Exclusive: Elizabeth Reaser (Impeachment: American Crime Story), Walton Goggins (The Righteous Gemstones), Lois Smith (The French Dispatch) and Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian) will topline The Uninvited — the first narrative feature written and directed by Nadia Conners, which is currently in production in Los Angeles.
The film from Foton.Pictures and and Rosebud Pictures watches as a stranger interrupts a party, provoking a comedy of errors, deep reckonings and a reordering of life.
Rosie Fellner (The Trip To Italy), Carlos Cuscó (Changing the Game) and Ari Taboada (The Birthday Cake) are producing, with Cassian Elwes (Lawless) and Naomi Despres (Kill the Messenger) exec producing, and WME Independent selling global rights.
“To have such an incredibly talented cast, with strong chemistry, and dynamic producers, on my directorial debut is really a dream come true,” said Conners.
Remarked Fellner: “I couldn’t be more thrilled to be embarking on this journey with Nadia, her witty and intelligent script,...
The film from Foton.Pictures and and Rosebud Pictures watches as a stranger interrupts a party, provoking a comedy of errors, deep reckonings and a reordering of life.
Rosie Fellner (The Trip To Italy), Carlos Cuscó (Changing the Game) and Ari Taboada (The Birthday Cake) are producing, with Cassian Elwes (Lawless) and Naomi Despres (Kill the Messenger) exec producing, and WME Independent selling global rights.
“To have such an incredibly talented cast, with strong chemistry, and dynamic producers, on my directorial debut is really a dream come true,” said Conners.
Remarked Fellner: “I couldn’t be more thrilled to be embarking on this journey with Nadia, her witty and intelligent script,...
- 11/17/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Twelve years ago, Leonardo DiCaprio teamed up with Leila Conners to blast an environmental wake-up call to the world with “The 11th Hour,” warning of the dire consequences of unchecked climate change. More than a decade later, the political leaders most able to do something continue to ignore the issue, but while the cataclysmic effects of global warming become ever clearer, scientists and significant swathes of the public are trying to make a difference. That’s the focus of “Ice on Fire,” a deeply conventional though attractive documentary designed to reinforce just how bad things are getting while offering hope by concentrating on realistic proposals that can reign in climate change and even reverse its effects. Premiering at Cannes in advance of its June 11 launch on HBO, the film will likely garner a decent viewership via the network’s streaming platforms.
Where “The 11th Hour” sought to frighten audiences into...
Where “The 11th Hour” sought to frighten audiences into...
- 6/11/2019
- by Jay Weissberg
- Variety Film + TV
"Is it game over...? Or is it game on? As we have at hand, the ability, the capacity, and solutions that can reverse global warming... not mitigate, not reduce, not stabilize, but reverse?" HBO has debuted an official trailer for the documentary Ice on Fire, which is premiering today at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. This urgent, inspiring new documentary focuses on many never-before-seen solutions designed to slow down our escalating environmental crisis. It's produced by Oscar-winner Leonardo DiCaprio, George DiCaprio, with Mathew Schmid, and is directed by Leila Conners (The 11th Hour). This isn't the only DiCaprio produced climate doc, the other one being And We Go Green which also got a new trailer this week. Even though some say there are too many climate change docs, in all honesty, there are not enough. And we will continue to highlight them and talk about them as this still is the...
- 5/22/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Leonardo DiCaprio highlights the various efforts around the world to curb climate change in the trailer for the new documentary Ice on Fire. The film was directed by Leila Conners and will premiere June 11th on HBO.
DiCaprio produced the film and serves as its narrator. In the new trailer, he touches on the devastating impact of the melting ice caps and how the effects of climate change in the arctic will fuel flooding, droughts and more around the world.
But rather than harping on the dire dangers of climate change,...
DiCaprio produced the film and serves as its narrator. In the new trailer, he touches on the devastating impact of the melting ice caps and how the effects of climate change in the arctic will fuel flooding, droughts and more around the world.
But rather than harping on the dire dangers of climate change,...
- 5/22/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
If the Cannes Market’s Doc Corner, a hub for feature documentary filmmakers and executives, feels more crowded this year, it may have to do with the strong theatrical performance of features docs such as “Free Solo” and “Amazing Grace,” and the slew of U.S. and international titles acquired or admired at Sundance, SXSW (“For Sama”) and Tribeca (“The Apollo”). The combination of the box office and quality product is stoking a competitive marketplace not just in acquisitions but, increasingly, in pre-production involvement.
“With a clear acceleration this decade, feature docs have imposed themselves as a major, indispensable part of the film industry, generating business and revenues, and enabling a strong ecosystem to structure itself, with specialized festivals playing a major role,” says Pierre-Alexis Chevit, project manager of Doc Corner and its conference-style Doc Day on May 21.
Chevit says one of the major talking points in the sector is “inclusion and diversity,...
“With a clear acceleration this decade, feature docs have imposed themselves as a major, indispensable part of the film industry, generating business and revenues, and enabling a strong ecosystem to structure itself, with specialized festivals playing a major role,” says Pierre-Alexis Chevit, project manager of Doc Corner and its conference-style Doc Day on May 21.
Chevit says one of the major talking points in the sector is “inclusion and diversity,...
- 5/16/2019
- by Jennie Punter
- Variety Film + TV
Quentin Tarantino is officially returning to the Cannes Film Festival with the world premiere of his ninth feature film “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” The title was not announced during the official Cannes lineup reveal April 18, as Tarantino has been busy in the editing room trying to get the film ready for both a May premiere on the Croisette and its July theatrical release. Returning to Cannes this year was on Tarantino’s wish list as the 2019 event marks the 25th anniversary of his “Pulp Fiction” winning the Palme d’Or.
“We were afraid the film would not be ready, as it wouldn’t be released until late July, but Quentin Tarantino, who has not left the editing room in four months, is a real, loyal and punctual child of Cannes,” Cannes executive Thierry Frémaux said in a statement announcing “Hollywood’s” late inclusion. “Like for ‘Inglourious Basterds,’ he...
“We were afraid the film would not be ready, as it wouldn’t be released until late July, but Quentin Tarantino, who has not left the editing room in four months, is a real, loyal and punctual child of Cannes,” Cannes executive Thierry Frémaux said in a statement announcing “Hollywood’s” late inclusion. “Like for ‘Inglourious Basterds,’ he...
- 5/2/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” has been added to the competition lineup of this month’s Cannes Film Festival, general delegate Thierry Frémaux announced Thursday.
“We were afraid the film would not be ready, as it wouldn’t be released until late July, but Quentin Tarantino, who has not left the editing room in four months, is a real, loyal and punctual child of Cannes!” Fremaux said in a statement.
“Like for ‘Inglourious Basterds,’ he’ll definitely be there — 25 years after the Palme d’or for ‘Pulp Fiction’ — with a finished film screened in 35mm and his cast in tow. His film is a love letter to the Hollywood of his childhood, a rock music tour of 1969, and an ode to cinema as a whole.”
Also Read: Tarantino's 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' Teaser Drops Timely Clues It Goes Back Way Before the Manson Murders...
“We were afraid the film would not be ready, as it wouldn’t be released until late July, but Quentin Tarantino, who has not left the editing room in four months, is a real, loyal and punctual child of Cannes!” Fremaux said in a statement.
“Like for ‘Inglourious Basterds,’ he’ll definitely be there — 25 years after the Palme d’or for ‘Pulp Fiction’ — with a finished film screened in 35mm and his cast in tow. His film is a love letter to the Hollywood of his childhood, a rock music tour of 1969, and an ode to cinema as a whole.”
Also Read: Tarantino's 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' Teaser Drops Timely Clues It Goes Back Way Before the Manson Murders...
- 5/2/2019
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time In Hollywood will play in Cannes after all. Hallelujah!
The film will have its world premiere at the festival and will play in competition. This comes after the feature was not in the original batch of pictures unveiled last month. The festival has also added Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo by Abdellatif Kechiche to its competition lineup and additional titles to other strands.
This year’s edition marks 25 years since Tarantino’s iconic Pulp Fiction screened on the Croisette. The director has a long-held affinity for Cannes and was keen that his latest film play at the event.
General Delegate Thierry Frémaux said of the film’s late inclusion, “We were afraid the film would not be ready, as it wouldn’t be released until late July, but Quentin Tarantino, who has not left the editing room in four months, is a real, loyal and punctual child of Cannes.
The film will have its world premiere at the festival and will play in competition. This comes after the feature was not in the original batch of pictures unveiled last month. The festival has also added Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo by Abdellatif Kechiche to its competition lineup and additional titles to other strands.
This year’s edition marks 25 years since Tarantino’s iconic Pulp Fiction screened on the Croisette. The director has a long-held affinity for Cannes and was keen that his latest film play at the event.
General Delegate Thierry Frémaux said of the film’s late inclusion, “We were afraid the film would not be ready, as it wouldn’t be released until late July, but Quentin Tarantino, who has not left the editing room in four months, is a real, loyal and punctual child of Cannes.
- 5/2/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The suspense is over: Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” will indeed have its world premiere and compete at the Cannes Film Festival, the fest announced Thursday.
“Intermezzo” from Abdellatif Kechiche, the Palme d’Or-winning director of “Blue Is the Warmest Color,” has also been added to the competition slate.
The star-studded movie has been widely anticipated as a festival highlight but wasn’t included in Cannes’ official selection announcement on April 18. Artistic director Thierry Fremaux told journalists several times that day that he hoped for post-production on Tarantino’s film to be completed in time for the film to be shown at the festival. Fremaux said Tarantino was eager to be back at Cannes and was working hard to finish the film by May, which was a challenge because it was shot in 35mm, which takes longer to edit than digital film, and is slated for a July release.
“Intermezzo” from Abdellatif Kechiche, the Palme d’Or-winning director of “Blue Is the Warmest Color,” has also been added to the competition slate.
The star-studded movie has been widely anticipated as a festival highlight but wasn’t included in Cannes’ official selection announcement on April 18. Artistic director Thierry Fremaux told journalists several times that day that he hoped for post-production on Tarantino’s film to be completed in time for the film to be shown at the festival. Fremaux said Tarantino was eager to be back at Cannes and was working hard to finish the film by May, which was a challenge because it was shot in 35mm, which takes longer to edit than digital film, and is slated for a July release.
- 5/2/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Tarantino heading back to Cannes.
Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie, has been added to the Cannes Film Festival Official Selection line-up, Screen has learned.
The film will play in Competition, the festival has confirmed.
It has been touch and go as to whether Tarantino, who has a long relationship with the Cannes Film Festival, would complete the feature in time.
In a statement, Cannes General Delegate Thierry Frémaux said: ”We were afraid the film would not be ready, as it wouldn’t be ready until late July, but Quentin Tarantino,...
Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie, has been added to the Cannes Film Festival Official Selection line-up, Screen has learned.
The film will play in Competition, the festival has confirmed.
It has been touch and go as to whether Tarantino, who has a long relationship with the Cannes Film Festival, would complete the feature in time.
In a statement, Cannes General Delegate Thierry Frémaux said: ”We were afraid the film would not be ready, as it wouldn’t be ready until late July, but Quentin Tarantino,...
- 5/2/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow & Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Herzog meets Gorbachev, or should that be the other way round, in an encounter that on paper should be one for the ages: Werner Herzog, the incisive documentarian (here in tandem with frequent co-director André Singer), engaged in a meeting of minds with as robust a subject as Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, architect of Perestroika and Glasnost and the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union. But the interview, which happened over three shorter sessions and is interspersed with standard archive footage and a few other talking heads, finds Herzog on unusually obsequious, almost fanboyish form, his (very natural) admiration for Gorbachev dulling the edge of his more eccentric instincts.
To be fair, the great German filmmaker tries to bend the encounter to his will, but he’s almost immediately shut down by Gorbachev who is having none of his Herzogian shenanigans and proves consistently resistant (though genially so) to...
To be fair, the great German filmmaker tries to bend the encounter to his will, but he’s almost immediately shut down by Gorbachev who is having none of his Herzogian shenanigans and proves consistently resistant (though genially so) to...
- 9/21/2018
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
This review was written for the theatrical release of "The 11th Hour".NEW YORK -- "The 11th Hour" is an impassioned ecology-themed documentary that ultimately is more rewarding for informational than cinematic reasons. Produced and narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, the film has the unfortunate effect of making the multiple-Oscar-nominated star seem somehow less charismatic than Al Gore. But while many might accuse it of preaching to the converted -- at least in terms of the audiences most likely to see it -- this is yet another important wake-up call that deserves respect.
Unfortunately, the vitally important message of first-time filmmakers Leila Conners Petersen and Nadia Conners is diluted by their rather unimaginative approach. It essentially consists of having dozens of talking heads delivering thoughtful and often apocalyptic commentary, interrupted by footage of ecological disasters (Katrina, etc.) presented "Koyaanisqatsi"-style. There also are portentous direct addresses to the camera by DiCaprio, but the frequent shots of the actor staring mournfully off into the distance at significant locations are less evocative than silly.
Despite its static presentation, the film is nonetheless engrossing thanks to the articulate and often fascinating commentary provided by such figures as university professors, scientists, environmentalists, journalists, such familiar faces as Stephen Hawking, former CIA director James Woolsey and even Mikhail Gorbachev (truly a renaissance man among Russian politicos).
While the film is necessarily downbeat in its accumulation of significant warning signs that the planet is indeed on the verge of environmental disaster, it thankfully also devotes a good portion of its running time to explicating numerous technological solutions to the dilemma. In the end, though, its main point is that what's truly needed in the way of change will only come through political means.
Jean-Pascal Beintus' score, augmented by songs from such bands as Sigur Ros, Cocteau Twins and Coldplay, provides suitably dire musical accompaniment.
THE 11TH HOUR
Warner Independent Pictures
Applian Way/GreenHour/Tree Media Group
Credits:
Director-screenwriters: Leila Conners Petersen, Nadia Conners
Producers: Leonardo DiCaprio, Chuck Castleberry, Brian Gerber, Pierre Andre Senizergues
Executive producers: Adam Lewis, Irmelin DiCaprio, Doyle Brunson
Director of photography: Andrew Rolands
Production designer: Nadia Conners
Music: Jean-Pascal Beintus
Co-producer: Leila Conners Petersen
Editors: Pietro Scalia, Luis Alvarez y Alvarez
Narrator: Leonardo DiCaprio
Running time -- 91 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
Unfortunately, the vitally important message of first-time filmmakers Leila Conners Petersen and Nadia Conners is diluted by their rather unimaginative approach. It essentially consists of having dozens of talking heads delivering thoughtful and often apocalyptic commentary, interrupted by footage of ecological disasters (Katrina, etc.) presented "Koyaanisqatsi"-style. There also are portentous direct addresses to the camera by DiCaprio, but the frequent shots of the actor staring mournfully off into the distance at significant locations are less evocative than silly.
Despite its static presentation, the film is nonetheless engrossing thanks to the articulate and often fascinating commentary provided by such figures as university professors, scientists, environmentalists, journalists, such familiar faces as Stephen Hawking, former CIA director James Woolsey and even Mikhail Gorbachev (truly a renaissance man among Russian politicos).
While the film is necessarily downbeat in its accumulation of significant warning signs that the planet is indeed on the verge of environmental disaster, it thankfully also devotes a good portion of its running time to explicating numerous technological solutions to the dilemma. In the end, though, its main point is that what's truly needed in the way of change will only come through political means.
Jean-Pascal Beintus' score, augmented by songs from such bands as Sigur Ros, Cocteau Twins and Coldplay, provides suitably dire musical accompaniment.
THE 11TH HOUR
Warner Independent Pictures
Applian Way/GreenHour/Tree Media Group
Credits:
Director-screenwriters: Leila Conners Petersen, Nadia Conners
Producers: Leonardo DiCaprio, Chuck Castleberry, Brian Gerber, Pierre Andre Senizergues
Executive producers: Adam Lewis, Irmelin DiCaprio, Doyle Brunson
Director of photography: Andrew Rolands
Production designer: Nadia Conners
Music: Jean-Pascal Beintus
Co-producer: Leila Conners Petersen
Editors: Pietro Scalia, Luis Alvarez y Alvarez
Narrator: Leonardo DiCaprio
Running time -- 91 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
- 8/17/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- The 11th Hour is an impassioned ecology-themed documentary that ultimately is more rewarding for informational than cinematic reasons. Produced and narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, the film has the unfortunate effect of making the multiple-Oscar-nominated star seem somehow less charismatic than Al Gore. But while many might accuse it of preaching to the converted -- at least in terms of the audiences most likely to see it -- this is yet another important wake-up call that deserves respect.
Unfortunately, the vitally important message of first-time filmmakers Leila Conners Petersen and Nadia Conners is diluted by their rather unimaginative approach. It essentially consists of having dozens of talking heads delivering thoughtful and often apocalyptic commentary, interrupted by footage of ecological disasters (Katrina, etc.) presented Koyaanisqatsi-style. There also are portentous direct addresses to the camera by DiCaprio, but the frequent shots of the actor staring mournfully off into the distance at significant locations are less evocative than silly.
Despite its static presentation, the film is nonetheless engrossing thanks to the articulate and often fascinating commentary provided by such figures as university professors, scientists, environmentalists, journalists, such familiar faces as Stephen Hawking, former CIA director James Woolsey and even Mikhail Gorbachev (truly a renaissance man among Russian politicos).
While the film is necessarily downbeat in its accumulation of significant warning signs that the planet is indeed on the verge of environmental disaster, it thankfully also devotes a good portion of its running time to explicating numerous technological solutions to the dilemma. In the end, though, its main point is that what's truly needed in the way of change will only come through political means.
Jean-Pascal Beintus' score, augmented by songs from such bands as Sigur Ros, Cocteau Twins and Coldplay, provides suitably dire musical accompaniment.
THE 11TH HOUR
Warner Independent Pictures
Applian Way/GreenHour/Tree Media Group
Credits:
Director-screenwriters: Leila Conners Petersen, Nadia Conners
Producers: Leonardo DiCaprio, Chuck Castleberry, Brian Gerber, Pierre Andre Senizergues
Executive producers: Adam Lewis, Irmelin DiCaprio, Doyle Brunson
Director of photography: Andrew Rolands
Production designer: Nadia Conners
Music: Jean-Pascal Beintus
Co-producer: Leila Conners Petersen
Editors: Pietro Scalia, Luis Alvarez y Alvarez
Narrator: Leonardo DiCaprio
Running time -- 91 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
Unfortunately, the vitally important message of first-time filmmakers Leila Conners Petersen and Nadia Conners is diluted by their rather unimaginative approach. It essentially consists of having dozens of talking heads delivering thoughtful and often apocalyptic commentary, interrupted by footage of ecological disasters (Katrina, etc.) presented Koyaanisqatsi-style. There also are portentous direct addresses to the camera by DiCaprio, but the frequent shots of the actor staring mournfully off into the distance at significant locations are less evocative than silly.
Despite its static presentation, the film is nonetheless engrossing thanks to the articulate and often fascinating commentary provided by such figures as university professors, scientists, environmentalists, journalists, such familiar faces as Stephen Hawking, former CIA director James Woolsey and even Mikhail Gorbachev (truly a renaissance man among Russian politicos).
While the film is necessarily downbeat in its accumulation of significant warning signs that the planet is indeed on the verge of environmental disaster, it thankfully also devotes a good portion of its running time to explicating numerous technological solutions to the dilemma. In the end, though, its main point is that what's truly needed in the way of change will only come through political means.
Jean-Pascal Beintus' score, augmented by songs from such bands as Sigur Ros, Cocteau Twins and Coldplay, provides suitably dire musical accompaniment.
THE 11TH HOUR
Warner Independent Pictures
Applian Way/GreenHour/Tree Media Group
Credits:
Director-screenwriters: Leila Conners Petersen, Nadia Conners
Producers: Leonardo DiCaprio, Chuck Castleberry, Brian Gerber, Pierre Andre Senizergues
Executive producers: Adam Lewis, Irmelin DiCaprio, Doyle Brunson
Director of photography: Andrew Rolands
Production designer: Nadia Conners
Music: Jean-Pascal Beintus
Co-producer: Leila Conners Petersen
Editors: Pietro Scalia, Luis Alvarez y Alvarez
Narrator: Leonardo DiCaprio
Running time -- 91 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
- 8/17/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Q&A with DiCaprio about 11th Hour
CANNES -- Leonardo DiCaprio wants to us to be very afraid of global warming. And then he wants us to do something about it.
In Cannes to promote his global-warming documentary The 11th Hour, DiCaprio admitted that his mega celebrity is a double-edged sword when it comes to drawing attention to the environmental issues addressed in the film.
"I'm completely aware of the fact, that my mere attachment being someone from quote-unquote Hollywood will garner certain amount of skepticism and criticism," DiCaprio said in an interview. "This is why I wanted to pose myself (in the film) as a concerned citizen, not as an expert. I ask the questions and allow these people (the environmental scientists) to give the answers."
DiCaprio co-wrote 11th Hour with directors Nadia Conners and Leila Conners Petersen and was involved in the production "from soup to nuts," according to the directors. "Everything from what the movie is about to who is in it to the issues discussed, every frame in that film was discussed by Leonardo, Nadia and I," Leila Conners Petersen said.
CANNES -- Leonardo DiCaprio wants to us to be very afraid of global warming. And then he wants us to do something about it.
In Cannes to promote his global-warming documentary The 11th Hour, DiCaprio admitted that his mega celebrity is a double-edged sword when it comes to drawing attention to the environmental issues addressed in the film.
"I'm completely aware of the fact, that my mere attachment being someone from quote-unquote Hollywood will garner certain amount of skepticism and criticism," DiCaprio said in an interview. "This is why I wanted to pose myself (in the film) as a concerned citizen, not as an expert. I ask the questions and allow these people (the environmental scientists) to give the answers."
DiCaprio co-wrote 11th Hour with directors Nadia Conners and Leila Conners Petersen and was involved in the production "from soup to nuts," according to the directors. "Everything from what the movie is about to who is in it to the issues discussed, every frame in that film was discussed by Leonardo, Nadia and I," Leila Conners Petersen said.
- 5/20/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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