Season Two for Jim Donovan’s TV series LE CLAN

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Following its strong showing at Série Mania 2015 in Paris last April, LE CLAN is slated to begin production for a second season in August.

The show stars Sébastien Ricard, Louis-Philippe Dandenault, Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Roger Léger, Karinne Lagueux, and Luc Senay.

LE CLAN is quite distinct from other Quebec shows in that it features the Acadian landscape, accents as well as talent; the production base is in Shediac, New Brunswick.

Snitch Yannick Moreau is now safely married with children and lives on a ranch under an assumed name with his criminal past firmly behind him. But all this will change when his very vengeful father and three brothers are freed from prison.

Produced by Casablanca who brought us the very successful TV show SÉRIE NOIRE and Productions Phare-est, LE CLAN is a family thriller steeped in the Acadian province’s culture, and built  around a character who is secretly riddled with his past betrayal and the challenges of the new life his new identity brings him.

Also, please read the interview Jim gave to DGC’s MONTAGE.

James Franco to Helm and Star in a Steve Janas Script

James Franco has come on board to direct and produce William Gay’s “The Long Home,” a coming-of-age story set in rural Tennessee in the 1940s. The book was adapted by Woolf + Lapin writer Steve Janas and Rabbit Bandini producer Vince Jolivette.

Franco and Jolivette will produce through their Rabbit Bandini Films.

“The story centers on a young and headstrong Tennessee carpenter who lost his father years before to a human evil and is forced to make difficult moral choices to face up to that evil. “The Long Home” was Gay’s debut novel and won the 1999 James A. Michener Memorial Prize.”

Cameras start rolling this May. Actors on board include: Josh Hartnett, Ashton Kutcher, Zoe Levin, Tim Blake Nelson, Timothy Hutton, Giancarlo Esposito, Courtney Love, and Josh Hutcherson.

Congratulations to writer Steve Janas!

Montreal Team Behind the Amazing “Le Gouffre”

Le Gouffre is the first animated short film produced and directed by Lightning Boy Studio, a young creative team based in Montreal.

“The film tells the story of two spirited travelers who come across an incredibly wide chasm on their journey and decide to build a bridge to cross it.”

With some help from Kickstarter, the film was mostly self-financed over two years by the young guys behind Lightning Boy Studio, David Forest, Thomas Chrétien and Carl Beauchemin.

Sanchez Brothers Opening at Parisian Laundry

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(Carlos & Jason Sanchez, In Protest, 2015)

Woolf + Lapin was at the opening of the new Sanchez Brothers exhibition at Parisian Laundry. “In the main gallery, seven large-scale photographs capture arresting scenes of narrative and psychological intensity. These new images reference the spectacular visual languages of film and photojournalism while exploring themes such as youth, sensuality, creativity and fear.”

Their singular work is steeped in film language. It underscores a strong sense of mise-en-scène and foreboding drama.

The Sanchez Brothers are no strangers to drama. They have a film in the works called A Worthy Companion. Production is slated for June 2015 with micro_scope.

Woolf + Lapin congratulates both Carlos and Jason for their spectacular work!

March 26–April 25, 2015
Parisian Laundry
3550 St-Antoine West
Montreal (Quebec)
Canada, H4C 1A9