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PalmStar CEO heads new K5 division in LA which starts out with a $30m investment pot
Munich- and London-based sales and production company K5 Media Group is expanding to the US with the launch of K5 International LLC in Los Angeles. Kevin Frakes will be the new division’s CEO. K5 co-founders Oliver Simon and Daniel Baur, along with Frakes, have secured... Read more »
PalmStar Media Capital Expands its Film Finance Operations with Two Key Hires
PalmStar Media Capital has announced the hiring of Michael Bassick as Co-CEO and Dan Jahns as COO to expand its growing film finance business. In addition to fund management and film related investment activities, PalmStar Media Capital has recently inked deals with two international... Read more »
Redgrave, Ganz, Laurent join cast of Bille August’s Night Train To Lisbon
An all-star cast has come aboard Night Train To Lisbon, the new Bille August film which is being sold by K5 International with PalmStar Media Capital and EFish Entertainment who are co-financing. K5 confirmed today that Vanessa Redgrave, Bruno Ganz, Mélanie Laurent, Christopher... Read more »
PalmStar Media Capital Co-finances Paul Walker’s Next Vehicle
K5 International has taken on international rights to Vehicle 19, which is set to star Paul Walker, the star of FAST FIVE, which drew record breaking box office receipts this past weekend of $132.1 million worldwide. Walker will star and executive produce in the new action... Read more »
The Skinny On Film Financing: Investors Pull Back The Curtain
Great article on latest trends in film financing models. Don’t miss the the second half where PalmStar CEO, Kevin Frakes shares his insights. This article was originally written by FIN Alternatives on Feb 27 2011 | 5:49pm ET: For full article with images go to: http://www.finalternatives.com/node/15656 If... Read more »
PalmStar Media Capital Co-Finances New Val Kilmer Thriller
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (July 10, 2011) – PalmStar Media Capital co-finances EFish Entertainment’s new Val Kilmer thriller, Seven Below (fka Seven Below Zero). The indie thriller centers on a group of strangers forced to seek refuge in a remote house in the woods while caught... Read more »
Pillage announced in Variety
Zellweger ready for ‘Pillage’ Pic tells story of rebellious friends in search of the perfect party By DAVE MCNARY Renee Zellweger is ready to party with “Pillage,” having acquired feature rights to former New York City nightlife impresario Brantly Martin’s... Read more »
Life 2.0 Accepted into Sundance Film Festival 2010
December 3, 2009, PalmStar Entertainment and Andrew Lauren Productions are pleased to announce that “Life 2.0” (life2movie.com), directed by Jason Spingarn-Koff, has just been accepted into the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Produced by PalmStar’s Stephan Paternot, Andrew... Read more »
K5 International closes first look deal with PalmStar Entertainment
Munich and London based K5 International (www.k5international.com) has just closed on a first look and partnership deal with New York and Los Angeles based PalmStar Entertainment. Under the deal terms K5’s partners Oliver Simon, Daniel Baur and Bill Stephens will handle foreign... Read more »
Gus Van Sant Partners With Bret Easton Ellis On “The Golden Suicides”
Almost two years after the bizarre double suicide of Theresa Duncan and Jeremy Blake, glamorous young couple, luminaries of New York’s multi-media art world, their story is set for a big screen adaptation. PalmStar Entertainment, Celluloid Dreams, K5 Film and Ithaka Entertainment... Read more »
PalmStar Expands Film Division With New Hires
PalmStar Entertainment has announced the addition of 2 new film industry executives in its New York office to support the continued expansion of its film production division. Courtney Andrialis and Jonathan Shukat have joined PalmStar Entertainment as Development and Production... Read more »
PalmStar Branches With S2 Entertainment
PALMSTAR BRANCHES WITH S2 ENTERTAINMENT -Development and Casting Office Opens in NYC- LOS ANGELES, CA (May 2nd, 2007) PalmStar Entertainment expands to the East Coast with S2 Entertainment, a new development and casting office in New York City (36 East 20th Street, 3rd Fl, NYC... Read more »
Moviemaker of the Week: Kevin Scott Frakes
By Noralil Ryan Fores Original article: http://www.moviemaker.com/blog/?p=394 Before he fell into producing movies, Kevin Scott Frakes’ first love was playing baseball. “I grew up obsessed with the game and didn’t really think about much else. Everything was dictated by... Read more »
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