Finding Steve McQueen is being sold at the Efm by Ambi.
Open Road Films has acquired Us distribution rights to heist film Finding Steve McQueen, directed by Mark Steven Johnson (Ghost Rider, Daredevil).
The cast includes Vikings star Travis Fimmel, Forest Whitaker, William Fichtner and Rachael Taylor.
Open Road is set to release the film wide in 2018 for Ambi Distribution, the worldwide sales arm of Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi’s Ambi Media Group, which is handling international sales and will introduce the project to foreign distributors at the Efm in Berlin.
The deal was negotiated on behalf of Open Road Films by CEO Tom Ortenberg, chief operating officer and general counsel, Elliott Kleinberg and svp acquisitions, Lejo Pet and by Andrea Iervolino , Silvio Muraglia and Joseph Cohen on behalf of Ambi Media Group and Paradox Studios.
The film is based on a true story about the biggest bank heist in American history, when a gang...
Open Road Films has acquired Us distribution rights to heist film Finding Steve McQueen, directed by Mark Steven Johnson (Ghost Rider, Daredevil).
The cast includes Vikings star Travis Fimmel, Forest Whitaker, William Fichtner and Rachael Taylor.
Open Road is set to release the film wide in 2018 for Ambi Distribution, the worldwide sales arm of Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi’s Ambi Media Group, which is handling international sales and will introduce the project to foreign distributors at the Efm in Berlin.
The deal was negotiated on behalf of Open Road Films by CEO Tom Ortenberg, chief operating officer and general counsel, Elliott Kleinberg and svp acquisitions, Lejo Pet and by Andrea Iervolino , Silvio Muraglia and Joseph Cohen on behalf of Ambi Media Group and Paradox Studios.
The film is based on a true story about the biggest bank heist in American history, when a gang...
- 2/9/2017
- ScreenDaily
Esteemed producer Rudy Langlais (“The Hurricane,” “Sugar Hill”) and his partners, Caribbean social entrepreneur Valmiki Kempadoo, Toronto-based producer Don Allan and veteran multidisciplined film executive Neil Sacker have closed an unprecedented equity financing agreement with the government of the Caribbean island nation of Antigua that will see $125 million committed to an initial slate of five feature films and launch Antigua’s long-range commitment to film production. The agreement was recently announced in Toronto by Golden Island’s principals.
The deal comes through the newly created venture, Golden Island Filmworks, an independent feature film finance and production entity run by Rudy Langlais, who was born in the West Indies, and his partners Sacker, Kempadoo and Allan. The first five feature films, individually budgeted between $20 million and $85 million, against a cumulative budget of $250 million, will be produced through Golden Islands Filmworks in collaboration with the government of Antigua and Barbuda, headed by Prime Minister, the Honorable Gaston A. Browne.
The dynamic arrangement serves as a first-of-its-kind film financing model that uses funds generated by the Antigua Citizenship Investment Program. Funds collected from the highly sought after citizenship program will be invested into the $125 million film slate.
Antigua and Barbuda Ambassador at Large His Excellency Dr. Joseph (Joey) John, who for eight years had been enticing Rudy Langlais to make films in the Caribbean, was instrumental in structuring the Antigua-based venture and will continue to work on all components and phases of development and production associated with the film slate. Ambassador John is currently Special Consultant to the Prime Minister on the Citizenship by Investment Program and Investment.
Through this venture, Antigua aims to establish itself as the center for film production in the Caribbean. A portion of all films on this slate will be shot in Antigua, which will inject tens of millions of dollars back into the local economy and foster employment and growth.
The films that will be produced through this arrangement range from “Rebels”, a story of four unique individuals from tough upbringings in the 70’s who come together as friends to discover and contribute to the rise of iconic musician, Bob Marley, to the launch of the “Nick Carter: Killmaster” espionage franchise, based on the longest-running franchise in U.S. book publishing history, producing 261 books over 30 years and selling more than 30 million copies.
Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne enthusiastically introduced the new venture. Said Browne: “Welcome to the start of this new day in the history of my nation, the Caribbean and worldwide cinema - the further transformation of Antigua and Barbuda as the economic powerhouse of the Caribbean through the power and art of film. We are welcoming the leading directors, actors and filmmaking technicians of the world to Antigua and they are coming to create exciting films that capture the beauty, mystery, history and complexity of our country, our history, our people.”
Rudy Langlais said, “My partners and I had a dream more than 10 years ago, that the Caribbean, which has produced brilliant statesmen like Alexander Hamilton, Nobel Prize-winning poets and novelists, Walcott and Naipaul, legendary athletes like Sobers and Richards and Bolt, and perhaps the world’s greatest cultural icon in Bob Marley, should add its “voice” now to filmmaking. We have wanted to join our colleagues around the world to share our stories and join in telling stories together. Now that time is here. Exciting films will come of this collaboration.”
Commented John, “Of all the projects that I have had the privilege of bringing to Antigua, this project has the potential to create the biggest impact on both the economy and the social transformation of Antigua. It brings a whole new industry into Antigua that will affect tourism and culture.”
Said Sacker, “It is an honor for me to be partnered with Rudy, for whom I have tremendous respect and friendship, and with Val and Don who were instrumental in putting this groundbreaking deal together. We are looking forward to making this venture a success for the government of Antigua and are committed to the highest creative and business standards for this incredible slate of films - each of which are distinctive and iconic stories that, at the same time, are marketable to the largest possible audience from Gen Z to Millennials to Baby-boomers to the older generations."
The agreement was facilitated by industry legal veteran Eric Weissmann and Lizbeth Hasse and Erin Brinza of Creative Industry Law and producer/financier Karen Longley Gordy, who will serve as a principal in the company. Joseph Cohen of American Entertainment Investors and Larry Becksey of Intellectual Property Group served as Golden Islands’ advisors in the closing.
The deal comes through the newly created venture, Golden Island Filmworks, an independent feature film finance and production entity run by Rudy Langlais, who was born in the West Indies, and his partners Sacker, Kempadoo and Allan. The first five feature films, individually budgeted between $20 million and $85 million, against a cumulative budget of $250 million, will be produced through Golden Islands Filmworks in collaboration with the government of Antigua and Barbuda, headed by Prime Minister, the Honorable Gaston A. Browne.
The dynamic arrangement serves as a first-of-its-kind film financing model that uses funds generated by the Antigua Citizenship Investment Program. Funds collected from the highly sought after citizenship program will be invested into the $125 million film slate.
Antigua and Barbuda Ambassador at Large His Excellency Dr. Joseph (Joey) John, who for eight years had been enticing Rudy Langlais to make films in the Caribbean, was instrumental in structuring the Antigua-based venture and will continue to work on all components and phases of development and production associated with the film slate. Ambassador John is currently Special Consultant to the Prime Minister on the Citizenship by Investment Program and Investment.
Through this venture, Antigua aims to establish itself as the center for film production in the Caribbean. A portion of all films on this slate will be shot in Antigua, which will inject tens of millions of dollars back into the local economy and foster employment and growth.
The films that will be produced through this arrangement range from “Rebels”, a story of four unique individuals from tough upbringings in the 70’s who come together as friends to discover and contribute to the rise of iconic musician, Bob Marley, to the launch of the “Nick Carter: Killmaster” espionage franchise, based on the longest-running franchise in U.S. book publishing history, producing 261 books over 30 years and selling more than 30 million copies.
Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne enthusiastically introduced the new venture. Said Browne: “Welcome to the start of this new day in the history of my nation, the Caribbean and worldwide cinema - the further transformation of Antigua and Barbuda as the economic powerhouse of the Caribbean through the power and art of film. We are welcoming the leading directors, actors and filmmaking technicians of the world to Antigua and they are coming to create exciting films that capture the beauty, mystery, history and complexity of our country, our history, our people.”
Rudy Langlais said, “My partners and I had a dream more than 10 years ago, that the Caribbean, which has produced brilliant statesmen like Alexander Hamilton, Nobel Prize-winning poets and novelists, Walcott and Naipaul, legendary athletes like Sobers and Richards and Bolt, and perhaps the world’s greatest cultural icon in Bob Marley, should add its “voice” now to filmmaking. We have wanted to join our colleagues around the world to share our stories and join in telling stories together. Now that time is here. Exciting films will come of this collaboration.”
Commented John, “Of all the projects that I have had the privilege of bringing to Antigua, this project has the potential to create the biggest impact on both the economy and the social transformation of Antigua. It brings a whole new industry into Antigua that will affect tourism and culture.”
Said Sacker, “It is an honor for me to be partnered with Rudy, for whom I have tremendous respect and friendship, and with Val and Don who were instrumental in putting this groundbreaking deal together. We are looking forward to making this venture a success for the government of Antigua and are committed to the highest creative and business standards for this incredible slate of films - each of which are distinctive and iconic stories that, at the same time, are marketable to the largest possible audience from Gen Z to Millennials to Baby-boomers to the older generations."
The agreement was facilitated by industry legal veteran Eric Weissmann and Lizbeth Hasse and Erin Brinza of Creative Industry Law and producer/financier Karen Longley Gordy, who will serve as a principal in the company. Joseph Cohen of American Entertainment Investors and Larry Becksey of Intellectual Property Group served as Golden Islands’ advisors in the closing.
- 9/18/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
A group of film industry veterans have teamed up with the government of Antigua on an initial slate of five features designed to boost the Caribbean island’s production ambitions.
Finance and production company Golden Island Filmworks comprises The Hurricane producer Rudy Langlais, Caribbean social entrepreneur Valmiki Kempadoo, Toronto-based producer Don Allan and veteran executive Neil Sacker.
The first five features will range in budget from $20m-$85m. A portion of all the films will shoot in Antigua and the first two titles are Rebels, about the formative years in Bob Marley’s life, and spy thriller Nick Carter: Killmaster.
The model is the result of a lengthy courtship of Langlais by Antigua and Barbuda prime minister Gaston A Brown and will use funds generated by the Antigua Citizenship Investment Program.
Additional funds from investors will raise the initial war chest to $250m.
“We are welcoming the leading directors, actors and filmmaking...
Finance and production company Golden Island Filmworks comprises The Hurricane producer Rudy Langlais, Caribbean social entrepreneur Valmiki Kempadoo, Toronto-based producer Don Allan and veteran executive Neil Sacker.
The first five features will range in budget from $20m-$85m. A portion of all the films will shoot in Antigua and the first two titles are Rebels, about the formative years in Bob Marley’s life, and spy thriller Nick Carter: Killmaster.
The model is the result of a lengthy courtship of Langlais by Antigua and Barbuda prime minister Gaston A Brown and will use funds generated by the Antigua Citizenship Investment Program.
Additional funds from investors will raise the initial war chest to $250m.
“We are welcoming the leading directors, actors and filmmaking...
- 9/14/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Lionsgate International is breathing fire into the market and has unveiled its second major sales title in the form of the Thunder Road Pictures and Black Label Media action thriller.
Denis Villeneuve, riding high on acclaim for Prisoners, which Lionsgate International also sold, will direct Emily Blunt and Benicio Del Toro in a story written by Taylor Sheridan.
Lionsgate has acquired Us rights to Sicario, in which Blunt will play a special agent who receives guidance from Del Toro’s mysterious government operative and a unit of elite fellow agents as she tracks down a crime lord. Production is set for June.
Basil Iwanyk produces through his Thunder Road Pictures label alongside Thad and Trent Luckinbill and Molly Smith through Black Label Media, as well as Edward McDonnell.
Co-president of Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Erik Feig, Summit Entertainment president of production Geoff Shaevitz and Lionsgate’s vp of production and development Matthew Janzen will oversee for the...
Denis Villeneuve, riding high on acclaim for Prisoners, which Lionsgate International also sold, will direct Emily Blunt and Benicio Del Toro in a story written by Taylor Sheridan.
Lionsgate has acquired Us rights to Sicario, in which Blunt will play a special agent who receives guidance from Del Toro’s mysterious government operative and a unit of elite fellow agents as she tracks down a crime lord. Production is set for June.
Basil Iwanyk produces through his Thunder Road Pictures label alongside Thad and Trent Luckinbill and Molly Smith through Black Label Media, as well as Edward McDonnell.
Co-president of Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Erik Feig, Summit Entertainment president of production Geoff Shaevitz and Lionsgate’s vp of production and development Matthew Janzen will oversee for the...
- 5/7/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Producer and former Baywatch star Alexandra Paul and Meyers Media Group (Mmg) have announced the casting on the spoof spy in the run-up to Cannes.
Mmg represents world rights to The B Team and makes its production debut. The company is working with Joseph Cohen of American Entertainment to arrange financing.
UK filmmaker Chris Cottam will direct the fictitious romp about TV actors from a cancelled show who reunite to take down an arch-criminal.
Years after the show was used by the CIA to gather intelligence during promotional tours at the end of the Cold War, the Agency is blackmailed by a villain and discovers he loved the old show.
The Agency summons the actors to get close to the evil-doer and take him down. The conceit of the film, styled in the vein of Austin Powers and Johnny English, is that the show was Baywatch. The B Team will feature original cast members playing their real-life...
Mmg represents world rights to The B Team and makes its production debut. The company is working with Joseph Cohen of American Entertainment to arrange financing.
UK filmmaker Chris Cottam will direct the fictitious romp about TV actors from a cancelled show who reunite to take down an arch-criminal.
Years after the show was used by the CIA to gather intelligence during promotional tours at the end of the Cold War, the Agency is blackmailed by a villain and discovers he loved the old show.
The Agency summons the actors to get close to the evil-doer and take him down. The conceit of the film, styled in the vein of Austin Powers and Johnny English, is that the show was Baywatch. The B Team will feature original cast members playing their real-life...
- 4/30/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Film producer Cybill Lui (After the Dark) has launched L.A.-based production co. Anova Pictures and struck a strategic partnership with visual effects house Mr. X. The Toronto and NY-based digital studio’s recent projects include Pacific Rim, Tron: Legacy, and upcoming pics RoboCop and Pompeii. As part of their pact Mr. X will provide digital effects work on Anova projects while Hong Kong-born Lui advises on the VFX company’s expansion into L.A.-based and global features and high-concept television. “With our push to emerge on a more global filmmaking landscape, we are truly excited about this strategic partnership with Cybill and Anova Pictures. We’ve been lucky enough to grow our business during a tough time in the industry, so we’re looking to capitalize on the success we’ve had and keep building on a global scale,” said Mr. X President Dennis Berardi. Anova...
- 1/8/2014
- by JEN YAMATO
- Deadline TV
Fred Schepisi ( Roxanne , Six Degrees of Separation ) will direct Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche in Words and Pictures , an original romantic drama conceived and written by Gerald Dipego ( Phenomenon , Message in a Bottle ). Curtis Burch is producing for his Latitude Productions banner in association with Gary Cogill for Dallas-based Lascaux Films. Dipego is also a producer. Joseph Cohen of American Entertainment Investors, Inc. is executive producer. The film, which newly formed Latitude Productions acquired as its first project, begins shooting in March 2013. The story takes place at an elite, insular New England prep school where a charismatic English teacher (Owen) and an intensely private art teacher (Binoche) create an improbable relationship, then proceed to...
- 11/7/2012
- Comingsoon.net
Thanks to the efforts of the Hero Initiative and comics fans and pros, Robert L. Washington was able to receive a proper funeral.
On Monday, June 25th, a funeral service was held for Robert L. Washington III in the Bronx borough of New York City, with a second service to come in Detroit, Michigan. The service was attended by various comic book creators, classmates, and friends from Robert’s various creative, work, and hobby circles.
Through the actions of Robert’s friends from Milestone Media, Inc. and his classmates from The Roeper School, The Hero Initiative was able to use all of your donations to pay for the service and provide Robert’s mother and two of his sisters with the means to travel from Detroit, Michigan to New York and give him a proper funeral.
via The Hero Initiative.
There were over 300 contributors to his cause, and we honor them below.
On Monday, June 25th, a funeral service was held for Robert L. Washington III in the Bronx borough of New York City, with a second service to come in Detroit, Michigan. The service was attended by various comic book creators, classmates, and friends from Robert’s various creative, work, and hobby circles.
Through the actions of Robert’s friends from Milestone Media, Inc. and his classmates from The Roeper School, The Hero Initiative was able to use all of your donations to pay for the service and provide Robert’s mother and two of his sisters with the means to travel from Detroit, Michigan to New York and give him a proper funeral.
via The Hero Initiative.
There were over 300 contributors to his cause, and we honor them below.
- 6/26/2012
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
Two days away from its release, Project 11 is going to touch 11,000 fans on Facebook soon. It is a unique project that has been shot in 11 different cities of the world by collaboration among 11 directors. And it has managed to create quite an unprecedented buzz for a short film —with its unique concept hinged on number 11—of duration 11 minutes and 11 seconds, all set to release on a movie portal on 11.11.11. The film is said to be a ‘high-concept thriller’ and was conceived by Vikas Chandra, a filmmaker who was associated with Kavi, a short film that was nominated for the Oscars in 2010. Ranjan Singh, a film professional for over ten years came on board as a co-producer.
The budget of Project 11 was around 9 lakhs– entirely self-funded by the people behind the project. The 11 filmmakers who participated in this project were shortlisted through Facebook, Twitter and Skype. It wasn’t going to be an episodic film,...
The budget of Project 11 was around 9 lakhs– entirely self-funded by the people behind the project. The 11 filmmakers who participated in this project were shortlisted through Facebook, Twitter and Skype. It wasn’t going to be an episodic film,...
- 11/9/2011
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
The good news for indie and international movie sellers is that there are fewer movies in the global marketplace, ticket sales are up worldwide and emerging electronic platforms promise improved profit margins.
The bad news is that it is increasingly difficult to share in the upside, with home video sales rapidly declining, pay TV paying less, domestic distribution hard to come by, presales difficult to do and sources of financing tougher to find than ever.
"What we independents face is how to replace the declining markets," said Harvey Weinstein, co-chairman of the Weinstein Co. "We are going to have to take technology and drive our sales of content."
That was the message Friday during an Afm panel discussion set up by Eric Briggs and Patrick Russo of the Salter Group, who used statistics and charts to paint a portrait of a marketplace in which more people are watching movies than...
The bad news is that it is increasingly difficult to share in the upside, with home video sales rapidly declining, pay TV paying less, domestic distribution hard to come by, presales difficult to do and sources of financing tougher to find than ever.
"What we independents face is how to replace the declining markets," said Harvey Weinstein, co-chairman of the Weinstein Co. "We are going to have to take technology and drive our sales of content."
That was the message Friday during an Afm panel discussion set up by Eric Briggs and Patrick Russo of the Salter Group, who used statistics and charts to paint a portrait of a marketplace in which more people are watching movies than...
- 11/5/2010
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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