Press for “Company Updates”
DUNCAN JONES TO HELM “UNTITLED IAN FLEMING BIOPIC”
CANNES. Duncan Jones, the BAFTA Award-winning British director of Moon and international box office hit Source Code, will direct the action-packed story of one of Britain’s most celebrated yet mysterious legends – James Bond creator Ian Fleming. Before Ian Fleming... Read more »
PalmStar Finances “Celeste & Jesse” Deal with Sierra/Affinity Selling
BERLIN February 9, 2012 – Sierra / Affinity is launching sales of the rights to CELESTE AND JESSE FOREVER outside of North America at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival where the company will be screening the film. The deal was financed by PalmStar Media Capital.... Read more »
K5 launches LA division with Kevin Frakes as CEO
PalmStar CEO heads new K5 division in LA which starts out with a $30m investment pot LOS ANGELES – K5 Media Group continues to grow its business with the launch of K5 International LLC in Los Angeles and the appointment of PalmStar Media Capital’s Kevin Frakes as its... 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 »
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 »
HEDGEFUND.NET speaks with Kevin Frakes of Palmstar
Emerging market and financial sector-focused hedge fund firms may be all very well and good, but at least one hedge fund manager is looking to other sectors for the latest in emerging managers. Anthony Scaramucci, whose $7.4 billion SkyBridge Capital started as a hedge fund... 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 »
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 »
New York Times: Dot-Com Star, Indie Filmmaker
By: Robert Johnson When theglobe.com first sold shares to the public in 1998, its stock famously soared 900 percent in a day – and the company’s 24-year-old co-founders, Stephan Paternot and Todd Krizelman, were entrepreneurs to be envied. But theglobe.com’s day was... Read more »