Director Martin Krejci–who’s handled for commercials and branded content by Ruffian in the U.S. and Merman in the U.K.–has made his feature film debut with the just released The True Adventures of Wolfboy starring Jaeden Martell in the title role and a cast that includes Sophia Giannamore, Eve Hewson, Chris Messina, Chloe Sevigny and John Turturro. The True Adventures of Wolf Boy is an emotionally charged story about a boy living with a rare physical condition who goes on a life-changing journey of discovery. Martell’s character Paul has hypertrichosis, a condition that causes a thick coat of hair to grow over the entirety of his body, including his face. As a result he suffers intense bullying and isolation from his peers. On his 13th birthday, Paul receives a mysterious gift that compels him to run away and seek out the mother he has never known. Along the way, he encounters and befriends an assortment of vivid misfits, and ends up being pursued by both the police and criminals. Paul must come to terms with his appearance, and ultimately learn the secret history of his familial heritage. In the commercialmaking arena, Krejci has directed for such brands as IKEA, Ford, Stella Artois, Heineken, Phillips, Guinness and Nike….
Writers of “Conclave,” “Say Nothing” Win Scripter Awards
The authors and screenwriters behind the film โConclaveโ and the series โSay Nothingโ won the 37th-annual USC Libraries Scripter Awards during a black-tie ceremony at USCโs Town and Gown ballroom on Saturday evening (2/22).
The Scripter Awards recognize the yearโs most accomplished adaptations of the written word for the screen, including both feature-length films and episodic series.
Novelist Robert Harris and screenwriter Peter Straughan took home the award for โConclave.โ
In accepting the award, Straughan said, โAdaptation is a really strange process, youโre very much the servant of two masters. In a way itโs an act of betrayal of one master for the other.โ He joked that โYou start off with a book that you love, you read it again and again, and then you end up throwing it over your shoulder,โ crediting author Robert Harris for being โso kind, so generous, so open throughout.โ
In the episodic series category, Joshua Zetumer and Patrick Radden Keefe won for the episode โThe People in the Dirtโ from the limited series โSay Nothing,โ which Zetumer adapted from Keefeโs nonfiction book about the Troubles in Ireland.
Zetumer referenced this yearโs extraordinary group of Scripter finalists, saying โprojects like these reminded me of why I wanted to become a writer when I was sitting in USCโs Leavey Library dreaming of becoming a screenwriter. If you fell in love with movies, or fell in love with TV, chances are you fell in love with something dangerous.โ
Special guest for the evening, actress and producer Jennifer Beals, shared her thoughts on the impact of libraries. โIf ever you are at a loss wondering if there is good in the world,โ she said, โyou have only to go to a... Read More