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Exclusive: Jeremy Walters and Tommy Reid, the writer and producer behind the true-life mobster drama Kill the Irishman are partnering again for the independent feature Bitter Sweet.

Bitter Sweet follows an unassuming ex-cop who is mistaken for an infamous mob hit-man and becomes entangled in a mystery to hunt the men who brutally murdered his wife.

Walters will direct off a screenplay he wrote for a production shoot in Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio next May.

Said Reid, “The revenge-thriller genre is massive in terms of its global appeal, and Jeremy Walters’ noir screenplay for Bitter Sweet is all gas — no brakes. With casting now underway, we’re excited to reteam.”

Casting for Bitter Sweet is now underway with casting director Venus Kanani,

Reid and Walters are also partnered on their docuseries currently in pre-production, Kings Of The Beach.

Plus: FilmBuff picks up Us rights to ‘We The People’; Ron Perlman and Christopher Plummer join ‘Howard Lovecraft’; and more…

Frank Marshall will receive CinemaCon’s special International Filmmaker Of The Decade Award on April 11.

The producer has made Raiders Of The Lost Ark, The Color Purple, The Sixth Sense, Jurassic World, and many others including the likely Cannes Film Festival world premiere Bfg, as well as upcoming releases Jason Bourne, Sully, and Assassin’s Creed. CinemaCon takes place in Las Vegas from April 11-14.

FilmBuff has licensed Us rights to Tommy Reid’s documentary We the People: The Market Basket Effect, a real-time chronicle of a labour dispute involving New England-based corporation Market Basket. FilmBuff plans an April 14-19 theatrical and April 22 VOD launch.Arcana Studio and Shout! Factory have cast Ron Perlman and Christopher Plummer in the upcoming animated film Howard Lovecraft And The Frozen Kingdom. Perlman will voice the role of Shoggoth and Plummer...

Exclusive: FilmBuff has picked up U.S. rights to We the People: The Market Basket Effect, an only-in-America documentary about employees and customers fighting a billion-dollar company. The distributor will open the film in theaters starting April 14, followed by a VOD release April 22. Directed by Tommy Reid, The Market Basket Effect documents the epic battle in which billion-dollar New England-based corporation Market Basket was brought to its knees by 25,000 employees…...

Read More: How to Take a Regional Story and Give it Mainstream Appeal Tommy Reid's documentary "We The People: The Market Basket Effect" focuses on the relationship of the Demoulas family over control of their $4 billion supermarket chain, Market Basket. In the summer of 2014, 25,000 non-union employees and nearly two million devoted customers organized a boycott of the Lowell, Massachusetts-based Market Basket supermarket chain in order to regain control of their company and reinstate their beloved CEO Arthur T. Demoulas. The chain of events leading up to and including the boycott held the livelihoods of 25,000 employees hanging in the balance and effectively resolved a family feud in a way that courts never could. The film is produced by Ted Leonsis (founder of Indiewire parent company SnagFilms), Nick Buzzell and Robert "Bobby" Friedman and executive produced by Mike Buzzell (Nbtv Studios) and Todd Hoffman (Bungalow Media + Entertainment)....

Nbtv Studios & Bungalow Media + Entertainment in association with Dundee Entertainment and Hammer Productions are filming a documentary about the organised boycott of the Market Basket supermarket chain in summer 2014.

We The People: The Market Basket Effect (working title) will recount how 25,000 non-union employees and nearly two million customers boycott the chain in order to regain control of the company and reinstate CEO Arthur T Demoulas.

Tommy Reid directs and Michael Chiklis narrates the project.

New Hampshire natives Nick Buzzell and Mike Buzzell of Nbtv serve as executive producers alongside Robert “Bobby” Friedman and Todd Hoffman of Bungalow.

Emmy and Peabody Award-winning producer and SnagFilms founder and chairman Ted Leonsis produces.

How often does one get to go to both the West and East Coast premieres of a movie – if you’re not involved in it, that is? Probably not that often. But I just did, and that was pretty darned cool. This past week, I got to experience the world premiere of I Know That Voice at Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood; and then two days later, the East Coast premiere of the voice acting documentary at The National Press Club right here in D.C.

If you read my columns at all, you’ll know I’m a big fan of the talents of the voiceover industry and of this documentary. So it was a ton of fun to go to the world premiere, because literally 80% of the extensive cast was in attendance, and everyone was really happy to be there.

It was fun to watch the red...

At Dragon Con a few weeks ago, I was delighted to catch up with voice actor John Dimaggio (a.k.a. Bender from Futurama) once again. John was at the con for several voice actor and Futurama panels, and also to continue spreading the word about his new voice actor documentary, I Know That Voice, which I interviewed him and the other producers about during San Diego Comic-Con. John was actually selling limited collector’s edition/advance copies of the documentary at the con, so not only did I check in with him on further documentary news, but I also snagged a copy of the film! Read on for our short I Know That Voice follow-up interview, and my review of the documentary!

What has the reception to the I Know That Voice documentary been at Dragon Con, and have you sold some of the advance copies?

It’s been really wonderful.

Hey ComicMixers! It’s time for more news from Sdcc. W00t!

While at the San Diego Comic-Con, I was happy to get to see the panel for I Know That Voice, the new documentary about voice actors that is slated to come out this fall (and don’t forget to visit that link and sign up for DVD pre-order news!). The panel was moderated by executive producer John Dimaggio, voice of Bender Bending Rodriguez on Futurama and Jake on Adventure Time (and many other voices as well!). It featured Iktv producer Tommy Reid; co-producer and director Lawrence (Larry) Shapiro; voice actors Rob Paulsen, Dee Bradley Baker, Fred Tatasciore, James Arnold Taylor, and Tom Kenny; casting director Andrea Romano; and Adventure Time creator Pendleton Ward. And it was a blast!

I’ve talked about how excited I am for this documentary before, and this panel definitely highlighted the reasons I am looking forward to it.

Guess what, ComicMix readers? Convention season is upon us! Hurrah!

“Aw, shucks,” you say. “I can’t make it to any conventions.”

Fear not, faithful friends! I am here to save the day by attending and reporting back for you. And I am psyched about it. Yes, I’ll probably need to hibernate my con exhaustion away afterwards, but man, I love the energy and excitement of a good con. And good thing, too, because this year, I’m planning to attend The North American Discworld Convention; San Diego Comic Con; Dragon*Con; Baltimore Comic Con; the Small Press Expo; New York Comic Con; and Capclave. Whew!

NADWCon and Sdcc are right around the corner, so I’m extra excited about those! Here’s what I’m looking forward to:

The North American Discworld Convention

The NADWCon is taking place in Baltimore, MD from July 5th to 8th, and memberships are still available!

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Cannes -- Vincent D'Onofrio, Vinnie Jones, Paul Sorvino, Fionnula Flanagan, Laura Ramsey, Steve Schirripa, Linda Cardellini and Bob Gunton have been added to the cast of Jonathan Hensleigh's "The Irishman."

They join Ray Stevenson, Christopher Walken and Val Kilmer in the crime tale about real-life mobster Danny Greene.

Hensleigh and Jeremy Walters wrote the screenplay for the project, inspired by the book "To Kill the Irishman: The War That Crippled the Mafia" by Rick Porrello.

Code Entertainment's Al Corley, Bart Rosenblatt, and Eugene Musso will produce, along with Dundee Entertainment's Tommy Reid and Tara Reid, who brought the property to Code. Jonathan Dana, Peter Miller, and Rick Porrello are exec producers, with George Perez serving as co-producer.

Principal photography begins next week in Detroit, Michigan.

Sales and distribution company Lightning Entertainment is repping international sales, while Icm and Dana are handle domestic sales.

Jonathan Hensleigh ("The Punisher") will direct Ray Stevenson, Christopher Walken and Val Kilmer in Code Entertainment's mob drama "The Irishman." Hensleigh also wrote the screenplay which was inspired by Rick Porrello's book "To Kill the Irishman: The War That Crippled the Mafia."The story is based on the life of mobster Danny Greene (Stevenson), who reigned over Cleveland.s vicious underworld during the late 1970s. Walken will play nightclub owner Shondor Birns, and Kilmer will play a Cleveland police officer who becomes friends with Greene.Code Entertainment.s Al Corley, Bart Rosenblatt and Eugene Musso will handle producing duties along with Dundee Entertainment's Tommy Reid and actress Tara Reid, who brought the property to Code. Shooting begins May 19 in Detroit.

Christopher Walken, Val Kilmer and Ray Stevenson, best known for his role on HBO’s Rome and who starred as comic character Frank Castle in last year’s Punisher: War Zone, have signed on to star in the mob drama The Irishman. The project is based on the life of mobster Danny Greene (Stevenson), who lorded over Cleveland's criminal underworld during the late 1970s. Walken is onboard to play infamous loan-sharking nightclub owner Shondor Birns, and Kilmer will portray a Cleveland cop who befriends Greene. Screenwriter Jonathan Hensleigh, who made his directorial debut on the 2004 Punisher flick, is directing from a script he also wrote. The story was inspired by Rick Porrello's book "To Kill the Irishman: The War That Crippled the Mafia." Code Entertainment’s Al Corley, Bart Rosenblatt and Eugene Musso are producing alongside Dundee Entertainment's Tommy Reid and actress Tara Reid, who brought the property to Code.

Ray Stevenson, Christopher Walken and Val Kilmer will play the leads in "The Irishman," a crime story that Jonathan Hensleigh will direct.

Code Entertainment is producing the action movie, which is based on the real story of mobster Danny Greene (Stevenson). Hensleigh and Jeremy Walters ("Dali") wrote the script, inspired by the book "To Kill the Irishman: The War That Crippled the Mafia" by Rick Porrello.

Greene was a violent Irish-American gangster who competed with the Italian mob in 1970s Cleveland and ended up provoking a countrywide turf war that crippled the mafia. Walken will play the loan shark and nightclub owner Shondor Birns, and Kilmer is a Cleveland police detective who befriends Greene.

Code's Al Corley, Bart Rosenblatt and Eugene Musso are producing, along with Dundee Entertainment's Tommy Reid and Tara Reid, who brought the property to Code. Jonathan Dana, Peter Miller and Porrello are exec producers, with George Perez serving as co-producer.