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There are some movies that are so bad that even a cast led by two Hollywood veterans cannot manage to avoid a deadly critical review score. Life on the Line is exactly that kind of movie, but that hasn’t stopped it landing the #1 spot on Tubi this weekend with its true story about the work of electrical linemen attempting to battle the elements during a deadly storm.

Released in 2015, the disaster movie – in all senses of the term – is headed up by John Travolta, who has seen a career filled with incredible highs and some catastrophic lows, with strong support from Sharon Stone, Kate Bosworth, and Devon Sawa. Travolta plays lineman Beau Ginner, who has dedicated his life to maintaining the electrical grid of a Texan town. For those who need the synopsis – brace yourself for this detailed official story description – it reads:

“A Texas lineman and his crew...

After starring alongside Will Smith in one of the summer’s biggest blockbusters, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Martin Lawrence is ready to the spotlight with another of his classic characters to give fans of his comedy stylings a shot of nostalgia. Prepare yourselves for a Martin prequel series! Say it with me. Damn, Gina!

Young Martin is an hour-long drama series from Martin Lawrence through his production company RunTelDat and Marvin Peart’s WonderHill Studios. According to Deadline, Young Martin is a “contemporary origin story centering on Martin Payne, a charismatic teenager navigating the complexities of transitioning from youth to adulthood. It reimagines the character played by Lawrence on Martin, paying homage to the original show, which aired on Fox from 1992-97.”

“Out of all the hit shows during the 90’s, there was only one Martin — a show that defined culture and positivity. Martin reflected a real group of...

Martin Lawrence may have taken notice of the success of the Big Bang Theory spinoff series Young Sheldon. The Bad Boys: Ride or Die star is bringing back his own sitcom in a similar manner, and it will even be called Young Martin.

Per Deadline, Lawrence and his production company, RunTelDat, are teaming up with Marvin Peart's WonderHill Studios for Young Martin. Unlike the original Martin, however, Young Martin won't be a traditional sitcom. The prequel will be a drama series with hour-long episodes, following a teenage Martin Payne as he navigates "the complexities of transitioning from youth to adulthood."

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A new report confirms how much Bad Boys: Ride or Die stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence received for starring in the hit sequel.

The new show will be set in modern-day Detroit, with teen Martin's journey described as "characterized by ambition,...

Exclusive: The Martin cast reunion was a highlight of this year’s Emmy Awards, tapping into nostalgia to bring the 90s sitcom back into the pop culture conversation. The beloved comedy is now looking for a more permanent return with Young Martin, a new hourlong drama series from Martin Lawrence and his production company, RunTelDat, in collaboration with Marvin Peart’s WonderHill Studios.

The hourlong Young Martin is contemporary origin story centering on Martin Payne, a charismatic teenager navigating the complexities of transitioning from youth to adulthood. It reimagines the character played by Lawrence on Martin, paying homage to the original show, which aired on Fox from 1992-97.

Young Martin‘s dramatic bent resembles the route another signature 1990s sitcom, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, starring Lawrence’s Bad Boys co-lead Will Smith, took with Bel-Air, executive produced by Smith.

Executive producing Young Martin are Lawrence, Rae Proctor, Robert Lawrence...

Less than a year after announcing dual leadership at the production and distribution venture WonderHill Studios, veteran producers Bob Yari and Marvin Peart are parting ways.

The pair will disband as co-CEOs of the company, though Yari will remain an investor. The split is amicable, individuals familiar with the company said, and the men feel more comfortable moving forward with their own distinct visions. Peart will stay on as WonderHill CEO and oversee day-to-day operations moving forward.

Yari has formed a new production and releasing engine called Magenta Light Studios. His goal is to release three to five films per year in theaters. Both companies are presently active in the acquisitions space, a market perpetually in need of independent players that can compete with streaming giants and legacy studios.

Yari is best known for producing the 2004 drama “Crash,” which took the Academy Award for best picture. His credits include early-aughts...

Exclusive: Bob Yari, producer of Oscar winner Crash and exec producer on TV series including Yellowstone and The Mayor Of Kingstown, and his WonderHill Studios partner Marvin Peart (The War With Grandpa), are teaming up with the Georgian government and Eastern European and Central Asian investment firm Silk Road Group in a bid to grow the number of Hollywood film and TV productions filming in Georgia.

With direct support from the Georgian government, WonderHill and Silk Road have launched film production and financing Jv WonderSilk Studios (Wss), which is also aiming to accelerate local productions.

The aim is to forge public and private partnerships with the government and large companies in Georgia and the region. Wss wants to help pave the way for Hollywood studios and indie film producers to tap into local sites, tax credits (the country has a 20-25% rebate), studios, personnel and talent. To date, Georgia has...

The 76th annual Tony Awards were handed out Sunday night.

Kimberly Akimbo won best musical, Leopoldstadt was named best play, Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog won best revival of a play, and Parade won best revival of a musical.

In the lead acting categories, Jodie Comer won best performance by an actress in a play for Prima Facie, while openly nonbinary actor J. Harrison Ghee made history (along with Alex Newell) for winning best performance by an actor in a musical for Some Like It Hot. Sean Hayes won best actor in a play for Good Night, Oscar, while Victoria Clark won best actress in a musical for Kimberly Akimbo.

Oscar winner and Tony nominee Ariana DeBose returned to host the ceremony, which this year moved to the new location of the United Palace in New York City’s Washington Heights. See the red carpet arrivals here.

The show was split into two parts,...

Some Like It Hot, the musical comedy based on the classic MGM film, topped the Tony Awards nominations list with 13 nods.

The musical, which features a score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, was nominated for best musical, best original score, best book of a musical (written by Matthew López & Amber Ruffin) and best direction of a musical, as well as in the acting categories, with nominations for both Christian Borle and J. Harrison Ghee in the category of best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical and for Kevin Del Aguila and NaTasha Yvette Williams in the featured roles categories.

The plot, which has been revised from the 1959 film, sees two struggling jazz musicians, Borle and Ghee, on the run after witnessing a mob hit. The two disguise themselves within an all-female band and, as they travel across the country, they explore their own identities,...

Refresh For Udpates: The nominations for the 76th Annual Tony Awards will be announced on CBS Mornings today by Funny Girl star Lea Michele and Mj‘s Tony Award winner Myles Frost. The complete list of nominations will be posted here at 9:10 a.m. Et./6 a.m. Pt.

The nominations announced so far:

Best Musical

& Juliet

Producers: Max Martin & Tim Headington, Theresa Steele Page, Jenny Petersson, Martin Dodd, Eva Price, Lukasz Gottwald, 42nd.club, Independent Presenters Network, Jack Lane, Library Company, Shellback, Shivhans Pictures, Sing Out, Louise!, Kim Szarzynski, Taylor/Riegler, Tenenbaum/Keyes, Barry Weiss, John Gore Organization

Kimberly Akimbo

Producers: David Stone, Atlantic Theater Company, James L. Nederlander, Lachanze, John Gore, Patrick Catullo, Aaron Glick

New York, New York

Producers: Sonia Friedman Productions, Tom Kirdahy, Wendy Federman & Heni Koenigsberg, Crossroads Live, Playing Field, Stephanie P. McClelland, Ambassador Theatre Group, Waiting in the Wings Productions, Colin Callender, Gilbert and DeeDee Garcia/Sue Vaccaro,...

Bob Yari and Marvin Peart’s new content venture WonderHill Studios has named four key executives to bolster operations, Variety can report exclusively.

Joining Oscar winner Yari and Peart are executives including The Weinstein Company veteran Laurent Ouaknine as president of distribution; David McPherson as president of music and VP of alternative TV; former Solstice Studios CFO Shaun Williams in the same role; and Cj Vranca as executive vice president of business and legal affairs.

“This incredibly talented team has invaluable experience and are key pillars to what we are building at WonderHill Studios,” said Yari and Peart. “We look forward to sharing our team’s strategic initiatives as we collaborate and grow our upcoming versatile slate within film and television.”

Ouaknine has over two decades experience in the distribution game, having generated over $2.5 billion in domestic box office on titles that earned 70 Academy Award nominations. At TWC, he worked on films including “Inglorious Basterds,...

Exclusive: Steve Small and Gwen Osborne have today announced the launch of Convergence Entertainment Group, their new film production and financing company based in Los Angeles.

Convergence will operate as an independent studio, developing, financing and producing features for theatrical, broadcast and streaming markets. The company will utilize private equity funding to acquire top-level material and package projects with respected actors and filmmakers.

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Convergence plans to produce around half a dozen theatrical features per year for now, with hopes to expand its volume of production and financing as it continues to reach its growth objectives.

“Convergence aims to create a filmmaker and talent-friendly studio where...

Billionaire sold Marvel to Disney for $4bn in 2009.

Ike Perlmutter, the billionaire chairman of Marvel Entertainment, has been laid off and the unit has been absorbed into the Disney fold amid ongoing cost-cutting and structural changes.

Marvel Entertainment, which is not part of the storied Marvel Studios hit factory run by Kevin Feige, has essentially operated as a comic book publisher and merchandise play in recent years.

Perlmutter is a substantial Disney shareholder and has had a challenging relationship with Iger, who returned as CEO late last year. Perlmutter backed a bid by activist shareholder Nelson Peltz to secure a seat on the board,...

Company will have production, US distribution, acquisition, international sales components.

Entertainment industry veterans Bob Yari and Marvin Peart have launched film and television production and distribution company WonderHill Studios.

The co-founders and co-ceo’s – who launched 101 Studios together – will focus on production, US distribution, acquisitions, and international sales, with an emphasis on diversity.

Project announcements and executive hires are expected to follow in coming weeks and months.

“WonderHill Studios is eager to fill a crucial hole within the theatrical and television space, while also focusing on diversity in cinema and television in front and behind the camera,” said Yari.

Veteran film producer Bob Yari (“Crash”) and music executive turned content maker Marvin Peart have formed WonderHill Studios, a film and production entity that will also offer independent theatrical distribtuion.

Yari and Peat privately raised equity for the new company, for which they will serve as co-founders and co-CEOs. The label will also dabble in film acquisitions and rights sales to foreign territories.

“WonderHill Studios is eager to fill a crucial hole within the theatrical and television space, while also focusing on diversity in cinema and television in front and behind the camera. We are dedicated to building a diverse C-suite, and delivering quality independent films to the theatrical marketplace,” Yari said.

Peart highlighted the “the incredibly experienced and creative team we are building, we are optimistic and excited for the future of this company focusing on bringing fresh and groundbreaking television to viewers, as well driving audiences of all...

Veteran film financiers and producers Bob Yari and Marvin Peart have partnered to launch WonderHill Studios as co-founders and co-CEOs.

With an announcement timed for the Cannes Film Festival, the film and TV production and distribution company will seek out a lane in the indie theatrical space by producing film and TV content and pursuing domestic film distribution, acquisitions and foreign sales.

“WonderHill Studios is eager to fill a crucial hole within the theatrical and television space, while also focusing on diversity in cinema and television in front and behind the camera. We are dedicated to building a diverse C-suite, and delivering quality independent films to the theatrical marketplace,” said Yari in a statement on Wednesday.

Yari earned a best picture Oscar in 2006 for Crash, but soon afterwards got bogged down in legal woes amidst battles with creditors and litigation with industry creatives. His other film credits include The Illusionist,...

Bob Yari and Marvin Peart have today announced the launch of WonderHill Studios, a new production and distribution company that will operate in the independent space, focusing on film and television production, domestic film distribution, acquisitions and foreign sales.

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The pair of veteran producers and media executives will run WonderHill as Co-Founders and Co-CEOs, prioritizing the development of a versatile slate and the theatrical route for features, as they look to bolster diversity both in media and in the C-suite.

Collectively producing a diversified collection of over 50 films and TV series to date, Yari and Peart are co-founders...

Marvin Peart has finished his lawsuit against Lantern Capital Partners after the Texas-based private equity firm agreed to compensate him for his role in the $270 million buyout of Weinstein Co. assets more than three years ago. The parties have filed a notice of settlement in Los Angeles Superior Court.

Peart, a financier and producer (Mob Wives, The War with Grandpa), attempted to find a buyer when the Harvey Weinstein scandal sent The Weinstein Company into a tailspin. Peart reached out to Lantern but was later cut out of any financial participation. In his lawsuit, he alleged being promised in writing a 3 ...

Marvin Peart has finished his lawsuit against Lantern Capital Partners after the Texas-based private equity firm agreed to compensate him for his role in the $270 million buyout of Weinstein Co. assets more than three years ago. The parties have filed a notice of settlement in Los Angeles Superior Court.

Peart, a financier and producer (Mob Wives, The War with Grandpa), attempted to find a buyer when the Harvey Weinstein scandal sent The Weinstein Company into a tailspin. Peart reached out to Lantern but was later cut out of any financial participation. In his lawsuit, he alleged being promised in writing a 3 ...

Update, 4:52 Pm: After almost three years, Marvin Peart’s multi-million dollar lawsuit over the acquisition of The Weinstein Company’s assets now has a trial date.

Originally looking for $110 million, the Mob Wives executive producer looks set to face off with Lantern Capitol Partners on December 1 in Los Angeles Superior Court, according to a recent notice from Judge Robert Broadbelt III. Unless of course Peart and his Marro Media shingle reach a settlement with the Texas-based private equity firm beforehand.

Regardless, in the diseased leg hold trap that has become almost everything to do with the incarcerated Harvey Weinstein, his alleged and trial proven abuses, and the ragged remnants of the Oscar nominations factory the producer and his brother Bob had in TWC, it’s not that quite straightforward – even for this particular convoluted portion of the saga. Yes, Peart was successfully last month in getting most of the...

Spyglass Media is now facing the prospect of explaining at trial its moves three years ago when it bought most of The Weinstein Company’s assets out of bankruptcy for about $270 million. The company — formerly known as Lantern Entertainment — is being pursued by Marvin Peart, who alleges that this huge transaction entitles him to a percentage. On May 25, a Los Angeles judge ruled Peart’s contract claims couldn’t be decided on summary judgment, setting up a potential trial with tens of millions on the line.

Peart, a financier and producer (Mob Wives, The War with Grandpa), stepped ...

Lantern Capital Partners is now facing the prospect of explaining at trial its moves three years ago when it maneuvered to buy most of The Weinstein Company’s assets out of bankruptcy for about $270 million. The Texas-based private equity firm — which then spun out Lantern Entertainment, which became Spyglass Media — is being pursued by Marvin Peart, who alleges that the huge Weinstein transaction entitles him to a percentage. On May 25, a Los Angeles judge ruled Peart’s contract claims couldn’t be decided on summary judgment, setting up a potential trial with tens of millions on the ...

Exclusive: It’s been said that some movies aren’t necessarily born, rather they fight their way to life.

A lot of that responsibility falls on the shoulders of a film’s producer, who well after the cameras have turned off, and the set striked, sees a movie through to its endgame. That person in the case of 101 Studios and Brookdale Studios’ family comedy The War With Grandpa was Marvin Peart, who made certain that the movie, first pitched to him by his young son Tre Peart, would be realized on the big screen — and a pandemic nor a studio going out of business wasn’t going to stop it.

The War With Grandpa is expected to hit an interesting milestone at the domestic box office, crossing $20M ultimately fueled by the Thanksgiving holiday stretch. With the threshold of success being different for movies during the pandemic with the second largest exhibitor Regal closed,...

After five weekends atop a pandemic-drained box office, “Tenet” has ceded the No. 1 spot to 101 Studios’ “The War With Grandpa,” an indie family film starring Robert De Niro that is serving as a trial balloon of sorts for the genre.

Released on 2,250 screens, “The War With Grandpa” took in $3.6 million in its opening weekend for a per-theater average of $1,604. “Tenet,” in its sixth weekend, took in $2.1 million from 2,215 locations to bring its total to $48.3 million domestically and $323.3 million worldwide. Among holdovers, Solstice’s “Unhinged” is approaching the $20 million mark after eight weekends, while Open Road’s “After We Collided” has grossed $42.3 million globally.

“The War With Grandpa” was one of the films that began development under The Weinstein Company and was reclaimed by the producers after the studio went bankrupt. 101 Studios, co-founded by the film’s producer Marvin Peart, acquired distribution rights to the film this past June. The...

2nd Update Sunday Am final: 101 Studios’ War With Grandpa has ended Tenet‘s domestic marathon run, beating the Christopher Nolan movie in its 7th weekend, $3.6M to $2.1M. Tenet currently stands at $48.3M stateside, $323.3M WW. Tenet stateside is booked at 2,215 theaters.

War With Grandpa grossed $1.1M on Friday and $1.5M on Saturday, a 38% surge, and is expected to bring in $988K today. This is in a US marketplace that’s still 16% closed, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York state, and parts of Canada. And let’s not forget that only seven California theaters in Regal’s national 536 location count are open.

“Really pleased that 101 Studios was able to offer audiences a comedy that is bringing the whole family back to theaters” said Laurent Ouaknine, president, distribution of 101 Studios.

A big alert to the major motion picture studios out there: It’s important to note here that of...

The first trailer for The War with Grandpa is here. 101 Studios scooped up the rights to the movie back in June in a deal with Brookdale Studios. They intend to give Robert De Niro's latest a theatrical release this fall, making it one of the early wide-release movies to help theaters potentially draw in audiences after the months-long shutdown. In this case, De Niro is exercising his comedy chops in a family-friendly comedy that pits the legendary actor against a grade-schooler.

We start off with Robert De Niro struggling with a self-checkout machine at the grocery store, which leads to some trouble. To keep him out of trouble, his daughter offers to let him stay at her home with the rest of his family. Unfortunately, his grandson has to give up his room. This is the genesis of the war promised by the title. The two end up...

Updated, 10:15 Am: 101 Studios is moving The War with Grandpa to Oct. 9. The Robert De Niro family comedy moves off the Sept. 18 weekend, where it was against Disney/20th Century Studios’ The King’s Man and to a weekend where there aren’t any wide releases. Given how movie theaters are reopening with auditorium capacity restrictions, few titles will be occupying the majority space of a multiplex in the near future. Still Tbd in regards to when California and New York reopen. As we reported yesterday, Canada is underway on Friday with Paramount’s SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, Vvs/Solstice Studios’ Unhinged and Warner Bros.’ tenth anniversary re-release of Inception.

Watch the first trailer for The War with Grandpa here.

Previously, June 29: 101 Studios will release the Robert De Niro family comedy The War With Grandpa on Sept. 18 wide in conjunction with financier Brookdale Studios.

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101 Studios has picked up the domestic rights to release “The War With Grandpa,” the family comedy starring Robert De Niro, this fall, the studio announced Monday.

“The War With Grandpa” stars De Niro alongside Oakes Fegley in a film from director Tim Hill (“The Spongebob Movie: Sponge on the Run”), and it will open theatrically on September 18, 2020.

The movie is based on Robert Kimmel Smith’s popular children’s fiction novel of the same name and it’s the story of a grandfather and grandson who were once close but come to butt heads once grandpa moves in and has to share a bedroom with his grandson. The boy will stop at nothing to get his room back, scheming with friends to devise a series of pranks in order to drive his grandpa out, only for his grandfather to respond in all out war.

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Film production company 101 Studios, launched in January by former Weinstein Company executive David Glasser, announced additions to its executive leadership team on Friday.

Former New Line executive Michele Newman will serve as the company’s executive vice president of finance and strategy; overseeing financing, strategic planning, business development and the company’s operations.

Glasser tapped a pair of former TWC executives in Laurent Ouaknine, who will serve as 101 Studios’ head of U.S. distribution, and Ennis Hensley, who will join as head of international sales and distribution.

Also Read: Former Weinstein Exec David Glasser Launches New Production Company 101 Studios

Ouaknine, who was president of distribution at TWC, will be tasked with overseeing all facets of domestic theatrical rollout for the studio’s films. Hensley, who was TWC’s president of international sales and distribution, will oversee international distribution in addition to managing the studio’s growing number of international relationships.

Michele Newman, Laurent Ouaknine, previously reported Ennis Hensley on board.

101 Studios co-founders David Glasser and Dave Hutkin have bolstered their executive suite several months after announcing the launch of the company backed by billionaire Ron Burkle among others.

Former studio executive, banker and analyst Michele Newman joins as executive vice-president of finance and strategy, and former president of distribution at The Weinstein Company Laurent Ouaknine is named head of Us distribution.

As Screen reported exclusively in January, former The Weinstein Company president of international sales and distribution Ennis Hensley is on board and takes the role of head of international sales and distribution.

Mob Wives alum Jennifer Graziano has been busy, signing multiple new show deals for her JustJenn Productions banner.

JustJenn recently sold an unscripted family docu-soap to We tv, details of which are being kept under wraps. Graziano also has been developing several projects with eOne, where she is under a first-look deal for unscripted content, and has set up three additional unscripted series with Mona Scott-Young’s Monami Productions (Love and Hip Hop), and with Critical Content.

Graziano also has optioned Kes Trestor’s book A Dangerous Year for scripted series development, and has been developing shows with 3Arts Entertainment, Propagate Content, and Roc Nation. She is also reuniting with her former partner, Marvin Peart, and his newly formed 101 Studios on multiple projects.

Graziano founded JustJenn Productions with the launch of Mob Wives, VH1’s hit reality series following the lives of four Staten Island women, each with their own alleged Mafia connections.

Dave Hutkin named COO; Ennis Hensley to lead international sales.

David Glasser, the former president and COO of The Weinstein Company who departed last year after the Harvey Weinstein sex abuse scandal blew up, and Dave Hutkin have launched 101 Studios backed by billionaire Ron Burkle.

Glasser, who will attend Sundance later this week, says he has raised a war chest of more than $300m to acquire, develop and produce four to six films a year in the Us, and will finance and produce six to eight TV series currently in development.

Hutkin, the former banker and ex-cfo at The Weinstein,...

Dave Hutkin named COO; Ennis Hensley to lead international sales.

David Glasser, the former president and COO of The Weinstein Company who departed last year after the Harvey Weinstein sex abuse scandal blew up, and Dave Hutkin have launched 101 Studios backed by billionaire Ron Burkle.

Glasser, who will attend Sundance later this week, says he has raised a war chest of more than $300m to acquire, develop and produce four to six films a year in the Us, and will finance and produce six to eight TV series currently in development.

Hutkin, the former banker and ex-cfo at The Weinstein,...

David Glasser, the former president and chief operating officer for The Weinstein Company, announced on Tuesday that he’s starting his own film production company 101 Studios with COO David Hutkin and the financial backing of investor Ron Burkle.

The company has lined up more than $300 million to acquire, develop and produce four to six films a year in the U.S., and will finance and produce six to eight new TV series it has in development. The company has already set up an international sales division.

101 Studios has already closed a $28.5 million television deal with Viacom for the first and second seasons of “Yellowstone,” the Kevin Costner-led western from Taylor Sheridan, which air on the Paramount Network. It is also said to be negotiating domestic rights for “The Current War,” a 2017 film starring Benedict Cumberbatch which had been tied up in The Weinstein Company bankruptcy proceedings.

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Financiers Ron Burkle, Bob Yari, Marc Leder, Marvin Peart, Dan Schryer and East West Bank have partnered with CEO David Glasser and COO David Hutkin to launch of 101 Studios, a new global entertainment studio headquartered in Century City.

101 Studios has announced that it lined up more than $300 million to acquire, develop and produce four to six films a year in the United States, in addition to financing and producing six to eight new television series it has in development. The company has already set up an international sales division. The announcement was sent with an embargo for tomorrow morning, but a trade jumped that and so we are going with what we have.

101 Studios has closed on a $28.5 million television deal with Viacom for the first and second seasons of Yellowstone, the Taylor Sheridan modern-day western drama starring Kevin Costner. The program just wrapped on its second season. Yellowstone...

Exclusive: Ron Burkle’s Yucaipa Companies has filed suit against Lantern Capital today accusing the private equity firm of fraud, breach of contract and other charges in connection with the purchase of The Weinstein Company assets.

Looking for a wide range of damages, Yucaipa is claiming it shared confidential information with Lantern as the Dallas-based company positioned itself as the stalking horse bidder for TWC’s assets. Now, Burkle’s side says Lantern is refusing to pay a 2% transaction fee that was promised in exchange for its expertise.

“It appears that Lantern never intended to honor the oral agreement, but only fraudulently induced Yucaipa to enter into the oral agreement so that Lantern could use the confidential information to become the stalking horse bidder in the bankruptcy,” according to the jury trial seeking suit submitted Monday in L.A. Superior Court contends. (read it here)

A spokesperson for Lantern told...

Exclusive: The lead attorney in a class action lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein today voiced concern over allegations of fraud and racism leveled against the Dallas-based private equity firm poised to acquire The Weinstein Company.

Producer Marvin Peart hit Lantern Capital with a $110 million lawsuit Monday, claiming he was excluded from the deal after bringing Lantern to the negotiating table. “Institutional racism” is being cited as part of the reason for Peart, who is African American, being dumped by Lantern.

Cris Armenta, the national class-action counsel for the six women who filed a suit last December against Weinstein, on behalf of all women who found themselves on the disgraced movie producer’s “casting couch,” issued a statement to Deadline raising concerns about the allegations in the Lantern suit.

“We wish this deal would go to close for the benefit of all the unsecured creditors. However, I have always been suspicious about...

The already-troubled acquisition of The Weinstein Co. and its assets by private equity firm Lantern Capital is facing another bump in the road: a $110 million lawsuit.

In a suit filed against Lantern on Monday, Marvin Peart, an executive producer on TWC’s “Mob Wives,” says that he helped orchestrate the deal for Lantern to buy TWC, for which he says Lantern agreed to pay him $10.5 million, and give him a seat on the new TWC board of directors. Peart says that Lantern reneged on its agreement with him after the deal was reached, and that it did so in part because he is African-American.

His lawsuit accuses the Dallas-based firm of breach of contract, fraud, misrepresentation and institutional racism.

Also Read: Weinstein Co. Buyer Lantern Entertainment Gives Up Rights to 'Hotel Mumbai'

“Peart matched entertainment industry newcomer Lantern Capital with TWC by leveraging his credibility and relationship with senior TWC executives,...

The saga of The Weinstein Co. has moved from sexual misconduct to alleged racism as Marvin Peart has filed a $110 million lawsuit over the sale of the embattled company to Lantern Entertainment.

In a complaint filed on Monday, Peart identifies himself as an entertainment industry veteran who has held senior management positions at Sony Music and Flavor Unit Entertainment. He says he has also worked with TWC over the past decade to secure financing for slates of motion pictures and television programming. Peart alleges playing some role in helping Lantern get to the point of acquiring Weinstein Co. and ...

The saga of The Weinstein Co. has moved from sexual misconduct to alleged racism as Marvin Peart has filed a $110 million lawsuit over the sale of the embattled company to Lantern Entertainment.

In a complaint filed on Monday, Peart identifies himself as an entertainment industry veteran who has held senior management positions at Sony Music and Flavor Unit Entertainment. He says he has also worked with TWC over the past decade to secure financing for slates of motion pictures and television programming. Peart alleges playing some role in helping Lantern get to the point of acquiring Weinstein Co. and ...

Just one day after embattled executive Harvey Weinstein was essentially fired from The Weinstein Company, which he helped create with his brother Bob Weinstein, the company's board is seeking to distance themselves from him even further. A new report reveals the company's board of directors is considering a change of the company name, with the studio bringing on two different advertising agencies to develop a new "brand identity." This report also reveals that, as part of the fallout from numerous sexual harassment charges, Harvey Weinstein's name is being removed from all of the upcoming film and TV projects he was involved with before his firing.

This report also reveals that, on early Sunday morning, after worrying that he might be given the axe by the company's board of directors, Harvey Weinstein reportedly sent out numerous emails to, "several powerful Hollywood associates," asking them to plead to his company's board...

Pete’s Dragon star Oakes Fegley is set to co-star opposite Robert De Niro in comedy pic The War With Grandpa, a film adaptation of Robert Kimmel Smith’s novel that Tim Hill is directing. Fegley will star as Peter, who declares war after his grandfather (De Niro) takes over his bedroom. Peter devises outrageous plans to make Grandpa surrender the room. Rather than give in, Grandpa plots to get even. Marro Films’ Marvin Peart, Rosa Morris-Peart and Phillip Glasser are…...

Thanks to TorontoFilm.Net here is the Toronto Film Production Update for April 2017 including "Designated Survivor", "The Girlfriend Experience", "The Strain" and a whole lot more:

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A Song For Christmas

TV Movie

Howard Braunstein Films Canada Inc.

Prod.: Deborah Marks

Exec. Prod.: Howard Braunstein, David Mackay

Dir.: Rich Newey

Mar 23 – Apr 12/17

Christmas Inheritance

TV Movie

Hp Christmas Inheritance Productions Inc.

Prod.: David Anselmo

Exec. Prod.: Brad Krevoy, Amy Krell

Dir.: Ernie Barbarash

Mar 13 - Apr 07/17

Condor Season 1

TV Series

T5 Condor Productions Inc.

Exec. Prods.: Jason Smilovic, Todd Katzberg, Lawrence Trilling

Dir.: Lawrence Trilling, + tba

Apr 24 - Aug 15/17

Crawford Season 1

TV Series

Crawford Season One, Inc.

Exec. Prod.: Laura Michalchyshyn, Mike Clattenburg

Dir.: Mike Clattenburg

Apr 17 - Jun 28/17

Dark Matter Season 3

TV Series

Prodigy Entertainment Inc.

Exec. Prod.: Jay Firestone, Joseph

Mallozzi, Paul Mullie

Dir.

Thanks to TorontoFilm.Net here is the Toronto Film Production Update for March 2017 including "Dark Matter", "Designated Survivor", "Killjoys" and a whole lot more:

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Christmas Inheritance

TV Movie

Christmas Inheritance Productions Inc.

Prod.: David Anselmo

Dir.: Ernie Barbarash

Mar 13 - Apr 07/17

Clara

Feature

Serendipity Point Films Inc.

Dir.: Akash Sherman

Mar 6 – Mar 31/17

Condor Season 1

TV Series

T5 Condor Productions Inc.

Exec. Prods.: Jason Smilovic, Todd Katzberg, Lawrence Trilling

Dir.: Various

Apr 24 - Aug 15/17

Dark Matter Season 3

TV Series

Prodigy Entertainment Inc.

Exec. Prod.: Jay Firestone, Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie

Dir.: Various

Nov 18/16 - Apr 13/17

Designated Survivor

Season 1

TV Series

Designated 1 Ltd.

Exec. Prod.: David Guggenheim

Dir.: various

July 25/16 - Apr 30/17 Tbc

Killjoys Season 3

TV Series

Season III Productions Ltd.

Prod.: Lena Cordina

Exec. Prod.: Karen Troubetzkoy, Michelle Lovretta

Dir.

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12 Monkeys Season 3

TV Series

Gep 12 Monkeys B Inc.

Prod.: Michael Wray

Oct 17 - Feb 17/17

Adventures Of Napkin Man Season 3

TV Series

Breakthrough Entertainment

Prods.: Sharon Summerling,

Stephanie Van

Dir.: Laurie Lynd

Feb 6 – Feb 15/17

Anne

TV Series

CBC/Netflix

Prod.: Susan Murdoch

Sep 22/16 - Feb 03/17

Dark Matter Season 3

TV Series

Prodigy Entertainment Inc.

Exec. Prod.: Jay Firestone, Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie

Nov 18/16 - Apr 13/17

Designated Survivor

Season 1

TV Series

Designated 1 Ltd.

Prod.: David Guggenheim

July 25/16 - Apr 30/17

Killjoys Season 3

TV Series

Season III Productions Ltd.

Prod.: Lena Cordina

Jan 12 - May 12/17

Letterkenny Season 3

TV Series

Get'er Done Productions 3 Inc.

Exec. Prod.: Mark Montefiore, Patrick O'Sullivan

Dir.: Jacob Tierney

Feb...

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12 Monkeys Season 3

TV Series

Gep 12 Monkeys B Inc.

Prod.: Michael Wray

Exec. Prod.: David Grossman, Terry Matalas

Oct 17 - Feb 17/17

Anne

TV Series

CBC/Netflix

Prod.: Susan Murdoch

Exec. Prod.: Miranda de Pencier, Moira Walley-Beckett

Sep 22/16 - Feb 03/17

Conviction Season 1

TV Series

ABC / Eone / Mark Gordon Company

Exec. Prod.: Mark Gordon, Nick Pepper, Liz Friedlander, Liz Friedman

Jul 18 – Dec 1 / 16

Food Market

Feature

New Metric Media, Sphere Media

Exec. Prod.: Mark Montefiore, Virginia Rankin, Michael Konyves

Dir.: Alain Desrochers

Oct 11 - Dec 16/16

Green Harvest

TV Series

Streak Productions Inc. / CBS

Prod.: Kevin Lafferty, Loretta Ramos, Aaron Baiers

Exec. Prod.: Bryan Fuller,

Heather Kadin, Gretchen Berg,

Aaron Harberts

Sept 26/16 - Mar...

In limited theaters and VOD formats today, Lionsgate Premiere has provided us with an exclusive clip from Life On the Line, featuring John Travolta and Kate Bosworth. This scene shows John Travolta's Beau reacting to his niece Bailey, who reveals that she's pregnant, news which he is not terribly happy to receive. After raising his niece to stay away from others in his profession, Beau learns that Bailey was impregnated by one of his co-workers.

Lionsgate Premiere's Life On the Line is a riveting action thriller and family drama centered on Beau (John Travolta), his beloved niece Bailey (Kate Bosworth) and the hardworking men who risk their lives to work "on the line" and keep the electric grid running. These unsung heroes brave raging storms and dangerously dizzying heights in their dedication to keeping the populace safe. Toiling hundreds of feet in the air on wires carrying as much as 500,000 volts of electricity,...

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12 Monkeys Season 3

TV Series

Gep 12 Monkeys B Inc.

Prod.: Michael Wray

Exec. Prod.: David Grossman, Terry Matalas

Oct 17 - Feb 17/17

Alias Grace

Mini Series

Halfire Entertainment

Prod.: Sarah Polley, DJ Carson

Dir.: Mary Harron

Aug 15 - Nov 15/16

Anne

TV Series

CBC/Netflix

Prod.: Susan Murdoch

Exec. Prod.: Miranda de Pencier, Moira Walley-Beckett

Sep 22/16 - Feb 03/17

Anne Of Green Gables

TV Movie

Gables 23 Productions Inc.

Prod.: Jim Corston

Exec. Prod.: Joan Lambur, Peter Williamson

Dir.: John Kent Harrison

Sep 12 - Nov 4/16

Black Mirror

TV Series (one episode)

T5 Mirror Productions Inc.

Exec. Prod.: Annabelle Jones, Charlie Brooker

Dir.: Jodie Foster

Nov 7 – Nov 30/16

Business Ethics

Feature

Business Ethic Film Inc.

Christopher Walken and Robert De Niro are ready to wage war.  The Oscar-winning actors will play best friends in the comedy The War With Grandpa, which centers on a boy who reluctantly gives up his bedroom for his widowed grandfather but tries to run him out with a series of pranks. Alvin and the Chipmunks director Tim Hill will helm the adaption of the Robert Kimmel Smith book. Phillip Glasser, Marvin Peart and Rosa Morris Peart will produce, with Jane Rosenthal and Barry Welsh executive producing. Marro Films is financing the feature, which will be distributed by Dimension. War With Grandpa

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12 Monkeys

Season 3

TV Series

Gep 12 Monkeys B Inc.

Prod.: Michael Wray

Exec. Prod.: David Grossman, Terry Matalas

Oct 17 - Feb 17/17

Alias Grace

Mini Series

Halfire Entertainment

Prod.: Sarah Polley, DJ Carson

Dir.: Mary Harron

Aug 15 - Nov 15/16

Anne

TV Series

CBC/Netflix

Prod.: Susan Murdoch

Exec. Prod.: Miranda de Pencier, Moira Walley-Beckett

Sep 22/16 - Feb 03/17

Anne Of Green Gables

TV Movie

Gables 23 Productions Inc.

Prod.: Jim Corston

Exec. Prod.: Joan Lambur, Peter Williamson

Dir.: John Kent Harrison

Sep 12 - Nov 4/16

Baroness Von Sketch Show

Season 2

TV Series

Bvss 2 Productions Ontario Inc. / Frantic Films

Prod.: Graham Ludlow, Jeff Peeler

Exec.Prod.: Jamie Brown, Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne,...

Robert De Niro is in negotiations to star in the Tim Hill-directed "The War With Grandpa" for Dimension Films.

The story revolves around a young man who loves his grandfather, but also loves his bedroom. When his grandpa's wife dies, he moves in.

The young man engages in a series of pranks meant to drive him out, but the old man is pretty resourceful in returning the favor.

Matt Ember, Tom Astle, Lisa Addario and Joey Syracuse have all worked on the script. Phillip Glasser, Marvin Peart and Rose Morris Peart are producing.

Source: Variety...