Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jan 19, 2015 9:59:48 GMT -6
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Berlin: Goldcrest to Sell Roland Emmerich’s ‘Stonewall’
LONDON — Goldcrest Films is to handle international rights to Roland Emmerich’s “Stonewall,” which will be introduced to buyers at the European Film Market in Berlin. Warner Bros. has acquired German-language rights, and a U.S. deal is set to be inked soon.
The film, which is in post-production, stars Jeremy Irvine (“Woman in Black: The Angel of Death,” “The Railway Man,” “War Horse”), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (“Mission Impossible III,” “Tudors”), Ron Perlman (“Drive,” “Hellboy” I and II) and Joey King (“White House Down,” “The Conjuring”).
It recreates the events that culminated in the riots outside the Stonewall Inn, Greenwich Village, in June 1969, which is seen as the birth of the gay rights movement.
The drama centers on Danny Winters (Irvine), a young man who is kicked out of his home by his parents and flees to NY where, homeless and destitute, he befriends a group of street kids who soon introduce him to the Mafia-run Stonewall Inn, the watering hole of local drag queens, gays, lesbians and everything in between.
There he meets the suave Trevor (Meyers), but also catches the eye of the Stonewall Inn’s repulsive manager (Perlman), who colludes with corrupt police, exploits homeless youth for financial gain, and is even suspected to have had a hand in some of their “disappearances.”
The screenplay is by Jon Robin Baitz (“Brothers and Sisters”). Pic is produced by Emmerich, Michael Fossat, Marc Frydman and Carsten Lorenz, and executive produced by Adam Press, Michael Roban and Kirstin Winkler.
Berlin: Goldcrest to Sell Roland Emmerich’s ‘Stonewall’
LONDON — Goldcrest Films is to handle international rights to Roland Emmerich’s “Stonewall,” which will be introduced to buyers at the European Film Market in Berlin. Warner Bros. has acquired German-language rights, and a U.S. deal is set to be inked soon.
The film, which is in post-production, stars Jeremy Irvine (“Woman in Black: The Angel of Death,” “The Railway Man,” “War Horse”), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (“Mission Impossible III,” “Tudors”), Ron Perlman (“Drive,” “Hellboy” I and II) and Joey King (“White House Down,” “The Conjuring”).
It recreates the events that culminated in the riots outside the Stonewall Inn, Greenwich Village, in June 1969, which is seen as the birth of the gay rights movement.
The drama centers on Danny Winters (Irvine), a young man who is kicked out of his home by his parents and flees to NY where, homeless and destitute, he befriends a group of street kids who soon introduce him to the Mafia-run Stonewall Inn, the watering hole of local drag queens, gays, lesbians and everything in between.
There he meets the suave Trevor (Meyers), but also catches the eye of the Stonewall Inn’s repulsive manager (Perlman), who colludes with corrupt police, exploits homeless youth for financial gain, and is even suspected to have had a hand in some of their “disappearances.”
The screenplay is by Jon Robin Baitz (“Brothers and Sisters”). Pic is produced by Emmerich, Michael Fossat, Marc Frydman and Carsten Lorenz, and executive produced by Adam Press, Michael Roban and Kirstin Winkler.