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River Road Acquires ‘Fordlandia’ And Sets Ben Coccio To Write The Script

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday August 23, 2012 @ 12:59pm PDTTags: Bill Pohlad, River Road
Mike Fleming

River Road Entertainment has acquired the rights to Pulitzer Prize finalist Greg Grandin’s Fordlandia: The Rise And Fall Of Henry Ford’s Forgotten Jungle City. Screenwriter Ben Coccio, who most recently penned Derek Cianfrance’s The Place Beyond the Pines starring Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper, will write the script. River Road’s Bill Pohlad will produce.

The 2009 book was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. The film will be based on the experiences of the American men who carried out the imperialistic ambitions of Henry Ford to build a utopian American industrial town in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon. More than a cautionary tale of a tycoon’s ill-fated attempt to force order on nature, Fordlandia reasons that the forces of capitalism, once released, cannot be contained.

Christa Zofcin negotiated the deals on behalf of River Road. Author Greg Grandin is represented by APA and the Susan Rabiner Agency. Ben Coccio is represented by CAA and Media Talent Group.

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CANNES: Q&A With Bill Pohlad, Producer And Financier Of Terrence Malick’s ‘The Tree Of Life’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday May 16, 2011 @ 1:52am PDTTags: Bill Pohlad, Bob Berney, Brad Pitt, Cannes, Fox Searchlight, Jessica Chastain, River Road, Sean Penn, Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Mike Fleming

What a difference a year makes. On the eve of 2010 Cannes, Bill Pohlad’s plan to build Apparition into a powerhouse specialty film distributor was dashed by Bob Berney’s stunning decision to take an out in his contract, just as … Read More »

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Hot Trailer: ‘The Tree of Life’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday December 15, 2010 @ 4:07pm PSTTags: Bill Pohlad, Fox Searchlight, Movies, River Road, Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life, Trailers, Video
Mike Fleming

A new trailer is up for Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life, the passion project of Bill Pohlad’s River Road that will be distributed next year by Fox Searchlight.

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