Exclusive: British writer, director, and producer Alex Marx will make his feature debut with The Queen of Fashion, a long-gestating biopic of fashion editor, stylist, and iconoclast Isabella Blow, with Academy Award nominee Andrea Riseborough set to produce and play the lead role.
The Queen of Fashion details the ups and downs of Blow’s life championing unknown and marginalized fashion figures like Alexander McQueen, Philip Treacy, and Sophie Dahl, whom she catapulted to success while struggling with undiagnosed bipolar disorder. The project will be sold in Cannes by Rocket Science for international, with CAA Media Finance arranging financing for the film and handling domestic rights.
Riseborough will star as Blow alongside a robust supporting cast featuring Emilia Clarke as Daphne Guinness, Richard E. Grant as Blow’s father Evelyn Delves Broughton, Fionn O’Shea as Philip Treacy, and Hayley Atwell as Alexandra Schulman. Verity Naughton CDG continues casting key roles,...
The Queen of Fashion details the ups and downs of Blow’s life championing unknown and marginalized fashion figures like Alexander McQueen, Philip Treacy, and Sophie Dahl, whom she catapulted to success while struggling with undiagnosed bipolar disorder. The project will be sold in Cannes by Rocket Science for international, with CAA Media Finance arranging financing for the film and handling domestic rights.
Riseborough will star as Blow alongside a robust supporting cast featuring Emilia Clarke as Daphne Guinness, Richard E. Grant as Blow’s father Evelyn Delves Broughton, Fionn O’Shea as Philip Treacy, and Hayley Atwell as Alexandra Schulman. Verity Naughton CDG continues casting key roles,...
- 5/9/2024
- by Joe Utichi
- Deadline Film + TV
Dean Israelite Tapped To Direct Thriller ‘Can You Hear Me?’ For Hartbeat, The Hideaway Entertainment
Exclusive: Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat and The Hideaway Entertainment will partner to produce Can You Hear Me?, a new thriller scripted by Taylor Anthony Hopkins (The Last Reverie) and Luke Kelly-Clyne. Set to direct the pic, which is currently casting, is Emmy and DGA Award nominee Dean Israelite (Little Wing).
Can You Hear Me? follows a telephone scammer who learns that his nephew has been kidnapped and must collect a sum of money to get him back. Financed by The Hideaway Entertainment, the film’s producers are Kevin Hart, Bryan Smiley, Patricia Braga and Luke Kelly-Clyne for Hartbeat, along with Jonathan Gray, Matthew Rhodes and Kristy Grisham for The Hideaway. Ty Walker and Kevin Healey are exec producing for Hartbeat, along with Ryan Cassells for The Hideaway. Jen Cox serves as co-producer, with production to kick off this summer.
“‘Can You Hear Me?’ furthers Hartbeat’s commitment to...
Can You Hear Me? follows a telephone scammer who learns that his nephew has been kidnapped and must collect a sum of money to get him back. Financed by The Hideaway Entertainment, the film’s producers are Kevin Hart, Bryan Smiley, Patricia Braga and Luke Kelly-Clyne for Hartbeat, along with Jonathan Gray, Matthew Rhodes and Kristy Grisham for The Hideaway. Ty Walker and Kevin Healey are exec producing for Hartbeat, along with Ryan Cassells for The Hideaway. Jen Cox serves as co-producer, with production to kick off this summer.
“‘Can You Hear Me?’ furthers Hartbeat’s commitment to...
- 1/31/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The Hideaway Entertainment has snapped up rights to Level Up, a high concept spec script from screenwriters David Matalon (Totally Killer) and Matthew Altman (Feed the Devil).
A sci-fi action comedy, Level Up is about a man who wakes up bound and blindfolded in a top-secret facility deep beneath Area 51, soon discovering that he has amazing but inexplicable new abilities. His only hope to escape is the alien he’s imprisoned with… and she hates humans. But as they navigate their way out, their unconventional alliance becomes the key to saving the world from an impending global catastrophe.
Jonathan Gray and Matthew Rhodes will produce on behalf of The Hideaway Entertainment, alongside Navid McIllhargey of Vandal Entertainment and Erik Olsen of Apocalyptic Entertainment. The Hideaway’s Ryan Cassells will serve as executive producer. The team is currently meeting with directors and plans to shoot next year.
“As writers,” Matalon and Altman said,...
A sci-fi action comedy, Level Up is about a man who wakes up bound and blindfolded in a top-secret facility deep beneath Area 51, soon discovering that he has amazing but inexplicable new abilities. His only hope to escape is the alien he’s imprisoned with… and she hates humans. But as they navigate their way out, their unconventional alliance becomes the key to saving the world from an impending global catastrophe.
Jonathan Gray and Matthew Rhodes will produce on behalf of The Hideaway Entertainment, alongside Navid McIllhargey of Vandal Entertainment and Erik Olsen of Apocalyptic Entertainment. The Hideaway’s Ryan Cassells will serve as executive producer. The team is currently meeting with directors and plans to shoot next year.
“As writers,” Matalon and Altman said,...
- 11/30/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The Hideaway Entertainment has promoted Kristy Grisham to SVP of Development and Production, upping Ryan Cassells to Director of Development and Production, and tapping Jennifer Cox as Creative Executive. The company’s expansion reflects a recent initiative to ramp up their slate by buying and optioning books, screenplays, life rights and other IP in all stages of development.
In her role, Grisham will be responsible for overseeing development and production on The Hideaway’s current slate of film and television projects, including its adaptation of Dan Schilling’s book Combat Control with Thruline Entertainment Partner Ron West (The Great) and screenwriter Michael Russell Gunn (Billions). Grisham was integral in bringing the book proposal to the company and packaging the movie, which is being directed by Sam Hargrave (Extraction), with The Hideaway and MGM co-financing.
Grisham is also overseeing Otherwise Illegal Activity from The Wolf of Wall Street scribe Terence Winter...
In her role, Grisham will be responsible for overseeing development and production on The Hideaway’s current slate of film and television projects, including its adaptation of Dan Schilling’s book Combat Control with Thruline Entertainment Partner Ron West (The Great) and screenwriter Michael Russell Gunn (Billions). Grisham was integral in bringing the book proposal to the company and packaging the movie, which is being directed by Sam Hargrave (Extraction), with The Hideaway and MGM co-financing.
Grisham is also overseeing Otherwise Illegal Activity from The Wolf of Wall Street scribe Terence Winter...
- 5/16/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay, the creator-EPs behind Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, have set up their 2017 Black List screenplay Escape with The Hideaway Entertainment (Cherry), tapping James Watkins to direct.
The action-adventure pic is inspired by the true story of convicts Robert Greenhill and Alexander Pearce, and their sensational journey of survival after escaping from prison, which scandalized the Victorian-era world. While the story has previously inspired songs, works of fiction and non-fiction, news articles, tall tales, art, illustrations and other printed materials, it has never before been adapted as a large-scale feature film.
When the wrongly-accused Greenhill is shipped to the harshest Tasmanian penal colony in the 1820s, he quickly realizes his only chance of survival is to partner with the notorious murderer Pearce and five other hardened criminals in order to escape.
The action-adventure pic is inspired by the true story of convicts Robert Greenhill and Alexander Pearce, and their sensational journey of survival after escaping from prison, which scandalized the Victorian-era world. While the story has previously inspired songs, works of fiction and non-fiction, news articles, tall tales, art, illustrations and other printed materials, it has never before been adapted as a large-scale feature film.
When the wrongly-accused Greenhill is shipped to the harshest Tasmanian penal colony in the 1820s, he quickly realizes his only chance of survival is to partner with the notorious murderer Pearce and five other hardened criminals in order to escape.
- 2/7/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The Wolf of Wall Street and The Sopranos scribe Terence Winter has been set to write the script for Otherwise Illegal Activity, based on the true story of a recently de-classified undercover operation. The film is centered on an American convict recruited from behind bars by the Joint Terrorism Task Force to infiltrate the circle of a prominent community leader suspected of harboring large-scale plans to commit acts of terrorism on U.S. soil.
Dean Baker and Tom Hardy will produce under their Hardy Son & Baker banner (Taboo) alongside Jonathan Gray and Matthew Rhodes for The Hideaway Entertainment (“Cherry”), Jay Thames for 77 Films (“Go North”) and Lex Sidon (“Grand Street”). The Hideaway Entertainment’s Kristy Grisham will be executive producer alongside Hardy Son & Baker’s Tallulah Fairfax. The Hideaway’s Ryan Cassells co-producing.
Baker, Hardy, Thames, and Sidon originated the project and introduced to the marketplace via a confidential...
Dean Baker and Tom Hardy will produce under their Hardy Son & Baker banner (Taboo) alongside Jonathan Gray and Matthew Rhodes for The Hideaway Entertainment (“Cherry”), Jay Thames for 77 Films (“Go North”) and Lex Sidon (“Grand Street”). The Hideaway Entertainment’s Kristy Grisham will be executive producer alongside Hardy Son & Baker’s Tallulah Fairfax. The Hideaway’s Ryan Cassells co-producing.
Baker, Hardy, Thames, and Sidon originated the project and introduced to the marketplace via a confidential...
- 8/19/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
MGM is in negotiations to acquire “Combat Control,” starring Jake Gyllenhaal and directed by Sam Hargrave (“Extraction”).
Hargrave and Shelby Malone will serve as associate producers alongside executive producers Gyllenhaal and Ryan Cassells.
The Hideaway Entertainment president Matthew Rhodes, CEO Jonathan Gray and VP Kristy Grisham will produce and co-finance the project. Rhodes, who formerly led Bold Films, worked with Gyllenhaal on 2014’s “Nightcrawler.”
“Combat Control” is based on the New York Times bestseller “Alone at Dawn,” a true story about American war veteran John Chapman (to be played by Gyllenhaal), written by Dan Schilling and Lori Chapman Longfritz. Michael Russell Gunn (“Billions”) penned the screenplay. Ron West of Thruline Entertainment will also produce. West brought the manuscript of the book to Hideaway Entertainment before the book was published, and Hideaway optioned the property amid a heated bidding war.
The film will follow the story of Chapman, an Air Force...
Hargrave and Shelby Malone will serve as associate producers alongside executive producers Gyllenhaal and Ryan Cassells.
The Hideaway Entertainment president Matthew Rhodes, CEO Jonathan Gray and VP Kristy Grisham will produce and co-finance the project. Rhodes, who formerly led Bold Films, worked with Gyllenhaal on 2014’s “Nightcrawler.”
“Combat Control” is based on the New York Times bestseller “Alone at Dawn,” a true story about American war veteran John Chapman (to be played by Gyllenhaal), written by Dan Schilling and Lori Chapman Longfritz. Michael Russell Gunn (“Billions”) penned the screenplay. Ron West of Thruline Entertainment will also produce. West brought the manuscript of the book to Hideaway Entertainment before the book was published, and Hideaway optioned the property amid a heated bidding war.
The film will follow the story of Chapman, an Air Force...
- 3/19/2021
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
MGM is in talks to acquire package “Combat School,” which has Jake Gyllenhaal attached to star with “Extraction” director Sam Hargrave attached to direct, according to an individual with knowledge of the deal.
“Combat School” tells the true story of the late Medal of Honor recipient John Chapman, and Special Ops Combat Controller, and his heroic one-man stand during the Afghan War, as he sacrificed his life to save the lives of twenty-three comrades-in-arms. The project is based on the New York Times bestseller “Alone at Dawn” by Dan Schilling and Lori Chapman Longfritz. Gyllenhaal would star as Chapman and is executive producing the project as well. Hargrave’s long-time collaborator Shelby Malone will associate produce.
The Hideaway Entertainment will co-finance “Combat School” with Hideaway CEO Jonathan Gray, president Matthew Rhodes and VP Kristy Grisham producing. The Hideaway executive Ryan Cassells will executive produce as well. Rhode previously collaborated with...
“Combat School” tells the true story of the late Medal of Honor recipient John Chapman, and Special Ops Combat Controller, and his heroic one-man stand during the Afghan War, as he sacrificed his life to save the lives of twenty-three comrades-in-arms. The project is based on the New York Times bestseller “Alone at Dawn” by Dan Schilling and Lori Chapman Longfritz. Gyllenhaal would star as Chapman and is executive producing the project as well. Hargrave’s long-time collaborator Shelby Malone will associate produce.
The Hideaway Entertainment will co-finance “Combat School” with Hideaway CEO Jonathan Gray, president Matthew Rhodes and VP Kristy Grisham producing. The Hideaway executive Ryan Cassells will executive produce as well. Rhode previously collaborated with...
- 3/19/2021
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Since the top of the year, no studio has been more aggressive in the marketplace than MGM, and it looks like it is close to landing another coveted package. Sources tell Deadline that MGM is in talks to acquire Combat Control, which tells the true story of Medal of Honor recipient John Chapman, with Jake Gyllenhaal on board to play the late war hero. Sam Hargrave, who has become one of the hotter directors in town after his action pic Extraction broke Netflix records last April, will direct the pic. His longtime collaborator Shelby Malone will associate produce. Gyllenhaal is executive producing.
The Hideaway Entertainment will co-finance, with Hideaway CEO Jonathan Gray, president Matthew Rhodes and VP Kristy Grisham producing. Hideaway executive Ryan Cassells will serve as executive producer. The film marks a reunion for Rhodes and Gyllenhaal, who worked together when Rhodes was president of Bold Films and it released the Oscar-nominated Nightcrawler,...
The Hideaway Entertainment will co-finance, with Hideaway CEO Jonathan Gray, president Matthew Rhodes and VP Kristy Grisham producing. Hideaway executive Ryan Cassells will serve as executive producer. The film marks a reunion for Rhodes and Gyllenhaal, who worked together when Rhodes was president of Bold Films and it released the Oscar-nominated Nightcrawler,...
- 3/19/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Deon Taylor is set to direct Freedom Ride, a period drama that will be produced by The Hideaway Entertainment’s Matthew Rhodes (Cherry), Inde Companies’ Kim Leadford (The Butler), Mark R. Harris (Crash) and Hidden Empire Film Group’s Roxanne Avent Taylor (Fatale). Taylor, whose films include Fatale and Black and Blue, has written the script with Steven Vosburgh and Dusdi Fissette based on first-person accounts by a dozen of the original Freedom Riders, including the late civil rights icon and U.S. Congressman John Lewis.
Taylor and his Hidden Empire Film Group partner Robert F. Smith will be exec producers, along with Benjamin Crump and his company Brooklyn Media. Crump is the noted civil rights attorney who represents the family of the late George Floyd and repped the family of Trayvon Martin. The filmmakers will go out quickly to land a distributor for the package, in time for a hoped-for summer start date.
Taylor and his Hidden Empire Film Group partner Robert F. Smith will be exec producers, along with Benjamin Crump and his company Brooklyn Media. Crump is the noted civil rights attorney who represents the family of the late George Floyd and repped the family of Trayvon Martin. The filmmakers will go out quickly to land a distributor for the package, in time for a hoped-for summer start date.
- 2/4/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
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