Exclusive: Investor and Tony Award-winning producer Kevin J. Kinsella (Jersey Boys) and actress Paten Hughes (Heirloom) have launched film and TV banner Cowboy + Cougar Entertainment.
Kinsella and Hughes will look to write and produce around 4-6 projects per year in the prestige and commercial spaces and will have the capacity to develop, package and finance. Already on the slate are books Confessions Of An Alien Hunter by astronomer Seth Shostak, which Cowboy + Cougar will adapt as a sci-fi TV series called Fermi’s Paradox, and Julia Oliver’s Goodbye To The Buttermilk Sky, which the company will adapt as a feature film.
The latter is a coming-of-age romantic drama in the vein of Bridges Over Madison County about a young woman, Callie, in Depression-era 1938 rural Alabama whose torrid affair with a handsome stranger jostles her life trajectory. Lily Houghton (Day By Day) is writing the adapted feature film script.
Kinsella and Hughes will look to write and produce around 4-6 projects per year in the prestige and commercial spaces and will have the capacity to develop, package and finance. Already on the slate are books Confessions Of An Alien Hunter by astronomer Seth Shostak, which Cowboy + Cougar will adapt as a sci-fi TV series called Fermi’s Paradox, and Julia Oliver’s Goodbye To The Buttermilk Sky, which the company will adapt as a feature film.
The latter is a coming-of-age romantic drama in the vein of Bridges Over Madison County about a young woman, Callie, in Depression-era 1938 rural Alabama whose torrid affair with a handsome stranger jostles her life trajectory. Lily Houghton (Day By Day) is writing the adapted feature film script.
- 11/18/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Beauty Mark Review Beauty Mark (2017) Film Review from the 23rd Annual Los Angeles Film Festival, a movie directed by Harris Doran, starring Auden Thornton, Laura Bell Bundy, Catherine Curtin, Jeff Kober, Deirdre Lovejoy, Madison Iseman, Paten Hughes, Ben Curtis, Wynn Reichert, Jon Arthur, Timothy Morton, [...]
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- 6/23/2017
- by Reggie Peralta
- Film-Book
Long Nights Short Mornings, written and directed by Chadd Harbold, follows in the footsteps of the “playboy in crisis” sub-genre, populated by the likes of Alfie, Shampoo, Arthur, and Roger Dodger. ‘I do so many stupid things. I don’t know why,’ says James (Shiloh Fernandez), attempting to rekindle one of a number of lovers he’ll encounter throughout the film’s 95 minutes.
Each conquest is designated by each woman’s name. Monica (Paten Hughes) is a one-night stand thwarted by some lost keys; Sarah (Layla Khoshnoudi) is a good friend who becomes something more, for a few minutes anyway; Lily (Stella Maeve) is a steady hook-up about to slip away. The list, much like the nights, go on and on.
James wanders through New York City as though in an endless loop, constantly on his way back to a home he will never get to. The city is captured...
Each conquest is designated by each woman’s name. Monica (Paten Hughes) is a one-night stand thwarted by some lost keys; Sarah (Layla Khoshnoudi) is a good friend who becomes something more, for a few minutes anyway; Lily (Stella Maeve) is a steady hook-up about to slip away. The list, much like the nights, go on and on.
James wanders through New York City as though in an endless loop, constantly on his way back to a home he will never get to. The city is captured...
- 10/19/2016
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
The heart and soul of the Vimeo platform is its popular Staff Pick channel, for which a four person in-house curation team highlights the best short-form content on Vimeo. The Staff Pick laurel has become such a trusted brand it can often bring a festival-quality short — often one that has played at a major festival — from 50,000 to 200,000 views in a matter of days; it has even played a key role in launching the careers of indie filmmakers like The Daniels (“Swiss Army Man”).
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Having earlier this year celebrated its 10,000th Staff Pick, the company today announced that it is adding new layers of curation on top of the existing Staff Pick channel, including Best of the Week, Best of the Month and Premieres. Here’s a look at what those terms mean.
Best of the Month: Each month,...
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Having earlier this year celebrated its 10,000th Staff Pick, the company today announced that it is adding new layers of curation on top of the existing Staff Pick channel, including Best of the Week, Best of the Month and Premieres. Here’s a look at what those terms mean.
Best of the Month: Each month,...
- 10/5/2016
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Since the breakout success of “Marcel the Shell With Shoes On,” filmmaker Dean Fleischer-Camp has become one of the most original online filmmakers working today. His latest project, “David,” released this month on Super Deluxe, is a dark comedy about a man who learns he only has five weeks to live.
“David” stars Nathan Fielder (“Nathan For You”) as the title character, and Jenny Slate (“Obvious Child”) as his ex-wife. On the surface, this star power is wasted behind the robotic inflections and blank stares that create the eerie tone in “David,” but creating such an idiosyncratic world is no easy task. It takes precision and clarity of vision to fully realize and sustain a unique aesthetic.
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The experience of watching “David” is not unlike that of watching an experimental film; except “David” is funny,...
“David” stars Nathan Fielder (“Nathan For You”) as the title character, and Jenny Slate (“Obvious Child”) as his ex-wife. On the surface, this star power is wasted behind the robotic inflections and blank stares that create the eerie tone in “David,” but creating such an idiosyncratic world is no easy task. It takes precision and clarity of vision to fully realize and sustain a unique aesthetic.
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The experience of watching “David” is not unlike that of watching an experimental film; except “David” is funny,...
- 9/20/2016
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
If you were dream hampton, the award-winning filmmaker who happens to call Shawn “Jay-z” Carter a friend, naturally you would want make a movie with him. And if you want to raise awareness about a massive social justice issue that deeply affects your community in gorgeously simple and human terms, you make “A History of The War on Drugs, from Prohibition to Gold Rush.”
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The animated short, which is narrated by Carter with drawings by the artist Molly Crabapple (who credits Spike Jonze as a collaborator), premiered on The New York Times website today to much viral fanfare. Crabapple’s hand appears in frame holding a watercolor brush, the frame-rate sped up to create the illusion that whipping up her gorgeous illustrations is the easiest thing in the world. Carter’s narration tells the history of U.
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The animated short, which is narrated by Carter with drawings by the artist Molly Crabapple (who credits Spike Jonze as a collaborator), premiered on The New York Times website today to much viral fanfare. Crabapple’s hand appears in frame holding a watercolor brush, the frame-rate sped up to create the illusion that whipping up her gorgeous illustrations is the easiest thing in the world. Carter’s narration tells the history of U.
- 9/15/2016
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
From its inception in 2012, when Oculus Rift first launched its Kickstarter campaign, consumer Vr has had gamers flocking to try the new technology, but cinephiles have been more skeptical. “Ctrl,” an ambitious new drama from Breaking Fourth Productions, is attempting to bridge the gap. Set inside an animated game and billed as a “seated 360-degree viewing experience,” the opening of the 20-minute “Ctrl” is reminiscent of the sweeping views from the window of the Hogwarts Express in a “Harry Potter” film.
Much like the openings of those films, this grand introduction to the world of “Ctrl” percolates with possibility.
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Eventually landing in a squared off arena, the viewer sees a live-action Liam (Alfie Kingsnorth) up on three big screens looming over the field of play. The big screen cuts between Liam in...
Much like the openings of those films, this grand introduction to the world of “Ctrl” percolates with possibility.
Read More: How (And Why) A Tiff Premiere Put A Character’s Life In the Audience’s Hands
Eventually landing in a squared off arena, the viewer sees a live-action Liam (Alfie Kingsnorth) up on three big screens looming over the field of play. The big screen cuts between Liam in...
- 9/15/2016
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Take a stroll through your local farmer’s market this weekend, even if it’s only to ogle the foodies reveling in the abundance of their favorite time of year: Heirloom tomato season.
If that’s not enough to inspire you to whip up some fresh gazpacho, check out “Heirloom,” an artful new web series on Vimeo. When the movie that was supposed to be her big acting break suddenly fell apart, creator and star Paten Hughes absconded to her family farm in the Sonoma Valley to grow tomatoes. At the time, she had no clue that those tomatoes would lead to her greatest role yet.
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In “Heirloom,” Hughes plays Emily, an actress who is worn down by the audition grind. When her mother (Margaret Colin) informs her that her recently...
If that’s not enough to inspire you to whip up some fresh gazpacho, check out “Heirloom,” an artful new web series on Vimeo. When the movie that was supposed to be her big acting break suddenly fell apart, creator and star Paten Hughes absconded to her family farm in the Sonoma Valley to grow tomatoes. At the time, she had no clue that those tomatoes would lead to her greatest role yet.
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In “Heirloom,” Hughes plays Emily, an actress who is worn down by the audition grind. When her mother (Margaret Colin) informs her that her recently...
- 9/14/2016
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
It's ripe for the taking, so below, watch a preview of the Heirloom TV show, premiering on Vimeo. The entire first season of this new scripted series drops to Vimeo on September 9, 2016.A romantic comedy, the Heirloom TV series stars: Paten Hughes, Margaret Colin, Tom Wopat, Ryan Cooper, John Lavelle, Luis Vega, and Pascale Armand. Julie Crosby, Paten Hughes, Kevin Kinsella, James Richard, and Brooke Stevens produce. Get the details from this Vimeo press release.Read More…...
- 9/2/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
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