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Stano
Status: In Development Writer: Robert Bruzio Director: John G. Avildsen (Rocky, The Karate Kid) Production Companies: PalmStar Entertainment Producers: Kevin Frakes, William Chartoff Genre: Drama Shooting Schedule: Late 2010 Profile Summary: Bobby Stano had everything... Read more »
Lunar Park
Based on the book by: Bret Easton Ellis Screenplay by: Lane Shadgett Production Companies: PalmStar Entertainment, Anonymous Content, Lawrence Bender Productions Producers: Kevin Frakes, Stephan Paternot Exec Producer: Lawrence Bender Status: Casting Estimated Budget: $10-15... Read more »
The Rescue Artist
Author: Edward Dolnick Production Companies: Blumhouse Productions, PalmStar Entertainment Producers: Jason Blum, Kevin Frakes, Beth O’Neil Executive Producers: Peggy Taylor Genre: Crime Drama/Thriller Status: In Development Summary: In the predawn hours of a gloomy February... Read more »
ScreenDaily: Gellar replaces Bosworth in Veronika Decides To Die
http://www.screendaily.com/ScreenDailyArticle.aspx?intStoryID=38767 Jeremy Kay in Cannes Sarah Michelle Gellar has replaced Kate Bosworth on Das Films, Velvet Steamroller Entertainment, Muse Productions and PalmStar Entertainment’s Paulo Coehlo adaptation Veronika Decides... Read more »
Hetty: The Genius and Madness of
Author: Charles Slack (Blue Fairways, Noble Obsession, Cybermedicine, Planet of the Dogs) Writer: Tristin Skyler (The Bell Jar) Production Companies: PalmStar Entertainment, Pressman Films Producers: Ed Pressman, Courtney Andrialis Executive Producers: Kevin Frakes Genre: Biopic Summary: Hetty... Read more »
Untitled Ian Fleming Project
Based on the book by: Andrew Lycett Screenwriter: Matthew Brown Production Companies: PalmStar Entertainment, Animus Films Producers: Kevin Frakes, Stephan Paternot, Jim Young Genre: Biopic Profile Summary: This is the TRUE story of Ian Fleming in the crucial years that... Read more »
The Starling
Director: John Lee Hancock (The Alamo, The Rookie, L.A. Doctors, Falcone, Hard Time Romance, A Perfect World) Screenwriter: Matt Harris Producers: Kevin Frakes, Sriram Das, Zach Schiff Abrams Executive Producers: Michael De Luca Genre: Comedy/Drama Estimated Budget: $8... 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 »
Hollywood Reporter: Bosworth at heart of ‘Veronika’
By Gregg Goldstein Kate Bosworth (Getty Images photo) TORONTO — Kate Bosworth will play the title role in Emily Young’s feature adaptation of Paulo Coelho’s best-seller “Veronika Decides to Die” for Das Films, Palm Star Entertainment and Muse Films.In... 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 »
Down and Dirty Pictures
Based on the book by: Peter Biskind Director: Ken Bowser Producers: Kevin Scott Frakes Exec. Producers: Vivek Tiwary and Gary Kaplan Status: Casting Foreign Sales: Celsius Entertainment Estimated Budget: $5 million Summary: Down & Dirty Pictures is an energetic,... Read more »
Premium (2006)
Written & Directed by: Pete Chatmon Produced by: Kevin Scott Frakes, Lynn Appelle Genre: Comedy Cast: Zoe Saldana, Hill Harper, Dorian Missick, Frankie Faison, Eva Pickford, Tanya Pinkins, Keith Nobbs, Sean Nelson, Novella Nelson Status: Completed View Cast Film Site IMDB... Read more »
Fifty Pills (2006)
Directed by: Theo Avgerinos Written by: Matthew Perniciaro Produced by: Jake Demaray, Kevin Scott Frakes, Chris J. Johnson, Kevin Mann, Matthew Perniciaro, Bill Shraga Genre: Comedy Cast: Lou Taylor Pucci, Kristen Bell, John Hensley, Nora Zehetner, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Monica Keena,... Read more »
Variety: Indie’s ‘Dirty’ Trick
Duo to turn tome into laffer By: Chris Gardner The influence of Harvey Weinstein and Robert Redford on the indie film scene provided the intrigue in Peter Biskind’s 2004 “Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance and the Rise of Independent Film.” Now, helmer Ken Bowser... Read more »
PalmStar Gets “Down and Dirty Pictures”
HOLLYWOOD, CA (August 2006) – PalmStar Entertainment is developing Peter Biskind’s (Easy Riders, Raging Bulls) industry expose Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film into a feature length comedy. Ken Bowser (“Easy Riders, Raging Bulls”)... Read more »
Variety: Bret Easton Ellis’ Lunar Park Optioned
By: Variety PalmStar Entertainment has optioned Bret Easton Ellis’ latest novel, Lunar Park, says Variety. Lunar Park is Ellis’ most autobiographical work, in which the author-narrator is a narcissistic, self-pitying drug fiend who gets a shot at redemption when movie star... Read more »
PalmStar Launches Lunar Park
December 7th, 2005 (Hollywood, CA) Bret Easton Ellis’ new international best-seller LUNAR PARK has been optioned by PalmStar Entertainment, an independent production company based in New York and Los Angeles. In Lunar Park, Ellis spins a story of his own contentious and haunted... Read more »
Variety: Dorian Missick, Zoe Saldana, Hill Harper
By: Justin Chang Dorian Missick (”Lucky Number Slevin”), Zoe Saldana (”Guess Who”), Hill Harper (”CSI: NY”), Frankie Faison (”In Good Company”), Tonya Pinkins (”Caroline, or Change”), Eva Pigford (”America’s Next Top Model”) and William Sadler (”The... Read more »
Hollywood Reporter: Bell, Pucci, Hensley on indie ‘Pills’
By: Borys Kit “Veronica Mars” star Kristen Bell, Lou Taylor Pucci and John Hensley will star in “Fifty Pills” for first-time director Theo Avgerinos and Coalition Film. The coalition is the newly formed independent production and sales company founded by writer-producer... Read more »
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