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Sony Pictures Sued by 'Wild Oats' Financier
3 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
Sony is being sued by one of the financiers of Wild Oats for failing to timely pay nearly $1 million, according to a complaint filed Wednesday in California federal court.
Impex Enterprises, a Bahamas-based financier on the film, is suing Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions for breach of contract.
According to the complaint, Sony was due to pay Impex $855,000 no later than 10 days after the U.S. theatrical release of Wild Oats. The comedy opened Sept. 16, triggering a payment due by the end of that month. Impex also says Sony owes it an additional $95,000 payment, which was due at »
- Ashley Cullins
Gunpowder & Sky Acquires Thriller ‘Hounds of Love’
4 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Gunpowder & Sky has acquired the thriller “Hounds of Love,” the debut film from writer/director Ben Young. Following its North American premiere at the 2017 SXSW Film Festival, the thriller is set to hit theaters on May 12. The film stars Emma Booth, Stephen Curry and Ashleigh Cummings and is set in suburban Perth during the mid 1980s. Women are disappearing at the hands of a serial killer couple, John and Evelyn White. Vicki Maloney is abducted and realizes she must drive a wedge between the couple in order to escape. Also Read: Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza Naughty Nun Movie 'The Little. »
- Beatrice Verhoeven
‘Room’ Star Jacob Tremblay Joins Xavier Dolan’s ‘Death and Life of John F. Donovan’
8 February 2017 12:23 PM, PST | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Jacob Tremblay has joined the cast of Xavier Dolan’s drama “The Death and Life of John F. Donovan” with shooting underway in Montreal.
Seville International is selling to international markets at the Berlin Film Festival. Tremblay will star alongside Kit Harington, Jessica Chastain, Natalie Portman, Susan Sarandon and Kathy Bates.
Principal photography will continue in Prague, the U.K. and New York. “John F. Donovan” stars Harrington an American TV star in his late twenties and his correspondence with a young actor-to-be, played by Tremblay, who is living with his mother (Portman) in England. Their lives take dramatic turns when the existence of their pen pal relationship is publicly exposed, sending Donovan in a downfall.
“The talent involved in this project is unparalleled,” said Anick Poirier of Seville International. “Xavier is a visionary and he has proven once again that he attracts first class actors by adding Tremblay to this superb ensemble. »
- Dave McNary
Lena Headey Joins Dwayne Johnson In ‘Fighting With My Family
23 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Game of Thrones‘ star Lena Headey will join Dwayne Johnson in Fighting With My Family. The comedy-drama is set to be written and directed by Stephen Merchant (The Office) and is based on the true story of WWE star Paige and her family of professional wrestlers. Pic is produced by Seven Bucks Productions, which he co-founded with Dany Garcia, is teaming with Misher Films, WWE Studios and Film4. Johnson just noted the news on his Twitter feed. Merchant will write, direct… »
Tony Winner Cynthia Erivo to Star in Harriet Tubman Biopic
8 February 2017 1:32 PM, PST | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Cynthia Erivo is set to star in an independent Harriet Tubman biopic, tentatively titled “Harriet.”
Producers are Charles D. King’s through his Marco company, Debra Martin Chase, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Kim Roth and Gregory Allen Howard. Macro, New Balloon and Stay Gold Features are financing.
Seith Mann is directing.
The film will the portray the life of Tubman as slave, abolitionist, Underground Railroad conductor, nurse, spy and warrior. Producers plan to begin shooting later this year.
Executive producers are Poppy Hanks, New Balloon’s Elizabeth Koch and Kristina Kendall, Nnamdi Asomugha and Bill Benenson.
Erivo won a Tony award, Drama Desk award, Theatre World award and Outer Critics Circle award for her performance in “The Color Purple” on Broadway. She’s been nominated for a 2017 Grammy and will perform at Sunday’s show.
She stars the upcoming film “Widows,” directed by Steve McQueen, co-starring opposite Viola Davis. Erivo also »
- Dave McNary
‘The Son’: Pierce Brosnan Is Ready for War in New Teaser for the AMC Drama–Watch
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Father. Rancher. Oilman. Killer. The story of Eli McCullough and his quest to build a dynasty is sure to be a bloody one as shown by the brand new trailer to AMC’s “The Son.”
Read More: AMC Releases First Trailer for ‘The Son’
“Their fortune is forged in blood,” boasts the trailer to the epic Western series. Set in the Texas frontier, the action-heavy trailer depicts Pierce Brosnan as Eli McCullough, the patriarch of the McCullough dynasty (which was forged in the aforementioned blood), and his journey from innocent man to hardened killer, in his quest for power. As revealed by the many explosions, gunfire, and one possible scalping (can’t have a western with at least One scalping), the 10-episode hour-long drama aims to deliver on that tagline.
Starring alongside Brosnan are Jacob Lofland (“Justified), Henry Garrett (“Beauty and the Beast”), Paola Nunez, Carlos Bardem, Zahn McClarnon (“Fargo”), Jess Weixler, »
- Juan Diaz
‘From Nowhere’ Exclusive Clip: 3 Undocumented Students Battle the Fear of Deportation — Watch
1 hour ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
After it bowed at the 2016 SXSW Film Festival, director Matthew Newton’s (“Three Blind Mice”) latest feature “From Nowhere” took home the Audience Award in the Narrative Spotlight section, and now the festival winner is due for its theatrical release.
The film will arrive in theaters on February 17 in both New York City (at the Village East) and in Los Angeles (at the Laemmle Music Hall). Its timing couldn’t be more appropriate, as the film reflects the fear of deportation that many people now have regarding the stance our current administration has on immigration.
Read More: Jose Antonio Vargas on Using His Own Immigration Story For ‘Documented’
Set in The Bronx, the film centers around 3 undocumented teenagers on the brink of their high school graduation. Desperately wanting to live a life similar to their American classmates, Moussa (J. Mallory McCree), an African Muslim; Sophie (Octavia Chavez-Richmond), a troubled teen »
- Kerry Levielle
“Drops of Jupiter,” Cancer and Blockbuster Video: Chris Kelly on Other People
1 hour ago | Filmmaker Magazine - Blog | See recent Filmmaker Magazine news »
In the opening shot of Other People, a family gathers around the body of its matriarch seconds after she’s passed from cancer. This moment of grief – accompanied by no score, just sobbing — is punctured when the phone rings and a well wisher leaves a message that is interrupted when the caller pauses to place an order at Del Taco. It’s an appropriate introduction to the film – which is sometimes sad, sometimes funny, but always raw, truthful, and uncannily specific. That specificity comes from writer/director Chris Kelly’s own experiences during his mother’s final months, during which Kelly — […] »
- Matt Mulcahey
‘Mary Shelley’ First Look: Elle Fanning Makes Her Debut as the ‘Frankenstein’ Author
1 hour ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Elle Fanning has been commanding attention with films like “The Neon Demon,” “20th Century Women” and “The Beguiled” (which debuted its first trailer this week). Now, the 18-year-old is taking center stage in the biopic “Mary Shelley,” about the esteemed “Frankenstein” author.
The Hollywood Reporter shared the first photo from the upcoming film directed by Saudi filmmaker Haifaa al-Mansour. The image shows the actress sitting in a graveyard next to her mother Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin’s tombstone, with a book and pencil in hand. See the image here.
Previously titled “Storm in the Stars,” the drama follows the author’s early relationship with poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and the work of writing her masterpiece. It also co-stars Douglas Booth, Bel Powley, Maisie Williams, Joanne Froggatt and Tom Sturridge.
Read More: ‘The Beguiled’ Trailer: Kirsten Dunst and Elle Fanning Turn on Each Other in Sofia Coppola’s Remake
Al-Mansour is best »
- Liz Calvario
The Villian Gets The Spotlight In ‘Doctor Strange’ Deleted Scenes
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Marvel Studios always gets criticized for their lack of a strong villain in their films. Outside of Tom Hiddleston’s portrayal of Loki, the rest of the McU films seem to shortchange their villains. What do you remember about Ronan from “Guardians of the Galaxy”? Or what about Malekith from “Thor: The Dark World”? Probably not much. The same can be said about Kaecilius from the most recent Marvel Studios film, “Doctor Strange.” He was there.
Continue reading The Villian Gets The Spotlight In ‘Doctor Strange’ Deleted Scenes at The Playlist. »
- Charles Dean
The Craft of ‘Moonlight’: How a $1.5 Million Indie Landed Eight Oscar Nominations
1 hour ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
As the A24 logo appears on screen the sound of ocean waves and Boris Gardiner’s soulful 1973 “Every N***r is a Star” comes on the soundtrack. The film then cuts to Juan (Mahershala Ali) pulling onto a quiet, brightly colored residential street in the hot mid-day sun. In a continuous shot, Juan gets out of his car to survey the drug corner he controls. As he converses with one of his dealers and an addict looking to score, the camera swirls around the three men, who fall in and out of frame.
From a narrative standpoint, we are grounded in Juan’s power and control over this patch of Miami, while seeing glimpses of his compassion that will make him the father figure to the film’s protagonist, Chiron. However, that use of sound, movement, light, and color also introduces us to the world of “Moonlight.” Sound and character ground us in the familiar, »
- Chris O'Falt
Sony Pictures Classics Acquires ‘A Fantastic Woman’ — Berlin 2017
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Sony Pictures Classics has acquired Berlin International Film Festival entry “A Fantastic Woman” (“Una Mujer Fantastica”) from Participant Media. The film premieres at Berlin on Sunday, February 12.
Read More: Sebástian Lelio’s Berlin Competition Film ‘A Fantastic Woman’ Unveils Evocative First Trailer — Watch
Chilean filmmaker Sebástian Lelio’s latest film stars Daniela Vega as a transsexual woman coping with her boyfriend’s death. As she tries to maintain a civil relationship with her dead lovers’ relatives, she’s confronted with the restrictive social norms that put her own livelihood in danger. The movie was screened to buyers at the European Film Market.
“‘A Fantastic Woman’ is something special, timely, magical, dramatic and mysterious,” Sony Pictures Classics said in a statement.
Lelio’s fifth feature film, “A Fantastic Woman” is produced by Lelio, Pablo Larraín, Juan de Dios Larraín and Gonzalo Maza. The film also stars Luis Gnecco, who played the Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet, »
- Graham Winfrey
New VFX Reel For ‘Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice’ Highlights The Digital Details Of The Blockbuster Movie
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Despite what you may think of the overall quality of “Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice,” I’m sure that most will admit that it was an impressive feat of CGI after watching this 12 minute visual effects reel. The reel covers a lot of huge moments from the film, ranging from the Knightmare sequence to Doomsday’s birth. Yet, the background effects truly stand out as the most impressive. The addition of background characters or digitally manipulated settings is truly a testament to the work of visual effects artists, whose painstaking work is sometimes relegated to a few frames obscured behind the main characters.
Continue reading New VFX Reel For ‘Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice’ Highlights The Digital Details Of The Blockbuster Movie at The Playlist. »
- Christian Gallichio
Film Festival Roundup: True/False Announces Childcare Initiative, Hamptons Rolls Out Anniversary Screening Series and More
2 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Keep up with the always-hopping film festival world with our weekly Film Festival Roundup column. Check out last week’s Roundup right here.
New Initiatives
– Exclusive: For its 2017 edition, the True/False Film Fest is partnering with Kickstarter to expand its staff childcare initiative to include visiting filmmakers, artists, and musicians. True/False will provide free, professional daycare during the four-day weekend of the Fest in order to make the festival more accessible to artists with young children.
Through this initiative, True/False and Kickstarter seek to support the real, current needs of low-income and single parents, as well as model possibilities for other festivals on how to be more feminist and equitable. With the support of Kickstarter, True/False hopes to offset the cost of expensive child care and help parents give birth to their films, build essential industry relationships and remember why documentary filmmaking is an urgent art. »
- Kate Erbland
Why ‘The Jungle Book’ Will Win Best Visual Effects Oscar
2 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
The VFX Oscar race is over.
The Ves Awards Tuesday night served as a pre-Oscar coronation for “The Jungle Book,” as the innovative Disney hybrid won for outstanding feature, King Louie’s animated performance, virtual cinematography, effects simulations, and compositing.
Yet there were plenty of honors for other Oscar contenders: Peter Berg’s “Deepwater Horizon” nabbed best supporting VFX and model work on the oil rig by Industrial Light & Magic; Laika’s “Kubo and the Two Strings” earned the top animation prize (breaking Disney/Pixar’s five-year reign); and Marvel’s “Doctor Strange” won for its New York City environment (also by Ilm).
However, Ilm’s “Rogue One” came away empty-handed after leading with seven noms. Was this some sort of rebuke for the controversial digital doubling of the late Peter Cushing’s Grand Moff Tarkin and Carrie Fisher’s Princess Leia or just great competition?
A closer look at the categories reveals the latter, »
- Bill Desowitz
Barb From ‘Stranger Things’ Is Back In Trailer For ‘Wish Upon’
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It seems that every few weeks there’s a new horror movie arriving in theaters starring unknown actors that looks very similar to the horror film that came out last month with other unknown actors. This is a result of the recent boom of micro-budget horror films. Well get ready. There’s a new trailer for the horror film, “Wish Upon”, that stars relatively unknown actors and looks really similar to every other horror film from the last five years.
Continue reading Barb From ‘Stranger Things’ Is Back In Trailer For ‘Wish Upon’ at The Playlist. »
- Charles Dean
‘Hidden Figures’ Director Ted Melfi Is Done Making Movies With ‘White Guys In Wigs’ — Consider This
2 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
“Hidden Figures” chronicles the way a handful of African American women working at Nasa during the height of the Space Race hanged the course of history. But its production also had a profound effect on its director, Ted Melfi.
“It’s changed my life in very, very dramatic ways,” Melfi recently told IndieWire. “I don’t see myself ever doing a film that doesn’t represent the world today, in terms of the cast and in terms of the crew. I won’t touch anything that’s about four white guys with wigs. Ever.”
Melfi surely speaks from a place of privilege — not just as a white male director in an industry that still favors them, but as the director of a film now nominated for three Oscars, including Best Picture — but it’s a promise that was already in action on the set of “Hidden Figures.” The film featured »
- Kate Erbland
‘Patriot’ Trailer: An Unlikely Hero Is Tasked With Preventing Iran From Going Nuclear in Amazon’s New Dark Comedy
2 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
The future of the world is at stake and its in the hands of the least likely person. Amazon has unveiled the first trailer for its upcoming dark comedy series “Patriot,” starring Michael Dorman.
The one-hour show follows intelligence officer John Tavner (Dorman), an unlucky hero who, in order to prevent Iran from going nuclear, must forgo all safety nets and assume a perilous “non-official cover” – that of a mid-level employee at a Midwestern industrial piping firm.
Read More: Nicolas Winding Refn to Develop Crime Series ‘Too Old To Die Young’ For Amazon
The sneak peek begins with Tavner in the men’s bathroom persuading another man to give him his urine so he can pass his test and “go places American aren’t supposed to be in.” The clip continues by introducing the main character, who likes to record folk music because it helps him with his feelings, his father, »
- Liz Calvario
The Movies That Changed My Life: ‘Dark Night’ Director Tim Sutton
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Brooklyn-based writer-director Tim Sutton makes challenging, daring and experimental films often culled together from micro-budgets. His debut, “Pavilion“, is a coming-of age statement and his follow up, “Memphis”, is a poetically fragmented look at a musician’s drifting life. In his latest movie, “Dark Night,” Sutton continues to prove he’s one of the most fascinating, on-the-rise indie filmmakers working today.
Thought-provoking and unsettling, “Dark Night” is loosely based on “The Dark Knight Rises” movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado in 2014.
Continue reading The Movies That Changed My Life: ‘Dark Night’ Director Tim Sutton at The Playlist. »
- The Playlist
Berlinale 2017. How Political Is the Berlinale?
3 hours ago | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
Django. © Roger ArpajouThe Berlinale is the most political of the big film festivals. This claim is repeated ad nauseam every year, not least by the festival itself. But is it justified? What does it even mean for a film, for a festival to be political? These were two of the questions put forward in the organizers’ opening speeches at last night’s launch of the Berlin Critics’ Week, an independent program of screenings and subsequent discussions that runs in parallel to the Berlinale. Born as a staunchly cinephilic counterpart to the heavily commercialized main event, the Critics’ Week has made impressive strides in the two years since its inception. The quality of the program has improved each year, and the attendance numbers have risen accordingly. The launch of the inaugural edition had been a modest affair held in a medium-sized cinema, whereas last night’s event took place in a »
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