More than 30 years after she made her most famous dash across America in Thelma & Louise, two-time Oscar winner Geena Davis has lined up another wild road trip movie with Cowgirl’s Last Ride.
The comedy adventure was originally announced back in 2019, but has now taken shape, with Scoot McNairy (Argo, 12 Years a Slave), Julia Sweeney (Saturday Night Live, Pulp Fiction) and Jill Scott (The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, Get On Up) joining the cast and HanWay Films launching sales at the upcoming American Film Market.
Described as a “comedic odyssey set against the vast landscapes of rural Texas,” the story follows retired Texas cowgirl Fay (Davis), who escapes her Dallas nursing home and journey’s back towards her native East Texas, first in a in a stolen pickup truck then on a horse, on a ride of rediscovery to reconnect with her former self, all while in...
The comedy adventure was originally announced back in 2019, but has now taken shape, with Scoot McNairy (Argo, 12 Years a Slave), Julia Sweeney (Saturday Night Live, Pulp Fiction) and Jill Scott (The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, Get On Up) joining the cast and HanWay Films launching sales at the upcoming American Film Market.
Described as a “comedic odyssey set against the vast landscapes of rural Texas,” the story follows retired Texas cowgirl Fay (Davis), who escapes her Dallas nursing home and journey’s back towards her native East Texas, first in a in a stolen pickup truck then on a horse, on a ride of rediscovery to reconnect with her former self, all while in...
- 10/23/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Scoot McNairy (Argo), Julia Sweeney (Pulp Fiction), and Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Jill Scott have joined the cast of Cowgirl’s Last Ride, led by Oscar-winner Geena Davis.
Hanway Films is handling the film and will take it to the upcoming American Film Market. The film is directed by Leena Yadav, whose debut feature film, Parched, premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in 2015. Her 2018 feature Rajma Chawal, which screened at London, was snapped up by Netflix.
Cowgirl’s Last Ride is the latest production from Susan Cartsonis and Suzanne Farwell, the producers behind films such as What Women Want and The Holiday. The pair will produce with their Resonate Entertainment partner Brent Emery, with whom they made the recent Amazon pic Sitting In Bars With Cake. The screenplay was penned by Kris Hunt.
Film’s synopsis reads: We follow an unorthodox retired Texas cowgirl named Fay (Davis), who after battling against the...
Hanway Films is handling the film and will take it to the upcoming American Film Market. The film is directed by Leena Yadav, whose debut feature film, Parched, premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in 2015. Her 2018 feature Rajma Chawal, which screened at London, was snapped up by Netflix.
Cowgirl’s Last Ride is the latest production from Susan Cartsonis and Suzanne Farwell, the producers behind films such as What Women Want and The Holiday. The pair will produce with their Resonate Entertainment partner Brent Emery, with whom they made the recent Amazon pic Sitting In Bars With Cake. The screenplay was penned by Kris Hunt.
Film’s synopsis reads: We follow an unorthodox retired Texas cowgirl named Fay (Davis), who after battling against the...
- 10/23/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The title is set to be introduced to buyers at the American Film Market (AFM).
UK sales outfit HanWay Films has boarded Leena Yadav’s comedy adventure Cowgirl’s Last Ride, starring Geena Davis, and is bringing the title to the American Film Market.
Davis, best known for roles in Thelma & Louse and A League Of Their Own, stars alongside Scoot McNairy, Julia Sweeney and Jill Scott.
Cast was attached prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike commencing.
The story follows an unorthodox retired Texas cowgirl, played by Davis, who battles against the negligent staff of her Dallas nursing home before escaping...
UK sales outfit HanWay Films has boarded Leena Yadav’s comedy adventure Cowgirl’s Last Ride, starring Geena Davis, and is bringing the title to the American Film Market.
Davis, best known for roles in Thelma & Louse and A League Of Their Own, stars alongside Scoot McNairy, Julia Sweeney and Jill Scott.
Cast was attached prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike commencing.
The story follows an unorthodox retired Texas cowgirl, played by Davis, who battles against the negligent staff of her Dallas nursing home before escaping...
- 10/23/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
In her new exclusive uInterview, Erin Moriarty discusses transforming into her character Geena in the film Catching Dust, which is premiering this weekend at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Moriarty, known for her role as Starlight in The Boys, described the strange world of her character.
“She is a young woman who is living in a trailer with her husband and she believes that they’re living in a commune that’s deserted,” she told uInterview founder Erik Meers. “But essentially she’s very secluded, she’s very suppressed by this husband and she’s living in Texas that already has weird, especially this specific part she comes from, the gender roles are not the same.”
For Moriarty, the most important way for her to prepare for this role was getting Geena’s Texas accent down.
“One of the biggest things for me, funnily enough, and it may seem trivial, was working with a dialect coach,...
Moriarty, known for her role as Starlight in The Boys, described the strange world of her character.
“She is a young woman who is living in a trailer with her husband and she believes that they’re living in a commune that’s deserted,” she told uInterview founder Erik Meers. “But essentially she’s very secluded, she’s very suppressed by this husband and she’s living in Texas that already has weird, especially this specific part she comes from, the gender roles are not the same.”
For Moriarty, the most important way for her to prepare for this role was getting Geena’s Texas accent down.
“One of the biggest things for me, funnily enough, and it may seem trivial, was working with a dialect coach,...
- 6/9/2023
- by Nina Hauswirth
- Uinterview
Susan Sarandon is opening up about her parenting style. The same month that Sarandon’s daughter, Eva Amurri, described her upbringing as “a circus,” the 76-year-old actress responded to the claim in an interview with Et’s Matt Cohen.
Amurri, 37, made her statement on TikTok, explaining, “People in the industry, who grew up in the industry, sometimes liken the experience to growing up in the circus.”
“You kind of spend these really surreal periods of time really closely intertwined with other people… You become so, so close almost like family. And then one of the things that’s really disorienting about the acting world is then, when the project is done, a lot of times everyone just goes their separate ways and you kind of just disappear back into real life,” she said. “It can be really sad sometimes… It’s always a unique experience to grow up that way.
Amurri, 37, made her statement on TikTok, explaining, “People in the industry, who grew up in the industry, sometimes liken the experience to growing up in the circus.”
“You kind of spend these really surreal periods of time really closely intertwined with other people… You become so, so close almost like family. And then one of the things that’s really disorienting about the acting world is then, when the project is done, a lot of times everyone just goes their separate ways and you kind of just disappear back into real life,” she said. “It can be really sad sometimes… It’s always a unique experience to grow up that way.
- 1/28/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Oscar winner Susan Sarandon is ready for the stage musical adaptation of “Thelma & Louise.”
As Variety was the first to report, Amanda Seyfried and Evan Rachel Wood are currently workshopping the show in New York City.
“I think that’s fabulous. They’re both great,” Sarandon, who starred in the iconic 1991 film opposite Geena Davis, told Variety on Tuesday at special screening of her new movie “Maybe I Do.” “And I hope they have as much fun and enjoy each other and love each other as much as Geena and I did.”
Sarandon and Seyfried co-starred in the 2013 film “The Big Wedding” alongside Diane Keaton. Now, Sarandon and Keaton reunite in “Maybe I Do.”
In the movie, Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey play a couple who are contemplating getting married. But when they invite their parents to finally meet before an official proposal, it’s revealed that the future...
As Variety was the first to report, Amanda Seyfried and Evan Rachel Wood are currently workshopping the show in New York City.
“I think that’s fabulous. They’re both great,” Sarandon, who starred in the iconic 1991 film opposite Geena Davis, told Variety on Tuesday at special screening of her new movie “Maybe I Do.” “And I hope they have as much fun and enjoy each other and love each other as much as Geena and I did.”
Sarandon and Seyfried co-starred in the 2013 film “The Big Wedding” alongside Diane Keaton. Now, Sarandon and Keaton reunite in “Maybe I Do.”
In the movie, Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey play a couple who are contemplating getting married. But when they invite their parents to finally meet before an official proposal, it’s revealed that the future...
- 1/18/2023
- by Elizabeth Taylor
- Variety Film + TV
Brad Pitt remembers his first sex scene well.
The actor was chatting to W Magazine for its first issue of 2023, “Volume 1, Best Performances”, when he was asked what his first love scene was.
Pitt responded, “It would have been in the show ‘Dallas’. I had to roll around in the hay in a barn. I don’t think I had a line. I was just rolling and frolicking.”
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The star featured in four episodes of the TV series as Randy, the boyfriend of Shalane McCall’s character Charlie Wade, from 1987-1988.
Pitt then said of that famous scene in “Thelma & Louise”, in which he starred as J.D., “Yeah, that was my entry into the big leagues, I guess. Geena [Davis] was so sweet and kind and delicate. That love scene, I think, went on for two days of shooting.
The actor was chatting to W Magazine for its first issue of 2023, “Volume 1, Best Performances”, when he was asked what his first love scene was.
Pitt responded, “It would have been in the show ‘Dallas’. I had to roll around in the hay in a barn. I don’t think I had a line. I was just rolling and frolicking.”
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The star featured in four episodes of the TV series as Randy, the boyfriend of Shalane McCall’s character Charlie Wade, from 1987-1988.
Pitt then said of that famous scene in “Thelma & Louise”, in which he starred as J.D., “Yeah, that was my entry into the big leagues, I guess. Geena [Davis] was so sweet and kind and delicate. That love scene, I think, went on for two days of shooting.
- 1/9/2023
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
Geena Davis is revealing how she turns down famous celebrities.
The Oscar-winning actress recently released her memoir Dying Of Politeness. She spoke to The New Yorker about her book and recalled a run-in from her past with Jack Nicholson.
Read More: Geena Davis Says Directors Treated Her Differently After Winning An Oscar: ‘It Probably Wouldn’t Happen To A Man’
She co-starred in the 1982 film “Tootsie” alongside Dustin Hoffman, which saw massive success. She revealed the veteran actor advised her never to sleep with her co-stars and to turn down their advances with the classy line, “Well, you’re very attractive. I would love to, but it would ruin the sexual tension between us.”
Davis kept that advice in mind and it came in handy when she found herself spending more time with her friend Nicholson at dinner parties.
“Then one day there was a note under the door that said,...
The Oscar-winning actress recently released her memoir Dying Of Politeness. She spoke to The New Yorker about her book and recalled a run-in from her past with Jack Nicholson.
Read More: Geena Davis Says Directors Treated Her Differently After Winning An Oscar: ‘It Probably Wouldn’t Happen To A Man’
She co-starred in the 1982 film “Tootsie” alongside Dustin Hoffman, which saw massive success. She revealed the veteran actor advised her never to sleep with her co-stars and to turn down their advances with the classy line, “Well, you’re very attractive. I would love to, but it would ruin the sexual tension between us.”
Davis kept that advice in mind and it came in handy when she found herself spending more time with her friend Nicholson at dinner parties.
“Then one day there was a note under the door that said,...
- 10/20/2022
- by Anita Tai
- ET Canada
Geena Davis steered clear of Jack Nicholson post-“Tootsie” fame.
Davis, who worked as a model before being cast in a bit part in “Tootsie” opposite Dustin Hoffman, revealed to The New Yorker that Nicholson propositioned her after a dinner with casting directors. As a newly-minted actress, Davis channeled advice her co-star Hoffman had told her about becoming intimately involved with actors.
“Say, ‘Well, you’re very attractive. I would love to, but it would ruin the sexual tension between us,'” Davis recalled Hoffman telling her about how to navigate a co-star’s lust. “And I saved that advice away.”
The “Thelma & Louise” star continued, “After ‘Tootsie,’ my modeling agent took me and a couple of other actor-slash-models to Hollywood to meet casting directors. He happened to know Jack Nicholson, and every single night Jack Nicholson had dinner with us. Then one day there was a note under the door that said,...
Davis, who worked as a model before being cast in a bit part in “Tootsie” opposite Dustin Hoffman, revealed to The New Yorker that Nicholson propositioned her after a dinner with casting directors. As a newly-minted actress, Davis channeled advice her co-star Hoffman had told her about becoming intimately involved with actors.
“Say, ‘Well, you’re very attractive. I would love to, but it would ruin the sexual tension between us,'” Davis recalled Hoffman telling her about how to navigate a co-star’s lust. “And I saved that advice away.”
The “Thelma & Louise” star continued, “After ‘Tootsie,’ my modeling agent took me and a couple of other actor-slash-models to Hollywood to meet casting directors. He happened to know Jack Nicholson, and every single night Jack Nicholson had dinner with us. Then one day there was a note under the door that said,...
- 10/20/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
The Conners Recap: A Sudden Death Paves Way for Introduction of New Relative — Plus, An Update on DJ
Wednesday’s Conners featured the off-screen death of an extended family member and provided an update on the M.I.A. DJ.
During the cold open, Louise and Neville got word that their estranged brother Aaron died of a heart attack, leaving behind a 17-year-old son named Caleb (played by Shameless‘ Ethan Cutkosky aka Carl Gallagher). It was now up to the remaining Goldufski siblings (and their respective spouses, Dan and Jackie) to determine who would board their jaded nephew, who’d had a rough go of things with an alcoholic dad.
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During the cold open, Louise and Neville got word that their estranged brother Aaron died of a heart attack, leaving behind a 17-year-old son named Caleb (played by Shameless‘ Ethan Cutkosky aka Carl Gallagher). It was now up to the remaining Goldufski siblings (and their respective spouses, Dan and Jackie) to determine who would board their jaded nephew, who’d had a rough go of things with an alcoholic dad.
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- 10/13/2022
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
The Conners‘ main title sequence just got a major overhaul.
Wednesday’s Season 5 opener unveiled the Roseanne spinoff’s first new title sequence since the offshoot launched in October 2018. It’s the first in the franchise’s history to exclude Michael Fishman’s DJ, who exited the offshoot ahead of Season 5. To fill the void, Jay R. Ferguson’s Ben has been added to the opener. (In an upcoming episode, viewers will learn that DJ left Lanford to reunite with Geena.)
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Wednesday’s Season 5 opener unveiled the Roseanne spinoff’s first new title sequence since the offshoot launched in October 2018. It’s the first in the franchise’s history to exclude Michael Fishman’s DJ, who exited the offshoot ahead of Season 5. To fill the void, Jay R. Ferguson’s Ben has been added to the opener. (In an upcoming episode, viewers will learn that DJ left Lanford to reunite with Geena.)
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- 9/22/2022
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
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While film festivals continue to struggle in 2022 with gender parity and other benchmarks of inclusive selection, the Bentonville Film Festival has consistently programmed lineups from a majority of women, Bipoc, queer, disabled and other types of historically excluded filmmakers since its founding in 2015.
The festival returned for its eighth edition on June 22 and will continue in-person in northwest Arkansas through June 26 and virtually through July 3. Of this year’s competition program, more than 82 is from creators who identify as female or gender non-conforming; 65 who identify as Black, Indigenous, a person of color, Asian or Pacific Islander; 62 who identify as Lgbtqia+, 42 who are over 50 and 20 who identify as a person with disabilities.
Festival founder and chair Geena Davis and festival and BFFoundation president Wendy Guerrero spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about how it achieves such programming diversity on a consistent basis, how the festival has impacted its filmmakers’ careers,...
While film festivals continue to struggle in 2022 with gender parity and other benchmarks of inclusive selection, the Bentonville Film Festival has consistently programmed lineups from a majority of women, Bipoc, queer, disabled and other types of historically excluded filmmakers since its founding in 2015.
The festival returned for its eighth edition on June 22 and will continue in-person in northwest Arkansas through June 26 and virtually through July 3. Of this year’s competition program, more than 82 is from creators who identify as female or gender non-conforming; 65 who identify as Black, Indigenous, a person of color, Asian or Pacific Islander; 62 who identify as Lgbtqia+, 42 who are over 50 and 20 who identify as a person with disabilities.
Festival founder and chair Geena Davis and festival and BFFoundation president Wendy Guerrero spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about how it achieves such programming diversity on a consistent basis, how the festival has impacted its filmmakers’ careers,...
- 6/23/2022
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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