Author: Zehra Phelan
Reports are emerging that Doctor Strange and Sherlock Holmes actor, Benedict Cumberbatch is currently in talks with Fox Searchlight to take the lead in David Bar Katz adaptation of The Man in the Rockefeller Suit.
The Man in the Rockefeller Suit is based on Mark Seal’s book on the real life con man Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, a convicted murderer and con man who is currently serving a prison sentence in the United States, who later took on the identity, Clark Rockefeller as well as other aliases including Chris C. Crowe, Chris Chichester, Charles Smith, Chip Smith. He conned his way into many jobs on Wall Street as well as marrying a wealthy woman with whom he had a child.
The book’s synopsis reads; In 2008, Clark Rockefeller, wealthy scion of a great American family, made headlines when he kidnapped his own daughter and vanished. The FBI and police were baffled.
Reports are emerging that Doctor Strange and Sherlock Holmes actor, Benedict Cumberbatch is currently in talks with Fox Searchlight to take the lead in David Bar Katz adaptation of The Man in the Rockefeller Suit.
The Man in the Rockefeller Suit is based on Mark Seal’s book on the real life con man Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, a convicted murderer and con man who is currently serving a prison sentence in the United States, who later took on the identity, Clark Rockefeller as well as other aliases including Chris C. Crowe, Chris Chichester, Charles Smith, Chip Smith. He conned his way into many jobs on Wall Street as well as marrying a wealthy woman with whom he had a child.
The book’s synopsis reads; In 2008, Clark Rockefeller, wealthy scion of a great American family, made headlines when he kidnapped his own daughter and vanished. The FBI and police were baffled.
- 4/13/2017
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
In honor of the late, legendary playwright Lorraine Hansberry, Chicago’s Goodman Theatre is throwing a citywide celebration April 30–June 5. Curated by resident director Chuck Smith, the five weeks of programming will include performances focusing on how the writer’s Chicago roots informed and affected her brilliant work. To kick off the celebration, “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window,” Hansberry’s final play, is being staged in a buzzy production directed by Anne Kauffman at the Goodman. The City of Chicago has proclaimed May 19 Lorraine Hansberry Day, commemorating what would have been her 86th birthday. In addition, five African-American female artists will be honored at the Lorraine Hansberry Awards, hosted on May 24 hosted by Smith and Woodie King, Jr., in recognition of their effect on American theater. “During her all-too-brief life and career, Lorraine Hansberry left an indelible mark on the American theater,” said Smith in a statement. “It...
- 5/5/2016
- backstage.com
Escapade Media has secured world rights, excluding New Zealand, to Jump Films. WW1 TV drama When We Go To War.
Aired on Tvnz's TV One earlier this year, the 6-hour series was scripted by Gavin Strawhan, directed by Peter Burger and produced by Robin Scholes (Once Were Warriors, Mr. Pip, Broken English).
The plot follows the experiences of New Zealand soldiers in the trenches, the nurses caring for the wounded in Egypt and. the impact of the war on the families back home over nine months of the Gallipoli campaign..
The story centres around a powerful and conflicted love story between Bea Smith (Esther Stephens), a woman ahead of her time who is nursing in Egypt alongside her lover William (Tom O'Sullivan), a dedicated doctor.
It also explores the effect the battlefield has on Charles Smith (Ido Drent), a lawyer turned officer, his brother Harry (Milo Cawthorne),. the family's black sheep,...
Aired on Tvnz's TV One earlier this year, the 6-hour series was scripted by Gavin Strawhan, directed by Peter Burger and produced by Robin Scholes (Once Were Warriors, Mr. Pip, Broken English).
The plot follows the experiences of New Zealand soldiers in the trenches, the nurses caring for the wounded in Egypt and. the impact of the war on the families back home over nine months of the Gallipoli campaign..
The story centres around a powerful and conflicted love story between Bea Smith (Esther Stephens), a woman ahead of her time who is nursing in Egypt alongside her lover William (Tom O'Sullivan), a dedicated doctor.
It also explores the effect the battlefield has on Charles Smith (Ido Drent), a lawyer turned officer, his brother Harry (Milo Cawthorne),. the family's black sheep,...
- 8/18/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Napa Spotlight: Smith-Madrone Winery. Unpretentious and exquisite wines are available by direct order only, as two brothers have worked hard and built on of the most respected vineyards in Napa atop Spring Mountain. All wines are Spring Mountain District appellation, all wines are estate-grown and estate-bottled. Tours and tastings by appointment and gratis, always conducted by one of the Smith brothers – Stuart and Charles Smith — vineyard manager and winemaker, respectively. The two hail from Santa Monica and they both stayed in sunny California, with Stuart completing his education at Uc Davis (enology and viticulture) and envisioning and creating […]...
- 5/17/2015
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
The Mountain Between Us: Gone Girl breakout Rosamund Pike is heading for further leading-lady success with this adaptation of Charles Smith’s romantic novel about strangers stranded in the wilderness following a plane crash. She will play the bride to be on the way to her wedding, and Charlie Hunnam is the separated surgeon for whom she’ll obviously fall during tough times in the woods. Now director Hany Abu-Assad (Paradise Now) just has to cast the dog who joins them on their...
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- 11/19/2014
- by affiliates@fandango.com
- Fandango
The Mountain Between Us: Gone Girl breakout Rosamund Pike is heading for further leading-lady success with this adaptation of Charles Smith’s romantic novel about strangers stranded in the wilderness following a plane crash. She will play the bride to be on the way to her wedding, and Charlie Hunnam is the separated surgeon who she’ll obviously fall for during tough times in the woods. Now director Hany Abu-Assad (Paradise Now) just has to cast the dog who joins them on their journey. (THR) Paul Robeson biopic: We’ve already seen one movie about singer-actor-activist Paul Robeson win an Oscar – the 1979 documentary short Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist. Now maybe we’ll have another, because 12 Years a Slave’s Steve McQueen and...
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- 11/19/2014
- by Christopher Campbell
- Movies.com
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