Ka-Chew!—the recently launched, Hollywood-headquartered live-action commercial division of animation studio Klasky Csupo—has lined up its national sales force. It consists of independent reps Darr Hawthorne of Sherman Oaks, Calif.-based Burning Motor Home on the West Coast; Chicago’s Mike McGlynn in the Midwest; and Perry Schaffer of Schaffer & Co., New York, on the East Coast….Meanwhile, Schaffer & Co. has entered into an alliance with Atlanta-based Jay Braddock for representation of the Schaffer & Co. roster in the Southeast. Braddock, who is based in Click 3X’s Atlanta office, will continue to represent that visual effects/post facility in the Southeast, as well. Schaffer & Co.’s roster includes Ka-Chew!; the West Hollywood-based Dark Light Pictures; Picture Park, Santa Monica and Boston; and New York-headquartered Maysles Films, TAG Pictures and Dogtag Films….Director/cameraman Gregory Marquette and DP Ben Kufrin have come aboard Sherman Oaks, Calif.-based Ambitious Entertainment for representation….Production designer Chris Goodmanson has signed with The Geller Agency, Los Angeles, for exclusive representation in spots, music videos, features and TV….DP Dan Landin and production designers Jesse Benson and Steve Saklad have signed with bicoastal ICM for representation….DP Roberto Schaefer is again available for spots and music videos via Innovative Artists, Santa Monica, after wrapping Monsters Ball, starring Billie Bob Thornton and Halle Berry….Two costume designers represented for spots and music clips by United Talent Agency (UTA), Beverly Hills, are now available after wrapping feature projects: Jeffrey Kurland has completed work on Oceans 11, while Michael Kaplan has wrapped both The Panic Room and 24 Hours….
Martin Scorsese On “The Saints,” Faith In Filmmaking and His Next Movie
When Martin Scorsese was a child growing up in New York's Little Italy, he would gaze up at the figures he saw around St. Patrick's Old Cathedral. "Who are these people? What is a saint?" Scorsese recalls. "The minute I walk out the door of the cathedral and I don't see any saints. I saw people trying to behave well within a world that was very primal and oppressed by organized crime. As a child, you wonder about the saints: Are they human?" For decades, Scorsese has pondered a project dedicated to the saints. Now, he's finally realized it in "Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints," an eight-part docudrama series debuting Sunday on Fox Nation, the streaming service from Fox News Media. The one-hour episodes, written by Kent Jones and directed by Elizabeth Chomko, each chronicle a saint: Joan of Arc, Francis of Assisi, John the Baptist, Thomas Becket, Mary Magdalene, Moses the Black, Sebastian and Maximillian Kolbe. Joan of Arc kicks off the series on Sunday, with three weekly installments to follow; the last four will stream closer to Easter next year. In naturalistic reenactments followed by brief Scorsese-led discussions with experts, "The Saints" emphasizes that, yes, the saints were very human. They were flawed, imperfect people, which, to Scorsese, only heightens their great sacrifices and gestures of compassion. The Polish priest Kolbe, for example, helped spread antisemitism before, during WWII, sheltering Jews and, ultimately, volunteering to die in the place of a man who had been condemned at Auschwitz. Scorsese, who turns 82 on Sunday, recently met for an interview not long after returning from a trip to his grandfather's hometown in Sicily. He was made an honorary citizen and the experience was still lingering in his mind. Remarks have... Read More