April 1, 2011: Claire V. Riley Movie Spotlighted at Tribeca Film Festival
Screenwriter Claire V. Riley’s (ProSeries 9) movie will be “spotlighted” at the Tribeca Film Festival. The movie, THE PERFECT FAMILY, will have its World premier on Sunday April 24th at 9:30pm in NYC. The film stars Emily Deschanel (star of Fox’s hit TV drama “Bones”), Kathleen Turner, Jason Ritter, Michael McGrady, and Richard Chamberlain. A rewrite
Jennifer Quintenz (ProSeries 10) has been tapped to write the TV Pilot for the comic book “10th Muse.” The project 10th MUSE is being shepherded by producers Jay Douglas and Nav Gupta from Vanquish Motion Pictures. See the press release here. Previously, Jennifer was a writer on two TV shows and received a writer
Screenwriter/Producer Ken Wallace (ProSeries 20) has acquired the rights to the book “The Girl Most Likely” and has already attached talent to the project. “The Girl Most Likely” was on Mel Gibson’s short list of films to shoot with his company Icon Shanahan Films, but allowed the rights to expire as they closed down their
Screenwriter Alison McMahan (ProSeries 28) had her non-fiction book on the work of Alice Guy Blaché: Lost Visionary of the Cinema (Continuum 2002) optioned by the PIC Agency . Lost Visionary is about the life and work of the first woman filmmaker, Alice Guy Blaché, who made films from 1896 to 1920 and who
Joan Chandler (ProSeries 12) signed a deal with Stephen Gardner (Gardner Productions) to produce her script, “Far From the Heart.” The project is slated to go into production in May with a release date of September. Designed specifically for the web, “Far From the Heart” is an interactive movie for teen audiences about dating and
AJ Ferrara (ProSeries 19) has signed an agreement with producers Alexandra Yacovlef and Alexia Melocchi at Little Studio Films to get his film made. AJ put together the Co-Producer deal after showing Little Studio Films the teaser trailer he developed for his screenplay “A Noble Lie.” See trailer here. AJ will receive a “Written by”
Today, screenwriter Alyssa Alexandria (ProSeries 7) and Henry Gilroy (head writer for Lucasfilm Animation) had their script “ The Fourth Day” go out to a very select group of producers, including Stars Road (Sam Raimi), Legendary Pictures, and Jerry Bruckheimer’s company. It also landed on Hollywood’s tracking boards and can be seen at TrackingB.com. “The Fourth
Nicole Keefler (ProSeries 29) signed two contracts with the children’s TV show JACK with production company PVP Animation. Currently, she’s working on the first episode of the show, and will be pitching more episode outlines to the producers and broadcasters for the show as the season progresses. Nicole was also approached by Nelvana Ltd. to
Rob Gibson (ProSeries 27) made a distribution deal with distributor IFC for his first film, “Primal.” Rob produced the film which was written and directed by Josh Reed. Together, they are partners in the production company Known Associates. “Primal” was debuted at various film festivals around the world to many positive reviews, including one from
Screenwriter Ken Wallace (ProSeries 20) was hired to do a paid re-write for a TV special by Postproduktiv. Ken is writing the narration for the 30-minute special, titled “Twilight Saga Eclipse – The Obsession Continues.” Ken was given the assignment with a very tight deadline – only 24 hours – and delivered on time.