Production house Wondros has secured Siobhan McCafferty & Associates to handle representation on the West Coast and in Texas. Siobhan McCafferty and Nikolai Giefer of Siobhan McCafferty & Associates are both representing Wondros’ commercial division, under the guidance of EP Sophie Gold….
Dattner Dispoto and Associates (DDA) has signed DPs Michael Bonvillain, Richard Henkels, David McGrory and Thomas Yatsko for representation. Also coming aboard DDA’s talent roster is editor Hugh Ross. As for feature film bookings, DDA has landed Axis Sally for cinematographer Jayson Crothers, Old Guard for DP Tami Reiker, ASC, and The Quarry for DP Michael Alden Lloyd. DDA’s TV bookings include Ballers for DP Rodney Taylor, ASC, Motherland for DP Jon Joffin, Raised By Wolves and an episode of Legion for DP Erik Messerschmidt, Grey’s Anatomy for DP Alicia Robbins, the Lost Boys pilot for DP Michael Wale, the telefilm Message In A Bottle for DP Ryan McMaster, the Jane The Novela pilot for DP Checco Varese, ASC, the Stumptown pilot for DP Magni Agustsson and production designer Toni Barton, and the Triangle pilot for costume designer Genevieve Tyrrell….
Chesapeake Systems, workflow solutions architects for highly advanced media technology systems in media and entertainment, has brought Chris May aboard its Northeast U.S. team as director of business development. In this role, May focuses on helping media organizations understand their business needs and best practices amid the generational shift in how content is produced, acquired, distributed, archived, consumed and monetized. With over 21 years of experience that includes time at Spectra Logic, Levels Beyond, Digital Strategies, Turner Sports and CNN, May integrates technical, creative and business perspectives to facilitate progress on all fronts. May reports to Chesapeake Systems CEO Jason Paquin….
Review: Writer-Directors Scott Beck and Bryan Wood’s “Heretic”
"Heretic" opens with an unusual table setter: Two young missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are discussing condoms and why some are labeled as large even though they're all pretty much a standard size. "What else do we believe because of marketing?" one asks the other.
That line will echo through the movie, a stimulating discussion of religion that emerges from a horror movie wrapper. Despite a second-half slide and feeling unbalanced, this is the rare movie that combines lots of squirting blood and elevated discussion of the ancient Egyptian god Horus.
Our two church members — played fiercely by Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East — are wandering around trying to covert souls when they knock on the door of a sweet-looking cottage. Its owner, Mr. Reed, offers a hearty "Good afternoon!" He welcomes them in, brings them drinks and promises a blueberry pie. He's also interested in learning more about the church. So far, so good.
Mr. Reed is, of course, if you've seen the poster, the baddie and he's played by Hugh Grant, who doesn't go the snarling, dead-eyed Hannibal Lecter route in "Heretic." Grant is the slightly bumbling, bashful and self-mocking character we fell in love with in "Four Weddings and a Funeral," but with a smear of menace. He gradually reveals that he actually knows quite a bit about the Mormon religion — and all religions.
"It's good to be religious," he says jauntily and promises his wife will join them soon, a requirement for the church. Homey touches in his home include a framed "Bless This Mess" needlepoint on a wall, but there are also oddities, like his lights are on a timer and there's metal in the walls and ceilings.
Writer-directors Scott Beck and Bryan Wood — who also... Read More