Justin Berfield is producing a new film based on the book, An Invisible Sign of My Own.
Plot Summary: This compelling adaptation of the award winning novel by Aimee Bender follows 19 year old Mona Grey as she finds solace only in numbers after learning of her father’s sudden illness.
Originally America Ferrera was to star but she was has been replaced by Jessica Alba. Filming started in October.
Yesterday Justin commented on his official forum saying;
hey guys!! happy tgiving week to everyone. i was in nyc for the past month. Invisible Sign should be a great film. taking the next week off and am headed to mexico to spend Thanksgiving. (i know, weird, but my family are all down there so i am headed to meet them). Hopefully i get turkey and not tacos! hope all is great with everyone….more later, justin
No release date time frame has been announced as of yet. We’ll keep you posted as to that and also further casting.
Justin Berfield is facing legal action over a planned movie about the life of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. Berfield and his company J2 Pictures are being sued by bosses at distribution firm Essential Entertainment – who claim they have been left $150,000 out of pocket after plans for the movie fell through.
The lawsuit, filed at Los Angeles Superior Court, alleges that Essential Entertainment has been stuck with thousands of dollars of expenses after the film – which was to be directed by Oscar-winner Oliver Stone – was shelved, according to TMZ.com. Jason Felts, Justin’s partner in J2 Pictures said he was surprised and hadn’t done anything wrong.
The fate of the film seems unclear, but it does have a official website, but no real content.
Ok…so not quite yet, but he has booked a seat aboard the first commercial space flight, Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, set for late 2009/early 2010.
The former Malcolm In The Middle star, a pal of Branson’s, plans to turn his brief space adventure into a new book.
Berfield’s spokeswoman says, “Justin considers Branson a genius and is one of the few people that he would follow just about anywhere.
“He’s a frequent guest at Branson’s ultra luxury island home, Necker, in the British Virgin Islands, and now he’s heading into space.”
Branson’s White Knight Two commercial spacecraft will take off for the first time in late 2009 or early 2010, full of celebrities and space-loving rich kids.
The two-and-a-half hour trip is expected to include about five minutes of weightlessness in space.
Berfield’s aide adds, “Justin will be joined by other celebrities with confirmed boarding passes, such as Madonna + Tom Hanks.”
Justin is a supporter of Branson’s charity, Virgin Unite. The goal of the charity is to make sustainable change through economic development towards tough social and environmental issues, which includes addressing the issue of delivering healthcare to rural parts of Africa.
Justin Berfield paid $1,450,000 in May for a newly built, three-bedroom house in Los Angeles’ Venice area.
Features in the three-level house in Venice include two and half baths, split-level polished cement floors in the living-dining area and in the powder room, an all-stainless Bosch kitchen with custom kitchen cabinetry, and a floor-to-ceiling sliding glass wall that opens to the front patio on the main level. Other features include oak floors and two large bedrooms on the second level, and a master suite with a gull-wing ceiling, two walk-in closets, a large bath with a spa shower, and a private deck that looks out on the street.
Bryan is currently filming the second season of Breaking Bad.
My character is well into his chemotherapy, I lost 17 pounds and shaved my head. This is what most actors dream about.
He did an Interview with AMC Breaking Bad Blog about filming the second season.
Q: Did you ever have doubts that Breaking Bad would return for a second season?
A: Like the nomination itself, I just try to focus on the things I can control. So I leave it up to the TV gods to decide what the outcomes of anything should be, and I was hoping we would get a pick-up because the pilot and the first season were very compelling drama. And a lot of people get the dark humor — we’re getting the kind of avid fan base that can’t wait to see what happens next, and that’s what you want.
Q: How does it feel to be back on set after the hiatus?
A: It was six months ago that we finished the last season. So it does take some getting used to, remembering faces of your crew members. But once you get past the newness of that, it’s like slipping into a pair of old comfortable shoes. We know we’re going to be in good hands with the writers and crew.
Q: Season 1 was cut short by the writers’ strike. Did this give Vince an opportunity to re-evaluate where the story should go?
A: He had an idea of what he wanted to do for the two episodes that we didn’t get to. And because we didn’t get to it, all things wash out. It ended where it ended, then he gets a chance to re-evaluate it, think about it over the hiatus and now look at an arc of thirteen episodes as opposed to six. And of course it changes things.
Q: Where would you like to see the show and your character go in the future?
A: I think eventually I’m going to die in this show, and rightfully so. [Laughs]. I deserve it. In the meantime whatever happens, happens. But we can’t accelerate a storyline in order to think that we only have this season to tell it. I do know that because of the conditions of the character and what has been established already and what Vince has already stated is that he wants to have a show where your lead character changes. And as he semi-jokingly puts it, he wants to turn Mr. Chips into Scarface. Maybe not that drastic, but interestingly enough not all that far away.
Season 1 DVD of Breaking Bad is expected to be released January 20, 2009. So far we know its as a 2-disc set running 346 minutes, featuring episodes presented in anamorphic widescreen video, with English – Dolby Digital 5.1 audio and French subtitles. Pre-order from Amazon now!
The Breaking Bad cast and SAG hosted a public event to talk about their experiences in the industry and filming in New Mexico on October 25.
Bryan Cranston told nationalledger.com that he’s one of the latest celebrities to go “green” as he spent time off during the writer’s strike working on an environmentally friendly home.
I’m designing a house for my family. It’s a vacation house. I’m going to draw the design myself and have it built in green with solar panels, recycled materials and things like that.
In other unrelated Cranston news that we didn’t get round to posting before:
In March he participated in the annual A Night at Sardi’s in LA to benefit The Alzheimer’s Association of the California Southland, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, performing selections from Bye Bye Birdie.
In April he presented honors for community service and volunteerism at the 2008 Spring Luncheon of the Down Syndrome Association of Los Angeles and the National Down Syndrome Society.
In May he attended the 13th Annual Congressional Breakfast on Capitol Hill for National Missing Children’s Day, fifteen law enforcement officials from throughout the U.S. were honored.
In August he attended the Duke City Shootout competition where scripts are filmed and edited and premièred in 1 week. Cranston, who said he and his family love Albuquerque and have purchased a house in the city, called the whole concept of the Shootout “brave” and asked that the filmmakers, once they’re famous and working regularly, remember to hire him.
At the start of the year Bryan Cranston signed on to co-star in Taylor Hackford’s new film, Love Ranch which has now been filmed and is in post production. They are currently looking for a studio to pick up the film.
Based on real events, Love Ranch is a drama centered around a married couple who open the first legal brothel in Nevada. Bryan is playing a corrupt Senator along side Helen Mirren and Joe Pesci.
Little other information so far but we’ll keep you updated.
Malcolm in the Middle is 88th on Entertainment Weekly’s list of the top 100 greatest TV shows of the past 25 years. We of course think it should be higher, but its nice to be on there.
Linwood Boomer the creator of Malcolm in the Middle is currently working on a family comedy pilot he wrote called The Karenskys for CBS. It is set to star Sasha Alexander (NCIS).
The show centers on Emily Atwood (Alexander), who returns to her hometown when her husband’s job relocates them and is reunited with her large, eccentric family. Although she is comfortable with her family’s intrusiveness, constant arguing and impulsive behavior, Emily is aware that her husband is far less so.
Boomer is working with Gail Berman, the exec who shepherded Malcolm in the Middle during her tenure at Regency TV and as programming chief at FOX. Interestingly the script was being developed at CBS at the same time as Malcolm took off and was then put aside as Boomer shifted his attention. It came back to light as Berman was looking over old scripts. It’s nice to see Boomer go back to his Malcolm in the Middle roots even if this time its multi-camera!
Al Higgins one of the main Malcolm in the Middle writers and producers is working on a remake of the UK TV show Roman’s Empire and it will star Kelsey Grammer (Frasier). A pilot for ABC is currently being made.
The UK series told the story of Leo who cannot extricate himself from the wealthy family of his ex-girlfriend, whose father is the overbearing businessman Roman.
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