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Fox Series ‘Shots Fired’ Set To Premiere At Sundance
10 hours ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Shots Fired, Fox’s 10-hour event series, will debut at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival. The show, from executive producers Gina Prince-Bythewood, Reggie Rock Bythewood, Brian Grazer and Francie Calfo, examines the dangerous aftermath of two racially charged shootings in a small Southern town. Fox, in its first ever series debut at the fest, will screen two episodes at the Marc Theater followed by a panel discussion with EPs as well as cast members Sanaa Lathan… »
SXSW Film ‘The Other Half,’ Starring Tatiana Maslany, to Get U.S. Release
10 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
“The Other Half,” the indie drama that premiered at SXSW last year, has been picked up by distributor Brainstorm Media for release in U.S. theaters in March. Director and writer Joey Klein’s love story earned a strong review from Variety in its festival bow in 2016.
The storyline centers on a grieving young man, played by Tom Cullen (“Downton Abbey”), and his budding relationship with Emily, an artist depicted by “Orphan Black” star and Emmy winner Tatiana Maslany. Over the course of the film, Emily’s bipolar disorder brings trauma and tension to the already-precarious union.
“This film was a standout for us at SXSW, with such beautiful and intimate performances,” said Brainstorm Media president Meyer Shwarzstein. The distribution company will coordinate the U.S. release in theaters and on video-on-demand, both set for March 10.
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- Dani Levy
‘Monster Trucks’ Review: This Kid-Friendly Creature Feature Drafts Off A Dozen Better Movies
4 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
The story of a hunky high school senior who discovers an oil-guzzling sea beast (think “Sesame Street” meets the Kraken), and then knots its tentacles around the chassis of his custom jalopy in a perverse attempt to pimp his ride, “Monster Trucks” seems like such an impossibly stupid idea for a movie that it’s easy to forget how it derives from a rather proud history of Hollywood entertainment. After all, there have been any number of studio spectacles about a young boy, or a teenage boy, or — in this case — an obviously grown-ass man doing a hilarious job of pretending to be a teenage boy — whose frustrated small town existence is turned upside down when he befriends a strange and unexpectedly sweet creature that teaches him about growing up or whatever. “Monster Trucks,” however aimless and confused it may be, rolls down a road paved by verified hits like “E.T., »
- David Ehrlich
President Obama’s Farewell Address: The Best Motivational Speech TV Has Ever Seen
5 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Over the course of his eight-year term, discussion surrounding President Barack Obama’s speech-making skills has always touched on one recurrent point: The man knows how to inspire. His speeches are legendary both for their content and craft, with nearly everyone in agreement over his extraordinary oratory capabilities.
So heading into the president’s farewell address Tuesday evening, a disheartened nation looked once more for that motivation, that inspiration, that secret power only the best speeches contain — the ones usually given by fictional TV presidents, and rarely matched by their real-life counterparts.
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Only this time, the bar that needed to be met seemed too high. Not only has fear caked the nation since election day, but mere hours before President Obama took the stage at McCormick Place in Chicago, a story »
- Ben Travers
Panasonic GH5 Raises the Bar with 6K and Much More
5 hours ago | Filmmaker Magazine - Blog | See recent Filmmaker Magazine news »
Panasonic’s GH4 has been a hit with documentary and low-budget indie filmmakers thanks to its small size, internal 4K recording and low cost. But it’s now over two and a half years old, and in today’s world that can be a lifetime for a camera. Fortunately, Panasonic has a replacement coming that looks like it could be as popular as the GH4, not only because it improves on the original capabilities but because it also marks a first step to 6K capture. Panasonic first teased the GH5 in September, but at CES they announced the feature list, along with planned […] »
- Michael Murie
Joel and Ethan Coen Tackle TV with Western Anthology ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’
8 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
The Coen brothers are taking another stab at the TV biz.
Joel and Ethan Coen are developing the limited series “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” through Annapurna’s new TV division. The Coens wrote the script and will direct the project, which Annapurna describes as a “Western anthology.”
The Coens were given executive producer credit on FX’s “Fargo,” but were not actually involved in the development or production of that series (which was loosely inspired by their iconic film).
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“Buster Scruggs” reps the latest attempt by the Coen brothers to move into TV, a trend that has increased in recent years among auteur filmmakers. In 2011, the Coens developed the hour-long single-camera comedy “HarveKarbo” for Fox. The project, which they co-created with Phil Johnston, was developed through Imagine TV but ultimately didn’t move forward.
In a press release, »
- Michael Schneider
The Coen Brothers Saddle Up To Write & Direct Western TV Series
8 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Westerns have been riding hard back onto the big screen over the past few years, it looks like the small screen is next fertile ground for the genre. This year alone we’ll have Scott Frank‘s “Godless” on Netflix and “The Son” on AMC, and now the Coens are getting in on the game.
The duo are set to write and direct “The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs,” which will aim to have both a television and film component.
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- Kevin Jagernauth
‘Urban Myths’ Trailer: Joseph Fiennes Makes His Debut as Michael Jackson in British Comedy Series
9 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Last year it was announced that Joseph Fiennes would be portraying Michael Jackson in an upcoming British project, which led to accusation of “whitewashing.” Now, almost a year later, the actor makes his debut as the King of Pop in the trailer for Sky Art’s comedy series “Urban Myths.”
The satirical half-hour show retells supposed events in the lives of public figures, including the urban legend about a post-9/11 road trip between Jackson, Marlon Brando and Elizabeth Taylor, which was written about in a 2011 Vanity Fair article. The recently released clip recreates the event with Stockard Channing as the “Cleopatra” actress and Brian Cox as Brando.
It also features many other well-known people including Eddie Marsan as Bob Dylan, Ben Chaplin as Cary Grant, Iwan Rheon as Adolf Hitler and Rupert Grint as “Hitler’s Friend.”
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- Liz Calvario
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