Studio Savannah, a venture formed by two independent producers who love the city (and want it to share a bit of Atlanta’s production largesse) said it has locked down plans for a sustainable sound stage complex that will break ground next month. The facility will span two acres with an initial investment of $40 million.
Its partners David Paterson of Arcady Bay Entertainment and Taylor Owenby of ISP Global Capital are calling the complex Kat-5 for its ability to withstand a Category 5 hurricane. They indicated that its unusual design elements, which include a rooftop solar farm and a “concrete water tank platform base” that will allow it to serve as a staging ground for Fema, helped get it off the ground.
So did demand for soundstages in Georgia, where state tax credits have made Atlanta a major production hub. Savannah, a 45-minute flight or circa four hour drive, is a...
Its partners David Paterson of Arcady Bay Entertainment and Taylor Owenby of ISP Global Capital are calling the complex Kat-5 for its ability to withstand a Category 5 hurricane. They indicated that its unusual design elements, which include a rooftop solar farm and a “concrete water tank platform base” that will allow it to serve as a staging ground for Fema, helped get it off the ground.
So did demand for soundstages in Georgia, where state tax credits have made Atlanta a major production hub. Savannah, a 45-minute flight or circa four hour drive, is a...
- 8/25/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
An indie filmmaker announced plans on Thursday to build a new film studio in Savannah, Ga., which he hopes will turn the coastal city into a hub for major studio filmmaking.
David Paterson, partner at Arcady Bay Entertainment, said the new studio will be the first one in the city built specifically for film and TV production. The Savannah College of Art and Design operates three sound stages in a converted meat-packing plant, and recently announced plans to expand the facility.
Paterson hopes to break ground in September on the new project, called Kat-5 Studios. He said that major productions often use Savannah for exteriors, but then are forced to shoot interior scenes on sound stages in Atlanta.
“That is one thing Savannah is lacking,” said Paterson, who has produced “Bridge to Terabithia” and “The Great Gilly Hopkins,” in addition to working as a stuntman and an actor.
Savannah is eager for economic development,...
David Paterson, partner at Arcady Bay Entertainment, said the new studio will be the first one in the city built specifically for film and TV production. The Savannah College of Art and Design operates three sound stages in a converted meat-packing plant, and recently announced plans to expand the facility.
Paterson hopes to break ground in September on the new project, called Kat-5 Studios. He said that major productions often use Savannah for exteriors, but then are forced to shoot interior scenes on sound stages in Atlanta.
“That is one thing Savannah is lacking,” said Paterson, who has produced “Bridge to Terabithia” and “The Great Gilly Hopkins,” in addition to working as a stuntman and an actor.
Savannah is eager for economic development,...
- 7/8/2021
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
Well here we are. April is going to be a fairly sedentary and isolating month for a lot of people. At least we now thankfully have some guidance as to our entertainment options as HBO has released its new streaming releases for April 2020.
HBO’s original series premieres are pretty busy this month. The fourth season of Issa Rae’s excellent comedy Insecure arrives on April 12. That’s preceded by the fascinating docuseries Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children and followed by book adaptation I Know This Much is True.
On the film side of things there are a few exciting options. Good Boys arrives on April 4, It: Chapter Two on April 11, and Stuber on April 18. Some older movies arriving on April 1 are Team America: World Police, Die Hard, and Slumdog Millionaire.
Here is everything else coming to HBO Now and HBO Go in April 2020 via HBO PR.
HBO’s original series premieres are pretty busy this month. The fourth season of Issa Rae’s excellent comedy Insecure arrives on April 12. That’s preceded by the fascinating docuseries Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children and followed by book adaptation I Know This Much is True.
On the film side of things there are a few exciting options. Good Boys arrives on April 4, It: Chapter Two on April 11, and Stuber on April 18. Some older movies arriving on April 1 are Team America: World Police, Die Hard, and Slumdog Millionaire.
Here is everything else coming to HBO Now and HBO Go in April 2020 via HBO PR.
- 3/19/2020
- by jbindeck2015
- Den of Geek
After bringing plenty of submerged scares to the big screen in 47 Meters Down in 2017, Johannes Roberts takes viewers back underwater for another round of eerie underwater encounters (this time in a cave system) in 47 Meters Down: Uncaged, and if you missed it in theaters, you can take the plunge into shark-infested waters this fall when Lionsgate unleashes the sequel on home media.
47 Meters Down: Uncaged will come to Digital 4K Ultra HD on October 29th, followed by a Blu-ray, DVD, and VOD release on November 12th via Lionsgate.
We have the official press release with full release details for below, and in case you missed it, read Heather Wixson's review of the film as well as her interview with co-writer/director Johannes Roberts.
Press Release: Santa Monica, CA – The fear goes deeper in this thrilling, must-see underwater sequel when 47 Meters Down: Uncaged arrives on Digital 4K Ultra HD October...
47 Meters Down: Uncaged will come to Digital 4K Ultra HD on October 29th, followed by a Blu-ray, DVD, and VOD release on November 12th via Lionsgate.
We have the official press release with full release details for below, and in case you missed it, read Heather Wixson's review of the film as well as her interview with co-writer/director Johannes Roberts.
Press Release: Santa Monica, CA – The fear goes deeper in this thrilling, must-see underwater sequel when 47 Meters Down: Uncaged arrives on Digital 4K Ultra HD October...
- 9/25/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
“Ready or Not’s” Adam Brody has signed on to star in “The Kid Detective.”
Sophie Nelisse will co-star in the dramedy from writer-director Evan Morgan.
Brody will star as a once-celebrated kid detective, now 31, who continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity until a 16-year-old client (Nelisse) brings him his first “adult” case: to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend.
William Woods and Jonathan Bronfman will produce, while Brody, Jeff Sackman, Berry Meyerowitz, Mark Gingras, John Laing, and Gareth Morgan will executive produce. Aqute Media is handling international sales with Level Film distributing in Canada. Production will start in late September.
Brody’s most recent appearance is in Fox Searchlight’s horror pic “Ready or Not” starring Samara Weaving, which hit theaters Wednesday and has earned strong reviews. The former “O.C.” star is about to begin production on FX’s limited series “Miss America,...
Sophie Nelisse will co-star in the dramedy from writer-director Evan Morgan.
Brody will star as a once-celebrated kid detective, now 31, who continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity until a 16-year-old client (Nelisse) brings him his first “adult” case: to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend.
William Woods and Jonathan Bronfman will produce, while Brody, Jeff Sackman, Berry Meyerowitz, Mark Gingras, John Laing, and Gareth Morgan will executive produce. Aqute Media is handling international sales with Level Film distributing in Canada. Production will start in late September.
Brody’s most recent appearance is in Fox Searchlight’s horror pic “Ready or Not” starring Samara Weaving, which hit theaters Wednesday and has earned strong reviews. The former “O.C.” star is about to begin production on FX’s limited series “Miss America,...
- 8/21/2019
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
Principal photography has begun in Toronto on Aisling Chin-Yee’s directorial debut, The Rest of Us, the first feature film from female-driven production company Babe Nation Creations.
Aisling Chin-Yee will direct the 2016 Academy Nicholl Fellowship quarterfinalist screenplay of the same name written by first-time screenwriter Alanna Francis.
The dramedy stars Heather Graham, Sophie Nélisse and Jodi Balfour and Abigail Pniowsky (Arrival).
In The Rest of Us, a poised, divorced woman, Cami (Graham), threatens her already tenuous relationship with her headstrong teenage daughter, Aster (Nelisse), when she invites her ex-husband’s second wife, Rachel (Balfour), and young daughter, Talulah (Pniowsky) to move in with them following his unexpected death.
The four women must contend with their own grief, truths, flaws and secrets while ultimately deciding if the past will dictate their future.
Aisling Chin-Yee will direct the 2016 Academy Nicholl Fellowship quarterfinalist screenplay of the same name written by first-time screenwriter Alanna Francis.
The dramedy stars Heather Graham, Sophie Nélisse and Jodi Balfour and Abigail Pniowsky (Arrival).
In The Rest of Us, a poised, divorced woman, Cami (Graham), threatens her already tenuous relationship with her headstrong teenage daughter, Aster (Nelisse), when she invites her ex-husband’s second wife, Rachel (Balfour), and young daughter, Talulah (Pniowsky) to move in with them following his unexpected death.
The four women must contend with their own grief, truths, flaws and secrets while ultimately deciding if the past will dictate their future.
- 6/18/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Katherine Paterson, whose Ya books were the basis of movies including Bridge to Terabithia and The Great Gilly Hopkins, will see more of her works hit the big and small screens. Paterson’s production company Arcady Bay and Meteor 17 have inked an exclusive five-picture development deal for the IP. The projects will be adapted by screenwriter and Arcady Bay creative principal David Paterson, who co-wrote Terbithia and wrote Gilly Hopkins. The properties ID’d in…...
- 7/25/2017
- Deadline
MaryAnn’s quick take… Tepid teen romance turned implausible thriller is just about saved by a powerful, and unusually disturbing, performance from Bill Paxton (one of his last). I’m “biast” (pro): love Bill Paxton
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Alas that the most interesting thing about Mean Dreams is that it is the second-to-last performance from Bill Paxton that we will ever get, and a doozy of a performance at that. (Paxton will also appear in The Circle, opening wide in the Us in April, which I have not yet seen; I don’t think any critics have.) Alas for Paxton fans (I am a huge one); alas for The Movies, which will no longer enjoy the understated appeal of his solid presence; and alas for this particular movie, that he makes the rest of it look just...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Alas that the most interesting thing about Mean Dreams is that it is the second-to-last performance from Bill Paxton that we will ever get, and a doozy of a performance at that. (Paxton will also appear in The Circle, opening wide in the Us in April, which I have not yet seen; I don’t think any critics have.) Alas for Paxton fans (I am a huge one); alas for The Movies, which will no longer enjoy the understated appeal of his solid presence; and alas for this particular movie, that he makes the rest of it look just...
- 3/19/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
MaryAnn’s quick take… Hard to believe it took 13 years to get a sequel to our screens and still have it show not a hint of Bad Santa’s inspiration or subversion. I’m “biast” (pro): loved the first film
I’m “biast” (con): didn’t see the need for a sequel
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Hard to believe that the notorious anti-Christmas classic Bad Santa is 13 years old. Even harder to believe that this sequel — the unimaginatively titled Bad Santa 2 — took so long to get to our screens and yet show not a lick of the first movie’s inspiration or subversion. It took more than a decade to come up with what is little more than a pale imitation of an original that had wrapped itself up very satisfyingly? Why bother if there isn’t something new to add?
There’s an effortless lightness,...
I’m “biast” (con): didn’t see the need for a sequel
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Hard to believe that the notorious anti-Christmas classic Bad Santa is 13 years old. Even harder to believe that this sequel — the unimaginatively titled Bad Santa 2 — took so long to get to our screens and yet show not a lick of the first movie’s inspiration or subversion. It took more than a decade to come up with what is little more than a pale imitation of an original that had wrapped itself up very satisfyingly? Why bother if there isn’t something new to add?
There’s an effortless lightness,...
- 11/24/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
October is upon us. The leaves are changing. Sweaters are becoming more abundant. Awards contenders are popping up in theaters nationwide. But those are far from the only films opening throughout the coming weeks. Below, you’ll find every planned theatrical release for the month of October, separated out into films with wide runs and limited ones. (Synopses are provided by festivals and distributors.)
Each week, we’ll give you an update with more specific information on where these films are playing. In the meantime, be sure to check our calendar page, where we’ll update releases for the rest of the year. Stay warm and happy watching!
Week of October 7 Wide
The Birth of a Nation
Director: Nate Parker
Cast: Aja Naomi King, Armie Hammer, Gabrielle Union, Jackie Earle Haley, Mark Boone Junior, Nate Parker
Synopsis: Set against the antebellum South and based on a true story, “The Birth...
Each week, we’ll give you an update with more specific information on where these films are playing. In the meantime, be sure to check our calendar page, where we’ll update releases for the rest of the year. Stay warm and happy watching!
Week of October 7 Wide
The Birth of a Nation
Director: Nate Parker
Cast: Aja Naomi King, Armie Hammer, Gabrielle Union, Jackie Earle Haley, Mark Boone Junior, Nate Parker
Synopsis: Set against the antebellum South and based on a true story, “The Birth...
- 10/6/2016
- by Steve Greene and Zipporah Smith
- Indiewire
A tough, simple story about a foster kid whose path to finding a family and a home is not an easy one. There are no platitudes here, just bittersweet truth. I’m “biast” (pro): desperate for movies about girls and women
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Another beloved children’s novel by Katherine Paterson — she also wrote Bridge to Terabithia, which became a lovely and heartbreaking film a few years back — comes to the big screen… though mostly to the small one, because The Great Gilly Hopkins is being released on only a handful of screens; most fans of the book will have to catch it on VOD (or on DVD in a few months). For those not familiar with the book, it’s not about wizards and it’s not set in a postapocalyptic dystopia,...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Another beloved children’s novel by Katherine Paterson — she also wrote Bridge to Terabithia, which became a lovely and heartbreaking film a few years back — comes to the big screen… though mostly to the small one, because The Great Gilly Hopkins is being released on only a handful of screens; most fans of the book will have to catch it on VOD (or on DVD in a few months). For those not familiar with the book, it’s not about wizards and it’s not set in a postapocalyptic dystopia,...
- 10/5/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out.
This Past Weekend:
Another bad weekend where nothing really popped, which is bad news for a month at the box office where only Clint Eastwood’s Sully exceeded any expectations. Tim Burton’s new film Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children came out just below my predictions with $29 million, but the Mark Wahlberg-Peter Berg disaster flick Deepwater Horizon was right around where I predicted with $20.2 million. The comedy Masterminds tanked with just $6.5 million for the weekend to end up in sixth place while Disney’s The Queen of Katwe did slightly better than predicted with $2.5 million.
The first full weekend in October has a good deal of competition from the release of the video game Mafia III to the...
This Past Weekend:
Another bad weekend where nothing really popped, which is bad news for a month at the box office where only Clint Eastwood’s Sully exceeded any expectations. Tim Burton’s new film Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children came out just below my predictions with $29 million, but the Mark Wahlberg-Peter Berg disaster flick Deepwater Horizon was right around where I predicted with $20.2 million. The comedy Masterminds tanked with just $6.5 million for the weekend to end up in sixth place while Disney’s The Queen of Katwe did slightly better than predicted with $2.5 million.
The first full weekend in October has a good deal of competition from the release of the video game Mafia III to the...
- 10/5/2016
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
Kids seeing their favorite books turned into movies can be a pop-culture rite of passage, whether the results are satisfying or heartbreakingly disappointing. To that point, the movie version of Katherine Paterson’s classic children’s novel The Great Gilly Hopkins may serve as an early lesson for young readers and movie-watchers on the way that a film can be utterly faithful to its source and still not feel quite right.
This particular lesson has been a long time coming. Paterson’s book came out in 1978, and it’s surprising that it’s taken nearly 40 years for a feature version to materialize—not because its story of headstrong 11-year-old Galadriel “Gilly” Hopkins entering a new foster home is irresistibly cinematic, but because usually its status as a beloved piece of children’s literature is more than enough. But Gilly Hopkins turns out to be deceptively difficult to crack ...
This particular lesson has been a long time coming. Paterson’s book came out in 1978, and it’s surprising that it’s taken nearly 40 years for a feature version to materialize—not because its story of headstrong 11-year-old Galadriel “Gilly” Hopkins entering a new foster home is irresistibly cinematic, but because usually its status as a beloved piece of children’s literature is more than enough. But Gilly Hopkins turns out to be deceptively difficult to crack ...
- 10/5/2016
- by Jesse Hassenger
- avclub.com
Exclusive: Stephen Herek family film starring Sophie Nelisse set for October release.
Lionsgate Premiere, the studio’s specialty division, has boarded Us distribution on completed comedy-drama The Great Gilly Hopkins.
The Katherine Paterson adaptation, directed by Stephen Herek (Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure), will get a multiplatform release from October 7, with theatrical distribution in key cities.
In the family title, Sophie Nelisse (The Book Thief) plays as a wisecracking 11-year-old who is moved between foster homes but meets her match in the shape of foster mum Maime Trotter (Kathy Bates).
Julia Stiles, Bill Cobbs, Octavia Spencer and Glenn Close co-star.
Script comes from David Paterson (Bridge To Terabithia) who produced with Bill Teitler (Jumanji) and home improvement and energy sector businessman Brian Kennedy of Latium Enterprises, majority owner of UK rugby leage team Sale Sharks.
The film marks Kennedy’s second signficant film investment after 2014 Cannes drama The Homesman.
William Kay and Eve Schoukroun are executive producers...
Lionsgate Premiere, the studio’s specialty division, has boarded Us distribution on completed comedy-drama The Great Gilly Hopkins.
The Katherine Paterson adaptation, directed by Stephen Herek (Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure), will get a multiplatform release from October 7, with theatrical distribution in key cities.
In the family title, Sophie Nelisse (The Book Thief) plays as a wisecracking 11-year-old who is moved between foster homes but meets her match in the shape of foster mum Maime Trotter (Kathy Bates).
Julia Stiles, Bill Cobbs, Octavia Spencer and Glenn Close co-star.
Script comes from David Paterson (Bridge To Terabithia) who produced with Bill Teitler (Jumanji) and home improvement and energy sector businessman Brian Kennedy of Latium Enterprises, majority owner of UK rugby leage team Sale Sharks.
The film marks Kennedy’s second signficant film investment after 2014 Cannes drama The Homesman.
William Kay and Eve Schoukroun are executive producers...
- 5/14/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Scott Organ's dark romantic comedy Phoenix, directed by Jennifer DeLia and starring Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominee Julia Stiles and James Wirt recently opened at the Cherry Lane Theatre 38 Commerce Street, where it plays a limited engagement through Saturday, August 23. Glenn Close just came to see Stiles, her co-star in the upcoming film adaptation of The Great Gilly Hopkins, and you can check out a photo from backstage below.
- 8/13/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Pacific Standard Time
Alex Russell ("Chronicle"), Willa Holand ("Arrow") and Miguel Gomez ("The Strain") are set to join Benjamin and Orson Cummings' "Pacific Standard Time".
The story is described as a dark and sexy thriller involving 20-somethings trying to live above their means and getting involved in a love triangle that goes terribly wrong. [Source: THR]
The Canterville Ghost
Freddie Highmore ("Bates Motel"), Imelda Staunton ("Maleficent") and Toby Jones ("The Hunger Games") have joined the voice cast of Kim Burdon's animated adaptation of Oscar Wilde's "The Canterville Ghost".
Old comedy chums Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry, along with Miranda Hart, are also part of the comedy which follows a ghost who has been haunting his ancestral home in rural England for three centuries. He's successfully scared off every previous tenant, until the Otis family from America moves in. [Source: THR]
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Julia Stiles ("The Bourne Ultimatum") and Bill Cobbs...
Alex Russell ("Chronicle"), Willa Holand ("Arrow") and Miguel Gomez ("The Strain") are set to join Benjamin and Orson Cummings' "Pacific Standard Time".
The story is described as a dark and sexy thriller involving 20-somethings trying to live above their means and getting involved in a love triangle that goes terribly wrong. [Source: THR]
The Canterville Ghost
Freddie Highmore ("Bates Motel"), Imelda Staunton ("Maleficent") and Toby Jones ("The Hunger Games") have joined the voice cast of Kim Burdon's animated adaptation of Oscar Wilde's "The Canterville Ghost".
Old comedy chums Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry, along with Miranda Hart, are also part of the comedy which follows a ghost who has been haunting his ancestral home in rural England for three centuries. He's successfully scared off every previous tenant, until the Otis family from America moves in. [Source: THR]
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Julia Stiles ("The Bourne Ultimatum") and Bill Cobbs...
- 5/11/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
• Charlize Theron is reportedly in talks to star in and produce American Express, an indie for director Nash Edgerton. Plot details are being kept under wraps as the film is shopped at Cannes. Theron can be seen next in Seth MacFarlane’s A Million Ways to Die in the West (May 30). [The Wrap]
• Alec Baldwin (30 Rock) has been cast in Warren Beatty’s untitled Howard Hughes pic about the reclusive mogul’s assistant (Alden Erenreich) and his burgeoning relationship with Lily Collins. Baldwin will play Hughes’ lawyer Bob Mayhew. Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, and Matthew Broderick will also star. [Deadline]
• Liam Hemsworth (The Hunger Games...
• Alec Baldwin (30 Rock) has been cast in Warren Beatty’s untitled Howard Hughes pic about the reclusive mogul’s assistant (Alden Erenreich) and his burgeoning relationship with Lily Collins. Baldwin will play Hughes’ lawyer Bob Mayhew. Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, and Matthew Broderick will also star. [Deadline]
• Liam Hemsworth (The Hunger Games...
- 5/10/2014
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
Sylvia Fay/Lee Genick & Associates Casting is currently seeking for the feature film “The Great Gilly Hopkins.” This feature film is based on the Katherine Paterson novel about the 11-year-old wisecracking foster child, Gilly Hopkins. Several background actors are being sought, and the film stars Kathy Bates, Sophie Nélisse, Glenn Close, Donald Glover, and others! For more details, check out the casting notice for “The Great Gilly Hopkins” here, and be sure to check out the rest of our audition listings!
- 5/7/2014
- backstage.com
You voted Sophie Nélisse, the star of The Book Thief, as this year's Pick Actress of the Year. Well, she has something to say about it: thank you! Sophie tweeted a picture of herself with the award and the message, "Thank You for this award Kids Pick Flicks.com ...glad you liked my acting in The Book Thief"
Sophie definitely had her work cut out for her in that film, playing a girl growing up in Nazi Germany during World War II and coming to realize her country is on the wrong side of the war. If you didn't see it, good news - The Book Thief is now available on DVD/Blu-Ray and On Demand as of this week! (Crix It by reading and writing reviews of The Book Thief Here.)
Next up, Sophie will star in The Great Gilly Hopkins, about "a wisecracking 11-year old" who jumps around...
Sophie definitely had her work cut out for her in that film, playing a girl growing up in Nazi Germany during World War II and coming to realize her country is on the wrong side of the war. If you didn't see it, good news - The Book Thief is now available on DVD/Blu-Ray and On Demand as of this week! (Crix It by reading and writing reviews of The Book Thief Here.)
Next up, Sophie will star in The Great Gilly Hopkins, about "a wisecracking 11-year old" who jumps around...
- 3/14/2014
- by tara@kidspickflicks.com (Tara the Mom)
- kidspickflicks
Exclusive: German distributor picks up Winterbottom, Herek titles.
German distributor Concorde has swooped on WestEnd market duo The Face of an Angel [pictured] and The Great Gilly Hopkins at the Efm.
Deals were struck between WestEnd MD Eve Schoukroun and Guy Amon and Markus Zimmer of indie powerhouse Concorde.
Director Michael Winterbottom’s much-discussed The Face of an Angel, currently in post-production, stars Daniel Bruhl, Kate Beckinsale and model-turned-actress Cara Delevigne.
The film follows a British filmmaker (Bruhl) who goes to Italy to study the aftermath of a high-profile murder case.
Winterbottom reiterated to Screen over the weekend that the film is “not a film about Amanda Knox,” despite similarities to the real-life case of Knox and Raffaele Solecito.
As previously reported by Screen, rising star Sophie Nelisse (The Book Thief) is to play the title role in director Stephen Herek’s feature The Great Gilly Hopkins, alongside Glenn Close, Kathy Bates, Danny Glover and [link...
German distributor Concorde has swooped on WestEnd market duo The Face of an Angel [pictured] and The Great Gilly Hopkins at the Efm.
Deals were struck between WestEnd MD Eve Schoukroun and Guy Amon and Markus Zimmer of indie powerhouse Concorde.
Director Michael Winterbottom’s much-discussed The Face of an Angel, currently in post-production, stars Daniel Bruhl, Kate Beckinsale and model-turned-actress Cara Delevigne.
The film follows a British filmmaker (Bruhl) who goes to Italy to study the aftermath of a high-profile murder case.
Winterbottom reiterated to Screen over the weekend that the film is “not a film about Amanda Knox,” despite similarities to the real-life case of Knox and Raffaele Solecito.
As previously reported by Screen, rising star Sophie Nelisse (The Book Thief) is to play the title role in director Stephen Herek’s feature The Great Gilly Hopkins, alongside Glenn Close, Kathy Bates, Danny Glover and [link...
- 2/10/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
First Law
Mads Mikkelsen ("Hannibal," "Casino Royale") is set to star in Diego Rafecas' drama "First Law". Set in the jungles of Argentina, Armand Assante and Adriana Barraza co-star.
Based on a true story, the plot centers on two brothers — one under the wing of a shaman, the other working for a corrupt corporation — who must choose where their loyalties lie when their ancestral home faces destruction. [Source: Deadline]
The Fixer
Melissa Leo will join James Franco in Ian Olds' "The Fixer", a film based on the novel by Bernard Malamud. Filming takes place in California and Morocco this Summer.
Franco plays a war journalist who has been in Afghanistan but suddenly finds himself doing crime reporting in Northern California. [Source: Showbiz 411]
Sylvie's Love
Larenz Tate ("Rescue Me") will star in and produce Eugene J. Ashe's "Sylvie's Love" which is set against New York's jazz scene in the late-50s and early-60s.
Mads Mikkelsen ("Hannibal," "Casino Royale") is set to star in Diego Rafecas' drama "First Law". Set in the jungles of Argentina, Armand Assante and Adriana Barraza co-star.
Based on a true story, the plot centers on two brothers — one under the wing of a shaman, the other working for a corrupt corporation — who must choose where their loyalties lie when their ancestral home faces destruction. [Source: Deadline]
The Fixer
Melissa Leo will join James Franco in Ian Olds' "The Fixer", a film based on the novel by Bernard Malamud. Filming takes place in California and Morocco this Summer.
Franco plays a war journalist who has been in Afghanistan but suddenly finds himself doing crime reporting in Northern California. [Source: Showbiz 411]
Sylvie's Love
Larenz Tate ("Rescue Me") will star in and produce Eugene J. Ashe's "Sylvie's Love" which is set against New York's jazz scene in the late-50s and early-60s.
- 2/7/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Following her well-received turn in the 2013 film adaptation of The Book Thief, young actress Sophie Nelisse has added another literary character to her upcoming slate – Gilly Hopkins.
First published in 1978, ‘The Great Gilly Hopkins’ was written by Katherine Paterson, and won the prestigious Newbery Award which recognises achievements in American literature for children. The heroine of the story, Galadriel ‘Gilly’ Hopkins, is a highly intelligent pre-teen who has been made cynical and bitter following years of rejection by a wide variety of foster families. Things change, however, when she is placed with the formidable Maime Trotter – a highly respected, if unorthodox, foster parent. As Gilly rails against her new authority figure, she discovers that events in her life are heading in an unexpected direction.
The author Katherine Paterson is also the pen behind Bridge To Terabithia, which was adapted for film in 2007. Like that adaptation, the screenplay for Gilly Hopkins...
First published in 1978, ‘The Great Gilly Hopkins’ was written by Katherine Paterson, and won the prestigious Newbery Award which recognises achievements in American literature for children. The heroine of the story, Galadriel ‘Gilly’ Hopkins, is a highly intelligent pre-teen who has been made cynical and bitter following years of rejection by a wide variety of foster families. Things change, however, when she is placed with the formidable Maime Trotter – a highly respected, if unorthodox, foster parent. As Gilly rails against her new authority figure, she discovers that events in her life are heading in an unexpected direction.
The author Katherine Paterson is also the pen behind Bridge To Terabithia, which was adapted for film in 2007. Like that adaptation, the screenplay for Gilly Hopkins...
- 2/7/2014
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
Sophie Nelisse has opted for another literary adaptation for her next project, although it's a little bit different to The Book Thief. She's signed on as the title character of The Great Gilly Hopkins, from the young adult novel by Katherine Paterson. Glenn Close, Kathy Bates, Danny Glover and Octavia Spencer are her adult co-stars, and Stephen Herek (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Critters) is the director.The story, obviously enough, revolves around the fractious and rebellious Gilly (short for Galadriel) and her experiences in foster care. Landing with the Trotters (lead by fearsome matriarch Maime, Bates' character) she hatches an escape plan to get back to her birth mother. But when she's finally reunited with her drop-out hippy mom - through the conduit of her grandmother - she finds that maybe she prefers the Trotters after all.The rest of the announced cast haven't been publicly matched up with their characters so far,...
- 2/7/2014
- EmpireOnline
The busy Octavia Spencer and Danny Glover have both booked roles in the film adaptation of the Ya novel The Great Gilly Hopkins, written by author Katherine Paterson, which will star relative newcomer Sophie Nelisse, in a tale about a wisecracking 12-year old who is moved repeatedly from foster home to foster home, outwitting them all, until she meets her match in Maime Trotter (who will be played by Kathy Bates). Spencer, Glover, Bates and Nelisse will be joined in the film's cast by Glenn Close, with Stephen Herek (Mr. Holland's Opus, The Mighty Ducks) directing. The project is being packaged and presented at the European Film Market in Berlin (which...
- 2/6/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
After making a splash with a fantastic performance in The Book Thief, young Sophie Nelisse has lined up a new adaptation, this time of a book geared towards kids. Variety has word that Nelisse will lead The Great Gilly Hopkins, an adaptation of the Newbery Award-winning book of the same name by Katherine Paterson. The book follows a wisecracking, gum-chewing 12-year-old named Gilly (Nelisse), moved from foster home to foster home, outwitting them all. But when placed in the home of Maime Trotter, the most unorthodox foster mom yet (Kathy Bates), Gilly fights her way out, but her life takes an unexpected turn. Nelisse will also be surrounded by some impressive talents like Glenn Close, Danny Glover and Octavia Spencer. They'll all be directed by Stephen Herek, who's heyday was in the 90s with films like Mr. Holland's Opus, The Three Musketeers and 101 Dalmatians (which saw Close as Disney's iconic...
- 2/6/2014
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
She brought “The Book Thief” to life, and now young French-Canadian actress Sophie Nelisse is set to become “The Great Gilly Hopkins” for her next role, according to Variety. Glenn Close, Kathy Bates, Danny Glover and Octavia Spencer have also joined the cast of the children’s book adaptation. Nelisse has the title role, and will [...]
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- 2/6/2014
- by Linda Ge
- UpandComers
Exclusive: The Book Thief star Nelisse to lead cast, April 9 start of shoot.
Rising star Sophie Nelisse (The Book Thief, Monsieur Lazhar) is to play the title role in director Stephen Herek’s feature The Great Gilly Hopkins, alongside Glenn Close, Kathy Bates, Danny Glover and Octavia Spencer.
Co-financed by William Kay and Peyton Kay of Gemmill Media (Rob the Mob, Future Weather) in association with William Teitler, the film is due to start shoot on April 9.
WestEnd Films is representing the film for international sales at the Efm while Bob Berney will be distributing in North America through his newly re-vamped Picturehouse.
Gilly is David Paterson’s adaptation of Katherine Paterson’s young adult novel about a wisecracking, gum-chewing 12-year old (Nelisse) who is moved from foster home to foster home, outwitting them all, until she meets her match in the shape of Maime Trotter (Bates).
Paterson will produce alongside Teitler and John Paterson. Executive producers...
Rising star Sophie Nelisse (The Book Thief, Monsieur Lazhar) is to play the title role in director Stephen Herek’s feature The Great Gilly Hopkins, alongside Glenn Close, Kathy Bates, Danny Glover and Octavia Spencer.
Co-financed by William Kay and Peyton Kay of Gemmill Media (Rob the Mob, Future Weather) in association with William Teitler, the film is due to start shoot on April 9.
WestEnd Films is representing the film for international sales at the Efm while Bob Berney will be distributing in North America through his newly re-vamped Picturehouse.
Gilly is David Paterson’s adaptation of Katherine Paterson’s young adult novel about a wisecracking, gum-chewing 12-year old (Nelisse) who is moved from foster home to foster home, outwitting them all, until she meets her match in the shape of Maime Trotter (Bates).
Paterson will produce alongside Teitler and John Paterson. Executive producers...
- 2/6/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: The Book Thief star Nelisse to lead cast, April 9 start of shoot.
Rising star Sophie Nelisse (The Book Thief, Monsieur Lazhar) is to play the title role in director Stephen Herek’s feature The Great Gilly Hopkins, alongside Glenn Close, Kathy Bates, Danny Glover and Octavia Spencer.
Co-financed by William Kay and Peyton Kay of Gemmill Media (Rob the Mob, Future Weather) in association with William Teitler, the film is due to start shoot on April 9.
WestEnd Films is representing the film for international sales at the Efm while Bob Berney will be distributing in North America through his newly re-vamped Picturehouse.
Gilly is David Paterson’s adaptation of Katherine Paterson’s young adult novel about a wisecracking, gum-chewing 12-year old (Nelisse) who is moved from foster home to foster home, outwitting them all, until she meets her match in the shape of Maime Trotter (Bates).
Paterson will produce alongside Teitler and John Paterson. Executive producers...
Rising star Sophie Nelisse (The Book Thief, Monsieur Lazhar) is to play the title role in director Stephen Herek’s feature The Great Gilly Hopkins, alongside Glenn Close, Kathy Bates, Danny Glover and Octavia Spencer.
Co-financed by William Kay and Peyton Kay of Gemmill Media (Rob the Mob, Future Weather) in association with William Teitler, the film is due to start shoot on April 9.
WestEnd Films is representing the film for international sales at the Efm while Bob Berney will be distributing in North America through his newly re-vamped Picturehouse.
Gilly is David Paterson’s adaptation of Katherine Paterson’s young adult novel about a wisecracking, gum-chewing 12-year old (Nelisse) who is moved from foster home to foster home, outwitting them all, until she meets her match in the shape of Maime Trotter (Bates).
Paterson will produce alongside Teitler and John Paterson. Executive producers...
- 2/6/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: WestEnd Films has closed a number of deals on David Gordon Green’s next film Manglehorn, including to Artificial Eye for the UK, Wild Side for France, and Swen for Latin America.
Al Pacino stars as a former criminal living a boring life until he goes back to his old ways. “The script is very strong. It’s a very different tone to Joe, and is much more humorous and tragically comical,” WestEnd MD Eve Schoukroun told Screen.
The new film starts shooting in October with Worldview again financing; WestEnd is also selling Joe, which was very well received in Venice ahead of its Toronto premiere on Monday. “I’m very excited to work with David and Worldview again,” Schoukroun said.
Other forthcoming shoots for WestEnd are Chris Eigeman’s political drama Midnight Sun set to shoot in October starring Jesse Eisenberg, Emile Hirsch and Diane Kruger; and Stephen Herek’s The Great Gilly Hopkins to star...
Al Pacino stars as a former criminal living a boring life until he goes back to his old ways. “The script is very strong. It’s a very different tone to Joe, and is much more humorous and tragically comical,” WestEnd MD Eve Schoukroun told Screen.
The new film starts shooting in October with Worldview again financing; WestEnd is also selling Joe, which was very well received in Venice ahead of its Toronto premiere on Monday. “I’m very excited to work with David and Worldview again,” Schoukroun said.
Other forthcoming shoots for WestEnd are Chris Eigeman’s political drama Midnight Sun set to shoot in October starring Jesse Eisenberg, Emile Hirsch and Diane Kruger; and Stephen Herek’s The Great Gilly Hopkins to star...
- 9/6/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: WestEnd Films has closed a number of deals on David Gordon Green’s next film Manglehorn, including to Artificial Eye for the UK, Wild Side for France, and Swen for Latin America.
Al Pacino stars as a former criminal living a boring life until he goes back to his old ways. “The script is very strong. It’ a very different tone to Joe, and is much more humorous and tragically comical,” WestEnd MD Eve Schoukroun told Screen.
The new film starts shooting in October with Worldview again financing; WestEnd is also selling Joe, which was very well received in Venice ahead of its Toronto premiere on Monday. “I’m very excited to work with David and Worldview again,” Schoukroun said.
Other forthcoming shoots for WestEnd are Chris Eigeman’s political drama Midnight Sun set to shoot in October starring Jesse Eisenberg, Emile Hirsch and Diane Kruger; and Stephen Herek’s The Great Gilly Hopkins to star...
Al Pacino stars as a former criminal living a boring life until he goes back to his old ways. “The script is very strong. It’ a very different tone to Joe, and is much more humorous and tragically comical,” WestEnd MD Eve Schoukroun told Screen.
The new film starts shooting in October with Worldview again financing; WestEnd is also selling Joe, which was very well received in Venice ahead of its Toronto premiere on Monday. “I’m very excited to work with David and Worldview again,” Schoukroun said.
Other forthcoming shoots for WestEnd are Chris Eigeman’s political drama Midnight Sun set to shoot in October starring Jesse Eisenberg, Emile Hirsch and Diane Kruger; and Stephen Herek’s The Great Gilly Hopkins to star...
- 9/6/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
• Joel McHale, Robin Williams, and Lauren Graham have signed on star in the new holiday comedy A Friggin’ Christmas Miracle. Lorelai Gilmore and Jeff Winger will play a married couple forced to spend Christmas with their crazy extended family. On Christmas Eve, Boyd (McHale) realizes he forgot to bring his son’s gifts and embarks on an eight-hour road trip with his father (Williams) to retrieve them before his son wakes up. British director Tristram Shapeero, best known for directing television shows like Community and New Girl, will make his feature film debut directing the project. [THR]
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- 2/9/2013
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
If I were to ask you what the movies Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead and The Mighty Ducks have in common, you might.quite understandably.guess that they were a ubiquitous and cherished part of childhood for those who grew up in the late '80s/early '90s. That's certainly true. But did you know they were all directed by the same man? Stephen Herek cornered the market on kooky kid movies for a while, but in the 2000s got lost amid lackluster fare like Mark Wahlberg's Rock Star and the Angelina Jolie rom-com Life or Something Like It. But news out of the European Film Market suggests Herek is returning to his forte, as he's set to direct an adaptation of Katherine Paterson's celebrated children's novel The Great Gilly Hopkins. Deadline reports Kathy Bates and Danny Glover are attached to star.
- 2/8/2013
- cinemablend.com
There's going to be a movie of The Great Gilly Hopkins, Katherine Paterson's Newbery-winning middle-reader book about a frustrated but determined 11-year-old girl in foster care. According to Screen Daily, Kathy Bates and Danny Glover will co-star as Trotter (Gilly's foster mother) and presumably Mr. Randolph, their neighbor. (There's no Gilly just yet.) Paterson's son, David Paterson, who adapted her book Bridge to Terabithia in 2007, is writing the screenplay, so expect a pretty faithful take on the most intense book you read in third grade. Families, you guys. Sometimes you're born into them, sometimes you find them.
- 2/8/2013
- by Margaret Lyons
- Vulture
Danny Glover will join Kathy Bates and Avy Kaufman in Picturehouse' adaptation of The Great Gilly Hopkins, with Stephen Herek (101 Dalmatians) directing. The comedy/drama Gilly Hopkins, a Ya novel by Katherine Paterson, follows (according to Screen Daily)... ... a wisecracking 11-year old who is moved between foster homes. When she is placed in the home of Maime Trotter, the strangest foster mum yet (Kathy Bates), she fights her way out - but all doesn’t go according to plan. The project is described as "Annie meets Bridge to Terabithia" - the latter also based on a novel by Paterson, which grossed $140 million worldwide. No...
- 2/8/2013
- by Courtney
- ShadowAndAct
Bob Berney’s recently relaunched Picturehouse has inked a deal for U.S. rights to Stephen Herek’s The Great Gilly Hopkins, which has Oscar winner Kathy Bates and Danny Glover attached to star. Gilly is an adaptation of Katherine Paterson's Newbery Award-winning young-adult novel about a wisecracking, gum-chewing 11-year-old who is moved from foster home to foster home, outwitting them all. When she is placed in the home of Maime Trotter (Bates), the weirdest foster mom yet, she fights her way out -- but her plan doesn't go as intended. Berlin 2013: Jessica Alba Lined Up to
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- 2/8/2013
- by Stuart Kemp , Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- Killer Films, the production company that brought audiences the "angry inch" that shook the world, will soon enter a surprising and unknown territory: children's films. The company broke cinematic grounds in 1991 with the release of Todd Haynes' first film, Poison, which played a pivotal role in the launching of the New Queer Cinema movement. Killer Films has since been a vital force in the rapid growth and expansion of queer cinema with groundbreaking films such as Go Fish, Velvet Goldmine, Boys Don't Cry, Hedwig and the Angry Inch and their latest Haynes debut, I'm Not There. But you won't be seeing any of the usual sexual escapades in the company's latest projects (hopefully). Variety reports that Killer Films has signed on to produce three children's films in a deal with Arcady Bay Entertainment, who were responsible for Disney's Bridge to Terabithia. The company's co-founders, Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler,
- 4/30/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
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