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Jon Brion To Score Vince Vaughn Comedy 'Delivery Man'
17 June 2013 7:20 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Among the many talents of composer Jon Brion, besides mounting unique live shows and producing the records of music's top performers, is his ability to switch between scoring small-scale and mainstream films with ease. His work with Charlie Kaufman and Paul Thomas Anderson perhaps allows him a bit more room to breathe, but he's just as capable of handling broad comedies like “The Break-Up” and “The Other Guys,” and his newest project finds him gaining more experience in the latter. On the heels of its brief teaser trailer last month, the Vince Vaughn comedy “Delivery Man” has just grown more interesting with the news that Brion is set to provide his abilities for the score. A remake of the 2011 French-Canadian hit, “Starbuck,” the Ken Scott-directed film follows a man who discovers through a sperm bank mix-up that he's fathered over 500 children, and with the tempered-but-positive box office for Vaughn's recent “The. »
- Charlie Schmidlin
Amy Adams: Hot or Not?
14 June 2013 9:00 AM, PDT | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
And now, a fun and decidedly underrated fact: Amy Adams has been nominated for four Oscars, and she's still only 38 years old. Maybe the most respected and sought-after actress of her generation, Adams routinely shows up in movies beloved by critics and audiences alike with significant and scene-stealing roles. She displays exceptional versatility, and her talent demands that she not be pigeon-holed into any specific acting stereotype, despite her real-life charming and easygoing public persona.
Now, as her latest film "Man of Steel" hits theaters, we here at NextMovie wanted to ask ourselves an important question of Adams, one that has yet to be publicly addressed in a satisfactory manner: Is Amy Adams hot, or not?
I've split myself into two equally terrifying and thankfully fictional personalities, a la Charlie Kaufman in "Adaptation," to debate each other and ultimately make the final, irreversible decision on this matter (a decision that means nothing to anyone, »
- Nick Blake
Thn’s Top 7 Meta Films: When Fact Meta Fiction
11 June 2013 2:48 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
E! calls it reality TV, but recently the meta aspect of visual storytelling, which is seen perhaps most often in the likes of Extras, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and pretty much any show named after the protagonist, are becoming especially prominent on the big screen. When you have James Franco, Seth Rogan and Emma Watson playing (supposedly) exaggerated versions of themselves, it’s meta, even more so if you throw in an apocalypse, as has been done in This Is The End. Here’s our rundown of our favourite films to have blurred the line between reality and fiction.
Atonement
Atonement is based on a novel, which revolves around a story, in which a story is being written. Of course, although the foolish protagonist is seen inventing and writing stories from from the very beginning of the film, the greatest meta moment is when the true meaning of the atonement is revealed. »
- Isra Alkassi
The Congress Photos with Robin Wright
7 June 2013 1:31 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Drafthouse Films announced today that they have acquired distribution rights to The Congress, a live-action/animation hybrid from director Ari Folman (Waltz with Bashir). The studio has released the first two photos, featuring both live-action and animated versions of star Robin Wright. Take a look at these photos, then read the official press release for more details.
Drafthouse Films, the film distribution arm of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, and Films We Like announced today the co-acquisition of North American rights to sci-fi epic The Congress from this year's Cannes Film Festival in the "Directors' Fortnight" section. From Oscar-nominated director Ari Folman (Waltz with Bashir), the film stars Robin Wright (House of Cards, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Jon Hamm (AMC's Mad Men), Paul Giamatti (Sideways, John Dies at the End) and Harvey Keitel (Taxi Driver, Bad Lieutenant). A Us theatrical and VOD/digital release is planned for 2014 and Films »
- MovieWeb
Pacific Rim: the thinking man's Transformers
7 June 2013 9:50 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
An early look at the Mexican director's monster smash-up movie hints at a level of cerebellum-twisting sophistication
Whether or not Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim ends up being the "cerebral Transformers" many are hoping for, the Mexican film-maker is certainly doing his best to take the giant robot genre way out into the left field. If you've watched any of the trailers for the movie, you might have wondered why the film's heroes have to double up in order to pilot the enormous Jaeger machines used to fend off the huge extraterrestrial Kaiju monsters that are trying to destroy mankind.
All was revealed at a screening of footage for bloggers and journalists in London earlier today. Del Toro needs this bizarre setup because Pacific Rim is more interested in inner than outer space. This is a movie that may owe as much to the Charlie Kaufman-penned Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind »
- Ben Child
This is the End: why actors love to play themselves
6 June 2013 4:00 PM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
From Being John Malkovich to Curb Your Enthusiasm and The Trip, actors increasingly find it liberating, even therapeutic, to play a version of themselves. This is the End is the latest film to mess around with movie star personas
The new comedy This is the End is less notable for its vision of Hollywood hit by the apocalypse than for the conceit of having its entire cast play themselves. It turns out that Jonah Hill is a prissy buffoon given to harping on about his Oscar nomination. Sweet, gentle Michael Cera is in fact a leering, cocaine-snorting lout who has toilet-stall threesomes with anyone who will oblige. Seth Rogen likes weed. And who on earth would have suspected that James Franco is gay?
Only the most credulous audience members will believe that the cast of This is the End are doing anything except performing, but there is still the tantalising »
- Ryan Gilbey
This is the End: why actors love to play themselves
6 June 2013 4:00 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
From Being John Malkovich to Curb Your Enthusiasm and The Trip, actors increasingly find it liberating, even therapeutic, to play a version of themselves. This is the End is the latest film to mess around with movie star personas
The new comedy This is the End is less notable for its vision of Hollywood hit by the apocalypse than for the conceit of having its entire cast play themselves. It turns out that Jonah Hill is a prissy buffoon given to harping on about his Oscar nomination. Sweet, gentle Michael Cera is in fact a leering, cocaine-snorting lout who has toilet-stall threesomes with anyone who will oblige. Seth Rogen likes weed. And who on earth would have suspected that James Franco is gay?
Only the most credulous audience members will believe that the cast of This is the End are doing anything except performing, but there is still the tantalising »
- Ryan Gilbey
The 10 Most Weirdly Specific Movie Cliches
6 June 2013 9:00 AM, PDT | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
Movie cliches are unavoidable; the director only has two-odd hours to take you from start to finish, so whether a high school's social structure is built on a thin foundation of classic nerd and jock stereotypes or a wedding is abruptly interrupted by the aw-shucks nice guy who's finally ready to spill his guts, there's bound to be some shortcuts along the way.
But sometimes Hollywood takes it a bit further, hitting us with cliches that are so oddly specific (and frequently divorced from reality) that they make you wonder if they've been written by a random plot-generating robot with limited resources and a tenuous grasp on the human experience. So sit back, relax, and set your deja vu detectors to "on" as we break down ten insanely specific things that are commonplace in the movieverse.
1. Character Dislikes Past/Future Version of Themselves
As seen in: "Looper," "Men in Black 3, »
- Adam D'Arpino
Indie Spirit Stirs Up TV Territory
4 June 2013 11:00 AM, PDT | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
If Sundance Channel’s limited series Top of the Lake from director Jane Campion and drama skein Rectify — a deliberately paced character study — signal anything, it’s that the cross-migration of independent film and TV is here to stay.
With studios increasingly focused on tentpole extravaganzas, the indie film market hurting and television in a new golden age, it’s no wonder more arthouse names are creating TV: Lena Dunham, Todd Haynes, Steven Soderbergh, to name a few.
On one level, says Vogue and Fresh Air critic John Powers, it’s the fruition of something that started in the ’80s when visionary David Lynch shocked everyone by making Twin Peaks for broadcast television.
“People watched that and said, ‘Oh, TV can be a lot more interesting,’” says Powers.
Sundance Channel exec veep Sarah Barnett says Rectify embodies the independent approach on television right now because it so completely reflects creator »
- Robert Abele
Zach Braff Kickstarter controversy deepens after financier bolsters budget
16 May 2013 6:20 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Traditional investment takes total backing for Wish I Was Here to $10m, raising further questions about $2.6m Kickstarter funds
It was Scrubs star Zach Braff who announced that his new comedy – the follow-up to 2004's well-received Garden State – could not get made without the help of fans' financial support on crowdfunding site Kickstarter. But a month on from launching a high-profile campaign to raise funding for independent film Wish I Was Here, Braff has not only hit his $2m Kickstarter target but secured millions of dollars in extra support from a traditional film financier.
The Hollywood Reporter revealed on Wednesday that Worldview Entertainment is stepping in with extra funds that will take the film's total budget to about $10m. "Zach has proven again that he is a creative force in independent film, and we were immediately drawn to his powerful and unique story," Worldview CEO Christopher Woodrow told the site at the Cannes film festival. »
- Ben Child
Zach Braff Kickstarter controversy deepens after financier bolsters budget
16 May 2013 6:20 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Traditional investment takes total backing for Wish I Was Here to $10m, raising further questions about $2.6m Kickstarter funds
It was Scrubs star Zach Braff who announced that his new comedy – the follow-up to 2004's well-received Garden State – could not get made without the help of fans' financial support on crowdfunding site Kickstarter. But a month on from launching a high-profile campaign to raise funding for independent film Wish I Was Here, Braff has not only hit his $2m Kickstarter target but secured millions of dollars in extra support from a traditional film financier.
The Hollywood Reporter revealed on Wednesday that Worldview Entertainment is stepping in with extra funds that will take the film's total budget to about $10m. "Zach has proven again that he is a creative force in independent film, and we were immediately drawn to his powerful and unique story," Worldview CEO Christopher Woodrow told the site at the Cannes film festival. »
- Ben Child
The Congress Trippy, Meta Trailer
13 May 2013 3:24 PM, PDT | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
I’ve just shared the first trailer for James Franco’s As I Lay Dying, and Ari Folman’s intriguing sci-fi film The Congress has also debuted a trailer. Five years after his excellent animated doc Waltz With Bashir film, Israeli director is back on the Croisette with the follow-up in the vain of Charlie Kaufman films, but with animation that promises a head-spinning experience. In a loose adaptation of Stanislaw Lem’s ‘The Futurological Congress’ from 1971, Robin Wright plays a version of herself who, at the fading end of an acting career, sells her likeness rights to a studio that scans her so that she may be...
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- Nick Martin
Michael Caine and Jennifer Garner Join Imagine, Samuel L. Jackson to Play the President in Big Game, Trio Set for Charlie Kaufman’s Anomalisa
13 May 2013 11:48 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
We’ve got a few casting stories to share today. Briefly: Michael Caine and Jennifer Garner have boarded the aging rock star film Imagine, joining Al Pacino, Annette Bening, and Bobby Cannavale in the cast. Samuel L. Jackson will play the President of the United States in the actioner Big Game. Jennifer Jason Leigh (Weeds), David Thewlis (Harry Potter), and Tom Noonan (Heat) will reprise their roles from the stage play version of Charlie Kaufman’s Anomalisa in the animated feature film adaptation, which Kaufman is co-directing. Hit the jump for more on each of these projects. Per Deadline, Jennifer Garner and Michael Caine have signed on to star opposite Al Pacino in the drama Imagine. Pacino stars as an an aging 1970s rocker who discovers an undelivered letter written to him when he has 19 by John Lennon that spurs him to straighten his life out and connect with the son he’s never known. »
- Adam Chitwood
Charlie Kaufman To Adapt Charlie Kaufman’s Play Anomalisa, Directed By Charlie Kaufman
13 May 2013 7:09 AM, PDT | We Got This Covered | See recent We Got This Covered news »
Living in the world of Charlie Kaufman, as we all do, everything is ultimately Charlie Kaufman – as if to prove this, Charlie Kaufman is to adapt the Charlie Kaufman play Anomalisa, written and directed by Charlie Kaufman. The play concerns Michael, a motivational speaker who experiences great success in motivating others while leading a completely worthless and pointless life himself.
Of the original cast, David Thewlis, Tom Noonan and Jennifer Jason Leigh will appear in the 50 minute film, scripted and co-directed by Charlie Kaufman alongside Duke Johnson. The film is notable for being financed entirely through crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, raising double the required budget of $200,000 (making $400,000, maths whizz) and ensuring great times for all. HanWay will be taking the film to Cannes, and Duke Johnson has promised to “bring a new style of animation to an audience for whom animated films are not usually made – adultineers,” whatever that means.
Of course, »
- Rob Batchelor
Charlie Kaufman To Co-Direct Animated 'Anomalisa,' Jennifer Jason Leigh & David Thewlis Among Voice Cast
13 May 2013 6:01 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
It's funny how the complaints subside if a Kickstarter project is taken on by someone you like. For example: last summer screenwriter/director Charlie Kaufman and former "Community" writer/producer Dan Harmon (two pretty successful guys in their own right) hit the crowdfunding site looking for backers to help get the stop-motion animated "Anomalisa" off the ground. And they certainly didn't face Zach Braff-ian levels of discontent and went on to quietly double their $200,000 goal. And with some cash already in hand, they're headed to Cannes hoping that the movie industry will now front the rest. Kaufman, who co-wrote the script based on his own play, will also co-direct the project (with Duke Johnson), which has since lined up Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan and David Thewlis for voice roles, with Carter Burwell (the longtime Coen Brothers collaborator who is also composing the music for the upcoming "August: Osage County") providing the score. »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Cast Returns For Kaufman's "Anomalisa"
12 May 2013 11:10 PM, PDT | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan, and David Thewlis are set to reprise their original stage roles in the animated feature "Anomalisa" at HanWay.
The story follows Michael, a man who is struggling with his inability to connect with people. Everyone in the world seems the same to Michael until he meets Lisa.
Charlie Kaufman is set to co-direct from his own stage play with Duke Johnson. Production is currently underway.
Source: Screen »
- Garth Franklin
2013 Los Angeles Film Festival Adds Studio Premieres of 'Man of Steel' and "Monsters U' to Indie Lineup (Updated)
8 May 2013 10:48 AM, PDT | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »
Updated: Per usual, Laff has added some studio premieres and sure-to-be fascinating discussions to its lineup. On June 12, a pre-festival screening of Zach Snyder's much-anticipated superman revamp "Man of Steel" -- with Henry Cavill, Michael Shannon and Amy Adams -- will show two days before its wide release date. Also joining the lineup on June 18 is Disney/Pixar's "Monsters University" (in theaters June 21), the prequel to 2001's "Monsters, Inc." Other new programs include "A Brand of His Own: Being Spike Jonze," a conversation with the "Being John Malkovich" director and frequent Charlie Kaufman collaborator, as well as a special presentation of Hitchcock's Sight & Sound critics poll winner "Vertigo" and a panel discussion with Hollywood's top women editors. Earlier: The Los Angeles Film Festival unveiled its official lineup Wednesday morning. Though it was previously announced that Pedro Almodovar's new film "I'm So Excited" is the opening night selection, »
- Ryan Lattanzio
Zach Braff hits back at Kickstarter critics
30 April 2013 2:39 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Actor-director defends using the crowdfunding site to raise finance for new film Wish I Was Here, rather than conventional investment
Actor and director Zach Braff has hit back against suggestions he ought to have used his own money to fund his next film, rather than turning to the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform.
Braff recently reached a $2m (£1.29m) target to shoot Wish I Was Here, a follow-up to his well-received 2004 directing debut Garden State, just five days after launching his Kickstarter page. In a video appeal on the site, he told potential backers he was close to a traditional financing deal to shoot the film, but wanted to do so without giving up the final cut and the right to pick his cast.
Twitter users and bloggers have since questioned why Braff, former star of the hugely successful long-running sitcom Scrubs, did not simply use his own cash. Others have questioned »
- Ben Child
Should millionaires tout for cash on Kickstarter?
27 April 2013 8:50 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Crowdfunding has helped countless creative projects get off the ground, but if we continue to allow it to be hijacked by the rich and famous there will be no chance left for the little guy
How does a globally syndicated TV star with a multi-million dollar fortune (have a gander at his flat) fund his next movie project? If you're Zach Braff you ask the public to stump up. Less than three days after uploading a Kickstarter request for $2m towards Wish I Was Here, co-written with his brother Adam, he's nearly greenlit already, with around 25,000 backers so far pledging amounts between $10 and $5,000.
But is it okay for someone with Braff's financial clout to ask the public for their money? He certainly sells it well to his fans; his comedic Kickstarter video clip includes appearances from his Scrubs co-star Donald Faison, The Big Bang Theory's Jim Parsons and Nerdist presenter Chris Hardwick. »
- Lisa Marks
Zach Braff raises over $1m via Kickstarter for new film
25 April 2013 3:13 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Wish I Was Here, followup to Braff's 2004 indie drama Garden State, is latest hit on crowdfunding site
Zach Braff has raised more than $1m via the crowdfunding site Kickstarter towards a new film, which will be his followup to hit 2004 indie drama Garden State.
In the latest sign of the burgeoning significance of the crowdfunding model to film funding, the former star of TV comedy Scrubs has raised, at the time of writing, $1.366m (£885,000) towards his goal of $2m in the space of just 24 hours. Clearly inspired by the success of the recent Kickstarter campaign for a Veronica Mars movie based on the cancelled Us detective TV show, Braff says he made the move in an effort to maintain creative control over the project. Titled Wish I Was Here, the film is written by Braff and his brother Adam. Braff will direct and play the lead role of a father, »
- Ben Child
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