Exclusive: As they open The Fall Guy, a TV series-turned-feature, director David Leitch and his 87North producing partner Kelly McCormick are eyeing a beloved graphic novel for a TV series.
Fifth Season has acquired Button Man, an adaptation of the graphic novel by John Wagner, who co-created Judge Dredd and created A History of Violence, latter of which was turned into a terrific action film by David Cronenberg. The graphic novel was illustrated by Arthur Ranson.
Deals are making, but the plan is for Leitch to direct, and he and McCormick will be executive producers alongside Alex Jackson, Roger Kass, Dan Seligmann, and Wagner and Ranson.
While The Fall Guy plays as comedy, Button Man shapes up closer in tone to John Wick, the first installment of which Leitch co-directed with Chad Stahelski.
Button Man focuses on Harry Exton, a former elite soldier who is brought into a covert life...
Fifth Season has acquired Button Man, an adaptation of the graphic novel by John Wagner, who co-created Judge Dredd and created A History of Violence, latter of which was turned into a terrific action film by David Cronenberg. The graphic novel was illustrated by Arthur Ranson.
Deals are making, but the plan is for Leitch to direct, and he and McCormick will be executive producers alongside Alex Jackson, Roger Kass, Dan Seligmann, and Wagner and Ranson.
While The Fall Guy plays as comedy, Button Man shapes up closer in tone to John Wick, the first installment of which Leitch co-directed with Chad Stahelski.
Button Man focuses on Harry Exton, a former elite soldier who is brought into a covert life...
- 5/3/2024
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Hot off his Emmy nomination for his role in “Under the Banner of Heaven,” Andrew Garfield is in talks to portray billionaire business mogul Richard Branson in a limited series called “Hot Air,” Variety has confirmed. The series will be directed by David Leitch (“Deadpool 2”), with Universal International in discussions to produce.
Universal International Studios declined to comment.
The six-part series is written by Jon Croker (“Paddington 2”), based on the book “Dirty Tricks: British Airways’ Secret War Against Virgin Atlantic” by investigative journalist Martyn Gregory. The story follows Branson through the unbelievable rise of his company, Virgin Airways, and the campaign by British Airways to bring it down.
Branson’s company launched in 1984 and began to take hold of the British airline industry by 1990, at which point BA became threatened by Va’s growth. In response, BA launched a campaign against Va, impersonating employees and using passenger records...
Universal International Studios declined to comment.
The six-part series is written by Jon Croker (“Paddington 2”), based on the book “Dirty Tricks: British Airways’ Secret War Against Virgin Atlantic” by investigative journalist Martyn Gregory. The story follows Branson through the unbelievable rise of his company, Virgin Airways, and the campaign by British Airways to bring it down.
Branson’s company launched in 1984 and began to take hold of the British airline industry by 1990, at which point BA became threatened by Va’s growth. In response, BA launched a campaign against Va, impersonating employees and using passenger records...
- 7/15/2022
- by Sasha Urban
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Andrew Garfield, who just landed his first Emmy nomination for FX limited series Under the Banner of Heaven, is headlining another limited series project, Hot Air, which is heating up the streaming marketplace. Garfield is set to portray Richard Branson in the project about the famous British entrepreneur, which I hear is in a competitive situation with multiple major platforms in the running. It comes from Universal International Studios, with Deadpool 2 helmer David Leitch set to direct, sources said.
Written by Jon Croker (Paddington 2), the six-part Hot Air is based on the book “Dirty Tricks” by award-winning investigative journalist Martyn Gregory. It tells the story of billionaire Branson and the fascinating, outrageous rise of Virgin Airways.
Branson launched Virgin Atlantic in 1984 with one leased airplane. By 1990, the company started to threaten British Airways’ dominance in the UK market after getting landing slots at London Heathrow Airport. In response,...
Written by Jon Croker (Paddington 2), the six-part Hot Air is based on the book “Dirty Tricks” by award-winning investigative journalist Martyn Gregory. It tells the story of billionaire Branson and the fascinating, outrageous rise of Virgin Airways.
Branson launched Virgin Atlantic in 1984 with one leased airplane. By 1990, the company started to threaten British Airways’ dominance in the UK market after getting landing slots at London Heathrow Airport. In response,...
- 7/15/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Andy Samberg will star in and produce an untitled sci-fi and comedy that Apple has acquired in a bidding war and that also has an impressive array of producers attached, including Ben Stiller and Noah Hawley, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
Andy Siara, who wrote Samberg’s “Palm Springs” from 2020, will write the screenplay, which is based on an original idea by “Bojack Horseman” creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg.
The logline is being kept under wraps, and the film is currently in development. No director is attached, but the team hopes to find a director in the coming months.
Samberg and Bob-Waksberg will produce, as will Hawley and Dan Seligmann for 26 Keys, Stiller and Nicky Weinstock for Red Hour. Jackie Cohn and Siara will executive produce.
Samberg and Siara’s “Palm Springs” fetched a record sale at Sundance last year and was one of Hulu’s most-watched films in its history.
Andy Siara, who wrote Samberg’s “Palm Springs” from 2020, will write the screenplay, which is based on an original idea by “Bojack Horseman” creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg.
The logline is being kept under wraps, and the film is currently in development. No director is attached, but the team hopes to find a director in the coming months.
Samberg and Bob-Waksberg will produce, as will Hawley and Dan Seligmann for 26 Keys, Stiller and Nicky Weinstock for Red Hour. Jackie Cohn and Siara will executive produce.
Samberg and Siara’s “Palm Springs” fetched a record sale at Sundance last year and was one of Hulu’s most-watched films in its history.
- 1/11/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Andy Samberg and his Palm Springs writer Andy Siara have teamed up with Noah Hawley and Ben Stiller for a untitled sci-fi comedy-drama that has landed at Apple Studios.
Apple finalized the deal over the weekend, picking it up in a competitive situation.
Details for the project’s logline are being kept in an alternate dimension but it is known that it is an original idea by BoJack Horseman creator and author Raphael Bob-Waksberg.
Samberg is set to star and produce. Hawley will produce through his 26 Keys banner with 26 Keys’ Dan Seligmann. Stiller and Nicky Weinstock will produce via Red Hour with ...
Apple finalized the deal over the weekend, picking it up in a competitive situation.
Details for the project’s logline are being kept in an alternate dimension but it is known that it is an original idea by BoJack Horseman creator and author Raphael Bob-Waksberg.
Samberg is set to star and produce. Hawley will produce through his 26 Keys banner with 26 Keys’ Dan Seligmann. Stiller and Nicky Weinstock will produce via Red Hour with ...
- 1/11/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Andy Samberg and his Palm Springs writer Andy Siara have teamed up with Noah Hawley and Ben Stiller for a untitled sci-fi comedy-drama that has landed at Apple Studios.
Apple finalized the deal over the weekend, picking it up in a competitive situation.
Details for the project’s logline are being kept in an alternate dimension but it is known that it is an original idea by BoJack Horseman creator and author Raphael Bob-Waksberg.
Samberg is set to star and produce. Hawley will produce through his 26 Keys banner with 26 Keys’ Dan Seligmann. Stiller and Nicky Weinstock will produce via Red Hour with ...
Apple finalized the deal over the weekend, picking it up in a competitive situation.
Details for the project’s logline are being kept in an alternate dimension but it is known that it is an original idea by BoJack Horseman creator and author Raphael Bob-Waksberg.
Samberg is set to star and produce. Hawley will produce through his 26 Keys banner with 26 Keys’ Dan Seligmann. Stiller and Nicky Weinstock will produce via Red Hour with ...
- 1/11/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Exclusive: Noah Hawley’s 26 Keys has set a new feature and a TV pilot with Matthew Baker, the author who has set Hollywood on fire with short stories that have sparked major bidding battles over the past year.
They will team for Lost Souls, a feature they’ve just set at Fox Searchlight, and Why Visit America, an FX pilot they’ll develop with Baker writing it, marking the first time he’s done that. Hawley will exec produce. Both of these are based on Baker short stories, making this the fourth Baker short story that Hawley has made a deal to produce.
Lost Souls is set in a world in which some babies are born without souls. A young expectant mother is sent to an unusual wellness center in the desert, with the hopes that it will improve her chances of delivering a healthy baby.
Here’s the log...
They will team for Lost Souls, a feature they’ve just set at Fox Searchlight, and Why Visit America, an FX pilot they’ll develop with Baker writing it, marking the first time he’s done that. Hawley will exec produce. Both of these are based on Baker short stories, making this the fourth Baker short story that Hawley has made a deal to produce.
Lost Souls is set in a world in which some babies are born without souls. A young expectant mother is sent to an unusual wellness center in the desert, with the hopes that it will improve her chances of delivering a healthy baby.
Here’s the log...
- 4/1/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
FX has bought for development Piety, a cult crime drama from writer Wes Brown (Preacher) and Noah Hawley’s 26 Keys Productions. The project falls under Hawley’s overall deal with FX and FX Productions.
Written by Brown on spec, Piety is described as a character-driven crime story set in and around a cult in the American West.
26 Keys’ Head of Television Dan Seligmann brought the project in to FX. The network declined comment.
Brown most recently worked as Co-Producer on AMC’s Preacher.
Hawley, one of FX’s top drama showrunners, is creator/executive producer of the Emmy-winning anthology series Fargo and praised genre series Legion, based on the Marvel comic book series. 26 Keys also is producing a limited series adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle novel, which has been in development at FX.
Brown is repped by UTA, Lbi Entertainment, and Morris Yorn. Hawley and 26 Keys...
Written by Brown on spec, Piety is described as a character-driven crime story set in and around a cult in the American West.
26 Keys’ Head of Television Dan Seligmann brought the project in to FX. The network declined comment.
Brown most recently worked as Co-Producer on AMC’s Preacher.
Hawley, one of FX’s top drama showrunners, is creator/executive producer of the Emmy-winning anthology series Fargo and praised genre series Legion, based on the Marvel comic book series. 26 Keys also is producing a limited series adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle novel, which has been in development at FX.
Brown is repped by UTA, Lbi Entertainment, and Morris Yorn. Hawley and 26 Keys...
- 11/16/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes the fan film Spawn: The Recall, a trailer for Charlotte’s Song and Inner Demons, premiere details for Nightmare Code, and much more:
Spawn: The Recall Released: “Spawn: The Recall is the story of a former witch and her son, who try to live a normal life away from the darkness. While they’re shopping in a supermarket, the child suddenly disappears. She starts looking for him, freaked out knowing evil forces are still lurking. A security guard comes to her help but while they are checking on the surveillance cameras, something happens. She can sense it, they are here…
A film by Michael Paris. Starring: Johanna Genet (The Witch), Tom Maurice (Michael), Gregory Paris (Spawn), and J3.0 (voice). Music by James Bks Edjouma.”
For more information on this project,...
Spawn: The Recall Released: “Spawn: The Recall is the story of a former witch and her son, who try to live a normal life away from the darkness. While they’re shopping in a supermarket, the child suddenly disappears. She starts looking for him, freaked out knowing evil forces are still lurking. A security guard comes to her help but while they are checking on the surveillance cameras, something happens. She can sense it, they are here…
A film by Michael Paris. Starring: Johanna Genet (The Witch), Tom Maurice (Michael), Gregory Paris (Spawn), and J3.0 (voice). Music by James Bks Edjouma.”
For more information on this project,...
- 9/28/2014
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
“The Exorcist” star Linda Blair will serve as the special host for the world premiere of Seth Grossman's horror movie “Inner Demons,” which debuts at the Los Angeles Film Festival on Friday, June 13 at 10 p.m. Robin Schorr produced the movie, which was executive produced by Dan Seligmann and Chris Ferguson executive produced. Also read: Aaron Eckhart to Play Exorcist in Jason Blum-Produced Horror Movie ‘Incarnate’ When the teenage daughter of a religious family transforms from A-student into heroin addict, her parents agree to allow a reality TV crew to stage an intervention and tape her recovery. What they don't know is.
- 6/4/2014
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
According to Variety, Robin Schorr‘s Rcr Pictures has just optioned the feature film rights to Dennis Tafoya‘s crime novel, The Wolves of Fairmount Park. Marc Maurino has been hired to write the script, which follows “the drive-by shooting of two suburban teens, one of whom is the son of a police officer, outside of a Philadelphia drug den. The search for gunmen strains the community to its breaking point.”
Schorr is set to produce, with Dan Seligmann joining him. Tafoya‘s novel was published in 2010, which was welcomed to strongly positive reviews. In an effort to keep his book only in print, Tafoya refused to sell the film rights to his novel until, ultimately, the Rcr producers won him over. With book-to-film adaptations being so common and sometimes not very good, I can see the Tafoya‘s reservations about the adaptation.
Maurino is just hitting Hollywood, as he...
Schorr is set to produce, with Dan Seligmann joining him. Tafoya‘s novel was published in 2010, which was welcomed to strongly positive reviews. In an effort to keep his book only in print, Tafoya refused to sell the film rights to his novel until, ultimately, the Rcr producers won him over. With book-to-film adaptations being so common and sometimes not very good, I can see the Tafoya‘s reservations about the adaptation.
Maurino is just hitting Hollywood, as he...
- 2/23/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Rcr has optioned feature film rights to the Dennis Tafoya crime novel "The Wolves of Fairmount Park" reports Variety.
After a drive-by shooting outside a drug den in Philadelphia kills two suburban teens, one a cop's son, the massive manhunt for the killers strains the community to breaking point. The action follows the perspective of four different people on various sides of the case.
Marc Maurino will adapt the screenplay. Jarrod Murray, Robin Schorr and Dan Seligmann will produce.
Meanwhile, Universal Pictures has acquired film rights to Andrew Pyper's upcoming novel "Demonologist" reports Deadline.
The story follows a literary professor on a trip to Italy when a demonic spirit appears to kill his daughter. He then goes on a dark journey in hopes of getting her back.
ImageMovers partners Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke and Steve Starkey will produce.
After a drive-by shooting outside a drug den in Philadelphia kills two suburban teens, one a cop's son, the massive manhunt for the killers strains the community to breaking point. The action follows the perspective of four different people on various sides of the case.
Marc Maurino will adapt the screenplay. Jarrod Murray, Robin Schorr and Dan Seligmann will produce.
Meanwhile, Universal Pictures has acquired film rights to Andrew Pyper's upcoming novel "Demonologist" reports Deadline.
The story follows a literary professor on a trip to Italy when a demonic spirit appears to kill his daughter. He then goes on a dark journey in hopes of getting her back.
ImageMovers partners Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke and Steve Starkey will produce.
- 2/23/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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