As "Brothers" opens in domestic theaters Friday, actor-turned-producer Matt Battaglia is preparing to delve deeper into his new career, unveiling a slate of original and acquired feature projects -- including one with J.J. Abrams.
Battaglia has been an actor for two decades, chalking up appearances on such TV shows as "Baywatch," "Charmed" and "Queer as Folk" before branching into the financing side of producing. That is how he got involved as a co-producer on "Brothers," the Jim Sheridan-helmed war drama starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Tobey Maguire.
Battaglia has dipped into his coffers to pick up rights to develop:
-- "Bad Monkeys," Matt Ruff's novel, which the New York Times Book Review called "a science fiction 'Catcher in the Rye.' " The story centers on a female protagonist who struggles with her alter ego and, after being arrested for murder, claims to belong to a secret society that fights evil.
Battaglia has been an actor for two decades, chalking up appearances on such TV shows as "Baywatch," "Charmed" and "Queer as Folk" before branching into the financing side of producing. That is how he got involved as a co-producer on "Brothers," the Jim Sheridan-helmed war drama starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Tobey Maguire.
Battaglia has dipped into his coffers to pick up rights to develop:
-- "Bad Monkeys," Matt Ruff's novel, which the New York Times Book Review called "a science fiction 'Catcher in the Rye.' " The story centers on a female protagonist who struggles with her alter ego and, after being arrested for murder, claims to belong to a secret society that fights evil.
- 12/3/2009
- by By Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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