Premiere Entertainment Group (Peg) has added action adventure The Oath directed by and starring Darin Scott to its EFM sales slate, following the recent US release in more than 650 theatres via Freestyle Releasing.
Set in 400 Ad Scott plays a lone Hebraic fugitive who fights to preserve the history of his fallen nation while being hunted by a ruthless tyrant played by Billy Zane.
Rounding out the key cast are Karina Lombard, Eugene Brave Rock, Nora Dale, Philip Niu, Aron Stevens, and Wase Chief.
Scott co-wrote the screenplay with his wife Michelle Scott, and produced the film for Great Scott Entertainment...
Set in 400 Ad Scott plays a lone Hebraic fugitive who fights to preserve the history of his fallen nation while being hunted by a ruthless tyrant played by Billy Zane.
Rounding out the key cast are Karina Lombard, Eugene Brave Rock, Nora Dale, Philip Niu, Aron Stevens, and Wase Chief.
Scott co-wrote the screenplay with his wife Michelle Scott, and produced the film for Great Scott Entertainment...
- 2/13/2024
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Allen Media Group has acquired North American rights to the period action-adventure pic The Oath, from actor-filmmaker Darin Scott (Yellowstone), slating its release via their division Freestyle Releasing. The film will hit over 650 theaters across the country on Friday, December 8, emerging on digital and VOD March 26, 2024.
Directed by Darin Scott, who wrote the script with Michelle Scott, The Oath takes place in Ancient America, where a lone Hebraic fugitive, Moroni, must preserve the history of his fallen nation while being hunted by a ruthless tyrant. But rescuing the King’s abused mistress could awaken Moroni’s warrior past.
Rounding out the ensemble are Nora Dale (Severance), Karina Lombard (Legends of the Fall), Eugene Brave Rock (Wonder Woman), Billy Zane (Titanic), Philip Niu (Black Adam), Aron Stevens (Heels), and Wase Chief (Horizon: An American Saga). Producers on the pic, scored by two-time Emmy winner Trevor Morris (Vikings), were Isen Robbins,...
Directed by Darin Scott, who wrote the script with Michelle Scott, The Oath takes place in Ancient America, where a lone Hebraic fugitive, Moroni, must preserve the history of his fallen nation while being hunted by a ruthless tyrant. But rescuing the King’s abused mistress could awaken Moroni’s warrior past.
Rounding out the ensemble are Nora Dale (Severance), Karina Lombard (Legends of the Fall), Eugene Brave Rock (Wonder Woman), Billy Zane (Titanic), Philip Niu (Black Adam), Aron Stevens (Heels), and Wase Chief (Horizon: An American Saga). Producers on the pic, scored by two-time Emmy winner Trevor Morris (Vikings), were Isen Robbins,...
- 10/12/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Gavin Casalegno is entering his wrestling era.
“The Summer I Turned Pretty” actor has joined director Ash Avildsen’s “Queen of the Ring,” his reps confirmed to Variety. “Queen of the Ring” follows the story of WWE Hall of Fame-inducted wrestler Mildred Burke, a world champion who broke glass ceilings throughout the course of her career from the 1930s through the 1950s.
Casalegno will play the teenage version of Joe, Burke’s son. Avildsen will direct based on a script he penned. The film is inspired by 2010’s “The Queen of the Ring: Sex, Muscles, Diamonds, and the Making of an American Legend,” a book by Pulitzer Prize winner Jeff Leen. The book which walks through Burke’s story as the longest-reigning female wrestling champion in American history.
Jim Ross, Aimee Schoof and Isen Robbins reportedly serve as producers on the film.
Following his roles on “Vampire Diaries,” “Walker” and Darren Aronofsky’s “Noah,...
“The Summer I Turned Pretty” actor has joined director Ash Avildsen’s “Queen of the Ring,” his reps confirmed to Variety. “Queen of the Ring” follows the story of WWE Hall of Fame-inducted wrestler Mildred Burke, a world champion who broke glass ceilings throughout the course of her career from the 1930s through the 1950s.
Casalegno will play the teenage version of Joe, Burke’s son. Avildsen will direct based on a script he penned. The film is inspired by 2010’s “The Queen of the Ring: Sex, Muscles, Diamonds, and the Making of an American Legend,” a book by Pulitzer Prize winner Jeff Leen. The book which walks through Burke’s story as the longest-reigning female wrestling champion in American history.
Jim Ross, Aimee Schoof and Isen Robbins reportedly serve as producers on the film.
Following his roles on “Vampire Diaries,” “Walker” and Darren Aronofsky’s “Noah,...
- 6/13/2023
- by Rachel Seo
- Variety Film + TV
“Stand by Me” star Wil Wheaton and “Full House” alumna Jodie Sweetin are among the slate of voice actors set to star in Keenspot Entertainment’s new animated series “Grubbs,” the company revealed exclusively to Variety. Joining them in the lead are Jerry O’Connell, Jaleel White, Felicia Day, Jason Marsden and Debi Derryberry, along with Andy Rullo, Lauren Bradley, Rob Potchak and Bobby Crosby in supporting roles.
Adapted from a series of graphic novels by cartoonist Max Weaver, “Grubbs” centers around eight-year-old Billy “Grubbs” Watson (Derryberry), whose penchant for mischief is enabled by the support of his imaginary friend, Tyler (Wheaton). As Grubbs’ shenanigans escalate, his father (O’Connell), sister (Sweetin), teacher (Day) and principal (White) are caught in the crossfire.
“I see Grubbs’ potential as a troublemaker we love to see act up, like Calvin or Dennis or Bart, but in today’s world, pulling shenanigans is going to go very differently,...
Adapted from a series of graphic novels by cartoonist Max Weaver, “Grubbs” centers around eight-year-old Billy “Grubbs” Watson (Derryberry), whose penchant for mischief is enabled by the support of his imaginary friend, Tyler (Wheaton). As Grubbs’ shenanigans escalate, his father (O’Connell), sister (Sweetin), teacher (Day) and principal (White) are caught in the crossfire.
“I see Grubbs’ potential as a troublemaker we love to see act up, like Calvin or Dennis or Bart, but in today’s world, pulling shenanigans is going to go very differently,...
- 2/2/2023
- by Katie Reul
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Alona Tal (Seal Team), Jake Busey (Predators) and Craig Sheffer (A River Runs Through It) have joined Mark Feuerstein, Neal McDonough, Dermot Mulroney and Christopher Lloyd in Man in the Long Black Coat, from director Salvador Litvak.
The film tells the story of a troubled teen accused of a shocking murder, and the unlikely detective who seeks to prove his innocence and expose a far more sinister truth.
Zach Villa (American Horror Story), Ed Quinn (The Oval), Gabrielle Ruiz (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Mercedes Mason (The Rookie), Jackson Dunn (Avengers Endgame), Mila Brener (Ray Donovan) and JuJu Brener (Hocus Pocus 2) are also newly aboard the film.
Lee Broda of Lb Entertainment (A Private War) is producing. Lb is known for the films Call Jane, The Card Counter and Bandit. Aimee Schoof and Isen Robbins of Intrinsic Value Films will also produce. Natalie Marciano...
The film tells the story of a troubled teen accused of a shocking murder, and the unlikely detective who seeks to prove his innocence and expose a far more sinister truth.
Zach Villa (American Horror Story), Ed Quinn (The Oval), Gabrielle Ruiz (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Mercedes Mason (The Rookie), Jackson Dunn (Avengers Endgame), Mila Brener (Ray Donovan) and JuJu Brener (Hocus Pocus 2) are also newly aboard the film.
Lee Broda of Lb Entertainment (A Private War) is producing. Lb is known for the films Call Jane, The Card Counter and Bandit. Aimee Schoof and Isen Robbins of Intrinsic Value Films will also produce. Natalie Marciano...
- 1/11/2023
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Actors Mark Feuerstein, Neal McDonough, Dermot Mulroney and Christopher Lloyd will star in the neo-western crime-thriller, “Man in the Long Black Coat,” from director Salvador Litvak.
Feuerstein is best known for starring in “Royal Pains”; McDonough for his turn in Paramount’s “Yellowstone” series and for his work on “Justified”; Mulroney for his appearance in the newly-released “Scream 6” film and “My Best Friend’s Wedding”; and Lloyd for his iconic turns in Robert Zemeckis’ “Back to the Future” and “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?”
“Man in the Long Black Coat” centers around a troubled adolescent who is framed for murder and the detective who attempts to prove his innocence by uncovering the true killer.
“’Man in the Long Black Coat’ is a stylish, widescreen neo-noir-western thriller,” Litvak said of the ongoing project. “I want to make the high desert of 2022 as iconic as John Ford’s Monument Valley. Strip malls, subdivisions,...
Feuerstein is best known for starring in “Royal Pains”; McDonough for his turn in Paramount’s “Yellowstone” series and for his work on “Justified”; Mulroney for his appearance in the newly-released “Scream 6” film and “My Best Friend’s Wedding”; and Lloyd for his iconic turns in Robert Zemeckis’ “Back to the Future” and “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?”
“Man in the Long Black Coat” centers around a troubled adolescent who is framed for murder and the detective who attempts to prove his innocence by uncovering the true killer.
“’Man in the Long Black Coat’ is a stylish, widescreen neo-noir-western thriller,” Litvak said of the ongoing project. “I want to make the high desert of 2022 as iconic as John Ford’s Monument Valley. Strip malls, subdivisions,...
- 12/14/2022
- by Katie Reul
- Variety Film + TV
Production slated for September start in New Jersey.
Luke Evans will star in the upcoming crime thriller 5lbs Of Pressure which 13 Films has introduced to Cannes buyers this week.
Additional casting is underway ahead of an anticipated September production start in New Jersey on the story of a man on a quest for redemption who returns to his old neighbourhood to put his inner demons to rest while the brother of the man he killed seeks revenge.
Phil Allocco will direct from his screenplay and the producers are Zac Weinstein of Paint Night Productions and Tempest, Isen Robbins, Aimee Schoof of Intrinsic Value Film & TV,...
Luke Evans will star in the upcoming crime thriller 5lbs Of Pressure which 13 Films has introduced to Cannes buyers this week.
Additional casting is underway ahead of an anticipated September production start in New Jersey on the story of a man on a quest for redemption who returns to his old neighbourhood to put his inner demons to rest while the brother of the man he killed seeks revenge.
Phil Allocco will direct from his screenplay and the producers are Zac Weinstein of Paint Night Productions and Tempest, Isen Robbins, Aimee Schoof of Intrinsic Value Film & TV,...
- 5/19/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Production slated for September start in New Jersey.
Luke Evans will star in the upcoming crime thriller 5lbs Of Pressure which 13 Films has introduced to Cannes buyers this week.
Additional casting is underway ahead of an anticipated September production start in New Jersey on the story of a man on a quest for redemption who returns to his old neighbourhood to put his inner demons to rest while the brother of the man he killed seeks revenge.
Phil Allocco will direct from his screenplay and the producers are Zac Weinstein of Paint Night Productions and Tempest, Isen Robbins, Aimee Schoof of Intrinsic Value Film & TV,...
Luke Evans will star in the upcoming crime thriller 5lbs Of Pressure which 13 Films has introduced to Cannes buyers this week.
Additional casting is underway ahead of an anticipated September production start in New Jersey on the story of a man on a quest for redemption who returns to his old neighbourhood to put his inner demons to rest while the brother of the man he killed seeks revenge.
Phil Allocco will direct from his screenplay and the producers are Zac Weinstein of Paint Night Productions and Tempest, Isen Robbins, Aimee Schoof of Intrinsic Value Film & TV,...
- 5/19/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Two months after the debut of musical rom-com “Marry Me,” starring Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson and Maluma, Bobby Crosby is getting another one of his Keenspot graphic novels adapted for the big screen. Israeli producer Uri Singer has secured the film and television rights to “Dreamless,” a Keenspot graphic novel by Crosby illustrated by Sarah Ellerton.
“Dreamless,” which was first a Keenspot webcomic in 2009 before being collected into a graphic novel, has been read by more than four million people worldwide. It is a romance about a girl from America and a boy from Japan, born on the same day in 1923. Since birth, they have somehow mind-swapped in their sleep, experiencing each other’s lives instead of dreaming. Then, their relationship is tested during World War II in young adulthood. The project is currently out to talent.
“I love ‘Dreamless,’ ” Singer told Variety. “We look forward to bringing this beautiful...
“Dreamless,” which was first a Keenspot webcomic in 2009 before being collected into a graphic novel, has been read by more than four million people worldwide. It is a romance about a girl from America and a boy from Japan, born on the same day in 1923. Since birth, they have somehow mind-swapped in their sleep, experiencing each other’s lives instead of dreaming. Then, their relationship is tested during World War II in young adulthood. The project is currently out to talent.
“I love ‘Dreamless,’ ” Singer told Variety. “We look forward to bringing this beautiful...
- 4/15/2022
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
Actress and singer Krysta Rodriguez (Halston) has joined the cast of Out Of Order, a new comedy starring Brandon Routh, Sam Huntington and Brooke Shields.
Routh, who starred as Superman/Clark Kent in Superman Returns, and in The CW’s TV series DC’s Legends of Tomorrow will star as John Slater, an unsuccessful lawyer on a mission to win back his model girlfriend, played by Tao Okamoto, while juggling the most challenging case of his career. Huntington who was most recently in NBC’s Good Girls, will play a best friend and co-worker while Shields’ character is a high-powered attorney leading a case against Sue, who’s patent is in question and potential love interest, played by Krysta Rodriguez. The ensemble cast for Out Of Order, now shooting in New York City, also includes Luis Guzmán, Sandra Bernhard and Asher Grodman.
The script was written by Jacobson — who co-wrote and...
Routh, who starred as Superman/Clark Kent in Superman Returns, and in The CW’s TV series DC’s Legends of Tomorrow will star as John Slater, an unsuccessful lawyer on a mission to win back his model girlfriend, played by Tao Okamoto, while juggling the most challenging case of his career. Huntington who was most recently in NBC’s Good Girls, will play a best friend and co-worker while Shields’ character is a high-powered attorney leading a case against Sue, who’s patent is in question and potential love interest, played by Krysta Rodriguez. The ensemble cast for Out Of Order, now shooting in New York City, also includes Luis Guzmán, Sandra Bernhard and Asher Grodman.
The script was written by Jacobson — who co-wrote and...
- 3/22/2022
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Alone With You: "As a young woman painstakingly prepares a romantic homecoming for her girlfriend, their apartment begins to feel more like a tomb when voices, shadows, and hallucinations reveal a truth she has been unwilling to face."
Starring: Emily Bennett, Emma Myles, Dora Madison and Barbara Crampton
Co-Written and Co-Directed by: Emily Bennett & Justin Brooks
In Theaters - February 4, 2022, On Demand, Digital and DVD - February 8, 2022
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The Last Thing Mary Saw: "Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thrillers and the supernatural, unveils today the first trailer and new poster art for the upcoming Shudder Original The Last Thing Mary Saw, premiering exclusively on the platform on Thursday, January 20.
The film stars Rory Culkin, Stefanie Scott (Insidious: Chapter 3) and Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan), and is written and directed by Edoardo Vitaletti, making his feature length film debut.
Southold, New York, 1843: Young Mary (Scott), blood trickling...
Starring: Emily Bennett, Emma Myles, Dora Madison and Barbara Crampton
Co-Written and Co-Directed by: Emily Bennett & Justin Brooks
In Theaters - February 4, 2022, On Demand, Digital and DVD - February 8, 2022
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The Last Thing Mary Saw: "Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thrillers and the supernatural, unveils today the first trailer and new poster art for the upcoming Shudder Original The Last Thing Mary Saw, premiering exclusively on the platform on Thursday, January 20.
The film stars Rory Culkin, Stefanie Scott (Insidious: Chapter 3) and Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan), and is written and directed by Edoardo Vitaletti, making his feature length film debut.
Southold, New York, 1843: Young Mary (Scott), blood trickling...
- 1/7/2022
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Ahead of its premiere at Fantasia this weekend, Shudder announced that they have acquired The Last thing Mary Saw and will release the film in 2022. We've included the press release below and check back on Sunday for our review of the film!
"Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, has acquired the period horror feature The Last Thing Mary Saw ahead of its August 15 world premiere at Fantasia International Film Festival. Shudder will release the film, which is written and directed by Edoardo Vitaletti, in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand in early 2022.
Said Craig Engler, general manager of Shudder, “We are excited to bring Edoardo’s chilling and unique directorial debut to Shudder. Full of twists and turns that will keep viewers guessing until the very end and featuring an immensely talented cast and crew, The Last Thing Mary Saw...
"Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, has acquired the period horror feature The Last Thing Mary Saw ahead of its August 15 world premiere at Fantasia International Film Festival. Shudder will release the film, which is written and directed by Edoardo Vitaletti, in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand in early 2022.
Said Craig Engler, general manager of Shudder, “We are excited to bring Edoardo’s chilling and unique directorial debut to Shudder. Full of twists and turns that will keep viewers guessing until the very end and featuring an immensely talented cast and crew, The Last Thing Mary Saw...
- 8/12/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Establishing itself as the most consistent buyers of top titles at Fantasia, Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, has acquired period horror feature “The Last Thing Mary Saw” ahead of its Aug. 15 world premiere at the Canadian genre fest.
Directed by Edoardo Vitaletti, “The Last Thing Mary Saw” will be released by Shudder in the North America, U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand in 2022. The film will celebrate its U.K. premiere on Aug. 28 at London’s Frightfest.
The acquisition deal was negotiated by Emily Gotto and Samuel Zimmerman on behalf of Shudder and by XYZ Films and CAA Media Finance on behalf of the filmmaker.
Also written by Vitaletti, and the feature debut of the Tisch School of The Arts alum, “The Last Thing Mary Saw” begins in Southold, New York in 1843 as young Mary, blood trickling from behind the blindfold tied around her eyes,...
Directed by Edoardo Vitaletti, “The Last Thing Mary Saw” will be released by Shudder in the North America, U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand in 2022. The film will celebrate its U.K. premiere on Aug. 28 at London’s Frightfest.
The acquisition deal was negotiated by Emily Gotto and Samuel Zimmerman on behalf of Shudder and by XYZ Films and CAA Media Finance on behalf of the filmmaker.
Also written by Vitaletti, and the feature debut of the Tisch School of The Arts alum, “The Last Thing Mary Saw” begins in Southold, New York in 1843 as young Mary, blood trickling from behind the blindfold tied around her eyes,...
- 8/11/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
A directorial debut from a talent who is a complete unknown to us, New York based Italian filmmaker Edoardo Vitaletti enlisted the likes of Stefanie Scott, Isabelle Fuhrman, Rory Culkin and Judith Roberts from You Were Never Really Here for mythological horror item titled, The Last Thing Mary Saw. Scored by Sundance vet Keegan DeWitt, production took place back in December of 2019 in New York.
Gist: Set in 1843 that follows the youngest daughter of a strict religious family who finds herself detained after discovering her ominously matriarchal grandmother dead.
Production Co./Producers: Intrinsic Value’s Aimee Schoof and Isen Robbins, Arachnid Films’ Harrison Allen and Madeleine Schumacher, Stephen Tedeschi.…...
Gist: Set in 1843 that follows the youngest daughter of a strict religious family who finds herself detained after discovering her ominously matriarchal grandmother dead.
Production Co./Producers: Intrinsic Value’s Aimee Schoof and Isen Robbins, Arachnid Films’ Harrison Allen and Madeleine Schumacher, Stephen Tedeschi.…...
- 11/19/2020
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Millennium Media handles international sales.
IFC Films has picked up Us rights from Cinetic Media and Millennium Media to Sundance 2020 premiere Tesla starring Ethan Hawke.
Michael Almereyda wrote and directed the film about the efforts of Nikola Tesla, the pioneering electrical engineer and contemporary of Thomas Edison, to create an alternative current motor.
Starring alongside Hawke are Eve Hewson, Kyle MacLachlan, Jim Gaffigan, Donnie Keshawarz, Rebecca Dayan, Josh Hamilton, and Lucy Walters.
IFC Films said it has scheduled the film for release on August 7, 2020.
Tesla was awarded the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize in Park City, which Almereyda previously won in 2017 for Marjorie Prime.
IFC Films has picked up Us rights from Cinetic Media and Millennium Media to Sundance 2020 premiere Tesla starring Ethan Hawke.
Michael Almereyda wrote and directed the film about the efforts of Nikola Tesla, the pioneering electrical engineer and contemporary of Thomas Edison, to create an alternative current motor.
Starring alongside Hawke are Eve Hewson, Kyle MacLachlan, Jim Gaffigan, Donnie Keshawarz, Rebecca Dayan, Josh Hamilton, and Lucy Walters.
IFC Films said it has scheduled the film for release on August 7, 2020.
Tesla was awarded the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize in Park City, which Almereyda previously won in 2017 for Marjorie Prime.
- 4/6/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
IFC Films has purchased the U.S. rights to the Ethan Hawke-led drama “Tesla,” which tells the story of inventor Nikola Tesla’s attempts to build a revolutionary electrical system.
Directed and written by Michael Almereyda, the movie stars Hawke in the title role, along with Eve Hewson, Kyle MacLachlan, Jim Gaffigan, Donnie Keshawarz, Rebecca Dayan, Josh Hamilton and Lucy Walters.
“Tesla” premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, where it was awarded the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize. IFC Films plans to release the movie on Aug. 7, 2020.
Also Read: IFC Films Lands Jude Law, Carrie Coon Sundance Drama 'The Nest'
Here’s the official description for the film:
Brilliant, brooding inventor Nikola Tesla (Ethan Hawke) fights an uphill battle to bring his revolutionary electrical system to fruition. Increasingly displeased by the greed of fellow inventor Thomas Edison (Kyle MacLachlan), Tesla forges his own virtuous but arduous...
Directed and written by Michael Almereyda, the movie stars Hawke in the title role, along with Eve Hewson, Kyle MacLachlan, Jim Gaffigan, Donnie Keshawarz, Rebecca Dayan, Josh Hamilton and Lucy Walters.
“Tesla” premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, where it was awarded the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize. IFC Films plans to release the movie on Aug. 7, 2020.
Also Read: IFC Films Lands Jude Law, Carrie Coon Sundance Drama 'The Nest'
Here’s the official description for the film:
Brilliant, brooding inventor Nikola Tesla (Ethan Hawke) fights an uphill battle to bring his revolutionary electrical system to fruition. Increasingly displeased by the greed of fellow inventor Thomas Edison (Kyle MacLachlan), Tesla forges his own virtuous but arduous...
- 4/6/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
IFC Films has nabbed U.S. rights to “Tesla,” the story of inventor Nikola Tesla and his efforts to build a revolutionary electrical system.
The purchase extends IFC’s long relationship with Ethan Hawke, who stars as Tesla and who has previously partnered with the studio on such films as “Boyhood” and “Blaze.” The film also reunites Hawke with filmmaker Michael Almereyda, with whom he previously worked on “Hamlet.” “Tesla” premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. IFC will release the film Aug. 7, 2020.
“It’s always a cause for celebration for IFC Films to work with Ethan, and we’re thrilled to be partnering with the legendary Michael Almereyda and the rest of this amazing cast to bring this unique and extraordinary film to Us audiences this summer,” said Arianna Bocco, executive VP of acquisitions and productions at IFC Films, in a statement.
The film tracks Tesla’s contentious...
The purchase extends IFC’s long relationship with Ethan Hawke, who stars as Tesla and who has previously partnered with the studio on such films as “Boyhood” and “Blaze.” The film also reunites Hawke with filmmaker Michael Almereyda, with whom he previously worked on “Hamlet.” “Tesla” premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. IFC will release the film Aug. 7, 2020.
“It’s always a cause for celebration for IFC Films to work with Ethan, and we’re thrilled to be partnering with the legendary Michael Almereyda and the rest of this amazing cast to bring this unique and extraordinary film to Us audiences this summer,” said Arianna Bocco, executive VP of acquisitions and productions at IFC Films, in a statement.
The film tracks Tesla’s contentious...
- 4/6/2020
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Stefanie Scott (Insidious: Chapter 3), Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan), Judith Roberts (You Were Never Really Here) and Rory Culkin (Lords of Chaos) have been cast in The Last Thing Mary Saw, a mythological horror pic from writer-director Edoardo Vitaletti.
Film is a period horror set in 1843 that follows the youngest daughter of a strict religious family who finds herself detained after discovering her ominously matriarchal grandmother dead. Project will lense in New York this month.
Vitaletti, a New York based Italian writer and director, is making his directorial debut on the feature. Producers are Intrinsic Value’s Aimee Schoof and Isen Robbins alongside Harrison Allen and Madeleine Schumacher’s Arachnid Films, with Stephen Tedeschi. Scoop Wasserstein is an executive producer.
Scott is represented by Gersh and Medavoy, Fuhrman by UTA and Gang Tyre, Roberts by Leading Artists, Culkin by Paradigm and Brookside Artist Management.
Film is a period horror set in 1843 that follows the youngest daughter of a strict religious family who finds herself detained after discovering her ominously matriarchal grandmother dead. Project will lense in New York this month.
Vitaletti, a New York based Italian writer and director, is making his directorial debut on the feature. Producers are Intrinsic Value’s Aimee Schoof and Isen Robbins alongside Harrison Allen and Madeleine Schumacher’s Arachnid Films, with Stephen Tedeschi. Scoop Wasserstein is an executive producer.
Scott is represented by Gersh and Medavoy, Fuhrman by UTA and Gang Tyre, Roberts by Leading Artists, Culkin by Paradigm and Brookside Artist Management.
- 12/9/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Partners just started production in New York on Tesla.
Passage Pictures has come on board to produce Ethan Hawke’s adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ 1953 play Camino Real, with Juliette Binoche attached to play a lead role.
Hawke adapted the screenplay with writer-composer Shelby Gaines, and starred in the play on stage at Williamstown Theater Festival. Camino Real takes place in a quasi-nihilistic, surreal isolated town in a tropical climate where the characters confront their existence amid a sensual, dream-like narrative of love and burlesque dancing.
Production is scheduled to begin in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, in 2020. Passage Pictures CEO Uri Singer...
Passage Pictures has come on board to produce Ethan Hawke’s adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ 1953 play Camino Real, with Juliette Binoche attached to play a lead role.
Hawke adapted the screenplay with writer-composer Shelby Gaines, and starred in the play on stage at Williamstown Theater Festival. Camino Real takes place in a quasi-nihilistic, surreal isolated town in a tropical climate where the characters confront their existence amid a sensual, dream-like narrative of love and burlesque dancing.
Production is scheduled to begin in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, in 2020. Passage Pictures CEO Uri Singer...
- 5/8/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Tony Sokol Feb 13, 2018
Nikola Tesla put the AC into DC and Ethan Hawke will put a man behind the science in upcoming biopic Tesla.
Real-life scientist Nikola Tesla was best known as Thomas Edison’s main rival, developing alternating current (AC) electricity to Edison’s direct current. But he was also a master showman. Ethan Hawke will be playing the Serbian-American inventor in an upcoming biopic Tesla, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Tesla was an electrical and mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist. He was played by David Bowie in the film The Prestige and Nicholas Hoult in The Current War.
Tesla will be written and directed by Michael Almereyda (Marjorie Prime, Experimenter, Escapes), who worked with Hawke on the films Hamlet and Cymbelie.
The film will follow Tesla’s life and career, from the invention of the AC motor, through his relationship with J.P. Morgan’s daughter, Anne. Both...
Nikola Tesla put the AC into DC and Ethan Hawke will put a man behind the science in upcoming biopic Tesla.
Real-life scientist Nikola Tesla was best known as Thomas Edison’s main rival, developing alternating current (AC) electricity to Edison’s direct current. But he was also a master showman. Ethan Hawke will be playing the Serbian-American inventor in an upcoming biopic Tesla, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Tesla was an electrical and mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist. He was played by David Bowie in the film The Prestige and Nicholas Hoult in The Current War.
Tesla will be written and directed by Michael Almereyda (Marjorie Prime, Experimenter, Escapes), who worked with Hawke on the films Hamlet and Cymbelie.
The film will follow Tesla’s life and career, from the invention of the AC motor, through his relationship with J.P. Morgan’s daughter, Anne. Both...
- 2/12/2018
- Den of Geek
Millennium Media to launch sales at Efm.
Millennium Media, formerly known as Nu Image, will launch Efm sales for Passage Pictures and Campbell Grobman Films on Tesla with Ethan Hawke lined up for the lead role.
Michael Almereyda is on board to direct what would become his third collaboration with Hawke after Hamlet and Cymbelie. Almereyda also directed Marjorie Prime, Experimenter, and the documentary Escapes.
Tesla is based on electrical engineering pioneer Nikola Tesla’s life and career, spanning his invention of the AC motor, famed rivalry with Thomas Edison, and his relationship with J.P. Morgan’s daughter, Anne.
Uri Singer and Isen Robbins are producing for Passage Pictures, with Christa Campbell and Lati Grobman of Campbell Grobman Films. Jeff Rice serves as executive producer.
Hawke starred in the Sundance comedy Juliet, Naked, which it was announced shortly after the festival had sold to Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions.
Millennium Media, formerly known as Nu Image, will launch Efm sales for Passage Pictures and Campbell Grobman Films on Tesla with Ethan Hawke lined up for the lead role.
Michael Almereyda is on board to direct what would become his third collaboration with Hawke after Hamlet and Cymbelie. Almereyda also directed Marjorie Prime, Experimenter, and the documentary Escapes.
Tesla is based on electrical engineering pioneer Nikola Tesla’s life and career, spanning his invention of the AC motor, famed rivalry with Thomas Edison, and his relationship with J.P. Morgan’s daughter, Anne.
Uri Singer and Isen Robbins are producing for Passage Pictures, with Christa Campbell and Lati Grobman of Campbell Grobman Films. Jeff Rice serves as executive producer.
Hawke starred in the Sundance comedy Juliet, Naked, which it was announced shortly after the festival had sold to Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions.
- 2/11/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Millennium Media to launch sales at Efm.
Millennium Media, formerly known as Nu Image, will launch Efm sales for Passage Pictures and Campbell Grobman Films on Tesla starring Ethan Hawke.
Production is scheduled to commence in spring in upstate New York on the project that reunites writer-director Michael Almereyda with Hawke for the third time.
The pair worked together on Hamlet and Cymbelie. Almereyda also directed Marjorie Prime, Experimenter, and the documentary Escapes.
Tesla will chart inventor and electrical engineering pioneer Nikola Tesla’s life and career, spanning his invention of the AC motor, famed rivalry with Thomas Edison, and his relationship with J.P. Morgan’s daughter, Anne.
Uri Singer and Isen Robbins are producing for Passage Pictures, with Christa Campbell and Lati Grobman of Campbell Grobman Films. Jeff Rice serves as executive producer.
Hawke starred in the Sundance comedy Juliet, Naked, which it was announced shortly after the festival had sold to Lionsgate and [link=co...
Millennium Media, formerly known as Nu Image, will launch Efm sales for Passage Pictures and Campbell Grobman Films on Tesla starring Ethan Hawke.
Production is scheduled to commence in spring in upstate New York on the project that reunites writer-director Michael Almereyda with Hawke for the third time.
The pair worked together on Hamlet and Cymbelie. Almereyda also directed Marjorie Prime, Experimenter, and the documentary Escapes.
Tesla will chart inventor and electrical engineering pioneer Nikola Tesla’s life and career, spanning his invention of the AC motor, famed rivalry with Thomas Edison, and his relationship with J.P. Morgan’s daughter, Anne.
Uri Singer and Isen Robbins are producing for Passage Pictures, with Christa Campbell and Lati Grobman of Campbell Grobman Films. Jeff Rice serves as executive producer.
Hawke starred in the Sundance comedy Juliet, Naked, which it was announced shortly after the festival had sold to Lionsgate and [link=co...
- 2/11/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Bleiberg Entertainment has sold out Michael Almereyda’s psychological thriller starring Peter Sarsgaard led by a deal with StudioCanal for the UK and Rialto in Australia and New Zealand.
Winona Ryder, Jim Gaffigan, Kellan Lutz, Dennis Haysbert, Taryn Manning, Anton Yelchin and John Leguizamo also star in Experimenter, which premiered at Sundance this year and is currently in release in the Us via Magnolia.
Deals have closed in: Canada (Vsc), Latin America (Impacto), China (DDDream), Japan (At), South Korea (Movement), Germany (Lighthouse), France (Septieme Factory), Scandinavia (NonStop), Benelux (Premiere), Italy (Barter), Turkey (Calinos), Poland (Sonovision), Greece (Feelgood), Portugal (Leopardo) and Middle East (Eagle).
The film takes place at Yale University in 1961 as Stanley Milgram conducts his notorious obedience tests involving electric shock treatment.
Almereyeda wrote the screenplay and Uri Singer produce with Fabio Golombek, Danny A. Abeckaser, Per Melita, Aimee Schoof, Isen Robbins and Almereyda.
Winona Ryder, Jim Gaffigan, Kellan Lutz, Dennis Haysbert, Taryn Manning, Anton Yelchin and John Leguizamo also star in Experimenter, which premiered at Sundance this year and is currently in release in the Us via Magnolia.
Deals have closed in: Canada (Vsc), Latin America (Impacto), China (DDDream), Japan (At), South Korea (Movement), Germany (Lighthouse), France (Septieme Factory), Scandinavia (NonStop), Benelux (Premiere), Italy (Barter), Turkey (Calinos), Poland (Sonovision), Greece (Feelgood), Portugal (Leopardo) and Middle East (Eagle).
The film takes place at Yale University in 1961 as Stanley Milgram conducts his notorious obedience tests involving electric shock treatment.
Almereyeda wrote the screenplay and Uri Singer produce with Fabio Golombek, Danny A. Abeckaser, Per Melita, Aimee Schoof, Isen Robbins and Almereyda.
- 11/12/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: The La-based company will kick off international sales in Cannes on the Sundance drama starring Peter Sarsgaard and Winona Ryder.
Bleiberg Entertainment will screen Michael Almereyda’s Experimenter in the market and the plan is to secure international festival slots throughout the summer.
Magnolia Pictures pounced on North American rights in Park City and plans a theatrical release this year.
The film chronicles Yale psychologist Stanley Milgram’s 1961 ‘obedience experiments’ on subjects who were made to believe they were administering electric shocks to people who unbeknown to them were actors.
The cast includes Jim Gaffigan, Taryn Manning, Anton Yelchin, Kellan Lutz, Dennis Haysbert, John Leguizamo, Anthony Edwards, Danny A Abeckaser, Eduardo Ballerini, Josh Hamilton, Lori Singer and Vondie Curtis-Hall.
Uri Singer produced with Fabio Golombek, Isen Robbins, Aimee Schoof, Abeckaser and Per Melita.
Bleiberg Entertainment will screen Michael Almereyda’s Experimenter in the market and the plan is to secure international festival slots throughout the summer.
Magnolia Pictures pounced on North American rights in Park City and plans a theatrical release this year.
The film chronicles Yale psychologist Stanley Milgram’s 1961 ‘obedience experiments’ on subjects who were made to believe they were administering electric shocks to people who unbeknown to them were actors.
The cast includes Jim Gaffigan, Taryn Manning, Anton Yelchin, Kellan Lutz, Dennis Haysbert, John Leguizamo, Anthony Edwards, Danny A Abeckaser, Eduardo Ballerini, Josh Hamilton, Lori Singer and Vondie Curtis-Hall.
Uri Singer produced with Fabio Golombek, Isen Robbins, Aimee Schoof, Abeckaser and Per Melita.
- 5/6/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: The La-based company will kick off international sales in Cannes on the Sundance drama starring Peter Sarsgaard and Winona Ryder.
Bleiberg Entertainment will screen Michael Almereyda’s film in the market and the plan is to secure international festival slots throughout the summer.
Magnolia Pictures pounced on North American rights to Experimenter in Park City and plans a theatrical release this year.
The film chronicles Yale psychologist Stanley Milgram’s 1961 ‘obedience experiments’ on subjects who were made to believe they were administering electric shocks to people who unbeknown to them were actors.
The cast includes Jim Gaffigan, Taryn Manning, Anton Yelchin, Kellan Lutz, Dennis Haysbert, John Leguizamo, Anthony Edwards, Danny A Abeckaser, Eduardo Ballerini, Josh Hamilton, Lori Singer and Vondie Curtis-Hall.
Uri Singer produced with Fabio Golombek, Isen Robbins, Aimee Schoof, Abeckaser and Per Melita.
Bleiberg Entertainment will screen Michael Almereyda’s film in the market and the plan is to secure international festival slots throughout the summer.
Magnolia Pictures pounced on North American rights to Experimenter in Park City and plans a theatrical release this year.
The film chronicles Yale psychologist Stanley Milgram’s 1961 ‘obedience experiments’ on subjects who were made to believe they were administering electric shocks to people who unbeknown to them were actors.
The cast includes Jim Gaffigan, Taryn Manning, Anton Yelchin, Kellan Lutz, Dennis Haysbert, John Leguizamo, Anthony Edwards, Danny A Abeckaser, Eduardo Ballerini, Josh Hamilton, Lori Singer and Vondie Curtis-Hall.
Uri Singer produced with Fabio Golombek, Isen Robbins, Aimee Schoof, Abeckaser and Per Melita.
- 5/6/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The North American deal follows the film’s world premiere at Sundance in January and sets up a theatrical release later this year.
Michael Almereyda directed the story starring Peter Saarsgard as Stanley Milgram, who rocked the world in the 1960s with his infamous Yale study on obedience to authority.
Rounding out the key Experimenter cast are Winona Ryder, Jim Gaffigan, Taryn Manning, Anton Yelchin, Kellan Lutz, John Leguizamo, Anthony Edwards, Josh Hamilton, Lori Singer, Vondie Curtis-Hall and Dennis Haysbert.
Uri Singer, Fabio Golombek, Isen Robbins and Aimee Schoof produced.
Magnolia brokered the deal with Cinetic Media for the film-makers.
Michael Almereyda directed the story starring Peter Saarsgard as Stanley Milgram, who rocked the world in the 1960s with his infamous Yale study on obedience to authority.
Rounding out the key Experimenter cast are Winona Ryder, Jim Gaffigan, Taryn Manning, Anton Yelchin, Kellan Lutz, John Leguizamo, Anthony Edwards, Josh Hamilton, Lori Singer, Vondie Curtis-Hall and Dennis Haysbert.
Uri Singer, Fabio Golombek, Isen Robbins and Aimee Schoof produced.
Magnolia brokered the deal with Cinetic Media for the film-makers.
- 3/26/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Ahead of the film's Closing Night screening at the Sf International Film Festival, the psychological drama "Experimenter" has been acquired by Magnolia Pictures, which plans a 2015 theatrical release. Directed by Michael Almereyda (2000's brainy Shakespeare update "Hamlet"), the film stars Peter Sarsgaard as social psychologist Stanley Milgram whose 1961 "obedience" experiments at Yale asked participants to send harmful electric shocks to strangers in order to test their will toward authority. Read More: Sf Film Fest Gets 3 Films From Sundance and SXSW The rest of the cast includes Winona Ryder, Jim Gaffigan, Taryn Manning, Anton Yelchin, Kellan Lutz, John Leguizamo, Anthony Edwards, Josh Hamilton, Lori Singer, Vondie Curtis-Hall and Dennis Haysbert. "Experimenter" was produced by Uri Singer, Fabio Golombek, Isen Robbins and Aimee Schoof. Sundance reviews were mostly positive. Variety wrote: "Michael Almereyda dissects the...
- 3/26/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Kellan Lutz, Anton Yelchin and Taryn Manning are set to star in Michael Almereyda's indie drama "Experimenter".
The story follows famed social psychologist Stanley Milgram. Milgram designed the controversial Obedience Experiments at Yale University, which observed the responses of ordinary people who believed they were sending harmful electrical shocks to an affable stranger.
Lutz will play "Star Trek" actor William Shatner, who portrayed Milgram in a 1970s TV movie. Yelchin plays Rensaleer, a man who resents authority. Manning plays Mrs. Lowe, a test subject who is distressed by the process and pushes back.
Peter Sarsgaard, Anthony Edwards, Edoardo Ballerini and Winona Ryder also star. Filming is now underway in New York.
Uri Singer, Fabio Golombek, Aimee Schoof, Isen Robbins, Danny A. Abeckaser and Per Melita will produce.
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The story follows famed social psychologist Stanley Milgram. Milgram designed the controversial Obedience Experiments at Yale University, which observed the responses of ordinary people who believed they were sending harmful electrical shocks to an affable stranger.
Lutz will play "Star Trek" actor William Shatner, who portrayed Milgram in a 1970s TV movie. Yelchin plays Rensaleer, a man who resents authority. Manning plays Mrs. Lowe, a test subject who is distressed by the process and pushes back.
Peter Sarsgaard, Anthony Edwards, Edoardo Ballerini and Winona Ryder also star. Filming is now underway in New York.
Uri Singer, Fabio Golombek, Aimee Schoof, Isen Robbins, Danny A. Abeckaser and Per Melita will produce.
Source: Contact Music...
- 7/1/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
He isn’t wasting much time in post with Cymbeline. Joining the already cast Peter Sarsgaard and Winona Ryder, THR reports that helmer Michael Almereyda has found sideburn and stache wearing participants for Experimenter in Kellan Lutz, Anton Yelchin and Taryn Manning. And get this. Lutz will play actor William Shatner, who portrayed Milgram in a 1970s TV movie.
Yelchin plays Rensaleer, a man who resists authority. Manning plays Mrs. Lowe, a test subject who is distressed by the process and pushes back. Also boarding; Anthony Edwards as Miller, the first person subjected to the experiment, and Edoardo Ballerini as Milgram’s best friend. John Leguizamo, Dennis Haysbert, Josh Hamilton and Jim Gaffigan are all set up in the drama as well. Filming has already begun in New York. Producing are Uri Singer, Fabio Golombek, Aimee Schoof, Isen Robbins, Danny A. Abeckaser and Per Melita. Jeff Rice, Lati Grobman, Christa Campbell,...
Yelchin plays Rensaleer, a man who resists authority. Manning plays Mrs. Lowe, a test subject who is distressed by the process and pushes back. Also boarding; Anthony Edwards as Miller, the first person subjected to the experiment, and Edoardo Ballerini as Milgram’s best friend. John Leguizamo, Dennis Haysbert, Josh Hamilton and Jim Gaffigan are all set up in the drama as well. Filming has already begun in New York. Producing are Uri Singer, Fabio Golombek, Aimee Schoof, Isen Robbins, Danny A. Abeckaser and Per Melita. Jeff Rice, Lati Grobman, Christa Campbell,...
- 7/1/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
It’s not possible to define or categorize the work of writer-director Michael Almereyda in simple terms. Turning in interesting, arresting film work since the early 1980s, across a number of disciplines, he moves between genres with ease and develops passionate projects. Up until now, his most well-known film has been 2000′s Hamlet, starring Ethan Hawke, although that may well change once his upcoming project, The Experimenter, is in the can.
Starring Peter Sarsgaard (Blue Jasmine), the film tells the story of famous social psychologist Stanley Milgram, who designed the Obedience Experiments at Yale University in 1961. The experiments observed the responses of people who were made to believe they were sending painful electric shocks to strangers. The producers of this independent project – Uri Singer, Fabio Golombek, Aimee Schoof and Isen Robbins – explained that The Experimenter will encompass much more than just one set of research, however:
“The experiments were about conformity and authority,...
Starring Peter Sarsgaard (Blue Jasmine), the film tells the story of famous social psychologist Stanley Milgram, who designed the Obedience Experiments at Yale University in 1961. The experiments observed the responses of people who were made to believe they were sending painful electric shocks to strangers. The producers of this independent project – Uri Singer, Fabio Golombek, Aimee Schoof and Isen Robbins – explained that The Experimenter will encompass much more than just one set of research, however:
“The experiments were about conformity and authority,...
- 5/14/2014
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
Peter Sarsgaard and Winona Ryder are starring in Experimenter, The Stanley Milgram Story, an indie drama written and directed by Michael Almereyda. The movie will start shooting June 5 in New York and is being produced by Uri Singer of B.B. Films, Fabio Golombek of F.J. Productions, and Intrinsic Value’s Aimee Schoof and Isen Robbins. Story: Michael Fassbender in Talks for DreamWorks' 'Light Between Oceans' According to the producers, the script is based on “the true story of famed social psychologist Stanley Milgram, who in 1961 designed the controversial Obedience Experiments at Yale University, observing the responses of
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- 5/13/2014
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave pulled a five finger discount at the 2014 Indie Spirit Awards grabbing hardware in the Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress and Best Cinematography categories. Apart from the larceny in the Best Doc category, the winners in the above mention category (excluding Bobbitt’s work) and the double win pairing of Leto and McConaughey along with Cate Blanchett’s perf win in Blue Jasmine will likely repeat itself less than 24 hours later at tomorrow’s Academy Awards celebrations obviously begging many to ponder the following: who needs the 86th Academy Awards when we have the Indie Spirit Awards? While today’s most pleasurable wins come from the truly indie kudos for Best First Feature (Ryan Coogler for Frutivale Station) the John Cassavetes award for Chad Hartigan’s This is Martin Bonner, and the Piaget Producers Award to Ain’t Them Bodies Saints...
- 3/2/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Film Independent announced nominations for the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards this morning.
Film Independent President Josh Welsh presided over the press conference held at the W Hollywood, with actresses Octavia Spencer and Paula Patton presenting the nominations.
Nominees for Best Feature included 12 Years a Slave, All Is Lost, Frances Ha, Inside Llewyn Davis and Nebraska.
Mud was selected to receive the annual Robert Altman Award, which is bestowed upon one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast.
In its commitment to recognizing the importance of below the line contributions to the art of filmmaking, Film Independent has now introduced, for the first year, the Best Editing category in the Spirit Awards.
Winners will be announced at the Spirit Awards on Saturday, March 1, 2014. The awards ceremony will be held as a daytime luncheon in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica, with the premiere broadcast airing later that evening...
Film Independent President Josh Welsh presided over the press conference held at the W Hollywood, with actresses Octavia Spencer and Paula Patton presenting the nominations.
Nominees for Best Feature included 12 Years a Slave, All Is Lost, Frances Ha, Inside Llewyn Davis and Nebraska.
Mud was selected to receive the annual Robert Altman Award, which is bestowed upon one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast.
In its commitment to recognizing the importance of below the line contributions to the art of filmmaking, Film Independent has now introduced, for the first year, the Best Editing category in the Spirit Awards.
Winners will be announced at the Spirit Awards on Saturday, March 1, 2014. The awards ceremony will be held as a daytime luncheon in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica, with the premiere broadcast airing later that evening...
- 11/26/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Adding to the awards show season buzz, the list of hopefuls for 2014 Film Independent’s Spirit Awards was just unveiled.
Hosted by Patton Oswalt, the much-anticipated event is slated to get underway on March 1st in Santa Monica, and there will be plenty of stars to be seen.
Bruce Dern, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Oscar Isaac, Michael B. Jordan, Matthew McConaughey, and Robert Redford will all compete in the Best Male Lead Category, while the Best Female Lead nominees are Cate Blanchett, Julie Delpy, Gaby Hoffman, Brie Larson, and Shailene Woodley.
The 29th Spirit Awards contenders are:
Best Feature
12 Years A Slave
All is Lost
Frances Ha
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Best Director
Shane Carruth, Upstream Color
J.C. Chandor, All Is Lost
Steve McQueen, 12 Years A Slave
Jeff Nichols, Mud
Alexander Payne, Nebraska
Best Female Lead
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Julie Delpy, Before Midnight
Gaby Hoffmann, Crystal Fairy
Brie Larson, Short Term 12
Shailene Woodley,...
Hosted by Patton Oswalt, the much-anticipated event is slated to get underway on March 1st in Santa Monica, and there will be plenty of stars to be seen.
Bruce Dern, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Oscar Isaac, Michael B. Jordan, Matthew McConaughey, and Robert Redford will all compete in the Best Male Lead Category, while the Best Female Lead nominees are Cate Blanchett, Julie Delpy, Gaby Hoffman, Brie Larson, and Shailene Woodley.
The 29th Spirit Awards contenders are:
Best Feature
12 Years A Slave
All is Lost
Frances Ha
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Best Director
Shane Carruth, Upstream Color
J.C. Chandor, All Is Lost
Steve McQueen, 12 Years A Slave
Jeff Nichols, Mud
Alexander Payne, Nebraska
Best Female Lead
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Julie Delpy, Before Midnight
Gaby Hoffmann, Crystal Fairy
Brie Larson, Short Term 12
Shailene Woodley,...
- 11/26/2013
- GossipCenter
Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" led the pack of the nominations for the 29th Annual Film Independent Spirit Award. The film received 7 nominations including best feature, director, and acting noms for Chiwetel Ejiofor, Lupita Nyong'o, and Michael Fassbender.
Winners of the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards will be announced on Saturday, March 1st at a daytime luncheon in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica with the premiere broadcast airing later that evening at 10:00 pm Et/Pt exclusively on IFC.
Congrats and good luck to all the nominees!
Here's the complete list of the nominees of the 2014 Spirit Awards:
Best Feature (Award given to the Producer, Executive Producers are not awarded)
12 Years a Slave
Producers: Dede Gardner, Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan, Brad Pitt, Bill Pohlad
All Is Lost
Producers: Neal Dodson, Anna Gerb
Frances Ha
Producers: Noah Baumbach, Scott Rudin, Rodrigo Teixeira, Lila Yacoub...
Winners of the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards will be announced on Saturday, March 1st at a daytime luncheon in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica with the premiere broadcast airing later that evening at 10:00 pm Et/Pt exclusively on IFC.
Congrats and good luck to all the nominees!
Here's the complete list of the nominees of the 2014 Spirit Awards:
Best Feature (Award given to the Producer, Executive Producers are not awarded)
12 Years a Slave
Producers: Dede Gardner, Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan, Brad Pitt, Bill Pohlad
All Is Lost
Producers: Neal Dodson, Anna Gerb
Frances Ha
Producers: Noah Baumbach, Scott Rudin, Rodrigo Teixeira, Lila Yacoub...
- 11/26/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave is in contention for seven Spirit Awards followed closely by Alexander Payne’s Nebraska on six as Film Independent top brass announced nominees on November 26.
McQueen earned a director nomination and will compete against Alexander Payne for Nebraska, Jc Chandor for All Is Lost, Jeff Nichols for Mud and Share Carruth for Upstream Color.
Not surprisingly given the strength and depth of this awards season, the categories are strong across the board.
Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty is among a mighty crop of international contenders that includes Abdellatif Kechiche’s Palme d’Or winner Blue Is The Warmest Colour, Sebastian Lelio’s Gloria, Thomas Vinterberg’s The Hunt and A Touch Of Sin from China’s Jia Zhang-Ke.
12 Years A Slave’s Chiwetel Ejiofor will contest the lead actor race with veterans Bruce Dern for Nebraska and Robert Redford for All Is Lost, as well as...
McQueen earned a director nomination and will compete against Alexander Payne for Nebraska, Jc Chandor for All Is Lost, Jeff Nichols for Mud and Share Carruth for Upstream Color.
Not surprisingly given the strength and depth of this awards season, the categories are strong across the board.
Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty is among a mighty crop of international contenders that includes Abdellatif Kechiche’s Palme d’Or winner Blue Is The Warmest Colour, Sebastian Lelio’s Gloria, Thomas Vinterberg’s The Hunt and A Touch Of Sin from China’s Jia Zhang-Ke.
12 Years A Slave’s Chiwetel Ejiofor will contest the lead actor race with veterans Bruce Dern for Nebraska and Robert Redford for All Is Lost, as well as...
- 11/26/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
A film that just might be this year's award's season sleeper, given that virtually no one is talking about it right now - especially when conversations are had about black actors who might be in the running for performance trophies. Don't forget about Isaiah Washington in Blue Caprice, a film that debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, and was picked up by Sundance Selects. I should also say, don't forget director Alexandre Moors (his debut feature) and co-star Tequan Richmond. Penned by R.F.I. Porto, and co-produced by Ron Simons (SimonSays Entertainment), alongside Isen Robbins, Aimee Schoof, Stephen Tedeschi, Brian O’Carroll, Kim Jackson and...
- 8/15/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
In March, Sundance Selects acquired North American and Latin American rights to Alexandre Moors’ debut feature Blue Caprice, which made its world premiere at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. The film, with a screenplay by R.F.I. Porto, was co-produced by Ron Simons (SimonSays Entertainment), alongside Isen Robbins, Aimee Schoof, Stephen Tedeschi, Brian O’Carroll, Kim Jackson and Will Rowbotham. It opened Film Society of Lincoln Center and Moma’s 2013 New Directors/New Films Festival, and really hasn't screened much at all since it left Sundance. Starring Isaiah Washington, Tequan Richmond, Joey Lauren Adams, Tim Blake Nelson and Leo Fitzpatrick, Blue...
- 7/19/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
In March, Sundance Selects acquired North American and Latin American rights to Alexandre Moors’ lauded debut feature Blue Caprice, which made its world premiere at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. The film, with a screenplay by R.F.I. Porto, was co-produced by Ron Simons (SimonSays Entertainment), alongside Isen Robbins, Aimee Schoof, Stephen Tedeschi, Brian O’Carroll, Kim Jackson and Will Rowbotham. It opened Film Society of Lincoln Center and Moma’s 2013 New Directors/New Films Festival, and really hasn't screened much at all since it left Sundance. Starring Isaiah Washington, Tequan Richmond, Joey Lauren Adams, Tim Blake Nelson and Leo...
- 6/26/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
In March, Sundance Selects acquired North American and Latin American rights to Alexandre Moors’ debut feature Blue Caprice, which made its world premiere at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. The film, with a screenplay by R.F.I. Porto, was co-produced by Ron Simons (SimonSays Entertainment), alongside Isen Robbins, Aimee Schoof, Stephen Tedeschi, Brian O’Carroll, Kim Jackson and Will Rowbotham. It opened Film Society of Lincoln Center and Moma’s 2013 New Directors/New Films Festival, and really hasn't screened much at all since it left Sundance. Starring Isaiah Washington, Tequan Richmond, Joey Lauren Adams, Tim Blake Nelson and Leo Fitzpatrick, Blue...
- 6/24/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
With Mutant Chronicles director Simon Hunter currently in pre-production on the apocalyptic vampire/zombie feature Last Blood, we caught up with Vincent Guastini, head of V.G.P Effects & Design Studio, who’s been tasked with delivering the flick’s special makeup effects, to get the skinny.
"I'm very excited about working with Simon,” said Guastini of the Last Blood director. “I'm a huge Mutant Chronicles fan, and during our Skype design meetings for Last Blood, we immediately started coming up with fresh ideas for the looks for the vampires and zombies. I have some pretty ‘out there’ ideas so we'll see after more locked in meetings this week with Simon, but he has an open mind and did say, ‘Lets do something never seen before.’”
Based on the Keenspot graphic novel of the same name, Last Blood follows a small group of human survivors of a zombie apocalypse, who...
"I'm very excited about working with Simon,” said Guastini of the Last Blood director. “I'm a huge Mutant Chronicles fan, and during our Skype design meetings for Last Blood, we immediately started coming up with fresh ideas for the looks for the vampires and zombies. I have some pretty ‘out there’ ideas so we'll see after more locked in meetings this week with Simon, but he has an open mind and did say, ‘Lets do something never seen before.’”
Based on the Keenspot graphic novel of the same name, Last Blood follows a small group of human survivors of a zombie apocalypse, who...
- 5/28/2013
- by Sean Decker
- DreadCentral.com
Lin Pictures and Red Giant Entertainment are teaming to develop and co-produce a film adaptation of the sci-fi comic "Wayward Sons: Legends".
The story centers on two groups of diverse warring aliens who crash-landed on earth thousands of years ago.
With their unending fight, the groups end up inspiring humanity’s every myth, legend and fairy tale, from Greeks gods to dragons to vampires to superheroes.
The project is currently out to writers. Dan Lin, Jon Silk, Isen Robbins and Aimee Schoof will produce.
Source: Heat Vision...
The story centers on two groups of diverse warring aliens who crash-landed on earth thousands of years ago.
With their unending fight, the groups end up inspiring humanity’s every myth, legend and fairy tale, from Greeks gods to dragons to vampires to superheroes.
The project is currently out to writers. Dan Lin, Jon Silk, Isen Robbins and Aimee Schoof will produce.
Source: Heat Vision...
- 4/11/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Red Giant Entertainment Inc. announced today they have financing in place and have begun principal casting for their feature film, Last Blood. The Simon Hunter-directed film is a live action adaptation of a Red Giant Entertainment property that takes place after a zombie apocalypse, when vampires must battle to protect the last surviving humans to keep alive the necessary blood supply.
The film is being produced by Red Giant Entertainment's Aimee Schoof, Isen Robbins and Benny R. Powell, as well as exec producer Christian Arnold-Beutel and Keenspot's Chris and Bobby Crosby. The Crosby siblings created the graphic novel with illustrator Owen Gieni, and Bobby Crosby wrote the screenplay with Nick V. Sterling.
"Last Blood" was published as an online graphic novel in 2006, drawing almost 20 million readers around the world.
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The film is being produced by Red Giant Entertainment's Aimee Schoof, Isen Robbins and Benny R. Powell, as well as exec producer Christian Arnold-Beutel and Keenspot's Chris and Bobby Crosby. The Crosby siblings created the graphic novel with illustrator Owen Gieni, and Bobby Crosby wrote the screenplay with Nick V. Sterling.
"Last Blood" was published as an online graphic novel in 2006, drawing almost 20 million readers around the world.
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- 3/6/2013
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Sundance Selects has acquired North American and Latin American rights to Alexandre Moors’ debut feature Blue Caprice, which made its world premiere at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. The film, with a screenplay by R.F.I. Porto, was produced by Isen Robbins, Aimee Schoof, Ron Simons, Stephen Tedeschi, Brian O’Carroll, Kim Jackson and Will Rowbotham. The film, which will open the Film Society of Lincoln Center and MoMA’s 2013 New Directors/New Films Festival on March 20, stars Isaiah Washington, Tequan Richmond, Joey Lauren Adams, Tim Blake Nelson and Leo Fitzpatrick. The story centers on an abandoned Jamaican boy (Richmond)
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- 3/5/2013
- by Tatiana Siegel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Breaking: In what I’m told is a low seven-figure minimum guarantee, Sundance Selects acquired North American and Latin American rights to Alexandre Moors’ debut feature Blue Caprice, which debuted at Sundance last January. Pic stars Isaiah Washington, Tequan Richmond, Joey Lauren Adams, Tim Blake Nelson and Leo Fitzpatrick. It tells the story about an abandoned boy (Richmond) adopted by a dangerous father figure (Washington), who brings the youth into the horrific Beltway sniper attacks that terrorized the Baltimore and D.C. region. Story is told from the point of view of the two killers, whose distorted father-son relationship facilitated their long and bloody journey across America. Script is by R.F.I. Porto, and the film’s produced by Isen Robbins, Aimee Schoof, Ron Simons, Stephen Tedeschi, Brian O’Carroll, Kim Jackson and Will Rowbotham. The film will open Film Society of Lincoln Center and Moma’s 2013 New Directors/New Films Festival,...
- 3/5/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Sundance Selects announced that it has acquiried North American and Latin American rights to Alexandre Moors’ debut feature "Blue Caprice," which made its world premiere at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. The film -- with a screenplay by R.F.I. Porto --was produced by Isen Robbins, Aimee Schoof, Ron Simons, Stephen Tedeschi, Brian O’Carroll, Kim Jackson and Will Rowbotham. It will open Film Society of Lincoln Center and MoMA’s 2013 New Directors/New Films Festival, and stars Isaiah Washington, Tequan Richmond, Joey Lauren Adams, Tim Blake Nelson and Leo Fitzpatrick. Read More: Sundance Review: Does 'Blue Caprice' Sympathize With the Beltway Snipers? As described by the press release: "'Blue Caprice' is a haunting psychological thriller about an abandoned boy (Richmond) lured to America into the shadows of a dangerous father figure (Washington). Inspired by true events, the film investigates the notorious and horrific Beltway sniper attacks from the point of view.
- 3/5/2013
- by Peter Knegt
- Indiewire
Blue Caprice
Director: Alexandre Moors
Writer(s): Moors and R.F.I. Porto
Producer(s): Kim Jackson, Brian O’Carroll, Isen Robbins, Will Rowbotham, Aimee Schoof, Ron Simons, Stephen Tedeschi
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Tim Blake Nelson, Joey Lauren Adams, Al Sapienza, Leo Fitzpatrick, Isaiah Washington
The highest spot in our countdown for a first time filmmaker on our list belongs to Alexandre Moors – the Filmmaker Magazine Top 25 New Faces (Summer ’12) talent’s Blue Caprice is imposing because it details the true story crime spree before it is even conceived. If his videoclips/short films work is proof, this should be visually arresting observation. Grouping of actors Tim Blake Nelson, Joey Lauren Adams, Al Sapienza, Leo Fitzpatrick and Isaiah Washington topline the film. I can’t wait to sink my teeth into this one.
Gist: Blue Caprice examines of one of the most charged and enigmatic events of...
Director: Alexandre Moors
Writer(s): Moors and R.F.I. Porto
Producer(s): Kim Jackson, Brian O’Carroll, Isen Robbins, Will Rowbotham, Aimee Schoof, Ron Simons, Stephen Tedeschi
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Tim Blake Nelson, Joey Lauren Adams, Al Sapienza, Leo Fitzpatrick, Isaiah Washington
The highest spot in our countdown for a first time filmmaker on our list belongs to Alexandre Moors – the Filmmaker Magazine Top 25 New Faces (Summer ’12) talent’s Blue Caprice is imposing because it details the true story crime spree before it is even conceived. If his videoclips/short films work is proof, this should be visually arresting observation. Grouping of actors Tim Blake Nelson, Joey Lauren Adams, Al Sapienza, Leo Fitzpatrick and Isaiah Washington topline the film. I can’t wait to sink my teeth into this one.
Gist: Blue Caprice examines of one of the most charged and enigmatic events of...
- 1/14/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
If Sundance’s principle mission is to showcase future filmmaking talent, then they’ll probably want to stamp their film fest laurels on this French born, Filmmaker Magazine Top 25 New Faces (Summer ’12) talent’s debut pic with who many agree might be one of those helmers that moves from a curriculum vitae of eye-popping commercials and video clips (most notably Niggas in Paris) to getting tons of feature film offers after his first try. Alexandre Moors appears to have finished principle photography somewhere in 2011 – meaning that there may have been a lot of progress (2012 Independent Filmmaker Labs) since he gave us this early snippet. Loaded with faces we’ve seen at previous Sundance editions: Joey Lauren Adams, Tim Blake Nelson, Leo Fitzpatrick, and Isaiah Washington (who takes on the role of John Allen Muhammad) this should be positioned for the fest via the huge team of producers.
Gist: Blue Caprice...
Gist: Blue Caprice...
- 11/19/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Isaiah Washington is set to play John Allen Williams in Alexandre Moors' thriller "Blue Caprice" which deals with the sniper attacks that terrorized the Washington, DC, area in October 2002 says The Live Feed.
Williams went a shooting spree with a young accomplice that took the lives of at least ten randomly selected people. The pair were caught when the blue Chevy Caprice car they used was recognised. Williams was executed in 2009.
Isen Robbins and Aimee Schoof are producing. Shooting begins late next month in New York City.
Williams went a shooting spree with a young accomplice that took the lives of at least ten randomly selected people. The pair were caught when the blue Chevy Caprice car they used was recognised. Williams was executed in 2009.
Isen Robbins and Aimee Schoof are producing. Shooting begins late next month in New York City.
- 8/18/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
This is a milestone: it was announced at San Diego Comic-Con that a live-action adaptation of Last Blood, a webcomic first published on Keenspot back in 2006, is in the works with Simon Hunter (The Mutant Chronicles) directing with an anticipated 2012 release. To our knowledge, this is the furthest any webcomic has gone towards being adapted into a feature film.
The premise is amazingly simple: After zombies take over the Earth, vampires must protect the last surviving humans so they can live off their blood. Wackiness, as they say, ensues.
Last Blood will be produced by Ironclad exec producer Christian Arnold-Beutel as well as Red Giant Media’s Aimee Schoof, Isen Robbins and Benny R. Powell, and Chris and Bobby Crosby. The Crosby siblings created the graphic novel with illustrator Owen Gieni, and Bobby Crosby wrote the script with Nick V. Sterling.
The premise is amazingly simple: After zombies take over the Earth, vampires must protect the last surviving humans so they can live off their blood. Wackiness, as they say, ensues.
Last Blood will be produced by Ironclad exec producer Christian Arnold-Beutel as well as Red Giant Media’s Aimee Schoof, Isen Robbins and Benny R. Powell, and Chris and Bobby Crosby. The Crosby siblings created the graphic novel with illustrator Owen Gieni, and Bobby Crosby wrote the script with Nick V. Sterling.
- 7/25/2011
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
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