EXCLUSIVE: Fauda writer Michal Aviram and Harem star Romi Aboulafia have teamed up to write an Israeli drama that will be exec produced by The Affair co-creator Hagai Levi.
The trio are developing female detective thriller The Public, which is being produced by EGG Films' Ben Giladi, who has worked on American Animals…
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Content Group is acquiring U.S. rights to The Public, the drama written, produced and directed by Emilio Estevez. He also stars in the film, which first screened at last year’s Santa Barbara Film Festival before having its official world premiere in September at the Toronto Film…
Setting out in the development of The Public, his latest feature, Emilio Estevez knew he faced an uphill battle — particularly in terms of financing. “Obviously when you're talking to studios and independent companies about making a film about the library, and about mental illness and homelessness, you can just watch…
EXCLUSIVE: Alex Lebovici and Steve Ponce, who over the past eight months have helped executive produce and produce, respectively, films from Roman J. Israel, Esq. to the upcoming Red Sea Diving Resort, are launching Hammerstone Studios, a new film financing and production company.
The first film under the banner is…
The world premiere of Emilio Estevez’s the publichas been selected to open the Santa Barbara Film Festival, which kicks off January 31. Estevez wrote, directed and stars with Alec Baldwin, Jena Malone, Christian Slater, Taylor Schilling, Che “Rhymefest” Smith, Gabrielle Union, Jacob Vargas, Michael K. Williams and…
EXCLUSIVE:Emilio Estevez, who rose to fame when he was just a kid in John Hughes’ The Breakfast Club, is headed back into a library after 30 years to tell a story about “the last bastion of Democracy in action.” Christian Slater, Jeffrey Wright and Michael Kenneth Williams (The Night Of) have joined Estevez’s dramedy…
Alec Baldwin, Taylor Schilling, Jena Malone and musician Che “Rhymefest” Smith have signed on to co-star in the Emilio Estevez-directed socially conscious ensemble dramedy the public. Currently in preproduction, the film is set to begin principal photography in mid-January on location in Cincinnati.
Written by and…