20th Century Studios has unveiled the poster and trailer for their supernatural comedy Darby and the Dead, which is set to be released through the Hulu streaming service in the U.S. on December 2nd. (It will be released on Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ under the Star banner in all other territories.) The trailer can be seen in the embed above, and the poster is at the bottom of this article.
Directed by Silas Howard, whose credits include 22 episodes of the TV show Dickinson, from a screenplay written by Becca Greene (Good Vibes), working from a story by Wenonah Wilms (Fem 101), Darby and the Dead has the following synopsis:
After suffering a near-death experience as a young girl, Darby Harper gains the ability to see dead people. As a result, she becomes introverted and shut off from her high school peers and prefers to spend time counseling lonely...
Directed by Silas Howard, whose credits include 22 episodes of the TV show Dickinson, from a screenplay written by Becca Greene (Good Vibes), working from a story by Wenonah Wilms (Fem 101), Darby and the Dead has the following synopsis:
After suffering a near-death experience as a young girl, Darby Harper gains the ability to see dead people. As a result, she becomes introverted and shut off from her high school peers and prefers to spend time counseling lonely...
- 11/16/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
20th Century Studios has announced that its supernatural teen comedy Darby and the Dead, starring Riele Downs (Henry Danger), Auli’i Cravalho (Moana) and more, will stream exclusively on Hulu in the U.S., Star+ in Latin America, and Disney+ under the Star banner in all other territories on December 2nd.
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The film formerly titled Darby Harper Wants You to Know is about a high school student who moonlights as a spiritual messenger. After suffering a near-death experience as a young girl, Darby Harper (Downs) gains the ability to see dead people. As a result, she becomes introverted and shut off from her high school...
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The film formerly titled Darby Harper Wants You to Know is about a high school student who moonlights as a spiritual messenger. After suffering a near-death experience as a young girl, Darby Harper (Downs) gains the ability to see dead people. As a result, she becomes introverted and shut off from her high school...
- 11/3/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Netflix on board for a third installment of The Kissing Booth, the continuing romantic adventures of Elle (Joey King), her hunky hot tempered boyfriend Noah (Jacob Elordi) and her best friend Lee (Joel Courtney). Vince Marcello, who adapted and directed the first two films from the novels that Beth Reekles originally self-published through Wattpad, has already finished shooting the third installment, and is in post-production on it.
King, the star and exec producer, just revealed the news during a livestream fan event. The film was quietly shot in tandem with The Kissing Booth 2 in South Africa, and it will be released in 2021. The third installment picks up where the second one left off. It’s the summer before Elle heads to college, and she has a secret decision to make. She has been accepted into Harvard, where boyfriend Noah is matriculating, and also Berkeley, where her Bff Lee (Noah’s brother) is headed.
King, the star and exec producer, just revealed the news during a livestream fan event. The film was quietly shot in tandem with The Kissing Booth 2 in South Africa, and it will be released in 2021. The third installment picks up where the second one left off. It’s the summer before Elle heads to college, and she has a secret decision to make. She has been accepted into Harvard, where boyfriend Noah is matriculating, and also Berkeley, where her Bff Lee (Noah’s brother) is headed.
- 7/26/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Legends of Tomorrow actress Maisie Richardson-Sellers and newcomer Taylor Perez are joining Joey King Joel Courtney, Jacob Elordi, Meganne Young, Carson White, and Molly Ringwald for Netflix’s The Kissing Booth 2. Vince Marcello is directing the follow-up which is based on smash Ya book by Beth Reekles, who wrote the book at age 15 and self-published it on Wattpad before being snatched up by Random House.
Marcello and Jay Arnold co-wrote the script. King stars as Elle Evans, who just had the most romantic summer of her life with her reformed bad-boy boyfriend Noah Flynn (Elordi). But now Noah is off to Harvard, and Elle heads back to high school for her senior year. She’ll have to juggle a long-distance relationship, getting into her dream college with her best friend Lee (Courtney), and the complications brought on by a close friendship with a handsome, charismatic new classmate named Marco...
Marcello and Jay Arnold co-wrote the script. King stars as Elle Evans, who just had the most romantic summer of her life with her reformed bad-boy boyfriend Noah Flynn (Elordi). But now Noah is off to Harvard, and Elle heads back to high school for her senior year. She’ll have to juggle a long-distance relationship, getting into her dream college with her best friend Lee (Courtney), and the complications brought on by a close friendship with a handsome, charismatic new classmate named Marco...
- 5/30/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix said it is making a sequel to The Kissing Booth, the original film it released last year on the streaming service based on Beth Reekles’ smash self-published YA book. The Kissing Booth 2 is now in production with stars Joey King, Joel Courtney and Jacob Elordi all back.
Netflix said in December The Kissing Booth was its most-re-watched original movie of 2018, noting half of all viewers who watched it and fellow YA hit To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before re-watched them at least once. To All the Boys is also getting a sequel.
Vince Marcello (Teen Beach Movie) returns to direct Kissing Booth 2 from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jay Arnold. The Komixx Entertainment Inc pic is being produced by Marcello, Michele Weisler, Andrew Cole-Bulgina and Edward Glauser.
Reekles was 15 when she wrote the novel, which she self-published on Wattpad before Random House picked it up. It follows...
Netflix said in December The Kissing Booth was its most-re-watched original movie of 2018, noting half of all viewers who watched it and fellow YA hit To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before re-watched them at least once. To All the Boys is also getting a sequel.
Vince Marcello (Teen Beach Movie) returns to direct Kissing Booth 2 from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jay Arnold. The Komixx Entertainment Inc pic is being produced by Marcello, Michele Weisler, Andrew Cole-Bulgina and Edward Glauser.
Reekles was 15 when she wrote the novel, which she self-published on Wattpad before Random House picked it up. It follows...
- 2/14/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix is giving fans of “The Kissing Booth” a very sweet Valentine’s Day present: news of a sequel.
Yes, the “The Kissing Booth 2” is currently in production, with stars Joey King, Joel Courtney and Jacob Elordi all set to return for the follow-up to the streamer’s 2018 rom-com, Netflix announced on Thursday.
Debuting last May, “The Kissing Booth” is based on the Beth Reekles self-published coming-of-age novel that tells the story of a high school girl who is forced to confront her secret crush at a kissing booth.
Also Read: Netflix's 'The Kissing Booth' and 'To All the Boys I Loved Before' Rewatched by Nearly Half of Viewers
“The Kissing Booth 2” will be directed by Vince Marcello with a screenplay by Marcello and Jay Arnold. Producers include Marcello, Michele Weisler, Andrew Cole-Bulgin, Edward Glauser. The film hails from Komixx Entertainment Inc.
The sequel is currently in production...
Yes, the “The Kissing Booth 2” is currently in production, with stars Joey King, Joel Courtney and Jacob Elordi all set to return for the follow-up to the streamer’s 2018 rom-com, Netflix announced on Thursday.
Debuting last May, “The Kissing Booth” is based on the Beth Reekles self-published coming-of-age novel that tells the story of a high school girl who is forced to confront her secret crush at a kissing booth.
Also Read: Netflix's 'The Kissing Booth' and 'To All the Boys I Loved Before' Rewatched by Nearly Half of Viewers
“The Kissing Booth 2” will be directed by Vince Marcello with a screenplay by Marcello and Jay Arnold. Producers include Marcello, Michele Weisler, Andrew Cole-Bulgin, Edward Glauser. The film hails from Komixx Entertainment Inc.
The sequel is currently in production...
- 2/14/2019
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Pucker up. “The Kissing Booth 2” is happening on Netflix, one of its stars, Joel Courtney, said on Twitter on Thursday. The sequel will reunite many of the team that made the original breakout hit, including Joey King and Jacob Elordi.
“Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone! It’s official!,” Courtney told his Twitter followers. “Yup!!! We Are Getting A Sequel!!!,” said his co-star Joey King.
The Ya-skewed movie went big on Netflix with the streamer’s content chief, Ted Sarandos, saying that at one point it was “one of the most-watched movies in the country, and maybe in the world.”
Plot details for “The Kissing Booth 2” are thin on the ground. Indie producer Komixx, which has carved out a niche in the sought-after Ya space, will make the new film.
The first movie was adapted from a Beth Reekles novel, which was originally self-published on the Wattpad digital platform. It was directed by Vince Marcello,...
“Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone! It’s official!,” Courtney told his Twitter followers. “Yup!!! We Are Getting A Sequel!!!,” said his co-star Joey King.
The Ya-skewed movie went big on Netflix with the streamer’s content chief, Ted Sarandos, saying that at one point it was “one of the most-watched movies in the country, and maybe in the world.”
Plot details for “The Kissing Booth 2” are thin on the ground. Indie producer Komixx, which has carved out a niche in the sought-after Ya space, will make the new film.
The first movie was adapted from a Beth Reekles novel, which was originally self-published on the Wattpad digital platform. It was directed by Vince Marcello,...
- 2/14/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Rose McGowan and Christopher Lloyd star in supernatural thriller.
Orion Pictures and Samuel Goldwyn Films have secured Us rights to Jenna Mattison’s directorial debut The Sound.
The film centres on Kelly, a writer and a skeptic of the supernatural. As a specialist in acoustic physics she uses low frequency tactile sound waves to debunk reported paranormal activities for her online blog.
When presented a new case about a supposedly haunted subway station, Kelly sets off to uncover the truth behind the hoax that involves a 40-year-old unexplained suicide.
Rose McGowan, Christopher Lloyd, Michael Eklund, Richard Gunn, and Jane Moffat star in the supernatural thriller written and directed by Mattison.
Geoff Hart, Jenna Mattison, Allan Ungar, Michele Weisler produced the film, while Cody Hackman, Mike Hattim Louie Maisano and Bruno Marino served as executive producers.
Ben McConley, Jason Van Eman, Vincenzo Varallo, and Marino Kulas also served as executive producers.
“We’re proud...
Orion Pictures and Samuel Goldwyn Films have secured Us rights to Jenna Mattison’s directorial debut The Sound.
The film centres on Kelly, a writer and a skeptic of the supernatural. As a specialist in acoustic physics she uses low frequency tactile sound waves to debunk reported paranormal activities for her online blog.
When presented a new case about a supposedly haunted subway station, Kelly sets off to uncover the truth behind the hoax that involves a 40-year-old unexplained suicide.
Rose McGowan, Christopher Lloyd, Michael Eklund, Richard Gunn, and Jane Moffat star in the supernatural thriller written and directed by Mattison.
Geoff Hart, Jenna Mattison, Allan Ungar, Michele Weisler produced the film, while Cody Hackman, Mike Hattim Louie Maisano and Bruno Marino served as executive producers.
Ben McConley, Jason Van Eman, Vincenzo Varallo, and Marino Kulas also served as executive producers.
“We’re proud...
- 7/26/2017
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Im Global fully financing and introducing to Cannes buyers.
Two-time Oscar nominee Viggo Mortensen will star in the thriller Unabomb for The Trouble With The Curve director Robert Lorenz.
Im Global is fully financing the project and lining up additional cast for a January 2018 production start.
Lorenz is producing Unabomb with Michele Weisler and Im Global’s president of feature film production Greg Shapiro.
Unabomb centres on one of the largest manhunts in history as FBI agent Jim Freeman, played by Mortensen, takes on the unsolved case of the Unabomber, who terrorised Americans with 16 bombings over the course of two decades.
Freeman and his unconventional team travel the country piecing together a profile of the infamous hooded suspect.
However the closer they get to narrowing down the terrorist’s identity, the more deadly and personal the attacks become. Randy Brown adapted the screenplay from the book Unabomber by Jim Freeman, Terry Turchie and Donald...
Two-time Oscar nominee Viggo Mortensen will star in the thriller Unabomb for The Trouble With The Curve director Robert Lorenz.
Im Global is fully financing the project and lining up additional cast for a January 2018 production start.
Lorenz is producing Unabomb with Michele Weisler and Im Global’s president of feature film production Greg Shapiro.
Unabomb centres on one of the largest manhunts in history as FBI agent Jim Freeman, played by Mortensen, takes on the unsolved case of the Unabomber, who terrorised Americans with 16 bombings over the course of two decades.
Freeman and his unconventional team travel the country piecing together a profile of the infamous hooded suspect.
However the closer they get to narrowing down the terrorist’s identity, the more deadly and personal the attacks become. Randy Brown adapted the screenplay from the book Unabomber by Jim Freeman, Terry Turchie and Donald...
- 5/15/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: International sales launched on Rose McGowan horror.
Spotlight Pictures has bolstered its Afm sales slate with supernatural horror The Sound starring actress and women’s rights activist Rose McGowan.
The company launches international sales on the story of a writer on paranormal matters who believes low frequency tactile sound is the cause for reported ghost sightings in an abandoned subway station.
To debunk the sightings, she breaks into the station to record evidence and discovers a connection to the paranormal world.
Christopher Lloyd and Michael Eklund also star in The Sound, and Jenna Mattison wrote and directed.
North Hollywood Films is producing the film, which is in post-production, and Michele Weisler serves as executive producer alongside Cody Hackman of North Hollywood Films.
Spotlight Pictures vice-president Ryan McCombs negotiated the deal with Hackman.
Spotlight Pictures has bolstered its Afm sales slate with supernatural horror The Sound starring actress and women’s rights activist Rose McGowan.
The company launches international sales on the story of a writer on paranormal matters who believes low frequency tactile sound is the cause for reported ghost sightings in an abandoned subway station.
To debunk the sightings, she breaks into the station to record evidence and discovers a connection to the paranormal world.
Christopher Lloyd and Michael Eklund also star in The Sound, and Jenna Mattison wrote and directed.
North Hollywood Films is producing the film, which is in post-production, and Michele Weisler serves as executive producer alongside Cody Hackman of North Hollywood Films.
Spotlight Pictures vice-president Ryan McCombs negotiated the deal with Hackman.
- 11/3/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The trailer for Extraordinary Tales has arrived. Based on some of Edgar Allan Poe's most notable works, Extraordinary Tales is narrated by Guillermo del Toro along with other iconic artists. Also: more details on A&E's The Enfield Haunting, Diamond Select Toys at Nycc, and release details for Dark Awakening.
Extraordinary Tales: "A film anthology of five of Edgar Allan Poe’s best-known stories, each told in a unique graphic style and featuring some of the most beloved figures in horror film history. Adapting the look and variety of a classic horror anthology, Extraordinary Tales offers heart-pounding takes on The Tell-Tale Heart, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar, and The Masque of the Red Death. Each tale is given a unique animated look, inspired by sources as diverse as classic Hollywood black-and-white monster films,...
Extraordinary Tales: "A film anthology of five of Edgar Allan Poe’s best-known stories, each told in a unique graphic style and featuring some of the most beloved figures in horror film history. Adapting the look and variety of a classic horror anthology, Extraordinary Tales offers heart-pounding takes on The Tell-Tale Heart, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar, and The Masque of the Red Death. Each tale is given a unique animated look, inspired by sources as diverse as classic Hollywood black-and-white monster films,...
- 9/29/2015
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Dread Central’s own Uncle Creepy claims Dark Awakening is “fearless, frightening, and utterly creepy!” And who the hell am I to say any different? Director Dean C. Jones and executive producers Liliana Kligman and Michele Weisler’s (The Ring) foray into… Continue Reading →
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- 9/29/2015
- by Todd Rigney
- DreadCentral.com
Rose McGowan has been tapped to star in the indie psychological thriller Lower Bay from producer Michele Weisler. She will play Kelly Johansen, a best-selling author who investigates ghost sightings. Richard Gunn will play her fiancé, and Christopher Lloyd is set as a mysterious man who crosses paths with Kelly in an abandoned subway station. Jenna Mattison penned the feature, which is based on true events. McGowan’s film credits include Conan The Barbarian and…...
- 5/1/2015
- Deadline
Café Oscuro Films and Atlantic & Pacific Pictures premiered the trailer for Dark Awakening (aka Nevermore). The film will be presented at Cannes. From the executive producer of The Ring (Michele Weisler), Dark Awakening takes place in Cedar Rock Falls, a small fictional town in North Carolina where a man (James), his wife (Jennifer) and 7 year-old son (Danny) decide to move temporarily after the death of James' mother. Soon, the family begins to experience strange episodes of frightening apparitions in the house, including those of dead children.
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- 5/13/2014
- by Ryan Turek
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Lance Henriksen is one of those actors we wish could go on making movies forever, and thankfully the genre-friendly thespian shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. In fact, word just broke of his new supernatural feature. Read on for the skinny!
THR is reporting that Henriksen is starring in Nevermore, a horror thriller written and being directed by Dean C. Jones. Jason Cook, a mainstay of the soap operas "General Hospital" and "Days of Our Lives," and Valerie Azlynn, who has appeared on shows like "Castle," also are starring in the movie, shooting in Graham, N.C.
Nevermore centers on a couple who experience paranormal activity involving dead children when they move to an estate in Massachusetts. Henriksen will play a parish priest whom the couple turn to, but the move is a mistake because the priest already knows all about resurrected children.
Albert Dickerson, Michele Weisler, and Starr Jones are producing,...
THR is reporting that Henriksen is starring in Nevermore, a horror thriller written and being directed by Dean C. Jones. Jason Cook, a mainstay of the soap operas "General Hospital" and "Days of Our Lives," and Valerie Azlynn, who has appeared on shows like "Castle," also are starring in the movie, shooting in Graham, N.C.
Nevermore centers on a couple who experience paranormal activity involving dead children when they move to an estate in Massachusetts. Henriksen will play a parish priest whom the couple turn to, but the move is a mistake because the priest already knows all about resurrected children.
Albert Dickerson, Michele Weisler, and Starr Jones are producing,...
- 2/28/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Watch new clips from Robert Lorentz's Trouble with the Curve, starring Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams and Justin Timberlake. The Warner Bros. Pictures release opens on September 21st, 2012. Lorenz directs from the script by Randy Brown. The film is produced by Eastwood, Lorenz and Michele Weisler, with Tim Moore serving as executive producer. We have 8 new clips from the lovely-looking film. Gus Lobel (Clint Eastwood) has been one of the best scouts in baseball for decades, but, despite his efforts to hide it, age is starting to catch up with him. Nevertheless, Gus—who can tell a pitch just by the crack of the bat—refuses to be benched for what could be the final innings of his career. He may not have a choice. The front office of the Atlanta Braves is starting to question his judgment, especially with the country's hottest batting phenom on deck for the draft. The...
- 9/17/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Watch new clips from Robert Lorentz's Trouble with the Curve, starring Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams and Justin Timberlake. The Warner Bros. Pictures release opens on September 21st, 2012. Lorenz directs from the script by Randy Brown. The film is produced by Eastwood, Lorenz and Michele Weisler, with Tim Moore serving as executive producer. We have 8 new clips from the lovely-looking film. Gus Lobel (Clint Eastwood) has been one of the best scouts in baseball for decades, but, despite his efforts to hide it, age is starting to catch up with him. Nevertheless, Gus—who can tell a pitch just by the crack of the bat—refuses to be benched for what could be the final innings of his career. He may not have a choice. The front office of the Atlanta Braves is starting to question his judgment, especially with the country's hottest batting phenom on deck for the draft. The...
- 9/17/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Poster 3 for Robert Lorentz's Trouble with the Curve, starring Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams and Justin Timberlake The film scripted by Randy Brown, marks Robert Lorentz's directorial debut and opens September 21st via Warner Bros. Pictures. Eastwood, Lorenz and Michele Weisler produce while Tim Moore serves as executive producer. In Trouble with Curve, Gus Lobel (Clint Eastwood) has been one of the best scouts in baseball for decades, but, despite his efforts to hide it, age is starting to catch up with him. Nevertheless, Gus—who can tell a pitch just by the crack of the bat—refuses to be benched for what could be the final innings of his career.
- 9/11/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Poster 3 for Robert Lorentz's Trouble with the Curve, starring Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams and Justin Timberlake The film scripted by Randy Brown, marks Robert Lorentz's directorial debut and opens September 21st via Warner Bros. Pictures. Eastwood, Lorenz and Michele Weisler produce while Tim Moore serves as executive producer. In Trouble with Curve, Gus Lobel (Clint Eastwood) has been one of the best scouts in baseball for decades, but, despite his efforts to hide it, age is starting to catch up with him. Nevertheless, Gus—who can tell a pitch just by the crack of the bat—refuses to be benched for what could be the final innings of his career.
- 9/11/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Gus Lobel (Clint Eastwood) has been one of the best scouts in baseball for decades, but, despite his efforts to hide it, age is starting to catch up with him. Nevertheless, Gus.who can tell a pitch just by the crack of the bat.refuses to be benched for what may be the final innings of his career. He may not have a choice. The front office of the Atlanta Braves is starting to question his judgment, especially with the country.s hottest batting phenom on deck for the draft. The one person who might be able to help is also the one person Gus would never ask: his daughter, Mickey (Amy Adams), an associate at a high-powered Atlanta law firm whose drive and ambition has put her on the fast track to becoming partner. Against her better judgment, and over Gus.s objections, Mickey joins him on his latest scouting trip to North Carolina,...
- 9/6/2012
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Check out the new poster for Trouble With The Curve. What’s everyone think? As a fan of sports-themed films, I really like the stature of the baseball park towering in the background of the poster. Add to it that the timing of the film’s release is perfect for the waning days of the 2012 Mlb regular season.
The drama stars Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman, Robert Patrick, Matthew Lillard, Scott Eastwood, Joe Massingill and will be in theaters September 21.
Gus Lobel (Clint Eastwood) has been one of the best scouts in baseball for decades, but, despite his efforts to hide it, age is starting to catch up with him. Nevertheless, Gus.who can tell a pitch just by the crack of the bat.refuses to be benched for what may be the final innings of his career. He may not have a choice. The front office...
The drama stars Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman, Robert Patrick, Matthew Lillard, Scott Eastwood, Joe Massingill and will be in theaters September 21.
Gus Lobel (Clint Eastwood) has been one of the best scouts in baseball for decades, but, despite his efforts to hide it, age is starting to catch up with him. Nevertheless, Gus.who can tell a pitch just by the crack of the bat.refuses to be benched for what may be the final innings of his career. He may not have a choice. The front office...
- 8/24/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Academy Award® winner Clint Eastwood, Oscar® nominee Amy Adams, and Justin Timberlake, star in Trouble With The Curve, which marks the feature film directorial debut of Eastwood’s longtime producing partner Robert Lorenz.
Gus Lobel (Clint Eastwood) has been one of the best scouts in baseball for decades, but, despite his efforts to hide it, age is starting to catch up with him. Nevertheless, Gus.who can tell a pitch just by the crack of the bat.refuses to be benched for what may be the final innings of his career. He may not have a choice. The front office of the Atlanta Braves is starting to question his judgment, especially with the country’s hottest batting phenom on deck for the draft. The one person who might be able to help is also the one person Gus would never ask: his daughter, Mickey (Amy Adams), an associate at a...
Gus Lobel (Clint Eastwood) has been one of the best scouts in baseball for decades, but, despite his efforts to hide it, age is starting to catch up with him. Nevertheless, Gus.who can tell a pitch just by the crack of the bat.refuses to be benched for what may be the final innings of his career. He may not have a choice. The front office of the Atlanta Braves is starting to question his judgment, especially with the country’s hottest batting phenom on deck for the draft. The one person who might be able to help is also the one person Gus would never ask: his daughter, Mickey (Amy Adams), an associate at a...
- 8/8/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
TBS has announced that it has picked up two new hour-long pilots. Deadline reports that both Hound Dogs and The Wedding Band will enter production soon. Set in the world of minor league baseball, Hound Dogs was created by Bull Durham writer and director Ron Shelton and will focus on a struggling baseball team. Shelton will executive produce the project alongside Michele Weisler, Andra Buchanan and Todd DeLorenzo. (more)...
- 10/21/2010
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
TBS continues its shift to hourlong comedies with the pickup of 2 more one-hour pilots: Hound Dogs and The Wedding Band. Hound Dogs, from feature writer/ director Ron Shelton (Bull Durham) and Sony Pictures TV, draws from his experience as a baseball player and is set in the world of minor league baseball. It centers on a minor league team and its general manager as they try to handle life’s ups and downs, both in and out of the locker room. In addition to writing, Shelton serves as executive producer with Michele Weisler, Andrea Buchanan and Todd DeLorenzo. The Wedding Band, from writers-executive producers Josh Lobis and Darin Moiselle (South Park), FremantleMedia and Mike Tollin's Tollin Prods., follows a group of guys anchored by 2 lifelong best friends – a perennial bachelor and a married father of two – who try to escape the stress and craziness of their lives by performing in a wedding band.
- 10/21/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Hideo Nakata wants to help [or warn] aspiring film directors from outside of America who want to make it in Hollywood. So he has made himself a little documentary titled Foreign Filmmakers’ Guide to Hollywood. Chris over at JFilm Pow Wow seems to have a handle at the translation of the original site and he writes that the doc explores the often cutthroat world of a major American film production and Nakata’s “...life and struggles in Hollywood.” Having written or directed some of the biggest horror films to come out in Asia then watch them get the remake treatment in America, even by himself, there is probably no one better to talk on the subject. We here at Twitch have long argued for and against the remaking of Asian cinema until we’ve gone blue in the face and it looks like we’ll keep on keeping on as long as...
- 1/21/2009
- by Mack
- Screen Anarchy
Danny DeVito will direct Saoirse Ronan, Morgan Freeman and Pierce Brosnan in the family adventure "The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle."
Although he will not appear onscreen, DeVito has written the screenplay based on the novel by the author who writes under the name Avi. The 19th century-set tale centers on a young girl (Ronan) who joins in a shipboard rebellion.
Ronan, who earned an Oscar nomination for "Atonement," will next be seen in "City of Ember" and "The Lovely Bones." Freeman appears in "Wanted," and Brosnan will be seen in "Mamma Mia!" which opens Friday.
HandMade Films is financing along with Plaza Productions International, a New York-based property and hotel group that is part of Isaac Tshuva's El-Ad U.S. Holding. The full lineup of production entities involved also includes DeVito's new banner Jersey Films 2nd Avenue (a successor company to his Jersey Films), Freeman's Revelations Entertainment and Brosnan's Irish DreamTime.
Michele Weisler, Lori McCreary, Beau St. Clair and Patrick Meehan will serve as producers with Thomas D. Adelman and Hawk Koch as exec producers. Koch also will serve as line producer.
HandMade Films International is handling worldwide sales, with CAA managing U.S. rights.
Filming is set to begin in September for 2009 release.
Although he will not appear onscreen, DeVito has written the screenplay based on the novel by the author who writes under the name Avi. The 19th century-set tale centers on a young girl (Ronan) who joins in a shipboard rebellion.
Ronan, who earned an Oscar nomination for "Atonement," will next be seen in "City of Ember" and "The Lovely Bones." Freeman appears in "Wanted," and Brosnan will be seen in "Mamma Mia!" which opens Friday.
HandMade Films is financing along with Plaza Productions International, a New York-based property and hotel group that is part of Isaac Tshuva's El-Ad U.S. Holding. The full lineup of production entities involved also includes DeVito's new banner Jersey Films 2nd Avenue (a successor company to his Jersey Films), Freeman's Revelations Entertainment and Brosnan's Irish DreamTime.
Michele Weisler, Lori McCreary, Beau St. Clair and Patrick Meehan will serve as producers with Thomas D. Adelman and Hawk Koch as exec producers. Koch also will serve as line producer.
HandMade Films International is handling worldwide sales, with CAA managing U.S. rights.
Filming is set to begin in September for 2009 release.
- 7/16/2008
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
L.A.'s mean streets get meaner than ever in Street Kings, and little wonder considering its pedigree. The film is directed by David Ayer, who penned the dirty-cop movie Training Day, and based on a script largely written by L.A.'s mad-dog crime novelist/moralist James Ellroy.
We are all bad people, says LAPD vice Capt. Jack Wander (Forest Whitaker). Indeed, Kings is filled with bad people, bad cops and one almost absurdly idealistic cop, Keanu Reeves' Detective Tom Ludlow, who nevertheless breaks rule and heads without a moment's hesitation. Kings covers familiar territory but does so with ruthless efficiency, intense performances and a densely packed plot designed to highlight the moral issues that most concern Ayer and Ellroy.
Kings has solid boxoffice potential, especially for males of all ages. Plus, the film has one of Reeves' best performances: concentrated, grave, a little sad and more than a little demented.
Since his wife's sudden death in sordid circumstances, Tom is a vice cop living on the edge. He vomits to begin his day, then tools around the city with airline vodka bottles in his car to keep him stoked and fearless. In the film's opening sequence, he takes down four vicious kidnappers to rescue two girls, thus announcing a guy who knows how to bend rules to get scum off the streets.
The rescue makes his boss look good, too, so Capt. Wander gets promoted, but not before Internal Affairs Capt. James Biggs (Hugh Laurie) lets both men know he's got his eye on them. More worrying is that Tom's former partner, Terrence Washington (Terry Crews), might have gone to IA about some of the more troubling incidents of their time together.
When Washington is assassinated, Tom is implicated. But Wander and all the men in his unit keep telling Tom they've got his back. As much as he despised his former partner, Tom is enraged by his death. He joins the detective investigating the murder, Paul Diskant (Chris Evans), to track down his killers. That investigation leads Tom into his own personal heart of darkness.
All genre requirements are here: a colorful cast of characters, swaggering machismo, sharp dialogue and a rainbow of ethnicity spread across the divide of good and evil. Plot twists are smart if improbable. Cop culture gets a particularly savage skewering here, though the portrait of LAPD's old boys feels dated, harking back to before the Rodney King and Rampart division scandals.
The script by Ellroy, Kurt Wimmer and Jamie Moss keeps the action at a feverish pitch. Tom is a bulldog that doesn't know when to quit; nothing anyone says can stop his forward propulsion. Ayer shoots in gritty L.A. neighborhoods with a dark, smudged palette. A chase scene between detectives and a perp through alleys, backyards, living rooms, over fences and roofs makes striking use of one neighborhood. It also shows off what's best about Kings: fast action combined with rock-solid characters.
STREET KINGS
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Fox Searchlight and Regency Enterprises present a 3 Arts Entertainment production
Credits:
Director: David Ayer
Screenwriters: James Ellroy, Kurt Wimmer, Jamie Moss
Story: James Ellroy
Producers: Erwin Stoff, Alexandra Milchan, Lucas Foster
Executive producers: Arnon Milchan, Michele Weisler, Bob Yari
Director of photography: Gabriel Beristain
Production designer: Alec Hammond
Music: Graeme Revell
Costume designer: Michele Michel
Editor: Jeffrey Ford
Cast:
Tom Ludlow: Keanu Reeves
Capt. Wander: Forest Whitaker
Capt. Biggs: Hugh Laurie
Detective Diskant: Chris Evans
Scribble: Cedric The Entertainer Kyles
Sgt. Clady: Jay Mohr
Detective Washington: Terry Crews
Linda Washington: Naomie Harris
Running time -- 109 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
We are all bad people, says LAPD vice Capt. Jack Wander (Forest Whitaker). Indeed, Kings is filled with bad people, bad cops and one almost absurdly idealistic cop, Keanu Reeves' Detective Tom Ludlow, who nevertheless breaks rule and heads without a moment's hesitation. Kings covers familiar territory but does so with ruthless efficiency, intense performances and a densely packed plot designed to highlight the moral issues that most concern Ayer and Ellroy.
Kings has solid boxoffice potential, especially for males of all ages. Plus, the film has one of Reeves' best performances: concentrated, grave, a little sad and more than a little demented.
Since his wife's sudden death in sordid circumstances, Tom is a vice cop living on the edge. He vomits to begin his day, then tools around the city with airline vodka bottles in his car to keep him stoked and fearless. In the film's opening sequence, he takes down four vicious kidnappers to rescue two girls, thus announcing a guy who knows how to bend rules to get scum off the streets.
The rescue makes his boss look good, too, so Capt. Wander gets promoted, but not before Internal Affairs Capt. James Biggs (Hugh Laurie) lets both men know he's got his eye on them. More worrying is that Tom's former partner, Terrence Washington (Terry Crews), might have gone to IA about some of the more troubling incidents of their time together.
When Washington is assassinated, Tom is implicated. But Wander and all the men in his unit keep telling Tom they've got his back. As much as he despised his former partner, Tom is enraged by his death. He joins the detective investigating the murder, Paul Diskant (Chris Evans), to track down his killers. That investigation leads Tom into his own personal heart of darkness.
All genre requirements are here: a colorful cast of characters, swaggering machismo, sharp dialogue and a rainbow of ethnicity spread across the divide of good and evil. Plot twists are smart if improbable. Cop culture gets a particularly savage skewering here, though the portrait of LAPD's old boys feels dated, harking back to before the Rodney King and Rampart division scandals.
The script by Ellroy, Kurt Wimmer and Jamie Moss keeps the action at a feverish pitch. Tom is a bulldog that doesn't know when to quit; nothing anyone says can stop his forward propulsion. Ayer shoots in gritty L.A. neighborhoods with a dark, smudged palette. A chase scene between detectives and a perp through alleys, backyards, living rooms, over fences and roofs makes striking use of one neighborhood. It also shows off what's best about Kings: fast action combined with rock-solid characters.
STREET KINGS
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Fox Searchlight and Regency Enterprises present a 3 Arts Entertainment production
Credits:
Director: David Ayer
Screenwriters: James Ellroy, Kurt Wimmer, Jamie Moss
Story: James Ellroy
Producers: Erwin Stoff, Alexandra Milchan, Lucas Foster
Executive producers: Arnon Milchan, Michele Weisler, Bob Yari
Director of photography: Gabriel Beristain
Production designer: Alec Hammond
Music: Graeme Revell
Costume designer: Michele Michel
Editor: Jeffrey Ford
Cast:
Tom Ludlow: Keanu Reeves
Capt. Wander: Forest Whitaker
Capt. Biggs: Hugh Laurie
Detective Diskant: Chris Evans
Scribble: Cedric The Entertainer Kyles
Sgt. Clady: Jay Mohr
Detective Washington: Terry Crews
Linda Washington: Naomie Harris
Running time -- 109 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
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