Living a long life isn’t a blessing in Robert Zemeckis’ Death Becomes Her. Scream Factory will release a special Collector’s Edition Blu-ray of the macabre comedy on April 26th, and we have a look at the official cover art and list of bonus features.
Press Release: Three-time Academy Award® winner Meryl Streep, Oscar® winner Goldie Hawn and Golden Globe winner Bruce Willis star in acclaimed director Robert Zemeckis’ outrageously entertaining comedy about greed, vanity, sex, immortality, life…and death. Isabella Rossellini (Blue Velvet) is a beautiful enchantress who changes their lives – and deaths – forever in this hilarious dark comedy with ground-breaking special effects that the Chicago Tribune calls “diabolically inventive.” On April 26, 2016, Scream Factory™ is proud to present Death Becomes Her Collector’s Edition on home entertainment shelves. Available for the first time on Blu-ray, this definitive collector’s edition contains widescreen movie presentation and exciting bonus content...
Press Release: Three-time Academy Award® winner Meryl Streep, Oscar® winner Goldie Hawn and Golden Globe winner Bruce Willis star in acclaimed director Robert Zemeckis’ outrageously entertaining comedy about greed, vanity, sex, immortality, life…and death. Isabella Rossellini (Blue Velvet) is a beautiful enchantress who changes their lives – and deaths – forever in this hilarious dark comedy with ground-breaking special effects that the Chicago Tribune calls “diabolically inventive.” On April 26, 2016, Scream Factory™ is proud to present Death Becomes Her Collector’s Edition on home entertainment shelves. Available for the first time on Blu-ray, this definitive collector’s edition contains widescreen movie presentation and exciting bonus content...
- 3/2/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Each month, we turn our spotlight onto the unsung artists behind the biggest new movie releases. This month: David Koepp, co-writer of Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit.
A graduate of UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television, David Koepp has a name that is familiar to moviegoers around the world, although they may not realize why. It’s one of those names that crops up regularly, on all kinds of film posters and credit rolls, in all sorts of capacities. He has worked as a Producer, Actor, Second Unit Director, Assistant Director, Director, Writer and even Songwriter, on an epic roster of films that would make even Spielberg’s toes curl – though he had a hand in some of them.
While his resume shows him to be a man of many talents, it is screenwriting that has made his name internationally recognizable. David Koepp is one of the most prolific screenwriters in Hollywood,...
A graduate of UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television, David Koepp has a name that is familiar to moviegoers around the world, although they may not realize why. It’s one of those names that crops up regularly, on all kinds of film posters and credit rolls, in all sorts of capacities. He has worked as a Producer, Actor, Second Unit Director, Assistant Director, Director, Writer and even Songwriter, on an epic roster of films that would make even Spielberg’s toes curl – though he had a hand in some of them.
While his resume shows him to be a man of many talents, it is screenwriting that has made his name internationally recognizable. David Koepp is one of the most prolific screenwriters in Hollywood,...
- 1/7/2014
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
Did you know that Heathers screened in competition at Sundance? Even I wasn’t aware of this (or I’d forgotten), and I swear I’m one of the movie’s biggest fans. It’s not a fact revealed on the DVD commentary, apparently. It’s not even listed among the release dates on IMDb or Wikipedia, both of which tend to include major film festival appearances. The dark teen movie classic didn’t premiere in Park City, but following its debut in Milan, Italy, at the Mifed film market in October 1988, it went on to Sundance (then still known as the U.S. Film Festival) in January 1989, where it faced such features as Steven Soderbergh’s sex, lies and videotape (winner of the inaugural audience award), Martin Donovan’s Apartment Zero and Nancy Savoca’s barely remembered True Love, which won the dramatic jury prize (nice going 1989 jury member Jodie Foster!). According...
- 1/5/2014
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Random Media, a new multi-platform content company, has hired indie distribution vet Tom Skouras as chairman, the company announced Monday. For more than a decade, Skouras was president of Skouras Pictures, Inc., an indie film distribution company that handled the release of, among others, Joel and Ethan Coen’s first film, Blood Simple, Paul Schrader’s The Comfort of Strangers, Martin Donovan’s Apartment Zero and My Life as a Dog, directed by Lasse Hallstrom. "Tom will bring a level of guidance and insight to Random Media that can only be gained from a lifetime of extraordinary experience in our industry,”
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- 12/17/2013
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Death Becomes Her revived on TV under film's director Robert Zemeckis and Bravo The 1992 comedy scripted by Martin Donovan and David Koepp, which starred Bruce Willis, Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn, is set for a TV adaptation with Zemeckis executive producing alongside Jack Rapke and Jackie Levine. Variety reports that Universal Cable Productions and Lupara productions are producing the TV version and there's no writer on board as yet. Death Becomes Her starred Streep as Madeline, an actress who steals plastic surgeon Ernest (Willis) away from Helen (Hawn). Years later, Helen's aging, her career's struggling and she's suffered a breakdown which landed her in a mental hospital. She's stunned to come across an ever-young Helen who's aiming to snag back the love of her life, who's now doing makeovers for the dead. However, with the aid of a New Age mystic played by Isabella Rossellini, Madeline doses up with a...
- 12/8/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Death Becomes Her revived on TV under film's director Robert Zemeckis and Bravo The 1992 comedy scripted by Martin Donovan and David Koepp, which starred Bruce Willis, Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn, is set for a TV adaptation with Zemeckis executive producing alongside Jack Rapke and Jackie Levine. Variety reports that Universal Cable Productions and Lupara productions are producing the TV version and there's no writer on board as yet. Death Becomes Her starred Streep as Madeline, an actress who steals plastic surgeon Ernest (Willis) away from Helen (Hawn). Years later, Helen's aging, her career's struggling and she's suffered a breakdown which landed her in a mental hospital. She's stunned to come across an ever-young Helen who's aiming to snag back the love of her life, who's now doing makeovers for the dead. However, with the aid of a New Age mystic played by Isabella Rossellini, Madeline doses up with a...
- 12/8/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Brian Reitzell has signed on to score the Starz series Boss. The show stars Kelsey Grammer as the Mayor of Chicago who is diagnosed with a degenerative mental condition that only he and his doctor know about. Kathleen Robinson, Martin Donovan, Jeff Hephner, Connie Nielsen and Hannah Ware are co-starring. The project is created by Farhad Safinia (co-writer of Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto). Gus Van Sant (Milk, Good Will Hunting) directed the show’s pilot. Grammer, Safinia and Grammer are producing with Richard Levine & Lyn Greene (Nip/Tuck), as well as Brian Sher and Stella Stolper. Apart from scoring the show, Reitzell will also serve as the music supervisor on the project. Boss is set to premiere on October 21, 2011 on Starz and its first season of 8 episodes will be airing every week. For updates on the series, visit the official show website.
As previously reported, Reitzell also scored the pilot...
As previously reported, Reitzell also scored the pilot...
- 7/10/2011
- by filmmusicreporter
- Film Music Reporter
Starz has put out a 30 second teaser for its upcoming hour-long drama, simply titled Boss. The series is set to premiere in October of this year and stars Kelsey Grammar and Connie Nielsen. I can’t think of another movie or TV show that Grammer has been in that he got to play a straight up dramatic role. From the brief look the teaser gives us, his character looks cutthroat; not someone to be messing with.
Grammer plays the mayor of Chicago, Tom Kane, who has just discovered he a degenerative mental condition. Being a man of power, he doesn’t want this news getting out. His two advisers (played by Kathleen Robertson and Martin Donovan) aren’t about to stick their noses in his business and he hasn’t told his wife (played by Nielsen). The only person capable of figuring out Kane’s secret is his daughter Emma...
Grammer plays the mayor of Chicago, Tom Kane, who has just discovered he a degenerative mental condition. Being a man of power, he doesn’t want this news getting out. His two advisers (played by Kathleen Robertson and Martin Donovan) aren’t about to stick their noses in his business and he hasn’t told his wife (played by Nielsen). The only person capable of figuring out Kane’s secret is his daughter Emma...
- 6/16/2011
- by Brody Gibson
- Boomtron
Filed under: TV News
Kelsey Grammer played a comedic character for a long time on 'Cheers' and 'Frasier,' but this fall, he'll return to television as a complicated, driven Chicago mayor in Starz's new drama 'Boss.'
Along with our partners at Huffington Post, we can exclusively reveal that 'Boss' will debut at 10Pm Et on Oct. 21.
We've also got an exclusive first look at the teaser poster for the show and a video clip for the drama, which also stars Martin Donovan, Kathleen Roberston and Connie Nielsen.
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Kelsey Grammer played a comedic character for a long time on 'Cheers' and 'Frasier,' but this fall, he'll return to television as a complicated, driven Chicago mayor in Starz's new drama 'Boss.'
Along with our partners at Huffington Post, we can exclusively reveal that 'Boss' will debut at 10Pm Et on Oct. 21.
We've also got an exclusive first look at the teaser poster for the show and a video clip for the drama, which also stars Martin Donovan, Kathleen Roberston and Connie Nielsen.
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- 6/9/2011
- by Maureen Ryan
- Aol TV.
It's a simple story, really. A man falls for his gangster boss' girl. More explicitly, when a young man is given the opportunity to lose his identity and start over, he takes it. His past, whether dark or just dull, is never known. He, now William (James Franco), ends up in New York City and is noticed by a gangster (Josh Lucas) who likes his style and offers him a job as a messanger, picking up and dropping off envelopes. William is introduced to the nameless gangster's right hand man, Victor (Martin Donovan) and his prostitute Ann (Julianne Nicholson). The rest follows to its...
- 10/3/2010
- by Bonnie Steiger, SF Movie Examiner
- Examiner Movies Channel
I honestly didn't know much about Saved! when I sat down to watch it a couple of nights ago. I knew it had something to do with Christian kids and pregnancy, and that it had a surprisingly talented cast. Released in 2004, Saved! made a paltry $10 million worldwide (although that's still twice its budget), and promptly disappeared into obscurity. Which is a goddamn tragedy, because it's a funny, bitingly clever, scathingly snarky look at some of the extremes of Christian middle America and the pathological need of some people to not just be a better Christian, but the best Christian. Yet despite all that, it's also a charming and sweet little fable about family and love. It's like Jesus Camp mated with a Lifetime movie, and then was drugged with a heavy dose of irony.
Saved! takes place in a small town that's particularly religious -- the kids go to American Eagle Christian High School,...
Saved! takes place in a small town that's particularly religious -- the kids go to American Eagle Christian High School,...
- 7/6/2010
- by TK
Chicago – It has been a very busy July at HollywoodChicago.com and a few high profile titles have slipped through the cracks of our Blu-Ray coverage. We can’t leave any HD stone unturned, so we wanted to play catch-up and make sure you know about these releases via the legendary Blu-Ray Round-Up column. Horror movies, comedies, and a modern sci-fi classic from Terry Gilliam - there’s something for everyone in July’s Blu-Ray selection.
“Grumpy Old Men” and “The Unborn” were released on July 7th, 2009.
“The Haunting in Connecticutt” was released on July 14th, 2009.
“I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry” was released on July 21st, 2009.
“12 Monkeys” will be released on July 28th, 2009.
“12 Monkeys”
Photo credit: Universal Synopsis: “Cole (Bruce Willis) is sent back in time to save the human race from a deadly virus that has forced mankind into dank underground communities in the future. Along his travels,...
“Grumpy Old Men” and “The Unborn” were released on July 7th, 2009.
“The Haunting in Connecticutt” was released on July 14th, 2009.
“I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry” was released on July 21st, 2009.
“12 Monkeys” will be released on July 28th, 2009.
“12 Monkeys”
Photo credit: Universal Synopsis: “Cole (Bruce Willis) is sent back in time to save the human race from a deadly virus that has forced mankind into dank underground communities in the future. Along his travels,...
- 7/22/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Synopsis:
The sixth grade students of a small town begin to realize that their new substitute teacher is an alien. When the parents don’t believe them, they are forced to take matters into their own hands. It is later revealed that the alien’s goal is to understand Earth’s concept of love and destroy the planet, because her planet knows only of war.
Lowdown:
It’s funny how many one-word horror titles are out there and have the ability to sound so ominous. "The Substitute" has been used a good amount of times to intimidate, if you count the 1996 thriller starring Tom Berenger about a militant sub who straightens out an urban high school(which spawned two sequels), or Martin Donovan’s 1993 TV movie about a substitute teacher with a dark past, or even the sequel to 1990’s Class of 1999, in which a robotic substitute assassinates a group of punks.
The sixth grade students of a small town begin to realize that their new substitute teacher is an alien. When the parents don’t believe them, they are forced to take matters into their own hands. It is later revealed that the alien’s goal is to understand Earth’s concept of love and destroy the planet, because her planet knows only of war.
Lowdown:
It’s funny how many one-word horror titles are out there and have the ability to sound so ominous. "The Substitute" has been used a good amount of times to intimidate, if you count the 1996 thriller starring Tom Berenger about a militant sub who straightens out an urban high school(which spawned two sequels), or Martin Donovan’s 1993 TV movie about a substitute teacher with a dark past, or even the sequel to 1990’s Class of 1999, in which a robotic substitute assassinates a group of punks.
- 10/27/2008
- by Matt Raub
- Comicmix.com
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