A dad is on the run from authorities after his 12-year-old son was found dead at home with maggots all over his emaciated body and broken arms.
29.09.2023 - 13:03 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: After locking a docuseries based on Oceangate and the submersible tragedy, MindRiot Entertainment has now set a fiction project, also based on the tragedy, with E. Brian Dobbins (The Blackening, Black-ish) signed on to co-produce.
The fiction project currently shares the title Salvaged with MindRiot’s docuseries.
MindRiot’s Justin MacGregor and Jonathan Keasey will co-write the pic. We understand the feature’s scope will cover periods before, during, and after the five-day tragedy, which claimed five lives. Oceangate’s Titan submersible vanished on June 18, setting off a massive search led by the U.S. and Canada. The passengers included OceanGate CEO, Stockton Rush. Wreckage from the Titan was found on June 22 near the Titanic.
“The Titan Tragedy is yet another example of a misinformed and quick-to-pounce system, in this case, our nonstop, 24-7 media cycle that convicts and ruins the lives of so many people without any due process,” said Keasey, a licensed lawyer-turned filmmaker.
“Our film will not only honor all those involved in the submersible tragedy, and their families, but the feature will serve as a vessel that also addresses a more macro concern about the nature of media today.”
He added: “Truth is all that matters. And the world has a right to know the truth, always, not the salacious bait crammed down our throats by those seeking their five minutes of fame. Life is not black and white. It’s complicated. There’s nuance. Always nuance.”
The pic is part of MindRiot’s upcoming slate of docuseries projects, including a project in development based around Seattle’s underground rap scene. The company recently opened an Irish office headed by MacGregor, who is also head of film at Trinity College,
A dad is on the run from authorities after his 12-year-old son was found dead at home with maggots all over his emaciated body and broken arms.
Killers of the Flower Moon & Ferrari executive producer Niels Juul has teamed with AD Legacy, the company set up by the grandchildren of adidas founder Adi Dassler, to develop a fictional limited series about the life of Dassler and the megabrand he created.
Bethesda Softworks, announced his retirement today (October 16).Hines was hired in 1999 and originally he was in charge of writing manuals for Bethesda’s roster of titles, before becoming more and more instrumental to the marketing and public relations for launches.“After 24 years, I have decided my time at Bethesda Softworks has come to an end. I am retiring and will begin an exciting new chapter of my life exploring interests and passions, donating my time where I can, and taking more time to enjoy life,” he said in a statement to X (fka Twitter).“This was not a decision I came to easily or quickly, but after an amazing career, culminating in the incredible launch of Starfield, it feels like the time is right,” he continued.He added that he will still be an active part of the global Bethesda fanbase, who he described as an “incredible community”.Concluding, he said that he is intensely proud of those he worked with during his two decades at Bethesda Softworks, and that he will be waiting for whatever is next for the developer with “genuine excitement”.Bethesda Softworks addressed Hines’ retirement in its own message: “Pete’s public presence was only a small part of his role at Bethesda, although the way he represented us carried over into the values he nurtured here: authenticity, integrity and passion.“His contributions have been integral in building Bethesda and its family of studios into the world-class organization that it is today.
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J. Kim Murphy “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” is doing all too well in theaters. The concert film made a cool sum of $39 million on its opening day from 3,855 North American locations, a figure that includes $2.8 million in Thursday previews.
On Christmas Eve, a young Royal Air Force pilot flying home across the North Sea finds himself in peril when his radio and electric power cut out, leaving him stranded and running on limited fuel. Just when it appears his luck is about to run out, a mysterious good Samaritan guides him to safety.
The wait is over as tonight the show dubbed the 'ultimate social experiment', Big Brother, returns to our screens. Sixteen housemates arrive at the brand new Big Brother house before a live studio audience as they prepare to compete for a £100,000 cash prize. One by one each housemate arrives by car as they’re introduced to the nation.
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, the sequel to Aardman Animation’s 2000 stop-motion hit, is arriving 23 years after the original. Mused director Sam Fell during a panel at Deadline’s Contenders London today, “At the end of the first one, you’re kind of a bit sick of chickens. It takes about three or four years to make these things so I think everyone wanted to do new things.”
EXCLUSIVE: Ozark and Inventing Anna star Julia Garner has signed with LBI Entertainment for management.
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Brent Lang Executive Editor Fusion Entertainment has signed on to manage Joanna Arnow, an acclaimed acclaimed writer, director, actor and editor whose narrative feature debut “The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed” impressed audiences and critics when it debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in the Directors Fortnight section.The film was later acquired by Magnolia Pictures. It will be released domestically in 2024 after having its U.S.
Taylor Swift is being honored by Dancing With the Stars!
Angelique Jackson SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers from “The Blackening,” now streaming on Starz and available on VOD. Tracy Oliver is best-known as the co-writer of “Girls Trip” and the creator of “Harlem” and “First Wives Club,” but she’s also quite proficient with numbers. And in terms of the success of her latest film, “The Blackening,” the numbers tell an important tale.
Guerdy Abraira of The Real Housewives of Miami has signed with CGEM Talent for management representation in all areas.
EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Gustafsson has signed with Elevate Entertainment for representation.
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Naman Ramachandran Signature Entertainment has acquired U.K. and Ireland rights to writer-director Warwick Thornton’s Australian drama “The New Boy” from The Veterans. The film follows a nine-year-old Aboriginal orphan boy who arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery run by a renegade nun, disturbing the delicately balanced world.
The parents of Saffie-Rose Roussos - the youngest murdered in the Manchester Arena terror bombing - have opened up their hearts to help those who have lost loved ones. Andrew and Lisa Roussos have contributed to a new 85-page booklet designed as a bereavement resource compiled by London's Air Ambulance Charity.
EXCLUSIVE: Michel Gondry’s Partizan and RTG Features have tapped Christopher Makoto Yogi (I Was a Simple Man) to direct Merv and the Miracles, a feature-length doc that explores the legendary college basketball game between Chaminade and number-one ranked Virginia in 1982.
It’s been five years since Stefano Sollima‘s “Sicario: Day Of The Soldado,” the sequel to Denis Villeneuve‘s much-heralded 2015 film. But critics didn’t take to the 2018 sequel like they did to Villeneuve’s original, which suggests the franchise won’t continue.