Exclusive: The story of pool phenom Danny Basavich (aka Kid Delicious) is in the works for the small screen. Emmy-winning writer Todd Robinson (White Squall) and producer Rocky Lang have acquired Basavich’s life rights to develop an eight-episode limited series.
Basavich grew up in Manalapan Township, New Jersey. An innocuous kid turned international pool hustler, Basavich eventually had to turn his sights to professional pool when his impressive talent was exposed via the internet. No one would play him for money. He acquired the nickname Kid Delicious after defeating a player monickered Kid Vicious.
“Over two years ago, Robinson traveled to New Jersey to spend time with Danny and his family and has been staying in close contact with them since then in the hope of acquiring the much sought-after rights to this inspiring tale about the ultimate hustle,” said a representative for Robinson.
Robinson will write and direct...
Basavich grew up in Manalapan Township, New Jersey. An innocuous kid turned international pool hustler, Basavich eventually had to turn his sights to professional pool when his impressive talent was exposed via the internet. No one would play him for money. He acquired the nickname Kid Delicious after defeating a player monickered Kid Vicious.
“Over two years ago, Robinson traveled to New Jersey to spend time with Danny and his family and has been staying in close contact with them since then in the hope of acquiring the much sought-after rights to this inspiring tale about the ultimate hustle,” said a representative for Robinson.
Robinson will write and direct...
- 4/9/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Three years ago, filmmaker Rocky Lang received an unexpected note from an archivist at the motion picture academy's Margaret Herrick Library, telling him he'd found a letter from his father, agent-producer Jennings Lang.
"There before me was a letter written by my father in 1939 to [the literary agency] H.N. Swanson," Lang recalls. "He'd just gotten off the bus in Los Angeles, had a hundred bucks in his pocket and was looking for a job. It was amazing because later he had a big career as an agent, representing Joan Crawford and Humphrey ...
"There before me was a letter written by my father in 1939 to [the literary agency] H.N. Swanson," Lang recalls. "He'd just gotten off the bus in Los Angeles, had a hundred bucks in his pocket and was looking for a job. It was amazing because later he had a big career as an agent, representing Joan Crawford and Humphrey ...
- 9/27/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Three years ago, filmmaker Rocky Lang received an unexpected note from an archivist at the motion picture academy's Margaret Herrick Library, telling him he'd found a letter from his father, agent-producer Jennings Lang.
"There before me was a letter written by my father in 1939 to [the literary agency] H.N. Swanson," Lang recalls. "He'd just gotten off the bus in Los Angeles, had a hundred bucks in his pocket and was looking for a job. It was amazing because later he had a big career as an agent, representing Joan Crawford and Humphrey ...
"There before me was a letter written by my father in 1939 to [the literary agency] H.N. Swanson," Lang recalls. "He'd just gotten off the bus in Los Angeles, had a hundred bucks in his pocket and was looking for a job. It was amazing because later he had a big career as an agent, representing Joan Crawford and Humphrey ...
- 9/27/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
CBS is developing a currently untitled scripted limited series about the kidnapping of Patty Hearst.
Hearst, granddaughter of publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst, was abducted from her Berkeley apartment by terrorist group the Symbionese Liberation Army in 1974.
Hearst soon sympathised with her captors, making propaganda announcements for them and taking part in illegal activities. A 19-month FBI and police search finally led to her capture and trial.
Jonathan Tolins will pen and executive produce alongside Jonathan Koch, Steve Michaels, Rocky Lang and Joan Harrison.
Source: The Live Feed...
Hearst, granddaughter of publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst, was abducted from her Berkeley apartment by terrorist group the Symbionese Liberation Army in 1974.
Hearst soon sympathised with her captors, making propaganda announcements for them and taking part in illegal activities. A 19-month FBI and police search finally led to her capture and trial.
Jonathan Tolins will pen and executive produce alongside Jonathan Koch, Steve Michaels, Rocky Lang and Joan Harrison.
Source: The Live Feed...
- 6/10/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Real-life couple Anne Heche and James Tupper are set to star in the Lifetime original movie Girl Fight, their first on-screen pairing since the ABC dramedy series Men In Trees on which they met. Inspired by the true story of Florida cheerleader Victoria Lindsay, Girl Fight recounts the harrowing story of Tori Lindsay, a 16-year-old, stellar high school student whose life spirals downward when her "friends" brutally beat her up and then upload a video of the attack onto the Internet. Heche and Tupper will play the girl's parents. David Craig (Flight 93), Linda Berman (Buffalo Dreams) and Rocky Lang (White Squall) are executive producing the movie, which was written by Benita Garvin and Teena Booth.
- 6/3/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Singer LeAnn Rimes is prepping to take her Grammy Award-winning talents to a new field -- the baseball field. Rimes is attached to star for director Rocky Lang ("Nervous Ticks") in "The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth," the first project from newly launched independent film outfit 'bel Films. The project, which is based on a true story, would see Rimes star as Tennessee native Jackie Mitchell, who, in 1931, became the only woman to strike out baseball legends Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig back-to-back, then was tossed out of the major leagues for being a woman. 'Bel Films, which will focus on family fare, was launched by Wall Street bond trader Joseph Burga. Joining Burga in the company are former Walt Disney Co. executive Peter McAlevey, who serves as West Coast president; East Coast vp Carolyn Dahm Mulrey; and Ivy Brooks, a creative associate in the Santa Monica office with McAlevey. Burga named the company after his 2-year-old daughter, Isabel, who was lost for nearly 12 hours in New York on Sept. 11 after the terrorist attacks. The ordeal led Burga to invest in the film business in hopes of providing entertainment to be enjoyed by entire families.
Singer LeAnn Rimes is prepping to take her Grammy Award-winning talents to a new field -- the baseball field. Rimes is attached to star for director Rocky Lang (Nervous Ticks) in The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth, the first project from newly launched independent film outfit 'bel Films. The project, which is based on a true story, would see Rimes star as Tennessee native Jackie Mitchell, who, in 1931, became the only woman to strike out baseball legends Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig back-to-back, then was tossed out of the major leagues for being a woman. 'Bel Films, which will focus on family fare, was launched by Wall Street bond trader Joseph Burga. Joining Burga in the company are former Walt Disney Co. executive Peter McAlevey, who serves as West Coast president; East Coast vp Carolyn Dahm Mulrey; and Ivy Brooks, a creative associate in the Santa Monica office with McAlevey. Burga named the company after his 2-year-old daughter, Isabel, who was lost for nearly 12 hours in New York on Sept. 11 after the terrorist attacks. The ordeal led Burga to invest in the film business in hopes of providing entertainment to be enjoyed by entire families.
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