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Keira Knightley in Talks to Star in ‘Carol’ Producers’ ‘Colette’
12 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
London — Keira Knightley is in talks to star in biopic “Colette,” which reunites the producers behind “Carol,” Number 9 Films and Killer Films. “Still Alice’s” Wash Westmoreland is directing the film.
Bold Films will finance and co-produce the pic, with HanWay Films handling worldwide sales. The screenplay is by Westmoreland and the late Richard Glatzer, who co-wrote and co-directed “Still Alice.” Filming will start in May in Budapest.
Pam Koffler and Christine Vachon (“Carol,” “Still Alice”) produce for Killer Films and Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley (“Carol,” “Made in Dagenham”) will produce for Number 9 Films. Bold Films’ chairman Michel Litvak will produce for Bold Films. CEO for Bold Films Gary Michael Walters will executive produce.
The film tells the true story of Colette, one of France’s leading female writers. Her first marriage was to a larger-than-life character: Willy Gauthier-Villars, a celebrated Parisian wit, critic and man about town. »
- Leo Barraclough
‘Revenant,’ ‘Mad Max,’ ‘Game of Thrones’ Win Art Directors Guild Awards
16 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
“The Revenant,” “Mad Max: Fury Road” and “The Martian” walked away with film honors at the Art Directors Guild’s 20th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards Sunday night. “Game of Thrones,” “House of Cards” and “American Horror Story: Hotel” were among the TV champs.
“The Revenant” fended off composition in the period category from “Bridge of Spies,” “Crimson Peak,” “The Danish Girl” and “Trumbo.” “Mad Max” won over “Cinderella,” “Jurassic World,” “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and “Tomorrowland” in the fantasy field, while “The Martian” topped “Ex Machina,” “Joy,” “Sicario” and “Spectre” in contemporary.
All three film winners were Oscar-nominated.
Owen Benjamin hosted the ceremony at the Beverly Hilton International Ballroom in Beverly Hills, Calif. Special honors were given to David O. Russell and Robert Osborne. Bill Anderson, Harrison Ellenshaw, William J. “Bill” Newman II and Patrizia von Brandenstein received lifetime achievement awards.
See the full list of winners below. »
- Variety Staff
Gwendoline Christie confirms Captain Phasma return in Star Wars: Episode VIII
11 hours ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
British actor hopes mainstream success of Star Wars: The Force Awakens will encourage more women to audition for parts originally written for men
Gwendoline Christie has confirmed she will return to the role of imposing villain Captain Phasma in the forthcoming sequel to box-office record-breaker Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Speaking to People magazine at the Screen Actors Guild awards on 30 January, Christie also said she hoped her achievement in winning the part of a character originally written for a man would encourage greater diversity in Hollywood.
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- Ben Child
Martin Freeman, George MacKay to tell 'Ghost Stories' for Warp, Altitude
11 hours ago | ScreenDaily | See recent ScreenDaily news »
Exclusive: Warp Films and Altitude Film Sales team on Jeremy Dyson-Andy Nyman thriller.
Sherlock co-star Martin Freeman (The Hobbit franchise), George MacKay (Pride) and Andy Nyman (Death At A Funeral) are to star in a feature version of well-received supernatural stage production Ghost Stories, co-written and directed by Jeremy Dyson (The League of Gentlemen) and Nyman, who will reprise his role as professor Goodman.
Principal photography is due to get underway in September with Claire Jones (Sightseers) producing alongside Warp Films’ Robin Gutch (’71). Altitude Films has boarded sales on the thriller and will introduce buyers to the project at the Efm.
In Ghost Stories, Phillip Goodman, professor of psychology and arch-skeptic has his rationality tested to the hilt when he receives a letter apparently from beyond the grave.
His mentor Charles Cameron, the ‘original’ TV parapsychologist went missing fifteen years before, presumed dead and yet now he writes to Goodman saying that the pair must »
- andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
Noomi Rapace Won’t Return for ‘Alien: Covenant’
7 hours ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Title notwithstanding, Alien: Covenant is a Prometheus sequel, and as such we’ve been expecting it to pick up where that earlier adventure left off. But it seems at least one major development will have taken place by the time we revisit that universe. Director Ridley Scott confirms Noomi Rapace will not return as archaeologist Elizabeth Shaw, leaving Michael Fassbender‘s murderous android David the […]
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- Angie Han
SAG-aftra Owes $48 Million To 96,000 Members It Can’t Find
12 minutes ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Exclusive: SAG-aftra is holding $48 million in unclaimed residuals for more than 96,000 performers it can't locate, many of whom die without ever knowing that the union is holding their money. At Saturday night's SAG Awards gala, nearly 60% of the 42 actors honored during the In Memoriam tribute were owed money when they died including David Bowie, Leonard Nimoy, Omar Sharif, Christopher Lee, Robert Loggia and Louis Jourdan. Abe Vigoda, who died last week, was also owed… »
Egyptian Comic Bassem Youssef Signs With UTA And Anonymous Content
36 minutes ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Exclusive– Bassem Youssef, the Egyptian comic, satirist, one-time cardiac surgeon and official friend of Jon Stewart, has signed with UTA and Anonymous Content. The move marks a big step up for Youssef, who rose to prominence in the days after the 2011 revolution in Egypt and first heady moments of the Arab spring. Initially appearing in a series of short webisodes financed by Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris’ Ontv, Youssef’s brand of black humour and caustic wit soon… »
Nlrb Dismisses Charges That Hollywood Teamsters Rigged Contract Vote
37 minutes ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
The National Labor Relations Board has dismissed allegations that Hollywod’s Teamsters local rigged last year’s contract ratification vote. Local 399 Secretary-Treasurer Steve Dayan had contented that the charges were "frivolous" and politically motivated. "I'm very pleased that the board recognized that Local 399's handling of the ratification vote was proper and in no way diminished our member's ability to cast their ballots for ratification." Dayan told Deadline. "The… »
Jason Clarke Signs With Wme
40 minutes ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Exclusive: Actor Jason Clarke has signed with Wme. The move comes as he has upcoming the WWII drama Hhhh, opposite Rosamund Pike, and All I See Is You, opposite Blake Lively. Recent credits include Everest, Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes, Terminator: Genisys and Zero Dark Thirty. Clarke had been repped by CAA. He will continue to be managed by Robert Stein at Robert Stein… »
Berlin: George Clooney-Matt Damon’s Dramedy ‘Suburbicon’ Finds Financing
51 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Black Bear Pictures will finance the comedy-drama “Suburbicon,” starring George Clooney, Matt Damon and Julianne Moore with Clooney directing.
Bloom has acquired international rights and will launch sales at the Berlin Film Festival. CAA is handling U.S. rights.
Joel and Ethan Coen are writing the script for “Suburbicon,” which is currently in pre-production. Joel Silver will produce under his Silver Pictures banner alongside Clooney and Grant Heslov under their Smokehouse Pictures label, and Teddy Schwarzman for Black Bear Pictures.
The movie will be set in the quiet family town of “Suburbicon,” where the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasion turns deadly, a picture perfect family turns to blackmail, revenge and betrayal.
Clooney’s directing credits include “Monuments Men,” “Leatherheads,” “The Ides of March,” “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind” and “Good Night and Good Luck.”
The Coen brothers wrote and directed “Hail, »
- Dave McNary
Bloom & Black Bear Pictures Board George Clooney’s ‘Suburbicon’
1 hour ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Alex Walton’s Bloom has come on board to handle international sales on George Clooney's Suburbicon, which Black Bear Pictures will fully finance. Sales will begin at the Berlin Film Festival later this month based on a script written by Joel and Ethan Coen and starring Matt Damon and Julianne Moore. Joel Silver will produce for Silver Pictures alongside Clooney and Grant Heslov (Argo) under their Smokehouse Pictures label, and Teddy Schwarzman for Black Bear… »
Ben Foster’s Lance Armstrong Movie ‘The Program’ Will Premiere on Directv
1 hour ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
The Program began principal photography almost two and a half years ago, and that’s when we get our first look at actor Ben Foster in the role of Lance Armstrong. It’s an impressive transformation, but one we haven’t gotten to see on the big screen yet. After opening overseas and playing at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, Stephen […]
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- Jack Giroux
Bloom to sell 'Suburbicon' at Efm
1 hour ago | ScreenDaily | See recent ScreenDaily news »
Alex Walton and his team have dropped a heavyweight into the Berlin market and will commence international sales on the dark comedy from director George Clooney starring Matt Damon and Julianne Moore.
Black Bear Pictures has come on board to fully finance the project, which is in pre-production and is based on a screenplay by the Coen Bros, whose Hail, Caesar! starring Clooney will open the Berlinale on February 11.
Suburbicon is the name of a fictitious town where a deadly home invasion sends a seemingly perfect family down the path of blackmail, revenge, and betrayal.
CAA handles Us rights.
Joel Silver will produce via his Silver Pictures label alongside Clooney and Grant Heslov under their Smokehouse Pictures, and Teddy Schwarzman for Black Bear.
Bloom and Silver Pictures are in post on Shane Black’s detective thriller The Nice Guys starring Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling. Warner Bros will distribute the film in the Us. »
- jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
Hollywood’s Diversity Crisis: 7 Facts Overlooked in the Current Furor
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Diversity was the No. 1 topic at Saturday’s SAG Awards, and will remain front and center at the DGA, WGA and every other guild’s awards through the Feb. 28 Oscars. It’s crucial that this issue be addressed again, and the upside is that Hollywood is under pressure like never before. But amid this controversy, there’s a danger that film execs will continue to do what they’ve done for decades: Overdose on the protests and the backlash, form a committee and talk even more, rather than take action.
Here are seven reasons for hope and concern about the discussion.
These protests have been going on for decades.
Variety has been reporting on Hollywood’s racial imbalance since the 1950s. The big difference in 2016 is that the media has exploded, so the conversation is louder and more persistent. That’s good because it keeps the heat on Hollywood. But, »
- Tim Gray
Did 'Grease: Live' Set a New Standard for Judging TV Musicals?
1 hour ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
When Fox first announced it was going to air a live version of the popular stage and film sensation "Grease," there wasn't much to be said outside of, "Well, here comes another live TV musical." While plenty of people were excited to hear some of their favorite musical numbers performed on live TV (and see Julianne Hough as both the good and bad versions of Sandy), no one really expected anything all that ambitious. But what we got Sunday night was ambitious — at least, from a production standpoint. With the camera swirling around expansive sets as the stars hand-jived their way through elaborately choreographed numbers, most critics and audience members alike agreed "Grease: Live" took the modern take on live musicals to a new level. The direction and production didn't just take full advantage of their multiple stages across the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, CA, but drew attention to »
- Indiewire
Watch Disney's Alice Through The Looking Glass Super Bowl Spot Now
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We.re now just a few short days away from the 2016 Super Bowl. While sports fans will be excited about that - because they.ll finally get to see the Carolina Panthers take on the Denver Broncos - there.s a healthy amount of viewers who are just as excited because of the wave of new movie trailers that will be released during the contest. But, it turns out we don.t have to wait until Sunday.s match to see the latest promo for Alice Through The Looking Glass. That.s because Disney has jumped the gun by releasing it a few days early. Get your eyes wrapped around it below. While it.s obviously rather exciting just to see new footage for the lavish Alice In Wonderland sequel, posted on Disney's YouTube page, it also grabs you by the emotional cojones with its use of Alan Rickman.s »
Rogue One Bits: Forest Whitaker Details, A Villain Revealed, and a Possible Meaning For the Title
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The deeper we get into the box office run of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the more prevalent the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story news becomes! In today’s edition of Rogue One Bits: A few toy codenames just gave away some interesting character points. Details on Forest Whitaker‘s character, revealed! A taste of the new, […]
The post Rogue One Bits: Forest Whitaker Details, A Villain Revealed, and a Possible Meaning For the Title appeared first on /Film. »
- Jacob Hall
“The Idea of the Mother Who Leaves”: Rebecca Daly | Mammal
1 hour ago | Filmmaker Magazine - Blog | See recent Filmmaker Magazine news »
In every film, there is the story that you knew you were telling, the story the audience perceives. But there is always some other story, a secret story. It might be the result of your hidden motivations for making the film, or, instead, the result of themes that only became clear to you after you made the movie. It might be something very personal, or it might be a story you didn’t even know you were telling. What is your film’s secret story? For me, starting with a story, I like there to be a strong theme or idea at […] »
- Filmmaker Staff
Paris Images Location Expo Records 25% Exhibitors Hike
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Paris — The 6th Location Expo, part of the Paris Images Trade Show, opens Feb. 2 with a record number of 116 exhibitors, including 32 French locations specialists, eight studios, 15 production services companies and representations of 12 French regional film commissions.
Reps of exalted locations such as the Palace of Versailles, the Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay and the Eiffel Tower will be attending, complemented this year by 18 new exhibitors such as the Château de Villette, the Institut du Monde Arabe, Luc Besson’s Les Studios de Paris, and the town of Versailles.
The two-day event (Feb. 2 -3) will once again be held in Le Carreau du Temple, in parallel with Paris Images Pro, which features a series of discussions on Virtual Reality, 4K, and new distribution channels.
Location Expo is aimed at industry professionals from France and abroad. This year’s record level of participation is one direct result of the fact that France »
- Martin Dale
Relativity Bankruptcy: Financial Adviser Praises Debt Reduction
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Updated: Relativity Media has raised only $20 million of the approximately $100 million it hoped to raise in equity financing as it looks to emerge from bankruptcy, but Joseph Nicholas, an investor in the company, said there were more than 50 parties interested in putting money in the company.
“We definitely can raise the money…it’s really about what kind of valuation will we be able to raise it at,” Nicholas testified in U.S. Bankruptcy Court on Monday.
Nicholas said that companies were interested in putting between $5 million and $100 million into the bankrupt studio behind “The Immortals” and “Limitless.” The major hold up is that these parties don’t want to risk their investment while the company is still in Chapter 11.
Judge Michael Wiles expressed some frustration with the lack of details about the studio’s financing, telling Nicholas, “I appreciate your confidence on your ability to raise equity ….but it »
- Brent Lang
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