Tom Weissferdt, a former partner/exec producer at Caviar, has launched Slim Pictures in Venice, Calif.
Tom Weissferdt, a former partner/exec producer at Caviar, has launched Slim Pictures in Venice, Calif. The new venture opens with a directorial roster that consists of ZCDC (Zack Canepari and Drea Cooper), Stephen Blackman, Karen Cunningham, Nicolas Caicoya, Charley Stadler and Brad Morrison. Zlim is repped by Andrew Hall on the West Coast, Anya Zander and Emilia Ferreira of The House of Cards on the East Coast, and Rich Newman in the Midwest….Envision Media Arts, a Los Angeles-based producer spanning commercials, film and TV, has hired David Buelow as president of Film & TV, and Andrew Halpern as president of commercial production. Buelow comes over from Brookwell McNamara Entertainment (BME), where he served as president and produced such films as Bring it On: Fight to the Finish, Into the Blue 2: The Reef and Legally Blondes, the sequel to the successful Legally Blonde franchise. Halpern's repping and producing career had him working with commercial production houses that included RSA Films, MJZ, Chelsea and Plum. Lee Nelson is president of the overall Envison Media Arts which was founded as XOVR (pronounced Crossover) in 2002. Envision Media Arts has producd spots for Macy's, Ferrero Rocher, Ford and T-Com, among others. In 2010 Nelson executive produced and Envision supplied financing for the feature Janie Jones, starring Abigail Breslin and Alessandro Nivola. The film recently premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Envision currently is in pre-production on WACO, the first narrative feature film to explore the events of the ATF raid on Mt. Carmel, Texas, the 51-day siege that followed, and the devastating fire that resulted in the deaths of 81 civilians. Set to star Academy Award winner Adrien Brody, Kurt Russell, Sharon Stone and John Leguizamo, WACO will be directed by Rupert Wainwright (Stigmata)….Framestore's London office has promoted Helen Hughes to its top commercials production role, head of production. The appointment is a precursor to a period of growth that will see Framestore's production department increase with imminent new hirings. Hughes joined Framestore as a senior producer in August 2010. Since working for Framestore, she has produced such work as Audi's “Goodnight Moon” with director Daniel Kleinman, and EA Sports' “FIFA 11” and Special Olympics “Omar” with director Johnny Green. She is currently working with director Tom Kuntz on a soon-to-be-released project. Hughes joined Framestore from Method Studios in LA where she was a director of production. Hughes was previously at The Mill, firstly in the London office between 2000 and 2006 where she became deputy head of production before transferring to the USA to establish The Mill's LA studio. Hughes' production career began as an agency producer at Ogilvy and a production company producer at Outsider Films….
Alec Baldwin Urges Judge To Stand By Dismissal Of Involuntary Manslaughter Case In “Rust” Shooting
Alec Baldwin urged a New Mexico judge on Friday to stand by her decision to skuttle his trial and dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie.
State District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case against Baldwin halfway through a trial in July based on the withholding of evidence by police and prosecutors from the defense in the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust."
The charge against Baldwin was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can't be revived once any appeals of the decision are exhausted.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey recently asked the judge to reconsider, arguing that there were insufficient facts and that Baldwin's due process rights had not been violated.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer on "Rust," was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal when it went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer โ but not the trigger โ and the revolver fired.
The case-ending evidence was ammunition that was brought into the sheriff's office in March by a man who said it could be related to Hutchins' killing. Prosecutors said they deemed the ammunition unrelated and unimportant, while Baldwin's lawyers alleged that they "buried" it and filed a successful motion to dismiss the case.
In her decision to dismiss the Baldwin case, Marlowe Sommer described "egregious discovery violations constituting misconduct" by law enforcement and prosecutors, as well as false testimony about physical evidence by a witness during the trial.
Defense counsel says that prosecutors tried to establish a link... Read More