Bicoastal production house Honor Society has launched with Megan Kelly as EP/managing director and Eli Rotholz as EP/head of sales. Honor Society opens with a roster of directors which includes Inside Amy Schumer co-creator Daniel Powell, Cooties directors Cary & Jon, Billy on the Street and Comedy Bang Bang director Stoney Sharp, Gina & Mark who maintain NYC-based VFX, design and post boutique Hey Beautiful Jerk, Robert Boocheck, Adam Donald, KEZIA, Lara Shapiro, Simon Burrill, and Zeke O’Donnell.
Upcoming projects from Honor Society directors include spots launching this month for brands like WSJ, Target, Oral B and Verizon.
Rotholz will be supported in sales on the East Coast by Katie Northy and Jessica Millington and Midwest representation by Matthew Bucher of Obsidian.
Kelly brings nearly two decades of experience on both the agency and production sides of the business. Prior to founding Honor Society with Rotholz, she led production teams for such shops as Savage, Shilo, The Sweet Shop, Public Domain and Czar. Most recently Kelly started the live action division at Click 3X. Kelly’s work has garnered honors from One Show, the AICP Show and Cannes Lions.
Eli Rotholz honed his sales skills while working at Ziegler/Jakubowicz and Moustache. He teamed with Kelly to build a diverse roster of directors at Click 3X.
Honor Society will operate as a stand-alone production resource, or can produce fully integrated projects in affiliation with companies Fluid Editorial, Butter Music + Sound, Mr. Bronx Audio Post and Scout Design and Animation.
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More