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VARIETY: ‘Pachinko,’ ‘Black-ish,’ ‘Don’t Look Up’ Among Humanitas Prize Winners Limited Series, TV Movie, or Special“Love Life: ‘Mia Hines’” (Written by Rachelle Williams-BenAry & Sam Boyd) “Maid: ‘Snaps’ (Written by Molly Smith Metzler) “Three Months” (Written by Jared Frieder) WINNER: “Women of the Movement: ‘Mother and Son’” (Written by Marissa Jo Cerar) READ MORE FEBRUARY 26, 2022 INDIEWIRE: Troye Sivan Wanted to Show the Nuances of His Orthodox Jewish Upbringing in ‘Three Months’ "I had an Orthodox rabbi who was so cool about me being gay...[he] wanted to invite my boyfriend up to the bimah in shul," the singer and actor told IndieWire. READ MORE FEBRUARY 23, 2022 VARIETY: Troye Sivan Says Hollywood Needs to Do Better With Casting Queer Actors in Queer Roles Troye Sivan remembers that first time he got tested for HIV. “I was in a new relationship and I wanted to have sex,” he recalls on this week’s episode of the “Just for Variety” podcast. “We both went and got tested and once we were all clear, it was all good to go.” READ MORE FEBRUARY 23, 2022 INDIEWIRE: Gay Coming-of-Age Drama ‘Three Months’ Would Have Been ‘Impossible’ Without Troye Sivan "It's so hard to get gay shit made, I never thought it would actually end up happening," said writer-director Jared Frieder. READ MORE FEBRUARY 23, 2022 VARIETY: ‘Encanto’ Star Adassa ‘Not Surprised’ That ‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno’ Wasn’t Submitted for Oscars Welcome to this week’s “Just for Variety.” Troye Sivan dives into a divisive topic with me on this week’s “Just for Variety” podcast when he says he thinks straight actors should be able, at times, to play queer roles. READ MORE FEBRUARY 23, 2022 VARIETY: ‘Three Months’ Review: Troye Sivan Sets a Positive Example in Gay Teen Romance This 'Juno'-esque queer dramedy focuses not on pregnancy but on HIV status, as a sarcastic high school graduate spends his summer waiting for STD test results. READ MORE FEBRUARY 22, 2022 INDIEWIRE: ‘Three Months’ Review: Troye Sivan Shines in a Predictable, Yet Still Very Necessary Coming-of-Age Tale Based on his own experiences, first-time filmmaker Jared Frieder's comedy is the kind of open-hearted offering legions of queer teens absolutely need access to. READ MORE FEBRUARY 18, 2022 TV INSIDER: ‘Three Months’: Troye Sivan & Judy Greer Face-Off in First Look (Video) Things are tense between Troye Sivan and Judy Greer in an exclusive sneak peek clip from Paramount+‘s upcoming MTV Entertainment Studios movie, Three Months. READ MORE FEBRUARY 16, 2022 VARIETY: Matthew McConaughey Is Open to Appearing in ‘Magic Mike 3’: ‘Channing Tatum, Call Me, Bro!’ Welcome to this week’s “Just for Variety.” Not only does Troye Sivan star in the dramedy “Three Months” — he plays a queer Florida high school senior who finds out he may have been exposed to HIV after a one-night stand — but he wrote and performed two numbers, “Wait” and “Trouble,” for the soundtrack. READ MORE FEBRUARY 12, 2022 FILM-BOOK.COM: Three Months (2022) Movie Trailer: Troye Sivan finds Love in the Most Unlikely of Places in Jared Frieder’s Film Jared Frieder‘s Three Months (2022) movie trailer has been released by MTV Entertainment Studios. The Three Months trailer stars Troye Sivan, Viveik Kalra, Brianne Tju, Ellen Burstyn, Judy Greer, Javier Munoz, Louis Gossett Jr., and Amy Landecker. READ MORE FEBRUARY 11, 2022 FIRSTSHOWING.NET: Indie Coming-of-Age HIV+ Film from Florida - 'Three Months' Trailer "I'm not really sure how I'm feeling. And I think that's okay." Paramount has unveiled an official trailer for Three Months, a coming-of-age indie dramedy marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Jared Frieder. READ MORE MARCH 25, 2020 VARIETY: Film News Roundup: Inside Out Postpones Lgbtq Film Festival Due to Coronavirus In today’s film news roundup, Canada’s largest Lgbtq film festival gets postponed, the commercial industry’s health plan addresses the coronavirus pandemic and Margaret Qualley’s “A Head Full of Ghosts” finds a home. READ MORE MARCH 25, 2020 THE WRAP: STX Nears Deal on Scott Cooper Horror Film ‘A Head Full of Ghosts’ With Margaret Qualley The movie is based on Paul Tremblay’s 2015 horror novel. READ MORE MARCH 25, 2020 DEADLINE: STX Closing Big Deal For Scott Cooper Psychological Horror ‘A Head Full Of Ghosts’ With Margaret Qualley EXCLUSIVE: STXfilms is closing a high seven-figure multi-territory pre-buy for the Scott Cooper-directed psychological horror A Head Full of Ghosts, which will star Margaret Qualley (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood). READ MORE FEBRUARY 14, 2020 DEADLINE: Scott Cooper To Direct Margaret Qualley In ‘A Head Full Of Ghosts’ For Cross Creek, Team Downey, The Allegiance Theater – EFM EXCLUSIVE: Scott Cooper is set to direct Once Upon a Time in Hollywood‘s Margaret Qualley in the psychological horror A Head Full of Ghosts., READ MORE MAY 22, 2019 THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: 'ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE' DIRECTOR TACKLING ROAD TRIP DRAMEDY 'PETE AND GOAT' Director Feral Reilly ('The Angry Birds Movie') is tackling a live-action road trip movie, titles 'Pete and Goat,' for his next project. READ MORE SEPTEMBER 12, 2017 VARIETY: INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION TO HONOR FILMMAKERS FOR SYRIAN WORK The International Documentary Association will give its Courage Under Fire Award to filmmakers and subjects involved with documentaries about the war in Syria. READ MORE AUGUST 22, 2017 DEADLINE: AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL UNVEILS FIRST FILMS IN LINEUP 'Please Stand By' with Dakota Fanning and Toni Collette will premiere at the Austin Film Festival. READ MORE JULY 5, 2017 INDIEWIRE: 2018 OSCAR PREDICTIONS: BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE A Few Films Are Gaining Stature Among a Long List of Documentaries That Have Built Cred on the Festival Circuit. READ MORE MARCH 12, 2017 NPR: 'CRIES FROM SYRIA' DOCUMENTARY LAYS BARE THE CONFLICT'S GRUESOME REALITIES Director Evgeny Afineevsky and Syrian subject Kholoud Helmi talk about the new film, which chronicles the country's descent into civil war after initially hopeful demonstrations of the Arab Spring. READ MORE MARCH 10, 2017 DEADLINE: HBO’S ‘CRIES FROM SYRIA’ TAKES NO-HOLDS-BARRED APPROACH TO DOCUMENTING REFUGEE CRISIS – SUNDANCE STUDIO As Donald Trump’s presidency tries once more to pass legislation designed to restrict travel to the U.S. for citizens of some Muslim-majority countries, HBO Documentary Films gears up for the March 13 launch of Evgeny Afineevsky’s Sundance-premiering Cries From Syria, which takes a comprehensive and unflinching look back at the refugee crisis in Syria, and the barbarism of the Bashar al-Assad regime. READ MORE MARCH 10, 2017 NEW YORK TIMES: "CRIES FROM SYRIA,' ON HBO, IS A GRIM LOOK AT THAT NATION'S WAR Six years into the Syrian war, we’ve grown accustomed to the images of death and devastation. But from its first frames, in which water laps at the body of a boy washed ashore after the boat he was on capsized, it’s clear that “Cries From Syria” is still going to be hard to watch. READ MORE MARCH 2, 2017 LOS ANGELES TIMES: HBO'S 'CRIES FROM SYRIA' FOCUSES ON CHILDREN IN REFUGEE CRISIS Anyone with even a shred social conscience should find the comprehensive Syrian civil war documentary “Cries From Syria” a truly devastating experience. It should be required viewing for any public official involved with shaping any laws or policies regarding the fate of Syrian refugees. Director Evgeny Afineevsky (Oscar-nominated for 2015’s “Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom”) has deftly assembled a wealth of astonishing, you-are-there footage, much of it shot by Syrian activists and ordinary citizens from early 2011, when the Arab Spring protests gave way to armed conflict, through 2016, as fighting continued with no end in sight. READ MORE FEBRUARY 23, 2017 DEADLINE: ‘CRIES FROM SYRIA’ TRAILER: HBO SUNDANCE DOCUMENTARY LOOKS AT NATION IN CRISIS HBO has released the official trailer for Cries From Syria, the documentary from Oscar-nominated Winter on Fire director Evgeny Afineevsky about the humanitarian crisis in Syria and the civil war there. READ MORE FEBRUARY 21, 2017 DEADLINE: HELEN MIRREN TO NARRATE ‘CRIES FROM SYRIA’ FOR HBO BOW Helen Mirren has come aboard to narrate Cries From Syria, the documentary from Oscar-nominated Winter on Fire director Evgeny Afineevsky about the humanitarian crisis in Syria and the civil war there. HBO has set a March 13 bow for the docu; the date coincides with the sixth anniversary of the start of the war. READ MORE JANUARY 20, 2017 VARIETY: CONTENT TAKES INTERNATIONAL SALES ON ‘CRIES FROM SYRIA’ AHEAD OF SUNDANCE PREMIERE Content Media Corp. has taken international sales rights to Evgeny Afineevsky’s “Cries From Syria” ahead of the documentary’s world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday. READ MORE JANUARY 20, 2017 DEADLINE: CONTENT MEDIA BOARDS SUNDANCE DOC ‘CRIES FROM SYRIA’ Content Media has boarded international rights on Sundance doc Cries From Syria. The film, directed by Oscar and Emmy nominee Evgeny Afineevsky, is world premiering in Park City. Content will begin introducing the pic to buyers at the EFM in Berlin next month. HBO acquired the important doc last week and will premiere it on March 13 domestically. READ MORE JANUARY 20, 2017 SCREENDAILY: CONTENT MEDIA BOARDS ‘CRIES FROM SYRIA’ In its second Sundance pick-up, the company has acquired international sales rights to Evgeny Afineevsky’s Syrian civil war documentary ahead of Sunday’s world premiere in Sundance. HBO took US television rights to Cries From Syria earlier this month and will air the broadcast premiere on March 13. READ MORE JANUARY 18, 2017 DEADLINE: ‘CRIES FROM SYRIA’ SUNDANCE CLIP: A CHILDREN’S STORY THAT’S HARD TO WATCH As the U.S. broadcast media remains laser-focused on all things Donald Trump, it’s easy to forget that there’s other news in the world. And we need to take notice of it. Take this clip of Cries From Syria, Evgeny Afineevsky’s documentary that HBO acquired last week and screens at Sundance. READ MORE JANUARY 10, 2017 VARIETY: SUNDANCE: HBO PICKS UP SYRIAN CIVIL WAR DOCUMENTARY The Sundance Film Festival doesn’t start for another month, but already the market for films is heating up. HBO has acquired U.S. TV rights for “Cries From Syria,” a documentary about the Syrian civil war. The film is directed by Evgeny Afineevsky, who previously oversaw the Emmy and Oscar-nominated “Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom.” READ MORE JANUARY 10, 2017 THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: SUNDANCE: HBO NABS TV RIGHTS TO DOC 'CRIES FROM SYRIA' An original song from Diane Warren and Cher is included in the Evgeny Afineevsky-directed doc.HBO has acquired U.S. TV rights to the documentary Cries From Syria. READ MORE JANUARY 10, 2017 DEADLINE: SUNDANCE-BOUND ‘CRIES FROM SYRIA’ ACQUIRED BY HBO HBO has acquired U.S. TV rights to Cries From Syria, the follow-up documentary from Evgeny Afineevsky, who helmed last year’s Oscar- and Emmy-nominated Winter On Fire. Syria is having its world premiere in the Sundance Film Festival’s Documentary Premieres section this month, and HBO will debut it on Monday, March 13. READ MORE May 13, 2016 PEOPLE: THE PEOPLE REVIEW: GEORGE CLOONEY RINGS UP A GREAT PERFORMANCE IN MONEY MONSTER In this satiric comedy-drama directed by Jodie Foster – it’s her fifth feature film – George Clooney plays Lee Gates, a Wall Street prophet of profit who hosts a Jim Cramer-like cable show. Lee talks a manic streak of highs and lows, winners and losers, buy-nows and sell-sooners, all syncopated to the nano-beat of computerized financial algorithms. READ MORE May 12, 2016 DEADLINE: ‘MONEY MONSTER’ REVIEW: GEORGE CLOONEY & JULIA ROBERTS IN A SHARP MOVIE JUST RIGHT FOR THE TIMES – CANNES Movies don’t get much timelier than Money Monster, but I am not quite sure if the filmmakers were thinking that when they made this thriller about a disgruntled blue-collar worker (Jack O’Connell) who interrupts the live broadcast of a CNBC-style financial show and takes its showman-like host Lee Gates (George Clooney) hostage in front of a live TV audience. READ MORE May 12, 2016 DEADLINE: ‘MONEY MONSTER’ PRODUCERS DANIEL DUBIECKI & LARA ALAMEDDINE ON A SUSPENSE THRILLER SEVEN YEARS IN THE MAKING – CANNES STUDIO The Jodie Foster directed-thriller Money Monster starring George Clooney as a financial news talk-show host who is taken hostage on air by a crazed young man premieres tonight at the Cannes Film Festival out of competition. Julia Roberts plays Clooney’s TV producer Patty Fenn who tries to keep the situation together while Jack O’Connell plays a Kyle, a tortured young man who took the wrong stock tip from Clooney’s Lee Gates and lost his nest egg. READ MORE May 12, 2016 DEADLINE: PHOTOS: DEADLINE STUDIO AT CANNES 2016 – PART 1 – WOODY ALLEN, SUSAN SARANDON, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, KRISTEN STEWART AND MORE Deadline’s studio at the Cannes Film Festival kicked off seven talent-filled days on the Croisette with visits by Woody Allen, director of opening night’s Café Society, along with actors Jesse Eisenberg, Blake Lively, Corey Stoll and Kristen Stewart. Also stopping by the studio were Money Monster producers Lara Alameddine and Daniel Dubiecki, Roy Price of Amazon Studios, Tom Bernard and Michael Barker of Sony Pictures Classics, and many more. READ MORE May 5, 2016 MOVIEFONE: WATCH GEORGE CLOONEY AND JULIA ROBERTS GO B-A-N-A-N-A-S IN CARPOOL KARAOKE Have you been waiting your whole life to hear George Clooney rap/sing, "This sh-t is bananas," then define -- in his own interpretation -- what it means to be a "Hollaback Girl"? Well, you are in luck! Clooney, Julia Roberts, Gwen Stefani, and James Corden went completely B-A-N-A-N-A-S in the latest Carpool Karaoke video, ending with a rousing rendition of Queen's "We Are the Champions," despite the song not really being relevant to anyone in the vehicle. It was still awesome. READ MORE May 4, 2016 DEADLINE: ‘CARPOOL KARAOKE’ COPS CLICKS WITH GWEN STEFANI, GEORGE CLOONEY & JULIA ROBERTS James Corden’s latest Carpool Karaoke video is careening toward its first 1 million YouTube views this morning, featuring Gwen Stefani, while demonstrating how to grow the franchise being sold as a syndicated series. This time, it’s about the back seat. James picked up two pals in order to take advantage of the HOV+4 lane. As luck would have it, Money Monster co-stars George Clooney and Julia Roberts had nothing else to do at that moment, and were good sports about taking a back seat to The Voice judge and CBS Late Late Show host. READ MORE May 4, 2016 ROLLING STONE: GWEN STEFANI ENLISTS GEORGE CLOONEY, JULIA ROBERTS FOR 'CARPOOL KARAOKE' Gwen Stefani sat shotgun with James Corden for an extended session of "Carpool Karaoke" on The Late Late Show Wednesday that included two bonus passengers: Money Monster co-stars George Clooney and Julia Roberts. READ MORE May 4, 2016 VARIETY: WATCH: GWEN STEFANI JOINS JAMES CORDEN, GEORGE CLOONEY AND JULIA ROBERTS FOR CARPOOL KARAOKE Gwen Stefani joined James Corden for another installment of “The Late Late Show” host’s Carpool Karaoke on Wednesday night — and they enlisted a couple of friends to come along for the ride. READ MORE May 4, 2016 PEOPLE: WATCH: GEORGE CLOONEY AND JULIA ROBERTS FACE AN UNHINGED INVESTOR IN THIS EXCLUSIVE MONEY MONSTER CLIP In this tense exclusive clip from the upcoming film Money Monster, an unhinged investor who lost everything menacingly paces around the studio of a financial show modeled after CNBC’s Mad Money while it’s live on the air. READ MORE April 13, 2016 VARIETY: DAVID OYELOWO TO STAR IN ‘A DAY IN THE DEATH OF AMERICA’ David Oyelowo will star in and produce the movie “A Day in the Death of America,” which focuses on the 10 children killed by guns on Nov. 23, 2013. Production companies are the Allegiance Theater, headed by Daniel Dubiecki and Lara Alameddine, and Eric Eisner’s Double E Pictures. They have acquired exclusive feature film and life rights to Gary Younge’s nonfiction book of the same name. READ MORE April 13,, 2016 DEADLINE: DAVID OYELOWO TO STAR IN GUN VIOLENCE PIC ‘ANOTHER DAY IN THE DEATH OF AMERICA’ FROM ‘MONEY MONSTER’ PRODUCERS David Oyelowo has been attached to star in and produce Another Day In The Death Of America, the haunting upcoming nonfiction book by The Guardian journalist Gary Younge. It’s based on the true story of the writer who investigated 10 children shot dead in one random day in America, a wrenching journey which led to his book. The Allegiance Theater, headed by Daniel Dubiecki and Lara Alameddine — they have the Cannes-bound Money Monster teed up as its first production READ MORE April 1, 2016 PEOPLE: PRIMETIME THRILLER: SEE JULIA ROBERTS AND GEORGE CLOONEY AS HOSTAGES ON LIVE TELEVISION IN EXCLUSIVE MONEY MONSTER POSTER With fear in her eyes, Julia Roberts bravely stands by George Clooney during an on-air hostage situation in the upcoming Money Monster. READ MORE March 15, 2016 VARIETY: JODIE FOSTER, GEORGE CLOONEY’S ‘MONEY MONSTER’ TO PLAY CANNES FILM FESTIVAL Jodie Foster’s thriller “Money Monster,” starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts, will screen at the 69th Cannes Film Festival, Variety has confirmed. READ MORE March 15, 2016 THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: GEORGE CLOONEY, JULIA ROBERTS' 'MONEY MONSTER' TO SCREEN AT CANNES FILM FESTIVAL Jodie Foster directed the thriller, about a financial talk show host who is held hostage by an irate viewer. Jodie Foster's Money Monster — starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts — has landed a berth at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. READ MORE January 12, 2016 PEOPLE: GEORGE CLOONEY AND JULIA ROBERTS MAKE THE ULTIMATE TEAM IN FIRST MONEY MONSTER TRAILER George Clooney and Julia Roberts are together again on screen. The Oscar winners star in the new political thriller Money Monster helmed by director Jodie Foster. READ MORE January 12, 2016 DEADLINE: ‘MONEY MONSTER’ TRAILER: GEORGE CLOONEY HAS ‘NETWORK’-ING SKILLS Here’s the first trailer for Money Monster, a monster in its own right when TriStar Pictures won rights to the real-time thriller in 2014. It’s Jodie Foster directing and George Clooney starring as a Jim Cramer-like TV stock wiz Lee Gates, who with his ace producer (Julia Roberts) is held hostage on air by a man (Jack O’Connell) who followed Gates’ advice, lost his money and put his young family in precarious straits. Jamie Linden, Alan DiFiore & Jim Kouf wrote the script. Dominic West, Giancarlo Esposito, and Caitriona Balfe co-star. READ MORE January 12, 2016 THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: 'MONEY MONSTER' TRAILER: GEORGE CLOONEY, JULIA ROBERTS TAKE ON ACTIVE SHOOTER, WALL STREET Jodie Foster directs the real-time thriller.The Money Monster trailer sees George Clooney as Lee Gates, the Wall Street newsman who gets held hostage onscreen by an irate investor (Unbroken's Jack O'Connell) after one of his tips turns out badly. READ MORE January 12, 2016 VARIETY: GEORGE CLOONEY AND JULIA ROBERTS IN ‘MONEY MONSTER’ TRAILER George Clooney becomes a hostage on network TV in the first trailer for TriStar Pictures’ “Money Monster.” Clooney is playing a glib investment guru with the TV show “Money Monster” who has to deal with a gun-toting investor — played by Jack O’Connell of “Unbroken” — after the investor takes a bath on a tech stock. READ MORE May 6, 2015 VARIETY: FOCUS BOARDS ‘HEAD FULL OF GHOSTS’ WITH ROBERT DOWNEY JR. Focus Features is developing a movie based on Paul Tremblay’s upcoming thriller “A Head Full Of Ghosts” with Robert Downey Jr.’s Team Downey and Dan Dubiecki’s Allegiance Theater producing. Focus won an auction for the rights, topping several bidders including TriStar. READ MORE May 6, 2015 DEADLINE: FOCUS FEATURES WINS AUCTION FOR PAUL TREMBLAY NOVEL ‘A HEAD FULL OF GHOSTS’ Focus Features just won an auction for rights to make an elevated genre movie from A Head Full Of Ghosts, the upcoming thriller novel by Paul Tremblay. William Morrow publishes the book next month. Focus prevailed in an auction that also had TriStar in hot pursuit. Deals are being closed for Ben Collins & Luke Piotrowski to write the script and for Dan Dubiecki’s Allegiance Theater to produce with Team Downey, the shingle run by Robert Downey Jr and Susan Downey. READ MORE May 1, 2015 VARIETY: CANNES: DAKOTA FANNING, HELEN HUNT STARRING IN DRAMA ‘PLEASE STAND BY’ In a pre-Cannes move, Dakota Fanning and Helen Hunt have been set to star in road-trip drama “Please Stand By” with Ben Lewin (“The Sessions”) directing. Embankment Films is handling international sales. CAA is handling the U.S. sale. Daniel Dubiecki and Lara Alameddine of Los Angeles-based the Allegiance Theater are producing. Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban’s 2929 Productions are financing. READ MORE May 1, 2015 SCREEN DAILY: DAKOTA FANNING, HELEN HUNT ON 'PLEASE STAND BY' Mark Cuban’s 2929 backs road-trip heart-warmer sold by Embankment. Dakota Fanning (The Twilight Saga) and Helen Hunt (The Sessions) are on board to star in road-trip movie Please Stand By, from The Sessions director Ben Lewin and producers Daniel Dubiecki (Up in the Air) and Lara Alameddine (Money Monster). READ MORE March 5, 2015 DEADLINE: GIANCARLO ESPOSITO JOINS GEORGE CLOONEY & JULIA ROBERTS IN ‘MONEY MONSTER’ Giancarlo Esposito, who will next be seen in Fox’s second film in its YA franchise The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, has joined the cast of Jodie Foster’s Money Monster with George Clooney and Julia Roberts. READ MORE FEBRUARY 25, 2015 DEADLINE: ‘THE AFFAIR’S DOMINIC WEST JOINS ‘MONEY MONSTER’ Dominic West, between seasons of Showtime’s first-year hit drama The Affair, has signed on to star opposite George Clooney, Julia Roberts and Jack O’Connell in the Jodie Foster-directed Money Monster at TriStar Pictures. READ MORE JANUARY 29, 2015 THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: 'OUTLANDER' STAR JOINING GEORGE CLOONEY, JULIA ROBERTS IN 'MONEY MONSTER' Jodie Foster is directing TriStar's financial thriller. Caitriona Balfe, the star of the Starz TV show Outlander, is joining the high-profile cast of Money Monster, TriStar’s financial thriller being directed by Jodie Foster. READ MORE DECEMBER 15, 2014 DEADLINE: ‘CATHERINE THE GREAT’ LEADS THE BLACKLIST 2014: FULL LIST 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. READ MORE DECEMBER 15, 2014 VARIETY: THE BLACK LIST ANNOUNCES 2014 SCREENPLAYS “Catherine the Great” by Kristina Lauren Anderson took the No. 1 spot on this year’s Black List of the 70 top unproduced screenplays. READ MORE NOVEMBER 14, 2014 THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: JULIA ROBERTS, JACK O’CONNELL IN TALKS FOR JODIE FOSTER'S 'MONEY MONSTER' Tom Rothman’s TriStar is behind the project. Julia Roberts and Jack O’Connell are in talks to join George Clooney in Money Monster, a financial drama being directed by Jodie Foster. READ MORE NOVEMBER 14, 2014 VARIETY: ‘UNBROKEN’ STAR JACK O’CONNELL AND JULIA ROBERTS JOIN GEORGE CLOONEY IN ‘MONEY MONSTER’ Jack O’Connell and Julia Roberts are in negotiations to co-star with George Clooney in TriStar Pictures’ “Money Monster.” Jodie Foster is directing, with Tom Rothman’s TriStar financing the pic. READ MORE JULY 25, 2014 VARIETY: GEORGE CLOONEY’S ‘MONEY MONSTER’ SET UP AT TRISTAR TriStar Pictures will finance and release “Money Monster,” starring George Clooney as a stock picker held hostage on TV. Jodie Foster is directing the project from Jamie Linden’s script, in which the hostage taker is a man who lost his money after following the tout’s advice — and threatens to kill him if the cameras are turned off. READ MORE MARCH 6, 2014 VARIETY: ‘THE WOLVERINE’ WRITER MARK BOMBACK HEADS TO ‘VERONICA’S ROOM’ TWC-Dimension has signed Mark Bomback to write “Veronica’s Room,” the movie adaptation of the 1973 Broadway thriller. Bomback’s credits include”The Wolverine” and “Unstoppable.” He also did a production re-write on “50 Shades of Grey.” TWC-Dimention announced in December that it had come on board to finance and distribute “Vernonica’s Room,” based on Ira Levin’s play. The film will be produced by the Allegiance Theater’s Daniel Dubiecki and Lara Alameddine. READ MORE DECEMBER 4, 2013 VARIETY: WEINSTEINS HEADING TO ‘VERONICA’S ROOM’ THE FILM WILL BE PRODUCED BY THE ALLEGIANCE THEATER’S DANIEL DUBIECKI AND LARA ALAMEDDINE, WHO BROUGHT THE PROJECT TO THE WEINSTEINS’ TWC-DIMENSION. Project based on 1973 Broadway play. Bob and Harvey Weinstein will exec produce, finance and distribute a film adaptation of “Veronica’s Room,” based on Ira Levin’s 1973 Broadway thriller. The film will be produced by the Allegiance Theater’s Daniel Dubiecki and Lara Alameddine, who brought the project to the Weinsteins’ TWC-Dimension. READ MORE DECEMBER 4, 2013 THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: TWC-DIMENSION TO FINANCE, DISTRIBUTE ADAPTATION OF 'VERONICA'S ROOM' DANIEL DUBIECKI AND LARA ALAMEDDINE ARE PRODUCING THE ADAPTATION OF THE 1973 PLAY BY IRA LEVIN, THE AUTHOR OF "ROSEMARY'S BABY." TWC-Dimension, the genre label run by Bob and Harvey Weinstein, is bringing Broadway thriller Veronica’s Room to the big-screen. The company will finance, distribute and exec produce the adaptation of the 1973 play by Ira Levin, the author who also wrote Rosemary’s Baby and The Stepford Wives. Daniel Dubiecki, who exec produced Juno and Up In the Air, and Lara Alameddine are producing via their Allegiance Theater banner. The duo brought the project to TWC-Dimension, after optioning the rights. READ MORE OCTOBER 11, 2012 THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: JODIE FOSTER TO DIRECT FINANCIAL DRAMA 'MONEY MONSTER' The filmmaker-actress is set to start shooting in early 2013. Jodie Foster is attached to direct financial drama Money Monster for IM Global and Daniel Dubiecki's The Allegiance Theater. READ MORE OCTOBER 11, 2012 DEADLINE: JODIE FOSTER TO DIRECT ‘MONEY MONSTER’ Los Angeles, October 11: Jodie Foster has attached to direct MONEY MONSTER for film financing and sales company IM Global and Daniel Dubiecki’s The Allegiance Theater. READ MORE APRIL 9, 2012 THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: 'JUNO' PRODUCER LAUNCHES AUSTRALIAN OUTPOST WITH PROJECT FROM 'RED HILL' DIRECTOR The branch will be run by Dan Dubiecki’s Australian partner Torus Tammer and hits the ground running with two projects in development, including one involving Patrick Hughes, the director of the acclaimed Aussie thriller 'Red Hill' READ MORE FEBRUARY 7, 2012 DEADLINE: 'UP IN THE AIR' PRODUCER LAUNCHES THE ALLEGIANCE SHINGLE WITH IM GLOBAL-FUNDED 'MONEY MONSTER' Daniel Dubiecki has launched The Allegiance Theater, a company designed to create a haven where talent and financiers can hatch film and TV projects. READ MORE |
