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'Make It Happen' Opens in Top Ten in Russia
April 19, 2009
"Make It Happen" opened in theaters in Russia this past weekend. The dance movie ranked 6th at the box office next to the big studio action pix, "12 Rounds" (FOX), "My Bloody Valentine 3D," "Fast and the Furious" (UNI), and "Crank: High Voltage" (Lionsgate), which were also in the top ten.
Senator brings 'Clock' to Life
April 30, 2008
The Mayhem Project has partnered with Senator Entertainment to produce the feature version of Capcom's videogame "Clock Tower" from a script written by Eric Poppen ("Borderland"), which was developed by The Mayhem Project. In the director's chair will be Martin Weisz ("The Hills Have Eyes 2").
In the story, a young woman finds herself committed to an insane asylum and haunted by a horror she does not understand.
Haruhiro Tsujimoto from Capcom is exec producing with Mayhem's Anthony Mosawi and Brad Luff along with Tim Kwok, Wendy Rhoads and Nicole Rocklin. International Rights are being sold by The Weinstein Co.
TWC's On The 'Make'
July 11, 2007
The North American rights to "Make It Happen," a dance movie set in the world of burlesque, have been purchased by The Weinstein Company. On board to direct the film is Darren Grant, whose first feature was Tyler Perry's "Diary of a Mad Black Woman." The pic begins shooting on August 7th from a script written by dance film alum Duane Adler. Adler's previous and profitable efforts were "Save the Last Dance" and "Step Up." The film will star Mary Elizabeth Winstead ("Live Free or Die Hard" and "Bobby") and Tessa Thompson ("Veronica Mars"). The film is being financed through The Mayhem Project, a production and finance company privately funded by two U.K. based hedge funds.
In "Make It Happen," Winstead plays a girl from a small town in Indiana with dreams of moving to Chicago to attend a dance school but ends up working at a burlesque club. The head of international for TWC, Glen Basner says that Adler's script is both entertaining and commercial. Foreign territories were sold for the film in Berlin, Cannes and last year in Toronto by TWC. 'Make' was the first pic that TWC sold internationally, only to later on take the North American rights.
Mayhem Goes Dancing
May 14, 2007
The Mayhem Project has greenlit its dance pic "Make It Happen." Pic will star Mary Elizabeth Winstead ("Grindhouse," "Live Free or Die Hard," "Final Destination") and will be directed by Darren Grant.
Mayhem CEO Anthony Mosawi and President of Production Brad Luff are producing. The film will be shooting in Winnipeg, Manitoba and Chicago. TWC is selling foreign rights in Cannes. The script written by Duane Adler ("Save the Last Dance," "Step Up") revolves around a young woman who moves to Chicago to become a dancer and falls into performing at a burlesque club.
Mayhem was launched two years ago to produce two or three features per year targeting projects based on established franchises such as comic books and videogames, with budgets ranging up to $30 million.
Grant Making It Happen
March 15, 2007
The Mayhem Project's CEO, Anthony Mosawi, and prexy of production Brad Luff have tapped Darren Grant ("Diary of a Mad Black Woman") to direct "Make It Happen," a dance film based in the world of burlesque.
'Make' generated strong foreign presales via The Weinstein Company at the Berlin Film Market earlier this year. The screenplay is written by Duane Adler ("Step Up" and "Save the Last Dance") about a young woman with dreams of becoming a professional dancer who moves from her small town to Chicago and lands at a hip and trendy burlesque club.
Besides 'Diary,' Grant has helmed over 130 music videos and commercials for such talent as Jewel, Destiny's Child, and Jay-Z.
New Hands on 'Clock' Senator Assumes Prod'n on Game Adaptation
April 30, 2008
Senator Entertainment has come on board with The Mayhem Project to co-produce and co-finance production of the horror film "Clock Tower." "The Hills Have Eyes 2" helmer Martin Weisz will direct the film based on the videogame.
Eric Poppen ("Borderland") wrote the screenplay, which centers around the "Clock Tower 2" videogame. In the story, Alyssa Hale is confined in a psychiatric ward and must team up with her psychiatrist to break the curse on her family.
Through their agreement with Mayhem, The Weinstein Company will handle foreign sales.
"Make It Happen" Opens in Top 4 in Australia
September 7, 2008
"Make It Happen" opened in fourth place in Australia this weekend, coming in just behind the studio action pix, "The Dark Knight," "Hellboy 2," and "Tropic Thunder." 'Make' averaged A$4,180 per screen when it opened at 166 theatres, almost half the locations as the other pix, beating out 'Thunder' & 'Hellboy' to reach second place in per screen average and totaling upwards of A$700K for the four-day weekend.
"Make It Happen" Opens in UK Top 5
August 10, 2008
"Make It Happen" launched its first weekend in theaters in the UK with a three-day gross in excess of $1 Million. The indie dance movie debuted at 259 sites in the UK & Ireland to rank 5th next to the four summer tent poles, Disney's "WALL-E," UNI's "Mama Mia!, "The Mummy" sequel, and WB's "The Dark Knight." The opening for 'Make' was significantly higher than its predecessors in the genre, "Coyote Ugly," "Bring It On" & "Take the Lead."
Mosawi Forms New Genre Outfit, The Mayhem Project
July 26, 2005
Mutual Film Company's former COO Anthony Mosawi has set up the new production and finance company The Mayhem Project. The company will develop, finance, and produce genre films budgeted between $10M and $25M. The company's first acquisition is the horror videogame "Clock Tower."
Mosawi gave a statement saying that the company's goal is to make movies based on branded IP such as comic books, videogames, anime, manga or film in addition to seeking out original concept driven material.
Also on-board at Mayhem is Brad Luff, former President of Production at Morgan Creek. The pair will acquire, develop, and produce film properties for the company. Luff was executive vice president at Original Film where he produced "Urban Legend," "Not Another Teen Movie" and "Torque."
Mosawi states that their access to capital and extensive networks overseas make independence one of their core strengths.
"Clock Tower" is published by Capcom. The third installment for the franchise was helmed by renowned Japanese director Kinji Fukasaku.
During his three years at Mutual, Mosawi negotiated multi-picture and equity finance arrangements as well as arranged the financing for Mutual product such as the "Tomb Raider" sequels and "Timeline."
