Exclusive: Pulp Fiction star boards in-demand thriller remake.
Samuel L. Jackson has signed on to play in Simon West’s (Con Air) remake of 1958 cult classic The Blob, which is due to shoot this fall with additional casting due to be announced shortly.
The sci-fi thriller follows the mayhem caused by an alien life form that threatens a small town.
Jackson will play a biochemistry professor attempting to thwart the other-worldly predator discovered deep within the earth.
Goldcrest, which is shopping the film in Cannes, has reportedly seen strong demand for the film in key territories.
Richard Saperstein and Brian Witten will produce along with Jack Harris, the 96-year-old producer of the original 1958 film, Judith Parker Harris, and Tae Won Chung.
Goldcrest Post will be providing picture and sound post production services and visual effects under supervisor Chris Haney (Avatar).
Director West said: “I have been waiting to work with Samuel L. Jackson my whole career. He is...
Samuel L. Jackson has signed on to play in Simon West’s (Con Air) remake of 1958 cult classic The Blob, which is due to shoot this fall with additional casting due to be announced shortly.
The sci-fi thriller follows the mayhem caused by an alien life form that threatens a small town.
Jackson will play a biochemistry professor attempting to thwart the other-worldly predator discovered deep within the earth.
Goldcrest, which is shopping the film in Cannes, has reportedly seen strong demand for the film in key territories.
Richard Saperstein and Brian Witten will produce along with Jack Harris, the 96-year-old producer of the original 1958 film, Judith Parker Harris, and Tae Won Chung.
Goldcrest Post will be providing picture and sound post production services and visual effects under supervisor Chris Haney (Avatar).
Director West said: “I have been waiting to work with Samuel L. Jackson my whole career. He is...
- 5/14/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Clarius Entertainment has acquired Us rights to Benaroya Pictures and The Genre Company’s thriller Cell starring John Cusack (upcoming Love & Mercy, Lee Daniels’ The Butler) and Oscar-nominated Samuel L. Jackson (upcoming Kingsman: The Secret Service, Django Unchained).
The film is based on the best-selling apocalyptic novel by Stephen King.
When a powerful signal is broadcast across mobile networks worldwide, cell phone users’ minds are instantly and dangerously re-programmed. Heading north through New England in search of his wife and son, Clay Riddell (Cusack) is joined by a group of survivors hoping to fend off the bloodthirsty and hyper-connected “phoners.”
Set to be a wide theatrical release later this year, Cell also stars Isabelle Fuhrman (The Hunger Games) and Golden Globe winner Stacy Keach (Nebraska, The Bourne Legacy).
The film is directed by Tod “Kip” Williams (Paranormal Activity 2). The announcement was made today by the film’s producers Michael Benaroya and Richard Saperstein.
The film is based on the best-selling apocalyptic novel by Stephen King.
When a powerful signal is broadcast across mobile networks worldwide, cell phone users’ minds are instantly and dangerously re-programmed. Heading north through New England in search of his wife and son, Clay Riddell (Cusack) is joined by a group of survivors hoping to fend off the bloodthirsty and hyper-connected “phoners.”
Set to be a wide theatrical release later this year, Cell also stars Isabelle Fuhrman (The Hunger Games) and Golden Globe winner Stacy Keach (Nebraska, The Bourne Legacy).
The film is directed by Tod “Kip” Williams (Paranormal Activity 2). The announcement was made today by the film’s producers Michael Benaroya and Richard Saperstein.
- 2/5/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Get ready stateside filmgoers, because the “phoners” (aka “crazies”) are coming to the Us. Stephen King fans know that the master of macabre doesn’t like using cell phones. His 2006 novel, Cell, is a cautionary tale about what can go wrong by pressing portable phones to our ears and keeping them close at hand in our pockets, and its unflinching subject matter contains flocks of murderous lunatics that would be right at home in Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later, George A. Romero’s The Crazies, or Simon Clark’s Blood Crazy.
We knew this unique King novel was getting the adaptation treatment, with King co-writing the screenplay and John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson in the lead roles, but we’re now one big step closer to seeing it on the silver screen, as Clarius Entertainment has acquired the Us rights to the movie.
Slated to hit theaters this year,...
We knew this unique King novel was getting the adaptation treatment, with King co-writing the screenplay and John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson in the lead roles, but we’re now one big step closer to seeing it on the silver screen, as Clarius Entertainment has acquired the Us rights to the movie.
Slated to hit theaters this year,...
- 2/5/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Once you’re absorbed by its terror, you can’t even scream. The slimy mass that is the Blob first thrilled audiences when it took on Steve McQueen on the big screen in 1958. It next oozed into cinemas via the 1972 sequel, Beware! The Blob, before being reborn in a 1988 remake directed by Chuck Russell and co-written by Frank Darabont. Proving that it’s still a relentless alien amoeba, 1958’s The Blob is being remade once again.
Goldcrest Films is moving forward with a remake of The Blob, with Simon West (The Expendables 2, Con Air) lined up for the director’s chair and shooting slated to begin this summer. Modern-day special effects capabilities are expected to bring the Blob to life like never before, and Chris Haney (Avatar, Avengers Assemble) will oversee the VFX in post-production.
Linking the upcoming remake to the original, Jack Harris, the producer of 1958’s The Blob,...
Goldcrest Films is moving forward with a remake of The Blob, with Simon West (The Expendables 2, Con Air) lined up for the director’s chair and shooting slated to begin this summer. Modern-day special effects capabilities are expected to bring the Blob to life like never before, and Chris Haney (Avatar, Avengers Assemble) will oversee the VFX in post-production.
Linking the upcoming remake to the original, Jack Harris, the producer of 1958’s The Blob,...
- 1/22/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Golcrest to launch sci-fi remake at Efm; UTA rep Us.
Con Air director Simon West is to direct a remake of sci-fi classic The Blob.
Goldcrest will launch sales on the title at the Efm and will co-produce alongside Richard Saperstein and Brian Witten and co-financiers Taewon Entertainment & A-List Corporation.
Production on the remake of the 1958 sci-fi classic about an alien life-form that threatens a small town is due to get underway this summer.
Taewon Entertainment & A-List Corporation, based in Korea, will co-finance as their first major English-language project.
Jack Harris, the 96-year-old producer of the original 1958 film, will executive produce along with Judith Parker Harris, Shara Kay, and Laurence Freed.
Pascal Degove and Nick Quested will executive producer for Goldcrest; Tae Won Chung will executive produce for Taewon Entertainment and Ju Young You for A-List Corporation. Michael Roban, Michael Harpster, Kyu C. Lee, Armen Aghaeian, Edward Mokhtarian, Geno Tazioli, Holly Kobzina...
Con Air director Simon West is to direct a remake of sci-fi classic The Blob.
Goldcrest will launch sales on the title at the Efm and will co-produce alongside Richard Saperstein and Brian Witten and co-financiers Taewon Entertainment & A-List Corporation.
Production on the remake of the 1958 sci-fi classic about an alien life-form that threatens a small town is due to get underway this summer.
Taewon Entertainment & A-List Corporation, based in Korea, will co-finance as their first major English-language project.
Jack Harris, the 96-year-old producer of the original 1958 film, will executive produce along with Judith Parker Harris, Shara Kay, and Laurence Freed.
Pascal Degove and Nick Quested will executive producer for Goldcrest; Tae Won Chung will executive produce for Taewon Entertainment and Ju Young You for A-List Corporation. Michael Roban, Michael Harpster, Kyu C. Lee, Armen Aghaeian, Edward Mokhtarian, Geno Tazioli, Holly Kobzina...
- 1/22/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: It crawls! It creeps! It’s getting a remake. Goldcrest Films is set to co-produce an update of 1958 horror/sci-fi classic The Blob. Simon West (Wild Card, The Mechanic, Expendables 2) is directing with principal photography eyed for this summer. Producers are Richard Saperstein and Brian Witten (Cell). Korea’s Taewon Entertainment and A-List Corporation are co-financing with Goldcrest.
The original film, which was released by Paramount, starred a young Steve McQueen. The story sees a gelatinous alien life-form emerge from a crashed meteor and begin to ooze through Downingtown, Pa, eating the townsfolk as it goes. Check out the original trailer below.
Goldcrest is also handling international sales and distribution and will launch the film at next month’s European Film Market in Berlin. UTA is brokering U.S. distribution rights; the agency reps West.
A 1972 sequel, Beware! The Blob, was helmed by Larry Hagman, and in 1988, Chuck Russell...
The original film, which was released by Paramount, starred a young Steve McQueen. The story sees a gelatinous alien life-form emerge from a crashed meteor and begin to ooze through Downingtown, Pa, eating the townsfolk as it goes. Check out the original trailer below.
Goldcrest is also handling international sales and distribution and will launch the film at next month’s European Film Market in Berlin. UTA is brokering U.S. distribution rights; the agency reps West.
A 1972 sequel, Beware! The Blob, was helmed by Larry Hagman, and in 1988, Chuck Russell...
- 1/22/2015
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
International Film Trust (Ift) has licensed Japanese rights to the Stephen King adaptation Cell to Presidio at the Efm.
President Christian de Gallegos and his team have also closed a deal with Shoval for Israel.
Cell is shooting in the Us state of Georgia. John Cusack stars in the story of a deadly pulse that affects mobile phone users. The cast includes Samuel L Jackson, Isabelle Fuhrman and Stacy Keach.
Tod Williams directs and Stephen King wrote the screenplay with revisions by Adam Alleca and Mark Leyner.
Former Dimension Films president Richard Saperstein, Michael Benaroya, Brian Witten and Shara Kay are producing.
The executive producers roster incudes Cusack, Paddy Cullen, Edward Mokhtarian, Armen Aghaeian, Xavier Gens and Laurence Freed.
President Christian de Gallegos and his team have also closed a deal with Shoval for Israel.
Cell is shooting in the Us state of Georgia. John Cusack stars in the story of a deadly pulse that affects mobile phone users. The cast includes Samuel L Jackson, Isabelle Fuhrman and Stacy Keach.
Tod Williams directs and Stephen King wrote the screenplay with revisions by Adam Alleca and Mark Leyner.
Former Dimension Films president Richard Saperstein, Michael Benaroya, Brian Witten and Shara Kay are producing.
The executive producers roster incudes Cusack, Paddy Cullen, Edward Mokhtarian, Armen Aghaeian, Xavier Gens and Laurence Freed.
- 2/10/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: International Film Trust (Ift) has announced a slew of deals on its Stephen King adaptation Cell, shooting now in Georgia with John Cusack.
President Christian de Gallegos and his team have licensed rights to Telemunchen for Germany and Notorious for Italy on the thriller from Benaroya Pictures and The Genre Company.
Deals also closed in Greece (Hollywood), Switzerland (Praesens), Bulgaria (Bulgaria Film), former Yugoslavia (Blitz), Poland (Monolith), Latin America (Leda), China (Hgc), Hong Kong (Deltamac), India (Pictureworks), Indonesia (Pt Amero), Malaysia and Thailand (Sahamongkol), Middle East (Shooting Stars), Philippines (Pioneer), Singapore (Cathay), Taiwan (Deepjoy) and Star TV for pan-Asian pay-tv.
Tod Williams directs and Samuel L Jackson, Isabelle Fuhrman and Stacy Keach also star in the story of a deadly pulse that affects mobile phone users.
Stephen King wrote the screenplay with revisions by Adam Alleca and Mark Leyner.
“We have relished the opportunity to reunite John and Sam and with production currently underway we couldn...
President Christian de Gallegos and his team have licensed rights to Telemunchen for Germany and Notorious for Italy on the thriller from Benaroya Pictures and The Genre Company.
Deals also closed in Greece (Hollywood), Switzerland (Praesens), Bulgaria (Bulgaria Film), former Yugoslavia (Blitz), Poland (Monolith), Latin America (Leda), China (Hgc), Hong Kong (Deltamac), India (Pictureworks), Indonesia (Pt Amero), Malaysia and Thailand (Sahamongkol), Middle East (Shooting Stars), Philippines (Pioneer), Singapore (Cathay), Taiwan (Deepjoy) and Star TV for pan-Asian pay-tv.
Tod Williams directs and Samuel L Jackson, Isabelle Fuhrman and Stacy Keach also star in the story of a deadly pulse that affects mobile phone users.
Stephen King wrote the screenplay with revisions by Adam Alleca and Mark Leyner.
“We have relished the opportunity to reunite John and Sam and with production currently underway we couldn...
- 2/9/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Benaroya Pictures and The Genre Company have set Samuel L. Jackson to co-star with John Cusack in the apocalyptic thriller Cell, based on the bestselling novel by Stephen King. Tod “Kip” Williams will direct, with production set to begin in January. Benaroya Pictures is financing.
Samuel L. Jackson most recently co-starred in last year’s Django Unchained and next appears in the upcoming films Oldboy and Robocop as well as Captain America 2: Winter Soldier and The Avengers sequel. He is currently in production on Secret Service.
In Cell, Jackson will play Tom McCourt, an engineer and former soldier who escapes from Boston along with Cusack’s character, Clay Riddell, after a mysterious pulse, transmitted by cell phones, spreads like a virus through the human population.
“It’s really exciting to have such a great cast continue to come together on this project,” said Benaroya Pictures principal, Michael Benaroya.
Samuel L. Jackson most recently co-starred in last year’s Django Unchained and next appears in the upcoming films Oldboy and Robocop as well as Captain America 2: Winter Soldier and The Avengers sequel. He is currently in production on Secret Service.
In Cell, Jackson will play Tom McCourt, an engineer and former soldier who escapes from Boston along with Cusack’s character, Clay Riddell, after a mysterious pulse, transmitted by cell phones, spreads like a virus through the human population.
“It’s really exciting to have such a great cast continue to come together on this project,” said Benaroya Pictures principal, Michael Benaroya.
- 11/8/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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