Blue Harbor Entertainment has acquired the horror/thriller film “Trim Season” for U.S. release, with plans to debut in theaters and on VOD in June.
The cast includes Bethlehem Million, Jane Badler, Alexandra Essoe, Bex-Taylor Klaus and Ally Ioannides.
The film’s description reads, “Emma, jobless and searching for purpose, joins a group of twenty-somethings from Los Angeles and heads up the coast to make quick cash trimming marijuana on a secluded farm in Northern California. Cut off from the rest of the world, they soon realize that the estate is harboring darker secrets than any of them could imagine, and it becomes a race against time for Emma and her friends to escape the dense woods with their lives.”
Vida has also directed the 2022 film “Vide Noir.” Additionally, she is an award-winning producer and production designer, with her work spanning short films, music videos and features. Her contributions...
The cast includes Bethlehem Million, Jane Badler, Alexandra Essoe, Bex-Taylor Klaus and Ally Ioannides.
The film’s description reads, “Emma, jobless and searching for purpose, joins a group of twenty-somethings from Los Angeles and heads up the coast to make quick cash trimming marijuana on a secluded farm in Northern California. Cut off from the rest of the world, they soon realize that the estate is harboring darker secrets than any of them could imagine, and it becomes a race against time for Emma and her friends to escape the dense woods with their lives.”
Vida has also directed the 2022 film “Vide Noir.” Additionally, she is an award-winning producer and production designer, with her work spanning short films, music videos and features. Her contributions...
- 2/15/2024
- by Jaden Thompson
- Variety Film + TV
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Voters in reliably red Kentucky rejected a ballot measure aimed at denying any state constitutional protections for abortion while voters in battleground Michigan enshrined abortion rights in their state’s constitution — joining Democratic California and Vermont in taking that step.
The Kentucky result bucked the state’s Republican-led Legislature, which had imposed a near-total ban on the procedure and put the proposed state constitutional amendment on the ballot. It also mirrored what happened in another red state, Kansas, where voters in August rejected changing that state’s constitution to let lawmakers tighten restrictions or ban abortions.
The Tuesday ballot measures came months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and the constitutional right to abortion it guaranteed to women nationwide. The decision in June has led to near-total bans in a dozen states.
Supporters of the push to protect abortion rights in...
Voters in reliably red Kentucky rejected a ballot measure aimed at denying any state constitutional protections for abortion while voters in battleground Michigan enshrined abortion rights in their state’s constitution — joining Democratic California and Vermont in taking that step.
The Kentucky result bucked the state’s Republican-led Legislature, which had imposed a near-total ban on the procedure and put the proposed state constitutional amendment on the ballot. It also mirrored what happened in another red state, Kansas, where voters in August rejected changing that state’s constitution to let lawmakers tighten restrictions or ban abortions.
The Tuesday ballot measures came months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and the constitutional right to abortion it guaranteed to women nationwide. The decision in June has led to near-total bans in a dozen states.
Supporters of the push to protect abortion rights in...
- 11/9/2022
- by the Associated Press
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Andrew Prine, the charming character actor who proved quite comfortable in the saddle in Bandolero!, Chisum, Wide Country and dozens of other Westerns on television and the big screen, has died. He was 86.
He died Monday in Paris of natural causes while on vacation with his wife, actress-producer Heather Lowe, she told The Hollywood Reporter. “He was the sweetest prince,” she said.
Prine also played the brother of Helen Keller (Patty Duke in an Oscar-winning turn) in The Miracle Worker (1962) and portrayed a lawman in Texarkana, Arkansas, who hunts a hooded serial killer alongside Ben Johnson in the cult classic The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976).
Later in his career, he stood out as Confederate Gen. Richard B. Garnett in the sprawling Gettysburg (1993).
In 1962-63, the lanky Prine got a taste of fame when he starred as the younger brother of Earl Holliman — their...
Andrew Prine, the charming character actor who proved quite comfortable in the saddle in Bandolero!, Chisum, Wide Country and dozens of other Westerns on television and the big screen, has died. He was 86.
He died Monday in Paris of natural causes while on vacation with his wife, actress-producer Heather Lowe, she told The Hollywood Reporter. “He was the sweetest prince,” she said.
Prine also played the brother of Helen Keller (Patty Duke in an Oscar-winning turn) in The Miracle Worker (1962) and portrayed a lawman in Texarkana, Arkansas, who hunts a hooded serial killer alongside Ben Johnson in the cult classic The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976).
Later in his career, he stood out as Confederate Gen. Richard B. Garnett in the sprawling Gettysburg (1993).
In 1962-63, the lanky Prine got a taste of fame when he starred as the younger brother of Earl Holliman — their...
- 11/3/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Company subsidiary Warner Bros. France has released 55 local production in the country over the last 25 years.
WarnerMedia will produce six to eight local feature films a year in France as it expands its production footprint in the country across both cinema and series, top executive Priya Dogra told French TV festival and industry event Series Mania on Thursday (March 24).
”Our intention is to expand our support and commitment to French production, distributing our locally produced movies through cinemas and then later on our own streaming service around the world,” Dogra, WarnerMedia president Emea and Asia, said in a keynote.
”This...
WarnerMedia will produce six to eight local feature films a year in France as it expands its production footprint in the country across both cinema and series, top executive Priya Dogra told French TV festival and industry event Series Mania on Thursday (March 24).
”Our intention is to expand our support and commitment to French production, distributing our locally produced movies through cinemas and then later on our own streaming service around the world,” Dogra, WarnerMedia president Emea and Asia, said in a keynote.
”This...
- 3/24/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Priya Dogra, president of WarnerMedia Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia (excluding China), took the stage on Thursday to deliver a keynote speech at the Series Mania TV fest in Lille, France, and the message was clear: the U.S. conglomerate is ramping up production in Europe.
“Our industry is becoming more global,” said Dogra. “As players launch services across the world, competition is intensifying, and we are seeing record levels of investment in high-quality content in all markets, and no more so than in Europe,” she noted in her opening remarks.
The top WarnerMedia exec went on to add that amid the ongoing global rollout of HBO Max, “In Europe, we have gone from producing around 10 HBO titles in 2019 to having over 40 in the pipeline for 2023 for HBO Max across scripted and unscripted,” she said.
Five months after its launch HBO Max is now available in 21 European territories...
“Our industry is becoming more global,” said Dogra. “As players launch services across the world, competition is intensifying, and we are seeing record levels of investment in high-quality content in all markets, and no more so than in Europe,” she noted in her opening remarks.
The top WarnerMedia exec went on to add that amid the ongoing global rollout of HBO Max, “In Europe, we have gone from producing around 10 HBO titles in 2019 to having over 40 in the pipeline for 2023 for HBO Max across scripted and unscripted,” she said.
Five months after its launch HBO Max is now available in 21 European territories...
- 3/24/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Having already a succesful run in a plethora of festivals in Europe and the US including Fantasporto and Slamdance, “Visitors” is another work by Kenichi Ugana that highlights his command of the medium, particularly in genre paths.
“Visitors” review is part of the Submit Your Film Initiative
Haruka, Nana, and Takanori visit the house of Sota, a band member who has not given any sign of life for quite some time. The house looks particularly run-down with newspapers covering every window, while Sota seems even more strange, looking a mess and acting like nothing is going on. As he calmly offers them tea, one of the girls steps into a green goo and transforms into a head-spinning, bloodthirsty demon.
Kenichi Ugana “plays” with two aspects. The first one focuses on hikikomori, with Sota acting like an archetypical one, in a fashion, though, that is the main source of comedy in the short,...
“Visitors” review is part of the Submit Your Film Initiative
Haruka, Nana, and Takanori visit the house of Sota, a band member who has not given any sign of life for quite some time. The house looks particularly run-down with newspapers covering every window, while Sota seems even more strange, looking a mess and acting like nothing is going on. As he calmly offers them tea, one of the girls steps into a green goo and transforms into a head-spinning, bloodthirsty demon.
Kenichi Ugana “plays” with two aspects. The first one focuses on hikikomori, with Sota acting like an archetypical one, in a fashion, though, that is the main source of comedy in the short,...
- 2/27/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Exclusive: Patrick John Flueger is set to return to the world of The 4400 as he takes on a guest star role on The CW’s revival of the sci-fi series.
Based on the original TV series created by Scott Peters and Renee Echevarria, 4400 hails from Riverdale co-executive producer Ariana Jackson, who wrote the pilot; Sunil Nayar; and Anna Fricke and Laura Terry of Pursued By a Bear.
In 4400, over the last century at least 4,400 people who were overlooked, undervalued, or otherwise marginalized vanished without a trace off the face of the planet. Last night, inexplicably, they were all returned in an instant to Detroit having not aged a day and with no memory of what happened to them. As the government races to understand the phenomenon, analyze the potential threat and contain the story, Jharrel (Joseph David-Jones), an empathetic social worker, and Keisha (Ireon Roach), a hardened community corrections officer,...
Based on the original TV series created by Scott Peters and Renee Echevarria, 4400 hails from Riverdale co-executive producer Ariana Jackson, who wrote the pilot; Sunil Nayar; and Anna Fricke and Laura Terry of Pursued By a Bear.
In 4400, over the last century at least 4,400 people who were overlooked, undervalued, or otherwise marginalized vanished without a trace off the face of the planet. Last night, inexplicably, they were all returned in an instant to Detroit having not aged a day and with no memory of what happened to them. As the government races to understand the phenomenon, analyze the potential threat and contain the story, Jharrel (Joseph David-Jones), an empathetic social worker, and Keisha (Ireon Roach), a hardened community corrections officer,...
- 11/22/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Warner TV, the French pay-tv channel and on-demand service launched by WarnerMedia, is teaming with Mediawan Group’s MakingProd for its first French original TV series, “Visitors,” a fantasy comedy by Simon Astier.
The eight-part half-hour series was created, written and is being directed by Astier, whose fanboy profile and graphic universe seem to be the perfect match for Warner TV’s identity. Astier’s previous credits include the comedic science fiction series “Hero Corp” in which he also starred, and Netflix’s supernatural series “Mortel.” Stéphane Drouet at MakingProd is producing “Visitors,” which recently started filming.
Astier stars in “Visitors” as Richard, a rookie police officer who sees two strange lights colliding in the sky on his first day on the job. The series’ large ensemble cast also includes Florence Loiret Caille, Damien Jouillerot, Vincent Desagnat, Tiphaine Daviot, Grégoire Ludig, Julie Bargeton, David Marsais, Arnaud Tsamere, Delphine Baril and Adrien Ménielle.
The eight-part half-hour series was created, written and is being directed by Astier, whose fanboy profile and graphic universe seem to be the perfect match for Warner TV’s identity. Astier’s previous credits include the comedic science fiction series “Hero Corp” in which he also starred, and Netflix’s supernatural series “Mortel.” Stéphane Drouet at MakingProd is producing “Visitors,” which recently started filming.
Astier stars in “Visitors” as Richard, a rookie police officer who sees two strange lights colliding in the sky on his first day on the job. The series’ large ensemble cast also includes Florence Loiret Caille, Damien Jouillerot, Vincent Desagnat, Tiphaine Daviot, Grégoire Ludig, Julie Bargeton, David Marsais, Arnaud Tsamere, Delphine Baril and Adrien Ménielle.
- 6/22/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Capturing the awe-inspiring wonders of our world has been an endeavor since the dawn of image-making, and with ever-evolving advancements in technology there’s an unparalleled pristineness in one’s ability to record such beauty. In his feature debut Awaken, director Tom Lowe takes this pursuit to heart, traversing the planet with the eye of a treasure hunter, collecting only the most stunning shots imaginable to convey the splendor of where we all collectively call home. The film’s main calling card––being executive produced by Terrence Malick and Godfrey Reggio––inevitably also sets a perhaps unfairly high bar as the film falls short of achieving the masterful rhythm and level of insightful connection between humanity, nature, and technology found in its clear inspirations. However, as a sensory experience, there’s still plenty of wonder worth beholding across its rather brief 75-minute runtime.
Shot in 4K over five years across 30 countries,...
Shot in 4K over five years across 30 countries,...
- 4/7/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Apple TV+ has released a sneak peek of Friday’s upcoming episode of “Defending Jacob,” and it involves a tense run-in with Andy Barber’s estranged father, who is in prison for murder.
J.K. Simmons plays Billy Barber opposite Chris Evans, who stars in the series as Assistant District Attorney Andy Barber. Andy’s career is derailed after his son, Jacob, is accused of murdering a classmate. Things become more complicated once it is revealed that the family already has another member in prison for murder and sexual assault.
In the upcoming fifth episode, “Visitors,” out May 8th on Apple TV+, Andy (Evans) visits his father Billy (Simmons) in prison for the first time since he was a kid — and later learns some troubling information from Jacob’s friends Derek and Sarah.
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The...
J.K. Simmons plays Billy Barber opposite Chris Evans, who stars in the series as Assistant District Attorney Andy Barber. Andy’s career is derailed after his son, Jacob, is accused of murdering a classmate. Things become more complicated once it is revealed that the family already has another member in prison for murder and sexual assault.
In the upcoming fifth episode, “Visitors,” out May 8th on Apple TV+, Andy (Evans) visits his father Billy (Simmons) in prison for the first time since he was a kid — and later learns some troubling information from Jacob’s friends Derek and Sarah.
Also Read: 'Snowpiercer': The Class Struggle Is a Literal Cold War in Official Trailer (Video)
The...
- 5/7/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Here is a wrap up of all the news you need to know from Thursday, May 7, 2020.
NBC's The Blacklist has a new series regular for Season 8.
The hit drama has promoted Laura Sohn, who recurs as FBI Agent Alina Park.
TV Line first reported the news.
Sohn arrived on The Blacklist Season 7 Episode 7, and took over the job left by the exit of Mozhan Marno's Samar.
Alina quickly became a fan-favorite, and we're sure she will continue to make a big impact on Season 8.
The series was forced to shut down due to the Coronavirus pandemic, with multiple episodes unproduced.
In order to bring the season to a close, the episode will feature a mix of live-action and animated scenes.
Yes, really.
It will certainly make for a different kind of finale.
Meanwhile, Apple TV+ drama Defending Jacob is set to introduce a key recurring player this week in J.K. Simmons.
NBC's The Blacklist has a new series regular for Season 8.
The hit drama has promoted Laura Sohn, who recurs as FBI Agent Alina Park.
TV Line first reported the news.
Sohn arrived on The Blacklist Season 7 Episode 7, and took over the job left by the exit of Mozhan Marno's Samar.
Alina quickly became a fan-favorite, and we're sure she will continue to make a big impact on Season 8.
The series was forced to shut down due to the Coronavirus pandemic, with multiple episodes unproduced.
In order to bring the season to a close, the episode will feature a mix of live-action and animated scenes.
Yes, really.
It will certainly make for a different kind of finale.
Meanwhile, Apple TV+ drama Defending Jacob is set to introduce a key recurring player this week in J.K. Simmons.
- 5/7/2020
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Gambles paid off. That’s the takeaway from this long Thanksgiving weekend, which ends at the start of the final month in a tricky box-office year. While this period didn’t break any records, it still leaves room for real optimism.
“Frozen 2” provided about 45% of the ticket sales, but “Knives Out” stunned with $41.7 million and “Queen & Slim” defied conventional ideas about holiday release calendars. Meanwhile, “Ford v Ferrari” and “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” both older-audience, wide-release dramas, kept their weekend drops to levels that should sustain them into the further holidays ahead.
At around $180 million, it’s not close to last year’s $216 million total. In raw numbers, this could be the fewest tickets sold in the last five Thanksgivings. That places the full year’s total at $10.2 billion, about 6% down from last year.
The holiday fell a week later than 2018. That means this year’s tally easily beats the same period,...
“Frozen 2” provided about 45% of the ticket sales, but “Knives Out” stunned with $41.7 million and “Queen & Slim” defied conventional ideas about holiday release calendars. Meanwhile, “Ford v Ferrari” and “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” both older-audience, wide-release dramas, kept their weekend drops to levels that should sustain them into the further holidays ahead.
At around $180 million, it’s not close to last year’s $216 million total. In raw numbers, this could be the fewest tickets sold in the last five Thanksgivings. That places the full year’s total at $10.2 billion, about 6% down from last year.
The holiday fell a week later than 2018. That means this year’s tally easily beats the same period,...
- 12/1/2019
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
The Thanksgiving weekend estimates for Disney’s “Frozen II” jumped around from day to day, but the final estimate for the 5-day holiday period has settled at $123.7 million, passing the $109.9 million record set in 2013 by “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.”
That total has this animated sequel leaving the original “Frozen” in the dust.
The original film opened on Thanksgiving weekend in 2013 and took a 5-day start of $93.7 million, meaning “Frozen II” outperformed it this weekend by 32% before inflation. “Frozen” also had a total after two weekends in theaters of $134 million, and “Frozen II” has more than doubled that with $288 million.
Also Read: 'Frozen II' Soars With $127 Million Opening, but Overall Box Office Still Lags Behind 2018 Pace
“Frozen II” will likely pass the original’s total domestic run of $400 million early next week and is already approaching $1 billion with a global total of $738 million. The film grossed $163.8 million overseas...
That total has this animated sequel leaving the original “Frozen” in the dust.
The original film opened on Thanksgiving weekend in 2013 and took a 5-day start of $93.7 million, meaning “Frozen II” outperformed it this weekend by 32% before inflation. “Frozen” also had a total after two weekends in theaters of $134 million, and “Frozen II” has more than doubled that with $288 million.
Also Read: 'Frozen II' Soars With $127 Million Opening, but Overall Box Office Still Lags Behind 2018 Pace
“Frozen II” will likely pass the original’s total domestic run of $400 million early next week and is already approaching $1 billion with a global total of $738 million. The film grossed $163.8 million overseas...
- 12/1/2019
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
James Mangold directs Matt Damon and Christian Bale in Ford v Ferrari, a film known at Le Mans ’66 in Europe and other regions where that famous endurance race is more religion than sport. Damon plays Carroll Shelby, an ex-driver who has channeled his competitive edge into building cars. He asks a wild yet talented […]
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- 11/30/2019
- by Jason Gorber
- Slash Film
With Lucy in the Sky out next week, we rate the actor’s greatest roles from V for Vendetta to Annihilation
Terrence Malick films are never entirely without value, but this comes pretty close: a tiresomely self-indulgent and male-gazey homage to La life, tricked out with Malick’s late-phase tics that only restate the obtuseness of it all. From the poster and publicity material, you would think that Portman plays a key part here, but no: she’s one of the gallery of women with whom a writer, Christian Bale, attempts to find meaning in his life. Portman does quite a bit of moody frisking, from art gallery to hotel room to beach, but there’s not much to it.
Terrence Malick films are never entirely without value, but this comes pretty close: a tiresomely self-indulgent and male-gazey homage to La life, tricked out with Malick’s late-phase tics that only restate the obtuseness of it all. From the poster and publicity material, you would think that Portman plays a key part here, but no: she’s one of the gallery of women with whom a writer, Christian Bale, attempts to find meaning in his life. Portman does quite a bit of moody frisking, from art gallery to hotel room to beach, but there’s not much to it.
- 11/29/2019
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
The Boys practically came out of nowhere to become one of the most-watched Amazon Original Series last summer, ending up scoring record audiences for the platform. It’s one of the highlights of an excellent year for superheroes on TV, with this, Watchmen and the impending “Crisis on Infinite Earths” crossover all pleasing longtime fans. Season 2 shoot has just finished shooting and now, the stars of the show have begun to trickle out information about what’s going to happen next summer.
Jack Quaid, who plays traumatized everyman Hughie, spoke about season 2 recently and may have hinted at a key incoming plot development.
“Oh man, no one is ready for Season 2. It’s just absolutely bonkers. I’ll just put it this way, the scale is a lot bigger. I think we’ve topped season one, in terms of insane moments that make you say ‘What the hell?’ I’ve...
Jack Quaid, who plays traumatized everyman Hughie, spoke about season 2 recently and may have hinted at a key incoming plot development.
“Oh man, no one is ready for Season 2. It’s just absolutely bonkers. I’ll just put it this way, the scale is a lot bigger. I think we’ve topped season one, in terms of insane moments that make you say ‘What the hell?’ I’ve...
- 11/27/2019
- by David James
- We Got This Covered
The vital six-week race to the end of 2019 got off to a strong start with “Frozen II.” It grossed an estimated $127 million opening weekend, which is an animation record for November. The weekend’s total gross of just over $200 million comes in a little below 2018 — but because of the calendar swing, the equivalent weekend was actually after Thanksgiving. The 2018 pre-holiday weekend grossed $25 million-$30 million less than 2019, so we should have a stronger period overall.
“Frozen II”
In 2013, “Frozen” was a phenomenon that grossed over $400 million domestic thanks to an extraordinary hold. The sequel could easily reach $250 million by next Sunday. It’s possible that early results could cannibalize later ones, but this seems like a sequel that will equal the original. If so, it would give Disney five $400 million+ domestic releases this year, with the next “Star Wars” still to come. That’s a hell of a market share.
After...
“Frozen II”
In 2013, “Frozen” was a phenomenon that grossed over $400 million domestic thanks to an extraordinary hold. The sequel could easily reach $250 million by next Sunday. It’s possible that early results could cannibalize later ones, but this seems like a sequel that will equal the original. If so, it would give Disney five $400 million+ domestic releases this year, with the next “Star Wars” still to come. That’s a hell of a market share.
After...
- 11/24/2019
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
If singers Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes are officially Shawmila now, the young It couple reveals their music had a big role to play in defining the course of their love life lately.
Quite a coincidence, that "Senorita" -- the song that they confess brought them close -- was on Wednesday nominated in the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance category at the 2020 Grammy Award.
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The flashback, first: It all started in November 2015, when they first crooned "I know what you did last summer," together.
"During 'I know what you did last summer', I really bonded with him as more than a friend. I think he did, too, but we were both really young, and he was experiencing the pressures of his career. I don't think we knew what to do with those feelings," Camila told Rolling Stone, according to a report in eonline.
Quite a coincidence, that "Senorita" -- the song that they confess brought them close -- was on Wednesday nominated in the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance category at the 2020 Grammy Award.
Also Read:?Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello steal a kiss again
The flashback, first: It all started in November 2015, when they first crooned "I know what you did last summer," together.
"During 'I know what you did last summer', I really bonded with him as more than a friend. I think he did, too, but we were both really young, and he was experiencing the pressures of his career. I don't think we knew what to do with those feelings," Camila told Rolling Stone, according to a report in eonline.
- 11/21/2019
- GlamSham
As many parents know, kids are not easily impressed — even if you’re an Oscar winner for your debut film as a writer.
For Matt Damon, that film was 1997’s Good Will Hunting, which he wrote with Ben Affleck. And although his four daughters (Stella [Zavala], 9, Gia [Zavala], 11, Isabella, 13, and Alexia, 20, with wife Luciana) are old enough to enjoy it, they still haven’t seen it.
“It’s total resistance,” the Ford v Ferrari star tells People in this week’s issue about which films of his he’s been excited to share with his kids. “I am kind of trying to force them,...
For Matt Damon, that film was 1997’s Good Will Hunting, which he wrote with Ben Affleck. And although his four daughters (Stella [Zavala], 9, Gia [Zavala], 11, Isabella, 13, and Alexia, 20, with wife Luciana) are old enough to enjoy it, they still haven’t seen it.
“It’s total resistance,” the Ford v Ferrari star tells People in this week’s issue about which films of his he’s been excited to share with his kids. “I am kind of trying to force them,...
- 11/20/2019
- by Kara Warner
- PEOPLE.com
The thrill of driving a car at high speeds is one that many share. At the same time, the sport of auto racing is hard to compelling depict on screen. Car chases are a cinematic staple, but that’s a completely different beast. More often than not, racing movies focus as much on the humans as the machines. In the case of the new film Ford v Ferrari, there’s a strong balance between the two elements. Featuring some incredible technical work below the line, as well as a surprising sense of fun, this flick has more to offer than most other outings of this ilk. I’ve been pondering this one for over a month, hence waiting until the day of release to write about it, but the more I think on it, the more I find myself liking it. The film is a sports drama, centered on a...
- 11/15/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
One of the things that makes Great Gerwig such a phenomenal director is her ability to choose actors who understand her point of view, and who have the intellectual rigor to collaborate with her. “Lady Bird” cemented her director/muse relationship with Saoirse Ronan, introduced the world to the wonder that is Beanie Feldstein, and allowed Laurie Metcalf to strut her dramatic acting chops all the way to an Oscar nomination. In “Little Women,” she got to work with a dream actor for any cinephile: Laura Dern.
The actress is in the middle of a monumental year, with a scene-stealing supporting role as a cutthroat Los Angeles divorce lawyer in “Marriage Story,” directed by Gerwig’s partner Noah Baumbach, as well as taking on the iconic role of Marmee in Gerwig’s upcoming “Little Women” adaptation. During a recent taping in New York City, the two women sat down for...
The actress is in the middle of a monumental year, with a scene-stealing supporting role as a cutthroat Los Angeles divorce lawyer in “Marriage Story,” directed by Gerwig’s partner Noah Baumbach, as well as taking on the iconic role of Marmee in Gerwig’s upcoming “Little Women” adaptation. During a recent taping in New York City, the two women sat down for...
- 11/15/2019
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Racing drama “Ford v Ferrari” sped to $2.1 million on Thursday night, while Sony’s “Charlie’s Angels” reboot pulled in a modest $900,000.
The earnings for “Ford v Ferrari” are in the same range as “Terminator: Dark Fate,” which took in $2.4 million on its way to a $29 million debut on Nov. 1-3 for Paramount.
“Ford v Ferrari” is expected to win the weekend handily with as much as $20 million at 3,528 venues in North America. The Disney-Fox film follows an eccentric team of American engineers and designers, led by automotive visionary Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and his British driver, Ken Miles (Christian Bale), who are dispatched by Henry Ford II and Lee Iacocca to build a new vehicle to defeat the dominant Ferrari at the 1966 Le Mans world championship in France.
“Ford v Ferrari,” directed by James Mangold and produced by Chernin Entertainment, has generated 91% on Rotten Tomatoes. The film, which has a $100 million price tag,...
The earnings for “Ford v Ferrari” are in the same range as “Terminator: Dark Fate,” which took in $2.4 million on its way to a $29 million debut on Nov. 1-3 for Paramount.
“Ford v Ferrari” is expected to win the weekend handily with as much as $20 million at 3,528 venues in North America. The Disney-Fox film follows an eccentric team of American engineers and designers, led by automotive visionary Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and his British driver, Ken Miles (Christian Bale), who are dispatched by Henry Ford II and Lee Iacocca to build a new vehicle to defeat the dominant Ferrari at the 1966 Le Mans world championship in France.
“Ford v Ferrari,” directed by James Mangold and produced by Chernin Entertainment, has generated 91% on Rotten Tomatoes. The film, which has a $100 million price tag,...
- 11/15/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
“Ford v Ferrari,” the racing biopic from Disney and Fox starring Matt Damon and Christian Bale, earned $2.1 million at the box office in Thursday preview screenings beginning at 6 p.m.
We’re off to the races at the box office again as “Ford v Ferrari” takes on Sony’s “Charlie’s Angels” reboot and Warner Bros. con man thriller “The Good Liar.” But none of the three are expected to speed far away from the pack, least of all after a November weekend in which the horror movie “Doctor Sleep” significantly under-performed.
Fox’s 2019 slate in particular is mired in a box office slump, with no film it has released this year rising above $100 million domestically. Disney is projecting just an opening in the mid-teens for “Ford v Ferrari” against a reported budget of $97 million, though independent trackers see it in the high 20s with a possibility to rise above $30 million.
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We’re off to the races at the box office again as “Ford v Ferrari” takes on Sony’s “Charlie’s Angels” reboot and Warner Bros. con man thriller “The Good Liar.” But none of the three are expected to speed far away from the pack, least of all after a November weekend in which the horror movie “Doctor Sleep” significantly under-performed.
Fox’s 2019 slate in particular is mired in a box office slump, with no film it has released this year rising above $100 million domestically. Disney is projecting just an opening in the mid-teens for “Ford v Ferrari” against a reported budget of $97 million, though independent trackers see it in the high 20s with a possibility to rise above $30 million.
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- 11/15/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
The release of James Mangold’s well-reviewed racecar drama “Ford v Ferrari” comes at a critical time in the era of the Disney-Fox merger. Since the Mouse House closed the deal on the Fox acquisition in March, nearly every 20th Century Fox release under Disney has underperformed at the U.S. box office. Disney CEO Bob Iger said in August the company lost $170 million in one quarter because of box office bombs like “Dark Phoenix,” the X-Men movie which only grossed $65 million total (that’s less than what the majority of “X-Men” films made on their opening weekends). Other Fox titles like “Stuber” ($22 million), “The Art of Racing in the Rain” ($26 million), and “Ad Astra” ($50 million) also fizzled.
During an interview at Variety’s Business Managers Breakfast this week, Walt Disney Studios’ chief creative officer and co-chairman Alan Horn spoke about Disney’s disappointment with the first wave of Fox theatrical releases.
During an interview at Variety’s Business Managers Breakfast this week, Walt Disney Studios’ chief creative officer and co-chairman Alan Horn spoke about Disney’s disappointment with the first wave of Fox theatrical releases.
- 11/15/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
“Ford v Ferrari” has been called a throwback, one that harks back to a classical Hollywood filmmaking that we have seen increasingly less of over the past two decades. When director James Mangold was on IndieWire’s Filmmaker Toolkit, he admitted that there was an element of reaching back into Hollywood’s past in “Ford v Ferrari,” but it was more about avoiding what he saw as the pitfalls of today’s big-budget franchise films.
“I feel like we’ve gotten almost segregated, where action pictures, big or muscular movies, have gotten to where they operate almost without drama, or not much drama at all,” said Mangold. “The characters, there’s so many of them often, that they only have three or four minutes of screen time to set up their ‘problem’ and resolve it, and on top of that, the movies themselves operate on such a sensory overload that you can...
“I feel like we’ve gotten almost segregated, where action pictures, big or muscular movies, have gotten to where they operate almost without drama, or not much drama at all,” said Mangold. “The characters, there’s so many of them often, that they only have three or four minutes of screen time to set up their ‘problem’ and resolve it, and on top of that, the movies themselves operate on such a sensory overload that you can...
- 11/15/2019
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
This post contains Spoilers for “Ford v Ferrari,” starring Matt Damon and Christian Bale
A good chunk of James Mangold’s “Ford v Ferrari” is devoted to a diligent recreation of the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans race, and it all leads to a climax that, if you don’t know anything about it, feels almost too strange to be real.
The real life Le Mans ’66 ended with a historic finish: Ford trounced the frontrunner Ferrari as all three Ford cars crossed the finish line in a dead heat. But there’s some additional drama in the “Ford v Ferrari” portrayal. In the film’s telling, once it becomes clear Ford will win, Ford executives, including Henry Ford II, realize that having all of its cars finish at the same time would make an excellent PR stunt — so they instruct driver Ken Miles (Bale) to slow down his pace to let...
A good chunk of James Mangold’s “Ford v Ferrari” is devoted to a diligent recreation of the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans race, and it all leads to a climax that, if you don’t know anything about it, feels almost too strange to be real.
The real life Le Mans ’66 ended with a historic finish: Ford trounced the frontrunner Ferrari as all three Ford cars crossed the finish line in a dead heat. But there’s some additional drama in the “Ford v Ferrari” portrayal. In the film’s telling, once it becomes clear Ford will win, Ford executives, including Henry Ford II, realize that having all of its cars finish at the same time would make an excellent PR stunt — so they instruct driver Ken Miles (Bale) to slow down his pace to let...
- 11/15/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Maybe it’s too much to expect a film titled “Ford v Ferrari” to really touch on anything beyond the heart-pounding 24 hours of 1966’s legendary Le Mans auto race in France, upon which the film is based.
But with a staggering two-and-a-half-hour runtime, you’d think director James Mangold (with writers Jason Keller and Jez and John-Henry Butterworth) would have delved more deeply into the interior lives of its two protagonists, played by Christian Bale and Matt Damon, in order to ground their narrative in something other than adrenaline and testosterone.
There’s certainly lots of opportunity to do so, especially through the intriguing friendship between sports-car engineer and driver Ken Miles (Bale), who competed in the historic race, and driver and car designer Carroll Shelby (Damon), who had previously hired Miles as a test driver before eventually bringing him on board to represent Ford Motor Company at Le Mans.
But with a staggering two-and-a-half-hour runtime, you’d think director James Mangold (with writers Jason Keller and Jez and John-Henry Butterworth) would have delved more deeply into the interior lives of its two protagonists, played by Christian Bale and Matt Damon, in order to ground their narrative in something other than adrenaline and testosterone.
There’s certainly lots of opportunity to do so, especially through the intriguing friendship between sports-car engineer and driver Ken Miles (Bale), who competed in the historic race, and driver and car designer Carroll Shelby (Damon), who had previously hired Miles as a test driver before eventually bringing him on board to represent Ford Motor Company at Le Mans.
- 11/13/2019
- by Candice Frederick
- The Wrap
The Star Wars franchise is currently embroiled in more controversy than ever before, with creative turmoil behind the scenes that’s reportedly seen Lucasfilm limiting the input of their filmmakers, Solo bombing at the box office, the ongoing backlash to Rian Johnson’s The Last Jedi and the abrupt and contentious departure of Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss from their proposed trilogy.
It seems that the sci-fi saga can’t catch a break these days, and the studio isn’t exactly doing themselves any favors by reopening one of Star Wars‘ oldest debates. With Disney Plus now available, the Original Trilogy was always going to be one of the new streaming service’s most popular titles, and fans were in for a shock as they discovered that yet another alteration has been made to the infamous ‘Han Shot First’ scene from A New Hope.
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It seems that the sci-fi saga can’t catch a break these days, and the studio isn’t exactly doing themselves any favors by reopening one of Star Wars‘ oldest debates. With Disney Plus now available, the Original Trilogy was always going to be one of the new streaming service’s most popular titles, and fans were in for a shock as they discovered that yet another alteration has been made to the infamous ‘Han Shot First’ scene from A New Hope.
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- 11/13/2019
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
Sci-fi classic vehicle V is being revived as a film by Desilu Studios, with the new version of the former TV series written and directed by the original ’80s series creator, Kenneth Johnson. Called V The Movie, the film’s casting and a release date are not yet determined. It will be produced by John Hermansen and Barry Opper. The original two-part miniseries aired on NBC in 1983, telling the story of an alien invasion by a reptilian race disguising themselves as…...
- 2/11/2018
- Deadline
Cult 1980s sci-fi show V is set to return to the small screen.
The iconic show, about alien lizards taking over Earth, has been picked up by American network ABC, who will finance the project, and will reportedly hit screens in the U.S. as early as next year.
Sci-fi screenwriter Scott Peters will pen and executive produce the new spin on the original series.
The show originally aired to huge viewing figures from 1984 to 1985.
The iconic show, about alien lizards taking over Earth, has been picked up by American network ABC, who will finance the project, and will reportedly hit screens in the U.S. as early as next year.
Sci-fi screenwriter Scott Peters will pen and executive produce the new spin on the original series.
The show originally aired to huge viewing figures from 1984 to 1985.
- 10/13/2008
- WENN
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