Commercials house Park Pictures has unveiled a feature film unit, Park Pictures Features. Park Pictures’ Jackie Kelman Bisbee and Lance Acord are teaming with indie writer-producer-director Galt Niederhoffer and producer Sam Bisbee on the venture, which already is underway on its first project, Robot & Frank, which stars Frank Langella, Susan Sarandon, James Marsden, Liv Tyler, Jeremy Strong and Liev Schreiber. The family comedy, which centers on a curmudgeonly dad (Langella) whose kids install a robot as his caretaker, is shooting in New York. Jake Schreier is making his feature directorial debut; Niederhoffer, Bisbee, Kelman Bisbee and Acord are producing, and White Hat/TBB is exec producing. “Park is a company comprised of filmmakers, so as we grow and evolve it only makes sense to develop and produce their feature projects,” said Acord, a director of photography whose credits include Lost In Translation and Where the Wild Things Are. “Being a commercial production company, we have a unique opportunity to utilize our resources within the industry to economically and efficiently make longform films.” Park Pictures plans for two movies in the first year.


This film sounds like it got some of its DNA from the Japanese anime Roujin Z?, a 1991 Japanese anime film directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo and written by Katsuhiro Otomo (of Akira fame).
Good to see Niederhoffer back in the producing game. We need people like her funneling dumb money into the industry. Plum Pictures was to investors’ capital what black holes are to light.
Langella is the biggest asshole in the business.
Full disclosure: I improvised and acted in “Intolerable,” directed by the extraordinary Alison MacLean, and wrote and acted in “The New Tenants,” directed by Joachim Back. Both were among Park’s first non-commercial ventures. The former was very well-received and the latter was VERY well-received, going on to win the 2010 Oscar for Best Live Action Short. It’s incredibly exciting that Park is venturing further into the non-ad realm of production. There’s just a wealth of talent there waiting to be tapped.
exciting; I love that deadline attracts industry professional that actually comment on the pieces, keeps me coming back
interesting cast- langella and a robot sounds pretty hysterical actually. Big fan of lance acord too
I’ve always been a fan of many of the films that Galt has produced, loved Grace is Gone. Can’t wait to see what she delivers with this one!
I watched some of Jake Schrier’s stuff on the Park website and seems like he’s got a pretty unique sense of humor. could be really funny!
Actually a remake of a 2003 film, see imdb listing for this film.