Traina Productions, in association with Rbf Productions, has launched production in New Jersey on One Stupid Thing, a suspense/drama directed by Linda Yellen, and written by Yellen and Michael Leeds. The film stars Corey Fogelmanis (Girl Meets World), Jack Wright, Sky Katz (Surviving Summer), Shelby Simmons (Stargirl), and Alfredo Narciso (The Summer I Turned Pretty).
Three high school friends share a deeply bonded friendship, until one winter night on a Nantucket rooftop, a harmless game takes a fatal turn, and the course of their lives changes forever. For nearly a year, they keep what they did a secret until the following winter break when they meet a girl (Katz) with her own dark past who helps them uncover what really happened that night – and who is behind it.
“When I read the script, I loved that it featured four completely different young leads who are so bonded,...
Three high school friends share a deeply bonded friendship, until one winter night on a Nantucket rooftop, a harmless game takes a fatal turn, and the course of their lives changes forever. For nearly a year, they keep what they did a secret until the following winter break when they meet a girl (Katz) with her own dark past who helps them uncover what really happened that night – and who is behind it.
“When I read the script, I loved that it featured four completely different young leads who are so bonded,...
- 12/12/2023
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
"There is a land of the living, and the land of the dead, and the bridge is love – the only survival, the only meaning." Quiver Distr. has released an official trailer for an indie dramedy titled Chantilly Bridge, the latest from filmmaker Linda Yellen. The film is a follow-up to her feature Chantilly Lace from 1993, which was shot at the Sundance resort, a 30-years-later look (though the movie says it's 25 years later) at these same friends and what they're up to nowadays. Years later, the same brilliant actresses from Chantilly Lace return to bring their characters to life again in Chantilly Bridge. In a rare cinematic experience that travels back and forth between films, the characters' memories implode on the present. With unpredictable humor and searing honesty they confront old resentments, celebrate milestones, and rediscover the unbreakable bond among friends who knew each other when, there for each other now.
- 3/3/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Exclusive: Luke Tennie (Shrinking) has boarded Oscar nom RaMell Ross’ feature The Nickel Boys, based on Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer-winning novel of the same name.
The film from MGM’s Orion Pictures is based on the true story of a Florida reform school that damaged the lives of thousands of children over more than a century. Its protagonist is Elwood Curtis, a Black boy growing up in 1960s Tallahassee who is unfairly sentenced to a juvenile reformatory called the Nickel Academy, then finding himself trapped in a grotesque chamber of horrors.
Tennie will play Griff, a student boxer at Nickel Academy. He joins an ensemble including Aunjanue Ellis, Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater and Fred Hechinger. Ross and Louverture Films’ Joslyn Barnes adapted the screenplay. Plan B Entertainment, Anonymous Content and Barnes are producing, with Whitehead serving as exec producer.
Tennie will next be seen starring opposite Jason Segel...
The film from MGM’s Orion Pictures is based on the true story of a Florida reform school that damaged the lives of thousands of children over more than a century. Its protagonist is Elwood Curtis, a Black boy growing up in 1960s Tallahassee who is unfairly sentenced to a juvenile reformatory called the Nickel Academy, then finding himself trapped in a grotesque chamber of horrors.
Tennie will play Griff, a student boxer at Nickel Academy. He joins an ensemble including Aunjanue Ellis, Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater and Fred Hechinger. Ross and Louverture Films’ Joslyn Barnes adapted the screenplay. Plan B Entertainment, Anonymous Content and Barnes are producing, with Whitehead serving as exec producer.
Tennie will next be seen starring opposite Jason Segel...
- 12/2/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Megalopolis’: Shia Labeouf & Jason Schwartzman Among Six New Additions To Francis Ford Coppola Epic
Francis Ford Coppola continues to fill out the ensemble for his epic Megalopolis, with Talia Shire (The Godfather), Shia Labeouf (Honey Boy), Jason Schwartzman (The French Dispatch), Grace Vanderwaal (Stargirl), Kathryn Hunter (The Tragedy of Macbeth) and James Remar (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) its newest cast additions.
The actors are set to star alongside the previously announced Adam Driver, Forest Whitaker, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne and Aubrey Plaza. Details about the newest additions’ roles weren’t disclosed.
In Megalopolis, which is billed as a story of political ambition, genius and conflicted love, the fate of Rome haunts a modern world unable to solve its own social problems. Coppola will direct the independently produced film from his own script, at a budget just south of 100 million, with production set to kick off this fall.
Coppola’s sister Shire earned an Oscar nomination for her turn in his film The Godfather Part II,...
The actors are set to star alongside the previously announced Adam Driver, Forest Whitaker, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne and Aubrey Plaza. Details about the newest additions’ roles weren’t disclosed.
In Megalopolis, which is billed as a story of political ambition, genius and conflicted love, the fate of Rome haunts a modern world unable to solve its own social problems. Coppola will direct the independently produced film from his own script, at a budget just south of 100 million, with production set to kick off this fall.
Coppola’s sister Shire earned an Oscar nomination for her turn in his film The Godfather Part II,...
- 8/31/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Tommy Dorfman, the young star of the Netflix original “13 Reasons Why,” has joined the cast of “Jane the Virgin.”
Dorfman has signed on for an arc in the fifth and final season of the CW series, which nabbed lead Gina Rodriguez a Golden Globe in 2015 for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy TV Series.
Dorfman will play Bobby, described as a chameleon and associate of the show’s recurring drug-lord character Sin Rostro (who also aides criminals in getting plastic surgery to conceal their identities). Bobby is sent to Miami on a specific — and nefarious — mission.
Also Read: '13 Reasons Why' Star Katherine Langford to Lead Netflix's 'Cursed'
Dorfman is repped by Anonymous Content, Headline Talent, Img and attorney Cary Dobkin.
He’ll next appear in Linda Yellen’s feature film “Fluidity,” about the sexual lives and identities of New York millennials, alongside Miles McMillan and Nico Tortorella.
Dorfman has signed on for an arc in the fifth and final season of the CW series, which nabbed lead Gina Rodriguez a Golden Globe in 2015 for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy TV Series.
Dorfman will play Bobby, described as a chameleon and associate of the show’s recurring drug-lord character Sin Rostro (who also aides criminals in getting plastic surgery to conceal their identities). Bobby is sent to Miami on a specific — and nefarious — mission.
Also Read: '13 Reasons Why' Star Katherine Langford to Lead Netflix's 'Cursed'
Dorfman is repped by Anonymous Content, Headline Talent, Img and attorney Cary Dobkin.
He’ll next appear in Linda Yellen’s feature film “Fluidity,” about the sexual lives and identities of New York millennials, alongside Miles McMillan and Nico Tortorella.
- 9/13/2018
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
Dennis Hopper may have passed away six years ago, but his fans can still catch him in his last movie, “The Last Film Festival.” IndieWire has an exclusive new clip from the comedy which features Hopper asking a junior agent (Joseph Cross) why he’s in the movie biz, since for him it was because of Sophia Loren.
Directed by Linda Yellen, the film follows Nick Twain (Hopper), a failing Hollywood producer whose latest movie has been rejected by every film festival in the world except for one. When an obscure festival is the last hope for Twain and his disaster of a movie, he does anything to get his picture distributed, including manipulating his dysfunctional cast into attending. Jacqueline Bisset, Chris Kattan, JoBeth Williams and Leelee Sobieski co-star.
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Monterey Media acquired the distribution rights...
Directed by Linda Yellen, the film follows Nick Twain (Hopper), a failing Hollywood producer whose latest movie has been rejected by every film festival in the world except for one. When an obscure festival is the last hope for Twain and his disaster of a movie, he does anything to get his picture distributed, including manipulating his dysfunctional cast into attending. Jacqueline Bisset, Chris Kattan, JoBeth Williams and Leelee Sobieski co-star.
Read More: Dennis Hopper’s Swan Song ‘The Last Film Festival’ Acquired by Monterey Media
Monterey Media acquired the distribution rights...
- 9/29/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Despite passing away six years ago, Dennis Hopper will soon be seen on the big screen one more time. Monterey Media has acquired distribution rights to Linda Yellen’s “The Last Film Festival,” which stars Hopper alongside Jacqueline Bisset, CHris Kattan, JoBeth Williams and Leelee Sobieski.
Read More: Want to See Dennis Hopper’s Final Movie? Here’s How (Exclusive Video!)
“The idea for ‘The Last Film Festival’ started with a laugh Dennis and I shared at the Sundance Film Festival,” Yellen says in a statement. “And that spirit of fun and spontaneity that is uniquely Dennis carried through the filming and onto the screen. He would be so pleased that what started as one laugh will now result in so many.” A comedy, the film tells of a failing producer who brings his calamitous movie to an obscure film festival in a last-ditch effort to make it work. The...
Read More: Want to See Dennis Hopper’s Final Movie? Here’s How (Exclusive Video!)
“The idea for ‘The Last Film Festival’ started with a laugh Dennis and I shared at the Sundance Film Festival,” Yellen says in a statement. “And that spirit of fun and spontaneity that is uniquely Dennis carried through the filming and onto the screen. He would be so pleased that what started as one laugh will now result in so many.” A comedy, the film tells of a failing producer who brings his calamitous movie to an obscure film festival in a last-ditch effort to make it work. The...
- 6/21/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
It took her five years, but writer-director-producer Linda Yellen has finally completed Dennis Hopper‘s final film. Yellen, whose credits include the 2000 film “The Simian Line” with Lynn Redgrave, was well into production on the indie comedy “The Last Film Festival” in May 2010 when the beloved actor died of prostate cancer. Hopper still had several key shooting days to complete in the lead role as a once-great Hollywood producer stuck in a small-town film festival. After shelving the project for several years, Yellen was struck by inspiration on how to fix the gaps in the narrative. She raised more than.
- 11/23/2015
- by Sharon Waxman
- The Wrap
Dennis Hopper’s final film, The Last Film Festival, is nearly complete -- but it needs help your help.
Five years after the actor died of prostate cancer at the age of 74, Emmy award-winning director Linda Yellen is turning to Kickstarter to raise $90,000 -- they have raised over $47,000 with 17 days to go -- in order to put the final edits on the film and release it publicly to fans.
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But for Yellen and the film’s cast, including Jacqueline Bisset, Katrina Bowden, Chris Kattan, Leelee Sobieski, and Donnell Rawlings, it’s more than a film. It’s about Hopper’s legacy. “Dennis was such a maverick and independent spirit,” Yellen tells ETonline and this Kickstarter campaign is in keeping with that mentality.
While there was never any hesitation about releasing The Last Film Festival, it was about doing it correctly. Following his death, Yellen says that...
Five years after the actor died of prostate cancer at the age of 74, Emmy award-winning director Linda Yellen is turning to Kickstarter to raise $90,000 -- they have raised over $47,000 with 17 days to go -- in order to put the final edits on the film and release it publicly to fans.
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But for Yellen and the film’s cast, including Jacqueline Bisset, Katrina Bowden, Chris Kattan, Leelee Sobieski, and Donnell Rawlings, it’s more than a film. It’s about Hopper’s legacy. “Dennis was such a maverick and independent spirit,” Yellen tells ETonline and this Kickstarter campaign is in keeping with that mentality.
While there was never any hesitation about releasing The Last Film Festival, it was about doing it correctly. Following his death, Yellen says that...
- 3/23/2015
- Entertainment Tonight
The production team behind Dennis Hopper's unreleased final film, The Last Film Festival, have launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $90,000 finish the picture. Hopper is known for his dramatic roles but plays a comedic character in The Last Film Festival. The money raised on Kickstarter will allow director/co-writer Linda Yellen to complete the picture by paying for the rights to use footage from other motion pictures, edit the movie and add special effects to…...
- 3/16/2015
- Deadline
Five years after Hopper's death, the team behind "The Last Film Festival," the feature length comedy starring Hopper, written by Michael Leeds and director Linda Yellen, is seeking $90,000 in post-production funds via Kickstarter. Read More: Dario Argento on Crowdfunding 'The Sandman' with Iggy Pop The film, which marks Hopper's final film appearance, follows a Hollywood producer, played by Hopper, whose new film is accepted into only one, disastrous film festival. "May 2015 will mark the fifth anniversary of Hopper's death, and we wanted to release the movie to coincide with this," said director Linda Yellen, in a statement. "We are reaching out to film fans over Kickstarter as other investment offers have come with a number of unwelcome demands, including cutting certain scenes, altering the film’s score, and even changing Dennis Hopper's voice! Dennis saw a rough cut of the movie before he died and loved it.
- 3/10/2015
- by Travis Clark
- Indiewire
A few years ago, director Linda Yellen met her hero, Dennis Hopper, at the Sundance Film Festival. As she writes on the Kickstarter page for The Last Film Festival, “Sundance is simply one of the best film festivals in the world, and I wondered what the worst would be like? Dennis turned to me and said ‘That’s a great idea kid, you write the script and I’ll do it.’ And he did!” From the page: The Last Film Festival is a feature length comedy starring Dennis Hopper, written by Michael Leeds and me. Dennis plays Nick Twain, a big-time Hollywood Producer […]...
- 3/10/2015
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
A few years ago, director Linda Yellen met her hero, Dennis Hopper, at the Sundance Film Festival. As she writes on the Kickstarter page for The Last Film Festival, “Sundance is simply one of the best film festivals in the world, and I wondered what the worst would be like? Dennis turned to me and said ‘That’s a great idea kid, you write the script and I’ll do it.’ And he did!” From the page: The Last Film Festival is a feature length comedy starring Dennis Hopper, written by Michael Leeds and me. Dennis plays Nick Twain, a big-time Hollywood Producer […]...
- 3/10/2015
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
A Kickstarter has been announced to complete Dennis Hopper's final movie.
The Last Film Festival writer and director Linda Yellen is seeking funding to finish post production on the film (via The Hollywood Reporter).
Yellen is seeking $90,000 for the project.
Joseph Cross, JoBeth Williams, Katrina Bowden, Chris Kattan, Leelee Sobieski and Donnell Rawlings also star in the film industry satire.
Hopper played producer Nick Twain, who brings his movie to the small town film festival that was the only one that would accept it.
The actor died in 2010 due to complications from prostate cancer.
The Last Film Festival writer and director Linda Yellen is seeking funding to finish post production on the film (via The Hollywood Reporter).
Yellen is seeking $90,000 for the project.
Joseph Cross, JoBeth Williams, Katrina Bowden, Chris Kattan, Leelee Sobieski and Donnell Rawlings also star in the film industry satire.
Hopper played producer Nick Twain, who brings his movie to the small town film festival that was the only one that would accept it.
The actor died in 2010 due to complications from prostate cancer.
- 3/10/2015
- Digital Spy
Producers of the last film to feature Hollywood icon Dennis Hopper are turning to Kickstarter to complete the film.
Filming on comedy The Last Film Festival came to a halt four years ago when Easy Rider star Hopper died from cancer aged 74.
The production is now looking to raise $90,000 to complete post-production and assist distribution on the feature, in which Hopper stars as a big-shot Hollywood producer whose recent flop is accepted in just one film festival – the disastrously executed O’Hi Film Festival.
The cast also includes Jacqueline Bisset, Joseph Cross, JoBeth Williams, Katrina Bowden, Chris Kattan, Leelee Sobieski, and Donnell Rawlings.
The picture was written specifically for Hopper by director Linda Yellen and her writing partner Michael Leeds, who pitched the idea to the star after meeting at Sundance. Yellen produces with Bob Jorissen.
Director-producer Yellen said: “May 2015 will mark the fifth anniversary of Hopper’s death, and we wanted to release the movie to coincide...
Filming on comedy The Last Film Festival came to a halt four years ago when Easy Rider star Hopper died from cancer aged 74.
The production is now looking to raise $90,000 to complete post-production and assist distribution on the feature, in which Hopper stars as a big-shot Hollywood producer whose recent flop is accepted in just one film festival – the disastrously executed O’Hi Film Festival.
The cast also includes Jacqueline Bisset, Joseph Cross, JoBeth Williams, Katrina Bowden, Chris Kattan, Leelee Sobieski, and Donnell Rawlings.
The picture was written specifically for Hopper by director Linda Yellen and her writing partner Michael Leeds, who pitched the idea to the star after meeting at Sundance. Yellen produces with Bob Jorissen.
Director-producer Yellen said: “May 2015 will mark the fifth anniversary of Hopper’s death, and we wanted to release the movie to coincide...
- 3/10/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
It's been nearly five years since the death of Dennis Hopper - but there's a strand of hope for what would have been his final film.
It's been nearly five years since the death of Dennis Hopper, at the age of 74. At the time he died, he was working on what would have been his final movie, The Last Film Festival. The film was a few scenes short of completion, and starred Hopper as a Hollywood producer, whose recent movie flop gets accepted in just one film festival. And not a good one.
Called the O'Hi Film Festival, Hopper's producer and his crew then descend on the small time of O'Hi, and chaos ensues. Well, it would have done, had the film been finished. But now a new campaign has been launched to try and get The Last Film Festival finally over the line.
Writer/director Linda Yellen (she co-wrote...
It's been nearly five years since the death of Dennis Hopper, at the age of 74. At the time he died, he was working on what would have been his final movie, The Last Film Festival. The film was a few scenes short of completion, and starred Hopper as a Hollywood producer, whose recent movie flop gets accepted in just one film festival. And not a good one.
Called the O'Hi Film Festival, Hopper's producer and his crew then descend on the small time of O'Hi, and chaos ensues. Well, it would have done, had the film been finished. But now a new campaign has been launched to try and get The Last Film Festival finally over the line.
Writer/director Linda Yellen (she co-wrote...
- 3/10/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
When Dennis Hopper’s prostate cancer recurred five years ago, he died abruptly at 74, just before postproduction of his last movie, a fond satire of the industry called The Last Film Festival. But on March 10, writer/director Linda Yellen launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise the last $90,000 she needs to finish the film. Yellen, who began as a film critic earning $25 per review at The Hollywood Reporter, earned a third-place award at the New York Film Festival up against George Lucas’ Thx 1138 and Martin Scorsese’s Italian American, and directed 12 films and TV hits
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- 3/10/2015
- by Tim Appelo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Here are a few interesting and/or noteworthy projects that were recently added to IMDbPro's database of development titles:
Untitled Sesame Street Project – With The Muppets riding high on a wave of renewed excitement, an Oscar win and an upcoming sequel, it's time to get things started for their educational counterparts at Sesame Street. Shawn Levy's 21 Laps will team up with Fox and Sesame Workshop to produce a feature project with veteran Sesame scribe Joey Mazzarino writing the script.
Skinny and Cat –Cate Blanchett and Colin Firth are set to star in fellow Oscar winner Barbra Streisand's upcoming period drama from Linda Yellen. The film centers on the romance between American photographer Margaret Bourke-White and Southern writer Erskine Caldwell during the late 1930s and early 1940s. Streisand directs the project, which marks her fist venture behind the camera since 1996's The Mirror Has Two Faces.
Untitled Before Sunset Sequel – Writer-director Richard Linklater's looking to complete his Sunrise/Sunset trilogy, picking up nearly 20 years after Ethan Hawke’s Jess spent the best day ever with Julie Delpy’s Celine in Vienna. Hawke says filming begins this summer.
Wunderkind – J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot and Paramount Pictures produces this ‘70s-set action flick about a pair of Nazi hunters that was written on spec by Patrick Aison. Filming is expected to begin this fall in Australia.
Broken Dream – Director John Boorman has tapped X-Men: First Class star Caleb Landry Jones to star in his romantic drama about an illusionist in a futuristic world. The Irish production from Merlin Films producer Kiernan Corrigan was written by Boorman and Neil Jordan.
If you know of something in the works, please consider submitting it for listing it via our online submission form.
Untitled Sesame Street Project – With The Muppets riding high on a wave of renewed excitement, an Oscar win and an upcoming sequel, it's time to get things started for their educational counterparts at Sesame Street. Shawn Levy's 21 Laps will team up with Fox and Sesame Workshop to produce a feature project with veteran Sesame scribe Joey Mazzarino writing the script.
Skinny and Cat –Cate Blanchett and Colin Firth are set to star in fellow Oscar winner Barbra Streisand's upcoming period drama from Linda Yellen. The film centers on the romance between American photographer Margaret Bourke-White and Southern writer Erskine Caldwell during the late 1930s and early 1940s. Streisand directs the project, which marks her fist venture behind the camera since 1996's The Mirror Has Two Faces.
Untitled Before Sunset Sequel – Writer-director Richard Linklater's looking to complete his Sunrise/Sunset trilogy, picking up nearly 20 years after Ethan Hawke’s Jess spent the best day ever with Julie Delpy’s Celine in Vienna. Hawke says filming begins this summer.
Wunderkind – J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot and Paramount Pictures produces this ‘70s-set action flick about a pair of Nazi hunters that was written on spec by Patrick Aison. Filming is expected to begin this fall in Australia.
Broken Dream – Director John Boorman has tapped X-Men: First Class star Caleb Landry Jones to star in his romantic drama about an illusionist in a futuristic world. The Irish production from Merlin Films producer Kiernan Corrigan was written by Boorman and Neil Jordan.
If you know of something in the works, please consider submitting it for listing it via our online submission form.
- 6/26/2012
- by Eric Greene
- IMDbPro News
Actor, singer and film-maker to head behind the camera again for biopic of novelist's love affair titled Skinny and Cat
Barbra Streisand is to take her first trip behind the camera in 16 years when she directs Skinny and Cat, a biopic about the love affair between the American novelist Erskine Caldwell and the photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White. Oscar winners Colin Firth and Cate Blanchett have already signed on to star, while the independent production will be produced and scripted by Linda Yellen.
Streisand, now 70, first found fame as a singer and has shifted a record-breaking 140m albums over a 50-year career. She won the best actress Oscar for role in 1968's Funny Girl and picked up another nomination for her turn opposite Robert Redford in The Way We Were. Her previous directing credits include the 1983 Golden Globe-winning Yentl and the 1991 drama The Prince of Tides, in which she starred with Nick Nolte.
Barbra Streisand is to take her first trip behind the camera in 16 years when she directs Skinny and Cat, a biopic about the love affair between the American novelist Erskine Caldwell and the photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White. Oscar winners Colin Firth and Cate Blanchett have already signed on to star, while the independent production will be produced and scripted by Linda Yellen.
Streisand, now 70, first found fame as a singer and has shifted a record-breaking 140m albums over a 50-year career. She won the best actress Oscar for role in 1968's Funny Girl and picked up another nomination for her turn opposite Robert Redford in The Way We Were. Her previous directing credits include the 1983 Golden Globe-winning Yentl and the 1991 drama The Prince of Tides, in which she starred with Nick Nolte.
- 6/22/2012
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
Though she's still securing financing, Barbra Streisand is looking to direct the $20 million love story "Skinny and Cat" as her first effort behind the camera since 1996 says Reuters.
The story deals with a love story about late writer Erskine Caldwell and his late wife, American photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White. Colin Firth and Cate Blanchett are reportedly attached to play the leads.
Linda Yellen penned the script, but the project hasn't gotten the green light as yet "because of financing issues" says her rep. As previously reported, Streisand is also working on a movie adaptation of the stage musical "Gypsy".
The story deals with a love story about late writer Erskine Caldwell and his late wife, American photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White. Colin Firth and Cate Blanchett are reportedly attached to play the leads.
Linda Yellen penned the script, but the project hasn't gotten the green light as yet "because of financing issues" says her rep. As previously reported, Streisand is also working on a movie adaptation of the stage musical "Gypsy".
- 6/22/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
• Colin Firth and Cate Blanchett are attached to Skinny and Cat, which would be Barbra Streisand’s first film as a director since 1996′s The Mirror Has Two Faces. Scripted by producer Linda Yellen, the film would trace the real-life romance between writer Erskine Caldwell (Firth) and photojournalist Margaret Bourke White (Blanchett). EW had confirmed the film is in active development, but financing has yet to be fully secured, and the film does not yet have a greenlight. [L.A. Times/Showbiz 411]
• Type casting alert. Charlie Sheen will play the President of the United States in director Robert Rodriguez’s exploitation thriller sequel, Machete Kills,...
• Type casting alert. Charlie Sheen will play the President of the United States in director Robert Rodriguez’s exploitation thriller sequel, Machete Kills,...
- 6/22/2012
- by Adam B. Vary
- EW - Inside Movies
Barbra Streisand last jumped behind a camera for the Oscar-nominated drama The Mirror Has Two Faces, in which she starred alongside Jeff Bridges and Lauren Bacall. Having been over a decade-and-a-half since that film has hit theaters, the near-egot winner (her Tony was honorary, slacker) is now prepping her next directorial effort and she’s lined up quite a cast.
Showbiz411 reports that Streisand has signed on to direct Skinny and Cat with Oscar winners Colin Firth and Cate Blanchett on board to star. The independent film, written by producer Linda Yellen will follow writer Erskine Caldwell (famous for his novel Tobacco Road) and his epic romance between photojournalist Margaret Bourke White, famous for her war pictures.
It’s rare to get such a perfect pair of actors for such a project, so Streisand is already one step up. The pop culture icon will also be seen alongside Seth Rogen...
Showbiz411 reports that Streisand has signed on to direct Skinny and Cat with Oscar winners Colin Firth and Cate Blanchett on board to star. The independent film, written by producer Linda Yellen will follow writer Erskine Caldwell (famous for his novel Tobacco Road) and his epic romance between photojournalist Margaret Bourke White, famous for her war pictures.
It’s rare to get such a perfect pair of actors for such a project, so Streisand is already one step up. The pop culture icon will also be seen alongside Seth Rogen...
- 6/21/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Barbra Streisand 2012 news: Director Barbra Streisand (photo) is reportedly going to work behind the cameras on her first film in 17 years. Skinny and Cat, about the romance between writer Erskine Caldwell (Tobacco Road, God’s Little Acre) and photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White, should start filming in January 2013. Oscar winners Colin Firth (The King’s Speech) and Cate Blanchett (The Aviator) are slated to star. The source for this information is showbiz411.com, which adds that Linda Yellen wrote the Skinny and Cat screenplay and will also produce the independently financed film. Barbra Streisand: ‘controversial’ director Barbra Streisand’s last film as a director was The Mirror Has [...]...
- 6/21/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Barbra Streisand 2012 news: Streisand is reportedly going to direct her first film in 17 years. Skinny and Cat, about the romance between writer Erskine Caldwell (Tobacco Road, God’s Little Acre) and photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White, should commence filming in January 2013 with director Barbra Streisand guiding Oscar winners Colin Firth (The King’s Speech) and Cate Blanchett (The Aviator). The source for this information is showbiz411.com, which adds that Linda Yellen wrote the Skinny and Cat screenplay and will also produce the independently financed film. Barbra Streisand: ‘controversial’ director Barbra Streisand’s last film as a director was The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996), a (in my view quite enjoyable) romantic comedy-melodrama that was widely panned at the time. Streisand co-starred with Jeff Bridges, but veteran Lauren Bacall was the one who stole the notices and received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her efforts. [Lauren Bacall Best Supporting Actress loss.] Prior to The Mirror Has Two Faces,...
- 6/21/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Most of the non-music career news about Barbra Streisand in the past little while has been about her taking a role in the brewing big screen remake of "Gypsy" set to be penned by "Downton Abbey" writer Julian Fellowes, but it looks like Babs has a little trick up her sleeve, and something that will come first.
Showbiz 411 reports that she's set to return behind the camera for the first time in sixteen years, on the oddly named "Skinny And Cat" starring Colin Firth and Cate Blanchett. Described as "an epic love story," the film penned by Linda Yellen (not much notable on her IMDb page, though she seems to love Brit royalty weddings) will tell the true story of the romance between writer Erskine Caldwell and photojournalist Margaret Bourke White. The duo collaborated on three books, the seminal "You Have Seen Their Faces" about the South during the Great Depression,...
Showbiz 411 reports that she's set to return behind the camera for the first time in sixteen years, on the oddly named "Skinny And Cat" starring Colin Firth and Cate Blanchett. Described as "an epic love story," the film penned by Linda Yellen (not much notable on her IMDb page, though she seems to love Brit royalty weddings) will tell the true story of the romance between writer Erskine Caldwell and photojournalist Margaret Bourke White. The duo collaborated on three books, the seminal "You Have Seen Their Faces" about the South during the Great Depression,...
- 6/21/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
HollywoodNews.com: Jane Alexander returns to TV Saturday (8/27) in the Hallmark Channel original movie “William & Catherine: A Royal Romance” — adding the role of Queen Elizabeth II to a brilliant roster of real-life characters ranging from Eleanor Roosevelt to Calamity Jane, Hedda Hopper and Georgia O’Keeffe. The esteemed actress says she wasn’t intimidated by the idea that Her Majesty might see her work in the film.
“No, not really, because she is a public figure, so I’m sure she is used to these kinds of things. God knows Helen Mirren did a brilliant job in ‘The Queen’ — that started it off. Who knows if she and Phillip would ever look at movies about the royal family. Maybe they would out of curiosity, but my hunch is, maybe not. They know the real Kate. They know the real William,” she points out.
For Alexander, “A Royal Romance” marked a reunion with filmmaker Linda Yellen,...
“No, not really, because she is a public figure, so I’m sure she is used to these kinds of things. God knows Helen Mirren did a brilliant job in ‘The Queen’ — that started it off. Who knows if she and Phillip would ever look at movies about the royal family. Maybe they would out of curiosity, but my hunch is, maybe not. They know the real Kate. They know the real William,” she points out.
For Alexander, “A Royal Romance” marked a reunion with filmmaker Linda Yellen,...
- 8/23/2011
- by Beck / Smith
- Hollywoodnews.com
Alice St. Clair is a Lady who also knows how it feels to be a princess.
In her first major role, the British actress -- whose father is not only an Earl, but also the security chief for Queen Elizabeth II -- portrays Kate Middleton in "William & Catherine: A Royal Romance," Hallmark Channel's movie about the courtship that debuts Saturday, Aug, 27. Fellow newcomer Dan Amboyer plays Prince William to St. Clair's Kate, with two-time Emmy winner Jane Alexander as the Queen.
"My mom calls my dad the most discreet man in Britain," St. Clair tells Zap2it. "His job is so private, he doesn't mention anything to us about work. We just know not to go there, so he would never tell me anything about what really happens and I would never ask.
"He was so excited and proud, though, when I got this role. I would do my scenes with Jane,...
In her first major role, the British actress -- whose father is not only an Earl, but also the security chief for Queen Elizabeth II -- portrays Kate Middleton in "William & Catherine: A Royal Romance," Hallmark Channel's movie about the courtship that debuts Saturday, Aug, 27. Fellow newcomer Dan Amboyer plays Prince William to St. Clair's Kate, with two-time Emmy winner Jane Alexander as the Queen.
"My mom calls my dad the most discreet man in Britain," St. Clair tells Zap2it. "His job is so private, he doesn't mention anything to us about work. We just know not to go there, so he would never tell me anything about what really happens and I would never ask.
"He was so excited and proud, though, when I got this role. I would do my scenes with Jane,...
- 7/26/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
La, CA, United States (Celebrity News Service) - If you didn't get your fill of the royal wedding in April, then you're in luck. The Hallmark Channel recently announced that it will premiere its own original William and Catherine movie this summer.
"William & Catherine: A Royal Romance" is a two-hour movie produced by Emmy Award winner Linda Yellen and Emmy Award nominee Brad Krevoy.
Yellen also produced "The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana," which is noted as being one of the most watched movies on television.
Jane Alexander, who has been previously nominated for three Golden Globes, will play the role of Queen Elizabeth. Alongside Alexander is Victor Garber playing the role of Prince Charles. Garber has had previous roles in "Alias" and "Will and Grace."...
"William & Catherine: A Royal Romance" is a two-hour movie produced by Emmy Award winner Linda Yellen and Emmy Award nominee Brad Krevoy.
Yellen also produced "The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana," which is noted as being one of the most watched movies on television.
Jane Alexander, who has been previously nominated for three Golden Globes, will play the role of Queen Elizabeth. Alongside Alexander is Victor Garber playing the role of Prince Charles. Garber has had previous roles in "Alias" and "Will and Grace."...
- 6/20/2011
- icelebz.com
So you guys have probably noticed we're a little excited about the upcoming Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, and so is Hallmark. Scripted by Linda Yellen, executive producer of The Royal Romance Of Charles And Diana (which is impressive, considering the true details of Charles' love for another and Diana's bulimia and depression kind of denote it, well... not romantic), William & Kate: A Love Story follows the couple from their university days to his military training, through their make-ups and breakups and rebounds, and finally their engagement.
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- 4/20/2011
- by Anna Breslaw
- Filmology
Jonathan Chase is in final negotiations for the male lead in Cinemax's 13-episode late-night half-hour dramedy Chemistry, executive produced by Bill Haber. Written by Richard Christian Matheson and Norman Steinberg, the series focuses on the complexity of the relationship between Liz and Michael (Chase), who have strong physical attraction bordering on erotic madness. Chase is with Domain and Main Title. Young New York stage actor Dan Amboyer has been cast as William in Hallmark’s movie William and Kate: A Royal Love Story. The biopic of the glamorous future royal couple, played by Amboyer and Alice St. Clair, was written by and is executive produced by Linda Yellen, who also exec produced the hugely popular telefilm The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana, about the once-fairytale love story of Prince William's parents. Filming is scheduled to begin May 9 in Bucharest for an Aug. 13 premiere. Amboyer is with Brookside Artist Management and Harden Curtis.
- 4/20/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
While Lifetime fast-tracked its TV movie "William & Kate" to coincide with the Royal Wedding later this month, Hallmark is taking its time to produce "William & Kate: A Royal Love Story". The Hallmark version has just found actresses to portray Kate Middleton and the Queen Elizabeth.
Emmy winner Jane Alexander is paired with newcomer Alice St. Clair as the Queen and Kate respectively. Jane is a four-time Oscar nominee for her roles in such films as "Kramer vs. Kramer" and "All the President's Men". Meanwhile, British Alice is totally new to the industry. She is repped by Gersh and Tmt Entertainment.
"A Royal Love Story" would go into production on May 11 in Bucharest. It would then be premiered on August 13 at 9 P.M., just a few weeks ahead of Princess Diana's 14th death anniversary. The biopic was written by and is executive produced by Emmy-winning producer Linda Yellen, who also...
Emmy winner Jane Alexander is paired with newcomer Alice St. Clair as the Queen and Kate respectively. Jane is a four-time Oscar nominee for her roles in such films as "Kramer vs. Kramer" and "All the President's Men". Meanwhile, British Alice is totally new to the industry. She is repped by Gersh and Tmt Entertainment.
"A Royal Love Story" would go into production on May 11 in Bucharest. It would then be premiered on August 13 at 9 P.M., just a few weeks ahead of Princess Diana's 14th death anniversary. The biopic was written by and is executive produced by Emmy-winning producer Linda Yellen, who also...
- 4/14/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Exclusive: Jeanne Tripplehorn and Patricia Clarkson are set to star in the Lifetime original movie Project Five, an anthology of five short films exploring the impact of breast cancer on people’s lives, four of which are being directed by Jennifer Aniston, Alicia Keys, Demi Moore and Patty Jenkins. Tripplehorn plays Pearl, the only character, an oncologist, who appears in all five segments. Her main film is directed by Jenkins. Clarkson will star in the segment directed by Aniston. Project Five, from Sony TV and exec producers Aniston, Marta Kauffman, Paula Wagner, Kristin Hahn, Kevin Chinoy and Francesca Silvestri, is slated to air in October, which is breast cancer awareness month. Newcomer Alice St. Clair has been tapped to play Kate Middleton in Hallmark’s movie William and Kate: A Royal Love Story. The biopic of the glamorous future royal couple was written by and is executive produced by Emmy-winning producer Linda Yellen,...
- 4/13/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Prince William and Kate Middleton's royal love story will soon head into production on Hallmark Channel. Emmy Award-winning producer Linda Yellen's "William & Kate: A Royal Love Story" will commence shooting for a World Premiere in August.
Yellen, who previously exec produced "The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana," one of the most popular TV movies of all time, wrote and will produce the biopic of Charles and Diana's eldest son and his bride.
The film will chronicle the future king and queen's life together as young students at St. Andrews, the prince's army training at Sandhurst Military Academy, their breakup and reunion, engagement, the planning of their wedding, and the advice they got from William's grandmother, Queen Elizabeth. It will culminate on April 29, their wedding.
Barbara Fisher, Hallmark Channel Senior VP of Original Programming, said, "I feel fortunate to have such a wonderful relationship with Linda Yellen, one of...
Yellen, who previously exec produced "The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana," one of the most popular TV movies of all time, wrote and will produce the biopic of Charles and Diana's eldest son and his bride.
The film will chronicle the future king and queen's life together as young students at St. Andrews, the prince's army training at Sandhurst Military Academy, their breakup and reunion, engagement, the planning of their wedding, and the advice they got from William's grandmother, Queen Elizabeth. It will culminate on April 29, their wedding.
Barbara Fisher, Hallmark Channel Senior VP of Original Programming, said, "I feel fortunate to have such a wonderful relationship with Linda Yellen, one of...
- 2/24/2011
- icelebz.com
Another cable channel has entered the Prince William-Kate Middleton biopic arena.
Hallmark Channel says it will produce a movie based on the soon-to-be British royal newlyweds. "William & Kate: A Royal Love Story" is set to premiere Aug. 13.
Hallmark's movie will have to settle for being second on the air, though. Lifetime announced last month that it's making a movie called "William & Kate," which it plans to air before the April 29 wedding.
TV-movie veteran Linda Yellen -- who wrote and produced a 1982 movie called "The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana" for CBS -- is performing the same duties on Hallmark's movie. One advantage it may have by not airing until after the wedding is that it can re-create the ceremony.
"A Royal Love Story" "chronicles the pair as young students at St. Andrews, William's Army training at Sandhurst Military Academy, their break-up, reunification, engagement and planning of royal nuptials, and advice from William's grandmother,...
Hallmark Channel says it will produce a movie based on the soon-to-be British royal newlyweds. "William & Kate: A Royal Love Story" is set to premiere Aug. 13.
Hallmark's movie will have to settle for being second on the air, though. Lifetime announced last month that it's making a movie called "William & Kate," which it plans to air before the April 29 wedding.
TV-movie veteran Linda Yellen -- who wrote and produced a 1982 movie called "The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana" for CBS -- is performing the same duties on Hallmark's movie. One advantage it may have by not airing until after the wedding is that it can re-create the ceremony.
"A Royal Love Story" "chronicles the pair as young students at St. Andrews, William's Army training at Sandhurst Military Academy, their break-up, reunification, engagement and planning of royal nuptials, and advice from William's grandmother,...
- 2/23/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
With Lifetime well underway on their movie William & Kate, Hallmark Channel is prepping its own telefilm about the photogenic future royal couple. The cable channel announced it will soon go into production on William & Kate: A Royal Love Story for an August 13 premiere. The Hallmark movie was written by and is executive produced by Emmy-winning producer Linda Yellen, who also exec produced the hugely popular telefilm The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana, about the once-fairytale love story of Prince William's parents. “While biographical, the film is a love story with an inside look at the nuances of a modern monarchy," Hallmark's Svp original programming Barbara Fisher said. Lifetime's William & Kate, which stars Nico Evers-Swindell as Prince William and Camilla Luddington as Kate Middleton, is already in production for a premiere targeted around the couple's Royal Wedding on April 29.
- 2/23/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
By Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith
hollywoodnews.com: Jacqueline Bisset is awaiting word on the fate of “The Last Film Festival” — Linda Yellen’s big-screen comedy in which she stars with Chris Kattan and the late Dennis Hopper, which, she reveals, “We still haven’t quite finished. We still need more money to finish it. It’s a pity. They’re just struggling with the end of it, hoping someone comes forward. It’s Dennis Hopper’s last film, and it’s fun — really pretty funny.”
Bisset, who has the Hallmark Channel Original Movie, “An Old-Fashioned Christmas” coming up Dec. 11, tells us that the cancer that took Hopper’s life in May was not apparent when they worked together. She adds, “I was actually an admirer of Dennis for years as a painter and photographer” — in addition to his work as an actor and filmmaker.
“He was such a fascinating character,...
hollywoodnews.com: Jacqueline Bisset is awaiting word on the fate of “The Last Film Festival” — Linda Yellen’s big-screen comedy in which she stars with Chris Kattan and the late Dennis Hopper, which, she reveals, “We still haven’t quite finished. We still need more money to finish it. It’s a pity. They’re just struggling with the end of it, hoping someone comes forward. It’s Dennis Hopper’s last film, and it’s fun — really pretty funny.”
Bisset, who has the Hallmark Channel Original Movie, “An Old-Fashioned Christmas” coming up Dec. 11, tells us that the cancer that took Hopper’s life in May was not apparent when they worked together. She adds, “I was actually an admirer of Dennis for years as a painter and photographer” — in addition to his work as an actor and filmmaker.
“He was such a fascinating character,...
- 11/21/2010
- by Beck / Smith
- Hollywoodnews.com
Dennis Hopper's colleagues on new movie The Last Film Festival were stunned by his recent cancer diagnosis - because the actor seemed to be in "great health" while filming the comedy.
The Easy Rider star went public with his battle in October last year, revealing he is being treated for prostate cancer.
Hopper sparked fresh fears for his health last month when he was deemed too ill to appear at a deposition in his ongoing divorce battle with estranged wife Victoria Duffy - and legal papers revealed he is unlikely to recover.
The veteran actor filmed scenes for The Last Film Festival in early 2009, just months before his illness was made public - and director Linda Yellen admits the news was a complete shock.
She tells New York Post gossip column Page Six, "He never once complained... He is a brilliant, brilliant man. The younger cast members absolutely worshipped him. He was in great health and had enormous charisma when we were shooting. He eagerly worked long days. So this has all come as a nasty shock."...
The Easy Rider star went public with his battle in October last year, revealing he is being treated for prostate cancer.
Hopper sparked fresh fears for his health last month when he was deemed too ill to appear at a deposition in his ongoing divorce battle with estranged wife Victoria Duffy - and legal papers revealed he is unlikely to recover.
The veteran actor filmed scenes for The Last Film Festival in early 2009, just months before his illness was made public - and director Linda Yellen admits the news was a complete shock.
She tells New York Post gossip column Page Six, "He never once complained... He is a brilliant, brilliant man. The younger cast members absolutely worshipped him. He was in great health and had enormous charisma when we were shooting. He eagerly worked long days. So this has all come as a nasty shock."...
- 4/30/2010
- WENN
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