Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman will star in the movie adaptation of the play “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” for Netflix.
George C. Wolfe (“Lackawanna Blues”) will direct from a script by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, based on the award-winning play by August Wilson. Other cast include Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo (“If Beale Street Could Talk”) and Michael Potts.
Denzel Washington is producing with Todd Black and Dany Wolf. Constanza Romero is executive producing. Academy Award winner Ann Roth is the costume designer and Branford Marsalis has been signed as the composer.
The story centers on Ma Rainey, the pioneering “Queen of the Blues,” during the time she is making a record in a studio in Chicago in 1927 with tensions boiling between her, her white agent and producer and her bandmates. The play won the 1985 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best American Play.
Netflix announced the project on Wednesday. Filming...
George C. Wolfe (“Lackawanna Blues”) will direct from a script by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, based on the award-winning play by August Wilson. Other cast include Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo (“If Beale Street Could Talk”) and Michael Potts.
Denzel Washington is producing with Todd Black and Dany Wolf. Constanza Romero is executive producing. Academy Award winner Ann Roth is the costume designer and Branford Marsalis has been signed as the composer.
The story centers on Ma Rainey, the pioneering “Queen of the Blues,” during the time she is making a record in a studio in Chicago in 1927 with tensions boiling between her, her white agent and producer and her bandmates. The play won the 1985 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best American Play.
Netflix announced the project on Wednesday. Filming...
- 6/19/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix will be making the feature adaptation of August Wilson’s award-winning play Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
Denzel Washington is producing the film and it’s a project he has long spoke about in development to Deadline with the original plan for nine of Wilson’s plays to be movies on HBO. That deal was moved over to Netflix.
Viola Davis, who won a best supporting actress Oscar for her work in Washington’s adaptation of Wilson’s Fences, will star in Ma Rainey along with Chadwick Boseman, Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo and Michael Potts. The project reteams Davis and Washington on their third Wilson endeavor after starring in both the 2010 Broadway revival of Fences and the 2016 film version, which he directed and also earned three Oscar noms. Davis and Washington both won Tony Awards for their roles.
Production starts next month in Pittsburgh.
Multiple Tony and DGA award...
Denzel Washington is producing the film and it’s a project he has long spoke about in development to Deadline with the original plan for nine of Wilson’s plays to be movies on HBO. That deal was moved over to Netflix.
Viola Davis, who won a best supporting actress Oscar for her work in Washington’s adaptation of Wilson’s Fences, will star in Ma Rainey along with Chadwick Boseman, Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo and Michael Potts. The project reteams Davis and Washington on their third Wilson endeavor after starring in both the 2010 Broadway revival of Fences and the 2016 film version, which he directed and also earned three Oscar noms. Davis and Washington both won Tony Awards for their roles.
Production starts next month in Pittsburgh.
Multiple Tony and DGA award...
- 6/19/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The Nesting tells the story of Lauren Cochran (Robin Groves), a mystery writer suffering from agoraphobia. Instead of confronting her condition, she rents an mansion in upstate New York to concentrate on her new novel, pushing her further into isolation.
Once she arrives, things get weird: The old man who owns the house (John Carradine) reacts strangely to her wanting to rent it and there seems to be something in the house, only nobody else notices. Even her boyfriend Mark (Christopher Loomis) seems to think she’s losing it.
Lauren Cochran has to be one of the strangest and most stubborn heroines in any film I’ve seen. Robin Groves imbues her with a bit of what made Christina Rains in The Sentinel work, and this film owes a lot to that movie. Yes, the character needs to exorcise some demons and prove to herself she isn’t crazy, but...
Once she arrives, things get weird: The old man who owns the house (John Carradine) reacts strangely to her wanting to rent it and there seems to be something in the house, only nobody else notices. Even her boyfriend Mark (Christopher Loomis) seems to think she’s losing it.
Lauren Cochran has to be one of the strangest and most stubborn heroines in any film I’ve seen. Robin Groves imbues her with a bit of what made Christina Rains in The Sentinel work, and this film owes a lot to that movie. Yes, the character needs to exorcise some demons and prove to herself she isn’t crazy, but...
- 8/30/2012
- by Derek Botelho
- DailyDead
1981 - 100 mins. - Rated R D: Armond WestonC: Robin Groves, Christopher Loomis, Gloria Grahame, Michael David Lally, John Carradine
Novelist finds herself mysteriously drawn to an old Victorian mansion that was once an infamous brothel. Upon moving in, the estate is plagued by a series of grisly murders. However, she can't escape her new haunted abode due to the fact that she suffers from agoraphobia.
The Nesting effectively combines slick modern day gore & visuals with the vintage style of older black and white horror films. The old Victorian mansion becomes another character in of itself. The mansion has an eerie, spooky nature to it. The costuming of the dead hookers coupled with haunted house elements gives The Nesting its vintage feel. In her final role, Oscar winner Gloria Grahame turns in a slick, old school performance that perfectly reflects the overall tone of the film. The Nesting's use of...
1981 - 100 mins. - Rated R D: Armond WestonC: Robin Groves, Christopher Loomis, Gloria Grahame, Michael David Lally, John Carradine
Novelist finds herself mysteriously drawn to an old Victorian mansion that was once an infamous brothel. Upon moving in, the estate is plagued by a series of grisly murders. However, she can't escape her new haunted abode due to the fact that she suffers from agoraphobia.
The Nesting effectively combines slick modern day gore & visuals with the vintage style of older black and white horror films. The old Victorian mansion becomes another character in of itself. The mansion has an eerie, spooky nature to it. The costuming of the dead hookers coupled with haunted house elements gives The Nesting its vintage feel. In her final role, Oscar winner Gloria Grahame turns in a slick, old school performance that perfectly reflects the overall tone of the film. The Nesting's use of...
- 6/28/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
Rank the week of June 28th’s Blu-ray and DVD new releases against the best films of all-time:new Releasesthe Warrior’S Way
(Blu-ray and DVD | R | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #8698
Times Ranked: 631
Win Percentage: 39%
Top-20 Rankings: 0
Directed By: Sngmoo Lee
Starring: Kate Bosworth • Geoffrey Rush • Danny Huston • Tony Cox • Dong-gun Jang
Genres: Action • Fantasy • Martial Arts • Western
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Sucker Punch
(Blu-ray and DVD | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #2081
Times Ranked: 4896
Win Percentage: 44%
Top-20 Rankings: 19
Directed By: Zack Snyder
Starring: Emily Browning • Abbie Cornish • Jena Malone • Vanessa Hudgens • Carla Gugino
Genres: Action • Adventure • Drama • Fantasy • Fantasy Adventure • Girls-with-Guns • Psychological Drama • Thriller
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Season Of The Witch
(Blu-ray and DVD | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #9846
Times Ranked: 1288
Win Percentage: 36%
Top-20 Rankings: 4
Directed By: Dominic Sena
Starring: Nicolas Cage • Ron Perlman • Stephen Campbell Moore • Stephen Graham • Ulrich Thomsen
Genres: Action • Action Thriller • Adventure • Adventure Drama • Drama • Fantasy • Fantasy Adventure • Supernatural Thriller • Thriller • Witchcraft
Rank This...
(Blu-ray and DVD | R | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #8698
Times Ranked: 631
Win Percentage: 39%
Top-20 Rankings: 0
Directed By: Sngmoo Lee
Starring: Kate Bosworth • Geoffrey Rush • Danny Huston • Tony Cox • Dong-gun Jang
Genres: Action • Fantasy • Martial Arts • Western
Rank This Movie
Sucker Punch
(Blu-ray and DVD | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #2081
Times Ranked: 4896
Win Percentage: 44%
Top-20 Rankings: 19
Directed By: Zack Snyder
Starring: Emily Browning • Abbie Cornish • Jena Malone • Vanessa Hudgens • Carla Gugino
Genres: Action • Adventure • Drama • Fantasy • Fantasy Adventure • Girls-with-Guns • Psychological Drama • Thriller
Rank This Movie
Season Of The Witch
(Blu-ray and DVD | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #9846
Times Ranked: 1288
Win Percentage: 36%
Top-20 Rankings: 4
Directed By: Dominic Sena
Starring: Nicolas Cage • Ron Perlman • Stephen Campbell Moore • Stephen Graham • Ulrich Thomsen
Genres: Action • Action Thriller • Adventure • Adventure Drama • Drama • Fantasy • Fantasy Adventure • Supernatural Thriller • Thriller • Witchcraft
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- 6/28/2011
- by Jonathan Hardesty
- Flickchart
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