Man convicted in $60M film finance fraud scheme

Variety reports. The sale is the biggest yet out of Cannes this year.Acclaimed short story and nonfiction writer Wells Tower (“Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned”) will be penning the script.

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Ellise Shafer Emily Blunt will star in “Pain Hustlers,” a criminal conspiracy film directed by “Fantastic Beasts” helmer David Yates that will be introduced to buyers at Cannes.From a script by “The True American” writer Wells Tower, the film is produced by Lawrence Grey through his Grey Matter Productions banner and Wychwood Pictures.The movie’s official logline reads: “Dreaming of a better life for her and her young daughter, Liza Drake (Blunt), a high-school dropout, lands a job with a failing pharmaceutical start-up in a yellowing strip mall in Central Florida. Liza’s charm, guts and drive catapult the company and her into the high life, where she soon finds herself at the center of a criminal conspiracy with deadly consequences.

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Jason Van Eman, a movie producer whose credits on IMDb include the 2016 historical drama “A Quiet Passion,” could spend the next several decades in prison after he was convicted Tuesday for his role in a $60 million film financing scheme.A federal jury in Fort Lauderdale, Florida found Van Eman, 44, guilty of conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering, the U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Florida said in a statement.

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