Exclusive: Campbell Grobman Films, executive producers on action pics Rambo 5, The Hitman’s Bodyguard and the Angel Has Fallen, is teaming up with comic book writer Everette Hartsoe and E! Entertainment co-founder and producer Alan Mruvka to produce a feature film based on new Hartsoe character Bayonet.
The Bayonet story will follow Emma Harlow, a biracial British Sas officer stationed in Afghanistan. After Harlow is thought to be killed in combat, she wakes up in an underground lab with no memory or identity. Instead, she is told she is now a ‘Bayonet’. Because of a chip implanted in the brain, a Bayonet is an agent whose lethal skills are second to none and is called upon by the British government to complete the most lethal black ops missions.
The companies are aiming to create a franchise around the character.
“Bayonet will lead the next generation of superheroes that every...
The Bayonet story will follow Emma Harlow, a biracial British Sas officer stationed in Afghanistan. After Harlow is thought to be killed in combat, she wakes up in an underground lab with no memory or identity. Instead, she is told she is now a ‘Bayonet’. Because of a chip implanted in the brain, a Bayonet is an agent whose lethal skills are second to none and is called upon by the British government to complete the most lethal black ops missions.
The companies are aiming to create a franchise around the character.
“Bayonet will lead the next generation of superheroes that every...
- 12/1/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
There were two very good reasons to watch the original Embrace of the Vampire, and they're both missing from the remake. Will another buxom beauty step up to the plate to fill those huge voids? We'll find out soon enough because the flick is shooting now.
According to Variety, Alan Mruvka's Filmology Labs Entertainment is teaming with Grobman-Campbell Films to produce a remake of Embrace of the Vampire, the 1994 cult pic starring Alyssa Milano that was produced by Mruvka.
The erotic thriller is being financed by Lisa Hansen and Paul Herzberg of Cinetel Films along with Anchor Bay Entertainment, which is a division of Starz Media. Like a supernatural Fifty Shades of Grey, the story follows a virginal college student who is introduced to a dark world of carnal desires after being seduced by a handsome vampire.
Sharon Hinnendael, who starred in Adam Rifkin's Showtime series "Look" and...
According to Variety, Alan Mruvka's Filmology Labs Entertainment is teaming with Grobman-Campbell Films to produce a remake of Embrace of the Vampire, the 1994 cult pic starring Alyssa Milano that was produced by Mruvka.
The erotic thriller is being financed by Lisa Hansen and Paul Herzberg of Cinetel Films along with Anchor Bay Entertainment, which is a division of Starz Media. Like a supernatural Fifty Shades of Grey, the story follows a virginal college student who is introduced to a dark world of carnal desires after being seduced by a handsome vampire.
Sharon Hinnendael, who starred in Adam Rifkin's Showtime series "Look" and...
- 6/28/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Filed under: TV News
Look out Bonnie Fuller, there's a new kid in town who's looking to have some fun on your playground.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Alan Mruvka, who created the E! network some 23 years ago, has just launched a new site called thelooktv.com that "aims to blend fashion and celebrity programming with an e-commerce sales site."
Fuller's HollywoodLife.com, the content of which focuses on star scandals, wardrobe malfunctions and best bikini bodies -- replete with top of the line paparazzi shots -- highlights various wardrobe pieces and accessories and then leads you to buy them on gilt.com.
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Look out Bonnie Fuller, there's a new kid in town who's looking to have some fun on your playground.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Alan Mruvka, who created the E! network some 23 years ago, has just launched a new site called thelooktv.com that "aims to blend fashion and celebrity programming with an e-commerce sales site."
Fuller's HollywoodLife.com, the content of which focuses on star scandals, wardrobe malfunctions and best bikini bodies -- replete with top of the line paparazzi shots -- highlights various wardrobe pieces and accessories and then leads you to buy them on gilt.com.
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- 7/19/2010
- by Audrey Fine
- Aol TV.
The co-founder of E! is launching a celebrity-focused online network complete with several programs in the hope of establishing a new brand in the entertainment programming space.
Alan Mruvka created E! (then called Movietime) 23 years ago with Larry Namer. Last week, he returned to his roots with the launch of the Look, a new site at thelooktv.com that aims to blend fashion and celebrity programming with an e-commerce sales site.
"When I was pitching E!, I used to say that TV is like a newspaper; there's headlines and sports, but there was no (entertainment) section," Mruvka said. "Now TV is like a magazine stand, with golf and food and everything else -- it's narrowcasting. Well, the thickest magazines are fashion magazines; that's where the money is. The Look is as if you were to take InStyle magazine and make a network out of it."
Mruvka has been working on...
Alan Mruvka created E! (then called Movietime) 23 years ago with Larry Namer. Last week, he returned to his roots with the launch of the Look, a new site at thelooktv.com that aims to blend fashion and celebrity programming with an e-commerce sales site.
"When I was pitching E!, I used to say that TV is like a newspaper; there's headlines and sports, but there was no (entertainment) section," Mruvka said. "Now TV is like a magazine stand, with golf and food and everything else -- it's narrowcasting. Well, the thickest magazines are fashion magazines; that's where the money is. The Look is as if you were to take InStyle magazine and make a network out of it."
Mruvka has been working on...
- 7/18/2010
- by By James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Film review: 'Digging to China'
PARK CITY, Utah -- A 10-year-old girl's attempt to dig herself out of the rut of her small-town life is the uplifting and bittersweet subject matter of "Digging to China", Timothy Hutton's directorial debut, which received an ecstatic welcome in its world premiere during the weekend at the Sundance Film Festival.
For those of you who recall the young heroine's plucky resolve in "Fly Away Home", this tale of one young girl's repeated attempts to reach beyond the dimensions of her unchallenging school and dimwitted home life should strike similar chords of sympathy and admiration.
In this '60s-set saga, Evan Rachel Wood stars as Harriet, a rambunctious and inquisitive girl who lives with her alcoholic mother (Cathy Moriarty) and man-crazy older sister Mary Stuart Masterson). They run a tiny tourist motel outside a small burg and, after school, there's not much in the way of stimulation for the precocious Harriet. She takes interest, however, in a mentally disabled young man, Ricky (Kevin Bacon) who, along with his mother, comes to stay at the motel. It's Ricky's last week alone with his mother, who has terminal cancer, before he must be institutionalized. Harriet takes him under her wing, and the two tend to connect in a completely intuitive, child-like way. Not surprisingly, the adults are wary about where this may lead.
Freckled with the openness of child-like searching, "Digging to China" is a stirring story of how two friends, Harriet and Ricky, come to enjoy and understand a world that seems structured against them. Their transcendent, dreamy projects, like digging a hole in the ground to reach China, are expressions of their need to escape from their own humdrum, constricted existences; in a sense, both are greatly limited, Ricky by his mental and emotional disability and Harriet by the mere fact that she is a kid and restricted by the small thinking of her elders.
Although the narrative sometimes slackens to a somewhat cutesy dimension, mainly in some neo-"Rain Man"-ish scenes, Hutton has maintained a remarkable balance in his story telling. The film never resorts to saccharine heart-tuggings and Hutton is always true to the fact that the child-like dreams and energies are in direct conflict with a harsher, stronger world. Most wonderfully, he imbues the strong story with a coating of this child-like naivete and energy that, by itself, overcomes the awful adult aspects of everyday existence.
It's young Even Rachel Wood's grainy and heady performance that keeps "China" clearly on the story map. She brings both a confidence as well as a serene, kid-ish clamor to her portrayal that takes you into the best, hidden reaches of your own child-like wonderment. Bacon's studied performance as the disabled Ricky is commendable, while Masterson is well-cast as Harriet's primary adult supervisor. Moriarty is credible as Harriet's blowzy, somewhat batty, mother.
Technical contributions under Hutton's fine hand are wonderfully wrought, particularly cinematographer Jorgen Persson's richly shaded scopings, which clue us to the vibrant inner world of this remarkable little girl.
DIGGING TO CHINA
Moonstone Entertainment
In association with
Davis Entertainment Classics
& the Ministry of Film
An Alan Mruvka/Marilyn Vance/
John Davis/J.Todd Harris production
A Film by Timothy Hutton
Producers: Marilyn Vance,
Alan Mruvka, John Dais, J. Todd Harris
Director: Timothy Hutton
Screenwriter: Karen Janszen
Executive producers: Etchie Stroh, David T. Friendly
Director of photgraphy: Jorgen Persson
Production designer: Robert De Vico
Music: Cynthia Millar
Music producer/conductor: Elmer Bernstein
Music supervisors: Michelle Kuznetsky, Mary Ramos
Editor: Dana Congdon
Costume designer: Mary Zophres
Color/stereo
Harriet Frankovitz: Evan Rachel Wood
Ricky: Kevin Bacon
Gwen: Mary Stuart Masterson
Mrs. Frankovitz: Cathy Moriarty
Running time -- 100 minutes...
For those of you who recall the young heroine's plucky resolve in "Fly Away Home", this tale of one young girl's repeated attempts to reach beyond the dimensions of her unchallenging school and dimwitted home life should strike similar chords of sympathy and admiration.
In this '60s-set saga, Evan Rachel Wood stars as Harriet, a rambunctious and inquisitive girl who lives with her alcoholic mother (Cathy Moriarty) and man-crazy older sister Mary Stuart Masterson). They run a tiny tourist motel outside a small burg and, after school, there's not much in the way of stimulation for the precocious Harriet. She takes interest, however, in a mentally disabled young man, Ricky (Kevin Bacon) who, along with his mother, comes to stay at the motel. It's Ricky's last week alone with his mother, who has terminal cancer, before he must be institutionalized. Harriet takes him under her wing, and the two tend to connect in a completely intuitive, child-like way. Not surprisingly, the adults are wary about where this may lead.
Freckled with the openness of child-like searching, "Digging to China" is a stirring story of how two friends, Harriet and Ricky, come to enjoy and understand a world that seems structured against them. Their transcendent, dreamy projects, like digging a hole in the ground to reach China, are expressions of their need to escape from their own humdrum, constricted existences; in a sense, both are greatly limited, Ricky by his mental and emotional disability and Harriet by the mere fact that she is a kid and restricted by the small thinking of her elders.
Although the narrative sometimes slackens to a somewhat cutesy dimension, mainly in some neo-"Rain Man"-ish scenes, Hutton has maintained a remarkable balance in his story telling. The film never resorts to saccharine heart-tuggings and Hutton is always true to the fact that the child-like dreams and energies are in direct conflict with a harsher, stronger world. Most wonderfully, he imbues the strong story with a coating of this child-like naivete and energy that, by itself, overcomes the awful adult aspects of everyday existence.
It's young Even Rachel Wood's grainy and heady performance that keeps "China" clearly on the story map. She brings both a confidence as well as a serene, kid-ish clamor to her portrayal that takes you into the best, hidden reaches of your own child-like wonderment. Bacon's studied performance as the disabled Ricky is commendable, while Masterson is well-cast as Harriet's primary adult supervisor. Moriarty is credible as Harriet's blowzy, somewhat batty, mother.
Technical contributions under Hutton's fine hand are wonderfully wrought, particularly cinematographer Jorgen Persson's richly shaded scopings, which clue us to the vibrant inner world of this remarkable little girl.
DIGGING TO CHINA
Moonstone Entertainment
In association with
Davis Entertainment Classics
& the Ministry of Film
An Alan Mruvka/Marilyn Vance/
John Davis/J.Todd Harris production
A Film by Timothy Hutton
Producers: Marilyn Vance,
Alan Mruvka, John Dais, J. Todd Harris
Director: Timothy Hutton
Screenwriter: Karen Janszen
Executive producers: Etchie Stroh, David T. Friendly
Director of photgraphy: Jorgen Persson
Production designer: Robert De Vico
Music: Cynthia Millar
Music producer/conductor: Elmer Bernstein
Music supervisors: Michelle Kuznetsky, Mary Ramos
Editor: Dana Congdon
Costume designer: Mary Zophres
Color/stereo
Harriet Frankovitz: Evan Rachel Wood
Ricky: Kevin Bacon
Gwen: Mary Stuart Masterson
Mrs. Frankovitz: Cathy Moriarty
Running time -- 100 minutes...
- 1/26/1997
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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