Christopher Storer is no slouch when it comes to orchestrating kitchen chaos, having created the hit Hulu comedy-drama “The Bear.” Now, he’ll turn his camera on “The Winter of Frankie Machine” and trade trades the tense world of short-order cooking for a mob story about a hitman who is lured out of retirement to set up a meeting between waring crime families only to turn into a target himself.
It’s a mean streets saga that previously attracted attention from the likes of Martin Scorsese, who was set to make it at Paramount Pictures with Robert De Niro, only to abandon it in favor of “The Irishman”; as well as Michael Mann and William Friedkin.
Don Winslow, the best-selling author of “Savages” and “The Cartel,” wrote the book on which the film will be based. There’s no deal in place for Storer, but it sounds like Paramount expects...
It’s a mean streets saga that previously attracted attention from the likes of Martin Scorsese, who was set to make it at Paramount Pictures with Robert De Niro, only to abandon it in favor of “The Irishman”; as well as Michael Mann and William Friedkin.
Don Winslow, the best-selling author of “Savages” and “The Cartel,” wrote the book on which the film will be based. There’s no deal in place for Storer, but it sounds like Paramount expects...
- 6/28/2023
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
“I’m working in the outhouse again.” That’s how Ben Hecht, the fabled screenwriter, used to describe toiling in Hollywood. “And the nitwits are still in charge,” he assured his friends.
Hecht wrote terrific movies like Scarface and Notorious but he hated studio chiefs, and it was mutual. His name came to mind last week when Don Winslow posted his poignant piece on Deadline reminding producers and executives that writers of books and scripts these days could use a little more love. Given the tensions of the moment, he argued, a few friendly phone calls (and even checks) would bolster sagging writer morale.
More from DeadlineDon Winslow: Top 10 Things Studios, Networks and Streamers Could Do To Treat Authors BetterDon Winslow: My First Experience With Hollywood MathDon Winslow's Take On Scorsese & De Niro Doing 'The Irishman' Over 'Frankie Machine:' 'I Blame Eric Roth'
Winslow is responsible for...
Hecht wrote terrific movies like Scarface and Notorious but he hated studio chiefs, and it was mutual. His name came to mind last week when Don Winslow posted his poignant piece on Deadline reminding producers and executives that writers of books and scripts these days could use a little more love. Given the tensions of the moment, he argued, a few friendly phone calls (and even checks) would bolster sagging writer morale.
More from DeadlineDon Winslow: Top 10 Things Studios, Networks and Streamers Could Do To Treat Authors BetterDon Winslow: My First Experience With Hollywood MathDon Winslow's Take On Scorsese & De Niro Doing 'The Irishman' Over 'Frankie Machine:' 'I Blame Eric Roth'
Winslow is responsible for...
- 4/16/2020
- by Peter Bart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: With heavy heart, author Don Winslow has cancelled plans for a 20-city book tour to promote his new book, Broken. It is no time to be traveling anywhere, much less to bookstores empty because of the Coronavirus scare, so instead he will launch with a “virtual tour” strategy. This is a dilemma that will face any author launching a book in this perilous corridor. Winslow is feeling down over the whole thing because the stops included the independent bookstores that helped turn him from a journeyman into a number one international bestselling author.
Broken is a collection of six short novels connected by themes of crime, corruption, vengeance, justice, loss, betrayal, guilt and redemption. The tour was set to begin April 6 and included stops in major cities across the country from Los Angeles to New York City. Major authors like Lee Child were set to introduce Winslow at sold out events.
Broken is a collection of six short novels connected by themes of crime, corruption, vengeance, justice, loss, betrayal, guilt and redemption. The tour was set to begin April 6 and included stops in major cities across the country from Los Angeles to New York City. Major authors like Lee Child were set to introduce Winslow at sold out events.
- 3/18/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: HBO Max has put in development Afro.Punks, a one-hour drama from writer Jenina Kibuka, Gabrielle Union and Holly Shakoor Fleischer’s I’ll Have Another Productions and Sony Pictures TV, where I’ll Have Another is based. Anton Cropper is attached to direct and executive produce.
Written by Kibuka, Afro.Punks is a coming-of-age, one-hour drama that will follow three teenage misfits on the brink of rebellion as they navigate life, love and Afro-Punk.
Kibuka executive produces with Union for I’ll Have Another, along with Cropper. Shakoor Fleischer is co-executive producer. Sony Pictures TV is the studio.
The sale is I’ll Have Another’s first at HBO Max.
Union brought Cropper aboard the project based on their relationship on L.A.’s Finest, on which Union stars and Cropper executive produces and directs. Cropper’s previous directing-producing credits include Black-ish,...
Written by Kibuka, Afro.Punks is a coming-of-age, one-hour drama that will follow three teenage misfits on the brink of rebellion as they navigate life, love and Afro-Punk.
Kibuka executive produces with Union for I’ll Have Another, along with Cropper. Shakoor Fleischer is co-executive producer. Sony Pictures TV is the studio.
The sale is I’ll Have Another’s first at HBO Max.
Union brought Cropper aboard the project based on their relationship on L.A.’s Finest, on which Union stars and Cropper executive produces and directs. Cropper’s previous directing-producing credits include Black-ish,...
- 1/30/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: After Ford v Ferrari landed an Oscar nomination for Best Picture, Matt Damon and James Mangold are teaming again. Damon is attached to an adaptation of the 2017 Don Winslow bestseller The Force, which Mangold has been developing to direct for 20th Century Studios.
There is potential here for the kind of New York movie that was the stomping ground of one of Mangold’s favorite filmmakers, Sidney Lumet. Damon is attached to play Denny Malone, a NYPD detective who runs an elite crime fighting squad, but bends the law so often that he loses the line between good and evil and becomes ensnared in a pending corruption scandal. To stop the city’s long-simmering racial tensions from exploding, he must reconcile the idealistic guardian he still views himself to be, with the corrupt cop he’s become. He under siege from all sides: Harlem drug gangs, the mob he’s in bed with,...
There is potential here for the kind of New York movie that was the stomping ground of one of Mangold’s favorite filmmakers, Sidney Lumet. Damon is attached to play Denny Malone, a NYPD detective who runs an elite crime fighting squad, but bends the law so often that he loses the line between good and evil and becomes ensnared in a pending corruption scandal. To stop the city’s long-simmering racial tensions from exploding, he must reconcile the idealistic guardian he still views himself to be, with the corrupt cop he’s become. He under siege from all sides: Harlem drug gangs, the mob he’s in bed with,...
- 1/22/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Paramount Pictures has acquired the screen rights to Adrian McKinty’s novel The Chain in a deal that calls for a guaranteed low-seven-figure payday for the author, an Uber driver until a series of deals for the book changed his life. The book will be published by Little Brown/Mulholland on July 9.
The Chain tells the story of Rachel, who learns that her 11-year-old daughter has been kidnapped. The only way to get her back is to kidnap another child. Her daughter will be released only when that next victim’s parents kidnap another child. If Rachel doesn’t kidnap another child, or if that child’s parents don’t kidnap a child, her daughter will be murdered. She is now part of The Chain, a terrifying and meticulous chain letter-like kidnapping scheme that turns parents from victims into criminals.
The book tells Rachel’s harrowing story as victim,...
The Chain tells the story of Rachel, who learns that her 11-year-old daughter has been kidnapped. The only way to get her back is to kidnap another child. Her daughter will be released only when that next victim’s parents kidnap another child. If Rachel doesn’t kidnap another child, or if that child’s parents don’t kidnap a child, her daughter will be murdered. She is now part of The Chain, a terrifying and meticulous chain letter-like kidnapping scheme that turns parents from victims into criminals.
The book tells Rachel’s harrowing story as victim,...
- 6/18/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Way back in 2015, we reported that Ridley Scott was attached to direct an adaptation of The Cartel, the then-new novel from Don Winslow and a sequel to his book The Power Of The Dog. The book is a thriller set around two former friends, with one of them now being a DEA agent and the other being a member of a Mexican…...
- 3/8/2019
- by Sam Barsanti on News, shared by Sam Barsanti to The A.V. Club
- avclub.com
Way back in 2015, we reported that Ridley Scott was attached to direct an adaptation of The Cartel, the then-new novel from Don Winslow and a sequel to his book The Power Of The Dog. The book is a thriller set around two former friends, with one of them now being a DEA agent and the other being a member of a Mexican…...
- 3/8/2019
- by Sam Barsanti on News, shared by Sam Barsanti to The A.V. Club
- avclub.com
Way back in 2015, we reported that Ridley Scott was attached to direct an adaptation of The Cartel, the then-new novel from Don Winslow and a sequel to his book The Power Of The Dog. The book is a thriller set around two former friends, with one of them now being a DEA agent and the other being a member of a Mexican…...
- 3/7/2019
- by Sam Barsanti on News, shared by Sam Barsanti to The A.V. Club
- avclub.com
Way back in 2015, we reported that Ridley Scott was attached to direct an adaptation of The Cartel, the then-new novel from Don Winslow and a sequel to his book The Power Of The Dog. The book is a thriller set around two former friends, with one of them now being a DEA agent and the other being a member of a Mexican…...
- 3/7/2019
- by Sam Barsanti on News, shared by Sam Barsanti to The A.V. Club
- avclub.com
Exclusive: FX Networks has landed the rights to turn Don Winslow’s acclaimed Cartel Trilogy into a TV series. The series will encompass Winslow’s 2005 novel The Power of the Dog, the 2015 followup The Cartel, and the just published conclusion, The Border. Latter book, which The New York Times called “a hybrid of The Godfather and War and Peace,” and “this generation’s defining work of American mass-culture storytelling on the border,” just debuted on the Nyt bestseller lists in the number three slot. The deal was made by John Landgraf, CEO of FX Networks and FX Productions.
Winslow and Shane Salerno will be Executive Producers. Salerno will co-write the pilot with a writer/showrunner to be set shortly. FX is producing with The Story Factory. Ridley Scott will also serve as an Executive Producer. While Winslow and Salerno will not be day-to-day showrunners, they will be closely involved in shaping and sustaining the series.
Winslow and Shane Salerno will be Executive Producers. Salerno will co-write the pilot with a writer/showrunner to be set shortly. FX is producing with The Story Factory. Ridley Scott will also serve as an Executive Producer. While Winslow and Salerno will not be day-to-day showrunners, they will be closely involved in shaping and sustaining the series.
- 3/7/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Novelist Don Winslow has spent the last 20 years of his life absorbing more news about Mexico’s narco wars than most of us could stomach. This month he delivers the Border, the fiery conclusion of his sweeping drug-war trilogy. Clocking in at over 700 pages, it is his most overtly political installment yet. He takes on the Trump administration directly, creating a fictional candidate, then president, who stokes racist fears of Mexicans, campaigns on “building the wall” and, along with his venal son-in-law, gets caught up in a shady real estate deal involving Cartel money.
- 2/18/2019
- by Sean Woods
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Though the past several years have left Lawrence Kasdan focused in space writing Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Solo: A Star Wars Story, Kasdan will now focus on the period surrounding the JFK assassination. Kasdan has made a six-figure acquisition of the film rights to November Road, the upcoming novel from Edgar Award-winning author Lou Berney. The novel is just being published by William Morrow HarperCollins.
Kasdan will write and direct, and will produce the film with Shane Salerno in a co-production between Kasdan Pictures and The Story Factory. The producers intend to fast-track the project, and for it to be Kasdan’s next film. Distributors are circling and that part of the deal should be made shortly.
In the spirit of No Country for Old Men, Man on Fire, and Witness, November Road is a story of second chances and redemption. It’s November 22, 1963, JFK has just been assassinated,...
Kasdan will write and direct, and will produce the film with Shane Salerno in a co-production between Kasdan Pictures and The Story Factory. The producers intend to fast-track the project, and for it to be Kasdan’s next film. Distributors are circling and that part of the deal should be made shortly.
In the spirit of No Country for Old Men, Man on Fire, and Witness, November Road is a story of second chances and redemption. It’s November 22, 1963, JFK has just been assassinated,...
- 10/10/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Ridley Scott is having quite the outspoken month as he makes the press rounds promoting his latest drama, “All The Money in the World.” The director has already admitted that “Blade Runner 2049” bombed at the domestic box office because it was “too long” (he thinks at least 30 minutes should’ve been cut), and now Scott is getting brutally honest about another one of his big 21st century misfires: “The Counselor.”
Read More:Ridley Scott Knows Why ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Bombed at the Box Office: ‘It’s Slow. Long. Too Long’
The 2013 crime thriller had all the makings of a major hit. Not only was Scott behind the camera, but the film was written by “No Country For Old Men” author Cormac McCarthy and featured a star-studded ensemble that included Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, and Cameron Diaz. For this reason, Scott told the Toronto Sun that “The Counselor...
Read More:Ridley Scott Knows Why ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Bombed at the Box Office: ‘It’s Slow. Long. Too Long’
The 2013 crime thriller had all the makings of a major hit. Not only was Scott behind the camera, but the film was written by “No Country For Old Men” author Cormac McCarthy and featured a star-studded ensemble that included Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, and Cameron Diaz. For this reason, Scott told the Toronto Sun that “The Counselor...
- 12/28/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Despite being 80 years old, Ridley Scott still has one of the busiest and most successful careers in Hollywood. He’s currently wrapping up reshoots on All the Money in the World in time to make its Dec. 22 release date. He's also beginning prep for his next film, adapted from the Don Winslow novel, The Cartel; and he has dozens of other projects in various stages of production. But many still call the Alien franchise his crown jewel, and as he told EW in a recent interview, it's something that is always on his mind.
“We are [going to make another], we are. I think what we have to do is gradually drift away from the alien stuff. People say, ‘You need more alien, you need more face pulling, need more chest bursting,’ so I put a lot of that in Covenant and it fitted nicely. But I think if you go again you need...
“We are [going to make another], we are. I think what we have to do is gradually drift away from the alien stuff. People say, ‘You need more alien, you need more face pulling, need more chest bursting,’ so I put a lot of that in Covenant and it fitted nicely. But I think if you go again you need...
- 12/5/2017
- by Kristian Odland
- GeekTyrant
Would you be interested if the next installment(s) of the Alien franchise if they didn't have the iconic Xenomorph alien in it? Well, Oscar-winning director Ridley Scott thinks so.
During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Scott said he has little interest in revisiting the series’ classic alien species.
“We went to Covenant to perpetuate the idea and re-evolve the universe of the alien, who — I think the beast has almost run out, personally. You’ve got to come in with something else. You’ve got to replace that.”
He added, “And so I was right, I was ahead of the game,” likely referring to the negative-to-mixed reception to his Prometheus sequel, which chose to center around the infamous beast, yet again.
This isn't the first time Scott has expressed this, he once told the Empire Film podcast:
“I think the evolution of the Alien himself is nearly over.
During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Scott said he has little interest in revisiting the series’ classic alien species.
“We went to Covenant to perpetuate the idea and re-evolve the universe of the alien, who — I think the beast has almost run out, personally. You’ve got to come in with something else. You’ve got to replace that.”
He added, “And so I was right, I was ahead of the game,” likely referring to the negative-to-mixed reception to his Prometheus sequel, which chose to center around the infamous beast, yet again.
This isn't the first time Scott has expressed this, he once told the Empire Film podcast:
“I think the evolution of the Alien himself is nearly over.
- 11/9/2017
- by Kristian Odland
- GeekTyrant
Exclusive: In a deal worth high seven-figures, HarperCollins Publishers has acquired world rights for the next two books by Don Winslow, the author of the global bestsellers The Cartel and The Force. The new books are scheduled to be published in 2021 and 2022 by William Morrow in the U.S. and HarperFiction in the UK. Sources said both books are big commercial swings, neither of which are set in the drug world like his seminal books The Cartel and The Power of the Dog …...
- 10/10/2017
- Deadline
Throughout the course of Alien: Covenant‘s prolonged development cycle, writer-director Ridley Scott ran the risk of putting the cart before the horse by indulging in his plans for multiple sequels – sequels that would go on to dovetail his Prometheus prequel saga with the original Alien movie that spawned a million nightmares back in ’79.
But in light of Covenant‘s less-than-stellar box office performance – $74 million domestic and $158m overseas for a combined total of $232m – 20th Century Fox has reportedly pumped the brakes on those ambitious franchise plans for the time being. As part of its midsummer analysis, one which revealed Channing Tatum to be an early frontrunner for Universal’s Van Helsing, The Hollywood Reporter notes that Fox is now in the process of “reassessing” the future of the Alien franchise, which doesn’t necessarily bode well for Scott’s aforementioned sequel plans.
Long before this particular development, the...
But in light of Covenant‘s less-than-stellar box office performance – $74 million domestic and $158m overseas for a combined total of $232m – 20th Century Fox has reportedly pumped the brakes on those ambitious franchise plans for the time being. As part of its midsummer analysis, one which revealed Channing Tatum to be an early frontrunner for Universal’s Van Helsing, The Hollywood Reporter notes that Fox is now in the process of “reassessing” the future of the Alien franchise, which doesn’t necessarily bode well for Scott’s aforementioned sequel plans.
Long before this particular development, the...
- 7/21/2017
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
According to Deadline, David Mamet is currently in talks to write an adaptation of Don Winslow’s The Force, with Logan’s James Mangold set to direct the adaptation once it’s written. Plus, if those big names aren’t enough for you, the film will be produced by Ridley Scott and his Scott Free production company. The book is a gritty story about corruption in the NYPD, with Deadline noting that it’s a “procedural that revolves around an elite group of detectives galvanized by their tough-guy leader,” with said tough guy leader gradually crossing the line until he suddenly has no choice but to turn on his own crew of crooked cops.
Winslow is also the author of The Cartel, which Ridley Scott was supposed to direct an adaptation of. That got pushed back earlier this year, though, so it’s unclear when or that’s going to...
Winslow is also the author of The Cartel, which Ridley Scott was supposed to direct an adaptation of. That got pushed back earlier this year, though, so it’s unclear when or that’s going to...
- 6/20/2017
- by Sam Barsanti
- avclub.com
Exclusive: As The Cartel author Don Winslow's NYPD cop corruption novel The Force launches today to uniformly rave notices, the film adaptation is coming together in just as admirable a fashion. David Mamet is now in talks to adapt the novel for 20th Century Fox, director James Mangold and Scott Free. Talks are still ongoing, but the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Academy Award-nominated screenwriter seems an ideal match for the gritty cop banter that drives a…...
- 6/20/2017
- Deadline
Simon Brew May 4, 2017
The Gears Of War movie takes a further step forward...
Microsoft ultimately never managed to get a big screen take on the Halo videogames going (there's a story and a half behind that, told in Jamie Russell's book Generation Xbox), but it is pushing to bring Gears Of War to cinemas. The firm revealed last year that it was partnering with Universal Pictures to bring the game to the movies, with the idea being not to base it directly on any Gears Of War title, rather that the film will be a fresh story set in its broader universe.
Now, some progress has been made.
Shane Salerno has been hired to pen a screenplay for the Gears Of War movie, landing the job following his script work on the four Avatar sequels with James Cameron, and the adaptation of Don Winslow’s book The Cartel, that Ridley Scott intends to direct.
The Gears Of War movie takes a further step forward...
Microsoft ultimately never managed to get a big screen take on the Halo videogames going (there's a story and a half behind that, told in Jamie Russell's book Generation Xbox), but it is pushing to bring Gears Of War to cinemas. The firm revealed last year that it was partnering with Universal Pictures to bring the game to the movies, with the idea being not to base it directly on any Gears Of War title, rather that the film will be a fresh story set in its broader universe.
Now, some progress has been made.
Shane Salerno has been hired to pen a screenplay for the Gears Of War movie, landing the job following his script work on the four Avatar sequels with James Cameron, and the adaptation of Don Winslow’s book The Cartel, that Ridley Scott intends to direct.
- 5/4/2017
- Den of Geek
Ridley Scott loves having his name on lots of projects. The always busy filmmaker is putting the finishing touches on “Alien: Covenant” before gearing up to shoot the thriller “All The Money In The World” next month. At 79 years old, Scott is attached to enough to projects to keep him busy until the rest of his life, so many in fact, it’s probably pointless to name them all here (but they include more “Alien” movies, an adaptation of Don Winslow’s “The Cartel,” “Wraiths Of The Broken Land,” and many more).
Continue reading Ridley Scott To Direct Battle Of Britain WWII Film at The Playlist.
Continue reading Ridley Scott To Direct Battle Of Britain WWII Film at The Playlist.
- 4/4/2017
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Director Ridley Scott is looking to add a World War II film to his resume of films. According to Deadline, he's planning on directing a film based on the epic Battle of Britain, which was one of the first major battles fought entirely by air forces. The British were considered the underdogs in the fight but they ended up kicking the Nazi's asses.
The only other film that exists based on this epic battle was the 1969 film Battle of Britain, which was directed by Guy Hamilton. Here is a breif rundown of the story:
In the summer of 1940, after Adolf Hitler swept through France and drove the British army out of mainland Europe, the British public readied themselves for a Nazi invasion. A large part of Hitler’s early-war momentum was driven by his powerful air force, the Luftwaffe, and in late June 1940 (after the Dunkirk evacuation), Germany began to...
The only other film that exists based on this epic battle was the 1969 film Battle of Britain, which was directed by Guy Hamilton. Here is a breif rundown of the story:
In the summer of 1940, after Adolf Hitler swept through France and drove the British army out of mainland Europe, the British public readied themselves for a Nazi invasion. A large part of Hitler’s early-war momentum was driven by his powerful air force, the Luftwaffe, and in late June 1940 (after the Dunkirk evacuation), Germany began to...
- 4/4/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Simon Brew Apr 4, 2017
To add to the list of at least nine films Ridley Scott is considering directing comes a new World War II project...
Just this year, Ridley Scott – who is currently putting the finishing touches to Alien: Covenant – has suggested that he might be making a sequel to Gladiator, and also that he’d be ready to go again on a further Alien sequel/prequel next year (with plans for up to six more Alien movies). However, it now looks like they’ll have to take their place in his queue, as another movie has been added to Scott’s slate.
Scott is set to tackle a film about the Battle Of Britain, the air campaign that proved pivotal in World War II. The project is set up at 20th Century Fox, which picked up the film last year and is early development work on it. Matthew Orton is putting the screenplay together.
To add to the list of at least nine films Ridley Scott is considering directing comes a new World War II project...
Just this year, Ridley Scott – who is currently putting the finishing touches to Alien: Covenant – has suggested that he might be making a sequel to Gladiator, and also that he’d be ready to go again on a further Alien sequel/prequel next year (with plans for up to six more Alien movies). However, it now looks like they’ll have to take their place in his queue, as another movie has been added to Scott’s slate.
Scott is set to tackle a film about the Battle Of Britain, the air campaign that proved pivotal in World War II. The project is set up at 20th Century Fox, which picked up the film last year and is early development work on it. Matthew Orton is putting the screenplay together.
- 4/4/2017
- Den of Geek
You’ve gotta hand it to Ridley Scott. The man does not stop working. Even now, as he approaches 80-years-old, the director is still going strong. He’s got Alien: Covenant ready to slither into theatres next month, with plans to pump out a few more instalments in the franchise as well. Not to mention a whole host of other exciting projects on his plate, like the Don Winslow adaptation, The Cartel, and the Getty kidnapping drama. Now, you can add one more onto Scott’s increasingly busy schedule, as he’s set to direct Fox’s Battle of Britain epic.
Based on “one of the most decisive battles in World War II history that saw the courageous British underdogs overcome Nazi titans,” the project has a script from writer Matthew Orton, who certainly has experience in the genre as he also penned Operation Finale, which will star Oscar Isaac...
Based on “one of the most decisive battles in World War II history that saw the courageous British underdogs overcome Nazi titans,” the project has a script from writer Matthew Orton, who certainly has experience in the genre as he also penned Operation Finale, which will star Oscar Isaac...
- 4/4/2017
- by Mark Cassidy
- We Got This Covered
It’s only been a couple of weeks since Ridley Scott committed to directing All The Money In The World, yet according to sources close to the production, he already has Michelle Williams, Kevin Spacey and Mark Wahlberg close to signing on the dotted line for the film, which will tell the story of the kidnapping of oil heir John Paul Getty III and his mother’s frantic attempts to convince his grandfather to pay the ransom.
For those who don’t know, it’s a fascinating story – with the 16-year-old Getty being kidnapped in Rome and a ransom note demanding $17 million being delivered to his family. Unfortunately for the kidnapped boy, he’d frequently joked about faking his own kidnapping in order to get some money from his notoriously tight-fisted grandfather. As such, even when they knew he had been kidnapped they didn’t pay the ransom, his grandfather...
For those who don’t know, it’s a fascinating story – with the 16-year-old Getty being kidnapped in Rome and a ransom note demanding $17 million being delivered to his family. Unfortunately for the kidnapped boy, he’d frequently joked about faking his own kidnapping in order to get some money from his notoriously tight-fisted grandfather. As such, even when they knew he had been kidnapped they didn’t pay the ransom, his grandfather...
- 3/31/2017
- by David James
- We Got This Covered
Get excited, Cop Land fans, because director James Mangold is making another cop movie. After knocking Logan far out of the ballpark, Mangold has lined up his next project: an adaptation of Don Winslow‘s (The Cartel) upcoming novel, The Force. Stephen King called Winslow’s latest – a story about corrupt cops in New York City – “The Godfather, only with cops. It’s that good.” Here’s […]
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- 3/17/2017
- by Jack Giroux
- Slash Film
Given how successful Logan has turned out to be, both at the box office and with critics, one would assume that director James Mangold has his pick of projects when it comes to what he’ll do next. And while he has expressed interest in possibly making an X-23 film at some point down the road, it seems like he’ll be taking a break from the world of mutants for a while to bring us an adaptation of Don Winslow’s upcoming novel, The Force.
20the Century Fox acquired the rights last year and Mangold will help them develop the project in addition to getting behind the camera to direct. No writer has been chosen yet to bring the story to life on the big screen, but whoever the studio drafts in will be working closely alongside the Logan helmer to deliver what sounds like a very exciting movie.
20the Century Fox acquired the rights last year and Mangold will help them develop the project in addition to getting behind the camera to direct. No writer has been chosen yet to bring the story to life on the big screen, but whoever the studio drafts in will be working closely alongside the Logan helmer to deliver what sounds like a very exciting movie.
- 3/16/2017
- by Mark Cassidy
- We Got This Covered
Exclusive: James Mangold, coming off the hit Logan, is returning to 2oth Century Fox. He’s in talks to develop and direct The Force, the upcoming epic NYPD corrupt cop novel by The Cartel author Don Winslow. The novel was acquired for seven-figures by Fox last fall, before it even had a title. The Force will be published June 20 by Fox's sister company HarperCollins Publishers' imprint William Morrow. Scott Free’s Ridley Scott, The Story Factory’s Shane Salerno, and Kevin…...
- 3/16/2017
- Deadline
David Crow Mar 14, 2017
Ridley Scott's next film won't be another Alien sequel after all...
It seems that after making two science fiction films in a row with The Martian and Alien: Covenant (plus Blade Runner if you want count his producing efforts), director Ridley Scott wishes to focus on something more down to earth. Hence, it’s intriguing news that he and Sony Pictures are planning to fast-track All The Money In The World, a black scripted account of the famed Getty kidnapping saga.
Indeed, bumping ahead of Scott’s plans to adapt The Cartel, All The Money is being put together quickly by Tom Rothman. And as Deadline reports, Natalie Portman is currently being courted for the lead role of Gail Harris, the mother of the globally renowned kidnap victim, John Paul Getty III. Getty disappeared one night when he was supposed to be coming home from a...
Ridley Scott's next film won't be another Alien sequel after all...
It seems that after making two science fiction films in a row with The Martian and Alien: Covenant (plus Blade Runner if you want count his producing efforts), director Ridley Scott wishes to focus on something more down to earth. Hence, it’s intriguing news that he and Sony Pictures are planning to fast-track All The Money In The World, a black scripted account of the famed Getty kidnapping saga.
Indeed, bumping ahead of Scott’s plans to adapt The Cartel, All The Money is being put together quickly by Tom Rothman. And as Deadline reports, Natalie Portman is currently being courted for the lead role of Gail Harris, the mother of the globally renowned kidnap victim, John Paul Getty III. Getty disappeared one night when he was supposed to be coming home from a...
- 3/13/2017
- Den of Geek
I envy those true-blue Ridley Scott fans who anticipate each of his features and find auteurist interest in all — Robin Hood a worthy companion to Matchstick Men, Exodus nothing to dismiss, etc. They get a new title practically every year! Just two months before Alien: Covenant, the director’s looking to helm All the Money in the World, a David Scarpa-scripted, true-crime kidnapping drama that has the backing of Sony Pictures.
Oh, and Natalie Portman‘s probably going to be onboard, assuming ongoing negotiations really click into place, reports Deadline. The role, originally an attraction for Angelina Jolie, is Gail Harris, a woman whose son, John Paul Getty III, was kidnapped in 1973 and held for a $17 million ransom. The drama largely centers on her attempts to get the boy’s grandfather, John Paul Getty Sr, to pay the ransom — perhaps easy enough, since he was possibly then the world’s richest man,...
Oh, and Natalie Portman‘s probably going to be onboard, assuming ongoing negotiations really click into place, reports Deadline. The role, originally an attraction for Angelina Jolie, is Gail Harris, a woman whose son, John Paul Getty III, was kidnapped in 1973 and held for a $17 million ransom. The drama largely centers on her attempts to get the boy’s grandfather, John Paul Getty Sr, to pay the ransom — perhaps easy enough, since he was possibly then the world’s richest man,...
- 3/13/2017
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
British filmmaker in talks with lead actress candidates ahead of summer start in Italy.
Ridley Scott is said to be lining up to direct Imperative Entertainment’s All The Money In The World.
Production is scheduled to start in May in Italy on the story based on David Scarpa’s Black List script about the abduction of the teenage John Paul Getty III and his mother’s efforts to get the youngster’s oil baron grandfather to pay the ransom.
The mogul eventually paid up and the teenager was freed after six months of captivity in a cave in Italy.
Scott is in talks with A-list stars to play the mother, Gail Harris.
Dan Friedkin and Bradley Thomas of Imperative Entertainment will serve as producers alongside Scott, and Mark Huffam and Kevin Walsh of Scott Free, and Quentin Curtis and Chris Clark.
Sony holds worldwide rights to All The Money In The World.. The summer...
Ridley Scott is said to be lining up to direct Imperative Entertainment’s All The Money In The World.
Production is scheduled to start in May in Italy on the story based on David Scarpa’s Black List script about the abduction of the teenage John Paul Getty III and his mother’s efforts to get the youngster’s oil baron grandfather to pay the ransom.
The mogul eventually paid up and the teenager was freed after six months of captivity in a cave in Italy.
Scott is in talks with A-list stars to play the mother, Gail Harris.
Dan Friedkin and Bradley Thomas of Imperative Entertainment will serve as producers alongside Scott, and Mark Huffam and Kevin Walsh of Scott Free, and Quentin Curtis and Chris Clark.
Sony holds worldwide rights to All The Money In The World.. The summer...
- 3/13/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Don Winslow and Shane Salerno, who co-wrote the script for Oliver Stone’s Savages based on Winslow’s novel and are co-writing again for Winslow’s The Cartel — are back together again. The pair has teamed to create the cartel-themed narrative for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands, the latest video game in Ubisoft series that streets next month. Winslow might know a thing or two about cartels: he wrote 2015’s The Cartel, the second in his drug-war novel series that began…...
- 2/10/2017
- Deadline TV
Don Winslow and Shane Salerno, who co-wrote the script for Oliver Stone’s Savages based on Winslow’s novel and are co-writing again for Winslow’s The Cartel — are back together again. The pair has teamed to create the cartel-themed narrative for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands, the latest video game in Ubisoft series that streets next month. Winslow might know a thing or two about cartels: he wrote 2015’s The Cartel, the second in his drug-war novel series that began…...
- 2/10/2017
- Deadline
Fox has acquired the rights to the upcoming crime thriller novel by Don Winslow, the author of last year’s “The Cartel.” The novel is still untitled, although the book is set to be published in June. Fox also bought the rights to “The Cartel” last year. Scott Free is producing both projects, with Michael Schaefer and Shane Salerno producing the upcoming film. Also Read: Fox Sues Netflix for Poaching Employees Winslow’s book “The Death and Life of Bobby Z” (1997) was turned into a film in 2007, starring Paul Walker and Laurence Fishburne. He then wrote the adaptation of “Savages” for the big.
- 9/19/2016
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Exclusive: In a splashy seven-figure deal, 20th Century Fox has made a pre-emptive acquisition of the upcoming crime thriller novel by Don Winslow, author of last year’s international bestseller The Cartel. Fox bought that last book to be possibly Ridley Scott’s next directing project, and that paved the way for the new book deal, which again has Scott Free producing. The new novel doesn’t have a title yet, but Fox's sister company HarperCollins Publishers' imprint…...
- 9/19/2016
- Deadline
Exclusive: In a multimillion-dollar publishing deal, The Cartel author Don Winslow has moved from Random House to HarperCollins Publishers, where he will publish his next two novels through the William Morrow imprint. The novel titles aren't being revealed at this point, but sources said that the first will be shopped shortly to studios, producers and filmmakers. That novel is a contemporary tale set in New York with a strong lead role. It will be published next summer…...
- 7/21/2016
- Deadline
Don Winslow has announced on Twitter that he’s going back to write the third installment in the drug war novel series that began with The Power of the Dog and continued with last year’s much-lauded bestseller The Cartel. Fox made a big splashy deal for the movie rights to those novels, with Ridley Scott to direct the film from a script by Shane Salerno. Winslow’s declaration came just as The Cartel was released in paperback. Winslow first is committed to collaborating with…...
- 6/2/2016
- Deadline
Update, 7:12 Am: HarperCollins has confirmed its big multimillion-dollar, multi-book deal with upstart imprint Michael Mann Books, which Deadline revealed yesterday. The release runs below yesterday’s original break below. In it, Mann explains the imprint and sheds light on the novel about mobsters Tony Accardo and Sam Giancana he will write with The Cartel author Don Winslow, and Mann touches on the Heat prequel novel, which should have fans of that crime classic…...
- 4/12/2016
- Deadline
Things are changing right now, and the people who are going to thrive are the ones who are wiling to embrace that change instead of railing against it. If you’re a storyteller, you’re going to go where you have the most freedom to tell stories. When I look at a deal like the one Netflix made for Bright, the film that David Ayer will direct from a script by Max Landis, I see a shift that is going to change where we see certain types of things. My whole life, my focus has been on movies and the theatrical experience, and that may be changing, and not because of any decision I’ve made. The industry has simply evolved in a certain direction, and if I want to watch certain kinds of storytelling, that is more often than not going to be at home now instead of the theater.
- 3/22/2016
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
If Christian Bale’s reluctance about getting fat did indeed put an inextricable nail in Ferrari‘s coffin, Michael Mann could instead head to very comfortable territory — and he might bring Don Winslow along with him. The acclaimed crime author will take part in the newly established Michael Mann Books, with the director “co-creating” a novel about Chicago’s legendary gangsters Sam Giancana and Tony Accardo; it’s expected to arrive next year. [Deadline]
This is not new territory for Mann: he’s been hoping to tell this story for years, back when it was (or still is?) called Big Tuna, and one imagines that having the writer behind some of this century’s best-known crime stories — including The Cartel, which Ridley Scott and Leonardo DiCaprio might soon bring to theaters — ought to be a major boost. Mann is currently expected to produce the feature — but, if all goes well, we...
This is not new territory for Mann: he’s been hoping to tell this story for years, back when it was (or still is?) called Big Tuna, and one imagines that having the writer behind some of this century’s best-known crime stories — including The Cartel, which Ridley Scott and Leonardo DiCaprio might soon bring to theaters — ought to be a major boost. Mann is currently expected to produce the feature — but, if all goes well, we...
- 3/18/2016
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Michael Mann has set the first publishing project for his new book imprint Michael Mann Books: he will team up with Don Winslow, the bestselling author of The Cartel to co-create an original novel about the complex relationship between two Organized Crime giants, Tony Accardo and Sam Giancana. The project will be developed into a feature film that Mann will produce and possibly direct, based on the novel and a pre-existing screenplay Mann co-wrote with Shane Sal…...
- 3/18/2016
- Deadline
Bestselling novelist Don Winslow has written two epics about the Drug War: 2005’s The Power of The Dog and The Cartel, the latter of which was one of the best reviewed novels of 2015 and sold to Fox for a film that will be directed by Ridley Scott. Winslow has spent nearly 20 years researching the Mexican cartels, and the most of the violence in The Cartel is based on real events. He dedicated the book to the more than 100 journalists killed in cartel violence, and named e…...
- 1/18/2016
- Deadline TV
Bestselling novelist Don Winslow has written two epics about the Drug War: 2005’s The Power of The Dog and The Cartel, the latter of which was one of the best reviewed novels of 2015 and sold to Fox for a film that will be directed by Ridley Scott. Winslow has spent nearly 20 years researching the Mexican cartels, and the most of the violence in The Cartel is based on real events. He dedicated the book to the more than 100 journalists killed in cartel violence, and named e…...
- 1/18/2016
- Deadline
Ridley Scott is a busy man. He always has a few movies on his plate, including an adaptation of The Cartel and possibly a remake of The Prisoner, and his company also produces a healthy amount of movies. Scott Free Productions is currently working on Marvel, a TV adaptation of George Pendle‘s nonfiction book Strange Angel. And no, it doesn’t have anything to do […]
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- 1/13/2016
- by Jack Giroux
- Slash Film
Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman may be a drug kingpin, but he's also an appreciator of the arts, particularly movies. Guzman likes movies so much he wanted to make one — a biographical movie about himself, natch. In a Friday news conference following Guzman's re-arrest, Mexico's attorney general Arely Gomez told reporters that pre-production meetings between Guzman's attorneys and producers became "a new line of investigation" in ascertaining the whereabouts of El Chapo, and eventually led to his recapture. Six months ago, El Chapo escaped from a maximum-security prison through an elaborate 1,600-yard tunnel, equipped with lights and oxygen tanks, from his cell to the outside world (shades of The Great Escape). The use of million-dollar elaborate tunnels with lights and oxygen tanks, not usually offered to inmates of maximum-security prisons, raised questions of government involvement and conspiracy.El Chapo's escape was the basis for Don Winslow's novel The Cartel, which...
- 1/9/2016
- by Greg Cwik
- Vulture
A film adaptation of the cult British TV series "The Prisoner" (ask your Dad or Granddad about it) has been knocking around Hollywood for a long time now. At one point Christopher McQuarrie was attached, and Christopher Nolan toyed with it too, but neither iteration ever materialized. But Ridley Scott, who is plenty overcommitted with multiple proposed "Prometheus" sequels, "The Cartel," and more on his plate, has decided he could stand to be busier. Read More: Watch Directors Roundtable With Ridley Scott, Quentin Tarantino, Danny Boyle, And More Deadline reports that Scott is in early negotiations to helm "The Prisoner" for Universal, which has a recent draft of the script by William Monahan ("The Departed"). The story revolves around a government agent who is imprisoned in oddball seaside village that he can't leave — because he knows too much — but his life remains in danger, and attempts are made to capture him because of.
- 1/8/2016
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
The 1960s British TV series The Prisoner, which was co-created by, written by, directed by, and starred Patrick McGoohan, had a massive influence on pop culture, with ramifications felt in mystery-based properties ranging from Twin Peaks and The X-Files to Lost. Sadly, I've never made the time to check out the original show for myself, and I missed the 2009 remake that aired on AMC with Jim Caviezel and Ian McKellen in the lead roles.
One more person the show seemingly had a large impact on is director Ridley Scott, and Deadline reports he is in negotiations to direct a movie adaptation of the classic show. Their description of the property is as follows:
The Prisoner (known only as Number Six) is a former government agent who abruptly resigns from his job and finds himself imprisoned in an idyllic yet bizarre seaside village isolated from the world by the sea and mountains.
One more person the show seemingly had a large impact on is director Ridley Scott, and Deadline reports he is in negotiations to direct a movie adaptation of the classic show. Their description of the property is as follows:
The Prisoner (known only as Number Six) is a former government agent who abruptly resigns from his job and finds himself imprisoned in an idyllic yet bizarre seaside village isolated from the world by the sea and mountains.
- 1/8/2016
- by Ben Pearson
- GeekTyrant
Sir Ridley Scott is travelling back to outer space as he moves full speed ahead on Prometheus 2.
A sequel to the Alien franchise spinoff was announced back in 2014, but the filmmaker has since had other projects like television series The Hot Zone and drug war drama The Cartel on his development docket.
Scott let slip that he's now working on Prometheus 2 as his next project during a chat with his Martian star Matt Damon for Empire Online
While discussing The Martian being brought forward for an autumn release, Damon joked: "Ridley was done with the movie about two weeks after we shot."
"I was already on to my next movie," Scott added. "I was starting to look for locations for my next movie, which is Prometheus 2."
Scott revealed last year that Prometheus 2 will unveil a "fresher form of alien", rather than relying on the franchise's Xenomorph.
A sequel to the Alien franchise spinoff was announced back in 2014, but the filmmaker has since had other projects like television series The Hot Zone and drug war drama The Cartel on his development docket.
Scott let slip that he's now working on Prometheus 2 as his next project during a chat with his Martian star Matt Damon for Empire Online
While discussing The Martian being brought forward for an autumn release, Damon joked: "Ridley was done with the movie about two weeks after we shot."
"I was already on to my next movie," Scott added. "I was starting to look for locations for my next movie, which is Prometheus 2."
Scott revealed last year that Prometheus 2 will unveil a "fresher form of alien", rather than relying on the franchise's Xenomorph.
- 8/27/2015
- Digital Spy
It’s been known for a while now that Ridley Scott wants to make a Prometheus 2. The question has been when he’ll do it. He’s got several projects brewing currently including The Cartel, which he picked up just a few weeks ago. And on top of that there are all the projects he’s producing, like Blade Runner […]
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- 8/27/2015
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
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