Justice League: Willem Dafoe, who portrayed the villainous Green Goblin in Sam Raimi's trilogy of Spider-Man movies, will play an unidentified "good guy" in Justice League: Part One and Justice League: Part Two. Production began last week on the first installment under the direction of Zack Snyder; it's due out in theaters on November 17, 2017. [THR] I Want My MTV: James Ponsoldt (The Spectacular Now, The End of the Tour) will write, direct and produce a big-screen adaptation of I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution, a book by Rob Tannenbaum and Craig Marks. The book explores the first 10 years of the popular and influential cable network. [The Wrap] Yoga Hosers: Kevin Smith's latest movie, Yoga Hosers...
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- 4/20/2016
- by Peter Martin
- Movies.com
A24 has announced that they've picked up the rights to Rob Tannenbaum and Craig Marks' critically-acclaimed 2011 book I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution, and that they have hired The Spectacular Now and Smashed filmmaker James Ponsoldt to write and direct the adaptation. Ponsoldt will also produce the movie with A24 and VisionChaos Productions' Eva Maria... Read More...
- 4/20/2016
- by Jesse Giroux
- JoBlo.com
A24 has secured the rights to the book I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution, and they’ve set James Ponsoldt (The Spectacular Now, The End of the Tour) as the director.
The book was written by Rob Tannenbaum and Craig Marks, and it was published in 2011. It takes the readers through a the birth and rise of the popular cable channel. I use to watch MTV all of the time in the early '90s. It was the golden age of MTV. I thought the music videos they made were so cool, and of course, the girls in the music videos were sexy as hell. MTV has since changed, and now I just see it as a joke. I haven’t watched MTV in years.
The story in the book is, for the most part, told through interviews and anecdotes from MTV’s...
The book was written by Rob Tannenbaum and Craig Marks, and it was published in 2011. It takes the readers through a the birth and rise of the popular cable channel. I use to watch MTV all of the time in the early '90s. It was the golden age of MTV. I thought the music videos they made were so cool, and of course, the girls in the music videos were sexy as hell. MTV has since changed, and now I just see it as a joke. I haven’t watched MTV in years.
The story in the book is, for the most part, told through interviews and anecdotes from MTV’s...
- 4/20/2016
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Add another title to the ever-expanding Bad Robot slate: according to The Wrap, J.J. Abrams and Daisy Ridley will reunite — this time as producer and star, respectively — on Kolma, a remake of the 2003 Israeli picture All I’ve Got and, it seems, the next directorial effort for Diary of a Teenage Girl helmer Marielle Heller. While the outline could (and likely will, in some ways) change from one iteration to the next, it’s worth noting that the original incarnation concerned a woman who, reflecting on the accident that left her then-lover dead, is left to choose between joining him in the afterlife or returning to the day of said accident.
Despite the marshaling of forces, including a new draft by scribe Megan Holley (Sunshine Cleaning), word on when production might kick off remains unclear — though one imagines another Abrams-produced, Ridley-led outing will need to wrap before things move forward.
Despite the marshaling of forces, including a new draft by scribe Megan Holley (Sunshine Cleaning), word on when production might kick off remains unclear — though one imagines another Abrams-produced, Ridley-led outing will need to wrap before things move forward.
- 4/19/2016
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
It’s not money for nothing — A24 has optioned rights to I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story Of The Music Video Revolution by Rob Tannenbaum and Craig Marks. James Ponsoldt will write, produce and direct a narrative feature adaptation of the book, which chronicles the founding and first decade of the Network Formerly Known as Music Television. Modestly launched on cable in 1981, MTV would revolutionize music and television. The cable network started out with a concept few…...
- 4/19/2016
- Deadline
Here's a terrific story that surprisingly hasn't been told on the big screen just yet, but not for lack of trying. A few years back, Brett Ratner was circling around directing an adaptation of the acclaimed book "I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story Of The Music Video Revolution," which as the title implies, tells the wild story about how the music video channel was born and influenced an entire generation. That iteration didn't come to pass, but another filmmaker well suited to the task has stepped in. Read More: Sundance Review: James Ponsoldt's 'The End Of The Tour' Starring Jason Siegel & Jesse Eisenberg A24 has acquired film rights to the book by Rob Tannenbaum and Craig Marks and has tapped James Ponsoldt ("The End Of The Tour," "The Spectacular Now") to write, produce and direct the movie. The film will chronicle the founding and first 10 years of the network,...
- 4/19/2016
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
James Ponsoldt has signed on to write, direct and produce an adaptation of Rob Tannenbaum and Craig Marks’ book “I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution” for A24, which has optioned its rights, the company announced Tuesday. “MTV” will be Ponsoldt’s third project with A24 following “The Spectacular Now” and “The End of the Tour.” A24 will produce alongside frequent collaborator Eva Maria Daniels of VisionChaos Productions. “I Want My MTV” chronicles the founding and first 10 years of the network, a golden era in both music and television where MTV became the emblem of a new generation.
- 4/19/2016
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
The New York-based company has lined up another production, optioning rights to Rob Tannenbaum and Craig Marks’ book I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story Of The Music Video Revolution.
A24 will reunite with The Spectacular Now and The End Of The Tour director James Ponsoldt, who will write, produce, and direct the adaptation.
A24 will produce alongside frequent collaborator Eva Maria Daniels of VisionChaos Productions.
I Want My MTV recounts the first ten years of the network and is being conceived as a “fun, immersive look” at the network’s rise to become a cornerstone of pop culture.
“We’re so thrilled to be collaborating again with James Ponsoldt to bring this terrific book to the screen,” said A24. “With James on board, we know he’ll bring out all the passion, ingenuity, humour, and humanity that led to MTV becoming perhaps the most powerful influence on pop culture of all time.”
Ponsoldt added:...
A24 will reunite with The Spectacular Now and The End Of The Tour director James Ponsoldt, who will write, produce, and direct the adaptation.
A24 will produce alongside frequent collaborator Eva Maria Daniels of VisionChaos Productions.
I Want My MTV recounts the first ten years of the network and is being conceived as a “fun, immersive look” at the network’s rise to become a cornerstone of pop culture.
“We’re so thrilled to be collaborating again with James Ponsoldt to bring this terrific book to the screen,” said A24. “With James on board, we know he’ll bring out all the passion, ingenuity, humour, and humanity that led to MTV becoming perhaps the most powerful influence on pop culture of all time.”
Ponsoldt added:...
- 4/19/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
It doesn’t seem possible that it was around 30 years ago that A Flock of Seagulls ran so far away or Modern English melted with us, but it was. The story behind those acts, their biggest hits, and dozens of other New Wave acts are captured in all their ‘80s bad hairdo-ed, brightly colored-glory in “Mad World: An Oral History of New Wave Artists And Songs That Defined The 1980s.” Written by Lori Majewski and Jonathan Bernstein, with a forward by Duran Duran’s Nick Rhodes and an afterward by Moby, the book examines the New Wave era through the filter of 36 songs associated with the time, such as Gary Numan’s “Cars,” Duran Duran’s “Girls On Film” and The Smiths’ “How Soon Is Now.” Each chapter deals with one act and, while not limited to the group’s biggest hit, explores the story behind that tune and the...
- 4/17/2014
- by Melinda Newman
- Hitfix
By Piya Sinha-Roy
(Reuters) -- Michael Jackson's "Bad" returns this September with new music and never-before-seen concert video in the first re-release of a full album from the King of Pop's catalog since he died in 2009, Jackson's record company and estate said on Monday.
The "Bad 25" deluxe package, released on September 18, commemorates the 25th anniversary of the original, Grammy-winning album with hits like "The Way You Make Me Feel," and it will include demos and songs that didn't make the final cut of the original version.
The new songs were recorded in Jackson's studio while he was making the album, and the package also offers a DVD of Jackson's performance for Britain's Prince Charles, Lady Diana and 72,000 fans at London's Wembley Stadium in 1988.
The video was discovered in the singer's personal collection, and thought to be the only copy of the performance, taped for Jackson's own use, the estate said.
(Reuters) -- Michael Jackson's "Bad" returns this September with new music and never-before-seen concert video in the first re-release of a full album from the King of Pop's catalog since he died in 2009, Jackson's record company and estate said on Monday.
The "Bad 25" deluxe package, released on September 18, commemorates the 25th anniversary of the original, Grammy-winning album with hits like "The Way You Make Me Feel," and it will include demos and songs that didn't make the final cut of the original version.
The new songs were recorded in Jackson's studio while he was making the album, and the package also offers a DVD of Jackson's performance for Britain's Prince Charles, Lady Diana and 72,000 fans at London's Wembley Stadium in 1988.
The video was discovered in the singer's personal collection, and thought to be the only copy of the performance, taped for Jackson's own use, the estate said.
- 5/22/2012
- by Reuters
- Huffington Post
The last time director and producer Brett Ratner made headlines was when he and on-air host Eddie Murphy abruptly exited the 84th Academy Awards telecast over Ratner’s anti-gay slurs. The Tower Heist director and presumed Academy Awards producer returned to the pages of Variety for a better reason today; announcing a deal to adapt the recent book I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story Of The Music Video Revolution by writers Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum. Ratner signed on to produce the movie via his Rat Entertainment shingle and hinted that he might also direct the movie.
- 3/16/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The last time director and producer Brett Ratner made headlines was when he and on-air host Eddie Murphy abruptly exited the 84th Academy Awards telecast over Ratner’s anti-gay slurs. The Tower Heist director and presumed Academy Awards producer returned to the pages of Variety for a better reason today; announcing a deal to adapt the recent book I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story Of The Music Video Revolution by writers Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum. Ratner signed on to produce the movie via his Rat Entertainment shingle and hinted that he might also direct the movie.
- 3/16/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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