Ahead of it's North American premiere here in Toronto next month Rlj Entertainment has acquired the North American rights for Paul Schrader's Dog Eat Dog starring Nicolas Cage and Willem Dafoe. As you will read in the press announcement excerpt below Rlj plans to release the film in cinemas and On Demand in November. I presume there will be a hard copy release shortly after that. Rlj Entertainment (Nasdaq: Rlje) has acquired all North American rights to the highly anticipated action thriller Dog Eat Dog. Based on the novel by Edward Bunker, Dog Eat Dog was written by Matthew Wilder (Your Name Here) and directed by Paul Schrader (Affliction, American Gigolo, Taxi Driver). The film stars Nicolas Cage (Snowden, Leaving Las Vegas), Willem Dafoe...
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- 8/26/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Bill Pullman is a familiar face that’s hard to define. The eighties found the actor taking a comedic direction with “Ruthless People” and “Spaceballs”; by early the next decade, he was heading into romantic territory in a string of studio romcoms that culminated with “While You Were Sleeping.” The late nineties epitomized the versatility of Pullman’s career, when his roles ranged from the disoriented center of a Kafkaesque nightmare in David Lynch’s “Lost Highway” to the committed U.S. president in the midst of alien invasion in “Independence Day.”
While that film and its rousing speech remain Pullman’s best-known achievement, they hardly begin to epitomize the sheer range of performances in the actor’s roster. Even as Pullman returned this year to play that character for “Independence Day: Resurgence,” he remains nimble as ever, preparing to star in the independent western “The Ballad of Lefty Brown” while developing a play.
While that film and its rousing speech remain Pullman’s best-known achievement, they hardly begin to epitomize the sheer range of performances in the actor’s roster. Even as Pullman returned this year to play that character for “Independence Day: Resurgence,” he remains nimble as ever, preparing to star in the independent western “The Ballad of Lefty Brown” while developing a play.
- 8/5/2016
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Screenplay for the feature film is being written by the Us screenwriter Matthew Wilder
Berlin-based producer Sandor Söth of Intuit Pictures has secured the rights for a fiction feature film inspired by Marcus Vetter and Karin Steinberger’s documentary thriller The Forecaster about one of the world’s most famous economic forecasters, Martin Armstrong, who the FBI tried to silence
The screenplay for the feature film is being written by the Us screenwriter Matthew Wilder (Your Name Here) who has worked in the past for such filmmakers as Oliver Stone and Bryan Singer.
The Forecaster is currently screening on 52 screens throughout Germany and is being sold internationally by Autlook Film Sales who has posted sales to France (Jupiter), Canada (Blue Ice), Spain (P40), Poland (Against Gravity), Italy (iWonder) and USA (Random Media), among others.
In addition, TV sales have been concluded with Al Jazeera Balcan, Tvo Canada, Vrt Belgium, Yle Finland, Tvo, Dbs Israel...
Berlin-based producer Sandor Söth of Intuit Pictures has secured the rights for a fiction feature film inspired by Marcus Vetter and Karin Steinberger’s documentary thriller The Forecaster about one of the world’s most famous economic forecasters, Martin Armstrong, who the FBI tried to silence
The screenplay for the feature film is being written by the Us screenwriter Matthew Wilder (Your Name Here) who has worked in the past for such filmmakers as Oliver Stone and Bryan Singer.
The Forecaster is currently screening on 52 screens throughout Germany and is being sold internationally by Autlook Film Sales who has posted sales to France (Jupiter), Canada (Blue Ice), Spain (P40), Poland (Against Gravity), Italy (iWonder) and USA (Random Media), among others.
In addition, TV sales have been concluded with Al Jazeera Balcan, Tvo Canada, Vrt Belgium, Yle Finland, Tvo, Dbs Israel...
- 5/19/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
On Wednesday, October 17, Your Name Here presents a one-night only staged reading of Love Poems for Dead Bodies by Martha Jane Kaufman as part of their Radical Acts series. The show will be held at Tada Theater, 15 West 28th Street at 7 pm with a talkback immediately following moderated by Pulitzer finalist Sarah Ruhl The Clean House, In the Next Room.
- 10/10/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Revenge! Once Upon A Time! The Office! General Hospital! The Good Wife! The TV Addict Week in Rewind
Favorite Candidate: Obama? Romney? More like Parenthood’s Max Braverman for President, change we can believe in.
Least Warm But Most Fuzzy Response: After Mitt Romney declared he loved Sesame Street but would cut funding to PBS if he were president, plans were immediately formed for the November 3 Million Muppet March.
Best Wedding: The last time General Hospital’s Sonny and Kate tried to get married, she took a literal bullet at the altar. This time, he took a figurative one thanks to her alter, Connie, who annouced she’d already married his nemesis, Johnny!
Best Extreme Makeover: Move over America’S Next Top Model, Parks And Recreation’s Ron Swason is in da house!
Best Extreme Makeover [Runner-Up]: Congratulations to Revenge’s Gabriel Mann, who in a complete contrast to say us, actually spent the summer working out!
Silliest Feud: A literal war of words broke out between...
Least Warm But Most Fuzzy Response: After Mitt Romney declared he loved Sesame Street but would cut funding to PBS if he were president, plans were immediately formed for the November 3 Million Muppet March.
Best Wedding: The last time General Hospital’s Sonny and Kate tried to get married, she took a literal bullet at the altar. This time, he took a figurative one thanks to her alter, Connie, who annouced she’d already married his nemesis, Johnny!
Best Extreme Makeover: Move over America’S Next Top Model, Parks And Recreation’s Ron Swason is in da house!
Best Extreme Makeover [Runner-Up]: Congratulations to Revenge’s Gabriel Mann, who in a complete contrast to say us, actually spent the summer working out!
Silliest Feud: A literal war of words broke out between...
- 10/5/2012
- by theTVaddict
- The TV Addict
Getty Images George Clooney arrives at the 84th Annual Academy Awards.
The 84th annual Academy Awards with host Billy Crystal are being held tonight and Speakeasy is live-blogging the show. We have reporters in the audience, in the press room and at the parties getting the latest on all the events of the night. Stars on hand for the show include George Clooney, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Penelope Ann Miller and Christopher Plummer. Top films in contention include “The Help,...
The 84th annual Academy Awards with host Billy Crystal are being held tonight and Speakeasy is live-blogging the show. We have reporters in the audience, in the press room and at the parties getting the latest on all the events of the night. Stars on hand for the show include George Clooney, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Penelope Ann Miller and Christopher Plummer. Top films in contention include “The Help,...
- 2/26/2012
- by WSJ Staff
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Adam Goldberg is in final talks to join the cast of Muse Productions' Linda Lovelace biopic "Inferno: A Linda Lovelace Story," opposite Malin Akerman as adult film star Linda Lovelace.According to Variety, Matthew Wilder ("Your Name Here") is directing from his own script, based on 1980's "Ordeal: An Autobiography" by Lovelace and Mike McGrady.Production is expected to start in early February in Louisiana.Muse Productions' Chris Hanley is producing with Jordan Gertner, along with Carlucci Weyant and Kevin Pugliese for Split Vision Entertainment. Rob Simmons and Peter O'Keefe are also producing for Jars Productions.Matt Dillon has been cast as Lovelace's abusive pornographer husband Chuck Traynor.The cast also includes Paz de la Huerta, Sasha Grey and Harold Perrineau.Lovelace shot to fame with...
- 1/4/2012
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
Like Alexander the Great, Steve Prefontaine, and Snow White before her, the late Deep Throat star Linda Lovelace suddenly has several producers prepping biopics simultaneously. The reluctant porn icon made her way into pop culture history with 1972′s Deep Throat, which was used as an informant code name during that year’s Watergate scandal and resurfaced with the Dennis Hopper-narrated documentary Inside Deep Throat, released in 2005 three years after Lovelace’s untimely death.
Today, EW confirmed that Juno Temple (left) and Wes Bentley have been added to the cast of Lovelace, Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s biopic, which...
Today, EW confirmed that Juno Temple (left) and Wes Bentley have been added to the cast of Lovelace, Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s biopic, which...
- 12/7/2011
- by Lanford Beard
- EW.com - PopWatch
Sharon Stone has joined the cast of the Linda Lovelace biopic "Inferno: A Linda Lovelace Story," opposite Malin Akerman as adult film star Linda Lovelace.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Matthew Wilder ("Your Name Here") is directing from his own script, based on 1980's "Ordeal: An Autobiography" by Lovelace and Mike McGrady.Muse Productions' Chris Hanley is producing with Jordan Gertner. Lovelace shot to fame with the landmark 1972 porno movie "Deep Throat," which was one of the first porn movies to reach into mainstream culture.Lovelace, whose real name was Linda Susan Boreman, later denounced her pornography career and became a spokeswoman for the anti-pornography movement.She died in 2002 following a car crash in Denver.Stone will play Lovelace's mother.There is another Lovelace...
- 11/18/2011
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
Linda Lovelace biopic Inferno: A Linda Lovelace Story has received a dose of welcome star-power, with the announcement that Sharon Stone has signed on to play Lovelace's mother. One of two Lovelace biopics currently in production, Inferno will star Malin Akerman as the former porn star turned feminist campaigner, with Your Name Here helmer Matthew Wilder in place to direct. Matt Dillon will play husband Chuck Traynor, whilst Lost star Harold Perrineau and real-life porn actress Sasha Grey are also set to appear. Lovelace was famed for her...
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- 11/17/2011
- by George Wales
- TotalFilm
Competing projects are a common occurrence in Hollywood. In the recent past, dueling killer asteroid, killer volcano and killer Truman Capote movies have all jostled for box office superiority. Now, we seem to have dueling Linda Lovelace flicks. (And, yes, I made up the "killer" part of the Truman Capote flicks, but wouldn't that have been awesome?)
It was announced yesterday that the lovely Amanda Seyfried will be bringing her soulful gaze and A-list esteem to bare bear in Lovelace, a film about the star of the infamous 1972 porn flick, Deep Throat. And, no, this is in no way connected to Inferno, the Lovelace movie from which Lindsay Lohan was unceremoniously fired a while back.
Of the two projects, Lovelace is shaping up to be the classier film. It is being directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, the team responsible for the highly regarded documentaries Where Are We?, The Celluloid Closet...
It was announced yesterday that the lovely Amanda Seyfried will be bringing her soulful gaze and A-list esteem to bare bear in Lovelace, a film about the star of the infamous 1972 porn flick, Deep Throat. And, no, this is in no way connected to Inferno, the Lovelace movie from which Lindsay Lohan was unceremoniously fired a while back.
Of the two projects, Lovelace is shaping up to be the classier film. It is being directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, the team responsible for the highly regarded documentaries Where Are We?, The Celluloid Closet...
- 11/2/2011
- by Theron
- Planet Fury
Set to hit DVD, VOD and Digital on August 23rd is Closed for the Season from director Jay Woelfel. It’s coming through Mti Home Video and hopefully it will live up to the excellent artwork accompanying its release. It does have clowns in it, which is always a good thing!
Trapped in a forgotten amusement park, a young girl finds herself terrorized by the living memories of the park. She must break free from the park’s grasp before she becomes its next victim.
Closed For The Season was written and directed by Jay Woelfel (Ghost Lake, Battlestar Galatica: The Seoond Coming), and produced by Jay Ellison (Lizzie) and Jon D. Wagner (Your Name Here). The film stars Aimee Brooks (Monster Man, Critters 3), Damian Maffei (Ghost Lake, Christmas With the Dead) and Joe Unger (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3).
The film was shot on...
Trapped in a forgotten amusement park, a young girl finds herself terrorized by the living memories of the park. She must break free from the park’s grasp before she becomes its next victim.
Closed For The Season was written and directed by Jay Woelfel (Ghost Lake, Battlestar Galatica: The Seoond Coming), and produced by Jay Ellison (Lizzie) and Jon D. Wagner (Your Name Here). The film stars Aimee Brooks (Monster Man, Critters 3), Damian Maffei (Ghost Lake, Christmas With the Dead) and Joe Unger (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3).
The film was shot on...
- 7/19/2011
- by Jude
- The Liberal Dead
The inside story of Matt Damon's bold yet sane plan to use his celebrity and smarts to help attack one of the globe's great crises.
Matt Damon, water warrior. He's not that interested in fancy galas as a way to raise money. "That seems very analog," he says. | In the Dogon region of Mali, a girl from the small village of Songhe scoops up water from a pit that has been dug deep into a dried-up riverbed. Mali faces continual water shortages, despite a rich aquifer. | Photographs by Damon Winters/The New York Times/Redux pictures (Damon); Stuart Franklin/Magnum (Girl)
Once upon a time, Matt Damon went for a long walk in rural Zambia. The devoted family man and method philanthropist was accompanying a 14-year-old Zambian girl who had no idea that her hiking companion was an Academy Award-winning international heartthrob.
The walk came toward the end of a 10-day African journey,...
Matt Damon, water warrior. He's not that interested in fancy galas as a way to raise money. "That seems very analog," he says. | In the Dogon region of Mali, a girl from the small village of Songhe scoops up water from a pit that has been dug deep into a dried-up riverbed. Mali faces continual water shortages, despite a rich aquifer. | Photographs by Damon Winters/The New York Times/Redux pictures (Damon); Stuart Franklin/Magnum (Girl)
Once upon a time, Matt Damon went for a long walk in rural Zambia. The devoted family man and method philanthropist was accompanying a 14-year-old Zambian girl who had no idea that her hiking companion was an Academy Award-winning international heartthrob.
The walk came toward the end of a 10-day African journey,...
- 6/20/2011
- by Ellen Mcgirt
- Fast Company
As hip-hop is revitalized by an influx of youthful aggressors, Atmosphere has started getting interesting again just as the anger fades from its music. The shift began with 2008’s When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold, as Slug’s undeniable gift for pathos evolved into a sympathetic, storytelling everyman stance. That shift has solidified on The Family Sign, the sixth full-length from the Minneapolis crew. Listening to piano-heavy downers like “The Last To Stay” or “Your Name Here,” it’s easy to picture Slug at the ivories, wearing a tux and sipping bourbon as he raps ...
- 4/12/2011
- avclub.com
Closed for the Season Let the Carnie Games Begin... August 23rd on DVD, VOD and Digital.
Mti Home Video, the premier studio for independent films, including recently released hits like Respire & The Haunting of Amelia, has acquired Closed For The Season fromArtist View Entertainment for an August 23rd DVD, VOD and Digital release.
In the film a young woman finds herself trapped in a forgotten amusement park, terrorized by its living memories. She must break free from the park's grasp, before she becomes its next victim.
Closed For The Season was written and directed by Jay Woelfel (Ghost Lake, Battlestar Galatica: The Seoond Coming), and produced by Jay Ellison (Lizzie) and Jon D. Wagner (Your Name Here). The film stars Aimee Brooks (Monster Man, Critters 3), Damian Maffei (Ghost Lake, Christmas With the Dead) and Joe Unger (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3).
The film was shot...
Mti Home Video, the premier studio for independent films, including recently released hits like Respire & The Haunting of Amelia, has acquired Closed For The Season fromArtist View Entertainment for an August 23rd DVD, VOD and Digital release.
In the film a young woman finds herself trapped in a forgotten amusement park, terrorized by its living memories. She must break free from the park's grasp, before she becomes its next victim.
Closed For The Season was written and directed by Jay Woelfel (Ghost Lake, Battlestar Galatica: The Seoond Coming), and produced by Jay Ellison (Lizzie) and Jon D. Wagner (Your Name Here). The film stars Aimee Brooks (Monster Man, Critters 3), Damian Maffei (Ghost Lake, Christmas With the Dead) and Joe Unger (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3).
The film was shot...
- 4/6/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
Malin Akerman will star in the Linda Lovelace biopic "Inferno: A Linda Lovelace Story," replacing Lindsay Lohan. According to Variety, Matthew Wilder ("Your Name Here") is directing from his own script, based on 1980's "Ordeal: An Autobiography" by Lovelace and Mike McGrady.Muse Productions' Chris Hanley is producing with Jordan Gertner. Lohan was set to play the role of Lovelace earlier this year but Wilder indicated over the weekend that her continuous legal troubles and the impossibility of insuring her required him to seek another actress. Lohan was ordered last month by a judge to remain at a rehabilitation facility in Rancho Mirage, California until January 3, 2011.Lovelace shot to fame with the landmark 1972 porno movie "Deep Throat," which was...
- 11/22/2010
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
Lindsay Lohan faces the biggest crisis of her troubled career. She will spend the next two weeks in an L.A. jail and then 90 more days in rehab. This means she won't be available to promote her next film, the Robert Rodriguez action flick "Machete," which opens Sept. 3. And her summer in the slammer has delayed production on "Inferno," in which she is to play 1970s adult film star Linda Lovelace. That project holds promise and if done right could have Hollywood talking about Lohan's acting ability rather than her antics. However, writer-director Matthew Wilder has just one credit to his name -- the 2008 dark comedy "Your Name Here" inspired by the life...
- 7/21/2010
- by tomoneil
- Gold Derby
The first photos of Lindsay Lohan as Linda Lovelace in Inferno have debuted online, courtesy of set photographer Tyler Shields (as spotted by The Playlist ). On his site, Shields has posted several poster mock-ups for the Matthew Wilder film which tells the story of the porn actress who became famous for 1972's Deep Throat . Inferno looks to be moving into production now with a script by Wilder based on Lovelace's own autobiography, "Ordeal." Wilder's first film, Your Name Here was loosely based on the life of Philip K. Dick and starred Bill Pullman. Click the image below for more photos on Shields' website.
- 5/27/2010
- Comingsoon.net
An official announcement is expected at Cannes next week that Lindsay Lohan is set to play the star of the infamous 1972 porn film, Deep Throat, in a new biopic
For an actor whose every iffy career decision is gleefully reported in the tabloid press, it would appear to be something of a brave move. Former child star Lindsay Lohan is to play the porn star Linda Lovelace in a forthcoming biopic, according to several Us reports.
The La Times quotes a producer on the independent production, to be titled Inferno, who confirms that Lohan has signed on the dotted line to play the star of infamous 1972 film Deep Throat. The official announcement will most likely be made at next week's Cannes film festival, which the actor is likely to attend.
"We've all thought that Lindsay would be a great choice for a while now, and we're all convinced that she is going to do it,...
For an actor whose every iffy career decision is gleefully reported in the tabloid press, it would appear to be something of a brave move. Former child star Lindsay Lohan is to play the porn star Linda Lovelace in a forthcoming biopic, according to several Us reports.
The La Times quotes a producer on the independent production, to be titled Inferno, who confirms that Lohan has signed on the dotted line to play the star of infamous 1972 film Deep Throat. The official announcement will most likely be made at next week's Cannes film festival, which the actor is likely to attend.
"We've all thought that Lindsay would be a great choice for a while now, and we're all convinced that she is going to do it,...
- 5/5/2010
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Anything that Stella McCartney can do, Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone Penn Ritchie Insert Your Name Here And Win A Prize! obviously feels she can do better. She's just inked a deal with Iconix Brand Group that will see her producing a range of clothes for children that will be sold at Macy.
The Mg Icon range (that's Material Girl) will cost between $12 and $40 and comprise of back-to-school apparel, footwear, handbags, and jewelry. It'll be interesting to know which of her looks the once-chameleonic star will take inspiration from. As far as I can remember, the Disco Slut era was followed by the Lapsed Catholic Slut era, which in turn begat the Days of Tassels-On-Ma-Wotsits, and Italians Do It Better. What is most ironic about this announcement is that, while once she really was a fashion icon, recent years have seen her pottering about in Adidas tracksuits, Ed Hardy tees, and big puffy anoraks.
The Mg Icon range (that's Material Girl) will cost between $12 and $40 and comprise of back-to-school apparel, footwear, handbags, and jewelry. It'll be interesting to know which of her looks the once-chameleonic star will take inspiration from. As far as I can remember, the Disco Slut era was followed by the Lapsed Catholic Slut era, which in turn begat the Days of Tassels-On-Ma-Wotsits, and Italians Do It Better. What is most ironic about this announcement is that, while once she really was a fashion icon, recent years have seen her pottering about in Adidas tracksuits, Ed Hardy tees, and big puffy anoraks.
- 3/12/2010
- by Addy Dugdale
- Fast Company
Bill Pullman may not be the first person who comes to mind when you think “genre veteran.” But the actor who is perhaps best known for such populist entertainments as Independence Day and While You Were Sleeping has taken a number of cinematic trips to the dark side, most notably under the guidance of the Lynch family. Having starred in David’s 1997 mind-teaser Lost Highway, he now can be seen as the lead in daughter Jennifer’s Surveillance, out this week on DVD and Blu-ray from Magnolia Home Entertainment’s Magnet Pictures banner.
Pullman stars in the film with Julia Ormond as FBI agents Hallaway and Anderson, who arrive at a rural police station to investigate a grisly roadside massacre. A trio of badly shaken witnesses survived the bloody incident, and the particulars of what happened gradually come together through their dramatized recollections as they are separately interviewed. One, a...
Pullman stars in the film with Julia Ormond as FBI agents Hallaway and Anderson, who arrive at a rural police station to investigate a grisly roadside massacre. A trio of badly shaken witnesses survived the bloody incident, and the particulars of what happened gradually come together through their dramatized recollections as they are separately interviewed. One, a...
- 8/19/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
Sure, we sent the festival guide to the printer, but for whatever reason, we just didn't stop working on getting more amazing films for you guys to watch.
Since the close of the printed guide, here are the late additions to the festival lineup:
Vinyan (dir. Fabrice du Welz, 2008, France)
Fabrice du Welz's follow up to the brutal Calvaire (Fantastic Fest official selection 2005) was one of the most wildly anticipated films in the genre fan community this year. The film recently world-premiered at Venice and is now heading to Austin for it's Us Premiere. Vinyan is a controversial and harrowing journey into the spiritual darkness that envelops two grieving parents as they search Thailand and Burma against all hope for their son, whom they believe may have survived the giant Indian Ocean tsunami disaster.
Your Name Here (dir. Matthew Wilder, 2008, USA)
With actor Bill Pullman live in person!
A surreal...
Since the close of the printed guide, here are the late additions to the festival lineup:
Vinyan (dir. Fabrice du Welz, 2008, France)
Fabrice du Welz's follow up to the brutal Calvaire (Fantastic Fest official selection 2005) was one of the most wildly anticipated films in the genre fan community this year. The film recently world-premiered at Venice and is now heading to Austin for it's Us Premiere. Vinyan is a controversial and harrowing journey into the spiritual darkness that envelops two grieving parents as they search Thailand and Burma against all hope for their son, whom they believe may have survived the giant Indian Ocean tsunami disaster.
Your Name Here (dir. Matthew Wilder, 2008, USA)
With actor Bill Pullman live in person!
A surreal...
- 9/15/2008
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tim League)
- FantasticFest.com
Sure, we sent the festival guide to the printer, but for whatever reason, we just didn't stop working on getting more amazing films for you guys to watch.
Since the close of the printed guide, here are the late additions to the festival lineup:
Vinyan (dir. Fabrice du Welz, 2008, France)
Fabrice du Welz's follow up to the brutal Calvaire (Fantastic Fest official selection 2005) was one of the most wildly anticipated films in the genre fan community this year. The film just world-premiered at Venice and it's now heading to Austin for it's Us Premiere. Vinyan is a controversial and harrowing journey into the spiritual darkness that envelops two grieving parents as they search Thailand and Burma against all hope for their son, whom they believe may have survived the giant Indian Ocean tsunami disaster.
Your Name Here (dir. Matthew Wilder, 2008, USA)
With actor Bill Pullman live in person!
A surreal...
Since the close of the printed guide, here are the late additions to the festival lineup:
Vinyan (dir. Fabrice du Welz, 2008, France)
Fabrice du Welz's follow up to the brutal Calvaire (Fantastic Fest official selection 2005) was one of the most wildly anticipated films in the genre fan community this year. The film just world-premiered at Venice and it's now heading to Austin for it's Us Premiere. Vinyan is a controversial and harrowing journey into the spiritual darkness that envelops two grieving parents as they search Thailand and Burma against all hope for their son, whom they believe may have survived the giant Indian Ocean tsunami disaster.
Your Name Here (dir. Matthew Wilder, 2008, USA)
With actor Bill Pullman live in person!
A surreal...
- 9/15/2008
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tim League)
- FantasticFest.com
We just got confirmation that Bill Pullman will be coming to Fantastic Fest in support of two of his films in the 2008 Fantastic Fest lineup, Your Name Here and Surveillance.
Your Name Here, a late addition to the festival, is a surreal fantasia -- part grindhouse mutant and part arthouse object -- that imagines a day in the summer of 1974 when America's greatest science-fiction writer, William J. Frick (inspired by the public life of Philip K. Dick and portrayed by Bill Pullman) wakes up to discover he is living inside his own paranoid science fiction.
We're all fans of Bill Pullman up in the programming office and are really excited about this late breaking news. For me the fondness began with Spaceballs, for Henri, I feel safe to say it was Newsies. Anyway, film historians of the future will be calling 2008 the year of Bill Pullman with the one-two combination...
Your Name Here, a late addition to the festival, is a surreal fantasia -- part grindhouse mutant and part arthouse object -- that imagines a day in the summer of 1974 when America's greatest science-fiction writer, William J. Frick (inspired by the public life of Philip K. Dick and portrayed by Bill Pullman) wakes up to discover he is living inside his own paranoid science fiction.
We're all fans of Bill Pullman up in the programming office and are really excited about this late breaking news. For me the fondness began with Spaceballs, for Henri, I feel safe to say it was Newsies. Anyway, film historians of the future will be calling 2008 the year of Bill Pullman with the one-two combination...
- 9/14/2008
- by Tim League
- OriginalAlamo.com
We just got confirmation that Bill Pullman will be coming to Fantastic Fest in support of two of his films in the 2008 Fantastic Fest lineup, Your Name Here and Surveillance.
Your Name Here, a late addition to the festival, is a surreal fantasia -- part grindhouse mutant and part arthouse object -- that imagines a day in the summer of 1974 when America's greatest science-fiction writer, William J. Frick (inspired by the public life of Philip K. Dick and portrayed by Bill Pullman) wakes up to discover he is living inside his own paranoid science fiction.
We're all fans of Bill Pullman up in the programming office and are really excited about this late breaking news. For me the fondness began with Spaceballs, for Henri, I feel safe to say it was Newsies. Anyway, film historians of the future will be calling 2008 the year of Bill Pullman with the one-two combination...
Your Name Here, a late addition to the festival, is a surreal fantasia -- part grindhouse mutant and part arthouse object -- that imagines a day in the summer of 1974 when America's greatest science-fiction writer, William J. Frick (inspired by the public life of Philip K. Dick and portrayed by Bill Pullman) wakes up to discover he is living inside his own paranoid science fiction.
We're all fans of Bill Pullman up in the programming office and are really excited about this late breaking news. For me the fondness began with Spaceballs, for Henri, I feel safe to say it was Newsies. Anyway, film historians of the future will be calling 2008 the year of Bill Pullman with the one-two combination...
- 9/14/2008
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tim League)
- FantasticFest.com
Toronto -- The Montreal World Film Festival on Monday gave its top jury prize to Japanese director Yojiro Takita's "Okuribito" (Departures), but saw its top audience awards go to Canadian documentary filmmaker Benoit Pilon's debut fiction drama "The Necessities of Life."
The Montreal jury, led by U.S. director Mark Rydell, gave the Grand Prix of the Americas prize to Takita's drama about an out-of-work cellist who leaves Tokyo to return to his hometown to become an undertaker.
At the same time, the festival jury also gave the Special Grand Prix award to Pilon's feature about an Inuit man suffering from tuberculosis in 1950s Quebec. The period drama also earned the most popular film nod, voted on by filmgoers, and the audience award for most popular Canadian film.
Other jury awards in Montreal include Serbian director Goran Markovic's prize as best director for "The Tour," which also grabbed the Fipresci prize.
The Montreal jury, led by U.S. director Mark Rydell, gave the Grand Prix of the Americas prize to Takita's drama about an out-of-work cellist who leaves Tokyo to return to his hometown to become an undertaker.
At the same time, the festival jury also gave the Special Grand Prix award to Pilon's feature about an Inuit man suffering from tuberculosis in 1950s Quebec. The period drama also earned the most popular film nod, voted on by filmgoers, and the audience award for most popular Canadian film.
Other jury awards in Montreal include Serbian director Goran Markovic's prize as best director for "The Tour," which also grabbed the Fipresci prize.
- 9/1/2008
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Montreal -- The Montreal World Film Festival got off to a tuneful start Thursday night with the world premiere of French director Christophe Barratier's "Faubourg 36" from Pathe Distribution.
Barratier strode up the red carpet to the "Chariots of Fire" theme, to introduce his drama about three Parisian dance hall veterans -- played by Gerard Jugnot, Clovis Cornillac and Kad Merad -- who mount their own show amid a workers' revolt.
Declaring the fest's financial struggles of recent years behind him, festival director Serge Losique praised "Faubourg 36" as representative of "great cinema" and memorable music.
After the Montreal jury -- led by U.S. director Mary Rydell -- was introduced, festival co-director Danielle Cauchard thanked corporate sponsors who have thrown the event a lifeline.
The festival also paid tribute to veteran Hollywood producer Alan Ladd Jr., whose credits include the aforementioned "Chariots."
With Montreal bumping up against Toronto and Venice,...
Barratier strode up the red carpet to the "Chariots of Fire" theme, to introduce his drama about three Parisian dance hall veterans -- played by Gerard Jugnot, Clovis Cornillac and Kad Merad -- who mount their own show amid a workers' revolt.
Declaring the fest's financial struggles of recent years behind him, festival director Serge Losique praised "Faubourg 36" as representative of "great cinema" and memorable music.
After the Montreal jury -- led by U.S. director Mary Rydell -- was introduced, festival co-director Danielle Cauchard thanked corporate sponsors who have thrown the event a lifeline.
The festival also paid tribute to veteran Hollywood producer Alan Ladd Jr., whose credits include the aforementioned "Chariots."
With Montreal bumping up against Toronto and Venice,...
- 8/21/2008
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 10th annual CineVegas Film Festival, set for June 12-21 at the Palms Casino Resort and the Brenden Theatres in Las Vegas, will kick off with the world premiere of Peter Cattaneo's The Rocker, starring Rainn Wilson as a failed drummer who joins his nephew's high school rock band.
Sean McGinly's The Great Buck Howard, starring John Malkovich, Colin Hanks, Emily Blunt and Tom Hanks, will close the fest.
CineVegas, under the leadership of artistic director Trevor Groth, will host several other world premieres, including Ben Rodkin's Big Heart City; the neo-noir musical Dark Streets from director Rachel Samuels; the comedy Happy Birthday, Harris Malden, from Sweaty Robot, a Philadelphia comedy troupe; Josh Fox's Memorial Day; Rolf Belgum's She Unfolds by Day; J.L. Vara's South of Heaven; and Matthew Wilder's Your Name Here.
The fest will also hold a new competitive section for documentaries that will include Aaron Rose's Beautiful Losers; Abel Ferrara's Chelsea on the Rocks; Nicola Collins' The End; Paul Eagleston and Stephen Rose's Hi My Name Is Ryan; Dan Lindsay's "Road to the World Series of Beer Pong "; and John Corey's Lost in the Fog .
The fest line-up will also include a group of films from first and second-time Mexican filmmakers under the sidebar title La Proxima Ola; Vegas Uncovered, a special section of documentaries about Las Vegas; Diamond Discoveries, a sampling of new indie features seeking distribution; and Sure Bets, advance screening of indie features that are set for release.
Sean McGinly's The Great Buck Howard, starring John Malkovich, Colin Hanks, Emily Blunt and Tom Hanks, will close the fest.
CineVegas, under the leadership of artistic director Trevor Groth, will host several other world premieres, including Ben Rodkin's Big Heart City; the neo-noir musical Dark Streets from director Rachel Samuels; the comedy Happy Birthday, Harris Malden, from Sweaty Robot, a Philadelphia comedy troupe; Josh Fox's Memorial Day; Rolf Belgum's She Unfolds by Day; J.L. Vara's South of Heaven; and Matthew Wilder's Your Name Here.
The fest will also hold a new competitive section for documentaries that will include Aaron Rose's Beautiful Losers; Abel Ferrara's Chelsea on the Rocks; Nicola Collins' The End; Paul Eagleston and Stephen Rose's Hi My Name Is Ryan; Dan Lindsay's "Road to the World Series of Beer Pong "; and John Corey's Lost in the Fog .
The fest line-up will also include a group of films from first and second-time Mexican filmmakers under the sidebar title La Proxima Ola; Vegas Uncovered, a special section of documentaries about Las Vegas; Diamond Discoveries, a sampling of new indie features seeking distribution; and Sure Bets, advance screening of indie features that are set for release.
Former Lost cast member Harold Perrineau has sailed to a co-starring role on CBS' drama pilot Demons.
The project, from CBS Paramount Network TV, centers on Gus, an ex-Jesuit priest-psychologist who performs exorcisms. Perrineau will play a priest who has known Gus since seminary and is his confessor, confidante and good friend.
For two seasons, Perrineau co-starred on Lost as single father Michael Dawson who sailed off with his son in the show's Season 2 finale.
There has been talk about Perrineau possibly returning to the Emmy-winning adventure series, but sources said the sides could not reach an agreement.
Perrineau will next be seen in the features 28 Weeks, Gardens of the Night and Your Name Here. He is repped by APA.
The project, from CBS Paramount Network TV, centers on Gus, an ex-Jesuit priest-psychologist who performs exorcisms. Perrineau will play a priest who has known Gus since seminary and is his confessor, confidante and good friend.
For two seasons, Perrineau co-starred on Lost as single father Michael Dawson who sailed off with his son in the show's Season 2 finale.
There has been talk about Perrineau possibly returning to the Emmy-winning adventure series, but sources said the sides could not reach an agreement.
Perrineau will next be seen in the features 28 Weeks, Gardens of the Night and Your Name Here. He is repped by APA.
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