EXCLUSIVE: Actor and singer Kolton Stewart (Lock & Key) is the latest name to join horror-thriller All Fun and Games, starring Asa Butterfield (Sex Education) and Natalia Dyer (Stranger Things).
07.04.2022 - 17:39 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Horror-thriller All Fun And Games, starring Asa Butterfield (Sex Education) and Natalia Dyer (Stranger Things), begins production today in Canada with joining cast including Benjamin Evan Ainsworth — who has the title role in Disney’s upcoming Pinocchio — Keith David (Greenleaf) and Annabeth Gish (The Fall of the House of Usher).
The Anton and AGBO production, which is going through the latter’s Gozie AGBO banner, was a buzz title among buyers at the recent EFM market in Berlin. Anthony and Joe Russo are among exec producers.
The story follows two kids who play a game with their sadistic older cousin and awaken a cruel entity knows as ‘The Skarrow.’ Co-directors are Ari Costa (second unit on Extraction and Avengers: Endgame) and Eren Celeboglu (The Internet Kills).
Pre-sales inked out of Berlin by Anton include Square One for Germany; Sun Distribution Group for Spain, Portugal and Latin America; Rialto for Australia and N.Z.; WW Entertainment in the Benelux; Nordisk for Scandinavia; Arna Media for CIS; Falcon Films for the Middle East excluding Israel and Turkey; Moviecloud for Taiwan; Challan for S. Korea; Sahamongkol for Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar; Husky for Vietnam; PVR for India; Cinema 21 for Indonesia; Squarebox for Malaysia and Brunei; Shaw Renters for Singapore; and Rafaella Films for the Philippines.
Pic is produced by Anton’s Sebastien Raybaud and John Zois, as well as AGBO’s Kassee Whiting and Jake Aust. Executive producers are AGBO’s Anthony and Joe Russo, Mike Larocca, Angela Russo-Otstot; and Holly Hubsher. The film is fully financed by Anton. CAA Media Finance co-reps domestic.
“All Fun And Games is a great summer movie for young audiences,” said Cecile Gaget. “Our international
EXCLUSIVE: Actor and singer Kolton Stewart (Lock & Key) is the latest name to join horror-thriller All Fun and Games, starring Asa Butterfield (Sex Education) and Natalia Dyer (Stranger Things).
J. Kim Murphy Mercedes Angelica LeAnza, a film and television producer who had been serving as a lead creative producer at Amazon Studios and Prime Video, died on April 10 of bile duct cancer.
EXCLUSIVE: Ms. Marvel actress Laurel Marsden is joining horror-thriller All Fun And Games, starring Asa Butterfield (Sex Education) and Natalia Dyer (Stranger Things).
EXCLUSIVE: Scott Haze (Jurassic World Dominion) has signed on to star alongside Orlando Bloom and Andie MacDowell in the action-thriller Red Right Hand, from directors Ian and Eshom Nelms (Fatman).
Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterBrand executive Rich Santiago has joined Vice Media Group as senior vice president of brand strategy and creative experience, Variety has learned exclusively. He will report to Nadja Bellan-White, Global Chief Marketing Officer, VICE Media Group, who announced the news on Wednesday.Santiago joins the company from Meta (formerly Facebook), and will partner with Vice’s existing creative and editorial teams.“VICE Media is an innovative media company that consistently delivers thought provoking and edgy news and content,” said Bellan-White. “Rich’s addition to our growing team will elevate our creative work across all VMG brands.”Santiago added that the company “continues to skyrocket with their award-winning, impactful content and storytelling.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Cannes Film Marché has unveiled the full lineup of its Ukraine in Focus program which will provide Ukrainian filmmakers and producers with networking, pitching and co-financing opportunities over two days during the Cannes Film Festival, on May 21 and 22.Under the program, key market initiatives such as Goes to Cannes, Cannes Docs Showcase and the Producers Network will be skewed towards projects and executives from Ukraine in order to support the country which was invaded by Russia on Feb. 24 and has been at war since then.
Creators and showrunners Matt and Ross Duffer took part in the Deadline Contenders TV panel over the weekend, where they shared some new details about the hotly anticipated fourth season. (Season 3 premiered way back on July 4, 2019.)They referred to the news season as their “’Game of Thrones’ season.” “We kind of jokingly call it our ‘Game of Thrones’ season because it’s so spread out.
Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer know that it’s been a long wait for the fourth season of Netflix’s smash hit, but they promise an even greater payoff with the new season’s massively expanded scope and collective running time greater than any of the previous installments.
slapped Oscars presenter Chris Rock in the face during the live broadcast on ABC last month.As of Friday, nearly half of respondents — 47% — gave the Best Actor winner an “unfavorable” rating, according to the Yahoo News/YouGov poll taken between March 27 and April 4.That’s worse than the response immediately following the event, on March 28, when just 37% made the same assessment, Yahoo reported. The torrent of statements made by celebrities and industry entities alike have debatably (looking at you, Janet Hubert) skewed toward disapproval for the 53-year-old actor’s shocking behavior, including those levied by actors Jim Carrey, Whoopi Goldberg, Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais and even OJ Simpson.
conversation with TheWrap that the Academy did not have the equivalent of a shareholders meeting and should more regularly consider member proposals. In his statement in response on Tuesday, Shamberg continued to slam the declining relevance of the Oscars in the 21st century and the show’s declining ratings over the last decade (March’s 94th Academy Awards rebounded 69% from an all-time low in 2020).“Academy management needs to be held accountable to the members.
Chris Rock faced some hecklers during the second night of his comedy tour. Less than a week after Will Smith slapped the comedian at the Oscars over a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, audience members made their feelings about the incident known during Rock's second night of shows in Boston, Massachusetts. A source tells ET that two hecklers interrupted Rock's set.
While Chris Rock immediately went into “joke mode” after being slapped by Will Smith at the 2022 Oscars, there was some underlying emotion.
Leave the heckling at home. Chris Rock reportedly shut down a fan’s negative comment about Will Smith during a live show days after the duo’s Oscars drama.
Video: Expert on disorder sidelining Bruce Willis (Associated Press)Blue Origin launches six on fourth human flight'Mushroom leather' ready for the runwayAfghans face food shortage ahead of RamadanTunisian president dissolves parliamentShowBiz Minute: Parker, Willis, SmithOn This Day: 31 March 1967Fatal Navy plane crash off Maryland-Virginia shoreAP Top Stories March 31 AChris Rock back on stage, 'processing' Oscars slapThe Hoff: 'I'm just an entertainer'After son's cancer battle, Bublé says he's 'living on a higher plane'Rescue work after Mykolaiv building struckUkrainian Americans prepare for 100,000 refugeesKharkiv's hospital continues working amid shellingDeath row inmate Richard Glossip marries againScouring rubble of destroyed homes in Ukraine"If someone's medical condition is a factor in their decision making and/or their performance, we acknowledge that it is not appropriate to give them a Razzie," Razzie co-founders Mo Murphy and John Wilson said in a statement. The Willis family made the announcement on Wednesday, four days after the Razzies.
EXCLUSIVE: Time Studios has entered a shopping agreement with Niki Russ Federman and Josh Russ Tupper, fourth-generation members of the Russ family who now own its iconic New York culinary brand Russ & Daughters, to develop a scripted series examining its history and the family behind it.
Joseph Patel criticized Will Smith and Chris Rock for the events that led up to "Summer of Soul" winning the Oscar for best documentary feature Sunday night. The "Summer of Soul" producer accused Smith of robbing the category of its moment after he slapped Rock on stage before the comedian announced the award. "It robbed the category of its moment," the producer wrote in since-deleted tweets, People magazine noted.