Are you feeling aimless, adrift and sad in Week 5 of self-isolation? Then Drake Doremus and Shailene Woodley have a movie for you.
Granted, there’s nothing about the coronavirus or anything like it in Doremus’ “Endings, Beginnings,” which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last fall but lost its scheduled May 1 theatrical opening to the pandemic and is instead opening digitally on Friday. This is an indie drama about a young woman who’s chosen to self-isolate, and who doesn’t need a virus to nudge her into aimlessness and melancholy; the situation is different, but the feelings might hit home for more than a few viewers these days.
Then again, her isolation turns into a fairly steamy love triangle between Woodley, Jamie Dornan and Sebastian Stan, an option that’s not exactly available to anybody who’s stuck at home watching. Caveat emptor, I suppose.
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Granted, there’s nothing about the coronavirus or anything like it in Doremus’ “Endings, Beginnings,” which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last fall but lost its scheduled May 1 theatrical opening to the pandemic and is instead opening digitally on Friday. This is an indie drama about a young woman who’s chosen to self-isolate, and who doesn’t need a virus to nudge her into aimlessness and melancholy; the situation is different, but the feelings might hit home for more than a few viewers these days.
Then again, her isolation turns into a fairly steamy love triangle between Woodley, Jamie Dornan and Sebastian Stan, an option that’s not exactly available to anybody who’s stuck at home watching. Caveat emptor, I suppose.
Also Read: All...
- 4/17/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Filmmaker Drake Doremus is making himself a specialist in love-hate relationships, a kind of cinema couples therapist in such films as Like Crazy, Breathe In, Equals, and Newness. With his latest film — Endings, Beginnings — Doremus breaks from the couples path to home in on one character. Her name is Daphne, and she’s drifting into her thirties in Los Angeles (the ultimate place to drift) while having a love-hate relationship with herself. Don’t yawn. As played with banked fire by a terrific Shailene Woodley, Daphne earns our rooting interest.
- 4/16/2020
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
Some Other Beginning’s End: Doremus Continues on the Battlefield of Love
Love is hardly a many splendored thing in the filmography of Drake Doremus, who has been examining the tempestuous, oft-awkward romantic inclinations of nubile young characters, both human and not, since his humble beginnings as an indie filmmaker. With his ninth feature, Endings, Beginnings, Doremus creates a sort-of triangulated inverse of his celebrated 2011 breakout Like Crazy. Whereas that film dealt with aggravated propinquity, his latest, co-written by first-time scribe Jardine Libaire, examines the trauma and resulting irresponsibility of a thirtysomething privileged white woman attempting to overcome her malaise by attempting to reclaim the nostalgic drift of her twenties.…...
Love is hardly a many splendored thing in the filmography of Drake Doremus, who has been examining the tempestuous, oft-awkward romantic inclinations of nubile young characters, both human and not, since his humble beginnings as an indie filmmaker. With his ninth feature, Endings, Beginnings, Doremus creates a sort-of triangulated inverse of his celebrated 2011 breakout Like Crazy. Whereas that film dealt with aggravated propinquity, his latest, co-written by first-time scribe Jardine Libaire, examines the trauma and resulting irresponsibility of a thirtysomething privileged white woman attempting to overcome her malaise by attempting to reclaim the nostalgic drift of her twenties.…...
- 4/15/2020
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
This isn’t a love triangle romance. Daphne (Shailene Woodley) hates feeling like the star of The Bachelorette upon learning the two men she sparks connections with at a party (Jamie Dornan’s Jack and Sebastian Stan’s Frank) are best friends. If she could, she’d walk away from both since this period of her life was supposed to revolve around a self-prescribed six-month sabbatical from all vices: alcohol and men alike. That’s not who she is, though. She’s never dealt with being alone well and this decision to jump into their respective beds without thinking so soon after breaking off her long-term relationship with Matthew Gray Gubler’s Adrian proves as much. The result should therefore be more complex and personal than a love triangle. It’s about distraction from self-loathing instead.
Because director Drake Doremus and co-writer Jardine Libaire have something worthwhile in this notion,...
Because director Drake Doremus and co-writer Jardine Libaire have something worthwhile in this notion,...
- 4/15/2020
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
At this point, it’s easy to spot a Drake Doremus film when you see one. There are certain hallmarks that are clearly visible, over a half dozen works into his career. For some, his approach to storytelling doesn’t work. For others, it’s an emotional and often riveting way to invest you in his characters. I’ve found myself in the latter camp ever since his breakthrough Like Crazy, and his newest movie, the romantic drama Endings, Beginnings, is another home run. Showcasing the yearning for human connection that we all share, Doremus once again will rock you to your core. This time around, he also has another stunning performance the center of his movie, with Shailene Woodley doing some of the best work of her career. Available to watch on Digital this Friday, it’s one of the best flicks of the year so far. The film...
- 4/13/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Love can be complicated — something Shailene Woodley seems to learn in her upcoming romantic drama, Endings, Beginnings.
The film’s first trailer dropped on Wednesday, opening up with Woodley’s idealistic character, Daphne, trying to recover from a recent break-up.
“I really thought that he was gonna be the one,” she says to her friend Ingrid (Kyra Sedgwick).
As Daphne begins to cope with her heartbreak and tries to get her life back on track, she is sucked into an unexpected love triangle when she is reunited with her friend Jack (Jamie Dornan), who later introduces her to his longtime pal Frank (Sebastian Stan).
One,...
The film’s first trailer dropped on Wednesday, opening up with Woodley’s idealistic character, Daphne, trying to recover from a recent break-up.
“I really thought that he was gonna be the one,” she says to her friend Ingrid (Kyra Sedgwick).
As Daphne begins to cope with her heartbreak and tries to get her life back on track, she is sucked into an unexpected love triangle when she is reunited with her friend Jack (Jamie Dornan), who later introduces her to his longtime pal Frank (Sebastian Stan).
One,...
- 2/20/2020
- by Claudia Harmata
- PEOPLE.com
‘Endings, Beginnings’ Trailer: Shailene Woodley Is Caught in a Love Triangle in Drake Doremus’ Drama
Director Drake Doremus returns to a familiar milieu — the romantic drama — for his newest feature, “Endings, Beginnings,” which stars Shailene Woodley as a woman attempting to get her life on track, who gets caught in a love triangle with a bad boy (Sebastian Stan) and his more erudite best friend (Jamie Dornan).
Co-scripted with novelist Jardine Libaire, the semi-improvised film is produced by Cj Entertainment, the Korean entertainment powerhouse behind Bong Joon Ho’s multiple Oscar-winning “Parasite.”
Acquired by Samuel Goldwyn Films after its 2019 Toronto premiere, it will be released it on May 1, 2020. The distributor has released a first official trailer for the film.
The official synopsis for “Endings, Beginnings” reads: “In present day Los Angeles, Daphne (Woodley), a thirty-something woman, navigates love and heartbreak over the course of one year. Daphne becomes intertwined with friends Jack (Dornan) and Frank (Stan) after meeting them at a party. During that time,...
Co-scripted with novelist Jardine Libaire, the semi-improvised film is produced by Cj Entertainment, the Korean entertainment powerhouse behind Bong Joon Ho’s multiple Oscar-winning “Parasite.”
Acquired by Samuel Goldwyn Films after its 2019 Toronto premiere, it will be released it on May 1, 2020. The distributor has released a first official trailer for the film.
The official synopsis for “Endings, Beginnings” reads: “In present day Los Angeles, Daphne (Woodley), a thirty-something woman, navigates love and heartbreak over the course of one year. Daphne becomes intertwined with friends Jack (Dornan) and Frank (Stan) after meeting them at a party. During that time,...
- 2/20/2020
- by Tambay Obenson
- Indiewire
The North American rights to Drake Doremus’ “Endings, Beginnings,” starring Shailene Woodley, Jamie Dornan and Sebastian Stan, have been picked up by Samuel Goldwyn Films, an individual with knowledge of the deal told TheWrap.
The film made its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
“Endings, Beginnings” follows Daphne (Woodley), a 30-something-year-old woman in Los Angeles, who navigates life over the course of one year. She meets Jack (Dornan) and Frank (Stan) at a party.
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Francis Chung, Robert George and Doremus, produced, while the film was co-produced by Fred Lee. Doremus and Jardine Libaire wrote the screenplay for the film.
The deal was negotiated by UTA Independent Film Group and Adam Mehr at Pryor Cashman on behalf of the filmmakers with Goldwyn on behalf of Samuel Goldwyn Films.
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The film made its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
“Endings, Beginnings” follows Daphne (Woodley), a 30-something-year-old woman in Los Angeles, who navigates life over the course of one year. She meets Jack (Dornan) and Frank (Stan) at a party.
Also Read: Shailene Woodley Joins Crime Drama 'After Exile' With Robert De Niro and Shia Labeouf
Francis Chung, Robert George and Doremus, produced, while the film was co-produced by Fred Lee. Doremus and Jardine Libaire wrote the screenplay for the film.
The deal was negotiated by UTA Independent Film Group and Adam Mehr at Pryor Cashman on behalf of the filmmakers with Goldwyn on behalf of Samuel Goldwyn Films.
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- 10/29/2019
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Deadline has learned that the North American rights for Drake Doremus’ Cj Entertainment movie Endings, Beginnings was acquired by Samuel Goldwyn Films.
The pic, starring two-time Golden Globe nominee and Divergent franchisestar Shailene Woodley, 50 Shades of Grey‘s Jamie Dornan, Avengers star Sebastian Stan, Matthew Gray Gubler (500 Days of Summer) Lindsay Sloane (Horrible Bosses) and Kyra Sedgwick (TV’s The Closer), made its world premiere at Tiff back in September.
Woodley plays Daphne, a thirty-something woman in present-day Los Angeles, who navigates love and heartbreak over the course of one year. Daphne becomes intertwined with friends Jack (Dornan) and Frank (Stan) after meeting them at a party. During that time, she will unlock the secrets to her life in a sudden turn of events and in the most surprising of places.
Endings, Beginnings was produced by Cj Entertainment’s Francis Chung, Robert George and Doremus, and co-produced by Fred Lee.
The pic, starring two-time Golden Globe nominee and Divergent franchisestar Shailene Woodley, 50 Shades of Grey‘s Jamie Dornan, Avengers star Sebastian Stan, Matthew Gray Gubler (500 Days of Summer) Lindsay Sloane (Horrible Bosses) and Kyra Sedgwick (TV’s The Closer), made its world premiere at Tiff back in September.
Woodley plays Daphne, a thirty-something woman in present-day Los Angeles, who navigates love and heartbreak over the course of one year. Daphne becomes intertwined with friends Jack (Dornan) and Frank (Stan) after meeting them at a party. During that time, she will unlock the secrets to her life in a sudden turn of events and in the most surprising of places.
Endings, Beginnings was produced by Cj Entertainment’s Francis Chung, Robert George and Doremus, and co-produced by Fred Lee.
- 10/29/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
We present our interviews from the Tiff premiere of Drake Doremus’ new film Endings,Beginnings starring Shailene Woodley, Jamie Dornan, Sebastian Stan, Matthew Gray Gubler and Lindsay Sloane. Doremus directed his script, which was co-written with Jardine Libaire.
The film premiered at the 2019 Toronto Film Festival, and here are the interviews from the red carpet.
Synopsis:
A 30-something woman navigating through love and heartbreak over the course of one year. During that time, she will unlock the secrets to her life in a sudden turn of events and in the most surprising of places.
#JamieDornan #ShaileneWoodley #SebastianStan
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The film premiered at the 2019 Toronto Film Festival, and here are the interviews from the red carpet.
Synopsis:
A 30-something woman navigating through love and heartbreak over the course of one year. During that time, she will unlock the secrets to her life in a sudden turn of events and in the most surprising of places.
#JamieDornan #ShaileneWoodley #SebastianStan
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- 9/10/2019
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
With only an 80-page outline to guide them, there were a lot of blanks to fill when “Endings, Beginnings” director Drake Doremus hired Shailene Woodley to star in the film just two weeks before shooting began. In between casting and shooting, however, Doremus, Woodley, and co-star Sebastian Stan made a two-day road trip up the California coast to the film’s Bir Sur location, swapping life philosophies along the way.
“We ended up driving for five-and-a-half hours and the amount of inside jokes and the vulnerability that came from that drive alone really drove our characters forward,” Woodley said at an “Endings, Beginnings” panel discussion the day after the film’s Toronto International Film Festival premiere. “The first day of filming, we had to be very vulnerable with one another, intimate with one another … I felt like all of us were riding on the same frequency.”
The film chronicles Woodley...
“We ended up driving for five-and-a-half hours and the amount of inside jokes and the vulnerability that came from that drive alone really drove our characters forward,” Woodley said at an “Endings, Beginnings” panel discussion the day after the film’s Toronto International Film Festival premiere. “The first day of filming, we had to be very vulnerable with one another, intimate with one another … I felt like all of us were riding on the same frequency.”
The film chronicles Woodley...
- 9/10/2019
- by Chris Lindahl
- Indiewire
There’s nothing tidy about Daphne’s love life — and if there were, she probably wouldn’t make a very compelling character. Daphne, who is played by Shailene Woodley in what is simultaneously her most realistic and least accessible performance yet, recently broke up with her boyfriend, moving back into her sister’s pool house. That split had something to do with a drunken one-night stand. And now, though she’s sworn herself to six months of sobriety and celibacy, Daphne can’t deny her attraction to two totally different guys, Jack (Jamie Dornan) and Frank (Sebastian Stan), who just so happen to be best friends.
This movie — whose title, “Endings, Beginnings,” is cutesily withheld until just before the credits roll — is like the mumblecore version of “The Philadelphia Story,” wherein Katharine Hepburn sleeps with both suitors, discovers she’s pregnant by one of them and winds up “Bringing Up Baby...
This movie — whose title, “Endings, Beginnings,” is cutesily withheld until just before the credits roll — is like the mumblecore version of “The Philadelphia Story,” wherein Katharine Hepburn sleeps with both suitors, discovers she’s pregnant by one of them and winds up “Bringing Up Baby...
- 9/9/2019
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Early in Drake Doremus’ “Endings, Beginnings,” leading lady Daphne (Shailene Woodley) makes a comment to a potential paramour about feeling as if she’s being called to do things a twenty-something might do, like travel the world or join up with the Peace Corps, youthful diversions that a thirty-something like her has no business dabbling in anymore. But it’s all the other things that Daphne spends the film dabbling in — from living in her put-together sister’s guest house or looking for a job when she has no definable skills or even, as is often the crux of a Doremus feature, engaging in dangerous and immature relationships with unsuitable partners — that make it clear which parts of her are stuck in a life she should have stopped living a decade ago.
But is that ever going to change? Doremus’ films, from the sublime “Like Crazy” and “Breathe” to the ridiculous “Newness” and “Zoe,...
But is that ever going to change? Doremus’ films, from the sublime “Like Crazy” and “Breathe” to the ridiculous “Newness” and “Zoe,...
- 9/9/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Shailene Woodley and Sebastian Stan get cozy in this first-look still from Drake Doremus’ Endings/Beginnings, premiering at Tiff on Sept. 8.
The drama — also starring Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy) — is set in present day L.A. and sees Woodley, most recently appearing in Big Little Lies, play Daphne, a 30-something woman navigating through love and heartbreak over the course of one year. During that time, she will unlock the secrets to her life in a sudden turn of events and in the most surprising of places.
Written by Doremus and Jardine Libaire (White Fur), the film has been ...
The drama — also starring Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy) — is set in present day L.A. and sees Woodley, most recently appearing in Big Little Lies, play Daphne, a 30-something woman navigating through love and heartbreak over the course of one year. During that time, she will unlock the secrets to her life in a sudden turn of events and in the most surprising of places.
Written by Doremus and Jardine Libaire (White Fur), the film has been ...
Shailene Woodley and Sebastian Stan get cozy in this first-look still from Drake Doremus’ Endings/Beginnings, premiering at Tiff on Sept. 8.
The drama — also starring Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy) — is set in present day L.A. and sees Woodley, most recently appearing in Big Little Lies, play Daphne, a 30-something woman navigating through love and heartbreak over the course of one year. During that time, she will unlock the secrets to her life in a sudden turn of events and in the most surprising of places.
Written by Doremus and Jardine Libaire (White Fur), the film has been ...
The drama — also starring Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy) — is set in present day L.A. and sees Woodley, most recently appearing in Big Little Lies, play Daphne, a 30-something woman navigating through love and heartbreak over the course of one year. During that time, she will unlock the secrets to her life in a sudden turn of events and in the most surprising of places.
Written by Doremus and Jardine Libaire (White Fur), the film has been ...
Exclusive: Good Trouble and Claws actress Sherry Cola is joining the cast of Drake Doremus’s untitled feature drama currently shooting in La.
Shailene Woodley, Jamie Dornan, Sebastian Stan, Matthew Gray Gubler, Lindsay Sloane and Shamier Anderson have already been set for the feature, which Cj Entertainment is financing and producing. Like Crazy director Doremus co-wrote the original screenplay with novelist Jardine Libaire (White Fur).
The movie is set in present day Los Angeles and follows Daphne (Woodley), a thirty-something woman navigating love and heartbreak over the course of one year. During that time, she will unlock the secrets to her life in a sudden turn of events and in the most surprising of places. Protagonist Pictures handles international sales (Cj will rep Asia). UTA Independent Film Group handles domestic.
Comedian and actress Cola has starred in series including Amazon’s I Love Dick and TNT’s dark comedy Claws...
Shailene Woodley, Jamie Dornan, Sebastian Stan, Matthew Gray Gubler, Lindsay Sloane and Shamier Anderson have already been set for the feature, which Cj Entertainment is financing and producing. Like Crazy director Doremus co-wrote the original screenplay with novelist Jardine Libaire (White Fur).
The movie is set in present day Los Angeles and follows Daphne (Woodley), a thirty-something woman navigating love and heartbreak over the course of one year. During that time, she will unlock the secrets to her life in a sudden turn of events and in the most surprising of places. Protagonist Pictures handles international sales (Cj will rep Asia). UTA Independent Film Group handles domestic.
Comedian and actress Cola has starred in series including Amazon’s I Love Dick and TNT’s dark comedy Claws...
- 11/12/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Playing House and The Odd Couple‘s Lindsay Sloane has boarded Drake Doremus’ untitled Shailene Woodley movie which Cj Entertainment is developing, financing and producing.
The pic set in current day Los Angeles follows Daphne (Woodley), a thirtysomething woman navigating love and heartbreak over the course of one year. During that time, she will unlock the secrets to her life in a sudden turn of events and in the most surprising of places. Sloane will play Billie, the foil sister to Woodley’s free spirit character. Billie is the financial shoulder for Daphne to lean on, and is married with a baby on the way. Also starring in Doremus’ latest is 50 Shades of Grey and A Private War star Jamie Dornan, Captain America‘s Sebastian Stan and Criminal Minds veteran Matthew Gray Gubler.
Sloane, whose film credits include The Horrible Bosses franchise, The Other Guys and Bring It On,...
The pic set in current day Los Angeles follows Daphne (Woodley), a thirtysomething woman navigating love and heartbreak over the course of one year. During that time, she will unlock the secrets to her life in a sudden turn of events and in the most surprising of places. Sloane will play Billie, the foil sister to Woodley’s free spirit character. Billie is the financial shoulder for Daphne to lean on, and is married with a baby on the way. Also starring in Doremus’ latest is 50 Shades of Grey and A Private War star Jamie Dornan, Captain America‘s Sebastian Stan and Criminal Minds veteran Matthew Gray Gubler.
Sloane, whose film credits include The Horrible Bosses franchise, The Other Guys and Bring It On,...
- 10/25/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
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