It seems like we just keep reporting on brand new shark attack horror movies, and that’s definitely not a complaint. This next one is titled High Tide, and Deadline brings us the scoop.
Lizzy Greene (A Million Little Things) will star and executive produce.
The upcoming survival horror movie “strands a group of friends on a swiftly submerging tidal island deep in the Pacific, where they are soon hunted by the ocean’s greatest predator.”
Deadline details, “Lizzy Greene will play Hannah who, mourning the death of her sister, takes off around the world. Her journey leads her to Fiji and on a tour of an isolated atoll – a volcanic island that disappears with each high tide. But when the group are stranded, the rapidly rising ocean begins to reveal its terrifying inhabitants.”
David Straiton (“Hemlock Grove”) is directing High Tide.
Erik Patterson and Jessica Scott (Abandoned) wrote the screenplay.
Lizzy Greene (A Million Little Things) will star and executive produce.
The upcoming survival horror movie “strands a group of friends on a swiftly submerging tidal island deep in the Pacific, where they are soon hunted by the ocean’s greatest predator.”
Deadline details, “Lizzy Greene will play Hannah who, mourning the death of her sister, takes off around the world. Her journey leads her to Fiji and on a tour of an isolated atoll – a volcanic island that disappears with each high tide. But when the group are stranded, the rapidly rising ocean begins to reveal its terrifying inhabitants.”
David Straiton (“Hemlock Grove”) is directing High Tide.
Erik Patterson and Jessica Scott (Abandoned) wrote the screenplay.
- 5/8/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Lizzy Greene (A Million Little Things) is set to star in and executive-produce High Tide, a survival thriller that strands a group of friends on a swiftly submerging tidal island deep in the Pacific, where they are soon hunted by the ocean’s greatest predator.
Greene will play Hannah who, mourning the death of her sister, takes off around the world. Her journey leads her to Fiji and on a tour of an isolated atoll – a volcanic island that disappears with each high tide. But when the group are stranded, the rapidly rising ocean begins to reveal its terrifying inhabitants.
Having led five seasons of ABC’s popular drama A Million Little Things, Greene is next set to star in Netflix’s upcoming series Ransom Canyon, which is currently in production, across from Josh Duhamel, Minka Kelly and James Brolin.
High Tide, which is due to launch production this fall in South East Asia,...
Greene will play Hannah who, mourning the death of her sister, takes off around the world. Her journey leads her to Fiji and on a tour of an isolated atoll – a volcanic island that disappears with each high tide. But when the group are stranded, the rapidly rising ocean begins to reveal its terrifying inhabitants.
Having led five seasons of ABC’s popular drama A Million Little Things, Greene is next set to star in Netflix’s upcoming series Ransom Canyon, which is currently in production, across from Josh Duhamel, Minka Kelly and James Brolin.
High Tide, which is due to launch production this fall in South East Asia,...
- 5/8/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
After making the little-seen 2009 thriller Absence, the filmmaking duo of Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer went on to make the impressive 2014 horror film Starry Eyes, which led to them getting the chance to direct the 2019 remake of Pet Sematary. That movie didn’t become as popular as the original film, but it did earn over $100 million at the box office. Five years later, Kölsch and Widmyer have finally set up their next feature: the survival thriller The Swallow, which is set to star Grace Van Dien, who had a memorable role in season 4 of Stranger Things.
Kölsch and Widmyer wrote the screenplay for The Swallow, which was previously featured on the Bloodlist, a list assembled through a survey of industry professionals, who recommend their favorite unproduced thriller and horror scripts. Thanks to producers James Harris and Mark Lane of Tea Shop Productions, John Finemore of Lost City, Adam Goldworm of Aperture Entertainment,...
Kölsch and Widmyer wrote the screenplay for The Swallow, which was previously featured on the Bloodlist, a list assembled through a survey of industry professionals, who recommend their favorite unproduced thriller and horror scripts. Thanks to producers James Harris and Mark Lane of Tea Shop Productions, John Finemore of Lost City, Adam Goldworm of Aperture Entertainment,...
- 2/9/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Pet Sematary filmmakers Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer have found their next project in the shape of survival thriller The Swallow, in which a group of teens are abandoned in a deadly forest.
The duo are teaming with producers James Harris and Mark Lane of Tea Shop Productions and John Finemore of Lost City (Watcher) on the project, which will star Grace Van Dien (Stranger Things).
The filmmakers also penned the screenplay for The Swallow, which previously landed on the Bloodlist, the best horror scripts of the year. Architect have launched for worldwide sales ahead of the EFM, and are co-representing U.S. rights with Verve Ventures. Filming is being lined up for the summer with additional casting underway.
Van Dien stars as Ziggy, who, along with her four friends, journeys out on a camping trip to a picturesque remote forest. But trespassing into an off-limits area,...
The duo are teaming with producers James Harris and Mark Lane of Tea Shop Productions and John Finemore of Lost City (Watcher) on the project, which will star Grace Van Dien (Stranger Things).
The filmmakers also penned the screenplay for The Swallow, which previously landed on the Bloodlist, the best horror scripts of the year. Architect have launched for worldwide sales ahead of the EFM, and are co-representing U.S. rights with Verve Ventures. Filming is being lined up for the summer with additional casting underway.
Van Dien stars as Ziggy, who, along with her four friends, journeys out on a camping trip to a picturesque remote forest. But trespassing into an off-limits area,...
- 2/8/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The producers of hit Netflix movie Nowhere, the streamer’s most-watched Spanish-language film ever, have found their next movie in the shape of supernatural horror Tooth Fairy, which UK sales firm Architect is launching ahead of the EFM in Berlin.
The Spanish-language movie follows a series of child disappearances in a tight-knit rural community in Spain. As a social worker begins to dig into the village’s myths and legends, she discovers she has unwittingly reawakened a terrifying, vengeful spirit. Filming is due to get underway this summer with casting underway.
Producers Miguel Ruz and Jordi Roca have locked financing on the project from writer-director Tony Morales. The movie marks the feature film directorial debut of Spanish filmmaker Morales, whose horror shorts include Abracitos, Black Eyed Child, Alicia, and Hada, on which Tooth Fairy is based.
Rock & Ruz are coming off their debut feature, the Netflix survival thriller Nowhere,...
The Spanish-language movie follows a series of child disappearances in a tight-knit rural community in Spain. As a social worker begins to dig into the village’s myths and legends, she discovers she has unwittingly reawakened a terrifying, vengeful spirit. Filming is due to get underway this summer with casting underway.
Producers Miguel Ruz and Jordi Roca have locked financing on the project from writer-director Tony Morales. The movie marks the feature film directorial debut of Spanish filmmaker Morales, whose horror shorts include Abracitos, Black Eyed Child, Alicia, and Hada, on which Tooth Fairy is based.
Rock & Ruz are coming off their debut feature, the Netflix survival thriller Nowhere,...
- 2/1/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: UK company Architect was recently founded by sales executives Calum Gray and Max Pirkis, together with Patrick Fischer and Richard Kondal of financier Creativity Capital.
Gray and Pirkis previously worked together for five years at sales firm Embankment, including on Oscar winner The Father, Oscar nominee The Wife, Netflix’s hit Purple Hearts, and BAFTA nominated documentary McQueen.
Creativity Capital have invested in 28 independent films and TV shows, including the aforementioned McQueen and BAFTA winner Under The Shadow. Combining sales and Creativity’s financing, Architect is looking to become a go-to partner for indie producers.
Initial projects on the slate include survival thriller The Bayou, which is being produced by Fall and 47 Meters Down outfit Tea Shop, Mckenna Grace and Asher Angel teen romance 99 Days, Jenny Slate horror Mindful, BFI and BBC Film-financed Lollipop, and Sundance world premiere The Starling Girl.
We spoke to the partners about the company,...
Gray and Pirkis previously worked together for five years at sales firm Embankment, including on Oscar winner The Father, Oscar nominee The Wife, Netflix’s hit Purple Hearts, and BAFTA nominated documentary McQueen.
Creativity Capital have invested in 28 independent films and TV shows, including the aforementioned McQueen and BAFTA winner Under The Shadow. Combining sales and Creativity’s financing, Architect is looking to become a go-to partner for indie producers.
Initial projects on the slate include survival thriller The Bayou, which is being produced by Fall and 47 Meters Down outfit Tea Shop, Mckenna Grace and Asher Angel teen romance 99 Days, Jenny Slate horror Mindful, BFI and BBC Film-financed Lollipop, and Sundance world premiere The Starling Girl.
We spoke to the partners about the company,...
- 5/18/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Having freaked out movie-goers with the shark thrillers 47 Meters Down and 47 Meters Down: Uncaged, as well as the survival thriller Fall (with a sequel now in the works), producers Mark Lane and James Harris of Tea Shop Productions are teaming up with Gavin Mehrtens and Ashley Holberry of Cowboy Cosmonaut for a new “nature run amok thriller”, a killer alligator movie called The Bayou!
Deadline reports that Megan Best (Seance) has signed on to star in the film, which will be directed by Matthew Ninaber (Death Valley). Production is expected to take place in the fourth quarter of this year.
Mehrtens has written the screenplay for The Bayou, working from a story by Holberry. That story crash-lands a group of friends in the water-logged, inhospitable Louisiana swamplands where they’re hunted by a fearsome, primordial apex predator. Best’s character leads the unfortunate survivors, out of their depth, who are...
Deadline reports that Megan Best (Seance) has signed on to star in the film, which will be directed by Matthew Ninaber (Death Valley). Production is expected to take place in the fourth quarter of this year.
Mehrtens has written the screenplay for The Bayou, working from a story by Holberry. That story crash-lands a group of friends in the water-logged, inhospitable Louisiana swamplands where they’re hunted by a fearsome, primordial apex predator. Best’s character leads the unfortunate survivors, out of their depth, who are...
- 5/15/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
In addition to upcoming horror movie The Flood, man-eating alligators will also return to the screen in The Bayou, a horror movie from the producers of 47 Meters Down and Fall.
Deadline reports today that Tea Shop Productions is behind The Bayou, being directed by Matthew Ninaber (Death Valley). Architect is launching the project for sales in Cannes.
The movie “crash-lands a group of friends in the water-logged, inhospitable Louisiana swamplands where they’re hunted by a fearsome, primordial apex predator.”
“Megan Best (Seance) leads the unfortunate survivors, out of their depth, who are picked off one-by-one by a relentless pack of gators, led by a ferocious alpha female.”
The Bayou is written by Gavin Mehrtens from a story by Ashley Holberry.
Calum Gray from Architect said in a statement, “The Bayou is a thrilling, no-holds barred, white knuckle ride that will keep today’s audiences wholly immersed and on the edge of their seats.
Deadline reports today that Tea Shop Productions is behind The Bayou, being directed by Matthew Ninaber (Death Valley). Architect is launching the project for sales in Cannes.
The movie “crash-lands a group of friends in the water-logged, inhospitable Louisiana swamplands where they’re hunted by a fearsome, primordial apex predator.”
“Megan Best (Seance) leads the unfortunate survivors, out of their depth, who are picked off one-by-one by a relentless pack of gators, led by a ferocious alpha female.”
The Bayou is written by Gavin Mehrtens from a story by Ashley Holberry.
Calum Gray from Architect said in a statement, “The Bayou is a thrilling, no-holds barred, white knuckle ride that will keep today’s audiences wholly immersed and on the edge of their seats.
- 5/15/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Mckenna Grace and Asher Angel have been cast in the teen romance '99 Days'.The pair are set to star in Alloy Entertainment's film that is based on the New York Times bestselling novel of the same name by Katie Cotugno.Martha Stephens is attached to direct the movie from a script she wrote alongside Shannon Bradley-Colleary.The flick tells the story of Molly (Grace), who is facing a long, hot summer vacation back at Star Lake – stuck in paradise for 99 days with Patrick, the boy whose heart she broke, and the boy she broke it for... his brother Gabe (Angel).Leslie Morganstein and Elysa Koplovitz Dutton will produce for Alloy.'99 Days' is the film company's follow-up to the successful romance film 'Purple Hearts' – starring Sofia Carson and Nicholas Galitzine – which remains in the global top 10 of the most-watched movies ever on Netflix. Architect will launch global sales...
- 5/15/2023
- by Joe Graber
- Bang Showbiz
Exclusive: British genre specialist Tea Shop, known for 47 Meters Down and coming off breakout thriller Fall, is lining up its next survival pic in the shape of The Bayou, which Architect is launching for sales in Cannes.
The movie, also produced by fledgling UK outfit Cowboy Cosmonaut, crash-lands a group of friends in the water-logged, inhospitable Louisiana swamplands where they’re hunted by a fearsome, primordial apex predator.
Megan Best (Seance) leads the unfortunate survivors, out of their depth, who are picked off one-by-one by a relentless pack of gators, led by a ferocious alpha female. Filming is being lined up for Q4, 2023.
The Bayou, written by Gavin Mehrtens from a story by Ashley Holberry, will be directed by Matthew Ninaber (Death Valley) and is produced by Mehrtens and Holberry for Cowboy Cosmonaut and by Mark Lane and James Harris for Tea Shop Productions. Architect will executive-produce.
Following their work on Fall,...
The movie, also produced by fledgling UK outfit Cowboy Cosmonaut, crash-lands a group of friends in the water-logged, inhospitable Louisiana swamplands where they’re hunted by a fearsome, primordial apex predator.
Megan Best (Seance) leads the unfortunate survivors, out of their depth, who are picked off one-by-one by a relentless pack of gators, led by a ferocious alpha female. Filming is being lined up for Q4, 2023.
The Bayou, written by Gavin Mehrtens from a story by Ashley Holberry, will be directed by Matthew Ninaber (Death Valley) and is produced by Mehrtens and Holberry for Cowboy Cosmonaut and by Mark Lane and James Harris for Tea Shop Productions. Architect will executive-produce.
Following their work on Fall,...
- 5/15/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Mckenna Grace (A Friend of the Family) and Asher Angel (Shazam! films) are set to star in Alloy Entertainment’s teen romance 99 Days, based on the New York Times bestselling novel of the same name by Katie Cotugno, which we were first to tell you was in development.
Martha Stephens is attached to direct from a script she co-wrote with Shannon Bradley-Colleary, her screenwriter for the 2019 drama To the Stars. Leslie Morgenstein and Elysa Koplovitz Dutton will produce through Alloy Entertainment, which also produced the book, with Architect to launch worldwide sales at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival.
99 Days marks Alloy’s follow-up to Purple Hearts, the smash hit YA romance, starring Sofia Carson and Nicholas Galitzine, which remains in the Global Top 10 of the most-watched movies ever on Netflix. The film tells the story of Molly (Grace), who is facing one long, hot summer vacation back at Star...
Martha Stephens is attached to direct from a script she co-wrote with Shannon Bradley-Colleary, her screenwriter for the 2019 drama To the Stars. Leslie Morgenstein and Elysa Koplovitz Dutton will produce through Alloy Entertainment, which also produced the book, with Architect to launch worldwide sales at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival.
99 Days marks Alloy’s follow-up to Purple Hearts, the smash hit YA romance, starring Sofia Carson and Nicholas Galitzine, which remains in the Global Top 10 of the most-watched movies ever on Netflix. The film tells the story of Molly (Grace), who is facing one long, hot summer vacation back at Star...
- 5/12/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Actress/writer/stand-up comedian Jenny Slate, whose credits include Best Picture winner Everything Everywhere All at Once, the Marvel Comics adaptation Venom, and Saturday Night Live, has signed on to star in the horror film Mindful, which Deadline describes as being about “a possessed meditation app that begins to kill its followers.”
Perry Blackshear (They Look Like People) will be directing the film from a screenplay by Leslie Bohem, who got his start writing House III: The Horror Show and A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child. In the decades since, Bohem has worked on the likes of Nowhere to Run, Daylight, Dante’s Peak, The Darkest Hour, The Alamo, and the mini-series Taken. The story he has crafted for Mindful has the following synopsis: When her husband shockingly dies while meditating on the Mindful app, Angela (Slate), deeply suspicious of the new wellness craze, uncovers supernatural forces that have fused with the technology.
Perry Blackshear (They Look Like People) will be directing the film from a screenplay by Leslie Bohem, who got his start writing House III: The Horror Show and A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child. In the decades since, Bohem has worked on the likes of Nowhere to Run, Daylight, Dante’s Peak, The Darkest Hour, The Alamo, and the mini-series Taken. The story he has crafted for Mindful has the following synopsis: When her husband shockingly dies while meditating on the Mindful app, Angela (Slate), deeply suspicious of the new wellness craze, uncovers supernatural forces that have fused with the technology.
- 4/19/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Jenny Slate (Venom, Everything Everywhere All At Once) is set to make her horror entrance in Mindful, an upcoming feature about a possessed meditation app that murders its followers, per Deadline.
The actor, author, and stand-up comedian won’t just star in the horror movie, but executive produces as well. Perry Blackshear (They Look Like People, When I Consume You) will direct.
In Mindful, “when her husband shockingly dies while meditating on the Mindful app, Angela (Slate), deeply suspicious of the new wellness craze, uncovers supernatural forces that have fused with the technology. As the app’s popularity spreads like wildfire, she is forced to confront her own demons and dive into a terrifying ‘out of body’ experience in order to save the ones she loves.”
The script is penned by Les Bohem (Daylight, Dante’s Peak).
Blackshear told Deadline, “I am delighted to be working with such a high caliber actress as Jenny,...
The actor, author, and stand-up comedian won’t just star in the horror movie, but executive produces as well. Perry Blackshear (They Look Like People, When I Consume You) will direct.
In Mindful, “when her husband shockingly dies while meditating on the Mindful app, Angela (Slate), deeply suspicious of the new wellness craze, uncovers supernatural forces that have fused with the technology. As the app’s popularity spreads like wildfire, she is forced to confront her own demons and dive into a terrifying ‘out of body’ experience in order to save the ones she loves.”
The script is penned by Les Bohem (Daylight, Dante’s Peak).
Blackshear told Deadline, “I am delighted to be working with such a high caliber actress as Jenny,...
- 4/19/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Everything Everywhere All At Once and Venom star Jenny Slate will lead cast in and executive-produce horror movie Mindful, about a possessed meditation app that begins to kill its followers.
Actress, author and stand-up Slate is in the limelight having recently co-created, co-written, co-produced and voiced the titular character of Marcel in A24’s Oscar-nominated film Marcel The Shell With Shoes On, and for having co-starred in Oscar and box office breakout Everything Everywhere All At Once. The SNL alum is also well known for voicing animated series such as Big Mouth and Bob’s Burgers.
In Mindful, when her husband shockingly dies while meditating on the Mindful app, Angela (Slate), deeply suspicious of the new wellness craze, uncovers supernatural forces that have fused with the technology. As the app’s popularity spreads like wildfire, she is forced to confront her own demons and dive into a terrifying ‘out of...
Actress, author and stand-up Slate is in the limelight having recently co-created, co-written, co-produced and voiced the titular character of Marcel in A24’s Oscar-nominated film Marcel The Shell With Shoes On, and for having co-starred in Oscar and box office breakout Everything Everywhere All At Once. The SNL alum is also well known for voicing animated series such as Big Mouth and Bob’s Burgers.
In Mindful, when her husband shockingly dies while meditating on the Mindful app, Angela (Slate), deeply suspicious of the new wellness craze, uncovers supernatural forces that have fused with the technology. As the app’s popularity spreads like wildfire, she is forced to confront her own demons and dive into a terrifying ‘out of...
- 4/19/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
New sales agent and financier Architect has come on board to represent international sales on writer-director Laurel Parmet’s Sundance-premiering “The Starling Girl.”
The film was acquired for North America by Bleecker Street in a deal negotiated by UTA and WME, and will release in cinemas later this year. Architect will launch international sales at this week’s European Film Market, which runs alongside the Berlin Film Festival.
“The Starling Girl” premiered at Sundance to strong reviews, and will screen in the Festival Favourites section at SXSW next month. It stars Eliza Scanlen (“Sharp Objects”), Lewis Pullman (“Top Gun: Maverick”), Jimmi Simpson (“Westworld”), Wrenn Schmidt (“Nope)” and Austin Abrams (“Paper Towns|). The film is produced by Kevin Rowe and Kara Durrett.
The drama follows 17-year-old Jem Starling (Scanlen), who struggles to find her place in the fundamentalist Christian community that raised her. According to the film’s official synopsis, “even...
The film was acquired for North America by Bleecker Street in a deal negotiated by UTA and WME, and will release in cinemas later this year. Architect will launch international sales at this week’s European Film Market, which runs alongside the Berlin Film Festival.
“The Starling Girl” premiered at Sundance to strong reviews, and will screen in the Festival Favourites section at SXSW next month. It stars Eliza Scanlen (“Sharp Objects”), Lewis Pullman (“Top Gun: Maverick”), Jimmi Simpson (“Westworld”), Wrenn Schmidt (“Nope)” and Austin Abrams (“Paper Towns|). The film is produced by Kevin Rowe and Kara Durrett.
The drama follows 17-year-old Jem Starling (Scanlen), who struggles to find her place in the fundamentalist Christian community that raised her. According to the film’s official synopsis, “even...
- 2/16/2023
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
The producers of Focus Features’ “Polite Society” have launched their next project with “Lollipop,” the fiction debut feature of Daisy-May Hudson, which stars Posy Sterling, TerriAnn Oudjar and newcomer Idil Ahmed.
The film, which has wrapped after a five-week shoot in London, is the first major title for new sales agent and financier Architect, set up by former Embankment Films executives Calum Gray and Max Pirkis. The company will launch the title at this month’s European Film Market, which runs alongside the Berlin Film Festival.
A BAFTA Breakthrough, Grierson and BIFA-nominated documentary director, Daisy-May Hudson’s previous film was the acclaimed documentary feature “Half Way.”
“Lollipop” follows Molly (Sterling), a young woman who having just been released from prison struggles to regain custody of her children from the state. When she bumps into her childhood friend Amina (Ahmed) the two women soon realize their only chance is to join...
The film, which has wrapped after a five-week shoot in London, is the first major title for new sales agent and financier Architect, set up by former Embankment Films executives Calum Gray and Max Pirkis. The company will launch the title at this month’s European Film Market, which runs alongside the Berlin Film Festival.
A BAFTA Breakthrough, Grierson and BIFA-nominated documentary director, Daisy-May Hudson’s previous film was the acclaimed documentary feature “Half Way.”
“Lollipop” follows Molly (Sterling), a young woman who having just been released from prison struggles to regain custody of her children from the state. When she bumps into her childhood friend Amina (Ahmed) the two women soon realize their only chance is to join...
- 2/8/2023
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
An acquisitions, production and distribution manager has joined the fold.
UK sales and production outfit Embankment Films has expanded its team with the appointment of Gabriella Kramer-Khan as acquisitions, production and distribution manager, the first role of its kind for the company.
Kramer-Khan will report in to Toby Hill, head of acquisitions and production, and producer Kevin Loader.
She joins from Sky, where she was Sky TV’s group acquisitions executive for the UK, Italy, and Germany.
Kramer-Khan previously worked in acquisitions and content strategy at Universal Pictures and in legal and business affairs at Warner Bros, having specialised in...
UK sales and production outfit Embankment Films has expanded its team with the appointment of Gabriella Kramer-Khan as acquisitions, production and distribution manager, the first role of its kind for the company.
Kramer-Khan will report in to Toby Hill, head of acquisitions and production, and producer Kevin Loader.
She joins from Sky, where she was Sky TV’s group acquisitions executive for the UK, Italy, and Germany.
Kramer-Khan previously worked in acquisitions and content strategy at Universal Pictures and in legal and business affairs at Warner Bros, having specialised in...
- 11/15/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Mark Lane appointed new head of worldwide sales and distribution.
UK sales agent Embankment Films has appointed HanWay Films’ Mark Lane as its new head of worldwide sales and distribution, taking over from Calum Gray.
Lane has joined after 13 years at UK sales agent HanWay Films, where he was director of sales.
Gray is leaving Embankment to start his own film industry business venture.
In May of this year, Embankment joined forces with Kevin Loader’s London-based production outfit Free Range Films to create a new umbrella company, Free Range Entertainment.
Lane said: “It’s so refreshing that 2.5 years of...
UK sales agent Embankment Films has appointed HanWay Films’ Mark Lane as its new head of worldwide sales and distribution, taking over from Calum Gray.
Lane has joined after 13 years at UK sales agent HanWay Films, where he was director of sales.
Gray is leaving Embankment to start his own film industry business venture.
In May of this year, Embankment joined forces with Kevin Loader’s London-based production outfit Free Range Films to create a new umbrella company, Free Range Entertainment.
Lane said: “It’s so refreshing that 2.5 years of...
- 7/14/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
London-based film sales and financing house Embankment Films has closed a major international deal for “Joyride,” starring Olivia Colman, who is Oscar nominated for Florian Zeller’s “The Father,” another of Embankment’s titles. Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has bought “Joyride” for the world, excluding North America and U.K.
The deal comes as Embankment – led by Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar – amps up its pre-sales slate, with the recent addition of Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern to the cast of Zeller’s “The Son,” which sees Zeller reuniting with “The Father” co-writer Christopher Hampton, and news that Helen Mirren will play Israel’s legendary Prime Minister Golda Meir in “Golda,” directed by Oscar winner Guy Nattiv, and produced by BAFTA winner Michael Kuhn (“Florence Foster Jenkins”).
“Joyride” is a feel-good, foul-mouthed fairy-tale centering on two lovable rogues. Joy, played by Colman, is pissed off. She’s got a baby...
The deal comes as Embankment – led by Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar – amps up its pre-sales slate, with the recent addition of Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern to the cast of Zeller’s “The Son,” which sees Zeller reuniting with “The Father” co-writer Christopher Hampton, and news that Helen Mirren will play Israel’s legendary Prime Minister Golda Meir in “Golda,” directed by Oscar winner Guy Nattiv, and produced by BAFTA winner Michael Kuhn (“Florence Foster Jenkins”).
“Joyride” is a feel-good, foul-mouthed fairy-tale centering on two lovable rogues. Joy, played by Colman, is pissed off. She’s got a baby...
- 4/19/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Vertical Entertainment has secured the U.S. distribution rights to Can You Keep a Secret?, the romantic comedy starring Alexandra Daddario, and slated it for a day-and-date release September 13. Daddario also served as an executive producer on the project, which is based on the Nyt best-selling novel by Sophie Kinsella. The Elise Duran-directed film also stars Tyler Hoechlin, Kimiko Glenn, and Laverne Cox
Here’s the plot: On the way home from a botched client meeting, Emma (Daddario) mistakenly reveals all her deepest secrets to a handsome stranger sitting next to her when her plane hits turbulence. At least, she thought he was a stranger — until she later meets Jack (Hoechlin), her company’s young CEO, who now knows every humiliating detail about her.
Peter Hutchings adapted the screenplay. Producers are Claude Dal Farra, Brice Dal Farra and Brian Keady, while Charles Miller, Stephen Hays, Peter Graham, Rusty Holzer,...
Here’s the plot: On the way home from a botched client meeting, Emma (Daddario) mistakenly reveals all her deepest secrets to a handsome stranger sitting next to her when her plane hits turbulence. At least, she thought he was a stranger — until she later meets Jack (Hoechlin), her company’s young CEO, who now knows every humiliating detail about her.
Peter Hutchings adapted the screenplay. Producers are Claude Dal Farra, Brice Dal Farra and Brian Keady, while Charles Miller, Stephen Hays, Peter Graham, Rusty Holzer,...
- 7/24/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Hulu has snagged the U.S. rights to “Untouchable,” the feature doc about disgraced media mogul Harvey Weinstein, in a seven-figure deal, Variety has learned.
The film, directed by Ursula Macfarlane, had its premiere at Sundance. It offers the inside track on the rise of Weinstein and his subsequent fall, amid allegations in the U.S. and Europe of abuse, harassment, and rape. Weinstein denies the charges that have been brought against him.
Embankment Films is handling sales and sealed the Hulu deal. Lightbox, the shingle that made “Whitney” and is behind the upcoming “Tina Turner,” produced the film.
The title plays on Weinstein’s elevated status in the movie business. “In her powerhouse documentary of the same name, director Ursula Macfarlane turns that word against Weinstein, empowering his accusers while also holding those who’d been complicit in his crimes accountable,” Variety said in its Sundance review.
For Hulu,...
The film, directed by Ursula Macfarlane, had its premiere at Sundance. It offers the inside track on the rise of Weinstein and his subsequent fall, amid allegations in the U.S. and Europe of abuse, harassment, and rape. Weinstein denies the charges that have been brought against him.
Embankment Films is handling sales and sealed the Hulu deal. Lightbox, the shingle that made “Whitney” and is behind the upcoming “Tina Turner,” produced the film.
The title plays on Weinstein’s elevated status in the movie business. “In her powerhouse documentary of the same name, director Ursula Macfarlane turns that word against Weinstein, empowering his accusers while also holding those who’d been complicit in his crimes accountable,” Variety said in its Sundance review.
For Hulu,...
- 5/19/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Execs from See-Saw, Picturehouse Cinemas, Vue and the Fda also announced.
The next batch of judges confirmed for this year’s Screen Awards includes execs from the BFI, See-Saw Films, Picturehouse Cinemas, Vue and the Fda.
This is the ninth year of the awards, which acknowledge the wide array of studios, companies, teams and individuals that contribute to the success of the UK film industry. The entry deadline is August 31.
Click here to enter the awards
The new judges are:
Geraldine Moloney, consultant, Film Distributors Association Jonathan Sadler, independent marketing consultant Sara Frain, Group Marketing Director, Picturehouse Cinemas Yung Kha,...
The next batch of judges confirmed for this year’s Screen Awards includes execs from the BFI, See-Saw Films, Picturehouse Cinemas, Vue and the Fda.
This is the ninth year of the awards, which acknowledge the wide array of studios, companies, teams and individuals that contribute to the success of the UK film industry. The entry deadline is August 31.
Click here to enter the awards
The new judges are:
Geraldine Moloney, consultant, Film Distributors Association Jonathan Sadler, independent marketing consultant Sara Frain, Group Marketing Director, Picturehouse Cinemas Yung Kha,...
- 8/23/2018
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
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