Exclusive: Talent management firm One Entertainment is joining forces with Talent Management and Production Company Circle of Confusion. The two will merge under Circle’s banner.
One Entertainment heads Heather Reynolds and Anthony Aiello will join Circle of Confusion as Managers based in the company’s NY office, bolstering the former’s footprint there. One Entertainment has made a mark in repping talent in the NYC theater community.
Reynolds will be joining Circle partners Josh Adler, David Alpert, Frank Frattaroli, Charles Mastropietro, Lawrence Mattis, Brad Mendelsohn, Bryan Millard and Susan Solomon as a partner.
Reynolds, courtesy Circle of Confusion
Longtime Reynolds’ colleague Richard Picerni will also join in the west coast office. They bring a roster of actors such as Lorraine Bracco, Natalia Dyer, Midori Francis, Lola Kirke, Idina Menzel, Ben Platt, Paul Sparks to name a few.
Aiello, courtesy Circle of Confusion
Reynolds started bi-coastal talent management company One...
One Entertainment heads Heather Reynolds and Anthony Aiello will join Circle of Confusion as Managers based in the company’s NY office, bolstering the former’s footprint there. One Entertainment has made a mark in repping talent in the NYC theater community.
Reynolds will be joining Circle partners Josh Adler, David Alpert, Frank Frattaroli, Charles Mastropietro, Lawrence Mattis, Brad Mendelsohn, Bryan Millard and Susan Solomon as a partner.
Reynolds, courtesy Circle of Confusion
Longtime Reynolds’ colleague Richard Picerni will also join in the west coast office. They bring a roster of actors such as Lorraine Bracco, Natalia Dyer, Midori Francis, Lola Kirke, Idina Menzel, Ben Platt, Paul Sparks to name a few.
Aiello, courtesy Circle of Confusion
Reynolds started bi-coastal talent management company One...
- 12/15/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
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A few years ago at a book club meeting, a friend took Sarah Polley aside in the kitchen. “She told me, ‘I found this book, and you have to make it into a film,’ ” Polley says. “She said, ‘I’m going to tell you the backstory of what happens before the book starts and you’re not going to want to make it into a film, so I need you to just hear it and don’t freak out.’ “
The book, Canadian author Miriam Toews’ 2018 novel Women Talking, is loosely inspired by the story of an ultraconservative Mennonite colony in Bolivia where seven men were put on trial after being accused of drugging and raping women in their homes between 2005 and 2009. Polley’s friend was right — the story horrified her. “I was like, ‘I don’t want to make that movie,’ ” she says.
A few years ago at a book club meeting, a friend took Sarah Polley aside in the kitchen. “She told me, ‘I found this book, and you have to make it into a film,’ ” Polley says. “She said, ‘I’m going to tell you the backstory of what happens before the book starts and you’re not going to want to make it into a film, so I need you to just hear it and don’t freak out.’ “
The book, Canadian author Miriam Toews’ 2018 novel Women Talking, is loosely inspired by the story of an ultraconservative Mennonite colony in Bolivia where seven men were put on trial after being accused of drugging and raping women in their homes between 2005 and 2009. Polley’s friend was right — the story horrified her. “I was like, ‘I don’t want to make that movie,’ ” she says.
- 12/12/2022
- by Rebecca Keegan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Women Talking” is not an obvious cinematic undertaking. Miriam Toews’ 2018 novel follows several Mennonite women who realize they have been drugged and raped by the men in their community. While some of them are arrested, the others head to town to secure bail for their release. During that time, the women gather in the hayloft to discuss their options: Should they stay and fight, flee, or do nothing?
On paper, the single location and dialogue-driven scenario readymade for the stage. Yet writer and director Sarah Polley, with her first feature in a decade, has transformed Toews’ novel into an absorbing ensemble piece informed as much by the power of the close-ups of the women as it is by their debate. Polley made the successful transition from celebrated actress to filmmaker years ago, having garnered an Oscar nomination for her 2006 directorial debut “Away from Her,” but that movie and 2012 romantic drama...
On paper, the single location and dialogue-driven scenario readymade for the stage. Yet writer and director Sarah Polley, with her first feature in a decade, has transformed Toews’ novel into an absorbing ensemble piece informed as much by the power of the close-ups of the women as it is by their debate. Polley made the successful transition from celebrated actress to filmmaker years ago, having garnered an Oscar nomination for her 2006 directorial debut “Away from Her,” but that movie and 2012 romantic drama...
- 10/10/2022
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Anna Faris, Alicia Silverstone and Patrick Wilson are set to join leads Susan Sarandon and Jaeden Martell in John Krokidas’ upcoming feature “Tunnels.”
Bankside Films have acquired the film from “Kill Your Darlings” director Krokidas, which is based on a screenplay by Victoria Rose.
In “Tunnels,” Martell (“Knives Out”) and Oscar-winner Sarandon (“Dead Man Walking”) play a duo who strike up the unlikeliest friendship in the wake of unthinkable tragedy.
Sarandon stars as Ruby, a woman whose grandson becomes a school shooter. She meets one of his victim’s siblings – Grayson (Martell) – when they are paired together at the local grocery store where they both work.
“As their friendship grows, and inspired by Grayson’s wisdom, Ruby realises that she may still have the power to make positive change and help bring the town back together again,” reads the logline.
Wilson (“Aquaman”), Faris (“Overboard”) and Golden Globe Award nominee Silverstone...
Bankside Films have acquired the film from “Kill Your Darlings” director Krokidas, which is based on a screenplay by Victoria Rose.
In “Tunnels,” Martell (“Knives Out”) and Oscar-winner Sarandon (“Dead Man Walking”) play a duo who strike up the unlikeliest friendship in the wake of unthinkable tragedy.
Sarandon stars as Ruby, a woman whose grandson becomes a school shooter. She meets one of his victim’s siblings – Grayson (Martell) – when they are paired together at the local grocery store where they both work.
“As their friendship grows, and inspired by Grayson’s wisdom, Ruby realises that she may still have the power to make positive change and help bring the town back together again,” reads the logline.
Wilson (“Aquaman”), Faris (“Overboard”) and Golden Globe Award nominee Silverstone...
- 5/10/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The Con Queen has gone from Hollywood horror to series subject. Entertainment One, Olive Bridge Entertainment, Atlas Entertainment, Campside Media and Circle of Confusion are developing two series projects based on Campside’s podcast Chameleon: Hollywood Con Queen. A scripted television series created and written by Will Gluck (Peter Rabbit) and Noah Pink (Genius: Picasso) is in the works with Gluck directing. There is also an unscripted docuseries by the same group, detailing the investigation.
Executive producers are Pink, Gluck and Richard Schwartz of Olive Bridge; Andy Horwitz, Richard Suckle and Curt Kanemoto of Atlas; Josh Dean, Adam Hoff, Matthew Shaer and Vanessa Grigoriadis of Campside Media; and Charles Mastropietro, Frank Frattaroli and Brad Mendelsohn of Circle of Confusion.
eOne will serve as the studio and distribute the projects worldwide.
This is quite a turnabout in one of the oddest sagas to hit Hollywood in years. Deadline was the...
Executive producers are Pink, Gluck and Richard Schwartz of Olive Bridge; Andy Horwitz, Richard Suckle and Curt Kanemoto of Atlas; Josh Dean, Adam Hoff, Matthew Shaer and Vanessa Grigoriadis of Campside Media; and Charles Mastropietro, Frank Frattaroli and Brad Mendelsohn of Circle of Confusion.
eOne will serve as the studio and distribute the projects worldwide.
This is quite a turnabout in one of the oddest sagas to hit Hollywood in years. Deadline was the...
- 5/10/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Circle Of Confusion is almost doubling its number of partners with the promotion of Josh Adler, Charles Mastropietro and Susan Solomon-Shapiro. This is the first time in more than five years that the management/production company is expanding its partner ranks following the elevation of Brad Mendelsohn in 2015.
Adler, Mastropietro and Solomon-Shapiro’s client list span both the lit and talent side of the business. It includes such actors, writers/showrunners and filmmakers as Natalie Chaidez (Queen Of The South), Emma Corrin (The Crown), Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse), Neil Goldman, Derek Kolstad (Creator of the John Wick franchise), Ben Lustig & Jake Thornton, Mike Makowsky (Bad Education), Ashley Miller, Rachel Morrison, Richard Naing, Molly Parker (Lost in Space), Noah Reid (Schitt’s Creek), David Schwimmer (Friends), Kit Steinkellner (Sorry for Your Loss...
Adler, Mastropietro and Solomon-Shapiro’s client list span both the lit and talent side of the business. It includes such actors, writers/showrunners and filmmakers as Natalie Chaidez (Queen Of The South), Emma Corrin (The Crown), Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse), Neil Goldman, Derek Kolstad (Creator of the John Wick franchise), Ben Lustig & Jake Thornton, Mike Makowsky (Bad Education), Ashley Miller, Rachel Morrison, Richard Naing, Molly Parker (Lost in Space), Noah Reid (Schitt’s Creek), David Schwimmer (Friends), Kit Steinkellner (Sorry for Your Loss...
- 12/9/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Talent management and production company Circle of Confusion has launched a Writers Discovery Fellowship to nurture and accelerate the diversification of upcoming voices in Hollywood.
Twice per year, the program will select six to eight writers, who have not been employed or represented in film and/or television, for six-month fellowships. Each writer must have two storytelling samples, with at least one being a pilot script draft to further develop alongside a paired mentor, closely replicating the experience to the company’s writer-manager dynamic.
The fellowships will begin in March and are open to applicants of all ethnicities, races, cultural backgrounds, gender identities, sexual orientation and ages. Circle of Confusion says its core mission has been to discover and represent a diverse roster of talented writers, directors, actors and creators.
“We are always striving to have a greater representation of all voices among our clients and within our productions so...
Twice per year, the program will select six to eight writers, who have not been employed or represented in film and/or television, for six-month fellowships. Each writer must have two storytelling samples, with at least one being a pilot script draft to further develop alongside a paired mentor, closely replicating the experience to the company’s writer-manager dynamic.
The fellowships will begin in March and are open to applicants of all ethnicities, races, cultural backgrounds, gender identities, sexual orientation and ages. Circle of Confusion says its core mission has been to discover and represent a diverse roster of talented writers, directors, actors and creators.
“We are always striving to have a greater representation of all voices among our clients and within our productions so...
- 12/1/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: UTA partner and veteran TV lit agent Leslie Maskin is leaving the agency after 27 years to transition to management. She is joining Circle of Confusion where she will start at the top of the new year.
Maskin is among the longest-tenured agents at UTA, which she joined in 1993, two years after its launch. She built the company’s formidable television director department — now a part of the larger TV literary department — representing such clients as Alan Taylor, Daniel Minahan, Clark Johnson, Alik Sakharov and Maria Schrader (Unorthodox). Additionally, Maskin represents the Oscar and Emmy-winning producer Mark Johnson, the multi-Emmy award winning producer Gregg Fienberg and a number of TV writers/showrunners.
“Over the past 27 years, Leslie has played an impactful role in our television group, specifically helping build our TV...
Maskin is among the longest-tenured agents at UTA, which she joined in 1993, two years after its launch. She built the company’s formidable television director department — now a part of the larger TV literary department — representing such clients as Alan Taylor, Daniel Minahan, Clark Johnson, Alik Sakharov and Maria Schrader (Unorthodox). Additionally, Maskin represents the Oscar and Emmy-winning producer Mark Johnson, the multi-Emmy award winning producer Gregg Fienberg and a number of TV writers/showrunners.
“Over the past 27 years, Leslie has played an impactful role in our television group, specifically helping build our TV...
- 11/30/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Jaeden Martell, who is having a busy weekend between It Chapter Two opening and Knives Out making its world premiere here at Tiff, has just joined the Highland Film Group feature Tunnels opposite Oscar winner Susan Sarandon.
Directed by John Krokidas (Kill Your Darlings) and written by Victoria Rose, the pic is set years after a school shooting and follows a grandmother (Sarandon) who raised the shooter. She finds an unlikely but wonderful friendship in a bullied teenage boy (Martell) whose brother was one of the victims. Through each other, these two outsiders find redemption against the backdrop of a town still grieving. With their strength and ability to forgive, they help one another heal.
Colin Bates and Michael Jefferson (Son of the South) will produce under the Lucidity Entertainment banner (Southland) alongside Circle of Confusion’s Matt Smith (Maleficent) and Brad Mendelsohn (Daisy Jones and the...
Directed by John Krokidas (Kill Your Darlings) and written by Victoria Rose, the pic is set years after a school shooting and follows a grandmother (Sarandon) who raised the shooter. She finds an unlikely but wonderful friendship in a bullied teenage boy (Martell) whose brother was one of the victims. Through each other, these two outsiders find redemption against the backdrop of a town still grieving. With their strength and ability to forgive, they help one another heal.
Colin Bates and Michael Jefferson (Son of the South) will produce under the Lucidity Entertainment banner (Southland) alongside Circle of Confusion’s Matt Smith (Maleficent) and Brad Mendelsohn (Daisy Jones and the...
- 9/7/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The Walking Dead producer Circle of Confusion has added managers Antonio D’Initino and Samantha Starr and promoted Andrew Olson to manager.
“Sam, Antonio and Andrew are the kind of sharp, passionate advocates for which Circle is known”, the management and production company’s partners David Alpert, Frank Frattaroli, Lawrence Mattis and Brad Mendelsohn said in a joint statement. “Their great taste in material, indefatigable energy and collegial attitude fit seamlessly into the existing culture at Circle and their addition is the perfect next step in our ongoing expansion as we build the future of Circle of Confusion.”
D’Initino joins Circle from Plattform, where he managed a roster including writer Micah Ranum and Michael O’Shea, Cat Solen and Jerome Sable. Prior to that, he worked in the feature literary department at Apa.
Starr was a literary manager at Primary Wave, with clients including director Becca Rodriguez, filmmaker Bennett Lasseter,...
“Sam, Antonio and Andrew are the kind of sharp, passionate advocates for which Circle is known”, the management and production company’s partners David Alpert, Frank Frattaroli, Lawrence Mattis and Brad Mendelsohn said in a joint statement. “Their great taste in material, indefatigable energy and collegial attitude fit seamlessly into the existing culture at Circle and their addition is the perfect next step in our ongoing expansion as we build the future of Circle of Confusion.”
D’Initino joins Circle from Plattform, where he managed a roster including writer Micah Ranum and Michael O’Shea, Cat Solen and Jerome Sable. Prior to that, he worked in the feature literary department at Apa.
Starr was a literary manager at Primary Wave, with clients including director Becca Rodriguez, filmmaker Bennett Lasseter,...
- 6/7/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Susan Sarandon has been set to star in Tunnels, the new film from Kill Your Darlings director John Krokidas. The drama based on Victoria Rose’s debut feature screenplay is being produced by Lucidity Entertainment and Circle of Confusion. Highland Film Group is now handling international sales and UTA Independent Film Group domestic at the Cannes film market.
The movie is set in the wake of a school shooting, when an unlikely friendship develops between Ruby Love (Sarandon), the grandmother who raised the shooter, and Grayson Mitchell, the teenage brother of one of the victims, when paired to work together at the local supermarket. The two outsiders help each other to find hope in a town still too stuck in its recent history to see the potential of something beautiful on the horizon.
Colin Bates and Michael Jefferson are producing for Lucidity, which is now in production on Son of the South,...
The movie is set in the wake of a school shooting, when an unlikely friendship develops between Ruby Love (Sarandon), the grandmother who raised the shooter, and Grayson Mitchell, the teenage brother of one of the victims, when paired to work together at the local supermarket. The two outsiders help each other to find hope in a town still too stuck in its recent history to see the potential of something beautiful on the horizon.
Colin Bates and Michael Jefferson are producing for Lucidity, which is now in production on Son of the South,...
- 5/16/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Susan Sarandon is to star in John Krokidas’ debut feature “Tunnels,” which Highland Film Group is selling in Cannes.
The film is set in the wake of a school shooting, when an unlikely friendship develops between Ruby Love (Sarandon), the grandmother who raised the shooter, and Grayson Mitchell, the teenage brother of one of the victims, when paired to work together at the local supermarket.
The screenplay is written by Victoria Rose. Colin Bates and Michael Jefferson will produce for Lucidity Entertainment with Ethan Terra and Cindy Bru serving as executive producers. Circle of Confusion’s Matt Smith (“Maleficent”) and Brad Mendelsohn (“Rim of the World”) will produce along with Circle of Confusion’s Frank Frattaroli, who will executive produce.
Highland describes it as “an inspiring and surprisingly funny story of two outsiders helping each other to find hope in a town still too stuck in its recent history to...
The film is set in the wake of a school shooting, when an unlikely friendship develops between Ruby Love (Sarandon), the grandmother who raised the shooter, and Grayson Mitchell, the teenage brother of one of the victims, when paired to work together at the local supermarket.
The screenplay is written by Victoria Rose. Colin Bates and Michael Jefferson will produce for Lucidity Entertainment with Ethan Terra and Cindy Bru serving as executive producers. Circle of Confusion’s Matt Smith (“Maleficent”) and Brad Mendelsohn (“Rim of the World”) will produce along with Circle of Confusion’s Frank Frattaroli, who will executive produce.
Highland describes it as “an inspiring and surprisingly funny story of two outsiders helping each other to find hope in a town still too stuck in its recent history to...
- 5/16/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Victoria Rose wrote screenplay about unlikely friendship between supermarket workers.
Susan Sarandon will star in John Krokidas’ (Kill Your Darlings) Tunnels, which Highland Film Group has introduced to buyers in Cannes.
Victoria Rose wrote the screenplay about the unlikely friendship that develops between the grandmotherof a shooter and the teenage brother of one of the victims when they are paired together to work at the local supermarket.
Colin Bates and Michael Jefferson will produce through Lucidity Entertainment alongside Circle of Confusion’s Matt Smith and Brad Mendelsohn will produce, with Ethan Terra and Cindy Bru and with Circle of Confusion...
Susan Sarandon will star in John Krokidas’ (Kill Your Darlings) Tunnels, which Highland Film Group has introduced to buyers in Cannes.
Victoria Rose wrote the screenplay about the unlikely friendship that develops between the grandmotherof a shooter and the teenage brother of one of the victims when they are paired together to work at the local supermarket.
Colin Bates and Michael Jefferson will produce through Lucidity Entertainment alongside Circle of Confusion’s Matt Smith and Brad Mendelsohn will produce, with Ethan Terra and Cindy Bru and with Circle of Confusion...
- 5/16/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Not even a year after Brad Mendelsohn was promoted to Head of Literary at management/production outfit Circle of Confusion, he’s earned another stripe: Mendelsohn’s been upped to partner. “We are ecstatic to have Brad join us as a partner,” said now-fellow partners David Alpert, David Engel, Frank Frattaroli and Lawrence Mattis a joint statement. “As the head of our literary department he’s been invaluable to the company’s growth, team culture and continued…...
- 8/4/2015
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Not even a year after Brad Mendelsohn was promoted to Head of Literary at management/production outfit Circle of Confusion, he’s earned another stripe: Mendelsohn’s been upped to partner. “We are ecstatic to have Brad join us as a partner,” said now-fellow partners David Alpert, David Engel, Frank Frattaroli and Lawrence Mattis a joint statement. “As the head of our literary department he’s been invaluable to the company’s growth, team culture and continued…...
- 8/4/2015
- Deadline
Dane DeHaan and Daniel Radcliffe are reuniting with their Kill Your Darlings director John Krokidas to play the young Republican consultant Karl Rove and strategist Lee Atwater alongside Amanda Seyfried.
Xyz Films will handle international sales in Cannes on the story, based on true events surrounding a wild road trip the two friends undertook in the 1970s.
In Young Americans the cross-country journey becomes something of a crash course in dirty tricks as the pair encounter a young political femme fatale.
Bruce Cohen and Liz Destro of Destro Films are producing alongside Kim Leadford of StarStream Media and Frank Frattaroli of Circle Of Confusion.
UTA Independent packaged the film and will be representing North American rights.
Principal photography is scheduled to kick off in autumn.
Young Americans marks the third collaboration between StarStream and Xyz Films after Kevin Smith’s Yoga Hosers and Jeff Baena’s Life After Beth.
Xyz Films will handle international sales in Cannes on the story, based on true events surrounding a wild road trip the two friends undertook in the 1970s.
In Young Americans the cross-country journey becomes something of a crash course in dirty tricks as the pair encounter a young political femme fatale.
Bruce Cohen and Liz Destro of Destro Films are producing alongside Kim Leadford of StarStream Media and Frank Frattaroli of Circle Of Confusion.
UTA Independent packaged the film and will be representing North American rights.
Principal photography is scheduled to kick off in autumn.
Young Americans marks the third collaboration between StarStream and Xyz Films after Kevin Smith’s Yoga Hosers and Jeff Baena’s Life After Beth.
- 5/8/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Stephen Bishop (Moneyball) has been upped to a series regular on Bet’s Being Mary Jane, which stars Gabrielle Union as a successful TV news anchor. Bishop will play David, a man Mary Jane brings back into her life to work things out. Bishop, repped by Greene & Associates, Weiner Management and Dave Feldman, next will be seen in Miss Meadows opposite Katie Holmes. True Detective‘s Tory Kittles has signed on to Intruders, BBC America’s eight-episode original series. Written by Glen Morgan, Intruders is about a secret society devoted to chasing immortality by seeking refuge in the bodies of others. It centers on ex-cop Jack Whalen (John Simm), who has escaped a dark, violent past for a seemingly quiet life with his wife, Amy (Mira Sorvino). When she goes missing, Jack starts an investigation that forces him to confront his past. Kittles will play Gary Fischer, a handsome attorney...
- 2/21/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Like many a good courtroom drama, they’ve reached a deal. More than a year after Julianna Margulies’ former managers sued The Good Wife star over nearly half a million in commission fees, D/F Management and the actress have reached a settlement. “The lawsuit involving our clients has been tentatively resolved to the mutual satisfaction of the parties,” said the lawyers today in a short joint statement . Typically, all details are being kept confidential on the agreement, which was reached earlier this week and still has to be formally approved by the court. Certainly part of that deal has to do with the fact that D/F’s initial filing for $420,000 was amended into millions of dollars when The Good Wife was sold into syndication this spring. The parties recently had a mediation session, one of their last scheduled meetings before the civil case was set to go to...
- 8/28/2013
- by DOMINIC PATTEN
- Deadline TV
Looks like Julianna Margulies won’t just be spending time in courtrooms on The Good Wife. A judge today rejected the actress’ attempt to dismiss a lawsuit launched last July by her former managers D/F Management seeking more than $420,000 in unpaid commission. That means the case will go to a jury trial on October 9 as scheduled. That is something The Good Wife star, who counterclaimed last fall, was trying to avoid in seeking a summary judgment Tuesday in La Superior Court. Part of Margulies’ counterclaim was that the early 2009 agreement with her former ICM agent Steve Dontanville and talent manager Frank Frattaroli at D/F was never in writing. Margulies ended her relationship with D/F Management in late April 2011, about 20 months after debuting on the CBS drama. Citing New York law, Margulies’ attorneys argued before Judge Ernest Hiroshige this morning that the oral management agreement needed to be in writing to be enforceable,...
- 6/25/2013
- by DOMINIC PATTEN
- Deadline TV
Circle of Confusion is merging with D/F Management, which will create a multifaceted management and production company with a growing footprint in New York and Los Angeles.Under the deal, the new firm will operate under Circle's banner, with D/F Management principals Steve Dontanville and Frank Frattaroli moving their acting clients over, according to reports. “We have been searching for like-minded partners for the past several years, and Circle of Confusion’s smart, passionate and unified team is the perfect cultural fit," Frattaroli and Dontanville said in a joint statement.D/F reps several prominent actors, including Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Scott Speedman, Michelle Monaghan, Sarah Polley, Sasha Alexander, Zach Gilford, Alfre Woodard, Benjamin Bratt, Molly Parker, and Tom Cavanagh.Circle's literary clients include a number of science fiction screenwriters, such as Jon Spaihts, Kevin Lehane and Jeff Norton as well as "Chronicle" screenwriter Max Landis, "Confidence" screenwriter Doug Jung,...
- 8/8/2012
- by help@backstage.com (Sean J. Miller)
- backstage.com
Circle of Confusion is merging with D/F Management to create a full service management and production company that will operate under the name of Circle of Confusion. Confusion is known for its literary client list as The Wachowskis, Jon Spaihts, Max Landis, and Adam Goldberg, and for producing AMC’s The Walking Dead. It also reps comic creators Robert Kirkman and Brian Michael Bendis as well as publishers including Idw and Top Cow. The banner’s principals include David Alpert, David Engel, and Lawrence Mattis. D/F, run by Frank Frattaroli and Steve Dontanville, houses actors such as Frances McDormand, Willem Dafoe, Scott
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- 8/7/2012
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Breaking: In a merger where each side brings a lot to the table, D/F Management principals Steve Dontanville and Frank Frattaroli have joined forces with Circle of Confusion to create a full-service management and production company. It matches Circle of Confusion’s writer and director clients with D/F’s acting roster and the partners will use that to grow the production business in films and TV. The new entity will operate under the Circle of Confusion banner. The consolidation leaves them with offices in Los Angeles and New York, and a strong roster that each company brings to the mix. D/F brings a client list that includes Frances McDormand, Willem Dafoe, Scott Speedman, Michelle Monaghan, Sarah Polley, Sasha Alexander, Zach Gilford, Alfre Woodard, Benjamin Bratt, Molly Parker, Tom Cavanagh, Daniel Minahan, Mary Harron and John Krokidas. On the Circle of Confusion side, the clients include Andy and Lana Wachowski,...
- 8/7/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Breaking: In a merger where each side brings a lot to the table, D/F Management principals Steve Dontanville and Frank Frattaroli have joined forces with Circle of Confusion to create a full-service management and production company. It matches Circle of Confusion’s writer and director clients with D/F’s acting roster and the partners will use that to grow the production business in films and TV. The new entity will operate under the Circle of Confusion banner. The consolidation leaves them with offices in Los Angeles and New York, and a strong roster that each company brings to the mix. D/F brings a client list that includes Frances McDormand, Willem Dafoe, Scott Speedman, Michelle Monaghan, Sarah Polley, Sasha Alexander, Zach Gilford, Alfre Woodard, Benjamin Bratt, Molly Parker, Tom Cavanagh, Daniel Minahan, Mary Harron and John Krokidas. On the Circle of Confusion side, the clients include Andy and Lana Wachowski,...
- 8/7/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline TV
Julianna Margulies' former managers filed suit Monday charging that The Good Wife star owes them at least $420,000 for unpaid commissions and should continue to pay them 10 percent of what she makes on shows and for product deals that were signed while they were her representatives. The suit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court against Margulies and her “loan out” company Toast Productions on behalf of D/F Management, whose principals include Steve Dontanville, her former agent at ICM. The other principal of D/F is Frank Frattaroli. The suit was filed by L.A. attorney Mathew Rosengart. (Read
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- 7/9/2012
- by Alex Ben Block
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Julianna Margulies’ former management company sued The Good Wife actress today over fees it says she owes in commissions. D/F Management claims Margulies owes them $420,000. As outlined in the complaint (read it here) filed today in La Superior Court, the money comes from fees D/F say are owed from her Emmy-winning gig on the CBS show as well as a spokesperson contract with L’Oreal. The management company, who based its sum on a 10% commission fee, also wants the court to ensure that Margulies continues to pay them from all fees and contingent compensation from the show and the cosmetics contract in the future. D/F signed the former ER star in February 2009. The Good Wife, in which Margulies plays lead character Alicia Florrick, debuted September 22, 2009. Margulies ended her relationship with D/F Management in late April 2011. In the filing, D/F, which was founded by Margulies’ former...
- 7/9/2012
- by DOMINIC PATTEN
- Deadline TV
Michelle Monaghan will star with Owen Wilson and Pierce Brosnan in The Coup, a thriller centered on an American family who moves to Southeast Asia and finds themselves entangled in a violent coup with merciless rebels attacking the city. Devil helmer John Erick Dowdle will direct a script he co-wrote with his brother Drew Dowdle. Monaghan will play Wilson’s wife in the action thriller, which is scheduled to begin production in October. Crime Scene Pictures’ Adam Ripp and Rob Paris are financing and have teamed up with Steve Alexander and Drew Dowdle to produce. Sierra/Affinity will be handling international sales beginning at Cannes while CAA is representing U.S. rights. ICM-repped Monaghan, who is managed by Frank Frattaroli, recently wrapped Penthouse North and Tomorrow You’re Gone.
- 5/11/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
- With a pair of pending releases coming this fall and a signing this week to star in D.J. Caruso’s "Eagle Eye", I have a feeling that Michelle Monaghan’s clout is about to rise. It appears that working with Tom Cruise on MI3 gave her some new ideas about wearing “different hats”. Variety reports that the actress will wear a truckers cap for the headlining indie role, but she will be an exec producer of Trucker with John Allen, Robert Kessel, Pam Hirsch, Ed Hart, Bruce Lunsford and Frank Frattaroli. Co-starring with Nathan Fillion, Benjamin Bratt, Joey Lauren Adams and Jimmy Bennett, Monaghan plays a female truck driver who lives a careless life with no responsibility until she has to take in her estranged 11-year-old son after his father (Bratt) is hospitalized. The trade notes that she attached herself before the film went out for financing, and she
- 8/16/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
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