Man on the Run Movie Review Rating:
Star Cast: Michael Bill McMurray, Xavier Justo, Bradley Hope, Clare Rewcastle Brown, Ho Kay Tat
Director: Cassius Michael Kim
Man on the Run ( Photo Credit – IMDb )
What’s Good: The documentary navigates the scandal’s complexities adeptly, offering a gripping narrative that delves into A-list celebrities, staggering fortunes, and high-level corruption. The relentless efforts of journalists shine as a commendable highlight, showcasing the positive impact of media in uncovering the truth.
What’s Bad: Despite its riveting aspects, “Man on the Run” falters in narrative direction. It starts with exploring the ultra-wealthy but transitions into a formulaic true crime documentary. The attempt to weave together themes of significant wealth and corrupt politics results in a somewhat disjointed composition.
Loo Break: Be prepared for a shift in pace during the documentary’s midsection as it delves deeply into financial intricacies. While essential to the story,...
Star Cast: Michael Bill McMurray, Xavier Justo, Bradley Hope, Clare Rewcastle Brown, Ho Kay Tat
Director: Cassius Michael Kim
Man on the Run ( Photo Credit – IMDb )
What’s Good: The documentary navigates the scandal’s complexities adeptly, offering a gripping narrative that delves into A-list celebrities, staggering fortunes, and high-level corruption. The relentless efforts of journalists shine as a commendable highlight, showcasing the positive impact of media in uncovering the truth.
What’s Bad: Despite its riveting aspects, “Man on the Run” falters in narrative direction. It starts with exploring the ultra-wealthy but transitions into a formulaic true crime documentary. The attempt to weave together themes of significant wealth and corrupt politics results in a somewhat disjointed composition.
Loo Break: Be prepared for a shift in pace during the documentary’s midsection as it delves deeply into financial intricacies. While essential to the story,...
- 1/10/2024
- by Hari P N
- KoiMoi
Innovative journalism content studio Project Brazen today announced the launch of Brazen, a new podcast network and multimedia platform for fearless storytelling and captivating journalism from a wide range of creators and production companies.
A direct-to-consumer offering debuting on May 24, Brazen will be a home to high-end narrative storytelling and ongoing podcasts from entrepreneurial journalists, creators and production companies across the globe. The network will have a special focus on journalism that reveals hidden aspects of the world around us, immersive narrative non-fiction, content that connects with younger audiences and helps listeners understand business and the economy in a fresh way.
The network will be the home of Project Brazen’s original podcasts, such as the recently released Night Of Show, Corinna And The King and The Sound: Mystery Of Havana Syndrome, as well as critically acclaimed series Fat Leonard, Kabul Falling and The Closer, a weekly business show hosted by journalist Aimee Keane.
A direct-to-consumer offering debuting on May 24, Brazen will be a home to high-end narrative storytelling and ongoing podcasts from entrepreneurial journalists, creators and production companies across the globe. The network will have a special focus on journalism that reveals hidden aspects of the world around us, immersive narrative non-fiction, content that connects with younger audiences and helps listeners understand business and the economy in a fresh way.
The network will be the home of Project Brazen’s original podcasts, such as the recently released Night Of Show, Corinna And The King and The Sound: Mystery Of Havana Syndrome, as well as critically acclaimed series Fat Leonard, Kabul Falling and The Closer, a weekly business show hosted by journalist Aimee Keane.
- 5/24/2023
- Podnews.net
Exclusive: The docuseries based on The Sound: Mystery of Havana Syndrome podcast is moving a step closer to fruition.
Xtr, the non-fiction studio behind Apple’s They Call Me Magic and Oscar-nominated Ascension, has boarded the project, which comes from Project Brazen.
Deadline revealed in January that Project Brazen, which was launched by Pulitzer finalists Tom Wright and Bradley Hope, were launching the podcast, hosted by Nicky Woolf, who hosted Audible’s Qanon podcast Finding Q.
At the time, Project Brazen was also developing it as a docuseries with Prx and Xtr will now co-produce. Prx is no longer involved.
Havana Syndrome is a medical condition allegedly affecting U.S. diplomats in countries such as Cuba. The series will explore the events that began in December 2016, when a U.S. official in Havana went to the embassy medical center to report a debilitating and confounding illness that included headaches, nausea,...
Xtr, the non-fiction studio behind Apple’s They Call Me Magic and Oscar-nominated Ascension, has boarded the project, which comes from Project Brazen.
Deadline revealed in January that Project Brazen, which was launched by Pulitzer finalists Tom Wright and Bradley Hope, were launching the podcast, hosted by Nicky Woolf, who hosted Audible’s Qanon podcast Finding Q.
At the time, Project Brazen was also developing it as a docuseries with Prx and Xtr will now co-produce. Prx is no longer involved.
Havana Syndrome is a medical condition allegedly affecting U.S. diplomats in countries such as Cuba. The series will explore the events that began in December 2016, when a U.S. official in Havana went to the embassy medical center to report a debilitating and confounding illness that included headaches, nausea,...
- 4/3/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Havana Syndrome, a medical condition allegedly affecting U.S. diplomats in countries such as Cuba, is to be explored in a new podcast and docuseries.
Nicky Woolf, a journalist who has worked for the Guardian and New Statesman and also hosted Audible’s Qanon podcast Finding Q, is hosting The Sound: Mystery of Havana Syndrome, an eight-part podcast series.
The show comes from Project Brazen and Prx with a documentary series also in the works from the former.
The podcast will launch on January 23. It will explore the events that began in December 2016, when a U.S. official in Havana went to the embassy medical center to report a debilitating and confounding illness that included headaches, nausea, hearing loss, and memory and vision problems. By summer 2017, dozens of U.S. and Canadian diplomats reported similar symptoms with most experiencing a buzzing, hissing or grinding sound – what was becoming known as Havana Syndrome.
Nicky Woolf, a journalist who has worked for the Guardian and New Statesman and also hosted Audible’s Qanon podcast Finding Q, is hosting The Sound: Mystery of Havana Syndrome, an eight-part podcast series.
The show comes from Project Brazen and Prx with a documentary series also in the works from the former.
The podcast will launch on January 23. It will explore the events that began in December 2016, when a U.S. official in Havana went to the embassy medical center to report a debilitating and confounding illness that included headaches, nausea, hearing loss, and memory and vision problems. By summer 2017, dozens of U.S. and Canadian diplomats reported similar symptoms with most experiencing a buzzing, hissing or grinding sound – what was becoming known as Havana Syndrome.
- 1/3/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Corinna zu-Sayn Wittengenstein shares first-hand account of her experience with King Juan Carlos I of Spain amidst a corruption scandal that stretched to countries around the world, before his abdication of the throne in 2014 Podcast will be released simultaneously in English with narration by actress Mishel Prada and in Spanish featuring actress Laura Gómez
Innovative content studio Project Brazen and award-winning public media organization Prx announced a new investigative narrative podcast, Corinna and The King. The eight-part series will debut on Monday, November 7.
In Corinna And The King, Corinna zu-Sayn Wittengenstein shares a powerful first-hand account of the abdication that shook the Spanish throne in 2014 during the reign of King Juan Carlos I as well as the corruption investigation and public scandal that continues to unfold today. Executive produced by Project Brazen Co-Founders, bestselling authors, and Pulitzer finalists Tom Wright and Bradley Hope, new episodes will be released weekly on Mondays.
Innovative content studio Project Brazen and award-winning public media organization Prx announced a new investigative narrative podcast, Corinna and The King. The eight-part series will debut on Monday, November 7.
In Corinna And The King, Corinna zu-Sayn Wittengenstein shares a powerful first-hand account of the abdication that shook the Spanish throne in 2014 during the reign of King Juan Carlos I as well as the corruption investigation and public scandal that continues to unfold today. Executive produced by Project Brazen Co-Founders, bestselling authors, and Pulitzer finalists Tom Wright and Bradley Hope, new episodes will be released weekly on Mondays.
- 11/7/2022
- Podnews.net
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It’s been six years since the multi-billion dollar 1Mdb corruption scandal — one of the biggest money-laundering frauds in history and one that infiltrated Hollywood when it emerged that stolen Malaysian millions had helped fund The Wolf of Wall Street — erupted.
Since then, the scandal’s central figure Jho Low has gone on the run, the former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak has started a 12-year prison term, and the now-shuttered production company behind The Wolf of Wall Street, Red Granite (co-founded by Razak’s stepson Riza Aziz and Emancipation producer Joey McFarland), has paid the Department of Justice a settlement of 60 million, 57 million of which was later sent back to Malaysia.
For Bradley Hope and Tom Wright, the two Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporters who helped bring to light much of the corruption (and were Pulitzer Prize-nominated for their work), the past...
It’s been six years since the multi-billion dollar 1Mdb corruption scandal — one of the biggest money-laundering frauds in history and one that infiltrated Hollywood when it emerged that stolen Malaysian millions had helped fund The Wolf of Wall Street — erupted.
Since then, the scandal’s central figure Jho Low has gone on the run, the former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak has started a 12-year prison term, and the now-shuttered production company behind The Wolf of Wall Street, Red Granite (co-founded by Razak’s stepson Riza Aziz and Emancipation producer Joey McFarland), has paid the Department of Justice a settlement of 60 million, 57 million of which was later sent back to Malaysia.
For Bradley Hope and Tom Wright, the two Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporters who helped bring to light much of the corruption (and were Pulitzer Prize-nominated for their work), the past...
- 11/2/2022
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Crazy Rich Asians co-writer Peter Chiarelli has teamed with Sk Global and Project Brazen to write a television adaptation chronicling the decades-long “Fat Leonard” U.S. Navy scandal, one of the military’s largest national security breaches.
The script will be based on Project Brazen’s popular podcast Fat Leonard, that featured Leonard Glenn Francis, a corrupt military contractor, who spoke exclusively for the first time about stealing tens of millions of dollars through deals with the U.S. Navy in exchange for cash bribes, escorts and luxury items.
The project marks the first television co-production for journalism content studio Project Brazen, founded by bestselling authors and Pulitzer finalists Tom Wright and Bradley Hope, and will follow an actively developing story with the podcast playing a major part around the current trials of five Navy officers involved with Francis. The Fat Leonard podcast recently garnered a Sopa 2022 Award for Excellence in Audio Reporting.
The script will be based on Project Brazen’s popular podcast Fat Leonard, that featured Leonard Glenn Francis, a corrupt military contractor, who spoke exclusively for the first time about stealing tens of millions of dollars through deals with the U.S. Navy in exchange for cash bribes, escorts and luxury items.
The project marks the first television co-production for journalism content studio Project Brazen, founded by bestselling authors and Pulitzer finalists Tom Wright and Bradley Hope, and will follow an actively developing story with the podcast playing a major part around the current trials of five Navy officers involved with Francis. The Fat Leonard podcast recently garnered a Sopa 2022 Award for Excellence in Audio Reporting.
- 6/21/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
House Of Cards creator and showrunner Beau Willimon and his Westward producing partner Jordan Tappis have teamed with Crazy Rich Asians’ co-financier Sk Global to develop a television series based on Tom Wright and Bradley Hope’s bestseller Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World. Tony Award-winning M. Butterfly playwright David Henry Hwang is attached to write the adaptation and executive produce.
Sk Global and Westward will finance and oversee all stages of development and production.
Written by award-winning Wall Street Journal reporters Wright and Hope, Billon Dollar Whale gives an inside account of Malaysia’s shocking 1Mdb money-laundering scandal, exposing the secret nexus of elite wealth, banking, Hollywood, and politics. The book centers on the heist’s alleged mastermind, international fugitive Jho Low, and his adventures in Hollywood (financing Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street), and Wall Street (making Goldman Sachs...
Sk Global and Westward will finance and oversee all stages of development and production.
Written by award-winning Wall Street Journal reporters Wright and Hope, Billon Dollar Whale gives an inside account of Malaysia’s shocking 1Mdb money-laundering scandal, exposing the secret nexus of elite wealth, banking, Hollywood, and politics. The book centers on the heist’s alleged mastermind, international fugitive Jho Low, and his adventures in Hollywood (financing Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street), and Wall Street (making Goldman Sachs...
- 11/23/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
House Of Cards creator Beau Willimon and his Westward producing partner Jordan Tappis have teamed up with Sk Global, the co-financiers of Warner Bros.’ Crazy Rich Asians franchise, to develop and produce a series based on Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World, the bestselling non-fiction book about the historic 1Mdb Malaysian corruption scandal.
Screenwriter David Henry Hwang, a three-time Pulitzer finalist and playwright, has been tapped to write and executive produce the project. Sk Global and Westward will co-finance and oversee all stages of development and production.
Written by award-winning Wall Street Journal reporters Tom Wright and Bradley Hope and ...
Screenwriter David Henry Hwang, a three-time Pulitzer finalist and playwright, has been tapped to write and executive produce the project. Sk Global and Westward will co-finance and oversee all stages of development and production.
Written by award-winning Wall Street Journal reporters Tom Wright and Bradley Hope and ...
- 11/22/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
House Of Cards creator Beau Willimon and his Westward producing partner Jordan Tappis have teamed up with Sk Global, the co-financiers of Warner Bros.’ Crazy Rich Asians franchise, to develop and produce a series based on Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World, the bestselling non-fiction book about the historic 1Mdb Malaysian corruption scandal.
Screenwriter David Henry Hwang, a three-time Pulitzer finalist and playwright, has been tapped to write and executive produce the project. Sk Global and Westward will co-finance and oversee all stages of development and production.
Written by award-winning Wall Street Journal reporters Tom Wright and Bradley Hope and ...
Screenwriter David Henry Hwang, a three-time Pulitzer finalist and playwright, has been tapped to write and executive produce the project. Sk Global and Westward will co-finance and oversee all stages of development and production.
Written by award-winning Wall Street Journal reporters Tom Wright and Bradley Hope and ...
- 11/22/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“House of Cards” creator and showrunner Beau Willimon and his Westward producing partner Jordan Tappis will work with “Crazy Rich Asians” co-financier Sk Global to develop a TV series based on the blockbuster novel “Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World.”
Sk Global and Willimon’s independent film, TV and music studio Westward will independently finance and oversee all stages of development and production.
David Henry Hwang — the three-time Pulitzer finalist and playwright, librettist, screenwriter and Columbia University professor, known for his works “M. Butterfly,” “Yellow Face” and “Soft Power” — will write and executive produce. Other executive producers include Willimon, Tappis, Sk Global co-CEOs John Penotti and Charlie Corwin and Sk Global president of TV Marcy Ross. Actor Michelle Yeoh will also be a producer on the series.
“Billion Dollar Whale” is an inside account of 1Malaysia Development Berhad’s shocking money-laundering scandal that...
Sk Global and Willimon’s independent film, TV and music studio Westward will independently finance and oversee all stages of development and production.
David Henry Hwang — the three-time Pulitzer finalist and playwright, librettist, screenwriter and Columbia University professor, known for his works “M. Butterfly,” “Yellow Face” and “Soft Power” — will write and executive produce. Other executive producers include Willimon, Tappis, Sk Global co-CEOs John Penotti and Charlie Corwin and Sk Global president of TV Marcy Ross. Actor Michelle Yeoh will also be a producer on the series.
“Billion Dollar Whale” is an inside account of 1Malaysia Development Berhad’s shocking money-laundering scandal that...
- 11/22/2021
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s podcast news roundup, Apple TV Plus sets a sidekick podcast for “Foundation” hosted by Jason Concepcion with David S. Goyer; Showtime preps “Dexter” podcast for special event series; Ellen Pompeo’s podcast gets a premiere date; House Beautiful sets its first-ever podcast about famous haunted homes; and more.
Dates
Apple TV Plus will premiere “Foundation: The Official Podcast,” a behind-the-scenes companion podcast to the sci-fi drama series “Foundation,” based on Isaac Asimov’s of the same name, on Friday, Sept. 24 (when the show hits the streaming service), with new episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts (via this link). Hosted by Jason Concepcion and featuring “Foundation” showrunner and executive producer David S. Goyer, each episode will bring on creative talent for a deeper exploration into the making the TV series. In the premiere episode, Concepcion and Goyer break down the first two episodes of “Foundation” — “The Emperor’s Peace...
Dates
Apple TV Plus will premiere “Foundation: The Official Podcast,” a behind-the-scenes companion podcast to the sci-fi drama series “Foundation,” based on Isaac Asimov’s of the same name, on Friday, Sept. 24 (when the show hits the streaming service), with new episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts (via this link). Hosted by Jason Concepcion and featuring “Foundation” showrunner and executive producer David S. Goyer, each episode will bring on creative talent for a deeper exploration into the making the TV series. In the premiere episode, Concepcion and Goyer break down the first two episodes of “Foundation” — “The Emperor’s Peace...
- 9/23/2021
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Producer Doug Belgrad, director-producer Rod Lurie, and writer Scott Conroy have teamed up for an untitled film based on the true story of how independent journalist and blogger Clare Rewcastle Brown blew the lid off of the Malaysian 1Mdb financial swindle, which became one of the biggest public corruption scandals in history.
Conroy has adapted the screenplay from Brown’s book The Sarawak Report. Lurie, the former journalist/critic who last helmed The Outpost, will direct the film, and will also produce alongside Belgrad and his Sony-based, 2.0 Entertainment production banner. Sony will get first look at the project.
The 1Mdb scandal involves the fleecing of billions of dollars of Malaysian taxpayer money, a big chunk of which has never been recovered. The scheme was originally uncovered by the courageous work of the intrepid and fearless Englishwoman who was born and raised in Malaysia and decided she could...
Conroy has adapted the screenplay from Brown’s book The Sarawak Report. Lurie, the former journalist/critic who last helmed The Outpost, will direct the film, and will also produce alongside Belgrad and his Sony-based, 2.0 Entertainment production banner. Sony will get first look at the project.
The 1Mdb scandal involves the fleecing of billions of dollars of Malaysian taxpayer money, a big chunk of which has never been recovered. The scheme was originally uncovered by the courageous work of the intrepid and fearless Englishwoman who was born and raised in Malaysia and decided she could...
- 7/9/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Veteran communications executives, Eric Green and Sunny Jenkins, powered by head creative, Wally Hasselbring, launch The Right Now. Jenkins is set to lead the Brand division with Green heading Entertainment and Hasselbring overeeing the Creative and Digital teams.
Their leadership team also includes Jessel Taank and Britt Joe and will service Lifestyle, Entertainment and Talent brands with fully integrated, creative strategies.
The Right Now will provide clients cross-functional expertise – bringing brands into the entertainment and talent spaces and vice versa. The agency is built around guiding principles to make the world a better, more inclusive and civically-minded place and seeks opportunities that expand beyond traditional offerings to include corporate social responsibility initiatives.
The Right Now launches with a strong roster of clients including HBO Max, Fox Entertainment’s streaming service Tubi, Thunder Studios, international best-selling writers Bradley Hope and Tom Wright’s production company Project Brazen, among others.
The agency...
Their leadership team also includes Jessel Taank and Britt Joe and will service Lifestyle, Entertainment and Talent brands with fully integrated, creative strategies.
The Right Now will provide clients cross-functional expertise – bringing brands into the entertainment and talent spaces and vice versa. The agency is built around guiding principles to make the world a better, more inclusive and civically-minded place and seeks opportunities that expand beyond traditional offerings to include corporate social responsibility initiatives.
The Right Now launches with a strong roster of clients including HBO Max, Fox Entertainment’s streaming service Tubi, Thunder Studios, international best-selling writers Bradley Hope and Tom Wright’s production company Project Brazen, among others.
The agency...
- 3/11/2021
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
The Wall Street Journal reporters who blew the lid off a $6 billion scandal are now launching an outfit that promises to lay bare more true stories from around the world.
Tom Wright and Bradley Hope have teamed for Project Brazen, a multi-platform journalism studio that will uncover global true stories from the world of entertainment, business, crime and international politics via podcasts, books, documentaries, television series and films.
Wright and Hope worked together at the Wall Street Journal and led the newspaper’s team that exposed the 1Malaysia Development Bhd. (1Mdb) scandal, a $6 billion fraud that brought down a government and forced Goldman Sachs to pay the largest ever penalty under U.S. bribery laws.
Sought by authorities for the 1Mdb fraud is Malaysian playboy Jho Low, who befriended banks, Hollywood celebrities and politicians, and remains a fugitive to this day. Project Brazen was the codename Wright and Hope gave...
Tom Wright and Bradley Hope have teamed for Project Brazen, a multi-platform journalism studio that will uncover global true stories from the world of entertainment, business, crime and international politics via podcasts, books, documentaries, television series and films.
Wright and Hope worked together at the Wall Street Journal and led the newspaper’s team that exposed the 1Malaysia Development Bhd. (1Mdb) scandal, a $6 billion fraud that brought down a government and forced Goldman Sachs to pay the largest ever penalty under U.S. bribery laws.
Sought by authorities for the 1Mdb fraud is Malaysian playboy Jho Low, who befriended banks, Hollywood celebrities and politicians, and remains a fugitive to this day. Project Brazen was the codename Wright and Hope gave...
- 2/24/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Tom Wright and Bradley Hope, the former Wall Street Journal reporters who together led the team that broke open the 1Mdb scandal, are launching Project Brazen, a journalism studio that will tell true stories and develop IP for multiple formats including series and podcasts.
The pair also co-penned the book Billion Dollar Whale, about the fraud’s mastermind, Malaysian playboy Jho Low. The $6 billion scandal brought down a government and forced Goldman Sachs to pay the largest ever penalty under U.S. bribery laws. A series based on the book is in development with Sk Global.
Project Brazen was the codename Wright and Hope gave to a three-year investigation that spanned the globe from Curaçao to Shanghai, Kuala Lumpur and Los Angeles, and is being repurposed for the duo’s new outfit. The company is aiming to create and develop IP across podcasts, books, documentaries, television series and films. It...
The pair also co-penned the book Billion Dollar Whale, about the fraud’s mastermind, Malaysian playboy Jho Low. The $6 billion scandal brought down a government and forced Goldman Sachs to pay the largest ever penalty under U.S. bribery laws. A series based on the book is in development with Sk Global.
Project Brazen was the codename Wright and Hope gave to a three-year investigation that spanned the globe from Curaçao to Shanghai, Kuala Lumpur and Los Angeles, and is being repurposed for the duo’s new outfit. The company is aiming to create and develop IP across podcasts, books, documentaries, television series and films. It...
- 2/24/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
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