Former Brainstorm Media CEO Meyer Shwarzstein has revealed several projects being developed at his new Los Angeles-based development, financing and production company Another Brainy Idea.
In development as a feature is Landfillharmonic, based on a 2015 documentary that won awards at festivals including SXSW. The film, written by José Rivera and directed by Marcos Bernstein, will centre on a teacher who leads an orchestra of children using instruments made from landfill refuse. Producers are Rodolfo Madero, Michael Richter and Shwarzstein. Executive producers include Alejandra Amarilla, Rick Berg and Jonathan Dana.
In development as a drama series is an adaptation of The Talented Ribkins,...
In development as a feature is Landfillharmonic, based on a 2015 documentary that won awards at festivals including SXSW. The film, written by José Rivera and directed by Marcos Bernstein, will centre on a teacher who leads an orchestra of children using instruments made from landfill refuse. Producers are Rodolfo Madero, Michael Richter and Shwarzstein. Executive producers include Alejandra Amarilla, Rick Berg and Jonathan Dana.
In development as a drama series is an adaptation of The Talented Ribkins,...
- 2/13/2024
- ScreenDaily
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Philip K. Dick, the author whose works have been translated into popular movies such as Blade Runner and Total Recall, as well as the series The Man in the High Castle, is getting the biopic treatment.
Jon Shestack is producing Only Apparently Real, based in part on a biography written by Paul Williams, the onetime literary executor of Dick’s estate and friend of the author. Michael Richter, a former lawyer turned scribe, wrote the script and is also producing.
Dick, who died at the age of 53 in 1982, was a darling of the intellectual science-fiction crowd thanks to his works that had elements of paranoia and explored the nature of reality and perception. While he won a Hugo Award and was nominated several times for Nebula Awards, both major literary recognitions in the worlds of sci-fi and fantasy, it was only after his...
Philip K. Dick, the author whose works have been translated into popular movies such as Blade Runner and Total Recall, as well as the series The Man in the High Castle, is getting the biopic treatment.
Jon Shestack is producing Only Apparently Real, based in part on a biography written by Paul Williams, the onetime literary executor of Dick’s estate and friend of the author. Michael Richter, a former lawyer turned scribe, wrote the script and is also producing.
Dick, who died at the age of 53 in 1982, was a darling of the intellectual science-fiction crowd thanks to his works that had elements of paranoia and explored the nature of reality and perception. While he won a Hugo Award and was nominated several times for Nebula Awards, both major literary recognitions in the worlds of sci-fi and fantasy, it was only after his...
- 6/29/2022
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Two mothers, grieving over their dead teenage sons, bond and then begin to wonder if the other's son wasn't responsible for their child's death in "Torn," a modest, emotionally lacking melodrama built around big themes and hot-button issues.
Mahnoor Baloch is Maryam, Pakistani by birth, American by choice. She and her husband Ali (Faran Tahir of "Star Trek" and "Elysium") have plunged into the American dream. He runs a Pakistani restaurant, she's a real estate agent. They're renovating their suburban California split-level and planning for the future.
But a message on their answering machine -- "I'm going over to the mall" -- upends their world completely. They think nothing of son Walter's words until they turn on the TV news. The mall's food court has blown up.
In the quietly heartbreaking aftermath of police coming to deliver the awful news, Walter's name added to an impromptu shrine of flowers and photos at the mall,...
Mahnoor Baloch is Maryam, Pakistani by birth, American by choice. She and her husband Ali (Faran Tahir of "Star Trek" and "Elysium") have plunged into the American dream. He runs a Pakistani restaurant, she's a real estate agent. They're renovating their suburban California split-level and planning for the future.
But a message on their answering machine -- "I'm going over to the mall" -- upends their world completely. They think nothing of son Walter's words until they turn on the TV news. The mall's food court has blown up.
In the quietly heartbreaking aftermath of police coming to deliver the awful news, Walter's name added to an impromptu shrine of flowers and photos at the mall,...
- 10/25/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Watch the trailer for The FIlm Collective and Brainstorm Media's Torn, starring Mahnoor Baloch, Dendrie Taylor, Faran Tahir, Sharon Washington, Patrick St. Esprit and John Heard. Jeremiah Birnbaum directs the film screenwritten by Michael Richter, with a release date set for October 18th in New York at the Village East Cinemas, then expanding to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Berkeley and Orange County, California, on October 25th, 2013. An unexpected bond forms between two women when their sons are killed in an explosion at a local shopping mall. When the police find evidence of a bomb, one of the sons becomes the prime suspect, threatening the two mothers’ new friendship and forcing them to question how well they knew their own children.
- 9/11/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
If there is anything we have learned post-9/11 is that the spectre of threat and the presence of fear can arrive from completely unexpected places. The face of terrorism has moved beyond cliché, with those wishing to lash out for whatever reasons coming from backgrounds that are surprisingly diverse. And it's against this backdrop that "Torn" unfolds. Directed by Jeremiah Birnbaum, from a script by Michael Richter, the film stars Mahnoor Baloch, Dendrie Taylor, Faran Tahir, Sharon Washington, Patrick St. Esprit and John Heard and tells the story of Maryam, an upper-middle class Pakistani immigrant and Lea, a working class mother, whose lives collide when both their sons are killed in what seems like an unfortunate gas line explosion at a local shopping mall. But when the investigation into the incident reveals that Maryam's son may have set off a bomb, their worlds are turned upside down. This exclusive trailer...
- 9/3/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Dublin actor Brendan Gleeson (The Guard) has been cast as a war criminal in director Brad Silberling's upcoming thriller 'An Ordinary Man'. Gleeson will play a man in hiding whose only human contact becomes his maid, played by 'Limitless' actress Abbie Cornish. Silberling (City of Angels) will direct the thriller from his own script, as well as produce it through his Reveal Entertainment with co-producers Disruptive Media. Chris Miller (How I Met Your Mother), James Burke and Michael Richter will all produce alongside him. David Lonner (Devious Maids) will executive produce.
- 5/8/2012
- IFTN
An Ordinary Man
Brendan Gleeson and Abbie Cornish have signed on for Brad Silberling's dramatic thriller "An Ordinary Man" at Radiant Films International, Reveal Entertainment Banner and Disruptive Media.
Silberling also penned the script which follows a war criminal whose only contact is his maid. Chris Miller, James Burke and Michael Richter will produce. [Source: The Hollywood Reporter]
Machete Kills
"Modern Family" star Sofia Vergara is in talks to join Robert Rodriguez's "Machete Kills" which begins shooting this month in Texas.
Vergara is in talks to play the leather-clad Madame Desdemona, whose Mexican harlots have information that Machete needs. [Source: Variety]
Snake & Mongoose
Ashley Hinshaw and Kim Shaw have joined the cast of Wayne Holloway's racing biopic "Snake & Mongoose"
The pair will play the respective wives of drag racing legends Don "The Snake" Prudhomme and Tom "The Mongoose" McEwen (Jesse Williams and Richard Blake). Noah Wyle also stars. [Source: Variety]
The Rut
Ray Liotta is...
Brendan Gleeson and Abbie Cornish have signed on for Brad Silberling's dramatic thriller "An Ordinary Man" at Radiant Films International, Reveal Entertainment Banner and Disruptive Media.
Silberling also penned the script which follows a war criminal whose only contact is his maid. Chris Miller, James Burke and Michael Richter will produce. [Source: The Hollywood Reporter]
Machete Kills
"Modern Family" star Sofia Vergara is in talks to join Robert Rodriguez's "Machete Kills" which begins shooting this month in Texas.
Vergara is in talks to play the leather-clad Madame Desdemona, whose Mexican harlots have information that Machete needs. [Source: Variety]
Snake & Mongoose
Ashley Hinshaw and Kim Shaw have joined the cast of Wayne Holloway's racing biopic "Snake & Mongoose"
The pair will play the respective wives of drag racing legends Don "The Snake" Prudhomme and Tom "The Mongoose" McEwen (Jesse Williams and Richard Blake). Noah Wyle also stars. [Source: Variety]
The Rut
Ray Liotta is...
- 5/8/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Golden Globe nominated Brendan Gleeson (The Guard, In Bruges) and Abbie Cornish (Bright Star, W.E.) are set to star in the new dramatic thriller An Ordinary Man for Brad Silberling (City Of Angels, Moonlight Mile) who will direct from his own original script.
The contemporary suspense tale centers on the unexpected relationship between a fictitious war criminal in hiding, and his only human contact — his maid.
Silberling produces the film through his Reveal Entertainment banner, in a co-production with Disruptive Media and producers Chris Miller, James Burke and Michael Richter. David Lonner executive produces the film that is targeted to start principal photography in the Fall 2012 on location in Belgrade, Serbia.
Radiant Films International helmed by President and CEO Mimi Steinbauer will handle international rights to the film and will introduce the project to buyers at the upcoming Cannes Film Market.
On the announcement of the film Silberling said, .There...
The contemporary suspense tale centers on the unexpected relationship between a fictitious war criminal in hiding, and his only human contact — his maid.
Silberling produces the film through his Reveal Entertainment banner, in a co-production with Disruptive Media and producers Chris Miller, James Burke and Michael Richter. David Lonner executive produces the film that is targeted to start principal photography in the Fall 2012 on location in Belgrade, Serbia.
Radiant Films International helmed by President and CEO Mimi Steinbauer will handle international rights to the film and will introduce the project to buyers at the upcoming Cannes Film Market.
On the announcement of the film Silberling said, .There...
- 5/7/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Brendan Gleeson and Abbie Cornish have signed up for dramatic thriller An Ordinary Man, about a war criminal whose only contact is his maid. Brad Silberling is directing the movie from his own original script. He's also producing via his Reveal Entertainment Banner with Disruptive Media. Other producers are Chris Miller, James Burke and Michael Richter. Mimi Steinbauer's Radiant Films International will shop the project for foreign buyers at the upcoming Cannes Film Market. "There's no greater pleasure than crafting a tale for brilliant actors to sink their teeth into, and with Brandon and Abbie, I feel like I've hit
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- 5/7/2012
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Brendan Gleeson and Abbie Cornish will star in An Ordinary Man, with Brad Silberling directing his script. The drama revolves around the relationship between a war criminal in hiding and his maid, who becomes his only human contact. Shooting will begin this fall, and Radiant Films International president and CEO Mimi Steinbauer will sell at Cannes. Silberling is producing with Chris Miller, James Burke and Michael Richter, with David Lonner exec producing. Pic will shoot in Belgrade, Serbia.
- 5/7/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Golden Globe nominated Brendan Gleeson ( The Guard , In Bruges ) and Abbie Cornish ( Bright Star , W.E. ) are set to star in the new dramatic thriller An Ordinary Man for Brad Silberling ( City of Angels , Moonlight Mile , Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events ) who will direct from his own original script. The contemporary suspense tale centers on the unexpected relationship between a fictitious war criminal in hiding, and his only human contact -- his maid. Silberling produces the film through his Reveal Entertainment banner, in a co-production with Disruptive Media and producers Chris Miller, James Burke and Michael Richter. David Lonner executive produces the film that is targeted to start principal photography this fall on location in Belgrade, Serbia....
- 5/7/2012
- Comingsoon.net
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