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- A Relatable Narrative, Tied to Recognizable Names.
- Patience, Part 1
- The Script Was So Strong It Attracted A Global Movie Star.
- Patience, Part 2
- Create A Bidding War.
- Pick The Distributor with The Most Passion.
- Hire A Gifted Director.
- Listen to Jada Pinkett-Smith.
- Take Advantage of Pandemic downtime.
- Cope with The New Reality.
Tim grew up in Annapolis, Maryland playing competitive tennis, from the junior nationals to the minor leagues. He knew the Richard Williams story, and when he was a teenager, saw him in the stadiums rooting for his kids. “I remember him holding up the signs and hearing people talking about him as this controversial guy,” said Tim. “Our company’s al...
The brothers started by meeting a half dozen writers. They also sent an email to Venus Williams through an assistant, but got no response. “The only way we’re going to actually get them to pay attention,” said Tim, “is to develop an amazing script that’s just undeniable, that goes around town, and takes on a life of its own.” They heard many takes ...
Baylin’s script did take on a life of its own. “It went everywhere, without even sending it anywhere,” said Tim. “People started passing it around.” Will Smith and his production company Westbrook expressed interested in the script before it landed at number two on the 2018 Black List. Smith, now age 53, was Star Thrower’s first choice, followed by...
Smith insisted that the Williams family get on board before he was officially attached. The producers spent nine months in conversation with the family to build trust, starting with Venus and Serena Williams’ stepsister Isha Price, an attorney who handles their business affairs, followed by their mother, Oracene Price (now divorced from Richard). T...
As the script made its way around Hollywood, studio executives clamored for it. In March 2019, the producers shopped the movie to streamers and studios, fielding competitive offers from Paramount, Netflix, Sony’s TriStar, and MRC. (Only Disney didn’t make an offer.) They prepared a budget for a mid-market adult drama that might cost $30 million. Of...
Coming off of “A Star is Born” and “Crazy Rich Asians,” Warners president Toby Emmerich convinced the brothers to accept his offer in the $50 million-$60 million range, which included not only talent fees, but also the life rights and the production budget. This meant turning down former president Barack Obama, who spent an hour on the phone trying...
The next step was convincing Warners to go with Reinaldo Marcus Green, whose debut feature “Monsters and Men” impressed Jada Pinkett-Smith when she was on the 2018 Sundance jury, and whose second feature, Mark Wahlberg vehicle “Joe Bell,” wasn’t yet in the can. After meeting many smart directors, the brothers felt that Green, despite his relative i...
While Jada Pinkett-Smith was not on the set due to COVID restrictions, she had a role to play. She advocated for Green, and got involved in the casting of Serena and Venus (Demi Singleton and Saniyya Sidney, respectively), attending the final casting and makeup tests for the girls. For his part, Tim made sure the two athlete actresses could play be...
After three weeks of shooting, COVID shut down the production in March 2020. Luckily, they filmed the younger backstory first: As the girls continued to grow over the next eight months, it served the story. Since they could no longer shoot big crowds at tennis tournaments, the visual effects budget doubled. “We had all of our 100 extras changing ou...
Like every other producer with a 2021 release at Warners, the partners had to deal with a day-and-date debut and they will never know how big a hit the movie might have been if it wasn’t also playing on HBO Max. At a preview in Los Angeles, the producers saw how the movie played with an African-American audience, who stood up and cheered in one cli...
A pair of mischievous high school kids create the illusion of a haunting on an unsuspecting elderly neighbor while keeping his every reaction under surveillance. A series of coincidences leads to tragedy. Director: Kasra Farahani | Stars: James Caan, Logan Miller, Keir Gilchrist, Laura Innes. Votes: 17,897.
Star Thrower. 13 likes. Tim and Trevor White founded Star Thrower Entertainment – a film and television finance and production company – to create meaningful, innovative entertainment.
