Glasgow Film Festival ran from March 1-12, screening 123 features.
A joy-filled Glasgow Film Festival (Gff) drew to a close last night (March 12) with the UK premiere of Nida Manzoor’s Polite Society, while Riceboy Sleeps scooped the festival’s only prize, the audience award, in what co-director Allan Hunter described as the “tightest” voting race in Gff’s audience award history.
Riceboy Sleeps is directed by Anthony Shim, and premiered at Toronto last year. It follows a South Korean family’s attempts to adapt to a new life in Canada, produced by Shim, Rebecca Steele and Bryan Demore. The family...
A joy-filled Glasgow Film Festival (Gff) drew to a close last night (March 12) with the UK premiere of Nida Manzoor’s Polite Society, while Riceboy Sleeps scooped the festival’s only prize, the audience award, in what co-director Allan Hunter described as the “tightest” voting race in Gff’s audience award history.
Riceboy Sleeps is directed by Anthony Shim, and premiered at Toronto last year. It follows a South Korean family’s attempts to adapt to a new life in Canada, produced by Shim, Rebecca Steele and Bryan Demore. The family...
- 3/13/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Glasgow Film Festival ran from March 1-12, screening 123 features.
A joy-filled Glasgow Film Festival (Gff) drew to a close last night (March 12) with the UK premiere of Nida Manzoor’s Polite Society, while Riceboy Sleeps scooped the festival’s only prize, the audience award, in what co-director Allan Hunter described as the “tightest” voting race in Gff’s audience award history.
Riceboy Sleeps is directed by Anthony Shim, and premiered at Toronto last year. It follows a South Korean family’s attempts to adapt to a new life in Canada, produced by Shim, Rebecca Steele and Bryan Demore. The family...
A joy-filled Glasgow Film Festival (Gff) drew to a close last night (March 12) with the UK premiere of Nida Manzoor’s Polite Society, while Riceboy Sleeps scooped the festival’s only prize, the audience award, in what co-director Allan Hunter described as the “tightest” voting race in Gff’s audience award history.
Riceboy Sleeps is directed by Anthony Shim, and premiered at Toronto last year. It follows a South Korean family’s attempts to adapt to a new life in Canada, produced by Shim, Rebecca Steele and Bryan Demore. The family...
- 3/13/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
“Much has changed since the charity was set up 20 years ago and yet there remains a long way to go,” said director Melanie Iredale.
Birds’ Eye View is changing the name under which all of its work will be carried out to Reclaim The Frame, as the UK campaign group that champions marginalised genders in all film spaces celebrates its 20th anniversary year.
The unveiling of the new moniker chimes with today’s International Women’s Day (March 8). Birds’ Eye View initially launched as a women’s film festival in 2005, running each International Women’s Day until 2014, and since 2017 has...
Birds’ Eye View is changing the name under which all of its work will be carried out to Reclaim The Frame, as the UK campaign group that champions marginalised genders in all film spaces celebrates its 20th anniversary year.
The unveiling of the new moniker chimes with today’s International Women’s Day (March 8). Birds’ Eye View initially launched as a women’s film festival in 2005, running each International Women’s Day until 2014, and since 2017 has...
- 3/8/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Young director Cj Wang presents with “Reclaim” her feature length directorial debut. Before turning to film, she worked in theatre. Since then she made several shorts. “Reclaim” is an ambitious work, showing undoubtedly great skills, but also some clumsiness in certain aspects.
Reclaim is screening on New York Asian Film Festival
At the centre of the story is Miss Yeh (Nina Paw). She is an art teacher and has a workshop in which she creates miniature furniture for toy houses. She had always dreamt of traveling the world, but instead she married and started a family. Her husband (Johnny Kou) is already retired, sits at home in his armchair, browses through his smartphone and bosses his wife around as soon as she gets home. Without her he can’t sort out the trash, fry an egg or even put back the milk can into the fridge – well, he doesn’t...
Reclaim is screening on New York Asian Film Festival
At the centre of the story is Miss Yeh (Nina Paw). She is an art teacher and has a workshop in which she creates miniature furniture for toy houses. She had always dreamt of traveling the world, but instead she married and started a family. Her husband (Johnny Kou) is already retired, sits at home in his armchair, browses through his smartphone and bosses his wife around as soon as she gets home. Without her he can’t sort out the trash, fry an egg or even put back the milk can into the fridge – well, he doesn’t...
- 7/30/2022
- by Teresa Vena
- AsianMoviePulse
An action-adventure series written by Rowan Athale is in development.
BBC Studios Drama Productions has signed a development deal with Nigerian television pioneer Mosunmola ‘Mo’ Abudu, a producer and CEO of global entertainment network EbonyLife Media.
The deal, which was brokered by CAA, will see BBC Studios Drama Productions develop a new action-adventure series with EbonyLife Media.
The drama, titled Reclaim, is written by 2011 Screen Star of Tomorrow Rowan Athale. It is based on an original idea by Abudu, Heidi Uys and Bode Asiyanbi.
The six-part thriller follows the story of a team of art thieves looking to return artworks...
BBC Studios Drama Productions has signed a development deal with Nigerian television pioneer Mosunmola ‘Mo’ Abudu, a producer and CEO of global entertainment network EbonyLife Media.
The deal, which was brokered by CAA, will see BBC Studios Drama Productions develop a new action-adventure series with EbonyLife Media.
The drama, titled Reclaim, is written by 2011 Screen Star of Tomorrow Rowan Athale. It is based on an original idea by Abudu, Heidi Uys and Bode Asiyanbi.
The six-part thriller follows the story of a team of art thieves looking to return artworks...
- 11/29/2021
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
BBC Studios Signs Development Deal With Mo Abudu Of EbonyLife, Set Six-Part Heist Thriller ‘Reclaim’
BBC Studios Drama Productions has set up a development partnership with Nigerian TV pioneer Mosunmola “Mo” Abudu, founder and CEO of entertainment network EbonyLife Media. The deal was brokered by CAA.
The deal will see BBC Studios Drama Productions develop a new action-adventure series with Abudu’s EbonyLife. The drama, titled Reclaim, is written by BAFTA Breakthrough Brit Rowan Athale (The Rise) and is based on an original idea by Mo Abudu, Heidi Uys and Bode Asiyanbi. EbonyLife has described it as its “first big-budget, global series”.
The six part heist thriller series will combine themes of colonialism, race and cultural ownership as it follows a team of art thieves looking to return artworks stolen by the British Empire 125 years ago from the Kingdom of Benin, back to its rightful home in Nigeria.
On his death bed, billionaire art collector, Chief Inneh, hands his life’s mission over to his...
The deal will see BBC Studios Drama Productions develop a new action-adventure series with Abudu’s EbonyLife. The drama, titled Reclaim, is written by BAFTA Breakthrough Brit Rowan Athale (The Rise) and is based on an original idea by Mo Abudu, Heidi Uys and Bode Asiyanbi. EbonyLife has described it as its “first big-budget, global series”.
The six part heist thriller series will combine themes of colonialism, race and cultural ownership as it follows a team of art thieves looking to return artworks stolen by the British Empire 125 years ago from the Kingdom of Benin, back to its rightful home in Nigeria.
On his death bed, billionaire art collector, Chief Inneh, hands his life’s mission over to his...
- 11/29/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
BBC Studios Drama Productions has set a development partnership with Nigerian television pioneer Mosunmola “Mo” Abudu, founder and CEO of global entertainment network EbonyLife Media.
The partnership will kick off with action-adventure series “Reclaim,” written by BAFTA Breakthrough Brit Rowan Athale (“The Rise”), based on an original idea by Mo Abudu, Heidi Uys and Bode Asiyanbi.
The six-part heist thriller series will follow a team of art thieves looking to return artworks removed by the British Empire 125 years ago from the Kingdom of Benin, back to their home in Nigeria.
Priscilla Parish, head of drama, BBC Studios said: “Mo Abudu has an extraordinary track record in bringing previously unheard stories to a wide audience. ‘Reclaim’’s breathtaking action-adventure is underpinned by thoughtful and timely themes and declares our shared intention to create stories which have both local and international resonance. Rowan Athale is the perfect writer to bring this story to life,...
The partnership will kick off with action-adventure series “Reclaim,” written by BAFTA Breakthrough Brit Rowan Athale (“The Rise”), based on an original idea by Mo Abudu, Heidi Uys and Bode Asiyanbi.
The six-part heist thriller series will follow a team of art thieves looking to return artworks removed by the British Empire 125 years ago from the Kingdom of Benin, back to their home in Nigeria.
Priscilla Parish, head of drama, BBC Studios said: “Mo Abudu has an extraordinary track record in bringing previously unheard stories to a wide audience. ‘Reclaim’’s breathtaking action-adventure is underpinned by thoughtful and timely themes and declares our shared intention to create stories which have both local and international resonance. Rowan Athale is the perfect writer to bring this story to life,...
- 11/29/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
BBC Studios Drama Productions, a unit of British public broadcaster BBC’s commercial arm, has struck a development partnership with Nigerian TV pioneer Mosunmola “Mo” Abudu, founder and CEO of EbonyLife Media.
The deal, brokered by CAA, will see BBC Studios Drama Productions develop six-part action-adventure series Reclaim with EbonyLife. Written by BAFTA Breakthrough Brit Rowan Athale (The Rise, Strange But True, Little America), the heist thriller is based on an original idea by Abudu, Heidi Uys and Bode Asiyanbi.
It follows “the story of a team of art thieves looking to return artworks stolen by the British Empire 125 years ago from the Kingdom ...
The deal, brokered by CAA, will see BBC Studios Drama Productions develop six-part action-adventure series Reclaim with EbonyLife. Written by BAFTA Breakthrough Brit Rowan Athale (The Rise, Strange But True, Little America), the heist thriller is based on an original idea by Abudu, Heidi Uys and Bode Asiyanbi.
It follows “the story of a team of art thieves looking to return artworks stolen by the British Empire 125 years ago from the Kingdom ...
- 11/29/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
BBC Studios Drama Productions, a unit of British public broadcaster BBC’s commercial arm, has struck a development partnership with Nigerian TV pioneer Mosunmola “Mo” Abudu, founder and CEO of EbonyLife Media.
The deal, brokered by CAA, will see BBC Studios Drama Productions develop six-part action-adventure series Reclaim with EbonyLife. Written by BAFTA Breakthrough Brit Rowan Athale (The Rise, Strange But True, Little America), the heist thriller is based on an original idea by Abudu, Heidi Uys and Bode Asiyanbi.
It follows “the story of a team of art thieves looking to return artworks stolen by the British Empire 125 years ago from the Kingdom ...
The deal, brokered by CAA, will see BBC Studios Drama Productions develop six-part action-adventure series Reclaim with EbonyLife. Written by BAFTA Breakthrough Brit Rowan Athale (The Rise, Strange But True, Little America), the heist thriller is based on an original idea by Abudu, Heidi Uys and Bode Asiyanbi.
It follows “the story of a team of art thieves looking to return artworks stolen by the British Empire 125 years ago from the Kingdom ...
- 11/29/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Emmy award-winning and three-time BAFTA nominated composer Inon Zur is creating the score for “Fallout 76,” publisher Bethesda tells Variety.
Zur has a long history with the “Fallout” franchise. He created music for the third and fourth major installments, the Obsidian Entertainment spinoff “Fallout: New Vegas,” and the turn-based tactical RPG spinoff “Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel.”
Unlike previous entries in the series, “Fallout 76” features an online multiplayer component that allows the player to explore the Wasteland with up to three other people. Naturally, the game world is expanding to accommodate the population increase. Set in post-apocalyptic West Virginia, “Fallout 76” is reportedly four times the size of its predecessor, “Fallout 4.” Zur said the music follows the game’s footsteps in its vastness and grandeur.
“With inspiration from game director Todd Howard and close collaboration with audio director Mark Lampert, I weaved a sophisticated and emotional score that takes the player on a whole new journey,...
Zur has a long history with the “Fallout” franchise. He created music for the third and fourth major installments, the Obsidian Entertainment spinoff “Fallout: New Vegas,” and the turn-based tactical RPG spinoff “Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel.”
Unlike previous entries in the series, “Fallout 76” features an online multiplayer component that allows the player to explore the Wasteland with up to three other people. Naturally, the game world is expanding to accommodate the population increase. Set in post-apocalyptic West Virginia, “Fallout 76” is reportedly four times the size of its predecessor, “Fallout 4.” Zur said the music follows the game’s footsteps in its vastness and grandeur.
“With inspiration from game director Todd Howard and close collaboration with audio director Mark Lampert, I weaved a sophisticated and emotional score that takes the player on a whole new journey,...
- 8/9/2018
- by Stefanie Fogel
- Variety Film + TV
The stars of yesterday now are making three films a year you never knew existed until they show up on Netflix.^ Real Movie ^
In my prior life as a script reader, I certainly read a lot of bad scripts, but at times, an even more common occurrence was a script that seemed to do a great many things right, but somehow fell just short of being something you wanted to champion as a movie. As draining as the terrible scripts were, there’s something pure about clear-cut bad. It takes little effort to explain why they’re unfit.
The real challenges were the scripts that had kind of a decent premise, kind of an okay twist or two, and a lead character who wasn’t bad so much as he or she was just… there. The raw materials are there for what Could be a script. They just happen to be assembled in the least compelling way...
In my prior life as a script reader, I certainly read a lot of bad scripts, but at times, an even more common occurrence was a script that seemed to do a great many things right, but somehow fell just short of being something you wanted to champion as a movie. As draining as the terrible scripts were, there’s something pure about clear-cut bad. It takes little effort to explain why they’re unfit.
The real challenges were the scripts that had kind of a decent premise, kind of an okay twist or two, and a lead character who wasn’t bad so much as he or she was just… there. The raw materials are there for what Could be a script. They just happen to be assembled in the least compelling way...
- 4/20/2017
- by The Bitter Script Reader
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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John Cusack has made 17 films in four years. We've found the ones that have gone all-but straight to DVD and watched them...
John Cusack is a bit of a Hollywood oddity. There’s no pattern to the type of movie he will choose to do, so he’s always kept us on our toes. Sure, he’ll make a dumb action movie, but that will often afford him the chance to make a few smaller gambles later on. Up until the last few years he’s played the system very well, but recently his ethic appears to have, um, waned? A little?
Since the heady days of Say Anything and Sixteen Candles he’s come to represent a sort of slightly weird-looking, awkwardly charming, offbeat everyman that men aged 18-49 can look at and go 'me'” - which is fine. There’s a place for that, as...
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John Cusack has made 17 films in four years. We've found the ones that have gone all-but straight to DVD and watched them...
John Cusack is a bit of a Hollywood oddity. There’s no pattern to the type of movie he will choose to do, so he’s always kept us on our toes. Sure, he’ll make a dumb action movie, but that will often afford him the chance to make a few smaller gambles later on. Up until the last few years he’s played the system very well, but recently his ethic appears to have, um, waned? A little?
Since the heady days of Say Anything and Sixteen Candles he’s come to represent a sort of slightly weird-looking, awkwardly charming, offbeat everyman that men aged 18-49 can look at and go 'me'” - which is fine. There’s a place for that, as...
- 6/20/2016
- Den of Geek
From the director of…an early Hugh Jackman Aussie pic entitled Erskineville Kings, and the writer of…actually, the novel and screenplay of Heath Ledger’s 2006 romantic drama, Candy, comes…this. Reclaim pairs he-must-be-so-affordable-he’s-in-every-b-action-film-now John Cusack with Aussie actress with terrifying Animal Kingdom matriarch Jacki Weaver as the initially friendly faces behind a relatively simplistic adoption scam that Americans Steven (is that Ryan Phillippe?) and Shannon (Rachel Lefevre, doing her best to bring a modicum of freshness to the film) fall for while trying to adopt a Haitian girl. The real scam, however, is thinking Hollywood is using John Cusack’s considerable talent for anything but trash these days.
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- 3/18/2015
- by Kyle North
- JustPressPlay.net
“Hot Tub Time Machine 2” should have been both a flop and a disaster, but it ended up being neither. Based on a simple conceit spelled out in the title, and with a very no-stars-lead cast, “Hot Tub Time Machine 2” should have been as throw away as it sounds, but Steve Pink's movie turned out to be quite the endearing, funny and bawdy little comedy. For the sequel, thespian John Cusack has not returned, perhaps too busy starring in recent classics like “Drive Hard,” “The Bag Man,” “The Prince” and “Reclaim.” But the original cast of Craig Robinson, Rob Corddry, Clark Duke and Chevy Chase, are back this time joined by Adam Scott, Gillian Jacob, Thomas Lennon, Christian Slater, Collette Wolfe and “Mad Men” star Jessica Paré who, how shall we put it, elevated her game in the original. Here’s the all-important synopsis: When Lou (Rob Corddry) finds himself in trouble,...
- 2/13/2015
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Sarah Jessica Parker will play the lead in romantic comedy All Roads Lead To Rome, with principal photography to start this month on location in Italy. Ambi Pictures principals Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi and Paradox Studios’ Mikael Wiren are financing. Parker stars as Maggie, an uptight American on a road trip throughout Italy with her Italian former lover Luca as they seek out Maggie’s rebellious teenage daughter. Swedish helmer Ella Lemhagen (The Crown Jewels) is directing from a screenplay she co-wrote with Cindy Meyers and Josh Appignanesi.
Iervolino and Bacardi are producing with Silvio Muraglia of Paradox. Wiren is executive producing. Ambi Distribution will handle international sales.
Ambi was launched in 2013 as a consortium of vertically integrated film development, production, finance and distribution companies owned and operated by Iervolino and Bacardi. They recently co-produced Barry Levinson’s The Humbling starring Al Pacino.
Paradox specializes in independent film financing and international co-productions.
Iervolino and Bacardi are producing with Silvio Muraglia of Paradox. Wiren is executive producing. Ambi Distribution will handle international sales.
Ambi was launched in 2013 as a consortium of vertically integrated film development, production, finance and distribution companies owned and operated by Iervolino and Bacardi. They recently co-produced Barry Levinson’s The Humbling starring Al Pacino.
Paradox specializes in independent film financing and international co-productions.
- 10/2/2014
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
Rachelle Lefevre has a word to say about the domestic abuse scandals that have rocked the NFL in recent weeks. Actually, she has two words: “Effing atrocities.” Also read: Rachelle Lefevre on ‘Reclaim’ Shoot With ‘Shirtless’ Ryan Phillippe, ‘Creepy’ John Cusack: It Was Super Intense (Video) Lefevre, the star of CBS's “Under the Dome” and the new film “Reclaim,” sat down with TheWrap's executive editor Joseph Kapsch to discuss, among other things, the wave of domestic violence that has given the NFL a black eye lately. Self-professed football fan Lefevre told TheWrap that, for too long, society has written off the occasional abuse.
- 9/20/2014
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
In any movie where good people are being scammed by nefarious ripoff artists, there's always the potential moment where the protagonists become so stupid and trusting that you lose all sympathy for them. That moment occurs about midway through “Reclaim,” when the kind-hearted potential adoptive parents stumble blindly into yet another in a series of flim-flams. Those parents, Shannon (Rachelle Lefevre) and Steven (Ryan Phillippe), have traveled to the Caribbean to adopt sweet little Nina (Briana Roy), a young orphan who lost her mother in the Haitian earthquake. While Gabrielle (Jacki Weaver, whose resemblance here to Sally Struthers may or.
- 9/20/2014
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Rachelle Lefevre accredits the lived-in, realistic feel of her new thriller “Reclaim” to the short but intense 23-day Puerto Rico shoot. “It was an amazing process because everyone was really focused,” Lefevre told TheWrap. “Super intense, long hours, sleep is for cowards… It was that kind of shoot.” The stunning actress sat down for a fun and far-ranging interview with TheWrap's executive Joseph Kapsch in a new episode of “Drinking With the Stars” at Sofitel Hotel's Riveria 31, where she discussed the Lionsgate release, the upcoming season finale of her CBS series’ “Under the Dome” as well as NFL's domestic abuse.
- 9/20/2014
- by Linda Ge
- The Wrap
There are few things more intriguing to Rachelle Lefevre than a strong female character.
She’s played one for the past two summers, as the resilient Julia Shumway on CBS’ sci-fi drama Under the Dome, which airs its Season 2 finale on Monday at 10/9c.
And in her new movie Reclaim (now in select theaters and available on VOD), she stars as Shannon, a desperate but tough woman who adopts a young Haitian girl with her husband (Ryan Phillippe) and uncovers a dangerous underground scam.
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She’s played one for the past two summers, as the resilient Julia Shumway on CBS’ sci-fi drama Under the Dome, which airs its Season 2 finale on Monday at 10/9c.
And in her new movie Reclaim (now in select theaters and available on VOD), she stars as Shannon, a desperate but tough woman who adopts a young Haitian girl with her husband (Ryan Phillippe) and uncovers a dangerous underground scam.
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- 9/19/2014
- TVLine.com
Our resident VOD expert tells you what's new to rent and own this week on the various streaming services such as cable Movies On Demand, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu and, of course, Netflix. Cable Movies On Demand: Same-day-as-disc releases, older titles and pretheatrical exclusives for rent, priced from $3-$10, in 24- or 48-hour periods Godzilla (monster movie/talky human drama mash-up; Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bryan Cranston, Juliette Binoche and, on-screen for eight minutes, Godzilla; also available in 3D; rated PG-13) Think Like a Man Too (comedy; Kevin Hart, Michael Ealy; rated PG-13) The Grand Seduction (comedy; Brendan Gleeson, Taylor Kitsch; rated R) Reclaim (thriller; John Cusack, Ryan Phillippe, Jacki Weaver; premieres 9/19 on Mod and in theaters; rated R)  ...
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- 9/17/2014
- by Robert B. DeSalvo
- Movies.com
The saying goes that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and for an American couple looking to adopt a child from abroad, that couldn't be more true in this upcoming thriller. "Reclaim" hits theaters soon, and today we have an exclusive clip that takes you into a world where a dream of starting a family soon becomes a nightmare to stay alive. Starring John Cusack, Ryan Phillippe, Rachelle Lefevre, Briana Roy, Veronica Faye Foo, Luis Guzman and Jacki Weaver, and directed by Alan White, the story centers on would-be parents who look to expose a scam that has thrown a wrench in their dreams of adopting a child. But it's a decision that will put them in harm's way. And as you'll see in this clip, the local officials aren't much help, taking a somewhat cold-blooded buyer beware attitude. "Reclaim" arrives in theaters and on VOD on September 19th.
- 9/15/2014
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
With just one month to go until its theatrical release, “Reclaim” has just launched a brand new promotional poster to start building the hype.
The new artwork features stars John Cusack, Ryan Phillippe, Jacki Weaver and Rachelle Lefevre along with the tag line, “Take what’s yours.”
Slated to hit select theaters and On Demand on September 19th, “Reclaim” is about a couple whose newly-adopted daughter goes missing in a small town.
“Steven and Shannon will stop at nothing to uncover the truth behind her disappearance and the dangerous secret behind the adoption agency they trusted. Risking their own lives, they will discover just what being a parent means and how far they will go to get their child back.”...
The new artwork features stars John Cusack, Ryan Phillippe, Jacki Weaver and Rachelle Lefevre along with the tag line, “Take what’s yours.”
Slated to hit select theaters and On Demand on September 19th, “Reclaim” is about a couple whose newly-adopted daughter goes missing in a small town.
“Steven and Shannon will stop at nothing to uncover the truth behind her disappearance and the dangerous secret behind the adoption agency they trusted. Risking their own lives, they will discover just what being a parent means and how far they will go to get their child back.”...
- 8/19/2014
- GossipCenter
The internet has democratized information, which means you can't scare anyone with urban horror stories - like the one about an adoption agency that re-adopts kids for a ransom price. Fortunately, there are movies like Reclaim that come along ready to scare the bejesus out of any would-be parent thinking of adoption. Beware . your Third World child might just be bait to allow John Cusack to capture and torture you! Cusack, who still deserves his own Taken, is probably paying some gambling debts by appearing in films like this, The Prince and The Bag Man. Here, he's a mysterious loner who gets too close to a married couple played by Ryan Phillipe and Rachel Lefevre on their vacation. Suddenly, the child is gone! Maybe the cops could help. Or maybe the adoption agent (Academy award nominee Jacki Weaver) is in on it...and there is no adoption agency! Adoptception! It's...
- 8/11/2014
- cinemablend.com
Lionsgate just unveiled the trailer for its upcoming "Reclaim" thriller, starring John Cusack, Ryan Phillippe, Rachelle Lefevre, Jacki Weaver and Luis Guzman. Check it out below. Plot: The story follows Steven (Phillippe) and Shannon (LeFevre), an American couple, who travel to Puerto Rico to finalize the adoption of their new seven-year-old daughter, Nina. However, when Steven clashes with an intimidating local (Cusack), things go from strange to absolutely terrifying when Nina disappears from her bed one night. Despite frantic efforts to recover their daughter, the young couple hit roadblock after roadblock and become increasingly desperate, finding themselves further entwined in a perplexing web of lies and confusion. The new movie is directed by Alan White (Broken) and will be released on VOD and in select theaters on September 19th. Trailer:...
- 8/7/2014
- WorstPreviews.com
In Reclaim, Ryan Phillippe and Rachelle Lefevre star as a couple who travel to Puerto Rico to adopt a child, only to discover that they have been lured in by a black-market-adoption scam. Things turn pretty ugly, and it seems that straggly-haired John Cusack is to blame, if all his ominous monologues and gun-wielding and duct-taping of peoples' mouths shut are any indication. So you're too good for Hot Tub Time Machine 2, but you're not too good to play the stock villain? Damn it, Cusack, it's like we don't even know you anymore.
- 8/7/2014
- by Anna Silman
- Vulture
The only thing more depressing that a bad movie trailer is seeing a good cast in a bad movie trailer. That’s what seems to be happening with the upcoming thriller Reclaim, which features two actors who have seen better days: John Cusack and Ryan Phillippe.
Cusack is the bad guy in this scenario, and he certainly looks the part, wearing a windbreaker and a baseball cap and being a generally not-very-nice person. He’s a scammer coming after Ryan Phillippe and his beautiful wife Rachelle Lefevre (Twilight), who are down in Puerto Rico finalizing an adoption. As the trailer informs us, it turns out that Cusack and his cronies are part of a ring who scam people into paying for an adoption and then turn around and make off with the kid – hence the “reclaim” of the title. Things are going to go from bad to worse, though, what...
Cusack is the bad guy in this scenario, and he certainly looks the part, wearing a windbreaker and a baseball cap and being a generally not-very-nice person. He’s a scammer coming after Ryan Phillippe and his beautiful wife Rachelle Lefevre (Twilight), who are down in Puerto Rico finalizing an adoption. As the trailer informs us, it turns out that Cusack and his cronies are part of a ring who scam people into paying for an adoption and then turn around and make off with the kid – hence the “reclaim” of the title. Things are going to go from bad to worse, though, what...
- 8/5/2014
- by Lauren Humphries-Brooks
- We Got This Covered
It seems like every John Cusack movie lately comes and goes just as quickly as we briefly hear about it online. From The Prince to The Numbers Station and even Grand Piano (though it's pretty entertaining), they all offer nothing in the vein of memorable performances from the actor who once shined on the big screen. And it looks like another one is on the way in this trailer for Reclaim. This one is supposedly inspired by real events and follows an American couple who travel to Puerto Rico to finalize an adoption and pick up their seven year-old adoptee, but as you might expect, things aren't at all what they seem to be. Ugh. Here's the first trailer for Alan White's Reclaim from USA Today: Reclaim is directed by Alan White (Broken) and written by Luke Davies and Carmine Gaeta. The film follows Steven (Ryan Phillippe) and Shannon (Rachelle LeFevre), an American couple,...
- 8/5/2014
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Nicolas Cage and John Cusack have been less than discerning with their film gigs in recent years, picking a lot of modestly budgeted thrillers that get poor reviews and barely go theatrical. How many remember the likes of "The Bag Man," "Drive Hard," "The Frozen Ground," "The Factory," "Seeking Justice," "Stolen," "Trespass," "Rage," or "The Numbers Station"?
Today comes trailers for two more. First up is "Left Behind," the film version of the popular book series by Tim Lahaye and Jerry B. Jenkins which deals with what would happen if the Christian Rapture and Apocalypse took place today. The focus here though isn't on wider society, but rather a family lead by Cage's pilot character.
The second is for Cusack's "Reclaim" which co-stars Ryan Phillippe, Rachelle Lefevre, Jacki Weaver and Luis Guzman. That follows an American couple who travel to Puerto Rico to finalize an adoption, only to learn it was a scam.
Today comes trailers for two more. First up is "Left Behind," the film version of the popular book series by Tim Lahaye and Jerry B. Jenkins which deals with what would happen if the Christian Rapture and Apocalypse took place today. The focus here though isn't on wider society, but rather a family lead by Cage's pilot character.
The second is for Cusack's "Reclaim" which co-stars Ryan Phillippe, Rachelle Lefevre, Jacki Weaver and Luis Guzman. That follows an American couple who travel to Puerto Rico to finalize an adoption, only to learn it was a scam.
- 8/5/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
While Nicolas Cage tends to get the brunt of criticism/derision for jobs likely accepted based on how many zeros appear on his paycheck, let's pour one out for John Cusack. He has been sliding into a comfortable groove of forgettable movies ("Drive Hard," "The Prince"), and so it goes with "Reclaim," which you probably didn't know existed. Well, it does. Co-starring Ryan Phillippe, Rachelle Lefevre, Jacki Weaver and Luis Guzman, the story follows an American couple who travel to Puerto Rico to finalize an adoption and pick up their seven year-old adoptee, only to they realize that (all together now, class!) things aren't what they seem. There's some sort of scam, Phillippe looks desperate, Guzman glowers, and websites can't be found on iPads. Oh no! And oh yeah, Cusack hangs around, wearing a windbreaker and ballcap and looks sleazy. As for the Playlist? We wonder how the cast was...
- 8/5/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Our International Sales Agent (Isa) of the Day coverage has resumed for this year's Cannes Film Festival. We will feature successful, upcoming, innovative and trailblazing agents from around the world (during and after the festival) and cover the latest trends in sales and distribution. Beyond the numbers and deals, this segment will also share inspirational and unique stories of how these individuals have evolved and paved their way in the industry, and what they envision for the new waves in global cinema.
Clay Epstein is the Senior Vice President of Sales and Acquisitions for Arclight Films, a leading international film sales company with a strong global reach, including the Easternlight and Darclight brands that rule in the Asian and genre markets. Arclight has a long list of titles that spans across the genres, including epic period action The Last Knights with Clive Owen and Morgan Freeman, family film Paper Planes starring Sam Worthington, thriller Reclaim starring John Cusack, Outcast starring Hyden Christiansen and Nicholas Cage, and the animated adventure Legend of A Rabbit: Martial of Fire 3D.
Clay embarked on his film career in Los Angeles back in the days when Pulp Fiction and El Mariachi were changing the playing field for independent cinema. His broad experience in the film world equips him with a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of the filmmaking process - a great advantage and benefit for any of his clients.
Clay shares more about Arclight Films, his experience from the days of the indie film explosion in Los Angeles, and why America's television renaissance is keeping the film business on its toes.
Please share an overview of Arclight Films.
I joined Arclight Films just over two years ago as Vice President of Sales and Acquisitions. Arclight was started 12 years ago by Gary Hamilton, and is an Australian based company with its headquarters in Los Angeles and offices in Sydney, London, Beijing, and Toronto.
We have three divisions of the company, which is more of a branding exercise. Arclight Films is the gold standard, with titles like The Bank Job, Lord of War, and Predestination under its banner.
Darclight is for the edgy genre driven cinema, has nothing to do with budget level, but more with genre. Bait 3D, a 25 million dollar film under Darclight, was number one in the Chinese box office last year. It also carries some of the best award-winning modest budgeted horror films coming from the world of cinema right now. Wolf Creek 1 and 2 also fall under Darclight, as does Grave Encounters 1 & 2.
Our Easternlight division focuses on Asian cinema. We're representing the biggest films coming out of Asia with names like Jet Li, Chow Yun Fat and Donnie Yen. We also sell non-Asian cinema into Asia, and have an aggressive share in this market because of the level of cinema that we're selling. Recent success includes Special ID starring Donnie Yen and Badges of Fury starring Jet Li.
What distinguishes Arclight in the global market?
Let's take China for example. They're looking at commercial films in the west more than noncommercial films in China: cast driven, big budget commercial content, special effects, branded content, 3D big movies, as well as the cast-driven Chinese films. A Jet Li or Donnie Yen film, which might be a limited release in some western territories, will be a number one film throughout Asia, and will earn millions in the box office. We’re excelling in this market, because we truly understand its stars, the content, the filmmakers and especially the cultural idiosyncrasies - this sets us apart from the rest.
We’re also closely tied to the production aspects of half of our slate. This means a combination of development, packaging, and co-production possibilities. There's some incredible cinema coming out of Australia right now. It's a renaissance, and we have many Australian co-productions with support from the Australian film industry. We're developing films that can be made in Australia's film infrastructure with budgets anywhere from 3-4 million up to 20-30 million. Our recent success includes Predestination starring Ethan Hawke, A Few Best Men, and the upcoming sequel A Few Less Men.
We're commercially driven; we know what our distributors want and what the audience is drawn to. We want to be able to make films that they're interested in and that there's a market for. We'll always have some art house films on the lineup because we're all cinephiles, and we need to support those filmmakers too.
How are sales going?
If I take a step back from my sales agent role for a moment, the truth is that the market has become nothing more than selective. Look at other industries. They're selective as well: the tech industry, the automotive industry, and the housing industry. If something doesn't work, if the TV breaks down, if the car does not meet consumer demand, they're not going to sell. If they're not the right shape, and the color's not good, that TV just won't sell. That's what's happening in the film industry. If the films are not what the consumer necessarily wants to see, if the film was not produced well, if the story is off, it's the wrong genre for the market, it just won't do well.
The reason why everyone is saying the market is tough is because yesteryear, you could sell a sub-par film and make money on it. There was an appetite for pure content regardless of quality. Today the challenge is to make a film within a manageable budget that will appeal to a global audience. Unless you have a major hit on your hands, the obstacle we all face is that the cost to produce a film continues to rise while the cost that distributors will pay is creeping downwards.
The market has become selective. The consumers have other choices. They're not going to sit in front of the TV and watch movies all day. There are so many other things that they can do, so we're competing for their free time. We're competing against apps and videogames. We have TV with many amazing series--it's the glory days of TV again. People will sit and watch whole seasons of shows like Breaking Bad, so we're competing for this time as well. What we offer them better be good enough to compete with all the other media that's out there - that's why we all say that it's getting tough.
What do you consider when reviewing potential films?
We all have responsibility to the company, to the audience, to our distributors and our clients. When we evaluate a project, we're thinking whether or not there's an audience. One of the first classes I had in film school said the film is not a film until there's an audience to see it. That stuck with me. I still think about that when I'm evaluating a film. My job is to get an audience for that film. What steps I'll take to get there can be placing it with the right distributor, finding the right festival to launch it at, or finding the right publicist. You have to take different steps depending on the film or the strategy, but my ultimate goal is to find the audience and to identify its potential size.
Please talk about Arclight's current projects.
We have some projects in postproduction including Outcast with Nicholas Cage and Hayden Christensen, Reclaim with John Cusack and Ryan Philippe, and The Last Knights with Clive Owen and Morgan Freeman. They have promos and trailers; we've been successful at securing distribution. It's thrilling to have seen those from go from script stage and then all the way to completion. Nothing beats when you see distributors lining up their release schedules.
We have some films in development that we've just announced: Heart of Darkness and The Nest. I'm looking forward to the next six to twelve months as these films come together.
There are projects that we became involved in during production, and we're lucky enough to be a part of, like Tell, with Jason Lee and Milo Ventimiglia. The distributors' response has been extremely positive.
What is your background?
I wanted to be in the movie business since day one. I never wanted to do anything else. There was a short period when I wanted to be a psychologist, but that was an excuse to avoid failure in what was then a less common field to major in.
I wanted to be an actor, writer and filmmaker. I went to film school when Pulp Fiction came out and Robert Rodriguez was making a name for himself. It was the birth of indie cinema (it was a brand in the early 90's), and I was right in that world as a film student. I remember meeting Robert Rodriguez at a book signing for “Rebel without a Crew” and he was incredibly inspiring. The possibilities seemed endless. Everyone thought that they were going to be the next Tarentino. There was a buzz! People were shooting all over La, such as Paul Thomas Anderson and Ben Stiller. There was a sense that film was breaking away from the studio system, and everyone could go and make an indie film. Inexpensive broadcast quality video was just about to break, but we were still dependent on film.
I learned on 16mm and was always in the labs at school. I spent more money on film processing at the labs than on tuition. I was cutting negatives at the school all night long. There was certainly encouragement to do things in a new and different way, but it's not really embraced when you try to do that in film school. There was a bit of a contradiction there, and my inflated plan to become the next Woody Allen was being stomped on.
I did a few short films and a feature. They were all horrible, but I learned the filmmaking process - that's what's important. I wrote a script. I raised money, and I made it. I learned that process, and I respect it so much; this helps me when I'm evaluating projects and meeting filmmakers. I understand what it takes to make a movie. It's hard to make a good film, and it’s hard to make a bad film. It's a tireless endeavor, and probably one of the most difficult things that a person could do. A filmmaker is so reliant on so many people, so much money and so much time. I am incredibly sympathetic to the endeavor.
Where does your drive come from?
I get passionate for everything I'm working on. I have to, because it influences everyone we work with. Our success relies on this... we're living in a parallel universe with the studios that have the resources to create awareness for its products. They have the marketing and publicity. Sometimes we don't have those means for our films, so we have to find creative ways to get them out there. This is where my drive comes from.
Learn more about Arclight's current lineup.
More About Arclight:
Arclight Films is one of the world’s leading international sales companies for theatrical, television and home video. Arclight Films has sold over 150 motion pictures including the Best Picture Oscar® winner Crash, and Golden Globe® Best Picture Nominee Bobby.
Arclight Films additionally encompasses subsidiary labels Darclight Films, the edgy genre-driven division of the company whose films include the worldwide horror hit Wolf Creek, action thriller Bait 3D and a current slate that includes Wolf Creek 2, and Easternlight, a specialty arm showcasing Asian cinema with the largest film library of any non Asian-based indie film label. Films sold under the Easternlight banner include the worldwide blockbuster Forbidden Kingdom starring Jackie Chan and Jet Li, 14 Blades starring Donnie Yen, legendary auteur Chen Kaige's Sacrifice and a live action adaptation of the world-renowned legend Mulan, now in pre-production.
The latest additions to Easternlight include Outcast starring Nicholas Cage, now in post production, Special ID starring Donnie Yen, The Assassins starring Chow Yun Fat and Cannes Film Festival “Directors Fortnight” official selection and Toronto International Film Festival Gala Selection Dangerous Liaisons starring Zhang Ziyi, Cecilia Cheung and Jang Dong Gun.
Some of the latest additions to the Arclight Films’ slate include Last Knights starring Clive Owen and Morgan Freeman, Predestination starring Ethan Hawke, Reclaim starring John Cusack, Paper Planes starring Sam Worthington, and Left Behind starring Nicholas Cage.
Arclight Films maintains a presence at all major motion picture and television festivals and markets with offices in Los Angeles, Sydney, Hong Kong, Beijing and Toronto.
For more information on Arclight Films, please visit www.arclightfilms.com...
Clay Epstein is the Senior Vice President of Sales and Acquisitions for Arclight Films, a leading international film sales company with a strong global reach, including the Easternlight and Darclight brands that rule in the Asian and genre markets. Arclight has a long list of titles that spans across the genres, including epic period action The Last Knights with Clive Owen and Morgan Freeman, family film Paper Planes starring Sam Worthington, thriller Reclaim starring John Cusack, Outcast starring Hyden Christiansen and Nicholas Cage, and the animated adventure Legend of A Rabbit: Martial of Fire 3D.
Clay embarked on his film career in Los Angeles back in the days when Pulp Fiction and El Mariachi were changing the playing field for independent cinema. His broad experience in the film world equips him with a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of the filmmaking process - a great advantage and benefit for any of his clients.
Clay shares more about Arclight Films, his experience from the days of the indie film explosion in Los Angeles, and why America's television renaissance is keeping the film business on its toes.
Please share an overview of Arclight Films.
I joined Arclight Films just over two years ago as Vice President of Sales and Acquisitions. Arclight was started 12 years ago by Gary Hamilton, and is an Australian based company with its headquarters in Los Angeles and offices in Sydney, London, Beijing, and Toronto.
We have three divisions of the company, which is more of a branding exercise. Arclight Films is the gold standard, with titles like The Bank Job, Lord of War, and Predestination under its banner.
Darclight is for the edgy genre driven cinema, has nothing to do with budget level, but more with genre. Bait 3D, a 25 million dollar film under Darclight, was number one in the Chinese box office last year. It also carries some of the best award-winning modest budgeted horror films coming from the world of cinema right now. Wolf Creek 1 and 2 also fall under Darclight, as does Grave Encounters 1 & 2.
Our Easternlight division focuses on Asian cinema. We're representing the biggest films coming out of Asia with names like Jet Li, Chow Yun Fat and Donnie Yen. We also sell non-Asian cinema into Asia, and have an aggressive share in this market because of the level of cinema that we're selling. Recent success includes Special ID starring Donnie Yen and Badges of Fury starring Jet Li.
What distinguishes Arclight in the global market?
Let's take China for example. They're looking at commercial films in the west more than noncommercial films in China: cast driven, big budget commercial content, special effects, branded content, 3D big movies, as well as the cast-driven Chinese films. A Jet Li or Donnie Yen film, which might be a limited release in some western territories, will be a number one film throughout Asia, and will earn millions in the box office. We’re excelling in this market, because we truly understand its stars, the content, the filmmakers and especially the cultural idiosyncrasies - this sets us apart from the rest.
We’re also closely tied to the production aspects of half of our slate. This means a combination of development, packaging, and co-production possibilities. There's some incredible cinema coming out of Australia right now. It's a renaissance, and we have many Australian co-productions with support from the Australian film industry. We're developing films that can be made in Australia's film infrastructure with budgets anywhere from 3-4 million up to 20-30 million. Our recent success includes Predestination starring Ethan Hawke, A Few Best Men, and the upcoming sequel A Few Less Men.
We're commercially driven; we know what our distributors want and what the audience is drawn to. We want to be able to make films that they're interested in and that there's a market for. We'll always have some art house films on the lineup because we're all cinephiles, and we need to support those filmmakers too.
How are sales going?
If I take a step back from my sales agent role for a moment, the truth is that the market has become nothing more than selective. Look at other industries. They're selective as well: the tech industry, the automotive industry, and the housing industry. If something doesn't work, if the TV breaks down, if the car does not meet consumer demand, they're not going to sell. If they're not the right shape, and the color's not good, that TV just won't sell. That's what's happening in the film industry. If the films are not what the consumer necessarily wants to see, if the film was not produced well, if the story is off, it's the wrong genre for the market, it just won't do well.
The reason why everyone is saying the market is tough is because yesteryear, you could sell a sub-par film and make money on it. There was an appetite for pure content regardless of quality. Today the challenge is to make a film within a manageable budget that will appeal to a global audience. Unless you have a major hit on your hands, the obstacle we all face is that the cost to produce a film continues to rise while the cost that distributors will pay is creeping downwards.
The market has become selective. The consumers have other choices. They're not going to sit in front of the TV and watch movies all day. There are so many other things that they can do, so we're competing for their free time. We're competing against apps and videogames. We have TV with many amazing series--it's the glory days of TV again. People will sit and watch whole seasons of shows like Breaking Bad, so we're competing for this time as well. What we offer them better be good enough to compete with all the other media that's out there - that's why we all say that it's getting tough.
What do you consider when reviewing potential films?
We all have responsibility to the company, to the audience, to our distributors and our clients. When we evaluate a project, we're thinking whether or not there's an audience. One of the first classes I had in film school said the film is not a film until there's an audience to see it. That stuck with me. I still think about that when I'm evaluating a film. My job is to get an audience for that film. What steps I'll take to get there can be placing it with the right distributor, finding the right festival to launch it at, or finding the right publicist. You have to take different steps depending on the film or the strategy, but my ultimate goal is to find the audience and to identify its potential size.
Please talk about Arclight's current projects.
We have some projects in postproduction including Outcast with Nicholas Cage and Hayden Christensen, Reclaim with John Cusack and Ryan Philippe, and The Last Knights with Clive Owen and Morgan Freeman. They have promos and trailers; we've been successful at securing distribution. It's thrilling to have seen those from go from script stage and then all the way to completion. Nothing beats when you see distributors lining up their release schedules.
We have some films in development that we've just announced: Heart of Darkness and The Nest. I'm looking forward to the next six to twelve months as these films come together.
There are projects that we became involved in during production, and we're lucky enough to be a part of, like Tell, with Jason Lee and Milo Ventimiglia. The distributors' response has been extremely positive.
What is your background?
I wanted to be in the movie business since day one. I never wanted to do anything else. There was a short period when I wanted to be a psychologist, but that was an excuse to avoid failure in what was then a less common field to major in.
I wanted to be an actor, writer and filmmaker. I went to film school when Pulp Fiction came out and Robert Rodriguez was making a name for himself. It was the birth of indie cinema (it was a brand in the early 90's), and I was right in that world as a film student. I remember meeting Robert Rodriguez at a book signing for “Rebel without a Crew” and he was incredibly inspiring. The possibilities seemed endless. Everyone thought that they were going to be the next Tarentino. There was a buzz! People were shooting all over La, such as Paul Thomas Anderson and Ben Stiller. There was a sense that film was breaking away from the studio system, and everyone could go and make an indie film. Inexpensive broadcast quality video was just about to break, but we were still dependent on film.
I learned on 16mm and was always in the labs at school. I spent more money on film processing at the labs than on tuition. I was cutting negatives at the school all night long. There was certainly encouragement to do things in a new and different way, but it's not really embraced when you try to do that in film school. There was a bit of a contradiction there, and my inflated plan to become the next Woody Allen was being stomped on.
I did a few short films and a feature. They were all horrible, but I learned the filmmaking process - that's what's important. I wrote a script. I raised money, and I made it. I learned that process, and I respect it so much; this helps me when I'm evaluating projects and meeting filmmakers. I understand what it takes to make a movie. It's hard to make a good film, and it’s hard to make a bad film. It's a tireless endeavor, and probably one of the most difficult things that a person could do. A filmmaker is so reliant on so many people, so much money and so much time. I am incredibly sympathetic to the endeavor.
Where does your drive come from?
I get passionate for everything I'm working on. I have to, because it influences everyone we work with. Our success relies on this... we're living in a parallel universe with the studios that have the resources to create awareness for its products. They have the marketing and publicity. Sometimes we don't have those means for our films, so we have to find creative ways to get them out there. This is where my drive comes from.
Learn more about Arclight's current lineup.
More About Arclight:
Arclight Films is one of the world’s leading international sales companies for theatrical, television and home video. Arclight Films has sold over 150 motion pictures including the Best Picture Oscar® winner Crash, and Golden Globe® Best Picture Nominee Bobby.
Arclight Films additionally encompasses subsidiary labels Darclight Films, the edgy genre-driven division of the company whose films include the worldwide horror hit Wolf Creek, action thriller Bait 3D and a current slate that includes Wolf Creek 2, and Easternlight, a specialty arm showcasing Asian cinema with the largest film library of any non Asian-based indie film label. Films sold under the Easternlight banner include the worldwide blockbuster Forbidden Kingdom starring Jackie Chan and Jet Li, 14 Blades starring Donnie Yen, legendary auteur Chen Kaige's Sacrifice and a live action adaptation of the world-renowned legend Mulan, now in pre-production.
The latest additions to Easternlight include Outcast starring Nicholas Cage, now in post production, Special ID starring Donnie Yen, The Assassins starring Chow Yun Fat and Cannes Film Festival “Directors Fortnight” official selection and Toronto International Film Festival Gala Selection Dangerous Liaisons starring Zhang Ziyi, Cecilia Cheung and Jang Dong Gun.
Some of the latest additions to the Arclight Films’ slate include Last Knights starring Clive Owen and Morgan Freeman, Predestination starring Ethan Hawke, Reclaim starring John Cusack, Paper Planes starring Sam Worthington, and Left Behind starring Nicholas Cage.
Arclight Films maintains a presence at all major motion picture and television festivals and markets with offices in Los Angeles, Sydney, Hong Kong, Beijing and Toronto.
For more information on Arclight Films, please visit www.arclightfilms.com...
- 5/25/2014
- by Erin Grover
- Sydney's Buzz
Sir Ben Kingsley and Italian actress Alessandro Mastronardi are the latest additions to the cast list of Life, which is currently filming in Toronto, Canada, and stars Robert Pattinson in the lead role.
With Anton Corbijn (Control, The American) in the director’s chair, Life relates the story of freelance photographer Dennis Stock and the unlikely friendship he found with Hollywood actor James Dean in the months before his infamous and deadly car accident. Stock – a member of the photographic cooperative Magnum Photos – met Dean in 1955 when he was assigned to capture the young star for the pages of Life Magazine. Completing photo shoots in Dean’s hometown of Indiana, and also in New York City, Stock created some of the most iconic images of the actor, which remain among the most reproduced in the world.
Robert Pattinson takes the role of Stock, with Dane DeHaan (The Place Beyond The Pines,...
With Anton Corbijn (Control, The American) in the director’s chair, Life relates the story of freelance photographer Dennis Stock and the unlikely friendship he found with Hollywood actor James Dean in the months before his infamous and deadly car accident. Stock – a member of the photographic cooperative Magnum Photos – met Dean in 1955 when he was assigned to capture the young star for the pages of Life Magazine. Completing photo shoots in Dean’s hometown of Indiana, and also in New York City, Stock created some of the most iconic images of the actor, which remain among the most reproduced in the world.
Robert Pattinson takes the role of Stock, with Dane DeHaan (The Place Beyond The Pines,...
- 2/20/2014
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
Drive Hard has debuted a new trailer.
John Cusack and Thomas Jane star in director Brian Trenchard-Smith's (BMX Bandits) action movie.
The film centres around a retired racing driver turned driving instructor (Jane) who is roped into a bank heist by his new student (Cusack).
When the two men go on the run from the authorities and armed mercenaries, the driver discovers that he is more suited to a life of crime than he expected.
Cusack's other upcoming films include The Prince, Love and Mercy and Reclaim.
Jane will be seen in Reach Me and Broken Horses.
Drive Hard will arrive later in 2014.
John Cusack and Thomas Jane star in director Brian Trenchard-Smith's (BMX Bandits) action movie.
The film centres around a retired racing driver turned driving instructor (Jane) who is roped into a bank heist by his new student (Cusack).
When the two men go on the run from the authorities and armed mercenaries, the driver discovers that he is more suited to a life of crime than he expected.
Cusack's other upcoming films include The Prince, Love and Mercy and Reclaim.
Jane will be seen in Reach Me and Broken Horses.
Drive Hard will arrive later in 2014.
- 2/14/2014
- Digital Spy
Ryan Phillippe is set to play a family man who becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a young boy in the Us remake of Secrets & Lies.
The actor who starred in TV.s Damages and in Australian director Alan White.s Puerto Rico-set thriller Reclaim is in final negotiations, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The Us ABC network has commissioned a 10-part series adapted from Hoodlum Entertainment.s drama Secrets & Lies, which will air on Network Ten this year.
The pilot episode will be directed by Charles McDougall (House of Cards, The Office), written and executive produced by Barbie Kligman, whose writer-producer credits include The Vampire Diaries and Private Practice.. Shooting starts on February 27 in Wilmington, North Carolina.
The producers are ABC Studios, Aaron Kaplan.s Kapital Entertainment and Hoodlum.s Tracey Robertson and Nathan Mayfield.
In the Australian series Martin Henderson plays the lead,. who searches for...
The actor who starred in TV.s Damages and in Australian director Alan White.s Puerto Rico-set thriller Reclaim is in final negotiations, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The Us ABC network has commissioned a 10-part series adapted from Hoodlum Entertainment.s drama Secrets & Lies, which will air on Network Ten this year.
The pilot episode will be directed by Charles McDougall (House of Cards, The Office), written and executive produced by Barbie Kligman, whose writer-producer credits include The Vampire Diaries and Private Practice.. Shooting starts on February 27 in Wilmington, North Carolina.
The producers are ABC Studios, Aaron Kaplan.s Kapital Entertainment and Hoodlum.s Tracey Robertson and Nathan Mayfield.
In the Australian series Martin Henderson plays the lead,. who searches for...
- 2/4/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
On Sunday Jacki Weaver was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia. Today the Animal Kingdom and Silver Linings Playbook star was named the recipient of the Aacta Raymond Longford Award.
The actress joins the ranks of previous Longford honourees including directors George Miller, Fred Schepisi and Peter Weir, actors Jack Thompson, Geoffrey Rush and Ray Barrett and producers Tony Buckley, Al Clark, Jan Chapman, Patricia Lovell and Sue Milliken.
Weaver will receive the award, named after cinema pioneer Raymond Longford to recognise individuals who have made outstanding contributions to Australia.s screen culture, at the 3rd Aacta Awards ceremony on Thursday in Sydney.
Her career spans five decades. Her first major acting role was a stage production of Cinderella in 1964, when she was 15. A leading light of the Australian film renaissance, her credits include Stork (1971), Alvin Purple (1973) Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) and Caddie (1976).
In her international breakthrough, she...
The actress joins the ranks of previous Longford honourees including directors George Miller, Fred Schepisi and Peter Weir, actors Jack Thompson, Geoffrey Rush and Ray Barrett and producers Tony Buckley, Al Clark, Jan Chapman, Patricia Lovell and Sue Milliken.
Weaver will receive the award, named after cinema pioneer Raymond Longford to recognise individuals who have made outstanding contributions to Australia.s screen culture, at the 3rd Aacta Awards ceremony on Thursday in Sydney.
Her career spans five decades. Her first major acting role was a stage production of Cinderella in 1964, when she was 15. A leading light of the Australian film renaissance, her credits include Stork (1971), Alvin Purple (1973) Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) and Caddie (1976).
In her international breakthrough, she...
- 1/26/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The American Film Market was hardly a hive of activity for Australian distributors but a reasonable number of deals were signed or are about to close.
.There were quite a few pre-buy projects but not a lot to get intensely enthusiastic about,. Transmission Films co-founder Andrew Mackie told If.
Mackie did get out his cheque book for Brooklyn, a 1950s-set drama about a young immigrant who struggles to leave behind her tranquil existence in Ireland for life in New York, starring Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson and Jim Broadbent.
.Brooklyn was a real find for us - a brilliant script by Nick Hornby. Beyond that there was very little in our sweet spot,. Mackie said. Hornby.s screenplay is adapted from Colm Tóibín's 2009 novel. The director is John Crowley, whose credits include Boy A, Is Anybody There? and the Eric Bana thriller Closed Circuit, which Bana and Rob Connolly.s...
.There were quite a few pre-buy projects but not a lot to get intensely enthusiastic about,. Transmission Films co-founder Andrew Mackie told If.
Mackie did get out his cheque book for Brooklyn, a 1950s-set drama about a young immigrant who struggles to leave behind her tranquil existence in Ireland for life in New York, starring Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson and Jim Broadbent.
.Brooklyn was a real find for us - a brilliant script by Nick Hornby. Beyond that there was very little in our sweet spot,. Mackie said. Hornby.s screenplay is adapted from Colm Tóibín's 2009 novel. The director is John Crowley, whose credits include Boy A, Is Anybody There? and the Eric Bana thriller Closed Circuit, which Bana and Rob Connolly.s...
- 11/14/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
120dB Films closed film loans on the John Cusack thriller Reclaim and Barely Lethal starring Samuel Jackson and Hailee Steinfeld.
Arclight Films handles sales at Afm on Paradox Entertainment’s Reclaim, directed by Alan White.
Highland Film Group is the sales agent on Barely Lethal. Brett Ratner produces.
Stephen Hays and Peter Graham founded 120dB in 2004 and manage a $100m fund that to date has backed more than 100 films and TV series.
Arclight Films handles sales at Afm on Paradox Entertainment’s Reclaim, directed by Alan White.
Highland Film Group is the sales agent on Barely Lethal. Brett Ratner produces.
Stephen Hays and Peter Graham founded 120dB in 2004 and manage a $100m fund that to date has backed more than 100 films and TV series.
- 11/10/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Arclight has closed sales on its thriller Reclaim starring John Cusack, Ryan Phillippe, Rachel Lefevre, Jacki Weaver and Luis Guzman.
Initial sales include Germany (Square One), Turkey (Aqua Pinema), Indonesia (Pt Amero Mitra), Malaysia (Ram Indo), Taiwan (Cai Chang), Thailand (DNA 2002 Public), Vietnam (Ram Indo), Middle East (Italia Film) and airlines (Jaguar).
Brian Etting, Josh Etting, Fredrik Malmberg, Gary Hamilton, Silvio Muraglia, Mike Gabrawy, Robert Luketic and Ian Sutherland produce. Shooting has begun production in Puerto Rico.
Initial sales include Germany (Square One), Turkey (Aqua Pinema), Indonesia (Pt Amero Mitra), Malaysia (Ram Indo), Taiwan (Cai Chang), Thailand (DNA 2002 Public), Vietnam (Ram Indo), Middle East (Italia Film) and airlines (Jaguar).
Brian Etting, Josh Etting, Fredrik Malmberg, Gary Hamilton, Silvio Muraglia, Mike Gabrawy, Robert Luketic and Ian Sutherland produce. Shooting has begun production in Puerto Rico.
- 11/8/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Santa Monica -- Arclight Films has locked up numerous international presales for Reclaim, a thriller from director Alan White starring John Cusack, Rachelle Lefevre and Ryan Phillippe, which has just begun production in Puerto Rico. Arclight closed distribution deals for Germany (Square One) and Turkey (Aqua Pinema) as well as multiple Asian territories for the feature, which also stars Jacki Weaver and Luis Guzman. The movie follows an American couple who travel to Puerto Rico to adopt an orphan Haitian girl, who then mysteriously vanishes from their hotel room.
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- 11/7/2013
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Earlier this week we got the first word on Reclaim, a thriller coming our way from Paradox Entertainment, and now an official press release containing more details has arrived. Read on to learn the latest.
From the Press Release:
Reclaim, a new suspense-thriller inspired by real-life events, with a dynamic and powerful cast that includes John Cusack, Ryan Phillippe, Rachelle Lefevre, Jacki Weaver, and Luis GUZMÁN, is about to make the move from pre-production into production.
“We’re beyond excited to start production on what is shaping up to be a thrilling ride,” said producers Fredrik Malmberg and Silvio Muraglia of Paradox Entertainment.
“We’ve assembled a brilliant cast and have an extremely talented director who will deliver something truly unique and unforgettable,” added producers Brian and Josh Etting.
Written by award-winning Australian writer Luke Davies (Candy), based on an original screenplay by Carmine Gaeta and directed by internationally acclaimed...
From the Press Release:
Reclaim, a new suspense-thriller inspired by real-life events, with a dynamic and powerful cast that includes John Cusack, Ryan Phillippe, Rachelle Lefevre, Jacki Weaver, and Luis GUZMÁN, is about to make the move from pre-production into production.
“We’re beyond excited to start production on what is shaping up to be a thrilling ride,” said producers Fredrik Malmberg and Silvio Muraglia of Paradox Entertainment.
“We’ve assembled a brilliant cast and have an extremely talented director who will deliver something truly unique and unforgettable,” added producers Brian and Josh Etting.
Written by award-winning Australian writer Luke Davies (Candy), based on an original screenplay by Carmine Gaeta and directed by internationally acclaimed...
- 11/1/2013
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
John Cusack, Ryan Phillippe, Jacki Weaver, Rachelle Lefevre and Luis Guzman are all set to star in the true story suspense thriller "Reclaim" which just began filming on location in Puerto Rico.
Phillippe and Lefevre play an American couple who head to Puerto Rico to finalize the adoption of their new seven-year-old daughter, a Haitian orphan named Nina.
Taking time to explore the coast to bond as a new family, the husband clashes with an intimidating local (Cusack), soon after Nina disappears from her bed during the night.
Alan White ("Erskineville Kings") helms from a script by Luke Davies and Carmine Gaeta. Fredrik Malmberg, Silvio Muraglia, Brian and Josh Etting are producing.
Source: Deadline...
Phillippe and Lefevre play an American couple who head to Puerto Rico to finalize the adoption of their new seven-year-old daughter, a Haitian orphan named Nina.
Taking time to explore the coast to bond as a new family, the husband clashes with an intimidating local (Cusack), soon after Nina disappears from her bed during the night.
Alan White ("Erskineville Kings") helms from a script by Luke Davies and Carmine Gaeta. Fredrik Malmberg, Silvio Muraglia, Brian and Josh Etting are producing.
Source: Deadline...
- 10/31/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Reclaim has cast John Cusack, Ryan Phillippe and Rachelle Lefevre in starring roles.
Jacki Weaver and Luis Guzmán have also been added to the suspense thriller based on real-life events, Paradox Entertainment has announced.
Directed by Alan White, the film stars Phillipe and Lefevre as a couple who travel to Puerto Rico to finalise the adoption of a Haitian orphan.
After clashing with a strange local man (Cusack), their new daughter is stolen from her bed one night.
They struggle to solve the mystery of her disappearance - a mystery which deepens when the adoption agency contact (Weaver) also goes missing.
Reclaim was originally intended to shoot in Australia and focus on an Afghan refugee child.
It was relocated and reworked after failing to secure an investment from Screen Australia.
Jacki Weaver and Luis Guzmán have also been added to the suspense thriller based on real-life events, Paradox Entertainment has announced.
Directed by Alan White, the film stars Phillipe and Lefevre as a couple who travel to Puerto Rico to finalise the adoption of a Haitian orphan.
After clashing with a strange local man (Cusack), their new daughter is stolen from her bed one night.
They struggle to solve the mystery of her disappearance - a mystery which deepens when the adoption agency contact (Weaver) also goes missing.
Reclaim was originally intended to shoot in Australia and focus on an Afghan refugee child.
It was relocated and reworked after failing to secure an investment from Screen Australia.
- 10/31/2013
- Digital Spy
• Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who starred as the title character in Kick-Ass, is set to join The Avengers: Age of Ultron where he’ll play the part of Quicksilver — twin to the Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and son of Magneto. According to the report, the British actor had to figure out his publicity duties for the new Godzilla (which also stars Olsen) prior to committing to the sequel, which reunites Scarlett Johansson, Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Samuel L. Jackson, and Jeremy Renner. The Joss Whedon-directed sequel to 2012′s hugely successful The Avengers is set to hit...
- 10/31/2013
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
Ryan Phillippe and Rachelle Lefevre have joined the cast of Reclaim, Australian director Alan White.s thriller now underway in Puerto Rico.
The film was due to shoot in Australia but the location changed after the producers, who include Ian Sutherland and Australian director Robert Luketic via their company Origin Productions, had their bid for funding rejected by Screen Australia.
Phillippe and Lefevre (The Twilight Saga) play an American couple who are mourning the death of their unborn child in a car accident. They head to Puerto Rico to adopt an orphan from Haiti, who disappears from their hotel room.
Jacki Weaver plays the owner of the international adoption agency, John Cusack is a former Marine and Afghanistan veteran who has an altercation with the couple and Luis Guzmán (We're the Millers) is the local police chief who gets involved in the case.
The script is by Luke Davies (Candy) and Carmine Gaeta.
The film was due to shoot in Australia but the location changed after the producers, who include Ian Sutherland and Australian director Robert Luketic via their company Origin Productions, had their bid for funding rejected by Screen Australia.
Phillippe and Lefevre (The Twilight Saga) play an American couple who are mourning the death of their unborn child in a car accident. They head to Puerto Rico to adopt an orphan from Haiti, who disappears from their hotel room.
Jacki Weaver plays the owner of the international adoption agency, John Cusack is a former Marine and Afghanistan veteran who has an altercation with the couple and Luis Guzmán (We're the Millers) is the local police chief who gets involved in the case.
The script is by Luke Davies (Candy) and Carmine Gaeta.
- 10/31/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Ryan Phillippe and Rachelle Lefevre have joined the cast of Reclaim, Australian director Alan White.s thriller now underway in Puerto Rico.
The film was due to shoot in Australia but the location changed after the producers, who include Ian Sutherland and Australian director Robert Luketic via their company Origin Productions, had their bid for funding rejected by Screen Australia.
Phillippe and Lefevre (The Twilight Saga) play an American couple who are mourning the death of their unborn child in a car accident. They head to Puerto Rico to adopt an orphan from Haiti, who disappears from their hotel room.
Jacki Weaver plays the owner of the international adoption agency, John Cusack is a former Marine and Afghanistan veteran who has an altercation with the couple and Luis Guzman is the local cop who gets involved in the case.
The script is by Luke Davies (Candy) and Carmine Gaeta. The...
The film was due to shoot in Australia but the location changed after the producers, who include Ian Sutherland and Australian director Robert Luketic via their company Origin Productions, had their bid for funding rejected by Screen Australia.
Phillippe and Lefevre (The Twilight Saga) play an American couple who are mourning the death of their unborn child in a car accident. They head to Puerto Rico to adopt an orphan from Haiti, who disappears from their hotel room.
Jacki Weaver plays the owner of the international adoption agency, John Cusack is a former Marine and Afghanistan veteran who has an altercation with the couple and Luis Guzman is the local cop who gets involved in the case.
The script is by Luke Davies (Candy) and Carmine Gaeta. The...
- 10/31/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
With Grand Piano getting rave reviews (read ours here), John Cusack is a hot commodity again; and he, Ryan Phillippe, Rachelle Lefevre, Jacki Weaver, and Luis Guzman are all starring in Reclaim, a suspense-thriller inspired by true events.
Per Deadline the film has just begun shooting in Puerto Rico and is directed by Alan White (Risk, Broken). The most recent script draft is by Luke Davies from an original screenplay by Carmine Gaeta.
Phillippe ("Damages," The Lincoln Lawyer) and Lefevre ("Under the Dome," Twilight) play an American couple who head to Puerto Rico to finalize the adoption of their new seven-year-old daughter, a Haitian orphan named Nina. They take the time to explore the idyllic coast to bond as a new family, when Steven clashes with an intimidating local (Cusack, pictured above) and Nina disappears from her bed one night.
The film is being produced by Paradox Entertainment’s Fredrik Malmberg...
Per Deadline the film has just begun shooting in Puerto Rico and is directed by Alan White (Risk, Broken). The most recent script draft is by Luke Davies from an original screenplay by Carmine Gaeta.
Phillippe ("Damages," The Lincoln Lawyer) and Lefevre ("Under the Dome," Twilight) play an American couple who head to Puerto Rico to finalize the adoption of their new seven-year-old daughter, a Haitian orphan named Nina. They take the time to explore the idyllic coast to bond as a new family, when Steven clashes with an intimidating local (Cusack, pictured above) and Nina disappears from her bed one night.
The film is being produced by Paradox Entertainment’s Fredrik Malmberg...
- 10/30/2013
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
Exclusive: John Cusack, Ryan Phillippe, Rachelle Lefevre, Jacki Weaver and Luis Guzman are starring in Reclaim, a suspense thriller inspired by true events. The film is just getting underway in Puerto Rico, directed by Alan White (Erskineville Kings). The most recent script draft is by Luke Davies, from an original script by Carmine Gaeta. Phillippe and Lefevre (The Twilight Saga) play an American couple who head to Puerto Rico to finalize the adoption of their new 7-year-old daughter, a Haitian orphan named Nina. When take the time to explore the idyllic coast to bond as a new family, Steven clashes with an intimidating local (Cusack), and Nina disappears from her bed one night. The film is being produced by Paradox Entertainment’s Fredrik Malmberg and Silvio Muraglia, and Brian and Josh Etting of Paradox Entertainment. Arclight Films is handling international sales and Paradox will make the domestic deal.
- 10/30/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
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