Exclusive: Jack Huston (House of Gucci) has signed on to star alongside Isabelle Fuhrman and Don Johnson in Andy Tennant’s thriller Unit 234, which is currently in production in the Cayman Islands.
In the film penned by Derek Steiner, a lone employee at a remote storage facility (Fuhrman) discovers an unconscious man locked inside Unit 234, chained to a gurney and missing a kidney. She must then fight to survive a ruthless gang, dead set on retrieving their precious cargo…at any cost.
Blythe Frank, Hadeel Reda, Lee Dreyfuss and Productivity Media’s William Santor and Doug Murray are producing, with Johnson, Colleen Camp and Radiant Films International founder Mimi Steinbauer serving as executive producers. Radiant is launching international sales of the film at the upcoming Cannes Marché du Film.
Huston recently starred alongside Adam Driver, Lady Gaga, Al Pacino, Jared Leto and more in Ridley Scott’s Oscar-nominated drama...
In the film penned by Derek Steiner, a lone employee at a remote storage facility (Fuhrman) discovers an unconscious man locked inside Unit 234, chained to a gurney and missing a kidney. She must then fight to survive a ruthless gang, dead set on retrieving their precious cargo…at any cost.
Blythe Frank, Hadeel Reda, Lee Dreyfuss and Productivity Media’s William Santor and Doug Murray are producing, with Johnson, Colleen Camp and Radiant Films International founder Mimi Steinbauer serving as executive producers. Radiant is launching international sales of the film at the upcoming Cannes Marché du Film.
Huston recently starred alongside Adam Driver, Lady Gaga, Al Pacino, Jared Leto and more in Ridley Scott’s Oscar-nominated drama...
- 5/2/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s difficult to believe that intimacy coordinators are a relatively new function of a film or TV set. With love scenes and nudity onscreen, coordinators’ roles are to make sure that actors feel safe and secure while filming.
Yet Alicia Vikander recalled to Harper’s Bazaar UK that she didn’t always have that experience during productions. Vikander, who next stars in Olivier Assayas’ “Irma Vep” TV series, said coordinators “should have existed at the beginning of my career” to hopefully curb uncomfortable encounters.
“I’ve been in situations that were not fine, where I didn’t feel I was protected,” Vikander said.
The “Tomb Raider” star described one instance of being on set where “everyone was busy doing their own thing and, in the middle, you have an actor who sits there naked for a couple of hours.”
She continued, “And someone is supposed to arrive with a robe,...
Yet Alicia Vikander recalled to Harper’s Bazaar UK that she didn’t always have that experience during productions. Vikander, who next stars in Olivier Assayas’ “Irma Vep” TV series, said coordinators “should have existed at the beginning of my career” to hopefully curb uncomfortable encounters.
“I’ve been in situations that were not fine, where I didn’t feel I was protected,” Vikander said.
The “Tomb Raider” star described one instance of being on set where “everyone was busy doing their own thing and, in the middle, you have an actor who sits there naked for a couple of hours.”
She continued, “And someone is supposed to arrive with a robe,...
- 4/6/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Ridley Scott didn’t have to look far to find a new president of his film company Scott Free. He has elevated Michael Pruss, who until now has been co-president of the company’s film division alongside Kevin Walsh, who left for a first-look producing deal at Apple.
Pruss will work closely with Scott to manage the company’s prolific production slate. He is currently supervising production on the Matt Ruskin-directed Keira Knightley-starrer Boston Strangler for Twentieth Century. He previously oversaw Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s Our Friend, the tearjerker that starred Jason Segel, Casey Affleck, & Dakota Johnson, the Wash Westmoreland-directed Earthquake Bird with Alicia Vikander, Riley Keough and Naoki Kobayashi for Netflix, and the Jake Scott-directed Sienna Miller-starrer American Woman, from an original script by Mare of Easttown‘s Brad Ingelsby, a frequent collaborator with Pruss.
“Mike has proven time and time again to have impeccable taste,...
Pruss will work closely with Scott to manage the company’s prolific production slate. He is currently supervising production on the Matt Ruskin-directed Keira Knightley-starrer Boston Strangler for Twentieth Century. He previously oversaw Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s Our Friend, the tearjerker that starred Jason Segel, Casey Affleck, & Dakota Johnson, the Wash Westmoreland-directed Earthquake Bird with Alicia Vikander, Riley Keough and Naoki Kobayashi for Netflix, and the Jake Scott-directed Sienna Miller-starrer American Woman, from an original script by Mare of Easttown‘s Brad Ingelsby, a frequent collaborator with Pruss.
“Mike has proven time and time again to have impeccable taste,...
- 1/19/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
After spending the past five years as president of Ridley Scott’s Scott Free Productions, Kevin Walsh is leaving for a multi-year deal with Apple TV+ to produce film and television for the streamer.
Christening his producing shingle The Walsh Company, Walsh will bring in and set up projects of his own, while helping package product already at Apple, where film is run by head of film Matt Dentler and Apple TV+ chiefs Zack Van Amburg & Jamie Erlicht. After getting an Oscar nomination for producing Manchester By The Sea, Walsh joined Scott and oversaw worldwide development and production of Scott Free’s film group. Walsh produced over a dozen films in that time, including most recently House of Gucci (alongside Giannina Scott), The Last Duel, All the Money in the World, Death on the Nile, Naked Singularity, Jungleland, Earthquake Bird, Our Friend, American Woman and Zoe.
Walsh will continue his...
Christening his producing shingle The Walsh Company, Walsh will bring in and set up projects of his own, while helping package product already at Apple, where film is run by head of film Matt Dentler and Apple TV+ chiefs Zack Van Amburg & Jamie Erlicht. After getting an Oscar nomination for producing Manchester By The Sea, Walsh joined Scott and oversaw worldwide development and production of Scott Free’s film group. Walsh produced over a dozen films in that time, including most recently House of Gucci (alongside Giannina Scott), The Last Duel, All the Money in the World, Death on the Nile, Naked Singularity, Jungleland, Earthquake Bird, Our Friend, American Woman and Zoe.
Walsh will continue his...
- 1/18/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Millicent Simmonds, the breakout star of "Wonderstruck" and "A Quiet Place," will play Helen Keller opposite Rachel Brosnahan in "Helen & Teacher." Wash Westmoreland, the director of "Still Alice" and Netflix's "Earthquake Bird," will helm the upcoming film about the famed author, educator, and disability rights advocate.
Keller lost her sight and hearing when she was a toddler and spent years after that communicating with home signs, a system of improvised gestures that often take the place of sign language in children who are living in a relative vacuum apart from the Deaf community. When she was 7 years old she met Anne Sullivan,...
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Keller lost her sight and hearing when she was a toddler and spent years after that communicating with home signs, a system of improvised gestures that often take the place of sign language in children who are living in a relative vacuum apart from the Deaf community. When she was 7 years old she met Anne Sullivan,...
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- 10/15/2021
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
“A Quiet Place” breakout Millicent Simmonds and “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” star Rachel Brosnahan will play Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan in the forthcoming feature film “Helen & Teacher.”
Simmonds, who is deaf, is a distant cousin of Deafblind activist Keller, and her casting marks a significant turning point for deaf representation on screen. Most adaptations of Keller’s story over the years have generally featured non-deaf actors.
Simmonds will star opposite Brosnahan, who will portray her committed yet controlling translator and companion Sullivan. Cornerstone will handle international sales and distribution, and is set to kick off sales at the American Film Market next month. UTA Independent Film Group and WME are overseeing the U.S. sale.
“Helen & Teacher” is based on the original screenplay by Laetitia Mikles and Westmoreland, in consultation with a team at the Helen Keller National Center for Youth and Adults.
Set during the early 1900s,...
Simmonds, who is deaf, is a distant cousin of Deafblind activist Keller, and her casting marks a significant turning point for deaf representation on screen. Most adaptations of Keller’s story over the years have generally featured non-deaf actors.
Simmonds will star opposite Brosnahan, who will portray her committed yet controlling translator and companion Sullivan. Cornerstone will handle international sales and distribution, and is set to kick off sales at the American Film Market next month. UTA Independent Film Group and WME are overseeing the U.S. sale.
“Helen & Teacher” is based on the original screenplay by Laetitia Mikles and Westmoreland, in consultation with a team at the Helen Keller National Center for Youth and Adults.
Set during the early 1900s,...
- 10/14/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Millicent Simmonds, the deaf star of A Quiet Place Part I and II and Wonderstruck, is teaming up with Emmy-winning Marvelous Mrs. Maisel lead Rachel Brosnahan for Helen & Teacher, set to tell the story of famed deaf, blind and disability rights activist Helen Keller.
The film comes from Wash Westmoreland (Still Alice, Colette, Earthquake Bird) and will see Simmonds — actually a distant cousin of Keller’s — play Keller, with Brosnahan as Anne Sullivan, her committed yet controlling translator and companion.
Cornerstone will handle international sales and distribution and will launch sales at the upcoming American Film Market. UTA Independent Film Group and WME are overseeing the U.S. sale....
The film comes from Wash Westmoreland (Still Alice, Colette, Earthquake Bird) and will see Simmonds — actually a distant cousin of Keller’s — play Keller, with Brosnahan as Anne Sullivan, her committed yet controlling translator and companion.
Cornerstone will handle international sales and distribution and will launch sales at the upcoming American Film Market. UTA Independent Film Group and WME are overseeing the U.S. sale....
- 10/14/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Millicent Simmonds, the deaf star of A Quiet Place Part 1 and 2 and Wonderstruck, is teaming up with Emmy-winning Marvelous Mrs. Maisel lead Rachel Brosnahan for Helen & Teacher, set to tell the story of famed deaf, blind and disability rights activist Helen Keller.
The film comes from Wash Westmoreland (Still Alice, Colette, Earthquake Bird) and will see Simmonds — actually a distant cousin of Keller’s — play Keller, with Brosnahan as Anne Sullivan, her committed yet controlling translator and companion.
Cornerstone will handle international sales and distribution and will launch sales at the upcoming American Film Market. UTA Independent Film Group and WME are overseeing the U.S. sale....
The film comes from Wash Westmoreland (Still Alice, Colette, Earthquake Bird) and will see Simmonds — actually a distant cousin of Keller’s — play Keller, with Brosnahan as Anne Sullivan, her committed yet controlling translator and companion.
Cornerstone will handle international sales and distribution and will launch sales at the upcoming American Film Market. UTA Independent Film Group and WME are overseeing the U.S. sale....
- 10/14/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Michael Pruss has been promoted to co-president of the film division at Scott Free Productions. Pruss will continue to report to Scott Free president Kevin Walsh as he helps expand the company’s slate of feature films with a focus on developing new filmmakers and talent from across the globe and bringing them into the Scott Free fold. Pruss, known for his acumen in world cinema, has been prolific in his seven years at Scott Free, primarily focused on backing independent and international filmmakers.
“I’m hugely grateful to Ridley, Kevin, Justin – and all my Scott Free colleagues and friends – for their support, guidance and advice over these past few years,” Pruss said. “It’s a privilege to work with such excellent people everyday and I’m looking forward to continuing to make Scott Free a home for quality films and filmmakers from around the world.”
Walsh continues to oversee...
“I’m hugely grateful to Ridley, Kevin, Justin – and all my Scott Free colleagues and friends – for their support, guidance and advice over these past few years,” Pruss said. “It’s a privilege to work with such excellent people everyday and I’m looking forward to continuing to make Scott Free a home for quality films and filmmakers from around the world.”
Walsh continues to oversee...
- 9/28/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Riley Keough is set as a lead opposite Chris Pratt and Constance Wu in Amazon’s conspiracy-thriller series The Terminal List, based on Jack Carr’s bestselling novel.
Taylor Kitsch and Jeanne Tripplehorn also star in the series, which Pratt executive produces along with Antoine Fuqua, who directs, and writer David Digilio. The Terminal List is a co-production from Amazon Studios and Civic Center Media in association with MRC Television.
Written by Digilio, The Terminal List follows James Reece (Pratt) after his entire platoon of Navy SEALs is ambushed during a high-stakes covert mission. Reece returns home to his family with conflicting memories of the event and questions about his culpability. However, as new evidence comes to light, Reece discovers dark forces working against him, endangering not only his life but the lives of those he loves.
Keough will play Lauren Reece, an elite triathlete and a warrior in her own right.
Taylor Kitsch and Jeanne Tripplehorn also star in the series, which Pratt executive produces along with Antoine Fuqua, who directs, and writer David Digilio. The Terminal List is a co-production from Amazon Studios and Civic Center Media in association with MRC Television.
Written by Digilio, The Terminal List follows James Reece (Pratt) after his entire platoon of Navy SEALs is ambushed during a high-stakes covert mission. Reece returns home to his family with conflicting memories of the event and questions about his culpability. However, as new evidence comes to light, Reece discovers dark forces working against him, endangering not only his life but the lives of those he loves.
Keough will play Lauren Reece, an elite triathlete and a warrior in her own right.
- 3/5/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Roadside Attractions has partnered with Gravitas Ventures to acquire U.S. distribution rights to Dakota Johnson and Casey Affleck’s “The Friend,” which premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.
The heartfelt true story is based on Matthew Teague’s award-winning autobiographical essay published in Esquire Magazine.
“The Friend” tells the story of Nicole (Johnson) and Teague (Affleck), who, after receiving life-altering news, find unexpected support from their best friend, Dane (Jason Segel), who puts his own life on hold and moves into their family home, bringing an impact much greater — and more profound — than anyone could have imagined.
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“Everyone knows the value of a great friend, yet it’s rare to see friendship dramatized in film,” Roadside’s Howard Cohen and Eric d’Arbeloff said in a statement. “To see these three great actors...
The heartfelt true story is based on Matthew Teague’s award-winning autobiographical essay published in Esquire Magazine.
“The Friend” tells the story of Nicole (Johnson) and Teague (Affleck), who, after receiving life-altering news, find unexpected support from their best friend, Dane (Jason Segel), who puts his own life on hold and moves into their family home, bringing an impact much greater — and more profound — than anyone could have imagined.
Also Read: Beanie Feldstein Comedy 'How To Build A Girl' Acquired by IFC Films
“Everyone knows the value of a great friend, yet it’s rare to see friendship dramatized in film,” Roadside’s Howard Cohen and Eric d’Arbeloff said in a statement. “To see these three great actors...
- 1/23/2020
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
Ethan Hawke, “Mudbound” director-screenwriter Dee Rees and Emily Mortimer are among the jury members selected for the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, the Sundance Institute announced on Tuesday.
Twenty-five experts were selected to award feature films and short films shown at the upcoming festival, which will take place from Jan. 23 to Feb. 2 in Park City, Utah. Thirty-one prizes will be announced at a ceremony on Feb. 1, while the Short Film Awards will be announced at a separate ceremony on Jan. 28.
The juried Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize was awarded to “Tesla,” which stars Hawke, Jim Gaffigan, Kyle MacLachlan and Lucy Walters.
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See the jury members below.
U.S. Dramatic Jury
Rodrigo Garcia
Rodrigo Garcia’s films include the award-winning Nine Lives, Albert Nobbs, Mother and Child, and Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her. His television...
Twenty-five experts were selected to award feature films and short films shown at the upcoming festival, which will take place from Jan. 23 to Feb. 2 in Park City, Utah. Thirty-one prizes will be announced at a ceremony on Feb. 1, while the Short Film Awards will be announced at a separate ceremony on Jan. 28.
The juried Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize was awarded to “Tesla,” which stars Hawke, Jim Gaffigan, Kyle MacLachlan and Lucy Walters.
Also Read: Taylor Swift, Viggo Mortensen and Tessa Thompson Lead Diverse 2020 Sundance Lineup
See the jury members below.
U.S. Dramatic Jury
Rodrigo Garcia
Rodrigo Garcia’s films include the award-winning Nine Lives, Albert Nobbs, Mother and Child, and Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her. His television...
- 1/14/2020
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Having long since ascended to the ranks of royalty at the Sundance Film Festival, Ethan Hawke, Dee Rees, Isabella Rossellini and Gregg Araki have now been named as jurors for this year’s Utah shindig.
As well as Hawke starring in Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film award winner Tesla this Sff and Mudbound director Rees helming the world premiering The Last Thing He Wanted, the duo will be joining Rossellini, past Grand Jury Prize winner Wash Westmoreland and Rodrigo Garcia on the 2020 U.S. Dramatic Jury.
Among the other five section juries, Free Solo co-director and Oscar winner E. Chai Vasarhelyi is on the U.S. Documentary jury and the great Cindy Sherman is on the Short Film Jury. Along with a trio of others, Emily Mortimer is on the Sloan jury and, after having his Starz series Now Apocalypse debut at last year’s Sundance, Araki is the sole Next juror.
As well as Hawke starring in Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film award winner Tesla this Sff and Mudbound director Rees helming the world premiering The Last Thing He Wanted, the duo will be joining Rossellini, past Grand Jury Prize winner Wash Westmoreland and Rodrigo Garcia on the 2020 U.S. Dramatic Jury.
Among the other five section juries, Free Solo co-director and Oscar winner E. Chai Vasarhelyi is on the U.S. Documentary jury and the great Cindy Sherman is on the Short Film Jury. Along with a trio of others, Emily Mortimer is on the Sloan jury and, after having his Starz series Now Apocalypse debut at last year’s Sundance, Araki is the sole Next juror.
- 1/14/2020
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Feature categories like International, Documentary, and Animated and all three shorts categories have their own eligibility rules with Oscar. Visual Effects, Makeup, Song, and Score have bake-offs to narrow things down. But the bulk of Oscar's 24 categories don't have any winnowing process to speak of. The Academy has recently released their annual reminder list of eligible titles which always has a few odd reveals. You can read the full list of 344 features here but here are a four things that stood out to us.
Netflix gave most of their originals one week qualifiers from Velvet Buzzsaw early in the year til Atlantics now
1. Netflix gave almost all their non Best Picture contenders one-week qualifying releases this year, including Velvet Buzzsaw, Always Be My Maybe and Earthquake Bird and the mesmerizing Atlantics ...
Netflix gave most of their originals one week qualifiers from Velvet Buzzsaw early in the year til Atlantics now
1. Netflix gave almost all their non Best Picture contenders one-week qualifying releases this year, including Velvet Buzzsaw, Always Be My Maybe and Earthquake Bird and the mesmerizing Atlantics ...
- 12/22/2019
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that 344 feature films are eligible for the 2019 Academy Awards.
To be eligible for the consideration, the films must open in a commercial motion picture theater in Los Angeles County by Dec. 31, and begin a minimum run of seven consecutive days. Academy rules also state that a feature-length motion picture must have a running time of more than 40 minutes and must have been exhibited theatrically on 35mm or 70mm film, or in a qualifying digital format.
Nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards will be announced on Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. The ceremony takes place on Sunday, Feb. 9, airing live from Hollywood on ABC.
“Abominable”
“Ad Astra”
“Adam”
“The Addams Family”
“The Aeronauts”
“After the Wedding”
“The Aftermath”
“Aga”
“Aladdin”
“Alita: Battle Angel”
“Always Be My Maybe”
“The Amazing Johnathan”
“American Factory”
“American Woman”
“Angel Has Fallen”
“The Angry Birds Movie 2”
“Anna”
“Annabelle Comes Home...
To be eligible for the consideration, the films must open in a commercial motion picture theater in Los Angeles County by Dec. 31, and begin a minimum run of seven consecutive days. Academy rules also state that a feature-length motion picture must have a running time of more than 40 minutes and must have been exhibited theatrically on 35mm or 70mm film, or in a qualifying digital format.
Nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards will be announced on Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. The ceremony takes place on Sunday, Feb. 9, airing live from Hollywood on ABC.
“Abominable”
“Ad Astra”
“Adam”
“The Addams Family”
“The Aeronauts”
“After the Wedding”
“The Aftermath”
“Aga”
“Aladdin”
“Alita: Battle Angel”
“Always Be My Maybe”
“The Amazing Johnathan”
“American Factory”
“American Woman”
“Angel Has Fallen”
“The Angry Birds Movie 2”
“Anna”
“Annabelle Comes Home...
- 12/18/2019
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix’s Earthquake Bird, which hit the streaming service last Friday, uses expat life in Tokyo as the backdrop for a murder mystery. Scored by Atticus Ross, the film stars Alicia Vikander, Riley Keough, Jack Huston, and Japanese actors Naoki Kobayashi and Kiki Sukezana—the latter of whom recently played the central antagonist in AMC’s The Terror: […]
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The post What Netflix’s ‘Earthquake Bird’ Gets Right About the Experience of Living in Japan as a Foreigner appeared first on /Film.
- 11/19/2019
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
Reese Witherspoon is continuing to make a claim as one of the more dominant forces in TV producing. After her hit series “Big Little Lies” took HBO by storm, she’s been at the forefront of a variety of major series and films, including the recently released “The Morning Show” on Apple TV+. Now, Amazon is getting in on the Witherspoon game, with a brand-new streaming series starring Riley Keough, titled “Daisy Jones & the Six.”
Read More: ‘Earthquake Bird’: Alicia Vikander Is Ultimately Wasted In Wash Westmoreland’s Inert ’80s Thriller [Review]
According to Deadline, Keough has signed on to star in the upcoming ‘70s rock musical/drama series “Daisy Jones & the Six,” which will be directed by Niki Caro.
Continue reading Riley Keough To Star in New Amazon Musical Drama ‘Daisy Jones’ From Director Niki Caro & Producer Reese Witherspoon at The Playlist.
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According to Deadline, Keough has signed on to star in the upcoming ‘70s rock musical/drama series “Daisy Jones & the Six,” which will be directed by Niki Caro.
Continue reading Riley Keough To Star in New Amazon Musical Drama ‘Daisy Jones’ From Director Niki Caro & Producer Reese Witherspoon at The Playlist.
- 11/18/2019
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Riley Keough will star as Daisy Jones in the upcoming Amazon original series Daisy Jones & The Six. Director Niki Caro has also joined the show, based on the best-selling novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid. She will direct multiple episodes, including the first, and will also serve as executive producer alongside Reese Witherspoon.
Daisy Jones & The Six is a musical/drama detailing the spectacular rise and precipitous fall of a renowned (fictional) rock band in the 1970s.
Born into privilege but ignored by her selfish parents, Daisy Jones (Keough) is a spirited and enigmatic singer/songwriter who comes of age and rises to rock superstardom against the backdrop of the L.A. music scene in the 1970s.
Daisy Jones & The Six is executive produced by Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter for Hello Sunshine, Brad Mendelsohn for Circle of Confusion, Niki Caro and showrunner Will Graham.
Daisy Jones & The Six is a musical/drama detailing the spectacular rise and precipitous fall of a renowned (fictional) rock band in the 1970s.
Born into privilege but ignored by her selfish parents, Daisy Jones (Keough) is a spirited and enigmatic singer/songwriter who comes of age and rises to rock superstardom against the backdrop of the L.A. music scene in the 1970s.
Daisy Jones & The Six is executive produced by Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter for Hello Sunshine, Brad Mendelsohn for Circle of Confusion, Niki Caro and showrunner Will Graham.
- 11/18/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
“It’s weird how people stare at you in Japan” observes Lily Bridges (Riley Keough), mere days into the buoyant and outgoing American’s new life in late ’80s Tokyo. “It’s like being famous.” Lily, a former nurse with a fondness for dancing and reading palms, doesn’t seem especially worked up about being noticed like that — about being made so aware of her own visibility — but her experience speaks to a broader phenomenon that Western cinema has documented for decades: Japan has become the de facto backdrop for movies about white people feeling conditionally (and often therapeutically) othered.
From “Tokyo Fiancée” to “Tokyo Drift,” the Land of the Rising Sun is often depicted as a place where certain types of gaijin can step outside of themselves in comfort; where Scarlett Johansson can safely take stock of her own dislocation on a daytrip to Kyoto, Tom Cruise can atone...
From “Tokyo Fiancée” to “Tokyo Drift,” the Land of the Rising Sun is often depicted as a place where certain types of gaijin can step outside of themselves in comfort; where Scarlett Johansson can safely take stock of her own dislocation on a daytrip to Kyoto, Tom Cruise can atone...
- 11/15/2019
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
It would be nice to report that Wash Westmoreland’s “Earthquake Bird” was, well, anything really.
It’s almost a romantic melodrama, but it’s emotionally inert. It’s almost a biting statement about cultural appropriation, but it barely shows its fangs. It’s almost a murder mystery, but it abandons the plot for vast periods of time. It’s almost a good film except, no, that’s really stretching it. At its best it’s an unfocused plod.
Alicia Vikander stars as Lucy Fly, a translator working in Tokyo in 1989, who appears to be working on the subtitles for Ridley Scott’s “Black Rain.” Her friend Lily (Riley Keough) has gone missing and a piece of her may have just been discovered in the river. That’s when detectives bring Lucy in for questioning and wind up hearing her side of a very long, yet surprisingly uneventful story.
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It’s almost a romantic melodrama, but it’s emotionally inert. It’s almost a biting statement about cultural appropriation, but it barely shows its fangs. It’s almost a murder mystery, but it abandons the plot for vast periods of time. It’s almost a good film except, no, that’s really stretching it. At its best it’s an unfocused plod.
Alicia Vikander stars as Lucy Fly, a translator working in Tokyo in 1989, who appears to be working on the subtitles for Ridley Scott’s “Black Rain.” Her friend Lily (Riley Keough) has gone missing and a piece of her may have just been discovered in the river. That’s when detectives bring Lucy in for questioning and wind up hearing her side of a very long, yet surprisingly uneventful story.
Watch...
- 11/14/2019
- by William Bibbiani
- The Wrap
Alicia Vikander has a strict single-take policy when it comes to shooting sex scenes.
The Oscar winner, 31, says she approaches steamy onscreen situations much like a dancer would choreography, staging the sequences so that it’s completely methodical and comfortable for the actors and crew members involved.
“I probably did my first sex scene at 20 and it’s always been technical, as it should be,” Vikander recently told Harper’s Bazaar U.K..“It should never be anything but technical.”
Insisting the scenes are completed on the first run-through, Vikander — who’s married to fellow actor Michael Fassbender, 42 — says her...
The Oscar winner, 31, says she approaches steamy onscreen situations much like a dancer would choreography, staging the sequences so that it’s completely methodical and comfortable for the actors and crew members involved.
“I probably did my first sex scene at 20 and it’s always been technical, as it should be,” Vikander recently told Harper’s Bazaar U.K..“It should never be anything but technical.”
Insisting the scenes are completed on the first run-through, Vikander — who’s married to fellow actor Michael Fassbender, 42 — says her...
- 11/14/2019
- by Benjamin VanHoose
- PEOPLE.com
Much of Earthquake Bird feels familiar. That isn't a knock. The movie is set in 1989 and it has a palpable sense of "Oh, yes, this is what movies for grown ups felt like 30 years ago." The attitudes and ambience will bring some pleasant nostalgia to people with a little film history under their ...
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- 11/14/2019
- by Jordan Hoffman
- TVGuide - Breaking News
When she was a young girl in Gothenburg, Alicia Vikander dreamt of a life in tutus. At 15, she moved to Stockholm and attended the Royal Swedish Ballet School, where she would dance seven hours a day, six days a week. Eventually, a chronic back injury put paid to her ambitions, but not before it had equipped her for Hollywood. “I’m very good with pain,” the Oscar-winning star of The Danish Girl explains. Moments later, she rolls up her trousers to reveal a recent scar on her knee. “Skiing,” she says in a stage whisper, gesturing towards her management team across the room. “But don’t tell them.”
A high pain threshold helped the 31-year-old with the 2018 Tomb Raider reboot, for which she put on 12 pounds of muscle through weight training, rock climbing, swimming and Mma fighting. Her Lara Croft tempered being a badass with bruised vulnerability; her running, jumping...
A high pain threshold helped the 31-year-old with the 2018 Tomb Raider reboot, for which she put on 12 pounds of muscle through weight training, rock climbing, swimming and Mma fighting. Her Lara Croft tempered being a badass with bruised vulnerability; her running, jumping...
- 11/2/2019
- by Patrick Smith
- The Independent - Film
Netflix is swinging for the fences this November, as the streaming giant barrels into Oscar season (and girds itself against the arrival of new competitors like Disney+ and Apple TV+ ) with the most robust slate of original titles in its history. A few modern and established classics have squeaked onto the service this month, with “The Matrix” trilogy returning in time for the holidays and “Rosemary’s Baby” inexplicably landing right after Halloween, but November is all about giving subscribers exclusive reasons to be thankful. And it’s quite a bounty, as strong Cannes acquisitions like “Atlantics” and “I Lost My Body” are being presented alongside starry, internally produced new subscriber bait like the Timothée Chalamet historical epic “The King” (which premiered at Venice) and the Alicia Vikander/Riley Keough vehicle “Earthquake Bird” (which premiered oversees but has yet to screen for American critics).
But there’s no use ignoring the elephant in the room,...
But there’s no use ignoring the elephant in the room,...
- 11/1/2019
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
When it comes to showing their dedication to a role, actors have been known to gain weight, hit the gym, shave their heads and even have a tooth pulled. But those are all signs of physical commitment. Far more challenging is going out of your way to learn a foreign language — or faking it well enough that audiences can’t tell the difference. In “Earthquake Bird,” Alicia Vikander plays Lucy Fly, a Western woman who’s buried herself in all things Japanese as a way of escaping a traumatic past, only to see the trail of fatalities continue all the way in Tokyo.
“Death follows me,” Vikander says at one point, delivering the line in perfectly convincing Japanese. Here, she plays a Brit so desperate to reinvent herself that she finds herself at the center of a missing persons case. Her friend Lily Bridges (Riley Keough), also an expat, but...
“Death follows me,” Vikander says at one point, delivering the line in perfectly convincing Japanese. Here, she plays a Brit so desperate to reinvent herself that she finds herself at the center of a missing persons case. Her friend Lily Bridges (Riley Keough), also an expat, but...
- 10/30/2019
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Jury president Zhang Ziyi said the festival would be a “very special prenatal education” for her unborn baby.
The 32nd edition of the Tokyo International Film Festival (Tiff) got underway on Monday night (October 28) with the focus firmly on Japanese cinema and culture.
Despite the challenges of Typhoon Hagibis and subsequent heavy rain, Tokyo is currently awash with international visitors for the Rugby World Cup and is also gearing up for next year’s Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. Last week, the city hosted international dignatories for the enthronement of Emperor Naruhito and the start of the Reiwa Era.
Amidst all these events,...
The 32nd edition of the Tokyo International Film Festival (Tiff) got underway on Monday night (October 28) with the focus firmly on Japanese cinema and culture.
Despite the challenges of Typhoon Hagibis and subsequent heavy rain, Tokyo is currently awash with international visitors for the Rugby World Cup and is also gearing up for next year’s Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. Last week, the city hosted international dignatories for the enthronement of Emperor Naruhito and the start of the Reiwa Era.
Amidst all these events,...
- 10/29/2019
- by 89¦Liz Shackleton¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Veteran programmer Yoshi Yatabe and his team have steadily steered the Tokyo International Film Festival competition away from the mediocrity of its early years, when even the winners couldn’t get distribution deals in Japan. The 14-film competition line-up for this year’s 32nd edition is a mix of seven world premieres and titles previously screened at Venice and elsewhere, including the Venice Orrizonti grand prize winner “Atlantis.”
“Ideally, all the films in an A-class festival like ours should be world premieres. That may be better for the reputation of the festival,” Yatabe tells Variety. “But I sometimes think it’s a waste not to take a film just because it’s been in, say, Venice’s Orrizonti section. For example, ‘Atlantis’ is a wonderful film that I’m sure our audience will like.”
“I’m always in a dilemma about whether to think first about the audience or the festival’s worldwide reputation,...
“Ideally, all the films in an A-class festival like ours should be world premieres. That may be better for the reputation of the festival,” Yatabe tells Variety. “But I sometimes think it’s a waste not to take a film just because it’s been in, say, Venice’s Orrizonti section. For example, ‘Atlantis’ is a wonderful film that I’m sure our audience will like.”
“I’m always in a dilemma about whether to think first about the audience or the festival’s worldwide reputation,...
- 10/28/2019
- by Mark Schilling
- Variety Film + TV
Under Takeo Hisamatsu, the Tokyo International Film Festival has expanded its animation section, this year making it one of the event’s main pillars. But he says that the time is not right for a focus on Kyoto Animation, the beloved production house where 36 people died this summer, the victims of an unprecedented arson attack.
“We talked about it. But the company was reluctant. They are not mentally ready. Not yet recovered,” said Hisamatsu. “It will definitely happen at some point. And maybe something spontaneous could happen on the red carpet this week.” But for now there are other forces at play.
The coronation of the new Emperor, the ongoing Rugby World Cup and next year’s Olympic Games are all putting Japan in the spotlight. The festival also has its part to play, the former studio executive believes.
Hisamatsu says that the festival is keen to recognize the importance of animation,...
“We talked about it. But the company was reluctant. They are not mentally ready. Not yet recovered,” said Hisamatsu. “It will definitely happen at some point. And maybe something spontaneous could happen on the red carpet this week.” But for now there are other forces at play.
The coronation of the new Emperor, the ongoing Rugby World Cup and next year’s Olympic Games are all putting Japan in the spotlight. The festival also has its part to play, the former studio executive believes.
Hisamatsu says that the festival is keen to recognize the importance of animation,...
- 10/27/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Take a look at the new mystery feature "Earthquake Bird", written and directed by Wash Westmoreland and produced by Ridley Scott, based on the novel of the same name by Susanna Jones, starring Alicia Vikander ("Tomb Raider"), Riley Keough, Naoki Kobayashi and Jack Huston, streaming on Netflix November 15, 2019:
"...set in 1989 Tokyo, 'Lucy Fly' (Vikander), a young female expat, is suspected of murder when her friend 'Lily' goes missing in the wake of a tumultuous love triangle with 'Teiji', a handsome local photographer..."
Cast also includes Kiki Sukezane as 'Natsuko' and Ken Yamamura as 'Oguchi'.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Earthquake Bird"...
"...set in 1989 Tokyo, 'Lucy Fly' (Vikander), a young female expat, is suspected of murder when her friend 'Lily' goes missing in the wake of a tumultuous love triangle with 'Teiji', a handsome local photographer..."
Cast also includes Kiki Sukezane as 'Natsuko' and Ken Yamamura as 'Oguchi'.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Earthquake Bird"...
- 10/21/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Exclusive: Justin Chon is continuing to champion Asian narratives with his lastest project Blue Bayou, which is being co-financed by Charles D. King ‘s MacRo and Entertainment One. Chon will also star in the film alongside Oscar-winner Alicia Vikander, Mark O’Brien, Linh Dan Pham, and Emory Cohen.
The pic marks the third Asian familial-centric drama from the Twilight Saga actor, who found success with his last two films, Gook and Ms. Purple, with the latter performing solidly at the box office when it opened in Los Angeles earlier this year. Blue Bayou was written by Chon, who will also direct the piece as production will commence this month.
Inspired by true events, the plot tells the story of Antonio, a Korean adoptee raised in the Us who is...
The pic marks the third Asian familial-centric drama from the Twilight Saga actor, who found success with his last two films, Gook and Ms. Purple, with the latter performing solidly at the box office when it opened in Los Angeles earlier this year. Blue Bayou was written by Chon, who will also direct the piece as production will commence this month.
Inspired by true events, the plot tells the story of Antonio, a Korean adoptee raised in the Us who is...
- 10/14/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Susanna Jones's haunting novel Earthquake Bird is being adapted for the big screen thanks to Netflix and producer Ridley Scott, and the film's tense and twisty movie trailer will make you understandably paranoid. (You've been warned.)
Tomb Raider star Alicia Vikander takes the lead in Wash Westmoreland's atmospheric psychological thriller as Lucy Fly, an expat who moves to Tokyo in 1989 in an effort to escape a painful past. She soon strikes up a romance with the intense Teiji (Naoki Kobayashi), a local photographer who's obsessed with taking photos of her, and becomes close friends with fellow transplant Lily (Riley Keough). As her relationships with both individuals deepen, Lucy finds herself questioning reality, especially when Lily goes missing and the police arrive at Lucy's door.
Did Lucy kill her? Can she be trusted? Watch the trailer above to see if you can untangle the mystery, and then be sure...
Tomb Raider star Alicia Vikander takes the lead in Wash Westmoreland's atmospheric psychological thriller as Lucy Fly, an expat who moves to Tokyo in 1989 in an effort to escape a painful past. She soon strikes up a romance with the intense Teiji (Naoki Kobayashi), a local photographer who's obsessed with taking photos of her, and becomes close friends with fellow transplant Lily (Riley Keough). As her relationships with both individuals deepen, Lucy finds herself questioning reality, especially when Lily goes missing and the police arrive at Lucy's door.
Did Lucy kill her? Can she be trusted? Watch the trailer above to see if you can untangle the mystery, and then be sure...
- 10/13/2019
- by Quinn Keaney
- Popsugar.com
Jungle Cruise, led by Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt released its first full trailer this week, from director Jaume Collet-Serra. The Turning, starring Finn Wolfhard and Brooklynn Prince and Netflix's Earthquake Bird, starring Alicia Vikander, each debuted trailers this week.
Pixar's Onward, starring Tom Holland, released a full trailer this week, along with animated Klaus, starring Jason Schwartzman, J.K. Simmons and Rashida Jones. Zombieland: Double Tap with Emma Stone and Woody Harrelson released a red band trailer and Kristen Stewart's Charlie's Angels, directed by Elizabeth Banks, released a second trailer.
Watch all the latest trailers below.
Pixar's Onward, starring Tom Holland, released a full trailer this week, along with animated Klaus, starring Jason Schwartzman, J.K. Simmons and Rashida Jones. Zombieland: Double Tap with Emma Stone and Woody Harrelson released a red band trailer and Kristen Stewart's Charlie's Angels, directed by Elizabeth Banks, released a second trailer.
Watch all the latest trailers below.
- 10/13/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jungle Cruise, led by Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt released its first full trailer this week, from director Jaume Collet-Serra. The Turning, starring Finn Wolfhard and Brooklynn Prince and Netflix's Earthquake Bird, starring Alicia Vikander, each debuted trailers this week.
Pixar's Onward, starring Tom Holland, released a full trailer this week, along with animated Klaus, starring Jason Schwartzman, J.K. Simmons and Rashida Jones. Zombieland: Double Tap with Emma Stone and Woody Harrelson released a red band trailer and Kristen Stewart's Charlie's Angels, directed by Elizabeth Banks, released a second trailer.
Watch all the latest trailers below.
Pixar's Onward, starring Tom Holland, released a full trailer this week, along with animated Klaus, starring Jason Schwartzman, J.K. Simmons and Rashida Jones. Zombieland: Double Tap with Emma Stone and Woody Harrelson released a red band trailer and Kristen Stewart's Charlie's Angels, directed by Elizabeth Banks, released a second trailer.
Watch all the latest trailers below.
- 10/13/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
We’ve got the first full trailer for you to check out from the Netflix indie thriller Earthquake Bird. The film is directed and adapted by Wash Westmoreland from a novel written by Susanna Jones. The film stars Alicia Vikander, Riley Keough (Logan Lucky), Jack Huston (The Irishman), Kiki Sukezane (Westworld), and Ken Yamamura (Godzilla). Here’s the synopsis:
A psychologically unsettling and atmospheric thriller set in 1989 Tokyo from director Wash Westmoreland, Earthquake Bird follows Lucy Fly (Alicia Vikander), an enigmatic expat haunted by a painful past, who enters into an intense relationship with Teiji (Naoki Kobayashi), a handsome local photographer. Lucy’s imperturbable exterior begins to crack when a naive newcomer, Lily Bridges (Riley Keough), becomes entangled in their lives and ends up missing — suspected dead.
This looks kind of creepy and weird and probably has twists and turns, but I just don’t know if I’m sold on the trailer alone.
A psychologically unsettling and atmospheric thriller set in 1989 Tokyo from director Wash Westmoreland, Earthquake Bird follows Lucy Fly (Alicia Vikander), an enigmatic expat haunted by a painful past, who enters into an intense relationship with Teiji (Naoki Kobayashi), a handsome local photographer. Lucy’s imperturbable exterior begins to crack when a naive newcomer, Lily Bridges (Riley Keough), becomes entangled in their lives and ends up missing — suspected dead.
This looks kind of creepy and weird and probably has twists and turns, but I just don’t know if I’m sold on the trailer alone.
- 10/10/2019
- by Jessica Fisher
- GeekTyrant
Alicia Vikander has been a bit Mia since her starring role in 2018’s Tomb Raider, but she’s back with a vengeance in Wash Westmoreland‘s upcoming noir thriller Earthquake Bird. Perhaps too much of a vengeance: Vikander stars as a young expat who comes under investigation for her best friend’s disappearance — and suspected murder — after a […]
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- 10/9/2019
- by Hoai-Tran Bui
- Slash Film
Mindy Kaling says that in the early days of “The Office,” she faced discrimination from the Television Academy when the show was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series.
Kaling said in a recent interview with Elle that Television Academy officials told her they were going to cut her name from the show’s list of eligible contenders because there were too many producers listed. She was also a producer, and the only woman of color on the writing staff.
“They made me, not any of the other producers, fill out a whole form and write an essay about all my contributions as a writer and a producer. I had to get letters from all the other male, white producers saying that I had contributed, when my actual record stood for itself,” she told Elle.
Also Read: Alicia Vikander Is Haunted by Her Missing Best Friend in 'Earthquake Bird...
Kaling said in a recent interview with Elle that Television Academy officials told her they were going to cut her name from the show’s list of eligible contenders because there were too many producers listed. She was also a producer, and the only woman of color on the writing staff.
“They made me, not any of the other producers, fill out a whole form and write an essay about all my contributions as a writer and a producer. I had to get letters from all the other male, white producers saying that I had contributed, when my actual record stood for itself,” she told Elle.
Also Read: Alicia Vikander Is Haunted by Her Missing Best Friend in 'Earthquake Bird...
- 10/9/2019
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
In the trailer for her new film “Earthquake Bird,” Alicia Vikander is being questioned as one of the top subjects in the disappearance of a missing woman and one of her best friends.
And Vikander stands out in the crowd as a suspect because she’s an expat living in Tokyo in 1989, where just the act of walking around is enough for Japanese residents to stare or take your photo.
“It’s weird how everyone stares at you. It’s like being famous,” Vikander’s friend played by Riley Keough says in the trailer.
Also Read: Alicia Vikander's 'Tomb Raider' Sequel Sets 2021 Release With Director Ben Wheatley
That’s the premise of “Earthquake Bird,” which is a psychological thriller directed by Wash Westmoreland and is produced by Ridley Scott and plays on the fish-out-of-water cultural differences of the late 1980s.
In “Earthquake Bird,” Vikander plays Lucy, an enigmatic...
And Vikander stands out in the crowd as a suspect because she’s an expat living in Tokyo in 1989, where just the act of walking around is enough for Japanese residents to stare or take your photo.
“It’s weird how everyone stares at you. It’s like being famous,” Vikander’s friend played by Riley Keough says in the trailer.
Also Read: Alicia Vikander's 'Tomb Raider' Sequel Sets 2021 Release With Director Ben Wheatley
That’s the premise of “Earthquake Bird,” which is a psychological thriller directed by Wash Westmoreland and is produced by Ridley Scott and plays on the fish-out-of-water cultural differences of the late 1980s.
In “Earthquake Bird,” Vikander plays Lucy, an enigmatic...
- 10/9/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
"We have something no one else could share... Don't you know that?" Netflix has unveiled the first official trailer for an indie thriller titled Earthquake Bird, which is premiering at the London Film Festival this month. The latest from English filmmaker Wash West, the film is about a young woman living in Tokyo who becomes the prime suspect in a horrific murder when her friend goes missing in the wake of a tumultuous love triangle. Alicia Vikander stars as Lucy Fly, with a cast including Riley Keough, Naoki Kobayashi, Kiki Sukezane, Yoshiko Sakuma, Kazuhiro Muroyama, Ken Yamamura, Crystal Kay, Akiko Iwase, and Jack Huston. This looks like yet another standard peculiar love-triangle murder-mystery psychological thriller, but it doesn't seem the Japanese locale makes much of a difference. I wish this looked better than it does so far, because the idea for it does sound quite appealing. Here's the official trailer...
- 10/9/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Alicia Vikander returns for her first major leading film role since 2018’s “Tomb Raider” with the Netflix neo-noir “Earthquake Bird.”
Adapted from a novel by Susanna Jones, the film stars Vikander as Lucy, an American expat living in 1980s Tokyo who falls into a dangerous relationship with a native photographer, played by Naoki Kobayashi. Vikander meets Lily, played by Riley Keough. Lily is new to Japan, but just as soon vanishes under eerie circumstances. The film also stars Jack Huston.
“Earthquake Bird” is written and directed by Wash Westmoreland, whose “Colette” earned acclaim for Keira Knightley in 2018, while his “Still Alice” won Julianne Moore an Academy Award for Best Actress. Westmoreland spoke with Entertainment Weekly, which had the exclusive trailer, about making “Earthquake Bird” on-location, including at Toho Studios, where many of the contemporary and classic “Godzilla” films were shot.
“Working with Alicia was kind of a dream,” the filmmaker...
Adapted from a novel by Susanna Jones, the film stars Vikander as Lucy, an American expat living in 1980s Tokyo who falls into a dangerous relationship with a native photographer, played by Naoki Kobayashi. Vikander meets Lily, played by Riley Keough. Lily is new to Japan, but just as soon vanishes under eerie circumstances. The film also stars Jack Huston.
“Earthquake Bird” is written and directed by Wash Westmoreland, whose “Colette” earned acclaim for Keira Knightley in 2018, while his “Still Alice” won Julianne Moore an Academy Award for Best Actress. Westmoreland spoke with Entertainment Weekly, which had the exclusive trailer, about making “Earthquake Bird” on-location, including at Toho Studios, where many of the contemporary and classic “Godzilla” films were shot.
“Working with Alicia was kind of a dream,” the filmmaker...
- 10/9/2019
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Thanks to the business model put forth by Netflix, the streaming service doesn’t have to play by the same rules as other studios. Netflix isn’t concerned about what might be a big box office hit when it greenlights a film. Instead, all that matters is that people click the button and play the film through its streaming platform. That’s why audiences are able to watch a film like the upcoming “Earthquake Bird.”
Normally, an erotic thriller about a twisted love triangle in Japan wouldn’t necessarily be the type of project that someone like Warner Bros.
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Normally, an erotic thriller about a twisted love triangle in Japan wouldn’t necessarily be the type of project that someone like Warner Bros.
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- 10/9/2019
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
This year’s edition of the BFI London Film Festival, which starts today, marks Tricia Tuttle’s first in an official capacity as artistic director after she stood in last year while her predecessor was on sabbatical. So what does she have planned?
Tuttle looks back at last year’s performance with satisfaction when, with a total audience of more than 200,000, per screen attendance rose by 12% to an average paid occupancy of 72%, and overall capacity of 84%. This she ascribes to “a strong year for films driving audience interest,” which she believes she’s matched this year with, among 229 feature films, “The Personal History of David Copperfield” opening the festival, and “The Irishman” closing it, and gala screenings including “Knives Out,” “Ford v Ferrari,” “The King” and “Jojo Rabbit.”
Among the festival’s world premieres are Wash Westmoreland’s “Earthquake Bird,” starring Alicia Vikander, Gerard Johnson’s “Muscle,” Michael Caton-Jones’ “Our Ladies,...
Tuttle looks back at last year’s performance with satisfaction when, with a total audience of more than 200,000, per screen attendance rose by 12% to an average paid occupancy of 72%, and overall capacity of 84%. This she ascribes to “a strong year for films driving audience interest,” which she believes she’s matched this year with, among 229 feature films, “The Personal History of David Copperfield” opening the festival, and “The Irishman” closing it, and gala screenings including “Knives Out,” “Ford v Ferrari,” “The King” and “Jojo Rabbit.”
Among the festival’s world premieres are Wash Westmoreland’s “Earthquake Bird,” starring Alicia Vikander, Gerard Johnson’s “Muscle,” Michael Caton-Jones’ “Our Ladies,...
- 10/2/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
The Tokyo International Film Festival will this year give over most of its competition section to films from outside East Asia. This contrasts to previous editions with a strong presence from the region.
The festival, which will hold its 32nd edition next month, announced its lineup Thursday. Of the 14 announced films for competition, only two – Wang Rui’s “Chaogtu With Sarula” (China) and Paul Soriano’s ”Mananita” (Philippines) – are from East Asia.
Korean films are noticeably absent this year, a situation that may reflect the acute political tensions between Tokyo and Seoul.
Others in the competition are Valentyn Vasyanovych’s “Atlantis” and Jorunn Myklebust Syversen’s “Disco,” which both screened at Toronto. The competition also includes Saeid Rustai’s “Just 6.5,” Jayro Bustamante’s “La Llorona,” Nunzia De Stefano’s “Nevia” and Dominik Moll’s “Only the Animals,” which were all pickups from Venice.
The two Japanese films in the competition...
The festival, which will hold its 32nd edition next month, announced its lineup Thursday. Of the 14 announced films for competition, only two – Wang Rui’s “Chaogtu With Sarula” (China) and Paul Soriano’s ”Mananita” (Philippines) – are from East Asia.
Korean films are noticeably absent this year, a situation that may reflect the acute political tensions between Tokyo and Seoul.
Others in the competition are Valentyn Vasyanovych’s “Atlantis” and Jorunn Myklebust Syversen’s “Disco,” which both screened at Toronto. The competition also includes Saeid Rustai’s “Just 6.5,” Jayro Bustamante’s “La Llorona,” Nunzia De Stefano’s “Nevia” and Dominik Moll’s “Only the Animals,” which were all pickups from Venice.
The two Japanese films in the competition...
- 9/26/2019
- by Mark Schilling
- Variety Film + TV
Colette director Wash Westmoreland will lead the official competition jury.
Colette and Still Alice director Wash Westmoreland heads the official competition jury at this year’s BFI London Film Festival. His latest film Earthquake Bird screens in this year’s event.
The jury for the first feature competition (Sutherland award) will be led by Austrian director Jessica Hausner, whose Little Joe is also playing at Lff.
Strong Island director Yance Ford and producer Jacqui Davies head the documentary and short film competition juries respectively.
The other jurors are:
Official competition: Jane Crowther, editor of Total Film; Hayley Squires, actress; Sudabeh Mortezai,...
Colette and Still Alice director Wash Westmoreland heads the official competition jury at this year’s BFI London Film Festival. His latest film Earthquake Bird screens in this year’s event.
The jury for the first feature competition (Sutherland award) will be led by Austrian director Jessica Hausner, whose Little Joe is also playing at Lff.
Strong Island director Yance Ford and producer Jacqui Davies head the documentary and short film competition juries respectively.
The other jurors are:
Official competition: Jane Crowther, editor of Total Film; Hayley Squires, actress; Sudabeh Mortezai,...
- 9/26/2019
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Wash Westmoreland, director of Keira Knightley starrer “Colette,” and Jessica Hausner, helmer of Cannes pic “Little Joe,” are among the jury heads at this year’s BFI London Film Festival.
Westmoreland’s latest movie, “Earthquake Bird,” is part of the festival lineup; “Colette” screened at the fest last year. He will head the official competition jury. “In a world of endless reboots and franchises, the BFI London Film Festival is more important than ever, screening original, uncompromising movies that showcase brilliant new voices in filmmaking,” he said.
Rounding out the main competition jury are film journalist Jane Crowther; “I, Daniel Blake” actress Hayley Squires; director Sudabeh Mortezai, who helmed last year’s wining movie, “Joy”; “Game of Thrones” star Lena Headey; and Mohamed Hefzy, producer and director of the Cairo Film Festival.
Austrian director Hausner will oversee the First Feature competition, also known as the Sutherland Award. Her genre-bending movie “Little Joe,...
Westmoreland’s latest movie, “Earthquake Bird,” is part of the festival lineup; “Colette” screened at the fest last year. He will head the official competition jury. “In a world of endless reboots and franchises, the BFI London Film Festival is more important than ever, screening original, uncompromising movies that showcase brilliant new voices in filmmaking,” he said.
Rounding out the main competition jury are film journalist Jane Crowther; “I, Daniel Blake” actress Hayley Squires; director Sudabeh Mortezai, who helmed last year’s wining movie, “Joy”; “Game of Thrones” star Lena Headey; and Mohamed Hefzy, producer and director of the Cairo Film Festival.
Austrian director Hausner will oversee the First Feature competition, also known as the Sutherland Award. Her genre-bending movie “Little Joe,...
- 9/26/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
But Vue CEO criticises the decision to programme ‘The Irishman’ as the closing night gala.
Vue and Odeon, two of the UK’s major exhibitors and key partners of the BFI London Film Festival (Lff) have confirmed they will be showing films to which Netflix or Amazon have UK rights at the festival, ensuring the event will avoid the scheduling challenges experienced by the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) earlier this month.
Tiff exhibition partner Cineplex, which operates the Scotiabank Theatre Toronto, refused to screen any festival films, including to press and industry, distributed by companies not planning to adhere...
Vue and Odeon, two of the UK’s major exhibitors and key partners of the BFI London Film Festival (Lff) have confirmed they will be showing films to which Netflix or Amazon have UK rights at the festival, ensuring the event will avoid the scheduling challenges experienced by the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) earlier this month.
Tiff exhibition partner Cineplex, which operates the Scotiabank Theatre Toronto, refused to screen any festival films, including to press and industry, distributed by companies not planning to adhere...
- 9/19/2019
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Lara Croft is back. British director Ben Wheatley will direct the sequel to “Tomb Raider” starring Alicia Vikander, which MGM will release on March 19, 2021, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
Wheatley is the director of the action films “Free Fire” and “High-Rise.” He’ll take over the video game franchise, which was rebooted in 2018 with director Roar Uthaug and grossed $274.6 million worldwide.
Production is expected to begin early next year on the sequel, and Amy Jump, who also wrote Wheatley’s “Free Fire” and “High-Rise,” is lined up to write the script that will be produced by Graham King through his Gk Films banner.
Also Read: Watch 'Tomb Raider' Star Alicia Vikander Win a Lip-Syncing Contest at Age 8 (Video)
“Tomb Raider” originally hit the screens back in 2001 with “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider,” starring Angelina Jolie. That film also received a sequel, and both the films...
Wheatley is the director of the action films “Free Fire” and “High-Rise.” He’ll take over the video game franchise, which was rebooted in 2018 with director Roar Uthaug and grossed $274.6 million worldwide.
Production is expected to begin early next year on the sequel, and Amy Jump, who also wrote Wheatley’s “Free Fire” and “High-Rise,” is lined up to write the script that will be produced by Graham King through his Gk Films banner.
Also Read: Watch 'Tomb Raider' Star Alicia Vikander Win a Lip-Syncing Contest at Age 8 (Video)
“Tomb Raider” originally hit the screens back in 2001 with “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider,” starring Angelina Jolie. That film also received a sequel, and both the films...
- 9/4/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
With Netflix only recently announcing it would give Martin Scorsese’s gangster epic “The Irishman” a nearly four-week exclusive theatrical release before it becomes available to stream, Hollywood is watching closely as the streamer continues to hone its distribution strategy, especially for awards contenders. The growing heavyweight recently confirmed it would give nine other fall movies a similar theaters-first rollout, and of the nine, only “The Two Popes” is receiving the same nearly four-week theatrical as “The Irishman.” Netflix recently released the first trailer for the religious drama, and it could spell Oscar campaigns for lead actors Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce.
The two heavyweights play Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis, respectively, in this intimate look at a historic turning point in the Catholic Church. From the trailer, the drama appears to be a two-hander revolving around conversations between the two men who would come to symbolize the tension...
The two heavyweights play Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis, respectively, in this intimate look at a historic turning point in the Catholic Church. From the trailer, the drama appears to be a two-hander revolving around conversations between the two men who would come to symbolize the tension...
- 8/29/2019
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Taika Waititi’s “Jojo Rabbit,” Marielle Heller’s “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” and Tom Harper’s “The Aeronauts” will receive gala presentations at the 63rd BFI London Film Festival. Announcing the full program lineup Thursday, festival director Tricia Tuttle also revealed that new films from veteran filmmaker Michael Caton-Jones and “Still Alice” director Wash Westmoreland will world-premiere at the festival.
Westmoreland’s noir thriller “Earthquake Bird,” starring Oscar-winner Alicia Vikander, will make its debut in London, one of several Netflix titles at the festival. As well as Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman,” which had previously been announced as the closing film, David Michod’s Shakespearean adaptation “The King” with Timothee Chalamet, Noah Baumbach’s “Marriage Story” with Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson, and Fernando Meirelles’ “The Two Popes” with Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce, will all receive gala screenings in the lineup.
Netflix’s presence at other festivals has caused controversy,...
Westmoreland’s noir thriller “Earthquake Bird,” starring Oscar-winner Alicia Vikander, will make its debut in London, one of several Netflix titles at the festival. As well as Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman,” which had previously been announced as the closing film, David Michod’s Shakespearean adaptation “The King” with Timothee Chalamet, Noah Baumbach’s “Marriage Story” with Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson, and Fernando Meirelles’ “The Two Popes” with Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce, will all receive gala screenings in the lineup.
Netflix’s presence at other festivals has caused controversy,...
- 8/29/2019
- by Robert Mitchell
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has unveiled release plans for its fall films, a slate that includes Steven Soderbergh’s “The Laundromat” with Meryl Streep and Gary Oldman, David Michôd’s “The King” starring Timothée Chalamet and Noah Baumbach’s “Marriage Story” with Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver.
The 10 movies on deck for 2019 will run in theaters for anywhere between two weeks and a month before being made available to subscribers. It’s unclear how wide of a release these titles will have, given the unresolved tensions between streamers and exhibitors. In the past, major chains like AMC and Regal have dismissed Netflix since the content giant has refused to adhere to the traditional 90-day theatrical window before putting its movies on its own platform. Theater owners fear that a shorter theatrical run means audiences will be less inclined to show up to multiplexes and instead opt to wait for films to appear on home entertainment.
The 10 movies on deck for 2019 will run in theaters for anywhere between two weeks and a month before being made available to subscribers. It’s unclear how wide of a release these titles will have, given the unresolved tensions between streamers and exhibitors. In the past, major chains like AMC and Regal have dismissed Netflix since the content giant has refused to adhere to the traditional 90-day theatrical window before putting its movies on its own platform. Theater owners fear that a shorter theatrical run means audiences will be less inclined to show up to multiplexes and instead opt to wait for films to appear on home entertainment.
- 8/27/2019
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Your next four months of movie watching on Netflix has been mapped out. The biopic “Dolemite Is My Name” starring Eddie Murphy, Steven Soderbergh’s “The Laundromat” starring Meryl Streep and Noah Baumbach’s “Marriage Story” with Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver have all scored fall 2019 release dates from Netflix, the company announced Tuesday.
Netflix laid out their schedule for 10 feature films in all, including Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman,” which announced its November debut earlier Tuesday. Others that squeaked into the tail end of 2019 included Netflix’s Cannes acquisitions “I Lost My Body” and “Atlantics,” as well as Fernando Meirelles’ “The Two Popes” and the Timothée Chalamet film “The King.” Both of those films will play at Toronto in September.
All 10 of the films are receiving brief, limited theatrical releases ahead of their debut on Netflix, some with a window of just one week, while others will remain in...
Netflix laid out their schedule for 10 feature films in all, including Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman,” which announced its November debut earlier Tuesday. Others that squeaked into the tail end of 2019 included Netflix’s Cannes acquisitions “I Lost My Body” and “Atlantics,” as well as Fernando Meirelles’ “The Two Popes” and the Timothée Chalamet film “The King.” Both of those films will play at Toronto in September.
All 10 of the films are receiving brief, limited theatrical releases ahead of their debut on Netflix, some with a window of just one week, while others will remain in...
- 8/27/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
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