The Sundance Film Festival is regarded as one of the most prestigious independent film festivals, where filmmakers have been premiering their movies and documentaries since 1984.
The festival was founded in 1978 by Sterling Van Wagenen, the head of Robert Redford’s company Wildwood, and John Earle of the Utah Film Commission under the name Utah/US Film Festival to attract more filmmakers to Utah.
Redford founded the Sundance Institute in 1981 to foster independence, risk-taking, and new voices in American film. That year, 10 emerging filmmakers were invited to the Sundance Resort in the mountains of Utah, where they worked with leading writers, directors and actors to develop their original independent projects.
By 1984, the festival had established itself and was officially renamed the Sundance Film Festival after Redford’s character in his 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. That year, the Grand Jury Prize in Dramatics was awarded to Old Enough, an...
The festival was founded in 1978 by Sterling Van Wagenen, the head of Robert Redford’s company Wildwood, and John Earle of the Utah Film Commission under the name Utah/US Film Festival to attract more filmmakers to Utah.
Redford founded the Sundance Institute in 1981 to foster independence, risk-taking, and new voices in American film. That year, 10 emerging filmmakers were invited to the Sundance Resort in the mountains of Utah, where they worked with leading writers, directors and actors to develop their original independent projects.
By 1984, the festival had established itself and was officially renamed the Sundance Film Festival after Redford’s character in his 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. That year, the Grand Jury Prize in Dramatics was awarded to Old Enough, an...
- 1/26/2024
- by Robert Lang
- Deadline Film + TV
There are 136 submissions on the 2022 Emmys ballot for Best Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Directing, which will yield six nominations. As a reminder, last year’s winner was “The Queen’s Gambit” (Scott Frank), while the other nominees were “Hamilton” (Thomas Kail), “Mare of Easttown” (Craig Zobel), “Wandavision” (Matt Shakman), “The Underground Railroad” (Barry Jenkins) and two episodes of “I May Destroy You” (Sam Miller for “Eyes Eyes Eyes Eyes” and Miller and Michaela Coel for “Ego Death”).
For six of the last eight years, the Best Limited/Movie Directing category has rewarded directors who helmed the entirety of their limited series. That could work in favor of Mike White, who directed all six episodes of “The White Lotus,” which should have enough overall support to be competitive in the series category. Miniseries that also only submitted their sole director for the whole series, per the Emmy ruling, include “Gaslit” for Matt Ross,...
For six of the last eight years, the Best Limited/Movie Directing category has rewarded directors who helmed the entirety of their limited series. That could work in favor of Mike White, who directed all six episodes of “The White Lotus,” which should have enough overall support to be competitive in the series category. Miniseries that also only submitted their sole director for the whole series, per the Emmy ruling, include “Gaslit” for Matt Ross,...
- 7/11/2022
- by Christopher Tsang
- Gold Derby
What’s it like living strapped in America? Little Woods, an uneven but compelling feature debut from writer-director Nia DaCosta, takes you right into the trenches. Things are booming in the remote town of Little Woods, North Dakota, as long as you’re in the oil business. But if you’re Ollie (Tessa Thompson), out on probation after doing time for smuggling drugs in from Canada, all you feel is the agony of having your options squeezed. She can barely hold onto the house where she cared for her now-deceased mother.
- 4/17/2019
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
The Academy Awards have every reason to boast about their diversity and inclusion of women this year. Greta Gerwig (“Lady Bird”), Emily V. Gordon (“The Big Sick”) and Vanessa Taylor (“The Shape of Water”) are among the nominees for Best Original Screenplay. However, women have been drastically underrepresented among winners, and no woman has won either writing category in 10 years.
To date only 16 women have ever won an Oscar for writing, starting with Frances Marion, who won Best Original Story for “The Big House” (1930) and “The Champ” (1931). Then Muriel Box became the first woman to win Best Original Screenplay when she prevailed with her co-writer and husband Sydney Box for “The Seventh Veil” (1945).
But you have to fast-forward another 46 years before any woman won this category solo: Callie Khouri for her classic screenplay for “Thelma & Louise” (1991). Two years later, Jane Campion would also take home Original Screenplay for “The Piano...
To date only 16 women have ever won an Oscar for writing, starting with Frances Marion, who won Best Original Story for “The Big House” (1930) and “The Champ” (1931). Then Muriel Box became the first woman to win Best Original Screenplay when she prevailed with her co-writer and husband Sydney Box for “The Seventh Veil” (1945).
But you have to fast-forward another 46 years before any woman won this category solo: Callie Khouri for her classic screenplay for “Thelma & Louise” (1991). Two years later, Jane Campion would also take home Original Screenplay for “The Piano...
- 1/31/2018
- by Amanda Spears
- Gold Derby
This first feature of Kirsten Tan premiered in Sundance ‘17 World Cinema Dramatic Competition. Its provenance is Singapore but it takes place in Thailand. It continued onward to the Hivos Tiger Competition at Iffr (R’dam).
The thrill of interviewing here in Sundance is that you see a film; you have an impression and while it is still fresh you meet the filmmakers without having much time for any research or reflection. And then you get to see them again as “old friends” when you meet again in Rotterdam.
As Kirsten, her producer Weijie Lai and I sat down at the Sundance Co-op on Main Street here in Park City, I really had little idea of where the interview would take us, somewhat analogously to her film in which an architect, disenchanted with life in general, being put aside as “old” in his own highly successful architectural firm and in a stale relationship with his wife,...
The thrill of interviewing here in Sundance is that you see a film; you have an impression and while it is still fresh you meet the filmmakers without having much time for any research or reflection. And then you get to see them again as “old friends” when you meet again in Rotterdam.
As Kirsten, her producer Weijie Lai and I sat down at the Sundance Co-op on Main Street here in Park City, I really had little idea of where the interview would take us, somewhat analogously to her film in which an architect, disenchanted with life in general, being put aside as “old” in his own highly successful architectural firm and in a stale relationship with his wife,...
- 2/7/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Paul Mason (How will the movie industry respond to the Trump era?, 15 November) might like to watch, for starters, Frozen River (Courtney Hunt), Winter’s Bone (Debra Granik), Middle of Nowhere (Ava DuVernay), Amreeka (Cherien Dabis), Drunktown’s Finest (Sydney Freeland), Tangerine (Sean Baker), American Honey (Andrea Arnold) and Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt) to get a fuller picture of how American cinema – albeit independent – is narrating a range of working-class lives. Yes, the protagonists – and directors – are predominantly women. Perhaps, beyond chastising the money-chasing studios, it’s more pertinent to insist that the media amplify these powerful, award-winning films that already exist, so that audiences can find and see them. Could it be, as Laura Dern’s character says in Certain Women, that no one is paying attention to them because they are (by and about) women?
Dr Sophie Mayer
Author, Political Animals: The New Feminist Cinema
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Dr Sophie Mayer
Author, Political Animals: The New Feminist Cinema
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- 11/15/2016
- by Letters
- The Guardian - Film News
Courtroom dramas are difficult, but films that revolve around one case and take place almost exclusively within that trial are nearly impossible without amazing actors and a case is exceptional.
The Whole Truth doesn’t quite manage either score, but Keanu Reeves gives a surprising performance that will make you wonder why he doesn’t end up in deeper roles. Of course, it may not be quite as surprising to those who saw John Wick, the deceptively clever actioner which saw him lending almost unbelievable layers to a role that could easily have been downright silly.
The shtick in this one is that our lawyer/hero, Ramsey (Reeves), is personally connected to the case, being a long-time friend of the victim, and the alleged murderer, who is also the victim’s son. The victim, Boone (Jim Belushi), was a rich lawyer and general bastard, but circumstances were such that he...
The Whole Truth doesn’t quite manage either score, but Keanu Reeves gives a surprising performance that will make you wonder why he doesn’t end up in deeper roles. Of course, it may not be quite as surprising to those who saw John Wick, the deceptively clever actioner which saw him lending almost unbelievable layers to a role that could easily have been downright silly.
The shtick in this one is that our lawyer/hero, Ramsey (Reeves), is personally connected to the case, being a long-time friend of the victim, and the alleged murderer, who is also the victim’s son. The victim, Boone (Jim Belushi), was a rich lawyer and general bastard, but circumstances were such that he...
- 10/26/2016
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Regardless of the medium, courtroom stories are inherently tethered to their verdict. While some of these dramas foreground character nuance or an indictment of the justice system, the wait for a “Guilty” or “Not guilty” is the elemental fuel for the dramatic fire. “The Whole Truth,” the latest from “Frozen River” director Courtney Hunt, preserves that innocence binary for the people who populate its story. The overbearing father, the brash attorney, the misunderstood son, the junior litigator: all exist on clearly defined ends of the spectrum. The result is a film that often avoids any middle ground, making for a cut-and-dried courtroom tale that desperately wants to be anything but.
The earliest hope that “The Whole Truth” might find a path to transcending the familiar “Law & Order” rhythms is Keanu Reeves’ turn as Richard Ramsay, who manages to exude the familiar alpha male lawyer persona in a controlled (and, at times,...
The earliest hope that “The Whole Truth” might find a path to transcending the familiar “Law & Order” rhythms is Keanu Reeves’ turn as Richard Ramsay, who manages to exude the familiar alpha male lawyer persona in a controlled (and, at times,...
- 10/21/2016
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Despite a film career that spans more than 30 years and countless genres, Keanu Reeves is by far best known as the star of action films like Speed, The Matrix and John Wick. Something about his calm, collected demeanor and physical precision just suits Reeves in these kinds of roles. So, it stands to reason that they would become his trademark. Yet, whenever the actor takes on anything other than the action/sci-fi thrillers people associate with him, he manages to surprise with his ability to carry stories that don’t involve a whole lot of ass-kicking. So, as the internet eagerly awaits John Wick: Chapter 2, Reeves headlines a decidedly less violent effort in courtroom drama The Whole Truth.
In the film, Reeves stars as Richard Ramsay, a high-powered attorney representing a young man (Gabriel Basso) accused of murdering his own father (Jim Belushi). Complicating matters is Ramsay’s own...
In the film, Reeves stars as Richard Ramsay, a high-powered attorney representing a young man (Gabriel Basso) accused of murdering his own father (Jim Belushi). Complicating matters is Ramsay’s own...
- 10/21/2016
- by Robert Yaniz Jr.
- We Got This Covered
It’s been a curious few weeks for adult fare at the multiplex. With girls on trains, autistic accountants and ex-military vigilantes, there’s no shortage of movies that your mom would love. Courtney Hunt’s The Whole Truth fits nicely into that roster, but without the bestselling book, high concept or star power to warrant being a fall tentpole. It instead resembles a film whose script has been sitting on a shelf since 1996, cast included.
Situated as standard courtroom drama fodder, the film opens on Keanu Reeves’ cynical defense attorney Richard Ramsey having a bad time. Through the confines of some unwelcome narration, we learn that he is tasked with representing Mike Lassiter (Gabriel Basso), a teenager on trial for the murder of his wealthy father and neighborhood shitheel, Boone (Jim Belushi). Ramsay is on the wrong end of what appears to be an open-and-shut murder case. He is more or less defenseless,...
Situated as standard courtroom drama fodder, the film opens on Keanu Reeves’ cynical defense attorney Richard Ramsey having a bad time. Through the confines of some unwelcome narration, we learn that he is tasked with representing Mike Lassiter (Gabriel Basso), a teenager on trial for the murder of his wealthy father and neighborhood shitheel, Boone (Jim Belushi). Ramsay is on the wrong end of what appears to be an open-and-shut murder case. He is more or less defenseless,...
- 10/21/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
The Whole Truth is a moderately clever, reasonably entertaining courtroom drama, which is only a problem given the talent involved with bringing something this middle-of-the-road to the screen. This is director Courtney Hunt’s first film since 2008’s Oscar-nominated Frozen River, a Sundance sensation that showed she had a strong feel for nuanced characters and unconventional locations, as well as an understanding of law-and-order stories born partly of her own past as a law student. Stars Keanu Reeves and Renée Zellweger have bounced between A-list and journeyman status throughout their careers, but supporting players Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Sean Bridgers are brilliant actors who deserve to build on their recent triumphs in Beyond The Lights and Rectify with something better than their seat-filler roles here. Usually, with a movie as mundane as The Whole Truth, it’s tempting to say that a better cast and crew would’ve made something ...
- 10/19/2016
- by Noel Murray
- avclub.com
Though the Keanu Reeves movie on everyone’s mind right now is probably John Wick: Chapter 2, and understandably so, as it premiered an epic first trailer back at New York Comic Con, the actor has one more film coming up before that: courtroom drama The Whole Truth.
Directed by Courtney Hunt, the movie sees Reeves play Ramsay, a defense attorney who tries to build a convincing case for a teenager named Mike (Gabriel Basso), who’s accused of killing his wealthy and abusive father (Jim Belushi). All signs point to the kid, who pretty much confesses to the murder, but is it because he’s protecting his mother Loretta (Renée Zellweger)? There are many layers to the intriguing mystery, and Ramsay must to get to bottom of it if he hopes to win the case.
At the recent La press day for the film, we sat down with Reeves...
Directed by Courtney Hunt, the movie sees Reeves play Ramsay, a defense attorney who tries to build a convincing case for a teenager named Mike (Gabriel Basso), who’s accused of killing his wealthy and abusive father (Jim Belushi). All signs point to the kid, who pretty much confesses to the murder, but is it because he’s protecting his mother Loretta (Renée Zellweger)? There are many layers to the intriguing mystery, and Ramsay must to get to bottom of it if he hopes to win the case.
At the recent La press day for the film, we sat down with Reeves...
- 10/19/2016
- by Kit Bowen
- We Got This Covered
Her six-year hiatus complete, Renee Zellweger has now graced the silver screen twice in the last month: first with “Bridget Jones’s Baby” and now “The Whole Truth,” a courtroom drama in which everything is subtly out of order. Neither the movie itself nor Zellweger’s performance announce themselves loudly, but both acquit themselves well enough once the slow accumulation of facts comes to form a clear picture. Marked by the legalese and narrative pivots demanded by the genre, but lacking enough verve to offset its familiarity, Courtney Hunt‘s film returns a verdict of Not Bad. Keanu Reeves takes first chair as.
- 10/17/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- The Wrap
Everybody lies. For Richard Ramsay, a lawyer defending an uncooperative murder suspect in The Whole Truth, this is the only truth. It drives the legal strategy he walks us through, in impassive voiceover narration, in what might have been a tantalizing whodunit about the less-than-gleaming gears of justice but is instead a curiously uninvolving exercise in procedure. Rather than tightening the screws and getting the blood pumping, director Courtney Hunt allows the viewer ample time to contemplate why Renee Zellweger’s unrecognizability has become politicized, why Keanu Reeves doesn’t do more comedy, and why a drama toplined by two
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- 10/17/2016
- by Sheri Linden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Before you click on the trailer below for Courtney Hunt’s courtroom thriller The Whole Truth be warned that it appears to steer you down a very spoilery path. As with the recent trailer for The Girl on the Train there is a tendency to engage people with the promise of a twist-laden narrative, which runs […]
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- 9/21/2016
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Ten years ago, Keanu Reeves was attached to a biopic where he would play gangster Johnny Stompanato and Catherine Zeta-Jones would portray screen legend Lana Turner. If you're unaware of their story together, Stompanato was Turner's abusive boyfriend and was eventually killed by Turner's daughter, Cheryl Crane. Or, as the popular theory goes, Turner murdered her own lover but Crane took the heat because she was a minor. Now Reeves stars in The Whole Truth, a legal drama he told us about two years ago that arrives in theaters next month, and interestingly enough it looks a lot like it's inspired by the Stompanato/Turner/Crane case. Directed by Courtney Hunt (Frozen River) and written by Rafael Jackson, the movie appears to be about a teenage boy (The...
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- 9/21/2016
- by Christopher Campbell
- Movies.com
Keanu Reeves is on the case as defense attorney Richard Ramsay in the new trailer and poster for Lionsgate Premiere’s The Whole Truth.
Starring Reeves alongside Renée Zellweger, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Gabriel Basso and Jim Belushi, the chilling crime thriller, from director Courtney Hunt, arrives in theaters and on-demand this October 21st.
Defense attorney Richard Ramsay (Keanu Reeves) takes on a personal case when he swears to his widowed friend, Loretta Lassiter (Renée Zellweger), that he will keep her son Mike (Gabriel Basso) out of prison. Charged with murdering his father, Mike initially confesses to the crime. But as the trial proceeds, chilling evidence about the kind of man that Boone Lassiter (Jim Belushi) really was comes to light.
While Ramsay uses the evidence to get his client acquitted, his new colleague Janelle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) tries to dig deeper – and begins to realize that the whole truth is something she alone can uncover.
Starring Reeves alongside Renée Zellweger, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Gabriel Basso and Jim Belushi, the chilling crime thriller, from director Courtney Hunt, arrives in theaters and on-demand this October 21st.
Defense attorney Richard Ramsay (Keanu Reeves) takes on a personal case when he swears to his widowed friend, Loretta Lassiter (Renée Zellweger), that he will keep her son Mike (Gabriel Basso) out of prison. Charged with murdering his father, Mike initially confesses to the crime. But as the trial proceeds, chilling evidence about the kind of man that Boone Lassiter (Jim Belushi) really was comes to light.
While Ramsay uses the evidence to get his client acquitted, his new colleague Janelle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) tries to dig deeper – and begins to realize that the whole truth is something she alone can uncover.
- 9/20/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Coming Distractions: Keanu Reeves puts on his serious actor face in this trailer for The Whole Truth
Keanu Reeves doesn’t always get to enjoy the same level of respect as his actorly peers, possibly because most people still think of him as the goofy idiot from the Bill & Ted movies. The Matrix helped a little, but that just led to more cool action projects like John Wick instead of really convincing people that Reeves is more than that goofy idiot. This trailer for director Courtney Hunt’s The Whole Truth, on the other hand, is so intensely serious that it may have actually come from an alternate universe where the Bill & Ted movies never happened and Reeves is regarded as one of those Daniel Day Lewis-style “actors’ actors.”
The Whole Truth revolves around a seemingly open-and-shut murder case in which a young guy is accused of murdering Jim Belushi (who plays his dad). Reeves is the kid’s lawyer, and as the trial goes ...
The Whole Truth revolves around a seemingly open-and-shut murder case in which a young guy is accused of murdering Jim Belushi (who plays his dad). Reeves is the kid’s lawyer, and as the trial goes ...
- 9/20/2016
- by Sam Barsanti
- avclub.com
"I have to defend him without knowing all the facts." Lionsgate has revealed the trailer for a film titled The Whole Truth, a legal thriller starring Keanu Reeves as a defense attorney in a murder case. His job is to build a defense to keep his friend's son out of jail, even though it seems his conviction for murder is pretty clear. The film also stars Renée Zellweger, Gabriel Basso, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jim Belushi, Sean Bridgers and Christopher Berry. Maybe I'm just a sucker for anything Keanu Reeves stars in, but this actually looks damn good, with some intriguing questions being asked about how the law works and whether or not someone is trying to cover up the truth. I'm curious. This definitely looks like it'll be worth watching. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Courtney Hunt's The Whole Truth, direct from YouTube: Defense attorney Richard Ramsay (Keanu Reeves...
- 9/20/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Keanu Reeves is working on a slew of upcoming thrillers (including the highly-anticipated “John Wick: Chapter 2”) and among his list is “The Whole Truth,” directed by Courtney Hunt and co-starring Renée Zellweger, Jim Belushi and Gugu Mbatha-Raw. A new poster and trailer for the feature have just been released by Lionsgate Premiere, which you can check out below.
The crime thriller centers around defense attorney Richard Ramsay (Reeves) after he’s hired by his widowed friend, Loretta Lassiter (Zellweger), and promises to keep her son Mike (Gabriel Basso) out of prison after he’s charged with murdering his father. As he uses the evidence to get his client acquitted, he begins to realize that there might be more to this story than he originally thought.
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“The Whole Truth” has already been...
The crime thriller centers around defense attorney Richard Ramsay (Reeves) after he’s hired by his widowed friend, Loretta Lassiter (Zellweger), and promises to keep her son Mike (Gabriel Basso) out of prison after he’s charged with murdering his father. As he uses the evidence to get his client acquitted, he begins to realize that there might be more to this story than he originally thought.
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“The Whole Truth” has already been...
- 9/20/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, The Whole Truth, and nothing but the truth? That’s the question presented by Keanu Reeves’ defense attorney Richard Ramsay in the inaugural trailer for Courtney Hunt’s upcoming legal drama.
Agreeing to take on a case for the sake of close friend, Loretta Lassiter (Renée Zellweger), Reeves fights for the right of her disgraced son Mike (Gabriel Basso), who was found guilty (?) and later imprisoned for murdering his father. But an open-and-shut case this is not, after allegations emerge that Loretta actually fooled the jury into thinking that her estranged husband was guilty of domestic abuse. Keep your peepers peeled for the shot of Zellweger’s widow inflicting bruises on her own arm, for instance.
It’s all very melodramatic, but the mere inclusion of Keanu Reeves, who impressed even when holding a small role in The Neon Demon earlier this year,...
Agreeing to take on a case for the sake of close friend, Loretta Lassiter (Renée Zellweger), Reeves fights for the right of her disgraced son Mike (Gabriel Basso), who was found guilty (?) and later imprisoned for murdering his father. But an open-and-shut case this is not, after allegations emerge that Loretta actually fooled the jury into thinking that her estranged husband was guilty of domestic abuse. Keep your peepers peeled for the shot of Zellweger’s widow inflicting bruises on her own arm, for instance.
It’s all very melodramatic, but the mere inclusion of Keanu Reeves, who impressed even when holding a small role in The Neon Demon earlier this year,...
- 9/20/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Seeing somewhat of a resurgence lately on the indie circuit with The Neon Demon and The Bad Batch, as well on the action side with John Wick, Keanu Reeves also found time for a courtroom drama. The Whole Truth, which we actually got a glimpse at earlier this year thanks to a spring release in Japan, will hit U.S. theaters next month and a new trailer has landed.
Frozen River director Courtney Hunt is following her acclaimed 2008 feature with this project, which sees Reeves portray a lawyer defending a man who killed his father — himself the lawyer’s former client. While this looks more conventional than her last film, hopefully Hunt continues to conjure a strong dramatic pull with Keeves in the lead.
Also starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw Renée Zellweger, Gabriel Basso, Jim Belushi, Kenneth Choi, Sean Bridgers, and Erica McDermott, check out the trailer below.
Defense attorney Richard Ramsay...
Frozen River director Courtney Hunt is following her acclaimed 2008 feature with this project, which sees Reeves portray a lawyer defending a man who killed his father — himself the lawyer’s former client. While this looks more conventional than her last film, hopefully Hunt continues to conjure a strong dramatic pull with Keeves in the lead.
Also starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw Renée Zellweger, Gabriel Basso, Jim Belushi, Kenneth Choi, Sean Bridgers, and Erica McDermott, check out the trailer below.
Defense attorney Richard Ramsay...
- 9/20/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Unless, it’s “John Wick 2,” I’m having trouble concentrating on whatever Keanu Reeves is doing next. In this case, it’s “The Whole Truth,” a legal thriller that has already opened in Japan and select overseas markets already. That’s not always a good sign, but talent around this movie is nonetheless compelling.
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Directed by Courtney Hunt (“Frozen River“), penned by Rafael Jackson, and co-starring Renee Zellweger, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and Jim Belushi, the film tells the story of a defense attorney hired by a wealthy family to acquit their son who has confessed to a brutal crime.
Continue reading Keanu Reeves Discovers ‘The Whole Truth’ In New Trailer For Legal Thriller at The Playlist.
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Directed by Courtney Hunt (“Frozen River“), penned by Rafael Jackson, and co-starring Renee Zellweger, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and Jim Belushi, the film tells the story of a defense attorney hired by a wealthy family to acquit their son who has confessed to a brutal crime.
Continue reading Keanu Reeves Discovers ‘The Whole Truth’ In New Trailer For Legal Thriller at The Playlist.
- 9/20/2016
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Renée Zellweger on Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy: "He is pretty brilliant." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
At Universal Pictures and Working Title Films Bridget Jones’s Baby lunch at Lotos Club, Savannah Guthrie moderated a discussion with stars Renée Zellweger and Colin Firth, director Sharon Maguire, producer Eric Fellner and Helen Fielding.
Renée Zellweger chats with Frozen River director Courtney Hunt, as Eric Fellner, Bill Blakemore and Fred Schepisi share a laugh Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
In Bridget Jones’s Baby, co-written by Fielding, Dan Mazer, and Emma Thompson, Mark Darcy's (Firth) competition for Bridget Jones (Zellweger), is Jack, an American dating website guru, played by Patrick Dempsey as a variation of a Disney prince. Jack comes across like the product of his own algorithms, the perfect light-as-air fantasy catalyst for the other two. If this film were directed by Stanley Donen or Vincente Minnelli, he would do magic tricks while dancing.
At Universal Pictures and Working Title Films Bridget Jones’s Baby lunch at Lotos Club, Savannah Guthrie moderated a discussion with stars Renée Zellweger and Colin Firth, director Sharon Maguire, producer Eric Fellner and Helen Fielding.
Renée Zellweger chats with Frozen River director Courtney Hunt, as Eric Fellner, Bill Blakemore and Fred Schepisi share a laugh Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
In Bridget Jones’s Baby, co-written by Fielding, Dan Mazer, and Emma Thompson, Mark Darcy's (Firth) competition for Bridget Jones (Zellweger), is Jack, an American dating website guru, played by Patrick Dempsey as a variation of a Disney prince. Jack comes across like the product of his own algorithms, the perfect light-as-air fantasy catalyst for the other two. If this film were directed by Stanley Donen or Vincente Minnelli, he would do magic tricks while dancing.
- 9/15/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Woody Allen has just added a new cast member to his upcoming untitled film. According to Deadline, Jim Belushi has just committed to star alongside Kate Winslet in the helmer’s new drama.
Per usual, details of his role are unknown, as well as additional plot details. The project is a period drama set in the the ‘50s and production for the film will begin in New York this fall. Allen is set to produce alongside Letty Aronson and Edward Walson. This is the first time both actors will work with the “Annie Hall” helmer.
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Allen’s latest feature, “Café Society,” opened the Cannes Film Festival back in May and received a slew of positive reviews. Starring Kristen Stewart, Jesse Eisenberg and Steve Carell, the dramedy is set in the 1930s and follows a young man who moves to...
Per usual, details of his role are unknown, as well as additional plot details. The project is a period drama set in the the ‘50s and production for the film will begin in New York this fall. Allen is set to produce alongside Letty Aronson and Edward Walson. This is the first time both actors will work with the “Annie Hall” helmer.
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Allen’s latest feature, “Café Society,” opened the Cannes Film Festival back in May and received a slew of positive reviews. Starring Kristen Stewart, Jesse Eisenberg and Steve Carell, the dramedy is set in the 1930s and follows a young man who moves to...
- 7/6/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
We'll begin awardable speculations all over again starting April 1st as we do. Don't hate us because we're Ocd. So I'm prepping a cheat sheet list of releases that could factor in in ways very minor or major. Let me know if I've missed any juicy titles you're awaiting after the jump.
January through April
Which ones will people still care about in 10 months when top ten lists / awards season begins
10 Cloverfield Lane, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, The Boss, Demolition, Everybody Wants Some, Hail Caesar!, Hello My Name is Doris, A Hologram for the King, The Huntsman: Winter's War, Krisha, The Meddler, Midnight Special, Miles Ahead, Sing Street, Tale of Tales, The Witch, and Zootopia
Popcorn Season (May-August)
Some Oscar nominees always emerge in the summer. But the question is in which categories?
Alice Through the Looking Glass, Ben-Hur, The Bfg, A Bigger Splash, Captain America: Civil War,...
January through April
Which ones will people still care about in 10 months when top ten lists / awards season begins
10 Cloverfield Lane, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, The Boss, Demolition, Everybody Wants Some, Hail Caesar!, Hello My Name is Doris, A Hologram for the King, The Huntsman: Winter's War, Krisha, The Meddler, Midnight Special, Miles Ahead, Sing Street, Tale of Tales, The Witch, and Zootopia
Popcorn Season (May-August)
Some Oscar nominees always emerge in the summer. But the question is in which categories?
Alice Through the Looking Glass, Ben-Hur, The Bfg, A Bigger Splash, Captain America: Civil War,...
- 3/7/2016
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Now, we do admit that a Keanu Reeves-led legal thriller that’s been scheduled to open on the other side of the planet before getting so much as U.S. distribution is a dicey proposition, expectations-wise – but we also love the actor and notice there’s a decent supporting pedigree, and I, myself, think titles of this particular mold are in short supply nowadays. What’s the worst that could happen?
We might have some idea when The Whole Truth opens in Japan at March’s end. Frozen River director Courtney Hunt is following her acclaimed 2008 feature with this project, which sees Reeves portray a lawyer defending a man who killed his father — himself the lawyer’s former client. You won’t glean much of that from the first preview, which is both short and filled with Japanese voiceover, so take this as a reminder that something of potential value,...
We might have some idea when The Whole Truth opens in Japan at March’s end. Frozen River director Courtney Hunt is following her acclaimed 2008 feature with this project, which sees Reeves portray a lawyer defending a man who killed his father — himself the lawyer’s former client. You won’t glean much of that from the first preview, which is both short and filled with Japanese voiceover, so take this as a reminder that something of potential value,...
- 2/5/2016
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Meadowland director/cinematographer Reed Morano on Mirren Gordon-Crozier: "My costume designer is amazing." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Olivia Wilde and Luke Wilson, with a terrific supporting cast that includes Elisabeth Moss, Juno Temple, Giovanni Ribisi, Kevin Corrigan, Merritt Wever, Scott Mescudi, Ty Simpkins and Eden Duncan-Smith in Meadowland, Reed Morano's subtle and intense directorial debut. John Leguizamo, Ned Eisenberg and a memorable non-speaking guest star in a cameo can be seen both here and in Michael Almereyda's thrilling Experimenter, evoking the "Familiar Stranger".
As a cinematographer, Morano had worked with Misty Upham on Courtney Hunt's complex Frozen River and her composer Adam Taylor did the score for John Wells' furious family drama, August: Osage County, in which Upham has one of the most chivalrous and applause-deserving scenes.
Olivia Wilde as Sarah in Meadowland fully goes there. Photo: Reed Morano
Morano's meadow is a place where the worst parental nightmare blooms.
Olivia Wilde and Luke Wilson, with a terrific supporting cast that includes Elisabeth Moss, Juno Temple, Giovanni Ribisi, Kevin Corrigan, Merritt Wever, Scott Mescudi, Ty Simpkins and Eden Duncan-Smith in Meadowland, Reed Morano's subtle and intense directorial debut. John Leguizamo, Ned Eisenberg and a memorable non-speaking guest star in a cameo can be seen both here and in Michael Almereyda's thrilling Experimenter, evoking the "Familiar Stranger".
As a cinematographer, Morano had worked with Misty Upham on Courtney Hunt's complex Frozen River and her composer Adam Taylor did the score for John Wells' furious family drama, August: Osage County, in which Upham has one of the most chivalrous and applause-deserving scenes.
Olivia Wilde as Sarah in Meadowland fully goes there. Photo: Reed Morano
Morano's meadow is a place where the worst parental nightmare blooms.
- 10/14/2015
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Ioncinema.com’s Ioncinephile of the Month feature focuses on an emerging filmmaker from the world of cinema….but we would be disingenuous in categorizing this month’s spotlighted artist as a “new” arrival on the scene as this person as added a significant of contributions to the American independent film landscape.
This October, we feature Reed Morano, an award-winning cinematographer who’s deft craftsmanship can be found in works dating back to Courtney Hunt’s Frozen River and So Yong Kim’s For Ellen to more recent oeuvres in John Krokidas’ Kill Your Darlings and Mark Jackson’s War Story. Morano made the transition to directing, wearing not one but two hats on Meadowland, a soberingly thoughtful examination on loss, grief and an eschewing type of salvation starring Olivia Wilde in a performance that several are calling both fearless and ferocious.
Premiering this past April at the Tribeca Film...
This October, we feature Reed Morano, an award-winning cinematographer who’s deft craftsmanship can be found in works dating back to Courtney Hunt’s Frozen River and So Yong Kim’s For Ellen to more recent oeuvres in John Krokidas’ Kill Your Darlings and Mark Jackson’s War Story. Morano made the transition to directing, wearing not one but two hats on Meadowland, a soberingly thoughtful examination on loss, grief and an eschewing type of salvation starring Olivia Wilde in a performance that several are calling both fearless and ferocious.
Premiering this past April at the Tribeca Film...
- 10/8/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Exclusive: Damien Chazelle’s Sundance-winning Whiplash, an admittedly largely autobiographical screenplay he wrote, has been mysteriously classified as an adapted script by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences — which did not inform Chazelle or the film’s distributor of its decision before ballots went out December 29th. In fact, Sony Pictures Classics only discovered this fact only Monday and was quite puzzled.
Chazelle, who considers his script original, is not an Academy member and therefore is unable to vote, also was completely unaware. Complicating matters, the WGA had vetted it and declared it an original screenplay for their competition (nominees will be announced Wednesday), leading to the unprecedented situation of the guild calling it original and the Academy disagreeing.
It’s already causing all sorts of confusion for the Academy’s writers branch. John Gatins, Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Flight, put out an Sos via email to me Monday...
Chazelle, who considers his script original, is not an Academy member and therefore is unable to vote, also was completely unaware. Complicating matters, the WGA had vetted it and declared it an original screenplay for their competition (nominees will be announced Wednesday), leading to the unprecedented situation of the guild calling it original and the Academy disagreeing.
It’s already causing all sorts of confusion for the Academy’s writers branch. John Gatins, Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Flight, put out an Sos via email to me Monday...
- 1/6/2015
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline
Whether you are a filmmaker, or one of the Sundance programmers whose task it is to identify the films that make up a line-up, it is indeed the most wonderful, panic-filled and nerve racking time of the year. The 31st edition of the Sundance Film Festival kicks off on January 22nd with Park City and Salt Lake City playing host to some of the more innovative, thought-provoking narrative and non-fiction films of 2015. Last year, a Jenga tall order of 4,057 features and 8,161 shorts were submitted. Now let’s think about those numbers for a second.
Twenty years ago, Terry Zwigoff’s Crumb claimed the Grand Jury Prize Documentary award, Living in Oblivion‘s Tom Dicillo was honored with the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, and Edward Burns’ micro-budgeted The Brothers McMullen (there is a read-worthy, lively, eleventh hour account on how it was submitted to the fest in Ted Hope’s “Hope...
Twenty years ago, Terry Zwigoff’s Crumb claimed the Grand Jury Prize Documentary award, Living in Oblivion‘s Tom Dicillo was honored with the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, and Edward Burns’ micro-budgeted The Brothers McMullen (there is a read-worthy, lively, eleventh hour account on how it was submitted to the fest in Ted Hope’s “Hope...
- 11/17/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
A staple of the Sundance Film Festival since Courtney Hunt’s Frozen River in ’08, her Park City premiered filmography as a cinematographer was followed by Little Birds, Shut Up And Play The Hits, For Ellen, Kill Your Darlings, The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete, and last year’s The Skeleton Twins and War Story. Late this summer, Reed Morano took an all-encompassing approach to visual storytelling, taking on double duties as director first, cinematographer second. Olivia Wilde toplines Meadowland and the hard-hitting drama includes the likes of Luke Wilson, John Leguizamo, Elisabeth Moss, Giovanni Ribisi, Juno Temple, Kevin Corrigan, Scott Mescudi and Ty Simpkins. The ideal kind of auteur theory should be more inclusive. Add cinematographers. Case in point.
Gist: Written by Chris Rossi, this follows a couple, David and Sarah, dealing with their son’s disappearance. David finds solace in a traditional form of healing, only to lose his moral compass.
Gist: Written by Chris Rossi, this follows a couple, David and Sarah, dealing with their son’s disappearance. David finds solace in a traditional form of healing, only to lose his moral compass.
- 11/13/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
It's a special top ten day. List mania all day long...
10 Renée has reemerged again but there's still no firm word on future movies other than The Whole Truth with Keanu Reeves, directed by Courtney Hunt (Frozen River) which is due next year supposedly
09 Sarah Paulson looks Ahmazing
08 Long rectangular table at these events are terrible because you only get to talk to a couple of people except when everyone is milling about.
07 If you squint really hard you can pretend Sarah & Renée are non-identical siamese sisters they're so squinched together...
06 Bet you anything they talked about American Horror Story - weird that Ryan Murphy hasn't asked the Zeéeeee to do it? (Although his tastes do run a little more 1980s/1990s than 1990s/2000s as actresses go.)
05 Everyone in this photo has major trophies except for Sarah Paulson and that ain't right!
04 Everyone looks like they color coordinated. Did...
10 Renée has reemerged again but there's still no firm word on future movies other than The Whole Truth with Keanu Reeves, directed by Courtney Hunt (Frozen River) which is due next year supposedly
09 Sarah Paulson looks Ahmazing
08 Long rectangular table at these events are terrible because you only get to talk to a couple of people except when everyone is milling about.
07 If you squint really hard you can pretend Sarah & Renée are non-identical siamese sisters they're so squinched together...
06 Bet you anything they talked about American Horror Story - weird that Ryan Murphy hasn't asked the Zeéeeee to do it? (Although his tastes do run a little more 1980s/1990s than 1990s/2000s as actresses go.)
05 Everyone in this photo has major trophies except for Sarah Paulson and that ain't right!
04 Everyone looks like they color coordinated. Did...
- 10/21/2014
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Exclusive: Renee Zellweger has boarded Paramount’s faith-based drama Same Kind Of Different As Me, adapted from the 2006 nonfiction best-seller about the unlikely friendship between wealthy white art dealer Ron Hall and former sharecropper-turned-drifter Denver Moore. Introduced by Hall’s wife Deborah, the two men from opposite walks of life met at a homeless shelter where Hall was volunteering. Their self-published book Same Kind Of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, An International Art Dealer, And The Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together was picked up by Thomas Nelson and went on to hit No. 8 on the New York Times bestseller list. Zellweger will play Deborah, whose higher calling to serve others brought Hall and Moore together before she succumbed to cancer in 2000.
The project is in the works at Paramount with Mary Parent producing alongside Darren Moorman (Marilyn Hotchkiss’ Ballroom Dancing & Charm School, Unconditional), a former exec at faith-based Sky Angel.
The project is in the works at Paramount with Mary Parent producing alongside Darren Moorman (Marilyn Hotchkiss’ Ballroom Dancing & Charm School, Unconditional), a former exec at faith-based Sky Angel.
- 10/20/2014
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
Misty Upham found dead in Seattle suburb (photo: Misty Upham and Juliette Lewis) Actress Misty Upham, who had gone missing since October 6, 2014, was found dead on Thursday, October 16, in a wooded area along the White River in suburban Seattle. The cause and time of death remain unclear. Best known for her roles in Frozen River, which earned her an Independent Spirit Award nomination, and August: Osage County, Upham was 32. According to a statement her father, Charles Upham, sent to media outlets, Misty Upham was last seen on October 5, walking from her sister's apartment in Muckleshoot, Washington. Her father added that she suffered from bipolar disorder and had bouts of depression and anxiety — she had gone missing in the past — but said he didn't believe she was suicidal. "The truth is Misty is not stressed over money or career. Her career is going great," he wrote last Sunday, October 12. "As her...
- 10/17/2014
- by Anna Robinson
- Alt Film Guide
New York Film Festival is in its final week and here is Glenn on Debra Granik's documentary 'Stray Dog'.
Debra Granik’s last film was nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award and catapulted its lead star into super-stardom. Naturally, she hasn’t made a film since. Just like Patty Jenkins, Kimberly Peirce, Courtney Hunt and more, it appears newfound success doesn’t necessarily breed an open door (or open checkbook) to future career possibilities for many female directors. We were recently talking about this in regards to Kimberly Reed, but artists tend to find a way to release their creativity, and so while Granik wasn't able (or at least hasn’t yet managed) to get adaptations of Russell Banks’ novel Rule of the Bone or a signposted HBO series off the ground, she has taken on the reigns of a documentary, a first for the Tennessee native.
Debra Granik’s last film was nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award and catapulted its lead star into super-stardom. Naturally, she hasn’t made a film since. Just like Patty Jenkins, Kimberly Peirce, Courtney Hunt and more, it appears newfound success doesn’t necessarily breed an open door (or open checkbook) to future career possibilities for many female directors. We were recently talking about this in regards to Kimberly Reed, but artists tend to find a way to release their creativity, and so while Granik wasn't able (or at least hasn’t yet managed) to get adaptations of Russell Banks’ novel Rule of the Bone or a signposted HBO series off the ground, she has taken on the reigns of a documentary, a first for the Tennessee native.
- 10/7/2014
- by Glenn Dunks
- FilmExperience
Glenn here to discuss the latest excursion to the live stage.
It can be easy to bemoan the fate that befalls many female filmmakers. Lord knows I have often found myself lamenting the post breakthrough careers of the likes of Patty Jenkins, Courtney Hunt and others. Those filmmakers for whom a great early work somehow doesn’t permit them the same carte blanche movie projects as male directors like, for example, Marc Webb who got The Amazing Spider-Man off the back of a slight, but popular romantic comedy whereas Kimberly Peirce won her star an Oscar for Boys Don’t Cry and yet it took nine years for a follow-up. Still, as frustrating as it must be to them and to moviegoers when (I assume) financing doesn’t come to them quite as quickly or as robustly as it might another, we thankfully live in a society that doesn’t...
It can be easy to bemoan the fate that befalls many female filmmakers. Lord knows I have often found myself lamenting the post breakthrough careers of the likes of Patty Jenkins, Courtney Hunt and others. Those filmmakers for whom a great early work somehow doesn’t permit them the same carte blanche movie projects as male directors like, for example, Marc Webb who got The Amazing Spider-Man off the back of a slight, but popular romantic comedy whereas Kimberly Peirce won her star an Oscar for Boys Don’t Cry and yet it took nine years for a follow-up. Still, as frustrating as it must be to them and to moviegoers when (I assume) financing doesn’t come to them quite as quickly or as robustly as it might another, we thankfully live in a society that doesn’t...
- 9/9/2014
- by Glenn Dunks
- FilmExperience
• It looks like Mike Epps may finally get the chance to play legendary stand-up comedian Richard Pryor after all. The comic has emerged as the front-runner to play the part in a biopic for The Weinstein Company directed by Lee Daniels (The Butler). Epps was previously signed on to play Pryor back in 2005 and met with the late comedian while he was still alive to prepare for the role, but that project fell through. Epps reportedly beat out actors Michael B. Jordan, Nick Cannon, and Marlon Wayans after Wayans had also been previously attached to another Pryor film, this one...
- 8/13/2014
- by Jake Perlman
- EW - Inside Movies
Kathryn Morris has joined the Screen Gems thriller The Perfect Guy. Sanaa Lathan stars as a woman who meets the seemingly perfect guy (Michael Ealy, but he turns into a sociopathic stalker when she breaks up with him. Morris will play Karen, the mother of an all-boys family who is a close confidante of Lathan’s character and offers counsel and wisdom about her romances. Morris Chestnut and Rutina Wesley also star in the film from director David M. Rosenthal and writer Tyger Williams. Morris starred on CBS’ Cold Case, and her recent credits include telepic The Sweeter Side of Life and CBS pilot The Surgeon General. She next appears in the thriller 2 Br/1 Ba. She’s repped by Gersh and Mosaic.
Jim Klock has landed a role in the courtroom drama The Whole Truth from director Courtney Hunt and writer Nicholas Kazan. Keanu Reeves stars as a defense attorney...
Jim Klock has landed a role in the courtroom drama The Whole Truth from director Courtney Hunt and writer Nicholas Kazan. Keanu Reeves stars as a defense attorney...
- 8/12/2014
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline
The first trailer is here for Beyond The Lights.The new romantic drama was written and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, and stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle), Nate Parker, Minnie Driver, Colson “Mgk” Baker and Danny Glover.
Gugu Mbatha-Raw is starring in the upcoming thriller The Whole Truth – 2015 (directed by Courtney Hunt, written by Nicholas Kazan) with Keanu Reeves, Gabriel Basso, Renée Zellweger and Jim Belushi.
Nate Parker can be seen now in director Jesse Zwick’s About Alex.
Beyond The Lights is the story of Noni, the music world’s latest superstar. But not all is what it seems, and the pressures of fame have Noni on the edge – until she meets Kaz Nicol, a young cop and aspiring politician who’s been assigned to her detail.
Drawn to each other, Noni and Kaz fall fast and hard, despite the protests of those around them who urge them to put their...
Gugu Mbatha-Raw is starring in the upcoming thriller The Whole Truth – 2015 (directed by Courtney Hunt, written by Nicholas Kazan) with Keanu Reeves, Gabriel Basso, Renée Zellweger and Jim Belushi.
Nate Parker can be seen now in director Jesse Zwick’s About Alex.
Beyond The Lights is the story of Noni, the music world’s latest superstar. But not all is what it seems, and the pressures of fame have Noni on the edge – until she meets Kaz Nicol, a young cop and aspiring politician who’s been assigned to her detail.
Drawn to each other, Noni and Kaz fall fast and hard, despite the protests of those around them who urge them to put their...
- 8/8/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
• Oscar winner Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardner) may join Michael Fassbender (12 Years A Slave) in Dreamworks’ The Light Between Oceans based on the M.L. Stedman novel. Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine) is directing the film about a lighthouse keeper and his wife who raise 2-month-old baby after finding it in a rowboat next to a dead body. [The Wrap]
• Fifty Shades of Grey’s Dakota Johnson will star in Forever, Interrupted, another book-to-film adaptation. The debut novel from Taylor Jenkins Reid tells the story of a young woman who forms a relationship with the mother she never knew after her whirlwind marriage is cut short.
• Fifty Shades of Grey’s Dakota Johnson will star in Forever, Interrupted, another book-to-film adaptation. The debut novel from Taylor Jenkins Reid tells the story of a young woman who forms a relationship with the mother she never knew after her whirlwind marriage is cut short.
- 7/10/2014
- by Jake Perlman
- EW - Inside Movies
Jim Belushi will join Keanu Reeves and Renée Zellweger on the cast of Courtney Hunt’s The Whole Truth, which has begun production this week in New Orleans. FilmNation handles international sales.
Also starring in the courtroom drama are Gugu Mbatha-Raw from Belle and Super 8’s Gabriel Basso.
“I’ve always been a big fan of Jim Belushi and am excited to bring out a side of him audiences haven’t seen before,” said Hunt, who earned an Oscar-nomination for her 2009 screenplay for Frozen River.
Reeves stars in The Whole Truth as a defence attorney facing a seemingly hopeless case as he strives to get his 17-year-old client acquitted of murder.
Basso will play the defendant, while Mbatha-Raw portrays a young attorney and Belushi and Zellweger are the accused’s parents.
“I’m drawn to stories that are as complex as reality and I gravitate towards actors capable of multi-layered performances who reveal the chaos and truth...
Also starring in the courtroom drama are Gugu Mbatha-Raw from Belle and Super 8’s Gabriel Basso.
“I’ve always been a big fan of Jim Belushi and am excited to bring out a side of him audiences haven’t seen before,” said Hunt, who earned an Oscar-nomination for her 2009 screenplay for Frozen River.
Reeves stars in The Whole Truth as a defence attorney facing a seemingly hopeless case as he strives to get his 17-year-old client acquitted of murder.
Basso will play the defendant, while Mbatha-Raw portrays a young attorney and Belushi and Zellweger are the accused’s parents.
“I’m drawn to stories that are as complex as reality and I gravitate towards actors capable of multi-layered performances who reveal the chaos and truth...
- 7/10/2014
- ScreenDaily
Jim Belushi has been cast in The Whole Truth.
The K-9 star will join Keanu Reeves and Renée Zellweger in Courtney Hunt's courtroom drama.
Reeves will star as defence attorney Richard Ramsay, who is hired to defend a 17-year-old accused of murder.
The case against him looks impossible, and the defendant has not spoken since the crime.
Ramsay enlists the help of a young lawyer (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) to find the truth of what happened on that day.
Zellweger and Belushi will play the defendant's parents. Gabriel Basso is also appearing in the film.
Belushi will next be seen in A Change of Heart and North of Hell.
The Whole Truth is yet to announce a release date.
The K-9 star will join Keanu Reeves and Renée Zellweger in Courtney Hunt's courtroom drama.
Reeves will star as defence attorney Richard Ramsay, who is hired to defend a 17-year-old accused of murder.
The case against him looks impossible, and the defendant has not spoken since the crime.
Ramsay enlists the help of a young lawyer (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) to find the truth of what happened on that day.
Zellweger and Belushi will play the defendant's parents. Gabriel Basso is also appearing in the film.
Belushi will next be seen in A Change of Heart and North of Hell.
The Whole Truth is yet to announce a release date.
- 7/10/2014
- Digital Spy
Ahead of starting production in New Orleans this week, Frozen River director Courtney Hunt’s courtroom drama The Whole Truth has added Saturday Night Live alum and famed comedian Jim Belushi to its cast, which is being led by Keanu Reeves and Renée Zellweger. The movie suffered a serious setback earlier this year when star Daniel Craig, then set for the lead role, dropped out right before production was due to begin. Luckily, Reeves was able to climb on board in June, and now the film is again ready to move forward.
Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle) and Gabriel Basso (The Kings of Summer) also have roles in The Whole Truth, which centers on a defense attorney named Richard Ramsay (Reeves), who is defending a teenager named Mike (Basso) charged with murder. The evidence against his client includes a knife with his finger prints and a near confession, but Ramsay remains unconvinced of his guilt.
Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle) and Gabriel Basso (The Kings of Summer) also have roles in The Whole Truth, which centers on a defense attorney named Richard Ramsay (Reeves), who is defending a teenager named Mike (Basso) charged with murder. The evidence against his client includes a knife with his finger prints and a near confession, but Ramsay remains unconvinced of his guilt.
- 7/10/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Jim Belushi will join Keanu Reeves, Renée Zellweger, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Gabriel Basso in the courtroom drama “The Whole Truth”, directed by Oscar nominee Courtney Hunt, it was announced on Thursday. The film will follow Reeves as defense attorney Richard Ramsay, who faces a tough case defending seventeen-year old murder suspect Mike Lassiter (Basso). The evidence against him is substantial: a knife with his finger prints and a near confession. On top of that, Mike hasn't spoken a word since the day of the crime. Also read: Keanu Reeves to Replace Daniel Craig in Courtroom Drama ‘The Whole Truth’ With no information.
- 7/10/2014
- by Linda Ge
- The Wrap
Daniel Craig was set to star in a courtroom drama called The Whole Truth, but unexpectedly had to drop out four days before shooting began. Deadline is now reporting that Keanu Reeves has come in to take his place. This will be quite a different role for Reeves than the kinds of films we're used to seeing him in. Lately he's been doing a lot of genre films dealing mostly with martial arts, which is something he obviously has had a passion for since The Matrix.
The actor will play a defense attorney who "fights to get his teenage client acquitted of murdering his wealthy father." He will join the previously cast Renee Zellweger, Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle), and Gabriel Basso (Super 8, Kings of Summer).
This isn't the first time Reeves has played an attorney, he also played one in The Devil's Advocate. I really do like Reeves as an actor,...
The actor will play a defense attorney who "fights to get his teenage client acquitted of murdering his wealthy father." He will join the previously cast Renee Zellweger, Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle), and Gabriel Basso (Super 8, Kings of Summer).
This isn't the first time Reeves has played an attorney, he also played one in The Devil's Advocate. I really do like Reeves as an actor,...
- 6/16/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
After a couple of months of scrambling to find someone in the wake of Daniel Craig’s abrupt, days-before-production-started departure from the film, the producers behind courtroom drama The Whole Truth have a new leading man. Keanu Reeves will now approach the bench as a defence lawyer.Deadline reports that Reeves has agreed to step in, playing the man employed to defend a teenage client accused of murdering his wealthy father. He’s joining a cast that already includes Renee Zellweger, Belle’s Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Super 8’s Gabriel Basso.Frozen River director Courtney Hunt can now gear pre-production on the film back up again, aiming to kick off shooting in early July in New Orleans, a switch from the original planned Boston locales. As for Craig, there has been no official statement on why he decided to ditch the film at the eleventh hour, but it might have...
- 6/15/2014
- EmpireOnline
Keanu Reeves is in final negotiations to replace Daniel Craig in Courtney Hunt's courtroom drama “The Whole Truth,” multiple individuals familiar with the project have told TheWrap. Craig abruptly dropped out of the project in April just days before production was slated to start in Boston, leaving the cast and crew stranded with nothing to do but go home. The producers have spent the last two months rallying to resuscitate the Nicholas Kazan-scripted project, which is now shifting its setting from Boston to New Orleans. Also read: Daniel Craig Pulls Out of ‘The Whole Truth'; Movie in...
- 6/14/2014
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Keanu Reeves has joined the cast of The Whole Truth.
He will play the role of a defence attorney for a teenager who is accused of murdering his wealthy family, it has been announced.
The 49-year-old actor is replacing Daniel Craig, who left the project in April.
Reeves is joining current cast members Renée Zellweger, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Gabriel Basso.
The courtroom drama is set to be directed by Courtney Hunt (Frozen River) and the script has been written by Nicholas Kazan (Bicentennial Man).
He will play the role of a defence attorney for a teenager who is accused of murdering his wealthy family, it has been announced.
The 49-year-old actor is replacing Daniel Craig, who left the project in April.
Reeves is joining current cast members Renée Zellweger, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Gabriel Basso.
The courtroom drama is set to be directed by Courtney Hunt (Frozen River) and the script has been written by Nicholas Kazan (Bicentennial Man).
- 6/14/2014
- Digital Spy
Broadway World James Whale's Showboat finally on DVD
Av Club whoa. The Grand Budapest Hotel made entirely out of Legos
Antagony & Ecstacy reviews The Fault in Our Stars with the best review title going anywhere. The rest of the review is another reminder that Tim Brayton is one of the essential online critics.
AP "Dame" Angelina Jolie? She just received an honorary title in England
Deadline Keanu Reeves will take the role vacated by Daniel Craig in that Courtney Hunt (Frozen River) Renée Zellweger picture The Whole Truth so it's back on
In Contention is The Judge with Downey Jr and Duvall an Oscar contender?
Deadline Tom Hiddleson will star as Hank Williams in an upcoming biopic and do his own singing!
The Black Maria looks back at the brief swing music renaissance in 90s cinema. Oh I used to love Swing Kids
Employee of the Month interviews the...
Av Club whoa. The Grand Budapest Hotel made entirely out of Legos
Antagony & Ecstacy reviews The Fault in Our Stars with the best review title going anywhere. The rest of the review is another reminder that Tim Brayton is one of the essential online critics.
AP "Dame" Angelina Jolie? She just received an honorary title in England
Deadline Keanu Reeves will take the role vacated by Daniel Craig in that Courtney Hunt (Frozen River) Renée Zellweger picture The Whole Truth so it's back on
In Contention is The Judge with Downey Jr and Duvall an Oscar contender?
Deadline Tom Hiddleson will star as Hank Williams in an upcoming biopic and do his own singing!
The Black Maria looks back at the brief swing music renaissance in 90s cinema. Oh I used to love Swing Kids
Employee of the Month interviews the...
- 6/14/2014
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
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