Exclusive: Yulin Kuang has been tapped to adapt and direct Emily Henry’s popular novel Beach Read into a feature film for 20th Century Studios. Original Film is producing.
The novel is a romantic comedy that tells the story of two authors who swap genres for the summer. The book has been a New York Times bestseller and was named one of the best books of the year by numerous publications including Oprah Magazine and Goodreads.
An Emmy-nominated writer and director, Kuang recently adapted another Henry novel, the New York Times bestselling People We Meet on Vacation, for 3000 Pictures with Temple Hill producing and Brett Haley attached to direct.
On the publishing side, Kuang recently scored a three-book, seven-figure deal at Avon after a six-way auction for her debut novel Good in a Room, which is expected in February 2024.
She is repped by UTA, Kaplan / Perrone Entertainment and attorney Philip Klein.
The novel is a romantic comedy that tells the story of two authors who swap genres for the summer. The book has been a New York Times bestseller and was named one of the best books of the year by numerous publications including Oprah Magazine and Goodreads.
An Emmy-nominated writer and director, Kuang recently adapted another Henry novel, the New York Times bestselling People We Meet on Vacation, for 3000 Pictures with Temple Hill producing and Brett Haley attached to direct.
On the publishing side, Kuang recently scored a three-book, seven-figure deal at Avon after a six-way auction for her debut novel Good in a Room, which is expected in February 2024.
She is repped by UTA, Kaplan / Perrone Entertainment and attorney Philip Klein.
- 4/5/2023
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Actor John Wayne starred in Western and war movies that filled his filmography. However, he didn’t initially get his start in front of the camera. First, Wayne worked at Fox in the props department on several films before getting his first leading role in Raoul Walsh’s 1930 Western adventure called The Big Trail. Here are the eight movies Wayne worked on in the props department before he was famous.
John Wayne | ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images ‘The Great K & A Train Robbery’ (1926) L-r: Dorothy Dwan as Madge Cullen and Tom Mix as Tom Gordon | Fox
A detective poses as a bandit in an undercover mission to stop a streak of train robberies from continuing. Meanwhile, he falls in love with the railroad president’s daughter.
The Great K & A Train Robbery is a silent film directed by Lewis Seiler and written by John Stone from Paul Leicester Ford’s novel.
John Wayne | ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images ‘The Great K & A Train Robbery’ (1926) L-r: Dorothy Dwan as Madge Cullen and Tom Mix as Tom Gordon | Fox
A detective poses as a bandit in an undercover mission to stop a streak of train robberies from continuing. Meanwhile, he falls in love with the railroad president’s daughter.
The Great K & A Train Robbery is a silent film directed by Lewis Seiler and written by John Stone from Paul Leicester Ford’s novel.
- 3/1/2023
- by Jeff Nelson
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Pig Review Video — Pig (2021) Video Movie Review, a movie directed by Michael Sarnoski, written by Alexis Grapsas and Philip Klein, and starring Nicolas Cage, Alex Wolff, Adam Arkin, Nina Belforte, Gretchen Corbett, Julia Bray, Darius Pierce, Davis King, Tom Walton, Sean Tarjyoto, Brian Sutherland, David Knell, and Elijah Ungvary. Crew Patrick Scola created the [...]
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Continue reading: Video Movie Review: Pig (2021): In Michael Sarnoski’s film, Cage hasn’t been This Good in Years...
- 10/20/2021
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
From Pig starring Nicolas Cage, Writer/Director Michael Sarnoski and Writer/Producer Vanessa Block join Josh and Joe to discuss the movies that inspired them during the creation of their film.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Nobody (2021)
Infested (2002)
The Big Chill (1983)
A History of Violence (2005)
Pig (2021)
Mandy (2018)
John Wick (2014)
The Testimony (2015)
No Country For Old Men (2007) [Both] – John Badham’s trailer commentary
The Maltese Falcon (1941) – John Landis’s trailer commentary
Blood Simple (1984) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review, Dennis Cozzaliio’s review
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Raising Arizona (1987)
Moonstruck (1987) – Glenn Erickson’s trailer commentary
Joe (2013)
Witness For The Prosecution (1957) [Vanessa Block] – Larry Cohen’s trailer commentary
Easter Parade (1948)
Titanic (1997)
Never Been Kissed (1999)
Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) – John Landis’s trailer commentary
McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
The Crow (1994)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Midnight Cowboy (1969) [Michael Sarnoski] – Glenn Erickson’s Criterion...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Nobody (2021)
Infested (2002)
The Big Chill (1983)
A History of Violence (2005)
Pig (2021)
Mandy (2018)
John Wick (2014)
The Testimony (2015)
No Country For Old Men (2007) [Both] – John Badham’s trailer commentary
The Maltese Falcon (1941) – John Landis’s trailer commentary
Blood Simple (1984) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review, Dennis Cozzaliio’s review
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Raising Arizona (1987)
Moonstruck (1987) – Glenn Erickson’s trailer commentary
Joe (2013)
Witness For The Prosecution (1957) [Vanessa Block] – Larry Cohen’s trailer commentary
Easter Parade (1948)
Titanic (1997)
Never Been Kissed (1999)
Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) – John Landis’s trailer commentary
McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
The Crow (1994)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Midnight Cowboy (1969) [Michael Sarnoski] – Glenn Erickson’s Criterion...
- 7/16/2021
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
Two-thirds of the way into “Pig,” the offbeat feature debut from director Michael Sarnoski, Nicolas Cage sits at a prestigious restaurant in Portland, bloodied and in rags. It’s the kind of eatery that earns awards and praise, an establishment that prides itself in its outrageously overpriced micro-creations and deconstructions only a few a can afford, and even fewer can pronounce, but whose status make patrons near and far salivate for a reservation.
Playing Robin Feld, a venerated chef that quit the culinary business 15 years ago to live in the forest, Cage harshly judges such food as nothing more than pretentious, nourishing neither soul nor senses but feeding into a vicious cycle of false appearances. With contained authority, his imputation forces the man behind the dish to reconsider his path.
That scene serves as the main dish of a three-course cinematic meal that’s as unexpected as it’s a strangely poignant.
Playing Robin Feld, a venerated chef that quit the culinary business 15 years ago to live in the forest, Cage harshly judges such food as nothing more than pretentious, nourishing neither soul nor senses but feeding into a vicious cycle of false appearances. With contained authority, his imputation forces the man behind the dish to reconsider his path.
That scene serves as the main dish of a three-course cinematic meal that’s as unexpected as it’s a strangely poignant.
- 7/15/2021
- by Carlos Aguilar
- The Wrap
Nicolas Cage isn’t just an actor; he’s a state of mind. Having transcended meme status with evocative performances in director-driven genre fare like “Mandy” and “Color Out of Space,” the Oscar winner delivers his best performance in years as a chef-turned-recluse who briefly reenters society in writer-director Michael Sarnoski’s “Pig.” His return isn’t a happy one, however: Robin (Cage) only leaves the Oregonian wilderness after his beloved truffle pig is violently taken from him. Less revenge thriller than intimate character study, “Pig” is above all else a reminder that Cage is among the most gifted, fearless actors working today.
Robin’s routine is simple: He and his pig forage for truffles picked up once a week by his sole contact with the outside world (Alex Wolff), with many fine meals and quiet moments in between. It’s clear from the outset that this bearded, disheveled man...
Robin’s routine is simple: He and his pig forage for truffles picked up once a week by his sole contact with the outside world (Alex Wolff), with many fine meals and quiet moments in between. It’s clear from the outset that this bearded, disheveled man...
- 7/12/2021
- by Michael Nordine
- Variety Film + TV
Pig Trailer — Michael Sarnoski‘s Pig (2021) movie trailer has been released by Neon. The Pig trailer stars Nicolas Cage, Alex Wolff, Adam Arkin, Nina Belforte, Gretchen Corbett, Julia Bray, Darius Pierce, Davis King, Tom Walton, Sean Tarjyoto, Brian Sutherland, David Knell, and Elijah Ungvary. Crew Alexis Grapsas and Philip Klein wrote the screenplay for the [...]
Continue reading: Pig (2021) Movie Trailer: Mountain Man Nicolas Cage is in Search of His Stolen Truffle-hunting Pig...
Continue reading: Pig (2021) Movie Trailer: Mountain Man Nicolas Cage is in Search of His Stolen Truffle-hunting Pig...
- 6/21/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
David Hyde Pierce is set to star opposite Sarah Lancashire in Julia, HBO Max’s drama pilot about the famous chef, trailblazing cookbook author and TV personality, from Chris Keyser and Lionsgate Television. Pierce is joining the project in a recasting. He replaces Tom Hollander, who originally had been tapped for the role of Paul Child, Julia’s loving and devoted husband, but has exited the project.
Julia originally was cast at the beginning of the year and was about to go into production when the coronavirus pandemic shut down filming in mid-March. According to sources, the scheduling change as well as Covid travel-related circumstances led to Hollander’s decision to pull out. The English actor is based in the UK, while Julia will film in the U.S., likely in Boston. The pilot doesn’t have a production start date yet. While Hollander has opted not to travel to the U.
Julia originally was cast at the beginning of the year and was about to go into production when the coronavirus pandemic shut down filming in mid-March. According to sources, the scheduling change as well as Covid travel-related circumstances led to Hollander’s decision to pull out. The English actor is based in the UK, while Julia will film in the U.S., likely in Boston. The pilot doesn’t have a production start date yet. While Hollander has opted not to travel to the U.
- 9/15/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO Max’s Julia Child pilot has been forced to replace one of its key ingredients.
David Hyde Pierce, best known for playing Dr. Niles Crane on “Frasier,” has joined the cast as Julia’s devoted husband Paul Child. The role was initially meant to be played by British actor Tom Hollander, however, he stepped away from the project due to scheduling conflicts, sources say.
Julia herself will still be played fellow Brit Sarah Lancashire.
The pilot will also star Brittany Bradford as Alice, Associate Producer of the show “I’ve Been Reading” who champions Julia after her appearance; Fran Kranz as Russ, producer on the show “I’ve Been Reading” who begrudgingly joins Julia’s cooking show; Fiona Glascott as Judith, the editor with a knack for pulling manuscripts out of the reject pile and turning them into bestsellers; Bebe Neuwirth as Avis, Julia’s biggest champion, confidant and...
David Hyde Pierce, best known for playing Dr. Niles Crane on “Frasier,” has joined the cast as Julia’s devoted husband Paul Child. The role was initially meant to be played by British actor Tom Hollander, however, he stepped away from the project due to scheduling conflicts, sources say.
Julia herself will still be played fellow Brit Sarah Lancashire.
The pilot will also star Brittany Bradford as Alice, Associate Producer of the show “I’ve Been Reading” who champions Julia after her appearance; Fran Kranz as Russ, producer on the show “I’ve Been Reading” who begrudgingly joins Julia’s cooking show; Fiona Glascott as Judith, the editor with a knack for pulling manuscripts out of the reject pile and turning them into bestsellers; Bebe Neuwirth as Avis, Julia’s biggest champion, confidant and...
- 9/15/2020
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: After QC Entertainment won an auction for TV the Chuck Wendig dystopian sci-fi novel Wanderers back in early 2019, the effort to turn it into an event series has grown stronger. Lionsgate has expanded its partnership with QC Entertainment and come aboard to develop the series. They’ve set Glen Mazzara (The Walking Dead) to be showrunner. He will be executive producer with Ilene Staple and QC Entertainment’s Sean McKittrick, Raymond Mansfield and Edward H. Hamm, Jr.
Wanderers is the apocalyptic tale of a decadent rock star, a deeply religious radio host, a disgraced scientist, and a teenage girl named Shana who embark on a mysterious journey across America to protect their friends and family. It begins when Shana wakes up one morning to discover her little sister, Nessie, in the grip of a strange malady – she appears to be sleepwalking, she can’t talk or be awakened. With inexorable determination,...
Wanderers is the apocalyptic tale of a decadent rock star, a deeply religious radio host, a disgraced scientist, and a teenage girl named Shana who embark on a mysterious journey across America to protect their friends and family. It begins when Shana wakes up one morning to discover her little sister, Nessie, in the grip of a strange malady – she appears to be sleepwalking, she can’t talk or be awakened. With inexorable determination,...
- 8/25/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Sebastian Stan faces a different kind of soldier in The Last Full Measure. It's a shame then that it doesn't fully honor its subject matter.
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How I viewed the Vietnam War was shaped largely by the movies released when I was young. In rapid succession--and probably at too slight an age--i saw Coming Home, The Deer Hunter, Hair, and Apocalypse Now, all films that drove home the futility and utter waste of that ill-begotten conflict. The anguish and anger in those films feel as real and raw today as they did decades ago.
The Last Full Measure, which is out this Friday, is not as resolutely political as those films were, but it does focus on the plight of American soldiers who were either not properly honored for their sacrifices in that war or returned home from Nam with enough emotional and psychological damage to alter the...
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How I viewed the Vietnam War was shaped largely by the movies released when I was young. In rapid succession--and probably at too slight an age--i saw Coming Home, The Deer Hunter, Hair, and Apocalypse Now, all films that drove home the futility and utter waste of that ill-begotten conflict. The anguish and anger in those films feel as real and raw today as they did decades ago.
The Last Full Measure, which is out this Friday, is not as resolutely political as those films were, but it does focus on the plight of American soldiers who were either not properly honored for their sacrifices in that war or returned home from Nam with enough emotional and psychological damage to alter the...
- 1/23/2020
- Den of Geek
The story of William Pitsenbarger, a U.S. Air Force Pararescue medic who risked his life in Vietnam to aid his comrades, as well as the decades-later efforts of fellow vets to see him posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, is undeniably moving — which goes a long way toward explaining how Todd Robinson enlisted an all-star cast for “The Last Full Measure.” No amount of marquee talent, however, can fully compensate for the inert melodrama peddled by this inspired-by-true-events film, which recounts the 1999 campaign to see Pitsenbarger properly feted.
“The Last Full Measure” concerns ambitious Dept. of Defense staffer Scott Huffman (Sebastian Stan), who bristles at what he believes is a thankless assignment: reviewing a petition to get Pitsenbarger (Jeremy Irvine) the Medal of Honor for his valor on April 11, 1966, when — during a catastrophically bloody clash with Vietcong forces — he descended into the maelstrom to help patch up, and support, the...
“The Last Full Measure” concerns ambitious Dept. of Defense staffer Scott Huffman (Sebastian Stan), who bristles at what he believes is a thankless assignment: reviewing a petition to get Pitsenbarger (Jeremy Irvine) the Medal of Honor for his valor on April 11, 1966, when — during a catastrophically bloody clash with Vietcong forces — he descended into the maelstrom to help patch up, and support, the...
- 1/22/2020
- by Nick Schager
- Variety Film + TV
About 30 minutes into Todd Robinson’s new Pentagon film, “The Last Full Measure,” you begin to fear that it will be just another political office drama centered around powerful men puffing out their chests and stepping on each other to get ahead..
But once it gets past the smug banter between colleagues, the film, inspired by actual events, finally shifts towards something far more meaningful: Vietnam war veterans struggling with Ptsd and their relationship with heroism.
It’s an intriguing bait-and-switch that is first presented through glimpses of staggering combat sequences and explosions breathtakingly shot by Byron Werner (Robinson’s “Phantom”) intercut with tense tête-à-têtes between Carlton Stanton (Bradley Whitford) and Scott Huffman (Sebastian Stan), Pentagon colleagues flailing after the sudden departure of a high-ranking official.
Also Read: Peter Fonda Got Emotional Seeing His Final Film 'The Last Full Measure' A Month Before He Died
“The Last Full Measure...
But once it gets past the smug banter between colleagues, the film, inspired by actual events, finally shifts towards something far more meaningful: Vietnam war veterans struggling with Ptsd and their relationship with heroism.
It’s an intriguing bait-and-switch that is first presented through glimpses of staggering combat sequences and explosions breathtakingly shot by Byron Werner (Robinson’s “Phantom”) intercut with tense tête-à-têtes between Carlton Stanton (Bradley Whitford) and Scott Huffman (Sebastian Stan), Pentagon colleagues flailing after the sudden departure of a high-ranking official.
Also Read: Peter Fonda Got Emotional Seeing His Final Film 'The Last Full Measure' A Month Before He Died
“The Last Full Measure...
- 1/22/2020
- by Candice Frederick
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Legendary Television has closed a deal to develop the Jonathan Lethem novel Gun, With Occasional Music for a television series. Johan Renck, coming off his Emmy-winning work on the acclaimed HBO miniseries Chernobyl, has been set to direct. He will be executive producer along with David Flebotte, who’ll be the showrunner. Flebotte co-created the Showtime series I’m Dying Up Here with Jim Carrey and his credits include Masters of Sex, The Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire.
The series will be produced by Aggregate Films’ Jason Bateman, Michael Costigan and Daniel Pipski, along with Francey Grace. Aggregate’s productions include Ozark, the upcoming FX drama A Teacher, and HBO’s The Outsider, which premieres Sunday.
The novel is a blend of sci-fi, noir and satire, set in the near future in a trippy world. Evolved animals are part of society, the government placates its citizens with free mind-numbing drugs, and...
The series will be produced by Aggregate Films’ Jason Bateman, Michael Costigan and Daniel Pipski, along with Francey Grace. Aggregate’s productions include Ozark, the upcoming FX drama A Teacher, and HBO’s The Outsider, which premieres Sunday.
The novel is a blend of sci-fi, noir and satire, set in the near future in a trippy world. Evolved animals are part of society, the government placates its citizens with free mind-numbing drugs, and...
- 1/8/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Washington — It began with a lie and ended with an order.
Last Monday, President Trump rehashed one of his favorite conspiracy theories — that he was wrongly denied a bigger victory in the 2016 election. By the end of the week, he was “hereby” demanding American companies “immediately start looking for an alternative to China,” a desperate cry from a budding strongman that sent the stock market into a tailspin.
The moments bookended what was surely the Trumpiest Week yet. A seven-day buffet of all things Trumpian: Petty grievances, needless fights with foreign leaders,...
Last Monday, President Trump rehashed one of his favorite conspiracy theories — that he was wrongly denied a bigger victory in the 2016 election. By the end of the week, he was “hereby” demanding American companies “immediately start looking for an alternative to China,” a desperate cry from a budding strongman that sent the stock market into a tailspin.
The moments bookended what was surely the Trumpiest Week yet. A seven-day buffet of all things Trumpian: Petty grievances, needless fights with foreign leaders,...
- 8/26/2019
- by Andy Kroll
- Rollingstone.com
I don’t need to send droplets of my blood in an envelope to some corporation to know that, for the most part, my forebears were not immigrants to this land. Yet I also know that unlike even our parents, my sister and I were fortunate to be born here with something approximating a complete set of civil rights. We are, in a different way of speaking, first-generation Americans.
Nikole Hannah-Jones, the New York Times Magazine reporter who pitched and then worked to produce the acclaimed 1619 Project over the last several months,...
Nikole Hannah-Jones, the New York Times Magazine reporter who pitched and then worked to produce the acclaimed 1619 Project over the last several months,...
- 8/21/2019
- by Jamil Smith
- Rollingstone.com
Republicans in the #NeverTrump camp had hung their hopes on a contested convention barring Donald Trump from becoming the nominee - but has that dream, as conservative blogger Matt Drudge tweeted, "evaporated in the corn fields of Indiana"? The Gop front-runner became the presumptive Gop nominee Tuesday night when, after winning the Indiana primary, his sole legitimate rival, Ted Cruz, dropped out of the race. Trump said he spoke with Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus Tuesday night and the chairman, who himself has had a strained relationship with Trump, confirmed that the billionaire businessman's name would be on the ballot in November.
- 5/4/2016
- by Tierney McAfee, @tierneymcafee
- PEOPLE.com
Sabrina Allen, the young Texas girl who was kidnapped by her mother, has been returned home after a 12-year search. Allen had been kidnapped in 2002 by her mother, Dara Llorens, a well-documented unstable and mentally-ill individual who did not have primary care of her daughter. Legally, she was a “non-custodial” parent, and was allowed visitation rights. During one of these visits, Llorens disappeared with Sabrina.
Kidnapping Victim Sabrina Allen Returns Home
Over the years the case had many starts and stops, and although the story was covered by the America’s Most Wanted, hundreds of leads took the FBI around the world searching for the pair, and despite some near misses, Llorens remained on the lam. In 2003, she was seen in Mexico with Sabrina, though they managed to evade capture; Allen meanwhile took many trips down to Mexico, making friends and allies.
Recently, Mexican officials worked with a team from...
Kidnapping Victim Sabrina Allen Returns Home
Over the years the case had many starts and stops, and although the story was covered by the America’s Most Wanted, hundreds of leads took the FBI around the world searching for the pair, and despite some near misses, Llorens remained on the lam. In 2003, she was seen in Mexico with Sabrina, though they managed to evade capture; Allen meanwhile took many trips down to Mexico, making friends and allies.
Recently, Mexican officials worked with a team from...
- 10/1/2014
- Uinterview
Guilder Rodriguez, the Texas Rangers player, got his first major league hit on Tuesday, after a 13-year career in the minor league.
Rodriguez Gets First Major Hit After 13-Years In Minors
Rodriguez, 31, is no stranger to professional baseball. Over his 13-year career in the minors, he has played in 1,095 games – the most of any minor league player. He’s been with the Rangers for a few weeks, and Rodriguez earned his first Major League Baseball stats in Monday night’s game against the Houston Astros.
Rodriguez earned a standing ovation from his teammates and the crowd in the stands after his first ground ball hit, and his father, sitting in the stands with Rodriguez’s wife, was clearly emotional. Later in the game, Rodriguez celebrated his big moment by giving his father a big hug.
“This is my second-best moment after seeing my two daughters born. It’s unbelievable. I feel great,...
Rodriguez Gets First Major Hit After 13-Years In Minors
Rodriguez, 31, is no stranger to professional baseball. Over his 13-year career in the minors, he has played in 1,095 games – the most of any minor league player. He’s been with the Rangers for a few weeks, and Rodriguez earned his first Major League Baseball stats in Monday night’s game against the Houston Astros.
Rodriguez earned a standing ovation from his teammates and the crowd in the stands after his first ground ball hit, and his father, sitting in the stands with Rodriguez’s wife, was clearly emotional. Later in the game, Rodriguez celebrated his big moment by giving his father a big hug.
“This is my second-best moment after seeing my two daughters born. It’s unbelievable. I feel great,...
- 9/24/2014
- Uinterview
Arthouse darling and somewhat overrated auteur Jim Jarmusch has lined up Tilda Swinton, Michael Fassbender and Mia Wasikowska to star in his next project according to an interview with the director himself at Pitchfork (via The Playlist).
There's no title or story details as yet and financing isn't quite locked, but he hopes to shoot the project early next year. The film would mark Swinton's third time working with Jarmusch, while Fassbender and Wasikowska star together in the upcoming "Jane Eyre".
Jarmusch is also planning a documentary on punk legends The Stooges but admits that film is "going to take a few years. There's no rush on it." He's also planning a non-traditional opera about Nikolai Tesla with composer Phil Klein.
There's no title or story details as yet and financing isn't quite locked, but he hopes to shoot the project early next year. The film would mark Swinton's third time working with Jarmusch, while Fassbender and Wasikowska star together in the upcoming "Jane Eyre".
Jarmusch is also planning a documentary on punk legends The Stooges but admits that film is "going to take a few years. There's no rush on it." He's also planning a non-traditional opera about Nikolai Tesla with composer Phil Klein.
- 8/20/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
At the time of his death, Jackson was suffering from multiple ailments and using half a dozen medications.
By MTV News staff
Michael Jackson
Photo: Phil Klein/Reuters
Following the filing Monday of an involuntary-manslaughter charge against Conrad Murray in connection with the death of Michael Jackson, the Los Angeles County Coroner's office released its full autopsy report on the King of Pop, according to multiple reports.
The coroner concluded that Jackson died of "acute propofol intoxication" after Murray administered a dose of the powerful anesthetic sufficient for "major surgery." Murray was using the drug to ease Jackson's insomnia, but an expert cited in the autopsy said there were no reports about the use of propofol in insomnia relief. At no point was recommended equipment — from a controlled infusion pump for intravenous administration to monitoring machines — present in Jackson's home when Murray gave the singer the tranquilizer.
The report also...
By MTV News staff
Michael Jackson
Photo: Phil Klein/Reuters
Following the filing Monday of an involuntary-manslaughter charge against Conrad Murray in connection with the death of Michael Jackson, the Los Angeles County Coroner's office released its full autopsy report on the King of Pop, according to multiple reports.
The coroner concluded that Jackson died of "acute propofol intoxication" after Murray administered a dose of the powerful anesthetic sufficient for "major surgery." Murray was using the drug to ease Jackson's insomnia, but an expert cited in the autopsy said there were no reports about the use of propofol in insomnia relief. At no point was recommended equipment — from a controlled infusion pump for intravenous administration to monitoring machines — present in Jackson's home when Murray gave the singer the tranquilizer.
The report also...
- 2/9/2010
- MTV Music News
Hangar No. 5 is an impressive Northwestern University student film that has recently been added to the Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival in Seattle (Sffsff). Directed by Nathan Matsuda, it is obviously inspired by the high adventure of treasure seeking yarns like Indiana Jones or, perhaps more recently, Warehouse 13. It's a little amateur, but the short is a fun, fast-paced 11 minutes of science fiction enthusiasm to be sure.
Synopsis:
This live-action short film finds two treasure-hunting teens sneaking into an abandoned military base looking for a rumored gold cache. Once inside, they accidentally activate a top secret relic of the Cold War - a huge mobile weapons system bent on protecting the base from all intruders. Cut off from every exit, the pair must fight to survive.
You may be interested to know that composer, Philip Klein, recently won an Emmy Award for his score for Hangar No. 5.
Synopsis:
This live-action short film finds two treasure-hunting teens sneaking into an abandoned military base looking for a rumored gold cache. Once inside, they accidentally activate a top secret relic of the Cold War - a huge mobile weapons system bent on protecting the base from all intruders. Cut off from every exit, the pair must fight to survive.
You may be interested to know that composer, Philip Klein, recently won an Emmy Award for his score for Hangar No. 5.
- 1/27/2010
- QuietEarth.us
Sources say complexity of homicide case is causing delay.
By Gil Kaufman
Michael Jackson
Photo: Phil Klein/Reuters
It's been nearly six months since Michael Jackson's death, and police investigating the case say it could be several more months before any charges in the homicide are filed.
The Los Angeles Times reported that due to the complex nature of the investigation and the large amount of evidence to sift through, including medical data that have required the help of outside experts, prosecutors don't expect to file any charges in the 50-year-old pop icon's death before 2010.
An unidentified source told the paper that any decision on criminal charges is "months rather than weeks away." Sources who spoke to the Times anonymously due to the ongoing nature of the investigation said that the evidence is being sorted through by Los Angeles Police Department detectives, prosecutors and outside medical advisors in an...
By Gil Kaufman
Michael Jackson
Photo: Phil Klein/Reuters
It's been nearly six months since Michael Jackson's death, and police investigating the case say it could be several more months before any charges in the homicide are filed.
The Los Angeles Times reported that due to the complex nature of the investigation and the large amount of evidence to sift through, including medical data that have required the help of outside experts, prosecutors don't expect to file any charges in the 50-year-old pop icon's death before 2010.
An unidentified source told the paper that any decision on criminal charges is "months rather than weeks away." Sources who spoke to the Times anonymously due to the ongoing nature of the investigation said that the evidence is being sorted through by Los Angeles Police Department detectives, prosecutors and outside medical advisors in an...
- 12/1/2009
- MTV Music News
Singer was found with lethal levels of the drug in his system, according to court documents released Monday.
By Gil Kaufman, with additional reporting by MTV News staff
Michael Jackson in 2005
Photo: Phil Klein/Reuters
In court documents unsealed on Monday (August 24), Michael Jackson reportedly had lethal levels of the drug propofol in his system, and the drug has been at the center of many of the investigations that have taken place in the wake of the singer's death in June.
The very potent drug, also known as Diprivan, is administered intravenously as a general anesthetic used to sedate patients for surgery and is only available to medical personnel.
"This is only meant for use in anesthesia and [administering it as a sleep aid]. It's like giving someone chemotherapy so they don't have to shave their head," veteran anesthesiologist Dr. John F. Dombrowski — who has not treated Jackson and has no information about the case, but...
By Gil Kaufman, with additional reporting by MTV News staff
Michael Jackson in 2005
Photo: Phil Klein/Reuters
In court documents unsealed on Monday (August 24), Michael Jackson reportedly had lethal levels of the drug propofol in his system, and the drug has been at the center of many of the investigations that have taken place in the wake of the singer's death in June.
The very potent drug, also known as Diprivan, is administered intravenously as a general anesthetic used to sedate patients for surgery and is only available to medical personnel.
"This is only meant for use in anesthesia and [administering it as a sleep aid]. It's like giving someone chemotherapy so they don't have to shave their head," veteran anesthesiologist Dr. John F. Dombrowski — who has not treated Jackson and has no information about the case, but...
- 8/24/2009
- MTV Music News
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