Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman will star in Searchlight Pictures’ The Roses, a reimagining of the 1989 dark comedy The War Of The Roses to be directed by Jay Roach.
Tony McNamara, whose credits include Poor Things and The Great, wrote the screenplay based on the novel by Warren Adler.
The Roses centres on the seemingly perfect family life of Theo and Ivy, whose private competition and resentments are exposed when Theo’s professional dreams come crashing down.
Cumberbatch is producing through his SunnyMarch with Leah Clarke and Adam Ackland, who have been in development on the project since 2017. Colman is...
Tony McNamara, whose credits include Poor Things and The Great, wrote the screenplay based on the novel by Warren Adler.
The Roses centres on the seemingly perfect family life of Theo and Ivy, whose private competition and resentments are exposed when Theo’s professional dreams come crashing down.
Cumberbatch is producing through his SunnyMarch with Leah Clarke and Adam Ackland, who have been in development on the project since 2017. Colman is...
- 4/1/2024
- ScreenDaily
Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman will star in “The Roses,” a reimagining of the 1989 classic “The War of the Roses.” The dark comedy, which is currently in development, will be directed by Jay Roach (“Bombshell,” “Meet the Parents”) and is written by Tony McNamara (“Poor Things,” “The Great”) based on the novel by Warren Adler.
The film follows picture-perfect couple Theo (Cumberbatch) and Ivy (Colman), who have successful careers, great kids and an enviable sex life. But underneath the façade of the perfect family is a tinderbox of competition and resentment that’s ignited when Theo’s professional dreams come crashing down.
“‘The Roses’ is a wildly funny, bigger than life, and yet deeply human story,” said Searchlight president Matthew Greenfield announcing the project. “With Jay at the helm, and Benedict and Olivia and Tony, we have a dream team bringing it to life.”
Cumberbatch will produce under his SunnyMarch...
The film follows picture-perfect couple Theo (Cumberbatch) and Ivy (Colman), who have successful careers, great kids and an enviable sex life. But underneath the façade of the perfect family is a tinderbox of competition and resentment that’s ignited when Theo’s professional dreams come crashing down.
“‘The Roses’ is a wildly funny, bigger than life, and yet deeply human story,” said Searchlight president Matthew Greenfield announcing the project. “With Jay at the helm, and Benedict and Olivia and Tony, we have a dream team bringing it to life.”
Cumberbatch will produce under his SunnyMarch...
- 4/1/2024
- by Katcy Stephan
- Variety Film + TV
Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog) and Olivia Colman (The Favourite) have been tapped to star in The Roses, a reimagining of the 1989 classic The War of the Roses that Jay Roach (Bombshell) will direct for Searchlight Pictures.
Currently in development, the dark comedy’s logline is as follows: Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Theo (Cumberbatch) and Ivy (Colman): successful careers, great kids, an enviable sex life. But underneath the façade of the perfect family is a tinderbox of competition and resentments that’s ignited when Theo’s professional dreams come crashing down.
Directed by Danny DeVito and starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, the original film adaptation of The War of the Roses was released by 20th Century Fox in 1989, garnering a BAFTA and three Golden Globe nominations, including for Best Motion Picture, among other accolades.
Tony McNamara (Poor Things) has scripted Searchlight’s new take...
Currently in development, the dark comedy’s logline is as follows: Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Theo (Cumberbatch) and Ivy (Colman): successful careers, great kids, an enviable sex life. But underneath the façade of the perfect family is a tinderbox of competition and resentments that’s ignited when Theo’s professional dreams come crashing down.
Directed by Danny DeVito and starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, the original film adaptation of The War of the Roses was released by 20th Century Fox in 1989, garnering a BAFTA and three Golden Globe nominations, including for Best Motion Picture, among other accolades.
Tony McNamara (Poor Things) has scripted Searchlight’s new take...
- 4/1/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Paparazzi snaps from the set of James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown have been flooding the web the past week, but the filmmaker has now shared his own behind-the-scenes look from the musical biopic.
In an official snap shared this morning, Timothée Chalamet can be seen fully suited up as Bob Dylan headed toward the Chelsea Hotel and favored hang-out El Quijote restaurant-bar. Chalamet is in the folk singers’ customary suede jacket, boots, and sunglasses.
Mangold shared the image specs in a caption alongside the pic: Photo by Jm w/ Leica SL3 Summicron-sl Apo 50mm 2.8 1/160 Iso 12500.
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Mangold’s A Complete Unknown is set up at Searchlight. Pic is set in the influential New York music scene of the early ’60s and follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan’s (Chalamet) meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts — his songs...
In an official snap shared this morning, Timothée Chalamet can be seen fully suited up as Bob Dylan headed toward the Chelsea Hotel and favored hang-out El Quijote restaurant-bar. Chalamet is in the folk singers’ customary suede jacket, boots, and sunglasses.
Mangold shared the image specs in a caption alongside the pic: Photo by Jm w/ Leica SL3 Summicron-sl Apo 50mm 2.8 1/160 Iso 12500.
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Mangold’s A Complete Unknown is set up at Searchlight. Pic is set in the influential New York music scene of the early ’60s and follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan’s (Chalamet) meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts — his songs...
- 3/27/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Searchlight has set five more for major roles in its Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, directed by James Mangold and starring Timothée Chalamet: Boyd Holbrook (The Bikeriders), Scoot McNairy (Argo), Dan Fogler (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them), Will Harrison (Daisy Jones & The Six) and Charlie Tahan (Ozark).
Character details are under wraps. Pic is now in production in New Jersey.
Other new additions include P.J. Byrne (Babylon), Eli Brown (Gossip Girl), Nick Pupo (Halt and Catch Fire), Big Bill Morganfield, Laura Kariuki, Eric Berryman (Atlanta), David Alan Basche (Egg), Joe Tippett (Monarch) and James Austin Johnson (Saturday Night Live).
Set in the influential New York music scene of the early ’60s, A Complete Unknown follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan’s (Chalamet) meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts — his songs and mystique becoming a worldwide sensation...
Character details are under wraps. Pic is now in production in New Jersey.
Other new additions include P.J. Byrne (Babylon), Eli Brown (Gossip Girl), Nick Pupo (Halt and Catch Fire), Big Bill Morganfield, Laura Kariuki, Eric Berryman (Atlanta), David Alan Basche (Egg), Joe Tippett (Monarch) and James Austin Johnson (Saturday Night Live).
Set in the influential New York music scene of the early ’60s, A Complete Unknown follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan’s (Chalamet) meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts — his songs and mystique becoming a worldwide sensation...
- 3/25/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: After seeing Searchlight Pictures release his acclaimed queer rom-com Fire Island via Hulu, Joel Kim Booster is back in business with the studio as the writer and producer of Again Again Again, a spec that it snapped up for development ahead of last year’s WGA strike.
Eyed as a potential starring vehicle for Booster, the film centers on Gus, who as the man of honor for his closest friend Maggie’s extravagant wedding weekend at a Napa winery, is tasked with making sure the whole event goes off without a hitch. But when Gus’s wildly charismatic but emotionally unstable boyfriend Hal shows up unexpectedly, chaos ensues and threatens to derail the wedding as well as their relationship.
Aboard to produce the pic alongside Booster are Local Time’s Lulu Wang and Daniele Tate Melia, the duo behind the hugely acclaimed family dramedy The Farewell, written and directed for A24 by Wang.
Eyed as a potential starring vehicle for Booster, the film centers on Gus, who as the man of honor for his closest friend Maggie’s extravagant wedding weekend at a Napa winery, is tasked with making sure the whole event goes off without a hitch. But when Gus’s wildly charismatic but emotionally unstable boyfriend Hal shows up unexpectedly, chaos ensues and threatens to derail the wedding as well as their relationship.
Aboard to produce the pic alongside Booster are Local Time’s Lulu Wang and Daniele Tate Melia, the duo behind the hugely acclaimed family dramedy The Farewell, written and directed for A24 by Wang.
- 1/17/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Monica Barbaro, who was part of Tom Cruise’s flight team in Top Gun: Maverick, is in final negotiations to join Timothée Chalamet in Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown.
James Mangold is directing the drama for Searchlight Pictures, with production to begin this summer in New York.
With a script by Jay Cocks (Gangs of New York) and Mangold, Unknown focuses on a transformative moment for Dylan, the legendary singer-songwriter who made his mark during the civil rights and counter-culture upheaval of the 1960s.
Set at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, the story sees a young Dylan, played by Chalamet, shaking up his act on the folk music scene by going electric. The move divided his fans and the music scene but set him on the path to record some of this greatest albums and songs.
Barbaro will portray Joan Baez, the folk singer and activist who performed “Blowin...
James Mangold is directing the drama for Searchlight Pictures, with production to begin this summer in New York.
With a script by Jay Cocks (Gangs of New York) and Mangold, Unknown focuses on a transformative moment for Dylan, the legendary singer-songwriter who made his mark during the civil rights and counter-culture upheaval of the 1960s.
Set at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, the story sees a young Dylan, played by Chalamet, shaking up his act on the folk music scene by going electric. The move divided his fans and the music scene but set him on the path to record some of this greatest albums and songs.
Barbaro will portray Joan Baez, the folk singer and activist who performed “Blowin...
- 4/27/2023
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
New Filmmakers Los Angeles has unveiled the nominees and jury for its 11th annual awards that celebrate the work of independent filmmakers around the world.
The kudos cover 16 award categories as well as an overall best new filmmaker prize. New Filmmakers Los Angeles (Nfmla) is a nonprofit organization that focuses on nurturing up-and-coming talent and opening doors for filmmakers from underrepresented backgrounds. The nominees were selected from independent productions that screened last year during Nfmla’s monthly film festival showcase series.
“We are incredibly pleased with the final selection of our 2023 nominees and when you talk about opportunities for new talent, the Best of Nfmla Awards is it,” said Larry Laboe, Nfmla executive director and co-founder. “We’ve assembled an incredible array of industry professionals and creatives to activate our 2023 jury and these leaders represent every area of the media ecosystem. This is all about getting eyes on the promising new,...
The kudos cover 16 award categories as well as an overall best new filmmaker prize. New Filmmakers Los Angeles (Nfmla) is a nonprofit organization that focuses on nurturing up-and-coming talent and opening doors for filmmakers from underrepresented backgrounds. The nominees were selected from independent productions that screened last year during Nfmla’s monthly film festival showcase series.
“We are incredibly pleased with the final selection of our 2023 nominees and when you talk about opportunities for new talent, the Best of Nfmla Awards is it,” said Larry Laboe, Nfmla executive director and co-founder. “We’ve assembled an incredible array of industry professionals and creatives to activate our 2023 jury and these leaders represent every area of the media ecosystem. This is all about getting eyes on the promising new,...
- 4/27/2023
- by William Earl
- Variety Film + TV
Film Independent has unveiled the three filmmakers who will participate in its inaugural Imaginar Producers Residency, first announced in November.
“The Imaginar Producers Residency is an innovative and holistic program that provides Latinx producers tailored support with the goal to help achieve long-term sustainability,” Film Independent director of artist development Angela C. Lee said in a statement. “We couldn’t be more thrilled to launch this program with these three immensely talented artists.”
The program, made possible by Disney and its subsidiary Searchlight Pictures and in collaboration with the National Association of Latino Independent Producers, will provide each fellow with a $50,000 unrestricted grant, professional coaching from Renee Freedman & Co. and financial and business coaching from The Jill James, as well as support from Disney and Searchlight executives on how to make the leap from independent producing to packaging projects for studios.
“Our goal with this initiative is to build community...
“The Imaginar Producers Residency is an innovative and holistic program that provides Latinx producers tailored support with the goal to help achieve long-term sustainability,” Film Independent director of artist development Angela C. Lee said in a statement. “We couldn’t be more thrilled to launch this program with these three immensely talented artists.”
The program, made possible by Disney and its subsidiary Searchlight Pictures and in collaboration with the National Association of Latino Independent Producers, will provide each fellow with a $50,000 unrestricted grant, professional coaching from Renee Freedman & Co. and financial and business coaching from The Jill James, as well as support from Disney and Searchlight executives on how to make the leap from independent producing to packaging projects for studios.
“Our goal with this initiative is to build community...
- 3/21/2023
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Mamoudou Athie is set to join the all-star ensemble of And, Yorgos Lanthimos’ next film at Searchlight Pictures. He joins Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau and Joe Alwyn. Lanthimos will direct with a script developed by Element Pictures and Film4 and penned by Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou.
The film is produced by Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe of Element, along with Kasia Malipan and Lanthimos. Ollie Madden and Daniel Battsek are executive producing for Film4, which co-financed the project. Plot details are being kept under wraps.
The film marks another reunion for Lanthimos with Element Pictures, Searchlight and Film4 following their collaboration on the Oscar-winning The Favourite and Poor Things, currently in post-production.
And is being overseen by Searchlight VP Production Richard Ruiz and Director Development & Production Peter Spencer, reporting to heads of production and development Katie Goodson-Thomas and DanTram Nguyen. Film4 director Madden,...
The film is produced by Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe of Element, along with Kasia Malipan and Lanthimos. Ollie Madden and Daniel Battsek are executive producing for Film4, which co-financed the project. Plot details are being kept under wraps.
The film marks another reunion for Lanthimos with Element Pictures, Searchlight and Film4 following their collaboration on the Oscar-winning The Favourite and Poor Things, currently in post-production.
And is being overseen by Searchlight VP Production Richard Ruiz and Director Development & Production Peter Spencer, reporting to heads of production and development Katie Goodson-Thomas and DanTram Nguyen. Film4 director Madden,...
- 10/31/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Austin Crute (Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.) has been tapped to star alongside Lucy Boynton and Justin H. Min in the romance The Greatest Hits, which Ned Benson (The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby) is directing for Searchlight Pictures from his own script.
The film currently in production is billed as a love story centering on the connection between music and memory and how they transport us, sometimes literally. Details as to Crute’s role are being kept under wraps.
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The film currently in production is billed as a love story centering on the connection between music and memory and how they transport us, sometimes literally. Details as to Crute’s role are being kept under wraps.
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- 10/25/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Great news for folks who love pitch black comedies with A-list performers and deeply bleak themes, because Yorgos Lanthimos, the man who gave us films like "The Favourite," "The Lobster," and "The Killing of a Sacred Deer" has just announced a new project.
Lanthimos' next film boasts the singular title "And," and includes yet another buzzy cast of film greats. The film marks a hat trick between the director and Emma Stone, who will be joined by Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley who can also be seen in the director's upcoming "Poor Things." Academy Award-nominee Jesse Plemons has also joined the cast, because Lanthimos loves us and wants us to have good things.
Plot details for the film have yet to be made public, but "And" is being produced by Searchlight Pictures. The director is collaborating on the screenplay yet again with Efthimis Filippou, who also contributed to the scripts...
Lanthimos' next film boasts the singular title "And," and includes yet another buzzy cast of film greats. The film marks a hat trick between the director and Emma Stone, who will be joined by Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley who can also be seen in the director's upcoming "Poor Things." Academy Award-nominee Jesse Plemons has also joined the cast, because Lanthimos loves us and wants us to have good things.
Plot details for the film have yet to be made public, but "And" is being produced by Searchlight Pictures. The director is collaborating on the screenplay yet again with Efthimis Filippou, who also contributed to the scripts...
- 9/29/2022
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley to Star in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Film ‘And’
Yorgos Lanthimos, the filmmaker behind dark comedies like “The Favourite” and “The Lobster,” has lined up a starry ensemble for his next movie, titled “And.”
Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Jesse Plemons and Margaret Qualley will star in “And,” which is set at Searchlight Pictures. Plot details for the film have been kept under wraps.
In addition to directing, Lanthimos is writing the screenplay with Efthimis Filippou, his collaborator on “The Lobster” and “The Killing of a Sacred Deer.” Element Pictures and Film4 helped develop the script, and Film4 co-financed the project, which begins principal photography in New Orleans next month.
“Working with Yorgos continues to be a highlight for us at Searchlight, and this is yet another truly original project that sets his work apart,” said Searchlight Presidents David Greenbaum and Matthew Greenfield. “Working again with Emma, Jesse, Willem and Margaret as well as Element and Film4 is just the icing on the cake.
Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Jesse Plemons and Margaret Qualley will star in “And,” which is set at Searchlight Pictures. Plot details for the film have been kept under wraps.
In addition to directing, Lanthimos is writing the screenplay with Efthimis Filippou, his collaborator on “The Lobster” and “The Killing of a Sacred Deer.” Element Pictures and Film4 helped develop the script, and Film4 co-financed the project, which begins principal photography in New Orleans next month.
“Working with Yorgos continues to be a highlight for us at Searchlight, and this is yet another truly original project that sets his work apart,” said Searchlight Presidents David Greenbaum and Matthew Greenfield. “Working again with Emma, Jesse, Willem and Margaret as well as Element and Film4 is just the icing on the cake.
- 9/29/2022
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
“Dogtooth” and “The Favourite” director Yorgos Lanthimos has set up the cast for what will be his next film titled “And” at Searchlight Pictures, and he’s set an A-list cast of Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Jesse Plemons and Margaret Qualley to star.
Plot details are being kept under wraps for the project, but it’s a reunion between Lanthimos, Stone and Searchlight as the director is now in postproduction on his upcoming film “Poor Things.”
The film will begin principal photography in New Orleans next month.
Lanthimos co-wrote the script for “And” with Efthimis Filippou, and it was developed by Element Pictures and Film4. The film is produced by Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe of Element, along with Kasia Malipan and Lanthimos. Film4 co-financed the project.
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“Working with Yorgos continues to be a highlight for us at Searchlight,...
Plot details are being kept under wraps for the project, but it’s a reunion between Lanthimos, Stone and Searchlight as the director is now in postproduction on his upcoming film “Poor Things.”
The film will begin principal photography in New Orleans next month.
Lanthimos co-wrote the script for “And” with Efthimis Filippou, and it was developed by Element Pictures and Film4. The film is produced by Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe of Element, along with Kasia Malipan and Lanthimos. Film4 co-financed the project.
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- 9/29/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: The Favourite director Yorgos Lanthimos and Searchlight Pictures are looking to stay in business with each other as the studio is greenlighting his next film And. Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley are set to star. With a script developed by Element Pictures and Film4 and penned by Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou, the film is produced by Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe of Element, along with Kasia Malipan and Lanthimos.
Ollie Madden and Daniel Battsek are executive producing for Film4, which co-financed the project. It begins principal photography in New Orleans next month.
Plot details are being kept under wraps.
“Working with Yorgos continues to be a highlight for us at Searchlight, and this is yet another truly original project that sets his work apart,” said Searchlight presidents David Greenbaum and Matthew Greenfield. “Working again with Emma, Willem, Jesse and Margaret as well as Element and...
Ollie Madden and Daniel Battsek are executive producing for Film4, which co-financed the project. It begins principal photography in New Orleans next month.
Plot details are being kept under wraps.
“Working with Yorgos continues to be a highlight for us at Searchlight, and this is yet another truly original project that sets his work apart,” said Searchlight presidents David Greenbaum and Matthew Greenfield. “Working again with Emma, Willem, Jesse and Margaret as well as Element and...
- 9/29/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Film4 co-financed, Element Pictures producing.
Searchlight Pictures and Yorgos Lanthimos are readying And, their fifth film together which is set to star Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley.
Film4 co-financed the project and Element Pictures are producing And, which begins principal photography in New Orleans next month. Plot details remain under the proverbial wraps.
Element Pictures and Film4 jointly developed the screenplay by Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou, and Element’s Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe are producing alongside Kasia Malipan and Lanthimos.
Searchlight, Element and Film4 collaborated on The Favourite and Poor Things, currently in post-production and starring Stone,...
Searchlight Pictures and Yorgos Lanthimos are readying And, their fifth film together which is set to star Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley.
Film4 co-financed the project and Element Pictures are producing And, which begins principal photography in New Orleans next month. Plot details remain under the proverbial wraps.
Element Pictures and Film4 jointly developed the screenplay by Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou, and Element’s Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe are producing alongside Kasia Malipan and Lanthimos.
Searchlight, Element and Film4 collaborated on The Favourite and Poor Things, currently in post-production and starring Stone,...
- 9/29/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Justin H. Min has signed on to duet with Lucy Boynton as co-stars in Searchlight Pictures’ upcoming musical “The Greatest Hits.”
Ned Benson will write and direct the movie musical. Though not much has been revealed about the character or plot, the film has been described as “a love story centering on the connection between music and memory and how they transport us, sometimes literally.”
Principal photography is slated to begin in September.
Min is on a hot streak, having just been cast to star in Randall Park’s feature film adaptation of “Shortcomings” alongside Ally Maki and Sherry Cola. He’s also set to co-star in the Steven Yeun comedy series “Beef” for Netflix and A24. Best known for playing Ben Hargreeves in Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy,” Min recently starred opposite Colin Farrell in the Sundance film “After Yang.”
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Ned Benson will write and direct the movie musical. Though not much has been revealed about the character or plot, the film has been described as “a love story centering on the connection between music and memory and how they transport us, sometimes literally.”
Principal photography is slated to begin in September.
Min is on a hot streak, having just been cast to star in Randall Park’s feature film adaptation of “Shortcomings” alongside Ally Maki and Sherry Cola. He’s also set to co-star in the Steven Yeun comedy series “Beef” for Netflix and A24. Best known for playing Ben Hargreeves in Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy,” Min recently starred opposite Colin Farrell in the Sundance film “After Yang.”
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- 8/31/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
Justin H. Min has joined the cast of Searchlight Pictures’ “The Greatest Hits,” Variety has learned exclusively.
Star of Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy” and breakout in the Sundance player “After Yang,” Min joins the previously announced Lucy Boynton in the emotional movie musical from writer-director Ned Benson (“The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby”).
While character details are under wraps, the project is described as a love story centering on the connection between music and memory, and how the two transport us.
Min, a rising star on the fan favorite Marvel series “Umbrella,” turned heads in the titular role of “After Yang.” Released by A24 and directed by Koganda, the futuristic tale of loss won the Alfred P. Sloan feature film prize in Park City earlier this year. On Tuesday, Min was announced in the cast of “Shortcomings,” the directorial debut of comedian Randall Park, and will also be seen in...
Star of Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy” and breakout in the Sundance player “After Yang,” Min joins the previously announced Lucy Boynton in the emotional movie musical from writer-director Ned Benson (“The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby”).
While character details are under wraps, the project is described as a love story centering on the connection between music and memory, and how the two transport us.
Min, a rising star on the fan favorite Marvel series “Umbrella,” turned heads in the titular role of “After Yang.” Released by A24 and directed by Koganda, the futuristic tale of loss won the Alfred P. Sloan feature film prize in Park City earlier this year. On Tuesday, Min was announced in the cast of “Shortcomings,” the directorial debut of comedian Randall Park, and will also be seen in...
- 8/31/2022
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Searchlight Pictures has acquired and set a September start date for The Greatest Hits. Ned Benson (The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby) is directing his script and he has just set Lucy Boynton to star. Boynton takes the role after exiting over creative differences her plan to star as rock singer Marianne Faithfull in a biopic.
Boynton, who starred in Bohemian Rhapsody, The Politician and Sing Street, is the centerpiece in a soulful romantic comedy centering on the connection between music and memory. They are zeroing in on the male lead. The film is produced by Groundswell Productions’ Michael London and Shannon Gaulding, along with Benson, Stephanie Davis and Cassandra Kulukundis.
Boynton will next star in The Pale Blue Eye for Netflix opposite Christian Bale and Harry Melling, and Searchlight’s Chevalier. She stars in that Stephen Williams-directed film opposite Kelvin Harrison Jr, and the pic makes its World...
Boynton, who starred in Bohemian Rhapsody, The Politician and Sing Street, is the centerpiece in a soulful romantic comedy centering on the connection between music and memory. They are zeroing in on the male lead. The film is produced by Groundswell Productions’ Michael London and Shannon Gaulding, along with Benson, Stephanie Davis and Cassandra Kulukundis.
Boynton will next star in The Pale Blue Eye for Netflix opposite Christian Bale and Harry Melling, and Searchlight’s Chevalier. She stars in that Stephen Williams-directed film opposite Kelvin Harrison Jr, and the pic makes its World...
- 8/10/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Searchlight Pictures has snapped up E. Nicholas Mariani’s 2018 Black List script The Defender, which George Tillman Jr. will direct with three-time Emmy-winning actor Sterling K. Brown to star as heroic lawyer Scipio Africanus Jones.
Jones was a courageous attorney who risked his life and career to defend 87 men wrongfully accused of murder in the wake of the Elaine, Ar massacre of 1919, when a group of Black sharecroppers meeting in a church about unionization were attacked by a posse organized by white landowners.
Brown will produce with 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen. Mariani and Danielle Reardon will executive produce with Dantram Nguyen, Katie Goodson-Thomas and Richard Ruiz overseeing for Searchlight. Ben Wilkinson, VP Business Affairs and Legal Counsel, negotiated the deal for Searchlight along with WME and CAA on behalf of filmmakers.
Tillman Jr. produced and directed the movie The Hate U Give for Fox 2000 Pictures, based on Angela Thomas’ novel.
Jones was a courageous attorney who risked his life and career to defend 87 men wrongfully accused of murder in the wake of the Elaine, Ar massacre of 1919, when a group of Black sharecroppers meeting in a church about unionization were attacked by a posse organized by white landowners.
Brown will produce with 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen. Mariani and Danielle Reardon will executive produce with Dantram Nguyen, Katie Goodson-Thomas and Richard Ruiz overseeing for Searchlight. Ben Wilkinson, VP Business Affairs and Legal Counsel, negotiated the deal for Searchlight along with WME and CAA on behalf of filmmakers.
Tillman Jr. produced and directed the movie The Hate U Give for Fox 2000 Pictures, based on Angela Thomas’ novel.
- 11/17/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Searchlight Pictures has acquired script rights to “The Defender,” starring Sterling K. Brown as the pioneering lawyer Scipio Africanus Jones, who risked his life and career to defend the Elaine Twelve — a group of 12 Black sharecroppers sentenced to death for allegedly being involved in the murder of a white man during the Elaine Massacre of 1919 in Arkansas.
George Tillman Jr. (“The Hate U Give”) is attached to direct, with 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen on board to produce. The three-time Emmy-winning actor will also produce the project under his Indian Meadows banner, founded in 2018 with the mission to “champion diversity through the development and production of entertaining, educational and inclusive projects.”
Penned by E. Nicholas Mariani, “The Defender” tells the true, yet little-known, story of the courageous attorney’s fight to defend eighty-seven men wrongfully accused in relation to the Elaine Massacre. Mariani’s script was a 2018 Black List selection,...
George Tillman Jr. (“The Hate U Give”) is attached to direct, with 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen on board to produce. The three-time Emmy-winning actor will also produce the project under his Indian Meadows banner, founded in 2018 with the mission to “champion diversity through the development and production of entertaining, educational and inclusive projects.”
Penned by E. Nicholas Mariani, “The Defender” tells the true, yet little-known, story of the courageous attorney’s fight to defend eighty-seven men wrongfully accused in relation to the Elaine Massacre. Mariani’s script was a 2018 Black List selection,...
- 11/17/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Broken Lizard, the comedy troupe behind the film franchise “Super Troopers,” is teeing up a new movie with Searchlight Pictures.
“Quasi,” a satirical take on The Hunchback of Notre Dame, just kicked off production in Los Angeles. The film will follow a hapless hunchback who yearns for love, but finds himself in the middle of a murderous feud between the Pope and the king of France when each orders the hunchback to kill the other.
Kevin Heffernan will direct and star. He wrote the script with his troupe members Steve Lemme, Jay Chandrasekhar, Paul Soter and Erik Stolhanske — who will all costar and serve as executive producers. Richard Perello will produce. Adrianne Palicki is also set to star. The film will debut exclusively on Hulu in the U.S., and on Disney Plus and Star Plus around the world.
“I’m très, très excited to get the Broken Lizard gang back together,...
“Quasi,” a satirical take on The Hunchback of Notre Dame, just kicked off production in Los Angeles. The film will follow a hapless hunchback who yearns for love, but finds himself in the middle of a murderous feud between the Pope and the king of France when each orders the hunchback to kill the other.
Kevin Heffernan will direct and star. He wrote the script with his troupe members Steve Lemme, Jay Chandrasekhar, Paul Soter and Erik Stolhanske — who will all costar and serve as executive producers. Richard Perello will produce. Adrianne Palicki is also set to star. The film will debut exclusively on Hulu in the U.S., and on Disney Plus and Star Plus around the world.
“I’m très, très excited to get the Broken Lizard gang back together,...
- 11/3/2021
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Searchlight Pictures has promoted Taylor Friedman to senior vice president of production and elevated Richard Ruiz to vice president of production.
Friedman, who has been with Searchlight since 2009, previously served as vice president of production, and Ruiz, who joined the indie label in 2015, previously served as director of production. Both executives will continue reporting into Katie Goodson-Thomas and DanTram Nguyen, heads of film production at Searchlight
During her time at Searchlight, Friedman has overseen films such as Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland,” Taika Waititi’s “Jojo Rabbit,” Martin McDonagh’s “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” and Marielle Heller’s “Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” all of which were nominated for or won Oscars. Friedman is currently working on Waititi’s upcoming film “Next Goal Wins,” Eva Longoria’s feature directorial debut “Flamin’ Hot” and McDonagh’s next film “The Banshees of Inisherin.” Prior to Searchlight, she worked at Paramount Vantage and...
Friedman, who has been with Searchlight since 2009, previously served as vice president of production, and Ruiz, who joined the indie label in 2015, previously served as director of production. Both executives will continue reporting into Katie Goodson-Thomas and DanTram Nguyen, heads of film production at Searchlight
During her time at Searchlight, Friedman has overseen films such as Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland,” Taika Waititi’s “Jojo Rabbit,” Martin McDonagh’s “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” and Marielle Heller’s “Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” all of which were nominated for or won Oscars. Friedman is currently working on Waititi’s upcoming film “Next Goal Wins,” Eva Longoria’s feature directorial debut “Flamin’ Hot” and McDonagh’s next film “The Banshees of Inisherin.” Prior to Searchlight, she worked at Paramount Vantage and...
- 9/17/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Conrad Ricamora (The Resident), James Scully (You), Matt Rogers (I Love This For You), Tomas Matos (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Torian Miller (Goliath), and Nick Adams (The Other Two) have joined the cast of Fire Island, the Searchlight Pictures title from director Andrew Ahn, which has now entered production.
Zane Phillips (Madam Secretary), Michael Graceffa (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Aidan Wharton (I Want Your Love), Peter Smith (Girls5Eva) and Bradley Gibson (Power Book II: Ghost) will round out the ensemble, led by previously announced cast members Joel Kim Booster (Sunnyside), Bowen Yang (Saturday Night Live), and Margaret Cho (All-American Girl).
The film written by Booster is billed as a modern-day romantic comedy inspired by Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, which is set in the New York hamlet of Fire Island Pines. The story centers on two best friends who set out to have a legendary,...
Zane Phillips (Madam Secretary), Michael Graceffa (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Aidan Wharton (I Want Your Love), Peter Smith (Girls5Eva) and Bradley Gibson (Power Book II: Ghost) will round out the ensemble, led by previously announced cast members Joel Kim Booster (Sunnyside), Bowen Yang (Saturday Night Live), and Margaret Cho (All-American Girl).
The film written by Booster is billed as a modern-day romantic comedy inspired by Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, which is set in the New York hamlet of Fire Island Pines. The story centers on two best friends who set out to have a legendary,...
- 8/12/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
“Saturday Night Live” actor Bowen Yang and stand-up comedian Joel Kim Booster will star in a modern romantic comedy called “Fire Island” set at Searchlight Pictures.
Andrew Ahn, the director behind the acclaimed indie “Driveways,” is directing the “unapologetic” feature that’s inspired by Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice.”
“Fire Island” is set in the iconic Fire Island Pines and centers around two best friends who set out to have a legendary week-long summer vacation at the gay mecca with the help of cheap rosé and a cadre of eclectic friends.
Booster also wrote the original screenplay. Filming will begin this summer in both New York City and Fire Island. Searchlight will release the film as a Hulu Original in the U.S. and on Star through Disney+ internationally.
Jax Media, the team behind “Russian Doll” and “Search Party,” is producing the film, with John Hodges, Brooke Posch and Tony Hernandez serving as producers.
Andrew Ahn, the director behind the acclaimed indie “Driveways,” is directing the “unapologetic” feature that’s inspired by Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice.”
“Fire Island” is set in the iconic Fire Island Pines and centers around two best friends who set out to have a legendary week-long summer vacation at the gay mecca with the help of cheap rosé and a cadre of eclectic friends.
Booster also wrote the original screenplay. Filming will begin this summer in both New York City and Fire Island. Searchlight will release the film as a Hulu Original in the U.S. and on Star through Disney+ internationally.
Jax Media, the team behind “Russian Doll” and “Search Party,” is producing the film, with John Hodges, Brooke Posch and Tony Hernandez serving as producers.
- 6/30/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Bowen Yang and Joel Kim Booster are set to star in “Fire Island,” a romantic comedy from “Spa Night” director Andrew Ahn.
Described as a modern day take on Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” the film will center on two best friends embarking on a weeklong vacation to Fire Island — the historic gay escape off the southern shore of Long Island — with the help of cheap rosé and a cadre of eclectic friends.
The project is set up at Searchlight, and will release exclusively on Hulu in the U.S. Globally, the film will stream on Disney Plus under the Star brand.
Jax Media (“Russian Doll”) is producing the project. Ahn will direct from an original feature script by Booster. Shooting will commence this August on Fire Island and in New York City. John Hodges, Brooke Posch and Tony Hernandez will serve as producers for Jax, with Chan Phung...
Described as a modern day take on Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” the film will center on two best friends embarking on a weeklong vacation to Fire Island — the historic gay escape off the southern shore of Long Island — with the help of cheap rosé and a cadre of eclectic friends.
The project is set up at Searchlight, and will release exclusively on Hulu in the U.S. Globally, the film will stream on Disney Plus under the Star brand.
Jax Media (“Russian Doll”) is producing the project. Ahn will direct from an original feature script by Booster. Shooting will commence this August on Fire Island and in New York City. John Hodges, Brooke Posch and Tony Hernandez will serve as producers for Jax, with Chan Phung...
- 6/30/2021
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Grammy, Tony and Emmy winner and two-time Academy Award nominee Cynthia Erivo is set for a remake of The Rose at Searchlight, in which she will star and also produce alongside Solome Williams.
The film is a remake of the 1979 Fox musical romantic drama that starred Bette Midler as a self-destructive rock star who struggles to deal with the constant pressures of her career and the demands of those around her. While paying homage to the original, for which Midler scored an Oscar nom, the remake will put a contemporary lens on the high price of fame.
Searchlight now will look to attach a writer to the project. Director of development Richard Ruiz and creative executive Cornelia Burleigh will oversee the project for Searchlight.
Erivo burst onto West End and Broadway stages in The Color Purple and has since taken the world by storm in movies such as Harriet and...
The film is a remake of the 1979 Fox musical romantic drama that starred Bette Midler as a self-destructive rock star who struggles to deal with the constant pressures of her career and the demands of those around her. While paying homage to the original, for which Midler scored an Oscar nom, the remake will put a contemporary lens on the high price of fame.
Searchlight now will look to attach a writer to the project. Director of development Richard Ruiz and creative executive Cornelia Burleigh will oversee the project for Searchlight.
Erivo burst onto West End and Broadway stages in The Color Purple and has since taken the world by storm in movies such as Harriet and...
- 6/16/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Cynthia Erivo has set up a remake of the Bette Midler-starring film “The Rose,” signing on to produce and star in the new movie for Searchlight.
The Grammy, Tony, and Emmy winner and two-time Oscar nominee will take on the title role in the musical romantic drama, which follows a self-destructive female rock star who struggles to deal with the constant pressures of her career and the demands of those who surround her. But while the new production will pay homage to the classic film, Erivo’s take on the story is said to “put a contemporary lens on the high price of fame.”
Erivo will produce the project with Solome Williams under her newly launched production banner Edith’s Daughter. Williams serves as vice president of development at the label, which has a first-look deal with MRC Television and Civic Center Media.
Richard Ruiz, Searchlight’s director of development,...
The Grammy, Tony, and Emmy winner and two-time Oscar nominee will take on the title role in the musical romantic drama, which follows a self-destructive female rock star who struggles to deal with the constant pressures of her career and the demands of those who surround her. But while the new production will pay homage to the classic film, Erivo’s take on the story is said to “put a contemporary lens on the high price of fame.”
Erivo will produce the project with Solome Williams under her newly launched production banner Edith’s Daughter. Williams serves as vice president of development at the label, which has a first-look deal with MRC Television and Civic Center Media.
Richard Ruiz, Searchlight’s director of development,...
- 6/16/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Cynthia Erivo is set to star in and produce a remake of the 1979 film “The Rose,” a musical romance that starred Bette Midler and earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress.
Erivo’s “The Rose” remake is set up at Searchlight Pictures and is the story of a self-destructive rock star who struggles to deal with the constant pressures of her career and the demands of those around her.
While the new film will pay homage to the original, “The Rose” aims to put a contemporary lens on the high price of fame.
No director or writer is attached at this stage.
Erivo is producing with Solome Williams. “The Rose” will be overseen by Searchlight’s director of development Richard Ruiz and creative executive Cornelia Burleigh.
The original “The Rose” was released by Twentieth Century Fox and starred Midler alongside Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest and Harry Dean Stanton. Mark Rydell...
Erivo’s “The Rose” remake is set up at Searchlight Pictures and is the story of a self-destructive rock star who struggles to deal with the constant pressures of her career and the demands of those around her.
While the new film will pay homage to the original, “The Rose” aims to put a contemporary lens on the high price of fame.
No director or writer is attached at this stage.
Erivo is producing with Solome Williams. “The Rose” will be overseen by Searchlight’s director of development Richard Ruiz and creative executive Cornelia Burleigh.
The original “The Rose” was released by Twentieth Century Fox and starred Midler alongside Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest and Harry Dean Stanton. Mark Rydell...
- 6/16/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Producers are out to writers and directors.
Cynthia Erivo will play a self-destructive rock star in a remake of The Rose that has been set up at Searchlight Pictures.
Erivo, who currently appears as Aretha Franklin on National Geographic’s Genius: Aretha, and Solome Williams are producing the story.
The Rose is based on the 1979 Twentieth Century Fox film of the same name that starred Bette Midler as a self-destructive rock star who struggles to deal with the pressures of her career and the demands of those around her.
The remake will pay homage to the original and put a...
Cynthia Erivo will play a self-destructive rock star in a remake of The Rose that has been set up at Searchlight Pictures.
Erivo, who currently appears as Aretha Franklin on National Geographic’s Genius: Aretha, and Solome Williams are producing the story.
The Rose is based on the 1979 Twentieth Century Fox film of the same name that starred Bette Midler as a self-destructive rock star who struggles to deal with the pressures of her career and the demands of those around her.
The remake will pay homage to the original and put a...
- 6/16/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Saoirse Ronan, Sam Rockwell and David Oyelowo have all joined the cast for a currently untitled murder mystery feature for Searchlight Pictures.
The film will be set in 1950s London, where a desperate Hollywood film producer sets out to turn a popular West End play into a film. When members of the production are murdered, world-weary Inspector Stoppard (Rockwell) and overzealous rookie Constable Stalker (Ronan) find themselves in the midst of a puzzling whodunit within London’s glamorous Theatreland and sordid underground.
‘This Country’ filmmaker Tom George is set to direct from a script penned by Mark Chappell.
A production start date has yet to be set. Katie Goodson-Thomas, Head of Development & Production for Searchlight Pictures UK, will oversee for the studio along with Director of Production Richard Ruiz and Senior Development Executive Pete Spencer.
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Ronan...
The film will be set in 1950s London, where a desperate Hollywood film producer sets out to turn a popular West End play into a film. When members of the production are murdered, world-weary Inspector Stoppard (Rockwell) and overzealous rookie Constable Stalker (Ronan) find themselves in the midst of a puzzling whodunit within London’s glamorous Theatreland and sordid underground.
‘This Country’ filmmaker Tom George is set to direct from a script penned by Mark Chappell.
A production start date has yet to be set. Katie Goodson-Thomas, Head of Development & Production for Searchlight Pictures UK, will oversee for the studio along with Director of Production Richard Ruiz and Senior Development Executive Pete Spencer.
Also in news – Glenn Close, Naomie Harris and Awkwafina board sci-fi drama ‘Swan Song’
Ronan...
- 11/23/2020
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
“Call Me by Your Name” director Luca Guadagnino will direct Searchlight’s untitled Scotty Bowers project with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg writing the script.
Matt Tyrnauer and Corey Reeser are producing through Altimeter Films, with Rogen and Goldberg producing through their Point Grey Pictures.
The project is based on the 2017 documentary “Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood” by Tyrnauer, a portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Bowers, whose memoir chronicled his decades spent as a sexual procurer to the stars.
Fox Searchlight began developing the movie project two years ago after the documentary was released by Greenwich Entertainment. “Scotty” follows Bowers, a World War II Marine combat veteran who fought at the Battle of Iwo Jima and became a legendary bisexual male hustler and all-purpose date-arranger for Hollywood movie stars from the 1940s until the beginning of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s.
Bowers’ memoir “Full Service” was published...
Matt Tyrnauer and Corey Reeser are producing through Altimeter Films, with Rogen and Goldberg producing through their Point Grey Pictures.
The project is based on the 2017 documentary “Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood” by Tyrnauer, a portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Bowers, whose memoir chronicled his decades spent as a sexual procurer to the stars.
Fox Searchlight began developing the movie project two years ago after the documentary was released by Greenwich Entertainment. “Scotty” follows Bowers, a World War II Marine combat veteran who fought at the Battle of Iwo Jima and became a legendary bisexual male hustler and all-purpose date-arranger for Hollywood movie stars from the 1940s until the beginning of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s.
Bowers’ memoir “Full Service” was published...
- 7/29/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
“Call Me By Your Name” director Luca Guadagnino is set to direct a film about the life of Scotty Bowers, a legendary Hollywood figure who secretly procured sex partners of all stripes to Old Hollywood stars, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
The project, currently untitled, is set at Searchlight Pictures. The studio has set Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg to write the script based on “Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood,” Matt Tyrnauer’s 2017 documentary film that profiles Bowers, a WWII vet, and how he not only helped straight stars fulfill lustful desires but also allowed secretly closeted LGBTQ stars to live out their lives.
The documentary shows how Bowers worked behind the scenes in Hollywood arranging partners for gay stars between the 1940s through the beginning of the AIDS crisis in the ’80s. The documentary is also based on Bowers’ own memoir called “Full...
The project, currently untitled, is set at Searchlight Pictures. The studio has set Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg to write the script based on “Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood,” Matt Tyrnauer’s 2017 documentary film that profiles Bowers, a WWII vet, and how he not only helped straight stars fulfill lustful desires but also allowed secretly closeted LGBTQ stars to live out their lives.
The documentary shows how Bowers worked behind the scenes in Hollywood arranging partners for gay stars between the 1940s through the beginning of the AIDS crisis in the ’80s. The documentary is also based on Bowers’ own memoir called “Full...
- 7/29/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Searchlight Pictures, which last year acquired rights to make a narrative film from the Matt Tyrnauer-directed documentary Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood, has set Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg to write the script and Luca Guadagnino to direct the film.
Tyrnauer and his Altimeter Films partner Corey Reeser will be joined as producers by Point Grey Pictures.
The film focuses on Scotty Bowers, a World War II Marine combat veteran who fought at the Battle of Iwo Jima and became a legendary bisexual male hustler and date-arranger for gay Hollywood movie stars from the 1940s until the beginning of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. The docu is based on Bowers’ book Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars, a dishy tell-all that was so titled because Bowers arranged these liaisons from a gas station he ran in the shadow of the Hollywood studios.
Tyrnauer and his Altimeter Films partner Corey Reeser will be joined as producers by Point Grey Pictures.
The film focuses on Scotty Bowers, a World War II Marine combat veteran who fought at the Battle of Iwo Jima and became a legendary bisexual male hustler and date-arranger for gay Hollywood movie stars from the 1940s until the beginning of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. The docu is based on Bowers’ book Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars, a dishy tell-all that was so titled because Bowers arranged these liaisons from a gas station he ran in the shadow of the Hollywood studios.
- 7/29/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
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