Stan Lee’s iconic superhero creations have inspired and captivated billions around the globe, and in an announcement that is sure to excite superhero fans worldwide, acclaimed filmmaker John Woo revealed today that he will be producing a live-action adaptation of Stan Lee’s MONKEY MASTER, a superhero story that Lee created with his long-time collaborator Sharad … Read more
The Stay is Hollywood actor Scott Hamm’s directorial debut. The indie film is a combination of the everyday fused with the unexpected. Yet, there is suspense, confusion, fear, and a hearty feast of emotions for viewers to enjoy. The Stay is the first indie feature film that he has co-produced, directed, and co-written with his … Read more
TLG Motion Pictures (“Hoarders”), founded by American film and television producer Courtney LeMarco, announced today it will begin accepting submissions for The Big Pitch, a now national quarterly competition providing opportunity for Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) with strong interest in film, production, and content creation. Previously only open to aspiring BIPOC filmmakers in … Read more
The Film Detective (TFD), a classic media streaming network and film archive that restores and distributes classic films for today’s cord-cutters and is wholly owned by Cinedigm (NASDAQ: CIDM), is bringing some mania to its March lineup. Every Saturday on The Film Detective live channel, sports fans can tune in for wrestling matches from the … Read more
Bitcoin hedge fund talent Brandon Elsasser is also a debut author. His 2020 memoir Once More Without Feeling was recently optioned for production by storylab, a former Hollywood-based production company now in Chicago, and 10,001, a strategic design consultancy and content studio based in Los Angeles. Elsasser’s book has yielded a film project aptly entitled The Trade. The film was adapted by award-winning producer … Read more
The Film Detective (TFD), a classic media streaming network and film archive that restores and distributes classic films for today’s cord-cutters and is now wholly-owned by Cinedigm (NASDAQ: CIDM) is dedicating February to pioneering filmmakers and performers from the black community in honor of Black History Month. Featuring a different movie every night on The … Read more
Director, screenwriter, composer, and Northwestern University professor David E. Tolchinsky remembers reading an article in The New Yorker about psychiatrists in Chicago who had reinterpreted their patients’ dreams as memories of abuse. These psychiatrists were part of a short-lived movement called “memory recovery therapy.” The psychiatrists intentionally “implanted” memories of abuse in their patients. Meanwhile, the “recovered memories” caused trauma, … Read more
