Michael Sucsy to Direct, Southpaw
Entertainment to Produce Music-Driven Feature Based on Novel by
Lisa Genova
Eros STX Global Corporation (NYSE:ESGC) (“ErosSTX”), a global
entertainment company, announced today that STXfilms has acquired
worldwide rights to the film adaptation of the novel Every Note
Played. Oscar® winners Angelina Jolie and Christoph Waltz are in
talks with the studio and attached to star in the film. The
announcement was made today by Adam Fogelson, chairman, STXfilms
Motion Picture Group.
Every Note Played is based on the critically acclaimed most
recent book by New York Times bestselling author Lisa Genova,
author of Still Alice, for which Julianne Moore won the Oscar®,
Golden Globe, SAG, and BAFTA Best Actress awards. The novel was
optioned by Monet Clayton and David Mandell, who developed the
story and adapted it into a music-driven screenplay that became #1
on the Black List.
Golden Globe-winning director Michael Sucsy (“Grey Gardens,” The
Vow, “13 Reasons Why”) is set to direct the film, and Monet
Clayton, Richard Barton Lewis, and Gabrielle Jerou are set to
produce via Richard Barton Lewis’s Oscar®-nominated and Emmy
Award-winning Southpaw Entertainment production banner (August
Rush, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Backdraft).
Every Note Played follows a world-renowned concert pianist and
composer on the verge of creating his magnum opus. When he receives
a life-changing diagnosis, his estranged ex-wife takes up the cross
of caring for him, and he is forced to balance reconciling his
failed relationships with redefining his pursuit of greatness.
Commenting on the announcement, Fogelson said, “We’re thrilled
to be bringing this exceptional filmmaking team together for this
emotional, powerful, and ultimately uplifting story.”
UTA and ICM represented the financing and deal.
ANGELINA JOLIE is an Academy Award and three-time Golden
Globe Winner with numerous film credits including Walt Disney
Pictures' Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, James Mangold's Girl,
Interrupted and the upcoming The Eternals for Marvel. She also
directed, produced and co-wrote the critically acclaimed First They
Killed My Father. Jolie is Special Envoy of the High Commissioner
for Refugees, a Visiting Professor in Practice at the Centre for
Women, Peace and Security at the London School of Economics and
Political Science, as well as being a TIME magazine contributing
editor. She is represented by WME.
CHRISTOPH WALTZ was awarded Oscars® for his work in
Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained. He will next appear in
Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch and reprise his role as Blofeld
in the 007 film No Time to Die. Waltz will next star in Charlie
McDowell’s Gilded Rage and he was recently nominated for an Emmy
Award for his work in Quibi’s "The Most Dangerous Game." He is
represented by ICM.
MICHAEL SUCSY is a Golden Globe, PGA, and Emmy
Award-winning filmmaker best known for writing and directing “Grey
Gardens” (HBO) in which Jessica Lange and Drew Barrymore won Best
Actress Golden Globe, Emmy, and SAG Awards. Sucsy won Golden Globe
and Emmy Awards for best picture. In total, Sucsy’s “Grey Gardens”
won two Golden Globes and six Emmys having garnered a record 17
Emmy nominations. Sucsy followed up the success with The Vow,
starring Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams, which had a $42MM
opening weekend and went onto gross $200MM worldwide.
SOUTHPAW ENTERTAINMENT is an award-winning film and
television production company founded by Richard Lewis, who's
productions have garnered multiple Oscar®, Emmy, Golden Globe,
Grammy, BAFTA, SAG nominations and wins and have generated more
than $1.2 billion dollars in revenue from 19 films, 12 soundtracks,
and over 300 hours of prime time television. Lewis is currently in
post-production on his 19th motion picture with the sexually
charged thriller Every Breath You Take. Directed by Vaughn Stein
and starring Academy Award® Winner Casey Affleck, Michelle
Monaghan, and Sam Claflin. Lewis has more than two dozen
motion-picture, television, and stage projects in active
development, including the Broadway-bound production of his
Oscar®-nominated Warner Bros. musical August Rush.
ErosSTX Global Corporation: Eros STX Global Corporation,
(“ErosSTX” or “The Company”) (NYSE: ESGC) is a global entertainment
company that acquires, co-produces and distributes films, digital
content & music across multiple formats such as theatrical,
television and OTT digital media streaming to consumers around the
world. Eros International Plc changed its name to Eros STX Global
Corporation pursuant to the July 2020 merger with STX
Entertainment, merging two international media and entertainment
groups. The combination of one of the largest Indian OTT players
and premier studio with one of Hollywood’s fastest-growing
independent media companies has created an entertainment powerhouse
with a presence in over 150 countries. ErosSTX delivers star-driven
premium feature film and episodic content across a multitude of
platforms at the intersection of the world's most dynamic and
fastest-growing global markets, including US, India, Middle East,
Asia and China. The Company also owns the rapidly growing OTT
platform Eros Now which has rights to over 12,000 films across
Hindi and regional languages and had 205.8 million registered users
and 33.8 million paying subscribers as of June 30th, 2020. For
further information, please visit ErosSTX.com.
STXfilms, a division of Eros STX Global Corporation, is a
next-generation film studio that produces, acquires, distributes,
and markets motion pictures at scale. From blockbusters like
Hustlers, Bad Moms, and The Upside to hits like The Gentlemen,
Molly’s Game, and The Gift, STXfilms produces star-driven films for
a global audience. In just 5 short years, its slate of films has
already grossed over $1.8b in global theatrical box office. With a
wide range of partners including Universal Pictures Home
Entertainment and Showtime (which handle the physical and premium
television releases of STXfilms content, respectively), the studio
is a fast-growing, industry powerhouse.
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