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Bad Robot’s D-Day Movie ‘Overlord’ Finds Director (Exclusive)
7 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Julius Avery, who directed A24’s “Son of a Gun,” is set to direct Paramount and Bad Robot’s World War II pic “Overlord.”
Billy Ray and J.J. Abrams came up with the idea for the story with Ray penning the script. “The Revenant” screenwriter Mark L. Smith has done a slight polish on the draft with Abrams producing for Bad Robot.
The story follows two paratroopers who are caught behind enemy lines after their plane crashes on a mission to destroy a German Radio Tower in a small town outside of Normandy during the D-Day invasion. After reaching their target, the two paratroopers come to realize that besides fighting off Nazi soldiers, they also must combat against supernatural forces that are a result of a secret Nazi experiment.
The project was first acquired by Paramount in 2007 and has since gained steam following Avery’s attachment. »
- Justin Kroll
Focus’ New Paul Thomas Anderson Pic Starring Daniel Day-Lewis Adds Lesley Manville & Vicky Krieps
10 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Exclusive: Britain's Lesley Manville and up-and-coming European actress Vicky Krieps, who hails from Luxembourg, have joined Daniel Day-Lewis to star in Paul Thomas Anderson's untitled new film, which has now begun shooting in the UK. Focus Features holds worldwide rights to the film and will release the pic in the U.S. later this year, with Universal handling international distribution. The story, which reunites Anderson with There Will Be Blood star Day-Lewis, is set in… »
Keanu Reeves to Star in Romantic Thriller ‘Siberia’
10 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Keanu Reeves will star in the romantic thriller “Siberia” from director Matthew Ross.
IM Global is launching international sales at the European Film Market at the Berlin Film Festival. Producers are Gabriela Bacher and “Passengers” producer Stephen Hamel.
Filming is set to start later this year. Ross, who made his directorial debut with “Frank & Lola,” is helming from a script by Scott Smith.
Reeves will portray an American diamond trader trying to sell blue diamonds of dubious origin to buyers in Russia, where the jewels and his partner disappear. He then journeys to Siberia and begins an affair with a cafe owner.
Reeves stars in the upcoming actioner “John Wick: Chapter 2,” which Lionsgate opens on Feb. 10. Laurence Fishburne also stars in the film, marking their first on-screen reunion since the “The Matrix” trilogy. »
- Dave McNary
Mel Gibson, Vince Vaughn Reteam for Thriller 'Dragged Across Concrete' (Exclusive)
12 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
After first teaming up on the Oscar-nominated war movie Hacksaw Ridge, Mel Gibson and Vince Vaughn are pairing up again for Dragged Across Concrete, a gritty crime thriller from Bone Tomahawk filmmaker S. Craig Zahler.
Bloom will introduce the project to buyers at the European Film Market in Berlin, with Wme repping U.S. rights.
Keith Kjarval of Unified Pictures is producing along with Zahler’s frequent collaborators, Dallas Sonnier of Cinestate and Assemble Media’s Jack Heller. Kjarval’s Unified Film Fund I is financing.
The script centers on two policemen, one an old-timer (Gibson), the other his volatile younger partner (Vaughn), »
- Borys Kit
Denis Villeneuve Confirmed To Direct ‘Dune’
16 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
In December, word emerged that Denis Villeneuve was in early talks to direct “Dune,” and perhaps you were worried that something was going to gum up the works and prevent the filmmaker from tackling his dream sci-fi project. Well, you can put those fears to rest.
Brain Herbert, the son of the late author Frank Herbert, has revealed on Twitter that Villeneuve is officially signed up to helm “Dune.” Intriguingly, Herbert describes it as a “Dune series film project” which seems to suggest there will be more than one installment, which in this world of franchises, and the sprawling nature of the source material, seems to make sense.
Continue reading Denis Villeneuve Confirmed To Direct ‘Dune’ at The Playlist. »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Sylvester Stallone's 'Escape Plan 2' Set as China Co-Production
22 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
Escape Plan 2, the sequel to Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger's 2013 prison-break thriller, is heading east.
Beijing-based Leomus Pictures and Emmett/Furla/Oasis have partnered to co-finance and make the film as a China-u.S. co-production.
Stallone has signed on to reprise his role as a prison security specialist, but Schwarzenegger's return is still under discussion, a Leomus representative said. Miles Chapman, screenwriter on the first film, is back to script the sequel.
Given how the first film's release went, deepening the sequel's connection to China, the world's number-two film market, would appear a smart move. With Leomus handling local marketing and distribution, »
- Patrick Brzeski
Oscars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brie Larson Among Presenters
16 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
The Academy Awards regularly has the previous year's acting winners present the next year's acting Oscars, and it seems likely that the 2017 ceremony will continue this tradition.
Leonardo DiCaprio, Brie Larson, Mark Rylance and Alicia Vikander are all set to present at this year's Academy Awards, it was announced Wednesday.
DiCaprio won the best actor Oscar last year for his role in The Revenant after four previous nominations in the category.
Larson won best actress for her role in Room and has already presented equivalent best actor prizes at the Golden Globe and SAG Awards this season. DiCaprio »
- Hilary Lewis
Amazon’s ‘Suspiria’ Remake Headed To Efm With FilmNation — Berlin
14 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Exclusive: Amazon Studios' 'Suspiria' remake from Italian helmer Luca Guadagnino is heading to the European Film Market next week in Berlin with FilmNation aboard the project for international sales. The remake of Dario Argento's 1977 Italian horror classic has been a passion project for Guadagnino for some time. It stars Tilda Swinton, Dakota Johnson, Chloe Grace-Moretz and Mia Goth and is based on a young American ballet dancer who travels to a prestigious dance academy… »
Johnny Knoxville to Star in Theme Park Comedy Movie for Paramount
31 January 2017 6:28 PM, PST | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Johnny Knoxville has come on board to star in and produce a theme park comedy for Paramount, tentatively titled “Action Park.”
The studio has set a March production start in South Africa. Tim Kirkby will direct the script by John Altschuler, Dave Krinsky, and Knoxville, in which Knoxville and his friends have designed and will operate a theme park.
Billy Gerber, Knoxville, and Derek Freda are producing. Knoxville is producing through his Paramount-based Hello Junior production company.
“Action Park” will be the fifth feature film collaboration between Knoxville and Paramount. The most recent was 2013’s “Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa,” which was directed by Jeff Tremaine and starred Knoxville. “Bad Grandpa” grossed more than $150 million worldwide on a $15 million budget.
The first “Jackass” movie debuted in 2002, based on the MTV reality show highlighting dangerous stunts and pranks. The movie grossed $79 million worldwide on a $5 million budget.
“Jackass No. 2” grossed $84 million worldwide »
- Dave McNary
Iffr: Mark Cousins axes his own film in front of audience
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British filmmaker’s unusual stunt made for the of the quirkier moments of Iffr 2017.
In one of the more unorthodox moments of the 2017 International Rotterdam Film Festival (Iffr), following a screening of his film Bigger Than The Shining, British filmmaker Mark Cousins literally axed the film’s Dcp (digital cinema package).
In full view of the audience in Rotterdam’s Pathe cinema, where the film was screened on Wednesday (Feb 1), Cousins destroyed the Dcp, with the intention being for it to never be shown again.
Originally commissioned for Iffr 2016 and world premiering there before also screening at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, the documentary is designed to be a provocative experiment exploring subjects including copyright, male rage, and was made by combining footage from Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 horror classic The Shining and Nicholas Ray’s 1956 melodrama Bigger Than Life.
Screen caught up with the filmmaker to ask about the unusual event.
Literally destroying »
- tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
Rotterdam Film Review: ‘Super Dark Times’
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
The fecund coming-of-age story receives a genre-twisting injection of violence in debuting director Kevin Phillips’ alternately sensitive and gory “Super Dark Times.” Jarring in the way it jumps whole hog from a sincere, penetrating look at the nightmare of guilt into far more standard psycho territory, this teen drama about the repercussions of a tragic accident is so spot-on in its depiction of high school behavior that its shift to slasher mode creates disappointment. Still, it’s hard not to appreciate the astute ways the script captures the moment when carefree childhood turns into the loss of innocence. Visually striking, with a fine ear for teen dialogue among boys, and excellent performances (especially from Owen Campbell, fresh from Sundance kudos on “As You Are”), the film could make a moderate box office splash, with steadier returns from VOD.
The long shadow of “Stand by Me” will always haunt films about »
- Jay Weissberg
Film Review: ‘A Good American’
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
The issue of national security – and the various means by which the government achieves it – has been at the forefront of President Donald Trump’s early days in the Oval Office, replete with an impending executive order on cyber-security safeguards. Thus, “A Good American” arrives at a fortuitously timed moment, given that it profiles a former Nsa official who created a system that supposedly would have prevented the 9/11 attacks, were it not for his superiors’ actions. While compelling in its explanation of intelligence-gathering procedures, Austrian director Friedrich Moser’s documentary ultimately resorts to making charges it can’t convincingly corroborate. Still, as a history lesson about the birth of our modern surveillance apparatus, it’s an intriguing work that should find a welcome home on VOD.
The title, “A Good American,” exposes Moser’s bias, in that he’s completely convinced of the claims made (and noble intentions of) his subject, »
- Nick Schager
‘The Expanse’ Season 2 Review: Syfy’s Boldest Gamble Continues to Pay Out Richly
3 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
A few weeks ago, Syfy released the below catch-up video for “The Expanse,” with one of the best conceits imaginable for getting new audiences interested in the sci-fi drama: the events of Season 1, as recreated by cats. (A “recat” video, if you will.)
This video does serve as a relatively basic reminder of the major plot arcs of the first season, but if you think that by watching this you’ll be able to dive into the second season as a new viewer, you probably won’t have much luck understanding what’s going on. “The Expanse” has little interest in easing viewers back into the sprawling and complicated universe it built over the course of Season 1 — because there’s simply too much story to tell.
Set 200 years in the future, when human colonization of Mars and the asteroid belt has opened up vast new resources, but created no shortage of political conflict, »
- Liz Shannon Miller
Sierra/Affinity Bringing ‘The Ritual’ To European Film Market – Berlin
4 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Sierra/Affinity will represent foreign sales of David Bruckner’s horror film The Ritual. Produced and fully financed by Entertainment One, The Ritual stars Rafe Spall, and will be made available to international buyers through Sierra/Affinity at this year's European Film Market in Berlin. Entertainment One, who will distribute The Ritual in its territories, will look to secure a U.S. partner at the Efm. With a screenplay by Joe Barton (Humans), The Ritual is adapted from… »
‘Inferno’ Blazes to Top Spot on DVD, Blu-ray Disc Sales Charts
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Sony Pictures’ “Inferno” debuted at No. 1 on both national home video sales charts the week ended Jan. 29, while the previous week’s top seller, the Universal Pictures suspense thriller “The Girl on the Train,” dropped to No. 10, the biggest week-to-week drop in years.
“Inferno” is a mystery thriller directed by Ron Howard that earned $34.3 million in U.S. theaters, less than half its estimated budget. The film is a sequel to “The Da Vinci Code” and “Angels & Demons” and stars Tom Hanks, reprising his role as Harvard professor Robert Langdon.
Warner’s “Suicide Squad” rose back up to No. 2 on the Npd VideoScan overall disc sales chart, switching places with another Warner title, “The Accountant,” which slipped to No. 4 its third week in stores.
Universal Pictures’ “The Secret Life of Pets” rose back up to No. 3 on the overall disc sales chart, with Warner’s “Storks” returning to the top five, »
- Thomas K. Arnold
Whitney Cummings’ Directorial Debut ‘The Female Brain’ Nabbed by Hyde Park International (Exclusive)
5 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Ashok Amritraj’s Hyde Park International is in tune with “The Female Brain,” a quirky relationship comedy that marks the directorial debut of comedian Whitney Cummings. The company has boarded the movie, which is in early post-production, and will represent it in all international territories.
Hyde Park will screen first footage to distributors in Berlin at the European Film Market, while CAA is handling North American domestic rights.
Written by Cummings and Neal Brennan, the film is based on the book by neuropsychiatrist Louann Brizendine. It charts the inner workings and complex power of brain chemistry among couples at different stages of their relationship. Cummings also stars in the ensemble comedy alongside Sofia Vergara, James Marsden, Lucy Punch, Toby Kebbell, Cecily Strong, Beanie Feldstein, Blake Griffin, and Deon Cole.
“‘The Female Brain’ is delightfully fresh and seriously funny,” said Hyde Park International President Carl Clifton. “Whitney Cummings shows that she »
- Patrick Frater
Superhero Bits: Black Panther Action in South Korea, Lego Batman Movie Adds Another Voice & More
5 hours ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Is Common still interested in playing Green Lantern? Is there a new Batman video game in the works? Want to see what Stan Lee’s cameo in The Defenders will be? Which comedian and TV personality did some voicework for The Lego Batman Movie? What is Black Panther doing shooting in South Korea? All that and […]
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- Ethan Anderton
Melissa McCarthy Saves the Whales in Kia’s Environmentalist Super Bowl Ad — Watch
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The Super Bowl is this Sunday, and a number of companies are releasing their high-profile ads early. Among them is Kia, whose minute-long spot features Melissa McCarthy and takes an environmentalist approach to the noble goal of selling cars. Watch below.
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It begins with our intrepid heroine receiving a call to action: “Melissa, the whales need your help.” McCarthy responds at once with both sympathy and urgency in her voice: “I love whales!” She gets to work immediately, obviously with comic results, before being informed that our ocean-dwelling friends aren’t the only ones in need of assistance. Trees, polar ice caps and even rhinos all face existential threats, and the only person who can save them is the star of “Tammy.”
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- Michael Nordine
Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Day-Lewis’ Fashion Drama Rounds Out Cast
6 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Lesley Manville and Vicky Krieps have joined Daniel Day-Lewis in the Paul Thomas Anderson’s untitled film about the world of high fashion in 1950s London.
Production began this week in the U.K. for Focus Features, which announced in September that it had obtained worldwide rights to the project.
Manville has been in several of Mike Leigh’s films including “Secrets and Lies” and “Another Year,” for which she received a BAFTA Best Actress nomination. Krieps’ credits include “A Most Wanted Man” and Focus Features’ Hanna.
Focus will distribute the film in the U.S. later this year with Universal Pictures handling international distribution. The film’s producers are JoAnne Sellar; Megan Ellison, through her Annapurna Pictures; and Paul Thomas Anderson. The executive producers are Peter Heslop, Adam Somner, and Daniel Lupi. Chelsea Barnard and Jillian Longnecker are overseeing production for Annapurna.
The collaboration between Anderson and Day-Lewis »
- Dave McNary
‘Robin Hood: Origins’ Will Be the ‘John Wick’ of Bow-and-Arrow Action, Says Producer
6 hours ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
We’ve seen quite a few Robin Hood films. The last one, which Sir Ridley Scott directed, was grim and serious and didn’t have the greatest sense of adventure. There wasn’t much bravura or spirit to that 2010 film, but the producer behind Robin Hood: Origins, which stars Taron Egerton, describes the next depiction of the character as a much more livelier […]
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- Jack Giroux
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