Exclusive: Todd Slater of Convoke Media and Brandon Evans of Brick Lane Pictures have launched Brick Lane Entertainment. The production, sales and financing partnership based in LA and Dublin will be taking When We Collided, starring Laura Marano and directed by her sister Vanessa, to AFM.
Brick Lane will co-produce alongside Laura, Vanessa and Ellen Marano’s Calabrian Rhode Productions. Christina Mengert wrote the screenplay based on the 2016 Emery Lord novel.
The film is scheduled to begin production in Ireland next spring.
Laura Marano is the actor and successful singer-songwriter launched by the wildly popular Disney Channel series Austin & Ally. Vanessa Marano’s acting credits includes Switched At Birth, How To Deter A Robber and Gilmore Girls.
Brick Lane Entertainment will also serve as the sales rep at AFM...
Brick Lane will co-produce alongside Laura, Vanessa and Ellen Marano’s Calabrian Rhode Productions. Christina Mengert wrote the screenplay based on the 2016 Emery Lord novel.
The film is scheduled to begin production in Ireland next spring.
Laura Marano is the actor and successful singer-songwriter launched by the wildly popular Disney Channel series Austin & Ally. Vanessa Marano’s acting credits includes Switched At Birth, How To Deter A Robber and Gilmore Girls.
Brick Lane Entertainment will also serve as the sales rep at AFM...
- 10/30/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Vanessa Marano, Leah Lewis, Abbie Cobb, Chris Mulkey, Gabrielle Carteris, Sonny Valicenti, Jonah Ray, Benjamin Papac, Nikki Crawford, Deanna Rooney, Arnold Y. Kim | Written and Directed by Maria Bissell
There have been a number of fairly recent horror/thriller movies that have been marketed as the horror or ‘adult’ version of Home Alone. Now, Home Alone is one of my favourite movies ever and a more adult orientated version should be perfect. Unfortunately it’s not quite as simple as that and although 1989’s Deadly Games is great, nothing since has really captured that same Christmas feeling with a bit more of an edge. How To Deter A Robber is the latest movie to try.
In it, we see a young couple initially suspected of the number of burglaries in their small town. But when their own home gets robbed, they have to face off against the real criminals.
There have been a number of fairly recent horror/thriller movies that have been marketed as the horror or ‘adult’ version of Home Alone. Now, Home Alone is one of my favourite movies ever and a more adult orientated version should be perfect. Unfortunately it’s not quite as simple as that and although 1989’s Deadly Games is great, nothing since has really captured that same Christmas feeling with a bit more of an edge. How To Deter A Robber is the latest movie to try.
In it, we see a young couple initially suspected of the number of burglaries in their small town. But when their own home gets robbed, they have to face off against the real criminals.
- 8/4/2021
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
The story of a high school girl who’s forced — alongside her dimwitted boyfriend and kind uncle — to fend off a pair of armed thieves, “How to Deter a Robber” delivers the blandest take possible on its home-invasion scenario. With low stakes and even lower energy, writer-director Maria Bissell’s feature debut isn’t sure if it’s a thriller with amusing elements or a comedy of criminal absurdity. What it winds up being, therefore, is neither,
During a Christmas getaway at a lakeside cabin, Madison (Vanessa Marano) spars incessantly with her mother, Charlotte (Gabrielle Carteris), while failing to come up with a college application essay that impresses any of her relatives. Bored and annoyed, she and her immature beau, Jimmy (Benjamin Papac), spy a light on in the neighbor’s house and — in a decision that seems unbelievable from the get-go — decide to break in, play with the absent...
During a Christmas getaway at a lakeside cabin, Madison (Vanessa Marano) spars incessantly with her mother, Charlotte (Gabrielle Carteris), while failing to come up with a college application essay that impresses any of her relatives. Bored and annoyed, she and her immature beau, Jimmy (Benjamin Papac), spy a light on in the neighbor’s house and — in a decision that seems unbelievable from the get-go — decide to break in, play with the absent...
- 7/14/2021
- by Nick Schager
- Variety Film + TV
Pretty Boy: "Pretty Boy, the follow up to the award-winning film Blind, has completed principal photography. Pretty Boy, directed by Marcel Walz and written by Joe Knetter, continues the story they set in motion in Blind.
Pretty Boy just finished the Post Production with Company 3
Marcel Walz (Director)
“Filming Pretty Boy the way we did was a dream comes true for me. It is beautiful, fun, gory and creepy. Seeing our Killer, “Pretty Boy”, slashing through this love letter to the 80s is what I have always wanted to do! Also, as an LGBTQ Director, I could go crazy on set design for the Valentine’s party and overall theme in the movie, so be prepared for a lot of pinks, glitter and some intestines Lol!“
Joe Knetter (Writer)
“Filming Pretty Boy was an amazing experience. Every single person on the cast and crew brought their ‘A’ game. Getting...
Pretty Boy just finished the Post Production with Company 3
Marcel Walz (Director)
“Filming Pretty Boy the way we did was a dream comes true for me. It is beautiful, fun, gory and creepy. Seeing our Killer, “Pretty Boy”, slashing through this love letter to the 80s is what I have always wanted to do! Also, as an LGBTQ Director, I could go crazy on set design for the Valentine’s party and overall theme in the movie, so be prepared for a lot of pinks, glitter and some intestines Lol!“
Joe Knetter (Writer)
“Filming Pretty Boy was an amazing experience. Every single person on the cast and crew brought their ‘A’ game. Getting...
- 2/16/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
XYZ Films continues to handle international sales at upcoming virtual EFM.
Shout! Studios has acquired North American rights to the home invasion dark comedy How To Deter A Robber from XYZ Films who will continue to handle international sales at the upcoming virtual EFM.
Maria Bissell’s film premiered at 2020 Fantastic Fest and takes place in a desolate northern Wisconsin town where two teens playing amateur detectives get more than they bargained for when they investigate the wrong cabin.
The ensemble cast includes Vanessa Marano, Benjamin Papac, Abbie Cobb, Sonny Valicenti, Jonah Ray, Gabrielle Carteris, and Chris Mulkey.
Bissell produced alongside Joshua Adam Fu,...
Shout! Studios has acquired North American rights to the home invasion dark comedy How To Deter A Robber from XYZ Films who will continue to handle international sales at the upcoming virtual EFM.
Maria Bissell’s film premiered at 2020 Fantastic Fest and takes place in a desolate northern Wisconsin town where two teens playing amateur detectives get more than they bargained for when they investigate the wrong cabin.
The ensemble cast includes Vanessa Marano, Benjamin Papac, Abbie Cobb, Sonny Valicenti, Jonah Ray, Gabrielle Carteris, and Chris Mulkey.
Bissell produced alongside Joshua Adam Fu,...
- 2/16/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Production scheduled for spring 2021; Emma Slade, Katie Holly to produce.
Adrien Brody and Vera Farmiga will star in Ant Timpson’s mystery thriller The Salamander Lives Twice, which XYZ Films has boarded for worldwide sales at AFM 2020 Online and jointly represents the US with CAA Media Finance.
Production is scheduled for spring 2021 with Emma Slade of Firefly Films producing alongside Katie Holly for Blinder Films. Timpson and XYZ Films serve as executive producers.
Toby Harvard wrote the screenplay from a story by Timpson and Harvard about an injured man (Brody) with an impenetrable briefcase and no memory who washes up on a remote island.
Adrien Brody and Vera Farmiga will star in Ant Timpson’s mystery thriller The Salamander Lives Twice, which XYZ Films has boarded for worldwide sales at AFM 2020 Online and jointly represents the US with CAA Media Finance.
Production is scheduled for spring 2021 with Emma Slade of Firefly Films producing alongside Katie Holly for Blinder Films. Timpson and XYZ Films serve as executive producers.
Toby Harvard wrote the screenplay from a story by Timpson and Harvard about an injured man (Brody) with an impenetrable briefcase and no memory who washes up on a remote island.
- 11/9/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Home invasion dark comedy premiered at Fantastic Fest.
XYZ Films will handle worldwide sales at the upcoming virtual AFM on Maria Bissell’s home invasion dark comedy How To Deter A Robber.
The film premiered at the recent Fantastic Fest and takes place in a desolate northern Wisconsin town where two teens playing amateur detectives get more than they bargained for when they investigate the wrong cabin.
The ensemble cast includes Vanessa Marano, Benjamin Papac, Abbie Cobb, Sonny Valicenti, Jonah Ray, Gabrielle Carteris, and Chris Mulkey.
Bissell produced alongside Joshua Adam Fu, Max Silver, and Stephen Tringali.
XYZ Films will...
XYZ Films will handle worldwide sales at the upcoming virtual AFM on Maria Bissell’s home invasion dark comedy How To Deter A Robber.
The film premiered at the recent Fantastic Fest and takes place in a desolate northern Wisconsin town where two teens playing amateur detectives get more than they bargained for when they investigate the wrong cabin.
The ensemble cast includes Vanessa Marano, Benjamin Papac, Abbie Cobb, Sonny Valicenti, Jonah Ray, Gabrielle Carteris, and Chris Mulkey.
Bissell produced alongside Joshua Adam Fu, Max Silver, and Stephen Tringali.
XYZ Films will...
- 10/22/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Boredom and stress are a dangerous combination during the holidays. Dealing with an overbearing family, a lingering assignment for college applications, and trying to entertain an aloof partner can make anyone search for an escape. Writer/director Maria Bissell alleviates holiday doldrums and the stress of growing up by crafting a uniquely comical home invasion movie […]
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- 10/7/2020
- by Marisa Mirabal
- Slash Film
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