Production has begun on A Monster Calls, directed by Juan Antonio Bayona, Goya Award-winning director of the worldwide smash The Impossible. Participant Media and River Road Entertainment are financing the Apaches Entertainment production, in association with Telecinco Cinema and La Trini Films.
The film, adapted by Patrick Ness from his award-winning children’s fantasy novel, will be released by Focus Features domestically; Universal Pictures International for its theatrical and home entertainment release in Spain; and Lionsgate International is handling foreign sales throughout the rest of the world.
A Monster Calls is slated for a fall 2016 release.
A Monster Calls is a visually spectacular drama about 12-year-old Conor (newcomer Lewis MacDougall) who attempts to deal with his mother’s (Felicity Jones, who stars in Focus’ fall release The Theory of Everything) illness and the bullying of his classmates by escaping into a fantastical world of monsters and fairy tales that explore courage,...
The film, adapted by Patrick Ness from his award-winning children’s fantasy novel, will be released by Focus Features domestically; Universal Pictures International for its theatrical and home entertainment release in Spain; and Lionsgate International is handling foreign sales throughout the rest of the world.
A Monster Calls is slated for a fall 2016 release.
A Monster Calls is a visually spectacular drama about 12-year-old Conor (newcomer Lewis MacDougall) who attempts to deal with his mother’s (Felicity Jones, who stars in Focus’ fall release The Theory of Everything) illness and the bullying of his classmates by escaping into a fantastical world of monsters and fairy tales that explore courage,...
- 9/30/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The award winning book, A Monster Calls, is getting a movie adaptation with Liam Neeson set to play the aformentioned monster, and now it's one step closer to hitting the big screen as the studios have announced the start of official production.
I really enjoyed this book, and read it in about one evening. It's a haunting tale about love and loss, and learning how to cope with life's hard realities. While the subject matter may seem wrapped in a simple format, the themes are resounding. I'm interested to see how they manage to translate that into the movie, and crossing my fingers they manage to do so successfully. I mean, Liam Neeson is going to be a freaking mo-cap monster...how could they go wrong!
Production has begun on A Monster Calls, directed by Juan Antonio Bayona, Goya Award-winning director of the worldwide smash The Impossible. Participant Media and...
I really enjoyed this book, and read it in about one evening. It's a haunting tale about love and loss, and learning how to cope with life's hard realities. While the subject matter may seem wrapped in a simple format, the themes are resounding. I'm interested to see how they manage to translate that into the movie, and crossing my fingers they manage to do so successfully. I mean, Liam Neeson is going to be a freaking mo-cap monster...how could they go wrong!
Production has begun on A Monster Calls, directed by Juan Antonio Bayona, Goya Award-winning director of the worldwide smash The Impossible. Participant Media and...
- 9/30/2014
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Jordan Maison)
- Cinelinx
Focus Features has announced that production has started on A Monster Calls, an adaptation of the Patrick Ness novel that’s being directed by Juan Antonio Bayona:
“Vancouver, BC and Santa Monica, CA, September 30, 2014 – Production has begun on A Monster Calls, directed by Juan Antonio Bayona, Goya Award-winning director of the worldwide smash The Impossible. Participant Media and River Road Entertainment are financing the Apaches Entertainment production, in association with Telecinco Cinema and La Trini Films. The film, adapted by Patrick Ness from his award-winning children’s fantasy novel, will be released by Focus Features domestically; Universal Pictures International for its theatrical and home entertainment release in Spain; and Lionsgate (NYSE: Lgf) International is handling foreign sales throughout the rest of the world. A Monster Calls is slated for a fall 2016 release.
A Monster Calls is a visually spectacular drama about 12-year-old Conor (newcomer Lewis MacDougall) who attempts to...
“Vancouver, BC and Santa Monica, CA, September 30, 2014 – Production has begun on A Monster Calls, directed by Juan Antonio Bayona, Goya Award-winning director of the worldwide smash The Impossible. Participant Media and River Road Entertainment are financing the Apaches Entertainment production, in association with Telecinco Cinema and La Trini Films. The film, adapted by Patrick Ness from his award-winning children’s fantasy novel, will be released by Focus Features domestically; Universal Pictures International for its theatrical and home entertainment release in Spain; and Lionsgate (NYSE: Lgf) International is handling foreign sales throughout the rest of the world. A Monster Calls is slated for a fall 2016 release.
A Monster Calls is a visually spectacular drama about 12-year-old Conor (newcomer Lewis MacDougall) who attempts to...
- 9/30/2014
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Production has begun on "A Monster Calls," directed by Juan Antonio Bayona, Goya Award-winning director of the worldwide smash The Impossible. Participant Media and River Road Entertainment are financing the Apaches Entertainment production, in association with Telecinco Cinema and La Trini Films. The film, adapted by Patrick Ness from his award-winning children's fantasy novel, will be released by Focus Features domestically; Universal Pictures International for its theatrical and home entertainment release in Spain; and Lionsgate (NYSE: Lgf) International is handling foreign sales throughout the rest of the world. A Monster Calls is slated for a fall 2016 release. "A Monster Calls" is a visually spectacular drama about 12-year-old Conor (newcomer Lewis MacDougall) who attempts to deal with his mother's (Felicity Jones, who stars in Focus' fall release The Theory of Everything) illness and the bullying of his classmates by escaping into a fantastical world of monsters and fairy tales that explore courage,...
- 9/30/2014
- by Press Release
- Dark Horizons
• Sigourney Weaver has signed on for A Monster Calls, the feature adaptation of Patrick Ness’ children’s fantasy novel. Weaver joins Felicity Jones and Liam Neeson. In the Juan Antonio Bayona-directed film, a boy retreats to a fantastical world through a tree monster, attempting to escape from bullies and his mother’s terminal illness. Weaver will play the boy’s grandmother, while Jones will play the mother and Neeson the monster. River Road’s Bill Pohlad and Mitch Horwits, Participant’s Jeff Skoll and Jonathan King, and Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-chairman Patrick Wachsberger will executive produce the film,...
- 8/19/2014
- by C. Molly Smith
- EW - Inside Movies
Exclusive: Felicity Jones is making a deal to star in A Monster Calls, the Juan Antonio Bayona-directed adaptation of the Patrick Ness children’s fantasy novel. I’ve heard that she will play the character of Mum, and that the filmmakers are courting Liam Neeson for the role of the Monster, though I am not sure that will result in a deal. The film tells the tale of a young boy who attempts to deal with his mother’s illness and the bullying of classmates by escaping into a fantastical world of monsters and fairy tales that deal with courage, loss and faith. Ness wrote the book based on an original idea by the late Siobhan Dowd, and Ness and illustrator Jim Kay won Britain’s Carnegie and Greenaway Medals for the book which Ness has turned into a script. The film is a co-production between River Road Entertainment,...
- 4/23/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
A Monster Calls, Juan Antonio Bayona’s adventure fantasy follow-up to The Impossible, will arrive in theatres in wide release in late 2016.
The film is set to open on October 14 2016. Focus Features will handle the Us release and co-finances with international sales agent Lionsgate International, River Road Entertainment and Participant Media.
The story centres on a bullied youngster with an ailing mother who constructs a fantasy world as a coping mechanism.
Patrick Ness adapts the screenplay from his children’s fantasy novel. Belen Atienza of Apache produces and the executive producers are River Road’s Bill Pohlad and Mitch Horwits, Participant Media’s Jeff Skoll and Jonathan King and Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-chairman Patrick Wachsberger.
Universal Pictures International will handle the Spanish theatrical and home entertainment release.
The film is set to open on October 14 2016. Focus Features will handle the Us release and co-finances with international sales agent Lionsgate International, River Road Entertainment and Participant Media.
The story centres on a bullied youngster with an ailing mother who constructs a fantasy world as a coping mechanism.
Patrick Ness adapts the screenplay from his children’s fantasy novel. Belen Atienza of Apache produces and the executive producers are River Road’s Bill Pohlad and Mitch Horwits, Participant Media’s Jeff Skoll and Jonathan King and Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-chairman Patrick Wachsberger.
Universal Pictures International will handle the Spanish theatrical and home entertainment release.
- 4/9/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Director Juan Antonio Bayona is ready to answer a monstrous call. The acclaimed director ("The Impossible," "The Orphanage") will helm the upcoming dark fantasy film "A Monster Calls." The film will be based on the award-winning children’s book by Patrick Ness (the "Chaos Walking" trilogy). "Monster" centers on a boy who escapes his dreary home life into a fantasy world populated by monsters and fairy tales creatures. No casting news has yet been revealed. Ness and illustrator Jim Kay won the Carnegie Medal and Greenaway Medal in 2012. He will pen the screenplay. The film will be produced by Belen Atienza ("Pan’s Labyrinth"). River Road Entertainment, Participant Media, Lionsgate International, and Focus Features have teamed to finance and distribute the Apache production. Executive Producers on the film are River Road’s Bill Pohlad and Mitch Horwits, Participant’s Jeff Skoll and Jonathan King, and Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Co-Chairman Patrick Wachsberger.
- 3/5/2014
- by Dave Lewis
- Hitfix
River Road Entertainment, Participant Media, Lionsgate International and Focus Features will finance and distribute Apache’s upcoming fantasy from Juan Antonio Bayona.
Focus Features will handle Us distribution and Lionsgate will take charge of international sales on Juan Antonio Bayona’s upcoming fantasy adaptation, earmarked for an autumn 2016 release.
Universal Pictures International will handle the Spanish theatrical and home entertainment release.
The producer is Belen Atienza, whose credits include Bayona’s The Impossible and The Orphanage as well as Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth.
River Road’s Bill Pohlad and Mitch Horwits, Participant’s Jeff Skoll and Jonathan King and Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-chairman Patrick Wachsberger serve as executive producers.
A Monster Calls is based on Patrick Ness’ children’s fantasy novel. Ness himself is writing the screenplay about a young boy who deals with bullying and his mother’s illness by escaping into a fantastical world of monsters and fairy tales.
Bayona and [link...
Focus Features will handle Us distribution and Lionsgate will take charge of international sales on Juan Antonio Bayona’s upcoming fantasy adaptation, earmarked for an autumn 2016 release.
Universal Pictures International will handle the Spanish theatrical and home entertainment release.
The producer is Belen Atienza, whose credits include Bayona’s The Impossible and The Orphanage as well as Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth.
River Road’s Bill Pohlad and Mitch Horwits, Participant’s Jeff Skoll and Jonathan King and Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-chairman Patrick Wachsberger serve as executive producers.
A Monster Calls is based on Patrick Ness’ children’s fantasy novel. Ness himself is writing the screenplay about a young boy who deals with bullying and his mother’s illness by escaping into a fantastical world of monsters and fairy tales.
Bayona and [link...
- 3/5/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
River Road Entertainment, Participant Media, Lionsgate International and Focus Features are teaming up to finance and distribute Apache's production of ”A Monster Calls,” an adaptation of Patrick Ness’ acclaimed novel that comes with Juan Antonio Bayona (“The Impossible”) attached to direct, the companies announced Wednesday. The film, which will serve as Bayona's follow-up to “The Impossible,” will be produced by Belen Atienza (“Pan's Labyrinth”) and is slated for a fall 2016 release. River Road's Bill Pohlad and Mitch Horwits, Participant's Jeff Skoll and Jonathan King, and Lionsgate's Patrick Wachsberger will serve as executive producers. “Monster Calls” is a visually spectacular drama about a.
- 3/5/2014
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
HollywoodNews.com: Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents Nancy Utley and Stephen Gilula announced today that the company has acquired U.K. rights from River Road Entertainment to the epic drama The Tree Of Life. Written and directed by Terrence Malick, The Tree Of Life stars Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain and won the Palme d’Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
The film was produced by Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, and Grant Hill. Fox Searchlight Pictures will release the film July 8, 2011 throughout the United Kingdom. The Tree Of Life grossed an opening weekend per theatre average of $93,230 in the U.S., a Fox Searchlight Pictures record, surpassing last year’s hit Black Swan average of $80,212. The film opened exclusively in eight additional markets in its week two expansion with a per theatre average of $30,915 with twelve additional markets slated to open this week.
“We knew...
The film was produced by Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, and Grant Hill. Fox Searchlight Pictures will release the film July 8, 2011 throughout the United Kingdom. The Tree Of Life grossed an opening weekend per theatre average of $93,230 in the U.S., a Fox Searchlight Pictures record, surpassing last year’s hit Black Swan average of $80,212. The film opened exclusively in eight additional markets in its week two expansion with a per theatre average of $30,915 with twelve additional markets slated to open this week.
“We knew...
- 6/8/2011
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
Well I’ll be damned; it looks like we finally have something solid to stand on when it comes to Terrence Malick’s upcoming film, the much talked about, massively hyped, The Tree Of Life.
And it’s bittersweet.
According to a press release issued on Thursday, Malick (The Thin Red Line, Days Of Heaven) has found a distributor for his film, in the form of Fox Searchlight, who will be releasing the film in 2011. We also now know a bit of what the film actually is about. The film “is an impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 1950’s chronicling the journey of the eldest son, Jack (Sean Penn), through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years – try to reconcile the complicated relationship with his father (Brad Pitt). Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of...
And it’s bittersweet.
According to a press release issued on Thursday, Malick (The Thin Red Line, Days Of Heaven) has found a distributor for his film, in the form of Fox Searchlight, who will be releasing the film in 2011. We also now know a bit of what the film actually is about. The film “is an impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 1950’s chronicling the journey of the eldest son, Jack (Sean Penn), through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years – try to reconcile the complicated relationship with his father (Brad Pitt). Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of...
- 9/10/2010
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
Toronto -- Fox Searchlight Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to Terrence Malick's eagerly awaited "The Tree of Life" from River Road Entertainment.The fate of "Life," which stars Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain, had been left hanging when Bill Pohlad, who heads River Road, shut down distributor Apparition in the wake of Bob Berney's resignation in May.At one time, the film had been rumored as a possible Cannes debut, but it wasn't completed in time for that festival. Then cineastes began hoping it would show up on the fall festival circuit, but it hasn't materialized there either.Searchlight now says it will release the film in 2011.In announcing the acquisition, Searchlight presidents Stephen Gilula and Nancy Utley said, "Terrence Malick has crafted a deeply moving, keenly observed and magisterial film. Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and the entire cast's performances are simply amazing. This is...
- 9/9/2010
- backstage.com
HollywoodNews.com: Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents Stephen Gilula and Nancy Utley announced today that the company has acquired U.S. rights from River Road Entertainment to the epic drama “The Tree of Life.” Written and directed by Terrence Malick, “The Tree of Life” stars Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain. The film was produced by Bill Pohlad, Sarah Green, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, and Grant Hill. Fox Searchlight Pictures will release the film in 2011.
“Terrence Malick has crafted a deeply moving, keenly observed and magisterial film,” said Utley and Gilula. “Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and the entire cast’s performances are simply amazing. This is a signature film by a signature filmmaker and we are proud to be releasing it.”
“Terry Malick has given us another masterpiece that is both profoundly moving and stunningly beautiful,” said Pohlad. “And there is no better partner than Fox Searchlight to bring this film to audiences.
“Terrence Malick has crafted a deeply moving, keenly observed and magisterial film,” said Utley and Gilula. “Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and the entire cast’s performances are simply amazing. This is a signature film by a signature filmmaker and we are proud to be releasing it.”
“Terry Malick has given us another masterpiece that is both profoundly moving and stunningly beautiful,” said Pohlad. “And there is no better partner than Fox Searchlight to bring this film to audiences.
- 9/9/2010
- by Linny Lum
- Hollywoodnews.com
Toronto -- Fox Searchlight Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to Terrence Malick's eagerly awaited "The Tree of Life" from River Road Entertainment.
The fate of "Life," which stars Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain, had been left hanging when Bill Pohlad, who heads River Road, shut down distributor Apparition in the wake of Bob Berney's resignation in May.
At one time, the film had been rumored as a possible Cannes debut, but it wasn't completed in time for that festival. Then cineastes began hoping it would show up on the fall festival circuit, but it hasn't materialized there either.
Searchlight now says it will release the film in 2011.
In announcing the acquisition, Searchlight presidents Stephen Gilula and Nancy Utley said, "Terrence Malick has crafted a deeply moving, keenly observed and magisterial film. Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and the entire cast's performances are simply amazing. This is...
The fate of "Life," which stars Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain, had been left hanging when Bill Pohlad, who heads River Road, shut down distributor Apparition in the wake of Bob Berney's resignation in May.
At one time, the film had been rumored as a possible Cannes debut, but it wasn't completed in time for that festival. Then cineastes began hoping it would show up on the fall festival circuit, but it hasn't materialized there either.
Searchlight now says it will release the film in 2011.
In announcing the acquisition, Searchlight presidents Stephen Gilula and Nancy Utley said, "Terrence Malick has crafted a deeply moving, keenly observed and magisterial film. Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and the entire cast's performances are simply amazing. This is...
- 9/9/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hollywoodnews.com: The main bone of contention between Bob Berney and his former employer Apparition boils down to the Valerie Plame CIA drama “Fair Game.”
Berney’s Apparition partner Bill Pohlad, who also runs River Road Entertainment – a co-financier on “Fair Game” — was expected to secure a big minimum guarantee and wide release agreement from buyers.
According to Screen Daily, which reported on the story, Summit purchased the film and isn’t required to come up with a Mg. The distributor will most likely release “Fair Game” as a platform release, much to the chagrin of Berney who excels in turning platform product into popular fare.
River Road, which is overseen by Mitch Horwits for Pohlad, co-funded “Fair Game” with Participant Media/Imagenation Abu Dhabi.
River Road went with Summit on “Fair Game,” unimpressed by the way Berney’s Apparition handled the domestic release of the Joan Jett biopic “The Runaways,...
Berney’s Apparition partner Bill Pohlad, who also runs River Road Entertainment – a co-financier on “Fair Game” — was expected to secure a big minimum guarantee and wide release agreement from buyers.
According to Screen Daily, which reported on the story, Summit purchased the film and isn’t required to come up with a Mg. The distributor will most likely release “Fair Game” as a platform release, much to the chagrin of Berney who excels in turning platform product into popular fare.
River Road, which is overseen by Mitch Horwits for Pohlad, co-funded “Fair Game” with Participant Media/Imagenation Abu Dhabi.
River Road went with Summit on “Fair Game,” unimpressed by the way Berney’s Apparition handled the domestic release of the Joan Jett biopic “The Runaways,...
- 5/12/2010
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
London -- Abu Dhabi's $1 billion production arm Imagenation has said Doug Liman's "Fair Game," starring Sean Penn and Naomi Watts, will mark a third project to benefit from investment as part of its $250 million production pact with Participant Media.
Imagenation and Participant have partnered with River Road Entertainment on the political thriller, which recently wrapped principal photography.
Written by Jez and John-Henry Butterworth and produced by Bill Pohlad, Janet Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Akiva Goldsman, Liman and Jez Butterworth, "Fair Game" is billed as a political thriller.
Imagenation Abu Dhabi CEO Ed Borgerding said: "We are very pleased to join forces with Participant Media and River Road on this powerful account of one woman's struggle to speak truth to power."
River Road Entertainment President Mitch Horwits said he was thrilled to have Participant and Imagenation Abu Dhabi as partners on the project.
It follows investment by Imagenation and Participant Media...
Imagenation and Participant have partnered with River Road Entertainment on the political thriller, which recently wrapped principal photography.
Written by Jez and John-Henry Butterworth and produced by Bill Pohlad, Janet Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Akiva Goldsman, Liman and Jez Butterworth, "Fair Game" is billed as a political thriller.
Imagenation Abu Dhabi CEO Ed Borgerding said: "We are very pleased to join forces with Participant Media and River Road on this powerful account of one woman's struggle to speak truth to power."
River Road Entertainment President Mitch Horwits said he was thrilled to have Participant and Imagenation Abu Dhabi as partners on the project.
It follows investment by Imagenation and Participant Media...
- 7/13/2009
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- Mitch Horwits has been hired as president of indie production/financing outfit River Road Entertainment.
Horwits will report to River Road founder and CEO Bill Pohlad, whose company produced Focus Features' top grosser Brokeback Mountain and Picturehouse's A Prairie Home Companion. Working from Los Angeles, the former Spelling Films president will oversee day-to-day management while developing business and partnerships with studios and distributors.
River Road's core execs -- Robin Schorr, Frank Hildebrand and Deborah Zipser -- will now report to Horwits. Pohlad will continue to provide the overall strategic and creative direction for the company.
Horwits began his six-year stint at Spelling in 1993, helping it grow from a sales company handling one film a year to a full-service production and distribution company handling six films a year. Features developed under his tenure include Bryan Singer's The Usual Suspects, Frank Oz's In and Out, the Wachowskis' Bound, Sidney Lumet's Night Falls on Manhattan, Richard Attenborough's Shadowlands and Robert Altman's Short Cuts.
The exec joined Constantin Film in 2000 as a producer and president supervising all English-language productions, including the Resident Evil franchise.
Horwits will report to River Road founder and CEO Bill Pohlad, whose company produced Focus Features' top grosser Brokeback Mountain and Picturehouse's A Prairie Home Companion. Working from Los Angeles, the former Spelling Films president will oversee day-to-day management while developing business and partnerships with studios and distributors.
River Road's core execs -- Robin Schorr, Frank Hildebrand and Deborah Zipser -- will now report to Horwits. Pohlad will continue to provide the overall strategic and creative direction for the company.
Horwits began his six-year stint at Spelling in 1993, helping it grow from a sales company handling one film a year to a full-service production and distribution company handling six films a year. Features developed under his tenure include Bryan Singer's The Usual Suspects, Frank Oz's In and Out, the Wachowskis' Bound, Sidney Lumet's Night Falls on Manhattan, Richard Attenborough's Shadowlands and Robert Altman's Short Cuts.
The exec joined Constantin Film in 2000 as a producer and president supervising all English-language productions, including the Resident Evil franchise.
- 9/20/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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