Subject: “Hollywood & Wine” kicks off new 6 pic deal for Mary Aloe/Proud Mary Ent. and Smithfield Street Studios w/equity line of credit

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Variety LogoPosted: Tue., Jun. 3, 2008, 7:08pm PT

Smithfield, Proud Mary in six-film deal‘Wine’ stars David Spade, Pamela Anderson
By DAVE MCNARY

David Spade
Spade

Pamela Anderson

Anderson

Indie shingles Smithfield Street Prods. and Proud Mary Entertainment are launching a six-picture alliance with the ensemble comedy “Hollywood and Wine,” starring David Spade, Chazz Palmenteri, Vivica Fox and Pamela Anderson. The comedy begins shooting today at Smithfield Studios in

Pittsburgh. Free Fall Films and Trivision Pictures are co-production partners on the pic.Chris Farley’s brother Kevin Farley and Matt Berman will co-direct the film. Mary Aloe, Brian Hartman, Henry Boger and Alexander Tabrizi are producing; Mike Dolan, Ben Barton and Eric Brown exec produce.Story centers on the trials and tribulations of a

Hollywood chef and an aspiring actress who embark on a get-rich-quick scheme, setting off a comedy of errors. Kevin Farley, John Farley, Jennifer Farley and Matt Berman penned the script.Cast also includes Chris Kattan, Norm McDonald, Horatio Sanz, Chris Parnell, Jeremy London, Nicky Whelan, and Kevin and John Farley.Dolan and Aloe have set up a line of credit to co-finance the slate of independent films to be shot predominately in

Pittsburgh. Aloe, who heads Proud Mary, has a slate of seven features, including “Battle in Seattle,” “Tortured,” “While She Was Out,” “When a Man Falls in the Forest,” “Numb” and “Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever.” The last pic will be distributed by Lionsgate.http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117986845.html

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David Spade (left), Chris Kattan and Kevin Farley (Getty Images photos)

The siblings of the late comedian Chris Farley are heading to Pittsburgh for ”

Hollywood and Wine,” a satire that will feature many of Farley’s friends and colleagues from “Saturday Night Live.”

The project is the first of a six-picture deal between indie outfits Smithfield Street Prods. & Studios and Proud Mary Entertainment, which hope to shoot movies predominantly in what they call “Hollywood North East.” The slate will take advantage of

Pennsylvania’s 25% film tax incentive.

Kevin Farley, younger brother John Farley and his wife, Jennifer Farley, collaborated with scribe Matt Berman on “Wine,” which the older Farley is co-directing with Berman.

Several former “SNL” cast members will appear in the comedy, including Chris Kattan, David Spade, Norm MacDonald, Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell, according to producers. Also joining the cast are Chazz Palminteri, Vivica Fox, Pamela Anderson, Jeremy London, Nicky Whelan and the two Farley brothers.

“Wine” is about a

Hollywood chef and an aspiring actress who embark on a get-rich quick scheme that results in mistaken identify and a run-in with the mob.

Producing the film are Mary Aloe, Brian Hartman, Henry Boger and Alexander Tabrizi. Mike Dolan, Ben Barton and Eric Brown are executive producing. Free Fall Films and Trivision Pictures are co-producing. Filming is to begin soon.

Aloe, founder of Proud Mary, said she and her counterparts at

Smithfield already have started lining up projects for their slate. Along with

Smithfield’s Dolan, Aloe set up a line of credit to co-finance the slate of films, with Arclight selling foreign rights.

Kevin Farley has appeared a variety of TV and film projects, including the upcoming indie comedy “The Gold and the Beautiful,” with brother John. He also appeared in “Artie,” a comedy written and produced by Berman. Kevin Farley is repped by AKA Talent Agency and Brillstein Entertainment Partners.

John Farley is repped by Ellis Talent Group and Precision Entertainment.

Beverly Hills-based Proud Mary’s productions include “Battle in

Seattle” with Charlize Theron and Woody Harrelson and “Tortured,” starring Laurence Fishburne and James Cromwell. The company also is developing “Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever.”

Smithfield is based in

Pittsburgh and runs the region’s only full-service production studio.http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/
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