Ethan Hawke will serve as an executive producer on the indie movie, which follows a dirt-poor farmer turned academic who emerges as an unlikely existential hero while making his way through the first half of the 20th century.
Keep up with what’s happening in the industry with the inside information on who’s getting hired, promoted, and let-go. Angela Silak moves up at Nickelodeon, Variety’s Brian Lowery heads to CNN, Gabrielle Carteris is officially elected president of SAG-AFTRA, and more!
Keep up with what’s happening in the industry with the inside information on who’s getting hired, promoted, and let-go. Disney COO Tom Staggs shocks the industry with his surprise departure, Film4 finds its new CEO, Will Douglas jumps from Paradigm to Grandview, and more!
Logline: A low-level crook must break out of jail to save his family from his former cellmate and confidante, who, it turns out, is a sadistic serial killer.
A recap of the week’s executive moves!
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