101 Films International has picked up worldwide sales rights on Western thriller Corsicana, written, directed by and starring Isaiah Washington.
The completed film stars Washington as deputy US marshal Bass Reeves, a real-life Black cowboy tracking a gang of killers to an oil-rich Texas town.
Robert Johnson co-wrote the film with Washington, with Noel Gugliemi and Lew Temple also on the cast of the US title.
Producers are Washington, Johnson, Ryan DeLaney and Amber McNutt; UK-based 101 is launching sales at the Cannes market.
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The completed film stars Washington as deputy US marshal Bass Reeves, a real-life Black cowboy tracking a gang of killers to an oil-rich Texas town.
Robert Johnson co-wrote the film with Washington, with Noel Gugliemi and Lew Temple also on the cast of the US title.
Producers are Washington, Johnson, Ryan DeLaney and Amber McNutt; UK-based 101 is launching sales at the Cannes market.
Martin Scorsese voices support for Ukraine, freedom of speech at Cannes 2023...
- 22/05/2023
- par Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Grey’s Anatomy actor Isaiah Washington has announced his “early retirement” from acting due to “the haters”.
The ator, who played Dr Preston Burke in the medical drama’s first three seasons, revealed the news in a statement shared on his Twitter page.
Washington was fired from the show in June 2007 after using a gay slur against co-star Tr Knight.
In a statement at the time, he said: “I can neither defend nor explain my behaviour. I can also no longer deny to myself that there are issues I obviously need to examine within my own soul, and I’ve asked for help.”
The actor has been vocal about his dismissal from the series, expressing surprise at his firing as he “did everything that the producers and the network asked me to do”.
In 2014, he told I Am Entertainment magazine: “I don’t worry about whether or not the stories I...
The ator, who played Dr Preston Burke in the medical drama’s first three seasons, revealed the news in a statement shared on his Twitter page.
Washington was fired from the show in June 2007 after using a gay slur against co-star Tr Knight.
In a statement at the time, he said: “I can neither defend nor explain my behaviour. I can also no longer deny to myself that there are issues I obviously need to examine within my own soul, and I’ve asked for help.”
The actor has been vocal about his dismissal from the series, expressing surprise at his firing as he “did everything that the producers and the network asked me to do”.
In 2014, he told I Am Entertainment magazine: “I don’t worry about whether or not the stories I...
- 04/03/2023
- par Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
You can't say that Isaiah Washington doesn't know how to command attention.
The one-time Grey's Anatomy star took to social media this week with a striking message:
He's retiring from the entertainment industry.
A few days later, however?
The star said he will return to acting if fans help fund his next movie.
"It is with a heavy heart and a sense of relief that I am announcing my early retirement from the entertainment industry today," Washington wrote the initial tweet on Tuesday.
"Those who have been Following/Witnessing my journey here on T---ter since 2011 all know that I have fought the good fight, but it seems that the haters, provocateurs and the Useful Idiots have won," he elaborated.
"I'm no longer interested in the back and forth regarding a 'color construct' that keeps us human beings divided nor am I interested in politics or anything vitriolic."
As for the...
The one-time Grey's Anatomy star took to social media this week with a striking message:
He's retiring from the entertainment industry.
A few days later, however?
The star said he will return to acting if fans help fund his next movie.
"It is with a heavy heart and a sense of relief that I am announcing my early retirement from the entertainment industry today," Washington wrote the initial tweet on Tuesday.
"Those who have been Following/Witnessing my journey here on T---ter since 2011 all know that I have fought the good fight, but it seems that the haters, provocateurs and the Useful Idiots have won," he elaborated.
"I'm no longer interested in the back and forth regarding a 'color construct' that keeps us human beings divided nor am I interested in politics or anything vitriolic."
As for the...
- 03/03/2023
- par Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
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