Exclusive: Emmy nominee Camila Morrone has signed with Brillstein Entertainment Partners for representation.
Morrone is coming off the hit Amazon limited series Daisy Jones & The Six, for which she received a Best Supporting Actress Emmy nomination for her role as Camila Dunne, and the Patrica Arquette-directed Gonzo Girl, which recently premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. Up next she can be seen starring opposite Joe Keery in the independent film Marmalade, directed and written by Keir O’Donnell.
She received critical praise for her starring role as a Montana teenager caring for her father, a veteran with a substance abuse problem, in Annabelle Attanasio’s indie film Mickey and the Bear. She also starred in A24 and Augustine Frizzell’s comedy Never Goin’ Back and in Death Wish, the Eli Roth-directed remake of the 1974 Charles Bronson film for MGM.
Morrone continues to be repped by WME, Nue Group, Hansen,...
Morrone is coming off the hit Amazon limited series Daisy Jones & The Six, for which she received a Best Supporting Actress Emmy nomination for her role as Camila Dunne, and the Patrica Arquette-directed Gonzo Girl, which recently premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. Up next she can be seen starring opposite Joe Keery in the independent film Marmalade, directed and written by Keir O’Donnell.
She received critical praise for her starring role as a Montana teenager caring for her father, a veteran with a substance abuse problem, in Annabelle Attanasio’s indie film Mickey and the Bear. She also starred in A24 and Augustine Frizzell’s comedy Never Goin’ Back and in Death Wish, the Eli Roth-directed remake of the 1974 Charles Bronson film for MGM.
Morrone continues to be repped by WME, Nue Group, Hansen,...
- 11/7/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Signature Entertainment have released a first-look image of Joe Keery and Camila Morrone in crime romance “Marmalade” ahead of launching global sales at Berlin’s European Film Market (EFM).
“Marmalade” is the directorial debut of actor and director-screenwriter Keir O’Donnell. The film centers on the recently imprisoned Baron (Keery) who strikes up a friendship with cellmate Otis, a man with a history of prison breaks. As the pair hatch an escape plan together, Baron recalls the story of how he met Marmalade (Morrone), the love of his life, and their Bonnie and Clyde scheme to rob a bank in order to care for his sick mother and give the couple the life they’ve always dreamed of.
Keery is best known for his role as Steve Harrington in Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” was in Disney’s “Free Guy and led comedy horror “Spree,” which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
“Marmalade” is the directorial debut of actor and director-screenwriter Keir O’Donnell. The film centers on the recently imprisoned Baron (Keery) who strikes up a friendship with cellmate Otis, a man with a history of prison breaks. As the pair hatch an escape plan together, Baron recalls the story of how he met Marmalade (Morrone), the love of his life, and their Bonnie and Clyde scheme to rob a bank in order to care for his sick mother and give the couple the life they’ve always dreamed of.
Keery is best known for his role as Steve Harrington in Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” was in Disney’s “Free Guy and led comedy horror “Spree,” which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
- 2/8/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Network: CBS
Episodes: 125 (hour)
Seasons: Six
TV show dates: September 20, 2016 -- May 26, 2022
Series status: Ended
Performers include: Michael Weatherly, Freddy Rodriguez, Geneva Carr, Christopher Jackson, Jaime Lee Kirchner, Annabelle Attanasio, MacKenzie Meehan, and Yara Martinez.
TV show description:
This drama series is inspired by the early career of Dr. Phil McGraw. Prior to his becoming a talk show host, McGraw founded a very prolific trial consulting firm.
Brilliant, brash, and charming, Doctor Jason Bull (Michael Weatherly) is the ultimate puppet master in the courtroom. He combines psychology, human intuition, and high-tech data to learn what makes jurors, attorneys, witnesses, and the accused tick.
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Episodes: 125 (hour)
Seasons: Six
TV show dates: September 20, 2016 -- May 26, 2022
Series status: Ended
Performers include: Michael Weatherly, Freddy Rodriguez, Geneva Carr, Christopher Jackson, Jaime Lee Kirchner, Annabelle Attanasio, MacKenzie Meehan, and Yara Martinez.
TV show description:
This drama series is inspired by the early career of Dr. Phil McGraw. Prior to his becoming a talk show host, McGraw founded a very prolific trial consulting firm.
Brilliant, brash, and charming, Doctor Jason Bull (Michael Weatherly) is the ultimate puppet master in the courtroom. He combines psychology, human intuition, and high-tech data to learn what makes jurors, attorneys, witnesses, and the accused tick.
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- 5/27/2022
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Sydney Sweeney says her favorite meme from Season 2 of “Euphoria” is the one from Cassie’s bathroom meltdown scene in episode three. “I would have to say it’s the ‘I’ve never ever been happier’ meme. I love that meme,” she told Variety on Saturday at the Canneseries TV festival, being held on France’s Côte d’Azur.
Asked what part of Cassie’s personality or backstory she would like to see explored in the next season of the show, she mentions a trait that was exposed in episode four of Season 2. “There was a bit of Cassie that I got to play with when she started saying that she’s crazier than Maddy in a scene with Nate. And she kind of got a little more evil and dark and serious, and not so frantic. I would love to play with more of that streak within herself.”
So...
Asked what part of Cassie’s personality or backstory she would like to see explored in the next season of the show, she mentions a trait that was exposed in episode four of Season 2. “There was a bit of Cassie that I got to play with when she started saying that she’s crazier than Maddy in a scene with Nate. And she kind of got a little more evil and dark and serious, and not so frantic. I would love to play with more of that streak within herself.”
So...
- 4/2/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Brooklyn-based Utopia has picked up worldwide sales rights to Hayley Garrigus’ “You Can’t Kill Meme,” a documentary feature which drills down on the political meme warfare enshrined by Donald Trump’s presidential victory in 2016.
The acquisition comes just ahead of the film’s world premiere at Montreal’s Fantasia Film Festival this month. An on demand release in North America is planned for this fall, Utopia announced Monday.
“You Can’t Kill Meme” explores the rise of political meme instrumentation, anticipated by a 2004 visionary non-fiction book by Kirk Packwood called “Memetic Magic: Manipulation of the Root Social Matrix and the Fabric of Reality.”
The film sees Garrigus interview Packwood and other figures in the meme magic world to trace the emergence of figures such as Pepe the Frog, originally a comic book slacker, and Kek, an Egyptian deity of darkness before dawn, in order to understand their centrality for alt-right advocacy.
The acquisition comes just ahead of the film’s world premiere at Montreal’s Fantasia Film Festival this month. An on demand release in North America is planned for this fall, Utopia announced Monday.
“You Can’t Kill Meme” explores the rise of political meme instrumentation, anticipated by a 2004 visionary non-fiction book by Kirk Packwood called “Memetic Magic: Manipulation of the Root Social Matrix and the Fabric of Reality.”
The film sees Garrigus interview Packwood and other figures in the meme magic world to trace the emergence of figures such as Pepe the Frog, originally a comic book slacker, and Kek, an Egyptian deity of darkness before dawn, in order to understand their centrality for alt-right advocacy.
- 8/2/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Screenwriter-producer-director Dre Ryan is expanding her relationship with Endeavor Content, with a two-year overall deal.
Ryan is currently an executive producer and co-creator of Apple’s limited series Lady In The Lake, and is an executive producer and supervisor for HBO Max’s series The Players Table, both of which hail from Endeavor Content.
Natalie Portman and Lupita Nyong’o star in Apple TV’s limited series adaptation of Laura Lippman’s book Lady in the Lake. Ryan co-created and co-wrote with Honey Boy director Alma Har’el. Lady In The Lake is produced by Jean-Marc Vallée’s Crazyrose and Bad Wolf America. Endeavor Content serves as the studio.
The Players Table, based on Jessica Goodman’s bestselling debut novel They Wish They Were Us, stars Euphoria‘s Sydney Sweeney and singer-songwriter Halsey. The project, which was taken out by Endeavor Content, hails from Sweeney’s Fifty-Fifty Films, Jean-Marc Vallée and Nathan Ross’ Crazyrose.
Ryan is currently an executive producer and co-creator of Apple’s limited series Lady In The Lake, and is an executive producer and supervisor for HBO Max’s series The Players Table, both of which hail from Endeavor Content.
Natalie Portman and Lupita Nyong’o star in Apple TV’s limited series adaptation of Laura Lippman’s book Lady in the Lake. Ryan co-created and co-wrote with Honey Boy director Alma Har’el. Lady In The Lake is produced by Jean-Marc Vallée’s Crazyrose and Bad Wolf America. Endeavor Content serves as the studio.
The Players Table, based on Jessica Goodman’s bestselling debut novel They Wish They Were Us, stars Euphoria‘s Sydney Sweeney and singer-songwriter Halsey. The project, which was taken out by Endeavor Content, hails from Sweeney’s Fifty-Fifty Films, Jean-Marc Vallée and Nathan Ross’ Crazyrose.
- 4/19/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
“Big Little Lies” and “Sharp Objects” director Jean-Marc Vallée and his producing partner Nathan Ross have signed a three-year, first-look deal with HBO and HBO Max, the WarnerMedia-owned platforms announced Tuesday.
Under the pact, the duo will executive produce “Gorilla and the Bird,” a limited series based on the memoir by Zack McDermott, which Vallée will also direct, for HBO and “The Players Table,” starring Sydney Sweeney and Halsey, which will be directed by Annabelle Attanasio, for HBO Max.
Crazyrose will also continue its relationship with Endeavor Content by extending its first-look film and forming a second-look television deal with the company, with projects including “Lady in the Lake” and “The Players Table.”
Vallée and Ross have executive produced HBO’s “Big Little Lies,” which won eight Emmys during its first season including one for Vallée as Best Director. They also executive produced “Sharp Objects” for HBO, which was nominated for eight Emmys.
Under the pact, the duo will executive produce “Gorilla and the Bird,” a limited series based on the memoir by Zack McDermott, which Vallée will also direct, for HBO and “The Players Table,” starring Sydney Sweeney and Halsey, which will be directed by Annabelle Attanasio, for HBO Max.
Crazyrose will also continue its relationship with Endeavor Content by extending its first-look film and forming a second-look television deal with the company, with projects including “Lady in the Lake” and “The Players Table.”
Vallée and Ross have executive produced HBO’s “Big Little Lies,” which won eight Emmys during its first season including one for Vallée as Best Director. They also executive produced “Sharp Objects” for HBO, which was nominated for eight Emmys.
- 4/6/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
“Big Little Lies” director Jean-Marc Vallée and producing partner Nathan Ross have set a first-look deal with HBO Max and HBO, where the pair are shepherding the limited series “The Gorilla and the Bird.”
The three-year pact calls for Vallée and Ross to executive produce “Gorilla” through their Crazyrose banner. Vallée will direct the drama based on the memoir by Zack McDermott about a mother’s unconditional love for her bipolar adult son. The Crazyrose partners will also executive produce another HBO limited series, “The Players Table,” to be directed by Annabelle Attanasio.
“We’ve had the incredible fortune to collaborate with Jean-Marc and Nathan for several years now and have witnessed first-hand their brilliant instincts for what resonates with audiences,” said Francesca Orsi, HBO’s executive VP of programming. “As a director, Jean-Marc has an undeniable, distinct, and visceral sensibility which masterfully elevates everything he touches. We could not...
The three-year pact calls for Vallée and Ross to executive produce “Gorilla” through their Crazyrose banner. Vallée will direct the drama based on the memoir by Zack McDermott about a mother’s unconditional love for her bipolar adult son. The Crazyrose partners will also executive produce another HBO limited series, “The Players Table,” to be directed by Annabelle Attanasio.
“We’ve had the incredible fortune to collaborate with Jean-Marc and Nathan for several years now and have witnessed first-hand their brilliant instincts for what resonates with audiences,” said Francesca Orsi, HBO’s executive VP of programming. “As a director, Jean-Marc has an undeniable, distinct, and visceral sensibility which masterfully elevates everything he touches. We could not...
- 4/6/2021
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Jean-Marc Vallée and Nathan Ross, the Emmy-winning producers behind HBO’s Big Little Lies and Sharp Objects, have entered into a three-year first-look deal with HBO and HBO Max via their Crazyrose production company. Under the deal, Vallée and Ross will executive produce both Gorilla and the Bird, a limited series based on the memoir by Zack McDermott which Vallée will also direct, and The Players Table, starring Sydney Sweeney and Halsey to be directed by Annabelle Attanasio.
“We’ve had the incredible fortune to collaborate with Jean-Marc and Nathan for several years now and have witnessed first-hand their brilliant instincts for what resonates with audiences,” said Francesca Orsi, EVP, HBO Programming. “As a director, Jean-Marc has an undeniable, distinct, and visceral sensibility which masterfully elevates everything he touches. We could not be more ecstatic to expand our partnership with Crazyrose, and we can’t wait for the stories we will tell with them.
“We’ve had the incredible fortune to collaborate with Jean-Marc and Nathan for several years now and have witnessed first-hand their brilliant instincts for what resonates with audiences,” said Francesca Orsi, EVP, HBO Programming. “As a director, Jean-Marc has an undeniable, distinct, and visceral sensibility which masterfully elevates everything he touches. We could not be more ecstatic to expand our partnership with Crazyrose, and we can’t wait for the stories we will tell with them.
- 4/6/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
If your first film is like your first-born child, then the adage would hold that it takes a village to make a movie. Especially when you’re fresh out of film school, just 24 years old, and working on a tight indie budget. From the outside, Emma Seligman’s “Shiva Baby” employs many hallmarks of independent film: It’s set in one day, shot in a single location, and features a breakout performance from a relative newcomer, comedian Rachel Sennott. But behind the scenes, there were other forces unique to indie film: A network of women — producers, actresses, and fellow filmmakers — supporting Seligman at every step.
Darkly funny and pulsing with the energy of a fresh new voice, “Shiva Baby” follows wayward college student Danielle (Sennott) on the day she runs into her sugar daddy Max (Danny Deferrari) at a family shiva. Standing between Danielle and her bagel and lox are...
Darkly funny and pulsing with the energy of a fresh new voice, “Shiva Baby” follows wayward college student Danielle (Sennott) on the day she runs into her sugar daddy Max (Danny Deferrari) at a family shiva. Standing between Danielle and her bagel and lox are...
- 4/3/2021
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
“The Players Table” TV series starring Halsey and Sydney Sweeney has landed at HBO Max, with the project in the development stage at the WarnerMedia-owned streaming service, TheWrap has learned.
Based on Jessica Goodman’s novel “They Wish They Were Us,” the potential series, which would mark Halsey’s TV debut, is a co-production between HBO Max and Endeavor Content.
Here’s the logline for “The Players Table”: The truth may as well be arbitrary in a world where no one says what they mean. In the affluent town of Gold Coast, Long Island — a community sustained by lies, complicity, and absolute moral decay — two young women (Sweeney and Halsey) come of age as they unravel the mystery of a classmates’ murder. But in order to understand what happened to their friend, they must first confront what’s happened to them.
Annabelle Attanasio is set to direct, write and executive produce the project.
Based on Jessica Goodman’s novel “They Wish They Were Us,” the potential series, which would mark Halsey’s TV debut, is a co-production between HBO Max and Endeavor Content.
Here’s the logline for “The Players Table”: The truth may as well be arbitrary in a world where no one says what they mean. In the affluent town of Gold Coast, Long Island — a community sustained by lies, complicity, and absolute moral decay — two young women (Sweeney and Halsey) come of age as they unravel the mystery of a classmates’ murder. But in order to understand what happened to their friend, they must first confront what’s happened to them.
Annabelle Attanasio is set to direct, write and executive produce the project.
- 2/11/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Exclusive: HBO Max has put in development The Players Table, a TV series based on Jessica Goodman’s bestselling debut novel They Wish They Were Us, starring Euphoria‘s Sydney Sweeney and singer-songwriter Halsey in her television acting debut. The project, which was recently taken out by Endeavor Content, hails from Sweeney’s Fifty-Fifty Films, Jean-Marc Vallée and Nathan Ross’ Crazyrose. Annabelle Attanasio (Mickey and the Bear) is attached to write, direct and executive produce the project, which will be a co-production between HBO Max and Endeavor Content.
In The Players Table, the truth may as well be arbitrary in a world where no one says what they mean. In the affluent town of Gold Coast, Long Island — a community sustained by lies, complicity, and absolute moral decay — two young women (Sweeney and Halsey) come of age as they unravel the mystery of a classmates’ murder. But in order to...
In The Players Table, the truth may as well be arbitrary in a world where no one says what they mean. In the affluent town of Gold Coast, Long Island — a community sustained by lies, complicity, and absolute moral decay — two young women (Sweeney and Halsey) come of age as they unravel the mystery of a classmates’ murder. But in order to...
- 2/11/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Halsey will officially step into the acting world in the upcoming series The Player’s Table, based on Jessica Goodman’s Ya thriller They Wish They Were Us (via Deadline).
Sydney Sweeney (Sharp Objects, The Handmaid’s Tale, Euphoria) will star in the show, which revolves around an elite Long Island prep school and a secret society dubbed the Players. Sweeney will play Jill, a senior who finds herself growing increasingly disenchanted with society as she delves into the death of her best friend Shaila, who was allegedly killed by her boyfriend Graham three years prior.
Sydney Sweeney (Sharp Objects, The Handmaid’s Tale, Euphoria) will star in the show, which revolves around an elite Long Island prep school and a secret society dubbed the Players. Sweeney will play Jill, a senior who finds herself growing increasingly disenchanted with society as she delves into the death of her best friend Shaila, who was allegedly killed by her boyfriend Graham three years prior.
- 9/9/2020
- by Brenna Ehrlich
- Rollingstone.com
Singer Halsey and “Euphoria” star Sydney Sweeney are set to co-star in and produce “The Players Table,” a TV series based on Jessica Goodman’s novel “They Wish They Were Us,” an individual with knowledge of the project tells TheWrap.
The potential series would mark Halsey’s television acting and producing debuts.
Here’s the logline for the show, which has not yet landed at a network or streaming service: Set at an exclusive Long Island prep school, high school senior Jill Newman (Sweeney) works to uncover the truth about her best friend’s death three years ago and the role she and her fellow “players” — members of the secret society that rules the school– may have had in it.
Along with Halsey, “The Players Table” would be produced by Jean-Marc Vallée and Nathan Ross’ Crazyrose, Sweeney’s Fifty-Fifty Films and Endeavor Content. Annabelle Attanasio is attached to write and direct the project.
The potential series would mark Halsey’s television acting and producing debuts.
Here’s the logline for the show, which has not yet landed at a network or streaming service: Set at an exclusive Long Island prep school, high school senior Jill Newman (Sweeney) works to uncover the truth about her best friend’s death three years ago and the role she and her fellow “players” — members of the secret society that rules the school– may have had in it.
Along with Halsey, “The Players Table” would be produced by Jean-Marc Vallée and Nathan Ross’ Crazyrose, Sweeney’s Fifty-Fifty Films and Endeavor Content. Annabelle Attanasio is attached to write and direct the project.
- 9/9/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
In her major acting debut, chart-topping singer-songwriter Halsey will co-star opposite Sydney Sweeney in The Player’s Table, a TV series based on Jessica Goodman’s bestselling debut novel They Wish They Were Us, from Sweeney’s recently launched Fifty-Fifty Films, Jean-Marc Vallée & Nathan Ross’ Crazyrose and Endeavor Content. Annabelle Attanasio (Mickey and the Bear) is attached to pen the adaptation and direct. Halsey also will serve as a producer on the project, now in development.
Set at an exclusive Long Island prep school, high school senior Jill Newman (Sweeney) works to uncover the truth about her best friend’s death three years ago and the role she and her fellow “players” — members of the secret society that rules the school— may have had in it.
Halsey will play Rachel Calloway, a formidable, emotionally troubled young woman who ignites Jill’s journey of finding the truth behind Shaila’s murder.
Set at an exclusive Long Island prep school, high school senior Jill Newman (Sweeney) works to uncover the truth about her best friend’s death three years ago and the role she and her fellow “players” — members of the secret society that rules the school— may have had in it.
Halsey will play Rachel Calloway, a formidable, emotionally troubled young woman who ignites Jill’s journey of finding the truth behind Shaila’s murder.
- 9/9/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Euphoria‘s Sydney Sweeney has launched her own production company, Fifty-Fifty Films, and has set her first project as a starring vehicle. Sweeney has teamed with Jean-Marc Vallée and Nathan Ross’ Crazyrose and Endeavor Content on The Players Table, a TV series adaptation of Jessica Goodman’s forthcoming debut novel They Wish They Were Us. Annabelle Attanasio (Mickey and the Bear) is attached to write, direct and executive produce.
The project originated with Sweeney who found the book, slated to be published on August 4 by Razorbill, and set it up with the help of her team at Paradigm. The book was optioned by Endeavor Content and Crazyrose through the companies’ production and finance deal. The storyline follows high school senior Jill Newman, played by Sweeney, at her exclusive Long Island prep school as she works to uncover the truth about her best friend’s death and the role she...
The project originated with Sweeney who found the book, slated to be published on August 4 by Razorbill, and set it up with the help of her team at Paradigm. The book was optioned by Endeavor Content and Crazyrose through the companies’ production and finance deal. The storyline follows high school senior Jill Newman, played by Sweeney, at her exclusive Long Island prep school as she works to uncover the truth about her best friend’s death and the role she...
- 7/31/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
When the Oscar nominations were unveiled on January 15, there was a glaring omission of female filmmakers in the category for best director and it still has been top of mind as the awards season has seen a severe drought when it comes to representation of women. In order to put more light on this issue “Give Her a Break” launched a special telecast of the Oscars that will celebrate female filmmakers.
On Friday, “Give Her a Break” announced that they would launch a portal to the Oscars livestream but during the ads, they will showcase trailers of films from female directors. Honey Boy director Alma Har’el tweeted out the link to the portal pointing ou that only five women have been nominated for best director in the 92 years of the Academy Awards.
#GiveHerABreak is a portal to the Oscars Livestream… But during the ads, we flip to showcase films from the women directors they ignored.
On Friday, “Give Her a Break” announced that they would launch a portal to the Oscars livestream but during the ads, they will showcase trailers of films from female directors. Honey Boy director Alma Har’el tweeted out the link to the portal pointing ou that only five women have been nominated for best director in the 92 years of the Academy Awards.
#GiveHerABreak is a portal to the Oscars Livestream… But during the ads, we flip to showcase films from the women directors they ignored.
- 2/10/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Things were looking up for women filmmakers in the 2020 awards derby — that is, until the Golden Globes shut out female directors in four major categories, including Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Drama and Musical/Comedy Motion Picture. At first, it was easy to shrug that off as the latest example of the 90-strong Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s hopeless myopia. No, they do not represent the far more inclusive Academy membership, which has been changing its stripes in recent years.
But what will happen at the Oscars? On the plus side, critics’ groups have given visibility and credibility to two films in the race: popular actress-turned-writer-director Greta Gerwig’s follow-up to Oscar-nominated “Lady Bird,” her adaptation of the American classic “Little Women” (Sony), and Lulu Wang’s original family dramedy “The Farewell” (A24). Both films benefit from strong writing, directing and performances. So it was a shock when the...
But what will happen at the Oscars? On the plus side, critics’ groups have given visibility and credibility to two films in the race: popular actress-turned-writer-director Greta Gerwig’s follow-up to Oscar-nominated “Lady Bird,” her adaptation of the American classic “Little Women” (Sony), and Lulu Wang’s original family dramedy “The Farewell” (A24). Both films benefit from strong writing, directing and performances. So it was a shock when the...
- 12/13/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Things were looking up for women filmmakers in the 2020 awards derby — that is, until the Golden Globes shut out female directors in four major categories, including Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Drama and Musical/Comedy Motion Picture. At first, it was easy to shrug that off as the latest example of the 90-strong Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s hopeless myopia. No, they do not represent the far more inclusive Academy membership, which has been changing its stripes in recent years.
But what will happen at the Oscars? On the plus side, critics’ groups have given visibility and credibility to two films in the race: popular actress-turned-writer-director Greta Gerwig’s follow-up to Oscar-nominated “Lady Bird,” her adaptation of the American classic “Little Women” (Sony), and Lulu Wang’s original family dramedy “The Farewell” (A24). Both films benefit from strong writing, directing and performances. So it was a shock when the...
But what will happen at the Oscars? On the plus side, critics’ groups have given visibility and credibility to two films in the race: popular actress-turned-writer-director Greta Gerwig’s follow-up to Oscar-nominated “Lady Bird,” her adaptation of the American classic “Little Women” (Sony), and Lulu Wang’s original family dramedy “The Farewell” (A24). Both films benefit from strong writing, directing and performances. So it was a shock when the...
- 12/13/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Director of photography Conor Murphy flew directly from Kazakhstan, where he was finishing a project, to Anaconda, Montana, the location for Mickey and the Bear, currently in release from Utopia. He had four weeks prep with writer and director Annabelle Attanasio before shooting her debut feature. Based on Attanasio’s research into the residents of Anaconda, a mining town fallen on hard times, Mickey and the Bear follows high school senior Mickey Peck (played by newcomer Camila Morrone) as she tries to figure out her future. Caring for her father Hank (James Badge Dale), an armed forces veteran suffering from drug dependency, could […]...
- 12/8/2019
- by Daniel Eagan
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Director of photography Conor Murphy flew directly from Kazakhstan, where he was finishing a project, to Anaconda, Montana, the location for Mickey and the Bear, currently in release from Utopia. He had four weeks prep with writer and director Annabelle Attanasio before shooting her debut feature. Based on Attanasio’s research into the residents of Anaconda, a mining town fallen on hard times, Mickey and the Bear follows high school senior Mickey Peck (played by newcomer Camila Morrone) as she tries to figure out her future. Caring for her father Hank (James Badge Dale), an armed forces veteran suffering from drug dependency, could […]...
- 12/8/2019
- by Daniel Eagan
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
In “Mickey and the Bear,” Mickey is the kind of kid who’s had to grow up too fast. Looking after her father Hank (James Badge Dale) — who’s both a veteran showing signs of Ptsd and an opioid addict — after her mom’s death from cancer has forced her to take on the duties of the house and to become her father’s caretaker.
She’s the one to make sure there’s dinner on the table, money to buy supplies, and that her dad’s prescriptions are filled. While other kids at her Montana school are wondering what they might do after graduation, Mickey’s halfheartedly resigned that this is her lot in life, to pick up her drunk dad from the local jail or hospital, to worry about him constantly or to watch out for his mood swings. But a series of events close to the end...
She’s the one to make sure there’s dinner on the table, money to buy supplies, and that her dad’s prescriptions are filled. While other kids at her Montana school are wondering what they might do after graduation, Mickey’s halfheartedly resigned that this is her lot in life, to pick up her drunk dad from the local jail or hospital, to worry about him constantly or to watch out for his mood swings. But a series of events close to the end...
- 11/29/2019
- by Monica Castillo
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Camila Morrone (Mickey and the Bear) is set as a lead alongside Riley Keough in the upcoming Amazon original series Daisy Jones & The Six, based on the best-selling novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid, and executive produced by Reese Witherspoon.
Daisy Jones & The Six is a musical drama detailing the spectacular rise and precipitous fall of a renowned (fictional) rock band in the 1970s.
Born into privilege but ignored by her selfish parents, Daisy Jones (Keough) is a spirited and enigmatic singer-songwriter who comes of age and rises to rock superstardom against the backdrop of the 1970s L.A. music scene.
Morrone will play Camila, girlfriend of lead singer Billy Dunne and the band’s center of gravity. She follows the love of her life in his pursuit of rock stardom only to discover her own potential along the way.
Daisy Jones & The Six is executive produced by Reese...
Daisy Jones & The Six is a musical drama detailing the spectacular rise and precipitous fall of a renowned (fictional) rock band in the 1970s.
Born into privilege but ignored by her selfish parents, Daisy Jones (Keough) is a spirited and enigmatic singer-songwriter who comes of age and rises to rock superstardom against the backdrop of the 1970s L.A. music scene.
Morrone will play Camila, girlfriend of lead singer Billy Dunne and the band’s center of gravity. She follows the love of her life in his pursuit of rock stardom only to discover her own potential along the way.
Daisy Jones & The Six is executive produced by Reese...
- 11/23/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
A Bear to Care: Attanasio Scores Modest, Sincere Debut
Although lacking in originality and narrative energy, director Annabelle Attanasio more often than not makes up for such slights with authentic strides and nuanced performances in her debut Mickey and the Bear, which showcases relative newcomer Camila Morrone as a talent to watch for.
Set in small town Anaconda, Montana, a climate as constricting as the family of reptiles it evokes, creates the landscape for the titular motherless teen who, on the verge of graduating from high school must contend with leaving behind her Ptsd suffering, pill-popping dad (James Badge Dale) in a relationship where she’s assumed the role of guardian.…...
Although lacking in originality and narrative energy, director Annabelle Attanasio more often than not makes up for such slights with authentic strides and nuanced performances in her debut Mickey and the Bear, which showcases relative newcomer Camila Morrone as a talent to watch for.
Set in small town Anaconda, Montana, a climate as constricting as the family of reptiles it evokes, creates the landscape for the titular motherless teen who, on the verge of graduating from high school must contend with leaving behind her Ptsd suffering, pill-popping dad (James Badge Dale) in a relationship where she’s assumed the role of guardian.…...
- 11/20/2019
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
As Oscar contender “Ford v Ferrari” (20th Century Fox) opened well to adults around the country, A24 launched its own claim for awards consideration for specialty family drama “Waves,” starring Emmy-winner Sterling K. Brown. Of course, the point is to get audiences interested so the film can build.
Amazon opened CIA drama “The Report,” starring Adam Driver and Annette Bening, across the country two weeks ahead of its Prime access–and like Netflix, will no longer report grosses. This only makes more work for the box-office analysts who try to gauge how films like Netflix’s “The Irishman” and “Marriage Story” are performing in limited release.
Meanwhile, established successes like “Jojo Rabbit” (Fox Searchlight) and “Parasite” (Neon) continue to thrive in increasingly wide play.
The two best-reviewed films of the week, the Senegalese Oscar entry and Cannes prize-winner “Atlantics” and the French animated “I Lost My Body,” were released in...
Amazon opened CIA drama “The Report,” starring Adam Driver and Annette Bening, across the country two weeks ahead of its Prime access–and like Netflix, will no longer report grosses. This only makes more work for the box-office analysts who try to gauge how films like Netflix’s “The Irishman” and “Marriage Story” are performing in limited release.
Meanwhile, established successes like “Jojo Rabbit” (Fox Searchlight) and “Parasite” (Neon) continue to thrive in increasingly wide play.
The two best-reviewed films of the week, the Senegalese Oscar entry and Cannes prize-winner “Atlantics” and the French animated “I Lost My Body,” were released in...
- 11/17/2019
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
The Trey Edward Shults family drama Waves surfed into New York at the Angelika and AMC Lincoln Square, as well as the Arclight Hollywood and Landmark Los Angeles. With its strong festival run, emotionally wrought performances (specifically from the mesmerizing Kelvin Harrison Jr.), and its 91% Rotten Tomatoes rating, the stunning A24 pic made a splash in its debut, earning an estimated weekend gross of $144,562. With an expansion next week, A24 is expecting word-of-mouth will hopefully pad these numbers as the film enters the awards season race.
Gunpowder & Sky’s Lil Peep documentary Everybody’s Everything kicked off its release with an impressive run of fan event screenings, with an estimated $400,000 across three days. The film, produced by Terrence Malick, puts a spotlight on the late rapper Lil Peep, and its release coincided with the release of his posthumous album of the same name. Earning an estimated $61,281 over the weekend, the docu...
Gunpowder & Sky’s Lil Peep documentary Everybody’s Everything kicked off its release with an impressive run of fan event screenings, with an estimated $400,000 across three days. The film, produced by Terrence Malick, puts a spotlight on the late rapper Lil Peep, and its release coincided with the release of his posthumous album of the same name. Earning an estimated $61,281 over the weekend, the docu...
- 11/17/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Old fashioned independent films, ones that are content just to observe realistic people as they navigate the world, well…they’re becoming rarer and rarer. In part, the demands of the box office limit these endeavors, but it only takes one filmmaker to remind you how vital they can be. This week, Mickey and the Bear opened, with a powerful debut feature writing and directorial outing by Annabelle Attanasio. Her keenly realized flick has a pair of tremendous performances at the forefront, for sure, but her matured storytelling is a rock as well. Together, the three make this an indie that deserves all of the acclaim it’s been receiving all year long. This movie is a character study, centered on two damaged individuals, who also happen to be father and daughter. Taking place in the small Montana town of Anaconda, we meet the strong willed teenager Mickey Peck (Camila Morrone...
- 11/16/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
How does free will exist when moral responsibility, opportunity and happenstance constantly impede on an individual’s further actions? Blending themes of attachment, addiction and trauma, actress turned filmmaker Annabelle Attanasio crafts an intimate portrait on the search of identity when a patriarchal social system and complicated father (a versatile James Badge Dale) -daughter relationship steers the burgeoning gutsy young adult (Never Goin’ Back‘s Camila Morrone) to an unknown future crossroads. Mickey and the Bear looks at role assignment, tackles the lingering effects of Pstd through the spectrum of imprints and describes what is missing from the family portrait in nuanced touches.…...
- 11/15/2019
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
A high-school student in a small Montana town faces tough choices about her life in Mickey and the Bear, the debut feature from writer and director Annabelle Attanasio. Starring Camila Morrone as Mickey and James Badge Dale as her father Hank, a veteran with drug issues, the movie probes their troubled relationship with unusual insight and compassion. Attanasio trained as an actor and dancer and was cast in roles on The Knick (Cinemax) and the CBS series Bull, and also attended NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study. She has written and directed numerous shorts. Mickey and the Bear premiered at […]...
- 11/15/2019
- by Daniel Eagan
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
A high-school student in a small Montana town faces tough choices about her life in Mickey and the Bear, the debut feature from writer and director Annabelle Attanasio. Starring Camila Morrone as Mickey and James Badge Dale as her father Hank, a veteran with drug issues, the movie probes their troubled relationship with unusual insight and compassion. Attanasio trained as an actor and dancer and was cast in roles on The Knick (Cinemax) and the CBS series Bull, and also attended NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study. She has written and directed numerous shorts. Mickey and the Bear premiered at […]...
- 11/15/2019
- by Daniel Eagan
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
The family drama Waves made its premiere at the Telluride Film Festival before going to Toronto, where it became the talk of the town. Critics were raving about it while the Twitterverse gave it the seal of approval before A24 picked it up to release November 15 — a choice spot for awards season.
Directed and written by Trey Edward Shults (It Comes At Night) and featuring a stacked cast that includes Kelvin Harrison Jr, Lucas Hedges, Taylor Russell, Renée Elise Goldsberry and Sterling K. Brown, Waves follows a family in South Florida with a well-intentioned but aggressively domineering father as the head of household. As he expects and demands only the best from his son, a wrestler at his high school, the entire family begins to unravel with unstable relationships, the love they have for each other, forgiveness and coping with loss.
“When I first got the script from Trey, I...
Directed and written by Trey Edward Shults (It Comes At Night) and featuring a stacked cast that includes Kelvin Harrison Jr, Lucas Hedges, Taylor Russell, Renée Elise Goldsberry and Sterling K. Brown, Waves follows a family in South Florida with a well-intentioned but aggressively domineering father as the head of household. As he expects and demands only the best from his son, a wrestler at his high school, the entire family begins to unravel with unstable relationships, the love they have for each other, forgiveness and coping with loss.
“When I first got the script from Trey, I...
- 11/15/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
The new indie drama Mickey and the Bear addresses the struggles of military veterans from a different perspective: that of their children. The movie centers on Mickey (Camila Morrone), a young woman from Montana who has a volatile relationship with her widowed father Hank (James Badge Dale), a veteran battling opioid addiction and post-traumatic stress disorder — among […]
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- 11/13/2019
- by Pablo Mena
- Uinterview
‘Knives Out’ to open 18th edition of the festival.
The 18th Marrakech International Film Festival (Nov 29-Dec 7) has revealed its 2019 line-up.
The competition line-up features 14 films from first or second-time directors. Five of the films competing for the Marrakech Etoile d’Or (Gold Star) are directed by women. Among the line-up is Shannon Murphy’s Babyteeth, starring Ben Mendelsohn, and Fyzal Boulifa’s Lynn + Lucy.
The festival opens with a gala screening of Rian Johnson’s all-star whodunnit Knives Out. The other gala screenings include Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story, Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman and Elia Suleiman’s It Must Be Heaven by.
The 18th Marrakech International Film Festival (Nov 29-Dec 7) has revealed its 2019 line-up.
The competition line-up features 14 films from first or second-time directors. Five of the films competing for the Marrakech Etoile d’Or (Gold Star) are directed by women. Among the line-up is Shannon Murphy’s Babyteeth, starring Ben Mendelsohn, and Fyzal Boulifa’s Lynn + Lucy.
The festival opens with a gala screening of Rian Johnson’s all-star whodunnit Knives Out. The other gala screenings include Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story, Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman and Elia Suleiman’s It Must Be Heaven by.
- 11/7/2019
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
“We pay men the same as we pay women!” exclaimed Tribeca’s executive chair Jane Rosenthal, garnering laughter from a room full of female filmmakers on Monday at the fifth annual Through Her Lens: The Tribeca Chanel Women’s Filmmaker Program luncheon.
Glenn Close, Katie Holmes and Marisa Tomei were among the stars who gather for the ultimate “ladies who lunch” moment — a glitzy afternoon soiree for a good cause.
Tribeca’s Through Her Lens program teams with Pulse Films to select five pairs of female filmmakers to participate in a three-day immersive program where they work with master class advisors and mentors, including director Leslie Linka Glatter and Catherine Keener, who were at Monday’s Chanel lunch, held at Locanda Verde in downtown Manhattan.
Keener was present, fresh off of her arrest in D.C., where she was cuffed alongside Jane Fonda for staging a protest in support of...
Glenn Close, Katie Holmes and Marisa Tomei were among the stars who gather for the ultimate “ladies who lunch” moment — a glitzy afternoon soiree for a good cause.
Tribeca’s Through Her Lens program teams with Pulse Films to select five pairs of female filmmakers to participate in a three-day immersive program where they work with master class advisors and mentors, including director Leslie Linka Glatter and Catherine Keener, who were at Monday’s Chanel lunch, held at Locanda Verde in downtown Manhattan.
Keener was present, fresh off of her arrest in D.C., where she was cuffed alongside Jane Fonda for staging a protest in support of...
- 11/4/2019
- by Elizabeth Wagmeister
- Variety Film + TV
Annabelle Attanasio’s impressive debut, “Mickey and the Bear,” premiered at SXSW, but over Columbus Day weekend it returned to the Hamptons Film Festival, which developed the project at its screenwriting lab. At one point, star Camillia Morrone jokingly pitched herself to “The Farewell” director Lulu Wang, a fellow member of the Winick Talks: Breakthrough Artists panel. “My schedule is open,” Morrone said.
Not for long.
Watching Morrone’s performance as a small-town Montana teenager working overtime to support her opioid-addicted vet father (James Badge Dale) reminded me of that “star is born” moment at the Sundance Film Festival when I first saw Sam Rockwell in “Box of Moonlight,” Tilda Swinton in “Orlando,” Ashley Judd in “Ruby in Paradise,” Kerry Washington in “Lift,” and Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter’s Bone.”
This is what film festivals do. Of course, they help push awards contenders up the hill every fall; since 2010, Hamptons...
Not for long.
Watching Morrone’s performance as a small-town Montana teenager working overtime to support her opioid-addicted vet father (James Badge Dale) reminded me of that “star is born” moment at the Sundance Film Festival when I first saw Sam Rockwell in “Box of Moonlight,” Tilda Swinton in “Orlando,” Ashley Judd in “Ruby in Paradise,” Kerry Washington in “Lift,” and Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter’s Bone.”
This is what film festivals do. Of course, they help push awards contenders up the hill every fall; since 2010, Hamptons...
- 10/16/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Annabelle Attanasio’s impressive debut, “Mickey and the Bear,” premiered at SXSW, but over Columbus Day weekend it returned to the Hamptons Film Festival, which developed the project at its screenwriting lab. At one point, star Camillia Morrone jokingly pitched herself to “The Farewell” director Lulu Wang, a fellow member of the Winick Talks: Breakthrough Artists panel. “My schedule is open,” Morrone said.
Not for long.
Watching Morrone’s performance as a small-town Montana teenager working overtime to support her opioid-addicted vet father (James Badge Dale) reminded me of that “star is born” moment at the Sundance Film Festival when I first saw Sam Rockwell in “Box of Moonlight,” Tilda Swinton in “Orlando,” Ashley Judd in “Ruby in Paradise,” Kerry Washington in “Lift,” and Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter’s Bone.”
This is what film festivals do. Of course, they help push awards contenders up the hill every fall; since 2010, Hamptons...
Not for long.
Watching Morrone’s performance as a small-town Montana teenager working overtime to support her opioid-addicted vet father (James Badge Dale) reminded me of that “star is born” moment at the Sundance Film Festival when I first saw Sam Rockwell in “Box of Moonlight,” Tilda Swinton in “Orlando,” Ashley Judd in “Ruby in Paradise,” Kerry Washington in “Lift,” and Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter’s Bone.”
This is what film festivals do. Of course, they help push awards contenders up the hill every fall; since 2010, Hamptons...
- 10/16/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The Hamptons Intl. Film Festival continues its 27-year run as a premier showcase for both contemporary global cinema and the most eagerly awaited awards season prestige movies.
Unspooling among the tony beach towns of New York’s Long Island, it’s earned a reputation as a kind of East Coast Telluride.
“It’s pretty busy,” says executive director Anne Chaisson. “Twenty-five thousand people descending on the area to come see movies is significant.”
Running Oct. 10-14, Hiff is less focused on splashy world premieres than in serving as a comfortable, slightly glamorous waystation for the most acclaimed titles on the international festival circuit. If there’s a movie you’ve heard about from Cannes, Venice or Berlin, you’re likely to find it in East Hampton.
Artistic director David Nugent, a Hamptons local, takes a curatorial approach to programming.
“We’re trying to bring a mixture of what we think...
Unspooling among the tony beach towns of New York’s Long Island, it’s earned a reputation as a kind of East Coast Telluride.
“It’s pretty busy,” says executive director Anne Chaisson. “Twenty-five thousand people descending on the area to come see movies is significant.”
Running Oct. 10-14, Hiff is less focused on splashy world premieres than in serving as a comfortable, slightly glamorous waystation for the most acclaimed titles on the international festival circuit. If there’s a movie you’ve heard about from Cannes, Venice or Berlin, you’re likely to find it in East Hampton.
Artistic director David Nugent, a Hamptons local, takes a curatorial approach to programming.
“We’re trying to bring a mixture of what we think...
- 10/10/2019
- by Akiva Gottlieb
- Variety Film + TV
Utopia has dropped the first trailer for director/writer Annabelle Attanasio’s “Mickey and the Bear.” Attanasio is an actress turned filmmaker known from the small screen for her roles on “Bull” and “The Knick.” “Mickey and the Bear” marks her first feature as director, and it stars up-and-comer Camila Morrone, previously seen in the films “Death Wish” and “Never Goin’ Back.”
Set in the rural back country of Anaconda, Montana, Morrone is headstrong teenager Mickey, who’s trying to keep her single veteran father (James Badge Dale) afloat despite his opioid addiction and grief over the death of his wife. Mickey, however, harbors her own dreams of heading to the west coast and going to college, and she must put everything on the line in pursuit of her own independence.
“Mickey and the Bear” originally premiered at the 2019 South by Southwest Film Festival, and it also stars Calvin Demba...
Set in the rural back country of Anaconda, Montana, Morrone is headstrong teenager Mickey, who’s trying to keep her single veteran father (James Badge Dale) afloat despite his opioid addiction and grief over the death of his wife. Mickey, however, harbors her own dreams of heading to the west coast and going to college, and she must put everything on the line in pursuit of her own independence.
“Mickey and the Bear” originally premiered at the 2019 South by Southwest Film Festival, and it also stars Calvin Demba...
- 10/8/2019
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
"I'm not going anywhere..." Utopia has debuted the first official trailer for a small town indie drama called Mickey and the Bear, marking the feature directorial debut of actress Annabelle Attanasio. This first premiered at the SXSW Film Festival this year, and has also stopped by Iffb, and the Seattle, Montclair, Deauville, and Hamptons Film Festivals. Faced with the responsibility to take care of her opioid addicted, veteran father, headstrong independent teen Mickey Peck keeps her household afloat. Camila Morrone plays Mickey, with a cast including James Badge Dale as her father, Calvin Demba, Ben Rosenfield, and Rebecca Henderson. This will definitely be a career-defining role for Morrone, "she shines as Mickey" and lead her role is reminiscent of Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Annabelle Attanasio's Mickey and the Bear, direct from YouTube: It's April in Anaconda, Montana, and headstrong teenager Mickey Peck...
- 10/8/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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
Festival celebrating Us cinema unveils full line-up of 45th edition.
The Deauville American Festival has unveiled a female-focused programme spotlighting women behind and in front of the camera for its 45th edition.
The festival, unfolding in the luxury northern French resort of Deauville Sept 6-15, courted controversy earlier in the week when it announced it was opening with Woody Allen’s A Rainy Day in New York.
It will be the feature’s biggest festival screening after backers Amazon cancelled its release after its 2017 shoot when molestation allegations by the director’s adopted daughter Dylan Farrow resurfaced amid the rise...
The Deauville American Festival has unveiled a female-focused programme spotlighting women behind and in front of the camera for its 45th edition.
The festival, unfolding in the luxury northern French resort of Deauville Sept 6-15, courted controversy earlier in the week when it announced it was opening with Woody Allen’s A Rainy Day in New York.
It will be the feature’s biggest festival screening after backers Amazon cancelled its release after its 2017 shoot when molestation allegations by the director’s adopted daughter Dylan Farrow resurfaced amid the rise...
- 8/23/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Nantucket, Mass. — Adventure drama “The Peanut Butter Falcon” and Syria documentary “For Sama” emerged as the top winners at the 24th annual Nantucket Film Festival.
The festival, which concludes today, as ever put the emphasis on screenwriters and emerging talents. Director Paul Downs Colaizzo’s Sundance hit “Brittany Runs a Marathon” had a number of well-received screenings, as did Gavin Hood’s “Official Secrets.” Documentaries that played at the island getaway off the coast of Massachusetts included “It Started As a Joke,” “David Crosby: Remember My Name” and “We Are the Radical Monarchs.”
The festival’s annual screenwriter tributes went to female forces in the comedy realm. Leslie Dixon, the seasoned scribe behind “Mrs. Doubtfire” and the musical rendition of “Hairspray,” was recognized, as were five former and current women from the “Saturday Night Live” orbit: Jane Curtin, writer Anne Beatts, Heidi Gardner, Sudi Green and Sarah Schneider.
The...
The festival, which concludes today, as ever put the emphasis on screenwriters and emerging talents. Director Paul Downs Colaizzo’s Sundance hit “Brittany Runs a Marathon” had a number of well-received screenings, as did Gavin Hood’s “Official Secrets.” Documentaries that played at the island getaway off the coast of Massachusetts included “It Started As a Joke,” “David Crosby: Remember My Name” and “We Are the Radical Monarchs.”
The festival’s annual screenwriter tributes went to female forces in the comedy realm. Leslie Dixon, the seasoned scribe behind “Mrs. Doubtfire” and the musical rendition of “Hairspray,” was recognized, as were five former and current women from the “Saturday Night Live” orbit: Jane Curtin, writer Anne Beatts, Heidi Gardner, Sudi Green and Sarah Schneider.
The...
- 6/24/2019
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Utopia, the recently launched sales and distribution company, has acquired the worldwide rights to “Mickey and the Bear,” which stars Camila Morrone in a father-daughter drama, the company announced Wednesday.
“Mickey and the Bear” played at Cannes as part of the Cannes Acid section of the festival, and it made its world premiere at SXSW earlier this year. Utopia plans to release the film in the fall of this year.
“Mickey and the Bear” takes place in Anaconda, Montana, where headstrong teenager Mickey Peck (Morrone) is doing what she can to keep her single, veteran father Hank (James Badge Dale) afloat, navigating his mercurial moods, opioid addiction, and grief over the loss of his wife. Secretly, Mickey fantasizes of going to college on the west coast and finally living life on her own terms. When Hank’s controlling, jealous behavior turns destructive, Mickey must decide between familial obligation and personal...
“Mickey and the Bear” played at Cannes as part of the Cannes Acid section of the festival, and it made its world premiere at SXSW earlier this year. Utopia plans to release the film in the fall of this year.
“Mickey and the Bear” takes place in Anaconda, Montana, where headstrong teenager Mickey Peck (Morrone) is doing what she can to keep her single, veteran father Hank (James Badge Dale) afloat, navigating his mercurial moods, opioid addiction, and grief over the loss of his wife. Secretly, Mickey fantasizes of going to college on the west coast and finally living life on her own terms. When Hank’s controlling, jealous behavior turns destructive, Mickey must decide between familial obligation and personal...
- 5/22/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Utopia, the newly launched sales and distribution company, has acquired world rights to Mickey and the Bear, the father-daughter drama written and directed by Annabelle Attanasio in her feature debut. Robert Schwartzman’s company plans a fall theatrical release timed to awards season.
The pic, set in Montana, stars Camila Morrone and James Badge Dale and centers on Mickey, a headstrong teen who is doing what she can to keep her single, veteran father Hank afloat — navigating his mercurial moods, opioid addiction, and grief over the loss of his wife. Secretly, Mickey fantasizes of going to college on the West Coast and finally living life on her own terms. When Hank’s controlling, jealous behavior turns destructive, Mickey must decide between familial obligation and personal fulfillment as she puts everything on the line to claim her own independence.
The pic, which world premiered this spring, just screened in the Acid sidebar at Cannes,...
The pic, set in Montana, stars Camila Morrone and James Badge Dale and centers on Mickey, a headstrong teen who is doing what she can to keep her single, veteran father Hank afloat — navigating his mercurial moods, opioid addiction, and grief over the loss of his wife. Secretly, Mickey fantasizes of going to college on the West Coast and finally living life on her own terms. When Hank’s controlling, jealous behavior turns destructive, Mickey must decide between familial obligation and personal fulfillment as she puts everything on the line to claim her own independence.
The pic, which world premiered this spring, just screened in the Acid sidebar at Cannes,...
- 5/22/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Croisette sales roster includes award-winning documentary Fiddlin’.
Former Gunpowder & Sky head of global sales David Betesh arrives in Cannes with an inaugural sales slate for Utopia that includes Cannes Acid selection Mickey And The Bear and Lynn Shelton’s Sword Of Trust.
The Utopia slate kicks off with Actress Annabelle Attanassio’s directorial debut Mickey And The Bear (pictured), which premiered at SXSW earlier this year and stars Camila Morrone as a headstrong teen who must choose between caring for her opioid-addicted veteran father Hank (James Badge Dale) or leaving her Montana home to start her own life.
Shelton’s...
Former Gunpowder & Sky head of global sales David Betesh arrives in Cannes with an inaugural sales slate for Utopia that includes Cannes Acid selection Mickey And The Bear and Lynn Shelton’s Sword Of Trust.
The Utopia slate kicks off with Actress Annabelle Attanassio’s directorial debut Mickey And The Bear (pictured), which premiered at SXSW earlier this year and stars Camila Morrone as a headstrong teen who must choose between caring for her opioid-addicted veteran father Hank (James Badge Dale) or leaving her Montana home to start her own life.
Shelton’s...
- 5/13/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The lineup for the 2019 Cannes Acid has been announced. See also the full lineups of the Official Selection, Directors' Fortnight and Critics’ Week.Feature FILMSBlind Spot (Pierre Trividic, Patrick-Mario Bernard): Dominick Brassan has the power to turn invisible, but rarely uses it. Instead he has kept it a shameful secret, hidden even from Viveka, his fiancée. But when his ability to control his gift gets out of hand, his life, friendships and relationships will be forever turned inside out.Des Hommes (Jean-Robert Viallet, Alice Odiot): Thirty thousand square meters and 2,000 inmates, half of them under 30 years old. The Baumettes jail tells about misery, violence, abandonment, and also hopes. It is a story with its screams and its silences. A concentrate of humanity.Indianara (Aude Chevalier-Beaumel, Marcello Barbosa): Bigger-than-life revolutionary, Indianara and her group lead a fight for the survival of transgender people in Brazil. She gathers her...
- 4/24/2019
- MUBI
Following the first batches of Cannes Film Festival lineup announcements, the slate has now been unveiled for the sidebar Directors’ Fortnight. Once again a stellar-looking lineup, it includes Robert Eggers’ The Witch follow-up The Lighthouse, starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson, Bertrand Bonello’s Zombi Child, plus new films from Takashi Miike, Lav Diaz, Bas Devo, and Rebecca Zlotowski (pictured above).
There’s also two Sundance films we’ve already reviewed: Wounds and Give Me Liberty. Premiering as a Special Screening is Luca Guadagnino’s new short The Staggering Girl starring Julianne Moore, Mia Goth, KiKi Layne, Alba Rohrwacher, Marthe Keller, and Kyle MacLachlan. See the lineup below, along with the Acid slate.
Directors’ Fortnight Lineup
Feature Films
Deerskin (Quentin Dupieux) – Opening Film
Yves (Benoît Forgeard) – Closing
Alice and the Mayor (Nicolas Pariser)
And Then We Danced (Levan Akin)
The Halt (Lav Diaz)
Dogs Don’t Wear Pants (Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää...
There’s also two Sundance films we’ve already reviewed: Wounds and Give Me Liberty. Premiering as a Special Screening is Luca Guadagnino’s new short The Staggering Girl starring Julianne Moore, Mia Goth, KiKi Layne, Alba Rohrwacher, Marthe Keller, and Kyle MacLachlan. See the lineup below, along with the Acid slate.
Directors’ Fortnight Lineup
Feature Films
Deerskin (Quentin Dupieux) – Opening Film
Yves (Benoît Forgeard) – Closing
Alice and the Mayor (Nicolas Pariser)
And Then We Danced (Levan Akin)
The Halt (Lav Diaz)
Dogs Don’t Wear Pants (Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää...
- 4/23/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The Montclair Film Festival will hold the world premiere of the restoration of the 1959 movie “The Diary of Anne Frank,” Variety has learned exclusively.
The black-and-white film, directed by George Stevens, has been restored by Twentieth Century Fox and the Film Foundation. The holocaust drama was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won three, including best supporting actress for Shelly Winters.
The festival, now in its eighth year, will take place May 3-12 in Montclair, N.J., and features more than 150 films, events, discussions and parties. The festival had previously announced that it would open with a screening of Tom Harper’s “Wild Rose,” with star Jessie Buckley attending for a post-screening Q&A.
This year’s Storyteller Series will include A Conversation with Mindy Kaling, moderated by Stephen Colbert, taking place May 4 and A Conversation with Ben Stiller, moderated by Colbert, on May 5. Olympia Dukakis will attend for a...
The black-and-white film, directed by George Stevens, has been restored by Twentieth Century Fox and the Film Foundation. The holocaust drama was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won three, including best supporting actress for Shelly Winters.
The festival, now in its eighth year, will take place May 3-12 in Montclair, N.J., and features more than 150 films, events, discussions and parties. The festival had previously announced that it would open with a screening of Tom Harper’s “Wild Rose,” with star Jessie Buckley attending for a post-screening Q&A.
This year’s Storyteller Series will include A Conversation with Mindy Kaling, moderated by Stephen Colbert, taking place May 4 and A Conversation with Ben Stiller, moderated by Colbert, on May 5. Olympia Dukakis will attend for a...
- 4/5/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
“Mickey and the Bear” reps an assured feature debut for Annabelle Attanasio, who wrote and directed this straightforward but skillfully nuanced drama about a troubled father-daughter relationship. Camila Morrone plays the titular motherless small-town Montana teen who needs to decide if what she wants from life is more than just being the minder of her Ptsd-afflicted father, an Iraq war veteran.
There’s nothing wildly original in form or content to this modest tale. But it’s never obvious or melodramatic, delivering a satisfying degree of emotional resonance while providing James Badge Dale an arresting role as the problematic dad.
Though we don’t get this intel until fairly late, Mickey’s mother died of cancer — like, apparently, quite a number of people do in Anaconda, Mont. (a town that had a longtime mineral-processing plant generating hazardous waste). Ever since that unspecified point in time, Mickey, an only child, has been housekeeper,...
There’s nothing wildly original in form or content to this modest tale. But it’s never obvious or melodramatic, delivering a satisfying degree of emotional resonance while providing James Badge Dale an arresting role as the problematic dad.
Though we don’t get this intel until fairly late, Mickey’s mother died of cancer — like, apparently, quite a number of people do in Anaconda, Mont. (a town that had a longtime mineral-processing plant generating hazardous waste). Ever since that unspecified point in time, Mickey, an only child, has been housekeeper,...
- 3/11/2019
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Getting a feature film into SXSW is a big accomplishment for an independent filmmaker. It’s an important building block toward a full-time career in the industry, but for many it is not an achievement that can, in and of itself, pay the bills. IndieWire asked 30 directors premiering scripted narrative features in one of four SXSW 2019 categories how, when they are not making independent films, do they make a living? Here’s what they had to say.
Sandy K Boone (“J.R. ‘Bob’ Dobbs and The Church of the SubGenius”): I am a licensed realtor and have sold luxury real estate for over 30 years for my day-to-day living.
Travis Stevens (“Girl on the Third Floor”): Since 2010 I’ve been fortunate enough to pay my rent by producing independent films.
Emily Ting (“Go Back to China”): I’ve been working as the Creative Director for my family’s...
Sandy K Boone (“J.R. ‘Bob’ Dobbs and The Church of the SubGenius”): I am a licensed realtor and have sold luxury real estate for over 30 years for my day-to-day living.
Travis Stevens (“Girl on the Third Floor”): Since 2010 I’ve been fortunate enough to pay my rent by producing independent films.
Emily Ting (“Go Back to China”): I’ve been working as the Creative Director for my family’s...
- 3/9/2019
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
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