Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul has signed on as one of the leads in the upcoming DreamWorks Need for Speed, a big screen adaptation of the best selling Electronic Arts video game.
The studio announced today a February 7th, 2014 release date for the car racing project, which Scott Waugh (Act of Valor) is set to direct.
A DreamWorks release said the movie will be
rooted in the tradition of the great car culture films of the ’70s while being extremely faithful to the spirit of the video game franchise. In Need for Speed, the cars are hot, the racing is intense and the story keeps players at the edge of their seat.
Said Patrick Soderlund, executive at EA in a statement:
Like the game series itself, the cast for the movie needs to be edgy and cool. Aaron Paul is a rising star — a great choice for the film lead.
The studio announced today a February 7th, 2014 release date for the car racing project, which Scott Waugh (Act of Valor) is set to direct.
A DreamWorks release said the movie will be
rooted in the tradition of the great car culture films of the ’70s while being extremely faithful to the spirit of the video game franchise. In Need for Speed, the cars are hot, the racing is intense and the story keeps players at the edge of their seat.
Said Patrick Soderlund, executive at EA in a statement:
Like the game series itself, the cast for the movie needs to be edgy and cool. Aaron Paul is a rising star — a great choice for the film lead.
- 10/15/2012
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
Big congrats goes to the producers Frederick Thornton, Laura Ragsdale, Sierra Leoni and helmer Mike Ott whose Littlerock - a film that played at the San Francisco, Torino, Vienna and AFI Fest festivals receives a pretty sweet upstart package: a one week showing at the Cinema Village, and other cash prizes including some theatrical release strategy help from the fine folks at Donna Daniels PR. Other Noms: Kati with an i Robert Greene, director; Douglas Tirola, Susan Bedusa, producers On Coal River Francine Cavanaugh and Adams Wood, directors; Jillian Elizabeth, Adams Wood, Francine Cavanaugh, producers Summer Pasture Lynn True and Nelson Walker, directors/producers; Tsering Perlo, co-director/co-producer The Wolf Knife Laurel Nakadate, director/producer Previous Winners 2009: Ry Russo-Young's You Won't Miss Me 2008: Nina Paley's Sita Sings the Blues 2007: Ronald Bronstein's Frownland 2006: Steve Barron's Choking Man...
- 11/30/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
I thought we'd take a closer look at the five films selected in the Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You category a.k.a the "fringe" titles that receive a helping hand and some extra love just by being nominated and have very little to do with batch of other films mentioned in yesterday's Gotham award nominations announcement. Previous winners in the section include 2009's You Wont Miss Me, 2008's Sita Sings the Blues, 2007's Frownland, 2006's Choking Man and 2005's I Am a Sex Addict, but this year a documentary could win with a ratio that sees three docs and a pair of narratives. I was only familiar with two of the five in Robert Greene's Kati with an i and Mike Ott's Littlerock, so logically I thought about whipping up breakdown of the section and presenting the mentioned pair and Francine Cavanaugh and...
- 10/19/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Indie Movies Online is a brand new UK based movie-on-demand website that offers hundreds of great films to watch at high quality online, legally and for free. There is literally something for everyone, and many gems to be found.
All types of movie are represented including thrillers, sci-fi, comedies and slick Us horrors and more. New and classic films are added all the time. Expect to find titles like: Allegro, Baise Moi, The Boss of it All, Brothers, Chopper, Choking Man, Dark Star, Evil Aliens, Funny Ha Ha, George Washington, HurlyBurly, King of New York, Kontakt, Love is the Devil, Millennium, Mirror Maze, Mutual Appreciation, My Left Foot, Old Joy, The Pleasure of Being Robbed and Reprise.
There are also stacks of quality documentaries including: A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese, Crass: there’s no Authority but Yourself, Sympathy for the Devil, Word Wars, The Cutting Edge, Room 2017 and many more.
All types of movie are represented including thrillers, sci-fi, comedies and slick Us horrors and more. New and classic films are added all the time. Expect to find titles like: Allegro, Baise Moi, The Boss of it All, Brothers, Chopper, Choking Man, Dark Star, Evil Aliens, Funny Ha Ha, George Washington, HurlyBurly, King of New York, Kontakt, Love is the Devil, Millennium, Mirror Maze, Mutual Appreciation, My Left Foot, Old Joy, The Pleasure of Being Robbed and Reprise.
There are also stacks of quality documentaries including: A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese, Crass: there’s no Authority but Yourself, Sympathy for the Devil, Word Wars, The Cutting Edge, Room 2017 and many more.
- 6/23/2010
- by Kat
- Nerdly
Tina Mabry's "Mississippi Damned," an independent American production, won the Gold Hugo as the best film in the 2009 Chicago International Film Festival, and added Gold Plaques for best supporting actress (Jossie Thacker) and best screenplay (Mabry). It tells the harrowing story of three black children growing up in rural Mississippi in circumstances of violence and addiction. The film's trailer and an interview with Mabry are linked at the bottom.
Kylee Russell in "Mississippi Damned"
The win came over a crowed field of competitors from all over the world, many of them with much larger budgets. The other big winner at the Pump Room of the Ambassador East awards ceremony Saturday evening was by veteran master Marco Bellocchio of Italy, who won the Silver Hugo as best director for "Vincere," the story of Mussolini's younger brother. Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Filippo Timi won Silver Hugos as best actress and actor,...
Kylee Russell in "Mississippi Damned"
The win came over a crowed field of competitors from all over the world, many of them with much larger budgets. The other big winner at the Pump Room of the Ambassador East awards ceremony Saturday evening was by veteran master Marco Bellocchio of Italy, who won the Silver Hugo as best director for "Vincere," the story of Mussolini's younger brother. Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Filippo Timi won Silver Hugos as best actress and actor,...
- 10/23/2009
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
- The DVD of the month club specializing in all things subtitle and indie will be resuscitating the life back into a much-adored film that first preemed back in 2006 during the Tribeca film festival and received a short window release in November of last year in NYC and the Laemmle in W.Hollywood. Screen Daily reports that Film Movement have picked up the domestic rights to Steve Barron's film - a winner of Best Film Not Playing at a Theatre Near You at the Gotham Awards. It's looking like the film may reappear for a traditional one week release before branching out onto DVD. Barron's paints a portrait a morbidly shy Ecuadorian dishwasher toiling away in a shabby Jamaica, Queens, New York diner. He works all day long in the shadow of the ever-present Heimlich Maneuver instruction poster which hangs in the diner kitchen. Barron has had a number
- 3/18/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
International Film Circuit
NEW YORK -- Director Steve Barron (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Coneheads) tries too hard with his modest indie drama Choking Man, which he also scripted.
Set in the drab environs of Jamaica, Queens, this tale of a pathologically shy Ecuadorean dishwasher is overburdened with disorienting stylistic devices and contrived plot elements that reduce the psychological depth to which it aspires.
The nearly mute Jorge (Octavio Gomez) works at a Greek diner run by the gregarious Rick (Mandy Patinkin), who offers plenty of world-weary advice along with his burgers and eggs. Jorge quickly develops an attraction for Amy (Eugenia Yuan), a young Chinese-American waitress, but is unable to act on it. Meanwhile, he's being bullied by his co-worker, Jerry (Aaron Paul), an ex-con who also has set his romantic sights on Amy.
Retreating to the isolation of his cramped room, Jorge engages in a series of disturbing exchanges with a mysterious Spanish-speaking man who increasingly encourages his underlying hostilities. We are given further insight into Jorge's thought processes via a series of animated interludes, the visual style of which is reminiscent of the Heimlich maneuver poster adoring the diner's wall.
While the teeming multicultural atmosphere of its setting is authentically captured, the film's attempt to blend urban realism and fantastical psychodrama never quite comes off. Not helping matters is the problematic central character, whose extreme reticence is conveyed so effectively that we ironically never quite come to care about his fate.
NEW YORK -- Director Steve Barron (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Coneheads) tries too hard with his modest indie drama Choking Man, which he also scripted.
Set in the drab environs of Jamaica, Queens, this tale of a pathologically shy Ecuadorean dishwasher is overburdened with disorienting stylistic devices and contrived plot elements that reduce the psychological depth to which it aspires.
The nearly mute Jorge (Octavio Gomez) works at a Greek diner run by the gregarious Rick (Mandy Patinkin), who offers plenty of world-weary advice along with his burgers and eggs. Jorge quickly develops an attraction for Amy (Eugenia Yuan), a young Chinese-American waitress, but is unable to act on it. Meanwhile, he's being bullied by his co-worker, Jerry (Aaron Paul), an ex-con who also has set his romantic sights on Amy.
Retreating to the isolation of his cramped room, Jorge engages in a series of disturbing exchanges with a mysterious Spanish-speaking man who increasingly encourages his underlying hostilities. We are given further insight into Jorge's thought processes via a series of animated interludes, the visual style of which is reminiscent of the Heimlich maneuver poster adoring the diner's wall.
While the teeming multicultural atmosphere of its setting is authentically captured, the film's attempt to blend urban realism and fantastical psychodrama never quite comes off. Not helping matters is the problematic central character, whose extreme reticence is conveyed so effectively that we ironically never quite come to care about his fate.
- 11/28/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- [Editor's Note: We originally published this as part of our coverage of the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival.]Steve Barron started his career directed music videos--many of which have became classics since then. His second film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, quickly became the first independent feature to break the 100-million dollar theatrical barrier in the U.S. He followed up on many high-budget films and miniseries, including Merlin, a $30 million series produced by Hallmark. His latest film, Choking Man premiered at the 5th Tribeca Film Festival on April 26, 2006. Being in my mid-twenties, one of the first film I remember seeing in a theater after my Bambi and "The Bear" phase was Ninja Turtle in 1990, back when I was in elementary school. Ever since, Barron's cult films have ever since accompanied me as I grew up ... Coneheads in 1993, The Adventures of Pinocchio in 1996. So, it was a somewhat special feeling for me to meet the mind behind those films, some 16 years after I first saw The Ninja Turtles.
- 11/8/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
MADRID -- The inaugural Ibiza and Formentera International Film Festival announced Thursday that it will screen 18 films during its May 29-June 7 run.
The films are divided between six regional sections: Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America, Africa and co-productions. The winners of each section will compete against each other for the top prize, the Eleanor Falcon.
The European section comprises Juan Carlos Falcon's La Caja from Spain, Roberto Ando's Viaggio Segreto from Italy and Cristian Nemescu's California Dreamin' from Romania.
From Asia, there will be Lee Hyung-gon's The Fox Family from Korea, Yibai Zhang's The Longest Night in Shanghai from Japan and Mani Ratnam's Guru from India.
From the U.S., there will be Steve Barron's Choking Man, Douglas McGrath's Infamous and Richard Linklater's Fast Food Nation.
Latin America will offer three Argentine productions: Enrique Gabriel's co-production with Spain, Suspiros del Corazon; Santiago Otheguy's La Leon; and Ariel Winogerad's Cara de Queso.
On offer from Africa are Laura Muscardin's Billo le grand dakhaar, from Italy-Senegal, Laurent Salgues' Dreams of Dust from France-Canada-Burkina Faso and Salif Traore's Faro, la reine des eaux, from Mali-France-Burkina Faso.
The films are divided between six regional sections: Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America, Africa and co-productions. The winners of each section will compete against each other for the top prize, the Eleanor Falcon.
The European section comprises Juan Carlos Falcon's La Caja from Spain, Roberto Ando's Viaggio Segreto from Italy and Cristian Nemescu's California Dreamin' from Romania.
From Asia, there will be Lee Hyung-gon's The Fox Family from Korea, Yibai Zhang's The Longest Night in Shanghai from Japan and Mani Ratnam's Guru from India.
From the U.S., there will be Steve Barron's Choking Man, Douglas McGrath's Infamous and Richard Linklater's Fast Food Nation.
Latin America will offer three Argentine productions: Enrique Gabriel's co-production with Spain, Suspiros del Corazon; Santiago Otheguy's La Leon; and Ariel Winogerad's Cara de Queso.
On offer from Africa are Laura Muscardin's Billo le grand dakhaar, from Italy-Senegal, Laurent Salgues' Dreams of Dust from France-Canada-Burkina Faso and Salif Traore's Faro, la reine des eaux, from Mali-France-Burkina Faso.
- 5/11/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- THINKFilm has not only got a winner on its hands â. but may we dare say - its got the sort of potential that might see it cross into the mainstream golden evening of the award season â. yep the Oscars might not look unattainable as I had first predicted. Given out last night, the Independent Film Project awards were prety much a Half Nelson tribute type of affair - winning in the breakthrough actor, director and picture categories with its closest rival being Alejandro Gonzalez Inarrituâ.s Babel which picked up 2 awards. Note: Rinko Kikuchi (the naked Jap) from Babel and the (always play the same role twice) young Shareeka Epps shared the same award. Filmmaker Amy Bergâ.s Deliver Us from Evil - a doc that unfortunately in my area spent very little time in theatres around my neighborhood lost out to the little seen Iraq in Fragments by James Longley.
- 11/30/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
- [Ed's note: Over 3500 pics taken, over 30 capsule reviews and a couple of interviews on the slate – Pierre Alexandre delivered way beyond expectations.] It's already over! Well, it was about time. 13 days for a film festival is totally intense – in addition to the 3 weeks of press screenings prior to the beginning of the festival. So, I ended up seeing about 55 films, which is very little for this festival that had almost 200 features length films. Most of the films were good; unfortunately, as in every festival, there were some very crappy ones. It's hard to understand how in a festival that receives some 2,000 features submissions there still bad films are making their way in the selection. Even the publicist hired by one of the film to promote it said to someone it was a "very bad film" – he didn't say that to the journalists, of course! Despite those few dissappointments, Tribeca 2006 was totally worth it. In doing my top 10 of some festivals I sometimes have a hard time coming up with
- 5/8/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
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