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Diary of a Teenage Girl, Carol, Spotlight Top 25th Annual IFP Gotham Award Nominations
5 hours ago | Filmmaker Magazine - Blog | See recent Filmmaker Magazine news »
For its 25th anniversary year, the Ifp Gotham Independent Film Awards served up an eclectic mix of nominees from films all over the budgetary and aesthetic map. The best picture nominees include two films budgeted well under $1 million — with one of them shot on an iPhone — and are split between titles consisting of star-driven casts and casts comprised of total newcomers. The Best Feature nominees announced today are Todd Haynes’s Carol; Marielle Heller’s The Diary of a Teenage Girl; Josh and Benny Safdie’s Heaven Knows What; Tom McCarthy’s Spotlight; and Sean Baker’s Tangerine. Heller’s film, in addition, […] »
- Scott Macaulay
Barry Jenkins' 'Moonlight' Draws Naomie Harris, Andre Holland, Mahershala Ali, Janelle Monae + Others
23 hours ago | ShadowAndAct | See recent ShadowAndAct news »
A couple of months after Barry Jenkins' eagerly-anticipated "Medicine for Melancholy" follow-up - titled "Moonlight"- attracted Brad Pitt's Plan B, indie distributor A24 ("Ex Machina") and producer Adele Romanski, the project has now drawn a solid cast of actors who will co-star in the film: Naomie Harris, Andre Holland and Mahershala Ali. The trio will be joined by relative newcomers Alex R. Hibbert and Jaden Piner, who were cast after an extensive casting call in the Miami area, where the film will be set. Ashton Sanders, Trevante Rhodes and Jharrel Jerome round out the cast, with Janelle Monae also attached, set to make her big screen debut »
- Tambay A. Obenson
Chris Rock Will Host 2016 Oscars
21 October 2015 10:23 AM, PDT | Rollingstone.com | See recent Rolling Stone news »
A familiar face will return to the Oscars stage to host next year: Chris Rock. ABC will broadcast the ceremony live from Hollywood at 7 p.m. Est on February 28th.
The comedian, who also acts, writes, produces, directs and makes documentaries, last led the show in 2005. "Welcome to the 77th – and last – Academy Awards," he joked at the beginning of his monologue that year.
The New York Times reports that that year's broadcast attracted 42.2 million viewers, making the ratings for this year's show, which attracted 37.3 million people to tune in, »
My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Friendship Games review – rehoofed high jinks
12 minutes ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
A welcome peppy spirit animates these sleek replacements for the franchise’s original equine heroines
Shock news: our harsh corporate climate means the fey horses that dominated 1980s subcultural discourse have been quietly taken out back and “disappeared”, like their pit-pony predecessors. Their new, sleek embodiments are the Equestria Girls, an aspirational-representational band of prep-schoolers who retain the flowing manes of the franchise’s martyrs, but otherwise resemble angular anime princesses.
This third Eg instalment, pitting our heroines against a rival academy, remains obvious product, and its shrill voice work may place key friendship developments beyond the range of anyone older than nine. Still, some effort’s been made to offset the craven commercialism: it’s not unattractively designed, and its peppy collegiate spirit trumps the sappiness of Disney’s Tinkerbell spin-offs.
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- Mike McCahill
The Queen of Ireland review – dragging a nation forward
12 minutes ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Documentary-maker Conor Horgan charts the progress of cheery stand-up/activist Panti Bliss as Ireland heads towards a kinder, more colourful future
Where the recent Dressed As a Girl tailed a variety of drag artists, Conor Horgan’s documentary pursues just one – stand-up/activist Rory O’Neill, Aka Panti Bliss – in order to describe a wider, often haphazard push for acceptance. As late as January 2014, O’Neill’s primetime chatshow appearance sparked a major public row that engendered Panti’s most outspoken incarnation yet.
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- Guardian Staff
Byron Allen Acquires Indie Distribution Co. Freestyle Releasing
16 minutes ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Freestyle Releasing, the company co-founded by Mark Borde and the late Susan Jackson, has just been bought by Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios, Inc. The deal is significant in that it has an output deal with Netflix and was the distributor behind such faith-based fare as God’s Not Dead and Woodlawn. The company said will distribute about 15 to 20 films per year. Borde and his staff of about 25 are staying on board, which makes sense because the label is Borde. The deal… »
Andrew Bachelor Joins Horror-Comedy ‘The Babysitter’
21 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Vine star Andrew Bachelor, also known as KingBach, is joining Judah Lewis, Robbie Amell and Samara Weaving in New Line’s horror comedy “The Babysitter.”
McG is directing from a script by Brian Duffield, in which a 12-year-old boy and his babysitter deal with an unexpected turn for the worst.
Wonderland is co-financing through a partnership with Zack Schiller of Boies/Schiller Film Group. McG and Wonderland’s Mary Viola will produce. Schiller, Duffield and Steven Bello will exec produce.
Bachelor is the most followed person on Vine as KingBach and has over 1.1 million followers on Twitter. He also has his own YouTube channel, King Bachelor’s Pad.
Bachelor has appeared on “House of Lies,” “The Mindy Project” and “Black Jesus.” His movie credits include “We Are Your Friends,” prison drama “Shot Caller” and the spoof “Fifty Shades of Black.”
Bachelor is repped by UTA and managed by Christina Bachelor. »
- Dave McNary
Meryl Streep and Sean Penn push India's Daughter into awards race
28 minutes ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Actors including Penn and Meryl Streep affirm importance of documentary about the fatal gang rape of Jyoti Singh, which sparked outrage worldwide
Banned by the Indian authorities, Leslee Udwin’s harrowing documentary India’s Daughter has been endorsed by some of Hollywood’s biggest names before its Us release on Friday and is tipped for Oscars success.
Related: India's Daughter review – this film does what the politicians should be doing
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- Nigel M Smith
Freestyle Releasing Bought by Entertainment Studios
38 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios has bought independent film distributor Freestyle Releasing for an undisclosed price.
Freestyle, co-founded by Mark Borde and the late Susan Jackson, scored its biggest success last year with “God’s Not Dead,” with a domestic box office gross of over $60 million. Its most recent theatrical release is the faith-based high school football film “Woodlawn.”
“We could not be more excited to have Byron Allen add Freestyle Releasing to his ever-growing media empire,” said Borde. “We’ve had numerous offers over the years, but now we’ve finally found the perfect buyer who shares our vision for distribution expansion on all platforms: theatrical motion pictures, broadcast syndication, cable television, VOD, and digital content. Our future just got much brighter.”
Allen indicated that the current management team would remain in place: “Freestyle has a great management team, and with their unique output deal with Netflix, the company »
- Dave McNary
‘American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson’ Teaser Trailers
42 minutes ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Fox has released another set of trailers for Ryan Murphy‘s American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson, a new series which will premiere on FX in February 2016. One of the new trailers gives us our first look at John Travolta as O.J. Simpson‘s defense attorney, Robert Shapiro, while the other obscures Cuba Gooding Jr. as O.J. Simpson. […]
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- Peter Sciretta
‘Paranormal Activity’ Vr Demo Hits AMC Theaters
58 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
The “Paranormal Activity” virtual reality game will hit theaters alongside its film counterpart on Thursday as a free Htc Vive demo for moviegoers. The free demo will be available at select AMC movie theaters across the country until Oct. 24.
Beast Media Group co-managing partner Russell Naftal joked that Thursday will be “Paranormal Activity Day” day since his first-person horror experience will debut with the theatrical release of “Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension.”
“The timing couldn’t be better for the reveal of our ‘Paranormal Activity’ Vr Game Demo,” he said. “We’ve created an entirely unmatched horror experience on this amazing new platform.”
The storyline of the game is still being kept under wraps. However, it was previously announced to be completely independent from the plots of the “Paranormal Activity” films.
The Vr game is set for a 2016 release that will be playable on all major Vr head-mounted displays, including Htc Vive, »
- Mannie Holmes
New Relativity Investor to Pump $29 Million Into Bankrupt Company
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
In more than a decade running an entertainment company in Hollywood, Ryan Kavanaugh has repeatedly defied predictions of the demise of his Relativity Media, finding new investors when the company’s finances appeared most grim. Kavanaugh seems to have done it again this week, when one investor belatedly balked at making a $30 million infusion into the bankrupt entertainment company, only to be replaced by another partner.
A court filing in the wee hours of Thursday morning shows that Joseph G. Nicholas, founder of a Chicago firm that analyzes hedge funds, will pump $29 million into Relativity — money that will go to pay off senior lenders and allow Kavanaugh to maintain his leadership of the company, minus its television division. The same court papers show that Kavanaugh will commit $1 million toward completing the transaction.
The new cash arrives only a few days after VII Peaks Capital of Orinda, Calif. privately expressed reservations about re-upping with Relativity, »
- James Rainey
‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’ Trailer: Jane Austen Gets Zombie-fied
1 hour ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
There have been many attempts to modernize Jane Austen over the years, perhaps the most successful of which is Amy Heckerling’s Clueless. But Pride and Prejudice and Zombies takes a different approach. Instead of moving the action to the present day, it just unleashes an ever-trendy horde of zombies into Regency-era England. Lily James and Sam […]
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- Angie Han
‘Back To The Future’ Day Racks Up $4.8M From Trilogy Re-Release – Update
1 hour ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Update, 12 Pm with overseas numbers: Universal Pictures re-released the Back To The Future trilogy on Back To The Future Day on Wednesday and grossed $4.8M worldwide. The trio of films played on 1,815 domestic screens making $1.65M and posted $3.2M abroad. The trilogy will continue to play throughout the weekend. Yesterday, October 21, 2015, marked the day that Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) and Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) travel to in Back To The Future Part II. Here’s… »
Elisabeth Moss Joins ‘The Bleeder’s Corner With Schreiber & Watts
1 hour ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Elisabeth Moss has been cast as boxer Chuck Wepner’s second wife in The Bleeder, the pic about the true-life tale of the journeyman underdog boxer who improbably pushed world champ Muhammad Ali to the limit in their 1975 title fight. As Deadline’s Mike Fleming Jr. told you Liev Schreiber has signed on to play Wepner in a role he had been wanting to put the gloves on for years. Naomi Watts, Schreiber’s real-life wife, is already aboard to play Wepner’s third wife Linda… »
The One Rule Quentin Tarantino Has On Every Film Set
1 hour ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
It’s safe to assume that Quentin Tarantino is quite a stickler on set. Sure, he certainly allows creative freedom to run wild so that his actors and crew can reach their zenith, but all of this must still be done in a forthright and professional manner. Which is why I think we can all get on board with a certain on-set rule Qt insists everyone involved in his productions must follow: no mobile phones. Christoph Waltz revealed to Playboy that Quentin Tarantino is adamant no one brings their mobile phones on set with them. Waltz, who is currently doing the rounds promoting his turn in Spectre, admitted that Tarantino is very strict with this policy, leaving very little leeway for his cast and crew. Waltz explained: Quentin has this strict rule, wholeheartedly, with emphasis and vehemently, and I totally subscribe to it: No cell phones on the set. »
Ya Sci-Fi Series ‘The Jenna Fox Chronicles’ Coming To Life From Dolphin Films
1 hour ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Dolphin Entertainment’s Dolphin Films imprint is getting into the dystopian young adult fiction game, having secured the rights to author Mary E. Pearson’s Jenna Fox Chronicles trilogy, as well as the adapted screenplay of the trilogy’s first novel The Adoration of Jenna Fox, written by Garry Williams. Set in the near future, a time of antibiotic-resistant bacterial diseases and devastating natural disasters, the series follows Jenna Fox, a teenager who wakes from a… »
Russian Ambassador Uses Picture Of Kal Penn In Angry Tweet About Terrorism
1 hour ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Actor Kal Penn has played a lot of roles in his time as an actor. He.s been a stoner, a doctor, a police detective and even a teenage terrorist. Well, now, he.s getting some odd attention for playing a character who looked like a terrorist but wasn.t. Us threatens to stop helping Iraq against Isil if Baghdad asks Russia for help. The terrorists must be rejoicing pic.twitter.com/aKDaf1ae7q. Alexander Yakovenko (@Amb_Yakovenko) October 21, 2015 Confused? That.s Ok, this is an interestingly weird story. The tweet comes from the Russian Ambassador to the UK, Alexander Yakovenko. In trying to make his point about Us involvement in Iraq, he (or, more likely, his people) used an image of Kal Penn from the movie Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. In the film, the pot smoking duo are accused of terrorism after trying to sneak a »
Anthony Mackie Doesn’t Think ‘Black Panther’s’ Director Needs to be Black
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Anthony Mackie doesn’t think race should dictate the choice of director for Marvel’s upcoming “Black Panther” movie.
While promoting film “Our Brand is Crisis,” Mackie, who plays Captain America’s friend and fellow villain-thwarter Falcon, said he didn’t think the director needed to be black.
“I don’t think it’s important at all,” he said to the Daily Beast. “As a director your job is to tell a story. You know, they didn’t get a horse to direct Seabiscuit!”
Mackie went on to say he doesn’t think race or gender should come into play when choosing a director.
“The thing is I don’t think the race of the director has to do with their ability to tell a story. I think it’s all about the director’s ability to be able to relate to that story and do it justice. I think men can direct women, »
- Jacob Bryant
Jeremy Renner Says It’s Not His Job to Help Female Co-Stars Negotiate Salaries
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Jeremy Renner won’t be standing with his female co-stars in fighting for equal pay.
His “American Hustle” co-star Jennifer Lawrence recently penned an essay slamming the gender pay inequality in Hollywood. She listed Renner as among her male “American Hustle” co-stars who earned more money than her on the film. Several A-listers, including her other “Hustle” co-star and frequent collaborator, Bradley Cooper, have voiced their support.
“That’s not my job,” Renner told Business Insider when asked if he would be willing to negotiate alongside his female co-stars. “I don’t know contracts and money and all that sort of stuff.”
Although he supports actresses’ efforts to fill the gender gap, he said he’s more focused on honing his craft.
“I’m a performer and I know human behavior,” he added. “When it comes to that sort of stuff, I let other people deal with that. I do what I’m good at, »
- Jacob Bryant
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