Meg Ryan is back on the small screen. Deadline reports the actress will star in Epix's upcoming TV series Picture Paris.From Brad Hall, the half-hour comedy "centers on a suburban mom whose dream trip to Paris with her husband after they become empty-nesters may not quite live up to expectations." The sitcom is based on Hall's 2011 short film starring his wife, Veep star Julia Louis-Dreyfus.Read More…...
- 1/5/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Meg Ryan is set to star in comedy series “Picture Paris,” which was ordered straight to series at Epix, TheWrap has learned. The series is based on the short film of the same name directed by Brad Hall. The film, which starred Julia Louis-Dreyfus, follows a suburban mom who copes with empty-nest syndrome by planning a dream trip to Paris with her husband, but things don’t quite go according to plan. Also Read: 'Ithaca' Review: Meg Ryan's Directorial Debut Disappoints Hall will write, direct and executive produce the series along with Aaron Kaplan and Dana Honor.
- 1/3/2017
- by Linda Ge
- The Wrap
Meg Ryan is making the best of a bad vacation.
The actress, famous for her work in big-screen romantic comedies like You’ve Got Mail and When Harry Met Sally, will star in Epix’s half-hour comedy series Picture Paris, our sister site Deadline reports.
Based on the 2011 short film of the same name — which originally starred Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Ryan’s role — Picture Paris follows a couple of suburban empty nesters whose trip to the City of Lights doesn’t go exactly as they expected.
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Brad Hall, who wrote and directed the original Picture Paris,...
The actress, famous for her work in big-screen romantic comedies like You’ve Got Mail and When Harry Met Sally, will star in Epix’s half-hour comedy series Picture Paris, our sister site Deadline reports.
Based on the 2011 short film of the same name — which originally starred Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Ryan’s role — Picture Paris follows a couple of suburban empty nesters whose trip to the City of Lights doesn’t go exactly as they expected.
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- 1/3/2017
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: In a very competitive situation with three networks pursuing, Epix has landed Picture Paris, a half-hour comedy series project starring Meg Ryan. The comedy, from Brad Hall, Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment and Entertainment One, has been put in fast-track development for a potential straight-to-series order. Epix declined comment. Picture Paris is based on the 2011 short film written and directed by Hall, which starred his wife, actress Julia…...
- 1/3/2017
- Deadline TV
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is an icon of television. Her role as Elaine Benes on "Seinfeld" cemented that status, and she's only continued to contribute to her legacy with the network hit "The New Adventures of Old Christine," HBO's Emmy-winning political comedy "Veep," and even edging closer to the zenith of film by garnering Oscar buzz for her role in last year's more-than-a-romantic-comedy, "Enough Said." All this is to say, she's not only avoided the "Seinfeld" jinx plaguing her co-stars -- she's working overtime on projects she's passionate about. This includes the 2013 short film "Picture Paris," which she shot with her husband, Brad Hall, who wrote and directed the film. On the day of its iTunes release, Louis-Dreyfus took a few minutes to discuss her first foray into the festival circuit, what's next for "Veep," and how she's seen the television world change since she began her legendary run. So you made this short film,...
- 4/30/2014
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
As Elaine in Seinfeld she changed how women in sitcoms could behave. Now – fresh from an Emmy win for her ballsy role in Veep – Dreyfus is redefining the romcom with Enough Said
• Review: Peter Bradshaw on Enough Said
The sweet, sixtysomething couple in pastel leisurewear are curious about the room next to theirs in this Santa Monica beachfront hotel. There have been a lot of comings and goings all day. "So much activity!" the woman chuckles to me while her husband approaches the studio publicist who is loitering alongside us in the hallway. "So – who ya got in there?" he asks conspiratorially. "Julia Louis-Dreyfus," the publicist smiles. Their jaws loosen noticeably and they take a single deferential step backwards. They might not have seen Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer, the vice-president grappling with her own political impotence in Armando Iannucci's profane sitcom Veep, for which she has won a brace of Emmy bookends.
• Review: Peter Bradshaw on Enough Said
The sweet, sixtysomething couple in pastel leisurewear are curious about the room next to theirs in this Santa Monica beachfront hotel. There have been a lot of comings and goings all day. "So much activity!" the woman chuckles to me while her husband approaches the studio publicist who is loitering alongside us in the hallway. "So – who ya got in there?" he asks conspiratorially. "Julia Louis-Dreyfus," the publicist smiles. Their jaws loosen noticeably and they take a single deferential step backwards. They might not have seen Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer, the vice-president grappling with her own political impotence in Armando Iannucci's profane sitcom Veep, for which she has won a brace of Emmy bookends.
- 10/18/2013
- by Ryan Gilbey
- The Guardian - Film News
On TV this Monday: The Upper East Side won’t be the same after Gossip Girl signs off for the last time, Hawaii Five-0 beams up a Star Trek fave, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Brad Hall try to Picture Paris and a Sunnydale pair is reunited (kinda) on How I Met Your Mother. As a supplement to TVLine’s original features (linked within), here are 10 programs to keep on your radar.
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- 12/17/2012
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
They don't get much quirkier than short film .Picture Paris. on HBO. Just a half-hour in length, this whirlwind of sights and emotion will take you from the USA to France, with a bit of vengeful fantasy thrown in for good measure. Emmy winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus stars as Ellen, a middle-aged mom who is losing her her son to college and her husband without consciously realizing it. The short was written and directed by her real-life husband Brad Hall in what I can only describe as frantic melancholia with a bittersweet wedge thrown in for good measure. There are few major plot twists that I cannot divulge "Picture Paris" airing tonight at 9 on HBO. Suffice to...
- 12/16/2012
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Writer/Director Brad Hall. Actor/Producer Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Portrait by Leslie Hassler.
Talking to Brad Hall and Julia Louis-Dreyfus about their delightful new short film, Picture Paris, the conversation ranged from the intricacies of Parisian culture to the hilarious masturbation episode of Seinfeld.
Dreyfus's husband, Brad Hall has written and directed Picture Paris, filmed on glorious location, which is part of this year's Tribeca Film Festival. And if you have never suffered real-estate envy, oh, you will. Parisan-style.
A mother suffering empty-nest syndrome turns her heart-ache into a complete French obsession: wine, food, culture, and plans to move to Paris as soon as possible. With its whimsical and charming beginnings, we think we know exactly where this film is going. And we would be seriously mistaken. The short film has hidden complexities, and before long we are in the middle of an incredibly shocking twist.
This is a film about...
Talking to Brad Hall and Julia Louis-Dreyfus about their delightful new short film, Picture Paris, the conversation ranged from the intricacies of Parisian culture to the hilarious masturbation episode of Seinfeld.
Dreyfus's husband, Brad Hall has written and directed Picture Paris, filmed on glorious location, which is part of this year's Tribeca Film Festival. And if you have never suffered real-estate envy, oh, you will. Parisan-style.
A mother suffering empty-nest syndrome turns her heart-ache into a complete French obsession: wine, food, culture, and plans to move to Paris as soon as possible. With its whimsical and charming beginnings, we think we know exactly where this film is going. And we would be seriously mistaken. The short film has hidden complexities, and before long we are in the middle of an incredibly shocking twist.
This is a film about...
- 4/27/2012
- by Cynthia Ellis
- Aol TV.
This year's Tribeca Film Festival (site) opens on Wednesday with the world premiere of The Five-Year Engagement, which, like Forgetting Sarah Marshall, is directed by Nicholas Stoller, produced by Judd Apatow and stars Jason Segel, and closes on April 28 with Joss Whedon's The Avengers. In the New York Times, Stephen Holden notes that the new programming team (Frédéric Boyer, former artistic director of the Directors' Fortnight, Sundance vet Geoffrey Gilmore and Genna Terranova) have slimmed the lineup down to 90 features from 150 just two years ago: "As a result Tribeca is no longer a catchall basin for middling stray films seeking a showcase." What's more, "for the first time [the] world narrative and world documentary competitions have official opening-night films":
The opening narrative feature, Eytan Fox's Yossi, is the sequel to his gay love story, Yossi and Jagger, for which the Israeli actor Ohad Knoller won a best actor...
The opening narrative feature, Eytan Fox's Yossi, is the sequel to his gay love story, Yossi and Jagger, for which the Israeli actor Ohad Knoller won a best actor...
- 4/16/2012
- MUBI
When Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Brad Hall sent their eldest son off to college, they were devastated. “We waited by the phone for him to call,” says Hall, the former Saturday Night Live writer. “We counted down the days to parents’ weekend.” Their therapy turned out to be writing and filming a short film — about a woman who’s devastated by her eldest son leaving for college and tries to fill that void by obsessively planning a trip to Paris.
Picture Paris, a short screening next week at the Tribeca Film Festival, begins as an affectionate love-letter to The City of Light,...
Picture Paris, a short screening next week at the Tribeca Film Festival, begins as an affectionate love-letter to The City of Light,...
- 4/14/2012
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
Tribeca: First of all, I loved Picture Paris. I can't wait for Tribeca audiences to see Picture Paris. How do you describe it in your own words? Julia Louis-Dreyfus: It's about life transitions. Picture Paris is a film about a woman whose last child is going off to college, and in an effort to make herself feel better about being without children, she becomes compulsively obsessed with a trip she's going to take to Paris with her husband the day after her son leaves. And that's what the film is about, except nothing happens as she would predict it might - hopefully for the audience as well. Tribeca: What inspired you both to tell this story? (Any annoying friends obsessed with Paris that will remain nameless?) Brad Hall: [laughs] We are those annoying friends. And we do have a son who went away to college, so we have that point of view.
- 3/22/2012
- TribecaFilm.com
2012 Tribeca Film Festival Announces Short Film Selections
The 2012 Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), presented by founding sponsor American Express, today announced its lineup of 60 short films, 26 of which are world premieres.
For the second year running, the recipient of the Tribeca Film Festival.s Best Narrative Short award will qualify for consideration in the Short Films category of the annual Academy Awards® without the standard theatrical run, provided the film otherwise complies with the Academy rules. The 2011 Tff Narrative Short Pentecost was nominated for Best Live Action Short at this year.s annual Academy Awards®, while last year.s award-winning Tff documentary short Incident in New Baghdad was nominated for Best Documentary Short.
Tff.s shorts programs chart a wide range of cultural perspectives and geographic coordinates. Drawn from more than 2,800 submissions, the 2012 roster represents 25 countries and territories, including Australia, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Egypt, France, Germany, Haiti, India, Ireland, Israel, Japan,...
The 2012 Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), presented by founding sponsor American Express, today announced its lineup of 60 short films, 26 of which are world premieres.
For the second year running, the recipient of the Tribeca Film Festival.s Best Narrative Short award will qualify for consideration in the Short Films category of the annual Academy Awards® without the standard theatrical run, provided the film otherwise complies with the Academy rules. The 2011 Tff Narrative Short Pentecost was nominated for Best Live Action Short at this year.s annual Academy Awards®, while last year.s award-winning Tff documentary short Incident in New Baghdad was nominated for Best Documentary Short.
Tff.s shorts programs chart a wide range of cultural perspectives and geographic coordinates. Drawn from more than 2,800 submissions, the 2012 roster represents 25 countries and territories, including Australia, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Egypt, France, Germany, Haiti, India, Ireland, Israel, Japan,...
- 3/13/2012
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
HollywoodNews.com: The 2012 Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), presented by founding sponsor American Express, today announced its lineup of 60 short films, 26 of which are world premieres.
For the second year running, the recipient of the Tribeca Film Festival’s Best Narrative Short award will qualify for consideration in the Short Films category of the annual Academy Awards® without the standard theatrical run, provided the film otherwise complies with the Academy rules. The 2011 Tff Narrative Short Pentecost was nominated for Best Live Action Short at this year’s annual Academy Awards®, while last year?s award-winning Tff documentary short Incident in New Baghdad was nominated for Best Documentary Short.
Tff’s shorts programs chart a wide range of cultural perspectives and geographic coordinates. Drawn from more than 2,800 submissions, the 2012 roster represents 25 countries and territories, including Australia, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Egypt, France, Germany, Haiti, India, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Palestine, Puerto Rico,...
For the second year running, the recipient of the Tribeca Film Festival’s Best Narrative Short award will qualify for consideration in the Short Films category of the annual Academy Awards® without the standard theatrical run, provided the film otherwise complies with the Academy rules. The 2011 Tff Narrative Short Pentecost was nominated for Best Live Action Short at this year’s annual Academy Awards®, while last year?s award-winning Tff documentary short Incident in New Baghdad was nominated for Best Documentary Short.
Tff’s shorts programs chart a wide range of cultural perspectives and geographic coordinates. Drawn from more than 2,800 submissions, the 2012 roster represents 25 countries and territories, including Australia, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Egypt, France, Germany, Haiti, India, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Palestine, Puerto Rico,...
- 3/13/2012
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
Last year, after decades of television experience between them, husband-wife duo Brad Hall and Julia Louis-Dreyfus set out to make their way through a different medium: short film. With a crew of peers working on two continents, the fruit of their labor is the new 30-minute short, “Picture Paris.” Written and directed by Hall and starring Louis-Dreyfus, the story follows a woman who, after her husband leaves her, resolves to take the trip to Paris she always dreamed of. Along the way, she meets some friendly Parisians and reconnects with a fellow traveler, all the while immersing herself in the city which she has long idealized. Louis-Dreyfus and Hall spoke with Indiewire shortly beore the film's premiere at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival about the challenges of making a short film, some that were familiar and others welcome surprises: So when did this process start? Brad Hall: Our son went off to college,...
- 2/3/2012
- Indiewire
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