EXCLUSIVE: Vida is over, but series creator Tanya Saracho now has a newly created production company and a former executive from Warner Bros content studio Stage 13 to help her run it.
12.11.2020 - 19:50 / variety.com
Dave McNary Film ReporterA3 Artists Agency has launched a physical production division and hired veteran agent Craig Bernstein as head of the newly formed arm.“The shutdown due to the pandemic allowed us to act proactively and adapt,” said A3 Chairman Adam Bold. “We took advantage of the opportunity to rethink our business in a strategic way that would allow us to keep moving forward and continue providing the best service possible to our clients.
EXCLUSIVE: Vida is over, but series creator Tanya Saracho now has a newly created production company and a former executive from Warner Bros content studio Stage 13 to help her run it.
EXCLUSIVE: Gunpowder & Sky’s sci-fi arm Dust has teamed with Sylvester Stallone and Braden Aftergood’s Balboa Productions to develop the sci-fi sports drama series Mesh based on the short story by the same name by Rich Larson. Edward Ricourt (Jessica Jones, Wayward Pines, Raising Dion) is on board to adapt.
Portlandia star Carrie Brownstein is writing and is set to direct a music biopic based on the 1980s Seattle rock band Heart, led by sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Ann Wilson, during an interview with SiriusXM’s Lyndsey Parker, revealed that a script for the biopic from Brownstein — the actress, singer, author, comedian and musician — is in the works for Amazon Studios.
Volume West over the weekend and said there’s a film biopic in the works, adding that the script is currently being written with a first draft already completed.Wilson also said that “Sleepless in Seattle” producer Lynda Obst is attached to produce the film, which focuses on the “Barracuda” band’s journey from childhood up through the 1990s.Also Read: Annie Clark Jokes She's Ready to Retire After 'The Nowhere Inn' 'Blows Up' Her St.
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Sleater-Kinney singer/guitarist and Portlandia creator Carrie Brownstein is writing and directing a new biopic about Seattle rock band Heart.Heart frontwoman Ann Wilson revealed that work is already underway on the Amazon feature film.“I saw the first draft of the script,” Wilson revealed during a new interview on SiriusXM’s Volume West show, which you can listen to below. “It’s really cool,” she added.
Steve Carell plays Santa Claus leading an elf reinvention of Christmas in The Greatest Gift, the latest long-form ad for Xfinity TV and broadband.
Twitter to list the names of 21 Republican senators who he says have “repeatedly expressed contempt” for Donald Trump and his fitness to be president.Bernstein's post was condemned Monday by some of those involved.
Talent agency VShojo announced its launch Tuesday with an intent to focus on representing content creators who use animated avatars as their public personas on live-streaming and video platforms, known as VTubers. The company is co-founded by CEO Justin "TheGunrun" Ignacio, a streamer known in the competitive gaming community whose background also includes working at Twitch, and Phillip "MowtenDoo" Fortunat, who will serve as CEO and chief technology officer, respectively.
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Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerA3 Artists Agency has hired Sally Willcox as a media rights agent. She will serve under the motion picture and television literary divisions representing intellectual property.“Sally has proven she has an extraordinary eye for identifying influential and diverse voices,” said A3 CEO Robert Attermann.
Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorBad Robot has expanded its film and television production team and has appointed Chrysta Burton as EVP of Physical Production and Diane Coote as its VP, of Physical Production. They join current Bad Robot executive Josh Tate who serves as VP of Physical Production.The trio will now handle all film and television productions for the label, with Burton overseeing projects from development through post-production.
Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsEXCLUSIVE: A3 Artists Agency has signed CSI: NY and Station 19 writer-producer Trey Callaway.The television multi-hyphenate launched his career upon writing the 1998 horror flick I Still Know What You Did Last Summer.
Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Mexican pop superstar and member of the Latin music group OV7 Oscar Schwebel is teaming with marketing exec and producer Andrés Rodríguez and producing partners Gina Castellanos & Iván Gómez to launch the TV and Film venture GAIO Media.
Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsA3 Artists Agency announced Thursday the formation of its Physical Production Division. The agency has also enlisted veteran agent Craig Bernstein as Head of its newly-launched arm.“The shutdown due to the pandemic allowed us to act proactively and adapt,” said A3 Chairman Adam Bold.
Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Timberman-Beverly Productions has partnered with filmmaker Tod Williams (The Door In the Floor) on a drama series focused on the rarely explored origin story of one of history’s most iconic figures, Napoleon Bonaparte.
Netflix said on Tuesday that it has named Anna Mallett vp, physical production for the U.K. and local-language production across Europe, Middle East and Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific.