The era of the snide twenty-something feels like it’s been around too long, with snarky smartasses littering indie films, alt music, and just about every other tweet. Yet Max Thieriot has a reason to play his character in Foreverland with youthful, sarcastic edge: The 21-year-old Will is living with cystic fibrosis and has just suffered the death of a buddy with the same condition. Feeling for years that his demise is imminent, Will faces life with a grim hipster wit, Thieriot’s evenhanded performance more reliable and believable than the dialogue he’s given by neophyte screenwriter Shawn Riopelle....
- 6/24/2013
- Pastemagazine.com
"The Walking Dead" actress Sarah Wayne Callies has signed with Resolution, two individuals with knowledge of the actress' plans told TheWrap. On the hit AMC show, Callies played Lori, the wife of Rick, the show's protagonist. She recently died giving birth to his second child. Before "The Walking Dead," Callies was a regular on Fox's "Prison Break." She has appeared in a handful of movies over the past few years, including "Foreverland" and "Black November." Callies had been at Paradigm, but Joey Stanton, who recently left Paradigm and then joined Jeff Berg's new...
- 2/14/2013
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
Max Thieriot stars in the new horror film House at the End of the Street, which arrived in theatres this weekend. The unnerving psychological thriller stars Jennifer Lawrence as Elissa, a young teenager who moves into a new home that’s next door to a house where a gruesome double murder took place.
Max plays Elissa’s neighbour, Ryan, who survived the murder that took his parent’s lives. The two meet and start to form a relationship but as they get closer, it turns out that all is not as it seems and when startling and unexplainable events begin to happen, Elissa learns that the town, and Ryan, may be harbouring a deadly secret.
Recently, we had the chance to speak with Max at the film’s La press day. He discussed his preparation for the role, why he was attracted to it, what his favorite horror films are and more.
Max plays Elissa’s neighbour, Ryan, who survived the murder that took his parent’s lives. The two meet and start to form a relationship but as they get closer, it turns out that all is not as it seems and when startling and unexplainable events begin to happen, Elissa learns that the town, and Ryan, may be harbouring a deadly secret.
Recently, we had the chance to speak with Max at the film’s La press day. He discussed his preparation for the role, why he was attracted to it, what his favorite horror films are and more.
- 9/23/2012
- by Billy Tatum
- We Got This Covered
Max Thieriot is not even 24 years old but has already worked with notable directors like Doug Liman, Atom Egoyan, Wes Craven and Nick Cassavetes. Thieriot made his big-screen debut in 2004's "Catch That Kid" opposite Kristen Stewart, with whom he remains close friends. You might recognize him as the younger version of Hayden Christensen's character in "Jumper" and for roles in movies like the horror film "My Soul to Take" and the psychosexual drama "Chloe."
In the thriller "House at the End of the Street," Thieriot plays a young man, Ryan, who lives in said house where both of his parents were brutally murdered. This has rendered him an outcast in the small community, but that doesn’t seem to bother Elissa (Jennifer Lawrence), who's moved in down the street with her overprotective mother (Elisabeth Shue) and who feels connected to Ryan. Is he really a nice guy who...
In the thriller "House at the End of the Street," Thieriot plays a young man, Ryan, who lives in said house where both of his parents were brutally murdered. This has rendered him an outcast in the small community, but that doesn’t seem to bother Elissa (Jennifer Lawrence), who's moved in down the street with her overprotective mother (Elisabeth Shue) and who feels connected to Ryan. Is he really a nice guy who...
- 9/20/2012
- by Robert DeSalvo
- NextMovie
Rosamund Pike (An Education, Johnny English Reborn, Clash Of The Titans) and Academy Award Winner Christopher Plummer (Beginners, The Last Station, The Imaginarium Of Dr. Parnassus) have joined the cast of director Peter Chelsom.s upcoming drama comedy Hector And The Search For Happiness in which Simon Pegg (Mission: Impossible -Ghost Protocol, Paul) will play the lead. The announcement was made by producers Judy Tossell of Egoli Tossell Film (The Last Station, Carlos, Black Death) and Christine Haebler of Screen Siren Pictures (Hard Core Logo, Daydream Nation, Foreverland). The Solution Entertainment Group (.The Solution.) is handling international rights to the film and will be selling to buyers in Toronto; United Talent Agency are representing Us rights.
Adapted for the screen from the bestselling novel of the same name by François Lelord, the film is a German/Canadian co-production produced by Egoli Tossell Film and Screen Siren Pictures currently in pre-production...
Adapted for the screen from the bestselling novel of the same name by François Lelord, the film is a German/Canadian co-production produced by Egoli Tossell Film and Screen Siren Pictures currently in pre-production...
- 9/6/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Foreverland
Directed by Max McGuire
Written by Max McGuire and Shawn Riopelle
Canada, 2011
Listening to a Canadian movie related podcast recently (not Sound on Sight. Shocking, indeed), the hosts of the show agreed that the Canadian film industry lacks a certain panache, a certain individuality and, most importantly, the confidence required for it to stand proudly on its own two feet to impress local cinema goers and, it the best case scenarios, make some headway in the international markets. The lone exception, one that has lasted for so many years it might as well be considered a constant, is Québec’s output, but then again, that province has always done things a little differently than its anglophone compatriots. Save David Croneberg and perhaps Sarah Polley, the great Canadian English language filmmakers are far and few between. Sadly, Max Mcguire’s Foreverland only reinforces that stereotype and them some.
Will (Max Thieriot...
Directed by Max McGuire
Written by Max McGuire and Shawn Riopelle
Canada, 2011
Listening to a Canadian movie related podcast recently (not Sound on Sight. Shocking, indeed), the hosts of the show agreed that the Canadian film industry lacks a certain panache, a certain individuality and, most importantly, the confidence required for it to stand proudly on its own two feet to impress local cinema goers and, it the best case scenarios, make some headway in the international markets. The lone exception, one that has lasted for so many years it might as well be considered a constant, is Québec’s output, but then again, that province has always done things a little differently than its anglophone compatriots. Save David Croneberg and perhaps Sarah Polley, the great Canadian English language filmmakers are far and few between. Sadly, Max Mcguire’s Foreverland only reinforces that stereotype and them some.
Will (Max Thieriot...
- 6/5/2012
- by Edgar Chaput
- SoundOnSight
British comedic actor Simon Pegg (Mission: Impossible -Ghost Protocol, Paul) has been cast in the lead role in director Peter Chelsom.s (Shall We Dance?, Funny Bones,) next movie – drama comedy Hector And The Search For Happiness, it was announced today by Lisa Wilson and Myles Nestel, founders and co-partners of The Solution Entertainment Group (.The Solution.) who are handling worldwide rights to the film.
Adapted for the screen by Chelsom and Tinker Lindsay from the bestselling novel of the same name by François Lelord, the film is a German/Canadian co-production produced by Egoli Tossell Film and Screen Siren Pictures currently in pre-production and set to shoot straight after Pegg.s The World.S End.
Pegg plays Hector, an eccentric yet irresistible London psychiatrist in crisis: his patients are just not getting any happier! He.s going nowhere. Then one day, armed with buckets of courage and an almost child-like curiosity,...
Adapted for the screen by Chelsom and Tinker Lindsay from the bestselling novel of the same name by François Lelord, the film is a German/Canadian co-production produced by Egoli Tossell Film and Screen Siren Pictures currently in pre-production and set to shoot straight after Pegg.s The World.S End.
Pegg plays Hector, an eccentric yet irresistible London psychiatrist in crisis: his patients are just not getting any happier! He.s going nowhere. Then one day, armed with buckets of courage and an almost child-like curiosity,...
- 5/19/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Richard Dreyfuss has joined the cast of “Squatters,” the latest film from "The Hills Have Eyes 2" director Martin Weisz. From a script by Justin Shilton, "Squatters" tells the story of a young homeless couple who move into a vacant mansion in the Pacific Palisades to escape. When the owners return, the couple tries to take advantage of the situation. Also joining the cast are Lolita Davidovich, Nancy Travis, Evan Ross, Luke Grimes and Andrew Howard. Thomas Dekker of "Foreverland" and Gabriella Wilde from "The Three Musketeers" had already signed on. Weisz, who has...
- 5/17/2012
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
Jennifer Lawrence, House at the End of the Street Jennifer Lawrence stars in House at the End of the Street, Mark Tonderai’s horror / thriller to be released by Relativity Media on September 21. The video below makes House at the End of the Street’s house at the end of the street look more than a little like Psycho’s Bates Motel. Jennifer Lawrence has the Janet Leigh role (minus the shower scene and the all that stabbing), while Max Thieriot comes across as a rebooted version of Anthony Perkins‘ Norman Bates. Now, does Thieriot have a sister — instead of a mother — fixation? In addition to The Hunger Games‘ Lawrence (a Best Actress Oscar nominee for Debra Granik’s Winter’s Bone) and Foreverland / My Soul to Take’s Thieriot, House at the End of the Street also features Elisabeth Shue (a Best Actress nominee for Mike Figgis‘ 1995 drama Leaving Las Vegas,...
- 4/23/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Jennifer Lawrence, House at the End of the Street poster A highly stylized Jennifer Lawrence is seen above in the House at the End of the Street poster. Relativity Media will release the Mark Tonderai thriller on September 21. In addition to The Hunger Games' Lawrence (a Best Actress Oscar nominee for Debra Granik's Winter's Bone), House at the End of the Street also features Elisabeth Shue (a Best Actress nominee for Mike Figgis' 1995 drama Leaving Las Vegas), Foreverland / My Soul to Take's Max Thieriot, Another Dirty Movie / Triple Dog's Nolan Gerard Funk, and Three Days in Havana / The Samaritan's Gil Bellows. In House at the End of the Street, mother Sarah (Shue) and daughter Elissa (Lawrence) move into a house next door to another in which a gone-missing young girl had murdered her parents. Elissa befriends the surviving neighbor, Ryan (Thieriot), and it doesn't...
- 4/23/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Demián Bichir Oscar nominee Demián Bichir at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Oscar Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills, California, on Monday, February 6, 2012. Applauding him are Jean Dujardin, Michel Hazanavicius, Janet McTeer, Meryl Streep, Brad Pitt, Glenn Close, and others at the 2012 Oscar Luncheon. (Photo: Greg Harbaugh / © A.M.P.A.S. Click on the Demián Bichir photo to enlarge it.) Bichir is a Best Actor nominee for Chris Weitz's A Better Life, in which he plays an undocumented Mexican immigrant eking out a living in Los Angeles. His competition for the 2012 Best Actor Academy Award consists of George Clooney for Alexander Payne's family drama The Descendants, Brad Pitt for Bennett Miller's baseball drama Moneyball, Gary Oldman for Tomas Alfredson's spy drama Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and Jean Dujardin for Michel Hazanavicius' silent comedy-drama The Artist. Dujardin was the Best Actor SAG Award winner.
- 2/11/2012
- by D. Zhea
- Alt Film Guide
Exclusive: Hot young actor Max Thieriot has landed the lead in ABC’s untitled Roland Emmerich drama pilot, from ABC Studios and the Mark Gordon Co. Written by Emmerich and Harold Kloser and to be directed by Emmerich, the project centers on Carter (Thieriot), an astrophysics grad student in NYC who learns that he is the chosen one to destroy the forces of evil. Also cast in the pilot is Gabriella Wilde (ICM, UK’s Tavistock Wood) as Carter’s girlfriend. Thieriot, repped by Gersh and attorney Scott Whitehead, recently wrapped features Disconnect and Foreverland and will next be seen in House At The End Of The Street. No Ordinary Family alumna Autumn Reeser is back at ABC. The actress has joined the cast of the network’s drama pilot Last Resort starring Andre Braugher. The Sony TV-produced project centers on the crew of the USS Nevada, a nuclear submarine,...
- 2/10/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Max Theriot has joined the cast of Disconnect, indie drama that’s being directed by Murderball‘s Henry Alex Rubin. Deadline reports that he joins Alexander Skarsgard, Andrea Riseborough, Frank Grillo, Paula Patton and Jason Bateman in the drama. The film is scripted by Andrew Stern and is about "disparate lives that intertwine as the digital technologies intended to bring people closer together push families further apart."
Theriot will next be seen opposite Jennifer Lawrence in the Mark Tonderai-directed House At the End of The Street and recently finished Max McGuire's Foreverland and the Nick Cassavetes-directed Yellow. I am glad to see that after starring in My Soul To Take he was not blacklisted by casting directors. What are your thoughts on this news?...
Theriot will next be seen opposite Jennifer Lawrence in the Mark Tonderai-directed House At the End of The Street and recently finished Max McGuire's Foreverland and the Nick Cassavetes-directed Yellow. I am glad to see that after starring in My Soul To Take he was not blacklisted by casting directors. What are your thoughts on this news?...
- 9/23/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Max Theriot has joined the cast of Disconnect, the indie drama that’s being directed by Murderball‘s Henry Alex Rubin. He joins Alexander Skarsgard, Andrea Riseborough, Frank Grillo, Paula Patton and Jason Bateman in the Andrew Stern-scripted drama about disparate lives that intertwine as the digital technologies intended to bring people closer together push families further apart. Theriot next stars with Jennifer Lawrence in the Mark Tonderai-directed House At the End of the Street and recently wrapped the Max McGuire-directed Foreverland and the Nick Cassavetes-directed Yellow. He’s repped by Gersh.
- 9/23/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Scottish director Justin Molotnikov has rounded up the cast for his follow-up to 2009’s Crying with Laughter. He’s locked in Juliette Lewis, Stephen McCole, Kate Dickie, Gary Lewis and Greta Scacchi for modern noir Blood Or Water. There’s precious little out there about the plot right now, aside from one tiny nugget that talks about its noirish nature and a brief mention of “unwitting incest.” Which sounds almost like a BBFC caution phrase than anything else.Despite that, Lewis seems enthused to be taking part: “I am excited by Justin Molotnikov’s unconventional, completely organic approach to storytelling and filmmaking," she said in a statement picked up by The Hollywood Reporter. "He creates one of a kind, totally engrossing stories with characters that jump off the screen." Molotnikov will shoot early next year in Scotland.Lewis was last seen in Due Date, and has the likes of Hick,...
- 8/30/2011
- EmpireOnline
Justin Molotnikov has directed his fair share of television — particularly a series of several episodes on both Shoebox Zoo and High Times — but in 2009 he jumped into the medium of feature filmmaking with his debut, Crying with Laughter. I know next to nothing about the film, though I’ve since learned that it not only took home a Scotland BAFTA for Best First Film, but that it also caught the eye of the well-known American actress Juliette Lewis — enough of her eye, in fact, that she’s agreed to star in Molotnikov‘s follow-up feature, a contemporary noir titled Blood or Water. [The Hollywood Reporter]
“I am excited by Justin Molotnikov’s unconventional, completely organic approach to storytelling and filmmaking,” said Lewis about the up-and-coming Scottish director. “He creates one of a kind, totally engrossing stories with characters that jump off the screen.” Stephen McCole, Kate Dickie, Gary Lewis, and Greta Scacchi are...
“I am excited by Justin Molotnikov’s unconventional, completely organic approach to storytelling and filmmaking,” said Lewis about the up-and-coming Scottish director. “He creates one of a kind, totally engrossing stories with characters that jump off the screen.” Stephen McCole, Kate Dickie, Gary Lewis, and Greta Scacchi are...
- 8/29/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
We were thrilled when "Life Unexpected's" Britt Robertson was cast as Cassie in "Secret Circle," and we've been waiting with bated breath for more news about Kevin Williamson's CW pilot. Now, TVLine reports that "Sarah Connor Chronicles" star Thomas Dekker has snagged the coveted role of Adam.
Adam is feels a connection to Cassie, the new girl in town, right off the bat. One problem - he's in a relationship with Cassie's friend Diana, and has been since they were children.
One more problem? He's the oldest member of a secret coven of witches. Cassie is about to discover that, she, too, is a witch -- and an important one at that.
23-year-old Dekker is best known for his work on "Sarah Connor," but he's also got an impressive film resume that includes a role as a cancer patient in "My Sister's Keeper" and the upcoming "Foreverland" with Juliette Lewis.
Adam is feels a connection to Cassie, the new girl in town, right off the bat. One problem - he's in a relationship with Cassie's friend Diana, and has been since they were children.
One more problem? He's the oldest member of a secret coven of witches. Cassie is about to discover that, she, too, is a witch -- and an important one at that.
23-year-old Dekker is best known for his work on "Sarah Connor," but he's also got an impressive film resume that includes a role as a cancer patient in "My Sister's Keeper" and the upcoming "Foreverland" with Juliette Lewis.
- 3/10/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
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