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Second Look: Penn film producer’s cameo in his own film
Last year for my DT Love Week, I covered Penn alum Mike Karz’s (C’89, W’89) film Valentine’s Day. In the post, there was also a great interview with Mike about the movie where he talked about broad audience appeal, on having a once in a lifetime cast and working with Gary Marshall. Recently the movie […]
How Saving Her Childhood Book Reports Helped THIS Film Producer Get a Movie Greenlit
Today, film producer Alison Greenspan (C’94, Bloomers) debuts her film Ramona and Beezus to the world. And it’s quite a story on how Alison was able to convince the 94 year old popular childhood author Beverly Cleary to approve. More after the jump! Per an article in “The Globe and the Mail“, “I know that […]
Nicolas Cage Talks About Swimming with (Real) Sharks and THIS Penn Alum Film Producer (VIDEO)
Last week, Nicolas Cage was interviewed on Craig Ferguson promoting his film, Sorcerer’s Apprentice. During his interview, Nic talks about his experience great white shark diving with the film’s (Penn alum) executive producer. After the jump, find out who Nic was talking about …and other Penn alumni who have been affiliated wtih Craig Ferguson. At […]
Something ‘Wicked’ This Way Coming to Hollywood from Penn Film Producer
Marc Platt and Stephen Schwartz Producer Marc Platt (C’79, Glee Club) and composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz are currently meeting with some A list directors for the Broadway smash hit Wicked’s film adaptation. Directors in the running include JJ Abrams (“Lost” creator), Ryan Murphy (“Glee” creator) and Rob Marshall (Chicago). (source) Speaking of “Wicked, remember THIS Penn […]
This Penn Film Producer Brings Us A Star Studded “Valentine’s Day” (Great Interview with Mike!)
Did you know that this week’s star studded Valentine’s Day movie was produced was Penn alum Mike Karz (C’89, W’89)? (It doesn’t get more appropriate for my Valentine’s Day Sampler week!) Check out a great interview Mike did about the movie after the jump! In the interview below Mike talks about: the chemistry between Julia […]
This Film Producer is Now a Web Entrepreneur
Adam Lebovitz (W’03, Hillel, Smokes Quizzo) and his brother launched a new website which is a revolutionary breakthrough for filmmakers in film budgeting technology. How and why did Adam come up with this? Per Adam, “We thought of this idea during the worst part of the recession where my brother and I looked at each […]
