Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon) and Bowen Yang (SNL) have been tapped to star in a reimagining of Ang Lee’s classic romance The Wedding Banquet from filmmaker Andrew Ahn (Fire Island), Deadline can confirm.
The original film’s co-writer and producer James Schamus will join Joe Pirro in producing for Symbolic Exchange, alongside Anita Gou and Caroline Clark for Kindred Spirit. Jordan Hart will co-produce, with Andrew Karpen, Shivani Rawat, Kent Sanderson, Julie Goldstein, Sam Intili and Daniel Bekerman exec producing. Kelly Marie Tran, Yuh-jung Youn and Joan Chen will also star in the remake scripted by Ahn and Schamus.
Bleecker Street and ShivHans Pictures have co-acquired North American rights and have slated the film for release in theaters next year. Production kicks off in Vancouver next month.
Marking Lee’s sophomore feature, The Wedding Banquet follows Wai-Tung, a gay Taiwanese-American, who agrees to marry Wei-Wei, an...
The original film’s co-writer and producer James Schamus will join Joe Pirro in producing for Symbolic Exchange, alongside Anita Gou and Caroline Clark for Kindred Spirit. Jordan Hart will co-produce, with Andrew Karpen, Shivani Rawat, Kent Sanderson, Julie Goldstein, Sam Intili and Daniel Bekerman exec producing. Kelly Marie Tran, Yuh-jung Youn and Joan Chen will also star in the remake scripted by Ahn and Schamus.
Bleecker Street and ShivHans Pictures have co-acquired North American rights and have slated the film for release in theaters next year. Production kicks off in Vancouver next month.
Marking Lee’s sophomore feature, The Wedding Banquet follows Wai-Tung, a gay Taiwanese-American, who agrees to marry Wei-Wei, an...
- 4/25/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Lily Gladstone and Bowen Yang will star in Bleecker Street and Shivhans Pictures’ remake of Ang Lee’s 1993 romantic comedy “The Wedding Banquet” from director Andrew Ahn.
Kelly Marie Tran, Oscar-winner Yuh-jung Youn and Joan Chen are also attached to star.
The reimagination of Lee’s Oscar-nominated film is based on a screenplay by Ahn and James Schamus. Schamus also co-wrote the original film with Lee and Neil Peng.
The film, which begins filming in May in Vancouver, follows what happens when Min’s boyfriend Chris rejects his marriage proposal. Min convinces his best friend Angela to marry him instead, paying for her partner Liz’s IVF treatments in exchange for his green card. However, things begin to unravel when Min’s grandmother makes a surprise trip from Seoul to throw the couple a Korean wedding banquet.
“It warms my heart to see how my film from so many years...
Kelly Marie Tran, Oscar-winner Yuh-jung Youn and Joan Chen are also attached to star.
The reimagination of Lee’s Oscar-nominated film is based on a screenplay by Ahn and James Schamus. Schamus also co-wrote the original film with Lee and Neil Peng.
The film, which begins filming in May in Vancouver, follows what happens when Min’s boyfriend Chris rejects his marriage proposal. Min convinces his best friend Angela to marry him instead, paying for her partner Liz’s IVF treatments in exchange for his green card. However, things begin to unravel when Min’s grandmother makes a surprise trip from Seoul to throw the couple a Korean wedding banquet.
“It warms my heart to see how my film from so many years...
- 4/25/2024
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Sundance Film Festival is heading to London again this summer and the programme is full of cinematic goodies. More below.
The days are getting lighter, the sun is shining ever so slightly more now and we’ve packed away our thickest wool jumpers, although we still need some thick socks. That must mean one thing and one thing only.
Sundance Film Festival: London is almost upon us.
Some might say summer is coming too, but we’re mostly excited for Sundance London, which has just revealed their full programme for this year’s festival. The festival brings a fine selection of films which originally premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, in Park City, Utah. The crème de la crème, so to speak.
The festival will open on 6 June with a screening of Kneecap, Rich Peppiatt’s Irish-language film and draw to a close on 9 June with Sean Wang...
The days are getting lighter, the sun is shining ever so slightly more now and we’ve packed away our thickest wool jumpers, although we still need some thick socks. That must mean one thing and one thing only.
Sundance Film Festival: London is almost upon us.
Some might say summer is coming too, but we’re mostly excited for Sundance London, which has just revealed their full programme for this year’s festival. The festival brings a fine selection of films which originally premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, in Park City, Utah. The crème de la crème, so to speak.
The festival will open on 6 June with a screening of Kneecap, Rich Peppiatt’s Irish-language film and draw to a close on 9 June with Sean Wang...
- 4/23/2024
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
What happens when the line between reality and TV becomes a little too blurred?
For two outcast teens played by Justice Smith and Brigette Lundy-Paine in “I Saw the TV Glow,” a cult favorite horror series comes to life with haunting consequences. Writer/director Jane Schoenbrun’s A24 feature was one of IndieWire’s must-see films at Sundance 2024 and landed a coveted “A” rating from IndieWire critic David Ehrlich.
The film, which homages everything from the eerie vibes of David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks: The Return” to late-night Nickelodeon ’90s television, follows teens who “bond over their shared love of a scary television show, but the boundary between TV and reality begins to blur after it is mysteriously canceled,” per the official synopsis.
Helena Howard, Lindsey Jordan, Phoebe Bridgers, Fred Durst, Danielle Deadwyler, and Sloppy Jane round out the cast.
Writer/director Schoenbrun’s feature debut “We’re All Going to the World’s Fair...
For two outcast teens played by Justice Smith and Brigette Lundy-Paine in “I Saw the TV Glow,” a cult favorite horror series comes to life with haunting consequences. Writer/director Jane Schoenbrun’s A24 feature was one of IndieWire’s must-see films at Sundance 2024 and landed a coveted “A” rating from IndieWire critic David Ehrlich.
The film, which homages everything from the eerie vibes of David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks: The Return” to late-night Nickelodeon ’90s television, follows teens who “bond over their shared love of a scary television show, but the boundary between TV and reality begins to blur after it is mysteriously canceled,” per the official synopsis.
Helena Howard, Lindsey Jordan, Phoebe Bridgers, Fred Durst, Danielle Deadwyler, and Sloppy Jane round out the cast.
Writer/director Schoenbrun’s feature debut “We’re All Going to the World’s Fair...
- 2/28/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
“Close to You,” the Elliot Page-starring drama directed by BAFTA winner Dominic Savage, will be introduced to international buyers at the European Film Market by former Charades exec Jean-Félix Dealberto.
The film, which was written by Savage and Page, and also stars Hillary Baack (“Sound of Metal”), had its world premiere in Toronto, where Greenwich Entertainment acquired U.S. distribution rights.
“Close to You” follows Sam (Page), who moved to Toronto from his small town on Lake Ontario, Canada, and finally decides to return home to visit his family for his dad’s birthday. On his journey, he has a chance encounter with a friend from high school (Baack) that sparks old feelings. It is on this trip where Sam can finally confront long-buried feelings, a first love that was never properly resolved, his relationship with his family and a newfound love and confidence in himself.
The film was...
The film, which was written by Savage and Page, and also stars Hillary Baack (“Sound of Metal”), had its world premiere in Toronto, where Greenwich Entertainment acquired U.S. distribution rights.
“Close to You” follows Sam (Page), who moved to Toronto from his small town on Lake Ontario, Canada, and finally decides to return home to visit his family for his dad’s birthday. On his journey, he has a chance encounter with a friend from high school (Baack) that sparks old feelings. It is on this trip where Sam can finally confront long-buried feelings, a first love that was never properly resolved, his relationship with his family and a newfound love and confidence in himself.
The film was...
- 2/15/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
A strange late-night TV show entrances teen loners, played by Justice Smith and Brigette Lundy-Paine, in I Saw the TV Glow, writer-director Jane Schoenbrun’s sophomore feature. The program depicts a supernatural world existing underneath the duo’s suburban sprawl, hinting at the horror that lurks just under the surface of white picket fence aspirations. First-time producer Sam Intili shares how they came on board the project and their pride in the finished film never compromising on “the queerness or explicit transness” of the material. See all responses to our questionnaire for first-time Sundance producers here. Filmmaker: Tell us about the professional path […]
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The post “Trying To Fit Someone’s Dream Into a Confined Budget Is Not Easy”: Producer Sam Intili on I Saw the TV Glow first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 1/18/2024
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
A strange late-night TV show entrances teen loners, played by Justice Smith and Brigette Lundy-Paine, in I Saw the TV Glow, writer-director Jane Schoenbrun’s sophomore feature. The program depicts a supernatural world existing underneath the duo’s suburban sprawl, hinting at the horror that lurks just under the surface of white picket fence aspirations. First-time producer Sam Intili shares how they came on board the project and their pride in the finished film never compromising on “the queerness or explicit transness” of the material. See all responses to our questionnaire for first-time Sundance producers here. Filmmaker: Tell us about the professional path […]
The post “Trying To Fit Someone’s Dream Into a Confined Budget Is Not Easy”: Producer Sam Intili on I Saw the TV Glow first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “Trying To Fit Someone’s Dream Into a Confined Budget Is Not Easy”: Producer Sam Intili on I Saw the TV Glow first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 1/18/2024
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
This year, Filmmaker sent all first-time Sundance feature film producers a questionnaire to complete ahead of their film’s festival screening. We also sent out a single question for feature directors to answer as well as questionnaires for editors and cinematographers. Below, find links to individual first-time Sundance feature producer responses, which will be updated daily during the festival. “Treat People Well and They’ll Treat You Well”: Producer Chris Kaye on Thelma “Trying To Fit Someone’s Dream Into a Confined Budget Is Not Easy”: Producer Sam Intili on I Saw the TV Glow
The post 2024 Sundance Questionnaire: First-Time Producer Responses first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post 2024 Sundance Questionnaire: First-Time Producer Responses first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 1/18/2024
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
This year, Filmmaker sent all first-time Sundance feature film producers a questionnaire to complete ahead of their film’s festival screening. We also sent out a single question for feature directors to answer as well as questionnaires for editors and cinematographers. Below, find links to individual first-time Sundance feature producer responses, which will be updated daily during the festival. “Treat People Well and They’ll Treat You Well”: Producer Chris Kaye on Thelma “Trying To Fit Someone’s Dream Into a Confined Budget Is Not Easy”: Producer Sam Intili on I Saw the TV Glow
The post 2024 Sundance Questionnaire: First-Time Producer Responses first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post 2024 Sundance Questionnaire: First-Time Producer Responses first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 1/18/2024
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Exclusive: Close to You, the indie drama produced by and starring Elliot Page (The Umbrella Academy), which world premiered at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival, has been acquired for a summer 2024 release in U.S. theaters by Greenwich Entertainment.
Written and directed by 3x BAFTA winner Dominic Savage, the film co-starring Hillary Baack (Sound of Metal) follows Sam (Page), who moved to Toronto from his small town on Lake Ontario, Canada and finally decides to return home to visit his family for his dad’s birthday. On his journey, he has a chance encounter with a friend from high school (Baack) that sparks old feelings. It is on this trip that Sam can finally confront long-buried feelings, a first love that was never properly resolved, his relationship with his family, and a newfound love and confidence in himself.
Close to You was produced by Krishnendu Majumdar and Richard Yee,...
Written and directed by 3x BAFTA winner Dominic Savage, the film co-starring Hillary Baack (Sound of Metal) follows Sam (Page), who moved to Toronto from his small town on Lake Ontario, Canada and finally decides to return home to visit his family for his dad’s birthday. On his journey, he has a chance encounter with a friend from high school (Baack) that sparks old feelings. It is on this trip that Sam can finally confront long-buried feelings, a first love that was never properly resolved, his relationship with his family, and a newfound love and confidence in himself.
Close to You was produced by Krishnendu Majumdar and Richard Yee,...
- 1/16/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The Sundance Film Festival is one of the most highly respected film festivals in the world, and while the horror genre generally doesn’t seem to receive as much respect as it deserves, horror has had a steady presence at Sundance over the years. In fact, just last year the Sundance horror line-up included the likes of Infinity Pool, Talk to Me, My Animal, and Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls. The Sundance 2024 line-up was revealed earlier today (you can see the list Here) – and there again a good number of horror movies included in the program.
Below you can take a closer look at some of the horror movies that will be showing at Sundance 2024, with images to go along with each one of them.
Of course, most of the horror can be found in the Midnight program:
I Saw the TV Glow / U.S.A. — Teenager...
Below you can take a closer look at some of the horror movies that will be showing at Sundance 2024, with images to go along with each one of them.
Of course, most of the horror can be found in the Midnight program:
I Saw the TV Glow / U.S.A. — Teenager...
- 12/6/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
It’s that time of the year again when the Sundance Film Festival shares all of its horror discoveries that’ll help define the upcoming year for the genre.
Today they announced the comprehensive slate of independent films selected from the fest that will take place January 18–28, 2024, in person in Park City, Salt Lake City, and the Sundance Resort, along with a selection of films available online across the country January 25–28, 2024. Packages and passes are available now and single tickets will be available beginning January 11 at Sundance’s site.
Bloody Disgusting combed through the entire program this afternoon and pulled out all of the genre films of note, with first-look images and information where available. Highlights from the upcoming slate of programming includes Love Lies Bleeding starring Kristen Stewart, Steven Soderbergh‘s Presence, Sasquatch Sunset, and so much more.
What are you most excited to see at Sundance next year?...
Today they announced the comprehensive slate of independent films selected from the fest that will take place January 18–28, 2024, in person in Park City, Salt Lake City, and the Sundance Resort, along with a selection of films available online across the country January 25–28, 2024. Packages and passes are available now and single tickets will be available beginning January 11 at Sundance’s site.
Bloody Disgusting combed through the entire program this afternoon and pulled out all of the genre films of note, with first-look images and information where available. Highlights from the upcoming slate of programming includes Love Lies Bleeding starring Kristen Stewart, Steven Soderbergh‘s Presence, Sasquatch Sunset, and so much more.
What are you most excited to see at Sundance next year?...
- 12/6/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
The Midnight section offering eight items and floating to the top on pretty much everyone’s list we find some highly anticipated sophomore features in Jane Schoenbrun’s I Saw the TV Glow and Rose Glass’ Love Lies Bleeding. Here are the eight selections.
I Saw the TV Glow / U.S.A. — Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own.…...
I Saw the TV Glow / U.S.A. — Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own.…...
- 12/6/2023
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
The film will stream on Mubi from February 2024, with select screenings in the US.
Mubi has acquired Ben Mullinkosson’s documentary The Last Year Of Darkness for North America, UK, Ireland, Latin America, Turkey and India.
The film will stream on Mubi from February 2024, with select screenings in the US.
The Last Year Of Darkness world premiered at Cph:Dox earlier this year where it was awarded a special mention prize in the Next:Wave section and recently screened at the Camden International Film Festival. The film also played within the highlights section at Visions du Réel.
It is the...
Mubi has acquired Ben Mullinkosson’s documentary The Last Year Of Darkness for North America, UK, Ireland, Latin America, Turkey and India.
The film will stream on Mubi from February 2024, with select screenings in the US.
The Last Year Of Darkness world premiered at Cph:Dox earlier this year where it was awarded a special mention prize in the Next:Wave section and recently screened at the Camden International Film Festival. The film also played within the highlights section at Visions du Réel.
It is the...
- 9/20/2023
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
The film will stream on Mubi from February 2024, with select screenings in the US.
Mubi has acquired Ben Mullinkosson’s documentary The Last Year Of Darkness for North America, UK, Ireland, Latin America, Turkey and India.
The film will stream on Mubi from February 2024, with select screenings in the US.
The Last Year Of Darkness world premiered at Cph:Dox earlier this year where it was awarded a special mention prize in the Next:Wave section and recently screened at the Camden International Film Festival. The film also played within the highlights section at Visions du Réel.
It is the...
Mubi has acquired Ben Mullinkosson’s documentary The Last Year Of Darkness for North America, UK, Ireland, Latin America, Turkey and India.
The film will stream on Mubi from February 2024, with select screenings in the US.
The Last Year Of Darkness world premiered at Cph:Dox earlier this year where it was awarded a special mention prize in the Next:Wave section and recently screened at the Camden International Film Festival. The film also played within the highlights section at Visions du Réel.
It is the...
- 9/20/2023
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Production wrapped recently in Canada.
Elliot Page and Hillary Baack have been unveiled as the stars of Close To You from Bafta-winning writer and director Dominic Savage.
Krishnendu Majumdar and Richard Yee developed the project under their Me + You Productions label in the UK and produce alongside Daniel Bekerman and Chris Yurkovich of Good Question Media in Canada, and Savage and Page, who conceived and co-wrote the story.
Kindred Spirit is co-financing the feature and Anita Gou and Sam Intili (I Saw The TV Glow) serve as executive producers alongside Rolling Dice’s Nia Vazirani (The Trial Of The Chicago 7...
Elliot Page and Hillary Baack have been unveiled as the stars of Close To You from Bafta-winning writer and director Dominic Savage.
Krishnendu Majumdar and Richard Yee developed the project under their Me + You Productions label in the UK and produce alongside Daniel Bekerman and Chris Yurkovich of Good Question Media in Canada, and Savage and Page, who conceived and co-wrote the story.
Kindred Spirit is co-financing the feature and Anita Gou and Sam Intili (I Saw The TV Glow) serve as executive producers alongside Rolling Dice’s Nia Vazirani (The Trial Of The Chicago 7...
- 6/12/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Elliot Page (Oscar-nominee for “Juno” and star of Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy”) and Hillary Baack (“Sound of Metal) will star in “Close to You.” The new film from the BAFTA-winning writer/director Dominic Savage (“The Escape” and “I am Ruth”) will be co-financed by Kindred Spirit, with Anita Gou and Sam Intili executive producing alongside Rolling Dice’s Nai Vazirani.
Executive producers include Matt Jordan Smith of Page’s PageBoy Productions. Producers are Krishnendu Majumdar and Richard Yee who developed the project under their Me + You Productions banner in the UK and Daniel Bekerman and Chris Yurkovich of Good Question Media in Canada. Savage and Page are also producing after conceiving and co-authoring the story together.
Principal photography was recently completed in Canada. The picture stars Page as Sam, who has a fluke encounter with an old friend (Baack) on his way home to a family reunion which...
Executive producers include Matt Jordan Smith of Page’s PageBoy Productions. Producers are Krishnendu Majumdar and Richard Yee who developed the project under their Me + You Productions banner in the UK and Daniel Bekerman and Chris Yurkovich of Good Question Media in Canada. Savage and Page are also producing after conceiving and co-authoring the story together.
Principal photography was recently completed in Canada. The picture stars Page as Sam, who has a fluke encounter with an old friend (Baack) on his way home to a family reunion which...
- 6/12/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
Elliot Page is starring in “Close to You,” an independent drama about love, family and identity.
Dominic Savage (“I Am Ruth”) directed the film, which recently wrapped production in Canada. In “Close to You,” Page plays Sam, who has a chance encounter with an old friend (“Sound of Metal” actor Hillary Baack) on his way home to a dreaded family reunion that forces him to confront long-buried memories.
“I’m proud to have worked with Dominic and Hillary on this beautiful film,” Page said in a statement. “It’s been a pleasure collaborating with them and the incredibly talented cast and crew. I look forward to sharing it with audiences soon.”
Savage called the movie a “very poignant, personal and important story.”
“It has been a remarkable experience to collaborate with Elliot Page on this very special and unique film about love, identity and family,” he said. “I’m so...
Dominic Savage (“I Am Ruth”) directed the film, which recently wrapped production in Canada. In “Close to You,” Page plays Sam, who has a chance encounter with an old friend (“Sound of Metal” actor Hillary Baack) on his way home to a dreaded family reunion that forces him to confront long-buried memories.
“I’m proud to have worked with Dominic and Hillary on this beautiful film,” Page said in a statement. “It’s been a pleasure collaborating with them and the incredibly talented cast and crew. I look forward to sharing it with audiences soon.”
Savage called the movie a “very poignant, personal and important story.”
“It has been a remarkable experience to collaborate with Elliot Page on this very special and unique film about love, identity and family,” he said. “I’m so...
- 6/12/2023
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Academy Award nominee Elliot Page (The Umbrella Academy) is set to star opposite Hillary Baack (Sound of Metal) in Close to You, a new film from BAFTA-winning writer-director Dominic Savage (I Am…), which has wrapped production in Canada.
Pic follows Sam (Page), who has a chance encounter with an old friend (Baack) on his way home to a dreaded family reunion that forces him to confront long-buried memories.
Producers include Krishnendu Majumdar and Richard Yee, who developed the project under their UK banner, Me + You Productions; Daniel Bekerman and Chris Yurkovich of Good Question Media in Canada; and Savage and Page, who together conceived and co-authored the story. Kindred Spirit is co-financing with Anita Gou and Sam Intili (I Saw the TV Glow) exec producing alongside Rolling Dices Nia Vazirani (The Trial of Chicago 7), as well as Matt Jordan Smith of Page’s PageBoy Productions.
Pic follows Sam (Page), who has a chance encounter with an old friend (Baack) on his way home to a dreaded family reunion that forces him to confront long-buried memories.
Producers include Krishnendu Majumdar and Richard Yee, who developed the project under their UK banner, Me + You Productions; Daniel Bekerman and Chris Yurkovich of Good Question Media in Canada; and Savage and Page, who together conceived and co-authored the story. Kindred Spirit is co-financing with Anita Gou and Sam Intili (I Saw the TV Glow) exec producing alongside Rolling Dices Nia Vazirani (The Trial of Chicago 7), as well as Matt Jordan Smith of Page’s PageBoy Productions.
- 6/12/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Elliot Page is starring in the drama Close to You from BAFTA-winning writer-director Dominic Savage.
Page stars as Sam, who has a chance encounter with an old friend (Hillary Baack) on his way home to a dreaded family reunion that forces him to confront long-buried memories.
Page and Savage co-wrote the film’s story, and both act as producers. Producers also include Krishnendu Majumdar and Richard Yee, who developed the project under their Me + You Productions banner. Daniel Bekerman and Chris Yurkovich are also producing via Good Question Media.
The Farewell producer Anita Gou’s Kindred Spirit is co-financing, with Gou and Sam Intili executive producing alongside Rolling Dice’s Nia Vazirani. Executive Producers also include Matt Jordan Smith of Page’s PageBoy Productions.
Principal photography recently wrapped in Canada; UTA Independent Film Group is representing worldwide rights to the film.
“It has been a remarkable experience to collaborate...
Page stars as Sam, who has a chance encounter with an old friend (Hillary Baack) on his way home to a dreaded family reunion that forces him to confront long-buried memories.
Page and Savage co-wrote the film’s story, and both act as producers. Producers also include Krishnendu Majumdar and Richard Yee, who developed the project under their Me + You Productions banner. Daniel Bekerman and Chris Yurkovich are also producing via Good Question Media.
The Farewell producer Anita Gou’s Kindred Spirit is co-financing, with Gou and Sam Intili executive producing alongside Rolling Dice’s Nia Vazirani. Executive Producers also include Matt Jordan Smith of Page’s PageBoy Productions.
Principal photography recently wrapped in Canada; UTA Independent Film Group is representing worldwide rights to the film.
“It has been a remarkable experience to collaborate...
- 6/12/2023
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A theatrical release is planned for later this year.
Signature Entertainment has picked up UK and Ireland rights to prehistorical survival horror The Origin, from Sony Pictures’ Stage 6 Films, for theatrical release later this year.
The BFI London Film Festival premiere is the directorial debut of UK filmmaker and Screen Star of Tomorrow 2021 Andrew Cumming, and stars Kit Young, Chuku Modu, Iola Evans and Safia Oakley-Green.
The thriller is written by Screen Star of Tomorrow 2022 Ruth Greenberg and produced by Saint Maud producer Oliver Kassman of Escape Plan Productions, and executive produced by David Kaplan and Sam Intili, plus Wendy Griffin of Selkie Productions.
Signature Entertainment has picked up UK and Ireland rights to prehistorical survival horror The Origin, from Sony Pictures’ Stage 6 Films, for theatrical release later this year.
The BFI London Film Festival premiere is the directorial debut of UK filmmaker and Screen Star of Tomorrow 2021 Andrew Cumming, and stars Kit Young, Chuku Modu, Iola Evans and Safia Oakley-Green.
The thriller is written by Screen Star of Tomorrow 2022 Ruth Greenberg and produced by Saint Maud producer Oliver Kassman of Escape Plan Productions, and executive produced by David Kaplan and Sam Intili, plus Wendy Griffin of Selkie Productions.
- 5/19/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Bleecker Street has nabbed North American rights to first-time feature director Andrew Cumming’s Stone Age-set horror thriller The Origin.
The film from Sony Pictures’ Stage 6 had its world premiere at the 2022 BFI London Film Festival and was nominated for five British Independent Film Awards, winning one in the best breakthrough performance category for Safia Oakley-Green (Sherwood, Extraordinary). The script was written by Ruth Greenberg (Run), with Escape Plan Productions’ Oliver Kassman (Saint Maud) producing.
Bleecker Street is planning a fall/winter theatrical release, it unveiled on Tuesday as the Cannes Film Festival market was set to open.
Set more than 45,000 years in the past, the movie tells the story of a gang of early humans who band together in search of a new land. “When they suspect a malevolent, mystical, being is hunting them down, the clan is forced to confront a horrifying danger they never imagined,” according to a plot description.
The film from Sony Pictures’ Stage 6 had its world premiere at the 2022 BFI London Film Festival and was nominated for five British Independent Film Awards, winning one in the best breakthrough performance category for Safia Oakley-Green (Sherwood, Extraordinary). The script was written by Ruth Greenberg (Run), with Escape Plan Productions’ Oliver Kassman (Saint Maud) producing.
Bleecker Street is planning a fall/winter theatrical release, it unveiled on Tuesday as the Cannes Film Festival market was set to open.
Set more than 45,000 years in the past, the movie tells the story of a gang of early humans who band together in search of a new land. “When they suspect a malevolent, mystical, being is hunting them down, the clan is forced to confront a horrifying danger they never imagined,” according to a plot description.
- 5/16/2023
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Variety shares the first details and footage from a new “Stone Age” horror movie that’s set 45,000 years ago!
In The Origin, a tribe of starving homo sapiens must fight for survival in early Britain. It’s said to be a message about humanity — told through a genre lens — is as dark as it is timeless.
“The story follows a group of early humans looking for food and shelter in a new land. They subscribe to their leader’s promise of a better life, but find themselves in a dangerous terrain, where they’re preyed upon by a supernatural force.”
Check out the first clip in which the tribe is under attack by something…
The cast includes Safia Oakley-Green, Kit Young and Chuku Modu.
Directed by Scottish helmer Andrew Cumming and written by Ruth Greenberg (The Spark) in both of their feature debuts, the film — produced by Saint Maud’s...
In The Origin, a tribe of starving homo sapiens must fight for survival in early Britain. It’s said to be a message about humanity — told through a genre lens — is as dark as it is timeless.
“The story follows a group of early humans looking for food and shelter in a new land. They subscribe to their leader’s promise of a better life, but find themselves in a dangerous terrain, where they’re preyed upon by a supernatural force.”
Check out the first clip in which the tribe is under attack by something…
The cast includes Safia Oakley-Green, Kit Young and Chuku Modu.
Directed by Scottish helmer Andrew Cumming and written by Ruth Greenberg (The Spark) in both of their feature debuts, the film — produced by Saint Maud’s...
- 10/6/2022
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
In the Stone Age horror movie “The Origin,” a tribe of starving homo sapiens must fight for survival in early Britain. It’s a film set 45,000 years ago, but its message about humanity — told through a genre lens — is as dark as it is timeless.
Directed by Scottish helmer Andrew Cumming and written by Ruth Greenberg (“The Spark”) in both of their feature debuts, the film — produced by “Saint Maud’s” Oliver Kassman — is launching at the BFI London Film Festival on Thursday with three sold-out screenings.
Shot on location in 2020 in the Scottish Highlands, the story follows a group of early humans looking for food and shelter in a new land. They subscribe to their leader’s promise of a better life, but find themselves in a dangerous terrain, where they’re preyed upon by a supernatural force. The cast includes Safia Oakley-Green, Kit Young and Chuku Modu.
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Directed by Scottish helmer Andrew Cumming and written by Ruth Greenberg (“The Spark”) in both of their feature debuts, the film — produced by “Saint Maud’s” Oliver Kassman — is launching at the BFI London Film Festival on Thursday with three sold-out screenings.
Shot on location in 2020 in the Scottish Highlands, the story follows a group of early humans looking for food and shelter in a new land. They subscribe to their leader’s promise of a better life, but find themselves in a dangerous terrain, where they’re preyed upon by a supernatural force. The cast includes Safia Oakley-Green, Kit Young and Chuku Modu.
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- 10/6/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
A24 and Fruit Tree Productions have added several new cast members for the upcoming thriller with the intriguing title of "I Saw the TV Glow." This project comes to us from writer and producer Jane Schoenbrun. If "Poltergeist" and "The Ring" made you fear your television and VHS player, you're going to find the synopsis intriguing. That goes double if you love horror television.
The cast isn't just populated with actors, but a bunch of musicians as well, including Fred Durst, indie artist Lindsey Jordan from Snail Mail, the band King Woman, and more.
If Fruit Tree Productions sounds familiar, it's the banner started by Academy Award-winner Emma Stone and Emmy-nominated writer-director Dave McCary in 2020.
The film has wrapped production already, though there has been no release date announcement yet. We'll keep you updated as that information becomes available.
What We Know About The Cast And Crew Of I Saw The TV Glow...
The cast isn't just populated with actors, but a bunch of musicians as well, including Fred Durst, indie artist Lindsey Jordan from Snail Mail, the band King Woman, and more.
If Fruit Tree Productions sounds familiar, it's the banner started by Academy Award-winner Emma Stone and Emmy-nominated writer-director Dave McCary in 2020.
The film has wrapped production already, though there has been no release date announcement yet. We'll keep you updated as that information becomes available.
What We Know About The Cast And Crew Of I Saw The TV Glow...
- 8/25/2022
- by Jenna Busch
- Slash Film
Phoebe Bridgers is officially set to make her big screen debut.
The singer-songwriter is among the ensemble of “We’re All Going to the World’s Fair” director Jane Schoenbrun’s next film, “I Saw the TV Glow,” produced by A24 and Emma Sone’s Fruit Tree. Justice Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine (“Atypical”), Helena Howard, indie rock artist Lindsey Jordan (“Snail Mail”), Limp Bizkit musician and director Fred Durst, Danielle Deadwyler (“Station Eleven”), and Haley Dahl’s Sloppy Jane featuring Bridgers round out the cast.
“I Saw the TV Glow” is written and directed by Schoenbrun, whose “World’s Fair” was an indie sensation this year after playing Sundance in 2021. The new film follows two teenage outcasts, played by Smith and Lundy-Paine, who bond over their shared love of a scary television show, but the boundary between TV and reality begins to blur after it is mysteriously canceled.
“Big news!! Behold the cast...
The singer-songwriter is among the ensemble of “We’re All Going to the World’s Fair” director Jane Schoenbrun’s next film, “I Saw the TV Glow,” produced by A24 and Emma Sone’s Fruit Tree. Justice Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine (“Atypical”), Helena Howard, indie rock artist Lindsey Jordan (“Snail Mail”), Limp Bizkit musician and director Fred Durst, Danielle Deadwyler (“Station Eleven”), and Haley Dahl’s Sloppy Jane featuring Bridgers round out the cast.
“I Saw the TV Glow” is written and directed by Schoenbrun, whose “World’s Fair” was an indie sensation this year after playing Sundance in 2021. The new film follows two teenage outcasts, played by Smith and Lundy-Paine, who bond over their shared love of a scary television show, but the boundary between TV and reality begins to blur after it is mysteriously canceled.
“Big news!! Behold the cast...
- 8/24/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
A who’s who of music talent will make appearances in an upcoming A24 horror film titled “I Saw the TV Glow,” including Phoebe Bridgers as part of Haley Dahl’s side project Sloppy Jane, Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst, Snail Mail’s Lindsey Jordan and King Woman.
Justice Smith and Brigette Lundy-Paine will lead the cast of “I Saw the TV Glow,” which is directed by Jane Schoenbrun and is in post-production now. The film wrapped production a week ago.
The film follows two teenage outcasts (Smith and Lundy-Paine) who bond over their shared love of a scary television show. But the boundary between TV and reality begins to blur after it is mysteriously canceled. Schoenbrun wrote the script.
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Justice Smith and Brigette Lundy-Paine will lead the cast of “I Saw the TV Glow,” which is directed by Jane Schoenbrun and is in post-production now. The film wrapped production a week ago.
The film follows two teenage outcasts (Smith and Lundy-Paine) who bond over their shared love of a scary television show. But the boundary between TV and reality begins to blur after it is mysteriously canceled. Schoenbrun wrote the script.
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- 8/24/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Click here to read the full article.
Justice Smith and Brigette Lundy-Paine are looking into the light.
The actors are starring in I Saw the TV Glow, a horror feature from A24 and Fruit Tree, the banner run by Emma Stone.
Jane Schoenbrun wrote the script and is directing the project that wrapped production a week ago and is now in post.
There is a strong musical contingent in the production with indie rock artist Lindsey Jordan (Snail Mail), musician-director Fred Durst, Haley Dahl’s Sloppy Jane (featuring Phoebe Bridgers), and King Woman also on the roll call.
The logline sees two teenage outcasts, played by Smith and Lundy-Paine, who bond over their shared love of a scary television show. However, the boundary between TV and reality begins to blur after it is mysteriously canceled.
Helena Howard, who starred in The Wilds after breaking out in Madeline’s Madeline, and...
Justice Smith and Brigette Lundy-Paine are looking into the light.
The actors are starring in I Saw the TV Glow, a horror feature from A24 and Fruit Tree, the banner run by Emma Stone.
Jane Schoenbrun wrote the script and is directing the project that wrapped production a week ago and is now in post.
There is a strong musical contingent in the production with indie rock artist Lindsey Jordan (Snail Mail), musician-director Fred Durst, Haley Dahl’s Sloppy Jane (featuring Phoebe Bridgers), and King Woman also on the roll call.
The logline sees two teenage outcasts, played by Smith and Lundy-Paine, who bond over their shared love of a scary television show. However, the boundary between TV and reality begins to blur after it is mysteriously canceled.
Helena Howard, who starred in The Wilds after breaking out in Madeline’s Madeline, and...
- 8/24/2022
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After delivering one of the more remarkable micro-indie items of 2021 in We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, Jane Schoenbrun is (via the socials) officially back at it again beginning production on I Saw the TV Glow – the A24 backed horror-esque project produced by Sarah Winshall, Sam Intili, Ali Herting, Dave McCarey, and Emma Stone. Look for further updates on the cast as the teenage co-leads and supporting cast.
This follows two teenage outcasts who bond over their shared love of a scary television show, but the boundary between TV and reality begins to blur after it is mysteriously canceled.…...
This follows two teenage outcasts who bond over their shared love of a scary television show, but the boundary between TV and reality begins to blur after it is mysteriously canceled.…...
- 7/13/2022
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Film Independent has set Lanre Olabisi (A Storybook Ending), Sari Arambulo (Family Style), Sanford Jenkins (Joy and Pain), Rob Connolly (Lavender Country), Elise H. Greven (Silent Spring) and Phumi Morare (There is Salt in the Water) as the participants and projects for its 2022 Screenwriting Lab/
All of of this year’s participants are from communities underrepresented in film and half the participants are women. Over the course of the intensive program, they will workshop their feature projects under the guidance of creative advisors Javier Fuentes-León, Pamela Ribon, Ellen Shanman, Robin Swicord, and Christopher Makoto Yogi. Additional guest speakers and advisors will include Ruth Atkinson, Alex Camilleri, Angela Cheng Caplan, Kd Davila, Matthew Dy, Greta Fuentes, Sam Intili, Amanda Marshall, Alex Moratto, Sheila Hanahan Taylor and Elliott Whitton.
Film Independent also announced today that the inaugural Hyde Park Entertainment & Warner Music Group Screenwriting Fellowship is being awarded to Arambulo, who will...
All of of this year’s participants are from communities underrepresented in film and half the participants are women. Over the course of the intensive program, they will workshop their feature projects under the guidance of creative advisors Javier Fuentes-León, Pamela Ribon, Ellen Shanman, Robin Swicord, and Christopher Makoto Yogi. Additional guest speakers and advisors will include Ruth Atkinson, Alex Camilleri, Angela Cheng Caplan, Kd Davila, Matthew Dy, Greta Fuentes, Sam Intili, Amanda Marshall, Alex Moratto, Sheila Hanahan Taylor and Elliott Whitton.
Film Independent also announced today that the inaugural Hyde Park Entertainment & Warner Music Group Screenwriting Fellowship is being awarded to Arambulo, who will...
- 3/18/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Emerging filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun, whose narrative feature debut We’re All Going to the World’s Fair premiered in the Next section of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, has signed with CAA for representation.
In the coming-of-age horror film written and directed by Schoenbrun, which will be released in theaters via Utopia and on HBO Max in April, teenager Casey (Anna Cobb) becomes immersed in an online role-playing horror game, while alone in her attic bedroom, therein beginning to document changes that may or may not be happening to her.
Schoenbrun’s second narrative feature, I Saw the TV Glow, has been set up at A24, with Emma Stone, Dave McCary and Ali Herting producing for Fruit Tree, alongside Sarah Winshall and Sam Intili.
They are also the director of the feature documentary A Self-Induced Hallucination, which premiered at the 2019 Rotterdam International Film Festival, and the creator of the anthology film Collective: Unconscious,...
In the coming-of-age horror film written and directed by Schoenbrun, which will be released in theaters via Utopia and on HBO Max in April, teenager Casey (Anna Cobb) becomes immersed in an online role-playing horror game, while alone in her attic bedroom, therein beginning to document changes that may or may not be happening to her.
Schoenbrun’s second narrative feature, I Saw the TV Glow, has been set up at A24, with Emma Stone, Dave McCary and Ali Herting producing for Fruit Tree, alongside Sarah Winshall and Sam Intili.
They are also the director of the feature documentary A Self-Induced Hallucination, which premiered at the 2019 Rotterdam International Film Festival, and the creator of the anthology film Collective: Unconscious,...
- 2/11/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The Farewell and Honey Boy producer Kindred Spirit is expanding with the appointment of Sam Intili who joins the company as Head of Creative after departing Animal Kingdom.
Intili will be responsible for “cultivating materials and talent relationships”, with an eye towards strengthening Kindred Spirit’s foothold in the international space. In addition, Caroline Clark has been promoted to Development and Production Executive.
Both roles will report into Kindred Spirit founder Anita Gou as the company gears up on Agnieszka Smoczynska’s English-language debut Silent Twins starring Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrance. The movie is now in post with Focus Features.
At Animal Kingdom, Intili sourced financing and distribution for emerging filmmakers. Exec producer credits include Andrew Cummings’ The Origin and Joaquin del Paso’s The Hole in the Fence. Intili is producing Jane Schoenbrun’s feature I Saw The TV Glow with Fruit Tree, A24, and Sarah Winshall,...
Intili will be responsible for “cultivating materials and talent relationships”, with an eye towards strengthening Kindred Spirit’s foothold in the international space. In addition, Caroline Clark has been promoted to Development and Production Executive.
Both roles will report into Kindred Spirit founder Anita Gou as the company gears up on Agnieszka Smoczynska’s English-language debut Silent Twins starring Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrance. The movie is now in post with Focus Features.
At Animal Kingdom, Intili sourced financing and distribution for emerging filmmakers. Exec producer credits include Andrew Cummings’ The Origin and Joaquin del Paso’s The Hole in the Fence. Intili is producing Jane Schoenbrun’s feature I Saw The TV Glow with Fruit Tree, A24, and Sarah Winshall,...
- 2/2/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: A24 and Fruit Tree are partnering to produce I Saw the TV Glow with Jane Schoenbrun writing and directing. The film follows two teenage outcasts who bond over their shared love of a scary television show, but the boundary between TV and reality begins to blur after it is mysteriously cancelled.
Emma Stone, Dave McCary and Ali Herting will produce through Fruit Tree alongside Sarah Winshall with Smudge Films & Sam Intili. A24 will finance and handle worldwide releasing.
Schoenbrun’s feature film debut, We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, debuted to strong reviews at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and will be released early next year via Utopia and HBO Max. The film was also produced by Winshall.
The film marks the continued collaboration between Fruit Tree and A24 with them recently working together on Jesse Eisenberg’s directorial debut feature When You Finish Saving the World,...
Emma Stone, Dave McCary and Ali Herting will produce through Fruit Tree alongside Sarah Winshall with Smudge Films & Sam Intili. A24 will finance and handle worldwide releasing.
Schoenbrun’s feature film debut, We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, debuted to strong reviews at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and will be released early next year via Utopia and HBO Max. The film was also produced by Winshall.
The film marks the continued collaboration between Fruit Tree and A24 with them recently working together on Jesse Eisenberg’s directorial debut feature When You Finish Saving the World,...
- 10/7/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Filming has wrapped in Scotland on under-the-radar UK horror The Origin, starring Chuku Modu, Kit Young (star of Netflix’s upcoming fantasy series Shadow And Bone), Iola Evans (The 100), newcomer Safia Oakley-Green, Arno Lüning and Luna Mwezi (Platzspittzbaby).
The Stone Age-set film, which shot in an “isolation bubble” on location in the Scottish Highlands, is the sophomore feature from UK producer Oliver Kassman, whose critically lauded 2019 debut feature Saint Maud played at Toronto, London, Sitges and Fantastic Fest, and was picked up by A24.
The film marks the feature debuts of director Andrew Cumming and screenwriter Ruth Greenberg and had backing from Screen Scotland and BFI. Kassman produces for his banner Escape Plan. Plot details are being kept under wraps.
Executive producers are David Kaplan and Sam Intili for New York’s Animal Kingdom (It Follows), in co-production with Scottish producer Wendy Griffin...
The Stone Age-set film, which shot in an “isolation bubble” on location in the Scottish Highlands, is the sophomore feature from UK producer Oliver Kassman, whose critically lauded 2019 debut feature Saint Maud played at Toronto, London, Sitges and Fantastic Fest, and was picked up by A24.
The film marks the feature debuts of director Andrew Cumming and screenwriter Ruth Greenberg and had backing from Screen Scotland and BFI. Kassman produces for his banner Escape Plan. Plot details are being kept under wraps.
Executive producers are David Kaplan and Sam Intili for New York’s Animal Kingdom (It Follows), in co-production with Scottish producer Wendy Griffin...
- 12/4/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Execs from Neon, Fox Searchlight, Haut et Court and Film4 set to attend Warsaw initiative.
Top executives from Neon, Fox Searchlight, Haut et Court and Film4 are among the professionals confirmed to mentor six emerging international filmmakers at the second annual New Europe Warsaw Sessions, taking place in the Polish capital from June 23-27.
Ayo Kepher-Maat, director of acquisitions at Us distributor Neon; Peter Spencer, creative executive at Fox Searchlight; Carole Scotta, founder of French producer and distributor Haut et Court; and Julia Oh, commissioning executive at the UK’s Film4, will particpate in masterclasses, networking and creative exchange with the new talents.
Top executives from Neon, Fox Searchlight, Haut et Court and Film4 are among the professionals confirmed to mentor six emerging international filmmakers at the second annual New Europe Warsaw Sessions, taking place in the Polish capital from June 23-27.
Ayo Kepher-Maat, director of acquisitions at Us distributor Neon; Peter Spencer, creative executive at Fox Searchlight; Carole Scotta, founder of French producer and distributor Haut et Court; and Julia Oh, commissioning executive at the UK’s Film4, will particpate in masterclasses, networking and creative exchange with the new talents.
- 6/18/2019
- by Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
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