Trevor King has joined RSA as its East Coast sales rep. King will be responsible for all East Coast sales exclusively for RSA. This is a new role at RSA which previously was repped by executive producer Philip Fox-Mills in conjunction with Uncle Lefty. King was born and raised in Los Angeles, attended Columbia University and began his career in TV commercial production. After working with numerous production companies as a PA and coordinator, he moved on to the world of post as a producer at Spontaneous. King transitioned into the sales rep/head of sales chair at BlueRock and after three years opened independent repping shop, Kingdom, where he looked after Reginaldo, Mad River and Robot Repair. In 2007, King went back in-house at Click 3X….Boutique commercial production studio CoMPANY has signed independent rep firm The Standard Society–headed by Katy Richter and Heather Guillen–to handle the Midwest. CoMPANY’s directorial roster includes Larry Frey, Fred Goss, John Grammatico, Brendan Heath, David McNally, Alex Ogus, Harry Patramanis, Jeff Thomas, Harald Zwart and the Coen Brothers….Bicoastal music shop Butter Music and Sound has secured Marla Mossberg of MBW Represents to handle the West Coast. Butter recently opened its West Coast office in Venice, Calif., led by executive producer Marcus Nelson….Design-based production company King and Country (K&C) has signed with SuperPowers reps Angelina Powers and K.C. Gulino for East Coast commercial representation. Powers launched her independent sales company in 2011, bringing more than 15 years of sales experience in the advertising industry, especially within the realms of production and post. Gulino joined forces with Powers in 2013 to form SuperPowers Representation. K&C was established in 2006 by directors Rick Gledhill and Efrain Montanez and executive producer Jerry Torgerson….
Netflix Series “The Leopard” Spots Classic Italian Novel, Remakes It As A Sumptuous Period Drama
"The Leopard," a new Netflix series, takes the classic Italian novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa and transforms it into a sumptuous period piece showing the struggles of the aristocracy in 19th-century Sicily, during tumultuous social upheavals as their way of life is crumbling around them.
Tom Shankland, who directs four of the eight episodes, had the courage to attempt his own version of what is one of the most popular films in Italian history. The 1963 movie "The Leopard," directed by Luchino Visconti, starring Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon and Claudia Cardinale, won the Palme d'Or in Cannes.
One Italian critic said that it would be the equivalent of a director in the United States taking "Gone with the Wind" and turning it into a series, but Shankland wasn't the least bit intimidated.
He said that he didn't think of anything other than his own passion for the project, which grew out of his love of the book. His father was a university professor of Italian literature in England, and as a child, he loved the book and traveling to Sicily with his family.
The book tells the story of Don Fabrizio Corbera, the Prince of Salina, a tall, handsome, wealthy aristocrat who owns palaces and land across Sicily.
His comfortable world is shaken with the invasion of Sicily in 1860 by Giuseppe Garibaldi, who was to overthrow the Bourbon king in Naples and bring about the Unification of Italy.
The prince's family leads an opulent life in their magnificent palaces with servants and peasants kowtowing to their every need. They spend their time at opulent banquets and lavish balls with their fellow aristocrats.
Shankland has made the series into a visual feast with tables heaped with food, elaborate gardens and sensuous costumes.... Read More