The trilogy of beloved crime heist films – Ocean’s Eleven, Ocean’s Twelve, and Ocean’s Thirteen – from Academy Award winning director Steven Soderbergh and starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, and Andy Garcia, will be available for purchase on 4K Ultra HD Disc and Digital for the first time on April 30. Inspired by and based on the 1960 heist film Ocean’s 11, the three films are directed by Soderbergh from screenplays by Ted Griffin, George Nolfi, and Brian Koppelman & David Levien respectively, and produced by Jerry Weintraub. The Ocean’s trilogy will be available to purchase on April 30 on Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc from online ... Read more...
- 3/12/2024
- by Thomas Miller
- Seat42F
The new German science fiction action thriller movie ‘Paradise’ finds a couple whose lives are altered after the wife becomes forced to give up forty years of her life to repay an insurance debt leading the husband to become desperate to find a way to get them back. It was released in the United States on July 27, 2023.
Following is a list of other science fiction films that you might be interested in on Netflix Paradise.
Also Read: Top 10 Films Like Oppenheimer.
Top 10 Films Like Paradise! The Adjustment Bureau (2011)- The New York Times
George Nolfi directed this American science fiction romantic thriller movie that is adapted from the 1954 short story of Philip K. Dick- ‘Adjustment Team’.
The plot finds a politician named David, on the verge of winning a seat in the US Senate, falling in love with a ballet dancer named Elise. But a mysterious group of men...
Following is a list of other science fiction films that you might be interested in on Netflix Paradise.
Also Read: Top 10 Films Like Oppenheimer.
Top 10 Films Like Paradise! The Adjustment Bureau (2011)- The New York Times
George Nolfi directed this American science fiction romantic thriller movie that is adapted from the 1954 short story of Philip K. Dick- ‘Adjustment Team’.
The plot finds a politician named David, on the verge of winning a seat in the US Senate, falling in love with a ballet dancer named Elise. But a mysterious group of men...
- 8/11/2023
- by Suvechchha Saha
- https://dailyresearchplot.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/new-sam
Cage is hitting the beach!
Having recently saddled up for his first Western, Nicolas Cage looks set to ride some waves for the first time on screen, having been cast to lead elevated psychological thriller The Surfer from director Lorcan Finnegan (Vivarium, Nocebo) and screenwriter Thomas Martin.
Mossbank, the partnership between Sculptor Media and Raven and headed by Michael Rothstein and Sam Hall, is handling international sales and introducing The Surfer to buyers at the Cannes Market. Domestic sales will be repped by WME Independent.
In The Surfer, when a man (Cage) returns to his beachside hometown in Australia, many years since building a life for himself in the U.S., he is humiliated in front of his teenage son by a local gang of surfers who claim strict ownership over the secluded beach of his childhood. Wounded, “The Surfer” decides to remain at the beach, declaring war against those in control of the bay.
Having recently saddled up for his first Western, Nicolas Cage looks set to ride some waves for the first time on screen, having been cast to lead elevated psychological thriller The Surfer from director Lorcan Finnegan (Vivarium, Nocebo) and screenwriter Thomas Martin.
Mossbank, the partnership between Sculptor Media and Raven and headed by Michael Rothstein and Sam Hall, is handling international sales and introducing The Surfer to buyers at the Cannes Market. Domestic sales will be repped by WME Independent.
In The Surfer, when a man (Cage) returns to his beachside hometown in Australia, many years since building a life for himself in the U.S., he is humiliated in front of his teenage son by a local gang of surfers who claim strict ownership over the secluded beach of his childhood. Wounded, “The Surfer” decides to remain at the beach, declaring war against those in control of the bay.
- 5/18/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Natalie Portman’s performance in the hit film Black Swan garnered a lot of critical acclaim from the film industry. But her acting also proved terrifying for Emily Blunt, who’d found herself in a film role not too dissimilar from Portman’s ballerina.
Natalie Portman went through extreme pain every day for ‘Black Swan’ Natalie Portman | Katharine Lotze/Getty Images
Natalie Portman won an Oscar for Best Actress for her role in the feature Black Swan. The film saw Portman famously portray a ballerina experiencing a psychological breakdown with the pressure of perfecting her craft. Embodying her character meant that Portman had to go through a period of extensive training that pushed herself to her limits.
“The physical discipline of it really helped prepare for the emotional side of the character because you get the sense of the sort of monastic lifestyle that is a ballet dancer’s lot,...
Natalie Portman went through extreme pain every day for ‘Black Swan’ Natalie Portman | Katharine Lotze/Getty Images
Natalie Portman won an Oscar for Best Actress for her role in the feature Black Swan. The film saw Portman famously portray a ballerina experiencing a psychological breakdown with the pressure of perfecting her craft. Embodying her character meant that Portman had to go through a period of extensive training that pushed herself to her limits.
“The physical discipline of it really helped prepare for the emotional side of the character because you get the sense of the sort of monastic lifestyle that is a ballet dancer’s lot,...
- 4/26/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The farther away we get from it, the more "Ocean's Twelve" looks like somewhat of a miracle to me. Steven Soderbergh, high off the success of winning Best Director for "Traffic" and the box office smash that was "Ocean's Eleven," had the ability to flex his power by taking a sequel that took a dramatic left turn away from the appeal of that first movie. Every sequel Hollywood cranks out is so much of "the first movie but more," but Soderbergh completely shakes up the style. Naturally, most people weren't into it, but those of us who were couldn't have been more thrilled.
Because the film is such a departure, the place they arrived at was obviously not the first instinct of the filmmakers when discussing a sequel. In fact, the screenwriter for "Ocean's Eleven," Ted Griffin, did not even come along for the sequel. However, that did not mean...
Because the film is such a departure, the place they arrived at was obviously not the first instinct of the filmmakers when discussing a sequel. In fact, the screenwriter for "Ocean's Eleven," Ted Griffin, did not even come along for the sequel. However, that did not mean...
- 1/9/2023
- by Mike Shutt
- Slash Film
ABC has given a pilot order to “The Hurt Unit,” a medical drama from Matt Lopez and John Glenn.
“The Hurt Unit” will follow a highly skilled team of trauma surgeons and nurses who race into the field to treat the patients who won’t make it to the hospital in time. When the sick and the injured can’t get to the emergency room, the Hurt (Hospital Urgent Response Team) Unit brings the emergency room to them.
Lopez and Glenn will write and executive produce the pilot. Marc Webb also executive produces, through his Black Lamb Productions banner, and serves as director. The studio is ABC Signature, at which Lopez is under an overall deal.
Previously, Lopez served as creator, showrunner and executive producer of the family drama “Promised Land” that ran initially on ABC, then exclusively on Hulu, for one season earlier this year. He also created the one-season procedural drama “Gone,...
“The Hurt Unit” will follow a highly skilled team of trauma surgeons and nurses who race into the field to treat the patients who won’t make it to the hospital in time. When the sick and the injured can’t get to the emergency room, the Hurt (Hospital Urgent Response Team) Unit brings the emergency room to them.
Lopez and Glenn will write and executive produce the pilot. Marc Webb also executive produces, through his Black Lamb Productions banner, and serves as director. The studio is ABC Signature, at which Lopez is under an overall deal.
Previously, Lopez served as creator, showrunner and executive producer of the family drama “Promised Land” that ran initially on ABC, then exclusively on Hulu, for one season earlier this year. He also created the one-season procedural drama “Gone,...
- 12/15/2022
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
The creature feature Elevation, which stars Anthony Mackie (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) and is directed by George Nolfi, who previously worked with Mackie on the films The Banker and The Adjustment Bureau, is already filming in Colorado right now… but don’t expect to see it very soon. In a new report on Deadline, it’s mentioned that Elevation isn’t expected to receive a worldwide release until sometime in 2024. The good news is, the movie has already secured distribution in many territories.
According to Deadline, Mossbank has sold the film to over twenty-five markets. That includes “Signature for the UK, Ireland, Australia and Nz, Metropolitan for France, Idc for Latin America, Vvs Films for Canada, Tripictures and DeaPlaneta for Spain, Mis. Label for Scandinavia, The Searchers for Benelux and Seven.One for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Prorom and Kino Swiat have taken Eastern Europe and Poland, Phars bought Middle East,...
According to Deadline, Mossbank has sold the film to over twenty-five markets. That includes “Signature for the UK, Ireland, Australia and Nz, Metropolitan for France, Idc for Latin America, Vvs Films for Canada, Tripictures and DeaPlaneta for Spain, Mis. Label for Scandinavia, The Searchers for Benelux and Seven.One for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Prorom and Kino Swiat have taken Eastern Europe and Poland, Phars bought Middle East,...
- 11/10/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Creature feature Elevation, starring Anthony Mackie (Captain America), Morena Baccarin (Deadpool) and Maddie Hasson (Malignant), has pre-sold out of the AFM to 25+ markets for Mossbank.
Currently filming in Colorado, the George Nolfi-directed post-apocalyptic action-thriller from A Quiet Place producer Brad Fuller follows a single father and two women who must venture from the safety of their home to face monstrous creatures in order to save the life of a child.
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Deals have been closed with Signature for the UK, Ireland, Australia and Nz, Metropolitan for France, Idc for Latin America, Vvs Films for Canada, Tripictures and DeaPlaneta for Spain,...
Currently filming in Colorado, the George Nolfi-directed post-apocalyptic action-thriller from A Quiet Place producer Brad Fuller follows a single father and two women who must venture from the safety of their home to face monstrous creatures in order to save the life of a child.
Related Story What To Make Of This Year’s AFM? Related Story "Daddy Was Just Daddy To Me": Watch The First Trailer For Documentary 'My Father Muhammad Ali' — AFM Related Story Roadside Attractions, IFC Films & Millennium Media Execs Talk Challenges In Indie Theatrical Marketplace & Why They're Hopeful Of Recovery — AFM
Deals have been closed with Signature for the UK, Ireland, Australia and Nz, Metropolitan for France, Idc for Latin America, Vvs Films for Canada, Tripictures and DeaPlaneta for Spain,...
- 11/10/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
While gearing up to reprise the role of his Marvel Cinematic Universe hero Sam Wilson – who has now taken on the mantle of Captain America – in Captain America: New World Order, Anthony Mackie has also taken the opportunity to sign on to star in the post-apocalyptic thriller Elevation. Deadline reports that Mackie will be joined in the cast of Elevation by Maddie Hasson (Malignant) and Morena Baccarin (Deadpool).
George Nolfi, who previously worked with Mackie on the films The Banker and The Adjustment Bureau, will be directing Elevation from a screenplay by Kenny Ryan and Jacob Roman. The project is described as being a “high-concept, thematically driven action piece set in the Rocky Mountains”. The story centers on
a single father and two women who must venture from the safety of their home to face monstrous creatures in order to save the life of a child.
Nolfi and Mackie are...
George Nolfi, who previously worked with Mackie on the films The Banker and The Adjustment Bureau, will be directing Elevation from a screenplay by Kenny Ryan and Jacob Roman. The project is described as being a “high-concept, thematically driven action piece set in the Rocky Mountains”. The story centers on
a single father and two women who must venture from the safety of their home to face monstrous creatures in order to save the life of a child.
Nolfi and Mackie are...
- 10/13/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: George Nolfi will direct Lyrical Media’s post-apocalyptic action thriller Elevation with Anthony Mackie, Morena Baccarin and Maddie Hasson set to star. Brad Fuller is on board to produce with John Glenn and writing duo Kenny Ryan and Jacob Roman penning the script. The film is billed as a high-concept, thematically driven action piece set in the Rocky Mountains. The plot is being kept under wraps, but the story is said to follow a single father and two women who must venture from the safety of their home to face monstrous creatures in order to save the life of a child.
Producing alongside Fuller is Mackie, Glenn, Lyrical Media’s Founder Alex Black, Jeremy Kipp Walker, Joel Viertel, and Nolfi. Lyrical will finance the pic. Jon Rosenberg, Alex Ginno of Fuller Media and Natalie Sellers of Lyrical serve as executive producer as well as Jason Spire from Inspire Entertainment.
Producing alongside Fuller is Mackie, Glenn, Lyrical Media’s Founder Alex Black, Jeremy Kipp Walker, Joel Viertel, and Nolfi. Lyrical will finance the pic. Jon Rosenberg, Alex Ginno of Fuller Media and Natalie Sellers of Lyrical serve as executive producer as well as Jason Spire from Inspire Entertainment.
- 10/13/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Anthony Mackie has set his feature directorial debut with Spark. The drama will star Saniyya Sidney as Claudette Colvin, an unsung pioneer of the Civil Rights era. Sidney is coming off a breakout performance as Venus Williams in King Richard. Mackie is producing with Kellon Akeem, Jason Michael Berman and Marc Ambrose.
Colvin was 15-years-old when she bravely stood up to racism, getting arrested after refusing to give up her seat on a crowded segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. This was nine months before Rosa Parks became a symbol of the Civil Rights era symbol for courageously doing essentially the same thing. Initially embraced by Civil Rights leaders for her courage, Colvin was brushed out of history when those same civic leaders decided a poor, dark-skinned teenage girl would not be the ideal face for their public campaign.
The film will be a co-production between Make it with Gravy Productions,...
Colvin was 15-years-old when she bravely stood up to racism, getting arrested after refusing to give up her seat on a crowded segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. This was nine months before Rosa Parks became a symbol of the Civil Rights era symbol for courageously doing essentially the same thing. Initially embraced by Civil Rights leaders for her courage, Colvin was brushed out of history when those same civic leaders decided a poor, dark-skinned teenage girl would not be the ideal face for their public campaign.
The film will be a co-production between Make it with Gravy Productions,...
- 1/19/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Tom Hardy and Channing Tatum are attached to lead the currently untitled movie on the Afghanistan evacuation.
The fact-based drama from an original pitch by George Nolfi will focus on three former special forces team members who jump back into the fray alongside their Afghan counterparts, to rescue families and allies left behind amid the rapid fall of Afghanistan last August.
Jules Daly, Tatum and Hardy will produce as well as Reid Carolin and Peter Kiernan of Free Association. Nolfi will be the executive producer.
Also in news – Stranger Things 4 arrives Summer 2022 – Episode Titles revealed & New Trailer promises California Screaming
Hardy was last seen in the Andy Serkis directed sequel ‘Venom: Let there be Carnage’ and has recently wrapped filming on the Gareth Evans-directed Netflix thriller ‘Havoc.’
Tatum was last seen in a cameo appearance in Ryan Reynolds ‘Free Guy’, he next stars in ‘Dog’, which he co-directed with Reid Carolin,...
The fact-based drama from an original pitch by George Nolfi will focus on three former special forces team members who jump back into the fray alongside their Afghan counterparts, to rescue families and allies left behind amid the rapid fall of Afghanistan last August.
Jules Daly, Tatum and Hardy will produce as well as Reid Carolin and Peter Kiernan of Free Association. Nolfi will be the executive producer.
Also in news – Stranger Things 4 arrives Summer 2022 – Episode Titles revealed & New Trailer promises California Screaming
Hardy was last seen in the Andy Serkis directed sequel ‘Venom: Let there be Carnage’ and has recently wrapped filming on the Gareth Evans-directed Netflix thriller ‘Havoc.’
Tatum was last seen in a cameo appearance in Ryan Reynolds ‘Free Guy’, he next stars in ‘Dog’, which he co-directed with Reid Carolin,...
- 11/10/2021
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Big news stories always tend to find themselves turned into films and TV shows eventually. And when the evacuation of the American military in Afghanistan became headline news this summer, mainly for how it was seemingly mishandled, it became clear that someone in Hollywood would quickly jump on it. And that person is filmmaker George Nolfi, who has wrangled Channing Tatum and Tom Hardy to help him bring the story to life.
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- 11/9/2021
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Exclusive: Universal Pictures has acquired an untitled original pitch from George Nolfi, a ripped from the headlines fact-based drama about the Afghanistan evacuation. Channing Tatum and Tom Hardy are attached to star.
The story is based on recently reported true stories, this one focusing on three former special forces team members who jump back into the fray alongside their Afghan counterparts, to rescue families and allies left behind amid the rapid fall of Afghanistan last August.
Jules Daly, Tatum and Hardy will produce as well as Reid Carolin and Peter Kiernan of Free Association. Nolfi will be executive producer.
Tatum next stars in Dog, which he co-directed with Reid Carolin, and opposite Sandra Bullock in The Lost City. Hardy is coming off the hit sequel Venom: Let There Be Carnage, and wrapped Havoc, the Gareth Evans-directed Netflix thriller. Nolfi last wrote and directed The Banker for Apple TV+.
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The story is based on recently reported true stories, this one focusing on three former special forces team members who jump back into the fray alongside their Afghan counterparts, to rescue families and allies left behind amid the rapid fall of Afghanistan last August.
Jules Daly, Tatum and Hardy will produce as well as Reid Carolin and Peter Kiernan of Free Association. Nolfi will be executive producer.
Tatum next stars in Dog, which he co-directed with Reid Carolin, and opposite Sandra Bullock in The Lost City. Hardy is coming off the hit sequel Venom: Let There Be Carnage, and wrapped Havoc, the Gareth Evans-directed Netflix thriller. Nolfi last wrote and directed The Banker for Apple TV+.
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- 11/9/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
“Spider-Man: No Way Home” indicated Monday with a new Chinese poster that it could soon hit Chinese screens — which would make it the first Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Four film to pass censorship and screening approvals so far. The film, set to debut only in theaters, hasn’t yet set a formal China release date.
The news comes as fellow Phase Four title “The Eternals,” from China-born director Chloe Zhao, kicks off its theatrical run in other territories but still has offered no indication that it will ever release in the world’s largest film market. At issue appears to be a since-deleted comment Zhao made in an interview to the U.S. film press nearly a decade ago which nationalist critics deemed offensive to China.
“No Way Home” has begun courting China via Sony’s first official poster, to the great excitement of fans scouring the image for fresh...
The news comes as fellow Phase Four title “The Eternals,” from China-born director Chloe Zhao, kicks off its theatrical run in other territories but still has offered no indication that it will ever release in the world’s largest film market. At issue appears to be a since-deleted comment Zhao made in an interview to the U.S. film press nearly a decade ago which nationalist critics deemed offensive to China.
“No Way Home” has begun courting China via Sony’s first official poster, to the great excitement of fans scouring the image for fresh...
- 11/8/2021
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Hiring
Netflix has appointed Tara Woodbury as the company’s first content executive in Canada. Working from the company’s Toronto offices, the “Transplant” executive producer is charged with commissioning and developing English- and French-language scripted content for the streamer. Her remit also includes establishing and growing relationships with creative talent from across the country.
Most recently, Woodbury was VP of development at Sphere Media, working on projects such as “Transplant” for CTV and the post-apocalyptic feature “Night Raiders” from director Danis Goulet, who won the Emerging Talent Award at the Toronto International Film Festival for her work on the film.
Theatrical
“The Banker” from Apple TV Plus will hit Chinese screens on Oct. 26. Directed and co-written by George Nolfi, the film tells the story of how wealthy club owner Joe Morris (Samuel L. Jackson) and real estate investor Bernard S. Garrett Sr. (Anthony Mackie) became two of the first African-American bankers in the U.
Netflix has appointed Tara Woodbury as the company’s first content executive in Canada. Working from the company’s Toronto offices, the “Transplant” executive producer is charged with commissioning and developing English- and French-language scripted content for the streamer. Her remit also includes establishing and growing relationships with creative talent from across the country.
Most recently, Woodbury was VP of development at Sphere Media, working on projects such as “Transplant” for CTV and the post-apocalyptic feature “Night Raiders” from director Danis Goulet, who won the Emerging Talent Award at the Toronto International Film Festival for her work on the film.
Theatrical
“The Banker” from Apple TV Plus will hit Chinese screens on Oct. 26. Directed and co-written by George Nolfi, the film tells the story of how wealthy club owner Joe Morris (Samuel L. Jackson) and real estate investor Bernard S. Garrett Sr. (Anthony Mackie) became two of the first African-American bankers in the U.
- 11/2/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Sylvie’s Love star Nnamdi Asomugha is joining Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne in Netflix’s anticipated serial killer thriller The Good Nurse, we can reveal. We understand the shoot is being lined up for mid-April on the East Coast.
Based on the book by Charles Graeber and scripted by 1917 scribe Krysty Wilson-Cairns, Danish writer-director Tobias Lindholm (Another Round) is making his English-language feature directing debut on film, which is being produced by Darren Aronofsky’s Protozoa and FilmNation.
Lindholm is the regular writing partner of Thomas Vinterberg, including on hit movies The Hunt and 2021 Oscar nominee Another Round, and he has also directed movies including A War and A Hijacking.
The Good Nurse will tell the true story of the pursuit and capture of Charlie Cullen, a nurse who is regarded as one of the most prolific serial killers in history. Now called “Angel of Death,” Cullen was...
Based on the book by Charles Graeber and scripted by 1917 scribe Krysty Wilson-Cairns, Danish writer-director Tobias Lindholm (Another Round) is making his English-language feature directing debut on film, which is being produced by Darren Aronofsky’s Protozoa and FilmNation.
Lindholm is the regular writing partner of Thomas Vinterberg, including on hit movies The Hunt and 2021 Oscar nominee Another Round, and he has also directed movies including A War and A Hijacking.
The Good Nurse will tell the true story of the pursuit and capture of Charlie Cullen, a nurse who is regarded as one of the most prolific serial killers in history. Now called “Angel of Death,” Cullen was...
- 3/25/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Apple TV+ is continuing to bulk up its partnerships with high-profile actors. The streaming service has greenlit “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey,” an upcoming limited series that will star Samuel L. Jackson.
The six-episode series will be written and executive produced by best-selling author Walter Mosley, who wrote the novel that Apple’s upcoming show is based on. Jackson stars as Ptolemy Grey, a 91-year-old man forgotten by his family, by his friends, by even himself. On the brink of sinking even deeper into a lonely dementia, Ptolemy experiences a seismic shift when he’s given the tremendous opportunity to briefly regain his memories, and uses this precious and fleeting lucidity to solve his nephew’s death and come to terms with his past.
Jackson previously collaborated with Apple on George Nolfi’s “The Banker” film, which premiered in theaters and on Apple TV+ in March. He will also...
The six-episode series will be written and executive produced by best-selling author Walter Mosley, who wrote the novel that Apple’s upcoming show is based on. Jackson stars as Ptolemy Grey, a 91-year-old man forgotten by his family, by his friends, by even himself. On the brink of sinking even deeper into a lonely dementia, Ptolemy experiences a seismic shift when he’s given the tremendous opportunity to briefly regain his memories, and uses this precious and fleeting lucidity to solve his nephew’s death and come to terms with his past.
Jackson previously collaborated with Apple on George Nolfi’s “The Banker” film, which premiered in theaters and on Apple TV+ in March. He will also...
- 12/18/2020
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
“The Banker,” a sumptuous Apple TV Plus production competing in the EnergaCamerimage Film Festival’s main competition this week, is the true story of Bernard Garrett and Joe Morris, two Black investors who broke down racial barriers during the 1960s by keeping their race secret. Dp Charlotte Bruus Christensen worked with director George Nolfi to conjure a magisterial look to the trappings of a real estate empire for the film, which moves from small-town Texas to booming Los Angeles – and finally to the halls of Congress, where the protagonists face a reckoning for rocking the boat.
When you’re going into a low-budget film that calls for a big, old-school Hollywood look and period locations, what are you thinking of as a way to pull it off?
One of the things that pushed this toward 35mm film was that the script and the period and everything about it had a sort of a heavyweight feel.
When you’re going into a low-budget film that calls for a big, old-school Hollywood look and period locations, what are you thinking of as a way to pull it off?
One of the things that pushed this toward 35mm film was that the script and the period and everything about it had a sort of a heavyweight feel.
- 11/14/2020
- by Will Tizard
- Variety Film + TV
‘Ammonite’, ‘Nomadland’ to play in main competition.
Poland’s EnergaCamerimage Film Festival has revealed the main competition lineup for its 28th edition, which is set to go ahead as a mix of physical and online events.
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A total of 12 films will compete for the festival’s Golden Frog, which will take place in Torun, Poland from November 13 to 21.
They include Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland, Francis Lee’s Ammonite and Woody Allen’s Rifkin’s Festival.
The festival, which focuses on the art of cinematography, also announced that Andrew Levitas’ war photographer drama Minamata...
Poland’s EnergaCamerimage Film Festival has revealed the main competition lineup for its 28th edition, which is set to go ahead as a mix of physical and online events.
Scroll down for full list of titles
A total of 12 films will compete for the festival’s Golden Frog, which will take place in Torun, Poland from November 13 to 21.
They include Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland, Francis Lee’s Ammonite and Woody Allen’s Rifkin’s Festival.
The festival, which focuses on the art of cinematography, also announced that Andrew Levitas’ war photographer drama Minamata...
- 10/27/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Johnny Depp will be awarded the Camerimage Award for “an actor with unique visual sensitivity” at the EnergaCamerimage Film Festival. “Minamata,” starring Depp, will be the closing film of the 28th edition of the event, which focuses on cinematography.
Due to the pandemic, Depp will be unable to accept the award in person, but will connect to the ceremony remotely from the U.S. Depp has appeared in person at other fall festivals, including Zurich and San Sebastian, but Covid-19 levels have now risen across Europe.
The screening of “Minamata,” which was directed by Andrew Levitas and shot by cinematographer Benoît Delhomme, will take place on Nov. 21 in Toruń’s Jordanki Festival Center, following the closing gala and awards ceremony. The festival announced its competition lineup at the weekend, which includes critics’ favorites “Ammonite” and “Nomadland.”
“Minamata,” Levitas’ sophomore feature, tells the story of how war photographer W. Eugene Smith...
Due to the pandemic, Depp will be unable to accept the award in person, but will connect to the ceremony remotely from the U.S. Depp has appeared in person at other fall festivals, including Zurich and San Sebastian, but Covid-19 levels have now risen across Europe.
The screening of “Minamata,” which was directed by Andrew Levitas and shot by cinematographer Benoît Delhomme, will take place on Nov. 21 in Toruń’s Jordanki Festival Center, following the closing gala and awards ceremony. The festival announced its competition lineup at the weekend, which includes critics’ favorites “Ammonite” and “Nomadland.”
“Minamata,” Levitas’ sophomore feature, tells the story of how war photographer W. Eugene Smith...
- 10/27/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Apple’s WWII drama Greyhound, starring and written by Tom Hanks, has become the largest opening-weekend release ever for Apple TV+, including series that have bowed on the service, sources close to Apple tell Deadline. The streamer is loathe in giving up exact numbers, but I’m told the film turned in a viewing audience commensurate with a summer theatrical box office big hit, which of course Greyhound was meant to be until it moved from Sony to Apple because of the uncertainty of movie theaters after Covid-19.
Beyond generating the largest opening weekend ever for Apple TV+, 30% of its viewers were new to the service. The film debuted last Friday.
Apple would not comment on what movie or TV series the Aaron Schneider-directed Greyhound eclipsed. Candidates among the 26 originals launching in 100 countries in the eight months since Apple TV+ launched would include the Jennifer Aniston-Reese Witherspoon...
Beyond generating the largest opening weekend ever for Apple TV+, 30% of its viewers were new to the service. The film debuted last Friday.
Apple would not comment on what movie or TV series the Aaron Schneider-directed Greyhound eclipsed. Candidates among the 26 originals launching in 100 countries in the eight months since Apple TV+ launched would include the Jennifer Aniston-Reese Witherspoon...
- 7/14/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
On Wednesday, Apple announced Greatness Code, a short form documentary series co-produced by LeBron James’ Uninterrupted and Tom Brady’s Religion of Sports and directed by Emmy-winner Gotham Chopra (Facebook Watch’s Tom vs. Time). Greatness Code will debut globally July 10, exclusively on Apple TV+.
Apple describes Greatness Code as “a landmark, short form unscripted series that spotlights untold stories from the greatest athletes in the world.” The first season consists of seven mini-episodes, each examining a pivotal moment that defined a legendary athlete’s career.
Those athletes include three-time NBA Champion LeBron James, six-time Super Bowl Champion Tom Brady, Olympic Gold Medalist and co-captain of the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Alex Morgan, world’s fastest man and eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt, five-time Olympic Gold medalist and 15-time World Champion swimmer Katie Ledecky and 11-time world champion surfer Kelly Slater.
Greatness Code is a co-production between powerhouse...
Apple describes Greatness Code as “a landmark, short form unscripted series that spotlights untold stories from the greatest athletes in the world.” The first season consists of seven mini-episodes, each examining a pivotal moment that defined a legendary athlete’s career.
Those athletes include three-time NBA Champion LeBron James, six-time Super Bowl Champion Tom Brady, Olympic Gold Medalist and co-captain of the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Alex Morgan, world’s fastest man and eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt, five-time Olympic Gold medalist and 15-time World Champion swimmer Katie Ledecky and 11-time world champion surfer Kelly Slater.
Greatness Code is a co-production between powerhouse...
- 5/20/2020
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: In a real shocker, the WWII battleship drama Greyhound that Tom Hanks wrote and stars in has abruptly changed course and will berth at Apple. Originally on the Sony Pictures theatrical calendar for Father’s Day weekend, the film instead will become the biggest feature film commitment made by Apple to premiere on Apple TV+. It is the latest in a growing indication that Apple is making its move, and becoming as aggressive as any streamer or studio in auctions for the acquisition of films and TV projects.
Hanks will test the waters in putting out one of his star-vehicle films direct to a streamer for the first time with a premiere in more than 100 countries, and it is all because of the coronavirus pandemic and how it has wrecked studio theatrical release calendars this year. Hanks already had been indelibly linked to the pandemic when, on the set...
Hanks will test the waters in putting out one of his star-vehicle films direct to a streamer for the first time with a premiere in more than 100 countries, and it is all because of the coronavirus pandemic and how it has wrecked studio theatrical release calendars this year. Hanks already had been indelibly linked to the pandemic when, on the set...
- 5/19/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
The key to telling an historical drama, no matter what the subject matter is, often centers on the entertainment factor. Even if the story is deadly serious, if your audience is not having a good time, your ship is sunk. That doesn’t mean a Holocaust movie or a film about slavery needs to be fun, but there needs to be captivating actor, a narrative you invest in, and an overall feeling that what you’re watching isn’t homework. Luckily, The Banker checks off all of these boxes. The first foray into prestige cinema by Apple TV+ is a charming, as well as important, success story. Delayed from 2019 into 2020, it’s likely no longer an Academy Award hopeful, but it’s still a story well executed and well worth seeing. The film is a drama, somewhat fictionalizing the true story of how two African American men secretly started a business empire in the 1960s.
- 3/6/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
A24 is ready to milk the weekend with their new film First Cow from director Kelly Reichardt. The film isn’t about a presidential cow, but it is about a special bovine creature.
Set in the 19th century, the film follows a lone cook (John Magaro) as he travels west with a group of fur trappers. Out of all of them, he connects with a Chinese immigrant (Orion Lee) and they collaborate on a lucrative business that hinges on the participation of a nearby wealthy landowner’s prized milking cow. Through her distinct vision, she tells what seems like a peculiar story but is, in fact, a tale about America and the sensitive depiction of the friendship between two men. All the while, First Cow builds suspense in its own special way.
Co-written by Reichardt and Jonathan Raymond, the film debuted at Telluride in 2019 before making stops at the New...
Set in the 19th century, the film follows a lone cook (John Magaro) as he travels west with a group of fur trappers. Out of all of them, he connects with a Chinese immigrant (Orion Lee) and they collaborate on a lucrative business that hinges on the participation of a nearby wealthy landowner’s prized milking cow. Through her distinct vision, she tells what seems like a peculiar story but is, in fact, a tale about America and the sensitive depiction of the friendship between two men. All the while, First Cow builds suspense in its own special way.
Co-written by Reichardt and Jonathan Raymond, the film debuted at Telluride in 2019 before making stops at the New...
- 3/6/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
, “The Banker” tells the little-known story of Bernard Garrett, a brilliant and enterprising black man who broke through two of America’s most racist industries by hiring a white handyman to play the face of his business. Considered in that context, it’s “BlackKklansman” for math nerds, but absent the shit-stirring righteousness that made Spike Lee’s film so much fun.
On the contrary, this wooden tale of socioeconomic privilege is as stiff and disjointed as a middle school play, with every line of over-enunciated dialogue pitched to the rafters so that all of the parents can hear it (save for a third act so full of banking jargon you’d need an Mba to make sense of it all). Even if the Apple TV+ drama hadn’t been postponed due to credible allegations of sexual abuse and wanton revisionism, it would still reek of inauthenticity. Garrett’s victories are too convenient,...
On the contrary, this wooden tale of socioeconomic privilege is as stiff and disjointed as a middle school play, with every line of over-enunciated dialogue pitched to the rafters so that all of the parents can hear it (save for a third act so full of banking jargon you’d need an Mba to make sense of it all). Even if the Apple TV+ drama hadn’t been postponed due to credible allegations of sexual abuse and wanton revisionism, it would still reek of inauthenticity. Garrett’s victories are too convenient,...
- 3/5/2020
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
“The Banker” is one of the rare movies centered on a bank that isn’t about robbing it. That doesn’t mean the film is short on scams or deceptions. Based on historic events that took place in the 1950s and ’60s, “The Banker” tells the true story of Bernard Garrett (Anthony Mackie) and Joe Morris (Samuel L. Jackson), a wily pair of African-American entrepreneurs who made themselves part of the real-estate game in Los Angeles, with the goal of getting rich (which they did) and, at the same time, of breaking the color line, making it possible for black citizens to move into formerly all-white neighborhoods.
Knowing that the real-estate business is the right arm of the banking business, the two sought to maneuver their way into the latter. Yet due to the color of their skin, they could barely get through the door. So they recruited a white man,...
Knowing that the real-estate business is the right arm of the banking business, the two sought to maneuver their way into the latter. Yet due to the color of their skin, they could barely get through the door. So they recruited a white man,...
- 3/4/2020
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Not only do banking and real estate not even represent a small subgenre in movies, but the people involved in these mighty businesses hardly ever pop up as major characters in films at all because, well, what they do seems too boring and provides distinctly limited visual possibilities. However, someone’s finally found a way to make the subject not only interesting, but funny, historically fascinating and culturally relevant.
George Nolfi's The Banker is specifically the story of a clever real-life con job that morphs into a compelling look at the grim history of racial discrimination as examined through ...
George Nolfi's The Banker is specifically the story of a clever real-life con job that morphs into a compelling look at the grim history of racial discrimination as examined through ...
Not only do banking and real estate not even represent a small subgenre in movies, but the people involved in these mighty businesses hardly ever pop up as major characters in films at all because, well, what they do seems too boring and provides distinctly limited visual possibilities. However, someone’s finally found a way to make the subject not only interesting, but funny, historically fascinating and culturally relevant.
George Nolfi's The Banker is specifically the story of a clever real-life con job that morphs into a compelling look at the grim history of racial discrimination as examined through ...
George Nolfi's The Banker is specifically the story of a clever real-life con job that morphs into a compelling look at the grim history of racial discrimination as examined through ...
The future of shooting on film looks bright, thanks to a cadre of passionate directors led by Christopher Nolan and Quentin Tarantino, and Kodak, which recently signed an extension with Disney, NBCUniversal, Paramount, Sony, and Warner Bros. for longer term film stock purchase commitments. 2019 was a banner year for 35mm film releases, including four Best Picture Oscar nominees, but there were no noteworthy film releases shot and projected in 70mm.
However, there will be four prominent large-format releases in 2020, kicking off with a franchise first for James Bond, “No Time to Die” (April 10). Daniel Craig’s fifth and final outing as 007 is directed by Cary Fukunaga (“Beasts of No Nation”) and shot on both 65mm film and IMAX by “La La Land” Oscar-winner Linus Sandgren. “Tenet” (July 17) is Nolan’s time-bending espionage thriller costarring John David Washington (“BlacKkKlansman”) and Robert Pattinson (“The Batman”), shot by go-to cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema,...
However, there will be four prominent large-format releases in 2020, kicking off with a franchise first for James Bond, “No Time to Die” (April 10). Daniel Craig’s fifth and final outing as 007 is directed by Cary Fukunaga (“Beasts of No Nation”) and shot on both 65mm film and IMAX by “La La Land” Oscar-winner Linus Sandgren. “Tenet” (July 17) is Nolan’s time-bending espionage thriller costarring John David Washington (“BlacKkKlansman”) and Robert Pattinson (“The Batman”), shot by go-to cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema,...
- 2/26/2020
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Two wives of Bernard Garrett Sr., the central subject of Apple TV+’s “The Banker,” have come out and asked the company not to release the film.
Linda Garrett and Kathy Ussery Garrett, who were married to Bernard Garrett Sr. (portrayed by Anthony Mackie in the film), are not involved or depicted in “The Banker,” but claim the movie is inaccurate and should be shelved.
“The story was stolen and distorted and it has been hurtful to the family. They have manipulated the narrative,” Linda Garrett’s lawyer Todd Burns told The Hollywood Reporter, which first reported the news.
The call for Apple to cancel the release of “The Banker” is just the most recent knock against the film, which was initially set for a December release to give it a shot with Oscar voters. Before the film’s premiere, however, accusations of sexual misconduct were made against Garrett Sr.
Linda Garrett and Kathy Ussery Garrett, who were married to Bernard Garrett Sr. (portrayed by Anthony Mackie in the film), are not involved or depicted in “The Banker,” but claim the movie is inaccurate and should be shelved.
“The story was stolen and distorted and it has been hurtful to the family. They have manipulated the narrative,” Linda Garrett’s lawyer Todd Burns told The Hollywood Reporter, which first reported the news.
The call for Apple to cancel the release of “The Banker” is just the most recent knock against the film, which was initially set for a December release to give it a shot with Oscar voters. Before the film’s premiere, however, accusations of sexual misconduct were made against Garrett Sr.
- 1/18/2020
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
Apple has concluded its review of sexual misconduct against a former co-producer “The Banker” and will release the film in theaters and on Apple TV+ this March, according to a statement from an Apple spokesperson.
“We created Apple TV Plus as a home for stories that matter and believe ‘The Banker,’ inspired by the brave actions of Bernard Garrett Sr. and Joe Morris, two African American businessmen who brought about positive social change, is one of those stories,” the spokesperson told TheWrap. “We wanted to take the time to understand the situation at hand — and after reviewing the information available to us, including documentation of the filmmakers’ research, we’ve decided to make this important and enlightening film available to viewers.”
The film’s release at the end of 2019 was delayed after it was reported that the son of one of the film’s subjects, Bernard Garrett Jr., who was...
“We created Apple TV Plus as a home for stories that matter and believe ‘The Banker,’ inspired by the brave actions of Bernard Garrett Sr. and Joe Morris, two African American businessmen who brought about positive social change, is one of those stories,” the spokesperson told TheWrap. “We wanted to take the time to understand the situation at hand — and after reviewing the information available to us, including documentation of the filmmakers’ research, we’ve decided to make this important and enlightening film available to viewers.”
The film’s release at the end of 2019 was delayed after it was reported that the son of one of the film’s subjects, Bernard Garrett Jr., who was...
- 1/16/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
After its awards-season release was stymied by allegations of inaccuracy and sexual abuse, “The Banker” has been cleared for release by Apple. The film starring Anthony Mackie, Samuel L. Jackson, and Nicholas Hoult will be released theatrically March 6 before dropping on the Apple TV+ two weeks later.
The George Nolfi-directed movie is based on the true story of black businessmen Bernard Garrett (Mackie) and Joe Morris (Jackson), who devise a plan to take on the racist 1960s establishment by training a working-class white man, Matt Steiner (Hoult), to pose as the rich and privileged face of their burgeoning real estate and banking empire — while Garrett and Morris pose as a janitor and a chauffeur. Their success catches the attention of the federal government, which risks the empire they have built.
The real-life Garrett’s son, Bernard Garrett Jr. initially had a co-producer credit on the film and was part...
The George Nolfi-directed movie is based on the true story of black businessmen Bernard Garrett (Mackie) and Joe Morris (Jackson), who devise a plan to take on the racist 1960s establishment by training a working-class white man, Matt Steiner (Hoult), to pose as the rich and privileged face of their burgeoning real estate and banking empire — while Garrett and Morris pose as a janitor and a chauffeur. Their success catches the attention of the federal government, which risks the empire they have built.
The real-life Garrett’s son, Bernard Garrett Jr. initially had a co-producer credit on the film and was part...
- 1/16/2020
- by Chris Lindahl
- Indiewire
After abruptly pulling the George Nolfi-directed The Banker on the eve of its closing-night berth at AFI Fest last year and indefinitely postponing the December 6 release that was to mark Apple’s debut as a theatrical distributor, Apple has finally come forward and dated the period film for a March 6 theatrical release before it is placed on the Apple TV+ streaming service March 20.
Apple’s PR has steadfastly been ducking calls on this situation, which cropped up after allegations were made of sexual assault by Cynthia Garrett, who said her brother Bernard Garrett Jr molested both she and her sister when they were children.
The film tells the story of two black entrepreneurs, Bernard Garrett Sr (Anthony Mackie) and Joe Morris (Samuel L. Jackson), who after becoming millionaires through Los Angeles real estate dealings banded together to buy banks in Texas, a perilous pursuit in the Jim Crow South.
Apple’s PR has steadfastly been ducking calls on this situation, which cropped up after allegations were made of sexual assault by Cynthia Garrett, who said her brother Bernard Garrett Jr molested both she and her sister when they were children.
The film tells the story of two black entrepreneurs, Bernard Garrett Sr (Anthony Mackie) and Joe Morris (Samuel L. Jackson), who after becoming millionaires through Los Angeles real estate dealings banded together to buy banks in Texas, a perilous pursuit in the Jim Crow South.
- 1/16/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
If you've been dying to see The Banker, you might be kept waiting a little while longer. Written and directed by George Nolfi, the drama film follows the true story of Joe Morris and Bernard Garrett, two of the first African-American bankers in the Us. Apple TV+ acquired distribution rights to the film in July 2019, and though it was supposed to have a limited theatrical release on Dec. 6 (followed by digital streaming in January 2020), sexual abuse claims leveled against Bernard Garrett Jr. - the son of Garrett and a co-producer on the feature - have put the film's debut on hold. Here's how the drama has played out behind the scenes.
Saturday, Nov. 9: Garrett Jr.'s Half-Sister Makes Accusation
Just four days after Bernard Garrett Jr. took part in a panel discussion hosted by IndieWire alongside director George Nolfi, his half-sister Cynthia Garrett wrote a public comment on IndieWire's report of the panel,...
Saturday, Nov. 9: Garrett Jr.'s Half-Sister Makes Accusation
Just four days after Bernard Garrett Jr. took part in a panel discussion hosted by IndieWire alongside director George Nolfi, his half-sister Cynthia Garrett wrote a public comment on IndieWire's report of the panel,...
- 12/12/2019
- by Corinne Sullivan
- Popsugar.com
Exclusive: The Banker co-writer/director George Nolfi has gone on the record for the first time to correct what he said are false statements that have become a part of the narrative about a film that became a hot potato once Cynthia Garrett – daughter of the film’s protagonist, Bernard Garrett Sr – accused her half-brother Bernard Garrett Jr of molesting her and her sister decades ago, charges he denied.
The controversy has overshadowed the movie’s inspirational story of two black millionaires who secretly used a white front man so they could buy banks and give loans to blacks shut out of the chance to build wealth in Jim Crow-era Texas. The film was on a charmed track as Apple’s first theatrical release that was supposed to happen this Friday. Nolfi, Anthony Mackie (who plays Garrett Sr), Samuel L. Jackson and others made...
The controversy has overshadowed the movie’s inspirational story of two black millionaires who secretly used a white front man so they could buy banks and give loans to blacks shut out of the chance to build wealth in Jim Crow-era Texas. The film was on a charmed track as Apple’s first theatrical release that was supposed to happen this Friday. Nolfi, Anthony Mackie (who plays Garrett Sr), Samuel L. Jackson and others made...
- 12/5/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Banker” director George Nolfi and the movie’s cast, crew, producers, and writers signed an open letter published Monday defending the film based on the life of African American businessman Bernard Garrett. Distributor Apple delayed its release last month after Garrett’s daughter Cynthia Garrett accused her half brother Bernard Garrett Jr., one of the film’s producers, of sexual abuse and helping craft an inaccurate narrative of their father’s life. The filmmakers in their letter wrote the film was based not on the memories of the Garrett children, but from interviews with Garrett himself, and transcripts, court rulings, and media reports. (Via Variety).
In the statement, Nolfi, cast members Anthony Mackie (who protrays Garrett), Samuel L. Jackson, Nicholas Hoult, Nia Long, and others, expressed sympathy for Cynthia Garrett in light of allegations that Garrett Jr. sexually abused her as a child, but defended the film and “its positive message of empowerment.
In the statement, Nolfi, cast members Anthony Mackie (who protrays Garrett), Samuel L. Jackson, Nicholas Hoult, Nia Long, and others, expressed sympathy for Cynthia Garrett in light of allegations that Garrett Jr. sexually abused her as a child, but defended the film and “its positive message of empowerment.
- 12/2/2019
- by Chris Lindahl
- Indiewire
The cast and crew of “The Banker” are rising to the defense of the film after Apple delayed its release. The technology giant had originally planned to debut “The Banker” in the height of awards season, giving it a prime release date as it moves more aggressively into the content space. However, things changed after Cynthia Garrett, the daughter of the film’s protagonist, Bernard Garrett, accused Bernard Garrett, Jr., one of the film’s producers and her half-brother, of sexual abuse.
In a statement, the film’s director, writer, and producer George Nolfi, as well as cast members such as Anthony Mackie, Samuel L. Jackson, Nicholas Hoult, Nia Long, and other key talent say they stand by the film and “its positive message of empowerment.” While expressing sympathy for Cynthia Garrett, they note that the film is not based on the memories of Garrett’s children, but on interviews with Garrett himself,...
In a statement, the film’s director, writer, and producer George Nolfi, as well as cast members such as Anthony Mackie, Samuel L. Jackson, Nicholas Hoult, Nia Long, and other key talent say they stand by the film and “its positive message of empowerment.” While expressing sympathy for Cynthia Garrett, they note that the film is not based on the memories of Garrett’s children, but on interviews with Garrett himself,...
- 12/2/2019
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
The full cast and crew of “The Banker” are standing behind their film to defend its content and “positive message of empowerment” following accusations of sexual misconduct against one of the film’s co-producers, Bernard Garrett Jr.
“The Banker” team said that while it has no way of knowing if the accusations against Garrett Jr. are true, it defends the film’s accuracy as based on recorded interviews from the film’s subject, Bernard Garrett Sr., as conducted in 1995, as well as corroborated by additional congressional transcripts, court rulings and media articles from the era.
A statement released Monday was signed by director George Nolfi, stars Anthony Mackie, Samuel L. Jackson, Nicholas Hoult, Nia Long and the writers and below-the-line producers and crew members.
Also Read: 'The Banker' Co-Producer Bernard Garrett Jr Denies Accusations of Sexual Misconduct From Half Sisters
“We set out to tell a story we were very passionate about,...
“The Banker” team said that while it has no way of knowing if the accusations against Garrett Jr. are true, it defends the film’s accuracy as based on recorded interviews from the film’s subject, Bernard Garrett Sr., as conducted in 1995, as well as corroborated by additional congressional transcripts, court rulings and media articles from the era.
A statement released Monday was signed by director George Nolfi, stars Anthony Mackie, Samuel L. Jackson, Nicholas Hoult, Nia Long and the writers and below-the-line producers and crew members.
Also Read: 'The Banker' Co-Producer Bernard Garrett Jr Denies Accusations of Sexual Misconduct From Half Sisters
“We set out to tell a story we were very passionate about,...
- 12/2/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Breaking: On the week that their film was supposed to open in theaters as Apple’s first theatrical release, the makers of The Banker — above and below the line — have issued a statement in solidarity and support for the message contained within a feature film that became embattled when Apple abruptly pulled it from the coveted AFI closing night slot and indefinitely postponed its theatrical release. Apple took those steps after allegations were made in social media posts by Cynthia Garrett — daughter of the film’s main character Bernard Garrett Sr — that her half brother Bernard Garrett Jr (who was listed as co-producer) molested her and her sister decades ago. Garrett Jr has denied those charges and his name immediately disappeared from the producing credits, which he said was his decision. Garrett Jr’s name also doesn’t appear among the 53 who signed the statement below.
Cynthia Garrett has also...
Cynthia Garrett has also...
- 12/2/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Bernard Garrett Jr., the co-producer on the film “The Banker” and the son of one of the subjects portrayed in the film, has denied accusations that he sexually molested his half sisters Cynthia and Sheila Garrett.
Last week, Apple cancelled the premiere and the theatrical release of its film “The Banker” after the two sisters accused Garrett Jr. of sexually molesting them over the course of several years in the early 1970s when he was 15 and they were children. Garrett Jr. in a statement to Deadline now denied the accusations, saying that his sisters blame him for the break-up of their father and mother.
Further, Garrett Jr. says that their father, Garrett Sr. (portrayed by Anthony Mackie in the film), twice refused to allow Cynthia Garrett the rights to make a film about their father and instead entrusted his life rights to his son.
Also Read: 'The Banker'...
Last week, Apple cancelled the premiere and the theatrical release of its film “The Banker” after the two sisters accused Garrett Jr. of sexually molesting them over the course of several years in the early 1970s when he was 15 and they were children. Garrett Jr. in a statement to Deadline now denied the accusations, saying that his sisters blame him for the break-up of their father and mother.
Further, Garrett Jr. says that their father, Garrett Sr. (portrayed by Anthony Mackie in the film), twice refused to allow Cynthia Garrett the rights to make a film about their father and instead entrusted his life rights to his son.
Also Read: 'The Banker'...
- 11/25/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Reload your pen with ink and bust out the foreclosure paperwork, because Apple has officially pulled The Banker from release. The film starring Samuel L. Jackson and Anthony Mackie has been yanked from its limited theatrical release on December 6 as well as its January debut on Apple TV+. The upcoming drama directed by George Nolfi (The Adjustment Bureau) is based on the true story…...
- 11/22/2019
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Drama had been scheduled to close AFI Fest.
Apple is delaying the December 6 theatrical and January 2020 streaming launch of The Banker after allegations surfaced by a family member against the son of one of the two lead characters in the film.
The Banker had been scheduled to close AFI Fest before Apple pulled it at the eleventh hour in response to claims against Bernard Garrett Jr, a former co-producer on George Nolfi’s film and son of the late Bernard Garrett Sr, portrayed in the film by Anthony Mackie.
The Banker stars Samuel L. Jackson and Mackie in the true...
Apple is delaying the December 6 theatrical and January 2020 streaming launch of The Banker after allegations surfaced by a family member against the son of one of the two lead characters in the film.
The Banker had been scheduled to close AFI Fest before Apple pulled it at the eleventh hour in response to claims against Bernard Garrett Jr, a former co-producer on George Nolfi’s film and son of the late Bernard Garrett Sr, portrayed in the film by Anthony Mackie.
The Banker stars Samuel L. Jackson and Mackie in the true...
- 11/22/2019
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
[Editor’s Note: The story originally published early on November 21 has been updated to reflect new information November 22.]
On the afternoon of Friday November 22, Apple Originals announced what was widely expected: the release of George Nolfi’s “The Banker” has been delayed indefinitely. The film, scheduled for a limited theatrical release on December 6 with the assistance of Bleecker Street, already had its AFI Fest closing-night premiere November 21 canceled abruptly the day before. Apple cited “concerns” about the film that stars Anthony Mackie as Bernard Garrett, Sr., a man who launched a financial institution that gave loans to African Americans when few banks in the U.S. would. A streaming release on Apple TV+ also now seems very much in doubt.
However, a comment on IndieWire’s article about a panel discussion for the film held at our own Consider This Fyc Brunch on November 5 in Los Angeles pointed to what those “concerns” might be.
Cynthia Garrett, a former VH1 and MTV broadcaster, wrote a lengthy statement about how...
On the afternoon of Friday November 22, Apple Originals announced what was widely expected: the release of George Nolfi’s “The Banker” has been delayed indefinitely. The film, scheduled for a limited theatrical release on December 6 with the assistance of Bleecker Street, already had its AFI Fest closing-night premiere November 21 canceled abruptly the day before. Apple cited “concerns” about the film that stars Anthony Mackie as Bernard Garrett, Sr., a man who launched a financial institution that gave loans to African Americans when few banks in the U.S. would. A streaming release on Apple TV+ also now seems very much in doubt.
However, a comment on IndieWire’s article about a panel discussion for the film held at our own Consider This Fyc Brunch on November 5 in Los Angeles pointed to what those “concerns” might be.
Cynthia Garrett, a former VH1 and MTV broadcaster, wrote a lengthy statement about how...
- 11/22/2019
- by Christian Blauvelt
- Indiewire
Apple has delayed the release of “The Banker” from its planned Dec. 6 release date, an individual with knowledge told TheWrap.
The delay comes after it was reported this week that a woman had accused one of the film’s co-producers, and the son of the fact-based film’s subjects, of sexual misconduct. The film was meant to be released on Dec. 6 in association with Bleecker Street before debuting on Apple TV+ in 2020.
Apple previously canceled the gala premiere of the movie as the closing night film of the AFI Film Festival and issued this statement about the cancellation:
“We purchased ‘The Banker’ earlier this year as we were moved by the film’s entertaining and educational story about social change and financial literacy,” an Apple representative told TheWrap in a statement. “Last week some concerns surrounding the film were brought to our attention. We, along with the filmmakers, need some...
The delay comes after it was reported this week that a woman had accused one of the film’s co-producers, and the son of the fact-based film’s subjects, of sexual misconduct. The film was meant to be released on Dec. 6 in association with Bleecker Street before debuting on Apple TV+ in 2020.
Apple previously canceled the gala premiere of the movie as the closing night film of the AFI Film Festival and issued this statement about the cancellation:
“We purchased ‘The Banker’ earlier this year as we were moved by the film’s entertaining and educational story about social change and financial literacy,” an Apple representative told TheWrap in a statement. “Last week some concerns surrounding the film were brought to our attention. We, along with the filmmakers, need some...
- 11/22/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Apple is officially pushing the release of George Nolfi’s The Banker to a TBD date. The pic was to go limited on Dec. 6, with a streaming platform release on Apple TV+ in January. From what we know now, the streaming release hasn’t been changed yet.
The news follows after the cancellation of the pic as the closing night pic for AFI Fest. Deadline learned a family member leveled some troubling allegations about Bernard Garrett Sr’s son, Bernard Garrett Jr., who was originally a co-producer on the film and whose name has been removed on all materials. Garrett Jr. is only seen in the movie as a young child for a brief period, is not a pivotal character in the movie, and the movie isn’t about him. Garrett Sr. we understand sold the pic rights to Romulus Entertainment, and that deal reverted to Garrett Jr. after his father’s death,...
The news follows after the cancellation of the pic as the closing night pic for AFI Fest. Deadline learned a family member leveled some troubling allegations about Bernard Garrett Sr’s son, Bernard Garrett Jr., who was originally a co-producer on the film and whose name has been removed on all materials. Garrett Jr. is only seen in the movie as a young child for a brief period, is not a pivotal character in the movie, and the movie isn’t about him. Garrett Sr. we understand sold the pic rights to Romulus Entertainment, and that deal reverted to Garrett Jr. after his father’s death,...
- 11/22/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Apple is delaying the theatrical release of “The Banker,” originally set for Dec. 6 with assistance from Bleecker Street, insiders familiar with the company said.
It’s being delayed as the filmmakers review accusations of historical inaccuracy and sexual abuse at the hands of co-producer Bernard Garrett Jr. The film was also set to premiere on Apple TV Plus in January, which is also being postponed due to the theatrical release’s delay.
“The Banker” is the story of Garrett Jr.’s father, portrayed by Anthony Mackie in the film. Apple announced on Nov. 20 that it had canceled a planned gala screening of “The Banker,” one of the tech company’s flagship original films that was meant to close AFI Fest on Nov. 21 at the Tcl Chinese Theatre Hollywood. Netflix stepped in and screened Noah Baumbach’s acclaimed “Marriage Story” in its place.
“We purchased ‘The Banker’ earlier this year as...
It’s being delayed as the filmmakers review accusations of historical inaccuracy and sexual abuse at the hands of co-producer Bernard Garrett Jr. The film was also set to premiere on Apple TV Plus in January, which is also being postponed due to the theatrical release’s delay.
“The Banker” is the story of Garrett Jr.’s father, portrayed by Anthony Mackie in the film. Apple announced on Nov. 20 that it had canceled a planned gala screening of “The Banker,” one of the tech company’s flagship original films that was meant to close AFI Fest on Nov. 21 at the Tcl Chinese Theatre Hollywood. Netflix stepped in and screened Noah Baumbach’s acclaimed “Marriage Story” in its place.
“We purchased ‘The Banker’ earlier this year as...
- 11/22/2019
- by Dave McNary and Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Earlier this week, all appeared to be well with Apple’s upcoming historical/financial drama The Banker. The film—directed by George Nolfi, and based on the life of Bernard Garrett Sr., a Black man who hired a white man to serve as the public face of his financial business in order to operate more smoothly in the…...
- 11/22/2019
- by William Hughes on News, shared by William Hughes to The A.V. Club
- avclub.com
Apple has not publicly disclosed why it canceled the planned premiere of its film “The Banker,” but it did so less than a week after producer Bernard Garrett, who is also the son of the film’s subject (portrayed by Anthony Mackie), was publicly accused of sexual assault by one of his half-sisters.
And on Wednesday night, the Hollywood Reporter reported that Garrett had been accused of sexual assault by both of his half-sisters.
“The Banker” was originally scheduled to premiere as the closing film of the 2019 AFI Festival in Los Angeles, but the screening was abruptly canceled Wednesday afternoon. Apple did not disclose the reason for doing so, saying in a statement only that “Last week some concerns surrounding the film were brought to our attention. We, along with the filmmakers, need some time to look into these matters and determine the best next steps. In light of this,...
And on Wednesday night, the Hollywood Reporter reported that Garrett had been accused of sexual assault by both of his half-sisters.
“The Banker” was originally scheduled to premiere as the closing film of the 2019 AFI Festival in Los Angeles, but the screening was abruptly canceled Wednesday afternoon. Apple did not disclose the reason for doing so, saying in a statement only that “Last week some concerns surrounding the film were brought to our attention. We, along with the filmmakers, need some time to look into these matters and determine the best next steps. In light of this,...
- 11/21/2019
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
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