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Adam Scott, Evangeline Lilly to Star in Netflix Comedy ‘Little Evil’
8 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Netflix, Scott Stuber’s Bluegrass Films and Mandalay Pictures are teaming up on the new horror comedy “Little Evil,” with Adam Scott and Evangeline Lilly attached to star.
The cast also includes Donald Faison, Chris D’Elia, Bridget Everett, Clancy Brown, Brad Williams, Marcus Terrell Smith, and Tyler Labine.
Eli Craig is writing and directing the film about Gary (Scott) who has just married Samantha (Lilly), the woman of his dreams, only to discover that her six-year-old son (Owen Atlas) may be the antichrist.
Stuber will also produce along with Dylan Clark and Jason Michael Berman of Mandalay Pictures. The executive producers are Nicholas Nesbitt and Mark Moran.
The movie was originally set up at Universal Pictures where Stuber has a first-look deal. The studio let it go, but Craig delivered a script that Stuber couldn’t pass up. The project soon gained momentum with Netflix eventually coming on to finance and distribute. »
- Justin Kroll
Screen Media Films Picks U.S. Rights To ‘The Bad Batch’ – Toronto
13 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Screen Media Films has acquired U.S. rights to Ana Lily Amirpour's The Bad Batch, a day before its North American premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. The deal, which was negotiated well into the night, comes after the film scored a Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival where it had its world premiere. With cameos by Keanu Reeves, Jim Carrey and Diego Luna, the dystopian love story is set in a Texas wasteland among a community of cannibals and stars Suki… »
Toronto: Roadside Attractions Gets ‘Lady Macbeth’ (Exclusive)
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Roadside Attractions has acquired the drama “Lady Macbeth” out of the Toronto Film Festival, Variety has learned.
The movie, directed by London stage veteran William Oldroyd, isn’t based on the famous Shakespeare character but is an adaptation of Russian writer Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 novella “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk.” Florence Pugh (“The Falling”) plays the title character: a 19th century young bride sold into marriage to a middle-aged man.
The indie, which received strong reviews, had several distributors circling it since Toronto began, until Roadside closed the deal.
“Lady Macbeth” was produced by Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly. The script was adapted by Alice Birch.
Protagonist Pictures’ Vanessa Saal and Mike Goodridge handled the deal.
Although the Toronto market has been moving at a glacial pace, some deals are finally starting to close, as distributors have now seen all the pictures are deciding which movies to add to their slates. »
- Ramin Setoodeh and Brent Lang
‘Gringo’ Review: John McAfee Doc is Both Testament and Antidote to Media Manipulation – Toronto
3 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
John McAfee isn’t fooling anyone. In a documentary profile filled with damning evidence, there’s something self-incriminating in McAfee’s “You probably read about me” response to being arrested by police, all caught on squad car dashcams.
It’s the opening scene of Nanette Burstein’s “Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee,” a detailed look at the trail left behind by a millionaire untethered from social and legal norms. From his time as progenitor of the once-ubiquitous McAfee antivirus software, through his business ventures overseas in Belize and his recent bid for the Libertarian presidential nomination, Burstein looks at the consequences of empowering an individual to trade on his name and not his abilities. In a media landscape that hasn’t fully realized how to cover business mogul presidential candidates, “Gringo” shows what it takes to truly examine the past of a volatile public figure.
“Gringo” is light on McAfee’s pre-Belize exploits, »
- Steve Greene
Composer Michael Giacchino Replaces Alexandre Desplat On ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’
5 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Here’s a question that I think is worth some consideration: is “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” Disney and Lucasfilm‘s “Suicide Squad“? Let’s face it, both films have been through pretty much the same thing, but one has received (so far) a pass from too much scrutiny, thanks for a carefully orchestrated PR counter-attack. But none […]
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- Kevin Jagernauth
Owen Wilson And Ed Helms Look For Their Long Lost Dad In First Trailer For ‘Bastards’
6 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
“I’ve always been interested in comedies with a little bit more on the bone than a lot of laughs and something that speaks with some emotional truth,” Lawrence Sher, a longtime cinematographer turned directors told USA Today. “Particularly as we reach middle age, we often look to our parents and our family as to what […]
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