Blair Underwood (American Crime Story), Victoria Pedretti (You), Isha Blaaker (The Flight Attendant) and Finn Wittrock (Ratched) are among the final major additions to Academy Award nominee Ava DuVernay’s latest film Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, based on the bestseller of the same name by Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson.
Others rounding out the ensemble led by Oscar nom Aunjanue Ellis are Leonardo Nam (Westworld), Donna Mills (Nope) and Emily Yancy (Sharp Objects).
While the plot of Caste hasn’t yet been divulged, the work of nonfiction hailed by The New York Times as “an instant American classic” is said to examine the little-known system of hierarchy that has shaped America.
Caste will also star Vera Farmiga, Niecy Nash, Nick Offerman, Jon Bernthal, Audra McDonald and Connie Nielsen, as previously announced. DuVernay is directing from her own script, also producing alongside veteran collaborator Paul Garnes of Array Filmworks.
Others rounding out the ensemble led by Oscar nom Aunjanue Ellis are Leonardo Nam (Westworld), Donna Mills (Nope) and Emily Yancy (Sharp Objects).
While the plot of Caste hasn’t yet been divulged, the work of nonfiction hailed by The New York Times as “an instant American classic” is said to examine the little-known system of hierarchy that has shaped America.
Caste will also star Vera Farmiga, Niecy Nash, Nick Offerman, Jon Bernthal, Audra McDonald and Connie Nielsen, as previously announced. DuVernay is directing from her own script, also producing alongside veteran collaborator Paul Garnes of Array Filmworks.
- 2/21/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
David Yates’ Netflix film The Pain Hustlers has begun rounding out its cast, with Andy Garcia (Father of the Bride), Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek), Jay Duplass (Industry), Brian d’Arcy James (West Side Story) and Chloe Coleman (My Spy) signing on to star alongside Emily Blunt and Chris Evans.
The film billed as tonally similar to The Big Short, American Hustle and The Wolf of Wall Street follows Liza Drake (Blunt), a high-school dropout dreaming of a better life for her and her young daughter. Liza lands a job with a failing pharmaceutical startup in a yellowing strip mall in Central Florida. Her charm, guts and drive then catapult the company and her into the high life, where she soon finds herself at the center of a criminal conspiracy with deadly consequences.
Netflix acquired global rights to the film written by Wells Tower for 50M out of this year’s Cannes Film Festival,...
The film billed as tonally similar to The Big Short, American Hustle and The Wolf of Wall Street follows Liza Drake (Blunt), a high-school dropout dreaming of a better life for her and her young daughter. Liza lands a job with a failing pharmaceutical startup in a yellowing strip mall in Central Florida. Her charm, guts and drive then catapult the company and her into the high life, where she soon finds herself at the center of a criminal conspiracy with deadly consequences.
Netflix acquired global rights to the film written by Wells Tower for 50M out of this year’s Cannes Film Festival,...
- 8/29/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Chicago – The Oscars are this upcoming Sunday, March 27th, and one of the great performances of the year – nominated for Best Actress – is Jessica Chastain as Tammy Faye Bakker in “The Eyes of Tammy Faye.” The producer of the film is Gigi Pritzker.
Jessica Chastain in ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’
Photo credit: Searchlight Pictures
“The Eyes of Tammy Faye” is remarkable because of Chastain, who portrays the infamous televangelist from college age to advanced middle age (with the use of prosthetics). The film is a balanced and nuanced story of Tammy Faye, making significant commentary on the state of America and religion during her reign of influence. The ending of the film is an artistic use of cinema – by director Michael Sholwalter – and Jessica Chastain simply kills it.
The veteran producer of the “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” is Gigi Pritzker, who previously had guided Oscar nominated films like...
Jessica Chastain in ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’
Photo credit: Searchlight Pictures
“The Eyes of Tammy Faye” is remarkable because of Chastain, who portrays the infamous televangelist from college age to advanced middle age (with the use of prosthetics). The film is a balanced and nuanced story of Tammy Faye, making significant commentary on the state of America and religion during her reign of influence. The ending of the film is an artistic use of cinema – by director Michael Sholwalter – and Jessica Chastain simply kills it.
The veteran producer of the “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” is Gigi Pritzker, who previously had guided Oscar nominated films like...
- 3/23/2022
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Exclusive: Gillian Robespierre and Mathilde Dratwa (Milk and Gall) have been tapped to executive produce and pen the adaptation for Separation Anxiety, a limited series based on Laura Zigman’s bestselling novel, which has Julianne Nicholson attached to star and executive produce. Robespierre also will direct the pilot for the project, from independent studio wiip.
Separation Anxiety is described as an honest and humorous portrait of a wife and mother in limbo. Upon realizing that her life has not turned out as she hoped, Judy (Nicholson), a formerly successful children’s author and now an anxious mother and wife, sets out on a path to reclaim happiness on her own terms. Her first step? Carrying her beloved dog in an old baby carrier wherever she goes…
Wiip optioned the rights to the novel to develop as a premium TV series headlined by Nicholson. In addition to starring,...
Separation Anxiety is described as an honest and humorous portrait of a wife and mother in limbo. Upon realizing that her life has not turned out as she hoped, Judy (Nicholson), a formerly successful children’s author and now an anxious mother and wife, sets out on a path to reclaim happiness on her own terms. Her first step? Carrying her beloved dog in an old baby carrier wherever she goes…
Wiip optioned the rights to the novel to develop as a premium TV series headlined by Nicholson. In addition to starring,...
- 3/11/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
As you dash about making restaurant reservations and scheduling floral deliveries for the big holiday this weekend, do you ever think about those “non-participators”? I’m guessing that you may not during the whirlwind of “preps”. Sure. most of the “romantically challenged” hadn’t counted on joining in this Monday, but what about those who really thought they’d be toasting their “special someone”? As sort of “counter-programing” two of these “unfortunates” are the focus of a very twisted “rom-com”. This duo is completely “blindsided” by their respective “bust-ups”. So do they break out the ice cream as they plant themselves on the couch for a marathon streaming TV binge? Oh no, they hatch a scheme that loudly declares (though not out loud to the “targets”), I Want You Back.
The “shenanigans” start during a really awful weekend for our two main subjects. Funny, funky Emma (Jenny Slate) is finishing...
The “shenanigans” start during a really awful weekend for our two main subjects. Funny, funky Emma (Jenny Slate) is finishing...
- 2/10/2022
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Jason Orley’s I Want You Back starring Charlie Day and Jenny Slate will drop on Amazon Prime on Feb. 11, 2022.
The pic, written by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger follows Emma (Slate) and Peter (Day). They thought they were on the precipice of life’s biggest moments – marriage, kids, and houses in the suburbs – until their respective partners dumped them. In their thirties and terrified that they have missed their shot at happily ever after, Emma and Peter are horrified to learn that their partners have already moved on. With no prospects on the horizon and the threat of dying alone hanging over their heads, they hatch a desperate plan to put an end to their exes’ new relationships and win them back.
Peter Safran and John Rickard are producing through The Safran Company with Aptaker and Berger of The Walk-Up Company
Gina Rodriguez,...
The pic, written by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger follows Emma (Slate) and Peter (Day). They thought they were on the precipice of life’s biggest moments – marriage, kids, and houses in the suburbs – until their respective partners dumped them. In their thirties and terrified that they have missed their shot at happily ever after, Emma and Peter are horrified to learn that their partners have already moved on. With no prospects on the horizon and the threat of dying alone hanging over their heads, they hatch a desperate plan to put an end to their exes’ new relationships and win them back.
Peter Safran and John Rickard are producing through The Safran Company with Aptaker and Berger of The Walk-Up Company
Gina Rodriguez,...
- 9/24/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Abby Quinn will star in an upcoming Blumhouse and Epix movie set in Nashville opposite Shiloh Fernandez and Joshua Leonard. They join the previously announced Alexxis Lemire and Katey Sagal in the film, which has the working title of “Tattered Hearts.”
The movie centers on a promising up-and-coming country duo who seek out the secluded mansion of their idol (Sagal), a former country music star and “Music City” royalty turned recluse. What starts out as a friendly visit devolves into a twisted series of horrors forcing the friends to confront the lengths they will go to realize
their dreams. Brea Grant (“12 Hour Shift”) is directing from a script by Rachel Koller Croft.
Quinn will star as “Jordan,” singer and guitarist, and one half of the music duo. The actress had a notable role in the Sundance hit “Landline” opposite Edie Falco and Jenny Slate. She most recently starred in...
The movie centers on a promising up-and-coming country duo who seek out the secluded mansion of their idol (Sagal), a former country music star and “Music City” royalty turned recluse. What starts out as a friendly visit devolves into a twisted series of horrors forcing the friends to confront the lengths they will go to realize
their dreams. Brea Grant (“12 Hour Shift”) is directing from a script by Rachel Koller Croft.
Quinn will star as “Jordan,” singer and guitarist, and one half of the music duo. The actress had a notable role in the Sundance hit “Landline” opposite Edie Falco and Jenny Slate. She most recently starred in...
- 7/21/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Renée Zellweger has come attached to star in The Back Nine, a comedy that Sex and the City’s Michael Patrick King will direct from a script he wrote with Jhoni Marchinko and Krista Smith. The film is set at Landline Pictures, the new label of MRC Film formed by Amy Baer, the former senior executive at Sony Pictures and CBS Films.
Baer will make this her first film, and she will produce with King. Zellweger and Carmella Casinelli will be executive producers for Big Picture Co., along with Marchinko and Smith.
Zellweger, who is coming off the Best Actress Oscar win for Judy, plays Casey Jones, who gave up a golf career so that her husband could have one. When she wakes up one morning to find her 25-year old marriage in free fall and her son off to college, she dusts off the clubs she tossed aside...
Baer will make this her first film, and she will produce with King. Zellweger and Carmella Casinelli will be executive producers for Big Picture Co., along with Marchinko and Smith.
Zellweger, who is coming off the Best Actress Oscar win for Judy, plays Casey Jones, who gave up a golf career so that her husband could have one. When she wakes up one morning to find her 25-year old marriage in free fall and her son off to college, she dusts off the clubs she tossed aside...
- 4/14/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s been a minute since we’ve had a film from indie filmmaker Gillian Robespierre, known for “Obvious Child” (2014) and “Landline” (2017). That said, unlike years of past when indie filmmakers might sit and wait for a green light for years, opportunity is everywhere and she’s been extremely busy directing TV over the last few years, episodes of “Silicon Valley,” “Casual,” “Crashing, “Shrill,” HBO’s “Mrs.
Continue reading Claire Foy Teams With Director Gillian Robespierre For Erotic Merman Infatuation Tale, ‘The Pisces’ at The Playlist.
Continue reading Claire Foy Teams With Director Gillian Robespierre For Erotic Merman Infatuation Tale, ‘The Pisces’ at The Playlist.
- 1/28/2021
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Hey, "MacGyver" fans. We are back in action to deliver up another spoiler session for you wonderful guys. In this article, we're going to be sharing a few things we found out that will take place in the next,new episode 6 of MacGyver's current season 5, which is currently scheduled to debut next Friday night, January 22, 2021. The terrific folks over at CBS were so very kind enough to deliver a couple of new teaser descriptions for episode 6 via their official episode 6 press release. So, that's what we'll be bringing to you in this spoiler session. Let's get into it. To start, there is an official title for this thing. It's called, "Quarantine + N95 + Landline + Telescope + Social Distance."...
- 1/16/2021
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
Penny Smallacombe.
The Australian screen industry is on the “precipice of change” in giving more – and long overdue – recognition to Indigenous people and People of Colour creatives and stories, according to Penny Smallacombe.
As the head of Indigenous at Screen Australia, the Maramanindji woman who hails from the Northern Territory herself is an agent of change via a number of ongoing programs and upcoming new initiatives.
“This is both a scary and an exciting time,” she told Lowanna Grant in Media Ring’s The Yarning webinar. “There is a huge responsibility to do a large scale shift to bring more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders into the industry and provide more opportunities for People of Colour to tell their stories.
“I’m deeply saddened that it took the murder of George Floyd in order to be in a place where the industry is finally ready to listen to conversations about racism,...
The Australian screen industry is on the “precipice of change” in giving more – and long overdue – recognition to Indigenous people and People of Colour creatives and stories, according to Penny Smallacombe.
As the head of Indigenous at Screen Australia, the Maramanindji woman who hails from the Northern Territory herself is an agent of change via a number of ongoing programs and upcoming new initiatives.
“This is both a scary and an exciting time,” she told Lowanna Grant in Media Ring’s The Yarning webinar. “There is a huge responsibility to do a large scale shift to bring more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders into the industry and provide more opportunities for People of Colour to tell their stories.
“I’m deeply saddened that it took the murder of George Floyd in order to be in a place where the industry is finally ready to listen to conversations about racism,...
- 7/16/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Rachel Shukert was just getting back to work on Netflix's wrestling dramedy Glow after having a baby when she got an email asking whether she'd read The Baby-Sitters Club as a kid. The answer, like many Gen X and millennial women, was a resounding yes. But it had been years since she revisited the iconic '80s and '90s book series about a group of suburban Connecticut pre-teens who start a hotline for local parents to call and book them as babysitters.
Once she began discussing the idea of rebooting Ann M. Martin's series for Gen Z, however,...
Once she began discussing the idea of rebooting Ann M. Martin's series for Gen Z, however,...
While the 2020 SXSW Film Festival has been canceled due to the coronavirus, IndieWire is covering select titles from this year’s edition.
It’s a shame that Cooper Raiff’s “Shithouse” didn’t get a chance to screen at this year’s SXSW, because . And that’s all the more true because it sounds like such a potential nightmare on paper: Written, directed, and co-edited by its reluctant 22-year-old star with some help from his friends, Raiff’s vulnerable Diy gem tells a coming-of-age story about a mopey college freshman who’s struggling with the whiplash of leaving home.
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He meets a girl, they spend a magical night together, things get awkward in the morning but maybe they’ll...
It’s a shame that Cooper Raiff’s “Shithouse” didn’t get a chance to screen at this year’s SXSW, because . And that’s all the more true because it sounds like such a potential nightmare on paper: Written, directed, and co-edited by its reluctant 22-year-old star with some help from his friends, Raiff’s vulnerable Diy gem tells a coming-of-age story about a mopey college freshman who’s struggling with the whiplash of leaving home.
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He meets a girl, they spend a magical night together, things get awkward in the morning but maybe they’ll...
- 3/12/2020
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
John Turturro will star as Carmine Falcone in Matt Reeves’ “The Batman,” the director announced on Twitter on Friday.
Carmine Falcone first appeared in “Batman Begins” played by English actor Tom Wilkinson. The character made its debut in the comic books in the four-part story “Batman: Year One,” written by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli in 1987. In the comics, Carmine Falcone is a powerful mafia boss nicknamed “The Roman.”
Robert Pattinson is set to star as the Dark Knight. Reeves took over the directing gig after Ben Affleck stepped away from the role. Affleck was also expected to play Batman again but then said he would be hanging up the cape for good. Reeves has since described the film as a “defining” and “very personal” story about the Dark Knight, rather than an origin story in the vein of Frank Miller’s beloved “Year One” series.
Also Read: Andy Serkis...
Carmine Falcone first appeared in “Batman Begins” played by English actor Tom Wilkinson. The character made its debut in the comic books in the four-part story “Batman: Year One,” written by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli in 1987. In the comics, Carmine Falcone is a powerful mafia boss nicknamed “The Roman.”
Robert Pattinson is set to star as the Dark Knight. Reeves took over the directing gig after Ben Affleck stepped away from the role. Affleck was also expected to play Batman again but then said he would be hanging up the cape for good. Reeves has since described the film as a “defining” and “very personal” story about the Dark Knight, rather than an origin story in the vein of Frank Miller’s beloved “Year One” series.
Also Read: Andy Serkis...
- 11/22/2019
- by Beatrice Verhoeven and Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
HBO Max has ordered two shows to pilot, one a comedy and the other a drama. The streamer will produce both pilots.
The comedy is titled “Gumshoe.” It follows a sweet, optimistic young cop and a creepy, crime-obsessed teenager who secretly team up to solve a murder. Aaron Brownstein and Simon Ganz will write, executive produce, and serve as showrunners with Randall Einhorn set to direct and executive produce. Conan O’Brien, David Kissinger, Jeff Ross, and Larry Sullivan for Conaco.
Brownstein and Ganz have previously worked together on shows such as “Santa Clarita Diet” and “About a Boy.” They are repped by Anonymous Content and Gang Tyre.
Einhorn, meanwhile, a comedy directing veteran, having helmed multiple episodes of shows such as “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” “Parks and Recreation,” “The Office,” “Modern Family,” and “Wilfred.” He is repped by Wme, Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment, and Goodman Schenkman & Brecheen.
O’Brien continues...
The comedy is titled “Gumshoe.” It follows a sweet, optimistic young cop and a creepy, crime-obsessed teenager who secretly team up to solve a murder. Aaron Brownstein and Simon Ganz will write, executive produce, and serve as showrunners with Randall Einhorn set to direct and executive produce. Conan O’Brien, David Kissinger, Jeff Ross, and Larry Sullivan for Conaco.
Brownstein and Ganz have previously worked together on shows such as “Santa Clarita Diet” and “About a Boy.” They are repped by Anonymous Content and Gang Tyre.
Einhorn, meanwhile, a comedy directing veteran, having helmed multiple episodes of shows such as “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” “Parks and Recreation,” “The Office,” “Modern Family,” and “Wilfred.” He is repped by Wme, Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment, and Goodman Schenkman & Brecheen.
O’Brien continues...
- 11/15/2019
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
“Landline” actress Abby Quinn has been cast as the grown-up version of Paul (Paul Reiser) and Jamie (Helen Hunt) Buchman’s daughter, Mabel, on Spectrum Originals’ “Mad About You” revival, TheWrap has learned.
Charter’s Spectrum ordered the limited series back in March, revealing that Reiser and Hunt would reprise their roles from the ’90s NBC sitcom for the show, which will debut in late 2019.
Peter Tolan will serve as showrunner as well as executive producer and writer for the series and Hunt will direct the first episode. Danny Jacobson, who co-created the show with Reiser serving as an executive consultant.
“Mad About You” is the second notable series picked up by Charter’s Spectrum, alongside the “Bad Boys” spinoff, “L.A.’s Finest.”
Sony, the studio behind the former NBC sitcom,...
Charter’s Spectrum ordered the limited series back in March, revealing that Reiser and Hunt would reprise their roles from the ’90s NBC sitcom for the show, which will debut in late 2019.
Peter Tolan will serve as showrunner as well as executive producer and writer for the series and Hunt will direct the first episode. Danny Jacobson, who co-created the show with Reiser serving as an executive consultant.
“Mad About You” is the second notable series picked up by Charter’s Spectrum, alongside the “Bad Boys” spinoff, “L.A.’s Finest.”
Sony, the studio behind the former NBC sitcom,...
- 8/15/2019
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Michelle Williams gives great righteous anger. Like any talented actor, she has an incredible range — from mousy girl Friday to a giggly Marliyn Monroe to Manchester by the Sea‘s grieving matriarch — and an ability to add beautiful little nuances to the biggest of scenes. But give Williams the chance to express a wounded sense of self, and the space to let that pain transform into a sort of slowburn fury, and the woman is unstoppable. No one does quiet storms and emotional boiling-point build-ups like her. She’s a first-rate onscreen raw nerve.
- 8/7/2019
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Picturestart has acquired film rights to Rainbow Rowell’s bestselling novel Eleanor & Park. Plan B will produce with Picturestart’s Erik Feig, whose upstart production company has committed to finance the film. The author is writing the script and will be exec producer.
The novel is the bittersweet story of two misfit teenagers living in Nebraska in 1986. It poignantly captures the awkward, sometimes painful, minefield of the high school experience — and the wonder of first love. Protagonists Eleanor and Park connect on the school bus, through comic books and mix tapes, and fall headfirst for each other, even though they know it will bring them trouble. The book won multiple awards, including a Printz Honor and the Goodreads Choice Award, and was named one of year’s best by the New York Times, Publisher’s Weekly and Kirkus Reviews among others. Eleanor & Park has sold more than 1 million copies to date,...
The novel is the bittersweet story of two misfit teenagers living in Nebraska in 1986. It poignantly captures the awkward, sometimes painful, minefield of the high school experience — and the wonder of first love. Protagonists Eleanor and Park connect on the school bus, through comic books and mix tapes, and fall headfirst for each other, even though they know it will bring them trouble. The book won multiple awards, including a Printz Honor and the Goodreads Choice Award, and was named one of year’s best by the New York Times, Publisher’s Weekly and Kirkus Reviews among others. Eleanor & Park has sold more than 1 million copies to date,...
- 5/14/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The cast is of Little Women is coming together as production on this film is slated to being this month. Actress Abby Quinn has come aboard the latest adaptation from Greta Gerwig and Sony Pictures. Quinn will play Annie who, in the classic Louisa May Alcott novel, was Meg’s fashionable and wealthy friend.
She joins an impressive cast list that includes Meryl Streep, Timothee Chalamet, Saoirse Ronan, Laura Dern, Chris Cooper, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlon, James Norton, Louis Garrel, and Bob Odenkirk.
Former Sony Chair Amy Pascal, Denise Di Novi, and Robin Swicord are producing. Andrea Giannetti will oversee the production for Columbia Pictures.
Quinn recently starred in the Gillian Robespierre-directed comedy Landline and will soon be seen in Paramount’s Bumblebee standalone film and After The Wedding, which stars Michelle Williams and Julianne Moore
She’s repped by CAA and Rebecca Kitt and Associates.
She joins an impressive cast list that includes Meryl Streep, Timothee Chalamet, Saoirse Ronan, Laura Dern, Chris Cooper, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlon, James Norton, Louis Garrel, and Bob Odenkirk.
Former Sony Chair Amy Pascal, Denise Di Novi, and Robin Swicord are producing. Andrea Giannetti will oversee the production for Columbia Pictures.
Quinn recently starred in the Gillian Robespierre-directed comedy Landline and will soon be seen in Paramount’s Bumblebee standalone film and After The Wedding, which stars Michelle Williams and Julianne Moore
She’s repped by CAA and Rebecca Kitt and Associates.
- 10/3/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Jason Ropell is out as the head of Amazon Studio’s film division, Variety has confirmed.
Ted Hope and Matt Newman will serve as interim leaders of the unit, but neither man is expected to take on the job full time, according to an insider. Ropell has been with Amazon for six years, two and a half of which have been spent in the movie end of the business. He will serve as a consultant for the company. Hope is currently head of film production and Newman is in charge of international film strategy.
Amazon will conduct a search for Ropell’s replacement. His ouster comes as newly minted Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke is shaking things up. Although nothing has been set in stone, Salke is moving the company in a different direction and is believed to be looking to back projects on both the film and television front...
Ted Hope and Matt Newman will serve as interim leaders of the unit, but neither man is expected to take on the job full time, according to an insider. Ropell has been with Amazon for six years, two and a half of which have been spent in the movie end of the business. He will serve as a consultant for the company. Hope is currently head of film production and Newman is in charge of international film strategy.
Amazon will conduct a search for Ropell’s replacement. His ouster comes as newly minted Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke is shaking things up. Although nothing has been set in stone, Salke is moving the company in a different direction and is believed to be looking to back projects on both the film and television front...
- 7/24/2018
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Amazon Studios’ hire of NBC Entertainment veteran Jennifer Salke as its new president should bode well for its TV production, which needs a seasoned hand to develop its own must-see TV. However, while she has no background in film development or production, Amazon’s film division will also need her leadership to focus its own strategy.
Read More:Amazon Officially Names NBC’s Jennifer Salke To Head Up Its Studio, Overseeing Both TV and Film
Amazon Studios’ chief operating officer Albert Cheng, who served as its interim head following Roy Price’s resignation last fall, will report to Salke, as will Jason Ropell, VP and worldwide head of motion pictures for Amazon Studios and Prime Video. This resolves one matter up front: After Price’s exit, Ropell refused to report to Cheng and reported directly to Seattle-based Amazon senior VP Jeff Blackburn. With new leadership in place, however, the deep-pocked production...
Read More:Amazon Officially Names NBC’s Jennifer Salke To Head Up Its Studio, Overseeing Both TV and Film
Amazon Studios’ chief operating officer Albert Cheng, who served as its interim head following Roy Price’s resignation last fall, will report to Salke, as will Jason Ropell, VP and worldwide head of motion pictures for Amazon Studios and Prime Video. This resolves one matter up front: After Price’s exit, Ropell refused to report to Cheng and reported directly to Seattle-based Amazon senior VP Jeff Blackburn. With new leadership in place, however, the deep-pocked production...
- 2/9/2018
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
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Here’s a first look at Hailee Steinfeld in Bumblebee, from Paramount Pictures.
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld), on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary, yellow Vw bug.
Bumblebee is produced by “Transformers” franchise veterans Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Michael Bay, along withexecutive producers Steven Spielberg, Brian Goldner and Mark Vahradian. Chris Brigham (“Argo,” “Inception”) will also executive produce. The screenplay is written by Christina Hodson (“Unforgettable”).
Directed by Travis Knight (“Kubo And The Two Strings,” “Coraline”), the film stars Hailee Steinfeld (“Edge Of Seventeen”), Pamela Adlon (“Better Things,...
Here’s a first look at Hailee Steinfeld in Bumblebee, from Paramount Pictures.
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld), on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary, yellow Vw bug.
Bumblebee is produced by “Transformers” franchise veterans Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Michael Bay, along withexecutive producers Steven Spielberg, Brian Goldner and Mark Vahradian. Chris Brigham (“Argo,” “Inception”) will also executive produce. The screenplay is written by Christina Hodson (“Unforgettable”).
Directed by Travis Knight (“Kubo And The Two Strings,” “Coraline”), the film stars Hailee Steinfeld (“Edge Of Seventeen”), Pamela Adlon (“Better Things,...
- 12/30/2017
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
Allied (Robert Zemeckis)
That thing we can’t take for granted: a film whose many parts – period piece, war picture, blood-spattered actioner, deception-fueled espionage thriller, sexy romance, and, at certain turns, comedy – can gracefully move in conjunction and separate from each other, just as its labyrinthine-but-not-quite plot jumps from one setpiece to the next with little trouble in maintaining a consistency of overall pleasure. Another late-career triumph for Robert Zemeckis,...
Allied (Robert Zemeckis)
That thing we can’t take for granted: a film whose many parts – period piece, war picture, blood-spattered actioner, deception-fueled espionage thriller, sexy romance, and, at certain turns, comedy – can gracefully move in conjunction and separate from each other, just as its labyrinthine-but-not-quite plot jumps from one setpiece to the next with little trouble in maintaining a consistency of overall pleasure. Another late-career triumph for Robert Zemeckis,...
- 11/17/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
As 2017 winds down, like most cinephiles, we’re looking to get our hands on the titles that may have slipped under the radar or simply gone unseen. With the proliferation of streaming options, it’s thankfully easier than ever to play catch-up, and to assist with the process, we’re bringing you a rundown of the best titles of the year available to watch.
Curated from the Best Films of 2017 So Far list we published for the first half of the year, it also includes films we’ve enjoyed the past few months and some we’ve recently caught up on. This is far from a be-all, end-all year-end feature (that will come at the end of the year), but rather something that will hopefully be a helpful tool for readers to have a chance to seek out notable, perhaps underseen, titles from the year.
Note that we’re going by U.
Curated from the Best Films of 2017 So Far list we published for the first half of the year, it also includes films we’ve enjoyed the past few months and some we’ve recently caught up on. This is far from a be-all, end-all year-end feature (that will come at the end of the year), but rather something that will hopefully be a helpful tool for readers to have a chance to seek out notable, perhaps underseen, titles from the year.
Note that we’re going by U.
- 10/25/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
By Spencer Coile
During a pivotal scene in Gillian Robespierre's Landline, just out on DVD, a familiar song begins to play. Curious to figure out what it was, I quickly Shazamed it on my phone to discover that it was Angel Olsen's 2016 song "Sister." It is an epic song -- almost eight minutes long, discussing the longing nature of wanting to change. I was initially delighted to hear a song that resonated with me back when years ago. But why was a tune from the late 2010's playing in a film that takes place in 1995?
Landline is a film that is all about time. It is rooted firmly in the mid-90's with plenty of political, social, and pop culture references (Jenny Slate's Dana remarks that her and her fiancé rented Curly Sue from Blockbuster and that "it's a good film"). The use of "Sister," however, speaks...
During a pivotal scene in Gillian Robespierre's Landline, just out on DVD, a familiar song begins to play. Curious to figure out what it was, I quickly Shazamed it on my phone to discover that it was Angel Olsen's 2016 song "Sister." It is an epic song -- almost eight minutes long, discussing the longing nature of wanting to change. I was initially delighted to hear a song that resonated with me back when years ago. But why was a tune from the late 2010's playing in a film that takes place in 1995?
Landline is a film that is all about time. It is rooted firmly in the mid-90's with plenty of political, social, and pop culture references (Jenny Slate's Dana remarks that her and her fiancé rented Curly Sue from Blockbuster and that "it's a good film"). The use of "Sister," however, speaks...
- 10/20/2017
- by Spencer Coile
- FilmExperience
New to Streaming: ‘Dawson City: Frozen Time,’ ‘Marjorie Prime,’ ‘Lady Macbeth,’ ‘Landline,’ and More
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
Abundant Acreage Available (Angus MacLachlan)
Faith-based cinema is as diverse a genre as there is, from the extreme, often violent portraits of devotion from established directors like Martin Scorsese and Mel Gibson, to the attacks on logic in the God’s Not Dead and Left Behind pictures. Angus MacLachlan, a great storyteller of the not-too-deep south, offers a nuanced example of what this genre can bring, returning with the moving Abundant Acreage Available.
Abundant Acreage Available (Angus MacLachlan)
Faith-based cinema is as diverse a genre as there is, from the extreme, often violent portraits of devotion from established directors like Martin Scorsese and Mel Gibson, to the attacks on logic in the God’s Not Dead and Left Behind pictures. Angus MacLachlan, a great storyteller of the not-too-deep south, offers a nuanced example of what this genre can bring, returning with the moving Abundant Acreage Available.
- 10/6/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Netflix’s new animated comedy “Big Mouth” takes on adolescence from a distinctly adult point of view, tracking the middle school adventures of a pack of tweens whose bodies are changing in crazy ways. Fortunately, their antics are brought to life by the crème de la crème of voice acting — starting with the powerhouse himself, co-creator Nick Kroll.
It wasn’t a surprise when Kroll, an executive producer of the show, recruited his friend and Broadway co-star John Mulaney to the roster. After that, the voice cast list seems to be a handful of your favorite SNL alums and comedy icons. Even Dick Whitman makes a small, yet savory appearance.
Read More:‘Big Mouth’ Review: Nick Kroll’s Exemplary Netflix Comedy is a Horrifying and Hilarious Portrait of Childhood Nick Kroll (Nick, Hormone Monster, Coach Steve, Lola, Ladybug, Janitor, Nick Starr, Joe Walsh, Coach Hormone Monster, Ghost of Picasso,...
It wasn’t a surprise when Kroll, an executive producer of the show, recruited his friend and Broadway co-star John Mulaney to the roster. After that, the voice cast list seems to be a handful of your favorite SNL alums and comedy icons. Even Dick Whitman makes a small, yet savory appearance.
Read More:‘Big Mouth’ Review: Nick Kroll’s Exemplary Netflix Comedy is a Horrifying and Hilarious Portrait of Childhood Nick Kroll (Nick, Hormone Monster, Coach Steve, Lola, Ladybug, Janitor, Nick Starr, Joe Walsh, Coach Hormone Monster, Ghost of Picasso,...
- 9/30/2017
- by Raelyn Giansanti and Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
So you’ve made a film. Congrats. But you’re not out of the woodwork yet. You may never be. The four filmmakers and one producer who appeared on the Ifp Week panel called “On Working (and Staying) in Indie Film Today” had vastly different stories to tell about how they turned movie-making into an actual job. The biggest name on the panel was Gillian Robespierre. Having directed and co-written the indie hits Obvious Child and this summer’s Landline, she has more stability than most in her field, having parlayed those successes into TV work on top of a future making her […]...
- 9/21/2017
- by Matt Prigge
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Drama will premiere in Toronto, followed by a theatrical release in early 2018.
The Orchard has acquired worldwide rights to Lynn Shelton’s drama Outside In, starring Jay Duplass and Edie Falco.
The Orchard has worldwide theatrical, digital rental and sales, cable/satellite VOD, airline, DVD and soundtrack rights to Outside In.
Following The Orchard’s theatrical and digital release, Netflix will be releasing the film on its worldwide streaming platform.
Outside In, written by Lynn Shelton and Jay Duplass, centres on Carol (Falco), a high school teacher, and Chris (Duplass), her ex-student, as they explore a relationship after his release from a 20-year prison sentence. While Chris navigates his re-entry into the world, Carol works to rebuild her family, and reconnect with her teenage daughter.
Kaitlyn Dever and Ben Schwartz star alongside Falco and Duplass in the film produced by Mel Eslyn and Lacey Leavitt.
The film features an original score from singer-songwriter Andrew Bird and was...
The Orchard has acquired worldwide rights to Lynn Shelton’s drama Outside In, starring Jay Duplass and Edie Falco.
The Orchard has worldwide theatrical, digital rental and sales, cable/satellite VOD, airline, DVD and soundtrack rights to Outside In.
Following The Orchard’s theatrical and digital release, Netflix will be releasing the film on its worldwide streaming platform.
Outside In, written by Lynn Shelton and Jay Duplass, centres on Carol (Falco), a high school teacher, and Chris (Duplass), her ex-student, as they explore a relationship after his release from a 20-year prison sentence. While Chris navigates his re-entry into the world, Carol works to rebuild her family, and reconnect with her teenage daughter.
Kaitlyn Dever and Ben Schwartz star alongside Falco and Duplass in the film produced by Mel Eslyn and Lacey Leavitt.
The film features an original score from singer-songwriter Andrew Bird and was...
- 8/17/2017
- ScreenDaily
Ifp’s signature event, Ifp Week, has this year expanded to include a slew of public screenings, talks, meet ups, and exhibitions, all centered on cutting-edge independent content for the big screen, small screen, and Internet. This year will play home to faces old and new — including a number of exciting speakers who return to Ifp Week after launching their careers at the annual event, including speakers like Barry Jenkins and Dee Rees.
Read More:Why the Safdie Brothers Decided to Put Robert Pattinson in Their Gritty World of New York Amateurs
Under the leadership of Head of Programming Amy Dotson and producer Erik Luers, the Ifp Week talks and events will run September 17 – 21 in and around Brooklyn, NY at Bric, The William Vale Hotel, and Ifp’s headquarters, Made in NY Media Center by Ifp.
Check out the newest additions to the Ifp Week schedule, including Filmmaker Magazine Talks, the Ifp Screen Forward Conference,...
Read More:Why the Safdie Brothers Decided to Put Robert Pattinson in Their Gritty World of New York Amateurs
Under the leadership of Head of Programming Amy Dotson and producer Erik Luers, the Ifp Week talks and events will run September 17 – 21 in and around Brooklyn, NY at Bric, The William Vale Hotel, and Ifp’s headquarters, Made in NY Media Center by Ifp.
Check out the newest additions to the Ifp Week schedule, including Filmmaker Magazine Talks, the Ifp Screen Forward Conference,...
- 8/15/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
It’s nostalgia time at the ole’ multiplex once again. So, is it a tender coming of age story set in the 50’s, or a raunchy comedy with the stoners of the 60’s? Nope, it’s a family “dramedy” set in the long ago 1990’s !?! Aw, come on! I can get the 80’s “throwbacks’ with TV shows like “The Goldbergs” and “Stranger Things”. And this Summer’s big animated hit Despicable Me 3 even has a villain (Balthazar Bratt) whose whole schtick was that tacky decade. But the 90’s already? Excuse the venting, I know I now know how my folks must’ve felt about “Happy Days” in the 70’s. Despite the era, this new flick seems closer to the NYC intellectual upper class (upper East side) quirky slice of life cinema forged by Woody Allen. So. let’s set the cinema “way-back” machine to 1995, when few folks had cellular phones,...
- 8/4/2017
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Pretty much everyone in the world knows that indie darling Jenny Slate dated Captain America (aka her Gifted co-star Chris Evans) when she was fresh off her divorce from Dean Fleisher-Camp in 2016. Fans may have been rooting for the unlikely pair, but unfortunately, their love was fleeting and the two split in February after nine months of dating. However, the actress has dusted herself off and is doing a-okay professionally and personally. Her new film Landline hit theaters on July 21, and the SNL alum has also recently been linked to Jon Hamm (the two were spotted at a movie together in June). In her new interview with Marie Claire, Slate opened up on a bevy of personal topics include her past romance...
- 8/1/2017
- E! Online
The Transformers franchise may never actually end. Transformers: The Last Knight, which has seen its domestic theatrical run nearly come to a complete close, only made $128.8 million domestically, down from the fourth chapter's $245 million, and Dark of the Moon's $352 million. In olden days, this would spell disaster for a blockbuster franchise, but due to growing global markets where Transformers has had insane success, there will be no shortage of Transformers films in the coming years. In fact, Transformers is becoming a proper movie universe like the Marvel Cinematic Universe, DC Extended Universe, and Dark Universe, with the next film set to be the spinoff titled Bumblebee.
Today, in a press release, Paramount Pictures announced a new release date, new cast members, and a synopsis for the first of the spinoff films following Michael Bay's departure from directing the series -- as he promised. Production started today, with Bumblebee now...
Today, in a press release, Paramount Pictures announced a new release date, new cast members, and a synopsis for the first of the spinoff films following Michael Bay's departure from directing the series -- as he promised. Production started today, with Bumblebee now...
- 8/1/2017
- by Nick Doll
- LRMonline.com
The Bumblebee movie has released a lot of news in one day with casting, release date, and a return to a simpler driving experience.
A press release from Paramount announced today the Transformers Bumblebee spinoff movie began principal photography and will shoot entirely in California. The movie will take place in 1987 with the Autobot scout on the run, hurt, and alone. Taking refuge in a junkyard he is discovered by a young girl named Charlie played by Hailee Steinfeld. She helps repair him and befriends the yellow Vw bug who is more than meets the eye. Back up for a second, Volkswagen Beetle? Yes guys the bee is returning to his form that he was first introduced to us in. Now I fully expect at some point he’ll become a newer version of the bot we saw in the first Transformers movie. But for now I can’t wait...
A press release from Paramount announced today the Transformers Bumblebee spinoff movie began principal photography and will shoot entirely in California. The movie will take place in 1987 with the Autobot scout on the run, hurt, and alone. Taking refuge in a junkyard he is discovered by a young girl named Charlie played by Hailee Steinfeld. She helps repair him and befriends the yellow Vw bug who is more than meets the eye. Back up for a second, Volkswagen Beetle? Yes guys the bee is returning to his form that he was first introduced to us in. Now I fully expect at some point he’ll become a newer version of the bot we saw in the first Transformers movie. But for now I can’t wait...
- 8/1/2017
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Jason The X)
- Cinelinx
Bumblebee in Transformers: The Last Knight, from Paramount Pictures.
Paramount Pictures, in association with Hasbro, announced today that principal photography has commenced on Bumblebee.
The film’s shoot will take place entirely in California, including in Southern and Northern California.
Directed by Travis Knight (“Kubo And The Two Strings,” “Coraline”), the film stars Hailee Steinfeld (“Edge Of Seventeen”), Pamela Adlon (“Better Things,””Louie”), John Cena (“Daddy’S Home 2,” “Trainwreck”), Stephen Schneider (Comedy Central’s “Broad City”), Jorge Lendeborg Jr. (“Spider-man: Homecoming”), Jason Drucker (“Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul”), Kenneth Choi (“American Crime Story”), Ricardo Hoyos (“Degrassi: Next Class”), Abby Quinn (“Landline,” “The Sisterhood Of The Night”), Rachel Crow (“Deidra & Laney Rob A Train”), and Grace Dzienny (“Zoo”).
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld), on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world,...
Paramount Pictures, in association with Hasbro, announced today that principal photography has commenced on Bumblebee.
The film’s shoot will take place entirely in California, including in Southern and Northern California.
Directed by Travis Knight (“Kubo And The Two Strings,” “Coraline”), the film stars Hailee Steinfeld (“Edge Of Seventeen”), Pamela Adlon (“Better Things,””Louie”), John Cena (“Daddy’S Home 2,” “Trainwreck”), Stephen Schneider (Comedy Central’s “Broad City”), Jorge Lendeborg Jr. (“Spider-man: Homecoming”), Jason Drucker (“Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul”), Kenneth Choi (“American Crime Story”), Ricardo Hoyos (“Degrassi: Next Class”), Abby Quinn (“Landline,” “The Sisterhood Of The Night”), Rachel Crow (“Deidra & Laney Rob A Train”), and Grace Dzienny (“Zoo”).
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld), on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world,...
- 7/31/2017
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Welcome to Career Watch, a vocational checkup of top actors and directors, and those who hope to get there. In this edition we take on Italian-American actor-director John Turturro, who stars in Richard Price and Steve Zaillian’s widely hailed limited series “The Night Of” (HBO).
Bottom Line: For 37 years, versatile New York actor John Turturro has delivered memorable characters who can be incredibly smart (“Quiz Show”) or insanely stupid (bowler Jesus Quintano in “The Big Lebowski”), lovable (“Fading Gigolo”) or menacing (the pool hustler in Martin Scorsese’s “The Color Of Money”). He’s a go-to player for both the Coens and Spike Lee as well as a reliable character actor for Hollywood tentpoles such as “The Transformers.”
Career Peaks: After winning a scholarship to the Yale Drama School and performing Ibsen, Ionesco, and John Patrick Shanley off-Broadway, Turturro got stuck playing violent killers in films like “Five Corners...
Bottom Line: For 37 years, versatile New York actor John Turturro has delivered memorable characters who can be incredibly smart (“Quiz Show”) or insanely stupid (bowler Jesus Quintano in “The Big Lebowski”), lovable (“Fading Gigolo”) or menacing (the pool hustler in Martin Scorsese’s “The Color Of Money”). He’s a go-to player for both the Coens and Spike Lee as well as a reliable character actor for Hollywood tentpoles such as “The Transformers.”
Career Peaks: After winning a scholarship to the Yale Drama School and performing Ibsen, Ionesco, and John Patrick Shanley off-Broadway, Turturro got stuck playing violent killers in films like “Five Corners...
- 7/31/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Welcome to Career Watch, a vocational checkup of top actors and directors, and those who hope to get there. In this edition we take on Italian-American actor-director John Turturro, who stars in Richard Price and Steve Zaillian’s widely hailed limited series “The Night Of” (HBO).
Bottom Line: For 37 years, versatile New York actor John Turturro has delivered memorable characters who can be incredibly smart (“Quiz Show”) or insanely stupid (bowler Jesus Quintano in “The Big Lebowski”), lovable (“Fading Gigolo”) or menacing (the pool hustler in Martin Scorsese’s “The Color Of Money”). He’s a go-to player for both the Coens and Spike Lee as well as a reliable character actor for Hollywood tentpoles such as “The Transformers.”
Career Peaks: After winning a scholarship to the Yale Drama School and performing Ibsen, Ionesco, and John Patrick Shanley off-Broadway, Turturro got stuck playing violent killers in films like “Five Corners...
Bottom Line: For 37 years, versatile New York actor John Turturro has delivered memorable characters who can be incredibly smart (“Quiz Show”) or insanely stupid (bowler Jesus Quintano in “The Big Lebowski”), lovable (“Fading Gigolo”) or menacing (the pool hustler in Martin Scorsese’s “The Color Of Money”). He’s a go-to player for both the Coens and Spike Lee as well as a reliable character actor for Hollywood tentpoles such as “The Transformers.”
Career Peaks: After winning a scholarship to the Yale Drama School and performing Ibsen, Ionesco, and John Patrick Shanley off-Broadway, Turturro got stuck playing violent killers in films like “Five Corners...
- 7/31/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Chicago – It takes a collaborative village to make a movie, and part of that collective came to Chicago to promote “Landline.” Director Gillian Robespierre, Co-Writer Elisabeth Holm and debut actress Abby Quinn were essential to the film, which is set in 1990s New York City and features Jenny Slate in the lead role.
“Landline” refers to the 1990s period just before the tech/mobile phone boom and the loss of grit in urban New York City. Based on the growing-up experiences of Gillian Robespierre and co-writer Elisabeth Holm, the story is about transitions… Dana (Jenny Slate) to adulthood, the last days of being a teenager for her sister Ali (Abby Quinn) and the dissolution of their parent’s marriage (as portrayed by Edie Falco and John Turturro). It has a bit of a “slamming doors” edge to it, as misunderstandings and family connections blend into a very human story. Slate,...
“Landline” refers to the 1990s period just before the tech/mobile phone boom and the loss of grit in urban New York City. Based on the growing-up experiences of Gillian Robespierre and co-writer Elisabeth Holm, the story is about transitions… Dana (Jenny Slate) to adulthood, the last days of being a teenager for her sister Ali (Abby Quinn) and the dissolution of their parent’s marriage (as portrayed by Edie Falco and John Turturro). It has a bit of a “slamming doors” edge to it, as misunderstandings and family connections blend into a very human story. Slate,...
- 7/31/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – Jenny Slate keeps getting more high profile, both in voiceover work (“The Secret Life of Pets”) and as an actress. Her latest film is “Landline,” her second with director Gillian Robespierre. In the film, Slate portrays an engaged-to-be-married “adult” who is having trouble coming to terms with her life.
“Landline” is set in 1990s New York City, just before the tech/mobile phone boom and the loss of grit in the Big Apple. Based on the growing-up experiences of Gillian Robespierre and co-writer Elisabeth Holm, the story is about transitions… Slate’s character to adulthood, the last days of being a teenager for her sister Ali (Abby Quinn) and the dissolution of their parent’s marriage (as portrayed by Edie Falco and John Turturro). It has a bit of a “slamming doors” edge to it, as misunderstandings and family connections blend into a very human story. Slate and Robespierre...
“Landline” is set in 1990s New York City, just before the tech/mobile phone boom and the loss of grit in the Big Apple. Based on the growing-up experiences of Gillian Robespierre and co-writer Elisabeth Holm, the story is about transitions… Slate’s character to adulthood, the last days of being a teenager for her sister Ali (Abby Quinn) and the dissolution of their parent’s marriage (as portrayed by Edie Falco and John Turturro). It has a bit of a “slamming doors” edge to it, as misunderstandings and family connections blend into a very human story. Slate and Robespierre...
- 7/31/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
MaryAnn’s quick take… A charming delight in a retro timeslip. Gillian Robespierre and Jenny Slate continue their rampage of creating wonderfully, memorably flawed women onscreen. I’m “biast” (pro): I’m desperate for movies about women
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Manhattan, 1995. It is a strange land of payphones on street corners, dot-matrix printers, and smoking indoors in public places. It was a time when the lack of smartphones, unlimited texting, and social media made it possible to actually take a break from someone without having to ghost them. This is the realm in which 30something Dana (Jenny Slate: The Lego Batman Movie) exists as finds herself needing some space from her fiancé, Ben (Jay Duplass: Paper Towns); we could see that she maybe wasn’t really into the whole marriage idea before she admitted it to herself.
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Manhattan, 1995. It is a strange land of payphones on street corners, dot-matrix printers, and smoking indoors in public places. It was a time when the lack of smartphones, unlimited texting, and social media made it possible to actually take a break from someone without having to ghost them. This is the realm in which 30something Dana (Jenny Slate: The Lego Batman Movie) exists as finds herself needing some space from her fiancé, Ben (Jay Duplass: Paper Towns); we could see that she maybe wasn’t really into the whole marriage idea before she admitted it to herself.
- 7/28/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Gillian Robespierre’s Obvious Child was about one quirky character going through some pretty difficult stuff, and her follow-up movie, Landline, is about an entire family of quirky characters going through some pretty difficult stuff. It stars John Turturro, Edie Falco, Abby Quinn, and Obvious Child’s Jenny Slate, and if you live in Chicago and would like to take one member of your own quirky family to check it out, The A.V. Club is giving away free passes to any Monday through Thursday screening of Landline at Chicago’s Regal Webster Place theater after it opens on July 28. All you need to do is fill out the form at this link.
You can see a trailer for Landline below.
You can see a trailer for Landline below.
- 7/25/2017
- by Sam Barsanti
- avclub.com
As “The Big Sick” crosses over to 2,500 theaters and “Dunkirk” takes up all the oxygen as the best-reviewed film of the year, this is a quiet moment for specialized releases. Here’s where they stand.
Read More‘Landline’ First Trailer: Gillian Robespierre and Jenny Slate Reunite For A Must-See Summer Indie
Opening
Landline (Magnolia) Metacritic: 65; Festivals include: Sundance, San Francisco, Seattle 2017
$52,336 in 4 theaters; PTA (per theater average): $13,084
Amazon brought Magnolia on board to handle theatrical on this Sundance acquisition, a complicated family drama about adult kids dealing with parental infidelity and sibling dynamics, with an eclectic cast including Edie Falco, John Turturro, and Jenny Slate. Opening in four top New York/Los Angeles theaters, this scored the best numbers for the weekend but otherwise not especially impressive. Saturday grosses fell slightly from Friday (in-person appearances were a likely factor).
What comes next: Magnolia adds 35 new dates this Friday...
Read More‘Landline’ First Trailer: Gillian Robespierre and Jenny Slate Reunite For A Must-See Summer Indie
Opening
Landline (Magnolia) Metacritic: 65; Festivals include: Sundance, San Francisco, Seattle 2017
$52,336 in 4 theaters; PTA (per theater average): $13,084
Amazon brought Magnolia on board to handle theatrical on this Sundance acquisition, a complicated family drama about adult kids dealing with parental infidelity and sibling dynamics, with an eclectic cast including Edie Falco, John Turturro, and Jenny Slate. Opening in four top New York/Los Angeles theaters, this scored the best numbers for the weekend but otherwise not especially impressive. Saturday grosses fell slightly from Friday (in-person appearances were a likely factor).
What comes next: Magnolia adds 35 new dates this Friday...
- 7/23/2017
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Amazon Studios/Magnolia Pictures opened mid-’90s-set comedy Landline with Jenny Slate, Edie Falco, Abby Quinn, Jay Duplass and John Turturro in four theaters Friday, easily capturing the best per-theater average among the specialties opening this frame and the second-best overall at just over $13,000. The 2017 Sundance title was a stand-out in an otherwise fairly slow weekend for limited-release films trying to carve a niche as counter-programming to summer blockbusters…...
- 7/23/2017
- Deadline
[Warning: The following story contains spoilers for Landline.]
The 1990s-set indie dramedy Landline is often described as a reunion of the star (Jenny Slate), writer-director (Gillian Robespierre) and writer-producer (Elisabeth Holm) of Obvious Child. But the Amazon Studios movie, currently in theaters, also marks the first major film role for Abby Quinn, who plays teenage younger sister Ali.
At the beginning of the film, Ali has seemingly isolated herself from the rest of her family, mouthing off to her parents and her adult sister Dana (Slate). But after she discovers, via floppy disk, that her father (John Turturro) is having...
The 1990s-set indie dramedy Landline is often described as a reunion of the star (Jenny Slate), writer-director (Gillian Robespierre) and writer-producer (Elisabeth Holm) of Obvious Child. But the Amazon Studios movie, currently in theaters, also marks the first major film role for Abby Quinn, who plays teenage younger sister Ali.
At the beginning of the film, Ali has seemingly isolated herself from the rest of her family, mouthing off to her parents and her adult sister Dana (Slate). But after she discovers, via floppy disk, that her father (John Turturro) is having...
- 7/23/2017
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Gillian Robespierre shot to critical acclaim with her 2014 directorial debut Obvious Child. She followed that up with the seminal Landline released this year. Characterized by her sharp sense of humor, Robespierre’s films deal in controversial topics like abortion, told through the eyes of her strong, feminine leading roles. I know what you’re thinking: ‘yeah yeah, we’ve seen the films, tell us something we don’t know’. Well, that’s what I’m going to do. Here’s 5 things you probably don’t know, about Gillian Robespierre. Her dad was a film buff That’s right, Gillian Robespierre’s father was a huge film buff, who
5 Things You Didn’t Know about Gillian Robespierre...
5 Things You Didn’t Know about Gillian Robespierre...
- 7/21/2017
- by Nat Berman
- TVovermind.com
Amazon Studios/Magnolia Pictures' Landline with Jenny Slate, Edie Falco and John Turturro is one of the Specialty titles going out this weekend against big tickets like Dunkirk and Girls Trip. Music Box Films' The Midwife starring Catherine Deneuve opens stateside following a successful run in France, and Oscilloscope's documentary Santoalla, about a strange disappearance in rural Spain, and Shudder thriller Kuso, the directorial debut of DJ, producer and rapper Flying…...
- 7/21/2017
- Deadline
Jenny Slate, Gillian Robespierre and Elisabeth Holm have gotten really good about finding the comedy in what could easily be seen as something tragic.
The actress, writer-director and writer-producer, respectively, went from an abortion rom-com, Obvious Child, into a movie about infidelity and divorce that also happens to be a '90s-set comedy. Landline, out today, is set in 1995 New York and follows two sisters, played by Jenny Slate and relative newcomer Abby Quinn, and a mother (Edie Falco) discovering and handling the fallout of their dad/husband's (John Turturro) affair in their own unique ways.
Slate, Robespierre and Holm talked to The...
The actress, writer-director and writer-producer, respectively, went from an abortion rom-com, Obvious Child, into a movie about infidelity and divorce that also happens to be a '90s-set comedy. Landline, out today, is set in 1995 New York and follows two sisters, played by Jenny Slate and relative newcomer Abby Quinn, and a mother (Edie Falco) discovering and handling the fallout of their dad/husband's (John Turturro) affair in their own unique ways.
Slate, Robespierre and Holm talked to The...
- 7/21/2017
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jenny Slate is loving the single life.
Last year, the actress, 35, split from her husband and frequent creative collaborator, Dean Fleischer-Camp. Since their breakup, Slate’s dated Hollywood heartthrob Chris Evans and enjoyed nights out with eligible bachelors like Jon Hamm.
“This is the first time in my adult life that I haven’t been in a relationship, that I’m just all alone, and I do whatever I like to do,” she recently told Vanity Fair. “Because I’m a person who also likes to keep an eye on my mental health and my body health, I’ve treated myself nicely.
Last year, the actress, 35, split from her husband and frequent creative collaborator, Dean Fleischer-Camp. Since their breakup, Slate’s dated Hollywood heartthrob Chris Evans and enjoyed nights out with eligible bachelors like Jon Hamm.
“This is the first time in my adult life that I haven’t been in a relationship, that I’m just all alone, and I do whatever I like to do,” she recently told Vanity Fair. “Because I’m a person who also likes to keep an eye on my mental health and my body health, I’ve treated myself nicely.
- 7/21/2017
- by Mike Miller
- PEOPLE.com
Talk about a hard act to follow: Landline brings together the same sublime actress (Jenny Slate) and filmmaker (Gillian Robespierre) who put a sting in the tail of every joke in Obvious Child, their 2014 romcom about abortion. Ok, their movie about a stand-up comedian negotiating the pitfalls of 21st-century romance dug deeper than that pithy description – and the duo's follow-up also offers far more than meets the eye. But there's something missing that’s hard to pin down.
Set long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away – that would...
Set long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away – that would...
- 7/20/2017
- Rollingstone.com
With over two decades’ acting experience and four Emmy wins under her belt, Edie Falco has the craft of acting down to a science. From playing Carmela Soprano on “The Sopranos” to Jackie Peyton on “Nurse Jackie” to Sylvia Wittel on “Horace and Pete,” Falco has proven time and again that there’s not a role she can’t master. Now starring in “Landline” with Jenny Slate and John Turturro out July 21, the actor recently sat with comedian and actor Marc Maron (“Glow”) for his hit podcast, “Wtf with Marc Maron,” where they chatted about everything from being sober to bringing a character to life. It’s a wonderful deep-dive of a conversation; listen to it in full here. Below, Backstage picked out the top eight nuggets of insight from Falco that should be required knowledge for everyone in show business. All actors work differently. Don’t compare yourself to others in class.
- 7/19/2017
- backstage.com
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