GameStop: Rise of the Players, Adrien Brody passion project Clean, Cannes winner Compartment No. 9, Danish upscale restaurant drama A Taste of Hunger, Michel Franco’s Sundown and Woody Allen’s latest Rifkin’s Festival hit theatres crowded by Oscar contenders in a specialty market consumed by awards season (and as a major storm looks set to pummel the Northeast).
There’s more new content than the market has seen in many weeks, although these can be hard frames for indie distributors to find available screens. But it’s easier now than it will be after Feb. 8 and a crush of actual Oscar nominees, said one distribution executive. “We’re going in,...
There’s more new content than the market has seen in many weeks, although these can be hard frames for indie distributors to find available screens. But it’s easier now than it will be after Feb. 8 and a crush of actual Oscar nominees, said one distribution executive. “We’re going in,...
- 1/28/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
In 2021, retail investors pulled off something that was considered impossible: They challenged hedge funds over the value of a struggling stock and won -- big time. When a hedge fund targeted GameStop for short selling, a ragtag group of investors (following the lead of a small band of steadfast stock advocates) rallied behind the stock, gaining collective millions against billions in losses from the financial powers that be. In the new documentary "GameStop: Rise of the Players," the team behind "Console Wars" tells the story of this exercise in retail investor revenge. It's...
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- 1/28/2022
- by Jeff Ewing
- Slash Film
Hollywood is no stranger to competing projects that are each racing to be first or to be the definitive story, be it two Fyre Fest documentaries, two biopics about Steve Jobs or two different “Jungle Books.” But the number of projects surrounding GameStop and the investors on Reddit’s WallStreetBets is unheard of.
TheWrap counts a whopping eight different projects all announced within the last few weeks that aim to focus on how GameStop, labeled a “meme stock” by independent online traders, surged by 1500% in market share before the price came crashing down again. Those come in the form of narrative feature films as well as documentary features and series that all want to cash in on the story of the traders who really did manage to cash in.
It’s no wonder there’s so much interest; the story is a good one. Individual, amateur investors found an opportunity...
TheWrap counts a whopping eight different projects all announced within the last few weeks that aim to focus on how GameStop, labeled a “meme stock” by independent online traders, surged by 1500% in market share before the price came crashing down again. Those come in the form of narrative feature films as well as documentary features and series that all want to cash in on the story of the traders who really did manage to cash in.
It’s no wonder there’s so much interest; the story is a good one. Individual, amateur investors found an opportunity...
- 2/15/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Netflix is doubling down on its investment in the GameStop story with a new documentary series from Emmy and Oscar-winning filmmakers Dan Cogan and Liz Garbus.
The streamer has ordered and is in production on a series that tells the viral story of rebel retail traders taking on Wall Street – a David vs. Goliath tale for the ages.
The series will be produced by Story Syndicate, the company set up by Icarus producer Cogan and What Happened, Miss Simone? filmmaker Garbus. The pair will exec produce along with Jon Bardin, who is working on Nat Geo’s upcoming Fauci documentary and Julie Gaither, who worked on Netflix’s The Innocence Files.
The untitled doc series will look at the layers on intrigue within the story, from the supercharged power of digital communities to the gamification of trading and explore the latest seismic shift in how the world’s money behaves.
The streamer has ordered and is in production on a series that tells the viral story of rebel retail traders taking on Wall Street – a David vs. Goliath tale for the ages.
The series will be produced by Story Syndicate, the company set up by Icarus producer Cogan and What Happened, Miss Simone? filmmaker Garbus. The pair will exec produce along with Jon Bardin, who is working on Nat Geo’s upcoming Fauci documentary and Julie Gaither, who worked on Netflix’s The Innocence Files.
The untitled doc series will look at the layers on intrigue within the story, from the supercharged power of digital communities to the gamification of trading and explore the latest seismic shift in how the world’s money behaves.
- 2/11/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Hollywood is continuing to go crazy for GameStop with HBO the latest to get involved in a project based on the stock saga.
The WarnerMedia network is developing a scripted feature film with Jason Blum, Andrew Ross Sorkin and Len Amato.
Their logline: How a populist uprising of social media day traders beat Wall Street at their own game turning the stock market upside down and shaking the financial world to its core.
It follows two feature films in development – Netflix making a film with Mark Boal and Noah Centineo and MGM adapting Ben Mezrich’s The Antisocial Network. Jamie Rogozinski, the founder of Reddit’s WallStreetBets, has sold his life story to RatPac Entertainment, while Xtr, the company behind You Cannot Kill David Arquette , has teamed up with directors Chris Temple and Zach Ingrasci on a doc project and Console Wars director Jonah Tulis has started production on another feature documentary with Submarine.
The WarnerMedia network is developing a scripted feature film with Jason Blum, Andrew Ross Sorkin and Len Amato.
Their logline: How a populist uprising of social media day traders beat Wall Street at their own game turning the stock market upside down and shaking the financial world to its core.
It follows two feature films in development – Netflix making a film with Mark Boal and Noah Centineo and MGM adapting Ben Mezrich’s The Antisocial Network. Jamie Rogozinski, the founder of Reddit’s WallStreetBets, has sold his life story to RatPac Entertainment, while Xtr, the company behind You Cannot Kill David Arquette , has teamed up with directors Chris Temple and Zach Ingrasci on a doc project and Console Wars director Jonah Tulis has started production on another feature documentary with Submarine.
- 2/5/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Even with the GameStop-Wall Street saga still unfolding, Console Wars director Jonah Tulis has started production on a feature documentary chronicling the Reddit-fueled frenzy that saw retail traders team send select stocks like GameStop and AMC Entertainment soaring. It’s the latest project to emerge about the fast-moving, stock-market-shaking phenomenon.
The feature-length film, which is fully financed and already in production, will feature many of the key players who believed in the value of GameStop and leveraged the power of social media platforms and online trading to spark the short-squeeze surge that continues to disrupt the markets and roil institutional investors. They include a Midwestern father of two whose contrarian research helped propel the big bet against Wall Street, and an amateur investor who put her life savings on the line riding GameStop stock to the moon.
Dan Braun, Ben Braun, Matt Burke, and Josh Braun of Submarine...
The feature-length film, which is fully financed and already in production, will feature many of the key players who believed in the value of GameStop and leveraged the power of social media platforms and online trading to spark the short-squeeze surge that continues to disrupt the markets and roil institutional investors. They include a Midwestern father of two whose contrarian research helped propel the big bet against Wall Street, and an amateur investor who put her life savings on the line riding GameStop stock to the moon.
Dan Braun, Ben Braun, Matt Burke, and Josh Braun of Submarine...
- 2/5/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Nearly a decade ago, young and hungry writing partners Blake. J. Harris and Jonah Tulis were brimming with ideas. Most were comedy pitches for film and TV, things they thought might sell. But down at the very bottom of a pitch list their manager, Julian Rosenberg, asked them to compile was something offbeat that caught his eye: an idea for a documentary about the 1990s battle between Sega and Nintendo.
The writers loved the idea, but they had buried it on that list for a reason.
“I figured no one was going to care about this,” says Harris....
The writers loved the idea, but they had buried it on that list for a reason.
“I figured no one was going to care about this,” says Harris....
- 10/16/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Nearly a decade ago, young and hungry writing partners Blake. J. Harris and Jonah Tulis were brimming with ideas. Most were comedy pitches for film and TV, things they thought might sell. But down at the very bottom of a pitch list their manager, Julian Rosenberg, asked them to compile was something offbeat that caught his eye: an idea for a documentary about the 1990s battle between Sega and Nintendo.
The writers loved the idea, but they had buried it on that list for a reason.
“I figured no one was going to care about this,” says Harris....
The writers loved the idea, but they had buried it on that list for a reason.
“I figured no one was going to care about this,” says Harris....
- 10/16/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"They were furious with us!" "I did not expect the US Congress to get involved." A video game war! CBS All Access has released an official trailer for a documentary titled Console Wars, from filmmakers Blake J. Harris & Jonah Tulis. This was set to premiere at this year's SXSW Film Festival, and will next launch on the CBS streaming service later this month. In 1990, Sega, a fledgling arcade company assembled a team of misfits to take on the greatest video game company in the world, Nintendo. It was a once-in-a-lifetime, no-holds-barred conflict that pit brother against brother, kids against grownups, Sonic against Mario, and also uniquely American capitalism against centuries-old Japanese tradition. For the first time ever, the men and women who fought on the front lines for Sega and Nintendo discuss this battle that defined a generation. Executive produced by Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg. This sounds and looks radical!
- 9/15/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
CBS has announced that the video game documentary Console Wars, which examines the ’90s clash of video games titans between Sega and Nintendo, will be available on CBS All Access starting on Sept. 23.
“An Official Selection of the 2020 SXSW Film Festival, Console Wars takes viewers back to 1990 when Sega, a fledgling arcade company, assembled a team of underdogs to take on the greatest video game company in the world, Nintendo,” reads a description of the series. “It was a once-in-a-lifetime, no-holds-barred conflict that pit brother against brother, kids against grownups, Sonic against Mario, and American’s unique brand of capitalism against centuries-old Japanese tradition. For the first time ever, the men and women who fought on the front lines for Sega and Nintendo discuss this battle that defined a generation.”
The documentary is directed by Jonah Tulis and Blake J. Harris, author of the hit Console Wars book the film is based on.
“An Official Selection of the 2020 SXSW Film Festival, Console Wars takes viewers back to 1990 when Sega, a fledgling arcade company, assembled a team of underdogs to take on the greatest video game company in the world, Nintendo,” reads a description of the series. “It was a once-in-a-lifetime, no-holds-barred conflict that pit brother against brother, kids against grownups, Sonic against Mario, and American’s unique brand of capitalism against centuries-old Japanese tradition. For the first time ever, the men and women who fought on the front lines for Sega and Nintendo discuss this battle that defined a generation.”
The documentary is directed by Jonah Tulis and Blake J. Harris, author of the hit Console Wars book the film is based on.
- 9/11/2020
- by Matthew Byrd
- Den of Geek
The new documentary “Console Wars” shows the history between Nintendo and Sega and how their two iconic characters Super Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog sparked a rivalry in the early days of video games that has lasted decades.
“Console Wars” is the first feature-length documentary that will appear on CBS All Access, and the film will make its debut on the subscription video on-demand and streaming service on Sept. 23. It was meant to premiere at the 2020 SXSW Film Festival before it was canceled due to the coronavirus.
“Console Wars” flashes back to the 8-bit era of gaming in 1990 when Sega launched and made the bold move to create a console in the Sega Genesis and a video game character that could challenge Nintendo and its domination of the video game industry. The film features interviews with some of Sega and Nintendo’s former executives and creatives and charts a story...
“Console Wars” is the first feature-length documentary that will appear on CBS All Access, and the film will make its debut on the subscription video on-demand and streaming service on Sept. 23. It was meant to premiere at the 2020 SXSW Film Festival before it was canceled due to the coronavirus.
“Console Wars” flashes back to the 8-bit era of gaming in 1990 when Sega launched and made the bold move to create a console in the Sega Genesis and a video game character that could challenge Nintendo and its domination of the video game industry. The film features interviews with some of Sega and Nintendo’s former executives and creatives and charts a story...
- 9/11/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
As gamers, we’re always looking for the next big thing, whether it’s a disruptive new way to play (e.g. virtual and augmented reality) or an innovation in what makes games tick (ray tracing). But sometimes we’re so busy pushing forward that we forget to look back. Fortunately, two upcoming documentaries will take us back to the days when arcades were still swallowing our quarters and Nintendo and Sega ruled our living rooms.
Insert Coin, by 25-year game industry veteran and indie filmmaker Josh Tsui, chronicles the history of Midway Games, the legendary studio behind such arcade classics as Mortal Kombat, NBA Jam, and many more. Console Wars, which tells the story of how Sega tried to bring down Nintendo with the Genesis, is the documentary version of the beloved non-fiction book of the same name by Blake J. Harris, who directed the film with documentarian Jonah Tulis.
Insert Coin, by 25-year game industry veteran and indie filmmaker Josh Tsui, chronicles the history of Midway Games, the legendary studio behind such arcade classics as Mortal Kombat, NBA Jam, and many more. Console Wars, which tells the story of how Sega tried to bring down Nintendo with the Genesis, is the documentary version of the beloved non-fiction book of the same name by Blake J. Harris, who directed the film with documentarian Jonah Tulis.
- 3/19/2020
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
If you’ve never heard of the book Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo and the Battle that Defined a Generation by Blake J. Harris, you need to check it out! It tells the true story of the rivalry between Sega and Nintendo as they fought to get their consoles into the homes of gamers. It’s a seriously fascinating story filled with all kinds of crazy and interesting information regarding these two companies as they were at war with each other.
We already knew that the book was going to be adapted into a limited series at CBS All Access, but now Deadline is reporting that the streaming service will develop a feature-length documentary with the help of Legendary Television Studios. The series is being written by Mike Rosolio and Jordan Vogt-Roberts (Kong: Skull Island) is attached to direct.
The Console Wars documentary will be developed by Oscar-winning documentary producer Doug Blush (Icarus,...
We already knew that the book was going to be adapted into a limited series at CBS All Access, but now Deadline is reporting that the streaming service will develop a feature-length documentary with the help of Legendary Television Studios. The series is being written by Mike Rosolio and Jordan Vogt-Roberts (Kong: Skull Island) is attached to direct.
The Console Wars documentary will be developed by Oscar-winning documentary producer Doug Blush (Icarus,...
- 8/5/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
CBS All Access is picking up documentary “Console Wars,” based on the book by Blake J. Harris, the streaming service revealed during the Television Critics Association press tour Thursday. The CBS Interactive Svod is also planning a scripted series based on the source material, which retells the Nintendo vs. Sega race in the 1990s.
The film is in partnership with Legendary Television Studios and is produced by Doug Blush. It is directed by Harris and Jonah Tulis and is being executive produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s Point Grey Pictures and Scott Rudin Productions.
CBS All Access and Point Grey are developing the scripted series together. Mike Rosolio is writing and Jordan Vogt-Roberts will direct.
Also Read: CBS All Access to Stream 'Nancy Drew' Following Its CW Broadcast Run
Tulis, Harris and Circle of Confusion’s Julian Rosenberg will produce both the doc and the TV series,...
The film is in partnership with Legendary Television Studios and is produced by Doug Blush. It is directed by Harris and Jonah Tulis and is being executive produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s Point Grey Pictures and Scott Rudin Productions.
CBS All Access and Point Grey are developing the scripted series together. Mike Rosolio is writing and Jordan Vogt-Roberts will direct.
Also Read: CBS All Access to Stream 'Nancy Drew' Following Its CW Broadcast Run
Tulis, Harris and Circle of Confusion’s Julian Rosenberg will produce both the doc and the TV series,...
- 8/1/2019
- by Tony Maglio and Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
CBS All Access is moving into feature documentaries for the first time with a film based on Blake J. Harris’ book Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo and the Battle that Defined a Generation. The Svod service is also developing a limited series based on the source material.
The feature doc is produced in partnership with Legendary Television Studios and Oscar-winning documentarian Doug Blush. It is directed by Harris and Jonah Tulis and is being executive produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s Point Grey Productions and Scott Rudin Productions.
The limited series is being written by Mike Rosolio and Jordan Vogt-Roberts attached to direct. Point Grey’s President is also exec producing.
Julian Rosenberg from Circle of Confusion produces both alongside Tulis and Harris.
Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo and the Battle that Defined a Generation, published by HarperCollins in 2014, is described as the mesmerizing, behind-the-scenes drama that chronicles how Sega,...
The feature doc is produced in partnership with Legendary Television Studios and Oscar-winning documentarian Doug Blush. It is directed by Harris and Jonah Tulis and is being executive produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s Point Grey Productions and Scott Rudin Productions.
The limited series is being written by Mike Rosolio and Jordan Vogt-Roberts attached to direct. Point Grey’s President is also exec producing.
Julian Rosenberg from Circle of Confusion produces both alongside Tulis and Harris.
Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo and the Battle that Defined a Generation, published by HarperCollins in 2014, is described as the mesmerizing, behind-the-scenes drama that chronicles how Sega,...
- 8/1/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are bringing “Console Wars” to TV.
Legendary Television has closed a deal to develop the Blake J. Harris novel “Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo and the Battle that Defined a Generation” as a limited drama series. The books tells the behind-the-scenes story of how Sega took on the juggernaut Nintendo and revolutionized the video game industry.
Jordan Vogt-Roberts will direct with Mike Rosolio set to write the pilot. Rogen and Goldberg will executive produce under their Point Grey Pictures banner along with Point Grey’s James Weaver. Scott Rudin and Eli Bush, Julian Rosenberg of Circle of Confusion, Harris and Jonah Tulis’ Flying Penguin Pictures, Rosolio and Vogt-Roberts will also executive produce. Josh Fagen will oversee for Point Grey. No network is currently attached.
It was announced in 2014 that Rogen and Goldberg had signed on to write and direct a “Console Wars” movie. Rogen later commented...
Legendary Television has closed a deal to develop the Blake J. Harris novel “Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo and the Battle that Defined a Generation” as a limited drama series. The books tells the behind-the-scenes story of how Sega took on the juggernaut Nintendo and revolutionized the video game industry.
Jordan Vogt-Roberts will direct with Mike Rosolio set to write the pilot. Rogen and Goldberg will executive produce under their Point Grey Pictures banner along with Point Grey’s James Weaver. Scott Rudin and Eli Bush, Julian Rosenberg of Circle of Confusion, Harris and Jonah Tulis’ Flying Penguin Pictures, Rosolio and Vogt-Roberts will also executive produce. Josh Fagen will oversee for Point Grey. No network is currently attached.
It was announced in 2014 that Rogen and Goldberg had signed on to write and direct a “Console Wars” movie. Rogen later commented...
- 11/28/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Blake J. Harris’ novel Console Wars; Sega, Nintendo and the Battle that Defined a Generation is in the works for the small screen. Legendary TV and Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s Point Grey Pictures are teaming to develop the novel into a limited drama series.
Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo and the Battle that Defined a Generation, published by HarperCollins in 2014, is described as the mesmerizing, behind-the-scenes drama that chronicles how Sega, a small, scrappy gaming company led by an unlikely visionary and a team of rebels, took on the juggernaut Nintendo and revolutionized the video game industry.
Jordan Vogt-Roberts will direct with Mike Rosolio set to write the pilot. Point Grey Pictures’ Rogen and Goldberg, who wrote the foreward for Harris’ book, and James Weaver will executive produce alongside Scott Rudin and Eli Bush, Julian Rosenberg of Circle of Confusion, Harris and Jonah Tulis’ Flying Penguin Pictures, Rosolio and Vogt-Roberts.
Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo and the Battle that Defined a Generation, published by HarperCollins in 2014, is described as the mesmerizing, behind-the-scenes drama that chronicles how Sega, a small, scrappy gaming company led by an unlikely visionary and a team of rebels, took on the juggernaut Nintendo and revolutionized the video game industry.
Jordan Vogt-Roberts will direct with Mike Rosolio set to write the pilot. Point Grey Pictures’ Rogen and Goldberg, who wrote the foreward for Harris’ book, and James Weaver will executive produce alongside Scott Rudin and Eli Bush, Julian Rosenberg of Circle of Confusion, Harris and Jonah Tulis’ Flying Penguin Pictures, Rosolio and Vogt-Roberts.
- 11/28/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Seth Rogen is a busy man. When he is not testifying before a Senate Committee to highlight the desperate need for Alzheimer’s research and funding, he is making three-picture deals through his production company, Point Grey, with the prolific Scott Rudin Productions. The commitment will see Point Grey (Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and James Weaver) team up with Scott Rudin Productions (Scott Rudin and Eli Bush) to create two narrative versions of documentaries for Sony, and a comedy feature with the gang from Workaholics.
Firstly, there’s Brooklyn Castle. Screenwriter Will Reiser and director Jonathan Levine (both from the 2011 Point Grey production 50/50) will make a narrative version of the award-winning 2012 documentary of the same name, which was directed by Katie Dellamagiore. It tells the story of Intermediate School 318 in Brooklyn, New York, and its after-school chess program. Despite deep budget cuts to the inner-city public school – where 65% students live...
Firstly, there’s Brooklyn Castle. Screenwriter Will Reiser and director Jonathan Levine (both from the 2011 Point Grey production 50/50) will make a narrative version of the award-winning 2012 documentary of the same name, which was directed by Katie Dellamagiore. It tells the story of Intermediate School 318 in Brooklyn, New York, and its after-school chess program. Despite deep budget cuts to the inner-city public school – where 65% students live...
- 2/28/2014
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
The company recently has added Elana Barry and Julian Rosenberg to its manager ranks. Barry joins Circle of Confusion from Anonymous Content, bringing clients including producer Dana Baratta, and writers Elizabeth Hunter and Micah Schraft. She also worked at Wma and UTA. Rosenberg had been a literary manager at Caliber Media, following a stint in the UTA agent trainee program. Clients include filmmakers Jonah Tulis & Blake Harris, screenwriters Michael Starrbury and Matthew Bass and TV writer Keith Foglesong.
- 11/19/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Below director Jonah Tulis shares a scene from his Mixed Martial Arts (Mma) documentary "Such Great Heights," currenly available On Demand on via iTunes. The film follows welterweight Mma fighter Jon Fitch as he prepares for the fight of his life against perennial Ufc Champ, Georges St. Pierre. While Fitch focuses on his training, the story weaves through the daily triumphs and challenges of the other fighters at the American Kickboxing Academy (Aka). The Film I come from a scripted comedy background, so “Such Great Heights” was quite a departure for me, both stylistically and creatively. But the more I worked on the film, the more I realized that whether you’re making a comedy, a drama, a narrative feature or a documentary, there is always one constant: it’s all about the characters. And in the making of this film, we certainly found some incredibly compelling and surprising characters; characters,...
- 6/14/2012
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
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