Viva Editions/Simon & Schuster plans to release the memoir Call Me Anne, the sequel to the late actress Anne Heche’s first biography, in January 2023.
Described by the publisher as a personal peek inside Heche’s mind, Call Me Anne consists of personal anecdotes of her rise to fame. These include how Harrison Ford became her on-set mentor, her relationship with Ellen Degeneres, her encounter with Harvey Weinstein, her history of childhood sexual abuse, her relationship with God, and her journey to love herself.
The book is called “part memoir and part self-acceptance workbook” by Viva Editions/Simon & Schuster, interspersed with personal stories and poems, prompts, and exercises that allegedly got Heche through tough times.
“I was labeled ‘outrageous’ because I fell in love with a woman,” Heche wrote in Call Me Anne, according to an excerpt obtained by the Associated Press. “I had never been with a woman before I dated Ellen.
Described by the publisher as a personal peek inside Heche’s mind, Call Me Anne consists of personal anecdotes of her rise to fame. These include how Harrison Ford became her on-set mentor, her relationship with Ellen Degeneres, her encounter with Harvey Weinstein, her history of childhood sexual abuse, her relationship with God, and her journey to love herself.
The book is called “part memoir and part self-acceptance workbook” by Viva Editions/Simon & Schuster, interspersed with personal stories and poems, prompts, and exercises that allegedly got Heche through tough times.
“I was labeled ‘outrageous’ because I fell in love with a woman,” Heche wrote in Call Me Anne, according to an excerpt obtained by the Associated Press. “I had never been with a woman before I dated Ellen.
- 9/16/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Late film star Anne Heche, who died in August 2022 at age 53, spent the last year of her life penning a new memoir, “Call Me Anne.”
A follow-up to her 2001 book “Call Me Crazy,” the memoir will be released by Start Publishing in January 2023. An excerpt from the upcoming memoir includes Heche discussing her relationship with Ellen DeGeneres, whom she dated in the late 1990s.
“I was labeled ‘outrageous’ because I fell in love with a woman. I had never been with a woman before I dated Ellen,” Heche wrote. She added that she was effectively blacklisted in Hollywood due to the fact that she was part of one of the few openly-gay relationships in the industry.
Jarred Weisfeld, the independent book publisher behind Hoboken, New Jersey-based company Start, confirmed that he signed a deal with Heche in May 2022 and that she had turned in a manuscript for the memoir shortly before her death.
A follow-up to her 2001 book “Call Me Crazy,” the memoir will be released by Start Publishing in January 2023. An excerpt from the upcoming memoir includes Heche discussing her relationship with Ellen DeGeneres, whom she dated in the late 1990s.
“I was labeled ‘outrageous’ because I fell in love with a woman. I had never been with a woman before I dated Ellen,” Heche wrote. She added that she was effectively blacklisted in Hollywood due to the fact that she was part of one of the few openly-gay relationships in the industry.
Jarred Weisfeld, the independent book publisher behind Hoboken, New Jersey-based company Start, confirmed that he signed a deal with Heche in May 2022 and that she had turned in a manuscript for the memoir shortly before her death.
- 9/15/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Vulture says it a Dirty White Boy rehearsal which took place at Brooklyn Bowl's Sandy benefit a couple of months ago. Of course, Dirty White Boy is the title of the upcoming film that Michael K. Williams will co-star in, playing Ol' Dirty Bastard. Announced in march last year, I should note once again that this is not a traditional biopic on the late rapper's life (one has long been rumored to be coming); but rather he's a character in someone else's story. Dirty White Boy will center on... ... the astounding rise of Jarred Weisfeld, a 22-year-old VH1-intern-turned-manager, and his misadventures with the legendary rapper...
- 1/18/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
For most of its early stages, it seemed like the biopic "Dirty White Boy" could do no wrong. First, Michael K. Williams (aka Omar from HBO's "The Wire") was cast to play the late rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard (or Odb) in the film, and then it looked like the actual members of the Wu-Tang Clan were going to appear as themselves in the movie. While this blew our collective minds, the fact that the Wu-Tang would play themselves in a movie more or less about themselves alongside Williams had a suspicious element of being too good to be true. When Gza, Odb's cousin and fellow founding member of the Wu-Tang, announced he wasn't going to appear in the film, those suspicions were realized.
Gza won't be the only Wu-Tang member to step away from the biopic. Count Raekwon out too. Pitchfork got word from Raekwon's representatives that he...
Gza won't be the only Wu-Tang member to step away from the biopic. Count Raekwon out too. Pitchfork got word from Raekwon's representatives that he...
- 6/6/2012
- by Ryan Gowland
- The Playlist
While our minds were being blown by the possibility of Michael K. Williams playing Ol’ Dirty Bastard alongside the actual Wu-Tang Clan in the upcoming Odb biopic “Dirty White Boy,” Gza’s rep was writing to Pitchfork to say that ”[Gza] is not appearing in the Odb / Jarred Weisfeld movie. I can’t speak for the rest of the group, but definitely not true about Gza.”
To be fair, it was always unlikely that the entirety of the Wu-Tang Clan would appear, given each of the members’ busy schedules. We just hope that something will be worked out with the rest of the Wu that would allow them to appear in the film. Although who knows, maybe the filmmakers will be able to repeat their casting of Williams and find someone perfect for Gza, and the rest of the Clan if need be. Either that or maybe they could just hologram them in there or something.
To be fair, it was always unlikely that the entirety of the Wu-Tang Clan would appear, given each of the members’ busy schedules. We just hope that something will be worked out with the rest of the Wu that would allow them to appear in the film. Although who knows, maybe the filmmakers will be able to repeat their casting of Williams and find someone perfect for Gza, and the rest of the Clan if need be. Either that or maybe they could just hologram them in there or something.
- 6/4/2012
- by Cain Rodriguez
- The Playlist
Music biopics come and go, but this spring minds were blown when the always awesome Michael K. Williams was cast as Ol' Dirty Bastard in the film "Dirty White Boy." Of course, any movie involving Odb has to include the Wu-Tang Clan, and the idea of trying to find actors to fill those roles would be a mind-boggling challenge. But likely, the filmmakers don't have to worry about that.
“[We] have no desire to cast any actors as the Wu-Tang,” Williams told the New York Daily News (via Shadow & Act). “We need all hands on deck.” The paper goes on to add that we can "expect to see" RZA, Gza, Method Man, Raekwon and Ghostface Killah in the film along with other members like Inspectah Deck, U-God, Masta Killa and Cappadonna. So in short, it will be Michael K. Williams as Odb hanging out with actual Wu-Tang Clan, which is basically...
“[We] have no desire to cast any actors as the Wu-Tang,” Williams told the New York Daily News (via Shadow & Act). “We need all hands on deck.” The paper goes on to add that we can "expect to see" RZA, Gza, Method Man, Raekwon and Ghostface Killah in the film along with other members like Inspectah Deck, U-God, Masta Killa and Cappadonna. So in short, it will be Michael K. Williams as Odb hanging out with actual Wu-Tang Clan, which is basically...
- 6/1/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Announced in march... Michael K. Williams will play Ol' Dirty Bastard, but not in a traditional biopic on the late rapper's life (one has long been rumored to be coming); rather seemingly as a character in someone else's story. The project is titled Dirty White Boy and will center on... ... the astounding rise of Jarred Weisfeld, a 22-year-old VH1-intern-turned-manager, and his misadventures with the legendary rapper leading up to the performer’s tragic death in 2004... ... said the press release. Although EW added this about 2 weeks ago: [The film] is based on the final years of Odb’s life and will focus on the...
- 5/30/2012
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Hip-hop icon and founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan Ol’ Dirty Bastard is set to be the subject of not one, but two, upcoming biopics – and we’ve got casting news for one of them. Actor Michael K. Williams will play the late Mc in Joaquín Baca-Asay’s upcoming Dirty White Boy according to EW. We love this casting. Williams, best known for his work in The Wire and Boardwalk Empire, seems perfectly suited to play the troubled Odb. Dirty White Boy focuses on the last few years of the rapper’s life, chronicling the bizarre relationship between the Wu-Tang member and Jarred Weisfeld, a 22-year-old VH1 production assistant who eventually became the Odb’s manager. The role of Weisfeld remains unfilled, but we suspect the usual assortment of...
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- 3/24/2012
- by Mike Bracken
- Movies.com
Michael K Williams has been cast in upcoming biopic Dirty White Boy. The Boardwalk Empire actor will play hip-hop star Ol' Dirty Bastard, aka Russell Jones. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film will centre on the years leading up to Jones's death from a drug overdose, and specifically his relationship with young intern-turned-manager Jarred Weisfeld, who engineered his comeback. Jones, a co-founder of influential hip-hop collective (more)...
- 3/23/2012
- by By Emma Dibdin
- Digital Spy
There have been only a few movie biopics that dare to tell the story of iconic deceased rappers, and even fewer that told the story well. Maybe it was the lack of star power or the weak script, but one movie could change all that. Its called Dirty White Boy its about how Wu-Tang Clan co-founder Ol’ Dirty Bastard, aka Russell Jones, was partially conned into letting an unproven VH1 production assistant named Jarred Weisfeld manage him while the rapper was in jail.
EW is reporting that The Wire star Michael K. Williams has come on board to play as Ol Dirty Bastard. Joaquín Baca-Asay, the cinematographer on We Own the Night, Roger Dodger and Jay-z’s video for 99 Problems, is also joining the project, making his feature directorial debut.
According to EW “The movie is based on the final years of Odb’s life — a true story that is nonetheless stranger than fiction.
EW is reporting that The Wire star Michael K. Williams has come on board to play as Ol Dirty Bastard. Joaquín Baca-Asay, the cinematographer on We Own the Night, Roger Dodger and Jay-z’s video for 99 Problems, is also joining the project, making his feature directorial debut.
According to EW “The movie is based on the final years of Odb’s life — a true story that is nonetheless stranger than fiction.
- 3/23/2012
- by Mike Lee
- FusedFilm
Comingsoon reports that Michael K. Williams is set to play Wu-Tang Clan's Ol' Dirty Bastard (Russell Jones) in a new biopic. Dirty White Boy is being developed by Lars Knudsen and Jack Vay Hoy's Parts & Labor, the team who produced Mike Mills' Beginners. They are working with Todd Hagopian at Ocean Size Pictures to produce the movie about the late rapper. Williams is best known for playing Omar Little on HBO's The Wire and most recently seen as Chalky White on Boardwalk Empire. The film will be directed by first-time Joaquin Baca-Asay based on the screenplay by Brent Hoff.
The film is "based on the true story of Jarred Weisfeld, a 22-year-old VH1 employee from the suburbs who becomes friends with the notorious star and it follows their misadventures right up until the time of Ol' Dirty Bastard's untimely death in 2004. Weisfeld and the rapper's mother Cherry Jones...
The film is "based on the true story of Jarred Weisfeld, a 22-year-old VH1 employee from the suburbs who becomes friends with the notorious star and it follows their misadventures right up until the time of Ol' Dirty Bastard's untimely death in 2004. Weisfeld and the rapper's mother Cherry Jones...
- 3/23/2012
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Michael K Williams, who played drug vigilante Omar Little, to take role of controversial Wu-Tang Clan rapper in film
The actor who played drug vigilante Omar Little in TV series The Wire is to take on the role of Ol' Dirty Bastard in a film. Plans are moving ahead for Dirty White Boy, a movie based on the late and notorious rapper, starring the Baltimore crime drama's Michael K Williams.
Dirty White Boy focuses not just on Odb, born Russell Jones, but also on Jarred Weisfeld, the titular white boy, who met the musician when he was a 22-year-old VH1 production assistant. Weisfeld gradually became Odb's manager, Entertainment Weekly reports, engineering the rapper's comeback. His plan was cut short by Ol' Dirty Bastard's fatal drug overdose in November 2004.
Williams's casting comes courtesy of first-time director Joaquín Baca-Asay, best known as the cinematographer for Jay-z's 99 Problems music video.
The actor who played drug vigilante Omar Little in TV series The Wire is to take on the role of Ol' Dirty Bastard in a film. Plans are moving ahead for Dirty White Boy, a movie based on the late and notorious rapper, starring the Baltimore crime drama's Michael K Williams.
Dirty White Boy focuses not just on Odb, born Russell Jones, but also on Jarred Weisfeld, the titular white boy, who met the musician when he was a 22-year-old VH1 production assistant. Weisfeld gradually became Odb's manager, Entertainment Weekly reports, engineering the rapper's comeback. His plan was cut short by Ol' Dirty Bastard's fatal drug overdose in November 2004.
Williams's casting comes courtesy of first-time director Joaquín Baca-Asay, best known as the cinematographer for Jay-z's 99 Problems music video.
- 3/23/2012
- by Sean Michaels
- The Guardian - Film News
Parts & Labor, the producing company behind Mike Mills' acclaimed "Beginners", are teaming with Ocean Size Pictures to produce the biopic "Dirty White Boy" about late Wu-Tang Clan rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard reports HipHopDX.
Michael Kenneth Williams, best known for his role as Omar Little on HBO's "The Wire", will be playing the controversial and eclectic hip-hop legend in the film from first time helmer Joaquin Baca-Asay.
The true story follows Jarred Weisfeld, a 22-year-old VH1 employee from the suburbs who becomes friends with the notorious star and it follows their misadventures right up until the time of Ol' Dirty Bastard's untimely death in 2004. Brent Hoff penned the script
Weisfeld and the rapper's mother Cherry Jones have given their full support and cooperation with Ocean Size Pictures. Lars Knudsen, Jack Vay Hoy and Todd Hagopian will produce.
Michael Kenneth Williams, best known for his role as Omar Little on HBO's "The Wire", will be playing the controversial and eclectic hip-hop legend in the film from first time helmer Joaquin Baca-Asay.
The true story follows Jarred Weisfeld, a 22-year-old VH1 employee from the suburbs who becomes friends with the notorious star and it follows their misadventures right up until the time of Ol' Dirty Bastard's untimely death in 2004. Brent Hoff penned the script
Weisfeld and the rapper's mother Cherry Jones have given their full support and cooperation with Ocean Size Pictures. Lars Knudsen, Jack Vay Hoy and Todd Hagopian will produce.
- 3/23/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Michael K. Williams is a Bastard...Ol' Dirty Bastard, that is. The acclaimed TV actor is set to take on the role of the late rapper, who died of a drug overdose in 2004, in "Dirty White Boy", a new biopic that will center on the rise of Jarred Weisfeld, a former VH1 intern who sold his idea for a TV show to Odb as a young man and later went on to become the hip-hop star's manager. Brent Hoff wrote the screenplay for the film, which will serve as the feature directorial debut of Joaquin Baca-Asay, a cinematographer and commercial/music video...
- 3/23/2012
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
Those who have seen his work as Omar Little on The Wire or as Chalky White on Boardwalk Empire know that actor Michael K. Williams is an amazing talent, and probably one of the most badass performers working in the business. There are few actors able to craft characters who are so nuanced, so interesting, and yet so completely iconic in their overpowering cool. So it’s with unbridled enthusiasm that we should react to the latest news about his career, news that’s so epic it even trumps the time he started doing guest spots on Community. Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Williams is set to star in a movie called Dirty White Boy, which is a biopic of the late Russell Jones, aka Big Baby Jesus, aka Osirus, aka Dirt McGirt, aka The Ol’ Dirty Bastard. Perhaps right now you’re thinking to yourself that Odb was certainly dirty (and stinkin’), but in no way...
- 3/22/2012
- by Nathan Adams
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
In today’s edition of People We Like That Should Be In More Things Oh Cool They’re Gonna Be In This Thing! news, Michael K. Williams, aka “Omar” from The Wire and “Chalky White” from Boardwalk Empire, will play Ol’ Dirty Bastard in the upcoming biopic, Dirty White Boy: The film focuses on the relationship between Ol’ Dirty Bastard and his manager, Jarred Weisfeld, during the last years of Odb’s life. No word yet on when the film will go into production. According to Entertainment Weekly, both Weisfeld and Odb’s mother, Cherry Jones, approve of the project. Never really thought of Odb as a ‘biopic’ subject or Michael K. Williams as Odb, but him starring in more things is an automatic win, and the rest is just details (I saw that on a t-shirt once. Did you know that in Italy Soccer Is Life?) At least the...
- 3/22/2012
- by Dan Hopper
- BestWeekEver
Parts and Labor, the company behind award-winning Beginners," will next develop "Dirty White Boy," a movie about the late Wu-Tang Clan member Ol' Dirty Bastard. Michael Kenneth Williams ("The Wire") is set to play the rapper, born Russell Jones. The film is based on the true story of Jarred Weisfeld, a 22-year-old VH1 employee from the suburbs who becomes friends with the notorious star and it follows their misadventures right up until the time of Ol' Dirty Bastard's untimely death in 2004. "We both knew full well who Ol' Dirty Bastard was but this story completely floored us," the production company. "As filmmakers, we knew that this would make a great film and that Jarred Weisfeld would offer an actor a complicated and compelling character to play. This felt to us like 'Risky Business' and '8 Mile,' with equal elements of darkness, humor, and humanity." "Dirty White...
- 3/22/2012
- WorstPreviews.com
Boardwalk Empire star Michael K. Williams is set to play tragic Wu-tang Clan rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard in a new biopic.
The actor will portray the Ghetto Superstar hitmaker in Dirty White Boy, an upcoming film which will centre on the final years of the hip-hop star's life. The project will largely focus on Ol' Dirty Bastard's friendship with Jarred Weisfeld, an inexperienced production assistant, who charmed his way into becoming the superstar's manager.
Joaquin Baca-Asay, the cinematographer behind Jay-z's 99 Problems music video, will make direct the movie, while Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy, whose Beginners film won Christopher Plummer an Oscar last month, are set to produce.
Casting for Weisfeld's character has not yet been completed but, according to Entertainment Weekly, he's already signed on as a consultant. Ol' Dirty Bastard's mother will also cooperate with producers to ensure her son's life is properly portrayed.
Ol' Dirty Bastard, real name Russell Jones, died of an accidental drug overdose on 13 November, 2004 - just two days shy of his 36th birthday.
The actor will portray the Ghetto Superstar hitmaker in Dirty White Boy, an upcoming film which will centre on the final years of the hip-hop star's life. The project will largely focus on Ol' Dirty Bastard's friendship with Jarred Weisfeld, an inexperienced production assistant, who charmed his way into becoming the superstar's manager.
Joaquin Baca-Asay, the cinematographer behind Jay-z's 99 Problems music video, will make direct the movie, while Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy, whose Beginners film won Christopher Plummer an Oscar last month, are set to produce.
Casting for Weisfeld's character has not yet been completed but, according to Entertainment Weekly, he's already signed on as a consultant. Ol' Dirty Bastard's mother will also cooperate with producers to ensure her son's life is properly portrayed.
Ol' Dirty Bastard, real name Russell Jones, died of an accidental drug overdose on 13 November, 2004 - just two days shy of his 36th birthday.
- 3/22/2012
- WENN
Even if you're not generally a fan of music biopics, this one just might have what it takes to get you interested. This week it has been announced that Michael K. Williams, best known for playing Omar on The Wire, will star in an upcoming biopic about former Wu-Tang Clan member Ol' Dirty Bastard. The movie will be called Dirty White Boy and it is being produced by Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy (Beginners). Odb (né Russell Jones) struggled with drug addiction and legal troubles over the years before eventually dying of a drug overdose in 2004. Commercial and music video director / long-time cinematographer Joaquin Baca-Asay will make this his feature directorial debut. According to Deadline, the story will be told partially from the point of view of Jarred Weisfeld, a young VH1 intern who became Odb's manager. No word yet on who will play that role, but the script...
- 3/22/2012
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
When it comes to legendary television characters, few have the street cred and instant cache as the late, lamented Omar Little from "The Wire."
And when it comes to legendary hip hop stars, nobody has the same cool factor as the dearly departed master of madness, Ol' Dirty Bastard. So what happens when you put the two together?
You get 36 chambers of pure movie magic, that's what.
Here's the scoop: According to FilmDrunk, Michael K. Williams, who played Omar on the beloved HBO crime drama "The Wire," has just signed on to portray Ol' Dirty Bastard in an upcoming biopic titled "Dirty White Boy." The title refers to the fact that the story revolves around Odb's unlikely partnership with Jarred Weisfeld, a then-22-year-old VH1 production assistant who sweet-talked his way into becoming Odb's manager in the early 2000's.
That partnership was sadly cut short, of course, when the Wu-Tang clan...
And when it comes to legendary hip hop stars, nobody has the same cool factor as the dearly departed master of madness, Ol' Dirty Bastard. So what happens when you put the two together?
You get 36 chambers of pure movie magic, that's what.
Here's the scoop: According to FilmDrunk, Michael K. Williams, who played Omar on the beloved HBO crime drama "The Wire," has just signed on to portray Ol' Dirty Bastard in an upcoming biopic titled "Dirty White Boy." The title refers to the fact that the story revolves around Odb's unlikely partnership with Jarred Weisfeld, a then-22-year-old VH1 production assistant who sweet-talked his way into becoming Odb's manager in the early 2000's.
That partnership was sadly cut short, of course, when the Wu-Tang clan...
- 3/22/2012
- by Scott Harris
- NextMovie
Ol' Dirty Bastard, the rapper who died in 2004, will be played by "The Wire" star Michael K. Williams in "Dirty White Boy," the film's producers said Thursday. "Dirty White Boy" is the story of Ol' Dirty Bastard, whose real name was Russell Jones (right), and his unlikely friendship with Jarred Weisfeld, 22-year-old VH1 intern-turned-manager from the suburbs. Weisfeld and Jones' mother, Cherry Jones, are cooperating with the project. Parts & Labor's Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy, who produced "Beginners," are partnering with Todd Hagopian at Ocean Size Pictures to make the...
- 3/22/2012
- by Joshua L. Weinstein
- The Wrap
Let's not mince words: this is fantastic news. Michael K. Williams, who captivated viewers of HBO's beloved, complicated and stark police-and-thieves drama "The Wire" and currently stars as Chalky White in "Boardwalk Empire," has been cast as Ol' Dirty Bastard in an upcoming biopic that will tell his story through the eyes of his young manager Jarred Weisfeld.
Odb, born Russell Jones, was, of course, one of the founding members of innovative hip-hop supergroup Wu-Tang Clan but became better known for his virility (he had 13 kids), legal troubles, drug use and erratic behaviour towards the end of his life.
Odb, born Russell Jones, was, of course, one of the founding members of innovative hip-hop supergroup Wu-Tang Clan but became better known for his virility (he had 13 kids), legal troubles, drug use and erratic behaviour towards the end of his life.
- 3/22/2012
- by Andrea Miller
- Cineplex
Brooklyn stand up!
According to Entertainment Weekly, "Boardwalk Empire" star Michael K. Williams is set to play fellow New Yorker Ol' Dirty Bastard in the biopic "Dirty White Boy."
Born Russell Jones, Dirty rose to fame as a rapper and co-founder of the legendary Wu-Tang Clan. Sadly, the rapper's career was cut short in 2004, when he passed away from a drug overdose.
"Dirty White Boy" follows Dirty during the final years of his life. The film centers around the friendship he struck up with 22-year-old VH1 production assistant Jarred Weisfeld, who went on to become the rapper's manager.
"We both knew full well who Ol' Dirty Bastard was but this story completely floored us. As filmmakers, we knew that this would make a great film and that Jarred Weisfeld would offer an actor a complicated and compelling character to play," said producers Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy ("Beginners") in a press release.
According to Entertainment Weekly, "Boardwalk Empire" star Michael K. Williams is set to play fellow New Yorker Ol' Dirty Bastard in the biopic "Dirty White Boy."
Born Russell Jones, Dirty rose to fame as a rapper and co-founder of the legendary Wu-Tang Clan. Sadly, the rapper's career was cut short in 2004, when he passed away from a drug overdose.
"Dirty White Boy" follows Dirty during the final years of his life. The film centers around the friendship he struck up with 22-year-old VH1 production assistant Jarred Weisfeld, who went on to become the rapper's manager.
"We both knew full well who Ol' Dirty Bastard was but this story completely floored us. As filmmakers, we knew that this would make a great film and that Jarred Weisfeld would offer an actor a complicated and compelling character to play," said producers Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy ("Beginners") in a press release.
- 3/22/2012
- by Alex Suskind
- Huffington Post
Brooklyn stand up! According to Entertainment Weekly, "Boardwalk Empire" star Michael K. Williams is set to play fellow New Yorker Ol' Dirty Bastard in the biopic "Dirty White Boy." Born Russell Jones, Dirty rose to fame as a rapper and co-founder of the legendary Wu-Tang Clan. Sadly, the rapper's career was cut short in 2004, when he passed away from a drug overdose. "Dirty White Boy" follows Dirty during the final years of his life. The film centers around the friendship he struck up with 22-year-old VH1 production assistant Jarred Weisfeld, who went on to become the rapper's manager. "We both knew full well who Ol' Dirty Bastard was but this story completely floored us. As filmmakers, we knew that this would make a great film and that Jarred Weisfeld would offer an actor a complicated and compelling character to play," said producers Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy ("Beginners") in a press release.
- 3/22/2012
- by Alex Suskind
- Moviefone
Yes, really: Michael K. Williams, more affectionately known to everyone as Omar from The Wire, has signed on to play Ol' Dirty Bastard in an upcoming biopic. Dirty White Boy will follow "the astounding rise of Jarred Weisfeld, a 22-year-old Vh1-intern-turned-manager, and his misadventures with the legendary rapper leading up to the performer's tragic death in 2004." (It reads like an Odb buddy movie, almost, until you remember those "misadventures" will look a little something like this.) Anyway, congrats to Michael K. Williams on continuing to be the gulliest actor alive. Strong work.
- 3/22/2012
- by Amanda Dobbins
- Vulture
While biopics on N.W.A. and Tupac have been talked about for a while now, and seem to be stuck in development, it looks like a movie about one of their contemporaries is not only moving forward, but has made a brilliant and bold casting choice: Michael K. Williams (aka Omar from "The Wire") will be playing Ol' Dirty Bastard in "Dirty White Boy." Fucking yes.
Back in 2009, RZA was talking up a biopic and cautioned that the rapper's "estate is kind of confused on what to do, and all the rights and all that shit" but it appears everything has been worked out. Penned by Brent Hoff, the film will be the directorial debut of Joaquin Baca-Asay, the cinematographer behind James Gray's "Two Lovers," "We Own The Night" and Mike Mills' "Thumbsucker." He's also a commerical and music video director who was the Dop behind Mark Romanek...
Back in 2009, RZA was talking up a biopic and cautioned that the rapper's "estate is kind of confused on what to do, and all the rights and all that shit" but it appears everything has been worked out. Penned by Brent Hoff, the film will be the directorial debut of Joaquin Baca-Asay, the cinematographer behind James Gray's "Two Lovers," "We Own The Night" and Mike Mills' "Thumbsucker." He's also a commerical and music video director who was the Dop behind Mark Romanek...
- 3/22/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Brooklyn stand up!
According to Entertainment Weekly, "Boardwalk Empire" star Michael K. Williams is set to play fellow New Yorker Ol' Dirty Bastard in the biopic "Dirty White Boy."
Born Russell Jones, Dirty rose to fame as a rapper and co-founder of the legendary Wu-Tang Clan. Sadly, the rapper's career was cut short in 2004, when he passed away from a drug overdose.
"Dirty White Boy" follows Dirty during the final years of his life. The film centers around the friendship he struck up with 22-year-old VH1 production assistant Jarred Weisfeld, who went on to become the rapper's manager.
"We both knew full well who Ol' Dirty Bastard was but this story completely floored us. As filmmakers, we knew that this would make a great film and that Jarred Weisfeld would offer an actor a complicated and compelling character to play," said producers Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy ("Beginners") in a press release.
According to Entertainment Weekly, "Boardwalk Empire" star Michael K. Williams is set to play fellow New Yorker Ol' Dirty Bastard in the biopic "Dirty White Boy."
Born Russell Jones, Dirty rose to fame as a rapper and co-founder of the legendary Wu-Tang Clan. Sadly, the rapper's career was cut short in 2004, when he passed away from a drug overdose.
"Dirty White Boy" follows Dirty during the final years of his life. The film centers around the friendship he struck up with 22-year-old VH1 production assistant Jarred Weisfeld, who went on to become the rapper's manager.
"We both knew full well who Ol' Dirty Bastard was but this story completely floored us. As filmmakers, we knew that this would make a great film and that Jarred Weisfeld would offer an actor a complicated and compelling character to play," said producers Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy ("Beginners") in a press release.
- 3/22/2012
- by Alex Suskind
- Aol TV.
Michael K. Williams will star as the late hip-hop artist Ol’ Dirty Bastard, a.k.a. Russell Jones, in the feature film Dirty White Boy, based on the true story of Jarred Weisfeld, a 22-year-old VH1-intern-turned-manager, and his misadventures with the legendary rapper leading up to the performer's tragic death in 2004. Joaquin Baca-Asay is making is feature directorial debut on the project, working with an original screenplay by Brent Hoff. Parts & Labor’s Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy – the producing team behind Beginners, for which Christopher Plummer received an Academy Award
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- 3/22/2012
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Parts & Labor’s Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy — the producing duo behind Mike Mills’ Oscar-winning film Beginners which won Christopher Plummer his first Academy Award last month — announced today that they are partnering with Todd Hagopian at Ocean Size Pictures, to produce Dirty White Boy. Michael K. Williams (The Wire, Boardwalk Empire) is set to star as the late hip-hop artist Ol’ Dirty Bastard (real name: Russell Jones). Joaquin Baca-Asay is making his feature directorial debut of this original screenplay by Brent Hoff. Oliver Simon and Daniel Baur´s K5 International is financing the film and handling all worldwide sales. Based on a true story, Dirty White Boy chronicles the astounding rise of Jarred Weisfeld, a 22-year-old VH1-intern-turned-manager, and his misadventures with the legendary rapper leading up to the performer’s tragic death in 2004. The project originated with Hagopian’s Ocean Size Pictures with...
- 3/22/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
As the deadly stick-up man Omar Little on The Wire and the fearsome bootlegger Chalky White on Boardwalk Empire, actor Michael K. Williams has played his share of tough SOBs. Now he’s going to take on a bastard.
An Ol’ Dirty one.
EW has learned exclusively that Williams, 45, will star in an upcoming film about the legendary Wu-Tang Clan rapper and all-around troubled soul Russell Jones, a.k.a. Ol’ Dirty Bastard, whose impressive mic skills and outrageous showmanship were eclipsed by his erratic offstage behavior, assorted arrests, and an early death.
Joaquín Baca-Asay, the cinematographer on We Own the Night,...
An Ol’ Dirty one.
EW has learned exclusively that Williams, 45, will star in an upcoming film about the legendary Wu-Tang Clan rapper and all-around troubled soul Russell Jones, a.k.a. Ol’ Dirty Bastard, whose impressive mic skills and outrageous showmanship were eclipsed by his erratic offstage behavior, assorted arrests, and an early death.
Joaquín Baca-Asay, the cinematographer on We Own the Night,...
- 3/22/2012
- by Anthony Breznican
- EW - Inside Movies
Production company Parts & Labor, the team of Lars Knudsen and Jack Vay Hoy who produced Mike Mills' Beginners , is teaming with Todd Hagopian at Ocean Size PIctures to produce Dirty White Boy , a movie about the late Wu-Tang Clan rapper known as Ol' Dirty Bastard. Michael Kenneth Williams, famous for playing Omar Little on HBO's "The Wire" and most recently seen as Chalky White on "Boardwalk Empire," will be playing the controversial and eclectic hip-hop legend, born Russell Jones. It will be directed by first-time Joaquin Baca-Asay based on the screenplay by Brent Hoff. The film is based on the true story of Jarred Weisfeld, a 22-year-old VH1 employee from the suburbs who becomes friends with the notorious star and it follows their misadventures right up...
- 3/22/2012
- Comingsoon.net
The manager of the late Ol' Dirty Bastard has taken aim at the rapper's widow for allegedly selling the rights to his last-ever album for a pittance, potentially missing out on millions of dollars in revenue for his estate. The Wu-Tang Clan star, real name Russell Tyrone Jones, left behind a number of previously-unheard tracks when he died from an accidental drug overdose in 2004.
The songs were collated for his first posthumous release, "Message to the Other Side", in 2009, while the remaining tunes appear on the forthcoming "A Son Unique" CD. But Jones' former manager, Jarred Weisfeld, claims Icelene Jones has secretly signed away ownership of the project and spent the estimated $10,000 (6,700 pound sterling) proceeds herself - instead of splitting the cash with the rapper's survivors, including his mother Cherry Jones and the four other women he fathered children with.
Weisfeld is convinced the rights to "A Son Unique" is...
The songs were collated for his first posthumous release, "Message to the Other Side", in 2009, while the remaining tunes appear on the forthcoming "A Son Unique" CD. But Jones' former manager, Jarred Weisfeld, claims Icelene Jones has secretly signed away ownership of the project and spent the estimated $10,000 (6,700 pound sterling) proceeds herself - instead of splitting the cash with the rapper's survivors, including his mother Cherry Jones and the four other women he fathered children with.
Weisfeld is convinced the rights to "A Son Unique" is...
- 7/12/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
New York - MTV and Electus, Ben Silverman's multimedia studio housed at Barry Diller's Iac, plan to develop and produce interactive telenovela "Pedro & Maria" with America Ferrera attached as an executive producer via her production firm Take Fountain.
Tony-winning Broadway writer Quiara Alegria Hudes ("In the Heights") will write the script and also executive produce the bilingual show, which was created by Silverman, who is also executive producing.
The companies said Monday that it will be "the first-ever multicultural, interactive series built for the digital age" and for both TV and online. For example, the audience will get to vote on the direction of story lines and characters in the contemporary Latino romantic story.
Silverman brought the "Ugly Betty" telenovela format to the U.S. that helped make Ferrera a star.
Jarred Weisfeld and Ian Kleinert of Objective Entertainment will also serve as executive producers on the new novela.
Tony-winning Broadway writer Quiara Alegria Hudes ("In the Heights") will write the script and also executive produce the bilingual show, which was created by Silverman, who is also executive producing.
The companies said Monday that it will be "the first-ever multicultural, interactive series built for the digital age" and for both TV and online. For example, the audience will get to vote on the direction of story lines and characters in the contemporary Latino romantic story.
Silverman brought the "Ugly Betty" telenovela format to the U.S. that helped make Ferrera a star.
Jarred Weisfeld and Ian Kleinert of Objective Entertainment will also serve as executive producers on the new novela.
- 4/12/2010
- by By Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dustin Diamond, who you'll remember from such roles as Screech in Saved By The Bell, Screech in Saved By The Bell: The College Years, Screech in Saved By The Bell: The New Class, and Guy Who Played Screech in the sex tape that should not be, Saved By The Smell, doesn't know how to be a good has-been. It's taken him eight years to finally getting around to writing (via ghostwriter) a tell-all book about Saved By The Bell. From Vulture: Behind the Bell, which Gotham Books preempted from Objective Entertainment's Jarred Weisfeld, promises to detail "sexual escapades among cast members, drug use, and hardcore partying," Not just partying, "hardcore partying," which is only two bottles of Arbor Mist and one Bud Light Party Ball away from "Partying to the maxxx." But before you get dizzy with anticipation about the prospect of finally...
- 7/24/2008
- avclub.com
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