Gobsmack!, the Bangalore and L.A.-based content studio founded by director Shyam Madiraju
Gobsmack!, the Bangalore and L.A.-based content studio founded by director Shyam Madiraju, will be handling representation in India for Anonymous Content. The agreement, which includes most of the Anonymous roster of filmmakers, is the first representation deal for Anonymous outside of the U.S. or U.K. Among the Anonymous directors whom Gobsmack! will rep in India are Andrew Douglas, Malcolm Venville, Mark Romanek, David Kellogg, Brett Morgen, PES, David Fincher and Guy Ritchie. “It's become a global marketplace for production as well as for creativity. Our partnering with Gobsmack! in India is an effort for us to widen our pool of sources of great work for our filmmakers and offering them as many options as possible. If you look at India, it's a culture with a tremendous film background and a literacy of production. They have sophisticated audiences and great crews. And their economy is the economy of the 21st century. For us, this move makes a lot of sense.” Madiraju is well-positioned to introduce the talents of Anonymous Content to the Indian ad agency marketplace. As a director working in the US, he was repped by Anonymous for three years. A former creative director at such shops as TBWAChiatDay, Ogilvy & Mather and The Martin Agency, Madiraju took his agency acumen and successfully transitioned to directing in 2006 with a series of spots for the L.A. Film Festival. Madiraju then went on to direct a series of highly acclaimed virals for the Ritz-Carlton Hotel that were produced by Anonymous. He left Anonymous in 2009 to found Gobsmack! in India and the U.S….DP Shane Hurlbut, who is repped by Innovative Artists, has wrapped the feature project Blackbird with director Stefan Ruzowitzky and starring Olivia Wilde and Eric Bana….
Alec Baldwin Urges Judge To Stand By Dismissal Of Involuntary Manslaughter Case In “Rust” Shooting
Alec Baldwin urged a New Mexico judge on Friday to stand by her decision to skuttle his trial and dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie.
State District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case against Baldwin halfway through a trial in July based on the withholding of evidence by police and prosecutors from the defense in the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust."
The charge against Baldwin was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can't be revived once any appeals of the decision are exhausted.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey recently asked the judge to reconsider, arguing that there were insufficient facts and that Baldwin's due process rights had not been violated.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer on "Rust," was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal when it went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer — but not the trigger — and the revolver fired.
The case-ending evidence was ammunition that was brought into the sheriff's office in March by a man who said it could be related to Hutchins' killing. Prosecutors said they deemed the ammunition unrelated and unimportant, while Baldwin's lawyers alleged that they "buried" it and filed a successful motion to dismiss the case.
In her decision to dismiss the Baldwin case, Marlowe Sommer described "egregious discovery violations constituting misconduct" by law enforcement and prosecutors, as well as false testimony about physical evidence by a witness during the trial.
Defense counsel says that prosecutors tried to establish a link... Read More