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‘BROKEN DIAMONDS’ REVIEW: BEN PLATT SHINES AGAIN, BUT WATCH OUT FOR LOLA KIRKE

July 22, 2021

By Pete Hammond July 20, 2021 4:15pm If there was any question Ben Platt is the real deal, the Dear Evan Hansen Tony winner and star of Netflix’s quirky The Politician, proves he has the acting chops to stand next to the best of his generation in the new indie dramedy, Broken Diamonds. In the... Read More

KRISTIN CHENOWETH, JANE LYNCH & HEATHER MORRIS TO STAR IN DARK COMEDY PODCAST ‘THE BYSTANDERS’ FOR BLACK LABEL MEDIA AND THE BLEAV PODCAST NETWORK

May 17, 2021

By Justin Kroll Senior Film Reporter May 17, 2021 11:30am EXCLUSIVE: The Bleav Podcast Network is launching the new dark comedy podcast The Bystanders starring Jane Lynch and Emmy and Tony Winner Kristin Chenoweth. It will also mark the first scripted podcast from Black Label Media. Heather Morris will also co-star and produce the show... Read More

‘CODA’ FILMMAKER SIAN HEDER TO DIRECT & ADAPT SARAH LOTZ NOVEL ‘IMPOSSIBLE’

April 29, 2021

By Anthony D’Alessandro April 29, 2021 12:15pm Filmmaker Siân Heder, whose Sundance hit CODA was recently sold to Apple for a festival record of $25M, is set to direct and write a feature take of Sarah Lotz’s upcoming 2022 novel Impossible. The Penguin Group Berkley Books novel tells the story of Nick, a ghostwriter who... Read More

BLACK LABEL MEDIA DRAMA ‘BROKEN DIAMONDS,’ WITH BEN PLATTE & LOLA KIRKE, GETS WORLDWIDE DEAL

April 16, 2021

By Andreas Wiseman International Editor March 31, 2021 9:20am EXCLUSIVE: New York-based firm FilmRise has picked up global distribution rights to drama Broken Diamonds, starring Tony and Grammy-winner Benjamin Platt (Dear Evan Hansen), Lola Kirke (Mozart In The Jungle) and Yvette Nicole Brown (Community). Produced by La La Land and Sicario backers Black Label Media,... Read More

TAKING FLIGHT: THE STORY BEHIND WAR EPIC ‘DEVOTION’ AND ITS LITTLE-KNOWN AMERICAN HEROES

February 1, 2021

By Andreas Wiseman February 1, 2021 7:36am Five years ago, filmmaker J.D. Dillard launched his debut movie, the low-budget sci-fi-thriller Sleight, at the Sundance Film Festival. Five years before that, he had been working on the reception desk at Bad Robot. Dillard’s star has been on the rise ever-since and today the 32-year old filmmaker... Read More

‘TOP GUN: MAVERICK’ AERIAL DUO AMONG CREW SET FOR FIGHTER PILOT PIC ‘DEVOTION’

January 22, 2021

By Andreas Wiseman January 21, 2021 8:15am EXCLUSIVE: Top Gun: Maverick aerial DoP Michael FitzMaurice and Aerial Coordinator/Helicopter Camera Pilot Kevin LaRosa Jr are among the crew aboard for fighter pilot movie Devotion, which gets underway next month in Savannah, Georgia. Sought after pilot LaRosa has worked on a string of blockbusters including Spider Man:... Read More

JOE JONAS & THOMAS SADOSKI JOIN BIG-BUDGET WAR MOVIE ‘DEVOTION’ ALONGSIDE JONATHAN MAJORS, GLEN POWELL & CHRISTINA JACKSON

January 12, 2021

By Andreas Wiseman January 12, 2021 11:15am EXCLUSIVE: Here’s some hot casting. Joe Jonas and Thomas Sadoski (John Wick) are joining the cast of big-budget war movie Devotion, which is due to get underway next month in the state of Georgia. We brought you news earlier today that The Good Fight and Outsiders actress Christina... Read More

‘DEVOTION’: CHRISTINA JACKSON CAST AS FEMALE LEAD IN BIG-BUDGET WAR MOVIE FROM ‘SICARIO’ & ‘LA LA LAND’ BACKERS BLACK LABEL

January 12, 2021

By Andreas Wiseman January 12, 2021 8:36am EXCLUSIVE: The Good Fight and Outsiders actress Christina Jackson has been cast as the female lead in big-budget war movie Devotion, which is due to get underway next month in the state of Georgia. Sony pre-bought domestic last fall on JD Dillard’s (Sweetheart) Korean war pic, which will... Read More

BENICIO DEL TORO WILL EXECUTIVE PRODUCE, STAR IN ‘REPTILE,’ DIRECTORIAL DEBUT FROM MUSIC VIDEO HELMER GRANT SINGER

December 14, 2020

By Matt Donnelly Benicio Del Toro has joined the feature film “Reptile” as star and executive producer, Variety has learned exclusively. The Black Label Media project will also mark the feature directorial debut of Grant Singer, the prolific music video director whose collaborators include The Weeknd and Taylor Swift. Del Toro will play Nichols, a hardened New England detective unflinching... Read More

SONY PRE-BUYS DOMESTIC ON KOREAN WAR PIC ‘DEVOTION’ WITH JONATHAN MAJORS & GLEN POWELL, STX BOARDS INT’L

September 4, 2020

By Andreas Wiseman International Editor September 4, 2020 10:00am Sony has pre-bought domestic on JD Dillard’s (Sweetheart) Korean war pic Devotion, which is set to star Jonathan Majors (Da 5 Bloods) and Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick). STX has come aboard for international sales ahead of the TIFF market and will distribute in UK and... Read More

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