Exclusive: Star Trek’s Zachary Quinto, Pretty Little Liars’ Ashley Benson and The Circle host Michelle Buteau are to star in a scripted podcast series for Amazon’s Audible.
The trio will voice characters in Sorry Charlie Miller, a series that also features Gossip Girl’s Chace Crawford and The Office’s Brian Baumgartner.
Sorry Charlie Miller follows the disappearance of a D-list reality TV star with a rabid fanbase, played by Benson, who has gone missing off the coast of Key Biscayne, Florida.
On the case are Mark Green, voiced by Quinto, a desk bound police department employee with an encyclopaedic knowledge of celebrity gossip, and Tiana Jones, voiced by Buteau, his no-nonsense colleague. After Mark and Tiana pose as detectives to find Charlie, the case gains national media attention, and the two quickly find themselves in a firestorm of basic bitches, gun toting bookies, and cut-throat momagers.
The series,...
The trio will voice characters in Sorry Charlie Miller, a series that also features Gossip Girl’s Chace Crawford and The Office’s Brian Baumgartner.
Sorry Charlie Miller follows the disappearance of a D-list reality TV star with a rabid fanbase, played by Benson, who has gone missing off the coast of Key Biscayne, Florida.
On the case are Mark Green, voiced by Quinto, a desk bound police department employee with an encyclopaedic knowledge of celebrity gossip, and Tiana Jones, voiced by Buteau, his no-nonsense colleague. After Mark and Tiana pose as detectives to find Charlie, the case gains national media attention, and the two quickly find themselves in a firestorm of basic bitches, gun toting bookies, and cut-throat momagers.
The series,...
- 2/22/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: In a competitive situation, Tom Rothman’s TriStar has acquired the rights to Dirty Rush, the scathing comic novel that S&S division Gallery Books publishes this month. Brownstone Productions’ Elizabeth Banks & Max Handelman will produce what is being called Mean Girls in a sorority house. Banks & Handelman produced Pitch Perfect.
Dirty Rush was written by Taylor Bell, a pseudonym for Tanner Cohen and David Oliver Cohen, co-creators of the bestselling White Girl Problems. The book includes a foreward by real-life sorority girl Rebecca Martinson, the former Delta Gamma sister whose scathing email verbally assaulting her entire chapter went viral last year. That intensity and absurdity defines the spirit of the film that Rothman has in mind.
Banks & Handelman have completed Pitch Perfect 2, which Banks directed and which Universal has set for release May 15. Brownstone was recently staked to a two-year first-look production pact with Universal. Nicole Brown will oversee this for TriStar.
Dirty Rush was written by Taylor Bell, a pseudonym for Tanner Cohen and David Oliver Cohen, co-creators of the bestselling White Girl Problems. The book includes a foreward by real-life sorority girl Rebecca Martinson, the former Delta Gamma sister whose scathing email verbally assaulting her entire chapter went viral last year. That intensity and absurdity defines the spirit of the film that Rothman has in mind.
Banks & Handelman have completed Pitch Perfect 2, which Banks directed and which Universal has set for release May 15. Brownstone was recently staked to a two-year first-look production pact with Universal. Nicole Brown will oversee this for TriStar.
- 1/12/2015
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline
IndieWire wonders if VOD is the future of independent film
The Atlantic Wire Joe Reid looks back on the career of Holly Hunter
Twitter yes, it's true. Stevie Nicks, the white witch herself, to guest star on American Horror Story: Coven -- and yes, I'm aware I'm like forever behind in writing about that show which I'm loving. We'll try and catch up this week
Film Comment looks back on its 50 year history
Total Film Michael Fassbender believes that Prometheus 2 is still going to happen. I'd totally go. Loved his David8
The Playlist the first image from Dark Places starring Charlize Theron
Express Jennifer Lawrence may have lost her Oscar. (Opportunity! Let's retcon that shit and give it to Riva)
Towleroad lesbians reacting to the sex scenes in Blue is the Warmest Color
randomness
Gizmodo Photos of malls of the '80s. The memories!
Time Out interviews peerless stage...
The Atlantic Wire Joe Reid looks back on the career of Holly Hunter
Twitter yes, it's true. Stevie Nicks, the white witch herself, to guest star on American Horror Story: Coven -- and yes, I'm aware I'm like forever behind in writing about that show which I'm loving. We'll try and catch up this week
Film Comment looks back on its 50 year history
Total Film Michael Fassbender believes that Prometheus 2 is still going to happen. I'd totally go. Loved his David8
The Playlist the first image from Dark Places starring Charlize Theron
Express Jennifer Lawrence may have lost her Oscar. (Opportunity! Let's retcon that shit and give it to Riva)
Towleroad lesbians reacting to the sex scenes in Blue is the Warmest Color
randomness
Gizmodo Photos of malls of the '80s. The memories!
Time Out interviews peerless stage...
- 11/12/2013
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Exclusive: Lionsgate is closing two deals for book adaptations that will be produced by Pitch Perfect producers Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman through their Brownstone Productions banner. They’ve just closed a deal to acquire a pitch for hot scribe Erica Oyama to write a comedy based on Babe Walker’s bestseller White Girl Problems, a comic pseudo-memoir by a pampered gal out to show that even rich people deserve sympathy too. For example: She hates her horse and all the wealthy men she dates, and she has a shopping addiction that caused her once to spend $246,000 at Barneys in an afternoon. Authors Tanner Cohen, David Oliver Cohen and Lara Schoenhals wrote the book under the alias Babe Walker. Lionsgate is separately acquiring for Brownstone Heist Society, the Ally Carter bestseller about a woman who has been part of a larcenous family and tries to go straight. That ends when...
- 6/27/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Brace yourselves. This list of the Top 100 Greatest Gay Movies is probably going to generate some howls of protest thanks to a rather major upset in the rankings. Frankly, one that surprised the hell out of us here at AfterElton.
But before we get to that, an introduction. A few weeks ago we asked AfterElton readers to submit up to ten of their favorite films by write-in vote. We conducted a similar poll several years ago, but a lot has happened culturally since then, and a number of worthy movies of gay interest have been released. We wanted to see how your list of favorites had changed.
We also wanted to expand our list to 100 from the top 50 we had done previously. We figured there were finally enough quality gay films to justify the expansion. And we wanted to break out gay documentaries onto their own list (You'll find the...
But before we get to that, an introduction. A few weeks ago we asked AfterElton readers to submit up to ten of their favorite films by write-in vote. We conducted a similar poll several years ago, but a lot has happened culturally since then, and a number of worthy movies of gay interest have been released. We wanted to see how your list of favorites had changed.
We also wanted to expand our list to 100 from the top 50 we had done previously. We figured there were finally enough quality gay films to justify the expansion. And we wanted to break out gay documentaries onto their own list (You'll find the...
- 9/11/2012
- by AfterElton.com Staff
- The Backlot
This week: Who’s really the most powerful gay guy in the world? Is Mark “Money for Nothing” Knopfler homophobic?
Have a question about gay male entertainment? Contact me here (and be sure and include your city and state and/or country!
Q: Recently, I've been reading about the movie Role/Play starring real-life boyfriends Matthew Montgomery and Steve Callahan and it got me thinking about gay-themed movies in which the gay leads, romantic or otherwise, are portrayed by openly gay actors. So far I've come up with seven other movies: Adam & Steve, Back Soon, Eating Out 3, A Four Letter Word, Long Term Relationship, Save Me, and Shortbus. Are there any others out there? -- Aaron, Chicago
A: There are surprisingly few.
Generally speaking, the lower the budget, the more likely the actors are to be gay and out. Why? Well, not to be unkind to some very talented indie actors,...
Have a question about gay male entertainment? Contact me here (and be sure and include your city and state and/or country!
Q: Recently, I've been reading about the movie Role/Play starring real-life boyfriends Matthew Montgomery and Steve Callahan and it got me thinking about gay-themed movies in which the gay leads, romantic or otherwise, are portrayed by openly gay actors. So far I've come up with seven other movies: Adam & Steve, Back Soon, Eating Out 3, A Four Letter Word, Long Term Relationship, Save Me, and Shortbus. Are there any others out there? -- Aaron, Chicago
A: There are surprisingly few.
Generally speaking, the lower the budget, the more likely the actors are to be gay and out. Why? Well, not to be unkind to some very talented indie actors,...
- 11/29/2010
- by Brent Hartinger
- The Backlot
Managed to catch Were The World Mine on Logo over the weekend. If you aren't familiar with it it, it's a queer spin on Shakespeare's A Midsummers Night's Dream, the classic tale of lovers, love and fairies. In this gay update, it's boy meets boy, boy isn't sure if boy is gay, boy gets magic flower that makes people gay and choses to turn the whole town queer. Magic ensues.
Mine won a slew of award at festivals around the world, including best Narrative, Audience Favorite and Best Music. I'm not a huge musical fan, but some of the production numbers in the film were really inspired. Adapting Shakespeare's awesome dialogue to music, as in the scene below, was really cool. I've found myself humming parts of the score as I wandered through my weekends.
What I had a lot of problem with was the story. For me, it just never jelled.
Mine won a slew of award at festivals around the world, including best Narrative, Audience Favorite and Best Music. I'm not a huge musical fan, but some of the production numbers in the film were really inspired. Adapting Shakespeare's awesome dialogue to music, as in the scene below, was really cool. I've found myself humming parts of the score as I wandered through my weekends.
What I had a lot of problem with was the story. For me, it just never jelled.
- 9/28/2009
- doorQ.com
Two terrific, but very different, teen movies with gay appeal make their DVD debut, alongside tributes to sitcoms that changed TV and actors who changed gender wardrobes on the big screen.
Read on for more!
One of the sleeper queer hits of last year was the sweet and sexy musical Were the World Mine, about a prep-school production of A Midsummer Night's Dream that opens the floodgates of repressed sexuality when the gay boy (Tanner Cohen) playing Puck discovers his love potions work as well off-stage as they do on. From the chorus line of rugby players to the magical couplings in a Shakespearean forest, Were the World Mine is a delightful and dreamy movie for your next date night.
On the opposite side of the spectrum is the raunchy T&A cheerleading comedy Fired Up! One of the film's more pleasant surprises is that the movie is smart about...
Read on for more!
One of the sleeper queer hits of last year was the sweet and sexy musical Were the World Mine, about a prep-school production of A Midsummer Night's Dream that opens the floodgates of repressed sexuality when the gay boy (Tanner Cohen) playing Puck discovers his love potions work as well off-stage as they do on. From the chorus line of rugby players to the magical couplings in a Shakespearean forest, Were the World Mine is a delightful and dreamy movie for your next date night.
On the opposite side of the spectrum is the raunchy T&A cheerleading comedy Fired Up! One of the film's more pleasant surprises is that the movie is smart about...
- 6/10/2009
- by ADuralde
- The Backlot
Have a question about gay male entertainment? Ask the Monkey! (Please include your city and state and/or country.)
Q: Did I miss a meeting? When was it decided to change the commonly used reference “Glbt” to “Lgbt”? Every time I hear Lgbt used, it’s like the person slows down to deliberately not accidently say the long-used Glbt. -- Michael
Photo credit: Rainer Elstermann/Getty Images
A: It wasn’t a meeting; it was a memo. Check your inbox.
I’ve heard two theories on the acronym change: some say the change was deliberate, to give more prominence to lesbians who – let’s face it – are too often afforded second-class status in the Glbt community. Other people have told me that in certain parts of the country Lgbt has always been the accepted moniker, and the rest of us are just … wrong.
The Monkey is torn. On one hand,...
Q: Did I miss a meeting? When was it decided to change the commonly used reference “Glbt” to “Lgbt”? Every time I hear Lgbt used, it’s like the person slows down to deliberately not accidently say the long-used Glbt. -- Michael
Photo credit: Rainer Elstermann/Getty Images
A: It wasn’t a meeting; it was a memo. Check your inbox.
I’ve heard two theories on the acronym change: some say the change was deliberate, to give more prominence to lesbians who – let’s face it – are too often afforded second-class status in the Glbt community. Other people have told me that in certain parts of the country Lgbt has always been the accepted moniker, and the rest of us are just … wrong.
The Monkey is torn. On one hand,...
- 6/1/2009
- by dennis
- The Backlot
When a gay teen faces constant bullying, the last thing he wants is to play the faerie Puck in his senior class’s production of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. His drama teacher insists, though, sending him on a musical odyssey...
Visit ThisWeekInTexas.Com to read the rest of my review of Were the World Mine. Tanner Cohen of the electronic pop duo The Guts stars in this musical fantasy about a gay teen who responds to homophobic bullying by using a magic spell to turn much of his town gay. The award-winning film arrives on DVD June 9.
Were the World Mine at Wikipedia.
Duane Simolke wrote the gay-themed novel Degranon: A Science Fiction Adventure.
Visit ThisWeekInTexas.Com to read the rest of my review of Were the World Mine. Tanner Cohen of the electronic pop duo The Guts stars in this musical fantasy about a gay teen who responds to homophobic bullying by using a magic spell to turn much of his town gay. The award-winning film arrives on DVD June 9.
Were the World Mine at Wikipedia.
Duane Simolke wrote the gay-themed novel Degranon: A Science Fiction Adventure.
- 5/4/2009
- doorQ.com
An ambitious gay musical fantasy inspired by "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Tom Gustafson's "Were the World Mine" is far better in concept than execution. The shoestring budget hurts.
Tanner Cohen plays an openly gay teenager who is cast as Puck in a high school production of the Shakespeare classic.
As part of his preparations, he concocts Puck's magic love potion - which he accidentally squirts into the eyes of Jonathon (Nathaniel David Becker), a hunky rugby player he fancies.
Soon our Puckish hero is turning...
Tanner Cohen plays an openly gay teenager who is cast as Puck in a high school production of the Shakespeare classic.
As part of his preparations, he concocts Puck's magic love potion - which he accidentally squirts into the eyes of Jonathon (Nathaniel David Becker), a hunky rugby player he fancies.
Soon our Puckish hero is turning...
- 11/21/2008
- by By LOU LUMENICK
- NYPost.com
Almost everyone has fond memories of There’s Something About Mary, the 1998 film that made huge stars out of Ben Stiller and Cameron Diaz. And why wouldn’t they? It contains about six of the funniest scenes ever put to film. Remember when Stiller’s character got his “frank and beans” caught in his zipper? And the infamous “hair gel” that Diaz uses in her hair?
The truth is, There’s Something About Mary is a pretty flawed film. In fact, some parts are terrible: whole sub-plots go nowhere, and a couple of extended comedy bits about the disabled didn’t elicit even a single chuckle in the crowded theater I saw the movie in, instead leaving us all shifting uncomfortably in our seats.
But in the end, There’s Something About Mary’s funny parts are so hilarious, so incredibly inspired, that the audience forgave the fact that the...
The truth is, There’s Something About Mary is a pretty flawed film. In fact, some parts are terrible: whole sub-plots go nowhere, and a couple of extended comedy bits about the disabled didn’t elicit even a single chuckle in the crowded theater I saw the movie in, instead leaving us all shifting uncomfortably in our seats.
But in the end, There’s Something About Mary’s funny parts are so hilarious, so incredibly inspired, that the audience forgave the fact that the...
- 11/14/2008
- by michael
- The Backlot
SPEAKProductions' has released the official trailer and we have new images in the gallery for their indie film "Were the World Mine." Tom Gustafson ("Fairies") directs as well as writes alongside producer Cory James Krueckeberg. Also producing are Tom Gustafson and Peter Sterling. The film stars Tanner Cohen (In Bloom), Nathaniel David Becker, Judy McLane (Broadway's Mamma Mia), Wendy Robie (Twin Peaks), Christian Stolte (Prison Break), and Zelda Williams (House of D), daughter of Robin Williams. Produced by SPEAKproductions in association with The Group Entertainment. SPEAKProductions' has released the official trailer and we have new images in the gallery for their indie musical fantasy/adventure "Were the World Mine." Tom Gustafson ("Fairies") directs as well as writes alongside producer Cory James Krueckeberg. Also producing are Tom Gustafson and Peter Sterling. The film stars Tanner Cohen (In Bloom), Nathaniel David Becker, Judy McLane (Broadway's Mamma Mia), Wendy Robie (Twin Peaks...
- 10/21/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
SPEAKProductions' has released the official trailer and we have new images in the gallery for their indie film "Were the World Mine." Tom Gustafson ("Fairies") directs as well as writes alongside producer Cory James Krueckeberg. Also producing are Tom Gustafson and Peter Sterling. The film stars Tanner Cohen (In Bloom), Nathaniel David Becker, Judy McLane (Broadway's Mamma Mia), Wendy Robie (Twin Peaks), Christian Stolte (Prison Break), and Zelda Williams (House of D), daughter of Robin Williams. Produced by SPEAKproductions in association with The Group Entertainment. SPEAKProductions' has released the official trailer and we have new images in the gallery for their indie musical fantasy/adventure "Were the World Mine." Tom Gustafson ("Fairies") directs as well as writes alongside producer Cory James Krueckeberg. Also producing are Tom Gustafson and Peter Sterling. The film stars Tanner Cohen (In Bloom), Nathaniel David Becker, Judy McLane (Broadway's Mamma Mia), Wendy Robie (Twin Peaks...
- 10/21/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
SPEAKProductions' has released the official trailer and we have new images in the gallery for their indie musical fantasy/adventure "Were the World Mine." Tom Gustafson ("Fairies") directs as well as writes alongside producer Cory James Krueckeberg. Also producing are Tom Gustafson and Peter Sterling. The film stars Tanner Cohen (In Bloom), Nathaniel David Becker, Judy McLane (Broadway's Mamma Mia), Wendy Robie (Twin Peaks), Christian Stolte (Prison Break), and Zelda Williams (House of D), daughter of Robin Williams. Produced by SPEAKproductions in association with The Group Entertainment. Were The World Mine opens in New York and La on November 21st, 2008. See the images! What's this about? Based on the short film Fairies, a film festival smash hit, young co-writer/director Tom Gustafson has created an exuberant teen musical comedy, which brims with memorable original music, fresh and lively performances from his young ensemble, and a light, sure-handed comedic touch. Included in...
- 10/21/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
SPEAKProductions' has released the official trailer and we have new images in the gallery for their indie film "Were the World Mine." Tom Gustafson ("Fairies") directs as well as writes alongside producer Cory James Krueckeberg. Also producing are Tom Gustafson and Peter Sterling. The film stars Tanner Cohen (In Bloom), Nathaniel David Becker, Judy McLane (Broadway's Mamma Mia), Wendy Robie (Twin Peaks), Christian Stolte (Prison Break), and Zelda Williams (House of D), daughter of Robin Williams. Produced by SPEAKproductions in association with The Group Entertainment. SPEAKProductions' has released the official trailer and we have new images in the gallery for their indie musical fantasy/adventure "Were the World Mine." Tom Gustafson ("Fairies") directs as well as writes alongside producer Cory James Krueckeberg. Also producing are Tom Gustafson and Peter Sterling. The film stars Tanner Cohen (In Bloom), Nathaniel David Becker, Judy McLane (Broadway's Mamma Mia), Wendy Robie (Twin Peaks), Christian Stolte...
- 10/21/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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