When Game of Thrones TV series creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss set out to craft an epic series called 3 Body Problem, an adaptation of a trilogy of sci-fi novels written by Chinese author Liu Cixin, for the Netflix streaming service, they were hoping to get four seasons out of the material. But when the first season of 3 Body Problem started streaming in March and pulled in a sizeable but underwhelming number of views, some began to question whether or not Netflix would want any more episodes of the big budget show. Now The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news that Netflix has indeed ordered more episodes – but just enough to allow Benioff, Weiss, and co-creator Alexander Woo to wrap up the story. Exactly how many episodes that will be has not yet been revealed.
The showrunners provided the following statement: “We’re thrilled that we get to tell...
The showrunners provided the following statement: “We’re thrilled that we get to tell...
- 5/15/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
The Max prequel series “Dune: Prophecy” has added Jessica Barden in a recurring guest star role, Variety has learned exclusively.
The series was originally commissioned in 2019 under the title “Dune: The Sisterhood.” It is inspired by the novel “Sisterhood of Dune” written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. The official logline states, “From the expansive universe of ‘Dune,’ created by acclaimed author Frank Herbert, and 10,000 years before the ascension of Paul Atreides, ‘Dune: Prophecy’ follows two Harkonnen sisters as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind, and establish the fabled sect that will become known as the Bene Gesserit.”
Barden will appear as the young Valya Harkonnen, with the elder version of the character being played by Emily Watson. The young Valya is described as “Ambitious, stubborn and forceful. Young Valya Harkonnen dreams of restoring her family’s noble status. When a tragedy shatters her plans for the future,...
The series was originally commissioned in 2019 under the title “Dune: The Sisterhood.” It is inspired by the novel “Sisterhood of Dune” written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. The official logline states, “From the expansive universe of ‘Dune,’ created by acclaimed author Frank Herbert, and 10,000 years before the ascension of Paul Atreides, ‘Dune: Prophecy’ follows two Harkonnen sisters as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind, and establish the fabled sect that will become known as the Bene Gesserit.”
Barden will appear as the young Valya Harkonnen, with the elder version of the character being played by Emily Watson. The young Valya is described as “Ambitious, stubborn and forceful. Young Valya Harkonnen dreams of restoring her family’s noble status. When a tragedy shatters her plans for the future,...
- 5/15/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Shailene Woodley, Ben Foster and Pablo Schreiber will join the previously announced Alan Ritchson in the action thriller “Motor City.”
Potsy Ponciroli will direct the picture. Production begins July 10 in New Jersey and AlUla, Saudi Arabia as part of Stampede Ventures’ 10-picture slate deal with Film AlUla.
Greg Silverman and Jon Berg will produce for Stampede Ventures, alongside Rohini Singh, Paramdeep Singh and Manmeet Singh of Astro Lion Pictures, and Cliff Roberts and Chad St. John, who also penned the script. Mike Tadross Jr. and Eric Hedayat will executive produce.
Black Bear represents international rights with WME Independent co-representing domestic rights with Stampede, and Sacker Entertainment Law overseeing production legal.
“Motor City” follows John Miller (Ritchson), a Detroit auto-worker whose life and girlfriend (Woodley) are taken away from him when he’s framed by a local gangster (Foster) and sent to prison. On his release, Miller unleashes a maelstrom of...
Potsy Ponciroli will direct the picture. Production begins July 10 in New Jersey and AlUla, Saudi Arabia as part of Stampede Ventures’ 10-picture slate deal with Film AlUla.
Greg Silverman and Jon Berg will produce for Stampede Ventures, alongside Rohini Singh, Paramdeep Singh and Manmeet Singh of Astro Lion Pictures, and Cliff Roberts and Chad St. John, who also penned the script. Mike Tadross Jr. and Eric Hedayat will executive produce.
Black Bear represents international rights with WME Independent co-representing domestic rights with Stampede, and Sacker Entertainment Law overseeing production legal.
“Motor City” follows John Miller (Ritchson), a Detroit auto-worker whose life and girlfriend (Woodley) are taken away from him when he’s framed by a local gangster (Foster) and sent to prison. On his release, Miller unleashes a maelstrom of...
- 5/10/2024
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
The former 15-year UTA exec and partner Jim Meenaghan has been tapped as COO of Greg Silverman’s Stampede Ventures.
Meenaghan, who served as co-head of independent film and head of MP business affairs at UTA, will oversee day-to-day operations at the studio under founder and CEO Silverman. “Stampede Ventures is the perfect opportunity for me, the timing could not be better. I’m very excited to join such an ambitious company committed to making great, commercial content with a remarkable executive team and culture already in place,” Meenaghan said in a statement on Wednesday.
In 2018, UTA promoted Meenaghan to co-head the independent film group with partner Rena Ronson after he had been with the agency for nine years and leading the motion picture business affairs group. Having stepped down from UTA at the end of 2023, Meenaghan joins Stampede after it unveiled a partnership with Film AlUla studios, while also...
Meenaghan, who served as co-head of independent film and head of MP business affairs at UTA, will oversee day-to-day operations at the studio under founder and CEO Silverman. “Stampede Ventures is the perfect opportunity for me, the timing could not be better. I’m very excited to join such an ambitious company committed to making great, commercial content with a remarkable executive team and culture already in place,” Meenaghan said in a statement on Wednesday.
In 2018, UTA promoted Meenaghan to co-head the independent film group with partner Rena Ronson after he had been with the agency for nine years and leading the motion picture business affairs group. Having stepped down from UTA at the end of 2023, Meenaghan joins Stampede after it unveiled a partnership with Film AlUla studios, while also...
- 5/1/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jim Meenaghan, the former UTA partner and co-head of UTA Independent Film Group, has joined Stampede Ventures as COO and general counsel.
In the newly formed COO position, Meenaghan will oversee Stampede’s day-to-day operations across all areas, and lead efforts to expand strategic relations across film and television, including the recently announced $350m three-year deal with Film AlUla studios.
He will also work closely with joint venture partner RedBird Capital on the multiplatform children’s and family content company Hidden Pigeon Company, and UTA joint venture Happy Nest.
Meenaghan will report directly to founder and CEO Greg Silverman.
Menaghan...
In the newly formed COO position, Meenaghan will oversee Stampede’s day-to-day operations across all areas, and lead efforts to expand strategic relations across film and television, including the recently announced $350m three-year deal with Film AlUla studios.
He will also work closely with joint venture partner RedBird Capital on the multiplatform children’s and family content company Hidden Pigeon Company, and UTA joint venture Happy Nest.
Meenaghan will report directly to founder and CEO Greg Silverman.
Menaghan...
- 5/1/2024
- ScreenDaily
Game of Thrones TV series creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are now set to bring viewers an epic Netflix series called 3 Body Problem, an adaptation of a trilogy of sci-fi novels written by Chinese author Liu Cixin. The premiere date for this one is March 21st – and with that date just two weeks away, a final trailer for the show has made its way online. You can check it out in the embed above.
The 3 Body Problem was the title of the first novel in Cixin’s Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy. The second novel was titled The Dark Forest and the third Death’s End. The novels tell the story of what happens when humanity discovers that we are not alone in the universe and prepares for an alien force arriving from a distant and inhospitable world. The title refers to the aliens’ star system, which...
The 3 Body Problem was the title of the first novel in Cixin’s Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy. The second novel was titled The Dark Forest and the third Death’s End. The novels tell the story of what happens when humanity discovers that we are not alone in the universe and prepares for an alien force arriving from a distant and inhospitable world. The title refers to the aliens’ star system, which...
- 3/7/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Judy Greer, Marc Menchaca, and Gaia Wise have joined Emma Thompson on Stampede Ventures and augenschein Filmproduktion’s action thriller The Fisherwoman.
Brian Kirk is directing from a screenplay by writing duo Nicholas Jacobson-Larson and Dalton Leeb.
The Fisherwoman centres on a woman (Thompson) trapped in a blizzard in Minnesota who interrupts the kidnapping of a teenager organised by a waif and her congenial husband and realises she may be the youngster’s only hope.
Greer and Menchaca will play the kidnappers.
Stampede Ventures and augenschein Filmproduktion are financing the film with the support of Film- und Medienstiftung Nrw, the Dfff,...
Brian Kirk is directing from a screenplay by writing duo Nicholas Jacobson-Larson and Dalton Leeb.
The Fisherwoman centres on a woman (Thompson) trapped in a blizzard in Minnesota who interrupts the kidnapping of a teenager organised by a waif and her congenial husband and realises she may be the youngster’s only hope.
Greer and Menchaca will play the kidnappers.
Stampede Ventures and augenschein Filmproduktion are financing the film with the support of Film- und Medienstiftung Nrw, the Dfff,...
- 2/8/2024
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Stampede Ventures and Wattpad Webtoon Studios will team for a feature adaptation of Chasing Red, the YA romance webnovel by Isabelle Ronin that has garnered huge attention on the digital publishing platform, Wattpad.
Jessika Borsiczky (Sex/Life) has been set to direct from a screenplay by Lauren Schacher (Hooking Up), and casting is now underway.
Chasing Red tells the story of straight-a student Veronica, who refuses to be college heartthrob Caleb’s next “conquest,” even after a chance encounter sparks an undeniable attraction between them. But with nowhere to stay and on the run from a recent tragedy, Veronica finds herself in need of Caleb’s help, despite the secrets of their pasts threatening to tear them apart. Wattpad’s #2 English-language property, following the massively popular After series from Anna Todd, the webnovel has garnered over 260 million reads since its publication in 2017. It’s been published in print in seven languages,...
Jessika Borsiczky (Sex/Life) has been set to direct from a screenplay by Lauren Schacher (Hooking Up), and casting is now underway.
Chasing Red tells the story of straight-a student Veronica, who refuses to be college heartthrob Caleb’s next “conquest,” even after a chance encounter sparks an undeniable attraction between them. But with nowhere to stay and on the run from a recent tragedy, Veronica finds herself in need of Caleb’s help, despite the secrets of their pasts threatening to tear them apart. Wattpad’s #2 English-language property, following the massively popular After series from Anna Todd, the webnovel has garnered over 260 million reads since its publication in 2017. It’s been published in print in seven languages,...
- 11/29/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The new sci-fi drama from the creators of Game of Thrones now has a premiere date: 3 Body Problem will launch on Netflix on March 21, 2024. The streamer also released a video with some new footage from the series, which is adapted from Liu Cixin’s Hugo Award-winning trilogy.
There’s also a new, more specific description of the anticipated show: “A young woman’s fateful decision in 1960s China reverberates across space and time into the present day. When the laws of nature inexplicably unravel before their eyes, a close-knit group of brilliant scientists join forces with an unflinching detective to confront the greatest threat in humanity’s history.”
In the below clip, Jack Rooney (John Bradley) and Jin Cheng (Jess Hong) explore a rather unique VR helmet.
For a longer look at the show, here’s the previous teaser trailer from June.
3 Body Problem is from Emmy-winning Thrones...
There’s also a new, more specific description of the anticipated show: “A young woman’s fateful decision in 1960s China reverberates across space and time into the present day. When the laws of nature inexplicably unravel before their eyes, a close-knit group of brilliant scientists join forces with an unflinching detective to confront the greatest threat in humanity’s history.”
In the below clip, Jack Rooney (John Bradley) and Jin Cheng (Jess Hong) explore a rather unique VR helmet.
For a longer look at the show, here’s the previous teaser trailer from June.
3 Body Problem is from Emmy-winning Thrones...
- 11/10/2023
- by James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Game of Thrones TV series creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are now working on bringing viewers an epic Netflix series called 3 Body Problem, an adaptation of a trilogy of sci-fi novels written by Chinese author Liu Cixin – and a teaser trailer has arrived online to not only show us some dazzling imagery from the show, but also to reveal that it’s going to reach the Netflix streaming service sometime in January of 2024! You can watch the teaser trailer in the embed above.
The 3 Body Problem was the title of the first novel in Cixin’s Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy. The second novel was titled The Dark Forest and the third Death’s End. The novels tell the story of what happens when humanity discovers that we are not alone in the universe and prepares for an alien force arriving from a distant and inhospitable world.
The 3 Body Problem was the title of the first novel in Cixin’s Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy. The second novel was titled The Dark Forest and the third Death’s End. The novels tell the story of what happens when humanity discovers that we are not alone in the universe and prepares for an alien force arriving from a distant and inhospitable world.
- 6/17/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
The first trailer is here for the Game of Thrones creators’ long-awaited follow-up series.
Netflix released the teaser trailer for 3 Body Problem from showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss along with Alexander Woo. The sci-fi epic is adapted from Liu Cixin’s Hugo Award-winning trilogy.
3 Body Problem is an ambitious tale about what happens when humanity discovers that we are not alone in the universe. The trailer was revealed at Netflix’s Tudum live fan event in Brazil on Saturday.
The sprawling cast also includes Jovan Adepo (Watchmen), Rosalind Chao (Better Things), Eiza González (Baby Driver), Jess Hong (Inked), Marlo Kelly (Dare Me), Jonathan Pryce (The Crown), Eve Ridley (Peppa Pig), Ben Schnetzer (Y: The Last Man), Alex Sharp (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time), Sea Shimooka (Pink Skies Ahead), Zine Tseng (series debut), Saamer Usmani (Succession) and Benedict Wong (Dr. Strange in the Multiverse...
Netflix released the teaser trailer for 3 Body Problem from showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss along with Alexander Woo. The sci-fi epic is adapted from Liu Cixin’s Hugo Award-winning trilogy.
3 Body Problem is an ambitious tale about what happens when humanity discovers that we are not alone in the universe. The trailer was revealed at Netflix’s Tudum live fan event in Brazil on Saturday.
The sprawling cast also includes Jovan Adepo (Watchmen), Rosalind Chao (Better Things), Eiza González (Baby Driver), Jess Hong (Inked), Marlo Kelly (Dare Me), Jonathan Pryce (The Crown), Eve Ridley (Peppa Pig), Ben Schnetzer (Y: The Last Man), Alex Sharp (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time), Sea Shimooka (Pink Skies Ahead), Zine Tseng (series debut), Saamer Usmani (Succession) and Benedict Wong (Dr. Strange in the Multiverse...
- 6/17/2023
- by James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Daniel Zolghadri (Y2K), Shane Paul McGhie (Poker Face), Jessica Barden (The End of the F***ing World) and Michael Imperioli (The White Lotus) are attached to star in Last Days of Basic Cable, a new film from renowned, rising director Max Winkler (Flower).
Written by Adam Wilson and Justin Taylor, the indie set toward the end of the 1990s watches as four twenty-somethings navigate romance and life in a small New England college town. Zolghadri will play aspiring writer Aaron, with McGhie as his roommate Jason, Barden as Jason’s girlfriend Jessica, and Imperioli as Bob, a drugged out taxi driver who befriends Aaron.
Ron Yerxa and Albert Berger will produce the film via their Bona Fide Productions banner. No word yet on when production might kick off.
Best known for his starring role in the A24 coming-of-age film Funny Pages, produced by Josh and Benny Safdie,...
Written by Adam Wilson and Justin Taylor, the indie set toward the end of the 1990s watches as four twenty-somethings navigate romance and life in a small New England college town. Zolghadri will play aspiring writer Aaron, with McGhie as his roommate Jason, Barden as Jason’s girlfriend Jessica, and Imperioli as Bob, a drugged out taxi driver who befriends Aaron.
Ron Yerxa and Albert Berger will produce the film via their Bona Fide Productions banner. No word yet on when production might kick off.
Best known for his starring role in the A24 coming-of-age film Funny Pages, produced by Josh and Benny Safdie,...
- 6/14/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Rosa Salazar (Alita: Battle Angel), Bobby Soto (Narcos: Mexico), Julio Cesar Cedillo (Narcos: Mexico), Veronica Falcón (Ozark), Sarayu Blue (I Feel Bad) and Eric Johnson (Fifty Shades franchise) are among the newest additions to Prime Video’s Michael Peña starrer A Million Miles Away, which has entered production in Mexico City. Others rounding out the ensemble of the Alejandra Márquez Abella-helmed film include Jordan Dean (Harry & Meghan: Escaping the Palace), Ashley Ciarra (Chupa), Michelle Krusiec (Hollywood), Emma Fassler (Recovery Road), Michael Adler (Super Pumped), Carlos S. Sanchez (Chicago Fire) and Isaac Arellanes (Ghostwriter).
A Million Miles Away is based on the inspiring true story of Jose Hernandez, who defied insurmountable odds to become the first migrant farmworker to travel to space. From six years old, he toiled in the fields between Michoacán and Stockton, California —dreaming of traveling the night skies on a rocket ship. Through his...
A Million Miles Away is based on the inspiring true story of Jose Hernandez, who defied insurmountable odds to become the first migrant farmworker to travel to space. From six years old, he toiled in the fields between Michoacán and Stockton, California —dreaming of traveling the night skies on a rocket ship. Through his...
- 8/30/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Two-time Academy Award winner Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby) and Reacher breakout Alan Ritchson have signed on to star in the film Ordinary Angels from Kingdom Story Company, which Lionsgate will distribute.
Set against the backdrop of the worst snowstorm in Kentucky history, pic is inspired by the incredible true story of a struggling hairdresser (Swank) who single-handedly rallies an entire community to help a widowed father (Ritchson) save the life of his critically ill young daughter.
Jon Gunn (The Unbreakable Boy) is directing, having written the most recent draft of the script with Jon Erwin. Meg Tilly and Kelly Fremon Craig penned an earlier draft. Kingdom Story Company’s Kevin Downes, Jon Erwin and Andrew Erwin are producing alongside Stampede Ventures’ Jon Berg, Vertigo Entertainment’s Roy Lee, Stolen Sky Productions’ Dave Matthews and Johnathan Dorfman, and Green Hummingbird Entertainment’s David Beal and Sarah Johnson. Chelsea Kujawa...
Set against the backdrop of the worst snowstorm in Kentucky history, pic is inspired by the incredible true story of a struggling hairdresser (Swank) who single-handedly rallies an entire community to help a widowed father (Ritchson) save the life of his critically ill young daughter.
Jon Gunn (The Unbreakable Boy) is directing, having written the most recent draft of the script with Jon Erwin. Meg Tilly and Kelly Fremon Craig penned an earlier draft. Kingdom Story Company’s Kevin Downes, Jon Erwin and Andrew Erwin are producing alongside Stampede Ventures’ Jon Berg, Vertigo Entertainment’s Roy Lee, Stolen Sky Productions’ Dave Matthews and Johnathan Dorfman, and Green Hummingbird Entertainment’s David Beal and Sarah Johnson. Chelsea Kujawa...
- 3/24/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Devon Bostick (Pink Skies Ahead) is the latest addition to the cast of Christopher Nolan’s film Oppenheimer for Universal Pictures.
He joins a stacked ensemble led by Cillian Murphy that also includes Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Rami Malek, Benny Safdie, Josh Hartnett, Dane DeHaan, Jack Quaid, Matthew Modine, Dylan Arnold, David Krumholtz, Alden Ehrenreich, David Dastmalchian, Olli Haaskivi, Jason Clarke, James D’Arcy, Michael Angarano, Guy Burnet, Danny Deferrari, Matthias Schweighöfer, Harrison Gilbertson and Emma Dumont, as previously announced.
In the film, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and the late Martin J. Sherwin, Murphy plays the theoretical physicist whose work on the Manhattan Project led to the creation of the atomic bomb. Bostick will play Seth Neddermeyer, the physicist who discovered the elementary particle known as the muon and later...
He joins a stacked ensemble led by Cillian Murphy that also includes Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Rami Malek, Benny Safdie, Josh Hartnett, Dane DeHaan, Jack Quaid, Matthew Modine, Dylan Arnold, David Krumholtz, Alden Ehrenreich, David Dastmalchian, Olli Haaskivi, Jason Clarke, James D’Arcy, Michael Angarano, Guy Burnet, Danny Deferrari, Matthias Schweighöfer, Harrison Gilbertson and Emma Dumont, as previously announced.
In the film, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and the late Martin J. Sherwin, Murphy plays the theoretical physicist whose work on the Manhattan Project led to the creation of the atomic bomb. Bostick will play Seth Neddermeyer, the physicist who discovered the elementary particle known as the muon and later...
- 3/16/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
There’s a euphoria among film sellers and buyers as SXSW finally convenes Friday in Austin, Texas after a three-year pandemic shutdown.
With the last two editions of the Sundance Film Festival being virtual, and the hybrid edition of TIFF seeing reduced capacities, few industry execs, and a muted atmosphere, SXSW marks the return to packed, receptive audiences; actual live pulses which can trigger good reviews and social media wattage, culminating in what some believe could be an active sales market here in Texas’s capital.
SXSW has a knack for programming comedies, genre, and genre-twisted features; titles which are best experienced by a reactive audience. Sellers previously told Deadline that virtual viewing of such fare at recent fests doesn’t really help their cause. While SXSW is enforcing vaxx cards and mask-wearing indoors, screenings will be at full capacity. In 2019, SXSW drew a reported 73K attendees alone to the...
With the last two editions of the Sundance Film Festival being virtual, and the hybrid edition of TIFF seeing reduced capacities, few industry execs, and a muted atmosphere, SXSW marks the return to packed, receptive audiences; actual live pulses which can trigger good reviews and social media wattage, culminating in what some believe could be an active sales market here in Texas’s capital.
SXSW has a knack for programming comedies, genre, and genre-twisted features; titles which are best experienced by a reactive audience. Sellers previously told Deadline that virtual viewing of such fare at recent fests doesn’t really help their cause. While SXSW is enforcing vaxx cards and mask-wearing indoors, screenings will be at full capacity. In 2019, SXSW drew a reported 73K attendees alone to the...
- 3/11/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Stampede Ventures has acquired the rights to Nick Schenk’s action spec script Galahad, and is beginning to package it as a film, eyeing A-list directors for the first feature in a potential new franchise.
The film will follow a badass ex-American special forces soldier who goes on a berserker, come-hell-or-high-water mission to avenge the death of an innocent woman. The quest will take him into the depths of modern American military supremacy, and its sometimes awful shadow. Stampede’s founder and CEO Greg Silverman will produce alongside Jon Berg.
“Once again, Nick’s talent is on full display,” said Silverman. “He crafts a script that gives fans of the genre traditionally awesome moments, while pushing forward spectacular revisions of those same traditions. It’s the perfect balance of what audiences want to see, and what they’ve never seen before.”
A veteran of the action genre, Schenk is...
The film will follow a badass ex-American special forces soldier who goes on a berserker, come-hell-or-high-water mission to avenge the death of an innocent woman. The quest will take him into the depths of modern American military supremacy, and its sometimes awful shadow. Stampede’s founder and CEO Greg Silverman will produce alongside Jon Berg.
“Once again, Nick’s talent is on full display,” said Silverman. “He crafts a script that gives fans of the genre traditionally awesome moments, while pushing forward spectacular revisions of those same traditions. It’s the perfect balance of what audiences want to see, and what they’ve never seen before.”
A veteran of the action genre, Schenk is...
- 2/17/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Oscar and Emmy winner Kathy Bates, two-time Oscar nominee and Emmy winner John Malkovich and Lewis Pullman have signed on to star in Thelma, an indie directed by two-time Emmy nom Ken Kwapis.
Thelma recounts the true story of the mother of John Kennedy Toole (Pullman), the Pulitzer Prize winning author of A Confederacy of Dunces. Toole died by suicide before finding a home for his masterpiece, and his mother Thelma (Bates) made it her life’s mission, through outrageous gamesmanship, to see the book published. She eventually succeeded in getting the manuscript into the hands of writer Walker Percy (Malkovich), who became the novel’s champion. It would be published in 1980, eleven years after Ken’s death, thereafter becoming a widely celebrated cult classic.
Black List screenwriter Andrew Farotte penned the original screenplay.
Thelma recounts the true story of the mother of John Kennedy Toole (Pullman), the Pulitzer Prize winning author of A Confederacy of Dunces. Toole died by suicide before finding a home for his masterpiece, and his mother Thelma (Bates) made it her life’s mission, through outrageous gamesmanship, to see the book published. She eventually succeeded in getting the manuscript into the hands of writer Walker Percy (Malkovich), who became the novel’s champion. It would be published in 1980, eleven years after Ken’s death, thereafter becoming a widely celebrated cult classic.
Black List screenwriter Andrew Farotte penned the original screenplay.
- 1/19/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Kal Penn has signed on to produce and star in Stampede Ventures’ biopic Superfan, which will tell the story of Nav Bhatia, a decades long follower of the Toronto Raptors, who last year became the first fan inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall Of Fame. Penn will play the Toronto man whose loyalty to the Raptors saw him honored with a championship ring, and leading the team’s championship parade in 2019.
Bhatia has long used the game of basketball to bring people together and has an inspiring life story. He came to Toronto as a penniless Sikh immigrant, there navigating a tough journey through racism and bigotry, before establishing himself as the most prolific car salesman and dealership owner in all of Canada.
Over the years, basketball became a friend and passion for him, to the extent that he has never missed a Raptors home game.
Bhatia has long used the game of basketball to bring people together and has an inspiring life story. He came to Toronto as a penniless Sikh immigrant, there navigating a tough journey through racism and bigotry, before establishing himself as the most prolific car salesman and dealership owner in all of Canada.
Over the years, basketball became a friend and passion for him, to the extent that he has never missed a Raptors home game.
- 12/2/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Stampede Ventures and UTA today announced the launch of HappyNest, an indie animation production company that will create content geared toward kids and families, naming Sadaf Cohen Muncy as its Head of Development and Production.
HappyNest will draw on the strength of UTA’s animation division—which represents a stable of award-winning creators and next generation stars—helping artists to incubate their ideas through artistic and financial support, and shepherding their concepts through the entire creative process, from development through to production and sales.
The company funded by Stampede Ventures and UTA will look to create IP that can spur new entertainment franchises for kids and families—through the likes of books, games, toys, digital media, and more. Its launch was shepherded by Stampede Ventures founder and CEO Greg Silverman and President Chris Bosco, alongside UTA Partner Gregory McKnight and Motion Picture Literary Agent Anna Berthold-Zuk.
“The concept for HappyNest...
HappyNest will draw on the strength of UTA’s animation division—which represents a stable of award-winning creators and next generation stars—helping artists to incubate their ideas through artistic and financial support, and shepherding their concepts through the entire creative process, from development through to production and sales.
The company funded by Stampede Ventures and UTA will look to create IP that can spur new entertainment franchises for kids and families—through the likes of books, games, toys, digital media, and more. Its launch was shepherded by Stampede Ventures founder and CEO Greg Silverman and President Chris Bosco, alongside UTA Partner Gregory McKnight and Motion Picture Literary Agent Anna Berthold-Zuk.
“The concept for HappyNest...
- 11/16/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
“The 3-Body Problem” series at Netflix has officially added a dozen cast members, Variety has learned.
The cast now includes: Jovan Adepo, John Bradley, Tsai Chin, Liam Cunningham, Eiza González, Jess Hong, Marlo Kelly (“Dare Me”), Alex Sharp (“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”), Sea Shimooka, Zine Tseng, Saamer Usmani, and Benedict Wong.
News of the castings comes a little over a year after the series was first announced in September 2020. It is based on the award-winning Chinese book series of the same name, with the series order covering all three books — “The Three-Body Problem,” “The Dark Forest,” and “Death’s End.” All three books were written by Liu Cixin. They tell the story of humanity’s first contact with an alien civilization
“Game of Thrones” creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss co-created the series under their Netflix overall deal. They will also serve as co-showrunners and executive producers.
The cast now includes: Jovan Adepo, John Bradley, Tsai Chin, Liam Cunningham, Eiza González, Jess Hong, Marlo Kelly (“Dare Me”), Alex Sharp (“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”), Sea Shimooka, Zine Tseng, Saamer Usmani, and Benedict Wong.
News of the castings comes a little over a year after the series was first announced in September 2020. It is based on the award-winning Chinese book series of the same name, with the series order covering all three books — “The Three-Body Problem,” “The Dark Forest,” and “Death’s End.” All three books were written by Liu Cixin. They tell the story of humanity’s first contact with an alien civilization
“Game of Thrones” creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss co-created the series under their Netflix overall deal. They will also serve as co-showrunners and executive producers.
- 10/29/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix’s upcoming sci-fi drama 3 Body Problem has announced its first cast members.
The series from Emmy-winning showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss (Game of Thrones) revealed 12 actors that have signed on for key roles.
Here they are in alphabetical order:
Jovan Adepo (Watchmen; When They See Us; Fences)
John Bradley (Game of Thrones; upcoming Moonfall; Marry Me)
Tsai Chin (Lucky Grandma; Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings)
Liam Cunningham (The Last Voyage of the Demeter; Game of Thrones; Hunger)
Eiza González (Baby Driver; I Care A Lot; Ambulance)
Jess Hong (Inked; The Brokenwood Mysteries)
Marlo Kelly (Dare Me)
Alex Sharp (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time)
Sea Shimooka (Pink Skies Ahead; Arrow; Berlin)
Zine Tseng (Her ...
The series from Emmy-winning showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss (Game of Thrones) revealed 12 actors that have signed on for key roles.
Here they are in alphabetical order:
Jovan Adepo (Watchmen; When They See Us; Fences)
John Bradley (Game of Thrones; upcoming Moonfall; Marry Me)
Tsai Chin (Lucky Grandma; Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings)
Liam Cunningham (The Last Voyage of the Demeter; Game of Thrones; Hunger)
Eiza González (Baby Driver; I Care A Lot; Ambulance)
Jess Hong (Inked; The Brokenwood Mysteries)
Marlo Kelly (Dare Me)
Alex Sharp (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time)
Sea Shimooka (Pink Skies Ahead; Arrow; Berlin)
Zine Tseng (Her ...
- 10/28/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Exclusive: Greg Silverman and Jon Berg of Stampede Ventures have snapped up rights to screenwriter Umair Aleem’s new action-adventure spec script The Paladin, which is being eyed as a franchise-starter, unfolding into a much larger, expansive universe.
Billed as Doctor Strange meets Unforgiven, The Paladin centers on a broken-down, last-of-his-kind warrior mage who undertakes a final quest to protect a child who has the power to save or destroy our world.
Silverman and Berg will produce the feature with a plan to go into production next year. The packaging of a star and filmmaker are underway.
The Paladin comes on the heels of Aleem’s hard-action feature Kate, a 2017 Black List script, which premiered on Netflix in September starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Woody Harrelson and Mike Martineau. Kate was the most watched film on any streaming service for 12 straight days. Aleem also adapted Danger Girl and wrote the sequel to Mile 22 for STX.
Billed as Doctor Strange meets Unforgiven, The Paladin centers on a broken-down, last-of-his-kind warrior mage who undertakes a final quest to protect a child who has the power to save or destroy our world.
Silverman and Berg will produce the feature with a plan to go into production next year. The packaging of a star and filmmaker are underway.
The Paladin comes on the heels of Aleem’s hard-action feature Kate, a 2017 Black List script, which premiered on Netflix in September starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Woody Harrelson and Mike Martineau. Kate was the most watched film on any streaming service for 12 straight days. Aleem also adapted Danger Girl and wrote the sequel to Mile 22 for STX.
- 9/28/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Jackson Pictures & Stampede Ventures have teamed up to land The Debriefing, a spec script by Black Hawk Down scribe Ken Nolan based on the Robert Littell novel. They will fast-track the thriller, and the plan is to get into production next year and the script will be put on submission to directors immediately.
Matt Jackson of Jackson Pictures and Stampede’s Greg Silverman and Jon Berg made the deal with Nolan’s reps at CAA and Kaplan/Perrone.
The Debriefing is a cat-and-mouse psychological espionage thriller that centers on a top-level CIA intelligence operative who must debrief an asylum-seeking Gru computer tech to verify the veracity of his story before the critical information he possess expires. Aside from Black Hawk Down, Nolan’s credits include Only the Brave and Transformers: The Last Knight.
“Ken’s scripts are always...
Matt Jackson of Jackson Pictures and Stampede’s Greg Silverman and Jon Berg made the deal with Nolan’s reps at CAA and Kaplan/Perrone.
The Debriefing is a cat-and-mouse psychological espionage thriller that centers on a top-level CIA intelligence operative who must debrief an asylum-seeking Gru computer tech to verify the veracity of his story before the critical information he possess expires. Aside from Black Hawk Down, Nolan’s credits include Only the Brave and Transformers: The Last Knight.
“Ken’s scripts are always...
- 6/29/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Jessica Barden began her professional career at a young age, shooting an episode of “My Parents Are Aliens” when she was only 7. At the time, she was just having fun. “I was just a showoff, I wasn’t good at acting in any way,” the British actor reveals. It wasn’t until she was 17 and had a role in Stephen Frears’ 2010 film “Tamara Drewe” that she knew she was hooked. “He’s a director for actors, through and through. I don’t know a single person that has worked for him that didn’t have the best time with him,’ she notes. “He didn’t speak to me like I was a child. He spoke to me like I was an adult, he asked me what I thought about the scenes as we were shooting. And I realized I wanted to do this for the rest of my life.”
Perhaps...
Perhaps...
- 6/10/2021
- by Jenelle Riley
- Variety Film + TV
The year 2020 should have kicked off a banner one for young actress Jessica Barden: At the SXSW Film Festival, she was set to surface in Nicole Riegel’s affecting blue collar drama “Holler” and the very different, though similarly well-made “Pink Skies Ahead.” Both movies feature Barden in leading roles that show off her big-time rage. The physical festival was canceled due to the pandemic, and both films were eventually pushed to 2021. Now, audiences can finally appreciate that Barden is doing excellent work and exhibiting a rare depth for her age.
Written and directed by first-time feature filmmaker Riegel (and inspired by her own coming-of-age in the Ohio Rust Belt and her earlier short film of the same name), “Holler” sets the “End of the F**king World” star as something of a Riegel surrogate: high school senior Ruth, sassy and brassy, smart and driven, and trapped by the...
Written and directed by first-time feature filmmaker Riegel (and inspired by her own coming-of-age in the Ohio Rust Belt and her earlier short film of the same name), “Holler” sets the “End of the F**king World” star as something of a Riegel surrogate: high school senior Ruth, sassy and brassy, smart and driven, and trapped by the...
- 6/9/2021
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Jessica Barden revealed her favorite parts of working with Henry Winkler on Pink Skies Ahead in her new uInterview. “Working with Henry was really funny,” Barden told uInterview’s Erik Meers. Winkler plays the doctor of Barden’s character, Winona. “He will do something to make you laugh, but he will just carry on because like obviously […]
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- 6/1/2021
- by Marie Fiero
- Uinterview
Jessica Barden says she almost ran over Michael McKean on the set of Pink Skies Ahead. “I also nearly ran over Michael by accident,” the actress said. “Because the props guy, I don’t drive either,” she explained, “so the props guys were like ‘you need to turn,’ they were like ‘put it into neutral,’ I was like […]
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- 5/20/2021
- by Marie Fiero
- Uinterview
Jessica Barden says playing Winona in her new film Pink Skies Ahead was “autobiographical,” in her new uInterview. “The preparation I did was just like exist for 26 years as like, me,” Barden told uInterview’s Erik Meers. “And just like kind of live the exact same way, where I’m like, ‘Oh my god. Like why […]
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- 5/7/2021
- by Marie Fiero
- Uinterview
With Pink Skies Ahead and Holler, Jessica Barden explored two very different perspectives on what it’s like to come of age in America.
Written and directed by Kelly Oxford, the former dramedy centers on Winona, a young writer struggling with an anxiety disorder that drops out of school, and is left to figure out how to move forward in her life.
Holler, from writer-director Nicole Riegel, follows Ruth, a young woman who joins a dangerous and illegal scrap metal crew with her brother, to pay for her education, so that she can one day get out of her small, working-class Ohio town.
While the indies are dissimilar on the surface, in terms of tone and subject matter, they actually have more in common than is immediately apparent.
Both were the first features from up-and-coming female filmmakers. And both allowed Barden—best known...
Written and directed by Kelly Oxford, the former dramedy centers on Winona, a young writer struggling with an anxiety disorder that drops out of school, and is left to figure out how to move forward in her life.
Holler, from writer-director Nicole Riegel, follows Ruth, a young woman who joins a dangerous and illegal scrap metal crew with her brother, to pay for her education, so that she can one day get out of her small, working-class Ohio town.
While the indies are dissimilar on the surface, in terms of tone and subject matter, they actually have more in common than is immediately apparent.
Both were the first features from up-and-coming female filmmakers. And both allowed Barden—best known...
- 5/6/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
We’ll say this with cautious optimism: the summer movie season is…back? After the coronavirus pandemic upended the 2020 release calendar, pushing back some of the year’s most hyped films and inspiring new avenues of distribution for others, the summer of 2021 is shaping up as platform for blockbusters (from the latest “Fast and Furious” to the post-apocalyptic survival of the “A Quiet Place” installment all the way through a seventh “Conjuring” film) and rife with discoveries (including some festival hits that date all the way back to 2019).
Of course, the distribution landscape has changed radically over the past year, and not every anticipated summer movie will simply head to the multiplex. This season’s lineup includes a wide variety of viewing options that go beyond the brick and mortar theater. It’s a summer defined by options — not only in terms of what you see, but how you choose to see it.
Of course, the distribution landscape has changed radically over the past year, and not every anticipated summer movie will simply head to the multiplex. This season’s lineup includes a wide variety of viewing options that go beyond the brick and mortar theater. It’s a summer defined by options — not only in terms of what you see, but how you choose to see it.
- 5/4/2021
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
This weekly feature is in addition to TVLine’s daily What to Watch listings and monthly guide to What’s on Streaming.
With nearly 500 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it’s easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new “prestige drama” you anticipated is about to debut. So consider this our reminder to set your DVR, order a Season Pass, pop a fresh Memorex into the Vcr… however it is you roll.
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With nearly 500 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it’s easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new “prestige drama” you anticipated is about to debut. So consider this our reminder to set your DVR, order a Season Pass, pop a fresh Memorex into the Vcr… however it is you roll.
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- 5/1/2021
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
Is anyone else just shaking their head right now, wondering how we were suddenly transported back to the 90s? Seriously, apart from the fact that MTV still had at least some music left on the station back in that decade, Pink Skies Ahead feels as though it’s catapulted society back into the past, which it has since the story takes place in 1998. A lot of us still remember those days, right? Angsty teenagers that don’t know what to do with their lives, people suffering severe family issues that they can’t figure out how to move past or resolve, and
Check Out The Trailer for New MTV Movie “Pink Skies Ahead”...
Check Out The Trailer for New MTV Movie “Pink Skies Ahead”...
- 4/30/2021
- by Tom
- TVovermind.com
Exclusive: Odessa A’zion (Grand Army), Aaron Holliday (Sharp Objects) and Will Block (The Show Must Go Online) have signed on to star in For The Night, a high concept indie horror feature written and directed by James Kimball.
Marking Kimball’s feature directorial debut, the film is described as taking an innovative “spin on the found footage horror genre.” Production kicks off soon in Los Angeles and Montana.
Holliday will play ‘Alex Wells’, a socially awkward, introverted teenager whose main form of escape and expression is his skateboard. Things begin to go awry for Alex when his best friend ‘Jakey Moore,’ played by Block, and Jakey’s cousin ‘Tanner Boers,’ played by A’zion, discover a hidden skate spot within an abandoned hospital.
Zachary Green (The Obituary of Tunde Johnson) is producing For The Night, with NBA All-Star Victor Oladpio exec producing, alongside Jay Henderson, Vincent Bartolotta and Alex Minicucci.
Marking Kimball’s feature directorial debut, the film is described as taking an innovative “spin on the found footage horror genre.” Production kicks off soon in Los Angeles and Montana.
Holliday will play ‘Alex Wells’, a socially awkward, introverted teenager whose main form of escape and expression is his skateboard. Things begin to go awry for Alex when his best friend ‘Jakey Moore,’ played by Block, and Jakey’s cousin ‘Tanner Boers,’ played by A’zion, discover a hidden skate spot within an abandoned hospital.
Zachary Green (The Obituary of Tunde Johnson) is producing For The Night, with NBA All-Star Victor Oladpio exec producing, alongside Jay Henderson, Vincent Bartolotta and Alex Minicucci.
- 4/28/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated with release date: Pink Skies Ahead, the drama written and directed by Kelly Oxford that MTV Entertainment Studios acquired ahead of its world premiere at last year’s AFI Fest, will premiere commercial free on MTV and simulcast on Pop TV on Saturday, May 8 at 9 p.m. It will bow as part of MTV’s newly launched Mental Health is Health initiative.
Set in Los Angeles in 1998, it follows Winona (End of the F***ing World‘s Jessica Barden) who, after dropping out of college and moving back home to live with her parents, is diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. Skeptical of her doctor’s opinion — she hasn’t had a panic attack after all —Winona carries on with her wild lifestyle. Only when things begin to truly unravel around her, does she reluctantly decide to see a therapist and face her truths.
Mary J. Blige, Devon Bostick, Marcia Gay Harden,...
Set in Los Angeles in 1998, it follows Winona (End of the F***ing World‘s Jessica Barden) who, after dropping out of college and moving back home to live with her parents, is diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. Skeptical of her doctor’s opinion — she hasn’t had a panic attack after all —Winona carries on with her wild lifestyle. Only when things begin to truly unravel around her, does she reluctantly decide to see a therapist and face her truths.
Mary J. Blige, Devon Bostick, Marcia Gay Harden,...
- 4/15/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: In a competitive situation, Greg Silverman and Jon Berg of Stampede Ventures have optioned the rights to screenwriter Ward Parry’s spec script, Mr. Croup.
Matthew George’s Savvy Media Holdings, whose credits include Wind River and A Private War, will produce the film alongside former Warner Bros execs Berg and Silverman.
Mr. Croup is described to us an original spy-thriller with franchise potential, inspired by the likes of James Bond and Liam Neeson’s Taken character Bryan Mills. The script follows a mysterious recluse on a desolate island who finds himself in the company of a 10-year-old girl after her boat capsizes offshore and he is called to save her. With her in his possession, he must come out of hiding and face his past as a secret agent for the British government.
The aim is for the film to go into production in 2021.
Parry recently penned Iron Mike,...
Matthew George’s Savvy Media Holdings, whose credits include Wind River and A Private War, will produce the film alongside former Warner Bros execs Berg and Silverman.
Mr. Croup is described to us an original spy-thriller with franchise potential, inspired by the likes of James Bond and Liam Neeson’s Taken character Bryan Mills. The script follows a mysterious recluse on a desolate island who finds himself in the company of a 10-year-old girl after her boat capsizes offshore and he is called to save her. With her in his possession, he must come out of hiding and face his past as a secret agent for the British government.
The aim is for the film to go into production in 2021.
Parry recently penned Iron Mike,...
- 11/19/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Lionsgate Developing Horror Film ‘Video Nasty’ With Seth Rogen, Greg Silverman Producing (Exclusive)
Lionsgate has acquired the horror spec script “Video Nasty” for Seth Rogen’s Point Grey and Greg Silverman’s Stampede Ventures to produce, Variety has learned exclusively.
“Video Nasty,” written by Chris Thomas Devlin, centers on three teens who rent a cursed VHS and are pulled into an ’80s slasher movie that threatens to trap them forever. Point Grey’s Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Josh Fagen and James Weaver will produce along with Stampede Ventures’ Silverman and Jon Berg.
While no deal is in place, “50/50” director Jonathan Levine is eyeing the project to possibly direct and produce along with his producing partner Gillian Bohrer. Levine, who also directed “Long Shot,” “Snatched” and “The Night Before,” is represented by CAA and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher.
No cast has been set. Rogen and Goldberg formed Point Grey in 2011 and the banner has produced “50/50,” “Blockers,” the two “Neighbors” movies, the raunchy animated hit “Sausage Party,...
“Video Nasty,” written by Chris Thomas Devlin, centers on three teens who rent a cursed VHS and are pulled into an ’80s slasher movie that threatens to trap them forever. Point Grey’s Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Josh Fagen and James Weaver will produce along with Stampede Ventures’ Silverman and Jon Berg.
While no deal is in place, “50/50” director Jonathan Levine is eyeing the project to possibly direct and produce along with his producing partner Gillian Bohrer. Levine, who also directed “Long Shot,” “Snatched” and “The Night Before,” is represented by CAA and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher.
No cast has been set. Rogen and Goldberg formed Point Grey in 2011 and the banner has produced “50/50,” “Blockers,” the two “Neighbors” movies, the raunchy animated hit “Sausage Party,...
- 11/11/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Kelly Oxford’s debut feature Pink Skies Ahead is the kind of coming-of-age comedy that is destined for cult status, if not full-on indie success. It has all the necessary ingredients of an upper-middle-class coming-of-age comedy: a young woman trying to find herself, a pair of worried, coddling parents, and a crew of comical friends. Additionally, the film takes place in 1998, so there’s a healthy dose of comforting nostalgia with welcome needle-drops from the likes of Hole and The Smashing Pumpkins.
Pink Skies Ahead tells the story of Winona (Jessica Barden), an anxious young woman who wants to drop out of school ...
Pink Skies Ahead tells the story of Winona (Jessica Barden), an anxious young woman who wants to drop out of school ...
- 10/28/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Kelly Oxford’s debut feature Pink Skies Ahead is the kind of coming-of-age comedy that is destined for cult status, if not full-on indie success. It has all the necessary ingredients of an upper-middle-class coming-of-age comedy: a young woman trying to find herself, a pair of worried, coddling parents, and a crew of comical friends. Additionally, the film takes place in 1998, so there’s a healthy dose of comforting nostalgia with welcome needle-drops from the likes of Hole and The Smashing Pumpkins.
Pink Skies Ahead tells the story of Winona (Jessica Barden), an anxious young woman who wants to drop out of school ...
Pink Skies Ahead tells the story of Winona (Jessica Barden), an anxious young woman who wants to drop out of school ...
- 10/28/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
So far, between Kelly Oxford’s “Pink Skies Ahead” and Angel Kristi Williams’ “Really Love,” AFI Fest has delivered some incredible first-features from directors. Maya Cozier’s “She Paradise” is the newest addition to the team. From a narrative perspective, “She Paradise” reminds one of Numa Perrier’s “Jezebel.” Both films center themselves on young Black women who are liberated through their sexuality.
Continue reading ‘She Paradise’ Is A Love Letter To The Autonomy of Young Women [AFI Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘She Paradise’ Is A Love Letter To The Autonomy of Young Women [AFI Review] at The Playlist.
- 10/23/2020
- by Robert Daniels
- The Playlist
The blue-haired Winona (Jessica Barden), while driving, vents to an unseen man about living with her parents. She fumes, “I want to stick a fork into an electrical socket every minute that I’m there.” A recent-college dropout, the twenty-year-old Winona lives in arrested development with her parents in their Los Angeles suburban home. Winona is flirtatious and provocative. She tiptoes around her supposedly judgmental mom Pamela (Marcia Gay Harden) and works for her father Richard (Michael McKean), as an office assistant (a nepotistic position that requires little work of her).
Continue reading ‘Pink Skies Ahead’: Kelly Oxford’s Debut Is Charming And Irresistible [AFI Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Pink Skies Ahead’: Kelly Oxford’s Debut Is Charming And Irresistible [AFI Review] at The Playlist.
- 10/19/2020
- by Robert Daniels
- The Playlist
In first-time director Kelly Oxford’s snappy, super-saturated account of her personal battle with anxiety disorder, “Pink Skies Ahead,” the main character is named Winona, but it’s her best friend Stephanie who does all the shoplifting. It’s like a compulsion: Every time they go to the convenience store, Winona distracts the awkward, androgynous-looking clerk behind the counter while Stephanie roams the candy aisle, filling her pockets. Then they both buy Slurpees to cover their tracks.
This is behavior that would be right at home in high school — or a high school movie, like “Ghost World,” which might explain Winona’s Slurpee-blue dye job — when young people are testing the boundaries of what they can get away with and still largely oblivious to how their actions impact others. But Winona is a 20-year-old college dropout, embodied by “End of the F—ing World” star Jessica Barden, who’s a few years older still,...
This is behavior that would be right at home in high school — or a high school movie, like “Ghost World,” which might explain Winona’s Slurpee-blue dye job — when young people are testing the boundaries of what they can get away with and still largely oblivious to how their actions impact others. But Winona is a 20-year-old college dropout, embodied by “End of the F—ing World” star Jessica Barden, who’s a few years older still,...
- 10/19/2020
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Many corners of popular culture, from talk show “Desus & Mero” to sitcom revival “One Day at a Time” to sweatshirts on Instagram, have been putting forward a very positive message about mental health, championing therapy while also destigmatizing anxiety. That spirit of supportiveness suffuses “Pink Skies Ahead,” a coming-of-age tale of a young writer who learns to let go of her anxiety over having anxiety. (The film has been acquired by MTV Studios for worldwide release following its premiere at AFI 2020.)
It’s not necessarily breaking new ground, nor does it stretch the boundaries of the genre in the way films like “Diary of a Teenage Girl” or “Ghost World” have. But the heartfelt, autobiographical elements in writer-director Kelly Oxford’s storytelling, coupled with an appealing and empathetic performance by Jessica Barden (“The End of the F***ing World”), provide a real understanding of mental health that so often escapes...
It’s not necessarily breaking new ground, nor does it stretch the boundaries of the genre in the way films like “Diary of a Teenage Girl” or “Ghost World” have. But the heartfelt, autobiographical elements in writer-director Kelly Oxford’s storytelling, coupled with an appealing and empathetic performance by Jessica Barden (“The End of the F***ing World”), provide a real understanding of mental health that so often escapes...
- 10/19/2020
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Kelly Oxford can do anything, it seems: She’s a bestselling author, a social media star, and a newly minted filmmaker. The Canadian native first caught the world’s attention with her funny and confessional Twitter account, which eventually led to a book deal and multiple optioned scripts that drew the attentions of everyone from Drew Barrymore and Jessica Alba to Diablo Cody and Cameron Crowe.
And she did it all while managing an anxiety disorder she was diagnosed with at the tender age of 19. As a 43-year-old single mother of three, Oxford still has to deal with those feelings — she’s the first one to tell you they never just go away — but now she’s harnessed them to craft her directorial debut, “Pink Skies Ahead,” which debuts October 18 at AFI Fest.
The charming and insightful ’90s-set coming-of-age dramedy stars Jessica Barden as Winona who, just as Oxford did in suburban Calgary,...
And she did it all while managing an anxiety disorder she was diagnosed with at the tender age of 19. As a 43-year-old single mother of three, Oxford still has to deal with those feelings — she’s the first one to tell you they never just go away — but now she’s harnessed them to craft her directorial debut, “Pink Skies Ahead,” which debuts October 18 at AFI Fest.
The charming and insightful ’90s-set coming-of-age dramedy stars Jessica Barden as Winona who, just as Oxford did in suburban Calgary,...
- 10/16/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
As with many festivals this year, the AFI Fest, presented by Audi, will unspool virtually, but in its most important aspect, the celebration of cinematic art
is unchanged.
“How we get to it is a lot different,” says Michael Lumpkin, director of AFI Fest, running Oct. 15-22. “But the end product is very much what the festival has always been. People are getting excited about the program.”
The AFI film festival can be guaranteed to bring highly anticipated fare to eager audiences. This year’s special presentations include world premieres such as opening-night film “I’m Your Woman,” a thriller starring Rachel Brosnahan directed by Julia Hart; Kelly Oxford’s “Pink Skies Ahead”; parts one and two of Matt Tyrnauer’s four-part deep dig into “The Reagans”; drama “Really Love” from helmer Angel Kristi Williams; vibrant coming-of-age story “She Paradise” from Maya Cozier; and Lisa Rovner’s doc about the women who helped shape electronic music,...
is unchanged.
“How we get to it is a lot different,” says Michael Lumpkin, director of AFI Fest, running Oct. 15-22. “But the end product is very much what the festival has always been. People are getting excited about the program.”
The AFI film festival can be guaranteed to bring highly anticipated fare to eager audiences. This year’s special presentations include world premieres such as opening-night film “I’m Your Woman,” a thriller starring Rachel Brosnahan directed by Julia Hart; Kelly Oxford’s “Pink Skies Ahead”; parts one and two of Matt Tyrnauer’s four-part deep dig into “The Reagans”; drama “Really Love” from helmer Angel Kristi Williams; vibrant coming-of-age story “She Paradise” from Maya Cozier; and Lisa Rovner’s doc about the women who helped shape electronic music,...
- 10/15/2020
- by Carole Horst
- Variety Film + TV
AFI Fest said Friday that it has added Regina King’s drama One Night in Miami to its lineup as the Centerpiece Drive-in screening, the only in-person screening at this year’s otherwise virtual edition set for October 15-22.
The move comes as the movie, which bowed at this year’s Venice Film Festival, gears up for its release in select theaters on December 25 via Amazon, which launches the pic globally January 15 on Amazon Prime Video.
King’s directorial debut, an adaptation of Kemp Powers’ stage play, takes place over one night with icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown examining the civil rights movement. Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge and Leslie Odom Jr star.
AFI Fest opens pens Thursday with Julia Hart’s I’m Your Woman and closes with Errol Morris’ My Psychedelic Love Story. Special presentations include the world premieres of Pink Skies Ahead,...
The move comes as the movie, which bowed at this year’s Venice Film Festival, gears up for its release in select theaters on December 25 via Amazon, which launches the pic globally January 15 on Amazon Prime Video.
King’s directorial debut, an adaptation of Kemp Powers’ stage play, takes place over one night with icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown examining the civil rights movement. Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge and Leslie Odom Jr star.
AFI Fest opens pens Thursday with Julia Hart’s I’m Your Woman and closes with Errol Morris’ My Psychedelic Love Story. Special presentations include the world premieres of Pink Skies Ahead,...
- 10/9/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
The American Film Institute has unveiled its lineup of 124 films, adding notable titles including the documentaries “Belushi,” “Citizen Penn” and “Hopper/Welles” and the Albert and Allen Hughes thriller “Dead Presidents.”
AFI Fest, which is going virtual this year without the usual glitzy Hollywood premieres at the Tcl Chinese Theatre, had announced previously that Rachel Brosnahan’s crime drama “I’m Your Woman” had been selected as its opening night title on Oct. 15. The festival also announced last month that it would close Oct. 22 with “My Psychedelic Love Story,” and host the world premieres of Kelly Oxford’s “Pink Skies Ahead” and Angel Kristi Williams’ “Really Love,” in addition to special presentations of Florian Zeller’s “The Father,” Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer’s “Fireball” and Mira Nair’s “A Suitable Boy.”
“Belushi” is directed by R.J. Cutler and features interviews with John Belushi, Jim Belushi, Chevy Chase, Carrie Fisher, Dan Aykroyd and Penny Marshall.
AFI Fest, which is going virtual this year without the usual glitzy Hollywood premieres at the Tcl Chinese Theatre, had announced previously that Rachel Brosnahan’s crime drama “I’m Your Woman” had been selected as its opening night title on Oct. 15. The festival also announced last month that it would close Oct. 22 with “My Psychedelic Love Story,” and host the world premieres of Kelly Oxford’s “Pink Skies Ahead” and Angel Kristi Williams’ “Really Love,” in addition to special presentations of Florian Zeller’s “The Father,” Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer’s “Fireball” and Mira Nair’s “A Suitable Boy.”
“Belushi” is directed by R.J. Cutler and features interviews with John Belushi, Jim Belushi, Chevy Chase, Carrie Fisher, Dan Aykroyd and Penny Marshall.
- 10/6/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
The American Film Institute (AFI) has today announced the full lineup of this year’s AFI Fest, including the World Cinema, New Auteurs, and Documentary sections. These titles, including buzzy festival features like “I Carry You with Me,” “Shadow in the Cloud,” “Jumbo,” “Farewell Amor,” “Wander Darkly,” “Tragic Jungle,” “Sound of Metal,” “Wolfwalkers,” “New Order,” and “Hopper/Welles,” join previously announced films, including Julia Hart’s “I’m Your Woman,” which will open the festival, and Errol Morris’ “My Psychedelic Love Story,” which will close it.
This year’s complete AFI Fest program includes 124 titles of which 53 percent are directed by women, 39 percent are directed by Bipoc, and 17 percent are directed by Lbgtq+.
“AFI Fest is committed to supporting diverse perspectives and new voices in cinema and this year is no different,” said Sarah Harris, Director of Programming, AFI Festivals, in an official statement. “While we wish we were able to be together in Hollywood,...
This year’s complete AFI Fest program includes 124 titles of which 53 percent are directed by women, 39 percent are directed by Bipoc, and 17 percent are directed by Lbgtq+.
“AFI Fest is committed to supporting diverse perspectives and new voices in cinema and this year is no different,” said Sarah Harris, Director of Programming, AFI Festivals, in an official statement. “While we wish we were able to be together in Hollywood,...
- 10/6/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
NewFest is hosting a reading of Ang Lee’s groundbreaking Brokeback Mountain at its New York LGBTQ Film Festival on October 18, employing an all-trans cast for the event that commemorates the film’s 15th anniversary.
The cast features Leo Sheng (The L Word) as Ennis, Brian Michael Smith (911: Lone Star) as Jack, Jen Richards (Tales of the City) as Alma, Alexandra Grey (Empire) as Lurleen and Disclosure director Sam Feder as the narrator.
The original film starred Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal as Ennis and Jack, respectively, cowboys who meet in the summer of 1963 and forge an unexpected lifelong connection full of joy, complication and tragedy. It scored eight Oscar nominations and won three, including for Lee’s directing and Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana’s script.
Proceeds from the fundraiser will go to The NewFest Future Fund, to benefit the organization and its programs for LGBTQ+ youth, filmmaker resources,...
The cast features Leo Sheng (The L Word) as Ennis, Brian Michael Smith (911: Lone Star) as Jack, Jen Richards (Tales of the City) as Alma, Alexandra Grey (Empire) as Lurleen and Disclosure director Sam Feder as the narrator.
The original film starred Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal as Ennis and Jack, respectively, cowboys who meet in the summer of 1963 and forge an unexpected lifelong connection full of joy, complication and tragedy. It scored eight Oscar nominations and won three, including for Lee’s directing and Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana’s script.
Proceeds from the fundraiser will go to The NewFest Future Fund, to benefit the organization and its programs for LGBTQ+ youth, filmmaker resources,...
- 10/2/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Eva Longoria is set to star and direct “Spa Day,” a female ensemble action comedy film at Sony Pictures, according to an individual with knowledge of the project.
Longoria will also produce the film, alongside Ben Spector under their UnbeliEVAble Entertainment banner with Greg Silverman and Jon Berg also producing through Stampede Ventures. Jp Sarni will serve as Associate Producer.
Currently in development, UnbeliEVAble Entertainment commissioned “Telenova” creators Christine Pietrosh and Jessica Goldstein to write the screenplay, which is based on their original idea. Plot details about “Spa Day” are being kept under wraps.
Longoria will soon make her feature directorial debut with the Searchlight biopic “Flamin’ Hot” and workplace comedy “24/7” for Universal Pictures. Longoria’s other past directing credits include the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary “Versus,” as well as episodes of “Black-ish,” “The Mick,” “Telenovela” and “Devious Maids.”
Pietrosh and Goldstein created and executive produced NBC/Universal TV’s comedy series “Telenovela” starring Longoria.
Longoria will also produce the film, alongside Ben Spector under their UnbeliEVAble Entertainment banner with Greg Silverman and Jon Berg also producing through Stampede Ventures. Jp Sarni will serve as Associate Producer.
Currently in development, UnbeliEVAble Entertainment commissioned “Telenova” creators Christine Pietrosh and Jessica Goldstein to write the screenplay, which is based on their original idea. Plot details about “Spa Day” are being kept under wraps.
Longoria will soon make her feature directorial debut with the Searchlight biopic “Flamin’ Hot” and workplace comedy “24/7” for Universal Pictures. Longoria’s other past directing credits include the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary “Versus,” as well as episodes of “Black-ish,” “The Mick,” “Telenovela” and “Devious Maids.”
Pietrosh and Goldstein created and executive produced NBC/Universal TV’s comedy series “Telenovela” starring Longoria.
- 9/25/2020
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
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