{"id":855,"date":"2017-03-23T20:32:50","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T20:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/?p=855"},"modified":"2017-05-09T20:34:08","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T20:34:08","slug":"voltage-pictures-hires-lotus-production-president-ara-keshishian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/voltage-pictures-hires-lotus-production-president-ara-keshishian\/","title":{"rendered":"Voltage Pictures Hires Lotus Production President Ara Keshishian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/refresh\/new\/\/\/\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/VarietyLogo1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-339\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/refresh\/new\/\/\/\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/VarietyLogo1-300x86.jpg\" alt=\"VarietyLogo1\" width=\"300\" height=\"86\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/VarietyLogo1-300x86.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/VarietyLogo1.jpg 504w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Voltage Pictures has hired Ara Keshishian \u2014 who was Lotus Entertainment\u2019s president of production \u2014 to produce feature films and television series for the company.<\/p>\n<p>At Lotus, Keshishian produced the Lionsgate\/Roadside release \u201cMaggie,\u201d starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, as well as the upcoming \u201cNovember Criminals,\u201d starring Ansel Elgort and Chloe Moretz.<\/p>\n<p>He has also overseen production and executive produced the Roadside Attractions release \u201cZ for Zachariah,\u201d starring Margot Robbie, Chris Pine, and Chiwetel Ejiofor, the upcoming thriller \u201cKidnap,\u201d starring Halle Berry, and the science fiction thriller \u201cReplicas,\u201d with Keanu Reeves for producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have known Ara for many years since his days as an agent,\u201d said CEO Nicolas Chartier. \u201cWe are incredibly excited to have him join the team. His taste, track record and relationships will be a great compliment to our existing team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Voltage handles production, financing and sales with credits including \u201cThe Hurt Locker\u201d and \u201cDallas Buyers Club.\u201d Upcoming Voltage films include \u201cOnce Upon a Time in Venice,\u201d starring Bruce Willis; \u201cColossal,\u201d directed by Nacho Vigalondo, starring Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Dan Stevens, Austin Stowell, and Tim Blake Nelson; \u201cA Family Man,\u201d starring Gerard Butler, Willem Dafoe, Alison Brie, Gretchen Mol and Alfred Molina; and Tupac Shakur biopic \u201cAll Eyez on Me,\u201d which Lionsgate is releasing on June 16.<\/p>\n<p>CAA and WME negotiated the deal on behalf of Keshishian.<\/p>\n<p>View this article at <a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2017\/film\/news\/voltage-pictures-lotus-ara-kesishian-1202014806\/\" target=\"_blank\">Variety<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voltage Pictures has hired Ara Keshishian \u2014 who was Lotus Entertainment\u2019s president of production \u2014 to produce feature films and television series for the company. At Lotus, Keshishian produced the Lionsgate\/Roadside release \u201cMaggie,\u201d starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, as well as the upcoming \u201cNovember Criminals,\u201d starring Ansel Elgort and Chloe Moretz. He has also overseen production and<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/voltage-pictures-hires-lotus-production-president-ara-keshishian\/\">+ Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":324,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-variety"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=855"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":857,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855\/revisions\/857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}