Cross Creek And Hammer Films Acquire ‘Boneshaker’ For Feature

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday November 30, 2011 @ 10:11am PST
Mike Fleming

Los Angeles, CA – November 30, 2011 – Brian Oliver, President of Cross Creek Pictures, Simon Oakes, Vice-Chairman of Exclusive Media Group and President & CEO of Hammer Films and Guy East and Nigel Sinclair, Co-Chairmen of Exclusive Media Group (“Exclusive”) announced today that Hammer has acquired the rights to the novel “Boneshaker” by Cherie Priest for adaptation to the big screen. Project will be co-produced by Hammer and Cross Creek Pictures and co-financed by Exclusive and Cross Creek Pictures.

John Hilary Shepherd, a 2010 WGA Award nominee for his work on the first season of the Showtime series, “Nurse Jackie,” is writing the screenplay. Tobin Armbrust, Head of Production is overseeing the project’s development for Hammer Films. READ MORE »

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SXSW: Gridiron Documentary ‘Undefeated’ Scores Big Weinstein Company Deal

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday March 14, 2011 @ 1:27pm PDT
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: After an all-night auction, The Weinstein Company   closed a seven-figure deal for distribution and remake rights to Undefeated, a high school gridiron documentary that made its  premiere Sunday night at South by Southwest at 9:45 PM. Buyers began huddling … Read More »

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George Clooney Solidifies Funding For Political Drama ‘The Ides Of March’

Mike Fleming

BREAKING: Exclusive Media Group chairman Guy East and Nigel Sinclair are teaming with Cross Creek Pictures president Brian Oliver to finance The Ides of March, the drama that is based on the Beau Willimon Broadway play Farragut North. George Clooney, … Read More »

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