Director, writer and producer Alex Richanbach, who’s on the commercialmaking/branded content roster at production house Tool, will direct and produce the rom-com feature film Single at the Wedding through his Something Something Pictures for New Line.
Anne Sundell wrote the script on spec from an original idea and developed the film alongside Richanbach. Nikki Ramey and Paulina Sussman will oversee the project for New Line Cinema.
The film introduces us to Allie, the last single person in her group of friends. Allie makes it her mission to find love at her best friend’s wedding with the help of a list of available men, but it turns out she has competition in the form of the groom’s perfect sister.
Richanbach began his career at Funny or Die as a writer/director/producer. His debut feature film We Are Young was released by FOD in 2013. Following Funny Or Die, Richanbach directed the Netflix feature film, Ibiza, written by Lauryn Kahn and produced by Gary Sanchez and Good Universe. Ibiza starred Gillian Jacobs, Vanessa Bayer, Phoebe Robinson, and Richard Madden. Richanbach also has films in development with Point Grey & Hartbeat. Additionally, he has directed award winning commercials starring Julia Roberts, Kevin Hart, Will Smith, Demi Lovato, Dwyane Wade, Shaquille O’Neal, DJ Khaled and many others.
Sundell is an L.A.-based writer and semi-pro wedding attendee (24 weddings and 11 bachelorettes in four years). Sundell began her career as an assistant at Sony Pictures Television and left with a blind script deal with their comedy team. She has an original feature in development at Netflix and has sold two comedy pilots to CBS and one to Roku with Ilana Peña.
Google is blasted by UK watchdog for what it calls anti-competitive behavior through digital ads
Google was slammed Friday by U.K. regulators who say it's taking advantage of its dominance in digital advertising to thwart competition in Britain, ratcheting up pressure that the tech giant is facing on both sides of the Atlantic over its "ad tech" business practices.
Britain's Competition and Markets Authority said that the U.S. company gives preference to its own services to the detriment of online publishers and advertisers in Britain's 1.8 billion pound ($2.4 billion) digital ad market. The watchdog leveled its accusations after an investigation, and the findings could potentially lead to a fine worth billions of dollars or an order to change its behavior.
Google is a major player throughout the digital ad ecosystem, providing servers for publishers to manage ad space on their websites and apps, tools for advertisers and media agencies to buy display ads, and an exchange where both sides come together to buy and sell ads in real time at auctions.
"We've provisionally found that Google is using its market power to hinder competition when it comes to the ads people see on websites," the watchdog's interim executive director of enforcement, Juliette Enser, said in a press release.
The watchdog's charges, known as a statement of objections, arrive two years after it opened its investigation. Google's digital ad business is also the focus of a European Union antitrust investigation and a U.S. Justice Department lawsuit that's set to go to trial this month.
The CMA said that Google's "anti-competitive" conduct is ongoing, but the company disputed the allegations Friday.
"Google remains committed to creating value for our publisher and advertiser partners in this highly competitive sector," the company said in a prepared... Read More