GREG Kinnear and Katie Holmes to play John and Jackie Kennedy in an upcoming History Channel miniseries. Tom Wilkinson plays Joe Kennedy Sr. . . . Brace yourselves, the Gummers are coming. Meryl Streep produced a brood of actors. First came Mamie. Blond. Beautiful. Suddenly comes Grace, who looks just like Mamie. Now out in producer Jay Kubassek‘s film “Meskada,” she just nailed “Larry Crowne” to be directed by Tom Hanks.
This week’s Friday Forecaster is Jay Kubassek, a former Midas Muffler salesman turned a film producer. His production company Aliquot Films is releasing Chelsea On The Rocks, a movie about the famous Chelsea Hotel.
Friends, I am almost embarrassed for the endless stream gratuitous self-promotion over the last few weeks, but I trust you will forgive me for this one. I will be LIVE in the Fox News Strategy Room with Eric Bolling today at 3:40 pm talking about the last couple years journey… should be interesting. (Please don’t hold it against me, its not like i am a guest on O’Reilly something:)
I am scheduled to go live at 3:40 pm EST, watch live here if you care: http://www.foxnews.com/strategyroom <Firefox or IE recommended.)
Also, if you happen to tune into the WPIX ch 11 morning show tomorrow, I will be the guest weather man… go figure.
This is all part of our PR effort for www.chelseaontherocks-themovie.com which opens here in NYC tomorrow.
Best,
-Jay
SPIKE Lee has partnered with Internet marketing guru Jay Kubassek on a movie about a bank robber who redeems himself. Kubassek — the man behind the “Chelsea on the Rocks” documentary about the Chelsea Hotel — and Lee are co-producing “Evolution of a Criminal,” a film by Darius Clark Monroe about his life, which hit bottom when he robbed a Bank of America branch at age 17 and did three years in a Texas prison. Monroe made the jump into movies by enrolling in Lee’s class at NYU.
Former muffler salesman Jay Kubassek has launched something called Aliquot Films. First output is something called “Meskada” with Meryl Streep‘s kid Grace Gummer . . . Australian director Jane Campion, Oscar winner for writing “The Piano,” arrives Monday. Her new film’s “Bright Star,” about poet John Keats’ love affair with Fanny Brawne. Opens September and screens at the Toronto Film Festival.
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