Certain immutable facts of life will always stay the same. Monkeys are found on the ground, fish in the sea, birds up in the sky, and Hollywood will never stop rebooting every darn film under the sun. Nature in harmony, then.
The Craft is a 1996 supernatural horror flick that may not be a household name, but certainly has a strong cult following. One which led to a new installment being pushed into development, with early word that it would be a reboot. Things seemed to have changed, however, as Bloody Disgusting points out that the project will actually take the form of a sequel instead, and we’ve even got our first look at it today thanks to the trailer up above.
Zoe Lister-Jones has writing and directing credits on this new take on the property, while cast members include Cailee Spaeny, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone, Zoey Luna, David Duchovny,...
The Craft is a 1996 supernatural horror flick that may not be a household name, but certainly has a strong cult following. One which led to a new installment being pushed into development, with early word that it would be a reboot. Things seemed to have changed, however, as Bloody Disgusting points out that the project will actually take the form of a sequel instead, and we’ve even got our first look at it today thanks to the trailer up above.
Zoe Lister-Jones has writing and directing credits on this new take on the property, while cast members include Cailee Spaeny, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone, Zoey Luna, David Duchovny,...
- 9/29/2020
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Blumhouse’s remake of cult 1990s film The Craft now has a release date, and it’s coming sooner than we’d have thought. Likely owing to the Covid-19 crisis, The Craft will hit streaming first on October 27th via Prime Video, which will make it one of the highlights of an already crowded season for horror fans this year.
The reboot has been on the cards since at least 2015, and will roughly follow the plot of the original Andrew Fleming movie, wherein a group of high school girls band together as a coven of witches. The 1990s Craft is fondly remembered for its era fashions and some great performances from Neve Campbell, Fairuza Balk, Rachel True and Robin Tunney.
In the case of the Blumhouse version, Zoe Lister-Jones has writing and directing credits, and comes off the back of a strong television background and the independent production Band Aid.
The reboot has been on the cards since at least 2015, and will roughly follow the plot of the original Andrew Fleming movie, wherein a group of high school girls band together as a coven of witches. The 1990s Craft is fondly remembered for its era fashions and some great performances from Neve Campbell, Fairuza Balk, Rachel True and Robin Tunney.
In the case of the Blumhouse version, Zoe Lister-Jones has writing and directing credits, and comes off the back of a strong television background and the independent production Band Aid.
- 9/26/2020
- by Jessica James
- We Got This Covered
Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus in the film Downhill. Photo by Jaap Buitendijk. © 2020 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation All Rights Reserved
Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell star as a married couple who have their relationship shaken after near-miss with an avalanche while on a family ski vacation, in the dark comedy/drama Downhill. Nat Faxon and Jim Rash co-direct this American re-make of 2014 Force Majeure, Swedish director Ruben Ostlund’s biting comedy about how a man’s reaction to danger undermines his relationship with his wife and children. The term “force majeure” means an irresistible compulsion, like the man’s self-preservation response.
Ruben Ostlund’s dark comedy was sharply funny as well as thought-provoking. Like most English-language re-makes of international hits, Downhill is a paler version. Still, Downhill has its moments, comic and otherwise, largely thanks to the fine work of Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell. Their comic chemistry and...
Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell star as a married couple who have their relationship shaken after near-miss with an avalanche while on a family ski vacation, in the dark comedy/drama Downhill. Nat Faxon and Jim Rash co-direct this American re-make of 2014 Force Majeure, Swedish director Ruben Ostlund’s biting comedy about how a man’s reaction to danger undermines his relationship with his wife and children. The term “force majeure” means an irresistible compulsion, like the man’s self-preservation response.
Ruben Ostlund’s dark comedy was sharply funny as well as thought-provoking. Like most English-language re-makes of international hits, Downhill is a paler version. Still, Downhill has its moments, comic and otherwise, largely thanks to the fine work of Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell. Their comic chemistry and...
- 2/14/2020
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
A big problem many might have with the new film starring Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus called Downhill is that it is, simply put, not that funny. In fact, the film is currently billed as a comedy/drama, or dramedy if you will. This classification does the film a severe disservice as there isn’t really anything in the context of Downhill that feels like its intended to or should be taken as being all that funny. Even though some extremely funny people are involved in the project, the subject matter—the disillusionment of marital/familial bliss is, by all accounts, no laughing matter.
Downhill is a remake of the film Force Majeure (2014) from Swedish director Ruben Östund. While that film’s dry take on marital relationships following a pseudo-avalanche could be interpreted as a dry satire on the institutions of marriage and family, this new Americanized version, directed by...
Downhill is a remake of the film Force Majeure (2014) from Swedish director Ruben Östund. While that film’s dry take on marital relationships following a pseudo-avalanche could be interpreted as a dry satire on the institutions of marriage and family, this new Americanized version, directed by...
- 2/14/2020
- by Mike Tyrkus
- CinemaNerdz
With two very funny and very experienced Hollywood heavyweights leading the cast, it should come as no surprise that the feeling on the set of Searchlight's Downhill was one its young star Julian Grey described as "so much fun."
Working with Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus meant improvisation was a daily occurrence, a prop or two may have broken in the name of art and keeping a straight face was a real test of dramatic will, Grey explained Wednesday on the Sva Theater red carpet for the film's New York premiere. The energy was often high, but ...
Working with Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus meant improvisation was a daily occurrence, a prop or two may have broken in the name of art and keeping a straight face was a real test of dramatic will, Grey explained Wednesday on the Sva Theater red carpet for the film's New York premiere. The energy was often high, but ...
- 2/14/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
With two very funny and very experienced Hollywood heavyweights leading the cast, it should come as no surprise that the feeling on the set of Searchlight's Downhill was one its young star Julian Grey described as "so much fun."
Working with Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus meant improvisation was a daily occurrence, a prop or two may have broken in the name of art and keeping a straight face was a real test of dramatic will, Grey explained Wednesday on the Sva Theater red carpet for the film's New York premiere. The energy was often high, but ...
Working with Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus meant improvisation was a daily occurrence, a prop or two may have broken in the name of art and keeping a straight face was a real test of dramatic will, Grey explained Wednesday on the Sva Theater red carpet for the film's New York premiere. The energy was often high, but ...
- 2/14/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hollywood knockoffs of foreign-language films almost never work. Remember the recent Miss Bala (based on Mexico’s 2012 Oscars submission of the same name) and The Upside (the Kevin Hart/Bryan Cranston version of the 2011 French hit The Intouchables)? Downhill, an Americanized remake of 2014’s brilliant Force Majeure, turns Swedish director Ruben Östlund’s black-comic provocation into a bland muddle. Östlund’s prickly moral fable felt like if Ingmar Bergman directed a National Lampoon’s Ski Vacation. The dreary and disconcertingly unfunny Downhill . The rich possibilities in the casting of Will Ferrell...
- 2/12/2020
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
The inciting incident of Downhill takes place on the deck of a ski resort in the Alps. In the midst of lunch, a family of four watches a controlled avalanche tumble towards the outdoor restaurant where they’re eating. It continues growing in size and severity, and those around them begin panicking and ducking for cover. The family’s father follows suit, grabbing his phone off the table and running for safety, leaving his wife and two sons to withstand the arctic blast. The quick whiteout ends up being a false alarm, but the real damage has just begun.
If that momentous scene sounds familiar, it’s because it already exists. Directors Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, collaborating on a script with Succession creator Jesse Armstrong, have Americanized and remade Ruben Ostlund’s 2014 black comedy Force Majeure. Which is to say they have brought in two comedy heavyweights in Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus,...
If that momentous scene sounds familiar, it’s because it already exists. Directors Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, collaborating on a script with Succession creator Jesse Armstrong, have Americanized and remade Ruben Ostlund’s 2014 black comedy Force Majeure. Which is to say they have brought in two comedy heavyweights in Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus,...
- 1/27/2020
- by Jake Kring-Schreifels
- The Film Stage
Pete (Will Ferrell) and Billie (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) are a prosperous American couple who’ve taken their two sons on a ski vacation to the Alps. Are they having fun yet? That’s a question that hovers over the movie, as the family members hit the slopes and make pilgrimages to the alpine-lodge restaurant, or retire to their room, where they always feel guilty about playing games or watching TV, since they could do that anywhere. In the cold designer bathroom, Pete and Billie stand next to each other and stare at the mirror with humdrum familiarity. They’re on vacation, and doing their best to relax and enjoy themselves, but the very act of trying so hard reveals that something is off.
If “Downhill” were a Will Ferrell comedy, it might have played like “National Lampoon’s Ski-Lift Vacation,” full of snowy collisions and people making drunken holiday idiots of themselves.
If “Downhill” were a Will Ferrell comedy, it might have played like “National Lampoon’s Ski-Lift Vacation,” full of snowy collisions and people making drunken holiday idiots of themselves.
- 1/27/2020
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
When “Parasite” filmmaker Bong Joon Ho won this year’s Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign-Language Film, the beloved Korean auteur used his podium to deliver a necessary message: “Once you overcome the one-inch tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films.” It’s a lesson any film fan could stand to learn, including the audience who opts to take in Nat Faxon and Jim Rash’s well-intentioned but ultimately flat “Downhill,” an Americanized remake of Ruben Östlund’s understandably lauded 2014 black comedy “Force Majeure.” While the duo have snagged an enviable cast, with Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell taking on the lead roles of a married couple on edge, and a script co-written by “Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong,
It’s clear from the start that Faxon and Rash have a lot of affection for Östlund’s feature — hell, they didn’t even bother...
It’s clear from the start that Faxon and Rash have a lot of affection for Östlund’s feature — hell, they didn’t even bother...
- 1/27/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Zoe Lister-Jones’ Blumhouse/Red Wagon/Sony feature reboot The Craft has added Donald MacLean Jr. His role is being kept under wraps as he joins the growing cast of Michelle Monaghan, David Duchovny, Cailee Spaeny, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone, Zoey Luna, Nicholas Galitzine and Julian Grey.
MacLean’s credits include eOne/IFC’s Nurses and CBC’s Workin’ Moms. He is repped by Vanderwerff Talent and Thruline Entertainment.
Lister-Jones is writing, directing and executive producing the reimagining of the 1996 film.
Producing are Jason Blum for Blumhouse and Oscar-winning producer Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher for Red Wagon Entertainment. Wick was aboard as producer on the first film. Executive producing are Andrew Fleming, who directed and co-wrote the original film; Lucas Wiesendanger, from Red Wagon Entertainment; Natalia Anderson; Daniel Bekerman; and Couper Samuelson, Jeanette Volturno and Bea Sequeira for Blumhouse.
MacLean’s credits include eOne/IFC’s Nurses and CBC’s Workin’ Moms. He is repped by Vanderwerff Talent and Thruline Entertainment.
Lister-Jones is writing, directing and executive producing the reimagining of the 1996 film.
Producing are Jason Blum for Blumhouse and Oscar-winning producer Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher for Red Wagon Entertainment. Wick was aboard as producer on the first film. Executive producing are Andrew Fleming, who directed and co-wrote the original film; Lucas Wiesendanger, from Red Wagon Entertainment; Natalia Anderson; Daniel Bekerman; and Couper Samuelson, Jeanette Volturno and Bea Sequeira for Blumhouse.
- 11/6/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
It was recently revealed that David Duchovny (The X-Files) had joined the cast of the upcoming remake of the teen witch movie The Craft. Now we have a couple of other additions to the cast with Michelle Monaghan and Julian Grey, the young actor from the mini-series Godless, as well us the upcoming Will Ferrell flick, Downhill.
The cast already includes the main group of girls, Cailee Spaeny (Bad Times at the El Royal), Gideon Adlon (Blockers), Lovie Simone (Greenleaf), and Zoey Luna (Pose), as well as Nicholas Galitzine.
The movie will be similar to its 1996 original, following a group of teen girls who decide to dabble in witchcraft in order to further their social standings, get the guy, get back at the bullies, etc. No one asked for this to be remade, but we are getting it anyway.
Is this a movie you’ll be checking out?
Source: Deadline...
The cast already includes the main group of girls, Cailee Spaeny (Bad Times at the El Royal), Gideon Adlon (Blockers), Lovie Simone (Greenleaf), and Zoey Luna (Pose), as well as Nicholas Galitzine.
The movie will be similar to its 1996 original, following a group of teen girls who decide to dabble in witchcraft in order to further their social standings, get the guy, get back at the bullies, etc. No one asked for this to be remade, but we are getting it anyway.
Is this a movie you’ll be checking out?
Source: Deadline...
- 10/25/2019
- by Jessica Fisher
- GeekTyrant
Michelle Monaghan has joined the cast of “The Craft” remake, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
Zoe Lister-Jones is writing, directing and executive producing the reimagining of the 1996 film. The story centers on a teenage girl and high school outcast who falls in with three other girls who practice witchcraft. As they cast spells and curses on those they dislike, they soon face the consequences of those actions. David Duchovny, Cailee Spaeny, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone, Zoey Luna, Nicholas Galitzine and Julian Grey also star.
Jason Blum is producing for Blumhouse, while Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher are producing for Red Wagon Entertainment. Wick also produced the original film. Andrew Fleming, Lucas Wiesendanger, Natalia Anderson, Daniel Bekerman, Couper Samuelson, Jeannette Volturno and Bea Sequiera are executive producing. Blumhouse and Columbia are co-financing the film.
Also Read: Cailee Spaeny to Star in 'The Craft' Remake for...
Zoe Lister-Jones is writing, directing and executive producing the reimagining of the 1996 film. The story centers on a teenage girl and high school outcast who falls in with three other girls who practice witchcraft. As they cast spells and curses on those they dislike, they soon face the consequences of those actions. David Duchovny, Cailee Spaeny, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone, Zoey Luna, Nicholas Galitzine and Julian Grey also star.
Jason Blum is producing for Blumhouse, while Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher are producing for Red Wagon Entertainment. Wick also produced the original film. Andrew Fleming, Lucas Wiesendanger, Natalia Anderson, Daniel Bekerman, Couper Samuelson, Jeannette Volturno and Bea Sequiera are executive producing. Blumhouse and Columbia are co-financing the film.
Also Read: Cailee Spaeny to Star in 'The Craft' Remake for...
- 10/24/2019
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Exclusive: The True Detective Golden Globe nominated actress is boarding Blumhouse-Sony-Red Wagon’s reboot of the 1996 teen witchcraft feature The Craft.
Michelle Monaghan joins the growing Craft cast of David Duchovny, Cailee Spaeny, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone, Zoey Luna, Nicholas Galitzine and Julian Grey all who’ve been announced. Monaghan’s role is being kept under wraps. The original movie followed a newcomer at a Catholic prep high school who falls in with a trio of outcast teen girls who practice witchcraft, and wage curses against those who tick them off.
She’ll next be seen in Netflix’s 2020 geo-political thriller series Messiah in which Monaghan plays CIA agent Eve Geller. When a CIA officer investigates a man attracting international attention and followers through acts of public disruption, she embarks on a global, high-stakes mission to uncover whether he is a divine entity or a deceptive con artist.
Michelle Monaghan joins the growing Craft cast of David Duchovny, Cailee Spaeny, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone, Zoey Luna, Nicholas Galitzine and Julian Grey all who’ve been announced. Monaghan’s role is being kept under wraps. The original movie followed a newcomer at a Catholic prep high school who falls in with a trio of outcast teen girls who practice witchcraft, and wage curses against those who tick them off.
She’ll next be seen in Netflix’s 2020 geo-political thriller series Messiah in which Monaghan plays CIA agent Eve Geller. When a CIA officer investigates a man attracting international attention and followers through acts of public disruption, she embarks on a global, high-stakes mission to uncover whether he is a divine entity or a deceptive con artist.
- 10/24/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Zoe Lister-Jones is writing and directing a new take on 1996’s The Craft for Blumhouse, Red Wagon and Sony, with Cailee Spaeny (Pacific Rim: Uprising), Gideon Adlon (“The Society”), Lovie Simone (Selah & the Spades) and Zoey Luna (15: A Quinceañera Story) set to star as the main characters. Deadline reports tonight that Julian Grey (“Godless”) will also star. The cast also includes David Duchovny and […]...
- 10/22/2019
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Julian Grey has boarded Sony/Blumhouse/Red Wagon’s reboot of 1990s femme witchcraft pic The Craft which Zoe Lister-Jones is writing, directing and exec producing.
A native Angelino, Grey recently wrapped his first feature film playing the fearless son of Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Fox Searchlight’s Downhill, directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. The film, based on the Golden Globe nominated Swedish film Force Majeure follows a family on a winter ski vacation who become rattled in the aftermath of a diverted avalanche and their father’s cowardly behavior.
Grey’s TV projects include Fox’s Wayward Pines and Netflix’s critically-acclaimed gritty western Godless, in which he plays the son of the town Sheriff (Scoot McNairy) and young nephew of Emmy-winner Merritt Wever. Grey is repped by Innovative Artists, Untitled Entertainment, and Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson.
Jason Blum under his...
A native Angelino, Grey recently wrapped his first feature film playing the fearless son of Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Fox Searchlight’s Downhill, directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. The film, based on the Golden Globe nominated Swedish film Force Majeure follows a family on a winter ski vacation who become rattled in the aftermath of a diverted avalanche and their father’s cowardly behavior.
Grey’s TV projects include Fox’s Wayward Pines and Netflix’s critically-acclaimed gritty western Godless, in which he plays the son of the town Sheriff (Scoot McNairy) and young nephew of Emmy-winner Merritt Wever. Grey is repped by Innovative Artists, Untitled Entertainment, and Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson.
Jason Blum under his...
- 10/22/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Kirsten Howard Joseph Baxter Nov 6, 2019
Blumhouse is moving forward with a reboot movie of The Craft, which will star Cailee Spaeny.
The Craft, the classic drama fueled by gothy teen angst, a soundtrack of ‘90s alternative rock and a coven of teen witches, is – as nixed previous iterations from the past years have suggested – getting a reboot/remake treatment, now by way of Blumhouse and Columbia Pictures.
Arriving all the way back in 1996, making it we-don't-want-to-do-the-maths-re-the-years-because-we'll-feel-even-more-ancient-than-we-already-do years old, The Craft was a deceptively silly teen horror movie that has stood the test of time due to its otherwise complex themes such as empowerment and sexual assault. It made a little (but not a huge amount of) money for Columbia Pictures at the box office back then, but performed well upon its home release, and these days you'd be hard-pressed to find someone who doesn't have a fair amount of love for it.
Blumhouse is moving forward with a reboot movie of The Craft, which will star Cailee Spaeny.
The Craft, the classic drama fueled by gothy teen angst, a soundtrack of ‘90s alternative rock and a coven of teen witches, is – as nixed previous iterations from the past years have suggested – getting a reboot/remake treatment, now by way of Blumhouse and Columbia Pictures.
Arriving all the way back in 1996, making it we-don't-want-to-do-the-maths-re-the-years-because-we'll-feel-even-more-ancient-than-we-already-do years old, The Craft was a deceptively silly teen horror movie that has stood the test of time due to its otherwise complex themes such as empowerment and sexual assault. It made a little (but not a huge amount of) money for Columbia Pictures at the box office back then, but performed well upon its home release, and these days you'd be hard-pressed to find someone who doesn't have a fair amount of love for it.
- 3/26/2019
- Den of Geek
In today’s film news roundup, “Coming to America 2” gets a director, Quincy Jones and James Blum get an honor and production begins on the Julia Louis-Dreyfus-Will Ferrell’s comedy-drama “Downhill.”
Director Attached
Paramount Pictures has hired “Hustle & Flow” helmer Craig Brewer to direct its sequel to the 1988 Eddie Murphy comedy “Coming to America.” Murphy is expected to return as the star.
The project has been in the works for several years with Jonathan Levine previously attached to direct. The California Film Commission awarded Paramount a $13 million tax credit last April for “Coming to America 2” but that was conditioned on production launching within 180 days.
Kenya Barris has been attached since 2017 to rewrite a script by original “Coming to America” writers Barry Blaustein and David Sheffield. Murphy is producing with Kevin Misher.
The original movie was directed by John Landis, with Murphy playing a charming African prince who traveled to...
Director Attached
Paramount Pictures has hired “Hustle & Flow” helmer Craig Brewer to direct its sequel to the 1988 Eddie Murphy comedy “Coming to America.” Murphy is expected to return as the star.
The project has been in the works for several years with Jonathan Levine previously attached to direct. The California Film Commission awarded Paramount a $13 million tax credit last April for “Coming to America 2” but that was conditioned on production launching within 180 days.
Kenya Barris has been attached since 2017 to rewrite a script by original “Coming to America” writers Barry Blaustein and David Sheffield. Murphy is producing with Kevin Misher.
The original movie was directed by John Landis, with Murphy playing a charming African prince who traveled to...
- 1/12/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
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