Casey Affleck likely isn’t the only Hollywood producer who doesn’t know where his money is going.
The Oscar-winning actor claimed he was “appalled” when he learned that his production company, The Affleck/Middleton Project, donated $5,000 to President Donald Trump’s transition efforts. His business partner, producer John Powers Middleton, is a longtime supporter of Republican and pro-Trump groups.
Before the Center for Public Integrity revealed the connection after examining federal donation filings, could Affleck really have been in the dark regarding what his partner was doing with the company’s money? It’s very possible — and a lesson for others in Hollywood to closely monitor their own production company pocketbooks.
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The Oscar-winning actor claimed he was “appalled” when he learned that his production company, The Affleck/Middleton Project, donated $5,000 to President Donald Trump’s transition efforts. His business partner, producer John Powers Middleton, is a longtime supporter of Republican and pro-Trump groups.
Before the Center for Public Integrity revealed the connection after examining federal donation filings, could Affleck really have been in the dark regarding what his partner was doing with the company’s money? It’s very possible — and a lesson for others in Hollywood to closely monitor their own production company pocketbooks.
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- 3/8/2017
- by Andrew Lapin
- Indiewire
To date, the only film Casey Affleck has directed is the infamous mockumentary “I’m Still Here,” but it hasn’t been for lack of trying. The actor and writer has lined up a handful of projects over the years to helm, including “Far Bright Star” (which would reunite him with Joaquin Phoenix) and a biopic about baseball player Josh Hamilton.
Continue reading Casey Affleck To Direct Survival Drama ‘Light Of My Life’ at The Playlist.
Continue reading Casey Affleck To Direct Survival Drama ‘Light Of My Life’ at The Playlist.
- 9/19/2016
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Casey Affleck is set to topline Debra Granik’s film adaptation of the 2009 novel by Peter Rock “My Abandonment,” according to The Tracking Board.
Inspired by a true story, the film will center around Caroline, a thirteen-year-old girl and her father who live in Forest Park, an enormous nature preserve in Portland, Oregon. Living in the an elaborate cave shelter, they bathe in a nearby creek, store perishables at the water’s edge, use a makeshift septic system, tend a garden, even keep a library of sorts. Once a week they go buy groceries and blend in with the civilized world. Their whole world turns upside down when a jogger discovers where they live and Caroline is torn between her loyalty to her father and the possibility of a new and normal life.
Granik will direct and co-write the script with Anne Rosellini. Rossellini is producing with Linda Reisman and Anne Harrison of ReVision Films.
Inspired by a true story, the film will center around Caroline, a thirteen-year-old girl and her father who live in Forest Park, an enormous nature preserve in Portland, Oregon. Living in the an elaborate cave shelter, they bathe in a nearby creek, store perishables at the water’s edge, use a makeshift septic system, tend a garden, even keep a library of sorts. Once a week they go buy groceries and blend in with the civilized world. Their whole world turns upside down when a jogger discovers where they live and Caroline is torn between her loyalty to her father and the possibility of a new and normal life.
Granik will direct and co-write the script with Anne Rosellini. Rossellini is producing with Linda Reisman and Anne Harrison of ReVision Films.
- 7/31/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
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