Exclusive: Calabasas Films + Media and Sterling Road Films are partnering to produce the first official documentary about former tennis player and actor Vijay Amritraj.
Directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sami Khan (St. Louis Superman), the currently untitled feature is being executive-produced by Calabasas partners Kapil Mahendra and Paul Beahan, alongside Prakash Amritraj and Dhaval Desai.
The documentary will chart Amritraj’s rise from his childhood in India, overcoming serious health issues, to his emergence as a top player in the 1970s and 1980s, defeating Jimmy Connors, Bjorn Borg, and John McEnroe in their primes.
Along with older brother Anand, Vijay Amritraj was an integral part of the Indian team that boycotted the 1974 Davis Cup Finals against South Africa to protest Apartheid. Vijay is also the older brother of Ashok Amritraj (himself a former tennis player), the long-time film producer who is currently CEO of Hyde Park Entertainment and was formerly CEO of National Geographic Films.
Directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sami Khan (St. Louis Superman), the currently untitled feature is being executive-produced by Calabasas partners Kapil Mahendra and Paul Beahan, alongside Prakash Amritraj and Dhaval Desai.
The documentary will chart Amritraj’s rise from his childhood in India, overcoming serious health issues, to his emergence as a top player in the 1970s and 1980s, defeating Jimmy Connors, Bjorn Borg, and John McEnroe in their primes.
Along with older brother Anand, Vijay Amritraj was an integral part of the Indian team that boycotted the 1974 Davis Cup Finals against South Africa to protest Apartheid. Vijay is also the older brother of Ashok Amritraj (himself a former tennis player), the long-time film producer who is currently CEO of Hyde Park Entertainment and was formerly CEO of National Geographic Films.
- 7/8/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Move over Prince Harry, another European royal is getting the feature doc treatment.
Pauline Ducruet, the daughter of Princess Stephanie of Monaco and granddaughter of Grace Kelly, is set to star in a new documentary from Calabasas Films and Media about her glamorous life.
Calabasas Films’ partners Paul Beahan and Kapil Mahendra will produce the doc, which is titled “Forming,” alongside Golden Globe-winner Sandy Climan (“The Aviator”), Nathalia Pizarro and Ducruet.
“Forming” will focus on Ducruet’s fashion brand, a gender fluid and sustainable clothing line inspired by the women of the Monaco royal family, as well as Ducruet – an Olympic diver and 16th in line to the Monaco throne – herself.
After studying styling at the Instituto Marangonis in Paris and fashion design at Parsons School of Design in New York, Ducruet interned at Vogue and Louis Vuitton and in 2019 designed her sister-in-law Marie Chevallier’s wedding dress. Her creations...
Pauline Ducruet, the daughter of Princess Stephanie of Monaco and granddaughter of Grace Kelly, is set to star in a new documentary from Calabasas Films and Media about her glamorous life.
Calabasas Films’ partners Paul Beahan and Kapil Mahendra will produce the doc, which is titled “Forming,” alongside Golden Globe-winner Sandy Climan (“The Aviator”), Nathalia Pizarro and Ducruet.
“Forming” will focus on Ducruet’s fashion brand, a gender fluid and sustainable clothing line inspired by the women of the Monaco royal family, as well as Ducruet – an Olympic diver and 16th in line to the Monaco throne – herself.
After studying styling at the Instituto Marangonis in Paris and fashion design at Parsons School of Design in New York, Ducruet interned at Vogue and Louis Vuitton and in 2019 designed her sister-in-law Marie Chevallier’s wedding dress. Her creations...
- 6/22/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Martin Luther King III will host a new docuseries produced by Calabasas Film and Media, the company announced Monday.
Titled “Protect/Serve,” the series sees King, the oldest child of revered civil right activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., moderate a series of conversations with law enforcement officials, activists, grass-roots organization founders, DAs and other prominent figures. The conversations will focus on the role of police in America and the origins of institutional racism, with a goal of finding solutions to these problems. The first episode will feature a one-on-one conversation between King and Los Angeles county sheriff Alex Villanueva, whose tenure as sheriff has been plagued with controversy.
Wendy Eley Jackson directs the series and executive produces with Sam Pollard and Kapil Mahendra and Paul Beahan for Calabasas Films. Calabasas produces the series after having recently produced the Discovery+ reality series “Restaurant Recovery” with Raising Cane founder Todd Graves.
Titled “Protect/Serve,” the series sees King, the oldest child of revered civil right activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., moderate a series of conversations with law enforcement officials, activists, grass-roots organization founders, DAs and other prominent figures. The conversations will focus on the role of police in America and the origins of institutional racism, with a goal of finding solutions to these problems. The first episode will feature a one-on-one conversation between King and Los Angeles county sheriff Alex Villanueva, whose tenure as sheriff has been plagued with controversy.
Wendy Eley Jackson directs the series and executive produces with Sam Pollard and Kapil Mahendra and Paul Beahan for Calabasas Films. Calabasas produces the series after having recently produced the Discovery+ reality series “Restaurant Recovery” with Raising Cane founder Todd Graves.
- 6/13/2022
- by Sasha Urban, Wilson Chapman and Carson Burton
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The founder of fast-food chain Raising Cane’s is set to offer $2M in Covid-19 relief to 20 restaurants around the country in a new reality series.
CEO and founder Todd Graves, who has previously starred in Fox’s Secret Millionaire, has partnered with Calabasas Films & Media to produce Restaurant Recovery.
Graves will travel across the country to help restaurants that have closed or are on the verge of closing due to the Covid-19 pandemic. He will commit to helping 20 restaurants with a $2M relief and recovery budget – $100,000 to each restaurant.
Raising Cane’s, which is best known for its chicken fingers, has more than 500 locations in the U.S.
Shooting for Restaurant Recovery, which currently does not have a network, is set to begin in August and continue for the rest of the year as cities re-open and guidelines are instituted for safe filming and dining activities. The initial schedule...
CEO and founder Todd Graves, who has previously starred in Fox’s Secret Millionaire, has partnered with Calabasas Films & Media to produce Restaurant Recovery.
Graves will travel across the country to help restaurants that have closed or are on the verge of closing due to the Covid-19 pandemic. He will commit to helping 20 restaurants with a $2M relief and recovery budget – $100,000 to each restaurant.
Raising Cane’s, which is best known for its chicken fingers, has more than 500 locations in the U.S.
Shooting for Restaurant Recovery, which currently does not have a network, is set to begin in August and continue for the rest of the year as cities re-open and guidelines are instituted for safe filming and dining activities. The initial schedule...
- 6/23/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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