White writes up Santa Wars

Melissa Molina — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:25:12 +0000

Mike White is signed on to write the script for the upcoming Paramount Pictures comedy Santa Wars. White’s previous works include writing and directing the Molly Shannon starring dramedy Year of the Dog and writing up The School of Rock. White is not only a writer on this project but also a producer under his company Rip Cord Productions with Scott Rudin. Here’s more from Variety on the some what interesting story plot:

The genesis of “Santa Wars” was a segment on Ira Glass’ public radio show “This American Life” written by Joshuah Bearman that aired last December.

Segment revolved around the battles that erupted after two men who made seasonal livings dressing up as Santas formed a union, the Amalgamated Order of Real Bearded Santas, but then became bitter rivals.

This plot can go either way when it comes to the delivery and how White decides to go with it. For all we know, this could turn into another Christmas with the Kranks or Jingle All the Way. Well, if it does not have Tim Allen or Arnold Schwarzenegger in it that’s quite a start.

Gentlemen Broncos Trailer

Angie LeMoine — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:09:25 +0000

Gentlemen Broncos is writer/director/executive producer Jared Hess‘ latest film about a geeky teen. You may remember Hess as the creator of Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre. Gentlemen Broncos is a similar type of film.

In the comedy, Benjamin (Michael Angarano) is a teen who is home-schooled by his eccentric mother (Jennifer Coolidge). He is a loner who is passionate about writing fantasy/sci-fi stories. After Benjamin submits his work for a writing contest, his story is stolen by legendary fantasy novelist Ronald Chevalier (Jemaine Clement, Flight of the Conchords) who then proceeds to turn it into a disastrous movie.

Hess is making the film along with Fox Searchlight. Jerusha Hess will also be writing and executive producing the film. Ben LeClair will be in on the executive producing as well. Mike White will be producing and acting, and John J. Kelly will be producing. Also part of the cast is Sam Rockwell.

The graphic featured in this article is the movie’s official poster, and the trailer is now available online at www.apple.com and here:

The movie’s official website is www.gentlemenbroncos.com. You may also want to check out Dr. Ronald Chevalier’s own fantastic website ronaldchevalier.com.

Gentlemen Broncos is set to open Fantastic Fest 2009 in Austin, TX. The film opens to the public on October 30, 2009.

SOURCES: IMDB, FilmSchool Rejects, Fox Searchlight and The Movie Fanatic

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