The prequel film we have all been waiting for is finally here and I am really happy to say that it is as brilliant and bombastic as the original film. Obviously, we are talking about Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, the prequel to George Miller‘s 2015 Mad Max: Fury Road. Directed by Miller from a screenplay by Nico Lathouris and Miller, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga follows the story of a young Furiosa as she is taken from Green Place of Many Mothers and tries to survive in the wasteland while trying to get back home but the war between great biker horde’s warlord Dementus and Immortan Joe makes it harder. Replacing Charlize Theron from Fury Road, Anya Taylor-Joy takes over the role of Furiosa in the prequel film and it also stars Chris Hemsworth, Tom Burke, Lachy Hulme, John Howard, Angus Sampson, and Nathan Jones. So,...
- 5/26/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Alfonso Cuarón is the kind of auteur who is incredibly selective about projects he associates with. After the unexpected mainstream success of "Y tu mamá también," Cuarón was inundated with Hollywood screenplays, but the director was extremely wary of being sucked into the soulless aspects of the industry machine. So, when Cuarón received a screenplay for P.D. James' sci-fi dystopian novel "The Children of Men," he instantly recognized the merits of translating such a hard-hitting story into film, but was not completely sold on the appeal of its bleak, apocalyptic premise. After working on other projects, Cuarón and screenwriter Timothy J. Sexton circled back to the novel's screenplay, as they were finally ready to commit to bringing its realistic dystopia to life. The result was the brilliantly crafted "Children of Men," which serves as a timeless cautionary tale about the disintegration of human civilization.
Although critically lauded, "Children of Men" was a commercial failure,...
Although critically lauded, "Children of Men" was a commercial failure,...
- 2/26/2023
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
It's a cliché to claim overnight success takes years, but that doesn't make it untrue.
Take Clive Owen. After getting his start working on BBC and Channel 4 TV productions in the late 1980s, he suddenly found himself in high demand by the mid-2000s. Be it Antoine Fuqua's realism-driven take on the Arthurian legends with "King Arthur," Mike Nichols' big screen version of Patrick Marber's erotic play "Closer," Robert Rodriguez's visually trail-blazing neo-noir comic book movie "Sin City," or Spike Lee's '70s throwback heist thriller "Inside Man," it felt like Owen was being cast in anything and everything under the sun.
There's a good reason for that. Owen seems just as comfortable playing strong, silent types as he does insecure, entitled, affluent figures or hard-edged antiheroes with a habit of inner monologuing. It's the same versatility that allows him to easily slip into the role of Theo Faron,...
Take Clive Owen. After getting his start working on BBC and Channel 4 TV productions in the late 1980s, he suddenly found himself in high demand by the mid-2000s. Be it Antoine Fuqua's realism-driven take on the Arthurian legends with "King Arthur," Mike Nichols' big screen version of Patrick Marber's erotic play "Closer," Robert Rodriguez's visually trail-blazing neo-noir comic book movie "Sin City," or Spike Lee's '70s throwback heist thriller "Inside Man," it felt like Owen was being cast in anything and everything under the sun.
There's a good reason for that. Owen seems just as comfortable playing strong, silent types as he does insecure, entitled, affluent figures or hard-edged antiheroes with a habit of inner monologuing. It's the same versatility that allows him to easily slip into the role of Theo Faron,...
- 11/6/2022
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
It's a common lesson learned amongst directors that any judgment call on a script isn't always final. One minute they're tossing it aside out of indifference or disgust and the next they're engrossed in its possibilities. Such was the tenuous relationship Alfonso Cuarón had with "Children of Men" when he was first pitched it. His feelings towards the screenplay — which was adapted from a 1992 sci-fi novel by P.D. James — could be described politely as more than a little apathetic.
Then tragedy struck, and suddenly Cuarón felt intimately connected to parts of the script he could remember. Yet instead of doing a straight adaptation of the novel, he decided to just use some of the core elements as a starting point. The movie Cuarón would eventually create both bombed at the box office and contained an abundance of differences from James' original story. Yet it remains today a frighteningly prescient reminder...
Then tragedy struck, and suddenly Cuarón felt intimately connected to parts of the script he could remember. Yet instead of doing a straight adaptation of the novel, he decided to just use some of the core elements as a starting point. The movie Cuarón would eventually create both bombed at the box office and contained an abundance of differences from James' original story. Yet it remains today a frighteningly prescient reminder...
- 10/16/2022
- by Steven Ward
- Slash Film
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has published its list of the 101 greatest screenplays of the 21st century, topped by Jordan Peele’s “Get Out.” Peele won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay with the script for his horror movie, which also marked his solo feature directorial debut. Bong Joon Ho’s Oscar-winning “Parasite” screenplay cracked the WGA’s top five along with Charlie Kaufman’s “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” Aaron Sorkin’s “The Social Network,” and the Coen Brothers’ “No Country for Old Men.” All of these aforementioned films won screenwriting Oscars.
The remainder of the WGA’s top 10 consists of Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight,” Paul Thomas Anderson’s “There Will Be Blood,” Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds,” Cameron Crowe’s “Almost Famous,” and Christopher Nolan’s “Memento.” Anderson has three scripts in the top 101, as does Tarantino. Writers with multiple ranked scripts include Aaron Sorkin, Charlie Kaufman,...
The remainder of the WGA’s top 10 consists of Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight,” Paul Thomas Anderson’s “There Will Be Blood,” Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds,” Cameron Crowe’s “Almost Famous,” and Christopher Nolan’s “Memento.” Anderson has three scripts in the top 101, as does Tarantino. Writers with multiple ranked scripts include Aaron Sorkin, Charlie Kaufman,...
- 12/6/2021
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Every day, more and more films are added to the various streaming services out there, ranging from Netflix to YouTube, and are hitting the airwaves via movie-centric networks like TCM. Therefore, sifting through all of these pictures can be a tedious and often times confounding or difficult ordeal. But, that’s why we’re here. Every week, Joshua brings you five films to put at the top of your queue, add to your playlist, or grab off of VOD to make your weekend a little more eventful. Here is this week’s top five, in this week’s Armchair Vacation.
5. The Liberator (Netflix)
While the idea of the historical epic has the ability to turn off a few cinephiles, this is a real gem of a film. From director Alberto Arvelo, The Liberator follows the story of one Simon Bolivar, with beloved Venezuelan thespian Edgar Ramirez in that very role.
5. The Liberator (Netflix)
While the idea of the historical epic has the ability to turn off a few cinephiles, this is a real gem of a film. From director Alberto Arvelo, The Liberator follows the story of one Simon Bolivar, with beloved Venezuelan thespian Edgar Ramirez in that very role.
- 5/22/2015
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
Selected as the Venezuelan submission for Best Foreign Language Film for the 2014 Academy Awards, Alberto Arvelo’s The Liberator, a biopic on Simon Bolivar, actually made the shortlist of the final nine films. The positive attention it received from Academy members did little for its box office potential, grossing only $113,000 in the Us. While many seemed to agree on the film’s faults, it wasn’t without its champions, particularly concerning Edgar Ramirez’s noble performance as Bolivar.
Arriving with all the earmarks of a truncated and incredibly abridged version of history in order to cram into the corset of a two hour cinematic straightjacket, this unwisely attempts to chart nearly the entire life of Simon Bolivar in one dense chunk. The result is a jack hammered miasma of assorted clichés, conflating events into a romanticized exaggeration of generalization, which collapses, as these types often do, into a hellishly dull...
Arriving with all the earmarks of a truncated and incredibly abridged version of history in order to cram into the corset of a two hour cinematic straightjacket, this unwisely attempts to chart nearly the entire life of Simon Bolivar in one dense chunk. The result is a jack hammered miasma of assorted clichés, conflating events into a romanticized exaggeration of generalization, which collapses, as these types often do, into a hellishly dull...
- 3/10/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
To call Alberto Arvelo’s epic saga “The Liberator" and ambitious project might be a baffling understatement. The Venezuelan filmmaker undertook his most challenging project to date with the vision to transform his country’s most beloved historical figure into a tangible, flesh-and-bone man for people to connect with in the 21st century. Not only is this the most expensive film ever made in Latin American, but the fact that it was achieved solely with Venezuelan and Spanish resources allowed Arvelo to keep the project’s integrity. One of the most important elements that needed to be kept intact was the language. This film had to be in Spanish.
Simon Bolivar, played here by rising Hollywood star Édgar Ramírez , sought to liberate Latin America from Spanish control and to unify it into a single, powerful country. His dream of unification was never achieved, but his ideals remained as a pillar of wisdom all across the continent. Given the magnitude of the hero being portrayed, Arvelo faced tremendous obstacles to craft a film that would be at the level of a major studio production in terms of scope and technical proficiency, while at the same time presenting an authentic and personal depiction of this period in history.
Released theatrically in the U.S. by Cohen Media Group earlier this year, “The Liberator” is now Venezuela’s Official Submission for the Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award. Alberto Arvelo talked to us recently about the responsibility of helming this film, working with fellow Venezuelan Edgar Ramirez, and his vision of Bolivar.
Aguilar: As a Venezuelan, did you feel any pressure making a film about your’ countries greatest historical figure? Did you always want to make a film like this?
Alberto Arvelo: It's a great responsibility to make a film about a figure as iconic as Simón Bolívar. Part of the problem is what Tim Sexton realized when we started working on the project: everybody has their own version of Bolívar, and it's impossible to satisfy each of those visions. Some consider that the most important part of his life is his independence exploits, other consider that it is his life as a statesman. Simón Bolívar is the classic product of Romanticism and each one of those facets are important to understand him. Ever since I decided to make movies one of my dreams has been to make a film about the saga for independence in South America.
Aguilar: This is the most expensive film ever made in Latin America, how difficult was it to get it done, and get it done right since it is a period piece?
Alberto Arvelo: "The Liberator" has been a great effort, an effort of years, almost a decade's worth of work. Historical films are a particularly difficult genre, because they involve conscientious work by many artists specialized in that genre. There was a great collective effort around the exploration of a period that has not been often recreated for the movies, which is Latin America in the Xix century.
Aguilar: The cinematography is gorgeous; it adds a certain unique elegance. What was your approach, and your cinematographer’s of course, in realizing this vision?
Alberto Arvelo: Xavi Giménez and I always wanted to veer away from beautiful historical movies. We were not interested in a perfect –and distant– recreation of Bolívar; we were interested, rather, in recreating a more contemporary visual language, more daring, more poetic, let's say. Xavi was very interested in the strength and rawness of the light in the tropics. We experimented a lot with the light. In the process, Xavi fell in love with an extraordinary post-impressionist Venezuelan painter from the Xx century called Armando Reverón. Somehow, a large part of his work is a tribute to the light of Master Reverón.
Aguilar: In film of such epic proportions about an icon, did you find it hard to still create a human character out of Bolivar? Someone outside of the history books with flaws, hopes, to which people could related.
Alberto Arvelo: The intention was to separate the character from the myth of Bolívar, to make him into a man, with all his limitations, his sympathies, his fears. The danger when working with great historical figures is that we end up facing concepts, not men of flesh and bone. These conceptual characters lack defects, weaknesses or dark areas and become perfectly good, perfectly just or perfectly virtuous. Reality is always different, it's not black or white, it wanders in the gray areas, with more or less light. I feel that today's filmgoers do not want to see concepts, they want to see human beings. An idolized Bolívar never interested me, because it felt vapid, empty, untrue. In the film we tried to show a more real dimension to the character. I believe that Timothy J. Sexton did an outstanding job in that sense.
Aguilar: “The Liberator” was an iconic single individual, was it your intention to also give importance to the peripheral characters that helped him achieve his goals?
Alberto Arvelo: The Independence of South America was a collective effort, not the product of a single man. Although Bolívar brilliantly aggregated all that energy, at the end of the day it was a movement which was developing much earlier before he burst into the political scene. In the film we show how his discourse somehow takes shape and builds up thanks to the contributions and inspiration of other characters. The phrases that make up the heart of his discourse, for instance, are first uttered by Francisco de Miranda, one of the most prominent and important figures of the South American Independence movement, also known as the Forefather. We put on the table the inspiration that Bolívar received, not only from him, but also from other characters reflected in the film, such as the controversial Simón Rodríguez, one of his teachers. In the film we also give proper weight to the women who accompanied him through his life, leaving in him a prominent mark.
Aguilar: Something I thought was incredibly was the bold presentation of Bolivar’s ideas. He wanted the unification of Latin America and was suspicious of the world’s empires intentions (England, France, Spain). Did you ever think making a point of this would be risky, or did you feel it was important to be true to the character?
Alberto Arvelo: To speak of Bolívar, Artigas, or of San Martín, is to speak of the independence struggles of South America, so it means to speak about the ideas that drove the confrontation with Spain and European dominance. I feel it would be hard to understand Washington or Jefferson without exploring the confrontation they created against the traditional European powers. It was interesting as well to explore the fact that from South America that movement was perceived as a war of independence, but from Spain's Pov what was happening instead was a civil war. Let's not forget that Bolívar was born in Caracas, in the Kingdom of Spain.
Aguilar: Can you tell us about your experience working with Edgar Ramirez; he seems to embody the character perfectly. Was he always in your mind as the ideal choice for the role?
Alberto Arvelo: I worked with Edgar before. I always thought that the actor who would play Bolívar would have to be a person with a very strong body language (all the reports from chroniclers of the time mention the intensity of his gaze and of his character.) I thought I'd need an actor who could move comfortably from action scenes to scenes with strong emotional baggage. Besides, we wanted, as much as possible, characters represented by actors of the same nationality. Considering those ingredients, a clear choice surfaced: Edgar Ramírez. Edgar and I worked together on other projects, and I would do it again: he's an actor who gives his all in every take. It's a pleasure to work with someone like that.
Aguilar: Has the film been seen by audiences back in your home country? What was the reaction?
Alberto Arvelo: Tickets sold out in every theater of the entire country during the first week it showed. The people's reaction has been quite positive. People leave excited about being able to see their own history in a movie theater.
Aguilar: A period piece of this magnitude with some incredible landscapes, costumes, battle sequences, and above all based on a real person. What were the biggest challenges from a directional point of view?
Alberto Arvelo: The battles, undoubtedly. We made a very careful storyboard of each shot of the battles and even an animated recreation with a bit of music. I worked quite a bit with Xavi Giménez and the rest of the team, on a raw, credible visual language, where the fear and bewilderment would be a striking element of the battle. We tried to make the battle tell us small stories which would connect directly with feeling.
Aguilar: Can you tell me about the process of researching Bolivar’s life and this period in history? Did you do your own research or did you see what Timothy Sexton put in his screenplay and then went from there?
Alberto Arvelo: I worked with Tim quite a bit on historical research. We read together many of the most important biographies and we absorbed everything that we could get our hands on. We explored the possibility of narrating the movie from the point of view of some of the character's detractors, but in the end Tim decided to narrate the film from Bolívar's Pov. I've always been attracted to Tim's disruptive and contemporary vision - he saw the movie more like a thriller than a historical piece.
Simon Bolivar, played here by rising Hollywood star Édgar Ramírez , sought to liberate Latin America from Spanish control and to unify it into a single, powerful country. His dream of unification was never achieved, but his ideals remained as a pillar of wisdom all across the continent. Given the magnitude of the hero being portrayed, Arvelo faced tremendous obstacles to craft a film that would be at the level of a major studio production in terms of scope and technical proficiency, while at the same time presenting an authentic and personal depiction of this period in history.
Released theatrically in the U.S. by Cohen Media Group earlier this year, “The Liberator” is now Venezuela’s Official Submission for the Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award. Alberto Arvelo talked to us recently about the responsibility of helming this film, working with fellow Venezuelan Edgar Ramirez, and his vision of Bolivar.
Aguilar: As a Venezuelan, did you feel any pressure making a film about your’ countries greatest historical figure? Did you always want to make a film like this?
Alberto Arvelo: It's a great responsibility to make a film about a figure as iconic as Simón Bolívar. Part of the problem is what Tim Sexton realized when we started working on the project: everybody has their own version of Bolívar, and it's impossible to satisfy each of those visions. Some consider that the most important part of his life is his independence exploits, other consider that it is his life as a statesman. Simón Bolívar is the classic product of Romanticism and each one of those facets are important to understand him. Ever since I decided to make movies one of my dreams has been to make a film about the saga for independence in South America.
Aguilar: This is the most expensive film ever made in Latin America, how difficult was it to get it done, and get it done right since it is a period piece?
Alberto Arvelo: "The Liberator" has been a great effort, an effort of years, almost a decade's worth of work. Historical films are a particularly difficult genre, because they involve conscientious work by many artists specialized in that genre. There was a great collective effort around the exploration of a period that has not been often recreated for the movies, which is Latin America in the Xix century.
Aguilar: The cinematography is gorgeous; it adds a certain unique elegance. What was your approach, and your cinematographer’s of course, in realizing this vision?
Alberto Arvelo: Xavi Giménez and I always wanted to veer away from beautiful historical movies. We were not interested in a perfect –and distant– recreation of Bolívar; we were interested, rather, in recreating a more contemporary visual language, more daring, more poetic, let's say. Xavi was very interested in the strength and rawness of the light in the tropics. We experimented a lot with the light. In the process, Xavi fell in love with an extraordinary post-impressionist Venezuelan painter from the Xx century called Armando Reverón. Somehow, a large part of his work is a tribute to the light of Master Reverón.
Aguilar: In film of such epic proportions about an icon, did you find it hard to still create a human character out of Bolivar? Someone outside of the history books with flaws, hopes, to which people could related.
Alberto Arvelo: The intention was to separate the character from the myth of Bolívar, to make him into a man, with all his limitations, his sympathies, his fears. The danger when working with great historical figures is that we end up facing concepts, not men of flesh and bone. These conceptual characters lack defects, weaknesses or dark areas and become perfectly good, perfectly just or perfectly virtuous. Reality is always different, it's not black or white, it wanders in the gray areas, with more or less light. I feel that today's filmgoers do not want to see concepts, they want to see human beings. An idolized Bolívar never interested me, because it felt vapid, empty, untrue. In the film we tried to show a more real dimension to the character. I believe that Timothy J. Sexton did an outstanding job in that sense.
Aguilar: “The Liberator” was an iconic single individual, was it your intention to also give importance to the peripheral characters that helped him achieve his goals?
Alberto Arvelo: The Independence of South America was a collective effort, not the product of a single man. Although Bolívar brilliantly aggregated all that energy, at the end of the day it was a movement which was developing much earlier before he burst into the political scene. In the film we show how his discourse somehow takes shape and builds up thanks to the contributions and inspiration of other characters. The phrases that make up the heart of his discourse, for instance, are first uttered by Francisco de Miranda, one of the most prominent and important figures of the South American Independence movement, also known as the Forefather. We put on the table the inspiration that Bolívar received, not only from him, but also from other characters reflected in the film, such as the controversial Simón Rodríguez, one of his teachers. In the film we also give proper weight to the women who accompanied him through his life, leaving in him a prominent mark.
Aguilar: Something I thought was incredibly was the bold presentation of Bolivar’s ideas. He wanted the unification of Latin America and was suspicious of the world’s empires intentions (England, France, Spain). Did you ever think making a point of this would be risky, or did you feel it was important to be true to the character?
Alberto Arvelo: To speak of Bolívar, Artigas, or of San Martín, is to speak of the independence struggles of South America, so it means to speak about the ideas that drove the confrontation with Spain and European dominance. I feel it would be hard to understand Washington or Jefferson without exploring the confrontation they created against the traditional European powers. It was interesting as well to explore the fact that from South America that movement was perceived as a war of independence, but from Spain's Pov what was happening instead was a civil war. Let's not forget that Bolívar was born in Caracas, in the Kingdom of Spain.
Aguilar: Can you tell us about your experience working with Edgar Ramirez; he seems to embody the character perfectly. Was he always in your mind as the ideal choice for the role?
Alberto Arvelo: I worked with Edgar before. I always thought that the actor who would play Bolívar would have to be a person with a very strong body language (all the reports from chroniclers of the time mention the intensity of his gaze and of his character.) I thought I'd need an actor who could move comfortably from action scenes to scenes with strong emotional baggage. Besides, we wanted, as much as possible, characters represented by actors of the same nationality. Considering those ingredients, a clear choice surfaced: Edgar Ramírez. Edgar and I worked together on other projects, and I would do it again: he's an actor who gives his all in every take. It's a pleasure to work with someone like that.
Aguilar: Has the film been seen by audiences back in your home country? What was the reaction?
Alberto Arvelo: Tickets sold out in every theater of the entire country during the first week it showed. The people's reaction has been quite positive. People leave excited about being able to see their own history in a movie theater.
Aguilar: A period piece of this magnitude with some incredible landscapes, costumes, battle sequences, and above all based on a real person. What were the biggest challenges from a directional point of view?
Alberto Arvelo: The battles, undoubtedly. We made a very careful storyboard of each shot of the battles and even an animated recreation with a bit of music. I worked quite a bit with Xavi Giménez and the rest of the team, on a raw, credible visual language, where the fear and bewilderment would be a striking element of the battle. We tried to make the battle tell us small stories which would connect directly with feeling.
Aguilar: Can you tell me about the process of researching Bolivar’s life and this period in history? Did you do your own research or did you see what Timothy Sexton put in his screenplay and then went from there?
Alberto Arvelo: I worked with Tim quite a bit on historical research. We read together many of the most important biographies and we absorbed everything that we could get our hands on. We explored the possibility of narrating the movie from the point of view of some of the character's detractors, but in the end Tim decided to narrate the film from Bolívar's Pov. I've always been attracted to Tim's disruptive and contemporary vision - he saw the movie more like a thriller than a historical piece.
- 12/9/2014
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
Caged Heat screens Saturday November 22nd at 8pm as part of The St. Louis International Film Festival. There will also be a concert by Stace England and the Screen Syndicate, who play an album of songs inspired by Roberta Collins, one of the film’s stars. The Venue is Kdhx (3524 Washington Boulevard St Louis, Mo 63103)
I love Women’s prison films – Chained Heat, Hellhole, Ilsa She Wolf Of The SS, The Big Bird Cage, The Big Doll House, Reform School Girls, and The Concrete Jungle all sit proudly on my Wip (Women in Prison) DVD shelf. One of the very best of this beloved subgenre is Caged Heat (1974), a wonderful exploitation masterpiece and the directing debut of Oscar-winner Jonathan Demme, that has everything you could possibly hope for in a Women-In-Prison movie: nudity, shower catfights, lesbian coupling, race wars, murder, chain-swinging, switch-blade slashing, and shock therapy!
Wow! You’re probably...
I love Women’s prison films – Chained Heat, Hellhole, Ilsa She Wolf Of The SS, The Big Bird Cage, The Big Doll House, Reform School Girls, and The Concrete Jungle all sit proudly on my Wip (Women in Prison) DVD shelf. One of the very best of this beloved subgenre is Caged Heat (1974), a wonderful exploitation masterpiece and the directing debut of Oscar-winner Jonathan Demme, that has everything you could possibly hope for in a Women-In-Prison movie: nudity, shower catfights, lesbian coupling, race wars, murder, chain-swinging, switch-blade slashing, and shock therapy!
Wow! You’re probably...
- 10/27/2014
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Caged Heat screens Saturday November 22nd at 8pm as part of The St. Louis International Film Festival. There will also be a concert by Stace England and the Screen Syndicate, who play an album of songs inspired by Roberta Collins, one of the film’s stars. The Venue is Kdhx (3524 Washington Boulevard St Louis, Mo 63103)
I love Women’s prison films – Chained Heat, Hellhole, Ilsa She Wolf Of The SS, The Big Bird Cage, The Big Doll House, Reform School Girls, and The Concrete Jungle all sit proudly on my Wip (Women in Prison) DVD shelf. One of the very best of this beloved subgenre is Caged Heat (1974), a wonderful exploitation masterpiece and the directing debut of Oscar-winner Jonathan Demme, that has everything you could possibly hope for in a Women-In-Prison movie: nudity, shower catfights, lesbian coupling, race wars, murder, chain-swinging, switch-blade slashing, and shock therapy!
Wow! You’re probably...
I love Women’s prison films – Chained Heat, Hellhole, Ilsa She Wolf Of The SS, The Big Bird Cage, The Big Doll House, Reform School Girls, and The Concrete Jungle all sit proudly on my Wip (Women in Prison) DVD shelf. One of the very best of this beloved subgenre is Caged Heat (1974), a wonderful exploitation masterpiece and the directing debut of Oscar-winner Jonathan Demme, that has everything you could possibly hope for in a Women-In-Prison movie: nudity, shower catfights, lesbian coupling, race wars, murder, chain-swinging, switch-blade slashing, and shock therapy!
Wow! You’re probably...
- 10/27/2014
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Oscar bait performances by Reese Witherspoon, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Timothy Spall, a Tenacious Eats “Movies for Foodies” event, and a tribute to the St. Louis-born silent film star King Baggot are some of the many highlights of this year’s St. Louis International Film Festival. Cinema St. Louis announced the 2014 line-up today and it’s the usual hi-quality mix of independent films, foreign films, locally-made films, end-of-year studio awards product, and retro programming.
The 23rd Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival (Sliff) will be held Nov. 13-23. Sliff will screen 389 films: 89 narrative features, 76 documentary features, and 224 shorts. This year’s festival has 239 screenings/programs, with 69 countries represented. The fest will host more than 125 filmmakers and related guests, including honorees Doug Pray (Contemporary Cinema Award), Katie Mustard (Women in Film Award), and Timothy J. Sexton (Charles Guggenheim Cinema St. Louis Award).
The festival will open on Thursday, Nov. 13, with the...
The 23rd Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival (Sliff) will be held Nov. 13-23. Sliff will screen 389 films: 89 narrative features, 76 documentary features, and 224 shorts. This year’s festival has 239 screenings/programs, with 69 countries represented. The fest will host more than 125 filmmakers and related guests, including honorees Doug Pray (Contemporary Cinema Award), Katie Mustard (Women in Film Award), and Timothy J. Sexton (Charles Guggenheim Cinema St. Louis Award).
The festival will open on Thursday, Nov. 13, with the...
- 10/22/2014
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Lifetime has closed the books on The Lottery. The A+E Networks-owned cable network has opted not to renew the one-hour dystopian thriller from Children of Men's Timothy J. Sexton. Debuting in July, The Lottery took place at a time when women stopped having children, with the human population staring down the barrel of impending extinction. It is discovered that 100 embryos were successfully fertilized and a national lottery is held to decide the surrogates. Marley Shelton, Michael Graziadei, Athena Karkanis, David Alpay, Shelley Conn, Yul Vazquez and Martin Donovan starred. Dawn Olmstead (Prison Break, Hatfields & McCoys) served as
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- 10/17/2014
- by Philiana Ng
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Directed by Alberto Arvelo and written by Timothy J. Sexton, The Liberator introduces us to Simon Bolivar, the military and political leader who played a key role in Latin America’s successful struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire in the 1800s. Bolivar was said to have fought over 100 battles in South America and ridden over 70,000 miles on horseback. But while his military campaigns covered twice the territory of Alexander the Great, he and his army were liberators instead of conquerors.
Playing Simon Bolivar in The Liberator is Edgar Ramirez, who is best known for his roles in Carlos, Domino, The Bourne Ultimatum and Zero Dark Thirty. We watch as Ramirez takes Bolivar from being the son in a rich family to becoming a man who finds a renewed sense of purpose when he joins the growing colonial revolt against the Spanish crown.
Recently, I had the chance to sit...
Playing Simon Bolivar in The Liberator is Edgar Ramirez, who is best known for his roles in Carlos, Domino, The Bourne Ultimatum and Zero Dark Thirty. We watch as Ramirez takes Bolivar from being the son in a rich family to becoming a man who finds a renewed sense of purpose when he joins the growing colonial revolt against the Spanish crown.
Recently, I had the chance to sit...
- 10/2/2014
- by Ben Kenber
- We Got This Covered
To celebrate Simon Bolivar, Venezuela's answer to George Washington, is to mourn the death of a fanciful and impossible idea: the pan–Latin American state. A key figure in Hispanic America's independence from Spain, Bolivar is eye-rollingly romanticized as a wonderful lover and an even better fighter in Alberto Arvelo's lushly produced, dully reverential The Liberator, Venezuela's submission for the Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar. Played by Édgar Ramírez, this Bolivar isn't any deeper than the elementary-school version of the hero: He came, he saw, he liberated. Timothy J. Sexton's bilingual script merely lists the military leader's triumphs and setbacks, with scant attention paid to dramatic structure or character development. The portrait...
- 10/1/2014
- Village Voice
Plowing the Sea: Arvelo’s Portrait of Famed Leader Hardly Revolutionary
Arriving with all the earmarks of a truncated and incredibly abridged version of history in order to cram into the corset of a two hour cinematic straightjacket, Alberto Arvelo’s The Liberator unwisely attempts to chart nearly the entire life of Simon Bolivar in one dense chunk. The result is a jack hammered miasma of assorted clichés, conflating events into a romanticized exaggeration of generalization, which collapses, as these types often do, into a hellishly dull exercise more appropriate for a high school history course.
It is September 25, 1828 in Bogota and Simon Bolivar (Edgar Ramirez) has just been chased out of the bed chamber of his lady love to evade members of the Spanish monarchy. We fly back to twenty eight years earlier in time, to his period as a wealthy member of the Venezuelan elite, visiting Spain to...
Arriving with all the earmarks of a truncated and incredibly abridged version of history in order to cram into the corset of a two hour cinematic straightjacket, Alberto Arvelo’s The Liberator unwisely attempts to chart nearly the entire life of Simon Bolivar in one dense chunk. The result is a jack hammered miasma of assorted clichés, conflating events into a romanticized exaggeration of generalization, which collapses, as these types often do, into a hellishly dull exercise more appropriate for a high school history course.
It is September 25, 1828 in Bogota and Simon Bolivar (Edgar Ramirez) has just been chased out of the bed chamber of his lady love to evade members of the Spanish monarchy. We fly back to twenty eight years earlier in time, to his period as a wealthy member of the Venezuelan elite, visiting Spain to...
- 9/29/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Children are the future. So what happens when there are only a few of them left and everyone on Earth is infertile and childless? That’s what Lifetimes’s The Lottery (which premiered Sunday night) hopes to explore.
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If the premise sounds vaguely familiar, that’s because the series’ creator is none other than Timothy J. Sexton, the man who co-wrote Children of Men, a dystopic science-fiction film that investigated the same idea – only The Lottery is set a few years earlier, in 2025.
The pilot introduces us to Dr.
Related Lifetime Adapting Stephen King Novella Big Driver; Maria Bello and Joan Jett to Star
If the premise sounds vaguely familiar, that’s because the series’ creator is none other than Timothy J. Sexton, the man who co-wrote Children of Men, a dystopic science-fiction film that investigated the same idea – only The Lottery is set a few years earlier, in 2025.
The pilot introduces us to Dr.
- 7/21/2014
- TVLine.com
Despite being just half the length of the official teaser, the official trailer has arrived for "The Lottery" along with a look behind the scenes with the cast of Lifetime's newest conspiracy thriller series. Check 'em both out here, and look for more soon!
Written by Timothy J. Sexton (Children of Men), the series stars Marley Shelton (Planet Terror, "Eleventh Hour"), Michael Graziadei ("American Horror Story"), David Alpay ("The Vampire Diaries"), Athena Karkanis ("Low Winter Sun"), Yul Vazquez ("Magic City"), Shelley Conn ("Terra Nova"), and Martin Donovan (The Haunting in Connecticut, "Homeland").
Can you imagine a world where women have stopped giving birth? Lifetime brings viewers to the year 2025 with the premiere of the provocative new conspiracy thriller "The Lottery" on Sunday, July 20, at 10Pm Et/Pt.
"The Lottery" is produced by Timothy J. Sexton alongside Rick Eid ("Hostages") and Dawn Olmstead ("Prison Break"). Danny Cannon ("CSI") directed and executive produced the pilot,...
Written by Timothy J. Sexton (Children of Men), the series stars Marley Shelton (Planet Terror, "Eleventh Hour"), Michael Graziadei ("American Horror Story"), David Alpay ("The Vampire Diaries"), Athena Karkanis ("Low Winter Sun"), Yul Vazquez ("Magic City"), Shelley Conn ("Terra Nova"), and Martin Donovan (The Haunting in Connecticut, "Homeland").
Can you imagine a world where women have stopped giving birth? Lifetime brings viewers to the year 2025 with the premiere of the provocative new conspiracy thriller "The Lottery" on Sunday, July 20, at 10Pm Et/Pt.
"The Lottery" is produced by Timothy J. Sexton alongside Rick Eid ("Hostages") and Dawn Olmstead ("Prison Break"). Danny Cannon ("CSI") directed and executive produced the pilot,...
- 7/3/2014
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
A few days ago we brought you the first teaser video for Lifetime's upcoming new series "The Lottery," and today we're back with a set of stills introducing us to the main characters.
Written by Timothy J. Sexton (Children of Men), the series stars Marley Shelton (Planet Terror, "Eleventh Hour"), Michael Graziadei ("American Horror Story"), David Alpay ("The Vampire Diaries"), Athena Karkanis ("Low Winter Sun"), Yul Vazquez ("Magic City"), Shelley Conn ("Terra Nova"), and Martin Donovan (The Haunting in Connecticut, "Homeland").
Can you imagine a world where women have stopped giving birth? Lifetime brings viewers to the year 2025 with the premiere of the provocative new conspiracy thriller "The Lottery" on Sunday, July 20, at 10Pm Et/Pt.
"The Lottery" is produced by Timothy J. Sexton alongside Rick Eid ("Hostages") and Dawn Olmstead ("Prison Break"). Danny Cannon ("CSI") directed and executive produced the pilot, which is from Grady Girl Productions in association with Warner Horizon Television.
Written by Timothy J. Sexton (Children of Men), the series stars Marley Shelton (Planet Terror, "Eleventh Hour"), Michael Graziadei ("American Horror Story"), David Alpay ("The Vampire Diaries"), Athena Karkanis ("Low Winter Sun"), Yul Vazquez ("Magic City"), Shelley Conn ("Terra Nova"), and Martin Donovan (The Haunting in Connecticut, "Homeland").
Can you imagine a world where women have stopped giving birth? Lifetime brings viewers to the year 2025 with the premiere of the provocative new conspiracy thriller "The Lottery" on Sunday, July 20, at 10Pm Et/Pt.
"The Lottery" is produced by Timothy J. Sexton alongside Rick Eid ("Hostages") and Dawn Olmstead ("Prison Break"). Danny Cannon ("CSI") directed and executive produced the pilot, which is from Grady Girl Productions in association with Warner Horizon Television.
- 6/19/2014
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
It wasn’t too long ago that I was making fun of Lifetime’s predilection for terrible TV movies about terrible men. But, like seemingly every network (I’m looking at you, The CW), they’ve taken a hard turn into genre territory lately, greenlighting Witches of Eastwick and an Omen-inspired series from The Walking Dead’s Glen Mazzara. The network recently sent us a sneak peek of their upcoming series The Lottery, and it actually looks kind of great. It’s from Timothy J. Sexton, who scripted Children of Men, and it is a long form exploration of the same theme: all the women, everywhere, are infertile and have been for years. Here’s an official synopsis:
Set within a dystopian future driven by a global fertility crisis, The Lottery reveals a world staring down the barrel of impending extinction as women have mysteriously stopped bearing children. After years of research,...
Set within a dystopian future driven by a global fertility crisis, The Lottery reveals a world staring down the barrel of impending extinction as women have mysteriously stopped bearing children. After years of research,...
- 6/14/2014
- by Mily Dunbar
- GeekTyrant
We're not sure Edgar Ramirez's career has quite shaken out the way we thought it might in the last few years. Having made his screen debut in "Domino," of all things, Ramirez ticked along appearing in things like "Vantage Point," "Che" and "The Bourne Ultimatum," before giving an explosively brilliant performance in Olivier Assayas' epic "Carlos." Since then, though, things have been a bit more mixed: Ramirez played the villain in the awful "Wrath of The Titans," was better in a tiny role in "Zero Dark Thirty," and will next appear in ropey-looking horror "Deliver Us From Evil," with the lead in the "Point Break" remake also on the way. But maybe sticking to foreign language fare is the secret? Ramirez's latest lead role is in Alberto Arvelo's "The Liberator," written by "Children Of Men" scribe Timothy J. Sexton, a period biopic of Venezuelan hero Simon Bolivar.
- 6/13/2014
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
"We are all sons of America." Cohen Media Group has debuted the trailer for Alberto Arvelo's Libertador, also known as The Liberator, starring Edgar Ramirez as Simon Bolivar, the Latin American revolutionary from the late 1700s and early 1800s. This sweeping and majestic biopic tells the story of how he liberated and helped Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia gain independence from the Spanish Empire. In addition to Ramirez, Libertador also stars Maria Valverde, Danny Huston, Imanol Arias, and Gary Lewis. The performances look powerful, but the cinematography looks exceptional. This might be worth watching. Here's the first official Us trailer for Alberto Arvelo's Libertador, originally debuted by Yahoo: The Liberator, or Libertador in Spanish, is directed by Venezuelan filmmaker Alberto Arvelo Mendoza of a few films previously including Habana, Havana and To Play and to Fight. The screenplay was written by Timothy J. Sexton. Édgar Ramírez stars as Simón Bolívar,...
- 6/12/2014
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
We haven't talked much about Lifetime's upcoming new series "The Lottery" since it falls more on the sci-fi side of the fence, but since the first teaser trailer just landed in our inbox, we thought we'd give you a peek.
Can you imagine a world where women have stopped giving birth? Lifetime brings viewers to the year 2025 with the premiere of the provocative new conspiracy thriller "The Lottery" on Sunday, July 20, at 10Pm Et/Pt.
Written by Timothy J. Sexton (Children of Men), the series stars Marley Shelton (Planet Terror, "Eleventh Hour"), Michael Graziadei ("American Horror Story"), David Alpay ("The Vampire Diaries"), Athena Karkanis ("Low Winter Sun"), Yul Vazquez ("Magic City"), Shelley Conn ("Terra Nova"), and Martin Donovan (The Haunting in Connecticut, "Homeland").
"The Lottery" is produced by Timothy J. Sexton alongside Rick Eid ("Hostages") and Dawn Olmstead ("Prison Break"). Danny Cannon ("CSI") directed and executive produced the pilot, which...
Can you imagine a world where women have stopped giving birth? Lifetime brings viewers to the year 2025 with the premiere of the provocative new conspiracy thriller "The Lottery" on Sunday, July 20, at 10Pm Et/Pt.
Written by Timothy J. Sexton (Children of Men), the series stars Marley Shelton (Planet Terror, "Eleventh Hour"), Michael Graziadei ("American Horror Story"), David Alpay ("The Vampire Diaries"), Athena Karkanis ("Low Winter Sun"), Yul Vazquez ("Magic City"), Shelley Conn ("Terra Nova"), and Martin Donovan (The Haunting in Connecticut, "Homeland").
"The Lottery" is produced by Timothy J. Sexton alongside Rick Eid ("Hostages") and Dawn Olmstead ("Prison Break"). Danny Cannon ("CSI") directed and executive produced the pilot, which...
- 6/12/2014
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
Timothy J. Sexton, one of the writers of "Children of Men," apparently isn't done imagining what a zero birth rate world would look like. And he's doing it for Lifetime. This summer, Sexton and the network that once declared itself to be "television for women" are launching "The Lottery," which pushes Lifetime into science-fiction territory with the story of a world devastated by a lack of children, and the extreme lengths scientists will go to in order to save the human race. The trailer below, featuring stars Marley Shelton and Martin Donovan, quickly shifts its focus from the titular lottery (which assigns childless women a chance at a fertilized embryo) to high-stakes drama and egg theft. Still, it's an intriguing peek at what could be a smart burst of sci-fi, albeit from an unexpected source. "The Lottery" premieres Sunday, July 20th.
- 6/10/2014
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
Imagine a world in which it's been five years since a baby was born. Welcome to Lifetime's new series, The Lottery, from Timothy J. Sexton, who earned an Oscar nomination for the Children of Men screenplay. Like that film, The Lottery is set in a dystopian world struck by global infertility. The lottery in question is held by the U.S. government to determine which women will carry 100 newly fertilized embryos.
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- 6/3/2014
- by Ileane Rudolph
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Now in theaters the film Cesar Chavez, starring Michael Peña, and directed by Diego Luna , has sparked an alliance between The Equitable Food Initiative (Efi) and Participant Media on a campaign called “Follow Your Food,” aimed at keeping food safe, and families healthy starting in the fields where the food is grown.
With the mission of implementing safe food practices, providing education and training to farmworkers, and a fair wage, the initiative is crucial for the Efi, a group representing food retailers, growers, NGOs and farm worker organizations. Participant Media is supporting Efi’s efforts through the “Follow Your Food” action campaign aimed at building awareness and support for equitably-sourced food.
“Just as Cesar Chavez raised awareness of the conditions of farmworkers by organizing a boycott that millions of Americans supported, we believe that consumers today can advance Chavez’ groundbreaking achievements by supporting the concept of equitable food. We are proud to join forces with Efi on this natural extension of Chavez’ work,” said Chad Boettcher, Participant’s Evp Social Action & Advocacy.
“The Equitable Food Initiative is delighted to collaborate with Participant Media to spread the word about our ‘responsibly grown, farmworker assured’ certification,” says Peter O’Driscoll, Project Director of Efi. “Participant has repeatedly demonstrated a capacity to mobilize movie-goers to act on the issues that move them on the screen. We look forward to helping the audience of ‘Cesar Chavez’ follow their food and support the farmworkers, growers and food companies who are working together to make our produce better for all of us.”
The “Follow Your Food” campaign invites consumers to take the pledge at takepart.com/chavez to support the initiative and promote responsibly, ethically-harvested produce. The program launches with a video, “This is Your Food,” that elucidates the work of Efi and the benefits of equitable food certification. Sharable infographics and other collateral are featured to illustrate the issues related to responsibly grown, farmworker assured food, and the American Farmworker and Food Safety. In addition, consumers can learn more about equitable food by visiting Participant’s website www.TakePart.com/chavez.
In coming months, Efi will introduce a new food label trustmark that will certify that the produce is “responsibly grown and farmworker assured.”
The “Follow Your Food” campaign is part of a broader effort celebrating the release of Participant and Pantelion’s film Cesar Chavez, which includes an initiative urging the President to declare a Cesar Chavez National Day of Service Here
About The Film
Chronicling the birth of a modern American movement, Cesar Chavez tells the story of the famed civil rights leader and labor organizer torn between his duties as a husband and father and his commitment to securing a living wage for farm workers. Passionate but soft-spoken, Chavez embraced non-violence as he battled greed and prejudice in his struggle to bring dignity to people. Chavez inspired millions of Americans from all walks of life who never worked on a farm to fight for social justice. His triumphant journey is a remarkable testament to the power of one individual's ability to change the world.
Lionsgate, Pantelion,Televisa Cine and Canana present in association with Participant Media, Image Nation, Dream Management & Entertainment, Mr Mudd with the support of El Gobierno del Estado de Sonora Cesar Chavez. A Canana Production starring Michael Peña, America Ferrera, Rosario Dawson, Jacob Vargas, Yancey Arias, Wes Bentley, John Ortiz and John Malkovich. Executive producers are Emilio Azcárraga Jean, Haim Saban, Jeff Skoll, Jonathan King, Gael García Bernal, Julián Levin, Lianne Halfon, Russell Smith, John Malkovich. Producers are Diego Luna, Lawrence Meli and Keir Pearson. Produced by Pablo Cruz, the story is by Keir Pearson. Screenplay by Keir Pearson and Timothy J. Sexton. Directed by Diego Luna.
About Participant Media
Participant (ParticipantMedia.com) is a global entertainment company founded in 2004 by Jeff Skoll to focus on feature film, television, publishing and digital content that inspires social change. Participant's more than 45 films include Good Night, And Good Luck, Syriana, An Inconvenient Truth, Food, Inc., Waiting For ‘Superman’, The Help, Contagion and Lincoln. Through its films, social action campaigns, digital network TakePart.com and Pivot, its new television network for Millennials, Participant seeks to entertain, encourage and empower every individual to take action.
About The Equitable Food Initiative
The Equitable Food Initiative (Efi) is a new project that brings together workers, growers and retailers in the effort to produce better fruits and vegetables. As produce farms comply with the Efi Standard—for improved working conditions, pesticide management, and food safety—the entire food system sees benefits, all the way from farm workers to consumers. Current members of Efi include Andrew and Williamson Fresh Produce International, Bon Appétit Management Company, Calvert Investments, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Consumer Federation of America, Costco Wholesale Corporation, Farmworker Justice, Farm Labor Organizing Committee, National Farm Worker Ministry, Oxfam America, Pesticide Action Network North America, Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste, United Farm Workers.
With the mission of implementing safe food practices, providing education and training to farmworkers, and a fair wage, the initiative is crucial for the Efi, a group representing food retailers, growers, NGOs and farm worker organizations. Participant Media is supporting Efi’s efforts through the “Follow Your Food” action campaign aimed at building awareness and support for equitably-sourced food.
“Just as Cesar Chavez raised awareness of the conditions of farmworkers by organizing a boycott that millions of Americans supported, we believe that consumers today can advance Chavez’ groundbreaking achievements by supporting the concept of equitable food. We are proud to join forces with Efi on this natural extension of Chavez’ work,” said Chad Boettcher, Participant’s Evp Social Action & Advocacy.
“The Equitable Food Initiative is delighted to collaborate with Participant Media to spread the word about our ‘responsibly grown, farmworker assured’ certification,” says Peter O’Driscoll, Project Director of Efi. “Participant has repeatedly demonstrated a capacity to mobilize movie-goers to act on the issues that move them on the screen. We look forward to helping the audience of ‘Cesar Chavez’ follow their food and support the farmworkers, growers and food companies who are working together to make our produce better for all of us.”
The “Follow Your Food” campaign invites consumers to take the pledge at takepart.com/chavez to support the initiative and promote responsibly, ethically-harvested produce. The program launches with a video, “This is Your Food,” that elucidates the work of Efi and the benefits of equitable food certification. Sharable infographics and other collateral are featured to illustrate the issues related to responsibly grown, farmworker assured food, and the American Farmworker and Food Safety. In addition, consumers can learn more about equitable food by visiting Participant’s website www.TakePart.com/chavez.
In coming months, Efi will introduce a new food label trustmark that will certify that the produce is “responsibly grown and farmworker assured.”
The “Follow Your Food” campaign is part of a broader effort celebrating the release of Participant and Pantelion’s film Cesar Chavez, which includes an initiative urging the President to declare a Cesar Chavez National Day of Service Here
About The Film
Chronicling the birth of a modern American movement, Cesar Chavez tells the story of the famed civil rights leader and labor organizer torn between his duties as a husband and father and his commitment to securing a living wage for farm workers. Passionate but soft-spoken, Chavez embraced non-violence as he battled greed and prejudice in his struggle to bring dignity to people. Chavez inspired millions of Americans from all walks of life who never worked on a farm to fight for social justice. His triumphant journey is a remarkable testament to the power of one individual's ability to change the world.
Lionsgate, Pantelion,Televisa Cine and Canana present in association with Participant Media, Image Nation, Dream Management & Entertainment, Mr Mudd with the support of El Gobierno del Estado de Sonora Cesar Chavez. A Canana Production starring Michael Peña, America Ferrera, Rosario Dawson, Jacob Vargas, Yancey Arias, Wes Bentley, John Ortiz and John Malkovich. Executive producers are Emilio Azcárraga Jean, Haim Saban, Jeff Skoll, Jonathan King, Gael García Bernal, Julián Levin, Lianne Halfon, Russell Smith, John Malkovich. Producers are Diego Luna, Lawrence Meli and Keir Pearson. Produced by Pablo Cruz, the story is by Keir Pearson. Screenplay by Keir Pearson and Timothy J. Sexton. Directed by Diego Luna.
About Participant Media
Participant (ParticipantMedia.com) is a global entertainment company founded in 2004 by Jeff Skoll to focus on feature film, television, publishing and digital content that inspires social change. Participant's more than 45 films include Good Night, And Good Luck, Syriana, An Inconvenient Truth, Food, Inc., Waiting For ‘Superman’, The Help, Contagion and Lincoln. Through its films, social action campaigns, digital network TakePart.com and Pivot, its new television network for Millennials, Participant seeks to entertain, encourage and empower every individual to take action.
About The Equitable Food Initiative
The Equitable Food Initiative (Efi) is a new project that brings together workers, growers and retailers in the effort to produce better fruits and vegetables. As produce farms comply with the Efi Standard—for improved working conditions, pesticide management, and food safety—the entire food system sees benefits, all the way from farm workers to consumers. Current members of Efi include Andrew and Williamson Fresh Produce International, Bon Appétit Management Company, Calvert Investments, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Consumer Federation of America, Costco Wholesale Corporation, Farmworker Justice, Farm Labor Organizing Committee, National Farm Worker Ministry, Oxfam America, Pesticide Action Network North America, Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste, United Farm Workers.
- 4/3/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Cesar Chavez Pantelion Director: Diego Luna Screenplay: Keir Pearson, Timothy J. Sexton Cast: Michael Peña, John Malkovich, America Ferrera, Rosario Dawson, Wes Bentley, Michael Cudlitz Screened at: Dolby 88, NYC, 3/12/14 Opens: March 28, 2014 Union days appear over in America, where only nine percent of workers are members of organized labor. This certainly does not mean that the working classes and middle classes that were formerly active in such groups are ecstatic about their wages: quite the contrary. Bosses have found ways to work around militant organizations by exporting jobs to China, Vietnam and quite a few other countries with much lower standards of living than our own. And [ Read More ]
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- 3/24/2014
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Exclusive: Drama writer-producer Rick Eid has closed an overall deal with Warner Bros TV. Under the two-year pact, Eid will develop new projects for the studio. He also is boarding Warner Horizon’s newly picked-up Lifetime drama series The Lottery as executive producer/showrunner. Written by Timothy J. Sexton and starring Marley Shelton, David Alpay, Michael Graziadei and Martin Donovan, The Lottery is set in a dystopian future when women have stopped having children. Remarkably, 100 embryos are successfully fertilized and a national lottery is held to decide the surrogates. Eid will executive produce alongside Sexton, the pilot’s director Danny Cannon and Dawn Olmstead. Eid is coming off executive producer/showrunner duties on Wbtv’s drama series for CBS Hostages. Before that, he was under a deal at CBS TV Studios where he served as co-executive producer on the studio’s long-running CBS crime drama CSI. At Wbtv/Warner Horizon,...
- 2/27/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
It isn’t news to most of us that some cable networks have a target audience, whether or not we agree that their programming actually serves that target. A case in point is Lifetime, which calls itself “female-focused” though my remote hasn’t landed on the channel in years. I’ve heard good things about Witches of East End but honestly haven’t checked it out just because it’s on that Army Wives network.
That may change, now that Lifetime is testing the waters of dystopia with its pickup of the series The Lottery. I can see how it would be considered female-skewed, given that the premise is a lottery to determine who will serve as surrogates for the 100 embryos still in existence, but I’m intrigued that they’re calling it a “conspiracy thriller.” Okay, Lifetime, you have my attention.
Lifetime Greenlights Conspiracy Thriller The Lottery Project is...
That may change, now that Lifetime is testing the waters of dystopia with its pickup of the series The Lottery. I can see how it would be considered female-skewed, given that the premise is a lottery to determine who will serve as surrogates for the 100 embryos still in existence, but I’m intrigued that they’re calling it a “conspiracy thriller.” Okay, Lifetime, you have my attention.
Lifetime Greenlights Conspiracy Thriller The Lottery Project is...
- 2/12/2014
- by Erin Willard
- ScifiMafia
Various networks are foregoing pilots in favour of straight to series orders today.
First up, HBO has ordered a full series of the comedy "The Brink" starring Jack Black as a foreign service officer and Tim Robbins as the U.S. Secretary of State.
The story focuses on a geopolitical crisis and its effect on three disparate and desperate men. Jay Roach is slated to helm the pilot which will shoot later this year.
Next up, MTV has given a ten-episode series order to the cyber thriller "Eye Candy" based on R.L. Stine's best-seller. Victoria Justice plays a tech genius who starts to suspect that one of her mysterious online suitors may be a deadly cyber stalker and serial killer.
Teaming with a band of hackers, she works to solve the murders. Catherine Hardwicke shot the initial pilot which has been discarded and will be redone with all but two of the roles recast.
First up, HBO has ordered a full series of the comedy "The Brink" starring Jack Black as a foreign service officer and Tim Robbins as the U.S. Secretary of State.
The story focuses on a geopolitical crisis and its effect on three disparate and desperate men. Jay Roach is slated to helm the pilot which will shoot later this year.
Next up, MTV has given a ten-episode series order to the cyber thriller "Eye Candy" based on R.L. Stine's best-seller. Victoria Justice plays a tech genius who starts to suspect that one of her mysterious online suitors may be a deadly cyber stalker and serial killer.
Teaming with a band of hackers, she works to solve the murders. Catherine Hardwicke shot the initial pilot which has been discarded and will be redone with all but two of the roles recast.
- 2/12/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Lifetime just placed a series order for "Un-Real," starring "Girls" alum Shiri Appleby as a reality show producer and based on the 2013 short "Sequin Raze." Now the network is continuing to expand its higher-end original programming with new conspiracy thriller "The Lottery," which has been given a 10-episode order. The series is set a dystopian future where women have stopped having children, and a national lottery is held to determine the surrogates for the only 100 successfully fertilized embryos. The government's interests dominate the process, igniting a controversy over personal freedoms. "The Lottery" is written by Timothy J. Sexton, the screenwriter of "Children of Men," which had similar themes about a fertility crisis, as well as "Libertador" and "Cesar Chavez." Danny Cannon ("CSI," "Nikita") directed the pilot with Grady Girl Productions, in association with Warner Horizon Television (Whtv). “'The Lottery' is one of the most provocative and original...
- 2/11/2014
- by Taylor Lindsay
- Indiewire
"Set in a time when women stop having children ... a world staring down the barrel of impending extinction," writes The Hollywood Reporter on The Lottery, the second scripted series ordered by Lifetime this year. If that plot summary sounds a bit familiar, that's because it is. Children of Men writer Timothy J. Sexton will pen the series, which appears to be extending the film's original premise. There's a bit of a twist ("100 embryos are successfully fertilized and a national lottery is held to decide the surrogates"), but no doubt many of the 2006 film's themes will reappear. A dystopian future where having children isn't the expected norm? Sign us up.
- 2/11/2014
- by Lindsey Weber
- Vulture
Lifetime is getting into the thriller genre, picking up 10 episodes of conspiracy drama The Lottery.
Written by Children of Men author Timothy J. Sexton, The Lottery is set in a dystopian future when women have stopped having children and the human race is on the verge of extinction. But when a fertility specialist (Marley Shelton) successfully fertilizes 100 embryos, the government sponsors a lottery to find suitable surrogates.
“The Lottery is one of the most provocative and original concepts we’ve ever seen,” the network’s executive vice president Rob Sharenow said. “Tim Sexton’s unique dystopian thriller represents an exciting...
Written by Children of Men author Timothy J. Sexton, The Lottery is set in a dystopian future when women have stopped having children and the human race is on the verge of extinction. But when a fertility specialist (Marley Shelton) successfully fertilizes 100 embryos, the government sponsors a lottery to find suitable surrogates.
“The Lottery is one of the most provocative and original concepts we’ve ever seen,” the network’s executive vice president Rob Sharenow said. “Tim Sexton’s unique dystopian thriller represents an exciting...
- 2/11/2014
- by Sandra Gonzalez
- EW - Inside TV
Less than a week after ordering drama Un-Real to series, Lifetime has snagged its second new scripted entry of the year. The female-skewing cable network has picked up dystopian thriller The Lottery to series, handing out a 10-episode order for the drama from Children of Men's Timothy J. Sexton. Set in a time when women stop having children, The Lottery reveals a human population staring down the barrel of impending extinction. Remarkably, 100 embryos are successfully fertilized and a national lottery is held to decide the surrogates. As conflict, control and mystery over this important scientific breakthrough
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- 2/11/2014
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sundance just ended, and we are already preparing for the next big film festival, South By Southwest. Not too long ago, the festival announced a few of the films premiering this year, but now they’ve announced the main slate. The midnight selections and some inevitable late-breaking additions are still to be announced, but this should be more than enough to get you excited. Along with many World Premieres, and Sundance favorites like Richard Linklater’s Boyhood and Gareth Evans’ The Raid 2, the line up also includes an anniversary screening of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and an extended Q&A screening of The Grand Budapest Hotel with Wes Anderson. SXSW 2014 runs March 7 through 15 in Austin, Texas. Check out the line up after the jump.
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Narrative Feature Competition
Eight world premieres, eight unique ways to celebrate the art of storytelling. Selected from 1,324 films submitted to SXSW 2014. Films screening in Narrative...
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Narrative Feature Competition
Eight world premieres, eight unique ways to celebrate the art of storytelling. Selected from 1,324 films submitted to SXSW 2014. Films screening in Narrative...
- 1/31/2014
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Today the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival announced a diverse features lineup for this year’s Festival, the 21st edition and running March 7 – 15, 2014 in Austin, Texas. The 2014 program expands on SXSW tradition of embracing a range of genres and span of budgets, featuring a wealth of vision from experienced and developing filmmakers alike.
For more information visit http://sxsw.com/film.
Listed in the announcement are 115 of the features that will screen over the course of nine days at SXSW 2014. The lineup below includes 68 films from first-time filmmakers, and consists of 76 World Premieres, 10 North American Premieres and 7 U.S. Premieres. These films were selected from a record 2,215 feature-length film submissions composed of 1,540 U.S. and 675 international feature-length films. With a record number of 6,482 submissions total, the overall increase was 14% over 2013. The Midnighters feature section and the Short Film program will be announced on February 5, with the complete...
For more information visit http://sxsw.com/film.
Listed in the announcement are 115 of the features that will screen over the course of nine days at SXSW 2014. The lineup below includes 68 films from first-time filmmakers, and consists of 76 World Premieres, 10 North American Premieres and 7 U.S. Premieres. These films were selected from a record 2,215 feature-length film submissions composed of 1,540 U.S. and 675 international feature-length films. With a record number of 6,482 submissions total, the overall increase was 14% over 2013. The Midnighters feature section and the Short Film program will be announced on February 5, with the complete...
- 1/31/2014
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
After announcing earlier this month that Jon Favreau’s Chef and the Veronica Mars movie will be making their world debuts at SXSW this year, the festival has revealed its full line-up, including further very promising world premieres, alongside appearances from some of the year’s most high-profile films.
The Midnight programme will be announced early next month, along with the Shorts line-up, and the complete Conference slate a little later as well.
Led by Seth Rogen and Zac Efron, Nicholas Stoller’s anticipated R-rated comedy, Neighbors, will be making its world debut at the festival, notably marked out as a ‘work-in-progress’ ahead of its theatrical release in May.
David Gordon Green’s acclaimed Joe will make its Us premiere, having bowed at Venice and then Toronto last year. Early reviews have Nicolas Cage giving one of the finest performances of his career, with Tye Sheridan (Mud) excellent alongside him.
The Midnight programme will be announced early next month, along with the Shorts line-up, and the complete Conference slate a little later as well.
Led by Seth Rogen and Zac Efron, Nicholas Stoller’s anticipated R-rated comedy, Neighbors, will be making its world debut at the festival, notably marked out as a ‘work-in-progress’ ahead of its theatrical release in May.
David Gordon Green’s acclaimed Joe will make its Us premiere, having bowed at Venice and then Toronto last year. Early reviews have Nicolas Cage giving one of the finest performances of his career, with Tye Sheridan (Mud) excellent alongside him.
- 1/30/2014
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Not sure if there is a Short Term 12 equivalent in this year’s Narrative Feature Comp, but on paper SXSW programmers are serving up a mean (and the usual lean group of 8 out of a whopping 1,324 film entries) for the upcoming competitiuon of eight which includes notable entries (that we’ve been tracking for a good time now) such as Zachary Wigon’s The Heart Machine, John Magary’s The Mend, Leah Meyerhoff’s I Believe in Unicorns and Lawrence Michael Levine’s Wild Canaries. Undoubtedly one of the most anticipated docs of the year, on the non-fiction side we find Margaret Brown’s The Great Invisible. Below you’ll find a breakdown of the other sections (notable world preems in We’ll Never Have Paris and Faults (see Mary Elizabeth Winstead above), some Sundance items with Texan connections and other nuggets.
Narrative Feature Competition
Eight world premieres, eight...
Narrative Feature Competition
Eight world premieres, eight...
- 1/30/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Nikita‘s Nerd and Fletch are reuniting for a buzzy Syfy project.
Noah Bean has been tapped to co-star in the cabler’s 12 Monkeys pilot, which previously cast the CW spy thriller’s Aaron Stanford in its lead role.
An adaptation of the 1995 Terry Gilliam film, Monkeys follows the journey of Cole (Stanford), a time traveler from the post-apocalyptic future who appears in present day on a mission to locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that will eventually decimate the human race.
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Noah Bean has been tapped to co-star in the cabler’s 12 Monkeys pilot, which previously cast the CW spy thriller’s Aaron Stanford in its lead role.
An adaptation of the 1995 Terry Gilliam film, Monkeys follows the journey of Cole (Stanford), a time traveler from the post-apocalyptic future who appears in present day on a mission to locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that will eventually decimate the human race.
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- 11/22/2013
- by Megan Masters
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: Marley Shelton (Eleventh Hour) is set as the lead in Lifetime’s dystopian-future drama pilot The Lottery, written by Timothy J. Sexton and directed by Danny Cannon. The Warner Horizon-produced conspiracy thriller is set in a world where women have stopped having children, threatening extinction of the human race. When 100 embryos are successfully fertilized, a national lottery is held to decide the surrogates. The series centers on Dr. Alison Scott (Shelton), the brilliant fertility specialist whose breakthrough in fertilizing 100 viable eggs may have life-and-death consequences she could not have anticipated. Related: Lifetime Casts Trio In Pilot ‘The Lottery’ Noah Bean is reuniting with his Nikita co-star Aaron Stanford in 12 Monkeys, Syfy‘s drama pilot based on the 1995 Terry Gilliam movie. Also joining the pilot, from Universal Cable Prods. and Atlas Entertainment, is Emmy winner Željko Ivanek (Damages), who will guest star. Related: Aaron Stanford & Amanda Schull To Topline Syfy...
- 11/22/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Lifetime’s new drama pilot The Lottery has added Young and the Restless fave Michael Graziadei, CSI alumna Louise Lombard and Spartacus‘ Lesley-Ann Brandt.
From Children of Men scribe Timothy J. Sexton, the conspiracy thriller is set in a world where humans are facing extinction and women have stopped having children. When 100 embryos are suddenly fertilized, a national lottery is held to decide upon surrogates.
Per Deadline, Graziadei joins as a recovering alcoholic who is father to one of the last children born in the country, with Lombard playing an artist-turned-Washington power player. Brandt, meanwhile, will portray a soldier desperate to have kids.
From Children of Men scribe Timothy J. Sexton, the conspiracy thriller is set in a world where humans are facing extinction and women have stopped having children. When 100 embryos are suddenly fertilized, a national lottery is held to decide upon surrogates.
Per Deadline, Graziadei joins as a recovering alcoholic who is father to one of the last children born in the country, with Lombard playing an artist-turned-Washington power player. Brandt, meanwhile, will portray a soldier desperate to have kids.
- 11/5/2013
- by Megan Masters
- TVLine.com
Michael Graziadei (American Horror Story), Lesley-Ann Brandt (Spartacus) and Louise Lombard (CSI) have been cast in Lifetime’s dystopian future drama pilot The Lottery, written by Timothy J. Sexton and directed by Danny Cannon. The Warner Horizon-produced conspiracy thriller is set in a world where women have stopped having children threatening extinction of the human race. When 100 embryos are successfully fertilized, a national lottery is held to decide the surrogates. Graziadei, repped by Gersh and Main Title, will play Kyle, a recovering alcoholic and single father of one of the last children born in the country. He was in ABC’s pilot Venice and appears in Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Thor crossover episode. Lesley-Ann Brandt, repped by Innovative Artists, LuberRoklin and Matt Rosen, will play Casey, a U.S. soldier longing for a child who jumps at the shot at being a surrogate by participating in the lottery. She has...
- 11/4/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Friday Night Lights alum Jeffrey Reiner, who directed the pilot for Caprica, is back at Syfy as director and executive producer of the network’s pilot 12 Monkeys, written on spec by Terry Matalas and Travis Fickett based on the Terry Gilliam movie. Here are several other recent director hires: Michael Trim (Orange Is The New Black) is set to direct VH1′s drama pilot Hindsight, from writer Emily Fox and Timberman/Beverly. Lifetime has tapped Danny Cannon (CSI) to direct its dystopian future drama pilot The Lottery, from Timothy J. Sexton, and Roger Kumble to helm Marti Noxon’s Unreal, set behind the scenes of a dating reality show. ABC Family’s mother-daughter comedy pilot Work Mom, starring Emily Rutherfurd, will be directed by Ted Wass, and Jay Chandrasekhar will helm Amazon comedy pilot The Outlaws.
- 10/7/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Sleepy Hollow
Fox's new series "Sleepy Hollow" premiered last night to an impressive 10.05 million viewers, and a 3.4 key demo rating. That's the network's best series premiere since 2007, and up 6% over last the debut of Fox's most recent hit "The Following" in January. [Source: Fox]
The Leftovers
HBO has ordered Damon Lindelof's post-apocalyptic drama show "The Leftovers" to series. Lindelof will serve as showrunner, while Peter Berg will direct the pilot.
Based on the 2011 novel by Tom Perrotta, the story follows a group of people who didn’t cross over during the Rapture and are stranded in "a world that will never be the same." [Source: HBO]
The Lottery
Lifetime has given a pilot order to the futuristic conspiracy thriller "The Lottery". Timothy J. Sexton ("Children of Men") is penning the pilot.
The story is set on an Earth destined for extinction as women have stopped having children. When remarkably 100 embryos are successfully fertilized,...
Fox's new series "Sleepy Hollow" premiered last night to an impressive 10.05 million viewers, and a 3.4 key demo rating. That's the network's best series premiere since 2007, and up 6% over last the debut of Fox's most recent hit "The Following" in January. [Source: Fox]
The Leftovers
HBO has ordered Damon Lindelof's post-apocalyptic drama show "The Leftovers" to series. Lindelof will serve as showrunner, while Peter Berg will direct the pilot.
Based on the 2011 novel by Tom Perrotta, the story follows a group of people who didn’t cross over during the Rapture and are stranded in "a world that will never be the same." [Source: HBO]
The Lottery
Lifetime has given a pilot order to the futuristic conspiracy thriller "The Lottery". Timothy J. Sexton ("Children of Men") is penning the pilot.
The story is set on an Earth destined for extinction as women have stopped having children. When remarkably 100 embryos are successfully fertilized,...
- 9/17/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Lifetime has given a pilot order to The Lottery, a futuristic conspiracy thriller. Written by feature/longform writer Timothy J. Sexton (Children Of Men, Boycott), Lottery is set in a world destined for extinction as women have stopped having children. When remarkably 100 embryos are successfully fertilized, a national lottery is held to decide the surrogates. As conflict, control and mystery over this important scientific breakthrough unfolds, government interests and power begin to dominate one of the most personal and basic elements of humanity — the right to have a family. Oscar-nominated Sexton executive produces with Dawn Olmstead (Prison Break) whose Grady Girl Prods will co-produce with Warner Horizon Television. The order for The Lottery comes on the heels of the green light for Deliverance Creek, a two-hour backdoor pilot from Nicholas Sparks Prods, also produced by Warner Horizon. They join Lifetime pilots Hr and Unreal.
- 9/16/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Lifetime is getting into the conspiracy business. The female-skewing cable network has ordered a one-hour drama pilot described as a "conspiracy thriller set in a dystopian future" from Children of Men co-writer Timothy J. Sexton, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Set in a time when women stop having children, The Lottery reveals a world staring down the barrel of impending extinction. Remarkably, 100 embryos are successfully fertilized and a national lottery is held to decide the surrogates. As conflict, control and mystery over this important scientific breakthrough unfold, government interests and power begin to dominate one of the
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- 9/16/2013
- by Philiana Ng
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After delivering one of the best recent performances with Olivier Assayas‘ expansive Carlos, star Edgar Ramirez hasn’t exploded as he should have. This was likely due in part to his dull choice of a follow-up with the dreadful Wrath of the Titans. But now, along with Kathryn Bigelow‘s Zero Dark Thirty arriving this fall, there’s a new chance for him to shine with another biopic.
After announcing the project earlier this summer, The Hollywood Reporter has already provided the first still of Alberto Arvelo Mendoza‘s Libertador, which features Ramirez as Simon Bolivar, which is being described as the South American Braveheart and their biggest independent projection to date. One can see the actor in character above amongst heavy weather conditions.
Written by Timothy J. Sexton (Children of Men), the film follows Bolivar’s early 19th-century campaign to free much of South America from the Spanish Empire...
After announcing the project earlier this summer, The Hollywood Reporter has already provided the first still of Alberto Arvelo Mendoza‘s Libertador, which features Ramirez as Simon Bolivar, which is being described as the South American Braveheart and their biggest independent projection to date. One can see the actor in character above amongst heavy weather conditions.
Written by Timothy J. Sexton (Children of Men), the film follows Bolivar’s early 19th-century campaign to free much of South America from the Spanish Empire...
- 8/24/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
No stranger to biopics, Edgar Ramirez (“Carlos” and “Che”) has signed on to play Simón Bolívar, the Venezuelan military and political leader who was instrumental in Latin America’s successful struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire, in “Libertador.”
The film, written by Timothy J. Sexton (“Children Of Men”) and directed by Alberto Arvelo, will focus on the fight for independence from Bolivar’s point of view. Ramirez will be joined by Danny Huston, Gary Lewis, María Valverde and Imanol Arias, though what roles they'll be playing haven't yet be revealed. The filmmakers have also drafted La Philharmonic music director Gustavo Dudamel for what will be his film composing debut, an appropriate choice as Dudamel is also the director of the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra in Venezuela.
Bolivar’s story sounds like it could make for a good and proper historical epic, the likes of which we haven’t seen in a few years,...
The film, written by Timothy J. Sexton (“Children Of Men”) and directed by Alberto Arvelo, will focus on the fight for independence from Bolivar’s point of view. Ramirez will be joined by Danny Huston, Gary Lewis, María Valverde and Imanol Arias, though what roles they'll be playing haven't yet be revealed. The filmmakers have also drafted La Philharmonic music director Gustavo Dudamel for what will be his film composing debut, an appropriate choice as Dudamel is also the director of the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra in Venezuela.
Bolivar’s story sounds like it could make for a good and proper historical epic, the likes of which we haven’t seen in a few years,...
- 6/21/2012
- by Cain Rodriguez
- The Playlist
• Today in odd movie couple-dom, Jim Parsons and Rihanna will lend their voices to the DreamWorks Animation production Happy Smekday!, an adaptation of Adam Rex’s acclaimed children’s book The True Meaning of Smekday. The premise: Earth’s been invaded by a race of “friendly” aliens called Boov, who have come to our planet to escape their nemeses, the Gorg. After one Boov inadvertently tips off the Gorg that they’re on Earth, he ends up traveling across America with a teenage human girl. As one does. [THR]
• Since we’re discussing DreamWorks Animation projects, Jason Schwartzman has been offered...
• Since we’re discussing DreamWorks Animation projects, Jason Schwartzman has been offered...
- 6/21/2012
- by Adam B. Vary
- EW - Inside Movies
Having been appropriately stunned by his 330-minute work in Carlos, it was disappoiting to see Édgar Ramírez jump on board sludge like Wrath of the Titans — how you go from Olivier Assayas to Jonathan Liebesman… that’s a drop — but onward and upward will he move from the bowels of Hades. Next, Variety reports that he’ll be starring in Libertador, a Simón Bolívar biopic already being labeled “[o]ne of Latin America’s most ambitious productions” and “the South American Braveheart.”
Director Alberto Arvelo Mendoza is behind the currently-shooting picture, with the script supplied by Timothy J. Sexton (Children of Men). Though bereft of any solid description in the above article, Libertador bound to cover Bolívar’s early 19th-century campaign to free much of South America from the Spanish Empire’s clutches; helping to instill strong political systems throughout these nations is worth documenting, too. All that historical relevancy and impact notwithstanding,...
Director Alberto Arvelo Mendoza is behind the currently-shooting picture, with the script supplied by Timothy J. Sexton (Children of Men). Though bereft of any solid description in the above article, Libertador bound to cover Bolívar’s early 19th-century campaign to free much of South America from the Spanish Empire’s clutches; helping to instill strong political systems throughout these nations is worth documenting, too. All that historical relevancy and impact notwithstanding,...
- 6/20/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
It was announced back in April of 2008 that Steven Zaillian and Agnes Metre would be producing an English-language remake of Nacho Vigalondo's awesome Spanish-language Timecrimes (Los Cronocrimenes). United Artists had tapped Timothy J. Sexton (Children of Men) to pen the remake and that was the last we heard. A new report has surfaced on SciFiWorld that Zaillian may jump behind the camera for the time travel reboot. In the original a man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences. Zaillian is well know having penned Schindler's List, Awakenings, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. He also directed Searching for Bobby Fischer, All the King's Men and A Civil Action.
- 12/19/2011
- bloody-disgusting.com
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