A review of the Atlanta Season Three finale, “Tarrare,” coming up just as soon as I ask my friend’s cousin to pee on you…
And here we come to the end of this long-delayed, ambitious, confounding, frequently incredible season of television. Across the last two and a half months, Atlanta has given us four different anthology episodes exploring Black life in America (your mileage will vary on whether this was too many, the perfect amount, or not enough), a locked room mystery, an introspective drug trip with a bonus Liam Neeson cameo,...
And here we come to the end of this long-delayed, ambitious, confounding, frequently incredible season of television. Across the last two and a half months, Atlanta has given us four different anthology episodes exploring Black life in America (your mileage will vary on whether this was too many, the perfect amount, or not enough), a locked room mystery, an introspective drug trip with a bonus Liam Neeson cameo,...
- 5/20/2022
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
In live action, Mark Hamill may be known best as Luke Skywalker in the "Star Wars" franchise, but Hamill also played an integral part in one of the single most memorable episodes of FX's vampire mockumentary series, "What We Do in the Shadows." Moreover, he came away from that episode with two of his very own "What We Do in the Shadows" props as souvenirs.
In "On the Run," the sixth episode of the show's second season, Hamill played Jim the Vampire, who showed up at the house of Laszlo Cravensworth (Matt Berry) and his bloodsucking roommates on Staten Island, demanding reimbursement or retribution...
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In "On the Run," the sixth episode of the show's second season, Hamill played Jim the Vampire, who showed up at the house of Laszlo Cravensworth (Matt Berry) and his bloodsucking roommates on Staten Island, demanding reimbursement or retribution...
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- 4/5/2022
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
Few television episodes were as memorable in 2020 as “On the Run,” the sixth episode of Season 2 of “What We Do in the Shadows,” which introduced the show’s fans to Jackie Daytona. The alter-ego of breakout character Laszlo (Matt Berry), Jackie Daytona launched countless memes and was so well-received that “On the Run” was one of three episodes from “What We Do in the Shadows” nominated for writing at the 2020 Emmy Awards. But when it came time to sit down to write Season 3, showrunner and writer Paul Simms says it was clear Jackie Daytona needed to stay in the show’s past.
“It was such a unique episode, even within the context of the show, that it was this weird episode that started like a normal episode and then suddenly veered off and became a different kind of documentary almost like ‘Harlan County, USA’ or something,” Simms tells Gold Derby...
“It was such a unique episode, even within the context of the show, that it was this weird episode that started like a normal episode and then suddenly veered off and became a different kind of documentary almost like ‘Harlan County, USA’ or something,” Simms tells Gold Derby...
- 2/2/2022
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Pink Floyd will release a “restored and re-edited” edition of their Pulse concert film, which documented the band’s gargantuan Division Bell tour, next year. The film will be available on Blu-ray and DVD on Feb. 18.
The film documented the band’s Oct. 20, 1994 appearance at London’s Earl’s Court and features a full performance of The Dark Side of the Moon. The band’s core lineup for the concerts featured guitarist David Gilmour, keyboardist Richard Wright, and drummer Nick Mason.
The upgraded film previously featured in Pink Floyd’s...
The film documented the band’s Oct. 20, 1994 appearance at London’s Earl’s Court and features a full performance of The Dark Side of the Moon. The band’s core lineup for the concerts featured guitarist David Gilmour, keyboardist Richard Wright, and drummer Nick Mason.
The upgraded film previously featured in Pink Floyd’s...
- 12/16/2021
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
The cast and crew of Martin Scorsese's The Irishman. (Photo by Kathrine Narducci.) Still on the search for holiday gifts? Our first-ever Notebook Gift Guide has got you covered with our pick of everything from coffee table books and career surveys to movie merch and prints. Books And Magazinesa number of books by filmmakers themselves, some new and some republished in beautiful new editions, offer an eye-opening perspective into the medium. This year marked the 50th anniversary of Jerry Lewis’ The Total Film-Maker, his classic 1971 book about the entire production process, from “script to post-production.” The book is based on over 480 hours of a lecture series delivered at USC Film School, and the newly released 50th anniversary edition also includes “all-new, never-before-seen photos of Jerry on set.” Marguerite Duras’ newly translated The Darkroom contains the script for her 1977 experimental film Le camion (The Truck), a dialogue between Duras and Michelle Porte,...
- 12/13/2021
- MUBI
“What We Do in the Shadows” fans who were hoping to see Laszlo Cravensworth (Matt Berry) reprise the role of his alter ego Jackie Daytona in the upcoming third season of the FX comedy won’t be getting their wish, as executive producers say bringing back the fan-favorite fake identity from Season 2 in this next batch of episodes would have been “pandering.”
“I don’t think we could top Jackie Daytona,” “What We Do in the Shadows” executive producer and writer Paul Simms said Friday during a virtual panel for the show at FX’s day presenting for the Television Critics Association’s press tour. “We talked about it, and we felt like it would be pandering to try to bring him back. Stefani, does that sound fair?”
Executive producer and writer Stefani Robinson, who wrote the Emmy-nominated Season 2 episode that introduced Jackie Daytona and featured his nemesis Jim the...
“I don’t think we could top Jackie Daytona,” “What We Do in the Shadows” executive producer and writer Paul Simms said Friday during a virtual panel for the show at FX’s day presenting for the Television Critics Association’s press tour. “We talked about it, and we felt like it would be pandering to try to bring him back. Stefani, does that sound fair?”
Executive producer and writer Stefani Robinson, who wrote the Emmy-nominated Season 2 episode that introduced Jackie Daytona and featured his nemesis Jim the...
- 8/13/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Among the nine Emmy nominations FX’s “Pose” scooped up for its third and final season is the fourth career bid for Thomas Denier Jr., who is shortlisted in the Best Prosthetic Makeup category for his work as the special makeup effects department head on the series. “I feel greatly indebted to makeup department head Sherri [Berman] Laurence, [co-creator] Ryan Murphy and the whole production team over at ‘Pose’,” Denier Jr. says gratefully in regard to his individual recognition from the TV academy. In our exclusive video interview (watch above), the makeup artist discusses his collaboration with Laurence, his detailed work in his Emmy episode submission, and his meaningful experience of working on this series.
The series is set in New York City among the city’s Black and Latinx LGBTQ+ community, against the backdrop of the ballroom scene of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Amid systemic discrimination and the ongoing AIDS epidemic,...
The series is set in New York City among the city’s Black and Latinx LGBTQ+ community, against the backdrop of the ballroom scene of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Amid systemic discrimination and the ongoing AIDS epidemic,...
- 8/10/2021
- by Luca Giliberti
- Gold Derby
The voice cast for Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K., Hulu‘s upcoming adult animated series, got a bit more super on Saturday with the reveal of several more actors/characters.
In the series premiering Thursday, May 21, the megalomaniacal supervillain M.O.D.O.K. (voiced by Patton Oswalt) has long pursued his dream of one day conquering the world. But after years of setbacks and failures fighting the Earth’s mightiest heroes, M.O.D.O.K. has run his evil organization A.I.M. into the ground. Ousted as A.I.M.’s leader (while also dealing with his crumbling marriage...
In the series premiering Thursday, May 21, the megalomaniacal supervillain M.O.D.O.K. (voiced by Patton Oswalt) has long pursued his dream of one day conquering the world. But after years of setbacks and failures fighting the Earth’s mightiest heroes, M.O.D.O.K. has run his evil organization A.I.M. into the ground. Ousted as A.I.M.’s leader (while also dealing with his crumbling marriage...
- 3/27/2021
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
“Mank,” “Minari,” “Nomadland,” “Sound of Metal” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7” have been nominated in the dramatic-film category at the American Cinema Editors’ 71st annual Ace Eddie Awards, which honors the best in film and television editing.
In the comedy film category, the nominees are “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” “I Care a Lot,” “On the Rocks,” “Palm Springs” and “Promising Young Woman.”
The films that were bypassed in the Ace nominations include “Tenet,” “News of the World,” “The Father,” “Da 5 Bloods” and “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”
Over the past decade, 90% of the Oscar nominees for Best Film Editing have first been nominated by the American Cinema Editors. The Oscar nominees are heavily weighted toward the Ace dramatic category, with 34 nominees coming from that category since 2010, as opposed to 11 nominees from the comedy category.
The Ace Eddies’ animated feature nominations went to “The Croods: A New Age,” “Onward,” “Over the Moon,...
In the comedy film category, the nominees are “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” “I Care a Lot,” “On the Rocks,” “Palm Springs” and “Promising Young Woman.”
The films that were bypassed in the Ace nominations include “Tenet,” “News of the World,” “The Father,” “Da 5 Bloods” and “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”
Over the past decade, 90% of the Oscar nominees for Best Film Editing have first been nominated by the American Cinema Editors. The Oscar nominees are heavily weighted toward the Ace dramatic category, with 34 nominees coming from that category since 2010, as opposed to 11 nominees from the comedy category.
The Ace Eddies’ animated feature nominations went to “The Croods: A New Age,” “Onward,” “Over the Moon,...
- 3/11/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
This year’s American Cinema Editors (Ace) nominations include “Nomadland,” “Mank,” “Minari,” “Sound of Metal” and “The Trial of Chicago 7.”
The guild, which will hand out its awards in a virtual ceremony on April 17, has a good track record forecasting the Oscar best picture winner — it has predicted 18 out of the last 29 winners. Last year, best edited feature film – dramatic went to “Parasite’s” Yang Jin-mo, and the film went on to win best picture at the Oscars. It also has a good record for predicting who wins the best editing Oscar — 23 out of the last 29 winners.
Nominees in comedy feature include “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” “I Care a Lot,” “On The Rocks” “Palm Springs” and “Promising Young Woman.”
As previously announced, Spike Lee will receive the Ace Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award, recognizing a filmmaker who exemplifies distinguished achievement in the art and business of film. Editors Lynzee Klingman...
The guild, which will hand out its awards in a virtual ceremony on April 17, has a good track record forecasting the Oscar best picture winner — it has predicted 18 out of the last 29 winners. Last year, best edited feature film – dramatic went to “Parasite’s” Yang Jin-mo, and the film went on to win best picture at the Oscars. It also has a good record for predicting who wins the best editing Oscar — 23 out of the last 29 winners.
Nominees in comedy feature include “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” “I Care a Lot,” “On The Rocks” “Palm Springs” and “Promising Young Woman.”
As previously announced, Spike Lee will receive the Ace Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award, recognizing a filmmaker who exemplifies distinguished achievement in the art and business of film. Editors Lynzee Klingman...
- 3/11/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Editors on films ranging from Amazon’s Borat Subsequent Moviefilm to Netflix’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 have been nominated for the 71st annual Ace Eddie Awards, presented by the American Cinema Editors to recognize the year’s best in picture editing in 14 film, TV and documentary categories.
Winners will be announced during a virtual awards ceremony April 17, where Spike Lee will receive the Ace Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award and Lynzee Klingman and Sidney Wolinsky will receive the group’s Career Achievement Awards.
As for today’s nominees, the marquee film categories are split into Dramatic and Comedy. The former features Chicago 7 along with Netflix’s Mank, A24’s Minari, Searchlight’s Nomadland (edited by writer-director Chloé Zhao) and Amazon’s Sound of Metal. The comedy nominees include Borat, Netflix’s I Care a Lot, Apple’s On the Rocks, Neon/Hulu’s Palm Springs...
Winners will be announced during a virtual awards ceremony April 17, where Spike Lee will receive the Ace Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award and Lynzee Klingman and Sidney Wolinsky will receive the group’s Career Achievement Awards.
As for today’s nominees, the marquee film categories are split into Dramatic and Comedy. The former features Chicago 7 along with Netflix’s Mank, A24’s Minari, Searchlight’s Nomadland (edited by writer-director Chloé Zhao) and Amazon’s Sound of Metal. The comedy nominees include Borat, Netflix’s I Care a Lot, Apple’s On the Rocks, Neon/Hulu’s Palm Springs...
- 3/11/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Nominees for the 71st annual Ace Eddie Awards include such Best Picture contenders as Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland,” David Fincher’s monochromatic “Mank,” Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” Lee Isaac Chung’s “Minari,” Emerald Fennell’s “Promising Young Woman” (as a comedy), and Darius Marder’s “Sound of Metal.”
The awards show will be held live on April 17 at 11:00 a.m. Pt.
Overlooked, though, were “News of the World” (edited by “Argo” Oscar-winner William Goldenberg) and “Tenet,” as well as three Black-led dramas, “Da 5 Bloods,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” and “One Night in Miami.” However, there’s still the possibility of one or two of these making the final Oscar nominations, along with the buzzy “Minari” and “Promising Young Woman.”
In terms of using the Editing win as an Oscar bellwether for predicting Best Picture, the last time the winners coincided was “Argo” in...
The awards show will be held live on April 17 at 11:00 a.m. Pt.
Overlooked, though, were “News of the World” (edited by “Argo” Oscar-winner William Goldenberg) and “Tenet,” as well as three Black-led dramas, “Da 5 Bloods,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” and “One Night in Miami.” However, there’s still the possibility of one or two of these making the final Oscar nominations, along with the buzzy “Minari” and “Promising Young Woman.”
In terms of using the Editing win as an Oscar bellwether for predicting Best Picture, the last time the winners coincided was “Argo” in...
- 3/11/2021
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
John Frey, an actor, screenwriter, director and teacher known for the 2018 film “Cabaret Maxime,” died on Jan. 23 of heart failure. He was 62.
Born in the Bronx, Frey graduated from the prestigious William Esper Studio for actors and had a 25-year international career in film, theater and television. Frey’s early theater acting and directing credits include “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” “27 Wagons Full of Cotton,” “Miss Julie” and “Of Mice and Men.” His most recent project was as an actor and screenwriter for Bruno de Almeida’s film “Cabaret Maxime,” which won him the Portuguese Society of Authors best screenplay award.
“An artist pure of heart and generous of spirit has been taken from us far too soon,” a representative for the William Esper Studio said in a statement. “John was a critically-acclaimed director, award-winning screenwriter and among the most respected acting technique teachers in the world.”
Frey first...
Born in the Bronx, Frey graduated from the prestigious William Esper Studio for actors and had a 25-year international career in film, theater and television. Frey’s early theater acting and directing credits include “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” “27 Wagons Full of Cotton,” “Miss Julie” and “Of Mice and Men.” His most recent project was as an actor and screenwriter for Bruno de Almeida’s film “Cabaret Maxime,” which won him the Portuguese Society of Authors best screenplay award.
“An artist pure of heart and generous of spirit has been taken from us far too soon,” a representative for the William Esper Studio said in a statement. “John was a critically-acclaimed director, award-winning screenwriter and among the most respected acting technique teachers in the world.”
Frey first...
- 1/31/2021
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Paramount+, the highly anticipated streaming service from ViacomCBS, today announced that both The Spongebob Movie: Sponge On The Run and all-new Paramount+ Original Series Kamp Koral: Spongebob’S Under Years will premiere on the service on Thursday, March 4. The Spongebob Movie: Sponge On The Run will also be released by Paramount Home Entertainment for Premium Video-On-Demand (PVOD) on the same day. The official trailer for The Spongebob Movie: Sponge On The Run was also released today in addition to the official key art for both the movie and Kamp Koral: Spongebob’S Under Years.
Kamp Koral’s first six episodes will be available to stream beginning March 4 exclusively on Paramount+ for subscribers in the U.S. The rest of the season’s 13-episode order will roll out on the platform at later dates to be announced.
In addition to its availability on Paramount+, The Spongebob Movie: Sponge On The Run will be...
Kamp Koral’s first six episodes will be available to stream beginning March 4 exclusively on Paramount+ for subscribers in the U.S. The rest of the season’s 13-episode order will roll out on the platform at later dates to be announced.
In addition to its availability on Paramount+, The Spongebob Movie: Sponge On The Run will be...
- 1/28/2021
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Criterion Channel’s stellar offerings are continuing next month with a selection of new releases, retrospective, series, and more. Leading the pack is, of course, a horror lineup perfectly timed for Halloween, featuring ’70s classics and underseen gems, including Abel Ferrara’s The Driller Killer (pictured above), Tobe Hopper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, early films by David Cronenberg, Wes Craven, and Brian De Palma, Bill Gunn’s Ganja & Hess, and more.
Also of note is a New Korean Cinema retrospective, featuring a new introduction by critic Grady Hendrix and a conversation between directors Bong Joon Ho and Park Chan-wook, whose Barking Dogs Never Bite, The Host, Mother, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, and Lady Vengeance are part of the lineup, as well as Lee Myung-se’s Nowhere to Hide, and more titles to be announced. Bong’s short Influenza will also arrive, paired with Michael Haneke’s Caché.
Also of note is a New Korean Cinema retrospective, featuring a new introduction by critic Grady Hendrix and a conversation between directors Bong Joon Ho and Park Chan-wook, whose Barking Dogs Never Bite, The Host, Mother, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, and Lady Vengeance are part of the lineup, as well as Lee Myung-se’s Nowhere to Hide, and more titles to be announced. Bong’s short Influenza will also arrive, paired with Michael Haneke’s Caché.
- 9/29/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Pink Floyd will re-release Delicate Sound of Thunder — a document of their blockbuster tour supporting 1987’s A Momentary Lapse of Reason — this fall in a variety of formats.
The concert film, which has been restored and re-edited from the original 35mm film and remixed into 5.1 surround sound, will be available on Blu-ray and DVD, while the live album, which was certified three times platinum in its original release, will be available in sets of two CDs, three LPs or a deluxe, four-disc set with bonus tracks. All of the versions...
The concert film, which has been restored and re-edited from the original 35mm film and remixed into 5.1 surround sound, will be available on Blu-ray and DVD, while the live album, which was certified three times platinum in its original release, will be available in sets of two CDs, three LPs or a deluxe, four-disc set with bonus tracks. All of the versions...
- 9/24/2020
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Outstanding Drama Series
Succession
Better Call Saul
The Crown
The Handmaid’s Tale
Killing Eve
The Mandalorian
Ozark
Stranger Things
Outstanding Comedy Series
Schitt’s Creek
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Dead to Me
The Good Place
Insecure
The Kominsky Method
Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
What We Do in the Shadows
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Jeremy Strong – Succession
Jason Bateman – Ozark
Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us
Steve Carell – The Morning Show
Brian Cox – Succession
Billy Porter – Pose
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Zendaya – Euphoria
Jennifer Aniston – The Morning Show...
Succession
Better Call Saul
The Crown
The Handmaid’s Tale
Killing Eve
The Mandalorian
Ozark
Stranger Things
Outstanding Comedy Series
Schitt’s Creek
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Dead to Me
The Good Place
Insecure
The Kominsky Method
Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
What We Do in the Shadows
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Jeremy Strong – Succession
Jason Bateman – Ozark
Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us
Steve Carell – The Morning Show
Brian Cox – Succession
Billy Porter – Pose
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Zendaya – Euphoria
Jennifer Aniston – The Morning Show...
- 9/21/2020
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
The 72nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards caps a weeklong procession of honoring the best of 2020 in television Sunday with a hybrid virtual ceremony beginning at 8 p.m. Et/5 p.m. Pt on ABC hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.
The ceremony will also stream on ABC.com, and the full week of Emmy shows will be available on-demand and on ABC app for seven days with authentication.
HBO and Netflix go into tonight’s Primetime Emmy finale tied with 19 wins apiece overall, as the latter came into the week with a record 160 nominations overall. HBO’s Watchmen and Disney+’s The Mandalorian have the most wins for an individual program so far with seven each; both are looking for more hardware in marquee categories tonight. Watchmen had a leading 26 individual nominations going into this week.
Mirroring a year like no other, the ABC telecast tonight will be unlike any other, with about...
The ceremony will also stream on ABC.com, and the full week of Emmy shows will be available on-demand and on ABC app for seven days with authentication.
HBO and Netflix go into tonight’s Primetime Emmy finale tied with 19 wins apiece overall, as the latter came into the week with a record 160 nominations overall. HBO’s Watchmen and Disney+’s The Mandalorian have the most wins for an individual program so far with seven each; both are looking for more hardware in marquee categories tonight. Watchmen had a leading 26 individual nominations going into this week.
Mirroring a year like no other, the ABC telecast tonight will be unlike any other, with about...
- 9/20/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards take place on Sunday, September 20 and will air live coast-to-coast on ABC. Jimmy Kimmel will host this virtual ceremony. While he and most of the presenters will be seen onstage at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles, the nominees will be beaming in from around the world. Over the course of a jam-packed three hours, 23 awards will be handed out. Check out the 2020 Emmy winners list below.
While that is just one award shy of the total number of Oscars and Tonys, it represents only about a fifth of the 123 categories at the Emmys. The bulk of these — 100 in all — were bestowed at the five Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremonies earlier this week.
Last year’s big Emmy winners were HBO’s “Game of Thrones” for Best Drama Series and Amazon’s “Fleabag” for Best Comedy Series. As both of them finished their runs last year,...
While that is just one award shy of the total number of Oscars and Tonys, it represents only about a fifth of the 123 categories at the Emmys. The bulk of these — 100 in all — were bestowed at the five Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremonies earlier this week.
Last year’s big Emmy winners were HBO’s “Game of Thrones” for Best Drama Series and Amazon’s “Fleabag” for Best Comedy Series. As both of them finished their runs last year,...
- 9/20/2020
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards take place on Sunday, September 20 and air air live coast-to-coast on ABC beginning at 5 p.m Pt/8 p.m. Et. Jimmy Kimmel will host this virtual ceremony. While he and most of the presenters will be seen onstage at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles, the nominees will be beaming in from around the world. Over the course of a jam-packed three hours, 23 awards will be handed out.
While that is just one award shy of the total number of Oscars and Tonys, it represents only about a fifth of the 123 categories at the Emmys. The bulk of these — 100 in all — were bestowed at the five Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremonies earlier this week.
Last year’s big Emmy winners were HBO’s “Game of Thrones” for Best Drama Series and Amazon’s “Fleabag” for Best Comedy Series. As both of them finished their runs last year,...
While that is just one award shy of the total number of Oscars and Tonys, it represents only about a fifth of the 123 categories at the Emmys. The bulk of these — 100 in all — were bestowed at the five Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremonies earlier this week.
Last year’s big Emmy winners were HBO’s “Game of Thrones” for Best Drama Series and Amazon’s “Fleabag” for Best Comedy Series. As both of them finished their runs last year,...
- 9/20/2020
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
After a week of Creative Arts Awards, the Primetime Emmys ceremony will air on Sunday night, September 20, on ABC. It will be a socially distanced event hosted by Jimmy Kimmel due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, but who will the winners be in this most unusual television season? Scroll down for our predictions in all 23 categories, listed in order of their racetrack odds, with our projected winners highlighted in gold.
SEE2020 Creative Arts Emmy winners: Full list of winners in all 100 categories
Our odds have been calculated by combining the predictions of thousands of Gold Derby users. That includes Expert journalists from major media outlets, the Editors who cover awards year-round for Gold Derby, the Top 24 Users who got the highest scores predicting last year’s Emmy winners and the All-Star Top 24 who had the best prediction scores when you combine results from the last two years. Our biggest predictions...
SEE2020 Creative Arts Emmy winners: Full list of winners in all 100 categories
Our odds have been calculated by combining the predictions of thousands of Gold Derby users. That includes Expert journalists from major media outlets, the Editors who cover awards year-round for Gold Derby, the Top 24 Users who got the highest scores predicting last year’s Emmy winners and the All-Star Top 24 who had the best prediction scores when you combine results from the last two years. Our biggest predictions...
- 9/18/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Sunday night’s Emmy telecast on ABC will be the most unusual one in the history of the TV Academy, with the Covid pandemic turning it into yet another remote event. The nominees will have cameras in their homes, rather than assembling in a theater to laugh at host Jimmy Kimmel’s jokes.
The timing of our national lockdown, though, has had little impact on the field. The Emmy eligibility window closed at the end of May, and all but a few notable shows scheduled to air by then had...
The timing of our national lockdown, though, has had little impact on the field. The Emmy eligibility window closed at the end of May, and all but a few notable shows scheduled to air by then had...
- 9/15/2020
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
“What We Do in the Shadows” surprised with eight Emmy Award nominations this summer for its second season on FX, quadrupling its haul from last year. None of these are for acting, but do not count it out of the Best Comedy Series race yet. The Emmys have awarded five Best Comedy Series that they snubbed for acting. “Art Carney Special,” “The Bob Newhart Show,” “The Jack Benny Program” and “The Monkees” achieved the feat in the 1960s. It was 21 years until the next instance, when “The Wonder Years” won for its 1988 debut, with its only other nomination being for Best Comedy Writing. “The Wonder Years” went on to sweep up wins from the Casting Society, Directors Guild, Television Critics Association and Writers Guild for its first season, before exploding to 14 Emmy nominations for its second, including three for acting.
With that second season, “The Wonder Years” became the fifth...
With that second season, “The Wonder Years” became the fifth...
- 8/27/2020
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
Whether it’s the Devil sitting down at the piano in his penthouse or Lilith belting out a tune in a 1940’s club, music has always played an integral role in the Lucifer gestalt. With a full blown musical episode planned for the second half of season five, and the noir homage “It Never Ends Well for the Chicken” already in the books, it’s time to reflect on some of the fantastic musical choices showrunners Joe Henderson and Ildy Modrovich have made.
Series lead Tom Ellis (Lucifer) has sung on multiple occasions during the show’s five year run, and in an interview with DaMan, he could barely contain his excitement for the upcoming musical episode. “It was by far and away the most fun I have had doing anything on a set ever! Singing and dancing makes me very happy.”
While we wait for the season’s conclusion,...
Series lead Tom Ellis (Lucifer) has sung on multiple occasions during the show’s five year run, and in an interview with DaMan, he could barely contain his excitement for the upcoming musical episode. “It was by far and away the most fun I have had doing anything on a set ever! Singing and dancing makes me very happy.”
While we wait for the season’s conclusion,...
- 8/24/2020
- by Dave Vitagliano
- Den of Geek
“I feel so seriously about silly comedy,” confesses Natasia Demetriou, who portrays snarky vampire Nadja on “What We Do in the Shadows.” Sure, the FX mocumentary is full of “sweet moments,” she concedes, but creative emphasis is always on: “How can this scene be funny? It’s just a lot of people working very hard to make everything as stupid as possible.”
They succeeded eight times at that Emmys. That’s how many nominations the cast and crew scored, including the most serious prize among all TV humor programs: Best Comedy Series. Three other bids were for writing, including episodes “Ghosts” and “On the Run,” which were penned, respectively, by co-showrunner/EP Paul Simms and EP Stefanie Robinson, who joined Demetriou for a chat with Gold Derby. Watch above or listen to the audio podcast below.
“You can’t go as crazy, as funny as you want to go if...
They succeeded eight times at that Emmys. That’s how many nominations the cast and crew scored, including the most serious prize among all TV humor programs: Best Comedy Series. Three other bids were for writing, including episodes “Ghosts” and “On the Run,” which were penned, respectively, by co-showrunner/EP Paul Simms and EP Stefanie Robinson, who joined Demetriou for a chat with Gold Derby. Watch above or listen to the audio podcast below.
“You can’t go as crazy, as funny as you want to go if...
- 8/23/2020
- by Tom O'Neil and Matt Noble
- Gold Derby
A version of this story about Stefani Robinson and “What We Do in the Shadows” first appeared in the Emmy Hot List issue of TheWrap’s Emmy magazine.
Of the eight nominees in the Outstanding Comedy Series category, there’s no question which one came as the biggest surprise. The FX series “What We Do in the Shadows,” based on the 2014 horror comedy film from Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, might be a deliciously twisted story about a group of vampires living more-or-less quietly on Staten Island in New York, but it was hardly considered likely to nudge out “Ramy,” “black-ish,” “Better Things” or five-time winner “Modern Family” in Emmy voting.
“I don’t think we were on anybody’s radar,” said Stefani Robinson, an executive producer on the show and one of a remarkable three writers who were nominated for individual episodes of the show. “The people working on...
Of the eight nominees in the Outstanding Comedy Series category, there’s no question which one came as the biggest surprise. The FX series “What We Do in the Shadows,” based on the 2014 horror comedy film from Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, might be a deliciously twisted story about a group of vampires living more-or-less quietly on Staten Island in New York, but it was hardly considered likely to nudge out “Ramy,” “black-ish,” “Better Things” or five-time winner “Modern Family” in Emmy voting.
“I don’t think we were on anybody’s radar,” said Stefani Robinson, an executive producer on the show and one of a remarkable three writers who were nominated for individual episodes of the show. “The people working on...
- 8/19/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
You’re invited to join Gold Derby’s live cyber-chat with the Emmy-nominated team of “What We Do in the Shadows” this Friday at 11 a.m. Pt.
Natasia Demetriou (‘Nadja’), Paul Simms (co-showrunner/ EP/ writer) and Stefani Robinson (EP/ writer) will vamp with editor Tom O’Neil, who’ll share viewer questions and comments so that “Shadows” fans can sink their teeth in, too.
SEEStefani Robinson (‘What We Do in the Shadows’): ‘It’s a creative, kind of chaotic place to be’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
“Shadows” competes for eight Emmy Award nominations, including Best Comedy Series and three writing nominations. Simms is nominated for penning “Ghosts” episode and Robinson for “On the Run.” The FX vampire mockumentary is also in the Emmy running for Best Casting, Production Design, Sound Editing and Single-Camera Picture Editing.
SEEPaul Simms (‘What We Do In The Shadows’) on surprise Emmy nominations: ‘I woke up and checked, then...
Natasia Demetriou (‘Nadja’), Paul Simms (co-showrunner/ EP/ writer) and Stefani Robinson (EP/ writer) will vamp with editor Tom O’Neil, who’ll share viewer questions and comments so that “Shadows” fans can sink their teeth in, too.
SEEStefani Robinson (‘What We Do in the Shadows’): ‘It’s a creative, kind of chaotic place to be’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
“Shadows” competes for eight Emmy Award nominations, including Best Comedy Series and three writing nominations. Simms is nominated for penning “Ghosts” episode and Robinson for “On the Run.” The FX vampire mockumentary is also in the Emmy running for Best Casting, Production Design, Sound Editing and Single-Camera Picture Editing.
SEEPaul Simms (‘What We Do In The Shadows’) on surprise Emmy nominations: ‘I woke up and checked, then...
- 8/19/2020
- by Tom O'Neil
- Gold Derby
In 2018, Stefani Robinson made Emmy history as the first Black woman to be recognized for multiple nominations in both the Outstanding Comedy category and in Comedy Writing for her solo-written Atlanta episode “Barbershop”.
Now, the EP and scribe of FX’s comedy series What We Do in the Shadows, she continues to maintain that record with once again, noms in the Outstanding Comedy Series slot, as well as Comedy Writing for her episode “On the Run”.
An Emerson College grad, Robinson began cutting her teeth in TV writing during a summer internship at Comedy Central. Straight out of college, she ultimately landed a desk at a talent agency in the their feature lit department, where she soon found an agent who got her spec script over to FX when they were hiring for Atlanta. Creator Donald Glover and EP Paul Simms were looking for scribes who actually lived in Atlanta,...
Now, the EP and scribe of FX’s comedy series What We Do in the Shadows, she continues to maintain that record with once again, noms in the Outstanding Comedy Series slot, as well as Comedy Writing for her episode “On the Run”.
An Emerson College grad, Robinson began cutting her teeth in TV writing during a summer internship at Comedy Central. Straight out of college, she ultimately landed a desk at a talent agency in the their feature lit department, where she soon found an agent who got her spec script over to FX when they were hiring for Atlanta. Creator Donald Glover and EP Paul Simms were looking for scribes who actually lived in Atlanta,...
- 8/18/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
One of the biggest surprises at the 2020 Primetime Emmy nominations was “What We Do in the Shadows,” the FX comedy series about vampires in Staten Island. It earned eight bids including Best Comedy Series. Three of its other nominations are for Best Comedy Writing, and it’s a rare feat to score that many bids in the category. Does that make it a bigger threat to win the top award than we’re giving it credit for? A look back at the history of the writing category suggests … maybe.
SEESam Johnson and Chris Marcil Interview: ‘What We Do in the Shadows’
There were 13 times before in Emmy history when a comedy received three or more writing bids in a single year. About half of those shows won Best Comedy that year, while the other half didn’t. But for a while it was a perfect record. The first six times...
SEESam Johnson and Chris Marcil Interview: ‘What We Do in the Shadows’
There were 13 times before in Emmy history when a comedy received three or more writing bids in a single year. About half of those shows won Best Comedy that year, while the other half didn’t. But for a while it was a perfect record. The first six times...
- 8/17/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
We’ve been exclusively revealing all 2020 Emmy Awards episode submissions throughout the first days of August. Every title is now listed below. All guest acting titles were indicated on the ballots from early July. The program, lead and supporting contender episodes are courtesy of networks, studios and/or personal reps. The 72nd annual Emmys will be live (yet virtual) September 20 on ABC and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel (“Jimmy Kimmel Live”).
Each drama series and comedy series must submit six episodes for voters to view. Each lead and supporting nominee from dramas and comedies enter one episode each. Leads in the movie/limited categories are viewed for their entire programs, but supportings in that genre also entire a single title each. The complete list for all confirmed submissions is below.
To weigh in with your thoughts and analysis, join our special discussion in the Gold Derby forums.
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Each drama series and comedy series must submit six episodes for voters to view. Each lead and supporting nominee from dramas and comedies enter one episode each. Leads in the movie/limited categories are viewed for their entire programs, but supportings in that genre also entire a single title each. The complete list for all confirmed submissions is below.
To weigh in with your thoughts and analysis, join our special discussion in the Gold Derby forums.
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- 8/13/2020
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Gold Derby can exclusively reveal the 2020 Emmy Awards submissions for Best Comedy Series nominees. The eight contenders are “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Dead to Me,” “The Good Place,” “Insecure,” “The Kominsky Method,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Schitt’s Creek” and “What We Do in the Shadows.”
See 2020 Emmy nominations complete list: All the nominees for the 72nd Emmy Awards
Each series enters six episodes from this past season for voters to watch on the Television Academy online platform. Here are the 48 choices across all of the programs:
“Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO) – “Happy New Year,” “You’re Not Going to Get Me to Say Anything Bad About Mickey,” “Insufficient Praise,” “The Ugly Section,” “Elizabeth, Margaret and Larry,” “The Spite Store”
“Dead to Me” (Netflix) – “You Know What You Did,” “Where Have You Been,” “Between You and Me,” “You Don’t Have To,” “It’s Not You, It’s Me,” “Where Do We Go From Here?...
See 2020 Emmy nominations complete list: All the nominees for the 72nd Emmy Awards
Each series enters six episodes from this past season for voters to watch on the Television Academy online platform. Here are the 48 choices across all of the programs:
“Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO) – “Happy New Year,” “You’re Not Going to Get Me to Say Anything Bad About Mickey,” “Insufficient Praise,” “The Ugly Section,” “Elizabeth, Margaret and Larry,” “The Spite Store”
“Dead to Me” (Netflix) – “You Know What You Did,” “Where Have You Been,” “Between You and Me,” “You Don’t Have To,” “It’s Not You, It’s Me,” “Where Do We Go From Here?...
- 8/11/2020
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Watchmen — easily the best and most timely TV show of the last year — was the big winner at today’s announcement of the 2020 Primetime Emmy Award nominations. The comic book adaptation’s tale of superheroes battling (or, in some cases, reinforcing) white supremacy landed a whopping 26 nominations. That’s the most by far for any series, and a total that would be eye-popping in a pre-Game of Thrones world. There were nods for outstanding limited series; stars Regina King, Jeremy Irons, Jean Smart, Louis Gossett Jr., Yahya-Abdul Mateen II,...
- 7/28/2020
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
It was an extremely pure delight to see Mark Hamill guest star in season 2 of FX’s What We Do in the Shadows. The Star Wars actor’s turn as Jim the Vampire in episode six, ‘On the Run’, made for truly ludicrous viewing, and the cast and crew have been discussing how it all came together as part of a recent Comic-Con@Home panel with host and fellow season 2 guest star, Haley Joel Osment.
In ‘On the Run’, Matt Berry’s vampire Laszlo decides he’ll scarper to Pennsylvania instead of paying a debt he owes to former landlord Jim, adopting an ingenious incognito disguise of ‘some jeans and a toothpick’ and becoming bar owner and volleyball coach Jackie Daytona in the process. Eventually, Jim catches up with Laszlo and a barroom brawl ensues, during which Hamill picks up a pool cue and brandishes it light a lightsaber.
“That...
In ‘On the Run’, Matt Berry’s vampire Laszlo decides he’ll scarper to Pennsylvania instead of paying a debt he owes to former landlord Jim, adopting an ingenious incognito disguise of ‘some jeans and a toothpick’ and becoming bar owner and volleyball coach Jackie Daytona in the process. Eventually, Jim catches up with Laszlo and a barroom brawl ensues, during which Hamill picks up a pool cue and brandishes it light a lightsaber.
“That...
- 7/28/2020
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
What We Do in the Shadows Season 2 is here! Bust out the creepy crepe paper!
In case you’ve been stuck in your coffin for the last hundred years or so, What We Do in the Shadows is a documentary-style look into the daily lives of four vampires who’ve “lived” together for hundreds of years. In Staten Island. The series is based on the feature film What We Do in the Shadows from Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi. And it’s just as good as the source material.
“Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi and Paul Simms have more than delivered on the high expectations of Shadows fans by adapting the cult classic for television and building a passionate base of new and returning fans,” said Nick Grad, president of original programming for FX Networks and FX Productions in a statement back when the show was first renewed last year. “We...
In case you’ve been stuck in your coffin for the last hundred years or so, What We Do in the Shadows is a documentary-style look into the daily lives of four vampires who’ve “lived” together for hundreds of years. In Staten Island. The series is based on the feature film What We Do in the Shadows from Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi. And it’s just as good as the source material.
“Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi and Paul Simms have more than delivered on the high expectations of Shadows fans by adapting the cult classic for television and building a passionate base of new and returning fans,” said Nick Grad, president of original programming for FX Networks and FX Productions in a statement back when the show was first renewed last year. “We...
- 6/4/2020
- by jbindeck2015
- Den of Geek
This What We Do in the Shadows review contains spoilers.
What We Do in the Shadows Season 2 Episode 7
What We Do in the Shadows season 2, episode 7, “The Return,” takes on another of Laszlo’s many nemeses from the past. This time the threat does not come from the distant past, like last week’s episode “On the Run.” The vampire’s run-in happened during season 1 and, like many longstanding and short-lived vampire feuds, it was set off by the tip of a hat.
The four vampires and their familiar went to a party thrown by Manhattan’s vampire king and made a lasting impression. Simon the Devious (Nick Kroll) came to New York with Nadja (Natasia Demetriou) and Laszlo (Matt Berry). They settled on Staten Island and he opened up the Sassy Cat Club. It was very popular during the roaring twenties, which is also just about the time Nadja...
What We Do in the Shadows Season 2 Episode 7
What We Do in the Shadows season 2, episode 7, “The Return,” takes on another of Laszlo’s many nemeses from the past. This time the threat does not come from the distant past, like last week’s episode “On the Run.” The vampire’s run-in happened during season 1 and, like many longstanding and short-lived vampire feuds, it was set off by the tip of a hat.
The four vampires and their familiar went to a party thrown by Manhattan’s vampire king and made a lasting impression. Simon the Devious (Nick Kroll) came to New York with Nadja (Natasia Demetriou) and Laszlo (Matt Berry). They settled on Staten Island and he opened up the Sassy Cat Club. It was very popular during the roaring twenties, which is also just about the time Nadja...
- 5/21/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
This What We Do in the Shadows review contains spoilers.
What We Do in the Shadows Season 2 Episode 6
What We Do in the Shadows season 2, episode 6, “On the Run,” separates the roommates for the first time. Laszlo (Matt Berry), it may come as no surprise to anyone, has never paid a piper for a tune in his life after life. It really is the vampire way. Live long, run fast, and stay a good looking corpse.
The vampire roommates have dug themselves in so deep at their home it’s like Staten Island is their native soil. The episode’s opening shows they’ve become fairly casual about their continued safety. Guillermo (Harvey Guillén) comes up with a very fun game: finding the corpses buried on the property because their decaying flesh is creating sinkholes. The vampire familiar is very inventive. It really is a shame his master is always...
What We Do in the Shadows Season 2 Episode 6
What We Do in the Shadows season 2, episode 6, “On the Run,” separates the roommates for the first time. Laszlo (Matt Berry), it may come as no surprise to anyone, has never paid a piper for a tune in his life after life. It really is the vampire way. Live long, run fast, and stay a good looking corpse.
The vampire roommates have dug themselves in so deep at their home it’s like Staten Island is their native soil. The episode’s opening shows they’ve become fairly casual about their continued safety. Guillermo (Harvey Guillén) comes up with a very fun game: finding the corpses buried on the property because their decaying flesh is creating sinkholes. The vampire familiar is very inventive. It really is a shame his master is always...
- 5/14/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Fly on the Wall Entertainment, Emmy-winning producers of Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother, has signed with Wme for representation in all areas.
Co-founded by veteran reality producers Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan, Fly on the Wall has produced more than 50 series, specials and pilots, totaling over 10,000 hours of live and taped programming since its launch in 2009. This includes 21 seasons of the global hit format Big Brother and two seasons of Celebrity Big Brother on CBS, as well as competition series Million Dollar Mile with LeBron James. They also produced the Plain Jane and Big Rich Texas, among other formats.
The company also has become a leader in live event and live stream programming with such popular programs as Katy Perry Live: Witness World Wide, Will Smith: The Jump, Lovers Lounge with Taylor Swift and The Creator Games with Mr. Beast, among others.
Emmy-winning Grodner is the executive producer of the U.
Co-founded by veteran reality producers Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan, Fly on the Wall has produced more than 50 series, specials and pilots, totaling over 10,000 hours of live and taped programming since its launch in 2009. This includes 21 seasons of the global hit format Big Brother and two seasons of Celebrity Big Brother on CBS, as well as competition series Million Dollar Mile with LeBron James. They also produced the Plain Jane and Big Rich Texas, among other formats.
The company also has become a leader in live event and live stream programming with such popular programs as Katy Perry Live: Witness World Wide, Will Smith: The Jump, Lovers Lounge with Taylor Swift and The Creator Games with Mr. Beast, among others.
Emmy-winning Grodner is the executive producer of the U.
- 5/8/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
What We Do in the Shadows is currently four episodes into its second season, with a fifth due to air on May 6th. On May 13th, however, audiences will get to see a cameo from Mark Hamill, who’s playing an ancient vampire in the episode titled “On the Run.”
As part of a new interview with Entertainment Weekly covering his appearance, a first look at his character’s been released. Seen in the gallery down below, it doesn’t reveal a whole lot about what Hamill will be getting up to in the episode, but it does give us a pretty good idea of how he’ll look in costume when he eventually shows up.
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As part of a new interview with Entertainment Weekly covering his appearance, a first look at his character’s been released. Seen in the gallery down below, it doesn’t reveal a whole lot about what Hamill will be getting up to in the episode, but it does give us a pretty good idea of how he’ll look in costume when he eventually shows up.
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- 5/4/2020
- by Alex Crisp
- We Got This Covered
THR is reporting that Jon Croker has signed on to write DreamWorks’ The Prey, the remake of the 2011 French thriller with Charles S. Cohen producing and Daniel Battsek serving as executive producer. Read on for more.
The original film centers on a low-level crook who had to break out of jail in order to save his family from his former cellmate, who turns out to be a brilliant but deranged serial killer.
Eric Valette directed the original, titled La Proie, which was written by Luc Bossi and Laurent Turner and produced by Bossi with his company, Brio Films. StudioCanal co-produced and distributed the film.
Croker is an up-and-coming British writer who wrote The Woman in Black: Angel of Death, the sequel to the 2012 hit horror movie that is now in production. His other horror projects include developing a remake of The Abominable Snowman with Hammer Films as well as Black Palace for Pathe.
The original film centers on a low-level crook who had to break out of jail in order to save his family from his former cellmate, who turns out to be a brilliant but deranged serial killer.
Eric Valette directed the original, titled La Proie, which was written by Luc Bossi and Laurent Turner and produced by Bossi with his company, Brio Films. StudioCanal co-produced and distributed the film.
Croker is an up-and-coming British writer who wrote The Woman in Black: Angel of Death, the sequel to the 2012 hit horror movie that is now in production. His other horror projects include developing a remake of The Abominable Snowman with Hammer Films as well as Black Palace for Pathe.
- 5/1/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
A remake of Eric Valette's 2011 thriller La Proie is in development at DreamWorks and The Hollywood Reporter is saying that James Croker has been brought on board to pen the script. The U.S. adaptation, The Prey, is being produced by Charles S. Cohen. Croker penned The Woman in Black: Angel of Death for Hammer.
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- 5/1/2014
- by Ryan Turek
- shocktillyoudrop.com
The Prey has caught its writer. Jon Croker has signed on to write DreamWorks’ The Prey, the remake of the 2011 French thriller. Photos: Second Time's the Charm: 15 of Hollywood's Most Notable Remakes Charles S. Cohen is producing the remake, with Daniel Battsek serving as executive producer. The original film centers on a low-level crook who had to break out of jail in order to save his family from his former cellmate, who turns out to be a brilliant but deranged serial killer. Eric Valette directed the original, titled La Proie, which was written by Luc Bossi and Laurent
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- 5/1/2014
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: DreamWorks Studios has acquired the rights to remake The Prey, the French film that was released in 2011 under the title La Proie. The deal was spearheaded by production president Holly Bario, and the rights were acquired from Brio Films, Studio Canal and Cohen Media Group. Cohen Media Group chairman/CEO Charles S. Cohen will produce the remake and Cohn Media Group president Daniel Battsek will be exec producer. Luc Bossi, one of the writers on the original, will be involved in developing the English language redo. Directed by Eric Valette, La Proie centered around a low-level crook who must break out of jail to save his family from his former cellmate and confidante, who, it turns out, is a sadistic serial killer. The original was written by Bossi and Laurent Turner and produced by Bossi’s Brio Films. StudioCanal coproduced and distributed the original film, and Cohen Media put...
- 1/16/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
DreamWorks Studios has acquired the rights to remake Eric Valette's 2011 French film "The Prey" (La Proie).
That film followed a low-level crook who must break out of jail to save his family from his former cellmate and confidante, who, it turns out, is a sadistic serial killer.
The original film's co-scribe Luc Bossi will develop the English language version. Charles S. Cohen will produce the remake.
Source: Deadline...
That film followed a low-level crook who must break out of jail to save his family from his former cellmate and confidante, who, it turns out, is a sadistic serial killer.
The original film's co-scribe Luc Bossi will develop the English language version. Charles S. Cohen will produce the remake.
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- 1/15/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
A low-level crook must break out of jail in order to save his family from a deranged killer in the year’s biggest thriller import, The Prey. Albert Dupontel gives an unforgettable performance as a “good” bad man in director Eric Valette’s new hit, coming to Blu-ray and DVD from Cohen Media Group on January 21, 2014, with SRPs, respectively, of $34.98 and $24.98.
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- 1/8/2014
- by Horrornews.net
- Horror News
With the advent of bullet-cam and the various slo-mo elements used as visual punctuation, American blockbusters often veer into muscle-bound, shoot-'em-up fantasy. Eric Valette's action thriller The Prey (La Proie), on the other hand, roots itself in the realm of the possible, if not always the plausible. Convicted bank robber Franck Adrien (Albert Dupontel) trusts the wrong man in prison, and soon his former cellmate, sex offender Jean-Louis Maurel (Stéphane Debac), has placed his wife and child in jeopardy, and is framing him for a string of teen killings. When Adrien breaks out of prison to protect his family, detective Claire Linné (Alice Taglioni) is pulled away from dismantling a crime family and charged with tracking him down. DNA evidence points to <...
- 6/7/2013
- Village Voice
If you were to just look at this U.S. trailer for “One Missed Call” director Eric Valette’s French action/thriller “The Prey”, you would swear it had nothing to do with the plot synopsis laid out below. But it’s the same movie. Which one is right and which one is misdirection? I dunno. I’m going with the synopsis, even if the trailer makes it look like some kind of caper/revenge film. They’re really selling the whole “The Fugitive” angle pretty hard, too. Nevertheless, it looks like a pretty cool movie, and putting a really attractive French policewoman on the poster with tight jeans and a belt buckle? Wow. Is this movie set in France or Texas? I dunno, but consider me intrigued. Franck Adrien (Albert Dupontel), a bank robber convicted of a heist and sentenced to six months in prison, shares a cell with seemingly weak Jean Louis Morel.
- 6/5/2013
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
French action thriller “The Prey” will be in select theaters nationwide June 7 thanks to Cohen Media Group. The film, directed by Eric Valette (“One Missed Call,” “Malefique”) will be a great fit for you if you’re a fan of “Taken;” it tells the story of a bank robber who has to catch a serial killer before it’s too late. Here’s more on “The Prey.” “Franck Adrien (Albert Dupontel), a bank robber convicted of a heist and sentenced to 6 months in prison, shares a cell with seemingly weak Jean Louis Morel. But once Morel gets released from behind bars, Adrien learns that Morel is really a sadistic serial killer [ Read More ]
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- 6/4/2013
- by monique
- ShockYa
The Chase Begins: Valette’s Latest Shows Promise, Falls Short
French director Eric Valette, whose 2002 debut Malefique was an overbaked grindhouse misfire (even though it certainly didn’t lack in perverse flair), has made his most promising film yet with the poppy, pulpy and generically titled The Prey. While languishing in forgettable material since for some time now (including the English language version of One Missed Call), Valette still doesn’t transcend B movie trappings with this latest, but he manages to use his likeable lead in a slickly paced exercise stuffed with plenty of entertaining details to hold your interest.
We meet Franck Adrien (Albert Dupontel) in the middle of sexual interlude with his wife Anna (Caterina Murino), though we quickly realize that Franck is in prison and this is a conjugal visit. It turns out that Franck was responsible for a lofty bank heist, and he was never...
French director Eric Valette, whose 2002 debut Malefique was an overbaked grindhouse misfire (even though it certainly didn’t lack in perverse flair), has made his most promising film yet with the poppy, pulpy and generically titled The Prey. While languishing in forgettable material since for some time now (including the English language version of One Missed Call), Valette still doesn’t transcend B movie trappings with this latest, but he manages to use his likeable lead in a slickly paced exercise stuffed with plenty of entertaining details to hold your interest.
We meet Franck Adrien (Albert Dupontel) in the middle of sexual interlude with his wife Anna (Caterina Murino), though we quickly realize that Franck is in prison and this is a conjugal visit. It turns out that Franck was responsible for a lofty bank heist, and he was never...
- 6/4/2013
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Title: The Prey (La proie) Cohen Media Group Director: Eric Valette Screenwriter: Laurent Turner, Luc Bossi Cast: Albert Dupontel, Alice Taglioni, Stéphane Debac, Sergi López, Nathacha Régnier, Serve Hazanavicius Screened at: Review 1, NYC, 5/29/13 Opens: June 7, 2013 One might guess that Eric Valette, who directs “The Prey,” was influenced by Tom Tykwer’s 1998 movie “Run Lola Run.” That one found a German woman needing to get a large sum of money to her boyfriend in twenty minutes before he robs a supermarket. “La proie,” as this film is called in its original French, does not follow the same concept but not since 1998 have I ever seen so [ Read More ]
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- 5/30/2013
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
See the poster as well as new images from Cohen Media Group's The Prey, starring Albert Dupontel and Alice Taglioni. The film opens in New York on June 7th, under the direction of Eric Valette. Scripted by Laurent Turner and Luc Bossi, the story follows Franck Adrien (Albert Dupontel), a bank robber convicted of a heist and sentenced to six months in prison, who shares a cell with seemingly weak Jean Louis Morel. Not long after Morel’s release, it is revealed that Morel is a sadistic serial killer, and knows private details of Adrien’s life. Adrien must break out of prison, pursue Morel, and evade the most elite French police teams hunting him.
- 5/16/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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