Exclusive: Steven Silver, who co-starred in Netflix’s controversial hit series 13 Reasons Why, has joined Thomas Mann, Jai Courtney and Timothy Olyphant in Beef, the dark comedy directed by John Stalberg Jr. The screenplay comes from Jeff Lock’s 2014 Black List script. The pic follows Jason (Mann), a general manager at a fast food restaurant called Beefy's, who, in hopes escaping his bleak small town, makes a $10,000 bet that was supposed to be a sure thing. When he…...
- 6/23/2017
- Deadline
Chris Messina joins Lily Rabe from American Horror Story on Berlin sales title We’re Just Married, which Rodrigo García will direct from a screenplay by David Rabe.
Wme Global represents Us rights to the 1970s-set dramedy about of a romantic triangle. Rabe and Bettina Barrow produce.
Meanwhile Timothy Olyphant from new Netflix series Santa Clarita Diet has joined Thomas Mann from the upcoming Kong: Skull Island on the cast of Beef.
The Exchange introduced the project at the Afm. John Stalberg Jr will direct from Jeff Lock’s 2014 Black List script about a general manager at a Midwest fast food restaurant who must rob the place to pay back a group of thugs.
Tom McNulty from MC2 Entertainment produces and Wme Global handles the Us.
The Exchange’s Efm line-up includes Lin Oeding’s Office Uprising; documentary Gleason; Ghost House; and market screening Modern Life Is Rubbish.
Wme Global represents Us rights to the 1970s-set dramedy about of a romantic triangle. Rabe and Bettina Barrow produce.
Meanwhile Timothy Olyphant from new Netflix series Santa Clarita Diet has joined Thomas Mann from the upcoming Kong: Skull Island on the cast of Beef.
The Exchange introduced the project at the Afm. John Stalberg Jr will direct from Jeff Lock’s 2014 Black List script about a general manager at a Midwest fast food restaurant who must rob the place to pay back a group of thugs.
Tom McNulty from MC2 Entertainment produces and Wme Global handles the Us.
The Exchange’s Efm line-up includes Lin Oeding’s Office Uprising; documentary Gleason; Ghost House; and market screening Modern Life Is Rubbish.
- 2/3/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Afm line-up includes Thomas Mann comedy.
Los Angeles-based The Exchange has bolstered its Afm slate with international sales rights to Beef and attached rising star Thomas Mann from Me And Earl And The Dying Girl as the lead.
CEO Brian O’Shea will introduce the project this week and it marks his second collaboration with MC2 Entertainment producer Tom McNulty after acclaimed drama The Spectacular Now.
Wme Global represents Us rights to Beef, a Fargo-like dark comedy based on Jeff Lock’s 2014 Black List screenplay about a small-town fast food restaurant manager who gets into trouble with the local crime syndicate.
John Stalberg Jr., whose credits include High School, will direct.
”Beef is a smart, fun and high concept film that can be sold globally,” said O’Shea. “The script is a great read, with pitch-perfect dialogue, interesting characters and compelling storylines. This dark comedy is perfect for all audiences including Millennials, and will be...
Los Angeles-based The Exchange has bolstered its Afm slate with international sales rights to Beef and attached rising star Thomas Mann from Me And Earl And The Dying Girl as the lead.
CEO Brian O’Shea will introduce the project this week and it marks his second collaboration with MC2 Entertainment producer Tom McNulty after acclaimed drama The Spectacular Now.
Wme Global represents Us rights to Beef, a Fargo-like dark comedy based on Jeff Lock’s 2014 Black List screenplay about a small-town fast food restaurant manager who gets into trouble with the local crime syndicate.
John Stalberg Jr., whose credits include High School, will direct.
”Beef is a smart, fun and high concept film that can be sold globally,” said O’Shea. “The script is a great read, with pitch-perfect dialogue, interesting characters and compelling storylines. This dark comedy is perfect for all audiences including Millennials, and will be...
- 11/2/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Updated With Full List Of Scripts, Writers, And Reps: Catherine The Great, about the rise and life of the famous (sometimes notorious) 18th-Century Russian monarch, was the top vote-getter among 70 scripts chosen for the 2014 Black List of the year’s best un-produced scripts. The screenplay, by Los Angeles writer and producer Kristina Lauren Anderson, was announced as part of an hour-plus process on Twitter and YouTube this morning.
Each of the 70 screenplays on this 10th annual list was chosen by a group of 250 development executives, agents and other Hollywood insiders as among the year’s best un-produced scripts in a process overseen by Franklin Leonard of http://www.blcklst.com. Anderson’s screenplay received 51 votes.
Other notables in the list include writer/actor/director Kenneth Lonergan with Manchester-By-The-Sea, which is being produced by Matt Damon and Chris Moore. Randall Green had two scripts make the list, The Swimsuit Issue and Cartoon Girl.
Each of the 70 screenplays on this 10th annual list was chosen by a group of 250 development executives, agents and other Hollywood insiders as among the year’s best un-produced scripts in a process overseen by Franklin Leonard of http://www.blcklst.com. Anderson’s screenplay received 51 votes.
Other notables in the list include writer/actor/director Kenneth Lonergan with Manchester-By-The-Sea, which is being produced by Matt Damon and Chris Moore. Randall Green had two scripts make the list, The Swimsuit Issue and Cartoon Girl.
- 12/15/2014
- by David Bloom and Jen Yamato
- Deadline
Who needs a U.S. agent or manager to sell a script in Hollywood? Just hours after FilmNation Entertainment nabbed Krysty Wilson-Cairns screenplay Aether on March 13, another unrepresented script began making the rounds and causing a stir. Video: Roundtable: George Clooney and 6 Top Writers on Awful Agent Advice and the Accuracy Police Jeff Lock's Beef began hitting the desks of development executives last week on the same day Aether sold. Neither script had U.S. representation, an unusual way for a script to be shopped. Story: The 10 Best Coffee Shops for Screenwriters In the case of Aether, Wilson-
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- 3/18/2014
- by Tatiana Siegel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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