Hello all, Mad Dashiell here and thanks for joining me today. Today I bring breaking news from the Starlight Culture Entertainment Group and Providence Entertainment Limited are flying the WWII epic off the ground.
Roland Emmerich will be producing the epic project through Emmerich’s Centropolis Entertainment, Midway will also be produced by Harald Kloser (2012, White House Down, Independence Day: Resurgence), and Mark Gordon (Saving Private Ryan, The Patriot, Molly’s Game). The film is in its pre-production right now and principal photography is slated to start August 16th.
"Roland’s track record and brand as a master of big-budget action films is second to none and I’m highly confident Midway will make a big splash in the Cannes marketplace,” said Ford.
For those that don't already know, it will be based on the real events that took place during of the Battle of Midway. Midway was a pivotal a turning point during the second world war in the Pacific. The film will chronicle the brave and heroic exploits of the aviators and soldiers who changed the tide of the war that plunged the world into darkness with estimates of death totals ranging from 50 million to more than 80 million.
"LOS ANGELES (May 2, 2018) – Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios has acquired the international rights to Midway, to be directed by iconic filmmaker Roland Emmerich (Independence Day franchise, The Day After Tomorrow) from a script by Wes Tooke, and will introduce the film to buyers at Cannes. Starlight Entertainment Group and Providence Entertainment Limited are financing Midway. U.S. and China theatrical distribution is already set with Lionsgate to release through its Summit Entertainment label stateside and Bona Film Group to release in Greater China. Creative Artists Agency (CAA) brokered the financing and distribution deals."
-Emmerich and Kloser are represented by CAA and Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal Laviolette Feldman Schenkman & Goodman.
-Tooke is represented by WME, Rain Management Group, and Lichter, Grossman, Nichols & Adler.
-AGC’s deal was brokered by Ford and the company’s Chief Operating Officer Miguel Palos.
In 1976 Midway was released in the UK as Battle of Midway by director Jack Smight, the film was flecked with a starry cast that included Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn. No word over the wires yet on who Emmerich is recruiting for his big battle epic, though we’ll keep you in bombing run as this story develops.
-Jean has a long mustache, Thanks for joining me today, Mad Dashiell signing off. 
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