The Vampire Diaries and its characters were so appealing and successful that a spinoff of the show only made sense. Between The Originals and The Vampire Diaries, fans of the two shows got a taste for a lot of steamy romances. However, many of the actors had off-screen romances with each other.
Michael Malarkey | Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images
While the Nina Dobrev/Ian Somerhalder relationship might be the best known, there’s another couple that was hitched way before they starred in the series.
Who is Michael Malarkey?
Malarkey’s beginnings started on the London stage, where he had lead roles in Spring Storm by Tennessee Williams and an adaptation of The Great Gatsby. He went to school and studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
He got his big break when he landed the role of Lorenzo “Enzo” St. John in the television show The Vampire Diaries.
Michael Malarkey | Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images
While the Nina Dobrev/Ian Somerhalder relationship might be the best known, there’s another couple that was hitched way before they starred in the series.
Who is Michael Malarkey?
Malarkey’s beginnings started on the London stage, where he had lead roles in Spring Storm by Tennessee Williams and an adaptation of The Great Gatsby. He went to school and studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
He got his big break when he landed the role of Lorenzo “Enzo” St. John in the television show The Vampire Diaries.
- 3/13/2023
- by Julie Rhoads
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The children of two Hollywood icons are set to collide in the cat-and-mouse thriller Clawfoot, which is coming to us from director Michael Day, screenwriter April Wolfe, and Yale Entertainment, the company behind the awesome Becky. Francesca Eastwood (Awake), a daughter of Clint Eastwood, and Milo Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge), a son of Mel Gibson, star in the film, which is currently filming in Los Angeles.
Clawfoot sees Francesca Eastwood taking on the role of
an upper-class suburban housewife who is psychologically terrorized by a manipulative contractor, leading to a twisted battle of wits with deliciously unexpected results.
Milo Gibson is playing the manipulative contractor.
Clawfoot marks the feature directorial debut of Day, who previously directed multiple short films and episodes of the shows The News Tank and Sisters. This is the second feature written by Wolfe, as she previously co-wrote the poorly received 2019 version of Black Christmas.
Day is producing...
Clawfoot sees Francesca Eastwood taking on the role of
an upper-class suburban housewife who is psychologically terrorized by a manipulative contractor, leading to a twisted battle of wits with deliciously unexpected results.
Milo Gibson is playing the manipulative contractor.
Clawfoot marks the feature directorial debut of Day, who previously directed multiple short films and episodes of the shows The News Tank and Sisters. This is the second feature written by Wolfe, as she previously co-wrote the poorly received 2019 version of Black Christmas.
Day is producing...
- 9/20/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Francesca Eastwood (Old) and Milo Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge) have been tapped to star in Clawfoot — a cat-and-mouse thriller from Yale Entertainment, which is currently in production in Los Angeles.
In the film penned by April Wolfe (Black Christmas), an upper-class suburban housewife (Eastwood) is psychologically terrorized by a manipulative contractor (Gibson), leading to a twisted battle of wits with deliciously unexpected results.
The film’s director Michael Day (As They Made Us) is producing alongside Yale’s Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman, with Kade Thomas, Scott Levenson, Jason Kringstein, Lee Broda and Colby Cote serving as exec producers. Yale’s recently launched sales banner Great Escape, led by Nick Donnermeyer, will handle worldwide sales.
Most recently appearing in M. Night Shyamalan’s Old for Universal Pictures, Eastwood has also been seen in such films as A Violent Separation, The Vault, M.F.A., Outlaws and Angels and Final Girl, among others.
In the film penned by April Wolfe (Black Christmas), an upper-class suburban housewife (Eastwood) is psychologically terrorized by a manipulative contractor (Gibson), leading to a twisted battle of wits with deliciously unexpected results.
The film’s director Michael Day (As They Made Us) is producing alongside Yale’s Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman, with Kade Thomas, Scott Levenson, Jason Kringstein, Lee Broda and Colby Cote serving as exec producers. Yale’s recently launched sales banner Great Escape, led by Nick Donnermeyer, will handle worldwide sales.
Most recently appearing in M. Night Shyamalan’s Old for Universal Pictures, Eastwood has also been seen in such films as A Violent Separation, The Vault, M.F.A., Outlaws and Angels and Final Girl, among others.
- 9/20/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Victoria Pedretti will no longer star in the “Saint X” series at Hulu, Variety has learned, with Alycia Debnam-Carey stepping in to take over her role.
According to an individual with knowledge of the production, Pedretti decided to leave the show over creative differences. The news also comes after it was reported that production on the series had shut down in the Dominican Republic after a large number of crew members walked off the show reportedly over a pay dispute.
“Saint X” is based on the Alexis Schaitkin novel of the same name. It is described as a psychological drama, which is told via multiple timelines and perspectives. It’s a show about how a young woman’s mysterious death during an idyllic Caribbean vacation creates a traumatic ripple effect that eventually pulls her surviving sister into a dangerous pursuit of the truth.
Debnam-Carey will now star in the role of Emily,...
According to an individual with knowledge of the production, Pedretti decided to leave the show over creative differences. The news also comes after it was reported that production on the series had shut down in the Dominican Republic after a large number of crew members walked off the show reportedly over a pay dispute.
“Saint X” is based on the Alexis Schaitkin novel of the same name. It is described as a psychological drama, which is told via multiple timelines and perspectives. It’s a show about how a young woman’s mysterious death during an idyllic Caribbean vacation creates a traumatic ripple effect that eventually pulls her surviving sister into a dangerous pursuit of the truth.
Debnam-Carey will now star in the role of Emily,...
- 5/3/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
The new thriller directed by brothers Kevin and Michel Goetz (Scenic Route, Martyrs) strains for biblical resonance in its tale of deadly violence and sibling conflict. Unfortunately, the themes don't resonate in sufficiently powerful fashion to compensate for the film's sluggish pacing and strained melodramatics. Featuring, for some reason, a mostly Australian and British cast in the major roles, A Violent Separation proves mostly tedious and forgettable.
The story is set in rural America, where guns, and gun accidents, are a way of life. Sure enough, the precipitating event in Michael Arkof's screenplay is the accidental firing of a ...
The story is set in rural America, where guns, and gun accidents, are a way of life. Sure enough, the precipitating event in Michael Arkof's screenplay is the accidental firing of a ...
- 5/16/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The new thriller directed by brothers Kevin and Michel Goetz (Scenic Route, Martyrs) strains for biblical resonance in its tale of deadly violence and sibling conflict. Unfortunately, the themes don't resonate in sufficiently powerful fashion to compensate for the film's sluggish pacing and strained melodramatics. Featuring, for some reason, a mostly Australian and British cast in the major roles, A Violent Separation proves mostly tedious and forgettable.
The story is set in rural America, where guns, and gun accidents, are a way of life. Sure enough, the precipitating event in Michael Arkof's screenplay is the accidental firing of a ...
The story is set in rural America, where guns, and gun accidents, are a way of life. Sure enough, the precipitating event in Michael Arkof's screenplay is the accidental firing of a ...
- 5/16/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A brother must choose between upholding the law or saving his brother from a life behind bars—or worse—in A Violent Separation, and with the thriller coming to theaters and VOD on May 17th from Screen Media, we've been provided with an exclusive clip to share with Daily Dead readers.
Below, you can watch Frances Campbell (Alycia Debnam-Carey) confront Norman Young (Brenton Thwaites) after discovering a deadly secret that will threaten not only their relationship, but life as they know it.
Directed by Kevin and Michael Goetz from a screenplay by Michael Arkof, A Violent Separation stars Thwaites, Ben Robson, Debnam-Carey and Claire Holt.
Synopsis: "In a quiet midwestern town, a deputy named Norman Young is faced with an impossible decision; arrest his older brother Ray for murder or help him cover it up. Norman chooses family. As the ensuing investigation withers, neither of the brothers are prepared for...
Below, you can watch Frances Campbell (Alycia Debnam-Carey) confront Norman Young (Brenton Thwaites) after discovering a deadly secret that will threaten not only their relationship, but life as they know it.
Directed by Kevin and Michael Goetz from a screenplay by Michael Arkof, A Violent Separation stars Thwaites, Ben Robson, Debnam-Carey and Claire Holt.
Synopsis: "In a quiet midwestern town, a deputy named Norman Young is faced with an impossible decision; arrest his older brother Ray for murder or help him cover it up. Norman chooses family. As the ensuing investigation withers, neither of the brothers are prepared for...
- 5/15/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Sir Ben Kingsley and Guy Pearce are teaming up for action feature Long Gone Heroes. The special forces thriller will be launched in Cannes by Double Dutch International.
Directed by Santiago Manes Moreno (Alfred Hitchcock’s Gun), the film is produced by 7ONE7 Films with Moreno and If Beale Street Could Talk production manager Ines Mongil-Echandi, producing alongside Noli Mollakuqe (Warning Shot), Double Dutch International boss Jason Moring, Stanley Preschutti (Think Like A Dog) and Mark Padilla (Super Troopers 2) with Jay Fragus exec producing.
Long Gone Heroes tells the story of a special forces soldier for hire who’s given up country, religion, and even hope, and must return to the field of battle with his military team to track down a female reporter entangled in a huge political scandal while being hunted by the same mercenaries’ former comrades.
It comes as Ddi is preparing to launch a slate...
Directed by Santiago Manes Moreno (Alfred Hitchcock’s Gun), the film is produced by 7ONE7 Films with Moreno and If Beale Street Could Talk production manager Ines Mongil-Echandi, producing alongside Noli Mollakuqe (Warning Shot), Double Dutch International boss Jason Moring, Stanley Preschutti (Think Like A Dog) and Mark Padilla (Super Troopers 2) with Jay Fragus exec producing.
Long Gone Heroes tells the story of a special forces soldier for hire who’s given up country, religion, and even hope, and must return to the field of battle with his military team to track down a female reporter entangled in a huge political scandal while being hunted by the same mercenaries’ former comrades.
It comes as Ddi is preparing to launch a slate...
- 5/7/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
In a pre-Cannes deal, Ben Kingsley and Guy Pearce have signed to star in the action feature “Long Gone Heroes.”
Santiago Manes Moreno is directing from his own script. “Long Gone Heroes” is produced by 7ONE7 Films. Producers are Ines Mongil-Echandi (“If Beale Street Could Talk”), Moreno and Noli Mollakuqe, along with Jason Moring, Stanley Preschutti, and Mark Padilla of Ddi. Executive producer is Jay Fragus.
“Long Gone Heroes” is the story of a special forces soldier for hire who’s given up country, religion, and even hope, and must return to the field of battle with his military team to track down a female reporter entangled in a huge political scandal while being hunted by the same mercenaries’ former comrades.
“This is such a strong, engaging action script,” said Moring. “With Sir Ben and Guy leading the way, audiences are in for some excitement.”
Ddi will launch sales at the Cannes Film Festival,...
Santiago Manes Moreno is directing from his own script. “Long Gone Heroes” is produced by 7ONE7 Films. Producers are Ines Mongil-Echandi (“If Beale Street Could Talk”), Moreno and Noli Mollakuqe, along with Jason Moring, Stanley Preschutti, and Mark Padilla of Ddi. Executive producer is Jay Fragus.
“Long Gone Heroes” is the story of a special forces soldier for hire who’s given up country, religion, and even hope, and must return to the field of battle with his military team to track down a female reporter entangled in a huge political scandal while being hunted by the same mercenaries’ former comrades.
“This is such a strong, engaging action script,” said Moring. “With Sir Ben and Guy leading the way, audiences are in for some excitement.”
Ddi will launch sales at the Cannes Film Festival,...
- 5/7/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
We have an interesting trailer and a poster for you today for a new crime thriller called A Violent Separation. The trailer has a lot of twists and turns and has a very heavy, sad feeling to it that touches on love, loss, murder, and loyalty, all while navigating complicated family relationships in a small town. The movie stars Brenton Thwaites as:
“a Sheriff's deputy named Norman Young (who) is faced with an impossible decision: arrest his older brother Ray for murder or help him cover it up. Norman chooses family. As the ensuing investigation withers, neither of the brothers are prepared for the weight of their guilt or how that guilt will strain their loyalty to each other when a passionate romance blossoms between Norman and the victim’s younger sister, Frances. Family bonds are tested as impossible choices must be made to protect the ones they love.”
The...
“a Sheriff's deputy named Norman Young (who) is faced with an impossible decision: arrest his older brother Ray for murder or help him cover it up. Norman chooses family. As the ensuing investigation withers, neither of the brothers are prepared for the weight of their guilt or how that guilt will strain their loyalty to each other when a passionate romance blossoms between Norman and the victim’s younger sister, Frances. Family bonds are tested as impossible choices must be made to protect the ones they love.”
The...
- 4/22/2019
- by Jessica Fisher
- GeekTyrant
"We smiled at each other like all's just fine." Screen Media Films has unveiled an official trailer for a small-town crime thriller titled A Violent Separation, made by filmmaker brothers Kevin & Michael Goetz. Brenton Thwaites stars as a deputy who must make a difficult decision: arrest his older brother Ray for murder or help him cover it up. He chooses family. The two brothers then struggle with a terrible truth behind a tragedy that aims to tear three generations of a family apart. This originally went under the title The Violent Separation of Flesh and Blood before they shortened it to the simpler A Violent Separation. The film also stars Ben Robson, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Ted Levine, Francesca Eastwood, Michael Malarkey, and Claire Holt. Looks like almost every other small-town crime thriller. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Kevin & Michael Goetz's A Violent Separation, from YouTube: In a quiet midwestern town,...
- 4/18/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Screen Media, the indie distributor that recently acquired Terry Gilliam’s “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote,” has added veterans Michael Messina and Lisa Burgueno to its distribution team, the company announced on Thursday. Both executives previously worked in the distribution wing of Starz.
Messina, who served as a consultant to Screen last year, has been hired as Evp of distribution and will oversee the domestic distribution, sales, and marketing of the company’s slate. Burgueno has been hired as VP of digital distribution and will handle transactional partnerships and media planning across digital and on-demand services. The duo joins Seth Needle, Svp of worldwide acquisitions and Abbey Warner, director of marketing on the ground at the Sundance Film Festival beginning this weekend.
Also Read: Terry Gilliam's Long-Delayed 'The Man Who Killed Don Quixote' Acquired by Screen Media
“Screen Media has been building a robust slate over the...
Messina, who served as a consultant to Screen last year, has been hired as Evp of distribution and will oversee the domestic distribution, sales, and marketing of the company’s slate. Burgueno has been hired as VP of digital distribution and will handle transactional partnerships and media planning across digital and on-demand services. The duo joins Seth Needle, Svp of worldwide acquisitions and Abbey Warner, director of marketing on the ground at the Sundance Film Festival beginning this weekend.
Also Read: Terry Gilliam's Long-Delayed 'The Man Who Killed Don Quixote' Acquired by Screen Media
“Screen Media has been building a robust slate over the...
- 1/24/2019
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Indie film distributor Screen Media has hired Michael Messina as Evp Distribution and Lisa Burgueno as VP Digital Distribution. The moves from the company, acquired in 2017 by Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, comes at it plans to increase its release slate to 20 films or more per year.
Both execs are on the ground in Park City with the Sundance Film Festival kicking off today.
Messina, most recently VP Global Distribution & Acquisitions in Starz’s digital distribution division, has been consulting with Screen Media and now takes on oversight of domestic distribution, sales and marketing. Burgueno, previously at Lionsgate/Starz Digital and before that in distribution positions at Cinedigm and Microsoft Movies & TV, will manage Screen Media’s transactional partnerships and media planning across digital and on-demand services.
They will join Screen Media Svp Worldwide Acquisitions Seth Needle and Director of Marketing Abbey Warner at Sundance.
“Screen Media has been...
Both execs are on the ground in Park City with the Sundance Film Festival kicking off today.
Messina, most recently VP Global Distribution & Acquisitions in Starz’s digital distribution division, has been consulting with Screen Media and now takes on oversight of domestic distribution, sales and marketing. Burgueno, previously at Lionsgate/Starz Digital and before that in distribution positions at Cinedigm and Microsoft Movies & TV, will manage Screen Media’s transactional partnerships and media planning across digital and on-demand services.
They will join Screen Media Svp Worldwide Acquisitions Seth Needle and Director of Marketing Abbey Warner at Sundance.
“Screen Media has been...
- 1/24/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
New arrivals join svp worldwide acquisitions Seth Needle, marketing director Abbey Warner in Sundance.
Heading into Sundance Screen Media on Thursday (24) announced the hire of Michael Messina as executive vice-president, distribution and Lisa Burgueno as vice-president, digital distribution.
Messina has consulted for Screen Media since early 2018 and will now oversee Us distribution, sales, and marketing for the company’s slate of films and series. Burgueno will oversee transactional partnerships and media planning across digital and on-demand platforms.
They join Seth Needle, senior vice-president of worldwide acquisitions, and Abbey Warner, director of marketing, on the ground in Park City.
Last year...
Heading into Sundance Screen Media on Thursday (24) announced the hire of Michael Messina as executive vice-president, distribution and Lisa Burgueno as vice-president, digital distribution.
Messina has consulted for Screen Media since early 2018 and will now oversee Us distribution, sales, and marketing for the company’s slate of films and series. Burgueno will oversee transactional partnerships and media planning across digital and on-demand platforms.
They join Seth Needle, senior vice-president of worldwide acquisitions, and Abbey Warner, director of marketing, on the ground in Park City.
Last year...
- 1/24/2019
- by Mark A. Silba
- ScreenDaily
New arrivals join svp worldwide acquisitions Seth Needle, marketing director Abbey Warner in Sundance.
Heading into Sundance Screen Media on Thursday (24) announced the hire of Michael Messina as executive vice-president, distribution and Lisa Burgueno as vice-president, digital distribution.
Messina has consulted for Screen Media since early 2018 and will now oversee Us distribution, sales, and marketing for the company’s slate of films and series. Burgueno will oversee transactional partnerships and media planning across digital and on-demand platforms.
They join Seth Needle, senior vice-president of worldwide acquisitions, and Abbey Warner, director of marketing, on the ground in Park City.
Last year...
Heading into Sundance Screen Media on Thursday (24) announced the hire of Michael Messina as executive vice-president, distribution and Lisa Burgueno as vice-president, digital distribution.
Messina has consulted for Screen Media since early 2018 and will now oversee Us distribution, sales, and marketing for the company’s slate of films and series. Burgueno will oversee transactional partnerships and media planning across digital and on-demand platforms.
They join Seth Needle, senior vice-president of worldwide acquisitions, and Abbey Warner, director of marketing, on the ground in Park City.
Last year...
- 1/24/2019
- by Mark A. Silba
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Scott Speer, the director whose credits include Step Up Revolution, Til I See You and the Bella Thorne-Patrick Schwarzenegger romancer Midnight Sun, has come aboard to helm S21, a dark and edgy romantic comedy from Catapult Entertainment Group. The news is being announced at the American Film Market in Santa Monica, and a spring 2019 production start is being eyed.
Written by Greg Wayne, the plot of S21 is set in a not-so-distant future where clinically assisted suicide has become legal at age 21. A chance encounter in a clinic waiting room leads two lost souls to spend the final 24 hours of their lives together discovering the true meaning of life and death. Casting is underway.
Catapult’s Christopher Watkins and Kevin Goetz are producing with Charles Stiefel from Needle’s Eye, whose most recent tie-up A Violent Separation scored a North American distribution deal with Screen Media this week at Afm.
Written by Greg Wayne, the plot of S21 is set in a not-so-distant future where clinically assisted suicide has become legal at age 21. A chance encounter in a clinic waiting room leads two lost souls to spend the final 24 hours of their lives together discovering the true meaning of life and death. Casting is underway.
Catapult’s Christopher Watkins and Kevin Goetz are producing with Charles Stiefel from Needle’s Eye, whose most recent tie-up A Violent Separation scored a North American distribution deal with Screen Media this week at Afm.
- 11/2/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Production underway in Dallas, Texas, on horror comedy.
Toronto-based Double Dutch International will launch international sales at Afm next week on the horror comedy Satanic Panic starring Rebecca Romijn.
Production is underway in Dallas, Texas, on the film about a pizza delivery girl who must fight for her life when her last order of the night leads her to a satanic society in need of a virgin sacrifice.
Romijn leads the satanists, while newcomer Hayley Griffith plays the delivery girl. Rounding out the cast are Ruby Modine, Arden Myrin, Jerry O’Connell, Aj Bowen, Jordan Ladd, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Hannah Stocking,...
Toronto-based Double Dutch International will launch international sales at Afm next week on the horror comedy Satanic Panic starring Rebecca Romijn.
Production is underway in Dallas, Texas, on the film about a pizza delivery girl who must fight for her life when her last order of the night leads her to a satanic society in need of a virgin sacrifice.
Romijn leads the satanists, while newcomer Hayley Griffith plays the delivery girl. Rounding out the cast are Ruby Modine, Arden Myrin, Jerry O’Connell, Aj Bowen, Jordan Ladd, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Hannah Stocking,...
- 10/24/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Netflix has found its Aj. Izzy G (aka Izzy Gaspersz) is set to star opposite RuPaul Charles in comedy series Aj and the Queen, from Charles and 2 Broke Girls co-creator and former Sex and the City showrunner Michael Patrick King.
Written by King and Charles, the series stars RuPaul as Ruby Red, a bigger-than-life but down-on-her-luck drag queen who travels across America from club to club in a rundown 1990s Rv with her unlikely sidekick Aj (Izzy G), a recently orphaned, tough-talking, scrappy 9-year-old stowaway. As these two misfits — one tall, one small — travel from city to city, Ruby’s message of love and acceptance winds up touching people and changing their lives for the better. Oh, and RuPaul performs a killer musical number in every drag club.
Izzy G’s Aj is cocky and confident on the outside, while hiding all the vibrant emotions and feelings of a confused,...
Written by King and Charles, the series stars RuPaul as Ruby Red, a bigger-than-life but down-on-her-luck drag queen who travels across America from club to club in a rundown 1990s Rv with her unlikely sidekick Aj (Izzy G), a recently orphaned, tough-talking, scrappy 9-year-old stowaway. As these two misfits — one tall, one small — travel from city to city, Ruby’s message of love and acceptance winds up touching people and changing their lives for the better. Oh, and RuPaul performs a killer musical number in every drag club.
Izzy G’s Aj is cocky and confident on the outside, while hiding all the vibrant emotions and feelings of a confused,...
- 10/16/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Brian O’Malley, the Irish director whose last movie The Lodgers premiered last year at the Toronto Film Festival’s Midnight Madness section, has signed on to direct Immaculate, an upcoming suspense thriller from Catapult Entertainment Group.
Catapult’s Christopher Watkins and Kevin Goetz, who produced A Violent Separation, are producing this one with Needle Eye’s Charles Stiefel. Casting is underway and production is being eyed to start later this year in Alabama.
The script from David R. Flores & J. Hunter Roe centers on a minister who, after a personal tragedy and having his own crisis of faith, is taken captive by a mother who believes her son possesses extraordinary abilities that are rooted in evil.
“At its heart, Immaculate is a character piece that slices open the beast that can exist in all of us,” Goetz said. Added Watkins: “We’ve found an immensely talented director whose...
Catapult’s Christopher Watkins and Kevin Goetz, who produced A Violent Separation, are producing this one with Needle Eye’s Charles Stiefel. Casting is underway and production is being eyed to start later this year in Alabama.
The script from David R. Flores & J. Hunter Roe centers on a minister who, after a personal tragedy and having his own crisis of faith, is taken captive by a mother who believes her son possesses extraordinary abilities that are rooted in evil.
“At its heart, Immaculate is a character piece that slices open the beast that can exist in all of us,” Goetz said. Added Watkins: “We’ve found an immensely talented director whose...
- 9/7/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Ben Robson, best known for playing Craig Cody in TNT’s “Animal Kingdom,” has joined “Emperor,” the Civil War-abolitionist film directed former Lionsgate exec Mark Amin under his Sobini Films banner, sources have confirmed to Variety.
Dayo Okeniyi, James Cromwell, Naturi Naughton, Paul Scheer, Keean Johnson, Mykelti Williamson, Harry Lennix, Kat Graham, and Bruce Dern round out the cast.
Inspired by a true story, the pic follows Shields Green (Okeniyi), who in 1859 escaped from a plantation and made a daring journey north where he met Frederick Douglass (Lennix) and John Brown. With the opportunity to continue to freedom in Canada, Green instead chose to fight to end slavery. The raid at Harpers Ferry is considered one of the sparks that led to the Civil War.
Robson will play the bounty hunter in pursuit of Green.
The film, co-written by Amin and Pat Charles, is currently shooting in Savannah, Ga. Reginald Hudlin...
Dayo Okeniyi, James Cromwell, Naturi Naughton, Paul Scheer, Keean Johnson, Mykelti Williamson, Harry Lennix, Kat Graham, and Bruce Dern round out the cast.
Inspired by a true story, the pic follows Shields Green (Okeniyi), who in 1859 escaped from a plantation and made a daring journey north where he met Frederick Douglass (Lennix) and John Brown. With the opportunity to continue to freedom in Canada, Green instead chose to fight to end slavery. The raid at Harpers Ferry is considered one of the sparks that led to the Civil War.
Robson will play the bounty hunter in pursuit of Green.
The film, co-written by Amin and Pat Charles, is currently shooting in Savannah, Ga. Reginald Hudlin...
- 6/20/2018
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales' Brenton Thwaites and Ben Robson have been cast in the lead roles in the crime thriller A Violent Separation.
The two-hander, written by Michael Arkof and directed by Kevin and Michael Goetz, tells the story of a quiet Midwestern town, where a young sheriff, played by Thwaites, covers up a murder at the hands of his older brother, Ray (Robson). Neither of the young men are prepared for the passionate romance that blossoms between Norman and the victim’s younger sister, Frances, played by Alycia Debnam-Carey.
A Violent Separation, shooting...
The two-hander, written by Michael Arkof and directed by Kevin and Michael Goetz, tells the story of a quiet Midwestern town, where a young sheriff, played by Thwaites, covers up a murder at the hands of his older brother, Ray (Robson). Neither of the young men are prepared for the passionate romance that blossoms between Norman and the victim’s younger sister, Frances, played by Alycia Debnam-Carey.
A Violent Separation, shooting...
- 10/20/2017
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Brenton Thwaites (Oculus) and Ben Robson (The Boy) have been cast as the leads in the two-handed crime thriller "A Violent Separation. Also joining them will be Alycia Debnam-Carey (Fear the Walking Dead), Claire Holt (47 Meters Down) with Francesca Eastwood, Gerald McRaney and Ted Levine. It is being directed by Kevin and Michael Goetz. Written by Michael Arkof, A Violent Separation tells the story of a quiet Midwestern town, where Norman (Thwaites), a young deputy…...
- 10/19/2017
- Deadline
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