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Divide/Conquer Hires Derek Bishé, Eden Rubel, David Grove Churchill Viste
EXCLUSIVE: Adam Hendricks and Greg Gilreath‘s Divide/Conquer, the production company behind titles like M3GAN and Totally Killer, has brought in three new execs to help expand its footprint in the genre space and beyond: Derek Bishé and David Grove Churchill Viste have been named SVPs of Production, with Rubel as SVP of Development.
Together, the trio will focus on shepherding new projects and nurturing burgeoning talent, as Divide/Conquer has most recently done with Curry Barker, the Obsession breakout now on to his sophomore feature, Anything but Ghosts.
“We believe that the best version of Divide/Conquer is one that stays hungry for new voices, new ideas, and filmmakers who see things a little differently,” Hendricks and Gilreath told Deadline. “Derek, Eden, and David each bring that spirit, a real instinct for great material, and an incredible depth of experience supporting filmmakers’ visions.”
Over the past decade, Bishé has worked on more than three dozen feature films, as well as television and commercial productions. Notable credits include Ryan Prows’ Lowlife, Jennifer Reeder’s Perpetrator, Mali Elfman’s Next Exit, Daniel Goldhaber and Isa Mazzei’s Faces of Death, and Elfman’s upcoming Thud, a Grim Reaper-Devil meet-cute exec produced by Divide/Conquer, on which we first reported. He began his career in Chicago as a production designer and art director before moving on to assistant directing, production management, line producing, and ultimately producing.
Ruben most recently worked as VP of Production at Fully Formed, the production company of Brad Fuller and Andrew Form, under its first-look deal at Sony, where she helped build a slate of more than 20 projects. During her time there, she focused on identifying and championing undiscovered voices and talent, bringing in and converting works from new voices into studio projects. Prior to her role at Fully Formed, she served as a development executive at Sony’s Screen Gems, where she worked on titles like PlayStation’s Until Dawn. Additionally, she worked at Netflix, where she contributed to films such as Do Revenge, Luckiest Girl Alive and Good Grief. A native Angeleno and dual Spanish-American citizen, she began her career in the Motion Picture Literary division at Gersh.
Viste is a Film Independent Spirit Award-nominated producer with two decades of production experience, who started out as a third-culture kid tinkering with an XL2 in the Middle East. Upon graduating from Vassar College, he became the general manager and head of production for a stage and production company before moving on to producing commercials, music videos, and — ultimately — his first film with Divide/Conquer in 2015. Notable credits include Emma Tammi’s The Wind, Mike Mohan’s The Voyeurs, Daniel Goldhaber’s How to Blow Up a Pipeline and Birth/Rebirth, which debuted at Sundance in 2023. Upcoming projects include Into the Sky, which is premiering at Fantastic Fest, and Elfman’s Thud.
Under a first-look deal with Blumhouse-Atomic Monster, Divide/Conquer has produced more than 30 features since its 2013 founding, making a name for itself in the genre space with M3GAN, Freaky and The Black Phone 2 for Universal Pictures; Heart Eyes for Sony Pictures; Vengeance for Focus Features; Totally Killer and The Voyeurs for Amazon MGM Studios; Lucky for Magnolia Pictures; Faces of Death for IFC/Shudder; and Cam for Netflix. Following the recent TIFF premiere of Josh Giuliano’s slasher River, which led to the film’s sale to Universal, Divide/Conquer set the director up to write and direct his next project, Occupant, which it will produce alongside Blumhouse-Atomic Monster and Spooky Pictures for Focus Features.
Divide/Conquer has several titles set for release in 2027, including Barker’s Anything But Ghosts for Focus Features and Alex Ullom’s 4×4: The Event for Neon. Hendricks and Gilreath are also working with Barker on his third, untitled original project, which has been set up at Universal Pictures through the filmmaker’s relationship with Divide/Conquer, Blumhouse-Atomic Monster, and Spooky Pictures.
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Madeleine Arthur & Dianne Doan Leading Psychological Horror ‘Doula’
EXCLUSIVE: Madeleine Arthur (Devil In Ohio) and Dianne Doan (Warrior) are leading cast in Canadian-US psychological horror Doula, written and directed by Goldie Jones.
Principle photography is due to begins October 1 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with the support of the Manitoba Film and Music tax incentive.
The synopsis reads: “Inspired by strange true events, a doula (Doan) arrives at an isolated mountain cabin to help with a difficult delivery, only to become trapped alongside her pregnant client (Arthur) in a sadistic, reality-bending game where escape may come at a terrible price.”
James J Yi (Gook) is producing alongside Alice Teufack, Judd Tilyard (Silent Night) and Verity Fiction.
Andrea Chung (The Card Counter) is executive-producing with Carvel Rock Pictures along with Kristine Estorninos. Nicole Arbusto is casting director.
Madeleine Arthur is repped by Gersh Agency, McGood Talent Management and Brave Artists Management. Dianne Doan is repped by Principals Talent, Innovative Artists and Forward Entertainment.
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Ex-‘American Idol’ Contestant Caleb Flynn Found Guilty In Murder Of Wife
An Ohio jury has returned multiple guilty verdicts against former American Idol contestant Caleb Flynn in the murder earlier this year of his wife Ashley Flynn.
Caleb Flynn, a 40-year-old former worship pastor who competed in 2013 on American Idol, sobbed after nine guilty verdicts were read finding him guilty of aggravated murder, three counts of murder, two counts of felonious assault and three counts of tampering with evidence.
The murder occurred in the Flynn’s home in Tipp City, Ohio, about 20 miles outside Dayton, in the early morning hours of February 16, 2026. The 37-year-old woman was fatally shot in the head as she slept in her bed.
Opening statements for the trial began on Friday, September 18, and closing arguments ended Tuesday, September 29. The Ohio jury deliberated for just two hours today following a week of trial testimony. During that week, Flynn’s mistress Alleigha Botner, 24, a worship leader at the same Tipp City church as Flynn, read from more than 100,000 text messages between herself and Flynn, some of which indicated Flynn’s murderous intentions.
In one exchange, Flynn wrote, “I was up until 4 a.m. last night crying, literally trying to think of ways to kill her and not go to jail. If I could literally kill her and not go to hell, I would do it in a heartbeat. That is how dark and how hateful I feel.”
The night before the murder, Flynn wrote to Botner, “I choose you. I’m free. Actions will come tomorrow, February 16, a day I’ll never forget.” Botner has not been charged with any wrongdoing.
After the murder, Flynn told police that his wife had been shot by an intruder. Police early on suspected that the crime scene had been staged to look like a burglary.
Ashley Flynn was fatally shot while the couple’s two daughters, then ages 9 and 11, were asleep in the next room.
Caleb Flynn’s appearance on American Idol is largely remembered for his emotional tributes to his wife. During his “Road To Hollywood” interview from 2013, Flynn said “music is all I know” and that he’d been encouraged to audition by Ashley. “I absolutely love the Lord, and I love my wife more than anything. She is very, very pretty. I love her. I’m just a normal person who absolutely loves to sing more than anything in the world.”
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‘Mr. Robot’ Creator Sam Esmail Jumps From CAA (Exclusive)
Sam Esmail has left CAA, the agency he has called home since 2015.
The writer-director-producer, who became a hot commodity thanks to his TV series Mr. Robot, is now on the hunt for a new agency, sources the The Hollywood Reporter.
It is unclear why he left the agency although sources say it could stem from delays with his latest feature, Panic Carefully. The movie wrapped production a year and a half ago, and has seen its release date pushed from February 2027 to April 2027.
He still remains with his managers at Anonymous Content and lawyer at McKuin Frankel.
Esmail burst onto the scene with Robot, the hit USA Network series that ran from 2015 to 2019. It was the first series for the rising writer, who was repped by ICM before the show established Esmail as a TV writer and producer to be reckoned with.
He went on to exec produce series or mini-series Briarpatch, Homecoming, Gaslit, Angelyne, The Resort, each of them attracting top talent, including movie star Julie Roberts, who became an Esmail regular.
His relationship with Roberts led to the feature Leave the World Behind, an apocalyptic thriller he wrote and directed for Netflix. The movie, which also starred Mahershala Ali and Ethan Hawke, was in the top 10 of most watched movies on the streamer for a while.
With his transition to features underway, he then set up thriller Panic Carefully, also with Roberts, at Warners, giving him a shot at a big theatrical release. The movie wrapped production in March of 2025 and became mired in post-production. It is now due to open April 9, 2027.
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