Teen sensation Bella Thorne is in talks to star in the coming-of-age movie “Be Here Now” for Voltage Pictures and The Audience, TheWrap has exclusively learned. Vineet Dewan will direct from a script he co-wrote with Samantha Taylor Pickett. The project was previously known as “X.O.” Voltage’s Zev Foreman (“Dallas Buyers Club”) and Dominic Rustam (“Good Kids”) will produce with Brian Levy (“30 Minutes or Less”) and Pickett. Voltage’s Nicolas Chartier (“The Hurt Locker”) will executive produce with Rami Perlman, Stephen Curtis and Oliver Luckett. Also Read: Bella Thorne, Halston Sage to Star in 'You Get Me'...
- 4/6/2016
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Chicago – If Robert K. Elder’s book, “The Film That Changed My Life,” is indeed providing a blueprint for the screening series continuing this month at the Music Box, then cinephiles have every right to rejoice. Elder’s book interviewed a wide variety of filmmakers about the films that left a permanent impact on them, and the series reunites Elder and the filmmakers for screenings of their favorite films.
In June, the first installment featured Victor Fleming’s 1939 classic “The Wizard of Oz” hosted by irreverent super-fan John Waters. Now on Oct. 16, the series continues with filmmaker Kimberly Peirce, who will host a 3 p.m. screening of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 landmark, “The Godfather,” as well as a screening of her own 1999 masterwork “Boys Don’t Cry.” Though these films may seem as different as night and day, they both share thematic and stylistic similarities, not to mention an overwhelmingly visceral power.
In June, the first installment featured Victor Fleming’s 1939 classic “The Wizard of Oz” hosted by irreverent super-fan John Waters. Now on Oct. 16, the series continues with filmmaker Kimberly Peirce, who will host a 3 p.m. screening of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 landmark, “The Godfather,” as well as a screening of her own 1999 masterwork “Boys Don’t Cry.” Though these films may seem as different as night and day, they both share thematic and stylistic similarities, not to mention an overwhelmingly visceral power.
- 10/10/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Here’s something interesting, so pay attention. Kimberly Peirce, best known from Stop-Loss project, will direct The Knife. At this moment we know that an upcoming Universal drama is inspired by the true story of a South Central gang member who volunteered to be an informant for the FBI. Check out the rest of this report for more details.
I like the description: “For over a decade, hundreds of blood and crip gang members in South Central Los Angeles have been put away thanks to the efforts of one deep insider. He is not a cop. He is not a Federal agent. This man is one of their own. For the first time ever, he reveals to Guy Lawson how he’s brought down some of La’s worst criminals, and how he’s stayed alive.”
So, the upcoming project is actually based on the 2008 GQ article ‘The Inside Man’ by Guy Lawson,...
I like the description: “For over a decade, hundreds of blood and crip gang members in South Central Los Angeles have been put away thanks to the efforts of one deep insider. He is not a cop. He is not a Federal agent. This man is one of their own. For the first time ever, he reveals to Guy Lawson how he’s brought down some of La’s worst criminals, and how he’s stayed alive.”
So, the upcoming project is actually based on the 2008 GQ article ‘The Inside Man’ by Guy Lawson,...
- 2/18/2011
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
Kimberly Peirce will direct the crime thriller "The Knife" for Universal.According to Variety, Brian Grazer will produce through his and Ron Howard's Imagine Entertainment.The film is based on the true story of a young gang-banger trying to escape the lifestyle and an F.B.I. agent who team up to penetrate a Los Angeles gang leader's crew. Vineet Dewan wrote the script.The project is in early pre-production so no shooting start date has been set.Peirce is best known for directing the 1999 independent film "Boys Don't Cry," which won Hilary Swank her first of two Oscars for best actress.Her only other feature directing credit was the 2008 Iraq War drama "Stop Loss" with Ryan Phillippe and Channing Tatum.
- 2/17/2011
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
Kimberly Peirce will direct The Knife for Universal Pictures which Brian Grazer is producing via Imagine Entertainment. The Knife is based on the true story of a rookie gang-banger who is trying to get out of the gang life and a hot-headed F.B.I. Agent who join forces in order to infiltrate a Los Angeles gang leader's organization. Vineet Dewan wrote the script and the film is still in early pre-production with no start date for lensing as yet, reports Variety. Peirce directed Academy Award-winning Hilary Swank starrer Boys Don't Cry and Stop-Loss starring Channing Tatum, Ryan Phillippe and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
- 2/17/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Kimberly Peirce will direct The Knife for Universal Pictures which Brian Grazer is producing via Imagine Entertainment. The Knife is based on the true story of a rookie gang-banger who is trying to get out of the gang life and a hot-headed F.B.I. Agent who join forces in order to infiltrate a Los Angeles gang leader's organization. Vineet Dewan wrote the script and the film is still in early pre-production with no start date for lensing as yet, reports Variety. Peirce directed Academy Award-winning Hilary Swank starrer Boys Don't Cry and Stop-Loss starring Channing Tatum, Ryan Phillippe and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
- 2/17/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Kimberly Peirce ("Boys Don't Cry," "Stop-Loss") is set to direct the drama "The Knife" for Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment reports Deadline.
The story is inspired by the true one of a Crips gang member in South Central Los Angeles who became a paid FBI informant. Together with a hard-nosed agent, they pulled of a huge series of busts including drugs, arms dealing and murder.
In fact they were so good that gang leaders vowed to "kill all snitches" which put the informant's life in danger. Vineet Dewan penned the script and a graphic novel for the property based on a 2008 GQ Magazine article by Guy Lawson.
Unlike most who simply pitch projects with basic two-minute conversations, Peirce reportedly walked in with a sub-$30 million budget estimate, a 60-page outline and the graphic novel which lead to the deal. Brian Grazer is producing.
The story is inspired by the true one of a Crips gang member in South Central Los Angeles who became a paid FBI informant. Together with a hard-nosed agent, they pulled of a huge series of busts including drugs, arms dealing and murder.
In fact they were so good that gang leaders vowed to "kill all snitches" which put the informant's life in danger. Vineet Dewan penned the script and a graphic novel for the property based on a 2008 GQ Magazine article by Guy Lawson.
Unlike most who simply pitch projects with basic two-minute conversations, Peirce reportedly walked in with a sub-$30 million budget estimate, a 60-page outline and the graphic novel which lead to the deal. Brian Grazer is producing.
- 2/17/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
After not hearing from her for a while, Kimberly Peirce is ready to direct "The Knife," a drama of a South Central gang member-turned-paid FBI informant, for Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment. Apparently, this man's collaboration with the Feds turned over many criminals, including drug lords and murderers. He was so successful that leaders of gangs put out a "kill all snitches" order, placing the informant's life in danger. The premise is based on a true story adapted from the 2008 article "The Inside Man" in GQ Magazine by Guy Lawson. Black List and Nicholl Fellowship-winning screenwriter Vineet Dewan ("Sand…...
- 2/17/2011
- The Playlist
Though she didn’t exactly strike box office gold with Stop-Loss, Boys Don’t Cry director Kimberly Peirce is not shying away from grown-up drama. She’s locking down a deal to direct The Knife, the true story of a South Central La gang member who became a paid informant for the FBI.And while she freely admits to Deadline that it’s the sort of project that studios aren’t exactly jumping up to produce, she has the backing of Imagine’s Brian Grazer and a firm commitment from Universal.Plus there’s the compelling subject matter, with the informant living a Departed-style existence that could’ve ended his life at every turn. While his secret collaboration with a tough-nosed agent helped lead to a wealth of drug and weapons busts, gang leaders also implemented a “kill all snitches” policy to hunt him down.Vineet Dewan penned the script...
- 2/17/2011
- EmpireOnline
Exclusive: Kimberly Peirce has been set to direct The Knife, a drama for Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment inspired by the true story of a South Central gang member who became a paid FBI informant. His covert collaboration with a hard-nosed agent led to a volume of busts ranging from crack and automatic weapons dealing to murder. It turned the gang scene so upside down that leaders issued a "kill all snitches" edict that put the informant's life in constant danger. The script is being written by Vineet Dewan and Brian Grazer is producing. Peirce, Dewan and Imagine’s Grazer and Erica Huggins essentially revived a project that the studio and production company first acquired two years ago. The genesis is The Inside Man, a 2008 GQ Magazine article by Guy Lawson. The piece told the story of the young Crips member who simply walked into an FBI office to offer...
- 2/16/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
For the fourth consecutive year Hollywood has selected its Black List, a compilation of the top unproduced screenplays for 2009. Over 300 film professionals were asked to submit the titles of up to ten of their favorite screenplays. The only condition for the picks were that the projects would not be released in theaters this year. That means some of the Black List honorees may be in the process of being turned into movies but by far the majority remain thoughts on digital ink, a blueprint for grand dramatic ideas, high-reaching adventure and controversial ideas waiting to be burned to light.
For a screenplay to have made it onto the Black List it must have received at least five votes for it. Some scripts have five votes while the top-rated screenplay received 47 votes. That doesn't mean that the script with the most votes is the best screenplay of the year; it means...
For a screenplay to have made it onto the Black List it must have received at least five votes for it. Some scripts have five votes while the top-rated screenplay received 47 votes. That doesn't mean that the script with the most votes is the best screenplay of the year; it means...
- 12/12/2009
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
Six writers have been selected as winners of the 24th annual Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. For the fifth consecutive year a script written by a team earned its writers a fellowship; collaborative efforts were first allowed into the competition only in 2001. Each writer or writing team will receive a $30,000 prize, the first installment of which will be given out at a gala dinner in Beverly Hills next November 12. This year’s winners are (listed alphabetically by author): Matt Ackley, Los Angeles, “Victoria Falls” Vineet Dewan and Angus Fletcher, Los Angeles, “Sand Dogs” John Griffin, [...]...
- 10/30/2009
- by Michele Colbert
- Alt Film Guide
Six writers have been selected as winners of the 24th annual Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
They are Matt Ackley for his screenplay "Victoria Falls"; Vineet Dewan and Angus Fletcher, "Sand Dogs"; John Griffin, "Dream Before Waking"; Nidhi Anna Verghese, "Jallianwala Bagh"; and Jeff Williams, "Pure." All are from Los Angeles except for Williams, who is from Wake Forest, N.C.
Each writer or writing team, selected from a record 6,380 submitted scripts, will receive a $30,000 prize, the first installment of which will be distributed Nov. 12 during a gala dinner in Beverly Hills.
The winners were chosen by the Nicholl Committee, chaired by Susannah Grant and comprised of Naomi Foner, Daniel Petrie Jr., Tom Rickman, Dana Stevens, Eva Marie Saint, John Bailey, Steven B. Poster, Bill Mechanic, Gale Anne Hurd, David Nicksay, Peter Samuelson, Robert Shapiro, Buffy Shutt and Ronald Mardigian.
They are Matt Ackley for his screenplay "Victoria Falls"; Vineet Dewan and Angus Fletcher, "Sand Dogs"; John Griffin, "Dream Before Waking"; Nidhi Anna Verghese, "Jallianwala Bagh"; and Jeff Williams, "Pure." All are from Los Angeles except for Williams, who is from Wake Forest, N.C.
Each writer or writing team, selected from a record 6,380 submitted scripts, will receive a $30,000 prize, the first installment of which will be distributed Nov. 12 during a gala dinner in Beverly Hills.
The winners were chosen by the Nicholl Committee, chaired by Susannah Grant and comprised of Naomi Foner, Daniel Petrie Jr., Tom Rickman, Dana Stevens, Eva Marie Saint, John Bailey, Steven B. Poster, Bill Mechanic, Gale Anne Hurd, David Nicksay, Peter Samuelson, Robert Shapiro, Buffy Shutt and Ronald Mardigian.
- 10/29/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
By Wrap Staff
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced six winners of its 24th annual Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting.
Each writer or writing team will receive a $30,000 prize, the first installment of which will be distributed Nov. 12 at a gala dinner in Beverly Hills.
This year’s winners are:
Matt Ackley, Los Angeles, “Victoria Falls”
Vineet Dewan and Angus Fletcher, Los Angeles, “Sand Dogs”
John Griffin, Los Angeles, “Dream Before Waking”
Nidhi Anna Verghese, Los Angeles,...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced six winners of its 24th annual Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting.
Each writer or writing team will receive a $30,000 prize, the first installment of which will be distributed Nov. 12 at a gala dinner in Beverly Hills.
This year’s winners are:
Matt Ackley, Los Angeles, “Victoria Falls”
Vineet Dewan and Angus Fletcher, Los Angeles, “Sand Dogs”
John Griffin, Los Angeles, “Dream Before Waking”
Nidhi Anna Verghese, Los Angeles,...
- 10/29/2009
- by Lisa Horowitz
- The Wrap
Six writers won the 24th annual Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Each writer or writing team will receive the first installment of a $30,000 prize at a gala dinner in Beverly Hills on November 12. This year's winners are (listed alphabetically by author): Matt Ackley of Los Angeles for Victoria Falls; Vineet Dewan and Angus Fletcher of Los Angeles for Sand Dogs; John Griffin of Los Angeles for Dream Before Waking; Nidhi Anna Verghese of Los Angeles for Jallianwala Bagh; Jeff Williams of Wake Forest, N.C. for Pure. [...]...
- 10/29/2009
- by Nikki Finke
- Deadline Hollywood
By Wrap Staff
Eleven writers have been selected as finalists for the 24th annual Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
This year’s finalists are:
Matt Ackley, Los Angeles, “Victoria Falls”
Vineet Dewan and Angus Fletcher, Los Angeles, “Sand Dogs”
John Griffin, Los Angeles, “Dream Before Waking”
Hiram Martinez, New York City, “Ansiedad”
Marleine Pacilio, Shadow Hills, Calif., &ld...
Eleven writers have been selected as finalists for the 24th annual Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
This year’s finalists are:
Matt Ackley, Los Angeles, “Victoria Falls”
Vineet Dewan and Angus Fletcher, Los Angeles, “Sand Dogs”
John Griffin, Los Angeles, “Dream Before Waking”
Hiram Martinez, New York City, “Ansiedad”
Marleine Pacilio, Shadow Hills, Calif., &ld...
- 10/9/2009
- by Lisa Horowitz
- The Wrap
Eleven writers have been selected as finalists for the 24th annual Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Their scripts will now be read and judged by the Academy’s Nicholl Committee, which may award as many as five of the prestigious $30,000 fellowships. This year’s finalists are listed alphabetically below: Matt Ackley, Los Angeles, “Victoria Falls” Vineet Dewan and Angus Fletcher, …...
- 10/8/2009
- Indiewire
Eleven writers have been selected as finalists for the 24th annual Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
They are Matt Ackley, Vineet Dewan and Angus Fletcher, John Griffin, Hiram Martinez, Marleine Pacilio, Adriana Brad Schanen, Neil Swaab, Nidhi Anna Verghese, Dan Lee West and Jeff Williams.
As many as five $30,000 fellowships may be awarded after the screenplays are judged by the Nicholl Committee, chaired by writer and 1992 Nicholl fellow Susannah Grant.
They are Matt Ackley, Vineet Dewan and Angus Fletcher, John Griffin, Hiram Martinez, Marleine Pacilio, Adriana Brad Schanen, Neil Swaab, Nidhi Anna Verghese, Dan Lee West and Jeff Williams.
As many as five $30,000 fellowships may be awarded after the screenplays are judged by the Nicholl Committee, chaired by writer and 1992 Nicholl fellow Susannah Grant.
- 10/8/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- I could have sworn that it was just yesterday that I had become livid over never receiving subscription copy of Filmmaker Magazines’ 25 New Faces of Independent Film issue. Well 2006 is history, and this year’s feature names/faces (grab yourself the summer issue or read here) includes more of the same – a list comprised of mostly filmmakers, Sundance kids and up-and-comers that we here at Ioncinema.com do speak about on occasion, but we’ll be most likely going gaga for in a couple of year’s from now. Here’s a quick rundown.+ Andy Blubaugh+ Daniel Barnz+ Azazel Jacobs+ Calvin Reeder+ Fellipe Barbosa+ Tze Chun+ Moon Molson+ Sophie Barthes+ Jennifer Venditti+ Kim Reed+ Craig ZobelCraig Zobel's directorial debut.+ Phillip Van+ Vineet Dewan+ Ronald Bronstein+ Hope Dickson Leach+ M dot Strange+ Kentucker Audley+ Georgina Lightning+ Vicente Amorim+ Alex Holdridge+ Stephane Gauger+ Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky+ Richard Goldgewicht
- 7/18/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
Students from Biola University, USC and UCLA were among the winners in the DGA's 12th annual student filmmaker awards.
The program is open to student filmmakers who are black, Asian- American, Latino or female. It offers cash prizes of $2,500 each plus a $1,000 Kodak product grant to winners and a $500 product grant to those earning honorable mention.
Those selected for prizes this year included:
Best black student filmmaker: Winner -- Matthew Jones of Biola for Be the Man. Honorable mention -- Hezekiah Lewis of UCLA for Memoirs of a Smoker.
Best Asian-American student filmmaker: Winner -- Vineet Dewan of USC for Clear Cut, Simple. Honorable mention -- Arvin Chen of USC for Mei.
Best Latino student filmmaker: Winner -- Xochitl Dorsey of UCLA for "Tears & Tortillas." Honorable mention -- Erika Bagnarello of Florida State University for The Melting Pot.
Best woman student filmmaker: Winner -- Daphne Lambrinou of USC for Paperboat. Honorable mention -- Diane Lisa Johnson of USC for Swimming.
The program is open to student filmmakers who are black, Asian- American, Latino or female. It offers cash prizes of $2,500 each plus a $1,000 Kodak product grant to winners and a $500 product grant to those earning honorable mention.
Those selected for prizes this year included:
Best black student filmmaker: Winner -- Matthew Jones of Biola for Be the Man. Honorable mention -- Hezekiah Lewis of UCLA for Memoirs of a Smoker.
Best Asian-American student filmmaker: Winner -- Vineet Dewan of USC for Clear Cut, Simple. Honorable mention -- Arvin Chen of USC for Mei.
Best Latino student filmmaker: Winner -- Xochitl Dorsey of UCLA for "Tears & Tortillas." Honorable mention -- Erika Bagnarello of Florida State University for The Melting Pot.
Best woman student filmmaker: Winner -- Daphne Lambrinou of USC for Paperboat. Honorable mention -- Diane Lisa Johnson of USC for Swimming.
- 11/20/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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