Bron Studios’ Genre Label The Realm to Produce Werewolf Movie ‘The Wildness’ (Exclusive) | The Wrap | Apr 28, 2016
The story follows a ski bum who’s pushing 40 and still has a penchant for drugs, babes and transcendental meditation. He’s forced to become an unlikely hero in order to save a mountainside community too drunk on wild parties and over-development to notice that their kids are being systematically turned into werewolves.
Bron’s Matthias Mellinghaus will produce “The Wildness” with renowned “scream queen” Barbara Crampton. Bron’s Aaron L. Gilbert and Garrick Dion will serve as executive producers along with Jason Cloth of Creative Wealth Media Finance. Production is expected to start in January in Vancouver, and casting is already under way.
Gilbert and Dion, who respectively serve as president/CEO and VP of Development at Bron Studios, launched The Realm last summer as a genre label that specializes in director-driven films across multiple genres. Bron Studios has its own mandate, curating concept-
Bron Studios’ recent productions include Nate Parker’s ‘The Birth of a Nation,” Ricky Gervais‘ Netflix comedy “Special Correspondents,” the Hank Williams drama “I Saw the Light” starring Tom Hiddleston, A24’s Ellen Page-Evan Rachel Wood film “Into the Forest” and “Una” starring Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn. The company is also co-producing Denzel Washington‘s “Fences” with Paramount.
Sarmiento, who has directed segments of the horror anthologies “The ABC’s of Death” and “V/H/S: Viral,” is represented by Chris Ridenhour at APA, while Dickson is repped by managers Jarrod Murray and Allard Cantor at Epicenter.
Denzel Washington, Viola Davis Starring in ‘Fences’ Movie | Variety | Apr 11, 2016
Denzel Washington will star in and direct a movie version of August Wilson’s “Fences” for Paramount Pictures with Viola Davis on board to star.
Both actors won Tony’s for their performance in the 2010 Broadway revival of “Fences,” which was first performed in 1985. Bron Creative and Macro are producing the movie with Washington, based on Wilson’s screen adaptation of his Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning play.
Scott Rudin and Todd Black are producing with Washington. Executive producers are Eli Bush; Bron Creative’s Aaron L. Gilbert; Jason Cloth; Andy Pollack; Molly Allen (“The Great Debaters”); Macro’s Charles D. King and Kim Roth along with co-executive producer Poppy Hanks.
Brad Grey, Chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures, “This important and beloved play has been a passion of Denzel’s for many years and it is with great excitement that we embark together to bring his dream project to the big screen.”
“Fences” is the story of a one-time promising baseball player, now working as a Pittsburgh garbage collector, and the complicated relationships with his wife, son, and friends. The film’s ensemble cast includes Stephen Henderson, Russell Hornsby, Mykelti Williamson, Jovan Adepo and Saniyya Sydney.
“Fences” is Washington’s third outing behind the camera following “The Great Deabaters” and “Antwone Fisher.” Paramount and Washington last collaborated in 2012 on “Flight,” in which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor.
“Fences,” co-financed by Bron Studios, Macro and Paramount Pictures, will begin shooting in late April in Pittsburgh.