Exclusive: MajorJazz, a development and finance company with ties to Wall Street and Silicon Valley has acquired The Black Room, a paranormal horror spec about marriage, deceit, and the constant intrusion of the past into the present written by Grady Hendrix and Nicholas Rucka. The inspiration for the script came from Hendrix’s experience in New York City taking incident reports at parapsychology research organization in New York City. Rucka is an editor currently working on This Is Us.
The indie will be produced by Jon Shestack (Before I Fall) and Michael Richter and James Shifren of MajorJazz.
Set in the 1970s, The Black Room is a story about two rivals – Tom, a disgraced parapsychologist still grieving over the loss of his wife and Peter, his former mentor, now a professional debunker – who investigate a small-town medium who claims she can speak to the dead. Does she really have a gift?...
The indie will be produced by Jon Shestack (Before I Fall) and Michael Richter and James Shifren of MajorJazz.
Set in the 1970s, The Black Room is a story about two rivals – Tom, a disgraced parapsychologist still grieving over the loss of his wife and Peter, his former mentor, now a professional debunker – who investigate a small-town medium who claims she can speak to the dead. Does she really have a gift?...
- 6/19/2018
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline Film + TV
Mudbound helmer Dee Rees is set to direct An Uncivil War, a drama chronicling the battle to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. The fight saw activist Gloria Steinem, lawyer Florynce "Flo" Kennedy and other leaders of the women's movement up against conservative organizer Phyllis Schlafly.
FilmNation is fully financing the film and is producing alongside Peter Heller, with FilmNation's vp development Ashley Fox overseeing on behalf of the company. Rees will direct from a new version of David Kukoff’s original script. Principal casting is already underway, with production set to begin in early 2018.
"I'm particularly interested in digging into the messiness...
FilmNation is fully financing the film and is producing alongside Peter Heller, with FilmNation's vp development Ashley Fox overseeing on behalf of the company. Rees will direct from a new version of David Kukoff’s original script. Principal casting is already underway, with production set to begin in early 2018.
"I'm particularly interested in digging into the messiness...
- 10/3/2017
- by Ashley Lee
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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