Saudi backed 3SIX9 Studios launched here in Cannes today with the promise of “bringing Hollywood to the Kingdom.” The new film and TV outfit has four co-founders and had four projects to talk about in Cannes.
The co-founders are actor and producer Daya Fernández, who is CEO; Inga Vainshein Smith, a former VP of Production at Paramount and who serves as President; actor and producer Amaury Nolasco, best known for Prison Break, and Saudi businessman Sheikh Mohammed Youssef El Khereiji.
The first movie projects off the block include Bunny Run, an action comedy written by Jayson Rothwell, which will shoot in Saudi Arabia this Fall. Scotland Yank is billed as contemporary comedy reimagining of Sherlock Holmes from Mitch Klebanoff. It will be filmed in Saudi and the U.S. Patrol, meanwhile, is an action-horror pic said to be in the vein of Predator.
A TV project was also announced, although no plot details were revealed.
The co-founders are actor and producer Daya Fernández, who is CEO; Inga Vainshein Smith, a former VP of Production at Paramount and who serves as President; actor and producer Amaury Nolasco, best known for Prison Break, and Saudi businessman Sheikh Mohammed Youssef El Khereiji.
The first movie projects off the block include Bunny Run, an action comedy written by Jayson Rothwell, which will shoot in Saudi Arabia this Fall. Scotland Yank is billed as contemporary comedy reimagining of Sherlock Holmes from Mitch Klebanoff. It will be filmed in Saudi and the U.S. Patrol, meanwhile, is an action-horror pic said to be in the vein of Predator.
A TV project was also announced, although no plot details were revealed.
- 5/20/2024
- by Stewart Clarke
- Deadline Film + TV
A new Saudi Arabian film studio with deep pockets and Hollywood connections is launching from the Cannes Film Festival with a slate of film and TV projects.
The Los Angeled-based 3SIX9 Studios – announced at an event on a yacht in the bay of Cannes – is co-founded by actor and producer Daya Fernández, who serves as CEO; Inga V. Smith, who is a former VP of production at Paramount and is the company’s president; “Prison Break” star Amaury Nolasco; and Saudi businessman Sheikh Mohammed Youssef El Khereiji, chairman of Global Group of Companies, who will serve as chairman.
Sheikh Mohammed is a billionaire who wears many hats including CEO of media advertising and investment entity Engineer Holding Group (Ehg). He has been an investor in Hollywood movies in the past. Now, “His recent backing of 3SIX9 Studios is a testament to Saudi Arabia’s commitment to nurturing creativity and innovation in global cinema,...
The Los Angeled-based 3SIX9 Studios – announced at an event on a yacht in the bay of Cannes – is co-founded by actor and producer Daya Fernández, who serves as CEO; Inga V. Smith, who is a former VP of production at Paramount and is the company’s president; “Prison Break” star Amaury Nolasco; and Saudi businessman Sheikh Mohammed Youssef El Khereiji, chairman of Global Group of Companies, who will serve as chairman.
Sheikh Mohammed is a billionaire who wears many hats including CEO of media advertising and investment entity Engineer Holding Group (Ehg). He has been an investor in Hollywood movies in the past. Now, “His recent backing of 3SIX9 Studios is a testament to Saudi Arabia’s commitment to nurturing creativity and innovation in global cinema,...
- 5/20/2024
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Saudi Arabia’s fast-growing entertainment sector added a high-profile new film company this week.
3SIX9 Studios was launched at the Cannes Film Festival this week by Saudi Sheikh Mohammed El Khereiji, who has invested in Hollywood films for years and will serve as chairman; Daya Fernández, who has worked with Tom Cruise and will be CEO; Inga V. Smith, a former Paramount executive who will be president; and Amaury Nolasco, an actor/producer best known for the TV series Prison Break.
The company will strive to usher in “a new era in Hollywood-Saudi entertainment collaboration,” the quartet said in a statement issued Monday, by employing strategic partnerships with key Saudi leaders in finance, production and business — and Yellow Camel Productions, a preeminent Saudi Arabian production company — to support a slate of new productions.
Projects already in the works, according to the company, include Bunny Run, a fast-paced action comedy written by Jayson Rothwell,...
3SIX9 Studios was launched at the Cannes Film Festival this week by Saudi Sheikh Mohammed El Khereiji, who has invested in Hollywood films for years and will serve as chairman; Daya Fernández, who has worked with Tom Cruise and will be CEO; Inga V. Smith, a former Paramount executive who will be president; and Amaury Nolasco, an actor/producer best known for the TV series Prison Break.
The company will strive to usher in “a new era in Hollywood-Saudi entertainment collaboration,” the quartet said in a statement issued Monday, by employing strategic partnerships with key Saudi leaders in finance, production and business — and Yellow Camel Productions, a preeminent Saudi Arabian production company — to support a slate of new productions.
Projects already in the works, according to the company, include Bunny Run, a fast-paced action comedy written by Jayson Rothwell,...
- 5/20/2024
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
On a recent episode of Jeopardy!, Grant DeYoung was looking for his third straight win. However, his two challengers left a little to be desired. In the final round, only one was left and his answer caused Ken Jennings to get short with him as DeYoung won again.
Here is the final Jeopardy! question and why Jennings was frustrated by this moment in the show.
Ken Jennings Short After Bad Jeopardy! Answers
By the time the Final Jeopardy! rolled around, only two competitors remained. The third, Rachel Shelton, had $0 heading into the finals, so she had to leave the game at that point. This means that Grant DeYoung was trying to win his third game in a row against Nick Coombs.
Jennings had already expressed disappointment when Rachel Shelton bet it all on the Daily Double. She went all-in with $7,000 and then missed the question. Ken seemed sad to see her fall,...
Here is the final Jeopardy! question and why Jennings was frustrated by this moment in the show.
Ken Jennings Short After Bad Jeopardy! Answers
By the time the Final Jeopardy! rolled around, only two competitors remained. The third, Rachel Shelton, had $0 heading into the finals, so she had to leave the game at that point. This means that Grant DeYoung was trying to win his third game in a row against Nick Coombs.
Jennings had already expressed disappointment when Rachel Shelton bet it all on the Daily Double. She went all-in with $7,000 and then missed the question. Ken seemed sad to see her fall,...
- 5/19/2024
- by Shawn Lealos
- TV Shows Ace
Will Stewart accrued more than $70,000 over three games of Jeopardy! After seeing his devastating loss, many fans are blaming Ken Jennings for throwing the contestant off during the show. Keep reading to see why Jeopardy! viewers are pointing the finger at the game show host.
Ken Jennings Asks For A More Specific Answer
On Wednesday, Will, a political organizer from Nashville, went up against Arizona resident Grant DeYoung and Kathy Olson of Pennsylvania. Fans were buzzing about Will’s run on the game show so far. He was on a Jeopardy! winning streak and viewers were excited to see how far he’d go.
During the Jeopardy! round, Will was ahead of his fellow contestants. He held $7,600 while Grant and Kathy had $3,400 and $1,800, respectively. However, Grant wound up winning both Daily Doubles.
Surprisingly, the Daily Double losses aren’t what led to Will’s demise on the game show. There...
Ken Jennings Asks For A More Specific Answer
On Wednesday, Will, a political organizer from Nashville, went up against Arizona resident Grant DeYoung and Kathy Olson of Pennsylvania. Fans were buzzing about Will’s run on the game show so far. He was on a Jeopardy! winning streak and viewers were excited to see how far he’d go.
During the Jeopardy! round, Will was ahead of his fellow contestants. He held $7,600 while Grant and Kathy had $3,400 and $1,800, respectively. However, Grant wound up winning both Daily Doubles.
Surprisingly, the Daily Double losses aren’t what led to Will’s demise on the game show. There...
- 5/18/2024
- by Amanda Blankenship
- TV Shows Ace
After defeating three-day Jeopardy! champion Will Stewart on Wednesday (May 15), grocery clerk Grant DeYoung returned to the Alex Trebek Stage on Thursday (May 16) and continued his winning ways with a dramatic comeback. DeYoung faced off against Elizabeth Brzozowski, a social studies teacher from Fishkill, New York, and Chen Yan, a surgeon from Happy Valley, Oregon. While his opponents put up a solid effort, DeYoung delivered an unbeatable performance. Even after crashing to $0 in the first round after a failed Daily Double, DeYoung remained unfazed and simply worked his way back up. By the end of the Jeopardy round, he’d answered 13 clues correctly for a total of $3,000, putting him only $600 behind Brzozowski. The Prescott, Arizona native stepped on the gas in Double Jeopardy, finding and nailing both Daily Doubles for a combined $11,000. While Chen put up a strong fight, DeYoung was unstoppable, amassing a runaway total of $20,800 heading into Final Jeopardy.
- 5/17/2024
- TV Insider
Jeopardy! saw a new champion take over, with Grant DeYoung winning the game on Wednesday. However, what was surprising about the new champion was what happened to him before he showed up on the popular television game show. Grant was involved in an accident and it was partially because of Jeopardy!.
Here is what Grant said happened and how Ken Jennings reacted.
New Jeopardy! Champion Gets Into Accident Before Show
On Wednesday, Grant DeYoung won the competition. He beat three-day champion Will Stewart and new contestant Kathy Olson. Grant won $25,601 in his win on the episode. This was good money for the grocery store clerk from Prescott, Arizona.
It might help him get his car fixed. In the show’s Q&a segment, Ken Jennings asked him about getting onto the show. Grant said he got the text confirming the big news on his phone while in his car (he wasn...
Here is what Grant said happened and how Ken Jennings reacted.
New Jeopardy! Champion Gets Into Accident Before Show
On Wednesday, Grant DeYoung won the competition. He beat three-day champion Will Stewart and new contestant Kathy Olson. Grant won $25,601 in his win on the episode. This was good money for the grocery store clerk from Prescott, Arizona.
It might help him get his car fixed. In the show’s Q&a segment, Ken Jennings asked him about getting onto the show. Grant said he got the text confirming the big news on his phone while in his car (he wasn...
- 5/16/2024
- by Shawn Lealos
- TV Shows Ace
Political organizer Will Stewart entered Wednesday’s (May 15) Jeopardy! with a three-day total of $70,501 and plenty of confidence to continue his winning streak. However, Stewart ended up losing the episode in a closely fought battle with grocery clerk Grant DeYoung, and some fans think host Ken Jennings is to blame for the loss. Stewart picked up right where he left off in the opening round, answering 12 correct clues, including the first Daily Double, to give him the lead with $7,600. Meanwhile, DeYoung trailed with $3,400, and fellow contestant Kathy Olson stood at $1,800. The game heated up in Double Jeopardy! after DeYoung found both Daily Doubles, though he chose to split them rather than go all in. This made things super tight between Stewart and DeYoung as they raced to answer the final clues. But this is where the controversy happened. DeYoung selected the second-to-last clue, which came under the “In The Period Film” category.
- 5/16/2024
- TV Insider
Returning champ Will Stewart played a game of high-risk, high-reward in Jeopardy‘s May 14 episode. Fans are praising by his risky bet on a Daily Double, with some saying that it would have been a thrilling bet whether he answered the prompt correctly or not. It’s a good thing he did, because that bet cleared the path for Stewart’s runaway victory. Stewart is a a political organizer originally from Nashville, Tennessee. Playing against him in the episode was Omar Ahmed, an analytics manager from Old Hickory, Tennessee; and Ashley Atkin, a stay-at-home mom & part-time graduate student from Jerome, Idaho. A runaway game in Jeopardy! is when one player’s score is so high, it’s more than double the score of their competitors. It would take a substantial loss in Final Jeopardy for the player in first place to lose in this scenario, but it is does happen semi-regularly on the game show.
- 5/14/2024
- TV Insider
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for the May 13 episode of Jeopardy!] Unfortunately, fans who went to the official Jeopardy! website ahead of the May 13 episode had the outcome spoiled. Facing off were data analyst Joyce Yang, elections worker Michael Richter, and the returning political organizer Will Stewart, a one-day champ with winnings of $25,601. But there was an error on Jeopardy.com the morning of May 13, with the game’s results and the May 14 lineup both already posted. “I don’t ever remember Jeopardy posting results on their website before the match has aired anywhere,” one viewer noted on X. “They’ve already got Will Stewart moving onto Tuesday and shown 2nd/3rd place for Monday’s game.” See the screenshots in the post below. I don’t ever remember Jeopardy posting results on their website before the match has aired anywhere, have you, @clairemcnear or @_thejeopardyfan?? They’ve already got Will Stewart moving onto Tuesday and shown 2nd/3rd ...
- 5/13/2024
- TV Insider
Title: Hardcore Henry Universal Director: Ilya Naishuller Writers: Ilya Naishuller & Will Stewart Cast: Sharlto Copley, Tim Roth, Haley Bennett, Danila Kozlovsky Running Time: 1 hr 37 min Rated: R (Violence, Gore, Language) Special Features: Four Deleted Scenes; Fan Chat with Ilya Naishuller and Sharlto Copley; 2 Feature commentaries with Ilya Naishuller and Sharlto Copley Released on Blu-ray, DVD, On Demand July 26 You wake up looking into the face of a beautiful woman in a lab coat named Estelle (Haley Bennett; Marley & Me) who says she’s your wife. Your left arm and leg are gone and you are getting some nifty bionic limbs. Just as you are about [ Read More ]
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- 9/1/2016
- by juliana
- ShockYa
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and Stx Entertainment have announced the July home media release dates and details for the first-person Pov action thriller Hardcore Henry:
Press Release: Universal City, CA, May 26, 2016 – Brace yourself for one of the most unflinchingly original wild rides when the adrenaline-fueled action hit Hardcore Henry arrives on Digital HD on July 12, 2016 and on Blu-ray™, DVD and On Demand on July 26, 2016 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and Stx Entertainment. Filled with non-stop action and thrilling adventure, Hardcore Henry is the first film shot completely in first-person shooter perspective. The Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital HD feature even more explosive thrills with deleted scenes and commentary with the director and actor/producer. Be the first to own Hardcore Henry, starring Sharlto Copley (Chappie, District 9, Elysium), and immerse yourself in an exciting new world as you become the title hero!
You remember nothing. Mainly because you’ve just...
Press Release: Universal City, CA, May 26, 2016 – Brace yourself for one of the most unflinchingly original wild rides when the adrenaline-fueled action hit Hardcore Henry arrives on Digital HD on July 12, 2016 and on Blu-ray™, DVD and On Demand on July 26, 2016 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and Stx Entertainment. Filled with non-stop action and thrilling adventure, Hardcore Henry is the first film shot completely in first-person shooter perspective. The Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital HD feature even more explosive thrills with deleted scenes and commentary with the director and actor/producer. Be the first to own Hardcore Henry, starring Sharlto Copley (Chappie, District 9, Elysium), and immerse yourself in an exciting new world as you become the title hero!
You remember nothing. Mainly because you’ve just...
- 5/26/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Read More: 7 Hidden Gems from the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival Lineup After world premiering in the Midnight Madness section at Tiff over the weekend, Ilya Naishuller's "Hardcore" has a Nsfw trailer that is quite unforgettable, to say the least. The movie is told entirely from the perspective of a cyborg, and it seems to be the closest cinema has ever come to recreating the first person experience of video games. The official synopsis reads: "'Hardcore' is told entirely from the point of view of a cyborg named Henry. Resurrected with no recollection of his past, Henry (the audience) and his ally, Jimmy (Sharlto Copley), must fight through the streets of Moscow in pursuit of Henry's kidnapped wife in the world's first action-adventure film to be shot 100 percent from the first person perspective." Will Stewart, Karina Sinonenko, Alex A. Ginzburg and Tony Lee co-star. Watch the trailer above.
- 9/14/2015
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
The new year is well underway and already people are shaking off the holiday cheer, breaking New Year's resolutions, and getting back into the normal swing of things. So with our CinemaSpy eyes focused on the coming twelve months, which movies will ultimately thrill and which ones will spill?
Each year is full of exciting possibilities and 2011 is no exception, with several pending blockbuster contenders set to compete for your dollars. The following 30 films are on our radar and probably worthy of your attention, too.
Here's what's heading our way in order of release...
Unknown (Feb. 18)
Liam Neeson plays a doctor who, after waking from a car accident, finds that another man has assumed his identity. He doesn't think this is a good thing.
I Am Number Four (Feb. 18)
Teen aliens on the run. We're hopeful this Disney film is better than it sounds. Produced by Steven Spielberg and Michael Bay.
Each year is full of exciting possibilities and 2011 is no exception, with several pending blockbuster contenders set to compete for your dollars. The following 30 films are on our radar and probably worthy of your attention, too.
Here's what's heading our way in order of release...
Unknown (Feb. 18)
Liam Neeson plays a doctor who, after waking from a car accident, finds that another man has assumed his identity. He doesn't think this is a good thing.
I Am Number Four (Feb. 18)
Teen aliens on the run. We're hopeful this Disney film is better than it sounds. Produced by Steven Spielberg and Michael Bay.
- 1/19/2011
- CinemaSpy
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