Goat, a drama film directed by Andrew Neel, follows the story of Brad Land (Ben Schnetzer) as he rushes one of the largest fraternities on campus, Kappa Sigma, where his older brother Brett (Nick Jonas) is a popular member. He, along with various other pledges, including his roommate Will (Daniel Flaherty), struggle to prove themselves worthy during […]
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- 2/3/2017
- by Catherine Valdez
- Uinterview
Editor’s note: With “Goat,” director Andrew Neel looks at the ritualistic and animalistic side of fraternity culture in his adaptation of author Brad Land’s 2004 memoir about rushing a faternity at the University of Clemson. In doing research for the film, Neel and his cinematographer Ethan Palmer were dismayed by the way college had been visually portrayed by Hollywood. Not only was this colorful and sanitized look the atmospheric opposite of what was needed for their behind-closed-doors examination of fraternity hazing, it stood counter to the messy, cramped and darkly lit interiors of student life.
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IndieWire recently asked Neel and Palmer to break down how they approached shooting their Sundance hit. What we received was this insightful look at how the two collaborators leaned on their documentary roots and created a visual compelling look with limited resources.
Read More: Jim Jarmusch Dp Frederick Elmes on Capturing the Soulful Essence of ‘Paterson’
IndieWire recently asked Neel and Palmer to break down how they approached shooting their Sundance hit. What we received was this insightful look at how the two collaborators leaned on their documentary roots and created a visual compelling look with limited resources.
- 10/5/2016
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
It starts like some kind of violent ballet: A semicircle of shirtless young men scream at something on the ground offscreen, in slow motion and without a sound, veins popping out of their necks like roided-out riverbeds. We can't see the object of their animalistic aggression, but that's not the point. Drunk on testosterone and plain old drunk, the hulking boys are not predators huddled over a zebra carcass; they're fraternity gentlemen. Welcome to Pledge Week.
The alternately chilling and poetic interlude that opens Goat, director Andrew Neel's scandalizing...
The alternately chilling and poetic interlude that opens Goat, director Andrew Neel's scandalizing...
- 9/22/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out.
This Past Weekend:
Yikes. What a terrible weekend we just had, not only for the new movies released but also for the Weekend Warrior’s predictions. Clint Eastwood and Tom Hanks’ Sully won its second weekend in a row with just under $22 million, but as far as the new movies, neither Lionsgate’s Blair Witch nor Universal’s Bridget Jones’s Baby did very well, putting the last nail in the coffin (hopefully) for sequels/remakes trying to play upon nostalgia that just isn’t there. (Good luck to the Rings movie opening next month!) Blair Witch ended up with $9.6 million to take second place and both Bridget Jones’s Baby and Oliver Stone’s Snowden ended up with around $8 million, so...
This Past Weekend:
Yikes. What a terrible weekend we just had, not only for the new movies released but also for the Weekend Warrior’s predictions. Clint Eastwood and Tom Hanks’ Sully won its second weekend in a row with just under $22 million, but as far as the new movies, neither Lionsgate’s Blair Witch nor Universal’s Bridget Jones’s Baby did very well, putting the last nail in the coffin (hopefully) for sequels/remakes trying to play upon nostalgia that just isn’t there. (Good luck to the Rings movie opening next month!) Blair Witch ended up with $9.6 million to take second place and both Bridget Jones’s Baby and Oliver Stone’s Snowden ended up with around $8 million, so...
- 9/21/2016
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
Plot: After a brutal assault, Brad Land attempts to reevaluate his life. After a bit of recovery, he decides to pledge at his brothers fraternity. Once he arrives however, he faces a brand new set of violent young men, all in the name of a college “brotherhood.” Review: Goat is based on actual events. And unfortunately, it’s not hard to imagine the kind of actions... Read More...
- 9/19/2016
- by JimmyO
- JoBlo.com
With little over two weeks until release, Paramount Pictures has rolled out the decidedly R-rated trailer for Goat, Andrew Neel’s fraternity drama that takes the concept of hazing and dials it up to 11.
Incorporating cruelty, brutality, fraternity and an unhealthy dose of masochism, it is Ben Schnetzer (Warcraft) who finds himself at the epicentre of madness as a 19-year-old named Brad, who is still licking his wounds following a brutal assault. Out to overcome the ordeal, Schnetzer’s lead then pledges allegiance to his brother’s (Nick Jonas) fraternity, instigating a host of primitive rituals and widely over-the-top spiels as the two begin the infamous initiation process.
Like Neighbors on steroids, the trailer above is an assault on the senses to say the very least, but above the drinking games and devious pranks, it is the dynamic between Jonas and Schnetzer’s siblings that has us cautiously optimistic for Goat.
Incorporating cruelty, brutality, fraternity and an unhealthy dose of masochism, it is Ben Schnetzer (Warcraft) who finds himself at the epicentre of madness as a 19-year-old named Brad, who is still licking his wounds following a brutal assault. Out to overcome the ordeal, Schnetzer’s lead then pledges allegiance to his brother’s (Nick Jonas) fraternity, instigating a host of primitive rituals and widely over-the-top spiels as the two begin the infamous initiation process.
Like Neighbors on steroids, the trailer above is an assault on the senses to say the very least, but above the drinking games and devious pranks, it is the dynamic between Jonas and Schnetzer’s siblings that has us cautiously optimistic for Goat.
- 9/6/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Far removed from the days of Animal House, Andrew Neel’s Goat takes a look at the initiation process to enter a fraternity (aka hazing) and the strength and limits of loyalty. Led by pop-star-turned-actor Nick Jonas and Ben Schnetzer, with a cameo by producer James Franco, as evidenced in a new Nsfw trailer, the script is co-written by David Gordon Green.
We said in our review from Sundance this year: “Telling us little new about the horrors of hazing that Todd Phillips’ documentary Frat House didn’t already do at Sundance nearly two decades ago, Goat is a compelling watch, but in the end, its themes are a bit muddled, and certainly not unique.”
Check out the trailer and poster below for the film also starring Gus Halper, Danny Flaherty, Jake Picking, and Virginia Gardner.
Reeling from a terrifying assault over the summer 19-year-old Brad Land (Ben Schnetzer) starts...
We said in our review from Sundance this year: “Telling us little new about the horrors of hazing that Todd Phillips’ documentary Frat House didn’t already do at Sundance nearly two decades ago, Goat is a compelling watch, but in the end, its themes are a bit muddled, and certainly not unique.”
Check out the trailer and poster below for the film also starring Gus Halper, Danny Flaherty, Jake Picking, and Virginia Gardner.
Reeling from a terrifying assault over the summer 19-year-old Brad Land (Ben Schnetzer) starts...
- 9/6/2016
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
From RedBand.Ca, Sneak Peek the restricted 'red band' trailer supporting writer/director Andrew Neel's 'frat hazing' drama "Goat", starring Ben Schnetzer, Nick Jonas, Gus Halper, Danny Flaherty, Jake Picking, Virginia Gardner and James Franco, opening September 23, 2016:
"...reeling from an assault over the summer, 19-year-old 'Brad Land' (Ben Schnetzer) starts college determined to get his life back to normal.
"His brother, 'Brett' (Nick Jonas), is already established on campus and with a fraternity that allures Brad with its promise of protection, popularity, and life-long friendships. Brad is desperate to belong but as he sets out to join the fraternity his brother exhibits reservations, a sentiment that threatens to divide them.
"As the pledging ritual moves into hell week, a rite that promises to usher these unproven boys into manhood, the stakes violently increase with a series of torturous and humiliating events.
"What occurs in the name...
"...reeling from an assault over the summer, 19-year-old 'Brad Land' (Ben Schnetzer) starts college determined to get his life back to normal.
"His brother, 'Brett' (Nick Jonas), is already established on campus and with a fraternity that allures Brad with its promise of protection, popularity, and life-long friendships. Brad is desperate to belong but as he sets out to join the fraternity his brother exhibits reservations, a sentiment that threatens to divide them.
"As the pledging ritual moves into hell week, a rite that promises to usher these unproven boys into manhood, the stakes violently increase with a series of torturous and humiliating events.
"What occurs in the name...
- 9/6/2016
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
He’s been a busy boy as of late, and Nick Jonas' latest project finds him hazing fraternity pledges in the preview trailer of “Goat.”
The just-released teaser also features James Franco, Daniel Flaherty, Virginia Gardner and Ben Schnetzer, all under the direction of Andrew Neel.
Per the synopsis, “Brett Land is a well-established presence on his university’s Greek scene whose relationship with his 19-year old brother, Brad, is tested when the latter pledges his sibling’s fraternity. Based on Brad Land’s intense memoir, Goat examines modern masculinity, brotherhood, and loyalty as it focuses on the cracks that could shatter the brothers’ sanity (and blood ties) for good.” “Goat” hits theaters on September 23rd.
The just-released teaser also features James Franco, Daniel Flaherty, Virginia Gardner and Ben Schnetzer, all under the direction of Andrew Neel.
Per the synopsis, “Brett Land is a well-established presence on his university’s Greek scene whose relationship with his 19-year old brother, Brad, is tested when the latter pledges his sibling’s fraternity. Based on Brad Land’s intense memoir, Goat examines modern masculinity, brotherhood, and loyalty as it focuses on the cracks that could shatter the brothers’ sanity (and blood ties) for good.” “Goat” hits theaters on September 23rd.
- 7/7/2016
- GossipCenter
Get ready to see a whole new side of Nick Jonas. In a new trailer for his upcoming film, Goat, Jonas plays Brett Land, a fraternity member trying to convince his younger brother (Brad Land, played by Ben Schnetzer) to pledge now that he's in college. Enraptured by the parties and overall shenanigans the other frat brothers get up to, Brad decides to pledge and attempt to bond with his older brother. And then "hell" week happens. The film explores the dark side of fraternities and the cruel practice of hazing new pledges. The trailer promises intensity and darkness, filled...
- 7/7/2016
- by Ale Russian
- PEOPLE.com
Get ready to see a whole new side of Nick Jonas. In a new trailer for his upcoming film, Goat, Jonas plays Brett Land, a fraternity member trying to convince his younger brother (Brad Land, played by Ben Schnetzer) to pledge now that he's in college. Enraptured by the parties and overall shenanigans the other frat brothers get up to, Brad decides to pledge and attempt to bond with his older brother. And then "hell" week happens. The film explores the dark side of fraternities and the cruel practice of hazing new pledges. The trailer promises intensity and darkness, filled...
- 7/7/2016
- by Ale Russian
- PEOPLE.com
Chicago – The Chicago Film Critics Association (Ccfa) has announced the first wave of films that will be presented at the 4th Annual Chicago Critics Film Festival (Ccff). The fest dates are May 20th to the 26th, 2016, will it will take place at the historic Music Box Theatre in Chicago.
The 2016 Chicago Critics Film Festival is scheduled for May 20 through May 26, 2016.
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The Ccff is the first film festival curated by film critics, and features a selection of films comprised of recent festival favorites and as-yet-undistributed works from a wide variety of filmmakers. Passes are now on sale (information below), and the following seven films are just a sampling of over 25 films that will screen during the festival.
Beauty and the Beast: Christophe Gans, the director of such films as “Brotherhood of the Wolf” and “Silent Hill,” unites two of France’s biggest stars, Vincent Cassel and Lea Seydoux,...
The 2016 Chicago Critics Film Festival is scheduled for May 20 through May 26, 2016.
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The Ccff is the first film festival curated by film critics, and features a selection of films comprised of recent festival favorites and as-yet-undistributed works from a wide variety of filmmakers. Passes are now on sale (information below), and the following seven films are just a sampling of over 25 films that will screen during the festival.
Beauty and the Beast: Christophe Gans, the director of such films as “Brotherhood of the Wolf” and “Silent Hill,” unites two of France’s biggest stars, Vincent Cassel and Lea Seydoux,...
- 3/9/2016
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Based on the real life memoirs of Brad Land – David Gordon Green has co-penned a screenplay, alongside Mike Roberts and Andrew Neel, with the latter helming the project, in what is a distinctively personal, eye-opening affair. There’s an anecdotal, intimate nature to this adaptation, and while many filmmakers would have opted to adopt the
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- 2/19/2016
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Yesterday, Nicholas Bell and I issued our Top 10 New Voices, and now we launch into our New Faces. They range in age, amount of screen time, and in this year’s batch of New Faces made memorable turns in supporting or principle character roles. Narrowly breaking into our top ten list we have names such as Sand Storm‘s Lammis Ammar and Spa Night‘s Haerry Kim. Here is our top ten countdown.
#10. Royalty Hightower – The Fits.
Move over Creed. The youngest featured actress to be profiled in our ten set was embraced in Park City as the next “it” personality and for good reason. In Anna Rose Holmer’s debut, Royalty Hightower’s Toni has a lot of volume – she physically inhabits a character who is at odds with her burgeoning teenagehood (a transition that is not always welcomed) in a performance that empathically comes across as non-actingly natural.
#10. Royalty Hightower – The Fits.
Move over Creed. The youngest featured actress to be profiled in our ten set was embraced in Park City as the next “it” personality and for good reason. In Anna Rose Holmer’s debut, Royalty Hightower’s Toni has a lot of volume – she physically inhabits a character who is at odds with her burgeoning teenagehood (a transition that is not always welcomed) in a performance that empathically comes across as non-actingly natural.
- 2/5/2016
- by IONCINEMA.com Contributing Writers
- IONCINEMA.com
Paramount Home Media has acquired the worldwide rights to the Nick Jonas fraternity-hazing drama “Goat” at the Sundance Film Festival for $2.25 million, TheWrap has learned. Based on true events chronicled in Brad Land’s memoir, “Goat” stars Ben Schnetzer (“Pride”) as young man pledging his older brother’s fraternity following a violent assault that left him questioning his own manhood after he didn’t fight back. Determined to prove himself as a man among men, Brad puts up with all kinds of crap — literally and figuratively — while his older brother (Nick Jonas) feels increasingly guilty about subjecting Brad to another painful.
- 1/29/2016
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Sundance: Why 'Goat' Star Nick Jonas and Director Andrew Neel Want to Change Modern Masculinity Hordes of shirtless young men bounce around in slow motion during the opening sequence of "Goat," which immediately positions fraternity hazing rituals in primal terms. Slickly directed by Andrew Neel from a script co-written with David Gordon Green and Mike Roberts, the dreary movie scrutinizes the nature of that animalistic behavior and unsurprisingly discovers a pathetic scene. While it may not bring the deepest analysis to the table, "Goat" effectively shows the way frat life preys on the weak by hiding insecurities under layers of crass machismo. Based on Brad Land's 2004 memoir, "Goat" revolves around the fallout of Land's experience getting mugged, at which point he transferred to Clemson University in South Carolina, following his older brother's coattails to the campus' biggest fraternity. The rough hazing demands he encounters at first provide a.
- 1/28/2016
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
There are no volunteer events, community service or positive team-building exercises to be found in Goat. Director Andrew Neel is focused instead on the most vile tendencies related to frat life, notably hazing, but also the larger picture of the addictive cycle of mutually assured self-destruction. Zeroing in a perverse voyeurism of the degrading activities carried out, the environment effectively convinces even if the script (written by Neel, David Gordon Green and Mike Roberts) often comes up short.
Based on Brad Land‘s memoir, we first find Brad (Ben Schnetzer) leaving a party early, foolishly deciding to give two sketchy men a quick ride home. Things start to get uneasy as they drive far past the initially promised distance, and eventually, Brad gets beat to a pulp and his car stolen. Spending the summer healing, he contemplates going back to school at Brookman University (a fictitious place, but shot in Cincinnati,...
Based on Brad Land‘s memoir, we first find Brad (Ben Schnetzer) leaving a party early, foolishly deciding to give two sketchy men a quick ride home. Things start to get uneasy as they drive far past the initially promised distance, and eventually, Brad gets beat to a pulp and his car stolen. Spending the summer healing, he contemplates going back to school at Brookman University (a fictitious place, but shot in Cincinnati,...
- 1/25/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Read More: The 2016 Indiewire Sundance Bible: All the Reviews, Interviews and News Posted During The Festival In 2004, a young man named Brad Land published a gripping memoir entitled "Goat," a deeply personal chronicle of the vicious attack that left a then-nineteen-year-old Land damaged in ways both physical and emotional, and his subsequent attempts to heal up by joining his older brother's college fraternity, a choice that only made Land's life even more difficult to endure. A film version of "Goat" has been in the works for years now, first with David Gordon Green (who still has a screenwriting credit on the feature) and eventually with "Darkon" and "King Kelly" filmmaker Andrew Neel. For his take on "Goat," Neel cast rising star Ben Schnetzer as Brad, a sensitive and reserved teen whose world is shattered over and over, along with Nick Jonas as his beloved big brother Brett. The rest of...
- 1/25/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Deadline continues its Sundance Film Festival panel series today with Co-Editor In Chief Mike Fleming Jr. sitting down with director Andrew Neel and the cast of the U.S. Dramatic Competition drama Goat. Cast including Nick Jonas and Ben Schnetzer join Neel for a live discussion from our Samsung Studio on Park Avenue. The Killer Films pic, written by Neel, David Gordon Green and Mark Roberts based on Brad Land’s memoir, premiered last night at the Library Center…...
- 1/23/2016
- Deadline
The bonds of brotherhood are both torn and strengthened in director Andrew Neel's unsettling Goat, a brutally naturalistic depiction of the ruthless codes of masculinity and warped tribal instincts at play during pledging season at a Southern college. Centered by riveting performances from Ben Schnetzer and Nick Jonas, this taut adaptation of Brad Land's 2004 memoir is less a dramatized depiction of headline-grabbing hazing tragedies than a penetrating consideration of the psychology of violence and its role in defining manhood. It's a tough sit, but nonetheless a film that should draw adventurous audiences receptive to provocative drama. The project has been in development for
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- 1/23/2016
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Masculinity comes at a considerable cost in Andrew Neel’s “Goat,” a terrifying portrait of college hazing that serves as a searing indictment of the fraternity system and its booze-soaked rituals. Based on true events chronicled in Brad Land’s memoir, “Goat” stars Ben Schnetzer (“Pride”) and chronicles his harrowing experience pledging his older brother’s fraternity following a violent assault that left him questioning his own manhood after he didn’t fight back. Determined to prove himself as a man among men, Brad puts up with all kinds of crap — literally and figuratively — while his older brother (Nick Jonas) feels increasingly guilty.
- 1/23/2016
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Fraternity initiation generally gets handled in movies as a goofy lark in keg-chugging comedies like “Animal House.” Hazing, on the other hand, doesn’t get as much play, but it’s at the center of “Goat,” which had its world premiere Friday night at the Sundance Film Festival. Based on the memoir by Brad Land, the film is likely to generate discussion not only for its intense scenes of frat pledges enduring “Hell Week” but also for the memorable performances by Ben Schnetzer (as Land) and Nick Jonas (as Brad’s older brother Brett). Both actors are in interesting places in their careers; Ben.
- 1/23/2016
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
You can only have an actor attached for so long until they “grow” out of the role and you can only have a director on board for a short lapse until they move onto other projects. The wobbled history of Goat, a book to film adaptation begins back in 2004 when we first reported that David Gordon Green would direct the project. A 2005 update that Emile Hirsch would topline and then the baton was passed onto Jeff Nichols in 2007 when he was suppose to have taken over the director’s chair. Flash-forward to late last year when James Franco joined forces with Killer Films, and Andrew Neel (a fiction and non-fiction filmmaker with already five features under his belt including 2012’s King Kelly) was hired – thus landing the coveted directing gig. Production took place in May in Cincinnati, and if this takes a truly savage, rough hewn approach, no doubt that...
- 11/24/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Nick Jonas and Ben Schnetzer are closing negotiations for the James Franco-produced Goat.
The singer and Pride actor are in line to star in the Andrew Neel-directed indie film, reports The Wrap.
They will play brothers in the adaptation of Brad Land's memoir.
The film will centre around the sinister story of the pair's harrowing ordeal after pledging for the same fraternity.
Schnetzer will next be seen in Punk's Dead and Duncan Jones's Warcraft film.
Jonas starred in DirecTV series Kingdom and will be seen in the upcoming thriller Careful What You Wish For.
His next single 'Chains' will arrive on January 19, with his self-titled album released in the UK on March 9.
The singer and Pride actor are in line to star in the Andrew Neel-directed indie film, reports The Wrap.
They will play brothers in the adaptation of Brad Land's memoir.
The film will centre around the sinister story of the pair's harrowing ordeal after pledging for the same fraternity.
Schnetzer will next be seen in Punk's Dead and Duncan Jones's Warcraft film.
Jonas starred in DirecTV series Kingdom and will be seen in the upcoming thriller Careful What You Wish For.
His next single 'Chains' will arrive on January 19, with his self-titled album released in the UK on March 9.
- 1/6/2015
- Digital Spy
Two rising stars and James Franco…sounds like a winning combination. According to The Wrap, Ben Schnetzer and Nick Jonas have been cast in “Goat,” which Franco is producing based on the memoir of the same name. The two young actors are in talks to play the brothers at the center of the upcoming memoir adaptation. Brad Land (Schnetzer), a young man dealing with the effects of an assault, decides to go to college with his younger brother (Jonas). When they pledge the same fraternity their sibling bond is put to the test in the name of a new brotherhood. “Goat” is [...]
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- 1/5/2015
- by Alamin Yohannes
- UpandComers
The Wrap reports the Jonas brother of the moment, Nick, has been cast in Goat — an indie adaptation of Brad Land's 2005 memoir that will be directed by Andrew Neel and produced by James Franco's Rabbit Bandini Productions. It will be about a "19-year-old [who] enrolls in college with his charismatic younger brother (Jonas) and pledges the same fraternity." That's right: James Franco will probably make Nick Jonas have sex with a goat or do some other equally awful frat-pledge thing. We're going with our guess because it would pretty much fit in line with the racy direction Nick Jonas is going in these days.
- 1/5/2015
- by Lindsey Weber
- Vulture
Rising stars Ben Schnetzer (“Pride”) and Nick Jonas (“Kingdom”) are nearing deals to play brothers in “Goat,” an adaptation of Brad Land’s acclaimed memoir that Andrew Neel will direct for Killer Films and James Franco’s Rabbit Bandini Productions, TheWrap has learned.
Neel (“King Kelly”) will direct from a script he co-wrote with Mike Roberts, based on an earlier draft by David Gordon Green.
Reeling from a terrifying assault, 19-year-old Brad Land (Schnetzer) enrolls in college with his charismatic younger brother (Jonas) and pledges the same fraternity. What happens there, in the name of “brotherhood,” tests the boy and...
Neel (“King Kelly”) will direct from a script he co-wrote with Mike Roberts, based on an earlier draft by David Gordon Green.
Reeling from a terrifying assault, 19-year-old Brad Land (Schnetzer) enrolls in college with his charismatic younger brother (Jonas) and pledges the same fraternity. What happens there, in the name of “brotherhood,” tests the boy and...
- 1/5/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
James Franco has taken over shelved David Gordon Green project Goat.
The actor and filmmaker will produce the film based on Brad Land's acclaimed memoir, reports The Wrap. Andrew Neel (King Kelly) will now direct.
Green wrote the screenplay for Goat, which is about sinister goings on in a frat house.
It centres around a 19-year-old boy recovering from an assault. He and his brother pledge to the same fraternity, only to find himself pitted against his sibling in the name of 'brotherhood'.
Green was formerly attached to direct the project, with Emile Hirsch starring.
Mud director Jeff Nichols was also attached to the project in the interim.
Franco will next be seen in The Interview with Seth Rogen.
The actor and filmmaker will produce the film based on Brad Land's acclaimed memoir, reports The Wrap. Andrew Neel (King Kelly) will now direct.
Green wrote the screenplay for Goat, which is about sinister goings on in a frat house.
It centres around a 19-year-old boy recovering from an assault. He and his brother pledge to the same fraternity, only to find himself pitted against his sibling in the name of 'brotherhood'.
Green was formerly attached to direct the project, with Emile Hirsch starring.
Mud director Jeff Nichols was also attached to the project in the interim.
Franco will next be seen in The Interview with Seth Rogen.
- 10/6/2014
- Digital Spy
You may need to read over our feature The Lost, Unmade & Abandoned Projects Of Director David Gordon Green to give you a reminder, but at one time the filmmaker was attached to direct "Goat," with Emile Hirsch linked to star (he would later work with the actor on "Prince Avalanche"). It didn't come to pass, but now James Franco (who Green worked with on "Pineapple Express" and "Your Highness") is picking up the baton. Franco will produce, and Andrew Neel ("King Kelly") will direct the adaptation of Brad Land's memoir about "a 19-year-old boy who enrolls into college with his brother and pledges the same fraternity. What happens there, in the name of 'brotherhood,' tests the boy and his loyalty to his brother in brutal ways." The production will use Green's script as the foundation, with Neel and his "King Kelly" co-writer Mike Roberts giving it a pass.
- 10/3/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
James Franco is set to produce "Goat," a film adaptation of Brad Land's acclaimed fraternity memoir for Killer Films and Rabbit Bandini Productions.
The story follows a nineteen-year-old boy who has suffered a deadly assault. Upon entering college and pledging to the same frat as his brother, he soon realises his loyalty to his sibling is about to be tested in a brutal way.
Andrew Neel is directing while David Gordon Green wrote the initial draft of the screenplay. Neel and Mike Roberts made further revisions. Franco, Christine Vachon, David Hinojosa and Vince Jolivette are producing.
Source: The Wrap...
The story follows a nineteen-year-old boy who has suffered a deadly assault. Upon entering college and pledging to the same frat as his brother, he soon realises his loyalty to his sibling is about to be tested in a brutal way.
Andrew Neel is directing while David Gordon Green wrote the initial draft of the screenplay. Neel and Mike Roberts made further revisions. Franco, Christine Vachon, David Hinojosa and Vince Jolivette are producing.
Source: The Wrap...
- 10/2/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The machine that is James Franco is showing no signs of slowing down at all. He's been writing, directing, acting, producing and doing all sorts of other artistic stuff. His documentary about "Saturday Night Live" just hit Hulu Plus, he's writing an adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's 2008 novel Rant and will be seen in Gus Van Sant's drama Michael sometime down the road. Now The Wrap reports he's lined up another project, this time as producer, by helping get the gestating adaptation of Brad Land's memoir Goat about a 19 year old boy who enrolls into college with his brother and pledges the same fraternity, but it's not easy. Read on! Here's the official synopsis of the book: Reeling from a terrifying assault that has left him physically injured and psychologically shattered, 19-year-old Brad Land must also contend with unsympathetic local police, parents who can barely discuss “the incident...
- 10/2/2014
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Some indie projects take their time to find proper footing. After falling in the laps of David Gordon Green, Jeff Nichols and actor Emile Hirsch, according to TheWrap, Brad Land’s Goat appears to have a new set of four legs in James Franco, Rabbit Bandini’s James Franco and Vince Jolivette is teaming with those that originally optioned the book almost a decade back in Killer Films’ Christine Vachon and David Hinojosa (associate producer for Lance Edmands’ Bluebird). Best know for “phoning” in King Kelly back in 2012 — the Louise Krause starrer premiered at SXSW, Andrew Neel has reworked the script and is tapped to direct — the only question now is to put the screenplay out to upcomer “it” type actors. Expect future casting announcements in the near future. Serving as as executive producer is John Wells (Love & Mercy).
Gist: Based on the screenplay by David Gordon Green, with revisions...
Gist: Based on the screenplay by David Gordon Green, with revisions...
- 10/2/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
James Franco’s list of personal and professional achievements continues to dazzle and/or perplex the public at large. Between his mission to adapt William Faulkner’s most unfilmable novels, impress the New York art scene with his canvases, and become an established author via his volumes of poetry and short stories, the man somehow fits in time to produce movies as well. On that note, today we’re hearing that his production company, Rabbit Bandini, will be producing a frat hazing flick titled Goat.
The movie will mark a reunion of sorts for Franco, who’ll once more be working with Pineapple Express director David Gordon Green. However, the Pineapple director won’t be calling the shots this time – although he was originally slated to. His original line-up for the flick even had casting underway, with Emile Hirsch attached in the lead role. After Green opted out of directing,...
The movie will mark a reunion of sorts for Franco, who’ll once more be working with Pineapple Express director David Gordon Green. However, the Pineapple director won’t be calling the shots this time – although he was originally slated to. His original line-up for the flick even had casting underway, with Emile Hirsch attached in the lead role. After Green opted out of directing,...
- 10/1/2014
- by Gem Seddon
- We Got This Covered
James Franco has come on to produce “Goat,” an adaptation of Brad Land's acclaimed memoir that “King Kelly” filmmaker Andrew Neel will direct for Killer Films and Rabbit Bandini Productions, TheWrap has learned. Neel will direct from a screenplay by David Gordon Green, with revisions by Neel and Mike Roberts. Christine Vachon and David Hinojosa of Killer Films will produce with Rabbit Bandini's Franco and Vince Jolivette. John Wells will serve as executive producer. Also read: James Franco's ‘SNL’ Documentary to Air on Hulu Ahead of Season Premiere (Photo) Reeling from a terrifying assault, a 19-year-old boy enrolls...
- 10/1/2014
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
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