Sara Iversen has joined Alkemy X’s NY team as VP of business development. She formerly served as head of sales/EP at BANG Music + Audio Post. Alkemy X is a creative content company offering strategy, ideation, live action, branded content, design, high-end VFX, and post services. The teams at Alkemy, with offices in Philadelphia and NYC, work cross-discipline in commercials, network creative, integrated marketing, social/digital series, longform TV, and features….ICM Partners is now representing cinematographer Ryan Carmody for commercials and feature films exclusively….DP Philippe Rousselot has wrapped principal photography on the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them for director David Yates and is now available for commercial work via Marie Perry and Pattie Sueoka at The Gersh Agency…..DP Noah Greenberg, whose credits include director Robert D. Siegel’s Cruise, has signed with Dattner Dispoto and Associates (DDA) for representation as have editor Andrew Dickler (Netflix’s Mascots) and line producer Michael D. Jones (Cabin Fever from IFC Midnight)….DDA has also booked DP Maryse Alberti to lens the David Frankel-directed feature Collateral Beauty (New Line Cinema), DP Jon Joffin on the Syfy network TV show Aftermath, production designer Jason Fijal on the Adult Swim show Dream Corp., editor David Leonard on the AMC series Broke (Lionsgate TV), costume designer Caroline Cranstoun on the TV Land show Impastor, and costume designer Mary Claire Hannan on the feature The Etruscan Smile (directors Mihal Brezis and Oded Binnun)…..iZotope, Inc., Cambridge, Mass.-based makers of tools for audio production, has added John Bigay as chief marketing officer. Bigay will lead the strategic development and execution of global marketing, e-commerce, and education initiatives to accelerate company growth….
Review: Drew Hancock Makes Feature Directorial Debut With “Companion”
"Iris, wake up!"
Early in "Companion," lovely Iris and her nerdy-nice boyfriend Josh are driving to a secluded lake house for a stay with friends. Iris wakes from a nap and lovingly tells Josh she was dreaming about him. They reminisce about how they first met at the supermarket. All those oranges tumbling onto the floor! Ha ha.
In 20 minutes, absolutely everything about this sweet scene will be turned on its head in a terrifying and sinister manner. You will be surprised and shocked. Unless you saw the trailer, which reveals the whole thing.
And so we begin with a dilemma, dear moviegoer. "Companion," an exceedingly clever and entertaining sci-fi-horror-thriller-comedy by Drew Hancock in his feature debut, has more twists and turns than a corkscrew. But it's utterly impossible to write about the film without revealing the first of those twists.
So if you like coming in totally cold to a movie, then we're sorry to see you go, but stop reading! Otherwise, stay with us — we promise there'll be more surprises to come.
Moving on: Iris (Sophie Thatcher) and Josh (Jack Quaid) arrive at the estate. A nervous Iris stops at the door, worried that Josh's friends won't like her. He urges her to simply brighten up and act happy.
Kat (Megan Suri), Josh's ex, greets them. She is gorgeous, and frosty to Iris. Eli (Harvey Guillén) and his handsome boyfriend Patrick (Lukas Gage) are nicer. Then there's Sergey (Rupert Friend), Kat's aloof Russian boyfriend — sugar daddy, really — and owner of the house. The password to his devices is Stalin's birthday, which tells you something.
Things get dark, quickly. The next morning, someone dies. They will not be the first — this is a horror movie. And suddenly Iris, caked in blood,... Read More