Bye-bye Bunya
Australian TV producer Bunya Entertainment says that Sophia Zachariou will step down as co-managing director, after a five-year stint. Bunya Entertainment is one part the Bunya Group of companies and was established by Zachariou, David Jowsey and Greer Simpkin in 2019.
Zachariou is currently in post-production on “The Office” (Amazon) and “Ladies in Black” (ABC) and will deliver these series before she departs the company. Other productions from Bunya Entertainment include the six x half-hour sketch comedy series “The Moth Effect” (Amazon) and the comedy series “Nice Shorts.”
In 2020 Zachariou also created the Bunya Talent Indigenous Hub, in partnership with Netflix and Screen Australia, which funded and developed 10 First Nations writers and directors to further develop their TV projects. The Hub was later extended to include a partnership with Safc, Screen Nt and Screen Nsw.
Jowsey and Simpkin will continue as co-MDs of Bunya Entertainment. The separate Bunya Group entities,...
Australian TV producer Bunya Entertainment says that Sophia Zachariou will step down as co-managing director, after a five-year stint. Bunya Entertainment is one part the Bunya Group of companies and was established by Zachariou, David Jowsey and Greer Simpkin in 2019.
Zachariou is currently in post-production on “The Office” (Amazon) and “Ladies in Black” (ABC) and will deliver these series before she departs the company. Other productions from Bunya Entertainment include the six x half-hour sketch comedy series “The Moth Effect” (Amazon) and the comedy series “Nice Shorts.”
In 2020 Zachariou also created the Bunya Talent Indigenous Hub, in partnership with Netflix and Screen Australia, which funded and developed 10 First Nations writers and directors to further develop their TV projects. The Hub was later extended to include a partnership with Safc, Screen Nt and Screen Nsw.
Jowsey and Simpkin will continue as co-MDs of Bunya Entertainment. The separate Bunya Group entities,...
- 3/19/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The Stars-Hana fund, which combines Peter Luo’s Stars Collective, the Hana Investment firm, and Starlight Media, was assembled to “invest in film, TV, comics, games, collectibles, consumer goods, AI, and new tech over a three-year period.” Now Deadline reports that Stars-Hana will be creating video games based on Stars Collective film IP – and this includes several projects that are being produced by horror icons James Wan and Sam Raimi!
Stars-Hana is teaming up with game companies like Tencent, DreamSky Technology, Hyjz, and Forevernine to develop video games based on the following properties:
The Garfield Movie, starring Chris Pratt
Every House Is Haunted, from Sam Raimi and Roy Lee
The Burden, from James Wan and Sam Raimi
Hunting Season, from James Wan and Don Murphy
James Wan’s The Call of Cthulhu, Mass Extinction and Gmo
The Goxfather with Jon M. Chu
Memory Lost in Space, based on the novels...
Stars-Hana is teaming up with game companies like Tencent, DreamSky Technology, Hyjz, and Forevernine to develop video games based on the following properties:
The Garfield Movie, starring Chris Pratt
Every House Is Haunted, from Sam Raimi and Roy Lee
The Burden, from James Wan and Sam Raimi
Hunting Season, from James Wan and Don Murphy
James Wan’s The Call of Cthulhu, Mass Extinction and Gmo
The Goxfather with Jon M. Chu
Memory Lost in Space, based on the novels...
- 12/21/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Here’s an interesting one. Deadline reports today that the “ambitious new Sino-American fund Stars-Hana” is planning to turn a handful of upcoming movies into video games, and included on the list are several horror movies set to be produced by James Wan and Sam Raimi.
Deadline details, “The fund combines Peter Luo’s Stars Collective, Chinese firm Hana Investment and Starlight Media. The idea is to invest in verticals including film, TV, comics, games, collectibles, consumer goods, AI and new tech over a three-year period.”
“The fund is partnering with game companies including Tencent and Tencent-owned DreamSky Technology, as well as Hyjz and Forevernine, to develop games,” Deadline also notes.
The lineup of planned video game adaptations from Stars-Hana includes:
Every House is Haunted, from Sam Raimi and Roy Lee The Burden, from James Wan and Sam Raimi Hunting Season from James Wan and Don Murphy James Wan’s The Call of Cthulhu,...
Deadline details, “The fund combines Peter Luo’s Stars Collective, Chinese firm Hana Investment and Starlight Media. The idea is to invest in verticals including film, TV, comics, games, collectibles, consumer goods, AI and new tech over a three-year period.”
“The fund is partnering with game companies including Tencent and Tencent-owned DreamSky Technology, as well as Hyjz and Forevernine, to develop games,” Deadline also notes.
The lineup of planned video game adaptations from Stars-Hana includes:
Every House is Haunted, from Sam Raimi and Roy Lee The Burden, from James Wan and Sam Raimi Hunting Season from James Wan and Don Murphy James Wan’s The Call of Cthulhu,...
- 12/21/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Politics in Argentina are volatile. The 20th century brought six coups and restrictions on democracy were not lifted until 1983. Daniela Goggi’s (“Abzurdah”) latest “The Rescue” (“El Rapto”) is set in this transitional period, where a hangover of deep corruption still remains.
It stars “Money Heist’s” Rodrigo de la Serna, hit Paramount+ Nov. 3 and now plays in main competition at the Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival.
Produced by Paramount Television International Studios, Rei Cine (“The Settlers”) and Infinity Hill, it shows Paramount’s continued global ambitions in Spanish-language originals.
“At our studio, we always seek to create high-quality content with great partners and remarkable talent, in front of and behind the camera, to create local stories with universal appeal that will cross borders and conquer global audiences,” said Dario Turovelzky, EVP Broadcast & Studios at Latam Paramount Global.
“‘El Rapto’ (‘The Rescue’) is an outstanding example of this ongoing creative pursuit.
It stars “Money Heist’s” Rodrigo de la Serna, hit Paramount+ Nov. 3 and now plays in main competition at the Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival.
Produced by Paramount Television International Studios, Rei Cine (“The Settlers”) and Infinity Hill, it shows Paramount’s continued global ambitions in Spanish-language originals.
“At our studio, we always seek to create high-quality content with great partners and remarkable talent, in front of and behind the camera, to create local stories with universal appeal that will cross borders and conquer global audiences,” said Dario Turovelzky, EVP Broadcast & Studios at Latam Paramount Global.
“‘El Rapto’ (‘The Rescue’) is an outstanding example of this ongoing creative pursuit.
- 11/10/2023
- by Callum McLennan
- Variety Film + TV
BBC Taps Dragonfly For Commissioner
The BBC has hired Tom Pullen from Then Barbara Met Alan producer Dragonfly. Pullen will become a commissioning editor on Clare Sillery’s documentaries team. He was previously Head of Documentaries at Banijay UK-owned Dragonfly and has spent the at Gold Rush producer Raw and was Head of Factual Development at Sex Education maker Eleven. Recently, Pullen was executive producer on Jack Thorne’s BBC and Netflix factual-drama Then Barbara Met Alan, which is about two UK trailblazers whose campaigning led to the passing of the Disability Discrimination Act. He also EPed Sky feature doc Forced Out and lined up true crime series Anni for Discovery+ and worked on major Dragonfly shows such as BBC One‘s Life and Death and Channel 4’s What Makes a Murderer. He starts at UK pubcaster the BBC on November 6.
ITV Buys Aussie Drama & Confirms ‘Big Brother’ Launch...
The BBC has hired Tom Pullen from Then Barbara Met Alan producer Dragonfly. Pullen will become a commissioning editor on Clare Sillery’s documentaries team. He was previously Head of Documentaries at Banijay UK-owned Dragonfly and has spent the at Gold Rush producer Raw and was Head of Factual Development at Sex Education maker Eleven. Recently, Pullen was executive producer on Jack Thorne’s BBC and Netflix factual-drama Then Barbara Met Alan, which is about two UK trailblazers whose campaigning led to the passing of the Disability Discrimination Act. He also EPed Sky feature doc Forced Out and lined up true crime series Anni for Discovery+ and worked on major Dragonfly shows such as BBC One‘s Life and Death and Channel 4’s What Makes a Murderer. He starts at UK pubcaster the BBC on November 6.
ITV Buys Aussie Drama & Confirms ‘Big Brother’ Launch...
- 9/25/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Tired of these Mutha F*ckin Bears on this Mutha F*ckin ship! Bears on a Ship from filmmaker, Eduardo Castrillo is an animal attack / horror film launching a crowd-funding campaign on Indiegogo.
Bears on a Ship stars Derek Crowe (The Longest Run), Jo’nez Cain (Fruitvale Station), Sherill Quinn (Strings Attached), Derrick Hogan (Kendrick), Krystal Shay (Slashlorette Party), Ray Ruiz (Fire on the Ridge),Jose Padilla (Ghettobusters), David Jon Foster(Reanimation Team), Christopher Wilson (Venom Coast), Sam Aper(Worth), Matt Fuentes (Hunting Season), Nick Ryan (The Ride), Mike Grayson (The Dirty), and Arturo Rangel (A Couple’s Betrayal).
Synopsis:
After their flight gets canceled, a group of travelers take an offer on a ship voyage to their destination, unknowing that there are other passengers aboard. Specifically hungry murderous bears.
Bears on a Ship will be filmed aboard the famous Aurora, used in such films as James Bond, From Russia With Love.
Bears on a Ship stars Derek Crowe (The Longest Run), Jo’nez Cain (Fruitvale Station), Sherill Quinn (Strings Attached), Derrick Hogan (Kendrick), Krystal Shay (Slashlorette Party), Ray Ruiz (Fire on the Ridge),Jose Padilla (Ghettobusters), David Jon Foster(Reanimation Team), Christopher Wilson (Venom Coast), Sam Aper(Worth), Matt Fuentes (Hunting Season), Nick Ryan (The Ride), Mike Grayson (The Dirty), and Arturo Rangel (A Couple’s Betrayal).
Synopsis:
After their flight gets canceled, a group of travelers take an offer on a ship voyage to their destination, unknowing that there are other passengers aboard. Specifically hungry murderous bears.
Bears on a Ship will be filmed aboard the famous Aurora, used in such films as James Bond, From Russia With Love.
- 4/21/2023
- by Michael Joy
- Horror Asylum
The Danish eight-part series, commissioned by pubcaster TV2, is set in the titular seaside community. Last week, production on a new Danish eight-part crime series, entitled White Sands, wrapped. The project is directed by Frederiksberg-born helmer Tilde Harkamp, who recently worked on Hunting Season (2019), a comedy starring Mille Dinesen, Lærke Winther and Stephania Potalivo in the lead roles. White Sands is based on a screenplay penned by writing duo Anders Rønnow Klarlund and Jacob Weinreich, best known as Aj Kazinski, who have lived in the Danish seaside community of Hvide Sande (“White Sands” in English), where the story is set. In detail, the series follows German detective Thomas (played by Carsten Bjørnlund) and Danish cop Helene (Marie Bach Hansen), who are both in the doldrums after turning their backs on love. Assigned to work together on a crime investigation in the titular picture-perfect but tight-knit seaside community, they are...
- 11/26/2020
- Cineuropa - The Best of European Cinema
Netflix has teamed with Ubisoft for an anime series based on the Splinter Cell video game franchise, with John Wick writer Derek Kostad set to write and executive produce, Deadline has confirmed.
First released in 2002, the Splinter Cell video game revolves around protagonist, Sam Fisher, a highly trained agent of a fictional black-ops sub-division within the Nsa, dubbed “Third Echelon”. The player controls Fisher to overcome his adversaries in various levels. The game has spawned six sequels and a series of novels.
A Splinter Cell film adaptation with Tom Hardy to star as Fisher had been in the works for years, but has never gotten off the ground.
Kolstad wrote all three films in the John Wick franchise, starting with John Wick in 2014 followed by John Wick: Chapter 2 in 2017 and John Wick 3: Parabellum in 2019, and is set to pen the upcoming fourth installment. Kolstad also has been tapped to...
First released in 2002, the Splinter Cell video game revolves around protagonist, Sam Fisher, a highly trained agent of a fictional black-ops sub-division within the Nsa, dubbed “Third Echelon”. The player controls Fisher to overcome his adversaries in various levels. The game has spawned six sequels and a series of novels.
A Splinter Cell film adaptation with Tom Hardy to star as Fisher had been in the works for years, but has never gotten off the ground.
Kolstad wrote all three films in the John Wick franchise, starting with John Wick in 2014 followed by John Wick: Chapter 2 in 2017 and John Wick 3: Parabellum in 2019, and is set to pen the upcoming fourth installment. Kolstad also has been tapped to...
- 7/30/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Jamie-Lynn Sigler has signed with Abrams Artists Agency for full representation. The announcement was made today by Abrams Artists Agency partners Robert Attermann (CEO), Brian Cho (president and COO) and Adam Bold (chairman).
Sigler is best known for playing the role of Meadow Soprano in the HBO series The Sopranos and also spent two seasons on HBO’s series Entourage.
She has been seen in numerous independent feature films, TV series and television movies, most recently in Gangster Land opposite Jason Patric and Peter Facinelli, as well as in the feature Justice opposite Stephen Lang. She is currently in preproduction on director Megan Freels Johnson’s feature Hunting Season.
A statement from the Abrams Agency partners said Sigler is “a multi-talented actress whom we are honored to have join our roster of clients. We look forward to working with her.”
Sigler is managed by John Carrabino/Carrabino Management.
Sigler is best known for playing the role of Meadow Soprano in the HBO series The Sopranos and also spent two seasons on HBO’s series Entourage.
She has been seen in numerous independent feature films, TV series and television movies, most recently in Gangster Land opposite Jason Patric and Peter Facinelli, as well as in the feature Justice opposite Stephen Lang. She is currently in preproduction on director Megan Freels Johnson’s feature Hunting Season.
A statement from the Abrams Agency partners said Sigler is “a multi-talented actress whom we are honored to have join our roster of clients. We look forward to working with her.”
Sigler is managed by John Carrabino/Carrabino Management.
- 4/24/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Paris-based sales agents Alpha Violet has announced that Polish director Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s second feature “Fugue,” playing at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, has sold to Canada, China, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Lithuania and the Czech Republic.
The sales company has two other films at the festival: Natalia Garagiola’s Venice Audience Award winner “Hunting Season” and Berlin Golden Bear nominee “Dovlatov” from Alexey German Jr.
In the film, an anonymous woman stumbles across train tracks and into a crowded station with no idea who she is, and no emotional attachments. Only when she is featured on a TV talk show years later is her family finally able to contact and bring her back.
However, when reintroduced to her parents, husband and young child she is not only unable to remember them, but fairly sure she doesn’t want her old life back. She is a new person and these...
The sales company has two other films at the festival: Natalia Garagiola’s Venice Audience Award winner “Hunting Season” and Berlin Golden Bear nominee “Dovlatov” from Alexey German Jr.
In the film, an anonymous woman stumbles across train tracks and into a crowded station with no idea who she is, and no emotional attachments. Only when she is featured on a TV talk show years later is her family finally able to contact and bring her back.
However, when reintroduced to her parents, husband and young child she is not only unable to remember them, but fairly sure she doesn’t want her old life back. She is a new person and these...
- 7/7/2018
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Hunting Season, the debut feature of Argentinian filmmaker Natalia Garagiola, was the big winner Thursday evening at the Macau International Film Festival, taking home the best film prize during a splashy awards ceremony in the former Portuguese colony turned Chinese sin city.
French director Laurent Cantet, chair of the event's competition jury, praised the film for the "precision of its directing" and its "fluid style and construction."
A taught family drama, Hunting Season explores the strains between a father and son who struggle to connect amidst the wilds of Patagonia.
"The film deals with subjects both difficult and delicate: mourning...
French director Laurent Cantet, chair of the event's competition jury, praised the film for the "precision of its directing" and its "fluid style and construction."
A taught family drama, Hunting Season explores the strains between a father and son who struggle to connect amidst the wilds of Patagonia.
"The film deals with subjects both difficult and delicate: mourning...
- 12/15/2017
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
By Jacob Oller
Hunting season blends primal history and the needs of the now. n the Florida Everglades, hunting rabbits during the harvest has been a century-long tradition. Bashing them with sticks, dressing them, and selling them to the neighbors is a part of the regional history – even when everyone’s browsing Instagram in between each step. Patrick […]
The article ‘The Rabbit Hunt’ Quietly Tracks Tradition and Modernity appeared first on Film School Rejects.
Hunting season blends primal history and the needs of the now. n the Florida Everglades, hunting rabbits during the harvest has been a century-long tradition. Bashing them with sticks, dressing them, and selling them to the neighbors is a part of the regional history – even when everyone’s browsing Instagram in between each step. Patrick […]
The article ‘The Rabbit Hunt’ Quietly Tracks Tradition and Modernity appeared first on Film School Rejects.
- 11/10/2017
- by Jacob Oller
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Norma Desmond's famous line in Sunset Boulevard about silent movies not needing dialogue because "we had faces!" comes to mind during Natalia Garagiola's moodily downbeat drama Hunting Season (Temporada de Caza), which relies on the characterful visages of its male leads for much of its impact. A well-crafted if fundamentally familiar tale of a hot-head belatedly coming of age with tough-love help from his crusty old man, the Argentinian production made a buzzy debut in Venice, winning the audience award in the Critics' Week sidebar.
Bowing stateside at the Chicago Film Festival later this month, it is assured of a...
Bowing stateside at the Chicago Film Festival later this month, it is assured of a...
- 10/3/2017
- by Neil Young
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Argentinian filmmaker Natalia Garagiola makes feature directorial debut on Rei Cine drama.
The first-look international trailer for Rei Cine’s upcoming Venice Critics’ Week and San Sebastin Horizontes Latinos selection Hunting Season (Temporada De Caza) is now live.
Hunting Season
Argentinian filmmaker Natalia Garagiola makes her feature directorial debut on the Argentina-us-Germany-France-Qatar co-production from Rei Cine, Gamechanger Films, Augenschein Filmproduktion, and Les Films de l’Étranger.
Hunting Season marks the first time New York-based Gamechanger Films has co-financed a film outside the Us. Lautaro Bettoni, Germán Palacios, Boy Olmi, and Rita Pauls star in the story about a respected hunting guide whose life with his new family in Patagonia changes when he is forced to take in his estranged teenage son following the death of his first wife.
The man struggles to get along with his son, who displays violent outbursts. Without any sympathy from his new family, the hunter and teenager move towards forgiveness in the...
The first-look international trailer for Rei Cine’s upcoming Venice Critics’ Week and San Sebastin Horizontes Latinos selection Hunting Season (Temporada De Caza) is now live.
Hunting Season
Argentinian filmmaker Natalia Garagiola makes her feature directorial debut on the Argentina-us-Germany-France-Qatar co-production from Rei Cine, Gamechanger Films, Augenschein Filmproduktion, and Les Films de l’Étranger.
Hunting Season marks the first time New York-based Gamechanger Films has co-financed a film outside the Us. Lautaro Bettoni, Germán Palacios, Boy Olmi, and Rita Pauls star in the story about a respected hunting guide whose life with his new family in Patagonia changes when he is forced to take in his estranged teenage son following the death of his first wife.
The man struggles to get along with his son, who displays violent outbursts. Without any sympathy from his new family, the hunter and teenager move towards forgiveness in the...
- 8/21/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Cannes titles The Desert Bride and April’s Daughters among 12 titles.
The 65th San Sebastian Film Festival (Sept 22-30) has revealed the 12 titles in its Horizontes Latinos programme, featuring some of the best Latin American films of the year to date.
This year’s selection includes Cannes Un Certain Regard title The Desert Bride (pictured) directed by Cecilia Atán and Valeria Pivato, and Gustavo Rondón’s debut La Familia, which was screened at Cannes Critics’ Week.
Another Un Certain Regard title, Michel Franco’s April’s Daughters, has also been selected. His film After Lucia won the Prize Un Certain Regard in 2012, and his follow-up, Chronic competed for the Palme d’Or and won the best screenplay award at Cannes in 2015.
All 12 feature films compete for the Horizontes Award and its €35,000 ($40,958) prize. The six first and second films in the selection (La Educación De Rey, La Familia, Medea, Arábia, La Novia Del Desierto and Temporada De Caza) are also...
The 65th San Sebastian Film Festival (Sept 22-30) has revealed the 12 titles in its Horizontes Latinos programme, featuring some of the best Latin American films of the year to date.
This year’s selection includes Cannes Un Certain Regard title The Desert Bride (pictured) directed by Cecilia Atán and Valeria Pivato, and Gustavo Rondón’s debut La Familia, which was screened at Cannes Critics’ Week.
Another Un Certain Regard title, Michel Franco’s April’s Daughters, has also been selected. His film After Lucia won the Prize Un Certain Regard in 2012, and his follow-up, Chronic competed for the Palme d’Or and won the best screenplay award at Cannes in 2015.
All 12 feature films compete for the Horizontes Award and its €35,000 ($40,958) prize. The six first and second films in the selection (La Educación De Rey, La Familia, Medea, Arábia, La Novia Del Desierto and Temporada De Caza) are also...
- 8/16/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
ZamaThe programme for the 2017 edition of the Venice Film Festival has been unveiled, and includes new films from Darren Aronofsky, Lucrecia Martel, Frederick Wiseman, Alexander Payne, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Abdellatif Kechiche, Takeshi Kitano and many more.COMPETITIONmother! (Darren Aronofsky)First Reformed (Paul Schrader)Sweet Country (Warwick Thornton)The Leisure Seeker (Paolo Virzi)Una Famiglia (Sebastiano Riso)Ex Libris - The New York Public Library (Frederick Wiseman)Angels Wear White (Vivian Qu)The Whale (Andrea Pallaoro)Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Martin McDonagh)Foxtrot (Samuel Maoz)Ammore e malavita (Manetti Brothers)Jusqu'a la garde (Xavier Legrand)The Third Murder (Hirokazu Kore-eda)Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno (Abdellatif Kechiche)Lean on Pete (Andrew Haigh)L'insulte (Ziad Doueiri)La Villa (Robert Guediguian)The Shape of Water (Guillermo del Toro)Suburbicon (George Clooney)Human Flow (Ai Weiwei)Downsizing (Alexander Payne)Out Of COMPETITIONFeaturesOur Souls at Night (Ritesh Batra)Il Signor Rotpeter (Antonietta de Lillo)Victoria...
- 7/27/2017
- MUBI
Independent festival strand unveils 2017 line-up.
The line-up for the 2017 edition of the Venice Film Festival’s independent parallel strand Critics’ Week (Aug 30 – Sept 9) has been revealed.
Organised by the National Union of Italian Film Critics, the selection is curated by the general delegate of the Venice Critics’ Week Giona A. Nazzaro with the selection committee comprised of Luigi Abiusi, Alberto Anile, Beatrice Fiorentino and Massimo Tria.
Following last year, when UK filmmaker Alice Lowe’s directorial debut Prevenge opened Venice Critics’ Week, this year’s opener is again a feature debut from a UK female director.
Writer-director Deborah Haywood’s Pin Cushion will screen out of competition as the strand’s opening film. Starring Lily Newmark and Joanna Scanlan, the film is produced by Gavin Humphries with Maggie Monteith of Dignity Film Finance. Executive producers are Josephine Rose, Chis Reed, and Lizzie Francke for the British Film Institute (BFI).
Pin Cushion is an all-girl gothic fairy tale set...
The line-up for the 2017 edition of the Venice Film Festival’s independent parallel strand Critics’ Week (Aug 30 – Sept 9) has been revealed.
Organised by the National Union of Italian Film Critics, the selection is curated by the general delegate of the Venice Critics’ Week Giona A. Nazzaro with the selection committee comprised of Luigi Abiusi, Alberto Anile, Beatrice Fiorentino and Massimo Tria.
Following last year, when UK filmmaker Alice Lowe’s directorial debut Prevenge opened Venice Critics’ Week, this year’s opener is again a feature debut from a UK female director.
Writer-director Deborah Haywood’s Pin Cushion will screen out of competition as the strand’s opening film. Starring Lily Newmark and Joanna Scanlan, the film is produced by Gavin Humphries with Maggie Monteith of Dignity Film Finance. Executive producers are Josephine Rose, Chis Reed, and Lizzie Francke for the British Film Institute (BFI).
Pin Cushion is an all-girl gothic fairy tale set...
- 7/24/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Screen investigates which films from around the world could launch on the Croisette, including on opening night.
With just over a month to go before the line-up for this year’s Cannes Film Festival is unveiled in Paris, Croisette predictions and wish lists are hitting the web thick and fast.
Screen’s network of correspondents and contributors around the world have been putting out feelers to get a sense of what might or might not make it to the Palais du Cinéma or one of the parallel sections.
Just like the Oscars, this year’s festival is likely to unfold amid a politically-charged atmosphere. Beyond Trump and the rise of populism across the globe, France will be digesting the result of its own presidential election on May 7. Against this background, the festival will be feting its 70th edition.
Below, Screen reveals which titles might - and might not - be in the running for a place at the...
With just over a month to go before the line-up for this year’s Cannes Film Festival is unveiled in Paris, Croisette predictions and wish lists are hitting the web thick and fast.
Screen’s network of correspondents and contributors around the world have been putting out feelers to get a sense of what might or might not make it to the Palais du Cinéma or one of the parallel sections.
Just like the Oscars, this year’s festival is likely to unfold amid a politically-charged atmosphere. Beyond Trump and the rise of populism across the globe, France will be digesting the result of its own presidential election on May 7. Against this background, the festival will be feting its 70th edition.
Below, Screen reveals which titles might - and might not - be in the running for a place at the...
- 3/13/2017
- ScreenDaily
Producer Michel Merkt, Cohen Media Group’s John Kochman and long-time The Simpsons writer-producer Mike Reiss will also attend.
The Doha Film Institute kicked off the third edition of its bespoke event Qumra on Friday bringing together up and coming film-makers and experienced cinema professionals from across the globe.
A total of 34 Dfi-backed projects from 25 countries at different stages of development are due to attend the six-day event featuring master-classes, screenings seminars and one-on-one sessions.
“Our focus remains to cultivate the exchange of knowledge, ideas, creativity and inspiration, and create a supportive and productive space for your projects to benefit from interactions with some of the most experienced industry professionals,” said commented Dfi CEO Fatma Al-Remaihi who welcomed the guests alongside the event’s artistic director Elia Suleiman.
Prolific Portuguese producer Paulo Branco will kick off the master-classes on Saturday (5), having chosen to screen Wim Wenders’s 1994 Lisbon Story as a work representative of his career.
French...
The Doha Film Institute kicked off the third edition of its bespoke event Qumra on Friday bringing together up and coming film-makers and experienced cinema professionals from across the globe.
A total of 34 Dfi-backed projects from 25 countries at different stages of development are due to attend the six-day event featuring master-classes, screenings seminars and one-on-one sessions.
“Our focus remains to cultivate the exchange of knowledge, ideas, creativity and inspiration, and create a supportive and productive space for your projects to benefit from interactions with some of the most experienced industry professionals,” said commented Dfi CEO Fatma Al-Remaihi who welcomed the guests alongside the event’s artistic director Elia Suleiman.
Prolific Portuguese producer Paulo Branco will kick off the master-classes on Saturday (5), having chosen to screen Wim Wenders’s 1994 Lisbon Story as a work representative of his career.
French...
- 3/3/2017
- ScreenDaily
Upcoming films by Babak Jalali, Kaouther Ben Hania and Bassem among the 34 projects due to attend this year.Scroll down for full list of projects
Argentine film-maker Lucrecia Martel and veteran producer Paulo Branco have been confirmed as the final two ‘masters’ at the Doha Film Institute’s talent development event Qumra.
They will join previously announced mentor-speakers Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, French auteur Bruno Dumont and creative documentarian Rithy Panh at the third edition of the bespoke event, running March 3 to 8, 2017.
Colourful Portuguese producer Paulo Branco – who is based between Paris and Lisbon – has more than 300 producing credits to his name, amassed over four decades, working with the likes of David Cronenberg, Wim Wenders, Chantal Akerman, Alain Tanner, Werner Schroeter, Olivier Assayas, and Cédric Kahn.
His Paris-based sales and production company Alfama Films is at the Efm this year with Robert Schwentke’s long-awaited Second World War adventure title The Captain.
“Paulo Branco is one...
Argentine film-maker Lucrecia Martel and veteran producer Paulo Branco have been confirmed as the final two ‘masters’ at the Doha Film Institute’s talent development event Qumra.
They will join previously announced mentor-speakers Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, French auteur Bruno Dumont and creative documentarian Rithy Panh at the third edition of the bespoke event, running March 3 to 8, 2017.
Colourful Portuguese producer Paulo Branco – who is based between Paris and Lisbon – has more than 300 producing credits to his name, amassed over four decades, working with the likes of David Cronenberg, Wim Wenders, Chantal Akerman, Alain Tanner, Werner Schroeter, Olivier Assayas, and Cédric Kahn.
His Paris-based sales and production company Alfama Films is at the Efm this year with Robert Schwentke’s long-awaited Second World War adventure title The Captain.
“Paulo Branco is one...
- 2/12/2017
- ScreenDaily
CBS’ The Amazing Race this Friday drew 5.6 million total viewers and a 0.9 rating, down a tenth in the demo to a season (and what appears to be a series) low.
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Leading out of that, Hawaii Five-0 (8.3 mil/1.1) was steady, while Blue Bloods (9.9 mil/1.2) dipped a tenth.
RelatedMay Sweeps Scorecard 2016: Deaths, Breakups, Weddings, Firings, Sex, Resurrections, Time Jumps and More!
Elsewhere in the ratings….
NBC | Pending adjustment due to an NBA preemption in Portland, Grimm (4 mil/0.9) is currently flat.
RelatedPerformer of the Week: The Originals...
Related2016 Renewal Scorecard: What’s Coming Back? What’s Getting Cancelled? What’s on the Bubble?
Leading out of that, Hawaii Five-0 (8.3 mil/1.1) was steady, while Blue Bloods (9.9 mil/1.2) dipped a tenth.
RelatedMay Sweeps Scorecard 2016: Deaths, Breakups, Weddings, Firings, Sex, Resurrections, Time Jumps and More!
Elsewhere in the ratings….
NBC | Pending adjustment due to an NBA preemption in Portland, Grimm (4 mil/0.9) is currently flat.
RelatedPerformer of the Week: The Originals...
- 4/30/2016
- TVLine.com
The following story contains spoilers from Friday’s Originals. Proceed at your own peril.
At least we can’t say we didn’t see it coming. Everything about Friday’s The Originals reeked of death, from Klaus’ excruciating dictation of Cami’s will to the moment she finally succumbed to Lucien’s poison and drew her final breath. Frankly, she never stood a chance.
RelatedMay Sweeps/Finale Preview: Get 100+ Spoilers, Plus Exclusive Photos!
Despite the best efforts of the entire gang — even Marcel and Davina worked with Klaus on this one — Camille O’Connell, the bartender-turned-psychologist-turned-vampire, met her untimely end (again) this week,...
At least we can’t say we didn’t see it coming. Everything about Friday’s The Originals reeked of death, from Klaus’ excruciating dictation of Cami’s will to the moment she finally succumbed to Lucien’s poison and drew her final breath. Frankly, she never stood a chance.
RelatedMay Sweeps/Finale Preview: Get 100+ Spoilers, Plus Exclusive Photos!
Despite the best efforts of the entire gang — even Marcel and Davina worked with Klaus on this one — Camille O’Connell, the bartender-turned-psychologist-turned-vampire, met her untimely end (again) this week,...
- 4/30/2016
- TVLine.com
Let’s be real for a second: Despite Klaus’ strong feelings for Cami, his track record for keeping her alive in times of crisis is… less than stellar.
So your fear is completely justified as we head into Friday’s episode of The Originals (The CW, 9/8c), which picks up moments after Lucien injected Klaus’ main squeeze with his home-brewed strain of deadly venom.
RelatedThe Originals Recap: ‘Not Afraid to Die’
As far as Cami’s chances for survival are concerned, we only have executive producer Michael Narducci‘s words to go on:
When she gets to [Klaus], he’s...
So your fear is completely justified as we head into Friday’s episode of The Originals (The CW, 9/8c), which picks up moments after Lucien injected Klaus’ main squeeze with his home-brewed strain of deadly venom.
RelatedThe Originals Recap: ‘Not Afraid to Die’
As far as Cami’s chances for survival are concerned, we only have executive producer Michael Narducci‘s words to go on:
When she gets to [Klaus], he’s...
- 4/29/2016
- TVLine.com
Rayna Cruz may be the world’s most feared vampire hunter, but as we’re about to see, even bloodthirsty killers have their limit.
RelatedVampire Diaries Season Finale: Damon Making the ‘Ultimate Sacrifice’ to Save Bonnie
Picking up where last week’s episode left off — on the floor, specifically — Friday’s Vampire Diaries (The CW, 8/7c) finds Rayna staring down what could be the final hours of her last life. (You know, assuming she doesn’t back out of her plan to save Bonnie.)
“She just Beautiful Mind-ed all the names of the vampires in her head, so if you think about it,...
RelatedVampire Diaries Season Finale: Damon Making the ‘Ultimate Sacrifice’ to Save Bonnie
Picking up where last week’s episode left off — on the floor, specifically — Friday’s Vampire Diaries (The CW, 8/7c) finds Rayna staring down what could be the final hours of her last life. (You know, assuming she doesn’t back out of her plan to save Bonnie.)
“She just Beautiful Mind-ed all the names of the vampires in her head, so if you think about it,...
- 4/29/2016
- TVLine.com
Manuel is working his way through all the Lgbt-themed HBO productions.
Last week we looked at Andrew Rannells’s Elijah (Girls). Ogling his latest sexcapade with Corey Stoll, who plays a famous actor on the show, we talked about the way the Broadway actor has made himself an essential part of Lena Dunham’s show, giving the vapid narcissism of his character the necessary depth to avoid falling into cliché. This week, we revisit a 2014 HBO documentary about the dangerous anti-gay vigilante groups that have recently proliferated in Russia. The title comes directly from one gay man featured in the film. A victim of a raid on an Lgbt gathering that left him blind in one eye, he puts it all too bluntly:
“Hunting season is open…and we are the hunted.”
Released the same year as the Sochi Olympics—which in themselves brought closer scrutiny to what many around...
Last week we looked at Andrew Rannells’s Elijah (Girls). Ogling his latest sexcapade with Corey Stoll, who plays a famous actor on the show, we talked about the way the Broadway actor has made himself an essential part of Lena Dunham’s show, giving the vapid narcissism of his character the necessary depth to avoid falling into cliché. This week, we revisit a 2014 HBO documentary about the dangerous anti-gay vigilante groups that have recently proliferated in Russia. The title comes directly from one gay man featured in the film. A victim of a raid on an Lgbt gathering that left him blind in one eye, he puts it all too bluntly:
“Hunting season is open…and we are the hunted.”
Released the same year as the Sochi Olympics—which in themselves brought closer scrutiny to what many around...
- 3/23/2016
- by Manuel Betancourt
- FilmExperience
There's a fun joke in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back where the two adventurous slackers bumble their way onto the Miramax studio lot and run from the set of Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season onto the set of Scream 4. It's a good gag that cheekily pokes fun at Miramax making unnecessary sequels to some of their movies, but apparently it was inspirational for studio honcho Bob Weinstein. Kevin Smith recently revealed in an interview with Crave that after Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back came out, Weinstein wanted Smith to do a proper crossover movie with the characters. And who better to pit Jay and Silent Bob against than some '80s horror icons? Bob Weinstein said to me one day on the phone, this was after Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, he goes, “You know...
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- 7/8/2015
- by Peter Hall
- Movies.com
2K Games’ borderline egregious content plan for Evolve continues today with the announcement of a second season pass for the asynchronous shooter, introducing four new hunters and one mysterious monster.
Hunting Season 2 will bundle all of these extras together in the one package, though 2K noted that all add-ons can be purchased individually if you so desire. Either way, these new characters are to be rolled incrementally over the next few months, and the publisher confirmed that all four will be out in the open and hunting monsters “prior to the end of Take-Two Interactive, Inc.’s fiscal year on March 31, 2016.”
The first of which will be Lennox. Acting as the first female Assault character, Evolve‘s newest addition will be available from June 23. Featuring a melee attack and a Thunderchild mechanized suit, Lennox is arguably one of the most robust titan killers in the game itself, with moves such...
Hunting Season 2 will bundle all of these extras together in the one package, though 2K noted that all add-ons can be purchased individually if you so desire. Either way, these new characters are to be rolled incrementally over the next few months, and the publisher confirmed that all four will be out in the open and hunting monsters “prior to the end of Take-Two Interactive, Inc.’s fiscal year on March 31, 2016.”
The first of which will be Lennox. Acting as the first female Assault character, Evolve‘s newest addition will be available from June 23. Featuring a melee attack and a Thunderchild mechanized suit, Lennox is arguably one of the most robust titan killers in the game itself, with moves such...
- 6/18/2015
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Nate (Spencer Treat Clark) and Skylar (Nick Eversman) sons of sheriff Bloom Towne (Ted Levine), are involved in the accidental death of Mayor Cavanaugh’s son Dick in a hunting accident. Older brother Nate fired the deadly shot, but to protect him, younger Skylar, still a minor, takes the blame. Owning most of the town’s businesses, the Cavanaugh family itself is wealthy and influential. In retaliation, the family uses their influence to have Skylar set to be tried as an adult, rather than as a minor. Desperate and filled with guilt, Nate breaks Skylar out of the county lock-up and, handcuffed together, the two escape into the local woods. Two deputies are killed in the escape and the Cavanaugh clan, deciding that the sheriff will be unable to act impartially, organize themselves into a search team with orders to shoot on sight. Sheriff Towne joins the search efforts in...
- 6/16/2015
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Love them or loathe them, season passes show no sign of going away anytime soon, with almost every notable piece of software launching on day one with some form of premium service tethered to it. Sony, on the other hand, is embracing the trait wholeheartedly with the Extended Play Sale on PlayStation Network, offering discounts across a range of season pass packages for the likes of Evolve, Battlefield Hardline, Alien: Isolation and much more.
It’s a promotion that extends across all three of Sony’s main platforms – PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita – and in keeping with previous sales on the company’s digital storefront, Ps Plus subscribers will be entitled to an additional 10% discount. For the full, comprehensive list of sale items, you can consult Ps Blog, but here, we cheery-picked the PS4 offerings for your consideration.
Alien: Isolation + Season Pass – $36.00/ $45.00
Alien: Isolation Season Pass – $12.00/ $15.00
Assassin’s Creed IV...
It’s a promotion that extends across all three of Sony’s main platforms – PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita – and in keeping with previous sales on the company’s digital storefront, Ps Plus subscribers will be entitled to an additional 10% discount. For the full, comprehensive list of sale items, you can consult Ps Blog, but here, we cheery-picked the PS4 offerings for your consideration.
Alien: Isolation + Season Pass – $36.00/ $45.00
Alien: Isolation Season Pass – $12.00/ $15.00
Assassin’s Creed IV...
- 5/20/2015
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Oh no, Dianna Agron. The Glee actress showed off a little more than she intended when leaving the Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty gala in London last night. The blonde beauty stepped out in a Johanna Ortiz navy and black low-cut gown and accidentally suffered a nip slip as she was seen making her way into her ride. The stunning fashionista paired her revealing look with a Hunting Season clutch, Annina Vogel jewels and Christian Louboutin heels, natch. Agron was previously in Paris where she was spotted attending several fashion week events like the Louis Vuitton show (alongside Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Selena Gomez and many more) and the Miu Miu Fall 2015 collection. Her minor wardrobe...
- 3/13/2015
- E! Online
Evolve stole the show for a lot of people at last year’s E3 conference. The asymmetrical shooter easily had some of the longest lines, as gamers were clamoring to taste something truly unique. And, for the most part, people walked away absolutely enthralled with what the game seemingly had to offer. Fast forward nine months later, and what’s arguably the first major release of 2015 is finally out in the open. Unfortunately, though, it simply cannot live up to its own hype.
I was taught when there’s an elephant in the room that you should introduce it. With Evolve, there is a pretty damn big elephant in the room. The Dlc plan here is absolutely atrocious, and every single person involved at Turtle Rock Studios should be ashamed of it. On the very first day, there was $85.88 worth of Dlc in the store, including the Hunting Season Pass.
I was taught when there’s an elephant in the room that you should introduce it. With Evolve, there is a pretty damn big elephant in the room. The Dlc plan here is absolutely atrocious, and every single person involved at Turtle Rock Studios should be ashamed of it. On the very first day, there was $85.88 worth of Dlc in the store, including the Hunting Season Pass.
- 2/17/2015
- by Chaz Neeler
- We Got This Covered
Turtle Rock Studios and publisher Take-Two kicked up quite the fuss a few weeks back when the companies detailed the exhaustive Dlc plans for their upcoming asymmetric shooter, Evolve. With all of the available editions saturating the market, many felt that the bonus content was designed to drive pre-order numbers; particularly in the case of the game’s fourth playable monster, Behemoth, which is available at the added cost of $14.99.
Nevertheless, Take-Two’s CEO Strauss Zelnick doesn’t necessarily see it from that perspective, stating that the studio is delivering a game choke full of playable content that is, ultimately, good value for your hard-earned money.
“There was some controversy start-up by an online post,” said Zelnick following the publisher’s earnings call.
“I guess, controversy, generally speaking, is a good thing. People can argue about the business model. I think we’re delivering a fantastic title that’s well...
Nevertheless, Take-Two’s CEO Strauss Zelnick doesn’t necessarily see it from that perspective, stating that the studio is delivering a game choke full of playable content that is, ultimately, good value for your hard-earned money.
“There was some controversy start-up by an online post,” said Zelnick following the publisher’s earnings call.
“I guess, controversy, generally speaking, is a good thing. People can argue about the business model. I think we’re delivering a fantastic title that’s well...
- 2/4/2015
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Forthcoming feature debut of Kirsten Tan wins $75,000 production prize.
Three production awards, worth a total of $200,000 (€160,000), have been handed out at the 7th TorinoFilmLab Meeting Event (Nov 23-26). Held within the Torino Film Festival, the event is a three-day international co-pro market and public presentation of the projects developed in the Tfl programmes during the year.
Within the FrameWork Programme, in which nine projects seeking co-production agreements were presented, the top prize of $75,000 (€60,000) went to Kirsten Tan’s Popeye.
The Singapore-Thailand production will mark Tan’s feature debut and centres on a disenchanted man who encounters his long-lost elephant on the streets of Bangkok and takes his old friend on a journey across the country in search of the farm where they grew up together.
The film was previously selected to participate in a project lab at Berlinale Talent’s Script Station 2014.
Recipients of $62,000 (€50,000) each were Natalia Garagiola’s Argentinean production Hunting Season and John Trengove’s South...
Three production awards, worth a total of $200,000 (€160,000), have been handed out at the 7th TorinoFilmLab Meeting Event (Nov 23-26). Held within the Torino Film Festival, the event is a three-day international co-pro market and public presentation of the projects developed in the Tfl programmes during the year.
Within the FrameWork Programme, in which nine projects seeking co-production agreements were presented, the top prize of $75,000 (€60,000) went to Kirsten Tan’s Popeye.
The Singapore-Thailand production will mark Tan’s feature debut and centres on a disenchanted man who encounters his long-lost elephant on the streets of Bangkok and takes his old friend on a journey across the country in search of the farm where they grew up together.
The film was previously selected to participate in a project lab at Berlinale Talent’s Script Station 2014.
Recipients of $62,000 (€50,000) each were Natalia Garagiola’s Argentinean production Hunting Season and John Trengove’s South...
- 11/27/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The Doha Film Institute has unveiled the spring recipients from its film grants programme, backing 21 projects from 14 countries.
Four projects from Qatar are included, and Turkish and Georgian filmmakers receive grants for the first time. 12 projects come from the Mena region.
The breakdown in backed projects is: 12 narrative feature films, 6 feature documentaries, 2 short films (one narrative and one documentary), and a web series.
The Dfi received 360 applications for this eighth funding session.
Fatma Al Remaihi, Acting CEO of Doha Film Institute, said: “After the success our granted films Theeb and Sivas met in Venice, we are really excited about this next round of projects, which reflect some compelling new voices in cinema. Our jurors were impressed by the range of stories and the diversity of the backgrounds of the filmmakers who submitted work.
“We are also pleased to see so many strong narrative and documentary projects being submitted by women, whose projects...
Four projects from Qatar are included, and Turkish and Georgian filmmakers receive grants for the first time. 12 projects come from the Mena region.
The breakdown in backed projects is: 12 narrative feature films, 6 feature documentaries, 2 short films (one narrative and one documentary), and a web series.
The Dfi received 360 applications for this eighth funding session.
Fatma Al Remaihi, Acting CEO of Doha Film Institute, said: “After the success our granted films Theeb and Sivas met in Venice, we are really excited about this next round of projects, which reflect some compelling new voices in cinema. Our jurors were impressed by the range of stories and the diversity of the backgrounds of the filmmakers who submitted work.
“We are also pleased to see so many strong narrative and documentary projects being submitted by women, whose projects...
- 9/29/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Mark your calendars, The Walking Dead fans: Hunting season begins October 12.
That’s the underlying message of the Season 5 key art AMC just released for its zombie-tastic smash, and we’ve got your first look.
Related Fall TV Spoilerpalooza: Exclusive Scoop and Photos From 42 Returning Favorites, Including The Walking Dead
“It feels thrilling to be able to be the leader, a man who is in doubt about his decision-making and what he is capable of doing to keep his family alive,” series star Andrew Lincoln told TVLine while previewing his Season 5 arc at San Diego Comic-Con last month. “And I...
That’s the underlying message of the Season 5 key art AMC just released for its zombie-tastic smash, and we’ve got your first look.
Related Fall TV Spoilerpalooza: Exclusive Scoop and Photos From 42 Returning Favorites, Including The Walking Dead
“It feels thrilling to be able to be the leader, a man who is in doubt about his decision-making and what he is capable of doing to keep his family alive,” series star Andrew Lincoln told TVLine while previewing his Season 5 arc at San Diego Comic-Con last month. “And I...
- 9/2/2014
- TVLine.com
ABC’s What Would You Do? has successfully mined content from public reaction to gay issues for years. They use actors to set up some sort of Lgbt scenario, then they film the public reaction. Many times, it’s so much better than you expect. And other times it isn’t.
This time out, Wwyd travels to Vicksburg, Ms and has two actors enter a restaurant and pose as an affectionate gay couple. (One of the actors is Hunting Season‘s Ben Baur) The reaction isn’t pretty. Some patrons quietly quote the Bible while claiming they don’t want to get involved, even when encouraged by an actor plant. Others giggle and make jokes, loudly. And the planted staff even go so far as to ask Ben and his boyfriend to leave because they’re disturbing other patrons, which is perfectly legal in Mississippi. Especially when cloaked in religious freedom.
This time out, Wwyd travels to Vicksburg, Ms and has two actors enter a restaurant and pose as an affectionate gay couple. (One of the actors is Hunting Season‘s Ben Baur) The reaction isn’t pretty. Some patrons quietly quote the Bible while claiming they don’t want to get involved, even when encouraged by an actor plant. Others giggle and make jokes, loudly. And the planted staff even go so far as to ask Ben and his boyfriend to leave because they’re disturbing other patrons, which is perfectly legal in Mississippi. Especially when cloaked in religious freedom.
- 6/2/2014
- by Ed Kennedy
- The Backlot
Seventh edition of the development scheme will include nine projects of first or second feature films.
TorinoFilmLab has unveiled its selection for FrameWork 2014.
The seventh edition of the development scheme will include nine projects of first or second feature films, representing ten countries. The participants will work on their projects throughout two week-long workshops under the guidance of international experts.
Following these workshops, there will be a public pitch at the TorinoFilmLab meeting event, held during the 32nd Torino Film Festival. The jury will assign production awards (starting from €50,000), while an audience award (€30,000) will be given to the project most voted for by the attending decision makers.
TorinoFilmLab’s partners will also award various prizes.
The projects, formed in majority from TorinoFilmLab’s Script&Pitch programme, are:
Aleli by Ana Guevara & Leticia Jorge, producer Agustina Chiarino (Uruguay)Carbon by Michalis Konstantatos, producer Yorgos Tsourgiannis (Greece)Hunting Season by Natalia Garagiola, producer Benjamin...
TorinoFilmLab has unveiled its selection for FrameWork 2014.
The seventh edition of the development scheme will include nine projects of first or second feature films, representing ten countries. The participants will work on their projects throughout two week-long workshops under the guidance of international experts.
Following these workshops, there will be a public pitch at the TorinoFilmLab meeting event, held during the 32nd Torino Film Festival. The jury will assign production awards (starting from €50,000), while an audience award (€30,000) will be given to the project most voted for by the attending decision makers.
TorinoFilmLab’s partners will also award various prizes.
The projects, formed in majority from TorinoFilmLab’s Script&Pitch programme, are:
Aleli by Ana Guevara & Leticia Jorge, producer Agustina Chiarino (Uruguay)Carbon by Michalis Konstantatos, producer Yorgos Tsourgiannis (Greece)Hunting Season by Natalia Garagiola, producer Benjamin...
- 5/18/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
I love it when I'm watching a movie and all of a sudden, out of nowhere there's a surprise appearance by a big, well-known actor. Sometimes the roles are funny, sometimes actors parody themselves, and then there are times when we get an incredible dramatic performance. There are a ton of great movie cameos out there, but I thought I'd put together a list of 20 cameos and small movie roles that I have enjoyed over the years.
There are some famous cameos such as Stan Lee's Marvel movie cameos and the Anchorman cameos that I purposely left off the list because they seem to be obvious choices.
Look over my list and let me know what your favorite movie cameos are in the comment section!
Bill Murray - Little Shop of Horrors
This is by far my favorite movie cameo of all time. Murray is absolutely hilarious in every way.
There are some famous cameos such as Stan Lee's Marvel movie cameos and the Anchorman cameos that I purposely left off the list because they seem to be obvious choices.
Look over my list and let me know what your favorite movie cameos are in the comment section!
Bill Murray - Little Shop of Horrors
This is by far my favorite movie cameo of all time. Murray is absolutely hilarious in every way.
- 5/8/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Hunting Season is the raw, fresh and funny web series that took the gay Internet by storm last year, when it played on LogoTV.com. Now producers are looking to start Season 2, but they need help from fans like you.
Creator Jon Marcus paid for Season One out of his own pocket and, while the show made enough money to recoup its costs, filming a second season is prohibitive. So Marcus and his team have launched a Kickstarter to help fund another season of this uncensored look at gay Manhattan. They’re looking to raise $150,000 by December 2, and is less than a quarter-way there. (You can make a donation here.)
What should we expect in Season 2? Marcus gives a little tease:
Alex will face challenges in Season 2 that make him question his true goals, and test him in ways he didn’t expect. Tommy, Tj, and the whole cast of...
Creator Jon Marcus paid for Season One out of his own pocket and, while the show made enough money to recoup its costs, filming a second season is prohibitive. So Marcus and his team have launched a Kickstarter to help fund another season of this uncensored look at gay Manhattan. They’re looking to raise $150,000 by December 2, and is less than a quarter-way there. (You can make a donation here.)
What should we expect in Season 2? Marcus gives a little tease:
Alex will face challenges in Season 2 that make him question his true goals, and test him in ways he didn’t expect. Tommy, Tj, and the whole cast of...
- 11/15/2013
- by Daniel Avery
- The Backlot
Patti Smith is busy turning her life with Robert Mapplethorpe into a movie. But who could play such iconic cultural figures? Patti says that one idea she had was Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. I'll just let that sink in for a minute.
Espn anonymously surveyed athletes in the NBA, NFL, NHL, and Mbl for their attitudes on a variety of subjects, including same-sex marriage. Overall, the results were positive, except in the NBA and Mlb, who oppose it by a slim margin. The NHL, home of the You Can Play Project, was 92.3% in favor.
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg donated $250,000 to the Maryland campaign to preserve marriage equality. Bloomberg has a lot of faults, but he's been remarkable on marriage.
Peter Berg, the creator of Friday Night Lights, is not happy that Mitt Romney is using "Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can't Lose" from his show in the campaign. "Mitt, we...
Espn anonymously surveyed athletes in the NBA, NFL, NHL, and Mbl for their attitudes on a variety of subjects, including same-sex marriage. Overall, the results were positive, except in the NBA and Mlb, who oppose it by a slim margin. The NHL, home of the You Can Play Project, was 92.3% in favor.
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg donated $250,000 to the Maryland campaign to preserve marriage equality. Bloomberg has a lot of faults, but he's been remarkable on marriage.
Peter Berg, the creator of Friday Night Lights, is not happy that Mitt Romney is using "Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can't Lose" from his show in the campaign. "Mitt, we...
- 10/14/2012
- by lostinmiami
- The Backlot
Hunting Season is Logo's provocative new web series
AfterElton: We’re talking with Jon Marcus, the man behind Hunting Season, the new web series airing on Logo and it’s based upon one of my favorite blogs from the early 2000’s, The Great C*ck Hunt. Jon, how did we get a 2003 era blog into a web series in 2012?
Jon Marcus: I’m so glad that you were a fan of the original blog, that makes me really happy to hear. I too was a fan of the blog. It started in ’06 and then continued through, I believe, ’08, and in the middle of that period, somewhere around 2007-2008, there were three gay television networks that all started out. Logo was one of them, obviously, and one called Here! and one called Q. Seeing as how I was working in television at the time I decided that one of these...
AfterElton: We’re talking with Jon Marcus, the man behind Hunting Season, the new web series airing on Logo and it’s based upon one of my favorite blogs from the early 2000’s, The Great C*ck Hunt. Jon, how did we get a 2003 era blog into a web series in 2012?
Jon Marcus: I’m so glad that you were a fan of the original blog, that makes me really happy to hear. I too was a fan of the blog. It started in ’06 and then continued through, I believe, ’08, and in the middle of that period, somewhere around 2007-2008, there were three gay television networks that all started out. Logo was one of them, obviously, and one called Here! and one called Q. Seeing as how I was working in television at the time I decided that one of these...
- 10/11/2012
- by lostinmiami
- The Backlot
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