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‘Compton’s’ Jason Mitchell, ‘Boyhood’s’ Ellar Coltrane Join Young Barack Obama Movie ‘Barry’ (Exclusive)
16 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
“Straight Outta Compton’s” Jason Mitchell and “Boyhood” star Ellar Coltrane have joined the upcoming Barack Obama film “Barry,” Variety has learned exclusively.
“Barry,” which begins shooting later this month, will cover Obama’s college days in New York City.
Vikram Gandhi, who won the 2011 audience award at SXSW for his previous film “Kumare,” is directing. Gandhi is currently a correspondent and producer for the HBO series “Vice.”
The screenplay was penned by Adam Mansbach, who wrote the bestseller “Go the F**k to Sleep.”
“Barry” is being produced by Cinetic Media and Black Bear Pictures, which was behind “The Imitation Game” and the upcoming “Gold” and “Suburbicon.” Producers are Gandhi, Black Bear’s Teddy Schwarzman and Ben Stillman, and Cinetic’s Dana O’Keefe.
The producers announced earlier this month that Devon Terrell and Anya Taylor-Joy would star in “Barry.”
Mitchell most recently played the role of Eazy-e in “Straight Outta Compton. »
- Dave McNary
‘Walking Dead’ Creator Robert Kirkman No Longer Involved in ‘Transformers’ Movies
17 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
“Walking Dead” creator Robert Kirkman is no longer involved in writing the next batch of “Transformers” movies for Paramount. In fact, he said he was only in the writers’ room for one day before a health issue required him to walk away from the project. “I have to say, I was only in that room for a day before I found out that I was having my throat surgery that kept me out of Comic Con,” Kirkman told Collider at the 2016 SXSW Film Festival. Also Read: 'Transformers 5' to Shoot in Detroit, Will Get $21 Million From State of Michigan In May, »
- Beatrice Verhoeven
'Room' sweeps Canadian Screen Awards
20 hours ago | ScreenDaily | See recent ScreenDaily news »
The Irish-Canadian co-production took home nine prizes at Canada’s equivalent of the Oscars.
Irish-Canadian co-production Room dominated the Canadian Screen Awards on Sunday night, winning nine prizes including best film for producers David Gross and Ed Guiney.
Lead actress Brie Larson repeated her triumph at this year’s Oscars and BAFTAs by winning best actress, while breakout star Jacob Tremblay took best actor.
Accepting the award from veteran Christopher Plummer, 77 years his senior, the young actor said: “This is amazing. I can’t believe a kid like me won against a bunch of amazing talent. Christopher Plummer, you’re a legend.”
The film also took awards for director Lenny Abrahamson, Emma Donoghue’s adapted screenplay, and Joan Allen’s supporting performance, as well as prizes for editing, make-up and production design.
Elsewhere, Irish romantic drama Brooklyn took two awards, for Michael Brook’s original score and Yves Bélanger’s cinematography.
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Bart & Fleming: Can Screening Room Save Movies Like Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘The Brothers Grimsby?’
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Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr. worked together for two decades at Daily Variety. In this weekly column, two old friends get together and grind their axes, mostly on the movie business. Fleming: I feel a rant or two coming on today. First up: how in the name of Sweet Baby Jesus does a movie as balls out funny as The Brothers Grimsby tank so badly? I saw it yesterday, and I was convulsed with laughter at least six times during a movie that is equal parts There's Something A… »
SXSW Film Review: ‘Sausage Party’
26 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
For those of you who have ever envisioned Seth Rogen reconstituted as an anthropomorphic processed meat product — and you know who you are — “Sausage Party” may be savored as, if not a dream come true, then a drug-fueled hallucination without the potentially harmful side effects. A madcap crazy salad of industrial-strength raunch, Tex Avery-level visual inventiveness and, no kidding, seriocomic religious allegory, this computer-animated comedy about the secret lives of supermarket merchandise had its premiere as a “work-in-progress” at the SXSW Film Festival prior to a scheduled Aug. 12 theatrical release. Rough edges are glaringly apparent in the film’s current, not-quite-complete state — indeed, a handful of scenes remain represented only by hand-drawings — but it’s already obvious that Sony could have a mid-sized late-summer hit on its hands.
Naturally, many parents will not appreciate having to tell their young offspring who see trailers and TV spots that, yes, this is a cartoon, »
- Joe Leydon
Top Action Film Directors to Feature at Iffa Macao
26 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Ten Asian film makers who are household names as directors of action movies will leverage their brand value to each pick and promote an overseas film at the upcoming International Film Festival and Awards Macao (Iffa Macao.)
The festival, to be held Dec. 8 – 13 in Macau, across the Pearl River estuary from Hong Kong, has now locked down the format and structure of its inaugural edition.
The new festival is backed by the Macau Film & Television Producers and Culture Association and the Macau Government Tourist Office.
Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, director of the Mgto, was at a launch Tuesday held on the fringes of FilMart in Hong Kong, on Tuesday.
“We want the ten to each choose a film that is neither East Asian and non-American that they would personally go back to,” said Marco Mueller, Iffa Macao’s artistic director. “They should be presenters of ‘world cinema’ and ensure diversity. »
- Patrick Frater
‘Sausage Party’ At SXSW: The Red Band Trailer Doesn’t Come Close To Doing The Vulgar Masterpiece Justice
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“What the [expletive] did I just watch?” That’s the very first thing I tweeted after the credits ended on Sausage Party. The eight-years-in-the-making animated film directed by Greg Tiernan (Thomas & Friends) and Conrad Vernon (Shrek 2, Monsters vs. Aliens) and written by Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen, Kyle Hunter, and Ariel Shaffir destroyed the Paramount Theater audience tonight during its SXSW work-in-progress screening, and I still have no idea how to even talk about it… »
SXSW Film Review: ‘Miss Stevens’
48 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
A high-school English teacher chaperones three students at a weekend-long drama competition and finds that she’s the one with a lot to learn in “Miss Stevens,” a well-acted and involving dramedy that takes a few too many facile turns en route to upbeat endings all around. Julia Hart’s directing debut is distinguished by a smartly layered performance from Lily Rabe (“American Horror Story”), fully persuasive as a designated authority figure still a few steps away from embracing full adulthood, but it’s hard not to wish the script weren’t quite so insistent on treating its characters — even those it invests with deeper, richer complexities — as problems waiting to be solved by film’s end. Still, with its polished presentation and strong performances, this late-coming-of-ager should serve as a solid calling card for Hart as it makes its way into the niche-distribution stream.
A brief opening scene of »
- Justin Chang
Japan Box Office: ‘Doraemon’ Wins its Second Weekend
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Tokyo — Toho’s “Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan 2016,” the 36th entry in the Doraemon feature animation series, won its second straight weekend at the Japanese box office. In the March 12-13 frame the film earned $4.27 million on 415,000 admissions, pushing its cumulative ticket sales total to 1.07 million. Numbers are set to increase as Japanese schoolkids start their spring break next week.
Ranking at number two was Disney’s “The Good Dinosaur,” which took $2.08 million on 192,000 admissions from 380 screens. This was about 58% of the opening weekend haul of “Inside Out,” which finished with $35 million last year in Japan.
Bowing in the number three slot was “Everest: The Summit of the Gods,” the first Japanese feature to be shot on Mount Everest. Directed by Hideyuki Hirayama and co-distributed by Toho and Asmik Ace, the film opened on 322 screens and recorded $1.84 million on 165,000 admissions. The forecast is for a final total of $13 million. »
- Mark Schilling
‘Sausage Party’ Trailer: Seth Rogen’s R-Rated Animated Movie About Hot Dogs
2 hours ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
SXSW tends to be a hectic time for anyone in the general vicinity of Austin, Texas, but Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg may be even busier than most this year. Not only are they premiering their new series Preacher, which hits AMC this spring, they’re also unveiling the first look at their animated film Sausage Party, in […]
The post ‘Sausage Party’ Trailer: Seth Rogen’s R-Rated Animated Movie About Hot Dogs appeared first on /Film. »
- Angie Han
The Sausage Party Trailer Is Disturbingly Funny And Profane, Watch It Now
3 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
After a brief tease on Seth Rogen's Twitter feed promoting out first look at his animated feature, Sausage Party, we've finally gotten our first look at the mostly finished product folks as SXSW were treated to tonight. Get your fill of the Sausage Party in the trailer below: Behold, the trailer for Sausage Party!!!https://t.co/GmioRrLYff. Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) March 15, 2016 Thanks to Seth Rogen himself, we have our first look at what could be the sleeper hit of August. Sausage Party takes place in a supermarket during their annual 4th of July sale. So obviously, the various sausages in the market are excited at the prospect of going home with some lucky consumer, and Frank's (Seth Rogen) pack of sausages . consisting of co-stars Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, and Anders Holm . are one of those lucky packs. Though Rogen's sausage is forced on a bit of a journey »
SXSW Just Got Out Of Sausage Party, See Their Reactions Here
3 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Like bolt out of the blue, Sausage Party struck a surprise blow when it announced it was going to deliver a work-in-progress cut of the film to SXSW. Considering the surprise screening of Seth Rogen's R-rated animated extravaganza was only announced at the beginning of the month, the hype train never had a chance to shift into overdrive, which is good news for an unknown quantity such as this. But the unknown is now known, as the first reactions to Sausage Party have hit, and we've gathered some of the wieners of the pack below: Let's start with out hometown hero, Eric Eisenberg, as he had a couple great thoughts surrounding his experience at Sausage Party: #SausageParty is disgusting raunchy, and crazy hilarious. God Damn #SXSW. Eric Eisenberg (@eeisenberg) March 15, 2016 You've seriously never seen anything like #SausageParty, and the ending is absolutely brilliant. I'm standing outside & still laughing »
North American briefs: Loews hotel deal to have 'no impact' on Afm
4 hours ago | ScreenDaily | See recent ScreenDaily news »
Plus: Tiff, Telefilm Canada partner on See The North; Film market researcher Richard Del Belso dies; and more…
Afm managing director Jonathan Wolf said on Monday that the reported $6.5bn acquisition by China’s Anbang Insurance Group of Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc will have “no impact” on the annual Santa Monica film market in November.
The deal with Blackstone Group is for a portfolio of properties that includes the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel where the market is headquartered, however Wolfe said the Afm had “a very long” contract with the venue.
Broad Green Pictures has hired Steve Miller to head the studio’s creative advertising team as evp of creative advertising. Miller will contribute to the overall campaign strategy of the company’s features and arrives from A. Smith & Company, where he headed creation of all creative and sales content for new programming development. He has led creative advertising divisions at New Line and MGM/UA »
- jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
Andy Serkis' Imaginarium expands into Asia-Pacific
5 hours ago | ScreenDaily | See recent ScreenDaily news »
The UK-based motion-capture specialists will build a new facility at Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia.
Andy Serkis’ The Imaginarium Studios – the digital production company that he set up with producer Jonathan Cavendish – is expanding into the Asia-Pacific region with a new hub in Malaysia.
The Imaginarium Studios Asia-Pacific will serve the Asian and Pacific markets with a new motion-capture facility to be built on the site of Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios in Johor.
A small number of staff from the Imaginarium’s London office have relocated to Malaysia for two months to provide training for local technical artists, who will then offer their services from a temporary base at the Pinewood studio from May 2016.
The bespoke motion-capture facility, which will be built with support from media investment outfit Rhizophora Ventures, is scheduled for completion in late 2017.
Tony Orsten, CEO of The Imaginarium Studios, called the move a “huge step” for the studio. He is currently »
Jj Abrams pleads with viewers not to watch The Force Awakens on phones
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Star Wars director says it is ‘the nightmare of every storyteller’ that their films, which were made for cinema, will be seen on tiny screens
The director of Star Wars: The Force Awakens has said it was a “nightmare” to think of people watching the big-screen sci-fi adventure on a mobile phone.
“Anyone who makes movies will say: ‘Please don’t watch my movies on that,’” Jj Abrams, told a seminar at the South by Southwest film festival in Austin.
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10 Upcoming Movies That Could Be Total Bombs
5 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
We.ve already had a couple of monumental hits thus far in 2016, with both Deadpool and Zootopia smashing records when they dropped. On the other side of that coin, however, we.ve already had the first huge, big budget bomb in Gods of Egypt, which did not connect with either critics or general audiences. (Admittedly, I kind of adored the bombastic, wing-nut craziness of it, but I totally get how most people did not.) With this in mind, we thought we.d look forward to some other movies coming down the pipe that we suspect could similarly tank at the box office. It.s not that we think these movies will be bad.we hope, and in expect in many cases, that they.ll be great. While we try to stay optimistic, however, these are also examples of movies where there appears to be a legitimate chance that audiences might »
SXSW Film Review: ‘My Blind Brother’
5 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
After living for more than a decade within the Apatovian slacker-comedy tradition, in which the joys of arrested development are smiled upon indulgently for a while before our heroes stride heroically and inevitably into maturity, it’s weirdly refreshing to see a romantic comedy where selfishness, resentment and sloth are presented as unabashed virtues. Such is the charm of Sophie Goodhart’s “My Blind Brother,” which takes an ostensibly dark premise — a man of few qualities attempts to steal his overachieving blind brother’s girlfriend — and turns it into a featherweight frolic as winningly unambitious as its central couple played by Nick Kroll and Jenny Slate. The film has “Netflix acquisition” written all over it.
Square-jawed and iron-willed, Robbie (Adam Scott) is a fully inspirational man. In spite of his blindness, he manages to excel at almost everything a sighted person could do, whether it’s running marathons, skiing or »
- Andrew Barker
If The Princess Diaries 3 Really Happens, These 5 People Need To Return
6 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
After almost a 12 year gap, there's talk about town that The Princess Diaries 3 might actually happen. Considering the fact that the literary source material has 11 installments, the latest of which is geared towards a more mature audience, there's plenty of material to be mined if Garry Marshall's latest comments in People end up panning out. Though if Marshall and Anne Hathaway's wishes to make a third installment come true, there's five stars from the previous two installments that need to return. Anne Hathaway Obviously, The Princess Diaries 3 wouldn't be anything without its crown princess, Anne Hathaway. Though Garry Marshall mentions that Anne Hathaway's current pregnancy causes a slight delay in actually bringing the project to the forefront, both parties seem engaged in making it happen. And with a chance to tell the story of a more grown-up Princess Mia Thermopolis Renaldi, the third entry in the series »
Julia Roberts to Star in Crime Drama ‘Train Man’ (Exclusive)
6 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Sixteen years after “Erin Brockovich,” Julia Roberts is eyeing to star in “Train Man,” a courtroom drama about a real-life New York folk hero, Variety has learned.
Roberts would play a lawyer tasked with defending Darius McCollum, the criminal (and Internet celebrity) known for impersonating public transit authorities in order to drive away subway trains and Greyhound buses. McCollum, who is diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, has been arrested more than 25 times for such crimes. Roberts’ character would be his most recent lawyer, and his previous heists (starting at age 15) are shown throughout the film via flashbacks.
Those who have read the script by Simon Stephenson (of the U.K. series “Eleventh Hour”) tell that Variety it’s a meaty role for Roberts, along the lines of her Oscar-winning portrait in 2000’s “Erin Brockovich.” The film is being produced by Gotham Group. Roberts could also potentially be a producer.
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- Ramin Setoodeh
Why Sally Field Hated Her Part In The Amazing Spider-Man Movies
6 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
No matter who is playing Spider-Man, and what studio is behind the current adaptation of the mighty Marvel hero, Aunt May always will be designed as a supportive side character . a voice of compassion and reason who.s there to help troubled teen hero Peter Parker figure the right move in a difficult situation. Apparently no one told Sally Field that she.d have a reduced and supportive role in the Amazing Spider-Man movies, however, because when she opened up to talk show guru Howard Stern, she kind of threw her character . and the failed franchise . under the bus. Sally Field, as you may or may not remember, played Peter Parker.s precious Aunt May in two Amazing Spider-Man movies, tending to the needs (and the laundry) of Andrew Garfield.s Spidey. It was a thankless role each time out, to say the least, and Field knows it. On The »
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