Framestore Pictures has added director Craig Zisk to its roster. Zisk has directed more than 75 TV series including Fear The Walking Dead, Preacher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Parks & Recreation, American Horror Story, Nip/Tuck, Weeds, Kingdom, Agent Carter, The Good Wife, The Big C, Nurse Jackie, United States of Tara, Entourage and The Office. He has also produced and directed several pilots for such networks as AMC, Showtime, NBC and ABC. Zisk has additionally executive produced several shows including The Larry Sanders Show, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Weeds, and United States of Tara.
Zisk has been nominated for several Golden Globes for both production and direction on Weeds and won the award for both Brooklyn Bridge and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. He has also earned an Emmy nomination for Best Director for a Comedy on the basis of the “Good S*** Lollipop” episode of Weeds. His producing/exec producing exploits have additionally garnered him three Outstanding Comedy Series Emmy noms–for Weeds, The Larry Sanders Show, and Brooklyn Bridge.
Zisk’s first theatrical feature, The English Teacher, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2013. The English Teacher starred Julianne Moore, Nathan Lane, Greg Kinnear, Michael Angarano and Lily Collins.
Framestore Pictures currently has in production commercial and entertainment projects spanning virtual-reality and live-action. The production company just wrapped a VR experience with director Murray Butler and OMD for the Hawaii Tourism Authority. Other recent directorial projects include Butler and BBDO’s “Scale On Demand” for HPE, and director David Mellor and Relevant’s “VR Postcards” for Marriott.
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More