Fresh off the well received wrestling drama The Iron Claw and soon to be seen in the comedy Ricky Stanicky, Zac Efron has now signed on to star in the thriller Famous for director Jody Hill – and he’ll be playing dual roles in the film, which is based on a novel by Blake Crouch!
Scripted by Chad Hodge, who created the short-lived, Crouch-inspired TV series Wayward Pines back in 2015, Famous has the following synopsis: Lance Dunkquist has one asset that’s about to change his life – he has the face of a movie star. And not just any movie star – Lance is the spitting image of a Hollywood icon, James Jansen. Lance is about to travel to Los Angeles to make his dream come true. Lance is going to be famous, no matter what it takes… The film aims to be a “provocative and highly entertaining Los Angeles-set thriller...
Scripted by Chad Hodge, who created the short-lived, Crouch-inspired TV series Wayward Pines back in 2015, Famous has the following synopsis: Lance Dunkquist has one asset that’s about to change his life – he has the face of a movie star. And not just any movie star – Lance is the spitting image of a Hollywood icon, James Jansen. Lance is about to travel to Los Angeles to make his dream come true. Lance is going to be famous, no matter what it takes… The film aims to be a “provocative and highly entertaining Los Angeles-set thriller...
- 2/8/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Here is another hot package set to hit the European Film Market next week as Deadline is hearing Zac Efron is attached to star in Famous with Jody Hill directing and Sam Esmail producing. Black Bear will introduce Famous to international buyers at the upcoming EFM with with CAA Media Finance and WME Independent representing the U.S. rights.
Efron will star in dual roles, playing both overzealous fan, Lance Dunkquist, and Hollywood heartthrob, James Jansen. The film is based on the acclaimed novel by New York Times bestselling author Blake Crouch and is adapted for the screen by Chad Hodge, who also adapted Crouch’s Wayward Pines trilogy into a series. Esmail will produce along with his producing partner Chad Hamilton through their Esmail Corp. banner. Esmail Corp.’s Nick Krishnamurthy will also exec produce.
The story follows Lance Dunkquist, who has one asset that’s about to...
Efron will star in dual roles, playing both overzealous fan, Lance Dunkquist, and Hollywood heartthrob, James Jansen. The film is based on the acclaimed novel by New York Times bestselling author Blake Crouch and is adapted for the screen by Chad Hodge, who also adapted Crouch’s Wayward Pines trilogy into a series. Esmail will produce along with his producing partner Chad Hamilton through their Esmail Corp. banner. Esmail Corp.’s Nick Krishnamurthy will also exec produce.
The story follows Lance Dunkquist, who has one asset that’s about to...
- 2/8/2024
- by Justin Kroll and Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix dropped the full trailer for Leave the World Behind one day prior to the film’s world premiere at AFI Fest. The teaser trailer released earlier this month set up the apocalyptic events that send the film’s central figures into a panic. The official trailer reveals additional details and expands on what’s happening as a cyberattack takes down infrastructures and disables electronics across the globe.
Oscar winner Julia Roberts, Oscar winner Mahershala Ali, Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke, Myha’la, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans, and Kevin Bacon star. The thriller’s based on the National Book Award-nominated novel by Rumaan Alam and was directed by Sam Esmail (Mr. Robot). Esmail also adapted the novel and serves as a producer.
Additional producers include Chad Hamilton, Julia Roberts, Marisa Yeres Gill, and Lisa Gillan. Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Tonia Davis, Daniel M. Stillman, Nick Krishnamurthy, and author Rumaan Alam executive produce.
Oscar winner Julia Roberts, Oscar winner Mahershala Ali, Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke, Myha’la, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans, and Kevin Bacon star. The thriller’s based on the National Book Award-nominated novel by Rumaan Alam and was directed by Sam Esmail (Mr. Robot). Esmail also adapted the novel and serves as a producer.
Additional producers include Chad Hamilton, Julia Roberts, Marisa Yeres Gill, and Lisa Gillan. Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Tonia Davis, Daniel M. Stillman, Nick Krishnamurthy, and author Rumaan Alam executive produce.
- 10/24/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Netflix has now unveiled the cryptic and creepy trailer for its upcoming thriller, Leave the World Behind. The Netflix original is based on the terrifying novel from author Rumaan Alam. The film comes from Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail, who has written and directed this feature. Leave the World Behind also sports an impressive ensemble cast that includes actors such as Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha’la, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans and Kevin Bacon.
The official synopsis from Netflix reads,
“In this apocalyptic thriller from award-winning writer and director Sam Esmail (Mr. Robot), Amanda (Academy Award winner Julia Roberts) and her husband Clay (Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke), rent a luxurious home for the weekend with their kids, Archie (Charlie Evans) and Rose (Farrah Mackenzie). Their vacation is soon upended when two strangers — G.H. (Academy Award winner Mahershala Ali) and his daughter Ruth (Myha’la) — arrive in the night,...
The official synopsis from Netflix reads,
“In this apocalyptic thriller from award-winning writer and director Sam Esmail (Mr. Robot), Amanda (Academy Award winner Julia Roberts) and her husband Clay (Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke), rent a luxurious home for the weekend with their kids, Archie (Charlie Evans) and Rose (Farrah Mackenzie). Their vacation is soon upended when two strangers — G.H. (Academy Award winner Mahershala Ali) and his daughter Ruth (Myha’la) — arrive in the night,...
- 10/24/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
With the futures of their families at stake if not the future of the world, Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke and Mahershala Ali aren’t sure who to trust in the trailer for “Leave the World Behind,” the new Netflix original film from “Mr. Robot” creator Sam Esmail.
“Everything I know I have told you,” Ali says in the trailer for the film, an adaptation of the best-selling novel by Rumaan Alam written and directed by Esmail.
“I don’t believe you,” a foreboding Roberts responds in the clip, which you can watch above.
As a massive cyber attack puts everyone in danger, Kevin Bacon stands his ground on his porch, donning a Dallas Cowboys cap with a shotgun fully at the ready.
“I will protect my family,” says Bacon, in a sinister supporting role. “What you do is your business.”
Meanwhile, a massive ocean freighter heads straight for the beach,...
“Everything I know I have told you,” Ali says in the trailer for the film, an adaptation of the best-selling novel by Rumaan Alam written and directed by Esmail.
“I don’t believe you,” a foreboding Roberts responds in the clip, which you can watch above.
As a massive cyber attack puts everyone in danger, Kevin Bacon stands his ground on his porch, donning a Dallas Cowboys cap with a shotgun fully at the ready.
“I will protect my family,” says Bacon, in a sinister supporting role. “What you do is your business.”
Meanwhile, a massive ocean freighter heads straight for the beach,...
- 10/24/2023
- by Jeremy Bailey
- The Wrap
Netflix’s first teaser trailer for Leave the World Behind starts off with a conversation setting up the story, and then hits the gas pedal as terrifying events wreak havoc across the globe.
The apocalyptic thriller is based on Rumaan Alam’s bestselling novel and stars Oscar winner Julia Roberts, Oscar winner Mahershala Ali, Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke, Myha’la, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans, and Kevin Bacon. Mr. Robot‘s Sam Esmail adapted Alam’s novel and directed.
Sam Esmail and Julia Roberts serve as producers along with Chad Hamilton, Marisa Yeres Gill, and Lisa Gillan. Author Alam, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Tonia Davis, Daniel M. Stillman, and Nick Krishnamurthy executive produce.
Esmail’s behind the scenes team includes costume designer Catherine Marie Thomas, editor Lisa Lassek, production designer Anastasia White, and director of photography Tod Campbell.
Netflix will release Leave the World Behind in select theaters on November 22, 2023. It...
The apocalyptic thriller is based on Rumaan Alam’s bestselling novel and stars Oscar winner Julia Roberts, Oscar winner Mahershala Ali, Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke, Myha’la, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans, and Kevin Bacon. Mr. Robot‘s Sam Esmail adapted Alam’s novel and directed.
Sam Esmail and Julia Roberts serve as producers along with Chad Hamilton, Marisa Yeres Gill, and Lisa Gillan. Author Alam, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Tonia Davis, Daniel M. Stillman, and Nick Krishnamurthy executive produce.
Esmail’s behind the scenes team includes costume designer Catherine Marie Thomas, editor Lisa Lassek, production designer Anastasia White, and director of photography Tod Campbell.
Netflix will release Leave the World Behind in select theaters on November 22, 2023. It...
- 10/2/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Julia Roberts and Ethan Hawke’s Amanda and Clay Sandford get a fateful midnight knock at the door in the teaser trailer for Netflix’s Leave the World Behind, which dropped Monday.
“In my line of work, you have to understand the patterns that govern the world. That can help you see the future,” Mahershala Ali’s G.H. Scott says.
Scott and his wife, Ruth, played by Myha’la Herrold, claim to be the owners of the home the Sandfords rented for the weekend, and ask to take shelter with the family that night. Soon enough, the Sandfords and their teenage children are taking refuge from a cyberattack that grows beyond a New York City blackout to become more terrifying by the minute.
“There’s no going back to normal,” Scott tells the Sandfords, as their family must come to terms with their place in a collapsing world.
“Haven’t...
“In my line of work, you have to understand the patterns that govern the world. That can help you see the future,” Mahershala Ali’s G.H. Scott says.
Scott and his wife, Ruth, played by Myha’la Herrold, claim to be the owners of the home the Sandfords rented for the weekend, and ask to take shelter with the family that night. Soon enough, the Sandfords and their teenage children are taking refuge from a cyberattack that grows beyond a New York City blackout to become more terrifying by the minute.
“There’s no going back to normal,” Scott tells the Sandfords, as their family must come to terms with their place in a collapsing world.
“Haven’t...
- 10/2/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Julia Roberts and Mahershala Ali are dealing with the potential end of the world in “Leave the World Behind,” an adaptation of the best-selling novel by Rumaan Alam from “Mr. Robot” creator Sam Esmail.
In the trailer Roberts and Ethan Hawke are vacationing on Long Island when they are intercepted by a mysterious stranger (Ali in a role originally earmarked for Denzel Washington), who tells the couple of a mysterious blackout and his thoughts that this event is just the first in a series of catastrophes.
Kevin Bacon plays a potentially sinister local man, with Myha’la, Farrah Mackenzie and Charlie Evans in supporting roles. Not only is the set-up for the movie incredibly creepy but it feels real, especially given the recent weather events brought on by global warming (the flooding in New York most recently).
When Alam’s novel came out in 2020, Netflix won a bidding war for the rights,...
In the trailer Roberts and Ethan Hawke are vacationing on Long Island when they are intercepted by a mysterious stranger (Ali in a role originally earmarked for Denzel Washington), who tells the couple of a mysterious blackout and his thoughts that this event is just the first in a series of catastrophes.
Kevin Bacon plays a potentially sinister local man, with Myha’la, Farrah Mackenzie and Charlie Evans in supporting roles. Not only is the set-up for the movie incredibly creepy but it feels real, especially given the recent weather events brought on by global warming (the flooding in New York most recently).
When Alam’s novel came out in 2020, Netflix won a bidding war for the rights,...
- 10/2/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Kevin Bacon (City on a Hill) and Farrah Mackenzie (United States of Al) have signed on for roles in Sam Esmail’s Netflix film Leave the World Behind, Deadline can confirm. They join a cast that also includes Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke and Myha’la Herrold, as previously announced.
Leave the World Behind is based on Rumaan Alam’s novel about a family vacation on Long Island that is interrupted by two strangers bearing news of a mysterious blackout. As the threat grows more imminent, both families must decide how best to survive the potential crisis, all while grappling with their own place in this collapsing world.
Esmail adapted the screenplay and is producing with Chad Hamilton through Esmail Corp, alongside Roberts, Lisa Gillan, and Marisa Yeres Gill for Red Om Films. Higher Ground’s Tonia Davis is exec producing alongside Alam, Danny Stillman and Esmail Corp’s Nick Krishnamurthy.
Leave the World Behind is based on Rumaan Alam’s novel about a family vacation on Long Island that is interrupted by two strangers bearing news of a mysterious blackout. As the threat grows more imminent, both families must decide how best to survive the potential crisis, all while grappling with their own place in this collapsing world.
Esmail adapted the screenplay and is producing with Chad Hamilton through Esmail Corp, alongside Roberts, Lisa Gillan, and Marisa Yeres Gill for Red Om Films. Higher Ground’s Tonia Davis is exec producing alongside Alam, Danny Stillman and Esmail Corp’s Nick Krishnamurthy.
- 4/18/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Kevin Bacon (“You Should Have Left”) has joined the cast of Julia Roberts’ “Leave the World Behind” at Netflix, TheWrap has exclusively learned.
Additionally, Farrah Mackenzie (“United States of Al”) has joined the project, rounding out the cast that includes Bacon, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke and Myha’la Herrold.
Sam Esmail, the creator of “Mr. Robot,” will both write the adaptation of Rumaan Alam’s novel and direct.
The logline for the film is as follows: A family vacation on Long Island is interrupted by two strangers bearing news of a mysterious blackout. As the threat grows more imminent, both families must decide how best to survive the potential crisis, all while grappling with their own place in this collapsing world.
Producing are Sam Esmail and Chad Hamilton via their Esmail Corp, along with Julia Roberts, Lisa Gillan and Marisa Yeres Gill producing through Red Om Films banner. Executive producers are Higher Ground’s Tonia Davis,...
Additionally, Farrah Mackenzie (“United States of Al”) has joined the project, rounding out the cast that includes Bacon, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke and Myha’la Herrold.
Sam Esmail, the creator of “Mr. Robot,” will both write the adaptation of Rumaan Alam’s novel and direct.
The logline for the film is as follows: A family vacation on Long Island is interrupted by two strangers bearing news of a mysterious blackout. As the threat grows more imminent, both families must decide how best to survive the potential crisis, all while grappling with their own place in this collapsing world.
Producing are Sam Esmail and Chad Hamilton via their Esmail Corp, along with Julia Roberts, Lisa Gillan and Marisa Yeres Gill producing through Red Om Films banner. Executive producers are Higher Ground’s Tonia Davis,...
- 4/18/2022
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Higher Ground, President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s production company, has joined Netflix’s “Leave the World Behind,” the film adaptation to the novel of the same name by Rumaan Alam, the company announced on Thursday.
Sam Esmail, the creator of “Mr. Robot,” will both write the adaptation and direct.
The film stars Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke and Myha’la Herrold.
The logline for the film is as follows: A family vacation on Long Island is interrupted by two strangers bearing news of a mysterious blackout. As the threat grows more imminent, both families must decide how best to survive the potential crisis, all while grappling with their own place in this collapsing world.
Producing are Sam Esmail and Chad Hamilton via their Esmail Corp, along with Julia Roberts, Lisa Gillan and Marisa Yeres Gill producing through Red Om Films banner. Executive producers are Higher Ground’s Tonia Davis,...
Sam Esmail, the creator of “Mr. Robot,” will both write the adaptation and direct.
The film stars Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke and Myha’la Herrold.
The logline for the film is as follows: A family vacation on Long Island is interrupted by two strangers bearing news of a mysterious blackout. As the threat grows more imminent, both families must decide how best to survive the potential crisis, all while grappling with their own place in this collapsing world.
Producing are Sam Esmail and Chad Hamilton via their Esmail Corp, along with Julia Roberts, Lisa Gillan and Marisa Yeres Gill producing through Red Om Films banner. Executive producers are Higher Ground’s Tonia Davis,...
- 4/14/2022
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s production company Higher Ground has come aboard Sam Esmail’s upcoming film Leave the World Behind for Netflix.
The film starring Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke and Myha’la Herrold adapts Rumaan Alam’s acclaimed third novel about a family vacation on Long Island that is interrupted by two strangers bearing news of a mysterious blackout. As the threat grows more imminent, both families must decide how best to survive the potential crisis, all while grappling with their own place in this collapsing world.
Upon its publication in October 2020, Leave the World Behind was listed as one of Barack Obama’s Summer Favorites, also being named a Read with Jenna Today Show Pick; a finalist for the 2020 National Book Awards; and Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, NPR, Time, Esquire and Elle, among other outlets. Esmail handled the screenplay adaptation...
The film starring Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke and Myha’la Herrold adapts Rumaan Alam’s acclaimed third novel about a family vacation on Long Island that is interrupted by two strangers bearing news of a mysterious blackout. As the threat grows more imminent, both families must decide how best to survive the potential crisis, all while grappling with their own place in this collapsing world.
Upon its publication in October 2020, Leave the World Behind was listed as one of Barack Obama’s Summer Favorites, also being named a Read with Jenna Today Show Pick; a finalist for the 2020 National Book Awards; and Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, NPR, Time, Esquire and Elle, among other outlets. Esmail handled the screenplay adaptation...
- 4/14/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The Salon is doing the heavy lifting when it comes to elevating South Asian talent in the entertainment industry and to do that, they have selected the participants for the inaugural Salon Mentorship Program. Led by Disney’s Reena Singh, Hillman Grad’s Rishi Rajani, Writ Large manager Bash Naran, actor/comedian Nik Dodani (Atypical), and actor/producer Vinny Chhibber (The Red Line), the program has revealed its 23 mentors and mentees.
The individuals participating in The Salon Mentorship Program were selected from a nationwide pool of over 850 candidates recruited through an open application. After a thorough review and interview process, the finalists were paired with a mentor in one of five tracks: writing, acting, producing, directing, or executive leadership. The mentees will work closely with their respective mentors over the course of one year to identify areas of growth, discuss strategy, and expand opportunities. Mentees will also have exclusive access...
The individuals participating in The Salon Mentorship Program were selected from a nationwide pool of over 850 candidates recruited through an open application. After a thorough review and interview process, the finalists were paired with a mentor in one of five tracks: writing, acting, producing, directing, or executive leadership. The mentees will work closely with their respective mentors over the course of one year to identify areas of growth, discuss strategy, and expand opportunities. Mentees will also have exclusive access...
- 3/10/2021
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: In the conversation of Asian and Asian American representation in film and TV, the South Asian community tends to be overlooked. In an effort to bolster South Asian visibility in front of and behind the camera, Reena Singh, Senior Vice President of Current Programming at Twentieth Television, and Rishi Rajani, President of Production and Development at Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Productions, are launching a mentorship program with The Salon, a collective of South Asian creatives in Hollywood created by literary manager Bash Naran and actor-producers Nik Dodani (Atypical) and Vinny Chhibber (The Red Line). The inaugural mentorship program is slated to kick off in October.
The year-long program will be led by Singh and Rajani and will connect aspiring South Asian talent to established members of the entertainment industry. The Salon will be accepting applications for the program starting today with an August 22 deadline. The chosen participants for...
The year-long program will be led by Singh and Rajani and will connect aspiring South Asian talent to established members of the entertainment industry. The Salon will be accepting applications for the program starting today with an August 22 deadline. The chosen participants for...
- 7/22/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Hany Abu-Assad, who most recently directed Fox’s “The Mountain Between Us,” has come on to direct the adaptation of the popular comic book “Infidel” for TriStar Pictures.
TriStar landed the rights to the comic in May in a competitive auction that saw several studios pursuing before TriStar won the bidding war. Academy Award-winner Michael Sugar and Ashley Zalta of Sugar 23 are attached to produce the project along with Anonymous Content.
Juliet Snowden and Stiles White are penning the script.
Written by Pornsak Pichetshote and illustrated by Aaron Campbell and released in March by Image Comics, “Infidel” is a haunted house story for the 21st century, following an American Muslim woman and her multi-racial neighbors who find themselves living in a building haunted by strange creatures that seemingly feed on xenophobia.
Nicole Brown and Nick Krishnamurthy will oversee the project for TriStar Pictures.
Abu-Assad’s star has been on the...
TriStar landed the rights to the comic in May in a competitive auction that saw several studios pursuing before TriStar won the bidding war. Academy Award-winner Michael Sugar and Ashley Zalta of Sugar 23 are attached to produce the project along with Anonymous Content.
Juliet Snowden and Stiles White are penning the script.
Written by Pornsak Pichetshote and illustrated by Aaron Campbell and released in March by Image Comics, “Infidel” is a haunted house story for the 21st century, following an American Muslim woman and her multi-racial neighbors who find themselves living in a building haunted by strange creatures that seemingly feed on xenophobia.
Nicole Brown and Nick Krishnamurthy will oversee the project for TriStar Pictures.
Abu-Assad’s star has been on the...
- 12/5/2018
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
Grammy Award-winning artists/producer duo Drew Taggart and Alex Pall of the Chainsmokers have formed Kick the Habit Productions to develop and produce film, television, and digital projects.
Dan Marcus, a former digital media agent at UTA, has been named chief operating officer and president and will oversee development and production for the company. Adam Alpert, the duo’s manager and chief executive officer of Disruptor Records, will serve as CEO.
“We are beyond thrilled to have launched Kick the Habit Productions as we continue to bridge the gap between our overall artistic vision, the entertainment industry as a whole and our fans. The age of being only a musician is over and we’re excited to go all-in on this venture to curate, produce and create meaningful projects,” said Taggart and Pall in a joint statement.
The banner has set its first project with “Paris,” based on a pitch by Mickey Rapkin,...
Dan Marcus, a former digital media agent at UTA, has been named chief operating officer and president and will oversee development and production for the company. Adam Alpert, the duo’s manager and chief executive officer of Disruptor Records, will serve as CEO.
“We are beyond thrilled to have launched Kick the Habit Productions as we continue to bridge the gap between our overall artistic vision, the entertainment industry as a whole and our fans. The age of being only a musician is over and we’re excited to go all-in on this venture to curate, produce and create meaningful projects,” said Taggart and Pall in a joint statement.
The banner has set its first project with “Paris,” based on a pitch by Mickey Rapkin,...
- 11/6/2018
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
Grammy-winning DJs and dance-pop duo The Chainsmokers have formed a new production company, setting their first feature film project at TriStar.
Drew Taggart and Alex Pall of The Chainsmokers have formed Kick the Habit Productions, under which they’ll develop and produce film, TV and digital projects.
Dan Marcus, a former digital media agent at UTA, has been named chief operating officer and president and will oversee development and production for the company. Adam Alpert, the duo’s manager and CEO of Disruptor Records, will serve as the new company’s CEO.
Kick the Habit’s first project is “Paris,” which is based on a pitch by Mickey Rapkin and inspired by The Chainsmokers’ song of the same name. Rapkin will also write the screenplay.
Taggart, Pall, and Marcus will produce under the Kick The Habit banner, with Entertainment 360.
Drew Taggart and Alex Pall of The Chainsmokers have formed Kick the Habit Productions, under which they’ll develop and produce film, TV and digital projects.
Dan Marcus, a former digital media agent at UTA, has been named chief operating officer and president and will oversee development and production for the company. Adam Alpert, the duo’s manager and CEO of Disruptor Records, will serve as the new company’s CEO.
Kick the Habit’s first project is “Paris,” which is based on a pitch by Mickey Rapkin and inspired by The Chainsmokers’ song of the same name. Rapkin will also write the screenplay.
Taggart, Pall, and Marcus will produce under the Kick The Habit banner, with Entertainment 360.
- 11/5/2018
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
The Chainsmokers duo Drew Taggart and Alex Pall have launched Kick The Habit Productions to develop and produce film, television, and digital projects with former UTA agent Dan Marcus named President and COO. The group’s manager Adam Alpert will serve as CEO.
The company has made a deal with TriStar Pictures for its first project Paris, a film inspired by Chainsmokers’ hit single. It’s based on a pitch by Pitch Perfect author Mickey Rapkin, who will also pen the script.
Taggart, Pall, and Marcus will produce the pic with Entertainment 360, while TriStar’s Nicole Brown and Nick Krishnamurthy will oversee the project for the studio.
The Chainsmokers and Kick The Habit are repped by CAA.
The company has made a deal with TriStar Pictures for its first project Paris, a film inspired by Chainsmokers’ hit single. It’s based on a pitch by Pitch Perfect author Mickey Rapkin, who will also pen the script.
Taggart, Pall, and Marcus will produce the pic with Entertainment 360, while TriStar’s Nicole Brown and Nick Krishnamurthy will oversee the project for the studio.
The Chainsmokers and Kick The Habit are repped by CAA.
- 11/5/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
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