BLACK BEAR PICTURES Teddy Schwarzman Having trained as a lawyer and then served as an apprentice in the packaging department of Cinetic Media, Teddy Schwarzman impressed his colleagues with his willingness to learn the fundamentals, despite being a son of privilege — his father is the Blackstone Group billionaire Stephen Schwarzman. Last year, Schwarzman founded… Read More
Lionsgate has picked up U.S. rights to Robert Redford starrer “All Is Lost,” which Glen Basner’s FilmNation Entertainment is selling at the Berlinale. Pic, which is the next feature from “Margin Call” writer/helmer J.C. Chandor, is a man versus nature drama that takes place on the water. Story is set entirely at sea and has… Read More
BERLIN — Marking another major Hollywood studio deal here, Universal has struck a multi-territory pact for Robert Redford’s next film, All Is Lost, directed by Margin Call’s J.C. Chandor. Glen Basner’s FilmNation, which is shopping the newly announced project at the European Film Market, has virtually sold out world rights in less than four days,… Read More
Black Bear Pictures will produce and finance the indie comedy “Adult Children of Divorce” also known as “A.C.O.D.” The pic, which made the Black List of best unproduced screenplays, centers on a young man caught in the crosshairs of his parents’ bitter divorce. When he begins planning his younger brother’s wedding, he soon discovers he… Read More