epic adventure film Tiger’S Curse, based on the first in a series of New York Times bestselling novels by author Colleen Houck. Julie Plec, creator of “The Vampire Diaries” and “The Originals” has adapted the book for the screen.
Ineffable Pictures’ founder Raphael Kryszek and Jesse Israel will produce along with Lotus Entertainment’s Bill Johnson and Jim Seibel, and with director Shekhar Kapur. Lotus’ D.J. Gugenheim and Ara Keshishian are executive producing and Lotus will introduce the action/adventure to foreign buyers starting at Afm.
Tiger’S Curse follows Kelsey Hayes who learns that she has a powerful connection with a beautiful white tiger named Ren, while working at a circus in Oregon over the summer. When a mysterious stranger arrives to reclaim Ren and return him to his native India, Kelsey is whisked...
Ineffable Pictures’ founder Raphael Kryszek and Jesse Israel will produce along with Lotus Entertainment’s Bill Johnson and Jim Seibel, and with director Shekhar Kapur. Lotus’ D.J. Gugenheim and Ara Keshishian are executive producing and Lotus will introduce the action/adventure to foreign buyers starting at Afm.
Tiger’S Curse follows Kelsey Hayes who learns that she has a powerful connection with a beautiful white tiger named Ren, while working at a circus in Oregon over the summer. When a mysterious stranger arrives to reclaim Ren and return him to his native India, Kelsey is whisked...
- 11/3/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Elizabeth director Shekhar Kapur will helm Tiger’s Curse, an epic adventure adapted from the best-selling Ya novel series by Colleen Houck. Adding more Ya juice to the project is The Vampire Diaries and The Originals creator Julie Plec, who adapted the tale of a girl with a powerful connection to a beautiful white tiger that turns out to be a prince suffering from a 300-year curse. Ineffable Pictures’ Raphael Kryszek and Jesse Israel are producing along with Lotus Entertainment’s Bill Johnson and Jim Seibel. Kapur is also a producer. Lotus’ D.J. Gugenheim and Ara Keshishian are exec producing; Lotus will rep foreign sales at Afm, where it’s also selling Keanu Reeves pic Replicas, Halle Berry vehicle Kidnap, the Arnold Schwarzenegger-Abigail Breslin zombie tale Maggie, and more.
Marton Csokas (The Equalizer) has joined Game of Thrones‘ Emilia Clarke in Voice From The Stone, which also is coming to Afm this week.
Marton Csokas (The Equalizer) has joined Game of Thrones‘ Emilia Clarke in Voice From The Stone, which also is coming to Afm this week.
- 11/3/2014
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
Shekhar Kapur, the Golden Globe-nominated helmer of Elizabeth and its sequel Elizabeth: The Golden Age, will direct the fantasy adventure Tiger's Curse for Lotus Entertainment and Ineffable Pictures. The film is based on the first in a series of bestselling novels by Colleen Houck. They center on a teenage girl who, while working at a circus, encounters a white tiger named Ren whose true identity is a prince under a 300-year curse. They team up to unravel a prophecy that might be the key to breaking the curse. The script is by Julie Plec, who co-developed The Vampire
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- 11/3/2014
- by Austin Siegemund-Broka
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Shekhar Kapur will direct the epic adventure project that Bill Johnson and Jim Seibel will introduce to buyers this week.
Tiger’s Curse is based on the first in a series of New York Times novels by Colleen Houck about a circus worker who embarks on an adventure to free a prince from the curse that keeps him inside a tiger’s body.
The Vampire Diaries and The Originals creator Julie Plec adapted the screenplay. Ineffable Pictures’ founder Raphael Kryszek and Jesse Israel will produce alongside Lotus Entertainment’s Johnson and Seibel and Kapur.
Lotus’ DJ Gugenheim and Ara Keshishian serve as executive producers.
“Colleen Houck has created a brilliant story of a young girl’s journey through amazing adventures in the discovery of herself,” said Kapur.
“We are thrilled to pair Kapur’s creative talent with Houck’s epic adventure,” said Kryszek. “This is the first film in a franchise certain to capture the hearts and minds...
Tiger’s Curse is based on the first in a series of New York Times novels by Colleen Houck about a circus worker who embarks on an adventure to free a prince from the curse that keeps him inside a tiger’s body.
The Vampire Diaries and The Originals creator Julie Plec adapted the screenplay. Ineffable Pictures’ founder Raphael Kryszek and Jesse Israel will produce alongside Lotus Entertainment’s Johnson and Seibel and Kapur.
Lotus’ DJ Gugenheim and Ara Keshishian serve as executive producers.
“Colleen Houck has created a brilliant story of a young girl’s journey through amazing adventures in the discovery of herself,” said Kapur.
“We are thrilled to pair Kapur’s creative talent with Houck’s epic adventure,” said Kryszek. “This is the first film in a franchise certain to capture the hearts and minds...
- 11/3/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Shekhar Kapur will direct Ya adaptation “Tiger's Curse,” based on the series of novels by Colleen Houck, it was announced Monday. “The Vampire Diaries” showrunner Julie Plec adapted the screenplay. Also read: ‘Vampire Diaries’ Boss Julie Plec Re-Ups With Wbtv “The Tiger's Curse” follows teenager Kelsey Hayes, who learns that she has a powerful connection with a beautiful white tiger named Ren, while working at a circus in Oregon. When a mysterious stranger arrives to reclaim Ren and return him to his native India, Kelsey is whisked into an exotic adventure across the far reaches of the globe where she learns the.
- 11/3/2014
- by Linda Ge
- The Wrap
Lisa Desrochers' successful young adult trilogy, Personal Demons, has been picked up for development at Ineffable Pictures. The series includes Personal Demons, Original Sin and Last Rite, a supernatural trio with a touch of the Twilights about its heroine Frannie Cavanaugh's high-school love triangle with good guy Gab(riel) and badass hunk Luc(ifer). Eat your heart out, John Milton.Beautiful Creatures, The Mortal Instruments, Daughter of Smoke, Matched... the list of young-adult fiction on, or en route to the big screen is swelling so quickly Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer will burn out trying to come up with terrible spoofs quickly enough. Not all bad news, then, and Frannie Cavanaugh's legion of fans will be as delighted as her creator by the news. “I’m thrilled that Jesse Israel and the Ineffable Pictures team share my love of this trilogy and its characters,” said Desrochers.Ineffable is currently working...
- 2/27/2013
- EmpireOnline
Ineffable Pictures has optioned the film rights to Lisa Desrochers' young adult novel trilogy that begins with "Personal Demons".
The stories center on a teen girl with a special ability. She is caught in the midst of a love triangle between an angel and a demon, each of whom are competing to “tag” her soul for heaven and hell, respectively.
"Original Sin" and "Last Rite" are the other two books in the series. Ineffable is also developing a film adaptation of Colleen Houck’s "Tiger’s Curse" for Paramount.
Source: THR...
The stories center on a teen girl with a special ability. She is caught in the midst of a love triangle between an angel and a demon, each of whom are competing to “tag” her soul for heaven and hell, respectively.
"Original Sin" and "Last Rite" are the other two books in the series. Ineffable is also developing a film adaptation of Colleen Houck’s "Tiger’s Curse" for Paramount.
Source: THR...
- 2/27/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
While this doesn’t quite fit in the subcategory of magazine article-to-film adaptations — Sofia Coppola‘s The Bling Ring and Michael Bay‘s Pain and Gain being two of the more prominent, future examples — ShowBlitz reports that Brad Pitt‘s Plan B Entertainment and New Regency have bought the rights to Michael Hastings‘ war-based The Operators.
Being a book that generated from his own Rolling Stone article about then-General Stanley A. McChrystal — the same that led to his own firing, as you (hopefully) remember — The Operators “picks up where the article left off,” going into detail on a European tour wherein McChrystal tried to generate support for the war in Afghanistan. But, in addition to the typical “life-and-death wartime decisions” that one would expect from military brass, we even get to see some of the partying they enjoyed partaking in. That’s an entire, real-life world unbeknownst to cinema, and,...
Being a book that generated from his own Rolling Stone article about then-General Stanley A. McChrystal — the same that led to his own firing, as you (hopefully) remember — The Operators “picks up where the article left off,” going into detail on a European tour wherein McChrystal tried to generate support for the war in Afghanistan. But, in addition to the typical “life-and-death wartime decisions” that one would expect from military brass, we even get to see some of the partying they enjoyed partaking in. That’s an entire, real-life world unbeknownst to cinema, and,...
- 4/28/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
"The Vampire Diaries" showrunner Julie Plec will write the screenplay for the epic adventure "The Tiger’s Curse" at Paramount Pictures and Disruption Entertainment reports Heat Vision.
An adaptation of the young-adult novel by Colleen Houck, the story follows a 17-year-old girl who takes a temp job caring for a white tiger at the local circus.
She soon discovers that the tiger is a cursed Indian prince who turns into a man for only 24 minutes per day. Their quest to end the curse leads them through exotic Indian locales and brushes with Hindu gods.
The book was self-published as an e-book before Splinter Publishing picked it up and released it in January last year. Paramount scored the film rights in December.
An adaptation of the young-adult novel by Colleen Houck, the story follows a 17-year-old girl who takes a temp job caring for a white tiger at the local circus.
She soon discovers that the tiger is a cursed Indian prince who turns into a man for only 24 minutes per day. Their quest to end the curse leads them through exotic Indian locales and brushes with Hindu gods.
The book was self-published as an e-book before Splinter Publishing picked it up and released it in January last year. Paramount scored the film rights in December.
- 4/28/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The Vampire Diaries showrunner Julie Plec has been tapped to pen the screenplay for The Tiger’s Curse, Paramount’s adaptation of the young-adult book by Colleen Houck. Mary Parent’s Disruption Entertainment is producing along with Ineffable Pictures' Raphael Kryszek. Photos: 'Vampire Diaries' Episodic Stills From 'Before Sunset' The book tells of a 17-year-old girl who takes a temp job caring for a white tiger at the local circus. She sets off on an epic adventure when she discovers that the tiger is a cursed Indian prince who turns into a man for only 24 minutes per day. Their
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- 4/27/2012
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Vampire Diaries executive producer Julie Plec stayed busy this week promoting the season 3 finale of the CW show and hinted at the growing romance between vampire Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and the Mystic Falls, Virginia high school student Elena (Nina Dobrov). According to The Hollywood Reporter, Plec took time from her Vampire Diaries duties to sign on as the screenwriter for Paramount’s adaptation of the young adult book The Tiger’s Curse. Colleen Houck wrote the book about a 17-year-old girl who cares for a white tiger at the local circus and discovers an Indian prince has cursed the tiger. Mary Parent of Disruption Entertainment joined the project as producer.
- 4/27/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Vampire Diaries executive producer Julie Plec stayed busy this week promoting the season 3 finale of the CW show and hinted at the growing romance between vampire Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and the Mystic Falls, Virginia high school student Elena (Nina Dobrov). According to The Hollywood Reporter, Plec took time from her Vampire Diaries duties to sign on as the screenwriter for Paramount’s adaptation of the young adult book The Tiger’s Curse. Colleen Houck wrote the book about a 17-year-old girl who cares for a white tiger at the local circus and discovers an Indian prince has cursed the tiger. Mary Parent of Disruption Entertainment joined the project as producer.
- 4/27/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Paramount Pictures has gotten cursed, according to Deadline. The studio has picked up screen rights to Colleen Houck’s novel Tiger’s Curse. The story is about “a 17-year-old girl who takes a temp job caring for a white tiger at the local circus and sets off on an epic adventure when she discovers the tiger is a cursed Indian prince who turns into a man for only 24 minutes per day. Their quest to end the curse leads them through exotic locales in India and brushes with Hindu gods and goddesses.”
The book was first self-published by Houck on Kindle Books, and then after reaching number 1 on the bestseller fiction list, the book was published by Splinter and is currently near the top of the New York Times Children’s list. In honor of this cool story we have compiled a list of our Top Five Sci-Fi Books that have been adapted for the screen.
The book was first self-published by Houck on Kindle Books, and then after reaching number 1 on the bestseller fiction list, the book was published by Splinter and is currently near the top of the New York Times Children’s list. In honor of this cool story we have compiled a list of our Top Five Sci-Fi Books that have been adapted for the screen.
- 12/13/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Paramount Pictures has acquired the film rights to Colleen Houck's novel "Tiger’s Curse" for says Deadline.
The story follows a 17-year-old girl who takes a temp job caring for a white tiger at the local circus. She soon sets off on an epic adventure when she discovers the tiger is a cursed Indian prince who turns into a man for just 24 minutes per day.
Their quest to end the curse leads them through exotic locales in India and brushes with Hindu gods and goddesses. Mary Parent and Raphael Kryszek will produce.
The story follows a 17-year-old girl who takes a temp job caring for a white tiger at the local circus. She soon sets off on an epic adventure when she discovers the tiger is a cursed Indian prince who turns into a man for just 24 minutes per day.
Their quest to end the curse leads them through exotic locales in India and brushes with Hindu gods and goddesses. Mary Parent and Raphael Kryszek will produce.
- 12/13/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Author Colleen Houck has created one hell of a success story with her book Tiger.s Curse. The new writer self-published her novel on Kindle Books. What happened then defied the odds and traditional conceptions about self-publishing: Tiger.s Curse shot to the number-one spot on the fiction bestseller list, then got a more traditional publication, courtesy of Splinter. Since then it.s risen to near the top of the New York Times Children.s list. Now it.s reached the inevitable next step for any successful book these days - selling the movie rights. Deadlinereports that Paramount Pictures has picked up the rights to the bestseller Tiger.s Curse tells the story of teenager Kelsey Hayes, who takes a new job at the local circus. Her task: to help take care of a white tiger. She soon discovers that this job brings more responsibilities than just scooping up tiger...
- 12/13/2011
- cinemablend.com
Exclusive: Paramount Pictures has acquired screen rights to the Colleen Houck novel Tiger’s Curse. Mary Parent will produce through her Disruption Entertainment banner with Raphael Kryszek. The novel is about a 17-year-old girl who takes a temp job caring for a white tiger at the local circus and sets off on an epic adventure when she discovers the tiger is a cursed Indian prince who turns into a man for only 24 minutes per day. Their quest to end the curse leads them through exotic locales in India and brushes with Hindu gods and goddesses. Houck originally self-published the title on Kindle Books; after it reached No. 1 on the bestseller fiction list, the book was published by Splinter and is currently near the top of the New York Times Children’s list. The book has been translated into 15 languages.
- 12/12/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
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