Michael B. Jordan gets a shock to the system visiting death row for the first time in the new trailer for “Just Mercy,” setting him on a journey to fight for the rights of inmates who are just like him but have been wrongly convicted.
“The first time I visited death row, I wasn’t expecting to meet somebody the same age as me, from a neighborhood just like ours. Could’ve been me, mama,” Jordan says in the trailer’s opening moments.
“Just Mercy” is based on the true-life story of civil rights defense lawyer and activist Bryan Stevenson and follows a young Stevenson (Jordan) as he fights to defend and free those wrongly convicted of crimes with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley (Brie Larson).
Also Read: Michael B. Jordan on Importance of Civil Rights Drama 'Just Mercy': 'I Don't Want to Mess This Up'...
“The first time I visited death row, I wasn’t expecting to meet somebody the same age as me, from a neighborhood just like ours. Could’ve been me, mama,” Jordan says in the trailer’s opening moments.
“Just Mercy” is based on the true-life story of civil rights defense lawyer and activist Bryan Stevenson and follows a young Stevenson (Jordan) as he fights to defend and free those wrongly convicted of crimes with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley (Brie Larson).
Also Read: Michael B. Jordan on Importance of Civil Rights Drama 'Just Mercy': 'I Don't Want to Mess This Up'...
- 9/4/2019
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
Director Destin Daniel Cretton’s biographical drama “Just Mercy” will mark Michael B. Jordan’s much-anticipated next appearance on the big screen after a banner 2018 that saw him star in two of the year’s biggest films: “Black Panther” and “Creed II.” A likely awards season contender for Warner Bros., “Just Mercy” will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) this month.
Based on the award-winning nonfiction bestseller by lawyer and social-justice activist Bryan Stevenson, the powerful and thought-provoking true story follows young lawyer Stevenson and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Stevenson passed over cushy, lucrative jobs to become an Alabama defense attorney, taking on cases of those wrongly condemned, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley. One of his first, and most incendiary cases is that of Walter McMillian, who, in 1987, was sentenced to die for the notorious murder of an 18-year-old white woman,...
Based on the award-winning nonfiction bestseller by lawyer and social-justice activist Bryan Stevenson, the powerful and thought-provoking true story follows young lawyer Stevenson and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Stevenson passed over cushy, lucrative jobs to become an Alabama defense attorney, taking on cases of those wrongly condemned, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley. One of his first, and most incendiary cases is that of Walter McMillian, who, in 1987, was sentenced to die for the notorious murder of an 18-year-old white woman,...
- 9/4/2019
- by Tambay Obenson
- Indiewire
Saban Films doesn’t make the most noise. It doesn’t have the splashiest premieres or parties. But the indie film label just quietly did what many of its early rival failed to pull off. It celebrated its fifth anniversary at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
“We stuck to our plan,” Saban Films founder Bill Bromiley told Variety. “Sometimes it was tough seeing our competitors pick up a big movie or pay a lot of money on an awards race. They had all the hype and we were the guys who were sort of in the background.”
Flying a little under the radar served Bromiley and his team well. Saban Films launched in 2014, the same year that Broad Green, an indie label backed by Wall Street multi-millionaire Gabriel Hammond, opened for business. It found itself in competition for films with the likes of Relativity Media, the Orchard, the Weinstein Company,...
“We stuck to our plan,” Saban Films founder Bill Bromiley told Variety. “Sometimes it was tough seeing our competitors pick up a big movie or pay a lot of money on an awards race. They had all the hype and we were the guys who were sort of in the background.”
Flying a little under the radar served Bromiley and his team well. Saban Films launched in 2014, the same year that Broad Green, an indie label backed by Wall Street multi-millionaire Gabriel Hammond, opened for business. It found itself in competition for films with the likes of Relativity Media, the Orchard, the Weinstein Company,...
- 6/17/2019
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Karan Kendrick, who can soon be seen in Fox’s The Hate U Give, has landed a significant role in the Warner Bros film, Just Mercy, which will open January 17, 2020. The pic stars Michael B. Jordan, Brie Larson, and Jamie Foxx. Destin Cretton is directing. The feature is based on Bryan Stevenson’s 2014 memoir on his first case about Walter McMillian (Foxx), a black man sentenced to death for a crime he didn’t commit. Despite his airtight alibi, McMillian was convicted and spent six years on death row before being exonerated. Kendrick will play Walter’s wife Minnie McMillan. Filming is currently underway in Atlanta. Gil Netter and Asher Goldstein are producing, while Jordan, Stevenson, Mike Drake, Gabriel Hammond, Daniel Hammond, and Niija Kuykendall are serving as executive producers. Kendrick, whose other credits include Hidden Figures and The Hunger Game, is repped by Pallas Management Group and Cesd.
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- 10/2/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Beck Bennett (Saturday Night Live), D’Arcy Carden (The Good Place), Neil Casey (Ghostbusters), Dot-Marie Jones (Glee), and Janicza Bravo (Camping) are attached to star in Greener Grass, a film from writing and directing duo Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe. The helmers will also star in the pic, based on their SXSW short film. It’s set in a timeless suburbia and tells the story of soccer moms Jill (DeBoer) and Lisa (Luebbe). While their children compete on the soccer field, the pair competes in the bleachers in this dark comedy where every adult wears braces on their straight teeth, couples coordinate meticulously pressed outfits, and coveted family members become pawns in the ultimate competition for acceptance. Mary Holland (Veep), Jim Cummings (Thunder Road), Lauren Adams (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), Asher Miles Fallica (Ozark), Julian Hilliard (The Haunting of Hill House), and John Milhiser (SNL) co-star. Natalie Metzger is producing Greener Grass,...
- 10/1/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
On paper, Broad Green Pictures should work. The three-year old production and distribution company arrived to Hollywood in 2014, privately funded by billionaire Wall Street brothers Daniel and Gabriel Hammond with promises of A-list talent, prestige films, and salvation for the endangered mid-budget movie. And backed by fortunes made managing hedge funds like SteelPath and Alerian. On Wednesday, the company shut down its entire production department and cut 15 staffers from an office of 75. Also Read: Broad Green Pictures Lays Off 15, Shuts Down Production Division Roughly 50 titles in development were returned home to their creators. In interviews, Gabriel, 38, took...
- 8/3/2017
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
Hammond brothers let go of approximately 20% of workforce.
Broad Green co-founders Gabriel and Daniel Hammond have closed their production department and laid off 15 of the 75-strong staff following a string of under-performing films.
Gabriel and Daniel Hammond, who serve as CEO and chief creative officer respectively, plan to reconfigure Broad Green’s operations and find a new way to source films.
The acquisitions team is expected to be on the ground in Toronto and other festivals, and the company has scheduled a November 22 release for Morgan Freeman and Tommy Lee Jones caper film Villa Capri.
Around 50 development projects have gone into turnaround. Gabriel Hammond, a former Wall Street wunderkind who along with his brother used their own money to fund Broad Green, confirmed the development on Wednesday in a remarkably frank interview with Deadline Hollywood in which he said the brothers accepted all blame for failure.
The news comes in the wake of the latest sub-par box office...
Broad Green co-founders Gabriel and Daniel Hammond have closed their production department and laid off 15 of the 75-strong staff following a string of under-performing films.
Gabriel and Daniel Hammond, who serve as CEO and chief creative officer respectively, plan to reconfigure Broad Green’s operations and find a new way to source films.
The acquisitions team is expected to be on the ground in Toronto and other festivals, and the company has scheduled a November 22 release for Morgan Freeman and Tommy Lee Jones caper film Villa Capri.
Around 50 development projects have gone into turnaround. Gabriel Hammond, a former Wall Street wunderkind who along with his brother used their own money to fund Broad Green, confirmed the development on Wednesday in a remarkably frank interview with Deadline Hollywood in which he said the brothers accepted all blame for failure.
The news comes in the wake of the latest sub-par box office...
- 8/2/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Broad Green: How Wall Street Wealth, A-List Talent, and Brash Decisions Made an Indie Player Implode
It takes guts to join the indie distribution fray, especially when the market is challenged by big buyers like Netflix and Amazon Studios (which, along with Annapurna, is optimistically taking over its own theatrical distribution) and television is chasing down the hottest indie talent. Even one-time high-flyer The Weinstein Co., which once knew better than anyone how to play the indie game, is evolving to survive during these changing times.
When Wall Street billionaires Gabriel Hammond, 38, and his brother, Daniel, 34, launched independent producer-distributor Broad Green Pictures three summers ago, Hollywood was skeptical. It was a strange time to reinvent a dying economic model.
Now, after trying to use arcane algorithms to determine what movies to make, Gabriel has decided to pull the plug on production. The breaking point was the July 14 release of John Leonetti’s “Wish Upon,” which grossed $13.2 million on a $12 million budget. (Theaters return about half of the take to the distributor,...
When Wall Street billionaires Gabriel Hammond, 38, and his brother, Daniel, 34, launched independent producer-distributor Broad Green Pictures three summers ago, Hollywood was skeptical. It was a strange time to reinvent a dying economic model.
Now, after trying to use arcane algorithms to determine what movies to make, Gabriel has decided to pull the plug on production. The breaking point was the July 14 release of John Leonetti’s “Wish Upon,” which grossed $13.2 million on a $12 million budget. (Theaters return about half of the take to the distributor,...
- 8/2/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Broad Green: How Wall Street Wealth, A-List Talent, and Brash Decisions Made an Indie Player Implode
It takes guts to join the indie distribution fray, especially when the market is challenged by big buyers like Netflix and Amazon Studios (which, along with Annapurna, is optimistically taking over its own theatrical distribution) and television is chasing down the hottest indie talent. Even one-time high-flyer The Weinstein Co., which once knew better than anyone how to play the indie game, is evolving to survive during these changing times.
When Wall Street billionaires Gabriel Hammond, 38, and his brother, Daniel, 34, launched independent producer-distributor Broad Green Pictures three summers ago, Hollywood was skeptical. It was a strange time to reinvent a dying economic model.
Now, after trying to use arcane algorithms to determine what movies to make, Gabriel has decided to pull the plug on production. The breaking point was the July 14 release of John Leonetti’s “Wish Upon,” which grossed $13.2 million on a $12 million budget. (Theaters return about half of the take to the distributor,...
When Wall Street billionaires Gabriel Hammond, 38, and his brother, Daniel, 34, launched independent producer-distributor Broad Green Pictures three summers ago, Hollywood was skeptical. It was a strange time to reinvent a dying economic model.
Now, after trying to use arcane algorithms to determine what movies to make, Gabriel has decided to pull the plug on production. The breaking point was the July 14 release of John Leonetti’s “Wish Upon,” which grossed $13.2 million on a $12 million budget. (Theaters return about half of the take to the distributor,...
- 8/2/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Slumping distributor/producer/financier Broad Green Pictures this morning will shutter its production division, a move that will mean layoffs of about 15 of Broad Green’s 75 employees, along with the exit of most of about 50 development projects being kicked back to filmmakers to be set up elsewhere, Deadline reports. CEO Gabriel Hammond confirmed this to […]...
- 8/2/2017
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Slumping distributor-producer-financier Broad Green Pictures this morning will shutter its production division, a move that will mean layoffs of about 15 of Broad Green’s 75 employees, along with the exit of most of about 50 development projects being kicked back to filmmakers to be set up elsewhere. CEO Gabriel Hammond confirmed this to Deadline, but despite rumors to the contrary, stressed that he and his brother, Broad Green Chief Creative Officer Daniel Hamm…...
- 8/2/2017
- Deadline
Out in theaters now is John R. Leonetti’s teen-centric horror film, Wish Upon, which is centered around a teenage girl named Clare (Joey King), who is gifted a magical music box that can grant the owner seven wishes, but for each wish Clare makes, someone else will suffer the consequences of her good fortune.
Daily Dead recently caught up with Leonetti to discuss his latest directorial endeavor, and during our interview he discussed re-teaming with Wish Upon’s protagonist after they previously worked together on The Conjuring, his experiences collaborating with the rest of his cast and crew, and whether or not there’s been any thought given to a potential sequel.
Leonetti, who is keenly aware of the challenges that come with helming a PG-13-rated horror movie, also chatted about how he worked within the confines of the restrictive rating for Wish Upon, and confirmed that an...
Daily Dead recently caught up with Leonetti to discuss his latest directorial endeavor, and during our interview he discussed re-teaming with Wish Upon’s protagonist after they previously worked together on The Conjuring, his experiences collaborating with the rest of his cast and crew, and whether or not there’s been any thought given to a potential sequel.
Leonetti, who is keenly aware of the challenges that come with helming a PG-13-rated horror movie, also chatted about how he worked within the confines of the restrictive rating for Wish Upon, and confirmed that an...
- 7/14/2017
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Back in January, Lucy Walker was on the verge of debuting her fifth feature at Sundance — the high-profile sequel to Wim Wenders’ 1999 Oscar-nominated documentary, “The Buena Vista Social Club.” It was the best-possible launchpad, with a prime slot of January 20, the first full day of the festival. Sundance had good reason to bet on the title: It continued a story that grossed $23 million worldwide and created a platinum-selling album, and could carry fresh meaning with the changes in Cuban-American relations. As Sundance described it:
As the sun sets on the careers of Cuba’s finest musicians, the Buena Vista Social Club, we get their side of the whole story, which stretches back to the beginning of the Cuban Republic, through the Grammy-winning 1998 album and Wim Wenders’ film, up to the new Cuba today.
And then, hours before the premiere, distributor Broad Green Pictures did the unthinkable: It pulled the film from the lineup.
As the sun sets on the careers of Cuba’s finest musicians, the Buena Vista Social Club, we get their side of the whole story, which stretches back to the beginning of the Cuban Republic, through the Grammy-winning 1998 album and Wim Wenders’ film, up to the new Cuba today.
And then, hours before the premiere, distributor Broad Green Pictures did the unthinkable: It pulled the film from the lineup.
- 6/21/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Back in January, Lucy Walker was on the verge of debuting her fifth feature at Sundance — the high-profile sequel to Wim Wenders’ 1999 Oscar-nominated documentary, “The Buena Vista Social Club.” It was the best-possible launchpad, with a prime slot of January 20, the first full day of the festival. Sundance had good reason to bet on the title: It continued a story that grossed $23 million worldwide and created a platinum-selling album, and could carry fresh meaning with the changes in Cuban-American relations. As Sundance described it:
As the sun sets on the careers of Cuba’s finest musicians, the Buena Vista Social Club, we get their side of the whole story, which stretches back to the beginning of the Cuban Republic, through the Grammy-winning 1998 album and Wim Wenders’ film, up to the new Cuba today.
And then, hours before the premiere, distributor Broad Green Pictures did the unthinkable: It pulled the film from the lineup.
“We at Broad Green are disappointed that we will not be able to premiere this compelling documentary at this year’s Sundance Film Festival,” Broad Green said in a statement. “The film’s post production process has taken longer than expected and thus the decision was made to wait to introduce the film to audiences until it can be presented in its best possible iteration.”
Broad Green CEO Gabriel Hammond’s decision seemed bizarre: While there’s no shame in a documentary playing Sundance in less-than-final form — in 2013 Jehane Noujaim’s “The Square” premiered as a work in progress, and went on to receive an Oscar nomination — pulling a film from the festival, much less moments before its debut, was virtually unheard of.
No one was more baffled than Walker. An ambitious, high-profile documentarian with a Sundance audience award and two Oscar nominations to her credit, she had rushed to the Sundance-submission finish line. She thought she had finished her movie.
And then the mystery deepened. Two weeks later, in a February 1 Instagram post, she commented, “it’s not clear for now if that work will be seen or appreciated which is the purgatorial pitstop we are in currently.” Later, she added: “Any minute now we’ll be able to explain! I’m still dreaming the beautiful film we made might be seen ever again.”
When Walker tried to reach Hammond after the festival, he was unreachable for a month, at which point movers arrived at her Venice office to cart editing equipment away.
Now, nearly six months later, it’s clear that the filmmaker never regained control of her movie. On April 22, she only learned that her film had a May 26 release date when she read about it on IndieWire. Broad Green released the overhauled film in 80 theaters for a two-week run. (Total gross: $123,445.) To this day, she hasn’t seen the film.
Walker has kept silent in the press, limiting herself to several carefully worded social media posts like this @lucywalkerfilm tweet:
Buena Vista Social Club Adios (my follow-up film) has been significantly changed (shots & scenes including narrative spine removed, other scenes added so it’s overall longer ) since I finished it before Sundance. Apparently it’s being released this week in lots of theaters (for a doc). I haven’t seen it myself but I hope audiences enjoy it.
What went wrong? We talked to a number of participants in this debacle, and no one comes out ahead.
Related storiesLucy Walker's Buena Vista Social Club Documentary Finally Gets a Title and Release DateBroad Green Pictures Is Missing Release Dates and Angering Filmmakers. Here's Why.IndieWire and FilmStruck's 'Movies That Inspire Me': Lucy Walker on Seeing Cuban Music Come Alive in 'Buena Vista Social Club'...
As the sun sets on the careers of Cuba’s finest musicians, the Buena Vista Social Club, we get their side of the whole story, which stretches back to the beginning of the Cuban Republic, through the Grammy-winning 1998 album and Wim Wenders’ film, up to the new Cuba today.
And then, hours before the premiere, distributor Broad Green Pictures did the unthinkable: It pulled the film from the lineup.
“We at Broad Green are disappointed that we will not be able to premiere this compelling documentary at this year’s Sundance Film Festival,” Broad Green said in a statement. “The film’s post production process has taken longer than expected and thus the decision was made to wait to introduce the film to audiences until it can be presented in its best possible iteration.”
Broad Green CEO Gabriel Hammond’s decision seemed bizarre: While there’s no shame in a documentary playing Sundance in less-than-final form — in 2013 Jehane Noujaim’s “The Square” premiered as a work in progress, and went on to receive an Oscar nomination — pulling a film from the festival, much less moments before its debut, was virtually unheard of.
No one was more baffled than Walker. An ambitious, high-profile documentarian with a Sundance audience award and two Oscar nominations to her credit, she had rushed to the Sundance-submission finish line. She thought she had finished her movie.
And then the mystery deepened. Two weeks later, in a February 1 Instagram post, she commented, “it’s not clear for now if that work will be seen or appreciated which is the purgatorial pitstop we are in currently.” Later, she added: “Any minute now we’ll be able to explain! I’m still dreaming the beautiful film we made might be seen ever again.”
When Walker tried to reach Hammond after the festival, he was unreachable for a month, at which point movers arrived at her Venice office to cart editing equipment away.
Now, nearly six months later, it’s clear that the filmmaker never regained control of her movie. On April 22, she only learned that her film had a May 26 release date when she read about it on IndieWire. Broad Green released the overhauled film in 80 theaters for a two-week run. (Total gross: $123,445.) To this day, she hasn’t seen the film.
Walker has kept silent in the press, limiting herself to several carefully worded social media posts like this @lucywalkerfilm tweet:
Buena Vista Social Club Adios (my follow-up film) has been significantly changed (shots & scenes including narrative spine removed, other scenes added so it’s overall longer ) since I finished it before Sundance. Apparently it’s being released this week in lots of theaters (for a doc). I haven’t seen it myself but I hope audiences enjoy it.
What went wrong? We talked to a number of participants in this debacle, and no one comes out ahead.
Related storiesLucy Walker's Buena Vista Social Club Documentary Finally Gets a Title and Release DateBroad Green Pictures Is Missing Release Dates and Angering Filmmakers. Here's Why.IndieWire and FilmStruck's 'Movies That Inspire Me': Lucy Walker on Seeing Cuban Music Come Alive in 'Buena Vista Social Club'...
- 6/21/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
It was baffling when distributor Broad Green Pictures pulled Lucy Walker’s “Untitled Buena Vista Social Club Documentary” from the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, the same day as its intended premiere, with a press release that said the “post production process has taken longer than expected.”
Nearly a month later, Broad Green has made no further comment on the film’s status, but its homepage still boasts that “Lucy Walker’s Buena Vista Social Club documentary will have it’s [sic] official world premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival!”
That disconnect (and typo) could be a matter of sloppy site maintenance, but multiple IndieWire interviews with people familiar with Walker’s film and Broad Green suggest more complex issues dog the three-year-old would-be studio. (Walker declined to comment for this article; Broad Green executives didn’t respond to requests for comment.)
Read More: Lucy Walker’s Buena Vista Social Club Documentary Pulled From Sundance
Walker,...
Nearly a month later, Broad Green has made no further comment on the film’s status, but its homepage still boasts that “Lucy Walker’s Buena Vista Social Club documentary will have it’s [sic] official world premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival!”
That disconnect (and typo) could be a matter of sloppy site maintenance, but multiple IndieWire interviews with people familiar with Walker’s film and Broad Green suggest more complex issues dog the three-year-old would-be studio. (Walker declined to comment for this article; Broad Green executives didn’t respond to requests for comment.)
Read More: Lucy Walker’s Buena Vista Social Club Documentary Pulled From Sundance
Walker,...
- 2/17/2017
- by Anne Thompson and Graham Winfrey
- Thompson on Hollywood
It was baffling when distributor Broad Green Pictures pulled Lucy Walker’s “Untitled Buena Vista Social Club Documentary” from the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, the same day as its intended premiere, with a press release that said the “post production process has taken longer than expected.” Nearly a month later, Broad Green has made no further comment on the film’s status, but its homepage still boasts that “Lucy Walker’s Buena Vista Social Club documentary will have it’s [sic] official world premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival!”
That disconnect (and typo) could be a matter of sloppy site maintenance, but multiple IndieWire interviews with people familiar with Walker’s film and Broad Green suggest more complex issues dog the three-year-old would-be studio. (Walker declined to comment for this article; Broad Green executives didn’t respond to requests for comment.)
See MoreLucy Walker’s Buena Vista Social Club Documentary Pulled From Sundance
Walker,...
That disconnect (and typo) could be a matter of sloppy site maintenance, but multiple IndieWire interviews with people familiar with Walker’s film and Broad Green suggest more complex issues dog the three-year-old would-be studio. (Walker declined to comment for this article; Broad Green executives didn’t respond to requests for comment.)
See MoreLucy Walker’s Buena Vista Social Club Documentary Pulled From Sundance
Walker,...
- 2/17/2017
- by Anne Thompson and Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Thanks to TorontoFilm.Net here is the Toronto Film Production Update for December 2016, including "12 Monkeys", "Kin", "Molly's Game" and a whole lot more:
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12 Monkeys Season 3
TV Series
Gep 12 Monkeys B Inc.
Prod.: Michael Wray
Exec. Prod.: David Grossman, Terry Matalas
Oct 17 - Feb 17/17
Anne
TV Series
CBC/Netflix
Prod.: Susan Murdoch
Exec. Prod.: Miranda de Pencier, Moira Walley-Beckett
Sep 22/16 - Feb 03/17
Conviction Season 1
TV Series
ABC / Eone / Mark Gordon Company
Exec. Prod.: Mark Gordon, Nick Pepper, Liz Friedlander, Liz Friedman
Jul 18 – Dec 1 / 16
Food Market
Feature
New Metric Media, Sphere Media
Exec. Prod.: Mark Montefiore, Virginia Rankin, Michael Konyves
Dir.: Alain Desrochers
Oct 11 - Dec 16/16
Green Harvest
TV Series
Streak Productions Inc. / CBS
Prod.: Kevin Lafferty, Loretta Ramos, Aaron Baiers
Exec. Prod.: Bryan Fuller,
Heather Kadin, Gretchen Berg,
Aaron Harberts
Sept 26/16 - Mar...
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12 Monkeys Season 3
TV Series
Gep 12 Monkeys B Inc.
Prod.: Michael Wray
Exec. Prod.: David Grossman, Terry Matalas
Oct 17 - Feb 17/17
Anne
TV Series
CBC/Netflix
Prod.: Susan Murdoch
Exec. Prod.: Miranda de Pencier, Moira Walley-Beckett
Sep 22/16 - Feb 03/17
Conviction Season 1
TV Series
ABC / Eone / Mark Gordon Company
Exec. Prod.: Mark Gordon, Nick Pepper, Liz Friedlander, Liz Friedman
Jul 18 – Dec 1 / 16
Food Market
Feature
New Metric Media, Sphere Media
Exec. Prod.: Mark Montefiore, Virginia Rankin, Michael Konyves
Dir.: Alain Desrochers
Oct 11 - Dec 16/16
Green Harvest
TV Series
Streak Productions Inc. / CBS
Prod.: Kevin Lafferty, Loretta Ramos, Aaron Baiers
Exec. Prod.: Bryan Fuller,
Heather Kadin, Gretchen Berg,
Aaron Harberts
Sept 26/16 - Mar...
- 12/5/2016
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
The EuropaCorp chief has dropped new images from his upcoming $180m sci-fi adventure Valerian And The City of A Thousand Planets ahead of the release of the new teaser trailer on Thursday.
Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne star as the lovebird adventurers in Besson’s adaptation of the French comic book.
EuropaCorp showed the trailer to buyers at Afm and has scheduled a July 21 release next summer in the Us with the UK, France, Germany, Brazil and Argentina opening on the same weekend.
Principal photography on Broad Green’s horror-thriller Wish Upon, which was a popular title for international sales agent Mister Smith at the Afm, is underway in Toronto. Joey King, Ryan Phillippe and Ki Hong Lee star and John Leonetti directs the story about a bullied teenager who finds a cursed music box. Barbara Marshall wrote the screenplay. Busted Shark’s Sherryl Clark produces and Broad Green Pictures’ Gabriel Hammond and Daniel Hammond serve as executive...
Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne star as the lovebird adventurers in Besson’s adaptation of the French comic book.
EuropaCorp showed the trailer to buyers at Afm and has scheduled a July 21 release next summer in the Us with the UK, France, Germany, Brazil and Argentina opening on the same weekend.
Principal photography on Broad Green’s horror-thriller Wish Upon, which was a popular title for international sales agent Mister Smith at the Afm, is underway in Toronto. Joey King, Ryan Phillippe and Ki Hong Lee star and John Leonetti directs the story about a bullied teenager who finds a cursed music box. Barbara Marshall wrote the screenplay. Busted Shark’s Sherryl Clark produces and Broad Green Pictures’ Gabriel Hammond and Daniel Hammond serve as executive...
- 11/9/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Thanks to TorontoFilm.Net here is the Toronto Film Production Update for November 2016, including "Designated Survivor", "12 Monkeys" "The Handmaid's Tale" and a whole lot more:
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12 Monkeys Season 3
TV Series
Gep 12 Monkeys B Inc.
Prod.: Michael Wray
Exec. Prod.: David Grossman, Terry Matalas
Oct 17 - Feb 17/17
Alias Grace
Mini Series
Halfire Entertainment
Prod.: Sarah Polley, DJ Carson
Dir.: Mary Harron
Aug 15 - Nov 15/16
Anne
TV Series
CBC/Netflix
Prod.: Susan Murdoch
Exec. Prod.: Miranda de Pencier, Moira Walley-Beckett
Sep 22/16 - Feb 03/17
Anne Of Green Gables
TV Movie
Gables 23 Productions Inc.
Prod.: Jim Corston
Exec. Prod.: Joan Lambur, Peter Williamson
Dir.: John Kent Harrison
Sep 12 - Nov 4/16
Black Mirror
TV Series (one episode)
T5 Mirror Productions Inc.
Exec. Prod.: Annabelle Jones, Charlie Brooker
Dir.: Jodie Foster
Nov 7 – Nov 30/16
Business Ethics
Feature
Business Ethic Film Inc.
Register As An Extra For Toronto Film Productions Here
12 Monkeys Season 3
TV Series
Gep 12 Monkeys B Inc.
Prod.: Michael Wray
Exec. Prod.: David Grossman, Terry Matalas
Oct 17 - Feb 17/17
Alias Grace
Mini Series
Halfire Entertainment
Prod.: Sarah Polley, DJ Carson
Dir.: Mary Harron
Aug 15 - Nov 15/16
Anne
TV Series
CBC/Netflix
Prod.: Susan Murdoch
Exec. Prod.: Miranda de Pencier, Moira Walley-Beckett
Sep 22/16 - Feb 03/17
Anne Of Green Gables
TV Movie
Gables 23 Productions Inc.
Prod.: Jim Corston
Exec. Prod.: Joan Lambur, Peter Williamson
Dir.: John Kent Harrison
Sep 12 - Nov 4/16
Black Mirror
TV Series (one episode)
T5 Mirror Productions Inc.
Exec. Prod.: Annabelle Jones, Charlie Brooker
Dir.: Jodie Foster
Nov 7 – Nov 30/16
Business Ethics
Feature
Business Ethic Film Inc.
- 10/27/2016
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
You better watch out: Bad Santa 2 is coming to town.
Bad Santa 2 returns Academy Award®-winner Billy Bob Thornton to the screen as America’s favorite anti-hero, Willie Soke. Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie teams up once again with his angry little sidekick, Marcus (Tony Cox), to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. Along for the ride is ‘the kid’ – chubby and cheery Thurman Merman (Brett Kelly), a 250-pound ray of sunshine who brings out Willie’s sliver of humanity. Check out the new Nsfw Red Band Trailer:
Mommy issues arise when the pair are joined by Academy Award®, Golden Globe and Emmy-winner Kathy Bates, as Willie’s horror story of a mother, Sunny Soke. A super butch super bitch, Sunny raises the bar for the gang’s ambitions, while somehow lowering the standards of criminal behavior. Willie is further burdened by...
Bad Santa 2 returns Academy Award®-winner Billy Bob Thornton to the screen as America’s favorite anti-hero, Willie Soke. Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie teams up once again with his angry little sidekick, Marcus (Tony Cox), to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. Along for the ride is ‘the kid’ – chubby and cheery Thurman Merman (Brett Kelly), a 250-pound ray of sunshine who brings out Willie’s sliver of humanity. Check out the new Nsfw Red Band Trailer:
Mommy issues arise when the pair are joined by Academy Award®, Golden Globe and Emmy-winner Kathy Bates, as Willie’s horror story of a mother, Sunny Soke. A super butch super bitch, Sunny raises the bar for the gang’s ambitions, while somehow lowering the standards of criminal behavior. Willie is further burdened by...
- 9/22/2016
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Academy Award-winner Billy Bob Thornton to the screen as America’s favorite anti-hero, Willie Soke. Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie teams up once again with his angry little sidekick, Marcus (Tony Cox), to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. Along for the ride is ‘the kid’ – chubby and cheery Thurman Merman (Brett Kelly), a 250-pound ray of sunshine who brings out Willie’s sliver of humanity. Mommy issues arise when the pair are joined by Academy Award®, Golden Globe and Emmy-winner Kathy Bates, as Willie’s horror story of a mother, Sunny Soke. A super butch super bitch, Sunny raises the bar for the gang’s ambitions, while somehow lowering the standards of criminal behavior. Willie is further burdened by lusting after the curvaceous and prim Diane, played by Emmy Award-nominee Christina Hendricks, the charity director with a heart of gold and libido of steel.
- 8/12/2016
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Broad Green Pictures and Miramax have released the Green-Band trailer from their upcoming sequel Bad Santa 2.
Bad Santa 2 returns Academy Award®-winner Billy Bob Thornton to the screen as America's favorite anti-hero, Willie Soke. Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie teams up once again with his angry little sidekick, Marcus (Tony Cox), to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. Along for the ride is 'the kid' - chubby and cheery Thurman Merman (Brett Kelly), a 250-pound ray of sunshine who brings out Willie's sliver of humanity.
Mommy issues arise when the pair are joined by Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy-winner Kathy Bates, as Willie's horror story of a mother, Sunny Soke. A super butch super bitch, Sunny raises the bar for the gang's ambitions, while somehow lowering the standards of criminal behavior. Willie is further burdened by lusting after the curvaceous and prim Diane,...
Bad Santa 2 returns Academy Award®-winner Billy Bob Thornton to the screen as America's favorite anti-hero, Willie Soke. Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie teams up once again with his angry little sidekick, Marcus (Tony Cox), to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. Along for the ride is 'the kid' - chubby and cheery Thurman Merman (Brett Kelly), a 250-pound ray of sunshine who brings out Willie's sliver of humanity.
Mommy issues arise when the pair are joined by Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy-winner Kathy Bates, as Willie's horror story of a mother, Sunny Soke. A super butch super bitch, Sunny raises the bar for the gang's ambitions, while somehow lowering the standards of criminal behavior. Willie is further burdened by lusting after the curvaceous and prim Diane,...
- 8/11/2016
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
Bad Santa 2 returns Academy Award-winner Billy Bob Thornton to the screen as America’s favorite anti-hero, Willie Soke.
Check out the new Red Band Trailer:
Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie teams up once again with his angry little sidekick, Marcus (Tony Cox), to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. Along for the ride is ‘the kid’ – chubby and cheery Thurman Merman (Brett Kelly), a 250-pound ray of sunshine who brings out Willie’s sliver of humanity.Mommy issues arise when the pair are joined by Academy Award®, Golden Globe and Emmy-winner Kathy Bates, as Willie’s horror story of a mother, Sunny Soke. A super butch super bitch, Sunny raises the bar for the gang’s ambitions, while somehow lowering the standards of criminal behavior. Willie is further burdened by lusting after the curvaceous and prim Diane, played by Emmy Award-nominee Christina Hendricks, the...
Check out the new Red Band Trailer:
Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie teams up once again with his angry little sidekick, Marcus (Tony Cox), to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. Along for the ride is ‘the kid’ – chubby and cheery Thurman Merman (Brett Kelly), a 250-pound ray of sunshine who brings out Willie’s sliver of humanity.Mommy issues arise when the pair are joined by Academy Award®, Golden Globe and Emmy-winner Kathy Bates, as Willie’s horror story of a mother, Sunny Soke. A super butch super bitch, Sunny raises the bar for the gang’s ambitions, while somehow lowering the standards of criminal behavior. Willie is further burdened by lusting after the curvaceous and prim Diane, played by Emmy Award-nominee Christina Hendricks, the...
- 8/9/2016
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Broad Green Pictures and Miramax have released the red-band trailer from their upcoming sequel Bad Santa 2.
Bad Santa 2 returns Academy Award®-winner Billy Bob Thornton to the screen as America's favorite anti-hero, Willie Soke. Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie teams up once again with his angry little sidekick, Marcus (Tony Cox), to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. Along for the ride is 'the kid' - chubby and cheery Thurman Merman (Brett Kelly), a 250-pound ray of sunshine who brings out Willie's sliver of humanity.
Mommy issues arise when the pair are joined by Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy-winner Kathy Bates, as Willie's horror story of a mother, Sunny Soke. A super butch super bitch, Sunny raises the bar for the gang's ambitions, while somehow lowering the standards of criminal behavior. Willie is further burdened by lusting after the curvaceous and prim Diane,...
Bad Santa 2 returns Academy Award®-winner Billy Bob Thornton to the screen as America's favorite anti-hero, Willie Soke. Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie teams up once again with his angry little sidekick, Marcus (Tony Cox), to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. Along for the ride is 'the kid' - chubby and cheery Thurman Merman (Brett Kelly), a 250-pound ray of sunshine who brings out Willie's sliver of humanity.
Mommy issues arise when the pair are joined by Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy-winner Kathy Bates, as Willie's horror story of a mother, Sunny Soke. A super butch super bitch, Sunny raises the bar for the gang's ambitions, while somehow lowering the standards of criminal behavior. Willie is further burdened by lusting after the curvaceous and prim Diane,...
- 8/9/2016
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
Broad Green Pictures and Miramax have released the poster/motion poster and photos from the upcoming sequel Bad Santa.
Bad Santa 2 returns Academy Award®-winner Billy Bob Thornton to the screen as America's favorite anti-hero, Willie Soke. Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie teams up once again with his angry little sidekick, Marcus (Tony Cox), to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. Along for the ride is 'the kid' - chubby and cheery Thurman Merman (Brett Kelly), a 250-pound ray of sunshine who brings out Willie's sliver of humanity.
Mommy issues arise when the pair are joined by Academy Award®, Golden Globe and Emmy-winner Kathy Bates, as Willie's horror story of a mother, Sunny Soke. A super butch super bitch, Sunny raises the bar for the gang's ambitions, while somehow lowering the standards of criminal behavior. Willie is further burdened by lusting after the curvaceous and prim Diane,...
Bad Santa 2 returns Academy Award®-winner Billy Bob Thornton to the screen as America's favorite anti-hero, Willie Soke. Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie teams up once again with his angry little sidekick, Marcus (Tony Cox), to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. Along for the ride is 'the kid' - chubby and cheery Thurman Merman (Brett Kelly), a 250-pound ray of sunshine who brings out Willie's sliver of humanity.
Mommy issues arise when the pair are joined by Academy Award®, Golden Globe and Emmy-winner Kathy Bates, as Willie's horror story of a mother, Sunny Soke. A super butch super bitch, Sunny raises the bar for the gang's ambitions, while somehow lowering the standards of criminal behavior. Willie is further burdened by lusting after the curvaceous and prim Diane,...
- 8/2/2016
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
Bad Santa 2 returns Academy Award-winner Billy Bob Thornton to the screen as America’s favorite anti-hero, Willie Soke.
Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie teams up once again with his angry little sidekick, Marcus (Tony Cox), to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. Along for the ride is ‘the kid’ – chubby and cheery Thurman Merman (Brett Kelly), a 250-pound ray of sunshine who brings out Willie’s sliver of humanity.
Mommy issues arise when the pair are joined by Academy Award®, Golden Globe and Emmy-winner Kathy Bates, as Willie’s horror story of a mother, Sunny Soke. A super butch super bitch, Sunny raises the bar for the gang’s ambitions, while somehow lowering the standards of criminal behavior. Willie is further burdened by lusting after the curvaceous and prim Diane, played by Emmy Award-nominee Christina Hendricks, the charity director with a heart of gold and libido of steel.
Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie teams up once again with his angry little sidekick, Marcus (Tony Cox), to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. Along for the ride is ‘the kid’ – chubby and cheery Thurman Merman (Brett Kelly), a 250-pound ray of sunshine who brings out Willie’s sliver of humanity.
Mommy issues arise when the pair are joined by Academy Award®, Golden Globe and Emmy-winner Kathy Bates, as Willie’s horror story of a mother, Sunny Soke. A super butch super bitch, Sunny raises the bar for the gang’s ambitions, while somehow lowering the standards of criminal behavior. Willie is further burdened by lusting after the curvaceous and prim Diane, played by Emmy Award-nominee Christina Hendricks, the charity director with a heart of gold and libido of steel.
- 8/2/2016
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
When Wall Street billionaires Gabriel Hammond, 37, and his brother, Daniel, 33, launched independent producer-distributor Broad Green Pictures two summers ago, Hollywood was skeptical about its prospects. In a time when even the Weinsteins are struggling to survive, it was a strange time to reinvent a dying economic model.
Now Broad Green is laying off around 6 percent of its staff, all of whom work in the publicity department, the company confirmed to IndieWire. Broad Green’s publicity head Adam Keen, a former Warner Bros. publicity exec, has resigned. Marketing and communications personnel are traditionally the first casualties of cutbacks in Hollywood.
The layoffs were unsurprising. Ken Kwapis’s Sundance comedy “A Walk in the Woods” starring Robert Redford and Nick Nolte managed $30 million, but that couldn’t counterbalance films like Ramin Bahrani’s well-reviewed real estate thriller “99 Homes” ($1.7 million domestic) and Sarah Silverman’s depressive drama “I Smile Back” ($58K). Now, the...
Now Broad Green is laying off around 6 percent of its staff, all of whom work in the publicity department, the company confirmed to IndieWire. Broad Green’s publicity head Adam Keen, a former Warner Bros. publicity exec, has resigned. Marketing and communications personnel are traditionally the first casualties of cutbacks in Hollywood.
The layoffs were unsurprising. Ken Kwapis’s Sundance comedy “A Walk in the Woods” starring Robert Redford and Nick Nolte managed $30 million, but that couldn’t counterbalance films like Ramin Bahrani’s well-reviewed real estate thriller “99 Homes” ($1.7 million domestic) and Sarah Silverman’s depressive drama “I Smile Back” ($58K). Now, the...
- 7/20/2016
- by Graham Winfrey and Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
When Wall Street billionaires Gabriel Hammond, 37, and his brother, Daniel, 33, launched independent producer-distributor Broad Green Pictures two summers ago, Hollywood was skeptical about its prospects. In a time when even the Weinsteins are struggling to survive, it was a strange time to reinvent a dying economic model.
Now Broad Green is laying off around 6 percent of its staff, all of whom work in the publicity department, the company confirmed to IndieWire. Broad Green’s publicity head Adam Keen, a former Warner Bros. publicity exec, has resigned. Marketing and communications personnel are traditionally the first casualties of cutbacks in Hollywood.
The layoffs were unsurprising. Ken Kwapis’s Sundance comedy “A Walk in the Woods” starring Robert Redford and Nick Nolte managed $30 million, but that couldn’t counterbalance films like Ramin Bahrani’s well-reviewed real estate thriller “99 Homes” ($1.7 million domestic) and Sarah Silverman’s depressive drama “I Smile Back” ($58K). Now, the...
Now Broad Green is laying off around 6 percent of its staff, all of whom work in the publicity department, the company confirmed to IndieWire. Broad Green’s publicity head Adam Keen, a former Warner Bros. publicity exec, has resigned. Marketing and communications personnel are traditionally the first casualties of cutbacks in Hollywood.
The layoffs were unsurprising. Ken Kwapis’s Sundance comedy “A Walk in the Woods” starring Robert Redford and Nick Nolte managed $30 million, but that couldn’t counterbalance films like Ramin Bahrani’s well-reviewed real estate thriller “99 Homes” ($1.7 million domestic) and Sarah Silverman’s depressive drama “I Smile Back” ($58K). Now, the...
- 7/20/2016
- by Graham Winfrey and Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
"If billionaires liked to party as much with scientists as they do movie stars, we might be in a moment of great scientific progress," reflects Gabriel Hammond. To be sure, the movie stars usually win and Gabriel, 37, and his brother, Daniel, 33, are prime examples. Having made their billions on Wall Street, the pair have poured many millions into the movie business during the past two years for a very basic reason: They love movies. And they are weathering the fiscal…...
- 5/19/2016
- Deadline
Matt Alvarez has been named Broad Green Pictures’ president of production. Alvarez, who joined the Hammond Brothers’ company last October from Relativity, will develop and acquire new commercial-facing projects and manage the ongoing slate, it was announced Thursday. Acting President of Production Victor Moyers will move to President of Physical Production. “With Matt’s extraordinary track record of success and excellent leadership skills, we are confident that he has the experience and commitment to lead the team as we expand into greater original production efforts,” Broad Green Pictures CEO Gabriel Hammond said in a statement. Also Read: Broad Green to...
- 5/5/2016
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
Learning To Drive collaborators reuinte on tennis comedy.
Pacific Northwest Pictures (Pnp) announced at Afm it has picked up Canadian rights to SXSW sports comedy Break Point.
Jay Karas directed Jeremy Sisto, David Walton, J.K. Simmons, Amy Smart, Adam DeVine and Chris Parnell in the story about estranged brothers who reunite as they try to win as major tennis tournament.
Broad Green distributes in the Us and Pnp plans a January launch in Canada. The companies collaborated on Learning To Drive starring Patricia Clarkson and Ben Kinglsey.
Gabriel Hammond, Sisto and Devin Zimmerman produced Break Point.
Myriad Pictures handles international sales at the Afm.
Pacific Northwest Pictures (Pnp) announced at Afm it has picked up Canadian rights to SXSW sports comedy Break Point.
Jay Karas directed Jeremy Sisto, David Walton, J.K. Simmons, Amy Smart, Adam DeVine and Chris Parnell in the story about estranged brothers who reunite as they try to win as major tennis tournament.
Broad Green distributes in the Us and Pnp plans a January launch in Canada. The companies collaborated on Learning To Drive starring Patricia Clarkson and Ben Kinglsey.
Gabriel Hammond, Sisto and Devin Zimmerman produced Break Point.
Myriad Pictures handles international sales at the Afm.
- 11/8/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The creative partnership between Billy Bob Thornton and the Coen Brothers has been a fruitful one – producing The Man Who Wasn’t There, Intolerable Cruelty, the first season of the television series of Fargo, and Bad Santa. It is this film, and the role of professional thief Willie, that is most closely associated with the actor – which itself is testament to the enduring appeal of the movie. While a sequel has long been rumoured, Miramax has now confirmed the shooting schedule and release date for Bad Santa 2.
“Miramax and Broad Green Pictures announced today that Billy Bob Thornton (television series Fargo, Sling Blade, A Simple Plan, Bandits) will reprise his signature role as Willie Soke in Bad Santa 2, the follow-up to the raucous comedy hit Bad Santa, first released in 2003. Geyer Kosinski (the television series Fargo) will produce.
“Miramax will partner with Broad Green Pictures to co-finance and co-produce.
“Miramax and Broad Green Pictures announced today that Billy Bob Thornton (television series Fargo, Sling Blade, A Simple Plan, Bandits) will reprise his signature role as Willie Soke in Bad Santa 2, the follow-up to the raucous comedy hit Bad Santa, first released in 2003. Geyer Kosinski (the television series Fargo) will produce.
“Miramax will partner with Broad Green Pictures to co-finance and co-produce.
- 10/30/2015
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
Broad Green Pictures announced today that Matt Alvarez, producer of the breakout hit “Straight Outta Compton,” has joined the company’s development and production team in an exclusive pact. In this unique production deal, Alvarez will serve as an in-house producer. As part of his producing history, Alvarez has guided the “Friday,” “Barbershop,” “Are We There Yet?” and “Ride Along” franchises, as well as “All About the Benjamins” and “First Sunday.” Alvarez’s theatrical worldwide box office revenues total more than $1 billion. “We have long admired Matt’s movies and incredible eye for material, and we are thrilled to partner with him,...
- 10/15/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
The idea of a film about the 1992 riots in Los Angeles, California is one that has long been bandied about by Hollywood studios. While the events have been a feature of some productions – such as the recent Straight Outta Compton – they have never really been the focus of a high profile movie. This is about to change, with the news that Academy Award winning screenwriter John Ridley (12 Years A Slave) is to write and direct an as-yet-untitled narrative film about the L.A riots, for Broad Green Pictures and Imagine Entertainment.
The L.A riots were the largest pattern of civil disturbances to take place in the U.S in 25 years. A city already buckling under the strain of racial tension exploded in a violent rage with the acquittal of four Los Angeles police officers, who had been tried for beating citizen Rodney King, almost to the point of death.
The L.A riots were the largest pattern of civil disturbances to take place in the U.S in 25 years. A city already buckling under the strain of racial tension exploded in a violent rage with the acquittal of four Los Angeles police officers, who had been tried for beating citizen Rodney King, almost to the point of death.
- 10/13/2015
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
The Oscar-winning screenwriter of 12 Years A Slave will direct from his own script for Broad Green Pictures and Imagine Entertainment.
Production on the untitled project about the cataclysmic 1992 event will commence in spring 2016.
Brian Grazer will serve as producer. The La Riots were triggered by the acquittal of four Los Angeles Police Department officers for the severe beating of black motorist Rodney King.
The judgement sparked one of the worst Us civil disturbances of the 20th century and resulted in the death of 50 people, injuries to more than 2,000 and approximately $1bn in property damage.
Broad Green founders CEO Gabriel Hammond and chief creative officer Daniel Hammond issued a statement that included the following line: “This is why we started this company. To make movies like this.”
Grazer added: “We have barely seen the tip of the iceberg in terms of John Ridley’s talent.”
Victor Moyers and Asher Goldstein will oversee the project for Broad Green. [link...
Production on the untitled project about the cataclysmic 1992 event will commence in spring 2016.
Brian Grazer will serve as producer. The La Riots were triggered by the acquittal of four Los Angeles Police Department officers for the severe beating of black motorist Rodney King.
The judgement sparked one of the worst Us civil disturbances of the 20th century and resulted in the death of 50 people, injuries to more than 2,000 and approximately $1bn in property damage.
Broad Green founders CEO Gabriel Hammond and chief creative officer Daniel Hammond issued a statement that included the following line: “This is why we started this company. To make movies like this.”
Grazer added: “We have barely seen the tip of the iceberg in terms of John Ridley’s talent.”
Victor Moyers and Asher Goldstein will oversee the project for Broad Green. [link...
- 10/12/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Ben Kingsley and Patricia Clarkson on the Learning to Drive red carpet Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Patricia Clarkson returning from England last week after starring with Bradley Cooper and Alessandro Nivola in The Elephant Man walked The Paris Theatre red carpet with her Learning To Drive co-star Ben Kingsley. Director Isabel Coixet, Sarita Choudhury, Jake Weber, Avi Nash, Harpreet Singh Toor, editor Thelma Schoonmaker, author Katha Pollitt, screenwriter Sarah Kernochan, producers Daniel Hammond and Dana Friedman and executive producer Gabriel Hammond joined them.
Ben Kingsley and Patricia Clarkson at the Southgate after party Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Bryan Batt, who played Judge Turner in Steve McQueen's 12 Years A Slave and Orry-Kelly in Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland's The Last Of Robin Hood, William Ivey Long, Lena Hall, Matthew Morrison, Renee Puente, Laura Michelle Kelly, Cornelia Guest, Sydney Van Til, Montego Glover, Sakina Jaffrey, Nanette Lepore and Peter Cincotti were among...
Patricia Clarkson returning from England last week after starring with Bradley Cooper and Alessandro Nivola in The Elephant Man walked The Paris Theatre red carpet with her Learning To Drive co-star Ben Kingsley. Director Isabel Coixet, Sarita Choudhury, Jake Weber, Avi Nash, Harpreet Singh Toor, editor Thelma Schoonmaker, author Katha Pollitt, screenwriter Sarah Kernochan, producers Daniel Hammond and Dana Friedman and executive producer Gabriel Hammond joined them.
Ben Kingsley and Patricia Clarkson at the Southgate after party Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Bryan Batt, who played Judge Turner in Steve McQueen's 12 Years A Slave and Orry-Kelly in Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland's The Last Of Robin Hood, William Ivey Long, Lena Hall, Matthew Morrison, Renee Puente, Laura Michelle Kelly, Cornelia Guest, Sydney Van Til, Montego Glover, Sakina Jaffrey, Nanette Lepore and Peter Cincotti were among...
- 8/20/2015
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Ahead of its North American premiere in Toronto, financier Broad Green Pictures has finally found a U.S. distributor for Jeremy Saulnier's "Green Room," which pits a young punk rock band against a gang of white power skinheads who've trapped them in a secluded venue after the rockers accidentally witness a horrific act of violence, and all witnesses must go. The stellar cast includes Patrick Stewart, Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat, Mark Webber, Joe Cole, Eric Edelstein, Callum Turner, Kai Lennox and "Blue Ruin" star Macon Blair. Trained cinematographer Saulnier landed a Cannes slot in Directors' Fortnight, where the ultra-violent thriller played well. But it was too intense for Broad Green. "This movie’s very unique, in that way — in a good way," said Broad Green's Gabriel Hammond at Cannes, "but there may be somebody who can really run with that." While...
- 8/19/2015
- by Anne Thompson and Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Learning To Drive star Patricia Clarkson with Sarah Kernochan, Katha Pollitt, Isabel Coixet and Thelma Schoonmaker Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
The Paris Theatre VIP première of Learning To Drive, attended by Patricia Clarkson, Ben Kingsley, Sarita Choudhury, Jake Weber (who was in Saverio Costanzo's pulsating Tribeca hit Hungry Hearts with Adam Driver), Avi Nash, director Isabel Coixet, Martin Scorsese's favorite editor, Thelma Schoonmaker (The Wolf Of Wall Street), author Katha Pollitt, screenwriter Sarah Kernochan, producers Daniel Hammond and Dana Friedman, executive producer Gabriel Hammond and costume designer Vicki Farrell, with guests including William Ivey Long, Bryan Batt, Cornelia Guest, Sydney Van Til, Harpreet Singh Toor, Lena Hall, Montego Glover, Nanette Lepore, Peter Cincotti, Lora Lee Gayer, Laura Michelle Kelly, Matthew Morrison, Renee Puente, Sakina Jaffrey, Meetu Chilana, Benjamin Rauhala, Taylor Louderman, Ellyn Marks, Magee Hickey, Kaity Tong and Tom Murro, was followed by a reception at Southgate on Central Park South.
The Paris Theatre VIP première of Learning To Drive, attended by Patricia Clarkson, Ben Kingsley, Sarita Choudhury, Jake Weber (who was in Saverio Costanzo's pulsating Tribeca hit Hungry Hearts with Adam Driver), Avi Nash, director Isabel Coixet, Martin Scorsese's favorite editor, Thelma Schoonmaker (The Wolf Of Wall Street), author Katha Pollitt, screenwriter Sarah Kernochan, producers Daniel Hammond and Dana Friedman, executive producer Gabriel Hammond and costume designer Vicki Farrell, with guests including William Ivey Long, Bryan Batt, Cornelia Guest, Sydney Van Til, Harpreet Singh Toor, Lena Hall, Montego Glover, Nanette Lepore, Peter Cincotti, Lora Lee Gayer, Laura Michelle Kelly, Matthew Morrison, Renee Puente, Sakina Jaffrey, Meetu Chilana, Benjamin Rauhala, Taylor Louderman, Ellyn Marks, Magee Hickey, Kaity Tong and Tom Murro, was followed by a reception at Southgate on Central Park South.
- 8/19/2015
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Financial entrepreneur Gabriel Hammond started things off at the fledgling distribution company Broad Green he launched with his brother Daniel by falling into the Terrence Malick business. When he was exploring Cannes in 2014, he saw a promo for the documentary that the Texas filmmaker has been working on for the last 25 years, “Voyage of Time.” Hammond stepped into the U.S. gap financing, and took an option on distribution, which at the time Broad Green wasn't yet set up to do. "We said, 'We’ll finance this and get the first right to distribute if such a thing exists,'" Hammond told me at Cannes 2015, "and that really opened the door for us to develop a relationship with Terry and his producers, and talk creatively about how we want to market that movie and do things differently. I love Terry because he’s so collaborative." That led to a deal...
- 7/23/2015
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The executive will serve as Chief Investment Officer of the new private equity and venture capital arm launched by Broad Green Pictures.
Saxena will be lead the company’s investment business focused on media, technology and entertainment assets that are complementary to Broad Green Pictures’ core creative and distribution operations.
Since the start of the year Broad Green has acquired a 45% stake in David Garrett’s London-based Mister Smith Entertainment and invested in Tugg.
“The landscape on the creative and distribution fronts is evolving so rapidly, whether it’s storytelling in virtual reality or the way audiences discover and consume content, and our ability to invest early in tomorrow’s leading technologies will be an incredible advantage for the studio over the years,” said Broad Green Pictures CEO Gabriel Hammond and Chief Creative Officer Daniel Hammond.
“Dave has been a trusted colleague for many years and we couldn’t be more excited to be launching our new...
Saxena will be lead the company’s investment business focused on media, technology and entertainment assets that are complementary to Broad Green Pictures’ core creative and distribution operations.
Since the start of the year Broad Green has acquired a 45% stake in David Garrett’s London-based Mister Smith Entertainment and invested in Tugg.
“The landscape on the creative and distribution fronts is evolving so rapidly, whether it’s storytelling in virtual reality or the way audiences discover and consume content, and our ability to invest early in tomorrow’s leading technologies will be an incredible advantage for the studio over the years,” said Broad Green Pictures CEO Gabriel Hammond and Chief Creative Officer Daniel Hammond.
“Dave has been a trusted colleague for many years and we couldn’t be more excited to be launching our new...
- 7/13/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The company has hired the former Lionsgate senior executive as president of acquisitions and co-productions.
Danon will lead the team with a focus on wide commercial release and prestige platform pre-buy titles.
He will also supervise the company’s festival acquisition strategy.
“Marc has an incredible history of acquiring standout films and building successful partnerships,” said Broad Green CEO Gabriel Hammond and Chief Creative Officer Daniel Hammond.
“More importantly, he’s an incredible person and we look forward to him bringing incredible stories to Broad Green.”
Danon previously served as svp of acquisitions and business development for eight years at Lionsgate Entertainment.
Prior to Lionsgate he held acquisitions posts at Netflix, Catch 23 Entertainment and Artisan Entertainment.
Danon will lead the team with a focus on wide commercial release and prestige platform pre-buy titles.
He will also supervise the company’s festival acquisition strategy.
“Marc has an incredible history of acquiring standout films and building successful partnerships,” said Broad Green CEO Gabriel Hammond and Chief Creative Officer Daniel Hammond.
“More importantly, he’s an incredible person and we look forward to him bringing incredible stories to Broad Green.”
Danon previously served as svp of acquisitions and business development for eight years at Lionsgate Entertainment.
Prior to Lionsgate he held acquisitions posts at Netflix, Catch 23 Entertainment and Artisan Entertainment.
- 7/9/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Marc Danon is leaving Lionsgate Entertainment to become president of acquisitions and co-productions at the upstart indie distributor Broad Green Pictures, the company announced Thursday. Danon will lead Broad Green Pictures’ acquisitions team, focusing on the procurement of films for wide commercial release and prestige platform pre-buy opportunities. He will also organize the studio’s festival acquisition strategy. “Marc has an incredible history of acquiring standout films and building successful partnerships,” said Gabriel Hammond, CEO of Broad Green Pictures, and Daniel Hammond, the studio’s Chief Creative Officer in a statement. “More importantly, he’s an incredible person and we...
- 7/9/2015
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Debuting at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year to mixed reviews, acclaimed filmmaker Terrence Malick's new film "Knight Of Cups" is looking like it won't be coming out until sometime in 2016.
Broad Green Pictures chief Gabriel Hammond tells Thompson On Hollywood that "we want to have the longest run possible not for money’s sake, but so we can get as many people to share the experience" which is why they've decided to release the picture in 2016, most likely in the Spring like Malick's last film "To the Wonder".
Then there's the question of Malick's other film, the ensemble drama set against the Austin music scene starring Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Natalie Portman, Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara and Michael Fassbender.
The site says there were rumours the film would be call "Weightless" which is Not the case. It also sounds like the film will Not be coming out...
Broad Green Pictures chief Gabriel Hammond tells Thompson On Hollywood that "we want to have the longest run possible not for money’s sake, but so we can get as many people to share the experience" which is why they've decided to release the picture in 2016, most likely in the Spring like Malick's last film "To the Wonder".
Then there's the question of Malick's other film, the ensemble drama set against the Austin music scene starring Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Natalie Portman, Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara and Michael Fassbender.
The site says there were rumours the film would be call "Weightless" which is Not the case. It also sounds like the film will Not be coming out...
- 6/28/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
It looks like the pattern of filmmaker Terrence Malick debuting a movie at a film festival and then waiting a year for a theatrical release will continue. In 2013, Malick premiered “To The Wonder” at the 2012 Venice Film Festival and then the Ben Affleck/Rachel McAdams/Olga Kurylenko,-starring movie didn’t surface until the following year in the spring of 2013. The same plan is being put into play for Malick’s upcoming film, “Knight Of Cups,” but instead of the nine-month delay between festival premiere and theatrical bow on ‘Wonder,’ we might be waiting over a year. Read More: Berlin: Christian Bale Was Given No Script For Terrence Malick’s ‘Knight Of Cups,’ Cast Was “Torpedoed” Into Scenes According to a Thompson On Hollywood interview with Broad Green Pictures distributors Daniel and Gabriel Hammond, “Knight Of Cups” won’t hit theaters until 2016. The movie debuted at the Berlin Film Festival...
- 6/27/2015
- by Rodrigo Perez
- The Playlist
The new hire arrives from Screenvision and will oversee an annual slate of 12-16 specialty and wide-release titles.
Reid will also assume oversight of theatrical sales, exhibitor relations, in-theatre marketing, and associated operations.
Broad Green previously unveiled details of its specialty roster and starting in 2016 plans to distribute at least six films a year in wide release. Dylan Wiley was recently named Broad Green president of specialty releasing.
“Broad Green believes in the big theatrical experience,” said CEO Gabriel Hammond and chief creative officer Daniel Hammond. “There’s something so special about watching a movie with an audience engaging in shared emotion and laughter.
“We want to partner with exhibition to bring incredible filmed entertainment to theatres. Having Travis at the helm underscores this priority for our company and we look forward to the terrific opportunities that he will create for the studio.”
“I am very excited to be joining Gabriel and Daniel Hammond, and the team...
Reid will also assume oversight of theatrical sales, exhibitor relations, in-theatre marketing, and associated operations.
Broad Green previously unveiled details of its specialty roster and starting in 2016 plans to distribute at least six films a year in wide release. Dylan Wiley was recently named Broad Green president of specialty releasing.
“Broad Green believes in the big theatrical experience,” said CEO Gabriel Hammond and chief creative officer Daniel Hammond. “There’s something so special about watching a movie with an audience engaging in shared emotion and laughter.
“We want to partner with exhibition to bring incredible filmed entertainment to theatres. Having Travis at the helm underscores this priority for our company and we look forward to the terrific opportunities that he will create for the studio.”
“I am very excited to be joining Gabriel and Daniel Hammond, and the team...
- 5/20/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Broad Green Pictures has hired Jeremy Fuchs as its Chief Technology Officer, a role that will see him lead the company’s consolidated It strategy, delivery and operations globally,” it was announced Thursday by Bgp’s CEO Gabriel Hammond and chief creative officer Daniel Hammond. Fuchs will work with senior management to develop and leverage new systems and technology that will ultimately support all of the studio’s creative endeavors. “Starting clean and aligning Broad Green’s business and technology strategies early in the company’s development will enable us to be nimble, innovative, and connected as we build the leading next-generation independent studio,...
- 4/30/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Steve Nickerson has joined the company as president of home entertainment as Broad Green also announced the hires of former Summit duo Sandy Friedman and Bobby Gerber.
Friedman becomes evp of home entertainment operations and Gerber as svp of home entertainment sales.
Nickerson, who most recently served as president of Millennium Entertainment, will serve on the company’s green-light committee and report directly to CEO Gabriel Hammond.
Broad Green’s slate includes Knight Of Cups (pictured) and A Walk In The Woods.
Friedman becomes evp of home entertainment operations and Gerber as svp of home entertainment sales.
Nickerson, who most recently served as president of Millennium Entertainment, will serve on the company’s green-light committee and report directly to CEO Gabriel Hammond.
Broad Green’s slate includes Knight Of Cups (pictured) and A Walk In The Woods.
- 4/2/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Veteran studio executive Adam Keen has joined Broad Green Pictures as executive VP of corporate communications and worldwide publicity, the company announced Wednesday. In his new role, Keen will oversee corporate messaging as well as film publicity campaigns for Broad Green’s feature slate. “Adam brings a nearly two-decade track record of success as one of the most dynamic and innovative professionals in his field,” Bgp’s Gabriel Hammond and Daniel Hammond said in a joint statement. “We couldn’t be more excited to welcome him to the Broad Green family and have him working on our inaugural slate.” “I have always had a passion.
- 3/25/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
The publicity veteran has joined Broad Green Pictures (Bgp) as evp of corporate communications and worldwide publicity.
Adam Keen arrives from Warner Bros where he served as vp of publicity and before that was head of publicity at Relativity Media.
Prior to that he served in senior publicity roles at Overture Films and MGM/Us and worked at DreamWorks and launched the entertainment and brand strategies division at ID Public Relations.
Bgp’s upcoming films include 99 Homes, Eden, A Walk In The Woods and in-house productions Leaning To Drive and Break Point.
The company, launched by Daniel and Gabriel Hammond in 2014, also cut a three-film deal with Terrence Malick.
Adam Keen arrives from Warner Bros where he served as vp of publicity and before that was head of publicity at Relativity Media.
Prior to that he served in senior publicity roles at Overture Films and MGM/Us and worked at DreamWorks and launched the entertainment and brand strategies division at ID Public Relations.
Bgp’s upcoming films include 99 Homes, Eden, A Walk In The Woods and in-house productions Leaning To Drive and Break Point.
The company, launched by Daniel and Gabriel Hammond in 2014, also cut a three-film deal with Terrence Malick.
- 3/25/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Read More: Sarah Silverman Shocks Sundance with her Dramatic Performance in 'I Smile Back' Sarah Silverman is ready to tackle the dramatic world, and she's putting a smile on for the venture. Broad Green Pictures has acquired the North American rights to the Adam Salky-directed "I Smile Back," based on the novel by Amy Koppelman. In "I Smile Back," Silverman plays Laney, a woman who seems to have the perfect life: A loving husband, kids she cares for, and a gorgeous home. Looks can be deceiving though, and Laney spirals down a path of self-destruction as she indulges and drugs and sex. Can she find forgiveness? "Sarah's raw and vulnerable performance will astonish audiences and define her as an incredible dramatic talent," said Gabriel Hammond, CEO of Bgp, and Daniel Hammond, Bgp Chief Creative Officer. "We are thrilled to have the opportunity to give "I Smile Back...
- 3/10/2015
- by Travis Clark
- Indiewire
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