Big Beach and Raindog Films have commenced principal photography in Virginia on Loving, the director’s follow-up to Mud. Wild Bunch handles international sales and CAA represents Us rights.
Loving is inspired by Nancy Buirski’s documentary The Loving Story and centres on an interracial couple who got married in 1958 and had to fight for their marriage when they were thrown in jail.
Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga star with Nick Kroll, Jon Bass, Marton Csokas and Bill Camp
Ged Doherty, Sarah Green, Buirski, Colin Firth, Peter Saraf and Marc Turtletaub produce, while the executive producers are Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Jack Turner and Jared Ian Goldman.
Writer-director Kate Maberly and Doug Liman will produce The Forest Of Hands And Teeth to star Maisie Williams from Game Of Thrones. Production is lining up for 2016 on the story of a young woman who holds the future of humanity in her hands after a virus turns humans into bloodthirsty...
Loving is inspired by Nancy Buirski’s documentary The Loving Story and centres on an interracial couple who got married in 1958 and had to fight for their marriage when they were thrown in jail.
Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga star with Nick Kroll, Jon Bass, Marton Csokas and Bill Camp
Ged Doherty, Sarah Green, Buirski, Colin Firth, Peter Saraf and Marc Turtletaub produce, while the executive producers are Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Jack Turner and Jared Ian Goldman.
Writer-director Kate Maberly and Doug Liman will produce The Forest Of Hands And Teeth to star Maisie Williams from Game Of Thrones. Production is lining up for 2016 on the story of a young woman who holds the future of humanity in her hands after a virus turns humans into bloodthirsty...
- 9/22/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Introducing We Are What We Are to an audience at the Milwaukee Film Festival, producer Jack Turner said that when it recently played to 1,500 people at the Deauville Film Festival in France, half of the audience gave it a standing ovation while the other half called the director the devil. There was no such split Stateside, at least at this particular screening.
A remake of a 2010 film from Mexico of the same name, the new version is set in Delaware County in New York, in a rural area that seems far removed from civilization. During a torrential downpour, the matriarch of the Parker family drives into town to purchase supplies from a general store. Immediately it is clear that something isn’t right. She is behaving strangely, and after returning outside to her vehicle falls and hits her head before tumbling down into shallow water, drowning quickly.
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A remake of a 2010 film from Mexico of the same name, the new version is set in Delaware County in New York, in a rural area that seems far removed from civilization. During a torrential downpour, the matriarch of the Parker family drives into town to purchase supplies from a general store. Immediately it is clear that something isn’t right. She is behaving strangely, and after returning outside to her vehicle falls and hits her head before tumbling down into shallow water, drowning quickly.
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- 10/6/2013
- shocktillyoudrop.com
We Are What We Are, breakout starlets, Julia Garner and Ambyr Childers will be attending the Cannes Film Festival. Julia a genre and indie queen in her own rightstarted out with a memorable supporting role in Martha Marcy May Marlene, echoing the trauma to come that Elizabeth Olsen's character endured and recently completed shooting for Sin City: A Dame To Kill For.
Julia recently wrapped Billy Kent's Hairbrained, starring Parker Posey, as well as David Chase's Not Fade Away with James Gandolfini (The Sopranos) and Jack Huston (Boardwalk Empire). She can also be seen in Stephen Chbosky's The Perks Of Being A Wallflower.
Ambyr Childers started her career with an established spot on the daytime soap opera All My Children before breaking out in a pivotal role as the daughter of Philip Seymour Hoffman's character in the Oscar Nominated The Master. Recently, Ambyr can be seen in Gangster Squad and will soon be seen in the new Liev Schreiber show on Showtime, Ray Donovan.
In We Are What We Are, a re-imagining of the 2010 Mexican film of the same name, Jim Mickle paints a gripping and gruesome portrait of an introverted family struggling to keep their macabre traditions alive.
A seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank (Bill Sage, Boardwalk Empire) rules his family with a rigorous ferver, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost. As a torrential rainstorm moves into the area, tragedy strikes and his daughters Iris (Ambyr Childers) and Rose (Julia Garner) are forced to assume responsibilities that extend beyond those of a typical family. As the unrelenting downpour continues to flood their small town, the local authorities begin to uncover clues that bring them closer to the secret that the Parkers have held closely for so many years.
Also starring Michael Parks (Django Unchained), Kelly McGillis (Stakeland), Nick Damici (Stakeland), Wyatt Russell (This is 40) and newcomer Jack Gore. Written by Mickle and Damici. The two previously collaborated on the screenplays for Mickle’s first two features, Mulberry Street and Stakeland (winner of the “Midnight Madness” Audience Award at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival).
Produced by Rodrigo Bellott, Andrew D. Corkin, Linda Moran, Nicholas Shumaker and Jack Turner.
Trt: 100 minutes
*We Are What We Are will have it's U.S. theatrical release this Fall through eOne.*
*Cannes Film Festival's Directors' Fortnight Premiere:*
May 21st, 2013 9:00Pm @ Theater Croisette
* Cannes Film Festival's Press Screening* May 21st, 2013 11:30Am @ Theater Croisette...
Julia recently wrapped Billy Kent's Hairbrained, starring Parker Posey, as well as David Chase's Not Fade Away with James Gandolfini (The Sopranos) and Jack Huston (Boardwalk Empire). She can also be seen in Stephen Chbosky's The Perks Of Being A Wallflower.
Ambyr Childers started her career with an established spot on the daytime soap opera All My Children before breaking out in a pivotal role as the daughter of Philip Seymour Hoffman's character in the Oscar Nominated The Master. Recently, Ambyr can be seen in Gangster Squad and will soon be seen in the new Liev Schreiber show on Showtime, Ray Donovan.
In We Are What We Are, a re-imagining of the 2010 Mexican film of the same name, Jim Mickle paints a gripping and gruesome portrait of an introverted family struggling to keep their macabre traditions alive.
A seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank (Bill Sage, Boardwalk Empire) rules his family with a rigorous ferver, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost. As a torrential rainstorm moves into the area, tragedy strikes and his daughters Iris (Ambyr Childers) and Rose (Julia Garner) are forced to assume responsibilities that extend beyond those of a typical family. As the unrelenting downpour continues to flood their small town, the local authorities begin to uncover clues that bring them closer to the secret that the Parkers have held closely for so many years.
Also starring Michael Parks (Django Unchained), Kelly McGillis (Stakeland), Nick Damici (Stakeland), Wyatt Russell (This is 40) and newcomer Jack Gore. Written by Mickle and Damici. The two previously collaborated on the screenplays for Mickle’s first two features, Mulberry Street and Stakeland (winner of the “Midnight Madness” Audience Award at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival).
Produced by Rodrigo Bellott, Andrew D. Corkin, Linda Moran, Nicholas Shumaker and Jack Turner.
Trt: 100 minutes
*We Are What We Are will have it's U.S. theatrical release this Fall through eOne.*
*Cannes Film Festival's Directors' Fortnight Premiere:*
May 21st, 2013 9:00Pm @ Theater Croisette
* Cannes Film Festival's Press Screening* May 21st, 2013 11:30Am @ Theater Croisette...
- 5/20/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Jim Mickle's We Are What We Are starring Julia Garner and Amber Childers has added a new Cannes Film Festival clip. Catch the film in the Directors' Fortnight Premiere on May 21st, 2013 at 9:00 p.m. at Theater Croisette if you're attending. Also in the film helmed by Mickle are Michael Parks, Kelly McGillis, Nick Damici, Wyatt Russell and Jack Gore. Mickle scripts alongside Damici and the film's produced by Rodrigo Bellott, Andrew D. Corkin, Linda Moran, Jack Turner and Nicholas Schumaker. In We Are What We Are, a re-imagining of the 2010 Mexican film of the same name, Mickle paints a gripping and gruesome portrait of an introverted family struggling to keep their macabre traditions alive. A seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank (Sage) rules his family with a rigorous ferver, determined to keep...
- 5/17/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Now that Sundance and Berlin are over, what do we have to look forward to? Cannes of course. However, in terms of continuing business, I want to put a spotlight on what to look forward to next Sundance (and Berlin) as an example of long lasting effects of filmmakers/ actors/ buyers and sellers. I will begin this depiction of a long journey beginning with my friend, Rodrigo Bellot -- writer, director, producer and casting agent . Rodrigo made his first film, Sexual Dependency, in 2003 with producers Ara Katz and Sam Engelbart who brought us on to find festival and international representation. Rigo was pleased with the work and we have become fast friends since then. When I first spoke with Rigo about We Are What We Are, he referred me to Memento, his international sales agent.
During Cannes 2012, I went to Memento to write more about this film which is the first remake in a long time of a film from Mexico, Somos lo que hay by Mexican director Jorge Michel Grau. At Memento, Tanja Meissner ♀ and Emilie Georges ♀ referred me to their American colleague and producer of the film, Nicholas Shumaker who gave me more of the film's history. During Afm 2011, Rodrigo and his professional partner Andrew D. Corkin who previously produced Martha Marcy May Marlene had come to Memento with the idea of remaking the English language version of this Mexican (Spanish language) film about a family of cannibals. They were, predictably, looking for financial partners. Memento said they would support the remake. They had wanted to work with the director Jim Mickle since seeing the Tiff 2010 Midnight Madness Audience Award winner, Stake Land which has become a cult vampire picture. Mickle has transposed the story to a poor part of the Catskills region in New York State. Memento sees the horror genre as an ambitious genre when it is created with good ideas, not exploitative but an elevated sort of horror, along the lines of Let the Right One In. Memento wants to do horror films only with directors and authors they like. It has taken seven years to establish their brand, and the principals Emilie Georges and Tanja Meissner are not looking for horror per se. They long for smart horror because there is a consistent market for intelligent horror stories. Their horror films will stand out for their buyers because of the director-driven aspect, not for the horror itself. Memento is putting together two other films with bigger budgets for Jim which will go over the next six to nine months. These next two, Night Hunter and Cold in July were announced during by Screen International around the time of Cannes 2012 and are both being produced with Linda Moran's ♀ and Rene Bastian's New York company Belladonna. To hear Jim Mickle speak about the use of Adobe technology in the making We Are What We Are, visit Adobe TV at Sundance. More on Mickle is in Screen. We Are What We Are will costar Ambyr Childers ♀ who was the milk skinned blonde in Gangster Squad and played Elizabeth Dodd in The Master, and Julia Garner ♀, who recently picked up rave reviews for her performance as a naïve Morman girl in Rebecca Thomas’ Electrik Children, a Berlinale 2012 hit. She will next be seen in Stephan Chobsky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower and is in StudioCanal’s The Last Exorcism 2. Film industry veteran Jack Turner is also producing. Mfi chief Emilie Georges and international sales head Tanja Meissner are executive producing alongside Mo Noorali and Linda Moran ♀ of Belladonna Productions, who previously produced Mickle’s other films, and Brett Fitzgerald. Mfi’s Nicholas Kaiser has a co-producer credit. We Are What We Are was shot in the Catskills, starting May 29, 2012 for a January 2013 delivery in time for its projected Sundance premier. With that intent, Mfi began carefully preselling the film, first at Berlin’s Efm 2011 where it was prebought by Entertainment One for U.K, Scandinavia, South Africa and France. Koch Media prebought Germany. New York and Los Angeles-based Three Point Capital and Hsbc provided additional funding. At Afm 2013, the film sold to Transformer for Japan and Zamie for So. Korea. Middle East is also been sold along with Turkey (Callinos Films). Memento's marketing and finance plan allowed for the U.S. to be sold during Sundance 2013 and as we all know now, (From Deadline Hollywood): "In a low seven-figure deal for U.S. rights, eOne acquired the Jim Mickle-directed We Are What We Are, which premiered last Friday at the Library Center Theatre in the Park City At Midnight section. The plot: a devastating storm washes up clues that lead authorities closer to unraveling the dark secrets of the Parker family, who are cannibals. That premise is Not treated as slasher fare, it’s far more stylish and the buyer crowd and audience at the premiere screening ate it up and feel they’ve found a director with a voice worth hearing. The film stars Ambyr Childers, Bill Sage, Julia Garner, Michael Parks, Wyatt Russell and Kelly McGillis. It has gotten strong reviews beyond the genre crowd, and it gives eOne a good theatrical offering. Deal was finished on the flight back to Los Angeles. I’ve heard both the Wme Global and eOne teams were on the same flight back from Park City. They haggled but by the time the plane landed, eOne hit the asks made by the agents, who denied this colorful story. Somehow, it fits with the frenzied pace of deals due to the influx of new buyers. eOne will put it out in a platform theatrical release." Since Cannes 2012, eOne acquired Alliance and is poised to make a very splashy release of this film. EOne had not pursued the film for U.S. until Sundance and the deal was verifiably finalized and upped on the plane as described above. Memento has consistent relations with its directors. It is now transitioning though natural growth into handling larger films. It will still handle about 8 films a year and it will maintain the same strategy, though films of second and third time directors will be larger. Memento still wants newcomers and so it has 2 divisions with Artscope aiming more for the festival circuit for new directors like Natalia Smirnoff ♀ of The Puzzle which premiered in '09 at San Sebastian and was picked up for U.S. by IFC, Circles (see my past blog), In the Name Of by Malgorzata Szumowska ♀ which won the 2013 Teddy Award for daring to “challenge the stereotypes of homosexuality versus religion with a personal story, told in a deeply humane way”. It was picked up in Berlin where it premiered in Competition by Film Movement, and Lore by Cate Shortland ♀.
During Cannes 2012, I went to Memento to write more about this film which is the first remake in a long time of a film from Mexico, Somos lo que hay by Mexican director Jorge Michel Grau. At Memento, Tanja Meissner ♀ and Emilie Georges ♀ referred me to their American colleague and producer of the film, Nicholas Shumaker who gave me more of the film's history. During Afm 2011, Rodrigo and his professional partner Andrew D. Corkin who previously produced Martha Marcy May Marlene had come to Memento with the idea of remaking the English language version of this Mexican (Spanish language) film about a family of cannibals. They were, predictably, looking for financial partners. Memento said they would support the remake. They had wanted to work with the director Jim Mickle since seeing the Tiff 2010 Midnight Madness Audience Award winner, Stake Land which has become a cult vampire picture. Mickle has transposed the story to a poor part of the Catskills region in New York State. Memento sees the horror genre as an ambitious genre when it is created with good ideas, not exploitative but an elevated sort of horror, along the lines of Let the Right One In. Memento wants to do horror films only with directors and authors they like. It has taken seven years to establish their brand, and the principals Emilie Georges and Tanja Meissner are not looking for horror per se. They long for smart horror because there is a consistent market for intelligent horror stories. Their horror films will stand out for their buyers because of the director-driven aspect, not for the horror itself. Memento is putting together two other films with bigger budgets for Jim which will go over the next six to nine months. These next two, Night Hunter and Cold in July were announced during by Screen International around the time of Cannes 2012 and are both being produced with Linda Moran's ♀ and Rene Bastian's New York company Belladonna. To hear Jim Mickle speak about the use of Adobe technology in the making We Are What We Are, visit Adobe TV at Sundance. More on Mickle is in Screen. We Are What We Are will costar Ambyr Childers ♀ who was the milk skinned blonde in Gangster Squad and played Elizabeth Dodd in The Master, and Julia Garner ♀, who recently picked up rave reviews for her performance as a naïve Morman girl in Rebecca Thomas’ Electrik Children, a Berlinale 2012 hit. She will next be seen in Stephan Chobsky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower and is in StudioCanal’s The Last Exorcism 2. Film industry veteran Jack Turner is also producing. Mfi chief Emilie Georges and international sales head Tanja Meissner are executive producing alongside Mo Noorali and Linda Moran ♀ of Belladonna Productions, who previously produced Mickle’s other films, and Brett Fitzgerald. Mfi’s Nicholas Kaiser has a co-producer credit. We Are What We Are was shot in the Catskills, starting May 29, 2012 for a January 2013 delivery in time for its projected Sundance premier. With that intent, Mfi began carefully preselling the film, first at Berlin’s Efm 2011 where it was prebought by Entertainment One for U.K, Scandinavia, South Africa and France. Koch Media prebought Germany. New York and Los Angeles-based Three Point Capital and Hsbc provided additional funding. At Afm 2013, the film sold to Transformer for Japan and Zamie for So. Korea. Middle East is also been sold along with Turkey (Callinos Films). Memento's marketing and finance plan allowed for the U.S. to be sold during Sundance 2013 and as we all know now, (From Deadline Hollywood): "In a low seven-figure deal for U.S. rights, eOne acquired the Jim Mickle-directed We Are What We Are, which premiered last Friday at the Library Center Theatre in the Park City At Midnight section. The plot: a devastating storm washes up clues that lead authorities closer to unraveling the dark secrets of the Parker family, who are cannibals. That premise is Not treated as slasher fare, it’s far more stylish and the buyer crowd and audience at the premiere screening ate it up and feel they’ve found a director with a voice worth hearing. The film stars Ambyr Childers, Bill Sage, Julia Garner, Michael Parks, Wyatt Russell and Kelly McGillis. It has gotten strong reviews beyond the genre crowd, and it gives eOne a good theatrical offering. Deal was finished on the flight back to Los Angeles. I’ve heard both the Wme Global and eOne teams were on the same flight back from Park City. They haggled but by the time the plane landed, eOne hit the asks made by the agents, who denied this colorful story. Somehow, it fits with the frenzied pace of deals due to the influx of new buyers. eOne will put it out in a platform theatrical release." Since Cannes 2012, eOne acquired Alliance and is poised to make a very splashy release of this film. EOne had not pursued the film for U.S. until Sundance and the deal was verifiably finalized and upped on the plane as described above. Memento has consistent relations with its directors. It is now transitioning though natural growth into handling larger films. It will still handle about 8 films a year and it will maintain the same strategy, though films of second and third time directors will be larger. Memento still wants newcomers and so it has 2 divisions with Artscope aiming more for the festival circuit for new directors like Natalia Smirnoff ♀ of The Puzzle which premiered in '09 at San Sebastian and was picked up for U.S. by IFC, Circles (see my past blog), In the Name Of by Malgorzata Szumowska ♀ which won the 2013 Teddy Award for daring to “challenge the stereotypes of homosexuality versus religion with a personal story, told in a deeply humane way”. It was picked up in Berlin where it premiered in Competition by Film Movement, and Lore by Cate Shortland ♀.
- 2/21/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
by Seth Metoyer, MoreHorror.com
The Jefferey Dahmer Files, a new chilling and experimental documentary from IFC Midnight is now playing in select theaters and available to watch on Cable VOD, SundanceNow, iTunes and other digital outlets.
The Jeffrey Dahmer Files, directed by Chris James Thompson, explores this question through archival footage and interviews with the people who knew the infamous serial killer during that horrific summer.
Take a look at the trailer and larger one sheet below the official synopsis.
Synopsis:
What drives a seemingly mundane man to commit a series of acts so heinous that it captured the attention of a horrified nation? In the summer of 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies.
The Jeffrey Dahmer Files explores this Midwestern city by meeting those surrounding Dahmer during and after his hidden spree.
Recollections from Milwaukee Medical Examiner Jeffrey Jentzen,...
The Jefferey Dahmer Files, a new chilling and experimental documentary from IFC Midnight is now playing in select theaters and available to watch on Cable VOD, SundanceNow, iTunes and other digital outlets.
The Jeffrey Dahmer Files, directed by Chris James Thompson, explores this question through archival footage and interviews with the people who knew the infamous serial killer during that horrific summer.
Take a look at the trailer and larger one sheet below the official synopsis.
Synopsis:
What drives a seemingly mundane man to commit a series of acts so heinous that it captured the attention of a horrified nation? In the summer of 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies.
The Jeffrey Dahmer Files explores this Midwestern city by meeting those surrounding Dahmer during and after his hidden spree.
Recollections from Milwaukee Medical Examiner Jeffrey Jentzen,...
- 2/16/2013
- by admin
- MoreHorror
It's time once again to peer a little bit deeper into the mind of an absolute madman with several new clips from IFC Midnight's chilling documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Check 'em out and lose your lunch.
From the Press Release
IFC Midnight has acquired all North American and UK rights to director Chris James Thompson’s documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Thompson also produced the film with Jack Turner and co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Swant and Joe Riepenhoff. Chris Smith and Barry Poltermann executive produced the project, which world premiered in competition at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival and also played the 2012 Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto.
In 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files is a documentary that explores the city of Milwaukee by meeting those surrounding Dahmer during and after his hidden spree.
From the Press Release
IFC Midnight has acquired all North American and UK rights to director Chris James Thompson’s documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Thompson also produced the film with Jack Turner and co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Swant and Joe Riepenhoff. Chris Smith and Barry Poltermann executive produced the project, which world premiered in competition at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival and also played the 2012 Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto.
In 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files is a documentary that explores the city of Milwaukee by meeting those surrounding Dahmer during and after his hidden spree.
- 2/15/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Next up for you cats is the first clip from IFC Midnight's The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Look for the film to start its VOD and limited theatrical run on February 15th. Check it out.
From the Press Release
IFC Midnight has acquired all North American and UK rights to director Chris James Thompson’s documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Thompson also produced the film with Jack Turner and co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Swant and Joe Riepenhoff. Chris Smith and Barry Poltermann executive produced the project, which world premiered in competition at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival and also played the 2012 Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto.
In 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files is a documentary that explores the city of Milwaukee by meeting those surrounding Dahmer during and after his hidden spree.
From the Press Release
IFC Midnight has acquired all North American and UK rights to director Chris James Thompson’s documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Thompson also produced the film with Jack Turner and co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Swant and Joe Riepenhoff. Chris Smith and Barry Poltermann executive produced the project, which world premiered in competition at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival and also played the 2012 Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto.
In 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files is a documentary that explores the city of Milwaukee by meeting those surrounding Dahmer during and after his hidden spree.
- 2/13/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Next up for you cats is the first official trailer for IFC Midnight's The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Look for the film to start its VOD and limited theatrical run on February 15th. You know, just in time to help wash down all of that Valentine's Day candy!
From the Press Release
IFC Midnight has acquired all North American and UK rights to director Chris James Thompson’s documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Thompson also produced the film with Jack Turner and co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Swant and Joe Riepenhoff. Chris Smith and Barry Poltermann executive produced the project, which world premiered in competition at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival and also played the 2012 Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto. IFC Midnight is planning an early 2013 release for the documentary.
In 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files...
From the Press Release
IFC Midnight has acquired all North American and UK rights to director Chris James Thompson’s documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Thompson also produced the film with Jack Turner and co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Swant and Joe Riepenhoff. Chris Smith and Barry Poltermann executive produced the project, which world premiered in competition at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival and also played the 2012 Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto. IFC Midnight is planning an early 2013 release for the documentary.
In 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files...
- 2/4/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Next up for you cats is the first official still and one-sheet for IFC Midnight's The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Look for the film to see a VOD and limited theatrical run on February 15th. You know, just in time to help wash down all of that Valentine's Day candy!
From the Press Release
IFC Midnight announced today that the company is acquiring all North American and UK rights to director Chris James Thompson’s documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Thompson also produced the film with Jack Turner and co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Swant and Joe Riepenhoff. Chris Smith and Barry Poltermann executive produced the project, which world premiered in competition at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival and also played the 2012 Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto. IFC Midnight is planning an early 2013 release for the documentary.
In 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for...
From the Press Release
IFC Midnight announced today that the company is acquiring all North American and UK rights to director Chris James Thompson’s documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Thompson also produced the film with Jack Turner and co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Swant and Joe Riepenhoff. Chris Smith and Barry Poltermann executive produced the project, which world premiered in competition at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival and also played the 2012 Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto. IFC Midnight is planning an early 2013 release for the documentary.
In 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for...
- 1/29/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
EOne has landed U.S. distribution rights to Jim Mickle's cannibalism horror We Are What We Are, starring Ambyr Childers, Kelly McGillis and Michael Parks According to The Hollywood Reporter, the deal was in the low-seven figures for the film scripted by Mickle and Nick Damici (also in the cast) which is a remake of the Mexican film from Jorge Grau. Other cast members include Wyatt Russell, Julia Garner, Michael Parks and Bill Sage. Rodrigo Bellott, Andrew Corkin, Jack Turner and Nicholas Shumaker produce. In We Are What We Are, a storm washes up clues leading authorities closer to discovering the truth about the cannibalistic Parker family.
- 1/23/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
EOne has landed U.S. distribution rights to Jim Mickle's cannibalism horror We Are What We Are, starring Ambyr Childers, Kelly McGillis and Michael Parks According to The Hollywood Reporter, the deal was in the low-seven figures for the film scripted by Mickle and Nick Damici (also in the cast) which is a remake of the Mexican film from Jorge Grau. Other cast members include Wyatt Russell, Julia Garner, Michael Parks and Bill Sage. Rodrigo Bellott, Andrew Corkin, Jack Turner and Nicholas Shumaker produce. In We Are What We Are, a storm washes up clues leading authorities closer to discovering the truth about the cannibalistic Parker family.
- 1/23/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
#5. Concussion
Who: Having begun her ascension via her work as a commercials director/producer, 2012/2013 has turned out to be fairly kick ass in terms of receiving support. From the guidance of producer Rose Troche (helmer of Go Fish), being chosen by Independent Feature Project’s narrative lab to grabbing grants in the shape of the Adrienne Shelly Director’s Grant and Gothams Award’s Calvin Klein Spotlight on Women Filmmakers Live the Dream Grant.
What: Sight unseen, with a high libido, this might be compared to Steve McQueen’s Shame as it also centers on a Manhattanite whose midlife crisis includes a character with a double life of sorts.
Where: You can find more info on the facebook page and the official website should start getting into gear shortly.
When: The Rose Troche produced drama was shot in New York City in March of last year.
Why: Premise alone for...
Who: Having begun her ascension via her work as a commercials director/producer, 2012/2013 has turned out to be fairly kick ass in terms of receiving support. From the guidance of producer Rose Troche (helmer of Go Fish), being chosen by Independent Feature Project’s narrative lab to grabbing grants in the shape of the Adrienne Shelly Director’s Grant and Gothams Award’s Calvin Klein Spotlight on Women Filmmakers Live the Dream Grant.
What: Sight unseen, with a high libido, this might be compared to Steve McQueen’s Shame as it also centers on a Manhattanite whose midlife crisis includes a character with a double life of sorts.
Where: You can find more info on the facebook page and the official website should start getting into gear shortly.
When: The Rose Troche produced drama was shot in New York City in March of last year.
Why: Premise alone for...
- 1/18/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Having steadily built his career in the genre with Mulberry Street (’06), Stake Land (’10), Jim Mickle is still treading the indie horror course and his third outing either falls into unnecessary remake category or in the “I didn’t think the remake of Let the Right One In would turn out the way it did.” We think it might be the latter and that the summer production will indeed be primed for a January film fest splash. Re-teaming with Kelly McGillis (Stake Land lead), perhaps the festival’s next “it” actress in Julia Garner (Martha Marcy May Marlene), Michael Parks who received tons of cred for Red State, and Ambyr Childers fresh off The Master, We Are What We Are will begin a long film festival life that will probably be a hit among buyers. Exclusive pic above: Jim Mickle on left, Nick Damici (co-writer and co-star) and Michael Parks on the right.
- 11/22/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Like it or hate it, Craig Zobel.s button-pushing Sundance hit Compliance is earning the director attention as it continues to expand into more theaters in multiple cities. And Zobel.s now proving that he.s smarter than the average director because he.s parlaying the short-lived (but well-deserved) recognition into at least one new gig. Strike while the iron is hot, sir. Focus Features is getting into business with Zobel, buying an untitled pitch from the writer-director - and that.s all you are going to get, because producers Jack Turner (Cold Weather) and Nicholas Shumaker (Another Earth) have decided to keep Zobel.s logline .under wraps,. according to Variety. We.re interested in what type of story Zobel plans to tell, but Focus likely needs to figure out when he.s going to be ready to tell it. The director recently signed on to direct the apocalyptic zombie...
- 8/30/2012
- cinemablend.com
These past seven months, Craig Zobel made enough of an impression with his praised thriller, Compliance, to earn two jobs in the span of these past two weeks. The first and, clearly, biggest of these is Z for Zachariah, which we told you he’d be rewriting and directing for Tobey Maguire to star in — as good as almost any offer he could get right now. But, today, there’s news of something which is arguably a bit more personal.
Variety has news of his future outing, telling us the writer-director has sold a thriller pitch to Focus Features; Jack Turner (Cold Weather) and Nicholas Shumaker (Another Earth) are producing. What with the credits of its creative voice and business backers, you must be intrigued, so, of course, we have nothing else to really provide at the moment.
Should it be in the same vein as Compliance — which is something I’m only implying,...
Variety has news of his future outing, telling us the writer-director has sold a thriller pitch to Focus Features; Jack Turner (Cold Weather) and Nicholas Shumaker (Another Earth) are producing. What with the credits of its creative voice and business backers, you must be intrigued, so, of course, we have nothing else to really provide at the moment.
Should it be in the same vein as Compliance — which is something I’m only implying,...
- 8/29/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Here’s something to chew on. IFC Midnight has acquired all North American and UK rights to Chris James Thompson's documentary “The Jeffrey Dahmer Files,” which had its world premiere in competition at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival (where it screened with the title "Jeff"). The specialty distributor plans an early 2013 release for the project, which investigates the life and madness of the infamous serial killer through interviews with the people of Milwaukee who knew or came into contact with Dahmer before and after his 1991 arrest. Andrew Swant and Joe Riepenhoff wrote the screenplay with Thompson, who also produced along with Jack Turner. Chris Smith and Barry Poltermann are executive producers. “Chris James Thompson has made one of the creepiest documentaries of the year that lingers in the mind long after the film has ended,” said Sundance Selects/IFC Films president Jonathan Sehring. “He's approached the...
- 8/8/2012
- by Jay A. Fernandez
- Indiewire
#57. Skinny Dip - Frankie Latina What will be a sure fire hit only the fantasy film circuit, Frankie Latina's Skinny Dip a vigilante grindhouse pic stands a great chance at playing in Sundance's Park City at Midnight section due to the Danny Trejo effect (the actor was in Latina's debut film Modus Operandi), Pam Grier and the fact that co-star Sasha Grey made the switchover to film in Soderbergh's Sundance bowed The Girlfriend Experience. Gist: After being dared to go skinny dipping in stormy waters, a buttoned up Holly Haven loses her glasses, washes up at the wrong bonfire and finds herself the unwitting centerpiece of the local football team’s yearly “freshman initiation” – one that results in the unfortunate death of her boyfriend. When a female motorcycle cop shows up on the scene, Holly assumes justice will be served. Producers: Nicholas Shumaker (Another Earth) Gilbert Trejo and Jack Turner (Ioncinema.
- 11/12/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
The Zoo, the recently formed New York-based production and management company headed by Jack Turner, has started production on the comedic exploitation film Skinny Dip, which stars Sasha Grey, Pam Grier and Danny Trejo. The grindhouse-esque plot revolves around a woman (Grey) who turns into a shotgun-wielding vigilante after her boyfriend is killed. Frankie Latina is directing, and Turner and Nicholas Shumaker will produce. Elle Driver is representing the film for international sales in Cannes, while CAA/Submarine will represent domestic.
- 5/12/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Pam Grier, Michael Madsen and Brigitte Nielsen join the cast of the grindhouse style film, Skinny Dip. The cast already includes Sasha Grey and Danny Trejo in the film about "a girl who takes an innocent dare, ends up terribly victimized and then seeks shotgun-wielding revenge while wearing a stolen police uniform." Frankie Latina is directing from a script by Norman Lasca. The film has the great tagline of “They took her bikini. They took her virginity. She took her revenge.”
Here is what Latina had to say about the film:
“I grew up on and have always loved the films of the 70’s and 80’s featuring such on-screen idols as Pam Grier, Laura Gemser and Grace Jones. They contain, in my opinion, some the most powerful female performances in cinema history. Skinny Dip will draw from a new, equally powerful and provocative actress in Sasha Grey. Combining the wild,...
Here is what Latina had to say about the film:
“I grew up on and have always loved the films of the 70’s and 80’s featuring such on-screen idols as Pam Grier, Laura Gemser and Grace Jones. They contain, in my opinion, some the most powerful female performances in cinema history. Skinny Dip will draw from a new, equally powerful and provocative actress in Sasha Grey. Combining the wild,...
- 5/12/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Big news for Marshall Curry, whose film Racing Dreams won Best Documentary at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival! According to Variety, DreamWorks is planning a feature film based on Curry's crowdpleasing doc about three tweens who are Nascar hopefuls, and two big names are already attached. Specifically, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, the production team with the Midas touch, who wrote and produced Transformers, Star Trek, and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, will be producing, although DreamWorks hasn't yet announced a writer or director for the project. (The film's original producing team will be involved, including Curry, Jack Turner, Bristol Baughan and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.) We're excited, and think this doc is ripe for adaptation! Read more about Racing Dreams from last year's festival here. Check out this video featuring interviews with the young stars, director Curry, and executive producer Dwayne Johnson.
- 1/27/2010
- TribecaFilm.com
DreamWorks is prepping a dramatic feature adaptation of Marshall Curry's documentary "Racing Dreams," with Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci producing."Dreams," which won best documentary at last year's Tribeca Film Festival, follows three young racers as they compete in the World Karting Association's National Pavement Series and move closer to achieving their dream of becoming Nascar racers. According to Variety, DreamWorks will hire a writer in the next few weeks.Steven Puri and Bobby Cohen are executive producing alongside Dany Garcia and Dwayne Johnson. Jack Turner, Bristol Baughan and Marshall Curry are also executive producing."Racing Dreams" continues a recent trend in Hollywood, with numerous award-winning documentaries like Seth Gordon's "King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters" and Dan Klores' "Crazy Love" being...
- 1/27/2010
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
DreamWorks is developing a dramatic feature adaptation of Marshall Curry's documentary Racing Dreams . Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci will produce. The Tribeca Film Festival winner follows three young racers as they compete in the World Karting Association's National Pavement Series. DreamWorks will attach a writer in the coming weeks, says Variety . Steven Puri and Bobby Cohen are executive producing alongside Dany Garcia and Dwayne Johnson. Jack Turner, Bristol Baughan and helmer Curry will also executive produce.
- 1/26/2010
- Comingsoon.net
Editor’s Note: This is one of several interviews, conducted via email, with directors whose films are screening at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival. “Which Way Home” (Discovery section) Feature Documentary, 2009, 82 min., Mexico/U.S. Director: Rebecca Cammisa Executive Producers: Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Russell Smith, Bristol Baughan, Jack Turner, Bette Cerf Hill, Sheila Nevins Editors: Pax Wassermann, Madeleine Gavin Directors of Photography: Lorenzo Hagerman, Eric Goethals, Rebecca Cammisa Composers: James Lavino, …...
- 4/14/2009
- indieWIRE - People
Editor’s Note: This is one of several interviews, conducted via email, with directors whose films are screening at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival. “Which Way Home” (Discovery section) Feature Documentary, 2009, 82 min., Mexico/U.S. Director: Rebecca Cammisa Executive Producers: Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Russell Smith, Bristol Baughan, Jack Turner, Bette Cerf Hill, Sheila Nevins Editors: Pax Wassermann, Madeleine Gavin Directors of Photography: Lorenzo Hagerman, Eric Goethals, Rebecca Cammisa Composers: James Lavino, …...
- 4/14/2009
- indieWIRE - People
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