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Alex Proyas To Helm 'Gods Of Egypt' For Summit, Fox & Scott Free Grab E-Book Sensation 'Wool'
18 May 2012 11:50 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Score one for the self-published author. In a bidding war comparable to the recent "50 Shades of Grey" face-off, 20th Century Fox has acquired the film rights for Hugh Howey's self-published, post-apocalyptic e-book, "Wool." Originally started as a stand-alone story in 2011, fervor over Howey's work led to more installments, the first five of which have been compiled into a omnibus edition. Howey self-published "Wool" through Amazon, and, after positive word-of-mouth, sold over 140,000 copies through e-book in just under six months. Not bad for a guy who worked as a yacht captain for eight years before pursuing a literary career (can't make stuff like that up).
Ridley and Tony Scott’s Scott Free are partnering with Film Rites’ Steve Zaillian and Garrett Basch for the film version of "Wool," which is set on a decimated Earth and follows the remains of humanity living in an enormous silo. Fox is clearly setting its »
- Ryan Gowland
Steve Zaillian's Film Rites Signs First-Look With Fox
16 May 2012 6:46 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Film Rites, the production banner run by Oscar-winning scribe Steve Zaillian and partner Garrett Basch, has signed a first-look deal with 20th Century Fox. The two-year deal comes on the heels of the studio’s acquisition of Wool, an e-book sensation written by Hugh Howey. The publishing rights were hotly contested (Random House picked them up) but for the film rights, Fox beat up several suitors, including an aggressive Lionsgate and Temple Hill. Film Rites also has Deep Water, a thriller written by Zach Helm, in development at Fox 2000. With its deal, Film Rites hopes to
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- Borys Kit
Tribeca Winners: War Witch, Lucy Mulloy
28 April 2012 5:00 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Rachel Mwanza, War Witch Tribeca 2012 Politics Nation: Una Noche Movie World Narrative Competition Categories The jurors for the 2012 World Narrative Competition were Patricia Clarkson, Dakota Fanning, Mike Newell, Lisa Schwarzbaum, Jim Sheridan, and Irwin Winkler. The Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature – War Witch, directed by Kim Nguyen (Canada). Best Actor in a Narrative Feature Film – Dariel Arrechada and Javier Nuñez Florian as Raul and Elio in Una Noche, directed by Lucy Mulloy (UK, Cuba, USA). Best Actress in a Narrative Feature Film – Rachel Mwanza as Komona in War Witch, directed by Kim Nguyen (Canada). Best Cinematography in a Narrative Feature Film – Cinematography by Trevor Forrest and Shlomo Godder, for Una Noche, directed by Lucy Mulloy (UK, Cuba, USA). Special Jury Mention – Alex Catalan for Unit 7. Best Screenplay for a Narrative Feature Film – All In (La Suerte en Tus Manos), written by Daniel Burman and Sergio Dubcovsky and directed by »
- Steve Montgomery
Tribeca Film Festival: 'War Witch,' 'Una Noche' take home top prizes
26 April 2012 5:30 PM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
War Witch, a Canadian-made film about a young girl who escapes from the African rebels who forced her to be a child soldier, was named Best Narrative Feature at the 11th annual Tribeca Film Festival. “This indelible character study of a girl who becomes a woman before our eyes in the midst of harrowing war gives words to the unspeakable,” said the jury, which included Patricia Clarkson, Dakota Fanning, Mike Newell, EW’s Lisa Schwarzbaum, Jim Sheridan, and Irwin Winkler. “Riveting, heartbreaking, vivid, and eloquent, the movie balances scenes of crazy enemy hatred with moments of luminous private love.”
- Jeff Labrecque
Tribeca Honors Controversial Cuban Movie
26 April 2012 5:25 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
The Tribeca Film Festival awards ceremony took place on Thursday, and the controversial Cuban film "Una Noche" turned out to be the toast of the town. Though "War Witch" won the award for Best Narrative Feature and Rachel Mwanza was named Best Actress, "Una Noche" became the breakout story of the festival after two of its actors disappeared en route to New York.
Director Lucy Mulloy, cinematographers Trevor Forrest and Shlomo Godder were honored for their work on the film. Actors Dariel Arrechada and Jaiver Nunez Florian both won Best Actor in a Narrative Feature.
Other big winners include Nisha Pahuja's "The World Before Her" for Best Documentary Feature, Bryan Buckley's "Asad" for Best Narrative Short and Frederic Golding's "On the Mat" for Best Feature Film in the festival's online competition.
Florian and Anailin de la Rua de la Torre, were flown from Cuba to the United States »
- The Huffington Post
Brett Ratner Among Tribeca Film Festival Jurors
16 April 2012 12:01 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
The Tribeca Film Festival kicks off for the eleventh time starting Wednesday when "The Five-Year Engagement" premieres, and festival organizers have just announced the star-studded jury for this year's edition.
Thirty-nine celebrities -- of various levels of fame and awards kudos -- make up the six juries, with producer Irwin Winkler ("Goodfellas") serving a jury president.
Among those selected by Tribeca this year: Patricia Clarkson, Hugh Dancy, Rosario Dawson, Dakota Fanning, Kellan Lutz, Michael Moore and Olivia Wilde. Also on the list: Brett Ratner. The controversial big-budget director will serve on the Documentary and Student Short Film Competition jury along with Justin Bieber's manager Scooter Braun, Susan Sarandon and Shailene Woodley, among others.
“We are honored to have this accomplished group dedicate the time and care it takes to view and discuss the films in competition this year,” Tribeca Film Festival co-founder Jane Rosenthal said in a statement.
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- The Huffington Post
Tribeca Film Festival And Tribeca Film Institute Announce Juries
16 April 2012 11:54 AM, PDT | AreYouScreening.com | See recent AreYouScreening news »
It’s a star-studded list that includes some interesting, and surprising, names, which is just what you’d expect from the Tribeca Film Festival. The juries have been announced, and you could hardly got a more varied mix.
Juries Announced For 2012 Tribeca Film Festival And Tribeca Film Institute Programs
Academy Award-Winning Producer/Director Irwin Winkler To Serve as Jury President
Patricia Clarkson, Hugh Dancy, Rosario Dawson, Dakota Fanning, Whoopi Goldberg, Susannah Grant, Kellan Lutz, Michael Moore, Mike Newell, Brett Ratner, Susan Sarandon, Olivia Wilde, and Shailene Woodley are among the Jurors
The Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), presented by founding partner American Express, today announced its jurors – a diverse group of 39 individuals, including award-winning filmmakers, writers and producers, acclaimed actors, respected critics and global business leaders. Irwin Winkler has been named President of the Jury. The Jury will be divided among the six competitive Festival categories and will announce the winning films, »
- Marc Eastman
Jurors announced for Tribeca Film Festival
16 April 2012 10:00 AM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
Shailene Woodley, Brett Ratner, Susan Sarandon, Olivia Wilde, and EW’s own film critic Lisa Schwarzbaum are among the 39 jurors taking part in this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, which kicks off on Wednesday.
“We are honored to have this accomplished group dedicate the time and care it takes to view and discuss the films in competition this year,” said Jane Rosenthal, co-founder of the Festival, in a statement.
The juries will award $175,000 in the six categories of World Narrative, World Documentary, Best New Narrative Director, Best New Documentary Director, Narrative Short Film Competition, and Documentary and Student Short Film Competition. »
- Michelle Profis
John Malkovich directs Dangerous Liaisons on stage
3 February 2012 8:33 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Almost 25 years after he played the Vicomte de Valmont in Stephen Frears's film, Malkovich directs a French-language version of Christopher Hampton's play in Paris
In 1988, John Malkovich donned a periwig to play the predatory Vicomte de Valmont in Stephen Frears's film Dangerous Liaisons. Almost 25 years later, the actor has stepped into the director's shoes with a French language version of the original play in Paris.
Malkovich's production of Christopher Hampton's Les Liaisons Dangereuses – itself an adaptation of a novel by Choderlos de Laclos – retains traces of period costume, but gives the play several modern twists, with the characters' letter-writing replaced by texts and tweets. "We're doing a kind of mix between the 18th century and now," Malkovich told Agence France-Presse.
Rehearsals began in November, before the production opened at the Théàtre de l'Atelier in the Latin Quarter of the French capital in January, where it is booking until 30 June. »
- Matt Trueman
Movie News Wrap Up: January 12th, 2012
12 January 2012 12:25 PM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
This week:
Bruce Willis fights Five Against the Bullet; Disney’s Hover Car picks up a new passenger; David Arnold drops out of Skyfall but producers find a Newman; Zach Helm is in Deep Water and The Artist’s Michel Hazanavicius goes on The Search for Oscar.
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1. Bruce Willis might re-team with his Red producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, and we’re not talking about Red 2. It seems like the Die Hard star and di Bonaventura will be bringing a Magnificent Seven-esqe actioner Five Against the Bullet to the screen.
The Transformers producer has been out shilling Man on A Ledge, and he dropped details on the potential project to Collider:
“There’s one called Five Against the Bullet which is really great and I think I have a shot at making a movie that will ...
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- Niall Browne
‘Stranger Than Fiction’ Writer Zach Helm to Adapt Patricia Highsmith’s ‘Deep Water’
12 January 2012 5:00 AM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
[1] Zach Helm doesn't have too many produced screenplays on his resume at this point, but the writer got off to an auspicious start with 2006's flawed but charming Stranger Than Fiction before making his directorial debut with 2007's Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, which he also wrote. Although the latter wasn't quite as well received as the former, he's got a couple of projects on his upcoming slate that sound promising. The first is Errol Morris' Freezing People is Easy, an adaptation of Robert Nelson's cryogenic preservation memoir We Froze the First Man, which cast [2] Owen Wilson, Kristen Wiig, and Christopher Walken last week. Now he's also been tapped to write Deep Water, a "dark, sexy comedy" based on the thriller by Patricia Highsmith. Highsmith's books have served as the inspiration for dozens of films over the years, starting with Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train. The last »
- Angie Han
Movie News in 60 Seconds: Writers Set for ‘Jersey Boys’ Musical, Patricia Highsmith Thriller, and ‘Thor 2’ (Again)
11 January 2012 8:00 AM, PST | Movies.com | See recent Movies.com news »
Musicals Need Words, Too: Busy screenwriter John Logan (Rango, Hugo, Coriolanus, Skyfall) will next tackle Jersey Boys, the big-screen version of the Broadway musical. The story revolves around the rise and fall of 1960s pop group The Four Seasons. (The Hollywood Reporter) Making a Thriller Funny: With only a few produced credits to his name (Stranger Than Fiction and Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, which he also directed, among them), Zach Helm has nonetheless established himself as a unique talent. He’ll need it to convert Patricia Highsmith’s thriller Deep Water into the “dark, sexy comedy” that Fox 2000 wants; Highsmith is best known as the author of Strangers on a Train and a series of novels featuring Tom Ripley...
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- Peter Martin
Zach Helm Adapts Highsmith's "Deep Water"
10 January 2012 9:09 PM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Zach Helm ("Stranger than Fiction") is set to script an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's 1957 suspense novel "Deep Water" at Fox 2000 says The Hollywood Reporter.
The story follows an upscale suburban publisher husband who, in order to avoid a divorce, allows his wife to have affairs.
He tries to discourage her lovers though by hinting to them that he may have killed her previous husband Malcolm McRae.
Things turns sour when strangers begin to grow wary of him, and the line between fiction and reality begins to blur. The tone is set to be a dark, sexy comedy. Steven Zaillian, Garrett Basch and Ben Forkner are producing
Highsmith is the author of thrillers like "Strangers on a Train" and "The Talented Mr. Ripley" which have both been adapted into cinematic classics from Alfred Hitchcock and Anthony Minghella respectively. »
- Garth Franklin
Zach Helm Dives Into Deep Water
10 January 2012 6:22 PM, PST | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Patricia Highsmith is one of those novelists that filmmakers just can’t stop adapting: more than 25 of her thrillers have been thrown on to the screen, including The Talented Mr Ripley, The American Friend and Strangers On A Train. And her 1957 tome Deep Water has been in the works over at Fox 2000 for several years now, with Zach Helm the latest name attached to tackle scripting duties.Water focuses on a comfortable suburban couple whose marriage has become a stale blend of routine and joyless interaction. The husband hits on a plan to keep things interesting – he’ll let his wife have as many affairs as she wants. While it doesn’t sound like the sort of idea most marriage counsellors would recommend, it seems to work for a while. But then the various lovers start dying in mysterious circumstances…Back in 2009, Mike Nichols was set to direct, with Joe Penhall writing the script. »
Zach Helm to Adapt Patricia Highsmith’s Novel ‘Deep Water'
10 January 2012 6:11 PM, PST | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »
It was only a matter of time before Hollywood would dip back into Patricia Highsmith’s vast collection of novels in search of another hit. Several of Highsmith’s novels have been adapted for the big screen, from Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train in 1951 to Anthony Minghella’s The Talented Mr. Ripley in 1999. Today we learn, courtesy of THR, that Fox 2000 has hired Zach Helm (Stranger Than Fiction) to adapt her 1957 novel Deep Water to the big screen. »
- Kerry Fleming
'Stranger Than Fiction' Writer Zach Helm To Pen Steve Zaillian Produced Patricia Highsmith Adaptation 'Deep Water'
10 January 2012 1:57 PM, PST | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Steve Zaillian is a busy, busy man. With two scripts in the running for awards season honors in "Moneyball" and "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" and a plethora of other projects crowding his plate including sequels to the David Fincher film, it's a small miracle that the man also has time to produce. But via his Film Rites shingle, Zaillian has been quietly working on projects like the Philip K. Dick adaptation "Ubik" witih Michel Gondry attached, the David Cronenberg flick "As She Climbed Across The Table" as well as the remake of "Timecrimes" (which he may just direct himself). Well, one other project we haven't heard from in a while continues to move forward, albeit in bit of a brand new shape. THR reports that "Stranger Than Fiction" and "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium" scribe Zach Helm is set to tackle the adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's "Deep Water" for Film Rites. »
Fox 2000 Steps Into "Deep Water"
10 January 2012 1:33 PM, PST | SneakPeek | See recent SneakPeek news »
Fox 2000 confirms that screenwriter Zach Helm ("Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium") will adapt author Patricia Highsmith's 1957 suspense thriller "Deep Water" into a feature, to be produced by Steve Zaillian, Guymon Casady and Mike Nichols :
"...set in the small town of 'Little Wesley', 'Vic Meller' and 'Melinda Meller' have a loveless marriage held together only by a precarious arrangement, To avoid the messiness of divorce, Melinda is allowed to take any number of lovers as long as she does not desert her family. Unfortunately, things don't always work out as planned....."
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- Michael Stevens
Writer Hired To Adapt Patricia Highsmith's Dark Comedy Deep Water
10 January 2012 1:23 PM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Patricia Highsmith is one of those writers that Hollywood just loves to adapt over and over again. Starting with Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train 1951, Highsmith has seen multiple titles from her catalog get turned into both feature films and television shows. It's been a long time since the author has gotten the mainstream Hollywood treatment, however, the last time being 1999's The Talented Mr. Ripley, starring Matt Damon, Jude Law and Gwenyth Paltrow. Now her work is making its triumphant return thanks in part to Zach Helm. THR has learned that Helm, whose previous credits include the scripts for Stranger than Fiction and Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, has been hired by Fox 2000 to write an adaptation of Highsmith's 1957 suspense novel Deep Water. The plot centers on a husband trying to prevent a divorce by starting an open marriage and letting his wife sleep with whomever she wants. Trouble »
‘Stranger Than Fiction’ Writer Zach Helm Heads Into ‘Deep Water’ For Dark Comedy
10 January 2012 10:35 AM, PST | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
The stories of author Patricia Highsmith have made some devilish and entertaining films in the past. She is responsible for tales that inspired such films as Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr. Ripley. Now, via THR, word is coming out that Highsmith‘s novel Deep Water is being turned into a film which will be penned by writer Zach Helm.
The novel, published in 1957, follows the story of a suburban couple that agrees to have an open marriage as a means of avoiding a divorce. However, things take a turn for the unpleasant when the wife’s lovers begin to disappear. Helms has made a name for himself with screenplays for films such as Stranger Than Fiction and Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, which he also directed.
Considering both of those films’ blending of whimsy and oddity with a dash of drama, the pairing of Helms with Highsmith »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
Zach Helm to Adapt Patricia Highsmith’s Novel Deep Water
10 January 2012 10:33 AM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Screenwriter Zach Helm (Stranger Than Fiction) is set to adapt Patricia Highsmith's novel Deep Water. Per THR, "The story centers on an upscale suburban husband who, in order to avoid a divorce, allows his wife to have affairs. When the paramours start disappearing, the quiet marriage and community that surrounds it begin to heat up." Fox 2000 wants to make the film as a "dark, sexy comedy." The project does not currently have a director. Highsmith's work is no stranger to Hollywood with her novels Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr. Ripley both being adapted into critically acclaimed films. Helm has his work cut out for him if he's trying to make his adaptation measure up to those movies (on the bright side, Deep Water will probably be better than Ripley's Game). Helm is also writing Errol Morris' Freezing People Is Easy starring Paul Rudd, Kristen Wiig, »
- Matt Goldberg
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