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Paramount Sued Over Upcoming Renée Zellweger Movie Score
3 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
The American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada has sued Paramount Pictures for allegedly breaching its master contract by recording the score to Renee Zellweger’s upcoming film “Same Kind of Different as Me” in Slovakia.
The suit, filed Monday in Los Angeles federal court, asserts that the studio has violated provisions of its collective bargaining agreement with musicians that require Paramount films produced in the U.S. or Canada to be scored in the U.S. or Canada.
Paramount had no immediate response to a request for comment.
It’s the second such suit filed by Afm within the past two months. The union filed suit on April 27 against Warner Bros., MGM and Paramount for alleged violations of the union’s master contract for recording film scores outside the U.S. and Canada for “Interstellar,” which was produced by Warner Bros. and Paramount; Warner’s “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island »
- Dave McNary
FIFA-Financed Film ‘United Passions’ Flops at Box Office With $607 Opening Weekend
13 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Even its own film can’t save FIFA. The self-financed movie “United Passions” failed to score at the box office, generating a pathetic $607 in the U.S. on its opening weekend. The unfortunately-timed movie dramatizing the founding and history of the world governing body of soccer opened Friday in limited release in New York and nine other cities. Even soccer-mad Europeans have avoided the on-screen debacle. The film premiered at last year’s Cannes film festival, but six months after its release in Europe had made just $190,000. Also Read: Espn's Bob Ley Breaks Down FIFA Bribery Scandal, Laughs Off Viral »
- Debbie Emery
A24, J.C. Chandor to develop ‘The Liar’s Ball’
29 minutes ago | ScreenDaily | See recent ScreenDaily news »
The cutting-edge distributor has taken another stride into development, teaming up with Chandor and long-time producers Neal Dodson and Anna Gerb on the story behind New York’s G.M. Building.
A24 will distribute the film and develops and produces alongside Dodson and Gerb and director Chandor. The company recently distributed Chandor’s A Most Violent Year .
Eva Maria Daniels of VisionChaos Production, for whom A24 will distribute a slate of projects the companies are jointly developing, also produces. Separately, A24 recently announced it was developing a father-son drama with Cary Fukunaga.
The Liar’s Ball is based on Vicky Ward’s non-fiction account of the ferocious battle to control one of the crown jewels of New York real estate. Gideon Yago has just closed a deal to adapt the book and has commenced research and writing.
Zachary Quinto, who produced and starred in Chandor’s Margin Call, will serve as executive producer.
“When I heard »
- jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Silencio’ Acquired By Sony Pictures Classics
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Sony Pictures Classics has acquired North American rights to Silencio, the Pedro Almodóvar-helmed film from El Deseo. Starring Adriana Ugarte, Emma Suárez, Daniel Grao, Dario Grandinetti, Inma Cuesta, Michelle Jenner, Rossy de Palma, Silencio charts the life of Julieta (played by Suarez and Ugarte) from 1985 to the present day. As she struggles to survive on the verge of madness, she finds her life is marked by a series of journeys revolving around the disappearance of… »
First Logo for Tim Burton’s Miss Peregrine’S Home For Peculiar Children
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We've got more logos for you! Steve is busy walking the floor at the Licensing Expo in Las Vegas and just sent in images for War of the Planet of the Apes and Tim Burton's Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes director Matt Reeves is returning to helm the upcoming installment and he'll also pen the script with Mark Bomback as well. We don't have an official synopsis yet, but Reeves told us that War will be "about [Caesar] becoming the seminal figure for ape history." Burton began shooting the big screen adaptation of the Ransom Riggs novel in February. Asa Butterfield leads as Jacob, a teen who follows clues to a mysterious island and finds the title location in ruins. Jacob explores the abandoned building and soon discovers "its former occupants were far more than peculiar; they possessed incredible powers." Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children »
- Perri Nemiroff
Star Wars Rebels Season 2 Teaser Gives Glimpse at The Siege of Lothal
44 minutes ago | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Disney Xd has just released a teaser trailer for the season premiere of Star Wars Rebels Season 2, which will be double the length of a standard-issue episode of the Disney Xd series. The teaser gives a glimpse at Darth Vader, voiced once again by James Earl Jones, preparing and then finally enacting the Siege of Lothal, a major event in this timeline. Of course, we only got our first glimpse at Vader in the series proper at the end of last season as one of Emperor Palpatine's most trusted agents; Vader did appear, briefly, in the Star Wars Rebels film Spark of Rebellion. In the series, he joins Agent Kallus, voiced by David Oyelowo, and Grand Moff Tarkin, voiced by Stephen Stanton, as the Emperor's most trustworthy commanders to squash the rebellion, after the death of The Inquisitor. The trailer puts special focus on the entrance of Darth Vader and »
- Chris Cabin
J.C. Chandor May Direct The Liar’S Ball for A24
49 minutes ago | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Filmmaker J.C. Chandor not only has a solid track record thus far, but he’s a director who seems keen on mixing things up and raising his ambition for each subsequent film. His debut, Margin Call, was a talky drama that took place within the confines of a few offices. His next film, All Is Lost, had nearly zero dialogue and took place entirely at sea. To follow that up, he released the thoughtful crime drama A Most Violent Year last winter, and now he’s got his sights set on telling the history of a skyscraper. It was announced today that Chandor is teaming up with A Most Violent Year distributor A24 films to produce and possibly direct an adaptation of Vicky Ward’s book The Liar’s Ball, which recounts the full history of New York’s G.M. Building from before it was built to the present. »
- Adam Chitwood
Pedro Almodóvar's 'Silencio' Picked Up By Sony Pictures Classics
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Read More: Heroines of Cinema: Almodóvar’s Seven Favorite Actresses Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the North American distribution rights to Pedro Almodóvar's "Silencio," marking the distributor's tenth collaboration with the acclaimed Spanish filmmaker. The new drama, which is Almodóvar's twentieth feature film, stars Adriana Ugarte, Emma Suárez, Daniel Grao, Dario Grandinetti, Inma Cuesta, Michelle Jenner and Rossy de Palma. The official synopsis reads: "'Silencio' charts the life of Julieta from 1985 to the present day. As she struggles to survive on the verge of madness, she finds her life is marked by a series of journeys revolving around the disappearance of her daughter. 'Silencio' is about destiny, guilt and the unfathomable mystery that leads some people to abandon whom they love and about the pain that this brutal desertion provokes." No release date has been set. Read More: Pedro »
- Zack Sharf
Sony Classics Buys Pedro Almodovar’s ‘Silencio’
54 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired North American rights to Pedro Almodóvar’s upcoming drama “Silencio” from from El Deseo.
Almodóvar is directing with Adriana Ugarte, Emma Suárez, Daniel Grao, Dario Grandinetti, Inma Cuesta, Michelle Jenner and Rossy de Palma starring.
Suárez and Ugarte play older and younger versions of the film’s protagonist, Julieta, between the years 1985 and 2015.
Filming began last month in Spain. Sony Classics did not disclose when it will release the film.
“Silencio” is Almodóvar’s 20th feature film and the ninth movie handled by Sony Classics, which include “I’m So Excited,” “Bad Education,” “Volver,” “Broken Embraces,” “The Skin I Live In,” “All About My Mother,” “Talk to Her” and “The Flower of My Secret.”
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- Dave McNary
Yvonne Strahovski Emerges For ‘All I See Is You’
58 minutes ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Yvonne Strahovski has been cast opposite Blake Lively and Jason Clarke in All I See Is You, the psychological drama being directed by World War Z scribe Marc Forster. Production is now underway in Thailand on the indie, which tells the story of a blind woman (Lively) and her husband (Clarke) who upon restoration of her sight begins to discover previously unseen and disturbing details about themselves, their marriage and their lives. Strahovski will play Lively's best… »
J.C. Chandor Goes To 'The Liar's Ball' With A24
1 hour ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Nothing says power and prestige like having your name involved with a building. And one can only imagine that's why Harry Macklowe did what he had to purchase the Gm Building in Manhattan, and that story will serve as the backdrop for a potential new film by J.C. Chandor. A24 has announced today they are teaming up with the "A Most Violent Year" director for an adaptation of Vicky Ward's non-fiction book "The Liar's Ball." Gideon Yago ("The Newsroom," "Manhattan") will pen the script, and Zachary Quinto, who starred in "Margin Call," is among the producers on the project, which includes Chandor, who will be eyeing it to direct. Here's the book synopsis: Harry Macklowe is one of the most notorious wheelers and dealers of the real estate world, and Liar's Ball is the story of the gamblers and thieves who populate his world. Watch as Harry makes the »
- Kevin Jagernauth
First Independence Day 2 Poster Promises Planetary Destruction
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Steve's currently roaming the halls of the Licensing Expo in Las Vegas, snapping shots of everything from the costumes and vehicles of Warner Bros.' Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice to the latest and greatest movie posters. It's that latter category from which this offering comes. Remember when we brought you the first synopsis of Roland Emmerich's follow-up film to Independence Day? The one that promised us pissed-off aliens and an Earth on the brink of destruction? Yeah, well apparently Fox's marketing department picked up that idea and ran with it for this promo poster. As a reminder/teaser, here's the official synopsis for the sequel, which explains a bit of what's going on in the first look at Independence Day 2's poster: After Independence Day redefined the event movie genre, the next epic chapter delivers global catastrophe on an unimaginable scale. Using recovered alien technology, the nations »
- Dave Trumbore
Film Review: ‘0.5 mm’
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A freeloading nurse becomes catnip for lonely old men in “0.5 mm,” a delightful sophomore feature from indie helmer Momoko Ando (“Kakera: A Piece of Her Life”) that exposes Japanese apathy toward its aging population with cool precision, while also capturing the experience of growing old with endearing eccentricity. With a whopping 196-minute running time, it’s no small feat that the pic stays absorbing, propelled by a show-stopping leading performance by the helmer’s sister Sakura Ando (“Love Exposure,” “100 Yen Love”). Still, the narrative would have remained intact even if it had shed the 30-minute epilogue, a measure that might open doors beyond indie festivals.
Adapted from the helmer’s novel of the same title, “0.5 mm” mirrors the book’s chapter-like form and is unusually lopsided in structure by most film standards. Starting with three light episodes before delving into one that takes up more than an hour, the »
- Maggie Lee
Watch: 'Gay of Thrones' Recaps 'Game of Thrones' Season 5 Episode 9, 'The Dance of Dragons'
1 hour ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
HBO's hit series "Game of Thrones" would not be complete without Funny or Die's equally important recap series "Gay of Thrones", narrated by the impressively succinct and opinionated Jonathan Van Ness. Read More: Watch: If You Missed 'Game of Thrones' This Week, 'Gay of Thrones' Will Fill You In On Episode 8 If you missed this week's episode, or just want an extra side of sass with your weekly "GoT" fix, check out the recap replete with spot-on celebrity nicknames for your favorite characters. Watch as Jonathan and guest star Julie Brister swiftly round up all the important points of the episode, including the time that Solange (Missandei) and Christina Aguilera (Daenerys) had a total "Thelma and Louise" moment. "Game of Thrones" airs Sundays at 9pm on HBO. ("Gay of Thrones" goes live on Funny or Die the Tuesday following.) Read More: Watch: Love 'Game of Thrones'? Here's Funny or Die's 'Gay of. »
- Sarah Choi
J.C. Chandor Directing Real Estate Movie ‘The Liar’s Ball’
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
“A Most Violent Year” director J.C. Chandor and producers Neal Dodson and Anna Gerb will produce the movie adaptation of Vicky Ward’s real estate drama “The Liar's Ball.”
A24 is producing and distributing. Producer-financier Eva Maria Daniels of VisionChaos Productions is also producing.
Screenwriter Gideon Yago (“The Newsroom”) has closed a deal to adapt. Zachary Quinto, who produced and starred in Chandor’s “Margin Call,” will executive produce.
“The Liar’s Ball” focuses on Harry Macklowe and his battles to own and re-develop New York City’s G.M. Building in the 1990s and into the 2000s.
“Commercial real estate in New York City has long fascinated me, to the point where I once had a broker’s license,” Chandor said in a press release. “The story that Vicky has captured through relentless research and interviews explores the drama and the romantic nature of buildings in a city »
- Dave McNary
‘Weepah Way For Now’ L.A. Film Fest Trailer: Aj & Aly Michalka Star & Produce
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Weepah Way For Now, written and directed by Stephen Ringer, will world premiere June 16th in the La Muse section of the Los Angeles Film Festival. Real-life sisters Aj Michalka (The Goldbergs) and Aly Michalka (iZombie) star in and produce the film about two sisters on the cusp of adulthood. The pair spend their last week before heading off on their next music tour visiting friends and preparing for the going away party they intend to host. Their apprehensions about… »
The 20 Best Film Festival Debuts Of 2015 So Far
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We're coming up to the halfway mark of 2015, and last week we collated a list of the 20 best films we've seen that have been released within the first six months of the year. But that's only part of the story for us, as the great privilege of working as film bloggers means we get to attend all the major film festivals throughout the calendar year, and hence get to see much-anticipated new films long before their release dates, and often before those dates have even been set or distributors been found. To represent the first six months of The Playlist's year more accurately, here are our 20 favorite festival debuts of 2015 so far, encompassing titles from the Sundance, Berlin, SXSW, Tribeca and Cannes Film Festivals, many of which will be vying for your attention in the latter half of the year. "45 Years" [Our Berlin review] With an August release scheduled in the UK and hopefully a U. »
- Jessica Kiang and Oliver Lyttelton
Lewis Black, John Lasseter Share Their Core Memory Islands at ‘Inside Out’ Premiere
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Everyone was a little emotional Monday afternoon at the L.A. premiere of Disney-Pixar’s “Inside Out” at El Capitan, where a section of Hollywood Boulevard was closed off to create a colorful carnival of the mind ahead of the screening of the film.
Star Amy Poehler, who voices Joy, used her wicked wit as she was swiftly guided along the purple carpet when she was asked if she’d had any imaginary friends: “No, but I have imaginary enemies, and they’re here tonight,” she joked.
“Oh, I love that! We’re going to be Halloween costumes,” said Phyllis Smith, the voice of Sadness, when someone mentioned that they planned to be Sadness for the fall holiday. Smith, who got to work with Poehler in three recording sessions, a rarity in animation voice acting, said of her co-star: “I was a little intimidated because I’d never worked with Amy before, »
- Terry Flores
First Logos from Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them and Spielberg’s The Bfg
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Steve is currently walking the floor of the Licensing Expo in Las Vegas, and he’s spotting a ton of first looks at some big upcoming movies, including two highly anticipated fantasy adaptations. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a sort-of spinoff of the Harry Potter franchise, with a screenplay by J.K. Rowling herself, and The Bfg is an adaptation of the Roald Dahl book of the same name directed by Steven Spielberg. And we’ve got the first licensing logos from both, though it's important to note that these are on display for licensing purposes, so this may not be the final marketing artwork that will accompany the films when they're released. With such a wordy title, it’s clear that the emphasis is on the Fantastic Beasts portion of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. David Yates, who helmed the final four Potter films, is »
- Adam Chitwood
J.C. Chandor On Dance Card For A24’s ‘The Liar’s Ball’
1 hour ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
J.C. Chandor has signed on to produce with an eye to direct the film adaptation of Vicky Ward’s The Liar’s Ball for A24 (Ex Machina). The book was optioned with Chandler in mind to helm. Screenwriter Gideon Yago (The Newsroom) has just closed a deal to adapt and is researching and writing now. The story, written by the former Vanity Fair contributor, follows industry titans fighting it out over one of the crown jewels of New York City real estate. Much of the story in the… »
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