George R. Robertson, who played Chief Hurst (later Commissioner) in the first six Police Academy films during a half-century screen career, has died. He was 89. His family said he died January 29 at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto but did not give other details.
Robertson had been working in TV and films for nearly 15 years when he was cast as the strict but fair Chief Henry Hurst in Police Academy, the 1984 cop farce starring Steve Guttenberg. The film was a left-field hit and went on to spawn a franchise that spanned seven films during the next decade, including one a year through 1989. He appeared in the first six but not the Moscow-set final one in 1994.
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Robertson had been working in TV and films for nearly 15 years when he was cast as the strict but fair Chief Henry Hurst in Police Academy, the 1984 cop farce starring Steve Guttenberg. The film was a left-field hit and went on to spawn a franchise that spanned seven films during the next decade, including one a year through 1989. He appeared in the first six but not the Moscow-set final one in 1994.
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- 2/4/2023
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Daily Show” guest host Dl Hughley had a good laugh at Fox News host Sean Hannity on Thursday night, after Hannity admitted that “there is a small majority of bad cops,” and argued that they need to stop killing white people too. Hughley dubbed Hannity a “white Al Sharpton” for his comments.
The moment came as Hughley pulled up a segment of Hannity’s show, in which he called out “The View” host Whoopi Goldberg, for wondering if nationwide police reform would only happen if the victim was white.
“Clearly, it doesn’t matter if it’s a white policeman or a Black policeman, it is a problem in the policing itself, you know?” Whoopi said on Monday. “Seems things don’t make sense to people unless it’s somebody they can feel, or they can recognize. But how many times do we have to — do we need to...
The moment came as Hughley pulled up a segment of Hannity’s show, in which he called out “The View” host Whoopi Goldberg, for wondering if nationwide police reform would only happen if the victim was white.
“Clearly, it doesn’t matter if it’s a white policeman or a Black policeman, it is a problem in the policing itself, you know?” Whoopi said on Monday. “Seems things don’t make sense to people unless it’s somebody they can feel, or they can recognize. But how many times do we have to — do we need to...
- 2/3/2023
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
The following article includes references to sexual assault and self-harm.
Netflix has emerged as the king of true crime documentaries and docuseries in recent years, but the streaming service has never done anything quite like "Victim/Suspect." This isn't a case about a horrific crime getting solved, or even the history of some remarkable case — rather, this feature-length film is an investigation into certain police precincts and their unimaginable cruelty and indifference towards young victims of sexual assault.
Rae de Leon, a journalist working at The Center for Investigative Reporting, discovered an alarming trend: women being splashed across news sites, painted as "liars" and "criminals" for "falsely" claiming to have been the victim of sexual assault. This didn't sit well with the young reporter, so she set out to find the truth. What she found was honestly not particularly surprising, but deeply distressing all the same.
Director Nancy Schwartzman follows...
Netflix has emerged as the king of true crime documentaries and docuseries in recent years, but the streaming service has never done anything quite like "Victim/Suspect." This isn't a case about a horrific crime getting solved, or even the history of some remarkable case — rather, this feature-length film is an investigation into certain police precincts and their unimaginable cruelty and indifference towards young victims of sexual assault.
Rae de Leon, a journalist working at The Center for Investigative Reporting, discovered an alarming trend: women being splashed across news sites, painted as "liars" and "criminals" for "falsely" claiming to have been the victim of sexual assault. This didn't sit well with the young reporter, so she set out to find the truth. What she found was honestly not particularly surprising, but deeply distressing all the same.
Director Nancy Schwartzman follows...
- 1/27/2023
- by Sarah Milner
- Slash Film
Rudy Giuliani wasn’t dropping it like it was hot during Sunday’s Super Bowl Halftime Show. Instead, he lost himself in the moment that Eminem took a knee during the performance. A day after the Super Bowl, the Four Seasons Total Landscaping aficionado went on local New York radio station 77Wabc to share his opinion, which no one asked for, about the rap star’s political statement on stage.
“Let’s get right to Eminem taking a knee,” he said, seemingly unprompted. “Why doesn’t he go to another country?...
“Let’s get right to Eminem taking a knee,” he said, seemingly unprompted. “Why doesn’t he go to another country?...
- 2/17/2022
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Rock star excess hit its peak in the 1980s. It went beyond the bad behavior of throwing televisions out of hotel rooms, or the decadent pleasures of mud sharks and Mandys. The Beatles, who were the biggest band to come out of the rock and roll era, set standards for excess, beating Elvis’s Pink Cadillac tour when they thought about buying their own Greek island. Their success was ensured by their producer, George Martin, who allowed the band to exceed the limits of the Emi studios they created music in. Gracie Otto’s documentary Under the Volcano is the story of how Martin’s post-Beatle career enjoyed greater heights by finding an entirely new level of indulgence. For the second time in his career, the “fifth Beatle” exceeded all expectations about how to produce a sound.
Martin bought an island in a tropical paradise, and turned it into a sonic Shangri-La.
Martin bought an island in a tropical paradise, and turned it into a sonic Shangri-La.
- 8/16/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Back in March, amid escalating controversy surrounding former host Chris Harrison, ABC Entertainment and Warner Horizon committed to hiring an executive producer of color for “The Bachelor.” Now, Variety has exclusively learned that the franchise has named its first-ever Black executive producer.
Jodi Baskerville, a veteran producer who has been with “The Bachelor” franchise for nearly 10 years, has been elevated to EP, numerous individuals close to production tell Variety.
Baskerville, sources say, will begin her role as executive producer on Season 18 of “The Bachelorette,” which recently began production and premieres this fall. The upcoming season will star Michelle Young, a runner-up from Matt James’ season of “The Bachelor,” who identifies as as Bipoc, and will become the third woman of color to star in the leading role, following Rachel Lindsay and Tayshia Adams, who is biracial.
Baskerville’s promotion is a major step forward for the franchise. The hit dating series,...
Jodi Baskerville, a veteran producer who has been with “The Bachelor” franchise for nearly 10 years, has been elevated to EP, numerous individuals close to production tell Variety.
Baskerville, sources say, will begin her role as executive producer on Season 18 of “The Bachelorette,” which recently began production and premieres this fall. The upcoming season will star Michelle Young, a runner-up from Matt James’ season of “The Bachelor,” who identifies as as Bipoc, and will become the third woman of color to star in the leading role, following Rachel Lindsay and Tayshia Adams, who is biracial.
Baskerville’s promotion is a major step forward for the franchise. The hit dating series,...
- 8/4/2021
- by Elizabeth Wagmeister
- Variety Film + TV
The 37th Grammy Awards, held in March 1995, were an especially influential ceremony thanks to Tony Bennett’s controversial Album of the Year win for “MTV Unplugged,” which led the academy to introduce their now-infamous and now-deceased nomination review committees to decide the ultimate contenders. But there was a more overlooked result that took place on the same night, and it was actually pretty rare: Sheryl Crow (“All I Wanna Do”) and Bruce Springsteen (“Streets of Philadelphia”) split the awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year, respectively. That was actually the last time that two songs split those awards when both songs were nominated in both categories.
Prior to Crow/Springsteen, Record and Song of the Year had split like that only seven times:
1963: “I Left My Heart In San Francisco” by Tony Bennett (Record) and “What Kind of Fool Am I?” by Sammy Davis Jr....
Prior to Crow/Springsteen, Record and Song of the Year had split like that only seven times:
1963: “I Left My Heart In San Francisco” by Tony Bennett (Record) and “What Kind of Fool Am I?” by Sammy Davis Jr....
- 7/17/2021
- by Jaime Rodriguez
- Gold Derby
Set to launch in Europe later this year, HBO Max has bolstered its originals pipeline with the announcement of “García!” a new series to be produced in Spain based on the popular graphic novel of the same name by authors Santiago García and Luis Bustos.
Miguel Salvat, Steve Matthews and Antony Root, the trio behind HBO España’s fan-favorite horror thriller “30 Coins” from Spanish maestro Alex de la Iglesia, are teaming once again as executive producers on the six-hour series.
“’García!’ is a project with enormous narrative and epic visual ambition. The tiniest details combine to become an action-packed adventure series, sometimes honoring the great genre traditions, but sometimes blowing them up. In ‘García!’ whilst we see a Spain that has changed somewhat in the last few decades, some elements remain the same,” said Salvat.
Set in modern-day Spain, the novel, published by Astiberri Ediciones, plays on cultural and...
Miguel Salvat, Steve Matthews and Antony Root, the trio behind HBO España’s fan-favorite horror thriller “30 Coins” from Spanish maestro Alex de la Iglesia, are teaming once again as executive producers on the six-hour series.
“’García!’ is a project with enormous narrative and epic visual ambition. The tiniest details combine to become an action-packed adventure series, sometimes honoring the great genre traditions, but sometimes blowing them up. In ‘García!’ whilst we see a Spain that has changed somewhat in the last few decades, some elements remain the same,” said Salvat.
Set in modern-day Spain, the novel, published by Astiberri Ediciones, plays on cultural and...
- 5/7/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Night Shift stars, from left, Grégory Gadebois, Virginie Efira and Omar Sy. Anne Fontaine: 'It was exciting to create this tension and closeness in intimate proximity' Photo: UniFrance In many ways, screenwriter and director Anne Fontaine so far has had what could be described as a “good” pandemic. Her second last film Night Shift (Police) escaped lockdown disruption, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival last year and, in a brief window of opportunity, managed to come out on release in French cinemas. Meanwhile Fontaine used her enforced confinement to write her 18th feature, which wrapped shooting by the end of November and now is in post-production.
The new film kept her sane because it’s an unabashed comedy about what happens when two former Presidents (based on François Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy) meet up in the wilds of the rural region of Corréze to discuss a strategy for a comeback and regaining the limelight.
The new film kept her sane because it’s an unabashed comedy about what happens when two former Presidents (based on François Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy) meet up in the wilds of the rural region of Corréze to discuss a strategy for a comeback and regaining the limelight.
- 3/11/2021
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
With Drift Away, director Xavier Beauvois––known internationally for his masterful monastery-set Of Gods and Men––juxtaposes the picturesque scenery of northern France with a policeman’s inner turmoil, and the community’s social unrest lying beneath the surface, in an intriguing if frustrating policier.
Jérémie Renier plays Laurent, a police officer in Normandy, and sturdy figurehead of the community, soon to be married to his long-term girlfriend Marie (co-writer Marie-Julie Maille). We ride along with the veteran member of the Gendarmerie’s tight-knit team, including Laurent’s partner Quentin and principled new recruit Carole (Iris Bry) as they patrol the area. Countryside disputes and drunk bar patrons (including director Beavois in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo) paint a documentary-like picture of small-town life.
But it’s not just a rustic slice of France’s profonde. The area’s picturesque white cliffs overlooking the Atlantic are a regular spot for suicides,...
Jérémie Renier plays Laurent, a police officer in Normandy, and sturdy figurehead of the community, soon to be married to his long-term girlfriend Marie (co-writer Marie-Julie Maille). We ride along with the veteran member of the Gendarmerie’s tight-knit team, including Laurent’s partner Quentin and principled new recruit Carole (Iris Bry) as they patrol the area. Countryside disputes and drunk bar patrons (including director Beavois in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo) paint a documentary-like picture of small-town life.
But it’s not just a rustic slice of France’s profonde. The area’s picturesque white cliffs overlooking the Atlantic are a regular spot for suicides,...
- 3/4/2021
- by Ed Frankl
- The Film Stage
An arthouse-orientated Berlin line-up could ultimately reveal some pleasant surprises.
“Apprehension” was the word used by artistic director Carlo Chatrian to describe the mood of the films at the Berlinale 2021. Given the precarious state of the world this pandemic midwinter, that’s possibly the best we could expect as he announced the titles under the gaze of the festival’s stern, bespectacled black bear..
But there was a sense of resilience as well. Chatrian and his co-chief, the festival’s managing director Mariette Rissenbeek, have responded to lockdown constraints with their second selection planted firmly in the European arthouse. It...
“Apprehension” was the word used by artistic director Carlo Chatrian to describe the mood of the films at the Berlinale 2021. Given the precarious state of the world this pandemic midwinter, that’s possibly the best we could expect as he announced the titles under the gaze of the festival’s stern, bespectacled black bear..
But there was a sense of resilience as well. Chatrian and his co-chief, the festival’s managing director Mariette Rissenbeek, have responded to lockdown constraints with their second selection planted firmly in the European arthouse. It...
- 2/12/2021
- by Fionnuala Halligan
- ScreenDaily
Sophie Marceau and Johan Heldenbergh lead the cast of Jean-Paul Civeyrac’s new movie, a Moby Dick Films production which will be sold by Kinology. The first clapperboard is primed and ready to slam on 17 February, in the Paris region, on Une femme de notre temps, Jean-Paul Civeyrac’s 10th feature film. Shining bright at the head of the cast is Sophie Marceau and Belgium’s Johan Heldenbergh. Written by the director, the story centres around Juliane Deroux, a police superintendent in Paris. She’s...
Dark Intruder
Blu ray
Kino Lorber
1965 / 1.85:1 / 59 min.
Starring Leslie Nielsen, Peter Mark Richman, Judi Meredith
Cinematography by John F. Warren
Directed by Harvey Hart
Produced in 1965, Universal Pictures intended Dark Intruder for television but when NBC executives screened the film they took a pass—set in the goth-friendly year of 1890, Barré Lyndon’s story, with overtones of Lovecraft and demonic possession, was deemed “too scary” for the living room audience. That same audience would weather an entire season of My Mother the Car so perhaps Hollywood was underestimating America’s ability to deal with adversity. Universal was undeterred—now officially a “feature”, Harvey Hart’s film opened that summer in Los Angeles alongside Torn Curtain and in New York on the bottom half of a bill with I Saw What You Did (Manhattanites were treated to a personal appearance from Joan Crawford).
With the advent of roadshow attractions like Lawrence of Arabia,...
Blu ray
Kino Lorber
1965 / 1.85:1 / 59 min.
Starring Leslie Nielsen, Peter Mark Richman, Judi Meredith
Cinematography by John F. Warren
Directed by Harvey Hart
Produced in 1965, Universal Pictures intended Dark Intruder for television but when NBC executives screened the film they took a pass—set in the goth-friendly year of 1890, Barré Lyndon’s story, with overtones of Lovecraft and demonic possession, was deemed “too scary” for the living room audience. That same audience would weather an entire season of My Mother the Car so perhaps Hollywood was underestimating America’s ability to deal with adversity. Universal was undeterred—now officially a “feature”, Harvey Hart’s film opened that summer in Los Angeles alongside Torn Curtain and in New York on the bottom half of a bill with I Saw What You Did (Manhattanites were treated to a personal appearance from Joan Crawford).
With the advent of roadshow attractions like Lawrence of Arabia,...
- 2/9/2021
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
Forty years ago this winter, a strange new album arrived in U.S. record stores. It was a triple-vinyl set, by a London band still best known as punk rockers: the Clash’s Sandinista! It was barely a year after their global breakthrough, London Calling, which got them a U.S. Top 40 hit with “Train in Vain (Stand by Me).” Yet it sure didn’t sound like a band trying to ride the momentum of their first hit. Sandinista! was full of dub-reggae goofs and sound effects and proto-rap experiments.
- 2/1/2021
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
It is fitting in many ways that Movistar Plus’ “Riot Police” (“Antidisturbios”) saw its world premiere in a theater at one of Europe’s biggest film festivals: September’s San Sebastian in Spain.
Feted by the domestic press — “the best Spanish series of the year,” trumpeted newspaper El Mundo — the Movistar Plus original series has closed sales to France and Latin America with “partners of the highest caliber,” “Riot Police” producer Domingo Corral, Movistar head of original programming, said at San Sebastián.
Co-written — with regular writing partner Isabel Peña and Eduardo Villanueva — and directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen, “Riot Police” marks just the latest entry in the seemingly unending diaspora of renowned Spanish cineastes into drama series creation. Director of the 2019 Academy Award-nominated short “Madre” and a short-lived TV director, Sorogoyen broke out as a film director with his first solo feature, 2016’s “May God Save Us,” a San Sebastian screenplay winner,...
Feted by the domestic press — “the best Spanish series of the year,” trumpeted newspaper El Mundo — the Movistar Plus original series has closed sales to France and Latin America with “partners of the highest caliber,” “Riot Police” producer Domingo Corral, Movistar head of original programming, said at San Sebastián.
Co-written — with regular writing partner Isabel Peña and Eduardo Villanueva — and directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen, “Riot Police” marks just the latest entry in the seemingly unending diaspora of renowned Spanish cineastes into drama series creation. Director of the 2019 Academy Award-nominated short “Madre” and a short-lived TV director, Sorogoyen broke out as a film director with his first solo feature, 2016’s “May God Save Us,” a San Sebastian screenplay winner,...
- 10/13/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Who else would be up for Ninja Vikings vs. Boob Police over this? If you said okay then it’s likely that you’ve seen too many teen movies that people are bound and determined to condemn at the drop of a hat but will watch anyway. The whole issue with teen movies is that quite often they’re not exactly how our teenage years go since there’s a lot of stuff that gets omitted, some stuff that gets added, and a lot of hullabaloo that makes people look at each other and wonder just what we might have missed out on. Of
Netflix’s Kissing Booth Gets the Honest Trailers Treatment...
Netflix’s Kissing Booth Gets the Honest Trailers Treatment...
- 10/9/2020
- by Tom
- TVovermind.com
In the run-up to the San Sebastián film festival, where Movistar Plus will world-premiere two of its most ambitious series to date — “Riot Police” and “Tell Me Who I Am” — president Sergio Oslé chatted with Variety about its new phase in production, working with AMC Studios, and the runaway success of a series about what makes people kill for their ideas.
Movistar Plus seems to be entering a different production phase….
It was very clear to me that we wouldn’t be able to sustain the production levels that we were achieving in the world that we are living these days with just a scale that we could sustain on our own. We needed to expand, enter a different phase of fiction production, start working with other people, such as AMC Studios, and also for other people, in the case of Buendía Studios.
What are now Movistar Plus’ production criteria?...
Movistar Plus seems to be entering a different production phase….
It was very clear to me that we wouldn’t be able to sustain the production levels that we were achieving in the world that we are living these days with just a scale that we could sustain on our own. We needed to expand, enter a different phase of fiction production, start working with other people, such as AMC Studios, and also for other people, in the case of Buendía Studios.
What are now Movistar Plus’ production criteria?...
- 9/18/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Several titles looking to follow in the wake of ‘Tenet’.
France, opening Wednesday September 2
The biggest opener in France this week is Anne Fontaine’s Police, first seen at the Berlinale in February. Released by Studiocanal, the drama (also known as Night Shift) centres on three Parisian police officers – played by Omar Sy, Virginie Efira and Grégory Gadebois – who debate whether to deport an illegal immigrant (Payman Maadi) while transporting him to the airport.
Sophie Letourneur’s Enormous will also receive a wide release through Memento Films Distribution. First screened at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) in January, the...
France, opening Wednesday September 2
The biggest opener in France this week is Anne Fontaine’s Police, first seen at the Berlinale in February. Released by Studiocanal, the drama (also known as Night Shift) centres on three Parisian police officers – played by Omar Sy, Virginie Efira and Grégory Gadebois – who debate whether to deport an illegal immigrant (Payman Maadi) while transporting him to the airport.
Sophie Letourneur’s Enormous will also receive a wide release through Memento Films Distribution. First screened at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) in January, the...
- 9/4/2020
- by Ben Dalton¬Michael Rosser¬Martin Blaney¬Gabriele Niola
- ScreenDaily
Frankie Banali, who played drums on Quiet Riot’s best-selling albums and kept the band going for nearly four decades, died Thursday at the age of 68. He had been diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer last April. The band’s agent, Mark Hyman, confirmed the news to Rolling Stone.
Banali joined Quiet Riot in 1982, one year before the band released its blockbuster breakthrough album, Metal Health. The singles “Cum On Feel the Noize” and “Metal Health (Bang Your Head)” featured Banali’s hard-hitting drumming, and the group’s mixture of...
Banali joined Quiet Riot in 1982, one year before the band released its blockbuster breakthrough album, Metal Health. The singles “Cum On Feel the Noize” and “Metal Health (Bang Your Head)” featured Banali’s hard-hitting drumming, and the group’s mixture of...
- 8/21/2020
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Mumbai, Aug 16 (Ians) Singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh says he met Sushant Singh Rajput twice in his life and that he cannot digest the idea that the late actor committed suicide.
A user on social media urged Diljit to raise his voice in the Sushant case. He also used hashtags such as #JusticeForSushantSinghRajput and #GlobalPrayer4SSR
Diljit replied to the user: "Bhai Shushant Bhai Ko Mai Do Baar Mila Thaa Life Mai.. Suicide wali Baat Digest Toh Nahi Hoti.. Jaandaar Banda Thaa Yaar.. Baki I Know Police Apna Kaam Kar Rahi aa .. Humeh Wait karna Chaiye.. I Hope Sach Sab Ke Saamney Aeyga."
Diljit had spoken about Sushant on social media earlier, too. In an Instagram post on June 30, he had called the late actor a "jaandaar banda" (a guy full of life).
Back then, Diljit had posted to say that he was not happy with the decision to release Sushant's last...
A user on social media urged Diljit to raise his voice in the Sushant case. He also used hashtags such as #JusticeForSushantSinghRajput and #GlobalPrayer4SSR
Diljit replied to the user: "Bhai Shushant Bhai Ko Mai Do Baar Mila Thaa Life Mai.. Suicide wali Baat Digest Toh Nahi Hoti.. Jaandaar Banda Thaa Yaar.. Baki I Know Police Apna Kaam Kar Rahi aa .. Humeh Wait karna Chaiye.. I Hope Sach Sab Ke Saamney Aeyga."
Diljit had spoken about Sushant on social media earlier, too. In an Instagram post on June 30, he had called the late actor a "jaandaar banda" (a guy full of life).
Back then, Diljit had posted to say that he was not happy with the decision to release Sushant's last...
- 8/16/2020
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
If exposing his life in the semi-autobiographical ABC comedy “Black-ish” wasn’t enough, Kenya Barris now plays a fictionalized version of himself in “#BlackAF.” The Netflix series — the first project under the $100 million overall deal that Barris signed with the streamer in August 2018 — is a satirical look at himself, his family (series co-producer Rashida Jones plays his wife) and his career. The show was recently picked up for a second season.
Fame and fortune aside (he’s also the writer behind movies “Girls Trip” and the upcoming “Coming to America” sequel), Barris isn’t numb to the harsh, and sometimes fatal, realities of being Black. “Still when I’m with my boys in the car, I’m like, ‘Police, 8 o’clock. Police, 3 o’clock,’” the 45-year-old Inglewood native says on Tuesday’s episode of the Variety and iHeart podcast “The Big Ticket.” “I’m like, why am I calling out the police?...
Fame and fortune aside (he’s also the writer behind movies “Girls Trip” and the upcoming “Coming to America” sequel), Barris isn’t numb to the harsh, and sometimes fatal, realities of being Black. “Still when I’m with my boys in the car, I’m like, ‘Police, 8 o’clock. Police, 3 o’clock,’” the 45-year-old Inglewood native says on Tuesday’s episode of the Variety and iHeart podcast “The Big Ticket.” “I’m like, why am I calling out the police?...
- 6/30/2020
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Oscar Isaac is set to star in and produce the next film from director Ben Stiller, a thriller called “London” for Lionsgate, Erin Westerman, president of production for Lionsgate, announced Monday.
Eric Roth is adapting the screenplay for “London” based on a new short story from crime author Jo Nesb, though details about the plot are being kept under wraps.
The project was first identified by Isaac, who obtained the rights as a producer under his Mad Gene Media banner, then attached Stiller and Roth to the project.
Also Read: Patricia Arquette to Star in Apple TV+ Drama 'Severance' Opposite Adam Scott
Stiller will join Isaac as a producer of the film through his Red Hour production banner, along with his producing partner Nicky Weinstock. Isaac’s longtime manager and sometimes producing partner Jason Spire will round out the team. Nesbo will executive produce along with Niclas Salomonsson.
“This is...
Eric Roth is adapting the screenplay for “London” based on a new short story from crime author Jo Nesb, though details about the plot are being kept under wraps.
The project was first identified by Isaac, who obtained the rights as a producer under his Mad Gene Media banner, then attached Stiller and Roth to the project.
Also Read: Patricia Arquette to Star in Apple TV+ Drama 'Severance' Opposite Adam Scott
Stiller will join Isaac as a producer of the film through his Red Hour production banner, along with his producing partner Nicky Weinstock. Isaac’s longtime manager and sometimes producing partner Jason Spire will round out the team. Nesbo will executive produce along with Niclas Salomonsson.
“This is...
- 6/15/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Right before the Covid-19 pandemic hit, Stewart Copeland reunited with Oysterhead, his jam band with Primus bassist Les Claypool and Phish’s Trey Anastasio, for a pair of shows in Broomfield, Colorado. The February concerts marked the group’s first time together in 14 years, and they had more shows mapped out, only to be postponed as the virus began to spread.
“We were all really looking forward to that,” the former Police drummer says, on the phone from his home in Los Angeles. “The shows were so much fun that...
“We were all really looking forward to that,” the former Police drummer says, on the phone from his home in Los Angeles. “The shows were so much fun that...
- 5/15/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Britney Spears’ performance at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards is one of the most iconic moments in 21st Century pop culture. The image of Spears performing “I’m a Slave 4 U” while holding a seven-foot albino Burmese python around her neck is one of the pop singer’s most definitive looks, and it turns out that 2001 Vma moment has a surprise connection to Netflix’s 2020 docuseries sensation “Tiger King.” Spears’ performance also featured a tiger that was handled by none other than Bhagavan “Doc” Antle, one of the most memorable “Tiger King” subjects. Writer and podcast host Evan Ross Katz discovered the connection between Spears and Doc Antle and shared a photo on social media of the two together right before the Vma performance.
“Tiger King” viewers already know Doc Antle has a deep connection to Hollywood, as the Netflix series makes mention of the animal trainer’s work on...
“Tiger King” viewers already know Doc Antle has a deep connection to Hollywood, as the Netflix series makes mention of the animal trainer’s work on...
- 3/30/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
MollywoodAccording to reports, 'Ayalvashi' is about two neighbours constantly in conflict with one another.Digital NativeDigital NativeIt was revealed a couple of months ago that the star siblings Prithviraj and Indrajith will be teaming up again for a film titled Ayalvashi. It is worth mentioning that the brothers have shared the screen space in films like Tiyaan, Double Barrel, Classmates and Police so far. Ayalvashi will be directed by debutant Irshad Parari, who worked as an assistant director in Prithviraj’s maiden directorial Lucifer. While it has already been reported that the shooting of this film will begin soon after Prithviraj is done with Aadujeevitham, the buzz now is that the shooting will commence in September this year. According to reports, Ayalvashi is about two neighbours constantly in conflict with one another. An update about this film is that Jakes Bejoy has been roped in to compose the tunes. He...
- 3/12/2020
- by Luke
- The News Minute
The title ‘Police Interceptors’ are setting out to save lives on the death-defying British docuseries. The factual television show profiles the work of elite police units from across the UK, who become involved in high-speed car chases as they hunt down those people who are a danger to society. ‘Police Interceptors’ is now being revived […]
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- 2/20/2020
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
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