CHERNOBYL DIARIES Production Notes - Visual Hollywood

CHERNOBYL DIARIES (2012)
PRODUCTION NOTES
George C. Scott and which was selected as the opening night gala film of the Monte Carlo
Television festival, Cowan returned to features with the critically acclaimed film "Life as a
House," starring Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas and Hayden Christensen. Cowan produced
this film while simultaneously producing "Enough," directed by Michael Apted and starring
Jennifer Lopez.
Cowan next turned to the world of musicals with the Cole Porter biopic "De-Lovely," starring
Kline and Ashley Judd. Cowan not only produced the film, which was selected as the closing
night film for the 2004 Cannes film festival, but he executive produced the soundtrack album,
which was nominated for a Grammy that year.
Delving into the world of DVDs, Cowan next produced two $3 million films for the home video
market, "Shackles," starring D. L. Hughley, and a sequel to "The Net," "The Net 2.0," which he
wrote and produced and which was the first American film to shoot entirely in Istanbul. Cowan
wrapped up his time with Winkler films with the Iraq war film "Home of the Brave," starring
Samuel L. Jackson, Jessica Biel, Christina Ricci and rapper 50 Cent.
As head of his own company, POV Productions, Cowan's first project was producing the muchanticipated
"Righteous Kill," starring Robert De Niro in their third project together, and Al
Pacino, and directed by Jon Avnet. Cowan was later brought in to produce a George Romero
remake of "The Crazies," starring Timothy Olyphant and Radha Mitchell and directed by Breck
Eisner. The film was released to strong critical reviews and box office performance. Most
recently, Cowan executive produced the upcoming Miley Cyrus starrer "So Undercover," and is
currently producing "Saw" creator James Wan's next directorial effort, based on a true story from
the case files of demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren.
Over his career, Cowan has had a wide range of experiences, from producing low budget
independent films to higher budget studio fare. He's developed projects with such talented
writers as Joe Eszterhas, Nick Pileggi ("Goodfellas"), Oliver Stone, Jay Cocks ("The Age of
Innocence") and Academy Award® nominee Nicholas Kazan ("Reversal of Fortune"). He has
shot extensively throughout the United States and in numerous countries around the world,
including Canada, England, Luxembourg, Jamaica, Morocco, Turkey, Serbia and Hungary, had
films accepted into such festivals as Deauville, Toronto and Tribeca, opened at Monte Carlo and
New York, and closed at Cannes.
ANDREW A. KOSOVE and BRODERICK JOHNSON (Executive Producers) are Oscar®nominated
producers as well as co-founders and co-CEOs of Alcon Entertainment, which has
financed and/or produced a wide range of films. Last year, Alcon released the family hit
"Dolphin Tale," starring Harry Connick, Jr., Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman. The drama was
inspired by the amazing true story of Winter, the dolphin who was rescued and learned to swim
again after losing her tail.
Alcon also has a variety of projects in production and development, including "Beautiful
Creatures," currently shooting in New Orleans, based on the bestselling young adult novel and
starring newcomers Alden Ehrenreich and Alice Englert, Academy Award® nominee Viola
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