The distributor has pounced on its second title in Toronto, taking Us rights from Minds Eye Entertainment to Jon Cassar’s Western.
Kiefer Sutherland and Donald Sutherland star together for the first time in Forsaken, which is set to premiere as a Gala Presentation in Toronto on Wednesday.
Forsaken is a co-production between Panacea Entertainment and Minds Eye Entertainment and shot entirely on location at the Cl Ranch near Cochrane, Alberta.
Brian Cox, Michael Wincott, Greg Ellis and Aaron Poole round out the key cast on the story of a gunslinger who returns to his home town to repair his relationship with his father.
Kiefer Sutherland’s 24 collaborator Cassar directed from a screenplay by Brad Mirman, while Kevin DeWalt, Josh Miller, Bill Marks, Gary Howsam and Isabella Marchese Ragona produced.
Momentum, a stand-alone company that was recently revived under the eOne umbrella, acquired Stephen Frears’ Toronto selection The Program over the weekend.
Kiefer Sutherland and Donald Sutherland star together for the first time in Forsaken, which is set to premiere as a Gala Presentation in Toronto on Wednesday.
Forsaken is a co-production between Panacea Entertainment and Minds Eye Entertainment and shot entirely on location at the Cl Ranch near Cochrane, Alberta.
Brian Cox, Michael Wincott, Greg Ellis and Aaron Poole round out the key cast on the story of a gunslinger who returns to his home town to repair his relationship with his father.
Kiefer Sutherland’s 24 collaborator Cassar directed from a screenplay by Brad Mirman, while Kevin DeWalt, Josh Miller, Bill Marks, Gary Howsam and Isabella Marchese Ragona produced.
Momentum, a stand-alone company that was recently revived under the eOne umbrella, acquired Stephen Frears’ Toronto selection The Program over the weekend.
- 9/14/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
[1] Even as Julie Delpy gears up for a possible third Before Sunrise pic [2] with Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater, the busy writer-director-actress has attached herself to helm a biopic of iconic rock musician Joe Strummer called The Right Profile. Strummer is best remembered as the frontman of British punk group The Clash, though his musical resume also includes solo work, stints with The Mescaleros and The Pogues, and the soundtracks for Walker and Sid and Nancy. (The film is named after this Clash song [3], from London Calling. The tune even points back to the movies, with lyrics about '40s film star Montgomery Clift.) Few details about the project have been revealed at this time, though we do know the film will follow Strummer's disappearance from the public spotlight in 1982. Variety [4] notes that Delpy could appear in the picture -- seeing as she's acted in nearly all of her directorial efforts,...
- 11/22/2011
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
The term “final girl” signifies that girl who survived the horror movie with plucky determination and virginity intact, and must do battle with the monster who’s torn apart all her friends.
The idea seems ripe for laughs, and apparently someone else thought just that. Todd Strauss-Schulson, director of the recently released A Very Harold And Kumar 3D Christmas, has signed on to direct Final Girls for New Line. The script was written by Mark Fortin and Josh Miller. The news comes from Variety, who describes the movie as a cross between Back To The Future and Friday The 13th.
The story follows a girl grieving the loss of her mother, who was a scream queen in the 1980s. When she and her friends are mysteriously sucked into the world of her mother’s most famous horror movie, Max is reunited with her mom and must face the pic’s crazed killer.
The idea seems ripe for laughs, and apparently someone else thought just that. Todd Strauss-Schulson, director of the recently released A Very Harold And Kumar 3D Christmas, has signed on to direct Final Girls for New Line. The script was written by Mark Fortin and Josh Miller. The news comes from Variety, who describes the movie as a cross between Back To The Future and Friday The 13th.
The story follows a girl grieving the loss of her mother, who was a scream queen in the 1980s. When she and her friends are mysteriously sucked into the world of her mother’s most famous horror movie, Max is reunited with her mom and must face the pic’s crazed killer.
- 11/22/2011
- by Marc
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Veteran music video and shorts director Todd Strauss-Schulson broke into features with a slapstick bang via A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, the latest installment in the New Line Cinema comedy about stoner buddies Kumar (Kal Penn), Harold (John Cho) and their odd friendship with Neil Patrick Harris. Strauss-Schulson, 31, kept his features momentum rolling by signing on to direct another New Line comedy, Final Girls, set in the world of ‘80s slasher movies like the Friday the 13th franchise. Mark Fortin and Josh Miller co-wrote the comedy about the daughter of an ‘80s scream queen who’s mysteriously transported back in time to her mom’s most famous slasher movie and forced to fight the film’s killer.
- 11/22/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Veteran music video and shorts director Todd Strauss-Schulson broke into features with a slapstick bang via A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, the latest installment in the New Line Cinema comedy about stoner buddies Kumar (Kal Penn), Harold (John Cho) and their odd friendship with Neil Patrick Harris. Strauss-Schulson, 31, kept his features momentum rolling by signing on to direct another New Line comedy, Final Girls, set in the world of ‘80s slasher movies like the Friday the 13th franchise. Mark Fortin and Josh Miller co-wrote the comedy about the daughter of an ‘80s scream queen who’s mysteriously transported back in time to her mom’s most famous slasher movie and forced to fight the film’s killer.
- 11/22/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Michael London and his Groundswell Prods. have set up horror comedy Final Girls at New Line with A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas 3D helmer Todd Strauss-Schulson directing, reports Variety. Described as a mix between Back to the Future and Friday the 13th, the story follows a girl grieving the loss of her mother, who was a scream queen in the 1980s. When she and her friends are mysteriously sucked into the world of her mother's most famous horror movie, Max is reunited with her mom and must face the pic's crazed killer. It sounds more like Last Action Hero to me, and the title alone is absolutely hilarious (although, I'm not sure if anyone outside of the horror community will understand). Scribes Mark Fortin and Josh Miller are currently doing revisions on the spec script they sold to Groundswell.
- 11/22/2011
- bloody-disgusting.com
Here's a combination you don't see very often... Back to the Future meets Friday the 13th. Apparently that's exactly what we're going to get with New Line's latest horror comedy, Final Girls.
According to Variety Michael London and his Groundswell Productions have set up the horror comedy Final Girls at New Line with A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas 3D helmer Todd Strauss-Schulson directing.
The story follows a girl grieving the loss of her mother, who was a scream queen in the 1980s. When she and her friends are mysteriously sucked into the world of her mother's most famous horror movie, Max is reunited with her mom and must face the flick's crazed killer.
Scribes Mark Fortin and Josh Miller are currently doing revisions on the spec script they sold to Groundswell.
New Line will distribute, with London and Jocelyn Hayes-Simpson producing through Groundswell. David Neustadter and Walter Hamada will oversee for New Line.
According to Variety Michael London and his Groundswell Productions have set up the horror comedy Final Girls at New Line with A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas 3D helmer Todd Strauss-Schulson directing.
The story follows a girl grieving the loss of her mother, who was a scream queen in the 1980s. When she and her friends are mysteriously sucked into the world of her mother's most famous horror movie, Max is reunited with her mom and must face the flick's crazed killer.
Scribes Mark Fortin and Josh Miller are currently doing revisions on the spec script they sold to Groundswell.
New Line will distribute, with London and Jocelyn Hayes-Simpson producing through Groundswell. David Neustadter and Walter Hamada will oversee for New Line.
- 11/22/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
With his latest project currently in the negotiations stage, it looks like A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas director Todd Strauss-Schulson is adding another picture to his directing list. According to Variety, Strauss-Schulson has signed on to direct the horror comedy Final Girls for New Line.
Sideways‘ Michael London and his Groundswell Production Company will produce with the help of Jocelyn Hayes-Simpson, with Mark Fortin and Josh Miller writing the script.
The project has been “described as a mix between Back to the Future and Friday the 13th” which will follow a young girl mourning the death of her mother, who was a 1980′s “scream queen.” After traveling back in time to the world of her mother’s most famous horror flick, the young girl and her mother reunite to fight off the film’s main villain.
Although I’m a little skeptical at how well the script will turn out,...
Sideways‘ Michael London and his Groundswell Production Company will produce with the help of Jocelyn Hayes-Simpson, with Mark Fortin and Josh Miller writing the script.
The project has been “described as a mix between Back to the Future and Friday the 13th” which will follow a young girl mourning the death of her mother, who was a 1980′s “scream queen.” After traveling back in time to the world of her mother’s most famous horror flick, the young girl and her mother reunite to fight off the film’s main villain.
Although I’m a little skeptical at how well the script will turn out,...
- 11/22/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Following the box office success of his first feature, A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas director Todd Strauss-Schulson has signed on to direct Final Girls . Variety has the word, saying that the New Line horror comedy is described as a combination between Back to the Future and Friday the 13th . In the film, from screenwriters Mark Fortin and Josh Miller (who were previously involved with Robert Rodriguez's seemingly defunct "Women in Chains!" television series), has a teenage girl and her friends sucked into the 80's slasher film that her mother starred in. Strauss-Schulson was also recently linked to the Warner Bros. comedy Family Getaway . Whether or not this project replaces that one remains to be seen but Family Getaway is likely to be able to move...
- 11/21/2011
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Following the box office success of his first feature, A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas director Todd Strauss-Schulson has signed on to direct Final Girls . Variety has the word, saying that the New Line horror comedy is described as a combination between Back to the Future and Friday the 13th . In the film, from screenwriters Mark Fortin and Josh Miller (who were previously involved with Robert Rodriguez's seemingly defunct "Women in Chains!" television series), a teenage girl and her friends are sucked into the '80s slasher film that her mother starred in. Strauss-Schulson was also recently linked to the Warner Bros. comedy Family Getaway . Whether or not this project replaces that one remains to be seen but Family Getaway is likely to be able to...
- 11/21/2011
- Comingsoon.net
It is the year of the imprisoned women drama series.
Director Robert Rodriguez is shopping around Women in Chains! a violent drama set at a woman's prison starring his fiancee, Rose McGowan.
The spec script, penned by Josh Miller and Mark Fortin, has been sent to a number of networks, including NBC and FX.
McGowan is set play one of five chained women at the center of the show, which Rodriguez is expected to direct. The two first worked together on last year's Planet Terror, Rodriguez's homage to 1970s exploitation flicks.
The new show also is rumored to be fashioned with a 1970s exploitation sensibility, with such staples like mud wrestling. Details about the plot were first leaked to AintItCool.com earlier this week.
Women behind bars has become a running theme of late. "Chains!" comes on the heels of HBO's deal to do an American version of the British female prison drama Bad Girls with Alan Ball, Nancy Oliver and Raelle Tucker.
Director Robert Rodriguez is shopping around Women in Chains! a violent drama set at a woman's prison starring his fiancee, Rose McGowan.
The spec script, penned by Josh Miller and Mark Fortin, has been sent to a number of networks, including NBC and FX.
McGowan is set play one of five chained women at the center of the show, which Rodriguez is expected to direct. The two first worked together on last year's Planet Terror, Rodriguez's homage to 1970s exploitation flicks.
The new show also is rumored to be fashioned with a 1970s exploitation sensibility, with such staples like mud wrestling. Details about the plot were first leaked to AintItCool.com earlier this week.
Women behind bars has become a running theme of late. "Chains!" comes on the heels of HBO's deal to do an American version of the British female prison drama Bad Girls with Alan Ball, Nancy Oliver and Raelle Tucker.
- 5/28/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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