NEWS & MEDIA
Sarah Silverman To Star With Blair Underwood In Indie Drama “Viral”
Comic and two-time Emmy winner Sarah Silverman has been cast as a lead opposite Blair Underwood in Viral, an indie drama from York Films.
The film centers on Underwood’s Andrew, who falls into paranoia after his wife goes missing.The only way out of the self-destructive cycle seems to be through his new girlfriend Emilia (Silverman)…
Blair Underwood To Star In & Direct Indie Thriller “Viral”; Joe McClean Scripting & Producing
Blair Underwood (Quantico) is set to direct, produce and star in Viral, an indie thriller from York Films about a man dealing with his wife’s disappearance. Joe McClean wrote the pic and is producing alongside Daniel Cypress and York Films’ John Kalafatis, Joanna Kalafatis and Andreas Ignatiou…
York Films To Produce New Indie Drama “Viral”
Sarah Silverman and Blair Underwood were announced on Monday to be starring in a new Indie drama called “Viral” which is being created with the help of three Greek-American producers. Viral is written by Joe McClean, the producer behind films that include “Life Tracker” and “Resident Evil Vendetta.”…
Fathom Events To Premiere Rod Lurie’s Military Thriller “The Outpost” In Theaters This Summer
Some good news for exhibition which will hopefully prime business before this summer’s big event films open is Fathom Events along with Screen Media premiering Millennium Media and Rod Lurie’s feature The Outpost in theaters on July 4 on roughly 500 screens…
Rod Lurie’s Afghanistan War Film ‘The Outpost’ With Orlando Bloom Picked Up by Screen Media
Some good news for exhibition which will hopefully prime business before this summer’s big event films open is Fathom Events along with Screen Media premiering Millennium Media and Rod Lurie’s feature The Outpost in theaters on July 4 on roughly 500 screens…
Rod Lurie on “The Outpost”: “I Will Never, Ever Do Anything as Important as This”
Rod Lurie had spent about an hour talking to TheWrap about “The Outpost” — the combat movie he directed that was scheduled to have its world premiere at South by Southwest Film Festival — when he stopped and frowned. “You can say that as you sat with the director, he was wondering whether South by Southwest…
“The Outpost” premieres in the South by Southwest Film Festival on March 14th
Based on the best-selling nonfiction book The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor by CNN’s chief Washington correspondent Jake Tapper, “The Outpost” chronicles the true story of the 53 U.S. soldiers who tried to repel an overwhelming attack by almost 400 Taliban insurgents at Combat Outpost Keating in northeastern Afghanistan.
Press Conference EKOME – Presentation of “Nu Boyana Hellenic Film Studios” venture
Within the context of the 60th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Panos Kouanis, President and CEO of EKOME, Nu Boyana Film Studios CEO Yariv Lerner and York Film Studios CEO John Kalafatis held a joint Press Conference, during which the new “Nu Boyana Hellenic Film Studios”venture was presented.
Nu Boyana to Break Ground on Thessaloniki Film Studios
The Bulgarian production hub Nu Boyana Film Studios is preparing to break ground on a studio in Thessaloniki, Greece. The partnership with John Kalafatis, CEO of the New York City-based York Studios, will be dubbed Nu Boyana Hellenic, and will highlight the growing cooperation between the neighboring countries, as the introduction of Greece’s 35% cash…
“The Outpost”: York Films Signs On To Afghan War Pic Based On Jake Tapper Book
New York-based York Films has come aboard to co-produce Millennium Media’s The Outpost, the Rod Lurie-directed Afghanistan war thriller based on the 2013 bestseller by CNN’s Jake Tapper.
$100 million movie sets/York Studios to construct a 9-stage facility
BRONX Times: Construction of a $100 million movie studio in Soundview is underway. On Tuesday, June 6, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for the York Studios’ Michelangelo Campus, a state-of-the-art film and television production complex at 1410 Story Avenue.
The Bronx is booming: Film studio breaks ground in Soundview
This week York Studios is breaking ground on a $100 million movie studio on a 10-acre vacant lot off the Bruckner Expressway in Soundview. The production complex is about 2 miles from Silvercup Studios’ new $40 million facility in the Port Morris neighborhood, which opened in August. The new production center will be the second for York Studios…