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EXCLUSIVE: While we await the inevitable word that Crazy Rich Asians will hatch a sequel, the impact of the weekend success of the romantic comedy with an all Asian cast is already being felt. That movie catching the zeitgeist has emboldened Hollywood to look for more stories to tell from Asian cultures that have long…

UPDATED, 3:55 PM: The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office said today that producer and Benderspink co-founder J.C. Spink died of an accidental overdose or “multiple drug intoxication.” The report did not specify which drugs were involved. PREVIOUSLY, April 19: J.C. Spink, the Hollywood film producer…

UPDATE with statement: Chris Bender and JC Spink announced today they are calling it quits on Benderspink, the pair’s 18-year-old management and production company. Both will start new ventures, we’re told; Spink no longer works at the company’s offices. "We started Benderspink in our late 20's almost 18 years ago,” a…

EXCLUSIVE: Benderspink’s Chris Bender, Jake Weiner, and JC Spink have teamed with Armory Films' Chris Lemole, Billy Asher Rosenfeld, and Tim Zajaros to create a partnership to finance low-budget genre movies costing $3 million or less. Armory/Benderspinkweiner starts with a film finance fund, a small development fund…