William Hurt will play Gregg Allman in Midnight Rider, the biopic being made by Unclaimed Freight Productions’ Randall Miller and Jody Savin. The project, an adaptation of the Gregg Allman memoir My Cross to Bear, already has Tyson Ritter, the lead singer-songwriter of pop-rock band The All-American Rejects, playing a young Allman, with Wyatt Russell portraying Duane Allman. Photos: Todd McCarthy's 10 Best Films of 2013 Miller will direct Rider, which he wrote with Savin. The two are producing via their banner, Unclaimed Freight, along with their music-biz partner Brad Rosenberger. Open Road Films will be handling the
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- 1/7/2014
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
If you were or were not keen on a Beach Boys biopic, you can either blame or thank the upcoming "I, Frankenstein" for its implosion.
Filming on "The Drummer," the biopic about the final years of late Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson, was originally slated to begin in June 2012. Then the already cast Aaron Eckhart had to pull out at the last minute citing exhaustion from filming on "I, Frankenstein", despite having spent six months learning to sing and play the piano and drums.
A year and a half on and the film hasn't made any further progress. Indefinitely delayed following Eckhart's departure, producers now say the film's fate is looking grim. Music supervisor Brad Rosenberger says: "It was a huge blow for us when Eckhart pulled out. There are no plans to make this Dennis Wilson movie now, but I don’t think it would be accurate to say...
Filming on "The Drummer," the biopic about the final years of late Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson, was originally slated to begin in June 2012. Then the already cast Aaron Eckhart had to pull out at the last minute citing exhaustion from filming on "I, Frankenstein", despite having spent six months learning to sing and play the piano and drums.
A year and a half on and the film hasn't made any further progress. Indefinitely delayed following Eckhart's departure, producers now say the film's fate is looking grim. Music supervisor Brad Rosenberger says: "It was a huge blow for us when Eckhart pulled out. There are no plans to make this Dennis Wilson movie now, but I don’t think it would be accurate to say...
- 12/13/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Open Road Films and Unclaimed Freight Productions’ Randall Miller and Jody Savin are partnering to bring My Cross to Bear, Gregg Allman’s autobiography to the screen. Miller and Savin produced Cbgb, about the famous New York City rock ‘n’ roll club, which is being repped in the Cannes Film Market by The Exchange. They will produce Cross, about the legendary blues singer, along with their music business partner, Brad Rosenberger. Savin and Miller also will write the screenplay, with Miller directing. Open Road will handle U.S. distribution. Photos: Note Perfect: The 15 Best Portrayals of Musicians in Movies The project will
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- 5/18/2013
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The filmmakers behind the upcoming music-themed feature CBGB are aiming to keep the rock flame alive with a biopic on Gregg Allman. Randall Miller and Jody Savin have picked up the rights to My Cross to Bear, Allman’s New York Times best-selling memoir co-written with Alan Light. Savin and Miller will write the screenplay for the movie and Miller will direct. The duo will produce via their Unclaimed Freight banner along their music biz partner, Brad Rosenberger. Book Review: 'My Cross to Bear' by Gregg Allman With Alan Light Allman was part of the
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- 4/10/2013
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After wrapping their rock feature Cbgb, Randall Miller and Jody Savin are hoping to keep the music going with a new music-themed project, this one on famed recording studio Caribou Records. Miller and Savin will write the script with Miller directing the project. It will produce via their Unclaimed Freight banner along with Brad Rosenberger, their music business partner. Titled Caribou Records, the movie will aim to tell the story of the music studio run by James William Guercio in Colorado's Rocky Mountains. Photos: 20 Best and Worst Music to Movie Crossovers Guercio was a record producer who also
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- 1/14/2013
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
With previous splashes at the fest consisting of award-winning Marilyn Hotchkiss’ Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (Sundance ’05) and Bottle Shock (Sundance ’08), I wouldn’t be surprised if Randall Miller nabs a Premieres slot for Cbgb – after all, music-driven films have been a mainstay at the fest for years now and this if these walls could speak biopic on the infamous location includes a huge cast of faces playing epic names in the underground scene: Ashley Greene as Lisa Kristal (see set pic above), Malin Åkerman (Debbie Harry), Johnny Galecki (Terry Ork) down to Alan Rickman as Hilly Kristal , Rupert Grint as Cheetah Chrome, Joel David Moore as Joey Ramone and Kyle Gallner as Lou Reed.
Gist: Cbgb follows the story of Hilly Kristal’s New York club from its origins as Country, Bluegrass and Blues (Cbgb) to what it ultimately became: the birthplace of underground rock ‘n roll and punk. Kristal,...
Gist: Cbgb follows the story of Hilly Kristal’s New York club from its origins as Country, Bluegrass and Blues (Cbgb) to what it ultimately became: the birthplace of underground rock ‘n roll and punk. Kristal,...
- 11/19/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Cbgb
Director: Randall Miller
Writer: Miller and Jody Savin
Cast: Malin Akerman, Alan Rickman, Stana Katic, Rupert Grint, Joel David Moore, Ryan Hurst, Josh Zuckerman, Estelle Harris, Julian Acosta, Richard de Klerk, Mickey Sumner, Arthur Bridgers and John Holmstrom
Crew: Dp: Mike Ozier. Editor: Dan O’Brien. Production Designer: Craig Stearns
Producers: Miller, Savin and Brad Rosenberger
Filming in Los Angeles...
Director: Randall Miller
Writer: Miller and Jody Savin
Cast: Malin Akerman, Alan Rickman, Stana Katic, Rupert Grint, Joel David Moore, Ryan Hurst, Josh Zuckerman, Estelle Harris, Julian Acosta, Richard de Klerk, Mickey Sumner, Arthur Bridgers and John Holmstrom
Crew: Dp: Mike Ozier. Editor: Dan O’Brien. Production Designer: Craig Stearns
Producers: Miller, Savin and Brad Rosenberger
Filming in Los Angeles...
- 9/1/2012
- by admin
- IONCINEMA.com
It's hard to imagine Alan Rickman as anyone other than Severus Snape, but after seeing the British actor on the set of the upcoming "Cbgb" film, we're starting to think that he could have made an excellent Mr. Weasley.
"Cbgb," which chronicles the famous New York City music venue during the burgeoning punk rock scene of the 1970s, is currently filming in Savannah, Ga. Lucky residents have had the pleasure of spotting Rickman, sporing a curly red wig, on set. Now, you may need to squint your eyes -- and grab a magnifying glass -- but one Twitter user tweeted the following photo of Rickman, as legendary Cbgb owner Hilly Kristal, from the set:
A friend just snapped a pic of Alan Rickman filming new movie #Cbgb in savannah, also starring Rupert Grint twitter.com/ForrestJim/sta…
— James Forrest (@ForrestJim) June 26, 2012
Sure, he may be 50 feet away -- and could...
"Cbgb," which chronicles the famous New York City music venue during the burgeoning punk rock scene of the 1970s, is currently filming in Savannah, Ga. Lucky residents have had the pleasure of spotting Rickman, sporing a curly red wig, on set. Now, you may need to squint your eyes -- and grab a magnifying glass -- but one Twitter user tweeted the following photo of Rickman, as legendary Cbgb owner Hilly Kristal, from the set:
A friend just snapped a pic of Alan Rickman filming new movie #Cbgb in savannah, also starring Rupert Grint twitter.com/ForrestJim/sta…
— James Forrest (@ForrestJim) June 26, 2012
Sure, he may be 50 feet away -- and could...
- 6/29/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
"Cbgb" is shaping up to be quite a star-studded affair. The film, which chronicles the famous New York City music venue, has cast "The Big Bang Theory's" Johnny Galecki as Terry Ork, "The Borgias's" Mickey Sumner as Patti Smith, and Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins as punk legend Iggy Pop.
Alan Rickman has already been cast as Cbgb founder, Hilly Kristal, while Malin Akerman is set to portray rock icon Debbie Harry.
Rickman's "Harry Potter" co-star Rupert Grint has also signed up for the "Cbgb" project, as guitarist Cheetah Chrome of punk band the Dead Boys. "Avatar" actor Joel David Moore and Julian Acosta will play Joey and Johnny Ramone, respectively, while "Seinfeld" veteran Estelle Harris will star as Kristal's mother, Bertha.
Brad Rosenberger, Randall Miller, Jody Savin and Kristal's daughter, Lisa Kristal Burgman, are producing the film, titled "Cbgb,"which aims to capture the Bowery nightclub when...
Alan Rickman has already been cast as Cbgb founder, Hilly Kristal, while Malin Akerman is set to portray rock icon Debbie Harry.
Rickman's "Harry Potter" co-star Rupert Grint has also signed up for the "Cbgb" project, as guitarist Cheetah Chrome of punk band the Dead Boys. "Avatar" actor Joel David Moore and Julian Acosta will play Joey and Johnny Ramone, respectively, while "Seinfeld" veteran Estelle Harris will star as Kristal's mother, Bertha.
Brad Rosenberger, Randall Miller, Jody Savin and Kristal's daughter, Lisa Kristal Burgman, are producing the film, titled "Cbgb,"which aims to capture the Bowery nightclub when...
- 6/5/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Rupert Grint readies his rock star-look for the Beach Boys-themed bipoic, The Drummer.
Harry Potter’s Ron Weasley, a.k.a. Rupert Grint, has signed on to feature in The Drummer, a biopic of the Beach Boys’ Dennis Wilson that is due to go before the cameras in June, according to an official press release. Grint will play mailroom intern Stan Shapiro who became a close friend and confidante to Wilson.
According to the official synopsis, The Drummer charts the last six years of Wilson’s life in which he created some of the finest music of his career.
“Rupert’s character is the window into Dennis’ world,” said Randall Miller, who is directing and co-producing with Jody Savin. “He is the everyman who witnesses the train wreck. Rupert is going to nail it.”
“We are thrilled to have Rupert on board,” added Savin, who wrote the screenplay. “He...
Harry Potter’s Ron Weasley, a.k.a. Rupert Grint, has signed on to feature in The Drummer, a biopic of the Beach Boys’ Dennis Wilson that is due to go before the cameras in June, according to an official press release. Grint will play mailroom intern Stan Shapiro who became a close friend and confidante to Wilson.
According to the official synopsis, The Drummer charts the last six years of Wilson’s life in which he created some of the finest music of his career.
“Rupert’s character is the window into Dennis’ world,” said Randall Miller, who is directing and co-producing with Jody Savin. “He is the everyman who witnesses the train wreck. Rupert is going to nail it.”
“We are thrilled to have Rupert on board,” added Savin, who wrote the screenplay. “He...
- 3/15/2012
- by Michael Simpson
- CinemaSpy
Vera Farmiga joins Aaron Eckhart in Randy Miller's The Drummer biopic of Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson Farmiga will play Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter Christine McVie, reports Variety. Miller produces alongside screenwriter Jody Savin via their Unclaimed Freight Productions, reteaming after 2008's brilliant Bottle Shock starring Chris Pine, Bill Pullman and Alan Rickman. Also producing is Brad Rosenberger. The Drummer follows Wilson's in a six-year-long period, focusing on his relationship with McVie, prior to his death 1983. "She has a number of duets with Eckhart in the film. The combination of Aaron and Vera will be pure magic," said Miller...
- 1/30/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The Drummer biopic casts Vera Farmiga
Vera Farmiga joins Aaron Eckhart in Randy Miller's The Drummer biopic of Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson Farmiga will play Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter Christine McVie, reports Variety. Miller produces alongside screenwriter Jody Savin via their Unclaimed Freight Productions, reteaming after 2008's brilliant Bottle Shock starring Chris Pine, Bill Pullman and Alan Rickman. Also producing is Brad Rosenberger. The Drummer follows Wilson's in a six-year-long period, focusing on his relationship with McVie, prior to his death 1983. "She has a number of duets with Eckhart in the film. The combination of Aaron and Vera will be pure magic," said Miller...
- 1/30/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Vera Farmiga joins Aaron Eckhart in Randy Miller's The Drummer biopic of Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson Farmiga will play Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter Christine McVie, reports Variety. Miller produces alongside screenwriter Jody Savin via their Unclaimed Freight Productions, reteaming after 2008's brilliant Bottle Shock starring Chris Pine, Bill Pullman and Alan Rickman. Also producing is Brad Rosenberger. The Drummer follows Wilson's in a six-year-long period, focusing on his relationship with McVie, prior to his death 1983. "She has a number of duets with Eckhart in the film. The combination of Aaron and Vera will be pure magic," said Miller...
- 1/30/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Aaron Eckhart has signed on to play Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson in the indie music biopic "The Drummer" at Unclaimed Freight Prods. says Variety.
The story chronicles the last six years of Wilson's life, before his death in 1983. Eckhart had been in negotiations to play Wilson for several months and will also serve as executive producer and record his own renditions of some of Wilson's songs.
Brad Rosenberger, Randy Miller and Jody Savin are producing while Savin penned the script. Shooting is slated to kick off late spring-early summer.
The story chronicles the last six years of Wilson's life, before his death in 1983. Eckhart had been in negotiations to play Wilson for several months and will also serve as executive producer and record his own renditions of some of Wilson's songs.
Brad Rosenberger, Randy Miller and Jody Savin are producing while Savin penned the script. Shooting is slated to kick off late spring-early summer.
- 10/17/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Aaron Eckhart is set to star in the Beach Boys movie, The Drummer. Variety reports that he will play Dennis Wilson in the indie music biopic directed by Randy Miller. The film is being produced by Miller and Jody Savin (Bottle Shock) under their banner Unclaimed Freight Prods., along with music industry vet Brad Rosenberger. Savin also pennned the script for the film.
This will be a nice change of pace for Echart who just landed the leade in I, Frankenstein. The actor had been in negotiations to play Wilson for several months. The actor will be pulling triple duty, he will also be exec producer and will sing. He will be belting out renditions of Wilson's solo album "Pacific Ocean Blue," released in 1977.
The Drummer is slated to start shooting next year during late spring-early summer. The film chronicles the last six years of Wilson's life, before his death...
This will be a nice change of pace for Echart who just landed the leade in I, Frankenstein. The actor had been in negotiations to play Wilson for several months. The actor will be pulling triple duty, he will also be exec producer and will sing. He will be belting out renditions of Wilson's solo album "Pacific Ocean Blue," released in 1977.
The Drummer is slated to start shooting next year during late spring-early summer. The film chronicles the last six years of Wilson's life, before his death...
- 10/17/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Hilly Kristal opened Cbgb's in 1973 thinking he'd book a lot of country, bluegrass, blues and other music for uplifting gormandizers there. The iconic letters on the awning, "Cbgb" and "Omfug," in fact stand for "Country, BlueGrass, Blues and Other Music For Uplifting Gormandizers." But something rather different happened at Kristal's little venue on 315 Bowery, which is now considered the birthplace of American punk.
Kristal passed in 2007, but his daughter Lisa Kristal Burgman is bringing his story to the bigscreen with a film, tentatively titled "Cbgb," according to Billboard, "that will cover the years 1974 to '76 when the Bowery club became a haven for the Ramones, Talking Heads, Television and Patti Smith."
Husband and wife team Randall Miller and Jody Savin ("Bottle Shock") are writing and directing respectively. "It was an old-fashioned salon in an awful part of New York where people could fail while they worked to find their voice,...
Kristal passed in 2007, but his daughter Lisa Kristal Burgman is bringing his story to the bigscreen with a film, tentatively titled "Cbgb," according to Billboard, "that will cover the years 1974 to '76 when the Bowery club became a haven for the Ramones, Talking Heads, Television and Patti Smith."
Husband and wife team Randall Miller and Jody Savin ("Bottle Shock") are writing and directing respectively. "It was an old-fashioned salon in an awful part of New York where people could fail while they worked to find their voice,...
- 5/17/2011
- by Brandon Kim
- ifc.com
Randall Miller and Jody Savin ("Bottle Shock") are developing an untitled project about New York's famed Cbgb nightclub for their Unclaimed Freight Productions reports Variety.
The story centers on the real-life tale of Hilly Kristal's Cbgb club and its impact on the early 80's underground music scene, pushing forward artists like Talking Heads, the Ramones and Blondie.
Savin will direct and co-write with Miller while both will produce alongside Brad Rosenberger. Shooting kicks off next summer in New York.
The story centers on the real-life tale of Hilly Kristal's Cbgb club and its impact on the early 80's underground music scene, pushing forward artists like Talking Heads, the Ramones and Blondie.
Savin will direct and co-write with Miller while both will produce alongside Brad Rosenberger. Shooting kicks off next summer in New York.
- 12/3/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Late The Beach Boys star Dennis Wilson is returning from beyond the grave - filmmakers Randall Miller and Jody Savin are bringing him back to life on the big screen. The drummer and surf fanatic tragically drowned in Marina Del Rey in California in 1983, shortly after the release of his solo album, "Pacific Ocean Blue".
Now his final years will be the focus of a new movie by Miller and Savin, the duo behind the Sundance Film Festival hit "Bottle Shock". Director Miller says, "Dennis was a pained and tortured soul, yet brilliant and loved dearly by so many who knew him. This film has the makings of a tour-de-force performance in the hands of the right actor."
"As a director, I search for stories that expose the soul of a character in new territories that excite me as a filmmaker." Savin will write the screenplay and the pair will...
Now his final years will be the focus of a new movie by Miller and Savin, the duo behind the Sundance Film Festival hit "Bottle Shock". Director Miller says, "Dennis was a pained and tortured soul, yet brilliant and loved dearly by so many who knew him. This film has the makings of a tour-de-force performance in the hands of the right actor."
"As a director, I search for stories that expose the soul of a character in new territories that excite me as a filmmaker." Savin will write the screenplay and the pair will...
- 8/11/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
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