Exclusive: Shia Labeouf has joined action thriller Mace, directed by Jon Amiel from a script by David Chisholm. Trevor Jackson will co-star. Myriad Pictures is shopping the project to buyers here in Cannes this week.
Mace is the harrowing story of two very different types of cops – a veteran officer Mace (Labeouf), dangerous and corrupt, and Virgil Woods (Jackson), a young rookie who believes that he can change the system that fosters cops like Mace from within. It’s inspired by the recent racial injustice on the streets of America and Woods refuses to be bullied and pits his principles against the amoral Mac. Woods risks everything he believes to stop Mace from destroying the city when Mace unleashes a gang war to cover up his crimes. Everyone around Mace is in danger as Mace plays his game and tries to conceal his tracks, no matter the cost.
Mace is the harrowing story of two very different types of cops – a veteran officer Mace (Labeouf), dangerous and corrupt, and Virgil Woods (Jackson), a young rookie who believes that he can change the system that fosters cops like Mace from within. It’s inspired by the recent racial injustice on the streets of America and Woods refuses to be bullied and pits his principles against the amoral Mac. Woods risks everything he believes to stop Mace from destroying the city when Mace unleashes a gang war to cover up his crimes. Everyone around Mace is in danger as Mace plays his game and tries to conceal his tracks, no matter the cost.
- 5/17/2023
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Myriad Pictures is selling at the Cannes market.
Trevor Jackson has joined James Franco in the cast of Meyers Media Group’s action thriller Mace, selling in Cannes through Myriad Pictures.
US actor Jackson - best known for roles in Grown-ish and Superfly - has landed the role of Virgil Woods opposite Franco as the titular character in the story of two polar-opposite cops inspired by the ongoing racial injustice on America’s streets.
Idealistic rookie Woods believes he can change the system that fosters corrupt police officers like Mace from within and risks everything to stop Mace from destroying...
Trevor Jackson has joined James Franco in the cast of Meyers Media Group’s action thriller Mace, selling in Cannes through Myriad Pictures.
US actor Jackson - best known for roles in Grown-ish and Superfly - has landed the role of Virgil Woods opposite Franco as the titular character in the story of two polar-opposite cops inspired by the ongoing racial injustice on America’s streets.
Idealistic rookie Woods believes he can change the system that fosters corrupt police officers like Mace from within and risks everything to stop Mace from destroying...
- 5/19/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Jon Amiel to direct from script by David Chisholm.
Myriad Pictures has acquired worldwide sales rights for Mace starring starring James Franco from Meyers Media Group and will commence sales in Cannes next week.
Jon Amiel will direct from a script by David Chisholm two very different types of cops. Franco will play veteran officer Mace, a corrupt and dangerously unhinged man, while Virgil Woods is a young rookie who believes he can change the from within.
Inspired by the recent racial injustice on the streets of America, Woods risks everything he believes in to stop Mace from destroying the...
Myriad Pictures has acquired worldwide sales rights for Mace starring starring James Franco from Meyers Media Group and will commence sales in Cannes next week.
Jon Amiel will direct from a script by David Chisholm two very different types of cops. Franco will play veteran officer Mace, a corrupt and dangerously unhinged man, while Virgil Woods is a young rookie who believes he can change the from within.
Inspired by the recent racial injustice on the streets of America, Woods risks everything he believes in to stop Mace from destroying the...
- 5/9/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
James Franco is set to star in action thriller Mace from The Singing Detective helmer Jon Amiel.
The title, which is the first production from Meyers Media Group, follows the story of two very different kinds of cops. Mace (Franco) is a veteran officer, corrupt and dangerously unhinged, while Virgil Woods is a young rookie who believes that he can change the system that fosters cops like Mace from within. Inspired by the racial injustice on the streets of America, Woods refuses to be bullied and pits his principles against the amoral Mace, risking everything he believes in to stop Mace from destroying the city when Mace unleashes a gang war to cover up his crimes.
Amiel directs from a script written by David Chisholm while Lawrence Steven Meyers, Randy Dannenberg and John Evangelides will produce. Brendan McDonald and Kirk D’Amico will serve as exec producer with Jonathan Tybel as an associate producer.
The title, which is the first production from Meyers Media Group, follows the story of two very different kinds of cops. Mace (Franco) is a veteran officer, corrupt and dangerously unhinged, while Virgil Woods is a young rookie who believes that he can change the system that fosters cops like Mace from within. Inspired by the racial injustice on the streets of America, Woods refuses to be bullied and pits his principles against the amoral Mace, risking everything he believes in to stop Mace from destroying the city when Mace unleashes a gang war to cover up his crimes.
Amiel directs from a script written by David Chisholm while Lawrence Steven Meyers, Randy Dannenberg and John Evangelides will produce. Brendan McDonald and Kirk D’Amico will serve as exec producer with Jonathan Tybel as an associate producer.
- 5/9/2022
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Avoiding the clichés one might expect to abound in a film about a beautiful young mother who enlists not once but twice to serve in Afghanistan, this is a feat of expert script writing and filmmaking.
Between the two stints in the Army, decorated U.S. Army medic and single mother Maggie Swann must renew her relationship with her five-year old son, adjust to her ex-husband’s new live-in and establish a new romance with a blue-eyed Mexican car mechanic, played by Manolo Cardona, who played Santiago in “Contracorriente” (“Undertow”) and is heart-throbbingly gorgeous. And she suffers from recurring memories of her stint in Afghanistan which don’t allow her to sleep much.
Michelle Monaghan who played Maggie Swann reminded me a little too much of Sandra Bullock though she is a good actress, playing the two ends of the emotional spectrum so well that I actually cried with her. Returning home and to Fort Bliss in Houston Texas after a horrendous stint in the army where she served as a medic, unable to sleep much and determined to take back her son, she plays the stoic decorated U.S. Army medic that she has become and yet, to win back her son and establish any other loving relationship, she must (and does) allow her emotions to rule in the end.
The director, Claudia Myers, who also wrote the screenplay was at the screening answering numerous questions afterward in both English and French. She is American but grew up in France. She worked extensively with the military making training movies and wanted to write a story about a woman with a career and family. This extreme situation of a career in the military also appealed to her because the woman had to play such emotional extremes, from not showing emotion in the worst circumstances of war to allowing her emotions for her son and for her lover to have free reign. This is the second feature she has directed after the 2006 Showtime movie, “ Kettle of Fish”.
The film premiered at Toronto Film Festival 2013 and is being sold internationally by Voltage who has sold it for Showgate for Japan and Umbrella for Australia, and Phase 4 for North America. “Fort Bliss” won the Audience Award at the Champs Elysees Film Festival this past June.
If only there were a family-friendly version, I would take my young grandson and his mother to see this as I think a child would empathize with the little boy, played marvelously by Oakes Fegley, if two very hot (and very meaningful) sex scenes were edited out for a family-friendly version.
The sex scenes, however, were great in that each showed the psychological needs of a long emotionally-suppressed military woman and latter the sad and determined lust of her and her lover. That was one cliché less: instead of showing the usual dreamy and loving sex motives of most films, sex revealed the emotional states of people under pressure.
The second cliché avoided was the emotional bond between mother and son. It was a film even a child could respond too, much the way children respond to the story of “Bambi” on film, and yet it avoided any sappiness. And the Army wants to see this story told, despite it showing troubling subject matter like Ptsd, reintegrating into society and sexual assault -- but to their credit they have supported it and helped the film get made in terms of accuracy.
The credits offered thanks to the 1st Armored Division and Fort Bliss,American Legion, American Red Cross, Joint Forces Training Base Los Alamitos, CA, Patriot Guard Riders, U.S. Army Public Affairs, Union Editorial and the United Service Organizations (Uso).
“Fort Bliss” stars Michelle Monaghan (“True Detective”, “Source Code”), Ron Livingston (“Boardwalk Empire,” “Office Space”), Manolo Cardona (“Undertow”, “Beverly Hills Chihauhua”), Gbenga Akinnagbe (“The Wire”), Emmanuelle Chriqui (“Entourage”) and Pablo Schreiber (“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Orange is the New Black”).
Producers are John Sullivan, Adam Silver, Patrick Cunningham, Claudia Myers, and Brendan McDonald. Executive Producer is Matt Chessé. Cinematography is by Adam Silver with editing by Matt Chessé and Carsten Kurpanek. Original music by Asche & Spencer.
• Winner: Best Narrative Feature at the GI Film Festival
• Winner: Audience Award for "Best Feature - Independent American Film” at the Champs-Elysées Film Festival
• Winner: Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking Honors at the 2014 Newport Beach Film Festival
1 Hour, 49 Minutes / Not Yet Rated
"Fort Bliss" will play day-and-date in theaters and on VOD September 19 and will come out on DVD October 14. This is a film you want to see.
Between the two stints in the Army, decorated U.S. Army medic and single mother Maggie Swann must renew her relationship with her five-year old son, adjust to her ex-husband’s new live-in and establish a new romance with a blue-eyed Mexican car mechanic, played by Manolo Cardona, who played Santiago in “Contracorriente” (“Undertow”) and is heart-throbbingly gorgeous. And she suffers from recurring memories of her stint in Afghanistan which don’t allow her to sleep much.
Michelle Monaghan who played Maggie Swann reminded me a little too much of Sandra Bullock though she is a good actress, playing the two ends of the emotional spectrum so well that I actually cried with her. Returning home and to Fort Bliss in Houston Texas after a horrendous stint in the army where she served as a medic, unable to sleep much and determined to take back her son, she plays the stoic decorated U.S. Army medic that she has become and yet, to win back her son and establish any other loving relationship, she must (and does) allow her emotions to rule in the end.
The director, Claudia Myers, who also wrote the screenplay was at the screening answering numerous questions afterward in both English and French. She is American but grew up in France. She worked extensively with the military making training movies and wanted to write a story about a woman with a career and family. This extreme situation of a career in the military also appealed to her because the woman had to play such emotional extremes, from not showing emotion in the worst circumstances of war to allowing her emotions for her son and for her lover to have free reign. This is the second feature she has directed after the 2006 Showtime movie, “ Kettle of Fish”.
The film premiered at Toronto Film Festival 2013 and is being sold internationally by Voltage who has sold it for Showgate for Japan and Umbrella for Australia, and Phase 4 for North America. “Fort Bliss” won the Audience Award at the Champs Elysees Film Festival this past June.
If only there were a family-friendly version, I would take my young grandson and his mother to see this as I think a child would empathize with the little boy, played marvelously by Oakes Fegley, if two very hot (and very meaningful) sex scenes were edited out for a family-friendly version.
The sex scenes, however, were great in that each showed the psychological needs of a long emotionally-suppressed military woman and latter the sad and determined lust of her and her lover. That was one cliché less: instead of showing the usual dreamy and loving sex motives of most films, sex revealed the emotional states of people under pressure.
The second cliché avoided was the emotional bond between mother and son. It was a film even a child could respond too, much the way children respond to the story of “Bambi” on film, and yet it avoided any sappiness. And the Army wants to see this story told, despite it showing troubling subject matter like Ptsd, reintegrating into society and sexual assault -- but to their credit they have supported it and helped the film get made in terms of accuracy.
The credits offered thanks to the 1st Armored Division and Fort Bliss,American Legion, American Red Cross, Joint Forces Training Base Los Alamitos, CA, Patriot Guard Riders, U.S. Army Public Affairs, Union Editorial and the United Service Organizations (Uso).
“Fort Bliss” stars Michelle Monaghan (“True Detective”, “Source Code”), Ron Livingston (“Boardwalk Empire,” “Office Space”), Manolo Cardona (“Undertow”, “Beverly Hills Chihauhua”), Gbenga Akinnagbe (“The Wire”), Emmanuelle Chriqui (“Entourage”) and Pablo Schreiber (“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Orange is the New Black”).
Producers are John Sullivan, Adam Silver, Patrick Cunningham, Claudia Myers, and Brendan McDonald. Executive Producer is Matt Chessé. Cinematography is by Adam Silver with editing by Matt Chessé and Carsten Kurpanek. Original music by Asche & Spencer.
• Winner: Best Narrative Feature at the GI Film Festival
• Winner: Audience Award for "Best Feature - Independent American Film” at the Champs-Elysées Film Festival
• Winner: Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking Honors at the 2014 Newport Beach Film Festival
1 Hour, 49 Minutes / Not Yet Rated
"Fort Bliss" will play day-and-date in theaters and on VOD September 19 and will come out on DVD October 14. This is a film you want to see.
- 9/8/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Exclusive: Phase 4 Films has landed North American distribution on Fort Bliss, the Claudia Myers-directed drama that stars Michelle Monaghan, Ron Livingston, Freddy Rodriguez, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Gbenga Akkinagbe, Pablo Schreiber and John Savage. Phase 4′s Katharyn Howe and brokered the deal with Voltage’s Elisabeth Costa de Beauregard. Pic will be released in the fall. The film tells the story of a decorated U.S. Army medic and single mother who returns home after an extended tour of duty in Afghanistan to discover the bond with her 5-year-old son has been broken. While struggling to reclaim her son’s affection, she must also reintegrate into life after war, haunted by harrowing memories from Afghanistan. Fort Bliss not only explores the incredible sacrifices made every day by men and women in the armed services, but the price that’s paid by their families as well. Myers wrote the script, and...
- 5/16/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Ron Livingston has joined the cast of indie drama Fort Bliss. The Office Space actor will appear opposite Michelle Monaghan in the relationship drama from Claudia Myers, reports Variety. Myers will direct, write and co-produce the project. Brendan McDonald and Adam Silver will also produce. Fort Bliss centres around a female soldier (Monaghan) who returns home after a long tour (more)...
- 4/6/2012
- by By Tom Eames
- Digital Spy
Claudia Myers' Fort Bliss casts Ron Livingston Helmed and scripted by Myers, who in turn produced with Adam Silver and Brendan McDonald, Fort Bliss follows a female soldier (Michelle Monaghan) who is transferred home after a long Afghanistan tour, and struggles to rebuild her relationship with her son aged five. Pic budgeted at somewhere around $2 million, starts production in June. Livingston's currently shooting The Warren Files, New Line Cinema's horror flick and was recently in HBO's Game Change. Of his highest profile pics is the upcoming The Odd Life of Timothy Green, alongside Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Garner, Cameron 'Cj' Adams, Dianne Wiest, David Morse, Rosemarie DeWitt and Rhoda Griffis...
- 4/6/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Ron Livingston finds bliss with Michelle Monaghan in Fort Bliss indie relationship drama
Claudia Myers' Fort Bliss casts Ron Livingston Helmed and scripted by Myers, who in turn produced with Adam Silver and Brendan McDonald, Fort Bliss follows a female soldier (Michelle Monaghan) who is transferred home after a long Afghanistan tour, and struggles to rebuild her relationship with her son aged five. Pic budgeted at somewhere around $2 million, starts production in June. Livingston's currently shooting The Warren Files, New Line Cinema's horror flick and was recently in HBO's Game Change. Of his highest profile pics is the upcoming The Odd Life of Timothy Green, alongside Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Garner, Cameron 'Cj' Adams, Dianne Wiest, David Morse, Rosemarie DeWitt and Rhoda Griffis...
- 4/6/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Claudia Myers' Fort Bliss casts Ron Livingston Helmed and scripted by Myers, who in turn produced with Adam Silver and Brendan McDonald, Fort Bliss follows a female soldier (Michelle Monaghan) who is transferred home after a long Afghanistan tour, and struggles to rebuild her relationship with her son aged five. Pic budgeted at somewhere around $2 million, starts production in June. Livingston's currently shooting The Warren Files, New Line Cinema's horror flick and was recently in HBO's Game Change. Of his highest profile pics is the upcoming The Odd Life of Timothy Green, alongside Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Garner, Cameron 'Cj' Adams, Dianne Wiest, David Morse, Rosemarie DeWitt and Rhoda Griffis...
- 4/6/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Indie drama Fort Bliss casts Michelle Monaghan as veteran of the war in Afghanistan. Claudia Myers directs and scripts the drama, as well as producing along with Brendan McDonald and Adam Silver. Fort Bliss tells of a female soldier who is transferred home after a long tour in Afghanistan and struggles to regain her emotion as she tries to rebuild her relationship with her son aged five. Variety reports that Fort Bliss is budgeted at around $2 million with filming is set to start June, 2012 in New Mexico. Monaghan can be seen in Relativity Media's Machine Gun Preacher, starring Gerard Butler and is in post-production phase...
- 10/24/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Ian Power's Ifta winning feature, 'The Runway' is to have a limited nationwide release from Friday, June 10th. The feature is being distributed by Element Pictures Distribution and will screen in various cinemas nationwide. Inspired by a true story, Ian Power's 'The Runway' tells the tale of a South American pilot who crashes his plane in a field near an Irish town in 1983. Starring Demian Bichir (Che), Kerry Condon (This Must Be The Place, Rome) and James Cosmo (Outcast) the film is produced by Macdara Kelleher (Colony), Brendan McDonald (The Yard) and Bernard Michaux (Lumen).
- 4/27/2011
- IFTN
Wentworth Miller, best known for his Prison Break role, has signed up to play the lead in an upcoming Mike Million‘s project titled Analog.
The project is already being described as “indie dramedy” and Million will direct from his own screenplay, which appeared on the Black List in 2005.
Miller joins the film which will follow an introverted genius who tries to find a love connection in an increasingly digital world.
That’s basically all we know about the project at this moment, beside the fact that Analog is budgeted at around $3 million and that Brendan McDonald is in charge for producing.
But let me remind you that last year Million revealed:
“When I wrote “Analog,” it was the first success that I had with scriptwriting in Hollywood. Everyone liked it. It was a great entry into the business. For me. But one of the things that happens when you write an interesting,...
The project is already being described as “indie dramedy” and Million will direct from his own screenplay, which appeared on the Black List in 2005.
Miller joins the film which will follow an introverted genius who tries to find a love connection in an increasingly digital world.
That’s basically all we know about the project at this moment, beside the fact that Analog is budgeted at around $3 million and that Brendan McDonald is in charge for producing.
But let me remind you that last year Million revealed:
“When I wrote “Analog,” it was the first success that I had with scriptwriting in Hollywood. Everyone liked it. It was a great entry into the business. For me. But one of the things that happens when you write an interesting,...
- 2/17/2011
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
English-born, American actor Wentworth Miller has just signed on to star in the indie drama Analog.
Based on a script written by Mike Million that appeared on the 2005 Black List, the story is about an introverted genius who struggles to find love in this growing digital world.
Producer Brendan McDonald, whose other productions include the Luke Wilson comedy Tenure and the Irish indie The Runway, was able to scrape together 3 million dollars so far for the project and expects to film in Michigan this summer.
Princeton educated Miller may be joining the Black List ranks with Millions. It seems the former Prison Break star has been moonlighting as a screenwriter and using the pseudonym Ted Foulke. His drama Stoker has attracted Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth and director Chan-wook Park.
Looks like that ivy league education is paying off!
h/t Empire & Variety...
Based on a script written by Mike Million that appeared on the 2005 Black List, the story is about an introverted genius who struggles to find love in this growing digital world.
Producer Brendan McDonald, whose other productions include the Luke Wilson comedy Tenure and the Irish indie The Runway, was able to scrape together 3 million dollars so far for the project and expects to film in Michigan this summer.
Princeton educated Miller may be joining the Black List ranks with Millions. It seems the former Prison Break star has been moonlighting as a screenwriter and using the pseudonym Ted Foulke. His drama Stoker has attracted Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth and director Chan-wook Park.
Looks like that ivy league education is paying off!
h/t Empire & Variety...
- 2/15/2011
- by Cynthia
- ShadowAndAct
Wentworth Miller will star in Analog, an indie comedy drama directed and scripted by Mike Million (Tenure). Miller, the breakout star of Fox's Prison Break,joins the film following an introverted genius who tries to find a love connection in an increasingly digital world. Variety reports that Brendan McDonald is producing Analog which is budgeted at around $3 million. Filming starts this summer in Michigan. In addition to Analog, Miller recently co-starred opposite Milla Jovovich and Ali Larter in Paul W.S. Anderson's Resident Evil: Afterlife. Mike Million's other credits include producing the Irish indie The Runway and recently completing a rewrite of Paul Haggis' Honeymoon with Harry.
- 2/15/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Wentworth Miller will star in Analog, an indie comedy drama directed and scripted by Mike Million (Tenure). Miller, the breakout star of Fox's Prison Break,joins the film following an introverted genius who tries to find a love connection in an increasingly digital world. Variety reports that Brendan McDonald is producing Analog which is budgeted at around $3 million. Filming starts this summer in Michigan. In addition to Analog, Miller recently co-starred opposite Milla Jovovich and Ali Larter in Paul W.S. Anderson's Resident Evil: Afterlife. Mike Million's other credits include producing the Irish indie The Runway and recently completing a rewrite of Paul Haggis' Honeymoon with Harry.
- 2/15/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Andrew Daly, Gretchen Mol get 'Tenure'
NEW YORK -- Andrew Daly and Gretchen Mol will form an Ivy League love triangle with Luke Wilson in the indie comedy Tenure. Meanwhile, Daly and Geoff Stultz have joined the DreamWorks comedy She's Out of My League.
In Mike Million's Tenure, Wilson will play a college professor who battles for tenure with a formidable colleague (Mol) and competes for her affection with her blowhard boyfriend (Daly). David Koechner also stars in the Blowtorch Entertainment film, shooting this month in Philadelphia. Paul Schiff, Tai Duncan and Brendan McDonald produce, and Kelly Rodriques, Richard Hull and Dominic Ianno executive produce.
In Jim Field Smith's romantic comedy League, Daly will play the boss of an airport security guard (Jay Baruchel) who falls for a seemingly unattainable beauty (Alice Eve). Stults (Wedding Crashers) will play her handsome ex-boyfriend. Jimmy Miller is producing and George Gatins is executive producing the film, which began shooting this week in Pittsburgh.
Daly (Semi-Pro) just booked a role in Steven Soderbergh's The Informant and next appears in What Happens in Vegas...
In Mike Million's Tenure, Wilson will play a college professor who battles for tenure with a formidable colleague (Mol) and competes for her affection with her blowhard boyfriend (Daly). David Koechner also stars in the Blowtorch Entertainment film, shooting this month in Philadelphia. Paul Schiff, Tai Duncan and Brendan McDonald produce, and Kelly Rodriques, Richard Hull and Dominic Ianno executive produce.
In Jim Field Smith's romantic comedy League, Daly will play the boss of an airport security guard (Jay Baruchel) who falls for a seemingly unattainable beauty (Alice Eve). Stults (Wedding Crashers) will play her handsome ex-boyfriend. Jimmy Miller is producing and George Gatins is executive producing the film, which began shooting this week in Pittsburgh.
Daly (Semi-Pro) just booked a role in Steven Soderbergh's The Informant and next appears in What Happens in Vegas...
- 4/3/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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