Alien Covenant
Australian actor Alex England ("Gods of Egypt," "Wild Boys," "The Beautiful Lie") has become a late addition to the cast of Ridley Scott's "Alien: Covenant" at 20th Century Fox. Filming is slated to kick off next month.
Specifics of his role are unknown. He joins a cast that includes Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Demian Bichir, Danny McBride, Jussie Smollett, Amy Seimetz, Carmen Ejogo and Callie Hernandez. [Source: Deadline]
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
Released last Friday in China, the fantasy sequel "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword Of Destiny" has grossed $32 million - more than double the lifetime gross of Ang Lee's first film in China. The take comes ahead of the international rollout with Netflix making the film available on the streaming service and in select cinemas from today in over 190 countries. [Source: Bom]
It's a Small World
Tim Rasmussen & Vince Di Meglio ("License To Wed," "Meet The Fockers...
Australian actor Alex England ("Gods of Egypt," "Wild Boys," "The Beautiful Lie") has become a late addition to the cast of Ridley Scott's "Alien: Covenant" at 20th Century Fox. Filming is slated to kick off next month.
Specifics of his role are unknown. He joins a cast that includes Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Demian Bichir, Danny McBride, Jussie Smollett, Amy Seimetz, Carmen Ejogo and Callie Hernandez. [Source: Deadline]
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
Released last Friday in China, the fantasy sequel "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword Of Destiny" has grossed $32 million - more than double the lifetime gross of Ang Lee's first film in China. The take comes ahead of the international rollout with Netflix making the film available on the streaming service and in select cinemas from today in over 190 countries. [Source: Bom]
It's a Small World
Tim Rasmussen & Vince Di Meglio ("License To Wed," "Meet The Fockers...
- 2/26/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Disney has set the scribe team of Tim Rasmussen & Vince Di Meglio to script It’s A Small World, a family film based on the 50-year-old theme park attraction. The scribes, whose credits include License To Wed, Smother and Marmaduke and who wrote on Meet The Fockers and The Girlfriend Equation, board a project that has Jon Turteltaub attached to direct. It got started when Jared Stern pitched the Small World project and wrote a draft. The Lego Movie‘s Dan Lin is…...
- 2/26/2016
- Deadline
kogonada first caught our eye two years back with his exploration of symmetry in the works of Stanley Kubrick, followed by Wes Anderson a year later. But before both auteurs were associated with a centered, exacting aesthetic, Buster Keaton applied a looser construct of symmetry to his brand of physical comedy. The above video from Vince di Meglio looks at how the central framing of nearly 30 of Keaton’s films allows for head-to-toe humor in relation to both objects and space.
- 2/19/2015
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
kogonada first caught our eye two years back with his exploration of symmetry in the works of Stanley Kubrick, followed by Wes Anderson a year later. But before both auteurs were associated with a centered, exacting aesthetic, Buster Keaton applied a looser construct of symmetry to his brand of physical comedy. The above video from Vince di Meglio looks at how the central framing of nearly 30 of Keaton’s films allows for head-to-toe humor in relation to both objects and space.
- 2/19/2015
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
I came across the following video in which a visitor to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's (Lacma) Stanley Kubrick exhibit edited down the photos they took into a one-minute, film-by-film montage. It's a fun, brief look at the exhibit set to the "William Tell Overture", but it got me to wondering, Why exactly are we so drawn to the work of Stanley Kubrickc People, myself included, are continually drawn to behind-the-scenes images, read his scripts, are fascinated by his lost projects and the myth that was the man to the point they are able to come up with ridiculous theories behind his films such as those discussed in Rodney Ascher's Room 237. Personally I love the man's work and am drawn to it from a visual, emotional and cerebral perspective as well as a pure fascination with his filmmaking techniques and approach to storytelling. Are others drawn...
- 10/1/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Let's call it "nerd love." According to The Hollywood Reporter, Walt Disney Pictures acquired a pitch based on a story that appeared on Public Radio International’s “This American Life.” The film “The Girlfriend Equation” is based on a true story of a Harvard grad student who used complex math formulas to identify and attract the love of his life. The story was first told by NPR reporter David Kestenbaum in 2009. Click here to listen to the full conversation on “This American Life” web site. (Thanks to ComingSoon.net for this link.) The script will be written by Tim Rasmussen and Vince Di Meglio (“License to Wed,” “Marmaduke”). Andrew Panay (“Wedding Crashers,” “Van Wilder”) will be producing through Disney’s Panay Films with “This American Life” host Ira Glass as an executive producer. No production schedule has been released at this time.Source: The Hollywood Reporter...
- 5/31/2011
- LRMonline.com
Chicago – How do complete disasters like “Marmaduke” get made? Shouldn’t there be some sort of quality insurance and when a studio sees that a film is this execrable, they are allowed to pull some sort of last-minute ripcord and make sure it’s never inflicted on paying customers? Wouldn’t that be a good use of our tax dollars?
Blu-Ray Rating: 1.0/5.0
The most remarkable thing about “Marmaduke” is that it has No target demographic. This is lazy, boring, forgettable mass-market entertainment that doesn’t appeal to little girls, is too sentimental for little boys, and could cause dog lovers to write letters about the mistreatment of animals. There’s simply no audience for junk this horrendous.
There are awful family movies released every year that would still appeal to the little ones, but when did they start letting kids write them? “Marmaduke” is the story of a lovable-but-huge Great...
Blu-Ray Rating: 1.0/5.0
The most remarkable thing about “Marmaduke” is that it has No target demographic. This is lazy, boring, forgettable mass-market entertainment that doesn’t appeal to little girls, is too sentimental for little boys, and could cause dog lovers to write letters about the mistreatment of animals. There’s simply no audience for junk this horrendous.
There are awful family movies released every year that would still appeal to the little ones, but when did they start letting kids write them? “Marmaduke” is the story of a lovable-but-huge Great...
- 9/7/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
By Kevin Crust
HollywoodNews.com: A soft May could turn into June gloom at the box-office if the pre-”Toy Story” (June 18) releases all fail to break out. Four new movies debut this week, but will all likely fall behind the ogre who looking to three-peat at number one.
Get Him To The Greek
A spinoff of “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” from producer Judd Apatow and director Nicholas Stoller, the raunchy comedy features Russell Brand’s naughty rock star character Aldous Snow being shepherded to L.A.’s famous open-air ampitheare by record company flunky Jonah Hill for a concert. Sean ‘P. Diddy’ Combs, Rose Byrne of “Damages” and “Mad Men’s” Elisabeth Moss co-star along with the usual array of Apatow stock company cameos. Stoller scripted.
Despite the high raunch factor, “Greek” is earning surprisingly good reviews. The sentiments of the Chicago duo of Roger Ebert of the Sun-Times and...
HollywoodNews.com: A soft May could turn into June gloom at the box-office if the pre-”Toy Story” (June 18) releases all fail to break out. Four new movies debut this week, but will all likely fall behind the ogre who looking to three-peat at number one.
Get Him To The Greek
A spinoff of “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” from producer Judd Apatow and director Nicholas Stoller, the raunchy comedy features Russell Brand’s naughty rock star character Aldous Snow being shepherded to L.A.’s famous open-air ampitheare by record company flunky Jonah Hill for a concert. Sean ‘P. Diddy’ Combs, Rose Byrne of “Damages” and “Mad Men’s” Elisabeth Moss co-star along with the usual array of Apatow stock company cameos. Stoller scripted.
Despite the high raunch factor, “Greek” is earning surprisingly good reviews. The sentiments of the Chicago duo of Roger Ebert of the Sun-Times and...
- 6/4/2010
- by Kevin Crust
- Hollywoodnews.com
Both Marmaduke, based on the syndicated comic strip and the sequel Cats & Dogs: The Revenge Of Kitty Galore were filmed in Vancouver. Cats & Dogs: The Revenge Of Kitty Galore, directed by Canadian Brad Peyton is being converted to 3D by Korean and Los Angeles-based Stereo Pictures, ready to to be 'unleashed' in a wide release July 30. Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore a Warners, Village Roadshow production, filmed throughout Vancouver, September to December 2008, including sequences shot @ the Pne Amusement park. Starring Chris O'Donnell and Jack McBrayer, Kitty Galore was produced by Andrew Lazar for Mad Chance in association with former Warner Independent head Polly Cohen. Screenplay is by Ron Friedman and Steve Bencich, following the continuing "...great battle between cats and dogs for control of the Earth...". Marmaduke from 20th Century Fox is a family comedy feature, directed by Tom Dey (Shanghai Noon)) from a screenplay by Vince Di Meglio,...
- 5/13/2010
- HollywoodNorthReport.com
Both "Marmaduke", based on the syndicated comic strip and the sequel "Cats & Dogs: The Revenge Of Kitty Galore" were filmed in Vancouver.
"Cats & Dogs: The Revenge Of Kitty Galore", directed by Canadian Brad Peyton is being converted to 3D by Korean and Los Angeles-based Stereo Pictures, ready to to be 'unleashed' in a wide release July 30.
"Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore", a Warners, Village Roadshow production, filmed throughout Vancouver, September to December 2008, including sequences shot @ the Pne Amusement park.
Starring Chris O'Donnell and Jack McBrayer, "Kitty Galore" was produced by Andrew Lazar for Mad Chance in association with former Warner Independent head Polly Cohen.
Screenplay is by Ron Friedman and Steve Bencich, following the continuing story of "...the great battle between cats and dogs for control of the Earth...".
"Marmaduke" from 20th Century Fox is a family comedy feature, directed by Tom Dey ("Shanghai Noon"), from a screenplay by Vince Di Meglio,...
"Cats & Dogs: The Revenge Of Kitty Galore", directed by Canadian Brad Peyton is being converted to 3D by Korean and Los Angeles-based Stereo Pictures, ready to to be 'unleashed' in a wide release July 30.
"Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore", a Warners, Village Roadshow production, filmed throughout Vancouver, September to December 2008, including sequences shot @ the Pne Amusement park.
Starring Chris O'Donnell and Jack McBrayer, "Kitty Galore" was produced by Andrew Lazar for Mad Chance in association with former Warner Independent head Polly Cohen.
Screenplay is by Ron Friedman and Steve Bencich, following the continuing story of "...the great battle between cats and dogs for control of the Earth...".
"Marmaduke" from 20th Century Fox is a family comedy feature, directed by Tom Dey ("Shanghai Noon"), from a screenplay by Vince Di Meglio,...
- 5/9/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
What is it with Owen Wilson and movies about dogs? Last year, Wilson joined Jennifer Aniston in the heart string-yanking, super-melodramatic dying dog movie Marley and Me, and now THR is reporting that he'll be voicing the rascally Great Dane Marmaduke on the big screen. Based on the popular comic strip that was created in 1954 by Brad Anderson and Phil Leeming, with a script by Tim Rassmussen and Vince Di Meglio (License to Wed, Smother), this live-action/CG movie will follow a family named the Winslows who move from Kansas to Orange County with their dog Marmaduke, a slobbery pooch who creates chaos wherever he goes. It will see the title character "navigate a volatile Mutts vs. Pedigrees turf war, woo the purebred of his dreams and overcome a fall from grace." Tom Dey (Failure to Launch, Shanghai Noon) will direct the feature, with Judy Greer, Lee Pace and William H. Macy making up the human cast...
- 11/3/2009
- by Neil Miller
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Owen Wilson has signed on to voice the famous Great Dane "Marmaduke," Fox's live-action/CG adaptation of the popular comic strip. Tom Dey is directing and John Davis is producing the family comedy. The film is set for a June 2010 release date. The film follows a family named the Winslows who move from Kansas to Orange County with their dog Marmaduke, a mischievous dog who creates chaos wherever he goes. Tim Rasmussen and Vince Di Meglio will write the script based on the comic strip created in 1954 by Brad Anderson and Phil Leeming.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Judy Greer, Lee Pace and William H. Macy play the humans, while Fergie, Emma Stone, George Lopez, Christopher Mintz-Plasse,...
- 11/3/2009
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
"Marmaduke," the long-running comic strip is about to bark into theaters near you! And Owen Wilson will lend a helping hand.
The actor will voice the rambunctious Great Dane for Fox. The live-action CG movie tells the tale of the Winslows who move from Kansas to Orange County with their dog Marmaduke.
Based on the comic strip created in 1954 by Brad Anderson and Phil Leeming, the script is written by Tim Rasmussen and Vince Di Meglio. There is going to be a Mutts vs. Pedigrees war (fun!), and Marmaduke will even fall in love. Awww...
The humans will be played by Judy Greer, Lee Pace, and William H. Macy; Fergie, Emma Stone, George Lopez (he sure loves voicing animals, he was just in "Beverly Hills Chihuahua), Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Steve Coogan, Damon Wayans, and Marlon Wayans will provide the voices.
Wilson's director from "Shanghai Noon," Tom Dey, is set to helm...
The actor will voice the rambunctious Great Dane for Fox. The live-action CG movie tells the tale of the Winslows who move from Kansas to Orange County with their dog Marmaduke.
Based on the comic strip created in 1954 by Brad Anderson and Phil Leeming, the script is written by Tim Rasmussen and Vince Di Meglio. There is going to be a Mutts vs. Pedigrees war (fun!), and Marmaduke will even fall in love. Awww...
The humans will be played by Judy Greer, Lee Pace, and William H. Macy; Fergie, Emma Stone, George Lopez (he sure loves voicing animals, he was just in "Beverly Hills Chihuahua), Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Steve Coogan, Damon Wayans, and Marlon Wayans will provide the voices.
Wilson's director from "Shanghai Noon," Tom Dey, is set to helm...
- 11/3/2009
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Owen Wilson will voice the big lummox of a dog, Marmaduke, in the new animated film based on the classic comic-strip dog for 20th Century Fox. Wilson joins Fergie, the lovely Emma Stone, George Lopez, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Steve Coogan, Damon and Marlon Wayans.
Marmaduke will follow the Winslow who family who moves from Kansas to beautiful Orange County, CA with their jerk of dog that constantly gets into trouble. Our favorite dog lands in the middle of a turf-war between the Mutts and the Pedigrees who attempt to woo the idiot to their respective side.
The story was penned by License to Wed writing team, Tim Rasmussen and Vince Di Meglio and directed by Tom Dey (Shanghai Noon).
This isn’t the first voice-work Wilson has signed on to. He also provided the voice for Disney Pixar’s Lightning McQueen in Cars.
Marmaduke will hit theaters during the summer of...
Marmaduke will follow the Winslow who family who moves from Kansas to beautiful Orange County, CA with their jerk of dog that constantly gets into trouble. Our favorite dog lands in the middle of a turf-war between the Mutts and the Pedigrees who attempt to woo the idiot to their respective side.
The story was penned by License to Wed writing team, Tim Rasmussen and Vince Di Meglio and directed by Tom Dey (Shanghai Noon).
This isn’t the first voice-work Wilson has signed on to. He also provided the voice for Disney Pixar’s Lightning McQueen in Cars.
Marmaduke will hit theaters during the summer of...
- 11/3/2009
- by Reel Loop News Staff
- ReelLoop.com
The last time we saw actor Owen Wilson playing with dogs, it was in the 2008 adaptation of John Grogan's touchingly heartbreaking book "Marley & Me." In this latest bit of news, we learn that Wilson will move from playing with dogs to simply playing one.
Wilson is locked to star in "Marmaduke," a big-screen adaptation of Brad Anderson's long-running newspaper comic strip. The adaptation had itself been revealed a couple of weeks ago, but this final bit of news puts the finishing touch on a cast that includes William H. Macy, Judy Greer, Lee Pace as the titular great dane's human family and Fergie, Emma Stone, George Lopez, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Steve Coogan, Damon Wayans and Marlon Wayans as the voices of Marmaduke's pals in the animal kingdom.
The story, penned by "License to Wed" writers Tim Rasmussen and Vince Di Meglio, sounds like a canine-infused take on "West Side Story.
Wilson is locked to star in "Marmaduke," a big-screen adaptation of Brad Anderson's long-running newspaper comic strip. The adaptation had itself been revealed a couple of weeks ago, but this final bit of news puts the finishing touch on a cast that includes William H. Macy, Judy Greer, Lee Pace as the titular great dane's human family and Fergie, Emma Stone, George Lopez, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Steve Coogan, Damon Wayans and Marlon Wayans as the voices of Marmaduke's pals in the animal kingdom.
The story, penned by "License to Wed" writers Tim Rasmussen and Vince Di Meglio, sounds like a canine-infused take on "West Side Story.
- 11/3/2009
- by Adam Rosenberg
- MTV Splash Page
Owen Wilson has signed on to voice the rascally Great Dane Marmaduke , Fox's adaptation of the long-running comic strip, says The Hollywood Reporter . The film follows a family named the Winslows who move from Kansas to Orange County with their dog Marmaduke, a slobbery pooch who creates chaos wherever he goes. In adapting the strip created in 1954 by Brad Anderson and Phil Leeming, the script by Tim Rasmussen and Vince Di Meglio sees Marmaduke navigate a volatile Mutts vs. Pedigrees turf war, woo the purebred of his dreams and overcome a fall from grace. Judy Greer, Lee Pace and William H. Macy play the humans, while Fergie, Emma Stone, George Lopez, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Steve Coogan, Damon Wayans, Marlon Wayans supply the voices. Tom Dey is directing the family...
- 11/3/2009
- Comingsoon.net
Owen Wilson signs on to voice the Great Dane Marmaduke in Fox's adaptation of the famous long-running comic strip, joining Lee Pace and Judy Greer.
The strip, created in 1954 by Brad Anderson and Phil Leeming, is scripted by Tim Rasmussen and Vince Di Meglio. The story follows the Winslow family, who move from Kansas to Orange County with Marmaduke, their slobbering Great Dane who delivers chaos wherever he goes. Marmaduke winds his way into a volatile turf war between Mutts and Pedigrees while trying to gain the loving affections of a purebred and attempting to overcome his own fall from ordered grace.
Along with Wilson, Greer and Pace, the impressive cast of borrowed voices includes Amanda Seyfried, Ron Perlman, Jeremy Piven, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Steve Coogan, Stacy Ferguson, William H. Macy, Damon Wayans Jr., George Lopez, David Walliams and Finley Jacobsen.
The film, set to be directed by Shanghai Noon helmer...
The strip, created in 1954 by Brad Anderson and Phil Leeming, is scripted by Tim Rasmussen and Vince Di Meglio. The story follows the Winslow family, who move from Kansas to Orange County with Marmaduke, their slobbering Great Dane who delivers chaos wherever he goes. Marmaduke winds his way into a volatile turf war between Mutts and Pedigrees while trying to gain the loving affections of a purebred and attempting to overcome his own fall from ordered grace.
Along with Wilson, Greer and Pace, the impressive cast of borrowed voices includes Amanda Seyfried, Ron Perlman, Jeremy Piven, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Steve Coogan, Stacy Ferguson, William H. Macy, Damon Wayans Jr., George Lopez, David Walliams and Finley Jacobsen.
The film, set to be directed by Shanghai Noon helmer...
- 11/3/2009
- Screenrush
I think it's the nose. Owen Wilson has signed on to play the voice of everybody's favorite Great Dane, Marmaduke, in Fox's upcoming live action/CG adaptation of the comic strip. The script "sees Marmaduke navigate a volatile Mutts vs. Pedigrees turf war, woo the purebred of his dreams and overcome a fall from grace." Blame Tim Rasmussen and Vince Di Meglio for that. The film will be directed by Shanghai Noon(I actually liked that!)/Failure to Launch helmer Tom Dey. Wilson actually bears a slight resemblance to the mischievous dog, but that certainly doesn't soothe my soul about this project existing. Despite how perfect Bill Murray was for Garfield, that movie still ended up being a huge mess (and don't forget he made two of them!). The cast also includes Lee Pace, Judy Greere, and William H. Macy as the humans, and "Fergie, Emma Stone, George Lopez, Christopher Mintz-Plasse,...
- 11/3/2009
- by Devindra Hardawar
- Slash Film
Owen Wilson has jumped from one dog movie to another as he signs on for "Marmaduke". Having been seen portraying the owner of a hyper-actively handful Labrador in "Marley & Me", the 40-year-old actor will provide the voice of the titular character, which happens to be a Great Dane.
With the signing in, Wilson joins the likes of Stacy Ferguson aka Fergie, Emma Stone, George Lopez, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Steve Coogan, Damon Wayans and Marlon Wayans who will supply the voices. He is following the steps of Bill Murray in voicing famous comic strip animal. Murray lent his voice to the lasagna-loving cat "Garfield".
"Marmaduke" is adapted by Tim Rasmussen and Vince Di Meglio from Brad Anderson's comic strip about the Winslow family who moves from Kansas to Orange County with their chaos-ensuing dog Marmaduke. The movie will follow Marmaduke as he navigates a volatile Mutts vs. Pedigrees turf war, woos...
With the signing in, Wilson joins the likes of Stacy Ferguson aka Fergie, Emma Stone, George Lopez, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Steve Coogan, Damon Wayans and Marlon Wayans who will supply the voices. He is following the steps of Bill Murray in voicing famous comic strip animal. Murray lent his voice to the lasagna-loving cat "Garfield".
"Marmaduke" is adapted by Tim Rasmussen and Vince Di Meglio from Brad Anderson's comic strip about the Winslow family who moves from Kansas to Orange County with their chaos-ensuing dog Marmaduke. The movie will follow Marmaduke as he navigates a volatile Mutts vs. Pedigrees turf war, woos...
- 11/3/2009
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Owen Wilson has signed on to voice the Great Dane Marmaduke for 20th Century Fox's adaptation of the long-running comic strip, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The actor's attachment to the project marks the last piece of the puzzle for the live-action/CG movie.
The trade reports that the story contains elements of Fox's Marley & Me (which also starred Wilson), and will follow a family named the Winslows who move from Kansas to Orange County with their dog Marmaduke, a slobbery pooch who creates chaos wherever he goes.
In adapting the strip created in 1954 by Brad Anderson and Phil Leeming, the script by Tim Rasmussen and Vince Di Meglio sees Marmaduke navigate a volatile Mutts vs. Pedigrees turf war, woo the purebred of his dreams and overcome a fall from grace.
Judy Greer, Lee Pace and William H. Macy play the humans, while Fergie, Emma Stone, George Lopez, Christopher Mintz-Plasse,...
The actor's attachment to the project marks the last piece of the puzzle for the live-action/CG movie.
The trade reports that the story contains elements of Fox's Marley & Me (which also starred Wilson), and will follow a family named the Winslows who move from Kansas to Orange County with their dog Marmaduke, a slobbery pooch who creates chaos wherever he goes.
In adapting the strip created in 1954 by Brad Anderson and Phil Leeming, the script by Tim Rasmussen and Vince Di Meglio sees Marmaduke navigate a volatile Mutts vs. Pedigrees turf war, woo the purebred of his dreams and overcome a fall from grace.
Judy Greer, Lee Pace and William H. Macy play the humans, while Fergie, Emma Stone, George Lopez, Christopher Mintz-Plasse,...
- 11/3/2009
- CinemaSpy
Owen Wilson has signed on to voice the rascally Great Dane "Marmaduke," Fox's adaptation of the long-running comic strip.
Wilson's boarding is the last piece of the puzzle for the live-action/CG movie, which has shades of Fox's surprise smash "Marley & Me" and follows a family named the Winslows who move from Kansas to Orange County with their dog Marmaduke, a slobbery pooch who creates chaos wherever he goes.
In adapting the strip created in 1954 by Brad Anderson and Phil Leeming, the script by Tim Rasmussen and Vince Di Meglio sees Marmaduke navigate a volatile Mutts vs. Pedigrees turf war, woo the purebred of his dreams and overcome a fall from grace.
Judy Greer, Lee Pace and William H. Macy play the humans, while Fergie, Emma Stone, George Lopez, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Steve Coogan, Damon Wayans, Marlon Wayans supply the voices.
Tom Dey is directing, and John Davis is producing the family comedy,...
Wilson's boarding is the last piece of the puzzle for the live-action/CG movie, which has shades of Fox's surprise smash "Marley & Me" and follows a family named the Winslows who move from Kansas to Orange County with their dog Marmaduke, a slobbery pooch who creates chaos wherever he goes.
In adapting the strip created in 1954 by Brad Anderson and Phil Leeming, the script by Tim Rasmussen and Vince Di Meglio sees Marmaduke navigate a volatile Mutts vs. Pedigrees turf war, woo the purebred of his dreams and overcome a fall from grace.
Judy Greer, Lee Pace and William H. Macy play the humans, while Fergie, Emma Stone, George Lopez, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Steve Coogan, Damon Wayans, Marlon Wayans supply the voices.
Tom Dey is directing, and John Davis is producing the family comedy,...
- 11/2/2009
- by By Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
We've added new images in from Screen Media Films' comedy "Smother," starring Dax Shepard, Liv Tyler, Diane Keaton, Mike White, Rachel Cannon, Ken Howard, Don Lake, Steven Christopher Parker and Ron Butler. Vince Di Meglio directs and writes the film alongside Tim Rasmussen. Di Meglio made his directorial debut on 2000's "Deadfall." See all the images in the gallery. Marilyn Cooper (Academy Award-winner Diane Keaton) is one of those mothers- the kind who’ll call at 6:30 in the morning, or tell embarrassing stories about her son Noah (Dax Shepard) to complete strangers. When she suspects her husband is having an affair, she decides it’s time to “take a break”, and shows up on Noah’s doorstep with bags and five foster dogs in tow. Already having lost his job, hosting an unwelcome houseguest (Mike White) on his couch, and facing pressure from his wife Clare (Liv Tyler) to...
- 4/15/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
We've added new images in from Screen Media Films' comedy "Smother," starring Dax Shepard, Liv Tyler, Diane Keaton, Mike White, Rachel Cannon, Ken Howard, Don Lake, Steven Christopher Parker and Ron Butler. Vince Di Meglio directs and writes the film alongside Tim Rasmussen. Di Meglio made his directorial debut on 2000's "Deadfall." Marilyn Cooper (Academy Award-winner Diane Keaton) is one of those mothers- the kind who’ll call at 6:30 in the morning, or tell embarrassing stories about her son Noah (Dax Shepard) to complete strangers. When she suspects her husband is having an affair, she decides it’s time to “take a break”, and shows up on Noah’s doorstep...
- 4/15/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
We've added new images in from Screen Media Films' comedy "Smother," starring Dax Shepard, Liv Tyler, Diane Keaton, Mike White, Rachel Cannon, Ken Howard, Don Lake, Steven Christopher Parker and Ron Butler. Vince Di Meglio directs and writes the film alongside Tim Rasmussen. Di Meglio made his directorial debut on 2000's "Deadfall." Marilyn Cooper (Academy Award-winner Diane Keaton) is one of those mothers- the kind who’ll call at 6:30 in the morning, or tell embarrassing stories about her son Noah (Dax Shepard) to complete strangers. When she suspects her husband is having an affair, she decides it’s time to “take a break”, and shows up on Noah’s doorstep...
- 4/15/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
This film was not screened in advance for American critics. Here are excerpts from a review in the Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald:
Diane Keaton chalked up so much credit during her Woody Allen years that I've been looking on her benignly ever since. But this time, sadly, she's gone too far. She's turned herself into a mother-in-law joke.
Her name is Marilyn, she has five dogs, a discontented husband and a put-upon son (Dax Shepard) and daughter-in-law (Liv Tyler). She's introduced in Vince Di Meglio's...
Diane Keaton chalked up so much credit during her Woody Allen years that I've been looking on her benignly ever since. But this time, sadly, she's gone too far. She's turned herself into a mother-in-law joke.
Her name is Marilyn, she has five dogs, a discontented husband and a put-upon son (Dax Shepard) and daughter-in-law (Liv Tyler). She's introduced in Vince Di Meglio's...
- 9/26/2008
- by By SANDRA HALL
- NYPost.com
By Neil Pedley
If the old maxim "What I really want to do is direct" still holds true, this week's releases confirm that the filmmaking game is more open than ever. Anyone can have a crack at it; actors, teachers, digital artists, preachers. Perhaps you should have a go yourself. Hell, if Paul W.S. Anderson can get work doing it...
"The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela"
Offering up the most unlikely fairytale you're ever likely to see, Icelandic filmmaker Olaf de Fleur Johannesson draws on his documentary background with this endearing low-budget, semi-improvised Cinderella story. As a young Filipino lady-boy, the spunky, pre-op sex worker Raquela longs to be the belle of the ball as she trawls the Internet looking for love. When an American suitor pledges to be her Prince Charming and proposes a meeting in France, Raquela departs for her long-awaited date with destiny under the glittering Paris skyline.
If the old maxim "What I really want to do is direct" still holds true, this week's releases confirm that the filmmaking game is more open than ever. Anyone can have a crack at it; actors, teachers, digital artists, preachers. Perhaps you should have a go yourself. Hell, if Paul W.S. Anderson can get work doing it...
"The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela"
Offering up the most unlikely fairytale you're ever likely to see, Icelandic filmmaker Olaf de Fleur Johannesson draws on his documentary background with this endearing low-budget, semi-improvised Cinderella story. As a young Filipino lady-boy, the spunky, pre-op sex worker Raquela longs to be the belle of the ball as she trawls the Internet looking for love. When an American suitor pledges to be her Prince Charming and proposes a meeting in France, Raquela departs for her long-awaited date with destiny under the glittering Paris skyline.
- 9/22/2008
- by Neil Pedley
- ifc.com
Indie distributor Variance Films is launching with the theatrical release of the dark comedy "Smother" starring Diane Keaton, Dax Shepard and Liv Tyler and exec producer Terry Bradshaw's Hurricane Katrina football documentary "Walking on Dead Fish."
Former ThinkFilm distribution and marketing director Dylan Marchetti wants Variance to bridge the gap between producers self-releasing features and traditional distributors, avoiding the direct-to-video trap that many indies encounter.
Part of Marchetti's strategy is to avoid conventional New York/Los Angeles platform releases, instead looking to rollouts tailored to each film's target audience. He will be scouting for more Variance projects at next month's Toronto International Film Festival.
Vince Di Meglio's "Smother" centers on an overbearing mother who worms her way into her son's life. The film will receive a Sept. 26 release in the top five markets.
Franklin Martin's "Fish", a co-release with Dutchmen Films, follows New Orleans high school students who overcome natural disaster to form a winning football team. The film, narrated by Fox NFL studio analyst and former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Bradshaw, opens there Sept. 5, followed by a regional expansion Sept. 19.
Marchetti negotiated the "Smother" deal with Vincent Reppert and Johnson Chan of Germie & Bucky Prods. and did the "Fish" deal with Nguyen Tran and Ilan Arboleda of the Institution.
Former ThinkFilm distribution and marketing director Dylan Marchetti wants Variance to bridge the gap between producers self-releasing features and traditional distributors, avoiding the direct-to-video trap that many indies encounter.
Part of Marchetti's strategy is to avoid conventional New York/Los Angeles platform releases, instead looking to rollouts tailored to each film's target audience. He will be scouting for more Variance projects at next month's Toronto International Film Festival.
Vince Di Meglio's "Smother" centers on an overbearing mother who worms her way into her son's life. The film will receive a Sept. 26 release in the top five markets.
Franklin Martin's "Fish", a co-release with Dutchmen Films, follows New Orleans high school students who overcome natural disaster to form a winning football team. The film, narrated by Fox NFL studio analyst and former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Bradshaw, opens there Sept. 5, followed by a regional expansion Sept. 19.
Marchetti negotiated the "Smother" deal with Vincent Reppert and Johnson Chan of Germie & Bucky Prods. and did the "Fish" deal with Nguyen Tran and Ilan Arboleda of the Institution.
- 8/17/2008
- by By Gregg Goldstein
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Read about how Wall Street funds the indies
Fourteen months ago, Mark Gill was in Cambridge, Mass., as keynote speaker at the Harvard Business School's annual conference on media and entertainment. He struck up a conversation with another guest, Yael Taqqu, a partner in McKinsey & Co.'s global media and entertainment practice.
Taqqu suggested that Gill call her if he ever went out on his own. "What do you know", Gill reflected wryly, "a month later, I did."
That was the beginning of a yearlong odyssey for the specialty movies executive as he exited his post as president of Warner Independent Pictures and sought to raise money for a new production and worldwide sales company, the Film Department. And it led him directly to Sheikh Waleed al Ibrahim of Dubai.
Today, Sheikh Waleed is one of the key backers of Gill's company, investing millions of dollars in the venture. (Gill declined to say precisely how much.) In plunging into filmmaking, the media magnate, who also is chairman of powerhouse network MBC (Middle East Broadcasting Center), is one of a number of foreign individuals and companies who are dipping their toes into independent American film.
"We used to see foreign money coming from (tax-driven funds) like Ingenious that would make investments in studio pictures; and, of course, we would see German tax money make investments, but aside from that, not much -- maybe a few investments from high-net-worth individuals from time to time," said John Burke, an attorney with Akin Gump who specializes in film finance. "What we have seen in the last six months or a year is an increased interest by the European institutional community -- the hedge and equity funds and investment banks -- and an increasing amount of attention from the Middle East, meaning places like Dubai and Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia, Jordan -- any place where there are significant amounts of wealth."
Among recent developments:
Producer Hunt Lowry has been negotiating with investors in Abu Dhabi to finance a whole slate of studio-budget films.
Harvey Weinstein went to China this year as one step in an ongoing attempt to raise $285 million to make Asian-themed movies that will be released through the Weinstein Co. in a deal that Goldman Sachs is putting together. (Reps for the Weinstein Co. declined comment.)
Wild Bunch, a major French production and distribution company, has invested in such independent films as Steven Soderbergh's upcoming pair of feature projects about Che Guevara and three Woody Allen movies. It also has signed a first-look deal with former Miramax staffer Agnes Mentre to find U.S. projects in which it can invest.
Double Edge Entertainment has accessed Taiwanese and Chinese money through its principals, Nina Yang and Bobby Sheng, who have invested in such films as director Vince Di Meglio's upcoming Dax Shepard-Mike White starrer "Smother" and 2004's "Mail Order Wife".
Producer Marina Grasic of Visitor Pictures has raised money from investment funds in Bahrain and Scandinavia to help finance four films (Miramax's planned 2007 release "Smart People", writer-director Rawson Marshall Thurber's upcoming "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh", Lionsgate's planned December release "The Return" and writer-director Baillie Walsh's upcoming "Flashbacks of a Fool".)
Bill Block, CEO of production and sales company QED International, is visiting Beijing this summer to meet with investors there. His company already has benefited from funding from U.K.-based Aramid Capital.
Russian billionaire Michel Litvak has funded several films, including 2006's "Bobby", through his Los Angeles-based company Bold Films. Other Russian billionaires investing in Hollywood include Len Blavatnik.
It would be wrong to overstate the level of this cash influx. Insiders put it at a total in the hundreds of millions, not billions.
"I spent a year of my life dealing with this and talked to people around the world," Gill said. "They all said the same thing: Here and there, there are little pockets of money, but most people (outside the U.S.) would prefer to invest in real estate or bonds or something more reliable than the movie business.
Fourteen months ago, Mark Gill was in Cambridge, Mass., as keynote speaker at the Harvard Business School's annual conference on media and entertainment. He struck up a conversation with another guest, Yael Taqqu, a partner in McKinsey & Co.'s global media and entertainment practice.
Taqqu suggested that Gill call her if he ever went out on his own. "What do you know", Gill reflected wryly, "a month later, I did."
That was the beginning of a yearlong odyssey for the specialty movies executive as he exited his post as president of Warner Independent Pictures and sought to raise money for a new production and worldwide sales company, the Film Department. And it led him directly to Sheikh Waleed al Ibrahim of Dubai.
Today, Sheikh Waleed is one of the key backers of Gill's company, investing millions of dollars in the venture. (Gill declined to say precisely how much.) In plunging into filmmaking, the media magnate, who also is chairman of powerhouse network MBC (Middle East Broadcasting Center), is one of a number of foreign individuals and companies who are dipping their toes into independent American film.
"We used to see foreign money coming from (tax-driven funds) like Ingenious that would make investments in studio pictures; and, of course, we would see German tax money make investments, but aside from that, not much -- maybe a few investments from high-net-worth individuals from time to time," said John Burke, an attorney with Akin Gump who specializes in film finance. "What we have seen in the last six months or a year is an increased interest by the European institutional community -- the hedge and equity funds and investment banks -- and an increasing amount of attention from the Middle East, meaning places like Dubai and Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia, Jordan -- any place where there are significant amounts of wealth."
Among recent developments:
Producer Hunt Lowry has been negotiating with investors in Abu Dhabi to finance a whole slate of studio-budget films.
Harvey Weinstein went to China this year as one step in an ongoing attempt to raise $285 million to make Asian-themed movies that will be released through the Weinstein Co. in a deal that Goldman Sachs is putting together. (Reps for the Weinstein Co. declined comment.)
Wild Bunch, a major French production and distribution company, has invested in such independent films as Steven Soderbergh's upcoming pair of feature projects about Che Guevara and three Woody Allen movies. It also has signed a first-look deal with former Miramax staffer Agnes Mentre to find U.S. projects in which it can invest.
Double Edge Entertainment has accessed Taiwanese and Chinese money through its principals, Nina Yang and Bobby Sheng, who have invested in such films as director Vince Di Meglio's upcoming Dax Shepard-Mike White starrer "Smother" and 2004's "Mail Order Wife".
Producer Marina Grasic of Visitor Pictures has raised money from investment funds in Bahrain and Scandinavia to help finance four films (Miramax's planned 2007 release "Smart People", writer-director Rawson Marshall Thurber's upcoming "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh", Lionsgate's planned December release "The Return" and writer-director Baillie Walsh's upcoming "Flashbacks of a Fool".)
Bill Block, CEO of production and sales company QED International, is visiting Beijing this summer to meet with investors there. His company already has benefited from funding from U.K.-based Aramid Capital.
Russian billionaire Michel Litvak has funded several films, including 2006's "Bobby", through his Los Angeles-based company Bold Films. Other Russian billionaires investing in Hollywood include Len Blavatnik.
It would be wrong to overstate the level of this cash influx. Insiders put it at a total in the hundreds of millions, not billions.
"I spent a year of my life dealing with this and talked to people around the world," Gill said. "They all said the same thing: Here and there, there are little pockets of money, but most people (outside the U.S.) would prefer to invest in real estate or bonds or something more reliable than the movie business.
Variety reports that Diane Keaton, Dax Shepard and Liv Tyler have signed on to topline Smother for Bill Johnson and Jim Seibel's Inferno Distribution. The indie film, written by Tim Rasmussen and Vince Di Meglio, centers on a recently unemployed guy whose meddling mom moves in with him and his wife. Di Meglio makes his directorial debut with the $15 million project. Inferno will produce with Jay Roach and Johnson Chan; Jennifer Perini and Matt Berenson are on board as executive producers.
- 9/22/2006
- IMDbPro News
Writers Tim Rasmussen and Vince Di Meglio have set up two projects at Columbia Pictures, one with producer Kevin Misher and the other with producer Laura Ziskin. The studio has picked up Strutter in turnaround from Universal Pictures. The project is a comedy about the Olympic sport of race walking. Misher will produce the tale about an aging race walker who's fending off younger competitors. Matt Tolmach serves as the executive on the project. With Ziskin producing, the duo also has boarded How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater, based on the book by Marc Acito that is due later this year. It follows a New Jersey teenager in the early 1980s who goes about raising money to attend Juilliard in the most unscrupulous of ways. Shannon Gaulding is overseeing for the studio. Rasmussen and Di Meglio, whose first professional assignment was a rewrite on Meet the Fockers, also are working on Smother, which Jay Roach is attached to produce at New Line Cinema. Both writers are repped by UTA and Mosaic Media.
- 7/21/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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