For the perpetually impecunious (see: poor) indie filmmaker, a well-executed short or feature project can often be your best passport to the larger world. Left to our own scant devices, our calendars are unlikely to fill up with myriad jaunts to such exotic locales as Cannes, Venice, Locarno or, erm, Arkansas. But with a piping hot Dcp in hand, you not have not just an excuse to visit such places but an invitation. And few American cities are quite as dreamily summoned in the mind as day-glow Miami. After all: if it’s good enough for LeBron James, it’s good enough for us.
For 41 years, the Miami Film Festival has been showcasing innovative, inclusive work from new and emerging independent creators worldwide. Unsurprisingly, many of said creators are our own beloved Film Independent Fellows. In fact, a whopping 38 Fi Fellows will be in the Magic City next week to show new work,...
For 41 years, the Miami Film Festival has been showcasing innovative, inclusive work from new and emerging independent creators worldwide. Unsurprisingly, many of said creators are our own beloved Film Independent Fellows. In fact, a whopping 38 Fi Fellows will be in the Magic City next week to show new work,...
- 3/28/2024
- by Film Independent
- Film Independent News & More
Exclusive: Emmy winners Julianna Margulies and Sarah Silverman are lending their star power to support the Oscar-contending short documentary Jack and Sam, the extraordinary story of two Holocaust survivors reunited nearly 80 years after they escaped death in a Nazi labor camp.
Margulies, Silverman and Amy Zvi (Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles) have signed on as executive producers of the film directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Jordan Matthew Horowitz. Jack and Sam premiered in June at the Provincetown International Film Festival, going on to win the Jury and Audience Awards for Best Documentary Short at the Port Townsend Film Festival in Washington state and the Audience Award at the Calgary International Film Festival.
Sam Ron (L) and Jack Waksal
Nonagenarians Jack Waksal and Sam Ron first met as teenagers in 1943 when they were both sent to the Pionki work camp in Poland. They became friends as, day in and day out,...
Margulies, Silverman and Amy Zvi (Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles) have signed on as executive producers of the film directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Jordan Matthew Horowitz. Jack and Sam premiered in June at the Provincetown International Film Festival, going on to win the Jury and Audience Awards for Best Documentary Short at the Port Townsend Film Festival in Washington state and the Audience Award at the Calgary International Film Festival.
Sam Ron (L) and Jack Waksal
Nonagenarians Jack Waksal and Sam Ron first met as teenagers in 1943 when they were both sent to the Pionki work camp in Poland. They became friends as, day in and day out,...
- 10/10/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
The Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival will return for its 19th edition on Aug. 10.
The event’s organizers have confirmed that the fest will continue despite the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. In a statement, the festival said: “HollyShorts supports both the WGA and SAG/AFTRA strikes. In fact, we support all Labor, including the many people who work so hard behind the scenes to make films, especially independent films which are difficult to get funding for and finish. We owe it to our filmmakers to showcase their wonderful work. HollyShorts 2023 will go forward in this spirit.”
This year’s festival will feature more than 400 films. Some of the talent involved in the films include Ricky Gervais, Tom Holland, Bella Thorne, Cate Blanchett, Alfonso Cuarón, Lauren Keke Palmer and Tom Hanks.
This year’s hybrid event will take place in person with screenings at the Tcl Chinese Theatre in Hollywood and...
The event’s organizers have confirmed that the fest will continue despite the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. In a statement, the festival said: “HollyShorts supports both the WGA and SAG/AFTRA strikes. In fact, we support all Labor, including the many people who work so hard behind the scenes to make films, especially independent films which are difficult to get funding for and finish. We owe it to our filmmakers to showcase their wonderful work. HollyShorts 2023 will go forward in this spirit.”
This year’s festival will feature more than 400 films. Some of the talent involved in the films include Ricky Gervais, Tom Holland, Bella Thorne, Cate Blanchett, Alfonso Cuarón, Lauren Keke Palmer and Tom Hanks.
This year’s hybrid event will take place in person with screenings at the Tcl Chinese Theatre in Hollywood and...
- 7/18/2023
- by William Earl
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Germany has long been a powerhouse in football (aka soccer), winning four World Cups between 1954 and 2014. Now the country is developing a taste for American football.
Germany’s got its own American football league, the Gfl. Among the teams are the Munich Cowboys (not to be confused with the Dallas Cowboys), the Berlin Rebels, the Dresden Monarchs, and from a small town near Munich, the Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns. When we say small, consider this: Green Bay, Wisconsin, home of the NFL’s Packers, is more than twice the size of Schwäbisch Hall.
These overachieving underdogs are the subject of the new documentary Unicorn Town, directed by Nick Alfieri, a college football player himself who attended the USC film school before he suited up to play for the Unicorns in Germany. Deadline can report Gravitas Ventures, a unit of Anthem Sports and Entertainment, has acquired worldwide rights to the documentary.
Germany’s got its own American football league, the Gfl. Among the teams are the Munich Cowboys (not to be confused with the Dallas Cowboys), the Berlin Rebels, the Dresden Monarchs, and from a small town near Munich, the Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns. When we say small, consider this: Green Bay, Wisconsin, home of the NFL’s Packers, is more than twice the size of Schwäbisch Hall.
These overachieving underdogs are the subject of the new documentary Unicorn Town, directed by Nick Alfieri, a college football player himself who attended the USC film school before he suited up to play for the Unicorns in Germany. Deadline can report Gravitas Ventures, a unit of Anthem Sports and Entertainment, has acquired worldwide rights to the documentary.
- 8/1/2022
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Fresh from his Emmy nomination for guest actor in a drama series for his appearance in “Euphoria,” Colman Domingo is set to executive produce P.J. Palmer short “North Star,” in which he also stars.
In “North Star” Domingo plays a patriotic and hardworking rancher and one half of a middle-aged, same-sex couple. His other half Craig (played by Tony award nominee Malcolm Gets) is dying. Tensions arise when Craig’s sister Erin (“Mad Men’s” Audrey Wasilewski) arrives unannounced to whisk him off to see out his final days with his “real” family.
Laura Innes (“Deep Impact”) and Kevin Bacon (“Footloose”) also star, playing televangelists who “push shame, fear, and division as the cornerstones of faith.”
“The Maze Runner’s” Chris Sheffield rounds out the cast.
P.J. Palmer (“The Grapes of Wrath: An American Story”) wrote and directed the short. He was previously series producer on Amazon Prime LGBTQ+ drama “Anyone But Me.
In “North Star” Domingo plays a patriotic and hardworking rancher and one half of a middle-aged, same-sex couple. His other half Craig (played by Tony award nominee Malcolm Gets) is dying. Tensions arise when Craig’s sister Erin (“Mad Men’s” Audrey Wasilewski) arrives unannounced to whisk him off to see out his final days with his “real” family.
Laura Innes (“Deep Impact”) and Kevin Bacon (“Footloose”) also star, playing televangelists who “push shame, fear, and division as the cornerstones of faith.”
“The Maze Runner’s” Chris Sheffield rounds out the cast.
P.J. Palmer (“The Grapes of Wrath: An American Story”) wrote and directed the short. He was previously series producer on Amazon Prime LGBTQ+ drama “Anyone But Me.
- 7/14/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Peacock has acquired “Right to Try,” the Octavia Spencer-produced documentary short about trying to find a cure for HIV.
Directed by “The Late Late Show With James Corden” producer Zeberiah Newman, the film tells the story of veteran casting director Jeffrey Drew’s participation in an experimental treatment trial to cure him of his HIV. Variety was the first to report about the doc in June shortly after CAA’s Travis Tammero came on board to shop it around.
Peacock will premiere “Right to Try” tomorrow, Dec. 1, on World AIDS Day.
“We are thrilled our film ‘Right to Try’ will be seen on Peacock. Though Jeffrey Drew’s heroic journey is singular, his story is universal,” Spencer said in a statement. “This is an important film and with Peacock we have a wonderful partner to bring it to our audience.”
The producing team also includes Brian Clisham and Stephanie Kluft...
Directed by “The Late Late Show With James Corden” producer Zeberiah Newman, the film tells the story of veteran casting director Jeffrey Drew’s participation in an experimental treatment trial to cure him of his HIV. Variety was the first to report about the doc in June shortly after CAA’s Travis Tammero came on board to shop it around.
Peacock will premiere “Right to Try” tomorrow, Dec. 1, on World AIDS Day.
“We are thrilled our film ‘Right to Try’ will be seen on Peacock. Though Jeffrey Drew’s heroic journey is singular, his story is universal,” Spencer said in a statement. “This is an important film and with Peacock we have a wonderful partner to bring it to our audience.”
The producing team also includes Brian Clisham and Stephanie Kluft...
- 11/30/2021
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Right To Try, a documentary short chronicling HIV survivor and activist Jeffrey Drew’s pursuit to find a cure for the disease, is headed to Peacock.
The NBCU streamer has acquired the rights to the film, which is produced by Octavia Spencer and directed by The Late Late Show With James Corden producer Zeberiah Newman.
It will launch on the service on December 1.
The short reveals Drew’s experience participating in an experiment that could lead to an historic medical breakthrough for the millions of people living with HIV around the world.
Brian Clisham, Stephanie Kluft of Orit Entertainment and Andrew Carlberg produce alongside the Ma star. CAA Media Finance brokered the deal with Peacock.
“We are thrilled our film Right to Try will be seen on Peacock. Though Jeffrey Drew’s heroic journey is singular, his story is universal. This is an important film and with Peacock we have...
The NBCU streamer has acquired the rights to the film, which is produced by Octavia Spencer and directed by The Late Late Show With James Corden producer Zeberiah Newman.
It will launch on the service on December 1.
The short reveals Drew’s experience participating in an experiment that could lead to an historic medical breakthrough for the millions of people living with HIV around the world.
Brian Clisham, Stephanie Kluft of Orit Entertainment and Andrew Carlberg produce alongside the Ma star. CAA Media Finance brokered the deal with Peacock.
“We are thrilled our film Right to Try will be seen on Peacock. Though Jeffrey Drew’s heroic journey is singular, his story is universal. This is an important film and with Peacock we have...
- 11/30/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Luke Benward (“Dumplin'”) and Ariel Winter (“Modern Family”) have pivoted behind the camera with a new project, “Boys,” Variety can exclusively reveal.
The short film marks a debut for both Benward and Winter, with Benward directing and Winter producing.
“Boys,” which tackles the topics of children, parents and guns, tells the story of two young boys who are playing in the desert when their day takes a dark turn, leading to loss of innocence. The trailer opens with Cameron Crovetti (“Big Little Lies”) sitting in a bathtub streaked with blood.
Benward began his career at the age of 5 when cast opposite Mel Gibson in “We Were Soldiers” before going on to star in projects such as “Dumplin'” opposite Jennifer Aniston and “Dear John” alongside Amanda Seyfried and Channing Tatum. Winter, meanwhile, has been working in front of the camera since she starred in a commercial at 4 years old and is...
The short film marks a debut for both Benward and Winter, with Benward directing and Winter producing.
“Boys,” which tackles the topics of children, parents and guns, tells the story of two young boys who are playing in the desert when their day takes a dark turn, leading to loss of innocence. The trailer opens with Cameron Crovetti (“Big Little Lies”) sitting in a bathtub streaked with blood.
Benward began his career at the age of 5 when cast opposite Mel Gibson in “We Were Soldiers” before going on to star in projects such as “Dumplin'” opposite Jennifer Aniston and “Dear John” alongside Amanda Seyfried and Channing Tatum. Winter, meanwhile, has been working in front of the camera since she starred in a commercial at 4 years old and is...
- 11/1/2021
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Octavia Spencer will be honored with the James Schamus Ally Award at the 2021 Outfest LA LGBTQ Film Festival.
The award will be presented to the actress and producer at Dtla’s Orpheum Theatre on August 22, as part of the festival’s Closing Night Gala.
The Ally Award was created “to honor the efforts of an individual in bringing LGBTQ stories to the forefront.” It takes its name from Oscar-nominated producer James Schamus, who was awarded Outfest’s Achievement Award in 2014. Past honorees include James Franco, Andra Day, and Rita Moreno.
At this year’s festival, Spencer isn’t just an honoree. She also has a film making its world premiere, titled Right to Try, which she produced with Brian Clisham and Stephanie Kluft, via her Orit Entertainment banner.
The documentary short tells the story of Jeffrey Drew, who puts his life on the line to try and help find a cure for HIV.
The award will be presented to the actress and producer at Dtla’s Orpheum Theatre on August 22, as part of the festival’s Closing Night Gala.
The Ally Award was created “to honor the efforts of an individual in bringing LGBTQ stories to the forefront.” It takes its name from Oscar-nominated producer James Schamus, who was awarded Outfest’s Achievement Award in 2014. Past honorees include James Franco, Andra Day, and Rita Moreno.
At this year’s festival, Spencer isn’t just an honoree. She also has a film making its world premiere, titled Right to Try, which she produced with Brian Clisham and Stephanie Kluft, via her Orit Entertainment banner.
The documentary short tells the story of Jeffrey Drew, who puts his life on the line to try and help find a cure for HIV.
- 8/2/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Octavia Spencer has joined “Right to Try,” a documentary short about an HIV cure treatment trial, as a producer through her production company Orit Entertainment. Spencer will produce along with her partner Brian Clisham and creative executive Stephanie Kluft.
The doc, directed by “The Late Late Show With James Corden” producer Zeberiah Newman, tells the story of casting director Jeffrey Drew’s participation in an experimental trial for an HIV cure.
The team, which also includes Andrew Carlberg, producer of the Oscar-winning short “Skin,” is hoping to find a distributor in time to release the film on Dec. 1 to mark the 40th anniversary of World AIDS Day.
“The sacrifices and the potential sacrifices that Jeffrey made in an effort to cure HIV, which 38 million people worldwide are battling, is a heroic journey that everyone should know about,” Clisham tells Variety.
Clisham says he and Spencer reached out to Newman after...
The doc, directed by “The Late Late Show With James Corden” producer Zeberiah Newman, tells the story of casting director Jeffrey Drew’s participation in an experimental trial for an HIV cure.
The team, which also includes Andrew Carlberg, producer of the Oscar-winning short “Skin,” is hoping to find a distributor in time to release the film on Dec. 1 to mark the 40th anniversary of World AIDS Day.
“The sacrifices and the potential sacrifices that Jeffrey made in an effort to cure HIV, which 38 million people worldwide are battling, is a heroic journey that everyone should know about,” Clisham tells Variety.
Clisham says he and Spencer reached out to Newman after...
- 7/22/2021
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Oscar-winning actor Marlee Matlin has boarded Doug Roland’s short film “Feeling Through” — one of the first films to feature a deaf-blind actor in a leading role — as an executive producer.
The coming-of-age story follows Tereek (Steven Prescod), a teen wandering the streets of New York, desperate for a place to crash when he encounters Artie (Robert Tarango), a deaf-blind man in need of help getting home. What begins as an awkward meeting between strangers quickly becomes an intimate bond between friends.
First-time actor Robert Tarango was discovered while working in the kitchen at Helen Keller National Center, a division of Helen Keller Services which enables individuals who are blind, visually impaired, deaf-blind, or have combined hearing and vision loss to live and work in the communities of their choice.
Matlin, a Golden Globe and Oscar winner for “Children of a Lesser God” (1987), and her long-time interpreter and producer Jack Jason...
The coming-of-age story follows Tereek (Steven Prescod), a teen wandering the streets of New York, desperate for a place to crash when he encounters Artie (Robert Tarango), a deaf-blind man in need of help getting home. What begins as an awkward meeting between strangers quickly becomes an intimate bond between friends.
First-time actor Robert Tarango was discovered while working in the kitchen at Helen Keller National Center, a division of Helen Keller Services which enables individuals who are blind, visually impaired, deaf-blind, or have combined hearing and vision loss to live and work in the communities of their choice.
Matlin, a Golden Globe and Oscar winner for “Children of a Lesser God” (1987), and her long-time interpreter and producer Jack Jason...
- 1/12/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Actress Amber Midthunder, who is a regular on the CW series Roswell, New Mexico and previously co-starred in FX’s Legion, stars in The Wheel, an indie feature, which she also produced. Steve Pink is the director and also produced the pic. Pink is known for films like Hot Tub Time Machine 1&2, 2014’s About Last Night, and co-wrote the original High Fidelity film. Midthunder co-stars alongside Taylor Gray, whose credits include Star Wars Rebels and American Princess. The Wheel centers on Albee and Walker, a couple on the verge of divorce. Married at 16, they’re now 24 and miserable. Albee wants out, while Walker wants to make it work – no matter the damage. This is their Hail Mary; a weekend in the mountains to work through a book that might save their relationship via total, brutal honesty. Nelson Lee (Mulan), Bethany Anne Lind (Ozark), and Kevin Pasdon (New Amsterdam) round out the cast.
- 9/3/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Vinessa Shaw has signed on to co-star opposite Dermot Mulroney in Carlson Young’s directorial debut thriller, The Blazing World, as production prepares to commence outside of Austin, Texas this month. Based on Young’s 2018 Sundance Film Festival short of the same name, the film follows a self-destructive young woman who decades after the accidental drowning of her twin sister, returns to her family home, finding herself drawn to an alternate dimension where her sister may still be alive. Young co-wrote the screenplay with Pierce Brown and will also co-star along with Udo Kier. Brinton Bryan of Greenbelt Films is handling the financing and is producing the pic with Elizabeth Avellán and Rana Joy Glickman of TealHouse Entertainment. Executive producers are Andrew Carlberg, and Ted Field and Justin Smith of Radar Pictures. Shaw, who can next be seen starring opposite Luke Wilson, Martin Sheen...
- 8/5/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Dermot Mulroney is set to co-star opposite Carlson Young and Udo Kier and in The Blazing World, Young’s directorial debut feature based on her 2018 Sundance Film Festival short of the same name. Written by Young and Pierce Brown, the thriller follows a self-destructive young woman who decades after the accidental drowning of her twin sister, returns to her family home, finding herself drawn to an alternate dimension where her sister may still be alive.
The pic is slated to begin production in August start outside of Austin, Texas and will shoot entirely on one property with the cast and crew quarantining together in a private resort for both prep and the shoot. Producers are Brinton Bryan of Greenbelt Films, which is also handling the financing, as well as Elizabeth Avellán and Rana Joy Glickman of TealHouse Entertainment.
“The film was not initially developed to be a Covid-era project,...
The pic is slated to begin production in August start outside of Austin, Texas and will shoot entirely on one property with the cast and crew quarantining together in a private resort for both prep and the shoot. Producers are Brinton Bryan of Greenbelt Films, which is also handling the financing, as well as Elizabeth Avellán and Rana Joy Glickman of TealHouse Entertainment.
“The film was not initially developed to be a Covid-era project,...
- 7/13/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, Alicia Silverstone’s “Sister of the Groom,” faith-based “Everyday Miracles” and South Korean drama “House of Hummingbiord” get distribution and the Indian horror movie “Lapachhapi” gets a Hindi remake.
Acquisitions
Saban Films has acquired North American rights to the Alicia Silverstone wedding comedy “Sister of the Groom” from Premiere Entertainment Group.
Written and directed by Amy Miller Gross, the film also co-stars Tom Everett Scott, Jake Hoffman and Mathilde Ollivier. Miller Gross produced for Mandorla Productions alongside Andrew Carlberg and Tim Harms.
Silverstone portrays a woman who tries to put a halt to her brother’s marriage to a much younger French woman over the course of their wedding weekend in the Hamptons. Silverstone served as executive producer and Justin Scutieri co-produced.
Charlie Bewley, Mark Blum, Julie Engelbrecht and Ronald Guttman are also in the cast. Silverstone and Everett Scott also previously appeared as...
Acquisitions
Saban Films has acquired North American rights to the Alicia Silverstone wedding comedy “Sister of the Groom” from Premiere Entertainment Group.
Written and directed by Amy Miller Gross, the film also co-stars Tom Everett Scott, Jake Hoffman and Mathilde Ollivier. Miller Gross produced for Mandorla Productions alongside Andrew Carlberg and Tim Harms.
Silverstone portrays a woman who tries to put a halt to her brother’s marriage to a much younger French woman over the course of their wedding weekend in the Hamptons. Silverstone served as executive producer and Justin Scutieri co-produced.
Charlie Bewley, Mark Blum, Julie Engelbrecht and Ronald Guttman are also in the cast. Silverstone and Everett Scott also previously appeared as...
- 5/29/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Saban Films has acquired the North American rights to “Sister of the Groom,” a comedy set at a wedding starring “Clueless” star Alicia Silverstone, the distributor announced Thursday.
“Sister of the Groom,” which was written and directed by Amy Miller Gross, follows a woman (Silverstone) who tries to put a halt to her brother’s marriage to a much younger French woman over the course of their wedding weekend in the Hamptons. Saban Films will announce plans to release the film at a later date.
Tom Everett Scott, Jake Hoffman and Mathilde Ollivier co-star in the film. Charlie Bewley, Noah Silver, Julie Engelbrecht, Ronald Guttman and the late Mark Blum round out the key cast.
Also Read: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Crime Thriller 'The Silencing' Gets Release From Saban Films
Miller Gross also produced for Mandorla Productions alongside Andrew Carlberg and Tim Harms, and Silverstone served as an executive producer.
“Sister of the Groom,” which was written and directed by Amy Miller Gross, follows a woman (Silverstone) who tries to put a halt to her brother’s marriage to a much younger French woman over the course of their wedding weekend in the Hamptons. Saban Films will announce plans to release the film at a later date.
Tom Everett Scott, Jake Hoffman and Mathilde Ollivier co-star in the film. Charlie Bewley, Noah Silver, Julie Engelbrecht, Ronald Guttman and the late Mark Blum round out the key cast.
Also Read: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Crime Thriller 'The Silencing' Gets Release From Saban Films
Miller Gross also produced for Mandorla Productions alongside Andrew Carlberg and Tim Harms, and Silverstone served as an executive producer.
- 5/28/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Saban Films has RSVP’d for the North American distribution rights to Sister of the Groom, the Premiere Entertainment Group wedding comedy starring Alicia Silverstone. Amy Miller Gross wrote and directed the pic, which follows a woman (Silverstone) who tries to put a halt to her brother’s marriage to a much younger French woman over the course of their wedding weekend in the Hamptons.
Additional cast includes Tom Everett Scott (who co-starred alongside Silverstone in 2017’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul) Jake Hoffman, Mathilde Ollivier Charlie Bewley, Noah Silver, Mark Blum, Julie Engelbrecht, and Ronald Guttman.
Miller Gross produced via Mandorla Productions alongside Andrew Carlberg and Tim Harms. Silverstone served as executive producer and Justin Scutieri co-produced.
Jonathan Saba negotiated the deal for Saban along with Elias Axume and Devin Carter of Premiere on behalf of the filmmakers. Premiere handled worldwide sales.
Upcoming releases on Saban...
Additional cast includes Tom Everett Scott (who co-starred alongside Silverstone in 2017’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul) Jake Hoffman, Mathilde Ollivier Charlie Bewley, Noah Silver, Mark Blum, Julie Engelbrecht, and Ronald Guttman.
Miller Gross produced via Mandorla Productions alongside Andrew Carlberg and Tim Harms. Silverstone served as executive producer and Justin Scutieri co-produced.
Jonathan Saba negotiated the deal for Saban along with Elias Axume and Devin Carter of Premiere on behalf of the filmmakers. Premiere handled worldwide sales.
Upcoming releases on Saban...
- 5/28/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Premiere Entertainment Group launched Efm sales under previous title The Pleasure of Your Presence.
Premiere Entertainment Group has licensed North American rights on the Alicia Silverstone wedding comedy Sister Of The Groom to Saban Films.
Amy Miller Gross (Accommodations) wrote and directed the film which also stars Tom Everett Scott (truTV’s I’m Sorry), Jake Hoffman (The Irishman) and Mathilde Ollivier (Overlord). Miller Gross produced for Mandorla Productions alongside Andrew Carlberg and Tim Harms, with Silverstone serving as executive producer.
Silverstone (Clueless) plays a woman on a mission to stop her brother’s marriage to a younger French woman at...
Premiere Entertainment Group has licensed North American rights on the Alicia Silverstone wedding comedy Sister Of The Groom to Saban Films.
Amy Miller Gross (Accommodations) wrote and directed the film which also stars Tom Everett Scott (truTV’s I’m Sorry), Jake Hoffman (The Irishman) and Mathilde Ollivier (Overlord). Miller Gross produced for Mandorla Productions alongside Andrew Carlberg and Tim Harms, with Silverstone serving as executive producer.
Silverstone (Clueless) plays a woman on a mission to stop her brother’s marriage to a younger French woman at...
- 5/28/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Scream: The TV Series actress Carlson Young is turning her 2018 Sundance short, The Blazing World, into a feature-length which she will also star in opposite Udo Kier.
The pic will mark Young’s first feature directorial outing. She co-wrote the pic with Pierce Brown, who made the NY Times Best Seller list with his sci-fi saga, Red Rising.
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Described as a psychological horror-thriller, the plot follows a young woman, Margaret Winter, as she wades through the psychedelic hive of her earliest trauma. Kier, who can currently be seen in the 2019 Cannes Jury Prize winning film, Bacurau, plays sinister ruler of a surreal world, hellbent on coaxing unrealities...
The pic will mark Young’s first feature directorial outing. She co-wrote the pic with Pierce Brown, who made the NY Times Best Seller list with his sci-fi saga, Red Rising.
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Described as a psychological horror-thriller, the plot follows a young woman, Margaret Winter, as she wades through the psychedelic hive of her earliest trauma. Kier, who can currently be seen in the 2019 Cannes Jury Prize winning film, Bacurau, plays sinister ruler of a surreal world, hellbent on coaxing unrealities...
- 4/8/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Amy Miller Gross directed and produced for Mandorla Productions.
Premiere Entertainment Group has bolstered its Efm sales slate with worldwide rights to wedding comedy The Pleasure Of Your Presence starring Alicia Silverstone.
Tom Everett Scott (Parental Guidance), Jake Hoffman (The Irishman), and Mathilde Ollivier (Overlord) are among the key cast on the story about a woman (Silverstone) who tries to halt to her brother’s marriage to a much younger French woman over the course of their wedding weekend in the Hamptons.
Amy Miller Gross directed from her original screenplay, and produced for Mandorla Productions alongside Andrew Carlberg and Tim Harms,...
Premiere Entertainment Group has bolstered its Efm sales slate with worldwide rights to wedding comedy The Pleasure Of Your Presence starring Alicia Silverstone.
Tom Everett Scott (Parental Guidance), Jake Hoffman (The Irishman), and Mathilde Ollivier (Overlord) are among the key cast on the story about a woman (Silverstone) who tries to halt to her brother’s marriage to a much younger French woman over the course of their wedding weekend in the Hamptons.
Amy Miller Gross directed from her original screenplay, and produced for Mandorla Productions alongside Andrew Carlberg and Tim Harms,...
- 2/19/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
The annual Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival is celebrating its 15th anniversary. Running Aug. 8-17, the shorts film fest brings together premium story creators, top-flight industry leaders and dynamic companies, launching filmmakers into the next stages of their careers.
“We had submissions from 80 countries this year. The event has truly become an explosion of phenomenal short-form content,” says Theo Dumont, co-founder of HollyShorts.
Of a record 6,000 submissions, roughly 400 official selections have been made, spread out over three categories: short film, live action and animation. HollyShorts also engages the community and spotlights short films year-round through monthly screenings, panels and networking events.
“It’s been remarkable to see the exponential growth of the festival over the years as we’re always searching for the next wave of talented filmmakers,” says co-founder Daniel Sol.
The opening night red carpet celebration will be held at the Tcl Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Taking place concurrently...
“We had submissions from 80 countries this year. The event has truly become an explosion of phenomenal short-form content,” says Theo Dumont, co-founder of HollyShorts.
Of a record 6,000 submissions, roughly 400 official selections have been made, spread out over three categories: short film, live action and animation. HollyShorts also engages the community and spotlights short films year-round through monthly screenings, panels and networking events.
“It’s been remarkable to see the exponential growth of the festival over the years as we’re always searching for the next wave of talented filmmakers,” says co-founder Daniel Sol.
The opening night red carpet celebration will be held at the Tcl Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Taking place concurrently...
- 8/7/2019
- by Nick Clement
- Variety Film + TV
Guy Nattiv’s Oscar-nominated short film Skin has been acquired by Fox Searchlights Pictures.
The acquisition was announced today by Fox Searchlight Pictures’ Chairmen Nancy Utley and Stephen Gilula and Evp, Global Acquisition & Co-Prod, Tcf Acquisitions Ray Strache.
“We’re thrilled to work with Guy Nattiv on his brilliant short film Skin. It has a powerful message with excellent direction and acting,” said Gilula and Utley.
Written by Nattiv and Sharon Maymon, the film is tells the story of a young boy who has an innocent encounter with a black man at a supermarket and his parents react to the exchange with racial violence. The two families find themselves in a clash with shocking consequences.
The film stars Danielle Macdonald, Jonathan Tucker, Jackson Robert Scott, Lonnie Chavis and Ashley Thomas.
Produced by Jaime Ray Newman, Andrew Carlberg, Tim Harms and Guy Nattiv, Skin was executive produced by Matt Luber,...
The acquisition was announced today by Fox Searchlight Pictures’ Chairmen Nancy Utley and Stephen Gilula and Evp, Global Acquisition & Co-Prod, Tcf Acquisitions Ray Strache.
“We’re thrilled to work with Guy Nattiv on his brilliant short film Skin. It has a powerful message with excellent direction and acting,” said Gilula and Utley.
Written by Nattiv and Sharon Maymon, the film is tells the story of a young boy who has an innocent encounter with a black man at a supermarket and his parents react to the exchange with racial violence. The two families find themselves in a clash with shocking consequences.
The film stars Danielle Macdonald, Jonathan Tucker, Jackson Robert Scott, Lonnie Chavis and Ashley Thomas.
Produced by Jaime Ray Newman, Andrew Carlberg, Tim Harms and Guy Nattiv, Skin was executive produced by Matt Luber,...
- 2/8/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Alicia Silverstone will star in The Pleasure Of Your Presence, the sophomore feature for writer and director Amy Miller Gross (Accommodations). Tom Everett Scott (13 Reasons Why), Jake Hoffman (The Wolf of Wall Street), Mathilde Ollivier (Overlord), Noah Silver (Tyrant), Mark Blum (Mozart In The Jungle), Julie Engelbrecht (The Last Witch Hunter), and Ronald Guttman (Preacher) also co-star in the film from Mandorla Productions, LLC.
The plot follows a woman (Silverstone) who attempts to stop her brother (Hoffman) from marrying a young, French girl (Olliver) during their wedding weekend in the Hamptons. Production took place in the Hamptons and New York City.
Andrew Carlberg, Tim Harms, and Gross are the producers while Silverstone serves as executive producer.
Earlier this year, Silverstone wrapped production on Bill Teitler’s marriage counselor comedy Judy Small. She also starred in Paramount Network’s short-lived series American Woman and appeared in Paramount’s summer sleeper hit Book Club.
The plot follows a woman (Silverstone) who attempts to stop her brother (Hoffman) from marrying a young, French girl (Olliver) during their wedding weekend in the Hamptons. Production took place in the Hamptons and New York City.
Andrew Carlberg, Tim Harms, and Gross are the producers while Silverstone serves as executive producer.
Earlier this year, Silverstone wrapped production on Bill Teitler’s marriage counselor comedy Judy Small. She also starred in Paramount Network’s short-lived series American Woman and appeared in Paramount’s summer sleeper hit Book Club.
- 11/1/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Pawsla, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit agency serving people and pets in need, will present a one night only concertstaged reading ofYou're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.With book, music, and lyrics byClark Gesnerand directed byRandy Brenner,this benefit event is set to feature Broadway stars in alphabetical order Skylar AstinSpring Awakening,Barrett FoaAvenue Q, The 25thAnnual Putnam County SpellingBee, Mamma Mia, Carly HughesChicago, Pippin, Beautiful The Carole King Musical, Ghost the Musical, The Book of Morman, Ragtime,Tracie ThomsRent, Falsettos,and more to be announced. Musical director is Jake Anthony and Andrew Carlberg is the producer.
- 9/19/2018
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Exclusive: Sarah Jones is making her return to the west coast to open her one-woman show Sell/Buy/Date at the Los Angeles Lgbt Center’s Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center on Oct. 14.
Andrew Carlberg has been brought on to produce the show for the Tony Award-winning playwright and performer at the Renberg Theatre. Directed by Carolyn Cantor, the critically-acclaimed Sell/Buy/Date is inspired by the real-life experiences of people affected by the sex industry. Told through Jones’ distinct medley of masterful, multicultural characterizations, the play presents an honest, moving, and even humorous look at a complex and fascinating subject, all while preserving the full humanity of voices seldom heard in theatre.
Sell/Buy/Date marks the first project under the Jones’ newly formed Foment Productions, a social justice-focused entertainment company founded to create and support compelling storytelling in Theater, Film, TV, and other media. The play...
Andrew Carlberg has been brought on to produce the show for the Tony Award-winning playwright and performer at the Renberg Theatre. Directed by Carolyn Cantor, the critically-acclaimed Sell/Buy/Date is inspired by the real-life experiences of people affected by the sex industry. Told through Jones’ distinct medley of masterful, multicultural characterizations, the play presents an honest, moving, and even humorous look at a complex and fascinating subject, all while preserving the full humanity of voices seldom heard in theatre.
Sell/Buy/Date marks the first project under the Jones’ newly formed Foment Productions, a social justice-focused entertainment company founded to create and support compelling storytelling in Theater, Film, TV, and other media. The play...
- 8/15/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Lucy Liu and Thomas Sadoski will star in the independent romantic drama “The Last Weekend in May” from director Matthew Lillard.
Producers Gabriela Revilla Lugo of Revek Entertainment and Andrew Carlberg unveiled the project on Thursday and said filming will start in early 2019. “The Last Weekend in May” marks Lillard’s follow-up to “Fat Kid Rules the World,” which won the SXSW audience award in 2012.
Ellen Wander of Film Bridge International will handle financing and worldwide rights to the film.
The script is written by Jeffrey W. Ruggles and tells the story of a Paul and Leah, who are caught in the throes of an extramarital affair. Knowing that the situation is untenable, they decide to rent a house and turn their backs on “real life” one last time before calling it quits. As the weekend progresses, Paul reveals he has left his wife and wants to convince Leah to do the same.
Producers Gabriela Revilla Lugo of Revek Entertainment and Andrew Carlberg unveiled the project on Thursday and said filming will start in early 2019. “The Last Weekend in May” marks Lillard’s follow-up to “Fat Kid Rules the World,” which won the SXSW audience award in 2012.
Ellen Wander of Film Bridge International will handle financing and worldwide rights to the film.
The script is written by Jeffrey W. Ruggles and tells the story of a Paul and Leah, who are caught in the throes of an extramarital affair. Knowing that the situation is untenable, they decide to rent a house and turn their backs on “real life” one last time before calling it quits. As the weekend progresses, Paul reveals he has left his wife and wants to convince Leah to do the same.
- 6/14/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Lucy Liu and Thomas Sadoski (Life in Pieces) have signed on to lead the cast for director Matthew Lillard’s upcoming romance/drama, The Last Weekend in May. The project mark’s the helmer’s feature directorial follow-up to Fat Kid Rules the World which took home the SXSW Audience Award in 2012.
Producing the feature film is Gabriela Revilla Lugo (The Tribes of Palos Verdes) of Revek Entertainment and Andrew Carlberg (Sun Dogs). Ellen Wander of Film Bridge International will handle financing and worldwide rights to the film.
The film will start production early next year in Liu’s hiatus from the popular CBS TV series Elementary.
Scripted by Jeffrey W. Ruggles, The Last Weekend in May tells the story of Paul and Leah, two people caught in the throes of an extramarital affair. Knowing that the situation is untenable, they decide to rent a house and turn their...
Producing the feature film is Gabriela Revilla Lugo (The Tribes of Palos Verdes) of Revek Entertainment and Andrew Carlberg (Sun Dogs). Ellen Wander of Film Bridge International will handle financing and worldwide rights to the film.
The film will start production early next year in Liu’s hiatus from the popular CBS TV series Elementary.
Scripted by Jeffrey W. Ruggles, The Last Weekend in May tells the story of Paul and Leah, two people caught in the throes of an extramarital affair. Knowing that the situation is untenable, they decide to rent a house and turn their...
- 6/14/2018
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline Film + TV
The Piece Project and Vs. Theatre Company present an exclusive Los Angeles reading of Steve Yockey's The Thrush And The Woodpecker on Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at 8pm.Founded by Devon Gummersall and Andrew Carlberg, The Piece Project is a celebrity-based theater ensemble.Every two-three months,The Piece Projecthosts a play reading to benefit a local Los Angeles theater company. Devon Gummersallwill direct this reading of The Thrush And The Woodpecker, whose cast includes Daniel Sharman, Brenda Strong and Kate Walsh.
- 2/16/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
On the heels of the 39th edition of the Toronto Int. Film Festival (Sept 4-14), Ifp’s Independent Film Week is where a plethora of fiction, non-fiction and new this year, web-based series from the likes of Desiree Akhavan and Calvin Reeder find future coin. Sectioned off as projects at the very beginning of financing to those that are nearing completion, there happens to be tons of Sundance alumni in the names below. Among those that caught our attention we have Medicine for Melancholy‘s Barry Jenkins’ sophomore feature, produced by Bad Milo!‘s Adele Romanski, Moonlight is about “two Miami boys navigate the temptations of the drug trade and their burgeoning sexuality in this triptych drama about black queer youth”. Concussion‘s Stacie Passon digs into the thriller genre with Strange Things Started Happening. Produced by vet Mary Jane Skalski (Mysterious Skin), this is about “a woman who has...
- 7/24/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Today on Indie Beat, Rob got the chance to talk with Stelio Savante, about his current projects, his start in the wide world of film, and of course, what he plans on doing next. Come on inside to check out the full discussion.
Here at Cinelinx we like to talk about all aspects of filmmaking and movie news. To that end, we now have Indie Beat where we'll highlight some of the latest news, trailers, and PR releases from the indie filmmaker scene. So if you're an independent filmmaker and want some coverage on our site, be sure to drop us a line at jordan@cinelinx.com. Now onto the interview!
Rob: What motivated you to produce 110 Stories? How did that project begin?
Stelio: I’m not a producer by trade but I’d been a cast member of the play commemorating 9/11 almost annually in NY. Playing the Bolivar Arellano role opposite Susan Sarandon,...
Here at Cinelinx we like to talk about all aspects of filmmaking and movie news. To that end, we now have Indie Beat where we'll highlight some of the latest news, trailers, and PR releases from the indie filmmaker scene. So if you're an independent filmmaker and want some coverage on our site, be sure to drop us a line at jordan@cinelinx.com. Now onto the interview!
Rob: What motivated you to produce 110 Stories? How did that project begin?
Stelio: I’m not a producer by trade but I’d been a cast member of the play commemorating 9/11 almost annually in NY. Playing the Bolivar Arellano role opposite Susan Sarandon,...
- 12/26/2012
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Rob Young)
- Cinelinx
She debuted her directorial debut, Party Girl at the fest (Sundance ’95) and now three films later, Daisy von Scherler Mayer found herself in the right place at the right time, working from what is most likely the best source material of her career with the stage to screenplay drama from Sundance regular, Neil Labute. Starring Kristen Bell, Jennifer Morrison, Zoe Kazan, Emily Watson, Adam Brody and Mía Maestro, filming on Some Girl(s) began in April and so this has been completed for several months now. Cinematographer Rachel Morrison (Any Day Now) and Production Designer’s Maya Sigel (Gun Hill Road) are part of the crew.
Gist: The film follows a man who revisits several of his scorned ex-girlfriends on the eve of his wedding. Watson plays Lindsay, a married woman with whom Brody’s character had an affair. Zoe Kazan, Jennifer Morrison and Mia Maestro play the main character’s other exes.
Gist: The film follows a man who revisits several of his scorned ex-girlfriends on the eve of his wedding. Watson plays Lindsay, a married woman with whom Brody’s character had an affair. Zoe Kazan, Jennifer Morrison and Mia Maestro play the main character’s other exes.
- 11/21/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Hey, Kristen Bell lovers, get ready to hear the former Heroes actress showcase her pipes. Disney has tapped Bell for an exciting new animated project. Singing is most definitely required.
I know the girl can dance. Burlesque was proof enough of that. But today’s casting news suggests the actress can do plenty more than just that. THR shined a spotlight on Disney’s upcoming film, Frozen.
The picture is an adaptation of the Neil Labute play. In it, Bell will play the role of Bobbi, a bright, educated young lady who was once upon a time dating Adam Brody’s character. He’s the film’s star. He suddenly dumped her with no warning or explanation. You can imagine she’s been left with pretty low thoughts of him.
Enter the turn. Brody’s character is on the verge of marrying and decides to make amends with ex-girlfriends from his past.
I know the girl can dance. Burlesque was proof enough of that. But today’s casting news suggests the actress can do plenty more than just that. THR shined a spotlight on Disney’s upcoming film, Frozen.
The picture is an adaptation of the Neil Labute play. In it, Bell will play the role of Bobbi, a bright, educated young lady who was once upon a time dating Adam Brody’s character. He’s the film’s star. He suddenly dumped her with no warning or explanation. You can imagine she’s been left with pretty low thoughts of him.
Enter the turn. Brody’s character is on the verge of marrying and decides to make amends with ex-girlfriends from his past.
- 3/7/2012
- by Sasha Nova
- Boomtron
Kristen Bell ("Heroes," "Veronica Mars") has joined the cast of both the film adaptation of Neil Labute's play "Some Girls" and Disney's upcoming animated feature "Frozen" says The Hollywood Reporter.
Jennifer Getzinger’s helms 'Girls' in which Adam Brody plays a man who attempts to make amends with several ex-girlfriends on the eve of his wedding.
Bell plays Bobbi, a smart, articulate woman he bailed on years before without a word, leaving her without respect or love for him. Labute will produce along with Patty West, Chris Schwartz, and Andrew Carlberg.
Bell will also provide the speaking and singing voice as the lead in "Frozen" which Chris Buck ("Surf’s Up") is helming.
Jennifer Getzinger’s helms 'Girls' in which Adam Brody plays a man who attempts to make amends with several ex-girlfriends on the eve of his wedding.
Bell plays Bobbi, a smart, articulate woman he bailed on years before without a word, leaving her without respect or love for him. Labute will produce along with Patty West, Chris Schwartz, and Andrew Carlberg.
Bell will also provide the speaking and singing voice as the lead in "Frozen" which Chris Buck ("Surf’s Up") is helming.
- 3/6/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Kristen Bell has been cast in Some Girls, director Jennifer Getzinger’s adaptation of Neil Labute’s play. Adam Brody (Damsels in Distress) co-stars as a man who attempts to make amends with several ex-girlfriends on the eve of his wedding. Photos And Video: Behind the Scenes: TV's 6 Most Wanted Women Comic-Con Roundtable Bell plays Bobbi, a smart, articulate woman he bailed on years before without a word, leaving her without respect or love for him. The film is being produced by Neil Labute, along with Leeden Media's Patty West and Chris Schwartz, and also Andrew Carlberg. After
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- 3/5/2012
- by Todd Gilchrist
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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