Netflix’s new Hitchcockian thriller Windfallstars three actors you’ve definitely seen before — and perhaps even in the same movie together. But first, the scene: The film follows a series of (unfortunate) events that transpire when a robber is caught burgling a billionaire CEO’s idyllic vacation home. When the tech mogul and his wife show up unexpectedly for a weekend away, the robber’s plan goes awry. Windfallwas directed by Charlie McDowell and based on a story by McDowell and his leading actor, Jason Segel, and screenwriters Andrew Kevin Walker and Justin Lader.
Segel stars alongside The Power of the Dog’s Jesse Plemons in their second Charlie McDowell film — the two appear in his 2017 sci-fi thriller The Discovery — and Netflix leading lady Lily Collins, aka Emily in Paris herself. Read on to find out more about the film, which, in a taut 90 minutes, explores class, power and the...
Segel stars alongside The Power of the Dog’s Jesse Plemons in their second Charlie McDowell film — the two appear in his 2017 sci-fi thriller The Discovery — and Netflix leading lady Lily Collins, aka Emily in Paris herself. Read on to find out more about the film, which, in a taut 90 minutes, explores class, power and the...
- 5/13/2024
- by Jean Bentley
- Tudum - Netflix
After more than two years in development, Charlie McDowell was nearly ready to direct his third feature. This one was going to be set all over New York, a step up in budget and in scope. But then came Covid, and the film, like everything else, was put on indefinite hold. “The question for myself and friends who are artists was, ‘How do we continue to make stuff?’ ” McDowell tells Tudum. The answer came a couple months into the pandemic. During a video chat with several friends and frequent collaborators — McDowell’s writing partner, Justin Lader; the actor Jason Segel; and the writer Andrew Kevin Walker (Se7en) — Segel suggested that the group write a film specifically set in a location where a small cast and crew could safely isolate.
It wasn’t so much an inspired idea as an obvious one: McDowell’s two previous films, The One I Love...
It wasn’t so much an inspired idea as an obvious one: McDowell’s two previous films, The One I Love...
- 5/13/2024
- by Max Cea
- Tudum - Netflix
Exclusive: Deadline has learned that 8x Oscar nominated actress Glenn Close and Anders Danielsen Lie have signed on to star in a feature film take of Tove Jansson’s novel The Summer Book which Charlie McDowell will direct and produce with his Case Study Films, a production company he co-founded with Alex Orlovsky and wife Lily Collins.
Recently celebrating the 50th anniversary of its original print publication, The Summer Book tells the life affirming story of a young girl and her grandmother as they spend a summer on a tiny, unspoiled island in the Gulf of Finland. The novel distills the essence of the summer into 21 vignettes and has been translated into 35 languages since its first publication in 1972.
Robert Jones adapted the book for screen. Pic is co-financed by High Frequency Entertainment and Hurst Capital. Production starts this summer in Finland.
Anders Danielsen Lie, courtesy Case Study Films
“I’m...
Recently celebrating the 50th anniversary of its original print publication, The Summer Book tells the life affirming story of a young girl and her grandmother as they spend a summer on a tiny, unspoiled island in the Gulf of Finland. The novel distills the essence of the summer into 21 vignettes and has been translated into 35 languages since its first publication in 1972.
Robert Jones adapted the book for screen. Pic is co-financed by High Frequency Entertainment and Hurst Capital. Production starts this summer in Finland.
Anders Danielsen Lie, courtesy Case Study Films
“I’m...
- 3/2/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix released a lot of original films in 2022, from animation to prestige fare to especially young adult book adaptations. There was no shortage of feel-good and transporting films to immerse viewers into entire universes, and even a bona fide box office success in the form of Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out” follow-up “Glass Onion.” Below, we’ve singled out some of our favorites.
Behold, the best Netflix original movies of 2022, listed in order of release.
Windfall Netflix
This one flew way under the radar when it was released back in March, but it’s a taut and twisty little thriller that touches on some hot-button issues in interesting ways. Jesse Plemons plays a wealthy CEO who returns to his home in Ojai one day with his wife (played by Lily Collins), only to discover they’re in the midst of being robbed by a stranger (played by Jason Segel). The...
Behold, the best Netflix original movies of 2022, listed in order of release.
Windfall Netflix
This one flew way under the radar when it was released back in March, but it’s a taut and twisty little thriller that touches on some hot-button issues in interesting ways. Jesse Plemons plays a wealthy CEO who returns to his home in Ojai one day with his wife (played by Lily Collins), only to discover they’re in the midst of being robbed by a stranger (played by Jason Segel). The...
- 12/24/2022
- by Dessi Gomez and Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Exclusive: The Imitation Game outfit Black Bear Pictures is bolstering the senior ranks of its fledgling management division with the hire of respected former ICM Partners and William Morris agent Joanne Roberts Wiles.
While a partner at ICM, Wiles represented filmmakers including Cooper Raiff (Cha Cha Real Smooth), the Duplass Brothers (Cyrus), Karyn Kusama (Yellowjackets), Duke Johnson (Anomalisa), Charlie McDowell and Justin Lader (Windfall), Gregg Araki (Now Apocalypse), Jamie Dack (Palm Trees and Power Lines), Greg Kwedar and Clint Bentley (Jockey), So Yong Kim (Lovesong), David Siegel and Scott McGehee (Montana Story), and David Lachapelle (Rize).
She also represented talent in front of the camera including Oscar nominee Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of The Dog), Hannah Gross (Mindhunter), Garance Marillier (Titane), Théodore Pellerin (Never Rarely Sometimes Always), Dree Hemingway (Starlet), Chris Klein (American Pie), and Alex Pettyfer (Magic Mike).
Wiles will be a Partner in Black Bear’s newly formed management division,...
While a partner at ICM, Wiles represented filmmakers including Cooper Raiff (Cha Cha Real Smooth), the Duplass Brothers (Cyrus), Karyn Kusama (Yellowjackets), Duke Johnson (Anomalisa), Charlie McDowell and Justin Lader (Windfall), Gregg Araki (Now Apocalypse), Jamie Dack (Palm Trees and Power Lines), Greg Kwedar and Clint Bentley (Jockey), So Yong Kim (Lovesong), David Siegel and Scott McGehee (Montana Story), and David Lachapelle (Rize).
She also represented talent in front of the camera including Oscar nominee Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of The Dog), Hannah Gross (Mindhunter), Garance Marillier (Titane), Théodore Pellerin (Never Rarely Sometimes Always), Dree Hemingway (Starlet), Chris Klein (American Pie), and Alex Pettyfer (Magic Mike).
Wiles will be a Partner in Black Bear’s newly formed management division,...
- 8/9/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Ever since the first trailer for “The Batman” dropped, fans drew comparisons between the superhero reboot and director David Fincher’s masterful 1995 crime thriller “Seven” – not just in terms of aesthetic influence, but the film’s plot as well. But how does the writer of “Seven,” Andrew Kevin Walker, feel about the heavy homage? He is firmly a fan of “The Batman.”
“First of all, I’m just incredibly grateful that people remain aware of ‘Seven,’” Walker told TheWrap during a recent interview about the Netflix film “Windfall” that he co-wrote with Justin Lader. “That’s, in my opinion, all due to Fincher. Look at [‘The Batman’], and so much of the homage they’re paying to ‘Seven’ is through a Fincher prism, rightfully so.”
“Seven” stars Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman as two detectives who team up in an unnamed, rain-soaked and grimy city to follow a series of...
“First of all, I’m just incredibly grateful that people remain aware of ‘Seven,’” Walker told TheWrap during a recent interview about the Netflix film “Windfall” that he co-wrote with Justin Lader. “That’s, in my opinion, all due to Fincher. Look at [‘The Batman’], and so much of the homage they’re paying to ‘Seven’ is through a Fincher prism, rightfully so.”
“Seven” stars Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman as two detectives who team up in an unnamed, rain-soaked and grimy city to follow a series of...
- 3/25/2022
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
The latest drama thriller movie Windfall, directed by Charlie McDowell and written by Justin Lader, Charlie McDowell, Jason Segel, and Andrew Kevin Walker starring Jesse Plemons, Lily Collins, and Jason Segel, premiered on Netflix a few days ago. The film was marketed as “a Hitchcockian thriller” and follows a man who breaks into the vacation home of a billionaire. His plan however changes when the wealthy owner (Jesse Plemons) and his wife (Lily Collins) suddenly arrive. The film centers on how the dynamics among the three unfold in this psychological thriller home invasion movie. In an interview with Vanity Fair,
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- 3/23/2022
- by A.E. Oats
- TVovermind.com
“Seven” screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker is not used to working with a co-writer. And yet he jumped at the prospect of working with his friends on a contained, film noir-inspired thriller.
“Windfall” – which is now streaming on Netflix – stars Jesse Plemons and Lily Collins as a wealthy couple who arrive at their vacation home, only to happen upon a stranger in the middle of robbing the place. That stranger then holds them hostage, and what plays out is an incisive and acerbic thriller all set in one location.
The stranger is played by Jason Segel, who originated the idea that would become “Windfall.” Segel, Walker, co-writer Justin Lader and director Charlie McDowell are all friends who were called to a Zoom meeting by Segel during the pandemic to figure out if this idea might be worth turning into a film.
For Walker – a frequent collaborator of David Fincher’s who wrote films like “Fight Club,...
“Windfall” – which is now streaming on Netflix – stars Jesse Plemons and Lily Collins as a wealthy couple who arrive at their vacation home, only to happen upon a stranger in the middle of robbing the place. That stranger then holds them hostage, and what plays out is an incisive and acerbic thriller all set in one location.
The stranger is played by Jason Segel, who originated the idea that would become “Windfall.” Segel, Walker, co-writer Justin Lader and director Charlie McDowell are all friends who were called to a Zoom meeting by Segel during the pandemic to figure out if this idea might be worth turning into a film.
For Walker – a frequent collaborator of David Fincher’s who wrote films like “Fight Club,...
- 3/20/2022
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
Films set in one location have become common due to the shooting constraints of the past two years. Charlie McDowell’s Windfall isn’t even the only film releasing on Friday set in one locale (The Outfit is the other), but it takes skill to keep an audience's attention in such cases. With no change of scenery, the film relies almost solely on the film’s performance and a sharp script to keep the viewer stuck in its hook.
Windfall draws the viewer in immediately with the cloud of anticipation that hangs over the Hacienda-style home that will be the theatre of a three-person show. The camera remains fixed on its exterior as the opening credits roll. Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans’s score is what catches your immediate attention. It’s quiet at first, evoking an air of mystery. Then, suddenly, it’s booming out of nowhere – not unlike noir films.
Windfall draws the viewer in immediately with the cloud of anticipation that hangs over the Hacienda-style home that will be the theatre of a three-person show. The camera remains fixed on its exterior as the opening credits roll. Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans’s score is what catches your immediate attention. It’s quiet at first, evoking an air of mystery. Then, suddenly, it’s booming out of nowhere – not unlike noir films.
- 3/18/2022
- by Sara Clements
- DailyDead
There’s an air of tense possibility during the opening title sequence of “Windfall,” a Netflix film that’s being rather boldly marketed as “a Hitchcockian thriller.” A single, static shot of a sunny patio outside a picturesque villa is paired with a suggestively sinister soundtrack (a dead ringer for the oft-emulated “Vertigo” score), building an atmosphere that’s almost too still for comfort.
The action that follows, however, soon deflates our mild anticipation, offering up little more than an ultimately dull narrative about a rich married couple (Lily Collins and Jesse Plemons), who arrive at their vacation home to find it being robbed by a strange man (Jason Segel). It’s a film that relies too heavily upon its scenic location and not enough on building any real sense of story, let alone suspense, and only adds to the growing feeling that, when a work calls itself “Hitchcockian,” it...
The action that follows, however, soon deflates our mild anticipation, offering up little more than an ultimately dull narrative about a rich married couple (Lily Collins and Jesse Plemons), who arrive at their vacation home to find it being robbed by a strange man (Jason Segel). It’s a film that relies too heavily upon its scenic location and not enough on building any real sense of story, let alone suspense, and only adds to the growing feeling that, when a work calls itself “Hitchcockian,” it...
- 3/18/2022
- by Susannah Gruder
- Indiewire
A well-heeled young couple arrive for a weekend away at their Ojai country pad, only to find it already occupied by a criminal drifter out to take not just their money, but their happiness too, over the course of a tense, tetchy overnight hostage situation. But our sympathies aren’t directed exactly as you might expect in “Windfall,” a tightly wound sunshine noir that borrows from hardboiled classics like “The Desperate Hours,” while revisiting the kind of chilly, compressed relationship anatomy that director Charlie McDowell essayed in his debut “The One I Love.” Blending the oddball sensibility of McDowell and regular co-writer Justin Lader with the nastier genre smarts of “Se7en” scribe Andrew Kevin Walker, this low-key Netflix holds to its intriguing promise for a crisp 90 minutes, though even its climax is muted by design.
A trio of stars all playing effectively against type will be the chief draw for...
A trio of stars all playing effectively against type will be the chief draw for...
- 3/18/2022
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
From the old school ‘50s-era opening titles, you can feel what tone Charlie McDowell’s Windfall is going for. The director’s third feature plays up the Hitchcock aesthetic big time in its marketing, but tonally it feels even more adjacent to Rian Johnson’s bouncy recent works of mystery thrills, The Brothers Bloom and, especially, Knives Out. A three-hander confined to a single location, the film stars Jesse Plemons and Lily Collins as a tech CEO and his wife heading to their vacation home in Ojai, only to find Jason Segel’s character in the middle of robbing it. Knowing that his identity is blown thanks to a hidden camera he spots, Segel demands enough cash to be able to start a new life, and the unnamed trio enter into a tense period of waiting for the money delivery to be arranged.
It’s a quick and easy set-up for a film,...
It’s a quick and easy set-up for a film,...
- 3/18/2022
- by Mitchell Beaupre
- The Film Stage
"Windfall" promises the sort of pandemic-borne storytelling that audiences want to see. Rather than the masks and contagions and the contact spread montages, the story, written by Justin Lader and Andrew Kevin Walker based on a story by star Jason Segel, director Charlie McDowell, Walker, and Lader, opts to translate the claustrophobic feeling of mandatory isolation into a home invasion riff with a simple, similar concept in the horror genre: a couple is compelled to stay inside their home by an uninvited guest.
"Windfall" sees a wealthy couple, played by Jesse Plemons ("The Power of the...
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- 2/15/2022
- by Anya Stanley
- Slash Film
What would you do if you arrived at your vacation home, only to discover it was being robbed? That’s the conundrum facing Jesse Plemons and Lily Collins in the first trailer for the new Netflix thriller film “Windfall.”
Plemons and Collins play a wealthy married couple who find themselves being held hostage by an unstable but also somewhat inept criminal, played by Jason Segel. As the hostage situation continues, Plemons’ character grows more agitated, and with the sun going down, the stakes get more dangerous.
The original film hails from “The One I Love” and “The Discovery” filmmaker Charlie McDowell, who has a knack for twisty, semi-sci-fi stories. But further intrigue is added by the involvement of screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker, the writer behind “Se7en” and various other David Fincher projects who co-wrote “Windfall” with Justin Lader, based on a story by Walker, Lader, McDowell and Segel.
Plemons and Collins,...
Plemons and Collins play a wealthy married couple who find themselves being held hostage by an unstable but also somewhat inept criminal, played by Jason Segel. As the hostage situation continues, Plemons’ character grows more agitated, and with the sun going down, the stakes get more dangerous.
The original film hails from “The One I Love” and “The Discovery” filmmaker Charlie McDowell, who has a knack for twisty, semi-sci-fi stories. But further intrigue is added by the involvement of screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker, the writer behind “Se7en” and various other David Fincher projects who co-wrote “Windfall” with Justin Lader, based on a story by Walker, Lader, McDowell and Segel.
Plemons and Collins,...
- 2/15/2022
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
Jason Segel, Lily Collins and Jesse Plemons have signed up for the Netflix thriller ‘Windfall.’
Said to be a Hitchcockian type thriller, it is further described as a modern-day noir that follows a young couple who arrive at their vacation home only to find it’s being robbed.
Charlie McDowell, who worked with both Segel and Plemons on Netflix’s ‘The Discovery’, will take the helm on the project. The screenplay is co-written by Justin Lader and ‘Seven’ scribe Andrew Kevin Walker.
McDowell, Segel, Collins and Plemons will also produce alongside Alex Orlovsky, Duncan Montgomery and Jack Selby, while David Duque Estrada and Elika Portnoy will executive produce for Mutressa Movies along with Rick Covert.
Also in news – Javier Bardem to star in adaptation of ‘Lyle, Lyle Crocodile’
Segel was last seen in ‘Dispatches From Elsewhere’ on the big screen he starred in ‘End of the Tour’. Collins stars in...
Said to be a Hitchcockian type thriller, it is further described as a modern-day noir that follows a young couple who arrive at their vacation home only to find it’s being robbed.
Charlie McDowell, who worked with both Segel and Plemons on Netflix’s ‘The Discovery’, will take the helm on the project. The screenplay is co-written by Justin Lader and ‘Seven’ scribe Andrew Kevin Walker.
McDowell, Segel, Collins and Plemons will also produce alongside Alex Orlovsky, Duncan Montgomery and Jack Selby, while David Duque Estrada and Elika Portnoy will executive produce for Mutressa Movies along with Rick Covert.
Also in news – Javier Bardem to star in adaptation of ‘Lyle, Lyle Crocodile’
Segel was last seen in ‘Dispatches From Elsewhere’ on the big screen he starred in ‘End of the Tour’. Collins stars in...
- 7/13/2021
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Netflix has acquired the modern-day noir pic Windfall, from director Charlie McDowell with Jason Segel, Lily Collins and Jesse Plemons starring. Segel and McDowell also developed the story, with Justin Lader and Andrew Kevin Walker penning the script. Production wrapped earlier this year. Sources say Netflix preemptively acquired the rights in a major 8-figure dollar deal.
The film is a Hitchcockian thriller following a young couple who arrive at their vacation home only to find it’s being robbed.
Alex Orlovsky and Duncan Montgomery are producing along with McDowell, Segel, Collins and Plemons. Jack Selby will also produce. Exec producers are David Duque Estrada, Elika Portnoy and Rick Covert.
Segel most recently was seen in his AMC anthology series Dispatches from Elsewhere, and on the film side he starred in End of the Tour. Collins stars in the Netflix series Emily in Paris. Plemons next can be seen in Disney’s Jungle Cruise.
The film is a Hitchcockian thriller following a young couple who arrive at their vacation home only to find it’s being robbed.
Alex Orlovsky and Duncan Montgomery are producing along with McDowell, Segel, Collins and Plemons. Jack Selby will also produce. Exec producers are David Duque Estrada, Elika Portnoy and Rick Covert.
Segel most recently was seen in his AMC anthology series Dispatches from Elsewhere, and on the film side he starred in End of the Tour. Collins stars in the Netflix series Emily in Paris. Plemons next can be seen in Disney’s Jungle Cruise.
- 7/12/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Wind River and A Private War outfit Savvy Media has acquired rights to Business Insider (formerly Wired) journalist Alex Davies’ book Driven: The Race to Create the Autonomous Car.
Released by Simon & Schuster on January 5, 2021, the book charts the quest to develop driverless cars and the fierce competition between Google, Uber and other companies in the race to launch the cutting-edge, controversial technology.
The historical overview profiles a number of the industry’s key players, including Anthony Levandowski, the former Google engineer sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing trade secrets but who was pardoned by now-former President Trump on Tuesday night.
Matthew George (Wind River) will produce under his Savvy Media Holdings banner alongside Courtney Shepard (1917), the firm’s head of development, who will executive produce. The deal was negotiated by Jonathan Cohen on behalf of Savvy Media.
Savvy recently hired screenwriter Justin Lader to pen Battle of the Billionaires,...
Released by Simon & Schuster on January 5, 2021, the book charts the quest to develop driverless cars and the fierce competition between Google, Uber and other companies in the race to launch the cutting-edge, controversial technology.
The historical overview profiles a number of the industry’s key players, including Anthony Levandowski, the former Google engineer sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing trade secrets but who was pardoned by now-former President Trump on Tuesday night.
Matthew George (Wind River) will produce under his Savvy Media Holdings banner alongside Courtney Shepard (1917), the firm’s head of development, who will executive produce. The deal was negotiated by Jonathan Cohen on behalf of Savvy Media.
Savvy recently hired screenwriter Justin Lader to pen Battle of the Billionaires,...
- 1/22/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Peter J. Nygard and Louis Bacon were two of the world’s richest men, who also happened to be neighbors in a posh corner of the Bahamas. A bitter feud between the billionaire hedge fund operator and the Canadian fashion mogul, one that initally stemmed from a noise complaint, dominated headlines, and eventually led to Nygard’s arrest and indictment for racketeering and sex trafficking.
It’s a stranger-than-fiction saga that seems ripe for the big screen treatment. Well, no surprise — in a highly competitive situation, Matthew George’s Savvy Media Holdings has acquired the rights to two books on the battling one-percenters. The company has purchased the underlying material of Dick Russell’s forthcoming book “Bacon Vs. Nygard: Sex-Trafficking, Political Corruption, Murder-for-Hire, and the Takedown,” as well as Melissa Cronin’s “Predator King: Peter Nygard’s Dark Life of Rape, Drugs, and Blackmail.” The latter was published in April last year by Skyhorse Publishing.
It’s a stranger-than-fiction saga that seems ripe for the big screen treatment. Well, no surprise — in a highly competitive situation, Matthew George’s Savvy Media Holdings has acquired the rights to two books on the battling one-percenters. The company has purchased the underlying material of Dick Russell’s forthcoming book “Bacon Vs. Nygard: Sex-Trafficking, Political Corruption, Murder-for-Hire, and the Takedown,” as well as Melissa Cronin’s “Predator King: Peter Nygard’s Dark Life of Rape, Drugs, and Blackmail.” The latter was published in April last year by Skyhorse Publishing.
- 1/19/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Focus Features has set Charlie McDowell to direct an adaptation of Daniel Clowes’ graphic novel Patience. McDowell, whose directing credits include The One I Love and The Discovery, is writing the script with Justin Lader, his collaborator on those other films.
Innisfree Pictures’ Jim Burke and Steven Snyder are producing.
Focus has been trying for several years to adapt the graphic novel by Clowes, who was Oscar-nominated for adapting his comic Ghost World as a feature in 2001. He wrote the first draft. The novel is about sacrifices in the name of love. When his wife Patience is murdered, Jack falls into a deep pit of anger, grief, and guilt. Ten years later, he learns of a time machine that might allow him to fix things. From there, he plunges into a psychedelic journey through Patience’s past and the events that shaped her into the woman he knew and loved.
Innisfree Pictures’ Jim Burke and Steven Snyder are producing.
Focus has been trying for several years to adapt the graphic novel by Clowes, who was Oscar-nominated for adapting his comic Ghost World as a feature in 2001. He wrote the first draft. The novel is about sacrifices in the name of love. When his wife Patience is murdered, Jack falls into a deep pit of anger, grief, and guilt. Ten years later, he learns of a time machine that might allow him to fix things. From there, he plunges into a psychedelic journey through Patience’s past and the events that shaped her into the woman he knew and loved.
- 10/16/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Christoph Waltz and Lily Collins have joined the cast of the Jake Gyllenhaal produced thriller ‘Gilded Rage’.
Waltz and Collins join the already cast Bill Skarsgard on the story inspired by events surrounding the murder of Manhattan hedge fund magnate Thomas Gilbert Sr. by his son Tommy. The murder which shook New York society to the core attracted the attention of the news across America. Tommy Gilbert recently received 30 years-to-life in prison for the murder.
Charlie McDowell is directing fro a screenplay by McDowell and Justin Lader based on the Vanity Fair article ‘Gilded Rage’ by Benjamin Wallace that was published in 2015. Riva Marker and Jake Gyllenhaal will produce under their banner Nine Stories.
Also in news – Paul Feig sheds some light on his ‘Dark Army’ monster movie
Having previously appeared as a ‘Bond villain’, Waltz was last in ‘Alita: Battle Angel’. He is currently rumoured to be returning to...
Waltz and Collins join the already cast Bill Skarsgard on the story inspired by events surrounding the murder of Manhattan hedge fund magnate Thomas Gilbert Sr. by his son Tommy. The murder which shook New York society to the core attracted the attention of the news across America. Tommy Gilbert recently received 30 years-to-life in prison for the murder.
Charlie McDowell is directing fro a screenplay by McDowell and Justin Lader based on the Vanity Fair article ‘Gilded Rage’ by Benjamin Wallace that was published in 2015. Riva Marker and Jake Gyllenhaal will produce under their banner Nine Stories.
Also in news – Paul Feig sheds some light on his ‘Dark Army’ monster movie
Having previously appeared as a ‘Bond villain’, Waltz was last in ‘Alita: Battle Angel’. He is currently rumoured to be returning to...
- 11/1/2019
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: Here’s a hot Afm package. I can reveal that Christoph Waltz and Lily Collins will star with Bill Skarsgard in Gilded Rage, a dramatic thriller about the real-life murder of a Manhattan hedge fund manager.
Charlie McDowell is directing. Xyz Films is financing and producing the film with Riva Marker and Jake Gyllenhaal under their banner Nine Stories, Jeremy Steckler, and Conde Nast Entertainment, with Hunter Ryan and David Ryan exec producing.
Xyz is also handling world sales and co-repping domestic with ICM Partners and Endeavor Content. The project will be introduced to buyers at next week’s American Film Market. Shoot is set for spring 2020.
The script was written by McDowell and Justin Lader based on the Vanity Fair article Gilded Rage by Benjamin Wallace that was published in 2015. E. Max Frye penned a previous draft. Story is inspired by events...
Charlie McDowell is directing. Xyz Films is financing and producing the film with Riva Marker and Jake Gyllenhaal under their banner Nine Stories, Jeremy Steckler, and Conde Nast Entertainment, with Hunter Ryan and David Ryan exec producing.
Xyz is also handling world sales and co-repping domestic with ICM Partners and Endeavor Content. The project will be introduced to buyers at next week’s American Film Market. Shoot is set for spring 2020.
The script was written by McDowell and Justin Lader based on the Vanity Fair article Gilded Rage by Benjamin Wallace that was published in 2015. E. Max Frye penned a previous draft. Story is inspired by events...
- 10/31/2019
- by Tom Grater and Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix have released the official trailer and artwork for The Discovery, directed by Charlie McDowell and written by McDowell and Justin Lader (The One I Love), which will launch globally on Netflix on Friday 31st March, 2017.
The Discovery stars Robert Redford, Rooney Mara, Jason Segel, Riley Keough and Jesse Plemons and is a love story set in a world where the afterlife has been scientifically proven, and as a result millions of people start taking their own lives…
One year after the existence of the afterlife is scientifically verified, millions around the world have ended their own lives in order to “get there”. A man and woman fall in love while coming to terms with their own tragic pasts and the true nature of the afterlife.
The Discovery stars Robert Redford, Rooney Mara, Jason Segel, Riley Keough and Jesse Plemons and is a love story set in a world where the afterlife has been scientifically proven, and as a result millions of people start taking their own lives…
One year after the existence of the afterlife is scientifically verified, millions around the world have ended their own lives in order to “get there”. A man and woman fall in love while coming to terms with their own tragic pasts and the true nature of the afterlife.
- 2/23/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
The first teaser for Netflix’s The Discovery was designed to be unnerving and ominous, with Jason Segel and Rooney Mara walking through what looked like a romantic drama right up until the soundtrack started to warp and the spooky imagery started to creep in. The movie comes from Charlie McDowell and Justin Lader, and it stars Robert Redford as a scientist who has discovered irrefutable proof of an afterlife, prompting a wave of suicides all over the world. This new trailer presents that world with a more operatic tone, suggesting that this isn’t a small horror story about a handful of people but a grand horror story about the whole human race. The A.V. Club’s A.A. Dowd said The Discovery was an “ambitious, convoluted genre tightrope act” that kept him “thoroughly engrossed” when he saw it at Sundance, and you’ll be able to see...
- 2/23/2017
- by Sam Barsanti
- avclub.com
Heaven, paradise, nirvana, Valhalla – whatever moniker you ascribe to the afterlife, the concept of life after death is as powerful as it is frightening. Now suppose that its existence is proven, right here on Earth in the present day, and you’ll have an inkling of The Discovery, Netflix and Charlie McDowell’s morbid new drama that centers on an unusual love story that blooms between Rooney Mara and Jason Segel.
In the fallout of Dr. Thomas Harbor’s (Robert Redford) landmark discovery – he prefers to call it a “new plane of existence,” rather than the afterlife – the world is crippled by mass suicide, as tens of thousands of people end their lives with reckless abandon in an attempt to enter this alleged new reality. Despite the temptation, Mara and Segel’s wounded protagonists resist, and instead work to make amends within their own lives before worrying about the next ones.
In the fallout of Dr. Thomas Harbor’s (Robert Redford) landmark discovery – he prefers to call it a “new plane of existence,” rather than the afterlife – the world is crippled by mass suicide, as tens of thousands of people end their lives with reckless abandon in an attempt to enter this alleged new reality. Despite the temptation, Mara and Segel’s wounded protagonists resist, and instead work to make amends within their own lives before worrying about the next ones.
- 2/22/2017
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
If climate change is an inconvenient truth, then overwhelming scientific evidence of the afterlife would be an immobilizing one. And so it is in Charlie McDowell’s “The Discovery,” a provocative slice of theoretical sci-fi that isn’t about death so much as the things that mortality forces into focus.
By turns resoundingly human and regretfully half-baked, the film wears its influences on its sleeve, beginning with a brilliant prologue that recalls the opening sequence of “Children of Men.” Doctor Thomas Harber (Robert Redford, commanding in his small but vital role) is introduced on a television monitor, a mediated version of himself flickering on the screen. He’s preparing to give his first interview in the six months since he’s found compelling data in support of the idea that something — brainwaves, energy, a soul — leaves the body after it expires. During those six months, more than a million people have committed suicide,...
By turns resoundingly human and regretfully half-baked, the film wears its influences on its sleeve, beginning with a brilliant prologue that recalls the opening sequence of “Children of Men.” Doctor Thomas Harber (Robert Redford, commanding in his small but vital role) is introduced on a television monitor, a mediated version of himself flickering on the screen. He’s preparing to give his first interview in the six months since he’s found compelling data in support of the idea that something — brainwaves, energy, a soul — leaves the body after it expires. During those six months, more than a million people have committed suicide,...
- 1/22/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
If you knew what was to come after death, would you live your life differently? Or would you want to live at all? These are but a few life-altering questions at the center of The Discovery, Charlie McDowell’s follow-up to The One I Love, another film which used the backdrop of a science-fiction premise as a playground for exploring universal emotional quandaries. While the director/co-writer’s skill at world-building has expanded, as has his cast, his second film retains a similar, welcome sense of relatability, favoring an emotional throughline over Primer-esque scientific explanation. There’s no greater human truth than death and McDowell uses this to fuel our imagination about what might await, doing so in a way that, like the best sci-fi, stimulates introspection on the part of the viewer.
It’s been two years since Doctor Thomas Harber (Robert Redford) revealed a scientific breakthrough that altered the world forever.
It’s been two years since Doctor Thomas Harber (Robert Redford) revealed a scientific breakthrough that altered the world forever.
- 1/21/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
You might be a little surprised to learn that Robert Redford, Rooney Mara, and Jason Segel are coming your way March 31st in a sci-fi mind-bender… and you might be surprised that Redford, Mara, and Segel are in a sci-fi mind-bender, but you now have proof of both.
The Discovery is a film coming to Netflix, and it is one that takes sci-fi to new heights, just without ray guns and spaceships.
You don’t quite get there from the trailer, which aims mostly to set the surreal stage, as opposed to relaying the synopsis, but The Discovery revolves around a love story set in a very strange future after it has been scientifically proven that there is an afterlife. That proof leads to the (one has to imagine) unintended aftermath that is a mass wave of suicides by people who would rather just “get there.”
With that stage set,...
The Discovery is a film coming to Netflix, and it is one that takes sci-fi to new heights, just without ray guns and spaceships.
You don’t quite get there from the trailer, which aims mostly to set the surreal stage, as opposed to relaying the synopsis, but The Discovery revolves around a love story set in a very strange future after it has been scientifically proven that there is an afterlife. That proof leads to the (one has to imagine) unintended aftermath that is a mass wave of suicides by people who would rather just “get there.”
With that stage set,...
- 1/18/2017
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
On the eve of 2017’s Sundance Film Festival, Netflix has rolled out the official first trailer for The Discovery, a somber love story set in a world where scientists – specifically Robert Redford’s scientist – have concluded that an afterlife exists.
What follows is a worldwide existential crisis, one which prompts people into taking their own lives with reckless abandon in order to experience life after death. Headed up by Rooney Mara and Jason Segel – the latter of whom replaced Nicholas Hoult early on in development – The Discovery kicks into gear once Redford’s Dr. Thomas Harbor claims that he can scientifically prove the existence of an afterlife.
From that moment, the snippet above changes from a quaint indie romance to a poignant, thought-provoking drama, with Mara and Segel’s lovestruck leads attempting to quell the barrage of suicides and maybe – just maybe – salvage some semblance of love in the process.
What follows is a worldwide existential crisis, one which prompts people into taking their own lives with reckless abandon in order to experience life after death. Headed up by Rooney Mara and Jason Segel – the latter of whom replaced Nicholas Hoult early on in development – The Discovery kicks into gear once Redford’s Dr. Thomas Harbor claims that he can scientifically prove the existence of an afterlife.
From that moment, the snippet above changes from a quaint indie romance to a poignant, thought-provoking drama, with Mara and Segel’s lovestruck leads attempting to quell the barrage of suicides and maybe – just maybe – salvage some semblance of love in the process.
- 1/18/2017
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
We’re getting the first look at Robert Redford in romantic sci-fi pic The Discovery ahead of its Sundance world premiere. This will be Redford’s first onscreen appearance at his Utah gathering since A Walk in the Woods with Nick Nolte two years ago. Redford stars as Dr. Thomas Harbor, who’s made a scientific breakthrough that shocks the world and challenges everything we know about life and death. Charlie McDowell directs and co-penned the screenplay with Justin Lader (The…...
- 1/18/2017
- Deadline
We have the first trailer for Netflix's new film The Discovery, and this movie looks incredibly good. The film has a fantastic cast of actors that includes Jason Segel, Rooney Mara, Robert Redford, Jesse Plemons, and Riley Keough.
The concept behind the film is pretty messed up, as it takes place in a world where million of people are committing suicide to get to an afterlife that has been proven to exist.
The film has a very Twilight Zone kind of vibe to it, and I absolutely love the way this trailer plays out. It starts out like a happy looking kind of story then transforms into something dark and disturbing. This movie looks intense as hell, and I can't wait to see it at Sundance later this month. Here's the synopsis:
One year after the existence of the afterlife is scientifically verified, millions around the world have ended their...
The concept behind the film is pretty messed up, as it takes place in a world where million of people are committing suicide to get to an afterlife that has been proven to exist.
The film has a very Twilight Zone kind of vibe to it, and I absolutely love the way this trailer plays out. It starts out like a happy looking kind of story then transforms into something dark and disturbing. This movie looks intense as hell, and I can't wait to see it at Sundance later this month. Here's the synopsis:
One year after the existence of the afterlife is scientifically verified, millions around the world have ended their...
- 1/18/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
One of the primary pleasures of Charlie McDowell‘s directorial debut The One I Love was his ability to realistically inject a dose of science-fiction into a relatable romantic drama. The director, along with writer Justin Lader, have now re-teamed for a follow-up in the same vein. The Discovery, which is set to premiere at Sundance this Friday, now has its first trailer courtesy of Netflix.
Starring Jason Segel, Rooney Mara, Robert Redford, Jesse Plemons, and Riley Keough, the story is set a year after the existence of the afterlife is scientifically verified. Judging from this first preview, what begins as a romance shifts into an unsettling look at the effects of such a discovery. One only has to wait a few days for our review, so check back soon.
Check out the first trailer below for one of our most-anticipated films of the Sundance Film Festival.
One year after...
Starring Jason Segel, Rooney Mara, Robert Redford, Jesse Plemons, and Riley Keough, the story is set a year after the existence of the afterlife is scientifically verified. Judging from this first preview, what begins as a romance shifts into an unsettling look at the effects of such a discovery. One only has to wait a few days for our review, so check back soon.
Check out the first trailer below for one of our most-anticipated films of the Sundance Film Festival.
One year after...
- 1/18/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
In 2014, Charlie McDowell made his directorial debut at the Sundance Film Festival with “The One I Love,” which starred Elizabeth Moss and Mark Duplass as a couple on the rocks seduced by doubles of themselves at a therapy retreat. Three years later, McDowell returns to Sundance with a similarly alternate reality, also revolving around a love story.
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The title refers to a discovery made by Dr. Thomas Harbor (Robert Redford) that he can scientifically prove the existence of the afterlife. As a result, people are taking their lives with abandon in order to “get there.” Rooney Mara and Jason Segel play a couple trying to prevent the barrage of suicides. A digital counter hanging on the wall ticks off the number of deaths, with a child’s smiling face written next to the...
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The title refers to a discovery made by Dr. Thomas Harbor (Robert Redford) that he can scientifically prove the existence of the afterlife. As a result, people are taking their lives with abandon in order to “get there.” Rooney Mara and Jason Segel play a couple trying to prevent the barrage of suicides. A digital counter hanging on the wall ticks off the number of deaths, with a child’s smiling face written next to the...
- 1/18/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
After highlighting 50 films that we can guarantee are worth seeing this year, it’s time we venture into the unknown. Rather than regurgitating a list of dated-years-in-advance studio releases, we’ve set out to focus on 100 films we’re genuinely looking forward to, regardless of their marketing budgets. While some might not have a set release — let alone any confirmed festival premiere — most have wrapped production and will likely debut at some point in 2017, so make sure to check back for updates over the next twelve months and beyond. Be sure to keep the following one-hundred films on your radar (with release dates, where applicable). If you want to see how we did with our picks last year (potentially to shame us), head on over here.
100. The Discovery (Charlie McDowell; Winter Tbd)
One of the primary pleasures of Charlie McDowell‘s directorial debut The One I Love was his ability...
100. The Discovery (Charlie McDowell; Winter Tbd)
One of the primary pleasures of Charlie McDowell‘s directorial debut The One I Love was his ability...
- 1/11/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
The streaming goliath will launch Endgame Entertainment and Protagonist Pictures’ Rooney Mara starrer on its platform and in select theatres through undetermined partners sometime in 2017.
Robert Redford and Jason Segel also star in the sci-fi drama centring on a romance that takes place a year after scientists prove the existence of the afterlife.
Charlie McDowell directs from a screenplay he wrote with Justin Lader and shot in Rhode Island earlier this year. Rounding out the cast are Jesse Plemons, Riley Keough and Ron Canada.
Alex Orlovsky of Verisimilitude produces with Jim Stern of Endgame, which financed The Discovery alongside the film’s international sales agent,...
Robert Redford and Jason Segel also star in the sci-fi drama centring on a romance that takes place a year after scientists prove the existence of the afterlife.
Charlie McDowell directs from a screenplay he wrote with Justin Lader and shot in Rhode Island earlier this year. Rounding out the cast are Jesse Plemons, Riley Keough and Ron Canada.
Alex Orlovsky of Verisimilitude produces with Jim Stern of Endgame, which financed The Discovery alongside the film’s international sales agent,...
- 6/13/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Netflix has acquired global rights to "The One I Love" director Charlie McDowell's "The Discovery" starring Rooney Mara, Robert Redford and Jason Segel.
McDowell and Justin Lader penned the sci-fi story set two years after the discovery of an afterlife that has been scientifically proven where millions of people have taken their own lives in order to start over.
Segel plays the son of the man (Redford) responsible for the discovery, and Mara plays a woman he falls in love with whose life is tinged by a tragic past. Jesse Plemons, Riley Keough and Ron Canada also star.
Shot on location in Rhode Island, Alex Orlovsky and James D. Stern produce and the film will premiere on Netflix along with receiving a limited theatrical domestic run in 2017.
Source: Netflix...
McDowell and Justin Lader penned the sci-fi story set two years after the discovery of an afterlife that has been scientifically proven where millions of people have taken their own lives in order to start over.
Segel plays the son of the man (Redford) responsible for the discovery, and Mara plays a woman he falls in love with whose life is tinged by a tragic past. Jesse Plemons, Riley Keough and Ron Canada also star.
Shot on location in Rhode Island, Alex Orlovsky and James D. Stern produce and the film will premiere on Netflix along with receiving a limited theatrical domestic run in 2017.
Source: Netflix...
- 6/13/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
It's been about seven months since we've heard anything about The Discovery, the new sci-fi movie from The One I Love director Charlie McDowell, so I admit I'd forgotten all about it. But now Deadline has a quick new update about the movie, including a casting change and a plan for the film's release.
Before we get to any of that, here's the synopsis: "Directed by Charlie McDowell and written by McDowell and Justin Lader, The Discovery is a sci-fi story set two years after the discovery of a scientifically proven afterlife where millions of people have taken their own lives in order to start over." Robert Redford plays the man who makes the discovery, and Jason Segel is replacing Nicholas Hoult as Redford's character's son, who falls for a woman (Rooney Mara) whose past is tinged with tragedy.
The movie will premiere on Netflix in 2017, and the streaming service will also give it a limited theatrical release at that time.
“To describe the story as original doesn’t begin to capture the world that Charlie has created that will envelop you,” said Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos. “Our global viewers are going to love this film.”
McDowell has directed a few episodes of HBO's hilarious series Silicon Valley, but to really get a sense of what he's capable of as a director, check out his excellent indie sci-fi movie The One I Love, starring Elisabeth Moss and Mark Duplass. You won't regret it.
Before we get to any of that, here's the synopsis: "Directed by Charlie McDowell and written by McDowell and Justin Lader, The Discovery is a sci-fi story set two years after the discovery of a scientifically proven afterlife where millions of people have taken their own lives in order to start over." Robert Redford plays the man who makes the discovery, and Jason Segel is replacing Nicholas Hoult as Redford's character's son, who falls for a woman (Rooney Mara) whose past is tinged with tragedy.
The movie will premiere on Netflix in 2017, and the streaming service will also give it a limited theatrical release at that time.
“To describe the story as original doesn’t begin to capture the world that Charlie has created that will envelop you,” said Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos. “Our global viewers are going to love this film.”
McDowell has directed a few episodes of HBO's hilarious series Silicon Valley, but to really get a sense of what he's capable of as a director, check out his excellent indie sci-fi movie The One I Love, starring Elisabeth Moss and Mark Duplass. You won't regret it.
- 6/13/2016
- by Ben Pearson
- GeekTyrant
Riley Keough is heading back to the futuristic. The Mad Max: Fury Road star has signed on for Charlie McDowell’s sci-fi film The Discovery. Jesse Plemons (Black Mass) also has joined the cast, which is headed up by Rooney Mara, Robert Redford and Jason Segel. (Earlier this week, Segel replaced Nicholas Hoult, who dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.) Written by McDowell and Justin Lader, the film is set in a world two years after the existence of an afterlife has been scientifically proven, resulting in millions of people taking their own lives, believing that suicide is like
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- 3/10/2016
- by Tatiana Siegel, Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Following one casting switch and one addition, Charlie McDowell‘s The Discovery is preparing to set forth. The One I Love helmer’s second feature was originally set to star Rooney Mara and Nicholas Hoult, but a recent report tells us the latter’s departed for Xavier Dolan’s The Death and Life of John F. Donovan; stepping into his place is Jason Segel, while Robert Redford‘s been cast in a key role. [THR]
As we learned last fall, the project, scripted by McDowell and Justin Lader, tracks a love story set one year after science has proven the afterlife’s existence. While millions commit suicide, “believing that [it] is like pushing a reset button,” the man (Segal) whose father (Redford) discovered the afterlife meets and falls in love with a woman (Mara) “whose life is tinged by a tragic past.”
Endgame and Protagonist Pictures are financing The Discovery, which will roll cameras this month.
As we learned last fall, the project, scripted by McDowell and Justin Lader, tracks a love story set one year after science has proven the afterlife’s existence. While millions commit suicide, “believing that [it] is like pushing a reset button,” the man (Segal) whose father (Redford) discovered the afterlife meets and falls in love with a woman (Mara) “whose life is tinged by a tragic past.”
Endgame and Protagonist Pictures are financing The Discovery, which will roll cameras this month.
- 3/9/2016
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Robert Redford and Jason Segel have signed on to star alongside Rooney Mara in Charlie McDowell's "The Discovery" for Endgame Entertainment and Protagonist Pictures.
McDowell and Justin Lader penned the film which is set in a world two years after the existence of an afterlife has been scientifically proven. As a result, millions of people have taken their own lives in the belief that suicide is like pushing a reset button.
Redford will play the man responsible for the Discovery. Segel, who is replacing Nicholas Hoult who dropped out due to scheduling conflicts with Xavier Dolan's new film, will play his son. Mara will plays a woman the son falls in love with whose life is tinged by a tragic past.
Alex Orlovsky and James D. Stern are producing. Filming begins in Rhode Island later this month.
Source: THR...
McDowell and Justin Lader penned the film which is set in a world two years after the existence of an afterlife has been scientifically proven. As a result, millions of people have taken their own lives in the belief that suicide is like pushing a reset button.
Redford will play the man responsible for the Discovery. Segel, who is replacing Nicholas Hoult who dropped out due to scheduling conflicts with Xavier Dolan's new film, will play his son. Mara will plays a woman the son falls in love with whose life is tinged by a tragic past.
Alex Orlovsky and James D. Stern are producing. Filming begins in Rhode Island later this month.
Source: THR...
- 3/9/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
After initially losing sight of its January production slot, we now have word that Nicholas Hoult has dropped out of Charlie McDowell’s sci-fi flick The Discovery. In his place, Jason Segel will now star opposite Rooney Mara and Truth star Robert Redford, with principal photography finally due to commence early next month.
The Mad Max: Fury Road star had been attached to the project since October, but when the klaxon sounded to mark production was imminent, Hoult was forced to bow out of McDowell’s genre piece. Co-written alongside his The One I Love writing partner Justin Lader, The Discovery imagines a reality where scientists have arrived at the mind-bending conclusion that an afterlife does indeed exist, raising nine kinds of existential and spiritual questions for humanity to face.
At the crux of the story, though, is Robert Redford, the intellectual pioneer that takes responsibility for The Discovery. Segel,...
The Mad Max: Fury Road star had been attached to the project since October, but when the klaxon sounded to mark production was imminent, Hoult was forced to bow out of McDowell’s genre piece. Co-written alongside his The One I Love writing partner Justin Lader, The Discovery imagines a reality where scientists have arrived at the mind-bending conclusion that an afterlife does indeed exist, raising nine kinds of existential and spiritual questions for humanity to face.
At the crux of the story, though, is Robert Redford, the intellectual pioneer that takes responsibility for The Discovery. Segel,...
- 3/9/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Breaking: Robert Redford and Jason Segel — who is replacing Nicholas Hoult — have joined Rooney Mara in Charlie McDowell's The Discovery. Hoult is said to have dropped out of the picture which is scheduled to go before the cameras later this month because of scheduling conflicts. The actor had been attached to the picture since last fall. The film, written by McDowell and Justin Lader, will shoot in Rhode Island. It’s not clear what Hoult’s scheduling conflict is but it…...
- 3/9/2016
- Deadline
Jason Segel and Robert Redford have been cast in Charlie McDowell‘s “The Discovery,” producers announced Wednesday. Rooney Mara had previously been cast in the film that is set to begin production in Rhode Island later this month. Nicholas Hoult was previously attached to the project but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts, so Segel will replace him. Also Read: Oscars: Olivia Munn, Jason Segel to Host Sci-Tech Awards Written by McDowell and Justin Lader, “The Discovery” is a sci-fi love story set two years after it has been proven that the afterlife exists. Millions of people have taken their own lives,...
- 3/9/2016
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Robert Redford and Jason Segel have signed on to star in Charlie McDowell’s The Discovery. The two actors join Rooney Mara, who already boarded the project. Segel is replacing Nicholas Hoult, who dropped out due to scheduling conflicts (Hoult is about to start filming Xavier Dolan's The Death and Life of John F. Donovan). Written by McDowell and Justin Lader, the film is set in a world two years after the existence of an afterlife has been scientifically proven, resulting in millions of people taking their own lives, believing that suicide is like pushing a reset button. Segel will play
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- 3/9/2016
- by Tatiana Siegel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The actors have joined Rooney Mara in Charlie McDowell’s sci-fi romance as it gears up for a production start later this month in Rhode Island.
Segel replaces the previously announced Nicholas Hoult, who is withdrawing from the project due to scheduling conflicts.
The Discovery takes place in a world two years after the existence of an afterlife has been scientifically proven, sparking mass suicides as people seek to reset their lives.
Segel will play the son of Redford’s character, who made the Discovery. Mara plays a troubled woman with whom he falls in love. McDowell and Justin Lader wrote the screenplay, and Alex Orlovsky of Verisimilitude and Jim Stern of Endgame serve as producers.
Endgame Entertainment and Protagonist Pictures are jointly financing the feature, and Protagonist handles international sales.
ICM Partners and Wme Global packaged The Discovery and represent Us rights.
Segel replaces the previously announced Nicholas Hoult, who is withdrawing from the project due to scheduling conflicts.
The Discovery takes place in a world two years after the existence of an afterlife has been scientifically proven, sparking mass suicides as people seek to reset their lives.
Segel will play the son of Redford’s character, who made the Discovery. Mara plays a troubled woman with whom he falls in love. McDowell and Justin Lader wrote the screenplay, and Alex Orlovsky of Verisimilitude and Jim Stern of Endgame serve as producers.
Endgame Entertainment and Protagonist Pictures are jointly financing the feature, and Protagonist handles international sales.
ICM Partners and Wme Global packaged The Discovery and represent Us rights.
- 3/9/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Kristen Stewart and Chloe Sevigny to star in Lizzie Borden movie
Following an award-winning turn in Clouds of Sia Maria, Kristen Stewart is set to team with Chloe Sevigny on a film about Lizzie Borden. Sevigny will play Borden, the strange and fragile woman who was infamously tried and acquitted for murdering her father and stepmother with an ax in 1892. The film will explore the events that led up to that night, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Pieter Van Hees, who directed the 2014 film Waste Land, will helm the film with Bryce Kass writing the script. Stewart is currently filming the latest movie by Woody Allen. Sevigny was previously attached to a Lizzie Borden project with HBO, but will pursue this instead.
Rihanna to star in Luc Besson’s ‘Valerian‘
Following a turn in the ill-fated Battleship, and a cameo in This is the End, Rihanna is set to give...
Following an award-winning turn in Clouds of Sia Maria, Kristen Stewart is set to team with Chloe Sevigny on a film about Lizzie Borden. Sevigny will play Borden, the strange and fragile woman who was infamously tried and acquitted for murdering her father and stepmother with an ax in 1892. The film will explore the events that led up to that night, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Pieter Van Hees, who directed the 2014 film Waste Land, will helm the film with Bryce Kass writing the script. Stewart is currently filming the latest movie by Woody Allen. Sevigny was previously attached to a Lizzie Borden project with HBO, but will pursue this instead.
Rihanna to star in Luc Besson’s ‘Valerian‘
Following a turn in the ill-fated Battleship, and a cameo in This is the End, Rihanna is set to give...
- 10/30/2015
- by Zach Dennis
- SoundOnSight
Joining the ranks of in-development sci-fi projects in Hollywood – the other high-profile one being Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt’s Passengers – is Charlie McDowell’s existential love story, The Discovery, which today cast its two leading players in Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) and Nicholas Hoult (Warm Bodies, Mad Max: Fury Road).
Co-written by McDowell alongside his The One I Love writing partner Justin Lader, the film imagines a world where humanity has arrived at the earth-shaking conclusion that an afterlife exists. Changing the very perspective of our characters in one fell swoop, Hoult is on board to play the son of the man who stumbled upon, er, The Discovery, who falls deeply in love with Mara’s estranged persona. Haunted by a troubled past, both Mara and Hoult’s characters struggle to come to terms with the now-proven afterlife, and its existence is enough to upend...
Co-written by McDowell alongside his The One I Love writing partner Justin Lader, the film imagines a world where humanity has arrived at the earth-shaking conclusion that an afterlife exists. Changing the very perspective of our characters in one fell swoop, Hoult is on board to play the son of the man who stumbled upon, er, The Discovery, who falls deeply in love with Mara’s estranged persona. Haunted by a troubled past, both Mara and Hoult’s characters struggle to come to terms with the now-proven afterlife, and its existence is enough to upend...
- 10/28/2015
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Rooney Mara and Nicholas Hoult had different experiences on the blockbuster side of things this year. The former featured in Joe Wright's flop "Pan," while the latter played a key role in George Miller's acclaimed, eyeball melting, "Mad Max: Fury Road." However, both actors are pairing up for a project that will see them going indie. Endgame Entertainment and Protagonist Pictures are backing "The Discovery." Charlie McDowell ("The One I Love," starring Mark Duplass and Elisabeth Moss) will direct the love story set in a world where the existence of the afterlife is scientifically proven. Hoult plays the son of the man responsible for this discovery and Mara plays a woman he falls in love with whose life is tinged by a tragic past. Justin Lader, the screenwriter of "The One I Love," re-teams with McDowell, penning the script for this project as well. It's an intriguing premise...
- 10/28/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Rooney Mara and Nicholas Hoult have signed on to star in Charlie McDowell's sci-fi love story "The Discovery" for Endgame Entertainment and Protagonist Pictures.
Set in a world where the existence of the afterlife is scientifically proven, Hoult plays the son of the man responsible for this discovery. Mara plays a woman he falls in love with whose life is tainted by a tragic past.
McDowell and Justin Lader ("The One I Love") penned the script while Alex Orlovsky and James D Stern will produce. Shooting is slated for January in Rhode Island.
Source: Heat Vision...
Set in a world where the existence of the afterlife is scientifically proven, Hoult plays the son of the man responsible for this discovery. Mara plays a woman he falls in love with whose life is tainted by a tragic past.
McDowell and Justin Lader ("The One I Love") penned the script while Alex Orlovsky and James D Stern will produce. Shooting is slated for January in Rhode Island.
Source: Heat Vision...
- 10/28/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
One of the primary pleasures of Charlie McDowell‘s directorial debut The One I Love was his ability to realistically inject a dose of science-fiction into a relatable romantic drama. While that might be a spoiler, if you have yet to see the Mark Duplass and Elisabeth Moss-led film in the year or so since its release, it’s certainly recommended.
The director, along with writer Justin Lader, have now re-teamed for a follow-up in the same vein. The Discovery, which will star Rooney Mara and Nicholas Hoult, is a “love story set one year after the existence of the afterlife is scientifically verified. Hoult will play the son of the scientist who made the discovery, with Mara playing a woman whose life is tinged by a tragic past, with whom Hoult’s character falls in love,” Deadline reports.
Set up with independent financing, from Endgame Entertainment and Protagonist Pictures,...
The director, along with writer Justin Lader, have now re-teamed for a follow-up in the same vein. The Discovery, which will star Rooney Mara and Nicholas Hoult, is a “love story set one year after the existence of the afterlife is scientifically verified. Hoult will play the son of the scientist who made the discovery, with Mara playing a woman whose life is tinged by a tragic past, with whom Hoult’s character falls in love,” Deadline reports.
Set up with independent financing, from Endgame Entertainment and Protagonist Pictures,...
- 10/28/2015
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The writer-director duo behind The One I Love are re-teaming for the science fiction romance The Discovery, with Rooney Mara and Nicholas Hoult set to star. Directed by Charlie McDowell from a script he co-wrote with Justin Lader, the film is a love story set one year after the existence of the afterlife is scientifically verified. Hoult will play the son of the scientist who made the discovery, with Mara playing a woman whose life is tinged by a tragic past, with whom…...
- 10/27/2015
- Deadline
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