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Boston Globe
31-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
R.I. plays a starring role in forthcoming Rod Serling documentary
'Prolific, creative and insightful, Rod Serling was a provocative storyteller whose narratives such as 'The Twilight Zone' series and the original 'Planet of the Apes' feature film impacted my life along with millions of others,' Steven Feinberg, executive director of the state's Film & Television Office, said in a statement. 'Rod Serling has and always will be an inspiration. Get Globe Rhode Island Food Club A weekly newsletter about food and dining in Rhode Island, by Globe Rhode Island reporter Alexa Gagosz. Enter Email Sign Up 'The Rhode Island film and t.v. community is honored to host our friends, Chad Verdi and Verdi Productions, along with Leonardo DiCaprio, Appian Way, and the Serling Family, as they create a much-needed documentary about the life and unique talents of the master storyteller Rod Serling,' Feiberg's statement continued. 'We know it will be a special event and we could not be prouder to be part of it!' Advertisement Although Serling, who died in 1975 at the age of 50, hailed from upstate New York, the documentarians used locations in East Greenwich, Providence, and Wakefield — the village in South Kingstown, R.I. — to help recreate moments in Serling's life, 'mirroring the same cinematic black and white style' of his signature show, officials said. Advertisement Actor Tom DeNucci, a Cranston, R.I. native, will portray Serling in the film's reenactments. The movie is directed by Jonah Tulis, who also wrote the screenplay. The production will the second that Verdi Productions has co-produced with Appian Way this year. The other was 'Sleepwalker.' a psychological thriller starring Hayden Panettiere, Beverly D'Angelo, Justin Chatwin, Mischa Barton, and Lori Tan Chinn. 'We are enthusiastic to finish another successful shoot with Appian Way in Rhode Island — our second co-production with them in the span of three months. Our company's goal is to keep creating jobs in Rhode Island with high profile and meaningful projects that our small state can be proud of.' Verdi, president of Verdi Productions, said in a statement. 'We expect to announce our third collaboration with Leo and the Appian Way team very soon.' Christopher Gavin can be reached at
See - Sada Elbalad
08-02-2025
- Entertainment
- See - Sada Elbalad
Hayden Panettiere to Star in Movie "Sleepwalker"
Yara Sameh Hayden Panettiere (Scream) is set to star in psychological thriller "Sleepwalker", which recently wrapped production in Rhode Island. Producing are Verdi Productions and Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way Productions. Golden Globe nominee Panettiere portrays Sarah, a grieving mother who is haunted by the tragic loss of her daughter in a car accident that left her abusive husband in a coma. As she battles a surreal descent into darkness, her sleepwalking episodes intensify. Plagued by haunting visions of her husband inside their home, she grapples with the blurred lines between reality and nightmare. Chad A. Verdi (Bleed For This) and Appian Way's Jennifer Davisson (Robin Hood) are producing, along with Phillip Watson, Michelle Verdi, Chad Verdi Jr. and Paul Luba. Executive producers include Taylor DiGilio, Sera Verdi and Anthony Gudas. Brandon Auman penned the screenplay and is directing.
