“The Killing Fields” and “The Mission” director Roland Joffé is in talks to helm an epic drama spanning the two World Wars in a project set up with international film and media fund Apx Capital Group.
“L’Inverno” is the first pic to emerge from Apx’s new Music World Films & TV venture — a new division headed by Mathew Knowles (Beyoncé’s father), who sold his Music World Entertainment Group to Apx last month. As part of the deal, the film and TV division of Knowles’ company has been merged with the studio.
Apx will complete the financing on “L’Inverno,” with the 12-million budgeted movie starting principal photography in Rome, Italy, this fall. (Apx has a 10-year commitment to move productions to Italy.)
Spanning two World Wars, “L’Inverno” tells the story of former childhood friends SS Officer Nikolaus Führich and Jewish violinist Elisabeth Soloveichik, expressed through the eyes of Elizabeth’s brother,...
“L’Inverno” is the first pic to emerge from Apx’s new Music World Films & TV venture — a new division headed by Mathew Knowles (Beyoncé’s father), who sold his Music World Entertainment Group to Apx last month. As part of the deal, the film and TV division of Knowles’ company has been merged with the studio.
Apx will complete the financing on “L’Inverno,” with the 12-million budgeted movie starting principal photography in Rome, Italy, this fall. (Apx has a 10-year commitment to move productions to Italy.)
Spanning two World Wars, “L’Inverno” tells the story of former childhood friends SS Officer Nikolaus Führich and Jewish violinist Elisabeth Soloveichik, expressed through the eyes of Elizabeth’s brother,...
- 4/1/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Mark Damon’s Dcr Finance Corp. has signed a deal to provide $65 million in financing for a new version of “Sinbad” with production set to begin in early 2020, Variety has learned exclusively.
Dcr, a media financing fund headed by Damon, Adi Cohen and Jordi Rediu, will unveil details to potential buyers at the American Film Market, which opens Nov. 6 in Santa Monica, Calif.
The funds will be mostly spent in Georgia through partners Len Gibson and Wayne Overstreet, of Go Media. The overall budget is expected to be around $120 million. Enrico Ballarin, whose credits include “Star Wars: Episode II” as a unit manager, will executive produce. “Sinbad” will be directed by Francesco Lucente, who also wrote the screenplay.
Dcr announced a deal in August with Atlanta-based Go Media Productions to join a private placement as a lead investor and provide up to $150 million in exchange for the investment being channeled...
Dcr, a media financing fund headed by Damon, Adi Cohen and Jordi Rediu, will unveil details to potential buyers at the American Film Market, which opens Nov. 6 in Santa Monica, Calif.
The funds will be mostly spent in Georgia through partners Len Gibson and Wayne Overstreet, of Go Media. The overall budget is expected to be around $120 million. Enrico Ballarin, whose credits include “Star Wars: Episode II” as a unit manager, will executive produce. “Sinbad” will be directed by Francesco Lucente, who also wrote the screenplay.
Dcr announced a deal in August with Atlanta-based Go Media Productions to join a private placement as a lead investor and provide up to $150 million in exchange for the investment being channeled...
- 10/29/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, Isabela Merced get cast opposite Jason Momoa, “Starbright” gets financing and Afm announces its speakers.
Casting
Isabela Merced, formerly Isabela Moner, has come on board to portray the daughter of Jason Momoa in his upcoming revenge thriller “Sweet Girl” for Netflix.
Momoa will play a devastated man who vows to bring justice to the people responsible for his wife’s death while protecting his daughter, who is the only family he has left. “Sweet Girl” is written by Gregg Hurwitz, Philip Eisner and Will Staples. Brian Mendoza will direct. Momoa, Brad Peyton and Jeff Fierson are producing for Netflix.
Merced starred as the lead in Paramount’s “Dora and the Lost City of Gold,” which grossed more than $60 million domestically. Production of the “Sweet Girl” will take place in Pittsburgh.
Merced, who recently changed her name from Isabela Moner to honor her late Peruvian grandmother,...
Casting
Isabela Merced, formerly Isabela Moner, has come on board to portray the daughter of Jason Momoa in his upcoming revenge thriller “Sweet Girl” for Netflix.
Momoa will play a devastated man who vows to bring justice to the people responsible for his wife’s death while protecting his daughter, who is the only family he has left. “Sweet Girl” is written by Gregg Hurwitz, Philip Eisner and Will Staples. Brian Mendoza will direct. Momoa, Brad Peyton and Jeff Fierson are producing for Netflix.
Merced starred as the lead in Paramount’s “Dora and the Lost City of Gold,” which grossed more than $60 million domestically. Production of the “Sweet Girl” will take place in Pittsburgh.
Merced, who recently changed her name from Isabela Moner to honor her late Peruvian grandmother,...
- 10/22/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, financing has been secured for a Nicolas Cage police drama, feature drama “Topside” is unveiled and the late Tom Snyder is getting a tribute from his daughter.
Financing Completed
Dcr Finance Corp. has signed a deal to complete the financing for Nicolas Cage’s upcoming crime drama “10 Double Zero.”
The project, which begins shooting on July 29 in Louisiana, is directed by Christian Sesma (“Vigilante Diaries”) from a script he co-wrote with “Green Book” writer Nick Vallelonga about a pair of officers who set out to avenge the killings of several fellow officers in a public shootout with bank robbers. As they get closer to solving the crime, they find themselves the targets of a conspiracy in the ranks of the police force.
“10 Double Zero” was unveiled in May during the Cannes Film Festival with Wonderfilm and Ton of Hats producing. Dcr Finance...
Financing Completed
Dcr Finance Corp. has signed a deal to complete the financing for Nicolas Cage’s upcoming crime drama “10 Double Zero.”
The project, which begins shooting on July 29 in Louisiana, is directed by Christian Sesma (“Vigilante Diaries”) from a script he co-wrote with “Green Book” writer Nick Vallelonga about a pair of officers who set out to avenge the killings of several fellow officers in a public shootout with bank robbers. As they get closer to solving the crime, they find themselves the targets of a conspiracy in the ranks of the police force.
“10 Double Zero” was unveiled in May during the Cannes Film Festival with Wonderfilm and Ton of Hats producing. Dcr Finance...
- 7/19/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, Mark Damon receives an investment from Cinevideotech, Hollywood publicists set their awards show, Rob Zombie’s “3 From Hell” and a 9/11 documentary “You Are Here” get release dates.
Investment
Mark Damon’s Dcr Finance Corp., co-headed with financer Adi Cohen and producer Jordi Rediu, has received a $25 million investment from Cinevideotech Inc., Variety has learned exclusively.
The fund’s first investment will be the P&a for Vietnam War drama “The Last Full Measure,” which Roadside Attractions will release on Oct. 25. The film stars Sebastian Stan, Christopher Plummer, William Hurt, with Ed Harris and Samuel L. Jackson and is directed by Todd Robinson. Damon produced “The Last Full Measure” through his Foresight banner and is also handling worldwide sales.
Film entrepreneur Egon Stephan heads Cinevideotech. Damon’s credits include “2 Guns” and “Lone Survivor.”
The deal was orchestrated and brokered by 444 Film Group and Financing Dreams Today founder,...
Investment
Mark Damon’s Dcr Finance Corp., co-headed with financer Adi Cohen and producer Jordi Rediu, has received a $25 million investment from Cinevideotech Inc., Variety has learned exclusively.
The fund’s first investment will be the P&a for Vietnam War drama “The Last Full Measure,” which Roadside Attractions will release on Oct. 25. The film stars Sebastian Stan, Christopher Plummer, William Hurt, with Ed Harris and Samuel L. Jackson and is directed by Todd Robinson. Damon produced “The Last Full Measure” through his Foresight banner and is also handling worldwide sales.
Film entrepreneur Egon Stephan heads Cinevideotech. Damon’s credits include “2 Guns” and “Lone Survivor.”
The deal was orchestrated and brokered by 444 Film Group and Financing Dreams Today founder,...
- 7/2/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Dcr Finance Corp backing feature project with director.
Dekel Berenson’s short film Anna, which is premiering in Competition at Cannes this year, is being developed into a feature by New York and La-based media fund Dcr Finance Corp.
The short, a Ukraine-uk-Israel co-production, follows an aging single mother living in war-torn Eastern Ukraine who is desperate for change. Lured by a radio advertisement, she goes to party with a group of American men who are touring the country, searching for love. Svetlana Alekseevna Barandich played Anna.
Berenson is in an advanced stage of writing the feature script and will also direct.
Dekel Berenson’s short film Anna, which is premiering in Competition at Cannes this year, is being developed into a feature by New York and La-based media fund Dcr Finance Corp.
The short, a Ukraine-uk-Israel co-production, follows an aging single mother living in war-torn Eastern Ukraine who is desperate for change. Lured by a radio advertisement, she goes to party with a group of American men who are touring the country, searching for love. Svetlana Alekseevna Barandich played Anna.
Berenson is in an advanced stage of writing the feature script and will also direct.
- 5/19/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive. Music entrepreneur Mike Amoia is joining the film and TV investment efforts at Dcr Finance Corp., a New York-based film and media fund founded by Adi Cohen, Mark Damon and Jordi Rediu.
Amoia, who founded Mibe Music Co. — which controls rights to more than 100,000 tracks with over 2700 independent songwriters, composers, talents and artists — has also been a music producer and angel investor. He will join Dcr’s $100 million private placement as a lead investor and head Dcr’s music investment committee along with Mibe partner Peter Zepina. Amoia and Zepina will determine Dcr’s decisions about buying into films and TV projects involving music and publishing rights.
The participation by the Mibe duo brings the total raise by Dcr to more than $19 million and the firm is set to wrap up two more significant investment deals over the next four weeks. All placement funds will be earmarked to finance...
Amoia, who founded Mibe Music Co. — which controls rights to more than 100,000 tracks with over 2700 independent songwriters, composers, talents and artists — has also been a music producer and angel investor. He will join Dcr’s $100 million private placement as a lead investor and head Dcr’s music investment committee along with Mibe partner Peter Zepina. Amoia and Zepina will determine Dcr’s decisions about buying into films and TV projects involving music and publishing rights.
The participation by the Mibe duo brings the total raise by Dcr to more than $19 million and the firm is set to wrap up two more significant investment deals over the next four weeks. All placement funds will be earmarked to finance...
- 5/16/2019
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Dcr Finance Corp has launched a a $100 million film and media fund that will be used to finance small to midsize films across Europe and the U.S., with the goal to help filmmakers complete their movies and land distribution.
The first pic to receive funds will be Roadside Attractions’ The Last Full Measure, the upcoming Todd Robinson Vietnam War drama based on a true story and starring Sebastian Stan. Dcr will invest in the P&A for the pic, which has an October 25 release date after Roadside acquired the film in Toronto.
The film is produced by Foresight Unlimited chairman Mark Damon, who will now join the Dcr board along with producer Jordi Rediu. Dcr Finance Corp, a New York- and Los Angeles-based media finance firm that specializes in equity investments and entertainment funding, was founded by venture capitalist Adi Cohen, who also a producer on Last Full Measure.
The first pic to receive funds will be Roadside Attractions’ The Last Full Measure, the upcoming Todd Robinson Vietnam War drama based on a true story and starring Sebastian Stan. Dcr will invest in the P&A for the pic, which has an October 25 release date after Roadside acquired the film in Toronto.
The film is produced by Foresight Unlimited chairman Mark Damon, who will now join the Dcr board along with producer Jordi Rediu. Dcr Finance Corp, a New York- and Los Angeles-based media finance firm that specializes in equity investments and entertainment funding, was founded by venture capitalist Adi Cohen, who also a producer on Last Full Measure.
- 4/30/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Fund launched with Dcr Finance Corp.
The Jerusalem Sam Spiegel International Film Lab (Jsfl) and Us-based Dcr Finance Corp have launched a $5m fund for projects over the next five years.
The Dcr Fund for Excellence in Films will award three prizes totalling around $500,000 to both pitched and work-in-progress project during the Jsfl every July. These will be comprised of 80% investments and 20% grants.
Two prizes will be awarded via an international jury to works in progress and a further prize will be presented to a project in development. The Fund said the amount invested in a project will depend on...
The Jerusalem Sam Spiegel International Film Lab (Jsfl) and Us-based Dcr Finance Corp have launched a $5m fund for projects over the next five years.
The Dcr Fund for Excellence in Films will award three prizes totalling around $500,000 to both pitched and work-in-progress project during the Jsfl every July. These will be comprised of 80% investments and 20% grants.
Two prizes will be awarded via an international jury to works in progress and a further prize will be presented to a project in development. The Fund said the amount invested in a project will depend on...
- 2/13/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
In today’s film news roundup, “Vice” wins in Capri, Ninet Tayeb is starring in “Tell Me Why I Don’t Like Mondays,” and Chen Kaige’s “Legend of the Demon Cat” gets U.S. distribution.
Capri Awards
“Vice” has won four awards at the Capri-Hollywood International Film Festival, including best picture, best supporting actress for Amy Adams, and the editing and makeup awards.
Alfonso Cuaron won best director for “Roma,” which also won best foreign language film and for best production design. “A Star Is Born” received awards for best sound editing, best sound mixing and best original song.
Two awards went to “The Wife”: best actress for Glenn Close and best supporting actor for Jonathan Pryce. “First Man” won for best visual effects and best original score. Writing awards went to “Green Book” for best original screenplay, and “BlacKkKlansman,” for best adapted screenplay. Marcello Fonte won the...
Capri Awards
“Vice” has won four awards at the Capri-Hollywood International Film Festival, including best picture, best supporting actress for Amy Adams, and the editing and makeup awards.
Alfonso Cuaron won best director for “Roma,” which also won best foreign language film and for best production design. “A Star Is Born” received awards for best sound editing, best sound mixing and best original song.
Two awards went to “The Wife”: best actress for Glenn Close and best supporting actor for Jonathan Pryce. “First Man” won for best visual effects and best original score. Writing awards went to “Green Book” for best original screenplay, and “BlacKkKlansman,” for best adapted screenplay. Marcello Fonte won the...
- 1/3/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Sameh Zoabi’s Tel Aviv On Fire wins top prize.
The 34th Haifa International Film Festival (September 22-October 1) came to a close with Sameh Zoabi’s Tel Aviv On Fire winning the Haifa Cultural Fund Award for the Best Feature Film in the Israeli feature competition. It comes with a $27,000 prize.
Zoabi’s third feature, a comic take on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, made its debut at Venice Orizzonti strand.
This year’s jury comprised Julie Schlez, Philippe Le Guay, Salwa Nakkara, Yaron Scharf, Jordi Rediu
The full list of winners are below.
Best Israeli film
Tel Aviv on Fire (dir.
The 34th Haifa International Film Festival (September 22-October 1) came to a close with Sameh Zoabi’s Tel Aviv On Fire winning the Haifa Cultural Fund Award for the Best Feature Film in the Israeli feature competition. It comes with a $27,000 prize.
Zoabi’s third feature, a comic take on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, made its debut at Venice Orizzonti strand.
This year’s jury comprised Julie Schlez, Philippe Le Guay, Salwa Nakkara, Yaron Scharf, Jordi Rediu
The full list of winners are below.
Best Israeli film
Tel Aviv on Fire (dir.
- 10/3/2018
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
The Haifa Script Distillery will support Israeli writers.
Israel’s Haifa International Film Festival (September 22 - October 1) has launched a script development programme called the Haifa Script Distillery to support Israeli writers to develop English-language film and TV scripts.
The initiative has been unveiled during this year’s festival where 20 projects chosen from 400 entries are being presented (See full list below). Six to eight works will be shortlisted and will each receive a development grant of 50,000 Nis. Each writer will be mentored and receive training from tutors and supporting partners.
Once fully developed, the selected works will be presented to...
Israel’s Haifa International Film Festival (September 22 - October 1) has launched a script development programme called the Haifa Script Distillery to support Israeli writers to develop English-language film and TV scripts.
The initiative has been unveiled during this year’s festival where 20 projects chosen from 400 entries are being presented (See full list below). Six to eight works will be shortlisted and will each receive a development grant of 50,000 Nis. Each writer will be mentored and receive training from tutors and supporting partners.
Once fully developed, the selected works will be presented to...
- 9/24/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
New York-based Bcl Finance Group, headed by entertainment industry financiers Adi Cohen, Michael Bassick, and Michael Laundon, has signed a film-financing/services deal with Tunnel of Los Angeles.
Bcl Finance Group completed a deal last year to finance post-production and co-produce the Vietnam drama “The Last Full Measure,” starring Jeremy Irvine, with writer-director Todd Robinson.
Bcl will provide large-capacity completing financing to films conducting post production services at one of Tunnel’s facilities in the U.S. The initial projects are being closed and will be announced shortly. Mark Damon’s Foresight Unlimited will offer foreign sales and production services on qualified projects.
“We are delighted to have been an integral part in bringing Bcl and Tunnel together,” Damon said. “They both worked with us on the post-production of ‘The Last Full Measure’ and they did an excellent job for us. We are pleased to continue our relationship with Bcl...
Bcl Finance Group completed a deal last year to finance post-production and co-produce the Vietnam drama “The Last Full Measure,” starring Jeremy Irvine, with writer-director Todd Robinson.
Bcl will provide large-capacity completing financing to films conducting post production services at one of Tunnel’s facilities in the U.S. The initial projects are being closed and will be announced shortly. Mark Damon’s Foresight Unlimited will offer foreign sales and production services on qualified projects.
“We are delighted to have been an integral part in bringing Bcl and Tunnel together,” Damon said. “They both worked with us on the post-production of ‘The Last Full Measure’ and they did an excellent job for us. We are pleased to continue our relationship with Bcl...
- 8/6/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Bcl Finance Group has signed a deal to complete the financing package for the horror movie “Superstition — The Rule of Three’s” with Ingenious Media.
Bcl Finance is a New York film finance fund headed by financiers Adi Cohen, Michael Bassick (“American Made”), and producer and financier Michael Laundon. The company will provide $3.3 million as part of the deal.
“Superstition — The Rule of Three’s” has wrapped production in Georgia and will complete filming in Louisiana. The cast includes Amanda Cerney, Shad Moss, Ludacris, Lauren Alysa McClain, Terayle Hill, Taylour Paige and Tyga.
The story takes place after two unrelated deaths occur on a university campus, with a co-ed and her friends unwittingly pulled into participating in the Dead Pool — an online game based on the superstition that death comes in threes, in which students place bets on who will die next. What starts as an immature joke soon turns to terror,...
Bcl Finance is a New York film finance fund headed by financiers Adi Cohen, Michael Bassick (“American Made”), and producer and financier Michael Laundon. The company will provide $3.3 million as part of the deal.
“Superstition — The Rule of Three’s” has wrapped production in Georgia and will complete filming in Louisiana. The cast includes Amanda Cerney, Shad Moss, Ludacris, Lauren Alysa McClain, Terayle Hill, Taylour Paige and Tyga.
The story takes place after two unrelated deaths occur on a university campus, with a co-ed and her friends unwittingly pulled into participating in the Dead Pool — an online game based on the superstition that death comes in threes, in which students place bets on who will die next. What starts as an immature joke soon turns to terror,...
- 5/12/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Christine Vachon's Killer Films is set to co-produce Zip Films' "Fake Orgasm." The documentary is produced by Jordi Rediu and Norbert Llaras of Zip Films. Jo Sol directs. Vachon will exec produce. "Orgasm" is based on a seven-month shoot with interviews in Europe, U.S., India, China, Thailand, Japan, Chile, Brazil and Hawaii. Sol tries to find common answers that cross boundaries of cultures, asking why three quarters of women say they're sexually unsatisfied, and many fake orgasms.
- 12/22/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
San Sebastian, Spain -- U.S. venture capital fund GC Financial Group has acquired a 25% stake in Barcelona-based Zip Films for €3.7 million, giving it a foothold in Spain from which to launch a European expansion.
"Now we have a base in Europe to take advantage of the financing structure for independent films," GC managing partner Adi Cohen said Thursday. "Zip is our base with the Spanish-speaking film industry, and gives us a place to launch our European entertainment operation."
Cohen said GC would be looking to buy another film company in Germany as part of its strategy.
"In the last 10 years most independent films were financed out of Europe," Cohen said. "We're looking to be in the center of the process, instead of at the end of the food chain."
GC gives Zip access to a $22.4 million in revolving credit as the newly teamed entity looks to become what Cohen calls a "Pan-European,...
"Now we have a base in Europe to take advantage of the financing structure for independent films," GC managing partner Adi Cohen said Thursday. "Zip is our base with the Spanish-speaking film industry, and gives us a place to launch our European entertainment operation."
Cohen said GC would be looking to buy another film company in Germany as part of its strategy.
"In the last 10 years most independent films were financed out of Europe," Cohen said. "We're looking to be in the center of the process, instead of at the end of the food chain."
GC gives Zip access to a $22.4 million in revolving credit as the newly teamed entity looks to become what Cohen calls a "Pan-European,...
- 9/24/2009
- by By Pamela Rolfe
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
SITGES, Spain -- Following on the critical success of their first joint venture, The Ungodly at Sitges' International Film Festival of Catalonia, Barcelona-based Zip Films and Los Angeles' Dream 7 Entertainment signed a co-production alliance that sees the two put out up to four English-language films over the next two years. Speaking on the day after the press screening of Thomas Dunn's thriller The Ungodly, which was deemed a "jewel" by local media, Zip general manager Jordi Rediu said the two companies would continue their combined efforts. "We share the same perspective on how to make films," Rediu said. "We're both looking to make English-language films with for a worldwide audience and our final objectives match." The first two projects under the new agreement have been approved. The first is Two, a drama based on an Isaac B. Singer story and the other is Dunn's second genre feature film.
- 10/15/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
SITGES, Spain -- Following on the critical success of their first joint venture, The Ungodly at Sitges' International Film Festival of Catalonia, Barcelona-based Zip Films and Los Angeles' Dream 7 Entertainment signed a co-production alliance that sees the two put out up to four English-language films over the next two years. Speaking on the day after the press screening of Thomas Dunn's thriller The Ungodly, which was deemed a "jewel" by local media, Zip general manager Jordi Rediu said the two companies would continue their combined efforts. "We share the same perspective on how to make films," Rediu said. "We're both looking to make English-language films with for a worldwide audience and our final objectives match." The first two projects under the new agreement have been approved. The first is Two, a drama based on an Isaac B. Singer story and the other is Dunn's second genre feature film.
- 10/15/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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