Drama

Indie feature Elizabeth Blue begins shooting

Principal photography has begun on the independent feature Elizabeth Blue. The film, which stars Anna Schafer, Ryan Vincent, Christopher Ashman, Nicola Lambo, Inger Tudor, Kathleen Quinlan and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje centers on Elizabeth (Schafer) a young woman recently released from a mental hospital while coping with ongoing episodes of Schizophrenia. With the love and support of ….

Oscar winner Octavia Spencer and Michael B. Jordan circling lead roles in Forest Whitaker-produced film about controversial police shooting

THR reports that Oscar-winning actress Octavia Spencer and Chronicle co-star Michael B. Jordan are in talks to top line the drama Fruitvale, a timely indie drama being produced by Forest Whitaker and his Significant Productions partner Nina Yang. Filmmaker Ryan Coogler will make his feature film debut by writing and directing Fruitvale, which tells the ….

Freestyle to release Mario Van Peebles’ blues drama Redemption Road on streaming and disc

Freestyle Digital Media has nabbed DVD and VOD rights for filmmaker Mario Van Peebles’ drama Redemption Road from Liberty Road Entertainment and Heavy Duty Entertainment. The company also picked up the same rights to writer-director Marcus Dean Fuller’s supernatural drama One Fall from Compass Entertainment, Dean Silvers and Marlen Hecht. Both films will be released ….