At the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, TV is invading the schedule in a whole new way. The Park City film fest has previously dabbled in what’s possible on the small screen, but this year marks the launch of the Indie Episodics section — which will spotlight TV pilots that mostly lack mainstream distribution.
The selections include “America to Me,” a new docu-series by “Hoop Dreams” director Steve James; as well as “The Mortified Guide,” a screen adaptation of the popular stage show “Mortified,” spotlighting the most embarrassing true stories of adolescence. There’s also “This Close,” showcasing star/creators Josh Feldman and Shoshannah Stern (both of whom are deaf), and “Franchesca,” featuring digital star and “The Nightly Show” writer/contributor Franchesca Ramsey.
This marks a major change for Sundance, and a renewed commitment to independent television. While Sundance has featured TV programming since the premiere of “Top of the Lake” in...
The selections include “America to Me,” a new docu-series by “Hoop Dreams” director Steve James; as well as “The Mortified Guide,” a screen adaptation of the popular stage show “Mortified,” spotlighting the most embarrassing true stories of adolescence. There’s also “This Close,” showcasing star/creators Josh Feldman and Shoshannah Stern (both of whom are deaf), and “Franchesca,” featuring digital star and “The Nightly Show” writer/contributor Franchesca Ramsey.
This marks a major change for Sundance, and a renewed commitment to independent television. While Sundance has featured TV programming since the premiere of “Top of the Lake” in...
- 12/4/2017
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
Plus: Glass Eye Pix, Dogfish wrap ‘Like Me’; FilmRise acquires ‘The Witness’; and more…
Professional dancer Krystal Ellswort, rising South Indian star Amitash Pradhan, Paul McGillion and Daphne Zuniga have joined Myriad Pictures, Das Films and Bowery Hills Entertainment’s Heartbeats. Myriad will handle sales in Berlin.
Writer-director Duane Adler has begun production in Mumbai on the tale of a feisty female American hip hop dancer who travels with her family to India and falls in love with a young man and a new style of dance.
Justin Chon, Salman Yussuf Khan, Kishori Shahane and Mohan Kapur round out the cast. Producers are Sriram Das, Andrea Chung and Karine Martin. Myriad’s Kirk D’Amico serves as executive producer alongside Julie Stadler and CEO Brian Williams of co-financier Dance Network.
Glass Eye Pix and Dogfish Pictures have wrapped principal photography on Like Me, a neo-noir starring Addison Timlin as a discontented loner who documents her crime spree through...
Professional dancer Krystal Ellswort, rising South Indian star Amitash Pradhan, Paul McGillion and Daphne Zuniga have joined Myriad Pictures, Das Films and Bowery Hills Entertainment’s Heartbeats. Myriad will handle sales in Berlin.
Writer-director Duane Adler has begun production in Mumbai on the tale of a feisty female American hip hop dancer who travels with her family to India and falls in love with a young man and a new style of dance.
Justin Chon, Salman Yussuf Khan, Kishori Shahane and Mohan Kapur round out the cast. Producers are Sriram Das, Andrea Chung and Karine Martin. Myriad’s Kirk D’Amico serves as executive producer alongside Julie Stadler and CEO Brian Williams of co-financier Dance Network.
Glass Eye Pix and Dogfish Pictures have wrapped principal photography on Like Me, a neo-noir starring Addison Timlin as a discontented loner who documents her crime spree through...
- 1/21/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Alex's series looking back at the film careers of actors who've played the Doctor finishes with Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi...
Feature
Read the previous part in this series: the film careers of Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant, here.
By 2009, the new version of Doctor Who had become not only an integral part of Saturday night television and a huge Christmas ratings winner but also an international success all over again. David Tennant, who had played the Time Lord since 2005 and was, arguably, more popular than any Doctor since the mighty Tom Baker hung up his scarf in 1981, had announced his resignation from the part he loved in October 2008. Many wondered how the incoming showrunner, Steven Moffat, would follow Tennant and what kind of show would emerge.
Tennant spent much of 2009 on stage in Hamlet and was only able to devote small amounts of time to Doctor Who. Occasional specials...
Feature
Read the previous part in this series: the film careers of Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant, here.
By 2009, the new version of Doctor Who had become not only an integral part of Saturday night television and a huge Christmas ratings winner but also an international success all over again. David Tennant, who had played the Time Lord since 2005 and was, arguably, more popular than any Doctor since the mighty Tom Baker hung up his scarf in 1981, had announced his resignation from the part he loved in October 2008. Many wondered how the incoming showrunner, Steven Moffat, would follow Tennant and what kind of show would emerge.
Tennant spent much of 2009 on stage in Hamlet and was only able to devote small amounts of time to Doctor Who. Occasional specials...
- 6/4/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Wild country
Young people head out into a desolate place. There they are preyed upon by a stranger who kills them off one by one. It’s not a new idea, but [film id= 11001]Wolf Creek/film] reinvented it to spectacular effect, largely thanks to the casting of seasoned Aussie actor John Jarrett in the villain role. We got the chance to speak to him as [film id= 25300] Wolf Creek 2/film] geared up for its Us and VOD release.
Taking aim
“I knew there was going to be a sequel almost from the get go,” said John, who was closely involved in the development of both films. He spoke with an easy charm that would be more reassuring if his character didn’t do likewise just before switching into psychopath mode, and he seemed quite aware of the unease this inspires in some people, recalling his amusement at the look on one journalist’s face when.
Young people head out into a desolate place. There they are preyed upon by a stranger who kills them off one by one. It’s not a new idea, but [film id= 11001]Wolf Creek/film] reinvented it to spectacular effect, largely thanks to the casting of seasoned Aussie actor John Jarrett in the villain role. We got the chance to speak to him as [film id= 25300] Wolf Creek 2/film] geared up for its Us and VOD release.
Taking aim
“I knew there was going to be a sequel almost from the get go,” said John, who was closely involved in the development of both films. He spoke with an easy charm that would be more reassuring if his character didn’t do likewise just before switching into psychopath mode, and he seemed quite aware of the unease this inspires in some people, recalling his amusement at the look on one journalist’s face when.
- 4/19/2014
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Wake Owl first swooped onto our radar last year right in time for SXSW, where we had the unique opportunity to catch songwriter Colyn Cameron in a stripped-down, acoustic setting for our Riverview Sessions. Now, Cameron returns with forthcoming LP The Private World of Paradise, an 11-song testament to Cameron’s versatility in the studio. The Private World of Paradise is Wake Owl’s debut full-length and was produced by Richard Swift (Foxygen, Tennis) and recorded at National Freedom Studios in Oregon. Those familiar with Wild Country, the band’s debut Ep, will notice a wider range of instrumentation on The Private World...
- 1/28/2014
- Pastemagazine.com
What happens when a bevy of stripperdom's most beautiful girls take on the meanest pack of werewolves since that famous American one stalked through London? British horror fans will find out first this Fall when Strippers vs. Werewolves opens. Produced by Black and Blue Films, the maverick UK company behind Dead Cert , Stalker and Elfie Hopkins , the comedy horror action romp boasts an impressive cast including British soap opera royalty Adele Silva, Ali Bastian, Billy Murray and Martin Kemp, Hostel lead Barbara Nedeljakova, Scottish heart throb Martin Compston from Wild Country and Red Mist , Superman and Conan the Destroyer star Sarah Douglas, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo remake/ A Clockwork Orange acting legend Steven Berkoff and horror icon Robert Englund....
- 7/18/2011
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Expedition Impossible is right around the corner, and I have a lot of preview material to get your ready. If you're a fan of other competition reality shows, but don't think there is enough chance that the contestants might - fall to their death, succumb to heat stroke, or break a bone - then here is the show for you.
The show takes 13 teams of, more or less, ordinary individuals, and throws them to the mercy of the elements, unique and sometimes terrifying challenges, and the last team to finish each week ends their journey.
Kicking off with a mere climb up a giant sand dune, and a trek on camels, the teams are then left scratching their heads in the middle of the dessert with the unhelpful instruction that they have to find some water. As the heat rages down on them, the strength of will and teamwork of...
The show takes 13 teams of, more or less, ordinary individuals, and throws them to the mercy of the elements, unique and sometimes terrifying challenges, and the last team to finish each week ends their journey.
Kicking off with a mere climb up a giant sand dune, and a trek on camels, the teams are then left scratching their heads in the middle of the dessert with the unhelpful instruction that they have to find some water. As the heat rages down on them, the strength of will and teamwork of...
- 6/17/2011
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
A word to the wise: When watching Wild Country (coming on Lionsgate DVD December 16), one of the few and certainly the goriest horror flick to come out of Scotland, it’s best to click on the subtitles. The dialogue is fast and furious, the brogues intense and some of the slang puzzling, though the action is what most of us count on, and this film delivers.
It’s also important to note that the film is very dark, as most of the action takes place at night, and the widescreen transfer is best viewed in a room with little or no light. True, the movie has a slow start, but once the action picks up, it never abates until the end.
The film begins, and ends, with a birth. Kelly Ann (newcomer Samantha Shields), an unwed teenager, goes through labor only to have the baby immediately whisked away from her...
It’s also important to note that the film is very dark, as most of the action takes place at night, and the widescreen transfer is best viewed in a room with little or no light. True, the movie has a slow start, but once the action picks up, it never abates until the end.
The film begins, and ends, with a birth. Kelly Ann (newcomer Samantha Shields), an unwed teenager, goes through labor only to have the baby immediately whisked away from her...
- 11/21/2008
- Fangoria
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