Filmsharks subsidiary The Remake Co. has struck deals on Latin American hits led by a US deal on Argentinian box office smash A Boyfriend For My Wife.
Impossible Garden’s Andy Schefter has optioned English-language remake rights and will produce with New Rebellion Entertainment’s Tim Sullivan, who co-wrote the screenplay with Cooper Tomlinson.
Juan Taratuto’s original film has inspired numerous similar deals, including in Spain with Robot Dreams producer Arcadia Motion Pictures and Universal.
It tells of a shy man who looks to break up his intense marriage by hiring a very peculiar old school ladies man to...
Impossible Garden’s Andy Schefter has optioned English-language remake rights and will produce with New Rebellion Entertainment’s Tim Sullivan, who co-wrote the screenplay with Cooper Tomlinson.
Juan Taratuto’s original film has inspired numerous similar deals, including in Spain with Robot Dreams producer Arcadia Motion Pictures and Universal.
It tells of a shy man who looks to break up his intense marriage by hiring a very peculiar old school ladies man to...
- 2/19/2024
- ScreenDaily
The classic wartime sitcom series "M*A*S*H" was entirely fictional, but it was often inspired by real people and events. Heck, Alan Alda, who starred as Captain Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce and also wrote, directed, and served as a consultant on the series, even served as an Army officer in Korea shortly after the war — though he was not in a medical unit. Not only that but Jamie Farr, who played the eccentric yet lovable Corporal Klinger, served during the Korean War and even wore his own dog tags on the show. Both of them helped bring some authenticity, but even then it was important for the series' head honchos to get a better understanding of the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (Mash) life, which meant visiting the United States Army's 8055th, still stationed in South Korea at the time.
In the DVD commentary for "M*A*S*H" (via the book "TV's M...
In the DVD commentary for "M*A*S*H" (via the book "TV's M...
- 2/17/2024
- by Danielle Ryan
- Slash Film
Investigating mysterious bricks that have appeared to people around the world in dire times, a disgraced podcaster discovers that she may become part of the story she's covering in the new movie Monolith.
A paranoia-fueled sci-if horror film that wriggles under your skin and worms its way into your subconscious, Monolith is now playing in theaters and on digital via Well Go USA, and Daily Dead had the pleasure of catching up with star Lily Sullivan (who delivers a powerhouse performance) and director Matt Vesely in a new video interview to discuss the making of Monolith, including the intriguing script by Lucy Campbell, the ambitious performance by Sullivan, the story's immersive incorporation of audio elements, filming in an isolated (and strikingly post-modern) setting, and keeping the audience guessing as the layers of a potential conspiracy are peeled back.
You can watch our full video interview with Lily and Matt below,...
A paranoia-fueled sci-if horror film that wriggles under your skin and worms its way into your subconscious, Monolith is now playing in theaters and on digital via Well Go USA, and Daily Dead had the pleasure of catching up with star Lily Sullivan (who delivers a powerhouse performance) and director Matt Vesely in a new video interview to discuss the making of Monolith, including the intriguing script by Lucy Campbell, the ambitious performance by Sullivan, the story's immersive incorporation of audio elements, filming in an isolated (and strikingly post-modern) setting, and keeping the audience guessing as the layers of a potential conspiracy are peeled back.
You can watch our full video interview with Lily and Matt below,...
- 2/16/2024
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Julia Fox didn’t have much to say during the post-premiere Q&a of Steven Soderbergh’s ghost story Presence on Friday night, but the brief comments that came out of her mouth got a ton of laughs inside the Library Center Theatre — and maybe a few raised eyebrows.
After the credits rolled well past 11 p.m., moderator and Sundance director Eugene Hernandez asked the cast for their reactions to seeing the film for the first time. Standing in front of the big screen and joined by cast mates Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan, Callina Liang, Eddy Maday and West Mulholland, Fox took the microphone as it was passed down the line.
“Traumatized,” she said in offering a one-word reaction while wearing a black sequined dress, leather gloves and a black hoodie with the word “Mom” on the chest. “I hadn’t even read the script, to be honest. But when Steven calls,...
After the credits rolled well past 11 p.m., moderator and Sundance director Eugene Hernandez asked the cast for their reactions to seeing the film for the first time. Standing in front of the big screen and joined by cast mates Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan, Callina Liang, Eddy Maday and West Mulholland, Fox took the microphone as it was passed down the line.
“Traumatized,” she said in offering a one-word reaction while wearing a black sequined dress, leather gloves and a black hoodie with the word “Mom” on the chest. “I hadn’t even read the script, to be honest. But when Steven calls,...
- 1/20/2024
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The presence of a camera changes things. Trained actors aside, most people are uncomfortable enough with the knowledge that there’s a lens in their face that they’ll change their behavior in turn. Ghosts, meanwhile, observe without being noticed, with only a few sensitive souls able to discern them at all. Steven Soderbergh’s latest cinematic experiment conflates the two, filming a haunted house story from the perspective of the spirit.
Ghosts are tied to a location, and so is “Presence.” The film takes place entirely within the confines of a handsome, century-old home — the furthest the characters get is the driveway, which the camera observes anxiously through a window like a dog awaiting its family’s return. The film unfolds in a series of single takes, which follow characters through the house and watch them from the closets and corners of various rooms. When an object floats across the room,...
Ghosts are tied to a location, and so is “Presence.” The film takes place entirely within the confines of a handsome, century-old home — the furthest the characters get is the driveway, which the camera observes anxiously through a window like a dog awaiting its family’s return. The film unfolds in a series of single takes, which follow characters through the house and watch them from the closets and corners of various rooms. When an object floats across the room,...
- 1/20/2024
- by Katie Rife
- Indiewire
Unsane director Steven Soderbergh reunites with Kimi screenwriter David Koepp (Stir of Echoes) to give an innovative new spin on the quintessential ghost story. Presence frames its haunted events entirely from the perspective of its ghost. From the opening frame until the end credits, audiences see the thrilling story unfold through chilling narrative twists via Soderbergh’s experimentation with form and technique. Using the camera’s gaze as the ghost’s observing eyes isn’t the only trick up Soderbergh and Koepp’s sleeves, ensuring this exciting shakeup of the haunted house keeps you guessing.
The opening moments introduce the single location, an affluent suburban home just recently on the market, through tracking camerawork that captures the feel of a ghost peering around its haunt. It quickly navigates the halls and rooms, giving a quick overview of the layout as it seeks out a new arrival in the form of...
The opening moments introduce the single location, an affluent suburban home just recently on the market, through tracking camerawork that captures the feel of a ghost peering around its haunt. It quickly navigates the halls and rooms, giving a quick overview of the layout as it seeks out a new arrival in the form of...
- 1/20/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
For a prolific artist, a surge of creativity can often be synonymous with a dip in quality. Though not if you are Steven Soderbergh. He’s only continued to reinvent himself and forge ahead with new technology, subjects, and structural gambles. His latest film, Presence, is a haunting ghost tale wrapped in a nuanced family drama, and one of his most formally ambitious attempts yet. What if the camera, operated by Peter Andrews (aka Soderbergh), was the ghost? And every single shot in the film was a single take from this perspective? And, to further add to the self-imposed constraints, the ghost never leaves the house? From the very first shot, as we see the presence rapidly move through every room in the yet-to-be-sold empty house, laying the foundation for the horrors to take place, one senses Soderbergh is having a total blast with this concept. Reuniting after Kimi, David Koepp...
- 1/20/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
California Governor Gavin Newsom, appearing on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, defended his largely behind-the-scenes role during the protracted actors and writers strike last year, as well as his decision to take on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
Maher, returning for his first show of 2024, started off by asking Newsom why he didn’t do some “jawboning” to try to resolve the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes so they were resolved earlier. Maher asked why Newsom didn’t just go to both sides and tell them, “You knuckleheads are going to find a number that you agree on at some point. It always happens, instead of putting these people out of work for all these months and all this suffering and heartache. Can we just get it done today?”
Newsom answered, “Well, we did all of that except the knucklehead part was expressed on multiple occasions, down here on many,...
Maher, returning for his first show of 2024, started off by asking Newsom why he didn’t do some “jawboning” to try to resolve the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes so they were resolved earlier. Maher asked why Newsom didn’t just go to both sides and tell them, “You knuckleheads are going to find a number that you agree on at some point. It always happens, instead of putting these people out of work for all these months and all this suffering and heartache. Can we just get it done today?”
Newsom answered, “Well, we did all of that except the knucklehead part was expressed on multiple occasions, down here on many,...
- 1/20/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Julia Fox stopped by The Hollywood Reporter‘s studio during the Sundance Film Festival on Friday with her Presence co-stars Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan, Callina Lang, Eddy Maday and West Mulholland. When asked what the cast is looking forward to accomplishing in 2024, Fox gave a surprising answer: “Go to outer space.”
“Wow, crazy!” remarked Mulholland. Fox then clarified, “Maybe not this year. I’m planting the seed. I’m putting it out in the universe. I’d like to go.” Sullivan supported her decision, noting, “You have to put it out. Who knows what could happen? Someone could put you on a spaceship!”
Fox then shared a message for a certain billionaire who took William Shatner as a guest on his Blue Origin space flight in 2021. “Someone could watch this, Jeff Bezos,” she said while making a phone call hand gesture.
Liu then asked Fox if she preferred to go...
“Wow, crazy!” remarked Mulholland. Fox then clarified, “Maybe not this year. I’m planting the seed. I’m putting it out in the universe. I’d like to go.” Sullivan supported her decision, noting, “You have to put it out. Who knows what could happen? Someone could put you on a spaceship!”
Fox then shared a message for a certain billionaire who took William Shatner as a guest on his Blue Origin space flight in 2021. “Someone could watch this, Jeff Bezos,” she said while making a phone call hand gesture.
Liu then asked Fox if she preferred to go...
- 1/20/2024
- by Tatiana Tenreyro
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
For weeks now, Hunter Biden has been sparring with House Oversight Committee Republicans over their demands that he give closed-door testimony in response to a congressional subpoena. Biden has insisted on answering questions in a public setting, instead, which would prevent the GOP from cherry-picking and warping his testimony in their favor.
Committee Chairman James Comer threatened to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress, and on Thursday the president’s son finally agreed to sit for a closed-door deposition, with a public hearing to come at a later date.
Committee Chairman James Comer threatened to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress, and on Thursday the president’s son finally agreed to sit for a closed-door deposition, with a public hearing to come at a later date.
- 1/19/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Lily Sullivan plays a disgraced journalist who comes across a strange artefact that might be of alien origin. Take a look at the Monolith trailer.
It’s been a bit of a rubbish start for horror films so far in 2024, with Night Swim falling short of expectations. Could Monolith, Matt Vesely’s high concept sci-fi horror, be the answer to our prayers?
Evil Dead Rise star Lily Sullivan stars as a journalist and podcaster who uncovers a potential alien conspiracy. Say no more, you had us at ‘alien’. And also ‘conspiracy’.
Take a look at the Monolith trailer below.
Sullivan is the only actor on screen during the film’s 94 minute runtime. Others only lend their voices to the film, which also takes place in a single location. (Sounds a little bit like The Guilty, a 2018 Danish thriller remade in 2021 and starring Jake Gyllenhaal plus the voices of Ethan Hawk,...
It’s been a bit of a rubbish start for horror films so far in 2024, with Night Swim falling short of expectations. Could Monolith, Matt Vesely’s high concept sci-fi horror, be the answer to our prayers?
Evil Dead Rise star Lily Sullivan stars as a journalist and podcaster who uncovers a potential alien conspiracy. Say no more, you had us at ‘alien’. And also ‘conspiracy’.
Take a look at the Monolith trailer below.
Sullivan is the only actor on screen during the film’s 94 minute runtime. Others only lend their voices to the film, which also takes place in a single location. (Sounds a little bit like The Guilty, a 2018 Danish thriller remade in 2021 and starring Jake Gyllenhaal plus the voices of Ethan Hawk,...
- 1/17/2024
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
Down to Earth is down and out.
The CW has pulled the Zac Efron travelogue after two episodes. The network also has jettisoned Fantastic Friends (starring Harry Potter twins James and Oliver Phelps) from its primetime lineup.
More from TVLineThe CW Unveils Fall Premiere Dates for <em>FBoy Island’</em>s Return<em>, Sullivan’s Crossing</em> and More ImportsOur Annual Fall TV Grid Looks More Unusual Than Ever — Brace Yourselves….TVLine Items: Star Trek: Lower Decks Trailer, VMAs Performers and More
Repeats of Penn & Teller: Fool Us and Whose Line Is It Anyway? will fill in on Tuesday nights, beginning Aug. 1.
Down to...
The CW has pulled the Zac Efron travelogue after two episodes. The network also has jettisoned Fantastic Friends (starring Harry Potter twins James and Oliver Phelps) from its primetime lineup.
More from TVLineThe CW Unveils Fall Premiere Dates for <em>FBoy Island’</em>s Return<em>, Sullivan’s Crossing</em> and More ImportsOur Annual Fall TV Grid Looks More Unusual Than Ever — Brace Yourselves….TVLine Items: Star Trek: Lower Decks Trailer, VMAs Performers and More
Repeats of Penn & Teller: Fool Us and Whose Line Is It Anyway? will fill in on Tuesday nights, beginning Aug. 1.
Down to...
- 7/28/2023
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
The Paramount Plus series based on the 1987 thriller Fatal Attraction (watch it Here) is expected to start streaming sometime in early 2023, and the folks at Entertainment Weekly have gotten their hands on a first look image from the series that shows the characters of Alex and Dan – played by Lizzy Caplan (Castle Rock) and Joshua Jackson (Dawson’s Creek) – talking to each other. These characters were played by Glenn Close and Michael Douglas in the film. You look the image over at the bottom of this article.
Directed by Adrian Lyne from a screenplay by James Dearden (based on Dearden’s short film Diversion), the ’87 Fatal Attraction had the following synopsis:
For Dan Gallagher, life is good. He is on the rise at his New York law firm, is happily married to his wife, Beth, and has a loving daughter. But, after a casual fling with a sultry book editor named Alex,...
Directed by Adrian Lyne from a screenplay by James Dearden (based on Dearden’s short film Diversion), the ’87 Fatal Attraction had the following synopsis:
For Dan Gallagher, life is good. He is on the rise at his New York law firm, is happily married to his wife, Beth, and has a loving daughter. But, after a casual fling with a sultry book editor named Alex,...
- 12/19/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
The fifth season of the post-wwi BBC/Netflix series "Peaky Blinders" sees crime boss Tommy Shelby in a Sisyphean struggle to maintain his hold on the power he's gained. Rising from Birmingham gang leader to a member of the House of Commons, Tommy (Cillian Murphy) wrestles with a formidable Scottish gang, a rising fascist with dirt on Shelby, and the fallout of the stock market crash of 1929.
Some of the aesthetics on the stylized series, like the Art Deco-esque geometric stained glass adorning the Shelby stronghold the Garrison Tavern, reflect the show's era. Others are symbolic, like the deep red tones infused throughout the tavern representing both its comforting warmth to the family and the blood on their hands. For series production designer Nicole Northridge, one major influence for season 5 came from an American crime drama about an entirely other kind of tormented gangster.
Speaking with Den of Geek in...
Some of the aesthetics on the stylized series, like the Art Deco-esque geometric stained glass adorning the Shelby stronghold the Garrison Tavern, reflect the show's era. Others are symbolic, like the deep red tones infused throughout the tavern representing both its comforting warmth to the family and the blood on their hands. For series production designer Nicole Northridge, one major influence for season 5 came from an American crime drama about an entirely other kind of tormented gangster.
Speaking with Den of Geek in...
- 12/15/2022
- by Anya Stanley
- Slash Film
Being caught off guard by a well-deployed twist is an unrivalled cinematic joy.
Over the years, writers and directors have imagined up fresh ways of keeping film audiences on their toes. Some remain astonishingly bold by today’s standards, while others have had the gleam worn off by the film’s they’ve gone onto inspire.
There are those filmmakers who have attempted to make the twist their trademark (M Night Shyamalan), then there are others who have impressively shaped a film around its rug-pulling denouement (Christopher Nolan’s magician drama The Prestige was essentially one giant magic trick). Either way, they make for memorable viewing.
Intriguingly, twists are mostly prevalent in horror films, which is what makes it so breathtaking when they show up mid-way through a drama – or, even rarer, a comedy.
From Planet of the Apes to Spider-Man: Homecoming, we have compiled what we believe to be...
Over the years, writers and directors have imagined up fresh ways of keeping film audiences on their toes. Some remain astonishingly bold by today’s standards, while others have had the gleam worn off by the film’s they’ve gone onto inspire.
There are those filmmakers who have attempted to make the twist their trademark (M Night Shyamalan), then there are others who have impressively shaped a film around its rug-pulling denouement (Christopher Nolan’s magician drama The Prestige was essentially one giant magic trick). Either way, they make for memorable viewing.
Intriguingly, twists are mostly prevalent in horror films, which is what makes it so breathtaking when they show up mid-way through a drama – or, even rarer, a comedy.
From Planet of the Apes to Spider-Man: Homecoming, we have compiled what we believe to be...
- 12/14/2022
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - Film
For the sound team behind Gina Prince-Bythewood‘s “The Woman King” — including Oscar-nominated re-recording mixer Tony Lamberti and supervising sound editor Becky Sullivan, as well as production sound mixer Derek Mansvelt — one of the biggest challenges was recreating the time and place in which the film is set. This group, which also included dialogue and music re-recording mixer Kevin O’Connell, was tasked with turning modern-day South Africa, which is where filming for the historical epic took place in late 2021 and early 2022, into 1820s Kingdom of Dahomey.
“Our set there, in modern day, was a city. And even though [the cast and crew] are on the set of the kingdom, in my dialogue tracks… I’m hearing traffic, helicopters, sirens; [when] we go to different locations, I’m hearing — as Derek [Mansvelt] will always point out — the smoke machines, the compressors, fans, a lot of bugs, cicadas, a lot of things that were just on the production tracks,...
“Our set there, in modern day, was a city. And even though [the cast and crew] are on the set of the kingdom, in my dialogue tracks… I’m hearing traffic, helicopters, sirens; [when] we go to different locations, I’m hearing — as Derek [Mansvelt] will always point out — the smoke machines, the compressors, fans, a lot of bugs, cicadas, a lot of things that were just on the production tracks,...
- 12/13/2022
- by Luca Giliberti
- Gold Derby
The following contains major spoilers for The White Lotus season 2.
Vacation is officially over. Another drama-filled sojourn at The White Lotus has come to an end, filled with suspicion, betrayal, and a variety of rich people behaving badly. Since the series’ anthology format means the season 2 finale is our last outing with this particular group of characters, the show does its best to tie up its (many!) loose ends and show us how their collective time in Italy has changed their lives—for good or ill.
Here’s a rundown of what happened in the supersized The White Lotus season 2 finale from who makes it out of Sicily to the secrets several major characters will be taking home with them.
Who Dies in The White Lotus Season 2?
Although the first episode of The White Lotus season 2 straight up tells us that four people die over the course of this run of episodes,...
Vacation is officially over. Another drama-filled sojourn at The White Lotus has come to an end, filled with suspicion, betrayal, and a variety of rich people behaving badly. Since the series’ anthology format means the season 2 finale is our last outing with this particular group of characters, the show does its best to tie up its (many!) loose ends and show us how their collective time in Italy has changed their lives—for good or ill.
Here’s a rundown of what happened in the supersized The White Lotus season 2 finale from who makes it out of Sicily to the secrets several major characters will be taking home with them.
Who Dies in The White Lotus Season 2?
Although the first episode of The White Lotus season 2 straight up tells us that four people die over the course of this run of episodes,...
- 12/12/2022
- by Lacy Baugher
- Den of Geek
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