Okay film fans, back to the bar. No, we’re not going to meet at the local pub after the multiplex (although many may want to run there after the big holiday meal). I’m referring to the setting of many a drama and even a few comedies (My Cousin Vinny for example), the courtroom. In and out of that “hallowed ground” , the role of attorney can be a showcase for actors as they deal literally with matters of life and death (Raymond Burr achieved iconic status for his TV law superstar Perry Mason). The trial based thrillers of John Grisham have given several such roles for many, while several veteran thespians have earned acclaim (Paul Newman in The Verdict) with cross-examinations and closing statements. Now another of today’s most celebrated actors approaches the bench as Roman J. Israel, Esq., a most unusual “legal eagle”.
We meet Mr. Israel...
We meet Mr. Israel...
- 11/22/2017
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Maybe you like finding new international talent like I do. The ones who are fluent in English are the upcoming talents for U.S. hits, whether indie or studio. So you want to meet Amit Masurkari, writer and director of ‘Newton’.
India’s submission to the Oscar’s foreign-language category, Newton is an indie that in India has achieved box office numbers comparable to mid-range mainstream films. Its Roi was 3x the production cost.
Drishyam Films produced the Hindi-language film, about a rookie poll officer who overcomes the odds to conduct free and fair elections in a remote tribal area, on a budget of 45 million rupees ($692,000). It opened September 22 in India and grossed $4.8 million.
I interviewed Amit Masurkari about his film which premiered at the Berlinale Forum and won the Cicae Award. The Cicae Award is given by the international association of art house exhibitors.
The film is funny and...
India’s submission to the Oscar’s foreign-language category, Newton is an indie that in India has achieved box office numbers comparable to mid-range mainstream films. Its Roi was 3x the production cost.
Drishyam Films produced the Hindi-language film, about a rookie poll officer who overcomes the odds to conduct free and fair elections in a remote tribal area, on a budget of 45 million rupees ($692,000). It opened September 22 in India and grossed $4.8 million.
I interviewed Amit Masurkari about his film which premiered at the Berlinale Forum and won the Cicae Award. The Cicae Award is given by the international association of art house exhibitors.
The film is funny and...
- 11/17/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
French actor who made his name in sex farces of the 1970s and missed out on a starring role in Terry’s Gilliam’s Don Quixote film
With his lean, tall figure, his sunken, weary features, doleful eyes, moustache and prominent nose, the French actor Jean Rochefort, who has died aged 87, seemed born to play Don Quixote. Terry Gilliam thought the same when in 1998 he cast Rochefort as the idealistic and impractical Don in The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, which was also to have featured Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis in leading roles.
Everything was set up when Rochefort fell ill with prostate problems that meant he could not sit on a horse. Shooting was abandoned after a few days because Gilliam would not replace Rochefort. Despite many attempts to restart the project (which themselves became the subject of the 2002 documentary Lost in La Mancha), with different actors as...
With his lean, tall figure, his sunken, weary features, doleful eyes, moustache and prominent nose, the French actor Jean Rochefort, who has died aged 87, seemed born to play Don Quixote. Terry Gilliam thought the same when in 1998 he cast Rochefort as the idealistic and impractical Don in The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, which was also to have featured Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis in leading roles.
Everything was set up when Rochefort fell ill with prostate problems that meant he could not sit on a horse. Shooting was abandoned after a few days because Gilliam would not replace Rochefort. Despite many attempts to restart the project (which themselves became the subject of the 2002 documentary Lost in La Mancha), with different actors as...
- 10/9/2017
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
Rochefort, who scored a major international success in The Hairdresser’s Husband, was also cast as Don Quixote in Terry Gilliam’s ill-fated Cervantes adaptation
Related: After 17 years, has Terry Gilliam finally broken the curse of Don Quixote?
Jean Rochefort, the French actor who played a key role in one of the most ill-fated movie sagas in Hollywood history, has died aged 87, his daughter said on Monday.
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Related: After 17 years, has Terry Gilliam finally broken the curse of Don Quixote?
Jean Rochefort, the French actor who played a key role in one of the most ill-fated movie sagas in Hollywood history, has died aged 87, his daughter said on Monday.
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- 10/9/2017
- by Staff and agencies
- The Guardian - Film News
The actor - branded the 'perfect Don Quixote' - had a career spanning over five decades...
- 10/9/2017
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - Film
Nothing about “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote” has come easy for Terry Gilliam. After his first attempt to make the movie nearly two decades got washed out by weather, with one piece of bad luck coming after another (captured with tragic beauty in the documentary “Lost In La Mancha“), the director has forever been trying to get his film back in front of cameras.
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- 10/5/2017
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
“Our gentleman was approximately fifty years old; his complexion was weathered, his flesh scrawny, his face gaunt, and he was a very early riser and a great lover of the hunt.” What the description lacks in flattery it redeems with comic affection. A few pages later, Cervantes’ Don Quixote (by way of Edith Grossman’s English translation) imagines describing himself, to a love interest, as “never sufficiently praised.” Can you picture Steve Coogan in the role? Gone bonkers from reading too many books, yearning for a campaign of romantic chivalry and publicly displayed valor, Quixote recruits his farmer neighbor Sancho Panza, “a good man…without much in the way of brains,” who, when promised an island, “left his wife and children and agreed to be his neighbor’s squire.” Here, how about Rob Brydon? Assuming you even know who he is.It was Brydon, in 2010’s The Trip, who wryly...
- 8/16/2017
- MUBI
Could these two be more adorable?
Gina Rodriguez used her boyfriend Joe LoCicero's birthday on Wednesday to express her love for him. The Jane the Virgin star shared a photo of herself in a floral dress hugged up on LoCicero at a winery, along with a heartfelt message. "To my king. I love you," she captioned the Pda pic. "Happy birthday. #sexiestmanAlive"
More: Jennifer Lawrence Gushes Over Boyfriend Darren Aronofsky -- 'I Had Energy for Him'
Her boyfriend's birthday comes just a few weeks after Rodriguez herself celebrated turning another year older. The 33-year-old actress also posted a cozy photo with LoCicero on her birthday, writing: "A couple that is barefoot together stays together. I want all my birthdays with you.
Gina Rodriguez used her boyfriend Joe LoCicero's birthday on Wednesday to express her love for him. The Jane the Virgin star shared a photo of herself in a floral dress hugged up on LoCicero at a winery, along with a heartfelt message. "To my king. I love you," she captioned the Pda pic. "Happy birthday. #sexiestmanAlive"
More: Jennifer Lawrence Gushes Over Boyfriend Darren Aronofsky -- 'I Had Energy for Him'
Her boyfriend's birthday comes just a few weeks after Rodriguez herself celebrated turning another year older. The 33-year-old actress also posted a cozy photo with LoCicero on her birthday, writing: "A couple that is barefoot together stays together. I want all my birthdays with you.
- 8/10/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Summer is rarely the kindest season for indie film, but this year one title stood out: “47 Meters Down,” released by Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios. The Mandy Moore shark movie, which the distributor rescued from Dimension Films moments before it went direct to DVD, has earned over $42 million in its domestic release. It’s impressive — but Allen scoffed at the idea of becoming the new king of independents.
“I’m not chasing independence, I’m chasing Walt Disney,” he said. “I’m looking for a large piece of that box-office pie, not a tiny piece of that box-office pie.”
Allen, who began as a stand-up comedian, has the ambition to be a modern-day Walt Disney — or, he could be a 21st-century Don Quixote. As founder, chairman, and CEO of Entertainment Studios, Allen makes over $100 million annually syndicating and selling ad time on low-budget shows like “Comics Unleashed” and “We the People With Gloria Allred,...
“I’m not chasing independence, I’m chasing Walt Disney,” he said. “I’m looking for a large piece of that box-office pie, not a tiny piece of that box-office pie.”
Allen, who began as a stand-up comedian, has the ambition to be a modern-day Walt Disney — or, he could be a 21st-century Don Quixote. As founder, chairman, and CEO of Entertainment Studios, Allen makes over $100 million annually syndicating and selling ad time on low-budget shows like “Comics Unleashed” and “We the People With Gloria Allred,...
- 7/27/2017
- by Michael Nordine and Dana Harris
- Indiewire
Juliette Lewis is headed to Epix. Deadline reports the Secrets and Lies star has joined season two of the TV series Graves.The dramedy stars Nick Nolte as a former U.S. president who embarks on a Don Quixote-like quest to right the wrongs of his administration and reclaim his legacy. The cast also includes Skylar Astin, Heléne Yorke, Chris Lowell, Callie Hernandez, Nia Vardalos, Ernie Hudson, Roger Bart, and Angélica Maria.Read More…...
- 7/12/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The folks marketing Doug Nichol’s new documentary, California Typewriter, clearly know how to lead with their strongest material, because the opening moments of the film’s first trailer get right to the good stuff: celebrity typewriter fan Tom Hanks waxing nostalgic about his collection of more than 200 machines.
Hanks is joined by fellow enthusiasts like John Mayer, author David McCullough, and a number of Don Quixote-types hoping to beat back the digital world with their gentle clicks and clacks. California Typewriter arrives in select theaters this August, ahead of an ironically digital iTunes release.
[via Rolling Stone]...
Hanks is joined by fellow enthusiasts like John Mayer, author David McCullough, and a number of Don Quixote-types hoping to beat back the digital world with their gentle clicks and clacks. California Typewriter arrives in select theaters this August, ahead of an ironically digital iTunes release.
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- 7/8/2017
- by William Hughes
- avclub.com
Gwyneth Paltrow has conquered one of her greatest fears . . . vacation.
The Goop founder just completed a two-week tour around France and Spain that included some work — speaking on a panel in Cannes — and some play — chilling on a yacht with ex-husband Chris Martin. To most, the jaunt looks like a dream trip, but the Los Angeles–based mom of two revealed in an Instagram post on Sunday, it was actually a personal challenge for the self-described homebody.
“Two week trip complete,” she wrote, adding “#victorydanceofahomebody.”
Related: Kim and Kanye ‘Put on Hoodies’ and Secretly Explored Tokyo with No Media, ‘Just Us,...
The Goop founder just completed a two-week tour around France and Spain that included some work — speaking on a panel in Cannes — and some play — chilling on a yacht with ex-husband Chris Martin. To most, the jaunt looks like a dream trip, but the Los Angeles–based mom of two revealed in an Instagram post on Sunday, it was actually a personal challenge for the self-described homebody.
“Two week trip complete,” she wrote, adding “#victorydanceofahomebody.”
Related: Kim and Kanye ‘Put on Hoodies’ and Secretly Explored Tokyo with No Media, ‘Just Us,...
- 6/26/2017
- by Mackenzie Schmidt
- PEOPLE.com
Graves has some new company. Deadline reports It's Always Sunny star Joanna Sanchez has joined season two of the Epix TV show.The dramedy stars Nick Nolte as a former U.S. president who embarks on a Don Quixote-like quest to right the wrongs of his administration and reclaim his legacy. The cast also includes Skylar Astin, Heléne Yorke, Chris Lowell, Callie Hernandez, Nia Vardalos, Ernie Hudson, Roger Bart, and Angélica Maria.Read More…...
- 6/24/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Author: Linda Marric
Director Andrew Kötting’s latest Psycho-geographical feature offers up far more questions than it is likely to answer, and his many fans wouldn’t want to have it otherwise. Edith Walks is a brilliantly shambolic and wonderfully ramshackle adventure which reconciles it audiences with the weird and wonderful world of King Harold’s “handfast” wife Edith The Fair (Edith Swan Neck), who alone was able to identify his mutilated body as he lay dead after the battle of Hastings in 1066.
Featuring author Iain Sinclair and with a truly impressive performance from brilliantly eclectic singer Claudia Barton as Edith herself, the film is a pilgrimage of sorts which seeks to retrace Harold’s lover’s journey from Waltham Abbey in Essex via Battle Abbey to St Leonards-On-Sea to be reconnected with her dead king.
Accompanied by a merry band of weird and wonderful characters, Kötting uses a super...
Director Andrew Kötting’s latest Psycho-geographical feature offers up far more questions than it is likely to answer, and his many fans wouldn’t want to have it otherwise. Edith Walks is a brilliantly shambolic and wonderfully ramshackle adventure which reconciles it audiences with the weird and wonderful world of King Harold’s “handfast” wife Edith The Fair (Edith Swan Neck), who alone was able to identify his mutilated body as he lay dead after the battle of Hastings in 1066.
Featuring author Iain Sinclair and with a truly impressive performance from brilliantly eclectic singer Claudia Barton as Edith herself, the film is a pilgrimage of sorts which seeks to retrace Harold’s lover’s journey from Waltham Abbey in Essex via Battle Abbey to St Leonards-On-Sea to be reconnected with her dead king.
Accompanied by a merry band of weird and wonderful characters, Kötting uses a super...
- 6/20/2017
- by Linda Marric
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Prepare to get hungry for great food, beautiful vistas, celebrity impressions and the sorts of cruel jokes only two best friends can get away with, as IFC has released the official trailer for “The Trip to Spain.”
Read More: ‘Rules Don’t Apply’ Actor Steve Coogan on the Magical Year of ‘Philomena’ – Awards Season Flashback
Directed by Michael Winterbottom, “Spain” is the third film chronicling actors Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon’s culinary adventures through Europe (the previous installments took them through England and Italy). Playing (a version of) themselves, the two real life friends consume six incredible meals while trading barbs and Roger Moore impressions, as seen in the trailer below. The film also includes plenty of Spain-specific references, including a memorable homage to “Don Quixote.”
In his review, IndieWire’s David Ehrlich declared that “The Trip to Spain” was the year’s funniest film, writing that “director Michael Winterbottom...
Read More: ‘Rules Don’t Apply’ Actor Steve Coogan on the Magical Year of ‘Philomena’ – Awards Season Flashback
Directed by Michael Winterbottom, “Spain” is the third film chronicling actors Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon’s culinary adventures through Europe (the previous installments took them through England and Italy). Playing (a version of) themselves, the two real life friends consume six incredible meals while trading barbs and Roger Moore impressions, as seen in the trailer below. The film also includes plenty of Spain-specific references, including a memorable homage to “Don Quixote.”
In his review, IndieWire’s David Ehrlich declared that “The Trip to Spain” was the year’s funniest film, writing that “director Michael Winterbottom...
- 6/14/2017
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
Director Terry Gilliam has finally wrapped production on The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, which has been in the works for 17 years. Terry Gilliam Completes Don Quixote Project Gilliam has gotten so stuck on this project over the years that a documentary about his efforts was even completed before this film (called The Man Who Shot Don […]
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- 6/8/2017
- by Hillary Luehring-Jones
- Uinterview
Despite lead actors falling ill and sets washed away in flash floods, the director’s Cervantes film is finally in the can. But will a movie that has lingered in development hell be worth the wait?
‘Terry Gilliam has finished The Man Who Killed Don Quixote.” It’s a sentence that anyone familiar with this most prolonged of movie-making sagas would never have expected to read. Over its gestation period of two decades, the Monty Python man’s doomed attempt to bring Cervantes’s “unfilmable” novel to the screen has become one of the most famous examples of development hell. It has inspired numerous articles and even a documentary about its disastrous production, as well as hushed rumours that both the film and Gilliam were cursed.
Even when Don Quixote first went into pre-production, way back in 1998, it seemed destined for trouble. Gilliam had put together a wildly ambitious script...
‘Terry Gilliam has finished The Man Who Killed Don Quixote.” It’s a sentence that anyone familiar with this most prolonged of movie-making sagas would never have expected to read. Over its gestation period of two decades, the Monty Python man’s doomed attempt to bring Cervantes’s “unfilmable” novel to the screen has become one of the most famous examples of development hell. It has inspired numerous articles and even a documentary about its disastrous production, as well as hushed rumours that both the film and Gilliam were cursed.
Even when Don Quixote first went into pre-production, way back in 1998, it seemed destined for trouble. Gilliam had put together a wildly ambitious script...
- 6/6/2017
- by Gwilym Mumford
- The Guardian - Film News
Big World Pictures
Founded in 2013 and run almost single-handedly by Jonathan Howell, Big World Pictures is a non-profit distribution outfit dedicated to bringing the best in world cinema to film enthusiasts across the United States.
“As an expansion of the mission of our critically-acclaimed short film distribution wing, The World According to Shorts, Big World Pictures is dedicated to bringing the best in world cinema to film enthusiasts across the United States. We acquire only three to four feature films annually for theatrical release, in addition to several short films (to be released through The World According to Shorts), and ten to twelve feature films annually for video/VOD/TV release.”
Opening at Laemmle’s Royal in L.A. day and date with New York’s Lincoln Plaza Cinemas on June 23, Luc Bondy’s modern-day adaptation of the classic Marivaux play, “False Confessions”, starring Isabelle Huppert, Louis Garrel and Bulle Ogier...
Founded in 2013 and run almost single-handedly by Jonathan Howell, Big World Pictures is a non-profit distribution outfit dedicated to bringing the best in world cinema to film enthusiasts across the United States.
“As an expansion of the mission of our critically-acclaimed short film distribution wing, The World According to Shorts, Big World Pictures is dedicated to bringing the best in world cinema to film enthusiasts across the United States. We acquire only three to four feature films annually for theatrical release, in addition to several short films (to be released through The World According to Shorts), and ten to twelve feature films annually for video/VOD/TV release.”
Opening at Laemmle’s Royal in L.A. day and date with New York’s Lincoln Plaza Cinemas on June 23, Luc Bondy’s modern-day adaptation of the classic Marivaux play, “False Confessions”, starring Isabelle Huppert, Louis Garrel and Bulle Ogier...
- 6/6/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Chris here, with some heartwarming news: a film nearly twenty years in the making has finally wrapped filming. You'll remember Terry Gilliam's ill-fated attempts to adapt Cervantes's legendary Don Quixote to the big screen as they were told in the documentary Lost in La Mancha - floods, lost funding, and casting woes made this film one of the most notorious productions of all time.
But now Terry Gilliam's The Man Who Killed Don Quixote will rise from the ashes of cinema history. Gilliam has completed filming - with a new cast that includes Adam Driver, Jonathan Price, and Stellan Skarsgård - and Amazon will bring the film to theatres sometime next year. Someone please protect the digital print (or film, if Gilliam went that route) from any mishandling so that Gilliam isn't put through the ringer again!
Gilliam's last film The Zero Theorem came and went quietly,...
But now Terry Gilliam's The Man Who Killed Don Quixote will rise from the ashes of cinema history. Gilliam has completed filming - with a new cast that includes Adam Driver, Jonathan Price, and Stellan Skarsgård - and Amazon will bring the film to theatres sometime next year. Someone please protect the digital print (or film, if Gilliam went that route) from any mishandling so that Gilliam isn't put through the ringer again!
Gilliam's last film The Zero Theorem came and went quietly,...
- 6/6/2017
- by Chris Feil
- FilmExperience
Terry Gilliam is one of the most unique talents in the history of cinema…but he is also one of the most unlucky. The director of Brazil, Time Bandits, The Fisher King, and 12 Monkeys may be a visionary director with a few bonafide masterpieces under his belt, but it definitely feels like some kind of higher power has […]
The post Terry Gilliam Defies the Universe, Finishes Filming His ‘Don Quixote’ Movie appeared first on /Film.
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- 6/5/2017
- by Jacob Hall
- Slash Film
After 17 years, Terry Gilliam’s “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote” has finally turned the corner from cursed film project to completed movie, a historic and improbable milestone that has many people asking, “Is it really true?” One of the most troubled productions in the history of cinema, the project has been tormenting Gilliam for more than 25 years, since he first started tinkering with a screenplay adaptation in 1991.
Read More: Cannes 2016: Terry Gilliam on ‘Continual Failure’ and ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’
Despite several false starts over the years, Gilliam never bought into the idea that the project was doomed. “The curse is bullshit,” he said during an interview with IndieWire at the Cannes Film Festival in 2016, a year that also marked the 400th anniversary of the death of “Don Quixote” writer Miguel de Cervantes.
Starring Adam Driver, Jonathan Pryce, Stellan Skarsgard and Olga Kurylenko, the film tells...
Read More: Cannes 2016: Terry Gilliam on ‘Continual Failure’ and ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’
Despite several false starts over the years, Gilliam never bought into the idea that the project was doomed. “The curse is bullshit,” he said during an interview with IndieWire at the Cannes Film Festival in 2016, a year that also marked the 400th anniversary of the death of “Don Quixote” writer Miguel de Cervantes.
Starring Adam Driver, Jonathan Pryce, Stellan Skarsgard and Olga Kurylenko, the film tells...
- 6/5/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Way, way back in 1998, Brazil and Twelve Monkeys director Terry Gilliam embarked on making The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, a very Gilliam-esque take on Miguel de Cervantes’ 16th century novel Don Quixote. With the original novel concerning an insane Spanish nobleman thinking himself to be a knight bringing back chivalry and justice to the world, Gilliam’s vision saw Johnny Depp as a 21st century marketing executive thrown back in time, and being mistaken for Quixote’s sire, Sancho Panza. Production began in September of 2000, quickly becoming one of the most disastrous shoots of all time. As chronicled in the documentary Lost in La Mancha, weather problems, nervous investors, and even the Spanish military added to the movie’s production woes. The final nail in the coffin came when Dox Quixote himself, Jean Rochefort, was diagnosed with a double herniated disc after attempting to act while riding a horse,...
- 6/5/2017
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
Director dismisses reports that shoot for Don Quixote movie caused damage to 12th-century Convento de Cristo in Tomar
The film-maker Terry Gilliam has denied allegations that a famous Portuguese convent was damaged during the shooting of his long-delayed take on Don Quixote, telling people to get their facts straight “before howling hysterically”.
A report by the Portuguese public broadcaster Rtp suggested recent filming for The Man Who Killed Don Quixote left behind chipped masonry, broken roof tiles and uprooted trees at the 12th-century Convent of Christ in Tomar, central Portugal.
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The film-maker Terry Gilliam has denied allegations that a famous Portuguese convent was damaged during the shooting of his long-delayed take on Don Quixote, telling people to get their facts straight “before howling hysterically”.
A report by the Portuguese public broadcaster Rtp suggested recent filming for The Man Who Killed Don Quixote left behind chipped masonry, broken roof tiles and uprooted trees at the 12th-century Convent of Christ in Tomar, central Portugal.
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- 6/5/2017
- by Sam Jones in Madrid
- The Guardian - Film News
Some 17 years after he first started pre-production, Terry Gilliam has finally wrapped principal photography on The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, a project once so notoriously beleaguered and stuck in near-mythical "development hell" that a documentary was even made about it.
Starring Adam Driver, Jonathan Pryce, Stellan Skarsgard and Olga Kurylenko, the film — inspired by Miguel De Cervantes' literary classic Don Quixote — has been shooting on location across Spain and Portugal, and tells the story of a deluded old man, convinced he is the famed horse-riding hero and who mistakes an advertising executive for...
Starring Adam Driver, Jonathan Pryce, Stellan Skarsgard and Olga Kurylenko, the film — inspired by Miguel De Cervantes' literary classic Don Quixote — has been shooting on location across Spain and Portugal, and tells the story of a deluded old man, convinced he is the famed horse-riding hero and who mistakes an advertising executive for...
- 6/5/2017
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Author: Zehra Phelan
Terry Gilliam’s 17-year passion project, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote starring Adam Driver and Jonathan Pryce has finally wrapped principal photography in Madrid.
A tale of fantasy and adventure inspired by the legendary protagonist of Miguel De Cervantes’ literary classic Don Quixote, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote tells the story of a deluded old man who is convinced he is Don Quixote, and who mistakes Toby, an advertising executive, for his trusty squire, Sancho Panza. The pair embarks on a bizarre journey, jumping back and forth in time between the 21st and magical 17th century. Gradually, like the infamous knight himself, Toby becomes consumed by the illusory world and unable to determine his dreams from reality. The tale culminates in a phantasmagorical and emotional finale where Toby takes on the mantle of Don Quixote de la Mancha.
Writer/ director Terry Gilliam, who has been...
Terry Gilliam’s 17-year passion project, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote starring Adam Driver and Jonathan Pryce has finally wrapped principal photography in Madrid.
A tale of fantasy and adventure inspired by the legendary protagonist of Miguel De Cervantes’ literary classic Don Quixote, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote tells the story of a deluded old man who is convinced he is Don Quixote, and who mistakes Toby, an advertising executive, for his trusty squire, Sancho Panza. The pair embarks on a bizarre journey, jumping back and forth in time between the 21st and magical 17th century. Gradually, like the infamous knight himself, Toby becomes consumed by the illusory world and unable to determine his dreams from reality. The tale culminates in a phantasmagorical and emotional finale where Toby takes on the mantle of Don Quixote de la Mancha.
Writer/ director Terry Gilliam, who has been...
- 6/5/2017
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Graves has some new company. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Wallace Shawn has joined season two of the Epix TV show.The dramedy stars Nick Nolte as a former U.S. president who embarks on a Don Quixote-like quest to right the wrongs of his administration and reclaim his legacy. The cast also includes Skylar Astin, Heléne Yorke, Chris Lowell, Callie Hernandez, Nia Vardalos, Ernie Hudson, Roger Bart, and Angélica Maria.Read More…...
- 6/2/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
“The Man Who Killed Don Quixote” has had so much trouble getting made that it would almost be a letdown if the long-gestating project ever sees the light of day. Terry Gilliam has been tilting at windmills for nearly 20 years at this point, and now the film has hit a new snag: Alfama Films released a statement on Friday deeming it “patently illegal.”
Read More: Terry Gilliam Has Begun Shooting ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote,’ For Real This Time
Alfama’s Paulo Branco spoke to the Hollywood Reporter at Cannes, accusing Gilliam of “clandestinely” working on the film behind his back and even “pursuing the production with other partners.” Whether true or not, such a strange state of affairs is certainly apropos of the Cervantes’ charmingly (and tragically) out-of-his-depth knight errant.
“The Man Who Killed Don Quixote” first entered pre-production in 1998 and, at one point or another, everyone from...
Read More: Terry Gilliam Has Begun Shooting ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote,’ For Real This Time
Alfama’s Paulo Branco spoke to the Hollywood Reporter at Cannes, accusing Gilliam of “clandestinely” working on the film behind his back and even “pursuing the production with other partners.” Whether true or not, such a strange state of affairs is certainly apropos of the Cervantes’ charmingly (and tragically) out-of-his-depth knight errant.
“The Man Who Killed Don Quixote” first entered pre-production in 1998 and, at one point or another, everyone from...
- 5/21/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Gina Rodriguez's boyfriend, Joe LoCicero, was just as excited as the actress when he learned that she had met Brad Pitt while at The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.
The Jane the Virgin star snapped a "prom pic" with the 53-year-old actor on Tuesday, and admitted to Et's Leanne Aguilera that she totally fangirled over the A-lister -- and so did her guy. "When I was talking to my boyfriend about it, he was like, 'It's like you met the male Beyonce,'" Rodriguez quipped while at the the 2017 CW Upfronts in New York City on Thursday. "I was like, 'Thank you.' That's why I love my boyfriend. He's so awesome. He's so incredible."
Watch: Gina Rodriguez Celebrates 32nd Birthday With Break Dancing, Snapchat Filters and Cake
Rodriguez also revealed that she nearly didn't make it to The Late Show because she got her hand stuck in a car window and started "freaking out" when...
The Jane the Virgin star snapped a "prom pic" with the 53-year-old actor on Tuesday, and admitted to Et's Leanne Aguilera that she totally fangirled over the A-lister -- and so did her guy. "When I was talking to my boyfriend about it, he was like, 'It's like you met the male Beyonce,'" Rodriguez quipped while at the the 2017 CW Upfronts in New York City on Thursday. "I was like, 'Thank you.' That's why I love my boyfriend. He's so awesome. He's so incredible."
Watch: Gina Rodriguez Celebrates 32nd Birthday With Break Dancing, Snapchat Filters and Cake
Rodriguez also revealed that she nearly didn't make it to The Late Show because she got her hand stuck in a car window and started "freaking out" when...
- 5/18/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Best prom date ever! Gina Rodriguez and Brad Pitt were both guests on The Late Show and the Jane the Virgin star took advantage of her close proximity to the hunky actor.
Watch: Brad Pitt Pokes Fun at 'Fight Club' and the 'Ocean's' Films in Hilarious 'Late Show' Appearance
“Prom Pic with Brad Pitt. No biggie. Catch us tonight on @colbertlateshow,” Rodriguez, 32, captioned her cute pic holding hands with Pitt, 53, backstage.
And though they make a cute pair, Rodriguez is spoken for. The actress opened up about her new boyfriend, Joe Locicero, to host, Stephen Colbert.
“He’s awesome. He’s incredible. I just want to go on record saying that because his mom’s probably watching,” she quipped. “So Joe Locicero is an awesome actor and he came on Jane and I met him on Jane, and he played Don Quixote the stripper… And he ripped his clothes off and he comes charging toward...
Watch: Brad Pitt Pokes Fun at 'Fight Club' and the 'Ocean's' Films in Hilarious 'Late Show' Appearance
“Prom Pic with Brad Pitt. No biggie. Catch us tonight on @colbertlateshow,” Rodriguez, 32, captioned her cute pic holding hands with Pitt, 53, backstage.
And though they make a cute pair, Rodriguez is spoken for. The actress opened up about her new boyfriend, Joe Locicero, to host, Stephen Colbert.
“He’s awesome. He’s incredible. I just want to go on record saying that because his mom’s probably watching,” she quipped. “So Joe Locicero is an awesome actor and he came on Jane and I met him on Jane, and he played Don Quixote the stripper… And he ripped his clothes off and he comes charging toward...
- 5/17/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Tim Blake Nelson, last seen in Nacho Vigalondo’s monster film Colossal, has been tapped as the lead in The True Don Quixote. The indie is directed by Chris Poche, who also wrote the screenplay, which is based on the classic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Spider-Man: Homecoming‘s Jacob Batalon will co-star in the pic, which began shooting today in New Orleans. Charterhouse Films’ Trey Burvant is producing alongside and Jason Waggenspack of Neutral Ground Films. The…...
- 5/8/2017
- Deadline
Tim Blake Nelson will star in The True Don Quixote, a modern day reimagining of Miguel de Cervantes' classic story.
Nelson will star as a man who is inspired by the fictional Quixote, who spent too much time with romance stories and consequently believes he is a knight. Spider-Man: Homecoming newcomer Jacob Batalon is set to play the movie's Quixote sidekick Sancho Panza.
Chris Poche (Over the Hedge) wrote and will helm the project, which has begun principal photography in New Orleans.
Charterhouse Films' Trey Burvant and Neutral Ground Films' Jason Waggenspack will produce, with Karey Kirkpatrick, Rick French, Sal Scaccia, Josh Mayer, Susan Brennan and Sidney...
Nelson will star as a man who is inspired by the fictional Quixote, who spent too much time with romance stories and consequently believes he is a knight. Spider-Man: Homecoming newcomer Jacob Batalon is set to play the movie's Quixote sidekick Sancho Panza.
Chris Poche (Over the Hedge) wrote and will helm the project, which has begun principal photography in New Orleans.
Charterhouse Films' Trey Burvant and Neutral Ground Films' Jason Waggenspack will produce, with Karey Kirkpatrick, Rick French, Sal Scaccia, Josh Mayer, Susan Brennan and Sidney...
- 5/8/2017
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Michael Winterbottom’s The Trip To Spain expands his foodie-humor franchise into a three-course experience. Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon first jested their way through northern England, then conquered Italy’s coastal delicacies while trading wits. So how does Winterbottom’s third helping measure up to previous cuts? With a bit more fat and gristle than hoped, overcooked until the comedic juices have all but dried out. That’s not to say a dash of Coogan and handfuls of Brydon fail to salvage this slab of comedy, but comparatively, Spain is the least appetizing trip so far.
Which, for the record, is like saying you prefer Gordon Ramsay and Anthony Bourdain to Thomas Keller. It’s still all gravy, baby.
Coogan and Brydon find themselves once again traveling afar, sampling native delicacies and writing about their exploits (Coogan through novelization, Brydon by critique). Spain’s landscape offers an abundance of seafood,...
Which, for the record, is like saying you prefer Gordon Ramsay and Anthony Bourdain to Thomas Keller. It’s still all gravy, baby.
Coogan and Brydon find themselves once again traveling afar, sampling native delicacies and writing about their exploits (Coogan through novelization, Brydon by critique). Spain’s landscape offers an abundance of seafood,...
- 4/26/2017
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Firmly cementing its series’ status as the “Before” movies of male friendship, “The Trip to Spain” may seem like nothing more than a third taste of a favorite dish, but the best meals in life are worth eating thrice, and this one has been simmered in some tangy new spices and aged to perfection.
Once again, British comedians Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan eat their way through a week-long drive through some repugnantly gorgeous European countryside. Once again, their playful (but gently existential) rivalry is expressed through dueling impressions of the more famous men who came before them; despite an obligatory appearance from Michael Caine(s), this installment belongs to Mick Jagger and Roger Moore. And once again, a bouquet of melancholy notes results in a bittersweet aftertaste that lingers on the tongue, as our two heroes — recast as Don Quixote and Sancho Panza tilting at wind turbines — struggle to...
Once again, British comedians Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan eat their way through a week-long drive through some repugnantly gorgeous European countryside. Once again, their playful (but gently existential) rivalry is expressed through dueling impressions of the more famous men who came before them; despite an obligatory appearance from Michael Caine(s), this installment belongs to Mick Jagger and Roger Moore. And once again, a bouquet of melancholy notes results in a bittersweet aftertaste that lingers on the tongue, as our two heroes — recast as Don Quixote and Sancho Panza tilting at wind turbines — struggle to...
- 4/24/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Averting the bigger is better approach that plagues most franchises, The Trip series is attuned to life’s simple pleasures: cuisine, comedy, and companionship. For Michael Winterbottom, Steve Coogan, and Rob Brydon, their third outing, The Trip to Spain, refreshingly doesn’t stray from the charismatic formula that has resulted in perhaps the most delightful series of films this decade.
Sparing little narrative formalities, as has become part and parcel for these expeditions, Coogan, having concluded a series with Martin Scorsese, and Brydon, eager to take a break from child-rearing duties, set off on another assignment, this time heading to the southwest of Europe. Coogan takes on a Cervantes-inspired “Don Quixote”-esque journey as he reads Laurie Lee’s “As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning” and attempts to write his own book about his voyage, while Brydon is once again filing restaurant reviews. Aside from the expected, but still as-hilarious-as-ever host of impressions,...
Sparing little narrative formalities, as has become part and parcel for these expeditions, Coogan, having concluded a series with Martin Scorsese, and Brydon, eager to take a break from child-rearing duties, set off on another assignment, this time heading to the southwest of Europe. Coogan takes on a Cervantes-inspired “Don Quixote”-esque journey as he reads Laurie Lee’s “As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning” and attempts to write his own book about his voyage, while Brydon is once again filing restaurant reviews. Aside from the expected, but still as-hilarious-as-ever host of impressions,...
- 4/23/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
In the annals of rich men who look to Hollywood to build a secondary empire, real estate billionaire Charles S. Cohen (Forbes net worth: $2.2 billion) is their Don Quixote. His Cohen Media Group is staking its claim in spaces renowned for their allergies to profit: He’s restoring classic films, releasing foreign-language titles, and moving into specialty exhibition.
One Oscar campaigner calls Cohen’s taste “older middle-of-the-road arthouse,” and that’s exactly the audience he wants. Three of Cohen’s French imports — “Outside the Law” (2010), “Timbuktu” (2014) and “Mustang” (2015) — received foreign-language Academy Award nominations. This year, Cohen (with partner Amazon Studios) took Iranian Cannes-prize-winner Asghar Farhadi’s “The Salesman” all the way to the Oscar, much to the chagrin of established competitors Sony Pictures Classics (“Toni Erdmann”) and Music Box (“A Man Called Ove”).
However, where other billionaire businessmen have wanted to be studio moguls, or Harvey Weinstein, what Cohen really...
One Oscar campaigner calls Cohen’s taste “older middle-of-the-road arthouse,” and that’s exactly the audience he wants. Three of Cohen’s French imports — “Outside the Law” (2010), “Timbuktu” (2014) and “Mustang” (2015) — received foreign-language Academy Award nominations. This year, Cohen (with partner Amazon Studios) took Iranian Cannes-prize-winner Asghar Farhadi’s “The Salesman” all the way to the Oscar, much to the chagrin of established competitors Sony Pictures Classics (“Toni Erdmann”) and Music Box (“A Man Called Ove”).
However, where other billionaire businessmen have wanted to be studio moguls, or Harvey Weinstein, what Cohen really...
- 4/11/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
In the annals of rich men who look to Hollywood to build a secondary empire, real estate billionaire Charles S. Cohen (Forbes net worth: $2.2 billion) is their Don Quixote. His Cohen Media Group is staking its claim in spaces renowned for their allergies to profit: He’s restoring classic films, releasing foreign-language titles, and moving into specialty exhibition.
One Oscar campaigner calls Cohen’s taste “older middle-of-the-road arthouse,” and that’s exactly the audience he wants. Three of Cohen’s French imports — “Outside the Law” (2010), “Timbuktu” (2014) and “Mustang” (2015) — received foreign-language Academy Award nominations. This year, Cohen (with partner Amazon Studios) took Iranian Cannes-prize-winner Asghar Farhadi’s “The Salesman” all the way to the Oscar, much to the chagrin of established competitors Sony Pictures Classics (“Toni Erdmann”) and Music Box (“A Man Called Ove”).
However, where other billionaire businessmen have wanted to be studio moguls, or Harvey Weinstein, what Cohen really...
One Oscar campaigner calls Cohen’s taste “older middle-of-the-road arthouse,” and that’s exactly the audience he wants. Three of Cohen’s French imports — “Outside the Law” (2010), “Timbuktu” (2014) and “Mustang” (2015) — received foreign-language Academy Award nominations. This year, Cohen (with partner Amazon Studios) took Iranian Cannes-prize-winner Asghar Farhadi’s “The Salesman” all the way to the Oscar, much to the chagrin of established competitors Sony Pictures Classics (“Toni Erdmann”) and Music Box (“A Man Called Ove”).
However, where other billionaire businessmen have wanted to be studio moguls, or Harvey Weinstein, what Cohen really...
- 4/11/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
– Fox Searchlight has bought the rights to “The Spy With No Name,” an ebook written by Jeff Maysh and published by Amazon Kindle Single, Deadline reports. Alexandra Milchan and Scott Lambert of Emjag Productions will produce alongside “Argo” executive producer David Klawans.
Read More: Film Acquisition Rundown: Grasshopper Film Gets ‘Escapes,’ Amazon and IFC Films Date ‘City of Ghosts’ and More
The true story centers on Erwin van Haarlem, a Cold War secret agent who stole the identity of a Dutch man whose mother had given him up for adoption. The Communist spy pretended to be Johanna van Haarlem’s long lost son for 11 years before being caught.
– FilmRise has acquired the U.S. rights to Michael Almereyda’s “Marjorie Prime,...
– Fox Searchlight has bought the rights to “The Spy With No Name,” an ebook written by Jeff Maysh and published by Amazon Kindle Single, Deadline reports. Alexandra Milchan and Scott Lambert of Emjag Productions will produce alongside “Argo” executive producer David Klawans.
Read More: Film Acquisition Rundown: Grasshopper Film Gets ‘Escapes,’ Amazon and IFC Films Date ‘City of Ghosts’ and More
The true story centers on Erwin van Haarlem, a Cold War secret agent who stole the identity of a Dutch man whose mother had given him up for adoption. The Communist spy pretended to be Johanna van Haarlem’s long lost son for 11 years before being caught.
– FilmRise has acquired the U.S. rights to Michael Almereyda’s “Marjorie Prime,...
- 3/31/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Death is a grisly business. It comes to all of us. Even if you happen to be the King of France, who's been reigning for 72 years. All the documented evidence indicates Louis Xiv died of gangrene on his leg caused by diabetes. The year was 1715, without modern medicine; he died a painful, horrible death surrounded by physicians who were perplexed by his condition. Catalan filmmaker Albert Serra has been tackling literary/historical figures in his films -- Don Quixote in Honor of the Knights, the story of Magi in Birdsong, Casanova and Dracula in The Story of My Death -- approaching them in a minimalist, aggressively formalist fashion. Armed with extensive court medical documents and the writings of Duke Saint-Simon, and starring French New Wave...
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- 3/30/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Council of Europe’s cinema fund to award €5,683,544; Petzold, Rohrwacher projects also get backing.
Eurimages has announced it will support 24 co-productions (including two documentaries and three animations) for a combined €5,683,544.
The projects selected by the Eurimages board are:
Fatei And The Sea (Russia, Finland, Poland) - Alina Rudnitskaya Fritzi - A Miraculous Revolutionary Tale (Germany, Belgium, Czech Republic) - Matthias Bruhn, Ralf Kukula The Delegation ((Albania, Greece) - Bujar AlimaniSunset (Hungary, France) - Laszlo NemesLemonade (Romania, Germany) - Ioana Maria UricaruBrothers (Turkey, Germany, Bulgaria) - Ömür AtayGipsy Queen (Germany, Austria) - Hüseyin TabakPachamama (France, Luxembourg, Canada) - Juan Antin Stitches (Serbia, Slovenia) - Miroslav TerzicThe Harvesters (France, South Africa, Poland, Greece) - Etienne KallosCold War (Poland, United Kingdom, France) - Pawel PawlikowskiSpitak (Russia, Armenia) - Alexander KottPassed By Censor (Turkey, France, Germany) - Serhat KaraaslanTel Aviv On Fire (Luxembourg, Israel, France, Belgium) - Sameh Zoabi (U.S. Resident)Happy As Lazzaro (Italy, Switzerland, France...
Eurimages has announced it will support 24 co-productions (including two documentaries and three animations) for a combined €5,683,544.
The projects selected by the Eurimages board are:
Fatei And The Sea (Russia, Finland, Poland) - Alina Rudnitskaya Fritzi - A Miraculous Revolutionary Tale (Germany, Belgium, Czech Republic) - Matthias Bruhn, Ralf Kukula The Delegation ((Albania, Greece) - Bujar AlimaniSunset (Hungary, France) - Laszlo NemesLemonade (Romania, Germany) - Ioana Maria UricaruBrothers (Turkey, Germany, Bulgaria) - Ömür AtayGipsy Queen (Germany, Austria) - Hüseyin TabakPachamama (France, Luxembourg, Canada) - Juan Antin Stitches (Serbia, Slovenia) - Miroslav TerzicThe Harvesters (France, South Africa, Poland, Greece) - Etienne KallosCold War (Poland, United Kingdom, France) - Pawel PawlikowskiSpitak (Russia, Armenia) - Alexander KottPassed By Censor (Turkey, France, Germany) - Serhat KaraaslanTel Aviv On Fire (Luxembourg, Israel, France, Belgium) - Sameh Zoabi (U.S. Resident)Happy As Lazzaro (Italy, Switzerland, France...
- 3/14/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
Director Terry Gilliam has been trying to get his film The Man Who Killed Don Quixote made for the past 17 years. Today, he's once again started shooting the film, and hopefully this time it isn't plagued by problems like the first time, which was chronicled in the classic documentary Lost in La Mancha. This is the filmmaker's seventh attempt to make the film!
Last year it was announced that Adam Driver (The Force Awakens) would be taking on the lead role that was originally played by Johnny Depp. Over the years, both Jack O'Connell and Ewan McGregor were attached to the role.
Jonathan Pryce (Brazil, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Brothers Grimm) is set to play Miguel de Cervantes, the hero of the story. That role previously had Michael Palin, Robert Duvall, Jean Rochefort, and the late John Hurt attached to it.
The movie also stars Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace...
Last year it was announced that Adam Driver (The Force Awakens) would be taking on the lead role that was originally played by Johnny Depp. Over the years, both Jack O'Connell and Ewan McGregor were attached to the role.
Jonathan Pryce (Brazil, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Brothers Grimm) is set to play Miguel de Cervantes, the hero of the story. That role previously had Michael Palin, Robert Duvall, Jean Rochefort, and the late John Hurt attached to it.
The movie also stars Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace...
- 3/10/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Brendon Connelly Mar 10, 2017
Terry Gilliam's The Man Who Killed Don Quixote has finally started filming...
We like to keep you up to date. Actually, keeping you up to date is actually our job. But sometimes... well, in my case, just this one time, I kept a secret from you.
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For some time now I have known that Jonathan Pryce had replaced Michael Palin in Terry Gilliam's so infamous it's infamously infamous, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. I almost told you, but... let's just say that the production are trying to keep their heads down and I didn't want to knock them off their game. Now, though, Pryce's name has been added to the site of Entre Chien et Loup, one of the film's production companies so, by my record, that's public domain: http://www.
Terry Gilliam's The Man Who Killed Don Quixote has finally started filming...
We like to keep you up to date. Actually, keeping you up to date is actually our job. But sometimes... well, in my case, just this one time, I kept a secret from you.
See related Broadchurch series 3 episode 2 review Broadchurch series 3 episode 1 review Chris Chibnall interview: Broadchurch, Doctor Who, & more...
For some time now I have known that Jonathan Pryce had replaced Michael Palin in Terry Gilliam's so infamous it's infamously infamous, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. I almost told you, but... let's just say that the production are trying to keep their heads down and I didn't want to knock them off their game. Now, though, Pryce's name has been added to the site of Entre Chien et Loup, one of the film's production companies so, by my record, that's public domain: http://www.
- 3/9/2017
- Den of Geek
John Lithgow has been crowned Screen Actors Guild royalty.
“The Crown” star has won his first SAG Award in nine years, for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in the Netflix drama.
Read More: Full 2017 SAG Awards Coverage
In winning the male TV drama actor category, Lithgow broke Kevin Spacey’s two-year streak. The “House of Cards” actor had won the category in 2015 and 2016. Also up for the award were Peter Dinklage (“Game of Thrones”), Rami Malek (“Mr. Robot”) and Sterling K. Brown (“This Is Us”).
Read More: SAG Awards TV Predictions: Can ‘Game of Thrones’ Beat ‘Stranger Things’?
Lithgow previously won the SAG Award in 1997 and 1998 for his NBC sitcom “3rd Rock for the Sun,” in the male actor in a comedy category. He was also nominated in 2001 in the TV movie/miniseries category for “Don Quixote” and as part of the drama ensemble on “Dexter” in 2010.
Lithgow has also won five Emmy Awards,...
“The Crown” star has won his first SAG Award in nine years, for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in the Netflix drama.
Read More: Full 2017 SAG Awards Coverage
In winning the male TV drama actor category, Lithgow broke Kevin Spacey’s two-year streak. The “House of Cards” actor had won the category in 2015 and 2016. Also up for the award were Peter Dinklage (“Game of Thrones”), Rami Malek (“Mr. Robot”) and Sterling K. Brown (“This Is Us”).
Read More: SAG Awards TV Predictions: Can ‘Game of Thrones’ Beat ‘Stranger Things’?
Lithgow previously won the SAG Award in 1997 and 1998 for his NBC sitcom “3rd Rock for the Sun,” in the male actor in a comedy category. He was also nominated in 2001 in the TV movie/miniseries category for “Don Quixote” and as part of the drama ensemble on “Dexter” in 2010.
Lithgow has also won five Emmy Awards,...
- 1/30/2017
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
Jane the Virgin‘s Gina Rodriguez brought a new date at the SAG Awards, hitting the red carpet with boyfriend Joe LoCicero.
The couple didn’t pose for photos together, but they did walk into the awards show side by side.
LoCicero recently made a cameo on Rodriguez’s Jane the Virgin as a stripper — and not just any stripper, but a Don Quixote-themed stripper.
Rodriguez first shared a photo of the two of them together on Christmas.
“Merry Christmas from me, Joe and the monkey that bit me!” she captioned the photo. “Here on this hill the monkeys...
The couple didn’t pose for photos together, but they did walk into the awards show side by side.
LoCicero recently made a cameo on Rodriguez’s Jane the Virgin as a stripper — and not just any stripper, but a Don Quixote-themed stripper.
Rodriguez first shared a photo of the two of them together on Christmas.
“Merry Christmas from me, Joe and the monkey that bit me!” she captioned the photo. “Here on this hill the monkeys...
- 1/30/2017
- by Julie Mazziotta
- PEOPLE.com
Something Wild
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 850
1961 / B&W / 1:66 widescreen 1:37 flat Academy / 113 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date January 17, 2017 / 39.95
Starring: Carroll Baker, Ralph Meeker, Mildred Dunnock, Jean Stapleton, Martin Kosleck, Charles Watts, Clifton James, Doris Roberts, Anita Cooper, Tanya Lopert.
Cinematography: Eugen Schüfftan
Film Editor: Carl Lerner
Original Music: Aaron Copland
Written by Jack Garfein and Alex Karmel from his novel Mary Ann
Produced by George Justin
Directed by Jack Garfein
After writing up an earlier Mod disc release of the 1961 movie Something Wild, I received a brief but welcome email note from its director:
“Dear Glenn Erickson,
Thank you for your profound appreciation of Something Wild.
If possible, I would appreciate if you could send
me a copy of your review by email.
Sincerely yours, Jack Garfein”
Somewhere back East (or in London), the Actors Studio legend Jack Garfein had found favor with the review. Although...
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 850
1961 / B&W / 1:66 widescreen 1:37 flat Academy / 113 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date January 17, 2017 / 39.95
Starring: Carroll Baker, Ralph Meeker, Mildred Dunnock, Jean Stapleton, Martin Kosleck, Charles Watts, Clifton James, Doris Roberts, Anita Cooper, Tanya Lopert.
Cinematography: Eugen Schüfftan
Film Editor: Carl Lerner
Original Music: Aaron Copland
Written by Jack Garfein and Alex Karmel from his novel Mary Ann
Produced by George Justin
Directed by Jack Garfein
After writing up an earlier Mod disc release of the 1961 movie Something Wild, I received a brief but welcome email note from its director:
“Dear Glenn Erickson,
Thank you for your profound appreciation of Something Wild.
If possible, I would appreciate if you could send
me a copy of your review by email.
Sincerely yours, Jack Garfein”
Somewhere back East (or in London), the Actors Studio legend Jack Garfein had found favor with the review. Although...
- 1/10/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
With all the over-complicated narratives in much of today’s Hollywood output, it’s refreshing when a film can surrender to the basics and still manage to delight. Such is the case with Michael Winterbottom‘s The Trip series. Made for television in the U.K. then released as films over here, they simply find Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon on an adventure at a certain locale, eating food and doing many, many impressions.
The next one on the docket, which shot over the summer, is The Trip to Spain. While it still hasn’t been announced when it will arrive here in the United States, Sky Atlantic have released the first clip ahead of their summer premiere broadcast. Finding Coogan and Brydon doing their best Mick Jagger impression, it’s nice to have this duo back and they seem to be in top form.
“The way we work is...
The next one on the docket, which shot over the summer, is The Trip to Spain. While it still hasn’t been announced when it will arrive here in the United States, Sky Atlantic have released the first clip ahead of their summer premiere broadcast. Finding Coogan and Brydon doing their best Mick Jagger impression, it’s nice to have this duo back and they seem to be in top form.
“The way we work is...
- 12/21/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Epix Renews Graves TV Series for Second SeasonIt's a big day for scripted series at Epix. The cable channel has renewed its Graves TV show for a second season. Nick Nolte stars in the dramedy as President Richard Graves. A former two-term Potus, he embarks on a Don Quixote-like quest to right the wrongs of his administration and reclaim his legacy. The series explores topics including immigration, gay rights, foreign policy, and public funding for arts and sciencesSkylar Astin, Heléne Yorke, Chris Lowell, Callie Hernandez, Nia Vardalos, Ernie Hudson, Roger Bart, and Angélica Maria also star. The first season of Graves kicked off on October 16th. According to Deadline, the renewal is for a 10-episode second season. Epix has not posted the news to its press site, but the cabler has also reportedly renewed its other scripted series -- Berlin Station -- for season two.
- 11/17/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Anchor Bay Entertainment and Dimension Films released Army Of One on Digital HD November 4th and will releasing it on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, DVD, and On Demand November 15th.
Academy Award® winner Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas, National Treasure) and Russell Brand (Get Him To The Greek), embark on one hell of a holy mission in the hilarious comedy Armyof One, the mostly true story of one man’s quest to single- handedly capture Osama Bin Laden. Directed by Emmy Award® winning director Larry Charles (Borat, Bruno, “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Seinfeld”) with screenplay by Rajiv Joseph & Scott Rothman.
Now you can win the DVD of Army Of One. We Are Movie Geeks has one copy to give away. All you have to do is leave a comment below and answer this question: What is you favorite Nicolas Cage movie? (Mine is Con Air!) It’s so easy!
We’ll pick the winners next week.
Academy Award® winner Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas, National Treasure) and Russell Brand (Get Him To The Greek), embark on one hell of a holy mission in the hilarious comedy Armyof One, the mostly true story of one man’s quest to single- handedly capture Osama Bin Laden. Directed by Emmy Award® winning director Larry Charles (Borat, Bruno, “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Seinfeld”) with screenplay by Rajiv Joseph & Scott Rothman.
Now you can win the DVD of Army Of One. We Are Movie Geeks has one copy to give away. All you have to do is leave a comment below and answer this question: What is you favorite Nicolas Cage movie? (Mine is Con Air!) It’s so easy!
We’ll pick the winners next week.
- 11/10/2016
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
It’s November – a time for Thanksgiving, feasts, and the presence of relatives. If you have some time off (or are trying to grab some much-needed alone time), here is a list of films opening throughout the coming weeks, separated into categories of wide and limited runs. (Synopses are provided by festivals and distributors.)
Each week we will have more updates and information, so be sure to keep coming back. You can also check our calendar page, which has releases for the rest of the year. Eat well and keep watching!
Week of November 4 Wide
Trolls
Director: Mike Mitchell, Walt Dohrn
Cast: Anna Kendrick, Christine Baranski, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Gwen Stefani, Icona Pop, James Corden, Jeffrey Tambor, John Cleese, Justin Timberlake, Kunal Nayyar, Quvenzhané Wallis, Ron Funches, Russell Brand, Zooey Deschanel
Synopsis: After the Bergens invade Troll Village, Poppy, the happiest Troll ever born, and the overly-cautious curmudgeonly Branch set off...
Each week we will have more updates and information, so be sure to keep coming back. You can also check our calendar page, which has releases for the rest of the year. Eat well and keep watching!
Week of November 4 Wide
Trolls
Director: Mike Mitchell, Walt Dohrn
Cast: Anna Kendrick, Christine Baranski, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Gwen Stefani, Icona Pop, James Corden, Jeffrey Tambor, John Cleese, Justin Timberlake, Kunal Nayyar, Quvenzhané Wallis, Ron Funches, Russell Brand, Zooey Deschanel
Synopsis: After the Bergens invade Troll Village, Poppy, the happiest Troll ever born, and the overly-cautious curmudgeonly Branch set off...
- 11/4/2016
- by Zipporah Smith
- Indiewire
Munich-based family entertainment specialist kicks off sales at Afm.
Studio 100 Film has taken on world sales of feature-length children’s animation Quixote’s – The Heirs of La Mancha.
A spin-off of Miguel de Cervantes’ 17th-century classic novel The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, the 3D animation revolves around 11-year-old Alfonso, the heir of the world famous anti-hero Don Quixote.
In the company of three musical rabbits and best friends Pancho and Victoria, Alfonso is on a mission to protect his beloved hometown from the designs of evil triplets German, Tomas and Andrew.
“Our film aims to give a different, fresh and youthful tone to the already world-famous literary masterpiece written by Cervantes,” said director Gonzalo Gutierrez.
Los Angeles-based writer Carlos Kotkin, whose credits include Rio 2, wrote the screenplay.
Buenos Aires-based company Gg VFX production is producing the film for a 2018 delivery.
“The story promises an exciting adventure for kids and families alike,” comments Patrick...
Studio 100 Film has taken on world sales of feature-length children’s animation Quixote’s – The Heirs of La Mancha.
A spin-off of Miguel de Cervantes’ 17th-century classic novel The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, the 3D animation revolves around 11-year-old Alfonso, the heir of the world famous anti-hero Don Quixote.
In the company of three musical rabbits and best friends Pancho and Victoria, Alfonso is on a mission to protect his beloved hometown from the designs of evil triplets German, Tomas and Andrew.
“Our film aims to give a different, fresh and youthful tone to the already world-famous literary masterpiece written by Cervantes,” said director Gonzalo Gutierrez.
Los Angeles-based writer Carlos Kotkin, whose credits include Rio 2, wrote the screenplay.
Buenos Aires-based company Gg VFX production is producing the film for a 2018 delivery.
“The story promises an exciting adventure for kids and families alike,” comments Patrick...
- 11/2/2016
- ScreenDaily
If you’ve come into contact with any of Larry Charles’ previous creative efforts – Borat, Brüno, and The Dictator to name but three – you’ll no doubt have a fair idea of what to expect going into the release of Army of One.
It stars Nicolas Cage as Gary Faulkner, a patriotic ex-con and unemployed handyman who’s described as a “modern-day Don Quixote.” That’s because, while down in the dumps, Cage’s bumbling protagonist receives a divine intervention from god himself (Russell Brand), who orders him to travel to the Middle East with a simple, borderline suicidal mission: execute Osama bin Laden.
Equipped with a measly sword purchased from a home shopping TV channel and little else, the results are frankly hilarious, and during his crusade, Faulkner actually made tracks to Pakistan 11 times in total. We know this because his ill-advised journey was documented in Chris Heath’s GQ article six years ago,...
It stars Nicolas Cage as Gary Faulkner, a patriotic ex-con and unemployed handyman who’s described as a “modern-day Don Quixote.” That’s because, while down in the dumps, Cage’s bumbling protagonist receives a divine intervention from god himself (Russell Brand), who orders him to travel to the Middle East with a simple, borderline suicidal mission: execute Osama bin Laden.
Equipped with a measly sword purchased from a home shopping TV channel and little else, the results are frankly hilarious, and during his crusade, Faulkner actually made tracks to Pakistan 11 times in total. We know this because his ill-advised journey was documented in Chris Heath’s GQ article six years ago,...
- 10/24/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
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