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James Frey’s Full Fathom Five Hires Todd Cohen As President Of Film And Television

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday April 4, 2012 @ 4:33pm PDTTags: James Frey
Nellie Andreeva

Best-selling author James Frey’s book-packaging company Full Fathom Five is looking to expand into movies, TV, and the digital space with the hire of Reveille executive Todd Cohen as President of Film and Television. Cohen will oversee the mining of the company’s catalog, shepherding the company’s current projects through development and production as well forging partnerships with outside producers. He will be based in Los Angeles, opening a West Coast office of the New York-based Full Fathom Five. Since its formation in 2010, Full Fathom Five has created over three dozen young-adult books, including the series I Am Number Four, which was adapted to the big screen. On the TV side, the company sold legal drama Legacy to CBS this past season. Cohen most recently served as VP of scripted television at Reveille, where he oversaw four pilots for the 2010/2011 season, including My Life As An Experiment (NBC), Tagged (FBC),  Awakening (The CW) and Shredd (Adult Swim).

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Legal Drama About Ex-U.S. President Lands At CBS With Penalty

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Sunday September 25, 2011 @ 6:00pm PDTTags: CBS, CBS TV Studios, DreamWorks TV, James Frey, Jonathan E. Steinberg
Nellie Andreeva

CBS has bought Legacy, a drama project from Jericho co-creator Jonathan E. Steinberg, DreamWorks TV and author James Frey’s book-packaging company Full Fathom Five. The project has received a script commitment plus penalty from the network and has been laid off at CBS TV Studios. It centers on a one-term president who goes back to work at his hometown law firm where he hand-picks the cases that really matter to him. Steinberg, who will write the script, is executive producing with Frey, Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank. Read More »

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Hollywood & Religion: More Controversy To Come If New Films Anger The Faithful

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Sunday April 24, 2011 @ 1:54pm PDTTags: Broadway, Filmmakers, Hollywood, James Frey, Matt Stone, Mel Gibson, Movies, Paul Thomas Anderson, Religion, The Book of Mormon, The Master, The Passion of the Christ, Trey Parker
Mike Fleming

Easter Sunday seems an appropriate time to focus on Hollywood’s treatment of the subject matter of religion. When it comes to making movies from various Biblical interpretations, conventional wisdom says stick close to scripture and the faithful will flock. Mel … Read More »

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DreamWorks Craft Racing Vehicle For Alex Pettyfer

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday December 17, 2010 @ 4:53pm PSTTags: Alex Pettyfer, DreamWorks, I Am Number Four, James Frey, Movie Deals, Movies
Mike Fleming

DreamWorks has big plans for Alex Pettyfer. He’s the star of I Am Number Four, the adaptation of the James Frey novel that is envisioned as the start of a film franchise when it’s released February 18. The studio has … Read More »

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