Twenty years after “Bring It On” debuted, “Brr it’s cold in here” and “This is not a democracy, it’s a cheerocracy” have shown no signs of being shunted aside from the cultural lexicon.
But in the late ’90s when screenwriter Jessica Bendinger shopped her lengthy 120-page script around Hollywood, every major studio passed on making a teen movie about cheerleaders. She was about to give up hope that the Rancho Carne Toros and the East Compton Clovers would get their due on the big screen when producers at Beacon Pictures fell in love with the screenplay and agreed to make the movie. (Universal Pictures ended up distributing the film in theaters.)
Despite the initial reluctance of many executives, “Bring It On” became a hit when it was released in theaters on Aug. 25, 2000 — eventually grossing $90 million at the box office. The legacy of “Bring It On” extended far beyond that original movie,...
But in the late ’90s when screenwriter Jessica Bendinger shopped her lengthy 120-page script around Hollywood, every major studio passed on making a teen movie about cheerleaders. She was about to give up hope that the Rancho Carne Toros and the East Compton Clovers would get their due on the big screen when producers at Beacon Pictures fell in love with the screenplay and agreed to make the movie. (Universal Pictures ended up distributing the film in theaters.)
Despite the initial reluctance of many executives, “Bring It On” became a hit when it was released in theaters on Aug. 25, 2000 — eventually grossing $90 million at the box office. The legacy of “Bring It On” extended far beyond that original movie,...
- 8/21/2020
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
There was a lot of action that went on behind the scenes of "Bring It On." Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku, Gabrielle Union and Jesse Bradford appear in the new Reunions Issue of Entertainment Weekly, where they get candid about what really went down while filming the cheer classic. From the off-set parties, to hookups and that one time they maybe got arrested in Mexico -- we're getting major "Bring It On" dirt 15 years later. Resident hottie, Cliff Pantone (played by Bradford) had an on-screen relationship with Kirsten's character (Torrance Shipman) in the flick ... but did he get any action off-screen with Dunst or his other co-stars? "Did we hook up? Well, there was certainly a degree to which, walking around that set, I felt like a very lucky guy and got to meet a lot of very pretty girls who were interested in talking to me," Jesse told EW. The...
- 10/9/2015
- by tooFab Staff
- TooFab
Chicago – In our latest comedy edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 35 admit-two passes up for grabs to the Chicago screening of the new film “I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell” based on a true story and the best-selling book by Tucker Max!
“I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell” stars Matt Czuchry (as Tucker Max), Geoff Stults, Jesse Bradford, Keri Lynn Part, Marika Dominczyk and Traci Lords from director Bob Gosse.
To win your free pass to the advance screening of “I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell” in Chicago courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, all you need to do is answer our question below. That’s it! This screening will be held on Sept. 24, 2009 at 8 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.
“I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell” stars Matt Czuchry, Geoff Stults and Jesse Bradford.
“I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell” stars Matt Czuchry (as Tucker Max), Geoff Stults, Jesse Bradford, Keri Lynn Part, Marika Dominczyk and Traci Lords from director Bob Gosse.
To win your free pass to the advance screening of “I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell” in Chicago courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, all you need to do is answer our question below. That’s it! This screening will be held on Sept. 24, 2009 at 8 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.
“I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell” stars Matt Czuchry, Geoff Stults and Jesse Bradford.
- 9/16/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Megan Fox is set to star in Screen Gems' "The Crossing" which Pink Slip Pictures' Karen Firestone and Max Wong will be producing. Apparently, the story tells of a couple who are on their way back home from a vacation in Mexico when they are carjacked and the husband is kidnapped. Megan Fox plays the wife who is left to smuggle heroin over the border in an effort to save her loved one. Megan Fox is best known for her role in Michael Bay's "Transformers" which sees a sequel release ("Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen") on June 26th this year followed by a third film on July 1st, 2011. The Tennessee born actress is also in post-production phase for the Diablo Cody-written "Jennifer's Body" which Karyn KUsama is helming for Fox Atomic. ...
- 4/16/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Megan Fox is set to star in Screen Gems' "The Crossing" which Pink Slip Pictures' Karen Firestone and Max Wong will be producing. Apparently, the story tells of a couple who are on their way back home from a vacation in Mexico when they are carjacked and the husband is kidnapped. Megan Fox plays the wife who is left to smuggle heroin over the border in an effort to save her loved one. Megan Fox is best known for her role in Michael Bay's "Transformers" which sees a sequel release ("Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen") on June 26th this year followed by a third film on...
- 4/16/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Megan Fox is set to star in Screen Gems' "The Crossing" which Pink Slip Pictures' Karen Firestone and Max Wong will be producing. Apparently, the story tells of a couple who are on their way back home from a vacation in Mexico when they are carjacked and the husband is kidnapped. Megan Fox plays the wife who is left to smuggle heroin over the border in an effort to save her loved one. Megan Fox is best known for her role in Michael Bay's "Transformers" which sees a sequel release ("Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen") on June 26th this year followed by a third film on...
- 4/16/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Megan Fox (Transformers) has joined the Screen Gems' Mexican border thriller The Crossing. In the story, torn from the pages of today's headlines, a couple returning from a Mexican vacation are carjacked and the husband kidnapped. The wife (Fox) must smuggle heroin across the border in order to spring him.
Byron Willinger and Philip de Blasi penned the script.
Directors are meeting on the project, and production could begin as soon as July, reports the Risky Business Blog. Jeff Okin will produce with Pink Slip Pictures' Karen Firestone and Max Wong. Screen Gems president Clint Culpepper and senior VP of production Nick Phillips are overseeing for the studio.
Culpepper noted that Fox is ideal for the role of a woman who must be both victim and hero. The part "requires a vulnerability to make you care about her but a kind of strength to make you believe she...
Byron Willinger and Philip de Blasi penned the script.
Directors are meeting on the project, and production could begin as soon as July, reports the Risky Business Blog. Jeff Okin will produce with Pink Slip Pictures' Karen Firestone and Max Wong. Screen Gems president Clint Culpepper and senior VP of production Nick Phillips are overseeing for the studio.
Culpepper noted that Fox is ideal for the role of a woman who must be both victim and hero. The part "requires a vulnerability to make you care about her but a kind of strength to make you believe she...
- 4/16/2009
- CinemaSpy
Megan Fox is set to star as the lead in an upcoming thriller from Screen Gems called 'The Crossing'. The Crossing will follow a couple returning home from a Mexican Vacation get carjacked, and the husband is kidnapped. The wife (Played by Megan Fox) is forced to smuggle some heroin across the border in exchange for her husband. According to THR, Directors are still meeting with the studio on this one, but production is expected to get started by about July. Jeff Okin, Karen Firestone and Max Wong are all producing with Clint Culpepper and Nick Phillips overseeing everything ...
- 4/16/2009
- MoviesOnline.ca
Megan Fox is making a run for the border.
Screen Gems says the actress will star as the lead in the border thriller "The Crossing."
Byron Willinger and Philip de Blasi penned the pic, in which a couple returning from a Mexican vacation is carjacked and the husband kidnapped. The wife (Fox) must smuggle heroin across the border in order to spring him.
Directors are meeting on the project, and production could begin as soon as July. Jeff Okin will produce with Pink Slip Pictures’ Karen Firestone and Max Wong. Screen Gems president Clint Culpepper and senior vp production Nick Phillips are overseeing for the studio.
Screen Gems says the actress will star as the lead in the border thriller "The Crossing."
Byron Willinger and Philip de Blasi penned the pic, in which a couple returning from a Mexican vacation is carjacked and the husband kidnapped. The wife (Fox) must smuggle heroin across the border in order to spring him.
Directors are meeting on the project, and production could begin as soon as July. Jeff Okin will produce with Pink Slip Pictures’ Karen Firestone and Max Wong. Screen Gems president Clint Culpepper and senior vp production Nick Phillips are overseeing for the studio.
- 4/15/2009
- by By Steven Zeitchik
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Matt Czuchry, Jesse Bradford and Geoff Stults are raising their steins for "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell," the adaptation of the bawdy best-selling memoir of Tucker Max. Bob Gosse is directing.
Max rose to fame after launching TuckerMax.com in 2002, garnering millions of unique site visitors to read his short stories and a $300,000 advance for his alcohol-fueled memoir for Penguin Books.
The film, written by Max and Nils Parker, follows his trip to a friend's bachelor party, where he ensnares the groom in a lie that threatens the wedding, then abandons him to pursue further carnal knowledge. After being banned from the nuptials, Max attempts to get back into his friend's good graces.
Czuchry will play Tucker Max, marking the actor's first starring role in a feature film. Bradford and Stults will play Max's best friends.
Rounding out the cast are Keri Lynn Pratt (ABC's "Brothers & Sisters") and Denise Quinones ("The Bedford Diaries"). The film begins principal photography July 21 on location in Shreveport, La.
Darko Entertainment's Richard Kelly, Sean McKittrick and Ted Hamm along with Max and his partner Parker's Rudius Films. Max Wong and Karen Firestone of Pinkslip Pictures also will produce along with Aaron Ray of the Collective. Shaun Redick and Ray Mansfield of the Collective are executive producers.
Darko is financing "Beer in Hell," with the Collective handling the North American rights.
Czuchry ("Gilmore Girls") is repped by Gersh and the Collective.
Uta-repped Bradford recently completed Oliver Stone's "W" and next stars in horror thriller "The Echo." Bradford is also repped by Alchemy Entertainment.
Stults ("October Road") has "The Express" and "She's Out of My League" in the can. He is repped by Uta and the Collective.
Max rose to fame after launching TuckerMax.com in 2002, garnering millions of unique site visitors to read his short stories and a $300,000 advance for his alcohol-fueled memoir for Penguin Books.
The film, written by Max and Nils Parker, follows his trip to a friend's bachelor party, where he ensnares the groom in a lie that threatens the wedding, then abandons him to pursue further carnal knowledge. After being banned from the nuptials, Max attempts to get back into his friend's good graces.
Czuchry will play Tucker Max, marking the actor's first starring role in a feature film. Bradford and Stults will play Max's best friends.
Rounding out the cast are Keri Lynn Pratt (ABC's "Brothers & Sisters") and Denise Quinones ("The Bedford Diaries"). The film begins principal photography July 21 on location in Shreveport, La.
Darko Entertainment's Richard Kelly, Sean McKittrick and Ted Hamm along with Max and his partner Parker's Rudius Films. Max Wong and Karen Firestone of Pinkslip Pictures also will produce along with Aaron Ray of the Collective. Shaun Redick and Ray Mansfield of the Collective are executive producers.
Darko is financing "Beer in Hell," with the Collective handling the North American rights.
Czuchry ("Gilmore Girls") is repped by Gersh and the Collective.
Uta-repped Bradford recently completed Oliver Stone's "W" and next stars in horror thriller "The Echo." Bradford is also repped by Alchemy Entertainment.
Stults ("October Road") has "The Express" and "She's Out of My League" in the can. He is repped by Uta and the Collective.
- 7/8/2008
- by By Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- Tucker Max will adapt his bawdy best-seller "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell" into a big-screen comedy with director Bob Gosse.
"Hell", now No. 12 on the New York Times best-seller list after a three-year run, chronicles Max's alcohol-fueled true adventures. The film will follow his trip to a friend's bachelor party, where he ensnares the groom in a lie that threatens the wedding, then abandons him to pursue further carnal knowledge. After being banned from the nuptials, Max attempts to get back into his friend's good graces.
Pinkslip Pictures' Max Wong ("Bring It On") and Karen Firestone will produce with the Collective's Aaron Ray ("Big Momma's House"), Max and co-screenwriter Nils Parker. Gosse previously helmed "Niagara Niagara".
Max rose to fame after launching TuckerMax.com in 2002, garnering millions of unique site visitors to read his short stories and a $300,000 advance for his Penguin Books memoir.
But Max's road to the screen has been a long one. In 2003, he sold a TV pilot based on his site and book to Fox and then NBC, but rights quickly reverted back to him after a regime change.
"Hell", now No. 12 on the New York Times best-seller list after a three-year run, chronicles Max's alcohol-fueled true adventures. The film will follow his trip to a friend's bachelor party, where he ensnares the groom in a lie that threatens the wedding, then abandons him to pursue further carnal knowledge. After being banned from the nuptials, Max attempts to get back into his friend's good graces.
Pinkslip Pictures' Max Wong ("Bring It On") and Karen Firestone will produce with the Collective's Aaron Ray ("Big Momma's House"), Max and co-screenwriter Nils Parker. Gosse previously helmed "Niagara Niagara".
Max rose to fame after launching TuckerMax.com in 2002, garnering millions of unique site visitors to read his short stories and a $300,000 advance for his Penguin Books memoir.
But Max's road to the screen has been a long one. In 2003, he sold a TV pilot based on his site and book to Fox and then NBC, but rights quickly reverted back to him after a regime change.
- 4/16/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Screen Gems has acquired the drug-trafficking thriller The Crossing, penned by writing team Byron Willinger and Phillip De Blasi.
The film revolves around a couple on a weekend vacation in Mexico. When the husband is kidnapped by drug traffickers, his wife agrees to drive their SUV filled with heroin across the border into Texas. Once there, however, she turns the tables on the kidnappers to get her husband back.
The long-gestating project originally was set up at New Line Cinema.
Nick Phillips brought the screenplay into Screen Gems and will oversee the film for studio topper Clint Culpepper. Screen Gems is fast-tracking the project, which is out to directors.
Jeff Okin, Max Wong and Karen Firestone are producing the thriller.
Willinger and De Blasi, who penned Legendary Pictures' biblical drama Paradise Lost, are repped by Paradigm and manager Okin at Anonymous Content.
The film revolves around a couple on a weekend vacation in Mexico. When the husband is kidnapped by drug traffickers, his wife agrees to drive their SUV filled with heroin across the border into Texas. Once there, however, she turns the tables on the kidnappers to get her husband back.
The long-gestating project originally was set up at New Line Cinema.
Nick Phillips brought the screenplay into Screen Gems and will oversee the film for studio topper Clint Culpepper. Screen Gems is fast-tracking the project, which is out to directors.
Jeff Okin, Max Wong and Karen Firestone are producing the thriller.
Willinger and De Blasi, who penned Legendary Pictures' biblical drama Paradise Lost, are repped by Paradigm and manager Okin at Anonymous Content.
- 1/29/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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