Nicolas Cage, Heather Graham and Stephen Dorff are set to star in the western ‘The Gunslingers’.
Written and directed by filmmaker Brian Skiba, the film will also star Costas Mandylor (Saw), Scarlet Stallone (Tulsa King), Tzi Ma (The Farewell), and Randall Batinkoff (Dead Man’s Hand).
The story is set in a rugged town named Redemption. Reformed gunslinger, Thomas Keller (Dorff) and mad genius Ben (Cage) are guided by spiritual leader Jericho (Mandylor) as they strive for vindication. Confronting his violent history, a brutal bar fight and deadly feud reignite between Thomas, Ben and the notorious Five Points Gang. Now baptised and reborn, Thomas grapples with fresh challenges, testing his newfound peace amidst a town steeped in secrets, violence, and a relentless quest for revenge.
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The project is produced by Batinkoff, Laurie Love, and Skiba. Executive producers...
Written and directed by filmmaker Brian Skiba, the film will also star Costas Mandylor (Saw), Scarlet Stallone (Tulsa King), Tzi Ma (The Farewell), and Randall Batinkoff (Dead Man’s Hand).
The story is set in a rugged town named Redemption. Reformed gunslinger, Thomas Keller (Dorff) and mad genius Ben (Cage) are guided by spiritual leader Jericho (Mandylor) as they strive for vindication. Confronting his violent history, a brutal bar fight and deadly feud reignite between Thomas, Ben and the notorious Five Points Gang. Now baptised and reborn, Thomas grapples with fresh challenges, testing his newfound peace amidst a town steeped in secrets, violence, and a relentless quest for revenge.
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The project is produced by Batinkoff, Laurie Love, and Skiba. Executive producers...
- 5/14/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Having starred in only his first Western films in the last few years with “The Old Way” and “Butcher’s Crossing,” Nicolas Cage is doubling down on the genre, having teamed up with Heather Graham (“The Hangover”) and Stephen Dorff (“True Detective”) for “The Gunslingers.”
Costas Mandylor (“Saw”), Scarlet Stallone (“Tulsa King”), Tzi Ma (“The Farewell”), and Randall Batinkoff (“Dead Man’s Hand”) also star in the film, which is being launched in Cannes with Brilliant Pictures handling international sales. Grindstone has U.S. rights to the film.
Written and directed by prolific genre filmmaker Brian Skiba (“The 2nd,” “Dead Man’s Hand”), “The Gunslingers” is set in a rugged town named Redemption. Reformed gunslinger, Thomas Keller (Dorff) and mad genius Ben (Cage) are guided by spiritual leader Jericho (Mandylor) as they strive for vindication. Confronting his violent history, a brutal bar fight and deadly feud reignites between Thomas, Ben and the notorious Five Points Gang.
Costas Mandylor (“Saw”), Scarlet Stallone (“Tulsa King”), Tzi Ma (“The Farewell”), and Randall Batinkoff (“Dead Man’s Hand”) also star in the film, which is being launched in Cannes with Brilliant Pictures handling international sales. Grindstone has U.S. rights to the film.
Written and directed by prolific genre filmmaker Brian Skiba (“The 2nd,” “Dead Man’s Hand”), “The Gunslingers” is set in a rugged town named Redemption. Reformed gunslinger, Thomas Keller (Dorff) and mad genius Ben (Cage) are guided by spiritual leader Jericho (Mandylor) as they strive for vindication. Confronting his violent history, a brutal bar fight and deadly feud reignites between Thomas, Ben and the notorious Five Points Gang.
- 5/14/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
Gravitas Ventures gave the shark thriller Deep Fear a VOD release in the United States and Canada on November 3rd, and the movie also received a release through the Netflix streaming service in Brazil earlier this month. If you haven’t taken a look at Deep Fear yet, we have a clip to share with you that might get you to give it a chance. The clip can be seen in the embed above and features a shark burying its face in a load of cocaine, bringing to mind this year’s earlier “nature run amok” release Cocaine Bear.
Directed by Marcus Adams (Long Time Dead) from a screenplay written by Robert Capelli Jr. (The Rules (for Men)) and Sophia Eptamentis (Invincible Summer), Deep Fear centers on Naomi, a yachtswoman embarking on a solo trip in the Caribbean. Her last stop is Grenada, where she plans to rendezvous with her boyfriend Jackson,...
Directed by Marcus Adams (Long Time Dead) from a screenplay written by Robert Capelli Jr. (The Rules (for Men)) and Sophia Eptamentis (Invincible Summer), Deep Fear centers on Naomi, a yachtswoman embarking on a solo trip in the Caribbean. Her last stop is Grenada, where she plans to rendezvous with her boyfriend Jackson,...
- 11/13/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Like Jaws before it, the release of Cocaine Bear earlier this year has resulted in a slew of natural horror films, many of which are using the same conceit of an animal driven to extreme behavior by the consumption of narcotics. Projects already in production include Crackcoon and the delayed Methgator, created by The Asylum. You can probably guess their plots.
One animal-on-drugs movie that has already seen release is Cocaine Shark. Whereas that film treated its subject matter with an unabashedly schlocky approach, though, the more recent Deep Fear takes a similar gimmick and plays it with a straighter face. It could be the perfect post-summer movie for anyone who wants a fun cinematic trend taken a little more seriously.
Set on a yacht sailing around Grenada, Deep Fear centers on a woman named Naomi (Mãdãlina Ghenea) who, during a sailing trip to see her boyfriend (Ed Westwick), gets...
One animal-on-drugs movie that has already seen release is Cocaine Shark. Whereas that film treated its subject matter with an unabashedly schlocky approach, though, the more recent Deep Fear takes a similar gimmick and plays it with a straighter face. It could be the perfect post-summer movie for anyone who wants a fun cinematic trend taken a little more seriously.
Set on a yacht sailing around Grenada, Deep Fear centers on a woman named Naomi (Mãdãlina Ghenea) who, during a sailing trip to see her boyfriend (Ed Westwick), gets...
- 11/9/2023
- by Dan Caffrey
- bloody-disgusting.com
Ed Westwick of Gossip Girl and Eric Red’s haunted house movie 100 Feet and Madalina Ghenea, who played cinema icon Sophia Loren in Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci, star in the shark thriller Deep Fear, which Gravitas Ventures will be giving a VOD release in the United States and Canada on November 3rd. With that release date just three weeks away, a trailer for Deep Fear has arrived online, and you can check it out in the embed above.
Directed by Marcus Adams (Long Time Dead) from a screenplay written by Robert Capelli Jr. (The Rules (for Men)) and Sophia Eptamentis (Invincible Summer), Deep Fear centers on Naomi (Ghenea), a yachtswoman embarking on a solo trip in the Caribbean. Her last stop is Grenada, where she plans to rendezvous with her boyfriend Jackson (Westwick), until a storm forces her off course and into the paths of drug traffickers.
Directed by Marcus Adams (Long Time Dead) from a screenplay written by Robert Capelli Jr. (The Rules (for Men)) and Sophia Eptamentis (Invincible Summer), Deep Fear centers on Naomi (Ghenea), a yachtswoman embarking on a solo trip in the Caribbean. Her last stop is Grenada, where she plans to rendezvous with her boyfriend Jackson (Westwick), until a storm forces her off course and into the paths of drug traffickers.
- 10/12/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Ed Westwick of Gossip Girl and Eric Red’s haunted house movie 100 Feet and Madalina Ghenea, who played cinema icon Sophia Loren in Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci, star in the shark thriller Deep Fear, a project we’ve been tracking ever since we heard it was going to be filming in Malta and the West Indies at the start of 2022. Now we have a great update to share about this one: the release date is just a month away! Screen Daily reports that Gravitas Ventures has acquired the US and Canadian distribution rights to the film and will be giving it a VOD release on November 3rd!
Directed by Marcus Adams (Long Time Dead) from a screenplay written by Robert Capelli Jr. (The Rules (for Men)) and Sophia Eptamentis (Invincible Summer), Deep Fear centers on Naomi (Ghenea), a yachtswoman embarking on a solo trip in the Caribbean.
Directed by Marcus Adams (Long Time Dead) from a screenplay written by Robert Capelli Jr. (The Rules (for Men)) and Sophia Eptamentis (Invincible Summer), Deep Fear centers on Naomi (Ghenea), a yachtswoman embarking on a solo trip in the Caribbean.
- 9/27/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Caribbean-set tale from Brilliant Pictures will get November on-demand launch.
Gravitas Ventures has acquired US and Canadian rights to shark attack action thriller Deep Fear from UK production and sales company Brilliant Pictures.
Gravitas will give the film an on-demand release on November 3.
Set in the Caribbean, Deep Fear follows a round-the-world yachtswoman who sets out on a solo trip to meet her boyfriend but encounters a gang of drug traffickers who force her to dive to a wreck surrounded by great white sharks.
Mãdãlina Ghenea and Ed Westwick star with Macarena Gómez, Stany Coppet and John-Paul Pace.
The film is directed by Marcus Adams,...
Gravitas Ventures has acquired US and Canadian rights to shark attack action thriller Deep Fear from UK production and sales company Brilliant Pictures.
Gravitas will give the film an on-demand release on November 3.
Set in the Caribbean, Deep Fear follows a round-the-world yachtswoman who sets out on a solo trip to meet her boyfriend but encounters a gang of drug traffickers who force her to dive to a wreck surrounded by great white sharks.
Mãdãlina Ghenea and Ed Westwick star with Macarena Gómez, Stany Coppet and John-Paul Pace.
The film is directed by Marcus Adams,...
- 9/27/2023
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
Since taking a step back from acting after a series of sexual misconduct allegations in 2018 and 2019, Oscar nominee James Franco is slowly building a comeback effort. The latest is Bille August’s post-World War II drama “Me, You” opposite Tom Hollander and Daisy Jacob; principal photography is scheduled for September in Ischia.
Based on Erri De Luca’s novel “Tu, Mia,” the 1950s, Ischia-set film stars Franco as Nicola, a veteran-turned-fisherman who takes the story’s teen protagonist, Marco, under his wing while Marco’s family is on holiday. Hollander will play Marco’s father, Edward, and Jacob will play Caia, a summer love interest who, along with Nicola, ignites Marco’s impassioned coming-of-age and political fieriness.
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Based on Erri De Luca’s novel “Tu, Mia,” the 1950s, Ischia-set film stars Franco as Nicola, a veteran-turned-fisherman who takes the story’s teen protagonist, Marco, under his wing while Marco’s family is on holiday. Hollander will play Marco’s father, Edward, and Jacob will play Caia, a summer love interest who, along with Nicola, ignites Marco’s impassioned coming-of-age and political fieriness.
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- 7/12/2022
- by Benjamin Lindsay
- The Wrap
Principal photography is set to take place on the Italian island of Ischia from September.
US actor James Franco is to star in Danish director Bille August’s new coming-of-age drama Me, You, alongside Tom Hollander and Daisy Jacob, for London and Rome-based Brilliant Pictures.
Principal photography is set to take place on the Italian island of Ischia from September 2022.
The 1950s-set feature follows a 16-year-old boy across a life-changing summer on the island where he is holidaying from his Scottish boarding school. He spends his days sailing with a fisherman, played by Franco. Hollander plays his father, and Jacob...
US actor James Franco is to star in Danish director Bille August’s new coming-of-age drama Me, You, alongside Tom Hollander and Daisy Jacob, for London and Rome-based Brilliant Pictures.
Principal photography is set to take place on the Italian island of Ischia from September 2022.
The 1950s-set feature follows a 16-year-old boy across a life-changing summer on the island where he is holidaying from his Scottish boarding school. He spends his days sailing with a fisherman, played by Franco. Hollander plays his father, and Jacob...
- 7/12/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
James Franco is set to star in Bille August’s post-Second World War drama “Me, You.”
Franco will play “one of the lead roles” in the feature, which also stars Tom Hollander (“The Night Manager”) and Daisy Jacob (“Vanity Fair”).
A coming-of-age drama, “Me, You” takes place on the Italian island of Ischia in the 1950s. That’s where Marco, a 16-year-old on break from his dreary Scottish boarding school, befriends U.S. GI turned fisherman Nicola (played by Franco). The duo while away the hours sailing in the bay of Naples while Nicola regales his young friend with tales of war and oceans.
But when Marco meets the mysterious 20-year-old Caia (played by Jacob) he is entranced and upon finding out she is a concentration camp survivor, he vows to take revenge. Soon he is plotting to set fire to a villa occupied by a group of boorish German...
Franco will play “one of the lead roles” in the feature, which also stars Tom Hollander (“The Night Manager”) and Daisy Jacob (“Vanity Fair”).
A coming-of-age drama, “Me, You” takes place on the Italian island of Ischia in the 1950s. That’s where Marco, a 16-year-old on break from his dreary Scottish boarding school, befriends U.S. GI turned fisherman Nicola (played by Franco). The duo while away the hours sailing in the bay of Naples while Nicola regales his young friend with tales of war and oceans.
But when Marco meets the mysterious 20-year-old Caia (played by Jacob) he is entranced and upon finding out she is a concentration camp survivor, he vows to take revenge. Soon he is plotting to set fire to a villa occupied by a group of boorish German...
- 7/12/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
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James Franco is stepping up his acting comeback and will play one of the lead roles in Danish director Bille August’s post-World War II coming-of-age drama Me, You, adapted from the novel Tu, Mia by Erri De Luca.
Franco will star alongside Tom Hollander (The Night Manager) and Daisy Jacob (Vanity Fair), with principal photography set to take place in Ischia starting in September.
Franco stepped away from acting after a series of allegations of sexual misconduct made by multiple women in early 2018, at the height of the #MeToo movement. Additionally, in 2019, students at Franco’s now-closed film and acting school, Studio 4, sued the actor and his partners accusing them of pushing acting students into performing in increasingly explicit sex scenes on camera. In 2021, Franco and associated entities agreed to pay 2,235,000 to resolve the lawsuit.
Set in Ischia in the 1950s,...
James Franco is stepping up his acting comeback and will play one of the lead roles in Danish director Bille August’s post-World War II coming-of-age drama Me, You, adapted from the novel Tu, Mia by Erri De Luca.
Franco will star alongside Tom Hollander (The Night Manager) and Daisy Jacob (Vanity Fair), with principal photography set to take place in Ischia starting in September.
Franco stepped away from acting after a series of allegations of sexual misconduct made by multiple women in early 2018, at the height of the #MeToo movement. Additionally, in 2019, students at Franco’s now-closed film and acting school, Studio 4, sued the actor and his partners accusing them of pushing acting students into performing in increasingly explicit sex scenes on camera. In 2021, Franco and associated entities agreed to pay 2,235,000 to resolve the lawsuit.
Set in Ischia in the 1950s,...
- 7/12/2022
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Daisy Jacob and Alessandro Gassmann also set to star.
Bafta-winner Tom Hollander is to play one of the lead roles in post-World War II coming-of-age drama, Me, You directed by Oscar and Palme d’Or winner Bille August.
The film will begin shooting in Ischia, Italy, in September 2022 with Daisy Jacob and Alessandro Gassmann also starring.
Set in 1950’s Ischia, Me, You is the story of a shy 16-year-old Marco who falls in love with 20-year-old Caia while on holiday with his father. When she reveals her painful childhood caused by the SS during World War II, an infatuated Marco...
Bafta-winner Tom Hollander is to play one of the lead roles in post-World War II coming-of-age drama, Me, You directed by Oscar and Palme d’Or winner Bille August.
The film will begin shooting in Ischia, Italy, in September 2022 with Daisy Jacob and Alessandro Gassmann also starring.
Set in 1950’s Ischia, Me, You is the story of a shy 16-year-old Marco who falls in love with 20-year-old Caia while on holiday with his father. When she reveals her painful childhood caused by the SS during World War II, an infatuated Marco...
- 5/24/2022
- by Melissa Kasule
- ScreenDaily
Tom Hollander (“The Night Manager”) has been cast in an adaptation of Erri De Luca’s novel “Me, You” alongside Alessandro Gassmann (“Transporter 2”) and Daisy Jacob (“Vanity Fair”).
The film, set to be directed Bille August (“Pelle the Conqueror”), is set to go into production this Fall on the island of Ischia, near Naples in Italy.
“Me, You” is set in the 1950s, in post-war Italy, where 16-year-old London native Marco is on holiday with his father Edward (Hollander). He soon finds himself accompanying fisherman Nicola (Gassman) on his sojourns into the bay of Naples. For Marco, who has been condemned to a Scottish boarding school, the tranquil waters and Nicola’s war stories provide a blessed distraction from his usual life, especially when he meets the 20-year-old Caia (Jacob) and immediately falls for her. When Marco finds out she narrowly escaped a concentration camp after her father threw her out of a train,...
The film, set to be directed Bille August (“Pelle the Conqueror”), is set to go into production this Fall on the island of Ischia, near Naples in Italy.
“Me, You” is set in the 1950s, in post-war Italy, where 16-year-old London native Marco is on holiday with his father Edward (Hollander). He soon finds himself accompanying fisherman Nicola (Gassman) on his sojourns into the bay of Naples. For Marco, who has been condemned to a Scottish boarding school, the tranquil waters and Nicola’s war stories provide a blessed distraction from his usual life, especially when he meets the 20-year-old Caia (Jacob) and immediately falls for her. When Marco finds out she narrowly escaped a concentration camp after her father threw her out of a train,...
- 5/24/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Tom Hollander Starring In Billie August Post-wwii Drama ‘Me, You’
The Night Manager and Gosford Park star Tom Hollander has landed a lead role in Billie August coming of age post-World War II drama feature Me, You. Adapted from Erri De Luca’s novel Tu, Mio, it also has Daisy Jacob (National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem) and Alessandr Gassman (Transporter 2) attached and will begin principle photography in Ischia, Italy in September. The plot follows teenage boy Marco, who sails the tranquil seas around Naples with a hardened fisherman. Marco falls love with an enigmatic girl, Caia, whose painful past fuels a ferocious resentment in him, setting off alarm bells. August is directing, with Greg Latter writing the screenplay. Brilliant Pictures’ Sean O’Kelly and Marc Bikindou are producing along with Cristaldi Pics’ Mark Hammond. Hollander is represented by Anonymous Content in the US...
The Night Manager and Gosford Park star Tom Hollander has landed a lead role in Billie August coming of age post-World War II drama feature Me, You. Adapted from Erri De Luca’s novel Tu, Mio, it also has Daisy Jacob (National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem) and Alessandr Gassman (Transporter 2) attached and will begin principle photography in Ischia, Italy in September. The plot follows teenage boy Marco, who sails the tranquil seas around Naples with a hardened fisherman. Marco falls love with an enigmatic girl, Caia, whose painful past fuels a ferocious resentment in him, setting off alarm bells. August is directing, with Greg Latter writing the screenplay. Brilliant Pictures’ Sean O’Kelly and Marc Bikindou are producing along with Cristaldi Pics’ Mark Hammond. Hollander is represented by Anonymous Content in the US...
- 5/24/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Brilliant Pictures have unveiled first look images from upcoming shark thriller “Deep Fear” starring “Gossip Girl’s” Ed Westwick and “House of Gucci’s” Madalina Ghenea. The company is launching worldwide sales in Cannes.
In the first images, Ghenea is pictured in her diving gear underwater (above) and huddled with Wetwick on the top deck of a ship (below). Brilliant Pictures also released a solo image of Westwick on a boat pointing a gun.
In “Deep Fear,” Ghenea plays Naomi in the film, a yachtswoman embarking on a solo trip in the Caribbean. Her last stop is Grenada, where she plans to rendezvous with her boyfriend Jackson (Westwick), until a storm forces her off course and into the paths of drug traffickers. When Naomi is forced to dive to retrieve their drugs from a shipwrecked vessel she comes face to face with a bevvy of vicious sharks. With only her wits to fend them off,...
In the first images, Ghenea is pictured in her diving gear underwater (above) and huddled with Wetwick on the top deck of a ship (below). Brilliant Pictures also released a solo image of Westwick on a boat pointing a gun.
In “Deep Fear,” Ghenea plays Naomi in the film, a yachtswoman embarking on a solo trip in the Caribbean. Her last stop is Grenada, where she plans to rendezvous with her boyfriend Jackson (Westwick), until a storm forces her off course and into the paths of drug traffickers. When Naomi is forced to dive to retrieve their drugs from a shipwrecked vessel she comes face to face with a bevvy of vicious sharks. With only her wits to fend them off,...
- 5/16/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Nikki Amuka-Bird, Michael Socha star.
UK- and Italy-based sales firm Brilliant Pictures has acquired world sales rights to Will Gilbey’s survival thriller Jericho Ridge, which wrapped production in Kosovo last month.
Brilliant Pictures will launch the film at Cannes next week.
Set in a remote town in North Washington state, Jericho Ridge follows the story of a lone-deputy and her battle to survive and save her son from the clutches of a murderous drug cartel.
Nikki Amuka-Bird stars alongside Michael Socha, Zack Morris and Solly McLeod. Gilbey wrote and directed the film, which is produced by Alex Tate and...
UK- and Italy-based sales firm Brilliant Pictures has acquired world sales rights to Will Gilbey’s survival thriller Jericho Ridge, which wrapped production in Kosovo last month.
Brilliant Pictures will launch the film at Cannes next week.
Set in a remote town in North Washington state, Jericho Ridge follows the story of a lone-deputy and her battle to survive and save her son from the clutches of a murderous drug cartel.
Nikki Amuka-Bird stars alongside Michael Socha, Zack Morris and Solly McLeod. Gilbey wrote and directed the film, which is produced by Alex Tate and...
- 5/13/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Nikki Amuka-Bird, Michael Socha star.
UK- and Italy-based sales firm Brilliant Pictures has acquired world sales rights to Will Gilbey’s UK survival thriller Jericho Ridge, which wrapped production in Kosovo last month.
Brilliant Pictures will launch the film at Cannes next week.
Set in a remote town in North Washington state, Jericho Ridge follows the story of a lone-deputy and her battle to survive and save her son from the clutches of a murderous drug cartel.
Nikki Amuka-Bird stars alongside Michael Socha, Zack Morris and Solly McLeod. Gilbey wrote and directed the film, which is produced by Alex Tate...
UK- and Italy-based sales firm Brilliant Pictures has acquired world sales rights to Will Gilbey’s UK survival thriller Jericho Ridge, which wrapped production in Kosovo last month.
Brilliant Pictures will launch the film at Cannes next week.
Set in a remote town in North Washington state, Jericho Ridge follows the story of a lone-deputy and her battle to survive and save her son from the clutches of a murderous drug cartel.
Nikki Amuka-Bird stars alongside Michael Socha, Zack Morris and Solly McLeod. Gilbey wrote and directed the film, which is produced by Alex Tate...
- 5/13/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
“Deep Fear,” the upcoming shark thriller starring “Gossip Girl’s” Ed Westwick and “House of Gucci’s” Madalina Ghenea, has gone into production in Malta.
The feature has also added Stany Coppet (“Vikings: Valhalla”) and Macarena Gomez (“Shrew’s Nest”), who will play drug traffickers Jose and Maria, as well as Ibrahima Gueye (“The Life Ahead”) who will play a boat hand called Barney.
“Deep Fear” sees Ghenea star as accomplished yachtswoman Naomi who embarks on a solo trip through the Caribbean to meet her boyfriend Jackson (played by Westwick) in Grenada.
When a storm forces Naomi of course, she encounters survivors of a shipwreck who, it soon transpires, are actually drug traffickers. They force Naomi to dive into the hull of their sunken ship to retrieve their shipment of cocaine, where she encounters a frenzy of vicious tiger sharks, whom she must outwit to survive.
The feature will shoot over...
The feature has also added Stany Coppet (“Vikings: Valhalla”) and Macarena Gomez (“Shrew’s Nest”), who will play drug traffickers Jose and Maria, as well as Ibrahima Gueye (“The Life Ahead”) who will play a boat hand called Barney.
“Deep Fear” sees Ghenea star as accomplished yachtswoman Naomi who embarks on a solo trip through the Caribbean to meet her boyfriend Jackson (played by Westwick) in Grenada.
When a storm forces Naomi of course, she encounters survivors of a shipwreck who, it soon transpires, are actually drug traffickers. They force Naomi to dive into the hull of their sunken ship to retrieve their shipment of cocaine, where she encounters a frenzy of vicious tiger sharks, whom she must outwit to survive.
The feature will shoot over...
- 2/28/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
UK’s Brilliant Pictures is producing and selling the title.
House Of Gucci star Madalina Ghenea and Gossip Girl’s Ed Westwick will lead the cast of Caribbean-set shark survival thriller Deep Fear, which will start production in Malta and the West Indies in January 2022.
The film will follow a round-the-world yachtswoman (Ghenea) who sets out on a solo trip to meet her boyfriend (Westwick) in Grenada; before a storm forces her 47-foot yacht off course. She responds to a distress signal from a sinking vessel; but is soon captured by drug traffickers, whose attempt to get her to retrieve...
House Of Gucci star Madalina Ghenea and Gossip Girl’s Ed Westwick will lead the cast of Caribbean-set shark survival thriller Deep Fear, which will start production in Malta and the West Indies in January 2022.
The film will follow a round-the-world yachtswoman (Ghenea) who sets out on a solo trip to meet her boyfriend (Westwick) in Grenada; before a storm forces her 47-foot yacht off course. She responds to a distress signal from a sinking vessel; but is soon captured by drug traffickers, whose attempt to get her to retrieve...
- 11/17/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Madalina Ghenea (House of Gucci) and Ed Westwick (Gossip Girl) have been cast to lead shark survival thriller Deep Fear, which is set to shoot in Malta and the West Indies from January 2022.
Marcus Adams (Long Time Dead) is directing the pic from a screenplay co-written by Robert Capelli Jr (The Rules (for Men)) and Sophia Eptamentis (Invincible Summer). The story follows Naomi (Ghenea) an accomplished round-the-world yachtswoman, who sets out on a solo trip to meet her boyfriend, Jackson (Westwick) in Grenada. Her tranquil three-day sail aboard 47-foot yacht “The Serenity” takes an unexpectedly dark turn when a storm forces her off the plotted course.
The project will mark one of the first lead roles for Westwick since he was accused of rape by two women and sexual assault by a third back in 2017. The actor denied the allegations and Los Angeles District Attorney prosecutors eventually dropped the charges,...
Marcus Adams (Long Time Dead) is directing the pic from a screenplay co-written by Robert Capelli Jr (The Rules (for Men)) and Sophia Eptamentis (Invincible Summer). The story follows Naomi (Ghenea) an accomplished round-the-world yachtswoman, who sets out on a solo trip to meet her boyfriend, Jackson (Westwick) in Grenada. Her tranquil three-day sail aboard 47-foot yacht “The Serenity” takes an unexpectedly dark turn when a storm forces her off the plotted course.
The project will mark one of the first lead roles for Westwick since he was accused of rape by two women and sexual assault by a third back in 2017. The actor denied the allegations and Los Angeles District Attorney prosecutors eventually dropped the charges,...
- 11/17/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Breakout “House of Gucci” star Madalina Ghenea is set to lead shark survival thriller “Deep Fear” alongside Ed Westwick.
Ghenea, who plays classic movie star Sophia Loren in the fashion film, will take on the role of accomplished yachtswoman Naomi who embarks on a solo trip through the Caribbean to meet her boyfriend Jackson (played by Westwick) in Grenada.
When a storm forces Naomi of course, she encounters survivors of a shipwreck who, it soon transpires, are actually drug traffickers. They force Naomi to dive into the hull of their sunken ship to retrieve their shipment of cocaine, where she encounters a frenzy of vicious tiger sharks, whom she must outwit to survive.
Marcus Adams (“Long Time Dead”) directs a screenplay by Robert Capelli Jr (“The Rules (for Men)”) and Sophia Eptamentis (“Invincible Summer”). Brilliant Pictures’ Sean O’Kelly (“Marin Call”) and Marc Bikindou (“Black Dahlia”) produce alongside Halo Pictures’ Engelbert Grech...
Ghenea, who plays classic movie star Sophia Loren in the fashion film, will take on the role of accomplished yachtswoman Naomi who embarks on a solo trip through the Caribbean to meet her boyfriend Jackson (played by Westwick) in Grenada.
When a storm forces Naomi of course, she encounters survivors of a shipwreck who, it soon transpires, are actually drug traffickers. They force Naomi to dive into the hull of their sunken ship to retrieve their shipment of cocaine, where she encounters a frenzy of vicious tiger sharks, whom she must outwit to survive.
Marcus Adams (“Long Time Dead”) directs a screenplay by Robert Capelli Jr (“The Rules (for Men)”) and Sophia Eptamentis (“Invincible Summer”). Brilliant Pictures’ Sean O’Kelly (“Marin Call”) and Marc Bikindou (“Black Dahlia”) produce alongside Halo Pictures’ Engelbert Grech...
- 11/17/2021
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
House of Gucci breakout Madalina Ghenea is set to take the lead in upcoming shark survival thriller Deep Fear, starring alongside Gossip Girl‘s Ed Westwick.
Set in the Caribbean, Deep Fear is described as an “intense and visceral survival thriller with furious action throughout.”
Directed by Marcus Adams (Long Time Dead, Octane, The Marksman) with the screenplay co-written by Robert Capelli Jr. (The Rules (for Men), Mail Order Bride) and Sophia Eptamentis (Invincible Summer, What Exit?), Deep Fear is produced Brilliant Pictures’ Sean O’Kelly (Marin Call, Iron Sky) and Marc Bikindou (Black Dahlia, Deception) together with Halo Pictures’ Engelbert Grech (The Raft, Heroes in the Sky) and ...
Set in the Caribbean, Deep Fear is described as an “intense and visceral survival thriller with furious action throughout.”
Directed by Marcus Adams (Long Time Dead, Octane, The Marksman) with the screenplay co-written by Robert Capelli Jr. (The Rules (for Men), Mail Order Bride) and Sophia Eptamentis (Invincible Summer, What Exit?), Deep Fear is produced Brilliant Pictures’ Sean O’Kelly (Marin Call, Iron Sky) and Marc Bikindou (Black Dahlia, Deception) together with Halo Pictures’ Engelbert Grech (The Raft, Heroes in the Sky) and ...
- 11/17/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
House of Gucci breakout Madalina Ghenea is set to take the lead in upcoming shark survival thriller Deep Fear, starring alongside Gossip Girl‘s Ed Westwick.
Set in the Caribbean, Deep Fear is described as an “intense and visceral survival thriller with furious action throughout.”
Directed by Marcus Adams (Long Time Dead, Octane, The Marksman) with the screenplay co-written by Robert Capelli Jr. (The Rules (for Men), Mail Order Bride) and Sophia Eptamentis (Invincible Summer, What Exit?), Deep Fear is produced Brilliant Pictures’ Sean O’Kelly (Marin Call, Iron Sky) and Marc Bikindou (Black Dahlia, Deception) together with Halo Pictures’ Engelbert Grech (The Raft, Heroes in the Sky) and ...
Set in the Caribbean, Deep Fear is described as an “intense and visceral survival thriller with furious action throughout.”
Directed by Marcus Adams (Long Time Dead, Octane, The Marksman) with the screenplay co-written by Robert Capelli Jr. (The Rules (for Men), Mail Order Bride) and Sophia Eptamentis (Invincible Summer, What Exit?), Deep Fear is produced Brilliant Pictures’ Sean O’Kelly (Marin Call, Iron Sky) and Marc Bikindou (Black Dahlia, Deception) together with Halo Pictures’ Engelbert Grech (The Raft, Heroes in the Sky) and ...
- 11/17/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Marc Bikindou, Sean O’Kelly launch production, finance, sales and distribution company.
Industry executives Marc Bikindou and Sean O’Kelly have launched production, finance, sales and distribution company Brilliant Pictures and will unveil its inaugural sales slate at the Pre-Cannes Screenings next week.
The company, which has offices in London and Rome, has boarded worldwide sales for several market titles, led by a new feature from Danish director Billie August.
The Oscar-winning filmmaker, who twice won the Palme d’Or with Pelle The Conqueror and The Best Intentions, is set to direct a post-Second World War drama based on bestselling novel Me,...
Industry executives Marc Bikindou and Sean O’Kelly have launched production, finance, sales and distribution company Brilliant Pictures and will unveil its inaugural sales slate at the Pre-Cannes Screenings next week.
The company, which has offices in London and Rome, has boarded worldwide sales for several market titles, led by a new feature from Danish director Billie August.
The Oscar-winning filmmaker, who twice won the Palme d’Or with Pelle The Conqueror and The Best Intentions, is set to direct a post-Second World War drama based on bestselling novel Me,...
- 6/15/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Cannes
Ava Cahen will become the artistic director of Critics’ Week at Cannes from Aug. 1, taking over from Charles Tesson.
Cahen founded the magazine Clap in 2014 and FrenchMania in 2017 along with the Woody Club she created in 2016. She has been a commentator for the TV program “Le Cercle” on Canal Plus since 2014 and since 2019 for “Une heure en séries,” a radio show on France Inter. She has published several books on cinema and series including “Woody Allen Profession Cynique” (2015), “Cheforama” (2017) and “Game of Thrones” (2019).
In 2016, at 30, Cahen became the youngest selection committee member in the history of Critics’ Week and joined the French Union of Film Critics. She also lectures at Nanterre Paris X University.
Sales
Producer Sean O’Kelly (“Iron Sky”) has teamed with veteran sales agent Marc Bikindou to launch Brilliant Pictures, a venture encompassing production, finance, sales and distribution for film and TV with offices in London and Rome,...
Ava Cahen will become the artistic director of Critics’ Week at Cannes from Aug. 1, taking over from Charles Tesson.
Cahen founded the magazine Clap in 2014 and FrenchMania in 2017 along with the Woody Club she created in 2016. She has been a commentator for the TV program “Le Cercle” on Canal Plus since 2014 and since 2019 for “Une heure en séries,” a radio show on France Inter. She has published several books on cinema and series including “Woody Allen Profession Cynique” (2015), “Cheforama” (2017) and “Game of Thrones” (2019).
In 2016, at 30, Cahen became the youngest selection committee member in the history of Critics’ Week and joined the French Union of Film Critics. She also lectures at Nanterre Paris X University.
Sales
Producer Sean O’Kelly (“Iron Sky”) has teamed with veteran sales agent Marc Bikindou to launch Brilliant Pictures, a venture encompassing production, finance, sales and distribution for film and TV with offices in London and Rome,...
- 6/15/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
A feature directed by Bille August — the Oscar, Golden Globe and twice Palme d’Or winning Danish director behind Pelle the Conquerer and The Best Intentions — is topping the first Cannes sales slate for newly-launched outfit Brilliant Pictures.
A joint venture of industry veterans Sean O’Kelly and Marc Bikindou, the company — with offices in London and Rome — encompasses production, finance, worldwide sales and distribution for film and TV, and will launch its inaugural sales slate at the Cannes Film Festival next month. The aim, it says, is to bring up five titles to market each year.
Headlining its slate, Brilliant ...
A joint venture of industry veterans Sean O’Kelly and Marc Bikindou, the company — with offices in London and Rome — encompasses production, finance, worldwide sales and distribution for film and TV, and will launch its inaugural sales slate at the Cannes Film Festival next month. The aim, it says, is to bring up five titles to market each year.
Headlining its slate, Brilliant ...
- 6/15/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
A feature directed by Bille August — the Oscar, Golden Globe and twice Palme d’Or winning Danish director behind Pelle the Conquerer and The Best Intentions — is topping the first Cannes sales slate for newly-launched outfit Brilliant Pictures.
A joint venture of industry veterans Sean O’Kelly and Marc Bikindou, the company — with offices in London and Rome — encompasses production, finance, worldwide sales and distribution for film and TV, and will launch its inaugural sales slate at the Cannes Film Festival next month. The aim, it says, is to bring up five titles to market each year.
Headlining its slate, Brilliant ...
A joint venture of industry veterans Sean O’Kelly and Marc Bikindou, the company — with offices in London and Rome — encompasses production, finance, worldwide sales and distribution for film and TV, and will launch its inaugural sales slate at the Cannes Film Festival next month. The aim, it says, is to bring up five titles to market each year.
Headlining its slate, Brilliant ...
- 6/15/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Our International Sales Agent (Isa) of the Day coverage is back again for this year's Cannes Film Festival. We will feature successful, upcoming, innovative and trailblazing agents from around the world, and cover the latest trends in sales and distribution. Beyond the numbers and deals, this segment will also share inspirational and unique stories of how these individuals have evolved and paved their way in the industry, and what they envision for the new waves in global cinema.
The fiery business maverick Andrew Loveday of Carnaby Films has a big message for the dinosaurs of the global film industry; be afraid. Be very afraid!
Andrew is here to create big change in the global film industry, and the time is right for his intentions. Banking partners have just committed 75 million a year to finance Carnaby's whole slate. He closed this deal here at the Cannes Film Festival with the help of his team members Tania Sarra (Director of International Sales), Alex Tate (Head of Acquisitions) and Sean O'Kelly (CEO).
This is incredibly exciting for global cinema because Carnaby only represents films of rich and high standards and has one of the best lineups at Cannes this year, including Damascus Cover, Tom Thumb and A Love of Money.
Andrew shares how he got his start, his philosophy and his honest and raw observations of the film sales world:
How did Carnaby start?
Carnaby was born fifteen years ago. I started it with my father Mike, and my cousin Terry. We worked for another film company, and then we decided to setup on our own. We started by raising the funds for a small budget movie of 200,000 dollars. We ended up raising 3.5 million instead; it blew our minds. It literally started from nothing. There was no plan, and now 13 years later, we've made 14 extremely rich films. The last one was Angel, and then there was The Wee Man, which got four BAFTA nominations and won two BAFTA awards for best film and audience award.
Then we realized after twelve years in the market, all our investors were asking, "Hey Andy, the film's out on the shelf. It's everywhere. Where's our money???" We thought, "Oh, actually... We don't know. We'll go speak to our sales company." Then we asked the sales company, and they blew us of with "Oh... You know, it's a tough time in the market...but talk to that guy. He'll know." Then we'd go talk to that guy, and another, and another and get more of the same; so, it took us twelve to thirteen years to realize that we need to be in charge of our films.
I setup the international sales side of Carnaby in November last year. We launched the company at Afm. I got all my titles back from all the sales agents at other companies and decided to launch Carnaby Sales and Distribution. Our first title that we took to the market was Panzer 88, written by Peter Bricks with producers Gary Kurtz and Ivor Powell (Star Wars, Alien and Blade Runner). We went to Afm, and everybody went "Wow! These guys have a 40 million dollar movie with Gary Kurtz and Ivor Powell. They're not sales agents!" Now, seven months later, here I am in Cannes with my sales and distribution arm.
My star of the company is Tania Sarra, who will be given the Future Industry Leader award on the 23rd. The international film community voted for her, and she deserves it because she's a brilliant and hardworking woman.
What does Carnaby have to offer producers?
My message for producers is that I'll help to make your film, and make sure that you get every single penny you deserve. We all know reputation is everything in a small industry where information goes around like wildfire. This is why, all of a sudden, stunning and unique projects are starting to flood in. We're working with established masters: Gary Kurtz, Ivor Powell, Anthony Wade and Roger Christian, plus a whole bunch of up and coming producers full of innovative ideas. There's no luck involved. These producers come to us because they know we're honest. We're very down to earth, and we don't get frustrated.
What is your philosophy on making films happen?
To sell really great films, you have to go out and get them. I really believe that you are what you eat, in anything you do. If you say, "Oh, I'm going to do small films, and that's all I'll ever do" then that's the market you'll be in. The market has changed so much over the last five to ten years with low budget movies. Everyone goes on the bandwagon of "I want to make another Blair Witch or Paranormal Activity." All it does is swamp the market so bad, that when you get to the consumer at the end of it, people say, "I'm not going to give my fifteen dollars for that film, because I know it's going to be a low budget and no good."
What do you see happening in the industry these days?
What I see in the industry is a very worrying time for a lot of the independent distributors. I think they're frantic and wondering what to do, because most of the new independent and smaller labels out there (especially in sales and distribution) can't afford to sustain their business on the 25-30 cent royalties of a DVD in a market where the DVD is going extinct. They've got overheads and staff; they don't have enough money to do a theatrical release.
People aren't fast to go to the cinema to see an art house or small indie movie unless it's got so much PR and movement internationally; people aren't really interested in it because they can watch it on TV for three pounds. You've got HBO on the Internet, Netflix. Smart TVs etc. The small distribution companies now want to produce their own movies so they can own it all, then they try to be producers. This is problematic because they're not film producers and never have been. They're accountants, clerks and marketing people running around like headless chickens, because they're trying to make movies. They're not always creative, and they think they are. They think, "Let's make a movie, because we know what we want and we know what sells." They saturate the market with poor films, and you are what you eat. If you keep putting shit into the market, after a while people won't go to the theatre. Consumers can only be cheated so many times, and these companies are actually a very big part of their own destruction. All they're doing is fueling a diminishing market in DVDs, which causes it to diminish even quicker.
Where do you believe your success comes from?
I'm a Pisces. This means I'm a dreamer and am very lucky, because I turn my dreams into reality. I get up everyday and never ever plan what I'm doing. I know what will be, will be. I can't change it. I just go with it. I get up and go "What are we doing today, guys?" and that's it. When you try to steer and manipulate something in life, all you do is set yourself up for disappointment. I've always been of this mindset.
This time last year, I sat on the Plage Royale Beach, and said, "You know what? I'm going to start an international sales agency, and it's going to be big. Next year, I'm going to be up there (on the Croisette) with a great office."
It's so hard to make a film. I was at the market last year with my cap in hand, showing my begging bowl to these guys and 97% of them have never made a movie in their life. I look at them as an industry of old boys, and the old boys will be terrified of me. All I have to say to them is that I'm coming for you. I'm here to create real change in the industry.
If you're going to do anything, fucking own it. Don't ever go, "I can't really be bothered" Because if you say you're going to do it, you have got to do it. When you have that, everything is possible. That's what I'm about. I said that I'm going to start an international sales agency and it will be highly successful. One year later, we're here in this beautiful office, and now a major Us bank has backed us for 70 million a year to fund our full slate. This is where we are now.
Learn more about Carnaby's Cannes Lineup
More about Carnaby:
Carnaby International Sales and Distribution is a UK film company specialising in worldwide sales, production, co-productions and UK distribution – with a catalogue of award-winning feature films and documentaries.
We have built up a fast growing and recognisable brand at all major motion picture and television festivals and markets worldwide, including Cannes, Afm, Efm, Berlinale, The Sundance Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Luff, Mipcom and Miptv.
Carnaby International Sales and Distribution focuses on international sales of film, television and film libraries. The company is based in the heart of Soho, London.
The fiery business maverick Andrew Loveday of Carnaby Films has a big message for the dinosaurs of the global film industry; be afraid. Be very afraid!
Andrew is here to create big change in the global film industry, and the time is right for his intentions. Banking partners have just committed 75 million a year to finance Carnaby's whole slate. He closed this deal here at the Cannes Film Festival with the help of his team members Tania Sarra (Director of International Sales), Alex Tate (Head of Acquisitions) and Sean O'Kelly (CEO).
This is incredibly exciting for global cinema because Carnaby only represents films of rich and high standards and has one of the best lineups at Cannes this year, including Damascus Cover, Tom Thumb and A Love of Money.
Andrew shares how he got his start, his philosophy and his honest and raw observations of the film sales world:
How did Carnaby start?
Carnaby was born fifteen years ago. I started it with my father Mike, and my cousin Terry. We worked for another film company, and then we decided to setup on our own. We started by raising the funds for a small budget movie of 200,000 dollars. We ended up raising 3.5 million instead; it blew our minds. It literally started from nothing. There was no plan, and now 13 years later, we've made 14 extremely rich films. The last one was Angel, and then there was The Wee Man, which got four BAFTA nominations and won two BAFTA awards for best film and audience award.
Then we realized after twelve years in the market, all our investors were asking, "Hey Andy, the film's out on the shelf. It's everywhere. Where's our money???" We thought, "Oh, actually... We don't know. We'll go speak to our sales company." Then we asked the sales company, and they blew us of with "Oh... You know, it's a tough time in the market...but talk to that guy. He'll know." Then we'd go talk to that guy, and another, and another and get more of the same; so, it took us twelve to thirteen years to realize that we need to be in charge of our films.
I setup the international sales side of Carnaby in November last year. We launched the company at Afm. I got all my titles back from all the sales agents at other companies and decided to launch Carnaby Sales and Distribution. Our first title that we took to the market was Panzer 88, written by Peter Bricks with producers Gary Kurtz and Ivor Powell (Star Wars, Alien and Blade Runner). We went to Afm, and everybody went "Wow! These guys have a 40 million dollar movie with Gary Kurtz and Ivor Powell. They're not sales agents!" Now, seven months later, here I am in Cannes with my sales and distribution arm.
My star of the company is Tania Sarra, who will be given the Future Industry Leader award on the 23rd. The international film community voted for her, and she deserves it because she's a brilliant and hardworking woman.
What does Carnaby have to offer producers?
My message for producers is that I'll help to make your film, and make sure that you get every single penny you deserve. We all know reputation is everything in a small industry where information goes around like wildfire. This is why, all of a sudden, stunning and unique projects are starting to flood in. We're working with established masters: Gary Kurtz, Ivor Powell, Anthony Wade and Roger Christian, plus a whole bunch of up and coming producers full of innovative ideas. There's no luck involved. These producers come to us because they know we're honest. We're very down to earth, and we don't get frustrated.
What is your philosophy on making films happen?
To sell really great films, you have to go out and get them. I really believe that you are what you eat, in anything you do. If you say, "Oh, I'm going to do small films, and that's all I'll ever do" then that's the market you'll be in. The market has changed so much over the last five to ten years with low budget movies. Everyone goes on the bandwagon of "I want to make another Blair Witch or Paranormal Activity." All it does is swamp the market so bad, that when you get to the consumer at the end of it, people say, "I'm not going to give my fifteen dollars for that film, because I know it's going to be a low budget and no good."
What do you see happening in the industry these days?
What I see in the industry is a very worrying time for a lot of the independent distributors. I think they're frantic and wondering what to do, because most of the new independent and smaller labels out there (especially in sales and distribution) can't afford to sustain their business on the 25-30 cent royalties of a DVD in a market where the DVD is going extinct. They've got overheads and staff; they don't have enough money to do a theatrical release.
People aren't fast to go to the cinema to see an art house or small indie movie unless it's got so much PR and movement internationally; people aren't really interested in it because they can watch it on TV for three pounds. You've got HBO on the Internet, Netflix. Smart TVs etc. The small distribution companies now want to produce their own movies so they can own it all, then they try to be producers. This is problematic because they're not film producers and never have been. They're accountants, clerks and marketing people running around like headless chickens, because they're trying to make movies. They're not always creative, and they think they are. They think, "Let's make a movie, because we know what we want and we know what sells." They saturate the market with poor films, and you are what you eat. If you keep putting shit into the market, after a while people won't go to the theatre. Consumers can only be cheated so many times, and these companies are actually a very big part of their own destruction. All they're doing is fueling a diminishing market in DVDs, which causes it to diminish even quicker.
Where do you believe your success comes from?
I'm a Pisces. This means I'm a dreamer and am very lucky, because I turn my dreams into reality. I get up everyday and never ever plan what I'm doing. I know what will be, will be. I can't change it. I just go with it. I get up and go "What are we doing today, guys?" and that's it. When you try to steer and manipulate something in life, all you do is set yourself up for disappointment. I've always been of this mindset.
This time last year, I sat on the Plage Royale Beach, and said, "You know what? I'm going to start an international sales agency, and it's going to be big. Next year, I'm going to be up there (on the Croisette) with a great office."
It's so hard to make a film. I was at the market last year with my cap in hand, showing my begging bowl to these guys and 97% of them have never made a movie in their life. I look at them as an industry of old boys, and the old boys will be terrified of me. All I have to say to them is that I'm coming for you. I'm here to create real change in the industry.
If you're going to do anything, fucking own it. Don't ever go, "I can't really be bothered" Because if you say you're going to do it, you have got to do it. When you have that, everything is possible. That's what I'm about. I said that I'm going to start an international sales agency and it will be highly successful. One year later, we're here in this beautiful office, and now a major Us bank has backed us for 70 million a year to fund our full slate. This is where we are now.
Learn more about Carnaby's Cannes Lineup
More about Carnaby:
Carnaby International Sales and Distribution is a UK film company specialising in worldwide sales, production, co-productions and UK distribution – with a catalogue of award-winning feature films and documentaries.
We have built up a fast growing and recognisable brand at all major motion picture and television festivals and markets worldwide, including Cannes, Afm, Efm, Berlinale, The Sundance Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Luff, Mipcom and Miptv.
Carnaby International Sales and Distribution focuses on international sales of film, television and film libraries. The company is based in the heart of Soho, London.
- 5/19/2014
- by Erin Grover
- Sydney's Buzz
Visit SydneysBuzz Reports for the complete Fall 2013 Rights Roundup Report.
Stealth Media has changed since Cannes. Sean O'Kelly has moved on, leaving Michael Cowan as CEO based in the UK and Jason Piette director of L.A. operations, based in L.A. They have also brought in Glenn Kendrick Ackermann (formerly from Capitol Films) as President of world sales.
Stealth Media Group was founded by film entrepreneurs Michael L Cowan and Jason Piette to do international sales, finance and executive production. Their sales company encompasses theatrical, television and home video/dvd.
Michael L Cowan and Jason Piette founded Spice Factory in 1998, one of Europe’s most dynamic independent production companies, which has produced over 55 films from Us$1M to Us$55M. They are involved in structured financing of films, and have raised over £100M for film production in the last 10 years. Recently they have moved into television event mini-series.
Michael L Cowan and Jason Piette were founding partners in Arclight Films with Gary Hamilton and Victor Syrmis, which put together and sold such films as the 2004 Oscar winner Crash; 2007 Golden Globe nominated film Bobby, written and directed by Emilio Estevez; The Merchant of Venice starring Academy Award winners Al Pacino and Jeremy Irons; the action drama Lord of War, a film based on the true-life story of one of America's most notorious arms dealers, starring Nicolas Cage and Ethan Hawke; Head in the Clouds starring Charlize Theron, Penelope Cruz, Stuart Townsend, Thomas Kretschmann and Wolf Creek which went on to gross over $100M worldwide.
Stealth Media Group has built up a fast growing and recognizable brand at all major motion picture and television festivals and markets worldwide, including Cannes, Afm, Efm, Berlinale, The Sundance Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Pusan International Film Festival, Mipcom and Miptv.
Stealth Media Group focuses on international sales of film, television and film libraries. The company has offices in Los Angeles and U.K.. Michael Cowan is based in the U.K. focusing on sales and structured financing, Jason Piette is based in L.A .running Stealth's Us acquisition and production.
Stealth Media Group is able to provide:
- Minimum Guarantees against worldwide sales rights
- Access to equity and structured funds globally where we also act as co-producers or executive producers
- Cash flow tax credit rebates, distribution agreements and any other forms of collateral
- Source content from leading producers and agents worldwide with offices in La and partners in Europe and Asia
- Help package projects as executive producers both creatively and financially
- Film and television sales and licensing worldwide to independent distributors and major studios
- Creation of international and domestic marketing campaigns
- Royalty reports and overages collection by territory to maximize revenues
- P&A control by territory
- Access to film festivals e.g. Cannes, Toronto and Berlin
- Access to IMAX and digital distribution worldwide
New Film releases include: Latino Prize Winner Palm Springs Film Festival 2013: Sadourni's Butterflies, The Paddy Lincoln Gang, Outpost 11, The Knife that Killed Me, The Child, Crave, Dead Sand, The City that Rocked the World, Bliss!, Epic, Fangs of War, Wild Oats and The Coven.
Four indies from the U.S. Have expressed interest in the film after seeing the trailer.
See the trailer Here
The Coven
According to the production info below the paranormal events are 100% true, the notes also mentioned three sudden deaths of family members of the crew. See below:
Beneath the beautiful wild Woodland and Nature Reserve that is Queen’s Wood, Highgate hides the dark secret of lime filled plague pits. Thousands of victims from London’s Black Death were buried there in the sixteen hundreds. One is now concealed by an innocent Children’s Play Area. There is no signage to inform the unsuspecting parent of the horror that lies beneath.
The Coven in the middle of the woods, really exists. A strange clearing surrounded by ancient Oak trees. Robert Cochrane was a known Witch who committed suicide by ingesting Belladonna on the summer solstice in 1966. His Coven of Witches renamed themselves as ‘The Regency’ after his death, in his honour. The Regency would regularly meet in The Coven at Queen’s Wood.
There are some Wiccan Figurines placed high in the Oak trees as if they protect this foreboding space, almost hidden from view unless you purposefully look for them.
And it is said that despite the very many species of bird life that Queen’s Wood is home to, not one has been seen to fly across The Coven.
Today there are several Pagan groups who convene in The Coven.
During filming, our schedule unfortunately fell on Halloween and we were warned off by a group of Witches who didn’t want us to witness their ritual.
Arguments ensued but despite our permission to film, we eventually we gave in and wrapped for the day, concerned that they may curse our project.
Since that date we have sadly experienced three very sudden deaths relating to our crew.
Our first Editor lost her Mother.
The Director lost his brother.
Our Sound Designer lost his brother.
All three deaths were completely unexpected and out of the blue!
Stealth Media has changed since Cannes. Sean O'Kelly has moved on, leaving Michael Cowan as CEO based in the UK and Jason Piette director of L.A. operations, based in L.A. They have also brought in Glenn Kendrick Ackermann (formerly from Capitol Films) as President of world sales.
Stealth Media Group was founded by film entrepreneurs Michael L Cowan and Jason Piette to do international sales, finance and executive production. Their sales company encompasses theatrical, television and home video/dvd.
Michael L Cowan and Jason Piette founded Spice Factory in 1998, one of Europe’s most dynamic independent production companies, which has produced over 55 films from Us$1M to Us$55M. They are involved in structured financing of films, and have raised over £100M for film production in the last 10 years. Recently they have moved into television event mini-series.
Michael L Cowan and Jason Piette were founding partners in Arclight Films with Gary Hamilton and Victor Syrmis, which put together and sold such films as the 2004 Oscar winner Crash; 2007 Golden Globe nominated film Bobby, written and directed by Emilio Estevez; The Merchant of Venice starring Academy Award winners Al Pacino and Jeremy Irons; the action drama Lord of War, a film based on the true-life story of one of America's most notorious arms dealers, starring Nicolas Cage and Ethan Hawke; Head in the Clouds starring Charlize Theron, Penelope Cruz, Stuart Townsend, Thomas Kretschmann and Wolf Creek which went on to gross over $100M worldwide.
Stealth Media Group has built up a fast growing and recognizable brand at all major motion picture and television festivals and markets worldwide, including Cannes, Afm, Efm, Berlinale, The Sundance Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Pusan International Film Festival, Mipcom and Miptv.
Stealth Media Group focuses on international sales of film, television and film libraries. The company has offices in Los Angeles and U.K.. Michael Cowan is based in the U.K. focusing on sales and structured financing, Jason Piette is based in L.A .running Stealth's Us acquisition and production.
Stealth Media Group is able to provide:
- Minimum Guarantees against worldwide sales rights
- Access to equity and structured funds globally where we also act as co-producers or executive producers
- Cash flow tax credit rebates, distribution agreements and any other forms of collateral
- Source content from leading producers and agents worldwide with offices in La and partners in Europe and Asia
- Help package projects as executive producers both creatively and financially
- Film and television sales and licensing worldwide to independent distributors and major studios
- Creation of international and domestic marketing campaigns
- Royalty reports and overages collection by territory to maximize revenues
- P&A control by territory
- Access to film festivals e.g. Cannes, Toronto and Berlin
- Access to IMAX and digital distribution worldwide
New Film releases include: Latino Prize Winner Palm Springs Film Festival 2013: Sadourni's Butterflies, The Paddy Lincoln Gang, Outpost 11, The Knife that Killed Me, The Child, Crave, Dead Sand, The City that Rocked the World, Bliss!, Epic, Fangs of War, Wild Oats and The Coven.
Four indies from the U.S. Have expressed interest in the film after seeing the trailer.
See the trailer Here
The Coven
According to the production info below the paranormal events are 100% true, the notes also mentioned three sudden deaths of family members of the crew. See below:
Beneath the beautiful wild Woodland and Nature Reserve that is Queen’s Wood, Highgate hides the dark secret of lime filled plague pits. Thousands of victims from London’s Black Death were buried there in the sixteen hundreds. One is now concealed by an innocent Children’s Play Area. There is no signage to inform the unsuspecting parent of the horror that lies beneath.
The Coven in the middle of the woods, really exists. A strange clearing surrounded by ancient Oak trees. Robert Cochrane was a known Witch who committed suicide by ingesting Belladonna on the summer solstice in 1966. His Coven of Witches renamed themselves as ‘The Regency’ after his death, in his honour. The Regency would regularly meet in The Coven at Queen’s Wood.
There are some Wiccan Figurines placed high in the Oak trees as if they protect this foreboding space, almost hidden from view unless you purposefully look for them.
And it is said that despite the very many species of bird life that Queen’s Wood is home to, not one has been seen to fly across The Coven.
Today there are several Pagan groups who convene in The Coven.
During filming, our schedule unfortunately fell on Halloween and we were warned off by a group of Witches who didn’t want us to witness their ritual.
Arguments ensued but despite our permission to film, we eventually we gave in and wrapped for the day, concerned that they may curse our project.
Since that date we have sadly experienced three very sudden deaths relating to our crew.
Our first Editor lost her Mother.
The Director lost his brother.
Our Sound Designer lost his brother.
All three deaths were completely unexpected and out of the blue!
- 11/11/2013
- by Peter Belsito
- Sydney's Buzz
The United Kingdom really has a fascination with youth gangs, as several film have been made in this genre in recent years e.g. Harry Brown, Shank, and the upcoming Sket. This time the chavs get chased like foxes, in the English countryside in Stealth Media Group's Manor Hunt Ball. Billed as: "the ultimate class war!" Manor Hunt Ball is currently in pre-production throughout the United Kingdom. Get set to see a group of rowdy ruffians turned into pulp, as they try to escape a "high-class party" for upper class gentry (Stealth), in just a few months.
Tagline: "The ultimate class war!"
The synopsis for Manor Hunt Ball:
"A gang of local youths crash a high-class party at a country manor where they discover that the modern gentry are now hunting people instead of foxes. Running for their lives the gang must find a means of escape before...
Tagline: "The ultimate class war!"
The synopsis for Manor Hunt Ball:
"A gang of local youths crash a high-class party at a country manor where they discover that the modern gentry are now hunting people instead of foxes. Running for their lives the gang must find a means of escape before...
- 7/6/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
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