The 2024 Fantasia Film Festival will open with a world premiere for Bookworm, the Elijah Wood and Nell Fisher starrer from New Zealand filmmaker Ant Timpson.
The indie reteams Wood with Come to Daddy director Timpson and saw the Lord of the Rings actor return to New Zealand for production. In Bookworm, Fisher plays a 12-year-old girl whose life is turned upside down when her long-absent American magician father (Wood) comes to look after her, and together they take an ill-advised camping trip into the rugged New Zealand wilderness to find a mythological beast that leads to increasingly absurd and treacherous adventures.
Among other new titles added to the lineup for Fantasia’s 28th edition are world bows for Alexander J. Farrell’s The Beast Within, starring Kit Harrington; Isaac Ezban’s dystopian coming-of-age tale Parvulos; and Vivieno Caldinelli’s Scared Shitless, starring Steven Ogg and Daniel Doheny.
There are also...
The indie reteams Wood with Come to Daddy director Timpson and saw the Lord of the Rings actor return to New Zealand for production. In Bookworm, Fisher plays a 12-year-old girl whose life is turned upside down when her long-absent American magician father (Wood) comes to look after her, and together they take an ill-advised camping trip into the rugged New Zealand wilderness to find a mythological beast that leads to increasingly absurd and treacherous adventures.
Among other new titles added to the lineup for Fantasia’s 28th edition are world bows for Alexander J. Farrell’s The Beast Within, starring Kit Harrington; Isaac Ezban’s dystopian coming-of-age tale Parvulos; and Vivieno Caldinelli’s Scared Shitless, starring Steven Ogg and Daniel Doheny.
There are also...
- 6/7/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The world premiere of Ant Timpson’s Bookworm starring Elijah Wood will open the 28th edition of Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal running July 18-August 4.
Wood reunites with his Come To Daddy director on the story of a has-been illusionist who reunites with the 11-year-old daughter he has never met, a voracious reader who dreams of proving the existence of a mythological beast. Nell Fisher from Evil Dead Rise also stars.
Second wave selections include the world premiere of The Beast Within starring Kit Harington from Game Of Thrones. Documentary filmmaker Alexander J. Farrel’s narrative feature debut tells...
Wood reunites with his Come To Daddy director on the story of a has-been illusionist who reunites with the 11-year-old daughter he has never met, a voracious reader who dreams of proving the existence of a mythological beast. Nell Fisher from Evil Dead Rise also stars.
Second wave selections include the world premiere of The Beast Within starring Kit Harington from Game Of Thrones. Documentary filmmaker Alexander J. Farrel’s narrative feature debut tells...
- 6/6/2024
- ScreenDaily
The second wave of titles have just been announced for this year's edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival and of course there are some doozies in the mix. First off, Ant Timpson's Bookworm, starring Elijah Wood and Nell Fisher will have its world premiere when it opens the fesitval this year. It looks absolutely delightful and fun. Japanese anime Mononoke The Movie: The Phantom in the Rain, werewolf movie The Beast Within, starring Kit Harington, the coming-of-age horror flick Parvulos from our friend in Mexico, Isaac Ezban, Canadian gore horror Scare Shitless! directed by Vivieno Caldinelli featuring practical effects by Steven Kostanski, Protuguese grass-roots horror flick The Old Man and the Demon Sword, and underground micro-budget story about a relationship, Me And My...
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- 6/6/2024
- Screen Anarchy
The 28th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival is set to run from from July 18th through August 4th at the Concordia Hall and J.A. de Sève cinemas in Montreal, with additional screens and events at Cinémathèque québécoise and Cinéma du Musée. Last month, the festival announced the first wave of titles that will be screening this year, and now the second wave has been unveiled!
With this second wave announcement, we learn that Cube director Vincenzo Natali has been chosen to be the recipient of the Candadian Trailblazer Awards this year, while the line-up of films includes the Elijah Wood comedy Bookworm, the Kit Harington werewolf movie The Beast Within, a movie called Scared Shitless, the 1815-set blockbuster epic The Count of Monte-Cristo, and Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo’s The Soul Eater.
Here’s the information on the second wave of titles (and the Canadian Trailblazer...
With this second wave announcement, we learn that Cube director Vincenzo Natali has been chosen to be the recipient of the Candadian Trailblazer Awards this year, while the line-up of films includes the Elijah Wood comedy Bookworm, the Kit Harington werewolf movie The Beast Within, a movie called Scared Shitless, the 1815-set blockbuster epic The Count of Monte-Cristo, and Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo’s The Soul Eater.
Here’s the information on the second wave of titles (and the Canadian Trailblazer...
- 6/6/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
The Fantasia International Film Festival returns with its 28th edition from July 18 through August 4, 2024, returning to the Concordia Hall and J.A. de Sève cinemas, with additional screens and events at Montreal’s Cinémathèque québécoise and Cinéma du Musée. The second wave of programming has been unveiled, adding even more genre premieres to an already packed slate.
Come To Daddy director Ant Timpson‘s Bookworm (starring Elijah Wood and Evil Dead Rise‘s Nell Fisher) is the fest’s 2024 Opening Film. Fantasia is also hosting the World Premieres of the dark fantasy The Beast Within, starring “Game of Thrones” actor Kit Harington, Cannes’ hit The Count of Monte-Cristo, and more. The festival is also giving their Canadian Trailblazer Award to Vincenzo Natali, to be presented before the premiere of the new 4K restoration of his 1997 classic Cube.
The second wave of titles, from the press release:
Bookworm
Fantasia’s 28th...
Come To Daddy director Ant Timpson‘s Bookworm (starring Elijah Wood and Evil Dead Rise‘s Nell Fisher) is the fest’s 2024 Opening Film. Fantasia is also hosting the World Premieres of the dark fantasy The Beast Within, starring “Game of Thrones” actor Kit Harington, Cannes’ hit The Count of Monte-Cristo, and more. The festival is also giving their Canadian Trailblazer Award to Vincenzo Natali, to be presented before the premiere of the new 4K restoration of his 1997 classic Cube.
The second wave of titles, from the press release:
Bookworm
Fantasia’s 28th...
- 6/6/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival has unveiled its second wave of titles, which includes the world premiere of Ant Timpson’s “Bookworm” as the opening night film. This year’s edition, the 28th for the festival, will run from July 18 to August 4. More titles will be announced July 3.
Other world premieres included in the line-up are “The Beast Within” starring Kit Harington (“Game of Thrones”), which follows a young girl as she starts to question her atypical life in her family’s compound in England, and makes a shocking discovering about her dad; and “Mononoke the Movie: The Phantom in the Rain,” with director Kenji Nakamura reviving the thrills of the original anime.
“Bookworm” stars Elijah Wood (“Yellowjackets”) and Nell Fisher (“Evil Dead Rise”). The official logline reads, “Mildred (Fisher), a precocious eleven-year-old bookworm, escapes her humdrum existence by immersing herself in novels where literary adventures abound, with a...
Other world premieres included in the line-up are “The Beast Within” starring Kit Harington (“Game of Thrones”), which follows a young girl as she starts to question her atypical life in her family’s compound in England, and makes a shocking discovering about her dad; and “Mononoke the Movie: The Phantom in the Rain,” with director Kenji Nakamura reviving the thrills of the original anime.
“Bookworm” stars Elijah Wood (“Yellowjackets”) and Nell Fisher (“Evil Dead Rise”). The official logline reads, “Mildred (Fisher), a precocious eleven-year-old bookworm, escapes her humdrum existence by immersing herself in novels where literary adventures abound, with a...
- 6/6/2024
- by Lexi Carson
- Variety Film + TV
"Hey, stick with me, you'll be fine..." "You know where you're going, right??" Rialto Distr. in New Zealand has revealed an official trailer for a fun comedy titled Bookworm, an adventure movie from New Zealand. This will open in Nz in August, but doesn't have any other release dates internationally set anywhere else yet. Keep an eye out for it eventually anyway. Eleven year old Mildred's world is turned upside-down when her estranged father, the washed-up magician Strawn Wise, comes to look after her and agrees to take her camping to find a mythological beast known as the Canterbury Panther. Elijah Wood stars as her kooky absent dad who returns home to her in New Zealand, with Nell Fisher as Mildred, and a small indie cast including Morgana O’Reilly, Michael Smiley, & Vanessa Stacey. Plus the beautiful Nz wilderness as a character and the backdrop. It's impossible not to compare...
- 6/5/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Elijah Wood has turned into one of the more interesting figures in Hollywood. He produces a bunch of interesting films, and the one’s he chooses to star in are largely unique and stylish. That’s why we’re interested in seeing more about the upcoming movie “Bookworm.”
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As seen in the trailer, “Bookworm” tells the story of a precocious young girl who is reluctantly reunited with her estranged father (Wood).
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As seen in the trailer, “Bookworm” tells the story of a precocious young girl who is reluctantly reunited with her estranged father (Wood).
Continue reading ‘Bookworm’ Trailer: Elijah Wood Is A Washed-Up Illusionist Father In Ant Timpson’s New Film at The Playlist.
- 6/5/2024
- by Martin Miller
- The Playlist
Exclusive: Signature Entertainment has picked up UK and Irish rights to Bookworm, the latest film from Kiwi filmmaker Ant Timpson (Come to Daddy) starring Elijah Wood.
Described as an “adventure comedy”, the film is produced by Emma Slade (Come to Daddy), Roxi Bull (Uproar), and Victoria Dabbs (Malevolent) of Firefly Films New Zealand and Mette-Marie Kongsved (I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore), Laura Tunstall (Nine Days) of Nowhere.
Timpson directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with Toby Harvard (The Greasy Strangler). Starring alongside Wood are Michael Smiley (Free Fire), Nell Fisher (Evil Dead Rise), Morgana O’Reilly (Housebound), and Nikki Si’ulepa (Same But Different: A True New Zealand Love Story). The film’s plot tells the story of a 12-year-old whose life is turned upside down when her estranged, washed-up American magician father comes to look after her.
The deal was negotiated between Signature Entertainment’s Chief Commercial...
Described as an “adventure comedy”, the film is produced by Emma Slade (Come to Daddy), Roxi Bull (Uproar), and Victoria Dabbs (Malevolent) of Firefly Films New Zealand and Mette-Marie Kongsved (I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore), Laura Tunstall (Nine Days) of Nowhere.
Timpson directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with Toby Harvard (The Greasy Strangler). Starring alongside Wood are Michael Smiley (Free Fire), Nell Fisher (Evil Dead Rise), Morgana O’Reilly (Housebound), and Nikki Si’ulepa (Same But Different: A True New Zealand Love Story). The film’s plot tells the story of a 12-year-old whose life is turned upside down when her estranged, washed-up American magician father comes to look after her.
The deal was negotiated between Signature Entertainment’s Chief Commercial...
- 5/20/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
On the eve of Cannes, film financing and sales outfit Mister Smith Entertainment has made several key promotions as well as adding a new hire to its team.
Shane Kelly, who has been with the company since 2019, is being promoted to senior vice president, international sales and acquisitions. In this new role, he will continue to oversee sales and distribution efforts while formalizing the addition of project acquisitions as part of his purview, continuing to report to Mister Smith CEO David Garrett. In his previous role as VP international sales and distribution, Kelly has been instrumental in helping manage the company’s slate through sales, financing, marketing and distribution.
In addition, Emma Mason is being promoted to vice president, international marketing and publicity and will continue to lead the marketing and publicity team and oversee festival strategy for the Mister Smith slate.
Katie Hogan is being promoted to distribution and marketing executive,...
Shane Kelly, who has been with the company since 2019, is being promoted to senior vice president, international sales and acquisitions. In this new role, he will continue to oversee sales and distribution efforts while formalizing the addition of project acquisitions as part of his purview, continuing to report to Mister Smith CEO David Garrett. In his previous role as VP international sales and distribution, Kelly has been instrumental in helping manage the company’s slate through sales, financing, marketing and distribution.
In addition, Emma Mason is being promoted to vice president, international marketing and publicity and will continue to lead the marketing and publicity team and oversee festival strategy for the Mister Smith slate.
Katie Hogan is being promoted to distribution and marketing executive,...
- 5/13/2024
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Margot Robbie and Rosamund Pike are among the nominees for the National Film Awards.The stars of 'Barbie' and 'Saltburn' respectively will compete against talent including Patricia Hodge ('Arthur's Whiskey'), Jo Hartley ('Swede Caroline'), Eiza Gonzalez ('The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare') and Emma Stone ('Poor Things)' in a star-studded Best Actress category.This year's ceremony is set to take place on July 3 at the Porchester Hall in London and marks the 10th anniversary of the prestigious awards. It will feature a lineup of nominees from around the globe consisting of seasoned acting veterans and emerging young talents.The Best Actor category is equally competitive with stars including Barry Keoghan ('Saltburn), Kevin Hart ('Lift') and Ewan McGregor ('Bleeding Love') competing for the prize with Kane Robinson ('The Kitchen') and Lakeith Stanfield ('Book of Clarence').Meanwhile,...
- 4/30/2024
- by Joe Graber
- Bang Showbiz
Right on the cusp of AnimeJapan 2024, Mappa opened up an official website and Twitter account for Zenshu. , a new original TV anime. The main cast and staff were revealed along with a teaser trailer and visual for the series, which follows Natsuko Hirose through her burgeoning career as an animator. The anime will be on display at the Bushiroad booth during the weekend festivities. Mitsue Yamasaki ( Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle ) is on board as director, with Kimiko Ueno ( The Royal Tutor ) providing the scripts and Kayoko Ishikawa ( Sarazanmai ) serving as one of the chief animation directors and adapting Yoshiteru Tsujino's original character designs. Zenshu. will feature the music of Yukari Hashimoto. Zenshu. Teaser Trailer Zenshu. Teaser Visual Related: Catch Some Zs With Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle Op / Ed Vids The cast includes: Natsuko Hirose voiced by Anna Nagase Luke Braveheart voiced by Kazuki Ura...
- 3/22/2024
- by Joseph Luster
- Crunchyroll
Featuring "Green jade" by ChouCho ( Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina Ed), the creditless version of isekai comedy anime The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic 's ending theme sequence is now available to watch below. Related: The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic TV Anime Gets the Green Light in Creditless Opening Theme Video Based on the light novels by Kurokata and KeG, The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic is directed by Takahide Ogata ( Ascendance of a Bookworm episode director) at Shin-Ei Animation and Studio Add, with series composition by Shogo Yasukawa ( Reign of the Seven Spellblades ) and character designs by Kenji Tanabe ( Bluelock ). Crunchyroll is simulcasting the anime and describes the story: An ordinary walk home from school turns into an epic journey for Usato. After suddenly being dropped into another world with two fellow students, Usato learns he was summoned there by accident. But things turn...
- 1/12/2024
- by Liam Dempsey
- Crunchyroll
Mister Smith is selling the project at Cannes.
Mister Smith Entertainment has unveiled a first look at Nell Fisher and Elijah Wood as a daughter and father in Bookworm.
It is directed by Come To Daddy filmmaker Ant Timpson, and currently in production in Canterbury, New Zealand.
Bookworm tells the story of a 12-year-old whose life is turned upside down when her estranged, washed-up American magician father, comes to look after her. It’s produced through Firefly Films and Nowhere.
“We have more meetings than in 2019”: Cannes welcomes back Asian film industry...
Mister Smith Entertainment has unveiled a first look at Nell Fisher and Elijah Wood as a daughter and father in Bookworm.
It is directed by Come To Daddy filmmaker Ant Timpson, and currently in production in Canterbury, New Zealand.
Bookworm tells the story of a 12-year-old whose life is turned upside down when her estranged, washed-up American magician father, comes to look after her. It’s produced through Firefly Films and Nowhere.
“We have more meetings than in 2019”: Cannes welcomes back Asian film industry...
- 5/18/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Mister Smith will launch international sales on the title
UK sales outfit Mister Smith Entertainment has boarded Katie Locke O’Brien’s debut feature Hot Mess starring Emma Roberts and will launch international sales in Cannes.
The US comedy is currently in pre-production and is scheduled to start shooting in early 2024.
Rebelle Media is handling North American rights on the title.
After an unsuccessful stint on a dating show, Roberts’ character is forced to move back in with her parents in her hometown and rediscover herself again. The script was penned by Gabrielle D’Amico.
Hot Mess is produced by Debbie Liebling,...
UK sales outfit Mister Smith Entertainment has boarded Katie Locke O’Brien’s debut feature Hot Mess starring Emma Roberts and will launch international sales in Cannes.
The US comedy is currently in pre-production and is scheduled to start shooting in early 2024.
Rebelle Media is handling North American rights on the title.
After an unsuccessful stint on a dating show, Roberts’ character is forced to move back in with her parents in her hometown and rediscover herself again. The script was penned by Gabrielle D’Amico.
Hot Mess is produced by Debbie Liebling,...
- 5/9/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
The action comedy is the debut feature of US filmmaker Razooli.
UK sales outfit Mister Smith Entertainment is launching world sales at Cannes on US filmmaker Weston Razooli’s feature film debut, action and adventure comedy Riddle Of Fire. The title will world premiere in Directors’ Fortnight.
It follows three mischievous children as they embark on an odyssey when their mother asks them to run an errand, in a neo-fairytale set in Wyoming in the US.
Riddle Of Fire will star Lio Tipton, Charles Halford, Charlie Stover, Skyler Peters, Phoebe Ferro, and Lorelei Olivia Mote. It is being produced by...
UK sales outfit Mister Smith Entertainment is launching world sales at Cannes on US filmmaker Weston Razooli’s feature film debut, action and adventure comedy Riddle Of Fire. The title will world premiere in Directors’ Fortnight.
It follows three mischievous children as they embark on an odyssey when their mother asks them to run an errand, in a neo-fairytale set in Wyoming in the US.
Riddle Of Fire will star Lio Tipton, Charles Halford, Charlie Stover, Skyler Peters, Phoebe Ferro, and Lorelei Olivia Mote. It is being produced by...
- 4/21/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Evil Dead Rise actress Nell Fisher and Bad Sisters actor Michael Smiley are set to join Elijah Wood in Bookworm, a new family adventure comedy from New Zealand director Ant Timpson (Come to Daddy).
Fisher will play Mildred, a 12-year-old girl whose life is turned upside down when her estranged, washed-up American magician father, Strawn Wise (Wood), comes to look after her. Hoping to bond with the tween, Strawn takes Mildred on an ill-advised camping trip into the rugged New Zealand wilderness in a quest to find the mythological beast known as the Canterbury Panther, named after the region on New Zealand’s South Island.
The project will reteam Wood with Come to Daddy director Timpson and will see the Lord of the Rings actor return to New Zealand to shoot.
“In Bookworm we’re going to put him through the wringer again, except this time he’s at the...
Fisher will play Mildred, a 12-year-old girl whose life is turned upside down when her estranged, washed-up American magician father, Strawn Wise (Wood), comes to look after her. Hoping to bond with the tween, Strawn takes Mildred on an ill-advised camping trip into the rugged New Zealand wilderness in a quest to find the mythological beast known as the Canterbury Panther, named after the region on New Zealand’s South Island.
The project will reteam Wood with Come to Daddy director Timpson and will see the Lord of the Rings actor return to New Zealand to shoot.
“In Bookworm we’re going to put him through the wringer again, except this time he’s at the...
- 4/20/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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