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This was enough to get him out of retirement. Looking forward to this.
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Subject: STEVEN SODERBERGH TO TAKE ON PANAMA PAPERS MOVIE FOR GREY
MATTER PRODUCTIONS AND ANONYMOUS CONTENT
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2016 00:38:17 +0000
From: Karaca, Kristine (LAN-RCN) <kkar...@rogersandcowan.com>
To: Karaca, Kristine (LAN-RCN) <kkar...@rogersandcowan.com>
*STEVEN SODERBERGH TO TAKE ON PANAMA PAPERS MOVIE FOR GREY MATTER
PRODUCTIONS AND ANONYMOUS CONTENT*
**
*Los Angeles, CA - July 6, 2016*– It was revealed today that Academy
Award® winner Steven Soderbergh (“Traffic,” “Erin Brockovich,” “Ocean’s
Eleven”) will produce, with an eye to direct, a movie based on the
infamous Panama Papers, the largest data leak in corporate and
government history.
Lawrence Grey’s Grey Matter Productions acquired the feature film rights
to the forthcoming book, /Secrecy World/, being written by Pulitzer
Prize winning journalist Jake Bernstein and published by Henry Holt and
Company, and is teaming with Anonymous Content (“The Revenant,”
“Spotlight,” “Babel”) to develop, finance and produce the film.
Producers are Lawrence Grey, Anonymous Content’s Michael Sugar, Scott
Burns and Steven Soderbergh. Executive Producers are Jake Bernstein and
Grey Matter COO, Ben Everard.
Jake Bernstein was part of the international team of journalists who are
members of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
that broke the story of the Panama Papers in April. More than 11 million
records were leaked as a part of the papers sourced from Panamanian law
firm Mossack Fonseca.
Bernstein’s book contains all-new details about the Panama Papers,
including revelations about the financial machinations of rulers and
royalty, the illegal activities connected to dozens of banks, and the
extent to which U.S. companies and citizens are involved.
Jake Bernstein won a Pulitzer in 2011 for his and /ProPublica/ cohort
Jessie Eisinger’s reporting about Wall Street ahead of the financial
crisis. He also co-authored the 2006 book /Vice: Dick Cheney and the
Hijacking of the American Presidency/ with journalist Lou Dubose.
The deal was negotiated by Jamie Feldman of Lichter Grossman Nichols
Adler & Feldman. David Patterson of Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency
along with Howie Sanders of United Talent Agency (UTA) represent and
negotiated on behalf of Jake Bernstein.
*_About Grey Matter Productions_*
*__*
The next Grey Matter movie to hit theaters will be the much anticipated
horror film “Lights Out” starring Teresa Palmer and Maria Bello, which
opens nationwide on July 22^nd (Warner Bros. and New Line). The film is
based on the short film phenomenon that has over 150 million views
online and was written by Eric Heisserer and produced alongside James Wan.
Grey Matter is going into production this Fall on an untitled film
starring Sylvester Stallone, written by Dan Casey and to be directed by
Jim Mickle. Other upcoming projects on the Grey Matter film slate are
the MI6 formation story “Section 6” (Universal), which Joe Cornish will
direct and Jack O’Connell will star; the Santa Claus origin story
“Winter’s Knight” (Sony), which will be directed by “Pirates of the
Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” directors Joachim Ronning and Espen
Sandberg.
*__*
Founded by producer and former studio executive Lawrence Grey less than
three years ago, Grey Matter Productions has quickly emerged as one of
the industry’s most prolific independent production outfits with the
capacity to develop, package, finance, produce a broad array of
commercial films and television series. The company has a multi-year
funding agreement with an investor group led by principals Cyrus and
Darius Mojibi, Patrick Wade and Lawrence Kao.
*__*
*_About Anonymous Content_*
*__*
Founded in 1999 by CEO Steve Golin, Anonymous Content is a production
and management company where talent comes first. The company manages
exceptional directors, writers, actors, and comedians, and works closely
with them to achieve their goals, whether in feature films, television,
commercials, music videos, or brand integrated content. They guide
careers with confidence, relying on its experience in every area of the
changing media landscape. Alongside its distinguished clients, Anonymous
Content continues to grow its outstanding reputation in the
entertainment and advertising industries.*__*
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