Recently we had the pleasure of taking a deep dive into a personal all time favorite with Bill Paxton’s Frailty and then sitting down to speak with David Kirschner, successful producer of everything from Frailty to the Child’s Play franchise to Hocus Pocus and An American Tail: Fievel Goes West.
David graced us with some incredible stories about the making of Frailty; he told us about James Cameron’s “massive” contribution to the film and of the death threats he received before the film was even released. We even touched on the chances of Frailty going to 4K and the possibility of a Chucky-free Charles Lee Ray Child’s Play prequel starring Brad Dourif.
But most importantly, David shares his fascinating and heartfelt stories of working with the one of a kind Bill Paxton as they created Frailty.
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David graced us with some incredible stories about the making of Frailty; he told us about James Cameron’s “massive” contribution to the film and of the death threats he received before the film was even released. We even touched on the chances of Frailty going to 4K and the possibility of a Chucky-free Charles Lee Ray Child’s Play prequel starring Brad Dourif.
But most importantly, David shares his fascinating and heartfelt stories of working with the one of a kind Bill Paxton as they created Frailty.
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- 7/10/2023
- by Mike Holtz
- bloody-disgusting.com
Digital publisher Tapas Media is shifting its focus to original content.
The publisher, which made its name mostly with licensed anime from Asia, has launched Studio Tapas, a new division dedicated to producing and publishing original webcomics and novels. Gabrielle Luu, previously a content manager and acquisitions executive at the digital publisher, will be promoted to the newly created position of head of studio.
At the same time, in a bid to further leverage its original content, the company has hired Corey Sienega, a veteran producer whose credits include Frailty and Miss Potter, as head of business development where she will ...
The publisher, which made its name mostly with licensed anime from Asia, has launched Studio Tapas, a new division dedicated to producing and publishing original webcomics and novels. Gabrielle Luu, previously a content manager and acquisitions executive at the digital publisher, will be promoted to the newly created position of head of studio.
At the same time, in a bid to further leverage its original content, the company has hired Corey Sienega, a veteran producer whose credits include Frailty and Miss Potter, as head of business development where she will ...
- 12/4/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Digital publisher Tapas Media is making a concentrated shift into original content.
The publisher, which made its name mostly with licensed anime from Asia, has launched Studio Tapas, a new division dedicated to producing and publishing original webcomics and novels. Gabrielle Luu, previously a content manager and acquisitions executive at the digital publisher, will been promoted to the newly created position of head of studio.
At the same time, in a bid to maximize its originals, the company has hired Corey Sienega, a veteran producer whose credits include Frailty and Miss Potter, as head of business development where she will oversee ...
The publisher, which made its name mostly with licensed anime from Asia, has launched Studio Tapas, a new division dedicated to producing and publishing original webcomics and novels. Gabrielle Luu, previously a content manager and acquisitions executive at the digital publisher, will been promoted to the newly created position of head of studio.
At the same time, in a bid to maximize its originals, the company has hired Corey Sienega, a veteran producer whose credits include Frailty and Miss Potter, as head of business development where she will oversee ...
- 12/4/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Luke Ryan’s franchise-focused content studio Chaotic Good has hired producer Corey Sienega as President of Development and Production and writer-director John Wikstrom as Director of Creative Affairs. The additions signal the company's move into boosting original content creation for the studio with an eye toward rolling an original slate for its brands in film, TV, digital and emerging platforms including virtual reality. Sienega’s recent credits include the…...
- 6/21/2016
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Luke Ryan’s franchise-focused content studio Chaotic Good has hired producer Corey Sienega as President of Development and Production and writer-director John Wikstrom as Director of Creative Affairs. The additions signal the company's move into boosting original content creation for the studio with an eye toward rolling an original slate for its brands in film, TV, digital and emerging platforms including virtual reality. Sienega’s recent credits include the…...
- 6/21/2016
- Deadline
Hot on the heels of BlairWitch.de's reveal of the international trailer for the satanic fright flick Kristy, we now have the international poster, which proves that there are two sides to every tale.
From director Oliver "Olly" Blackburn (Donkey Punch) and producers David Kirschner (the Child's Play series), Corey Sienega (Frailty, Bride of Chucky, Seed of Chucky), and Jamie Patricof and Lynette Howell (Blue Valentine, Place Beyond the Pines), comes a new thriller starring Haley Bennett (Music and Lyrics), Ashley Greene (The Twilight Saga, The Apparition), Erica Ash (Scary Movie 5), Lucas Till (X-Men: First Class), and Chris Coy (TV's "True Blood"). Anthony Jaswinski (Vanishing on 7th Street) penned the script.
Synopsis:
With the rest of the campus at home for the Thanksgiving holiday, Justine (Bennett) and a few of her friends spend the weekend in their college dormitory: studying, relaxing, and blissfully unaware of the terror that is...
From director Oliver "Olly" Blackburn (Donkey Punch) and producers David Kirschner (the Child's Play series), Corey Sienega (Frailty, Bride of Chucky, Seed of Chucky), and Jamie Patricof and Lynette Howell (Blue Valentine, Place Beyond the Pines), comes a new thriller starring Haley Bennett (Music and Lyrics), Ashley Greene (The Twilight Saga, The Apparition), Erica Ash (Scary Movie 5), Lucas Till (X-Men: First Class), and Chris Coy (TV's "True Blood"). Anthony Jaswinski (Vanishing on 7th Street) penned the script.
Synopsis:
With the rest of the campus at home for the Thanksgiving holiday, Justine (Bennett) and a few of her friends spend the weekend in their college dormitory: studying, relaxing, and blissfully unaware of the terror that is...
- 5/27/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
The film that started out being called Kristy and then changed to Satanic and then to Random has been renamed back to Kristy, and right now we have a look at the trailer for you courtesy of BlairWitch.de.
From director Oliver "Olly" Blackburn (Donkey Punch) and producers David Kirschner (the Child's Play series), Corey Sienega (Frailty, Bride of Chucky, Seed of Chucky), and Jamie Patricof and Lynette Howell (Blue Valentine, Place Beyond the Pines), comes a new thriller starring Haley Bennett (Music and Lyrics), Ashley Greene (The Twilight Saga, The Apparition), Erica Ash (Scary Movie 5), Lucas Till (X-Men: First Class), and Chris Coy (TV's "True Blood"). Anthony Jaswinski (Vanishing on 7th Street) penned the script.
Synopsis:
With the rest of the campus at home for the Thanksgiving holiday, Justine (Bennett) and a few of her friends spend the weekend in their college dormitory: studying, relaxing, and blissfully unaware...
From director Oliver "Olly" Blackburn (Donkey Punch) and producers David Kirschner (the Child's Play series), Corey Sienega (Frailty, Bride of Chucky, Seed of Chucky), and Jamie Patricof and Lynette Howell (Blue Valentine, Place Beyond the Pines), comes a new thriller starring Haley Bennett (Music and Lyrics), Ashley Greene (The Twilight Saga, The Apparition), Erica Ash (Scary Movie 5), Lucas Till (X-Men: First Class), and Chris Coy (TV's "True Blood"). Anthony Jaswinski (Vanishing on 7th Street) penned the script.
Synopsis:
With the rest of the campus at home for the Thanksgiving holiday, Justine (Bennett) and a few of her friends spend the weekend in their college dormitory: studying, relaxing, and blissfully unaware...
- 5/26/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
The film that started out being called Kristy and then changed to Satanic and then to Random has been renamed back to Kristy, at least for Afm. Btw... My head with pain. In any event, here are some new pics!
From director Oliver "Olly" Blackburn (Donkey Punch) and producers David Kirschner (the Child's Play series), Corey Sienega (Frailty, Bride of Chucky, Seed of Chucky), and Jamie Patricof and Lynette Howell (Blue Valentine, Place Beyond the Pines), comes a new thriller starring Haley Bennett (Music and Lyrics), Ashley Greene (The Twilight Saga, The Apparition), Erica Ash (Scary Movie 5), Lucas Till (X-Men: First Class), and Chris Coy (TV's "True Blood"). Anthony Jaswinski (Vanishing on 7th Street) penned the script.
Synopsis:
With the rest of the campus at home for the Thanksgiving holiday, Justine (Bennett) and a few of her friends spend the weekend in their college dormitory: studying, relaxing, and blissfully...
From director Oliver "Olly" Blackburn (Donkey Punch) and producers David Kirschner (the Child's Play series), Corey Sienega (Frailty, Bride of Chucky, Seed of Chucky), and Jamie Patricof and Lynette Howell (Blue Valentine, Place Beyond the Pines), comes a new thriller starring Haley Bennett (Music and Lyrics), Ashley Greene (The Twilight Saga, The Apparition), Erica Ash (Scary Movie 5), Lucas Till (X-Men: First Class), and Chris Coy (TV's "True Blood"). Anthony Jaswinski (Vanishing on 7th Street) penned the script.
Synopsis:
With the rest of the campus at home for the Thanksgiving holiday, Justine (Bennett) and a few of her friends spend the weekend in their college dormitory: studying, relaxing, and blissfully...
- 11/6/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Psychological thriller Kristy. I’m sure you’re already familiar with this project, right? Oliver Blackburn is on board to direct it, Haley Bennett and Ashley Greene are also on board to star in it, and now we hear that Lucas Till is about to join them as well. That’s what I call an interesting cast!
As we previously reported, Blackburn will direct the whole thing from a script written by Anthony Jaswinski, Gary Fielder and Scott Rosenberg.
The movie will center on a girl alone on campus (that girl is Bennet) over the Thanksgiving break when a random encounter with a gang of violent outcasts leads them to target her as their next victim.
The Weinstein Company and Dimension Films are behind Blackburn’s movie, while Jamie Patricof and Lynette Howell of Electric City Entertainment are producing along with David Kirschner and Corey Sienega.
Production on Kristy starts soon in New Orleans.
As we previously reported, Blackburn will direct the whole thing from a script written by Anthony Jaswinski, Gary Fielder and Scott Rosenberg.
The movie will center on a girl alone on campus (that girl is Bennet) over the Thanksgiving break when a random encounter with a gang of violent outcasts leads them to target her as their next victim.
The Weinstein Company and Dimension Films are behind Blackburn’s movie, while Jamie Patricof and Lynette Howell of Electric City Entertainment are producing along with David Kirschner and Corey Sienega.
Production on Kristy starts soon in New Orleans.
- 11/20/2012
- by Jeanne Standal
- Filmofilia
Lucas Till ("X-Men: First Class," "Wolves") has joined the cast of Oliver Blackburn's psychological thriller "Kristy" at The Weinstein Company.
Haley Bennett plays a college student who, remaining alone on campus over Thanksgiving break, has a random encounter with a gang of violent outcasts which leads them to target her as their next victim.
Gary Fielder, Scott Rosenberg and Anthony Jaswinski penned the script, while Jamie Patricof, Lynette Howell, David Kirschner and Corey Sienega are producing. The production is prepping to shoot shortly in New Orleans.
Source: Variety...
Haley Bennett plays a college student who, remaining alone on campus over Thanksgiving break, has a random encounter with a gang of violent outcasts which leads them to target her as their next victim.
Gary Fielder, Scott Rosenberg and Anthony Jaswinski penned the script, while Jamie Patricof, Lynette Howell, David Kirschner and Corey Sienega are producing. The production is prepping to shoot shortly in New Orleans.
Source: Variety...
- 11/20/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Lucas Till has joined the cast of Oliver Blackburn's Satanic , Variety reports. The X-Men: First Class star will appear opposite Haley Bennett and Ashley Greene. Written by Gary Fielder, Scott Rosenberg and Anthony Jaswinski, Satanic is a suspense thriller in which the titular college student (Bennett), remaining on campus over Thanksgiving break, becomes the target of a violent gang. Satanic will be produced by Lynette Howell, David Kirschner, Jamie Patricof and Corey Sienega. (Photo Credit: Adriana M. Barraza / WENN.com)...
- 11/19/2012
- Comingsoon.net
During the crush of news and artwork that came out of Afm this year, we had an update on Dimension's Kristy, which is now being called Satanic, and today comes word of some possible casting for the film.
According to The Wrap, The Twilight Saga star Ashley Greene is being eyed for The Weinstein Company’s much-awaited new horror feature. Best known for playing Alice Cullen in the Twilight franchise, Greene most recently appeared in The Apparition.
She would join Haley Bennett in the film, which is being produced by TWC along with David Kirschner (Child's Play franchise); Corey Sienega (Frailty, Bride of Chucky); Jamie Patricof, and Lynette Howell (Blue Valentine, Place Beyond the Pines). Olly Blackburn (Donkey Punch) is directing from a script by Anthony Jaswinski (Vanishing on Seventh Street, See No Evil).
Satanic is expected to film in New Orleans from mid-November through much of December, according to a listing with Louisiana Entertainment,...
According to The Wrap, The Twilight Saga star Ashley Greene is being eyed for The Weinstein Company’s much-awaited new horror feature. Best known for playing Alice Cullen in the Twilight franchise, Greene most recently appeared in The Apparition.
She would join Haley Bennett in the film, which is being produced by TWC along with David Kirschner (Child's Play franchise); Corey Sienega (Frailty, Bride of Chucky); Jamie Patricof, and Lynette Howell (Blue Valentine, Place Beyond the Pines). Olly Blackburn (Donkey Punch) is directing from a script by Anthony Jaswinski (Vanishing on Seventh Street, See No Evil).
Satanic is expected to film in New Orleans from mid-November through much of December, according to a listing with Louisiana Entertainment,...
- 11/9/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
'Twilight' star Ashley Greene is being eyed for The Weinstein Company's much-awaited horror feature "Kristy," now being referred to as "Satanic," TheWrap has learned. Best known for playing Alice Cullen in the "Twilight" franchise, Greene would join Haley Bennett in the film, which is being produced by The Weinstein Company, along with David Kirschner ("Child's Play" franchise); Corey Sienega ("Frailty", "Bride of Chucky"); Jamie Patricof and Lynette Howell ("Blue Valentine", "Place Beyond the Pines"). Oliver Blackburn ("Donkey Punch") is directing from a script by Anthony Jaswinski ("Vanishing on Seventh Street", "See No Evil"). Described...
- 11/8/2012
- by Liza Foreman
- The Wrap
Day 2 of the 2012 American Film Market is winding down, and we have some artwork to share from four upcoming projects: Daniel Stamm's psychological thriller The Darkness, Troma's Return to Nuke "Em High, found footage sci-fi tale Project Blue Book, and survival thriller Satanic.
The Darkness: Mary Elizabeth Winstead stars in The Last Exorcism director Stamm's The Darkness. She portrays an American student looking after her tutor's two children in a remote English manor house. She soon comes to believe that she and the children are being haunted when their lives are threatened by mysterious events. Megan Holley penned the script. Occupant Entertainment's Joe Neurauter and Felipe Marino and Management 360's Ben Forkner produce while genre-specialty banner Xyz Films, whose Gareth Evans helmer The Raid was a huge success, is executive producer.
Return to Nuke 'em High: Produced in association with Starz Media, Return to Nuke 'em High...
The Darkness: Mary Elizabeth Winstead stars in The Last Exorcism director Stamm's The Darkness. She portrays an American student looking after her tutor's two children in a remote English manor house. She soon comes to believe that she and the children are being haunted when their lives are threatened by mysterious events. Megan Holley penned the script. Occupant Entertainment's Joe Neurauter and Felipe Marino and Management 360's Ben Forkner produce while genre-specialty banner Xyz Films, whose Gareth Evans helmer The Raid was a huge success, is executive producer.
Return to Nuke 'em High: Produced in association with Starz Media, Return to Nuke 'em High...
- 11/2/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Before you say no to a project like this, here’s a little warning: Kristy is an upcoming psychological thriller described as a Rosemary’s Baby type of story. Sounds better now?
I’m sure it does, especially when young and sweet Haley Bennett (yes, we all mention that name when we write about Terrence Malick’s Untitled Project) is now officially on board to play the lead!
At this moment we know that Oliver Blackburn will direct the movie from a script originally written by Scott Rosenberg and Gary Fielder with Anthony Jaswinski penning the most recent draft of the whole thing.
Kristy will tell us the story of a girl who is alone on campus over the Thanksgiving break when a random encounter with a gang of violent outcasts leads them to target her as their next victim. To survive, she must conquer her deepest fears to outwit them and fight back.
I’m sure it does, especially when young and sweet Haley Bennett (yes, we all mention that name when we write about Terrence Malick’s Untitled Project) is now officially on board to play the lead!
At this moment we know that Oliver Blackburn will direct the movie from a script originally written by Scott Rosenberg and Gary Fielder with Anthony Jaswinski penning the most recent draft of the whole thing.
Kristy will tell us the story of a girl who is alone on campus over the Thanksgiving break when a random encounter with a gang of violent outcasts leads them to target her as their next victim. To survive, she must conquer her deepest fears to outwit them and fight back.
- 10/29/2012
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
Oliver Blackburn, who made his feature film debut with 2008's Donkey Punch , has lined up his next project as a director with Kristy , a suspense thriller from screenwriters Gary Fielder, Scott Rosenberg and Anthony Jaswinski. Today, Variety reports that the project has locked its lead in actress Haley Bennett. Bennett will star as the titular college student who, remaining on campus over Thanksgiving break, becomes the target of a violent gang. Bennett is known for roles in films like Marley & Me , The Haunting of Molly Hartley and The Hole and will soon appear in Terrence Malick's still-untitled next film (formerly known as Lawless ). Kristy will be produced by Lynette Howell, David Kirschner, Jamie Patricof and Corey Sienega. (Photo Credit: Apega /...
- 10/29/2012
- Comingsoon.net
Dimension Films has added a new low budget horror project to it's slate. Deadline reports that they picked up Garden District, a spec script penned by Tony Jaswinski and Luke Goltz. The horror thriller is about "a trio of self-declared mythbusters who get in over their heads while investigating what they think is just another hoax. It involved a mysterious video of a vampire’s execution that goes viral, and the mythbusters head to New Orleans to see if it’s phony." It will be produced by David Kirschner and Corey Sienega, with Matt Signer overseeing the project for Dimension.
Low budget horror movies are all the rage right now. The story sounds pretty cool, and it could be pretty cool. Do you think Garden District sounds like a movie you would like to see?
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Low budget horror movies are all the rage right now. The story sounds pretty cool, and it could be pretty cool. Do you think Garden District sounds like a movie you would like to see?
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- 3/30/2012
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
And we’ve got another low-budget horror thriller — with, of course, possible found footage elements — in the works, as Deadline reports Dimension Films have acquired the horror script Garden District. Written by Tony Jaswinski and Luke Goltz, the film is about “a trio of self-declared mythbusters who get in over their heads while investigating what they think is just another hoax. It involved a mysterious video of a vampire’s execution that goes viral, and the mythbusters head to New Orleans to see if it’s phony.” David Kirschner and Corey Sienega will produce.
With the rise of ghost-related shows on TV today, it’s hard not to have seen some form of this grace the small screen. I have watched some of those shows — only when flipping channels, I swear! — and I couldn’t help but be reminded of A&E’s Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files. (That show...
With the rise of ghost-related shows on TV today, it’s hard not to have seen some form of this grace the small screen. I have watched some of those shows — only when flipping channels, I swear! — and I couldn’t help but be reminded of A&E’s Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files. (That show...
- 3/30/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Dimension Films has acquired the rights to the vampire thriller "Garden District" says Yahoo.
When a mysterious video of a vampire's execution goes viral, a trio of ambitious sceptics head to New Orleans to determine the video's veracity.
They soon find themselves up against dark forces and in over their heads. Anthony Jaswinski and Luke Goltz penned the script.
David Kirschner and Corey Sienega are producing.
When a mysterious video of a vampire's execution goes viral, a trio of ambitious sceptics head to New Orleans to determine the video's veracity.
They soon find themselves up against dark forces and in over their heads. Anthony Jaswinski and Luke Goltz penned the script.
David Kirschner and Corey Sienega are producing.
- 3/30/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Dimension Films has announced today plans to bring yet another vampire opus to the big screen! Sink your teeth into the latest right here. Don't forget to wipe your mouth when you're done.
From the Press Release
Dimension Films announced today that it has acquired the rights to the vampire thriller Garden District written by Anthony Jaswinski (Vanishing On 7th Street) and Luke Goltz (You And I).
In the film, after a mysterious video of a vampire’s execution goes viral, a trio of young, ambitious myth-debunkers head to New Orleans to find out if the video was real or fake. They soon find themselves up against dark forces and in over their heads.
“This film reminds me of the early days of Dimension,” said Bob Weinstein, co-chairman of The Weinstein Company. “We look forward to making Garden District as terrifying in theaters as it is on the page.”
Garden...
From the Press Release
Dimension Films announced today that it has acquired the rights to the vampire thriller Garden District written by Anthony Jaswinski (Vanishing On 7th Street) and Luke Goltz (You And I).
In the film, after a mysterious video of a vampire’s execution goes viral, a trio of young, ambitious myth-debunkers head to New Orleans to find out if the video was real or fake. They soon find themselves up against dark forces and in over their heads.
“This film reminds me of the early days of Dimension,” said Bob Weinstein, co-chairman of The Weinstein Company. “We look forward to making Garden District as terrifying in theaters as it is on the page.”
Garden...
- 3/29/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Dimension Films announced today that it has acquired the rights to the vampire thriller Garden District written by Anthony Jaswinski (Vanishing On 7th Street) and Luke Goltz (You And I). In the film, after a mysterious video of a vampires execution goes viral, a trio of young, ambitious myth-debunkers head to New Orleans to find out if the video was real or fake. They soon find themselves up against dark forces and in over their heads. This film reminds me of the early days of Dimension, said Bob Weinstein, co-chairman of The Weinstein Company. We look forward to making Garden District as terrifying in theaters as it is on the page. Garden District will be produced by David Kirschner and Corey Sienega. Overseeing for Dimension Films are Svp of Production and Creative Affairs, Matthew Signer and VP of Production and Development, Keith Levine.
- 3/29/2012
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: In a deal worth mid-six against seven figures, Dimension Films acquired Garden District, a spec script by Tony Jaswinski & Luke Goltz. Garden District is a low-budget horror thriller about a trio of self-declared mythbusters who get in over their heads while investigating what they think is just another hoax. It involved a mysterious video of a vampire’s execution that goes viral, and the mythbusters head to New Orleans to see if it’s phony. David Kirschner and Corey Sienega will produce and Matt Signer will oversee it at Dimension. Kirschner, Sienega and Jaswinski previously set up Kristy at Dimension. The scribes are repped by Circle of Confusion’s Lawrence Mattis and Ashley Berns, and attorney Peter Grossman.
- 3/29/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Dimension Films announced today that it has acquired the rights to the vampire thriller Garden District , written by Anthony Jaswinski ( Vanishing on 7th Street ) and Luke Goltz ( You and I ). In the film, a trio of young, ambitious myth-debunkers head to New Orleans after a mysterious video of a vampire.s execution goes viral to find out if the video was real or fake. They soon find themselves up against dark forces and in over their heads. .This film reminds me of the early days of Dimension,. said Bob Weinstein, co-chairman of The Weinstein Company. .We look forward to making 'Garden District' as terrifying in theaters as it is on the page.. Garden District will be produced by David Kirschner and Corey Sienega. Overseeing for Dimension Films are Svp of...
- 3/29/2012
- Comingsoon.net
This sounds like " Straw Dogs goes to college," but I'm sure there's much more to it than the logline provided. Dimension Films picked Anthony Jaswinski's spec thriller script Kristy with David Kirschner and Corey Sienega at David Kirschner Productions. The story centers on a young female college student trapped on a deserted campus who's attacked by intruders. Jaswinski's credits include Skypath for Overture and Lawrence Bender and Killing Time . Kirschner is known for producing the Child's Play series. Siegega co-produced the last two Chucky entries Bride of Chucky and Seed of Chucky .
- 4/22/2009
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Dimension Films has made another acquisition today, nabbing the rights to Anthony Jaswinski's spec script for the college campus thriller Kristy.
Variety broke the news earlier today, and not many details are available now at press time.
Kristy tells the tale of young college girl who's attacked by intruders while at a deserted campus. David Kirschner and Corey Sienega (The Child's Play franchise) have signed on to produce.
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Variety broke the news earlier today, and not many details are available now at press time.
Kristy tells the tale of young college girl who's attacked by intruders while at a deserted campus. David Kirschner and Corey Sienega (The Child's Play franchise) have signed on to produce.
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- 4/22/2009
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Variety reports that Dimension Films has nabbed the psychothriller spec script Kristy by Anthony Jaswinski, and has set it up to be made by David Kirschner Productions. Kirschner (pictured), whose credits include the Child's Play/Chucky film series and Bill Paxton's directorial debut Frailty, will produce the movie with Corey Sienega; a director has yet to be signed.
The story centers on a female college student fighting for her life against intruders who attack her on a deserted college campus. Jaswinski previously wrote and directed 2002's Killing Time, and his road-chiller script Westward has had directors including Paul Hunter, Horsemen's Jonas Akerlund and Running Scared's Wayne Kramer attached to it at New Line.
The story centers on a female college student fighting for her life against intruders who attack her on a deserted college campus. Jaswinski previously wrote and directed 2002's Killing Time, and his road-chiller script Westward has had directors including Paul Hunter, Horsemen's Jonas Akerlund and Running Scared's Wayne Kramer attached to it at New Line.
- 4/22/2009
- Fangoria
This review was written for the theatrical release of "Martian Child".The very notion of a story about a widower struggling to bond with a hard-to-place foster child might set the schmaltz-averse running.
Those who stick with "Martian Child" won't entirely avoid mush, but they will find terrific performances by John Cusack, as the parental unit, and 10-year-old Bobby Coleman, as the self-proclaimed extraterrestrial. Their unpredictable interactions infuse the proceedings with an immediacy that helps sell the overly pointed lessons of the script. Going wide against "Bee Movie" and "American Gangster", the film could find itself a boxoffice orphan whose welcoming home awaits on DVD.
The project reteams Cusack with director Menno Meyjes, in whose feature debut, "Max", he played a Jewish art dealer who meets an aspiring painter named Adolf Hitler. Despite their disparate tones, the films share the idea of a sensitive individual trying to coax an outsider into a sense of worth and belonging. In its balancing act between feel-good aphorisms and comic drama, "Martian Child" too frequently loses its equilibrium. But in its best moments, an engagingly weird and vulnerable mood prevails.
Adapting David Gerrold's autobiographical novel about a single gay man who adopts a troubled child, scripters Seth E. Bass and Jonathan Tolins have made the protagonist a widowed straight man -- screenplay shorthand for noble, selfless good guy. But Cusack is too smart an actor to solicit audience sympathy and has such a natural screen presence that he makes David Gordon likable on his own terms. The author of sci-fi fantasy best-sellers with titles like "Dracoban", he's a grown-up misfit who's slightly amazed that he's made a go of adulthood.
Two years after the death of his wife, David Still weeps over her photos, puttering around the modernist geometric palace of a home that he shares with a floppy-eared dog -- who's shamelessly used in an egregiously unearned plot point. David's best friend and obvious ideal mate, Harlee (lovely work by Amanda Peet), encourages his plans to adopt, while his sister (Joan Cusack), a moderately harried mother of two boys, provides get-real admonitions.
David overcomes cold feet to adopt Dennis, who must first be lured from the protective shell of an Amazon carton (a unique bit of product placement) and into the glare of the Earth's atmosphere. Equipped with a battery-weighted "holding-down belt" to keep him from floating back to Mars, Dennis is a moon-pale boy with a 1970s haircut and wispy voice. In oversize shades, he grudgingly tolerates David's paternal overtures, looking for all the world like an unsmiling minicelebrity or, as Harlee notes with delighted equanimity, a "little Andy Warhol."
Dennis embarks on an anthropological "mission," snapping Polaroids of his earthly environs and collecting other people's things -- also known as stealing -- and sending up a red flag with social services, represented by Richard Schiff and Sophie Okonedo in understated turns.
Oliver Platt and Anjelica Huston, as David's agent and publisher, respectively, are asked to embody cliches, particularly in a ridiculous book party scene that provides a Cliffs Notes summary of the movie's theme.
The story's hold deepens when it isn't underlining its ideas about the parent/child divide, fantasy as coping mechanism and the value of being different but instead gives way to unexplained whimsy like Dennis' oddly beautiful Martian dance.
Meyjes and DP Robert Yeoman use off-center imagery to convey more than the dialogue can say, with low-key but strong design and costume contributions. Vancouver plays Chicago to nicely overcast effect.
MARTIAN CHILD
New Line
A David Kirschner/Corey Sienega/Ed Elbert production
Credits:
Director: Menno Meyjes
Screenwriters: Seth E. Bass, Jonathan Tolins
Based on the book by: David Gerrold
Producers: David Kirschner, Corey Sienega, Ed Elbert
Executive producers: Toby Emmerich, Mark Kaufman, Matt Moore, David Gerrold, Mike Drake
Director of photography: Robert Yeoman
Production designer: Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski
Music: Aaron Zigman
Co-producers: Seth E. Bass, Jonathan Tolins
Costumer designer: Michael Dennison
Editor: Bruce Green
Cast:
David Gordon: John Cusack
Harlee: Amanda Peet
Jeff: Oliver Platt
Sophie: Sophie Okonedo
Dennis: Bobby Coleman
Lefkowitz: Richard Schiff
Dr. Berg: Howard Hesseman
Liz: Joan Cusack
Tina: Anjelica Huston
Running time -- 107 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
Those who stick with "Martian Child" won't entirely avoid mush, but they will find terrific performances by John Cusack, as the parental unit, and 10-year-old Bobby Coleman, as the self-proclaimed extraterrestrial. Their unpredictable interactions infuse the proceedings with an immediacy that helps sell the overly pointed lessons of the script. Going wide against "Bee Movie" and "American Gangster", the film could find itself a boxoffice orphan whose welcoming home awaits on DVD.
The project reteams Cusack with director Menno Meyjes, in whose feature debut, "Max", he played a Jewish art dealer who meets an aspiring painter named Adolf Hitler. Despite their disparate tones, the films share the idea of a sensitive individual trying to coax an outsider into a sense of worth and belonging. In its balancing act between feel-good aphorisms and comic drama, "Martian Child" too frequently loses its equilibrium. But in its best moments, an engagingly weird and vulnerable mood prevails.
Adapting David Gerrold's autobiographical novel about a single gay man who adopts a troubled child, scripters Seth E. Bass and Jonathan Tolins have made the protagonist a widowed straight man -- screenplay shorthand for noble, selfless good guy. But Cusack is too smart an actor to solicit audience sympathy and has such a natural screen presence that he makes David Gordon likable on his own terms. The author of sci-fi fantasy best-sellers with titles like "Dracoban", he's a grown-up misfit who's slightly amazed that he's made a go of adulthood.
Two years after the death of his wife, David Still weeps over her photos, puttering around the modernist geometric palace of a home that he shares with a floppy-eared dog -- who's shamelessly used in an egregiously unearned plot point. David's best friend and obvious ideal mate, Harlee (lovely work by Amanda Peet), encourages his plans to adopt, while his sister (Joan Cusack), a moderately harried mother of two boys, provides get-real admonitions.
David overcomes cold feet to adopt Dennis, who must first be lured from the protective shell of an Amazon carton (a unique bit of product placement) and into the glare of the Earth's atmosphere. Equipped with a battery-weighted "holding-down belt" to keep him from floating back to Mars, Dennis is a moon-pale boy with a 1970s haircut and wispy voice. In oversize shades, he grudgingly tolerates David's paternal overtures, looking for all the world like an unsmiling minicelebrity or, as Harlee notes with delighted equanimity, a "little Andy Warhol."
Dennis embarks on an anthropological "mission," snapping Polaroids of his earthly environs and collecting other people's things -- also known as stealing -- and sending up a red flag with social services, represented by Richard Schiff and Sophie Okonedo in understated turns.
Oliver Platt and Anjelica Huston, as David's agent and publisher, respectively, are asked to embody cliches, particularly in a ridiculous book party scene that provides a Cliffs Notes summary of the movie's theme.
The story's hold deepens when it isn't underlining its ideas about the parent/child divide, fantasy as coping mechanism and the value of being different but instead gives way to unexplained whimsy like Dennis' oddly beautiful Martian dance.
Meyjes and DP Robert Yeoman use off-center imagery to convey more than the dialogue can say, with low-key but strong design and costume contributions. Vancouver plays Chicago to nicely overcast effect.
MARTIAN CHILD
New Line
A David Kirschner/Corey Sienega/Ed Elbert production
Credits:
Director: Menno Meyjes
Screenwriters: Seth E. Bass, Jonathan Tolins
Based on the book by: David Gerrold
Producers: David Kirschner, Corey Sienega, Ed Elbert
Executive producers: Toby Emmerich, Mark Kaufman, Matt Moore, David Gerrold, Mike Drake
Director of photography: Robert Yeoman
Production designer: Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski
Music: Aaron Zigman
Co-producers: Seth E. Bass, Jonathan Tolins
Costumer designer: Michael Dennison
Editor: Bruce Green
Cast:
David Gordon: John Cusack
Harlee: Amanda Peet
Jeff: Oliver Platt
Sophie: Sophie Okonedo
Dennis: Bobby Coleman
Lefkowitz: Richard Schiff
Dr. Berg: Howard Hesseman
Liz: Joan Cusack
Tina: Anjelica Huston
Running time -- 107 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
- 10/29/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Weinstein Co. has acquired North American rights to Miss Potter from Phoenix Pictures and David Kirschner Prods. The Beatrix Potter biopic, which is in production in the U.K., stars Renee Zellweger, Ewan McGregor and Emily Watson and is being directed by Chris Noonan. Kirschner Prods.' David Kirschner and Corey Sienega produce alongside Mike Medavoy, Arnie Messer and David Thwaites of Phoenix Pictures. Zellweger will serve as executive producer. Summit Entertainment is handling international sales and distribution. The project was brought to the Weinstein Co. by Michelle Krumm, executive vp acquisitions and co-productions at TWC.
- 3/20/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Weinstein Co. has acquired North American rights to Miss Potter from Phoenix Pictures and David Kirschner Prods. The Beatrix Potter biopic, which is in production in the U.K., stars Renee Zellweger, Ewan McGregor and Emily Watson and is being directed by Chris Noonan. Kirschner Prods.' David Kirschner and Corey Sienega produce alongside Mike Medavoy, Arnie Messer and David Thwaites of Phoenix Pictures. Zellweger will serve as executive producer. Summit Entertainment is handling international sales and distribution. The project was brought to the Weinstein Co. by Michelle Krumm, executive vp acquisitions and co-productions at TWC.
- 3/20/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Weinstein Co. has acquired North American rights to Miss Potter from Phoenix Pictures and David Kirschner Prods. The Beatrix Potter biopic, which is in production in the U.K., stars Renee Zellweger, Ewan McGregor and Emily Watson and is being directed by Chris Noonan. Kirschner Prods.' David Kirschner and Corey Sienega produce alongside Mike Medavoy, Arnie Messer and David Thwaites of Phoenix Pictures. Zellweger will serve as executive producer. Summit Entertainment is handling international sales and distribution. The project was brought to the Weinstein Co. by Michelle Krumm, executive vp acquisitions and co-productions at TWC.
- 3/19/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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