Exclusive: Searchlight has set five more for major roles in its Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, directed by James Mangold and starring Timothée Chalamet: Boyd Holbrook (The Bikeriders), Scoot McNairy (Argo), Dan Fogler (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them), Will Harrison (Daisy Jones & The Six) and Charlie Tahan (Ozark).
Character details are under wraps. Pic is now in production in New Jersey.
Other new additions include P.J. Byrne (Babylon), Eli Brown (Gossip Girl), Nick Pupo (Halt and Catch Fire), Big Bill Morganfield, Laura Kariuki, Eric Berryman (Atlanta), David Alan Basche (Egg), Joe Tippett (Monarch) and James Austin Johnson (Saturday Night Live).
Set in the influential New York music scene of the early ’60s, A Complete Unknown follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan’s (Chalamet) meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts — his songs and mystique becoming a worldwide sensation...
Character details are under wraps. Pic is now in production in New Jersey.
Other new additions include P.J. Byrne (Babylon), Eli Brown (Gossip Girl), Nick Pupo (Halt and Catch Fire), Big Bill Morganfield, Laura Kariuki, Eric Berryman (Atlanta), David Alan Basche (Egg), Joe Tippett (Monarch) and James Austin Johnson (Saturday Night Live).
Set in the influential New York music scene of the early ’60s, A Complete Unknown follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan’s (Chalamet) meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts — his songs and mystique becoming a worldwide sensation...
- 3/25/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Sugar23 has signed Charlie Tahan, the actor, writer, and director best known for his breakout starring role on Netflix’s Ozark, for management.
For a refresher, the Emmy-winning Ozark follows the seemingly ordinary financial planner, Marty Byrde (Jason Bateman), who becomes entangled in a dangerous world of money laundering and drug cartels. When a scheme goes awry, he’s forced to relocate his family from Chicago to the remote Ozarks in Missouri to launder money for a cartel, working to outmaneuver local criminals, corrupt officials, and his own fractured family dynamics.
Tahan’s character is Wyatt Langmore — cousin of Julia Garner’s Ruth — a member of a local crime family who proves an intelligent and introspective fan favorite, in spite of his troubled upbringing. His work as part of the ensemble earned him three SAG Award nominations between 2019 and 2023.
Most recently seen starring alongside Christian Bale in Scott Cooper...
For a refresher, the Emmy-winning Ozark follows the seemingly ordinary financial planner, Marty Byrde (Jason Bateman), who becomes entangled in a dangerous world of money laundering and drug cartels. When a scheme goes awry, he’s forced to relocate his family from Chicago to the remote Ozarks in Missouri to launder money for a cartel, working to outmaneuver local criminals, corrupt officials, and his own fractured family dynamics.
Tahan’s character is Wyatt Langmore — cousin of Julia Garner’s Ruth — a member of a local crime family who proves an intelligent and introspective fan favorite, in spite of his troubled upbringing. His work as part of the ensemble earned him three SAG Award nominations between 2019 and 2023.
Most recently seen starring alongside Christian Bale in Scott Cooper...
- 3/21/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Madison Iseman (Jumanji franchise), Aaron Dominguez (Only Murders in the Building), Antonia Desplat (Shantaram) and Charlie Tahan (Ozark) have signed on to star alongside Stranger Things‘ Jamie Campbell Bower in Chuck Russell’s remake of the ’80s supernatural horror Witchboard, which is now in production in Montreal.
The new film watches as recovering drug addict Emily (Iseman), her fiancé Christian (Dominguez) and a group of their friends open an organic café, refurbishing an old carriage house in New Orleans’ French Quarter. A darkness descends over Emily when she discovers an ancient pendulum board, once used to summon spirits, with Christian then seeking help for Emily from occult expert Alexander Babtiste. Babtiste, however, has secrets of his own, knowing the fateful bloodlines that binds them all to the Witchboard. A modern coven of White Witches, a masked ball at Babtiste’s mansion, and the legacy of Naga Soth, the Queen of Witches,...
The new film watches as recovering drug addict Emily (Iseman), her fiancé Christian (Dominguez) and a group of their friends open an organic café, refurbishing an old carriage house in New Orleans’ French Quarter. A darkness descends over Emily when she discovers an ancient pendulum board, once used to summon spirits, with Christian then seeking help for Emily from occult expert Alexander Babtiste. Babtiste, however, has secrets of his own, knowing the fateful bloodlines that binds them all to the Witchboard. A modern coven of White Witches, a masked ball at Babtiste’s mansion, and the legacy of Naga Soth, the Queen of Witches,...
- 5/1/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Lionsgate has released the first image for Adele Lim’s “Joy Ride,” a comedy feature starring Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu, Ashley Park, Sherry Cola and Sabrina Wu.
The film is set to release in theaters June 23.
“Joy Ride” tells the raunchy story of how four unlikely friends embark on a once-in-a-lifetime international adventure. After Audrey’s (Park) business trip to Asia goes doesn’t go according to plan, she recruits her childhood best friend, Lolo (Cola), her college friend turned Chinese soap star, Kat (Hsu) and Lolo’s eccentric cousin and Deadeye (Wu). “The four friends’ epic experience becomes a journey of bonding, friendship, belonging, and wild debauchery, ultimately revealing the universal truth of what it means to know and love who you are.
“Joy Ride” was written by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Teresa Hsiao. The film was produced by director Adele Lim, writers Chevapravatdumrong and Hsiao, and Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg,...
The film is set to release in theaters June 23.
“Joy Ride” tells the raunchy story of how four unlikely friends embark on a once-in-a-lifetime international adventure. After Audrey’s (Park) business trip to Asia goes doesn’t go according to plan, she recruits her childhood best friend, Lolo (Cola), her college friend turned Chinese soap star, Kat (Hsu) and Lolo’s eccentric cousin and Deadeye (Wu). “The four friends’ epic experience becomes a journey of bonding, friendship, belonging, and wild debauchery, ultimately revealing the universal truth of what it means to know and love who you are.
“Joy Ride” was written by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Teresa Hsiao. The film was produced by director Adele Lim, writers Chevapravatdumrong and Hsiao, and Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg,...
- 2/7/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay, Charna Flam and Julia MacCary
- Variety Film + TV
Laika’s planned expansion into the realm of live-action was furthered on Tuesday, with the announcement that longtime Netflix executive Matt Levin will be joining the studio in the newly created role of President, Live-Action Film & Series.
The venerated Oregon animation studio’s hire comes amidst development on its first live-action project — a feature adaptation of the action-thriller novel Seventeen by screenwriter John Brownlow.
Levin joins the stop-motion specialist following eight years at Netflix, where he most recently served as Director, Original Independent Film. He co-founded that department and is credited with helping it grow into a full-scale mini-major. His direct report at Laika is President & CEO Travis Knight, who also helmed the company’s acclaimed 2016 feature, Kubo and the Two Strings.
Knight remarked in a statement that “Matt Levin is an awesome dude. Both a steely-eyed pragmatist and a starry-eyed dreamer, Matt is the perfect partner...
The venerated Oregon animation studio’s hire comes amidst development on its first live-action project — a feature adaptation of the action-thriller novel Seventeen by screenwriter John Brownlow.
Levin joins the stop-motion specialist following eight years at Netflix, where he most recently served as Director, Original Independent Film. He co-founded that department and is credited with helping it grow into a full-scale mini-major. His direct report at Laika is President & CEO Travis Knight, who also helmed the company’s acclaimed 2016 feature, Kubo and the Two Strings.
Knight remarked in a statement that “Matt Levin is an awesome dude. Both a steely-eyed pragmatist and a starry-eyed dreamer, Matt is the perfect partner...
- 2/7/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The 2023 Sundance Film Festival once again returned to Park City, Utah in-person, but it also had an online program that hosted the majority of its film slate. However, some titles, such as Celine Song’s Past Lives and John Carney’s Flora and Son, only played for in-person attendants. Showbiz Cheat Sheet only covered Sundance remotely for 2023, but here are the 10 films we saw that stood above the rest.
L-r: ‘Passages,’ ‘Rye Lane,’ ‘Shayda,’ and ‘A Thousand and One’ | Mubi, Searchlight Pictures, Courtesy of Sundance Institute, Courtesy of Sundance Institute 10. ‘Fairyland’ L-r: Cody Fern as Eddie Body, Scoot McNairy as Steve Abbott, and Nessa Dougherty as Younger Alysia Abbott | Courtesy of Sundance Institute
Fairyland marks the directorial feature debut for Andrew Durham, which follows a young girl who moves to 1970s San Francisco with her gay dad after her mom’s death. It’s based on a marvelous novel of the same name.
L-r: ‘Passages,’ ‘Rye Lane,’ ‘Shayda,’ and ‘A Thousand and One’ | Mubi, Searchlight Pictures, Courtesy of Sundance Institute, Courtesy of Sundance Institute 10. ‘Fairyland’ L-r: Cody Fern as Eddie Body, Scoot McNairy as Steve Abbott, and Nessa Dougherty as Younger Alysia Abbott | Courtesy of Sundance Institute
Fairyland marks the directorial feature debut for Andrew Durham, which follows a young girl who moves to 1970s San Francisco with her gay dad after her mom’s death. It’s based on a marvelous novel of the same name.
- 1/31/2023
- by Jeff Nelson
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Editor’s note: This review was originally published at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. A24 releases the film in theaters on Friday, May 26.
Filmmaker Nicole Holofcener has long been one of our foremost chroniclers of the minutiae of everyday life, someone uniquely equipped to marry the very funny with the very honest, the sort of creator who makes things that hurt, in both good and bad ways. For her first original feature in a decade — she’s been making plenty of TV in recent years, and in 2018, directed and scripted the Ted Thompson adaptation “The Land of Steady Habits” — Holofcener returns to classic territory: a New York City story about neuroses and good intentions and the slights that keep us at night. It’s, of course, about love.
And while “You Hurt My Feelings” is not without all the things Holofencer does so very well — all that honesty, all that understanding...
Filmmaker Nicole Holofcener has long been one of our foremost chroniclers of the minutiae of everyday life, someone uniquely equipped to marry the very funny with the very honest, the sort of creator who makes things that hurt, in both good and bad ways. For her first original feature in a decade — she’s been making plenty of TV in recent years, and in 2018, directed and scripted the Ted Thompson adaptation “The Land of Steady Habits” — Holofcener returns to classic territory: a New York City story about neuroses and good intentions and the slights that keep us at night. It’s, of course, about love.
And while “You Hurt My Feelings” is not without all the things Holofencer does so very well — all that honesty, all that understanding...
- 1/23/2023
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Edie Falco has landed a leading role in the Peacock series Bupkis, a half-hour live-action comedy that tells a fictionalized version of Pete Davidson‘s life. Falco will play the role of Davidson’s mom.
Falco and Davidson revealed the casting in person at the NBCUniversal Upfront presentation on Monday.
“I’m so excited to be playing your mother in this show, Pete,” the Sopranos star said, giving a nod to her Emmy-winning role. “Finally, I get to play an overwhelmed mother of two living in a world of corruption. Except this time, it’s Staten Island.”
Falco and Davidson joked about Bupkis streaming on Peacock.
“I can’t believe we are going to be on Peacock, the streamer that is responsible for so so many great shows like MacGruber and the reruns of The Office,” Davidson said. “So look out for our new show streaming on the ‘Cock.
Falco and Davidson revealed the casting in person at the NBCUniversal Upfront presentation on Monday.
“I’m so excited to be playing your mother in this show, Pete,” the Sopranos star said, giving a nod to her Emmy-winning role. “Finally, I get to play an overwhelmed mother of two living in a world of corruption. Except this time, it’s Staten Island.”
Falco and Davidson joked about Bupkis streaming on Peacock.
“I can’t believe we are going to be on Peacock, the streamer that is responsible for so so many great shows like MacGruber and the reruns of The Office,” Davidson said. “So look out for our new show streaming on the ‘Cock.
- 5/16/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO Max is putting together an all-star cast for the upcoming original film “The Parenting.”
On Wednesday, the streamer announced that Brian Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Edie Falco and Dean Norris had been cast to star in the horror-comedy, which focuses on a young queer couple who rent a countryside cottage to host a weekend getaway with their parents, only to discover that it is inhabited by a 400-year-old poltergeist. The roles that Cox, Kudrow, Falco and Norris will be playing have yet to be announced.
“The Parenting” is directed by Craig Johnson, and written by Kent Sublette. Chris Bender and Jake Weiner produce the film for Good Fear Content. New Line Cinema co-produces the film. A release date has yet to be announced.
Cox is a recent Screen Actors Guild Award and Golden Globe winner for his role as Logan Roy in the HBO hit “Succession,” which aired its third season last year.
On Wednesday, the streamer announced that Brian Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Edie Falco and Dean Norris had been cast to star in the horror-comedy, which focuses on a young queer couple who rent a countryside cottage to host a weekend getaway with their parents, only to discover that it is inhabited by a 400-year-old poltergeist. The roles that Cox, Kudrow, Falco and Norris will be playing have yet to be announced.
“The Parenting” is directed by Craig Johnson, and written by Kent Sublette. Chris Bender and Jake Weiner produce the film for Good Fear Content. New Line Cinema co-produces the film. A release date has yet to be announced.
Cox is a recent Screen Actors Guild Award and Golden Globe winner for his role as Logan Roy in the HBO hit “Succession,” which aired its third season last year.
- 3/16/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
New Line Cinema has cast the ensemble comedy The Parenting for HBO Max with a murderers’ row of TV stars including Succession‘s Brian Cox, The Sopranos’ Edie Falco, Friends alum Lisa Kudrow and Breaking Bad‘s Dean Norris.
Craig Johnson is directing from Kent Sublette’s script, which follows a young couple, Graham and Josh, who host a “meet the parents” weekend at a cozy rental house in the country, only to find it is already haunted by a 400-year old poltergeist. Chris Bender and Jake Weiner are producing for their Good Fear Content label.
Cox plays Logan Roy in the Emmy-winning HBO series Succession, for which he won a Golden Globe Award and SAG Award. His memoir, Putting the Rabbit in the Hat, was recently published in the UK and U.S., and he has starring roles in the upcoming films The Independent, Prisoner’s Daughter, and Mending the Line.
Craig Johnson is directing from Kent Sublette’s script, which follows a young couple, Graham and Josh, who host a “meet the parents” weekend at a cozy rental house in the country, only to find it is already haunted by a 400-year old poltergeist. Chris Bender and Jake Weiner are producing for their Good Fear Content label.
Cox plays Logan Roy in the Emmy-winning HBO series Succession, for which he won a Golden Globe Award and SAG Award. His memoir, Putting the Rabbit in the Hat, was recently published in the UK and U.S., and he has starring roles in the upcoming films The Independent, Prisoner’s Daughter, and Mending the Line.
- 3/16/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Bill Camp is the latest addition to the cast of Amazon Studios’ film The Burial, based on the New Yorker article by Jonathan Harr.
He’ll star alongside previously announced cast members Jamie Foxx, Tommy Lee Jones, Jurnee Smollett and Mamoudou Athie.
Based on a true story, The Burial follows a bankrupt funeral home owner who decides to sue a rival businessman over a handshake deal gone wrong, hiring a flamboyant attorney to handle the case.
Maggie Betts is directing from a script by Doug Wright. Bobby Shriver is producing for Bobby Shriver Inc., with Double Nickel Entertainment’s Adam Richman and Jenette Kahn, Foxx and his producing partner Datari Turner, and Maven Pictures’ Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray.
Camp is an Emmy, Tony and SAG Award nominee best known for his performances in Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit, HBO’s The Night Of...
He’ll star alongside previously announced cast members Jamie Foxx, Tommy Lee Jones, Jurnee Smollett and Mamoudou Athie.
Based on a true story, The Burial follows a bankrupt funeral home owner who decides to sue a rival businessman over a handshake deal gone wrong, hiring a flamboyant attorney to handle the case.
Maggie Betts is directing from a script by Doug Wright. Bobby Shriver is producing for Bobby Shriver Inc., with Double Nickel Entertainment’s Adam Richman and Jenette Kahn, Foxx and his producing partner Datari Turner, and Maven Pictures’ Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray.
Camp is an Emmy, Tony and SAG Award nominee best known for his performances in Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit, HBO’s The Night Of...
- 2/10/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Deadline has the first exclusive tracks from Marcelo Zarvos’ A Journal for Jordan score, which is set for release tomorrow via Sony Music Masterworks—ahead of the Sony Pictures title’s release in theaters on December 25.
The latest film directed by two-time Academy Award winner Denzel Washington is based on the true story of First Sergeant Charles Monroe King (Michael B. Jordan), a soldier deployed to Iraq who begins to keep a journal of love and advice for his infant son. Back at home, senior New York Times editor Dana Canedy (Chanté Adams) revisits the story of her unlikely, life-altering relationship with King and his enduring devotion to her and their child.
The romantic drama scripted by Virgil Williams marked Zarvos’ second collaboration with Washington, on the heels of his Oscar-winning August Wilson adaptation, Fences. The composer says that for this “story about love, sacrifice and family that spans 20 years,...
The latest film directed by two-time Academy Award winner Denzel Washington is based on the true story of First Sergeant Charles Monroe King (Michael B. Jordan), a soldier deployed to Iraq who begins to keep a journal of love and advice for his infant son. Back at home, senior New York Times editor Dana Canedy (Chanté Adams) revisits the story of her unlikely, life-altering relationship with King and his enduring devotion to her and their child.
The romantic drama scripted by Virgil Williams marked Zarvos’ second collaboration with Washington, on the heels of his Oscar-winning August Wilson adaptation, Fences. The composer says that for this “story about love, sacrifice and family that spans 20 years,...
- 12/16/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
One of the best writer-directors working today, Nicole Holofcener recently had a hand in big-budget filmmaking crafting The Last Duel with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck (specifically writing Jodie Comer’s storyline), and now we finally have news of what her next directorial effort will be.
Variety reports she’ll be reteaming with her Enough Said star Julia Louis-Dreyfus for the new comedy Beth and Don. “Beth is a New York novelist in an unbelievably happy marriage to Don, who loves her and supports her in every way,” the logline reads. “One day, when Beth overhears him admitting that he hasn’t liked her writing in years, it threatens to undo all that’s good in their lives.”
Holofcener’s latest directorial effort was The Land of Steady Habits, starring Ben Mendelsohn, in 2018––the same year that Can You Ever Forgive Me? arrived, for which she received a screenplay credit...
Variety reports she’ll be reteaming with her Enough Said star Julia Louis-Dreyfus for the new comedy Beth and Don. “Beth is a New York novelist in an unbelievably happy marriage to Don, who loves her and supports her in every way,” the logline reads. “One day, when Beth overhears him admitting that he hasn’t liked her writing in years, it threatens to undo all that’s good in their lives.”
Holofcener’s latest directorial effort was The Land of Steady Habits, starring Ben Mendelsohn, in 2018––the same year that Can You Ever Forgive Me? arrived, for which she received a screenplay credit...
- 10/27/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Dylan O’Brien has joined the cast of the upcoming feature satire “Not Okay.”
Star of “The Maze Runner” and “Love and Monsters,” O’Brien joins previously-announced leading lady Zoey Deutch in the project from writer-director Quinn Shephard. Brad Weston and Negin Salmasi’s Makeready are producing the film, which will premiere exclusively on Disney’s Dtc platforms.
With shooting already underway in New York City, “Not Okay” follows a misguided young woman desperate for friends and fame, who fakes a trip to Paris to up her social media presence. When a terrifying incident takes place in the real world and becomes part of her imaginary trip, her white lie becomes a moral quandary that offers her all the attention she’s wanted.
Rounding out the ensemble cast is Mia Isaac (Amazon’s upcoming “Don’t Make Me Go” opposite John Cho), Embeth Davidtz (“Old”) and Nadia Alexander. Actors Tia Dionne Hodge...
Star of “The Maze Runner” and “Love and Monsters,” O’Brien joins previously-announced leading lady Zoey Deutch in the project from writer-director Quinn Shephard. Brad Weston and Negin Salmasi’s Makeready are producing the film, which will premiere exclusively on Disney’s Dtc platforms.
With shooting already underway in New York City, “Not Okay” follows a misguided young woman desperate for friends and fame, who fakes a trip to Paris to up her social media presence. When a terrifying incident takes place in the real world and becomes part of her imaginary trip, her white lie becomes a moral quandary that offers her all the attention she’s wanted.
Rounding out the ensemble cast is Mia Isaac (Amazon’s upcoming “Don’t Make Me Go” opposite John Cho), Embeth Davidtz (“Old”) and Nadia Alexander. Actors Tia Dionne Hodge...
- 8/2/2021
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Writer, director, producer Nicole Holofcener joins podcast hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to discuss some of her favorite films.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Enough Said (2013)
True Romance (1993)
Coming Home (1978)
Bound for Glory (1976)
Hal (2018)
The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946)
The Cowboys (1972)
Harold And Maude (1971)
Conrack (1974)
Norma Rae (1979)
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Miller’s Crossing (1990)
Naked (1993)
The Short And Curlies (1987)
Short Cuts (1993)
Nashville (1975)
McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
The Father (2020)
Carnal Knowledge (1971)
Sex, Lies And Videotape (1989)
Jaws (1975)
Abbott and Costello Meet The Mummy (1955)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
World Without End (1956)
Boogie Nights (1997)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Goodfellas (1990)
Adaptation (2002)
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Lolita (1962)
The Shining (1980)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
12 Angry Men (1957)
A Serious Man (2009)
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
Capote (2005)
A History of Violence (2005)
The 400 Blows...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Enough Said (2013)
True Romance (1993)
Coming Home (1978)
Bound for Glory (1976)
Hal (2018)
The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946)
The Cowboys (1972)
Harold And Maude (1971)
Conrack (1974)
Norma Rae (1979)
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Miller’s Crossing (1990)
Naked (1993)
The Short And Curlies (1987)
Short Cuts (1993)
Nashville (1975)
McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
The Father (2020)
Carnal Knowledge (1971)
Sex, Lies And Videotape (1989)
Jaws (1975)
Abbott and Costello Meet The Mummy (1955)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
World Without End (1956)
Boogie Nights (1997)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Goodfellas (1990)
Adaptation (2002)
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Lolita (1962)
The Shining (1980)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
12 Angry Men (1957)
A Serious Man (2009)
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
Capote (2005)
A History of Violence (2005)
The 400 Blows...
- 3/16/2021
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
"Once upon a time, the end of the world was our beginning." During The Walking Dead Mid-Season 10 finale, the title for the third Walking Dead series was revealed as The Walking Dead: World Beyond in a new teaser trailer.
Below, you can watch the new teaser trailer for The Walking Dead: World Beyond, which introduces Julia Ormond as Elizabeth, who is also featured in two new photos. The new series will premiere in spring of 2020, and in case you missed it, go here to catch up on our previous coverage of the new show.
Press Release: New York, NY – November 24, 2019 – AMC announced that Emmy®-winner Julia Ormond has joined the cast of The Walking Dead: World Beyond, the third series in The Walking Dead Universe, currently filming in and around Richmond, Va and set to premiere in spring 2020. A series regular, Ormond will play Elizabeth, the charismatic leader of a large,...
Below, you can watch the new teaser trailer for The Walking Dead: World Beyond, which introduces Julia Ormond as Elizabeth, who is also featured in two new photos. The new series will premiere in spring of 2020, and in case you missed it, go here to catch up on our previous coverage of the new show.
Press Release: New York, NY – November 24, 2019 – AMC announced that Emmy®-winner Julia Ormond has joined the cast of The Walking Dead: World Beyond, the third series in The Walking Dead Universe, currently filming in and around Richmond, Va and set to premiere in spring 2020. A series regular, Ormond will play Elizabeth, the charismatic leader of a large,...
- 11/25/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
For the first time in its 38-year history, the American Film Market is producing a conference about what was once considered taboo at the confab’s Loews Santa Monica digs: television. The Nov. 11 event will address how indie filmmakers can cash in on the tidal wave of new streaming services — Apple TV Plus, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Quibi, Peacock, AMC Theatres on Demand and more — and cable outlets investing billions of dollars to produce and acquire films.
Variety spoke with Anthony Bregman of Likely Story, which has a first-look production deal with Netflix; Brad Feinstein of Romulus Entertainment, a producer of Apple TV Plus’ first big feature, “The Banker”; attorney Elsa Ramo; and other industry vets to find out what streamers are looking for, how producers can get in the door and how this new paradigm is impacting indies.
“We’re looking to triple our output,” says Disney Channel VP of original movies Lauren Kisilevsky,...
Variety spoke with Anthony Bregman of Likely Story, which has a first-look production deal with Netflix; Brad Feinstein of Romulus Entertainment, a producer of Apple TV Plus’ first big feature, “The Banker”; attorney Elsa Ramo; and other industry vets to find out what streamers are looking for, how producers can get in the door and how this new paradigm is impacting indies.
“We’re looking to triple our output,” says Disney Channel VP of original movies Lauren Kisilevsky,...
- 11/6/2019
- by Gregg Goldstein
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has snapped up yet another awards-friendly filmmaker, and this time it’s Alexander Payne. According to Deadline, Netflix will finance and release his next film, which remains untitled but will star Danish actor and “Hannibal” star Mads Mikkelsen.
Said to be released smack-dab in the awards-season corridor of fall 2020, the upcoming film was described to Deadline as a father/daughter story that follows a journalist (Mikkelsen) on a road trip with his teen daughter across the U.S. while working on a story.
Add Payne, the Academy Award winner for Best Adapted Screenplay for both “The Descendants” and “Sideways,” to an evolving list of auteurs, in many cases Oscar winners, lured by Netflix that include Martin Scorsese (“The Irishman”), Steven Soderbergh (“The Laundromat”), Tamara Jenkins (“Private Life”), Nicole Holofcener (“The Land of Steady Habits”), Damien Chazelle (upcoming musical series “The Eddy”), Dee Rees (“The Last Thing He Wanted”), and many more.
Said to be released smack-dab in the awards-season corridor of fall 2020, the upcoming film was described to Deadline as a father/daughter story that follows a journalist (Mikkelsen) on a road trip with his teen daughter across the U.S. while working on a story.
Add Payne, the Academy Award winner for Best Adapted Screenplay for both “The Descendants” and “Sideways,” to an evolving list of auteurs, in many cases Oscar winners, lured by Netflix that include Martin Scorsese (“The Irishman”), Steven Soderbergh (“The Laundromat”), Tamara Jenkins (“Private Life”), Nicole Holofcener (“The Land of Steady Habits”), Damien Chazelle (upcoming musical series “The Eddy”), Dee Rees (“The Last Thing He Wanted”), and many more.
- 9/12/2019
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Wme has signed Bloodline and Captain Marvel actor Ben Mendelsohn for representation in all areas.
Mendelsohn can be seen next in David Michôd’s dramatic feature The King at Netflix opposite Timothée Chalamet and Robert Pattinson. He will also appear in Shannon Murphy’s dramedy Babyteeth. Both are set to make their world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September.
On the TV side, he will star in the upcoming HBO’s series The Outsider based on the Stephen King novel of the same name. Mendelsohn will also serve as an executive producer.
The actor has appeared in many movies and TV series and has received critical acclaim for his work. He earned a Primetime Emmy for his role in the Netflix series Bloodline, for which he also received Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice nominations.
He also appeared in the blockbusters Captain Marvel and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story...
Mendelsohn can be seen next in David Michôd’s dramatic feature The King at Netflix opposite Timothée Chalamet and Robert Pattinson. He will also appear in Shannon Murphy’s dramedy Babyteeth. Both are set to make their world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September.
On the TV side, he will star in the upcoming HBO’s series The Outsider based on the Stephen King novel of the same name. Mendelsohn will also serve as an executive producer.
The actor has appeared in many movies and TV series and has received critical acclaim for his work. He earned a Primetime Emmy for his role in the Netflix series Bloodline, for which he also received Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice nominations.
He also appeared in the blockbusters Captain Marvel and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story...
- 8/22/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
After taking a brief break from acting, aside from a few uncredited roles, Matt Damon is returning the big screen in force. In addition to his upcoming James Mangold directed Ford v Ferrari opposite Christian Bale, Damon has lined up two more projects.
The actor will be reteaming with collaborators Ben Affleck, with whom he won a Best Screenplay Oscar for 1997’s Good Will Hunting, and Ridley Scott (The Martian) for The Last Duel. In addition to co-starring alongside Affleck, both wrote the script in collaboration with Nicole Holofcener (The Land of Steady Habits). Returning Scott to the type of historical epic in which he has been known for and marking a nice companion with his directorial debut at least in title alone, The Last Duel is “set in 14th century France and follows a man who goes to war and returns to discover a friend of his has raped his wife.
The actor will be reteaming with collaborators Ben Affleck, with whom he won a Best Screenplay Oscar for 1997’s Good Will Hunting, and Ridley Scott (The Martian) for The Last Duel. In addition to co-starring alongside Affleck, both wrote the script in collaboration with Nicole Holofcener (The Land of Steady Habits). Returning Scott to the type of historical epic in which he has been known for and marking a nice companion with his directorial debut at least in title alone, The Last Duel is “set in 14th century France and follows a man who goes to war and returns to discover a friend of his has raped his wife.
- 7/24/2019
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
The last time HBO adapted a Tom Perrotta novel it was “The Leftovers,” and we all know how amazing that turned out. (IndieWire recently named the drama the best television show of the decade.) Perrotta is returning to the premium cable network later this year with “Mrs. Fletcher,” a new half-hour comedy series based on his 2017 novel of the same name. Given the success of Perrotta adaptations in the past, including films like “Election” and “Little Children,” expectations are sky high for “Mrs. Fletcher.”
“Mrs. Fletcher” is a double coming-of-age story that follows the lives of Kathryn Hahn’s empty nest divorcée Eve and her college freshman son Brendan, played by Jackson White. As the first trailer lays out, Eve becomes sexually reawakened once Brendan leaves home and heads off to college. Brendan, meanwhile, faces his own sexual and relationship troubles as a freshman. The supporting cast includes Casey Wilson,...
“Mrs. Fletcher” is a double coming-of-age story that follows the lives of Kathryn Hahn’s empty nest divorcée Eve and her college freshman son Brendan, played by Jackson White. As the first trailer lays out, Eve becomes sexually reawakened once Brendan leaves home and heads off to college. Brendan, meanwhile, faces his own sexual and relationship troubles as a freshman. The supporting cast includes Casey Wilson,...
- 6/29/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Shunori Ramanthan and Victor Slezak have joined the cast of the Michael Keaton-starrer What Is Life Worth. The true-life biographical drama is directed by The Kindergarten Teacher‘s Sara Colangelo and also stars Stanley Tucci. Principal photography is set to begin next month in New York.
The Black List script from Max Borenstein is based on Kenneth Feinberg’s memoir. It’s described as being in the vein of Erin Brockovich and the Oscar-winning Keaton- and Tucci-starrer Spotlight. The story centers on Feinberg, a powerful DC insider lawyer put in charge of the 9/11 Fund. In almost three years of pro bono work on the case, Feinberg fought off the cynicism, bureaucracy and politics associated with administering government funds to victims’ families — and in doing so, discovered what life is worth.
Ramanathan will play Anisha Dass, a young Ivy League-educated lawyer who had been preparing to work for a...
The Black List script from Max Borenstein is based on Kenneth Feinberg’s memoir. It’s described as being in the vein of Erin Brockovich and the Oscar-winning Keaton- and Tucci-starrer Spotlight. The story centers on Feinberg, a powerful DC insider lawyer put in charge of the 9/11 Fund. In almost three years of pro bono work on the case, Feinberg fought off the cynicism, bureaucracy and politics associated with administering government funds to victims’ families — and in doing so, discovered what life is worth.
Ramanathan will play Anisha Dass, a young Ivy League-educated lawyer who had been preparing to work for a...
- 3/26/2019
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
“Can You Ever Forgive Me?” screenwriter Nicole Holofcener offered a blunt assessment of the lack of Academy Awards recognition for director Marielle Heller, and women directors everywhere.
“I feel Marielle was cheated and I feel badly about that,” Holofcener said backstage after winning a Spirit Award for screenplay with Jeff Whitty.
Holofcener was originally attached to direct the project eight years earlier but decided that she could not do so when the film was being greenlit due to her commitment to direct “The Land of Steady Habits.” She knew that Heller would be the right choice, thanks to her work on “The Diary of a Teenage Girl.”
Holofcener and Whitty won the Writers Guild Award for adapted screenplay for “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” and are up for an Academy Award. She also gave credit Saturday to the late Lee Israel for the memoir of the same name about being...
“I feel Marielle was cheated and I feel badly about that,” Holofcener said backstage after winning a Spirit Award for screenplay with Jeff Whitty.
Holofcener was originally attached to direct the project eight years earlier but decided that she could not do so when the film was being greenlit due to her commitment to direct “The Land of Steady Habits.” She knew that Heller would be the right choice, thanks to her work on “The Diary of a Teenage Girl.”
Holofcener and Whitty won the Writers Guild Award for adapted screenplay for “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” and are up for an Academy Award. She also gave credit Saturday to the late Lee Israel for the memoir of the same name about being...
- 2/24/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
“The Sopranos” star Edie Falco has joined the cast of James Cameron’s “Avatar” sequels, it was announced on Wednesday.
She will play the character General Ardmore, a human in charge of the Rda (Resources Development Administration) in the franchise.
“Edie Falco is one of the greats – I can’t wait to watch her kick some ass on the big screen,” Cameron said in a tweet Wednesday along with the announcement of the news.
The first of the planned sequels, four more films in all, will arrive in theaters Dec. 18, 2020.
Falco joins other new additions to the cast for the sequels all being filmed at once, including Kate Winslet, Oona Chaplin, David Thewlis and Giovanni Ribisi. They join the returning cast of Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Zoe Saldana and Stephen Lang in the journey back to Pandora,...
She will play the character General Ardmore, a human in charge of the Rda (Resources Development Administration) in the franchise.
“Edie Falco is one of the greats – I can’t wait to watch her kick some ass on the big screen,” Cameron said in a tweet Wednesday along with the announcement of the news.
The first of the planned sequels, four more films in all, will arrive in theaters Dec. 18, 2020.
Falco joins other new additions to the cast for the sequels all being filmed at once, including Kate Winslet, Oona Chaplin, David Thewlis and Giovanni Ribisi. They join the returning cast of Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Zoe Saldana and Stephen Lang in the journey back to Pandora,...
- 2/6/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Jason Bateman to direct first two episodes and serve as executive producer.
HBO has ordered The Outsider, its series version of Stephen King’s latest full-length novel, and set Ben Mendelsohn to star.
Jason Bateman will direct the first two episodes of the series and serve as executive producer through his Aggregate Films company. Temple Hill Entertainment is also producing and Mrc is the studio on the project.
Richard Price has adapted the novel, about a seemingly straightforward murder investigation in which a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator come up against an insidious supernatural force.
The series’ other executive...
HBO has ordered The Outsider, its series version of Stephen King’s latest full-length novel, and set Ben Mendelsohn to star.
Jason Bateman will direct the first two episodes of the series and serve as executive producer through his Aggregate Films company. Temple Hill Entertainment is also producing and Mrc is the studio on the project.
Richard Price has adapted the novel, about a seemingly straightforward murder investigation in which a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator come up against an insidious supernatural force.
The series’ other executive...
- 12/3/2018
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
HBO has given a series order to supernatural drama The Outsider, based on Stephen King’s bestselling novel, with Ben Mendelsohn set to star and produce. The project, which marks Mendelsohn’s return to TV following his Emmy-winning turn on Bloodline, hails from The Night Of co-creator/executive producer Richard Price, director-producer Jack Bender (Mr. Mercedes) Jason Bateman’s Aggregate Films, Temple Hill Entertainment and Mrc. Ozark star/director/executive producer Bateman is set to direct the first two episodes of The Outsider and may guest star.
In The Outsider, written by Price, a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a local boy leads a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator to question everything they believe to be real, as an insidious supernatural force edges its way into the case. The book was published in May by Charles Scribners and Sons.
Price executive produces with Bateman and Michael Costigan via Aggregate Films,...
In The Outsider, written by Price, a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a local boy leads a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator to question everything they believe to be real, as an insidious supernatural force edges its way into the case. The book was published in May by Charles Scribners and Sons.
Price executive produces with Bateman and Michael Costigan via Aggregate Films,...
- 12/3/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit.
The fact that the town has basically shut down for the four-day Thanksgiving holiday doesn’t mean the Oscar race is slowing. In fact, campaigners discovered a few years ago that Thanksgiving Day itself is a good time to tout their movies and hold screenings that draw surprisingly big crowds not concerned about a turkey in the oven, or at the movies, apparently. Netflix dove in yesterday by taking over the DGA in West Hollywood for screenings of Roma, Dumplin’, The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs, and Mowgli: Legend Of The Jungle, even throwing in a couple of “holiday treat” receptions. Disney used Thanksgiving to launch several weekend screenings in their Main Theater, complete with buckets of popcorn, of Mary Poppins Returns, which doesn’t have its official premiere until November 29th, or open until December 19th. All of them instantly...
The fact that the town has basically shut down for the four-day Thanksgiving holiday doesn’t mean the Oscar race is slowing. In fact, campaigners discovered a few years ago that Thanksgiving Day itself is a good time to tout their movies and hold screenings that draw surprisingly big crowds not concerned about a turkey in the oven, or at the movies, apparently. Netflix dove in yesterday by taking over the DGA in West Hollywood for screenings of Roma, Dumplin’, The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs, and Mowgli: Legend Of The Jungle, even throwing in a couple of “holiday treat” receptions. Disney used Thanksgiving to launch several weekend screenings in their Main Theater, complete with buckets of popcorn, of Mary Poppins Returns, which doesn’t have its official premiere until November 29th, or open until December 19th. All of them instantly...
- 11/24/2018
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s not uncommon for up-and-coming writers to imitate the voices of influential authors in the process of creating their own style, but biographer Lee Israel took the process a step further by faking letters by literary legends for her own illicit profits. Portraying Israel in “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”, Melissa McCarthy captures the thrill of successful mimicry, although her screen performance is quite unlike anything she’s done before.
Like many great comic creations, McCarthy’s earlier roles have often contained a core of barely-concealed rage, allowing her to blast through a world that barely knows how to handle her. Here, the character is subsumed with such misanthropy that she can barely make it to her local gay bar to knock back some scotch-and-sodas.
Other McCarthy films – particularly the ones she co-creates with her husband, actor-director Ben Falcone – often call for her character to weepily atone for her obstreperousness.
Like many great comic creations, McCarthy’s earlier roles have often contained a core of barely-concealed rage, allowing her to blast through a world that barely knows how to handle her. Here, the character is subsumed with such misanthropy that she can barely make it to her local gay bar to knock back some scotch-and-sodas.
Other McCarthy films – particularly the ones she co-creates with her husband, actor-director Ben Falcone – often call for her character to weepily atone for her obstreperousness.
- 10/18/2018
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Nicole Holofcener is having a great year already. Her recent film for Netflix, “The Land of Steady Habits,” is a return to form for the filmmaker, who last directed a film in 2013. However, the five-year gap between “Enough Said” and her next feature film might have been a lot shorter if she was able to make “Can You Ever Forgive Me?
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- 10/17/2018
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Nicole Holofcener could have directed “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” She was supposed to make the movie (she rewrote Jeff Whitty), with Julianne Moore as its star. Then, six days before production was scheduled to begin, the movie fell apart over creative differences with Moore, and Fox Searchlight asked Holocener to wait and start over again. “I felt I had already made it,” she told me. “Every outfit, every location, every actor cast. It was a labor of love. It was traumatic. Terrible.”
She let it go, and the studio and producer Anne Carey moved on with Holofcener’s first choice for her replacement, Marielle Heller (“The Diary of a Teenage Girl”) in the chair. Indeed, Holofcener handed over a box of research and wished her old Sundance lab protege well. “If anyone is going to make this movie, I’m glad it’s you,” Heller remembered her saying. “It’s yours,...
She let it go, and the studio and producer Anne Carey moved on with Holofcener’s first choice for her replacement, Marielle Heller (“The Diary of a Teenage Girl”) in the chair. Indeed, Holofcener handed over a box of research and wished her old Sundance lab protege well. “If anyone is going to make this movie, I’m glad it’s you,” Heller remembered her saying. “It’s yours,...
- 10/17/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Nicole Holofcener was less than thrilled when Fox Searchlight hired Marielle Heller (“Diary of a Teenage Girl”) to direct “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” Holofcener was supposed to direct the movie, which she wrote with Jeff Whitty, with Julianne Moore as its star. Then, six days before production was scheduled to begin, Moore left over creative differences, the movie fell apart, and Searchlight asked Holocener to wait and start over again. “I felt I had already made it,” she told me. “Every outfit, every location, every actor cast. It was a labor of love. It was traumatic. Terrible.”
She let it go, and the studio moved on with Heller in the chair. Even so, Holofcener handed over a box of research and wished her old Sundance lab protege well. “If anyone is going to make this movie, I’m glad it’s you,” Heller remembered her saying. “It’s yours,...
She let it go, and the studio moved on with Heller in the chair. Even so, Holofcener handed over a box of research and wished her old Sundance lab protege well. “If anyone is going to make this movie, I’m glad it’s you,” Heller remembered her saying. “It’s yours,...
- 10/17/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
MGM’s new indie arm Orion Classics acquired the North American and Latin American rights to “Maine,” a drama featuring “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” star Thomas Mann.
“Maine” made its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival back in April, where it was nominated for Best Narrative Feature. It’s directed, written by and stars Matthew Brown (“In the Treetops”), alongside Mann and Laia Costa of “Life Itself.”
Orion Classics will release the film in theaters on Dec. 13 and on VOD and Digital HD on Dec. 14.
Also Read: Ben Mendelsohn Takes a Welcome Break From Playing Bad Guys in 'The Land of Steady Habits' (Video)
The plot involves a married Spanish woman named Bluebird (Costa) who attempts to hike the entire Appalachian Trail solo to find clarity; but her solitude is interrupted by a young American hiker (Mann). Even though the pair develops an emotional...
“Maine” made its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival back in April, where it was nominated for Best Narrative Feature. It’s directed, written by and stars Matthew Brown (“In the Treetops”), alongside Mann and Laia Costa of “Life Itself.”
Orion Classics will release the film in theaters on Dec. 13 and on VOD and Digital HD on Dec. 14.
Also Read: Ben Mendelsohn Takes a Welcome Break From Playing Bad Guys in 'The Land of Steady Habits' (Video)
The plot involves a married Spanish woman named Bluebird (Costa) who attempts to hike the entire Appalachian Trail solo to find clarity; but her solitude is interrupted by a young American hiker (Mann). Even though the pair develops an emotional...
- 10/9/2018
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Kate Beckinsale, Jason Sudeikis, Edie Falco, John Malkovich and Jillian Bell are closing deals to join Charlie Day’s feature directorial debut El Tonto which starts shooting this month in Los Angeles.
The Armory Films and Metalworks Pictures financed and produced independent follows Day, who also wrote El Tonto, as a mute simpleton who gets off a bus in Los Angeles and by happenstance suddenly rises through the Hollywood scene to become a celebrity, only to then lose it all. Beckinsale will play a Hollywood starlet while Sudeikis will portray a film director who Day’s mute encounters.
John Rickard and his Wrigley Pictures (Rampage) banner is also producing the Hollywood satire with Alex Saks via her Page Fifty-Four Pictures. Rickard is coming off this past spring’s success, the Dwayne Johnson action pic Rampage which reaped $426.2M at the global box office. He previously worked with Day...
The Armory Films and Metalworks Pictures financed and produced independent follows Day, who also wrote El Tonto, as a mute simpleton who gets off a bus in Los Angeles and by happenstance suddenly rises through the Hollywood scene to become a celebrity, only to then lose it all. Beckinsale will play a Hollywood starlet while Sudeikis will portray a film director who Day’s mute encounters.
John Rickard and his Wrigley Pictures (Rampage) banner is also producing the Hollywood satire with Alex Saks via her Page Fifty-Four Pictures. Rickard is coming off this past spring’s success, the Dwayne Johnson action pic Rampage which reaped $426.2M at the global box office. He previously worked with Day...
- 10/3/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
As Netflix releases the Us director’s latest film, The Land of Steady Habits, we try and find her back catalogue too
Six films and three decades into her career, Nicole Holofcener is not someone many people would describe as their favourite film-maker, yet she’s among the most consistent, endearing American auteurs at work. Holofcener is unfairly easy to underestimate, as are many writer-directors who are more interested in small foibles than grand gestures, whose formal modesty belies its precision, and who are content to reflect the world as they know it rather than build extravagant alternatives.
The joys of Holofcener’s cinema – her perceptive comedy of emotional aches and pains, her sheepish middle-class self-critique, and the true, tender, unguarded work she gets from actors – are virtues more readily praised on small screens than big ones. Sure enough, like many top female directors stuck with long, funding-deprived lapses between features,...
Six films and three decades into her career, Nicole Holofcener is not someone many people would describe as their favourite film-maker, yet she’s among the most consistent, endearing American auteurs at work. Holofcener is unfairly easy to underestimate, as are many writer-directors who are more interested in small foibles than grand gestures, whose formal modesty belies its precision, and who are content to reflect the world as they know it rather than build extravagant alternatives.
The joys of Holofcener’s cinema – her perceptive comedy of emotional aches and pains, her sheepish middle-class self-critique, and the true, tender, unguarded work she gets from actors – are virtues more readily praised on small screens than big ones. Sure enough, like many top female directors stuck with long, funding-deprived lapses between features,...
- 9/24/2018
- by Guy Lodge
- The Guardian - Film News
Ben Mendelsohn has played a recent streak of supervillains in movies like “Rogue One,” “Ready Player One” and the upcoming “Robin Hood” and “Captain Marvel.” But in Nicole Holofcener’s “The Land of Steady Habits,” he gets his chance at playing a different type of bad guy: a person who has left his wife, his job and has a broken relationship with his teenage son, leaving him in something of a mid-life crisis.
Mendelsohn likened starring in an indie drama versus a massive blockbuster to performing different styles of music as a violinist in an orchestra.
“If I transpose myself into a violinist, there are certain films you go and do. I’ve got a very definite rhythm to them, there’s a specific set to them.” Mendelsohn told TheWrap founder and CEO Sharon Waxman at the Toronto International Film Festival. “And if I’m playing something like Nicole’s film,...
Mendelsohn likened starring in an indie drama versus a massive blockbuster to performing different styles of music as a violinist in an orchestra.
“If I transpose myself into a violinist, there are certain films you go and do. I’ve got a very definite rhythm to them, there’s a specific set to them.” Mendelsohn told TheWrap founder and CEO Sharon Waxman at the Toronto International Film Festival. “And if I’m playing something like Nicole’s film,...
- 9/21/2018
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
In all the years I’ve been attending film festivals, I have never seen a lineup that looked as good on paper as Venice’s did this fall, boasting new films by Alfonso Cuarón (“Roma”), Damien Chazelle (“First Man”), Paul Greengrass (“22 July”), Mike Leigh (“Peterloo”) and the Coen brothers (“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”) in competition, plus the world premiere of Bradley Cooper’s “A Star Is Born” and Orson Welles’ finally complete last film “The Other Side of the Wind.”
From there, the cream of the crop continued to Telluride (the elite Colorado-based fest where Oscar dreams are made) and then Toronto, the massive North American “festival of festivals,” which added even more anticipated world premieres from the likes of Barry Jenkins, Steve McQueen, Sebastián Lelio and Michael Moore. Technically, that made Toronto more impressive than Venice.
Meanwhile, somewhere in France, Cannes Film Festival topper Thierry Frémaux must have been asking himself,...
From there, the cream of the crop continued to Telluride (the elite Colorado-based fest where Oscar dreams are made) and then Toronto, the massive North American “festival of festivals,” which added even more anticipated world premieres from the likes of Barry Jenkins, Steve McQueen, Sebastián Lelio and Michael Moore. Technically, that made Toronto more impressive than Venice.
Meanwhile, somewhere in France, Cannes Film Festival topper Thierry Frémaux must have been asking himself,...
- 9/20/2018
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Prickly, disgruntled, bitingly witty — these aren’t traits you typically find in female film characters, who are most often written to be sympathetic and inviting. Yet this is exactly the type of character that Nicole Holofcener, the writer-director behind favorites like “Friends with Money” and “Enough Said,” has devoted her career to creating. Generally off-putting yet still strangely alluring, Holofcener’s characters are real and multidimensional, the type of person prone to lying and stealing and lashing out. But even when the rest of these characters’ worlds are crumbling around them, they often cling to their friendships with fierce loyalty and love.
Holofcener’s newest, “The Land of Steady Habits,” now available on Netflix, finds her turning her perceptive lens for the first time ever onto a male character: a divorced ex-banker named Anders Hill (Ben Mendelsohn). Like many of her previous protagonists, Anders is irritable and aimless, having recently...
Holofcener’s newest, “The Land of Steady Habits,” now available on Netflix, finds her turning her perceptive lens for the first time ever onto a male character: a divorced ex-banker named Anders Hill (Ben Mendelsohn). Like many of her previous protagonists, Anders is irritable and aimless, having recently...
- 9/18/2018
- by Indiewire Staff
- Indiewire
“Museo” (Vitagraph) led a slew of new specialized releases this week. The Mexican heist film starring Gael Garcia Bernal topped all other fresh titles. The fall season is already taking off with an astonishing 40 films opening theatrically this weekend, including at least six Sundance 2018 titles, two of which just played the Toronto International Film Festival.
And to confuse audiences even more, even more movies were available on home-viewing platforms as well as theaters, from the Nicolas Cage cult film “Mandy” to three films directed by established female directors. Netflix opened Nicole Holofcener’s suburban drama “The Land of Steady Habits” and Ricki Sundberg and Anne Sundberg’s timely documentary “Reversing Roe” on Friday after their Tiff premieres; and Amma Asante followed two Fox Searchlight releases with controversial Nazi Germany romance thriller “Where Hands Touch” (Vertical), which played in over 100 theaters with an estimated gross of under $70,000 while also streaming.
Dwarfing...
And to confuse audiences even more, even more movies were available on home-viewing platforms as well as theaters, from the Nicolas Cage cult film “Mandy” to three films directed by established female directors. Netflix opened Nicole Holofcener’s suburban drama “The Land of Steady Habits” and Ricki Sundberg and Anne Sundberg’s timely documentary “Reversing Roe” on Friday after their Tiff premieres; and Amma Asante followed two Fox Searchlight releases with controversial Nazi Germany romance thriller “Where Hands Touch” (Vertical), which played in over 100 theaters with an estimated gross of under $70,000 while also streaming.
Dwarfing...
- 9/16/2018
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
The Toronto Film International Festival is a crucial passage into the fall film season, not only for potential awards players but commercial entries. Returning to the Fairmont Royal York on Tuesday night, I ran into director Peter Farrelly, riding high from a rousing standing ovation for ’60s dramedy “Green Book.” It’s a strong contender for Tiff’s coveted People’s Choice Award against Bradley Cooper’s updated “A Star Is Born”, which scored two ovations at its September 9 North American premiere, for the movie and breakout Lady Gaga.
While winning Tiff’s audience prize does not guarantee a Best Picture win, it does presage a nomination — and Best Picture winners include “Chariots of Fire” (1981), “American Beauty” (1999), “Slumdog Millionaire” (2008), “The King’s Speech” (2010), and “12 Years a Slave” (2013), among many Oscar-winners in other categories, from “Precious” and “La La Land” to last year’s “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.”
While...
While winning Tiff’s audience prize does not guarantee a Best Picture win, it does presage a nomination — and Best Picture winners include “Chariots of Fire” (1981), “American Beauty” (1999), “Slumdog Millionaire” (2008), “The King’s Speech” (2010), and “12 Years a Slave” (2013), among many Oscar-winners in other categories, from “Precious” and “La La Land” to last year’s “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.”
While...
- 9/14/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The Toronto Film International Festival is a crucial passage into the fall film season, not only for potential awards players but commercial entries. Returning to the Fairmont Royal York on Tuesday night, I ran into director Peter Farrelly, riding high from a rousing standing ovation for ’60s dramedy “Green Book.” It’s a strong contender for TIFF’s coveted People’s Choice Award against Bradley Cooper’s updated “A Star Is Born”, which scored two ovations at its September 9 North American premiere, for the movie and breakout Lady Gaga.
While winning TIFF’s audience prize does not guarantee a Best Picture win, it does presage a nomination — and Best Picture winners include “Chariots of Fire” (1981), “American Beauty” (1999), “Slumdog Millionaire” (2008), “The King’s Speech” (2010), and “12 Years a Slave” (2013), among many Oscar-winners in other categories, from “Precious” and “La La Land” to last year’s “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.”
While...
While winning TIFF’s audience prize does not guarantee a Best Picture win, it does presage a nomination — and Best Picture winners include “Chariots of Fire” (1981), “American Beauty” (1999), “Slumdog Millionaire” (2008), “The King’s Speech” (2010), and “12 Years a Slave” (2013), among many Oscar-winners in other categories, from “Precious” and “La La Land” to last year’s “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.”
While...
- 9/14/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’re highlighting the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and an archive of past round-ups here.
Arrivederci Saigon (Wilma Labate)
In director Wilma Labate’s Arrivederci Saigon (Goodbye Saigon), we follow four Italian women who were unknowingly sent to Vietnam for three months to stand alongside American soldiers, performing music for them nightly, under the guise of their manager sending them on a world tour. Labate immediately makes the connection between these women and the American soldiers through the factor of not having a choice in the matter. For the Americans, this was obviously the 18- and 19-year-old boys who were called through the draft to fight a war that some didn’t agree with and none understood. For Viviana, Rosella, Daniela, and...
Arrivederci Saigon (Wilma Labate)
In director Wilma Labate’s Arrivederci Saigon (Goodbye Saigon), we follow four Italian women who were unknowingly sent to Vietnam for three months to stand alongside American soldiers, performing music for them nightly, under the guise of their manager sending them on a world tour. Labate immediately makes the connection between these women and the American soldiers through the factor of not having a choice in the matter. For the Americans, this was obviously the 18- and 19-year-old boys who were called through the draft to fight a war that some didn’t agree with and none understood. For Viviana, Rosella, Daniela, and...
- 9/14/2018
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
The sad, regretful notion of taking things for granted has dual applications in writer/director Nicole Holofcener’s latest humane comedic drama, the sharp, lovely, and wistful “The Land Of Steady Habits.” It’s an adultlescent story about a selfish, developmentally-arrested mid-fifty-year-old, who’s still coming of age, trying to figure out how to behave and how not to be such a selfish f*cking asshole. Unappreciative of his great life, he’s lost his family and now sits in the self-made pile of broken glass that is his lonely existence.
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- 9/13/2018
- by Rodrigo Perez
- The Playlist
Throughout the course of her steadily exceptional career, writer-director Nicole Holofcener has established herself as a peerless master of observation, exquisitely attuned to human foibles and frailty.
“The Land of Steady Habits,” which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival this week and debuts on Netflix Sept. 14, shifts away from her usual Pov — compulsively self-sabotaging women — and offers instead the perspective of, well, compulsively self-sabotaging men.
Her approach, however, remains the same: both minutely unsparing and generously empathetic.
Also Read: James Gandolfini's Last Director on His Death: 'I Wanted to Make Him Proud'
Holofcener has deftly adapted Ted Thompson’s 2014 novel about Anders Hill, a finance guy living in mega-wealthy Westport, Connecticut. As seen here, Westport is the kind of place where wives in Range Rovers gather at the train station every night at 7 p.m., to pick up husbands who have just enough time to eat and sleep before heading back to banking.
“The Land of Steady Habits,” which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival this week and debuts on Netflix Sept. 14, shifts away from her usual Pov — compulsively self-sabotaging women — and offers instead the perspective of, well, compulsively self-sabotaging men.
Her approach, however, remains the same: both minutely unsparing and generously empathetic.
Also Read: James Gandolfini's Last Director on His Death: 'I Wanted to Make Him Proud'
Holofcener has deftly adapted Ted Thompson’s 2014 novel about Anders Hill, a finance guy living in mega-wealthy Westport, Connecticut. As seen here, Westport is the kind of place where wives in Range Rovers gather at the train station every night at 7 p.m., to pick up husbands who have just enough time to eat and sleep before heading back to banking.
- 9/13/2018
- by Elizabeth Weitzman
- The Wrap
At its best, the land of writer-director Nicole Holofcener is a sly and invigorating place — wittier than life, full of human surprise, grounded in the ways that happiness and heartache dance together. Her movies can be deceptively light, but she crafts each one with acerbic affection, and in a highly personal and selective way. It’s my feeling, too, that she has only grown as an artist. “Friends with Money” (2006) presented a slew of characters so weirdly sympathetic in their middle-class avarice that they popped off screen, and in “Enough Said” (2013), Holofcener figured out how to do what no previous filmmaker had: She got James Gandolfini to give a marvelous performance that shed any last vestige of his Tony Soprano aura.
Holofcener’s new movie, “The Land of Steady Habits,” is the first one she has made based on material that she didn’t originate herself. You can see why:...
Holofcener’s new movie, “The Land of Steady Habits,” is the first one she has made based on material that she didn’t originate herself. You can see why:...
- 9/13/2018
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
A probing but misshapen drama about a wealthy, middle-aged retiree who’s left his wife (and his career) in search of the uncomplicated buoyancy that used to define his life, Nicole Holofcener’s latest film might as well have been called “The Unbearable Lightness of Being Retired and Single.” Alas, when it came to the title of the writer-director’s first adaptation, “The Land of Steady Habits,” she was sort of handcuffed to the one that Ted Thompson used for his 2014 novel of the same name.
The term refers back to a centuries-old sobriquet for Connecticut; a moniker that was coined as a tribute to the state’s relaxed splendor, but has since curdled into an insult of its suburban conformity. Mercifully, neither Thompson nor Holofcener are much interested in exhuming the “American Beauty” of it all, as this brittle character study — like the rest of Holofcener’s work — errs...
The term refers back to a centuries-old sobriquet for Connecticut; a moniker that was coined as a tribute to the state’s relaxed splendor, but has since curdled into an insult of its suburban conformity. Mercifully, neither Thompson nor Holofcener are much interested in exhuming the “American Beauty” of it all, as this brittle character study — like the rest of Holofcener’s work — errs...
- 9/13/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Filmmaker Nicole Holofcener and actors Ben Mendelsohn and Thomas Mann dropped by the Variety Studio presented by At&T at Tiff to talk about their new movie, “The Land of Steady Habits.”
The adaptation of the Ted Thompson novel stars Mendelsohn as Anders, a man who abruptly quits his job and leaves his wife. During the conversation, it was revealed that Mendelsohn had previously auditioned for Holofcener for another movie, 2006’s “Friends with Money.”
“It remained one of the sort of really good memories from a really crappy and dry time, work-wise here,” he noted, telling her, “Even though you didn’t give me the part, it was really good.”
Joked Holofcener, “It was for the Catherine Keener part. So it was close.”
Agreed Mendelsohn, “I think it was probably the right call. These things tend to go the right way.”
When asked if he’s lost many roles to Keener,...
The adaptation of the Ted Thompson novel stars Mendelsohn as Anders, a man who abruptly quits his job and leaves his wife. During the conversation, it was revealed that Mendelsohn had previously auditioned for Holofcener for another movie, 2006’s “Friends with Money.”
“It remained one of the sort of really good memories from a really crappy and dry time, work-wise here,” he noted, telling her, “Even though you didn’t give me the part, it was really good.”
Joked Holofcener, “It was for the Catherine Keener part. So it was close.”
Agreed Mendelsohn, “I think it was probably the right call. These things tend to go the right way.”
When asked if he’s lost many roles to Keener,...
- 9/9/2018
- by Jenelle Riley
- Variety Film + TV
For Ben Mendelsohn, identifying with a man in crisis is something that comes with ease. “It’s a pretty regularly occurring thing, these at-some-point-in-your-life crises,” the actor told Deadline today. “I have a three-times-a-year one—every trimester.”
Appearing alongside Nicole Holofcener and Thomas Mann, Mendelsohn is in Toronto in support of The Land of Steady Habits, the latest drama from the indie writer/director, which is launching on Netflix on September 14. The film centers on the highly damaged Anders Hill (Mendelsohn), a man who up and leaves his finance job and his wife (Edie Falco), ending up on bad terms with his troubled 27-year-old son (Mann).
Based on a novel by Ted Thompson,which came to Holofcener via agent Rich Klubeck, the story she wound up telling immediately presented itself as an interesting challenge. “I just really liked it right out of the gate—great lead, really screwed-up person needs to grow,...
Appearing alongside Nicole Holofcener and Thomas Mann, Mendelsohn is in Toronto in support of The Land of Steady Habits, the latest drama from the indie writer/director, which is launching on Netflix on September 14. The film centers on the highly damaged Anders Hill (Mendelsohn), a man who up and leaves his finance job and his wife (Edie Falco), ending up on bad terms with his troubled 27-year-old son (Mann).
Based on a novel by Ted Thompson,which came to Holofcener via agent Rich Klubeck, the story she wound up telling immediately presented itself as an interesting challenge. “I just really liked it right out of the gate—great lead, really screwed-up person needs to grow,...
- 9/9/2018
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Nicole Holofcener is a master at making audiences care about people who are behaving badly. Anders Hill, the protagonist of Holofcener’s latest film, “The Land of Steady Habits,” does unforgivable things. He leaves his family, quits his job, falls behind in the mortgage payments, and, most deplorably, mentors a drug addicted teenager in unorthodox ways that help lead to tragic results. Yet because Holofcener is such a humanist as a writer and a director and because the film’s star Ben Mendelsohn plays Anders so deftly, you still care what happens to him. You even kind of like him. The film begins streaming on Netflix on Sept. 14.
“The Land of Steady Habits” premieres at this year’s Toronto Intl. Film Festival, where Holofcener is also represented by “Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” a Melissa McCarthy dramedy that she helped script. Holofcener, whose previous credits include “Enough Said” and “Lovely & Amazing,...
“The Land of Steady Habits” premieres at this year’s Toronto Intl. Film Festival, where Holofcener is also represented by “Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” a Melissa McCarthy dramedy that she helped script. Holofcener, whose previous credits include “Enough Said” and “Lovely & Amazing,...
- 9/9/2018
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has confirmed that 51 new original series, movies and specials will be debuting on the streaming service in September, including the second season of the Peabody-winning satire “American Vandal” and season 5 of “Bojack Horseman.”
And there will also be new to Netflix seasons of some of your favorites from other networks, including the seventh and final edition of “Once Upon a Time.” Likewise, there will be plenty of movies making their first Netflix appearances including the red-hot Oscar contender “Black Panther.”
Available September 1
10,000 B.C.
Another Cinderella Story
Assassins
August Rush
Bruce Almighty
Delirium
Fair Game
Groundhog Day
King Kong
La Catedral del Mar (Netflix Original)
Martian Child
Monkey Twins (Netflix Original)
Mr. Sunshine
Nacho Libre
Pearl Harbor
Scarface
Sisters (Netflix Original)
Spider-Man 3
Stephanie
Summer Catch
Sydney White
The Ant Bully
The Breakfast Club
The Cider House Rules
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
The Keeping Hours...
And there will also be new to Netflix seasons of some of your favorites from other networks, including the seventh and final edition of “Once Upon a Time.” Likewise, there will be plenty of movies making their first Netflix appearances including the red-hot Oscar contender “Black Panther.”
Available September 1
10,000 B.C.
Another Cinderella Story
Assassins
August Rush
Bruce Almighty
Delirium
Fair Game
Groundhog Day
King Kong
La Catedral del Mar (Netflix Original)
Martian Child
Monkey Twins (Netflix Original)
Mr. Sunshine
Nacho Libre
Pearl Harbor
Scarface
Sisters (Netflix Original)
Spider-Man 3
Stephanie
Summer Catch
Sydney White
The Ant Bully
The Breakfast Club
The Cider House Rules
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
The Keeping Hours...
- 9/1/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Going back to school or work after lounging at the pool all summer isn’t a fun wake-up call, but you can still escape to Wakanda or “Hollywoo” with the Marvel blockbuster “Black Panther” and Season 5 of the animated comedy “BoJack Horseman,” which are coming to Netflix this month.
Plenty of Netflix originals are debuting or returning in September. Acclaimed director Cary Fukunaga’s dark comedy “Maniac,” starring Emma Stone and Jonah Hill, arrives Sept. 21. The mockumentary “American Vandal” is back for Season 2 and the docuseries “Chef’s Table” returns for its fifth installment. Classic films are also coming to the streaming platform, including “Groundhog Day,” “The Breakfast Club,” “Scarface,” and animated pics “Lilo & Stitch” and “The Emperor’s New Groove.”
Sept. 1
10,000 B.C.
Another Cinderella Story
Assassins
August Rush
Bruce Almighty
Delirium
Fair Game
Groundhog Day
King Kong
La Catedral del Mar
Martian Child
Monkey Twins
Mr. Sunshine...
Plenty of Netflix originals are debuting or returning in September. Acclaimed director Cary Fukunaga’s dark comedy “Maniac,” starring Emma Stone and Jonah Hill, arrives Sept. 21. The mockumentary “American Vandal” is back for Season 2 and the docuseries “Chef’s Table” returns for its fifth installment. Classic films are also coming to the streaming platform, including “Groundhog Day,” “The Breakfast Club,” “Scarface,” and animated pics “Lilo & Stitch” and “The Emperor’s New Groove.”
Sept. 1
10,000 B.C.
Another Cinderella Story
Assassins
August Rush
Bruce Almighty
Delirium
Fair Game
Groundhog Day
King Kong
La Catedral del Mar
Martian Child
Monkey Twins
Mr. Sunshine...
- 8/30/2018
- by Rachel Yang
- Variety Film + TV
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