Exclusive: Los Angeles Media Fund has landed rights to Andrew DeYoung’s novel The Temps in a competitive situation with plans to develop it for television. Gabriel Bisset-Smith (The Last Hours of Laura K) will serve as the show’s creator.
The Temps was release by Turner Publishing on March 29th and sold out its first print run. Its synopsis is as follows:
They’re underemployed. Underpaid. And trying to survive the end of the world while trapped inside an office complex. Who knew temp work could be this dangerous?
Jacob Elliot doesn’t want a temporary job in the mailroom at Delphi Enterprises, but after two post-college years of unpaid internships and living in his parents’ basement, he needs the work. Then, on his first day, the unthinkable happens: toxic gas descends on a meeting in Delphi’s outdoor amphitheater, killing all the regular employees and leaving Jacob stranded inside the vast office complex.
The Temps was release by Turner Publishing on March 29th and sold out its first print run. Its synopsis is as follows:
They’re underemployed. Underpaid. And trying to survive the end of the world while trapped inside an office complex. Who knew temp work could be this dangerous?
Jacob Elliot doesn’t want a temporary job in the mailroom at Delphi Enterprises, but after two post-college years of unpaid internships and living in his parents’ basement, he needs the work. Then, on his first day, the unthinkable happens: toxic gas descends on a meeting in Delphi’s outdoor amphitheater, killing all the regular employees and leaving Jacob stranded inside the vast office complex.
- 6/13/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s Global Bulletin, U.K.’s National Theatre filmed plays to stream on Amazon Prime Video in the U.K. and Ireland; Mubi boards U.K., Ireland rights for Paul Verhoeven’s Cannes title “Benedetta”; Anton Corbijn directs Sergei Polunin ballet documentary “Dancer II”; Banff sets indigenous screen industry summit; Bild Studios and Lux Machina form Virtual Production partnership; and the third season of International Emmy-winning series “Bluey” will premiere globally on Disney.
Four stage productions filmed by the U.K.’s National Theatre will stream exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in the U.K. and Ireland from June 11.
The productions include “Frankenstein,” directed by Danny Boyle and written by Nick Dear, in which joint Olivier Award winners Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller alternate the roles of the creature and Victor Frankenstein; “Fleabag,” written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge; and “Hamlet” with Benedict Cumberbatch, directed by Lyndsey Turner.
Four stage productions filmed by the U.K.’s National Theatre will stream exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in the U.K. and Ireland from June 11.
The productions include “Frankenstein,” directed by Danny Boyle and written by Nick Dear, in which joint Olivier Award winners Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller alternate the roles of the creature and Victor Frankenstein; “Fleabag,” written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge; and “Hamlet” with Benedict Cumberbatch, directed by Lyndsey Turner.
- 5/25/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The first $1.3 million donation will enable UK’s Film and TV Charity to create a new grants scheme to help the sector recover. Today, Amazon Prime Video has announced the creation of a $6 million (approx. €5 million) fund to support the European film, TV and theatre sectors. The measure will help these industries to recover from the losses caused by the Covid-19 outbreak. In detail, the first $1.3 million (approx. €1.1 million) donation will enable UK’s Film and TV Charity to create a new grants scheme to help the sector recover. In addition, $651,500 will be donated to the Theatre Community Fund, launched by Olivia Colman, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Francesca Moody. The rest of the amount will be granted to Covid-19 relief funds across European countries to resume film and TV production. Speaking about the decision, head of Amazon Studios Jennifer Salke said: “The creative community in...
First donations are £1m to UK’s Film and TV Charity, £500,000 to Theatre Community Fund.
Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Studios have pledged $6m (£4.6m) to support the recovery of the European TV and film production community.
The first donations from the fund are £1m ($1.3m) to the UK’s Film and TV Charity to set up a new grants scheme; and £500,000 to the Theatre Community Fund launched by Olivia Colman, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Francesca Moody to provide hardship grants to theatre workers and freelancers across the UK.
The new Film and TV Charity grant will focus on supporting diverse talent,...
Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Studios have pledged $6m (£4.6m) to support the recovery of the European TV and film production community.
The first donations from the fund are £1m ($1.3m) to the UK’s Film and TV Charity to set up a new grants scheme; and £500,000 to the Theatre Community Fund launched by Olivia Colman, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Francesca Moody to provide hardship grants to theatre workers and freelancers across the UK.
The new Film and TV Charity grant will focus on supporting diverse talent,...
- 8/12/2020
- by 1101184¦Orlando Parfitt¦38¦
- ScreenDaily
Amazon has donated £1.5M ($2M) to two emergency relief funds aimed at supporting workers in film, TV, and theatre through the coronavirus crisis. The pledges are the first in a $6M commitment to help stricken production communities across Europe recover from an unprecedented pause in work.
Amazon will donate £1M to a new Covid-19 Response Fund established by the UK’s Film And TV Charity. This is separate to the Covid-19 Film And TV Emergency Relief Fund the charity set up with the BFI in March, and is aimed at helping those worst affected by the production shutdowns as shoots get back underway.
The Film And TV Charity wants to raise £3.2m for the new fund, under which out-of-work freelancers will be able to apply for grants of up to £4,500. Amazon is saying the new fund will “kick-start” a second wave of financing after the original funding pot of £3.3M was maxed out,...
Amazon will donate £1M to a new Covid-19 Response Fund established by the UK’s Film And TV Charity. This is separate to the Covid-19 Film And TV Emergency Relief Fund the charity set up with the BFI in March, and is aimed at helping those worst affected by the production shutdowns as shoots get back underway.
The Film And TV Charity wants to raise £3.2m for the new fund, under which out-of-work freelancers will be able to apply for grants of up to £4,500. Amazon is saying the new fund will “kick-start” a second wave of financing after the original funding pot of £3.3M was maxed out,...
- 8/12/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Oscar-winner Olivia Colman and producer Francesca Moody (Fleabag) are launching The Theatre Community Fund, which will provide grants to UK theatre professionals who have been struggling economically during the coronavirus pandemic.
Donors will contribute through initial lump sums and, innovatively, through fixed, confidential percentages of their incomes over the next two years. The fund will be separated into two priority strands giving grants of up to £3,000:
To help freelancers survive the present by providing hardship grants to those in immediate need. To ensure a healthy future for the industry by providing innovation and creation grants for artists to produce work.
Among first donors to the fund, which has to date received combined pledges of £1M, are Tom Hiddleston, Gillian Anderson, Danny Boyle, Emilia Clarke, Richard Curtis, Kit Harrington, Ian McKellen, Daisy Ridley, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Thompson and Rachel Weisz. Scroll down for the list in full.
Donors will contribute through initial lump sums and, innovatively, through fixed, confidential percentages of their incomes over the next two years. The fund will be separated into two priority strands giving grants of up to £3,000:
To help freelancers survive the present by providing hardship grants to those in immediate need. To ensure a healthy future for the industry by providing innovation and creation grants for artists to produce work.
Among first donors to the fund, which has to date received combined pledges of £1M, are Tom Hiddleston, Gillian Anderson, Danny Boyle, Emilia Clarke, Richard Curtis, Kit Harrington, Ian McKellen, Daisy Ridley, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Thompson and Rachel Weisz. Scroll down for the list in full.
- 7/30/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Phoebe Waller-Bridge to the rescue! The Emmy winner’s acclaimed “Fleabag” one-woman show is headed to streaming for a good cause.
For the first time, her live stage show will be available on Amazon Prime Video in the U.S., starting April 10, for two weeks.
Waller-Bridge partnered with DryWrite, Soho Theatre and Annapurna Theatre, National Theatre Live in London and Amazon Prime Video, to bring her critically-acclaimed theater production to streaming services with the goal of raising money for several UK-based charities to support those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Also Read: Lee Fierro, 'Jaws' Actor and Massachusetts Theater Promoter, Dies From Coronavirus at Age 91
The one-woman show was performed to a sold-out house at Wyndham’s Theatre in London’s West End last summer and a sold-out house Off-Broadway in New York last Spring. It was first broadcast to cinemas by National Theater Live in September 2019, but has never before been available to stream.
For the first time, her live stage show will be available on Amazon Prime Video in the U.S., starting April 10, for two weeks.
Waller-Bridge partnered with DryWrite, Soho Theatre and Annapurna Theatre, National Theatre Live in London and Amazon Prime Video, to bring her critically-acclaimed theater production to streaming services with the goal of raising money for several UK-based charities to support those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Also Read: Lee Fierro, 'Jaws' Actor and Massachusetts Theater Promoter, Dies From Coronavirus at Age 91
The one-woman show was performed to a sold-out house at Wyndham’s Theatre in London’s West End last summer and a sold-out house Off-Broadway in New York last Spring. It was first broadcast to cinemas by National Theater Live in September 2019, but has never before been available to stream.
- 4/6/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
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