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The Fear Street Trilogy
''The Fear Street Trilogy'' is an American horror film series, with varying subgenres of horror, particularly the slasher and supernatural subgenres. Directed by Leigh Janiak from scripts and stories she co-wrote with other contributors, the films are based on R. L. Stine's book series of the same name. The overall story revolves around teenagers who work to break the curse that has been over their town for hundreds of years. Produced and developed by 20th Century Studios and Chernin Entertainment, the film's distribution rights were eventually acquired by Netflix following The Walt Disney Company's purchase of 21st Century Fox. The three films were shot back-to-back, and were released on a weekly basis as Netflix Original Films in July 2021 to positive reviews. More films from the trilogy are planned. Development In October 1997, Hollywood Pictures struck a deal to acquire the ''Fear Street'' series of books, which were set to be developed with Parachute Entertainment as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fear Street
''Fear Street'' is a teenage horror fiction series written by American author R. L. Stine, starting in 1989. In 1995, a series of books inspired by the ''Fear Street'' series, called '' Ghosts of Fear Street'', was created for younger readers, and were more like the ''Goosebumps'' books in that they featured paranormal adversaries (monsters, aliens, etc.) and sometimes had twist endings. R. L. Stine stopped writing ''Fear Street'' after penning the ''Fear Street Seniors'' spin-off in 1999. In summer 2005, he brought ''Fear Street'' back with the three-part ''Fear Street Nights'' miniseries. , over 80 million copies of ''Fear Street'' have been sold.Luisa Gerasimo e.a. in ''The Teacher's Calendar of Famous Birthdays'' page 8, on R. L. Stine: "That year he also created ''F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Chernin
Peter Chernin (born May 29, 1951) is an American businessman and investor. He is the chairman and CEO of TCG (company), The Chernin Group (TCG), which he founded in 2010. TCG manages, operates and invests in businesses in the media, entertainment, and technology sectors. Specifically, the company focuses on three areas: making investments in technology and media companies in the United States, US, developing premium content for film and television, and capitalizing on strategic business opportunities in emerging markets. Early life and education Chernin was born in Harrison, New York, the son of Mary (née Townsend) and Herbert Chernin. Chernin, whose father was Jewish, was raised Unitarianism, Unitarian. He attended and graduated with a B.A. in English literature from the University of California, Berkeley. Career Chernin joined Fox in 1989 from Lorimar Film Entertainment, where he served as president and chief operating officer. Earlier, he served as executive vice president ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenno Topping
Jenno Topping is an American film producer. Films she has produced include ''Dr. Dolittle'' (1998), '' Charlie's Angels'' (2000), '' St. Vincent'' (2014), ''Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children'' (2016) and ''Hidden Figures'' (2016), which earned her an Academy Award for Best Picture nomination with Donna Gigliotti, Peter Chernin, Pharrell Williams, and Theodore Melfi, and again in 2020 at the 92nd Academy Awards for the 2019 film ''Ford v Ferrari'', along with Chernin and James Mangold. Filmography She was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted. Film ;As an actress ;Location management ;Thanks Television Awards *2019: Best Picture (for ''Ford v Ferrari'', Nominated) *2019: Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture (for ''Ford v Ferrari'', Nominated) *2016: Best Picture (for ''Hidden Figures'', Nominated) * 2016: Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture (for ''Hidden Figures ''Hidden Figures'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Ready
David Ready is an American film producer and production executive, and the current EVP at Chernin Entertainment. Life and career A native of Boston and graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, Ready previously served as a production executive for Jerry Weintraub and subsequently at Di Bonaventura Pictures. He joined Chernin Entertainment in 2013. His credits include '' Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'', ''Salt'', ''Red'' and '' Red 2'', '' Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit'', ''Man on a Ledge'', and ''Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates''. He also produced '' The Mountain Between Us'' (2017), ''Red Sparrow'' (2018), and ''Tolkien'' (2019), a biopic of J. R. R. Tolkien, all for Chernin. Ready most recently produced the 2021 Netflix horror ''Fear Street'' trilogy, beginning with '' Fear Street Part One: 1994'', based on R.L. Stine's best selling book series, as well as the Francis Lawrence Francis Lawrence (born March 26, 1971) is an Austrian-born American filmmaker and produce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994
The year 1994 was designated as the "International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is established. * January 8 – ''Soyuz TM-18'': Valeri Polyakov begins his 437.7-day orbit of the earth, eventually setting the world record for days spent in orbit. * January 11 – The Irish government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the Provisional Irish Republican Army and its political arm Sinn Féin. * January 14 – U.S. President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign the Kremlin accords, which stop the preprogrammed aiming of nuclear missiles toward each country's targets, and also provide for the dismantling of the nuclear arsenal in Ukraine. * January 17 – The 6.7 Northridge earthquake strikes the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''), leaving 57 people de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
