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- 8/31/2017
- Pastemagazine.com
Bella Thorne has been in the news lately for her nights out with Kourtney Kardashian’s ex, Scott Disick. Last month, during the Cannes Film Festival, Thorne and Disick were seen in compromising positions outside a private villa together. Thorne left abruptly, claiming that Disick was way too much of a partier for her liking. Since then, […]
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- 7/5/2017
- by Juliana Martins
- Uinterview
ScarJo and CoJo are back on!
After what appeared to be a brief hiatus, Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost have rekindled their romance, a source confirms to People.
The actress and the Saturday Night Live star were spotted on Friday getting cozy on a love seat while out to dinner at the Huntting Inn’s Palm restaurant in East Hampton, New York. Jost had celebrated his 35th birthday the day before.
Page Six first reported the news.
The sweet outing came weeks after Johansson was photographed holding hands with her high-profile entertainment lawyer, Kevin Yorn, in June in New York...
After what appeared to be a brief hiatus, Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost have rekindled their romance, a source confirms to People.
The actress and the Saturday Night Live star were spotted on Friday getting cozy on a love seat while out to dinner at the Huntting Inn’s Palm restaurant in East Hampton, New York. Jost had celebrated his 35th birthday the day before.
Page Six first reported the news.
The sweet outing came weeks after Johansson was photographed holding hands with her high-profile entertainment lawyer, Kevin Yorn, in June in New York...
- 7/4/2017
- by Char Adams and Julie Jordan
- PEOPLE.com
When we think of pretty packaging of DVD/Blu-ray releases, the usual disc-pimping suspects pop up: Arrow, Cj-Entertainment, Criterion (when so minded), Anime Limited, Eureka, Funimation, Wild Side Video, Sentai Filmworks... Curzon Arificial Eye will generally not be in that shortlist, though that's not a slur on their ability as a distributor. Not unlike the British Film Institute, they have a very impressive catalogue with plenty of certified classics in it, and their releases are often perfectly decent, if not very flashy. That goes for their boxsets too. But even they clearly felt inspired when designing a boxset for Andrei Tarkovsky's films. Called "The Deluxe Collection", the limited (and numbered) set is meant as a companion piece to the "Sculpting Time" retrospective, a touring programme which...
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- 5/24/2017
- Screen Anarchy
This French disc release of the Jacques Tourneur classic gets everything right — including both versions in picture perfect transfers. Devil debunker Dana Andrews locks horns with Niall MacGinnis, a necromancer “who has decoded the Old Book” and can summon a fire & brimstone monster from Hell, no election fraud necessary. Even fans that hate ghost stories love this one — it’s a truly creepy, intelligent highlight of the horror genre.
Night of the Demon
Region A + B Blu-ray + Pal DVD
Wild Side (Fr)
1957 / B&W / 1:66 widescreen / 95 & 82 min. / Street Date November 27, 2013 / Curse of the Demon, Rendez-vous avec la peur / Available from Amazon UK or Foreign Exchange Blu-ray
Starring: Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall MacGinnis, Maurice Denham,
Athene Seyler
Cinematography: Ted Scaife
Production Designer: Ken Adam
Special Effects: George Blackwell, S.D. Onions, Wally Veevers
Film Editor Michael Gordon
Original Music: Clifton Parker
Written by Charles Bennett and Hal E. Chester
from the...
Night of the Demon
Region A + B Blu-ray + Pal DVD
Wild Side (Fr)
1957 / B&W / 1:66 widescreen / 95 & 82 min. / Street Date November 27, 2013 / Curse of the Demon, Rendez-vous avec la peur / Available from Amazon UK or Foreign Exchange Blu-ray
Starring: Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall MacGinnis, Maurice Denham,
Athene Seyler
Cinematography: Ted Scaife
Production Designer: Ken Adam
Special Effects: George Blackwell, S.D. Onions, Wally Veevers
Film Editor Michael Gordon
Original Music: Clifton Parker
Written by Charles Bennett and Hal E. Chester
from the...
- 5/20/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Hoda Kotb was ready to become a mom.
The Today co-anchor announced she adopted a daughter, Haley Joy, on Tuesday morning and her co-host, Matt Lauer, pointed out on-air all the adorable ways Kotb hinted at this huge change in her life.
More: Zoe Saldana Announces Birth of Third Child With Husband Marco Perego -- Find Out His Cute Name!
“And suddenly you just know it’s time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings," she shared on Instagram last week, along with a series of inspirational quotes following it.
“If not now…then when?” another read.
“For all the things my hands have held the best by far is you,” one sweet post on Friday said.
Kotb is known to traditionally post quotes on her social account but her latest, as Lauer said, appeared as though she was “trying to tell us something.”
Kotb then spoke to the morning show team via the...
The Today co-anchor announced she adopted a daughter, Haley Joy, on Tuesday morning and her co-host, Matt Lauer, pointed out on-air all the adorable ways Kotb hinted at this huge change in her life.
More: Zoe Saldana Announces Birth of Third Child With Husband Marco Perego -- Find Out His Cute Name!
“And suddenly you just know it’s time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings," she shared on Instagram last week, along with a series of inspirational quotes following it.
“If not now…then when?” another read.
“For all the things my hands have held the best by far is you,” one sweet post on Friday said.
Kotb is known to traditionally post quotes on her social account but her latest, as Lauer said, appeared as though she was “trying to tell us something.”
Kotb then spoke to the morning show team via the...
- 2/21/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
While not particularly successful at the box office, Patrick Mackendrick's 1957 film Sweet Smell of Success has over the years gained the status of classic, thanks to its searing script and the fantastically slimy performances by its two leads Tony Curtis and Burt Lancaster (check out Dave Canfield's review of the Criterion edition to find out more). And in France, where the film is known as Le Grand Chantage, it has now been given a stellar release by Wild Side Video. Wild Side Video has several different approaches on how to tackle its special editions. Sometimes they create beautiful boxes which add a book or two to their general release, like they did with The Red Turtle and Snowpiercer. But sometimes they release books. Big,...
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- 12/23/2016
- Screen Anarchy
You'll always be careful with knives after seeing the outrageous, impossibly gory violence of this brain-warping samurai series from the early 1970s. Tomisaburo Wakabayashi rolls his tiny tot Daigoro through feudal Japan, looking for trouble. There's simply been nothing like it: breathtakingly beautiful images aestheticize bloodletting as never before or since. Lone Wolf and Cub Sword of Vengeance, Baby Cart at the River Styx, Baby Cart to Hades, Baby Cart in Peril, Baby Cart in the Land of Demons, White Heaven in Hell + Shogun Assassin Blu-ray The Criterion Collection 841 1972-1974 / Color / 2:40 widescreen / 630 + min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date November 8, 2016 / 99.95 Starring Tomisaburo Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa. Written by Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima Produced by Shintaro Katsu, Hisaharu Matsubara, Tomisaburo Wakayama Directed by Kenji Misumi, Buichi Saito, Yoshiyuki Kuroda
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
In an unexpected move, Criterion has released one of the most influential Japanese film series of the 1970s,...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
In an unexpected move, Criterion has released one of the most influential Japanese film series of the 1970s,...
- 11/7/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
This kitty needs no introduction: Simone Simon is the purring-sweet immigrant with a dark atavistic secret. It's Val Lewton's debut smash hit. The real hero is director Jacques Tourneur, who conveys a feeling of real life being lived that won over audiences of 1942 and drew them into his web of fantasy. Cat People Blu-ray The Criterion Collection 833 1942 / B&W / 1:37 flat Academy / 73 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date September 20, 2016 / 39.95 Starring Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph, Jack Holt, Elizabeth Russell, Theresa Harris. Cinematography Nicholas Musuraca Art Direction Albert S. D'Agostino, Walter E. Keller Film Editor Mark Robson Original Music Roy Webb Written by De Witt Bodeen Directed by Jacques Tourneur
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Val Lewton never had to be 'discovered,' actually. Life magazine awarded him his own photo layout and the critics praised him as the maker of a new brand of psychologically based horror films.
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Val Lewton never had to be 'discovered,' actually. Life magazine awarded him his own photo layout and the critics praised him as the maker of a new brand of psychologically based horror films.
- 9/2/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
The 100th Disney Channel Original Movie, Adventures In Babysitting starring popular actresses and recording artists Sabrina Carpenter (“Girl Meets World”) and Sofia Carson (“Descendants”), premieres Friday, June 24 (8:00 p.m. Edt) on Disney Channel. The re-imagined tale of the popular 1980s film of the same name will be available one week in advance, Friday, June 17, to verified users on the Disney Channel app and via VOD. The premiere of “Adventures in Babysitting” will be ushered in by the “100th Dcom Celebration,” a nostalgic programming event across Disney Channel, the Disney Channel App and VOD featuring every Dcom ever made.
The “Adventures in Babysitting” premiere telecast is sponsored by Post Fruity Pebbles and Cocoa Pebbles. It will be followed by the premiere of Disney Channel’s new comedy series “Bizaardvark.”
In a heartfelt story that celebrates individuality, friendship and self-empowerment, the live-action adventure comedy made for kids, tweens and families, pays...
The “Adventures in Babysitting” premiere telecast is sponsored by Post Fruity Pebbles and Cocoa Pebbles. It will be followed by the premiere of Disney Channel’s new comedy series “Bizaardvark.”
In a heartfelt story that celebrates individuality, friendship and self-empowerment, the live-action adventure comedy made for kids, tweens and families, pays...
- 6/10/2016
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Grammy winner Meghan Trainor just dropped a new risqué music video for her song “No.” Meghan Trainor Shows Wild Side In ‘No’ Video After winning the prestigious Best New Artist award at the Grammys earlier this year, the singer has dropped her new video and it features bossy dance moves, fishnet stockings and serious girl power. Trainer dances to […]
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- 3/22/2016
- by Crystal Smith
- Uinterview
A review of tonight's "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" coming up just as soon as you're what sneezes are... After a couple of episodes in a row that seemed to be "Brooklyn" leaning too hard into areas where the series tends to struggle, "The Swedes" was the show back in excellent form — and, interestingly, while operating in places that have also been problems in the past. While the show tends to cast great guest stars, for instance, the regular cast is so big and so good that bringing in outsiders for prominent roles can often through episodes out of balance. But while Riki Lindhome and Anders Holm added some amusing creepiness as the eponymous Swedes, they were there primarily for Jake and Rosa to react to, which still made it a story about our regulars. And Neil deGrasse Tyson's appearance was kept at the appropriate cameo length, with enough time for some...
- 12/7/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Read More: Sundance Review: 'Tangerine' is a Charming Buddy Comedy About Transgender Prostitutes in L.A. In preparation for the theatrical release of "Tangerine" this Friday, writer-director Sean Baker joined stars Mya Taylor and James Ransone for a Reddit Ama to discuss their Sundance Film Festival hit. The micro-budget film follows prostitutes Sin-Dee and Alexandra on a mission to find Sin-Dee's pimp boyfriend, who is rumored to have cheated on her while she was in jail. Intriguingly, the film was shot by Baker entirely on an iPhone 5s. Here are some of the highlights from the Ama: How is "Tangerine" different from the other movies that have been made about transgender people? What more does this film have to offer to the audience? Baker: "Well, our two leads are transgender, which we believe is pretty different, but also our approach leans more towards comedy. There is another film...
- 7/8/2015
- by Kaeli Van Cott
- Indiewire
First title destined for e-distribution slate is Eli Roth’s The Green Inferno. Company will be on hunt for suitable titles at the Afm.
Following the success of its VOD-only release of Welcome to New York earlier this year, Wild Bunch is poised to launch Europe’s first pan-European e-distribution operation.
Taking inspiration from the innovative models of Us distributors such as RADiUS, A24 and the IFC, the e-distribution operation will propose films either directly to different VOD services, or when legislation allows, simultaneously via VOD and in theatres.
“We wouldn’t be doing this if the release of Welcome to New York had not been a success and we weren’t convinced of the potential of this market,” said Wild Bunch co-founder Vincent Maraval.
Aside from the performance of Welcome to New York, which clocked some 200,000 downloads in six weeks, the company is also basing it plans on the results of the European Commission’s media...
Following the success of its VOD-only release of Welcome to New York earlier this year, Wild Bunch is poised to launch Europe’s first pan-European e-distribution operation.
Taking inspiration from the innovative models of Us distributors such as RADiUS, A24 and the IFC, the e-distribution operation will propose films either directly to different VOD services, or when legislation allows, simultaneously via VOD and in theatres.
“We wouldn’t be doing this if the release of Welcome to New York had not been a success and we weren’t convinced of the potential of this market,” said Wild Bunch co-founder Vincent Maraval.
Aside from the performance of Welcome to New York, which clocked some 200,000 downloads in six weeks, the company is also basing it plans on the results of the European Commission’s media...
- 10/31/2014
- ScreenDaily
First title destined for e-distribution slate is Eli Roth’s The Green Inferno. Company will be on hunt for suitable titles at the Afm.
Following the success of its VOD-only release of Welcome to New York earlier this year, Wild Bunch is poised to launch Europe’s first pan-European e-distribution operation.
Taking inspiration from the innovative models of Us distributors such as RADiUS, A24 and the IFC, the e-distribution operation will propose films either directly to different VOD services, or when legislation allows, simultaneously via VOD and in theatres.
“We wouldn’t be doing this if the release of Welcome to New York had not been a success and we weren’t convinced of the potential of this market,” said Wild Bunch co-founder Vincent Maraval.
Aside from the performance of Welcome to New York, which clocked some 200,000 downloads in six weeks, the company is also basing it plans on the results of the European Commission’s media...
Following the success of its VOD-only release of Welcome to New York earlier this year, Wild Bunch is poised to launch Europe’s first pan-European e-distribution operation.
Taking inspiration from the innovative models of Us distributors such as RADiUS, A24 and the IFC, the e-distribution operation will propose films either directly to different VOD services, or when legislation allows, simultaneously via VOD and in theatres.
“We wouldn’t be doing this if the release of Welcome to New York had not been a success and we weren’t convinced of the potential of this market,” said Wild Bunch co-founder Vincent Maraval.
Aside from the performance of Welcome to New York, which clocked some 200,000 downloads in six weeks, the company is also basing it plans on the results of the European Commission’s media...
- 10/31/2014
- ScreenDaily
Reese Witherspoon is walking on the Wild side. The Oscar winner, 38, is once again earning Academy Awards buzz - this time for her raw performance in the upcoming drama Wild, which scored a standing ovation following its premiere Monday night at the Toronto International Film Festival. (People called it before the fest started!) Playing author Cheryl Strayed, who wrote the bestselling memoir upon which the film is based, Witherspoon is vulnerable and completely stripped-down - especially in one intense sex scene. So what did her husband Jim Toth think of the bold scene? "He's always very supportive," she told People...
- 9/9/2014
- by Jeff Nelson, @nelson_jeff
- PEOPLE.com
Exclusive: HanWay inks UK and French deals on Ben Wheatley’s thriller.
HanWay Films has finalised deals for Ben Wheatley’s anticipated thriller High-Rise with StudioCanal for the UK and Wild Side co-founder Manuel Chiche’s new distribution company The Jokers for France.
As reported by Screen last week, Jeremy Irons and Sienna Miller have joined Tom Hiddleston on the cast of the in-demand Sightseers director Wheatley’s update of Jg Ballard’s dystopian novel, which is being produced by Jeremy Thomas’ Rpc.
Hiddleston leads cast on the thriller as a young doctor drawn into the violence and debauchery of a surreal 1970s residential tower block.
Shoot is slated to get underway this July in Belfast. Script comes from Amy Jump while financiers include FilmFour and the British Film Institute, with support from Northern Ireland Screen.
Thorsten Schumacher, managing director of HanWay Films told Screen: “StudioCanal and The Jokers are perfect partners for High-Rise, proven distribution...
HanWay Films has finalised deals for Ben Wheatley’s anticipated thriller High-Rise with StudioCanal for the UK and Wild Side co-founder Manuel Chiche’s new distribution company The Jokers for France.
As reported by Screen last week, Jeremy Irons and Sienna Miller have joined Tom Hiddleston on the cast of the in-demand Sightseers director Wheatley’s update of Jg Ballard’s dystopian novel, which is being produced by Jeremy Thomas’ Rpc.
Hiddleston leads cast on the thriller as a young doctor drawn into the violence and debauchery of a surreal 1970s residential tower block.
Shoot is slated to get underway this July in Belfast. Script comes from Amy Jump while financiers include FilmFour and the British Film Institute, with support from Northern Ireland Screen.
Thorsten Schumacher, managing director of HanWay Films told Screen: “StudioCanal and The Jokers are perfect partners for High-Rise, proven distribution...
- 5/19/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
(Apparently the French were really, really happy they had the international premiere for this one...) International releases sometimes happen on weird, illogic timetables. This Thursday, April the 3rd, Bong Yoon-ho's new film Snowpiercer had its theatrical premiere in The Netherlands. On that very same day, the mailman arrived with a package out of France, containing the special edition Blu-ray of the very same film. Last year, France was the first country outside of South Korea to show Snowpiercer, with festival screenings back in September, followed with a wide release in October, and that is why their home releases leave the station a bit sooner, this very week in fact. The French distributor is Wild Side Video, and thankfully they have a reputation for pimping some...
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- 4/6/2014
- Screen Anarchy
I was going to start this article by saying that I don't want to take anything away from Jared Leto's performance in "Dallas Buyers Club". But in a sense, I do. The performance certainly holds up as a piece of art, but as a part of our culture, I believe it needs contextualizing.
I am not the first person to suggest this. Chelsea Hawkins wrote in PolicyMic that "Dallas Buyers Club" fails trans actors while Paris Lees in the Independent was perhaps more equivocal but still asked "Why can't we cast trans people in trans roles?". Of course, nobody wants to limit trans actors to trans roles, but in the context of the status quo and general acceptability of handing the role to an actor such as Leto, it would be an undeniably liberating move.
But wait, you say - Leto was playing a pre-op trans woman. Surely it would be appropriate for the character to be played by a biological male? This doesn't strike me as exquisite logic. Laverne Cox famously spoke out against the objectifying focus on the status of trans people's genitalia, while Janet Mock talks about the obsession with "passing", pointing out that in her mind she is not passing as anything, but simply being herself.
The concept of "passing" betrays a corrosive misunderstanding that being transgender is in some sense a performance as opposed to a reality. By casting a well-known cis actor in a trans role, it makes it all about the performance. Anyone who has watched "Orange is the New Black" will know that watching a real trans actor in a trans role has an entirely different, utterly compelling and humanizing effect.
With that in mind, I thought it worth highlighting ten actors who could have played the role of Rayon. This is not because they meet the specifics that Leto brought to the character. The role was a fictional one, not based on a real-life person like Matthew McConaughey's Ron Woodroof, a fact which would seem to afford a great deal of freedom and possibility. In this case, the filmmakers chose not to pursue that route. But that doesn't stop us from imagining.
1. Harmony Santana
Santana's role in "Gun Hill Road" led to a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the Independent Spirit Awards, the first trans actor nominated for a major acting award and a hugely significant milestone.
2. Laverne Cox
Breakout star of "Orange is the New Black", passionate trans advocate and exceedingly eloquent educator of Katie Couric, Laverne Cox's star is rising fast and is a delight to witness.
3. Jamie Clayton
Clayton hosted VH1's TRANSform Me alongside Laverne Cox, but she is also an actress of note, with perhaps her most high profile gig to date being her appearance in two episodes of HBO's "Hung".
4. Stephanie Michelini
Fellow Francophone director Sebastian Lifshitz showed "Dallas Buyers Club" director John-Paul Vallee how it's done by casting a trans actor in his feature film "Wild Side". The film won the Teddy at the Berlinale and a clutch of other festival awards, including a Best Actress trophy for Michelini.
5. Alexandra Billings
With roles on "E.R." and "Grey's Anatomy" among her credits, Billings made history as the first trans actor to appear in a transgender role on American television.
6. Elizabeth Coffey
Ok, so she hasn't done any screen acting for a while, but let's pay our dues regardless. Known as a "Dreamlander" as one of John Waters' regular cast of actors, Coffey played a transgender role in the iconic "Pink Flamingoes". Two years later, she returned to play a non-trans role for Waters in 1974's "Female Trouble".
7. Calpernia Addams
Addams first made the news for tragic reasons when her soldier boyfriend was murdered by his colleagues on discovery of their relationship. A subsequent fiction film of events led to her meeting Jane Fonda at Sundance and conceiving the idea for an all-transgender production of "The Vagina Monologues". Addams was later invited to perform in the 10th anniversary edition of the play alongside Fonda, Glenn Close and Salma Hayek.
7. Eva Robin's
Robin's considers herself androgynous rather than transgender, having been born male and then developed feminine features naturally. Her most famous role was in Dario Argento's horror film "Tenebrae". While the film's politics are certainly thorny, a non-cisgendered actor playing a female role for a celebrated director is a shamefully uncommon occurrence.
9. Bibi Andersen
Competition for a place in Almodovar's stable of actresses is fierce, but Bibi Andersen clocked up no less than four credits in Almodovar feature films in the late eighties and early nineties. It is also rumoured that it was Almodovar's desire to attend the 1988 Oscars with Andersen as opposed to his leading lady Carmen Maura that caused the 18-year professional rift between Maura and the director.
10. Candis Cayne
Following a role on "Nip / Tuck", Cayne went one further by becoming the first ever transgender actress to play a recurring transgender role on primetime as Carmelita in ABC's "Dirty Sexy Money".
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I am not the first person to suggest this. Chelsea Hawkins wrote in PolicyMic that "Dallas Buyers Club" fails trans actors while Paris Lees in the Independent was perhaps more equivocal but still asked "Why can't we cast trans people in trans roles?". Of course, nobody wants to limit trans actors to trans roles, but in the context of the status quo and general acceptability of handing the role to an actor such as Leto, it would be an undeniably liberating move.
But wait, you say - Leto was playing a pre-op trans woman. Surely it would be appropriate for the character to be played by a biological male? This doesn't strike me as exquisite logic. Laverne Cox famously spoke out against the objectifying focus on the status of trans people's genitalia, while Janet Mock talks about the obsession with "passing", pointing out that in her mind she is not passing as anything, but simply being herself.
The concept of "passing" betrays a corrosive misunderstanding that being transgender is in some sense a performance as opposed to a reality. By casting a well-known cis actor in a trans role, it makes it all about the performance. Anyone who has watched "Orange is the New Black" will know that watching a real trans actor in a trans role has an entirely different, utterly compelling and humanizing effect.
With that in mind, I thought it worth highlighting ten actors who could have played the role of Rayon. This is not because they meet the specifics that Leto brought to the character. The role was a fictional one, not based on a real-life person like Matthew McConaughey's Ron Woodroof, a fact which would seem to afford a great deal of freedom and possibility. In this case, the filmmakers chose not to pursue that route. But that doesn't stop us from imagining.
1. Harmony Santana
Santana's role in "Gun Hill Road" led to a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the Independent Spirit Awards, the first trans actor nominated for a major acting award and a hugely significant milestone.
2. Laverne Cox
Breakout star of "Orange is the New Black", passionate trans advocate and exceedingly eloquent educator of Katie Couric, Laverne Cox's star is rising fast and is a delight to witness.
3. Jamie Clayton
Clayton hosted VH1's TRANSform Me alongside Laverne Cox, but she is also an actress of note, with perhaps her most high profile gig to date being her appearance in two episodes of HBO's "Hung".
4. Stephanie Michelini
Fellow Francophone director Sebastian Lifshitz showed "Dallas Buyers Club" director John-Paul Vallee how it's done by casting a trans actor in his feature film "Wild Side". The film won the Teddy at the Berlinale and a clutch of other festival awards, including a Best Actress trophy for Michelini.
5. Alexandra Billings
With roles on "E.R." and "Grey's Anatomy" among her credits, Billings made history as the first trans actor to appear in a transgender role on American television.
6. Elizabeth Coffey
Ok, so she hasn't done any screen acting for a while, but let's pay our dues regardless. Known as a "Dreamlander" as one of John Waters' regular cast of actors, Coffey played a transgender role in the iconic "Pink Flamingoes". Two years later, she returned to play a non-trans role for Waters in 1974's "Female Trouble".
7. Calpernia Addams
Addams first made the news for tragic reasons when her soldier boyfriend was murdered by his colleagues on discovery of their relationship. A subsequent fiction film of events led to her meeting Jane Fonda at Sundance and conceiving the idea for an all-transgender production of "The Vagina Monologues". Addams was later invited to perform in the 10th anniversary edition of the play alongside Fonda, Glenn Close and Salma Hayek.
7. Eva Robin's
Robin's considers herself androgynous rather than transgender, having been born male and then developed feminine features naturally. Her most famous role was in Dario Argento's horror film "Tenebrae". While the film's politics are certainly thorny, a non-cisgendered actor playing a female role for a celebrated director is a shamefully uncommon occurrence.
9. Bibi Andersen
Competition for a place in Almodovar's stable of actresses is fierce, but Bibi Andersen clocked up no less than four credits in Almodovar feature films in the late eighties and early nineties. It is also rumoured that it was Almodovar's desire to attend the 1988 Oscars with Andersen as opposed to his leading lady Carmen Maura that caused the 18-year professional rift between Maura and the director.
10. Candis Cayne
Following a role on "Nip / Tuck", Cayne went one further by becoming the first ever transgender actress to play a recurring transgender role on primetime as Carmelita in ABC's "Dirty Sexy Money".
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- 2/20/2014
- by Matthew Hammett Knott
- Sydney's Buzz
Exclusive: Xyz Films is tearing through sales on the eve of Efm on its recent Japanese-Indonesian Park City world premiere from the Mo Brothers.
Lionsgate UK snapped up rights to the Midnight selection in a deal struck between Richard Ashley-Cowan and Nate Bolotin of Xyz Films.
In other deals, Vendetta has taken rights for Australia/New Zealand, Shaw Renters for Singapore and Ipa for Thailand and Vietnam.
As previously reported on Screendaily, Tiberius acquired the thriller for Germany, Wild Side for France, Calinos for Turkey and Sundream for Hong Kong. Talks are underway with a North American distributor.
Nikkatsu will release Killers in Japan on February 1 while Merantau will distribute in Indonesia on February 6.
Timo Tjahjanto and Kimo Stamboel directed the story of a macabre rivalry between a murderous pair in Japan and Indonesia. Kazuki Kitamura, Oka Antara, Rin Takanashi, Luna Maya and Ray Sahetapy star.
Gareth Huw Evans, whose [link=tt...
Lionsgate UK snapped up rights to the Midnight selection in a deal struck between Richard Ashley-Cowan and Nate Bolotin of Xyz Films.
In other deals, Vendetta has taken rights for Australia/New Zealand, Shaw Renters for Singapore and Ipa for Thailand and Vietnam.
As previously reported on Screendaily, Tiberius acquired the thriller for Germany, Wild Side for France, Calinos for Turkey and Sundream for Hong Kong. Talks are underway with a North American distributor.
Nikkatsu will release Killers in Japan on February 1 while Merantau will distribute in Indonesia on February 6.
Timo Tjahjanto and Kimo Stamboel directed the story of a macabre rivalry between a murderous pair in Japan and Indonesia. Kazuki Kitamura, Oka Antara, Rin Takanashi, Luna Maya and Ray Sahetapy star.
Gareth Huw Evans, whose [link=tt...
- 1/30/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Xyz Films has licensed French rights to Wild Side on its upcoming Maori combat project heading into the Efm.
Toa Fraser (pictured) is currently in production in New Zealand on The Dead Lands.
Xyz holds world rights excluding Australia and New Zealand and will show early footage to buyers in Berlin as part of a dynamic genre slate that includes Kevin Smith’s Tusk.
The Xyz Films principals told ScreenDaily they expect The Dead Lands to raise the profile of Maori hand-to-hand combat in the way their action franchise The Raid has done for the southeast Asian Silat martial art.
Glenn Standring wrote the screenplay about the vengeful son of a Maori chieftain who must enter the forbidden Dead Lands and forge a pact with the mysterious “Warrior” to avenge his slain tribe.
James Rolleston of Boy fame stars alongside Lawrence Makoare, Te Kohe Tuhaka, Xavier Horan and Once Were Warriors cast members George Henare and Rena Owen...
Toa Fraser (pictured) is currently in production in New Zealand on The Dead Lands.
Xyz holds world rights excluding Australia and New Zealand and will show early footage to buyers in Berlin as part of a dynamic genre slate that includes Kevin Smith’s Tusk.
The Xyz Films principals told ScreenDaily they expect The Dead Lands to raise the profile of Maori hand-to-hand combat in the way their action franchise The Raid has done for the southeast Asian Silat martial art.
Glenn Standring wrote the screenplay about the vengeful son of a Maori chieftain who must enter the forbidden Dead Lands and forge a pact with the mysterious “Warrior” to avenge his slain tribe.
James Rolleston of Boy fame stars alongside Lawrence Makoare, Te Kohe Tuhaka, Xavier Horan and Once Were Warriors cast members George Henare and Rena Owen...
- 1/27/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Multiple deals for Spooks film, Big Game, 47 Metres Down, more.
UK sales outfit Altitude Film Sales has confirmed a slew of sales on their growing slate.
Pre-sales on Spooks: The Greater Good, Shine Pictures’ action-thriller based on the hit TV series, have been inked with Constantin (German-speaking Europe), Swen (Latin America), Gulf Film (Middle East), Cinesky (airlines) and Cinemania (former Yugoslavia).
47 Metres Down, Johannes Roberts underwater thriller which is scheduled to shoot in Q2 2014 and has Screen Star of Tomorrow Vanessa Kirby attached, has been picked up by Entertainment One (UK), Square One (Germany), Wild Side (France), Vendetta (Australia/Nz), All Media (Cis), Dutch Filmworks (Benelux), Gulf Film (Middle East), Pictureworks (India), Suraya (Malaysia), Shaw (Singapore), Cmc (Taiwan), Impuls (Switzerland) and Cinemania (former Yugoslavia).
Launched at Cannes last year, the thriller from Tower Block and Cockneys vs Zombies producers James Harris and Mark Lane, has clocked up an impressive string of pre-sales and continues to generate interest...
UK sales outfit Altitude Film Sales has confirmed a slew of sales on their growing slate.
Pre-sales on Spooks: The Greater Good, Shine Pictures’ action-thriller based on the hit TV series, have been inked with Constantin (German-speaking Europe), Swen (Latin America), Gulf Film (Middle East), Cinesky (airlines) and Cinemania (former Yugoslavia).
47 Metres Down, Johannes Roberts underwater thriller which is scheduled to shoot in Q2 2014 and has Screen Star of Tomorrow Vanessa Kirby attached, has been picked up by Entertainment One (UK), Square One (Germany), Wild Side (France), Vendetta (Australia/Nz), All Media (Cis), Dutch Filmworks (Benelux), Gulf Film (Middle East), Pictureworks (India), Suraya (Malaysia), Shaw (Singapore), Cmc (Taiwan), Impuls (Switzerland) and Cinemania (former Yugoslavia).
Launched at Cannes last year, the thriller from Tower Block and Cockneys vs Zombies producers James Harris and Mark Lane, has clocked up an impressive string of pre-sales and continues to generate interest...
- 12/16/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: David Mackenzie’s well-received prison drama clocks deals for UK seller Independent.
David Mackenzie’s gritty prison drama Starred Up continued to attract buyers during the Afm, with new deals inked by Independent with Ascot Elite for German-speaking Europe, Aya Pro in Japan, Madman Entertainment in Australia, ABC-Cinemien in Benelux, Nonstop Entertainment in Scandinavia and Bir Film in Turkey.
The Telluride and Toronto hit previously sold to Fox Searchlight for UK, Tribeca for Us and Wild Side for France.
Jack O’Connell, Ben Mendelsohn and Rupert Friend star in the story of a violent and troubled teenager (O’Connell) making the difficult transition from a young offenders’ institute to adult prison.
Gillian Berrie produces for Sigma.
Due for release next year, the film leads this year’s Bifa nominations with eight nods.
The film is presented by Film4 in association with Creative Scotland, Quickfire Films, Northern Ireland Screen and LipSync Productions.
Executive producers...
David Mackenzie’s gritty prison drama Starred Up continued to attract buyers during the Afm, with new deals inked by Independent with Ascot Elite for German-speaking Europe, Aya Pro in Japan, Madman Entertainment in Australia, ABC-Cinemien in Benelux, Nonstop Entertainment in Scandinavia and Bir Film in Turkey.
The Telluride and Toronto hit previously sold to Fox Searchlight for UK, Tribeca for Us and Wild Side for France.
Jack O’Connell, Ben Mendelsohn and Rupert Friend star in the story of a violent and troubled teenager (O’Connell) making the difficult transition from a young offenders’ institute to adult prison.
Gillian Berrie produces for Sigma.
Due for release next year, the film leads this year’s Bifa nominations with eight nods.
The film is presented by Film4 in association with Creative Scotland, Quickfire Films, Northern Ireland Screen and LipSync Productions.
Executive producers...
- 12/5/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: The Works takes UK, new Us deal cooking for Celluloid’s Kurt Russell western.
The Works has picked up UK distribution rights to Celluloid Dreams’ Kurt Russell western Bone Tomahawk on the first day of the Afm.
Negotiations are in an advanced stage between CAA and Us distributor Image Entertainment for a new North American rights deal.
The UK deal was brokered between The Works’ Laurence Gornall and Celluloid’s Hengameh Panahi.
Novelist S Craig Zahler’s feature debut, due to shoot in April 2014, relates the story of a sheriff, a gunslinger, an old man and a cowboy who saddle up to rescue a group of captives from a tribe of cannibalistic cave dwellers.
Dallas Sonnier and Jack Heller will produce through Caliber Media Co. Richard Jenkins and Jennifer Carpenter are also attached.
Previously announced pre-sales include Wild Side for France, Transmission for Australia, Constantin for Germany, Luxor for Russia, Shaw for Singapore...
The Works has picked up UK distribution rights to Celluloid Dreams’ Kurt Russell western Bone Tomahawk on the first day of the Afm.
Negotiations are in an advanced stage between CAA and Us distributor Image Entertainment for a new North American rights deal.
The UK deal was brokered between The Works’ Laurence Gornall and Celluloid’s Hengameh Panahi.
Novelist S Craig Zahler’s feature debut, due to shoot in April 2014, relates the story of a sheriff, a gunslinger, an old man and a cowboy who saddle up to rescue a group of captives from a tribe of cannibalistic cave dwellers.
Dallas Sonnier and Jack Heller will produce through Caliber Media Co. Richard Jenkins and Jennifer Carpenter are also attached.
Previously announced pre-sales include Wild Side for France, Transmission for Australia, Constantin for Germany, Luxor for Russia, Shaw for Singapore...
- 11/8/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Not that Lou Reed would have recognized me (though I was introduced to him once, which I'll get to), but he and his body of work intersected my life in more personal ways than that of any other major rock star. So this isn't an obituary so much as a series of memories. For obituaries, check out Gary Graff in Billboard and Jon Dolan in Rolling Stone.
Lou was from Long Island and I was from Long Island. At the most basic level, this meant that, growing up listening to Long Island radio stations, I heard lots of Lou even when he was no longer especially fashionable (between about 1976 and 1981). Thus, while most of the world ignored his 1978 album Street Hassle, I heard much of it on Wlir and Wbab, and bought it – my first Lou album. He had started out underground in the Velvet Underground, had managed to claw...
Lou was from Long Island and I was from Long Island. At the most basic level, this meant that, growing up listening to Long Island radio stations, I heard lots of Lou even when he was no longer especially fashionable (between about 1976 and 1981). Thus, while most of the world ignored his 1978 album Street Hassle, I heard much of it on Wlir and Wbab, and bought it – my first Lou album. He had started out underground in the Velvet Underground, had managed to claw...
- 10/28/2013
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
Lou Reed, the influential rock musician-songwriter best known for "Walk on the Wild Side," died Sunday at age 71, according to a report. The cause of death was not immediately known. But Rolling Stone magazine, which reported his death, said Reed underwent a liver transplant in May. As a founding member of The Velvet Underground, Reed was part of New York's thriving avant-garde art and music scene of the 1960s and a close associate of Andy Warhol. The album The Velvet Underground & Nico, though never having mainstream success, is now considered one of the most influential rock albums of all time.
- 10/27/2013
- by Mike Fleeman
- PEOPLE.com
WestEnd Films Seals Multiple Deals For Nicolas Cage Drama ‘Joe’ International sales company WestEnd Films has closed a raft of deals on David Gordon Green’s drama Joe, starring Nicolas Cage and Tye Sheridan. The film debuted in Venice, where Sheridan won the best newcomer prize. The Worldview Entertainment-produced and -financed film then appeared in Toronto, where deals were sealed with Japan (Ccc), Australia (Madman), Benelux (Cinéart) and Scandinavia (Non Stop). Artificial Eye picked it up in the UK, and the film had previously sold to 15 territories include France (Wild Side), Germany (Koch Media), Latin America (Swen), China (Media Asia), Israel (United King), and Greece (Spentzos Films). CAA is repping the North America rights, with Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions and Magnolia Pictures being the front-runners as of Friday. Vodafone Set To Acquire Germany’s Kabel Deutschland For $10.2B Shareholders of Kabel Deutschland — Germany’s largest cable company — voted Friday to accept...
- 9/14/2013
- by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
- Deadline TV
Toronto – Roadside Attractions and Lionsgate are close to acquiring U.S. rights to David Gordon Green's Southern gothic tale Joe. Sony Pictures Classics and Magnolia are still in discussions, but sources say Roadside and Lionsgate are poised to prevail. Earlier, WestEnd Films closed a slew of deals for the film that stars Nicolas Cage and Tye Sheridan. Photos: 21 Hot Toronto Titles for Sale Artificial Eye took U.K. rights. Other deals closed by WestEnd in Toronto include sales to Japan (Ccc), Australia (Madman), Benelux (Cineart) and Scandinavia (Non Stop). The film, which was financed and produced by Worldview Entertainment, previously sold to France (Wild Side), Germany (Koch Media),
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- 9/13/2013
- by Pamela McClintock, Tatiana Siegel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
WestEnd Films has closed a raft of deals on David Gordon Green’s Joe starring Nicholas Cage and Tye Sheridan on the back of its Venice and Toronto premieres.
Rights to the story of the friendship between a troubled teen and a hard-living man have gone to Japan (Ccc), Australia (Madman), Benelux (Cineart) and Scandinavia (Non Stop) in addition to Artificial Eye’s move on UK rights.
The drama previously went to France (Wild Side), Germany (Koch Media), Latin America (Swen), the Middle East (Ecs), Turkey (Bir Film), Thailand (Dreams Vision), Taiwan (Filmware), Malaysia (Suraya), China (Media Asia), Hungary (Cinenuovo), former Yugoslavia (McF), Portugal (Pris Audiovisuals), Bulgaria (A Plus), Israel (United King), and Greece (Spentzos Films).
Worldview Entertainment financed and produced the film. Green served as producer alongside Lisa Muskat, Worldview CEO Christopher Woodrow and Derrick Tseng. Worldview Entertainment’s Molly Conners, Maria Cestone and Sarah E Johnson served as executive producers with Dreambridge Film’s [link...
Rights to the story of the friendship between a troubled teen and a hard-living man have gone to Japan (Ccc), Australia (Madman), Benelux (Cineart) and Scandinavia (Non Stop) in addition to Artificial Eye’s move on UK rights.
The drama previously went to France (Wild Side), Germany (Koch Media), Latin America (Swen), the Middle East (Ecs), Turkey (Bir Film), Thailand (Dreams Vision), Taiwan (Filmware), Malaysia (Suraya), China (Media Asia), Hungary (Cinenuovo), former Yugoslavia (McF), Portugal (Pris Audiovisuals), Bulgaria (A Plus), Israel (United King), and Greece (Spentzos Films).
Worldview Entertainment financed and produced the film. Green served as producer alongside Lisa Muskat, Worldview CEO Christopher Woodrow and Derrick Tseng. Worldview Entertainment’s Molly Conners, Maria Cestone and Sarah E Johnson served as executive producers with Dreambridge Film’s [link...
- 9/13/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Initiative is part of European Commission’s media chronology experiment.
Wild Bunch has kicked off its Speed Bunch media chronology experiment with the simultaneous VOD release of Ken Loach’s Spirit of ‘45 in five European territories.
Under the initiative, the documentary was released on VOD in France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Belgium on Friday via iTunes, local VOD services and Wild Bunch’s French digital distributor FilmoTV.
The film also opened simultaneously or quasi-simultaneously in theatres in Spain, Italy and Belgium via Wild Bunch’s subsidiaries Vertigo and Bim and long-time collaborator Cineart.
Date-and-date releases are against the law in Germany and France where strict media chronology laws stipulate at least a four-month gap between a theatrical and VOD release.
Wild Bunch said the operation had been “strictly within legal regulations.”
The documentary was released by Paris-based production house and occasional distributor Why Not Productions in France in May and has gone straight to VOD in Germany...
Wild Bunch has kicked off its Speed Bunch media chronology experiment with the simultaneous VOD release of Ken Loach’s Spirit of ‘45 in five European territories.
Under the initiative, the documentary was released on VOD in France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Belgium on Friday via iTunes, local VOD services and Wild Bunch’s French digital distributor FilmoTV.
The film also opened simultaneously or quasi-simultaneously in theatres in Spain, Italy and Belgium via Wild Bunch’s subsidiaries Vertigo and Bim and long-time collaborator Cineart.
Date-and-date releases are against the law in Germany and France where strict media chronology laws stipulate at least a four-month gap between a theatrical and VOD release.
Wild Bunch said the operation had been “strictly within legal regulations.”
The documentary was released by Paris-based production house and occasional distributor Why Not Productions in France in May and has gone straight to VOD in Germany...
- 9/13/2013
- ScreenDaily
Toronto – WestEnd Films has closed a slew of deals for David Gordon Green's Southern gothic tale Joe, starring Nicolas Cage and Tye Sheridan. Artificial Eye took U.K. rights. Other deals closed by WestEnd in Toronto include sales to Japan (Ccc), Australia (Madman), Benelux (Cineart) and Scandinavia (Non Stop). A deal for a U.S. distributor still hasn't closed. Toronto Review: David Gordon Green's 'Joe' The film, which was financed and produced by Worldview Entertainment, previously sold to France (Wild Side), Germany (Koch Media), Latin America (Swen), the Middle East (Ecs), Turkey (Bir Film), Thailand (Dreams Vision), Taiwan (Filmware), Malaysia (Suraya), China (Media Asia),
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- 9/11/2013
- by Tatiana Siegel, Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Holly Hunter has signed on to star in Manglehorn, David Gordon Green’s follow-up to Venice hit Joe that is being financed and produced by Worldview Entertainment.
As Screendaily reported earlier on Friday, WestEnd Films has closed a slew of sales including the UK to Artificial Eye, France to Wild Side and Latin America to Swen. CAA arranged financing for the film and represents Us rights.
Hunter will play the female lead in Manglehorn opposite Al Pacino in the title role. Chris Messina and Harmony Korine also star in the story of an ex-con who goes back to his old ways. Principal photography will commence this autumn in Austin, Texas.
Paul Logan wrote the screenplay. Worldview CEO Christopher Woodrow and COO Molly Conners will produce alongside Lisa Muskat, Derrick Tseng and Green.
Worldview key investors Maria Cestone and Sarah E Johnson will serve as executive producers alongside Todd Labarowski, Brad Coolidge and Melissa Coolidge for Dreambridge Films, which...
As Screendaily reported earlier on Friday, WestEnd Films has closed a slew of sales including the UK to Artificial Eye, France to Wild Side and Latin America to Swen. CAA arranged financing for the film and represents Us rights.
Hunter will play the female lead in Manglehorn opposite Al Pacino in the title role. Chris Messina and Harmony Korine also star in the story of an ex-con who goes back to his old ways. Principal photography will commence this autumn in Austin, Texas.
Paul Logan wrote the screenplay. Worldview CEO Christopher Woodrow and COO Molly Conners will produce alongside Lisa Muskat, Derrick Tseng and Green.
Worldview key investors Maria Cestone and Sarah E Johnson will serve as executive producers alongside Todd Labarowski, Brad Coolidge and Melissa Coolidge for Dreambridge Films, which...
- 9/6/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: WestEnd Films has closed a number of deals on David Gordon Green’s next film Manglehorn, including to Artificial Eye for the UK, Wild Side for France, and Swen for Latin America.
Al Pacino stars as a former criminal living a boring life until he goes back to his old ways. “The script is very strong. It’s a very different tone to Joe, and is much more humorous and tragically comical,” WestEnd MD Eve Schoukroun told Screen.
The new film starts shooting in October with Worldview again financing; WestEnd is also selling Joe, which was very well received in Venice ahead of its Toronto premiere on Monday. “I’m very excited to work with David and Worldview again,” Schoukroun said.
Other forthcoming shoots for WestEnd are Chris Eigeman’s political drama Midnight Sun set to shoot in October starring Jesse Eisenberg, Emile Hirsch and Diane Kruger; and Stephen Herek’s The Great Gilly Hopkins to star...
Al Pacino stars as a former criminal living a boring life until he goes back to his old ways. “The script is very strong. It’s a very different tone to Joe, and is much more humorous and tragically comical,” WestEnd MD Eve Schoukroun told Screen.
The new film starts shooting in October with Worldview again financing; WestEnd is also selling Joe, which was very well received in Venice ahead of its Toronto premiere on Monday. “I’m very excited to work with David and Worldview again,” Schoukroun said.
Other forthcoming shoots for WestEnd are Chris Eigeman’s political drama Midnight Sun set to shoot in October starring Jesse Eisenberg, Emile Hirsch and Diane Kruger; and Stephen Herek’s The Great Gilly Hopkins to star...
- 9/6/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: WestEnd Films has closed a number of deals on David Gordon Green’s next film Manglehorn, including to Artificial Eye for the UK, Wild Side for France, and Swen for Latin America.
Al Pacino stars as a former criminal living a boring life until he goes back to his old ways. “The script is very strong. It’ a very different tone to Joe, and is much more humorous and tragically comical,” WestEnd MD Eve Schoukroun told Screen.
The new film starts shooting in October with Worldview again financing; WestEnd is also selling Joe, which was very well received in Venice ahead of its Toronto premiere on Monday. “I’m very excited to work with David and Worldview again,” Schoukroun said.
Other forthcoming shoots for WestEnd are Chris Eigeman’s political drama Midnight Sun set to shoot in October starring Jesse Eisenberg, Emile Hirsch and Diane Kruger; and Stephen Herek’s The Great Gilly Hopkins to star...
Al Pacino stars as a former criminal living a boring life until he goes back to his old ways. “The script is very strong. It’ a very different tone to Joe, and is much more humorous and tragically comical,” WestEnd MD Eve Schoukroun told Screen.
The new film starts shooting in October with Worldview again financing; WestEnd is also selling Joe, which was very well received in Venice ahead of its Toronto premiere on Monday. “I’m very excited to work with David and Worldview again,” Schoukroun said.
Other forthcoming shoots for WestEnd are Chris Eigeman’s political drama Midnight Sun set to shoot in October starring Jesse Eisenberg, Emile Hirsch and Diane Kruger; and Stephen Herek’s The Great Gilly Hopkins to star...
- 9/6/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Heading into UK cinemas today, Sébastien Lifshitz’s award-winning documentary, Les Invisibles, made its debut at Cannes last spring, and has picked up a handful of awards and nominations in the months since.
With the film released on our shores this weekend, we’ve got the UK trailer to share, giving you a taste of Lifshitz’s latest documentary, which has been receiving warm reviews on all sides.
Eleven men and women born between the wars. Seemingly they have nothing in common except their homosexuality and growing up in a less open, more intolerant society as. Now in their 60s and 70s, they tell their personal stories, either shared or alone, revealing often pioneering lives through seven decades of experience.
Sébastien Lifshitz, director of Presque Rien and Wild Side, offers us eleven personal portraits of gay and lesbian life from an older generation who often remain invisible and unheard in a youth-obsessed society.
With the film released on our shores this weekend, we’ve got the UK trailer to share, giving you a taste of Lifshitz’s latest documentary, which has been receiving warm reviews on all sides.
Eleven men and women born between the wars. Seemingly they have nothing in common except their homosexuality and growing up in a less open, more intolerant society as. Now in their 60s and 70s, they tell their personal stories, either shared or alone, revealing often pioneering lives through seven decades of experience.
Sébastien Lifshitz, director of Presque Rien and Wild Side, offers us eleven personal portraits of gay and lesbian life from an older generation who often remain invisible and unheard in a youth-obsessed society.
- 7/12/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Bling Ring Trailer. Sofia Coppola‘s The Bling Ring (2013) movie trailer Taissa Farmiga, Erin Daniels, Nina Siemaszko, Emma Watson, and Leslie Mann. The Bling Ring‘s plot synopsis: “Based on true events, Emma Watson leads our titular group of teenage criminals, backed by Taissa Farmiga, Israel Broussard, Katie Chang, Claire Pfister, and [...]
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- 4/25/2013
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Richard Lormand's films are always a key to the best films at the festivals of Berlin, Venice and Cannes. If he reps them, you want to see them. And here they are:
Boris Khlebnikov's A Long And Happy Life: (Isa:Films Boutique) It takes conviction to decide to make a movie like this one, and that conviction permeates throughout, highlighting a strong, convincing performance by leading actor Alexander Yatsenko. Good script and skillful filmmaking also make this powerful tale of the little guy fighting the system all the more watchable. The idyllic beauty of the seaside village location and its surroundings becomes even more intriguing thanks to cinematographer Pavel Kostomarov (a Berlinale winner for Outstanding Artistic Achievement for his work in How I Ended This Summer).
Thomas Arslan's Gold: (Isa:The Match Factory) I'll be as guilty as anyone else who simply refers to this great movie as "the German western". Yet it's so much more in terms of every single aspect of filmmaking - script, direction, acting, cinematography, art direction, etc. (from the same production team as Christian Petzold's Barbara)... Yes, as an American, I get a real kick out of this adventurous western journey being mostly in German (authentically as it's about a group of Germans). But that alone would never have been enough to keep me glued to the screen in anticipation... And if you aren't a Nina Hoss fan yet, this one will convert you. To carry a film like this, it takes more than being one of the most accomplished actresses around - it takes a star.
Felix Van Groeningen's The Broken Circle Breakdown: (Isa:The Match Factory) The country and western motif continues with this Flemish gem and its sidebar nod to bluegrass music. Yes, bluegrass, and it rocks, especially when sung by leading actors Johan Heldenbergh and Veerle Baetens. Their performances are nothing less than incredible, and this is, without a doubt, one of the most heartbreaking films I've seen in a long time. Just thinking about it can bring a lump to my throat. The saddest feel-good movie I've ever seen. Felix van Groeningen is definitely a director to watch out for.
Sebastien Lifshitz's Bambi: (Isa:Doc & Film International) Only months since he debuted the groundbreaking doc Les Invisibles in Cannes, Sebastien Liftshitz offers us the inspirational Bambi, an affectionate portrait of French transsexual Marie-Pierre Pruvot. Sebastien has a probing eye of rare sensitivity which he has used in all of his films, such as the Teddy Award-winning fiction feature Wild Side. I was deeply moved by what Bambi's story represents today, and this is due just as much to sharp directorial skill as to the fascinating human subject.
Jacques Doillon's Love Battles (Mes Seances De Lutte): (Isa:Doc&Film International) This film can literally boast kick-ass performances by leading couple Sara Forestier and James Thierree. You gotta see it to believe it. I didn't see this one coming and I still can't quite figure out where it came from. Intense, moving, captivating... Jacques Doillon remains on the up, already sharing this new feature since recently premiering You Me And Us (Un Enfant De Toi) at November's Rome Film Festival. He proves once again that he is a master at dissecting the dramatic intricacies of the couple.
Danis Tanovic's An Episode In The Life Of An Iron Picker: (Isa:The Match Factory) There's so much injustice around and I love it when a director makes it his or her passion to say something about it. In this case, it's Oscar-winner Danis Tanovic, this time showing us life in a different kind of wartime - the struggles of daily life for the underprivileged and discriminated against. It takes a natural born filmmaker to pick up a Canon and start making a movie because he's mad as hell about a real event that happened in his own backyard.
David Gordon Green's Prince Avalanche: (Isa: Cinetic International) Let's welcome David Gordon Green back to the Berlinale - he hasn't shown a film here since his debut George Washington. Since then, he's had an eclectic career from sensitive indies to mainstream comedies. Prince Avalanche offers the best of both of those worlds and highlights two uber-talented American actors - Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch.
Boris Khlebnikov's A Long And Happy Life: (Isa:Films Boutique) It takes conviction to decide to make a movie like this one, and that conviction permeates throughout, highlighting a strong, convincing performance by leading actor Alexander Yatsenko. Good script and skillful filmmaking also make this powerful tale of the little guy fighting the system all the more watchable. The idyllic beauty of the seaside village location and its surroundings becomes even more intriguing thanks to cinematographer Pavel Kostomarov (a Berlinale winner for Outstanding Artistic Achievement for his work in How I Ended This Summer).
Thomas Arslan's Gold: (Isa:The Match Factory) I'll be as guilty as anyone else who simply refers to this great movie as "the German western". Yet it's so much more in terms of every single aspect of filmmaking - script, direction, acting, cinematography, art direction, etc. (from the same production team as Christian Petzold's Barbara)... Yes, as an American, I get a real kick out of this adventurous western journey being mostly in German (authentically as it's about a group of Germans). But that alone would never have been enough to keep me glued to the screen in anticipation... And if you aren't a Nina Hoss fan yet, this one will convert you. To carry a film like this, it takes more than being one of the most accomplished actresses around - it takes a star.
Felix Van Groeningen's The Broken Circle Breakdown: (Isa:The Match Factory) The country and western motif continues with this Flemish gem and its sidebar nod to bluegrass music. Yes, bluegrass, and it rocks, especially when sung by leading actors Johan Heldenbergh and Veerle Baetens. Their performances are nothing less than incredible, and this is, without a doubt, one of the most heartbreaking films I've seen in a long time. Just thinking about it can bring a lump to my throat. The saddest feel-good movie I've ever seen. Felix van Groeningen is definitely a director to watch out for.
Sebastien Lifshitz's Bambi: (Isa:Doc & Film International) Only months since he debuted the groundbreaking doc Les Invisibles in Cannes, Sebastien Liftshitz offers us the inspirational Bambi, an affectionate portrait of French transsexual Marie-Pierre Pruvot. Sebastien has a probing eye of rare sensitivity which he has used in all of his films, such as the Teddy Award-winning fiction feature Wild Side. I was deeply moved by what Bambi's story represents today, and this is due just as much to sharp directorial skill as to the fascinating human subject.
Jacques Doillon's Love Battles (Mes Seances De Lutte): (Isa:Doc&Film International) This film can literally boast kick-ass performances by leading couple Sara Forestier and James Thierree. You gotta see it to believe it. I didn't see this one coming and I still can't quite figure out where it came from. Intense, moving, captivating... Jacques Doillon remains on the up, already sharing this new feature since recently premiering You Me And Us (Un Enfant De Toi) at November's Rome Film Festival. He proves once again that he is a master at dissecting the dramatic intricacies of the couple.
Danis Tanovic's An Episode In The Life Of An Iron Picker: (Isa:The Match Factory) There's so much injustice around and I love it when a director makes it his or her passion to say something about it. In this case, it's Oscar-winner Danis Tanovic, this time showing us life in a different kind of wartime - the struggles of daily life for the underprivileged and discriminated against. It takes a natural born filmmaker to pick up a Canon and start making a movie because he's mad as hell about a real event that happened in his own backyard.
David Gordon Green's Prince Avalanche: (Isa: Cinetic International) Let's welcome David Gordon Green back to the Berlinale - he hasn't shown a film here since his debut George Washington. Since then, he's had an eclectic career from sensitive indies to mainstream comedies. Prince Avalanche offers the best of both of those worlds and highlights two uber-talented American actors - Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch.
- 2/9/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
What a surprise to talk to Marina, founder of the Spanish international sales company, 6 Sales and as of Cannes 2012, founder of a second international sales company, with different partners, Dreamcatchers.
When I teach young filmmakers who are making their first forays into "The Business", I tell them to be conscious of the fact that they are writing a book about themselves and that everybody in the business has a book describing who they are and the book should always be checked before entering any business transactions. I tell them that the people they meet going up are the same people they will meet going down, that ours is a business of constant ups and downs, if not of people on their career ladders, then of countries on their economic swings. I also tell them that as they meet people, they will eventually see that those people they become friends with or whom they like the most for business all seem to know each other and those whom they don't like and don't want to do business with also all seem to hang out together in their separate world. It's an odd form of natural selection or social networking.
Though I say this to students, it still surprised me to find that rule in effect regarding Marina with whom I had not spoken in many many years...since an Afm when she was with another company...Lumina I think it was. But I have always enjoyed watching her films – most recently Blancanieves which is up for 18 Goyas in Spain and which won the Cine Latino Prize in the Palm Springs Film Festival amongst many other prizes from different countries. It has been a pleasure seeing how well she has fared as head of her own company...now in fact two companies.
One example of this “birds of a feather” phenomenon is that during Sundance I was entranced by Sebastian Silva and his two films, Crystal Fairy and Magic Magic. You can read more on my previous blog. Marina is the international sales agent for Magic Magic, for which, she tells me, Sony already acquired half the world during Afm 2011. Wild Side in France, who also distributed Drive, is quite high on the film which they acquired at script stage and is making a push for Cannes Film Festival. She attributes a “Polanski” touch to Sebastian, especially his early films in which the viewer never knows exactly what is going on but there is a sort of secret communication between the characters. She is also the international sales agent for Jake Paltrow’s new film, Young Ones link which just started this Friday and which has a great script and a great cast. Not only is Jake a distant cousin, but both scripts for Young Ones and Magic Magic were brought to her by Brian O’Shea who has his own international sales agency The Exchange. He too is a good friend and his publicist partner Laurent Boye is a especially good friend. One more association is with Alicia Keyes who recently completed Blaze You Out and about whom I wrote a blog about a year ago. Alicia and she have been working on a project for the past six years.
The early history of Marina herself is illuminating and sheds a light on why she is so unique. While Young Ones is shooting in South Africa and is a South African-Irish coproduction (thanks to the efforts of Marina and a big group of various people around the world), it is supposed to take place in Colorado, where Marina herself was conceived and where she gave birth to her own first child almost seventeen years ago.
We spoke of the culture shock her parents experienced when her father came to University of Colorado for his PhD in aeronautics (he’s built the Hispasat communication satellites over Spain today). He and her mother left Spain while it was ruled by the dictator Franco to go to this hippy town; her mother spent the first year attending every protest in Boulder she could. Imagine the feelings experienced by her parents who were raised in such a repressive society that her mother thought that babies were conceived by kissing because the act of kissing was censored in all movies released in Spain.
Marina began her career studying business administration in Spain and France but realized how much she loved film and so she returned to Boulder where she studied film at the University of Colorado with the avant garde filmmaker Stan Brakhage, with classmates Derek Cianfrance and Joey Curtis, who 17 years ago at the University began writing Blue Valentine. Her sister, six years her junior, also trained there to be a pilot and still lives in the Us today, thus giving the family reason to return every Christmas.
Her five years in the U.S. during College were her most creative; she loved the University which was very different from the staid and more theoretical studies in Europe. And she still loves the creative energy of the U.S. where people are eager to try everything. But there was no real business in Boulder and she had a one year old baby. New York was too tough and so she returned to Madrid where her first job was with Alta Films as the assistant to its founder. Her second job was with Andres Vicente at Lolafilms. Andres was the most gifted person she ever met in energizing and motivating people to further his productions, but it was Nicole Mackie (today at Fortissimo) who was head of sales there and who taught Marina everything she needed to know about sales. When Lolafilms lost their deal with Telefonica, Marina formed her own company, Lumina, with Robert Bevan and Cyril Megret in London. In 2005, with two children, going back and forth from Madrid to London was quite difficult as the Headquarters were based there. So after transitioning by hiring another manager she left and started 6 Sales in 2006. The company was renamed Salt and is still operating today.
With a story like that, who could not admire Marina. Sharing our insights, I confided in her my belief that half of the “Spanish” in the New World were probably of Jewish origin, coming to the New World with Columbus to escape the Inquisition. She did not see this as far-fetched, in fact added that the fact that people with the last names starting with “San” or with names with “water” in them, like Rios (rivers) or Fuentes (fountains) were known to be of Jewish origin. Her partners in 6 Sales are Israeli and when she visited Israel she felt very much at home. So many Israelis reminded her of her own extended family. Like the Italians and the Spanish feel so similar to one another, so she felt with the Israelis.
She is in L.A. now, primarily with her second company Dreamcatchers as they start on the second installment of Mariah Mundi link to Cinando. Just to show my readers how far in advance sales agents must work, the first installment of Mariah Mundi and the Midas Box. has not yet been finished and will debut in Cannes. It is a large family film about magic and is based on a bestselling novel, orchestrated by the Brussels Philharmonic which did The Artist, with music composed by Fernando Velazquez, who also composed the music for Universal’s current hit, Mama and for The Impossible. This film should hit big.They are already in discussions with U.S. distributors and agents about the second part.
She says,
“We want to become one of the main European Sales Agencies of top quality commercial product. Films like Blancanieves will be an exception but they show how much we love cinema. It is not a commercial film by traditional standards but it’s quality and has won so many awards -- almost Oscar nomination and 18 Goya Nominations!! Mariah Mundi and The Midas Box will be more our type of product. We are now commencing production on the second part with a budget of $30M. We have a great advantage over U.S. companies as well because we have soft money to bring together with my partner’s Fund (Arcadia Capital). And now our next projects are Prodigious and Oliver’s Deal and we are announcing the beginning of production of Claudia Llosa’s new film Cry, Fly on March 11th in Canada. We will present a promo in Cannes this year. This is the first English language film of Peruvian filmmaker Claudia Llosa with The Milk of Sorrow ."
Read more about Cry, Fly covered in Varierty.
Claudia Llosa is the niece of the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa and the film director Luis Llosa. She wrote Madeinusa which premiered in Competition at Sundance in 2006. The Milk of Sorrow won Berlin Film Festival in 2009 and was nominated to the Foreign Oscar the next year.
When I teach young filmmakers who are making their first forays into "The Business", I tell them to be conscious of the fact that they are writing a book about themselves and that everybody in the business has a book describing who they are and the book should always be checked before entering any business transactions. I tell them that the people they meet going up are the same people they will meet going down, that ours is a business of constant ups and downs, if not of people on their career ladders, then of countries on their economic swings. I also tell them that as they meet people, they will eventually see that those people they become friends with or whom they like the most for business all seem to know each other and those whom they don't like and don't want to do business with also all seem to hang out together in their separate world. It's an odd form of natural selection or social networking.
Though I say this to students, it still surprised me to find that rule in effect regarding Marina with whom I had not spoken in many many years...since an Afm when she was with another company...Lumina I think it was. But I have always enjoyed watching her films – most recently Blancanieves which is up for 18 Goyas in Spain and which won the Cine Latino Prize in the Palm Springs Film Festival amongst many other prizes from different countries. It has been a pleasure seeing how well she has fared as head of her own company...now in fact two companies.
One example of this “birds of a feather” phenomenon is that during Sundance I was entranced by Sebastian Silva and his two films, Crystal Fairy and Magic Magic. You can read more on my previous blog. Marina is the international sales agent for Magic Magic, for which, she tells me, Sony already acquired half the world during Afm 2011. Wild Side in France, who also distributed Drive, is quite high on the film which they acquired at script stage and is making a push for Cannes Film Festival. She attributes a “Polanski” touch to Sebastian, especially his early films in which the viewer never knows exactly what is going on but there is a sort of secret communication between the characters. She is also the international sales agent for Jake Paltrow’s new film, Young Ones link which just started this Friday and which has a great script and a great cast. Not only is Jake a distant cousin, but both scripts for Young Ones and Magic Magic were brought to her by Brian O’Shea who has his own international sales agency The Exchange. He too is a good friend and his publicist partner Laurent Boye is a especially good friend. One more association is with Alicia Keyes who recently completed Blaze You Out and about whom I wrote a blog about a year ago. Alicia and she have been working on a project for the past six years.
The early history of Marina herself is illuminating and sheds a light on why she is so unique. While Young Ones is shooting in South Africa and is a South African-Irish coproduction (thanks to the efforts of Marina and a big group of various people around the world), it is supposed to take place in Colorado, where Marina herself was conceived and where she gave birth to her own first child almost seventeen years ago.
We spoke of the culture shock her parents experienced when her father came to University of Colorado for his PhD in aeronautics (he’s built the Hispasat communication satellites over Spain today). He and her mother left Spain while it was ruled by the dictator Franco to go to this hippy town; her mother spent the first year attending every protest in Boulder she could. Imagine the feelings experienced by her parents who were raised in such a repressive society that her mother thought that babies were conceived by kissing because the act of kissing was censored in all movies released in Spain.
Marina began her career studying business administration in Spain and France but realized how much she loved film and so she returned to Boulder where she studied film at the University of Colorado with the avant garde filmmaker Stan Brakhage, with classmates Derek Cianfrance and Joey Curtis, who 17 years ago at the University began writing Blue Valentine. Her sister, six years her junior, also trained there to be a pilot and still lives in the Us today, thus giving the family reason to return every Christmas.
Her five years in the U.S. during College were her most creative; she loved the University which was very different from the staid and more theoretical studies in Europe. And she still loves the creative energy of the U.S. where people are eager to try everything. But there was no real business in Boulder and she had a one year old baby. New York was too tough and so she returned to Madrid where her first job was with Alta Films as the assistant to its founder. Her second job was with Andres Vicente at Lolafilms. Andres was the most gifted person she ever met in energizing and motivating people to further his productions, but it was Nicole Mackie (today at Fortissimo) who was head of sales there and who taught Marina everything she needed to know about sales. When Lolafilms lost their deal with Telefonica, Marina formed her own company, Lumina, with Robert Bevan and Cyril Megret in London. In 2005, with two children, going back and forth from Madrid to London was quite difficult as the Headquarters were based there. So after transitioning by hiring another manager she left and started 6 Sales in 2006. The company was renamed Salt and is still operating today.
With a story like that, who could not admire Marina. Sharing our insights, I confided in her my belief that half of the “Spanish” in the New World were probably of Jewish origin, coming to the New World with Columbus to escape the Inquisition. She did not see this as far-fetched, in fact added that the fact that people with the last names starting with “San” or with names with “water” in them, like Rios (rivers) or Fuentes (fountains) were known to be of Jewish origin. Her partners in 6 Sales are Israeli and when she visited Israel she felt very much at home. So many Israelis reminded her of her own extended family. Like the Italians and the Spanish feel so similar to one another, so she felt with the Israelis.
She is in L.A. now, primarily with her second company Dreamcatchers as they start on the second installment of Mariah Mundi link to Cinando. Just to show my readers how far in advance sales agents must work, the first installment of Mariah Mundi and the Midas Box. has not yet been finished and will debut in Cannes. It is a large family film about magic and is based on a bestselling novel, orchestrated by the Brussels Philharmonic which did The Artist, with music composed by Fernando Velazquez, who also composed the music for Universal’s current hit, Mama and for The Impossible. This film should hit big.They are already in discussions with U.S. distributors and agents about the second part.
She says,
“We want to become one of the main European Sales Agencies of top quality commercial product. Films like Blancanieves will be an exception but they show how much we love cinema. It is not a commercial film by traditional standards but it’s quality and has won so many awards -- almost Oscar nomination and 18 Goya Nominations!! Mariah Mundi and The Midas Box will be more our type of product. We are now commencing production on the second part with a budget of $30M. We have a great advantage over U.S. companies as well because we have soft money to bring together with my partner’s Fund (Arcadia Capital). And now our next projects are Prodigious and Oliver’s Deal and we are announcing the beginning of production of Claudia Llosa’s new film Cry, Fly on March 11th in Canada. We will present a promo in Cannes this year. This is the first English language film of Peruvian filmmaker Claudia Llosa with The Milk of Sorrow ."
Read more about Cry, Fly covered in Varierty.
Claudia Llosa is the niece of the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa and the film director Luis Llosa. She wrote Madeinusa which premiered in Competition at Sundance in 2006. The Milk of Sorrow won Berlin Film Festival in 2009 and was nominated to the Foreign Oscar the next year.
- 2/7/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
By Seth Metoyer, MoreHorror.com
After another killer year of the Shockfest Film Festival, we have the official list of winners to share with you.
MoreHorror was a sponsor this year and I want to thank everyone that attended the event as our VIP Guests as well as all the hard working MoreHorror staff members and festival workers that put on another 'shocktacular' festival.
You can check out a couple candid cell phone shots below from our Hollywood correspondent M@tch.
We'll also be posting video interviews from the festival within the next couple weeks. Stay tuned!
So, without further ado, here are this years winners. Congrats to all!
Best Feature
Visible Scars
Best Short
Orange County Hill Killers
Best Actor
Bill Oberst Jr. for Children Of Sorrow
Best Actress
Devanny Pinn for The Black Dahlia Haunting
Best Director
Brandon Slagle for The Black Dahlia Haunting
Best Cinematography
Yong Jin Kim...
After another killer year of the Shockfest Film Festival, we have the official list of winners to share with you.
MoreHorror was a sponsor this year and I want to thank everyone that attended the event as our VIP Guests as well as all the hard working MoreHorror staff members and festival workers that put on another 'shocktacular' festival.
You can check out a couple candid cell phone shots below from our Hollywood correspondent M@tch.
We'll also be posting video interviews from the festival within the next couple weeks. Stay tuned!
So, without further ado, here are this years winners. Congrats to all!
Best Feature
Visible Scars
Best Short
Orange County Hill Killers
Best Actor
Bill Oberst Jr. for Children Of Sorrow
Best Actress
Devanny Pinn for The Black Dahlia Haunting
Best Director
Brandon Slagle for The Black Dahlia Haunting
Best Cinematography
Yong Jin Kim...
- 11/22/2012
- by admin
- MoreHorror
More over at JustJared Related content: Nicole Kidman Shows Wild Side for V Magazine...
- 11/16/2012
- by Sasha Stone
- AwardsDaily.com
Australian film-maker Andrew Traucki is running a crowd-funding campaign to complete his latest horror film.
The Jungle is the third film, in what the director has called Traucki’s Trilogy of Terror, following on from previous survival thrillers Black Water and The Reef.
The Indiegogo campaign aims to raise funds for the post-production of new film which follows a big cat conservationist and his brother as they aim to document the endangered Javan Leopard in the Indonesian jungle but realise they are being stalked by a deadly predator.
Us-based sales production and distribution company Lightning Entertainment has already picked up the worldwide sales rights to the film with international distribution secured for Australia’s Ifm/Filmways, France’s Wild Side, Metrodome in the UK, Acontracorrientes in Spain, Eagle Films in the Middle East and Ipa in Thailand.
Traucki said: “The great thing about crowd funding apart from helping raise a...
The Jungle is the third film, in what the director has called Traucki’s Trilogy of Terror, following on from previous survival thrillers Black Water and The Reef.
The Indiegogo campaign aims to raise funds for the post-production of new film which follows a big cat conservationist and his brother as they aim to document the endangered Javan Leopard in the Indonesian jungle but realise they are being stalked by a deadly predator.
Us-based sales production and distribution company Lightning Entertainment has already picked up the worldwide sales rights to the film with international distribution secured for Australia’s Ifm/Filmways, France’s Wild Side, Metrodome in the UK, Acontracorrientes in Spain, Eagle Films in the Middle East and Ipa in Thailand.
Traucki said: “The great thing about crowd funding apart from helping raise a...
- 11/1/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Andrew Traucki
A Us-based sales production and distribution company has picked up the worldwide sales rights to the next film by Aussie writer/director Andrew Traucki.
Traucki’s film The Jungle has been picked up by Lightning Entertainment of Santa Monica.
The news sees the two parties reunite after Traucki’s 2010 shark film The Reef.
Lightning has already secured sales for the film in a number of regions including Australia’s Ifm/Filmways, France’s Wild Side, Metrodome in the UK, Acontracorrientes in Spain, Eagle Films in the Middle East and Ipa in Thailand.
Filming for The Jungle is due to begin in June in both Australia and Indonesia.
The Jungle is about an Australian leopard conservationist who ventures into Indonesia jungle with a documentary film-maker to investigate sightings of an endangered species of the big cat. However, they become aware that they are being stalked by a deadly, unseen predator.
A Us-based sales production and distribution company has picked up the worldwide sales rights to the next film by Aussie writer/director Andrew Traucki.
Traucki’s film The Jungle has been picked up by Lightning Entertainment of Santa Monica.
The news sees the two parties reunite after Traucki’s 2010 shark film The Reef.
Lightning has already secured sales for the film in a number of regions including Australia’s Ifm/Filmways, France’s Wild Side, Metrodome in the UK, Acontracorrientes in Spain, Eagle Films in the Middle East and Ipa in Thailand.
Filming for The Jungle is due to begin in June in both Australia and Indonesia.
The Jungle is about an Australian leopard conservationist who ventures into Indonesia jungle with a documentary film-maker to investigate sightings of an endangered species of the big cat. However, they become aware that they are being stalked by a deadly, unseen predator.
- 5/21/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
It was way back in 2009 that we broke the exclusive that Stake Land director Jim Mickle would be adapting Joe R. Lansdale's Cold in July for the big screen. After years of silence finally there's some movement on that and more.
Variety reports that French shingles Wild Side Films and Memento Films are partnering on genre helmer Mickle's next two projects: Cold in July and Night Hunter. Wild Side will distribute in France; Memento Films will handle international sales.
An adaptation of Joe R. Landsdale's novel, the Texas-set Cold in July is described as a suspense flick in the vein of A History of Violence and Blood Simple, while Night Hunter is an original script penned by Mickle and his regular scribe partner Nick Damici. Set in 19th-century America, it is described as a mix of The Grey, "Game of Thrones" and The New World.
"I'm beyond thrilled to...
Variety reports that French shingles Wild Side Films and Memento Films are partnering on genre helmer Mickle's next two projects: Cold in July and Night Hunter. Wild Side will distribute in France; Memento Films will handle international sales.
An adaptation of Joe R. Landsdale's novel, the Texas-set Cold in July is described as a suspense flick in the vein of A History of Violence and Blood Simple, while Night Hunter is an original script penned by Mickle and his regular scribe partner Nick Damici. Set in 19th-century America, it is described as a mix of The Grey, "Game of Thrones" and The New World.
"I'm beyond thrilled to...
- 5/19/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
I used to blindly defend Nicolas Cage whenever my sister would point out how bad his movies are. My explanation was there is good Cage and bad Cage flicks, half decent and half complete shit. Let's just say the last few years, an increasingly bad haircut and movies like Season of the Witch, Drive Angry, etc. haven't exactly helped my argument. Now the choosy (sarcasm) actor has signed on to star in what could be his next gem, a new movie called the Wild Side, which also includes a cast of Johnny Knoxville and Juno Temple. ...
- 5/9/2012
- by Get The Big Picture
- GetTheBigPicture.net
Nicolas Cage, Juno Temple, and Johnny Knoxville have been cast in a road trip thriller called Wild Side. Accroding to Deadline, the film follows "a small-town Southern beauty queen (Temple) who is on the run from a ruthless killer (Cage) determined to retrieve diamonds he stole during a murderous heist. Lila Belle Clyde, who walks away with the loot, is a former beauty queen who wants to get away from New Orleans. To do that, she needs to elude authorities, a dogged news reporter, and Odel, a self-described wolf determined to hunt her down and recover his swag."
The movie will be directed by Jesse Baget (Breathless) from a script he wrote with Stefania Moscato. I can see Cage having a fun time overacting the villainous role in this movie. He loves to overact with those crazy eyes of his. ...
The movie will be directed by Jesse Baget (Breathless) from a script he wrote with Stefania Moscato. I can see Cage having a fun time overacting the villainous role in this movie. He loves to overact with those crazy eyes of his. ...
- 5/9/2012
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Starbuck
Vince Vaughn is in negotiations to star in Ken Scott's remake of his own 2011 French-Canadian comedy hit "Starbuck" for Dreamworks Pictures.
The story follows a middle-aged man who learns he has fathered over five-hundred children through sperm donation, a few hundred of which express an irrepressible need to meet their fatheryear. [Source: The Hollywood Reporter]
Wild Side
Nicolas Cage, Juno Temple and Johnny Knoxville are set to star in the road trip action flick "Wild Side" which begins shooting July 23rd in Louisiana.
Temple plays a small-town Southern beauty queen on the run from a ruthless killer (Cage) determined to retrieve diamonds he stole during a murderous heist. [Source: Deadline]
A Good Day To Die Hard
Cole Hauser has scored a pivotal supporting role in the John Moore-directed upcoming fifth 'Die Hard' feature "A Good Day To Die Hard".
Hauser will play a villain named Collins who tangles with John McClaine...
Vince Vaughn is in negotiations to star in Ken Scott's remake of his own 2011 French-Canadian comedy hit "Starbuck" for Dreamworks Pictures.
The story follows a middle-aged man who learns he has fathered over five-hundred children through sperm donation, a few hundred of which express an irrepressible need to meet their fatheryear. [Source: The Hollywood Reporter]
Wild Side
Nicolas Cage, Juno Temple and Johnny Knoxville are set to star in the road trip action flick "Wild Side" which begins shooting July 23rd in Louisiana.
Temple plays a small-town Southern beauty queen on the run from a ruthless killer (Cage) determined to retrieve diamonds he stole during a murderous heist. [Source: Deadline]
A Good Day To Die Hard
Cole Hauser has scored a pivotal supporting role in the John Moore-directed upcoming fifth 'Die Hard' feature "A Good Day To Die Hard".
Hauser will play a villain named Collins who tangles with John McClaine...
- 5/9/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
• Rebecca Hall (Vicky Cristina Barcelona) is in talks to star opposite Robert Downey, Jr. in Iron Man 3, as a scientist who specializes in nanotechnology. She landed the key role after Jessica Chastain announced via Facebook that she had to bow out from the film due to scheduling conflicts. Shooting starts on the film with director Shane Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) this month. [Variety]
• Nina Dobrev and Twilight’s Kellan Lutz are in talks to join Project X’s Jonathan Daniel Brown in Kid Cannabis, based on the Rolling Stone article about a group of Idaho teenagers who smuggled marijuana across the Canadian border.
• Nina Dobrev and Twilight’s Kellan Lutz are in talks to join Project X’s Jonathan Daniel Brown in Kid Cannabis, based on the Rolling Stone article about a group of Idaho teenagers who smuggled marijuana across the Canadian border.
- 5/9/2012
- by Adam B. Vary
- EW - Inside Movies
Nicolas Cage, Juno Temple and Johnny Knoxville have signed on to star in "Wild Side," a road trip action film to be directed by Jesse Baget. Shooting is set to begin on July 23rd in Louisiana. The story follows Lila Belle Clyde, a small-town Southern beauty queen (Temple) who is on the run from a ruthless killer, named Odel (Cage), who's determined to retrieve diamonds he stole during a murderous heist. Lila wants to get away from New Orleans. To do that, she needs to elude authorities, a news reporter, and Odel. Baget most recently directed Breathless with Gina Gershon, Ray Liotta and Val Kilmer.
- 5/9/2012
- WorstPreviews.com
We've called to Nicolas Cage many times here on Cinema Blend to dig deep and use more of his films to exercise his true wild side. Apparently, however, he may have taken that advice a bit more literally than expected. Deadline has learned that Cage, Juno Temple and Johnny Knoxville have all signed on for parts in Wild Side, the new film from writer/director Jesse Baget (Stefania Moscato is credited as a co-writer). Temple will star as Lila Belle Clyde, a former beauty queen on the run and Cage will play the villain, a man named Odel who the source calls a "self-described wolf." The site doesn't say who Knoxville will be playing. The story follows Lila as she somehow finds herself in possession of Odel's diamonds, which he stole from a murder scene. Her plan is to escape to New Orleans (this is a southern-fried tale), but in...
- 5/9/2012
- cinemablend.com
Ben Franklin once famously said that there are only three certainties in life: Death, taxes and Nic Cage starring in some off-the-wall, over-the-top action flick. Well, you're not dead and tax time has already passed, so guess what?
Yes, that's right! According to Deadline, Nic Cage is set to star opposite Juno Temple and Johnny Knoxville in the upcoming quirky thriller "Wild Side."
Let's hope director Jesse Baget has a great set designer, because Cage is about to chew more scenery than a diplodocus.
So just what is "Wild Side" all about, other than Cage trying out a new array of verbal and facial tics? The star plays a ruthless criminal chasing Southern beauty queen Lila Belle Clyde (Temple), who's in possession of a precious stash of stolen diamonds.
In other words, it just the kind of part that Cage can really sink his teeth into. And if there's anyone who can out-Cage Cage,...
Yes, that's right! According to Deadline, Nic Cage is set to star opposite Juno Temple and Johnny Knoxville in the upcoming quirky thriller "Wild Side."
Let's hope director Jesse Baget has a great set designer, because Cage is about to chew more scenery than a diplodocus.
So just what is "Wild Side" all about, other than Cage trying out a new array of verbal and facial tics? The star plays a ruthless criminal chasing Southern beauty queen Lila Belle Clyde (Temple), who's in possession of a precious stash of stolen diamonds.
In other words, it just the kind of part that Cage can really sink his teeth into. And if there's anyone who can out-Cage Cage,...
- 5/8/2012
- by Scott Harris
- NextMovie
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