Screen Australia has provided funding development for "The News of the World", a telemovie and potential 14-part miniseries follow-up which would explore the early career and rise of media mogul Rupert Murdoch. Political commentator, speech writer, journalist and filmmaker Bob Ellis is co-writing the script with Stephen Ramsay. The famously … [Read more...]
David Ellis Helms Live-Action “Kite” Remake
September 3, 2011 by
David R. Ellis ("Final Destination 2," "Shark Night 3D") is set to direct the live action remake of Yasuomi Umetsu's 1998 Japanese anime movie "Kite" at Distant Horizon reports Variety. The story is a character-driven actioneer about a young woman living in a failed state, post-financial collapse, where the corrupt security force profits in human … [Read more...]
Schrader, Ellis Team For Shark Tale “Bait”
August 4, 2011 by
Filmmaker Paul Schrader ("American Gigolo") and author Bret Easton Ellis ("American Psycho") are teaming up for the shark-infested psychological horror thriller "Bait" at Galavis Film, Picture Machine, Ithaka Entertainment, Lionsgate and Mandate reports Heat Vision. The story follows a young man who works at a posh beach club and itches to take … [Read more...]
