Daryl McCormack as Colman and Ruth Wilson as Lorna in ‘The Woman in the Wall’ (Photo Credit: Chris Barr / BBC / Showtime)
Paramount+’s January 2024 lineup includes the series premiere of Sexy Beast, a prequel to the critically acclaimed, award-winning drama released in 2000 and starring Sir Ben Kingsley and Ray Winstone. The streaming service’s also kicking off the new year with the debut of The Woman in the Wall, a six-episode series starring Ruth Wilson (His Dark Materials) and Daryl McCormack (Bad Sisters).
June Carter Cash is the focus of June, a feature-length documentary directed by Emmy Award-winner Kristen Vaurio (Going Clear: Scientology & The Prison of Belief) arriving on January 16. January 2024 also sees the return of SkyMed, a medical drama set in the world of medics and pilots who fly air ambulances in Canada, for its second season.
Coming to Paramount+ on January 1
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Paramount+’s January 2024 lineup includes the series premiere of Sexy Beast, a prequel to the critically acclaimed, award-winning drama released in 2000 and starring Sir Ben Kingsley and Ray Winstone. The streaming service’s also kicking off the new year with the debut of The Woman in the Wall, a six-episode series starring Ruth Wilson (His Dark Materials) and Daryl McCormack (Bad Sisters).
June Carter Cash is the focus of June, a feature-length documentary directed by Emmy Award-winner Kristen Vaurio (Going Clear: Scientology & The Prison of Belief) arriving on January 16. January 2024 also sees the return of SkyMed, a medical drama set in the world of medics and pilots who fly air ambulances in Canada, for its second season.
Coming to Paramount+ on January 1
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- 12/23/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
With San Diego Comic Con right around the corner, get in the spirit early by watching all your favorite series and films, for Free! That’s right, starting on Tuesday, July 18, Pluto TV will transform into a Nerd Heaven, screening all your favorites ahead of the big festival.
Below are just a few highlights:
7/18 @ 8pm Et: on Pluto TV Reaction: Sci-fi thrillers Debug, 3022, Approaching the Unknown, and Moon will be screening
7/20 starting @ 11:15am Et on Doctor Who Classic: Doctor Who marathon!
7/21 and 7/22: Live from San Diego Comic-Con! Pluto TV will be live streaming from Sdcc on the IGN channel
All day, every day, check out the brand-new Godzilla channel! + channels like Star Trek, Anime all Day, and Jeopardy!
7/23 starting @ 6am Et on the Naruto channel: celebrate Sasuke’s birthday with episodes featuring Sasuke!
Full schedule line-up can be found below:
Movies
Tuesday, July 18th @ 8pm Et on Pluto TV Reaction Debug,...
Below are just a few highlights:
7/18 @ 8pm Et: on Pluto TV Reaction: Sci-fi thrillers Debug, 3022, Approaching the Unknown, and Moon will be screening
7/20 starting @ 11:15am Et on Doctor Who Classic: Doctor Who marathon!
7/21 and 7/22: Live from San Diego Comic-Con! Pluto TV will be live streaming from Sdcc on the IGN channel
All day, every day, check out the brand-new Godzilla channel! + channels like Star Trek, Anime all Day, and Jeopardy!
7/23 starting @ 6am Et on the Naruto channel: celebrate Sasuke’s birthday with episodes featuring Sasuke!
Full schedule line-up can be found below:
Movies
Tuesday, July 18th @ 8pm Et on Pluto TV Reaction Debug,...
- 7/12/2023
- by Kristyn Clarke
- Age of the Nerd
04.27.17: This list is now final. While I may in the future see additional films that were released in the awards year of 2016, no more films will be added to this list. (I may add links to reviews of films listed here.)
This ranking includes only new theatrical releases viewed for the awards year of 2016 (for eligibility for the Academy Awards and the Ofcs and Awfj awards); some films released in the UK without Us releases (and so ineligible for those awards this year) may also be included, for my own bookkeeping purposes. Links go to my review. Numbers after each entry are Date First Viewed/NYC Release Date/London Release Date; year is 2016 unless otherwise noted.
worth paying multiplex prices for
[5 stars]
Arrival (10.10/11.11/11.10)
La La Land (10.07/12.09/01.13.17)
A Monster Calls (10.06/12.23/01.01.17)
The Lobster (07.16.15/05.13/10.16.15)
Zootropolis (aka Zootopia) (02.22/03.04/03.25)
A Bigger Splash (10.08.15/05.04/02.12)
Miss Sloane (11.20/11.25/05.12.17)
London Road (06.03.15/09.09/06.12.15)
The Girl with All the Gifts (07.26/02.24.17/09.23)
I, Daniel Blake...
This ranking includes only new theatrical releases viewed for the awards year of 2016 (for eligibility for the Academy Awards and the Ofcs and Awfj awards); some films released in the UK without Us releases (and so ineligible for those awards this year) may also be included, for my own bookkeeping purposes. Links go to my review. Numbers after each entry are Date First Viewed/NYC Release Date/London Release Date; year is 2016 unless otherwise noted.
worth paying multiplex prices for
[5 stars]
Arrival (10.10/11.11/11.10)
La La Land (10.07/12.09/01.13.17)
A Monster Calls (10.06/12.23/01.01.17)
The Lobster (07.16.15/05.13/10.16.15)
Zootropolis (aka Zootopia) (02.22/03.04/03.25)
A Bigger Splash (10.08.15/05.04/02.12)
Miss Sloane (11.20/11.25/05.12.17)
London Road (06.03.15/09.09/06.12.15)
The Girl with All the Gifts (07.26/02.24.17/09.23)
I, Daniel Blake...
- 4/27/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
A simple listing, duplicated from the homepage, of new releases and other stuff currently available, for the benefit of those playing along by RSS or keeping up via the Daily Digest emails (sign up here).
new dvd+vod Us/Can Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie Don’t Breathe Fire Song Hell or High Water Kubo and the Two Strings War Dogs Mechanic: Resurrection I’m planning to watch… Indignation Morris from America Spaghettiman new dvd+vod UK Before the Flood Ghostbusters Little Men Zoom I’m planning to watch… Keanu Things to Come
recent releases Us/Can Bad Moms Before the Flood Blood Father Captain Fantastic The Divide Ghostbusters The Great Gilly Hopkins Into the Inferno Michael Moore in TrumpLand Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates Miss Sharon Jones! The Purge: Election Year Sausage Party Sherpa Star Trek Beyond 13th Time to Choose Under the Shadow Anthropoid Cafe Society Microbe & Gasoline...
new dvd+vod Us/Can Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie Don’t Breathe Fire Song Hell or High Water Kubo and the Two Strings War Dogs Mechanic: Resurrection I’m planning to watch… Indignation Morris from America Spaghettiman new dvd+vod UK Before the Flood Ghostbusters Little Men Zoom I’m planning to watch… Keanu Things to Come
recent releases Us/Can Bad Moms Before the Flood Blood Father Captain Fantastic The Divide Ghostbusters The Great Gilly Hopkins Into the Inferno Michael Moore in TrumpLand Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates Miss Sharon Jones! The Purge: Election Year Sausage Party Sherpa Star Trek Beyond 13th Time to Choose Under the Shadow Anthropoid Cafe Society Microbe & Gasoline...
- 11/8/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
“Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” is a proverb whose simple existence proves the fact impressionable souls will do so without fail. This monthly column focuses on the film industry’s willingness to capitalize on this truth, releasing one-sheets to serve as not representations of what audiences are to expect, but as propaganda to fill seats. Oftentimes they fail miserably.
It’s kind of insane how the science fiction and fantasy genres have absolutely blown up in the wake of cinema’s comic book onslaught this past decade. Three of this month’s highest profile titles fit the bill and they of course receive the massive marketing budgets the genre provides (in the studio system) to plaster cities in posters. (See Section 1.)
If you want to avoid those long lines, however, November is also overflowing with award-season combatants—many of which are fresh off Tiff, Teluride, and Nyff runs.
It’s kind of insane how the science fiction and fantasy genres have absolutely blown up in the wake of cinema’s comic book onslaught this past decade. Three of this month’s highest profile titles fit the bill and they of course receive the massive marketing budgets the genre provides (in the studio system) to plaster cities in posters. (See Section 1.)
If you want to avoid those long lines, however, November is also overflowing with award-season combatants—many of which are fresh off Tiff, Teluride, and Nyff runs.
- 11/3/2016
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Are you a fan of Mark Strong? Does your heart hold a special place for spaceship maintenance and mechanical engineering in zero gravity? Well then, do I have a movie for you…
Approaching The Unknown evokes the essence of Europa Report, where space exploration becomes a metaphor for man’s deadly curiosity. Humanity has finally reached a point where colonizing Mars seems reasonable, and astronaut William D. Stanaforth’s (Mark Strong) agrees to take the first trip – alone. To make this dream possible, Stanaforth created a reactor that converts dirt into drinkable water, which is the first step in creating inhabitable conditions on Mars. With Stanaforth’s technology, the red planet can become a livable destination, but only if his reactor can get there in one piece.
A sole astronaut is forced to survive alone in space – stop me if you’ve heard this before.
While different, it’s impossible...
Approaching The Unknown evokes the essence of Europa Report, where space exploration becomes a metaphor for man’s deadly curiosity. Humanity has finally reached a point where colonizing Mars seems reasonable, and astronaut William D. Stanaforth’s (Mark Strong) agrees to take the first trip – alone. To make this dream possible, Stanaforth created a reactor that converts dirt into drinkable water, which is the first step in creating inhabitable conditions on Mars. With Stanaforth’s technology, the red planet can become a livable destination, but only if his reactor can get there in one piece.
A sole astronaut is forced to survive alone in space – stop me if you’ve heard this before.
While different, it’s impossible...
- 6/5/2016
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit the interwebs. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
10 Cloverfield Lane (Dan Trachtenberg)
Forget the Cloverfield connection. The actors who were in this film didn’t even know what the title was until moments before the first trailer dropped. Producer J.J. Abrams used that branding as part of the wrapping for its promotional mystery box, but the movie stands perfectly alone from 2008’s found-footage monster picture. Hell, 10 Cloverfield Lane perhaps doesn’t even take place...
10 Cloverfield Lane (Dan Trachtenberg)
Forget the Cloverfield connection. The actors who were in this film didn’t even know what the title was until moments before the first trailer dropped. Producer J.J. Abrams used that branding as part of the wrapping for its promotional mystery box, but the movie stands perfectly alone from 2008’s found-footage monster picture. Hell, 10 Cloverfield Lane perhaps doesn’t even take place...
- 6/3/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
While Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Popstar are among the latest studio offerings likely to dominate with other tentpoles this summer weekend, there are still Specialty distributors who are not shying away from opening films they hope will siphon off some crowds. Vertical Entertainment will open space adventure Approaching The Unknown with Mark Strong and Luke Wilson in a day and date rollout, while Abramorama will bow Academy Award-winning filmmaker Charles Ferguson's…...
- 6/3/2016
- Deadline
Spare and solemn, a new movie throws a solitary man into deep space and wonders what might happen to him. At first blush, Approaching the Unknown resembles an alternate-version prequel to Duncan Jones' Moon or Ridley Scott's The Martian. It follows astronaut William Stanaforth (Mark Strong) on a one-way mission to Mars, starting with a 270-day solo journey through space. The mission's goal is for Stanaforth to land on Mars and get things started for a new settlement by mankind. Why is Stanaforth traveling solo? Why was he picked for this particular mission, in view of his sometimes erratic behavior? Why does another astronaut, Emily Maddox (Sanaa Lathan), launch on a similar solo mission a few days later? What are conditions like on Earth in...
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- 6/2/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Will Stanaford is many things: a scientist, an inventor, an explorer, a dreamer. He's also a little bit crazy and writer/director Mark Elijah Rosenberg makes it pretty clear that in order to push the boundaries of humanity, to really be a pioneer, one has to be a little unhinged. At least that's what I took from his feature film debut Approaching the Unknown.
Will Stanaford is an astronaut on a mission to Mars. He carries with him the future for possible colonization of the Red Planet: a machine of his own creation which extracts water from dirt. His determination got him on the mission and it's that determination that is going to get him to Mars. This is a one way trip and he's decided that he won't return to Earth under any circumstances. It's not that he dislikes humanity... [Continued ...]...
Will Stanaford is an astronaut on a mission to Mars. He carries with him the future for possible colonization of the Red Planet: a machine of his own creation which extracts water from dirt. His determination got him on the mission and it's that determination that is going to get him to Mars. This is a one way trip and he's decided that he won't return to Earth under any circumstances. It's not that he dislikes humanity... [Continued ...]...
- 6/2/2016
- QuietEarth.us
A corpse farts, a director gets his due, tickling conspiracies are unearthed, pop culture gets skewered, a shark attacks, a fitting swan song arrives, and more this month. Check out our top 15 picks below and let us know what you are looking forward to most.
Matinees to See: The Witness (6/3), Approaching the Unknown (6/3), Len and Company (6/10), King Jack (6/10), Diary of a Chambermaid (6/10), Genius (6/10), Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story) (6/17), Free State of Jones (6/24), The Duel (6/24), and Les cowboys (6/24)
15. The Neon Demon (Nicolas Winding Refn; June 24th)
Synopsis: When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.
Trailer
Why You Should See It: Save for Sean Penn’s belly flop, Nicolas Winding Refn‘s The Neon Demon was far and away the worst film we saw at Cannes, yet...
Matinees to See: The Witness (6/3), Approaching the Unknown (6/3), Len and Company (6/10), King Jack (6/10), Diary of a Chambermaid (6/10), Genius (6/10), Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story) (6/17), Free State of Jones (6/24), The Duel (6/24), and Les cowboys (6/24)
15. The Neon Demon (Nicolas Winding Refn; June 24th)
Synopsis: When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.
Trailer
Why You Should See It: Save for Sean Penn’s belly flop, Nicolas Winding Refn‘s The Neon Demon was far and away the worst film we saw at Cannes, yet...
- 6/1/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
While the mission is one thing, your reason for performing it could be drastically different. For Captain William Stanaforth (Mark Strong) the two barely overlap except for a common destination: Mars. He will be the first man to ever step foot on the Red Planet with another astronaut (Sanaa Lathan‘s Maddox) following closely behind his 270-day journey by about a month. He’s bringing a water generator he created that synthesizes the fluid from soil and she has supplies to ready future colonization. The endeavor is a calculated risk when looked upon objectively, but both have agreed to shoulder the danger a one-way journey provides wherein reaching their target is hardly guaranteed. They quite literally are Approaching the Unknown with Stanaforth willfully embracing the melancholy of his loneliness.
The answer to the why of this adventure is what Mark Elijah Rosenberg‘s debut feature seeks to explain in its virtual one-man show.
The answer to the why of this adventure is what Mark Elijah Rosenberg‘s debut feature seeks to explain in its virtual one-man show.
- 6/1/2016
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Plot: An astronaut (Mark Strong) on a solo mission to Mars, struggles with technical disasters and loneliness when he’s cut-off from mission control. Review: Approaching The Unknown has both the advantage and disadvantage of coming out after The Martian. Thematically similar but night and day in terms of budget and scale, director Mark Elijah Rosenberg’s modest debut will likely attract curious... Read More...
- 5/31/2016
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Confession: I hadn’t heard anything about The Space Between Us before clicking on the trailer for it today. Watching it, seeing the trailer’s opening seconds show a crew of astronauts bound for Mars, I thought, “Oh man, these guys must hate that they’re releasing this in the shadow of The Martian.” The rest of the trailer banished that thought completely. Yes, The Space Between Us starts with scientists on Mars. But, despite one line in this preview that is the very three words of The Martian’s tagline (“Bring him home”), it looks like a totally different movie, one that may have more in common with Room than with Ridley Scott’s movie about the Red Planet. It looks like most of this will take place on Earth (and that doesn’t mean at Jpl). The Space Between Us is about a boy named Gardner. On the...
- 5/28/2016
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
In Mark Elijah Rosenberg's "Approaching the Unknown," Captain William Stanaforth (Mark Strong) embarks on a one-way solo mission to Mars. He's tasked with taking the world's first step towards colonizing the planet and moving science a huge step forward. But Stanaforth is completely alone amongst the stars as he makes the long journey, and thus he's forced to reckon with all the various problems of space travel by himself. When his ship's life-sustaining systems begin to fail, Stanaforth is forced to make choices by himself, compromising his sanity and the mission in the process. Watch this exclusive clip above featuring Mark Strong taking in the majesty of Earth from space as he "kicks off his shoes for the rest of the ride." Read More: 'Approaching the Unknown' Trailer: Mark Strong Hurtles Through Space in First Look at New Sci-Fi Drama "Approaching the Unknown" will be Mark Elijah Rosenberg's debut film.
- 5/18/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
"I don't know if I'm on course... My ship isn't telling me." Where did this come from?! Vertical Ent. has released a trailer for a film called Approaching the Unknown, a sci-fi drama about an astronaut on a one-way solo mission to colonize Mars. Mark Strong stars as Captain William D. Stanaforth, and it's great to see Strong in a lead role. The cast includes Sanaa Lathan, Charles Baker, Anders Danielsen Lie and Harry L. Seddon, but this is really a one-man show. There are some crazy cool visuals in this trailer, his spacecraft drifting through weird anomalies in space, but it looks damn good. The line at the end - chills. Here's the first trailer for Mark Elijah Rosenberg's Approaching the Unknown, found on YouTube: Captain William Stanaforth is on a one-way solo mission to take the first steps in colonizing Mars. Like all pioneers throughout history, Stanaforth...
- 4/29/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Space exploration in cinema isn’t just reserved for Hollywood features with big enough budgets to convey the vast unknown. Independent features are also digging into the genre more frequently as of late, often offering up more compelling stories than their major-budget brethren. Hopefully the latest success will arrive with Approaching the Unknown, featuring Mark Strong.
Mark Elijah Rosenberg‘s writing and directing debut follows the actor in a well-deserved leading role, as his character — unlike Mark Watney — is actually trying to get to Mars. It looks like an intense, well-acted adventure with a tinge of Sunshine vibes to go along. Also starring Luke Wilson, Sanaa Lathan, Anders Danielsen Lie, and Charles Baker, check out the trailer and poster below.
Captain William D. Stanaforth (Mark Strong) is on a one-way solo mission, taking humanity’s first steps toward colonizing Mars. Although the entire world is watching him, he is completely...
Mark Elijah Rosenberg‘s writing and directing debut follows the actor in a well-deserved leading role, as his character — unlike Mark Watney — is actually trying to get to Mars. It looks like an intense, well-acted adventure with a tinge of Sunshine vibes to go along. Also starring Luke Wilson, Sanaa Lathan, Anders Danielsen Lie, and Charles Baker, check out the trailer and poster below.
Captain William D. Stanaforth (Mark Strong) is on a one-way solo mission, taking humanity’s first steps toward colonizing Mars. Although the entire world is watching him, he is completely...
- 4/29/2016
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Did you know that Mark Strong is starring in a new sci-fi movie called Approaching The Unknown? I'd never heard of the project until I saw this trailer, and it sounds like I'm not the only one. But it looks like a relatively small movie, so I suppose it doesn't make a lot of sense to spend more money on marketing than they did making the film. Either way, it's one of those "astronaut goes on a mission and loneliness might cause him to go crazy" stories, and Strong is always a compelling screen presence, so I'm definitely intrigued.
I obviously haven't seen the movie yet, but I feel like the trailer might give away just a little too much near the end, so I'd recommend maybe tuning in until you decide whether it's something you'd be interested in watching, and then cut out at that point so you don't accidentally ruin anything for yourself.
I obviously haven't seen the movie yet, but I feel like the trailer might give away just a little too much near the end, so I'd recommend maybe tuning in until you decide whether it's something you'd be interested in watching, and then cut out at that point so you don't accidentally ruin anything for yourself.
- 4/27/2016
- by Ben Pearson
- GeekTyrant
Toll Booth: Rosenberg’s “Approaching The Unknown” Finds Docking Station at Paramount & Vertical Ent.
A project we’ve been tracking for the better part of half a decade when it was known as “Ad Inexplorata” and was part of numerous labs including Sundance’s Screenwriters Lab, Mark Elijah Rosenberg‘s directorial debut will have bypassed the film fest route and has been set-up with a day and date (June 3rd) release via Paramount Home Media Distribution and increasingly busy distrib label Vertical Entertainment.
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- 4/22/2016
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Naturally the post production process can be a lengthier one when latticeworking critical sci-fi elements with technical aspects. As is the nature with our set of predictions, sometimes we jump the gun. No updates have been made in the interim, but Mark Elijah Rosenberg‘s debut should logically be ready to dock in 2016. Starring Mark Strong, Sanaa Lathan, Charles Baker and Bettina Skye, Ad Inexplorata received support from Indian Paintbrush Fellowship (2011), Creative Producing Summit (2011), Creative Producing Feature Film Lab (2011), 2011 June Screenwriters Lab (2011), 2012 Screenplay Reading Series (2012) and coin from the San Francisco Film Society and it received the Sundance Nhk Filmmaker Award (2014).
Gist: Captain William D. Stanaforth (Strong), is a Nasa pilot alone on a one-way mission toward the unknown. Faced with mechanical problems, physical suffering from long distance space travel, and the mental obstacles of a journey into the unknown, the trip begins to take its toll on the ship…...
Gist: Captain William D. Stanaforth (Strong), is a Nasa pilot alone on a one-way mission toward the unknown. Faced with mechanical problems, physical suffering from long distance space travel, and the mental obstacles of a journey into the unknown, the trip begins to take its toll on the ship…...
- 11/23/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
As was the case for Joe Swanberg, it’s not unheard of that trailblazing names synonymous with micro American indie film fail to crack the Sundance line-up. Despite the accolades and their idiosyncratic style guides, Mike Ott and Nathan Silver are a pair of names that have yet to set foot in snowy Park City, and with this, perhaps the idiom of two filmmaking heads are better than one is applicable. Both have been prolific in their own right, collectively outputting nine feature films in less than a decade, and with production for their Denver shot Actor Martinez ending somewhere this past July and a rough cut being selected for the American Film Festival in Poland’s Us in Progress, things are looking good for an early 2016 bid. Starring indie actress girl crush Lindsay Burdge (in 2015 we caught her in The Midnight Swim, 6 Years and Lace Crater), we’re curious...
- 11/23/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
A film boasting Mark Strong, Jamie Bell and Abbie Cornish in the cast? Don’t mind if we do. That’s the line-up promised by director Toa Fraser and his new based-on-truth thriller 6 Days.According to Deadline, the film will be drawn from the events in April 1980 when six armed gunmen took over the Iranian Embassy in London and held more than two-dozen people hostage. The Sas laid siege to the place and a tense standoff happened across six days, with the forces preparing to raid the place when the time was right. Fraser, who last directed The Dead Lands, is once more teaming up with writer Glenn Standring, and they have several former Sas members acting as consultants while filming takes place this summer. And, as you’ll not be too surprised to learn, the rights to the film will be up for sale at this month’s Cannes Film Market.
- 5/6/2015
- EmpireOnline
Some very promising casting news today, as Jamie Bell, Mark Strong and Abbie Cornish have been set as the principal cast for Toa Fraser’s 6 Days, a siege thriller that the Auckland-based director will shoot this summer as the follow-up to his acclaimed drama The Dead Lands.
Based on a true story, the thriller centers on the storming of the Iranian Embassy at Princes Gate in London, in April of 1980. Six armed gunmen took over two dozen people inside the embassy as hostages during their campaign for Arab national sovereignty in the Khūzestān Province of Iran. The hostage-takers demanded the release of Arab prisoners from jails in the province, located in the south of Iran, as well as their own safe passage out of England, which the British government refused to grant. The ensuing six days saw tensions rise and hostages die violently, culminating in a raid by a group...
Based on a true story, the thriller centers on the storming of the Iranian Embassy at Princes Gate in London, in April of 1980. Six armed gunmen took over two dozen people inside the embassy as hostages during their campaign for Arab national sovereignty in the Khūzestān Province of Iran. The hostage-takers demanded the release of Arab prisoners from jails in the province, located in the south of Iran, as well as their own safe passage out of England, which the British government refused to grant. The ensuing six days saw tensions rise and hostages die violently, culminating in a raid by a group...
- 5/5/2015
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Despite the lottery-esque sounding odds, the U.S Dramatic Competition section which produces the finest American indie specimens such as Frozen River, Winter’s Bone, Blue Valentine, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Fruitvale Station and Whiplash is fairly consistent in terms of quality. Last year’s crop of sixteen have almost all had their theatrical releases with Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter being the last one out of the gates (pegged with an early 2015 release). Last week we individually looked at our top 80 Sundance Film Fest Predictions (you’ll find 30 other titles worth considering in our intro) and below, we’ve split the list into narrative and non-fiction film items and have both identified and color-coded our picks in an AtoZ cheat sheet. You’ll find 2015′s answer to Whiplash located somewhere in the stack below. Click on the individual titles below, for the film’s profile.
- 11/19/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
The perpetually busy James Franco might just begin his 2015 with the Park City launch-padding of (among others) Pamela Romanowsky’s sophomore film which comes across as an interplay between fiction and fact. Prior to landing The Adderall Diaries at (count ‘em four) Sundance Institute’s Screenwriter’s Lab, the Director’s Lab, the Producer’s Summit, and the Film Music and Sound Design Lab at Skywalker Sound all in 2013, Romanowsky directed Franco in The Color of Time (formerly titled “Tar”) which also starred Mila Kunis, Jessica Chastain and Zach Braff. Shooting began in May of this year, with Franco leading a cast comprised of Amber Heard and Christian Slater. Worth noting is Robert Redford has an executive producer cred, could it follow in the same fest berth as his last executive produced film, Drunktown’s Finest?
Gist: Writer Stephen Elliott (Franco) reaches a low point when his estranged father (Ed Harris) resurfaces,...
Gist: Writer Stephen Elliott (Franco) reaches a low point when his estranged father (Ed Harris) resurfaces,...
- 11/11/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
An instrumental and influential American independent film promoter/curator/supporter/taste-maker in the business, Rooftop Films creator and artistic director Mark Elijah Rosenberg (pictured above) moves from open air cinema, to open space possibilities. While the current outer space talk is the Nolan Imax film, I’m more excited about the prospects for Ad Inexplorata: Toward the Unknown, which has been welcomed by the Sundance folks with open arms: landing support via the Indian Paintbrush Fellowship (2011), Creative Producing Summit (2011), Creative Producing Feature Film Lab (2011), 2011 June Screenwriters Lab (2011), 2012 Screenplay Reading Series (2012) and finally some coin from the San Francisco Film Society before landing the Sundance Nhk Filmmaker Award (2014). Production began earlier this year with Mark Strong toplining. Supporting players include Sanaa Lathan, Charles Baker and Bettina Skye.
Gist: Captain William D. Stanaforth (Strong), is a Nasa pilot alone on a one-way mission toward the unknown. Faced with mechanical problems, physical...
Gist: Captain William D. Stanaforth (Strong), is a Nasa pilot alone on a one-way mission toward the unknown. Faced with mechanical problems, physical...
- 11/11/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
If there is a little Listen Up Philip in the cocktail that will be known as 7 Chinese Brothers, it may have been due to cosmic fate, a lark, creative confidence, or a little of everything. Stars aligned for this trio in a rather convenient way; unbeknownst to Bob Byington, his sixth feature managed to lasso Jason Schwartzman prior to Alex Ross Perry grabbing the Rushmore star for his definitive breakout moment in Park City this past January. It is after those playdates, when production began in February in Austin, and if it has legs like Somebody Up There Likes Me did back in 2012 with a showing at SXSW and at Locarno (was a winner of the Special Jury Prize), then there might be a collective sense of deja vu for Park City patrons. Look for Schwartzman to play off thesps such as Stephen Root, Olympia Dukakis and Tunde Adebimpe, with Perry making another Byington-film appearance.
- 11/11/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
It’s Halloween time, and while there is a number of classic horror movies to thumb through, let’s not forget the ongoing surplus of new films currently out on the big screen. One of the movies that more people should see very soon is Rowan Joffe’s psychological thriller ‘Before I Go To Sleep.’ The Nicole Kidman-starring film is a fine combination of mystery, drama and a couple thrills for every movie-goer. ‘Before I Go To Sleep’ focuses on Christine (played by Nicole Kidman), a woman who’s rare form of amnesia leaves her trying to piece together her life every morning that she wakes up. Her mind is set twenty years in [ Read More ]
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- 10/31/2014
- by Melissa Molina
- ShockYa
UK sales outfit Protagonist Pictures has appointed former StudioCanal executive Vanessa Saal as head of sales, part of a company restructure that includes launching a Us presence fronted by producer Eddie Vaisman.
Vaisman joins as head of production and acquisitions, Us.
As part of the shuffle, Dave Bishop has moved from his existing sales position to the newly created role of head of worldwide acquisitions; Emily Gotto has been promoted to acquisitions executive; George Hamilton to sales coordinator; and Hashim Alsaraf has been hired as deliveries manager.
Saal comes to Protagonist from Studiocanal’s Paris base where she was svp, international sales, handling territories including the Us and Canada, Germany, Japan, Italy, Latin America and Spain.
She joined Studiocanal in 2010 as vp, international sales, and while at the company worked on the sale of films such as The Gunman, Non-Stop and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. She previously worked at Kinology when the company started operations in 2008 and...
Vaisman joins as head of production and acquisitions, Us.
As part of the shuffle, Dave Bishop has moved from his existing sales position to the newly created role of head of worldwide acquisitions; Emily Gotto has been promoted to acquisitions executive; George Hamilton to sales coordinator; and Hashim Alsaraf has been hired as deliveries manager.
Saal comes to Protagonist from Studiocanal’s Paris base where she was svp, international sales, handling territories including the Us and Canada, Germany, Japan, Italy, Latin America and Spain.
She joined Studiocanal in 2010 as vp, international sales, and while at the company worked on the sale of films such as The Gunman, Non-Stop and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. She previously worked at Kinology when the company started operations in 2008 and...
- 8/28/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
London-based Protagonist Pictures is restructuring as it stretches to fit increased ambitions. The company has had a strong year with Sundance and Berlin hits Frank and ’71, and a number of films in the pipeline. Part of the ramp up includes key appointments just ahead of bringing three titles to Toronto. 3311 Productions’ Eddie Vaisman is joining the company as head of production and acquisitions, U.S., kickstarting its U.S. business. He’ll look to strengthen Protagonist’s Stateside profile and build up its finance and production activities. Vaisman’s credits include producing In A World…, an exec producing Michael Polish’s Big Sur and the upcoming Ad Inexplorata with Mark Strong. He previously worked at Sony-based Avenue Pictures and in 2004 started out at Kathryn Bigelow’s Paramount-based First Light. In another hire, Vanessa Saal will join the company as head of sales. She’s moving over from Studiocanal where she was Svp of international sales.
- 8/28/2014
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
I identified 3 projects that S&A has already been following on the below list - Ad Inexplorata by Mark Elijah Rosenberg, Afronauts by Frances Bodomo, and Five Nights in Maine by Maris Curran. Congrats to them, and all the winners. I guess we can say it's official that Frances Bodomo's Afronauts (which we've only known as a short film), is going to be a feature as well! Exciting! I'll research all the other projects and highlight those of interest, with respect to this blog's interests. The San Francisco Film Society (Sffs) and Kenneth Rainin Foundation (Krf) have selected 15 finalists for the latest round of Sffs / Krf Filmmaking...
- 3/4/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Bozo The Clown
Wagner Moura ("Elysium") is set to play one of the Brazilian versions of beloved children's TV personality Bozo the Clown in a new film about the character to be directed by "Elite Squad" editor Daniel Rezende.
Moura will most likely play actor Arlindo Barreto, the most famous Brazilian Bozo, who became a cocaine addict and ultimately a pentecostal preacher. [Source: Omelete]
Secrets and Lies
Juliette Lewis has scored the starring role in ABC's U.S. adaptation of the Australian drama mini-series "Secrets and Lies". Lewis plays Andrea Cornell, the formidable detective conducting the investigation.
Ryan Phillippe stars a loving father who becomes the prime suspect in the murder of the 4-year-old son of his neighbor when he finds the body whilst out for a jog. [Source: The Live Feed]
The Best of Me
Luke Bracey ("G.I. Joe: Retaliation") has joined the cast of the Nicholas Sparks adaptation "The Best Of Me" at Relativity.
Wagner Moura ("Elysium") is set to play one of the Brazilian versions of beloved children's TV personality Bozo the Clown in a new film about the character to be directed by "Elite Squad" editor Daniel Rezende.
Moura will most likely play actor Arlindo Barreto, the most famous Brazilian Bozo, who became a cocaine addict and ultimately a pentecostal preacher. [Source: Omelete]
Secrets and Lies
Juliette Lewis has scored the starring role in ABC's U.S. adaptation of the Australian drama mini-series "Secrets and Lies". Lewis plays Andrea Cornell, the formidable detective conducting the investigation.
Ryan Phillippe stars a loving father who becomes the prime suspect in the murder of the 4-year-old son of his neighbor when he finds the body whilst out for a jog. [Source: The Live Feed]
The Best of Me
Luke Bracey ("G.I. Joe: Retaliation") has joined the cast of the Nicholas Sparks adaptation "The Best Of Me" at Relativity.
- 2/13/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
• Eva Longoria has signed on to star in the Blumhouse horror pic Visions, alongside Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers), Gillian Jacobs (Community), and Anson Mount (Hell on Wheels). Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) is also in talks to join the movie about a pregnant woman (Fisher) who’s haunted by visions of a “sinister hooded figure.” Kevin Greutert (Saw VI) is set to direct. Longoria, who plays Fisher’s character’s best friend in the film, recently wrapped the drama Frontera with Michael Pena and Ed Harris and is currently filming Demian Bichir’s Refugio. [Deadline]
• Richard Dreyfuss will join Patrick Wilson...
• Richard Dreyfuss will join Patrick Wilson...
- 2/13/2014
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
Sanaa Lathan will star opposite Mark Strong in an indie sci-fi movie titled Ad Inexplorata, to be written and directed by Mark Elijah Rosenberg, and produced by Beasts of the Southern Wild producers Josh Penn and Matt Parker. In the film, Strong will play a Nasa pilot who's on a one-way mission to Mars, while Lathan will play the Captain of one of four ships making the same trip. The project, which was developed at the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, is Strong's feature directorial debut. The filmmaker, who also happens to be founder of Rooftop Films, won the 2014 Sundance Institute/Nhk Award - an honor that supports filmmakers considered visionary, on their next...
- 2/13/2014
- by Natasha Greeves
- ShadowAndAct
Mark Elijah Rosenberg, director of the upcoming film "Ad Inexplorata", has been named the winner of the 2014 Sundance Institute/Nhk Award. The award, which was presented at a private ceremony at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, was created in 1996 by the Sundance Institute and Nhk (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) to celebrate 100 years of cinema. The award supports a visionary filmmaker on his or her next film. The Sundance Institute staff work closely with the winner throughout the year, providing creative and strategic support through the development, financing and production of their films. Films previously supported by this award include Cherien Dabis's "May in the Summer," the opening film at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, and Benh Zeitlin's "Beasts of the Southern Wild," which went on to win the Grand Jury Dramatic Prize at Sundance, the Camera D'Or (or Best First Film Award) at the Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for...
- 1/24/2014
- by Max O'Connell
- Indiewire
Ad Inexplorata
Mark Strong ("Low Winter Sun") is set to join Mark Elijah Rosenberg's "Ad Inexplorata" with filming to begin in 2014.
Strong plays a Nasa pilot alone on a one-way mission to Mars. Josh Penn, Matthew Parker, Thomas B. Fore and Jason Michael Berman will produce. [Source: Deadline]
Hackers
Callan McAuliffe ("I Am Number Four," "Kite") and Lorraine Nicholson have joined the cast of Akan Satayev's $5 million Canadian indie film "Hackers".
McAuliffe an ambitious teen techhead member of a secret Internet criminal network called DarkWeb. Nicholson plays one of the fellow members of the network. Filming begins at the end of this month in Toronto, NYC, Dubai and Thailand. [Source: Deadline]
Baseballissimo
"Good Neighbors" director Jacob Tierney and actor Jay Baruchel are re-teaming for the indie dramedy "Baseballissimo" at A71 Productions and Gefilter Productions. Baruchel and Jesse Chabot penned the script based on the novel by Dave Bidini.
Baruchel plays a young...
Mark Strong ("Low Winter Sun") is set to join Mark Elijah Rosenberg's "Ad Inexplorata" with filming to begin in 2014.
Strong plays a Nasa pilot alone on a one-way mission to Mars. Josh Penn, Matthew Parker, Thomas B. Fore and Jason Michael Berman will produce. [Source: Deadline]
Hackers
Callan McAuliffe ("I Am Number Four," "Kite") and Lorraine Nicholson have joined the cast of Akan Satayev's $5 million Canadian indie film "Hackers".
McAuliffe an ambitious teen techhead member of a secret Internet criminal network called DarkWeb. Nicholson plays one of the fellow members of the network. Filming begins at the end of this month in Toronto, NYC, Dubai and Thailand. [Source: Deadline]
Baseballissimo
"Good Neighbors" director Jacob Tierney and actor Jay Baruchel are re-teaming for the indie dramedy "Baseballissimo" at A71 Productions and Gefilter Productions. Baruchel and Jesse Chabot penned the script based on the novel by Dave Bidini.
Baruchel plays a young...
- 11/11/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Low Winter Sun star Mark Strong will team with writer-director Mark Elijah Rosenberg for Ad Inexplorata, a film that will start production in 2014. Strong plays a Nasa pilot alone on a one-way mission to Mars. Im Global has signed on to sell foreign. Project came together at the Sundance Screenwriters Lab. Rosenberg described Strong as “such a smart and intense actor who is going to bring hypnotic power to the film.” Such a project gets some currency off the remarkable grosses of the two-hander Gravity. Court 13′s Josh Penn produces with Loveless’s Matthew Parker and TideRock’s Thomas B. Fore and Jason Michael Berman. Strong’s repped by CAA and Markham, Froggart And Irwin. Wme Global reps TideRock and CAA reps Rosenberg.
- 11/8/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
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