“I think we so better off here in New York than in Ecuador — we’ve got wine, snacks, not being shot at.” That pretty much sums up the premise of Netflix’s original movie Special Correspondents, in which Frank (Eric Bana), an arrogant radio journalist whose job is on the line, pretends to be doing reports live from…
Benjamin Bratt has lined up a pair projects — one for Netflix and the other for Bold Films/Participant/Relativity. First, Bratt has been cast in Ricky Gervais’ satirical comedy Special Correspondents about a New York based radio journalist (Eric Bana) whose arrogance and decadent lifestyle has hindered his career…
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions bought a package of overseas rights for Special Correspondents, the satire that Ricky Gervais wrote and directed and stars in with Eric Bana. SPWA bought UK, Australia/New Zealand, South Africa, Latin America, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe on the remake of French comedy, Envoyés tr…
Ricky Gervais has set Eric Bana to help him bring that Golden Globes cynicism to a movie about journalism. They’ll star in Special Correspondents, a satirical comedy that Gervais wrote and will direct next spring. Bana will play a struggling New York based radio journalist whose arrogance and decadent lifestyle has…