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Fred Rheinstein, chairman and primary owner of Hollywood-headquartered The Post Group, told SHOOT that he has entered into an agreement in principle for a stock sale of The Post Group to Matt Cooper and David Cooper, owners of Lightning Dubs and part of Hollywood-based iO Films. Rheinstein–who said plans call for him to remain with The Post Group as vice chair–reported that the parties to the deal are in an accelerated due diligence phase….Rooftop Edit has opened in New York, with a talent base that includes veteran editors Ed Kisberg and Geno Tulchin, Smoke artist Anthony Forte, audio mixer/sound designer Chris Russomanno and assistant editor Jeremy Ambers….Sound designer Jon Klok plans to re-launch the Audio Lounge in Venice, Calif. He has spent the past three years working on varied projects in his native Denmark. The Audio Lounge is slated to open its doors on March 1. Klok’s background includes working as a sound designer for Machine Head, Venice, then partnering in the former CHKW and next becoming part of Audio Lounge during its first go-around…. Editor Michael Saia of New York-based house Jump is wrapping up work on the Jerry Bruckheimer-executive produced feature Glory Road, directed by noted spot director James Gartner of Santa Monica-based GARTNER. At press time, Saia was slated to again be available for commercials in early February….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