Sarah Johnson, an executive producer on the Oscar-winner Birdman and heiress to the multibillion-dollar Franklin Templeton fortune, has lost most of her legal claims tied to the blow-up of Worldview Entertainment.
In March 2015, she filed a $70 million lawsuit claiming that Worldview had misused her investments and lied to her about its financial state over several years. She also targeted former CEO Christopher Woodrow and the company's co-founder Maria Cestone, who continue to fight with each other over the film financing company that made a splash on the entertainment scene before imploding in spectacular fashion.
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In March 2015, she filed a $70 million lawsuit claiming that Worldview had misused her investments and lied to her about its financial state over several years. She also targeted former CEO Christopher Woodrow and the company's co-founder Maria Cestone, who continue to fight with each other over the film financing company that made a splash on the entertainment scene before imploding in spectacular fashion.
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- 3/29/2017
- by Eriq Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Student activists are placed on the menu of the very people they are trying to save in Eli Roth's The Green Inferno, available on Digital HD December 22nd & Blu-ray and DVD January 5th from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, and we've been provided with one Blu-ray copy to give away.
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- 12/31/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
This story first appeared in the May 15 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe. Christopher Woodrow's Worldview Entertainment finally had arrived as the 2014 Cannes Film Festival got underway — or so it seemed. The film-financing company, backed by Franklin Templeton heiress Sarah Johnson Redlich and New Jersey attorney Maria Cestone, was in postproduction on eventual Oscar best-picture winner Birdman, while The Search, directed by Michel Hazanavicius, was playing in competition. Woodrow and top lieutenant Molly Conners threw parties with The Weinstein Company and had pulled strings to co-sponsor
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- 5/14/2015
- by Eriq Gardner, Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Birdman executive producer Sarah Johnson has filed a $70m lawsuit against Worldview Entertainment.
Johnson filed the suit on March 12, claiming that the company behind the Oscar-winning film misused her investments and lied to her about its financial situation for years.
She says that this has caused her to lose around the sum of $20 million, and as a result is seeking $70m in damages for a total of 28 counts of alleged mismanagement, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
The executive producer has made investments to Worldview since 2011, for projects including Welcome to the Punch, The Immigrant and Devil's Knot.
The suit claims that the company "made repeated representations to Plaintiff regarding the status of her investments in order to induce her to make continued financial contributions to the Worldview Film Funds".
It is also alleged that former CEO Christopher Woodrow and Maria Cestone told Johnson that she would receive a 20% return on her investments,...
Johnson filed the suit on March 12, claiming that the company behind the Oscar-winning film misused her investments and lied to her about its financial situation for years.
She says that this has caused her to lose around the sum of $20 million, and as a result is seeking $70m in damages for a total of 28 counts of alleged mismanagement, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
The executive producer has made investments to Worldview since 2011, for projects including Welcome to the Punch, The Immigrant and Devil's Knot.
The suit claims that the company "made repeated representations to Plaintiff regarding the status of her investments in order to induce her to make continued financial contributions to the Worldview Film Funds".
It is also alleged that former CEO Christopher Woodrow and Maria Cestone told Johnson that she would receive a 20% return on her investments,...
- 3/25/2015
- Digital Spy
Welcome to the March 19, 2015 edition of Outrage Watch, HitFix's (almost) daily rundown of all the things folks are peeved about in entertainment. Today's top story: Ellen DeGeneres is on board with Elton John's Dolce and Gabbana boycott while Zoe Saldana...isn't, apparently. "No! Not at all," she told E! News on the GLAAD Awards red carpet when asked if she would be boycotting the designers after the two came out against gay adoption and in vitro fertilization in an interview with Italian magazine Panorama. "That would be the stupidest thing if it affected my fashion choice...People are allowed to their own opinion, however, I wouldn't have chosen to be so public about something that's such a personal thing." The "Avatar" actress added later: "Obviously it caused some sensitivity, but then again if you continue to follow the news, you see they all kinda hugged it out, so why...
- 3/23/2015
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
After a court hearing last week, former Worldview Entertainment CFO Hoyt David Morgan continues to keep the heat on his former company for allegedly reneging on a deal to give him an executive producer credit on Birdman as well as pay him back $2.7 million. On Tuesday, New York Supreme Court Judge Eileen Rakower nixed arbitration in the case, refused to dismiss Worldview co-founder Maria Cestone from the lawsuit, and, while making Morgan put up a $1 million bond, kept a restraining order in place that freezes payouts to some of the Birdman's producers. The rulings come after
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- 2/3/2015
- by Eriq Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A total of six Australian projects have been invited to screen at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival next year.
The South Australian project Sam Klemke's Time Machine will have its world premiere in the New Frontier Film section while Oscar Raby.s Assent will screen in the New Frontier Installations section.
In the Sundance Shorts Competition, Kitty Green.s The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul will have its world premiere as well as Tim Marshall.s Followers.
This adds to the previously announced screenings of Kim Kim Farrant.s Strangerland, starring Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes and Hugo Weaving, and Ariel Kleiman.s Partisan, starring Vincent Cassel, which will screen in competition in the World Cinema Dramatic program.
In a statement released to the media, CEO of Screen Australia, Graeme Mason, said, .It is a great honour to have six of our skilful filmmakers recognised by the leading indie film festival in the world.
The South Australian project Sam Klemke's Time Machine will have its world premiere in the New Frontier Film section while Oscar Raby.s Assent will screen in the New Frontier Installations section.
In the Sundance Shorts Competition, Kitty Green.s The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul will have its world premiere as well as Tim Marshall.s Followers.
This adds to the previously announced screenings of Kim Kim Farrant.s Strangerland, starring Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes and Hugo Weaving, and Ariel Kleiman.s Partisan, starring Vincent Cassel, which will screen in competition in the World Cinema Dramatic program.
In a statement released to the media, CEO of Screen Australia, Graeme Mason, said, .It is a great honour to have six of our skilful filmmakers recognised by the leading indie film festival in the world.
- 12/12/2014
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
The former CEO has struck back in an escalating war and filed a $55m lawsuit against Worldview and its principals, citing breach of fiduciary duty and defamation and seeking to liquidate the company.
The move comes on the eve of the release of Worldview-backed Birdman and follows Worldview’s own suit lodged last week against Woodrow, claiming he embezzled funds and defrauded the company to the point where it was left “impoverished and imperiled.”
Woodrow’s lawyers filed papers in New York on October 15 that cite as defendants Worldview Entertainment, Worldview COO Molly Conners, Worldview backers Maria Cestone and Sarah Johnson, as well as Worldview investors Prospect Point Capital and Roseland Ventures.
The legal action seeks damages for defamation and breach of fiduciary duty and requests the recovery of personal property confiscated on the day Woodrow was barred from entering the corporate offices leading to his “wrongful suspension as CEO” in May 2014.
The claim also seeks the reinstatement...
The move comes on the eve of the release of Worldview-backed Birdman and follows Worldview’s own suit lodged last week against Woodrow, claiming he embezzled funds and defrauded the company to the point where it was left “impoverished and imperiled.”
Woodrow’s lawyers filed papers in New York on October 15 that cite as defendants Worldview Entertainment, Worldview COO Molly Conners, Worldview backers Maria Cestone and Sarah Johnson, as well as Worldview investors Prospect Point Capital and Roseland Ventures.
The legal action seeks damages for defamation and breach of fiduciary duty and requests the recovery of personal property confiscated on the day Woodrow was barred from entering the corporate offices leading to his “wrongful suspension as CEO” in May 2014.
The claim also seeks the reinstatement...
- 10/15/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The former CEO has struck back in an escalating war and filed a $55m lawsuit against Worldview and its principals, citing breach of fiduciary duty and defamation and seeking to liquidate the company.
The move comes on the eve of the release of Worldview-backed Birdman and follows Worldview’s own suit lodged last week against Woodrow, claiming he embezzled funds and defrauded the company to the point where it was left “impoverished and imperiled.”
Woodrow’s lawyers filed papers in New York on October 15 that cite as defendants Worldview Entertainment, Worldview COO Molly Conners, Worldview backers Maria Cestone and Sarah Johnson, as well as Worldview investors Prospect Point Capital and Roseland Ventures.
The legal action seeks damages for defamation and breach of fiduciary duty and requests the recovery of personal property confiscated on the day Woodrow was barred from entering the corporate offices leading to his “wrongful suspension as CEO” in May 2014.
The claim also seeks the reinstatement...
The move comes on the eve of the release of Worldview-backed Birdman and follows Worldview’s own suit lodged last week against Woodrow, claiming he embezzled funds and defrauded the company to the point where it was left “impoverished and imperiled.”
Woodrow’s lawyers filed papers in New York on October 15 that cite as defendants Worldview Entertainment, Worldview COO Molly Conners, Worldview backers Maria Cestone and Sarah Johnson, as well as Worldview investors Prospect Point Capital and Roseland Ventures.
The legal action seeks damages for defamation and breach of fiduciary duty and requests the recovery of personal property confiscated on the day Woodrow was barred from entering the corporate offices leading to his “wrongful suspension as CEO” in May 2014.
The claim also seeks the reinstatement...
- 10/15/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
“Birdman” producer Worldview Entertainment was sued on Wednesday by its former CEO Christopher Woodrow, who is seeking $55 million and liquidation of the company. Worldview principals Maria Cestone, Sarah Johnson and Molly Conners were named in the lawsuit. It follows a lawsuit that accused the former CEO of embezzlement. The legal mess around the independent film company comes the very week that Oscar contender “Birdman,” released by Fox Searchlight, debuts in theaters. Woodrow is an executive producer on the film. Woodrow exited the company in May 2014 in circumstances that have never been clarified. Also read: Worldview CEO Christopher Woodrow Exits Amid Cloud.
- 10/15/2014
- by Sharon Waxman
- The Wrap
Worldview Entertainment announced it will finance and produce Joshua Zeman’s documentary 52.
The film will chronicle the search for the loneliest whale in the world. Zeman will direct from a treatment he wrote.
Lucy Cooper at Alldayeveryday is producing with Adrian Grenier through his label, Reckless Productions, and Zeman of Gigantic Pictures.
Worldview’s Christopher Woodrow, Molly Conners, Sarah E Johnson and Maria Cestone are the executive producers.
The film will chronicle the search for the loneliest whale in the world. Zeman will direct from a treatment he wrote.
Lucy Cooper at Alldayeveryday is producing with Adrian Grenier through his label, Reckless Productions, and Zeman of Gigantic Pictures.
Worldview’s Christopher Woodrow, Molly Conners, Sarah E Johnson and Maria Cestone are the executive producers.
- 5/18/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Jean-Francois Richet’s thriller stars Mel Gibson and marks Worldview’s seventh collaboration with Wild Bunch.
Ambitious Worldview Entertainment has come on to co-finance and produce Jean-Francois Richet’s thriller Blood Father, starring Mel Gibson.
The move marks Worldview’s seventh collaboration with Wild Bunch, which has introduced the project to international buyers here. CAA arranged financing and represents Us rights.
Gibson will star as an ex-con who protects his estranged teenage daughter from murderous drug dealers.
Filming on Blood Father began earlier this month in New Mexico. Erin Moriarty also stars and Peter Craig adapted the script from his novel.
Why Not Productions’ Pascal Caucheteux and Sebastien Lemercier will produce with Chris Briggs alongside Worldview CEO Christopher Woodrow and COO Molly Conners.
Worldview’s Maria Cestone and Sarah E Johnson are the executive producers alongside Wild Bunch’s Vincent Maraval.
The companies are working together on Michel Hazanavicius’ competition entry The Search starring Berenice Bejo and Kim Farrant...
Ambitious Worldview Entertainment has come on to co-finance and produce Jean-Francois Richet’s thriller Blood Father, starring Mel Gibson.
The move marks Worldview’s seventh collaboration with Wild Bunch, which has introduced the project to international buyers here. CAA arranged financing and represents Us rights.
Gibson will star as an ex-con who protects his estranged teenage daughter from murderous drug dealers.
Filming on Blood Father began earlier this month in New Mexico. Erin Moriarty also stars and Peter Craig adapted the script from his novel.
Why Not Productions’ Pascal Caucheteux and Sebastien Lemercier will produce with Chris Briggs alongside Worldview CEO Christopher Woodrow and COO Molly Conners.
Worldview’s Maria Cestone and Sarah E Johnson are the executive producers alongside Wild Bunch’s Vincent Maraval.
The companies are working together on Michel Hazanavicius’ competition entry The Search starring Berenice Bejo and Kim Farrant...
- 5/16/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Outback Australian film stars Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes and Hugo Weaving.
Us company Worldview Entertainment is a key financier of debut director Kim Farrant’s outback children-missing mystery drama Strangerland, an unofficial Irish/Australian co-production starring Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes and Hugo Weaving.
“We had Screen Australia and the Irish Film Board and Screen Nsw and (Australian distributor) Transmission and (sales agent) Wild Bunch and were looking for an international financier and executive producer,” Naomi Wenck, from Australian company Dragonfly Pictures, told Screen. She and Irish producer Macdara Kelleher of Fastnet Films are producing.
“We noticed that Worldview Entertainment was supporting such interesting directors as Atom Egoyan and Andrew Dominik and John Hillcoat – a few of them Australians making films in the Us – and a slate of interesting films that were making it into the top five festivals.”
Kidman and Fiennes play the on-screen parents of two missing teenagers (Nicholas Hamilton and model Maddison Brown) and Weaving...
Us company Worldview Entertainment is a key financier of debut director Kim Farrant’s outback children-missing mystery drama Strangerland, an unofficial Irish/Australian co-production starring Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes and Hugo Weaving.
“We had Screen Australia and the Irish Film Board and Screen Nsw and (Australian distributor) Transmission and (sales agent) Wild Bunch and were looking for an international financier and executive producer,” Naomi Wenck, from Australian company Dragonfly Pictures, told Screen. She and Irish producer Macdara Kelleher of Fastnet Films are producing.
“We noticed that Worldview Entertainment was supporting such interesting directors as Atom Egoyan and Andrew Dominik and John Hillcoat – a few of them Australians making films in the Us – and a slate of interesting films that were making it into the top five festivals.”
Kidman and Fiennes play the on-screen parents of two missing teenagers (Nicholas Hamilton and model Maddison Brown) and Weaving...
- 3/27/2014
- by Sandy.George@me.com (Sandy George)
- ScreenDaily
Outback Australian film stars Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes and Hugo Weaving.
Us company Worldview Entertainment is a key financier of debut director Kim Farrant’s outback children-missing mystery drama Strangerland, an unofficial Irish/Australian co-production starring Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes and Hugo Weaving.
“We had Screen Australia and the Irish Film Board and Screen Nsw and (Australian distributor) Transmission and (sales agent) Wild Bunch and were looking for an international financier and executive producer,” Naomi Wenck, from Australian company Dragonfly Pictures, told Screen. She and Irish producer Macdara Kelleher of Fastnet Films are producing.
“We noticed that Worldview Entertainment was supporting such interesting directors as Atom Egoyan and Andrew Dominik and John Hillcoat – a few of them Australians making films in the Us – and a slate of interesting films that were making it into the top five festivals.”
Kidman and Fiennes play the on-screen parents of two missing teenagers (Nicholas Hamilton and model Maddison Brown) and Weaving...
Us company Worldview Entertainment is a key financier of debut director Kim Farrant’s outback children-missing mystery drama Strangerland, an unofficial Irish/Australian co-production starring Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes and Hugo Weaving.
“We had Screen Australia and the Irish Film Board and Screen Nsw and (Australian distributor) Transmission and (sales agent) Wild Bunch and were looking for an international financier and executive producer,” Naomi Wenck, from Australian company Dragonfly Pictures, told Screen. She and Irish producer Macdara Kelleher of Fastnet Films are producing.
“We noticed that Worldview Entertainment was supporting such interesting directors as Atom Egoyan and Andrew Dominik and John Hillcoat – a few of them Australians making films in the Us – and a slate of interesting films that were making it into the top five festivals.”
Kidman and Fiennes play the on-screen parents of two missing teenagers (Nicholas Hamilton and model Maddison Brown) and Weaving...
- 3/27/2014
- by Sandy.George@me.com (Sandy George)
- ScreenDaily
By Terence Johnson
Managing Editor
There is such a thing as putting too much of one’s self into something. Wish I Was Here, the new Zach Braff film that was partially funded by Kickstarter, is sort of the kind of film you’d expect from him. Unfortunately, the movie does nothing truly innovative and a moving second half can’t save a film that’s all over the place.
Wish I Was Here is a film about the Bloom family. Aiden (Zach Braff) is a 30 something father of two who is chasing after his dream of being an actor. It’s not working out well for him however (he’s months out of his last gig, a dandruff commercial) and this is putting a strain on his family. His wife (Kate Hudson) is working a dead-end job with a creepy coworker, his two children are defiant, and his father...
Managing Editor
There is such a thing as putting too much of one’s self into something. Wish I Was Here, the new Zach Braff film that was partially funded by Kickstarter, is sort of the kind of film you’d expect from him. Unfortunately, the movie does nothing truly innovative and a moving second half can’t save a film that’s all over the place.
Wish I Was Here is a film about the Bloom family. Aiden (Zach Braff) is a 30 something father of two who is chasing after his dream of being an actor. It’s not working out well for him however (he’s months out of his last gig, a dandruff commercial) and this is putting a strain on his family. His wife (Kate Hudson) is working a dead-end job with a creepy coworker, his two children are defiant, and his father...
- 1/21/2014
- by Terence Johnson
- Scott Feinberg
Sundance: The new-look Focus Features led by Peter Schlessel has made its first high-profile acquisition in Park City, reportedly paying around $2.8m for North America, Poland and South Africa on Zach Braff’s Wish I Was Here.
The deal closed on January 19 after Focus negotiated rights with CAA on behalf of the filmmakers. Wild Bunch represents international rights and closed a number of sales at Afm last year.
Braff famously turned to Kickstarter to fund his drama, which follows a young man at a crossroads in life.
Interview: Zach BraffREVIEW: Wish I Was Here
Braff co-wrote with his brother Adam and stars opposite Kate Hudson, Mandy Patinkin, Josh Gad, Ashley Greene, Joey King and Pierce Gagnon.
Stacey Sher, Michael Shamberg and Zach and Adam Braff produced and the executive producer roster features Christopher Woodrow, Molly Conners, Maria Cestone, Sarah E Johnson and Hoyt David Morgan.
Wish I Was Here premiered in the Premieres section on January 18.
The deal closed on January 19 after Focus negotiated rights with CAA on behalf of the filmmakers. Wild Bunch represents international rights and closed a number of sales at Afm last year.
Braff famously turned to Kickstarter to fund his drama, which follows a young man at a crossroads in life.
Interview: Zach BraffREVIEW: Wish I Was Here
Braff co-wrote with his brother Adam and stars opposite Kate Hudson, Mandy Patinkin, Josh Gad, Ashley Greene, Joey King and Pierce Gagnon.
Stacey Sher, Michael Shamberg and Zach and Adam Braff produced and the executive producer roster features Christopher Woodrow, Molly Conners, Maria Cestone, Sarah E Johnson and Hoyt David Morgan.
Wish I Was Here premiered in the Premieres section on January 18.
- 1/19/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The new-look Focus Features led by Peter Schlessel has made its first high-profile acquisition in Park City, reportedly paying around $2.8m for North America, Poland and South Africa on Zach Braff’s Wish I Was Here.
The deal closed on January 19 after Focus negotiated rights with CAA on behalf of the filmmakers. Wild Bunch represents international rights and closed a number of sales at Afm last year.
Braff famously turned to Kickstarter to fund his drama, which follows a young man at a crossroads in life.
Braff co-wrote with his brother Adam and stars opposite Kate Hudson, Mandy Patinkin, Josh Gad, Ashley Greene, Joey King and Pierce Gagnon.
Stacey Sher, Michael Shamberg and Zach and Adam Braff produced and the executive producer roster features Christopher Woodrow, Molly Conners, Maria Cestone, Sarah E Johnson and Hoyt David Morgan.
Wish I Was Here premiered in the Premieres section on January 18.
The deal closed on January 19 after Focus negotiated rights with CAA on behalf of the filmmakers. Wild Bunch represents international rights and closed a number of sales at Afm last year.
Braff famously turned to Kickstarter to fund his drama, which follows a young man at a crossroads in life.
Braff co-wrote with his brother Adam and stars opposite Kate Hudson, Mandy Patinkin, Josh Gad, Ashley Greene, Joey King and Pierce Gagnon.
Stacey Sher, Michael Shamberg and Zach and Adam Braff produced and the executive producer roster features Christopher Woodrow, Molly Conners, Maria Cestone, Sarah E Johnson and Hoyt David Morgan.
Wish I Was Here premiered in the Premieres section on January 18.
- 1/19/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: StudioCanal takes UK rights to Takashi Miike’s Yazuka thriller from Qed.
StudioCanal has pounced on UK rights to Qed International’s buzzed-about thriller The Outsider, set to star Tom Hardy.
The project is one of the most in-demand among buyers at the Afm and Qed is in discussions to close a number of deals at the market.
Takashi Miike will direct the script about an American former soldier in post-wwii Japan who rises through the ranks of a Yakuza crime family.
Principal photography is due to get underway in Japan in early 2014 on the film which is financed and produced by Worldview.
The screenplay comes from Andrew Baldwin from an idea by Linson Entertainment’s John Linson.
John Linson is producing with Art Linson, Worldview’s Christopher Woodrow and Molly Conners and Qed’s Bill Block.
Worldview’s Maria Cestone and Sarah E Johnson will serve as executive producers with Anton Lessine and Sasha Shapiro.
CAA...
StudioCanal has pounced on UK rights to Qed International’s buzzed-about thriller The Outsider, set to star Tom Hardy.
The project is one of the most in-demand among buyers at the Afm and Qed is in discussions to close a number of deals at the market.
Takashi Miike will direct the script about an American former soldier in post-wwii Japan who rises through the ranks of a Yakuza crime family.
Principal photography is due to get underway in Japan in early 2014 on the film which is financed and produced by Worldview.
The screenplay comes from Andrew Baldwin from an idea by Linson Entertainment’s John Linson.
John Linson is producing with Art Linson, Worldview’s Christopher Woodrow and Molly Conners and Qed’s Bill Block.
Worldview’s Maria Cestone and Sarah E Johnson will serve as executive producers with Anton Lessine and Sasha Shapiro.
CAA...
- 11/9/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: StudioCanal takes UK rights to Takashi Miike’s Yazuka thriller from Qed.
StudioCanal has pounced on UK rights to Qed International’s buzzed-about thriller The Outsider, set to star Tom Hardy.
The project is one of the most in-demand among buyers at the Afm and Qed is in discussions to close a number of deals at the market.
Takashi Miike will direct the script about an American former soldier in post-wwii Japan who rises through the ranks of a Yakuza crime family.
Principal photography is due to get underway in Japan in early 2014 on the film which is financed and produced by Worldview.
The screenplay comes from Andrew Baldwin from an idea by Linson Entertainment’s John Linson.
John Linson is producing with Art Linson, Worldview’s Christopher Woodrow and Molly Conners and Qed’s Bill Block.
Worldview’s Maria Cestone and Sarah E Johnson will serve as executive producers with Anton Lessine and Sasha Shapiro.
CAA...
StudioCanal has pounced on UK rights to Qed International’s buzzed-about thriller The Outsider, set to star Tom Hardy.
The project is one of the most in-demand among buyers at the Afm and Qed is in discussions to close a number of deals at the market.
Takashi Miike will direct the script about an American former soldier in post-wwii Japan who rises through the ranks of a Yakuza crime family.
Principal photography is due to get underway in Japan in early 2014 on the film which is financed and produced by Worldview.
The screenplay comes from Andrew Baldwin from an idea by Linson Entertainment’s John Linson.
John Linson is producing with Art Linson, Worldview’s Christopher Woodrow and Molly Conners and Qed’s Bill Block.
Worldview’s Maria Cestone and Sarah E Johnson will serve as executive producers with Anton Lessine and Sasha Shapiro.
CAA...
- 11/9/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Worldview Entertainment has closed a deal for the North American distribution rights for Academy Award winner Michel Hazanavicius’s drama, The Search, starring Academy Award nominees Bérénice Bejo and Annette Bening.
Hazanavicius wrote the screenplay and is reuniting with Academy Award winning producer Thomas Langmann, and his award winning production team from The Artist.
The Search is the story of an Ngo worker who forms a special relationship with a young boy in warn-torn Chechnya and is based on Academy Award winner Fred Zinnemann’s Oscar-winning 1948 film, with the same title, which is set in post-World War II Berlin.
The production is currently filming in the country of Georgia before moving to France.
Worldview’s Christopher Woodrow, Molly Conners, Maria Cestone and Sarah E. Johnson will executive produce. The Search is the second acquisition for Worldview this year following the pre-Cannes pick-up of the competition title, “Jimmy P.,” starring Academy Award winner Benicio Del Toro,...
Hazanavicius wrote the screenplay and is reuniting with Academy Award winning producer Thomas Langmann, and his award winning production team from The Artist.
The Search is the story of an Ngo worker who forms a special relationship with a young boy in warn-torn Chechnya and is based on Academy Award winner Fred Zinnemann’s Oscar-winning 1948 film, with the same title, which is set in post-World War II Berlin.
The production is currently filming in the country of Georgia before moving to France.
Worldview’s Christopher Woodrow, Molly Conners, Maria Cestone and Sarah E. Johnson will executive produce. The Search is the second acquisition for Worldview this year following the pre-Cannes pick-up of the competition title, “Jimmy P.,” starring Academy Award winner Benicio Del Toro,...
- 11/6/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Worldview Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Michel Hazanavicius’s drama The Search starring Bérénice Bejo and Annette Bening. Wild Bunch handles international sales at the Afm.
Hazanavicius wrote the screenplay and reunites with his producer on The Artist, Thomas Langmann.
Worldview’s Christopher Woodrow, Molly Conners, Maria Cestone and Sarah E Johnson will serve as executive producers on the story of an Ngo worker who forms a special relationship with a young boy in warn-torn Chechnya.
CAA represented Worldview on the acquisition.
Hazanavicius wrote the screenplay and reunites with his producer on The Artist, Thomas Langmann.
Worldview’s Christopher Woodrow, Molly Conners, Maria Cestone and Sarah E Johnson will serve as executive producers on the story of an Ngo worker who forms a special relationship with a young boy in warn-torn Chechnya.
CAA represented Worldview on the acquisition.
- 11/6/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
[Press Release] November 6, 2013 (Los Angeles, CA) -- Worldview Entertainment has closed a deal for the North American distribution rights for Academy Award winner Michel Hazanavicius’s drama, “The Search,” starring Academy Award nominees Bérénice Bejo and Annette Bening. Hazanavicius wrote the screenplay and is reuniting with Academy Award winning producer Thomas Langmann, and his award winning production team from “The Artist.” Worldview’s Christopher Woodrow, Molly Conners, Maria Cestone and Sarah E. Johnson will executive produce. “The Search” is the second acquisition for Worldview this year following the pre-Cannes pick-up of the competition title, “Jimmy P.,” starring Academy Award winner Benicio Del Toro, which was later sold to IFC Films. “The Search” is the story of an Ngo...
- 11/6/2013
- by Pietro Filipponi
- The Daily BLAM!
Exclusive: Annette Bening and The Artist‘s Bérénice Bejo have signed on to star in Oscar winner Michel Hazanavicius‘ drama The Search. Hazanavicius also penned the screenplay. Pic will reunite Hazanavicius with producer Thomas Langmann and his award-winning production team from The Artist. Worldview Entertainment’s Christopher Woodrow, Molly Conners, Maria Cestone and Sarah E. Johnson will executive produce. The Search is the story of an Ngo worker who forms a special relationship with a young boy in war-torn Chechnya. It’s based on Fred Zinnemann’s Oscar-winning 1948 film, which is set in post-World War II Berlin. Shooting is underway in the country of Georgia, then will move on to France. Bening and Bejo are repped by CAA.
- 11/5/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Term Life, a crime thriller starring Vince Vaughn and Hailee Steinfeld will be financed by Worldview Entertainment and Qed International, with Universal distributing the crime thriller on U.S. soil, reports Variety. Peter Billingsley directs from the screenplay by Andy Lieberman based on the Image Comics graphic novel by Nick Thornborrow and Lieberman. Producing are Vince and Victoria Vaughn and Micah Mason of Wild West Picture Show Productions alongside Bill Block of Qed, Worldview's Christopher Woodrow and Molly Conners. Executive producers are Anton Lessine and Sasha Shapiro as well as Sarah E. Johnson and Maria Cestone of Worldview.
- 11/2/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Qed International and Worldview Entertainment are teaming up on a project for Afm for the second time and will jointly finance and produce Term Life starring Vince Vaughn and Hailee Steinfeld. Universal will distribute in the Us.
The crime thriller centres on a man hunted by a mob who must survive for three more weeks in order for a new life insurance policy to benefit his estranged daughter.
Qed and Worldview will jointly finance and produce Term Life. CAA packaged and arranged financing and brokered the deal. Principal photography will commence in 2014.
Peter Billingsley will direct from a script by Andy Lieberman. Producers are Vaughn, Victoria Vaughn and Micah Mason of Wild West Picture Show Productions, Qed’s Bill Block and Worldview’s Christopher Woodrow and Molly Conners.
Anton Lessine and Sasha Shapiro will serve as executive producers alongside Worldview’s Maria Cestone and Sarah E Johnson.
“We’re excited to partner with Universal on Term Life...
The crime thriller centres on a man hunted by a mob who must survive for three more weeks in order for a new life insurance policy to benefit his estranged daughter.
Qed and Worldview will jointly finance and produce Term Life. CAA packaged and arranged financing and brokered the deal. Principal photography will commence in 2014.
Peter Billingsley will direct from a script by Andy Lieberman. Producers are Vaughn, Victoria Vaughn and Micah Mason of Wild West Picture Show Productions, Qed’s Bill Block and Worldview’s Christopher Woodrow and Molly Conners.
Anton Lessine and Sasha Shapiro will serve as executive producers alongside Worldview’s Maria Cestone and Sarah E Johnson.
“We’re excited to partner with Universal on Term Life...
- 11/2/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Qed International and Worldview Entertainment are teaming up on a project for Afm for the second time and will jointly finance and produce Term Life starring Vince Vaughn and Hailee Steinfeld. Universal will distribute in the Us.
The crime thriller centres on a man hunted by a mob who must survive for three more weeks in order for a new life insurance policy to benefit his estranged daughter.
Qed and Worldview will jointly finance and produce Term Life. CAA packaged and arranged financing and brokered the deal. Principal photography will commence in 2014.
Peter Billingsley will direct from a script by Andy Lieberman. Producers are Vaughn, Victoria Vaughn and Micah Mason of Wild West Picture Show Productions, Qed’s Bill Block and Worldview’s Christopher Woodrow and Molly Conners.
Anton Lessine and Sasha Shapiro will serve as executive producers alongside Worldview’s Maria Cestone and Sarah E Johnson.
“We’re excited to partner with Universal on Term Life...
The crime thriller centres on a man hunted by a mob who must survive for three more weeks in order for a new life insurance policy to benefit his estranged daughter.
Qed and Worldview will jointly finance and produce Term Life. CAA packaged and arranged financing and brokered the deal. Principal photography will commence in 2014.
Peter Billingsley will direct from a script by Andy Lieberman. Producers are Vaughn, Victoria Vaughn and Micah Mason of Wild West Picture Show Productions, Qed’s Bill Block and Worldview’s Christopher Woodrow and Molly Conners.
Anton Lessine and Sasha Shapiro will serve as executive producers alongside Worldview’s Maria Cestone and Sarah E Johnson.
“We’re excited to partner with Universal on Term Life...
- 11/2/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Related: Universal Cancels Vince Vaughn Drama ‘Term Life’ Weeks after Deadline revealed that Universal put the brakes on the Peter Billingsley-directed Term Life with Vince Vaughn and Hailee Steinfeld, Qed International and Worldview Entertainment have signed on to finance and produce the crime thriller. Universal, which developed the film, will handle U.S. distribution. Andy Lieberman wrote the script and Vince Vaughn, Victoria Vaughn and Micah Mason are producing through Wild West Picture Show Productions along with Qed’s Bill Block and Worldview’s Christopher Woodrow and Molly Conners. Anton Lessine and Sasha Shapiro will executive produce with Worldview’s Maria Cestone and Sarah E. Johnson. Principal photography will start next year. Vaughn plays a man, being hunted by a ruthless mob, who takes out a life insurance policy on himself to benefit his estranged daughter, and must survive the next three weeks until it kicks in. It is...
- 11/2/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Worldview Entertainment has signed on to finance and produce the crime thriller, Candy Store, starring Academy Award winner Robert De Niro, Jason Clarke and Omar Sy.
Academy Award winner Stephen Gaghan will direct from a screenplay he wrote with Shannon Burke. Principal photography will commence in 2014.
Candy Store is the story of an undercover agent who begins a new life as a beat cop in Brooklyn, but finds that his past life comes back to haunt him.
Gaghan and Allison Sheamur through Allison Sheamur Productions will produce alongside Worldview CEO, Christopher Woodrow, and COO, Molly Conners and Nicolas Gonda and Ryan Rettig for Ironwood, which is making an investment in the film. Worldview’s Maria Cestone and Sarah E. Johnson and Lotus’s Bill Johnson and Jim Seibel will executive produce alongside Michael G. Macs for Ironwood, Allyn Stewart and Kipp Nelson for Flashlight Films and Suzanne Joskow for Unsupervised.
Academy Award winner Stephen Gaghan will direct from a screenplay he wrote with Shannon Burke. Principal photography will commence in 2014.
Candy Store is the story of an undercover agent who begins a new life as a beat cop in Brooklyn, but finds that his past life comes back to haunt him.
Gaghan and Allison Sheamur through Allison Sheamur Productions will produce alongside Worldview CEO, Christopher Woodrow, and COO, Molly Conners and Nicolas Gonda and Ryan Rettig for Ironwood, which is making an investment in the film. Worldview’s Maria Cestone and Sarah E. Johnson and Lotus’s Bill Johnson and Jim Seibel will executive produce alongside Michael G. Macs for Ironwood, Allyn Stewart and Kipp Nelson for Flashlight Films and Suzanne Joskow for Unsupervised.
- 10/30/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
It's on.Twitch brought word back in June that Tom Hardy had signed on to star in English language feature The Outsider for director Miike Takashi and now word has come down that the picture has locked finance and is expected to shoot in early 2014. Here are the relevant bits of the press release:Worldview Entertainment has signed on to finance and produce Takashi Miike's crime thriller, "The Outsider," starring Tom Hardy. Andrew Baldwin wrote the screenplay based on an idea by Linson Entertainment's John Linson, who will produce with Art Linson alongside Worldview's Christopher Woodrow and Molly Conners and Qed's Bill Block. Worldview's Maria Cestone and Sarah E. Johnson will executive produce with Anton Lessine and Sasha Shapiro. "The Outsider" is an epic crime thriller about...
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- 10/30/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Worldview Entertainment has come on to finance and produce crime thriller Candy Store starring Robert De Niro, Jason Clarke and Omar Sy. Lotus Entertainment will kick off sales at the Afm.
Stephen Gaghan will direct from a screenplay he wrote with Shannon Burke about an undercover police officer whose life comes back to haunt him when he starts over as a beat cop in Brooklyn.
CAA packaged and arranged financing for the film and will represent North American rights. Principal photography is scheduled to commence in 2014.
Gaghan produces with Allison Sheamur through Allison Sheamur Productions as well as Worldview CEO, Christopher Woodrow and COO Molly Conners as well as Ironwood’s Nicolas Gonda and Ryan Rettig.
Ironwood is making an investment in the film. Worldview’s Maria Cestone and Sarah E Johnson and Lotus co-founders Bill Johnson and Jim Seibel will serve as executive producers with Michael G Macs for Ironwood, Allyn Stewart and [link...
Stephen Gaghan will direct from a screenplay he wrote with Shannon Burke about an undercover police officer whose life comes back to haunt him when he starts over as a beat cop in Brooklyn.
CAA packaged and arranged financing for the film and will represent North American rights. Principal photography is scheduled to commence in 2014.
Gaghan produces with Allison Sheamur through Allison Sheamur Productions as well as Worldview CEO, Christopher Woodrow and COO Molly Conners as well as Ironwood’s Nicolas Gonda and Ryan Rettig.
Ironwood is making an investment in the film. Worldview’s Maria Cestone and Sarah E Johnson and Lotus co-founders Bill Johnson and Jim Seibel will serve as executive producers with Michael G Macs for Ironwood, Allyn Stewart and [link...
- 10/30/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
[Press Release] October 30, 2013 (New York, NY) -- Worldview Entertainment has signed on to finance and produce the crime thriller, “Candy Store,” starring Academy Award winner Robert De Niro, Jason Clarke and Omar Sy. Academy Award winner Stephen Gaghan will direct from a screenplay he wrote with Shannon Burke. Gaghan and Allison Sheamur through Allison Sheamur Productions will produce alongside Worldview CEO, Christopher Woodrow, and COO, Molly Conners and Nicolas Gonda and Ryan Rettig for Ironwood, which is making an investment in the film. Worldview’s Maria Cestone and Sarah E. Johnson and Lotus’s Bill Johnson and Jim Seibel will executive produce alongside Michael G. Macs for Ironwood, Allyn Stewart and Kipp Nelson for Flashlight Films and Suzanne Joskow for Unsupervised. “Candy...
- 10/30/2013
- by Pietro Filipponi
- The Daily BLAM!
[Press Release] October 29, 2013 (New York, NY) -- Worldview Entertainment has signed on to finance and produce Takashi Miike’s crime thriller, “The Outsider,” starring Tom Hardy. Andrew Baldwin wrote the screenplay based on an idea by Linson Entertainment’s John Linson, who will produce with Art Linson alongside Worldview’s Christopher Woodrow and Molly Conners and Qed’s Bill Block. Worldview’s Maria Cestone and Sarah E. Johnson will executive produce with Anton Lessine and Sasha Shapiro. “The Outsider” is an epic crime thriller about an American former G.I. in post-wwii Japan who joins a Yakuza crime family. Principal photography will commence in Japan in early 2014. Qed International will handle foreign sales and introduce the film to buyers next week at the American Film Market (Afm...
- 10/30/2013
- by Pietro Filipponi
- The Daily BLAM!
Worldview Entertainment has signed on to finance and produce Takashi Miike’s crime thriller, The Outsider, starring Tom Hardy. Andrew Baldwin wrote the screenplay based on an idea by Linson Entertainment’s John Linson, who will produce with Art Linson alongside Worldview’s Christopher Woodrow and Molly Conners and Qed’s Bill Block. Worldview’s Maria Cestone and Sarah E. Johnson will executive produce with Anton Lessine and Sasha Shapiro.
The Outsider is an epic crime thriller about an American former G.I. in post-wwii Japan who joins a Yakuza crime family.
Principal photography will commence in Japan in early 2014. Qed International will handle foreign sales and introduce the film to buyers next week at the American Film Market (Afm), while CAA, who packaged and arranged financing, will represent domestic rights.
Qed’s slate at Afm also includes Rock The Kasbah, starring Bill Murray and directed by Barry Levinson; Franny starring Richard Gere; Fury,...
The Outsider is an epic crime thriller about an American former G.I. in post-wwii Japan who joins a Yakuza crime family.
Principal photography will commence in Japan in early 2014. Qed International will handle foreign sales and introduce the film to buyers next week at the American Film Market (Afm), while CAA, who packaged and arranged financing, will represent domestic rights.
Qed’s slate at Afm also includes Rock The Kasbah, starring Bill Murray and directed by Barry Levinson; Franny starring Richard Gere; Fury,...
- 10/29/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Worldview Entertainment has signed on to finance and produce Takashi Miike’s crime thriller “The Outsider” starring Tom Hardy, the company announced Tuesday. Before he plays Elton John in “Rocketman,” Hardy (seen above in “Warrior”) will play an American former G.I. in post-wwii Japan who joins a Yakuza crime family. Andrew Baldwin wrote the screenplay based on an idea by Linson Entertainment’s John Linson, who will produce with Art Linson alongside Worldview’s Christopher Woodrow and Molly Conners and Qed’s Bill Block. Also Read: Tom Hardy to Play Elton John in ‘Rocketman’; Focus to Distribute in U.
- 10/29/2013
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Exclusive: The Afm projects continued to heat up this week as it emerged that Worldview Entertainment has come on to finance and produce the Yakuza thriller previously set up at Silver Pictures.
Takashi Miike will direct the story from a screenplay written by Andrew Baldwin from an idea by Linson Entertainment’s John Linson. Qed International will introduce the crime thriller to buyers at the Afm next week.
The Outsider centres on an American former G.I. in post-wwii Japan who joins a Yakuza crime family.
Principal photography will commence in Japan in early 2014. John Linson will produce with Art Linson, Worldview’s Christopher Woodrow and Molly Conners and Qed’s Bill Block.
Worldview’s Maria Cestone and Sarah E Johnson will serve as executive producers with Anton Lessine and Sasha Shapiro.
CAA packaged and arranged financing and represents domestic rights.
“The Outsider is an action-packed, hard-hitting thriller with huge commercial potential,” said Worldview...
Takashi Miike will direct the story from a screenplay written by Andrew Baldwin from an idea by Linson Entertainment’s John Linson. Qed International will introduce the crime thriller to buyers at the Afm next week.
The Outsider centres on an American former G.I. in post-wwii Japan who joins a Yakuza crime family.
Principal photography will commence in Japan in early 2014. John Linson will produce with Art Linson, Worldview’s Christopher Woodrow and Molly Conners and Qed’s Bill Block.
Worldview’s Maria Cestone and Sarah E Johnson will serve as executive producers with Anton Lessine and Sasha Shapiro.
CAA packaged and arranged financing and represents domestic rights.
“The Outsider is an action-packed, hard-hitting thriller with huge commercial potential,” said Worldview...
- 10/29/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Nicole Kidman has joined the cast of Strangerland.
Memento's Guy Pearce and The Matrix actor Hugo Weaving also star.
Strangerland will follow a couple whose teenage children go missing in the Outback, Variety reports.
Rush's Kim Farrant will direct from a script by Tangle writers Fiona Seres and Michael Kinirons.
Molly Connors, Christopher Woodrow, Maria Cestone, Sarah E Johnson, Andrew Mackie and Richard Payten will serve as executive producers on the Australian film.
Kidman will next be seen in the 2014 biopic Grace of Monaco. The film's release was bumped last month.
Watch Nicole Kidman in the Grace of Monaco trailer below:...
Memento's Guy Pearce and The Matrix actor Hugo Weaving also star.
Strangerland will follow a couple whose teenage children go missing in the Outback, Variety reports.
Rush's Kim Farrant will direct from a script by Tangle writers Fiona Seres and Michael Kinirons.
Molly Connors, Christopher Woodrow, Maria Cestone, Sarah E Johnson, Andrew Mackie and Richard Payten will serve as executive producers on the Australian film.
Kidman will next be seen in the 2014 biopic Grace of Monaco. The film's release was bumped last month.
Watch Nicole Kidman in the Grace of Monaco trailer below:...
- 10/20/2013
- Digital Spy
Screen Australia is investing $5.4 million in six feature films from directors Gillian Armstrong,. Jeremy Sims and Paul Cox and rising filmmakers Kim Farrant, Mark Grentell and Alexs Stadermann.
Nicole Kidman, Guy Pearce and Hugo Weaving will star in Farrant.s Strangerland, a mystery drama about a couple whose lives unravel after their two teenage children go missing in the harsh Australian desert.
Michael Caton and Jacki Weaver are attached to star in Sims. Last Cab to Darwin, a comedy-drama about a dying man.s final journey based on Reg Cribb's play Last Cab to Darwin.
Caton will play Rex, a terminally ill cab driver who drove 3,000 km from his home in Broken Hill to Darwin in the early 1990s in hopes of taking advantage of the Northern Territory's voluntary euthanasia laws. Ningali Lawford has been cast as Polly, an Aboriginal woman who is Rex.s next door neighbour and occasional lover,...
Nicole Kidman, Guy Pearce and Hugo Weaving will star in Farrant.s Strangerland, a mystery drama about a couple whose lives unravel after their two teenage children go missing in the harsh Australian desert.
Michael Caton and Jacki Weaver are attached to star in Sims. Last Cab to Darwin, a comedy-drama about a dying man.s final journey based on Reg Cribb's play Last Cab to Darwin.
Caton will play Rex, a terminally ill cab driver who drove 3,000 km from his home in Broken Hill to Darwin in the early 1990s in hopes of taking advantage of the Northern Territory's voluntary euthanasia laws. Ningali Lawford has been cast as Polly, an Aboriginal woman who is Rex.s next door neighbour and occasional lover,...
- 10/20/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Variety is reporting that Image Entertainment has scooped up the distribution rights to Atom Egoyan’s crime thriller Devil’s Knot. Image, a division of Maryland-based Rlj Entertainment, plans to release the film next year in the second quarter.
Synopsis:
Worldview Entertainment's dramatic crime thriller Devil's Knot, filmed in the greater Atlanta, Georgia, area under the direction of Atom Egoyan, stars Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth with a screenplay by Paul Harris Boardman and Scott Derrickson. Elizabeth Fowler, Richard Saperstein, and Clark Peterson produced Devil’s Knot alongside Worldview Entertainment CEO Christopher Woodrow. Worldview’s Molly Conners, Sarah Johnson Redlich, Maria Cestone, and Hoyt David Morgan executive produced alongside actual defendants Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley, Jr. Devil’s Knot is a Fowler-Saperstein-Peterson Production.
Following the release from prison of the West Memphis Three, after nearly 20 years of incarceration, Hollywood was abuzz with plans to develop the teen trio's...
Synopsis:
Worldview Entertainment's dramatic crime thriller Devil's Knot, filmed in the greater Atlanta, Georgia, area under the direction of Atom Egoyan, stars Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth with a screenplay by Paul Harris Boardman and Scott Derrickson. Elizabeth Fowler, Richard Saperstein, and Clark Peterson produced Devil’s Knot alongside Worldview Entertainment CEO Christopher Woodrow. Worldview’s Molly Conners, Sarah Johnson Redlich, Maria Cestone, and Hoyt David Morgan executive produced alongside actual defendants Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley, Jr. Devil’s Knot is a Fowler-Saperstein-Peterson Production.
Following the release from prison of the West Memphis Three, after nearly 20 years of incarceration, Hollywood was abuzz with plans to develop the teen trio's...
- 10/7/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
“Tracking Shot” is a monthly featurette here on Ioncinema.com that looks at a dozen or so projects that are moments away from lensing and this October we see a couple of items that we could certainly circle as potential Cannes 2014 bait. Thanks to our friends at Production Weekly for the helping hand in curating our list of future must see items.
Among the top foreign film productions, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover‘s Peter Greenaway is looking at a late October, possible November start to begin filming a fragment of the great Soviet master filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein’s bio timeline. Eisenstein In Guanajuato will cover the portion of the filmmaker’s post Battleship Potemkin career, with Eisenstein landing in Mexico after Hollywood studios balked at the idea of working with him and in its place finds romance. The Girl Who Played with Fire‘s Daniel Alfredson...
Among the top foreign film productions, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover‘s Peter Greenaway is looking at a late October, possible November start to begin filming a fragment of the great Soviet master filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein’s bio timeline. Eisenstein In Guanajuato will cover the portion of the filmmaker’s post Battleship Potemkin career, with Eisenstein landing in Mexico after Hollywood studios balked at the idea of working with him and in its place finds romance. The Girl Who Played with Fire‘s Daniel Alfredson...
- 10/1/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
WestEnd Films has closed a raft of deals on David Gordon Green’s Joe starring Nicholas Cage and Tye Sheridan on the back of its Venice and Toronto premieres.
Rights to the story of the friendship between a troubled teen and a hard-living man have gone to Japan (Ccc), Australia (Madman), Benelux (Cineart) and Scandinavia (Non Stop) in addition to Artificial Eye’s move on UK rights.
The drama previously went to France (Wild Side), Germany (Koch Media), Latin America (Swen), the Middle East (Ecs), Turkey (Bir Film), Thailand (Dreams Vision), Taiwan (Filmware), Malaysia (Suraya), China (Media Asia), Hungary (Cinenuovo), former Yugoslavia (McF), Portugal (Pris Audiovisuals), Bulgaria (A Plus), Israel (United King), and Greece (Spentzos Films).
Worldview Entertainment financed and produced the film. Green served as producer alongside Lisa Muskat, Worldview CEO Christopher Woodrow and Derrick Tseng. Worldview Entertainment’s Molly Conners, Maria Cestone and Sarah E Johnson served as executive producers with Dreambridge Film’s [link...
Rights to the story of the friendship between a troubled teen and a hard-living man have gone to Japan (Ccc), Australia (Madman), Benelux (Cineart) and Scandinavia (Non Stop) in addition to Artificial Eye’s move on UK rights.
The drama previously went to France (Wild Side), Germany (Koch Media), Latin America (Swen), the Middle East (Ecs), Turkey (Bir Film), Thailand (Dreams Vision), Taiwan (Filmware), Malaysia (Suraya), China (Media Asia), Hungary (Cinenuovo), former Yugoslavia (McF), Portugal (Pris Audiovisuals), Bulgaria (A Plus), Israel (United King), and Greece (Spentzos Films).
Worldview Entertainment financed and produced the film. Green served as producer alongside Lisa Muskat, Worldview CEO Christopher Woodrow and Derrick Tseng. Worldview Entertainment’s Molly Conners, Maria Cestone and Sarah E Johnson served as executive producers with Dreambridge Film’s [link...
- 9/13/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Curzon takes UK rights to Venice drama starring Nicolas Cage, Tye Sheridan.
Curzon Film World has nabbed UK rights to David Gordon Green’s Venice competition drama Joe from WestEnd Films.
Based on the novel by Larry Brown, Niocolas Cage and Tye Sheridan star in the story of an unlikely friendship between a 15-year-old boy from a troubled family and the eponymous hard-drinking, tough-living Joe.
Review: Joe
The film won Sheridan Venice’s Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor.
Curzon Film World, the distribution umbrella of label Artificial Eye, plans to release in 2014.
The outfit last week also closed rights with WestEnd to David Gordon Green’s next film Manglehorn, set to star Al Pacino.
The film is produced by Green, long-time producer Lisa Muskat and Worldview CEO, Christopher Woodrow, alongside Derrick Tseng.
Worldview Entertainment’s Molly Conners, Maria Cestone, Sarah Johnson Redlich and Hoyt David Morgan are executive producing with Dreambridge Film’s [link...
Curzon Film World has nabbed UK rights to David Gordon Green’s Venice competition drama Joe from WestEnd Films.
Based on the novel by Larry Brown, Niocolas Cage and Tye Sheridan star in the story of an unlikely friendship between a 15-year-old boy from a troubled family and the eponymous hard-drinking, tough-living Joe.
Review: Joe
The film won Sheridan Venice’s Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor.
Curzon Film World, the distribution umbrella of label Artificial Eye, plans to release in 2014.
The outfit last week also closed rights with WestEnd to David Gordon Green’s next film Manglehorn, set to star Al Pacino.
The film is produced by Green, long-time producer Lisa Muskat and Worldview CEO, Christopher Woodrow, alongside Derrick Tseng.
Worldview Entertainment’s Molly Conners, Maria Cestone, Sarah Johnson Redlich and Hoyt David Morgan are executive producing with Dreambridge Film’s [link...
- 9/12/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Fresh from Saturday night’s (7) world premiere of The Green Inferno, wheels are in motion on Beyond The Green Inferno. Exclusive Media will reprise its role as international sales agent and CAA arranged financing and represents Us rights.
Eli Roth will not direct but will present the film and produce and hands over the reins to Nicolas Lopez, who will direct from a screenplay he co-wrote with Roth and Guillermo Amoedo.
Worldview Entertainment CEO Christopher Woodrow and COO Molly Conners will produce alongside Lopez and Miguel Asensio Llamas of Sobras International Pictures. Worldview’s Maria Cestone and Sarah E Johnson are the executive producers.
Principal photography will commence next spring in Chile and Peru. Plot details remain under wraps.
“Our plan with Beyond The Green Inferno is to make a sequel in the tradition of Aliens, where the creative team went bigger, darker and scarier into the unknown,” said Lopez, who previously...
Eli Roth will not direct but will present the film and produce and hands over the reins to Nicolas Lopez, who will direct from a screenplay he co-wrote with Roth and Guillermo Amoedo.
Worldview Entertainment CEO Christopher Woodrow and COO Molly Conners will produce alongside Lopez and Miguel Asensio Llamas of Sobras International Pictures. Worldview’s Maria Cestone and Sarah E Johnson are the executive producers.
Principal photography will commence next spring in Chile and Peru. Plot details remain under wraps.
“Our plan with Beyond The Green Inferno is to make a sequel in the tradition of Aliens, where the creative team went bigger, darker and scarier into the unknown,” said Lopez, who previously...
- 9/8/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
“Spring Breakers” director Harmony Korine, Chris Messina (“The Mindy Project”) and Oscar winner Holly Hunter (“Top of the Lake”) will join Al Pacino in David Gordon Green’s drama “Manglehorn,” it was announced Friday by Worldview Entertainment. Worldview is financing and producing the movie, which Green is directing from a script by Paul Logan. Worldview CEO Christopher Woodrow and COO Molly Conners will produce alongside Lisa Muskat, Derrick Tseng and Green. Worldview’s Maria Cestone and Sarah E. Johnson will executive produce alongside Todd Labarowski, Brad Coolidge and Melissa Coolidge for Dreambridge Films, which is making an investment in the film.
- 9/6/2013
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Holly Hunter has signed on to star in Manglehorn, David Gordon Green’s follow-up to Venice hit Joe that is being financed and produced by Worldview Entertainment.
As Screendaily reported earlier on Friday, WestEnd Films has closed a slew of sales including the UK to Artificial Eye, France to Wild Side and Latin America to Swen. CAA arranged financing for the film and represents Us rights.
Hunter will play the female lead in Manglehorn opposite Al Pacino in the title role. Chris Messina and Harmony Korine also star in the story of an ex-con who goes back to his old ways. Principal photography will commence this autumn in Austin, Texas.
Paul Logan wrote the screenplay. Worldview CEO Christopher Woodrow and COO Molly Conners will produce alongside Lisa Muskat, Derrick Tseng and Green.
Worldview key investors Maria Cestone and Sarah E Johnson will serve as executive producers alongside Todd Labarowski, Brad Coolidge and Melissa Coolidge for Dreambridge Films, which...
As Screendaily reported earlier on Friday, WestEnd Films has closed a slew of sales including the UK to Artificial Eye, France to Wild Side and Latin America to Swen. CAA arranged financing for the film and represents Us rights.
Hunter will play the female lead in Manglehorn opposite Al Pacino in the title role. Chris Messina and Harmony Korine also star in the story of an ex-con who goes back to his old ways. Principal photography will commence this autumn in Austin, Texas.
Paul Logan wrote the screenplay. Worldview CEO Christopher Woodrow and COO Molly Conners will produce alongside Lisa Muskat, Derrick Tseng and Green.
Worldview key investors Maria Cestone and Sarah E Johnson will serve as executive producers alongside Todd Labarowski, Brad Coolidge and Melissa Coolidge for Dreambridge Films, which...
- 9/6/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Academy Award winner Holly Hunter ( Thirteen , The Piano ) has signed on to star in David Gordon Green.s drama, Manglehorn , financed and produced by Worldview Entertainment. Hunter will play the female lead character opposite Academy Award winner, Al Pacino, in the title role. Chris Messina ( Argo ) and Harmony Korine ( Spring Breakers ) will also star. Green will direct the film, which is based on a screenplay by Paul Logan. Worldview.s Maria Cestone and Sarah E. Johnson will executive produce alongside Todd Labarowski, Brad Coolidge and Melissa Coolidge for Dreambridge Films, which is making an investment in the film. Jody Hill and Danny McBride will executive produce for Rough House. CAA arranged financing for the film and is representing domestic rights while WestEnd Films is...
- 9/6/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Exclusive: The strong cast that director Daniel Espinosa assembled for Child 44 just got better. Philip Seymour Hoffman is negotiating to join Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, Gary Oldman, and Joel Kinnaman in the film. The picture is being made by Summit Entertainment and co-financed and executive produced by Worldview Entertainment. An adaptation of the Tom Rob Smith bestseller, the Richard Price-scripted Child 44 focuses on a member of the Soviet military police who investigates a series of nasty child murders during the Stalin-era Soviet Union. His biggest impediment is a government that refuses to acknowledge a serial killer is in their midst. Ridley Scott is producing under his Scott Free Productions banner with Michael Schaefer and Greg Shapiro. Worldview’s Christopher Woodrow, Molly Conners, Maria Cestone, Sarah Johnson Redlich will executive produce along with Douglas Urbanski. Hoffman is coming off an Oscar nominated turn in The Master, and he...
- 6/25/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
The first still from the true-crime tale Devil's Knot, which is based on the tragedy surrounding the now freed West Memphis Three, is here, and it offers your first look at Reese Witherspoon as Pam Hobbs, the mother of Steve Branch, one of the three children savagely murdered in Arkansas in 1993.
Synopsis:
Worldview Entertainment's dramatic crime thriller Devil's Knot, filmed in the greater Atlanta, Georgia, area under the direction of Atom Egoyan, stars Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth with a screenplay by Paul Harris Boardman and Scott Derrickson. Elizabeth Fowler, Richard Saperstein, and Clark Peterson produced Devil’s Knot alongside Worldview Entertainment CEO Christopher Woodrow. Worldview’s Molly Conners, Sarah Johnson Redlich, Maria Cestone, and Hoyt David Morgan executive produced alongside actual defendants Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley, Jr. Devil’s Knot is a Fowler-Saperstein-Peterson Production.
Following the release from prison of the West Memphis Three, after nearly 20 years of incarceration,...
Synopsis:
Worldview Entertainment's dramatic crime thriller Devil's Knot, filmed in the greater Atlanta, Georgia, area under the direction of Atom Egoyan, stars Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth with a screenplay by Paul Harris Boardman and Scott Derrickson. Elizabeth Fowler, Richard Saperstein, and Clark Peterson produced Devil’s Knot alongside Worldview Entertainment CEO Christopher Woodrow. Worldview’s Molly Conners, Sarah Johnson Redlich, Maria Cestone, and Hoyt David Morgan executive produced alongside actual defendants Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley, Jr. Devil’s Knot is a Fowler-Saperstein-Peterson Production.
Following the release from prison of the West Memphis Three, after nearly 20 years of incarceration,...
- 5/22/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Al Pacino will star in David Gordon Green’s drama Manglehorn, which Worldview Entertainment will finance and produce. Pacino will play the title character, A. J. Mangelhorn, an eccentric man coming to terms with a past crime that cost him the love of his life. Paul Logan wrote the screenplay, based on an original story by Green and Logan. Christopher Woodrow, Worldview CEO, and the company’s COO Molly Conners will produce alongside Lisa Muskat and Green. Worldview’s Maria Cestone, Sarah Johnson Redlich and Hoyt David Morgan will executive produce alongside Todd Labrowski, Brad Coolidge and Melissa Coolidge for Dreambridge Films, which is making
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- 5/14/2013
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fourth poster for IFC Films' Welcome to the Punch, starring James McAvoy, Mark Strong and Andrea Riseborough. Directed by Eran Creevy. The action thriller which also scripted by Creevy, gets a March 27th release date and follows ex-criminal Jacob Sternwood (Strong) who is forced to return to London from his Icelandic hideaway when his son is involved in a heist gone wrong. This gives detective Max Lewinsky (James McAvoy) one last chance to catch the man he's always been after. As they face off, they start to uncover a deeper conspiracy they both need to solve in order to survive. David Morrissey, Peter Mullan, Johnny Harris and Daniel Mays also star. Rory Aitken, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Ben Pugh produce while James Atherton, Maria Cestone, Jane Pace, Molly Conners, Stuart Ford, Sarah Johnson Redlich, Christopher Woodrow and Ridley Scott serve as executive producers.
- 3/7/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Fourth poster for IFC Films' Welcome to the Punch, starring James McAvoy, Mark Strong and Andrea Riseborough. Directed by Eran Creevy. The action thriller which also scripted by Creevy, gets a March 27th release date and follows ex-criminal Jacob Sternwood (Strong) who is forced to return to London from his Icelandic hideaway when his son is involved in a heist gone wrong. This gives detective Max Lewinsky (James McAvoy) one last chance to catch the man he's always been after. As they face off, they start to uncover a deeper conspiracy they both need to solve in order to survive. David Morrissey, Peter Mullan, Johnny Harris and Daniel Mays also star. Rory Aitken, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Ben Pugh produce while James Atherton, Maria Cestone, Jane Pace, Molly Conners, Stuart Ford, Sarah Johnson Redlich, Christopher Woodrow and Ridley Scott serve as executive producers.
- 3/7/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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