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EXCLUSIVE: Writer and director Max Barbakow has signed with Range Media Partners.
Barbakow’s feature directing debut, Palm Springs, premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival selling for the highest recorded price in Festival history, reportedly north of 17.5 million dollars and 69 cents. The film, which premiered in July 2020 on Hulu, was adored by fans and critics alike scoring 95% on Rotten Tomatoes After its record-breaking sale, Palm Springs went on to receive two Golden Globe Nominations, a Writers Guild of America Award Nomination for Best Original Screenplay, and the Critics’ Choice Award for Best Comedy.
Barbakow has recently finished shooting the crime comedy Brothers, starring Josh Brolin, Peter Dinklage, Brendan Fraser, and Glenn Close, for Legendary Pictures. He also wrote and directed Mommy, I’m A Bastard! an autobiographical feature documentary about his adoption.
“We are absolutely thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Max alongside CAA. He is a singular talent, with a supremely unique voice and we look forward to working with him for many chapters to come as he surprises and inspires audiences every step of the way,” said Rich Cook of Range Media Partners.
Barbakow is also represented by CAA as well as Jim Gillio and Jonathan Sauer at Sloane, Offer, Weber, and Dern.
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A former anchor at CNN has found herself in some legal trouble…
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I want to do more of this.”Kasdan met with Imagine Entertainment, the production company founded by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer. When they asked him what he wanted to make, Kasdan told them that he wanted to do “a history of visual effects.” Imagine said that they already had a relationship with Disney+ and Lucasfilm and proposed, instead, a project that chronicled the history of Industrial Light & Magic. “That was like saying, you want to go back to your old high school because I really grown up there.
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Paloma Aguilar is opening up about her abrupt exit from the Big Brother house.
Addressing her departure. Paloma Aguilar didn’t hold back about her decision to leave the Big Brother house early.