Actors Paul Mescal, Olivia Colman and Susan Sarandon, and filmmakers Spike Lee, Lukas Dhont and Shane Meadows are among the latest film professionals to join Cinema For Gaza, the UK-based fundraiser to send medical support to Palestinians in the Gaza region.
Mescal, a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2020, is donating a signed poster of 2022 feature Aftersun, while Colman is donating a personalised video message.
US actress Tessa Thompson will have a drink on Zoom and donate signed Sorry To Bother You and The Marvels items to a highest bidder; while Sarandon is donating a Zoom chat plus signed The Rocky Horror Picture Show t-shirt.
Mescal, a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2020, is donating a signed poster of 2022 feature Aftersun, while Colman is donating a personalised video message.
US actress Tessa Thompson will have a drink on Zoom and donate signed Sorry To Bother You and The Marvels items to a highest bidder; while Sarandon is donating a Zoom chat plus signed The Rocky Horror Picture Show t-shirt.
- 4/8/2024
- ScreenDaily
Jonathan Glazer has joined Cinema For Gaza, the UK-based appeal funding medical support for Palestinians in the Gaza region, as the auction of donations from film and TV professionals gets underway today.
The online auction is raising funds for the humanitarian work conducted by Medical Aid for Palestinians (Map) in Gaza. It will run from today (April 2) until midnight on Friday, April 12.
UK filmmaker Glazer has donated seven signed posters from his Oscar best international film winner The Zone Of Interest, plus a selection of posters from his previous film Under The Skin.
At the time of writing, the auction...
The online auction is raising funds for the humanitarian work conducted by Medical Aid for Palestinians (Map) in Gaza. It will run from today (April 2) until midnight on Friday, April 12.
UK filmmaker Glazer has donated seven signed posters from his Oscar best international film winner The Zone Of Interest, plus a selection of posters from his previous film Under The Skin.
At the time of writing, the auction...
- 4/2/2024
- ScreenDaily
The Zone of Interest executive producer and co-financier Danny Cohen has come out against director Jonathan Glazer’s 2024 Oscars acceptance speech, while defending the film itself as a “great piece of art.”
“It’s really important to recognize [the speech has] upset a lot of people and a lot of people feel upset and angry about it. And I understand that anger frankly,” Cohen, president of Access Entertainment, told the Unholy podcast on Thursday.
In his prepared speech accepting the 2024 Academy Award for best international film, Glazer thanked his partners on The Zone of Interest, a film set during the Holocaust, and then made a statement addressing both his work and the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
“I think a lot of people in the Jewish community that contacted me felt that it was a remarkable and a very important film and in being so tells a story of the Holocaust and forms a...
“It’s really important to recognize [the speech has] upset a lot of people and a lot of people feel upset and angry about it. And I understand that anger frankly,” Cohen, president of Access Entertainment, told the Unholy podcast on Thursday.
In his prepared speech accepting the 2024 Academy Award for best international film, Glazer thanked his partners on The Zone of Interest, a film set during the Holocaust, and then made a statement addressing both his work and the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
“I think a lot of people in the Jewish community that contacted me felt that it was a remarkable and a very important film and in being so tells a story of the Holocaust and forms a...
- 3/15/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It was a good night out for UK and Ireland talent at the 2024 Academy Awards.
UK-born Nolan’s Oppenheimer sweep is a victory of sorts for the UK, although the film is a US production, produced by the UK’s Emma Thomas. The film enabled a key triumph for Ireland, with its lead Cillian Murphy being the first Irish-born actor to win a best actor prize at the awards, with Murphy beaming in his acceptance speech: “I’m a very, very proud Irish man standing here tonight.”
Another first for the UK was a win in the international feature film...
UK-born Nolan’s Oppenheimer sweep is a victory of sorts for the UK, although the film is a US production, produced by the UK’s Emma Thomas. The film enabled a key triumph for Ireland, with its lead Cillian Murphy being the first Irish-born actor to win a best actor prize at the awards, with Murphy beaming in his acceptance speech: “I’m a very, very proud Irish man standing here tonight.”
Another first for the UK was a win in the international feature film...
- 3/11/2024
- ScreenDaily
The 96th Academy Awards are officially in the history books. The ceremony provided great honors, amazing performances and, as usual, some incredible acceptance speeches. The 2024 winners were full of gratitude, humor, occasional humility and deep emotion. Here’s a look at the six best speeches at this year’s Oscars. Which one was your favorite? Did we not include it in this recap? Sound off in the comments section below.
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Best Supporting Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers”
Randolph started the night’s speeches on a high note by talking about how when she started as a singer her mother told her to look for an opportunity in the theater department. She then thanked Ron Van Lieu who “told me I was enough. And when I told you I don’t see myself, you said, ‘That’s fine. We’re...
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Best Supporting Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers”
Randolph started the night’s speeches on a high note by talking about how when she started as a singer her mother told her to look for an opportunity in the theater department. She then thanked Ron Van Lieu who “told me I was enough. And when I told you I don’t see myself, you said, ‘That’s fine. We’re...
- 3/11/2024
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Director Jonathan Glazer referenced the Israel-Hamas conflict in his acceptance speech at last night’s Academy Awards.
Accepting the best international feature Oscar for The Zone Of Interest, Glazer, reading from a written statement, said: “Our film shows where dehumanisation leads at its worst. It’s shaped all of our past and present. Right now, we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people.”
He added: “Whether the victims of October – whether the victims of October 7 in Israel or the ongoing attack on Gaza,...
Accepting the best international feature Oscar for The Zone Of Interest, Glazer, reading from a written statement, said: “Our film shows where dehumanisation leads at its worst. It’s shaped all of our past and present. Right now, we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people.”
He added: “Whether the victims of October – whether the victims of October 7 in Israel or the ongoing attack on Gaza,...
- 3/11/2024
- ScreenDaily
The 96th Academy Awards ceremony should be known as the Cannes Oscars, argues Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Frémaux.
He’s got a point.
Frémaux sipped a cocktail at the Charles Finch and Chanel Annual Pre-Oscar Dinner in the Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel, and ticked off Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall and Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest as films that played and won the top prizes at last May’s festival.
Michael Barker, Sony Picture Classics co-chair, helped Frémaux out by adding in Martin Scorsese’s The Killers of the Flower Moon, which also premiered on the Croisette.
“Here we are in March, and the top winners at last year’s Cannes are still in the conversation, and are here at the Oscars,” says Frémaux, giving himself a pat on the back.
Related: Oscar Week 2024 Parties & Events List: The List
He adds that...
He’s got a point.
Frémaux sipped a cocktail at the Charles Finch and Chanel Annual Pre-Oscar Dinner in the Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel, and ticked off Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall and Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest as films that played and won the top prizes at last May’s festival.
Michael Barker, Sony Picture Classics co-chair, helped Frémaux out by adding in Martin Scorsese’s The Killers of the Flower Moon, which also premiered on the Croisette.
“Here we are in March, and the top winners at last year’s Cannes are still in the conversation, and are here at the Oscars,” says Frémaux, giving himself a pat on the back.
Related: Oscar Week 2024 Parties & Events List: The List
He adds that...
- 3/10/2024
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
Rank Film (distributor) Three-day gross (Feb 9-11) Total gross to date Week 1. Bob Marley: One Love (Paramount) £4.2m £6.9m 1 2. Migration (Universal) £2.8m £13.6m 3 3. Madame Web (Sony) £1.3m £2.3m 1 4. Argylle (Universal) £544,846 £5m 3 5. Wonka (Warner Bros) £424,825 £62.2m 11
Paramount’s Bob Marley: One Love topped the UK and Ireland box office this weekend on £4.2m, while Sony’s Madame Web opened with a very soft £1.3m.
Reinaldo Marcus Green’s biopic played in 687 locations and racked up £6.9m including previews. The film opened above Elvis which scored £4m in its opening weekend back in June 2022, but behind Rocketman and Bohemian Rhapsody. Green’s...
Paramount’s Bob Marley: One Love topped the UK and Ireland box office this weekend on £4.2m, while Sony’s Madame Web opened with a very soft £1.3m.
Reinaldo Marcus Green’s biopic played in 687 locations and racked up £6.9m including previews. The film opened above Elvis which scored £4m in its opening weekend back in June 2022, but behind Rocketman and Bohemian Rhapsody. Green’s...
- 2/19/2024
- ScreenDaily
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Matthew Byrne, Screen Ireland
Inis Mór, the largest of Ireland’s Aran Islands, is the winner of the seventh edition of the Eufcn Location Award, the award for best European location in the film and TV industry organised by Eufcn – The European Film Commissions Network.
The award was accepted by Michael Byrne, an inward production and sustainability executive from Screen Ireland on Sunday (February 18) at a ceremony in Berlin.
The isolated island on the west coast of Ireland was a key location for filming Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees Of Inisherin.
The Banshees Of Inisherin is a Searchlight Pictures production,...
Matthew Byrne, Screen Ireland
Inis Mór, the largest of Ireland’s Aran Islands, is the winner of the seventh edition of the Eufcn Location Award, the award for best European location in the film and TV industry organised by Eufcn – The European Film Commissions Network.
The award was accepted by Michael Byrne, an inward production and sustainability executive from Screen Ireland on Sunday (February 18) at a ceremony in Berlin.
The isolated island on the west coast of Ireland was a key location for filming Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees Of Inisherin.
The Banshees Of Inisherin is a Searchlight Pictures production,...
- 2/19/2024
- ScreenDaily
Ongoing conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine and investment in the UK film sector were among the topics raised by the winners at the 2024 Bafta Film Awards.
The ceremony took place tonight (February 18) at London’s Royal Festival Hall where Oppenheimer led the winners with seven awards.
Bafta fellowship recipient Samantha Morton gave a moving speech, touching upon her experiences in care and how important representation is. “I would tell [my younger self[, homeless and cold, hungry and alone, that you’ll have a family one day and you’ll go beyond what government statistics laid out for you,” Morton said.
Later on, at the winners’ press conference, the actress called for more investment in the UK film industry.
“We are a service industry for the wonderful Americans and they...
The ceremony took place tonight (February 18) at London’s Royal Festival Hall where Oppenheimer led the winners with seven awards.
Bafta fellowship recipient Samantha Morton gave a moving speech, touching upon her experiences in care and how important representation is. “I would tell [my younger self[, homeless and cold, hungry and alone, that you’ll have a family one day and you’ll go beyond what government statistics laid out for you,” Morton said.
Later on, at the winners’ press conference, the actress called for more investment in the UK film industry.
“We are a service industry for the wonderful Americans and they...
- 2/18/2024
- ScreenDaily
Jonathan Glazer returned to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, where he shot elements of his Holocaust drama ‘The Zone of Interest,’ on Feb. 15 for the Polish premiere of his acclaimed and Oscar-nominated film.
Speaking after the screening alongside museum director Piotr Cywiński, producer Jim Wilson, producers Ewa Puszczyńska and Bartek Rainski and production designer Chris Oddy, the director explained to the audience what it meant to have been allowed inside the museum — on the site of the concentration camp where more than 1.1 million people were murdered during WWII — to shoot scenes for the feature.
“It was so important to make this film here,” he said. “I felt very palpably the place when I first arrived and I felt that the film had to be about this place, and also had to blur the line between then and now, here and there, a film that would feel present tense, not something...
Speaking after the screening alongside museum director Piotr Cywiński, producer Jim Wilson, producers Ewa Puszczyńska and Bartek Rainski and production designer Chris Oddy, the director explained to the audience what it meant to have been allowed inside the museum — on the site of the concentration camp where more than 1.1 million people were murdered during WWII — to shoot scenes for the feature.
“It was so important to make this film here,” he said. “I felt very palpably the place when I first arrived and I felt that the film had to be about this place, and also had to blur the line between then and now, here and there, a film that would feel present tense, not something...
- 2/16/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
Jonathan Glazer is set to introduce his widely acclaimed, Oscar-nominated and deeply devastating Holocaust drama “The Zone of Interest” at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum on Thursday (Feb. 15).
In undoubtedly the most important premiere in “The Zone of Interest’s” global rollout, the Polish premiere sees the British director return to Auschwitz, where he shot elements of the movie and where the real-life story is set. Following the screening, Glazer will take part in a discussion with museum director Piotr Cywiński, producer Jim Wilson, producer Ewa Puszczyńska and production designer Chris Oddy.
The film — which bowed in Cannes and won the Grand Prix — centers on the family life of Rudolf Höss, the architect and commandant of Auschwitz, where more than 1.1 million people were murdered by the Nazis during WWII, juxtaposing the blissful domestic existence he enjoys alongside his wife against the backdrop of one of history’s darkest chapters. Christian Friedel...
In undoubtedly the most important premiere in “The Zone of Interest’s” global rollout, the Polish premiere sees the British director return to Auschwitz, where he shot elements of the movie and where the real-life story is set. Following the screening, Glazer will take part in a discussion with museum director Piotr Cywiński, producer Jim Wilson, producer Ewa Puszczyńska and production designer Chris Oddy.
The film — which bowed in Cannes and won the Grand Prix — centers on the family life of Rudolf Höss, the architect and commandant of Auschwitz, where more than 1.1 million people were murdered by the Nazis during WWII, juxtaposing the blissful domestic existence he enjoys alongside his wife against the backdrop of one of history’s darkest chapters. Christian Friedel...
- 2/15/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
Jim Wilson reeled off the Oscar nominations for The Zone of Interest, which he produced with Polish producing partner Ewa Puszczynska, as they were announced, beginning with best international film, sound, adapted screenplay, director and best picture.
“It’s amazing,” he told Deadline. “I’ve never produced a film that’s been in a conversation to this point. It’s been a real education to co-produce a film that this has happened to,” he added from his base in London on Tuesday.
He said that the 2024 Oscar nominations are a testament to the strong relationships he and Glazer have with Film4, A24, House Productions and Access Entertainment.
Related: Lily Gladstone Addresses First Native American Actress Oscar Nom: “Why Did It Have To Take This Long?”
Particularly gratifying, he said, was the nomination for adapted screenplay, which went to the film’s director Jonathan Glazer. “I’m thrilled because so much...
“It’s amazing,” he told Deadline. “I’ve never produced a film that’s been in a conversation to this point. It’s been a real education to co-produce a film that this has happened to,” he added from his base in London on Tuesday.
He said that the 2024 Oscar nominations are a testament to the strong relationships he and Glazer have with Film4, A24, House Productions and Access Entertainment.
Related: Lily Gladstone Addresses First Native American Actress Oscar Nom: “Why Did It Have To Take This Long?”
Particularly gratifying, he said, was the nomination for adapted screenplay, which went to the film’s director Jonathan Glazer. “I’m thrilled because so much...
- 1/23/2024
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
The UK and Irish film industries are well represented in the Oscar nominations this year with Poor Things and The Zone Of Interest scoring a respective 11 and five nominations.
Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things bagged the second-highest number of nominations, behind only Oppenheimer. These included best picture for the UK-us-Ireland co-production between Element Pictures and Searchlight Pictures, with backing from Film4.
Also scoring nods was Poor Things’ Irish cinematographer Robbie Ryan; UK production designers Shona Heath and James Price; musician Jerskin Fendrix in score; costume designer Holly Waddington; and the make-up and hairstyling team of Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston.
Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things bagged the second-highest number of nominations, behind only Oppenheimer. These included best picture for the UK-us-Ireland co-production between Element Pictures and Searchlight Pictures, with backing from Film4.
Also scoring nods was Poor Things’ Irish cinematographer Robbie Ryan; UK production designers Shona Heath and James Price; musician Jerskin Fendrix in score; costume designer Holly Waddington; and the make-up and hairstyling team of Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston.
- 1/23/2024
- ScreenDaily
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including events for Vanderpump Rules, Law & Order: Svu and Succession.
Law & Order: Svu 25th anniversary celebration
The Law & Order Svu crew celebrated the show’s 25th anniversary with a special event in New York on Tuesday.
Ice-t, Mariska Hargitay, Peter Scanavino and Octavio Pisano Christopher Meloni
Succession FYC event
Following their big drama series win at the 2023 Emmys, the Succession cast reunited for a FYC event on the Paramount lot on Tuesday.
Nicholas Braun, Matthew Macfayden, J. Smith-Cameron, Kieran Culkin, Alan Ruck, Brian Cox, Mark Mylod, Jesse Armstrong and moderator Seth Meyers
Vanderpump Rules premiere
Lisa Vanderpump, Ariana Madix, James Kennedy, Katie Maloney, Lala Kent, Scheana Shay, Tom Sandoval, Tom Schwartz, Ally Lewber and Brock Davies walked the carpet on Wednesday at the season 11 premiere of Vanderpump Rules, where Maloney and Lewber also celebrated their birthdays.
Law & Order: Svu 25th anniversary celebration
The Law & Order Svu crew celebrated the show’s 25th anniversary with a special event in New York on Tuesday.
Ice-t, Mariska Hargitay, Peter Scanavino and Octavio Pisano Christopher Meloni
Succession FYC event
Following their big drama series win at the 2023 Emmys, the Succession cast reunited for a FYC event on the Paramount lot on Tuesday.
Nicholas Braun, Matthew Macfayden, J. Smith-Cameron, Kieran Culkin, Alan Ruck, Brian Cox, Mark Mylod, Jesse Armstrong and moderator Seth Meyers
Vanderpump Rules premiere
Lisa Vanderpump, Ariana Madix, James Kennedy, Katie Maloney, Lala Kent, Scheana Shay, Tom Sandoval, Tom Schwartz, Ally Lewber and Brock Davies walked the carpet on Wednesday at the season 11 premiere of Vanderpump Rules, where Maloney and Lewber also celebrated their birthdays.
- 1/19/2024
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The German and Polish-language Holocaust drama premiered at Cannes and won the grand prix.
Jonathan Glazer’s Poland-set Holocaust drama The Zone Of Interest has been selected as the UK entry for the best international feature at the 2024 Academy Awards.
Sandra Hüller and Christian Friedel star in the German- and Polish-language feature based on the novel by Martin Amis which imagines the domestic life of Auschwitz commander Rudolf Höss who lives with his family just next to the camp.
The Zone Of Interest premiered in competition at Cannes earlier this year where it won the grand prix and the Fipresci award.
Jonathan Glazer’s Poland-set Holocaust drama The Zone Of Interest has been selected as the UK entry for the best international feature at the 2024 Academy Awards.
Sandra Hüller and Christian Friedel star in the German- and Polish-language feature based on the novel by Martin Amis which imagines the domestic life of Auschwitz commander Rudolf Höss who lives with his family just next to the camp.
The Zone Of Interest premiered in competition at Cannes earlier this year where it won the grand prix and the Fipresci award.
- 9/21/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
A24’s “The Zone of Interest” is spoken in German, but was filmed in Poland and is written and directed by a British auteur. So what does that mean for its prospects for best international feature at the Oscars?
Written and directed by Jonathan Glazer, “The Zone of Interest” premiered last week at the Cannes Film Festival where it emerged as an early favorite for the coveted Palme d’Or after receiving widespread acclaim.
The film tells the story of a commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel), and his wife Hedwig (Sandra Hüller) who strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp that was one of the sites where six million Jews were murdered.
In the past few years, it seems as if more non-English language features are being submitted that aren’t spoken in the country’s native tongue.
Written and directed by Jonathan Glazer, “The Zone of Interest” premiered last week at the Cannes Film Festival where it emerged as an early favorite for the coveted Palme d’Or after receiving widespread acclaim.
The film tells the story of a commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel), and his wife Hedwig (Sandra Hüller) who strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp that was one of the sites where six million Jews were murdered.
In the past few years, it seems as if more non-English language features are being submitted that aren’t spoken in the country’s native tongue.
- 5/24/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
John le Carre’s George Smiley would have spotted the tail immediately. He would have noticed the man with an earpiece far to his left move in lockstep with the chap to his right.
The early rather odd conversation with the bloke in the white shirt, exposing chest hair, who identified himself as “head of security” would have put him on his guard and seen it for what it was: a warning.
Let me back up a bit.
Snowy-haired Michel, the head doorman at Eden-Roc, greeted me when I arrived for the Air Mail-Warner Bros. Party hosted by Graydon Carter, founder and co-editor of newsletter Air Mail, and David Zaslav, the CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery.
David Zaslav chatting to a guest at the Air Mail-Warner Bros Party.Photo Bamigboye/Deadline
Guests are finishing dinner, we’re here for the after-party.
The place sure looks swell. There’s a...
The early rather odd conversation with the bloke in the white shirt, exposing chest hair, who identified himself as “head of security” would have put him on his guard and seen it for what it was: a warning.
Let me back up a bit.
Snowy-haired Michel, the head doorman at Eden-Roc, greeted me when I arrived for the Air Mail-Warner Bros. Party hosted by Graydon Carter, founder and co-editor of newsletter Air Mail, and David Zaslav, the CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery.
David Zaslav chatting to a guest at the Air Mail-Warner Bros Party.Photo Bamigboye/Deadline
Guests are finishing dinner, we’re here for the after-party.
The place sure looks swell. There’s a...
- 5/24/2023
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Zone of Interest,” writer-director Jonathan Glazer’s searing Nazi drama about the banality of evil, became the talk of Cannes Film Festival after its debut on Friday night. But the director admits he didn’t know the story he wanted to tell before the cameras were rolling.
“You never really know why you tackle and subject. It’s an ever-evolving journey,” he said at Saturday’s press conference for the movie. “It wasn’t one particular moment that I knew I was going to make this film. When I started the process, I didn’t know what perspective we were coming from.”
In the end result, “The Zone of Interest,” which is loosely based on the 2014 novel by Martin Amis, tells the story of Rudolf Höss, a Nazi commandant who designed and built Auschwitz. It also looks at his relationship with his wife Hedwig, as they create their dream...
“You never really know why you tackle and subject. It’s an ever-evolving journey,” he said at Saturday’s press conference for the movie. “It wasn’t one particular moment that I knew I was going to make this film. When I started the process, I didn’t know what perspective we were coming from.”
In the end result, “The Zone of Interest,” which is loosely based on the 2014 novel by Martin Amis, tells the story of Rudolf Höss, a Nazi commandant who designed and built Auschwitz. It also looks at his relationship with his wife Hedwig, as they create their dream...
- 5/20/2023
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
The origins of Lawrence Kasdan's "Wyatt Earp" rest within the troubled production of Kurt Russell's "Tombstone". In the early 1990s, Kevin Costner, who was busily branding himself as an all-American hybrid of Gary Cooper and James Stewart, hooked up with "Glory" screenwriter Kevin Jarre to make "Tombstone," an epic film about the legendary, real-life lawman. This would've afforded the ambitious Costner a connection to another red-white-and-blue big-screen icon, Henry Fonda, who'd turned in what was then considered the definitive performance of Earp in John Ford's 1946 classic, "My Darling Clementine."
But Costner, who'd just won Oscars for Best Picture and Director with "Dances with Wolves," disapproved of Jarre's ensemble vision. He wanted his warts-and-all take on Earp to be the film's sole focus. When Jarre resisted, Costner bolted the project and pursued his own telling of Earp's tale.
Costner wisely took his Earp film to Kasdan, who had...
But Costner, who'd just won Oscars for Best Picture and Director with "Dances with Wolves," disapproved of Jarre's ensemble vision. He wanted his warts-and-all take on Earp to be the film's sole focus. When Jarre resisted, Costner bolted the project and pursued his own telling of Earp's tale.
Costner wisely took his Earp film to Kasdan, who had...
- 4/1/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Over the course of his 40-year career, "Field of Dreams" and "Yellowstone" star Kevin Costner has only helmed three movies, all of which he also starred in. The first time he did, the result was 1990's "Dances with Wolves," a historical western that grossed $184 million (via Box Office Mojo) in the U.S. not adjusted for inflation and took home seven Oscars, including ones for Best Picture (a win that Costner shared with producer Jim Wilson) and Best Director. Understandably, Costner took his time in selecting his second film as a director after all that, ultimately settling on 1997's "The Postman." A big...
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- 1/28/2022
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier spends a portion of its premiere episode introducing us to Sam's family: his sister Sarah and his two nephews. At first, it seems like they're in the story to give more depth to Sam's journey, but comics readers know that at least one of Sam's nephews ends up going down a pretty tragic path.
In the comics, Sam has two named nephews: Jim Wilson and Jody Casper, both sons of Sam's sister Sarah. Jody is pretty much a nonentity in the comics, as far as actual plot relevance goes, but the sam can't be said for Jim. In the comics, Jim runs away from home and eventually winds up squatting in an abandoned tenement building in Los Angeles. It's there that he crosses paths with Bruce Banner, aka the Hulk, who was, like Jim, seeking refuge from his past. The two become friends and,...
In the comics, Sam has two named nephews: Jim Wilson and Jody Casper, both sons of Sam's sister Sarah. Jody is pretty much a nonentity in the comics, as far as actual plot relevance goes, but the sam can't be said for Jim. In the comics, Jim runs away from home and eventually winds up squatting in an abandoned tenement building in Los Angeles. It's there that he crosses paths with Bruce Banner, aka the Hulk, who was, like Jim, seeking refuge from his past. The two become friends and,...
- 3/19/2021
- by Amanda Prahl
- Popsugar.com
Kevin Costner is suing his fellow Dances with Wolves and The Bodyguard producer in a dispute over a company the Oscar winner set up nearly three decades ago and was looking to end.
The flap over Good Ones Productions, which Costner launched in 1992, involves his longtime business partner, Jim Wilson, and his failure to give up his rights to the company that Costner was looking to wind down last year. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court (read it here), the actor claims Wilson refused to sign away his stake in Good Ones.
The pair met in 1983, when Costner landed his first lead role in a movie, the Wilson-directed Stacey’s Knights. Per the suit, Costner says “he never forgot the opportunity Wilson provided for him.” When Costner was up for his first directing job after becoming a star with such films as Silverado and Bull Durham,...
The flap over Good Ones Productions, which Costner launched in 1992, involves his longtime business partner, Jim Wilson, and his failure to give up his rights to the company that Costner was looking to wind down last year. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court (read it here), the actor claims Wilson refused to sign away his stake in Good Ones.
The pair met in 1983, when Costner landed his first lead role in a movie, the Wilson-directed Stacey’s Knights. Per the suit, Costner says “he never forgot the opportunity Wilson provided for him.” When Costner was up for his first directing job after becoming a star with such films as Silverado and Bull Durham,...
- 1/13/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Kevin Costner is suing former business partner Jim Wilson for $15 million for allegedly refusing to sign over his rights in a company the Yellowstone star is trying to wind down.
Costner estimates Wilson has earned more than $35 million over the years from their relationship, which dates back to a 1983 casting call that resulted in the actor’s first lead role. Costner brought Wilson on as a producer for Dances With Wolves (1990), which earned them an Oscar for best picture. The next year, Costner hired Wilson as executive vp of Tig and helped bring him on as a ...
Costner estimates Wilson has earned more than $35 million over the years from their relationship, which dates back to a 1983 casting call that resulted in the actor’s first lead role. Costner brought Wilson on as a producer for Dances With Wolves (1990), which earned them an Oscar for best picture. The next year, Costner hired Wilson as executive vp of Tig and helped bring him on as a ...
- 1/13/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Kevin Costner is suing his former business partner Jim Wilson for $15 million for allegedly refusing to sign over his rights in a company the Yellowstone star is trying to wind down.
Costner estimates Wilson has earned more than $35 million over the years from their relationship, which dates back to a 1983 casting call that resulted in the actor’s first lead role. Costner brought Wilson on as a producer for Dances With Wolves (1990), which earned them an Oscar for Best Picture. The next year, Costner hired Wilson as Executive Vice President of Tig and helped bring him on ...
Costner estimates Wilson has earned more than $35 million over the years from their relationship, which dates back to a 1983 casting call that resulted in the actor’s first lead role. Costner brought Wilson on as a producer for Dances With Wolves (1990), which earned them an Oscar for Best Picture. The next year, Costner hired Wilson as Executive Vice President of Tig and helped bring him on ...
- 1/13/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Music was an additional character in Trey Edward Shults' Waves from the very beginning of the project, as the writer-director-editor embedded the songs he wanted to drive his Florida-set family drama into the script. The music was included with extreme specificity, producer Jim Wilson tells THR. "Rather than just say, 'We hear Frank Ocean's 'Godspeed' over the scene,' it would say, 'We hear the first bar of 'Godspeed' and then when the piano comes in, this happens. It was as if it were choreographed for the music." Indeed, the team who created the ...
Music was an additional character in Trey Edward Shults' Waves from the very beginning of the project, as the writer-director-editor embedded the songs he wanted to drive his Florida-set family drama into the script. The music was included with extreme specificity, producer Jim Wilson tells THR. "Rather than just say, 'We hear Frank Ocean's 'Godspeed' over the scene,' it would say, 'We hear the first bar of 'Godspeed' and then when the piano comes in, this happens. It was as if it were choreographed for the music." Indeed, the team who created the ...
Exclusive: It Comes at Night breakout Kelvin Harrison Jr. has been tapped to star in Waves, a dramatic musical in which he’ll reteam with director Trey Edward Shults and A24. Lucas Hedges, Sterling K. Brown and Taylor Russell also have signed on to the film, which will mark the third collaboration between A24 and Shults following 2015’s Krisha and last year’s It Comes at Night.
Described as an energetic, affecting anthem of contemporary teenage life, the plot follows two young couples as they navigate the emotional minefield of growing up and falling in love.
Kevin Turen and Jim Wilson are producing the project, and filming is slated to begin next month in Florida.
Harrison recently appeared in the Sundance pics Monster, Assassination Nation and Monsters and Men, as well as the SXSW prize-winning film Jinn. His upcoming slate includes Jt Leroy, starring Kristen Stewart and Diane Kruger; Luce...
Described as an energetic, affecting anthem of contemporary teenage life, the plot follows two young couples as they navigate the emotional minefield of growing up and falling in love.
Kevin Turen and Jim Wilson are producing the project, and filming is slated to begin next month in Florida.
Harrison recently appeared in the Sundance pics Monster, Assassination Nation and Monsters and Men, as well as the SXSW prize-winning film Jinn. His upcoming slate includes Jt Leroy, starring Kristen Stewart and Diane Kruger; Luce...
- 7/2/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Oscar nominee Lucas Hedges and Emmy winner Sterling K. Brown are in negotiations to star in A24’s “Waves,” which will be Trey Edward Shults’ follow-up to “It Comes at Night,” sources tell Variety.
Shults wrote and will direct the film, which starts production in Florida next month, with the remaining stars being cast now.
Described as a dramatic musical with a fresh spin, the pic is an energetic, affecting anthem of contemporary teenage life. The movie follows two young couples as they navigate the emotional minefield of growing up and falling in love.
The film will be almost entirely synchronized to music, mixing some iconic contemporary songs alongside an original score by Academy Award winners Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
“Waves” will be produced by Kevin Turen and Jim Wilson.
The pic marks the third collaboration for Shults and A24, who previously worked together on “It Comes at Night” and “Krisha.
Shults wrote and will direct the film, which starts production in Florida next month, with the remaining stars being cast now.
Described as a dramatic musical with a fresh spin, the pic is an energetic, affecting anthem of contemporary teenage life. The movie follows two young couples as they navigate the emotional minefield of growing up and falling in love.
The film will be almost entirely synchronized to music, mixing some iconic contemporary songs alongside an original score by Academy Award winners Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
“Waves” will be produced by Kevin Turen and Jim Wilson.
The pic marks the third collaboration for Shults and A24, who previously worked together on “It Comes at Night” and “Krisha.
- 7/2/2018
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
Joaquin Phoenix, who won Best Actor last year at Cannes for his performance in filmmaker’s Lynne Ramsay’s drama You Were Never Really Here, has been surprising audiences before or after every showing of the film at the Arclight Hollywood this weekend and he plans to continue to greet moviegoers tomorrow, too.
Deadline was there at the 8:15 Pm showing when the actor walked in with the film’s producer Jim Wilson and the shocked audience burst out in applause (see above).
Wilson told Deadline that at one screening they joked around wearing usher jackets and asked people to turn off their cell phones and enjoy the movie.
Besides getting the top accolade for Phoenix at Cannes, You Were Never Really Here also won Best Screenplay at the Festival for Ramsay who also directed the critically acclaimed film about a former military man with Ptsd now unafraid of violence...
Deadline was there at the 8:15 Pm showing when the actor walked in with the film’s producer Jim Wilson and the shocked audience burst out in applause (see above).
Wilson told Deadline that at one screening they joked around wearing usher jackets and asked people to turn off their cell phones and enjoy the movie.
Besides getting the top accolade for Phoenix at Cannes, You Were Never Really Here also won Best Screenplay at the Festival for Ramsay who also directed the critically acclaimed film about a former military man with Ptsd now unafraid of violence...
- 4/8/2018
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline Film + TV
Fresh off an Emmy win for HBO’s “The Night Of,” Riz Ahmed will be taking on one of Shakespeare’s most famous roles. The actor is in talks to bring his adaptation of “Hamlet” to Netflix as a modern day telling of the well-known story. The version would be set in London and would hit on the uncertain political and economic climate, as well as morality, family, and corruption. He’s said to be developing the version of the character with Michael Lesslie, who wrote 2015’s “Macbeth” and “Assassin’s Creed.” Jim Wilson will produce the feature. So far, no other staffing announcements have been made, but both aforementioned films written by Lesslie were directed by Justin Kurzel, who chose Jina Jay to cast both projects. Keep an ear out for more information as it’s announced. Got a tip? Submit it to castingsleuth@backstage.com! Check out Backstage’s film audition listings!
- 10/17/2017
- backstage.com
Now in Region A — One of the best releases from the early- ’50s 3-D boom. Millionaire Robert Ryan is abandoned to die in the desert by his wife Rhonda Fleming and her lover; the ‘useless’ executive earns self-respect by focusing on the problem of survival. Ryan’s terrific, and the depth effects in the attractive desert locations are great, thanks to cinematographer Lucien Ballard.
Inferno 3-D
3-D + 2-D Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1953 / Color / 1:33 flat / 83 min. / Street Date May 16, 2017 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store 29.95
Starring: Robert Ryan, Rhonda Fleming, William Lundigan, Henry Hull, Carl Betz, Larry Keating, Robert Burton.
Cinematography: Lucien Ballard
Editor: Robert L. Simpson
Original Music: Paul Sawtell
Written by Francis M. Cockrell from his story The Waterhole
Produced by William Bloom
Directed by Roy (Ward) Baker
I just reviewed an Inferno 3-D disc not four months ago, but U.S. viewers will want the facts (all the facts!
Inferno 3-D
3-D + 2-D Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1953 / Color / 1:33 flat / 83 min. / Street Date May 16, 2017 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store 29.95
Starring: Robert Ryan, Rhonda Fleming, William Lundigan, Henry Hull, Carl Betz, Larry Keating, Robert Burton.
Cinematography: Lucien Ballard
Editor: Robert L. Simpson
Original Music: Paul Sawtell
Written by Francis M. Cockrell from his story The Waterhole
Produced by William Bloom
Directed by Roy (Ward) Baker
I just reviewed an Inferno 3-D disc not four months ago, but U.S. viewers will want the facts (all the facts!
- 5/27/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Inferno
3-D Region B (+A ) Blu-ray
Panamint Cinema (UK)
1953 / Color / 1:33 flat / 83 min. / Street Date August 10, 2014 / Available from Amazon UK / £19.99
Starring: Robert Ryan, Rhonda Fleming, William Lundigan, Henry Hull, Carl Betz, Larry Keating, Robert Burton.
Cinematography: Lucien Ballard
Editor: Robert L. Simpson
Original Music: Paul Sawtell
Written by: Francis M. Cockrell, from his story The Waterhole :
Produced by: William Bloom
Directed by Roy (Ward) Baker
(Note, 1.18.17: Twilight Time will be releasing a domestic disc of
this title on May 16, licensed for U.S. distribution.)
A fine 20th Fox entry for the 3-D craze of 1953, the adventure thriller Inferno is often labeled a film noir in the desert. Despite the presence of a scheming, murderous wife, the noir quotient here is minimal — it’s just a straight survival tale with a homicidal twist. An odd UK-only release licensed by a small independent company, the Blu-ray 3-D is well encoded...
3-D Region B (+A ) Blu-ray
Panamint Cinema (UK)
1953 / Color / 1:33 flat / 83 min. / Street Date August 10, 2014 / Available from Amazon UK / £19.99
Starring: Robert Ryan, Rhonda Fleming, William Lundigan, Henry Hull, Carl Betz, Larry Keating, Robert Burton.
Cinematography: Lucien Ballard
Editor: Robert L. Simpson
Original Music: Paul Sawtell
Written by: Francis M. Cockrell, from his story The Waterhole :
Produced by: William Bloom
Directed by Roy (Ward) Baker
(Note, 1.18.17: Twilight Time will be releasing a domestic disc of
this title on May 16, licensed for U.S. distribution.)
A fine 20th Fox entry for the 3-D craze of 1953, the adventure thriller Inferno is often labeled a film noir in the desert. Despite the presence of a scheming, murderous wife, the noir quotient here is minimal — it’s just a straight survival tale with a homicidal twist. An odd UK-only release licensed by a small independent company, the Blu-ray 3-D is well encoded...
- 2/4/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Warners knocks us out with a beautifully remastered Rko noir. Nicholas Ray's crime tale is like no other, a meditation on human need and loneliness. It's a noir with a cautiously positive, hopeful twist. On Dangerous Ground Blu-ray Warner Archive Collection 1952 / B&W / 1:37 flat Academy / 82 min. / Street Date October 11, 2016 / available through the WBshop / 21.99 Starring Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond, Charles Kemper, Anthony Ross, Ed Begley, Ian Wolfe, Sumner Williams. Cinematography George E. Diskant Art Direction Ralph Berger, Albert S. D'Agostino Film Editor Roland Gross Original Music Bernard Herrmann Written by A.I. Bezzerides, Nicholas Ray from the novel Mad with Much Heart by Gerald Butler Produced by John Houseman, Sid Rogell Directed by Nicholas Ray
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
The Warner Archive is known for pleasant surprises, but this one is a real thrill -- one of the very best Rko films noir, reissued in a much-needed beautiful restoration.
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
The Warner Archive is known for pleasant surprises, but this one is a real thrill -- one of the very best Rko films noir, reissued in a much-needed beautiful restoration.
- 10/8/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Authorities are investigating the death of an Ohio teen who may have contracted a brain-eating amoeba during a visit to a popular North Carolina water park. Lauren Seitz, 18, was visiting the U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte during a trip with her church youth group on June 8. Jim Wilson, senior pastor at Church of the Messiah United Methodist Church in Westerville, Ohio, told Wcmh-tv that Lauren was among 32 students who went to North Carolina to sing at churches and nursing homes and visited the water park for fun. The youth group returned home to Ohio on June 11, and Lauren...
- 6/22/2016
- by Michelle Boudin, @michelleboudin
- PEOPLE.com
Authorities are investigating the death of an Ohio teen who may have contracted a brain-eating amoeba during a visit to a popular North Carolina water park. Lauren Seitz, 18, was visiting the U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte during a trip with her church youth group on June 8. Jim Wilson, senior pastor at Church of the Messiah United Methodist Church in Westerville, Ohio, told Wcmh-tv that Lauren was among 32 students who went to North Carolina to sing at churches and nursing homes and visited the water park for fun. The youth group returned home to Ohio on June 11, and Lauren...
- 6/22/2016
- by Michelle Boudin, @michelleboudin
- PEOPLE.com
By John M. Whalen
In 2009 a gelding trained and owned by a couple of cowboys from New Mexico won the Kentucky Derby running at 50-1 odds. Mine That Bird hadn’t won a single race in the United States before that and only qualified to run the Derby because of the stakes he’d won in Canada. Not only that, Mine That Bird was small and slightly “crooked up front,” as his trainer, Chip Wooley (Skeet Ulrich) says when he first sees him. He’s skeptical at first when he flies up to Canada to see him and advises his boss/friend Mark Allen (Christian Kane) to pass on him. But when he sees Mine That Bird whizz around the track he decides they need to buy him. Asking price, half a million. The Canadians who owned him had paid only $9,500 for him.
Sony Pictures’ “50-1,” (2014) directed and co-written by Jim Wilson,...
In 2009 a gelding trained and owned by a couple of cowboys from New Mexico won the Kentucky Derby running at 50-1 odds. Mine That Bird hadn’t won a single race in the United States before that and only qualified to run the Derby because of the stakes he’d won in Canada. Not only that, Mine That Bird was small and slightly “crooked up front,” as his trainer, Chip Wooley (Skeet Ulrich) says when he first sees him. He’s skeptical at first when he flies up to Canada to see him and advises his boss/friend Mark Allen (Christian Kane) to pass on him. But when he sees Mine That Bird whizz around the track he decides they need to buy him. Asking price, half a million. The Canadians who owned him had paid only $9,500 for him.
Sony Pictures’ “50-1,” (2014) directed and co-written by Jim Wilson,...
- 6/11/2015
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
50 to 1
Written by Faith Conroy and Jim Wilson
Directed by Jim Wilson
USA, 2014
Imagine, if you will, a horse race that starts and finishes in a blink of an eye. We see your choice winner bucking behind the starting gate. His chances of winning are slim to none, fifty to one in fact. You may not know anything about the horse, but you like the sound of his name on the program, and figure you can make some nice cash from a long shot. The gate opens and your horse bellows out the door. Immediately cut to the first bend and he is trailing behind the team. Now, immediately cut to the last and he strides to the finish line by a large margin. Victory is yours, but to what fulfillment? Sure you’re happy that your horse won, and heck, you might have made a serious winning. You probably...
Written by Faith Conroy and Jim Wilson
Directed by Jim Wilson
USA, 2014
Imagine, if you will, a horse race that starts and finishes in a blink of an eye. We see your choice winner bucking behind the starting gate. His chances of winning are slim to none, fifty to one in fact. You may not know anything about the horse, but you like the sound of his name on the program, and figure you can make some nice cash from a long shot. The gate opens and your horse bellows out the door. Immediately cut to the first bend and he is trailing behind the team. Now, immediately cut to the last and he strides to the finish line by a large margin. Victory is yours, but to what fulfillment? Sure you’re happy that your horse won, and heck, you might have made a serious winning. You probably...
- 8/21/2014
- by Christopher Clemente
- SoundOnSight
In this new featurette, actor Christian Kane talks about his character (Mark Allen) in the upcoming 50 To 1. Based on Mine That Bird, the underdog racehorse that won the 2009 Kentucky Derby, the film opens in theaters March 21, 2014.
Two songs from Kane’s The House Rules (2010) album – “Something’s Gotta’ Give” and “Whiskey in Mind” – are featured in the 50 To 1 soundtrack.
The cast and filmmakers of 50 To 1 will hit the road rock-star style on a cross-country tour beginning March 17 to promote the major motion picture’s release.
Cast members set for the tour are Skeet Ulrich, Christian Kane, Todd Lowe and Hugo Perez.Also on tour will be filmmakers Jim Wilson and Faith Conroy. As a very special treat – the real Mine That Bird will make special appearances along the way.
Email your request to:
50to1themovietour@gmail.com
Include in the subject line:
50 to 1 Movie Tour – First and Last Name, Town,...
Two songs from Kane’s The House Rules (2010) album – “Something’s Gotta’ Give” and “Whiskey in Mind” – are featured in the 50 To 1 soundtrack.
The cast and filmmakers of 50 To 1 will hit the road rock-star style on a cross-country tour beginning March 17 to promote the major motion picture’s release.
Cast members set for the tour are Skeet Ulrich, Christian Kane, Todd Lowe and Hugo Perez.Also on tour will be filmmakers Jim Wilson and Faith Conroy. As a very special treat – the real Mine That Bird will make special appearances along the way.
Email your request to:
50to1themovietour@gmail.com
Include in the subject line:
50 to 1 Movie Tour – First and Last Name, Town,...
- 2/7/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Check out the first trailer and poster for the upcoming movie 50 To 1 - based on Mine That Bird, the underdog racehorse that won the 2009 Kentucky Derby. The film opens in theaters March 21, 2014.
50 To 1 is about a misfit group of New Mexico cowboys who find themselves on the journey of a lifetime when their crooked-footed racehorse qualifies for the Kentucky Derby. The cowboys face a series of mishaps on their way to Churchill Downs, becoming the ultimate underdogs in a final showdown with the world’s racing elite.
50 To 1 is from the Oscar-winning producer of Dances With Wolves, Jim Wilson, who serves as this film’s director, producer, and co-writer. Faith Conroy co-wrote the script with Wilson.
Skeet Ulrich (Jericho, “Scream,” “As Good As It Gets”), Christian Kane (Leverage), William Devane (24, “The Dark Knight Rises”), Todd Lowe (True Blood, Gilmore Girls) and newcomer Madelyn Deutch star in the film alongside real-life jockey Calvin Borel,...
50 To 1 is about a misfit group of New Mexico cowboys who find themselves on the journey of a lifetime when their crooked-footed racehorse qualifies for the Kentucky Derby. The cowboys face a series of mishaps on their way to Churchill Downs, becoming the ultimate underdogs in a final showdown with the world’s racing elite.
50 To 1 is from the Oscar-winning producer of Dances With Wolves, Jim Wilson, who serves as this film’s director, producer, and co-writer. Faith Conroy co-wrote the script with Wilson.
Skeet Ulrich (Jericho, “Scream,” “As Good As It Gets”), Christian Kane (Leverage), William Devane (24, “The Dark Knight Rises”), Todd Lowe (True Blood, Gilmore Girls) and newcomer Madelyn Deutch star in the film alongside real-life jockey Calvin Borel,...
- 1/2/2014
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Catch the pleasing first trailer as well as the poster for 50 to 1 starring Skeet Ulrich, Christian Kane and William Devane. This is the story about a misfit group of New Mexico cowboys who find themselves on the journey of a lifetime when their crooked-footed racehorse called Mine That Bird qualifies for the Kentucky Derby. The cowboys face a series of mishaps on their way to Churchill Downs, becoming the ultimate underdogs in a final showdown with the world’s racing elite. It's not Seabiscuit, or Disney's Secretariat, as well, it doesn't have the budget, nor is it as serious, but looks to be more lighthearted and fun. Jim Wilson, producer of various Kevin Costner films like Swing Vote, Mr. Brooks, The Postman, Wyatt Earp, The Bodyguard and Dances with Wolves, directs from a script he wrote with Faith Conroy.
- 12/19/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Mine That Bird, the underdog racehorse that won the 2009 Kentucky Derby, is the focus of a new Hollywood film 50 To 1 that opens in theaters March 21, 2014.
The news was announced by 50 To 1 director, producer, co-writer and racehorse owner Jim Wilson (Oscar-winning producer of “Dances With Wolves”).
Skeet Ulrich (Jericho, “Scream,” “As Good As It Gets”), Christian Kane (Leverage), William Devane (24, “The Dark Knight Rises”), Todd Lowe (True Blood, Gilmore Girls) and newcomer Madelyn Deutch star in the film alongside real-life jockey Calvin Borel, who plays himself in the picture. Faith Conroy co-wrote the script with Wilson.
(via Christian Kane’s Facebook page)
The film, which is rooted in New Mexico and shot in over 30 locations throughout the state—from Santa Fe to Las Cruces—will kick off the theatrical release with the world premiere in Albuquerque at the historic KiMo Theatre on March 19th.
50 To 1 is about a misfit group of...
The news was announced by 50 To 1 director, producer, co-writer and racehorse owner Jim Wilson (Oscar-winning producer of “Dances With Wolves”).
Skeet Ulrich (Jericho, “Scream,” “As Good As It Gets”), Christian Kane (Leverage), William Devane (24, “The Dark Knight Rises”), Todd Lowe (True Blood, Gilmore Girls) and newcomer Madelyn Deutch star in the film alongside real-life jockey Calvin Borel, who plays himself in the picture. Faith Conroy co-wrote the script with Wilson.
(via Christian Kane’s Facebook page)
The film, which is rooted in New Mexico and shot in over 30 locations throughout the state—from Santa Fe to Las Cruces—will kick off the theatrical release with the world premiere in Albuquerque at the historic KiMo Theatre on March 19th.
50 To 1 is about a misfit group of...
- 10/31/2013
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
When Queer Eye for the Straight Guy premiered in 2003, it was an instant hit. With the premise of five openly gay style experts hijacking a schlubby straight dude to give his lifestyle a reboot, the show was as entertaining as it was helpful. What wasn’t there to like about Ted, Carson, Thom, Kyan, and Jai? They were funny, they had chemistry, and they gave straight women everywhere the hope that their cavemen could be transformed using a few “hip tips.”
But Queer Eye was more than just a fun show — it was also ground-breaking. So, when the Fab Five...
But Queer Eye was more than just a fun show — it was also ground-breaking. So, when the Fab Five...
- 10/20/2013
- by Jennifer Arellano
- EW - Inside TV
When Queer Eye for the Straight Guy premiered in 2003, it was an instant hit. With the premise of five openly gay style experts hijacking a schlubby straight dude to give his lifestyle a reboot, the show was as entertaining as it was helpful. What wasn’t there to like about Ted, Carson, Thom, Kyan, and Jai? They were funny, they had chemistry, and they gave straight women everywhere the hope that their cavemen could be transformed using a few “hip tips.”
But Queer Eye was more than just a fun show — it was also ground-breaking. So, when the Fab Five...
But Queer Eye was more than just a fun show — it was also ground-breaking. So, when the Fab Five...
- 10/20/2013
- by Jennifer Arellano
- EW - Inside TV
The programme for the 57th BFI London Film Festival was recently announced, with the BFI’s Head of Cinemas and Festivals, Clare Stewart, returning for her second year with a rich and diverse group of international films and events from established and upcoming talent over a 12-day celebration of cinema.
The Festival will screen 234 fiction and documentary features, including 22 World Premieres, 16 International Premieres, 29 European Premieres, and 20 Archive films. There will also be screenings of 134 live-action and animated shorts. A stellar line-up of directors, cast and crew are expected to take part in career interviews, master classes, and other special events. The 57th BFI London Film Festival will run from 9-20 October 2013.
The Festival’s screenings are at venues across the capital, from the West End cinemas – Odeon West End, Vue West End, Odeon Leicester Square and a new addition this year the Cineworld Haymarket; to central London venues – BFI Southbank; the Ica,...
The Festival will screen 234 fiction and documentary features, including 22 World Premieres, 16 International Premieres, 29 European Premieres, and 20 Archive films. There will also be screenings of 134 live-action and animated shorts. A stellar line-up of directors, cast and crew are expected to take part in career interviews, master classes, and other special events. The 57th BFI London Film Festival will run from 9-20 October 2013.
The Festival’s screenings are at venues across the capital, from the West End cinemas – Odeon West End, Vue West End, Odeon Leicester Square and a new addition this year the Cineworld Haymarket; to central London venues – BFI Southbank; the Ica,...
- 9/18/2013
- by John
- SoundOnSight
David Lowery has spent more than a decade helming little-known shorts and features, but he broke through this year with his star-studded drama Ain.t Them Bodies Saints that boasts Rooney Mara, Ben Foster, and Casey Affleck in its leads. It seems it was an experience both Lowery and Affleck are ready to replicate as THR reports the pair are re-teaming for a science-fiction tale about the perils of cloning. Lowery has closed a deal to write and direct an adaptation called To Be Two, inspired but a short story .To Be Two or Not to Be. from Paul Broks. anthology Into the Silent Land: Travels in Neuropsychology. Affleck is set to star, and will also produce alongside Jim Wilson, and Sailor Bear.s Toby Halbrooks and James M. Johnston, who both co-produced Ain.t Them Bodies Saints. The film is being described as .a thinking man.s sci-fi tale...
- 8/26/2013
- cinemablend.com
The team that made Ain’t Them Bodies Saints is partnering for a thinking man’s sci-fi tale. Saints helmer David Lowery has closed a deal to adapt and direct To Be Two, an adaptation of a short story from the Into the Silent Land: Travels in Neuropsychology collection by Paul Broks. Casey Affleck is attached to star and is set to executive produce with Lowery, Toby Halbrooks and James M. Johnston of Sailor Bear. Halbrooks and Johnston were producers on Saints, which opened in theaters last weekend. Jim Wilson is attached to produce and Silver Reel will finance script development. Video:
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- 8/22/2013
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
With their Ain't Them Bodies Saints now in theaters, leading man Casey Affleck and writer/director David Lowery are set to re-team for To Be Two , says a story at The Hollywood Reporter . The film, a science fiction thriller, will be based on the chapter "To Be Two or Not to Be" from Paul Broks 2004 collection of essays, "Into the Silent Land: Travels in Neuropsychology." Set in a future where teleportation technology allows people to travel back and forth between Earth and Mars, the storyline deals with the ramifications of an accident in which an individual is both teleported and remains behind, creating a perfect duplicate. Lowery and Affleck will also produce the project alongside Toby Halbrooks, James M. Johnston and Jim Wilson. (Photo Credit: Dave...
- 8/22/2013
- Comingsoon.net
The old tagline is back
Hungry Jacks has quietly reinstated its “The Burgers Are Better At Hungry Jacks” slogan a year after ditching it for the line “Makes It Better.”
The company confirmed the decision to Mumbrella today. It quietly returned to the old slogan several weeks ago.
The brand rethink was announced in October 2011 following the introduction of vegetables as a side-dish on its menu. At the time the chain’s national marketing director, Jim Wilson, said ‘the burgers are better’ tagline had become a limitation for the brand, although the new line would “leverage equity from the term ‘better’”.
The move to ditch the line came not long after Clemenger Bbdo Sydney won the Hungry Jacks account from Mjw. At the time, eyebrows were raised over the loss of such a powerful line.
In a statement to Mumbrella today, Wilson said: “Hungry Jack’s has reinstated its famous...
Hungry Jacks has quietly reinstated its “The Burgers Are Better At Hungry Jacks” slogan a year after ditching it for the line “Makes It Better.”
The company confirmed the decision to Mumbrella today. It quietly returned to the old slogan several weeks ago.
The brand rethink was announced in October 2011 following the introduction of vegetables as a side-dish on its menu. At the time the chain’s national marketing director, Jim Wilson, said ‘the burgers are better’ tagline had become a limitation for the brand, although the new line would “leverage equity from the term ‘better’”.
The move to ditch the line came not long after Clemenger Bbdo Sydney won the Hungry Jacks account from Mjw. At the time, eyebrows were raised over the loss of such a powerful line.
In a statement to Mumbrella today, Wilson said: “Hungry Jack’s has reinstated its famous...
- 1/23/2013
- by Marcus Casey
- Encore Magazine
Updated: This should bring back wistful memories for gamers who recall how products including Pong, Tank, and the Atari 2600 shaped the video game industry back in the 1970s — and painful ones for media industry veterans. The French company that owns Atari said today that its U.S. business filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it looks to sell or restructure the operation. Hours later, Atari S.A. also filed for bankruptcy in France under Book 6 of that country’s commercial code, according to the La Times. The Execs made the decision after Atari’s main shareholder and lender, investment firm BlueBay, said it couldn’t find anyone to buy the game company — and couldn’t continue to fund it. (Two of BlueBay’s funds are in liquidation.) The filing comes in advance of a credit facility due on March 31 as the company says it “has been starved for funds and...
- 1/21/2013
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor
- Deadline TV
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