The film marks the return of director John
Slattery
Screen Media, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (Nasdaq:
CSSE) company, today announced the acquisition of all North
American rights to the true-crime-inspired thriller Maggie
Moore(s). Directed by John Slattery and written by Paul Bernbaum,
the film reunites Slattery with his Emmy-winning Mad Men co-star,
Jon Hamm (Top Gun Maverick, Confess, Fletch). Maggie Moore(s) also
stars Emmy winner Tina Fey (Date Night, 30 Rock), Emmy nominee Nick
Mohammed (Ted Lasso), Micah Stock (Kindred), Mary Holland (Happiest
Season) and Happy Anderson (Mindhunter). Screen Media is planning a
theatrical release in June, followed by a digital release later
that month.
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Screen Media acquires Jon Hamm and Tina
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When two women with the same name are murdered days apart,
small-town police chief Jordan Sanders (Hamm) finds himself wading
through an unlikely collection of cheating husbands, lonely hearts,
nosy neighbors and contract killers in an effort to put the pieces
of the case, and his life, together. The film is inspired by actual
events.
“I’m so proud of Maggie Moore(s) and the entire cast and
filmmaking team,” said director and producer John Slattery. “After
reading this script, I knew we had the potential for a unique story
to be told. The result is a film that captures a lot of today’s
true-crime, stranger-than-fiction culture, buoyed by excellent
performances. I’m excited to bring this to audiences later this
year, and to be working with Screen Media to do so.”
“We’re excited to work with John and all the immense talent
involved with the film,” said David Fannon, chief acquisitions and
distribution officer at Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment.
“With an incredible ensemble cast led by Jon Hamm and Tina Fey, the
film is a wild, true crime-inspired ride that will keep audiences
guessing until the end. It’s exactly the type of original content
that Screen Media aspires to bring to our audiences.”
Maggie Moore(s) was produced by Slattery, Vincent Newman, Dan
Reardon, Santosh Govindaraju, Nancy Leopardi and Ross Kohn. The
film was executive produced by Jim Valdez, Kyle Hayes, Jared
Underwood, Slava Vladimirov, Boden Anderson, Andrew C. Robinson,
David Gendron, Ali Jazayeri and Viviana Zarragoitia of Three Point
Capital, David Fannon, Seth Needle, Conor McAdam, David A. Stern,
David Nagelberg, Daniel Grodnik, Jonathan Taylor, Clay Floren, Ryan
Fine and Bernbaum.
Slattery made his feature film directorial debut in 2014 with
God’s Pocket, starring Academy Award winner Philip Seymour Hoffman
and Emmy winner John Turturro. He can currently be seen in Confess
Fletch, also starring Hamm, and TV’s The Good Fight.
Hamm, best known for his Emmy-winning role on Mad Men can
currently be seen in Confess Fletch, Good Omens and Top Gun
Maverick. He is also currently in pre-production on the animated
series Grimsburg.
Fey, best known for her Emmy-winning role as Liz Lemon on TV’s
30 Rock is currently in pre-production for the feature film
adaptation of Mean Girls the Musical.
The deal was negotiated by Seth Needle, executive vice president
of global acquisitions and co-productions, on behalf of Screen
Media, with CAA Media Finance, The Gersh Agency and WME
Independent, on behalf of the filmmakers.
Screen Media recently acquired Tom DeLonge’s directorial debut
Monsters of California, Renny Harlin’s action film The Bricklayer
starring Aaron Eckhart and Nina Dobrev from Millennium Films,
Devil’s Peak starring Academy Award winner Billy Bob Thornton and
Emmy winner Robin Wright and the Bella Thorne-led thriller Saint
Clare also starring Ryan Phillippe and Rebecca DeMornay. Recent
film releases include The Locksmith starring Ryan Phillippe, Kate
Bosworth, and Ving Rhames, Poker Face directed by and starring
Academy Award winner Russell Crowe, Kevin Lewis’ follow-up to
Willy’s Wonderland, The Accursed starring Alexis Knapp and Mena
Suvari, The Enforcer starring Antonio Banderas and Kate Bosworth,
The Immaculate Room starring Emile Hirsch, Kate Bosworth and Ashley
Greene Khoury, Code Name Banshee starring Antonio Banderas, Jaime
King and Tommy Flanagan and the psychological horror film Monstrous
starring Christina Ricci.
About Screen Media
Screen Media, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (Nasdaq:
CSSE) company, is a leading independent distributor of feature
films, television series and documentaries in North America and
supplies high-quality content to the global market through its
foreign sales division. The company is the main supplier of content
to the Crackle Plus streaming services, as well as to third-party
streaming platforms. With its recent acquisitions of 1091 Pictures
and the Sonar Entertainment library assets, Screen Media continues
to expand its library of nearly 7,000 television series and motion
pictures. Screen Media’s diverse slate of titles includes
critically acclaimed and audience favorites: The Outpost starring
Scott Eastwood, Willy’s Wonderland starring Academy Award® Winner
Nicolas Cage, groundbreaking documentaries such as The Phenomenon
and Grammy-Award Winner Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice, and
indie film hits including Academy Award® Winner Taika Waititi’s
What We Do in the Shadows and Hunt for the Wilderpeople. For more
information, visit: www.screenmedia.net
About Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (Nasdaq: CSSE) provides
premium content to value-conscious consumers. The company is one of
the largest advertising-supported video-on-demand (AVOD) companies
in the US, with three flagship AVOD streaming services: Redbox,
Crackle and Chicken Soup for the Soul. In addition, the company
operates Redbox Free Live TV, a free ad-supported streaming
television service (FAST), with over 150 channels as well as a
transaction video on demand (TVOD) service, and a network of
approximately 34,000 kiosks across the US for DVD rentals. To
provide original and exclusive content to its viewers, the company
creates, acquires and distributes films and TV series through its
Screen Media and Chicken Soup for the Soul TV Group subsidiaries.
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment is a subsidiary of Chicken
Soup for the Soul, LLC, which publishes the famous book series and
produces super-premium pet food under the Chicken Soup for the Soul
brand name.
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