Exclusive: American Humane’s inaugural feature length documentary, Escape From Extinction, narrated by Helen Mirren, will open in 120 theatres across the U.S. on Oct. 16 through Concert Films. Cities showing the docu include Atlanta, Dallas, Orlando, Chicago, Austin and Denver among many others. The nonfiction feature, produced and directed by Matthew R. Brady of Mrb Productions, explores what scientists are calling a ‘Sixth Mass Extinction.’ This docu, which includes rare footage of endangered animals, shows the work of major zoological organizations known as nature’s last arks of hope in preserving one million species on the brink of disappearing forever. Says Executive Producer Dr. Robin Ganzert, Ph.D., president and CEO of American Humane, “We are excited to share Escape from Extinction with theatrical audiences across the country. We hope this incredible film will inspire them to take action to protect and preserve critical species on the brink of disappearing.
- 9/22/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The country’s first national humane organization is stepping into the documentary game. American Humane, the world’s leading protector of animals for 142 years, has set its very first feature documentary Escape from Extinction.
Produced by Mrb Productions and directed and produced by Matthew R. Brady, the docu spotlights critical efforts that may be among the last, best chances to preserve one million species on brink of disappearing forever.
“The very web of life on Earth is being threatened in what scientists are calling a ‘Sixth Mass Extinction,’” says Executive Producer Robin R. Ganzert, Ph.D., president and CEO of American Humane. “We traveled the world documenting the work of the major zoological organizations that can only be called nature’s last arks of hope in preserving the rich legacy of life on our world. Without this help – and the global engagement of the public – the biological treasures we...
Produced by Mrb Productions and directed and produced by Matthew R. Brady, the docu spotlights critical efforts that may be among the last, best chances to preserve one million species on brink of disappearing forever.
“The very web of life on Earth is being threatened in what scientists are calling a ‘Sixth Mass Extinction,’” says Executive Producer Robin R. Ganzert, Ph.D., president and CEO of American Humane. “We traveled the world documenting the work of the major zoological organizations that can only be called nature’s last arks of hope in preserving the rich legacy of life on our world. Without this help – and the global engagement of the public – the biological treasures we...
- 11/26/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Tribeca Film and Well Go USA have acquired and will be releasing Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes, starring Jessica Biel and Kaya Scodelario, both theatrically and on demand in 4th quarter 2013.
From the Press Release:
Tribeca Film and Well Go USA Entertainment today announced they have co-acquired North American rights to Francesca Gregorini’s (Tanner Hall) psychological thriller Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes, starring Jessica Biel (Hitchcock, The Illusionist), Kaya Scodelario (“Skins”, Wuthering Heights), Alfred Molina (An Education, Spider-Man 2), and Frances O'Connor (The Importance of Being Earnest, A.I.). Writer/director Gregorini produced the film, which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, with Matthew R. Brady (Mrb).
Tribeca Film and Well Go USA Entertainment plan a late 2013 theatrical release along with On Demand platforms, where it will be available in more than 50 million homes in the U.S. and Canada through a variety of video-on-demand offerings as well as iTunes,...
From the Press Release:
Tribeca Film and Well Go USA Entertainment today announced they have co-acquired North American rights to Francesca Gregorini’s (Tanner Hall) psychological thriller Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes, starring Jessica Biel (Hitchcock, The Illusionist), Kaya Scodelario (“Skins”, Wuthering Heights), Alfred Molina (An Education, Spider-Man 2), and Frances O'Connor (The Importance of Being Earnest, A.I.). Writer/director Gregorini produced the film, which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, with Matthew R. Brady (Mrb).
Tribeca Film and Well Go USA Entertainment plan a late 2013 theatrical release along with On Demand platforms, where it will be available in more than 50 million homes in the U.S. and Canada through a variety of video-on-demand offerings as well as iTunes,...
- 5/13/2013
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Tribeca Film and Well Go USA Entertainment have co-acquired North American rights to Francesca Gregorini’s psychological thriller Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes. The film stars Jessica Biel, Kaya Scodelario, Alfred Molina and Frances O'Connor. Writer-director Gregorini produced the 2013 Sundance Film Festival film with Matthew R. Brady. The film centers on a troubled girl (Scodelario) who becomes preoccupied with her mysterious, new neighbor (Biel), who bears a striking resemblance to her dead mother. In offering to babysit her newborn, Emanuel unwittingly enters a fragile, fictional world to which she becomes the gatekeeper. The Hollywood Reporter's Justin Lowe called Emanuel and the Truth
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- 5/13/2013
- by Tatiana Siegel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Tribeca Film and Well Go USA have teamed up to acquire the North American rights to Francesca Gregorini’s"Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes," which stars Jessica Biel and Kaya Scodelario. Full press release below. New York, NY – May 13, 2013 – Tribeca Film and Well Go USA Entertainment today announced they have co-acquired North American rights to Francesca Gregorini’s (Tanner Hall) psychological thriller Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes, starring Jessica Biel (Hitchcock, The Illusionist), Kaya Scodelario (“Skins”, Wuthering Heights), Alfred Molina (An Education, Spider-Man 2), and Frances O'Connor (The Importance of Being Earnest, A.I.). Writer/director Gregorini produced the film with Matthew R. Brady (Mrb) which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. In what Twitch calls “a story unlike anything I’ve seen on the screen before” Emanuel (Scodelario), a troubled girl, becomes preoccupied with her mysterious, new neighbor (Biel), who bears a...
- 5/13/2013
- by Peter Knegt
- Indiewire
The first poster has arrived for "Emanuel and the Truth about Fishes" with Kaya Scodelario and Jessica Biel starring in the Francesca Gregorini thriller drama. Pic from producers Matt R. Brady and Gregorini, makes its premiere on January 18th at the Sundance Film Festival. Alfred Molina, Jimmy Simpson, Frances O'Connor, Sam Jaeger and Aneurin Barnard also star. Juan Carlos Segura G, Brent Stiegel, Alex Sagalchik, Michael Sackler, Kevin Iwashina, Jonathan Gray, Julia Godzinskaya, Kenny Goodman and Olga Sequra serve as executive producers on "Emanuel and the Truth about Fishes."...
- 1/6/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The first poster has arrived for "Emanuel and the Truth about Fishes" with Kaya Scodelario and Jessica Biel starring in the Francesca Gregorini thriller drama. Pic from producers Matt R. Brady and Gregorini, makes its premiere on January 18th at the Sundance Film Festival. Alfred Molina, Jimmy Simpson, Frances O'Connor, Sam Jaeger and Aneurin Barnard also star. Juan Carlos Segura G, Brent Stiegel, Alex Sagalchik, Michael Sackler, Kevin Iwashina, Jonathan Gray, Julia Godzinskaya, Kenny Goodman and Olga Sequra serve as executive producers on "Emanuel and the Truth about Fishes."...
- 1/6/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
After getting her start in the family drama 7th Heaven and starring in various blockbusters over the years, it seems that Jessica Biel is reverting back to the indie realm of film with her latest project. According to Variety, Biel is in final negotiations to star alongside Skins‘ Kaya Scodelario in Francesca Gregorini‘s Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes.
Gregorini has written the screenplay for the film, which she also did for her 2009 directorial debut Tanner Hall. The script follows “Emanuel (Scodelario), a troubled 17-year-old girl who babysits her new neighbor Linda’s “baby,” which is actually a very life-like doll.” She befriends Linda, who is the spitting image of Emanuel’s late mother, as she goes along with the delusion.
Biel is set to play Linda, “who has been completely traumatized by the death of her child and now cares for the baby doll as if it were actually alive.
Gregorini has written the screenplay for the film, which she also did for her 2009 directorial debut Tanner Hall. The script follows “Emanuel (Scodelario), a troubled 17-year-old girl who babysits her new neighbor Linda’s “baby,” which is actually a very life-like doll.” She befriends Linda, who is the spitting image of Emanuel’s late mother, as she goes along with the delusion.
Biel is set to play Linda, “who has been completely traumatized by the death of her child and now cares for the baby doll as if it were actually alive.
- 12/21/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Kaya Scodelario ("Skins," "Wuthering Heights") is replacing Rooney Mara as the lead in Francesca Gregorini's indie "Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes" reports Variety.
The story follows a troubled 17-year-old girl who babysits her new neighbor's "baby," which is actually a very life-like doll.
She goes along with the delusion while befriending the neighbor, who happens to be the spitting image of her late mother.
Gregorini ("Tanner Hall") and Matthew Brady are producing.
The story follows a troubled 17-year-old girl who babysits her new neighbor's "baby," which is actually a very life-like doll.
She goes along with the delusion while befriending the neighbor, who happens to be the spitting image of her late mother.
Gregorini ("Tanner Hall") and Matthew Brady are producing.
- 12/14/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Kaya Scodelario ("Skins," "Wuthering Heights") is replacing Rooney Mara as the lead in Francesca Gregorini's indie "Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes" reports Variety.
The story follows a troubled 17-year-old girl who babysits her new neighbor's "baby," which is actually a very life-like doll.
She goes along with the delusion while befriending the neighbor, who happens to be the spitting image of her late mother.
Gregorini ("Tanner Hall") and Matthew Brady are producing.
The story follows a troubled 17-year-old girl who babysits her new neighbor's "baby," which is actually a very life-like doll.
She goes along with the delusion while befriending the neighbor, who happens to be the spitting image of her late mother.
Gregorini ("Tanner Hall") and Matthew Brady are producing.
- 12/14/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Lauren Ambrose (Six Feet Under, Can't Hardly Wait), DC Pierson (Mystery Team, Derrick Comedy), Cobie Smulders (How I Met Your Mother), Cedric the Entertainer and Tom Arnold (True Lies) have been cast in writer-director Stephen Gyllenhaal's quirky Seattle-based political comedy Grassroots. They join Jason Biggs and Joel David Moore Full details after the jump. The news on DC Pierson's casting came from The Wrap. The rest can be gathered from the press release below. Lauren Ambrose, Cobie Smulders, Cedric the Entertainer and Tom Arnold come aboard writer-director Stephen Gyllenhaal's quirky Seattle-based political comedy, produced by Peggy Rajski Seattle - Lauren Ambrose has joined the cast of the Stephen Gyllenhaal political comedy, Grassroots, produced by Oscar-winner Peggy Rajski. Principal photography is under way in Seattle; Matthew Brady of Mrb Productions is executive producing. The screenplay is based on the Phil Campbell book, "Zioncheck for President," a memoir of the 2001 Seattle City Council election.
- 7/2/2010
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
Jason Biggs and Joel David Moore will star in the independent political comedy "Grassroots." According to Variety, Stephen Gyllenhaal will direct the film, based on the memoir "Zioncheck for President" by Phil Campbell. Peggy Rajski will produce through Matthew Brady's Mrb Productions along with Peggy Case and Robin Gurland. Biggs will portray a recently fired journalist who reluctantly agrees to head the Seattle City Council campaign of his eccentric friend (Moore). The film will begin shooting in late June in Seattle. Gyllenhaal's credits include "Losing Isaiah," "A Dangerous Woman," "Waterland" and "Paris Trout." Rajski has been a producer on such films as "The Grifters," "Eight Men Out," "Towelhead" and "Home for the Holidays."...
- 6/25/2010
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
Jason Biggs and Joel David Moore ("Avatar") are set to star in the Seattle-based independent political comedy "Grassroots." Peggy Rajski produces via Matthew Brady's Mrb Productions. Stephen Gyllenhaal's directs and co-writes based on the memoir by Phil Campbell called "Zioncheck for President." Biggs will play a recently fired journalist who reluctantly agrees to lead the Seattle City Council campaign of his eccentric friend (Moore). "Grassroots" will start filming in Seattle towards the end of June. Gyllenhaal other credits include "Dangerous Woman," "Waterland" and "Losing Isaiah." Additionally, he directed and co-wrote and "Homegrown." What do we think? Biggs' last film of note, was Lionsgate's "My Best Friend's Girl" with Kate Hudson and Dane Cook. The actor has been struggling in shorts, minor efforts ("Lower Learning") and flops like "Over Her Dead Body" with Eva Longoria Parker and Paul Rudd. A move to a stronger, dramatic role is required to...
- 6/24/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Screenwriter and filmmaker Robert Towne.
Forget It Bob, It’S Chinatown
Robert Towne looks back on Chinatown’s 35th anniversary
By
Alex Simon
The haunting trumpet wailing plaintively over the closing credits. The bandage covering star Jack Nicholson’s nose. The best last line of a movie, ever: “Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown"; all elements of a film now regarded by scholars, critics and cinefiles alike as one of the greatest pieces of American celluloid ever made. Chinatown was a collaboration between a who’s-who of ‘70s film icons. Directed by Roman Polanski, produced by Robert Evans, written by Robert Towne, starring Nicholson and Faye Dunaway, shot by John Alonso, and scored by Jerry Goldsmith, Chinatown was nominated for 11 Academy Awards in 1974, but brought home only one: for its writer. Robert Towne was barely 40, and Chinatown his first produced original screenplay, his previous efforts having been literary adaptations, such as 1973’s The Last Detail.
Forget It Bob, It’S Chinatown
Robert Towne looks back on Chinatown’s 35th anniversary
By
Alex Simon
The haunting trumpet wailing plaintively over the closing credits. The bandage covering star Jack Nicholson’s nose. The best last line of a movie, ever: “Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown"; all elements of a film now regarded by scholars, critics and cinefiles alike as one of the greatest pieces of American celluloid ever made. Chinatown was a collaboration between a who’s-who of ‘70s film icons. Directed by Roman Polanski, produced by Robert Evans, written by Robert Towne, starring Nicholson and Faye Dunaway, shot by John Alonso, and scored by Jerry Goldsmith, Chinatown was nominated for 11 Academy Awards in 1974, but brought home only one: for its writer. Robert Towne was barely 40, and Chinatown his first produced original screenplay, his previous efforts having been literary adaptations, such as 1973’s The Last Detail.
- 11/4/2009
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
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