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QED & Groundswell Productions Team For Bruce Lee Origin Movie

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday February 19, 2013 @ 11:21am PSTTags: BIrth of the Dragon, Bruce Lee, Groundswell Productions, QED International

QED International and Groundswell Productions have joined forces for Birth Of The Dragon, which will focus on Bruce Lee’s career-defining 1965 no-holds-barred TKO battle with kung fu master Wong Jack Man. Written by Oscar nominees Christopher Wilkinson and Stephen Rivele, the film focuses on the Oakland fight that launched Lee to martial arts stardom, which happened against the backdrop of the Hong Kong Triads’ criminal control of San Francisco’s Chinatown. The film will also detail a team-up between the two legends to take on the Triads. The fight with Jack Man was the last official one of Lee’s career before he headed into acting, competition and building his martial arts philosophy. “We’re excited to retell the fantastic origin story of the world’s most famous martial arts icon, which in the hands of Christopher and Stephen, lends itself to an action thriller we’re sure will enthrall movie fans around the world,” QED’s Bill Block said in a statement Tuesday. QED is financing the movie. The film will be produced by Block, Groundswell Productions CEO Michael London, Wilkinson and Rivele, and executive produced by Groundswell’s Kelly Mullen. Wilkinson and Rivele, who worked on Oliver Stone’s Nixon and Michael Mann’s Ali, also wrote the Mercury biopic about Queen frontman Freddie Mercury that Sasha Baron Cohen is set to star in for GK Films.

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HBO To Tell Timesman David Rohde’s Kidnap Tale ‘A Rope And A Prayer’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday December 5, 2011 @ 1:09pm PSTTags: Groundswell Productions, HBO Films, New York Times
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: HBO Films has hired war correspondent-turned-documentary filmmaker Greg Barker to helm A Rope And A Prayer, a film about the kidnapping by the Taliban of two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times foreign correspondent David Rohde. Rohde wrote the book … Read More »

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NBC Buys Legal Drama From ‘Outlaw Country’ Scribes, Producer Michael London

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday November 1, 2011 @ 12:32pm PDTTags: Groundswell Productions, Josh Goldin, Major Crimes, Michael London, NBC, Rachel Abramowitz, Sony Pictures TV
Nellie Andreeva

With their Nashville pilot Outlaw Country heating up for a series pickup at FX, Josh Goldin and Rachel Abramowitz have sold a second drama project to NBC. The legal … Read More »

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Indie Thriller ‘Captive’ Eyes Arnold Schwarzenegger For Lead

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday September 9, 2011 @ 12:40pm PDTTags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Furla, Groundswell Productions, Michael London, Nicolai Fuglsig, Randall Emmett
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Days after closing a deal for The Expendables 2, Arnold Schwarzenegger is in talks to star in Captive, an action thriller that is out to directors with the intention of shooting next year. Emmett/Furla Films is … Read More »

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Katie Jacobs To Direct Photographer’s Memoir ‘Double Take’ With Groundswell Productions

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday July 6, 2011 @ 3:43pm PDTTags: Groundswell Productions, House, Katie Jacobs

EXCLUSIVE: House executive producer Katie Jacobs is teaming with Groundswell Productions to adapt Kevin Michael Connolly’s memoir Double Take into a feature film. Jacobs plans to direct the movie, which is now out to writers. Michael London’s Groundswell is financing … Read More »

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Google Founders Will Get Film Treatment

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday August 19, 2010 @ 12:52pm PDTTags: Eric Schmidt Google, Facebook, Google, Groundswell Productions, Internet, Ken Auletta, Larry Page, Michael London, Sergey Brin, The Social Network
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: The founders of Facebook aren’t the only game-changing geeks poised to have their story told on a movie screen. Michael London’s Groundswell Productions has teamed with producer John Morris to acquire movie rights to the Ken Auletta book Googled: … Read More »

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