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New ‘Silence’ Trailer Gives Thrilling First Look At Martin Scorsese Epic Of Feudal Japan
9 hours ago
“The moment you step foot into that country, you step into high danger.” And with that, two Portuguese Jesuit priests are dispatched to feudal Japan in search of a missing missionary (played by Liam Neeson) — and we get a first look at Martin Scorsese’s long-in-coming epic Silence, starring Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver. Paramount opens the film December 23. The trailer is thrilling, set to screaming violins, intense martial drumming and blasts of the religious… »
‘Secret Life Of Pets’ Helmer Chris Renaud On Corporate Synergy, Visual Inspirations And The Comedy Of Louis C.K.
11 hours ago
It’s surprisingly common to hear animation directors speak of a deep affinity for their characters, much as a parent would have for their child, but The Secret Life of Pets is no exception in that regard. The record-breaking Illumination film from Renaud and Yarrow Cheney, one of the highest-grossing original animated films of all time, stemmed from a simple, though commonplace question: What exactly do our pets do when we’re not around to watch them? Currently in Paris… »
‘Gold’ Makeup Artist Felicity Bowring On The Art Of Making Matthew McConaughey Look Bald & Fat
11 hours ago
Working with Matthew McConaughey since 2001 romantic comedy The Wedding Planner, at a time when the actor was known primarily for a different kind of leading man, hair and makeup artist Felicity Bowring has found in the Oscar-winning actor a strong and involved collaborator on projects ranging from Bill Paxton’s Frailty to Cary Fukunaga’s True Detective. For Bowring, McConaughey is the ideal teammate, someone who goes to great lengths and takes pride in his ability to… »
Sony Pictures Collars ‘Love In The Time Of Dick Pics’ Movie Script
13 hours ago
Exclusive: Sony Pictures has acquired rights to Nicole Larson's debut feature film screenplay Love In The Time Of Dick Pics. The plot is being described as a timely romantic comedy about the illusion of choice — and just how hard it is to find the right person in a sea of options that range from polite, to lewd, to nude. Elizabeth Cantillon (The Trap) is producing and The Cantillon Company’s Laura Quicksilver will oversee. Ange Giannetti and Maia Eyre will oversee for… »
Centropolis Grabs ‘Scarletville’ Spec From First-Timer Jason Young
13 hours ago
Exclusive: Proving yet again that the Black List has become a hot bed for writers looking to sell their scripts, Roland Emmerich’s Centropolis Entertainment just scooped up the spec Scarletville from screenwriter Jason Young. The spec hit the Black List for a nanosecond, was read and then bought outright by Centropolis. Described as a thriller in the vein of Blood Simple or Red Rock West, the edge-of-your-seat story’s logline: “When a deadly criminal shows up in the… »
‘Lion’ Star Dev Patel On His Indian Journey & Preparing For Saroo: Q&A
14 hours ago
Dev Patel’s career started in his native United Kingdom, with a role on the hit teen drama Skins. But it was with Slumdog Millionaire, Danny Boyle's Oscar-winning 2008 film, that he became a real star. Equally adept at drama and comedy, Patel went on to join the cast of Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom, as well as star alongside acting royalty in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel duology. This year, he's in The Man Who Knew Infinity alongside Jeremy Irons, and TWC's Lion, with… »
Adam Driver’s Awards-Season Route Ranges From 17th Century Japan To New Jersey: Q&A
14 hours ago
Meeting the tall, waivy-haired Adam Driver in person immediately brings to mind his most sublimely acerbic onscreen personas: Adam Sackler, the brooding boyfriend with the power to wrap Lena Dunham's Hannah Horvath around his finger in Girls; or Kylo Ren, arguably the Star Wars saga's most multi-dimensional villain. It's not that Driver hasn't played nice guys before, but with his profile rising, we're treated to his gentle side in Jim Jarmusch's Paterson. As the title… »
Mel Gibson On The Fierce Battle To Bring ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ To The Screen – The Contenders Video
15 hours ago
Mel Gibson talked about the decades-long effort to bring to the screen his stirring and inspirational war film Hacksaw Ridge when he came to Deadline’s big all-day event, The Contenders Presented By Deadline, earlier this month at the DGA Theatre. Gibson recounted that the film’s subject, World War II hero Desmond Doss — the first conscientious objector to win the Medal Of Honor — had routinely turned down Hollywood overtures to do his story, but finally, three quarters… »
Ron Thornton Dies: Emmy-Winning VFX Wiz & ‘Star Trek’ Veteran Was 59
18 hours ago
Ron Thornton, an Emmy-winning visual effects specialist for the Babylon 5 pilot movie whose credits also range from Spaceballs and The Jackal to Buffy The Vampire Slayer and multiple Star Trek series, died Monday after a short illness at him home in Albuquerque. He was 59. His fellow Visual Effects Society veteran Emile Smith confirmed the news on Twitter: Ron Thornton you will be missed. You inspired and mentored many. May the long goodnight treat you well my friend #… »
Irwin Winkler Set For Three-Day American Cinematheque Tribute
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The American Cinematheque said today that it will hold a three-day tribute to producer Irwin Winkler from December 1-3. Highlights include “A Conversation with Irwin Winkler & Martin Scorsese” at the Egyptian Theatre on December 3 along with screenings of Winkler’s films Goodfellas (1990), Raging Bull (1980) and New York, New York (1977). Here is the complete program, with descriptions provided by American Cinematheque: Thursday, December 1 at 7:30 Pm at the Egyptian Theat… »
Bart & Fleming: Most Competitive Oscar Race Ever; Michael Cieply Isn’t Leaving; Jon Stewart Void
19 hours ago
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. Bart: The scenario for this week unfolds the same year-to-year: Too many award wannabes crammed into too little critical space. And too many openings that get up close and personal, with stars and star filmmakers effectively button-holing voters. The sudden deluge of good films is… »
Enrique Murciano Cast In Netflix’s ‘Bright’
20 hours ago
Exclusive: Enrique Murciano is the latest to join the cast of Netflix’s ambitious film Bright, with David Ayer at the helm. Will Smith, Joel Egerton and Noomi Rapace star along with Edgar Ramirez, Lucy Fry and Ike Barinholtz. Production is underway on the film, which the streaming giant committed a whopping $90M in its first tentpole-sized feature. Max Landis wrote the script. The pic is a fantasy cop thriller set in a world where human and mythical creatures co-exist… »
Gravitas Ventures Acquires Bitcoin Doc; Bond/360 Nabs ‘Franca: Chaos & Creation’
20 hours ago
Gravitas Ventures has secured worldwide rights to the Christopher Cannucciari-directed documentary Banking On Bitcoin. The film follows the ideological battle underway between fringe utopists and mainstream capitalism. Bitcoin’s early pioneers sought to blur the lines of sovereignty and the financial status quo. After years of underground development, Bitcoin grabbed the attention of a curious public, as well as the ire of the regulators the technology had subverted. Yet… »
‘I Am Not Your Negro’ Early Run Set In Awards-Season Ramp-Up
20 hours ago
Magnolia Pictures will screen Raoul Peck’s James Baldwin documentary I Am Not Your Negro for a one-week special run beginning December 9 in New York and Los Angeles, followed by a nationwide theatrical release on February 3 in 25 markets. The rollout for the pic, which was just nominated for an Indie Spirit Award this morning, is part of an aggressive awards-season push for the documentary based on Baldwin's famed unfinished book Remember This House. Magnolia acquired the… »
Spirit Awards Nominations: ‘Moonlight’, ‘American Honey’, ‘Manchester’ & ‘Jackie’ Rally
20 hours ago
A24 looks to have led the 2017 Film Independent Spirit Nominations with as many as 18 noms split up between American Honey, Moonlight, 20th Century Women, Swiss Army Man and The Witch. Among those films leading with noms, Moonlight counts six (including a Robert Altman award), American Honey also six, Amazon’s Manchester By The Sea boasts five with Fox Searchlight’s Jackie counting four. This year’s nominations for the best films with budgets under $20 million included… »
Connie Britton, Oliver Platt Cast In ‘Professor Marston & The Wonder Woman’
21 hours ago
Exclusive: Connie Britton and Oliver Platt have been added to the cast of Professor Marston & The Wonder Woman, the biopic from writer/director Angela Robinson. The two join Rebecca Hall, Luke Evans and Bella Heathcoate. The film details the true story of Dr. William Moulton Marston (Evans), Harvard psychologist and inventor who created Wonder Woman in 1941; his wife, fellow psychologist and inventor Elizabeth (Hall); and their polyamorous relationship with Olive Byrne… »
Kevin Walsh Named President Of Ridley Scott’s Scott Free
21 hours ago
Exclusive: Ridley Scott has hired veteran producer Kevin Walsh as new president of his Scott Free Films banner. Walsh, who is riding high as producer of the Kenneth Lonergan-directed Manchester By The Sea, has been readying the Michael Gracey-directed P.T. Barnum Fox musical The Greatest Showman, on which he is executive producer, and which stars Hugh Jackman and Michelle Williams and is produced by Chernin Entertainment and Laurence Mark for Fox. Walsh will take the… »
PGA Awards Documentary Nominees: ‘Eagle Huntress’, ‘Tower’, ‘Oj’ & More
22 hours ago
The PGA has unveiled its five nominees in the Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures category for the 28th annual PGA Awards. They include The Eagle Huntress, which bowed at the Sundance Film Festival this year and now counts Daisy Ridley as exec producer and narrator; Tower, the animated pic using archival and documentary footage to tell the story of the mass shooting at the University of Texas in 1996; and Oj: Made In America, the five-part Espn docu that chronicled the… »
South African Singer Miriam Makeba Getting Biopic Treatment
22 hours ago
The story of Miriam Makeba, one of the most important voices in South Africa's transformation from apartheid to the presidency of Nelson Mandela, is being turned into a feature film by Suzanne de Passe (Lady Sings The Blues) and Madison Jones of de Passe Jones Entertainment. Also producing is Broadway producer Willette Klausner, music producer David Franco and Makeba's former publicist and confidant Marc Le Chat. Makeba was Africa’s first Grammy winner, she recorded and… »
Adam McKay To Direct Dick Cheney Movie At Paramount
22 hours ago
Exclusive: The Big Short's Adam McKay will next direct an untitled drama at Paramount Pictures about Dick Cheney, who moved from Halliburton chief executive to become reputedly the most powerful Vice President in American history. McKay has quietly completed a screenplay that will go out to actors shortly, as he and the studio hope to be shooting by spring a film that will be ready for release late 2017. Plan B producers Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner will… »
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