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Mandy Patinkin Joins Zach Braff’s Kickstarter Pic ‘Wish I Was Here’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday May 14, 2013 @ 1:10pm PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Mandy Patinkin, Wish I Was Here, Zach Braff

Homeland‘s Mandy Patinkin has signed on to Zach Braff’s Kickstarter pic Wish I Was Here. Braff announced the casting today on the film’s Kickstarter page where the film surpassed its initial $2 million goal in just four days. Braff directs and stars in the film which is based on an original screenplay he wrote with his brother, Adam Braff. Stacey Sher and Michael Shamberg (Django Unchained, Contagion, Garden State, Erin Brockovich, Pulp Fiction) are producing through their company Double Feature Films. Wish I Was Here tells the story of Aidan Bloom (Braff), a struggling actor, father and husband who at 35, is still trying to find his identity; a purpose for his life. He and his wife are barely getting by financially and Aidan passes his time by fantasizing about being the great futuristic Space-Knight he’d always dreamed he’d be as a little kid. Patinkin will play Braff’s character’s father. His feature film credits include Yentl, The Princess Bride, Everybody’s Hero, Pinero, Lulu On The Bridge, Ragtime and Dick Tracy. Patinkin is repped by ICM Partners. READ MORE »

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“Who Is Kickstarter For?”: Crowdfunding Site’s Founders Go On The Offensive

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday May 9, 2013 @ 9:34pm PDTTags: Kickstarter, Veronica Mars, Zach Braff

A day after video surfaced of Zach Braff discussing why he loves Kickstarter and used it to finance his next project, the founders of the crowdfunding site posted a missive whose title asked a … Read More »

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UPDATE: Zach Braff’s ‘Wish I Was Here’ Kickstarter Hits $2 Million Goal In 3 Days

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Saturday April 27, 2013 @ 12:15pm PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Kickstarter, Stacey Sher, Wish I Was Here, Zach Braff
Mike Fleming

3RD UPDATE, SATURDAY: Reaching $2M today Zach Braff just scored the second major Kickstarter success in recent months, with 26 days to go.

2ND UPDATE, FRIDAY AM: The prognosticators who’ve been telling me that Kickstarter is a game-changing enterprise for movies, are proving to be so Kreskin-like, I will next challenge them to bend spoons with their brains (dated reference). Just a couple days into his attempt to raise $2 million to finance his film Wish I Was Here, Braff is already up to $1,766,130 and counting, from 25,245 people who’ve committed cash for a variety of tchotchkes. The game plan was to use Kickstarter funding, and foreign sales, to raise the $5 million needed to make the movie. Braff, producers Stacey Sher and Michael Shamberg planned to work practically free, upfront. At this rate, Braff will reach his funding goal by the weekend. And with 28 days to go, they’ll likely wind up with enough dough to fund the whole movie without making pre-sales, and maybe enough to pay participants a little bit. This is startling, that so many people are betting on a filmmaker, and not donating because they just want to see a movie version of a favorite TV show like Veronica Mars.
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ABC Buys Zach Braff Ensemble Comedy

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday October 24, 2012 @ 3:43pm PDTTags: ABC, Big Deals TV, Zach Braff
Nellie Andreeva

Zach Braff Garage Bar Series ABCEXCLUSIVE: Scrubs star Zach Braff is returning to the single-camera comedy series arena, this time as a writer-director. After fielding interest from multiple networks, half-hour Garage Bar, from Braff and 20th Century Fox … Read More »

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Zach Braff Takes His Play ‘All New People’ To UK — This Time He’ll Star In It

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday November 28, 2011 @ 11:59am PSTTags: Sam Raimi, Zach Braff
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Zach Braff, whose play All New People premiered last summer at The Second Stage Theatre in New York, is bringing the comedy for a 10-week run at London’s Duke of York Theatre starting February 22. This time, Braff will … Read More »

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Zach Braff Joins ‘Oz: The Great & Powerful’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday May 26, 2011 @ 6:43pm PDTTags: David Lindsay-Abaire, James Franco, Joe Roth, Michelle Williams, Mila Kunis, Oz: The Great and Powerful, Rachel Weisz, Sam Raimi, Zach Braff
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Zach Braff is in final talks to join Disney’s Oz: The Great and Powerful, the Sam Raimi-directed film for Disney. Braff will play the role of Frank, the loyal but under-appreciated assistant to Oz (James Franco), a charismatic circus … Read More »

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Tribeca Doubling Annual Output To 26 Films

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday February 28, 2011 @ 8:14am PSTTags: Movies, Tribeca Film, Vincent Gallo, Zach Braff

New York, NY February 28, 2011 – Tribeca Enterprises today announced that Tribeca Film will expand to commercially release 26 films over the next year, more than double the number of titles released in 2010. The comprehensive distribution label for independent film also announced that it acquired U.S. rights to nine new titles to be released across multiple platforms. The curated selection of films includes many genres and features stars including Zach Braff, Vincent Gallo and Zoe Kravitz and filmmakers such as Peter Mullan, Jerzy Skolimowski and Vincent D’Onofrio.

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Zach Braff Signs With Management 360

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday February 11, 2011 @ 5:26pm PSTTags: Management 360, Managers, Zach Braff
Mike Fleming

Zach Braff has signed with Management 360. Braff, who continues to be repped by CAA, most recently rewrote to direct Swingles, the comedy that is produced by Brad Weston and Kevin Misher that seems poised to come out of Paramount. … Read More »

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