With Tribeca Film giving Hansel & Gretel Get Baked a nationwide VOD and digital release on February 19th and screenings in select cities on February 22nd, we thought it time to bring you our interview with the flick’s director, Duane Journey. Look for our review tomorrow!
Produced by James Cotton (Madison County), Brett Hudson and Mark Morgan with executive producers William S. Beasley and Michael Pollack, Hansel & Gretel Get Baked was penned by first-time feature screenwriter David Tillman. The film stars Twilight actor Michael Welch as “Hansel,” Molly C. Quinn as “Gretel” and Lara Flynn Boyle (“Twin Peaks”) as “Agnes” the witch and revolves around an old crone (Boyle) who lives in Pasadena, California, and lures teens into her house with a special blend of marijuana in order to eat the adolescents in an effort to maintain her own youth and beauty.
Shooting day nineteen of twenty-one, we sat down...
Produced by James Cotton (Madison County), Brett Hudson and Mark Morgan with executive producers William S. Beasley and Michael Pollack, Hansel & Gretel Get Baked was penned by first-time feature screenwriter David Tillman. The film stars Twilight actor Michael Welch as “Hansel,” Molly C. Quinn as “Gretel” and Lara Flynn Boyle (“Twin Peaks”) as “Agnes” the witch and revolves around an old crone (Boyle) who lives in Pasadena, California, and lures teens into her house with a special blend of marijuana in order to eat the adolescents in an effort to maintain her own youth and beauty.
Shooting day nineteen of twenty-one, we sat down...
- 2/18/2013
- by Sean Decker
- DreadCentral.com
This writer hit Gower Studios in Hollywood, CA, on January 30th last year to pay a visit to the set of director Duane Journey’s Hansel & Gretel Get Baked and while there chatted with one of the feature’s players, actress Bianca Saad. Read on for her take on the project and a new still.
Written by first-time feature screenwriter David Tillman and starring Twilight actor Michael Welch as “Hansel,” Molly C. Quinn as “Gretel” (see our previous interview with Molly here) and Lara Flynn Boyle (Men in Black II, “Twin Peaks”) as “Agnes” the witch, the film (formerly known as Black Forest: Hansel and Gretel & The 420 Witch) revolves around the latter character, a centuries old crone who lives in Pasadena, California, and lures teens into her house with a special blend of marijuana in order to eat the adolescents in an effort to maintain her own youth and beauty.
Written by first-time feature screenwriter David Tillman and starring Twilight actor Michael Welch as “Hansel,” Molly C. Quinn as “Gretel” (see our previous interview with Molly here) and Lara Flynn Boyle (Men in Black II, “Twin Peaks”) as “Agnes” the witch, the film (formerly known as Black Forest: Hansel and Gretel & The 420 Witch) revolves around the latter character, a centuries old crone who lives in Pasadena, California, and lures teens into her house with a special blend of marijuana in order to eat the adolescents in an effort to maintain her own youth and beauty.
- 1/17/2013
- by Sean Decker
- DreadCentral.com
With the likes of ‘The Twilight Saga’ and ‘The Hunger Games’ cleaning up at the box office and with Cassandra Clare’s ‘The Mortal Instruments’ series slowly approaching on the horizon, it was inevitable that the studios would be scouring the bookshelves, libraries and their teenagers rooms for the next potential box office goldmine that is the young adult sci-fi series.
Now comes word from Variety that Black Forest Film Group have secured the rights to dystopian science fiction novel ‘Quarantine: The Loners’. The book was written by Lex Hrabe and Thomas Voorhies (under the pen name Lex Thomas) and is set to be the first in a trilogy, as is the standard case for these sorts of things these days.
The story is described as a cross between ‘The Warriors’ and ‘Lord of the Flies’ and concerns the outbreak of a virus, which is deadly to anyone who has been through puberty.
Now comes word from Variety that Black Forest Film Group have secured the rights to dystopian science fiction novel ‘Quarantine: The Loners’. The book was written by Lex Hrabe and Thomas Voorhies (under the pen name Lex Thomas) and is set to be the first in a trilogy, as is the standard case for these sorts of things these days.
The story is described as a cross between ‘The Warriors’ and ‘Lord of the Flies’ and concerns the outbreak of a virus, which is deadly to anyone who has been through puberty.
- 3/27/2012
- by Nick Savvides
- Obsessed with Film
Garlic and Sapphires
"Lost" and "Alcatrax" E.P. Elizabeth Sarnoff is set to re-write the film adaptation of Ruth Reichl’s book "Garlic And Sapphires" at Fox 2000. Paul Feig ("Bridesmaids") is attached to direct.
The story follows an NY Times’ restaurant critic goes undercover to the world’s finest culinary establishments. To go unrecognized, she assumes the persona of a nouveau riche widow. Sarnoff will re-write the script from an earlier version. [Source: Deadline]
Quarantine
Black Forest Film Group has acquired feature rights to Lex Hrabe and Thomas Voorhies' young adult action-thriller novel "Quarantine: The Loners". he story concerns the outbreak of a virus that is deadly to anyone after puberty.
A typical American high school becomes a battleground after the military quarantines more than a thousand teens, who subsequently form violent gangs based on previously established social cliques and now battling for survival. Mark Morgan, Kami Garcia, E. Thompson, Brett Hudson,...
"Lost" and "Alcatrax" E.P. Elizabeth Sarnoff is set to re-write the film adaptation of Ruth Reichl’s book "Garlic And Sapphires" at Fox 2000. Paul Feig ("Bridesmaids") is attached to direct.
The story follows an NY Times’ restaurant critic goes undercover to the world’s finest culinary establishments. To go unrecognized, she assumes the persona of a nouveau riche widow. Sarnoff will re-write the script from an earlier version. [Source: Deadline]
Quarantine
Black Forest Film Group has acquired feature rights to Lex Hrabe and Thomas Voorhies' young adult action-thriller novel "Quarantine: The Loners". he story concerns the outbreak of a virus that is deadly to anyone after puberty.
A typical American high school becomes a battleground after the military quarantines more than a thousand teens, who subsequently form violent gangs based on previously established social cliques and now battling for survival. Mark Morgan, Kami Garcia, E. Thompson, Brett Hudson,...
- 3/27/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
I wouldn’t go so far as to say that Game of Thrones and Skyrim made dragons cool again — if only because dragons have always been cool — but it wouldn’t surprise this writer if, in fact, TV and video games played a little role in this pick-up. As it goes, Variety reports that Legendary Pictures are putting some stock in Slayer, an action spec from Martin Helgeland (son of L.A. Confidential scribe Brian Helgeland).
Set in the modern day, this story revolves around a doctor who, in the wake of his father’s death, somehow discovers his own dragon-slaying heritage. (Most people only get the deed to a house.) The scribe’s father will executive produce, while Warner Bros. is expected to distribute.
Next up, Variety also tells us that — in a wonderful case of consistent naming — Black Forest Film Group have attained rights to the spec script Black River.
Set in the modern day, this story revolves around a doctor who, in the wake of his father’s death, somehow discovers his own dragon-slaying heritage. (Most people only get the deed to a house.) The scribe’s father will executive produce, while Warner Bros. is expected to distribute.
Next up, Variety also tells us that — in a wonderful case of consistent naming — Black Forest Film Group have attained rights to the spec script Black River.
- 3/21/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Black Forest Film Group has acquired the spec script Black River, a psychological thriller from Ransom Riggs, the author of New York Times bestseller "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children," reports Variety. "'Black River' follows a small-town girl who has been haunted by a dead girl's spirit ever since her own near-fatal accident. When she goes off to college and her friends begin to die, she must uncover the dark secret of the dead girl's fate." Black Forest's founding partners Mark Morgan (The Twilight Saga), Kami Garcia (Beautiful Creatures), E. Thompson (Rites of Spring) and Brett Hudson (Black Forest: Hansel and Gretel & the 420 Witch) will produce the pic, which Riggs will co-exec produce.
- 3/20/2012
- bloody-disgusting.com
Feature Adaptation Planned For Keary Taylor’s ‘Eden’; Described as ‘Hunger Games’ Meets ‘Terminator’
The success of Suzanne Collins’ young adult fantasy series The Hunger Games, as well as the highly anticipated March release of its film adaptation, has the industry clamoring to cash in on the newest teen pop culture obsession: strong-willed dystopian heroines.
It was announced this week that the independent production company Kerry, Kimmel and Pollack (Kk&P) purchased the film rights to the post-apocalyptic novel Eden by Keary Taylor. The story follows Eve (of course), a teenage girl struggling unravel the secrets of her past in a futuristic world where all but two percent of the human population was wiped out by killer robots. The similarities to Collins’s literary hit seem to end with the female protagonist, but that hasn’t stopped it from being marketed as a “cross between The Hunger Games and The Terminator.” [Variety]
As if it couldn’t be more primed to become the next teen sensation,...
It was announced this week that the independent production company Kerry, Kimmel and Pollack (Kk&P) purchased the film rights to the post-apocalyptic novel Eden by Keary Taylor. The story follows Eve (of course), a teenage girl struggling unravel the secrets of her past in a futuristic world where all but two percent of the human population was wiped out by killer robots. The similarities to Collins’s literary hit seem to end with the female protagonist, but that hasn’t stopped it from being marketed as a “cross between The Hunger Games and The Terminator.” [Variety]
As if it couldn’t be more primed to become the next teen sensation,...
- 12/16/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Independent financier and production company Kerry Kimmel and Pollack has teamed with Eric Thompson's Vigilante Entertainment to acquire feature film and TV rights to Gregg Olsen's young adult series Empty Coffin, reports Variety. Kk&P and Vigilante will co-finance and co-produce the first title in the series, "Envy," "a paranormal thriller that follows twin sisters Hayley and Taylor Ryan as they try to unravel the mystery surrounding the death of their friend. The girls use their talents to solve the crime and in the process, uncover the origin of their own powers." Kk&P's CEO Michael Pollack and prexy Mark Morgan ("The Twilight Saga") will produce with Eric Thompson, Brett Hudson and Kami Garcia. "The material is sharp, funny and eerie," said Thompson, who just produced the indie horror pic Rites of Spring. "It's edgy with protagonists who are modern day teen sleuths with a big family secret." Production...
- 10/21/2011
- bloody-disgusting.com
Bestselling 'young adult' author Gregg Olsen has sold the movie rights to his novel series "Empty Coffin" to Kerry Kimmel & Pollack and Eric Thompson's Vigilante Entertainment.
Kerry Kimmel & Pollack's CEO, Michael Pollak ("Black Forest") and president Mark Morgan ("Twilight") will produce with Eric Thompson ("Rites of Spring"), Brett Hudson and Kami Garcia.
The first book in the series is "Envy" :
"...evil lurks in the Pacific Northwest. Dubbed by locals as 'Empty Coffin', the quaint town of 'Port Gamble' has secrets. Not everything is as great as it looks in the postcards. Historic homes sit side-by-side in a place overshadowed by tragedy where everyone seemingly knows everyone. The graveyard along the waterfront and an ominous bridge connecting Port Gamble to the rest of the world are a constant reminder that death is just a doorstep away.
"One minute 'Katelyn' is a depressed teen with a loser life. The next,...
Kerry Kimmel & Pollack's CEO, Michael Pollak ("Black Forest") and president Mark Morgan ("Twilight") will produce with Eric Thompson ("Rites of Spring"), Brett Hudson and Kami Garcia.
The first book in the series is "Envy" :
"...evil lurks in the Pacific Northwest. Dubbed by locals as 'Empty Coffin', the quaint town of 'Port Gamble' has secrets. Not everything is as great as it looks in the postcards. Historic homes sit side-by-side in a place overshadowed by tragedy where everyone seemingly knows everyone. The graveyard along the waterfront and an ominous bridge connecting Port Gamble to the rest of the world are a constant reminder that death is just a doorstep away.
"One minute 'Katelyn' is a depressed teen with a loser life. The next,...
- 10/21/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
New York Times bestselling author Gregg Olsen has sold the movie rights to his young adult novel series "Empty Coffin" to independent financier and production company Kerry Kimmel & Pollack and Eric Thompson's Vigilante Entertainment, the companies announced Thursday. Kerry Kimmel & Pollack's CEO, Michael Pollak ("Black Forest") and president Mark Morgan will produce with Eric Thompson ("Rites of Spring"), Brett Hudson and Kami Garcia. They plan to begin production in the fall of 2012. Morgan produced 2008's "Twilight" and 2010's "Twilight Saga: New Moon" for Summit. Thompson produced the indie horror "Rites of...
- 10/21/2011
- by Joshua L. Weinstein
- The Wrap
On .Extra.s. Weekend Edition Special: Renegade Doctors, the health world.s elite crusaders are forging new paths and saving lives one groundbreaking move at a time. The special takes a look at these special doctors who are revolutionizing the medical industry by coming up with cures and treatments for everything from heart disease to cancer. Plus, the next big thing in medicine including a mail order kit that can break your genetic code! When Brett Hudson was diagnosed with throat cancer, he was told by six doctors that he was a dead man and had less than a year to live. Hudson reveals how his friend, Cher, introduced him to the renegade doctor that saved his life,...
- 6/13/2009
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Lindsay Lohan's father Michael was set to be released from a New York state prison today after more than two years behind bars. Michael was sentenced to serve time after surviving a fiery car crash on Long Island, where he was charged with driving under the influence. The former stockbroker, producer and actor has reportedly changed his ways and is now an ordained minister who wants to "make amends for his past mistakes". Before his prison stint, he was in the process of filming a reality TV series called Hollywood Dad and plans to resume shooting the show. The show's producer Brett Hudson explains, "Michael Lohan is a changed man. I've spoken to him often and I know it. The last time around, Michael would never admit he'd done anything wrong. Now, he not only admits his past mistakes, but he wants to right the wrongs he's done. And most of all he wants to get his family on track." Lindsay, who recently completed a stint in rehabilitation facility, is said to be considering reconciling with her father after he wrote her a heartfelt letter from jail asking for forgiveness earlier this year.
- 3/14/2007
- WENN
Brett Hudson and Burt Kearns' Frozen Pictures is taking a dig at two series centered on beach volleyball, one of which is a reality show featuring U.S. Olympic coach Dane Selznick. The reality show will feature Selznick -- coach of beach volleyball duo Misty May and Kerri Walsh, gold medalists at last month's Summer Olympics in Athens -- searching for the next top female athletes in the sport. In the elimination-competition series, 16 finalists will be selected from a nationwide search to live together in Manhattan Beach, Calif., and compete in various challenges until the group is whittled down to two winners, who will be trained to compete as professional beach volleyball players.
- 9/28/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Albert S. Ruddy has a new project, Cloud Nine, about a has-been coach (Burt Reynolds) who launches a women's volleyball team with a difference: It's for strippers. Described as a "labor of love" for the Godfather producer, Cloud was co-written by Ruddy after encountering a volleyball poster during a trip to New York. Cloud will be directed by Hairy Tale helmer Harry Basil. Ruddy is reteaming with Godfather associate producer Gray Fredrickson for Cloud, with Fredrickson executive producing together with Graymark Prods. partner John Simonelli. The film will be a Graymark presentation in association with Ruddy Morgan and Frozen Films. Brett Hudson and Burt Kearns of Frozen are producing with Ruddy. The duo also co-scripted the project.
- 3/23/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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