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Focus
Features International
Secures Robust Sales On Kevin Macdonald's BLACK SEA Starring Jude Law
Alison
Thompson, co-president of Focus Features International
announced numerous
sales on Academy Award and BAFTA-winning director Kevin
Macdonald's (LAST KING of SCOTLAND, TOUCHING the VOID) heist
thriller, BLACK SEA starring two-time Academy Award®-nominee Jude Law (SHERLOCK HOLMES, ANNA
KARENINA). In a multi territory deal Sony Pictures Worldwide
Acquisition (SPWA)
acquired Germany, Austria, German speaking Switzerland, Eastern Europe,
Scandinavia, and Latin America. Backup Media invested against
distribution
rights in France, Benelux and French speaking Switzerland; E-Stars
acquired
China; Top Films the CIS; E1 Australia and New Zealand; Lev Cinema
Israel;
Ster-Kinekor South Africa; and Focus Features International is
currently fielding
offers in several other territories.
With
a screenplay by Dennis Kelly, BLACK
SEA is co-produced and co-financed by Focus and Film4.
Focus holds the worldwide rights – excluding
U.K. free-TV rights, which are held by Film4.
Kevin
Macdonald
and Charles Steel are producing the
film which stars Law as a modern-day submarine captain who is laid off
by the
salvage company he works for. Desperate to get even with his former
employers
and to prove himself, he is approached by a shadowy backer. Handed
command of a
submarine that is barely seaworthy, he is to rally a gang of English
and
Russian die-hard seafarers, outcasts and/or psychopaths all, on a
mission.
Their quarry is a storied sunken submarine, said to be loaded with lost
gold,
lying at the bottom of disputed waters in the Black
Sea. The captain and his crew will have to go to the depths –
in more ways than one – to get the loot. The closer they get to the
prize, the
riskier it becomes to trust one another.
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Producer
of the Academy Award® winning documentary UNDEFEATED and cult classic
The KING of
KONG: a FISTFUL of QUARTERS, Ed
Cunningham has announced production on a feature length
documentary, FINDERS
KEEPERS. Cunningham, who also announces College
Football for ESPN, will
produce through his World Record Headquarters shingle and has put
together a
team including director Bryan Carberry,
and independent producer Adam Gibbs.
With
over 50-hours of footage already shot, the filmmakers have enlisted the
help of
Kickstarter
to help fund the final stages of physical production, as well as post
production. The
30-day Kickstarter
campaign gets under way today with an initial goal of raising $80,000.
FINDERS
KEEPERS is a behind-the-scenes look at one of nation's most riveting
news
stories about a severed human foot that is found in a grill bought at a
2007
auction in rural North Carolina. The documentary pulls back the curtain
on the
people at the center of the widely publicized and outrageous custody
battle
that ensued between the amputee and the grill's purchaser over
ownership of the
leg.
Cunningham
said, "From the moment I first heard the
story, it reminded me immediately of 'The KING of KONG,' as it was two
very
different men colliding in these very bizarre circumstances, and we
were lucky
enough to candidly document them as their sometimes difficult lives
became
intertwined. But the idea of being able to finish this as a feature
length
documentary had died until Bryan
Carberry, the director, called and asked if we could try to
finish it. With
Adam Gibbs on to help produce
the
final production and post-production, kickstarter.com has given us a
way to
finish a film that likely would have not been made."
Cunningham
first heard about this story while on assignment for ESPN in Norman,
and has a
knack for finding 'off the beaten path'
storylines. He and Seth Gordon
(IDENTITY
THIEF, HORRIBLE BOSSES, The KING of KONG) discovered the story which
led to the
production and 2007 release of The KING of KONG: a FISTFULL of
QUARTERS, which
was sold to New Line Cinema. Other feature documentary credits include
New York
Doll, who he also produced with Gordon
and Make Believe, which followed six of the world's best young
magicians as
they battle for the title of Teen World Champ.
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Patton
Oswalt's STAR WARS/Marvel
Mash Up Gets An Animated Remake
If
you didn't catch it, Patton Oswalt
made a serious claim for "King of the Nerds" last month. A video from
the set of "Parks and Recreation" was posted online showing the
comedian/actor
explaining, at incredible length, his very specific plot idea for J.J. Abrams' STAR WARS EPISODE VII,
which would also tie into the Marvel Cinematic Universe as well as
multiple
other film franchises. It was such a great display of geekiness that it
inspired many others to get creative. Shortly after the video's release
an
artist created a very special mash-up poster containing all of the cool
details, but now, as you can see here,
YouTube user iZacLess has taken it to
another level.
It
remains a shame that, for now, studio politics and character rights are
preventing characters like Spider-Man
and the X-Men from showing up in a
film with The Avengers, but at
least
there is a loud voice calling for what we want: bigger,
cooler universes. And who knows, perhaps this video could
somehow land Oswalt a role in
either
an upcoming STAR WARS or Marvel movie. I
certainly wouldn't mind it.
In
addition to his recent appearance on "Parks and Rec," Oswalt
has been keeping busy on the small screen, starring in
episodes of "The Newsroom," "Justified," and "Two and a Half Men." On
the big
screen he has a role in Ben Stiller's
The SECRET LIFE of WALTER MITTY and Stephen
Sommers' adaptation of the popular Dean
Koontz novel ODD THOMAS.
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James Bond's
Geiger-Counter THUNDERBALL
Wristwatch Turns Up At Car Boot Sale
James
Bond's geiger-counter wristwatch from hit movie
THUNDERBALL has turned up
following years of mystery about its whereabouts after it was found at
a car
boot sale.
The
prop - one of the many gadgets used by 007
during his half century on-screen - was key to the plot of the film as
it
helped the agent locate stolen atomic weapons during underwater scenes
in the
1965 film.
The
Breitling watch was picked up for £25 but is now to be sold by
Christie's in
London with an estimated price range of £40,000 to £60,000.
The
Top Time model by the luxury Swiss watch firm was the first watch which
Bond movie-goers had seen
being adapted
by Q's team of boffins
in the film series.
It
is one of a number of items given to Bond
by Q - played by Desmond
Llewelyn - when he heads over to Nassau to give him extra
equipment. One of the hands of the watch shows the strength of
radioactivity.
Sean
Connery,
who played the agent, uses it during the film's famous aquatic scenes
on a
mission to find two NATO bombs stolen by Spectre.
The
basic watch was originally made by Breitling in 1962, then adapted by
the James Bond art department, and
was the
only one produced for the movie.
It
is thought that it had been passed on by someone who worked at Pinewood
Studios, where much of the movie was made.
The
auction house - which will offer the watch at its South Kensington
saleroom in
a Pop Culture sale on June 26 - had little further detail
about the car boot
sale.
Christie's
said of the find: "This is a great
opportunity for collectors to acquire a unique piece of James
Bond memorabilia."
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Content
Nabs Worldwide Sales Rights
On The SURPRISE from Academy Award® Winning Filmmaker Mike Van Diem
Content
Film, a division of Content Media Corporation, has secured worldwide
sales
duties (excluding Holland, Belgium, the
former Dutch Colonies, Luxembourg and Germany) on The
SURPRISE, which was
written and will be directed by Academy Award® Winner Mike
van Diem (KARAKTER). Els
Vandevorst (It's
ALL SO QUIET,
WINTER in WARTIME, DOGVILLE, DANCER in the DARK) is producing the Dutch
romantic comedy together with Hans de
Weers (STRICKEN, "Antonia's Line"), in co-production with Mike Downey and Sam
Taylor (BEFORE the RAIN), Nino
Lombardo ("Prime Time"), Macdara
Kellerher ("Fastnet") and Michael
Eckert (Riva Film).
Currently
in pre-production, The SURPRISE marks Mike
van Diem's long-anticipated return to the director's chair in
this romantic
comedy about love, death, and really poor timing. Sick of his bland
existence, Jacob decides to hire a
firm that
specializes in assisted, seemingly accidental suicides.
After signing up, he meets the incredibly
beautiful Anne, and Jacob's black
and
white world is suddenly flooded with colour.
Although Jacob now has something to live for, the
contract he signed is
irreversible so he and Anne must use their wits to outsmart the
contracted
firm.
"Mike van Diem is a huge talent with a
distinct voice, and it's
wonderful to be working with him on such a unique and charming film," said
Jamie Carmichael, President of
Content Film. "The
SURPRISE is a beautiful and
complex story that is at once romantic, melancholic and very funny."
Director
Mike Van Diem said: "The attraction lies in the very simple
premise. The SURPRISE, in a nutshell, is a classic, universal story
about two
people who revalue life in the face of death. Amusing and light in
tone,
appealing to a wide audience, but not without an unexpected ending."
Dutch
filmmaker Mike van Diem received an
Academy Award® for Best Foreign Language Film for KARAKTER (1998),
which he
wrote and directed based on the 1938 novel by Ferdinand
Bordewijk. He
also
received an Academy Award for Best Foreign Student Film for ALASKA
(1990),
which was produced by Els Vandevorst.
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Entertainment Options Andrew
Dominik's BLONDE
Worldview
Entertainment has optioned the Marilyn
Monroe biopic, BLONDE, from writer-director Andrew
Dominik (KILLING THEM SOFTLY, The ASSASSINATION of JESSE
JAMES by the COWARD ROBERT FORD). The screenplay was adapted from the Joyce Carol Oates fictionalized
biography of the late starlet. Wild Bunch is handling international
sales on
the project, while CAA, who arranged financing, will be packaging and
representing the domestic rights.
"Andrew
is an extremely talented writer and director and we are big fans of his
work. BLONDE is a fantastic project
and we are looking
forward to seeing it come to life," said Worldview CEO, Christopher Woodrow.
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New ANCHORMAN 2 Teaser Is 100%
Snake Venom
ANCHORMAN:
The LEGEND CONTINUES has been filming in Atlanta and elsewhere for
seemingly forever, giving us a lot of random casting details and a few
set photos that suggest where we might find the characters when the
story kicks off again. But despite all the footage they've shot
already, the latest teaser for ANCHORMAN
2 is essentially identical to the one they released almost exactly a
year ago. In fact, let's watch that older
one and compare:
So... although
this is a new teaser
trailer, it seems safe to assume this was shot a
full year ago, and is only being released now to remind us
that ANCHORMAN
2 is coming this year, and that we shouldn't be too distracted by the
likes of The INTERNSHIP or The HEAT while pondering what the year's
best comedy might be. Sure, ANCHORMAN:
The LEGEND CONTINUES doesn't come to theaters
until December 20, but isn't it worth the wait?
Despite the endless buzz about which stars will be part of ANCHORMAN:
The LEGEND CONTINUES, from Harrison Ford and Greg Kinnear to James Marsden and Kristen Wiig, we
don't actually know much about where the story will take the news team,
other than that they'll be headed to New York, "the holy grail for all
newsmen." Got anything in particular you want to see
happen in the long-awaited ANCHORMAN sequel? Let us know in
the comments below.
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Disney's PLANES Trailer Shows Off
Awesome Visuals And 3D Potential, But No Dialogue
Though
it came into existence as a direct-to-DVD feature,
Disney's PLANES
will soon be ready to take all of your money in theaters, both in 2D
and 3D. (And undoubtedly
in department stores, as Disney does not skimp on the marketing.)
And while the film's cast is massive and talented, the memories of CARS
and CARS 2 are strong with this one.
The
above trailer does very little to raise enthusiasm for the film as a
whole, though I am very intrigued to catch it in 3D should I decide to
watch it. The aerial visuals and the fluid camerawork are certain draws
for adult audiences, and though the animation style is quite generic,
it's all pretty amazing nonetheless.
But there's still no
sense of story, given the complete lack of dialogue, replaced by a
feel-good track that sounds like something that would play over the end
credits of an introductory workplace video. I mean, credit where it's
due for not giving us a fart joke or a groan-worthy tagline voiceover
in its second look at the film, but there's still something to be
desired on that side of things. But it's evened out by the constant
motion of Dusty
Crophopper (Dane
Cook)
as he gets over his fear of heights, zipping and flipping through the
air. There is an almost endless number of places the 3D could go here,
and if that's the only thing I can latch onto this film to get me
excited about, then I'm taking it. Also, I still think "From the world above Cars"
is a clever line.
Besides Cook,
the film stars Stacey
Keach, Val
Kilmer, Anthony
Edwards, Brad
Garrett, Teri
Hatcher, Julia
Louis-Dreyfus, John
Cleese,
Sinbad, Gabriel Iglesias, Roger Craig Smith, and Cedric the
Entertainer. And there's more. It will hit theaters August 9, 2013. And
while it would make sense to show the short teaser trailer Disney
released for Planes here at the bottom, I'd rather go with the classic
cartoon Pedro, featuring the most awesome mail plane in the universe.
If Planes is half as good as this 7-minute short, it will be a victory
for Disney.
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Primeridian
Entertainment Launches With Feature On Nobel Prize-Winning Soviet
Dissident Alexander
Solzhenitsyn
Primeridian
Entertainment has hired Cyrus Nowrasteh
(The STONING of SORAYA M., The DAY REAGAN WAS SHOT) to write and direct
a
feature film based on the life of
the
famed Soviet dissident and Nobel Prize winning author Alexander
Solzhenitsyn. The picture will be produced and equity
financed by Primeridian's Arcadiy
Golubovich and Tim O'Hair. This marks the first
feature under the Primeridian
Entertainment banner. As
source
material, the company has optioned the rights to D.M.
Thomas' prize winning Alexander
Solzhenitsyn: A Century in His Life, a biography of the
author. Nowrasteh will pen the
script with his
wife, Betsy Giffen Nowrasteh, with
whom he recently collaborated on the Ann
Rice adaptation "Christ the Lord."
"It's
a privilege to tell the
courageous story of Aleksandr
Solzhenitsyn," said writer director Cyrus Nowrasteh.
"Millions
suffered and died in the Soviet labor camps. As a survivor, he resolved
to tell
the world about it. The power of his pen, despite the suppression of
his work
and every effort to silence his voice, helped bring about the downfall
of one
of the greatest tyrannies mankind has ever known."
"We
have long been attracted
to the complex and remarkable life of Alexander
Solzhenitsyn, who had a significant impact on
the Soviet
Union," said Arcadiy Golubovich,
head of Primeridian Entertainment. "As a Russian
nonconformist and activist
as well as a towering literary figure, Solzhenitsyn's life makes for a compelling feature film, and we
are thrilled to be
bringing Cyrus' talent on board to weave this fascinating story."
Alexander
Solzhenitsyn
was a Red Army officer who, after being accused of anti-Soviet
propaganda, was
imprisoned by Stalin in the gulag
system in February of 1945.
The period
later became the basis for his monumental The
Gulag Archipelago, a three-volume book narrating his
experiences in the
Soviet forced labor camp system, unacknowledged during the Stalinist
era. Solzhenitsyn's
other works include "The First
Circle," "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich," "Cancer Ward," and
"The Red
Wheel." He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970, was
expelled from the former
Soviet Union in 1974, and lived in exile in Vermont until he was able
to return
to Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the mid-1990s. Solzhenitsyn
died in 2008.
British
prize winning novelist and poet D.M.
Thomas won the Orwell Prize
in
1999 for penning Solzhenitsyn's
biography. Other
awards include the Los
Angeles Fiction prize for his novel "The White Hotel," an international
bestseller translated into 30 languages.
Nowrasteh
wrote and directed the acclaimed Paramount/Showtime production The DAY
REAGAN
WAS SHOT, executive produced by Oliver
Stone, as well as The STONING OF SORAYA M, released by
Roadside Attractions
in 2008. He also
wrote ABC's
controversial THE PATH TO 9/11, directed by David
L. Cunningham.
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OUTPOST III: RISE of the SPETSNAZ
SELLS to XLRATOR MEDIA
Content announced
today that OUTPOST III: RISE of the SPETSNAZ has sold all US rights to
XLrator Media, which successfully released OUTPOST II: BLACK SUN last
year. Written by Rae
Brunton, OUTPOST III: RISE of the SPETSNAZ marks Kieran Parker's
directorial debut, delivering more action as the un-dead legion breaks
out in its ruthless quest for power. Content is
handling worldwide sales on the film which has sold international
territories including: the UK (Entertainment One UK) set to release in
October 2013, Canada (Mongrel), Germany & Benelux (Splendid),
Portugal (Lusomundo), Middle East (Gulf Film), China (H.G.C.
Entertainment), CIS & Baltic States (Top Film), Japan (Aya
Pro), South Korea (Sonamu), Hong Kong (Panorama) and Tawain (Catchplay).
Bryan Larkin
(BATTLEGROUND) stars as the lead Russian Dolokhov alongside James "The Colossus"
Thompson, Ultimate Combat World Heavy Weight Champion as The Berserker.
The film, which screens for the first time at the Cannes market, is
produced by Black Camel Pictures' Arabella
Page Croft and Kieran
Parker, and executive produced by Matador Pictures' Nigel Thomas and
Content Film's Jamie
Carmichael. The film is backed by Matador Pictures.
In addition, XLrator Media recently picked up the US rights to
IRONCLAD: BATTLE for BLOOD.
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RAPTURE-PALOOZA Trailer
Lindsey
(Anna Kendrick)
and Ben (John Francis Daley)
are just your average couple trying to make it through the Rapture in this
trailer for RAPTURE-PALOOZA,
following the poster that debuted yesterday. Although death and
destruction is all around them, this level-headed couple have a plan to
put an end to it all, by seducing and trapping the anti-Christ known
as Beast (Craig Robinson).
Check out the latest
footage from director Paul
Middleditch's
apocalyptic comedy, also starring Rob
Corddry, Thomas
Lennon, and Ken
Jeong.
RAPTURE-PALOOZA comes
to theaters June 7, 2013 and stars Anna
Kendrick, John
Francis Daley, Ken
Jeong, Rob
Corddry, Craig
Robinson, Thomas
Lennon, Tyler
Labine, and Ana
Gasteyer. The film is directed by Paul Middleditch.
Sources:
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The HEAT Poster with Sandra
Bullock and Melissa McCarthy
The 20th Century
Fox comedy The HEAT
may be taking a page from the RED 2 poster playbook (or possibly the
NBA's Miami Heat color scheme) in the latest one-sheet. Sandra Bullock stars
as uptight FBI agent Sarah
Ashburn who is forced to team up with the loose cannon
Boston detective Shannon
Mullins (Melissa
McCarthy), in order to take down a notorious drug lord.
While they may not be the best of friends, Sarah and Shannon certainly
seem ready for action in this poster for director Paul Feig's comedy,
in theaters June 28.
The HEAT comes
to theaters June 28, 2013 and stars Sandra
Bullock, Melissa
McCarthy, Kaitlin
Olson, Taran
Killam, Raw
Leiba, Michael
Rapaport, Thomas
F. Wilson, and Demián
Bichir. The film is directed by Paul Feig.
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VATICAN TAPES From Lakeshore
Entertainment And Lionsgate
Lakeshore
Entertainment's horror thriller The
VATICAN TAPES will be written and directed by Mark Neveldine
(GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT of VENGENACE, CRANK) and will be distributed in
the US by Lionsgate with a fall 2014 release. Lakeshore will
be starting principal photography in Los Angeles in July. The film is
off to a fast start before the opening of the Cannes festival this
week, with sales to eOne in Canada, eOne/Hopscotch in Australia,
Universum in Germany, Jaguar Film International Distribution in the
Middle East, IPA Asia Pacific in Thailand; D Productions in Turkey, and
Sun Distribution Group S.A. in Latin America. Lakeshore and Sierra
Affinity are formally introducing the film to international buyers in
Cannes this week.
The VATICAN
TAPES follows the haunting tale of 27 year-old Angela Holmes, who
accidentally cuts her finger and ends up in the emergency
room. Infection leads to erratic behavior, and she begins to
have a devastating effect on anyone close, causing serious injury and
death. Priests examine Holmes
and believe she is possessed, but when the Vatican is called upon to
exorcise the demon, the possession proves to be an ancient satanic
force more powerful than they imagined.
From
Director Mark Neveldine, The VATICAN
TAPES is
moving quickly before the start Of 2013 Cannes
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BARELY LETHAL
Highland Film Group
to handle international sales of the film produced by RKO Pictures with
Brett Ratner's Rat Entertainment and Hopscotch Pictures
Academy Award® nominated actor Samuel
L Jackson (DJANGO UNCHAINED, PULP FICTION) has joined RKO
Pictures' BARELY LETHAL, starring Academy®
Award nominated actress Hailee
Steinfeld (ENDER'S GAME, TRUE GRIT). Highland Film Group
(HFG) is handling international sales in Cannes. Kyle Newman
(FANBOYS) will direct the comedy action script by John D'Arco.
Principal photography will begin Fall 2013. BARELY LETHAL is being
produced by RKO Pictures with Hopscotch Pictures and Brett Ratner's Rat
Entertainment.
BARELY LETHAL is a playful, high-velocity action-comedy in which a
16-year old international assassin (Steinfeld)
yearning for "normal" adolescence fakes her own death and enrolls in a
suburban high school. When her former-employer (Jackson) comes
calling, it becomes more extracurriculars than any teenager can handle.
RKO Pictures will produce, with their President of Production Vanessa Coifman and Ted Hartley
producing alongside Brett
Ratner and John
Cheng for Rat Entertainment and Hopscotch Pictures' Sukee Chew.
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DRINKING BUDDIES - Official
Poster!
Kate (Olivia Wilde) and Luke (Jake Johnson) work
together at a craft brewery. They have one of those friendships that
feels like it could be something more. But Kate is with Chris (Ron Livingston), and
Luke
is with Jill
(Anna Kendrick).
And Jill wants to know if Luke
is ready to talk about marriage. The answer to that question becomes
crystal clear when Luke
and Kate
unexpectedly find themselves alone for a weekend.
Directed by Joe Swanberg,
and starring Olivia Wilde,
Jake Johnson,
Anna
Kendrick, and Ron
Livingston, DRINKING BUDDIES will be available on
iTunes/On Demand July 25, and in theaters August 23, 2013.
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LAST VEGAS - Watch the Teaser
Trailer!
Billy (Academy
Award®-winner Michael
Douglas), Paddy
(Academy Award®-winner Robert
De Niro), Archie
(Academy Award®-winner Morgan
Freeman) and Sam
(Academy Award®-winner Kevin
Kline) have been best friends since childhood. So when Billy, the group's
sworn bachelor, finally proposes to his thirty-something (of course)
girlfriend, the four head to Las Vegas with a plan to stop acting their
age and relive their glory days. However, upon arriving, the four
quickly realize that the decades have transformed Sin City and tested
their friendship in ways they never imagined. The Rat Pack may
have once played the Sands and "Cirque du Soleil" may now rule the
Strip, but it's these four who are taking over Vegas.
Check out the teaser
trailer for LAST VEGAS, exclusively on Yahoo! Movies:
Written by Dan
Fogelman, directed
by Jon Turteltaub,
and starring Michael
Douglas, Robert
De Niro, Morgan
Freeman & Kevin
Kline, CBS Films will release LAST VEGAS on November 1,
2013.
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SONG
ONE - Worldview Entertainment Signed Finance
and Produce
Worldview
Entertainment has signed on to finance and
produce the drama, SONG ONE, starring Academy Award winner Anne
Hathaway. Kate
Barker-Froyland will direct the film from her own
screenplay. Worldview CEO, Christopher
Woodrow, and COO, Molly
Conners,
will produce alongside Marc
Platt, Academy Award winner Jonathan Demme,
Hathaway,
and Adam Shulman. Principal
photography will begin May 29th in New York City.
SONG ONE is the story of a young woman who strikes up a
relationship
with her ailing brother's favorite musician. Lotus will handle
international sales and introduce the film to foreign buyers this week
in Cannes while CAA, who arranged financing, will be representing the
domestic rights.
"Anne is a brilliant
actress and we think she is perfect for this
project. We have a very strong creative team and we are
looking forward to the start of filming in a couple of weeks,"
said
Worldview CEO, Christopher
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Trailer!
The
WAY, WAY BACK is the funny and poignant coming of age story of
14-year-old Duncan's
(Liam James)
summer vacation with his mother, Pam
(Toni Collette),
her overbearing boyfriend, Trent
(Steve Carell),
and
his daughter, Steph
(Zoe Levin).
Having a rough time fitting
in, the
introverted Duncan
finds an unexpected friend in gregarious Owen (Sam
Rockwell), manager of the Water Wizz water park. Through
his funny,
clandestine friendship with Owen,
Duncan
slowly opens up to and begins
to finally find his place in the world - all during a summer he will
never forget.
View the trailer:
Written & Directed by Nat Faxon
& Jim Rash,
and starring
Steve Carell,
Toni Collette,
Allison Janney,
AnnaSophia Robb,
Sam
Rockwell, Maya
Rudolph, Liam
James, Amanda
Peet, and Rob
Corddry, The
WAY, WAY BACK will open in theaters July 5, 2013.
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SYNOPSIS: Van Vlahakis left
Greece five decades ago with 22
dollars in his pocket. He arrived in the US hoping for a better future
for him and his family. Eftichios
– as is his Greek name- not only
managed to live the American dream for himself, but also created Earth
Friendly Products, a US giant for environmentally friendly cleaning
products. His story is not only about transforming his life but also
the lives of the ones around him as the owner and CEO of Earth Friendly
Products.
The story centers on the modern day Vlahakis (played by
Ed
O'Ross), who is diagnosed with cancer and given only few
months to
live. During this time, he reflects on his early life as an immigrant
(played by George Finn)
during the 1950's and ultimately decides to
push himself to the limit by closing one final business deal that will
concretize his company's success, even if it means taking on
a large
corporation that is trying to take over his company.
Greg Hutchins (Zane) flies to town to make
Van (O'Ross) an unwanted offer that could save his company.
We have an exclusive clip
from the film. The clip features Ed O'Ross, Billy Zane, John Billingsley,
and
Alexis Georgoulis:
Written and Directed by: Nika Agiashvili and
starring: Ed O'Ross,
Shannon Elizabeth,
Annabella Sciorra,
George Finn,
Malcolm McDowell,
Roger Bart,
Alexis Georgoulis,
and Billy Zane,
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release May 24, 2013
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SHADOW
DANCER - Now on VOD, In Theaters May 31
A conspiracy
thriller set around an act of betrayal within a tight knit
family, the story centers around single mother Collette McVeigh
(Riseborough)
-- a Republican living in Belfast with her mother and
hardliner IRA brothers.
When she is arrested for her part in an aborted IRA bomb plot in
London, an MI5 officer (Owen)
offers her a choice: lose everything and
go to prison or return to Belfast to spy on her own family.
With her son's life in her hands, Collette
chooses to place her trust
in the MI5 and return home. When her brothers' secret
operation is ambushed, suspicions of an informant are raised and
Collette
finds both herself and her family in grave danger.
With informants working on both sides, Collette's
psychological and
personal turmoil builds.
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker James Marsh (MAN on
a WIRE, PROJECT NIM), Screenplay by Tom Brady, based on
his novel, produced by Chris
Coen, Andrew
Lowe, Ed
Guiney, Magnolia Pictures' SHADOW
DANCER stars Andrea Riseborough, Aidan Gillen, Domhall Gleeson, Brid
Breenan, David
Wilmot, Martin
McCann, with Gillian
Anderson and Clive
Owen. The
film is now
available on demand and opening theatrically May 31, 2013.
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Jerry Lewis to Return to the
Croisette for A Special Homage and Screening of MAX ROSE
Motion picture and
television legend Jerry
Lewis will return to Cannes this year for a special
screening of MAX ROSE, a feature film starring Lewis, Claire Bloom (The
KING'S SPEECH), Kevin Pollak (THREE NIGHTS, The USUAL
SUSPECTS), Kerry Bishé (ARGO),
and Mort Sahl.
A Lightstream Pictures production, the film is directed by Daniel Noah, from
his original screenplay. MAX ROSE is produced by Lawrence Inglee
(The MESSENGER,
RAMPART) and Garrett Kelleher (RAMPART),
executive produced by Paul
Currie, Matthew
Malek, Charlie
O'Carroll, Gaston
Pavlovich, and William
L. Walton. ICM Partners will represent the
domestic sale while International Film Trust (IFT) will handle
international sales beginning in Cannes.
In addition, Lewis'
The LADIES MAN will be screen in Cannes Classics, a program presenting
old films and masterpieces from cinematographic history that have been
carefully restored.
President Ariel
Veneziano of the newly announced IFT said, "To have a title in the Official
Selection as part of our debut sales slate at Cannes is a wonderful
start for IFT. Our goal is to be a supplier of quality driven
feature films across all genres with clear commercial appeal for the
right distributors. Max Rose ticks all those boxes."
In MAX ROSE, Lewis
portrays the title role of Max,
an 87-year old jazz pianist who has recently lost his wife of over six
decades. A discovery made days before his wife's death causes
Max
to believe his marriage was a lie. Max
embarks on an exploration of his own past that brings him face to face
with a menagerie of characters from a bygone era.
Three-time
Academy Award-winner Michel
Legrand composed the film's score and features the
original song "Hurry Home" by three-time Academy Award winners Marilyn and Alan Bergman. MAX
ROSE marks the first time Lewis has stepped in
front of a movie camera in 18 years and re-unites him with Mort Sahl, who in
1963, appeared in two episodes of Jerry's comedy variety show.
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Synopsis:
HELL BABY, a comedy scripted by Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant
(NIGHT at The MUSEUM, "Reno 911!: Miami") marks their co-directing
debut. Jack
(Rob Corddry)
and Vanessa
(Leslie Bibb)
are an expectant couple that moves into the most haunted fixer-upper in
New Orleans -- a house with a deadly demonic curse. Things soon spiral
out of control for Jack
and Vanessa,
as well as their-not-so-helpfulneighbor F'Resnel (Keegan-Michael Key),
Vanessa's
friendly psychiatrist (Michael
Ian Black), Vanessa's
Wiccan sister Marjorie
(Riki Lindhome)
and the detectives assigned to look into the rising body count (Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer). Only
the Vatican's elite exorcism team (Garant
and Lennon)
can save them -- or can
they?
Written and directed by Thomas
Lennon and Robert
Ben Garant, and starring Rob Corddry, Leslie Bibb,
Keegan-Michael Key,
Michael Ian Black,
Riki Lindhome,
Rob Huebel,
and Paul Scheer.
From Millennium Entertainment, HELL BABY is scheduled for release Fall
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BIG BAD WOLVES - Magnet
Releasing Acquires North American Rights To
Critically-Acclaimed
Thriller
The Wagner/Cuban
Company's Magnet Releasing, genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, announced
today that they've acquired all North American rights for the film BIG
BAD WOLVES from XYZ Films. A darkly funny, ingeniously
crafted Israeli thriller, BIG BAD WOLVES was written and directed by Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado and
stars Lior Ashkenazi,
Rotem Keinan,
Tzahi Grad,
and Dov Glickman.
BIG BAD WOLVES was produced by Chilik
Michaeli, Avraham
Pirchi, Tami
Leon, Moshe
Edery, and Leon
Edery.
The film originally had its World Premiere at this past TriBeCa Film
Festival and will next screen at the upcoming Marché du Film via
6 SALES, who will be handling international rights. The film
will screen Wednesday, May 15th at 4:00pm at Olympia 6 and Saturday,
May 18th at 8:00pm at Riviera 4.
In BIG BAD WOLVES a series of brutal murders puts the lives of three
men on a collision course: The father of the latest victim now out for
revenge, a vigilante police detective operating outside the boundaries
of law, and the main suspect in the killings - a religious studies
teacher arrested and released due to a police blunder.
"The pitch black
humor in BIG BAD WOLVES could only succeed with truly deft, intelligent
filmmaking," said Magnolia President Eamonn Bowles. "With this wonderfully nasty and
thrilling film, Aharon
Keshales and Navot
Papushado have proven themselves to be major talents with
big careers ahead of them."
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A HOUSE is NOT a HOME - "Leaving
is Not an Option!"
DeInstitutionalized
LLC has released the first poster for their horror thriller A
HOUSE is NOT a HOME. This horror title was shot
in Simi Valley, California during December of 2012. The film notably
stars Gerald Webb
(LAYOVER, "True Blood") Bill
Cobbs (NIGHT at the MUSEUM), Eddie Steeples ("My
Name is Earl") and Richard
Grieco ("21 Jump Street").
The first graphic for the feature warns of an entity inside this new
home. The Williams'
Family have recently moved into their residence, but something is not
right. Shapes and shadows move in the home, late at night and a
presence is stalking this family. That presence is hinted at, if
viewers look closely at the movie poster for A
HOUSE is NOT a HOME.
Horror fans will not have to wait long to see the film. Once production
is complete, A HOUSE is NOT a HOME
will seek distribution across multiple formats. Specific release
details will be announced shortly through production houses
DeInstitutionalized LLC, Transformation Films and Tiki Terrors
LLC.
The trailer for A
HOUSE is NOT a HOME is available here:
Directed by Christopher Douglas-Olen Ray,
written by James Kondelik, Jon Kondelik, and Victoria Dadi, produced
by Gerald Webb
and Christopher Ray,
and starring Gerald Webb,
Bill Cobbs,
Eddie Steeples,
Diahnna Nicole
Baxter, Aurora
Perrineau, Melvin
Gregg, and Richard
Grieco, A HOUSE is NOT a
HOME will complete post-production in June of
this year.
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V/H/S/2 - Check Out These New
Stills!
Synopsis: Inside a
darkened house looms a column of TVs littered with VHS tapes, a pagan
shrine to forgotten analog gods. The screens crackle and pop endlessly
with monochrome vistas of static—white noise permeating the brain and
fogging concentration. But you must fight the urge to relax: this is no
mere movie night. Those obsolete spools contain more than just magnetic
tape. They are imprinted with the very soul of evil.
From the demented minds that brought you last year's V/H/S comes
V/H/S/2, an all-new anthology of dread, madness, and gore. This
follow-up ventures even further down the demented path blazed by its
predecessor, discovering new and terrifying territory in the genre.
This is modern horror at its most inventive, shrewdly subverting our
expectations about viral videos in ways that are just as satisfying as
they are sadistic. The result is the rarest of all tapes—a second
generation with no loss of quality.
Directed by Simon Barrett, Adam Wingard, Edúardo Sanchez, Gregg Hale, Timo Tjahjanto, Gareth Huw Evans,
and Jason Eisener,
V/H/S/2 will be on iTunes/On Demand June
6, 2013 and in theaters July 12, 2013.
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Eerie New Domestic Poster for
Chad Crawford Kinkle's JUG FACE
Synopsis: The pit has spoken.
Dawai,
the potter of a backwoods community, has crafted a face on a ceramic
jug of the person that the pit wants sacrificed. Ada,
pregnant with her brother's child, has seen her face on the jug and
hides it in the woods, determined to save the life of her unborn. If
she does not sacrifice herself however, the creature from the pit will
kill everyone in the village until she does.
Watch the exclusive trailer here:
Directed by Chad Crawford Kinkle, and starring: Lauren Ashley Carter,
Sean Young, Sean Bridgers, Larry Fessenden, Daniel Manche, no release
date for JUG FACE has been announced.
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Vision Films' Lise Romanoff Takes Worldwide Rights for
"FEMME"
Vision Films, a worldwide distributor of independent films, has
announced today that it has picked-up worldwide rights to the
inspirational documentary FEMME, which is directed by Emmanuel Itier (The
INVOCATION, The
MIDNIGHT HOUR), and executive produced and narrated by Sharon Stone
(CASINO, BASIC INSTINCT).
FEMME features interviews with many internationally recognized speakers
including Sharon Stone,
Marianne Williamson,
Gloria Steinem,
Nobel Peace laureates Shirin
Ebadi and Maired
Maguire, Maria
Bello, Angela
Davis, Maria
Conchita Alonso, Barbara
Marx Hubbard, Mary
Buffett, Rickie
Lee Jones,
Jean Houston, and Dr.
Sue Morter. The soundtrack of the film includes
music and songs from well-known artists such as Annie Lennox, Yoko Ono, and Rickie Lee Jones.
FEMME, which has played at numerous international film festivals, is
currently available for worldwide release. Vision Films will be
introducing the documentary for the first time at the upcoming Marché du Film in
Cannes.
FEMME is a Celebration of Women around the World transforming and
healing our society. As executive-producer Sharon Stone
explains: "FEMME is an
innovative effort to illuminate the thoughts, voices and insights of
women the world over. It is an opportunity for women to be heard and to
hear one another in an unfiltered regard on issues that touch the core
of the human condition both elegantly and eloquently. We have much to
learn about each other and from each other".
FEMME is a movie that will empower women
and inspire them to keep leading in all areas of society: in religion
as well as in economics and politics. FEMME is also an education for
men to better understand their female partners and to be more in touch
with their feminine side in order to become more compassionate and
attentive. For Mother
Miriam Benedict from Italy to conclude: "It is obvious at this time in
History that FEMME is immediately needed. For those who have eyes to
see, ears to hear and hearts which are concerned with the continuation
of Life on this planet, the bringing of the women of the world in FEMME
is a powerful tool. I hope and pray that the men who see
FEMME will begin to see women as collaborators and not as threats to be
violently subjugated".
"I have been a fan
of Emmanuel's work since I screened THE INVOCATION," said Lise Romanoff,
Managing Director and CEO of Worldwide Distribution. "FEMME is truly a
thought-provoking film and I hope our buyers enjoy it."
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Arnold Schwarzenegger eyes a role
in The TOXIC AVENGER reboot
Arnold Schwarzenegger
is close to signing on for a lead role in the long gestating
The TOXIC AVENGER
reboot. The action icon won't be taking on the title role as Toxie, but instead
will be playing a secondary lead, a character that is being kept under
wraps for the time being.
HOT YUB TIME MACHINE director Steve
Pink is behind the screenplay for this remake of the
classic 80s Troma film. International Film Trust is taking the project
to Cannes seeking potential buyers, with the movie being described as
an action adventure that will appeal to mainstream audiences.
Daniel C. Mitchell
co-wrote the screenplay alongside Steve
Pink, with Elysium Films attached to produce.
The TOXIC AVENGER
sprang to life in 1984 as a gloriously gory and over the top horror
comedy from Troma films, directed by Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman. The
storyline revolves around a meek janitor who is doused with toxic waste
and mutates into a head-smashing superhero. The franchise has spawned 5
feature films, including the soon to be released TOXIC TWINS: the TOXIC
AVENGER V, and an animated TV series.
It is not known when The TOXIC AVENGER
reboot might go into production, but producers are hoping for a 2014
release.
The Toxic Avenger comes to theaters in 2014.
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Check Out the Poster for
DESPICABLE ME 2
Universal Pictures
has released the one sheet poster for Illumination
Entertainment's DESPICABLE ME
2, coming to theaters on July 3. Directed by Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin, the
sequel is voiced by Steve
Carell, Kristen
Wiig, Miranda
Cosgrove, Russell
Brand, Steve
Coogan, Ken
Jeong, and Benjamin
Bratt.
Chris Meledandri
and his acclaimed filmmaking team create an all-new comedy animated
adventure featuring the return of Gru
(Carell),
the girls, the unpredictably hilarious minions... and a host of new and
outrageously funny characters.
Source:
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