Stampede Ventures Acquires Nick Schenk’s Action Spec ‘Galahad’, Eyes New Franchise
EXCLUSIVE: Stampede Ventures has acquired the rights to Nick Schenk’s action spec script Galahad, and is beginning to package it as a film, eyeing A-list directors for the first feature in a potential new franchise. The film will follow a badass ex-American special forces soldier who goes on a berserker, come-hell-or-high-water mission to avenge the death of an innocent […]
Stampede Ventures Options Brandon Constantine’s Drama Spec Script ‘Lady Krylon’ For Film
EXCLUSIVE: Stampede Ventures has acquired the rights to Brandon Constantine’s spec script, Lady Krylon, in a competitive situation, tapping Grant Torre and Reed Simmons to shepherd its development for film, and to lock in a director. The film is a New York-set romance that sees the lives of a prodigal graffiti artist and an upper east side socialite collide. As […]
Kal Penn To Produce & Star In Nav Bhatia Biopic ‘Superfan’ From Stampede Ventures
EXCLUSIVE: Kal Penn (Designated Survivor, Harold & Kumar franchise) has signed on to produce and star in Stampede Ventures’ biopic Superfan, which will tell the story of Nav Bhatia, a decades long follower of the Toronto Raptors, who last year became the first fan inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall Of Fame. Penn will play the Toronto man whose loyalty to the Raptors saw […]
‘Last Tango in Paris’ Making Of Series in the Works From CBS Studios and Greg Silverman’s Stampede Ventures
The tumultuous events surrounding the making of Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1973 film “Last Tango in Paris” will be the subject of a limited series to be co-directed by Lisa Brühlmann (“Killing Eve”) and José Padilha (“Narcos”). The series, titled “Tango,” is part of the international first-look agreement between CBS Studios and Stampede Ventures, an independent entertainment media […]
Greg Silverman’s Stampede, UTA Launch Kids and Family Animation Company HappyNest
Both parties are funding the joint venture, with former Warner Bros. Pictures worldwide production head Silverman and Chris Bosco overseeing for Stampede. UTA Partner Gregory McKnight and motion picture literary agent Anna Berthold-Zuk are overseeing for the agency. Sadaf Cohen Muncy has been named head of development and production at HappyNest. She comes from MGA […]
Stampede Ventures Picks Up Action Spec ‘The Paladin’ From ‘Kate’ Scribe Umair Aleem
EXCLUSIVE: Greg Silverman and Jon Berg of Stampede Ventures have snapped up rights to screenwriter Umair Aleem’s new action-adventure spec script The Paladin, which is being eyed as a franchise-starter, unfolding into a much larger, expansive universe. Billed as Doctor Strange meets Unforgiven, The Paladin centers on a broken-down, last-of-his-kind warrior mage who undertakes a final quest to protect a child who has the power to […]
Cartoonito’s ‘Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Underground Rock Experience’ Voice Cast Revealed
WarnerMedia Kids & Family and Stampede Ventures upcoming CGI animated rock opera, based on Mo Willems’ best-selling book, will feature the voices of Jordan Fisher, Yvette Nicole Brown, Kate Micucci, Kevin Michael Richardson and Carol Kane; the musical adventure hits the newly launched preschool animation block on HBO Max in 2022. WarnerMedia Kids & Family […]
Stampede Ventures Hurtling Towards Media Landscape Led by Foreign-Language, Indies and… Theatrical
As the world exits the COVID pandemic and enters the streaming era, nobody can doubt that the entertainment industry is undergoing permanent changes. Few companies, however, are preparing for it in the fashion of Greg Silverman’s Stampede Ventures. It is going to be less American and more youth-driven, Silverman, a former president of creative development and physical […]
Jackson Pictures & Stampede Ventures Land Ken Nolan Spec Script ‘The Debriefing’
EXCLUSIVE: Jackson Pictures & Stampede Ventures have teamed up to land The Debriefing, a spec script by Black Hawk Down scribe Ken Nolan based on the Robert Littell novel. They will fast-track the thriller, and the plan is to get into production next year and the script will be put on submission to directors immediately. Matt Jackson of […]
Senator John McCain Life Story Optioned For Movie By Stampede Ventures; McCain Confidants Mark Salter & Craig Turk To Write Script With Family’s Support
By Mike Fleming Jr At a moment when the difference in values between Senator John McCain and outgoing President Donald Trump could not be in sharper contrast, Stampede Ventures plans to turn the Arizona Senator’s sprawling life story into a feature film. They optioned rights to three books by McCain biographer Mark Salter: The Luckiest Man: Life With John McCain, Faith […]
