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Dennis Lehane’s Next Novel ‘Since We Fell’ Lands at DreamWorks (Exclusive)
17 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
DreamWorks has nabbed another hot literary title from one of the industry’s favorite authors.
The studio has acquired the future rights to Dennis Lehane’s next novel “Since We Fell,” sources tell Variety, after a heated bidding war this past summer that saw several studios vying for the rights to a proposal.
Ecco Press, which is a division of Harper Collins, is publishing the book, due out next fall as Lehane is still writing. Lehane will adapt the screenplay for the studio after he is finished with the novel.
Plot details are being kept under wraps, but one insider describes it as a Hitchcockian thriller set in Boston. Sources say the new book by Lehane, best known for his New England-based crime dramas like “Mystic River,” “Gone Baby Gone” and “Shutter Island,” will be unlike anything he has written to date.
Lehane’s books have long garnered critical acclaim and commercial success, »
- Justin Kroll
Quentin Tarantino Says He Cut Two Different Versions of ‘The Hateful Eight’ (Exclusive)
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When audiences pay to see the limited roadshow engagement of Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight” this holiday season, it won’t just be the projection of Ultra Panavision 70mm photography that distinguishes it from multiplex versions released two weeks later. It will be a slightly different — and longer — film overall.
“The roadshow version has an overture and an intermission, and it will be three hours, two minutes,” Tarantino told Variety. “The multiplex version is about six minutes shorter, not counting the intermission time, which is about 12 minutes.”
The two-time Oscar winner was not ordered to truncate the film for wider release. Rather, he liked the idea of the roadshow experience having a little something extra. “Nor did I want to treat the multiplex release like this left-handed version, either,” he said. So he tweaked certain scenes to better suit the separate viewing experiences.
“The 70 is the 70,” he said. “You’ve paid the money. »
- Kristopher Tapley
John Ridley To Helm His ‘L.A. Riots’ Script For Broad Green And Imagine
22 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Breaking: John Ridley, the Oscar winning scribe of 12 Years a Slave, is now set to direct his Los Angeles Riots script. In its most ambitious move so far, upstart Broad Green Pictures is partnering with Imagine Entertainment to produce and distribute a movie that is untitled but has had numerous manifestations over the years as Imagine’s Brian Grazer developed it at Universal Pictures and almost got it made with Spike Lee directing. They are betting big here on Ridley… »
Nick Cassavetes to Write, Direct Ronda Rousey’s ‘Road House’ (Exclusive)
18 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
After nabbing UFC fighter Ronda Rousey to star in a reboot of Patrick Swayze’s “Road House,” MGM has now found its director.
Sources tell Variety that Nick Cassavetes has closed a deal to write and direct the re-envisioning of the ’80s action classic, with Rousey on board to star and produce.
Rousey is currently in training for her championship fight against Holly Holm on Nov. 14 at Ufc 193. Insiders say once the fight is over, the plan is to immediately begin prepping for a fast-tracked shoot in the first quarter of 2016.
Released in 1989, the original film starred Swayze as a bouncer hired to clean up one of the rowdiest, loudest bars in Missouri, The Double Deuce. Swayze’s character is put to the test when he needs to protect the town from a corrupt businessman.
This movie became a breakout hit and maintains a cult following. “Road House” follows MGM »
- Justin Kroll
MEPs vote to reverse Creative Europe budget cuts
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The reformed draft budget will now be put to vote at the European Parliament.
Members of the European Parliament’s Budget Committee voted this morning (Tuesday) to reverse cuts to Creative Europe’s budget for 2016 as proposed by the European Council.
Voting on the motion for resolution concerning the European Commission’s 2016 draft budget, the MEPs passed an amendment tabled by deputy Jean-Paul Denanot, calling for an increase by $12m (€10.5m) for Creative Europe’s Culture and Media sub-programmes, including the multimedia actions and the Cultural and Creative Sectors Guarantee Facility, which is planned to start operating from next year.
According to Denanot, this increase is deemed “necessary” given the programmes’ “important role in supporting cultural and creative industries that represent key European values.”
The MEPs’ budgetary amendments and the accompanying resolution for the 2016 draft budget will now be put to the plenary vote at the European Parliament later this month.
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- screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
‘Amadeus’ Production Designer Tapped for Art Directors Guild’s Lifetime Achievement Award
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Patrizia von Brandenstein will receive the Art Directors Guild’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
She was the first woman to win an Academy Award for production design, for “Amadeus,” and was also nominated for Oscars in the category for “Ragtime” and “The Untouchables.”
The award will be presented at the 20th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards on Jan. 31 at the Beverly Hilton.
Von Brandenstein began her film career in 1972 as a set decorator on “The Candidate” and subsequently worked as a costume designer on “Between the Lines” and “Saturday Night Fever.” She teamed with her husband and fellow production designer, Stuart Wurtzel, on “Hester Street” and moved into art direction for “Breaking Away” and “Ragtime.”
She collaborated with Mike Nichols on “Silkwood,” “Working Girl” and “Postcards From the Edge.” Her additional production credits include “A Chorus Line,” “Billy Bathgate,” “Leap of Faith,” “A Simple Plan,” “Shaft,” “The Last Station” and “Albert Nobbs. »
- Dave McNary
Jennifer Lawrence on Earning Less Than Male Co‑Stars: I’m Over Being Likable, ‘F— That’
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Jennifer Lawrence slammed the Hollywood wage gap in a scathing essay addressing revelations from the Sony hack that she was earning less than her male co-stars in “American Hustle.”
“When the Sony hack happened and I found out how much less I was being paid than the lucky people with dicks, I didn’t get mad at Sony. I got mad at myself,” she wrote in an essay for her friend Lena Dunham’s Lenny newsletter. “I failed as a negotiator because I gave up early. I didn’t want to keep fighting over millions of dollars that, frankly, due to two franchises, I don’t need.”
The Oscar winner said her decision was influenced by her need “to be liked” and her fear of coming off as “difficult” or “spoiled.”
“At the time, that seemed like a fine idea, until I saw the payroll on the Internet and realized »
- Maane Khatchatourian
Patrizia Von Brandenstein To Receive Art Directors Guild’s Lifetime Achievement Award
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Oscar-winning Amadeus production designer Patrizia von Brandenstein will receive the Art Directors Guild’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the 20th annual awards ceremony on January 31 at the Beverly Hilton. “Patrizia von Brandenstein’s work as a Production Designer is vast and extraordinary, and we are proud to rank her among the best in the history of our profession,” said Marcia Hinds, Adg Council Chair. “She has forged the path for many future women, finding success in… »
Listen to me Marlon: watch a clip of Marlon Brando explaining how to act - video
1 hour ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Listen to me Marlon is a documentary on the life story of one of film and stage’s greatest actors, narrated by Marlon Brando himself. Hundreds of hours of archive audio of Brando explaining his craft is used to chart his career, which included legendary performances in On the Waterfront, The Godfather and A Streetcar Named Desire. Listen to me Marlon is on release in the UK from 23 October, on digital download from 9 November and on DVD & Blu-ray from 30 November
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- Guardian Staff
Johnny Depp On The Oscars: "I Don't Want To Win One Of Those Things Ever"
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Nominated for Oscars three times in the last decade — for "Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl," "Finding Neverland," and "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street" — you might think Johnny Depp would want some of that gold hardware to put on the mantle of his fireplace on his private island. But for the actor, just being nominated is enough, thanks. "I don't want to win one of those things ever, you know," the actor told BBC Newsbeat. "I don't want to have to talk. They gave me one of those things, like a nomination, two or three times. A nomination is plenty." Maybe it's some kind of reverse psychology Depp is using on Academy voters as the awards season heats up and he becomes a contender for his turn in the gangster tale "Black Mass." And while many have marked his performance in the movie as a return to form, »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Pordenone silent film festival – female spies, custard pies and skirt-ripping fun for all
1 hour ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The Italian celebration of the silent screen produced a bumper crop of rediscovered gems from around the world – including a Laurel and Hardy classic – to wave off outgoing artistic director David Robinson
The Giornate del Cinema Muto has a fearsome scholarly reputation, which is well deserved, but ever so slightly misleading. In the 34th edition of the world’s leading silent film festival, there was much to study, but also to enjoy, from action to romance to comedy. This meant that the reverent silence of the auditorium was regularly broken by yelps of laughter or gasps of excitement.
Related: 'This slapstick looks ridiculous in the making': when silent movies went meta
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- Pamela Hutchinson
Fotosintesis’ ‘Angel’ Launches Cause-Driven Entertainment in Mexico
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Madrid – Mexico City-based Fotosintesis Media, a joint initiative of Mexico’s Mantarraya Group and writer-director Miguel Uriegas, is producing “The Angel in the Clock,” a 2D animation film which is launching cause-driven entertainment in Mexico.
Written by Rosanna Curiel from an original idea by Uriegas, who provided concept art on Mantarraya’s first toon pic production, pre-school “The Incredible Story of the Stone Boy,” taking a co-director credit, “Angel” turns on an eight-year-old girl, Emilia, whop has leukemia, and wants to stop time. She meets Malachi, an angel who lives inside her cuckoo clock, who takes her to a magical realm, the fields of time, where hundreds of clock-castles soar to the sky, protecting human time on earth. There she learns the importance of living in the here and now, what the present can give us allowing us to fight for what we want the most.
The real world is kept pretty realistic, »
- John Hopewell
The 10 Most Common Reasons Why Scripts Are Rejected
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This blog post originally appeared on Film Independent's blog and appears here with the permission of the author. Whenever a script is submitted in the industry, it is passed off to a reader for analysis. The reader will give the script a "recommend," a "consider" or a "pass." And unless it gets a recommend, probably no one else is going to look at it. Read More: Why Story Structure Formulas Don't Work So how many scripts get a recommend? About two percent....which means roughly 98 percent of spec scripts are dead on arrival. Many of these scripts make the same mistakes. Here's my take on the ten most common mistakes reported by the studio and network readers who recently visited my UCLA class: 1. The scenes are void of meaningful conflict. I have found that roughly five percent of writers naturally write in professional-level conflict, by which I mean the kind »
- Corey Mandell
Mantarraya Preps Reygadas’ ‘Life,’ Shoots Escalante’s ‘Untamed’ (Exclusive)
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Madrid – Backing two of Latin America’s most admired auteurs, Mexico’s Mantarraya, France’s Le Pacte and Germany’s The Match Factory are teaming to produce “Donde nace la vida” (“Where Life is Born”) the highly anticipated next film by Carlos Reygadas (“Japan,” “Battle in Heaven”), as they shoot “Untamed,” from Amat Escalante (“Heli”).
Released in 2002, Reygadas’ anti-conventional “Japan” brought down the flag on a new generation of Mexican filmmakers. Reygadas’ “Silent Light” shared a Cannes jury prize in 2007, his “Post Tenebras Lux” Cannes best director in 2012, Escalante’s Heli” taking the same award a year later.
Also co-producing a new animation film, “The Angel in the Clock,” “Maquinaria Panamericana,” and producing “Pacifico” Mantarraya currently has one of its fullest slates in its 17 years of existence.
“Where Life Begins” is “a simple but powerful story of love and loss of love, in open couple relationships, emotional phases on the »
- John Hopewell
Watch: Exclusive 'A Wonderful Cloud' Trailer Reminds You Heartbreak Can Be Funny
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Read More: Springboard: Eugene Kotlyarenko Lets It All Hang Out in 'A Wonderful Cloud' "A Wonderful Cloud," Eugene Kotylarenko's eccentric improv twist on the rom-com, has a new trailer. The quirky comedy, which premiered earlier this year at SXSW, stars Kate Lyn Sheil as Katelyn, who travels to Los Angeles to try and take control of a clothing company run by her ex-boyfriend Eugene, played by Kotylarenko himself. The above exclusive trailer provides a brief look into the strange and oftentimes confusing L.A. that Katelyn and Eugene navigate, gaining a better understanding of themselves, each other and what they want out of life. With a completely improvised script, the film promises to take a raw, honest look into relationships and how sometimes it's possible to find love even after heartbreak. "A Wonderful Cloud" will be released On Demand and in select theaters on October 23. Read More: Review: »
- Ryan Anielski
Mubi CEO Says: “If Michael Bay Had A Film He Wanted To Show On Mubi? The Answer Is No."
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With Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and more all competing to carry the most content possible, mixing old favorites and original programming, Mubi has carved out a distinct corner for itself. The streaming service, which leans more independent, foreign, and classic than their competitors, curates a carefully selected batch of thirty titles for their seven million users each month. This approach has earned them fans among cinephiles, one of them being Paul Thomas Anderson, who decided to debut his new and fantastic documentary, "Junun," on the service. "PTA was one of those 7 million people on the platform watching movies and really liking the experience. One day I got an email from him and we began a wonderful conversation [about 'Junun']. This was a very personal project for him and he wanted to show it to a discerning audience," Mubi CEO Efe Cakarel told Fast Company. In fact, the Mubi crowd is so discerning, Cakarel »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Afm: Horse Documentary ‘Harry and Snowman’ Going on Sale
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The horse-jumping documentary “Harry and Snowman” will go up for sale for the first time at the American Film Market from Concourse Film Trade, Variety has learned exclusively.
The movie, directed by Ron Davis from his own script, centers on Harry de Leyer and his former plow-horse, Snowman, winning the triple crown of show jumping in 1958 at the National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden. De Leyer had purchased Snowman just two years earlier for $80 off a truck bound for the glue factory.
Davis also produced via Docutainment Films with Graceful Light Entertainment and Imaginaut Entertainment. The film was executive produced by Paul Winston Blavin and Karin Reid Offield.
The story was the subject of Robert Montgomery’s 1962 book “Snowman,” which is being republished by Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing, and of Elizabeth Letts’ “The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation.” Letts’ book was optioned last year by MGM. »
- Dave McNary
Kingsman 2 Just Forced The Robin Hood Reboot Into A Delay
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In some scenarios, you can boil down a whole Hollywood deal to one big game of chicken. For example, take the case of 20th Century Fox and Lionsgate, as they have two projects that require the attention of Kingsman: The Secret Service star Taron Egerton. Both were films were set to film in a window so narrow that one had to win over the other, and it looks like you can score another one for the Kingsman, folks. The Hollywood Reporter broke the good news that the sequel to Matthew Vaughan.s wry send up of 70.s era James Bond films has officially secured its leading man.s return, and Egerton.s Eggsy will be returning to the world of espionage exactly as planned. Unfortunately for the competition, the production on Robin Hood: Origins had to be pushed back from its February start date. The sequel to Kingsman: The Secret »
Quentin Tarantino Says 'Selma' "Deserved An Emmy," Was Disappointed To Lose Oscar To 'The Hurt Locker'
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While Quentin Tarantino is spending the fall cementing his love of film over digital with the 70mm release of "The Hateful Eight," and uh, watching VHS tapes over streaming on Netflix, the director has also spent his press time throwing shade. He stated that David Robert Mitchell's "It Follows" was good but not great, and that he was bored by the first season of "True Detective," not even making it past the first episode. And while Tarantino is entitled to his opinion, he's starting to tread a fine line between commenting on the state of American cinema, and kind of being a jerk. And he veers towards the latter in a recent interview with The New York Times Style Magazine. Chatting it up with Bret Easton Ellis, the duo cover a lot of ground in the piece, but Tarantino's comments on Ava DuVernay's "Selma" are certainly going to raise the most eyebrows. »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Columbus Short to Star in Romance-Drama ‘True to the Game’
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Columbus Short, Evan Ross and newcomer Erica Peeples are starring in the love story “True to the Game,” Variety has learned exclusively.
Vivica A. Fox, Nelsan Ellis (“True Blood”) and Keith Robinson are also starring.
Short is also producing with Leah Daniels-Butler in association with Imani Films and Short’s Great Picture Show Productions. Manny Halley, CEO of Imani Entertainment Group, is exec producing.
Danny Green is directing from a script by Preston Whitmore (“This Christmas”), based on the Teri Woods novel and centered on the tumultuous relationship between a young woman who hails from the projects of Philadelphia and a crime-laden young millionaire who introduces her to his fast-paced and dangerous lifestyle. The story is set in ’80s Philadelphia as the couple navigates through the unforgiving and cyclical world of sex, drugs and money.
Principal filming began recently in Los Angeles.
Short was a regular on ABC’s “Scandal. »
- Dave McNary
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