Becks, the musical drama directed by Elizabeth Rohrbaugh and Daniel Powell starring Lena Hall, won the La Film Festival’s U.S. Fiction Award today, while Karen Moncrieff’s The Keeping Hours took the Audience Award for a fiction feature. Those winners were among the awards announced today at the festival’s Awards Reception by Festival Director Jennifer Cochis and Film Independent President Josh Welsh (see the complete list below). Festival Guest Director Miguel Arteta (Beat…...
- 6/22/2017
- Deadline
The world of high-priced call girls gets a darkly comic twist in The Escort's trailer.
Michael Doneger wrote, produced and stars in the comedy about a reporter who tries to kick start his fledgling career with a truly sexy story.
Following a high-priced escort on the job for a week, he discovers the highs and lows of working in the sex trade.
The Escort's ensemble cast includes Bruce Campbell (Ash vs Evil Dead), Lyndsy Fonseca (Marvel's Agent Carter) and Rumer Willis (Dancing with the Stars), with supporting roles also going to Sonya Walger and Dan Bakkedahl.
The film is directed by Will Slocombe, who is best known for his work on the series Reception.
The Escort debuts in the Us on July 28 through VOD services.
Michael Doneger wrote, produced and stars in the comedy about a reporter who tries to kick start his fledgling career with a truly sexy story.
Following a high-priced escort on the job for a week, he discovers the highs and lows of working in the sex trade.
The Escort's ensemble cast includes Bruce Campbell (Ash vs Evil Dead), Lyndsy Fonseca (Marvel's Agent Carter) and Rumer Willis (Dancing with the Stars), with supporting roles also going to Sonya Walger and Dan Bakkedahl.
The film is directed by Will Slocombe, who is best known for his work on the series Reception.
The Escort debuts in the Us on July 28 through VOD services.
- 7/24/2015
- Digital Spy
On the set of Pasadena
A familiar face at Film Independent is taking his creativity and work ethic to a film set for his very own directorial effort, Pasadena. Will Slocombe (Events Coordinator extraordinaire here at Film Independent) has contributed his film experience to our website’s library of resources before (see: Crowd-funding tips) and is compiling more tips and advice throughout his latest project.
Pasadena, written and directed by Slocombe, is an independent comedy-drama about how—despite our best efforts—we all eventually turn into our parents. The film stars legendary director Peter Bogdanovich, Cheryl Hines, Alicia Witt, Sonya Walger and Ashton Holmes. From the film’s press release: “Set in present-day Pasadena, the film centers on the eccentric Turner clan, an upper-class family torn apart by secrets revealed over a Thanksgiving weekend.”
Slocombe took some time after wrapping his 12-day(!) shoot to give us a bit of the...
A familiar face at Film Independent is taking his creativity and work ethic to a film set for his very own directorial effort, Pasadena. Will Slocombe (Events Coordinator extraordinaire here at Film Independent) has contributed his film experience to our website’s library of resources before (see: Crowd-funding tips) and is compiling more tips and advice throughout his latest project.
Pasadena, written and directed by Slocombe, is an independent comedy-drama about how—despite our best efforts—we all eventually turn into our parents. The film stars legendary director Peter Bogdanovich, Cheryl Hines, Alicia Witt, Sonya Walger and Ashton Holmes. From the film’s press release: “Set in present-day Pasadena, the film centers on the eccentric Turner clan, an upper-class family torn apart by secrets revealed over a Thanksgiving weekend.”
Slocombe took some time after wrapping his 12-day(!) shoot to give us a bit of the...
- 5/17/2012
- by Film Independent
- Film Independent
Los Angeles, CA (April 11, 2012) – Graham Ballou, producer and partner at Los Angeles-based Midway Films, announced lead casting today for its feature Pasadena, written and to be directed by Will Slocombe (Crime Fiction, Mulligan, “Reception”). This is Slocombe’s third feature as a director, his first produced screenwriting credit. Production on the film begins in early May. Peter Bogdanovich (“The Sopranos,” Broken English, dir. Last Picture Show) has been cast in the role of Poppy Turner, with Cheryl Hines (“Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Suburgatory”) joining him as his second wife, Deborah. Alicia Witt (”Friday Night Lights,” “Cybill”) will play Poppy’s daughter, and Ashton Holmes (”Revenge,” A History Of Violence) Poppy and Deborah’s son. Also cast are Sonya Walger (“FlashForward,” “Lost”) and Amy Ferguson (The Master, Social Network). Set in present-day Pasadena, the film centers on the eccentric Turner clan, an upper-class family torn apart by secrets revealed over a Thanksgiving weekend.
- 4/11/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
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