Exclusive: One of Hollywood’s most colorful characters of recent decades, Elie Samaha, is making a comeback with L.A.-based Luminosity Entertainment.
Samaha, entrepreneur and producer of movies including The Whole Nine Yards, Battlefield Earth and The Pledge, is joining forces with fellow industry vets Daniel Diamond and Geno Taylor at Luminosity, which will look to finance, produce and distribute movies in the U.S., as well as handle international sales.
The company tells us it plans to develop and produce 15 films over the next two years, with budgets up to $50M per title. Genres will include action, thriller, urban, faith-based, comedy, family, fantasy and sci-fi with an eye toward diversity and global appeal.
Financing for the company includes investments by Samaha, Steven Markoff, Sherwin Jarol and Dr. David Wood. The Board of Advisors includes former Warner Bros Domestic Distribution President Dan Fellman, former William Morris Chairman Jim Wiatt...
Samaha, entrepreneur and producer of movies including The Whole Nine Yards, Battlefield Earth and The Pledge, is joining forces with fellow industry vets Daniel Diamond and Geno Taylor at Luminosity, which will look to finance, produce and distribute movies in the U.S., as well as handle international sales.
The company tells us it plans to develop and produce 15 films over the next two years, with budgets up to $50M per title. Genres will include action, thriller, urban, faith-based, comedy, family, fantasy and sci-fi with an eye toward diversity and global appeal.
Financing for the company includes investments by Samaha, Steven Markoff, Sherwin Jarol and Dr. David Wood. The Board of Advisors includes former Warner Bros Domestic Distribution President Dan Fellman, former William Morris Chairman Jim Wiatt...
- 9/23/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Cait Bliss, Colin Critchley, Jason Martin, Dave Klasko, Brandon Smalls, James Wilcox, Melinda Chilton, Andrew Kaempfer, Kara Durrett, Weston Wilson | Written and Directed by Erlingur Thoroddsen
Back in 2012, writer and director Erlingur Thoroddsen made a short film called Child Eater. It was a very good short, a mere fifteen minutes of haunting horror about a boogeyman out to capture kids. Some four years later, it was adapted from the short into a feature film of the same name. Cait Bliss (Towers of Terror) reprises her role from the original short, Helen Connolly, and Thoroddsen returns to his creation as writer and director.
Child Eater delves into a subgenre of horror that we seldom see in the modern age (or even in 2016 when this movie was released). That boogeyman horror, the creature in the dark corner, the monster under the bed. It aims to unsettle with folklore like that from...
Back in 2012, writer and director Erlingur Thoroddsen made a short film called Child Eater. It was a very good short, a mere fifteen minutes of haunting horror about a boogeyman out to capture kids. Some four years later, it was adapted from the short into a feature film of the same name. Cait Bliss (Towers of Terror) reprises her role from the original short, Helen Connolly, and Thoroddsen returns to his creation as writer and director.
Child Eater delves into a subgenre of horror that we seldom see in the modern age (or even in 2016 when this movie was released). That boogeyman horror, the creature in the dark corner, the monster under the bed. It aims to unsettle with folklore like that from...
- 10/28/2020
- by Chris Cummings
- Nerdly
‘The Aspern Papers’, ‘Rockaway’, ‘Jobe’z World’ Seek Weekend Traction – Specialty Box Office Preview
A few Specialty distributors are taking advantage of the young year’s dearth of new titles to roll out smaller features they hope will grab attention away from established awards contenders. Cohen Media Group is opening The Aspern Papers today starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Vanessa Redgrave and Joely Richardson in a drama set in Venice. The company’s Charles Cohen came on board as a producer early in the process. Paladin is handling theatrical for John J. Budion’s coming of age drama Rockaway starring Keidrich Sellati, opening in New York. Also opening is comedic noir Jobe’z World, which shot mostly guerrilla-style over a week in Manhattan.
The Aspern Papers
Director-writer: Julien Landais
Writers: Jean Pavans, Hannah Bhuiya, Henry James (novel)
Cast: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson, Jon Kortajarena, Poppy Delevingne, Morgane Polanski, Alice Aufray, Barbara Meier, Lois Robbins
Distributor: Cohen Media Group
Drama The Aspern Papers,...
The Aspern Papers
Director-writer: Julien Landais
Writers: Jean Pavans, Hannah Bhuiya, Henry James (novel)
Cast: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson, Jon Kortajarena, Poppy Delevingne, Morgane Polanski, Alice Aufray, Barbara Meier, Lois Robbins
Distributor: Cohen Media Group
Drama The Aspern Papers,...
- 1/11/2019
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, Ansel Elgort is going to high school, “Rockaway” gets a release, and “Suspiria” producer Bradley Fischer is honored.
Casting
Ansel Elgort has come aboard to star in the drama “The Great High School Imposter” for Participant Media and Condé Nast Entertainment.
The project is based on a Daniel Riley GQ Magazine article published this year about Artur Samarin, a young Ukranian man who posed as a teenager so he could be adopted by a childless couple in a small Pennsylvania town and became the top student in his high school. Saramin was five years older than he claimed. His adopted parents turned him into the authorities.
Mike Makowsky is adapting the script. Jeremy Steckler of Condé Nast Entertainment is producing. Makowsky, Elgort, and Emily Gerson Saines will be executive producers. Robert Kessel and Jonathan King are overseeing for Participant.
Elgort starred in “The Fault in Our Stars...
Casting
Ansel Elgort has come aboard to star in the drama “The Great High School Imposter” for Participant Media and Condé Nast Entertainment.
The project is based on a Daniel Riley GQ Magazine article published this year about Artur Samarin, a young Ukranian man who posed as a teenager so he could be adopted by a childless couple in a small Pennsylvania town and became the top student in his high school. Saramin was five years older than he claimed. His adopted parents turned him into the authorities.
Mike Makowsky is adapting the script. Jeremy Steckler of Condé Nast Entertainment is producing. Makowsky, Elgort, and Emily Gerson Saines will be executive producers. Robert Kessel and Jonathan King are overseeing for Participant.
Elgort starred in “The Fault in Our Stars...
- 12/18/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Paul Becker directs the story of a homeless dancer and his brother.
Premiere Entertainment Group (Peg) has acquired international sales rights to the family holiday film Breaking Brooklyn.
Louis Gossett Jr and newcomer Colin Critchley, Nathan Kress and Madeleine Mantock star in the story about a homeless young dancer and his brother who are taken in by an old Broadway showman when their father is arrested.
When one of the young men learns that their new guardian could lose his theatre, they enter a dance contest to save it.
Paul Becker directs and Elie Samaha, Donald Kushner and Missy Valdez are the producers.
Peg CEO Elias Axume launches sales in Berlin at the European Film Market (Efm) this week and brokered the rights acquisition with Samaha.
The sales slate includes psychological thriller You Were Never Here starring Mireille Enos and Sam Shepard; crime drama The Preppie Connection; and family drama We Don’t Belong Here with Catherine Keener...
Premiere Entertainment Group (Peg) has acquired international sales rights to the family holiday film Breaking Brooklyn.
Louis Gossett Jr and newcomer Colin Critchley, Nathan Kress and Madeleine Mantock star in the story about a homeless young dancer and his brother who are taken in by an old Broadway showman when their father is arrested.
When one of the young men learns that their new guardian could lose his theatre, they enter a dance contest to save it.
Paul Becker directs and Elie Samaha, Donald Kushner and Missy Valdez are the producers.
Peg CEO Elias Axume launches sales in Berlin at the European Film Market (Efm) this week and brokered the rights acquisition with Samaha.
The sales slate includes psychological thriller You Were Never Here starring Mireille Enos and Sam Shepard; crime drama The Preppie Connection; and family drama We Don’t Belong Here with Catherine Keener...
- 2/10/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Folks in the Brooklyn area are in for a treat. Nitehawk Cinema is hosting a screening of the highly anticipated horror anthology, Xx. Also in today’s Horror Highlights: the Twenty Twenty-Four screening details, Shriekfest 2017 call for submissions, Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween home media info, a new trailer for Diane, and Child Eater release details.
Nitehawk Cinema’s Brooklyn Xx Screening Details: “Nitehawk presents a preview and midnite screenings of the new all female-helmed horror anthology, Xx. We also ask the Xx directors to select a couple of their influential films for midnite screenings and they chose: Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon and Mary Lambert’s Pet Sematary.”
To learn more, visit Nitehawk Cinema’s official website.
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Twenty Twenty-Four North American Premiere Details: “We have two screenings in San Francisco, hosted by San Francisco Independent Film Festival. Twenty Twenty-Four is making its North American premiere at...
Nitehawk Cinema’s Brooklyn Xx Screening Details: “Nitehawk presents a preview and midnite screenings of the new all female-helmed horror anthology, Xx. We also ask the Xx directors to select a couple of their influential films for midnite screenings and they chose: Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon and Mary Lambert’s Pet Sematary.”
To learn more, visit Nitehawk Cinema’s official website.
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Twenty Twenty-Four North American Premiere Details: “We have two screenings in San Francisco, hosted by San Francisco Independent Film Festival. Twenty Twenty-Four is making its North American premiere at...
- 2/1/2017
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
By Colleen Wanglund,
MoreHorror.com
The weekend of October 14th to 16th marked the inaugural year of the (annual) Brooklyn Horror Film Festival. The festival hosted various events around the Williamsburg neighborhood of New York City’s largest borough, including an art show, a reading by author Grady Hendrix, and film screenings. The festival was so successful that eighteen of twenty-two events were completely sold out.
One film that had its world premiere at Bhff was Child Eater (2016), a joint Icelandic/USA production. The film takes an urban legend and brings it frighteningly to life. Directed by Erlingur Ottar Thoroddsen, the film follows Helen (Cait Bliss) while she babysits Lucas. Lucas and his dad are new to the area but know the history of the house. It once belonged to a local farmer who kidnapped, tortured, and then killed children, eating their eyes in the belief that it would save his own vision.
MoreHorror.com
The weekend of October 14th to 16th marked the inaugural year of the (annual) Brooklyn Horror Film Festival. The festival hosted various events around the Williamsburg neighborhood of New York City’s largest borough, including an art show, a reading by author Grady Hendrix, and film screenings. The festival was so successful that eighteen of twenty-two events were completely sold out.
One film that had its world premiere at Bhff was Child Eater (2016), a joint Icelandic/USA production. The film takes an urban legend and brings it frighteningly to life. Directed by Erlingur Ottar Thoroddsen, the film follows Helen (Cait Bliss) while she babysits Lucas. Lucas and his dad are new to the area but know the history of the house. It once belonged to a local farmer who kidnapped, tortured, and then killed children, eating their eyes in the belief that it would save his own vision.
- 11/3/2016
- by admin
- MoreHorror
It’s not just theatrical movies (like Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Trek Beyond, or Jumanji) that are currently trading on nostalgia. Small screen projects are also following suit. Nickelodeon is planning perhaps the most significant of these, with a TV movie based on the popular 1990s game show, Legends Of The Hidden Temple – which now has a premiere date.
Originally created by David G. Stanley, Scott A. Stone and Stephen Brown in 1993, Legends Of The Hidden Temple ran for 120 episodes – each featuring six teams of two 11-14 year olds. The teams competed to find and collect artefacts in a temple filled with treasures, guarded by Mayan protectors. To succeed, the competitors would have to answer questions and undertake physical tasks. The show was hosted by Kirk Fogg, and featured narration from Dee Bradley Baker in the guise of a talking stone head named Olmec.
The upcoming TV movie...
Originally created by David G. Stanley, Scott A. Stone and Stephen Brown in 1993, Legends Of The Hidden Temple ran for 120 episodes – each featuring six teams of two 11-14 year olds. The teams competed to find and collect artefacts in a temple filled with treasures, guarded by Mayan protectors. To succeed, the competitors would have to answer questions and undertake physical tasks. The show was hosted by Kirk Fogg, and featured narration from Dee Bradley Baker in the guise of a talking stone head named Olmec.
The upcoming TV movie...
- 10/7/2016
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
Open wide, '90s bbs. Here's your giant dose of nostalgia for today. If you were a Nickelodeon child back in the day, you'll be pleased to know that Nick just released a new trailer for their Legends of the Hidden Temple movie! Yes, they made a movie out of the TV show, in case you've been living under a hidden temple. Get it? Ha. Sorry. Anyway, the film stars original show host Kirk Fogg (thank you, nostalgia Gods), along with Isabela Moner, Colin Critchley and Jet Jurgensmeyer. The story revolves around three siblings, who get caught up in some serious temple madness. The trailer is a whole lot darker than the one before, but it still has all of the much-needed nods to the '90s show. Get v...
- 10/6/2016
- E! Online
Ahead of the theatrical and VOD release of Tell Me How I Die on September 16th, Daily Dead has an exclusive clip from the film. Also: details on YouTube Spaces and Blumhouse's horror Vr collaboration, Child Eater's world premiere at Brooklyn Horror Fest, Destination America's Mountain Monsters season five renewal, and Iris Prize Festival screening details for Kill Pill.
Watch an Exclusive Clip from Tell Me How I Die: "When a group of college students takes part in an experimental drug study, an unexpected side effect gives them terrifying visions of their own murders… which begin to come true. As they scramble to outsmart and outmaneuver their date with death, they realize that the killer is among them and shares their ability to see the future – only he seems to be one step ahead in their race to survive."
Ryan Higa (YouTube's NigaHiga), Nathan Kress (iCarly), Virginia Gardner...
Watch an Exclusive Clip from Tell Me How I Die: "When a group of college students takes part in an experimental drug study, an unexpected side effect gives them terrifying visions of their own murders… which begin to come true. As they scramble to outsmart and outmaneuver their date with death, they realize that the killer is among them and shares their ability to see the future – only he seems to be one step ahead in their race to survive."
Ryan Higa (YouTube's NigaHiga), Nathan Kress (iCarly), Virginia Gardner...
- 9/15/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
The legend lives! Nostalgia-lovers nearly had a meltdown when Nickelodeon announced it was reviving Legends of the Hidden Temple, the classic '90s TV show, giving it a new spin by making it a movie. And now, we have our first trailer for the revival, which first debuted during the network's Back to the '90s panel at Comic-Con on Saturday. "For years, the Temple has been hidden," the voice-over says. "It's walls forever sealed." Until now, as it seems the Hidden Temple is now a theme park. (We want to go to there.) Starring original host Kirk Fogg and Isabela Moner, Colin Critchley and Jet Jurgensmeyer, The Legends movie follows three siblings...
- 7/23/2016
- E! Online
Nickelodeon is bringing back a familiar voice for its upcoming Legends of the Hidden Temple movie. Dee Bradley Baker, the voice of Olmec from the classic 1990s game show version of Legends, will return to voice the character once again for the TV movie Legends of the Hidden Temple. Baker joins previously announced cast members including Kirk Fogg (the host of the original series), Isabela Moner, Colin Critchley and Jet Jurgensmeyer. "An entire generation grew up loving Legends of the Hidden Temple. It was my first television series, and it remains one of the most popular projects I've ever been lucky enough to have been involved with throughout my career," Baker said in a statement. "I'm thrilled that Kirk...
- 6/22/2016
- E! Online
Kirk Fogg has joined the cast of Nickelodeon’s upcoming TV movie version of “Legends of the Hidden Temple.” Fogg, who served as the original show’s host and guide, will play a key figure in the new movie in a role that pays homage to his duties in the classic Nick series. Fogg joins previously announced cast members Isabela Moner, Colin Critchley and Jet Jurgensmeyer. “When Nickelodeon asked me to be a part of the ‘Legends of the Hidden Temple’ movie, I immediately went to the closet and pulled out my blue denim shirt, which has been protected by a powerful golden.
- 3/23/2016
- by Joe Otterson
- The Wrap
Kirk Fogg, original host and guide of Legends of the Temple, has joined the cast of Nickelodeon’s action-adventure TV movie based on the network’s ’90s game show. Details aren’t yet known, but he’s said to be playing “a key figure” in a role that pays homage to his duties in the classic Nick series. Fogg joins previously announced cast members Isabela Moner, Colin Critchley and Jet Jurgensmeyer. The Legends of the Hidden Temple TV movie is slated to debut on Nickelodeon…...
- 3/23/2016
- Deadline TV
Broken
Anna Paquin is set to topline ABC's drama pilot "Broken" which Meaghan Oppenheimer will pen and which Reese Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea will executive produce. T.R. Knight, Blair Underwood and Penelope Ann Miller also star.
Paquin plays a ruthless Dallas divorce attorney as her life begins to unravel when her emotionally damaged, love-addicted sister resurfaces, triggering self-destructive tendencies and exposing long-hidden family secrets. [Source: Variety]
24: Legacy
Ashley Thomas is set as a lead, playing the brother of Corey Hawkins' lead character in "24: Legacy" on Fox. Stephen Hopkins directs and Manny Coto and Evan Katz will produce. Miranda Otto, Teddy Sears, Dan Bucatinsky, Anna Diop and Jimmy Smits also star.
The story centers on military hero Eric Carter (Hawkins) and chronicles his return to the U.S. and the trouble that follows him back – compelling him to ask CTU for help to stop a terrorist attack. [Source: TV Line]
Prison Break
Augustus Prew,...
Anna Paquin is set to topline ABC's drama pilot "Broken" which Meaghan Oppenheimer will pen and which Reese Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea will executive produce. T.R. Knight, Blair Underwood and Penelope Ann Miller also star.
Paquin plays a ruthless Dallas divorce attorney as her life begins to unravel when her emotionally damaged, love-addicted sister resurfaces, triggering self-destructive tendencies and exposing long-hidden family secrets. [Source: Variety]
24: Legacy
Ashley Thomas is set as a lead, playing the brother of Corey Hawkins' lead character in "24: Legacy" on Fox. Stephen Hopkins directs and Manny Coto and Evan Katz will produce. Miranda Otto, Teddy Sears, Dan Bucatinsky, Anna Diop and Jimmy Smits also star.
The story centers on military hero Eric Carter (Hawkins) and chronicles his return to the U.S. and the trouble that follows him back – compelling him to ask CTU for help to stop a terrorist attack. [Source: TV Line]
Prison Break
Augustus Prew,...
- 3/9/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Production recently wrapped on Breaking Brooklyn, a drama starring Louis Gossett Jr. as Miles Bryant, a dance teacher and former performer struggling to keep his family-owned theater alive. When he takes two talented homeless boys under his wing, they team up with his family to save the theater. The film includes tap dance styles of music along with soulful Broadway and contemporary hip hop. Breaking Brooklyn also stars Colin Critchley, Nathan Kress, Madeleine Mantock…...
- 1/4/2016
- Deadline
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