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Fantastic Fest: Kevin Sorbo on the Twisted Julia X 3D, Christian Films, and Hollywood Snobbery

comments: 0 || add yours Genre fans already know Kevin Sorbo for his long-running stints on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Andromeda, two shows for which he’s earned international stardom on the small screen, and in recent years the erstwhile Hercules/Dylan Hunt has branched out by adding Christian flicks to his resume. But are audiences — not to mention fans of his faith-based work — ready to see Sorbo as the ultra-violent, masochistic lady-hunting sociopath he plays in P.J. Pettiette’s horror satire Julia X 3D? Sorbo stars in the Fantastic Fest entry Julia X 3D as The Stranger, a suave serial killer who takes sadistic pleasure in kidnapping and torturing young single women he finds via the internet while listening to the dulcet tunes of The Carpenters on his iPod. When he brings home his latest victim, a blonde named Julia (Valeria Azlynn) whom he brands with the signature X — the next in his series of alphabetically-marked “girlfriends” — he discovers she’s not quite like his other conquests. And thus begins their twisted, comical love story. Movieline spoke with Sorbo in Austin, TX after a Fantastic Fest screening of Julia X 3D about the joys of playing such a warped, dark character, how he balances the role with his run of faith-based films, why Hercules: The Legendary Journeys never got the respect it deserved from mainstream Hollywood, how Hollywood is “a whore” and snobbish to boot, and that one time a botched line reading on Hercules became a YouTube sensation (i.e. “Disappointed!”). P.J. Pettiette prefaced the intro by warning the audience that Julia X takes a few tonal shifts they may not expect. How much of a concern was it that viewers wouldn’t go along with the film? Kevin Sorbo: I think people come into movies like this with assumptions. They go, ‘Oh — this is going to be a slasher movie, or a horror movie,’ so I think there’s a page out of Scary Movie with something like this. There’s a lot of very comical stuff, it’s like a very strange love story. It is quite twisted. And at times, quite surprisingly romantic. Sorbo: [The characters] are both so fucked up, and they both realize they found their soulmates. I’m going to talk about this in vague terms so as to not spoil it for readers… Sorbo: That’s right, you don’t want to wreck the twist where people halfway through go, [redacted]! I think saying it’s a strange love story might be enough. When Julia X first came along, were you looking for material that was a significant departure from the projects you’re known for? Sorbo: Probably not. I was looking for something different, and certainly to play a bad guy. I’ve had enough people come and ask me, talking about other scripts. But this came along and I said yeah, this is interesting to me. I’m not myself a huge fan of Friday the 13th and stuff like that, I don’t need to see slasher movies like that. I enjoyed Scary Movie because of David Zucker-type of humor - Airplane, Naked Gun, whatever. I love that kind of humor. So when I read this it had a lot of interesting beats. There’s a line from When Harry Met Sally when she fakes the orgasm and Reiner’s mother, who’s in that scene, says, ‘I’ll have what she’s having.’ That line for me [in Julia X] is when she leaves and I say, ‘Please let her continue.’ [Laughs] For me that reminded me of that movie. Do you think your fans, particularly those of Hercules and Andromeda, will be surprised by the things they see you do in Julia X and the extremes to which this movie goes? Sorbo: You know, I was just in Spain for the film festival there last week and a lot of fans from all over Europe came down there. They’ve already seen the movie — I guess it’s in Germany, or something. They said they were so blown away and so scared, but so attracted to it at the same time. It was a really good response. It is wonderfully perverse to see you play these twisted shades, even beyond the fact that your character is a killer. Was it hard to hit tonally? Sorbo: Hercules had a lot of humor in it, and I like sarcastic humor. Maybe it’s because I’m a fan of Letterman, I don’t know. I grew up in a family of four boys as well, so that stuff was always there with us, competition-wise. So I identified with that. I’ve done a lot of sitcom work, and I actually had my own pilot for ABC. I feel I’m comfortable with finding the right timing for things. What makes it even riskier here is the element of violence, especially when it’s extreme violence done to female bodies. That’s often hard to watch in horror films. Sorbo: Yeah, but they made female characters that were actually very strong. And somebody mentioned in the audience that a lot of times in horror movies, they trip, they can’t find the car, can’t find the key, those women always look so helpless. These are not helpless women. They’re pretty tough women, in their own right. That’s the first great surprise in the film. Sorbo: No question. Because you don’t really know it until the second time she escapes and dives through the window, you start realizing there’s something about this woman that’s not quite the same. Because she actually initially comes across as very helpless, when I’m throwing her around and branding her and she’s fumbling around. Then she shows her true colors. Do you see this as a new kind of serial killer villain in the horror lexicon? Sorbo: Yeah! Because of the humor element in there. But the thing is, he is very violent. He’s very scary. He goes from one extreme to the other, there’s a north and south pole to this guy and you don’t know where he’s going to be. When he’s beating her up around the house and sits her down and says, ‘I think we’re having a great time, aren’t we? This is a great date!’ I didn’t hear the reaction I thought I was going to from the audience at the very end. It was interesting; there was sort of a sadness in the audience… Which was the toughest scene to shoot? Sorbo: Probably near the very end, when I have Alicia [Leigh Willis] on my back and I’m throwing her up against the walls. We had certain places we had to hit because they made breaking areas in the right spots, we had to make sure we hit them in the right area. I don’t know if she’s a Method actress but she comes across that way, she really gets into it. I’m from the Meisner technique — she might be the same, but she really commits, which was great. On top of that she’s sexy as hell. I can’t remember how many women around me commented on her legs. But my favorite scene, frankly, is my scene with Joel [David Moore] when I speak with him for the first time. He’s like, ‘Holy shit!’ That’s a fun scene; you two are like characters from two different movies sharing the same scene, talking on two different levels about the situation. Sorbo: It was, because he has no clue. I’ve known Joel for years, he’s a good friend, but that’s the only time we’ve ever worked together. Were you instrumental in bringing him onboard? Sorbo: No! They told me they got him, and it was just like, boom! I think at the time when he got it he probably had no idea I was playing The Stranger. How do you see Julia X in relation to your greater career, especially side by side with your faith-based films? Sorbo: [Laughs] They’re a little bit different. Well, I’m a Christian but I’m also an actor. So there are people like my character. There are certain characters I wouldn’t play just out of principle, but this character, I like the bends and twists of him and I just said, yeah, I’m going to do this. But with What If…, and there’s another one called Abel’s Field and I’ve got another one I’m shooting this year called Persecuted, and I think we got James Woods which could be very cool. I like to mix it up. I got three TV series that I’ve sold, two to SciFi and one to Sony. So hopefully I’m on TV on a regular basis again soon, I kind of want to get back in that television mode. So we’ll see. You’re known for a number of sci-fi and fantasy properties - is that a creative space you particularly relish working in, or are you looking for other sorts of projects? Sorbo: The last five or six years I’ve really mixed it up a lot, but I have no problem being identified with Hercules and Captain Dylan Hunt from Andromeda. From 1993 to 2005 I was very heavily employed, and any actor’s grateful to have that. Two series that did that well, that combined 250 hours of television — I think a lot of actors would love to have that resume so I’m very fortunate. Both shows are still on in about 100 countries around the world. You’re so strongly associated with those characters, Hercules in particular — do you feel like that ever works against you? Sorbo: I don’t think anymore. People still look at it, and I think the public is open to seeing me in different things, it’s certain areas in Hollywood. It’s funny, they all have blinders on. They all know you’re actors but they look at you one way. It’s like, wait a minute — what if I play a different role? Well, then they think you’re that. Hollywood is kind of stupid in a lot of ways, and they’re weird people to deal with. The studios are a very odd bit, it’s amazing to me that anything gets made because there are so many cooks in the kitchen and everybody’s afraid to make a decision. They want to keep their jobs, so nothing happens. Do you prefer, then, to work outside of that system? Sorbo: I would rather work outside of it, but you know — if you want to get involved in network and cable then you’ve got to work with the studios again. I don’t have a problem with studios, it’s some of the people that work in them that make things difficult because, like I said, I think a lot of them are just afraid to make decisions. You were previously up to play roles like Superman and Mulder in The X-Files before your Hercules days. Sorbo: Before Hercules, yeah. I was down to the last few guys in both of those series. How different do you think your career would have been if you’d done those shows instead? Sorbo: X-Files might have [changed my career] because it was mainstream and on a network. Hollywood does have a snobbery toward first run, syndicated shows. Hercules, we ran for seven years and Universal Studios wanted to go for three more years on it, but at that time I was pretty burnt out working 100 hour weeks, lifting two hours a day, every day. I loved Hercules, but by that time I had gotten married, I kind of wanted to move back to the States. I was living in New Zealand and nothing against New Zealand, I had seven wonderful years there and I loved it. But I was ready to do something different. You’ve got to fight these people on these different things sometimes… it’s weird, on the one hand they’re happy to have you working that way and on the other they want you to do something different. But like I said, with the snobbery factor — Hercules was a first-run, syndicated show. It becomes the most-watched television show in the world yet Hollywood doesn’t want to pay attention anyway. Fine, they don’t want to look at me as an actor, I have no problem with that. But I told our DP, our directors, our choreographers, our costume woman Ngila Dickson, I told all of those people, ‘You should be winning Emmys and Golden Globes for the show, because it’s an amazing show.” We had two full units, we had $1.4M an episode between 1993 and 2000, which is a lot of money. A lot of one-hour television doesn’t do that today. We were in New Zealand, getting double the money. Yet they never paid attention to us. That entire crew went on to work on Lord of the Rings and sure enough, they all won Academy Awards. What do you think is behind this snobbery? Sorbo: The networks did not want to bring cable into the Golden Globes and Emmys, but they had to eventually, they were forced to. Now cable’s dominating. But they did not want to. It’s a pure snobbery issue, there’s no question. I think it’s not being on a network. The politics of Hollywood are the politics of Hollywood. You’ve got to fight that game all the time. It gets frustrating. It’s weird; I did a sitcom for ABC called Bobby Cannon. It was a show that my manager and I developed, we got Barry Kemp to write it who did Coach, he did Newhart, he did Taxi. We tested number one in all the markets they tested the pilot in, and they didn’t pick us up. I swear, it’s weird. Why do you spend the money doing that? It comes down to I think they have favors to run with other people. It’s strange that you have just a handful of people, at each network, that decide what the world gets to see. Is there any way to reclaim that power in the choices that you make? Sorbo: Ha! I don’t think anybody can. You get to a point where you can fight it, but I really think it comes down to everybody’s afraid to make a decision. I sat in that room when we auditioned five women to play opposite me in my sitcom and I remember the president of ABC at the time saying, ‘Uh, you know, I think that I don’t like any of them. What do you guys think?’ Of course nobody said anything! I stood up and picked two, I said, ‘You think Brooke Shields wasn’t good?’ I thought she was very good, and we had great chemistry. It’s weird. It’s just a game. On a lighter note, there’s an infamous video of you from the set of Hercules very seriously delivering the line, ‘Disappointed!’ It seems like you’re reading the direction rather than the dialogue. Sorbo: [Laughs] I don’t remember it! It’s funny because I remember every episode as a whole, but I’m watching it with my kids again and I’ll look at it and go, ‘I remember the episode, I remember the storyline, I know that’s me talking - but I have no recall of that scene.’ That’s me, I know it’s me! I know I did it. Do I yell out, ‘Disappointed?’ Yes. ‘Disappointed!’ It’s so wonderful because you put such conviction into it. Sorbo: Then I think I remember that. [Laughs] We had a lot of fun on that set. I was also wondering if you have it written in your contract that you have to keep your fabulous hair intact. Sorbo: [Laughs] Well, it’s been different lengths through the years! I mean, from Hercules to Andromeda, it was shorter than this on Andromeda for five years. But I’m kind of growing it out now. I’ll probably have to cut it for Persecution, because I play a Billy Graham type of character. It’s a very good script. Going back to your faith-based work, what do you think it is that’s made this genre so successful in recent years? Sorbo: I think Blind Side sort of opened the door to that. I would put Blind Side in that category. And there’s Kirk Cameron… Sorbo: Fireproof? You know, Fireproof hit a chord on marriage, it had a resonance with people. Sony came onboard and put big money into it. I think my movie What If… is a wonderful movie, and we had a deal in place with the same division that put out Fireproof and something happened with the producers and we didn’t do it. We went out independently on our own, it stayed in theaters for like five months moving from city to city. I would do radio interviews on local radio stations. But I think it’s a movie that deserved as much acclaim as that did. There’s still a huge divide between faith-based movies and mainstream audiences. Sorbo: Well, here’s the thing: I think Hollywood is a whore, they’ll make anything that makes a buck. Trust me, they will. So there were a lot of people, when I did Soul Surfer and What If…, who said, ‘We need more movies like that!’ And I said, ‘Well then, you’re going to have to support them.’ Hollywood will make anything they’re going to make money on. So these Christian groups and family groups and blah, blah, blah, if they want more movies like that, then they have to support them. Period. Get more of Movieline’s Fantastic Fest coverage here and follow us on Twitter! Tagged: andromeda, bobby cannon, brooke shields, fantastic fest, hercules, horror, julia x, julia x 3d, kevin sorbo, kirk cameron, persecution, pj pettiette, what if...

Who'll Jenna Choose around the Awkward Season Finale?

Ashley Rickards and Love Mirchoff Around the Awkward season finale, star Love Mirchoff promises an finish towards the season-lengthy love triangular. "Everything will get resolved - well, not resolved, however it involves a conclusion," Mirchoff states. "Jenna constitutes a choice between Matty and Mike." Take a look at our fall preview for art galleries, scoop, premiere calendars and much more! The MTV series, that was lately acquired for any second season, follows the ups - and much more frequently downs - of senior high school teen Jenna Hamilton (Ashley Rickards). Mirchoff plays Matty, the most popular jock who's been keeping his relationship with Jenna quiet. He places blame Matty's insensitive actions on his immaturity. "It's all regulated a new comer to him. He's 16 years of age and he's didn't have a genuine girlfriend," he states." I believe sometimes he puts about this façade while he really wants to be awesome, but Matty is really a great guy and means well." Awkward. star Ashley Rickards: Jenna's heading out of control To help complicate Jenna and Matty's romance, Matty's closest friend Mike (Brett Davern) also likes Jenna, but has no clue the 2 are participating. When Jenna lately arrived at her breaking point using the secret affair, she recognized Jake's offer towards the school's formal. On Tuesday's finale (11/10c, MTV), the problem involves a mind. Who Mirchoff think Jenna should select? "As impartial of the opinion I'm able to have, I believe Jenna's real love is Matty. Maybe, at this time, Mike is much better on her ... however i don't believe she truly loves Mike," he states. Are you currently on Team Matty or Team Mike?

Parks and Rec's Nick Offerman on Ron Swanson's Moustache Misadventures and Frightening Tammy

Nick Offerman When audiences last saw Ron Swanson on Parks and Entertainment, he was eyebrow-less and running scared from first wife Tammy 1. Nick Offerman promises that at first of Season 4 (Thursday, 8:30/7:30, NBC) "fans goes via a curler-coaster ride of emotion with Ron's hair on your face.Inch No, really. Just wait. TVGuide.com quizzed Offerman concerning the condition of his popular 'stache, what he thinks about the Ron Swanson phenomenon, and why Tammy 1 used to be appealing to a youthful Ron. Plus, he informs us whether we'll see much more of his woodworking abilities or his smooth alter ego Duke Silver.Many TV experts considered your insufficient an Emmy nomination a significant snub. Still, the show was up for the best Comedy Series, which needed to feel great. There is also Amy Poehler's impassioned remark regarding your being omitted.Offerman: Megan and that i were driving from Austin to La after i heard what Amy stated, and that i thought, "This is exactly why I'd follow her in to the gates of hell." I truly, actually was wishing the show would have that type of recognition because, obviously, all of us believe that it is the wisest comedy that ever been around. I believe Megan and that i had celebratory huevos rancheros somewhere in New Mexico. I acquired extra chorizo on mine. Ron Swanson is becoming something of the Internet celebrity. There's Felines Who Seem Like Ron Swanson. Eater made his hamburger having a poultry leg inside it. His face has been utilized to hawk sausage at Trader Joe's. Many animated GIFs... Offerman: My being cast as Ron Swanson, probably the most prevalent effect of that's that my mother is a lot more savvy at Google alerts. Megan and that i are extremely low-tech. We are type of Luddites.Amy Poehler around the evolution of Parks and Recreation's adorable leaderYou do not ever indulge? You need a popular fan-made Ron Swanson creation.Offerman: My closest friend is a very funny, strange artist and that he involves my woodshop a great deal. If I am likely to enjoy some kind of Ron Swanson item, it's often witting with him within the furniture shop. I believe lots of my personal favorite stuff continues to be the truly crazy portraits of Ron. In my experience, individuals are undoubtedly the best because someone takes the savory flavor of Ron and turns it right into a whole other thing of beauty. My face selling sausage did not feel below par, either.It isn't frequently we have seen Ron melt, but he melted at the view of Li'l Sebastian. Explain their connection.Offerman: Well, Li'l Sebastian would be a heroic figure to Ron. He would be a simple little equine, and that he kind of resided Ron's ideal existence. Ron want to you need to be admired, be incredibly well-hung and also have his fill every single day of both oats and lady horses.What else could you inform us concerning the story arc for Ron's hair on your face this year?Offerman: Gosh, I can not remember. I either were built with a really bad dream where Ron's hair on your face experiences some trauma, or yeah, Ron's moustache might run afoul in some way. I am not privy to numerous that information. My hair on your face includes a different agent. Sometimes, like, eventually every 72 hours that my moustache works.Parks and Entertainment scoop: Ron's hair on your face, Tammy 1, Leslie's large decision and much more!Final season, we found that both Ron and Tammy 2 are afraid of Tammy 1. How did they meet up to begin with?Offerman: Without offering any spoilers, It could be reliable advice that they are within an older lady-more youthful fellow situation. And you'd need to be a eunuch to face up to the lure from the older lady, particularly when described by Patricia Clarkson. We are really buddies with Patty and also the evening the offer is made, Megan and that i were built with a drink together with her to celebrate. A slave to, searching at the pair of them am surreal. I still seem like a little of the newcomer. I seem like I have just showed up inside my first job, to be sitting with one of these two special gems and playing a guy who's been married to each of them really sent me for any loop.Among the moving moments last season was Ron's birthday, when Leslie discloses it was on Ron's advice that they remained in Pawnee. Why do you consider Ron is really encouraging of Leslie?Offerman: Working alongside with someone whose energy is really as infectious as Leslie Knope ... let us just say, if Ron saw it coming, he'd has progressed to another area of the condition. Despite the fact that he does not believe in the ideals she's going after, he needs to respect somebody that simply has ideals and chases them so ardently.Shall we be likely to use whatever much more of Ron's woodshop handiwork?Offerman: We're, actually. I understand with a minimum of two episodes where we'll be treated to a lot of wizardry of Ron's woodworking.Why Ron Swanson's birthday switched super sweet on Parks and RecreationAnd how about Duke Silver?Offerman: It's funny. People request about this a great deal. I understand we like Duke Silver, however it just all is dependent on what will be serving the specific story week in and week out. I believe we will have Duke again, but can be.What's it been like on set? There is lots of frustration this past year once the show was shelved for midseason.Offerman: Really, the very first time because the show was produced, we are comfortable. I personally don't like to even say it - knock on wood - however it appears like we obtain to a minimum of have one comfortable season without needing to be around the bubble or seem like we are likely to be removed at any time. But even if i was frustrated, making shows inside a vacuum, as lengthy as we are making the show, everyone's really happy since it is a lot fun.What exactly are you most searching toward seeing this year of Parks and Entertainment? How frightening do you consider Tammy 1 may possibly be?

Source Code May Download For Your Telly

New US drama plannedIf you viewed sci-fi thriller Source Code this season and thought it appeared like the likes of cult telly series Quantum Leap, you may be wondering why producer Mark Gordon thinks that Code must result in the jump towards the small screen. But that is exactly his plan, selling a weekly outing for that movie's technology to US network CBS. There will be considered a slight twist within the action this time around around, obviously, since Mike Gyllenhaal's Colter Stevens will not be showing up. Rather, the weekly series follows three former federal agents employed for any top-secret program. However their mission can be really similar: jumping in to the awareness of individuals involved with tragic occasions hoping of stopping them. If you have yet to determine the film, you will want to skip the next paragraph due to spoilers. We'll setup a meeting at the next... Still around? We doubt the three leads come in exactly the same condition as Stevens, with him turning to be brown bread (or at best damn near near to it) all along. Welcome back, spoilerphobes! At this time, it'll likely must see the pilot stage with Mislead Me/Lost veteran Steve Maeda hired to create the script. Director Duncan Johnson has tweeted that he isn't involved, but given Gordon's history about the small screen (he's assisted shepherd the kind of Criminal Minds and Grey's Anatomy), we are sure it features a shot. And despite the fact that it will seem like a brand new undertake Dr Mike Beckett's adventures or even the lesser-known and shorter-resided series 7 Days, almost always there is room for additional decent sci-fi on television.

Brits back local film biz

LONDON -- The high value that the U.K. public places on the cultural importance of film is revealed in market research published Friday by the British Film Institute. According to the report, titled "Opening Our Eyes: how film contributes to the culture of the U.K.," 84% of Brits say they are interested in film. That's behind TV and U.K. news, with 88% apiece, but ahead of foreign news (81%), restaurants (80%), the countryside (80%), pop and rock music (69%), literature (67%), politics (62%), museums (59%), pubs and clubs (53%), watching and playing sport (52% and 51% respectively), theater (50%), art (46%), celebrities (32%) and religion (32%). There is even more support for specifically British films, with 88% of people saying they think local movies are important, and 78% in favor of public funding for U.K. filmmaking through the National Lottery. BFI chief exec Amanda Nevill commented, "This report proves that film is at the heart of our cultural life. Understanding, appreciating and assessing its cultural contribution is essential to forward-looking public policy and will guide our funding priorities for film." The BFI took over from the U.K. Film Council in April as the body responsible for investing lottery coin in film production. Until recently, it was widely assumed within the U.K. film industry that local cinema audiences regarded the label "British film" as a negative. However, according to the BFI research, half of respondents said they were more likely to watch a film if it is British; 86% said they had seen a British film in the past year; and more than half said there are too few British films in cinemas and on TV. A remarkable 95% said that British films are "well made," and 94% said they are "well acted." This public approval is borne out by U.K. box office results in 2011, with British films occupying the top three positions -- "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2," "The King's Speech" and "The Inbetweeners Movie." Perhaps surprisingly, the film identified by the largest numbers of respondents as having a significant effort on U.K. society was "Trainspotting," followed by "The Full Monty," "East Is East," "Billy Elliot," "The King's Speech," "This Is England," "Cathy Come Home," "Brassed Off," "Slumdog Millionaire" and "Kidulthood." Out of all films, British and non-British, "The King's Speech" was most frequently mentioned as having a personal effect on people, followed by "Schindler's List," "Avatar," "Slumdog Millionaire," "Titanic" and "The Shawshank Redemption." The research, which polled more than 2,000 people, was carried out for the BFI in February 2011 by Northern Alliance and Ipsos. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

MPI Media Group Grabs United States Privileges to 'Yelling towards the Sky'

MPI Media Group has acquired its northern border American privileges to Yelling towards the Sky, a drama starring Zoe Kravitz and Gabourey Sidibe. MPI is renowned for its home video distribution but is planning for a spring 2012 theatrical release for that film, the directorial debut of actress Victoria Mahoney. The organization will follow-track of a release on DVD and VOD. The film tested in the 2011 Berlin Film Festival in addition to SXSW, and concentrates on a 17-year-old girl, performed by X-Males: Top Class actress Kravitz, who must look after herself inside a tough neighborhood when her family falls apart. Also within the cast are Tim Blake Nelson, Jason Clarke and Antonique Cruz. Yelling was created by Mahoney, Billy Mulligan, Diane Houslin and Ged Dickersin. Sales outfit Submarine repped the film within the deal. Related Subjects

Arnie & Bruce Locked For Expendables 2

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Elias Axume Promoted to President, Maya International Distribution

Elias Axume has been promoted to president, Maya International Distribution, it was announced today by Moctesuma Esparza, Maya Entertainment chairman and CEO, to whom he reports. Jack Campbell, who joined the company three years ago, has been appointed vp, Maya International Distribution, and will report to Axume. Axume joined Maya in August, 2010 and had been serving as executive vp. During the past year, the company has acquired ten films, including Café with Jennifer Love Hewitt, A Bag of Hammers, with Rebecca Hall, Without Men with Eva Longoria, Repeaters with Amanda Crew and The Jesuit,written and to be directed by Paul Schrader. The company also has established a multi-million dollar fund for future acquisitions to be overseen by Axume. "Elias has worked aggressively to expand our International and acquisitions business in the global marketplace adding many terrific films to our growing library," Esparza said. "He has the depth of experience and an understanding of the international market that is invaluable in identifying films that are commercially appealing and bring value to the company." Related Topics Eva Longoria Parker Jennifer Love Hewitt Hirings-firings Paul Schrader

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