25/10/2011
Endemol-backed prodco Pure Grass Films is making a 3D update of Charles Dickens' classic novel Oliver Twist, mixing parkour into the action.
The feature film, titled Twist, is due to go into production next March and is being co-produced by film financers and marketers The Salt Company. It will have a theatrical release late next year or early 2013 with a variety of digital content being made available in the run up.
The updated story will see Fagin's gang attempt a "serious of audacious thefts using parkour" - a form of urban acrobatics similar to free running.
Pure Grass is currently in the process of casting 16 to 24 year olds with experience at this, freerunning, skateboarding, gymnastics or similar.
Pure Grass is a cross platform entertainment firm that counts Endemol UK CEO Tim Hincks as an advisor. The Big Brother company invested in Pure Grass in 2008 after it partnered with MySpace to revive the Hammer Horror franchise with web series Beyond the Rave.
02/12/2010
Cross-platform production company Pure Grass Films has unveiled its transmedia strategy for supernatural thriller franchise Shape Shifter, due to debut next year.
24/11/2010
New Black Films is partnering with Pure Grass Films (backed by Endemol) to launch a cross-platform project entitled Shape Shifter. Regional screen agency Northern Film & Media has invested in the project.
13/10/2010
Leading transmedia producer, Pure Grass Films (part owned by Endemol) are delighted to announce a digital partnership with Hodder & Stoughton, part of global publishing group Hachette Livre. Senior Editor Kate Howard bought world publishing rights to four properties.
The deal will see the four Pure Grass properties turned into pioneering digital publishing experiences. The properties, tentatively titled Shadow Line, Glow, Shape Shifters and The Lost Gate will be turned into novels and apps that may integrate gaming, community, social media and video elements around the digital versions of the books.
10/01/2010
He also plays CIA Agent Tom Wisher in PGF's SHADOW LINE.