The 2024 Tribeca Festival TV and Now lineup is just about as star-studded as it gets.
This year’s installment, presented by Okx, includes the world premiere of David E. Kelley’s legal thriller “Presumed Innocent” starring Jake Gyllenhaal, who also executive produces along with J.J. Abrams. Ruth Negga, Peter Sarsgaard, Renate Reinsve, and O-t Fagbenle co-star in the Apple TV+ series that marks Gyllenhaal’s first foray into TV.
The Tribeca Festival takes place June 5 through 16 and highlights new and returning programs from networks and streamers such as Apple TV+, AMC, HBO, Hulu, Paramount+, and more. The 2024 TV lineup features 11 series premieres and two first looks at returning series, including the Season 4 premiere of “My Brilliant Friend” and “The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol” Season 2.
True crime docuseries including as Hulu’s “Mastermind: To Think Like A Killer,” executive produced by Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning, and...
This year’s installment, presented by Okx, includes the world premiere of David E. Kelley’s legal thriller “Presumed Innocent” starring Jake Gyllenhaal, who also executive produces along with J.J. Abrams. Ruth Negga, Peter Sarsgaard, Renate Reinsve, and O-t Fagbenle co-star in the Apple TV+ series that marks Gyllenhaal’s first foray into TV.
The Tribeca Festival takes place June 5 through 16 and highlights new and returning programs from networks and streamers such as Apple TV+, AMC, HBO, Hulu, Paramount+, and more. The 2024 TV lineup features 11 series premieres and two first looks at returning series, including the Season 4 premiere of “My Brilliant Friend” and “The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol” Season 2.
True crime docuseries including as Hulu’s “Mastermind: To Think Like A Killer,” executive produced by Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning, and...
- 4/18/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Welcome to Deadline’s London TV Screenings list, our definitive look at next week’s buzzy event taking Soho by storm. If you’re wondering who’s exhibiting, what’s on offer and want to dive deeper into the distribs’ strategy, we’ve done the hard work for you, presenting profiles from nearly 30 exhibiting sales houses. Below, check out profiles for the companies headed over from the States and other nations around the globe. Read on, and find all our London TV Screenings content throughout the week here.
The North Americans
Disney
Key shows
Renegade Nell
Renegade Nell – Sally Wainwright-penned historical drama about a woman framed for murder who becomes a highwayman in eighteenth-century England.
Kaiser Karl (working title) – Gaumont show about the enigmatic and larger-than-life fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld.
The Long Shadows (working title) – Spanish story of a group of women whose stable, successful lives are suddenly shaken...
The North Americans
Disney
Key shows
Renegade Nell
Renegade Nell – Sally Wainwright-penned historical drama about a woman framed for murder who becomes a highwayman in eighteenth-century England.
Kaiser Karl (working title) – Gaumont show about the enigmatic and larger-than-life fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld.
The Long Shadows (working title) – Spanish story of a group of women whose stable, successful lives are suddenly shaken...
- 2/23/2024
- by Max Goldbart, Jesse Whittock and Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
On rare occasions, the twists and turns surrounding a filmmaker's ascent to the top of Hollywood make for a story fit for Hollywood itself. It should be somewhat less surprising that this is finally happening with one of the most prolific directors of them all: Tim Burton. As the prestige and glamor of the annual Cannes Film Festival begins in earnest, the news has come down (via Deadline) that Burton's career will be the subject of a four-part documentary series that's being set up for sales out of the Cannes Market.
The currently-untitled project is directed by documentary filmmaker Tara Wood, who previously worked on "21 Years: Richard Linklater" in 2014 and 2019's Quentin Tarantino project "QT8: The First Eight." The documentary will feature interviews with many of the filmmaker's most high-profile collaborators over the decades, including Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Helena Bonham Carter, Winona Ryder, "Wednesday" star Jenna Ortega, Christopher Walken,...
The currently-untitled project is directed by documentary filmmaker Tara Wood, who previously worked on "21 Years: Richard Linklater" in 2014 and 2019's Quentin Tarantino project "QT8: The First Eight." The documentary will feature interviews with many of the filmmaker's most high-profile collaborators over the decades, including Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Helena Bonham Carter, Winona Ryder, "Wednesday" star Jenna Ortega, Christopher Walken,...
- 5/16/2023
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
If there’s a prolific director who has his own distinctive style, it’s Tim Burton. Whether the movie is hit or miss, the filmmaker has always been able to inject his personality and vision into it. He became the voice for a generation of misfits with a dark edge, who gravitated toward his films in the 80s and 90s. And faithful to the material or not, he popularized the superhero movie and established a blueprint for it. It’s natural that a documentary on such a unique talent would manifest, and according to Deadline, a new documentary series on Tim Burton will be heading to the Cannes market.
The documentary, which is currently untitled, will be a four-part series directed by Tara Wood. Wood had previously made two other documentaries about famous filmmakers with a Richard Linklater feature called 21 Years: Richard Linklater and a doc on Quentin Tarantino titled QT8: The First Eight.
The documentary, which is currently untitled, will be a four-part series directed by Tara Wood. Wood had previously made two other documentaries about famous filmmakers with a Richard Linklater feature called 21 Years: Richard Linklater and a doc on Quentin Tarantino titled QT8: The First Eight.
- 5/16/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Tim Burton‘s incredible career will be celebrated in an upcoming four-part documentary series, and Deadline reports this morning that the project is headed to the Cannes market.
Directed by Tara Wood, the documentary is currently untitled, and Deadline reports that Wood Entertainment is handling sales at the aforementioned Cannes market.
Interview subjects for the doc include Burton collaborators Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Jenna Ortega, composer Danny Elfman, Christopher Walken, Danny DeVito, Mia Wasikowska, and Christoph Waltz.
The docuseries is said to feature new interviews and never-before-seen footage.
Deadline details, “The series promises ‘an otherworldly, dream journey into the mind’ of the man behind Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Batman, Batman Returns, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Wednesday, and many other indelible projects.”
“Tim continues to build his aesthetic, the Burton-esque style, derived from a wealth of art, cinematic and literary genres,” a press release notes.
Directed by Tara Wood, the documentary is currently untitled, and Deadline reports that Wood Entertainment is handling sales at the aforementioned Cannes market.
Interview subjects for the doc include Burton collaborators Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Jenna Ortega, composer Danny Elfman, Christopher Walken, Danny DeVito, Mia Wasikowska, and Christoph Waltz.
The docuseries is said to feature new interviews and never-before-seen footage.
Deadline details, “The series promises ‘an otherworldly, dream journey into the mind’ of the man behind Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Batman, Batman Returns, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Wednesday, and many other indelible projects.”
“Tim continues to build his aesthetic, the Burton-esque style, derived from a wealth of art, cinematic and literary genres,” a press release notes.
- 5/16/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Updated: With information about Fifth Season handling global sales.
Exclusive: Filmmaker Tim Burton, one of the most original voices in Hollywood history, is the subject of a four-part documentary series heading to the Cannes Market.
Tara Wood directed the Untitled Tim Burton Documentary, which features many of Burton’s most important cinematic collaborators including Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Jenna Ortega, composer Danny Elfman, Christopher Walken, Danny DeVito, Mia Wasikowska, and Christoph Waltz. Fifth Season is handling global sales at Cannes.
The series promises “an otherworldly, dream journey into the mind” of the man behind Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Batman, Batman Returns, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, the Netflix series Wednesday, and many other indelible projects.
“Tim continues to build his aesthetic, the Burton-esque style, derived from a wealth of art, cinematic, and literary genres,” notes a release about the series. “The documentary explores...
Exclusive: Filmmaker Tim Burton, one of the most original voices in Hollywood history, is the subject of a four-part documentary series heading to the Cannes Market.
Tara Wood directed the Untitled Tim Burton Documentary, which features many of Burton’s most important cinematic collaborators including Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Jenna Ortega, composer Danny Elfman, Christopher Walken, Danny DeVito, Mia Wasikowska, and Christoph Waltz. Fifth Season is handling global sales at Cannes.
The series promises “an otherworldly, dream journey into the mind” of the man behind Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Batman, Batman Returns, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, the Netflix series Wednesday, and many other indelible projects.
“Tim continues to build his aesthetic, the Burton-esque style, derived from a wealth of art, cinematic, and literary genres,” notes a release about the series. “The documentary explores...
- 5/16/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Professional skater Tony Hawk’s documentary, “Pretending I’m a Superman,” has found a home, Variety has learned exclusively.
Wood Entertainment has bought worldwide rights to “Pretending I’m a Superman – The Tony Hawk Video Game Story.”
Hawk and Activision launched the initial “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater” series in 1999, selling 9 million copies and spawning a total of 17 versions of the game by 2015. The film, directed by Ludvig Gür, tells the story of how Hawk evolved from a skater to a video game mogul, and the near extinction of skateboarding culture before exploding into the mainstream in the early 2000s.
Wood Entertainment CEO Tara Wood negotiated the deal with producer Ralph D’Amato, a producer on the “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater” franchise, on behalf of D’Amato Productions.
“‘Pretending I’m a Superman’ is a robust, real-life story of our successful video game series as told by those who created it,...
Wood Entertainment has bought worldwide rights to “Pretending I’m a Superman – The Tony Hawk Video Game Story.”
Hawk and Activision launched the initial “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater” series in 1999, selling 9 million copies and spawning a total of 17 versions of the game by 2015. The film, directed by Ludvig Gür, tells the story of how Hawk evolved from a skater to a video game mogul, and the near extinction of skateboarding culture before exploding into the mainstream in the early 2000s.
Wood Entertainment CEO Tara Wood negotiated the deal with producer Ralph D’Amato, a producer on the “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater” franchise, on behalf of D’Amato Productions.
“‘Pretending I’m a Superman’ is a robust, real-life story of our successful video game series as told by those who created it,...
- 5/7/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Actor Michael Madsen reached back to his cinema past in a home video that recalled a famous scene of his in Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs. In the classic indie film, Madsen (known as “Blonde” in the film) tortures a captured policeman before cutting off his right ear with a straight razor, all done to Stealers Wheel’s song, Stuck in the Middle With You. It’s not quite so graphic in the home video, but you’ll get the message. Madsen most recently had a cameo in Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood and did a retrospective interview in Tara Wood’s documentary QT8: The First Eight. Watch the home video above. More from DeadlineQuentin Tarantino Digs Deep On 'Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood' As He Fears "Dark Night Of The Soul" For Filmmakers: Q&AQuentin Tarantino Cast Thickens: Burt Reynolds To Star, Roth, Russell,...
- 4/26/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
It is hard not to be entertained by QT8: The First Eight, a feature-length documentary chronicling the first eight films written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, featuring interviews with the likes of Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Kurt Russell, Jamie Foxx, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. The clips are a reminder of the still-startling brilliance of Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, the slow-burn sensuality of Jackie Brown, and the two-part powerhouse that is Kill Bill. Significant time is spent on Inglorious Bastards and Django Unchained, and two films most in need of reappraisal—Death Proof and The Hateful Eight—are given proper respect.
As the title lays out, do not, however, expect insight into Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood as the ninth film from Tarantino is barely mentioned. Considering that Hollywood might be the finest film of his career, one imagines a supplement to the documentary might already be around the corner.
As the title lays out, do not, however, expect insight into Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood as the ninth film from Tarantino is barely mentioned. Considering that Hollywood might be the finest film of his career, one imagines a supplement to the documentary might already be around the corner.
- 12/3/2019
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
Tara Wood has racked up multiple territory sales at Afm for her documentary QT8: The First Eight, which chronicles the making of Quentin Tarantino's first eight films.
Wood's sales outfit, Wood Entertainment, has inked sales with multiple territories across Europe and Asia for the doc, including with Signature Entertainment for the U.K. and Australia; Koch Films for Germany; Exponenta Films for Russia; Noori Pictures for South Korea; and DocAviv for Israel.
Wood Entertainment and Shaked Berenson’s Entertainment Squad jointly bowed the documentary last month in the U.S. The VOD release is set for Dec. 3.
Wood ...
Wood's sales outfit, Wood Entertainment, has inked sales with multiple territories across Europe and Asia for the doc, including with Signature Entertainment for the U.K. and Australia; Koch Films for Germany; Exponenta Films for Russia; Noori Pictures for South Korea; and DocAviv for Israel.
Wood Entertainment and Shaked Berenson’s Entertainment Squad jointly bowed the documentary last month in the U.S. The VOD release is set for Dec. 3.
Wood ...
- 11/9/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Tara Wood has racked up multiple territory sales at Afm for her documentary QT8: The First Eight, which chronicles the making of Quentin Tarantino's first eight films.
Wood's sales outfit, Wood Entertainment, has inked sales with multiple territories across Europe and Asia for the doc, including with Signature Entertainment for the U.K. and Australia; Koch Films for Germany; Exponenta Films for Russia; Noori Pictures for South Korea; and DocAviv for Israel.
Wood Entertainment and Shaked Berenson’s Entertainment Squad jointly bowed the documentary last month in the U.S. The VOD release is set for Dec. 3.
Wood ...
Wood's sales outfit, Wood Entertainment, has inked sales with multiple territories across Europe and Asia for the doc, including with Signature Entertainment for the U.K. and Australia; Koch Films for Germany; Exponenta Films for Russia; Noori Pictures for South Korea; and DocAviv for Israel.
Wood Entertainment and Shaked Berenson’s Entertainment Squad jointly bowed the documentary last month in the U.S. The VOD release is set for Dec. 3.
Wood ...
- 11/9/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Wood Entertainment, Entertainment Squad launched the film in Us last month.
Quentin Tarantino documentary QT8: The First Eight has proven to be a hot property for Wood Entertainment as buyers have flocked from the UK, Germany and South Korea.
Tara Wood’s documentary has gone to Signature Entertainment for the UK and Australia, Koch Films for Germany, Exponenta Films for Russia, and Noori Pictures for South Korea. DocAviv will distribute the film theatrically in Israel.
Wood Entertainment and Shaked Berenson’s Entertainment Squad jointly handled the Us theatrical release in October after Wood extracted the film from The Weinstein Company...
Quentin Tarantino documentary QT8: The First Eight has proven to be a hot property for Wood Entertainment as buyers have flocked from the UK, Germany and South Korea.
Tara Wood’s documentary has gone to Signature Entertainment for the UK and Australia, Koch Films for Germany, Exponenta Films for Russia, and Noori Pictures for South Korea. DocAviv will distribute the film theatrically in Israel.
Wood Entertainment and Shaked Berenson’s Entertainment Squad jointly handled the Us theatrical release in October after Wood extracted the film from The Weinstein Company...
- 11/9/2019
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
‘QT8: The First Eight’ Trailer Explores Quentin Tarantino’s Career Through His Closest Collaborators
There are few filmmakers with more video essays, articles, and other materials related to their careers than Quentin Tarantino, so what could a new documentary possibly offer? Well, Tara Wood’s QT8: The First Eight actually includes interviews with some of the director’s closet collaborators, including Samuel L. Jackson, Christoph Waltz, Tim Roth, Lucy Liu, Zoë Bell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jamie Foxx, Eli Roth, Robert Forster, Diane Kruger, Michael Madsen, Kurt Russell, Louis Black, Richard Gladstein, Scott Speigel, Stacey Sher, and more.
Set for a release this December, the first trailer has now arrived and while it seems like it could err on the side of complete hagiography, hopefully the full documentary will dive deeper into what makes his work stand out. The trailer, of course, is well-timed with the theatrical re-release of an expanded Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, which features an additional 10 minutes and is now in over 1,000 theaters starting today.
Set for a release this December, the first trailer has now arrived and while it seems like it could err on the side of complete hagiography, hopefully the full documentary will dive deeper into what makes his work stand out. The trailer, of course, is well-timed with the theatrical re-release of an expanded Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, which features an additional 10 minutes and is now in over 1,000 theaters starting today.
- 10/25/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The new documentary “QT8: The First Eight” is full of behind-the-scenes stories from the sets of Quentin Tarantino’s movies, and no collaborator is more revealing than Eli Roth. The director worked with Tarantino on their double feature “Grindhouse” and later played Donny “The Bear Jew” Donowitz in Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds.” It turns out, Tarantino’s prep work for “Basterds” was demanding, with the actors playing the title group expected to answer questions about their characters’ backstory on the spot.
As revealed in “The First Eight,” Roth remembered the movie’s first rehearsal. “We all sat around and everybody had their scripts and lines,” Roth said. “Quentin said to close our scripts and asked us who we were. You had to go on and on and on about your backstory. [Quentin asked], ‘How did you feel when he joined the Bastards?’ There was one person who didn’t know, and he...
As revealed in “The First Eight,” Roth remembered the movie’s first rehearsal. “We all sat around and everybody had their scripts and lines,” Roth said. “Quentin said to close our scripts and asked us who we were. You had to go on and on and on about your backstory. [Quentin asked], ‘How did you feel when he joined the Bastards?’ There was one person who didn’t know, and he...
- 10/24/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
"There will always be blood, brilliance and controversy." Wood Ent. has debuted an official trailer for the documentary QT8: The First Eight, a film about Quentin Tarantino's career and the first eight films he made - starting with Reservoir Dogs in 1992. This is made by the same filmmaker who bought us 21 Years: Richard Linklater about, obviously, Linklater's career. With Tarantino's newest film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood arriving to praise and controversy, filmmaker Tara Wood takes us on a journey through the first 8 wildly divergent films that Tarantino has helmed, narrated by the actors & collaborators who have worked with him. Featuring interviews with: Zoe Bell, Louis Black, Bruce Dern, Robert Forster, Jamie Foxx, Richard Gladstein, Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Diane Kruger, Lucy Liu, Michael Madsen, Eli Roth, Tim Roth, Kurt Russell, Stacey Sher, Scott Spiegel, and Christoph Waltz. Quite a line-up. Enjoy the trailer below. Here's...
- 10/24/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Tara Wood’s new documentary “QT8: The First Eight” looks back at Quentin Tarantino’s legendary career through the eyes of his collaborators. The movie debuted in theaters October 21 ahead of its on demand launch December 4 and includes at least one notable revelation from Tarantino’s executive producer Stacey Sher, who first collaborated with the director on “Pulp Fiction” and also worked with him on “Django Unchained” and “The Hateful Eight.” Sher reveals Tarantino based Kurt Russell’s brutally misogynistic “Hateful Eight” character John “The Hangman” Ruth on Harvey Weinstein, adding “If you read it on the page it was a little more accurate. Kurt is the most charming person on the planet.”
“The Hateful Eight” was released in December 2015 under The Weinstein Company, nearly two years before the wave of sexual harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein went public. While the movie would be the last Tarantino film produced and distributed by Weinstein,...
“The Hateful Eight” was released in December 2015 under The Weinstein Company, nearly two years before the wave of sexual harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein went public. While the movie would be the last Tarantino film produced and distributed by Weinstein,...
- 10/23/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
You know you’ve made it as a filmmaker when they’re making films about you. After a big year bolstered by the release of his already-beloved awards contender “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Quentin Tarantino has now become the subject of yet another film. Tara Wood tackles Qt’s filmography, legacy, and influence in the wide-ranging “QT8: The First Eight,” which (appropriately enough) digs into the first eight films made by the American auteur.
Per the film’s official synopsis, it will take audiences “on a journey through the first 8 wildly divergent films that Tarantino has helmed, narrated by the actors and collaborators who have worked with him. From ‘Reservoir Dogs’ through ‘The Hateful Eight,’ from the video store to the fall of Harvey Weinstein, QT8 digs deep into the story of the most important and controversial filmmaker of our time.”
The film’s zippy first trailer hints...
Per the film’s official synopsis, it will take audiences “on a journey through the first 8 wildly divergent films that Tarantino has helmed, narrated by the actors and collaborators who have worked with him. From ‘Reservoir Dogs’ through ‘The Hateful Eight,’ from the video store to the fall of Harvey Weinstein, QT8 digs deep into the story of the most important and controversial filmmaker of our time.”
The film’s zippy first trailer hints...
- 10/23/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The new Quentin Tarantino documentary “QT8: The First Eight” covers many of the biggest talking points that have emerged out of the writer-director’s feature films, so it’s inevitable the doc briefly lands on Tarantino’s controversial use of the N-word. The director has long been criticized for overusing the racial slur in his scripts, most aggressively in “Django Unchained.” Tarantino’s slavery drama featured nearly 110 uses of the N-word. Samuel L. Jackson has already defended Tarantino’s use of the slur, but in “QT8” he goes a step further and calls out the industry for accepting the language in a film like “12 Years a Slave” and not in a film like “Django.”
“You take ’12 Years a Slave,’ which is supposedly made by an auteur. Steve McQueen is very different than Quentin,” Jackson says on camera. “When you have a song that says n-gger in it 300 times nobody says shit.
“You take ’12 Years a Slave,’ which is supposedly made by an auteur. Steve McQueen is very different than Quentin,” Jackson says on camera. “When you have a song that says n-gger in it 300 times nobody says shit.
- 10/22/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
When Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” debuted at Cannes earlier this year, much of the headlines about the film’s world premiere centered around a press conference in which the writer-director was criticized by a reporter for giving Margot Robbie limited dialogue in the film. Tarantino’s viral response (“I reject your hypothesis”) reignited the debate around his treatment of female characters. While Tarantino has been praised for the likes of Jackie Brown and The Bride, he’s come under fire for characters like Broomhilda in “Django Unchained” and Daisy Domergue in “The Hateful Eight” who are constantly brutalized in their films.
A significant part of Tara Wood’s new documentary “QT8: The First Eight,” which hit theaters October 21, is spent reminiscing on Tarantino’s female characters. Actresses who have worked with Tarantino stand by his depiction of female characters and champion his writing. “He writes women like nobody’s business,...
A significant part of Tara Wood’s new documentary “QT8: The First Eight,” which hit theaters October 21, is spent reminiscing on Tarantino’s female characters. Actresses who have worked with Tarantino stand by his depiction of female characters and champion his writing. “He writes women like nobody’s business,...
- 10/22/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Nobody loves cinema more than Quentin Tarantino. When watching one of his films, it’s impossible not to see the joy that movies, as well as making movies, brings the man. So, a documentary about his cinematic output almost makes too much sense not to exist. Lo and behold, one now does exist, in the special presentation QT8: The First Eight. A one night only event this coming Monday, it’s the sort of flick that should bring together anyone who loves Tarantino and his work. Luckily, it’s not a thrown together project either, but one made with care, featuring a ton of his players speaking highly about the auteur. This is a documentary that focuses exclusively on the first eight films in Quentin Tarantino’s career, beginning with Reservoir Dogs and ending with Django Unchained, though the making of Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood is briefly mentioned.
- 10/19/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
In one of the intermittent revealing moments in “QT8: Quentin Tarantino, The First Eight,” a documentary about the films of Quentin Tarantino that’s like a familiar but tasty sundae for Quentin fans, we see Tarantino on the set of “Pulp Fiction,” shooting the iconic dance contest at Jack Rabbit Slim’s. As John Travolta and Uma Thurman gyrate to “You Never Can Tell,” staring each other down as they do the twist with that two-fingers-across-the-eyes gesture that I first saw Adam West do, in full cowl and costume, on an episode of “Batman,” Tarantino stands next to the camera, a few feet from his actors, and he’s dancing, too. It’s not some big show-offy director thing. He just seems like an overgrown kid, a starstruck bystander who couldn’t help but join in.
Directors tend to be stern taskmasters, and Tarantino is famous for tolerating no nonsense on his sets.
Directors tend to be stern taskmasters, and Tarantino is famous for tolerating no nonsense on his sets.
- 10/19/2019
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
At one point during Tara Wood’s chiefly tributary film, QT8: The First Eight, Quentin Tarantino is described, simply, as a romantic. Rampaging through the ears and bucketing past the brain, it’s a trivial duality, pitting the instant and universal characteristics of his work – bloody and foul – against their red-soaked and maniacally-written storylines. You remember that after Django (Jamie Foxx) decimates what’s left of Candy Land, he doesn’t just ride off into the night’s sky, he stares back at the lovely woman he’s liberated, his now-quenched purpose for gunfighting. The shockwaves rage on until you finally realize, “oh wait, that’s actually true.”
As was the case here, this documentary sometimes flourishes as an archive of analytical footage, validating claims with perfectly plucked pieces from his catalogue – mere sentences are occasionally enhanced by a minute moment from a movie. But QT8 is also a frustratingly...
As was the case here, this documentary sometimes flourishes as an archive of analytical footage, validating claims with perfectly plucked pieces from his catalogue – mere sentences are occasionally enhanced by a minute moment from a movie. But QT8 is also a frustratingly...
- 10/13/2019
- by Luke Parker
- We Got This Covered
The La Film Festival may have shuttered last year after an 18-year run but the organizers of the 11th annual Dtla Film Festival are hoping to keep the downtown Los Angeles film scene buzzing with a showcase of 38 feature films this year, including documentaries on Quentin Tarantino and Kathy Griffin.
Director Tara Wood's QT8: The First Eight will open the festival that runs Oct 23-27 at downtown La's Regal La Live venue. The long-awaited and much-delayed documentary, which chronicles the making of Tarantino's first eight films with interviews from his cast and frequent collaborators, will finally be seen ...
Director Tara Wood's QT8: The First Eight will open the festival that runs Oct 23-27 at downtown La's Regal La Live venue. The long-awaited and much-delayed documentary, which chronicles the making of Tarantino's first eight films with interviews from his cast and frequent collaborators, will finally be seen ...
- 9/18/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The La Film Festival may have shuttered last year after an 18-year run but the organizers of the 11th annual Dtla Film Festival are hoping to keep the downtown Los Angeles film scene buzzing with a showcase of 38 feature films this year, including documentaries on Quentin Tarantino and Kathy Griffin.
Director Tara Wood's QT8: The First Eight will open the festival that runs Oct 23-27 at downtown La's Regal La Live venue. The long-awaited and much-delayed documentary, which chronicles the making of Tarantino's first eight films with interviews from his cast and frequent collaborators, will finally be seen ...
Director Tara Wood's QT8: The First Eight will open the festival that runs Oct 23-27 at downtown La's Regal La Live venue. The long-awaited and much-delayed documentary, which chronicles the making of Tarantino's first eight films with interviews from his cast and frequent collaborators, will finally be seen ...
- 9/18/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The Dtla Film Festival has selected QT8: Quentin Tarantino The First Eight, the documentary feature by Tara Wood, as the opening-night film for its 11th edition next month. The docu, which is having its world premiere the week before as a one-night-only screening via Fathom, will open Dtla on October 23 at Regal L.A. Live. The festival unveiled the news Tuesday along with its full slate of 38 feature-length movies.
QT8 focuses on the first 21 years of Tarantino’s career and includes interviews with frequent collaborators including Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Diane Kruger, Lucy Liu, Michael Madsen, Eli Roth, Tim Roth, Kurt Russell and Christoph Waltz.
Also on the Dtla docket is a special presentation of Kathy Griffin: A Hell of a Story, coinciding with the Griffin being honored with the festival’s Independent Film Pioneer Award.
The fest, which runs through October 27, will close with the...
QT8 focuses on the first 21 years of Tarantino’s career and includes interviews with frequent collaborators including Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Diane Kruger, Lucy Liu, Michael Madsen, Eli Roth, Tim Roth, Kurt Russell and Christoph Waltz.
Also on the Dtla docket is a special presentation of Kathy Griffin: A Hell of a Story, coinciding with the Griffin being honored with the festival’s Independent Film Pioneer Award.
The fest, which runs through October 27, will close with the...
- 9/17/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Wood Entertainment has completed sales for France, Germany, Turkey, Italy and Russia for “QT8: The First Eight,” a documentary that chronicles Quentin Tarantino’s first eight films.
The first buyers’ screening took place on Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival. Tarantino’s ninth film, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” premiered at Cannes on Tuesday night.
Producer Tara Wood completed “QT8: The First Eight” after a protracted legal battle to regain the rights following a production deal with the Weinstein Company back in 2016. The screening in Cannes was the first time potential distributors saw the final cut of the film.
The documentary profiles Tarantino’s first eight movies through interviews with his casts, producers and industry friends, including Zoe Bell, Bruce Dern, Robert Forster, Jamie Foxx, Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Diane Kruger, Lucy Liu, Michael Madsen, Eli Roth, Tim Roth, Kurt Russell and Christoph Waltz, plus...
The first buyers’ screening took place on Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival. Tarantino’s ninth film, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” premiered at Cannes on Tuesday night.
Producer Tara Wood completed “QT8: The First Eight” after a protracted legal battle to regain the rights following a production deal with the Weinstein Company back in 2016. The screening in Cannes was the first time potential distributors saw the final cut of the film.
The documentary profiles Tarantino’s first eight movies through interviews with his casts, producers and industry friends, including Zoe Bell, Bruce Dern, Robert Forster, Jamie Foxx, Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Diane Kruger, Lucy Liu, Michael Madsen, Eli Roth, Tim Roth, Kurt Russell and Christoph Waltz, plus...
- 5/22/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
A long-awaited and much-delayed documentary on Quentin Tarantino will finally see the light of day.
Tara Wood's QT8: The First Eight, originally titled 21 Years: Tarantino, will screen for buyers in Cannes on Sunday, just two days before Tarantino's latest, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, has its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
The doc chronicles the making of Tarantino's first eight films through interviews with his cast and producers, including Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Foxx, Diane Kruger and Christoph Waltz.
Wood had originally produced the film with The Weinstein Co. but cut ties following the sexual assault ...
Tara Wood's QT8: The First Eight, originally titled 21 Years: Tarantino, will screen for buyers in Cannes on Sunday, just two days before Tarantino's latest, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, has its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
The doc chronicles the making of Tarantino's first eight films through interviews with his cast and producers, including Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Foxx, Diane Kruger and Christoph Waltz.
Wood had originally produced the film with The Weinstein Co. but cut ties following the sexual assault ...
- 5/18/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A long-awaited and much-delayed documentary on Quentin Tarantino will finally see the light of day.
Tara Wood's QT8: The First Eight, originally titled 21 Years: Tarantino, will screen for buyers in Cannes on Sunday, just two days before Tarantino's latest, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, has its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
The doc chronicles the making of Tarantino's first eight films through interviews with his cast and producers, including Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Foxx, Diane Kruger and Christoph Waltz.
Wood had originally produced the film with The Weinstein Co. but cut ties following the sexual assault ...
Tara Wood's QT8: The First Eight, originally titled 21 Years: Tarantino, will screen for buyers in Cannes on Sunday, just two days before Tarantino's latest, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, has its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
The doc chronicles the making of Tarantino's first eight films through interviews with his cast and producers, including Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Foxx, Diane Kruger and Christoph Waltz.
Wood had originally produced the film with The Weinstein Co. but cut ties following the sexual assault ...
- 5/18/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Director Tara Wood has successfully reclaimed the rights to the authorized Quentin Tarantino documentary feature, “21 Years: Quentin Tarantino”. The film, a celebration of Tarantino’s works-to-date, looks at the passion behind the worldwide box office dominator. The lightening rod that is Tarantino’s career illuminates the discussion of changes in the industry. In 2017, Wood, co-director …
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- 2/25/2019
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
Director Tara Wood has reclaimed rights to the authorized Quentin Tarantino documentary movie, “21 Years: Quentin Tarantino,” following a long legal battle.
She’s hopeful that she can find a buyer to distribute the movie in conjunction with Sony’s release of Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” the Brad Pitt-Leonardo DiCaprio drama that’s opening on July 26.
Wood’s battle began three years ago when she sold worldwide rights to the Weinstein Company in a deal announced at the Cannes Film Festival with Harvey Weinstein’s enthusiastic endorsement.
Harvey and Bob Weinstein began working with Tarantino three decades ago on “Reservoir Dogs” and had partnered with the director on all of his projects — until the company shut down last year in the wake of an onslaught of sexual harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein.
Wood said production meetings with TWC on the project stopped in October 2016, and...
She’s hopeful that she can find a buyer to distribute the movie in conjunction with Sony’s release of Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” the Brad Pitt-Leonardo DiCaprio drama that’s opening on July 26.
Wood’s battle began three years ago when she sold worldwide rights to the Weinstein Company in a deal announced at the Cannes Film Festival with Harvey Weinstein’s enthusiastic endorsement.
Harvey and Bob Weinstein began working with Tarantino three decades ago on “Reservoir Dogs” and had partnered with the director on all of his projects — until the company shut down last year in the wake of an onslaught of sexual harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein.
Wood said production meetings with TWC on the project stopped in October 2016, and...
- 2/14/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Tara Wood, the director of the documentary 21 Years: Quentin Tarantino, is the latest filmmaker to state that she would like her project to part ways with its distribution partner, The Weinstein Co.
"As a woman, creator and protector of 21 Years: Quentin Tarantino, TWC should respectfully release us from our deal, to allow the project to be handled with the care and consideration it, Mr. Tarantino, and all the participants deserve," Wood said Friday in a statement. "This project has always been in honor of Mr. Tarantino's career, and I don't want to see it caught up in this...
"As a woman, creator and protector of 21 Years: Quentin Tarantino, TWC should respectfully release us from our deal, to allow the project to be handled with the care and consideration it, Mr. Tarantino, and all the participants deserve," Wood said Friday in a statement. "This project has always been in honor of Mr. Tarantino's career, and I don't want to see it caught up in this...
- 10/13/2017
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Georgia Mom Tara Wood was grocery shopping with her 4-year-old daughter Norah when the young girl hopped up in the cart and shouted, “Hi, old person!” at a man passing by.
“Before I could tell Norah, ‘Please use kind words,’ the man stopped and said, ‘Well, hi little lady! How are you today?’ ” Wood tells People.
Norah and the man, 82-year-old Dan Peterson, chatted for a few minutes and then went their separate ways. Then Norah asked her mom if she could take a picture with her new friend.
Because it was Norah’s fourth birthday, Wood agreed and the...
“Before I could tell Norah, ‘Please use kind words,’ the man stopped and said, ‘Well, hi little lady! How are you today?’ ” Wood tells People.
Norah and the man, 82-year-old Dan Peterson, chatted for a few minutes and then went their separate ways. Then Norah asked her mom if she could take a picture with her new friend.
Because it was Norah’s fourth birthday, Wood agreed and the...
- 11/1/2016
- by tiaredunlap1
- PEOPLE.com
Plus: The Orchard picks up The Dinner; IMAX, Starbreeze in Vr pact; and more…
Lucy Liu, Method Man, Suki Waterhouse, Snoop Dogg, Margarita Levieva and Jeffrey Wahlberg have joined James Franco and Milla Jovovich in the post-apocalyptic thriller Future World.
Ambi Distribution handles worldwide sales while Ambi Pictures is financing the film in association with the Fyzz Facility and Black Sparrow, and produces with Dark Rabbit Productions.
Andrea Iervolino, Monika Bacardi, Vince Jolivette and Jay Davis serve as individual producers.
Cate Blanchett, Jeff Goldblum, Tessa Thompson, Karl Urban, and Mark Ruffalo will star in Marvel Studios’ Thor: Ragnarok. Regular cast members Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Idris Elba and Anthony Hopkins reprise their roles in the third episode of the Norse god’s adventures. Taika Waititi directs.The Weinstein Company has unsurprisingly acquired world rights excluding French-speaking territories from Wood Entertainment to the upcoming documentary 21 Years: Quentin Tarantino. Tara Wood (21 Years: Richard Linklater) produces and directs.The Orchard...
Lucy Liu, Method Man, Suki Waterhouse, Snoop Dogg, Margarita Levieva and Jeffrey Wahlberg have joined James Franco and Milla Jovovich in the post-apocalyptic thriller Future World.
Ambi Distribution handles worldwide sales while Ambi Pictures is financing the film in association with the Fyzz Facility and Black Sparrow, and produces with Dark Rabbit Productions.
Andrea Iervolino, Monika Bacardi, Vince Jolivette and Jay Davis serve as individual producers.
Cate Blanchett, Jeff Goldblum, Tessa Thompson, Karl Urban, and Mark Ruffalo will star in Marvel Studios’ Thor: Ragnarok. Regular cast members Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Idris Elba and Anthony Hopkins reprise their roles in the third episode of the Norse god’s adventures. Taika Waititi directs.The Weinstein Company has unsurprisingly acquired world rights excluding French-speaking territories from Wood Entertainment to the upcoming documentary 21 Years: Quentin Tarantino. Tara Wood (21 Years: Richard Linklater) produces and directs.The Orchard...
- 5/22/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Weinstein Company didn't exactly make a splash at Cannes this year, but it has compensated somewhat with an intriguing announcement during the festival: It has acquired worldwide rights (excluding French-speaking territories) to documentary "21 Years: Quentin Tarantino," from producer-director by Tara Wood. With Tarantino, Harvey and Bob Weinstein have enjoyed the closest thing the film industry has to a patron-artist relationship. They started working with Tarantino nearly 25 years ago on his first film "Reservoir Dogs" and have backed all his projects ever since. Wood is turning to Tarantino in her doc series after "21 Years: Richard Linklater" (which was released by Gravitas Ventures) and is selling a third project at Cannes. With access from the Weinsteins and their in-house filmmaker, Wood will apply her 21-year approach to Tarantino. She'll interview his collaborators, friends and fellow filmmakers about working and hanging with...
- 5/20/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The Weinstein Company is partnering with Quentin Tarantino again — sort of. TWC announced Friday that it has acquired the worldwide rights, excluding French-speaking territories, to the upcoming documentary “21 Years: Quentin Tarantino.” The project is being produced and directed by Tara Wood. Harvey and Bob Weinstein began working with Tarantino nearly 25 years ago on his first film “Resevoir Dogs” and have partnered with Tarantino on all of his projects since. This marks Wood’s second film of the series. She had previously done “21 Years: Richard Linklater” and is already in the preliminary stages of her third installation, currently selling in Cannes.
- 5/20/2016
- by Joe Otterson
- The Wrap
In a deal that seems only fitting, The Weinstein Co has acquired worldwide rights, excluding French-speaking territories, to the upcoming documentary 21 Years: Quentin Tarantino. Produced and directed by Tara Wood, the film stems from the idea that an artist's career can be characterized by its first 21 years and will take a behind-the-scenes look at Tarantino's revolutionary body of work. Harvey and Bob Weinstein began working with Tarantino nearly 25 years ago on his…...
- 5/20/2016
- Deadline
Exclusive: A number of distributors are circling Tara Wood’s feature-length Quentin Tarantino documentary 21 Years, with the Weinstein Co, Netflix and Amazon believed to be in the mix. The doc, which features interviews with several Tarantino acolytes including Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Foxx, Michael Madsen and Eli Roth, has attracted several offers in the high six figures, all for global rights. Leading Japanese distributor Gaga also is thought to be aggressively pursuing…...
- 3/17/2016
- Deadline
Last year, "21 Years: Richard Linklater" dropped into cinemas, and as you might've surmised from the title, it explores the filmmaker's career across two decades plus one extra year. There doesn't seem to be a specific reason for 21 years to be chosen as the marker, but it seems as good as point as any to reflect on a director's work, and now Quentin Tarantino is getting similar treatment. Read More: Quentin Tarantino Prefers VHS Over Netflix Tara Wood is returning behind the camera for a new documentary about the "Pulp Fiction" helmer, that will include interviews with Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, Christoph Waltz, Lucy Liu, Zoë Bell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jamie Foxx, Eli Roth, Robert Forster, Diane Kruger, Michael Madsen and Kerry Washington. Certainly, there is much to talk about when it comes to Tarantino, from his video store days where he schooled himself on almost anything you need to know about movies,...
- 11/10/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Oscar-winning filmmaker Quentin Tarantino is currently embroiled in a controversy with some of the country's police unions since he spoke out against police brutality, but that's just the latest in a long line of controversies that have followed the director throughout his career. I wonder if this latest incident will be mentioned in Tara Wood's new fully authorized documentary about him, called 21 Years: Quentin Tarantino.
Variety reports that Wood, who directed a similar project with 21 Years: Richard Linklater in 2014, will concentrate on the first 21 years of Tarantino's movie-making career, a time period that is said to define the career of any artist.
“Quentin is the most revolutionary, distinctive director of our time,” said Wood. “There is no shortage of stories from his collaborators about what it takes to get his visionary style to the screen. It has been an enlightening process both personally and professionally.”
The documentary will feature...
Variety reports that Wood, who directed a similar project with 21 Years: Richard Linklater in 2014, will concentrate on the first 21 years of Tarantino's movie-making career, a time period that is said to define the career of any artist.
“Quentin is the most revolutionary, distinctive director of our time,” said Wood. “There is no shortage of stories from his collaborators about what it takes to get his visionary style to the screen. It has been an enlightening process both personally and professionally.”
The documentary will feature...
- 11/10/2015
- by Ben Pearson
- GeekTyrant
With the Christmas Day release of "The Hateful Eight" fast approaching, and filmmaker Quentin Tarantino more or less permanently perched at the center of the news cycle, director Tara Wood's authorized documentary "21 Years: Quentin Tarantino" is likely to attract more attention than her first feature, 2014's "21 Years: Richard Linklater" (poster and trailer below). Listen: "Screen Talk: Debating 'Spectre' and 'Trumbo,' Quentin Tarantino and Spike Lee Controversies" But the "hollow hagiography" of the Linklater doc, as Variety film critic Peter Debruge put it, provokes a concern about the Tarantino project. An auteur as wildly inventive as the "Pulp Fiction" director, particularly one with such a contentious reputation, deserves—and perhaps requires—more than a greatest-hits reel. Notwithstanding the vague origins of the premise—"It's been said that the first 21 years define the career of an...
- 11/10/2015
- by Matt Brennan
- Thompson on Hollywood
Quentin Tarantino wouldn’t be Quentin Tarantino if he wasn’t stirring up controversy everywhere he went. While his increasingly bizarre showdown with various police unions only provides additional free advertising for next movie, The Hateful Eight, another filmmaker is looking to take advantage of his incredible career and filmography. Production has begun on director Tara Wood‘s […]
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- 11/10/2015
- by Jacob Hall
- Slash Film
Read More: Watch: Guns, Blood and Quentin Tarantino Explode in Glorious 'The Hateful Eight' Trailer Filmmaker Tara Wood is continuing the "21 Years" documentary series with a new film spotlighting the explosive career of Quentin Tarantino. Wood served as co-director of "21 Years: Richard Linklater," the 2014 bio-doc that explored the filmmaker's first two decades in the industry courtesy of behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with some of his most well-regarded collaborators. The same approach will apply to "21 Years: Quentin Tarantino." The movie will be the only authorized documentary every produced on the controversial auteur. Interview subjects will include Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, Christoph Waltz, Lucy Liu, Zoë Bell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jamie Foxx, Eli Roth, Robert Forster, Diane Kruger, Michael Madsen, Kerry Washington and many more. "Quentin is the most revolutionary, distinctive director of our time," said...
- 11/10/2015
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
There’s been some specials and making of documentaries on his productions, but we have yet to get a definitive documentary on the career of Quentin Tarantino. While this is mostly due to the director still making his films — his latest, The Hateful Eight, arrives on Christmas Day in 70mm — a new documentary will take a look at a specific period in his career.
Production has already started on 21 Years: Quentin Tarantino, which takes a look at — you guessed it — the first 21 years of his films, from 1992’s Reservoir Dogs to 2013’s Django Unchained. Directed by Tara Wood, she seemingly takes the same approach as her last co-directing effort, 21 Years: Richard Linklater.
According to Variety, Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, Christoph Waltz, Lucy Liu, Zoë Bell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jamie Foxx, Eli Roth, Robert Forster, Diane Kruger, Michael Madsen and Kerry Washington will all be interviewed for the project. “Quentin is the most revolutionary,...
Production has already started on 21 Years: Quentin Tarantino, which takes a look at — you guessed it — the first 21 years of his films, from 1992’s Reservoir Dogs to 2013’s Django Unchained. Directed by Tara Wood, she seemingly takes the same approach as her last co-directing effort, 21 Years: Richard Linklater.
According to Variety, Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, Christoph Waltz, Lucy Liu, Zoë Bell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jamie Foxx, Eli Roth, Robert Forster, Diane Kruger, Michael Madsen and Kerry Washington will all be interviewed for the project. “Quentin is the most revolutionary,...
- 11/10/2015
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Plus… Magnolia acquires The Ones Below; IFC unveils first Screen Forward Lab fellows; and more.
Ewan McGregor will receive the Protagonist Award for Excellence in Acting at the Los Cabos International Film Festival on November 14. McGregor will also present with Rodrigo García a special screening of his film Last Days In The Desert, in which he plays Jesus.
Reframed Pictures and Susan Sarandon have partnered with American Masters and Submarine on a documentary film about 1940s screen siren Hedy Lamarr. Alexandra Dean will direct Hedy: The Untold Story Of Actress & Inventor Hedy Lamarr (working title) and Katherine Drew and Adam Haggiag produce. The film will be produced in association with Thirteen Productions and will get its exclusive Us broadcast premiere on the American Masters series on PBS.
Magnolia Pictures has picked up Us rights from Protagonist Pictures to psychological thriller The Ones Below, the debut feature from British playwright and theatre director David Farr. Clemence Poesy and [link...
Ewan McGregor will receive the Protagonist Award for Excellence in Acting at the Los Cabos International Film Festival on November 14. McGregor will also present with Rodrigo García a special screening of his film Last Days In The Desert, in which he plays Jesus.
Reframed Pictures and Susan Sarandon have partnered with American Masters and Submarine on a documentary film about 1940s screen siren Hedy Lamarr. Alexandra Dean will direct Hedy: The Untold Story Of Actress & Inventor Hedy Lamarr (working title) and Katherine Drew and Adam Haggiag produce. The film will be produced in association with Thirteen Productions and will get its exclusive Us broadcast premiere on the American Masters series on PBS.
Magnolia Pictures has picked up Us rights from Protagonist Pictures to psychological thriller The Ones Below, the debut feature from British playwright and theatre director David Farr. Clemence Poesy and [link...
- 11/10/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
An authorized documentary about “The Hateful Eight” director Quentin Tarantino titled “21 Years: Quentin Tarantino” is currently being shopped at the American Film Market, TheWrap has learned. Tara Wood will direct the film, having co-directed the 2014 documentary “21 Years: Richard Linklater” with Michael Dunaway. The independent filmmaker has recruited many stars from Tarantino’s movies to sit for interviews, including his frequent collaborators Samuel L. Jackson, Christoph Waltz and Michael Madsen. Wood told TheWrap that Uma Thurman will also be involved and that she’s waiting to hear from Brad Pitt, who has been busy promoting his turn in “By the Sea.
- 11/10/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Just alright, alright, alright: Friends Laud Linklater’s Adulthood
Traditionally speaking, retrospectives of prominent people tend to transpire as an ode after the fact or as a memoriam piece. Though the director has an impressive number of films under his belt, recently topped by the critically acclaimed and charmer Boyhood, Michael Dunaway and Tara Wood’s 21 Years: Richard Linklater seems to come at an incidental time–it demarcating or capitalizing on what is unclear. Composed mostly of star-studded (Matthew McConaughey, Ethan Hawke, Jack Black to name a few) albeit conventional talking heads reminiscing on their working relationships with Linklater, the documentary does not articulate any unprecedented insight or exclusive commentary. Ultimately the effort feels lackluster though it will most likely find a place of honor within the insular community and cult following that Linklater has cultivated.
Linklater’s own quote “the truth will only be told over a career” introduces...
Traditionally speaking, retrospectives of prominent people tend to transpire as an ode after the fact or as a memoriam piece. Though the director has an impressive number of films under his belt, recently topped by the critically acclaimed and charmer Boyhood, Michael Dunaway and Tara Wood’s 21 Years: Richard Linklater seems to come at an incidental time–it demarcating or capitalizing on what is unclear. Composed mostly of star-studded (Matthew McConaughey, Ethan Hawke, Jack Black to name a few) albeit conventional talking heads reminiscing on their working relationships with Linklater, the documentary does not articulate any unprecedented insight or exclusive commentary. Ultimately the effort feels lackluster though it will most likely find a place of honor within the insular community and cult following that Linklater has cultivated.
Linklater’s own quote “the truth will only be told over a career” introduces...
- 11/28/2014
- by Amanda Yam
- IONCINEMA.com
21 Years: Richard Linklater
Directed by Michael Dunaway and Tara Wood
Written by Michael Dunaway and Tara Wood
USA, 2014
Most filmgoers don’t know Richard Linklater’s name but his effect has been felt through the American independent film scene since the debut of Slacker in 1991. For the star-studded cast of commenters sitting down for some insights into Linklater, it’s hard to imagine a world without him. He is the unicorn who managed to build an entire career of passion projects, a rare opportunity indeed.
Written and directed by Michael Dunaway and Tara Wood, 21 Years: Richard Linklater seeks perspectives on one of cinema’s most underrated directors via interviews and stories shared by notable filmmakers Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Jack Black, Keanu Reeves, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Reitman, Kevin Smith, the Duplass brothers, and Matthew McConaughey. To provide a unique spin on talking heads, Dunaway and Wood splice in animated...
Directed by Michael Dunaway and Tara Wood
Written by Michael Dunaway and Tara Wood
USA, 2014
Most filmgoers don’t know Richard Linklater’s name but his effect has been felt through the American independent film scene since the debut of Slacker in 1991. For the star-studded cast of commenters sitting down for some insights into Linklater, it’s hard to imagine a world without him. He is the unicorn who managed to build an entire career of passion projects, a rare opportunity indeed.
Written and directed by Michael Dunaway and Tara Wood, 21 Years: Richard Linklater seeks perspectives on one of cinema’s most underrated directors via interviews and stories shared by notable filmmakers Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Jack Black, Keanu Reeves, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Reitman, Kevin Smith, the Duplass brothers, and Matthew McConaughey. To provide a unique spin on talking heads, Dunaway and Wood splice in animated...
- 11/7/2014
- by Colin Biggs
- SoundOnSight
“The truth will only be told over a career.” This quote by Richard Linklater opens a new documentary on the filmmaker and also could be applied to another that just hit Netflix Watch Instantly this week. The first is called 21 Years: Richard Linklater and follows a career spanning more than two decades, beginning with 1991’s Slacker and ending with Before Midnight — there’s no mention of this year’s Boyhood. The second is Altman, about Robert Altman, whose long career ended eight years ago as he was scouting for locations for his next feature, at age 81. Linklater’s statement isn’t saying a life story is told over a career (you can see the context in the Reverse Shot interview it comes from), but with both films it’s hard not to expect some sort of biographical portrait of their subjects through their work. The lives of artists, Linklater and Altman included, are...
- 11/6/2014
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Playing more like a distended awards show package than a proper documentary, 21 Years: Richard Linklater reflects on the first half of its title subject's directorial career. Directors Michael Dunaway and Tara Wood gather Linklater players and admirers to muse on the experience of working with the Austinite and the sensibility that he's brought to bear across a diverse but startlingly coherent body of work. To the extent that the release of Before Midnight and this year's Boyhood (mentioned only briefly here) prompted a reconsideration of that body, the assessments offered in 21 Years manage to feel like too little arriving a little late. Still, there is pleasure to be had in the reminiscences of Jack Black, Ethan Hawke, Keanu Reeves, and the much-in...
- 11/5/2014
- Village Voice
To American audiences exploring the indie film scene in the 1990s, few names mattered as much as Richard Linklater’s. One of Generation X’s essential voices, Linklater’s idiosyncratic dialogue-driven efforts – Slacker, Before Sunrise, Dazed & Confused, to name a few – struck a nerve among film fans across the country and beyond. On the verge of earning his first Oscar nomination for Best Director for the coming-of-adolescence masterwork Boyhood, the indie underdog is finally starting to reap the praises he has deserved since starting his career nearly 25 years ago.
Boyhood brought the writer/director virtually unanimous praise from critics and audiences. In the wake of that film’s success, though, a light career retrospective of Linklater’s principal work from the new documentary 21 Years: Richard Linklater, feels superfluous. It is easy to figure out why he is such an essential director to audiences craving original material, to the actors he...
Boyhood brought the writer/director virtually unanimous praise from critics and audiences. In the wake of that film’s success, though, a light career retrospective of Linklater’s principal work from the new documentary 21 Years: Richard Linklater, feels superfluous. It is easy to figure out why he is such an essential director to audiences craving original material, to the actors he...
- 11/4/2014
- by Jordan Adler
- We Got This Covered
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