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Stephen King Short Story ‘Suffer The Little Children’ Draws Sean Carter To Write, Direct
EXCLUSIVE: Hot on the heels of the record opening of the film adaptation of his novel It, Stephen King's short story Suffer the Little Children is being adapted into a feature film by writer-director Sean Carter. Craig Flores, Nicolas Chartier and Sriram Das will produce the picture.
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Voltage, Prime Universe Buy Bryan Edward Hill Horror Spec Script
EXCLUSIVE: Voltage Pictures and Prime Universe Films have made a pre-emptive acquisition of an untitled supernatural/horror spec by Bryan Edward Hill that is likened to Se7en, with a female protagonist.
Voltage will finance the film, with Nicolas Chartier and Ara Keshishian set to produce with Prime Universe’s Adrian A…
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Zac Efron To Star In ‘Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil And Vile’
Zac Efron will star in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, director Joe Berlinger’s psychological thriller about serial killer Ted Bundy that is set up for Cannes by Voltage Pictures and Michael Costigan's COTA Films. Michael Werwie (Lost Girls, Massive) wrote the script, which got him a Nicholl Fellowship…
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Voltage Unveiling Teen Drama ‘Departures’ With Maisie Williams & Asa Butterfield – Berlin
Nicolas Chartier's Voltage Pictures has come on board to fully finance and co-produce the Maisie Williams- and Asa Butterfield-starrer Departures. The project, which also stars Nina Dobrev and Tyler Hoechlin, is being unveiled to buyers at the European Film Market in Berlin this week. CAA is repping domestic…
Voltage Pictures Sale To China’s Xinke Scrapped; Metals Firm Invests In Pegasus
Last month, Chinese copper processing outfit Anhui Xinke New Materials announced its entry into Hollywood in a big way — moving to acquire an 80% stake in Midnight Investments, the owner of Nicolas Chartier’s Voltage Pictures. Today, that deal is off the table. In a filing to the Shanghai Stock Exchange, Xinke says it…
Voltage Pictures Acquired By China’s Anhui Xinke For $350M: Report
Nicolas Chartier’s Voltage Pictures is reportedly the latest Hollywood firm to come under Chinese control. Anhui Xinke New Materials, a company primarily involved in copper processing and manufacturing wires and cables, has acquired an 80% stake in Midnight Investments, the owner of finance, production and sales…
Voltage Pictures Promotes Dominic Rustam & Michael Wickstrom
EXCLUSIVE: Voltage Pictures has promoted Dominic Rustam to SVP Production and Michael Wickstrom to SVP Royalties, Merchandising and Music Administration, CEO Nicolas Chartier and COO Jonathan Deckter jointly announced today. Both have worked at Voltage since 2012, with Rustam most recently serving as VP Production and…
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‘Dallas Buyers Club’ Investors Slam Voltage; Claim Unpaid Foreign Funds
EXCLUSIVE: The Jean-Marc Vallée-directed film is back in the spotlight and not for the acting Oscars that Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto took home in 2014. Investors in Dallas Buyers Club filed a potentially multimillion-dollar fraud and breach-of-contract lawsuit late last week in Texas against Voltage Pictures…
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Christoph Waltz To Make Directorial Debut With ‘Worst Marriage In Georgetown’: Cannes
ChristophWaltz is to make his directorial debut with true crime drama Worst Marriage in Georgetown. The film, based on Franklin Foer’s New York Times Magazine article, tells the true story of Albrect Muth (played by Waltz), an eccentric social climber who seduced and married a wealthy older widow, Viola Drath. Voltage…
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Oscar-Winning Producer Rips WGA Over Inclusion On Unfair Business Practices List
Accusations are flying in a nasty showdown between the Writers Guild of America and Oscar-winning producer Nicolas Chartier, who the guild has accused of engaging in "employment practices detrimental to writers." Chartier, who in 2010 won a Best Picture Oscar for The Hurt Locker, fired back. In a blistering letter to…
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Jonathan Deckter Exits IM Global To Join Voltage Pictures As Partner
EXCLUSIVE: Jonathan Decker has exited IM Global, where he was president, to join Nicolas Chartier’s Voltage Pictures as president and COO. Deckter will take over running all day-to-day business operations at Voltage. Chartier will remain as CEO and oversee all production-related activities along with Zev Foreman and…
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‘Hurt Locker’ Producer To Tell Story Of Iraq’s Blackwater Founder Erik Prince
EXCLUSIVE: Voltage Pictures has put together a rights package to tell the story of controversial Blackwater founder Erik Prince, who became a major supplier of security in war-torn Iraq, and reportedly lived a double life as a CIA asset who assembled hit teams to take out al-Qaeda members. His lucrative business was…
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