Paul Schrader hit Cannes this weekend with Competition title Oh, Canada, reuniting him with American Gigolo star Richard Gere in the role of a terminally ill documentarian who reveals secrets as his life nears its end.
Lead producer David Gonzales says the fact that the film was ready for a Cannes splash was a miracle on a number of fronts.
Development began just 18 months ago after Schrader learned that his good friend, writer Russell Banks, was suffering from cancer.
Schrader, who previously adapted Banks’ novel Affliction to the big screen, felt compelled to make a new film based on Banks’ penultimate 2021 book Foregone, which the writer had originally wanted to title ‘Oh, Canada.’
“He said, ‘This is my next film, I can see the film in my head.’ We’re going back to the end of 2022,” says Gonzales, who secured the rights.
Banks died in January 2023 as Schrader was mid-screenplay.
Lead producer David Gonzales says the fact that the film was ready for a Cannes splash was a miracle on a number of fronts.
Development began just 18 months ago after Schrader learned that his good friend, writer Russell Banks, was suffering from cancer.
Schrader, who previously adapted Banks’ novel Affliction to the big screen, felt compelled to make a new film based on Banks’ penultimate 2021 book Foregone, which the writer had originally wanted to title ‘Oh, Canada.’
“He said, ‘This is my next film, I can see the film in my head.’ We’re going back to the end of 2022,” says Gonzales, who secured the rights.
Banks died in January 2023 as Schrader was mid-screenplay.
- 5/18/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Richard Gere and Jacob Elordi star in Paul Schrader’s latest, highly anticipated film ‘Oh, Canada,’ which premieres at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday.
Based on the late Russell Banks’ 2021 novel “Foregone,” the film centers on Gere’s Leonard Fife, an acclaimed filmmaker and “one of 60,000 draft evaders and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam” who “shares all his secrets to de-mythologize his mythologized life.” Elordi plays the younger version of Leonard.
In this first-look clip, Gere’s Leonard speeds up to someone’s home, gets out of a car and walks toward the gate. “Amanda was a jazz pianist,” his voiceover begins. “She said she was the mistress of Gerry Mulligan, but he was always on the road.” Then, the footage displays the film’s magic trick, as Elordi’s younger Leonard appears, pushing open the home’s gate and peering in the window,...
Based on the late Russell Banks’ 2021 novel “Foregone,” the film centers on Gere’s Leonard Fife, an acclaimed filmmaker and “one of 60,000 draft evaders and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam” who “shares all his secrets to de-mythologize his mythologized life.” Elordi plays the younger version of Leonard.
In this first-look clip, Gere’s Leonard speeds up to someone’s home, gets out of a car and walks toward the gate. “Amanda was a jazz pianist,” his voiceover begins. “She said she was the mistress of Gerry Mulligan, but he was always on the road.” Then, the footage displays the film’s magic trick, as Elordi’s younger Leonard appears, pushing open the home’s gate and peering in the window,...
- 5/16/2024
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Arp has picked up French rights to Paul Schrader’s Cannes competition title Oh, Canada starring Richard Gere, Uma Thurman, Michael Imperioli and Jacob Elordi.
Arclight Films is handling international sales. WME Independent is co-repping domestic rights with producer David Gonzales.
Schrader has also written the drama, which is based on Russell Banks’ 2021 novel Foregone.
Oh, Canada reunites Schrader with his American Gigolo star Gere after over 40 years. Oh, Canada marks Schrader’s second adaptation of Banks’ work – he also wrote and directed Affliction starring Nick Nolte and Sissy Spacek.
It centres on documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife (Gere), an American...
Arclight Films is handling international sales. WME Independent is co-repping domestic rights with producer David Gonzales.
Schrader has also written the drama, which is based on Russell Banks’ 2021 novel Foregone.
Oh, Canada reunites Schrader with his American Gigolo star Gere after over 40 years. Oh, Canada marks Schrader’s second adaptation of Banks’ work – he also wrote and directed Affliction starring Nick Nolte and Sissy Spacek.
It centres on documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife (Gere), an American...
- 4/30/2024
- ScreenDaily
Paris-based distributor Arp Selection has acquired French rights for Paul Schrader’s Oh, Canada ahead of its world premiere in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
Oscar nominee Schrader wrote and directed the film, which reunites him with Richard Gere some 40 years after their collaboration on American Gigolo, with other members of the cast including Uma Thurman, Michael Imperioli and Jacob Elordi.
Schrader has adapted the drama from late writer Russell Banks’ 2021 novel Foregone, about a renowned documentary maker with secrets from the past. It is Schrader’s second adaptation of a work by Banks, after 1997 mystery thriller Affliction, starring Nick Nolte and Sissy Spacek.
“We’ve been long-time admirers of Paul Schrader’s work and devout readers of Russell Banks’ books,” said Arp Selection head Michèle Halberstadt.
“Oh, Canada is the reunion of two masters, and also a reunion between Paul Schrader and Richard Gere,...
Oscar nominee Schrader wrote and directed the film, which reunites him with Richard Gere some 40 years after their collaboration on American Gigolo, with other members of the cast including Uma Thurman, Michael Imperioli and Jacob Elordi.
Schrader has adapted the drama from late writer Russell Banks’ 2021 novel Foregone, about a renowned documentary maker with secrets from the past. It is Schrader’s second adaptation of a work by Banks, after 1997 mystery thriller Affliction, starring Nick Nolte and Sissy Spacek.
“We’ve been long-time admirers of Paul Schrader’s work and devout readers of Russell Banks’ books,” said Arp Selection head Michèle Halberstadt.
“Oh, Canada is the reunion of two masters, and also a reunion between Paul Schrader and Richard Gere,...
- 4/30/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
French distributor Arp has picked up all French rights Paul Schrader’s new film Oh, Canada ahead of its world premiere in competition in Cannes next month.
The feature stars Richard Gere, Uma Thurman, Michael Imperioli and Jacob Elordi.
Oh, Canada reunites Schrader with Gere, more than 40 years after their first collaboration on American Gigolo. Adapted from the Russell Banks novel Foregone, Oh, Canada sees Gere playing Leonard Fife, a famed American documentary filmmaker who fled to Canada as a young man to avoid the Vietnam War draft. Dying from cancer, he agrees to give a final interview where he promises to reveals his long-held secrets, speaking in front of his wife (Thurman), a devoted former student (Imperioli), and the film crew.
David Gonzales is the lead producer on Oh, Canada alongside Tiffany Boyle, Luisa Law, Scott Lastaiti and Meghan Hanlon. Arclight Films is handling international sales and WME Independent...
The feature stars Richard Gere, Uma Thurman, Michael Imperioli and Jacob Elordi.
Oh, Canada reunites Schrader with Gere, more than 40 years after their first collaboration on American Gigolo. Adapted from the Russell Banks novel Foregone, Oh, Canada sees Gere playing Leonard Fife, a famed American documentary filmmaker who fled to Canada as a young man to avoid the Vietnam War draft. Dying from cancer, he agrees to give a final interview where he promises to reveals his long-held secrets, speaking in front of his wife (Thurman), a devoted former student (Imperioli), and the film crew.
David Gonzales is the lead producer on Oh, Canada alongside Tiffany Boyle, Luisa Law, Scott Lastaiti and Meghan Hanlon. Arclight Films is handling international sales and WME Independent...
- 4/30/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Daniella Pineda, Allison Robertson, Robert Morgan and Grant Harvey have joined the upcoming Amazon MGM Studios and Artists Equity feature The Accountant 2, the sequel to the 2016 thriller. Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal, J.K. Simmons and Cynthia Addai-Robinson are reprising their roles, with Gavin O’Connor returning as director. Bill Dubuque penned the script.
The film follows Treasury Agent Marybeth Medina (Addai-Robinson), who after her boss is murdered by unknown assassins is forced to contact Christian Wolff (Affleck) to solve the murder. With the help of his estranged but lethal brother Brax (Bernthal), Chris applies his brilliant mind and less-than-legal methods to piece together the unsolved puzzle.
As they get closer to the truth, the trio draws the attention of some of the most ruthless killers alive — all intent on putting a stop to their search.
Artists Equity, which serves as the studio on The Accountant 2, acquired sequel rights from...
The film follows Treasury Agent Marybeth Medina (Addai-Robinson), who after her boss is murdered by unknown assassins is forced to contact Christian Wolff (Affleck) to solve the murder. With the help of his estranged but lethal brother Brax (Bernthal), Chris applies his brilliant mind and less-than-legal methods to piece together the unsolved puzzle.
As they get closer to the truth, the trio draws the attention of some of the most ruthless killers alive — all intent on putting a stop to their search.
Artists Equity, which serves as the studio on The Accountant 2, acquired sequel rights from...
- 4/10/2024
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
When Guy Ritchie makes his movies, fans know that they are in for an action-packed adventure with a lot of humor, as the English filmmaker has a very specific directorial approach that is always seen in his movies. Whether it’s a classic – like Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels or Snatch – or something newer – like Sherlock Holmes or The Gentlemen – Ritchie knows how to attract the fans’ attention and make a great and entertaining movie. His next project, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, is set to be released on April 19, 2024, and the movie has just released its first clip, giving us a glimpse at what we can expect from the film.
The movie is a spy action comedy based on the Churchill’s Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII novel by Damien Lewis. Ritchie is directing the movie from a script written by himself and Paul Tamasy,...
The movie is a spy action comedy based on the Churchill’s Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII novel by Damien Lewis. Ritchie is directing the movie from a script written by himself and Paul Tamasy,...
- 4/3/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Fiction Horizon
Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal, J.K. Simmons, and Cynthia Addai-Robinson are all set to return for the follow-up to 2016’s ‘The Accountant.’
The original movie’s director, Gavin O’Connor, is also making a comeback into the director’s chair, to take the helm on a script penned by the original film’s screenwriter, Bill Dubuque.
In the sequel, the story unfolds when Medina, a former employee of a notorious organization, receives the tragic news of her ex-boss’s assassination. Driven by a quest for justice, Medina turns to Christian, a trusted ally and a mastermind detective, to unravel the mystery behind the murder.
Also in news – Regé-Jean Page set for Steven Soderbergh thriller ‘Black Bag’
To aid in their mission, Christian enlists the help of his estranged yet highly skilled brother, Brax. Employing his exceptional intellect and unorthodox methods, Christian and his team embark on a perilous journey to solve a...
The original movie’s director, Gavin O’Connor, is also making a comeback into the director’s chair, to take the helm on a script penned by the original film’s screenwriter, Bill Dubuque.
In the sequel, the story unfolds when Medina, a former employee of a notorious organization, receives the tragic news of her ex-boss’s assassination. Driven by a quest for justice, Medina turns to Christian, a trusted ally and a mastermind detective, to unravel the mystery behind the murder.
Also in news – Regé-Jean Page set for Steven Soderbergh thriller ‘Black Bag’
To aid in their mission, Christian enlists the help of his estranged yet highly skilled brother, Brax. Employing his exceptional intellect and unorthodox methods, Christian and his team embark on a perilous journey to solve a...
- 3/8/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
There is an update on The Accountant 2, the sequel to The Accountant, released in 2016, starring Ben Affleck. The original film saw Affleck play the role of a highly skilled certified public accountant (Cpa) on the autism spectrum who goes by the name Christian Wolff. In the movie, Wolff is a forensic accountant for criminal organizations.
Upon finding inconsistencies in a legitimate robotics company, Wolff has to navigate through a perilous network of deception while simultaneously trying to be ahead of not only the law but also his criminal clients. The sequel to this crime-action thriller has found a new home.
Ben Affleck in a still from The Accountant
The Accountant 2 is No Longer Being Made at Warner Bros.
In 2017, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Warner Bros. is going to make a sequel to The Accountant. The lead actor in the movie Ben Affleck has been working with Warner Bros.
Upon finding inconsistencies in a legitimate robotics company, Wolff has to navigate through a perilous network of deception while simultaneously trying to be ahead of not only the law but also his criminal clients. The sequel to this crime-action thriller has found a new home.
Ben Affleck in a still from The Accountant
The Accountant 2 is No Longer Being Made at Warner Bros.
In 2017, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Warner Bros. is going to make a sequel to The Accountant. The lead actor in the movie Ben Affleck has been working with Warner Bros.
- 3/8/2024
- by Ankita
- FandomWire
“The Accountant 2” with Ben Affleck is moving forward, with Amazon MGM now picking up the sequel rights to the action film from Warner Bros. and Affleck’s production company Artists Equity. Affleck and director Gavin O’Connor are set to return, IndieWire has confirmed.
Amazon MGM will be planning to release “The Accountant 2” as a streaming exclusive through its Prime Video; it likely would have been a theatrical play if released through Warner Bros. The original film from 2016 earned $155 million worldwide at the box office and was also the most-rented digital film of 2017.
J.K. Simmons, Jon Bernthal, and Cynthia Addai-Robinson are set to star in the sequel film, and O’Connor will direct from a script by the original’s writer, Bill Dubuque.
Here’s the synopsis for “The Accountant 2:” When her former boss is killed by unknown assassins, Treasury Agent Marybeth Medina (Addai-Robinson) is forced to...
Amazon MGM will be planning to release “The Accountant 2” as a streaming exclusive through its Prime Video; it likely would have been a theatrical play if released through Warner Bros. The original film from 2016 earned $155 million worldwide at the box office and was also the most-rented digital film of 2017.
J.K. Simmons, Jon Bernthal, and Cynthia Addai-Robinson are set to star in the sequel film, and O’Connor will direct from a script by the original’s writer, Bill Dubuque.
Here’s the synopsis for “The Accountant 2:” When her former boss is killed by unknown assassins, Treasury Agent Marybeth Medina (Addai-Robinson) is forced to...
- 3/7/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
The Ben Affleck-led sequel to his 2016 crime film The Accountant has a new home as it gears up for a production start later this month.
The follow-up thriller has moved to Amazon MGM Studios after it was previously in development for many years at Warner Bros., The Hollywood Reporter has learned. THR initially reported back in 2017 that a sequel was in the works.
The action thriller is already deep into the casting process and has J.K. Simmons, Jon Bernthal and Cynthia Addai-Robinson back on the call sheet after they appeared in the original.
The move from studio to streamer took place over the course of last summer, during the actors and writers strikes, according to sources. The sequel was a priority during the heady days of the HBO Max era when the studio was developing big-name feature projects intended for its newly launched and very shiny streaming service. Once...
The follow-up thriller has moved to Amazon MGM Studios after it was previously in development for many years at Warner Bros., The Hollywood Reporter has learned. THR initially reported back in 2017 that a sequel was in the works.
The action thriller is already deep into the casting process and has J.K. Simmons, Jon Bernthal and Cynthia Addai-Robinson back on the call sheet after they appeared in the original.
The move from studio to streamer took place over the course of last summer, during the actors and writers strikes, according to sources. The sequel was a priority during the heady days of the HBO Max era when the studio was developing big-name feature projects intended for its newly launched and very shiny streaming service. Once...
- 3/7/2024
- by Ryan Gajewski and Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal, J.K. Simmons, and Cynthia Addai-Robinson have locked deals to return for The Accountant 2, the sequel to the Gavin O’Connor-directed action thriller The Accountant, on which Amazon MGM Studios has teamed with Affleck and Matt Damon’s Artists Equity.
Also set to return is O’Connor, who directs from a script penned by the original film’s screenwriter, Bill Dubuque. Artists Equity serves as the studio for the sequel and set the pic up at Amazon MGM after acquiring sequel rights from Warner Bros. This will be the companies’ fourth project together after the chart-topping Jennifer Lopez doc The Greatest Love Story Never Told, Golden Globe-nominated sports marketing drama Air, and the upcoming Unstoppable, based on the true story of wrestler Anthony Robles.
Grossing $155M worldwide in its 2016 theatrical release before going on to become the most-rented digital film of the subsequent year, the...
Also set to return is O’Connor, who directs from a script penned by the original film’s screenwriter, Bill Dubuque. Artists Equity serves as the studio for the sequel and set the pic up at Amazon MGM after acquiring sequel rights from Warner Bros. This will be the companies’ fourth project together after the chart-topping Jennifer Lopez doc The Greatest Love Story Never Told, Golden Globe-nominated sports marketing drama Air, and the upcoming Unstoppable, based on the true story of wrestler Anthony Robles.
Grossing $155M worldwide in its 2016 theatrical release before going on to become the most-rented digital film of the subsequent year, the...
- 3/7/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Arclight Films will represent international sales at the EFM on Paul Schrader’s Oh, Canada starring Richard Gere, Uma Thurman, Michael, and Jacob Elordi.
Schrader wrote and directed the film based on Russell Banks’s 2021 novel titled Foregone and reunites with Gere, who starred in the filmmaker’s seminal 1980 mystery drama American Gigolo
Oh, Canada depicts the story of famed documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife, an American leftist who fled to Canada as a young man to avoid the Vietnam War draft.
As Fife battles cancer in Montreal during his twilight years, he agrees to a final interview and makes a...
Schrader wrote and directed the film based on Russell Banks’s 2021 novel titled Foregone and reunites with Gere, who starred in the filmmaker’s seminal 1980 mystery drama American Gigolo
Oh, Canada depicts the story of famed documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife, an American leftist who fled to Canada as a young man to avoid the Vietnam War draft.
As Fife battles cancer in Montreal during his twilight years, he agrees to a final interview and makes a...
- 2/8/2024
- ScreenDaily
Arclight Films has boarded Paul Schrader’s “Oh, Canada” starring Jacob Elordi and Richard Gere, and will launch sales at the upcoming European Film Market.
Along with Elordi and Gere, who worked with Schrader on his cult movie “American Gigolo” more than 40 years ago, the cast of “Oh Canada” also includes Michael Imperioli and Uma Thurman. WME Independent is co-repping domestic rights with Gonzales.
“Oh, Canada” is based on the 2021 searing novel “Foregone,” written by bestselling author Russell Banks. The film depicts the story of famed documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife, an American leftist who fled to Canada as a young man to avoid the Vietnam War draft.
“As Fife battles cancer in Montreal during his twilight years, he agrees to a final interview,” the film’s synopsis reads. “Intent on revealing his long-guarded secrets and demystifying his mythologized life, Fife’s shocking confession unfolds amidst the presence of his wife,...
Along with Elordi and Gere, who worked with Schrader on his cult movie “American Gigolo” more than 40 years ago, the cast of “Oh Canada” also includes Michael Imperioli and Uma Thurman. WME Independent is co-repping domestic rights with Gonzales.
“Oh, Canada” is based on the 2021 searing novel “Foregone,” written by bestselling author Russell Banks. The film depicts the story of famed documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife, an American leftist who fled to Canada as a young man to avoid the Vietnam War draft.
“As Fife battles cancer in Montreal during his twilight years, he agrees to a final interview,” the film’s synopsis reads. “Intent on revealing his long-guarded secrets and demystifying his mythologized life, Fife’s shocking confession unfolds amidst the presence of his wife,...
- 2/8/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Lionsgate has dropped the first trailer for Guy Ritchie’s new World War II film “The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare,” starring Henry Cavill (“The Witcher”), Alan Ritchson (“Reacher”), Eiza González (“Ambulance”), Henry Golding (“Snake Eyes”), Alex Pettyfer, Cary Elwes and more. The film is set for a theatrical release on April 19.
Billed as an “outrageous true story,” the action spy comedy is inspired by true events about U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s and James Bond author Ian Fleming’s secret WWII combat organization. The synopsis reads, “this clandestine squad’s unconventional and entirely ‘ungentlemanly’ fighting techniques against the Nazis significantly changed the course of the war and gave birth to the modern Black Ops unit.”
The trailer shows the formation of the team, with Cavill’s character assembling a covert cadre of Nazi killers. “You won’t like them,” he tells Elwes’ character. “They’re all…bad.” In a bloody montage,...
Billed as an “outrageous true story,” the action spy comedy is inspired by true events about U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s and James Bond author Ian Fleming’s secret WWII combat organization. The synopsis reads, “this clandestine squad’s unconventional and entirely ‘ungentlemanly’ fighting techniques against the Nazis significantly changed the course of the war and gave birth to the modern Black Ops unit.”
The trailer shows the formation of the team, with Cavill’s character assembling a covert cadre of Nazi killers. “You won’t like them,” he tells Elwes’ character. “They’re all…bad.” In a bloody montage,...
- 1/30/2024
- by Caroline Brew
- Variety Film + TV
Michael Imperioli (The White Lotus) is confirmed for a role in Academy Award nominee Paul Schrader’s new film Oh, Canada, Deadline has learned.
The actor joins an ensemble that includes Richard Gere, Jacob Elordi and Kristine Froseth.
An adaptation of the late Russell Banks’ 2021 novel Foregone, the film will tell the story of Leonard Fife (Gere), a famed documentary filmmaker who takes stock of his life, with not long to go after being stricken with cancer at 80 years old. The most unreliable of narrators — and of men — Fife offers the viewer a look at his home life, as a draft-dodging artist who abandoned one family for another, consistently evading any sense of responsibility for actions as he starts a new life in Canada.
Elordi plays a young Fife, seen from his late teens through his mid-20s, and Froseth shares 1968-set scenes with the Saltburn star as the character’s second wife,...
The actor joins an ensemble that includes Richard Gere, Jacob Elordi and Kristine Froseth.
An adaptation of the late Russell Banks’ 2021 novel Foregone, the film will tell the story of Leonard Fife (Gere), a famed documentary filmmaker who takes stock of his life, with not long to go after being stricken with cancer at 80 years old. The most unreliable of narrators — and of men — Fife offers the viewer a look at his home life, as a draft-dodging artist who abandoned one family for another, consistently evading any sense of responsibility for actions as he starts a new life in Canada.
Elordi plays a young Fife, seen from his late teens through his mid-20s, and Froseth shares 1968-set scenes with the Saltburn star as the character’s second wife,...
- 12/8/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Kristine Froseth (The Buccaneers) has been set to star alongside Richard Gere and Jacob Elordi in Oh, Canada, the newest feature written and directed by Academy Award nominee Paul Schrader (First Reformed).
Based on the 2021 novel Foregone by the late Russell Banks, the film tells the story of Leonard Fife (Gere), a famed documentary filmmaker who takes stock of his life, with not long to go after being stricken with cancer at 80 years old. The most unreliable of narrators — and of men — Fife offers the viewer a look at his home life, as a draft dodging artist who abandoned one family for another, consistently evading any sense of responsibility for actions as he starts a new life in Canada.
As previously announced, Elordi plays a young Fife, seen from his late teens through his mid-twenties. Froseth shares 1968-set scenes with the Saltburn star as his second wife, the conservative Virginian Alicia,...
Based on the 2021 novel Foregone by the late Russell Banks, the film tells the story of Leonard Fife (Gere), a famed documentary filmmaker who takes stock of his life, with not long to go after being stricken with cancer at 80 years old. The most unreliable of narrators — and of men — Fife offers the viewer a look at his home life, as a draft dodging artist who abandoned one family for another, consistently evading any sense of responsibility for actions as he starts a new life in Canada.
As previously announced, Elordi plays a young Fife, seen from his late teens through his mid-twenties. Froseth shares 1968-set scenes with the Saltburn star as his second wife, the conservative Virginian Alicia,...
- 12/5/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The only thing better than Paul Schrader’s Facebook posts is Paul Schrader’s movies, and his latest is only two months away. Magnolia Pictures has released the first trailer for “Master Gardener,” the 24th directorial effort from the “First Reformed” and “American Gigolo” filmmaker, on Tuesday.
A crime thriller written and directed by Schrader, “Master Gardener” stars Joel Edgerton as Narvel Roth, a brilliant horticulturist working at the Gracewoods Gardens estate. Devoted to his work, Roth is forced by his employer, wealthy dowager Mrs. Haverhill (Sigourney Weaver), to take on her troubled great-niece Maya (Quintessa Swindell) as his apprentice. Initially closed off, Roth slowly warms to his young charge, and the two form a close intergenerational friendship. But Roth has numerous secrets and an extremely unsavory past that he hides from Maya, and when the truth comes out, it threatens the peaceful existence he’s worked to maintain.
The...
A crime thriller written and directed by Schrader, “Master Gardener” stars Joel Edgerton as Narvel Roth, a brilliant horticulturist working at the Gracewoods Gardens estate. Devoted to his work, Roth is forced by his employer, wealthy dowager Mrs. Haverhill (Sigourney Weaver), to take on her troubled great-niece Maya (Quintessa Swindell) as his apprentice. Initially closed off, Roth slowly warms to his young charge, and the two form a close intergenerational friendship. But Roth has numerous secrets and an extremely unsavory past that he hides from Maya, and when the truth comes out, it threatens the peaceful existence he’s worked to maintain.
The...
- 3/28/2023
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
Kandahar Trailer — Ric Roman Waugh‘s Kandahar (2023) movie trailer has been released by Open Road Films. The Kandahar trailer stars Gerard Butler, Navid Negahban, Ali Fazal, Travis Fimmel, Olivia-Mai Barrett, and Elnaaz Norouzi. Crew Mitchell Lafortune wrote the screenplay for Kandahar. “Produced by Brendon Boyea, Gerard Butler, Basil Iwanyk, Scott Lastaiti, [...]
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- 2/19/2023
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare: Everything We Know About Guy Ritchie's World War II Spy Movie
Few major directors have been known to churn out a film like Guy Ritchie. In recent years, at least, the British director has moved from one project to another with a fascinating quickness; he's pretty much the anti-Baz Lurhmann in that regard. Not unlike Luhrmann though, Ritchie has his own distinctive, bombastic style — and a growing pool of actors he likes to collaborate with.
I'm no expert, but Ritchie seems like a properly fun director to work with, so much so that a number of Ritchie regulars are returning for the director's latest project, an espionage epic called "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare."
With so many other projects on his plate already — the sequel to his live-action "Aladdin," a live-action take on Disney's "Hercules," and a TV spin-off of "The Gentlemen" — it's a wonder that Ritchie's found the time. Does he hire little helpers? Does he have a clone? Whatever his secret,...
I'm no expert, but Ritchie seems like a properly fun director to work with, so much so that a number of Ritchie regulars are returning for the director's latest project, an espionage epic called "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare."
With so many other projects on his plate already — the sequel to his live-action "Aladdin," a live-action take on Disney's "Hercules," and a TV spin-off of "The Gentlemen" — it's a wonder that Ritchie's found the time. Does he hire little helpers? Does he have a clone? Whatever his secret,...
- 2/13/2023
- by Lyvie Scott
- Slash Film
Berlin’s European Film Market hasn’t even started yet, but the first big EFM deal has been announced.
Lionsgate and Amazon have joined forces to buy up rights for most of the world for Guy Ritchie’s upcoming World War II action movie, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.
Lionsgate has secured U.S. distribution rights to The Ministry, with Amazon Prime Video taking rights in multiple international territories, including Europe, Central and South America, Europe and India.
The film’s ensemble cast includes Henry Cavill, Eiza González, Alan Ritchson, Henry Golding, Til Schweiger, Alex Pettyfer, Cary Elwes, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Babs Olusanmokun and Henrique Zaga.
An adaptation of Damien Lewis’ non-fiction book: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: How Churchill’s Secret Warriors Set Europe Ablaze and Gave Birth to Modern Black Ops the film charts the true story of how U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill and James Bond...
Lionsgate and Amazon have joined forces to buy up rights for most of the world for Guy Ritchie’s upcoming World War II action movie, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.
Lionsgate has secured U.S. distribution rights to The Ministry, with Amazon Prime Video taking rights in multiple international territories, including Europe, Central and South America, Europe and India.
The film’s ensemble cast includes Henry Cavill, Eiza González, Alan Ritchson, Henry Golding, Til Schweiger, Alex Pettyfer, Cary Elwes, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Babs Olusanmokun and Henrique Zaga.
An adaptation of Damien Lewis’ non-fiction book: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: How Churchill’s Secret Warriors Set Europe Ablaze and Gave Birth to Modern Black Ops the film charts the true story of how U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill and James Bond...
- 2/13/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
While Guy Ritchie’s last outing, Operation Fortune, got a delay due to the pandemic, it still had the misfortune of getting pushed back despite restrictions loosening up. Ritchie has been recently dabbling in the war genre with The Covenant in addition to one he also has written and will be directing — a World War II drama, titled The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. The film has compiled an impressive cast including Henry Cavll, Alan Ritchson, Henry Golding, Henry Zaga (Beyond The Universe), Alex Pettyfer, Cary Elwes (Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre), Hero Fiennes Tiffin (After franchise), Babs Olusanmokun and Til Schweiger.
Deadline reports on the studio Lionsgate securing the domestic release of the film, but Prime Video has secured distribution for the worldwide territories. Filming for the World War II movie starts today in Turkey just days after a devastating Earthquake had struck. Guy Ritchie and the producers released a statement,...
Deadline reports on the studio Lionsgate securing the domestic release of the film, but Prime Video has secured distribution for the worldwide territories. Filming for the World War II movie starts today in Turkey just days after a devastating Earthquake had struck. Guy Ritchie and the producers released a statement,...
- 2/13/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Lionsgate has picked up domestic distribution rights to Guy Ritchie’s World War II movie “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.”
The film stars Henry Cavill, Eiza González, Henry Golding, Alex Pettyfer and Cary Elwes, among others. The studio is targeting a 2024 wide theatrical release.
Prime Video has secured most of the international rights for the pic, distributing across Europe, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, India and pan-Asian pay TV.
“The Ministry” is billed as an “outrageous true story” about U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s and James Bond author Ian Fleming’s secret WWII combat organization.
As per a synopsis, “this clandestine squad’s unconventional and entirely ‘ungentlemanly’ fighting techniques against the Nazis significantly changed the course of the war and gave birth to the modern Black Ops unit.”
Principal photography begins on Monday in Turkey. Acknowledging the devastating earthquake that has ravaged parts of the country,...
The film stars Henry Cavill, Eiza González, Henry Golding, Alex Pettyfer and Cary Elwes, among others. The studio is targeting a 2024 wide theatrical release.
Prime Video has secured most of the international rights for the pic, distributing across Europe, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, India and pan-Asian pay TV.
“The Ministry” is billed as an “outrageous true story” about U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s and James Bond author Ian Fleming’s secret WWII combat organization.
As per a synopsis, “this clandestine squad’s unconventional and entirely ‘ungentlemanly’ fighting techniques against the Nazis significantly changed the course of the war and gave birth to the modern Black Ops unit.”
Principal photography begins on Monday in Turkey. Acknowledging the devastating earthquake that has ravaged parts of the country,...
- 2/13/2023
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: As the European Film Market is set to kick off this week, Lionsgate has made a splash with the acquisition of domestic distribution rights to Guy Ritchie’s upcoming World War II movie The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.
In another lucrative deal, pegged in the eight-figures, Prime Video has pre-bought a raft of international rights on the film and will distribute across Europe, Latin America, Anz, Canada, South Africa, India and pan-Asian PayTV.
As Deadline first revealed, the buzzy cast includes Henry Cavill, Eiza González, Alan Ritchson, Henrique Zaga, Henry Golding, Alex Pettyfer, Cary Elwes, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Babs Olusanmokun and Til Schweiger.
The film charts the true story of a secret WWII combat organization formed by UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill and James Bond scribe Ian Fleming. The clandestine squad’s unconventional and entirely “ungentlemanly” fighting techniques against the Nazis helped changed the course of the war and...
In another lucrative deal, pegged in the eight-figures, Prime Video has pre-bought a raft of international rights on the film and will distribute across Europe, Latin America, Anz, Canada, South Africa, India and pan-Asian PayTV.
As Deadline first revealed, the buzzy cast includes Henry Cavill, Eiza González, Alan Ritchson, Henrique Zaga, Henry Golding, Alex Pettyfer, Cary Elwes, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Babs Olusanmokun and Til Schweiger.
The film charts the true story of a secret WWII combat organization formed by UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill and James Bond scribe Ian Fleming. The clandestine squad’s unconventional and entirely “ungentlemanly” fighting techniques against the Nazis helped changed the course of the war and...
- 2/13/2023
- by Justin Kroll and Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Fans of Henry Cavill needn’t worry. Although he’s been put through the wringer having to walk away from coveted projects, the Man of Steel actor is moving forward. He’s been tapped to star in a World War II film titled The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. The new film is based on a true story from director Guy Ritchie and produced by mega-action movie producer Jerry Bruckheimer with Eiza Gonzalez as his co-star. Deadline has the scoop that the movie has added a bevy of actors for the supporting cast.
The movie’s cast list now welcomes Alan Ritchson, Henry Golding, Henry Zaga (Beyond The Universe), Alex Pettyfer, Cary Elwes (Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre), Hero Fiennes Tiffin (After franchise), Babs Olusanmokun and Til Schweiger.
The plot for The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is about “UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s and Ian Fleming’s secret WWII combat organization.
The movie’s cast list now welcomes Alan Ritchson, Henry Golding, Henry Zaga (Beyond The Universe), Alex Pettyfer, Cary Elwes (Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre), Hero Fiennes Tiffin (After franchise), Babs Olusanmokun and Til Schweiger.
The plot for The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is about “UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s and Ian Fleming’s secret WWII combat organization.
- 2/2/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: There’s more star power on board for Guy Ritchie and Jerry Bruckheimer’s new war movie, The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare, we can reveal, ahead of its February 13 start date in Turkey.
Joining Henry Cavill and Eiza González are Alan Ritchson, Henry Golding, Henry Zaga (Beyond The Universe), Alex Pettyfer, Cary Elwes (Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre), Hero Fiennes Tiffin (After franchise), Babs Olusanmokun and Til Schweiger.
Black Bear International arranged financing The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare and is handling world sales on the film.
The true story covers UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s and Ian Fleming’s secret WWII combat organization. The clandestine squad’s unconventional and ‘ungentlemanly’ fighting techniques against the Nazis helped change the course of the war and gave birth to the modern Black Ops unit.
Joining Henry Cavill and Eiza González are Alan Ritchson, Henry Golding, Henry Zaga (Beyond The Universe), Alex Pettyfer, Cary Elwes (Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre), Hero Fiennes Tiffin (After franchise), Babs Olusanmokun and Til Schweiger.
Black Bear International arranged financing The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare and is handling world sales on the film.
The true story covers UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s and Ian Fleming’s secret WWII combat organization. The clandestine squad’s unconventional and ‘ungentlemanly’ fighting techniques against the Nazis helped change the course of the war and gave birth to the modern Black Ops unit.
- 2/2/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Add another wide release to the 2023 theatrical calendar as Open Road has just dated the Gerard Butler action movie Kandahar for May 26, Memorial Day weekend.
The Ric Roman Waugh-directed feature joins other big theatrical titles over the four-day holiday like Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Lionsgate’s Sebastian Maniscalco-Robert De Niro movie About My Father, and Sony’s action comedy The Machine.
Kandahar, written by Mitchell Lafortune and Waugh, follows Tom Harris (Butler) who is an undercover CIA operative stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan. After his mission is exposed, he must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding elite enemy forces and foreign spies tasked with hunting them down.
Navid Negahban, Ali Fazal, Travis Fimmel and Elnaaz Norouzi also star.
Basil Iwanyk, Brendon Boyea, Erica Lee, Butler, Alan Siegel, Christian Mercuri, Ali Jaafar and Scott Lastaiti produce.
The Ric Roman Waugh-directed feature joins other big theatrical titles over the four-day holiday like Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Lionsgate’s Sebastian Maniscalco-Robert De Niro movie About My Father, and Sony’s action comedy The Machine.
Kandahar, written by Mitchell Lafortune and Waugh, follows Tom Harris (Butler) who is an undercover CIA operative stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan. After his mission is exposed, he must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding elite enemy forces and foreign spies tasked with hunting them down.
Navid Negahban, Ali Fazal, Travis Fimmel and Elnaaz Norouzi also star.
Basil Iwanyk, Brendon Boyea, Erica Lee, Butler, Alan Siegel, Christian Mercuri, Ali Jaafar and Scott Lastaiti produce.
- 1/25/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The crime thriller had its premiere at Venice and recently screened in New York.
Magnolia Pictures has acquired US rights to Master Gardener, the Paul Schrader thriller that had its world premiere at the Venice festival.
Based on an original screenplay by Schrader, the film stars Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver and Quintessa Swindell in the story of a master gardener on an American estate who is forced to confront his dark past.
The film, which most recently screened at the New York Film Festival, was produced by David Gonzales, Amanda Crittenden and Scott Lastaiti. Ottocento’s Luisa Law, Flickstar’s...
Magnolia Pictures has acquired US rights to Master Gardener, the Paul Schrader thriller that had its world premiere at the Venice festival.
Based on an original screenplay by Schrader, the film stars Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver and Quintessa Swindell in the story of a master gardener on an American estate who is forced to confront his dark past.
The film, which most recently screened at the New York Film Festival, was produced by David Gonzales, Amanda Crittenden and Scott Lastaiti. Ottocento’s Luisa Law, Flickstar’s...
- 11/2/2022
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
Magnolia Pictures has snapped up U.S. rights to Master Gardener — the latest starry feature from Academy Award nominee Paul Schrader (First Reformed), which world premiered at this year’s Venice Film Festival and most recently screened at the New York Film Festival. Pic is slated for release next year.
The crime thriller scripted by Schrader — marking the last film in his recent trilogy including First Reformed and The Card Counter — follows Narvel Roth (Loving‘s Joel Edgerton), the meticulous horticulturist of Gracewood Gardens. He is as much devoted to tending the grounds of this beautiful and historic estate as to pandering to his employer, the wealthy dowager Mrs. Haverhill (Avatar‘s Sigourney Weaver). When Mrs. Haverhill demands that he take on her wayward and troubled great-niece Maya (Black Adam‘s Quintessa Swindell) as a new apprentice, chaos enters Narvel’s spartan existence, unlocking dark secrets from a buried violent past that threaten them all.
The crime thriller scripted by Schrader — marking the last film in his recent trilogy including First Reformed and The Card Counter — follows Narvel Roth (Loving‘s Joel Edgerton), the meticulous horticulturist of Gracewood Gardens. He is as much devoted to tending the grounds of this beautiful and historic estate as to pandering to his employer, the wealthy dowager Mrs. Haverhill (Avatar‘s Sigourney Weaver). When Mrs. Haverhill demands that he take on her wayward and troubled great-niece Maya (Black Adam‘s Quintessa Swindell) as a new apprentice, chaos enters Narvel’s spartan existence, unlocking dark secrets from a buried violent past that threaten them all.
- 11/2/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
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Magnolia Pictures has picked up the U.S. rights to Paul Schrader’s Master Gardener, the final film in the Schrader-directed trilogy that includes First Reformed and The Card Counter.
Joel Edgerton stars in the crime thriller as Narvel, a master gardener of a grand American estate owned by wealthy dowager Mrs. Haverhill (Sigourney Weaver). But events kicked off by the arrival of Mrs. Haverhill’s wayward and troubled great niece Maya (Quintessa Swindell) bring chaos to Narvel’s spartan existence and unlocking dark secrets from a buried violent past.
Master Gardener had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival this year.
“Horticulture has never seemed so fraught with mystery and peril as in Master Gardener,” said Magnolia Pictures president Eamonn Bowles, noting that “Paul Schrader, ably abetted by his remarkable cast, finds fertile soil for exploring his fascinatingly complex themes in this truly exceptional thriller.
Magnolia Pictures has picked up the U.S. rights to Paul Schrader’s Master Gardener, the final film in the Schrader-directed trilogy that includes First Reformed and The Card Counter.
Joel Edgerton stars in the crime thriller as Narvel, a master gardener of a grand American estate owned by wealthy dowager Mrs. Haverhill (Sigourney Weaver). But events kicked off by the arrival of Mrs. Haverhill’s wayward and troubled great niece Maya (Quintessa Swindell) bring chaos to Narvel’s spartan existence and unlocking dark secrets from a buried violent past.
Master Gardener had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival this year.
“Horticulture has never seemed so fraught with mystery and peril as in Master Gardener,” said Magnolia Pictures president Eamonn Bowles, noting that “Paul Schrader, ably abetted by his remarkable cast, finds fertile soil for exploring his fascinatingly complex themes in this truly exceptional thriller.
- 11/2/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Two months after its Venice Film Festival premiere, Paul Schrader’s “Master Gardener” has finally been acquired for distribution. Magnolia Pictures has picked up the crime thriller, and is set to give it a U.S. theatrical release next year.
“Magnolia has been a class act for over 20 years, and I eagerly anticipate and appreciate their distribution of ‘Master Gardener,’” Schrader said in a statement.
Written and directed by Schrader, “Master Gardener” stars Joel Edgerton as Narvel Roth, a brilliant horticulturist working at the beautiful Gracewoods Gardens estate. Devoted to his work, Roth is forced by his employer, wealthy dowager Mrs. Haverhill (Sigourney Weaver), to take on her troubled great-niece Maya (Quintessa Swindell) as his apprentice, and the two slowly form a close bond. However, Roth’s dark past and many sins threaten to catch up with him and destroy the peaceful existence he has worked to maintain.
The film...
“Magnolia has been a class act for over 20 years, and I eagerly anticipate and appreciate their distribution of ‘Master Gardener,’” Schrader said in a statement.
Written and directed by Schrader, “Master Gardener” stars Joel Edgerton as Narvel Roth, a brilliant horticulturist working at the beautiful Gracewoods Gardens estate. Devoted to his work, Roth is forced by his employer, wealthy dowager Mrs. Haverhill (Sigourney Weaver), to take on her troubled great-niece Maya (Quintessa Swindell) as his apprentice, and the two slowly form a close bond. However, Roth’s dark past and many sins threaten to catch up with him and destroy the peaceful existence he has worked to maintain.
The film...
- 11/2/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
Magnolia Pictures has nabbed U.S. rights to “Master Gardener,” a crime thriller from director Paul Schrader.
The movie, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival and later screened at New York Film Festival, is based on an original screenplay by Schrader. Magnolia will release “Master Gardener” next year.
“Magnolia has been a class act for over 20 years, and I eagerly anticipate and appreciate their distribution of ‘Master Gardener,’” said Schrader.
Joel Edgerton stars in the film as Narvel Roth, the meticulous horticulturist of an American estate who is forced to confront his dark past. Per the official logline, “He is as much devoted to tending the grounds of this beautiful and historic estate, to pandering to his employer, the wealthy dowager Mrs. Haverhill (Sigourney Weaver). When Mrs. Haverhill demands that he take on her wayward and troubled great-niece Maya (Quintessa Swindell) as a new apprentice, chaos enters Narvel’s spartan existence,...
The movie, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival and later screened at New York Film Festival, is based on an original screenplay by Schrader. Magnolia will release “Master Gardener” next year.
“Magnolia has been a class act for over 20 years, and I eagerly anticipate and appreciate their distribution of ‘Master Gardener,’” said Schrader.
Joel Edgerton stars in the film as Narvel Roth, the meticulous horticulturist of an American estate who is forced to confront his dark past. Per the official logline, “He is as much devoted to tending the grounds of this beautiful and historic estate, to pandering to his employer, the wealthy dowager Mrs. Haverhill (Sigourney Weaver). When Mrs. Haverhill demands that he take on her wayward and troubled great-niece Maya (Quintessa Swindell) as a new apprentice, chaos enters Narvel’s spartan existence,...
- 11/2/2022
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Gerard Butler stars in ‘Kandahar’ (Photo Courtesy of Open Road Films)
Open Road Films has acquired the North American rights to the action film Kandahar starring Gerard Butler. The thriller reunites Butler with his Greenland and Angel Has Fallen director Ric Roman Waugh. The duo are also in pre-production on the Greenland follow-up, Greenland: Migration.
“What made Mitch Lafortune’s visceral script so compelling and unique for me is its authenticity and how he humanizes not just our heroes, but all the characters portrayed in a region that’s been locked in a perpetual cycle of violence,” said director Ric Roman Waugh.
In addition to Gerard Butler, the cast includes Navid Negahban (Homeland), Ali Fazal (Death on the Nile), Travis Fimmel (Vikings), and Bollywood star Elnaaz Norouzi.
Commenting on the acquisition, Open Road Films’ Tom Ortenberg stated, “Kandahar is an adrenaline ride made for the big screen. Gerry, Ric, the G-base team,...
Open Road Films has acquired the North American rights to the action film Kandahar starring Gerard Butler. The thriller reunites Butler with his Greenland and Angel Has Fallen director Ric Roman Waugh. The duo are also in pre-production on the Greenland follow-up, Greenland: Migration.
“What made Mitch Lafortune’s visceral script so compelling and unique for me is its authenticity and how he humanizes not just our heroes, but all the characters portrayed in a region that’s been locked in a perpetual cycle of violence,” said director Ric Roman Waugh.
In addition to Gerard Butler, the cast includes Navid Negahban (Homeland), Ali Fazal (Death on the Nile), Travis Fimmel (Vikings), and Bollywood star Elnaaz Norouzi.
Commenting on the acquisition, Open Road Films’ Tom Ortenberg stated, “Kandahar is an adrenaline ride made for the big screen. Gerry, Ric, the G-base team,...
- 9/21/2022
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Open Road Films has landed North American distribution rights to the action thriller “Kandahar,” starring Gerard Butler and directed by Ric Roman Waugh. The film will receive a wide domestic release in 2023.
First announced in 2020, “Kandahar” follows Tom Harris (Butler), an undercover CIA operative stationed in hostile territory in Afghanistan. When his mission is exposed, he and his Afghan translator (Navid Negahban) must fight their way past foreign spies and enemy forces on their way to an extraction point in Kandahar.
“Kandahar” sees Butler reteam with his “Angel Has Fallen” and “Greenland” director Ric Roman Waugh. He wrote the script with Mitchell Lafortune, based on Lafortune’s own experiences serving as a military intelligence officer during the Edward Snowden leaks.
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The cast also includes Ali Fazal, Travis Fimmel and Bollywood star Elnaaz Norouzi.
First announced in 2020, “Kandahar” follows Tom Harris (Butler), an undercover CIA operative stationed in hostile territory in Afghanistan. When his mission is exposed, he and his Afghan translator (Navid Negahban) must fight their way past foreign spies and enemy forces on their way to an extraction point in Kandahar.
“Kandahar” sees Butler reteam with his “Angel Has Fallen” and “Greenland” director Ric Roman Waugh. He wrote the script with Mitchell Lafortune, based on Lafortune’s own experiences serving as a military intelligence officer during the Edward Snowden leaks.
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The cast also includes Ali Fazal, Travis Fimmel and Bollywood star Elnaaz Norouzi.
- 9/21/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Open Road Films has acquired U.S. rights to Gerard Butler action thriller Kandahar in a splashy eight-figure deal.
The G-base, Thunder Road, Capstone Studios and Mbc Studios feature reunites Butler and director Ric Roman Waugh in the story of Tom Harris (Butler), an undercover CIA operative, stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan. After his mission is exposed, he must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding elite enemy forces and foreign spies tasked with hunting them down.
Also starring are Navid Negahban (Homeland), Ali Fazal (Victoria & Abdul), Travis Fimmel (Vikings), and Bollywood star Elnaaz Norouzi (Sacred Games).
Screenplay comes from Mitchell Lafortune, based on his own experiences as a military intelligence officer during the Snowden leaks. The film was among the first major U.S. productions to shoot in...
The G-base, Thunder Road, Capstone Studios and Mbc Studios feature reunites Butler and director Ric Roman Waugh in the story of Tom Harris (Butler), an undercover CIA operative, stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan. After his mission is exposed, he must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding elite enemy forces and foreign spies tasked with hunting them down.
Also starring are Navid Negahban (Homeland), Ali Fazal (Victoria & Abdul), Travis Fimmel (Vikings), and Bollywood star Elnaaz Norouzi (Sacred Games).
Screenplay comes from Mitchell Lafortune, based on his own experiences as a military intelligence officer during the Snowden leaks. The film was among the first major U.S. productions to shoot in...
- 9/21/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
HanWay Films have unveiled a first look image from Paul Schrader’s “Master Gardener,” starring Joel Edgerton and Sigourney Weaver.
“Master Gardener” tells the story of horticulturist Narvel Roth (played by Edgerton), who tends to a beautiful and historic estate owned by wealthy dowager Mrs Haverhill (Weaver). But Mrs Haverhill’s insistence that Roth employ her wayward great-niece Maya as an apprentice unexpectedly sends his life into chaos as dark secrets from his past emerge and threaten to capsize all who live and work at Gracewood Gardens. Soon, Roth finds he must choose between the two women: the dowager and her young niece.
“I was thinking about that guy, but then two women showed up,” Schrader said of the film during an appearance at the Zurich Film Festival last October. “He is having romantic relations with both, but what I liked the most is that now they [the women] can talk to each other.
“Master Gardener” tells the story of horticulturist Narvel Roth (played by Edgerton), who tends to a beautiful and historic estate owned by wealthy dowager Mrs Haverhill (Weaver). But Mrs Haverhill’s insistence that Roth employ her wayward great-niece Maya as an apprentice unexpectedly sends his life into chaos as dark secrets from his past emerge and threaten to capsize all who live and work at Gracewood Gardens. Soon, Roth finds he must choose between the two women: the dowager and her young niece.
“I was thinking about that guy, but then two women showed up,” Schrader said of the film during an appearance at the Zurich Film Festival last October. “He is having romantic relations with both, but what I liked the most is that now they [the women] can talk to each other.
- 5/18/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Shooting wrapped last month on the long-awaited Gerard Butler project Kandahar and here are some exclusive behind the scenes photos from the film, which is notably one of the first major U.S. titles to shoot its entirety in Saudi Arabia. The film, which is produced by John Wick outfit Thunder Road Films and Capstone, reunites Butler with his Greenland and Angel Has Fallen director Ric Roman Waugh. While this certainly isn’t the first action thriller the bankable Scottish actor has starred in, Kandahar is one of the first big-budget Hollywood titles to shoot in the country’s northwest AlUla region, which is home to the Unesco World Heritage Site of Hegra.
Butler stars as Tom Harris, an undercover CIA operative, stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan. He must fight his way out alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding the elite...
Butler stars as Tom Harris, an undercover CIA operative, stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan. He must fight his way out alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding the elite...
- 2/8/2022
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Cast has been finalized for Paul Schrader’s Master Gardener, which is now shooting in Louisiana.
Deadline broke the news that Joel Edgerton and Sigourney Weaver were both attached to the movie back in September. Joining them is Quintessa Swindell (Black Adam), who will play Maya, the wayward and troubled great-niece of Mrs Haverhill (Weaver), who is taken on as a new apprentice by the titular gardener Narvel Roth (Edgerton). Also new to the cast is Esai Morales (How To Get Away With Murder), who will play Roth’s Witness Protection Officer.
Amanda Crittenden of Kojo Studios and Scott Lastaiti are producing together with David Gonzales, Schrader’s manager. Luisa Law, Kojo Studios’ Linda Ujuk and Dale Roberts are executive producers.
HanWay Films is handling international sales and co-repping the North American sale with David Gonzales.
Deadline broke the news that Joel Edgerton and Sigourney Weaver were both attached to the movie back in September. Joining them is Quintessa Swindell (Black Adam), who will play Maya, the wayward and troubled great-niece of Mrs Haverhill (Weaver), who is taken on as a new apprentice by the titular gardener Narvel Roth (Edgerton). Also new to the cast is Esai Morales (How To Get Away With Murder), who will play Roth’s Witness Protection Officer.
Amanda Crittenden of Kojo Studios and Scott Lastaiti are producing together with David Gonzales, Schrader’s manager. Luisa Law, Kojo Studios’ Linda Ujuk and Dale Roberts are executive producers.
HanWay Films is handling international sales and co-repping the North American sale with David Gonzales.
- 2/4/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Quintessa Swindell and Esai Morales have been tapped to star in Paul Schrader’s “Master Gardener.”
They will join Sigourney Weaver and Joel Edgerton in the film, which Schrader writes and directs.
Schrader, who is known for “Taxi Driver” and “First Reformed,” recently wrote and directed “The Card Counter,” starring Oscar Isaac.
“Master Gardener” revolves around Narvel Roth (played by Edgerton), a horticulturist who tends to a beautiful and historic estate owned by wealthy dowager Mrs Haverhill (played by Weaver). But Mrs Haverhill’s insistence that Roth employ her wayward great-niece Maya as an apprentice unexpectedly sends his life into chaos as dark secrets from his past emerge and threaten to capsize all who live and work at Gracewood Gardens.
Swindell (“In Treatment”) will play Maya, Mrs Haverhill’s troubled great-niece while Morales (“How to Get Away with Murder”) takes on the roll of Roth’s witness protection officer.
“Master Gardener...
They will join Sigourney Weaver and Joel Edgerton in the film, which Schrader writes and directs.
Schrader, who is known for “Taxi Driver” and “First Reformed,” recently wrote and directed “The Card Counter,” starring Oscar Isaac.
“Master Gardener” revolves around Narvel Roth (played by Edgerton), a horticulturist who tends to a beautiful and historic estate owned by wealthy dowager Mrs Haverhill (played by Weaver). But Mrs Haverhill’s insistence that Roth employ her wayward great-niece Maya as an apprentice unexpectedly sends his life into chaos as dark secrets from his past emerge and threaten to capsize all who live and work at Gracewood Gardens.
Swindell (“In Treatment”) will play Maya, Mrs Haverhill’s troubled great-niece while Morales (“How to Get Away with Murder”) takes on the roll of Roth’s witness protection officer.
“Master Gardener...
- 2/4/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Quintessa Swindell, who stars on “In Treatment” and the upcoming “Black Adam,” has been tapped to lead the cast of Paul Schrader’s next film, “Master Gardener,” alongside the previously announced Sigourney Weaver and Joel Edgerton.
Also joining the cast of Schrader’s crime thriller is Esai Morales (“How to Get Away With Murder”), and principal photography on “Master Gardener” kicked off in Louisiana on Thursday.
The film stars Edgerton as Narvel Roth, the master gardener of an American estate who is forced to confront his dark past when he meets Maya, who will be played by Swindell. Morales will star as Roth’s witness protection officer.
Schrader wrote the original screenplay and will also direct as his follow-up to “The Card Counter” and “First Reformed.” Here’s the full synopsis:
Narvel Roth (Edgerton) is the meticulous horticulturist of Gracewood Gardens. He is as much devoted to tending the grounds...
Also joining the cast of Schrader’s crime thriller is Esai Morales (“How to Get Away With Murder”), and principal photography on “Master Gardener” kicked off in Louisiana on Thursday.
The film stars Edgerton as Narvel Roth, the master gardener of an American estate who is forced to confront his dark past when he meets Maya, who will be played by Swindell. Morales will star as Roth’s witness protection officer.
Schrader wrote the original screenplay and will also direct as his follow-up to “The Card Counter” and “First Reformed.” Here’s the full synopsis:
Narvel Roth (Edgerton) is the meticulous horticulturist of Gracewood Gardens. He is as much devoted to tending the grounds...
- 2/4/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Red Sea International Film Fest Unveils Arab Spectacular
Titles from Rashid Masharawi, Dhafer L’Abidine and Joana Hadjithomas comprise the eight initial films selected under the Red Sea International Film Festival’s (RedSeaIFF) Arab Spectacular strand. The inaugural edition of the festival will take place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from December 6-15. Titles within the Arab Spectacular line-up include World Premiere of Recovery by Masharawi (Ticket to Jerusalem), L’Abidine’s feature debut directorial Ghodwa and Golden Bear nominee Memory Box (pictured) by Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige. Emmy-nominated director Jay Bulger and Karim Debbagh (Men In Black: International) also collaborate for Their Heads Are Green And Their Hands Are Blue. Films selected in this slate will cover Pan-Arab identity stories across Iraq, Palestine, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon and Morocco, while also exploring women in society.
HanWay Films Strikes Deals For Paul Schrader’s ‘Master Gardener’
HanWay Films has acquired international sales...
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HanWay Films Strikes Deals For Paul Schrader’s ‘Master Gardener’
HanWay Films has acquired international sales...
- 11/2/2021
- by Anuj Radia
- Deadline Film + TV
Paul Schrader’s forthcoming crime thriller, “Master Gardener,” has sold into a raft of global markets, including Germany, France and Canada.
The next movie from the “Card Counter” director stars Joel Edgerton as Narvel Roth, the gardener of an American estate who is forced to confront his dark past. Sigourney Weaver stars as the estate’s wealthy dowager, Mrs. Haverhill. When she demands that Narvel take her wayward great-niece Maya on as a new apprentice, the gardener’s quiet life is upended with unexpected chaos.
London-based sales outfit HanWay Films, which recently handled Schrader’s Venice-premiering “The Card Counter,” has sold the movie into Leonine (Germany and Switzerland), The Jokers (France), Volgafilm (Cis and Baltics), M2 Films (Eastern Europe), Vvs Films (Canada), Scanbox Entertainment (Scandinavia), Nos Lusomundo (Portugal), Filmfinity (South Africa), Shaw (Singapore) and Front Row (Middle East).
In addition to handling international sales and distribution, HanWay is also co-repping...
The next movie from the “Card Counter” director stars Joel Edgerton as Narvel Roth, the gardener of an American estate who is forced to confront his dark past. Sigourney Weaver stars as the estate’s wealthy dowager, Mrs. Haverhill. When she demands that Narvel take her wayward great-niece Maya on as a new apprentice, the gardener’s quiet life is upended with unexpected chaos.
London-based sales outfit HanWay Films, which recently handled Schrader’s Venice-premiering “The Card Counter,” has sold the movie into Leonine (Germany and Switzerland), The Jokers (France), Volgafilm (Cis and Baltics), M2 Films (Eastern Europe), Vvs Films (Canada), Scanbox Entertainment (Scandinavia), Nos Lusomundo (Portugal), Filmfinity (South Africa), Shaw (Singapore) and Front Row (Middle East).
In addition to handling international sales and distribution, HanWay is also co-repping...
- 11/2/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
It follows HanWay Films and Schrader’s collaboration on Venice title ’The Card Counter’.
HanWay Films will handle international sales on Paul Schrader’s upcoming feature film Master Gardener, with Joel Edgerton and Sigourney Weaver to star.
Edgerton will play the master gardener of an American estate who is forced to confront his dark past.
Amanda Crittenden of Kojo Studios and Scott Lastaiti will produce together with David Gonzales, Schrader’s manager. Shooting will begin early next year in the southern United States.
It follows HanWay Films and Schrader’s collaboration on The Card Counter, which premieres tomorrow (September 2) at Venice Film Festival.
HanWay Films will handle international sales on Paul Schrader’s upcoming feature film Master Gardener, with Joel Edgerton and Sigourney Weaver to star.
Edgerton will play the master gardener of an American estate who is forced to confront his dark past.
Amanda Crittenden of Kojo Studios and Scott Lastaiti will produce together with David Gonzales, Schrader’s manager. Shooting will begin early next year in the southern United States.
It follows HanWay Films and Schrader’s collaboration on The Card Counter, which premieres tomorrow (September 2) at Venice Film Festival.
- 9/1/2021
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Just ahead of the release of his film “The Card Counter,” Paul Schrader has announced what will be his next movie, “Master Gardener,” and he’s set both Joel Edgerton and Sigourney Weaver to star.
Schrader will direct and wrote the film’s original screenplay, and principal photography is scheduled to begin early next year in the Southern US.
HanWay Films has also come aboard as the film’s international sales rep to begin sales this fall after previously repping “The Card Counter.” The company is co-repping the North American sale with David Gonzales.
“Master Gardener” stars Edgerton as the master gardener of an American estate who is forced to confront his dark past. His character Narvel Roth is described as a meticulous horticulturist of Gracewood Gardens. He is as much devoted to tending the grounds of this beautiful and historic estate as he is to pandering to his employer,...
Schrader will direct and wrote the film’s original screenplay, and principal photography is scheduled to begin early next year in the Southern US.
HanWay Films has also come aboard as the film’s international sales rep to begin sales this fall after previously repping “The Card Counter.” The company is co-repping the North American sale with David Gonzales.
“Master Gardener” stars Edgerton as the master gardener of an American estate who is forced to confront his dark past. His character Narvel Roth is described as a meticulous horticulturist of Gracewood Gardens. He is as much devoted to tending the grounds of this beautiful and historic estate as he is to pandering to his employer,...
- 9/1/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Joel Edgerton and Sigourney Weaver will star in “Master Gardener,” a new crime thriller from Paul Schrader, a master of the genre.
Schrader is on a bit of a hot streak after scoring an Oscar nod for his screenplay for “First Reformed.” Astoundingly that marked his first nomination despite penning some of the greatest movies ever made. His new drama, “The Card Counter,” debuts at the Venice Film Festival. He’s previously plumbed the dark depths of the soul in works like “Taxi Driver” and “Raging Bull.”
In Schrader’s next outing, Edgerton will star as the master gardener of an American estate who is forced to confront his dark past. Weaver will co-star as his employer, a wealthy dowager, who demands that Edgerton’s character take on her wayward and troubled great-niece as a new apprentice. Chaos ensues…or so says the official longline.
“When the idea first started...
Schrader is on a bit of a hot streak after scoring an Oscar nod for his screenplay for “First Reformed.” Astoundingly that marked his first nomination despite penning some of the greatest movies ever made. His new drama, “The Card Counter,” debuts at the Venice Film Festival. He’s previously plumbed the dark depths of the soul in works like “Taxi Driver” and “Raging Bull.”
In Schrader’s next outing, Edgerton will star as the master gardener of an American estate who is forced to confront his dark past. Weaver will co-star as his employer, a wealthy dowager, who demands that Edgerton’s character take on her wayward and troubled great-niece as a new apprentice. Chaos ensues…or so says the official longline.
“When the idea first started...
- 9/1/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Paul Schrader is world premiering his latest directorial effort, “The Card Counter,” in competition at the Venice Film Festival this week, but he’s already eyeing his next project. As first reported by Deadline, Schrader has set “Master Gardener” as his “Card Counter” follow-up. The “First Reformed” Oscar nominee has set Joel Edgerton and Sigourney Weaver to star in the movie.
Per an official release, “Master Gardener” follows “a meticulous horticulturist (Edgerton) who is devoted to tending the grounds of a beautiful estate and pandering to his employer, the wealthy dowager (Weaver). When she demands that he take on her wayward and troubled great niece, it unlocks dark secrets from a buried violent past.”
“When the idea first started it was one of my male protagonists but then these two women intervened and it became something more complex and unique,” Schrader said about the project.
Sales company HanWay is re-teaming...
Per an official release, “Master Gardener” follows “a meticulous horticulturist (Edgerton) who is devoted to tending the grounds of a beautiful estate and pandering to his employer, the wealthy dowager (Weaver). When she demands that he take on her wayward and troubled great niece, it unlocks dark secrets from a buried violent past.”
“When the idea first started it was one of my male protagonists but then these two women intervened and it became something more complex and unique,” Schrader said about the project.
Sales company HanWay is re-teaming...
- 9/1/2021
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Exclusive: One day before Paul Schrader’s The Card Counter premieres at the Venice Film Festival, I can reveal that the filmmaker’s next project is already gathering pace.
Joel Edgerton and Sigourney Weaver are attached to lead Master Gardener, a crime thriller Schrader is directing from his original screenplay. It follows a meticulous horticulturist (Edgerton) who is devoted to tending the grounds of a beautiful estate and pandering to his employer, the wealthy dowager (Weaver). When she demands that he take on her wayward and troubled great niece, it unlocks dark secrets from a buried violent past.
HanWay is reuniting with the director having sold out the world on The Card Counter, which Focus Features releases this month. The company is co-repping the North American sale for Master Gardener with David Gonzales, Schrader’s manager.
Amanda Crittenden of Kojo Studios and Scott Lastaiti are producing with David Gonzales. Luisa Law...
Joel Edgerton and Sigourney Weaver are attached to lead Master Gardener, a crime thriller Schrader is directing from his original screenplay. It follows a meticulous horticulturist (Edgerton) who is devoted to tending the grounds of a beautiful estate and pandering to his employer, the wealthy dowager (Weaver). When she demands that he take on her wayward and troubled great niece, it unlocks dark secrets from a buried violent past.
HanWay is reuniting with the director having sold out the world on The Card Counter, which Focus Features releases this month. The company is co-repping the North American sale for Master Gardener with David Gonzales, Schrader’s manager.
Amanda Crittenden of Kojo Studios and Scott Lastaiti are producing with David Gonzales. Luisa Law...
- 9/1/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
IFC Films nabbed North American rights to Stephen Dorff’s mixed martial arts drama “Embattled” and plans to release the film in November.
The Blitz Films production marks Georgian-born director Nick Sarkisov’s English-language film debut. David McKenna, whose credits include “Blow” and “American History X,” wrote the script.
Dorff plays a man who channels his aggression into becoming a major champion in the cage-fighting sport but when his second son is born with Williams Syndrome, an incurable developmental disorder, he runs away from his family. McKenna’s own 15-year-old son Colin, who was born with Williams Syndrome, portrays the boy. When his elder son, played by Darren Mann, decides to follow his father’s footsteps into the fight game, a media firestorm results in the father and son facing each other in a battle that neither can truly win.
The cast also includes Karrueche Tran, Elizabeth Reaser, Donald Faison,...
The Blitz Films production marks Georgian-born director Nick Sarkisov’s English-language film debut. David McKenna, whose credits include “Blow” and “American History X,” wrote the script.
Dorff plays a man who channels his aggression into becoming a major champion in the cage-fighting sport but when his second son is born with Williams Syndrome, an incurable developmental disorder, he runs away from his family. McKenna’s own 15-year-old son Colin, who was born with Williams Syndrome, portrays the boy. When his elder son, played by Darren Mann, decides to follow his father’s footsteps into the fight game, a media firestorm results in the father and son facing each other in a battle that neither can truly win.
The cast also includes Karrueche Tran, Elizabeth Reaser, Donald Faison,...
- 7/15/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Ruth Wilson and Matt Bomer are set to star in a feature film drama based on the true story of 1980s AIDS activist Ruth Coker Burks, an individual with knowledge of the project tells TheWrap.
Tony Award-nominee Michael Arden will make his feature directorial debut on the film that is being presented to buyers at this week’s European Film Market in Berlin. Arden will direct from a screenplay by Rebecca Pollock and Kas Graham.
Coker Burks, also known as the Cemetery Angel, is a former caregiver for AIDS victims and activist for AIDS awareness from Arkansas who during the height of the crisis in the 1980s gave up her salary in order to house and even bury those who suffered from the disease. “The Book of Ruth” will be set during 1983 and center on how a woman devoted to her work, her faith and her family comes to educate...
Tony Award-nominee Michael Arden will make his feature directorial debut on the film that is being presented to buyers at this week’s European Film Market in Berlin. Arden will direct from a screenplay by Rebecca Pollock and Kas Graham.
Coker Burks, also known as the Cemetery Angel, is a former caregiver for AIDS victims and activist for AIDS awareness from Arkansas who during the height of the crisis in the 1980s gave up her salary in order to house and even bury those who suffered from the disease. “The Book of Ruth” will be set during 1983 and center on how a woman devoted to her work, her faith and her family comes to educate...
- 2/18/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Ruth Wilson and Matt Bomer are attached to lead The Book of Ruth, a feature based on the true story of Ruth Coker Burks, a devout Christian divorcée and single mother from Arkansas who became a champion and caregiver for AIDS sufferers in 1980s America.
Michael Arden, the two-time Tony Award-nominated theater director who landed both those noms before the age of 35, will helm the pic, his feature film debut.
The screenplay comes from Rebecca Pollock and Kas Graham, whose 2019 script Betty Ford appeared on The Black List and was optioned by Ryan Murphy with Sarah Paulson attached.
Set in 1983, Burks (Wilson) lives a busy life, devoted to her work, her 6-year-old daughter Jessica, and her faith. When a handsome new neighbor (Bomer) turns out to be a gay New Yorker who has fled the cty and returned home after the death of his partner to AIDS, she decides...
Michael Arden, the two-time Tony Award-nominated theater director who landed both those noms before the age of 35, will helm the pic, his feature film debut.
The screenplay comes from Rebecca Pollock and Kas Graham, whose 2019 script Betty Ford appeared on The Black List and was optioned by Ryan Murphy with Sarah Paulson attached.
Set in 1983, Burks (Wilson) lives a busy life, devoted to her work, her 6-year-old daughter Jessica, and her faith. When a handsome new neighbor (Bomer) turns out to be a gay New Yorker who has fled the cty and returned home after the death of his partner to AIDS, she decides...
- 2/17/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
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