As SHOOT went to press, Silicon Graphics (OTC: SGID) announced that it has reached an agreement with all of its Senior Secured bank lenders and with holders of a significant amount of its Senior Secured debt on the terms of a reorganization plan intended to reduce its debt by approximately $250 million. As part of this agreement with many of its major stakeholders, and as the next step in its previously announced plan to reorganize its businesses, the company and its U.S. subsidiaries have filed voluntary petitions under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. SGI's non-U.S. subsidiaries, including European, Canadian, Mexican, South American and Asia Pacific subsidiaries, were not included in the filing; they will continue their business operations without supervision from the U.S. courts, and will not be subject to the requirements of Chapter 11. SGI reported that it expects to file its Plan of Reorganization reflecting the agreement shortly, and to emerge from Chapter 11 within six months. “We want to assure our customers, our employees and our communities that SGI is operating-business as usual,” Dennis P. McKenna, the recently appointed, chairman and CEO of SGI, stated. “Our customers can continue to rely on SGI for its mission-critical products, services, and support.”….The directing team of Spooner/French has split up. Nick Spooner remains at bicoastal The Artists Company. His first solo shoot is for Volkswagen out of Crispin Porter+Bogusky, Miami….Carole Schumacher announced that she has sold Chicago-based Schumacher Camera to long-time staffers James Pope and Mike Acuña. Pope and Acuña have been running the day-to-day operations for the past few years, and have been with the company for a combined 22 years. As partners, Pope will handle the business side of the company, working with DPs and producers, while Acuña will continue to head up the technical side. Carole Schumacher has agreed to continue as creative director, overseeing ad campaigns and branding. The principals said that customers will notice few if any changes in what should be a seamless transition … Honey Trap, the short film from director Bob Giraldi, was a Gold Remi Award Winner for Creative Excellence at the recent 39th Annual WorldFest-Houston. The film is the first project Giraldi has written and directed through 149WOOSTER, a New York-based production company he co-founded in 2005 with Patti Greaney and Carol Case….
Lashana Lynch, Eddie Redmayne Compare Notes On “The Day of the Jackal”
Lashana Lynch was running away from spies.
After playing Nomi in 2021's "No Time To Die," she was actively avoiding any role that involved working for the secret service. What part could beat a Bond girl who took James Bond's 007 code name from him?
"I was like, 'No, I'm not doing it again. That's a legacy role. That's something that absolutely should be untouched forever,'" recalls Lynch.
But then she read the character of Bianca Pullman for a TV series based on Frederick Forsyth's classic thriller "The Day of the Jackal." Bianca was also an employee of Britain's foreign intelligence agency, but the differences between the two MI6 workers appealed: While Nomi was slick, Bianca was a mess Lynch could dive into.
"I'd pushed against this world for a long time and it felt like it came right at me full throttle," she says.
No one is happier that she jumped on board than Eddie Redmayne, who plays the Jackal, the myth-like murderer for hire. Her "versatility is insane," he says, adding that Lynch even suggested the perfect song for the theme, Celeste's "This Is Who I Am."
"The Day of the Jackal" updates Fred Zinnemann's 1973 movie, starring Edward Fox as the cravat-wearing killer hired to kill the French president.
Redmayne's version inherits the gentlemanly style of Fox, living a life of jet-setting quiet luxury, funded by getting away with murder through ingenious devices, clever disguises and flawless planning. Bianca is the intelligence officer and arms expert who will stop at nothing to find him, much to the discomfort of her co-workers and family.
Lynch and Redmayne are also producers on the show, which is airing on Sky in the U.K. and debuts Thursday on Peacock. They didn't spend much time together on set,... Read More