J.D. DILLARD TO HELM BLACK LABEL MEDIA’S KOREAN WAR EPIC ‘DEVOTION’ STARRING GLEN POWELL
By Justin Kroll J.D. Dillard has signed on to helm Korean War epic “Devotion,” starring “Top Gun: Maverick” actor Glen Powell, sources tell Variety. The film, from Black Label Media, is an aerial war epic that tells the harrowing true story of two elite U.S. Navy fighter pilots, Tom Hudner and Jesse L. Brown, during the Korean War.... Read More
BLACK LABEL MEDIA EXPANDING INTO PODCASTS WITH BLEAV DEAL
By Patrick Hipes June 27, 2019 EXCLUSIVE: Black Label Media said Thursday that its newly formed Black Label Ventures has struck an equity partnership with the Bleav Podcast Network, a move that will give the La La Land producer a branded platform to produce original podcast content. It marks the latest move for Black Label, whose recent films include Sierra Burgess... Read More
SHANNON PURSER IS A RELATABLE TEEN HEROINE IN FIRST SIERRA BURGESS IS A LOSER TRAILER
‘OUR PHYSICAL APPEARANCES DO NOT DEFINE US,’ PURSER TELLS MTV NEWS OF HER FIRST LEADING ROLE BY CRYSTAL BELL In Sierra Burgess Is a Loser, a high school band geek (played by Stranger Things breakout Shannon Purser) falls in love with a popular jock (Noah Centineo) via text messages and phone calls. Sounds like your... Read More
BENICIO DEL TORO AND JOSH BROLIN GO TO WAR IN SICARIO: DAY OF THE SOLDADO TRAILER
DEREK LAWRENCE March 19, 2018 AT 09:28 PM EDT Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro are preparing for all-out war. With Emily Blunt not returning for the follow-up to 2015’s Sicario, the two actors take the spotlight in the latest trailer for Sicario: Day of the Soldado. In the upcoming sequel, Brolin’s Matt Graver has... Read More
TRUE KOREAN WAR FIGHTER PILOT STORY ‘DEVOTIOIN’ SET AT BLACK LABEL WITH GLEN POWELL TO STAR
By Patrick Hipes March 7, 2018 11:24am EXCLUSIVE: Black Label Media has optioned rights to Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice, and will make a film about the true story at the center of Adam Makos’ 2015 book about two Korean War Navy pilots — one from an affluent white New England... Read More
BEN PLATT LANDS FIRST FILM LEAD POST ‘DEAR EVAN HANSEN’
By Justin Kroll Following his Tony award-winning performance in the Broadway hit “Dear Evan Hansen,” Ben Platt has found his next feature film, signing on to star in Black Label Media’s “Love & Oatmeal.” “Camp X-Ray” director Peter Sattler is helming the project with Steve Waverly penning the script. Black Label Media’s Molly Smith, Rachel Smith, Thad Luckinbill, and... Read More
SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT INVITES FANS TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIAL CAMPAIGN TO RAISE $100K FOR FIREFIGHTERS
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Feb 13, 2018, 17:34 ET To help support brave firefighters like those depicted in the film Only the Brave, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) is teaming with the social change platform Pixhug™ to raise up to $100K for the Granite Mountain Fund, an organization that drives donations to support firefighters. Pixhug... Read More
NETFLIX ACQUIRES ‘SIERRA BURGESS IS A LOSER’ STARRING ‘STRANGER THINGS’ ACTRESS SHANNON PURSER
By Justin Kroll Netflix has acquired “Sierra Burgess Is A Loser,” a feature film from Black Label Media. Ian Samuels directed the pic with Lindsey Beer penning the script. The movie stars “Stranger Things” actress Shannon Purser, RJ Cyler, Kristine Froseth, Noah Centineo, Chrissy Metz, Alan Ruck, and Lea Thompson. The film is a modern... Read More
BENECIO DEL TORO RETURNS IN FIRST SICARIO 2: SOLDADO TRAILER
NICK ROMANO December 19, 2017 AT 09:00 AM EST Josh Brolin has called Sicario 2: Soldado, the sequel to 2015’s Sicario, a “more severe” and “much bigger” film than the first. Benicio Del Toro would just add that while Sicario was more of a “really hardcore straight line,” this one “is a little more complicated.”... Read More
WATCH THE EXCLUSIVE FIRST TRAILER FOR CHRIS HEMSWORTH’S ’12 STRONG’
By Bryan Alexander Even Chris Hemsworth, who makes a living as a cape-wearing, hammer-wielding demigod, concedes that the image of a modern military leader rolling into battle on horseback makes for a curious spectacle. “That absolutely got my attention, the visual uniqueness of this warfare,” says Hemsworth of the Afghanistan war drama 12 Strong (in... Read More