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Leslie Mann, John Cena, Ike Barinholtz to Star in Comedy ‘The Pact’ (Exclusive)
4 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Leslie Mann, Ike Barinholtz, and John Cena are set to star in Kay Cannon’s directorial debut, “The Pact.”
Eben Russell, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, and brothers Brian and Jim Kehoe penned the script for Point Grey, Good Universe, Hurwitz & Schlossberg Productions, and Dmg.
The film follows three parents who, upon discovering that their daughters have made a pact to lose their virginities on prom night, go out and try and stop them before it’s too late.
Point Grey’s Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and James Weaver will produce alongside Hurwitz and Schlossberg, and Dmg Entertainment’s Chris Fenton. Nathan Kahane and Joe Drake of Good Universe will executive produce with Chris Cowles of Dmg. John Fagen will oversee for Point Grey.
Mann most recently starred in New Line’s “How to Be Single” and Sony Classics’ “The Comedian,” which should be a contender at the upcoming Golden Globes. »
- Justin Kroll
Slamdance Film Festival Unveils Competition Lineup (Exclusive)
8 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
The Slamdance Film Festival has unveiled its 23rd annual narrative and documentary feature film competition lineup, Variety has learned.
The festival, launched in 1995 as an alternative to Sundance, has included showings of such notable titles as Oren Peli’s “Paranormal Activity.” The fest, which takes place at the Treasure Mountain Inn in Park City, Utah, from Jan. 20 to Jan. 26, will screen 19 movies: 12 world premieres, three North American debuts, and one U.S. launch.
The narrative competition has 11 titles, while the documentary category boasts eight. Notable titles include “Dave Made a Maze,” starring Nick Thune and directed by Bill Watterson from his own script; the Sly Stone documentary “On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone”; Shumin Liu’s “The Family,” a Chinese-Australian production in which a couple in their 70s sets off to visit their adult children in three faraway cities; and the documentary “Who Is Arthur Chu? »
- Dave McNary
Annie Awards nominations 2017: ‘Zootopia,’ ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ dominate
6 hours ago | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »
Disney’s Oscar frontrunner “Zootopia” leads Monday’s nominations announcement for the 44th annual Annie Awards with an impressive 11 bids, including Best Animated Feature, Best Directing (Byron Howard, Rich Moore), Best Writing and Best Voice Acting (Jason Bateman). The Focus Feature/Laika release “Kubo and the Two Strings” is right behind at 10, including those same marquee categories with nominations for helmer Travis Knight […] »
- Paul Sheehan
Nicole Kidman to Be Honored by Palm Springs Film Festival for ‘Lion’
9 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
The Palm Springs International Film Festival will present Nicole Kidman with the International Star Award for her performance in “Lion” at its Film Awards Gala on Jan. 2 at the Palm Springs Convention Center.
“One of the world’s most luminous and versatile actresses, Nicole Kidman has filled so many unforgettable roles including her performances in ‘The Hours,’ ‘Moulin Rouge!,’ ‘Cold Mountain,’ ‘Rabbit Hole’ and dozens more,” said festival chairman Harold Matzner. ‘In her latest film, ‘Lion,’ she gives yet another award-worthy performance as Sue Brierley, an Australian woman who adopts two young boys from India.”
Kidman received the festival’s Chairman’s Award in 2005. Past International Star Award honorees include Javier Bardem, Helen Mirren, and Saoirse Ronan.
“Lion” follows the story of a five-year-old Indian boy who gets lost on a train traveling away from his home and »
- Dave McNary
Fritz Weaver Dies; Patrician Star Of Stage And Screen Was 90
18 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Fritz Weaver, an actor who transmitted an air of patrician assurance in roles that took him from a regular presence in Golden Age television dramas to Broadway stardom, prominent characters in films including Fail-Safe in 1964, and an Emmy nomination for NBC’s acclaimed 1978 drama series Holocaust, died Saturday at home in Manhattan. He was 90. In that mini-series, Weaver played Dr. Josef Weiss, a Jewish doctor sent first to the Warsaw ghetto and then to the… »
Emily Blunt's character written out of Sicario 2
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Screenwriter says that leading actor won’t return for sequel Soldado, but co-stars Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin have roles
The screenwriter behind the hit crime thriller Sicario and its upcoming sequel, Soldado, has revealed that he is writing Emily Blunt’s character out of the followup. Speaking to The Wrap, Taylor Sheridan said: “That was my decision, and at some point I’m going to have to talk to her about it.”
In the 2015 movie, Blunt played an FBI agent who must navigate a complex web of double bluffs to take down a Mexican drug cartel. Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin play her colleague and boss respectively; the first film ends – spoiler alert – with Blunt’s character unable to exact revenge for a series of professional compromises.
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- Catherine Shoard
‘Kung Fu Panda 3’ surprises as ‘Zootopia’ dominates 44th Annie Awards nominations
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The International Animated Film Society announced the nominations for the 44th Annie Awards this morning and there some unexpected surprises among the nominees.
DreamWorks Animations’ “Kung Fu Panda 3″ was a surprise Best Animated Feature nominee over “The Little Prince,” “Sing,” “The Secret Life of Pets,” “Sausage Party” or even Dwa’s own “Trolls.” Walt Disney Animation’s “Inner Workings” didn’t make the Best Animated Short Subject cut and “Sausage Party” didn’t earn a writing nomination.
Continue reading ‘Kung Fu Panda 3’ surprises as ‘Zootopia’ dominates 44th Annie Awards nominations at The Playlist. »
- Gregory Ellwood
Lionsgate Developing ‘You + Me = Everything’ With ‘Twilight’ Producers
29 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Lionsgate has launched development of a movie based on the upcoming novel “You + Me = Everything” and set up the project with “Twilight” producers Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen.
“You + Me” has been written by Liverpool-based Jane Costello, a journalist-turned-author with nine published novels. She is using the pen name Catherine Isaac for her new book, which centers on a single mother who throws out her boyfriend only months after giving birth to their son. Ten years later, she decides to journey with the son to France, where the boy’s father now lives, in order to make the father fall in love with his own son.
Godfrey and Bowen are producing “You + Me” through their Temple Hill company, which has also produced the “Maze Runner” franchise, “The Fault in Our Stars” and the upcoming “Power Rangers.” Temple Hill exec John Fischer brought in the project and Jeyun Munford bought it for Lionsgate. »
- Dave McNary
‘Manchester By The Sea’s Casey Affleck & Kenneth Lonergan Stop For Lunch En Route To Ifp’s Gotham Awards
35 minutes ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
In a run-up to tonight’s Gotham Awards sponsored by the Independent Film Project, nominees Kenneth Lonergan and Casey Affleck — writer-director and star, respectively, of the multiple nominee Manchester by The Sea — answered questions about the seriously adult drama, which has benefitted from a major kick into awards season from both critics and ticket buyers. NBC Today show contributor Dave Karger asked, and fielded, questions after a screening of the film for press and… »
‘Rogue One’ Featurette: Diego Luna Takes You to a Galaxy Far, Far Away
38 minutes ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
In the months leading up to the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, it feels like we’ve talked about every character in the movie except Diego Luna‘s Captain Cassian Andor, whose role appears to be “straight-laced soldier who has to wrangle together all of those strange rebel misfits.” Since I like Luna quite […]
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- Jacob Hall
Ventana Sur: Ignacio Rey Primes Argentina’s First VFX-Packed Live-Action Pic
43 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Buenos Aires-based producer Ignacio Rey is priming Argentina’s first ever VFX-laden live action fantasy pic “Yanka y el espiritu del Volcan,” a $2.5 million kid-targeted drama based on a Mapuche legend. The coming-of-age pic tracks a young girl called Yanka who in her quest to find her lost mother, comes upon some some otherworldly creatures and a volcano where she discovers that she is among the few who can tame the angry spirit lurking in it.
The feature directorial debut of ad maven Ivan Abello has been in post for some 18 months given its 300 VFX shots rendered by Fernando Sirianni’s Nomad VFX, a co-producer, and is expected to be completed by March for a July 2017 debut.
“We’ve getting a lot of interest from both local and international distributors, but we’re not showing it until January or February,” said Rey, who has been producing a gamut of pics in Argentina, »
- Anna Marie de la Fuente
‘Manchester By the Sea’: Casey Affleck Talks Brilliance of Film’s Most Heartbreaking Scene
54 minutes ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Kenneth Lonergan’s heartbreaking “Manchester By the Sea” debuted to stellar reviews earlier this year at Sundance, and the Casey Affleck-starrer has so far managed to keep up the momentum as we roll into awards season. The film — inspired by an early idea from Matt Damon and John Krasinski, who are both credited as producers on the feature — is a tragedy told in a way that only Lonergan could truly master.
On the surface, it’s a film about a loner (Affleck) who is forced to return to his small hometown to care for his nephew (breakout Lucas Hedges) after his father (Kyle Chander) passes away. Yet there are many other stories to tell within “Manchester By the Sea,” including the story that explains why Affleck’s Lee Chandler is so distant and removed from, well, just about everything in his life. It’s a story that steadily unfolds throughout the film, »
- Kate Erbland
‘Kubo And The Two Strings’ Marks Laika Founder Travis Knight’s Passion Project & Directorial Debut – The Contenders Video
58 minutes ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Certainly, 2016 has turned out to be a banner year for feature film animation, and one of the most critically acclaimed has been Laika’s latest, Kubo And The Two Strings, which this morning was nominated for 10 Annie Awards. It marks the directorial feature film debut for Laika founder and studio head Travis Knight, who came to Deadline’s big all-day awards-season event The Contenders Presented By Deadline on November 5 at the DGA theater. In front of a packed audience of… »
‘Westworld’ Finale Will Answer Most of Your Questions
1 hour ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Westworld is a show that’s raised more than a few questions in its first season. Fans have gone wild with all sorts speculation and fan theories, placing some of the show’s tiniest details under a microscope. With the upcoming Westworld season one finale, most of the hit series’ questions will get answered, according to creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy. Below, […]
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- Jack Giroux
Intense As Hell Horror ‘The Eyes Of My Mother’ Is Also Weirdly Beautiful [Review]
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The opening 10 minutes of writer-director Nicolas Pesce’s “The Eyes of My Mother” plays like the art-film version of an old EC Comics horror story — like one of those “Vault of Horror” or “Tales from the Crypt” eight-pagers where a monster gets its comeuppance at the claws of an even bigger monster. In a remote American farmhouse in the mid-20th century, a Portuguese surgeon-turned-housewife makes the mistake of allowing a creepy drifter named Charlie (Will Brill) into her home, where he commits an act of unspeakable violence.
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- Noel Murray
Gotham Awards 2016 Live Stream: Watch The Indie Film Awards Live Online
1 hour ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
The long road to Oscar officially begins tonight with the 2016 Gotham Independent Film Awards, presented by Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp). While not the biggest prognosticator of Oscar success, the Gotham Awards have become one of the season’s best places for indie films to get an added boost of exposure on the awards circuit . Where else would the likes of “Certain Women” or “Everybody Wants Some!!” get a Best Picture nomination? Or Kate Beckinsale and Craig Robinson land acting noms? That’s what makes the Gotham Awards so special.
Read More: Gotham Awards 2016: ‘Manchester By The Sea’ Leads With Four Nominations, ‘Moonlight’ and ‘Paterson’ Also Dominate
This year, Kenneth Lonergan’s acclaimed drama “Manchester By The Sea” leads the pack with four nominations, including Best Actor for Casey Affleck and Best Picture. The drama’s biggest threat in the Best Picture race is inarguably “Moonlight,” Barry Jenkins’ beloved coming-of-age »
- Zack Sharf
Art Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Honoree To Boycott Awards Show
1 hour ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Famed production illustrator Joe Musso is boycotting the upcoming Art Directors Guild Awards, where he was slated to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award. In an email to the guild's members, Musso, who's running for president of the union, said he won't show up to receive the honor to protest a Service Award that's also being presented to Scott Roth, the guild's former longtime executive director. "It was because of Mr. Roth's long, troubling history with the guild, too… »
Kevin Smith Wants a ‘Superman Lives’ Animated Movie and To Direct A ‘Bedknobs and Broomsticks’ Remake
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The history of Tim Burton‘s squashed Superman film, Superman Lives, has been well documented. Just last year there was Jon Schnepp‘s documentary, The Death of “Superman Lives”: What Happened?, which featured writer-director Kevin Smith discussing his time on the comic book movie. Now, Smith says he still wouldn’t mind seeing the script he wrote realized, at least in animation. Below, learn […]
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- Jack Giroux
‘Billy on the Street’: Lupita Nyong’o Tries Her Hand at Standup Comedy in Hilarious New Clip — Watch
1 hour ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Oscar-winning and Tony-nominated actress Lupita Nyong’o is undoubtedly best known for her stellar dramatic work in films like “12 Years a Slave” and plays like “Eclipsed,” but the Kenyan-Mexican starlet is looking to do something a little different these days: standup comedy.
Well, not really, but that’s the theme of this week’s “Billy on the Street,” which will feature Nyong’o and host Billy Eichner taking it to the streets (of course) so that Nyong’o can show off her burgeoning standup comedy chops — billed as part of her (fake) upcoming comedy special, “Lupita Nyong’o: Bring the Pain” — to predictably confused and/or angry packs of passerby. (Big love to that guy who yells that he likes “a quiet life.”)
Read More: ‘Billy on the Street’: 10 Classic Clips to Get You Ready for Season 5
For her new career, Nyong’o is borrowing from some of the greats, »
- Kate Erbland
The Best Movie Scores of The 21st Century — IndieWire Critics Survey
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Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of film and TV critics two questions and publishes the results on Monday. (The answer to the second, “What is the best film in theaters right now?”, can be found at the end of this post.)
This week’s question:
Last Friday saw the release of Garth Davis’ “Lion,” the musical score for which is the gorgeous result of a collaboration between two giants of the neo-classical movement, Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka. It’s just the latest indication that we’re living in a fascinating, vibrant time for movie music, and December boasts a number of films that will only add more fuel to that fire. With that in mind, we asked our panel of critics to name their favorite film score of the 21st Century.
Tasha Robinson (@TashaRobinson), The Verge
There are some really striking contenders out there, topped by Susumu Hirasawa’s manic, »
- David Ehrlich
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