The Avenue release Land of Bad, powered by Variance, grossed $1.8 million on 1,120 screens, landing in the top ten for the weekend as Variance noted strong word of mouth with Saturday grosses jumping 37% from Friday’ (not including Thursday sneaks). The estimate for the four days is $2.07 million.
The William Eubank film starring Russell Crowe and Liam and Luke Hemsworth is performing best on the West Coast and the heartland/Midwest, with suburban theaters delivering the biggest Fri-to-Sat growth. Thi s is the tale of a covert Special Forces operation in the South Philippines that spirals into a brutal 48-hour battle for survival.
Also strong, Oscar Nominated Short Films opened Friday for their traditional a four-week run, a 19-year ritual that packages animated, live action and documentary shorts into three feature length films. They grossed an estimated $765k on 375 screens for the three-day weekend and $915k for the four days. Packaged and...
The William Eubank film starring Russell Crowe and Liam and Luke Hemsworth is performing best on the West Coast and the heartland/Midwest, with suburban theaters delivering the biggest Fri-to-Sat growth. Thi s is the tale of a covert Special Forces operation in the South Philippines that spirals into a brutal 48-hour battle for survival.
Also strong, Oscar Nominated Short Films opened Friday for their traditional a four-week run, a 19-year ritual that packages animated, live action and documentary shorts into three feature length films. They grossed an estimated $765k on 375 screens for the three-day weekend and $915k for the four days. Packaged and...
- 2/18/2024
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
There exist three Oscar categories where it’s possible to watch all nominated films in one shot – that’s shorts, Animated, Live Action and Documentary. Packaged into three feature length films presented by ShortsTV, the Oscar Nominated Short Films open in theaters today for a four-week run on about 650 screens in the U.S. and Canada.
It’s 19-year tradition popular with audiences and theaters. Each film is also “an event. Then you can go argue about who you think should win,” says ShortsTV founder and CEO Carter Pilcher.
Theater owners can screen any or all of the three compilations however and whenever they want from a traditional run to a one-week marathon before the Academy Awards on March 10.
Pilcher says the animated bundle tends to do the best historically, although the 2023 short called My Year Of Dicks nudged out some of the family audiences that love animation, giving Live Action the win.
It’s 19-year tradition popular with audiences and theaters. Each film is also “an event. Then you can go argue about who you think should win,” says ShortsTV founder and CEO Carter Pilcher.
Theater owners can screen any or all of the three compilations however and whenever they want from a traditional run to a one-week marathon before the Academy Awards on March 10.
Pilcher says the animated bundle tends to do the best historically, although the 2023 short called My Year Of Dicks nudged out some of the family audiences that love animation, giving Live Action the win.
- 2/16/2024
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
In a way, Rob Reiner has come full circle.
Decades ago, before The Princess Bride, before A Few Good Men, Reiner first made his mark as Michael “Meathead” Stivic, the liberal son-in-law to the racist, conservative Archie Bunker on one of the biggest TV shows of the 1970s, All in the Family. Week after week, Stivic stood up for liberal values in the face of Bunker’s jingoistic, racist nationalism. While conservatives loathed him, for progressives, he was one of the only voices of conscience on national television.
And now,...
Decades ago, before The Princess Bride, before A Few Good Men, Reiner first made his mark as Michael “Meathead” Stivic, the liberal son-in-law to the racist, conservative Archie Bunker on one of the biggest TV shows of the 1970s, All in the Family. Week after week, Stivic stood up for liberal values in the face of Bunker’s jingoistic, racist nationalism. While conservatives loathed him, for progressives, he was one of the only voices of conscience on national television.
And now,...
- 2/16/2024
- by Jay Michaelson
- Rollingstone.com
It’s not surprising that Dan Partland’s documentary about the increasing influence of Christian Nationalism begins and ends with footage from Jan. 6., 2021. Christian Nationalists were among the principal organizers of the insurrection that occurred that day, which featured a trespasser carrying a Christian flag onto the Senate floor. God & Country, which counts Rob Reiner among its producers, delivers a bracing primer on the rise of this political movement that should thoroughly scare the large majority of American adults who don’t embrace it.
And, as the film points out in exhaustive detail, Christian Nationalism is very much a political, rather than religious, movement. The movement posits that America is a Christian nation and that the founders intended it as such. It seeks to roll back feminism, Lbgtq rights and abortion, and to either introduce Christianity to public schools or substitute them with private Christian schools funded by vouchers.
And, as the film points out in exhaustive detail, Christian Nationalism is very much a political, rather than religious, movement. The movement posits that America is a Christian nation and that the founders intended it as such. It seeks to roll back feminism, Lbgtq rights and abortion, and to either introduce Christianity to public schools or substitute them with private Christian schools funded by vouchers.
- 2/15/2024
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The relationship between major religions and nation states has long been an uneasy one. It was at its strongest during the medieval period, and has faded with the advent of modernity, most democracies opting for secularism. The US is an interesting exception. Despite the clear concerns outlined by the men who developed its constitution, it has maintained a view of itself as broadly Christian for the past 250 years, and over the past three decades theology has exerted an increasingly powerful influence over its politics.
This subject is nothing new in cinema. It has been the subject of several past documentaries, but Dan Partland’s documentary finds its own angle by examining the subject from the perspective of the country’s other Christians – those who dislike the idea of their religion being appropriated for a cause which they consider quite alien to its central tenets. They’re a mixed bunch and include some.
This subject is nothing new in cinema. It has been the subject of several past documentaries, but Dan Partland’s documentary finds its own angle by examining the subject from the perspective of the country’s other Christians – those who dislike the idea of their religion being appropriated for a cause which they consider quite alien to its central tenets. They’re a mixed bunch and include some.
- 2/1/2024
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Producer Rob Reiner and director Dan Partland screened God & Country, a new documentary chronicling the rise of Christian nationalism, on Capitol Hill on Thursday evening.
The Oscilloscope Laboratories release, opening in theaters on Feb. 16, features a number of Christian thought leaders, including Russell Moore, editor in chief of Christianity Today and director of the Public Theology Project; social activist Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II; political commentator and author Charlie Sykes; political commentator and author David French; evangelical clergyman Rob Schenck; and VeggieTales co-creator and Holy Post podcast host Phil Vischer.
Reiner said in a video message that the project was “about a movement that’s on the rise in America called Christian nationalism. Now, I know what you are thinking, why is Rob Reiner, a Jew, producing a film about this subject? Well, it’s because I worry that this movement, in a quest for political power, is...
The Oscilloscope Laboratories release, opening in theaters on Feb. 16, features a number of Christian thought leaders, including Russell Moore, editor in chief of Christianity Today and director of the Public Theology Project; social activist Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II; political commentator and author Charlie Sykes; political commentator and author David French; evangelical clergyman Rob Schenck; and VeggieTales co-creator and Holy Post podcast host Phil Vischer.
Reiner said in a video message that the project was “about a movement that’s on the rise in America called Christian nationalism. Now, I know what you are thinking, why is Rob Reiner, a Jew, producing a film about this subject? Well, it’s because I worry that this movement, in a quest for political power, is...
- 1/12/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Rob Reiner has shared the first trailer for his upcoming documentary taking on the rise of Christian nationalism.
In God & Country, religious leaders and scholars, journalists and historians sound off about the threat of a movement that infuses Christian dogma with far-right politics. At the same time, the documentary seems to strive to make a distinction between the positive aspects of Christianity and the political-fueled variety.
“Christian Nationalism is not only a danger to our Country, it’s a danger to Christianity itself,” tweeted Reiner (A Few Good Men), who is a producer on the project and whose trailer (below) got him trending on X (formerly known as Twitter) on Friday.
The trailer mixes footage of right-wing marches and the riots of Jan. 6 with various interviews. “This is not a movement about Christian values, this is about Christian power,” says one interviewee, while another notes, “Christianity at its best is...
In God & Country, religious leaders and scholars, journalists and historians sound off about the threat of a movement that infuses Christian dogma with far-right politics. At the same time, the documentary seems to strive to make a distinction between the positive aspects of Christianity and the political-fueled variety.
“Christian Nationalism is not only a danger to our Country, it’s a danger to Christianity itself,” tweeted Reiner (A Few Good Men), who is a producer on the project and whose trailer (below) got him trending on X (formerly known as Twitter) on Friday.
The trailer mixes footage of right-wing marches and the riots of Jan. 6 with various interviews. “This is not a movement about Christian values, this is about Christian power,” says one interviewee, while another notes, “Christianity at its best is...
- 12/8/2023
- by James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Oscilloscope Laboratories has snapped up U.S. rights to God & Country: The Rise of Christian Nationalism, a new documentary produced by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Rob Reiner (A Few Good Men). Featuring prominent faith leaders who shine a light on the dangerous implications of this growing movement, it’s slated for release in early 2024.
The film directed by five-time Emmy nominee Dan Partland (Intervention) looks at the implications of Christian Nationalism and how it distorts not only our constitutional republic, but Christianity itself. Featuring numerous prominent Christian thought leaders, the question it asks is, what happens when a faith built on love, sacrifice, and forgiveness grows political tentacles, conflating power, money, and belief into hyper-nationalism?
In addition to the always politically active and socially conscious Rob Reiner, producers included Michele Reiner, Steve Okin, and Jeff Okin. Among those offering expert commentary in the doc are political commentator and author David French; VeggieTales...
The film directed by five-time Emmy nominee Dan Partland (Intervention) looks at the implications of Christian Nationalism and how it distorts not only our constitutional republic, but Christianity itself. Featuring numerous prominent Christian thought leaders, the question it asks is, what happens when a faith built on love, sacrifice, and forgiveness grows political tentacles, conflating power, money, and belief into hyper-nationalism?
In addition to the always politically active and socially conscious Rob Reiner, producers included Michele Reiner, Steve Okin, and Jeff Okin. Among those offering expert commentary in the doc are political commentator and author David French; VeggieTales...
- 9/21/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired U.S. rights to Dan Partland’s “God & Country: The Rise of Christian Nationalism.” The film, which was produced by Rob Reiner, is set for release in early 2024. It features interviews with prominent faith leaders, who share their fears about this movement.
According to its official description: ‘”God & Country’ looks at the implications of Christian Nationalism and how it distorts not only our constitutional republic, but Christianity itself…[it also] asks this question: What happens when a faith built on love, sacrifice, and forgiveness grows political tentacles, conflating power, money, and belief into hyper-nationalism?”
The film features commentary from author David French; co-creator of “VeggieTales” and Holy Post podcast host Phil Vischer; pastor, author and Holy Post podcast host Skye Jethani; historian and author Kristin Kobes Du Mez; Christianity Today editor-in-chief Russell Moore; historian and author Jemar Tisby; U.S. Presidential Medal of Honor winner Sister Simone Campbell; social activist Rev.
According to its official description: ‘”God & Country’ looks at the implications of Christian Nationalism and how it distorts not only our constitutional republic, but Christianity itself…[it also] asks this question: What happens when a faith built on love, sacrifice, and forgiveness grows political tentacles, conflating power, money, and belief into hyper-nationalism?”
The film features commentary from author David French; co-creator of “VeggieTales” and Holy Post podcast host Phil Vischer; pastor, author and Holy Post podcast host Skye Jethani; historian and author Kristin Kobes Du Mez; Christianity Today editor-in-chief Russell Moore; historian and author Jemar Tisby; U.S. Presidential Medal of Honor winner Sister Simone Campbell; social activist Rev.
- 9/21/2023
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Updated, 3:27 Pm: A lawsuit filed against Netflix by subjects of its 2018 docuseries Afflicted has been dropped after nearly four years.
The plaintiffs’ attorney filed court papers Tuesday with Judge Armen Tamzarian asking that the case be dismissed with prejudice, meaning it cannot be refiled. The court papers do not state why the case was not being pursued further or whether a settlement was reached.
Claiming defamation, fraud and invasion of privacy, the suit filed in August 2019 alleged that the plaintiffs were duped by the streamer and other defendants into participating in “a salacious reality television program that questioned the existence of their chronic illnesses and portrayed them as lazy, crazy hypochondriacs and/or malingerers.”
The suit also lists Doc Shop Productions, series creator Dan Partland and other producers as defendants.
Previously, August 2019: Netflix is being sued for defamation, fraud and invasion of privacy by subjects of its 2018 unscripted...
The plaintiffs’ attorney filed court papers Tuesday with Judge Armen Tamzarian asking that the case be dismissed with prejudice, meaning it cannot be refiled. The court papers do not state why the case was not being pursued further or whether a settlement was reached.
Claiming defamation, fraud and invasion of privacy, the suit filed in August 2019 alleged that the plaintiffs were duped by the streamer and other defendants into participating in “a salacious reality television program that questioned the existence of their chronic illnesses and portrayed them as lazy, crazy hypochondriacs and/or malingerers.”
The suit also lists Doc Shop Productions, series creator Dan Partland and other producers as defendants.
Previously, August 2019: Netflix is being sued for defamation, fraud and invasion of privacy by subjects of its 2018 unscripted...
- 6/8/2023
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
The diagnosis is in, at least according to the estimable gallery of mental health professionals, and members of The Duty to Warn Coalition, who are seen in Dan Partland’s documentary: President Donald Trump suffers from a condition known as malignant narcissism, the components of which are narcissism, paranoia, anti-social personality disorder and sadism.
To which the rest of us can only say, “Well, duh!”
#Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump, being released even as we’re still suffering the effects of watching the Republican National Convention, delivers a devastating indictment of the mental state of our current chief ...
To which the rest of us can only say, “Well, duh!”
#Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump, being released even as we’re still suffering the effects of watching the Republican National Convention, delivers a devastating indictment of the mental state of our current chief ...
- 8/26/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The diagnosis is in, at least according to the estimable gallery of mental health professionals, and members of The Duty to Warn Coalition, who are seen in Dan Partland’s documentary: President Donald Trump suffers from a condition known as malignant narcissism, the components of which are narcissism, paranoia, anti-social personality disorder and sadism.
To which the rest of us can only say, “Well, duh!”
#Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump, being released even as we’re still suffering the effects of watching the Republican National Convention, delivers a devastating indictment of the mental state of our current chief ...
To which the rest of us can only say, “Well, duh!”
#Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump, being released even as we’re still suffering the effects of watching the Republican National Convention, delivers a devastating indictment of the mental state of our current chief ...
- 8/26/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
#Unfit: The Psychology Of Donald Trump Dark Star Pictures Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net linked from Rotten Tomatoes by: Harvey Karten Director: Dan Partland Screenwriter: Dan Partland Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 8/1/20 Opens: September 1, 2020 I think that the best way for a political documentary to get its points across is with humor. […]
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- 8/26/2020
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
The film, Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump, a new documentary that examines the psychology of Trump as well as his supporters, is scheduled to be released theatrically and via virtual cinema on August 28, 2020. Shortly thereafter, on September 1, it will be made available via a variety of On Demand and streaming platforms. Until then, you can check out a new clip from the film (below) as well as the film’s trailer (above).
Is Donald J. Trump fit to hold the office of President of the United States? The new film, Unfit presents an eye-opening analysis of the behavior, psyche, condition, and stability of Donald J. Trump. The film also takes a sociological look at the electorate that chose him as their president, and the collective effect he is having on our culture and institutions. During the 2016 campaign, mental health professionals felt policy-bound from speaking publicly. Now, after years of observation,...
Is Donald J. Trump fit to hold the office of President of the United States? The new film, Unfit presents an eye-opening analysis of the behavior, psyche, condition, and stability of Donald J. Trump. The film also takes a sociological look at the electorate that chose him as their president, and the collective effect he is having on our culture and institutions. During the 2016 campaign, mental health professionals felt policy-bound from speaking publicly. Now, after years of observation,...
- 8/25/2020
- by Mike Tyrkus
- CinemaNerdz
“#Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump” is a frightening documentary that can leave you scared to death about the prospect of Donald Trump remaining in the Oval Office a day longer than is absolutely necessary. It’s a cautionary tale that can offer some degree of insight into the mind of our commander in chief. But it’s also a political documentary that can make you wonder whether film is even the right medium with which to take on Trump, and whether a movie like this can connect with anybody who doesn’t already believe everything it has to say.
The film by director Dan Partland is timely, of course, hitting select theaters and virtual cinemas on August 28, at the end of the week of the Republican Convention, and heading to streaming and VOD on Sept. 1. And it is tied into current news: Its focus on psychoanalyzing the president fits...
The film by director Dan Partland is timely, of course, hitting select theaters and virtual cinemas on August 28, at the end of the week of the Republican Convention, and heading to streaming and VOD on Sept. 1. And it is tied into current news: Its focus on psychoanalyzing the president fits...
- 8/25/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The issue of whether Donald Trump is mentally unfit to be president — or, to put it more bluntly, whether he suffers from a serious mental disorder — isn’t one to be taken lightly, yet it sometimes seems destined to be tinged with comedy. In 2017, when speculation about Trump’s mental state was first reaching full boil, Allen Frances, the psychiatrist who wrote the criteria that defines narcissistic personality disorder, published a righteous letter in The New York Times insisting that Trump was not an example of that syndrome. I looked up the criteria on several prominent medical websites, and guess what? Trump meets every one of the criteria.
Trump is the kind of screw-loose blowhard who has inspired all too many of us to play armchair psychiatrist. We’ve been putting him on the couch for the entire run of his presidency. So most, if not all, of the insights...
Trump is the kind of screw-loose blowhard who has inspired all too many of us to play armchair psychiatrist. We’ve been putting him on the couch for the entire run of his presidency. So most, if not all, of the insights...
- 8/22/2020
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
The last four years of President Donald Trump’s tenure has been defined by endless lies, a revolving door of senior White House staffers, name-calling, and all-around hostility, making for a chaotic state of affairs before even diving into his policy record. As such, the inner workings of the president’s mind has sparked troubled curiosity from both sides of the aisle. Speaking during the opening night of the Democratic National Convention this week, former first lady Michelle Obama cited the “chaos, division, and a total and utter lack of empathy” under Trump as among the chief reasons why he’s unfit to serve.
Now, an upcoming documentary seeks to make sense of it all. Below, check out an exclusive clip from “#Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump.” With interviews from doctors and mental health professionals, the film offers an analysis of the behavior, psyche, condition, and stability of Trump,...
Now, an upcoming documentary seeks to make sense of it all. Below, check out an exclusive clip from “#Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump.” With interviews from doctors and mental health professionals, the film offers an analysis of the behavior, psyche, condition, and stability of Trump,...
- 8/19/2020
- by Chris Lindahl
- Indiewire
Seven people who appeared in the 2018 Netflix docuseries “Afflicted” have sued the streaming service and the show’s producers for defamation, false-light invasion of privacy, unjust enrichment and fraud over the way they were depicted on screen.
The seven-episode series, which debuted on Netflix in August 2018, follows the stories of people suffering from and attempting to treat chronic illnesses; among the subjects were Jamison Hill, Pilar Olave, Jill Edelstein and Bekah Dinnerstein.
But in court papers filed Wednesday in Los Angeles, Hill, Olave, Edelstein and Dinnerstein — joined by Dinnerstein’s brother Nicholas Dinnerstein and her partner Jesse Bercowetz, and Edelstein’s partner Janine Feczko — said they were “duped” into participating.
Also Read: Netflix Signs 'Game of Thrones' Creators David Benioff and Db Weiss to Overall Film and TV Deal
In the filing, the plaintiffs say they thought the show would be “a serious documentary” that would spread awareness of their conditions.
The seven-episode series, which debuted on Netflix in August 2018, follows the stories of people suffering from and attempting to treat chronic illnesses; among the subjects were Jamison Hill, Pilar Olave, Jill Edelstein and Bekah Dinnerstein.
But in court papers filed Wednesday in Los Angeles, Hill, Olave, Edelstein and Dinnerstein — joined by Dinnerstein’s brother Nicholas Dinnerstein and her partner Jesse Bercowetz, and Edelstein’s partner Janine Feczko — said they were “duped” into participating.
Also Read: Netflix Signs 'Game of Thrones' Creators David Benioff and Db Weiss to Overall Film and TV Deal
In the filing, the plaintiffs say they thought the show would be “a serious documentary” that would spread awareness of their conditions.
- 8/8/2019
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
A+E Networks is teaming with Los Angeles-based Ppi Releasing for the U.S. syndication launch of its Emmy-winning reality series Intervention.
One-hundred-seventy-five episodes of the series will be launched into syndication at Natpe 2019 in Miami for the U.S. 2019-2020 broadcast season. The deal was announced Monday by A+E Networks International Executive Managing Directors Patrick Vien and Edward Sabin, and Ppi co-founder, Ritch Colbert.
“Ppi is the perfect partner to deliver this important series to the syndication marketplace,” said Vien and Sabin. “We acknowledge Ppi’s long-running expertise in domestic distribution and are delighted with their commitment to this acclaimed series, a series that highlights one of the most vital and important issues of the day.”
Five-time Prism Award-winning Intervention was nominated twice for an Emmy for outstanding reality series, winning in 2009. The series brings attention to the enormous social, economic and environmental cost of drug addiction, alcohol abuse and compulsive behavior,...
One-hundred-seventy-five episodes of the series will be launched into syndication at Natpe 2019 in Miami for the U.S. 2019-2020 broadcast season. The deal was announced Monday by A+E Networks International Executive Managing Directors Patrick Vien and Edward Sabin, and Ppi co-founder, Ritch Colbert.
“Ppi is the perfect partner to deliver this important series to the syndication marketplace,” said Vien and Sabin. “We acknowledge Ppi’s long-running expertise in domestic distribution and are delighted with their commitment to this acclaimed series, a series that highlights one of the most vital and important issues of the day.”
Five-time Prism Award-winning Intervention was nominated twice for an Emmy for outstanding reality series, winning in 2009. The series brings attention to the enormous social, economic and environmental cost of drug addiction, alcohol abuse and compulsive behavior,...
- 1/22/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, Peter Jackson’s World War I documentary is performing well, Joan Meyerson is honored and a documentary about President Trump’s mental fitness is in the works.
Box Office
Updated: Peter Jackson’s World War I documentary “They Shall Not Grow Old” broke its own record with $3.4 million at 1,007 theaters in North America on Thursday, according to industry estimates.
“They Shall Not Grow Old” has now taken in $5.7 million in two days of showings in North America. It debuted on Dec. 17 and pulled in $2.3 million at 1,142 theaters for Warner Bros. and Fathom Events — the largest single-day gross for a Fathom documentary in the U.S. Fathom specializes in event cinema and is jointly owned by AMC, Cinemark and Regal. Fathom said that some locations sold out of tickets more than a week ago.
“The success of this release is a result of tremendous teamwork between Fathom Events,...
Box Office
Updated: Peter Jackson’s World War I documentary “They Shall Not Grow Old” broke its own record with $3.4 million at 1,007 theaters in North America on Thursday, according to industry estimates.
“They Shall Not Grow Old” has now taken in $5.7 million in two days of showings in North America. It debuted on Dec. 17 and pulled in $2.3 million at 1,142 theaters for Warner Bros. and Fathom Events — the largest single-day gross for a Fathom documentary in the U.S. Fathom specializes in event cinema and is jointly owned by AMC, Cinemark and Regal. Fathom said that some locations sold out of tickets more than a week ago.
“The success of this release is a result of tremendous teamwork between Fathom Events,...
- 12/28/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
After premiering current Emmy nominees “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “The Sinner” in 2017, this year’s Tribeca TV Festival is looking to make an impact at the end of summer 2018. Featured in its second edition are new season premieres of Showtime’s “Ray Donovan,” the CBS drama “Madam Secretary,” Crackle’s “StartUp,” HBO’s “Tracey Ullman’s Show” — including a conversation between the star and Meryl Streep — as well as the 20th season of “Law & Order: Svu.”
Despite the excitement surrounding those series, one premiere is likely to stand out from the rest: The festival will host the world premiere of CNN’s “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” featuring Bourdain and W. Kamau Bell in Kenya. The first episode of Season 12 is a special presentation: an extended cut of the final episode finished with Anthony Bourdain’s full involvement and the last to feature his narration. Following the screening, Bell...
Despite the excitement surrounding those series, one premiere is likely to stand out from the rest: The festival will host the world premiere of CNN’s “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” featuring Bourdain and W. Kamau Bell in Kenya. The first episode of Season 12 is a special presentation: an extended cut of the final episode finished with Anthony Bourdain’s full involvement and the last to feature his narration. Following the screening, Bell...
- 8/22/2018
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Conversations with Bryan Cranston, Tracey Ullman, and Rosario Dawson and the world premieres of Nat Geo TV’s “Valley of the Boom” and YouTube’s “Wayne” are among the events set are set for the lineup of the second Tribeca TV Festival running Sept. 20-23.
The gathering at New York’s Spring Studios will feature premieres of the 20th season of “Law & Order: Svu,” along with new season premieres for CBS’ “Madam Secretary,” Showtime’s “Ray Donovan,” and HBO’s “Tracey Ullman’s Show.” CNN’s “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” will have the first public screening of one of the last episodes Bourdain filmed before his death in June.
Also set is a 10-year retrospective look at ABC’s “Shark Tank” entrepreneur competition series. Investors and panelists Mark Cuban, Barbara Corcoran, Daymond John, Kevin O’Leary, and Lori Grenier will be on hand.
The festival will again feature “Fall...
The gathering at New York’s Spring Studios will feature premieres of the 20th season of “Law & Order: Svu,” along with new season premieres for CBS’ “Madam Secretary,” Showtime’s “Ray Donovan,” and HBO’s “Tracey Ullman’s Show.” CNN’s “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” will have the first public screening of one of the last episodes Bourdain filmed before his death in June.
Also set is a 10-year retrospective look at ABC’s “Shark Tank” entrepreneur competition series. Investors and panelists Mark Cuban, Barbara Corcoran, Daymond John, Kevin O’Leary, and Lori Grenier will be on hand.
The festival will again feature “Fall...
- 8/22/2018
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, New York says “Ocean’s 8” generated $63 million in economic activity, Anthony Anderson joins a Netflix coming-of-age drama, and Rosie O’Donnell backs an anti-Trump documentary.
Economic Activity
New York officials have announced that the production of Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures’ “Ocean’s 8” created more than $63 million in economic activity to New York State.
The production spent over 60 days shooting in New York, under the direction of Gary Ross. The film stars Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, Rihanna, and Helena Bonham Carter and was shot at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Central Park, Marcy Armory in Brooklyn, Veselka Cafe in East Village, Myrtle Avenue in Richmond Hill, Fifth Avenue and 79th Street, and 3rd Avenue and 52nd Street in Manhattan.
“Ocean’s 8” generated $31 million in wages; more than $22 million spent on local rentals and purchases for set decoration,...
Economic Activity
New York officials have announced that the production of Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures’ “Ocean’s 8” created more than $63 million in economic activity to New York State.
The production spent over 60 days shooting in New York, under the direction of Gary Ross. The film stars Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, Rihanna, and Helena Bonham Carter and was shot at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Central Park, Marcy Armory in Brooklyn, Veselka Cafe in East Village, Myrtle Avenue in Richmond Hill, Fifth Avenue and 79th Street, and 3rd Avenue and 52nd Street in Manhattan.
“Ocean’s 8” generated $31 million in wages; more than $22 million spent on local rentals and purchases for set decoration,...
- 6/9/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, “Kung Fu Girl” gets directors, a documentary on President Donald Trump’s mental health starts production and blockchain platform TaTaTu reports early success.
China Project
China’s SinoLicensing Media has signed the directing team of Kenny Gage and Devon Downs to direct their upcoming feature, “Kung Fu Girl,” Variety has learned exclusively.
The film will be shot on location in China later this year. Gage/Downs’ credits include the recent Bet Digital series “The Last One” and the indie feature “Cynthia.” This is their eighth feature film.
Set for Chinese theatrical release in 2019, “Kung Fu girl” centers around a 12-year-old female martial artist and includes a strong anti-bullying message. Hongbin Liao wrote the script.
The producer is Chuan “Melody” Bi and Michael Fang is the executive producer. Gage/Downs are represented by manager/producer Judy Fox.
Anti-trump Documentary
Director/producer Dan Partland and producer...
China Project
China’s SinoLicensing Media has signed the directing team of Kenny Gage and Devon Downs to direct their upcoming feature, “Kung Fu Girl,” Variety has learned exclusively.
The film will be shot on location in China later this year. Gage/Downs’ credits include the recent Bet Digital series “The Last One” and the indie feature “Cynthia.” This is their eighth feature film.
Set for Chinese theatrical release in 2019, “Kung Fu girl” centers around a 12-year-old female martial artist and includes a strong anti-bullying message. Hongbin Liao wrote the script.
The producer is Chuan “Melody” Bi and Michael Fang is the executive producer. Gage/Downs are represented by manager/producer Judy Fox.
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Director/producer Dan Partland and producer...
- 6/6/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
“The Contender” director Rod Lurie has landed a pilot order at TNT for “Monsters of God,” a drama that chronicles Colonel “Terrible” Bill Lancaster’s holy war against the Comanche in post-Civil War Texas.
“Monsters of God” was previously developed at Starz. The project has been a long-gestating passion project for Lurie, a former U.S. Army artillery officer who has spent a great deal of time researching the Comanche Wars.
TNT confirmed the greenlight Sunday during its portion of the TV Critics Association press tour, where it also announced that it had ordered new Charles Barkey series “The Race Card,” and renewed “The Last Ship” for a fourth season.
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Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment is producing “Monsters of God” along with Turner’s in-house Studio T. TNT original programming executive vice president...
“Monsters of God” was previously developed at Starz. The project has been a long-gestating passion project for Lurie, a former U.S. Army artillery officer who has spent a great deal of time researching the Comanche Wars.
TNT confirmed the greenlight Sunday during its portion of the TV Critics Association press tour, where it also announced that it had ordered new Charles Barkey series “The Race Card,” and renewed “The Last Ship” for a fourth season.
Read More: Lawrence Kasdan to Explore the Mystery of Chandra Levy’s Death in TNT Drama
Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment is producing “Monsters of God” along with Turner’s in-house Studio T. TNT original programming executive vice president...
- 7/31/2016
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
After 13 seasons, A&E‘s Intervention is coming to an end. The final five episodes of the Emmy-winning series will air beginning Thursday, June 13 at 9 Pm, the network announced today. Intervention brings attention to the social, economic and environmental cost of drug addiction, alcohol abuse and compulsive behavior. Each episode follows addicts through their daily life and the devastation their dependency has brought to their family and friends. Upon reaching the brink, their loved ones stage a surprise intervention conducted by one of four specialists. In the end, they are pushed to get the help they need with the hope of turning their lives around before it’s too late. Intervention is produced by Grb Entertainment for A&E Network. Gary Benz, Michael Branton and Dan Partland are executive producers. Sam Mettler is executive consultant. A&E executive producers are David McKillop, Elaine Frontain Bryant and Brad Holcman.
- 5/23/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
hollywoodnews.com: Today the Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced this year’s winning motion picture and television productions at the 22nd Annual Producers Guild Awards ceremony held at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.
In addition to the competitive awards, the PGA honored several individuals with tribute awards including James Cameron with the 2011 Milestone Award; Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman with the 2011 Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television; Scott Rudin with the 2011 David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Motion Pictures; Laura Ziskin with the Visionary Award; Sean Penn with the 2011 Stanley Kramer Award; and RealD with the 2011 Vanguard Award.
The following is a list of 2011 Producer Guild Awards nominees and winners (in bold and noted with*), listed in alphabetical order by category, along with producers. The producers? names listed for each nominated production are listed in alphabetical order and are not necessarily the proper order of credits.
The theatrical...
In addition to the competitive awards, the PGA honored several individuals with tribute awards including James Cameron with the 2011 Milestone Award; Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman with the 2011 Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television; Scott Rudin with the 2011 David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Motion Pictures; Laura Ziskin with the Visionary Award; Sean Penn with the 2011 Stanley Kramer Award; and RealD with the 2011 Vanguard Award.
The following is a list of 2011 Producer Guild Awards nominees and winners (in bold and noted with*), listed in alphabetical order by category, along with producers. The producers? names listed for each nominated production are listed in alphabetical order and are not necessarily the proper order of credits.
The theatrical...
- 1/23/2011
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
A&E Network has started production on Relapse, a new docu reality series from the producers of the network's Emmy-winning Intervention. It will follow sober coaches as they do whatever it takes to help high-risk addicts break the cycle of relapse and addiction. The five-episode Relapse, from Grb Prods., will premiere in the second quarter. Gary Benz, Michael Branton and Dan Partland are the executive producers.
- 1/7/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Filed under: Celebrity Interviews, Screen Time
Talking to Dan Partland -- one of the producers of 'Intervention' -- last week, I told him I was a fan of the show. But that's not really the right word. I enjoy watching 'Intervention' about as much as I would enjoy being put through my top-loading washing machine, yet I continue to do it.
I do it for all the reasons that critics have cited over the show's eight seasons -- because it's moving, terrifying, hopeful and voyeuristic. Some critics think it's exploitative, that it serves to titillate the audience with scenes of depravity. Others praise it for its sympathetic depiction of the addicts and their families. Whichever side you take, there's no denying that 'Intervention' is one of the few television shows that increases our knowledge of the world.
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Talking to Dan Partland -- one of the producers of 'Intervention' -- last week, I told him I was a fan of the show. But that's not really the right word. I enjoy watching 'Intervention' about as much as I would enjoy being put through my top-loading washing machine, yet I continue to do it.
I do it for all the reasons that critics have cited over the show's eight seasons -- because it's moving, terrifying, hopeful and voyeuristic. Some critics think it's exploitative, that it serves to titillate the audience with scenes of depravity. Others praise it for its sympathetic depiction of the addicts and their families. Whichever side you take, there's no denying that 'Intervention' is one of the few television shows that increases our knowledge of the world.
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- 8/30/2010
- by Stephanie Earp
- Aol TV.
Uneven and not always animated enough to be involving, "Anima" is a stark, grim tale of a reclusive, marionette theater-producing elderly couple harassed by a rabid TV reporter on the hunt for a juicy story.
With a bucolic New England setting and unsettling focus on taxidermy, the at-first-promising 1997 indie digs its own grave with lackluster performances and a progressively inane plot.
The second feature from Rhode Island-based writer-director Craig Richards ("By a Thread"), "Anima" screened recently in the American Cinematheque's monthly Alternative Screen series.
Richards tries to spice up the storytelling with flashbacks and lyrical sequences, but more often the character development suffers. Bray Poor lacks charisma in the key role of cynical media hound Bill, and he plays the snaky opportunist with a lazy insolence.
More palatable as long as they move silently through their comfy hideaway in evocative scenes, George Bartenieff and Jacqueline Bertrand portray Sam the one-time legend of stuffed animals and his longtime companion Iris. Trying to make something of a routine assignment, Bill has to dig a little to find Sam and Iris, but he's not disappointed.
Alas, retired taxidermist Sam has a dark secret dating from his early years in Germany, but slippery Bill has trouble just getting him to talk about his deathly art for the TV project. Indeed, the whole news angle is tiresome, with Bill's annoying two-man crew (Geoffrey Cantor, Mark Mineart) providing feeble comic relief.
After trying to record Iris' accomplished cello playing, Bill is kicked off the farm by Sam, but there's still a mystery that no one wants solved. With no clear motivation, Bill pursues the story and intrudes on Sam after he's preserved dead Iris' body. More laughable than touching, this lurid climax leaves one cold.
Header: Fri, Jun 12, 1998, 10, End of Header.
ANIMA
Tangent Films & Other Pictures
Writer-director: Craig Richards
Producers: Dan Partland, Christopher Roberts
Director of photography: Randy Drummond
Production designer: Bonita Flanders
Editor: Kelly Korzan
Music: Joel Diamond, Adam Hurst
Color/stereo
Cast:
Sam: George Bartenieff
Iris: Jacqueline Bertrand
Bill: Bray Poor
Cam: Geoffrey Cantor
Hans: Mark Mineart
Running time -- 90 minutes
No MPAA rating...
With a bucolic New England setting and unsettling focus on taxidermy, the at-first-promising 1997 indie digs its own grave with lackluster performances and a progressively inane plot.
The second feature from Rhode Island-based writer-director Craig Richards ("By a Thread"), "Anima" screened recently in the American Cinematheque's monthly Alternative Screen series.
Richards tries to spice up the storytelling with flashbacks and lyrical sequences, but more often the character development suffers. Bray Poor lacks charisma in the key role of cynical media hound Bill, and he plays the snaky opportunist with a lazy insolence.
More palatable as long as they move silently through their comfy hideaway in evocative scenes, George Bartenieff and Jacqueline Bertrand portray Sam the one-time legend of stuffed animals and his longtime companion Iris. Trying to make something of a routine assignment, Bill has to dig a little to find Sam and Iris, but he's not disappointed.
Alas, retired taxidermist Sam has a dark secret dating from his early years in Germany, but slippery Bill has trouble just getting him to talk about his deathly art for the TV project. Indeed, the whole news angle is tiresome, with Bill's annoying two-man crew (Geoffrey Cantor, Mark Mineart) providing feeble comic relief.
After trying to record Iris' accomplished cello playing, Bill is kicked off the farm by Sam, but there's still a mystery that no one wants solved. With no clear motivation, Bill pursues the story and intrudes on Sam after he's preserved dead Iris' body. More laughable than touching, this lurid climax leaves one cold.
Header: Fri, Jun 12, 1998, 10, End of Header.
ANIMA
Tangent Films & Other Pictures
Writer-director: Craig Richards
Producers: Dan Partland, Christopher Roberts
Director of photography: Randy Drummond
Production designer: Bonita Flanders
Editor: Kelly Korzan
Music: Joel Diamond, Adam Hurst
Color/stereo
Cast:
Sam: George Bartenieff
Iris: Jacqueline Bertrand
Bill: Bray Poor
Cam: Geoffrey Cantor
Hans: Mark Mineart
Running time -- 90 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 6/12/1998
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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