Exclusive: Netflix has acquired the John Poliquin-directed short film, Selfie, to be made into a feature-length that will explore the horrors of body image in the age of social media. Poliquin and Colin Minihan, who wrote the short, will also pen the film adaptation. The short was set to premiere at SXSW in March before the annual Austin gathering was canceled due to the Covid-19 outbreak.
Benjamin Anderson and Minihan are producing the pic. The two are also working together on the Screen Gems thriller, Urban Legend, which Anderson producing alongside Mike Medavoy with Minihan writing and directing.
In addition, Poliquin and Minihan are the creators behind the Shudder original LGBTQ thriller, Spiral, which debuted last month. It follows a same-sex couple raising a 16-year-old girl in a small town where nothing is as it seems.
CAA reps Minihan as a producer. Both Poliquin and Minihan are repped by...
Benjamin Anderson and Minihan are producing the pic. The two are also working together on the Screen Gems thriller, Urban Legend, which Anderson producing alongside Mike Medavoy with Minihan writing and directing.
In addition, Poliquin and Minihan are the creators behind the Shudder original LGBTQ thriller, Spiral, which debuted last month. It follows a same-sex couple raising a 16-year-old girl in a small town where nothing is as it seems.
CAA reps Minihan as a producer. Both Poliquin and Minihan are repped by...
- 10/12/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Lionsgate has pushed back the theatrical releases of two of its fall movies to 2021, the Hilary Swank thriller “Fatale” directed by Deon Taylor, and Neil Burger’s sci-fi “Voyagers” starring Colin Farrell, an individual with knowledge told TheWrap.
“Fatale” was meant to open Oct. 30 but is now expected to open in the first quarter of 2021. “Voyagers” was slated for Nov. 25 but has been pushed back to a date to be announced in 2021.
The fall film slate of theatrical releases has thinned out as the pandemic continues, with “No Time To Die” being the first to move out of its November release into 2021, only to be followed by Pixar’s “Soul” moving to Disney+ on Christmas Day.
What’s more, Cineworld announced it would be temporarily closing theaters — over 600 locations — in both the U.S. and the U.K. in response to the lack of Hollywood product and Covid-19 restrictions.
“Voyagers...
“Fatale” was meant to open Oct. 30 but is now expected to open in the first quarter of 2021. “Voyagers” was slated for Nov. 25 but has been pushed back to a date to be announced in 2021.
The fall film slate of theatrical releases has thinned out as the pandemic continues, with “No Time To Die” being the first to move out of its November release into 2021, only to be followed by Pixar’s “Soul” moving to Disney+ on Christmas Day.
What’s more, Cineworld announced it would be temporarily closing theaters — over 600 locations — in both the U.S. and the U.K. in response to the lack of Hollywood product and Covid-19 restrictions.
“Voyagers...
- 10/9/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: After a successful West Coast/East Coast partnership over the past three years, Platform PR and Serge PR are becoming one — officially partnering under the Platform banner.
Scott Boute (Serge PR CEO) will join Siri Garber (Platform PR CEO) and Angela Mach (Platform PR Vice President) to head up the West Coast office in Los Angeles, with industry veteran Darren Olcsvary remaining head of New York operations. Jane Negline will continue to run the Australian branch of Platform which includes clients Danielle Cormack (Wentworth), Miranda Tapsell (Top End Wedding), Sam Frost (Home & Away), Nicole da Silva (Wentworth), Belinda Bromilow (Hulu’s The Great), Rodger Corser and Geraldine Hakewill (Wanted).
“I am so thrilled to partner with Serge PR,” said Garber. We have worked together for three years now and felt that this was the perfect time to evolve and move in a new direction. It is exciting...
Scott Boute (Serge PR CEO) will join Siri Garber (Platform PR CEO) and Angela Mach (Platform PR Vice President) to head up the West Coast office in Los Angeles, with industry veteran Darren Olcsvary remaining head of New York operations. Jane Negline will continue to run the Australian branch of Platform which includes clients Danielle Cormack (Wentworth), Miranda Tapsell (Top End Wedding), Sam Frost (Home & Away), Nicole da Silva (Wentworth), Belinda Bromilow (Hulu’s The Great), Rodger Corser and Geraldine Hakewill (Wanted).
“I am so thrilled to partner with Serge PR,” said Garber. We have worked together for three years now and felt that this was the perfect time to evolve and move in a new direction. It is exciting...
- 10/6/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
As John Kramer, aka Jigsaw, in the Saw movies, Tobin Bell forces people to face their sins through elaborate traps, and he gives a group of teenagers the same opportunity in The Call, only this time he's doing it at the behest of his late wife, Edith (Lin Shaye), who isn't quite resting in peace after a heartbreaking accident. With The Call now playing at drive-ins via Cinedigm, we caught up with Bell to talk about working with Shaye for the first time on The Call, and he also shared his excitement for the upcoming Spiral: From the Book of Saw.
How did the opportunity to play Edward come about? Did they come to you with the script? Did they kind of write it with you in mind?
Tobin Bell: Nobody ever said that to me. And I think it's probably unlikely that they wrote it with me in mind,...
How did the opportunity to play Edward come about? Did they come to you with the script? Did they kind of write it with you in mind?
Tobin Bell: Nobody ever said that to me. And I think it's probably unlikely that they wrote it with me in mind,...
- 10/3/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Saw star Tobin Bell (supposedly) isn’t in director Darren Lynn Bousman’s reboot Spiral: From the Book of Saw with Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson, which will be hitting theaters next May. But that doesn’t mean the man is done with Jigsaw. Bell tells ComicBook.com: “It’s about the writing if the writing is great. John […]...
- 10/2/2020
- by Mike Sprague
- DreadCentral.com
There have been many words used to describe the Saw franchise over the years, but ‘funny’ has definitely never been one of them. The horror series became famous for the elaborate and gruesome traps concocted by evil mastermind Jigsaw over eight installments between 2004 and 2017, but like almost every other brand in the genre that churns out so many sequels, the law of diminishing returns inevitably set in.
Before it was delayed for an entire year as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, ninth entry Spiral was shaping up to be the most exciting Saw movie yet, simply due to the talent involved. Having Chris Rock play the lead role, executive produce and develop the story for the latest chapter instantly increased the curiosity factor, which then doubled when it was announced that Samuel L. Jackson had also joined the cast.
A New Game Begins In First Trailer For Spiral: From...
Before it was delayed for an entire year as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, ninth entry Spiral was shaping up to be the most exciting Saw movie yet, simply due to the talent involved. Having Chris Rock play the lead role, executive produce and develop the story for the latest chapter instantly increased the curiosity factor, which then doubled when it was announced that Samuel L. Jackson had also joined the cast.
A New Game Begins In First Trailer For Spiral: From...
- 9/29/2020
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
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