Exclusive: Two-time Oscar winner Christoph Waltz (Inglorious Basterds), Stranger Things and Maestro star Maya Hawke, Cannes Best Actor winner John Turturro (Severance), and Emmy winner Jon Hamm (Mad Men) are set to star in Oscar-nominated director Stephen Frears’ (The Queen) Wilder & Me, which will be a buzzy package at this month’s EFM market.
Hawke will play Calista, a young musician whose life takes on a whole new meaning while working on the set of Billy Wilder’s film Fedora. Waltz will play legendary film director Wilder, known for classics including Some Like It Hot, Sunset Boulevard and The Apartment. Turturro will play his lifelong friend and screenwriting partner I.A.L. Diamond. Hamm will play famed actor William Holden.
Described as a “bittersweet drama”, the project has been adapted for the screen by two-time Oscar winner Christopher Hampton (The Father) with Oscar winner Jeremy Thomas (The Last Emperor) producing and shoot scheduled for early 2025 in Greece.
Hawke will play Calista, a young musician whose life takes on a whole new meaning while working on the set of Billy Wilder’s film Fedora. Waltz will play legendary film director Wilder, known for classics including Some Like It Hot, Sunset Boulevard and The Apartment. Turturro will play his lifelong friend and screenwriting partner I.A.L. Diamond. Hamm will play famed actor William Holden.
Described as a “bittersweet drama”, the project has been adapted for the screen by two-time Oscar winner Christopher Hampton (The Father) with Oscar winner Jeremy Thomas (The Last Emperor) producing and shoot scheduled for early 2025 in Greece.
- 2/2/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Film director Michelle Danner has finished Principal Photography on The Italians, a quirky dramedy about family, love and Italian cooking. With Federico Verardi as director of Photography, the film finished shooting in LA. The film stars Matthew Daddario, Rob Estes, David DeLuise, Perrey Reeves, Olivia Luccardi, with Lainie Kazan and Abigail Breslin.
Written by Lisa Visca, The Italians shows the Vitali Family, an Italian-American family, as they meet their son’s new fiance who is decidedly Not Italian.
Danner states: “This is a deeply touching story about loving family, forgiving family and irresistible Italian food.”
The Italians is Danner’s eighth directorial project following on the heels of her latest success, “Miranda’s Victim,” was released this fall and told the incredible true story about the creation of the Miranda Warning after the brutal assault on 18 year old Patricia Weir.
Danner is also an acting teacher and co-founder of the...
Written by Lisa Visca, The Italians shows the Vitali Family, an Italian-American family, as they meet their son’s new fiance who is decidedly Not Italian.
Danner states: “This is a deeply touching story about loving family, forgiving family and irresistible Italian food.”
The Italians is Danner’s eighth directorial project following on the heels of her latest success, “Miranda’s Victim,” was released this fall and told the incredible true story about the creation of the Miranda Warning after the brutal assault on 18 year old Patricia Weir.
Danner is also an acting teacher and co-founder of the...
- 11/17/2023
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Nick Wilkinson, veteran director of casting for theater and ABC Television, died on the island of Kauai on Sept. 29. He was 69.
Wilkinson became a prominent player in regional theater as the longtime casting director for Theatre Communications Group in New York City, known in the 1980s as Central Casting for most theaters across the United States. Wilkinson then became the casting director for the Goodman Theatre in Chicago.
He later transitioned from theater to television, becoming ABC Television’s director of casting in New York and then Los Angeles. Wilkinson helped cast major projects in ABC’s movie and miniseries division, along with its daytime division. He took pride in helping previously unknown actors, such as Bruce Willis and Sarah Michelle Gellar, kickstart their rise to stardom.
Following his retirement from casting, Wilkinson took on a brief stint as a docent at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art before returning to writing.
Wilkinson became a prominent player in regional theater as the longtime casting director for Theatre Communications Group in New York City, known in the 1980s as Central Casting for most theaters across the United States. Wilkinson then became the casting director for the Goodman Theatre in Chicago.
He later transitioned from theater to television, becoming ABC Television’s director of casting in New York and then Los Angeles. Wilkinson helped cast major projects in ABC’s movie and miniseries division, along with its daytime division. He took pride in helping previously unknown actors, such as Bruce Willis and Sarah Michelle Gellar, kickstart their rise to stardom.
Following his retirement from casting, Wilkinson took on a brief stint as a docent at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art before returning to writing.
- 10/8/2023
- by Caroline Brew
- Variety Film + TV
Horror-comedy anthology Die Laughing is now available on Blu-ray via Bonelady Studios, who curated 21 shorts from 10 independent filmmakers — including yours truly!
Trouser Snake is my comedic send-up to 1950s creature features. A night of necking at Lovers’ Lane gets the shaft when a monster rears its ugly head in the 5-minute short, which you can watch below.
Die Laughing also includes segments directed by George James Fraser, Erica Stockwell-Alpert, Jim McDonough, David Bornstein, Seth Chatfield, Peter Levine, Sophia Cacciola, Porcelain Dalya, and Elizabeth Theis.
For only 10, you can witness demon summoning, serial killers, ghostly hauntings, illegal cloning, adorable vampires, monkeys, and more. But be warned… you might just Die Laughing!
Die Laughing includes:
Fuck Yes! by George James Fraser Firstborn by Erica Stockwell-Alpert Tiny Clones by Jim McDonough Unholy ‘Mole by David Bornstein Shiny Diamonds by Seth Chatfield Darling Pet Monkey by Jim McDonough Dead Language by Erica Stockwell-Alpert Jeff...
Trouser Snake is my comedic send-up to 1950s creature features. A night of necking at Lovers’ Lane gets the shaft when a monster rears its ugly head in the 5-minute short, which you can watch below.
Die Laughing also includes segments directed by George James Fraser, Erica Stockwell-Alpert, Jim McDonough, David Bornstein, Seth Chatfield, Peter Levine, Sophia Cacciola, Porcelain Dalya, and Elizabeth Theis.
For only 10, you can witness demon summoning, serial killers, ghostly hauntings, illegal cloning, adorable vampires, monkeys, and more. But be warned… you might just Die Laughing!
Die Laughing includes:
Fuck Yes! by George James Fraser Firstborn by Erica Stockwell-Alpert Tiny Clones by Jim McDonough Unholy ‘Mole by David Bornstein Shiny Diamonds by Seth Chatfield Darling Pet Monkey by Jim McDonough Dead Language by Erica Stockwell-Alpert Jeff...
- 2/7/2023
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
In 2000, writer-director Michael Almereyda began his journey with William Shakespeare at the top, taking on “Hamlet” in his Ethan Hawke-starring adaptation set in in modern-day Manhattan. For his return to the Bard, however, Almereyda is bringing to the screen one of Shakespeare’s lesser-known, lesser-beloved plays, “Cymbeline.” The film uses Shakespeare’s original text, which tells the story of Cymbeline (a king in pre-Roman England, perhaps historical, perhaps legendary) and his daughter, Imogen, who marries the penniless Posthumus against her father’s wishes. In Almereyda’s version, which opens in select theaters Friday, Cymbeline is the kingpin of the Britons Motorcycle Club in a rundown, backwater American town. Here, the Roman foes are dirty cops, and a brutal turf war breaks out when Cymbeline (Ed Harris), at the urging of his wife (Milla Jovovich) refuses to honor an agreement with the police. Posthumus – here a skateboarding gang member – is played by Penn Badgley.
- 3/13/2015
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
Lesley Mann, Anthony Lapaglia, Jacki Weaver, Melissa George, Gia Carides and Josh Lucas head the cast of Fred Schepisi.s The Olive Sisters.
A romantic drama adapted from Australian author Amanda Hampson.s 2005 novel, it.s due to start shooting mid-year in Victoria.s Mornington Peninsula.
Mann will play Adrienne Bennett, a successful PR executive whose life unravels when her business fails. She.s forced to move from her New York apartment to a small rural community in Australia, where she inherited a run-down olive grove from her Italian grandparents.
After overcoming culture shock she discovers the family she barely knew and strikes up a friendship with the ruggedly handsome Joe.
Simon Baker was announced today as playing Joe and dutifully reported on Deadline.com, but his CAA agent Peter Levine told If The Mentalist regular is not attached.
A parallel narrative follows Adrienne.s grandparents who worked hard to...
A romantic drama adapted from Australian author Amanda Hampson.s 2005 novel, it.s due to start shooting mid-year in Victoria.s Mornington Peninsula.
Mann will play Adrienne Bennett, a successful PR executive whose life unravels when her business fails. She.s forced to move from her New York apartment to a small rural community in Australia, where she inherited a run-down olive grove from her Italian grandparents.
After overcoming culture shock she discovers the family she barely knew and strikes up a friendship with the ruggedly handsome Joe.
Simon Baker was announced today as playing Joe and dutifully reported on Deadline.com, but his CAA agent Peter Levine told If The Mentalist regular is not attached.
A parallel narrative follows Adrienne.s grandparents who worked hard to...
- 2/3/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
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