Norman Lear and Brent Miller are set to executive produce an upcoming series about the 2014 Gamergate scandal. Mind Riot Entertainment is behind the project, which will follow the experiences of journalist, game developer and computer programmer Brianna Wu, who was one of the targets of the vicious online harassment campaign. Wu will co-write the series with Mind Riot’s head of development, J. Brad Wilke, while Lear and Miller are attached through their Act III Productions banner, according to Deadline. Gamergate was an online harassment campaign that began in August 2014, targeting women in the video game industry, notably Wu and fellow game developer Zoë Quinn, plus feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian. The campaign promoted sexism and anti-progressivism in video game culture and included disinformation, doxing, threats of rape, and death threats. According to Deadline, the series will trace the origins of the controversial intimidation campaign “from the perspective of multiple,...
- 3/8/2022
- TV Insider
Norman Lear & Brent Miller To Executive Produce Mind Riot Entertainment’s Fictional Gamergate Series
Exclusive: Norman Lear and Brent Miller have boarded Mind Riot Entertainment’s Gamergate as executive producers through their Act III Productions banner. The series is about journalist, game developer and computer programmer Brianna Wu’s experience as a critic and target of the notorious 2014 online harassment campaign. Gamergate is co-created and co-written by Wu and J. Brad Wilke.
The 2014 Gamergate online campaign ignited a firestorm for its targeting of women in the gaming industry which laid the foundation for current issues of disinformation and hate. Before QAnon, Covid-19 conspiracists and the January 6th insurrection, there was Gamergate. Wu was among the targeted women, which also included Zoë Quinn and Anita Sarkeesian.
The series will explore the origins of the widespread intimidation campaign from the perspective of multiple, fictional people in the game industry – from executives to journalists and indie developers.
Lear and Miller will executive produce alongside Jonathan Keasey, Jeremy J. Dodd,...
The 2014 Gamergate online campaign ignited a firestorm for its targeting of women in the gaming industry which laid the foundation for current issues of disinformation and hate. Before QAnon, Covid-19 conspiracists and the January 6th insurrection, there was Gamergate. Wu was among the targeted women, which also included Zoë Quinn and Anita Sarkeesian.
The series will explore the origins of the widespread intimidation campaign from the perspective of multiple, fictional people in the game industry – from executives to journalists and indie developers.
Lear and Miller will executive produce alongside Jonathan Keasey, Jeremy J. Dodd,...
- 3/8/2022
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Honorary Academy Award winner Wes Studi and SAG Award, NAACP Image Award and Golden Globe nominee Adam Beach have signed on to star in the thriller American/Indian from writer-director Peter Curtis Pardini.
Set in the wake of the 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, the film follows twin brothers Slim and Joe Gresham (both played by Studi), products of the Indian Boarding School system, who have taken very different paths in life. Joe is now a popular U.S. Congressman about to step down to lead the transformation of their tribe’s bingo hall into an expansive (and lucrative) casino resort, while Slim works behind the scenes as a brutal enforcer who ensures everything and everyone stays in line for his brother, no matter the cost. What follows is a dark and thrilling tale of wealth, deceit,...
Set in the wake of the 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, the film follows twin brothers Slim and Joe Gresham (both played by Studi), products of the Indian Boarding School system, who have taken very different paths in life. Joe is now a popular U.S. Congressman about to step down to lead the transformation of their tribe’s bingo hall into an expansive (and lucrative) casino resort, while Slim works behind the scenes as a brutal enforcer who ensures everything and everyone stays in line for his brother, no matter the cost. What follows is a dark and thrilling tale of wealth, deceit,...
- 2/11/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Mind Riot Entertainment will work with journalist, game developer and computer programmer Brianna Wu for Gamergate, a series about her experience as a critic and target of the notorious 2014 online harassment campaign, for which the studio has optioned life rights.
The 2014 Gamergate online campaign ignited a firestorm for its targeting of women in the gaming industry which laid the foundation for current issues of disinformation and hate. Before QAnon, Covid-19 conspiracists and the January 6th insurrection, there was Gamergate. Wu was among the targeted women, which also included Zoë Quinn and Anita Sarkeesian.
The series will explore the origins of the widespread intimidation campaign from the perspective of multiple, fictional people in the game industry – from executives to journalists and indie developers.
Gamergate is co-created and co-written by Wu and J. Brad Wilke (Camel Spiders), and will be produced by Mind Riot Entertainment’s Jonathan Keasey (Parallel) and Jeremy J. Dodd...
The 2014 Gamergate online campaign ignited a firestorm for its targeting of women in the gaming industry which laid the foundation for current issues of disinformation and hate. Before QAnon, Covid-19 conspiracists and the January 6th insurrection, there was Gamergate. Wu was among the targeted women, which also included Zoë Quinn and Anita Sarkeesian.
The series will explore the origins of the widespread intimidation campaign from the perspective of multiple, fictional people in the game industry – from executives to journalists and indie developers.
Gamergate is co-created and co-written by Wu and J. Brad Wilke (Camel Spiders), and will be produced by Mind Riot Entertainment’s Jonathan Keasey (Parallel) and Jeremy J. Dodd...
- 10/4/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Michael Madsen, Rachel Hunter, Shandi Finnessey, Terri Ivens, Rib Hillis, Angie Savage, Chris De Christopher, Kurt Yaeger, Noah Blake | Written by J. Brad Wilke, Mike MacLean | Directed by Jim Wynorski
When a rogue scientist discovers an immense egg in the dark recesses of a rainforest he thinks hes stumbled across his fame and fortune. But little does he know that it belongs to a terrifying hybrid monster, known only as the Piranhaconda (a moniker only mentioned once in the Entire film and dismissed as a stupid name!). Soon the beast is on the loose, hunting for its unborn child, rampaging through the country and destroying everything in its path in a mass of CGI-enhanced gory-glory.
A killer-creature B-movie from the Roger Corman staple, Piranhaconda is yet another made for Syfy TV movie suprisingly this one comes from director Jim Wynorski, who is well-known in the horror community for successfully mixing T&A and horror.
When a rogue scientist discovers an immense egg in the dark recesses of a rainforest he thinks hes stumbled across his fame and fortune. But little does he know that it belongs to a terrifying hybrid monster, known only as the Piranhaconda (a moniker only mentioned once in the Entire film and dismissed as a stupid name!). Soon the beast is on the loose, hunting for its unborn child, rampaging through the country and destroying everything in its path in a mass of CGI-enhanced gory-glory.
A killer-creature B-movie from the Roger Corman staple, Piranhaconda is yet another made for Syfy TV movie suprisingly this one comes from director Jim Wynorski, who is well-known in the horror community for successfully mixing T&A and horror.
- 2/2/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Piranhaconda
Stars: Michael Madsen, Rachel Hunter, Shandi Finnessey, Terri Ivens, Rib Hillis, Angie Savage, Chris De Christopher, Kurt Yaeger, Noah Blake | Written by J. Brad Wilke, Mike MacLean | Directed by Jim Wynorski
When a rogue scientist discovers an immense egg in the dark recesses of a rainforest he thinks he’s stumbled across his fame and fortune. But little does he know that it belongs to a terrifying hybrid monster, known only as the Piranhaconda (a moniker only mentioned once in the Entire film and dismissed as a stupid name!). Soon the beast is on the loose, hunting for its unborn child, rampaging through the country and destroying everything in its path in a mass of CGI-enhanced gory-glory.
A killer-creature B-movie from the Roger Corman staple, Piranhaconda is yet another made for Syfy TV movie – suprisingly this one comes from director Jim Wynorski, who is well-known in the horror community...
Stars: Michael Madsen, Rachel Hunter, Shandi Finnessey, Terri Ivens, Rib Hillis, Angie Savage, Chris De Christopher, Kurt Yaeger, Noah Blake | Written by J. Brad Wilke, Mike MacLean | Directed by Jim Wynorski
When a rogue scientist discovers an immense egg in the dark recesses of a rainforest he thinks he’s stumbled across his fame and fortune. But little does he know that it belongs to a terrifying hybrid monster, known only as the Piranhaconda (a moniker only mentioned once in the Entire film and dismissed as a stupid name!). Soon the beast is on the loose, hunting for its unborn child, rampaging through the country and destroying everything in its path in a mass of CGI-enhanced gory-glory.
A killer-creature B-movie from the Roger Corman staple, Piranhaconda is yet another made for Syfy TV movie – suprisingly this one comes from director Jim Wynorski, who is well-known in the horror community...
- 12/8/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Director: Jim Wynorski.
Writers: Jim Wynorski and J. Brad Wilke.
Cast: Brian Krause, C. Thomas Howell and Melissa Brasselle.
Better than watching Gremlins 2 and Tremors combined, Camel Spiders has a fairly mixed up tale about mutant arachnoids taking over a dusty town. Although these monstrous beasts are computer-generated, that does not distract from the fun this movie tries to make. To see victims ensnared in spider webs is morbidly and potentially horrific. Mummified carcasses makes for some easy creep out sessions.
But to see how this tale of survival horror will pan out will depend on only one thing: just how adept are the military in cleaning up the mess they caused? Apparently dick all. After an engagement with enemy forces in Afghanistan, a swarm of camel spiders comes out of nowhere to join in the chaos and suddenly, there is a man down.
The bug crawls inside the soldier,...
Writers: Jim Wynorski and J. Brad Wilke.
Cast: Brian Krause, C. Thomas Howell and Melissa Brasselle.
Better than watching Gremlins 2 and Tremors combined, Camel Spiders has a fairly mixed up tale about mutant arachnoids taking over a dusty town. Although these monstrous beasts are computer-generated, that does not distract from the fun this movie tries to make. To see victims ensnared in spider webs is morbidly and potentially horrific. Mummified carcasses makes for some easy creep out sessions.
But to see how this tale of survival horror will pan out will depend on only one thing: just how adept are the military in cleaning up the mess they caused? Apparently dick all. After an engagement with enemy forces in Afghanistan, a swarm of camel spiders comes out of nowhere to join in the chaos and suddenly, there is a man down.
The bug crawls inside the soldier,...
- 3/27/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Ed Sum)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
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