Exclusive: Noble Story Co. has secured the rights to New York Times bestselling author Andy Andrews’ The Heart Mender, with plans to develop it for film.
The historical fiction novel tells the story of Helen Mason, a young woman who is unable to abandon her resentment toward the Nazi war machine that took her husband’s life. In the summer of 1942, she comes upon German U-boat officer Lt. Josef Landermann, who has washed ashore after being abandoned and left for dead by the Kriegsmarine, and this moment ends up changing her life forever.
The project was brought to Andrew Teravskis and Adam Gregory’s Noble Story Co. by Edgar Struble, and will produce it alongside the duo. Noble Story Co. is a fan-owned production company with five other features and two series in the works, which is represented by by Arine Harapeti. Andrews is repped by Neely & Callaghan.
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The historical fiction novel tells the story of Helen Mason, a young woman who is unable to abandon her resentment toward the Nazi war machine that took her husband’s life. In the summer of 1942, she comes upon German U-boat officer Lt. Josef Landermann, who has washed ashore after being abandoned and left for dead by the Kriegsmarine, and this moment ends up changing her life forever.
The project was brought to Andrew Teravskis and Adam Gregory’s Noble Story Co. by Edgar Struble, and will produce it alongside the duo. Noble Story Co. is a fan-owned production company with five other features and two series in the works, which is represented by by Arine Harapeti. Andrews is repped by Neely & Callaghan.
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- 12/3/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Freestyle Digital Media has secured the North American distrubtuion rights to On Thin Ice, a social justice-themed sports documentary featuring athletes Allyson Felix, Evander Holyfield, Robbie Rogers, Apolo Ohno, Michael Sam, Aimee Mullins, and Greg Louganis. Directed by Keli Price, the film will be available to rent and own on February 2. The doc calls attention to athletes who have struggled for acceptance due to race, religion, sexual orientation, and other prejudices. The film chronicles the life of filmmaker Keli Price’s Great-grandfather Jack Brooks, who escaped the anti-Jewish pogroms in Eastern Europe in 1923 and went on to become one of the premier speed skaters of interwar America. He skated with the U.S. Olympic team, and traveled to Lake Placid in 1932 for the III Olympic Winter Games. But his dream was cut short. Singled out because of the religion he practiced and the place he called home, the “speedster from...
- 1/14/2021
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Gravitas Ventures has set multi-picture output deal with Kamikaze Dogfight to release up to two horror/thriller genre titles per month in an effort to bolster its film slate. Kamikaze Dogfight, led by Andrew van den Houten and Han Soto, was spawned on the heels of van den Houten and Soto’s recently produced revenge thriller, Don’t Look Back, the feature directorial debut from genre veteran Jeffrey Reddick (Final Destination creator-writer). “Horror fans are the most loyal and supportive out there,” said van den Houten. “Giving new and established filmmakers a platform to elevate their film’s release with the strongest key art, trailers and positioning is most important to us. Whether a film is a theatrical or digital release, through our trusted partnership with Gravitas, our curation will be able to reach over a hundred million viewers at any given time.” Added Soto, “It’s exciting to be partnering...
- 5/27/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American rights to Riyaana Hartley and Vincent Tran’s documentary Beyond Driven, about motor racing pioneer Lella Lombardi.
The film charts the story of the former butcher’s delivery driver and ex Formula 3 Championship runner up. At the Spanish Grand Prix in 1975, Lombardi became the first, and still only, female driver to win F1 World Championship points. During one of the most controversial weekends in F1 history, set amid a notoriously dangerous Barcelona street circuit, spectator deaths, driver boycotts, a huge first corner crash, and a shortened race, Lombardi made history and recorded a feat that is yet to be surpassed more than 45 years later.
Lombardi continued to race, but never reached the same heights again. Her death left behind a mysterious personal life but sparked a powerful legacy for female drivers.
The film features interviews with top female motor racing racers including Tatiana Calderon,...
The film charts the story of the former butcher’s delivery driver and ex Formula 3 Championship runner up. At the Spanish Grand Prix in 1975, Lombardi became the first, and still only, female driver to win F1 World Championship points. During one of the most controversial weekends in F1 history, set amid a notoriously dangerous Barcelona street circuit, spectator deaths, driver boycotts, a huge first corner crash, and a shortened race, Lombardi made history and recorded a feat that is yet to be surpassed more than 45 years later.
Lombardi continued to race, but never reached the same heights again. Her death left behind a mysterious personal life but sparked a powerful legacy for female drivers.
The film features interviews with top female motor racing racers including Tatiana Calderon,...
- 5/27/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Gravitas Ventures has nabbed the worldwide distribution rights to aTypical Wednesday, dark comedy written, directing, and starring J Lee (The Orville). The film, which also stars Seth Green, Michael Ealy, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Michael Mosley, Kelen Coleman, Bresha Webb, and Cooper Friedman, is set to be released digitally June 30.
Loosely based on Lee’s own experiences from his time first discovering therapy, the pic follows Gabe (Lee), a seemingly put-together young man who visits his therapist Dr. Jones (Michael Ealy) every Wednesday to try to unpack his deep-rooted family issues, his estrangement from his perfect match Millie (Raver-Lampman), and how to deal with his erratic ex (Webb.) But when he befriends a 9-year-old kid, Alec (Friedman) who also sees a psychologist in the same building, Alec convinces Gabe that his mom forgot him at the office and the two go on a winding misadventure that will help Gabe find his...
Loosely based on Lee’s own experiences from his time first discovering therapy, the pic follows Gabe (Lee), a seemingly put-together young man who visits his therapist Dr. Jones (Michael Ealy) every Wednesday to try to unpack his deep-rooted family issues, his estrangement from his perfect match Millie (Raver-Lampman), and how to deal with his erratic ex (Webb.) But when he befriends a 9-year-old kid, Alec (Friedman) who also sees a psychologist in the same building, Alec convinces Gabe that his mom forgot him at the office and the two go on a winding misadventure that will help Gabe find his...
- 5/13/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Hearts and Bones’.
Director Ben Lawrence’s Hearts and Bones has sold to Gravitas Ventures for the Us via Visit Films.
Produced by Matt Reeder and written by Lawrence with Beatrix Christian, the film made its world premiere in competition at the 2019 Sydney Film Festival, before bowing internationally in Toronto.
The drama follows the relationship between a war photographer (Hugo Weaving) and a South Sudanese refugee (newcomer Andrew Luri), who later discover a photograph that threatens to destroy them both. Hayley McElhinney and Bolude Watson also star.
The Us deal was negotiated by Ryan Kampe and Lydia Rodman on behalf of Visit Films and Nick Royak and Brendan Gallagher at Gravitas Ventures.
Hearts and Bones is Lawrence’s narrative feature debut, following on from award-winning documentary Ghosthunter.
Lawrence said:, “I’m thrilled that Gravitas will present Hearts and Bones to a larger international audience. The response from our festival tour...
Director Ben Lawrence’s Hearts and Bones has sold to Gravitas Ventures for the Us via Visit Films.
Produced by Matt Reeder and written by Lawrence with Beatrix Christian, the film made its world premiere in competition at the 2019 Sydney Film Festival, before bowing internationally in Toronto.
The drama follows the relationship between a war photographer (Hugo Weaving) and a South Sudanese refugee (newcomer Andrew Luri), who later discover a photograph that threatens to destroy them both. Hayley McElhinney and Bolude Watson also star.
The Us deal was negotiated by Ryan Kampe and Lydia Rodman on behalf of Visit Films and Nick Royak and Brendan Gallagher at Gravitas Ventures.
Hearts and Bones is Lawrence’s narrative feature debut, following on from award-winning documentary Ghosthunter.
Lawrence said:, “I’m thrilled that Gravitas will present Hearts and Bones to a larger international audience. The response from our festival tour...
- 5/7/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: Visit Films has licensed U.S. rights for drama Hearts And Bones to Gravitas Ventures.
The Toronto 2019 world premiere stars Hugo Weaving (The Lord Of The Rings) as Dan, a renowned war photographer struggling
with Ptsd, who forms an unexpected bond with Sebastian, a Sudanese refugee, until one of his photographs unearths a dark secret from Sebastian’s past. Also starring are Andrew Luri, Hayley McElhinney, and Bolude Watson.
The deal was negotiated by Ryan Kampe and Lydia Rodman on behalf of Visit Films and Nick Royak and Brendan Gallagher at Gravitas Ventures.
Pic is directed by Ben Lawrence and written by Lawrence and Beatrix Cristian. Matt Reeder produced under his company Night Kitchen Productions. The movie also played at the Sydney, Melbourne and Hamptons film festivals.
Lawrence stated, “I’m thrilled that Gravitas will present Hearts And Bones to a larger international audience. The response from our festival...
The Toronto 2019 world premiere stars Hugo Weaving (The Lord Of The Rings) as Dan, a renowned war photographer struggling
with Ptsd, who forms an unexpected bond with Sebastian, a Sudanese refugee, until one of his photographs unearths a dark secret from Sebastian’s past. Also starring are Andrew Luri, Hayley McElhinney, and Bolude Watson.
The deal was negotiated by Ryan Kampe and Lydia Rodman on behalf of Visit Films and Nick Royak and Brendan Gallagher at Gravitas Ventures.
Pic is directed by Ben Lawrence and written by Lawrence and Beatrix Cristian. Matt Reeder produced under his company Night Kitchen Productions. The movie also played at the Sydney, Melbourne and Hamptons film festivals.
Lawrence stated, “I’m thrilled that Gravitas will present Hearts And Bones to a larger international audience. The response from our festival...
- 5/6/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Before the brakes of civilization screeched to a halt, 2020 was shaping up to be an exciting year for me: “Agony,” a psychological thriller I produced and directed in Italy starring Asia Argento, was set for a 10-city theatrical release via our distributor Gravitas Ventures. One week before the April 3 release, I received a phone call from Gravitas’s VP Brendan Gallagher, asking if we should agree to forfeit the theatrical release and shift focus on the VOD day-and-date release that was planned. Just like that, the assembly line of Dcp’s, theatrical bookings and PR halted. It was a mutual decision that reflected some of the bigger questions in relation to what filmgoers have witnessed as the moviegoing experience vanished from our culture.
Filmmakers make films to see them projected in the collective dream space of cinematic cathedrals, but for a film of the “Agony” scale it has always seemed...
Filmmakers make films to see them projected in the collective dream space of cinematic cathedrals, but for a film of the “Agony” scale it has always seemed...
- 4/25/2020
- by Michele Civetta
- Indiewire
In today’s film news roundup, J.K. Simmons’ “I’m Not Here” and French animated movie “Dilili in Paris” get releases and Andrea Friedman nabs a film role.
Acquisitions
Gravitas Ventures has acquired worldwide rights to the J.K. Simmons drama “I’m Not Here” for a March 8 release, Variety has learned exclusively.
The film also stars Sebastian Stan, Maika Monroe, Mandy Moore, and Max Greenfield. It’s directed by Michelle Schumacher, who wrote the film alongside Tony Cummings.
Simmons portrays a man haunted by his past as every object in his home, every sound he hears, reminds him of a specific event in his life as he attempts to move past the pain and forgive his trespassers, and more importantly, forgive himself.
Schumacher said, “Tony and I wanted to explore the idea of understanding one’s life by connecting the dots of meaningful events and viewing them through the lens of quantum mechanics.
Acquisitions
Gravitas Ventures has acquired worldwide rights to the J.K. Simmons drama “I’m Not Here” for a March 8 release, Variety has learned exclusively.
The film also stars Sebastian Stan, Maika Monroe, Mandy Moore, and Max Greenfield. It’s directed by Michelle Schumacher, who wrote the film alongside Tony Cummings.
Simmons portrays a man haunted by his past as every object in his home, every sound he hears, reminds him of a specific event in his life as he attempts to move past the pain and forgive his trespassers, and more importantly, forgive himself.
Schumacher said, “Tony and I wanted to explore the idea of understanding one’s life by connecting the dots of meaningful events and viewing them through the lens of quantum mechanics.
- 2/8/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, George Lopez, Lana Parrilla, and Dylan Walsh get acting gigs, “The Sound of Music” is back for two nights, and post-apocalyptic thriller “What Still Remains” gets distribution.
Castings
Comedian George Lopez and Lana Parrilla have joined Bobby Soto and Shia Labeouf in David Ayer’s crime thriller “Tax Collector,” which has started shooting in Los Angeles.
Cross Creek Pictures is financing “Tax Collector,” a co-production between Cross Creek and Cedar Park Entertainment, Ayer’s production company. Ayer and Chris Long of Cedar Park are the producers. The filmmakers are keeping the logline under wraps.
Ayer’s directing credits include “End of Watch,” “Sabotage,” “Fury,” “Suicide Squad,” and “Bright.” Lopez starred in the semi-autobiographical sitcom “Lopez,” which ran on TV Land for two seasons before it was canceled last fall. Parrilla starred for six seasons as an evil queen in ABC’s “Once Upon a Time.
Castings
Comedian George Lopez and Lana Parrilla have joined Bobby Soto and Shia Labeouf in David Ayer’s crime thriller “Tax Collector,” which has started shooting in Los Angeles.
Cross Creek Pictures is financing “Tax Collector,” a co-production between Cross Creek and Cedar Park Entertainment, Ayer’s production company. Ayer and Chris Long of Cedar Park are the producers. The filmmakers are keeping the logline under wraps.
Ayer’s directing credits include “End of Watch,” “Sabotage,” “Fury,” “Suicide Squad,” and “Bright.” Lopez starred in the semi-autobiographical sitcom “Lopez,” which ran on TV Land for two seasons before it was canceled last fall. Parrilla starred for six seasons as an evil queen in ABC’s “Once Upon a Time.
- 7/27/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Gravitas Ventures has secured the North American distribution rights to What Still Remains, a post-apocalyptic thriller from Strike the Sun Entertainment. Josh Mendoza wrote and directed the film, which stars Lulu Antariksa (T@gged), Colin O’Donoghue (Once Upon a Time), and Mimi Rogers (Ginger Snaps). It follows a young woman (Antariksa) struggling to survive in a world long-since destroyed by disease. But when she accepts an invitation from a lone traveler (O’Donoghue) to join his community, she discovers there is more to fear in this world than the legends of the monsters that destroyed it. The pic will get a limited theatrical run at the Laemmle Music Hall 3 in Beverly Hills starting August 10, followed by a VOD rollout on August 14. Gravitas’ Brendan Gallagher negotiated the deal with Erik Feig Law on behalf of Strike the Sun Entertainment.
Gkids has acquired the North American distribution rights to Mfkz, an...
Gkids has acquired the North American distribution rights to Mfkz, an...
- 7/26/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Gravitas Ventures has acquired all U.S. rights to “Along Came the Devil,” starring Sydney Sweeney, Variety has learned exclusively.
Previously titled “Tell Me Your Name,” the exorcism movie also stars Jessica Barth, Matt Dallas (“Kyle Xy”), Madison Lintz (“The Walking Dead”), Heather DeVan (“Mindless”), and Bruce Davison (“X-Men”). “Along Came the Devil” will be in theaters and available on demand on Aug. 10.
Inspired by true events, “Along Came the Devil” was directed by Jason DeVan, who crafted the story and co-wrote the script with Heather DeVan and Dylan Matlock.
Sweeney plays a young woman who, after a troubled childhood, unwittingly invites in a demonic force — leaving her loved ones battling for her soul. Her credits include Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” HBO’s “Sharp Objects,” and “Under the Silver Lake.”
The film is produced by Jason DeVan and wife Heather DeVan under their DeVan Clan banner along with Matlock,...
Previously titled “Tell Me Your Name,” the exorcism movie also stars Jessica Barth, Matt Dallas (“Kyle Xy”), Madison Lintz (“The Walking Dead”), Heather DeVan (“Mindless”), and Bruce Davison (“X-Men”). “Along Came the Devil” will be in theaters and available on demand on Aug. 10.
Inspired by true events, “Along Came the Devil” was directed by Jason DeVan, who crafted the story and co-wrote the script with Heather DeVan and Dylan Matlock.
Sweeney plays a young woman who, after a troubled childhood, unwittingly invites in a demonic force — leaving her loved ones battling for her soul. Her credits include Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” HBO’s “Sharp Objects,” and “Under the Silver Lake.”
The film is produced by Jason DeVan and wife Heather DeVan under their DeVan Clan banner along with Matlock,...
- 6/29/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Gravitas Ventures has hired Alyson Stewart as Svp Sales and Strategy, a new position in which the industry veteran will be responsible for business development, strategic growth opportunities and partnerships at the indie distributor. She reports to CEO Nolan Gallagher.
Stewart was previously at Mediamorph, where she served as Svp of Sales, and before that spent 12 years at Vubiquity (formerly Tvn Entertainment Corp), where she rose to Svp of Strategic Sales Development and was part of the team that grew the VOD licensing and services business in North America over the past decade.
In November, Red Arrow Studios, an arm of Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1, acquired a majority stake in Gravitas, with Nolan Gallagher, Michael Murphy and Brendan Gallagher remaining as minority owners who continue to run the business, which focuses on theatrical and on-demand distribution.
“We are thrilled to welcome Alyson to our team,” Gallagher said. “Alyson is a...
Stewart was previously at Mediamorph, where she served as Svp of Sales, and before that spent 12 years at Vubiquity (formerly Tvn Entertainment Corp), where she rose to Svp of Strategic Sales Development and was part of the team that grew the VOD licensing and services business in North America over the past decade.
In November, Red Arrow Studios, an arm of Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1, acquired a majority stake in Gravitas, with Nolan Gallagher, Michael Murphy and Brendan Gallagher remaining as minority owners who continue to run the business, which focuses on theatrical and on-demand distribution.
“We are thrilled to welcome Alyson to our team,” Gallagher said. “Alyson is a...
- 4/10/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
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