Sovereign is proud to announce that award-winning Mexican director Amat Escalante’s powerful thriller Lost In The Night received its UK premiere at the 2023 BFI London Film Festival, as part of the ‘Thrill’ section, and now the film is available to rent/buy on Amazon Prime Video in the UK.
From acclaimed Mexican director Amat Escalante, following Heli, for which he won Best Director at Cannes in 2013, and The Untamed, which won him the Best Director prize at Venice in 2016, comes Lost In The Night, a taut, engrossing thriller that blends traditional elements of Latin American cinema with astute social commentary on Mexican society and contemporary influencer culture.
The film, which premiered at Cannes this year, stars Juan Daniel García Treviño (Narcos México), and Latin American influencer superstar Ester Expósito, who has 27 million followers, and features a superb score by Stranger Things composers Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein.
The film...
From acclaimed Mexican director Amat Escalante, following Heli, for which he won Best Director at Cannes in 2013, and The Untamed, which won him the Best Director prize at Venice in 2016, comes Lost In The Night, a taut, engrossing thriller that blends traditional elements of Latin American cinema with astute social commentary on Mexican society and contemporary influencer culture.
The film, which premiered at Cannes this year, stars Juan Daniel García Treviño (Narcos México), and Latin American influencer superstar Ester Expósito, who has 27 million followers, and features a superb score by Stranger Things composers Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein.
The film...
- 4/11/2024
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
Seven years after his mesmerizing sci-fi drama on extraterrestrial sex, “The Untamed,” genre-defying Mexican auteur Amat Escalante switches gears once again to try his hand at a sharp-edged, quasi-detective story with “Lost in the Night.” His approach expectedly deviates from a straightforward whodunit. Escalante rejects both simplified villainy and stainless heroism, crafting individuals with clear motivations who never stop to consider their actions through a moral filter. The result is an at times jarring but always intriguing enigma that escapes facile classification, especially because it tends to veer into absurdism.
In just a handful of years since his breakout role in Fernando Frías de la Parra’s “I’m No Longer Here,” Juan Daniel García Treviño has become a familiar face in Mexican cinema, usually playing a member of a criminal organization. Here, Escalante pushes against such typecasting and places him on the righteous side of the fence, as Emiliano, a...
In just a handful of years since his breakout role in Fernando Frías de la Parra’s “I’m No Longer Here,” Juan Daniel García Treviño has become a familiar face in Mexican cinema, usually playing a member of a criminal organization. Here, Escalante pushes against such typecasting and places him on the righteous side of the fence, as Emiliano, a...
- 2/2/2024
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Variety Film + TV
There was a time when the only spectacle required to set the theatrical world agog was to have something unexpectedly descend from the rafters. The helicopter in Miss Saigon. The chandelier in The Phantom of the Opera. Whichever actor’s harness snapped in Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.
It would be condescending to say that Harry Potter and The Cursed Child “brought” magic to London’s West End. But it set a new bar for a type of ambitious theatricality, burying anything that might otherwise be forgettable about Jack Thorne’s dry play under the equivalent of dozens of chandeliers and helicopters all descending nonstop for seven hours. It’s been a smash on every level, particularly the most important one: Every performance brings an unusually young demographic to the West End (and to Broadway, where the show has been playing since 2018) and they leave generally happy.
Opening on a...
It would be condescending to say that Harry Potter and The Cursed Child “brought” magic to London’s West End. But it set a new bar for a type of ambitious theatricality, burying anything that might otherwise be forgettable about Jack Thorne’s dry play under the equivalent of dozens of chandeliers and helicopters all descending nonstop for seven hours. It’s been a smash on every level, particularly the most important one: Every performance brings an unusually young demographic to the West End (and to Broadway, where the show has been playing since 2018) and they leave generally happy.
Opening on a...
- 12/21/2023
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Eva Longoria is being honored by the Ruderman Family Foundation for her ongoing commitment to supporting people with disabilities.
The actress, director, producer, entrepreneur and activist was announced Monday as the 2023 Morton E. Ruderman Award in Inclusion recipient by the foundation, which has for more than two decades advocated for and advanced the inclusion of people with disabilities throughout society. Longoria is being honored for her work with Eva’s Heroes, a nonprofit founded in 2006 and focused on enriching the lives of people living with intellectual disabilities through unique recreation and socialization experiences. The organization offers an inclusive setting for teens and adults built on four tenets: interact, grow, love and learn.
“Eva Longoria strongly embodies our foundation’s commitment to advancing the inclusion of people with disabilities — not only due to her tireless work on the issue but also through just how personal this mission has been for her,...
The actress, director, producer, entrepreneur and activist was announced Monday as the 2023 Morton E. Ruderman Award in Inclusion recipient by the foundation, which has for more than two decades advocated for and advanced the inclusion of people with disabilities throughout society. Longoria is being honored for her work with Eva’s Heroes, a nonprofit founded in 2006 and focused on enriching the lives of people living with intellectual disabilities through unique recreation and socialization experiences. The organization offers an inclusive setting for teens and adults built on four tenets: interact, grow, love and learn.
“Eva Longoria strongly embodies our foundation’s commitment to advancing the inclusion of people with disabilities — not only due to her tireless work on the issue but also through just how personal this mission has been for her,...
- 12/19/2023
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cannes frequently gets criticized for the paucity of Latin American representation in the main competition, so it was widely assumed that the new feature from festival veteran Amat Escalante, the 2013 best director winner for Heli, would be guaranteed a spot. Sad to report that watching Lost in the Night (Perdidos en la noche), it’s easy to see why it was shuffled off to a sidebar. The Mexican filmmaker moves out from the shadow of his former mentor, Carlos Reygadas, with his most accessible work to date in this revenge thriller, which is engrossing enough but also a bit meandering and underpowered.
Escalante’s fifth feature takes its cues more from his experience in television on Narcos: Mexico than from his previous big-screen work, which could in theory bring him to a wider audience. But it lacks the tight cohesion of that series at its best, and softens the jarring intensity,...
Escalante’s fifth feature takes its cues more from his experience in television on Narcos: Mexico than from his previous big-screen work, which could in theory bring him to a wider audience. But it lacks the tight cohesion of that series at its best, and softens the jarring intensity,...
- 5/23/2023
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Scores for ‘Nope,’ ‘White Lotus,’ ‘God of War: Ragnarok’ Win Top Honors at ASCAP Screen Music Awards
Some of today’s most talked-about film and TV composers walked off with Composers Choice Awards at Tuesday night’s annual Screen Music Awards of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) in West Hollywood.
Michael Abels won Film Score of the Year for Jordan Peele’s sci-fi horror movie “Nope.” Cristobal Tapia de Veer and Kim Neundorf won Television Score of the Year for HBO’s black comedy “The White Lotus” And Bear McCreary won Video Game Score of the Year for Sony Interactive’s acclaimed “God of War: Ragnarok.”
In a tie, Documentary Score of the Year went to both Amanda Jones for the National Geographic nature series “Super/Natural” and Jeff Cardoni for HBO Max’s skateboarding doc “Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off.” Cristobal Tapia de Veer also won a second award for Television Theme of the Year for “The White Lotus.”
Composers Choice...
Michael Abels won Film Score of the Year for Jordan Peele’s sci-fi horror movie “Nope.” Cristobal Tapia de Veer and Kim Neundorf won Television Score of the Year for HBO’s black comedy “The White Lotus” And Bear McCreary won Video Game Score of the Year for Sony Interactive’s acclaimed “God of War: Ragnarok.”
In a tie, Documentary Score of the Year went to both Amanda Jones for the National Geographic nature series “Super/Natural” and Jeff Cardoni for HBO Max’s skateboarding doc “Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off.” Cristobal Tapia de Veer also won a second award for Television Theme of the Year for “The White Lotus.”
Composers Choice...
- 5/17/2023
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
“I think it’s finally my year,” are the famous last words of Eddie Munson in “Stranger Things,” but unfortunately actor Joseph Quinn will have to wait a little bit longer.
While, at this point, it feels like the kids of Netflix’s ’80s-set sci-fi series will be grandparents before Season 5, with the WGA strike delaying production and the general speed in which the Duffer brothers have delivered seasons. Nonetheless, elements of last summer’s massively popular Season 4 Vol. 2 double-episodes will be angling for consideration from the Television Academy this year. But Emmy rules means most stars of “Stranger Things” aren’t eligible for this year’s ballots.
In June 2022, the TV Academy eliminated the “hangover episode rule,” which allowed a series that premieres current-season episodes after the May 31 eligibility deadline but before the start of nomination round-voting to submit for Emmy consideration.
Read: Variety’s Awards Circuit for the...
While, at this point, it feels like the kids of Netflix’s ’80s-set sci-fi series will be grandparents before Season 5, with the WGA strike delaying production and the general speed in which the Duffer brothers have delivered seasons. Nonetheless, elements of last summer’s massively popular Season 4 Vol. 2 double-episodes will be angling for consideration from the Television Academy this year. But Emmy rules means most stars of “Stranger Things” aren’t eligible for this year’s ballots.
In June 2022, the TV Academy eliminated the “hangover episode rule,” which allowed a series that premieres current-season episodes after the May 31 eligibility deadline but before the start of nomination round-voting to submit for Emmy consideration.
Read: Variety’s Awards Circuit for the...
- 5/10/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Typically at the Emmy Awards, a TV show is judged on a full season as it aired entirely within a single eligibility period. However, in extremely rare cases, a drama or comedy will have what’s known as “orphaned” episodes that air outside of the cut-off date. That’s exactly why Season 4 of The Duffer Brothers‘ sci-fi megahit “Stranger Things” is eligible in two consecutive Emmy cycles, last year and this year. Gold Derby has exclusively learned which 13 categories Netflix is submitting for consideration at the 2023 Emmys (see below).
To recap, the first seven episodes of “Stranger Things 4” streamed on May 27, 2022 and thus competed at last year’s Emmys, where it nabbed 13 nominations and won five. But the last two episodes streamed on July 1, 2022, a full month after the eligibility period ended. TV academy rules stipulate that those two orphaned episodes are now eligible at the 2023 Emmys, but with a catch.
To recap, the first seven episodes of “Stranger Things 4” streamed on May 27, 2022 and thus competed at last year’s Emmys, where it nabbed 13 nominations and won five. But the last two episodes streamed on July 1, 2022, a full month after the eligibility period ended. TV academy rules stipulate that those two orphaned episodes are now eligible at the 2023 Emmys, but with a catch.
- 5/8/2023
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Director Joaquín del Paso’s sophomore feature The Hole in the Fence, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival, provides a unique take on a Lord of the Flies-like set-up. The harrowing Mexican-Polish thriller, scored by Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein (Stranger Things), follows a group of boys at a religious summer camp as they receive intense training, but their journey turns more disturbing when they discover a hole in the fence. Picked up by Altered Innocence, the film is set for a theatrical release on May 26 and we’re pleased to debut the exclusive U.S. trailer.
Here’s the full synopsis: “At a secluded exclusive summer camp in the Mexican countryside, under the watchful eyes of their adult guardians, boys from a prestigious private school receive physical, moral and religious training to turn them into tomorrow’s elite. The discovery of a hole in the fence sets in...
Here’s the full synopsis: “At a secluded exclusive summer camp in the Mexican countryside, under the watchful eyes of their adult guardians, boys from a prestigious private school receive physical, moral and religious training to turn them into tomorrow’s elite. The discovery of a hole in the fence sets in...
- 4/25/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Kevin Hart announced his latest project, Celebrity Prank Wars, on Wednesday following a viral bit joking about Nick Cannon and the various women who are mothers to his children.
The show, which premieres April 6, will see the duo take their “friendly feud” up a notch, with Hart and Cannon branching out to also include some of their famous friends.
Episodes will see stars “planning and perpetrating some of the wildest and most viral pranks on each other,” according to the network, with co-hosts Cannon and Hart selecting the winner of each prank war. Each prank is expected to be more elaborate than the next. The show’s celebrity participants will include Anthony Anderson, Brie Bella, Nikki Bella, Lil Duval, Big E, Fantasia, Tiffany Haddish, Taraji P. Henson, Lil Jon, Kofi Kingston, Ludacris, Joel McHale, Killer Mike, Chance the Rapper, T-Pain, Robin Thicke, T.I. and Xavier Woods.
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The show, which premieres April 6, will see the duo take their “friendly feud” up a notch, with Hart and Cannon branching out to also include some of their famous friends.
Episodes will see stars “planning and perpetrating some of the wildest and most viral pranks on each other,” according to the network, with co-hosts Cannon and Hart selecting the winner of each prank war. Each prank is expected to be more elaborate than the next. The show’s celebrity participants will include Anthony Anderson, Brie Bella, Nikki Bella, Lil Duval, Big E, Fantasia, Tiffany Haddish, Taraji P. Henson, Lil Jon, Kofi Kingston, Ludacris, Joel McHale, Killer Mike, Chance the Rapper, T-Pain, Robin Thicke, T.I. and Xavier Woods.
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- 3/8/2023
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Not a single actor that works at Dhar Mann Studios can afford rent.” That provocative statement, spoken by actor Colin A. Borden in a TikTok video, fanned a firestorm of complaints against a moralistic online video star. Borden is one of the actors behind the #ProtestDharMann movement, which has questioned the business practices of the titular figure — and drawn a thorough response from Mann himself.
Borden, who has appeared on shows like Better Call Saul, is one of the actors who has achieved some level of internet fame by appearing in Mann’s videos. With the help of his regulars, Mann has created an empire of moral videos that use simple language to impart basic ethical lessons. That formula has made Mann’s channel one of the most-watched hubs on YouTube netting between 250 and 320 million views a month.
Despite the happy endings that typically punctuate Dhar Mann videos, some of...
Borden, who has appeared on shows like Better Call Saul, is one of the actors who has achieved some level of internet fame by appearing in Mann’s videos. With the help of his regulars, Mann has created an empire of moral videos that use simple language to impart basic ethical lessons. That formula has made Mann’s channel one of the most-watched hubs on YouTube netting between 250 and 320 million views a month.
Despite the happy endings that typically punctuate Dhar Mann videos, some of...
- 2/14/2023
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Exclusive: NBC is developing The Regal, a workplace comedy from writer Brad Copeland (Life In Pieces), Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat and Universal Television.
Written by Copeland, The Regal is a workplace comedy about a Las Vegas casino, the biggest and craziest office in the world. The series follows the employees who overcome their different perspectives and personalities to become the one thing you can’t win at a slot machine – family.
Copeland executive produces with Kevin Hart, Bryan Smiley and Mike Stein for Hartbeat. Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, is the studio.
Copeland most recently worked on all four seasons of CBS comedy Life In Pieces, beginning as co-executive producer and rising to executive producer in seasons 2 and 3 and consulting producer in the final season. His other credits include creator of comedy series The Inbetweeners and consulting producer on My Name Is Earl and producer on Fox’s Arrested Development.
Written by Copeland, The Regal is a workplace comedy about a Las Vegas casino, the biggest and craziest office in the world. The series follows the employees who overcome their different perspectives and personalities to become the one thing you can’t win at a slot machine – family.
Copeland executive produces with Kevin Hart, Bryan Smiley and Mike Stein for Hartbeat. Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, is the studio.
Copeland most recently worked on all four seasons of CBS comedy Life In Pieces, beginning as co-executive producer and rising to executive producer in seasons 2 and 3 and consulting producer in the final season. His other credits include creator of comedy series The Inbetweeners and consulting producer on My Name Is Earl and producer on Fox’s Arrested Development.
- 2/6/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Hartbeat, Kevin Hart’s multiplatform media and entertainment company, has hired four senior execs to build out its leadership team across divisions.
Joining the company are former Attn: executive Sara Abdulahi as senior VP of people and culture; NBCUniversal alum Annie Balagot as senior VP of global media; Neil Wright, who hails from BuzzFeed’s Complex Networks, as VP of live and experiential; and industry veteran Namon Jones as VP of brand partnerships.
The company also promoted Tina Maher to SVP of brand and franchise management; she previously served as VP, brand partnerships and monetization.
Hartbeat is currently in development or production on more than 70 projects and in 2023 is gearing up to launch a series of new live comedy experiences. The company said the new hires will accelerate growth across the company’s three divisions: Hartbeat Studios, which finances, develops and produces content; Hartbeat Media, which manages events and distribution deals; and Pulse,...
Joining the company are former Attn: executive Sara Abdulahi as senior VP of people and culture; NBCUniversal alum Annie Balagot as senior VP of global media; Neil Wright, who hails from BuzzFeed’s Complex Networks, as VP of live and experiential; and industry veteran Namon Jones as VP of brand partnerships.
The company also promoted Tina Maher to SVP of brand and franchise management; she previously served as VP, brand partnerships and monetization.
Hartbeat is currently in development or production on more than 70 projects and in 2023 is gearing up to launch a series of new live comedy experiences. The company said the new hires will accelerate growth across the company’s three divisions: Hartbeat Studios, which finances, develops and produces content; Hartbeat Media, which manages events and distribution deals; and Pulse,...
- 1/4/2023
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
When Michael Stein, an actor, stand-up and friend of filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson, visited the set of Anderson’s pornography opus Boogie Nights in 1997, he noticed a cast member was missing. “I said,” recalls Stein, “‘Hey where’s Burt?’” Burt Reynolds was playing Jack Horner, a classy porno director and mentor to Mark Wahlberg’s up-and-coming porn stud, Dirk Diggler. The former Hollywood alpha would ultimately be Oscar-nominated for the role, but on the set, he was peeved. Anderson, chain-smoking American Spirit cigarettes with irritation, turned to Stein: “He’s in the trailer, man… He doesn’t want to hang out with us.’”
Refusing to come out of his trailer was one thing; elsewhere on the shoot, it almost came to blows – Reynolds took a swing at the 26-year-old Anderson. “I wasn’t there for that,” says Stein. “I heard about it though!”
Like the Goodfellas of porn, Boogie Nights...
Refusing to come out of his trailer was one thing; elsewhere on the shoot, it almost came to blows – Reynolds took a swing at the 26-year-old Anderson. “I wasn’t there for that,” says Stein. “I heard about it though!”
Like the Goodfellas of porn, Boogie Nights...
- 10/10/2022
- by Tom Fordy
- The Independent - Film
When Michael Stein, an actor, stand-up and friend of filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson, visited the set of Anderson’s pornography opus Boogie Nights in 1997, he noticed a cast member was missing. “I said,” recalls Stein, “‘Hey where’s Burt?’” Burt Reynolds was playing Jack Horner, a classy porno director and mentor to Mark Wahlberg’s up-and-coming porn stud, Dirk Diggler. The former Hollywood alpha would ultimately be Oscar-nominated for the role, but on the set, he was peeved. Anderson, chain-smoking American Spirit cigarettes with irritation, turned to Stein: “He’s in the trailer, man… He doesn’t want to hang out with us.’”
Refusing to come out of his trailer was one thing; elsewhere on the shoot, it almost came to blows – Reynolds took a swing at the 26-year-old Anderson. “I wasn’t there for that,” says Stein. “I heard about it though!”
Like the Goodfellas of porn, Boogie Nights...
Refusing to come out of his trailer was one thing; elsewhere on the shoot, it almost came to blows – Reynolds took a swing at the 26-year-old Anderson. “I wasn’t there for that,” says Stein. “I heard about it though!”
Like the Goodfellas of porn, Boogie Nights...
- 10/10/2022
- by Tom Fordy
- The Independent - Film
Kevin Hart’s “Die Hart 2: Die Harter” has added John Cena, Ben Schwartz and Paula Pell to its cast. Additionally, Nathalie Emmanuel is set to return to the series.
“Die Hart” and the upcoming second season follow Hart as he plays a fictional version of himself. Tired of being the comedic sidekick, he decides to train at an action school to become a leading man.
The second season of the Roku comedy began production on Wednesday in Atlanta.
Here’s a logline for Season 2, which includes more about the new roles: “After achieving his dream of becoming a bona fide action hero in ‘Die Hart,’ Kevin Hart now wants to cement his legacy as the greatest action star of all time. He’s developed a concept for a revolutionary movie where the action is so unscripted and unexpected that even Kevin won’t know what’s coming next. But...
“Die Hart” and the upcoming second season follow Hart as he plays a fictional version of himself. Tired of being the comedic sidekick, he decides to train at an action school to become a leading man.
The second season of the Roku comedy began production on Wednesday in Atlanta.
Here’s a logline for Season 2, which includes more about the new roles: “After achieving his dream of becoming a bona fide action hero in ‘Die Hart,’ Kevin Hart now wants to cement his legacy as the greatest action star of all time. He’s developed a concept for a revolutionary movie where the action is so unscripted and unexpected that even Kevin won’t know what’s coming next. But...
- 9/21/2022
- by Katie Campione
- The Wrap
Kevin Hart’s “Die Hart” action-hero spoof is bringing in some fresh faces for Season 2 of the Roku original comedy: John Cena, Ben Schwartz and Paula Pell have joined the cast of “Die Hart 2: Die Harter,” the streaming company announced.
In addition to the new cast, Nathalie Emmanuel will reprise her role in Season 2. Eric Appel returns to direct with Tripper Clancy returning as writer. Production of “Die Hart 2: Die Harter” has begun in Atlanta. The series will stream free (with ads) on the Roku Channel but a premiere date has not been set.
In “Die Hart” Season 1, which co-starred John Travolta, Hart played a fictionalized version of himself who ultimately achieved his dream of becoming a bona-fide action hero. In the second season, Hart now wants to cement his legacy as the greatest action star of all time. He’s developed a concept for a revolutionary movie...
In addition to the new cast, Nathalie Emmanuel will reprise her role in Season 2. Eric Appel returns to direct with Tripper Clancy returning as writer. Production of “Die Hart 2: Die Harter” has begun in Atlanta. The series will stream free (with ads) on the Roku Channel but a premiere date has not been set.
In “Die Hart” Season 1, which co-starred John Travolta, Hart played a fictionalized version of himself who ultimately achieved his dream of becoming a bona-fide action hero. In the second season, Hart now wants to cement his legacy as the greatest action star of all time. He’s developed a concept for a revolutionary movie...
- 9/21/2022
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
A father's desire for vengeance unleashes violent repercussions in the new horror thriller The Retaliators, co-starring Michael Lombardi and Jacoby Shaddix. Ahead of the film's one-night-only September 14th theatrical release, we've been provided with a blood-soaked exclusive clip to share with Daily Dead readers!
Check out a bloody battle for survival (with some unexpected help from a motorbike chain) in our exclusive clip from The Retaliators below, and to learn more about the movie, visit:
https://www.retaliatorsmovie.com/
Press Release: Los Angeles, CA - Horror-thriller feature The Retaliators, from Better Noise Films, co-producers of The Dirt, has announced their worldwide theatrical release. CineLife Entertainment and Trafalgar plan a worldwide theatrical release on September 14, 2022. The release comes on the heels of a successful festival tour, during which the film world premiered at London’s Arrow Video FrightFest and had its US premiere at Screamfest, where it was the opening film,...
Check out a bloody battle for survival (with some unexpected help from a motorbike chain) in our exclusive clip from The Retaliators below, and to learn more about the movie, visit:
https://www.retaliatorsmovie.com/
Press Release: Los Angeles, CA - Horror-thriller feature The Retaliators, from Better Noise Films, co-producers of The Dirt, has announced their worldwide theatrical release. CineLife Entertainment and Trafalgar plan a worldwide theatrical release on September 14, 2022. The release comes on the heels of a successful festival tour, during which the film world premiered at London’s Arrow Video FrightFest and had its US premiere at Screamfest, where it was the opening film,...
- 9/13/2022
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Following up his writing and directing debut, What Can Be Broken Should Be Broken, Rostislav Vaynshtok’s second short film, Praise For My Devourer, will have its world premiere on August 20th at the Popcorn Frights Film Festival as part of their Homegrown Fresh Squeezed Horror segment. As a tease of the things that go bump in the night in this short film, we have an exclusive image gallery, the poster reveal, and a look at the recently released trailer.
Drawing inspiration from Suspiria, Stranger Things, and The Babadook, Vaynshtok’s take on child centered horror is described as "a short and sweet slice of bedtime terror." The film was scored entirely by Vaynshtok as his musical alias "Slavvy." Rostislav will also perform a DJ set as his musical alter ego Slavvy at Popcorn Frights closing party on the rooftop of the Betsy Hotel, featuring unreleased music and classic horror favorites.
Drawing inspiration from Suspiria, Stranger Things, and The Babadook, Vaynshtok’s take on child centered horror is described as "a short and sweet slice of bedtime terror." The film was scored entirely by Vaynshtok as his musical alias "Slavvy." Rostislav will also perform a DJ set as his musical alter ego Slavvy at Popcorn Frights closing party on the rooftop of the Betsy Hotel, featuring unreleased music and classic horror favorites.
- 8/19/2022
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Watch the Trailer for Wednesday: "Watch the official teaser for Wednesday, an upcoming Netflix series from the imagination of Tim Burton. Wednesday -- starring Jenna Ortega in the title role, alongside Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzman, Gwendoline Christie, Christina Ricci and more -- is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams' years as a student at Nevermore Academy. Snap snap."
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Monster High: The Movie: "Monster High: The Movie is coming out of the dark on October 6 to Nickelodeon and ParamountPlus+ with an all-new cast and spooktacular adventures."
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The Retaliators: "An upstanding pastor uncovers a dark and twisted underworld as he searches for answers surrounding his daughter's brutal murder. A high-octane original soundtrack and cameos from some of the biggest names in rock music set the tone as this horror-thriller reveals a game of revenge played using a new set of rules."
"Michael Lombardi ("Rescue Me"), Marc Menchaca...
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Monster High: The Movie: "Monster High: The Movie is coming out of the dark on October 6 to Nickelodeon and ParamountPlus+ with an all-new cast and spooktacular adventures."
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The Retaliators: "An upstanding pastor uncovers a dark and twisted underworld as he searches for answers surrounding his daughter's brutal murder. A high-octane original soundtrack and cameos from some of the biggest names in rock music set the tone as this horror-thriller reveals a game of revenge played using a new set of rules."
"Michael Lombardi ("Rescue Me"), Marc Menchaca...
- 8/17/2022
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Warner Bros. released a new promo for “The Jennifer Hudson Show,” the upcoming daytime talk show fronted by the youngest female Egot winner, which is set to premiere on September 12.
The series will feature celebrity interviews, topical stories, community heroes, viral sensations and music. The show will air on Fox Television Stations, Hearst Television, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Tegna, Nexstar Media Group, Scripps Media and Gray Media Group, among other station groups.
“The Jennifer Hudson Show” is produced in Los Angeles by Warner Bros. Unscripted Television in association with Telepictures and distributed in national syndication by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution. “The Jennifer Hudson Show” is executive produced by Mary Connelly, Andy Lassner, Corey Palent, Hudson, Lisa Kasteler Calio, Graehme Morphy and Walter Williams III, with Shani Black as co-executive producer. Watch the full promo below.
Series
Tastemade announced a new original series with Stephanie Izard, the first female winner of “Top Chef,...
The series will feature celebrity interviews, topical stories, community heroes, viral sensations and music. The show will air on Fox Television Stations, Hearst Television, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Tegna, Nexstar Media Group, Scripps Media and Gray Media Group, among other station groups.
“The Jennifer Hudson Show” is produced in Los Angeles by Warner Bros. Unscripted Television in association with Telepictures and distributed in national syndication by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution. “The Jennifer Hudson Show” is executive produced by Mary Connelly, Andy Lassner, Corey Palent, Hudson, Lisa Kasteler Calio, Graehme Morphy and Walter Williams III, with Shani Black as co-executive producer. Watch the full promo below.
Series
Tastemade announced a new original series with Stephanie Izard, the first female winner of “Top Chef,...
- 8/11/2022
- by EJ Panaligan
- Variety Film + TV
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Kevin Hart’s new venture Hartbeat has added former Disney executive Brian C. Price to its team.
Price will lead Pulse, Hartbeat’s branded content and entertainment studio, as senior vice president, head of branded content and creative partnerships. Candisse Williamson, former general counsel at Skybound Entertainment and a vice president at the Madison Square Garden Company, has also joined the company as executive vice president, general counsel.
As head of Pulse, Price will work as a creative consultant for brands such as Sam’s Club, Lyft, P&g and Chase Sapphire and create new strategies for other brand partners. Price spent five years at The Walt Disney Company, leading teams on content and marketing solutions, and previously worked as vice president, creative partnerships and innovation at NBCUniversal.
Hartbeat is a merger of Kevin Hart’s two production companies, Laugh Out Loud and HartBeat Productions.
Kevin Hart’s new venture Hartbeat has added former Disney executive Brian C. Price to its team.
Price will lead Pulse, Hartbeat’s branded content and entertainment studio, as senior vice president, head of branded content and creative partnerships. Candisse Williamson, former general counsel at Skybound Entertainment and a vice president at the Madison Square Garden Company, has also joined the company as executive vice president, general counsel.
As head of Pulse, Price will work as a creative consultant for brands such as Sam’s Club, Lyft, P&g and Chase Sapphire and create new strategies for other brand partners. Price spent five years at The Walt Disney Company, leading teams on content and marketing solutions, and previously worked as vice president, creative partnerships and innovation at NBCUniversal.
Hartbeat is a merger of Kevin Hart’s two production companies, Laugh Out Loud and HartBeat Productions.
- 8/11/2022
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Hartbeat is expanding its senior leadership team, adding former Disney and NBCUniversal executive Brian Price to head Pulse, its new branded content studio, and Candisse Williamson from Skybound Entertainment and The Madison Square Garden Company to run business and legal affairs.
The company also upped Mike Stein to EVP, Head of TV & Audio, reporting to President & Chief Content Officer, Bryan Smiley, and Monti Sehmi to EVP, Head of Finance and Operations.
Hartbeat was formed by the merger Hart’s Laugh Out Loud and HartBeat Productions, bolstered by a 100 million capital raise. It said today it plans to grow its executive team across its three main divisions – Hartbeat Studios, which finances, develops and produces content; Hartbeat Media, events and distribution; and Pulse, a branded content and entertainment studio and consultancy.
Price joins Hartbeat as SVP, Head of Branded Content & Creative Partnerships overseeing Pulse to develop creative strategies for new and existing brand partners.
The company also upped Mike Stein to EVP, Head of TV & Audio, reporting to President & Chief Content Officer, Bryan Smiley, and Monti Sehmi to EVP, Head of Finance and Operations.
Hartbeat was formed by the merger Hart’s Laugh Out Loud and HartBeat Productions, bolstered by a 100 million capital raise. It said today it plans to grow its executive team across its three main divisions – Hartbeat Studios, which finances, develops and produces content; Hartbeat Media, events and distribution; and Pulse, a branded content and entertainment studio and consultancy.
Price joins Hartbeat as SVP, Head of Branded Content & Creative Partnerships overseeing Pulse to develop creative strategies for new and existing brand partners.
- 8/11/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Comedian David A. Arnold is back on Netflix with a new special, “It Ain’t for the Weak!”
Produced by Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat, the comedy special will launch globally on July 19 and follows his 2019 Netflix debut, “Fat Ballerina.”
“It Ain’t For The Weak!” taped earlier this year at The Hanna Theater in Arnold’s hometown of Cleveland, Oh. The new special is directed by award-winning director, artist and philanthropist Malakai and is executive produced by Hart, Bryan Smiley, Mike Stein and Tiffany Brown of Hartbeat, along with Dave Becky of 3 Arts Entertainment.
Over the course of his 20-year career as a comedian, actor, writer, producer and showrunner, Arnold has produced several TV shows, including Netflix’s “Fuller House” and the BET+ series “Bigger.” Arnold currently serves as the creator and showrunner for the buddy comedy series “That Girl Lay Lay,” which debuted on Nickelodeon in 2021 before streaming on Netflix,...
Produced by Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat, the comedy special will launch globally on July 19 and follows his 2019 Netflix debut, “Fat Ballerina.”
“It Ain’t For The Weak!” taped earlier this year at The Hanna Theater in Arnold’s hometown of Cleveland, Oh. The new special is directed by award-winning director, artist and philanthropist Malakai and is executive produced by Hart, Bryan Smiley, Mike Stein and Tiffany Brown of Hartbeat, along with Dave Becky of 3 Arts Entertainment.
Over the course of his 20-year career as a comedian, actor, writer, producer and showrunner, Arnold has produced several TV shows, including Netflix’s “Fuller House” and the BET+ series “Bigger.” Arnold currently serves as the creator and showrunner for the buddy comedy series “That Girl Lay Lay,” which debuted on Nickelodeon in 2021 before streaming on Netflix,...
- 6/13/2022
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Philip J. Smith, who as the longtime chairman of Broadway’s Shubert Organization was one of the most influential and powerful forces in American theater, died today in New York City of complications of Covid-19. He was 89.
Smith’s death was confirmed by daughters Linda Phillips and Jennifer Stein. Smith retired from his position as chairman and co-ceo in June and had most recently held the title of Chairman Emeritus.
“We have lost a giant of the American Theatre and a most beloved member of our Shubert Organization family,” said Robert E. Wankel, who succeeded Smith as the chairman and CEO. “Over his 63-year career, Phil Smith influenced every aspect of the professional theatre and earned the respect and admiration of everyone from the stage doormen to the greatest performers and creative talents of our time. He was devoted to his work, his friends, his colleagues and above all, his family.
Smith’s death was confirmed by daughters Linda Phillips and Jennifer Stein. Smith retired from his position as chairman and co-ceo in June and had most recently held the title of Chairman Emeritus.
“We have lost a giant of the American Theatre and a most beloved member of our Shubert Organization family,” said Robert E. Wankel, who succeeded Smith as the chairman and CEO. “Over his 63-year career, Phil Smith influenced every aspect of the professional theatre and earned the respect and admiration of everyone from the stage doormen to the greatest performers and creative talents of our time. He was devoted to his work, his friends, his colleagues and above all, his family.
- 1/15/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Trent Reznor’s secret weapon has always been his curiosity about electronic sound. Fuzzy synth beds, harshly grating electro shrieks, and airy atmospheres have comprised an exoskeleton for his vocals and guitar lines since Nine Inch Nails’ Pretty Hate Machine, amplifying the despair, tenderness, and anger of his songs. Those same tonalities have helped him and his writing partner, Atticus Ross, in their score work, defining the emotional moods of scenes in Watchmen, Gone Girl, and The Social Network — the last of which won them an Oscar.
Reznor reflects on...
Reznor reflects on...
- 9/15/2020
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
In the horror genre, when a project’s score is just as frightening as the image it accompanies, the composer has successfully done his/her job. Case in point, the scores for John Carpenter’s Halloween, Bernard Herrmann’s Psycho and even more recently Marco Beltrami’s Scream & Kyle Dixon/Michael Stein’s Stranger Things. We wanted to hone in on […] More...
- 7/21/2020
- by Josh Millican
- DreadCentral.com
Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir continued her winning streak, claiming top honors for both her “Joker” and “Chernobyl” scores at Tuesday night’s inaugural awards of the Society of Composers & Lyricists at Los Angeles’ Skirball Cultural Center.
Her music for “Joker” was named outstanding original score for a studio film and her score for HBO’s “Chernobyl” was cited as outstanding original score for a television or streaming production. They followed her Golden Globe win Sunday night for “Joker” and BAFTA nomination earlier Tuesday. She won the Emmy in September for her score to the HBO miniseries “Chernobyl.”
Guðnadóttir is among the most talked-about newcomers in film music, first for her “Chernobyl” score (built largely on sounds she recorded while visiting the nuclear power plant where it was shot) and more recently her “Joker” music (her electro-acoustic cello providing the accompaniment for star Joaquin Phoenix’s on-screen dancing). She...
Her music for “Joker” was named outstanding original score for a studio film and her score for HBO’s “Chernobyl” was cited as outstanding original score for a television or streaming production. They followed her Golden Globe win Sunday night for “Joker” and BAFTA nomination earlier Tuesday. She won the Emmy in September for her score to the HBO miniseries “Chernobyl.”
Guðnadóttir is among the most talked-about newcomers in film music, first for her “Chernobyl” score (built largely on sounds she recorded while visiting the nuclear power plant where it was shot) and more recently her “Joker” music (her electro-acoustic cello providing the accompaniment for star Joaquin Phoenix’s on-screen dancing). She...
- 1/8/2020
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
Four months after winning an Emmy for her score to the miniseries “Chernobyl” and two days after taking home a Golden Globe for her music to “Joker,” composer Hildur Gudnadottir won new awards for both of those scores at the first annual Scl Awards, presented by the Society of Composers and Lyricists.
Although the Scl was formed in 1983 as an offshoot of previous organizations that had dated back to 1945, its efforts to promote the interests of composers and lyricists working in visual media did not include giving out awards until this year.
“What took you guys so long with the awards?” composer Bill Conti asked at the beginning of the show. “People who work in Hollywood, we need constant approval.”
Also Read: BAFTA Nominations Put '1917' in the Awards Spotlight Again - and 'Joker,' Too
The Icelandic composer Gudnadottir received that approval to the point where she was visibly embarrassed,...
Although the Scl was formed in 1983 as an offshoot of previous organizations that had dated back to 1945, its efforts to promote the interests of composers and lyricists working in visual media did not include giving out awards until this year.
“What took you guys so long with the awards?” composer Bill Conti asked at the beginning of the show. “People who work in Hollywood, we need constant approval.”
Also Read: BAFTA Nominations Put '1917' in the Awards Spotlight Again - and 'Joker,' Too
The Icelandic composer Gudnadottir received that approval to the point where she was visibly embarrassed,...
- 1/8/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The Society of Composers & Lyricists has been around for nearly 75 years, but not until this year did the organization start its own annual awards program for music appearing in film, TV and videogames — and the nominees announced Tuesday for the inaugural show are certain to be scrutinized as a bellwether for what to expect as the Motion Picture Academy’s music branch votes on shortlists for the song and score categories.
As expected, Hildur Gudnadóttir scored nominations in film and TV categories alike, with nods for her work on “Joker” and “Chernobyl,” respectively. The latter limited series already won her an Emmy, and she’s being seen as a shoo-in for an Oscar nomination for scoring the blockbuster supervillain origin story.
The Scl Awards have instituted separate categories for scores of studio films and independent films. In the studio division, Gudnadóttir’s “Joker” music will face the scores written by Michael Abels for “Us,...
As expected, Hildur Gudnadóttir scored nominations in film and TV categories alike, with nods for her work on “Joker” and “Chernobyl,” respectively. The latter limited series already won her an Emmy, and she’s being seen as a shoo-in for an Oscar nomination for scoring the blockbuster supervillain origin story.
The Scl Awards have instituted separate categories for scores of studio films and independent films. In the studio division, Gudnadóttir’s “Joker” music will face the scores written by Michael Abels for “Us,...
- 12/4/2019
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Perhaps you’re aware that the television program “Stranger Things” is set in the decade of the 1980s.
If the copious cans of New Coke and neon clothing aren’t enough of a clue, the show has also stuffed its runtime with plenty of era-appropriate tunes. The opening episodes are drenched in ’80s standbys, with the first handful of chapters backed by familiar hits and less-obvious tracks from the time. Bonus points to the show for picking a Corey Hart song that isn’t “Sunglasses at Night,” even if the pull of the Stray Cats is pretty much inevitable.
Not all these tunes come from the decade in which the show’s set. For every Huey Lewis track, there’s one from Jim Croce. For every Wham! classic, there’s a chorus of bygone well-wishers singing a song that a Kubrick classic already nabbed for its own. (And it takes...
If the copious cans of New Coke and neon clothing aren’t enough of a clue, the show has also stuffed its runtime with plenty of era-appropriate tunes. The opening episodes are drenched in ’80s standbys, with the first handful of chapters backed by familiar hits and less-obvious tracks from the time. Bonus points to the show for picking a Corey Hart song that isn’t “Sunglasses at Night,” even if the pull of the Stray Cats is pretty much inevitable.
Not all these tunes come from the decade in which the show’s set. For every Huey Lewis track, there’s one from Jim Croce. For every Wham! classic, there’s a chorus of bygone well-wishers singing a song that a Kubrick classic already nabbed for its own. (And it takes...
- 7/5/2019
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Alec Bojalad Jun 26, 2019
Stranger Things 3 - Original Score from the Netflix Original Series arrives on June 28. Check out these two tracks ahead of time.
Fans won't get to see Hawkins, Indiana again until Stranger Things Season 3 premieres on Netflix on July 4. That doesn't mean they won't be able to hear Hawkins, Indiana before then.
Stranger Things 3 - Original Score from the Netflix Original Series will be available for digital download on Friday, June 28 with CD and vinyl releases forthcoming from Lakeshore Records and Invada Records. The album will feature the original works that trusty Stranger Things composers Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein created for Stranger Things Season 3.
further reading: David Harbour on What to Expect From Stranger Things Season 3
Dixon and Stein have been with Neflix's sci-fi juggernaut since the beginning. The two Austin-based musicians are behind those moody and meme-able opening credit notes, not to mention the rest of...
Stranger Things 3 - Original Score from the Netflix Original Series arrives on June 28. Check out these two tracks ahead of time.
Fans won't get to see Hawkins, Indiana again until Stranger Things Season 3 premieres on Netflix on July 4. That doesn't mean they won't be able to hear Hawkins, Indiana before then.
Stranger Things 3 - Original Score from the Netflix Original Series will be available for digital download on Friday, June 28 with CD and vinyl releases forthcoming from Lakeshore Records and Invada Records. The album will feature the original works that trusty Stranger Things composers Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein created for Stranger Things Season 3.
further reading: David Harbour on What to Expect From Stranger Things Season 3
Dixon and Stein have been with Neflix's sci-fi juggernaut since the beginning. The two Austin-based musicians are behind those moody and meme-able opening credit notes, not to mention the rest of...
- 6/26/2019
- Den of Geek
A seller’s market prevailed at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, as streaming giants competed with traditional studios to buy a wide assortment of indie projects they hope to turn into hits. The artisans who worked on some of the highest-profile Sundance movies share their stories.
Blinded by the Light (Bought by New Line for $15 million)
In 1987, Javed (Viveik Kalra), a 16-year-old British Pakistani, is given a Bruce Springsteen cassette, inspiring him to stand up to the racism around him. To re-create the period, costume designer Annie Hardinge scoured shops in London’s East End. As Javed starts to emulate the way Springsteen dresses, jeans, white tees and red bandannas take center stage. “I looked at photographs and videos of Bruce to pick up on key elements that summed up his look,” Hardinge says, “but we didn’t want to overdo it.”
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile
Editor...
Blinded by the Light (Bought by New Line for $15 million)
In 1987, Javed (Viveik Kalra), a 16-year-old British Pakistani, is given a Bruce Springsteen cassette, inspiring him to stand up to the racism around him. To re-create the period, costume designer Annie Hardinge scoured shops in London’s East End. As Javed starts to emulate the way Springsteen dresses, jeans, white tees and red bandannas take center stage. “I looked at photographs and videos of Bruce to pick up on key elements that summed up his look,” Hardinge says, “but we didn’t want to overdo it.”
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile
Editor...
- 2/13/2019
- by Daron James
- Variety Film + TV
Revamping Richard Wright’s 1940 seminal novel via a modern adaptation by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, first-time feature director Rashid Johnson has made a thunderous impression with “Native Son,” which had its world premiere Thursday at the Sundance Film Festival.
A gut-punch of a debut that examines race relations in America with unabashed force, Johnson’s present-day interpretation proves, disgracefully, how pertinent Wright’s text remains.
Still set in Chicago and subdivided into “Fate,” “Fear,” and “Flight” segments (as in the source material but in rearranged order), the thought-provoking film is steered by Bigger “Big” Thomas, a non-conformist African American youth garbed in a customized leather jacket and sporting green hair.
Also Read: Ashton Sanders' 'Native Son' Acquired by HBO Films
Lyrical voice-over quickly provides access to his sharp-edge observations on the external entities that constantly challenge his self-awareness. Parks and Johnson repeatedly confront him with fellow African...
A gut-punch of a debut that examines race relations in America with unabashed force, Johnson’s present-day interpretation proves, disgracefully, how pertinent Wright’s text remains.
Still set in Chicago and subdivided into “Fate,” “Fear,” and “Flight” segments (as in the source material but in rearranged order), the thought-provoking film is steered by Bigger “Big” Thomas, a non-conformist African American youth garbed in a customized leather jacket and sporting green hair.
Also Read: Ashton Sanders' 'Native Son' Acquired by HBO Films
Lyrical voice-over quickly provides access to his sharp-edge observations on the external entities that constantly challenge his self-awareness. Parks and Johnson repeatedly confront him with fellow African...
- 1/25/2019
- by Carlos Aguilar
- The Wrap
Spheres director Eliza McNitt: "I wanted Jessica Chastain to be in our first episode, the episode about the black holes. And then once we created that episode, it was so clear that I wanted Patti Smith, who to me is the mother of the universe." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
At the press preview for the Vr experience Spheres, executive produced by Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel, produced by Jess Engel, Arnaud Colinart, and Dylan Golden with a score by Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein, the writer/director Eliza McNitt shared with me why she chose The Duffer Brothers Stranger Things' Millie Bobby Brown, Ridley Scott's Martian and Christopher Nolan's Interstellar star Jessica Chastain and Patti Smith.
Eliza McNitt with Anne-Katrin Titze: "I've always grown up with the voices of incredible pioneers like Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking who taught me about science." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
We spoke about...
At the press preview for the Vr experience Spheres, executive produced by Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel, produced by Jess Engel, Arnaud Colinart, and Dylan Golden with a score by Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein, the writer/director Eliza McNitt shared with me why she chose The Duffer Brothers Stranger Things' Millie Bobby Brown, Ridley Scott's Martian and Christopher Nolan's Interstellar star Jessica Chastain and Patti Smith.
Eliza McNitt with Anne-Katrin Titze: "I've always grown up with the voices of incredible pioneers like Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking who taught me about science." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
We spoke about...
- 1/19/2019
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The first LP from Muse since their 2015 album Drones is a throwback to the first seven years of the Eighties. The tom-toms are cavernous like a Jan Hammer or Phil Collins production on the Miami Vice soundtrack. The dystopian, technophobic action movie narrative seems in the same vein as films like The Running Man and The Terminator. A band that’s logged nearly 20 years in the major label rock sphere, Muse mixed Radiohead’s alt-rock shirt-pullers with Queen’s triumphant heft in epic jams about theoretical physics, systems science and environmental philosophy.
- 11/10/2018
- by Christopher R. Weingarten
- Rollingstone.com
Alec Bojalad Sep 25, 2018
Stranger Things: Halloween Sounds From The Upside Down is coming to vinyl on October 26, demogorgons presumably not included.
Even if you've never seen Netflix's beloved nostalgia-tinged horror series, Stranger Things, you likely know what it sounds like.
The Stranger Things soundtrack, as composed by electronic music veterans Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein sounds just like the show. That is to say: total electronic '80s nostalgia with just enough of a modern spin. The music of Stranger Things is just as big a star as say Mille Bobby Brown or David Harbour. Now that music is getting the star treatment it deserves with a limited vinyl release.
Stranger Things: Halloween Sounds From the Upside Down features 14 original tracks from the series specifically curated to be as creepy and atmospheric as possible. This is what all the Netflix cool kids will be blasting from their ancient, dusty phonographs at their Halloween parties.
Stranger Things: Halloween Sounds From The Upside Down is coming to vinyl on October 26, demogorgons presumably not included.
Even if you've never seen Netflix's beloved nostalgia-tinged horror series, Stranger Things, you likely know what it sounds like.
The Stranger Things soundtrack, as composed by electronic music veterans Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein sounds just like the show. That is to say: total electronic '80s nostalgia with just enough of a modern spin. The music of Stranger Things is just as big a star as say Mille Bobby Brown or David Harbour. Now that music is getting the star treatment it deserves with a limited vinyl release.
Stranger Things: Halloween Sounds From the Upside Down features 14 original tracks from the series specifically curated to be as creepy and atmospheric as possible. This is what all the Netflix cool kids will be blasting from their ancient, dusty phonographs at their Halloween parties.
- 9/25/2018
- Den of Geek
National Geographic has brought Emmy award-winning composers Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein on board to score its upcoming docudrama “Valley of the Boom,” Variety has learned exclusively.
Dixon and Stein are best known for their work on the soundtrack of “Stranger Things,” for which they received two Grammy nominations as well as an Emmy for outstanding main title theme music.
“We have long been inspired by the rich history and bright music from the 1990s, so when we learned of National Geographic’s ‘Valley of the Boom,’ we were thrilled to be collaborating,” said Dixon and Stein. “Sound shapes story, and we want this soundtrack to reflect the unconventional yet exhilarating era Matthew Carnahan exposes in the series.”
These are the latest celebrated composers to work with Nat Geo. The network previously collaborated with Hans Zimmer for “Genius,” Nick Cave and Warren Ellis for “Mars,” Philip Glass for “Janes,” and...
Dixon and Stein are best known for their work on the soundtrack of “Stranger Things,” for which they received two Grammy nominations as well as an Emmy for outstanding main title theme music.
“We have long been inspired by the rich history and bright music from the 1990s, so when we learned of National Geographic’s ‘Valley of the Boom,’ we were thrilled to be collaborating,” said Dixon and Stein. “Sound shapes story, and we want this soundtrack to reflect the unconventional yet exhilarating era Matthew Carnahan exposes in the series.”
These are the latest celebrated composers to work with Nat Geo. The network previously collaborated with Hans Zimmer for “Genius,” Nick Cave and Warren Ellis for “Mars,” Philip Glass for “Janes,” and...
- 7/25/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Ross and Matt Duffer have reassembled their favorite fictional residents of Hawkins, Indiana — meaning production is back underway on “Stranger Things.” Netflix made the announcement Friday on social media, almost five months after the ’80s-era juggernaut was renewed. Season three’s first table read occurred April 20, captured in a behind-the-scenes teaser.
To build anticipation, the cast members’ faces are mostly obscured in the 90-second, black-and-white clip, which relies on shots of actors’ coifs, shoes, and name placards. Last month, Netflix revealed additions to this year’s ensemble, including Cary Elwes (“The Princess Bride”) playing corrupt Mayor Kline. His fellow newbies both have famous parents. Jake Busey — who has a role in the forthcoming “The Predator” — is the son of Gary Busey, and will portray a Hawkins Post reporter named Bruce. Less is know about Robin, a character who unearths shockers about the town. 20-year-old Maya Hawke (PBS’ “Little Women”), Uma Thurman...
To build anticipation, the cast members’ faces are mostly obscured in the 90-second, black-and-white clip, which relies on shots of actors’ coifs, shoes, and name placards. Last month, Netflix revealed additions to this year’s ensemble, including Cary Elwes (“The Princess Bride”) playing corrupt Mayor Kline. His fellow newbies both have famous parents. Jake Busey — who has a role in the forthcoming “The Predator” — is the son of Gary Busey, and will portray a Hawkins Post reporter named Bruce. Less is know about Robin, a character who unearths shockers about the town. 20-year-old Maya Hawke (PBS’ “Little Women”), Uma Thurman...
- 4/27/2018
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
“Spheres,” a three-part virtual reality series executive produced by Darren Aronofsky, was purchased for seven figures at Sundance. The buyer is CityLights, a Los Angeles-based, Vr financing and distribution studio founded this month. “Songs of Spacetime,” the 13-minute, Jessica Chastain-narrated first episode, screened last week in the New Frontier section at the festival’s newest venue, The Ray Theatre.
Read More: Darren Aronofsky: ‘Keeping Audiences on the Edge of Their Seat Is Our Job, Especially in Today’s World’ – Toolkit Podcast
Aronofsky and his “Noah” co-writer, Ari Handel, oversaw production through their Protozoa Pictures banner. All three chapters were directed by Eliza McNitt, writer of “Fistful of Stars,” another space-set, Vr experience that debuted last year at South by Southwest.
“‘Spheres’ explores the songs of the cosmos,” said McNitt. “Most people think Space is silent — it’s not. We’re excited for CityLights to help bring this experience to...
Read More: Darren Aronofsky: ‘Keeping Audiences on the Edge of Their Seat Is Our Job, Especially in Today’s World’ – Toolkit Podcast
Aronofsky and his “Noah” co-writer, Ari Handel, oversaw production through their Protozoa Pictures banner. All three chapters were directed by Eliza McNitt, writer of “Fistful of Stars,” another space-set, Vr experience that debuted last year at South by Southwest.
“‘Spheres’ explores the songs of the cosmos,” said McNitt. “Most people think Space is silent — it’s not. We’re excited for CityLights to help bring this experience to...
- 1/24/2018
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
Saturday was Free Comic Book Day, the amazing annual event where the world celebrates comics by giving away a few free comics to one and all. And by a few comics, I mean millions!
Fifteen years ago, Joe Field had a wonderful idea that was inspired by a Free Ice Cream Cone Day, and it became a reality. And now it’s grown each year to the delight of fans young and old. Kids, parents, teens, hardcore fans, casual fans, curious potential new fans, advertisers, publishers and retailers helped celebrate the 15th Annual Free Comic Book Day.
This year, I broke my personal record and visited eight amazing comic shops in northern NJ, just outside of New York City. And it was really nine if you count my visit to Main Street Comics on Fcbd’s Eve.
It was a great day, as witnessed in many stores.
Constant Cosplay
More than ever,...
Fifteen years ago, Joe Field had a wonderful idea that was inspired by a Free Ice Cream Cone Day, and it became a reality. And now it’s grown each year to the delight of fans young and old. Kids, parents, teens, hardcore fans, casual fans, curious potential new fans, advertisers, publishers and retailers helped celebrate the 15th Annual Free Comic Book Day.
This year, I broke my personal record and visited eight amazing comic shops in northern NJ, just outside of New York City. And it was really nine if you count my visit to Main Street Comics on Fcbd’s Eve.
It was a great day, as witnessed in many stores.
Constant Cosplay
More than ever,...
- 5/9/2016
- by Ed Catto
- Comicmix.com
The reps had 6 months to go on their 2-year contracts with Creative Artists Agency. But CAA nevertheless cut loose their top licensing agents Mike Stein and Dana Smith after only 1 1/2 years of employment. They'd been hired from an Orange County firm by CAA partner Kevin Huvane for the so-called Lifestyle Department that builds businesses around clients through licensing, endorsements, branding, etc. An insider tells me: "They'd come highly recommended and were nice enough guys and seemed like a great addition. But they did not fit in at all culturally." Update: Among the inside-the-agency complaints alleged were that things they said were perceived as un-pc.
- 3/16/2011
- by NIKKI FINKE
- Deadline Hollywood
For his latest trip, Neon Indian's Alan Palomo, sought out a forgotten pre-computer age analog technology with the help of electronics wizards Lars Larsen and Edward Leckie. Together, they created this video for "Mind Drips," in which a girl slips into a hole in her bed with her big psychedelic teddy bear. After falling through some ether of oscillating waves and colors, she plummets back through her ceiling, presumably caught in some melty euphoria for eternity.
That's not the crazy wizard part though. These effects were achieved using a device invented by Larsen and Leckie called the Lzx Visionary -- an analog video synthesizer that manipulates images in the same way an audio synthesizer does for sound. "Mind Drips" is the first music video to utilize this unique machine in which all of the visual effects are recorded in real-time using "abstract pattern synthesis, video feedback, and analog compositing." If...
That's not the crazy wizard part though. These effects were achieved using a device invented by Larsen and Leckie called the Lzx Visionary -- an analog video synthesizer that manipulates images in the same way an audio synthesizer does for sound. "Mind Drips" is the first music video to utilize this unique machine in which all of the visual effects are recorded in real-time using "abstract pattern synthesis, video feedback, and analog compositing." If...
- 12/6/2010
- by Brandon Kim
- ifc.com
While some filmmakers spend their entire careers maximizing the succinct pleasures of the short film, others start out by making shorts that they hope will maximize their chances of becoming a feature film director. This week alone will see the feature debuts of two directors who have turned their short films into full-length one -- Neill Blomkamp, whose 2005 socially conscious alien invasion tale "Alive in Joburg" has been turned into the Peter Jackson-produced "District 9," and Paul Solet, whose 2006 horror short "Grace," about a mother who refuses to give up on her miscarriage has morphed into a feature of the same name starring Jordan Ladd. Here's a look at ten other notable shorts that got the full feature treatment.
"Bottle Rocket" (1992)
Directed by Wes Anderson
What's another $4,000 after paying private school tuition? That was probably the pitch made by Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson to their fathers, a year...
"Bottle Rocket" (1992)
Directed by Wes Anderson
What's another $4,000 after paying private school tuition? That was probably the pitch made by Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson to their fathers, a year...
- 8/14/2009
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
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