Eugene Cordero to Host 20th Unforgettable Gala in December; Top Honorees Announced (TV News Roundup)
Unforgettable Gala, which bills itself as the nation’s longest-running Asian Pacific Islander awards show, is set to celebrate its 20th annual ceremony with actor Eugene Cordero serving as host. Cordero’s hosting stint will be the first time a Filipino American has emceed the entertainment gala. The gala, with the theme “Illuminate,” will take place on Saturday, Dec. 17, at the Beverly Hilton.
Also set to appear are honorees Ke Huy Quan (actor in film) and Stephanie Hsu (breakout in film) of “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” The Breakout in TV Award will go to Minha Kim of “Pachinko,” with the hit series also receiving this year’s Vanguard Award. Bretman Rock will receive the digital influencer award, while Domee Shi and Julia Cho will receive the writer award for “Turning Red.” Awards selection committee co-chairs Daniel Dae Kim and Lisa Ling will deliver the gala’s keynote address.
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Also set to appear are honorees Ke Huy Quan (actor in film) and Stephanie Hsu (breakout in film) of “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” The Breakout in TV Award will go to Minha Kim of “Pachinko,” with the hit series also receiving this year’s Vanguard Award. Bretman Rock will receive the digital influencer award, while Domee Shi and Julia Cho will receive the writer award for “Turning Red.” Awards selection committee co-chairs Daniel Dae Kim and Lisa Ling will deliver the gala’s keynote address.
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- 11/18/2022
- by EJ Panaligan
- Variety Film + TV
The Television Academy Foundation named two new members to its board of directors: Nne Ebong, vice president of overall deals for series at Netflix, and Jamila Hunter, executive vice president of programming and development at Freeform. Both have been elected to three-year terms.
At Netflix, Ebong leads the development of original series under creative partnerships with Shonda Rhimes’ Shondaland, Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions and others. She joined Netflix after serving as creative lead at film and television studio Wiip, where she developed and produced projects for cable, streaming and the international marketplace. Her projects at Wiip included HBO’s “The White House Plumbers” and Amazon’s “The Summer I Turned Pretty.” Ebong also developed series such as “Scandal,” “How to Get Away with Murder,” and “American Crime” while heading drama development for ABC Studios from 2013 to 2018.
Ebong’s humanitarian work includes being a “big sister” through...
At Netflix, Ebong leads the development of original series under creative partnerships with Shonda Rhimes’ Shondaland, Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions and others. She joined Netflix after serving as creative lead at film and television studio Wiip, where she developed and produced projects for cable, streaming and the international marketplace. Her projects at Wiip included HBO’s “The White House Plumbers” and Amazon’s “The Summer I Turned Pretty.” Ebong also developed series such as “Scandal,” “How to Get Away with Murder,” and “American Crime” while heading drama development for ABC Studios from 2013 to 2018.
Ebong’s humanitarian work includes being a “big sister” through...
- 10/15/2021
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has ordered a documentary series about NASCAR Cup Series driver Darrell “Bubba” Wallace.
The series is currently in production and will follow Wallace behind the scenes of the 2021 NASCAR season as he competes for the newly formed 23Xi Racing team, which was created by Wallace, Michael Jordan, and Denny Hamlin. Wallace is currently the only Black driver at the top level of the sport. The show will explore Wallace, 23Xi Racing, and NASCAR’s efforts to advocate for inclusion and equality in racing and beyond.
Erik Parker, who is known for “LA Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later,” will direct and executive produce the series. Kevin Liles, Nolan Baynes, and Kelly G. Griffin will executive produce for 300 Studios. Andrew Fried, Dane Lillegard, Jordan Wynn, and Sarina Roma will executive produce for Boardwalk Pictures. Tim Clark and Tally Hair are executive producers on behalf of NASCAR. Rob Ford serves as co-executive producer.
The series is currently in production and will follow Wallace behind the scenes of the 2021 NASCAR season as he competes for the newly formed 23Xi Racing team, which was created by Wallace, Michael Jordan, and Denny Hamlin. Wallace is currently the only Black driver at the top level of the sport. The show will explore Wallace, 23Xi Racing, and NASCAR’s efforts to advocate for inclusion and equality in racing and beyond.
Erik Parker, who is known for “LA Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later,” will direct and executive produce the series. Kevin Liles, Nolan Baynes, and Kelly G. Griffin will executive produce for 300 Studios. Andrew Fried, Dane Lillegard, Jordan Wynn, and Sarina Roma will executive produce for Boardwalk Pictures. Tim Clark and Tally Hair are executive producers on behalf of NASCAR. Rob Ford serves as co-executive producer.
- 4/22/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix is developing a docuseries following Bubba Wallace, NASCAR’s only Black full-time driver, as he competes for Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin’s 23Xi Racing team.
The untitled series, from 300 Studios and Boardwalk Pictures and directed and produced by Erik Parker, will take viewers behind the 2021 NASCAR season through Wallace’s eyes. The Netflix series will explore Wallace, Jordan and Hamlin’s newly-formed 23Xi Racing squad, and NASCAR’s efforts to advocate for inclusion and equality in racing and beyond.
Executive producers for the docuseries are Kevin Liles, Nolan Baynes, and Kelly G. Griffin for 300 Studios; Andrew Fried, Dane Lillegard, Jordan Wynn, and Sarina Roma for Boardwalk Pictures; Matt Summers, Tim Clark, and Tally Hair for NASCAR. Rob Ford serves as co-executive producer.
In the 2020 summer, amid the George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Black Lives Matter protests, Wallace gained national attention after he claimed that he found a rope...
The untitled series, from 300 Studios and Boardwalk Pictures and directed and produced by Erik Parker, will take viewers behind the 2021 NASCAR season through Wallace’s eyes. The Netflix series will explore Wallace, Jordan and Hamlin’s newly-formed 23Xi Racing squad, and NASCAR’s efforts to advocate for inclusion and equality in racing and beyond.
Executive producers for the docuseries are Kevin Liles, Nolan Baynes, and Kelly G. Griffin for 300 Studios; Andrew Fried, Dane Lillegard, Jordan Wynn, and Sarina Roma for Boardwalk Pictures; Matt Summers, Tim Clark, and Tally Hair for NASCAR. Rob Ford serves as co-executive producer.
In the 2020 summer, amid the George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Black Lives Matter protests, Wallace gained national attention after he claimed that he found a rope...
- 4/22/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix psychological thriller Behind Her Eyes, adapted from Sarah Pinborough’s hit novel of the same name, sets its cast an unenviably tough task (and not just because almost everyone’s having to do a regional accent). Through subtleties and shifts in their performances, Eve Hewson, Tom Bateman, Simona Brown and Robert Aramayo need to keep the audience invested while keeping us guessing. What is it we’re watching? Is this six-part series the tale of Adele and David’s brittle marriage and the secrets that bind them? Or the story of single-mother Louise (Simona Brown) getting in over her head with this glamorous new couple? Could it be something else entirely?
While you’re asking yourself those questions, you’ll likely be asking another: where have I seen that guy before? While we can’t help with the former and stay spoiler-free, we can answer that one…
Eve Hewson...
While you’re asking yourself those questions, you’ll likely be asking another: where have I seen that guy before? While we can’t help with the former and stay spoiler-free, we can answer that one…
Eve Hewson...
- 2/17/2021
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Meet the St. Francis Academy Panthers, the best high school football team you’ve probably never heard of. They were so good that they were kicked out of their top-flight high school league. In the trailer for the HBO docuseries, “The Cost of Winning,” which spotlights the team, you can see that there’s much more to the story.
The Panthers won three consecutive Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association championships before being expelled from their league in 2018, which led to accusations of racial bias. In the trailer, it is noted that the other schools in the Miaa were predominantly white (St. Francis is known as one of the oldest African-American catholic schools in the country). That led the team to crafting its own schedule. Despite the setback, Panthers seniors ultimately received scholarship offers from some of the top collegiate programs in the country, including Lsu, Alabama and Clemson.
Watch the trailer above.
The Panthers won three consecutive Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association championships before being expelled from their league in 2018, which led to accusations of racial bias. In the trailer, it is noted that the other schools in the Miaa were predominantly white (St. Francis is known as one of the oldest African-American catholic schools in the country). That led the team to crafting its own schedule. Despite the setback, Panthers seniors ultimately received scholarship offers from some of the top collegiate programs in the country, including Lsu, Alabama and Clemson.
Watch the trailer above.
- 10/28/2020
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
From executive producers Michael Strahan and Constance Schwartz-Morini comes the four-part documentary series The Cost Of Winning, the story of the St. Frances Academy Panthers football program in Baltimore, an unlikely and uplifting tale of possibility, perseverance and leadership in the face of adversity. Co-directed by Rob Ford (“Shut Up and Dribble,” “You Ain’t Got [...]
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- 10/25/2020
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
STX has acquired comedy script The Miserable Adventures Of Burt Squire Aboard The Horn High Yo with Harrison Ford and Ed Helms attached to star.
Inspired by a true story, Burt Squire revolves around a family man in the midst of a midlife crisis who embarks on what he hopes would be a dream sailing vacation, but ends up shipwrecked in the Atlantic Ocean with a charming but unhinged sea captain.
Screenplay is by Ben Bolea. Ld Entertainment’s Mickey Liddell, and Pete Shilaimon are producing the film alongside Kim Zubick. Ld’s Michael Glassman will executive produce. The film will be overseen by STXfilms’ Drew Simon and Spencer Ela.
After the project landed on the 2017 Black List writer Bolea was hired to write Mulkey and Oxy Rush for New Line Cinema.
Commenting on the announcement, Adam Fogelson, Chairman, STXfilms Motion Picture Group, said: “We love this story and and...
Inspired by a true story, Burt Squire revolves around a family man in the midst of a midlife crisis who embarks on what he hopes would be a dream sailing vacation, but ends up shipwrecked in the Atlantic Ocean with a charming but unhinged sea captain.
Screenplay is by Ben Bolea. Ld Entertainment’s Mickey Liddell, and Pete Shilaimon are producing the film alongside Kim Zubick. Ld’s Michael Glassman will executive produce. The film will be overseen by STXfilms’ Drew Simon and Spencer Ela.
After the project landed on the 2017 Black List writer Bolea was hired to write Mulkey and Oxy Rush for New Line Cinema.
Commenting on the announcement, Adam Fogelson, Chairman, STXfilms Motion Picture Group, said: “We love this story and and...
- 10/19/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Jim Gaffigan and Joel Courtney will star in Lionsgate and Kingdom Story Company’s “Jesus Revolution,” based on the true story of a national spiritual awakening among a group of teenaged hippies in Southern California in the early 1970s, it was announced on Friday.
In the film, Courtney will play Greg Laurie, a counterculture teen in the late 1960s who joined the Jesus revolution in Southern California and went on to start Harvest Christian Fellowship, one of the largest congregations in America. Gaffigan will star as Chuck Smith, the real-life pastor of Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa. Smith served as a mentor to Laurie and famously opened his church to hippies.
Jon Gunn (“The Case for Christ”) will direct from a script written by him and Jon Erwin. Kevin Downes and the Erwin Brothers are producing, while Jerilyn Esquibel is co-producing for Kingdom Story Company. Gunn and the Erwin Brothers...
In the film, Courtney will play Greg Laurie, a counterculture teen in the late 1960s who joined the Jesus revolution in Southern California and went on to start Harvest Christian Fellowship, one of the largest congregations in America. Gaffigan will star as Chuck Smith, the real-life pastor of Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa. Smith served as a mentor to Laurie and famously opened his church to hippies.
Jon Gunn (“The Case for Christ”) will direct from a script written by him and Jon Erwin. Kevin Downes and the Erwin Brothers are producing, while Jerilyn Esquibel is co-producing for Kingdom Story Company. Gunn and the Erwin Brothers...
- 6/26/2020
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
With AMC recently announcing plans for a Rob Ford biopic and the upcoming debut of the “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” series “Quiz,” the studio is continuing to foster relationships with unique creatives.
AMC Studios has revealed that it’s inked separate overall deals with “Rectify” creator Ray McKinnon, “Friday Night Lights” writer-producer Rolin Jones, and “Killing Eve” producer Eve Mingacci. The trio will create exclusive content over several years for AMC Networks Entertainment Group — which includes BBC America, IFC, SundanceTV, and the streaming service Shudder — as well other content companies. The announcement says this is merely an expansion of the trio’s already ongoing relationships with the network.
“Our writers and producers are the center of everything we do and achieve, and I could not be happier to welcome (back) this massively talented triumvirate to AMC Networks,” said Sarah Barnett, president of AMC Networks’ Entertainment Group and AMC Studios in a statement.
AMC Studios has revealed that it’s inked separate overall deals with “Rectify” creator Ray McKinnon, “Friday Night Lights” writer-producer Rolin Jones, and “Killing Eve” producer Eve Mingacci. The trio will create exclusive content over several years for AMC Networks Entertainment Group — which includes BBC America, IFC, SundanceTV, and the streaming service Shudder — as well other content companies. The announcement says this is merely an expansion of the trio’s already ongoing relationships with the network.
“Our writers and producers are the center of everything we do and achieve, and I could not be happier to welcome (back) this massively talented triumvirate to AMC Networks,” said Sarah Barnett, president of AMC Networks’ Entertainment Group and AMC Studios in a statement.
- 5/7/2020
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
Rolin Jones, Gina Mingacci and Ray McKinnon have each signed separate multiyear overall deals with AMC Studios, the studio announced Thursday.
Under their respective pacts, Jones, Mingacci and McKinnon will develop and produce new series for AMC Networks’ Entertainment Group, as well as other content companies. These deals expand AMC Networks’ ongoing or previous creative partnerships with each of the producers.
“Our writers and producers are the center of everything we do and achieve, and I could not be happier to welcome (back) this massively talented triumvirate to AMC Networks,” Sarah Barnett, president of AMC Networks’ Entertainment Group and AMC Studios, said in a statement. “Rolin, Gina and Ray are exceptional. I look forward to making incredible television with these brilliant humans, all of whom are incapable of doing anything that isn’t something special.”
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Under their respective pacts, Jones, Mingacci and McKinnon will develop and produce new series for AMC Networks’ Entertainment Group, as well as other content companies. These deals expand AMC Networks’ ongoing or previous creative partnerships with each of the producers.
“Our writers and producers are the center of everything we do and achieve, and I could not be happier to welcome (back) this massively talented triumvirate to AMC Networks,” Sarah Barnett, president of AMC Networks’ Entertainment Group and AMC Studios, said in a statement. “Rolin, Gina and Ray are exceptional. I look forward to making incredible television with these brilliant humans, all of whom are incapable of doing anything that isn’t something special.”
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- 5/7/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Jim Gaffigan is mostly know for his stand-up comedy antics and being a hilarious character actor. But he’s recently turned in some solid work in indie dramas and thrillers such as Light from Light, Them That Follow, and Chappaquiddick. Soon he’ll stretch his dramatic chops with a little bit of dark comedy by leading his […]
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- 5/6/2020
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
Jim Gaffigan is set to portray Rob Ford, the controversial former Toronto mayor whose scandals made international headlines, in an upcoming AMC series.
Variety reports that Gaffigan will star in the scripted dark comedy, with Jesse McKeown attatched as writer and executive producer. Ed Helms, Mike Falbo, and Michael Dowse will serve as executive producers.
The series will center on the rise and fall of Ford but other details, including additional casting information, a title, and a prospective release date are all under wraps.
Sources confirmed Variety’s report to IndieWire.
It’s unknown just how dark the series will go — Gaffigan is largely known as a clean comedian — but there’s no shortage of astounding details in Ford’s political career for its writers to work with. Ford began courting political controversy early in his career as a city councilor due to his variety of bizarre remarks, which ranged...
Variety reports that Gaffigan will star in the scripted dark comedy, with Jesse McKeown attatched as writer and executive producer. Ed Helms, Mike Falbo, and Michael Dowse will serve as executive producers.
The series will center on the rise and fall of Ford but other details, including additional casting information, a title, and a prospective release date are all under wraps.
Sources confirmed Variety’s report to IndieWire.
It’s unknown just how dark the series will go — Gaffigan is largely known as a clean comedian — but there’s no shortage of astounding details in Ford’s political career for its writers to work with. Ford began courting political controversy early in his career as a city councilor due to his variety of bizarre remarks, which ranged...
- 5/6/2020
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
Chris Pratt will be making his TV return on Amazon Prime Video: The Parks and Recreation vet’s conspiracy thriller The Terminal List has landed at the streamer with a straight-to-series order, our sister site Deadline reports.
Based on Jack Carr’s novel of the same name, the series — written by David Digilio (Strange Angel) and directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) — follows Navy Seal Reece (Pratt) after his entire platoon is ambushed during a high-stakes covert mission. “Reece returns home with conflicting memories of the event and questions about his culpability,” per the official synopsis. “However, as new evidence comes to light,...
Based on Jack Carr’s novel of the same name, the series — written by David Digilio (Strange Angel) and directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) — follows Navy Seal Reece (Pratt) after his entire platoon is ambushed during a high-stakes covert mission. “Reece returns home with conflicting memories of the event and questions about his culpability,” per the official synopsis. “However, as new evidence comes to light,...
- 5/5/2020
- TVLine.com
Jim Gaffigan is set to play the scandal-ridden former mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford, in a limited series in the works at AMC.
The project, written by “The Sinner” and “Letterkenny” alum Jesse McKeown, will center on Ford’s rise and fall in politics, beginning with his tenure as a member of the Toronto City Council through the drug abuse scandal that derailed his one term as mayor.
Ed Helms and Mike Falbo of Pacific Electric Picture Co. will executive produce the potential series, with Michael Dowse attached to direct and executive produce.
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Ford’s struggles with substance abuse were well-documented throughout his time in office. A 1999 arrest for driving under the influence and drug possession was a major talking point during his 2010 election campaign.
In 2013, Toronto police obtained video that showed Ford smoking crack...
The project, written by “The Sinner” and “Letterkenny” alum Jesse McKeown, will center on Ford’s rise and fall in politics, beginning with his tenure as a member of the Toronto City Council through the drug abuse scandal that derailed his one term as mayor.
Ed Helms and Mike Falbo of Pacific Electric Picture Co. will executive produce the potential series, with Michael Dowse attached to direct and executive produce.
Also Read: 'The Walking Dead' and Other AMC Classics Head to Pluto TV
Ford’s struggles with substance abuse were well-documented throughout his time in office. A 1999 arrest for driving under the influence and drug possession was a major talking point during his 2010 election campaign.
In 2013, Toronto police obtained video that showed Ford smoking crack...
- 5/5/2020
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Jim Gaffigan is preparing to play former Toronto mayor Rob Ford in a scripted series currently in the works at AMC, Variety has learned exclusively.
Jesse McKeown will write and executive produce, with Ed Helms and Mike Falbo executive producing under their Pacific Electric Picture Co. banner. Michael Dowse will executive produce and direct.
The dark comedy series would detail the rise and fall of the controversial Ford, who served as the mayor of Toronto from 2010 to 2014 after many years as a city councilor. He was infamously caught on video smoking crack cocaine during his reelection campaign and was known to suffer from other substance abuse issues.
Should the project move forward it would not be the first onscreen depiction of Ford. Damian Lewis played Ford in the film “Run This Town,” which debuted at SXSW last year.
Gaffigan is best known for his stand up comedy career, having released specials like “Beyond the Pale,...
Jesse McKeown will write and executive produce, with Ed Helms and Mike Falbo executive producing under their Pacific Electric Picture Co. banner. Michael Dowse will executive produce and direct.
The dark comedy series would detail the rise and fall of the controversial Ford, who served as the mayor of Toronto from 2010 to 2014 after many years as a city councilor. He was infamously caught on video smoking crack cocaine during his reelection campaign and was known to suffer from other substance abuse issues.
Should the project move forward it would not be the first onscreen depiction of Ford. Damian Lewis played Ford in the film “Run This Town,” which debuted at SXSW last year.
Gaffigan is best known for his stand up comedy career, having released specials like “Beyond the Pale,...
- 5/5/2020
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Rob Ford was always going to have his story come to the big screen one day. It’s just too juicy and larger than life. Somehow, the story of how Ford, the Mayor of Toronto, was finally caught up in a scandal that stuck, is brought to dull life in Run This Town. Instead of a riveting journalism procedural or an over the top political drama, we get things somewhere in between. The film thinks that it’s smarter than it is, more interesting than it is, and more important than it is. It all adds up to a major disappointment, especially if you saw the potential in this story. The movie is a drama about how the 2011 Rob Ford scandal came to be international news. At the beginning, we meet two of Ford’s top aides in Ashley (Nina Dobrev) and Kamal (Mena Massoud), who more or less run...
- 3/6/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
A24 is ready to milk the weekend with their new film First Cow from director Kelly Reichardt. The film isn’t about a presidential cow, but it is about a special bovine creature.
Set in the 19th century, the film follows a lone cook (John Magaro) as he travels west with a group of fur trappers. Out of all of them, he connects with a Chinese immigrant (Orion Lee) and they collaborate on a lucrative business that hinges on the participation of a nearby wealthy landowner’s prized milking cow. Through her distinct vision, she tells what seems like a peculiar story but is, in fact, a tale about America and the sensitive depiction of the friendship between two men. All the while, First Cow builds suspense in its own special way.
Co-written by Reichardt and Jonathan Raymond, the film debuted at Telluride in 2019 before making stops at the New...
Set in the 19th century, the film follows a lone cook (John Magaro) as he travels west with a group of fur trappers. Out of all of them, he connects with a Chinese immigrant (Orion Lee) and they collaborate on a lucrative business that hinges on the participation of a nearby wealthy landowner’s prized milking cow. Through her distinct vision, she tells what seems like a peculiar story but is, in fact, a tale about America and the sensitive depiction of the friendship between two men. All the while, First Cow builds suspense in its own special way.
Co-written by Reichardt and Jonathan Raymond, the film debuted at Telluride in 2019 before making stops at the New...
- 3/6/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
The story of former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is getting its time in theaters with the new film Run This Town.
Damian Lewis stars as the eccentric Ford, who died from cancer at the age of 46 in 2016, in the Ricky Tollman-directed film. Ben Platt plays Bram Shriver, a journalist who exposes Ford’s drug use.
The movie follows Platt’s Shriver as he aims to make a name for himself at a Toronto publication when he meets a source who wants to sell him a video of Ford smoking crack cocaine.
The film premiered at South by Southwest in...
Damian Lewis stars as the eccentric Ford, who died from cancer at the age of 46 in 2016, in the Ricky Tollman-directed film. Ben Platt plays Bram Shriver, a journalist who exposes Ford’s drug use.
The movie follows Platt’s Shriver as he aims to make a name for himself at a Toronto publication when he meets a source who wants to sell him a video of Ford smoking crack cocaine.
The film premiered at South by Southwest in...
- 3/5/2020
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
Questionable journalism and problematic civil service collide in “Run This Town,” writer-director Ricky Tollman’s dramatization of former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s final year in office.
Ben Platt plays a milquetoast stand-in for the actual journalists who exposed Ford’s transgressions in a film that collects too many characters and too few clear ideas on how to treat — or connect — the concentric circles around misbehaving politicians, their protectors or enablers, and members of the would-be media trying to do their job in an increasingly inhospitable economic climate.
Platt plays Bram Shriver, a recent college graduate and award-winning student journalist who lands an entry-level job at The Record, a print and online publication in Toronto. While his parents fret over his finances, Bram bemoans the listicle grunt work assigned by David (Scott Speedman), his editor, while gingerly seeking challenges doled out to senior reporters.
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Ben Platt plays a milquetoast stand-in for the actual journalists who exposed Ford’s transgressions in a film that collects too many characters and too few clear ideas on how to treat — or connect — the concentric circles around misbehaving politicians, their protectors or enablers, and members of the would-be media trying to do their job in an increasingly inhospitable economic climate.
Platt plays Bram Shriver, a recent college graduate and award-winning student journalist who lands an entry-level job at The Record, a print and online publication in Toronto. While his parents fret over his finances, Bram bemoans the listicle grunt work assigned by David (Scott Speedman), his editor, while gingerly seeking challenges doled out to senior reporters.
Also Read: Ben Platt's SXSW Favorite...
- 3/4/2020
- by Todd Gilchrist
- The Wrap
When a journalist is in the middle of an investigation, there’s not much they can share with people not involved. At least, until the news breaks. And that’s especially the case when you’re investigating one of the biggest politicians that may or may not be caught on video smoking crack. So, as shown in our exclusive clip from the film “Run This Town,” dinner conversation can be a bit of a dicey situation.
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- 3/4/2020
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Back before Donald Trump took the idea of political controversy and pumped it full of steroids, one of the most shocking scandals in politics involved Rob Ford, the then-Mayor of Toronto. And in the film “Run This Town,” the Rob Ford scandal gets put under the microscope through the point-of-views of a journalist and the Mayor’s right-hand man.
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As seen in the new trailer for “Run This Town,” the film follows a couple of different angles of the Rob Ford political scandal that involved the Mayor buying drugs and being recorded while he smoked them.
Continue reading ‘Run This Town’ Trailer: The Rob Ford Scandal Gets The Spotlight In Ricky Tollman’s Political Drama at The Playlist.
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As seen in the new trailer for “Run This Town,” the film follows a couple of different angles of the Rob Ford political scandal that involved the Mayor buying drugs and being recorded while he smoked them.
Continue reading ‘Run This Town’ Trailer: The Rob Ford Scandal Gets The Spotlight In Ricky Tollman’s Political Drama at The Playlist.
- 2/14/2020
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
In Run This Town, Tony award winning actor Ben Platt (Dear Evan Hansen) plays Bram, a journalist who is tired of penning puff pieces and is focused on doing more serious investigative work. Upon accidentally discovering scandalous details on Toronto’s mayor Rob Ford (Damian Lewis), Bram may have the story that could put his career [...]
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- 1/28/2020
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
One of the standouts from last year’s SXSW, the new film “Run This Town” is perhaps most notable, not for its awesome cast or the film’s content, but for the recent deal between film studio Oscilloscope and Twitter. For the first time ever, Twitter will now stream films, and the social media platform is beginning this quest with this new political thriller.
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Back in 2018, we were shocked when set pictures dropped of actor Damian Lewis under all sorts of prosthetics to play controversial Canadian political figure Rob Ford.
Continue reading ‘Run This Town’ Trailer: Ben Platt Stars In This Political Thriller From SXSW That Will Stream On Twitter at The Playlist.
Read More: Damian Lewis’ Transformation Into Disgraced Mayor Rob Ford Is The Most Interesting Thing You’ll See All Day
Back in 2018, we were shocked when set pictures dropped of actor Damian Lewis under all sorts of prosthetics to play controversial Canadian political figure Rob Ford.
Continue reading ‘Run This Town’ Trailer: Ben Platt Stars In This Political Thriller From SXSW That Will Stream On Twitter at The Playlist.
- 1/24/2020
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Update: An earlier version of this story said Twitter will stream the film on its app; that was incorrect. The tech company will be handling outreach for “Run This Town.”
Twitter is linking with Oscilloscope Laboratories to do outreach on Ricky Tollman’s feature film debut, “Run This Town,” starring Grammy and Tony award-winner Ben Platt as a precocious journalist who stumbles into a life-altering story. The film will release day-and-date on March 6.
“Run This Town” follows Bram, a young newspaper intern who desperately wants to cover hard-hitting news but is stuck writing listicles; his fortunes suddenly change when he luckily finds some salacious information on ex-Toronto mayor Rob Ford and is thrust into a hasty investigation that links him with two of the mayor’s aides. The Twitter-Oscilloscope partnership comes a year after the film debuted at the SXSW Film Festival.
Joining Platt in the film are Mena Massoud...
Twitter is linking with Oscilloscope Laboratories to do outreach on Ricky Tollman’s feature film debut, “Run This Town,” starring Grammy and Tony award-winner Ben Platt as a precocious journalist who stumbles into a life-altering story. The film will release day-and-date on March 6.
“Run This Town” follows Bram, a young newspaper intern who desperately wants to cover hard-hitting news but is stuck writing listicles; his fortunes suddenly change when he luckily finds some salacious information on ex-Toronto mayor Rob Ford and is thrust into a hasty investigation that links him with two of the mayor’s aides. The Twitter-Oscilloscope partnership comes a year after the film debuted at the SXSW Film Festival.
Joining Platt in the film are Mena Massoud...
- 1/23/2020
- by Sean Burch
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Oscilloscope Laboratories is teaming with Twitter to release Ricky Tollman’s feature film debut, starring Tony, Emmy, and Grammy Award winner Ben Platt, Mena Massoud, Nina Dobrev, Scott Speedman, Gil Bellows, with two-time Tony Award winner Jennifer Ehle and Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Damian Lewis. The film will be released day-and-date on March 6 in the United States, with Quiver Distribution handling all aspects of the digital release.
This marks a new, innovative collaboration for the Adam Yauch-founded film production company and the social media platform. The partnership targets the North American release and Twitter has signed on as the exclusive content distribution platform supporting the film. Twitter users can expect...
This marks a new, innovative collaboration for the Adam Yauch-founded film production company and the social media platform. The partnership targets the North American release and Twitter has signed on as the exclusive content distribution platform supporting the film. Twitter users can expect...
- 1/23/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
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Despite leading a major live-action adaptation that would eventually surpass $1 billion in the box office, Mena Massoud is still having a hard time getting auditions. "I'm kind of tired of staying quiet about it," the 28-year-old actor said in a candid interview with The Daily Beast, before admitting he hadn't landed a single audition since Aladdin was released in May. He later added, "The big truth is I haven't really seen a big anything from it."
"I'm kind of tired of staying quiet about it."
Massoud went on to explain, "People have these ideas in their head. It's like, I'm sitting here being like, Ok, Aladdin just hit $1 billion. Can I at least get an audition? Like I'm not expecting you to be like, here's Batman. But can I just get in the room? Like, can you just give me a chance?" He added,...
Despite leading a major live-action adaptation that would eventually surpass $1 billion in the box office, Mena Massoud is still having a hard time getting auditions. "I'm kind of tired of staying quiet about it," the 28-year-old actor said in a candid interview with The Daily Beast, before admitting he hadn't landed a single audition since Aladdin was released in May. He later added, "The big truth is I haven't really seen a big anything from it."
"I'm kind of tired of staying quiet about it."
Massoud went on to explain, "People have these ideas in their head. It's like, I'm sitting here being like, Ok, Aladdin just hit $1 billion. Can I at least get an audition? Like I'm not expecting you to be like, here's Batman. But can I just get in the room? Like, can you just give me a chance?" He added,...
- 12/9/2019
- by Kelsey Garcia
- Popsugar.com
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has nabbed world rights outside North America for Run This Town, which stars Damian Lewis as Rob Ford, the controversial former mayor of Toronto who died in 2016 at the age of 46.
Elevation Pictures is set to release Ricky Tollman's debut feature, which also stars Ben Platt, Nina Dobrev and Mena Massoud, in Canada, while U.S. distribution rights remain up for grabs.
Ford was mayor from 2010 to 2014, but had already established a history of public intoxication and substance abuse. During his years as mayor, video surfaced of him smoking crack cocaine; he ...
Elevation Pictures is set to release Ricky Tollman's debut feature, which also stars Ben Platt, Nina Dobrev and Mena Massoud, in Canada, while U.S. distribution rights remain up for grabs.
Ford was mayor from 2010 to 2014, but had already established a history of public intoxication and substance abuse. During his years as mayor, video surfaced of him smoking crack cocaine; he ...
- 9/10/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has nabbed world rights outside North America for Run This Town, which stars Damian Lewis as Rob Ford, the controversial former mayor of Toronto who died in 2016 at the age of 46.
Elevation Pictures is set to release Ricky Tollman's debut feature, which also stars Ben Platt, Nina Dobrev and Mena Massoud, in Canada, while U.S. distribution rights remain up for grabs.
Ford was mayor from 2010 to 2014, but had already established a history of public intoxication and substance abuse. During his years as mayor, video surfaced of him smoking crack cocaine; he ...
Elevation Pictures is set to release Ricky Tollman's debut feature, which also stars Ben Platt, Nina Dobrev and Mena Massoud, in Canada, while U.S. distribution rights remain up for grabs.
Ford was mayor from 2010 to 2014, but had already established a history of public intoxication and substance abuse. During his years as mayor, video surfaced of him smoking crack cocaine; he ...
- 9/10/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There is much to admire but a lot to admonish in “Run This Town,” writer-director Ricky Tollman’s aggressively cluttered drama about ambitious millennials, circulation-famished editors, and other not-so-innocent bystanders who cross paths in Toronto during the scandal-rocked 2010-14 mayorship of Rob Ford.
It doesn’t help much that Tollman takes far too long during the rapid-fire crisscrossing of storylines throughout his movie’s first third before making it clear which individuals should be paid primary attention. And it doesn’t help at all that Mayor Ford — who looms large, literally and physically, despite his status as a supporting character — is played by a heavily latexed Damian Lewis in a less-than-convincing fat suit. Lewis so closely resembles Mike Myers’ Fat Bastard character in the “Austin Powers” franchise that it’s practically impossible to fully appreciate his spot-on portrayal of a man with an unstable id checked only sporadically by an image-conscious superego.
It doesn’t help much that Tollman takes far too long during the rapid-fire crisscrossing of storylines throughout his movie’s first third before making it clear which individuals should be paid primary attention. And it doesn’t help at all that Mayor Ford — who looms large, literally and physically, despite his status as a supporting character — is played by a heavily latexed Damian Lewis in a less-than-convincing fat suit. Lewis so closely resembles Mike Myers’ Fat Bastard character in the “Austin Powers” franchise that it’s practically impossible to fully appreciate his spot-on portrayal of a man with an unstable id checked only sporadically by an image-conscious superego.
- 4/16/2019
- by Joe Leydon
- Variety Film + TV
A superbly entertaining new thriller from Ricky Tollman, Run This Town offers a fictionalized account of late Toronto mayor Rob Ford’s well-documented issues battling addiction and megalomania. As a disclaimer, the story was largely broken by Robyn Doolittle of the Globe and Mail. Tollman’s fictionalization of the events focuses on Bram (Ben Platt), who writes listicles for a local paper while dreaming of making his way in the world. We’re first introduced to him when he finds out that because he didn’t register, he won’t technically be able to graduate from journalism school despite completing all course requirements.
Run This Town balances a fledgling Bram’s entry into the world of journalism with a story of Ford staffers, including aide Kamal (Mena Massoud) and new addition Ashley Pollock (Nina Dobrev), who operate a spin machine that keeps embarrassing details out of the news. It can...
Run This Town balances a fledgling Bram’s entry into the world of journalism with a story of Ford staffers, including aide Kamal (Mena Massoud) and new addition Ashley Pollock (Nina Dobrev), who operate a spin machine that keeps embarrassing details out of the news. It can...
- 3/13/2019
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
Writer-director Ricky Tollma’s “Run This Town” — about a young Toronto journalist’s quest to break the infamous Rob Ford crack-smoking story — premiered at SXSW over the weekend, and the movie’s score plays a subtle but pivotal role in stringing viewers along for the tense ride .
The team behind the score is Ali Shaheed Muhammad, famous as the longtime DJ/co-producer for A Tribe Called Quest, and Adrian Younge, who’s produced Kendrick Lamar, Jay-z, Wu-Tang Clan and Common, among many others. The pair previously scored Netflix/Marvel’s “Luke Cage,” and released their first album together, “The Midnight Hour,” last year.
Variety caught up with the pair to talk about their work on “Run This Town,” which stretches well past any hip-hop preconceptions with a variety of sounds — sometimes all bold and organic percussion, other times quieter and French horn-inflected, often reaching back for a feel that recalls...
The team behind the score is Ali Shaheed Muhammad, famous as the longtime DJ/co-producer for A Tribe Called Quest, and Adrian Younge, who’s produced Kendrick Lamar, Jay-z, Wu-Tang Clan and Common, among many others. The pair previously scored Netflix/Marvel’s “Luke Cage,” and released their first album together, “The Midnight Hour,” last year.
Variety caught up with the pair to talk about their work on “Run This Town,” which stretches well past any hip-hop preconceptions with a variety of sounds — sometimes all bold and organic percussion, other times quieter and French horn-inflected, often reaching back for a feel that recalls...
- 3/12/2019
- by Charlie Amter
- Variety Film + TV
Billions star Damian Lewis is to be feted at the 2018 British Academy Britannia Awards – BAFTA’s biggest event outside of the UK.
The British actor and producer will receive the Britannia Award for Excellence in Television at the event, which takes place on October 26 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
He joins the previously announced honorees including Steve McQueen, Cate Blanchett and Kevin Feige.
Lewis recently completed production on Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, in which he plays Steve McQueen. Earlier this summer, he played Toronto mayor Rob Ford for the upcoming political drama Run This Town and has appeared in features such as John le Carre spy thriller Our Kind of Traitor and Werner Herzog’s Queen of the Desert as well as TV dramas Band of Brothers, Homeland and Wolf Hall.
“Damian’s ability to completely transform himself into iconic characters on screen ranging from...
The British actor and producer will receive the Britannia Award for Excellence in Television at the event, which takes place on October 26 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
He joins the previously announced honorees including Steve McQueen, Cate Blanchett and Kevin Feige.
Lewis recently completed production on Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, in which he plays Steve McQueen. Earlier this summer, he played Toronto mayor Rob Ford for the upcoming political drama Run This Town and has appeared in features such as John le Carre spy thriller Our Kind of Traitor and Werner Herzog’s Queen of the Desert as well as TV dramas Band of Brothers, Homeland and Wolf Hall.
“Damian’s ability to completely transform himself into iconic characters on screen ranging from...
- 9/27/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Progressive Conservative Doug Ford defeated Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne on Thursday, making him the next premier of Ontario, Canada’s most populated province. “We have taken back Ontario,” Ford said after his win. 50 Celebrities Who Have Died In 2018 – Tribute Slideshow Ford is the brother of the late Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, who admitted […]
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- 6/9/2018
- by Gillian Kenah
- Uinterview
On Thursday night’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live”, Samantha Bee revealed what her Canadian family really thinks of the United States. “What part of Canada are you from?” host Kimmel asked Bee. “I’m from Toronto,” Bee said to a cheering crowd. Read More: Jon Stewart defends Stephen Colbert’s ‘potty mouth’ during ‘Daily Show’ reunion “Deceased Rob Ford’s brother, Doug Ford, is running for premier...
- 5/25/2018
- by Shakiel Mahjouri
- ET Canada
“Billions” has a small, but very important new number to count to, as the series was just picked up for a Season 4 at Showtime, the premium cabler’s president of programming, Gary Levine, announced Thursday.
The drama, led by Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis, is currently airing its third installment on Sundays at 10 p.m., but will see a move to 9 p.m. starting May 6. This will make it the lead-in for the second season premiere of Jim Carrey’s “I’m Dying Up Here.”
The Season 3 premiere of “Billions” was the series highest-rated ever, up 23 percent from last year’s debut. It currently ranks as Showtime’s No. 2 drama behind the critically-acclaimed “Homeland.” The series was created by Andrew Ross Sorkin, along with showrunners Brian Koppelman and David Levien, who also executive produce.
Also Read: See Damian Lewis Hidden in Full Makeup as Former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford
“‘Billions’ continues to build its audience as it explores the heights of power and wealth even as it plumbs the depths of the human psyche,” Levine said. “Brian and David are gifted, propulsive storytellers and we can’t wait to see where they and their extraordinary cast will take us in season four.”
The third season of “Billions” follows Chuck Rhoades (Giamatti) and Bobby Axelrod (Lewis) in a world that has shifted on its axis. Both men are still determined to destroy the other, but must also battle for their own survival amid new forces and powerful enemies. Wendy Rhoades (Maggie Siff), Chuck’s wife and Axe’s performance coach, is all in for both of them, an uneasy and dangerous position for her, and one that ultimately puts her to a decision that could alter the direction of her life irrevocably.
The drama also stars Malin Akerman, Toby Leonard Moore, David Costabile, Condola Rashad, Asia Kate Dillon and Jeffrey DeMunn.
Also Read: AMC's 'The Terror' Premiere Is Season's Top New Cable Drama - Thanks, 'Walking Dead' Lead-In!
“Billions” airs Sundays at 10/9 c on Showtime — but will shift to 9/8 c on May 6.
Read original story ‘Billions’ Renewed for Season 4 at Showtime At TheWrap...
The drama, led by Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis, is currently airing its third installment on Sundays at 10 p.m., but will see a move to 9 p.m. starting May 6. This will make it the lead-in for the second season premiere of Jim Carrey’s “I’m Dying Up Here.”
The Season 3 premiere of “Billions” was the series highest-rated ever, up 23 percent from last year’s debut. It currently ranks as Showtime’s No. 2 drama behind the critically-acclaimed “Homeland.” The series was created by Andrew Ross Sorkin, along with showrunners Brian Koppelman and David Levien, who also executive produce.
Also Read: See Damian Lewis Hidden in Full Makeup as Former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford
“‘Billions’ continues to build its audience as it explores the heights of power and wealth even as it plumbs the depths of the human psyche,” Levine said. “Brian and David are gifted, propulsive storytellers and we can’t wait to see where they and their extraordinary cast will take us in season four.”
The third season of “Billions” follows Chuck Rhoades (Giamatti) and Bobby Axelrod (Lewis) in a world that has shifted on its axis. Both men are still determined to destroy the other, but must also battle for their own survival amid new forces and powerful enemies. Wendy Rhoades (Maggie Siff), Chuck’s wife and Axe’s performance coach, is all in for both of them, an uneasy and dangerous position for her, and one that ultimately puts her to a decision that could alter the direction of her life irrevocably.
The drama also stars Malin Akerman, Toby Leonard Moore, David Costabile, Condola Rashad, Asia Kate Dillon and Jeffrey DeMunn.
Also Read: AMC's 'The Terror' Premiere Is Season's Top New Cable Drama - Thanks, 'Walking Dead' Lead-In!
“Billions” airs Sundays at 10/9 c on Showtime — but will shift to 9/8 c on May 6.
Read original story ‘Billions’ Renewed for Season 4 at Showtime At TheWrap...
- 4/26/2018
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Damian Lewis, is that you? The Billions star was spotted on the set of his new film, Run This Town, in Toronto on Monday looking a little different than usual. In the snaps, Lewis shows off the drastic transformation he went through to play Toronto's former mayor, Rob Ford. He is seen wearing heavy make-up and prosthetics as he walks down the street, quite a departure from the handsome Brit's usual appearance. While this look is a far cry from Lewis' past roles as a soldier-turned-traitor on Homeland or as a hedge fund king on Billions, he has never been afraid to transform into a character. Ford, who was mayor of Toronto from 2010...
- 4/24/2018
- E! Online
"Billions" star Damian Lewis looks totally unrecognizable on set, which is a good thing ... because he's playing Toronto's former crack-smoking mayor, Rob Ford. Lewis was spotted in character on the set of "Run This Town" in Toronto on Monday, after spending nearly 7 hours in makeup to transform into the disgraced ex-Mayor ... and the resemblance is uncanny. The film will focus on Ford's last year of his mayoral term, which was rocked by scandal when...
- 4/24/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Rob Ford was famous for many things. For one, the Canadian citizen was Toronto’s 64th mayor who ran office from 2010 to 2014. Ford started serving in public office in 2000, and he had a reputation for giving passionate speeches. During his time as mayor, Ford worked to privatize waste removal—something that was approved during his first term. During this time, Toronto also saw no increase in property taxes. Ford also proposed a new transit system, the Scarborough Subway Expansion, which was initially endorsed by the council. This endorsement will later be rescinded due to the video evidence that caught
Damian Lewis to Play Controversial ex-Toronto mayor Rob Ford...
Damian Lewis to Play Controversial ex-Toronto mayor Rob Ford...
- 4/15/2018
- by Jennifer Borama
- TVovermind.com
English actor Damian Lewis has confirmed he is playing the late Rob Ford in the upcoming drama Run This Town, which is fittingly being filmed in Toronto, the city Ford was the mayor of from 2010 to 2014. Damian Lewis Cast As Rob Ford In Run This Town Ford, who passed away in March 2016 after a battle […]
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- 4/12/2018
- by Matt Reisine
- Uinterview
Homeland and Billions’ Damian Lewis has been cast in Run This Town alongside Ben Platt, Nina Dobrev and Mena Massoud.
Lewis will play ex Toronto Mayor, Rob Ford, a politician who was shrouded in controversies when he became embroiled in a substance abuse scandal. Following his admission, Ford refused to resign, but City Council handed over certain mayoral powers and office staff to Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly for the remainder of Ford’s term. Ford took a sabbatical and received treatment for his alcohol and drug addiction. He died at the tender age of 46 from Cancer.
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The film is understood to follow a reporter (Ben Platt) who attempts to expose a scandal involving a politician who doesn’t play by the rules. The politician’s aides, played by Nina Dobrev and Mena Massoud, try their best...
Lewis will play ex Toronto Mayor, Rob Ford, a politician who was shrouded in controversies when he became embroiled in a substance abuse scandal. Following his admission, Ford refused to resign, but City Council handed over certain mayoral powers and office staff to Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly for the remainder of Ford’s term. Ford took a sabbatical and received treatment for his alcohol and drug addiction. He died at the tender age of 46 from Cancer.
Also in the news – Melissa McCarthy to star in New Line project Super Intelligence
The film is understood to follow a reporter (Ben Platt) who attempts to expose a scandal involving a politician who doesn’t play by the rules. The politician’s aides, played by Nina Dobrev and Mena Massoud, try their best...
- 4/11/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Before his death in 2016, Rob Ford made headlines across the globe as the crack-smoking mayor of Toronto. Now his real life exploits are being dramatized in a Hollywood movie, and Homeland and Billions star Damian Lewis will suit up to play Ford in a drama called Run This Town. That’s odd casting, isn’t it? […]
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- 4/10/2018
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
Rob Ford, the controversial former mayor of Toronto, is getting the big-screen treatment.
Damian Lewis is portraying Ford, who died in 2016, in Run This Town, a thriller currently shooting, fittingly, in Toronto.
Kit Magazine, which published an interview with Lewis, wrote how Lewis was being fit with a prosthetic to play the former mayor.
Much of the details on the movie remain under lock and key — IMDb doesn’t even have character names — but it is understood to follow a reporter (Ben Platt) who attempts to expose a scandal involving a politician...
Damian Lewis is portraying Ford, who died in 2016, in Run This Town, a thriller currently shooting, fittingly, in Toronto.
Kit Magazine, which published an interview with Lewis, wrote how Lewis was being fit with a prosthetic to play the former mayor.
Much of the details on the movie remain under lock and key — IMDb doesn’t even have character names — but it is understood to follow a reporter (Ben Platt) who attempts to expose a scandal involving a politician...
- 4/10/2018
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Rob Ford, the controversial former mayor of Toronto, is getting the big-screen treatment.
Damian Lewis is portraying Ford, who died in 2016, in <em>Run This Town</em>, a drama currently shooting in Toronto.
<em>Kit Magazine</em>, <a href="http://kit-magazine.co/interview-damian-lewis/" target="_blank">which published an interview</a> with Lewis, reported the actor was being fit with a prosthetic to play the former mayor.
Many of the details remain under lock and key — IMDb doesn’t even have character names — but the film is understood to follow a reporter (Ben Platt) who attempts to expose a scandal involving a politician who doesn't play by the rules. The politician's aides,...
Damian Lewis is portraying Ford, who died in 2016, in <em>Run This Town</em>, a drama currently shooting in Toronto.
<em>Kit Magazine</em>, <a href="http://kit-magazine.co/interview-damian-lewis/" target="_blank">which published an interview</a> with Lewis, reported the actor was being fit with a prosthetic to play the former mayor.
Many of the details remain under lock and key — IMDb doesn’t even have character names — but the film is understood to follow a reporter (Ben Platt) who attempts to expose a scandal involving a politician who doesn't play by the rules. The politician's aides,...
- 4/10/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
An out-of-control mayor will stop at nothing to extricate himself from scandal when when video surfaces that shows him smoking crack. Not only was that the real-life story that played out with former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, it’s also the plot of an upcoming movie called “Filth City”. While the film never mentions Ford by name — […]...
- 3/8/2017
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
Doug Ford, the brother of infamous Toronto mayor Rob Ford, is set to tell the story of “Ford Nation” in a new tell-all book. The book, which was written by Doug and his late brother Rob, will reportedly “rock” Canada’s political and media landscape, the politician shared at a press conference on Tuesday. “When this […]...
- 9/13/2016
- by Sylvia Ogweng
- ET Canada
A new video of former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking on what appears to be a crack pipe has been released to the public. Ford, who recently passed away from a rare form of cancer back in March of this year first came under scrutiny in 2013 when the Toronto Star newspaper released the disturbing video […]
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- 8/12/2016
- by Aziza Hassan
- Uinterview
Nearly three years after a reported video featuring former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine made him a household name in America, the footage has finally been released. Ford, who died this past March after a cancer battle, admitted to smoking crack cocaine in 2013. Although former Toronto police chief Bill Blair previously confirmed the video's existence, it was never available to the public until now. The video was entered as court evidence against Alexander Lisi, Ford's friend and former driver, who was facing an extortion charge over attempts to retrieve the cell phone that allegedly contained the video, according...
- 8/11/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble, @lekimble
- PEOPLE.com
Nearly three years after a reported video featuring former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine made him a household name in America, the footage has finally been released. Ford, who died this past March after a cancer battle, admitted to smoking crack cocaine in 2013. Although former Toronto police chief Bill Blair previously confirmed the video's existence, it was never available to the public until now. The video was entered as court evidence against Alexander Lisi, Ford's friend and former driver, who was facing an extortion charge over attempts to retrieve the cell phone that allegedly contained the video, according...
- 8/11/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble, @lekimble
- PEOPLE.com
Video of former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack has finally been released to the public, offering an intimate glimpse into the private life of Canada’s own Marion Barry. In the video, Ford — who died in March — can be seen lighting up, and lighting into current Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau. “Trudeau right there, I’d like, I’d like to get that f–kin’ Justin Trudeau and shove my foot as far up his ass,” an offscreen voice is heard saying. Also Read: Rob Ford, Former Mayor of Toronto, Dies at 46 “Fat dick,” Ford replies, apparently without irony.
- 8/11/2016
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
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