Steven Lutvak, the composer and co-lyricist of the hit Tony-winning 2013 Broadway musical comedy A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, died October 9. He was 64.
His death was confirmed by his agent, Olivier Sultan. A cause of death has not yet been disclosed.
“Steven was one of the warmest, kindest, loveliest persons I know,” Sultan said in a statement. “Completely original, completely himself.”
Born in the Bronx on July 18, 1959, Lutvak enjoyed a musical career that included cabaret performance, songwriting, coaching, musical arrangment and two albums The Time It Take and Ahead of My Heart, but had his most significant breakthrough with the 2013 Broadway production of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. The production ran for more than two years, won the Tony Award for Best Musical and earned Tony nominations for its three stars Bryce Pinkham, Jefferson Mays and Lauren Worsham.
Based on a 1907 novel, the musical comedy...
His death was confirmed by his agent, Olivier Sultan. A cause of death has not yet been disclosed.
“Steven was one of the warmest, kindest, loveliest persons I know,” Sultan said in a statement. “Completely original, completely himself.”
Born in the Bronx on July 18, 1959, Lutvak enjoyed a musical career that included cabaret performance, songwriting, coaching, musical arrangment and two albums The Time It Take and Ahead of My Heart, but had his most significant breakthrough with the 2013 Broadway production of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. The production ran for more than two years, won the Tony Award for Best Musical and earned Tony nominations for its three stars Bryce Pinkham, Jefferson Mays and Lauren Worsham.
Based on a 1907 novel, the musical comedy...
- 10/11/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Tom Cavanagh reprises his guest starring role as Mickey Patrick, Danny’s childhood friend, on CBS’s Blue Bloods season 13 episode 12. Directed by Ralph Hemecker from a script by Brian Burns and Peter D’Antonio, episode 12 – “The Big Leagues” – will air on Friday, February 3, 2023 at 10pm Et/Pt.
The cast is led by Tom Selleck as Frank Reagan, Donnie Wahlberg as Danny Reagan, and Bridget Moynahan as Erin Reagan. Will Estes stars as Jamie Reagan, Len Cariou is Henry Reagan, Sami Gayle is Nicky Reagan-Boyle, Marisa Ramirez plays Det. Maria Baez, and Vanessa Ray is Officer Eddie Janko.
Season 13’s recurring guest stars include Abigail Hawk, Gregory Jbara, Robert Clohessy, Steven Schirripa, Andrew Terraciano, Steven Maier, and James Nucifero.
“The Big Leagues” Plot: Danny reunites with Mickey Patrick (Cavanagh), his childhood friend and a former criminal, who comes to him for help finding his missing fiancée. Also, Anthony surprises Erin with...
The cast is led by Tom Selleck as Frank Reagan, Donnie Wahlberg as Danny Reagan, and Bridget Moynahan as Erin Reagan. Will Estes stars as Jamie Reagan, Len Cariou is Henry Reagan, Sami Gayle is Nicky Reagan-Boyle, Marisa Ramirez plays Det. Maria Baez, and Vanessa Ray is Officer Eddie Janko.
Season 13’s recurring guest stars include Abigail Hawk, Gregory Jbara, Robert Clohessy, Steven Schirripa, Andrew Terraciano, Steven Maier, and James Nucifero.
“The Big Leagues” Plot: Danny reunites with Mickey Patrick (Cavanagh), his childhood friend and a former criminal, who comes to him for help finding his missing fiancée. Also, Anthony surprises Erin with...
- 2/2/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
After locking a multi-picture deal with cable network Great American Family, actor Danica McKellar is slated to executive produce her debut holiday feature for the channel, “Christmas at the Drive-In,” this holiday season.
McKellar will also co-star in the film alongside fellow actor Neal Bledsoe, both of whom previously worked together in the Hallmark Channel original “The Winter Palace.” The script was written by Rick Garman, whose filmography is largely dominated by other holiday TV movies like “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas,” or more recently, “A Christmas… Present.”
The premiere of “Christmas at the Drive-In” is part of the network’s Great American Christmas celebration, a holiday programming marathon that lasts from Oct. 21 to the end of 2022.
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McKellar will also co-star in the film alongside fellow actor Neal Bledsoe, both of whom previously worked together in the Hallmark Channel original “The Winter Palace.” The script was written by Rick Garman, whose filmography is largely dominated by other holiday TV movies like “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas,” or more recently, “A Christmas… Present.”
The premiere of “Christmas at the Drive-In” is part of the network’s Great American Christmas celebration, a holiday programming marathon that lasts from Oct. 21 to the end of 2022.
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Aspiring nonfiction filmmakers seeking the tools to make their dream docuseries a reality will be part of the annual Film Independent Docuseries Intensive...
- 9/22/2022
- by Katie Reul and Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
I was lucky to catch Alison Pill on Broadway, 16 years ago, in The Lieutenant of Inishmore, and then became enamored with her work in shows like In Treatment, The Newsroom, Devs, and movies like Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and Milk, to name just a few. Nowadays she plays Dr. Agnes Jurati on the series Picard, and stars with Sarah Gadon in Michael McGowan’s new film All My Puny Sorrows. She shares what she believes to be the secret ingredient that made that film work, and talks about how adopting a physicality for a character is foundational to her […]
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- 5/17/2022
- by Peter Rinaldi
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
I was lucky to catch Alison Pill on Broadway, 16 years ago, in The Lieutenant of Inishmore, and then became enamored with her work in shows like In Treatment, The Newsroom, Devs, and movies like Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and Milk, to name just a few. Nowadays she plays Dr. Agnes Jurati on the series Picard, and stars with Sarah Gadon in Michael McGowan’s new film All My Puny Sorrows. She shares what she believes to be the secret ingredient that made that film work, and talks about how adopting a physicality for a character is foundational to her […]
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The post Back to One, Episode 202: Alison Pill first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 5/17/2022
- by Peter Rinaldi
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Miriam Toews’ 2014 novel “All My Puny Sorrows” thrives on the kind of fraught tonal whiplash that comes with the most intimate of relationships to one’s subject. Inspired by the suicide of the author’s sister, the book is a veiled grief memoir that veers wildly between plangent, poetic despair, plainspoken journaling and blunt, cutting humor — a spectrum mirroring the variable stages of grief itself. We can risk brutality and bad taste in the name of honesty when telling our own stories; Michael McGowan’s adaptation of “All My Puny Sorrows,” on the other hand, approaches its with a respectful timidity that honors Toews’ words, but never quite animates them.
On screen, then, “All My Puny Sorrows” is affecting, as any reasonably faithful adaptation of the novel could hardly fail to be. As a portrait of sisterly trust, obligation and estrangement, and the difficulty of carrying familial dependencies into adulthood and beyond,...
On screen, then, “All My Puny Sorrows” is affecting, as any reasonably faithful adaptation of the novel could hardly fail to be. As a portrait of sisterly trust, obligation and estrangement, and the difficulty of carrying familial dependencies into adulthood and beyond,...
- 5/6/2022
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
The inaugural season of CBC and HBO Max series “Sort Of” leads both the television and overall 2022 Canadian Screen Award nominations with 13 nods. CBC’s “Pretty Hard Cases” and CTV Sci-Fi Channel’s “Wynonna Earp” with 11 each, and CBC’s “Coroner” and “Kim’s Convenience” with 10 each are the other leading television nominees.
The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television revealed on Tuesday 145 nominations across television, film and digital media categories. In film, Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson’s “Scarborough” and Danis Goulet’s “Night Raiders” top the nominations with 11 each, while Michael McGowan’s “All My Puny Sorrows” has eight and Bretten Hannam’s “Wildhood” and Ivan Grbovic’s “Drunken Birds” six each.
“21 Black Futures” and “For the Record” lead the digital media nominations with eight each, followed by “The Communist’s Daughter” with six.
Beth Janson, CEO, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, said: “We are so fortunate to...
The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television revealed on Tuesday 145 nominations across television, film and digital media categories. In film, Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson’s “Scarborough” and Danis Goulet’s “Night Raiders” top the nominations with 11 each, while Michael McGowan’s “All My Puny Sorrows” has eight and Bretten Hannam’s “Wildhood” and Ivan Grbovic’s “Drunken Birds” six each.
“21 Black Futures” and “For the Record” lead the digital media nominations with eight each, followed by “The Communist’s Daughter” with six.
Beth Janson, CEO, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, said: “We are so fortunate to...
- 2/15/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The Santa Barbara Film Festival on Thursday revealed the lineup for its 37th edition, which is set to run March 2-12 in-person in its customary spot in the heat of Oscar season.
The festival will kick off with The Phantom of the Open, the Sony Pictures Classics comedy directed by Craig Roberts and starring Mark Rylance in the true story of Maurice Fitcroft, who entered the 1976 British Open despite never having played a round of golf before. Sally Hawkins and Rhys Ifans also star in the BBC Films pic.
The documentary Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over is the closing-night film, with Warwick set to be in attendance.
Overall, the festival in the beach city just north of Los Angeles will present 48 world premieres and 95 U.S. premieres from 54 countries, with a lineup that features films from directors Neil Labute, Ramin Bahrani, François Ozon, Eva Husson and more.
Also...
The festival will kick off with The Phantom of the Open, the Sony Pictures Classics comedy directed by Craig Roberts and starring Mark Rylance in the true story of Maurice Fitcroft, who entered the 1976 British Open despite never having played a round of golf before. Sally Hawkins and Rhys Ifans also star in the BBC Films pic.
The documentary Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over is the closing-night film, with Warwick set to be in attendance.
Overall, the festival in the beach city just north of Los Angeles will present 48 world premieres and 95 U.S. premieres from 54 countries, with a lineup that features films from directors Neil Labute, Ramin Bahrani, François Ozon, Eva Husson and more.
Also...
- 2/10/2022
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
"There is now no smooth road into the future... We've got to live. No matter how many skies have fallen" Voltage Pictures has revealed an official trailer for All My Puny Sorrows, an indie drama from Canadian filmmaker Michael McGowan (of Score: A Hockey Musical and Still Mine). This first premiered at the 2021 Toronto Film Festival in the fall this year, and it also played at the Vancouver Film Festival. Based on the international best-selling novel by Miriam Toews, All My Puny Sorrows is the poignant story of two sisters-one a concert pianist obsessed with ending her life, the other, a writer, who in wrestling with this decision, makes profound discoveries about her herself. Starring Alison Pill and Sarah Gadon as the two sisters Yoli and Elf, with Marin Almasi, Boyd Banks, Gabrielle Jennings, and Donal Logue. This didn't get the best reviews out of TIFF, a bit too much melodrama it seems.
- 12/16/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Filmmaker Michael McGowan brings “All My Puny Sorrows,” his adaptation of beloved writer Miriam Toews’ novel, to the Toronto International Film Festival. The book, which McGowan adapted for the screen, tackles family bonds, religion, grief and suicide. The film stars Alison Pill, a writer dealing with a creative block, a divorce and a teenage daughter, her successful but suicidal concert pianist sister (Sarah Gadon), their mom (Mare Winningham) and the remains of their Mennonite upbringing and dad’s suicide. Despite the heavy themes, there’s love, hope and lots of black humor threaded throughout the film, and strong performances from the three leads, obviously relishing the act of bring these complicated characters to the screen.
What attracted you to this story?
I was taken by an examination of reasons for committing suicide, and wanting to die. I hadn’t seen that examination before, and I think it’s three roles...
What attracted you to this story?
I was taken by an examination of reasons for committing suicide, and wanting to die. I hadn’t seen that examination before, and I think it’s three roles...
- 9/13/2021
- by Carole Horst
- Variety Film + TV
It is fitting that All My Puny Sorrows is making its world premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival. This is a quintessential TIFF film. There is the lovely Mongrel Media animated logo opening the proceedings. The setting is a blustery Winnipeg. It has an illustrious pedigree, based on a bestselling and award-winning novel from beloved Canadian author Miriam Toews. The cast features festival favorites Alison Pill and Sarah Gadon. And the director, Michael McGowan, has a hockey musical (!) in his past.
None of these elements should be considered problematic––well, perhaps the hockey musical. And yet they all contribute to the sense of overfamiliarity and predictability that burden All My Puny Sorrows. It is by no means a misfire and features a trio of tremendous performances from Pill, Gadon, and Mare Winningham. But given the source material and the ingredients, Sorrows certainly qualifies as a disappointment.
Dealing with sisterherhood,...
None of these elements should be considered problematic––well, perhaps the hockey musical. And yet they all contribute to the sense of overfamiliarity and predictability that burden All My Puny Sorrows. It is by no means a misfire and features a trio of tremendous performances from Pill, Gadon, and Mare Winningham. But given the source material and the ingredients, Sorrows certainly qualifies as a disappointment.
Dealing with sisterherhood,...
- 9/12/2021
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
Canadian actor Sarah Gadon told Variety Saturday she was “really happy” with the decisions of Venice’s main jury this year, on which she served alongside Bong Joon-ho, Saverio Costanzo, Virginie Efira, Cynthia Erivo, Alexander Nanau and last year’s Golden Lion winner Chloé Zhao.
The jury gave the Golden Lion to French director Audrey Diwan’s powerful abortion drama “Happening,” while Italian director Paolo Sorrentino’s semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama “The Hand of God” took the runner-up grand jury prize.
“I feel that our choices are very strong and we all arrived at a place where we were unanimous about them,” she said, admitting that the discussions about the presented films weren’t just restricted to four jury meetings. “We often spoke after the screenings. It just felt natural,” she said.
Gadon, who studied film theory and criticism at university, was vocal about her excitement over joining the jury, writing...
The jury gave the Golden Lion to French director Audrey Diwan’s powerful abortion drama “Happening,” while Italian director Paolo Sorrentino’s semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama “The Hand of God” took the runner-up grand jury prize.
“I feel that our choices are very strong and we all arrived at a place where we were unanimous about them,” she said, admitting that the discussions about the presented films weren’t just restricted to four jury meetings. “We often spoke after the screenings. It just felt natural,” she said.
Gadon, who studied film theory and criticism at university, was vocal about her excitement over joining the jury, writing...
- 9/12/2021
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
With a full year of creative pauses and improvisational workflow behind them, Canadian producers hit the 2021 Toronto festival bullish that in-person screenings and heightened fall fest excitement will focus critics and sales buzz to connect their films with audiences beyond their home turf.
Luc Dery and Kim McCraw of Montreal’s micro_scope, who introduced Denis Villeneuve’s “Incendies” and Philippe Falardeau’s “Monsieur Lazhar” to North American audiences at TIFF, return with Ivan Grbovic’s “Drunken Birds” (pictured), one of eight titles screening in Platform, the festival’s juried competition program.
Jorge Antonio Guerrero (“Roma”) stars as a Mexican drug-cartel worker who falls in love with his boss’s wife and whose pursuit of her lands him in rural Quebec, where he gets mixed up in his host family’s troubles. The film is exec produced by Nicolas Celis (“Roma”), with Wazabi Films selling.
“The marketplace is quite brutal right now,...
Luc Dery and Kim McCraw of Montreal’s micro_scope, who introduced Denis Villeneuve’s “Incendies” and Philippe Falardeau’s “Monsieur Lazhar” to North American audiences at TIFF, return with Ivan Grbovic’s “Drunken Birds” (pictured), one of eight titles screening in Platform, the festival’s juried competition program.
Jorge Antonio Guerrero (“Roma”) stars as a Mexican drug-cartel worker who falls in love with his boss’s wife and whose pursuit of her lands him in rural Quebec, where he gets mixed up in his host family’s troubles. The film is exec produced by Nicolas Celis (“Roma”), with Wazabi Films selling.
“The marketplace is quite brutal right now,...
- 9/10/2021
- by Jennie Punter
- Variety Film + TV
Pretty quickly into All My Puny Sorrows, two things become apparent. One is that the film is rooted in firsthand experience — the emotions on display seem too jagged not to be. The other is that it’s based on a book; even those who’ve never heard of it would glean as much from the sporadic voiceovers and literary-sounding dialogue. And then, not long after, a third realization follows: In the case of this particular film, those two tendencies work directly at odds with each other.
Written and directed by Michael McGowan, the drama centers on two sisters in crisis....
Written and directed by Michael McGowan, the drama centers on two sisters in crisis....
- 9/10/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Pretty quickly into All My Puny Sorrows, two things become apparent. One is that the film is rooted in firsthand experience — the emotions on display seem too jagged not to be. The other is that it’s based on a book; even those who’ve never heard of it would glean as much from the sporadic voiceovers and literary-sounding dialogue. And then, not long after, a third realization follows: In the case of this particular film, those two tendencies work directly at odds with each other.
Written and directed by Michael McGowan, the drama centers on two sisters in crisis....
Written and directed by Michael McGowan, the drama centers on two sisters in crisis....
- 9/10/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TIFF 2021 Lineup: ‘Dear Evan Hansen,’ ‘Tammy Faye,’ ‘Titane,’ ‘Last Night in Soho,’ ‘Flee,’ and More
Updated August 11 With New Additions Below.
This year’s Toronto International Film Festival has an opener: Stephen Chbosky’s feature-film adaptation of the Tony Award–winning musical “Dear Evan Hansen” will serve as the Opening Night Gala Presentation at the 46th Toronto International Film Festival and will screen Thursday September 9 at Roy Thomson Hall. Starring Tony winner Ben Platt as Evan, along with Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, Kaitlyn Dever, Amandla Stenberg, and Nik Dodani, “Dear Evan Hansen” features songs from the original Broadway sensation.
The festival has also announced its closer, Zhang Yimou’s “One Second,” billed as “a love letter to movies and a reminder of how they can unite people, regardless of our differences,” along with a robust series of additions to both the Galas and Special Presentations slates, joining a list of already-announced titles. Standout films include the world premiere of Michael Showalter’s Jessica Chastain-...
This year’s Toronto International Film Festival has an opener: Stephen Chbosky’s feature-film adaptation of the Tony Award–winning musical “Dear Evan Hansen” will serve as the Opening Night Gala Presentation at the 46th Toronto International Film Festival and will screen Thursday September 9 at Roy Thomson Hall. Starring Tony winner Ben Platt as Evan, along with Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, Kaitlyn Dever, Amandla Stenberg, and Nik Dodani, “Dear Evan Hansen” features songs from the original Broadway sensation.
The festival has also announced its closer, Zhang Yimou’s “One Second,” billed as “a love letter to movies and a reminder of how they can unite people, regardless of our differences,” along with a robust series of additions to both the Galas and Special Presentations slates, joining a list of already-announced titles. Standout films include the world premiere of Michael Showalter’s Jessica Chastain-...
- 8/11/2021
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
BenedictionThe lineup has been unveiled for the 2021 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, which will take place over 10 days (September 9-18) both in-person and physically in Toronto, and digitally across Canada. Wavelengths - FEATURESFutura (Pietro Marcello, Francesco Munzi, Alice Rohrwacher)The Girl and the Spider (Ramon Zürcher, Silvan Zürcher)Neptune Frost (Saul Williams, Anisia Uzeyman)A Night of Knowing Nothing (Payal Kapadia)Ste. Anne (Rhayne Vermette)The Tsugua Diaries (Maureen Fazendeiro, Miguel Gomes)Wavelengths - SHORTSThe Capacity for Adequate Anger (Vika Kirchenbauer)Dear Chantal (Querida Chantal) (Nicolás Pereda)earthearthearth (Daïchi Saïto)Inner Outer Space (Laida Lertxundi)Polycephaly in D (Michael Robinson)“The red filter is withdrawn.” (Minjung Kim)Train Again (Peter Tscherkassky)Midnight Madness After Blue (Dirty Paradise) (Bertrand Mandico)Dashcam (Rob Savage)Saloum (Jean Luc Herbulot)Titane (Julia Ducournau)You Are Not My Mother (Kate Dolan)Zalava (Arsalan Amiri)TIFF DOCSAttica (Stanley Nelson)Beba (Rebeca Huntt)Becoming Cousteau...
- 8/4/2021
- MUBI
Festival will open with Stephen Chbosky’s ‘Dear Evan Hansen’.
The world premiere of Stephen Chbosky’s musical adaptation Dear Evan Hansen will open 2021 Toronto International film Festival, which runs from September 9-18.
Playing as a Gala Presentation, the film is one of 20 additions to the programme, alongside the North American premiere of Zhang Yimou’s One Second as the closing night film. Shortly after the line-up announcement, Neon said it had acquired the film for North America.
Other newly-announced Gala Presentation world premieres include Walt Becker’s Clifford The Big Red Dog; and Barry Levinson’s The Survivor starring Ben Foster.
The world premiere of Stephen Chbosky’s musical adaptation Dear Evan Hansen will open 2021 Toronto International film Festival, which runs from September 9-18.
Playing as a Gala Presentation, the film is one of 20 additions to the programme, alongside the North American premiere of Zhang Yimou’s One Second as the closing night film. Shortly after the line-up announcement, Neon said it had acquired the film for North America.
Other newly-announced Gala Presentation world premieres include Walt Becker’s Clifford The Big Red Dog; and Barry Levinson’s The Survivor starring Ben Foster.
- 7/20/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Festival will open with Stephen Chbosky’s ‘Dear Evan Hansen’.
The world premiere of Stephen Chbosky’s musical adaptation Dear Evan Hansen will open 2021 Toronto International film Festival, which runs from September 9-18.
Playing as a Gala Presentation, the film is one of 20 additions to the programme, alongside the North American premiere of Zhang Yimou’s One Second as the closing night film. Shortly after the line-up announcement, Neon said it had acquired the film for North America.
Other newly-announced Gala Presentation world premieres include Walt Becker’s Clifford The Big Red Dog; and Barry Levinson’s The Survivor starring Ben Foster.
The world premiere of Stephen Chbosky’s musical adaptation Dear Evan Hansen will open 2021 Toronto International film Festival, which runs from September 9-18.
Playing as a Gala Presentation, the film is one of 20 additions to the programme, alongside the North American premiere of Zhang Yimou’s One Second as the closing night film. Shortly after the line-up announcement, Neon said it had acquired the film for North America.
Other newly-announced Gala Presentation world premieres include Walt Becker’s Clifford The Big Red Dog; and Barry Levinson’s The Survivor starring Ben Foster.
- 7/20/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
“Dear Evan Hansen,” a movie version of the hit Broadway show, will open the 2021 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival.
In addition, the festival’s organizers announced that Chinese director Zhang Yimou’s latest feature “One Second” will close the festival. Described as a “love letter to cinema,” the film stars Wei Fan and Xiaochuan Li and follows a man who escapes a labour camp for a glimpse of his daughter. Other titles that have been slated to play at this year’s TIFF include the kids movie “Clifford the Big Red Dog,” Jessica Chastain’s “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” and director Will Sharpe’s “The Electrical Life of Louis Wain”
As previously announced, Kenneth Branagh’s coming-of-age story “Belfast,” Edgar Wright psychological thriller “Last Night in Soho,” Céline Sciamma’s “Petite Maman” and HBO’s Alanis Morissette documentary “Jagged” have been scheduled to screen at the 46th annual film festival.
In addition, the festival’s organizers announced that Chinese director Zhang Yimou’s latest feature “One Second” will close the festival. Described as a “love letter to cinema,” the film stars Wei Fan and Xiaochuan Li and follows a man who escapes a labour camp for a glimpse of his daughter. Other titles that have been slated to play at this year’s TIFF include the kids movie “Clifford the Big Red Dog,” Jessica Chastain’s “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” and director Will Sharpe’s “The Electrical Life of Louis Wain”
As previously announced, Kenneth Branagh’s coming-of-age story “Belfast,” Edgar Wright psychological thriller “Last Night in Soho,” Céline Sciamma’s “Petite Maman” and HBO’s Alanis Morissette documentary “Jagged” have been scheduled to screen at the 46th annual film festival.
- 7/20/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Taking place September 9-18, Toronto International Film Festival will feature a mix of in-person as well as digital screenings. On the heels of an initial lineup announcement that included Terence Davies’ Benediction, Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, and more, they’ve now unveiled more of their slate.
Featuring 2021 festival highlights from Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Mia Hansen-Løve, Céline Sciamma, and Joachim Trier, the lineup also includes Michael Showalter’s The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Michael Pearce’s Riz Ahmed-led Encounter (pictured above), Phillip Noyce’s Lakewood, Mélanie Laurent’s The Mad Women’s Ball, Zhang Yimou’s One Second, Fabrice du Welz’s Inexorable, and more.
See the lineup below.
Gala Presentations 2021
*previously announced
*Belfast Kenneth Branagh | United Kingdom
World Premiere
Clifford the Big Red Dog Walt Becker | USA/United Kingdom/Canada
World Premiere
.Opening Night Film.
Dear Evan Hansen Stephen Chbosky | USA
World Premiere
The Electrical...
Featuring 2021 festival highlights from Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Mia Hansen-Løve, Céline Sciamma, and Joachim Trier, the lineup also includes Michael Showalter’s The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Michael Pearce’s Riz Ahmed-led Encounter (pictured above), Phillip Noyce’s Lakewood, Mélanie Laurent’s The Mad Women’s Ball, Zhang Yimou’s One Second, Fabrice du Welz’s Inexorable, and more.
See the lineup below.
Gala Presentations 2021
*previously announced
*Belfast Kenneth Branagh | United Kingdom
World Premiere
Clifford the Big Red Dog Walt Becker | USA/United Kingdom/Canada
World Premiere
.Opening Night Film.
Dear Evan Hansen Stephen Chbosky | USA
World Premiere
The Electrical...
- 7/20/2021
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Toronto Film Festival organizers declared two weeks ago they will be welcoming back in-person audiences for a fest that will run from September 9-18. This after Canada made an exemption to allow for the National Hockey League playoffs to happen in country, and more recently that the Toronto Blue Jays will resume playing in the ballpark on Blue Jay Way by the end of the month. The fest also allowed fans to wet their beaks with a few films that were set.
On Tuesday morning, Tff unveiled its first big batch of premieres and galas. Co-heads Joana Vicente and Cameron Bailey have set Dear Evan Hansen at the Opening Night Gala Presentation, with the Stephen Chbosky-directed adaptation of the Broadway hit to premiere September 9 at Roy Thomson Hall.
The festival will close with the Zhang Yimou-directed One Second. That film was originally due to play in 2019 Berlinale, but was...
On Tuesday morning, Tff unveiled its first big batch of premieres and galas. Co-heads Joana Vicente and Cameron Bailey have set Dear Evan Hansen at the Opening Night Gala Presentation, with the Stephen Chbosky-directed adaptation of the Broadway hit to premiere September 9 at Roy Thomson Hall.
The festival will close with the Zhang Yimou-directed One Second. That film was originally due to play in 2019 Berlinale, but was...
- 7/20/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Production has commenced in North Bay, Ontario, on feature drama All My Puny Sorrows, starring Alison Pill (Vice), Sarah Gadon (Alias Grace), Amybeth McNulty (Anne With An E) and Oscar-nominee Mare Winningham (News Of The World).
Written and directed by Michael McGowan (Between), adapted from the novel by Canadian author Miriam Toews, the film charts the story of two Mennonite sisters portrayed by Pill and Gadon who have left their strict religious upbringing behind. While one sibling struggles in love and life, the other is a world-famous concert pianist.
Rounding out the cast is Donal Logue (Vikings) and Aly Mawji (Silicon Valley).
Pic is produced by McGowan’s Mulmur Feed Co., along with Sugar Shack Productions’ Patrice Theroux, and Carousel Pictures’ Tyler Levine and Katelyn Cursio.
Mongrel Media will distribute in Canada and Voltage is aboard for world sales.
The film is supported by the Short-Term Compensation Fund, administered...
Written and directed by Michael McGowan (Between), adapted from the novel by Canadian author Miriam Toews, the film charts the story of two Mennonite sisters portrayed by Pill and Gadon who have left their strict religious upbringing behind. While one sibling struggles in love and life, the other is a world-famous concert pianist.
Rounding out the cast is Donal Logue (Vikings) and Aly Mawji (Silicon Valley).
Pic is produced by McGowan’s Mulmur Feed Co., along with Sugar Shack Productions’ Patrice Theroux, and Carousel Pictures’ Tyler Levine and Katelyn Cursio.
Mongrel Media will distribute in Canada and Voltage is aboard for world sales.
The film is supported by the Short-Term Compensation Fund, administered...
- 12/2/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Brian Cox rages robustly and arrestingly against the dying of the light in “The Etruscan Smile,” an unabashedly formulaic yet undeniably affecting coming-to-terms drama that may cause as much discomfort as delight for those who recognize bits and pieces of their own fathers (or themselves) in the cantankerous character Cox portrays so persuasively.
Based on the novel “La Sonrisa Etrusca” by José Luis Sampedro, with the original narrative transported from Milan to Scotland and San Francisco by co-writers Michael McGowan, Michael Lali Kagan and Sarah Bellwood, the film focuses primarily on Rory MacNeil (Cox), an irascible septuagenarian who initially seems content to spend his twilight years on the remote Hebrides Island where his family has lived for generations. Trouble is, he fears that, given his noticeably declining health, he may not have many years left. And he’ll be damned if he’s going to die before Campbell (Clive Russell...
Based on the novel “La Sonrisa Etrusca” by José Luis Sampedro, with the original narrative transported from Milan to Scotland and San Francisco by co-writers Michael McGowan, Michael Lali Kagan and Sarah Bellwood, the film focuses primarily on Rory MacNeil (Cox), an irascible septuagenarian who initially seems content to spend his twilight years on the remote Hebrides Island where his family has lived for generations. Trouble is, he fears that, given his noticeably declining health, he may not have many years left. And he’ll be damned if he’s going to die before Campbell (Clive Russell...
- 4/4/2020
- by Joe Leydon
- Variety Film + TV
It’s a real shame that too few filmmakers know how to give Brian Cox a proper leading man role. Sure, he’s no spring chicken, but his screen presence and talent are a true force to be reckoned with. On television, he’s turning heads once again with the HBO series Succession. Today, out on VOD is The Etruscan Smile, a movie that actually does give Cox the lead to play. Sadly, despite his strong performance, the film is just not up to snuff, overstaying its welcome and ultimately not giving the man a vehicle worthy go his skills. It’s truly a shame. The flick is a drama about re-establishing bonds with your family. Aging Scotsman Rory McNeil (Cox) has long been content in his cozy little hometown. However, the need for medical treatment requires him to leave, so he packs his bags, with much protesting, and travels to San Francisco.
- 3/20/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
As titles like Jojo Rabbit, Parasite and Judy continue to slay the specialty box office and gain awards season momentum, more titles are throwing their hats into the ring. This week, the Mihal Brezis & Oded Binnun-directed The Etruscan Smile starring award-winning actor Brian Cox and produced by three-time Oscar winner Arthur Cohn.
Documentary Gay Chorus Deep South will be in limited release so it can qualify for award season contention before its nation wide expansion. In addition, Tom Cronin’s docu The Portal looks to bring a meditative stillness to the world while the indie Inside Game puts a spotlight on the great NBA betting scandal of 2007.
Also opening this weekend in the specialty space is American Dharma, which includes an interview between Errol Morris and divisive figure Stephen K. Bannon. In a conversation that spans over 16 hours, we see a portrait of the former White House Chief Strategist.
Documentary Gay Chorus Deep South will be in limited release so it can qualify for award season contention before its nation wide expansion. In addition, Tom Cronin’s docu The Portal looks to bring a meditative stillness to the world while the indie Inside Game puts a spotlight on the great NBA betting scandal of 2007.
Also opening this weekend in the specialty space is American Dharma, which includes an interview between Errol Morris and divisive figure Stephen K. Bannon. In a conversation that spans over 16 hours, we see a portrait of the former White House Chief Strategist.
- 11/1/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, Brian Cox’s “The Etruscan Smile” and meditation documentary “The Portal” find homes and Lin-Manuel Miranda is backing a Spanish-language app.
Acquisitions
Lightyear Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Brian Cox’s “The Etruscan Smile” and plans an Oscar-qualifying theatrical run in November in New York and Los Angeles.
Lightyear is planning a theatrical rollout scheduled for the spring. Rosanna Arquette, JJ Feild, Thora Birch, Treat Williams, Tim Matheson, Peter Coyote and Emanuel Cohn also star.
Arthur Cohn is the producer. Mihal Brezis & Oded Binnun directed from a screenplay by Michael McGowan, Michal Lali Kagan and Sarah Bellwood. The executive producer is Renata Jacobs.
The film stars Cox as a rugged Scotsman who reluctantly leaves his beloved isolated Hebridean island and travels to San Francisco to seek medical treatment. Moving in with his estranged son, his life will be transformed through a newly...
Acquisitions
Lightyear Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Brian Cox’s “The Etruscan Smile” and plans an Oscar-qualifying theatrical run in November in New York and Los Angeles.
Lightyear is planning a theatrical rollout scheduled for the spring. Rosanna Arquette, JJ Feild, Thora Birch, Treat Williams, Tim Matheson, Peter Coyote and Emanuel Cohn also star.
Arthur Cohn is the producer. Mihal Brezis & Oded Binnun directed from a screenplay by Michael McGowan, Michal Lali Kagan and Sarah Bellwood. The executive producer is Renata Jacobs.
The film stars Cox as a rugged Scotsman who reluctantly leaves his beloved isolated Hebridean island and travels to San Francisco to seek medical treatment. Moving in with his estranged son, his life will be transformed through a newly...
- 9/11/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Lightyear Entertainment has acquired the North American rights to the Mihal Brezis & Oded Binnun-directed drama The Etruscan Smile starring Brian Cox. The pic will be released November 1 in New York and Los Angeles just in time for an Oscar-qualifying theatrical run. A theatrical rollout is slated for the spring of 2020.
Produced by six-time Oscar winner Arthur Cohn and adapted from Jose Louis Sampedro’s bestselling book La Sonrisa Etrusca by Michael McGowan, Michal Lali Kagan and Sarah Bellwood, The Etruscan Smile follows Rory MacNeil (Cox), a rugged old Scotsman who reluctantly leaves his beloved isolated Hebridean island and travels to San Francisco to seek medical treatment. Moving in with his estranged son, Rory’s life will be transformed, just when he expects it least, through a newly found love for his baby grandson. The title refers to the famous terra cotta statues that bear a mysterious smile even in their...
Produced by six-time Oscar winner Arthur Cohn and adapted from Jose Louis Sampedro’s bestselling book La Sonrisa Etrusca by Michael McGowan, Michal Lali Kagan and Sarah Bellwood, The Etruscan Smile follows Rory MacNeil (Cox), a rugged old Scotsman who reluctantly leaves his beloved isolated Hebridean island and travels to San Francisco to seek medical treatment. Moving in with his estranged son, Rory’s life will be transformed, just when he expects it least, through a newly found love for his baby grandson. The title refers to the famous terra cotta statues that bear a mysterious smile even in their...
- 9/10/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: In what was said to be a competitive bidding situation, MGM has acquired the original spec script, Samaritan, from screenwriter Bragi F. Schut and Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions. As Deadline previously reported, Stallone is attached to star in the film, which was announced as part of the forthcoming film slate from Stallone’s recently formed production banner.
Plot details are scarce but the pic has been described as a dark, fresh take on the superhero genre. MGM will develop the project with Stallone and Braden Aftergood of Balboa. Schut will serve as an executive producer.
The studio previously teamed with and Balboa to develop a biopic on the iconic boxer Jack Johnson, the first African American heavyweight champion. In addition, Stallone and Aftergood have lined up projects like Hunter, an adaptation based on James Byron Huggins’s novel about skillful tracker Nathaniel Hunter, Ghost: My Thirty Years as an FBI Undercover Agent,...
Plot details are scarce but the pic has been described as a dark, fresh take on the superhero genre. MGM will develop the project with Stallone and Braden Aftergood of Balboa. Schut will serve as an executive producer.
The studio previously teamed with and Balboa to develop a biopic on the iconic boxer Jack Johnson, the first African American heavyweight champion. In addition, Stallone and Aftergood have lined up projects like Hunter, an adaptation based on James Byron Huggins’s novel about skillful tracker Nathaniel Hunter, Ghost: My Thirty Years as an FBI Undercover Agent,...
- 2/21/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Balboa Productions, the recently formed shingle led by Sylvester Stallone and producer Braden Aftergood, has solidified its project lineup, some of which will be starring vehicles for Stallone, who will also produce the projects with Aftergood.
Likely to be first in the pipeline is Samaritan, a dark, fresh take on the superhero genre that has Stallone attached to star. The aim is to start production next year.
Also in the works is Stallone’s long-gestating Hunter adaptation based on the novel by James Byron Huggins. Stallone bought film rights to Hunter in 2009 reportedly with the idea to incorporate it into a Rambo story line. The book centers on Nathaniel Hunter, whose hyper-tracking skills are employed to hunt down a raging beast, a half-human terror created by a renegade agency that is threatening to wreak havoc on civilization. Balboa is in the process of locking down a writer.
In addition,...
Likely to be first in the pipeline is Samaritan, a dark, fresh take on the superhero genre that has Stallone attached to star. The aim is to start production next year.
Also in the works is Stallone’s long-gestating Hunter adaptation based on the novel by James Byron Huggins. Stallone bought film rights to Hunter in 2009 reportedly with the idea to incorporate it into a Rambo story line. The book centers on Nathaniel Hunter, whose hyper-tracking skills are employed to hunt down a raging beast, a half-human terror created by a renegade agency that is threatening to wreak havoc on civilization. Balboa is in the process of locking down a writer.
In addition,...
- 10/17/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Newcomer Amalia Williamson, Spencer MacPherson (DeGrassi: Next Class) and Taylor Thorne (Odd Squad) have joined leads William Baldwin and Kathleen Robertson in Northern Rescue, as production begins in Canada on the CBC & Netflix family adventure series from Don Carmody Television.
Created by Between writer Mark Bacci and executive producer David Cormican, and Dwayne Hill (Peg + Cat), Northern Rescue follows John West (Baldwin), who uproots his three children from the big city to return to his home town to take command of the local Search & Rescue service after the death of his wife. As the family comes to terms with their loss, the series explores the effects on their individual lives. The children’s Aunt Charlotte (Robertson), struggles to help John and his children heal as she copes with the loss of her sister and her desire to have a family of her own. Along the way, John faces many situations...
Created by Between writer Mark Bacci and executive producer David Cormican, and Dwayne Hill (Peg + Cat), Northern Rescue follows John West (Baldwin), who uproots his three children from the big city to return to his home town to take command of the local Search & Rescue service after the death of his wife. As the family comes to terms with their loss, the series explores the effects on their individual lives. The children’s Aunt Charlotte (Robertson), struggles to help John and his children heal as she copes with the loss of her sister and her desire to have a family of her own. Along the way, John faces many situations...
- 6/14/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Plus: Tyler Perry greenlights Apartheid drama; Semana Del Cine Español to kick off in Puerto Rico
Josh Wiggins and Odeya Rush have joined J.K. Simmons and Julie Delpy on ensemble feature The Bachelors. Principal photography is set to being on March 14 in Los Angeles.
Kurt Voelker directs the comedy-drama and Windowseat Entertainment is fully financing. Fortitude International handles sales outside the Us and The Gersh Agency and CAA represent North American rights.
Tyler Perry’s 34th Street Films is in development on The Year Of The Great Storm, with Doug Liman and George C. Wolfe on board as executive producers. Karzan Kader will direct the story of Amy Biehl, an American Fulbright scholar whose death in South Africa during the Apartheid years prompted her parents to move to the country in an effort to bring about change. Wme is packaging the project.Spanish star Paco Leon and writer-director Daniel Guzman will be among the attractions at the...
Josh Wiggins and Odeya Rush have joined J.K. Simmons and Julie Delpy on ensemble feature The Bachelors. Principal photography is set to being on March 14 in Los Angeles.
Kurt Voelker directs the comedy-drama and Windowseat Entertainment is fully financing. Fortitude International handles sales outside the Us and The Gersh Agency and CAA represent North American rights.
Tyler Perry’s 34th Street Films is in development on The Year Of The Great Storm, with Doug Liman and George C. Wolfe on board as executive producers. Karzan Kader will direct the story of Amy Biehl, an American Fulbright scholar whose death in South Africa during the Apartheid years prompted her parents to move to the country in an effort to bring about change. Wme is packaging the project.Spanish star Paco Leon and writer-director Daniel Guzman will be among the attractions at the...
- 3/9/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Thanks to TorontoFilm.Net, here is the Toronto Film Production Update for March 2016, including "American Gods", "American Gothic", "Transylvania" and a whole lot more:
American Gods
TV Series
Fremantle /Starz Network
Exec. Prod.: Bryan Fuller, Michael Green, Neil Gaiman
Mar. 14 – Sep 30 /16
American Gothic
TV Series
Amblin /CBS Studios
Prods.: Frank Siracusa, John Weber
Feb 29 - Jul 1/16
Between Season 2
TV Series
Rogers / Netflix
Prod.: Don Carmody, David Cormican, Michael McGowan,
Rick Bota
Jan. 13 - Mar 11/16
Cardinal
Mini Series
Sienna Films Inc.
Prod: Jessica Daniel
Feb 11 - Apr 21/16
Conviction
TV Pilot
Warm Bodies Ltd.
Prod.:Sean Ryerson
Mar 12 - Mar 24/16
Dark Matter Season 2
TV Series
Fireworks
Prod: Norman Denver
Dec 9/15 - May 9/16
Dearly Depotted
TV Movie
Hallmark
Prod.: David Anselmo
Feb 22 - Mar 11/16
Designated Survivor
TV Pilot
Designated 1 Ltd.
Producer Amy Harris, David Guggenheim
Mar. 7 - Oct. 21/16
Downsizing
Feature
Paramount Pictures /
Mega Omaha Films Inc.
Prods.: Mark Johnson,...
American Gods
TV Series
Fremantle /Starz Network
Exec. Prod.: Bryan Fuller, Michael Green, Neil Gaiman
Mar. 14 – Sep 30 /16
American Gothic
TV Series
Amblin /CBS Studios
Prods.: Frank Siracusa, John Weber
Feb 29 - Jul 1/16
Between Season 2
TV Series
Rogers / Netflix
Prod.: Don Carmody, David Cormican, Michael McGowan,
Rick Bota
Jan. 13 - Mar 11/16
Cardinal
Mini Series
Sienna Films Inc.
Prod: Jessica Daniel
Feb 11 - Apr 21/16
Conviction
TV Pilot
Warm Bodies Ltd.
Prod.:Sean Ryerson
Mar 12 - Mar 24/16
Dark Matter Season 2
TV Series
Fireworks
Prod: Norman Denver
Dec 9/15 - May 9/16
Dearly Depotted
TV Movie
Hallmark
Prod.: David Anselmo
Feb 22 - Mar 11/16
Designated Survivor
TV Pilot
Designated 1 Ltd.
Producer Amy Harris, David Guggenheim
Mar. 7 - Oct. 21/16
Downsizing
Feature
Paramount Pictures /
Mega Omaha Films Inc.
Prods.: Mark Johnson,...
- 2/21/2016
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Thanks to TorontoFilm.Net, here is the Toronto Film Production Update for February 2016, including "American Gods", "The Strain", "Rocky Horror Picture Show" and a whole lot more:
American Gods
TV Series
Fremantle /Starz Network
Exec. Prod.: Bryan Fuller, Michael Green, Neil Gaiman
Mar. 14 – Sep /16
American Gothic
TV Series
Amblin /CBS Studios
Prods.: Frank Siracusa, John Weber
Feb 29 - Jul 1/16
Arq
Feature
Nine Time Productions Inc.
Prods.: Mason Novick, John Finemore, Mary Anne Waterhouse
Feb 1 – Feb 26/16
Backstabbing For Beginners
Feature
Scythia Films
Prods.: Lars Knudsen, Aaron Barnett
Jan 26 - Mar 11/16
Between Season 2
TV Series
Rogers / Netflix
Prod.: Don Carmody, David Cormican, Michael McGowan,
Rick Bota
Jan. 13 - Mar 11/16
Bookaboo Season 4
TV Series
Sinking Ship Entertainment
Prod: Carla De Jong, Lucy Goodman
Sept. 5/15 – Mar. 1/16
Cardinal
Mini Series
Sienna Films Inc.
Prod: Jessica Daniel
Feb 11 - Apr 21/16
Dark Matter Season 2
TV Series
Prod: Norman Denver
Exec. Prod.: Jay Firestone,...
American Gods
TV Series
Fremantle /Starz Network
Exec. Prod.: Bryan Fuller, Michael Green, Neil Gaiman
Mar. 14 – Sep /16
American Gothic
TV Series
Amblin /CBS Studios
Prods.: Frank Siracusa, John Weber
Feb 29 - Jul 1/16
Arq
Feature
Nine Time Productions Inc.
Prods.: Mason Novick, John Finemore, Mary Anne Waterhouse
Feb 1 – Feb 26/16
Backstabbing For Beginners
Feature
Scythia Films
Prods.: Lars Knudsen, Aaron Barnett
Jan 26 - Mar 11/16
Between Season 2
TV Series
Rogers / Netflix
Prod.: Don Carmody, David Cormican, Michael McGowan,
Rick Bota
Jan. 13 - Mar 11/16
Bookaboo Season 4
TV Series
Sinking Ship Entertainment
Prod: Carla De Jong, Lucy Goodman
Sept. 5/15 – Mar. 1/16
Cardinal
Mini Series
Sienna Films Inc.
Prod: Jessica Daniel
Feb 11 - Apr 21/16
Dark Matter Season 2
TV Series
Prod: Norman Denver
Exec. Prod.: Jay Firestone,...
- 1/28/2016
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Steven Graym and Mercedes Morris have joined the Season 2 cast of Netflix’s Canadian thriller Between. The survivalist thriller series was created by Canadian writer/director Michael McGowan (Still Mine). It tells the story of a town under siege from a mysterious disease that has wiped out everybody except those 21 years old and under and chronicles the power vacuum that results when a government has quarantined a 10-mile diameter area and left the inhabitants to fend for…...
- 1/13/2016
- Deadline TV
Thanks to TorontoFilm.Net, here is the Toronto Film Production Update for January 2016, including "Dark Matter", "Killjoys", "The Strain" and a whole lot more:
Between Season 2
TV Series
Rogers / Netflix
Producers.: Don Carmody, David Cormican, Michael McGowan,
Rick Bota
Jan. 13 - Mar 11/16
Bookaboo Season 4
TV Series
Sinking Ship Entertainment
Producers: Carla De Jong, Lucy Goodman
Sept. 5/15 – Mar. 1/16
Dark Matter Season 2
TV Series
Fireworks
Producer: Norman Denver
Dec 9/15 - May 9/16
Downsizing
Feature
Paramount Pictures /
Mega Omaha Films Inc.
Producers.: Mark Johnson, James Burk, James Taylor
Apr. 12 - Jul 11/16
Killjoys Season 2
TV Series
Temple Street Prod.
Producer: DJ Carson
Dec. 2/15 – Apr. 15/16
Odd Squad Season 2
TV Series
Producer: Stephen Turnbull
Aug 6/15 - Apr 1/16
Rabbit Hole
TV Series
Temple Street Prods Ltd.
Producer: Claire Welland
Sept 28/15 – Mar 1/16
Snipped In The Bud
TV Movie
Hp Flowershop Mysteries Productions Ontario Inc.
Producer: David Anselmo
Dec. 11/15 – Jan. 29/16
The Code
TV Series
Shade Pi Productions Inc.
Between Season 2
TV Series
Rogers / Netflix
Producers.: Don Carmody, David Cormican, Michael McGowan,
Rick Bota
Jan. 13 - Mar 11/16
Bookaboo Season 4
TV Series
Sinking Ship Entertainment
Producers: Carla De Jong, Lucy Goodman
Sept. 5/15 – Mar. 1/16
Dark Matter Season 2
TV Series
Fireworks
Producer: Norman Denver
Dec 9/15 - May 9/16
Downsizing
Feature
Paramount Pictures /
Mega Omaha Films Inc.
Producers.: Mark Johnson, James Burk, James Taylor
Apr. 12 - Jul 11/16
Killjoys Season 2
TV Series
Temple Street Prod.
Producer: DJ Carson
Dec. 2/15 – Apr. 15/16
Odd Squad Season 2
TV Series
Producer: Stephen Turnbull
Aug 6/15 - Apr 1/16
Rabbit Hole
TV Series
Temple Street Prods Ltd.
Producer: Claire Welland
Sept 28/15 – Mar 1/16
Snipped In The Bud
TV Movie
Hp Flowershop Mysteries Productions Ontario Inc.
Producer: David Anselmo
Dec. 11/15 – Jan. 29/16
The Code
TV Series
Shade Pi Productions Inc.
- 12/18/2015
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Netflix’s Canadian thriller Between has been renewed for a second season. Star Jennette McCurdy tweeted the news today. The quarantine is not yet over…Season 2 of #Between confirmed for 2016 @Netflix @City_TV #PrayForPrettyLake — Jennette McCurdy (@jennettemccurdy) July 8, 2015 The survivalist thriller series was created by Canadian writer/director Michael McGowan (Still Mine). It tells the story of a town under siege from a mysterious disease that has wiped out…...
- 7/8/2015
- Deadline TV
One episode was provided for reviewing purposes prior to broadcast.
Between is the most un-Netflix show that the streaming service has ever aired, and it seems to want audiences to know that. Instead of following the company’s traditional model of releasing every episode at once, this Canadian import (airing there on City and Shomi) is rolling out one episode a week, in a strategy that’s sure to infuriate subscribers of all ages who have grown accustomed to binge-watching. Upon watching the pilot (the only episode made available for review), however, it becomes clear why Netflix is diverging from its attention-getting tactics for this series – the streaming service is hoping to sweep it under the rug as quietly as possible.
Aimed squarely at the teen demographic responsible for keeping The 100 and Teen Wolf on the air, Between feels much more like the kind of show that would be...
Between is the most un-Netflix show that the streaming service has ever aired, and it seems to want audiences to know that. Instead of following the company’s traditional model of releasing every episode at once, this Canadian import (airing there on City and Shomi) is rolling out one episode a week, in a strategy that’s sure to infuriate subscribers of all ages who have grown accustomed to binge-watching. Upon watching the pilot (the only episode made available for review), however, it becomes clear why Netflix is diverging from its attention-getting tactics for this series – the streaming service is hoping to sweep it under the rug as quietly as possible.
Aimed squarely at the teen demographic responsible for keeping The 100 and Teen Wolf on the air, Between feels much more like the kind of show that would be...
- 5/20/2015
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Netflix has released a creepy new trailer for its upcoming Michael McGowan series Between. The Canadian thriller stars iCarly‘s Jennette McCurdy as one of a group left behind by a mysterious plague that has killed everyone over the age of 21 in the tiny town of Pretty Lake. The youth are quarantined by the government and forced to redefine their society in order to survive.
The cast also includes Jesse Carere, Ryan Allen, Justin Kelly, Krystal Nausbaum, Brooke Palsson, Shailyn Pierre Dixon, Kyle Mac, Jim Watson, Wesley Morgan, Michael Reventar, Jordan Todosey, Sarah Podemski, Jack Murray, and Shailene Garnett. The show is produced by Don Caromdy Television and Mulmur Feed Co. in association with Elevation Pictures Corp.
Breaking its pattern of releasing an entire series at once, Netflix will dole out Between‘s six one-hour episodes weekly beginning at 11:30 p.m. Et on May 21. In Canada, the show will premiere on May 21 at 8 p.
The cast also includes Jesse Carere, Ryan Allen, Justin Kelly, Krystal Nausbaum, Brooke Palsson, Shailyn Pierre Dixon, Kyle Mac, Jim Watson, Wesley Morgan, Michael Reventar, Jordan Todosey, Sarah Podemski, Jack Murray, and Shailene Garnett. The show is produced by Don Caromdy Television and Mulmur Feed Co. in association with Elevation Pictures Corp.
Breaking its pattern of releasing an entire series at once, Netflix will dole out Between‘s six one-hour episodes weekly beginning at 11:30 p.m. Et on May 21. In Canada, the show will premiere on May 21 at 8 p.
- 5/14/2015
- by A.R. Wilson
- SoundOnSight
Unlike House of Cards, Orange is the New Black, Daredevil and Bloodline, Netflix isn’t making much of a promotional push for its upcoming series Between. Perhaps that’s because it’s a co-production with Canadian networks, which means it’ll be un-bingeable, diverging from the Netflix model by launching on May 21 and releasing a new episode weekly. Let the impatient viewer rioting commence.
A survivalist thriller set in the small town of Pretty Lake, Between kicks off as a mysterious plague kills off every resident of the town over the age of 21. The government quarantines the town, leading to a power vaccum and struggle for dominance as the teens go to war with one another in order to stay alive. Think Lord of the Flies with moody, disinterested youth.
It’s a very similar premise to Michael Grant’s bestselling Gone series, which Sony Pictures Television is planning to adapt for the small screen,...
A survivalist thriller set in the small town of Pretty Lake, Between kicks off as a mysterious plague kills off every resident of the town over the age of 21. The government quarantines the town, leading to a power vaccum and struggle for dominance as the teens go to war with one another in order to stay alive. Think Lord of the Flies with moody, disinterested youth.
It’s a very similar premise to Michael Grant’s bestselling Gone series, which Sony Pictures Television is planning to adapt for the small screen,...
- 5/13/2015
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Netflix released the first full-length trailer for the upcoming series “Between” on Wednesday. The show follows a pregnant teenager, played by Jennette McCurdy, living in the small town of Pretty Lake, which has been devastated by a disease that kills anyone over the age of 21. In the trailer, the town’s population plummets as the disease spreads faster than anyone can comprehend. The government institutes a quarantine and leaves the inhabitants to fend for themselves. See photos: 12 First Look Stills of Jane Fonda-Lily Tomlin's Netflix Series 'Grace and Frankie' “Between” was created by filmmaker Michael McGowan (“Still Mine,...
- 5/13/2015
- by Joe Otterson
- The Wrap
Netflix has unveiled the first trailer for their survivalist thriller series "Between" which premieres next Thursday May 21st on the service.
The story is set in a town under siege from a mysterious disease that has wiped out everybody except those twenty-one years old and under.
The six-episode series explores the power vacuum that results when a government has quarantined a ten-mile diameter area and left the inhabitants to fend for themselves.
In a break from tradition, new episodes of the series will be added weekly rather than the entire first season being released all at once. Michael McGowan ("Still Mine," "Saint Ralph") created the series while Jennette McCurdy ("iCarly") stars.
The story is set in a town under siege from a mysterious disease that has wiped out everybody except those twenty-one years old and under.
The six-episode series explores the power vacuum that results when a government has quarantined a ten-mile diameter area and left the inhabitants to fend for themselves.
In a break from tradition, new episodes of the series will be added weekly rather than the entire first season being released all at once. Michael McGowan ("Still Mine," "Saint Ralph") created the series while Jennette McCurdy ("iCarly") stars.
- 5/13/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The premiere of the new Broadway-bound musical First Wives Club opened last night, March 11, 2015 at the Oriental Theatre 24 West Randolph St. and runs through March 29, 2015. Sean Cullen, Mike McGowan, and Tony Award-nominee Gregg Edelman go head-to-head with Tony Award-winner Faith Prince as 'Brenda,' Wicked star Carmen Cusack as 'Annie,' and Mamma Mia's Christine Sherrill as 'Elise,' as 'First Husbands' 'Morty,' 'Bill,' and 'Aaron,' respectively, in the new musical. Scroll down for photos from the opening night festivities...
- 3/13/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Among the slew of new shows Netflix will be airing this season is the Canadian drama Between. The streaming service has now announced that the series will be premiering on Thursday, May 21. However, the most notable aspect of this series is that, unlike Netflix’s other offerings, the service will be releasing new episodes of the show’s 6-episode first season on a weekly basis. As part of the agreement under which Netflix bought the broadcast rights to the show, which is a three-way deal that involves Rogers in Canada as well as the Canadian streaming service Shomi, the episodes will make their premiere on Canada’s CityTV, which has first window right, on Thursday nights at 8 pm Est, with Netflix releasing the episodes on its services worldwide an hour later at 9 pm Est.
The strategy is a noted departure from Netflix’s prior model of releasing shows, as the...
The strategy is a noted departure from Netflix’s prior model of releasing shows, as the...
- 3/9/2015
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
It's a paradox. Independent films -- the kind that are often dramas or comedies about everyday people, rather than superheroes -- have all but vanished from theaters, which now show mostly popcorn action blockbusters. And yet, many of the filmmakers who used to make those indie movies have found a home on TV, where that same character-driven sensibility makes their work a critical and commercial success.
Exhibit A is surely Lena Dunham. Her 2010 movie "Tiny Furniture" never played in more than 21 theaters or sold as much as $400,000 in tickets, but her HBO series "Girls," which has a similar directorial and thematic approach, has made her a star.
In recent years, a number of her fellow indie directors and writers have made the same transition, from the art-house to your living room, mostly via premium cable or streaming outlets Netflix and Amazon. Alongside Dunham at HBO, there's Cary Joji Fukunaga ("True Detective...
Exhibit A is surely Lena Dunham. Her 2010 movie "Tiny Furniture" never played in more than 21 theaters or sold as much as $400,000 in tickets, but her HBO series "Girls," which has a similar directorial and thematic approach, has made her a star.
In recent years, a number of her fellow indie directors and writers have made the same transition, from the art-house to your living room, mostly via premium cable or streaming outlets Netflix and Amazon. Alongside Dunham at HBO, there's Cary Joji Fukunaga ("True Detective...
- 1/30/2015
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
Producers R. Erin Craig and La Vie Productions just presented a benefit staged reading of the Newtown docudrama 26 Pebbles, a stirring new play that explores a community in transition after a tragedy, by Eric Ulloa and directed by Igor Goldin. The cast featured Broadway veterans Karen Mason,Richard Masur, Mike McGowan, Mamie Parris, and Jennifer Swiderski at the one-night only event hosted by the Culture Project at The Lynn Redgrave Theater 45 Bleecker Street last night, December 15th, in commemoration of the second anniversary of the tragedy at Sandy Hook. Proceeds from the event will benefit a collection of charities chosen by the citizens of the City of Newtown, whose voices and testimonies are evocatively presented-verbatim-in 26 Pebbles.
- 12/16/2014
- by Jessica Fallon Gordon
- BroadwayWorld.com
Producers R. Erin Craig and La Vie Productions present a benefit staged reading of the Newtown docudrama 26 Pebbles, a stirring new play that explores a community in transition after a tragedy, by Eric Ulloa and directed by Igor Goldin. The cast features Broadway veterans Karen Mason, Richard Masur, Mike McGowan, Mamie Parris, and Jennifer Swiderski at the one-night only event hosted by the Culture Project at The Lynn Redgrave Theater 45 Bleecker Street tonight, December 15th at 700Pm in commemoration of the second anniversary of the tragedy at Sandy Hook. Proceeds from the event will benefit a collection of charities chosen by the citizens of the City of Newtown, whose voices and testimonies are evocatively presented-verbatim-in 26 Pebbles.
- 12/15/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today, streaming giant Netflix announced that it is backing the Canadian survival thriller series Between, which will star iCarly alum Jennette McCurdy.
The drama, created by writer-director Michael McGowan (One Week), will simultaneously debut on City, the Canadian TV network developing the ambitious six-hour series, and in all Netflix territories outside of Canada. However, in Canada, it will first stream on Shomi, a local creation of City parent company Rogers Communications and cable giant Shaw Communications, before arriving on Netflix Canada a year after its initial premiere.
Between centers on a town beset by a mysterious and deadly disease that quickly kills anyone over the age of 21, leaving local teens to fend for themselves in a frightening new world. When the government quarantines the town, trapping the survivors, most of high school age, inside, a deadly power struggle ensues. McGowan will direct the episodes alongside Jon Cassar (24, The Kennedys).
Netflix’s Eric Barmack,...
The drama, created by writer-director Michael McGowan (One Week), will simultaneously debut on City, the Canadian TV network developing the ambitious six-hour series, and in all Netflix territories outside of Canada. However, in Canada, it will first stream on Shomi, a local creation of City parent company Rogers Communications and cable giant Shaw Communications, before arriving on Netflix Canada a year after its initial premiere.
Between centers on a town beset by a mysterious and deadly disease that quickly kills anyone over the age of 21, leaving local teens to fend for themselves in a frightening new world. When the government quarantines the town, trapping the survivors, most of high school age, inside, a deadly power struggle ensues. McGowan will direct the episodes alongside Jon Cassar (24, The Kennedys).
Netflix’s Eric Barmack,...
- 10/20/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
City, Netflix, and shomi today announced a partnership to bring audiences around the world a new, premium drama series, "Between" . an original survivalist thriller series, created by award-winning writer/director Michael McGowan ("Still Mine," "One Week," "Saint Ralph") and starring Jennette McCurdy ("iCarly," "Sam & Cat"). The three-way partnership is the first of its kind in Canada for the creation of a new, original series.
- 10/20/2014
- Comingsoon.net
Netflix has partnered with Canadian television network, City, and streaming video service, shomi, on a new drama series, “Between,” created by writer/director Michael McGowan (“Still Mine,” “Saint Ralph”). Under the deal, “Between” will premiere on City and shomi in Canada while simultaneously premiering elsewhere globally where Netflix is available. It will then become available on Netflix in Canada a year after its premiere in that country. See photos: Inside Netflix's ‘House of Cards’ Season 2 Premiere Bash “We know that Canadians crave daring and distinctive original programs, and ‘Between’ offers just that,” said Nataline Rodrigues, the director of original programming for Rogers Communications,...
- 10/20/2014
- by Jethro Nededog
- The Wrap
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