GLORIA, the production company founded by Diego Luna, Pablo Cruz and Eric Bonniot, has signed with Ezra Burke and Shane Harris of Content Chemics for West Coast representation. GLORIA specializes in the development and production of multi-platform branded entertainment and content via its Los Angeles, Mexico City and Baja, California offices….
The Chimney Group has named Kristen Martini as its chief client officer for North America. In this role, Martini leads direct-to-client relationships providing end-to-end strategy, production, distribution and analytical services for client communication needs. Martini joins from the WPP network where she spent five years supporting client production business for Hogarth and most recently as global CEO for Townhouse. Martini has experience on both agency and vendor side. Headquartered in Sweden and with offices in 11 cities and eight countries worldwide, the Chimney Group’s foray into the North American market includes the opening of studios in New York and Los Angeles and the hire of over 35 people, including Martini and COO Jason Mayo. Chimney’s vertically integrated services include: channel strategy, concept development, end-to-end production and postproduction, content distribution and performance analytics. The company’s 450+ artists bring diverse insight and craftsmanship to any given project. For over 20 years Chimney has crafted award-winning stories (Oscar, BAFTA, Cannes Lion, Palme d’Or, Sundance, Berlinale, PromaxBDA) and delivered content for leading brands and agencies….
After 20 Years of Acting, Megan Park Finds Her Groove In The Director’s Chair On “My Old Ass”
Megan Park feels a little bad that her movie is making so many people cry. It's not just a single tear either — more like full body sobs.
She didn't set out to make a tearjerker with "My Old Ass," now streaming on Prime Video. She just wanted to tell a story about a young woman in conversation with her older self. The film is quite funny (the dialogue between 18-year-old and almost 40-year-old Elliott happens because of a mushroom trip that includes a Justin Bieber cover), but it packs an emotional punch, too.
Writing, Park said, is often her way of working through things. When she put pen to paper on "My Old Ass," she was a new mom and staying in her childhood bedroom during the pandemic. One night, she and her whole nuclear family slept under the same roof. She didn't know it then, but it would be the last time, and she started wondering what it would be like to have known that.
In the film, older Elliott ( Aubrey Plaza ) advises younger Elliott ( Maisy Stella ) to not be so eager to leave her provincial town, her younger brothers and her parents and to slow down and appreciate things as they are. She also tells her to stay away from a guy named Chad who she meets the next day and discovers that, unfortunately, he's quite cute.
At 38, Park is just getting started as a filmmaker. Her first, "The Fallout," in which Jenna Ortega plays a teen in the aftermath of a school shooting, had one of those pandemic releases that didn't even feel real. But it did get the attention of Margot Robbie 's production company LuckyChap Entertainment, who reached out to Park to see what other ideas she had brewing.
"They were very instrumental in encouraging me to go with it," Park said. "They're just really even-keeled, good people, which makes... Read More