Exclusive: Objectively Good Media is in early development on Seventy-Two, an authorized biopic on actor, comedian and TV presenter Steve Harvey, Deadline has learned.
Producers will include Mohamed Kheir and Matthew R. Cooper for Ogm, as well as East 112, which is headed by Harvey and Thabiti Stephens, the Chief Strategy Officer of Steve Harvey Global. A writer is not yet attached to the project.
Seventy-Two centers on a transformative 72-hour period, ahead of a career-defining performance for Harvey at the legendary Apollo Theatre in 1993. The film will provide audiences an intimate look at the perseverance and challenges that defined Harvey’s career. At age 26, Harvey left a secure sales job to pursue a career in comedy, facing numerous obstacles along the way. However, by 36, he was confronting a period of self-doubt and personal struggles as he prepared for the performance that would alter his career trajectory. Ogm conceptualized and brought...
Producers will include Mohamed Kheir and Matthew R. Cooper for Ogm, as well as East 112, which is headed by Harvey and Thabiti Stephens, the Chief Strategy Officer of Steve Harvey Global. A writer is not yet attached to the project.
Seventy-Two centers on a transformative 72-hour period, ahead of a career-defining performance for Harvey at the legendary Apollo Theatre in 1993. The film will provide audiences an intimate look at the perseverance and challenges that defined Harvey’s career. At age 26, Harvey left a secure sales job to pursue a career in comedy, facing numerous obstacles along the way. However, by 36, he was confronting a period of self-doubt and personal struggles as he prepared for the performance that would alter his career trajectory. Ogm conceptualized and brought...
- 8/28/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
With “What We Do in the Shadows” coming to an end this year with the show’s final season, star Harvey Guillén has set up a brand new project to both star in and executive produce.
Harvey Guillén will star alongside Kate Siegel in the dark comedy Damned If You Do.
First reported by Deadline, the cast will also include Ginger Gonzaga (She-Hulk), Paulo Costanzo (Royal Pains), Beth Dover (Orange Is the New Black), Ed Weeks (The Mindy Project), Molly Bernard (Hit Man), Jillian Gottlieb (Soon By You), Matthew Stephen Smith (Too Hot to Handle), Liza Treyger (Survival of the Thickest) and Ashley Austin Morris (Inventing Anna).
Written by Ellen Adair and Eric Gilde, Damned If You Do marks the directorial debut of Jake Rubin and Evan Metzold. Here’s the official plot synopsis for the film:
“A group of teenage friends sold their souls to the devil. Naturally, life...
Harvey Guillén will star alongside Kate Siegel in the dark comedy Damned If You Do.
First reported by Deadline, the cast will also include Ginger Gonzaga (She-Hulk), Paulo Costanzo (Royal Pains), Beth Dover (Orange Is the New Black), Ed Weeks (The Mindy Project), Molly Bernard (Hit Man), Jillian Gottlieb (Soon By You), Matthew Stephen Smith (Too Hot to Handle), Liza Treyger (Survival of the Thickest) and Ashley Austin Morris (Inventing Anna).
Written by Ellen Adair and Eric Gilde, Damned If You Do marks the directorial debut of Jake Rubin and Evan Metzold. Here’s the official plot synopsis for the film:
“A group of teenage friends sold their souls to the devil. Naturally, life...
- 8/5/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Last month, it was announced that Kate Siegel – who is best known for her collaborations with husband Mike Flanagan, like Hush and The Haunting of Hill House – is set to star in and executive produce the dark comedy Damned If You Do. Now Deadline has broken the news that Siegel is being joined in the cast by Harvey Guillen (What We Do in the Shadows), Ginger Gonzaga (She-Hulk: Attorney at Law), Paulo Costanzo (Royal Pains), Beth Dover (Orange Is the New Black), Ed Weeks (The Mindy Project), Molly Bernard (Hit Man), Jillian Gottlieb (Soon By You), Matthew Stephen Smith (Too Hot to Handle), Liza Treyger (Survival of the Thickest), and Ashley Austin Morris (Inventing Anna). Details on the characters they’ll be playing have not been revealed.
The feature directorial debut of the filmmaking duo of Jake Rubin and Evan Metzold, who are working from a screenplay written by Ellen Adair and Eric Gilde,...
The feature directorial debut of the filmmaking duo of Jake Rubin and Evan Metzold, who are working from a screenplay written by Ellen Adair and Eric Gilde,...
- 8/5/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows) is set to exec produce and star opposite Kate Siegel in Damned If You Do, the dark comedy from first-time feature filmmakers Jake Rubin and Evan Metzold, on which we were first to report.
Among the other newcomers to the cast are Ginger Gonzaga (She-Hulk), Paulo Costanzo (Royal Pains), Beth Dover (Orange Is the New Black) and Ed Weeks (The Mindy Project).
Damned If You Do follows a group of teenage friends who have sold their souls to the devil. Subsequently, life takes them down different paths, as a rock star, a tech mogul, and a high-profile activist. Years later, they must rely on an old classmate to try and escape Hell’s grasp before the contract’s deadline of their 25th high school reunion.
Objectively Good Media’s Matthew R. Cooper and Uwakokunre (Kokie) Imasogie are producing alongside Lior Haas,...
Among the other newcomers to the cast are Ginger Gonzaga (She-Hulk), Paulo Costanzo (Royal Pains), Beth Dover (Orange Is the New Black) and Ed Weeks (The Mindy Project).
Damned If You Do follows a group of teenage friends who have sold their souls to the devil. Subsequently, life takes them down different paths, as a rock star, a tech mogul, and a high-profile activist. Years later, they must rely on an old classmate to try and escape Hell’s grasp before the contract’s deadline of their 25th high school reunion.
Objectively Good Media’s Matthew R. Cooper and Uwakokunre (Kokie) Imasogie are producing alongside Lior Haas,...
- 8/5/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Kate Siegel has faced plenty of threats – supernatural and otherwise – in her collaborations with husband Mike Flanagan, which include Oculus, Hush, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Gerald’s Game, The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, Midnight Mass, and The Fall of the House of Usher. Now Deadline reports that she’s set to face the biggest bad of all, as she’ll be taking on the devil himself in the dark comedy Damned If You Do!
The feature directorial debut of the filmmaking duo of Jake Rubin and Evan Metzold, who are working from a screenplay written by Ellen Adair and Eric Gilde, Damned If You Do will follow a group of teenage friends who sold their souls to the devil. Naturally, life grants them different paths: a rock star, a tech mogul, and a high-profile activist. Years later, they must rely on an old classmate to try...
The feature directorial debut of the filmmaking duo of Jake Rubin and Evan Metzold, who are working from a screenplay written by Ellen Adair and Eric Gilde, Damned If You Do will follow a group of teenage friends who sold their souls to the devil. Naturally, life grants them different paths: a rock star, a tech mogul, and a high-profile activist. Years later, they must rely on an old classmate to try...
- 7/19/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
One of our favorite scream queens has set her next project. We're talking about The Fall of the House of Usher star Kate Siegel. She's set to star in and executive produce an upcoming dark comedy called Damned If You Do. More on this project below.
Siegel is known for starring in many horror-based films and shows. Besides The Fall of the House of Usher, most people will recognize her from her roles in other Netflix horror shows such as The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor and Midnight Mass. She's also known for starring in the horror flicks Oculus, Hush, Ouija: Origin of Evil and Gerald's Game.
While we have enjoyed Siegel's performance in every horror project she's been a part of so far, we're really looking forward to seeing her take on a different genre. She's an incredible actress, so we're sure she'll knock her...
Siegel is known for starring in many horror-based films and shows. Besides The Fall of the House of Usher, most people will recognize her from her roles in other Netflix horror shows such as The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor and Midnight Mass. She's also known for starring in the horror flicks Oculus, Hush, Ouija: Origin of Evil and Gerald's Game.
While we have enjoyed Siegel's performance in every horror project she's been a part of so far, we're really looking forward to seeing her take on a different genre. She's an incredible actress, so we're sure she'll knock her...
- 7/18/2024
- by Crystal George
- 1428 Elm
Hush and “The Fall of the House of Usher” star Kate Siegel is starring and executive producing the new Hellish dark comedy Damned If You Do, and production is underway, according to Deadline.
The film follows “a group of teenage friends who sold their souls to the devil. Naturally, life grants them different paths: a rock star, a tech mogul, and a high-profile activist. Years later, they must rely on an old classmate to try and escape Hell’s grasp before the contract’s deadline of their 25th high school reunion.”
Written by Ellen Adair and Eric Gilde, Damned If You Do marks the directorial debut of Jake Rubin and Evan Metzold.
It’s not yet clear which role Siegel will play, but expect the film to have a lot of fun with its soul-selling premise. Rubin and Metzold told Deadline, “We feel very lucky to be working with such a talented and hilarious cast.
The film follows “a group of teenage friends who sold their souls to the devil. Naturally, life grants them different paths: a rock star, a tech mogul, and a high-profile activist. Years later, they must rely on an old classmate to try and escape Hell’s grasp before the contract’s deadline of their 25th high school reunion.”
Written by Ellen Adair and Eric Gilde, Damned If You Do marks the directorial debut of Jake Rubin and Evan Metzold.
It’s not yet clear which role Siegel will play, but expect the film to have a lot of fun with its soul-selling premise. Rubin and Metzold told Deadline, “We feel very lucky to be working with such a talented and hilarious cast.
- 7/18/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
As the entertainment space evolves and pushes further into the technology world, including virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and other experimental works, the Sundance Film Festival is continuing to debut some of the best examples of such crossovers as part of its New Frontier section. Every year, the section aims to “offer some of the most innovative independent production and experimentation at the crossroads of film, art and technology that is being created today.” For the 2018 edition of the festival, that will include an international slate of VR, Mr, and AI.
This year, New Frontier programming will encompass three venues, including the New Frontier Exhibition at Kimball Art Center (which will host immersive dance and cutting edge VR & Mr works as well as works involving Artificial Intelligence), along with New Frontier at The Ray, which will also include The Box at New Frontier at The Ray (a 40-seat mobile VR theater...
This year, New Frontier programming will encompass three venues, including the New Frontier Exhibition at Kimball Art Center (which will host immersive dance and cutting edge VR & Mr works as well as works involving Artificial Intelligence), along with New Frontier at The Ray, which will also include The Box at New Frontier at The Ray (a 40-seat mobile VR theater...
- 12/6/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
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