Verve has signed Academy Award winner Geoffrey Fletcher for representation, sources tell Variety.
Fletcher is best known for his Academy Award-winning screenplay for “Precious” based on the novel “Push” by Sapphire. The drama — directed by Lee Daniels and starring Mo’Nique and Gabourey Sidibe — was nominated for five other Oscars, including best picture. Fletcher made history as the first African American to win an Academy Award for adapted screenplay.
The movie won a handful of other awards, including the audience award and grand jury prize for best drama at Sundance in 2009. It also screened at Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section.
Most recently, Fletcher wrote the Ed Zwick-directed drama “Trial by Fire,” starring Laura Dern and Jack O’Connell. His forthcoming projects include the “Untitled Althea Gibson Project,” which is being produced by Whoopi Goldberg and Sam Feuer of Big Boy Films and “I Am A Man,...
Fletcher is best known for his Academy Award-winning screenplay for “Precious” based on the novel “Push” by Sapphire. The drama — directed by Lee Daniels and starring Mo’Nique and Gabourey Sidibe — was nominated for five other Oscars, including best picture. Fletcher made history as the first African American to win an Academy Award for adapted screenplay.
The movie won a handful of other awards, including the audience award and grand jury prize for best drama at Sundance in 2009. It also screened at Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section.
Most recently, Fletcher wrote the Ed Zwick-directed drama “Trial by Fire,” starring Laura Dern and Jack O’Connell. His forthcoming projects include the “Untitled Althea Gibson Project,” which is being produced by Whoopi Goldberg and Sam Feuer of Big Boy Films and “I Am A Man,...
- 9/4/2019
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
Larry Charles will write and may direct a reimagined version of the cult Australian hit The Man Who Sued God for New Films International (Nfi).
Nfi founder and president Nesim Hason and Mace Neufeld will produce with Sixth Sense Productions principals Richard Harding and Sam Feuer.
Charles’ take on The Man Who Sued God is expected to veer from the original premise, which involves a former lawyer who sues an insurance company pretending to be the Almighty.
The Man Who Sued God is the second project to come through Nfi’s multi-title development deal with Neufeld after WWII action thriller The Pursuit.
Nfi founder and president Nesim Hason and Mace Neufeld will produce with Sixth Sense Productions principals Richard Harding and Sam Feuer.
Charles’ take on The Man Who Sued God is expected to veer from the original premise, which involves a former lawyer who sues an insurance company pretending to be the Almighty.
The Man Who Sued God is the second project to come through Nfi’s multi-title development deal with Neufeld after WWII action thriller The Pursuit.
- 5/29/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Electric City Entertainment partners Jamie Patricof and Lynette Howell are developing a feature film based on the award-winning Sundance documentary “The Green Prince,” TheWrap has learned. Electric City is partnering with Richard Harding and Sam Feuer, who optioned the rights to Mosab Hassan Yousef's novel ”Son of Hamas,” which served as the underlying material for the documentary. John Battsek and Simon Chinn will executive produce along with Nadav Schirman, who directed the acclaimed Israeli documentary. Also read: Sundance Winning Documentary ‘The Green Prince’ to Be Adapted as Feature Film “The Green Prince” tells the extraordinary true story of an...
- 4/11/2014
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Exclusive: David Aaron Cohen has signed on to adapt Son of Hamas, the bestselling memoir that Mosab Hassan Yousef wrote with Ron Brackin. The project has been set up independently and will be produced by Richard Harding and Sam Feuer of Sixth Sense Productions, and Southpaw Entertainment’s Richard Lewis. Development is being financed by The Shea Family Foundation, whose Dennis Baker will be executive producer along with Southpaw’s Gabrielle Jerou. In Son Of Hamas: A Gripping Account Of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue And Unthinkable Choices, Yousef describes growing up in the Palestinian West Bank as the son of a founding leader in the terrorist organization Hamas. He followed in his father’s footsteps, and was imprisoned and tortured several times by Israeli’s intelligence service Shin Bet. There, he saw Hamas was torturing its own as it tried to root out traitors. While that prompted him to question his loyalties,...
- 3/12/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
National Geographic Entertainment has acquired U.S. rights to Justin Chadwick's "The First Grader," the film that earned runner-up status for the People's Choice Awards at the just-concluded Toronto International Film Festival.
The dramatic feature tells the true story of an 84-year-old Kenyan, a farmer and former Mau Mau tribesman, who fights to go to school when his country introduces universal education.
"First," which also played the Telluride Film Festival, stars Naomie Harris and Oliver Musila Litondo and was written by Ann Peacock.
The film is the first feature from Origin Pictures, former BBC Films head David Thompson's new production venture. Origin co-produced with Richard Harding and Sam Feuer of Sixth Sense Prods. Exec producers were Joe Oppenheimer, Anant Singh, Norman Merry and Helena Spring.
Singh's Distant Horizon co-financed the film and handled its domestic sale; Goldcrest International is handling international sales.
"When I saw 'The First Grader,...
The dramatic feature tells the true story of an 84-year-old Kenyan, a farmer and former Mau Mau tribesman, who fights to go to school when his country introduces universal education.
"First," which also played the Telluride Film Festival, stars Naomie Harris and Oliver Musila Litondo and was written by Ann Peacock.
The film is the first feature from Origin Pictures, former BBC Films head David Thompson's new production venture. Origin co-produced with Richard Harding and Sam Feuer of Sixth Sense Prods. Exec producers were Joe Oppenheimer, Anant Singh, Norman Merry and Helena Spring.
Singh's Distant Horizon co-financed the film and handled its domestic sale; Goldcrest International is handling international sales.
"When I saw 'The First Grader,...
- 9/20/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Justin Chadwick will direct the film "The First Grader." According to The Hollywood Reporter, ex-BBC Films chief David Thompson's Origin Pictures is producing alongside Richard Harding and Sam Feuer for Sixth Sense Productions.The script was written by Ann Peacock and stars Naomie Harris and newcomer Oliver Litondo.Based on a true story, the film tells the story of an elderly Kenyan man who signs up for school alongside 6-year-olds following a government promise of free education for everyone.
- 12/2/2009
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
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