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Music Box Films Picks Up Rights to SXSW 2012 Drama 'Starlet'

16 May 2012 7:10 AM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »

Music Box Films has acquired all North American rights to Sean Baker’s “Starlet,” which had its premiere in competition at the SXSW Film Festival in March. The indie distributor plans a fall theatrical release. “Starlet” stars Dree Hemingway as a young adult-film actress who befriends an octogenarian after they have a confrontation at a yard sale and she finds a stash of money in an antique. Besedka Johnson, the 85-year old actress who plays the elderly woman, was given a special prize at SXSW for her performance. “Although we didn’t make the connections until after we saw ‘Starlet,’ we’ve enjoyed everything Sean Baker has done from ‘Greg the Bunny’ through ‘Prince of Broadway,’ so in retrospect it’s not surprising we fell for ‘Starlet’,” said Music Box managing director Ed Arentz. “As we branch out into American independent releases it’s exciting to be »

- Jay A. Fernandez

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Forget About the Big Stuff. Here Are The Top 10 Movies to Watch at SXSW

8 March 2012 6:09 AM, PST | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »

By now, you've probably heard that the SXSW Film Festival begins Friday with "The Cabin in the Woods." There's also a premiere of "21 Jump Street," Will Ferrell speaking Spanish in "Casa De Mi Padre" and a sneak preview of Lena Dunham's new HBO show. They'll dominate headlines and tweets the moment they hit town. Good for them. Here's the real SXSW -- a list of the films that were largely made on the cheap, with little to no regard for mainstream demands, that we can't wait to see. "Starlet" In addition to creating "Greg the Bunny," Sean Baker has had a remarkable second career as a director of small, neorealistic character studies: "Prince of Broadway" was a moving father-son story set in New York's Chinatown, while "Take Out" dealt with the plights of Chinese immigrants. His third feature, "Starlet," follows two women of different ages and backgrounds thrown »

- Eric Kohn

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‘Sky High’ & ‘Chipwrecked’ Director Mike Mitchell Gets ‘Jitters’ For ‘Gremlins’-Esque Family Film

13 February 2012 4:04 PM, PST | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »

I know this probably seems like bad news, but give me a few minutes and I’ll explain why it may not be; Variety reports that Mike Mitchell has signed on to direct Jitters, an action film aimed at the lucrative family audience, for Paramount. Mitchell’s last effort was last year’s Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked for Fox.

Details on the project are light, which I’m sure absolutely thrills you, but Jitters is being described as “being in the same vein as Gremlins“. And while that is intriguing, bear in mind it’s 2012 and family movies have all but become watered down and somewhat insulting. (Whoa, I feel like I’ve said that before about something.)

So Mitchell is responsible for not only Chipwrecked, but for Surviving Christmas and Shrek Forever After. Those three movies alone probably don’t inspire any confidence, but I counter with this: »

- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)

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50 Upcoming Movie Remakes (Yep, 50!)

5 January 2012 1:15 PM, PST | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »

Whenever a movie studio announces plans for another remake, the reaction among fans and pundits is always the same: Hollywood doesn't have any new ideas.

But we like to look on the bright side of things, which is why we're so happy when we hear of a cool remake or reboot. Hey, who needs new ideas when there are already so many great old ideas waiting to be rediscovered?

With that in mind, we've compiled a list of 50 -- that's right, 50! -- upcoming Hollywood remakes that tickle our fancy. Because if these films were good the first time, you never know, you might just enjoy them even more the second time around.

'Dredd'

Attached: Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby

Status: The good news for director Pete Travis ("Vantage Point") and star Urban ("Star Trek," "The Lord of the Rings") is that they won't have to do much to meet »

- Scott Harris

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