{"id":2286460,"date":"2026-02-17T22:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T22:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2286460"},"modified":"2026-02-17T22:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T22:25:07","slug":"jake-weiner-of-good-fear-launches-harvest-hill-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jake-weiner-of-good-fear-launches-harvest-hill-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Weiner of Good Fear Launches Harvest Hill Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAfter a 25-year partnership with producer Chris Bender, longtime producer and manager Jake Weiner has exited the firm he co-founded and is launching his own management and production company, Harvest Hill Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tWeiner is starting his new venture with an muscular list of working clients including writers, such as Academy Award nominee Allison Schroeder (<em>Hidden Figures, Minecraft<\/em>), <em>New York Times<\/em> bestselling novelist Jennifer Weiner (<em>The Griffin Sisters<strong>\u2019 <\/strong>Greatest Hits<\/em>), and Paul Haapaniemi (Netflix\u2019s <em>Ransom Canyon<\/em>). He also has filmmakers <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/david-robert-mitchell\/\" id=\"auto-tag_david-robert-mitchell_1\" data-tag=\"david-robert-mitchell\">David Robert Mitchell<\/a> (<em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/follows\/\" id=\"auto-tag_follows_1\" data-tag=\"follows\">It Follows<\/a><\/em>) and Julian Higgins (<em>God\u2019s Country<\/em>); documentary filmmaker Clay Tweel (<em>Gleason<\/em>); and writers\/podcast creators Jake Emanuel and Willie Block (<em>The Reunion<\/em>).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tOn the roster are also emerging voices, including playwright\/screenwriter Kaley Roth Mamo (<em>Shells<\/em>), filmmakers Zoe Simone (<em>At Night<\/em>), Reid Antin (<em>It Will Devour You<\/em>), and Jake Remington (<em>$$$<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tWeiner will also share select clients with Good Fear, and will co-manage Kirill Sokolov (the upcoming <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/they-will-kill-you\/\" id=\"auto-tag_they-will-kill-you_1\" data-tag=\"they-will-kill-you\">They Will Kill You<\/a><\/em>) and Carly Stone (<em>North of Normal).<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cHarvest Hill is the street I grew up on and where my passion for storytelling began,\u201d Weiner said in a statement. \u201cI\u2019m excited to be working with such an incredible group of clients who are telling bold, original stories, and I look forward to finding and championing new voices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tWeiner and Bender first worked together at early 2000s firm Benderspink, racking up numerous credits over the years as that firm evolved into Good Fear. The movies the duo produced ranged from David Cronenberg\u2019s <em>A History of Violence<\/em> and Ryan Reynolds rom-com <em>Just Friends<\/em> to Amy Adam rom-com <em>Leap Year<\/em> and thriller <em>Under the Silver Lake<\/em> to Disney\u2019s live-action take on <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/mulan\/\" id=\"auto-tag_mulan_1\" data-tag=\"mulan\">Mulan<\/a><\/em>. They most recently produced Amazon\u2019s Dave Bautista family action comedies <em>My Spy <\/em>and<em> My Spy: Eternal<\/em> <em>City<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cThis has been an incredible journey with Chris and more recently, our other partner Scott Stoops,\u201d continued Weiner in a statement. \u201cWe built a company that sought out and embraced new voices and helped launch their careers.\u00a0 We made some amazing films and TV that I\u2019m so proud of and still rewatch with a smile. I\u2019ve met some phenomenal people on projects who have become close friends. I\u2019ve traveled the world from New Zealand to Regina, Saskatchewan and loved every minute. Most importantly, over the past two and a half decades, Chris Bender and I have been there for each other through all of the ups and downs of life. And while I\u2019m headed down a different path, we have plenty we\u2019ll be working on together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tSeveral projects are already in motion. They are executive producing <em>Flowervale Street<\/em>, the newest thriller from Mitchell that is set for a Aug. 14 release from Warner Bros. Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor are starring with JJ Abrams producing. And they are set to produce Mitchell\u2019s sequel to his critically acclaimed horror movie <em>It Follows<\/em>, titled <em>They Follow<\/em>, which is slated to go into production this June for Neon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tWeiner will remain attached with Bender to many of the projects that were developed at Good Fear including <em>Care Bears <\/em>at Warners with GoldDay and <em>They\u2019re Still Here <\/em>at New Regency with Phantom Four.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cFor more than two decades, Jake Weiner has been an invaluable and trusted creative partner, and one of the best people I know,\u201d stated Bender. \u201cI\u2019m deeply grateful for everything we\u2019ve experienced together, so much over the years, and I\u2019m excited for our many creative collaborations to come. Harvest Hill will no doubt be a great success, and his clients could not be in better hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.hollywoodreporter.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a 25-year partnership with producer Chris Bender, longtime producer and manager Jake Weiner has exited the firm he co-founded and is launching his own management and production company, Harvest Hill Entertainment. 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