Simon Brew Nov 15, 2017
A gender-reversed take on the 2000 hit What Women Want is arriving in 2019...
Mel Gibson was at the height of his matinee box office powers when the middling rom-com What Women Want became a huge hit back in 2000. Directed by Nancy Meyers, this was the movie that saw Mel Gibson as an advertising executive who – courtesy of some electricity and a bath – became able to hear the inner thoughts of women. Helen Hunt co-starred in the movie, that went on to gross nearly $400m worldwide. Back when that was considered a lot of money.
Paramount, however, is now fast-tracking a remake of sorts, that’s going to gender flip the central idea. Now going by the name What Men Want, this time the film will be headlined by Empire and Hidden Figures star Taraji P Henson. Will Packer and James Lopez are set to produce, and Henson is executive producing.
A gender-reversed take on the 2000 hit What Women Want is arriving in 2019...
Mel Gibson was at the height of his matinee box office powers when the middling rom-com What Women Want became a huge hit back in 2000. Directed by Nancy Meyers, this was the movie that saw Mel Gibson as an advertising executive who – courtesy of some electricity and a bath – became able to hear the inner thoughts of women. Helen Hunt co-starred in the movie, that went on to gross nearly $400m worldwide. Back when that was considered a lot of money.
Paramount, however, is now fast-tracking a remake of sorts, that’s going to gender flip the central idea. Now going by the name What Men Want, this time the film will be headlined by Empire and Hidden Figures star Taraji P Henson. Will Packer and James Lopez are set to produce, and Henson is executive producing.
- 11/15/2017
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Being Mary Jane star Gabrielle Union is teaming up once again with producer and Bmj executive producer Will Packer on an upcoming feature — Breaking In. Union will star in and produce the drama which centers on a woman who fights to protect the ones she loves during a home invasion. V for Vendetta helmer James McTeigue is directing the project which will go before the cameras in July. Union is producing the feature with Packer, James Lopez, and Practical…...
- 5/30/2017
- Deadline
Michael Douglas and Halle Berry have come aboard to star in "Fatal Attraction" and "Unfaithful" director Adrian Lyne's "Silence" at Lotus Entertainment.
The story set in Chicago during a snow-covered Christmas in the 1960s, when for John Carpenter, the holiday spirit is broken by violence throughout the city, and an unlikely stranger named Silence saves his life during a deadly riot.
The film aims to leaves you questioning how far you would go to protect the ones you love. The project is separate from the Lyne and Nicole Kidman's "Silent Wife" which the pair are working on that was introduced at the Afm last year.
Lyne, Will Packer and James Lopez are producing.
Source: Deadline...
The story set in Chicago during a snow-covered Christmas in the 1960s, when for John Carpenter, the holiday spirit is broken by violence throughout the city, and an unlikely stranger named Silence saves his life during a deadly riot.
The film aims to leaves you questioning how far you would go to protect the ones you love. The project is separate from the Lyne and Nicole Kidman's "Silent Wife" which the pair are working on that was introduced at the Afm last year.
Lyne, Will Packer and James Lopez are producing.
Source: Deadline...
- 5/13/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Thursday, June 11 at the Los Angeles Film Festival, #BlackLifeBlackProtest will showcase seven short films exploring issues of police violence, implicit bias, black identity and human rights, followed by a public dialogue on how content creation can be used as a tool for social change. In anticipation of the event, I spoke with four of the filmmakers in the program about the social significance of their films. Included in the conversation were dream hampton, director of We Demand Justice for Renisha McBride; Pete Chatmon and Dorian Missick of Black Card; and James Lopez, producer of AmeriCAN. Though their films tackle different topics, all of the filmmakers say they felt...
- 6/8/2015
- by Jai Tiggett
- ShadowAndAct
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