Oscar Isaac has signed on to star in “The Garbo Network,” a double agent thriller set during World War II. Isaac will also be one of the film’s producers, alongside Bob Cooper, Richard Saperstein, Chuck Weinstock and Jason Spire. The script was written by William Wheeler (“The Hoax,” “Ray Donovan”).
“There are very few actors who can do both pathos and comic grandiosity. Oscar is one of them, and we feel very lucky to have him,” said Weinstock in a statement.
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“The Garbo Network” is based on the true story of Juan Pujol Garcia, a double agent who managed to persuade both the German and the British governments to hire him as a spy, even though he had no military or covert training. Working with MI5, Pujol Garcia created a fictional network...
“There are very few actors who can do both pathos and comic grandiosity. Oscar is one of them, and we feel very lucky to have him,” said Weinstock in a statement.
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“The Garbo Network” is based on the true story of Juan Pujol Garcia, a double agent who managed to persuade both the German and the British governments to hire him as a spy, even though he had no military or covert training. Working with MI5, Pujol Garcia created a fictional network...
- 2/10/2017
- by Yoselin Acevedo
- Indiewire
Overture has acquired "92 Minutes," a philosophical comedy about a man who finds out he only has that amount of time to live.
Daniel Taplitz will write the screenplay for the development project, with Bob Cooper producing via his Landscape Entertainment banner. Daniel Walker also will produce, while Lauren Kisilevsky will oversee for Overture.
The project, originally set up at Revolution, is based on a 1997 Israeli comedy titled "Mar Baum." It centers on a man who, upon learning he is about to die, must decide whether to spend his limited time rushing to get things done or slow down and enjoy his final moments.
"It's a comedy about priorities." Cooper said. "Like any good comedy, it takes everyday life and ratchets it up." The tone in the Overture project is expected to be somewhat lighter than the Israeli version.
The UTA-repped Taplitz wrote and directed the Jamie Foxx comedy "Breakin' All the Rules,...
Daniel Taplitz will write the screenplay for the development project, with Bob Cooper producing via his Landscape Entertainment banner. Daniel Walker also will produce, while Lauren Kisilevsky will oversee for Overture.
The project, originally set up at Revolution, is based on a 1997 Israeli comedy titled "Mar Baum." It centers on a man who, upon learning he is about to die, must decide whether to spend his limited time rushing to get things done or slow down and enjoy his final moments.
"It's a comedy about priorities." Cooper said. "Like any good comedy, it takes everyday life and ratchets it up." The tone in the Overture project is expected to be somewhat lighter than the Israeli version.
The UTA-repped Taplitz wrote and directed the Jamie Foxx comedy "Breakin' All the Rules,...
- 9/17/2008
- by By Steven Zeitchik and Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lindsay Duncan has been cast as Margaret Thatcher in a BBC drama about the former prime minister.
The BBC Two show, titled Margaret, will focus on the final year of Thatcher's leadership which ended in her resignation.
Robert Cooper of Great Meadow Productions, which is producing the drama, said: "Love her or loathe her, we all live in Margaret Thatcher's . . .
The BBC Two show, titled Margaret, will focus on the final year of Thatcher's leadership which ended in her resignation.
Robert Cooper of Great Meadow Productions, which is producing the drama, said: "Love her or loathe her, we all live in Margaret Thatcher's . . .
- 4/9/2008
- by Simon_Reynolds_imdb_@digitalspy.co.uk (Simon Reynolds)
- Digital Spy
Benderspink has acquired rights to Area 52, a comic book by Brian Haberlin.
The story follows a group of misfit soldiers stationed at a remote military base in Antarctica who learn that they are guarding a storage facility in which top-secret, otherworldly technologies and weapons are kept and analyzed. A murderous alien, hatched from something believed to be an artifact, stalks the soldiers, who must team to defeat it.
Chris Bender and JC Spink will produce with Quattro partner Jim Strader. Haberlin will executive produce.
Quattro-repped Haberlin, a comic book writer and co-creator, is the editor in chief at Todd McFarlane Prods. He recently developed Badlands at TNT -- based on his upcoming comic -- alongside exec producers Charles Segars and Bob Cooper, and Aria at Sci Fi Channel alongside exec producer David Kirschner.
Strader is developing Hawaiian Dick with producer Craig Perry, based on the comic book from creator B. Clay Moore. Frank Coraci is attached to direct. He also is developing an adaptation of the horror comic The Hunger with Hugh Jackman's Seed Prods....
The story follows a group of misfit soldiers stationed at a remote military base in Antarctica who learn that they are guarding a storage facility in which top-secret, otherworldly technologies and weapons are kept and analyzed. A murderous alien, hatched from something believed to be an artifact, stalks the soldiers, who must team to defeat it.
Chris Bender and JC Spink will produce with Quattro partner Jim Strader. Haberlin will executive produce.
Quattro-repped Haberlin, a comic book writer and co-creator, is the editor in chief at Todd McFarlane Prods. He recently developed Badlands at TNT -- based on his upcoming comic -- alongside exec producers Charles Segars and Bob Cooper, and Aria at Sci Fi Channel alongside exec producer David Kirschner.
Strader is developing Hawaiian Dick with producer Craig Perry, based on the comic book from creator B. Clay Moore. Frank Coraci is attached to direct. He also is developing an adaptation of the horror comic The Hunger with Hugh Jackman's Seed Prods....
- 2/23/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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