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‘The War Rooms’ will explore the lives of the women who worked with Winston Churchill during WWII.

UK actress Jenna Coleman is set to star in and executive produce The War Rooms, a new TV series to be produced by London-based Trademark Films and UK-us company Atlantic Nomad.

The project is Trademark producer David Parfitt’s first since The Father, which won two Oscars at the weekend for best actor (Anthony Hopkins) and best adapted screenplay (Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton).

Parfitt is producing alongside Jamie Carmichael, who set up Atlantic Nomad in 2018 having previously been president of film at...

David Parfitt, producer of Oscar and BAFTA-winning “The Father,” is back with series “The War Rooms,” starring Jenna Coleman.

Parfitt will produce via his Trademark Films alongside Jamie Carmichael for Atlantic Nomad.

Created by David Chidlow, “The War Rooms” is the untold story of the women who lived, loved and triumphed in Winston Churchill’s secret Whitehall bunker. The series is based on the true story of Joan Bright (Coleman), who started WWII as a secretary and ended it organizing the great Allied conferences. Ian Fleming was her friend and it is rumored that Bright was the template for the iconic Miss Moneypenny character in the James Bond novels and films. Bright’s memoir “The Inner Circle: A View of War at the Top” has been optioned for the series.

“Joan Bright was never going to live a conventional life — a young woman who lived her war days under the official secrets act,...

Jenna Coleman, who recently starred in BBC/Netflix drama The Serpent, is taking on the role of Joan Bright, the woman who ran Winston Churchill’s secret Whitehall bunker, in a TV drama series.

Dr. Who star Coleman is attached to lead The War Rooms, created by Moving On writer David Chidlow, and comes from David Parfitt, fresh from winning two Oscars for The Father including for Anthony Hopkins’ performance and Best Adapted Screenplay, and former Content Media President of Film Jamie Carmichael.

The War Rooms will explore the untold story of the women who lived, loved and triumphed in Winston Churchill’s secret Whitehall bunker.

Bright is a former girlfriend of James Bond author Ian Fleming and was thought to be one of the inspirations behind Miss Moneypenny. Her memoir The Inner Circle: A View of War at the Top has been optioned for the series.

The War Rooms...

Jenna Coleman — the Victoria star recently seen as a serial killer’s accomplice in BBC/Netflix miniseries The Serpent — is set to lead upcoming TV drama The War Rooms, telling the untold story of the women that worked in Winston Churchill’s secret Whitehall bunker during World War II.

The series — created by David Chidllow — is being produced by Oscar and BAFTA winner David Parfitt (Shakespeare in Love), marking his first project since his multiple Oscar-nominated The Father, for his Trademark Films, and Jamie Carmichael (Fish Tank, Black Book) for Atlantic Nomad.

The War Rooms centers on the real-life story of Joan Bright (Coleman), who started the ...

Jenna Coleman — the Victoria star recently seen as a serial killer’s accomplice in BBC/Netflix miniseries The Serpent — is set to lead upcoming TV drama The War Rooms, telling the untold story of the women that worked in Winston Churchill’s secret Whitehall bunker during World War II.

The series — created by David Chidllow — is being produced by Oscar and BAFTA winner David Parfitt (Shakespeare in Love), marking his first project since his multiple Oscar-nominated The Father, for his Trademark Films, and Jamie Carmichael (Fish Tank, Black Book) for Atlantic Nomad.

The War Rooms centers on the real-life story of Joan Bright (Coleman), who started the ...

Exclusive: Jamie Carmichael (Black Book) and Simon Mirren’s (Criminal Minds) London and Los Angeles-based production label Atlantic Nomad has closed a TV and film slate financing deal with Finland-based venture capital fund manager Ipr.Vc.

The deal will provide overhead, development and production financing for the company, focusing on premium TV, with documentaries and feature films in consideration on a project-by-project basis.

Atlantic Nomad says it currently has co-productions set up in the U.S., UK, Ireland, and Australia, and is currently exploring English language projects in France and Canada.

Ipr.Vc has previously backed companies including U.S. genre specialist XYZ Films and Nordic animation firm Gigglebug Entertainment.

Mirren is best known for writing and producing hit TV series such as Criminal Minds (for which he was showrunner) for Touchstone Television and CBS, Without A Trace for Jerry Bruckheimer Television and CBS, and Third Watch for NBC. He also co-wrote,...

Jed Benedict has joined Danny Perkins’ newly launched British movie distributor Elysian Film Group Distribution as head of acquisitions and development.

The company launched at the Berlinale as part of Elysian Film Group, Perkins and Kate Solomon’s film and television production company. It is backed by a minority investment from CAA, marking the first time the agency has worked with a U.K. partner to launch a distribution label.

Benedict was most recently VP, internationals acquisitions and production at Studiocanal, where he worked on a production slate which included Paul King’s “Paddington,” Jaume-Collet Serra’s “Non Stop,” Ron Howard’s “Beatles: Eight Days a Week,” the Coen Brothers’ “Inside Llewyn Davis” and Luca Guadagnino’s “A Bigger Splash.”

He started at the company in 2012 as senior acquisitions manager for Studiocanal UK, where he first worked with Perkins in his former role as CEO for the company, and quickly rose through the ranks,...

First production will be musical ’Greatest Days’.

Elysian Film Group, the UK producer-distributor founded by former Sudiocanal CEO Danny Perkins, has appointed Jed Benedict as head of acquisitions and development.

Benedict previously worked with Perkins at Studiocanal, where he was most recently vice president of international acquisitions and production.

He joined Studiocanal in 2012 as senior acquisitions manager, acquiring David Mackenzie’s Hell Or High Water and Yeon Sang-ho’s Train To Busan for UK release among others.

Benedict began his career at John Schmidt’s production, distribution and sales company ContentFilm in 2008 where he worked for Jamie Carmichael as international...

Exclusive: Studiocanal exec Jed Benedict is joining Danny Perkins’ Elysian Film Group as Head Of Acquisitions & Development, we can reveal.

Effective immediately, Benedict joins the recently launched CAA-backed UK distribution arm of Perkins and Kate Solomon’s film and TV production company.

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London-based Benedict was most recently VP, International Acquisitions and Production at Studiocanal, where he previously worked under Perkins. Studiocanal’s slate during Benedict’s eight years at the company included Paddington, Non Stop, Beatles: Eight: Days A Week, Inside Llewyn Davis and A Bigger Splash.

He started at the Euro studio in 2012 as Senior Acquisitions Manager, Studiocanal UK, acquiring movies including Hell Or High Water,...

Efforts join growing number of initiatives across the Us.

Voltage Pictures, Jamie Carmichael and John Shepherd, and Agbo are among the latest Los Angeles-based fundraisers to join the multitude of relief efforts for Covid-19 underway in the Us.

Voltage and Looks That Kill producer Austin Sepulveda have launched Operation Protect The Heroes to start production of 3D-printed face shields for local hospitals and essential workers.

Susan Downey and Robert Downey Jr.’s Random Act Funding is serving as the operation’s anchor funder, Kent Seton of the Edward Charles Foundation is on board as fiscal sponsor, and Vertical Entertainment as principal donor.

Tony Gilroy to direct series The Book Of Guns.

Atlantic Nomad, the new TV and film production operation led by Simon Mirren, David Wolstencroft and Jamie Carmichael, has signed a first-look deal with Us television production and distribution company Platform One Media.

The first series under the deal will be The Book Of Guns, with an original script by Tony Gilroy, best known as co-writer of most of the Jason Bourne films and director of 2012’s The Bourne Legacy. Mirren, best known for writing and producing such series as Criminal Minds and Without A Trace, will serve as executive producer...

Platform One has signed a first-look deal with Atlantic Nomad, the nine-month-old production company from the creative team behind Versailles, Simon Mirren and David Wolstencroft, and former Kew Media Group head of film Jamie Carmichael (Thank You for Smoking).

The Book of Guns from Bourne and Rogue One writer Tony Gilroy is set to be the first project out of the gate. Mirren and Wolstencroft will executive produce based on an original script from Gilroy.

Mirren and Wolstencroft called Gilroy "The Godfather" when announcing the project. "A master storyteller at the very top of his game. We could not be more ...

Returning for its 18th year this October is Hollywood's Screamfest Horror Film Festival, a celebration of horror cinema's past, present, and future. Back in May, we teamed up with Screamfest for a 10th anniversary screening of Gregg Bishop's Dance of the Dead, and now we're thrilled to share the first wave of programming for this year's festival, as well as the exciting news that Lin Shaye will be the festival's 2018 ambassador!

Taking place October 9th–18th at Tcl Chinese 6 Theaters in Hollywood, Screamfest's first wave of programming includes Padraig Reynolds' Open 24 Hours, Daniel Robbins' Pledge, Timothy Woodward Jr.'s The Final Wish, a 10th anniversary screening of Toby Wilkins' Splinter, and much more!

You can read the official announcement below, visit Screamfest's website for more information, and stay tuned to Daily Dead for more Screamfest news!

Press Release: Hollywood, Calif. – September 25, 2018 – America’s largest and longest running horror film festival,...

Rachel Rusch was responsible for shows including Prison Break and The X Files.

Former BBC drama chief Ben Stephenson has hired a senior vice president of TV to work with him at Jj Abrams’ production company Bad Robot.

Rachel Rusch has joined the Westworld producer to work across its slate of projects in development and production, including forthcoming Hulu series Castle Rock and HBO’s Lovecraft Country.

She will report to head of television Stephenson, who joined Bad Robot in 2015 after eight years as the BBC’s drama controller.

Rusch most recently worked as vice president of event series for Fox,...

First two projects are UK spy series The Knowledge, crime series Hammerhead.

Television writer-producer Simon Mirren and former Content Media president of film Jamie Carmichael have launched Los Angeles-based TV and film company Atlantic Nomad.

The company plans to make six-10 original series from the Us and the UK over the next year and one or two theatrical projects a year, supplying studios, networks, digital platforms and independent distributors worldwide.

Its first two projects will be The Knowledge, a British espionage drama series, and Hammerhead, a California-set crime series about a grieving mother battling gangs, the Mafia and the government.

Simon Mirren and Jamie Carmichael, two L.A.-based Brits with extensive experience in the industry, have teamed to launch film and TV banner Atlantic Nomad, with two projects already in the pipeline.

Mirren is widely known for writing and producing hit TV series like Criminal Minds (for which he was showrunner) for Touchstone Television and CBS, Without a Trace for Jerry Bruckheimer Television and CBS, and Third Watch for NBC. Mirren also wrote for popular British television series Casualty, Waking the Dead and Spooks and most recently co-wrote, produced and show-ran Versailles, the acclaimed 10-part Canal Plus series dramatizing the life...

L.A.-based Brits Simon Mirren (Criminal Minds) and Jamie Carmichael (Black Book) are teaming up to launch TV and film production and sales label Atlantic Nomad. Operating out of L.A., the company will look to work on high-end, mainstream TV drama with a slate of between 6-10 original series over the next 12 months from both the U.S. and the UK and one or two theatrical films in the same period. Atlantic Nomad's first two projects out of the gate will be The Knowledge — a…...

L.A.-based Brits Simon Mirren (Criminal Minds) and Jamie Carmichael (Black Book) are teaming up to launch TV and film production and sales label Atlantic Nomad. Operating out of L.A., the company will look to work on high-end, mainstream TV drama with a slate of between 6-10 original series over the next 12 months from both the U.S. and the UK and one or two theatrical films in the same period. Atlantic Nomad's first two projects out of the gate will be The Knowledge — a…...

Industry veteran was formerly head of Content Film.

Jamie Carmichael

La-based international sales veteran Jamie Carmichael is stepping down from his role as president of film at Kew Media Group.

The long-time Content Film head is understood to be lining up another venture in the film and TV sector but details have yet to be confirmed.

Kew told Screen in a statement:

”Kew is further combining its film and television units. This allows for more cohesion and synergies across our sales and marketing teams and better positions the company for its growth and expansion. The new joint division will be led by Greg Phillips, President, Distribution. Jamie Carmichael, President of Film, has decided to leave the company to pursue new opportunities.”

Recent titles on the Kew slate include Zach Fox and Omri Dorani’s teen comedy How To Get Girls, Bees Make Honey starring Alice Eve, comedy An Actor Prepares with Jeremy Irons and Jack Huston and sci-fi...

Sci-fi described as cross between Arrival, Moon, and The Machine.

Content Media has bolstered its Cannes slate with worldwide sales rights to Seth Larney’s elevated sci-fi 2067.

President of Film Jamie Carmichael and executive vice-president of sales and distribution Jonathan Ford will introduce the project excluding Australia and Canada to buyers later this month.

Larney will direct 2067 from his original screenplay that takes place on an earth ravaged by climate change as mankind looks to the future to solve the problems of the present.

The sci-fi is set to commence production later this year in Australia and is described as cross between Arrival, Moon, and The Machine.

Lisa Shaunessy and Leonie Mansfield of Arcadia serve as producers with Phyllis Laing of Buffalo Gal Pictures, and Kate Croser of Kojo Entertainment. Michael Rymer serves as executive producer.

Larney directed the Malaysian fantasy Tombiruo, which is in post, and served as second unit director on Sundance entry Killing Ground. He has...

Revenge action thriller teams Content Media with producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura.

Common, currently starring alongside Keanu Reeves in John Wick: Chapter 2 will play the lead in Quick Draw, which is set to begin shooting this summer.

Content produces and handles international sales, while CAA represents Us rights.

Harris Goldberg wrote the screenplay and will direct the film, which plays out across the mean streets of Los Angeles and according to Content’s representatives will feature “intense shoot-outs, choreographed car chases, and lightning fast hand-to-hand combat”.

di Bonaventura serevs as producer with Content Media’s Tom Butterfield and David Greenblatt through his Greenlit Creative company.

“Harris has such an incredible vision for this film that this collaboration is particularly exciting for us,” di Bonaventura, whose tentpole credits as producer include the Transformers franchise including June 23 release Transformers: The Last Knight, Deepwater Horizon, Shooter, Red, and GI Joe, said.

“The narrative he creates is incredibly rich and while...

Alice Eve (“Star Trek Into Darkness,” “Men in Black 3,” “Sex and the City 2”), Emile Hirsch (“Into the Wild,” “Lone Survivor”), and Vanessa Hudgens (“Sucker Punch”, “Spring Breakers”), David Koechner (“Anchorman 1& 2”, “Extract”) and rising comedy star Sebastian Maniscalco will star in the romantic comedy ‘The Pre-Nup”, directed and written by Jonathan Lynn (“Nuns On The Run,” “My Cousin Vinny,” “The Whole Nine Yards”) and sold in Berlin by Content Media Corporation.

Eve, Emile, Vanessa, David and Sebastian join Hugh Bonneville (“Downton Abbey,” “Notting Hill”) in the Jeanna Polley (“The Politician’s Wife,” “Laws of Attraction”) produced film, which is expected to start shooting in June in the UK.

“The Pre-Nup” follows the hilarious consequences of an American groom suggesting to his British bride that they should get a pre-nuptial agreement… the night before their wedding.

Zac (Hirsch) is a well-to-do American investment banker, who couldn’t be more thrilled...

Exclusive: Jonathan Lynn will direct the romantic comedy.

Emile Hirsch [pictured], Alice Eve and Vanessa Hudgens have joined rom-com The Pre-Nup for My Cousin Vinny and The Whole Nine Yards director Jonathan Lynn.

David Koechner and rising comedy star Sebastian Maniscalco have also come on board to join previously announced Hugh Bonneville.

Content Media president of film Jamie Carmichael and executive vice-president of sales and distribution Jonathan Ford are leading worldwide sales efforts at this week’s European Film Market (Efm).

Production is set for June in the UK on the story of an American investment banker whose womanising father pressures him into suggesting a pre-nuptial agreement to his fiancée on the eve of their wedding.

The alarmed young woman fights back, determined to negotiate ever details of their life together. Lynn wrote the screenplay and Jeanna Polley is the producer.

“Jonathan has packed The Pre-Nup with tons of laughs, romance, and characters...

Katee Sackhoff is no stranger to space. She’s faced otherworldly horrors before in Battlestar Galactica and Riddick, and now she’s setting her sights on Mars in the new sci-fi thriller Origin Unknown.

Press Release: February 2, 2017 – It was revealed today that Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica, Riddick, Oculus, Don’t Knnock Twice) will play the lead role of Mackenzie ‘Mack’ Wilson in the sci-fi thriller Origin Unknown, and that Content Media has come on board to handle worldwide sales.

UK-based Coffee & Cigarettes who act as executive producers on the film brokered the deal with Content Media to represent the film.

Eduardo Panizzo of Coffee & Cigarettes said, “We are delighted to be working with Content Media on this project, they have an exceptional track record and a proven history of success in the Sci-Fi genre.”

Content’s Jamie Carmichael said, “We love the elevated Sci-Fi space, and Origin Unknown has all...

Content Media has come on to handle worldwide sales on the project, which is set to begin shooting in London later this month.

Hasraf ‘HaZ’ Dulull will direct from Gary Hall’s script about a Mars mission controller (Katee Sackhoff) who is summoned to assist an artificial intelligence system after the first mission ended in catastrophe.

Her investigation into the first mission leads to the discovery of a mysterious object below the surface of Mars, leading to a discovery that could change the future of Earth.

Head Gear Films and Parkgate Entertainment are financing Origin Unknown and the company’s Phil Hunt and Compton Ross serve as executive producers with UK-based Coffee & Cigarettes.

The latter brokered the deal with Content Media.

Eduardo Panizzo of Coffee & Cigarettes said: “We are delighted to be working with Content Media on this project, they have an exceptional track record and a proven history of success in the sci-fi genre.”

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Content Media has come on to handle worldwide sales on the project, which is set to begin shooting in London later this month.

Hasraf ‘HaZ’ Dulull will direct from Gary Hall’s script about a Mars mission controller (Katee Sackhoff) who is summoned to assist an artificial intelligence system after the first mission ended in catastrophe.

Her investigation into the first mission leads to the discovery of a mysterious object below the surface of Mars, leading to a discovery that could change the future of Earth.

Head Gear Films and Parkgate Entertainment are financing Origin Unknown and the company’s Phil Hunt and Compton Ross serve as executive producers with UK-based Coffee & Cigarettes.

The latter brokered the deal with Content Media.

Eduardo Panizzo of Coffee & Cigarettes said: “We are delighted to be working with Content Media on this project, they have an exceptional track record and a proven history of success in the sci-fi genre.”

Content’s [link...

Content Media Corporation has acquired the international distribution rights to the documentary “Legion of Brothers,” which premieres Saturday, January 21 in the Sundance Film Festival’s Documentary Premiers section. Directed by Greg Barker (“Manhunt”) and produced by CNN Films and Passion Pictures, the doc’s domestic theatrical and streaming rights are still available. CNN retains U.S. broadcast rights.

PBS Expands Theatrical Distribution Team In Time For Sundance 2017 — Exclusive

The film was produced by John Battsek, Barker, Peter Bergen, Tresha Mabile and executive produced by Amy Entelis and Vinnie Malhotra,

“Legion of Brothers” centers on the fewer than one hundred Special Forces troops deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11 for a secret war initiated by the U.S. government. The troops fought against the Taliban and al-Qaeda, driving both out of power before the end of 2001, with few casualties despite not having conventional, large-scale military operations. Barker tells the little-known story by drawing...

The company has struck a deal with CNN Films to handle international sales ahead of the world premiere of Greg Barker’s documentary on Saturday.

CNN Films and Passion Pictures produced Legion Of Brothers, about the small deployment of Special Forces troops sent to Afghanistan immediately after the September 11 attacks to thwart the Taliban and al-Qaeda.

CNN retains Us broadcast, theatrical and streaming rights.

Content will take the film to the Efm in Berlin next month where president of film Jamie Carmichael and executive vice-president of sales and distribution Jonathan Ford will introduce to international buyers.

Passion’s John Battsek produced Legion Of Brothers with Barker, Peter Bergen and Tresha Mabile, while Amy Entelis and Vinnie Malhotra served as executive producers.

Barker directed Sundance 2013 selection Manhunt.

“We were immediately struck by the emotional power of Greg’s film,” said Carmichael. “We know that there’s a tremendous level of interest in all things ‘special forces’ and this...

Promotions announced for Vicky Ryan and Jennifer Brinkworth following the company’s reorganisation.

Content Media Corporation has appointed Tom Bairstow to its sales team as vice president of sales and distribution.

The announcement comes alongside other management promotions following the October unification of Content’s film, television and digital distribution, sales and servicing operations, which replaced its separate film and television distribution teams.

Based in London, Bairstow will manage the company’s film and television sales across all platforms to French-speaking Europe and Africa, Japan, Asia, Israel and the Middle East. He will report to Jonathan Ford, Content’s Evp sales and distribution.

With more than 15 years’ experience in distribution, Bairstow previously worked as executive director of distribution Nordics and Benelux at Sony Pictures Television. Prior to this position, he served as sales manager and later sales director at Sony.

Jamie Carmichael, president of film at Content, said: “The demand for high quality, internationally-relevant content...

Exclusive: Content’s Afm slate includes Jon Brewer’s Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story.

Content Media has acquired worldwide sales rights to the timely music documentary, Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story.

President of film Jamie Carmichael and executive vice-president of sales and distribution Jonathan Ford are introducing Jon Brewer’s film to the market this week.

While the film is expected to capitalise on global fascination for the late David Bowie himself, who died in January this year, the subject is his frequent collaborator and guitar virtuoso Ronson.

As a member of Bowie’s backing band The Spiders From Mars in the early 1970’s, Ronson contributed to some of the most iconic compositions, lyrics and recordings in contemporary music.

He recorded several solo albums and also earned a reputation as a sought-after session musician who played with Ian Hunter, Lou Reed and Morrissey and toured with Bob Dylan and Van Morrison.

Beside Bowie:...

Content Media Corporation has brought its separate film and television distribution divisions under one roof.

Jonathan Ford, executive vice-president of sales and distribution, will head the combined sales team based in London and Los Angeles.

Ford will report to president of the Content Media distribution division, Greg Phillips. Both are based in London.

Jamie Carmichael, the Los Angeles-based president of film at Content Media, will continue to head up film acquisitions and productions and will work closely with Ford on worldwide film sales.

“We have seen our film and television sales efforts converge over the past few years, and we have seen the emergence of global digital platforms,” said Content CEO John Schmidt (pictured). “In putting our worldwide distribution together in one team, we will have a more efficient and forward-looking approach, and we will be well positioned for the future.

“Independent film and television have blended together creatively, and this is now reflected in distribution. Ultimately...

Content Media is introducing the comedy to buyers at Cannes.

Jeremy Irons and Jack Huston will star in the father-son buddy comedy An Actor Prepares, which Content Media is introducing to Cannes buyers this week.

Steve Clark directs the film from a screenplay he wrote with Thomas Moffett. David M. Rosenthal is producing with 3 Arts Entertainment’s Tom Lassally and Will Rowbotham.

Principal photography is scheduled to begin this autumn on the story about a philandering actor and his estranged, academic son who reconnect during a cross-country road trip to a wedding. CAA represents North American rights.

“This is pure performance and comedy gold,” said Content president of film Jamie Carmichael. “We can’t wait to see Mr Irons and Mr Huston go head to head in this wonderfully funny and emotional crowd-pleaser – and we’re thrilled to be working with Steve, David and our friends at 3 Arts.”...

Adding even more firepower to its international sales slate ahead of Cannes, Content Media announced today that it has acquired international sales rights to “Pistorius” – a documentary feature about the inspiring, Olympic hero turned convicted murderer, Oscar Pistorius.

Content’s President of Film Jamie Carmichael and Head of Sales, Harry White will begin introducing the film to distributors in Cannes next week.

Vaughan Sivell (“Mr. Calzaghe”) is directing the film, which is currently in production, and is producing with Sean Richard with Western Edge Pictures and the Gennaker Group.

“Pistorius” is “Making a Murderer” meets “Senna” – a riveting true-crime story about a beloved sports icon.

At the 2012 Olympics, South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius (aka ‘The Blade Runner’) made history by becoming the first double-amputee sprinter to compete in the Olympics. He was one of the world’s most successful sportsmen, and an inspiration to millions.

Not even a year later,...

Content Media heads to the Croisette with international rights to a documentary about the complicated life of the world-famous athlete.

Vaughan Sivell is shooting the film about the South African, who became the first double-leg amputee to compete at the Olympic Games in 2012.

However, Pistorius fell from grace a year later following the death of his fiancée Reeva Steenkamp that eventually led to his murder conviction.

Pistorius sets out to investigate the truth behind its central character as well as the reputation of South Africa itself as a place of violent crime and corruption.

Sivell also produces the film, styled as Making A Murderer-meets-Senna, alongside Western Edge Pictures colleague Sean Richard and the Gennaker Group.

“Oscar Pistorius captured and then broke our hearts,” said president of film Jamie Carmichael, who is introducing Pistorius with head of sales Harry White. “And there’s a danger South Africa will do the same. Vaughan has struck...

Content Media heads to the Croisette with international rights to a documentary about the complicated and heart-breaking life of the world-famous athlete.

Vaughan Sivell is currently shooting the film about the South African, who became the first double-leg amputee to compete at the Olympic Games in 2012.

However Pistorius fell from grace a year later following the death of his fiancée Reeva Steenkamp that eventually led to his murder conviction.

Pistorius sets out to investigate the truth behind its central character as well as the reputation of South Africa itself as a place of violent crime and corruption.

Sivell also produces the film, styled as Making A Murderer meets Senna, alongside Western Edge Pictures colleague Sean Richard and the Gennaker Group.

“Oscar Pistorius captured and then broke our hearts,” said president of film Jamie Carmichael, who is introducing Pistorius with head of sales Harry White. “And there’s a danger South Africa will do the same. Vaughan has struck...

"Carnage Park," Mickey Keating's fifth feature after such heavy-hitting genre efforts like "Pod" and "Darling," rocked the Sundance Film Festival last week with its savage cat-and-mouse-game. Earlier today, Content Media secured international sales rights to the film, and the company, led by President of Film Jamie Carmichael and Head of Sales Harry White, will introduce the feature to international distributors for the first time at the European Film Market in Berlin. CAA is handling North American sales rights for the film. Read More: Watch: A Psychotic Sniper Turns 'Carnage Park' Into a Must-See Sundance Thriller Inspired by a true story, Keating's latest genre exercise harkens back to the thrillers of the 1970s  as it depicts a harrowing fight for survival between a pair of crooks, their hostage and a psychotic ex-military sniper in a remote stretch of wilderness. Ashley Bell and Pat Healy star. Eric B....

Exclusive: The company has come on board to handle international sales in Berlin on the Sundance Midnight selection.

Content president of film Jamie Carmichael and head of sales Harry White will introduce Carnage Park to international buyers following a rousing reception in Park City.

CAA represents North American rights on Mickey Keating’s 1970s-set thriller about a pair of hapless robbers that flees into a stretch of wilderness occupied by a psychotic ex-military sniper.

Ashley Bell, Pat Healy, Alan Ruck, Darby Stanchfield, James Landry Hébert, and Larry Fessenden star.

Eric B. Fleischman and Sean Tabibian produced Carnage Park via through their Diablo Entertainment label.

This is not the first time Content has headed to the Efm with a Sundance Midnight title and the company has enjoyed success with strong sellers The Pact, The Nightmare and Bound To Vengeance.

“Carnage Park is everything you could hope for in an ultra-cool elevated genre film – full of tension, stylish as hell...

Michael Peña (The Martian, Ant-man, Fury) has signed on as the starring lead in the action-thriller The Worker for Jeremy Renner and Don Handfield’s production outfit, The Combine, and Content Media. Dan Bradley (Red Dawn) is directing the film from a screenplay by Kyle Rankin.

Producers are The Combine’s Academy Award® nominee Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker, The Avengers, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol and Rogue Nation) and Don Handfield (The Founder, Knightfall, Kill The Messenger) and Content Media’s Tom Butterfield. Peña will executive produce through his Strata Films banner, with Philip G. Flores.

Content Media will handle international sales for The Worker and introduce the project to distributors for the first time at the European Film Market (Efm) in Berlin next month. CAA will represent the film’s N. American distribution rights.

The Worker is Taken meets Bourne – equipped with spectacular gun fights, car chases and lethal hand-to-hand combat,...

Jamie Carmichael and his team head to Berlin with international rights to the Michael Peña action thriller that is being produced with Jeremy Renner and Don Handfield’s The Combine.

Content will kick off pre-sales at the Efm on the project, which CAA represents in North America.

Dan Bradley will direct The Worker from a screenplay by Kyle Rankin about a former member of Mexico’s elite Special Forces whose wife and son are kidnapped by a cartel.

Renner and Handfield produce alongside Content Media’s Tom Butterfield. Peña will handle executive producer dutiesthrough his Strata Films label with Philip G. Flores.

Principal photography is scheduled to begin later this year.

Content’s international sales slate includes the Manolo Blahnik documentary Manolo; Maria Callas biopic Callas starring Noomi Rapace with Niki Caro directing; sci-fi Higher Power, which Lorenzo di Bonaventura produces; and Joel David Moore’s dramedy Youth In Oregon starring Christina Applegate, Josh Lucas, [link...

The production, financing and sales company will introduce buyers in Berlin next month to the film about the celebrated shoe designer.

Michael Roberts will direct Manolo (The Boy Who Made Shoes For Lizards). Nevision Studios One Limited produces and James Cabourne, Tiggy Maconochie, and Anne Morrison are on board as executive producers.

Content represents worldwide sales to the film about Blahnik, the contemporary fashion industry icon whose shoes are known simply as Manolos and were turned into a global brand by the TV series Sex And The City.

Production is underway on the film, which will feature the likes of Anna Wintour, Paloma Picasso, Iman, Rihanna, Naomi Campbell, David Bailey, and Isaac Mizrahi.

“Having known Manolo for over 30 years, I can say he is a multifaceted intellectual and romantic whose engaging mind and ingenious work is made for entertaining cinema,” said Roberts.

Content president of Film Jamie Carmichael said: “Manolo Blahnik is fashion royalty and the king...

Content Media has hired Tom Butterfield as their film division's Head of Production. Under President of Film, Jamie Carmichael, Butterfield will oversee the flow of presentable films for Content's development and production sides. It will also be his responsibility to expand the national and international markets, along with seeking out co-production opportunities. In the past, Tom worked for Zide/Perry Productions. With their deal with Universal, they produced the "American Pie" and the "Final Destination" series, which helped make them the most successful independent production company in Hollywood. Before this, he worked for the UK Film Council the New Cinema Fund. Most recently, he founded and ran Culmination Productions, where he executive produced "Welcome to Me" starring Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell. Tom Butterfield said, "I’m really excited to be joining the Content Team at this exciting time for the company, and I’m...

As Content Media expands its film production activity, the company has hired Tom Butterfield as Head of Production for its movie unit. He will oversee productions already in the pipeline at Content and be charged with sourcing commercially viable projects for Content's development and production slate. Reporting to President of Film Jamie Carmichael, he also will be responsible for expanding Content’s partnerships with talent, producers, agents and publishers; identifying…...

Content Media has hired the producer and 2015 Screen Future Leader as head of production at its film division.

Butterfield will report to Content’s president of film Jamie Carmichael and assumes immediate oversight of the present and future slate.

He will also be responsible for expanding national and international partnerships with key talent, producers, agents and publishers and identifying new opportunities for film collaborations.

“Tom brings a wealth of production experience along with many strong industry relationships, from both London and Los Angeles that aligns perfectly with our growing trans-continental business,” said Carmichael.

Butterfield added: “I’m really excited to be joining the Content Team at this exciting time for the company, and I’m looking forward to working with them to expand the film slate.”

Prior to joining Content Butterfield founded and ran Culmination Productions where he produced “Life At These Speeds and London Town. Before that he worked for Zide/Perry Productions in Los Angeles...

The sales company is gearing up to introduce buyers next week to Defy Media and Lorenzo di Bonaventura’s sci-fi.

Content will show first footage from Higher Power, which is described as X-Men meets Chronicle and centres on an everyman who develops powers after he risks his life to save his daughter.

Ron Eldard stars alongside Colm Feore, Jordan Hinson Austin Stowell and Jade Tailor.

Content film president Jamie Carmichael and head of sales Harry White will debut footage. CAA co-represents Us rights with Content.

Content financed the project with Defy Media, a leading content creator targeting the 12-34 demographic.

Matthew Santoro, an effects artist on X-Men: Wolverine among others, directs from a screenplay by Julia Fair

Di Bonaventura producers with Greg Siegel, Evan Cholfin and Ross M Dinerstein of Campfire. Carmichael serves as executive producer.

Content Media’s slate includes Dennis Hauck’s neo-noir detective thriller Too Late starring John Hawkes; Joel David Moore’s [link...

President of film Jamie Carmichael and head of sales Harry White will debut footage from the road trip comedy in Toronto after coming on to handle international sales.

Youth In Oregon stars Frank Langella, Billy Crudup, Christina Applegate, Josh Lucas, Nicola Peltz and Alex Shaffer in the story of a man who must help his embittered father-in-law rekindle his will to live.

Paradigm handles Us sales for the film, which is in post-production.

Joel David Moore directed from a screenplay by Andrew Eisen and the producers are Stefan Nowicki, Morgan White and Joey Carey of Sundial Pictures. Ross M Dinerstein of Campfire serves as executive producer.

“Youth in Oregon reminds us of the importance of family, free-will, and forgiveness – with incredible performances from its stellar cast – that will have audiences laughing through their tears,” said Carmichael.

Content Media’s slate includes Dennis Hauck’s neo-noir Too Late starring John Hawkes; Venice and Toronto selection Janis: Little Girl Blue from Amy Berg...

President of film Jamie Carmichael and head of sales Harry White will debut footage from the road trip comedy in Toronto after coming on to handle international sales.

Frank Langella, Billy Crudup, Christina Applegate, Josh Lucas, Nicola Peltz and Alex Shaffer star in the story of a man who must help his embittered father-in-law rekindle his will to live.

Paradigm handles Us sales for Youth In Oregon, which is in post-production.

Joel David Moore directed from a screenplay by Andrew Eisen and the producers are Stefan Nowicki, Morgan White and Joey Carey of Sundial Pictures. Ross M Dinerstein of Campfire serves as executive producer.

“Youth in Oregon reminds us of the importance of family, free-will, and forgiveness – with incredible performances from its stellar cast – that will have audiences laughing through their tears,” said Carmichael.

Content Media’s slate includes Dennis Hauck’s neo-noir Too Late starring John Hawkes; Venice and Toronto selection Janis: Little Girl Blue from Amy Berg...

Content Media has acquired international sales to Dennis Hauck’s neo-noir detective thriller and will host a private buyers screening in Toronto.

John Hawkes stars alongside Crystal Reed, Dichen Lachman, Natalie Zea, Jeff Fahey and Robert Forster in the non-linear story in the vein of Pulp Fiction, Short Cuts and Memento about a private eye on a perilous missing persons case.

Too Late premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival earlier in the summer.

“Too Late is a cinephile gold dream, with stunning 35mm cinematography, white hot dialogue and a masterful performance from Academy Award nominee John Hawkes,” said Content’s president of film Jamie Carmichael.

“Add to that the smoky clubs, glamorous mansions, scenic vistas and retro-cool drive-in theatres that make Los Angeles iconic and you have a unique, ultra-hip noir thriller to die for.”

Feature debutant Dennis Hauck directed from his screenplay and produced with Alexandra Barreto and John Taylor Feltner.

Content Media’s sales...

Lucy Boynton from Miss Potter and Nick Moran of Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels fame have joined Katee Sackhoff on the supernatural horror. Content Media represents worldwide sales.

Principal Photography begins this week in Cardiff, Wales, on the story of a guilt-ridden mother who must encounter the truth behind the legend of a vengeful witch in order to reconnect with the estranged daughter she placed into care.

Caradog James, who directed The Machine, which Content also handled, directs from a script by Howl writers Mark Huckerby and Nick Ostler.

Boynton will soon be seen in John Carney’s Sing Street and Oz Perkins’ horror February. She appeared in this year’s BBC mini-series Life In Squares.

Cardiff-based Red & Black Films’ John Giwa-Amu produces alongside and Seymour Films’ Claire Moorsom. Content Media president of film Jamie Carmichael serves as executive producer.

Altara, Ffilm Cymru Wales and the Media Investment Budget, partnered with Pinewood...

Glorious weather on the Croisette played its part in driving strong trade and casting a warm glow over the market to temper fearful talk of the Netflix effect, for now at least.

Yet the streaming giant was never far from people’s lips. The keynote talk by Ted Sarandos dominated the dialogue when people were not chewing over the festival’s strict dress footwear policy, the arrival of well-heeled new financiers and a flurry of spectacular theatrical deals.

Universal Pictures and Focus Features’ $20m worldwide buy on Nocturnal Animals starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams served up the major buy of Cannes, ensuring FilmNation echoed its success with Story Of Your Life in 2014. CAA also represented Us rights.

Open Road’s $4m deal for Bleed For This was one of the more notable Us buys alongside Spc’s move on Truth, Our Little Sister and Son Of Saul, Lionsgate’s acquisition of A Hologram For The King...

The softspoken Jamie Carmichael has become an expert at selling controversial fare to international buyers — including Alex Gibney’s documentary Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, which has caused waves with its damning portrayal of Scientology and high-ranking members such as Tom Cruise. The British-born foreign sales agent is president of L.A.-based Content Film, whose parent company, Content Media, has a 50 percent stake in Gibney’s production company, Jigsaw Productions. Carmichael, who lives in Pacific Palisades, Calif., with his wife and two sons, has succeeded in selling Going Clear to buyers around the globe.

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