The Tattooist of Auschwitz has a distinctive way of way of marking death. Each time someone passes, the drama pauses on a moving portrait of their face in life, against the grim toll of a bell. Sometimes, it’s how we learn a character we’ve been following for several episodes has been killed. At others, it’s the only good look we get at people whose names we never even learn before they’re slaughtered.
Always, it’s hard to bear. Their eyes bore right through the camera, their expressions unreadable and their thoughts unknowable. Each stare nonetheless lands as a plea — for us to notice, to remember, to not look away — and the Peacock miniseries takes seriously the responsibility to bear witness.
But the gravity of a noble mission can also become an albatross. In spite of the touching romance at its heart, The Tattooist of Auschwitz feels...
Always, it’s hard to bear. Their eyes bore right through the camera, their expressions unreadable and their thoughts unknowable. Each stare nonetheless lands as a plea — for us to notice, to remember, to not look away — and the Peacock miniseries takes seriously the responsibility to bear witness.
But the gravity of a noble mission can also become an albatross. In spite of the touching romance at its heart, The Tattooist of Auschwitz feels...
- 5/1/2024
- by Angie Han
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Amanda Plummer of “Pulp Fiction” and “Star Trek: Picard” fame and veteran thesps James Russo and Ulrich Thompson (“The Celebration”) have joined Uwe Bolls’s forthcoming migrant crisis thriller “Run.”
Set to start shooting in Croatia on April 17, the film focuses on a group of desperate migrants as they reach the Italian coast after a perilous journey across the Mediterranean Sea and the impact of their arrival on locals and tourists.
James Russo, Ulrich Thompson and Marcus Henderson
The film boasts a large ensemble cast that also includes Marcus Henderson (“Get Out”), BAFTA-winning actor Barkhad Abdi (“Captain Philipps”) and Costas Mandylor (the “Saw” franchise).
“Run” follows the individual storylines of migrants as they seek to avoid police as well as those of locals and tourists who get caught up in the events through the course of a day, culminating in a violent escalation.
The film’s previously announced cast members...
Set to start shooting in Croatia on April 17, the film focuses on a group of desperate migrants as they reach the Italian coast after a perilous journey across the Mediterranean Sea and the impact of their arrival on locals and tourists.
James Russo, Ulrich Thompson and Marcus Henderson
The film boasts a large ensemble cast that also includes Marcus Henderson (“Get Out”), BAFTA-winning actor Barkhad Abdi (“Captain Philipps”) and Costas Mandylor (the “Saw” franchise).
“Run” follows the individual storylines of migrants as they seek to avoid police as well as those of locals and tourists who get caught up in the events through the course of a day, culminating in a violent escalation.
The film’s previously announced cast members...
- 4/8/2024
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Screenwriter and playwright Tony Kushner has defended Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar speech against critics.
While accepting the Academy Award for best international feature for his Holocaust movie “The Zone of Interest,” Glazer spoke about the ongoing violence in the Middle East, saying the Auschwitz-set film “shows where dehumanization leads at its worst. It shaped all of our past and present. Right now, we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people. Whether the victims of Oct. 7 in Israel or the ongoing attack on Gaza, all the victims of this dehumanization — how do we resist?”
The speech has been met with both kudos on social media and dissent in the industry, including an open letter from over 1,000 Jewish creatives and execs denouncing his words.
Kushner, who he himself has received four Academy Awards nominations for “Munich,...
While accepting the Academy Award for best international feature for his Holocaust movie “The Zone of Interest,” Glazer spoke about the ongoing violence in the Middle East, saying the Auschwitz-set film “shows where dehumanization leads at its worst. It shaped all of our past and present. Right now, we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people. Whether the victims of Oct. 7 in Israel or the ongoing attack on Gaza, all the victims of this dehumanization — how do we resist?”
The speech has been met with both kudos on social media and dissent in the industry, including an open letter from over 1,000 Jewish creatives and execs denouncing his words.
Kushner, who he himself has received four Academy Awards nominations for “Munich,...
- 3/21/2024
- by William Earl
- Variety Film + TV
As Oscar night fades in the rearview, arguments over who got robbed and who had the nicest dress continue to recede. One story, however, continues to rage on — a backlash (and backlash to the backlash) to the acceptance speech given by Jonathan Glazer alongside producers James Wilson and Len Blavatnik when The Zone of Interest won for best international film. THR has learned that that, even though Glazer claimed to speak for all three of them, he had not run his comments by Blavatnik, according to a spokesperson for the billionaire.
Glazer, The Zone of Interest’s writer-director, said (and it’s important to get this right) that his Auschwitz-set movie “shows where dehumanization leads at its worst” and continued “right now we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people,...
Glazer, The Zone of Interest’s writer-director, said (and it’s important to get this right) that his Auschwitz-set movie “shows where dehumanization leads at its worst” and continued “right now we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people,...
- 3/13/2024
- by Jordan Hoffman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jonathan Glazer, the director of Auschwitz-set film The Zone of Interest, won applause at the Academy Awards for an acceptance speech in which he lamented the war in Gaza.
'We stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people,' he said...
'We stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people,' he said...
- 3/11/2024
- The Guardian - Film News
Accepting the award for best international film for The Zone of Interest, its director called for an end to the conflict in the Middle East
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Jonathan Glazer, the director of Auschwitz-set film The Zone of Interest, won cheers and applause at the Academy Awards for a speech in which he decried the current conflict in the Middle East.
Glazer took to the stage to accept the Oscar for best international film – the first time Britain has won the prize – for his German-language, Polish-shot adaptation of the Martin Amis novel.
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Jonathan Glazer, the director of Auschwitz-set film The Zone of Interest, won cheers and applause at the Academy Awards for a speech in which he decried the current conflict in the Middle East.
Glazer took to the stage to accept the Oscar for best international film – the first time Britain has won the prize – for his German-language, Polish-shot adaptation of the Martin Amis novel.
- 3/11/2024
- by Andrew Pulver and Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Perhaps putting his Shia Labeouf-scripted Auschwitz film on hold––how you feel about that prospect is a fantastic Rorschach test––Abel Ferrara has a New Rose Hotel / Go Go Tales reunion in store. As his documentary Turn in the Wound debuts at the Berlinale, he’s well into development on American Nails, a gangster film that will star Willem Dafoe and Asia Argento and roll cameras this summer. [Variety]
Almost needless to say Ferrara wouldn’t, at this wild stage of his career, simply return to classic territory: as written by him and Rossella De Venuto, it retells Euripides’ Hippolytus “in a tale set in the gangster world of primal violence, power and revenge [that] pits Argento against the male-dominated remnants of power and entitlement, in the shadow of the Roman Empire in contemporary Italy.” Ferrara’s last time in Rome, Zeros and Ones, is among the wildest visions of the...
Almost needless to say Ferrara wouldn’t, at this wild stage of his career, simply return to classic territory: as written by him and Rossella De Venuto, it retells Euripides’ Hippolytus “in a tale set in the gangster world of primal violence, power and revenge [that] pits Argento against the male-dominated remnants of power and entitlement, in the shadow of the Roman Empire in contemporary Italy.” Ferrara’s last time in Rome, Zeros and Ones, is among the wildest visions of the...
- 2/17/2024
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
We are officially less than a month away from the 2024 Oscars telecast, and Jimmy Kimmel is here to remind potential viewers that he’s ready for the task.
ABC dropped a five-minute promo early Tuesday that put the late-night star (and soon-to-be four-time Academy Awards host) in scenes with fictitious characters from nominated films (as well as some not-fictitious members of the Hollywood community).
The gag is that Kimmel is “lost” (<–subliminal ABC legacy branding?) and needs directions. With “Barbie” star Helen Mirren narrating, he stops by Kate McKinnon’s “Weird Barbie” house, who then slaps him with a series of dissbombs before sending him back to Oscarsland via the power of puns. It’s amazing to watch them blaze past the Auschwitz-set “Zone of Interest.”
A montage ensues, which affords Kimmel an opportunity to take a shot at his longtime nemesis Matt Damon as he and McKinnon travel...
ABC dropped a five-minute promo early Tuesday that put the late-night star (and soon-to-be four-time Academy Awards host) in scenes with fictitious characters from nominated films (as well as some not-fictitious members of the Hollywood community).
The gag is that Kimmel is “lost” (<–subliminal ABC legacy branding?) and needs directions. With “Barbie” star Helen Mirren narrating, he stops by Kate McKinnon’s “Weird Barbie” house, who then slaps him with a series of dissbombs before sending him back to Oscarsland via the power of puns. It’s amazing to watch them blaze past the Auschwitz-set “Zone of Interest.”
A montage ensues, which affords Kimmel an opportunity to take a shot at his longtime nemesis Matt Damon as he and McKinnon travel...
- 2/13/2024
- by Jordan Hoffman
- Gold Derby
Quiver Distribution is partnering with Blacktop International to launch sales at EFM next week on Freddie Prinze Jr. thriller The Girl In The Pool and has released a first-look image from the film.
Quiver has wrapped production on the story directed by Dakota Gorman about a well-to-do family man who must get through a surprise birthday party thrown by his wife shortly after he has hidden the corpse of his murdered mistress.
Starring alongside Prinze Jr are Monica Potter as his wife, and Kevin Pollak.
Prinze Jr. and Potter starred together in Universal’s 2001 comedy Head Over Heels.
Jackson Reid Williams...
Quiver has wrapped production on the story directed by Dakota Gorman about a well-to-do family man who must get through a surprise birthday party thrown by his wife shortly after he has hidden the corpse of his murdered mistress.
Starring alongside Prinze Jr are Monica Potter as his wife, and Kevin Pollak.
Prinze Jr. and Potter starred together in Universal’s 2001 comedy Head Over Heels.
Jackson Reid Williams...
- 2/8/2024
- ScreenDaily
“Wonka,” a fantasy musical starring Timothée Chalamet as the eccentric chocolatier, charmed in its box office debut, collecting $39 million over the weekend.
It’s a sweet start, as long as the $125 million-budgeted family film has momentum around the holidays. The good news for Warner Bros. is that December releases rarely generate huge opening weekends but tend to stick around on the big screen and show staying power through the new year. To that end, it’s promising that “Wonka” landed an “A-” CinemaScore from audiences. Critics have been kind as well, bestowing “Wonka” with an 83% “fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It’s a sign the PG film will be able to endure against competition from upcoming releases such as Universal and Illumination’s animated “Migration,” Warner’s musical adaptation of “The Color Purple” and the DC Comics sequel “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.”
“‘Wonka’ has the right tone for the...
It’s a sweet start, as long as the $125 million-budgeted family film has momentum around the holidays. The good news for Warner Bros. is that December releases rarely generate huge opening weekends but tend to stick around on the big screen and show staying power through the new year. To that end, it’s promising that “Wonka” landed an “A-” CinemaScore from audiences. Critics have been kind as well, bestowing “Wonka” with an 83% “fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It’s a sign the PG film will be able to endure against competition from upcoming releases such as Universal and Illumination’s animated “Migration,” Warner’s musical adaptation of “The Color Purple” and the DC Comics sequel “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.”
“‘Wonka’ has the right tone for the...
- 12/17/2023
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Ten years after Jonathan Glazer debuted Under the Skin, he’s now reteamed with A24 for the chilling Holocaust drama The Zone of Interest. Based on Martin Amis’s Auschwitz-set novel, the film features Toni Erdmann star Sandra Hüller and Christian Friedel as we witness their daily activities outside the concentration camp. Shot by Łukasz Żal with Mica Levi reuniting to score, A24 has now unveiled the second trailer and new poster ahead of a December 15 release.
Rory O’Connor said in his review, “Ten years after Under the Skin, the brilliant, elusive Johnathan Glazer returns with one of the most haunting films of this or any year. It’s adapted from Martin Amis’ acidic 2014 novel, though to call this an adaptation would be like saying a thunderstorm adapts the wind. Just as he did with Under the Skin, Glazer takes but a sliver of the source text and lets...
Rory O’Connor said in his review, “Ten years after Under the Skin, the brilliant, elusive Johnathan Glazer returns with one of the most haunting films of this or any year. It’s adapted from Martin Amis’ acidic 2014 novel, though to call this an adaptation would be like saying a thunderstorm adapts the wind. Just as he did with Under the Skin, Glazer takes but a sliver of the source text and lets...
- 12/5/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Ten years after Jonathan Glazer debuted Under the Skin, he’s now reteamed with A24 for the chilling Holocaust drama The Zone of Interest. Based on Martin Amis’s Auschwitz-set novel, the film features Toni Erdmann star Sandra Hüller and Christian Friedel as we witness their daily activities outside the concentration camp. Shot by Łukasz Żal with Mica Levi reuniting to score, A24 has now unveiled the first trailer ahead of a December 15 release.
Rory O’Connor said in his review, “Ten years after Under the Skin, the brilliant, elusive Johnathan Glazer returns with one of the most haunting films of this or any year. It’s adapted from Martin Amis’ acidic 2014 novel, though to call this an adaptation would be like saying a thunderstorm adapts the wind. Just as he did with Under the Skin, Glazer takes but a sliver of the source text and lets his imagination––perhaps his nightmares––take over.
Rory O’Connor said in his review, “Ten years after Under the Skin, the brilliant, elusive Johnathan Glazer returns with one of the most haunting films of this or any year. It’s adapted from Martin Amis’ acidic 2014 novel, though to call this an adaptation would be like saying a thunderstorm adapts the wind. Just as he did with Under the Skin, Glazer takes but a sliver of the source text and lets his imagination––perhaps his nightmares––take over.
- 10/17/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSNext week, we are holding a launch event for Issue 3 of Notebook in London. Join us at the Ica London on September 28 for a screening of a new 4K restoration of Jean-Luc Godard’s Contempt, followed by a conversation between issue contributor Erika Balsom and critic Simran Hans. We are sorry to say that the event is now sold out, but you can still enter our competition to win a pair of tickets. Lee Kang-sheng’s Instagram seems to indicate that he and Tsai Ming-liang shot another installment of their ongoing Walker series in Washington, DC: a few images are posted here.REMEMBERINGPressure.Horace Ové has died aged 86: His debut Pressure (1975) is considered the first full-length feature by a Black British filmmaker; it centers on a Trinidadian teenager living with his family in West London,...
- 9/20/2023
- MUBI
Three decades ago, just a few years after the fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in a new era of hope and promise in Europe, Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland made the historical drama “Europa, Europa,” which follows the harrowing ordeal of a Jewish teenager who goes to impossible lengths to survive the Holocaust. The title, says Holland, was meant to express “the duality of the European tradition: Europe of our aspirations, the cradle of culture and civilization, the rule of law and democracy, human rights, equality and fraternity, but on the other hand, Europe as the cradle of the worst crimes against humanity, selfishness and hatred.”
Throughout her career, the three-time Academy Award nominee has found inspiration in “the great and tragic subjects of the 20th century,” powered by the conviction that “history is relevant, that what happened is relevant,” Holland tells Variety. Her latest film, “Green Border,” which has...
Throughout her career, the three-time Academy Award nominee has found inspiration in “the great and tragic subjects of the 20th century,” powered by the conviction that “history is relevant, that what happened is relevant,” Holland tells Variety. Her latest film, “Green Border,” which has...
- 9/8/2023
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
The headline would almost suffice. Would there be something expansive to report, word of––I’ll repeat––Shia Labeouf writing a film about Auschwitz for Abel Ferrara establishes a tone, an idea, a response, though the truth is that we don’t have much deeper information. Except that our soon-to-be-published interview with Ferrara, on the subject of Padre Pio, revealed his recent collaboration with Labeouf was strong enough to engender… well, you can see first signs.
When asked if Ferrara has maintained contact with Labeouf since Padre Pio, the former told us:
He’s doing real good, man. He’s doing real good. He went off and he did a Coppola movie. So that was, there was one of those films, right? I mean, Padre Pio was 15 days or 20 days and he was in for four so he wasn’t there a long time, But anyway, it was good and he’s working.
When asked if Ferrara has maintained contact with Labeouf since Padre Pio, the former told us:
He’s doing real good, man. He’s doing real good. He went off and he did a Coppola movie. So that was, there was one of those films, right? I mean, Padre Pio was 15 days or 20 days and he was in for four so he wasn’t there a long time, But anyway, it was good and he’s working.
- 5/30/2023
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
The Cannes Film Festival rested on Friday after several high-profile days, including the opening night screening of the Johnny Depp-starrer “Jeanne du Barry” and Thursday’s first public screening of “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.” It’s no surprise, then, that lead-up to the weekend felt muted of sorts.
If one film stood out it was Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest.” The feature marked a return for Glazer, whose last film, “Under the Skin,” came out a decade ago. His latest is drawing attention for its focus on a German couple living in World War II, their house right next to the Auschwitz concentration camp.
TheWrap’s Ben Croll gave the film high praise in his review on Friday saying, “While ‘The Zone of Interest’ uses the conventions of narrative fiction, it is more of an essay, engaged in the wider conversation of how – if...
If one film stood out it was Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest.” The feature marked a return for Glazer, whose last film, “Under the Skin,” came out a decade ago. His latest is drawing attention for its focus on a German couple living in World War II, their house right next to the Auschwitz concentration camp.
TheWrap’s Ben Croll gave the film high praise in his review on Friday saying, “While ‘The Zone of Interest’ uses the conventions of narrative fiction, it is more of an essay, engaged in the wider conversation of how – if...
- 5/20/2023
- by Kristen Lopez
- The Wrap
With Jonathan Glazer’s Auschwitz-set Holocaust drama “The Zone of Interest” competing for the Palme d’Or and a host of Polish producers bringing buzzy upcoming projects to the Marché du Film, the Polish industry should again have Cannes talking. Here’s a rundown of some of the highlights:
The Zone of Interest
(Competition)
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Producers: James Wilson, Ewa Puszczyńska
Sales: A24
The veteran British filmmaker’s first film in nearly a decade, which will compete for the Palme d’Or, is a Holocaust drama loosely based on the novel by Martin Amis that’s sure to be among the festival’s most talked-about films.
In the Rearview
(Acid)
Director: Maciek Hamela
Producers: Piotr Grawender, Maciek Hamela, Jean-Marie Gigon
Sales: N/A
Filmed in the first days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Hamela’s documentary is a collective portrait of Ukrainians searching for a safe haven...
The Zone of Interest
(Competition)
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Producers: James Wilson, Ewa Puszczyńska
Sales: A24
The veteran British filmmaker’s first film in nearly a decade, which will compete for the Palme d’Or, is a Holocaust drama loosely based on the novel by Martin Amis that’s sure to be among the festival’s most talked-about films.
In the Rearview
(Acid)
Director: Maciek Hamela
Producers: Piotr Grawender, Maciek Hamela, Jean-Marie Gigon
Sales: N/A
Filmed in the first days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Hamela’s documentary is a collective portrait of Ukrainians searching for a safe haven...
- 5/20/2023
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
It’s been nearly ten years since Jonathan Glazer debuted Under the Skin at Telluride Film Festival and now the English director has finally put the finishing touches on his follow-up. Once again backed by A24, The Zone of Interest will premiere in competition at Cannes Film Festival and now the first look has arrived.
Based on Martin Amis’s Auschwitz-set novel, the film features Toni Erdmann star Sandra Hüller and Christian Friedel. Here’s the synopsis: “The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.”
Above, via the official Cannes site, one can see the first image for the film, which clocks in at 106 minutes and was shot by Łukasz Żal with Mica Levi reuniting to score.
The post First Look at The Zone of Interest, Jonathan Glazer’s...
Based on Martin Amis’s Auschwitz-set novel, the film features Toni Erdmann star Sandra Hüller and Christian Friedel. Here’s the synopsis: “The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.”
Above, via the official Cannes site, one can see the first image for the film, which clocks in at 106 minutes and was shot by Łukasz Żal with Mica Levi reuniting to score.
The post First Look at The Zone of Interest, Jonathan Glazer’s...
- 5/7/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
New Zealand author Heather Morris' 2018 novel "The Tattooist of Auschwitz" is getting the adaptation treatment. Sky and Peacock are teaming up to bring the project to the small screen. The best-selling novel tells the true story of Lale Sokolov, a Jewish prisoner of war tasked with tattooing identification numbers onto the arms of prisoners at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during World War II. It's a devastating story that focuses on the romance between Sokolov and his fellow prisoner Gita. It's based on a true story that inspired Morris for her novel (originally written as a screenplay), leading her to meet with Sokolov over years before writing it.
The book has attracted readers of over 15 languages across the globe ... but has also earned its share of criticism. The story has often been slammed for its historical inaccuracy, and accused of memorializing certain events of the Holocaust — but the book has a...
The book has attracted readers of over 15 languages across the globe ... but has also earned its share of criticism. The story has often been slammed for its historical inaccuracy, and accused of memorializing certain events of the Holocaust — but the book has a...
- 3/26/2023
- by Fatemeh Mirjalili
- Slash Film
Fremantle Boosts Revenue By 25% For Rtl Group
Hand of God outfit Fremantle increased its revenue by 25% last year to €1.9Bn ($2.1Bn) as owner Rtl Group, the European media conglomerate, recorded a 10% turnover rise to €6.6Bn ($7.3Bn) and a profit boost of 35% to €1.1Bn ($1.2Bn). Rtl this morning said it is making progress on Fremantle’s growth plan, following four acquisitions in the past year including, most recently, the purchase of 70% of respected Italian producer Lux Vide, along with 12 Nent Group production labels. Fremantle put 81 drama productions into production across the year and scored hits with the likes of Paolo Sorrentino’s Oscar-nominated Hand of God for Netflix. The previous year saw a big drop in returns due to the impact of the Coronavirus. The outfit, which has just struck a talent deal with Angelina Jolie, is targeting €3Bn returns by 2025. Overall, Rtl’s revenue was up 10.3% to €6.6Bn, with adjusted...
Hand of God outfit Fremantle increased its revenue by 25% last year to €1.9Bn ($2.1Bn) as owner Rtl Group, the European media conglomerate, recorded a 10% turnover rise to €6.6Bn ($7.3Bn) and a profit boost of 35% to €1.1Bn ($1.2Bn). Rtl this morning said it is making progress on Fremantle’s growth plan, following four acquisitions in the past year including, most recently, the purchase of 70% of respected Italian producer Lux Vide, along with 12 Nent Group production labels. Fremantle put 81 drama productions into production across the year and scored hits with the likes of Paolo Sorrentino’s Oscar-nominated Hand of God for Netflix. The previous year saw a big drop in returns due to the impact of the Coronavirus. The outfit, which has just struck a talent deal with Angelina Jolie, is targeting €3Bn returns by 2025. Overall, Rtl’s revenue was up 10.3% to €6.6Bn, with adjusted...
- 3/17/2022
- by Max Goldbart and Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Back Lot Music has digitally released the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to Universal Pictures’ The Invisible Man, a Blumhouse/Goalpost production directed by Leigh Whannell from his screenplay and screen story. The film’s original score is by Grammy® and Golden Globe-nominated composer Benjamin Wallfisch. A vinyl release will be available March 4 through Mondo featuring two 180g discs housed inside a gatefold sleeve and an etching on side 4. The Invisible Man will be theatrically released in the U.S. on February 28th.
Starring Emmy Award winner Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale), The Invisible Man is a terrifying modern tale of obsession inspired by Universal’s classic Monster character.
Trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy and brilliant scientist, Cecilia Kass (Moss) escapes in the dead of night and disappears into hiding. But when Cecilia’s abusive ex, Adrian Griffin, commits suicide and leaves her a generous portion of his vast fortune,...
Starring Emmy Award winner Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale), The Invisible Man is a terrifying modern tale of obsession inspired by Universal’s classic Monster character.
Trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy and brilliant scientist, Cecilia Kass (Moss) escapes in the dead of night and disappears into hiding. But when Cecilia’s abusive ex, Adrian Griffin, commits suicide and leaves her a generous portion of his vast fortune,...
- 2/21/2020
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
It’s almost July. We know that because Netflix has come through with its list of new content being added in July, and what titles are being removed from the streamer throughout the month.
Most notably, “Stranger Things” Season 3 is dropping on July 4, so you can watch fireworks And be reunited with Eleven, Will Byers, Dustin, Mike, Lucas, Max, Nancy, Jonathan, Steve Harrington, Joyce and Hopper at long last, all in one day.
“Queer Eye” Season 4 is comin’ at ya July 19, along with new episodes of “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.” The seventh and final season of “Orange Is The New Black” comes July 26.
Also Read: Netflix Renews 'The Rain' For a Third and Final Season
This month is your last chance to watch the first two “Austin Powers” films, “The Matrix” trilogy, the first three “Mummy” movies, “Cool Hand Luke,” “Definitely, Maybe,” “Dumb and Dumber,” and all...
Most notably, “Stranger Things” Season 3 is dropping on July 4, so you can watch fireworks And be reunited with Eleven, Will Byers, Dustin, Mike, Lucas, Max, Nancy, Jonathan, Steve Harrington, Joyce and Hopper at long last, all in one day.
“Queer Eye” Season 4 is comin’ at ya July 19, along with new episodes of “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.” The seventh and final season of “Orange Is The New Black” comes July 26.
Also Read: Netflix Renews 'The Rain' For a Third and Final Season
This month is your last chance to watch the first two “Austin Powers” films, “The Matrix” trilogy, the first three “Mummy” movies, “Cool Hand Luke,” “Definitely, Maybe,” “Dumb and Dumber,” and all...
- 6/19/2019
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
A roundup of news from the inaugural St Petersburg International Media Forum includes a busy French delegation and a local controversy brewing over Leviathan.
The King Of Madagascar, a kind of Russian answer to the pirate adventure films à la Pirates of the Caribbean, is being set up as a $ 16m international co-production by producer-director Oleg Ryaskov’s Moscow-based Bft Movie.
Speaking at the opening of St Petersburg International Media Forum’s (Spimf) co-production market this morning, producer Ryaskov revealed that the project - which is based on real historical events abouta Russian expedition by Peter The Great to the island of Madagascar in danger of being thwarted by Great Britain’s King George - has Spain’s Smartline Spain and the Us casting company Scott Carlson Entertainment on board as partners and is currently in talks with French and German production companies to join.
Ryaskov added that he intends to have American, European and Russian...
The King Of Madagascar, a kind of Russian answer to the pirate adventure films à la Pirates of the Caribbean, is being set up as a $ 16m international co-production by producer-director Oleg Ryaskov’s Moscow-based Bft Movie.
Speaking at the opening of St Petersburg International Media Forum’s (Spimf) co-production market this morning, producer Ryaskov revealed that the project - which is based on real historical events abouta Russian expedition by Peter The Great to the island of Madagascar in danger of being thwarted by Great Britain’s King George - has Spain’s Smartline Spain and the Us casting company Scott Carlson Entertainment on board as partners and is currently in talks with French and German production companies to join.
Ryaskov added that he intends to have American, European and Russian...
- 10/6/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
A roundup of news from the inaugural St Petersburg International Media Forum includes a busy French delegation and a local controversy brewing over Leviathan.
The King Of Madagascar, a kind of Russian answer to the pirate adventure films à la Pirates of the Caribbean, is being set up as a $ 16m international co-production by producer-director Oleg Ryaskov’s Moscow-based Bft Movie.
Speaking at the opening of St Petersburg International Media Forum’s (Spimf) co-production market this morning, producer Ryaskov revealed that the project - which is based on real historical events abouta Russian expedition by Peter The Great to the island of Madagascar in danger of being thwarted by Great Britain’s King George - has Spain’s Smartline Spain and the Us casting company Scott Carlson Entertainment on board as partners and is currently in talks with French and German production companies to join.
Ryaskov added that he intends to have American, European and Russian...
The King Of Madagascar, a kind of Russian answer to the pirate adventure films à la Pirates of the Caribbean, is being set up as a $ 16m international co-production by producer-director Oleg Ryaskov’s Moscow-based Bft Movie.
Speaking at the opening of St Petersburg International Media Forum’s (Spimf) co-production market this morning, producer Ryaskov revealed that the project - which is based on real historical events abouta Russian expedition by Peter The Great to the island of Madagascar in danger of being thwarted by Great Britain’s King George - has Spain’s Smartline Spain and the Us casting company Scott Carlson Entertainment on board as partners and is currently in talks with French and German production companies to join.
Ryaskov added that he intends to have American, European and Russian...
- 10/6/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Uwe Boll, Worst Director Alive, Can't Get His Movie About Killing Wall Streeters to Open in New York
Uwe Boll will no longer fight you -- at least, not with his fists. Often lambasted by critics as the worst of the worst, Boll once literally got into the boxing ring with four film bloggers, but these days prefers to combat negative press with what he claims are more serious and polished works. While he may still be more apt to earn a Razzie than an Oscar, the German filmmaker has shied away in recent years from the video game adaptations that gave him his ignominious rep. Now he favors more sobering subject matter via takes on Darfur (Attack on Darfur) and the Holocaust (Auschwitz, featuring the director as a concentration camp guard). Now tackling the '08 financial meltdown with <a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/2013-05-08/film/assault-on-wall-str...
- 5/8/2013
- Village Voice
Uwe Boll is a difficult filmmaker to classify. He loves fantasy films as seen in his In The Name of the King series of films. He likes to produce video game action adventures such as the Bloodrayne series. And, he will occasionally make a political drama like Darfur (2009) or Auschwitz (2011). Bailout: The Age of Greed falls into this final category. Bailout: The Age of Greed tells a story of a desperate man, Jim (Dominic Purcell). His wife (Erin Karpluk) has become sick, he has lost his savings because of hospital bills and creditors want to take his house. If that is not enough, he loses his job as a security guard because of his financial troubles. There is little he can do and the frustration mounts when his wife takes her own life. Jim turns against the banks and government, who he blames for his misfortunes. The first trailer for this film is below.
- 11/17/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Day six of the 21st Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival is upon us!
Sliff’s main venues are the the Hi-Pointe Theatre, Tivoli Theatre, Plaza Frontenac Cinema, Webster University’s Winifred Moore Auditorium, Washington University’s Brown Hall Auditorium and the Wildey Theatre in Edwardsville, Il
The entire schedule for the 21st Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival be found Here.
http://cinemastlouis.org/sliff-2012
Here is what will be screening at The 21st Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival today, Tuesday, November 13th
Band Of Sisters
Band Of Sisters plays at 5:00pm at the Tivoli Theatre
nspired by Vatican II (a 1962-65 council of Catholic bishops) and the great social movements of the 1960s and .70s, U.S. nuns left their convents, found their mission with the poor, and grew in their spirituality . often to the chagrin of the Vatican hierarchy. Against this backdrop, .Band...
Sliff’s main venues are the the Hi-Pointe Theatre, Tivoli Theatre, Plaza Frontenac Cinema, Webster University’s Winifred Moore Auditorium, Washington University’s Brown Hall Auditorium and the Wildey Theatre in Edwardsville, Il
The entire schedule for the 21st Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival be found Here.
http://cinemastlouis.org/sliff-2012
Here is what will be screening at The 21st Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival today, Tuesday, November 13th
Band Of Sisters
Band Of Sisters plays at 5:00pm at the Tivoli Theatre
nspired by Vatican II (a 1962-65 council of Catholic bishops) and the great social movements of the 1960s and .70s, U.S. nuns left their convents, found their mission with the poor, and grew in their spirituality . often to the chagrin of the Vatican hierarchy. Against this backdrop, .Band...
- 11/13/2012
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
In The Name Of The King: Two Worlds
Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Lochlyn Munro, Natassia Malthe | Written by Michael Nachoff | Directed by Uwe Boll
In the Name of the King: Two Worlds stars legendary movie hard-man Dolph Lundgren as Granger, a lethal ex-forces soldier transported back in time to fulfil an ancient prophecy and defeat the threatening forces of darkness, in a mystical age where dragons scorch the skies and the only way to fight is in brutal hand-to-hand combat. But as he fights his way to the truth and to get back home Granger learns that one wrong move could cost him not only his life, but the very future of his world.
Taking over the Uwe Boll directed franchise from his Expendables co-star Jason Statham, Lundgren walks his way through this unwanted sequel to the less-than-stellar original film which was itself based on the Dungeon Siege video game series.
Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Lochlyn Munro, Natassia Malthe | Written by Michael Nachoff | Directed by Uwe Boll
In the Name of the King: Two Worlds stars legendary movie hard-man Dolph Lundgren as Granger, a lethal ex-forces soldier transported back in time to fulfil an ancient prophecy and defeat the threatening forces of darkness, in a mystical age where dragons scorch the skies and the only way to fight is in brutal hand-to-hand combat. But as he fights his way to the truth and to get back home Granger learns that one wrong move could cost him not only his life, but the very future of his world.
Taking over the Uwe Boll directed franchise from his Expendables co-star Jason Statham, Lundgren walks his way through this unwanted sequel to the less-than-stellar original film which was itself based on the Dungeon Siege video game series.
- 5/17/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Today’s question comes from reader Hank, who writes: Considering Roland Emmerich and “Anonymous,” I thought you might have fun about hack directors trying to do something serious and ending up proving they’re a hack. We could compare this to Uwe Boll’s “Auschwitz.” (Anonymous is, by the way, one of my worst films of 2011.) So there it is: Which director cannot escape his hackitude no matter how he tries? (If you have a suggestion for a Qotd, feel free to email me. Responses to this Qotd sent by email will be ignored; please post your responses here.)...
- 4/20/2012
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Director Uwe Boll is no stranger to video games or controversy but remains indefatigable and is back next week with In the Name of the King: Two Worlds, his sequel to the 2006 film he made based on the Dungeon Siege video games. The new film, his twenty-fifth, stars action hero Dolph Lundgren and is a direct-to-video release from Twentieth Century Home Entertainment.
The German –born Boll spoke exclusively with ComicMix to talk about the film and his approach, which ignores his critics, many of whom cite him as the worst director working today. In turn, Boll has challenged them to box, to see who is the better person but our conversation was far from combative.
ComicMix: This is your first sole directorial work. Any reason why?
Uwe Boll: In the past, I was more a producer, such as with Alone in the Dark. Normally I’m the director, producer,...
The German –born Boll spoke exclusively with ComicMix to talk about the film and his approach, which ignores his critics, many of whom cite him as the worst director working today. In turn, Boll has challenged them to box, to see who is the better person but our conversation was far from combative.
ComicMix: This is your first sole directorial work. Any reason why?
Uwe Boll: In the past, I was more a producer, such as with Alone in the Dark. Normally I’m the director, producer,...
- 12/20/2011
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
And what is written above the sink in the girl's bathroom (that's the only other thing I know).
I heart movies about Nazis, and I heart Uwe Boll. I love that he's totally insane, completely out of his mind, that he makes films in a haphazard, uncontrolled manner, that he has a thick German accent, that he always casts my favorite person Michael Pare in everything he does...I love it all. I love that he jokes that he gets the money for his films from Nazi gold. I love that he filmed three movies at the same time: the drama/thriller "Auschwitz," the sequel "Bloodrayne III," and the parody "Blubberella." Why waste a period set? Waste not! Make three films!
I remember at a Michael Pare signing at my old friend Eric Spudic's former store Spudic's Movie Emporium in Van Nuys, California, Boll and Clint Howard showed up...
I heart movies about Nazis, and I heart Uwe Boll. I love that he's totally insane, completely out of his mind, that he makes films in a haphazard, uncontrolled manner, that he has a thick German accent, that he always casts my favorite person Michael Pare in everything he does...I love it all. I love that he jokes that he gets the money for his films from Nazi gold. I love that he filmed three movies at the same time: the drama/thriller "Auschwitz," the sequel "Bloodrayne III," and the parody "Blubberella." Why waste a period set? Waste not! Make three films!
I remember at a Michael Pare signing at my old friend Eric Spudic's former store Spudic's Movie Emporium in Van Nuys, California, Boll and Clint Howard showed up...
- 10/29/2011
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
Sf IndieFest kicks off its 8th Annual Another Hole in the Head Film Festival this week, featuring 3 full weeks of horror, sci-fi and fantasy programming. It all goes down at the historic Roxie Theater from June 2nd through the 17th.
Featuring everything from Japanese Action/Sci-Fi (Helldriver, the opening night film; Yakuza Weapon; and Karate-Robo Zaborgar), Grindhouse (The Victim), zombies (Zombie Undead, Eaters), Nazis (Uwe Boll's Auschwitz, Bloodrayne: Third Reich), and foreign surreal/fantasy films (Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale), A Hole in The Head Film Festival celebrates all ends of the spectrum: international and local, schlock and arthouse, and everything in between.
Thanks to our friends over at SFIndie, we are giving away 3 pairs of tickets for each show of the festival! Continue reading for more details. ...
Featuring everything from Japanese Action/Sci-Fi (Helldriver, the opening night film; Yakuza Weapon; and Karate-Robo Zaborgar), Grindhouse (The Victim), zombies (Zombie Undead, Eaters), Nazis (Uwe Boll's Auschwitz, Bloodrayne: Third Reich), and foreign surreal/fantasy films (Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale), A Hole in The Head Film Festival celebrates all ends of the spectrum: international and local, schlock and arthouse, and everything in between.
Thanks to our friends over at SFIndie, we are giving away 3 pairs of tickets for each show of the festival! Continue reading for more details. ...
- 6/3/2011
- by weezy
- GreenCine
The San Francisco-based Another Hole in the Head film festival has announced the schedule for their 8th year, and they have your hot ticket for a good old fashioned dosage of non-mainstream horror!
This is a really stacked schedule which includes the I Am Nancy doc, Uwe Boll's Bloodrayne: The Third Reich and Auschwitz as well as the North American premiere of Sean Cain's Breath of Hate and Jeff Leroy's Rat Scratch Fever among others.
You can check out the full schedule here.
Never a bad time to catch some indie horror and see who is on the horizon; hope you can make it to the fest!
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Plug your holes in the comments section below!
This is a really stacked schedule which includes the I Am Nancy doc, Uwe Boll's Bloodrayne: The Third Reich and Auschwitz as well as the North American premiere of Sean Cain's Breath of Hate and Jeff Leroy's Rat Scratch Fever among others.
You can check out the full schedule here.
Never a bad time to catch some indie horror and see who is on the horizon; hope you can make it to the fest!
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
Got news? Click here to submit it!
Plug your holes in the comments section below!
- 5/11/2011
- by dougevil
- DreadCentral.com
Somewhere, Uwe Boll is either crying or breathing a sigh of relief. Either way, it looks like Bollywood might be making a Hitler film even more misguided than his dreaded, apparently Oscar-worthy Holocaust film Auschwitz. Amrapali Media Vision held a conference this week in Berlin to hype their first feature film project, a film with an all-Hindi cast about the relationship between Mohandas Gandhi and Adolph Hitler titled Dear Friend Hitler. With songs.
- 2/15/2011
- Movieline
Uwe Boll has submitted his "Auschwitz" film to be part of the Berlin Film Festival, but it was rejected because he refused to pay the application fee, which is only $170. Boll is accusing the festival of breach of trust and unfair competition in its selection process, and has revealed that he will file criminal charges next week. "[Dieter] Kosslick has been fighting me for the last 25 years, as Berlin festival director and before, when he was head of (German regional film board) the Nrw Filmstiftung," said Boll. "I don't believe the [Berlin Film Festival] handles all films fairly. Kosslick has his deals with the major studios and invites his old pals from the Filmstiftung days. There isn't fair competition." Boll's suit claims that many films picked for the festival, particularly Hollywood films, did not have to pay a fee, making the festival criminally liable. The festival's head of press commented on Boll's remarks, stating:...
- 2/12/2011
- WorstPreviews.com
In what may very well be the oddest movie news story of the day, Uwe Boll is suing the Berlin Film Festival over their refusal to screen his new Auschwitz movie. Not because they find the film to be too disturbing or horribly exploitive or because Germans don't like to be reminded of their shameful past. No, Boll just doesn't want to pay the $170 entry fee.
We all know Uwe Boll has become infamous for a series of ineptly assembled video game movies. In recent years he's gone more the indie route with a series of unflinching low budget movies focusing mostly on the very depths of human depravity. Humanity doesn't get any more depraved than the Holocaust, and the extremely graphic trailer for his new film Auschwitz had the Internet abuzz with most stating how horribly exploitive it appeared. Boll argues that any other filmmaker making such a film would potentially be Oscar bound.
We all know Uwe Boll has become infamous for a series of ineptly assembled video game movies. In recent years he's gone more the indie route with a series of unflinching low budget movies focusing mostly on the very depths of human depravity. Humanity doesn't get any more depraved than the Holocaust, and the extremely graphic trailer for his new film Auschwitz had the Internet abuzz with most stating how horribly exploitive it appeared. Boll argues that any other filmmaker making such a film would potentially be Oscar bound.
- 2/11/2011
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
It's true - One could easily make a comparison between Uwe Boll's publicity tactics and the recent self-serving, unapologetic cries for attention from that other filmmaker. Fair. But there's something more endearing about the reviled German's director refusal to get off of his own pedestal. Maybe it's the fact that, to my knowledge, he does not have a rabid cult of fans ready to back every move he makes. In fact, quite to opposite. Or maybe it's just that he decided to actually fight the bloggers who attacked him rather than posting rants on Twitter. In any case, here's a new interview where he says his film Auschwitz should be nominated for an Oscar.
- 2/3/2011
- Movieline
If you’ve seen the teaser trailer for Uwe Boll’s Auschwitz movie then you’ll know it’s pretty grim and you’ll be scratching your head left wondering why a schlocky hack like Boll has tackled such a contentious and controversial subject. Especially since he’s taken a starring role as a guard!
The director of House of the Dead, Alone in the Dark and Bloodrayne has spoken with German magazine Stern to discuss his reasons for the film:
“Every German is obliged to ensure that the Holocaust is not forgotten. For a director like me who is known for his explicit depictions of violence, it’s my duty to use precisely this talent to show people the atrocities of the Nazis.”
The film has been submitted to the Berlin Film Festival and depicts what Boll calls “we’re talking here about something that was like an abattoir...
The director of House of the Dead, Alone in the Dark and Bloodrayne has spoken with German magazine Stern to discuss his reasons for the film:
“Every German is obliged to ensure that the Holocaust is not forgotten. For a director like me who is known for his explicit depictions of violence, it’s my duty to use precisely this talent to show people the atrocities of the Nazis.”
The film has been submitted to the Berlin Film Festival and depicts what Boll calls “we’re talking here about something that was like an abattoir...
- 11/12/2010
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
Critics vow to boycott Uwe Boll's gruesome depiction of horrific crimes committed by Nazis at Auschwitz
A German film director best known for his adaptations of bloody video games has sparked widespread revulsion with his upcoming film about the horrors of the Holocaust.
Uwe Boll, who has been described as the world's worst film director and a "schlockmeister", said he felt it was time to present the Nazis' crimes in their "full horror" in his film Auschwitz.
His aim, he said, was to allow audiences to finally grasp the "real, everyday truth" of the Third Reich's atrocities.
Some critics have already vowed to boycott the film, having seen a gruesome teaser trailer – users must prove they are 18 before watching the clip on YouTube but even for adults it makes very grim viewing.
In the excerpt, the 45-year old filmmaker appears as an SS officer outside a gas chamber inside...
A German film director best known for his adaptations of bloody video games has sparked widespread revulsion with his upcoming film about the horrors of the Holocaust.
Uwe Boll, who has been described as the world's worst film director and a "schlockmeister", said he felt it was time to present the Nazis' crimes in their "full horror" in his film Auschwitz.
His aim, he said, was to allow audiences to finally grasp the "real, everyday truth" of the Third Reich's atrocities.
Some critics have already vowed to boycott the film, having seen a gruesome teaser trailer – users must prove they are 18 before watching the clip on YouTube but even for adults it makes very grim viewing.
In the excerpt, the 45-year old filmmaker appears as an SS officer outside a gas chamber inside...
- 11/12/2010
- by Kate Connolly
- The Guardian - Film News
Well now that director Uwe Boll has got all the "serious" filmmaking out of his system with the prison thriller Stoic, political drama Darfur, and yes, even the holocaust movie Auschwitz, it's time to get back to the other tasteless stuff that no one wants to see. This week a trailer for his new film Blubberella has hit the web, the star of which is described as "the first female fat superhero." Apparently she's part vampire and she kills nazis with blades, machine guns and rolling pins (not to mention her girth). Lindsay Hollister (Get Smart, Postal) stars in the somewhat degrading lead role, while Michael Paré (Seed, The Philadelphia Experiment) and, yes, Clint Howard also make appearances. This definitely seems more in the vein of Postal, which I know some people actually liked, but somehow I can't even muster any half-hearted ironic excitement for it. Whether or not it's...
- 11/9/2010
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
All I've ever wanted in life is to see Clint Howard play Dr. Josef Mengele. My dream has come true.
Here's the trailer for the weirdest and most irreverent film Uwe Boll has made thus far. Blubberella is clearly intended as a comedy, and while there are plenty of fat jokes (mostly with food), the rest of the cast is certainly willing to degrade themselves as well. Clint Howard plays notorious medical monster Dr. Josef Mengele, while Boll takes on the evil Adolf Hitler himself, with just a touch of the retarded. There's some slapstick, and much of it is a parody of Boll's other two films (also shot in the same location, at the same time) Bloodrayne III and Auschwitz, both of which are far more serious and dark in tone.
However, will women be offended? There's no fat suit, people - star Lindsay Hollister is a plus-sized actress showing her comedy chops.
Here's the trailer for the weirdest and most irreverent film Uwe Boll has made thus far. Blubberella is clearly intended as a comedy, and while there are plenty of fat jokes (mostly with food), the rest of the cast is certainly willing to degrade themselves as well. Clint Howard plays notorious medical monster Dr. Josef Mengele, while Boll takes on the evil Adolf Hitler himself, with just a touch of the retarded. There's some slapstick, and much of it is a parody of Boll's other two films (also shot in the same location, at the same time) Bloodrayne III and Auschwitz, both of which are far more serious and dark in tone.
However, will women be offended? There's no fat suit, people - star Lindsay Hollister is a plus-sized actress showing her comedy chops.
- 11/9/2010
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
I’m guessing this is how it all went down: Uwe Boll was shooting “Bloodrayne 3″ when he probably got the bright idea to use the exact same cast (or thereabouts), the same resources, and make a second movie with them. Except this second movie would be a “comedy”, but since Natassia Malthe (the star of “Bloodrayne 3″) might not have the chops (or, er, blubber) for a comedy, Boll cast the exact opposite of Malthe and called it “Blubberella”. Being the genius that he is, Uwe Boll has essentially made two movies when mere mortals could only make one, thus proving, once and for all, that Uwe Boll is no mere mortal. (I’ve tacked on the “Blubberella” trailer after the “Bloodrayne 3″ trailer for your comparison.) Note: Boll also has a third WWII/Nazi-set movie called “Auschwitz” in the works, though IMDb.com calls the film a “documentary”. We posted a clip from “Auschwitz” here.
- 11/9/2010
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
Uwe Boll has proven himself adept at offending nearly everyone with his bad taste and equally bad movies. Previously it was his nazisploitation film Auschwitz and now it's the fat superhero action-comedy (feel free to imagine giant finger-quotes around that last part) Blubberella. As we previously reported, the film follows an overweight female superhero. And that's it. If there's a plot, I can't ascertain what it is. The trailer for the film has been released and it basically just...
- 11/9/2010
- by Mike Sampson
- JoBlo.com
There has been a great deal of speculation about whether Uwe Boll's Blubberella is, in fact, an actual movie or just an elaborate prank. It's the sort of conversation that you'd expect the film's trailer to put to rest, but nope. Because, you see, while Boll has openly acknowledged that he made this one - as well as Auschwitz - on the back of Bloodrayne: The Third Reich, keeping costs down by reusing sets, the trailer goes a good bit farther than that by reusing a hefty amount of actual Bloodrayne footage.
But enough of that. Whatever this may actually be we now have footage of Boll's fat, female superhero. Which may seem like a crass way of phrasing things but it's how the good doctor himself has chosen to sell it. Watch the trailer below if you dare.
But enough of that. Whatever this may actually be we now have footage of Boll's fat, female superhero. Which may seem like a crass way of phrasing things but it's how the good doctor himself has chosen to sell it. Watch the trailer below if you dare.
- 11/8/2010
- Screen Anarchy
There has been a great deal of speculation about whether Uwe Boll's Blubberella is, in fact, an actual movie or just an elaborate prank. It's the sort of conversation that you'd expect the film's trailer to put to rest, but nope. Because, you see, while Boll has openly acknowledged that he made this one - as well as Auschwitz - on the back of Bloodrayne: The Third Reich, keeping costs down by reusing sets, the trailer goes a good bit farther than that by reusing a hefty amount of actual Bloodrayne footage.
But enough of that. Whatever this may actually be we now have footage of Boll's fat, female superhero. Which may seem like a crass way of phrasing things but it's how the good doctor himself has chosen to sell it. Watch the trailer below if you dare.
But enough of that. Whatever this may actually be we now have footage of Boll's fat, female superhero. Which may seem like a crass way of phrasing things but it's how the good doctor himself has chosen to sell it. Watch the trailer below if you dare.
- 11/8/2010
- Screen Anarchy
There has been a great deal of speculation about whether Uwe Boll's Blubberella is, in fact, an actual movie or just an elaborate prank. It's the sort of conversation that you'd expect the film's trailer to put to rest, but nope. Because, you see, while Boll has openly acknowledged that he made this one - as well as Auschwitz - on the back of Bloodrayne: The Third Reich, keeping costs down by reusing sets, the trailer goes a good bit farther than that by reusing a hefty amount of actual Bloodrayne footage.
But enough of that. Whatever this may actually be we now have footage of Boll's fat, female superhero. Which may seem like a crass way of phrasing things but it's how the good doctor himself has chosen to sell it. Watch the trailer below if you dare.
But enough of that. Whatever this may actually be we now have footage of Boll's fat, female superhero. Which may seem like a crass way of phrasing things but it's how the good doctor himself has chosen to sell it. Watch the trailer below if you dare.
- 11/8/2010
- Screen Anarchy
The last time Uwe Boll tried his hand at making a comedy, it was the controversial Postal. Some heralded the film a hilarious comedic romp and Boll's best film to date. Let's see how they feel about Blubberella, Boll's new horror comedy about an obese superheroine battling the forces of evil.
You can accuse Uwe Boll of many things, but a slacker he is not. His Billy Zane drama about the atrocities being committed in Darfur hits DVD shelves today, a biopic on the life of famed German boxer Max Schmeling is awaiting release, and he has a third BloodRayne film finally set in Nazi Germany like the original video game due next year. And, since he had the sets and costumes on hand, he's moved full speed ahead into what will undoubtedly be a very controversial movie graphically depicting the Holocaust horrors committed at Auschwitz. Now, via the American Film Market announcement,...
You can accuse Uwe Boll of many things, but a slacker he is not. His Billy Zane drama about the atrocities being committed in Darfur hits DVD shelves today, a biopic on the life of famed German boxer Max Schmeling is awaiting release, and he has a third BloodRayne film finally set in Nazi Germany like the original video game due next year. And, since he had the sets and costumes on hand, he's moved full speed ahead into what will undoubtedly be a very controversial movie graphically depicting the Holocaust horrors committed at Auschwitz. Now, via the American Film Market announcement,...
- 10/26/2010
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
Filed under: Movie News, Cinematical
The beauty of being a writer on the film beat (besides being beautiful, which obviously comes with the territory) is that when you wake up in the morning you can never be sure what it is that you'll be writing about that day. It could be some more non-news regarding 'The Hobbit' or word of the next project Spielberg is circling. Or you could be writing about 'Blubberella," writer / director / doctor Uwe Boll's new and unfortunately titled action film, which presumably chronicles the violent adventures of its full-figured namesake.
Details are scant at the moment, but if the epoch-defining poster (check it out after the jump, via Twitch) is any indication (and it probably is), then 'Blubberella' tells the story of an overweight woman whose footsteps cause explosions and whose dual swords are used to mercilessly stab all the people who call her "Blubberella.
The beauty of being a writer on the film beat (besides being beautiful, which obviously comes with the territory) is that when you wake up in the morning you can never be sure what it is that you'll be writing about that day. It could be some more non-news regarding 'The Hobbit' or word of the next project Spielberg is circling. Or you could be writing about 'Blubberella," writer / director / doctor Uwe Boll's new and unfortunately titled action film, which presumably chronicles the violent adventures of its full-figured namesake.
Details are scant at the moment, but if the epoch-defining poster (check it out after the jump, via Twitch) is any indication (and it probably is), then 'Blubberella' tells the story of an overweight woman whose footsteps cause explosions and whose dual swords are used to mercilessly stab all the people who call her "Blubberella.
- 10/25/2010
- by David Ehrlich
- Moviefone
Filed under: Movie News, Cinematical
The beauty of being a writer on the film beat (besides being beautiful, which obviously comes with the territory) is that when you wake up in the morning you can never be sure what it is that you'll be writing about that day. It could be some more non-news regarding 'The Hobbit' or word of the next project Spielberg is circling. Or you could be writing about 'Blubberella," writer / director / doctor Uwe Boll's new and unfortunately titled action film, which presumably chronicles the violent adventures of its full-figured namesake.
Details are scant at the moment, but if the epoch-defining poster (check it out after the jump, via Twitch) is any indication (and it probably is), then 'Blubberella' tells the story of an overweight woman whose footsteps cause explosions and whose dual swords are used to mercilessly stab all the people who call her "Blubberella.
The beauty of being a writer on the film beat (besides being beautiful, which obviously comes with the territory) is that when you wake up in the morning you can never be sure what it is that you'll be writing about that day. It could be some more non-news regarding 'The Hobbit' or word of the next project Spielberg is circling. Or you could be writing about 'Blubberella," writer / director / doctor Uwe Boll's new and unfortunately titled action film, which presumably chronicles the violent adventures of its full-figured namesake.
Details are scant at the moment, but if the epoch-defining poster (check it out after the jump, via Twitch) is any indication (and it probably is), then 'Blubberella' tells the story of an overweight woman whose footsteps cause explosions and whose dual swords are used to mercilessly stab all the people who call her "Blubberella.
- 10/25/2010
- by David Ehrlich
- Cinematical
Sure, everyone knows that Uwe Boll couldn't direct himself out of a tampon commercial, but somehow the man still winds up getting money to make movies, and lots of them. Auschwitz is in the can and on its way to us, Bloodrayne 3 is in development, and now we get our first peak at Blubberella, which is exactly what it sounds like. Quiet Earth landed a low-rez poster and a .highly. detailed synopsis of the film which has to be seen to be believed: The first female fat superhero ... She will kick major ass - with her major ass ... All the Bloodrayne fans will love that movie! We did not make that up, folks. That.s verbatim how Boll described his movie. The difference here is that Blubberella is actually supposed to be funny, unlike the rest of his films which are unintentionally that way. Now his problem is that bad...
- 10/25/2010
- cinemablend.com
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