From sexual abuse in religious organizations to workplace exploitations and violence at schools, Hollywood has faithfully highlighted the menace of institutionalized trauma through productions like Cruel Instruction. The 2022 television movie directed by Stanley M. Brooks is a passion project for most of the people involved. This has much to do with the several pertinent social issues the film addressed. Apart from its central theme of institutional trauma and abuse, the movie written by Adrienne Rush also explored subplots propped against matters ranging from learning disability to sexual identity, mental health, and suicide. The Lifetime movie was released on March...
- 1/8/2024
- by Banks Onuoha
- TVovermind.com
Lifetime is set to premiere the new original movie Cruel Instruction starring Camryn Manheim, Cynthia Bailey, Kelcey Mawema and Viv Leacock on March 12 at 8 p.m. Et.
The project, inspired by true events, tells the story of Kayla Adams (Mawema), a 16-year-old who was sent to a youth residential treatment center by her mother Karen Adams (Bailey) at the suggestion of a school counselor. While at the Utah facility—led by headmistress Miss Connie (Manheim)— Kayla, her roommate and the rest of the residents are subjected to draconian treatments including force-feeding medications, arbitrary punishments, solitary confinement, and verbal and physical abuse to keep the students in line.
When Kayla and Amanda reach their limit, they band together to survive and fight to expose the abuse before it’s too late.
Following the airing of the original movie, Lifetime will air the special Beyond the Headlines: Cruel Instruction featuring interviews with real-life treatment program survivors.
The project, inspired by true events, tells the story of Kayla Adams (Mawema), a 16-year-old who was sent to a youth residential treatment center by her mother Karen Adams (Bailey) at the suggestion of a school counselor. While at the Utah facility—led by headmistress Miss Connie (Manheim)— Kayla, her roommate and the rest of the residents are subjected to draconian treatments including force-feeding medications, arbitrary punishments, solitary confinement, and verbal and physical abuse to keep the students in line.
When Kayla and Amanda reach their limit, they band together to survive and fight to expose the abuse before it’s too late.
Following the airing of the original movie, Lifetime will air the special Beyond the Headlines: Cruel Instruction featuring interviews with real-life treatment program survivors.
- 2/2/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Lotus Entertainment and Stan & Deliver Films have set Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner for Girl Who Fell From the Sky. Turner will star in the film and produce it, and the intention is for it to be her next feature vehicle. Stan Brooks (Perfect Sisters) will direct the film, and has adapted the script from the book by Juliane Koepcke & Beate Rygiert. The film package will be sold at Afm. Turner will play Koepcke, a high school senior and the sole survivor of…...
- 11/1/2017
- Deadline
After 30 years of producing movies and television shows, Stanley M. Brooks finally makes his directorial debut with Perfect Sisters. Based on a true story, it stars Georgie Henley and Abigail Breslin as Beth and Sandra, two sisters who are as close as siblings can be. We soon learn that their bond is so strong because their mother, Linda (Mira Sorvino), is an alcoholic who keeps falling off the wagon and constantly gets involved with the wrong men, which forces both of the girls to grow up a lot sooner than any child should.
When Linda gets involved with an incredibly abusive man, Beth and Sandra start thinking that maybe she would be better off dead. While the idea starts off as a harmless fantasy of killing their mother, it soon turns into a real life nightmare that shocks an entire community.
At the recent La press day for Perfect Sisters,...
When Linda gets involved with an incredibly abusive man, Beth and Sandra start thinking that maybe she would be better off dead. While the idea starts off as a harmless fantasy of killing their mother, it soon turns into a real life nightmare that shocks an entire community.
At the recent La press day for Perfect Sisters,...
- 4/11/2014
- by Ben Kenber
- We Got This Covered
Sister, My Sister: Brooks’ Uneven Debut Fumbles
Producer Stanley M. Brooks makes his directorial debut with Perfect Sisters, one of those tawdry sounding stories about familial dysfunction concerning a pair of teenage sisters that decided to kill their mother in 2006. There’s something perversely shocking about matricide, even by today’s glib standards, and the cinema is rife with similar examples, particularly in exploitation efforts and/or other morose endeavors. Brooks’ film will most likely recall Peter Jackson’s exceptional debut, 1994’s Heavenly Creatures, itself taken from the true life account of a woman that would grow up into author Ann Perry. However, Brooks’ isn’t quite as adept as Jackson with this tonally awkward exercise that is particularly grating until its second half, when the film actually manages to balance a murder with chilling detail, speckled with dark humor an a surprising alacrity considering the groan worthy extravaganza that came before.
Producer Stanley M. Brooks makes his directorial debut with Perfect Sisters, one of those tawdry sounding stories about familial dysfunction concerning a pair of teenage sisters that decided to kill their mother in 2006. There’s something perversely shocking about matricide, even by today’s glib standards, and the cinema is rife with similar examples, particularly in exploitation efforts and/or other morose endeavors. Brooks’ film will most likely recall Peter Jackson’s exceptional debut, 1994’s Heavenly Creatures, itself taken from the true life account of a woman that would grow up into author Ann Perry. However, Brooks’ isn’t quite as adept as Jackson with this tonally awkward exercise that is particularly grating until its second half, when the film actually manages to balance a murder with chilling detail, speckled with dark humor an a surprising alacrity considering the groan worthy extravaganza that came before.
- 4/11/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
The "perfect murder"—one that you can commit without leaving a trace of evidence or suspicion—is one that has tripped up many would-be killers. There is always an element of unpredictability, or a chance for something to go awry that gums up the game. But in the forthcoming "Perfect Sisters," two young women will again try and get away with murder, plotting the kill out in the open. Starring Abigail Breslin, Georgie Henley, and Mira Sorvino, and based on a true story, the Stan Brooks directed film follows sisters Sandra and Beth, who decide to kill their mother after she plans to move in with her abusive boyfriend. And as you'll see in this exclusive clip, the girls for a Murder Club at school where they plan and research the murder, something that seems like morose fun at first, but quickly turns deadly serious—just how serious the other...
- 4/8/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Abigail Breslin and Georgie Henley have shed their innocent child star pasts and gone for a more teen angst-filled route as seen in the new clip for the Stanley M. Brooks-directed “Perfect Sisters.” The film is based on a 2008 book by former Toronto Star reporter and crime writer Bob Mitchell, titled “The Class Project: How to Kill a Mother,” which tells the true story of the infamous “Bathtub Girls.” Breslin and Henley play teenage sisters from Mississauga, Ontario, who in 2005 were both found guilty in the murder of their drug-addicted mother (played by Mira Sorvino), who was overdosed [...]
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- 4/3/2014
- by Alfonso Espina
- UpandComers
Today we have the trailer for the upcoming "Perfect Sisters," which is based on the notorious Toronto "Bathtub Girls" case and stars Abigail Breslin (Zombieland), Georgie Henley (The Chronicles of Narnia) and Mira Sorvino. Check it out below. Plot: Sisters Sandra and Beth learned early in life that they had no one to depend on but each other, but when their addict mother Linda makes plans to move the girls in with her abusive lover, the girls' situation becomes unbearable. Seeing no other way out, Sandra and Beth recruit their classmates to help them plan their mother's murder. When the girls' guilt spins out of control and they compulsively confess their involvement to friends, rumors that they are cold-blooded killers reach the ears of the authorities. The new movie is directed by Stan Brooks and is set to get a limited release on April 11th. Trailer:...
- 3/11/2014
- WorstPreviews.com
Gravitas Ventures has debuted, via Yahoo! Movies , the trailer for director Stan Brooks' Perfect Sisters , starring Abigail Breslin ( Zombieland ) and Georgie Henley ( The Chronicles of Narnia ). Check it out in the player below! In Perfect Sisters , a riveting true-crime thriller based on the notorious Toronto .Bathtub Girls. case, a pair of abused and neglected teenage girls almost get away with murder. Sisters Sandra and Beth learned early in life that they had no one to depend on but each other, but when their addict mother Linda makes plans to move the girls in with her lecherous and abusive lover, the girls. situation becomes unbearable. Seeing no other way out, Sandra and Beth recruit their classmates to help them plan their mother.s murder. When the girls. guilt spins...
- 3/10/2014
- Comingsoon.net
Gravitas Ventures announced today that their Perfect Sisters will be released in select cities including New York, Los Angeles and Toronto on Friday, April 11, 2014. Marking the directorial debut of Stan Brooks, the film stars Academy Award Nominee Abigail Breslin ( The Call , Little Miss Sunshine ), Georgie Henley ( The Chronicles of Narnia Series) and Academy Award Winner Mira Sorvino ( Mighty Aphrodite , Romy and Michele.s High School Reunion ). In Perfect Sisters , a riveting true-crime thriller based on the notorious Toronto .Bathtub Girls. case, a pair of abused and neglected teenage girls almost get away with murder. Sisters Sandra and Beth learned early in life that they had no one to depend on but each other, but when their addict mother Linda makes plans to move...
- 2/10/2014
- Comingsoon.net
Macy Gray and Ernie Hudson have both joined the cast of the Lifetime network's original movie The Grim Sleeper, which is based on the case of Los Angeles’ notorious “Grim Sleeper” serial killer. Dreama Walker will star in the film, which will be directed by Stanley M. Brooks, from a script written by Robert Nathan (Law & Order) and Teena Booth (The Drew Peterson Story). "Grim Sleeper" is the nickname for an alleged serial killer believed to be responsible for at least ten murders, since 1985. The attacker was dubbed the "Grim Sleeper" because he appears to have taken a 14-year hiatus from his crimes, from 1988 to 2002. On July 7, 2010, a suspect, Lonnie David Franklin...
- 12/9/2013
- by Natasha Greeves
- ShadowAndAct
Exclusive: The case of Los Angeles’ notorious “Grim Sleeper” serial killer is getting a TV movie treatment with Lifetime‘s The Grim Sleeper starring Dreama Walker (Don’t Trust The B—-) and co-starring actress-singer Macy Gray (Training Day), Ernie Hudson (Call Me Crazy), and Michael O’Neill (Dallas Buyers Club). It will be directed by Stanley M. Brooks in the veteran TV movie producer’s return to the genre. In 2010, Brooks left the TV movie business after 21 years when he filed for bankruptcy as a result of a dispute with AFTRA, WGA and DGA over residuals from the Logo series Sordid Lives. Since then, he quietly took on a new career as a director with horror indie Perfect Sisters, which is awaiting release. It is fitting that Brooks’ return to the TV movie business is via Lifetime where he was a top telefilm supplier until severing ties with the...
- 12/6/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Because, looking forward, 2013 promises to be such a fruitful cornucopia of cinema, we were excited to be able to easily list an additional 100 titles we are eagerly looking forward to catching in the new year. From these 200-101 titles, we’re happy to list several projects featuring the extremely busy Isabelle Huppert, include two English language projects, Ned Benson’s split film project The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby His/Hers and the Niels Arden Oplev film, Dead Man Down (and don’t forget her French projects, a starring turn in Serge Bozon’s followup, Tip Top as well as Guillaume Nicloux’s The Religious).
Additionally, the horror genre should be extremely noteworthy in the coming year, with new projects from Neil Marshall (The Descent), Alexandre Aja (High Tension), Fabrice Du Welz (Calvaire), Lucky McKee (May) and directing team Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury (Inside). We’ve got two Australian beauties playing...
Additionally, the horror genre should be extremely noteworthy in the coming year, with new projects from Neil Marshall (The Descent), Alexandre Aja (High Tension), Fabrice Du Welz (Calvaire), Lucky McKee (May) and directing team Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury (Inside). We’ve got two Australian beauties playing...
- 1/10/2013
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Abigail Breslin sure has an affinity for horror movies. She was that quiet little girl leaving glasses of water everywhere in M. Night Shyamalan’s Signs in 2002, then had a starring role alongside Homeland star Damien Lewis in Keane, and co-starred with Emma Stone in Zombieland. And now she will star alongside Halle Berry in another horror flick called The Hive.
Variety says that Breslin will star in Brad Anderson’s newest movie, The Hive, which follows a 9-1-1 operator (Berry) who must work to save a young girl (Breslin), who is being attacked by a serial killer. The movie was to be directed by Joel Schumacher, but he was replaced by Anderson. The Hive was written by Rich D’Ovidio.
Breslin was last seen in Garry Marshall’s New Year’s Eve and has two films coming out this year: Stanley M. Brooks’s Perfect Sisters and Wayne Thornley’s animated Zambezia.
Variety says that Breslin will star in Brad Anderson’s newest movie, The Hive, which follows a 9-1-1 operator (Berry) who must work to save a young girl (Breslin), who is being attacked by a serial killer. The movie was to be directed by Joel Schumacher, but he was replaced by Anderson. The Hive was written by Rich D’Ovidio.
Breslin was last seen in Garry Marshall’s New Year’s Eve and has two films coming out this year: Stanley M. Brooks’s Perfect Sisters and Wayne Thornley’s animated Zambezia.
- 3/22/2012
- by Mike Lee
- FusedFilm
Cloud Atlas
James D'Arcy has signed on for the Wachowski and Tom Tykwer's ambitious ensemble "Cloud Atlas" adapted from David Mitchell's novel.
D'Arcy role is unspecified at present. He joins a cast that includes Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Hugh Grant, Susan Sarandon, Ben Whishaw, Jim Broadbent, and Jim Sturgess. [Source: Variety]
Pitch Perfect
Brittany Snow has joined the cast of Jason Moore's a cappella singing comedy "Pitch Perfect" at Universal Pictures.
Anna Kendrick plays the new singer of the Divisi, an a cappella group determined to beat their male counterpart The Treblemakers. Snow plays Chloe, one of the singers with a hardened personality. [Source: Risky Biz BLog]
The Class Project
Mira Sorvino has joined the cast of Stanley M. Brooks' true crime story "The Class Project" currently shooting in Winnipeg from a script by Fab Filippo and Adam Till.
Abigail Breslin and Georgie Henley play Canadian sisters who...
James D'Arcy has signed on for the Wachowski and Tom Tykwer's ambitious ensemble "Cloud Atlas" adapted from David Mitchell's novel.
D'Arcy role is unspecified at present. He joins a cast that includes Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Hugh Grant, Susan Sarandon, Ben Whishaw, Jim Broadbent, and Jim Sturgess. [Source: Variety]
Pitch Perfect
Brittany Snow has joined the cast of Jason Moore's a cappella singing comedy "Pitch Perfect" at Universal Pictures.
Anna Kendrick plays the new singer of the Divisi, an a cappella group determined to beat their male counterpart The Treblemakers. Snow plays Chloe, one of the singers with a hardened personality. [Source: Risky Biz BLog]
The Class Project
Mira Sorvino has joined the cast of Stanley M. Brooks' true crime story "The Class Project" currently shooting in Winnipeg from a script by Fab Filippo and Adam Till.
Abigail Breslin and Georgie Henley play Canadian sisters who...
- 9/28/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Many people may off-handedly say they want to kill their mother, but the two sisters who were the subject of Toronto Star reporter Bob Mitchell’s book “The Class Project: How to Kill a Mother: The True Story of Canada’s Infamous Bathtub Girls,” well, they were pretty serious about it. The book tells the story of a pair of girls whose lives had been torturous for as long as they could remember due to the various abuses committed against them by their alcoholic mom and her string of sleazy boyfriends, so they hatched a scheme to rub mommy out and collect the insurance money. First time director Stanley M. Brooks has already got Abigail Breslin (Zombieland) and Georgie Henley (The Chronicles of Narnia) signed on to play the sisters in a film adaptation, and now Variety is reporting that Oscar winning actress Mira Sorvino has just joined the cast in the role of the abusive...
- 9/27/2011
- by Nathan Adams
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Robert Zemeckis is getting ready to make Flight, in which Denzel Washington plays a booze- and drug-addled pilot who heroically saves a troubled flight, only to face an investigation into his role in the flight's troubles. Kelly Reilly plays another addict who comes into his life, and Don Cheadle and Bruce Greenwood are in talks for roles [1]. Now Brian Geraghty (The Hurt Locker) is in talks to play the flight's co-pilot, "who finds religion after the crash." John Gatins scripted. [THR [2]] After the break, the Tom Cruise thriller One Shot gets one more and Mira Sorvino is in a sordid tale of true crime. Christopher McQuarrie's adaptation of Lee Child's novel One Shot just added [3] Richard Jenkins last week, and has now brought on Alexia Fast as part of the thriller's cast. She'll play Sandy, a local girl who has an encounter with ex-mp Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise) as...
- 9/27/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Abigail Breslin and Georgie Henley of the Chronicles of Narnia franchise are so adorable. Why would anybody want to torture and psychologically abuse them? We.re going to have to ask Mira Sorvino, who has been cast in Stan Brooks. The Class Project as the wicked mother who makes life a living hell for these sisters. Brooks. film, penned by Fab Filippo and Adam Till, is a ripped-from-the-headlines true crime thriller about young girls who grow tired of their alcoholic mother.s abusive ways. All of their lives they.ve suffered at the hands of their parent and her endless streak of horrible boyfriends. But the girls, played by Breslin and Henley, reach a breaking point and reportedly plot to knock off their mom and live off the life insurance payout. Variety reports that Class Project takes its cues from "The Class Project: How To Kill a Mother: The...
- 9/27/2011
- cinemablend.com
Mira Sorvino has landed the lead in the upcoming true crime tale, The Class Project , to be directed by Stanley M. Brooks. The film features Abigail Breslin and Georgie Henley ( The Chronicles of Narnia ) as Canadian sisters who have been at the mercy of their alcoholic mother (Sorvino) and her abusive boyfriends for as far back as they can remember. The duo decides to take matters into their own hands and plot to kill her in order to collect the insurance money. The film, scripted by Fabrizio Filippo and Adam Till, is adapted from Toronto Star reporter Bob Mitchell's 2008 book "The Class Project: How To Kill a Mother: The True Story of Canada's Infamous Bathtub Girls." Michael Rotenberg ( Extract ) is producing the indie drama with Damian Ganczewski and Juliette...
- 9/27/2011
- Comingsoon.net
Chronicles of Narnia star, 16 year old Georgie Henley (represented by Hamilton Hodell) is to play a killer in her new film The Class Project.
She will star alongside American teen star Abigail Breslin - who earned an Oscar nomination at just 10 for comedy Little Miss Sunshine - in the true story of two Canadian sisters who, fed up of living with their alcoholic mother and her abusive boyfriends, plot to kill her. After the sisters murdered their mother, it was more than a year before their crime was discovered.
Adapted from the 2008 book “The Class Project: How To Kill a Mother: The True Story of Canada’s Infamous Bathtub Girls”, the indie drama will be directed by Stan Brooks.
Filming has already started in Winnipeg, and the film is scheduled for a 2012 release.
She will star alongside American teen star Abigail Breslin - who earned an Oscar nomination at just 10 for comedy Little Miss Sunshine - in the true story of two Canadian sisters who, fed up of living with their alcoholic mother and her abusive boyfriends, plot to kill her. After the sisters murdered their mother, it was more than a year before their crime was discovered.
Adapted from the 2008 book “The Class Project: How To Kill a Mother: The True Story of Canada’s Infamous Bathtub Girls”, the indie drama will be directed by Stan Brooks.
Filming has already started in Winnipeg, and the film is scheduled for a 2012 release.
- 9/4/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Little known fact: casting never stops in Hollywood because movies constantly need actors. See? You learn something new everyday. Here's one such update with five films that have all made major additions to their cast. After the jump read much more about: Weeds star Mary Louise Parker joining the comic book adaptation R.I.P.D. Anna Paquin, Ryan Phillippe and Luke Wilson all getting Straight A's Danny Trejo and M.C. Gainey heading to Haunted High Abigail Breslin killing her mom as a Class Project Michael Fassbender being offered the lead in Prisoners R.I.P.D., directed by Robert Schwentke (Red), is based on a comic book and will star Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges as dead detectives who investigate murders from beyond the grave. Reynolds is the latest recruit who agrees to the job to track down his own his own killer and Bridges is his veteran mentor. Variety reports [1] Mary-Louise Parker has just...
- 8/19/2011
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
Here are two questions I was given at last night's pub trivia: Who was Kat Von D dating before she began dating Jesse James? And what show features Rick, Richard, and Corey Harrison, as well as Chumlee?
I'm not going to tell you the answers, except to say that I actually feel better about myself having not answered them correctly. Now, on to the news:
Which is your favorite, folks? Chloe Moretz? Abigail Breslin? Or Elle Fanning? I think Elle is the better actress (those eyes!), but Chloe gets the better parts. However, Abigail just jumped up a rung, having been cast in The Class Project, an indie drama based on the real-life "Bathtub Girls," who were two teenage Canadian sisters who murdered their mother in 2003 and got away with the crime for a year before being found out. According to Variety, Stan Brooks will direct. It sounds like one of those films where,...
I'm not going to tell you the answers, except to say that I actually feel better about myself having not answered them correctly. Now, on to the news:
Which is your favorite, folks? Chloe Moretz? Abigail Breslin? Or Elle Fanning? I think Elle is the better actress (those eyes!), but Chloe gets the better parts. However, Abigail just jumped up a rung, having been cast in The Class Project, an indie drama based on the real-life "Bathtub Girls," who were two teenage Canadian sisters who murdered their mother in 2003 and got away with the crime for a year before being found out. According to Variety, Stan Brooks will direct. It sounds like one of those films where,...
- 8/18/2011
- by Dustin Rowles
Since her Oscar-nominated turn in Little Miss Sunshine, the talented Abigail Breslin has been working, for the most part, with lighter fare — No Reservations; Definitely, Maybe; Rango; and even Zombieland, which has a consistently comedic air to it. Her upcoming commitments, however, point toward a change in the atmosphere.
She’s already signed on to Hilary Brougher‘s Innocence, a drama-thriller that involves vampires nesting in a private school. It’s her latest project, though, that is the real eye-opener. It’s titled The Class Project, and Breslin will star as one of “two Canadian sisters who, tired of their mother’s alcoholism and abusive boyfriends, plot to kill her.” [Variety]
The film is based on Bob Mitchell‘s book The Class Project: How To Kill a Mother: The True Story of Canada’s Infamous Bathtub Girls, which has been adapted by Fabrizio Filippo and Adam Till. Stan Brooks will handle the directing duties,...
She’s already signed on to Hilary Brougher‘s Innocence, a drama-thriller that involves vampires nesting in a private school. It’s her latest project, though, that is the real eye-opener. It’s titled The Class Project, and Breslin will star as one of “two Canadian sisters who, tired of their mother’s alcoholism and abusive boyfriends, plot to kill her.” [Variety]
The film is based on Bob Mitchell‘s book The Class Project: How To Kill a Mother: The True Story of Canada’s Infamous Bathtub Girls, which has been adapted by Fabrizio Filippo and Adam Till. Stan Brooks will handle the directing duties,...
- 8/18/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
In an attempt to wean herself from roles such as the adorable unconventional pageant girl in “Little Miss Sunshine,” Abigail Breslin will take audiences through her transformation into adult roles in the new film, "The Class Project: How To Kill A Mother: The True Story of Canada's Infamous Bathtub Girls." The Oscar nominated actress will play the lead role in the movie adaptation of “Infamous Bathtub Girls," a story by Canadian journalist Bob Mitchell. The film is based on the true-life story of two Canadian sisters who drown their alcoholic mother in the bathtub and with the help of their friends. ------------- Read More: An apology to ‘Glee Project’s’ Damian McGinty from his No. 1 fan - Videos Gerard Depardieu thrown off Dublin flight after urinating on carpet Sneaky Steppers channel Banksy in new YouTube video ------------- The sisters, who were tired of their mother’s alcoholic ways and abusive boyfriends,...
- 8/18/2011
- IrishCentral
Abigail Breslin is set to star in 'The Class Project'. The 15-year-old actress - who shot to fame in 2006's 'Little Miss Sunshine' - has agreed to appear in the indie drama, which will be directed by Stan Brooks. The film will follow a pair of sisters - one played by Abigail - forced to endure an alcoholic mother and her string of abusive boyfriends. The movie - which is based on a script by Fabrizio Fillippo and Adam Till - will begin shooting at the end of the month, although no further cast members have been...
- 8/18/2011
- Virgin Media - Movies
Abigail Breslin has signed up to the indie drama The Class Project. The Little Miss Sunshine actress will take on the role of a young woman handling her mother's alcoholism and troubled love life, Variety reports. When she reaches the end of the line, Breslin's character and her sister decide to kill their mother. Director Stan Brooks will start shooting next month from a script by Adam Till and Waydowntown and Lives (more)...
- 8/18/2011
- by By Zakia Uddin
- Digital Spy
Abigail Breslin ("Little Miss Sunshine") has scored the lead role in Stan Brooks' indie drama "The Class Project" reports Variety.
The true story concerns two Canadian sisters who, tired of their mother's alcoholism and abusive boyfriends, plot to kill her. The crime wasn't discovered until over a year later.
Fabrizio Filippo and Adam Till adapted the script from Bob Mitchell's 2008 book. Michael Rotenberg, Damian Ganczewski and Juliette Hagopian are producing with shooting to start this month.
The true story concerns two Canadian sisters who, tired of their mother's alcoholism and abusive boyfriends, plot to kill her. The crime wasn't discovered until over a year later.
Fabrizio Filippo and Adam Till adapted the script from Bob Mitchell's 2008 book. Michael Rotenberg, Damian Ganczewski and Juliette Hagopian are producing with shooting to start this month.
- 8/18/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine) has taken the lead role in an indie drama titled The Class Project. Variety reports that Breslin will star in the film to be directed by Stan Brooks based on a script from Fabrizio Filippo and Adam Till. The story follows "two sisters who, tired of their mother's alcoholism and her abusive boyfriends, plot to kill her."
Class Project is being produced by Michael Rotenberg (Extract) along with Damian Ganczewski and Juliette Hagopian. Filming is slated to start later this month. Breslin will next be opposite Alessandro Nivola in Tribeca Films' Janie Jones, which opens on Oct. 28. She recently lent her voice to Gore Verbinski's Rango, and stars in the ensemble of Garry Marshall's New Years Eve, which arrives on December 9.
Class Project is being produced by Michael Rotenberg (Extract) along with Damian Ganczewski and Juliette Hagopian. Filming is slated to start later this month. Breslin will next be opposite Alessandro Nivola in Tribeca Films' Janie Jones, which opens on Oct. 28. She recently lent her voice to Gore Verbinski's Rango, and stars in the ensemble of Garry Marshall's New Years Eve, which arrives on December 9.
- 8/18/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Abigail Breslin, Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominee for the sleeper hit Little Miss Sunshine, is all grown up now. Or at least grown up enough to commit matricide. Breslin is set to star in Stan Brooks' real-life-based indie drama The Class Project, the story of two teenage Canadian sisters who, fed up with their alcoholic mother, decide to do away with her — reportedly with the assistance of the 15-year-old boyfriend of one of them — by first pumping her up with vodka, Tylenol 3, and codeine, and then drowning her in the bathtub. Hence the girls' tabloid moniker: "Bathtub Girls." Leave it up to the media to come up and spread around the most idiotic nicknames. Production on The Class Project is slated to begin next month, reports Variety. The screenplay is by Fabrizio Filippo and Adam Till, who adapted Toronto Star reporter Bob Mitchell’s 2008 book The Class Project: How...
- 8/18/2011
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
She might have been all sweetness and light in Nim’s Island and Little Miss Sunshine, but Abigail Breslin is about to prove she can have murder on her mind too, signing on to tough indie drama The Class Project.It may sound like an educational fable, but Project actually follows two sisters who get so sick of their mother’s drinking problems and string of abusive, equally drunken boyfriends that they decide to kill her. Wonder what Social Services will make of that…Fabrizio Fillippo and Adam Till are the twisted minds behind the script, and Stan Brooks will call the shots starting later this month.Breslin will next be seen in music drama Janie Jones, which finds her as the daughter of a former groupie going to confront the rock star she believes is her father. She’s also part of the sprawling New Year’s Eve cast...
- 8/18/2011
- EmpireOnline
Hollywood's little miss sunshines are growing up, and how (looking at you too, Dakota): Variety reports that 15-year-old Abigail Breslin has been cast as one of two leads in The Class Project, an indie drama based on the real-life "Bathtub Girls," two teenage Canadian sisters who murdered their mother in 2003 and got away with the crime for a year before being found out. Stan Brooks will direct from a script by Fabrizio Filippo and Adam Till who adapted The Class Project from Toronto Star reporter Bob Mitchell's 2008 book, The Class Project: How To Kill a Mother: The True Story of Canada's Infamous Bathtub Girls. [Variety]...
- 8/17/2011
- Movieline
Currently in that star child actress moving onto more adult roles phase of her career, Abigail Breslin is moving closer to the direction of acting peers such as the Fannings by taking on some tougher, less flattering indie drama roles. After signing up for Hilary Brougher's Innocence, the actress will now topline The Class Project, playing one of two teen sisters turned murders. To be directed by Stan Brooks (we've got no clue who this director is), lensing begins this month. Producers include Michael Rotenberg, Damian Ganczewski and Juliette Hagopian. Gist: Scripted by Fabrizio Filippo and Adam Till, this is based on Bob Mitchell's "The Class Project How to Kill a Mother: The True Story of Canada's Infamous Bathtub Girls," which follows two sisters who, tired of their mother's alcoholism and her abusive boyfriends, take matters into their own hands and plot to kill her. Worth Noting: From...
- 8/17/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
"Little Miss Sunshine" actress Abigail Breslin will star in The Class Project indie drama for director Stan Brooks. Fabrizio Filippo and Adam Till wrote the script for the film which has two sisters who grow tired of their mother's alcoholic tendencies and abusive boyfriends and decide to take matters into their own hands and kill her. Producing The Class Project are Michael Rotenberg of Extract as well as Juliette Hagopian and Damian Gaczewski. Production starts late August. Aside from The Class Project, Breslin is up next in Janie Jones with Alessandro Nicola which finds release via Tribeca Films on October 28th. The actress was also with Johnny Depp, providing voice talents for Gore Verbinski's "Rango."...
- 8/17/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
"Little Miss Sunshine" actress Abigail Breslin will star in The Class Project indie drama for director Stan Brooks. Fabrizio Filippo and Adam Till wrote the script for the film which has two sisters who grow tired of their mother's alcoholic tendencies and abusive boyfriends and decide to take matters into their own hands and kill her. Producing The Class Project are Michael Rotenberg of Extract as well as Juliette Hagopian and Damian Gaczewski. Production starts late August. Aside from The Class Project, Breslin is up next in Janie Jones with Alessandro Nicola which finds release via Tribeca Films on October 28th. The actress was also with Johnny Depp, providing voice talents for Gore Verbinski's "Rango."...
- 8/17/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
"Little Miss Sunshine" actress Abigail Breslin will star in The Class Project indie drama for director Stan Brooks. Fabrizio Filippo and Adam Till wrote the script for the film which has two sisters who grow tired of their mother's alcoholic tendencies and abusive boyfriends and decide to take matters into their own hands and kill her. Producing The Class Project are Michael Rotenberg of Extract as well as Juliette Hagopian and Damian Gaczewski. Production starts late August. Aside from The Class Project, Breslin is up next in Janie Jones with Alessandro Nicola which finds release via Tribeca Films on October 28th. The actress was also with Johnny Depp, providing voice talents for Gore Verbinski's "Rango."...
- 8/17/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Update 5:30 Pm: After producer Stanley M. Brooks and AFTRA couldn't reach a settlement over residual payments stemming from the Logo series Sordid Lives, Brooks' Once Upon a Time has filed for bankruptcy. It follows a last-ditch effort by Brooks who on friday sent AFTRA, WGA, DGA and Mpi a "final" $500,000 settlement offer. "It is with tremendous sadness and regret that we announce that Once Upon A Time Films has been forced to follow the path of other respected companies affected by the Axium collapse and seek relief under the insolvency laws, which we have done this afternoon," the company said in a statement. "After lengthy negotiations all weekend and with many extended deadlines, at noon today it became clear that a deal was not attainable. All of us at Once Upon A Time are proud of our 21 years of making award-winning movies and telling stories - and thank every cast,...
- 10/12/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
AFTRA on Sunday tendered a counterproposal to Stanley Brooks' take-it-or-leave-it offer to settle unpaid residuals on the 2008 Logo TV series "Sordid Lives."
The move comes in the face of a threat by Brooks that if his offer isn't accepted, he almost immediately will file for bankruptcy on behalf of his main company, Once Upon a Time Films, and Sordid Lives Prods., a special-purpose company formed for the show.
Brooks said Friday in a passionate letter to performers owed money that if he files bankruptcy, creditors will get even less than the $500,000 he is offering to settle about $1.5 million in debt.
AFTRA held meetings and conference calls Friday and during the weekend to discuss the offer. Among the actors in the production are Bonnie Bedelia; the late Rue McClanahan, who is represented by her estate; and Anne Walker, who was seen in a YouTube video confronting Brooks about the unpaid...
The move comes in the face of a threat by Brooks that if his offer isn't accepted, he almost immediately will file for bankruptcy on behalf of his main company, Once Upon a Time Films, and Sordid Lives Prods., a special-purpose company formed for the show.
Brooks said Friday in a passionate letter to performers owed money that if he files bankruptcy, creditors will get even less than the $500,000 he is offering to settle about $1.5 million in debt.
AFTRA held meetings and conference calls Friday and during the weekend to discuss the offer. Among the actors in the production are Bonnie Bedelia; the late Rue McClanahan, who is represented by her estate; and Anne Walker, who was seen in a YouTube video confronting Brooks about the unpaid...
- 10/10/2010
- by By Alex Ben Block
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Residuals Wars: Stan Brooks Sends 'Final' Settlement Offer to AFTRA, WGA, DGA & Mpi Monday Am Update: Stanley M. Brooks' company Once Upon a Time Films issued a statement confirming a new extension to the settlement deadline: "With progress made over the weekend, at the request of the combined Guilds, Once Upon A Time Films has agreed to extend the deadline for their filing to 12pm today and in the hopes that a settlement can be reached." Previous Sunday 1 Pm: Shortly before today's noon deadline on producer Stanley M. Brooks' $500,000 settlement proposal to AFTRA, WGA, DGA and Mpi, AFTRA sent Brooks a counter-proposal. AFTRA's members are owed the lion's share of residuals from the Brooks-produced Logo series Sordid Lives that sparked the spat. I hear Brooks' final offer was unconditional and was to include potential revenue he would receive from DVD sales of the 2008 series as well as any...
- 10/10/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Update 6:00 Pm: Another wrinkle in the residuals war between producer Stanley M. Brooks and the guilds over the 2008 Logo series Sordid Lives. After the two sides appeared headed to an extension on Brooks' final proposal until Wednesday 5:30 Pm, Brooks' Once Upon a Time just issued a statement giving the other side only until Sunday at noon to respond. I hear that, while accepting a standstill agreement, the guilds wanted to exclude Brooks' court date with the WGA, which led to him moving up the deadline from Wednesday to Sunday. Once Upon A Time appreciates the response from AFTRA, the other unions and Mpi and is happy to extend the deadline until this Sunday at noon. All sides have had many months to review the issues and numbers, so we are confident that if a settlement can be reached, this is plenty of time to make that determination. We...
- 10/9/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
AFTRA on Friday told producer Stanley Brooks they needed more time to consider is sweetened offer to settle outstanding claims from the 2008 Logo TV show "Sordid Lives," and attorneys for Brooks have agreed to hold off until Sunday at noon on filing for the bankruptcy of two of Brooks' companies.
Brooks sent AFTRA a letter early Friday with a passionate defense of his position and a history of his company and his financial troubles which he said stem from the bankruptcy of Axium payroll service during the making of the series, which he said cost his company $700,000.
Brooks noted in the letter he had paid all the original salaries and production costs and that the money he owed was from residuals, and penalties added after he failed to make certain payments. He gave the guilds until 5 p.m. Friday to accept his offer, or he said he would put his...
Brooks sent AFTRA a letter early Friday with a passionate defense of his position and a history of his company and his financial troubles which he said stem from the bankruptcy of Axium payroll service during the making of the series, which he said cost his company $700,000.
Brooks noted in the letter he had paid all the original salaries and production costs and that the money he owed was from residuals, and penalties added after he failed to make certain payments. He gave the guilds until 5 p.m. Friday to accept his offer, or he said he would put his...
- 10/8/2010
- by By Alex Ben Block
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
AFTRA has refused a demand from producer Stanley Brooks to remove his company from the guild's "Do Not Work List" over unpaid residuals and fees from the 2008 Logo TV series "Sordid Lives."
AFTRA also filed a petition in Los Angeles Superior Court Aug. 30 to confirm an arbitration award against Brooks for $1.2 million, with a hearing set for Oct. 22.
In a letter from attorney Laurence Zakson to Brooks' attorney Arnold Peters, the guild notes that to date Brooks and his companies Sordid Productions and Once Upon A Time have not filed for bankruptcy as his representative had previously said he would after his settlement offer for about 16 cents on the dollar was declined.
The AFTRA letter dated Sept. 10 notes that an arbitrator ruled Aug. 12, and Brooks' reps agreed, that his company was liable for $588,291 in unpaid residuals, $87,067 in unpaid health and retirement contributions and $503,753 in late payment penalties. "In such circumstances,...
AFTRA also filed a petition in Los Angeles Superior Court Aug. 30 to confirm an arbitration award against Brooks for $1.2 million, with a hearing set for Oct. 22.
In a letter from attorney Laurence Zakson to Brooks' attorney Arnold Peters, the guild notes that to date Brooks and his companies Sordid Productions and Once Upon A Time have not filed for bankruptcy as his representative had previously said he would after his settlement offer for about 16 cents on the dollar was declined.
The AFTRA letter dated Sept. 10 notes that an arbitrator ruled Aug. 12, and Brooks' reps agreed, that his company was liable for $588,291 in unpaid residuals, $87,067 in unpaid health and retirement contributions and $503,753 in late payment penalties. "In such circumstances,...
- 9/14/2010
- by By Alex Ben Block
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
An attorney for Stanley Brooks has sent letters to AFTRA and the WGA West demanding that they remove his client, who was executive producer of the Logo series "Sordid Lives" and other series and TV movies, from their "Do Not Work List." The letter demands that the guilds stop telling their members not to do business with Brooks or his company Once Upon a Time Films.
The letter was sent Monday by Arnold Peter of the law firm Peter, Rubin & Simon to attorneys for the two guilds.
Brooks was placed on the "Do Not Work List" over the past month after companies he controlled failed to pay all the residuals owed to actors and the writer-director of the series, Del Shores. Brooks, through his reps, offered a settlement of 16 cents on the dollar, which the talent and then the guilds turned down. At that point, an attorney for Brooks said...
The letter was sent Monday by Arnold Peter of the law firm Peter, Rubin & Simon to attorneys for the two guilds.
Brooks was placed on the "Do Not Work List" over the past month after companies he controlled failed to pay all the residuals owed to actors and the writer-director of the series, Del Shores. Brooks, through his reps, offered a settlement of 16 cents on the dollar, which the talent and then the guilds turned down. At that point, an attorney for Brooks said...
- 9/7/2010
- by By Alex Ben Block
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
AFTRA has formally rejected a settlement offer by producer Stanley M. Brooks to actors who worked on the 2008 Logo TV series "Sordid Lives," and filed a petition in federal court in Los Angeles to confirm the results of their previous arbitration award against Brooks and his company Once Upon A Time.
The DGA, WGA West and the Iatse Motion Picture Industry Pension and Health Plan have also rejected the offer from Brooks to settle $1.6 million in mostly in unpaid residual payments, for $242,000, or about 16 cents on the dollar.
Brooks' company, as a result, will declare bankruptcy shortly, his attorney Kenneth Suddleson said Friday.
Suddleson noted that his client had told the actors and writer-director Del Shores, as well as the guilds, that he would have no other choice if his offer wasn't accepted.
In a letter to THR two days ago, after an article appeared in which a number of...
The DGA, WGA West and the Iatse Motion Picture Industry Pension and Health Plan have also rejected the offer from Brooks to settle $1.6 million in mostly in unpaid residual payments, for $242,000, or about 16 cents on the dollar.
Brooks' company, as a result, will declare bankruptcy shortly, his attorney Kenneth Suddleson said Friday.
Suddleson noted that his client had told the actors and writer-director Del Shores, as well as the guilds, that he would have no other choice if his offer wasn't accepted.
In a letter to THR two days ago, after an article appeared in which a number of...
- 8/27/2010
- by By Alex Ben Block
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Hollywood talent guilds that have been trying to collect unpaid money and residuals from producer Stanley M. Brooks relating to Logo's "Sordid Lives: The Series" are poised to reject his offer to settle $1.6 million in debts for 16 cents on the dollar.
AFTRA, the DGA and the WGA West have made their decisions while the Iatse pension fund has yet to make its final decision. The guilds held a meeting Wednesday at AFTRA headquarters after polling their affected members.
The union members who attended meetings or spoke to their guild reps this week were apparently unanimous in rejecting the offer.
"I did not give less than 100% of my time or talent to this project and I will not accept to be paid anything less than 100% of what is owed me plus penalties," actress and AFTRA member Caroline Rhea said from Scotland, where she is performing in a play.
"I will...
AFTRA, the DGA and the WGA West have made their decisions while the Iatse pension fund has yet to make its final decision. The guilds held a meeting Wednesday at AFTRA headquarters after polling their affected members.
The union members who attended meetings or spoke to their guild reps this week were apparently unanimous in rejecting the offer.
"I did not give less than 100% of my time or talent to this project and I will not accept to be paid anything less than 100% of what is owed me plus penalties," actress and AFTRA member Caroline Rhea said from Scotland, where she is performing in a play.
"I will...
- 8/25/2010
- by By Alex Ben Block
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There is fallout from producer Stanley M. Brooks' financial troubles ahead of settlement talks planned for Monday with AFTRA, DGA and the WGA West. All three guilds have him on their "strike" (do not work) lists over unpaid salaries or residual payments.
The fallout involves Lifetime, to which Brooks had been a frequent supplier for the past decade -- up until a week or so ago. THR has learned he has quietly sold his interest in the only two projects he still has with the A&E Television Networks division, apparently to clear any obstacle to their production and to raise money to pay his union obligations -- and salvage his reputation.
One of the two movies, which have not been announced by domestic rights holder Lifetime Movie Network, is the suspense thriller "Sandra Brown's Smoke Screen," now shooting in Vancouver and starring Jaime Pressly and Canadian Currie Graham.
The fallout involves Lifetime, to which Brooks had been a frequent supplier for the past decade -- up until a week or so ago. THR has learned he has quietly sold his interest in the only two projects he still has with the A&E Television Networks division, apparently to clear any obstacle to their production and to raise money to pay his union obligations -- and salvage his reputation.
One of the two movies, which have not been announced by domestic rights holder Lifetime Movie Network, is the suspense thriller "Sandra Brown's Smoke Screen," now shooting in Vancouver and starring Jaime Pressly and Canadian Currie Graham.
- 8/19/2010
- by By Alex Ben Block
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Executive producer Stanley M. Brooks of Once Upon a Time Films did not attend an AFTRA arbitration hearing Tuesday concerning more than $1 million owed from a 2008 Logo TV series but was represented by an attorney who acknowledged that there were unpaid residual payments, according to Del Shores, who was creator and director of the show in question, "Sordid Lives: The Series."
"I went to the AFTRA arbitration today to be a witness for AFTRA," Shores said in a statement to THR after the hearing. "I was not called upon to testify. My understanding is that Stan Brooks and Once Upon a Time Films agreed that they owed the actors of 'Sordid Lives: The Series' somewhere around $1.1 million in unpaid residuals and requested to meet with all three guilds involved -- WGA, DGA and AFTRA -- to try to come to a settlement for the artists owed, including myself.
"I went to the AFTRA arbitration today to be a witness for AFTRA," Shores said in a statement to THR after the hearing. "I was not called upon to testify. My understanding is that Stan Brooks and Once Upon a Time Films agreed that they owed the actors of 'Sordid Lives: The Series' somewhere around $1.1 million in unpaid residuals and requested to meet with all three guilds involved -- WGA, DGA and AFTRA -- to try to come to a settlement for the artists owed, including myself.
- 8/18/2010
- by By Alex Ben Block
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Producers Guild of America gave "The Hurt Locker" the best film award. The Kathryn Bigelow film won over "An Education," "Avatar," "District 9, " "Inglourious Basterds," "Invictus," "Precious," "Star Trek," "Up" and "Up in the Air."
In this competitive and unpredictable awards season, "The Hurt Locker" received an all-important ammo to move on, and perhaps win Best Picture at the Oscars.
For the past 20 years, the winner of the PGA awards has matched the Oscar Best Picture winner including last year's "Slumdog Millionaire."
Here's the complete list of winners and nominees of the 2010 Producers Guild Of America (PGA) Awards:
Darryl F. Zanuck Producer Of The Year Award In Theatrical Motion Pictures:
"The Hurt Locker" Winner
Producer(s): Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Greg Shapiro
"Avatar"
Producers: James Cameron, Jon Landau
"District 9"
Producers: Carolynne Cunningham, Peter Jackson
"An Education"
Producers: Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey
"Inglourious Basterds"
Producer: Lawrence Bender
"Invictus"
Producers: Clint Eastwood,...
In this competitive and unpredictable awards season, "The Hurt Locker" received an all-important ammo to move on, and perhaps win Best Picture at the Oscars.
For the past 20 years, the winner of the PGA awards has matched the Oscar Best Picture winner including last year's "Slumdog Millionaire."
Here's the complete list of winners and nominees of the 2010 Producers Guild Of America (PGA) Awards:
Darryl F. Zanuck Producer Of The Year Award In Theatrical Motion Pictures:
"The Hurt Locker" Winner
Producer(s): Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Greg Shapiro
"Avatar"
Producers: James Cameron, Jon Landau
"District 9"
Producers: Carolynne Cunningham, Peter Jackson
"An Education"
Producers: Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey
"Inglourious Basterds"
Producer: Lawrence Bender
"Invictus"
Producers: Clint Eastwood,...
- 1/25/2010
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
James Cameron's sci-fi blockbuster "Avatar" will compete against Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" and award season favourites "The Hurt Locker" and "Up in the Air" for the Producers Guild of America's top movie prize.
Clint Eastwood's "Invictus", "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire" and animated film "Up" were also among the 10 movies - instead of the usual five - included on the PGA shortlist for its Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures. "Up" is also nominated in the best animated film category, alongside "Coraline", "The Princess and the Frog", "9" and "The Fantastic Mr. Fox".
Meanwhile, Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange's Grey Gardens scored a mention for best TV movie - it will battle with "Prayers for Bobby", "The Prisoner", "Taking Chance", "Georgia O'Keeffe" and "Little Dorrit" for the accolade.
The nominations were announced on Tuesday (05Jan10) and the winners...
Clint Eastwood's "Invictus", "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire" and animated film "Up" were also among the 10 movies - instead of the usual five - included on the PGA shortlist for its Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures. "Up" is also nominated in the best animated film category, alongside "Coraline", "The Princess and the Frog", "9" and "The Fantastic Mr. Fox".
Meanwhile, Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange's Grey Gardens scored a mention for best TV movie - it will battle with "Prayers for Bobby", "The Prisoner", "Taking Chance", "Georgia O'Keeffe" and "Little Dorrit" for the accolade.
The nominations were announced on Tuesday (05Jan10) and the winners...
- 1/6/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Perhaps the biggest surprise with this morning's announcement of the 2010 Producers Guild Nominees is the inclusion of not just Avatar, but the fact both District 9 and Star Trek made their list of ten films vying for the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award.
Along with those three we also have the rest of the Oscar front-runner elite. I have included the complete list below. I'm not sure I would say the winner at the PGA Awards makes for a guaranteed Best Picture winner at the Oscars. Althought the last two Best Picture winners (Slumdog Millionaire and No Country for Old Men) also won the PGA, it's a mixed bag after that with 13 of the 20 Producers Guild winners going on to win the Oscar since 1990.
The complete list of nominees is below and the PGA will announce the winner January 24 in a ceremony at the Hollywood Palladium based on voting by its 4,200 members.
Along with those three we also have the rest of the Oscar front-runner elite. I have included the complete list below. I'm not sure I would say the winner at the PGA Awards makes for a guaranteed Best Picture winner at the Oscars. Althought the last two Best Picture winners (Slumdog Millionaire and No Country for Old Men) also won the PGA, it's a mixed bag after that with 13 of the 20 Producers Guild winners going on to win the Oscar since 1990.
The complete list of nominees is below and the PGA will announce the winner January 24 in a ceremony at the Hollywood Palladium based on voting by its 4,200 members.
- 1/5/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) has announced ten nominations for the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in the Theatrical Motion Pictures category that will advance in the voting process for the 21st Annual PGA Awards, Sunday, January 24 @ the Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles.
The PGA also announced nominees in other categories including: the PGA Producer of the Year Award in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures; the PGA Producer of the Year Award in Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures; and the David L. Wolper Producer of the Year Award in Long-Form Television.
"...The Producers Guild of America is the non-profit trade group that represents, protects and promotes the interests of all members of the producing team in film, television and new media. The PGA has over 4,000 members who work together to protect and improve their careers, the industry and community by providing members health benefits, enforcing workplace labor laws, the...
The PGA also announced nominees in other categories including: the PGA Producer of the Year Award in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures; the PGA Producer of the Year Award in Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures; and the David L. Wolper Producer of the Year Award in Long-Form Television.
"...The Producers Guild of America is the non-profit trade group that represents, protects and promotes the interests of all members of the producing team in film, television and new media. The PGA has over 4,000 members who work together to protect and improve their careers, the industry and community by providing members health benefits, enforcing workplace labor laws, the...
- 1/5/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
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