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Starz announced today it has acquired all U.S. distribution rights to The Family Fang, and is planning a significant 2016 theatrical release through Starz Digital, its multi-platform releasing team.
A comedic family drama directed by Jason Bateman (Bad Words) The Family Fang stars Academy Award-winner Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole, The Hours, Moulin Rouge!); Bateman (The Gift, Horrible Bosses, “Arrested Development”), and co-stars Academy Award-winner Christopher Walken (Jersey Boys, Catch Me If You Can, Wedding Crashers) and Maryann Plunkett (“House of Cards,” Blue Valentine, The Squid and the Whale).
The film was well received by critics and audiences at its recent premiere at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Based on the best-selling novel by Kevin Wilson, The Family Fang was written by David Lindsay-Abaire.
Following the theatrical release, The Family Fang will have an on-demand release, and an exclusive TV premiere on Starz. The deal was...
Starz announced today it has acquired all U.S. distribution rights to The Family Fang, and is planning a significant 2016 theatrical release through Starz Digital, its multi-platform releasing team.
A comedic family drama directed by Jason Bateman (Bad Words) The Family Fang stars Academy Award-winner Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole, The Hours, Moulin Rouge!); Bateman (The Gift, Horrible Bosses, “Arrested Development”), and co-stars Academy Award-winner Christopher Walken (Jersey Boys, Catch Me If You Can, Wedding Crashers) and Maryann Plunkett (“House of Cards,” Blue Valentine, The Squid and the Whale).
The film was well received by critics and audiences at its recent premiere at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Based on the best-selling novel by Kevin Wilson, The Family Fang was written by David Lindsay-Abaire.
Following the theatrical release, The Family Fang will have an on-demand release, and an exclusive TV premiere on Starz. The deal was...
- 10/9/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Exclusive: The Mazur/Kaplan Company and Olympus Pictures have optioned Holly Goldberg Sloan’s bestselling novel Counting By 7s. They’ve attached Oscar-nominated Beasts Of The Southern Wild star Quvenzhané Wallis and will build the movie around her. The bestseller centers on Willow Chance, a bright young girl who, after the death of her adoptive parents, is taken in by an unlikely surrogate family and an unfit guidance counselor. In the wake of tremendous loss, she rises to build a community that she heals and that heals her.
“I am honored to play the role of Willow in Counting by 7s,” Wallis said. “I love the message behind the story. I am excited to be a part of it and to see it come to life.” Wallis just wrapped her first big studio film in the musical Annie, and also will star in the upcoming adaptation of Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet,...
“I am honored to play the role of Willow in Counting by 7s,” Wallis said. “I love the message behind the story. I am excited to be a part of it and to see it come to life.” Wallis just wrapped her first big studio film in the musical Annie, and also will star in the upcoming adaptation of Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet,...
- 9/30/2014
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline
Universal Cable Prods has acquired the rights to Robert Charles Wilson’s Hugo Award-winning science fiction novel Spin to develop into an event series. The deal marks one of the first project commitments under Dawn Olmstead, who recently joined Universal Cable Prods as Evp Development. Additionally, the studio has signed Bits And Pieces Pictures’ Rob Morrow and Olympus Pictures’ Leslie Urdang to produce. Spin follows 3 childhood friends, who while playing one night, witness the stars in the sky mysteriously vanish. Nasa probes reveal a black energy barrier has surrounded the earth and time is traveling a billion times faster outside of the barrier. Civilization learns that it has five years left before the sun expands and consumes the planet. As the children grow, they go their separate ways trying to save the world from annihilation, but with time running out, will their friendship and mankind survive? “Spin is beloved in...
- 6/9/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Qed International handles sales in Cannes on Jason Bateman’s feature directorial follow-up to Bad Words as the producer roster swells to accommodate Red Crown.
Bateman and Nicole Kidman star in The Family Fang. Principal photography is scheduled to kick off in July on the story about a pair of siblings from a performance artist family whose parents suddenly disappear.
Walken will play the siblings’ father, Caleb Fang. David Lindsay-Abaire adaptated the novel by Kevin Wilson.
Producers are Red Crown’s Daniela Taplin Lundberg and Riva Marker, Olympus Pictures’ Leslie Urdang and Dean Vanech, Blossom Films partners Kidman and Per Saari and Aggregate Films partners Bateman and Jim Garavente.
Qed International’s Bill Block and Red Crown’s Dan Crown serve as executive producers.
Block’s Cannes sales slate includes David Ayer’s WWII tank film Fury starring Brad Pitt, Barry Levinson’s Rock The Kasbah starring Bill Murray and Oren Moverman’s Time Out Of Mind with Richard Gere...
Bateman and Nicole Kidman star in The Family Fang. Principal photography is scheduled to kick off in July on the story about a pair of siblings from a performance artist family whose parents suddenly disappear.
Walken will play the siblings’ father, Caleb Fang. David Lindsay-Abaire adaptated the novel by Kevin Wilson.
Producers are Red Crown’s Daniela Taplin Lundberg and Riva Marker, Olympus Pictures’ Leslie Urdang and Dean Vanech, Blossom Films partners Kidman and Per Saari and Aggregate Films partners Bateman and Jim Garavente.
Qed International’s Bill Block and Red Crown’s Dan Crown serve as executive producers.
Block’s Cannes sales slate includes David Ayer’s WWII tank film Fury starring Brad Pitt, Barry Levinson’s Rock The Kasbah starring Bill Murray and Oren Moverman’s Time Out Of Mind with Richard Gere...
- 5/5/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Qed International handles sales in Cannes on Jason Bateman’s feature directorial follow-up to Bad Words as the producer roster swells to accommodate Red Crown.
Bateman and Nicole Kidman star in The Family Fang. Principal photography is scheduled to kick off in July on the story about a pair of siblings from a performance artist family whose parents suddenly disappear.
Walken will play the siblings’ father, Caleb Fang. David Lindsay-Abaire adaptated the novel by Kevin Wilson.
Producers are Red Crown’s Daniela Taplin Lundberg and Riva Marker, Olympus Pictures’ Leslie Urdang and Dean Vanech, Blossom Films partners Kidman and Per Saari and Aggregate Films partners Bateman and Jim Garavente.
Qed International’s Bill Block and Red Crown’s Dan Crown serve as executive producers.
Block’s Cannes sales slate includes David Ayer’s WWII tank film Fury starring Brad Pitt, Barry Levinson’s Rock The Kasbah starring Bill Murray and Oren Moverman’s Time Out Of Mind with Richard Gere...
Bateman and Nicole Kidman star in The Family Fang. Principal photography is scheduled to kick off in July on the story about a pair of siblings from a performance artist family whose parents suddenly disappear.
Walken will play the siblings’ father, Caleb Fang. David Lindsay-Abaire adaptated the novel by Kevin Wilson.
Producers are Red Crown’s Daniela Taplin Lundberg and Riva Marker, Olympus Pictures’ Leslie Urdang and Dean Vanech, Blossom Films partners Kidman and Per Saari and Aggregate Films partners Bateman and Jim Garavente.
Qed International’s Bill Block and Red Crown’s Dan Crown serve as executive producers.
Block’s Cannes sales slate includes David Ayer’s WWII tank film Fury starring Brad Pitt, Barry Levinson’s Rock The Kasbah starring Bill Murray and Oren Moverman’s Time Out Of Mind with Richard Gere...
- 5/5/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Jason Bateman is set to both star in and direct Nicole Kidman in the film adaptation of Kevin Wilson's novel "The Family Fang" for Qed.
The story follows a couple of performance artists who routinely sucked their kids into taking part in a variety of bizarre events.
When the resentful fully grown children return home, they are unwittingly enlisted to help in the execution of a daring and mysterious final performance by their parents.
David Lindsay-Abaire is adapting the script, while Kidman, Leslie Urdang, Per Saari and Dean Vanech will produce. Shooting will take place sometime next year.
Bateman made his directorial debut on the comedy "Bad Words" which premiered in Toronto ahead of a release early next year.
Source: Deadline...
The story follows a couple of performance artists who routinely sucked their kids into taking part in a variety of bizarre events.
When the resentful fully grown children return home, they are unwittingly enlisted to help in the execution of a daring and mysterious final performance by their parents.
David Lindsay-Abaire is adapting the script, while Kidman, Leslie Urdang, Per Saari and Dean Vanech will produce. Shooting will take place sometime next year.
Bateman made his directorial debut on the comedy "Bad Words" which premiered in Toronto ahead of a release early next year.
Source: Deadline...
- 11/4/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Jason Bateman, who made an auspicious feature directorial debut with the Toronto festival smash Bad Words, next will direct Nicole Kidman in The Family Fang, the adaptation of the Kevin Wilson bestseller. Bateman will also star in the film. The script is by David Lindsay-Abaire, who adapted his Pulitzer Prize-winning play Rabbit Hole as a vehicle that got Kidman an Oscar nomination. Olympus Pictures’ Leslie Urdang and Dean Vanech will produce with Blossom Films partners Kidman and Per Saari, Aggregate Films partners Bateman and Jim Garavente, and Qed International’s Bill Block. Qed will finance, and principal photography will begin next year. The Family Fang is about a couple of performance artists who routinely sucked their kids into taking part in a variety of bizarre events. When the full-grown children return home in a state of crisis, they are unwittingly enlisted to help in the execution of a daring...
- 11/2/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Lionsgate has bought Stuart Blumberg's sex addiction dramedy "Thanks For Sharing" starring Mark Ruffalo, Gwyneth Paltrow and Tim Robbins. The Toronto International Film Festival world premiere will be a joint theatrical release by Lionsgate and sister company Roadside Attractions. The directorial debut of Blumberg from a script he wrote with Matt Winston, the film was produced by Class 5 Films’ William Migliore and David Koplan, and Olympus Pictures’ Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech, and Miranda de Pencier. Edward Norton executive produced through Class 5. The deal was negotiated on behalf of Lionsgate by Jason Constantine, president of acquisitions and co-productions, with Eda Kowan, senior VP of acquisitions and Wendy Jaffe, executive VP of business and legal affairs. UTA Independent Film Group and Wme Global brokered the sale of the film.
- 9/12/2012
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
Olympus Pictures and Paul Haggis’ Hwy 61 announced today it is moving forward with a father-son project inspired by the relationship between Espn sports commentator Selema “Sal” Masekela and his father Hugh Masekela, the jazz musician featured on Paul Simon’s Graceland album and South African apartheid activist who was exiled for more than 30 years. South African filmmaker Mukunda Michael Dewil has been hired to write and direct the film. The project follows a son emerging out of the shadow of his successful but troubled father set against a backdrop of music, surfing, and South Africa’s racism. The untitled Masekela project will be produced by Leslie Urdang and Dean Vanech of Olympus Pictures, Haggis and Michael Nozik of Hwy 61 Films, and Selema Masekela. “I first met Sal when he was a teenager working with his father on the Graceland tour,” said Urdang. “We met again many years later and the...
- 8/16/2012
- by NIKKI FINKE
- Deadline Hollywood
2010 certainly wasn’t a lackluster year for film, perhaps that’s why “Shortbus” helmer John Cameron Mitchell’s emotionally gripping “Rabbit Hole” was seemingly swept aside. Telling the story of a grieving couple coming to terms after their young son dies in a horrific accident, it was a heartbreaking tale that we liked quite a bit, and so we were pleased to hear last February that Kidman would be teaming up again with “Rabbit Hole” producers for the familial comedy-drama “The Family Fang.” Now it looks as if producers are hoping to add a little more of what made their previous film work so well, in the form of a script by “Rabbit Hole” playwright and screenwriter David Lindsay-Abaire.
Deadline is reporting that Lindsay-Abaire will be taking up writing duties on “The Family Fang,” the adaptation of the Kevin Wilson bestseller which follows a couple of performance artists who regularly...
Deadline is reporting that Lindsay-Abaire will be taking up writing duties on “The Family Fang,” the adaptation of the Kevin Wilson bestseller which follows a couple of performance artists who regularly...
- 5/9/2012
- by Benjamin Wright
- The Playlist
"Rabbit Hole" playwright and scribe David Lindsay-Abaire is re-teaming with Nicole Kidman for an adaptation of Kevin Wilson's bestseller "The Family Fang" says Deadline.
Kidman will star in and produce the story about a couple of performance artists who routinely pulled their kids into taking part in a variety of bizarre events.
When the resentful full-grown children return home in a state of crisis, they are unwittingly enlisted to help in the execution of a daring and mysterious final performance by their parents
Kidman, Per Saari, Leslie Urdang and Dean Vanech will produce.
Kidman will star in and produce the story about a couple of performance artists who routinely pulled their kids into taking part in a variety of bizarre events.
When the resentful full-grown children return home in a state of crisis, they are unwittingly enlisted to help in the execution of a daring and mysterious final performance by their parents
Kidman, Per Saari, Leslie Urdang and Dean Vanech will produce.
- 5/9/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Nicole Kidman will reunite with her Rabbit Hole scribe David Lindsay-Abaire on The Family Fang, the adaptation of the Kevin Wilson bestseller that Kidman will star in and produce. Kidman won a Best Actress Oscar nomination for Rabbit Hole, which Lindsay-Abaire adapted from his Pulitzer-winning play about a husband and wife grieving the loss of their child. The Family Fang is about a couple of performance artists who routinely sucked their kids into taking part in a variety of bizarre events. When the full-grown children return home in a state of crisis, they are unwittingly enlisted to help in the execution of a daring and mysterious final performance by their parents, who are hellbent on achieving the act of a lifetime. Their kids harbor more than a little resentment and blame the performance art for how badly their own lives have turned out. Kidman and her Blossom Films partner...
- 5/8/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, handed out top honors to The Artist, The Descendants and Margin Call at this afternoon’s 27th Film Independent Spirit Awards. My Week With Marilyn, Beginners, 50/50, A Separation and The Interrupters also received awards at the ceremony, held in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica.
Tune in to IFC tonight at 10:00 pm Et/Pt to catch all the action at the 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards, with actor, writer and producer Seth Rogen hosting. Highlights include: John Waters as the Voice of God, musical performances by My Morning Jacket and K’Naan.
The Spirit Awards was the first event to exclusively honor independent film, and over the past 27 years, has become the premier awards show for the independent film community, celebrating films made by filmmakers who embody independence and originality. Artists...
Tune in to IFC tonight at 10:00 pm Et/Pt to catch all the action at the 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards, with actor, writer and producer Seth Rogen hosting. Highlights include: John Waters as the Voice of God, musical performances by My Morning Jacket and K’Naan.
The Spirit Awards was the first event to exclusively honor independent film, and over the past 27 years, has become the premier awards show for the independent film community, celebrating films made by filmmakers who embody independence and originality. Artists...
- 2/26/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Michel Hazanavicius' "The Artist" was the big winner at the 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards. The black-and-white silent film took home Best Feature, Director for Hazanavicius, Best Male Lead for Jean Dujardin, and Best Cinematography for Guillaume Schiffman.
In the performance categories, Michelle Williams took home the Best Female Lead award for her Marilyn Monroe portrayal in "My Week with Marilyn." Shailene Woodley, snubbed by the Academy for her memorable performance as George Clooney's daughter in "The Descendants," won Best Supporting Actress while Oscar frontrunner, Christopher Plummer, received the Best Supporting Actor award for his performance in "Beginners."
Held on Santa Monica Beach and hosted by Seth Rogen, the 27th Film Independent Spirit Awards will be broadcast by IFC at 10 p.m. Pst/Est.
Here's the complete list of winners (highlighted) and nominees of the Independent Spirit Awards:
Best Feature
50/50 - Producers: Evan Goldberg, Ben Karlin, Seth Rogen...
In the performance categories, Michelle Williams took home the Best Female Lead award for her Marilyn Monroe portrayal in "My Week with Marilyn." Shailene Woodley, snubbed by the Academy for her memorable performance as George Clooney's daughter in "The Descendants," won Best Supporting Actress while Oscar frontrunner, Christopher Plummer, received the Best Supporting Actor award for his performance in "Beginners."
Held on Santa Monica Beach and hosted by Seth Rogen, the 27th Film Independent Spirit Awards will be broadcast by IFC at 10 p.m. Pst/Est.
Here's the complete list of winners (highlighted) and nominees of the Independent Spirit Awards:
Best Feature
50/50 - Producers: Evan Goldberg, Ben Karlin, Seth Rogen...
- 2/26/2012
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, The Artist The Artist, Jean Dujardin, Michelle Williams: Spirit Award Winners Best Feature (Award given to the producer) 50/50 Producers: Evan Goldberg, Ben Karlin, Seth Rogen Beginners Producers: Miranda de Pencier, Lars Knudsen, Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech, Jay Van Hoy Drive Producers: Michel Litvak, John Palermo, Marc Platt, Gigi Pritzker, Adam Siegel Take Shelter Producers: Tyler Davidson, Sophia Lin * The Artist Producer: Thomas Langmann The Descendants Producers: Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor Best Director * Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist Mike Mills – Beginners Jeff Nichols – Take Shelter Alexander Payne – The Descendants Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive Best Screenplay Joseph Cedar – Footnote Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist Tom McCarthy – Win Win Mike Mills – Beginners * Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash – The Descendants Best International Film (Award given to the director) * A Separation (Iran) Director: Asghar Farhadi Melancholia (Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany) Director: Lars von Trier Shame (UK) Director: Steve McQueen...
- 2/25/2012
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, announced nominations for the 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards this morning. Anthony Mackie and Kate Beckinsale served as presenters. Nominees for Best Feature include 50/50, Beginners, Drive, Take Shelter, The Artist and The Descendants.
Margin Call was selected to receive the annual Robert Altman Award, which is bestowed upon one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast.
“The Film Independent Spirit Awards recognize the finest artistic achievements across the broad spectrum of independent filmmaking.from emerging talent working on a shoestring budget to established auteurs,” said Film Independent Senior Director Sean Mc Manus. “The 2012 nominees tell their stories in such an authentic way and reflect the inclusive nature of the independent filmmaking community. We are delighted to support them and expand the audience for their work.”
2012 Film Independent Spirit Award Nominations
Best Feature (Award given to the Producer,...
Margin Call was selected to receive the annual Robert Altman Award, which is bestowed upon one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast.
“The Film Independent Spirit Awards recognize the finest artistic achievements across the broad spectrum of independent filmmaking.from emerging talent working on a shoestring budget to established auteurs,” said Film Independent Senior Director Sean Mc Manus. “The 2012 nominees tell their stories in such an authentic way and reflect the inclusive nature of the independent filmmaking community. We are delighted to support them and expand the audience for their work.”
2012 Film Independent Spirit Award Nominations
Best Feature (Award given to the Producer,...
- 11/29/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Artist, Take Shelter, and the other nominations for the 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards have been announced. The 27th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards “are awards dedicated to independent filmmakers. Winners were typically presented with acrylic glass pyramids containing suspended shoestrings representing the paltry budgets of independent films…The Independent Spirit Awards are presented by Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers…The Spirit Awards Nominating Committees selected nominees from 277 submissions this year and applied the following guidelines in determining the nominations: uniqueness of vision, original and provocative subject matter, economy of means (with particular attention paid to total production cost & individual compensation), and percentage of financing from independent sources.”
This year’s award ceremony will be held on February 25, 2012 “at the beach in Santa Monica and broadcast by IFC.”
The full listing of the 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations is below.
Best Feature (Award...
This year’s award ceremony will be held on February 25, 2012 “at the beach in Santa Monica and broadcast by IFC.”
The full listing of the 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations is below.
Best Feature (Award...
- 11/29/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
It’s that time of year for various organizations to recognize some of the best films of 2011. Some of these awards are lesser known, but the Film Independent Spirit Awards, is not one of them. Film Independent which also helps produce the Los Angeles Film Festival has announced the 2012 Spirit Award Nominees.
Margin Call was selected to receive the annual Robert Altman Award, which is bestowed upon one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast.
Having seen Win Win the other day, I really hope that Tom McCarthy wins the award for Best Screenplay, but it will be hard to take the win, especially with the momentum that The Descendants and The Artist are having. As for other films, its no surprise to see 50/50, Drive, Beginners, and the aforementioned The Artist and The Descendants as the nominees for Best Feature. The Spirit Award nominees is just one of the...
Margin Call was selected to receive the annual Robert Altman Award, which is bestowed upon one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast.
Having seen Win Win the other day, I really hope that Tom McCarthy wins the award for Best Screenplay, but it will be hard to take the win, especially with the momentum that The Descendants and The Artist are having. As for other films, its no surprise to see 50/50, Drive, Beginners, and the aforementioned The Artist and The Descendants as the nominees for Best Feature. The Spirit Award nominees is just one of the...
- 11/29/2011
- by Mike Lee
- FusedFilm
With last night’s Gothams Awards ceremony in New York, awards season is now in full swing. Adding to the momentum, Film Independent just announced the nominees for its 27th annual Independent Spirit Awards. Leading the pack with five nominations each is Jeff Nichols’ apocalyptic southern gothic, Take Shelter and Michel Hazanavicius’ silent romance, The Artist. Next in line, receiving four nominations, were Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive and Mike Mills’ Beginners (which split Best Picture with The Tree of Life at the Gothams last night). J.C. Chandor’s Margin Call will receive the annual Robert Altman Award, given each year to one film with an exemplary ensemble cast, and received two additional nominations.
The Spirit Awards take place Saturday, February 25th in Los Angeles. The full nominee list is below.
Best Feature
50/50 – Ben Karlin, Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen
Beginners – Miranda de Pencier, Lars Knudsen, Jan Van Hoy, Leslie Urdang,...
The Spirit Awards take place Saturday, February 25th in Los Angeles. The full nominee list is below.
Best Feature
50/50 – Ben Karlin, Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen
Beginners – Miranda de Pencier, Lars Knudsen, Jan Van Hoy, Leslie Urdang,...
- 11/29/2011
- by Dan Schoenbrun
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
The nominations for the 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards are out. The nominees were announced this morning by Anthony Mackie and Kate Beckinsale and the winners will be unveiled at the always spirited awards show, held on February 25 in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica. The Best Feature nominees are the Jonathan Levine-directed 50/50, the Mike Mills-directed Beginners (which last night shared the Best Film prize with The Tree of Life at the Gotham Awards), the Nicolas Winding Refn-directed Drive, the Jeff Nichols-directed Take Shelter, the Michel Hazanavicius-directed silent film The Artist, and the Alexander Payne-directed The Descendants. The Artist (conspicuously absent from the Gotham Award Best Feature category) led the way with five Spirits nominations, the same number garnered by Take Shelter (a Best Feature nominee at the Gotham Awards). From the distributor vantage point, Fox Searchlight has the most nominations with 14, Sony Pictures Classics follows with nine,...
- 11/29/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
"The Artist" and "Take Shelter" scored the most nominations for the Film Independent's Spirit Awards announced today. Each film received five nods while "Beginners," "Drive," "The Descendants," and "Martha Marcy May Marlene" each received four nominations.
The Spirit Award prides itself in honoring American-made films that are budgeted at under $20 million. Read the nominations below. The winners will be announced at the 27th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards ceremony on Feb. 25th. You can see the festivities on IFC.
And here are the nominees for the 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards:
Best Feature (Award given to the Producer)
50/50 - Ben Karlin, Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen
Beginners - Miranda de Pencier, Lars Knudsen, Jan Van Hoy, Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech
Drive - Michel Litvak, John Palermo, Marc Platt, Gigi Pritzker, Adam Siegel
Take Shelter - Tyler Davidson, Sophia Lin
The Artist - Thomas Langmann, Emmanuel Montamat
The Descendants - Jim Burke, Alexander Payne,...
The Spirit Award prides itself in honoring American-made films that are budgeted at under $20 million. Read the nominations below. The winners will be announced at the 27th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards ceremony on Feb. 25th. You can see the festivities on IFC.
And here are the nominees for the 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards:
Best Feature (Award given to the Producer)
50/50 - Ben Karlin, Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen
Beginners - Miranda de Pencier, Lars Knudsen, Jan Van Hoy, Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech
Drive - Michel Litvak, John Palermo, Marc Platt, Gigi Pritzker, Adam Siegel
Take Shelter - Tyler Davidson, Sophia Lin
The Artist - Thomas Langmann, Emmanuel Montamat
The Descendants - Jim Burke, Alexander Payne,...
- 11/29/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
While the reviews for Beginners were almost all positive, very few people have had a chance to see the film. I myself watch over 100 new releases each year and it still took me a few months to catch up on the movie. I finally got around to seeing Beginners this week and called it the most overlooked film of 2011. I guess I can no longer say this. Last night, the Gotham Independent Film Awards surprised everyone with a tie for Best Feature Film with Mike Mills‘ Beginners and Terrence Malick‘s The Tree of Life taking the top prize. Who would have ever guessed?
Best Feature winners from the past several years include Frozen River, Winter’s Bone, and The Hurt Locker. Hit the jump for the full press release.
via The Collider
Gotham Independent Film Awards™
Winners Announced
New York, NY (November 28, 2011) – The Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp), the nation...
Best Feature winners from the past several years include Frozen River, Winter’s Bone, and The Hurt Locker. Hit the jump for the full press release.
via The Collider
Gotham Independent Film Awards™
Winners Announced
New York, NY (November 28, 2011) – The Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp), the nation...
- 11/29/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
"The Tree of Life" and "Beginners" emerged as the big winners for the 21st Gotham Independent Film Awards. "The Descendants" and "Martha Marcy May Marlene" led the pack with three nominations each but in the end, Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life" and Mike Mills' "Beginners" ruled the night.
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Ewan McGregor interview for "Beginners" right here
Mike Mills interview for "Beginners right here
The Gotham Independent Film Awards officially kicks off the 2011-12 award season which of course, leads to the granddaddy of the awards season, the Academy Awards!
Hosted by Edie Falco and Oliver Platt, the Gotham Awards also gave career tributes to Charlize Theron, Gary Oldman, David Cronenberg and Tom Rothman.
"Beginners" also took home the Best Ensemble Performance Award, "Better This World" won Best Documentary, Dee Rees who gave us the wonderful "Pariah" won Breakthrough Director, Felicity Jones for "Like Crazy" won Breakthrough Actor,...
Related Posts:
Ewan McGregor interview for "Beginners" right here
Mike Mills interview for "Beginners right here
The Gotham Independent Film Awards officially kicks off the 2011-12 award season which of course, leads to the granddaddy of the awards season, the Academy Awards!
Hosted by Edie Falco and Oliver Platt, the Gotham Awards also gave career tributes to Charlize Theron, Gary Oldman, David Cronenberg and Tom Rothman.
"Beginners" also took home the Best Ensemble Performance Award, "Better This World" won Best Documentary, Dee Rees who gave us the wonderful "Pariah" won Breakthrough Director, Felicity Jones for "Like Crazy" won Breakthrough Actor,...
- 11/29/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Brad Pitt in Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life Alexander Payne, Terrence Malick In; Woody Allen Out: Gotham Awards 2011 Best Feature (tie) * Beginners Mike Mills, director; Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech, Miranda de Pencier, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, producers (Focus Features) The Descendants Alexander Payne, director; Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor, producers (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Meek’s Cutoff Kelly Reichardt, director; Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani, Elizabeth Cuthrell, David Urrutia, producers (Oscilloscope Laboratories) Take Shelter Jeff Nichols, director; Tyler Davidson, Sophia Lin, producers (Sony Pictures Classics) * The Tree of Life Terrence Malick, director; Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Grant Hill, producers (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Best Documentary * Better This World Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega, directors; Katie Galloway, Kelly Duane de la Vega, Mike Nicholson, producers (Loteria Films, Picturebox, Motto Pictures and Passion Pictures; Itvs in association with American Documentary | Pov) Bill Cunningham New York Richard Press,...
- 11/29/2011
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life and Mike Mills’ Beginners shared the best feature award at Monday night’s 21st Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards. Other nominees for Best Feature were nominees were The Descendants, Meek’s Cutoff and Take Shelter. Girlfriend won the audience award and Dee Rees was named breakthrough director for Pariah. Mike Mills’ Beginners took best ensemble performance, and the prize for Best Film Not Seen In A Theater Near You went to Scenes of A Crime. Those filmmakers win a week’s run at Cinema Village in New York City. The win by Beginners was a big surprise as the movie bested the higher profile The Descendants, Jeff Nichols’ Take Shelter and Martha Marcy May Marlene. Best documentary was Better This World. Breakthrough Actor Award went to Felicity Jones for Like Crazy. Event took place at Cipriani on Wall Street. Complete list of winners:...
- 11/29/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
The 21st Annual Gotham Awards were handed out in New York City Monday night. The winners were as follows. Look for a complete on the scene report later tonight on HitFix. Best Feature "Beginners" Mike Mills, director; Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech, Miranda de Pencier, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, producers (Focus Features) "The Descendants" Alexander Payne, director; Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor, producers (Fox Searchlight Pictures) "Meek’s Cutoff" Kelly Reichardt, director; Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani, Elizabeth Cuthrell, David Urrutia, producers (Oscilloscope Laboratories) "Take Shelter" Jeff Nichols, director; Tyler Davidson,...
- 11/29/2011
- Hitfix
Georg Szalai
New York -- Beginners and The Tree of Life tied for best feature at the 21st annual Gotham Independent Awards on Monday night in New York. Beginners stars Christopher Plummer and Ewan McGregor in a comedy/drama about a young man rocked by news that his elderly father has terminal cancer and a young male lover. Mike Mills directed, with Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech, Miranda de Pencier, Jay Van Hoy and Lars Knudsen serving as producers of the Focus Features movie. Photos: Gotham Awards 2011 Red Carpet Arrivals Beginners, whose cast also includes Melanie Laurent, Goran Visnjic, Kai Lennox, Mary Page Keller and Keegan Boos, also won the
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New York -- Beginners and The Tree of Life tied for best feature at the 21st annual Gotham Independent Awards on Monday night in New York. Beginners stars Christopher Plummer and Ewan McGregor in a comedy/drama about a young man rocked by news that his elderly father has terminal cancer and a young male lover. Mike Mills directed, with Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech, Miranda de Pencier, Jay Van Hoy and Lars Knudsen serving as producers of the Focus Features movie. Photos: Gotham Awards 2011 Red Carpet Arrivals Beginners, whose cast also includes Melanie Laurent, Goran Visnjic, Kai Lennox, Mary Page Keller and Keegan Boos, also won the
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- 11/29/2011
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Blossom Films and Olympus Films have optioned the screen rights to the Kevin Wilson novel "The Family Fang" says Deadline.
The story follows a couple of performance artists who routinely sucked their kids into taking part in a variety of bizarre events.
When the resentful full grown children return home in a state of crisis, they are unwittingly enlisted to help in the execution of a daring and mysterious final performance who are hellbent on achieving the act of a lifetime.
The film is being developed as a starring vehicle for Kidman. She, Per Saari, Leslie Urdang and Dean Vanech will produce.
The story follows a couple of performance artists who routinely sucked their kids into taking part in a variety of bizarre events.
When the resentful full grown children return home in a state of crisis, they are unwittingly enlisted to help in the execution of a daring and mysterious final performance who are hellbent on achieving the act of a lifetime.
The film is being developed as a starring vehicle for Kidman. She, Per Saari, Leslie Urdang and Dean Vanech will produce.
- 10/28/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Blossom Films partners Nicole Kidman and Per Saari are reuniting with their Rabbit Hole co-producers at Olympus Films to option screen rights to the bestselling Kevin Wilson novel The Family Fang. They will develop the project as a starring vehicle for Kidman, who got a Best Actress nomination for Rabbit Hole. Olympus partners Leslie Urdang and Dean Vanech will produce with Kidman and Saari. The book is about a couple of performance artists who routinely sucked their kids into taking part in a variety of bizarre events. When the full grown children return home in a state of crisis, they are unwittingly enlisted to help in the execution of a daring and mysterious final performance by their parents, who are hellbent on achieving the act of a lifetime. Their kids harbor more than a little resentment and blame the performance art for how badly their own lives have turned out.
- 10/27/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Sure, The Oscars are what everyone pays attention to, but over the past few years, the awards known as The Gotham Awards have become more and more influential, and more and more intriguing.
With last year’s winner Winter’s Bone becoming the indie darling of last year’s awards season, it remains to be seen as to what this year’s award darling will be, but we know who it may very well end up being. The nominees for this year’s awards have been revealed, and they are not only interesting, but even have a big time Criterion connection amongst them.
Obviously the biggest winners here are the films The Descendants and Martha Marcy May Marlene, both of which walk away with the most nods respectively. Terrence Malick’s Tree Of Life is up for Best Feature, as is one of this writer’s other favorite 2011 releases, Steve James’ The Interrupters.
With last year’s winner Winter’s Bone becoming the indie darling of last year’s awards season, it remains to be seen as to what this year’s award darling will be, but we know who it may very well end up being. The nominees for this year’s awards have been revealed, and they are not only interesting, but even have a big time Criterion connection amongst them.
Obviously the biggest winners here are the films The Descendants and Martha Marcy May Marlene, both of which walk away with the most nods respectively. Terrence Malick’s Tree Of Life is up for Best Feature, as is one of this writer’s other favorite 2011 releases, Steve James’ The Interrupters.
- 10/21/2011
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: Nominees for the 21st Gotham Independent Film Awards were revealed this morning, and Fox Searchlight’s bound to be pleased.
Two films the studio will be pushing through the awards season – Alexander Payne’s “The Descendants” and Sean Durkin’s “Martha March May Marlene” – lead the pack with three nominations apiece, including Best Feature (for “Descendants”) and Best Ensemble Performance (for both films).
The studio’s “The Tree of Life,” director Terrence Malick’s rumination on creation and destruction, also scored a Best Feature nomination. All told, Searchlight nabbed eight Gotham nominations. The closest competitor was Focus Features and Sony Pictures Classics, each with three nominations to their names.
The remaining Best Feature nominees were Mike Mills’ “Beginners,” Jeff Nichols’ “Take Shelter” and Kelly Reichardt’s “Meek’s Cutoff.”
The Gotham Awards’ ceremony will be held on Nov. 28 … the same day the New York...
Hollywoodnews.com: Nominees for the 21st Gotham Independent Film Awards were revealed this morning, and Fox Searchlight’s bound to be pleased.
Two films the studio will be pushing through the awards season – Alexander Payne’s “The Descendants” and Sean Durkin’s “Martha March May Marlene” – lead the pack with three nominations apiece, including Best Feature (for “Descendants”) and Best Ensemble Performance (for both films).
The studio’s “The Tree of Life,” director Terrence Malick’s rumination on creation and destruction, also scored a Best Feature nomination. All told, Searchlight nabbed eight Gotham nominations. The closest competitor was Focus Features and Sony Pictures Classics, each with three nominations to their names.
The remaining Best Feature nominees were Mike Mills’ “Beginners,” Jeff Nichols’ “Take Shelter” and Kelly Reichardt’s “Meek’s Cutoff.”
The Gotham Awards’ ceremony will be held on Nov. 28 … the same day the New York...
- 10/20/2011
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
Continuing with their policy of spreading the joy in across all categories, the Gotham independent film award nominations has Sean Durkin’s Martha Marcy May Marlene and Alexander Payne’s The Descendantsleading the pack with three noms each, but mysteriously it is Durkin's gem that is pushed aside in a Best Feature category that includes Payne's film and Tree of Life, the other best indie film of the year in Jeff Nichols's Take Shelter, and a pair of films that many of us associate to 2010 in Meek's Cutoff and Beginners. The 21st gala will take place in late November. It would be a huge surprise if Martha Marcy May Marlene doesn't take home Breakthrough Actor (Elizabeth Olsen) and Breakthrough Director (the category see Durkin measure himself up against four other Sundance Film Festival newbies - he claimed the Best Directing prize at the festival), but in the Best Ensemble...
- 10/20/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
The Ifp have announced the nominees for their 21st Gotham Independent Film Awards.
Considered the kick off to awards season, this year’s leaders in nominations are Alexander Payne‘s The Descendants and Sean Durkin‘s Martha Marcy May Marlene with three nominations each.
Along with the competitive awards, Charlize Theron, Gary Oldman, David Cronenberg and Tom Rothman will each be presented with career tributes.
The full list of nominees are below. The awards will be handed out on Monday, November 28th at Cipriani Wall Street.
And from Nov. 18-21 be sure to check out the nominees of the Best Film Not Playing At A Theater Near You (selected by us at Filmmaker) when they screen at MoMA.
The nominees for the 21st Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards are:
Best Feature
Beginners
Mike Mills, director; Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech, Miranda de Pencier, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, producers (Focus Features)
The Descendants
Alexander Payne,...
Considered the kick off to awards season, this year’s leaders in nominations are Alexander Payne‘s The Descendants and Sean Durkin‘s Martha Marcy May Marlene with three nominations each.
Along with the competitive awards, Charlize Theron, Gary Oldman, David Cronenberg and Tom Rothman will each be presented with career tributes.
The full list of nominees are below. The awards will be handed out on Monday, November 28th at Cipriani Wall Street.
And from Nov. 18-21 be sure to check out the nominees of the Best Film Not Playing At A Theater Near You (selected by us at Filmmaker) when they screen at MoMA.
The nominees for the 21st Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards are:
Best Feature
Beginners
Mike Mills, director; Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech, Miranda de Pencier, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, producers (Focus Features)
The Descendants
Alexander Payne,...
- 10/20/2011
- by Jason Guerrasio
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
The heavy awards onslaught is gearing up and it is a good year to be Fox Searchlight. The 21st Gotham Independent Film Award Nominations have been announced and two of the studio’s films happen to lead the pack. Alexander Payne‘s The Descendants picked up nominations for Best Feature, Best Ensemble Performance and Best Breakthrough Actor. Their Sundance hit (and one of my personal favorites of the year) Martha Marcy May Marlene picked up Ensemble, Breakthrough Actor and Breakthrough Director for Sean Durkin.
That latter award is a great pack including Mike Cahill for Another Earth, Vera Farmiga for Higher Ground, Evan Glodell for Bellflower and Dee Rees for Pariah. It is also great to see my frontrunner for #1 film of 2011, Terrence Malick‘s The Tree of Life get a Best Feature nomination. Check out the noms below via indieWIRE.
New York, NY (October 20, 2011) – The Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp...
That latter award is a great pack including Mike Cahill for Another Earth, Vera Farmiga for Higher Ground, Evan Glodell for Bellflower and Dee Rees for Pariah. It is also great to see my frontrunner for #1 film of 2011, Terrence Malick‘s The Tree of Life get a Best Feature nomination. Check out the noms below via indieWIRE.
New York, NY (October 20, 2011) – The Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp...
- 10/20/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Thanks to Indiewire. Best Feature: Beginners Mike Mills, director; Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech, Miranda de Pencier, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, producers (Focus Features) The Descendants Alexander Payne, director; Jim Burke,...
- 10/20/2011
- by Sasha Stone
- AwardsDaily.com
American singer-songwriter Alecia Beth Moore, better known as Pink, has joined the cast of Olympus Pictures and Class 5 Films' independent comedy "Thanks for Sharing."According to Variety, the film marks the directorial debut of Stuart Blumberg, who was nominated for an Oscar for co-writing "The Kids Are All Right."Blumberg co-wrote the 'Sharing' screenplay with Matt Winston.Tim Robbins, Mark Ruffalo, Gwyneth Paltrow, Joely Richardson, Patrick Fugit and Josh Gad have also been cast.Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech and Miranda de Pencier will produce for Olympus, while William Migliore and David Koplan will produce for Class 5.The story focuses on a group of men developing friendships while in a 12-step program for recovering sex addicts.Production is underway in New York.Pink's other film credits...
- 10/4/2011
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
Writer-director Stuart Blumberg's (co-writer of The Kids are All Right; pictured top left) will bring his Thanks for Sharing to life with Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins, Gwyneth Paltrow, Patrick Fugit, Joely Richardson, Josh Gad and the newest cast member, Alecia Moore (a.k.a. Pink). The film is currently shooting in New York City, and follows a group of "unlikely friends brought together through their shared determination to recover from sex addiction and forge meaningful relationships for the first time in their lives." The dramatic comedy is produced by William Migliore and David Koplan (Class 5 Films, of which Blumberg is a partner), as well as Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech and Miranda de Pencier (Olympus Pictures, which is financing the film). Edward Norton is executive producer.
- 10/3/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
Class 5 Films and Olympus Pictures announced today that Alecia Moore (Aka P!nk) has been brought on board to co-star in writer/director Stuart Blumberg's dramedy Thanks for Sharing . Blumberg, who was previously nominated for a 2010 Academy Award for his The Kids Are All Right screenplay, will direct Moore in an ensemble cast that also includes Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins, Gwyneth Paltrow, Joely Richardson, Patrick Fugit and Josh Gad. Principal photography for Thanks for Sharing began in New York City in late September, and Moore joins the cast today. The project is being produced by William Migliore and David Koplan for Class 5 Films, where Blumberg also serves as partner, and Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech and Miranda de Pencier for Olympus Pictures, which is solely financing the...
- 10/3/2011
- Comingsoon.net
Thanks for Sharing casts Pink with Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins, Gwyneth Paltrow and Joely Richardson. Alecia Moore (Pink) has jumped on board her first movie role in Stuart Blumberg's Thanks for Sharing, a dramedy focusing on a group of recovering sex addicts. Moore will play Dede who bonds with Josh Gad's character. Blumberg wrote the critically-acclaimed The Kids Are All Right, also starring Mark Ruffalo, and helms and scripts here. Class 5 Films' William Migliore and David Koplan produce Thanks for Sharing alongside Blumberg as well as Olympis Pictures' Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech and Miranda de Pencier.
- 10/3/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Thanks for Sharing casts Pink with Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins, Gwyneth Paltrow and Joely Richardson. Alecia Moore (Pink) has jumped on board her first movie role in Stuart Blumberg's Thanks for Sharing, a dramedy focusing on a group of recovering sex addicts. Moore will play Dede who bonds with Josh Gad's character. Blumberg wrote the critically-acclaimed The Kids Are All Right, also starring Mark Ruffalo, and helms and scripts here. Class 5 Films' William Migliore and David Koplan produce Thanks for Sharing alongside Blumberg as well as Olympis Pictures' Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech and Miranda de Pencier.
- 10/3/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Josh Gad has joined the cast of Olympus Pictures and Class 5 Films' independent comedy "Thanks for Sharing."According to Variety, the film marks the directorial debut of Stuart Blumberg, who was nominated for an Oscar for co-writing "The Kids Are All Right."Blumberg co-wrote the 'Sharing' screenplay with Matt Winston.Tim Robbins, Mark Ruffalo, Gwyneth Paltrow and Joely Richardson have also been cast.Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech and Miranda de Pencier will produce for Olympus, while William Migliore and David Koplan will produce for Class 5.The story focuses on a group of men developing friendships while in a 12-step program for recovering sex addicts.Production begins in New York this month.Gad was last seen on the big screen in "Love and Other Drugs." He...
- 9/19/2011
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
Gwyneth Paltrow has joined the cast of Olympus Pictures and Class 5 Films' independent comedy "Thanks for Sharing."According to Variety, the film marks the directorial debut of Stuart Blumberg, who was nominated for an Oscar for co-writing "The Kids Are All Right."Blumberg co-wrote the 'Sharing' screenplay with Matt Winston.Tim Robbins, Mark Ruffalo and Joely Richardson have also been cast.Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech and Miranda de Pencier will produce for Olympus, while William Migliore and David Koplan will produce for Class 5.The story focuses on a group of men developing friendships while in a 12-step program for recovering sex addicts.Production begins in New York this month.Paltrow can be currently seen in the Steven Soderbergh thriller "Contagion."...
- 9/12/2011
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
Klaus Badelt is the composer of the upcoming indie dark comedy The Oranges. The movie is directed by Julian Farino (Entourage) and stars High Laurie, Leighton Meester, Catherine Keener, Adam Brody, Alia Shawkat, Allison Janney and Oliver Platt. The film centers on a man who begins an affair with the daughter of the family who lives across the street. Ian Helfer and Jay Reiss wrote the project’s screenplay. Anthony Bregman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), Leslie Urdang & Dean Vanech (Rabbit Hole, Beginners) are producing. Badelt previously worked with Bregman on last year’s comedy The Extra Man starring Kevin Kline. The Oranges is set to premiere at this year’s Toronto Film Festival. No distribution deal has been announced yet.
As previously reported, Badelt also has the drama Seven Days in Utopia opening this month in the Us and the French thriller Rebellion coming out in France this fall.
As previously reported, Badelt also has the drama Seven Days in Utopia opening this month in the Us and the French thriller Rebellion coming out in France this fall.
- 8/5/2011
- by filmmusicreporter
- Film Music Reporter
by: Lorenza Muñoz
Director Mike Mills was adrift in grief after having lost both of his parents within a few years of each other. So, he put it on paper and longed to turn it into a film. Nearly a decade later and with the financial backing of producers Leslie Urdang and Dean Vanech, he finally saw his story come to life. Beginners, is a semi-autobiographical story about Mills, the desire to find love and his aging father’s revelation that he was gay after being married to Mills’ mother for 44 years. Although it is a bittersweet story, it is less about loss than it is about embracing life. Mills, whose last feature, Thumbsucker, was a 2005 indie favorite, said he is grateful and fortunate to have worked with such talent as Ewan McGregor and the indefatigable Christopher Plummer who helped to ensure Beginners would not become a “self-pitying memoir.”
Lorenza...
Director Mike Mills was adrift in grief after having lost both of his parents within a few years of each other. So, he put it on paper and longed to turn it into a film. Nearly a decade later and with the financial backing of producers Leslie Urdang and Dean Vanech, he finally saw his story come to life. Beginners, is a semi-autobiographical story about Mills, the desire to find love and his aging father’s revelation that he was gay after being married to Mills’ mother for 44 years. Although it is a bittersweet story, it is less about loss than it is about embracing life. Mills, whose last feature, Thumbsucker, was a 2005 indie favorite, said he is grateful and fortunate to have worked with such talent as Ewan McGregor and the indefatigable Christopher Plummer who helped to ensure Beginners would not become a “self-pitying memoir.”
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- 5/26/2011
- by Film Independent
- Film Independent
When you’re rumoured to be the best paid actor in television (now that Charlie Sheen is devoted to spreading the gospel of “win” across America) and have become an unlikely sex symbol in your late forties, employing this relatively new-found superstardom on the big-screen can be more than a little tricky. Although onetime Stephen Fry sidekick Hugh Laurie had a movie career prior to the phenomenon that was his portrayal of a misanthropic medic (including the likes of Stuart Little and Maybe Baby), he failed to bring the revelatory small screen gravitas he has acquired since he became Gregory House to the cinema. Laurie’s one major live-action role since his trans-Atlantic success was David Ayer’s perfectly adequate, but rather unloved, Street Kings.
Now the former presidents of the Footlights is set to try again in an adaptation of Commonwealth Writer’s Prize winning novel Mr Pip by New Zealander Lloyd Jones.
Now the former presidents of the Footlights is set to try again in an adaptation of Commonwealth Writer’s Prize winning novel Mr Pip by New Zealander Lloyd Jones.
- 4/15/2011
- by Ben Szwediuk
- Obsessed with Film
Hugh Laurie (House) has been cast in an adaptation of the best-selling New Zealand author Lloyd Jones novel Mr. Pip. Andrew Adamson, Shrek 2 and Chronicles of Narnia, has written the screenplay and will direct and produce the film.
Laurie will play Mr. Watts, the only white man on a foreign island who volunteers to teach school as the natives defend their land from invaders. He reads the students Charles Dickens’ classic novel, Great Expectations, linking especially with a 13-year old girl, Matilda.
Lloyd Jones’ 2006 book, Mr. Pip was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
Adamson, who first optioned the film rights, said:
I read Mr. Pip on a transatlantic flight and, by the time of landing, knew I would make this film. It’s a testament to Lloyd’s wonderful novel that it has captured the hearts of Hugh, Robin, Leslie and an incredible group of like minded collaborators.
Laurie will play Mr. Watts, the only white man on a foreign island who volunteers to teach school as the natives defend their land from invaders. He reads the students Charles Dickens’ classic novel, Great Expectations, linking especially with a 13-year old girl, Matilda.
Lloyd Jones’ 2006 book, Mr. Pip was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
Adamson, who first optioned the film rights, said:
I read Mr. Pip on a transatlantic flight and, by the time of landing, knew I would make this film. It’s a testament to Lloyd’s wonderful novel that it has captured the hearts of Hugh, Robin, Leslie and an incredible group of like minded collaborators.
- 4/14/2011
- by Nikola Mraovic
- Filmofilia
Hugh Laurie ("House," "Blackadder") is set to star and Andrew Adamson ("Shrek," "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe") is attached to direct an adaptation of Lloyd Jones's novel "Mister Pip" for Eyeworks New Zealand, Agio Capital, Olympus Pictures and Focus Features International reports Deadline.
Laurie will play Mr. Watts, the last white man left on the war-torn island of Bougainville. Asked to open a school there, he reads the kids his favorite novel, Great Expectations. He bonds with the children over the book, which sheds some perspective on their own difficult lives.
Adamson, Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech and Robin Scholes will produce. Adamson adapted the script and shooting will begin in New Zealand next month.
Laurie will play Mr. Watts, the last white man left on the war-torn island of Bougainville. Asked to open a school there, he reads the kids his favorite novel, Great Expectations. He bonds with the children over the book, which sheds some perspective on their own difficult lives.
Adamson, Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech and Robin Scholes will produce. Adamson adapted the script and shooting will begin in New Zealand next month.
- 4/14/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Andrew Adamson is attached to direct House star Hugh Laurie in Mister Pip, an adaptation of the Lloyd Jones novel that Adamson has adapted for the screen. Shooting will begin in New Zealand next month, and Focus Features International has acquired international rights. Laurie will play Mr. Watts, the last white man left on the war-torn island of Bougainville. Asked to open a school there, he reads the kids his favorite novel, Great Expectations. He bonds with the children over the book, which sheds some perspective on their own difficult lives. Adamson will produce with Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech and Robin Scholes. Eyeworks New Zealand and Agio Capital are co-financing with Olympus Pictures, and the New Zealand Film Commission, Nz on Air and TV3 are also investors. UTA Independent Film Group put together the pieces. Adamson, who co-directed the first two installments of Shrek and directed the first two The Chronicles of Narnia films,...
- 4/13/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Chicago – In our latest drama edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 15 admit-two passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of the new film “Rabbit Hole” with Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart and Dianne Wiest.
“Rabbit Hole” also features Sandra Oh, Miles Teller, Tammy Blanchard, Giancarlo Esposito, Jon Tenney, Stephen Mailer, Mike Doyle, Roberta Wallach, Patricia Kalember, Ali Marsh, Yetta Gottesman and Colin Mitchell from director John Cameron Mitchell and writer David Lindsay-Abaire. The film, which opens in Chicago on Dec. 25, 2010, is produced by OddLot Entertainment and one of the producers is Chicagoan Gigi Pritzker.
To win your free pass to the advance Chicago screening of “Rabbit Hole” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question below. That’s it! This screening is on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.
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“Rabbit Hole” also features Sandra Oh, Miles Teller, Tammy Blanchard, Giancarlo Esposito, Jon Tenney, Stephen Mailer, Mike Doyle, Roberta Wallach, Patricia Kalember, Ali Marsh, Yetta Gottesman and Colin Mitchell from director John Cameron Mitchell and writer David Lindsay-Abaire. The film, which opens in Chicago on Dec. 25, 2010, is produced by OddLot Entertainment and one of the producers is Chicagoan Gigi Pritzker.
To win your free pass to the advance Chicago screening of “Rabbit Hole” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question below. That’s it! This screening is on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.
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- 12/11/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
There’s a new clip out for the upcoming Nicole Kidman vehicle, Rabbit Hole, and its release has me really wondering if this film is anyone’s radar, and whether or not anyone is eager to see it. Not exactly my normal fare, something about this one is making me wonder if I might wind up finding myself recommending it pretty strongly.
Take a look at the new clip, the trailer, and some info, and let me know what you think.
Rabbit Hole is a vivid, hopeful, honest and unexpectedly witty portrait of a family searching for what remains possible in the most impossible of all situations.
Becca and Howie Corbett (Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart) are returning to their everyday existence in the wake of a shocking, sudden loss. Just eight months ago, they were a happy suburban family with everything they wanted. Now, they are caught in a maze of memory,...
Take a look at the new clip, the trailer, and some info, and let me know what you think.
Rabbit Hole is a vivid, hopeful, honest and unexpectedly witty portrait of a family searching for what remains possible in the most impossible of all situations.
Becca and Howie Corbett (Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart) are returning to their everyday existence in the wake of a shocking, sudden loss. Just eight months ago, they were a happy suburban family with everything they wanted. Now, they are caught in a maze of memory,...
- 11/12/2010
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
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