Update, Wednesday: The White House released a video of Joe Biden and actor Chris Evans, in which the president presents the Captain America star with a pair of his trademark aviators. The gesture was met with an enthusiastic, “I love it!” from Evans.
“What you’re doing with the kids matters, so thanks for doing this,” Biden said, as Evans was appearing at an event to boost civic engagement. Biden also said, “I’m a fan.”
Chris, thanks for everything you're doing to get young folks engaged in government and public service.
Because of you, our country's youngest leaders are getting off the sidelines and helping build the backbone of their communities. pic.twitter.com/TmN1Wk1qer
— President Biden (@Potus) January 31, 2024
Previously, Tuesday: “He said I could call him Captain America,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said to Chris Evans at a White House event today.
Evans and Mark Kassen,...
“What you’re doing with the kids matters, so thanks for doing this,” Biden said, as Evans was appearing at an event to boost civic engagement. Biden also said, “I’m a fan.”
Chris, thanks for everything you're doing to get young folks engaged in government and public service.
Because of you, our country's youngest leaders are getting off the sidelines and helping build the backbone of their communities. pic.twitter.com/TmN1Wk1qer
— President Biden (@Potus) January 31, 2024
Previously, Tuesday: “He said I could call him Captain America,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said to Chris Evans at a White House event today.
Evans and Mark Kassen,...
- 1/31/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Like Minded Labs has joined forces with Adobe for the creation of a Toda Live plug-in, enabling creators to collaborate virtually by natively sending video and audio into a Toda Live room. The technology creates a single space for directors, editors, producers, executives, and creators to collaborate in real time from anywhere in the world.
Leveraging Toda Live’s media-focused ‘Create’ feature, the tool enables real-time review of 4K assets at up to 60 Frames Per Second.
This innovation was built off of Like Minded Entertainment’s latest film Ph-1 and responds to a need from productions, post-production teams, news editors, and VFX teams to create a more seamless and accessible workflow.
“Adobe’s commitment to creating accessible and empowering tools has been essential to my growth as an artist. To have our technology integrated with Adobe Premiere Pro is the highest compliment. Premiere Pro is only the beginning of our...
Leveraging Toda Live’s media-focused ‘Create’ feature, the tool enables real-time review of 4K assets at up to 60 Frames Per Second.
This innovation was built off of Like Minded Entertainment’s latest film Ph-1 and responds to a need from productions, post-production teams, news editors, and VFX teams to create a more seamless and accessible workflow.
“Adobe’s commitment to creating accessible and empowering tools has been essential to my growth as an artist. To have our technology integrated with Adobe Premiere Pro is the highest compliment. Premiere Pro is only the beginning of our...
- 9/15/2023
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
The independently financed thriller Ph-1 starring Mark Kassen, Abubakar Salim, Dina Shihabi, Vinessa Shaw and Jesse L. Martin has wrapped production. Kassen directed the pic from a script he co-wrote with Cheryl Guerriero and Brent Cote. Kassen will also produce alongside Iliana Nikolic under his production banner Like Minded Entertainment.
The film follows a fast rising politician is trapped in a luxurious penthouse and forced to witness his life set ablaze by social and conventional media. As he fights to escape he also struggles to uncover who is determined to destroy him and why.
Salvador Alvarez co-produced it and Julian West is exec producing.
Kassen is repped by CAA. Salim is repped by CAA, Insight Management & Production, Untitled Entertainment and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein. Shihabi is repped by CAA, Management 360, and Cohen & Gardner. Shaw is repped by Buchwald, Cesd, and Hansen, Jacobson,...
The film follows a fast rising politician is trapped in a luxurious penthouse and forced to witness his life set ablaze by social and conventional media. As he fights to escape he also struggles to uncover who is determined to destroy him and why.
Salvador Alvarez co-produced it and Julian West is exec producing.
Kassen is repped by CAA. Salim is repped by CAA, Insight Management & Production, Untitled Entertainment and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein. Shihabi is repped by CAA, Management 360, and Cohen & Gardner. Shaw is repped by Buchwald, Cesd, and Hansen, Jacobson,...
- 3/22/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Like Minded Media Ventures has tapped Chris Monteleone as the company’s Chief Commercial Officer. In this new role Monteleone is charged with developing commercial strategies, driving sales and business development for the portfolio companies of Lmmv: Like Minded Entertainment, Like Minded Labs as well as the non-partisan media site A Starting Point.
Monteleone has spent his career as a senior executive with deep experience and knowledge in Sports, Media, Entertainment and Technology. Most recently he served as the EVP of Corporate Strategy of Cast Iron Media which is a sports media and technology firm the has extensive partnerships with major leagues to sell in-venue and CTV/Ott media. In the last 20 years he has built and led businesses inside major companies such as Cablevision, Comcast, Sony, AMC Networks, Madison Square Garden and iHeartMedia. Following his corporate career, he was the CEO and Founder of Sweigh,...
Monteleone has spent his career as a senior executive with deep experience and knowledge in Sports, Media, Entertainment and Technology. Most recently he served as the EVP of Corporate Strategy of Cast Iron Media which is a sports media and technology firm the has extensive partnerships with major leagues to sell in-venue and CTV/Ott media. In the last 20 years he has built and led businesses inside major companies such as Cablevision, Comcast, Sony, AMC Networks, Madison Square Garden and iHeartMedia. Following his corporate career, he was the CEO and Founder of Sweigh,...
- 1/14/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Chris Evans is stepping into Gene Kelly's shoes for his next project. According to Variety, the 40-year-old star is currently in talks to play the legendary actor in a developing film produced by John Logan. A source close to the movie told the publication that the film is based on Evans's original idea, which centers on a 12-year-old boy working on the MGM lot in the 1950s. While there, he ends up finding an imaginary friend in Kelly as he works on his latest film.
As of now, the movie is currently untitled and a studio has not been attached to it yet. However, Deadline reports that Evans is set to produce the film alongside Mark Kassen, Rian Johnson and Ram Bergman's T-Street Productions, and Logan, who will write the script as well. The project marks a reunion for Evans, Johnson, and Bergman, who all worked together on 2019's Knives Out.
As of now, the movie is currently untitled and a studio has not been attached to it yet. However, Deadline reports that Evans is set to produce the film alongside Mark Kassen, Rian Johnson and Ram Bergman's T-Street Productions, and Logan, who will write the script as well. The project marks a reunion for Evans, Johnson, and Bergman, who all worked together on 2019's Knives Out.
- 1/5/2022
- by Monica Sisavat
- Popsugar.com
Chris Evans is in talks to step into the shoes of legendary actor Gene Kelly in a developing film project produced by John Logan, Variety has confirmed.
According to a source close to the project, the untitled film is based on Evans’ original idea in which a 12-year-old boy who works on the MGM Lot in the 1950s finds an imaginary friend in Kelly while working on his newest film.
Though a studio is not yet attached to the project, Evans is set to produce the film alongside Logan, who is also writing the script. Rian Johnson and Ram Bergman will produce through their company T-Street Productions, as will Mark Kassen. Evans, Johnson and Bergman last worked together on 2019 box office darling “Knives Out,” whose sequel is in post-production. Three-time Oscar nominee Logan’s oeuvre includes penning Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator,” Martin Scorsese’s “The Aviator,” Tim Burton’s “Sweeney Todd...
According to a source close to the project, the untitled film is based on Evans’ original idea in which a 12-year-old boy who works on the MGM Lot in the 1950s finds an imaginary friend in Kelly while working on his newest film.
Though a studio is not yet attached to the project, Evans is set to produce the film alongside Logan, who is also writing the script. Rian Johnson and Ram Bergman will produce through their company T-Street Productions, as will Mark Kassen. Evans, Johnson and Bergman last worked together on 2019 box office darling “Knives Out,” whose sequel is in post-production. Three-time Oscar nominee Logan’s oeuvre includes penning Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator,” Martin Scorsese’s “The Aviator,” Tim Burton’s “Sweeney Todd...
- 1/4/2022
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The new year has only just begun, and another high-profile project has hit the market. We are hearing Chris Evans is rumored to play Gene Kelly in an untitled film, which is based on an original idea conceived by Evans.
The film is about a 12-year-old boy who works on the MGM Lot in 1952 and begins to create an imagined friendship with the legendary movie star Kelly while working on his next film.
No studio is attached yet.
In addition to starring in the film, Evans also will produce the project alongside Mark Kassen. Rian Johnson’s and Ram Bergman’s T-Street Productions is set to produce alongside three-time Academy Award nominee John Logan, who also will write the script.
The film marks a reunion for Johnson, Bergman and MCU star Evans, who all worked together on the smash hit Knives Out.
The film is about a 12-year-old boy who works on the MGM Lot in 1952 and begins to create an imagined friendship with the legendary movie star Kelly while working on his next film.
No studio is attached yet.
In addition to starring in the film, Evans also will produce the project alongside Mark Kassen. Rian Johnson’s and Ram Bergman’s T-Street Productions is set to produce alongside three-time Academy Award nominee John Logan, who also will write the script.
The film marks a reunion for Johnson, Bergman and MCU star Evans, who all worked together on the smash hit Knives Out.
- 1/4/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
As the U.S. enters a new era of foreign policy in the Middle East, A Starting Point, the civic media organization created by Chris Evans, actor/filmmaker Mark Kassen and entrepreneur Joe Kiani, will explore America’s past, present and future in the region during a new six-part series, Influence and Power in the Middle East, guest hosted by former CIA Operative and Texas Congressman Will Hurd.
Drawing on his unique insights and on-the-ground experience, Hurd will lead exclusive conversations with several of the most influential foreign policy makers of the past four administrations including Former Un Ambassador John Bolton, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Former Saudi Arabia Ambassador Joseph Westphal, Former Yemen Ambassador Barbara Bodine and others.
Airing on Aug. 30, the six-part series connects the major national players, history, culture, and influence that shapes America’s strategic relationships and military involvement in the Middle East.
Drawing on his unique insights and on-the-ground experience, Hurd will lead exclusive conversations with several of the most influential foreign policy makers of the past four administrations including Former Un Ambassador John Bolton, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Former Saudi Arabia Ambassador Joseph Westphal, Former Yemen Ambassador Barbara Bodine and others.
Airing on Aug. 30, the six-part series connects the major national players, history, culture, and influence that shapes America’s strategic relationships and military involvement in the Middle East.
- 8/16/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
A Starting Point, the civic media organization created by Chris Evans, actor/filmmaker Mark Kassen and entrepreneur Joe Kiani, has teamed with Newsweek for the month of April to create a cross-platform series exploring Gen Z’s impact on American politics.
In this first-of-its-kind media collaboration for Asp, the brands will combine Asp’s educational and bipartisan lawmaker video interviews with Newsweek’s articles. Throughout the month, the collaboration will deliver timely conversations on Gen Z issues including immigration, human rights, climate change, women’s issues and voting rights.
“Young Americans voted in record high numbers in 2020, demonstrating their fast-growing influence on U.S. politics today,” said Asp’s co-founders. “We’re thrilled to join forces with a trusted media organization like Newsweek at this pivotal moment to better understand the issues activating Gen Z engagement and explore how lawmakers are responding to their concerns. We hope this partnership showcases thoughtful,...
In this first-of-its-kind media collaboration for Asp, the brands will combine Asp’s educational and bipartisan lawmaker video interviews with Newsweek’s articles. Throughout the month, the collaboration will deliver timely conversations on Gen Z issues including immigration, human rights, climate change, women’s issues and voting rights.
“Young Americans voted in record high numbers in 2020, demonstrating their fast-growing influence on U.S. politics today,” said Asp’s co-founders. “We’re thrilled to join forces with a trusted media organization like Newsweek at this pivotal moment to better understand the issues activating Gen Z engagement and explore how lawmakers are responding to their concerns. We hope this partnership showcases thoughtful,...
- 4/1/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Like Minded Media Ventures continues its expansion with three new hires in key executive roles, tapping Kristen Jenkins as their CFO, Damian Parker-Kidd as their Head of Design and Kyle Cowan as their Head of Product.
Jenkins is a finance leader with 25 years of experience helping media and technology companies achieve their financial and strategic goals. Prior to joining Like Minded Media Ventures, Jenkins has held senior finance roles at Verizon Media (formerly AOL), Nokia, NBC Universal, Viacom CBS, and Warner Music Group. Most recently Kristen was the head of finance for Xo Group, the public parent company of The Knot, where she helped orchestrate Xo’s successful merger and sale. She began her career, and earned her Cpa, at Price Waterhouse Coopers within the assurance arm of the technology, information, communications and entertainment group.
Parker-Kidd most recently led the design team at UK-based online sampling platform SoPost, which is...
Jenkins is a finance leader with 25 years of experience helping media and technology companies achieve their financial and strategic goals. Prior to joining Like Minded Media Ventures, Jenkins has held senior finance roles at Verizon Media (formerly AOL), Nokia, NBC Universal, Viacom CBS, and Warner Music Group. Most recently Kristen was the head of finance for Xo Group, the public parent company of The Knot, where she helped orchestrate Xo’s successful merger and sale. She began her career, and earned her Cpa, at Price Waterhouse Coopers within the assurance arm of the technology, information, communications and entertainment group.
Parker-Kidd most recently led the design team at UK-based online sampling platform SoPost, which is...
- 3/18/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Like Minded Media Ventures has hired Christina Moniodis as its VP Innovation and Business Development. In this role, Moniodis oversees partnerships, monetization and special projects across Lmmv’s portfolio, including A Starting Point, the video-based civic engagement platform created by Chris Evans, Mark Kassen and technology entrepreneur Joe Kiani.
Moniodis has worked across media, startups and law for over a decade. She served as Global Head of Strategy and Innovation for Verizon’s News division, which includes HuffPost, Yahoo News and AOL. Previously, she served as Global Chief of Staff and Head of Operations for The Huffington Post. She has also worked across the startup landscape, having been in Antler’s inaugural incubator cohort in New York City; an Executive-in-Residence for one of the largest venture funds in Greece, VentureFriends; and is currently an advisor to startups for a New York nonprofit, The Hellenic Initiative.
Moniodis will join Kaylin Minton,...
Moniodis has worked across media, startups and law for over a decade. She served as Global Head of Strategy and Innovation for Verizon’s News division, which includes HuffPost, Yahoo News and AOL. Previously, she served as Global Chief of Staff and Head of Operations for The Huffington Post. She has also worked across the startup landscape, having been in Antler’s inaugural incubator cohort in New York City; an Executive-in-Residence for one of the largest venture funds in Greece, VentureFriends; and is currently an advisor to startups for a New York nonprofit, The Hellenic Initiative.
Moniodis will join Kaylin Minton,...
- 10/28/2020
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: UTA has signed writer and producer Cheryl Guerriero and will rep the Girls on Point novelist in all areas worldwide.
Guerriero most recently produced and wrote Apple’s drama Palmer, which is set to star Justin Timberlake, Fisher Stevens, Juno Temple, June Squibb, Alisha Wainright and Ryder Allen.
The writer’s script appeared on the 2016 Blacklist and follows former college football star Eddie Palmer (Timberlake) who returns to his hometown after some time in prison. Hoping to get his life back on track, Eddie finds himself in charge of a unique boy abandoned by his mother. Palmer, one of many films on Apple’s new film slate, is set to premiere in 2021.
Guerriero entered the publishing scene with her debut suspense novel Girl On Point, a project for which Aurelio De Laurentiis acquired the rights. Guerriero is also set to write the film adaptation for her 2019 book.
The multi-hyphenate...
Guerriero most recently produced and wrote Apple’s drama Palmer, which is set to star Justin Timberlake, Fisher Stevens, Juno Temple, June Squibb, Alisha Wainright and Ryder Allen.
The writer’s script appeared on the 2016 Blacklist and follows former college football star Eddie Palmer (Timberlake) who returns to his hometown after some time in prison. Hoping to get his life back on track, Eddie finds himself in charge of a unique boy abandoned by his mother. Palmer, one of many films on Apple’s new film slate, is set to premiere in 2021.
Guerriero entered the publishing scene with her debut suspense novel Girl On Point, a project for which Aurelio De Laurentiis acquired the rights. Guerriero is also set to write the film adaptation for her 2019 book.
The multi-hyphenate...
- 10/1/2020
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s TV news roundup, YouTube TV added the NFL Network to its roster of content, and Showtime shared a premiere date and trailer for its new documentary, “Kingdom of Silence.”
First Looks
DreamWorks has shared an exclusive first look into the animated “Spirit Riding Free: Riding Academy Part 2” with Variety, introducing a new character named Eleanor (Cassidy Huff). Eleanor is a young rider who uses a wheelchair to get around, with the clip showing her and her horse, Beans, racing to a close finish against Lucky and her horse, Spirit. On disability representation in television, Huff said, “I have always said that my ultimate mission in my career is to be what I didn’t have growing up. I want someone to look at me performing in whatever capacity and think to themselves: ‘Well, if she can do it, I can do it too!’ If I can genuinely inspire or motivate one person,...
First Looks
DreamWorks has shared an exclusive first look into the animated “Spirit Riding Free: Riding Academy Part 2” with Variety, introducing a new character named Eleanor (Cassidy Huff). Eleanor is a young rider who uses a wheelchair to get around, with the clip showing her and her horse, Beans, racing to a close finish against Lucky and her horse, Spirit. On disability representation in television, Huff said, “I have always said that my ultimate mission in my career is to be what I didn’t have growing up. I want someone to look at me performing in whatever capacity and think to themselves: ‘Well, if she can do it, I can do it too!’ If I can genuinely inspire or motivate one person,...
- 9/3/2020
- by Eli Countryman
- Variety Film + TV
Producer Mark Kassen’s morning routine looks very different than it did in a pre-coronavirus era.
When he pulls up to work — in this case, a music soundstage in Pasadena, Calif. — Kassen clocks in so building staff can account for the number of people present. From there, his temperature is taken (behind a plexiglass wall) and he’s handed two monitors: One tracks his temperature and another observes his oxygen levels.
The 48-year-old executive is spearheading production on a commercial that he hopes will serve as a case study in best practices during the pandemic. If successful, the shoot could help guide Hollywood as it tries to restart film and TV production. Some high-profile projects have been given the greenlight to resume, though many actors and crew members will have to agree to a two-week quarantine to ensure everyone on set is coronavirus-free before its safe to roll cameras again.
When he pulls up to work — in this case, a music soundstage in Pasadena, Calif. — Kassen clocks in so building staff can account for the number of people present. From there, his temperature is taken (behind a plexiglass wall) and he’s handed two monitors: One tracks his temperature and another observes his oxygen levels.
The 48-year-old executive is spearheading production on a commercial that he hopes will serve as a case study in best practices during the pandemic. If successful, the shoot could help guide Hollywood as it tries to restart film and TV production. Some high-profile projects have been given the greenlight to resume, though many actors and crew members will have to agree to a two-week quarantine to ensure everyone on set is coronavirus-free before its safe to roll cameras again.
- 7/16/2020
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Chris Evans just announced his latest project, and it isn't an acting gig. The Avengers star launched his new civil engagement website, A Starting Point, on July 14 to help Americans learn about political issues and policies in the form of short, digestible videos. Chris worked on the site for two years, along with the site's cofounders, actor and filmmaker Mark Kassen and technology entrepreneur Joe Kiani.
In a Twitter video introducing the platform, Chris said he hopes the unbiased content will create "a little more connectivity between elected officials and their constituents" and "demystify some issues that [he] thinks some people may find daunting." The goal is for voters to understand the political issues that matter to them, and to make sure their voices are heard in the upcoming election and those to follow. Keep reading to find out what A Starting Point is exactly, and how you can use it...
In a Twitter video introducing the platform, Chris said he hopes the unbiased content will create "a little more connectivity between elected officials and their constituents" and "demystify some issues that [he] thinks some people may find daunting." The goal is for voters to understand the political issues that matter to them, and to make sure their voices are heard in the upcoming election and those to follow. Keep reading to find out what A Starting Point is exactly, and how you can use it...
- 7/15/2020
- by Yerin Kim
- Popsugar.com
Like Minded Media Ventures, a production and tech venture from actor Mark Kassen, has partnered with governors across the country and medical device manufacturers to launch a new coronavirus aide program.
The online platform, called The Covid Help Network, will directly connect state governments and health care institutions with companies willing to step up and adapt or convert their workspaces to manufacture medical supplies, as Covid-19 continues to spread across the United States. Lmmv announced the project in conjunction with Masimo, a global medical technology company, and the Patient Safety Movement.
The network is supported by the National Governors Association, which consists of governors from every state, and the Medical Device Manufacturers Association. Covid Help Network will allow each state to reach directly to third parties and search for locals willing to help, and offer resources for proper safety protocols.
Bands and suppliers are already represented on the Covid Help...
The online platform, called The Covid Help Network, will directly connect state governments and health care institutions with companies willing to step up and adapt or convert their workspaces to manufacture medical supplies, as Covid-19 continues to spread across the United States. Lmmv announced the project in conjunction with Masimo, a global medical technology company, and the Patient Safety Movement.
The network is supported by the National Governors Association, which consists of governors from every state, and the Medical Device Manufacturers Association. Covid Help Network will allow each state to reach directly to third parties and search for locals willing to help, and offer resources for proper safety protocols.
Bands and suppliers are already represented on the Covid Help...
- 4/3/2020
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
With SXSW mere weeks away, the annual confab has added more featured speakers and keynotes to the 34th edition of its conference which takes place March 13-22.edule.
Added to the lineup of keynotes are Chief Creative Officer of Tbwa\Media Arts Lab Brent Anderson, and the “Are You Ready for the Future of Space Exploration?” Keynote with Nasa Administrator Jim Bridenstine, astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli, Tyler N. “Nick” Hague, and CNN Business writer Jackie Wattles. They join previously announced keynotes that include Janelle Monae, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Damon Lindelof, Lulu Wang, Michael Moore and more.
On top of that, they have added a roster of more names from film, TV and media to their featured speaker programming including Katie Couric, Mr. Eazi, Chris Evans, Emily V. Gordon, Tamron Hall, Gillian Jacobs, Karlie Kloss, Kumail Nanjiani, Frank Oz, RZA, Alicia Tillman, among others.
Read the full list of additions below.
Added to the lineup of keynotes are Chief Creative Officer of Tbwa\Media Arts Lab Brent Anderson, and the “Are You Ready for the Future of Space Exploration?” Keynote with Nasa Administrator Jim Bridenstine, astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli, Tyler N. “Nick” Hague, and CNN Business writer Jackie Wattles. They join previously announced keynotes that include Janelle Monae, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Damon Lindelof, Lulu Wang, Michael Moore and more.
On top of that, they have added a roster of more names from film, TV and media to their featured speaker programming including Katie Couric, Mr. Eazi, Chris Evans, Emily V. Gordon, Tamron Hall, Gillian Jacobs, Karlie Kloss, Kumail Nanjiani, Frank Oz, RZA, Alicia Tillman, among others.
Read the full list of additions below.
- 3/3/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Producer Mark Kassen is expanding his production company Like Minded Entertainment into technology startups by acquiring the Canadian tech firm Vantrix Technology.
The deal — which was unveiled as Kassen, who executive produced HBO's Bernard and Doris, attends the Toronto International Film Festival — will allow the launch of the content and technology division Like Minded Media Ventures and the technology incubator Like Minded Labs.
Terms of the acquisition deal by Los Angeles-based Like Minded Entertainment were not disclosed, but it is understood the target company cost about $70 million. Vantrix is a global supplier of media distribution technology to ...
The deal — which was unveiled as Kassen, who executive produced HBO's Bernard and Doris, attends the Toronto International Film Festival — will allow the launch of the content and technology division Like Minded Media Ventures and the technology incubator Like Minded Labs.
Terms of the acquisition deal by Los Angeles-based Like Minded Entertainment were not disclosed, but it is understood the target company cost about $70 million. Vantrix is a global supplier of media distribution technology to ...
Producer Mark Kassen is expanding his production company Like Minded Entertainment into technology startups by acquiring the Canadian tech firm Vantrix Technology.
The deal — which was unveiled as Kassen, who executive produced HBO's Bernard and Doris, attends the Toronto International Film Festival — will allow the launch of the content and technology division Like Minded Media Ventures and the technology incubator Like Minded Labs.
Terms of the acquisition deal by Los Angeles-based Like Minded Entertainment were not disclosed, but it is understood the target company cost about $70 million. Vantrix is a global supplier of media distribution technology to ...
The deal — which was unveiled as Kassen, who executive produced HBO's Bernard and Doris, attends the Toronto International Film Festival — will allow the launch of the content and technology division Like Minded Media Ventures and the technology incubator Like Minded Labs.
Terms of the acquisition deal by Los Angeles-based Like Minded Entertainment were not disclosed, but it is understood the target company cost about $70 million. Vantrix is a global supplier of media distribution technology to ...
In today’s TV news roundup, Ken Jeong is set to guest star on an episode of ABC’s “The Kids Are Alright,” Showtime sets the Season 4 premiere date for “Billions” and AMC released first look images for the upcoming midseason return of “The Walking Dead.”
Dates
Showtime has set the “Billions” Season 4 premiere date for March 17 at 9 p.m. In this season, Bobby Axelrod (Damian Lewis), Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti) and Wendy Rhoades (Maggie Siff) have formed an uneasy alliance to eradicate their rivals. Also starring in the series is John Malkovich, Asia Kate Dillon, Toby Leonard Moore and Clancy Brown alongside new guest stars Samantha Mathis, Kevin Pollak, Jade Eshete and Nina Arianda. Watch a teaser for the show below.
First Looks
AMC has released the official key art for the upcoming midseason return of “The Walking Dead” on Feb. 10 at 9:00 p.m. The key art also...
Dates
Showtime has set the “Billions” Season 4 premiere date for March 17 at 9 p.m. In this season, Bobby Axelrod (Damian Lewis), Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti) and Wendy Rhoades (Maggie Siff) have formed an uneasy alliance to eradicate their rivals. Also starring in the series is John Malkovich, Asia Kate Dillon, Toby Leonard Moore and Clancy Brown alongside new guest stars Samantha Mathis, Kevin Pollak, Jade Eshete and Nina Arianda. Watch a teaser for the show below.
First Looks
AMC has released the official key art for the upcoming midseason return of “The Walking Dead” on Feb. 10 at 9:00 p.m. The key art also...
- 12/20/2018
- by Nate Nickolai
- Variety Film + TV
Fox has put in development Adapted, a real-life-inspired multi-cultural single-camera comedy, from The Last O.G. co-executive producers Mary Fitzgerald, Arthur Harris and Angela Nissel, Jeff Gaspin and his Gaspin Media, Mark Kassen’s Like Minded Entertainment and 20th Century Fox TV.
Written by Fitzgerald, Harris and Nissel, who also will showrun, and based on a real-life story, Adapted follows 14-year-old Alex, who, after refusing to move from Las Vegas to Philadelphia so that his neglectful mother can re-marry yet again, convinces his African American neighbors to adopt him.
Fitzgerald, Harris and Nissel executive produce with Gaspin and Tony Sabistina for Gaspin Media, along with Kassen. Sarah Adina is co-executive producer, and Omar Dzlieri, who inspired the project, serves as a consultant. 20th Century Fox TV co-produces with Gaspin Media and Like Minded Entertainment.
Dzlieri is a 27-year old writer/director from Philadelphia, who was born to a Russian-Jewish immigrant single mother.
Written by Fitzgerald, Harris and Nissel, who also will showrun, and based on a real-life story, Adapted follows 14-year-old Alex, who, after refusing to move from Las Vegas to Philadelphia so that his neglectful mother can re-marry yet again, convinces his African American neighbors to adopt him.
Fitzgerald, Harris and Nissel executive produce with Gaspin and Tony Sabistina for Gaspin Media, along with Kassen. Sarah Adina is co-executive producer, and Omar Dzlieri, who inspired the project, serves as a consultant. 20th Century Fox TV co-produces with Gaspin Media and Like Minded Entertainment.
Dzlieri is a 27-year old writer/director from Philadelphia, who was born to a Russian-Jewish immigrant single mother.
- 12/19/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Temple will play Faye opposite Mark Kassen as Johnny as a pair of hustlers who rob the decaying Moonlight Casino.
Celluloid Dreams has boarded world sales on Mickey Keating’s 1968-set Crooks, starring Juno Temple and Mark Kassen as a pair of hustlers operating in late-1960s Los Vegas.
The Paris-based company announced it was teaming with Like Minded Entertainment and Monte Rosso Productions on the production.
Iliana Nikolic, Kassen and Alexander Kushaev will produce with Celluloid selling International while 30West and CAA, which arranged the financing, are handling the Us.
Shooting will commence in summer 2018.
Temple will play Faye...
Celluloid Dreams has boarded world sales on Mickey Keating’s 1968-set Crooks, starring Juno Temple and Mark Kassen as a pair of hustlers operating in late-1960s Los Vegas.
The Paris-based company announced it was teaming with Like Minded Entertainment and Monte Rosso Productions on the production.
Iliana Nikolic, Kassen and Alexander Kushaev will produce with Celluloid selling International while 30West and CAA, which arranged the financing, are handling the Us.
Shooting will commence in summer 2018.
Temple will play Faye...
- 5/13/2018
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Black Mass star Juno Temple, Games of Thrones’ Lena Headey and Jobs’ Mark Kassen are to star in Crooks, the latest feature from rising star Mickey Keating.
Celluloid Dreams, the French film firm behind Steve Buscemi-fronted Lean On Pete, has teamed with Kassen’s Like Minded Entertainment and Monte Rosso Productions to co-finance the Las Vegas-set hustler drama.
The movie is set in sin city in 1968, where a pair of hustlers, Johnny, played by Kassen and Faye, played by Temple, rob the decaying Moonlight Casino. Faye double crosses Johnny and takes off with the money and is soon pursued by the oldest and deadliest assassin in town. Worse still, Faye meets Blanche, played by Headey, a friendly but crazy waitress, at a truck stop.
It is Keating’s latest feature following Psychopaths, Carnage Park and Darling. Iliana Nikolic, Mark Kassen and Alexander Kushaev will produce with Celluloid selling International and repping the U.
Celluloid Dreams, the French film firm behind Steve Buscemi-fronted Lean On Pete, has teamed with Kassen’s Like Minded Entertainment and Monte Rosso Productions to co-finance the Las Vegas-set hustler drama.
The movie is set in sin city in 1968, where a pair of hustlers, Johnny, played by Kassen and Faye, played by Temple, rob the decaying Moonlight Casino. Faye double crosses Johnny and takes off with the money and is soon pursued by the oldest and deadliest assassin in town. Worse still, Faye meets Blanche, played by Headey, a friendly but crazy waitress, at a truck stop.
It is Keating’s latest feature following Psychopaths, Carnage Park and Darling. Iliana Nikolic, Mark Kassen and Alexander Kushaev will produce with Celluloid selling International and repping the U.
- 5/13/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Arriving today on VOD is Psychopaths, the latest movie from prolific genre filmmaker Mickey Keating, who has helmed six feature films over the last six years, and currently serves as the host for the Shudder exclusive series, The Core. Psychopaths follows various storylines on one fateful night as murder and mayhem take over the streets, and features performances from Ashley Bell, Larry Fessenden, Mark Kassen, Angela Trimbur, Josh Ethier, Jeremy Gardner, and Jeff Daniel Phillips, who serves as the film’s narrator.
Daily Dead recently chatted with Keating about his evolution as a filmmaker over the last few years, making movies that celebrate movies, his new talk show on Shudder, and much more. Look for Psychopaths today on VOD, courtesy of Samuel Goldwyn Films.
Great to chat with you again, Mickey. I think what's really cool about your career is that with every film that you do, you can see...
Daily Dead recently chatted with Keating about his evolution as a filmmaker over the last few years, making movies that celebrate movies, his new talk show on Shudder, and much more. Look for Psychopaths today on VOD, courtesy of Samuel Goldwyn Films.
Great to chat with you again, Mickey. I think what's really cool about your career is that with every film that you do, you can see...
- 1/2/2018
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
She can tell a killer joke, but don't let her sense of humor fool you, because Ashley Bell's unhinged character is quite deadly in Mickey Keating's new movie. Following a December theatrical release (including a screening that featured a Q&A hosted by our own Heather Wixson), Psychopaths will be unleashed on VOD beginning January 2nd by Samuel Goldwyn Films, and we've been provided with an exclusive clip featuring Bell's character, Alice, to share with Daily Dead readers.
Get a look at Ashley Bell's polite yet perilous role of Alice in the exclusive clip below (this is one character you don't want to upset), and in case you missed it, read our own Patrick Bromley's Cinepocalypse review of Psychopaths.
Synopsis: "The paths of multiple serial killers cross over one single, blood soaked night. Which psychopath will survive through to morning? Follow the soul of a recently executed serial killer...
Get a look at Ashley Bell's polite yet perilous role of Alice in the exclusive clip below (this is one character you don't want to upset), and in case you missed it, read our own Patrick Bromley's Cinepocalypse review of Psychopaths.
Synopsis: "The paths of multiple serial killers cross over one single, blood soaked night. Which psychopath will survive through to morning? Follow the soul of a recently executed serial killer...
- 12/29/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Before she hosts a live Q&A at the December 12th Los Angeles screening of Hounds of Love, we're excited to announce that Daily Dead Managing Editor Heather Wixson will be taking the stage in Hollywood at the Arena Cinelounge theatre to host a live Q&A with the cast and crew of Mickey Keating's new horror film, Psychopaths.
Ahead of the film's January 2nd VOD release, Psychopaths is coming to theaters on Friday, December 1st courtesy of Samuel Goldwyn Films. The theatrical rollout includes a special 7:50pm Pst screening of Psychopaths at the Arena Cinelounge arthouse theatre in Hollywood, followed by Heather's live Q&A with writer/director Mickey Keating and stars Ashley Bell, Mark Kassen, and Ivana Shein.
To purchase tickets and to learn more about this special screening of Psychopaths, visit the official website for Arena Cinelounge, as well as their event page on Facebook.
Ahead of the film's January 2nd VOD release, Psychopaths is coming to theaters on Friday, December 1st courtesy of Samuel Goldwyn Films. The theatrical rollout includes a special 7:50pm Pst screening of Psychopaths at the Arena Cinelounge arthouse theatre in Hollywood, followed by Heather's live Q&A with writer/director Mickey Keating and stars Ashley Bell, Mark Kassen, and Ivana Shein.
To purchase tickets and to learn more about this special screening of Psychopaths, visit the official website for Arena Cinelounge, as well as their event page on Facebook.
- 11/30/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
It’s hard to reject a film as having no substance when its narrator apologizes for that very fact. Was its hollowness therefore an intentional commentary on the empty nihilistic void that we call life or was the filmmaker throwing us for a “meta” loop with a tongue-in-cheek laugh that knowingly commends our having sat through it in its entirety nonetheless? In this vein Mickey Keating’s Psychopaths could be profound or worthless. It could be a full-fledged movie that seeks to entertain in its gratuity or a feature length experiment with kill shots and psychedelic filters to be used in subsequent projects containing a bit more meat on their bones. You can like it or hate it or — like me — appreciate the ride despite its lack of reward.
I’m the latter because I must applaud Keating for making me believe something was coming, some purposeful “a-ha” moment transcending...
I’m the latter because I must applaud Keating for making me believe something was coming, some purposeful “a-ha” moment transcending...
- 11/30/2017
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Serial killers from all walks of life intersect in the eerie new trailer for Mickey Keating's Psychopaths, coming to theaters and VOD platforms this December and January, respectively.
Synopsis: "The paths of multiple serial killers cross over one single, blood soaked night. Which psychopath will survive through to morning? Follow the soul of a recently executed serial killer as he descends back to earth and possesses his many followers beneath the full moon. There’s Alice, an escaped mental patient who thinks she’s living in the 1950s glamour world, Blondie, a beautiful seductress who lures men down into her suburban basement, the Midnight Strangler, first seen claiming a victim in a seedy hotel, and an enigmatic masked contract killer who stalks the city with his own deadly agenda."
Written and directed by Mickey Keating and executive produced by Larry Fessenden, Psychopaths stars Ashley Bell, James Landry Hébert, Mark Kassen,...
Synopsis: "The paths of multiple serial killers cross over one single, blood soaked night. Which psychopath will survive through to morning? Follow the soul of a recently executed serial killer as he descends back to earth and possesses his many followers beneath the full moon. There’s Alice, an escaped mental patient who thinks she’s living in the 1950s glamour world, Blondie, a beautiful seductress who lures men down into her suburban basement, the Midnight Strangler, first seen claiming a victim in a seedy hotel, and an enigmatic masked contract killer who stalks the city with his own deadly agenda."
Written and directed by Mickey Keating and executive produced by Larry Fessenden, Psychopaths stars Ashley Bell, James Landry Hébert, Mark Kassen,...
- 10/11/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Horror debuted in Tribeca; will open in January 2018.
Samuel Goldwyn Films has picked up North American rights to Mickey Keating’s horror film Psychopaths.
The distributor plans to release the latest horror film from Glass Eye Pix in theatres, on demand, and across digital platforms in January 2018.
Psychopaths debuted in Tribeca and tells the interwoven stories of five serial killers who converge over the course of one night. Ashley Bell stars with James Landry Hebert, Mark Kassen, Angela Trimbur, Ivana Shein, Jeremy Gardner, Sam Zimmerman, and Glass Eye Pix founder Larry Fessenden.
“It’s the most visually stunning array of cinematic brutality I’ve ever seen,” Peter Goldwyn, president of Samuel Goldwyn Films, said.
“To work with Samuel Goldwyn Films is an honour like no other,” Keating said. “Their passion to bring bold and innovative films out into the world is unparalleled and I am truly thrilled to be working with them to terrify audiences everywhere soon.”
Keating...
Samuel Goldwyn Films has picked up North American rights to Mickey Keating’s horror film Psychopaths.
The distributor plans to release the latest horror film from Glass Eye Pix in theatres, on demand, and across digital platforms in January 2018.
Psychopaths debuted in Tribeca and tells the interwoven stories of five serial killers who converge over the course of one night. Ashley Bell stars with James Landry Hebert, Mark Kassen, Angela Trimbur, Ivana Shein, Jeremy Gardner, Sam Zimmerman, and Glass Eye Pix founder Larry Fessenden.
“It’s the most visually stunning array of cinematic brutality I’ve ever seen,” Peter Goldwyn, president of Samuel Goldwyn Films, said.
“To work with Samuel Goldwyn Films is an honour like no other,” Keating said. “Their passion to bring bold and innovative films out into the world is unparalleled and I am truly thrilled to be working with them to terrify audiences everywhere soon.”
Keating...
- 8/16/2017
- ScreenDaily
Playing as part of FrightFest 2017is the new film from Mickey Keating, Psychopaths and we have a new one-sheet for ya! Dig it! Director: Mickey Keating. With: Ashley Bell, James Landry Hébert, Angela Trimbur, Larry Fessenden, Mark Kassen. USA 2017.… Continue Reading →
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- 7/10/2017
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
Psychopaths Written and Directed by: Mickey Keating Executive Producer: Larry Fessenden Producers: Jenn Wexler, William Day Frank, Mickey Keating, Cam McLellan, and Al Lewison Cinematographer: Mac Fisken Editor: Valerie Krulfeifer Starring: Ashley Bell, James Landry Hébert, Mark Kassen, Angela Trimbur, Larry Fessenden, Jeremy Gardner, Ivana Shein, Helen Rogers, and Sam Zimmerman Running Time: 85 minutes …
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- 4/13/2017
- by Horrornews.net
- Horror News
A suburban basement is home to a sadistic secret in the new clip for Mickey Keating's Psychopaths, making its world premiere this month at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Synopsis: "Set over the course of a single night, this psychedelic fever dream features an ensemble of maniacal characters, all interconnected by a series of violent coincidences and chance encounters. Part neo-noir, part slasher film, Psychopaths follows the soul of a recently executed serial killer, as it descends back to earth and possesses his many followers beneath the full moon."
Written and directed by Mickey Keating and executive produced by Larry Fessenden, Psychopaths stars Ashley Bell, James Landry Hébert, Mark Kassen, Angela Trimbur, Larry Fessenden, Jeremy Gardner, Ivana Shein, Helen Rogers, and Sam Zimmerman. Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more coverage on Keating's latest film.
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Synopsis: "Set over the course of a single night, this psychedelic fever dream features an ensemble of maniacal characters, all interconnected by a series of violent coincidences and chance encounters. Part neo-noir, part slasher film, Psychopaths follows the soul of a recently executed serial killer, as it descends back to earth and possesses his many followers beneath the full moon."
Written and directed by Mickey Keating and executive produced by Larry Fessenden, Psychopaths stars Ashley Bell, James Landry Hébert, Mark Kassen, Angela Trimbur, Larry Fessenden, Jeremy Gardner, Ivana Shein, Helen Rogers, and Sam Zimmerman. Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more coverage on Keating's latest film.
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- 4/12/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The 16th annual Tribeca Film Festival kicks off this April in New York, and horror fans attending the cinematic gathering have plenty of titles to look forward to, including the world premiere of Mickey Keating's Psychopaths.
From the Press Release: "Tribeca’s Midnight section is the destination for late night audiences to discover the best in psychological thriller, horror, sci-fi, and cult cinema. This year’s six selections offer new genre experiences for even the most extreme viewer.
Devil's Gate, directed by Clay Staub, written by Peter Aperlo, Clay Staub. (Canada, USA) - World Premiere, Narrative. Struggling to overcome a recent professional tragedy, a tough-as-nails FBI agent (Amanda Schull) relocates to a small North Dakota town to investigate the disappearance of a local woman and her young son. The search leads to the missing woman’s husband’s (Milo Ventimiglia) secluded farm, on which answers, new mysteries, and God-fearing terrors await.
From the Press Release: "Tribeca’s Midnight section is the destination for late night audiences to discover the best in psychological thriller, horror, sci-fi, and cult cinema. This year’s six selections offer new genre experiences for even the most extreme viewer.
Devil's Gate, directed by Clay Staub, written by Peter Aperlo, Clay Staub. (Canada, USA) - World Premiere, Narrative. Struggling to overcome a recent professional tragedy, a tough-as-nails FBI agent (Amanda Schull) relocates to a small North Dakota town to investigate the disappearance of a local woman and her young son. The search leads to the missing woman’s husband’s (Milo Ventimiglia) secluded farm, on which answers, new mysteries, and God-fearing terrors await.
- 3/3/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Relativity Media is launching a new indie label named R2 Entertainment which will aim to develop lower-budget platform releases, TheWrap has learned. Mark Kassen will serve as the label’s co-president and hopes to release a variety of films with budgets under $15 million. Relativity Motion Picture & Television Group President Dana Brunetti will head to this year’s Toronto International Film Festival along with Kassen and an acquisitions team to find new product. R2 Entertainment will also be involved in short-form digital projects, virtual reality and brand integration. Also Read: Relativity's 'The Crow' Reboot to Begin Production in January (Exclusive) The launch of the indie arm.
- 9/8/2016
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Sometimes it takes the experience of embarking on a spirited adventure, and encountering a diverse group of people, to truly realize and appreciate the simple beauty of life. That’s certainly the case with the protagonist in the new drama, ‘Dark Around the Stars,’ who only learns how to embrace his troubled soul after he embarks on an enlightening journey. In honor of that soulful realization, Shockya has an exclusive new clip from the film, which is titled ‘Train Chicken.’ In the new clip, actor Mark Kassen’s emotionally struggling lead character, Glen, picks up a hitchhiker on the highway. Glen asks his new passenger if he wants to go four wheeling [ Read More ]
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- 5/13/2016
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Filmmaker Mickey Keating, an indie-horror workhorse who churns out films quicker than SyFy and their Sharknado obsession, has even more updates out of South By Southwest on his new film, the simply-titled Psychopaths.
To this point, we know who the cast is comprised of, and it’s a venerable wealth of genre riches. As announced so far, actors include Mark Kassen, James Landry Hébert, Ivana Shein, Ashley Bell, Angela Trimbur, Jeremy Gardner, Helen Rogers, Graham Skipper, Matt Mercer, Sam Zimmerman, and Larry Fessenden. This is common knowledge, but what comes next is a little taste of the film’s body and soul.
While chatting with Keating about his SXSW Midnighter, Carnage Park, he let me know what to expect from Psychopaths:
…I wanted to make Psychopaths ultra-glamorous, and really colorful. All about composition and camera-movement as much as it’s about the characters. We looked to movies like Dressed To Kill,...
To this point, we know who the cast is comprised of, and it’s a venerable wealth of genre riches. As announced so far, actors include Mark Kassen, James Landry Hébert, Ivana Shein, Ashley Bell, Angela Trimbur, Jeremy Gardner, Helen Rogers, Graham Skipper, Matt Mercer, Sam Zimmerman, and Larry Fessenden. This is common knowledge, but what comes next is a little taste of the film’s body and soul.
While chatting with Keating about his SXSW Midnighter, Carnage Park, he let me know what to expect from Psychopaths:
…I wanted to make Psychopaths ultra-glamorous, and really colorful. All about composition and camera-movement as much as it’s about the characters. We looked to movies like Dressed To Kill,...
- 3/17/2016
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Casting news for Mickey Keating’s Psychopaths was revealed and we have details on this story and more in today’s round-up. Also: Love is Dead Kickstarter details, a Q&A with Decay director Joey Wartnerchaney, Image Expo guests, and release information for a new young adult Buffy book from Dark Horse.
Psychopaths: Press Release: “(Los Angeles, CA – 16 March 2016) – ScreenDaily broke the exclusive late last night, revealing that Ashley Bell (Carnage Park, The Last Exorcism), Angela Trimbur (Trash Fire, The Final Girls), Mark Kassen (Alone, Jobs), Ivana Shein (Meadowland, The Woods), and James Landry Hébert (HBO’s “Westworld”, Gangster Squad) are to headline Mickey Keating’s fifth feature, which wrapped principal photography Friday, March 4th, in Los Angeles, CA. They join previously-announced cast members Jeremy Gardner (The Battery, Spring), Helen Rogers (Body, V/H/S), and Larry Fessenden (In A Valley Of Violence, You’Re Next) in the latest genre pic from Keating.
Psychopaths: Press Release: “(Los Angeles, CA – 16 March 2016) – ScreenDaily broke the exclusive late last night, revealing that Ashley Bell (Carnage Park, The Last Exorcism), Angela Trimbur (Trash Fire, The Final Girls), Mark Kassen (Alone, Jobs), Ivana Shein (Meadowland, The Woods), and James Landry Hébert (HBO’s “Westworld”, Gangster Squad) are to headline Mickey Keating’s fifth feature, which wrapped principal photography Friday, March 4th, in Los Angeles, CA. They join previously-announced cast members Jeremy Gardner (The Battery, Spring), Helen Rogers (Body, V/H/S), and Larry Fessenden (In A Valley Of Violence, You’Re Next) in the latest genre pic from Keating.
- 3/17/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Yesterday Screen Daily announced more cast members for Mickey Keating's Psychopaths, his fifth film whch just wrapped up principal photography in Los Angeles. The first cast members already announced included Jeremy Gardner (The Battery, Spring), Helen Rogers (Body, V/H/S), and Larry Fessenden (We Are Still Here, You're Next). Last night's report annoucned that Ashley Bell (Carange Park, The Last Exorcism), Angela Trimbur (The Final Girls), Mark Kassen (Jobs), Ivana Shein (Meadowland), and James Landry Hébert (Carnage Park) are to headline Mickey Keating’s fifth feature. Psychopaths is a sprawling, psychedelic ensemble piece that follows several serial killers over the course of a single night. The film is written and directed by Keating, who previously wrote and directed Ritual (Lionsgate / After Dark Films),...
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- 3/16/2016
- Screen Anarchy
On Monday we got the early casting details for Mickey Keating’s latest film, Psychopaths, and today a few more names have been provided to fill out what was already a pretty impressive roster. Per Screen Daily, Mark Kassen (pictured below;… Continue Reading →
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- 3/16/2016
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
Exclusive: The director of Sundance selection Carnage Park has unveiled the cast on his fifth feature, which recently wrapped principal photography.
Ashley Bell, Angela Trimbur, Mark Kassen, Ivana Shein, and James Landry Hébert (pictured) have joined previously announced Jeremy Gardner, Helen Rogers, and Larry Fessenden.
Keating wrote and directed Psychopaths, which follows several serial killers over the course of a single night.
Jenn Wexler produced alongside William Day Frank, Keating, and Cam McLellan and Al Lewison for Bad Camal. Fessenden serves as executive producer for Glass Eye Pix.
Keating’s most recent film Carnage Park premiered in Park City in January and is sold internationally by Content Media. The film-maker’s credits include Ritual, Pod, and Darling.
Ashley Bell, Angela Trimbur, Mark Kassen, Ivana Shein, and James Landry Hébert (pictured) have joined previously announced Jeremy Gardner, Helen Rogers, and Larry Fessenden.
Keating wrote and directed Psychopaths, which follows several serial killers over the course of a single night.
Jenn Wexler produced alongside William Day Frank, Keating, and Cam McLellan and Al Lewison for Bad Camal. Fessenden serves as executive producer for Glass Eye Pix.
Keating’s most recent film Carnage Park premiered in Park City in January and is sold internationally by Content Media. The film-maker’s credits include Ritual, Pod, and Darling.
- 3/15/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
"Before We Go" (September 4)(Film Page) Director: Chris Evans Cast: Chris Evans, Alice Eve, Mark Kassen, Emma Fitzpatrick Criticwire Average: C Why is it a "Must See"? Chris Evans has spent the past several years immersed in the blockbuster Marvel Cinematic Universe, thanks to his career-making role as Captain America, but he's scaling way back and revealing a more sensitive side for his directorial debut, "Before We Go." The film premiered last year at Tiff and stars Evans and Alice Eve as Pete and Abby, two strangers who run into one another at Grand Central Station after the latter gets stranded. When Pete offers to help Abby find her way in the city, the two wind up adventuring around New York and finding romance over the course of one fateful night. Evans and Eve's natural charm in front of the camera has served him well in the past, which leads...
- 9/1/2015
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Sneak Peek first-time director Chris Evans' new romance feature "Before We Go", starring Evans (aka 'Captain America' in the 'Marvel Cinematic Universe') and Alice Eve ("Star Trek Into Darkness"), opening September 4, 2015:
"...a young woman in New York City races to catch the 1:30 train to Boston.
"On the way she is robbed, finding herself lost in the dark underbelly of New York at night with nothing and no one..."
Cast also includes Mark Kassen, Emma Fitzpatrick, Daniel Spink and Elijah Moreland.
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"...a young woman in New York City races to catch the 1:30 train to Boston.
"On the way she is robbed, finding herself lost in the dark underbelly of New York at night with nothing and no one..."
Cast also includes Mark Kassen, Emma Fitzpatrick, Daniel Spink and Elijah Moreland.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Before We Go"...
- 7/24/2015
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Read More: Review: 'Playing It Cool' Starring Chris Evans, Michelle Monaghan, Topher Grace, Aubrey Plaza, Luke Wilson, & More Chris Evans is taking a step away from "Captain America" and showing his sensitive side for his directorial debut "Before We Go," which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival last year. In the film, Evans stars as Pete, who runs into Abby (Alice Eve) at Grand Central Station after she becomes stranded. As Pete tries to help her, the two wind up spending the night adventuring through New York City and finding romance along the way. "Before We Go" also stars Mark Kassen and Emma Fitzpatrick. The film will hit VOD on July 21 and will premiere in select theaters on September 4. Check out the trailer above, courtesy of Yahoo! Movies Read More: Chris Evans on the VOD Release of 'Snowpiercer': 'I Absolutely Think the Movie Should Be Seen...
- 7/20/2015
- by Kaeli Van Cott
- Indiewire
Los Cabos International Film Festival took place this month of November. It was a brave move to keep it going after Cabo had been so hard hit by Hurricane Odile with winds of 125mph less than a month earlier. The vast destruction in our part of town was quickly being repaired though traces remained visible and repairs still to be done necessitated cutting the normal invitation list by half and doubling up hotel rooms for a few unlucky journalists. That being said, there were 15,000 attending the festival. Volunteers wore the worthy words on their t-shirts: #Unstoppable, and they were that.
For all the infrastructure problems of the city in the midst of rebuilding itself, the festival seemed to thrive with all sorts of invitees showing up from all over the world. It seemed like gala events, panels, master classes, coproduction meetings, works in progress, screenings and interviews were constantly taking place. It was a great team and we all felt part of it.
The festival is overseen by the executive board members Eduardo Sánchez Navarro, Alfonso Pascal Barcenas, Scott Cross and Sean Cross (who also founded Vail Film Festival) and is organized by the festival team of Alonso Aguilar (General Director), Alejandra Paulin (General Coordinator) - who was a great market director in Guadajalara before coming here, Maru Garzon (Head of Programming), Ana Molinar Trujillo (Communication Manager), and Monica Herrera (Film Programmer). My friend from Guadalajara, normally an English teacher, Fabian Cruz was also there working for the festival.
When Eduardo Sánchez Navarro Redo remembers how he first came to Los Cabos, there is no doubt in his mind that destiny and luck played an important part. When he married his wife 30 years ago, he decided to travel along the entire Pacific Coast, from Acapulco to Mazatlan, where he crossed over to La Paz eventually driving to Los Cabos. The beauty of the area impressed him and it was during this trip that he and his wife decided to buy a vacation home in Los Cabos, thus beginning a distinguished career as a principal player and developer of what is Los Cabos today. Over the course of more than 20 years, his company, Grupo Questro, has emerged as one of the most highly respected developers in all of Mexico. He, together with Juan Gallardo Thurlow, Scott Cross, and Sean Cross, founded the festival in 2012.
My job as a journalist was to explore and write, hard to do when you are having such fun 24/7. We journalists were all in one hotel where we were given space and time to bond. Travel writers mixed with trade writers: from Film Journal David Noh, whose article is worth sharing here, my colleagues Peter Rainer from NPR and Christian Science Monitor, Anne Thompson from Thompson on Hollywood on Indiewire, Godfrey Cheshire of RogerEbert.com and many others met and mixed. Also Ira Deutchman of Colombia University Film School and Emerging Pictures and Robin Brock of Creative Coalition were there with time to share dinners.
The filmmakers, in another hotel, mixed by day and at the communal lunches and parties. I will write more on them in an upcoming blog! After all, filmmakers are the backbone of our industry. Without them, we have nothing!
The agents, mostly from CAA, were placed in another hotel, luxurious and far away. As someone said, Cabos is like Cannes, only in November. If so, perhaps they were at the Eden Roc in Cap d’Antibes. (Actually they were at Hacienda Beach Club & Residences) CAA has always been an honored part of this festival. I have heard that that is because someone with lots of money from Mexico invests it in cinema through CAA and even started the festival. That is, however, pure conjecture. Under the guidance of CAA agent, Micah Green, people can be assured that the directions he sees and the decisions he makes about investing private individuals' capital into filmed entertainment is priceless. I could think of no one I would trust more --in this untrustworthy business we are in-- than Micah.
At least two other agents – Bec Smith and Rena Ronson from UTA -- were also there. Rena and Micah were on the Film Financing Panel moderated by Variety’s expert in all things Iberoamerican and my idol, John Hopewell. Other participants on the Film Finance Panel were Jonathan King, Evp of Production at Jeff Skoll’s Participant Media whose partnership with Canana formed Participant PanAmerican production fund. “No” by Pablo Lorrain was their first investment. Pp also financed "El Ardor" which played in Cannes and “Cesar Chavez”, directed by Diego Luna. Also on the panel were Mark Musselman of Canada’s 10X2yinc, the exec producer of “Eastern Promises” and most recently of “Remember” by Atom Egoyan which was also produced by Robert Lantos and son, also in Los Cabos. It went into production in 2014 and is tipped for Cannes. Other panelists included Raul Del Alto of Mexico’s Ag Studios (Itaca Films Mexico, Itaca Films USA, Itaca Films Colombia and Itaca Filkms Brazil, and Rena Ronson of UTA who, like Micah Green of CAA focuses on global film finance, distribution and marketing strategies for Independents and co-financed features and is fluent in Spanish because of her long time experience with Latin America.
At one point I looked up and found the European fund chiefs there as well, Laufey Gudjonsdottir from Iceland (where Interstellar was filmed), Katriel Schory from Israel Film Fund and Edith Sepp-Dallas from the Estonian Film Institute. They were there for Bpx. Best Practice Exchange is an initiative that brings together the leaders of film funding agencies from across the world to take part in high-level-workshops – one or two each year – designed to promote new standards of excellence in the provision of public funding for the support of film production, development and distribution. The aim of Bpx is to ensure that policies and procedures adopted by film funding agencies will act together, positively and proactively, to stimulate and sustain practices of international coproduction and cofinancing worldwide.
Triggered by the situation in which filmmaking outside the main production centers of Hollywood and Bollywood now finds itself, Bpx was created by Simon Perry, president of Ace (Ateliers du Cinéma Européen), in collaboration with Katriel Schory, executive director of the Israel Film Fund. It held its first workshop in February 2013 in Israel, and two further workshops in Toronto (September 2013) and Berlin (February 2014) and this was the third! Bravo!
Among the Mexican, Canadian and U.S. films that showed, the winners were as follow:
Mexico First
Mexico First winning film was ¨Llevate mis amores” ("All of Me") by Arturo Gonzalez. The film narrates the story of the generosity of the women of Las Patronas who feed the immigrants who ride La Bestia. The director was awarded a cash Prize of Usd $15,000. This film made me cry. I thought of it again when reading the L.A. Times article about the murder of Adrian Rodriguez and his assistant, Mexican good Samaritans who dedicated their scarce resources to feeding Central American migrants passing by on La Bestia, which is what the women in this movie do. And one of the women was at the festival too.
Los Cabos Competition
The Los Cabos Competition winner was “Güeros” by Alonso Ruizpalacios, also a winner at the Berlinale, Jerusalem Film Festival, Tribeca, Toronto and San Sebastian. Being sold internationally by Mundial, the joint venture of Canana (again!) and Im Global, the film has sold to Kino Lorber for U.S., Cannibal for Mexico, Dreams Hill for Italy, Noori for So. Korea and Maison Motion for Taiwan … "Güeros" is the undeniable triumph of a nouveau director who dares to pay homage the French New Wave on a wild detective hunt through Mexico City. In light of the 43 murdered students, this film, about students on strike, strikes a chord within the watcher. The film´s producer won a Usd $15,000 cash prize.
Work In Progress Mexico
The second Work in Progress Mexico prize was awarded to "Los Herederos," by Jorge Hernandez, a film that describes adolescent effervescence and idleness through a group of friends who spend their vacations adrenaline-seeking through parties, sex and alcohol. The winner received a Usd $10,000 cash prize.
Mexico-usa-canada Co-production Forum
The winner of the first Mexico- USA- Canada Co-production Forum was also announced: "Afronauts" by Frances Bodomo, based on the real life story of the Academia Nacional de Ciencias, Investigación Espacial e Investigación Astronómica of Zambia. Writer- Director Frances Bodomo received a Usd $8,000 cash prize. It also received funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Mexico First: Fox +
In its second year running the México Primero: Fox+ chose one of the films that participated to have its distribution rights pre-bought for the Latin American and Caribbean (Except Brazil) markets. The México Primero: Fox+ prize consists of Usd $40,000 and was awarded to Isaac Ezban´s "El Incidente" ("The Incident"), two M.C. Escher-maze-like parallel stories about characters trapped in illogical endless spaces: two brothers and a detective locked on an infinite staircase, and a family locked on an infinite road… for a very long time. The international sales agent, Shoreline, will be showing the film at Ventana Sur December 3rd at 17:00 at Cinemark 3.
Work In Progress Mexico Fox +
In its second year running as well, Work in Progress México Fox+ selected a participating film to have its distribution rights pre-bought for the Latin American and Caribbean (Except Brazil) markets. The Usd $30,000 prize was awarded to Katina Medina Mora’s "Sabras que hacer conmigo" aka "En Contraluz", produced by Gerardo Gatica and Alberto Muffelmann.
Work In Progress Mexico Chemistry
This Third edition of the Festival also witnessed the first Work In Progress México –Chemistry award. Chemistry post-production studios granted the winner, Jorge Hernandez’s "Los Herederos", $45,000 Usd in color correction services.
Mexico – USA – Canada Splendor Omnia Mantarraya Co-production Forum
On its first year running, the Coproduction Forum Mexico- USA- Canada Splendor Omnia – MANTArraya will be granting a $30,000 Usd equivalent prize worth 40 hours of color correction, 40 hours of sound mixing, as well as a paid stay in Tepoztlan Morelos, site of their studios, to the winner "Afronauts" by Francez Bodomo (U.S.).
The key phrase to understanding Cabo is "Seeing what the neighbors do" as the festival and market connects Canada, U,S, and Mexico in showing of films and exploring coproduction. And the mixing of filmmakers and journalists from all three Americas was exciting in the possibilities it offered to everyone.
As for the hard-core business done there:
Mark Kassen will be directing "Criminal Empire for Dummies" written by Cliff Dorman. Kassen will also be producing the film along with James Gibb of Cutting Edge Group and Greg Hajdarowicz of Gremi Films. The deal took place at the exclusive resort Hacienda Beach Club & Residences and was reported by Variety.
Actor and producer Luis Gerardo Mendez ("Nosotros Los Nobles") signed a representation agreement with Paradigm. Reported by Variety. So I guess Paradigm also sent agents to Los Cabos.
Pat Saperstein of Variety also attended Los Cabos and scooped a story, that “Wolverine Hotel” from director Patricia Chica who was participating in the Coproduction Forum, is closing in on production with a "recent financing commitment from Jean-Guy Després, who will serve as exec producer. The edgy crime thriller is produced by Canada-based Byron Martin. Looking to cast a Latino actor as co-star, Chica met with rising Mexican thesp Luis Gerardo Mendez ('We Are the Nobles') during Afm though he has not yet been attached. 'A Latino star opens up a market', said Martin."
Celebrated producer Monica Lozano announced the launch of Alebrije Distribución. She has had her hand in 23 productions since her first film, "Amores Perros". "Instructions Not Included" the Us$ 5.5 million film that grossed Us$ 100 million worldwide was also her production. With this Pan-American initiative, the company will acquire distribution rights for the Latin and North American markets. Reported by Variety again!! You would think John was the only real reporter there. Pinske should be proud of him! Most of us got no scoops, but then, I guess we have to prove ourselves worthy - which I am not because at heart, I am not a reporter hunting for news, but rather a gatherer of information and a writer.
Speaking of Monica Lozano, the Germany-based international sales agent, Media Luna, acquired world rights to Internet Junkie, directed by Alexander Katzowicz and produced by Monica Lozano. Variety reports on this again!
"Yamaha 300", a participating project of the 1st Mexico – USA- Canada Coproduction Forum, produced by Valerium Arts (Mayra Espinosa y Jorge Michel Grau, producer and writer-director of the horror hit "Somos lo que hay" respectively, and Grau, the writer of the remake "We Are What We Are") and Uncorked Productions (Andrew Corkin, the producer of the horror film "What We Were"), will be one of the first projects to receive the development stage and postproduction support offered by The Good Film Fund, an initiative of Media Darling (Amy Darling) and The Chatanooga Film Festival. See Variety.
New York producer Dodgeville Films ("To Be Takei") will be joining Varios Lobos in Mexico to produce "Ya no estoy aquí", Fernando Frias’s second film, which was also a winner during Gabriel Figueroa Film Fund second edition. This film in the Coproduction Forum was reported on in Variety.
"Siete Horas" ("Seven Hours"), one of the winning projects of the second Gabriel Figueroa Film Fund edition, which will be directed by Chema Rodriguez and produced by Francisco Vargas, the renowned director of the film "El violin", made an alliance with the Spanish production companies Sin un Duro and Noodles Prods to co-produce the project. (Variety)
CineTren closed deals to handle Latin American distribution for Spring, a Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead film, whose Latin American Premiere was held at Los Cabos International Film Festival. Negotiations between Nate Bolotin and Marie Katz fromLos Angeles-based Xyz and Manuel Garcia from CineTren, took place at the Hotel Grand Solmar. Next time, I'll have to visit all the hotels!! See Variety article.
BH5 Group, which participates in the executive production of "Remember" by Atom Egoyan, will be working with Alonso Ruizpalacios, director of Güeros, in his second movie: Museo, a project that participated in the Ist Mexico- USA- Canada Co-production Forum. Even though Variety wrote about this, my blog on the three year old conglomerate of companies, BH5, was more complete:
BH5 Group Makes a Splash with Three Impressive Films at Los Cabos Int'l Film Fest
BH5, a conglomerate of five formerly independent production companies all run by various friends from the same film school, will be working the international markets much more. Besides the Toronto hit, Jodorowsky's "Dance of Reality", they are working with larger companies like Pathe now. Their work in progress, "You Will Know What To Do With Me" ("Sabras que hacer conmigo" aka "En Contraluz") which just won the The Usd $30,000 prize of Fox+, is seeking an international sales agent.
"Entrevero" by Max Zunino, also winner of the Gabriel Figueroa Film Fund second edition, was selected in the development project category by Ibermedia. See Variety.
And though Colombian Ciro Guerra, whose "The Wind Journeys" was produced by our German friends Roman Paul and Gerhard Meixner at Razor Film Production and by Burning Blue's prolific Diana Bustamente -- who is now also heading the Carthagena Film Festival -- showed in 2009 Cannes Un Certain Regard and was sold by Paris’ Elle Driver to 19 countries including Film Movement for U.S., announced to Variety's John Hopewell that his next film, "Embrace of the Serpent" will star U.S. actor Brionne Davis (“Savaged”) and Belgium’s Jan Bijvoet, the lead in Cannes Competition entry “Borgman” a really creepy dark comedy, he did not discuss his next project "Taganga" in the Coproduction Forum. "Taganga" is about a fisherman from a small village by the Colombian coast where many foreign-owned scuba diving centers have been established. A new law requiring local fisherman to change the motors of their boats forces him to earn quick money, so he chooses to dynamite to fish. The owner of the largest scuba diving center opposes this use of explosives. When the fisherman receives a death threat if he continues the dynamiting of fish, he assumes the center's owner is behind the threat. In order to prove it, he begins a series of fateful actions.
Finally, while it seems like Variety wrote all the news, I have one item which no one has reported on. Reese Witherspoon stated at her press conference in Los Cabos, where her film "Wild" premiered in a red carpet gala, that she is talking to Eugenio Derbez ("Instructions Not Included") to make a movie with him. I heard her say it and later spoke of this to Ben Odell (my next blog on Los Cabos features him). Ben (now partners with Eugenio at 3Pas Studios) said, Actually that would be a great idea but they had not spoken about it. However, they are both represented by CAA, so it would seem like a natural and really exciting pairing. After all, aren't "Legally Blond" and "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" the same film? She is certainly on a role as a producer with "Wild" and David Fincher's "Gone Girl" as he is with his U.S. career. The studios are all courting her now, she said. More to come on this...
For all the infrastructure problems of the city in the midst of rebuilding itself, the festival seemed to thrive with all sorts of invitees showing up from all over the world. It seemed like gala events, panels, master classes, coproduction meetings, works in progress, screenings and interviews were constantly taking place. It was a great team and we all felt part of it.
The festival is overseen by the executive board members Eduardo Sánchez Navarro, Alfonso Pascal Barcenas, Scott Cross and Sean Cross (who also founded Vail Film Festival) and is organized by the festival team of Alonso Aguilar (General Director), Alejandra Paulin (General Coordinator) - who was a great market director in Guadajalara before coming here, Maru Garzon (Head of Programming), Ana Molinar Trujillo (Communication Manager), and Monica Herrera (Film Programmer). My friend from Guadalajara, normally an English teacher, Fabian Cruz was also there working for the festival.
When Eduardo Sánchez Navarro Redo remembers how he first came to Los Cabos, there is no doubt in his mind that destiny and luck played an important part. When he married his wife 30 years ago, he decided to travel along the entire Pacific Coast, from Acapulco to Mazatlan, where he crossed over to La Paz eventually driving to Los Cabos. The beauty of the area impressed him and it was during this trip that he and his wife decided to buy a vacation home in Los Cabos, thus beginning a distinguished career as a principal player and developer of what is Los Cabos today. Over the course of more than 20 years, his company, Grupo Questro, has emerged as one of the most highly respected developers in all of Mexico. He, together with Juan Gallardo Thurlow, Scott Cross, and Sean Cross, founded the festival in 2012.
My job as a journalist was to explore and write, hard to do when you are having such fun 24/7. We journalists were all in one hotel where we were given space and time to bond. Travel writers mixed with trade writers: from Film Journal David Noh, whose article is worth sharing here, my colleagues Peter Rainer from NPR and Christian Science Monitor, Anne Thompson from Thompson on Hollywood on Indiewire, Godfrey Cheshire of RogerEbert.com and many others met and mixed. Also Ira Deutchman of Colombia University Film School and Emerging Pictures and Robin Brock of Creative Coalition were there with time to share dinners.
The filmmakers, in another hotel, mixed by day and at the communal lunches and parties. I will write more on them in an upcoming blog! After all, filmmakers are the backbone of our industry. Without them, we have nothing!
The agents, mostly from CAA, were placed in another hotel, luxurious and far away. As someone said, Cabos is like Cannes, only in November. If so, perhaps they were at the Eden Roc in Cap d’Antibes. (Actually they were at Hacienda Beach Club & Residences) CAA has always been an honored part of this festival. I have heard that that is because someone with lots of money from Mexico invests it in cinema through CAA and even started the festival. That is, however, pure conjecture. Under the guidance of CAA agent, Micah Green, people can be assured that the directions he sees and the decisions he makes about investing private individuals' capital into filmed entertainment is priceless. I could think of no one I would trust more --in this untrustworthy business we are in-- than Micah.
At least two other agents – Bec Smith and Rena Ronson from UTA -- were also there. Rena and Micah were on the Film Financing Panel moderated by Variety’s expert in all things Iberoamerican and my idol, John Hopewell. Other participants on the Film Finance Panel were Jonathan King, Evp of Production at Jeff Skoll’s Participant Media whose partnership with Canana formed Participant PanAmerican production fund. “No” by Pablo Lorrain was their first investment. Pp also financed "El Ardor" which played in Cannes and “Cesar Chavez”, directed by Diego Luna. Also on the panel were Mark Musselman of Canada’s 10X2yinc, the exec producer of “Eastern Promises” and most recently of “Remember” by Atom Egoyan which was also produced by Robert Lantos and son, also in Los Cabos. It went into production in 2014 and is tipped for Cannes. Other panelists included Raul Del Alto of Mexico’s Ag Studios (Itaca Films Mexico, Itaca Films USA, Itaca Films Colombia and Itaca Filkms Brazil, and Rena Ronson of UTA who, like Micah Green of CAA focuses on global film finance, distribution and marketing strategies for Independents and co-financed features and is fluent in Spanish because of her long time experience with Latin America.
At one point I looked up and found the European fund chiefs there as well, Laufey Gudjonsdottir from Iceland (where Interstellar was filmed), Katriel Schory from Israel Film Fund and Edith Sepp-Dallas from the Estonian Film Institute. They were there for Bpx. Best Practice Exchange is an initiative that brings together the leaders of film funding agencies from across the world to take part in high-level-workshops – one or two each year – designed to promote new standards of excellence in the provision of public funding for the support of film production, development and distribution. The aim of Bpx is to ensure that policies and procedures adopted by film funding agencies will act together, positively and proactively, to stimulate and sustain practices of international coproduction and cofinancing worldwide.
Triggered by the situation in which filmmaking outside the main production centers of Hollywood and Bollywood now finds itself, Bpx was created by Simon Perry, president of Ace (Ateliers du Cinéma Européen), in collaboration with Katriel Schory, executive director of the Israel Film Fund. It held its first workshop in February 2013 in Israel, and two further workshops in Toronto (September 2013) and Berlin (February 2014) and this was the third! Bravo!
Among the Mexican, Canadian and U.S. films that showed, the winners were as follow:
Mexico First
Mexico First winning film was ¨Llevate mis amores” ("All of Me") by Arturo Gonzalez. The film narrates the story of the generosity of the women of Las Patronas who feed the immigrants who ride La Bestia. The director was awarded a cash Prize of Usd $15,000. This film made me cry. I thought of it again when reading the L.A. Times article about the murder of Adrian Rodriguez and his assistant, Mexican good Samaritans who dedicated their scarce resources to feeding Central American migrants passing by on La Bestia, which is what the women in this movie do. And one of the women was at the festival too.
Los Cabos Competition
The Los Cabos Competition winner was “Güeros” by Alonso Ruizpalacios, also a winner at the Berlinale, Jerusalem Film Festival, Tribeca, Toronto and San Sebastian. Being sold internationally by Mundial, the joint venture of Canana (again!) and Im Global, the film has sold to Kino Lorber for U.S., Cannibal for Mexico, Dreams Hill for Italy, Noori for So. Korea and Maison Motion for Taiwan … "Güeros" is the undeniable triumph of a nouveau director who dares to pay homage the French New Wave on a wild detective hunt through Mexico City. In light of the 43 murdered students, this film, about students on strike, strikes a chord within the watcher. The film´s producer won a Usd $15,000 cash prize.
Work In Progress Mexico
The second Work in Progress Mexico prize was awarded to "Los Herederos," by Jorge Hernandez, a film that describes adolescent effervescence and idleness through a group of friends who spend their vacations adrenaline-seeking through parties, sex and alcohol. The winner received a Usd $10,000 cash prize.
Mexico-usa-canada Co-production Forum
The winner of the first Mexico- USA- Canada Co-production Forum was also announced: "Afronauts" by Frances Bodomo, based on the real life story of the Academia Nacional de Ciencias, Investigación Espacial e Investigación Astronómica of Zambia. Writer- Director Frances Bodomo received a Usd $8,000 cash prize. It also received funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Mexico First: Fox +
In its second year running the México Primero: Fox+ chose one of the films that participated to have its distribution rights pre-bought for the Latin American and Caribbean (Except Brazil) markets. The México Primero: Fox+ prize consists of Usd $40,000 and was awarded to Isaac Ezban´s "El Incidente" ("The Incident"), two M.C. Escher-maze-like parallel stories about characters trapped in illogical endless spaces: two brothers and a detective locked on an infinite staircase, and a family locked on an infinite road… for a very long time. The international sales agent, Shoreline, will be showing the film at Ventana Sur December 3rd at 17:00 at Cinemark 3.
Work In Progress Mexico Fox +
In its second year running as well, Work in Progress México Fox+ selected a participating film to have its distribution rights pre-bought for the Latin American and Caribbean (Except Brazil) markets. The Usd $30,000 prize was awarded to Katina Medina Mora’s "Sabras que hacer conmigo" aka "En Contraluz", produced by Gerardo Gatica and Alberto Muffelmann.
Work In Progress Mexico Chemistry
This Third edition of the Festival also witnessed the first Work In Progress México –Chemistry award. Chemistry post-production studios granted the winner, Jorge Hernandez’s "Los Herederos", $45,000 Usd in color correction services.
Mexico – USA – Canada Splendor Omnia Mantarraya Co-production Forum
On its first year running, the Coproduction Forum Mexico- USA- Canada Splendor Omnia – MANTArraya will be granting a $30,000 Usd equivalent prize worth 40 hours of color correction, 40 hours of sound mixing, as well as a paid stay in Tepoztlan Morelos, site of their studios, to the winner "Afronauts" by Francez Bodomo (U.S.).
The key phrase to understanding Cabo is "Seeing what the neighbors do" as the festival and market connects Canada, U,S, and Mexico in showing of films and exploring coproduction. And the mixing of filmmakers and journalists from all three Americas was exciting in the possibilities it offered to everyone.
As for the hard-core business done there:
Mark Kassen will be directing "Criminal Empire for Dummies" written by Cliff Dorman. Kassen will also be producing the film along with James Gibb of Cutting Edge Group and Greg Hajdarowicz of Gremi Films. The deal took place at the exclusive resort Hacienda Beach Club & Residences and was reported by Variety.
Actor and producer Luis Gerardo Mendez ("Nosotros Los Nobles") signed a representation agreement with Paradigm. Reported by Variety. So I guess Paradigm also sent agents to Los Cabos.
Pat Saperstein of Variety also attended Los Cabos and scooped a story, that “Wolverine Hotel” from director Patricia Chica who was participating in the Coproduction Forum, is closing in on production with a "recent financing commitment from Jean-Guy Després, who will serve as exec producer. The edgy crime thriller is produced by Canada-based Byron Martin. Looking to cast a Latino actor as co-star, Chica met with rising Mexican thesp Luis Gerardo Mendez ('We Are the Nobles') during Afm though he has not yet been attached. 'A Latino star opens up a market', said Martin."
Celebrated producer Monica Lozano announced the launch of Alebrije Distribución. She has had her hand in 23 productions since her first film, "Amores Perros". "Instructions Not Included" the Us$ 5.5 million film that grossed Us$ 100 million worldwide was also her production. With this Pan-American initiative, the company will acquire distribution rights for the Latin and North American markets. Reported by Variety again!! You would think John was the only real reporter there. Pinske should be proud of him! Most of us got no scoops, but then, I guess we have to prove ourselves worthy - which I am not because at heart, I am not a reporter hunting for news, but rather a gatherer of information and a writer.
Speaking of Monica Lozano, the Germany-based international sales agent, Media Luna, acquired world rights to Internet Junkie, directed by Alexander Katzowicz and produced by Monica Lozano. Variety reports on this again!
"Yamaha 300", a participating project of the 1st Mexico – USA- Canada Coproduction Forum, produced by Valerium Arts (Mayra Espinosa y Jorge Michel Grau, producer and writer-director of the horror hit "Somos lo que hay" respectively, and Grau, the writer of the remake "We Are What We Are") and Uncorked Productions (Andrew Corkin, the producer of the horror film "What We Were"), will be one of the first projects to receive the development stage and postproduction support offered by The Good Film Fund, an initiative of Media Darling (Amy Darling) and The Chatanooga Film Festival. See Variety.
New York producer Dodgeville Films ("To Be Takei") will be joining Varios Lobos in Mexico to produce "Ya no estoy aquí", Fernando Frias’s second film, which was also a winner during Gabriel Figueroa Film Fund second edition. This film in the Coproduction Forum was reported on in Variety.
"Siete Horas" ("Seven Hours"), one of the winning projects of the second Gabriel Figueroa Film Fund edition, which will be directed by Chema Rodriguez and produced by Francisco Vargas, the renowned director of the film "El violin", made an alliance with the Spanish production companies Sin un Duro and Noodles Prods to co-produce the project. (Variety)
CineTren closed deals to handle Latin American distribution for Spring, a Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead film, whose Latin American Premiere was held at Los Cabos International Film Festival. Negotiations between Nate Bolotin and Marie Katz fromLos Angeles-based Xyz and Manuel Garcia from CineTren, took place at the Hotel Grand Solmar. Next time, I'll have to visit all the hotels!! See Variety article.
BH5 Group, which participates in the executive production of "Remember" by Atom Egoyan, will be working with Alonso Ruizpalacios, director of Güeros, in his second movie: Museo, a project that participated in the Ist Mexico- USA- Canada Co-production Forum. Even though Variety wrote about this, my blog on the three year old conglomerate of companies, BH5, was more complete:
BH5 Group Makes a Splash with Three Impressive Films at Los Cabos Int'l Film Fest
BH5, a conglomerate of five formerly independent production companies all run by various friends from the same film school, will be working the international markets much more. Besides the Toronto hit, Jodorowsky's "Dance of Reality", they are working with larger companies like Pathe now. Their work in progress, "You Will Know What To Do With Me" ("Sabras que hacer conmigo" aka "En Contraluz") which just won the The Usd $30,000 prize of Fox+, is seeking an international sales agent.
"Entrevero" by Max Zunino, also winner of the Gabriel Figueroa Film Fund second edition, was selected in the development project category by Ibermedia. See Variety.
And though Colombian Ciro Guerra, whose "The Wind Journeys" was produced by our German friends Roman Paul and Gerhard Meixner at Razor Film Production and by Burning Blue's prolific Diana Bustamente -- who is now also heading the Carthagena Film Festival -- showed in 2009 Cannes Un Certain Regard and was sold by Paris’ Elle Driver to 19 countries including Film Movement for U.S., announced to Variety's John Hopewell that his next film, "Embrace of the Serpent" will star U.S. actor Brionne Davis (“Savaged”) and Belgium’s Jan Bijvoet, the lead in Cannes Competition entry “Borgman” a really creepy dark comedy, he did not discuss his next project "Taganga" in the Coproduction Forum. "Taganga" is about a fisherman from a small village by the Colombian coast where many foreign-owned scuba diving centers have been established. A new law requiring local fisherman to change the motors of their boats forces him to earn quick money, so he chooses to dynamite to fish. The owner of the largest scuba diving center opposes this use of explosives. When the fisherman receives a death threat if he continues the dynamiting of fish, he assumes the center's owner is behind the threat. In order to prove it, he begins a series of fateful actions.
Finally, while it seems like Variety wrote all the news, I have one item which no one has reported on. Reese Witherspoon stated at her press conference in Los Cabos, where her film "Wild" premiered in a red carpet gala, that she is talking to Eugenio Derbez ("Instructions Not Included") to make a movie with him. I heard her say it and later spoke of this to Ben Odell (my next blog on Los Cabos features him). Ben (now partners with Eugenio at 3Pas Studios) said, Actually that would be a great idea but they had not spoken about it. However, they are both represented by CAA, so it would seem like a natural and really exciting pairing. After all, aren't "Legally Blond" and "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" the same film? She is certainly on a role as a producer with "Wild" and David Fincher's "Gone Girl" as he is with his U.S. career. The studios are all courting her now, she said. More to come on this...
- 12/1/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Alonso Ruizpalacios’ acclaimed film prevailed as the Los Cabos International Film Festival came to a close at the weekend.
The awards were part of a flurry of events at the Mexican festival, which ran from November 12-16 and closed with the Mexican premiere of Richard Linklater’s Boyhood attended by stars Ellar Coltrane and Lorelei Linklater.
In other developments producer Monica Lozano announced the launch of Alebrije Distribucion, Media Luna took world rights to Alexander Katzowicz’s Internet Junkie and BH5 Group boarded Ruizpalacios’ Museo that participated in the first Mexico-usa-Canada Splendor Omnia – MANTArrava Co-Production Forum.
New York producer Dodgeville Films will join Varios Lobos in Mexico to produce Fernando Frias’ second film I’m No Longer Here (Ya No Estoy Aquí), one of the recipients of a $5,000 Gabriel Figueroa Film Fund grant. Spain’s Sin Un Duro and Noodles Prods have come on to co-produce another Gabriel Figueroa grant-winner, Chema Rodríguez’s Seven...
The awards were part of a flurry of events at the Mexican festival, which ran from November 12-16 and closed with the Mexican premiere of Richard Linklater’s Boyhood attended by stars Ellar Coltrane and Lorelei Linklater.
In other developments producer Monica Lozano announced the launch of Alebrije Distribucion, Media Luna took world rights to Alexander Katzowicz’s Internet Junkie and BH5 Group boarded Ruizpalacios’ Museo that participated in the first Mexico-usa-Canada Splendor Omnia – MANTArrava Co-Production Forum.
New York producer Dodgeville Films will join Varios Lobos in Mexico to produce Fernando Frias’ second film I’m No Longer Here (Ya No Estoy Aquí), one of the recipients of a $5,000 Gabriel Figueroa Film Fund grant. Spain’s Sin Un Duro and Noodles Prods have come on to co-produce another Gabriel Figueroa grant-winner, Chema Rodríguez’s Seven...
- 11/16/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The distributor has reunited with its Snowpiercer star and acquired Us rights to Chris Evans’ directorial debut.
Before We Go stars Evans and Alice Eve as strangers in New York who become close after a night of adventure forces them to take control of their lives.
RADiUS has scheduled a second quarter 2015 release after closing the deal with CAA and Wme Global for the filmmakers and James McGough and David Boyle on behalf of Wonderland.
Evans produced with Mark Kassen, McG, Mary Viola, Karen Baldwin, Howard Baldwin and William J Immerman. Wonderland financed the feature.
Relativity has dated The Woman In Black Sequel on January 30 2015 after its recent Us rights buy from Hammer and eOne.
The film takes place in the same house 40 years later when a group of children who are evacuated from London during the Second World War come to stay and awaken the house’s darkest inhabitants.
TWC-Dimension has acquired...
Before We Go stars Evans and Alice Eve as strangers in New York who become close after a night of adventure forces them to take control of their lives.
RADiUS has scheduled a second quarter 2015 release after closing the deal with CAA and Wme Global for the filmmakers and James McGough and David Boyle on behalf of Wonderland.
Evans produced with Mark Kassen, McG, Mary Viola, Karen Baldwin, Howard Baldwin and William J Immerman. Wonderland financed the feature.
Relativity has dated The Woman In Black Sequel on January 30 2015 after its recent Us rights buy from Hammer and eOne.
The film takes place in the same house 40 years later when a group of children who are evacuated from London during the Second World War come to stay and awaken the house’s darkest inhabitants.
TWC-Dimension has acquired...
- 9/11/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Update, 11:35 Am Pst: Radius has confirmed Deadline’s scoop for Before We Go. Below find the press release.
Previous Exclusive, 9:49 Am Pst: Radius has gotten on the Toronto deal-making board. I’m hearing the label is closing a low-seven-figure deal for U.S. rights to Before We Go, the film directed by and starring Captain America‘s Chris Evans. This comes after the successful multi-platform release of the Evans-starrer Snowpiercer.
Scripted by Ronald Bass, Jen Smolka, Chris Shafer, and Paul Vicknair, Before We Go also stars Alice Eve. Over the course of one night, two strangers form an unlikely bond based on the conflicts in their own lives. Pic is produced by Evans, McG, Mary Viola, Karen Baldwin and Howard Baldwin, Mark Kassen and Bill Immerman.
The film came into the festival playing the Special Presentations section and a lot of people really liked it. CAA and Wme...
Previous Exclusive, 9:49 Am Pst: Radius has gotten on the Toronto deal-making board. I’m hearing the label is closing a low-seven-figure deal for U.S. rights to Before We Go, the film directed by and starring Captain America‘s Chris Evans. This comes after the successful multi-platform release of the Evans-starrer Snowpiercer.
Scripted by Ronald Bass, Jen Smolka, Chris Shafer, and Paul Vicknair, Before We Go also stars Alice Eve. Over the course of one night, two strangers form an unlikely bond based on the conflicts in their own lives. Pic is produced by Evans, McG, Mary Viola, Karen Baldwin and Howard Baldwin, Mark Kassen and Bill Immerman.
The film came into the festival playing the Special Presentations section and a lot of people really liked it. CAA and Wme...
- 9/11/2014
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline
Weinstein boutique arm RADiUS-twc has picked up Us rights to "Before We Go," "Snowpiercer" star Chris Evans' directorial debut, at Tiff. Starring Evans and Alice Eve (of "Star Trek Into Darkness"), the film follows two strangers stuck overnight in New York City whose casual acquaintance grows into something deeper a la "Before Sunrise." "Before We Go" was produced by Evans, Mark Kassen, McG, Mary Viola, Karen Baldwin, Howard Baldwin and William J. Immerman. The executive producers are Peter Pastorelli, James McGough and Ron Bass - the latter of whom also wrote the screenplay with Jen Smolka, Chris Shafer and Paul Vicknair. RADiUS, which also handled "Snowpiercer" and has tapped something of an indie star in Evans, is eyeing a second quarter 2015 release.
- 9/11/2014
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Like many actors before him, Chris Evans is now stepping behind the camera for his directorial debut Before We Go. He also stars in the movie alongside Alice Eve, and they will play strangers who cross paths in New York's Grand Central Station and end up spending the night getting to know each other. It's set to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival later this month, and The Wall Street Journal recently caught up with the actor to ask if a future directing project will be with Marvel Studios. "So me and Mark Kassen, the guy who I brought on this movie, we were just talking like “what’s next?” I want to continue directing and he’s like “what size movie do you want to direct?” I don’t care. If I read the right script, if that script needs $5 million, if that script needs $50 million, I don’t care.
- 9/6/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
Rosemary's Baby
Christina Cole and legendary "For Your Eyes Only" Bond girl Carole Bouquet have signed on for NBC's four-hour miniseries adaptation of "Rosemary's Baby".
Bouquet plays Margaux Castevet, a sophisticated and beautiful Parisian socialite who befriends young Rosemary (Zoe Saldana), and Cole will play Julie, Rosemary’s spirited girlfriend. Patrick J. Adams and Jason Isaacs also star. [Source: Deadline]
Carol
Kyle Chandler ("The Wolf of Wall Street," "Zero Dark Thirty") has joined the cast of Todd Haynes' "Carol", an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's "The Price of Salt," for The Weinstein Company.
The story chronicles the burgeoning and tempestuous relationship between two very different women (Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara) in 1950s New York City. Chandler plays the jealous husband of Blanchett's character, a woman trapped in a dead marriage. [Source: Deadline]
Alone
Ivana Milicevic ("Banshee"), Mark Margolis ("The X-Files") and Meadow Williams ("The Harvest") have joined the cast of Matthew Coppola...
Christina Cole and legendary "For Your Eyes Only" Bond girl Carole Bouquet have signed on for NBC's four-hour miniseries adaptation of "Rosemary's Baby".
Bouquet plays Margaux Castevet, a sophisticated and beautiful Parisian socialite who befriends young Rosemary (Zoe Saldana), and Cole will play Julie, Rosemary’s spirited girlfriend. Patrick J. Adams and Jason Isaacs also star. [Source: Deadline]
Carol
Kyle Chandler ("The Wolf of Wall Street," "Zero Dark Thirty") has joined the cast of Todd Haynes' "Carol", an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's "The Price of Salt," for The Weinstein Company.
The story chronicles the burgeoning and tempestuous relationship between two very different women (Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara) in 1950s New York City. Chandler plays the jealous husband of Blanchett's character, a woman trapped in a dead marriage. [Source: Deadline]
Alone
Ivana Milicevic ("Banshee"), Mark Margolis ("The X-Files") and Meadow Williams ("The Harvest") have joined the cast of Matthew Coppola...
- 1/31/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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