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| ROUGH HOUSE ENLISTS 'L.A.P.I.' | | | ROUGH HOUSE ENLISTS ‘L.A. P.I.’
Michael Diliberti & Matthew Sullivan To Write Original Action-Comedy
Principals Jody Hill Attached To Direct & Danny McBride Attached To Star
Los Angeles (February 4, 2010) – Rough House Pictures head of production Matt Reilly announced today that the company has acquired ‘L.A.P.I.’, an action-comedy pitch from writers Michael Diliberti and Matthew Sullivan (BREWSTER’S MILLIONS), through Rough House’s deal with Mandate Pictures. Rough House principal Jody Hill (OBSERVE AND REPORT) is attached to direct and principal Danny McBride (UP IN THE AIR, TROPIC THUNDER) is attached to star. Principal David Gordon Green (PINEAPPLE EXPRESS), Hill, McBride and Reilly will produce. Mandate President Nathan Kahane will executive produce. Details of the plot are being kept under wraps, apart from McBride starring as a beaten down, hard boiled P.I. in the action-comedy.
L.A.P.I. is the first project to be developed under the new label formed by David Gordon Green, Jody Hill and Danny McBride. The co-venture seeks to produce high concept comedies with their brand of humor. Combining their creative filmmaking with Mandate Pictures’ financing and producing expertise, the company seeks to establish itself as a hub for exciting and bold comedic voices.
Michael Diliberti and Matthew Sullivan, who had two scripts on the
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CURRENT NEWS AND EVENTS
2/4/2010 :
ROUGH HOUSE ENLISTS ‘L.A. P.I.’
Michael Diliberti & Matthew Sullivan To Write Original Action-Comedy
Principals Jody Hill Attached To Direct & Danny McBride Attached To Star
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| 1/28/2010 :
LAWRENCE GREY JOINS MANDATE PICTURES
Los Angeles (January 28, 2010) – Lawrence Grey will be joining Mandate Pictures in a Senior Creative Post starting Monday, February 8th and will have . . .
| 1/6/2010 :
GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINEE ANNA KENDRICK JOINS STARS JAMES MCAVOY AND SETH ROGEN PRODUCED BY SETH ROGEN, EVAN GOLDBERG AND BEN KARLIN
| 12/10/2009 :
DAVID GORDON GREEN, JODY HILL AND DANNY MCBRIDE TEAM UP WITH MANDATE PICTURES TO LAUNCH ROUGH HOUSE PICTURES
Matt Reilly to Head Production of New Comedy Label
and will be a Participant in the Busin . . .
| 12/1/2009 :
Television Comedy Writers Take On Big Screen Laughs
Los Angeles, CA (December 1, 2009) – Mandate Pictures is developing THE LOW SELF ESTEEM OF LIZZIE GILLESPIE, an original romantic comedy to be written . . .
| 10/28/2009 :
SEQUEL TO VAMPIRE HIT STARS KIELE SANCHEZ, RHYS COIRO, DIORA BAIRD WITH MIA KIRSHNER AND HAROLD PERRINEAU
VANCOUVER (October 22, 2009) – Principal photography has commenced in Vancouver, . . .
| 10/12/2009 :
Groundbreaking 3D Player Acquires Worldwide Distribution Rights In First Collaboration With Producers Ghost House Pictures
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| 10/2/2009 :
First Hall Pass Goes To 'The Substitute'
Boardman & Derrickson Sharpening Their Pencils for English Language Re-Make of Ole Bornedal& . . .
| 9/9/2009 :
Los Angeles, CA (September 8, 2009) – Mandate Pictures has preemptively optioned Jason Ubaldi’s script, DREAM ON. The teen dance movie will be produced by Laurence Mark (JULIE & JULIA, DREAMGIRLS). Rachel Miller is also producing the film bas . . .
| 10/2/2008 :
LOS ANGELES, OCTOBER 2, 2008 -Mandate Pictures has signed on to develop Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World, the directorial debut of screenwriter Lorene Scafaria. Scafaria chose to develop this project with Mandate, after previo . . .
| 8/4/2008 :
Los Angeles (August 4, 2008) - Mandate Pictures has tapped award-winning director John Crowley for the film The Dogs of Babel. Writer Jamie Linden (We Are Marshall) is adapting the best-selling novel. The film is on the fast track . . .
| 2/20/2008 :
Los Angeles (February 20, 2008) - Mandate Pictures president Nathan Kahane today announced the acquisition of an as-yet untitled romantic comedy from Aline Brosh McKenna, the writer of the film adaptation of The Devil Wears Prada and the c . . .
| 2/9/2008 :
UNIVERSAL CITY, CA -February 9, 2008- Universal Pictures has acquired domestic and select international rights to blockbuster filmmaker Sam Raimi’s next horror film, Drag Me To Hell. The announcement was made today by Marc Shmuger and Dav . . .
| 11/29/2007 :
Los Angeles (November 29, 2007) -Mandate Pictures has bolstered its production team as newly named company president Nathan Kahane continues to carve out its singular position in the film industry by having the creative autonomy and capital to fi . . .
| 7/14/2006 :
Los Angeles (July 14, 2006) – Mandate Pictures announced today that Dan Freedman has joined the company as vice president, business & legal affairs. In his post he is responsible for negotiating rights and talent agreements in the development an . . .
| 3/10/2006 :
Los Angeles, CA (March 10, 2006) –Mandate Pictures and Walden Media have joined forces to co-finance Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, the directorial debut of Zach Helm boasting a stellar cast led by Academy Award® nominee Natalie Portman and two- . . .
| 2/21/2006 :
Tokyo (February 21, 2006) – Principal photography has begun on The Grudge 2, it was announced today by Columbia Pictures and Ghost House Pictures. The film is the much-anticipated sequel to the 2004 hit The Grudge, which earned $188 million in w . . .
| 4/25/2005 :
CHICAGO, IL April 25, 2005 – Principal photography began today in downtown Chicago on Mandate Pictures’ comedy STRANGER THAN FICTION directed by Marc Forster. Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah and Emma Thompson star in . . .
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