“The Chi” star Jacob Latimore is set to star in a remake of the 1990 Kid ‘n Play hip-hop comedy “House Party” for New Line Cinema and SpringHill Entertainment, according to an individual with knowledge of the project.
Stephen Glover and Jamal Olori, a two-time Writers Guild Award winner for “Atlanta,” wrote the script for the new version, which will follow young people at a house party that goes terribly, horribly wrong.
Music video director Calmatic is making his feature directorial debut on “House Party.”
According to Deadline, which first reported the news, Latimore replaces “Bumblebee” star Jorge Lendeborg Jr., who left the project to focus on his mental well-being.
Latimore will now co-star opposite Tosin Cole.
NBA star LeBron James will produce with Maverick Carter in conjunction with their SpringHill Entertainment banner.
Writer-director Reginald Hudlin made his feature debut on the original 1990 comedy, which he adapted from a short film of the same name.
Stephen Glover and Jamal Olori, a two-time Writers Guild Award winner for “Atlanta,” wrote the script for the new version, which will follow young people at a house party that goes terribly, horribly wrong.
Music video director Calmatic is making his feature directorial debut on “House Party.”
According to Deadline, which first reported the news, Latimore replaces “Bumblebee” star Jorge Lendeborg Jr., who left the project to focus on his mental well-being.
Latimore will now co-star opposite Tosin Cole.
NBA star LeBron James will produce with Maverick Carter in conjunction with their SpringHill Entertainment banner.
Writer-director Reginald Hudlin made his feature debut on the original 1990 comedy, which he adapted from a short film of the same name.
- 7/28/2021
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Exclusive: The Chi star Jacob Latimore is set to co-star in New Line’s reimagining of the 1990 cult comedy House Party, produced by the SpringHill Company for HBO Max. Latimore replaces Jorge Lendeborg Jr., who sources say recently left the project to focus on his mental well-being; insiders say the exit was supported by the studio and filmmakers. Latimore will now co-star opposite Tosin Cole, with award-winning music video director Calmatic helming in his feature debut.
SpringHill’s LeBron James and Maverick Carter will produce. Reginald Hudlin and Warrington Hudlin will exec produce along with Spencer Beighley and Jamal Henderson for SpringHill. Emmy-nominated Atlanta writing duo Stephen Glover and Jamal Olori wrote the script. New Line executives Richard Brener, Josh Mack and Victoria Palmeri are overseeing for the studio.
The beloved original House Party follows a high schooler (played by Christopher “Kid” Reid) sneaking out to his buddy’s (Christopher...
SpringHill’s LeBron James and Maverick Carter will produce. Reginald Hudlin and Warrington Hudlin will exec produce along with Spencer Beighley and Jamal Henderson for SpringHill. Emmy-nominated Atlanta writing duo Stephen Glover and Jamal Olori wrote the script. New Line executives Richard Brener, Josh Mack and Victoria Palmeri are overseeing for the studio.
The beloved original House Party follows a high schooler (played by Christopher “Kid” Reid) sneaking out to his buddy’s (Christopher...
- 7/28/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Rising stars Jorge Lendeborg Jr. and Tosin Cole are in negotiations to lead New Line’s reimagining of the 1990 cult comedy House Party, produced by The SpringHill Company. Award-winning music video director Calmatic will be helming in his feature debut.
SpringHill’s LeBron James and Maverick Carter will produce. Reginald Hudlin and Warrington Hudlin will exec produce along with Spencer Beighley and Jamal Henderson for SpringHill. Emmy-nominated Atlanta writing duo Stephen Glover and Jamal Olori wrote the script. New Line executives Richard Brener, Josh Mack and Victoria Palmeri are overseeing for the studio.
The beloved original House Party follows a high schooler (Christopher “Kid” Reid) sneaking out to his buddy’s (Christopher “Play” Martin) house party in what turns into a wild night of antics, music and plenty of fun. The film was a surprise box office hit for New Line in 1990 and is credited with helping catapult hip-hop into the mainstream.
SpringHill’s LeBron James and Maverick Carter will produce. Reginald Hudlin and Warrington Hudlin will exec produce along with Spencer Beighley and Jamal Henderson for SpringHill. Emmy-nominated Atlanta writing duo Stephen Glover and Jamal Olori wrote the script. New Line executives Richard Brener, Josh Mack and Victoria Palmeri are overseeing for the studio.
The beloved original House Party follows a high schooler (Christopher “Kid” Reid) sneaking out to his buddy’s (Christopher “Play” Martin) house party in what turns into a wild night of antics, music and plenty of fun. The film was a surprise box office hit for New Line in 1990 and is credited with helping catapult hip-hop into the mainstream.
- 4/7/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Actor and now filmmaker Jason Bateman is all set to take the helm on a new thriller from New Line titled ‘Shut In’.
The plot outline is that of an edgy thriller in the vein of ‘Panic Room’, in which a single mother is held captive by her violent ex, with her two young children left at risk. She must do everything to protect them and survive. It is believed that Bateman won’t star in the movie.
The story is from first-time scribe Melanie Toast. Bateman and Michael Costigan will board as producers, alongside Farah Films’ Dan Farah, Vertigo’s Roy Lee and Cinestate’s Dallas Sonnier.
Exec producing are Cinestate’s Amanda Presmyk and Danielle Cox, Farah Films’ Andrew Farah and Vertigo’s Miri Yoon. Richard Brener, Daria Cercek and Josh Mack will oversee for New Line.
Also in news – ‘Marriage Story’ takes the lead in the 2020 Golden...
The plot outline is that of an edgy thriller in the vein of ‘Panic Room’, in which a single mother is held captive by her violent ex, with her two young children left at risk. She must do everything to protect them and survive. It is believed that Bateman won’t star in the movie.
The story is from first-time scribe Melanie Toast. Bateman and Michael Costigan will board as producers, alongside Farah Films’ Dan Farah, Vertigo’s Roy Lee and Cinestate’s Dallas Sonnier.
Exec producing are Cinestate’s Amanda Presmyk and Danielle Cox, Farah Films’ Andrew Farah and Vertigo’s Miri Yoon. Richard Brener, Daria Cercek and Josh Mack will oversee for New Line.
Also in news – ‘Marriage Story’ takes the lead in the 2020 Golden...
- 12/12/2019
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
In today’s film news roundup, Jesse Eisenberg is starring and exec producing “Wild Indian”; Jason Bateman is directing “Shut In”; “Saturday Night Live” veteran Paula Pell is honored; and the Palm Springs Film Festival sets its opening and closing films.
Casting
Jesse Eisenberg is starring in and executive producing the independent thriller “Wild Indian,” Variety has learned exclusively.
“Wild Indian,” written and directed by Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr., also stars Michael Greyeyes, Chaske Spencer, Kate Bosworth and Scott Haze (“Venom”). The film, shooting in Oklahoma City, was developed as part of the Sundance Institute Writers and Directors Lab as well as Sundance Catalyst.
The story follows two Anishinaabe men who are inextricably bound together after covering up the savage murder of a schoolmate. After years of separation following wildly divergent paths, they must finally confront how their traumatic secret has irrevocably shaped their lives. Greyeyes plays a character who...
Casting
Jesse Eisenberg is starring in and executive producing the independent thriller “Wild Indian,” Variety has learned exclusively.
“Wild Indian,” written and directed by Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr., also stars Michael Greyeyes, Chaske Spencer, Kate Bosworth and Scott Haze (“Venom”). The film, shooting in Oklahoma City, was developed as part of the Sundance Institute Writers and Directors Lab as well as Sundance Catalyst.
The story follows two Anishinaabe men who are inextricably bound together after covering up the savage murder of a schoolmate. After years of separation following wildly divergent paths, they must finally confront how their traumatic secret has irrevocably shaped their lives. Greyeyes plays a character who...
- 12/12/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Jason Bateman is in talks to direct and produce the New Line horror film “Shut In,” individuals with knowledge of the talks confirmed to TheWrap.
Acquired from debuting screenwriter Melanie Toast, the script for “Shut In” was selected to this year’s BloodList, a horror equivalent of the BlackList that spotlights the best unproduced scripts in the genre. The film follows a single mother who is held captive by her violent ex and must do everything to protect her two young children.
Bateman is in talks to produce through Aggregate Films, and would join Dan Farah (Farah Films), Roy Lee (Vertigo) and Dallas Sonnier (Cinestate) as producers. Amanda Presmyk and Danielle Cox will executive produce for Cinestate, Andrew Farah will executive produce for Farah Films and Miri Yoon will executive produce for Vertigo. Richard Brener, Daria Cercek, and Josh Mack will oversee the project for New Line.
Bateman, who most...
Acquired from debuting screenwriter Melanie Toast, the script for “Shut In” was selected to this year’s BloodList, a horror equivalent of the BlackList that spotlights the best unproduced scripts in the genre. The film follows a single mother who is held captive by her violent ex and must do everything to protect her two young children.
Bateman is in talks to produce through Aggregate Films, and would join Dan Farah (Farah Films), Roy Lee (Vertigo) and Dallas Sonnier (Cinestate) as producers. Amanda Presmyk and Danielle Cox will executive produce for Cinestate, Andrew Farah will executive produce for Farah Films and Miri Yoon will executive produce for Vertigo. Richard Brener, Daria Cercek, and Josh Mack will oversee the project for New Line.
Bateman, who most...
- 12/11/2019
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Fresh from winning the Emmy for Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series for Ozark, Jason Bateman has found his next feature film to direct. He’ll helm Shut In, the spec script by first time scribe Melanie Toast that New Line acquired in September.
Bateman had been developing to direct a film based on the Hasbro board game Clue, teaming with Ryan Reynolds at Fox/Disney. That project is still alive, but it would have been too much for Bateman to get it done and get back to his Netflix series. Then he found Shut In, a contained thriller he fell for quickly, and one that is a better fit for his schedule. They’re negotiating, but sources said that the film is on course for a production start in the first quarter of 2020.
Aggregate and its principals, Bateman and Michael Costigan, will board as producers, alongside Farah Films’ Dan Farah,...
Bateman had been developing to direct a film based on the Hasbro board game Clue, teaming with Ryan Reynolds at Fox/Disney. That project is still alive, but it would have been too much for Bateman to get it done and get back to his Netflix series. Then he found Shut In, a contained thriller he fell for quickly, and one that is a better fit for his schedule. They’re negotiating, but sources said that the film is on course for a production start in the first quarter of 2020.
Aggregate and its principals, Bateman and Michael Costigan, will board as producers, alongside Farah Films’ Dan Farah,...
- 12/11/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
There’s a new trailer for the next chapter in the Shaft film franchise and includes three generations of the coolest private eye of New York City…can ya dig it?
In the trailer for the New Line Cinema action comedy we are re-introduced to John Shaft II (Samuel L. Jackson), who was in the movie from 2000. We are also introduced to his son John Shaft Jr. (Jessie T. Usher)…who is not as slick as his pops. And as an added bonus the original John Shaft (Richard Roundtree) is folded into the mix. As seen in the trailer, familial hilarity ensues in the Tim Story-directed movie written by Kenya Barris and Alex Barnow.
The movie follows Jj, aka John Shaft Jr. He may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death, he needs an...
In the trailer for the New Line Cinema action comedy we are re-introduced to John Shaft II (Samuel L. Jackson), who was in the movie from 2000. We are also introduced to his son John Shaft Jr. (Jessie T. Usher)…who is not as slick as his pops. And as an added bonus the original John Shaft (Richard Roundtree) is folded into the mix. As seen in the trailer, familial hilarity ensues in the Tim Story-directed movie written by Kenya Barris and Alex Barnow.
The movie follows Jj, aka John Shaft Jr. He may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death, he needs an...
- 2/7/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Ahead of its June 14 wide theatrical release, New Line Cinema’s Shaft reboot will serve as the opening night film for the 2019 American Black Film Festival (Abff) which kicks-off in Miami June 12 and runs through June 16.
Directed by Ride Along helmer Tim Story, the pic has Richard Roundtree and Samuel L. Jackson returning to the franchise as John Shaft as well as Jessie T. Usher representing the newest Shaft generation.
The plot, which was written by Black-ish creator Kenya Barris and Alex Barnow, follows Jj, aka John Shaft, Jr. (Usher), as he works to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death. For this, he will need an education only his dad can provide. Absent throughout Jj’s youth, the legendary locked-and-loaded John Shaft (Jackson) agrees to help his progeny navigate the streets of Harlem. And while Jj’s own FBI analyst’s badge may clash with his dad’s trademark leather duster,...
Directed by Ride Along helmer Tim Story, the pic has Richard Roundtree and Samuel L. Jackson returning to the franchise as John Shaft as well as Jessie T. Usher representing the newest Shaft generation.
The plot, which was written by Black-ish creator Kenya Barris and Alex Barnow, follows Jj, aka John Shaft, Jr. (Usher), as he works to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death. For this, he will need an education only his dad can provide. Absent throughout Jj’s youth, the legendary locked-and-loaded John Shaft (Jackson) agrees to help his progeny navigate the streets of Harlem. And while Jj’s own FBI analyst’s badge may clash with his dad’s trademark leather duster,...
- 2/6/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
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