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Irish drama starring Andrew Scott, Cillian Murphy scores key deals
14 hours ago | ScreenDaily | See recent ScreenDaily news »
Exclusive: Protagonist to handle sales and Element secures distribution rights to Parallel Films production backed by IFB and BFI.
The Delinquent Season, the directorial debut of Mark O’Rowe that stars Andrew Scott (Sherlock) and Cillian Murphy (The Dark Knight), has secured worldwide and UK deals.
Protagonist Pictures will handle worldwide sales for the project, a character-driven drama set in suburban Dublin, while Element Pictures Distribution will release in the UK and Ireland.
The film, supported by the Irish Film Board, RTE and the BFI, centers on two couples whose apparently solid marriages come under strain. Catherine Walker (Critical) and Eva Birthistle (Brooklyn) co-star.
Director O’Rowe is well-known for his stage plays, including Our Few and Evil Days and screenplays including Irish crime drama Intermission, starring Murphy and Colin Farrell, crime drama Perrier’s Bounty, with Murphy and Brendan Gleeson and Boy A, starring Andrew Garfield.
Murphy is a regular collaborator with O’Rowe, having starred »
Antonio Banderas Heading 'Beyond the Edge' With Ambi
19 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
Antonio Banderas is set to play a cool-handed master of fraud in Beyond the Edge.
The actioner being directed by Aleksandr Boguslavskiy marks the third film tie-up between Banderas and Ambi Media Group, the production company set up by Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi.
They previously collaborated on the Andrea Bocelli biopic The Music of Silence and thriller Black Butterfly. Both films are currently in postproduction.
Being shot in Italy, Russia and Georgia, Beyond the Edge sees Banderas' character forced to come to the aid of his son, a master thief with plans to rob a casino. When his »
- Alex Ritman
Gravitas Buys ‘Score: A Film Music Documentary’ for North America
14 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American rights to “Score: A Film Music Documentary,” which explores the process of film score composition.
The film includes interviews with Hans Zimmer, John Williams, Danny Elfman, Trent Reznor, Randy Newman, Howard Shore, Rachel Portman, Jerry Goldsmith, Quincy Jones, James Cameron and the late James Horner and Garry Marshall.
Themes covered include the James Bond theme, “Star Wars,” “Indiana Jones,” “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “Titanic,” “The Social Network” and “Mad Max: Fury Road.”
“Score” debuted at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and will premiere in theaters in May.
Director Matt Schrader left a job with CBS News and spent nearly two years doing in-depth interviews with more than 50 composers in the film.
“We wanted to create something that hadn’t been done before — the definitive look at the craft of film composing,” he said. “’Score’ is an ode to these modern maestros and the ever-evolving art form. »
- Dave McNary
Dax Shepard & Michael Pena Are On Patrol In First Trailer For ‘CHiPs’
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While a movie based on the ’70s drama “CHiPs” seems silly, that’s everyone thought about “21 Jump Street” at first, until Phil Lord and Chris Miller showed that it’s possible to really shake the dust off an aging property. And yet, our reservations remain for “CHiPs” mostly because we’re not quite ready to put our faith in Dax Shepard as writer, director and star (but hey, we’d be more than happy to be proven wrong).
Continue reading Dax Shepard & Michael Pena Are On Patrol In First Trailer For ‘CHiPs’ at The Playlist. »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Cameraperson and O.J.: Made in America Top the 2017 Cinema Eye Honors
56 minutes ago | Filmmaker Magazine - Blog | See recent Filmmaker Magazine news »
The Cinema Eye Honors, which has been celebrating exceptional documentary filmmaking since 2007, wrapped its first decade tonight with its annual awards ceremony, hosted by documentary director Steve James, at the Museum of the Moving Image. Kirsten Johnson’s memoiristic meditation on documentary image-making, Cameraperson was the big winner, taking home three awards, including Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Filmmaking, Outstanding Achievement in Editing and Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography, while Ezra Edelman’s sprawling O.J.: Made in America won two: Outstanding Achievement in Directing and Outstanding Achievement in Production. Other winners included Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos’s Netflix series Making a Murderer (Outstanding […] »
- Scott Macaulay
‘Cameraperson’ Beats ‘O.J.: Made In America’ For Top Award At 10th Annual Cinema Eye Honors
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The 2017 Cinema Eye Honors were handed out in Astoria, Queens on Wednesday night and the top prize did not go to the doc that has dominated awards season so far, “O.J.: Made in America.” Instead, Kristen Johnson’s “Cameraperson” took the award for Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking. “Cameraperson” also won the Cinematography and Editing prizes. Ezra Edelman‘s “O.J.” took key awards in Direction and Outstanding Production which is warded to the producers.
Continue reading ‘Cameraperson’ Beats ‘O.J.: Made In America’ For Top Award At 10th Annual Cinema Eye Honors at The Playlist. »
- Gregory Ellwood
Peter Dinklage Joins ‘Avengers: Infinity Wars,’ Spider-Man & More ‘Guardians’ Confirmed To Appear
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Marvel is getting ready for their next mega movie, “Avengers: Infinity War.” A two part-er, although they’ve apparently dropped Part 1 and Part 2 as the subtitled for each film, the super hero studio is ramping up casting and tonight it’s been revealed that “Game of Thrones” star Peter Dinklage is in early talks for a key role. What character he’ll actually be playing is unknown at the moment, but given his diminutive size and the storyline, many people are already speculating he’ll play Uatu The Watcher.
Continue reading Peter Dinklage Joins ‘Avengers: Infinity Wars,’ Spider-Man & More ‘Guardians’ Confirmed To Appear at The Playlist. »
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The 50 Best Movies of 2016 to Stream on Netflix
4 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
2016 wasn’t all bad. For proof, one need look no further than the impressive array of films released last year, a great many of which have now made their way to Netflix.
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- Indiewire Staff
Fox’s ‘X-Men’ TV Show: Creator Matt Nix on How He’ll Introduce New Characters and Avoid the Wolverine Question
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As Fox gets close to ordering its pilot set in the “X-Men” universe, creator Matt Nix revealed a handful of details on Wednesday.
The new, as-yet untitled show follows two ordinary parents who must go on the run after they discover their children have mutant powers. The show fits into the “X-Men” cinematic universe to some degree, Nix told reporters during Fox’s portion of the Television Critics Association press tour for “Apb” (which he also executive produces).
“Without getting into specifics, which I’ll get murdered for getting into, I would say that a fan of the movies but also the comic books would not be disoriented at all,” he said. “Where this fits in the mythology, if you look at the movies, which started around 2003 to now, they don’t all line up perfectly. So I’m not slavishly fitting myself into a particular slot. But at the same time, »
- Michael Schneider
Cinema Eye Honors 2017 Winners List: ‘Cameraperson’ and ‘O.J.: Made in America’ Lead Awards
5 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Awards season keeps ticking right along, but tonight’s Cinema Eye Honors promised at least a tiny respite from narrative-based filmmaking, as the New York City-set ceremony is all about honoring the best in the year’s documentary filmmaking.
Big winners included Kirsten Johnson’s “Cameraperson,” which picked up Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking, along with editing and cinematography wins. Right behind it was Ezra Edelman’s “O.J.: Made in America,” which earned Edelman a directing win, along with a production win for Edelman and Caroline Waterlow. Best TV offering went to “Making a Murderer.”
Nominations were lead by Raoul Peck’s “I Am Not Your Negro” and “O.J.: Made in America,” which each pulled in five nominations apiece, though Johnson’s “Cameraperson” and Gianfranco Rosi’s “Fire at Sea” aren’t far behind, with four nominations each. Both Peck and Rosi’s features ultimately walked away without an award. »
- Kate Erbland
Best Editing Oscar: How Do Voters Separate Great Editing and Directing? (Hint: It’s Not Easy.)
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When Thelma Schoonmaker won the first of her three Academy Awards for “Raging Bull,” she humbly told journalists that she believed she was being honored for work done by the director, Martin Scorsese.
“I won the Oscar for ‘Raging Bull’ for those fight sequences,” said Schoonmaker in a 1991 interview with Wide Angle/Closeup. “If you look at those fight sequences, those were so incredibly storyboarded and shot in an incredible way – that is the conception a good director has to bring.”
Read More: Oscars 2017 -Editors on Bold Storytelling in ‘La La Land,’ ‘Manchester by the Sea,’ ‘Moonlight,’ and More
All below-the-line talent interprets a director’s vision through their crafts, but the editor’s work is most closely associated with the director’s. From 1981 to 2016, every Best Picture winner, except “Birdman,” was nominated for Editing. “Birdman” features long, unedited takes and elaborate camera movements; that might be the only way »
- Chris O'Falt
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