Colleen Butler has joined Territory Studio as an executive producer in San Francisco, bringing extensive experience from the entertainment, gaming and publishing sectors.
Butler will oversee business development and outreach at Territory Studio, a Clio award-winning creative agency known for motion design, visual effects, and digital experiences. Recent cinematic work for Territory Studio includes motion graphics and UI design for No Time to Die, Dune (2021), Fast 9: The Fast Saga, House of Gucci and Space Jam: A New Legacy.
Prior to joining Territory Studio, Butler co-founded Mutiny Pictures, a distribution company specializing in supporting independent and diverse filmmakers. One of Mutiny’s most notable releases is the crime thriller Equal Standard starring Ice-T.
Butler’s previous experience includes film marketing with IFC, Picturehouse Films, Miramax, Roadside Attractions, Fox Searchlight and Focus Features. She is also former Entertainment Director of Los Angeles magazine.
Relative to what see sees as being in store at Territory, Butler said, “I look forward to growing the studio’s business and delivering compelling branded entertainment experiences that will engage and inspire audiences across entertainment, culture, commercial, and technology sectors.”
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