Veteran German film and TV executive Dirk Schweitzer has left his position as CEO of producer/distributor Splendid Medien and has taken over as CEO of Mmc Group, the parent company of Cologne’s Mmc Studios.
Björn Siecken, former CFO at Splendid, will join Schweitzer as CFO of Mmc. Nico Roden will stay on as managing director of Mmc Studios, who run the Cologne backlot, and Bastie Griese will remain managing director of production division Mmc Movies, working together with Schweitzer to expand the company’s film and TV operations nationally and internationally.
Former Splendid boss Andreas Klein, son of company founder Albert E. Klein, has returned to run the company as CEO. Schweitzer took over operations at Splendid from Klein in 2020, with Klein continuing as an advisor to the company. Schweizer joined Splendid in 2013 from producer/distributor Tele-München Group, where he was managing director. Before that, he spent 10 years...
Björn Siecken, former CFO at Splendid, will join Schweitzer as CFO of Mmc. Nico Roden will stay on as managing director of Mmc Studios, who run the Cologne backlot, and Bastie Griese will remain managing director of production division Mmc Movies, working together with Schweitzer to expand the company’s film and TV operations nationally and internationally.
Former Splendid boss Andreas Klein, son of company founder Albert E. Klein, has returned to run the company as CEO. Schweitzer took over operations at Splendid from Klein in 2020, with Klein continuing as an advisor to the company. Schweizer joined Splendid in 2013 from producer/distributor Tele-München Group, where he was managing director. Before that, he spent 10 years...
- 2/12/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It’s hard to imagine nowadays, but humans weren’t always at the top of the food chain. And with our ancestors being preyed upon by larger mammals and even our fellow humanoids, it stands to reason that we’d develop a generalized fear of the dark. That’s why it makes sense that cold places where the sun doesn’t routinely rise are naturally suited for spooky stories.
This is precisely what showrunner Issa López had in mind when she came up with HBO’s True Detective: Night Country, a brand-new murder mystery that returns the anthology show to its horrific roots. And with new episodes dropping weekly, we’ve decided to help viewers get an additional fix of frigid frights by recommending six arctic thrillers to watch after Td: Night Country.
As usual, don’t forget to comment below with your own arctic favorites if you think we missed a particularly spooky one.
This is precisely what showrunner Issa López had in mind when she came up with HBO’s True Detective: Night Country, a brand-new murder mystery that returns the anthology show to its horrific roots. And with new episodes dropping weekly, we’ve decided to help viewers get an additional fix of frigid frights by recommending six arctic thrillers to watch after Td: Night Country.
As usual, don’t forget to comment below with your own arctic favorites if you think we missed a particularly spooky one.
- 1/25/2024
- by Luiz H. C.
- bloody-disgusting.com
Netflix pounces on US, remaining international rights at TIFF to Anna Kendrick’s ‘Woman Of The Hour’
France, Italy, Japan also sell.
In the first major on-site deal at TIFF Netflix has pounced on US and remaining international rights to Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut Woman Of The Hour following overwhelmingly positive reviews from Friday’s world premiere.
‘Woman Of The Hour’: Toronto Review
Screen understands the deal was vauled at $11m. Netflix also acquired rights for France, Italy, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City, Andorra, Benelux, Japan, Macau, South Korea, Switzerland, Hungary, Hong Kong, Romania, Bulgaria, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, and West Indies.
Woman Of The Hour was originally set up at the streamer based on Ian MacAllister’s Black List screenplay,...
In the first major on-site deal at TIFF Netflix has pounced on US and remaining international rights to Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut Woman Of The Hour following overwhelmingly positive reviews from Friday’s world premiere.
‘Woman Of The Hour’: Toronto Review
Screen understands the deal was vauled at $11m. Netflix also acquired rights for France, Italy, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City, Andorra, Benelux, Japan, Macau, South Korea, Switzerland, Hungary, Hong Kong, Romania, Bulgaria, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, and West Indies.
Woman Of The Hour was originally set up at the streamer based on Ian MacAllister’s Black List screenplay,...
- 9/12/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Anna Kendrick’s directing debut “Woman of the Hour” has been acquired by Netflix after its Toronto premiere on Friday. The streamer is paying in the $11 million range for the ripped-from-the-headlines thriller, making it the first major sale of the festival. The deal covers the U.S. and several international territories including France, Italy, Japan and South Korea.
Sources tell Variety that Netflix won out in a competitive situation after the film garnered multiple offers.
In the movie based on a true story, Kendrick plays a contestant on “The Dating Game” in 1978, who picks Rodney Alcala as her potential date. Alcala, who died in prison in 2021, turned out to be a serial killer of at least eight victims but possibly over a hundred. The “Dating Game” contestant, Cheryl Bradshaw, never went on the date with Alcala, who had already been convicted of being a sex offender. Daniel Zovatto plays the killer,...
Sources tell Variety that Netflix won out in a competitive situation after the film garnered multiple offers.
In the movie based on a true story, Kendrick plays a contestant on “The Dating Game” in 1978, who picks Rodney Alcala as her potential date. Alcala, who died in prison in 2021, turned out to be a serial killer of at least eight victims but possibly over a hundred. The “Dating Game” contestant, Cheryl Bradshaw, never went on the date with Alcala, who had already been convicted of being a sex offender. Daniel Zovatto plays the killer,...
- 9/12/2023
- by Pat Saperstein and Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: In the first major acquisition deal on the ground here at the Toronto Film Festlval, Netflix is closing on Woman of the Hour, the fact-based thriller that marks the directing debut of Anna Kendrick. We’re hearing the deal is for around $11 million.
While some festival-bound pictures signed SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreements so cast members could make the trip, many didn’t. That’s because signatories especially streamers would not make quick deals on films when they are battling both WGA and SAG-AFTRA on a new deal. Woman of the Hour did not sign the Ia, which is why this deal happened in the first weekend of the festival.
Pic tells the stranger-than-fiction story of a young woman who actually won a date on The Dating Game with a man who turned out to be a notorious serial killer. Rodney Alcala was convicted or murdering at least eight women,...
While some festival-bound pictures signed SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreements so cast members could make the trip, many didn’t. That’s because signatories especially streamers would not make quick deals on films when they are battling both WGA and SAG-AFTRA on a new deal. Woman of the Hour did not sign the Ia, which is why this deal happened in the first weekend of the festival.
Pic tells the stranger-than-fiction story of a young woman who actually won a date on The Dating Game with a man who turned out to be a notorious serial killer. Rodney Alcala was convicted or murdering at least eight women,...
- 9/11/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Prime Video has given a series order to Butterfly, from Daniel Dae Kim’s 3Ad and Boom! Studios, publisher of the graphic novel of the same name created by Arash Amel. Kim is set to star as the lead in the six-episode series, with Ken Woodruff set as showrunner and co-creator for the adaptation alongside novelist Steph Cha. This marks Lost alum Kim’s first solo lead TV role.
Related: 2023 Prime Video Pilots & Series Orders
Butterfly, which will go into production after WGA, DGA and SAG-AFTRA reach new agreements with AMPTP, was among more than a dozen mini-writers rooms commissioned by Amazon Studios in the past couple of months. It is one of several projects that have been heating up for a series pickup, including Criminal, based on the Ed Brubaker comic.
A character-driven spy thriller that explores complex family dynamics within the treacherous world of global espionage,...
Related: 2023 Prime Video Pilots & Series Orders
Butterfly, which will go into production after WGA, DGA and SAG-AFTRA reach new agreements with AMPTP, was among more than a dozen mini-writers rooms commissioned by Amazon Studios in the past couple of months. It is one of several projects that have been heating up for a series pickup, including Criminal, based on the Ed Brubaker comic.
A character-driven spy thriller that explores complex family dynamics within the treacherous world of global espionage,...
- 5/24/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Fans of Danny and Michael Philippou are in for a big scare. The Australian twins, known as the creators of the RackaRacka YouTube channel, have inked a distribution deal for their feature film Talk To Me. The horror flick premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and will receive a theatrical run thanks to A24.
Talk To Me stars Sophia Wilde as a teenager who grapples with haunted visions after attempting to speak with her mother during a séance. The supporting cast features a number of actors who hail from RackaRacka’s home country, including Miranda Otto of Lord of the Rings fame.
Danny Philippou wrote the Talk To Me scripted with Bill Hinzman and helmed the film alongside his twin brother. Audiences got their first look at the picture during Sundance, where Talk To Me was part of the Midnight Selections lineup. A24 then swooped in for a deal The...
Talk To Me stars Sophia Wilde as a teenager who grapples with haunted visions after attempting to speak with her mother during a séance. The supporting cast features a number of actors who hail from RackaRacka’s home country, including Miranda Otto of Lord of the Rings fame.
Danny Philippou wrote the Talk To Me scripted with Bill Hinzman and helmed the film alongside his twin brother. Audiences got their first look at the picture during Sundance, where Talk To Me was part of the Midnight Selections lineup. A24 then swooped in for a deal The...
- 2/3/2023
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Exclusive: Former Netflix exec Janice Lee has joined Fifth Season as Vice President, Film Development and Production, with longtime team member Kara Duncan being promoted to the same role. The news comes as the global film and TV studio, formerly known as Endeavor Content, kicks off the year with four films heading to Sundance and another two soon heading to theaters.
As members of the team led by EVP, Film Development and Production, Alexis Garcia, Lee and Duncan will be responsible for expanding the studio’s slate of indie and big- budget features, made with top-tier talent for distribution on streaming platforms and in theaters. The pair will report to SVPs, Film Development and Production, Dan Guando and Negeen Yazdi.
After seeing major success at Sundance 2022 with Cha Cha Real Smooth, the Cooper Raiff Audience Award winner that went to Apple in the largest sale of the festival, Fifth Season...
As members of the team led by EVP, Film Development and Production, Alexis Garcia, Lee and Duncan will be responsible for expanding the studio’s slate of indie and big- budget features, made with top-tier talent for distribution on streaming platforms and in theaters. The pair will report to SVPs, Film Development and Production, Dan Guando and Negeen Yazdi.
After seeing major success at Sundance 2022 with Cha Cha Real Smooth, the Cooper Raiff Audience Award winner that went to Apple in the largest sale of the festival, Fifth Season...
- 1/18/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: WME literary packaging vet Eric Reid has been promoted to partner at the agency.
He has a long history of taking projects from book to screen, focusing on comic books, graphic novels, estates, books, life rights, news articles and all things IP-related.
Reid is known for his knack of finding comic book diamonds in the rough at comic book conventions, prime pieces of IP outside the DC and Marvel sphere.
Among the recent projects Reid has been involved with are the sci-fi thriller Trespasser, which Joe Penna is directing for Fifth Season. The feature is based off the Justin M. Ryan’s 2017 Alterna Comics graphic novel, which Reid discovered at a Florida comic book convention.
Reid’s client Hannah Rose May recently had her Image Comics comic book Rogues Gallery optioned by Don Cheadle’s This Radicle Act to be developed into a TV series, as Deadline first reported.
He has a long history of taking projects from book to screen, focusing on comic books, graphic novels, estates, books, life rights, news articles and all things IP-related.
Reid is known for his knack of finding comic book diamonds in the rough at comic book conventions, prime pieces of IP outside the DC and Marvel sphere.
Among the recent projects Reid has been involved with are the sci-fi thriller Trespasser, which Joe Penna is directing for Fifth Season. The feature is based off the Justin M. Ryan’s 2017 Alterna Comics graphic novel, which Reid discovered at a Florida comic book convention.
Reid’s client Hannah Rose May recently had her Image Comics comic book Rogues Gallery optioned by Don Cheadle’s This Radicle Act to be developed into a TV series, as Deadline first reported.
- 11/29/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Click here to read the full article.
“Gun on set! Gun on set! Everyone, gun on set!”
It’s April, 2022 and we’re in Mmc Studios in Cologne for the shooting of European conspiracy thriller Operation Napoleon. It’s 5,000 miles and six months distant from the events of Oct. 2021 on the New Mexico set of Rust, when Alec Baldwin, discharged a live round from a revolver used as a prop gun killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. But the warning still chills.
Not that anyone here seems bothered.
Director Óskar Þór Axelsson is too busy setting up what will be the climax of Operation Napoleon: as a team of investigators prepare to board an old German World War II plane that has recently emerged from one of Iceland’s largest glaciers. The plane is at the center of the film, and the best-selling novel it’s based on, by Icelandic writer Arnaldur Indriðason.
“Gun on set! Gun on set! Everyone, gun on set!”
It’s April, 2022 and we’re in Mmc Studios in Cologne for the shooting of European conspiracy thriller Operation Napoleon. It’s 5,000 miles and six months distant from the events of Oct. 2021 on the New Mexico set of Rust, when Alec Baldwin, discharged a live round from a revolver used as a prop gun killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. But the warning still chills.
Not that anyone here seems bothered.
Director Óskar Þór Axelsson is too busy setting up what will be the climax of Operation Napoleon: as a team of investigators prepare to board an old German World War II plane that has recently emerged from one of Iceland’s largest glaciers. The plane is at the center of the film, and the best-selling novel it’s based on, by Icelandic writer Arnaldur Indriðason.
- 11/3/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Chris Rock makes a stop at the 2022 Venice Film Festival thanks to Sally Potter’s short film, “Look at Me.”
The 16-minute film stars Rock as a gala organizer who tries to rein in a stubborn drummer (Javier Bardem) ahead of the on-stage performance. Tap dancer Savion Glover also stars. “Look at Me” premieres Out of Competition at Venice.
Director Potter originally conceived the concept of the film as a short story to be featured in her 2020 film “The Roads Not Taken,” starring Bardem as a writer in the early stages of dementia. “Look at Me” was filmed in 2019 over the course of five days in London and New York. The short film is produced by Christopher Sheppard.
“When I got into the cutting room, I saw how dynamic these titans of the entertainment world are together, their volatile, fiery on-screen relationship offset by the rhythms of the brilliant tap dancer Savion Glover,...
The 16-minute film stars Rock as a gala organizer who tries to rein in a stubborn drummer (Javier Bardem) ahead of the on-stage performance. Tap dancer Savion Glover also stars. “Look at Me” premieres Out of Competition at Venice.
Director Potter originally conceived the concept of the film as a short story to be featured in her 2020 film “The Roads Not Taken,” starring Bardem as a writer in the early stages of dementia. “Look at Me” was filmed in 2019 over the course of five days in London and New York. The short film is produced by Christopher Sheppard.
“When I got into the cutting room, I saw how dynamic these titans of the entertainment world are together, their volatile, fiery on-screen relationship offset by the rhythms of the brilliant tap dancer Savion Glover,...
- 8/31/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Following a competitive auction, Sony Pictures has landed rights to an adaptation of The Registration by Madison Lawson, with Sydney Sweeney and Brad Fuller producing and Sweeney attached to star. The Night House writers Ben Collins and Luke Piortrowski are adapting the script. Sweeney will produce through her Fifty-Fifty Films while Fuller will produce through his Fuller Media Brand.
Lawson’s novel will be published September 27 by CamCat Publishing with plot details being kept under wraps.
Sweeney has quickly become one of the more sought after young stars following her breakout roles in the first season of HBO’s The White Lotus and the second season of Euphoria, both of which earned her Emmy nominations. Since then, every studio has been lining up to work with her starting with Sony, which was quick to give her a co-starring role in the Marvel pic Madame Web opposite Dakota Johnson. She...
Lawson’s novel will be published September 27 by CamCat Publishing with plot details being kept under wraps.
Sweeney has quickly become one of the more sought after young stars following her breakout roles in the first season of HBO’s The White Lotus and the second season of Euphoria, both of which earned her Emmy nominations. Since then, every studio has been lining up to work with her starting with Sony, which was quick to give her a co-starring role in the Marvel pic Madame Web opposite Dakota Johnson. She...
- 8/29/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Stowaway helmer Joe Penna is set to direct Endeavor Content’s sci-fi thriller Trespasser. Jason Fuchs, Brad Fuller and Alixandra Fuchs will produce the project, with Alex Ginno serving as executive producer. The film is based on a Black List screenplay by Gabe Hobson and adapted from Justin M. Ryan’s 2017 Alterna Comics-published graphic novel.
The grounded genre story is set in the Alaskan wilderness, where a father and daughter living in isolation encounter a mysterious otherworldly creature and are thrust into a journey of peril, survival and redemption.
Trespasser was originally published in 2016 as a four-issue digital series available for download through Amazon’s Comixology portal. The following year, Ryan, launched a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund a trade paperback version that collected all four of the original digital issues.
Penna broke onto the scene with the survival pic Arctic starring Mads Mikkelsen, a 2018 Cannes official selection.
The grounded genre story is set in the Alaskan wilderness, where a father and daughter living in isolation encounter a mysterious otherworldly creature and are thrust into a journey of peril, survival and redemption.
Trespasser was originally published in 2016 as a four-issue digital series available for download through Amazon’s Comixology portal. The following year, Ryan, launched a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund a trade paperback version that collected all four of the original digital issues.
Penna broke onto the scene with the survival pic Arctic starring Mads Mikkelsen, a 2018 Cannes official selection.
- 8/24/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
The latest in our series of writers highlighting lesser-known films available to stream is a recommendation for a tough Mads Mikkelsen survival thriller
I’d happily watch Mads Mikkelsen sit in silence for an hour and a half. Whether he’s playing a weepy-eyed Bond villain, an alcoholic teacher, or the bloke who designed the Death Star, the Danish actor imbues all of his performances with a sort of brooding intensity that often transcends the need for any form of dialogue. That’s exactly why he’s the perfect casting for Arctic, an icy survival drama in which his deserted protagonist has no one to speak to, aside from himself, a barely conscious helicopter co-pilot and a very angry polar bear.
Directed by Joe Penna, a former YouTuber making his feature debut, Arctic was initially screened at Cannes in 2018, but later went under the radar thanks to a limited theatrical release.
I’d happily watch Mads Mikkelsen sit in silence for an hour and a half. Whether he’s playing a weepy-eyed Bond villain, an alcoholic teacher, or the bloke who designed the Death Star, the Danish actor imbues all of his performances with a sort of brooding intensity that often transcends the need for any form of dialogue. That’s exactly why he’s the perfect casting for Arctic, an icy survival drama in which his deserted protagonist has no one to speak to, aside from himself, a barely conscious helicopter co-pilot and a very angry polar bear.
Directed by Joe Penna, a former YouTuber making his feature debut, Arctic was initially screened at Cannes in 2018, but later went under the radar thanks to a limited theatrical release.
- 3/23/2022
- by Chris Edwards
- The Guardian - Film News
Multi-hyphenate Flying Lotus and his company Brainfeeder Films has linked with Paris-based Logical Pictures and XYZ Films for a multi-picture development deal covering a slate of films that the artist will produce and direct.
Logical Content Ventures, the co-production fund backed by Logical Pictures, will finance the development of the films, which will focus on genres in the horror, thriller and sci-fi universe. Logical also secured a first-look agreement to finance and produce. The slate will span multiple projects, with XYZ Films set to produce and handle sales.
The deal was negotiated by Frédéric Fiore and Grace Adams from Logical Pictures, and by Nate Bolotin, partner at XYZ Films, on behalf of Brainfeeder Films.
Flying Lotus, also known as Steven Ellison, is a genre-bending, Grammy Award-winning producer, composer, filmmaker and rapper. He founded Brainfeeder Records in 2008.
Since 2006, Ellison has released six studio albums and composed much of the music heard...
Logical Content Ventures, the co-production fund backed by Logical Pictures, will finance the development of the films, which will focus on genres in the horror, thriller and sci-fi universe. Logical also secured a first-look agreement to finance and produce. The slate will span multiple projects, with XYZ Films set to produce and handle sales.
The deal was negotiated by Frédéric Fiore and Grace Adams from Logical Pictures, and by Nate Bolotin, partner at XYZ Films, on behalf of Brainfeeder Films.
Flying Lotus, also known as Steven Ellison, is a genre-bending, Grammy Award-winning producer, composer, filmmaker and rapper. He founded Brainfeeder Records in 2008.
Since 2006, Ellison has released six studio albums and composed much of the music heard...
- 3/3/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Sales head Nick Donnermeyer introducing drama project to buyers.
Brittany Snow, the Pitch Perfect franchise star whose acting credits include Hairpspray, will make her feature directorial debut on the drama September 17th for Yale Productions, whose newly minted sales stablemate Great Escape is kicking off talks with EFM buyers.
The project is based on an original story by Snow, who co-wrote the screenplay with Becca Gleason about Riley, who has recently been discharged from rehab after struggling with food and body image issues. Riley soon meets Ethan and finds herself navigating the line between unconditional love and a new addiction.
Brittany Snow, the Pitch Perfect franchise star whose acting credits include Hairpspray, will make her feature directorial debut on the drama September 17th for Yale Productions, whose newly minted sales stablemate Great Escape is kicking off talks with EFM buyers.
The project is based on an original story by Snow, who co-wrote the screenplay with Becca Gleason about Riley, who has recently been discharged from rehab after struggling with food and body image issues. Riley soon meets Ethan and finds herself navigating the line between unconditional love and a new addiction.
- 2/4/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Musician and filmmaker Flying Lotus has set the sci-fi horror film Ash as his second feature, on the heels of his body horror anthology Kuso, which made its world premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.
The new film, for which the multi-hyphenate will also compose an original score, watches as a woman wakes up on a distant planet and finds the crew of her space station viciously killed, her investigation into what happened setting in motion a terrifying chain of events.
Jonni Remmler penned the original screenplay. XYZ Films and Gfc Films will produce, with Echo Lake on board as exec producer. XYZ is also financing and handling worldwide sales. Casting will get underway later this month, with production slated for this summer.
Ash follows XYZ’s collaboration with Gfc on Toa Fraser’s New Zealand Oscar entry The Dead Lands, which was presented to the U.S. market by James Cameron,...
The new film, for which the multi-hyphenate will also compose an original score, watches as a woman wakes up on a distant planet and finds the crew of her space station viciously killed, her investigation into what happened setting in motion a terrifying chain of events.
Jonni Remmler penned the original screenplay. XYZ Films and Gfc Films will produce, with Echo Lake on board as exec producer. XYZ is also financing and handling worldwide sales. Casting will get underway later this month, with production slated for this summer.
Ash follows XYZ’s collaboration with Gfc on Toa Fraser’s New Zealand Oscar entry The Dead Lands, which was presented to the U.S. market by James Cameron,...
- 1/26/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Following its world premiere at this year's virtual Sundance Film Festival, Riley Stearns' Dual has been acquired for US distribution by Rlje Films.
Dual will have a theatrical release sometime this year. We have the official press release with additional details below, and in case you missed it, read Heather Wixson's interview with Stearns, along with the rest of our Sundance 2022 coverage!
Press Release: XYZ Films, CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group closed the deal with Rlje Films last night in a competitive bidding situation. XYZ is also handling world rights outside the US.
The film is slated for a theatrical release in 2022. XYZ Films and Rlje Films previously collaborated on the successful theatrical release of Sundance film Mandy starring Nicolas Cage and directed by Panos Cosmatos.
Dual stars Karen Gillan (Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle), Aaron Paul (“El Camino: A Breaking Bad Film” and “Westworld...
Dual will have a theatrical release sometime this year. We have the official press release with additional details below, and in case you missed it, read Heather Wixson's interview with Stearns, along with the rest of our Sundance 2022 coverage!
Press Release: XYZ Films, CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group closed the deal with Rlje Films last night in a competitive bidding situation. XYZ is also handling world rights outside the US.
The film is slated for a theatrical release in 2022. XYZ Films and Rlje Films previously collaborated on the successful theatrical release of Sundance film Mandy starring Nicolas Cage and directed by Panos Cosmatos.
Dual stars Karen Gillan (Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle), Aaron Paul (“El Camino: A Breaking Bad Film” and “Westworld...
- 1/25/2022
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Rlje Films last night acquired U.S. rights to Riley Stearns’ thriller Dual in a competitive bidding situation, striking a low-mid seven figure deal for the film, which recently premiered in U.S. Dramatic Competition at the Sundance Film Festival.
XYZ Films, CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group closed the deal with Rlje Films, with the former company also handling world rights outside of the U.S. The film is slated for release in theaters this year.
Dual centers on Sarah (Karen Gillan), a woman who, upon receiving a terminal diagnosis, opts for a cloning procedure to ease her loss on her friends and family. When she makes a sudden and miraculous recovery, her attempts to have her clone decommissioned fail and lead to a court-mandated duel to the death.
Aaron Paul and Beulah Koale also star in the film produced by Stearns, XYZ and Resolute Films and Entertainment.
XYZ Films, CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group closed the deal with Rlje Films, with the former company also handling world rights outside of the U.S. The film is slated for release in theaters this year.
Dual centers on Sarah (Karen Gillan), a woman who, upon receiving a terminal diagnosis, opts for a cloning procedure to ease her loss on her friends and family. When she makes a sudden and miraculous recovery, her attempts to have her clone decommissioned fail and lead to a court-mandated duel to the death.
Aaron Paul and Beulah Koale also star in the film produced by Stearns, XYZ and Resolute Films and Entertainment.
- 1/25/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman of Yale Entertainment have formed international film sales and distribution company, Great Escape.
Set up to represent their growing slate of in-house titles in addition to select third party content, Yale is launching the label ahead of the upcoming virtual European Film Market.
Nicholas Donnermeyer, previously longtime President of International Sales at Bleiberg Entertainment, has been appointed President of the new venture, which sits under the Yale Entertainment umbrella alongside its long-standing production arm, Yale Productions.
The group also recently formed Lafayette Pictures with actor-director Katie Holmes and have recently wrapped two features which Holmes directed and starred in, Alone Together, with Jim Sturgess and Melissa Leo, and Rare Objects with Derek Luke and Alan Cumming.
To date, Yale Entertainment’s slate has focused on action, thrillers and horror. Recently completed productions include Banshee with Antonio Banderas; Panama starring Cole Hauser...
Set up to represent their growing slate of in-house titles in addition to select third party content, Yale is launching the label ahead of the upcoming virtual European Film Market.
Nicholas Donnermeyer, previously longtime President of International Sales at Bleiberg Entertainment, has been appointed President of the new venture, which sits under the Yale Entertainment umbrella alongside its long-standing production arm, Yale Productions.
The group also recently formed Lafayette Pictures with actor-director Katie Holmes and have recently wrapped two features which Holmes directed and starred in, Alone Together, with Jim Sturgess and Melissa Leo, and Rare Objects with Derek Luke and Alan Cumming.
To date, Yale Entertainment’s slate has focused on action, thrillers and horror. Recently completed productions include Banshee with Antonio Banderas; Panama starring Cole Hauser...
- 1/20/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Katie Holmes has launched her new production label, Lafayette Pictures, in partnership with Jordan Yale Levine, Jordan Beckerman and Jesse Korman of Yale Productions.
Holmes recently teamed with Yale on the new untitled movie she wrote, directed, produced and starred in, along with Jim Sturgess, Derek Luke, Melissa Leo, and Zosia Mamet. The film centers on two strangers embroiled in bad relationships, who accidentally book the same upstate New York Airbnb, where they’re forced to confront quarantine and their disdain for one another in this unexpected and unlikely love story. The pic is in post-production.
The Lafayette Pictures team is currently prepping Holmes’ third movie, Rare Objects, and developing the limited series The Watergate Girl in which Holmes will also star.
“I am very excited to embark on this journey, working to bring authentic characters and stories to the screen,” Holmes said.
“We’re thrilled to be partnering...
Holmes recently teamed with Yale on the new untitled movie she wrote, directed, produced and starred in, along with Jim Sturgess, Derek Luke, Melissa Leo, and Zosia Mamet. The film centers on two strangers embroiled in bad relationships, who accidentally book the same upstate New York Airbnb, where they’re forced to confront quarantine and their disdain for one another in this unexpected and unlikely love story. The pic is in post-production.
The Lafayette Pictures team is currently prepping Holmes’ third movie, Rare Objects, and developing the limited series The Watergate Girl in which Holmes will also star.
“I am very excited to embark on this journey, working to bring authentic characters and stories to the screen,” Holmes said.
“We’re thrilled to be partnering...
- 6/24/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Leading German production banner Augenschein Filmproduktion, is launching an in-house worldwide sales and financing division that will be spearheaded by former Telepool executive Jonathan Saubach (pictured).
The new division will be called Augenschein Sales and will focus on financing the company’s production slate through access to equity, market pre-sales and film funds in order to retain creative and financial control over projects.
In this new role, Saubach will report to Augenschein Filmproduktion founders Maximilian Leo and Jonas Katzenstein, and will be in charge of financing, packaging and worldwide sales of its film titles. He will also serve as an executive producer on Augenschein’s upcoming productions.
Saubach previously held senior sales, acquisitions and content executive roles for Telepool Gmbh, the German licensing, production and distribution company owned by actor Will Smith and Swiss investor Elysian Fields.
Augenschein Filmproduktion specializes in director-driven movies with global appeal and boasts more than...
The new division will be called Augenschein Sales and will focus on financing the company’s production slate through access to equity, market pre-sales and film funds in order to retain creative and financial control over projects.
In this new role, Saubach will report to Augenschein Filmproduktion founders Maximilian Leo and Jonas Katzenstein, and will be in charge of financing, packaging and worldwide sales of its film titles. He will also serve as an executive producer on Augenschein’s upcoming productions.
Saubach previously held senior sales, acquisitions and content executive roles for Telepool Gmbh, the German licensing, production and distribution company owned by actor Will Smith and Swiss investor Elysian Fields.
Augenschein Filmproduktion specializes in director-driven movies with global appeal and boasts more than...
- 6/2/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Former Telepool Gmbh exec Jonathan Saubach to lead new division.
Cologne-based independent film production company augenschein Filmproduktion has launched augenschein Sales, an in-house worldwide sales and financing arm headed by Jonathan Saubach.
Saubach is leading on the financing, packaging and worldwide sales of augenschein’s film titles and will also serve as an executive producer on augenschein’s upcoming productions.
Saubach has spent 10 years in sales, acquisitions and content executive roles at Telepool. He will report to augenschein founders Maximilian Leo and Jonas Katzenstein.
Founded in 2008, augenschein has produced more than 25 features, from arthouse titles including Berlin Silver Bear winner Ana,...
Cologne-based independent film production company augenschein Filmproduktion has launched augenschein Sales, an in-house worldwide sales and financing arm headed by Jonathan Saubach.
Saubach is leading on the financing, packaging and worldwide sales of augenschein’s film titles and will also serve as an executive producer on augenschein’s upcoming productions.
Saubach has spent 10 years in sales, acquisitions and content executive roles at Telepool. He will report to augenschein founders Maximilian Leo and Jonas Katzenstein.
Founded in 2008, augenschein has produced more than 25 features, from arthouse titles including Berlin Silver Bear winner Ana,...
- 6/2/2021
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
“Stowaway,” a Netflix sci-fi and drama movie starring Toni Collette, took Nielsen’s top spot for all films on streaming during the week of April 19, toppling the Melissa McCarthy comedy “Thunder Force” that had held the No. 1 slot for several weeks.
“Stowaway” was viewed for 359 million minutes during the week of April 19-25 after debuting on Netflix on April 22, according to the latest streaming figures from Nielsen. It beat out “Thunder Force,” which had another strong showing with 318 million minutes for the week. “Thunder Force” debuted on the list for the week of April 5 and topped not just the list of streaming movies but also the most minutes viewed for anything on streaming with 950 million minutes, beating out mainstays like “NCIS” and new episodes of “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.”
During the week of April 19, “Stowaway” placed 10th among all streaming shows or films. Netflix also had the top three films for the week,...
“Stowaway” was viewed for 359 million minutes during the week of April 19-25 after debuting on Netflix on April 22, according to the latest streaming figures from Nielsen. It beat out “Thunder Force,” which had another strong showing with 318 million minutes for the week. “Thunder Force” debuted on the list for the week of April 5 and topped not just the list of streaming movies but also the most minutes viewed for anything on streaming with 950 million minutes, beating out mainstays like “NCIS” and new episodes of “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.”
During the week of April 19, “Stowaway” placed 10th among all streaming shows or films. Netflix also had the top three films for the week,...
- 5/20/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Batman Begins and Thank You for Smoking actress Katie Holmes has completed shooting on her second feature directorial, untitled romance in Connecticut. This is the first news we’re hearing about the project.
Produced by Yale Productions, the movie stars Holmes, Jim Sturgess, Derek Luke, Melissa Leo, Zosia Mamet, Luke Kirby, and Becky Ann Baker.
In the pic, two strangers embroiled in bad relationships wind up in the same upstate New York Airbnb. They’re forced to confront quarantine and their disdain for one another in this unexpected and unlikely love story. Holmes wrote and produced alongside Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman of Yale Productions.
“As soon as we read this script, and heard Katie’s vision, we knew this was a project we had to be a part of. Katie is just as talented a writer/director as she is an actress,” said Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman.
Produced by Yale Productions, the movie stars Holmes, Jim Sturgess, Derek Luke, Melissa Leo, Zosia Mamet, Luke Kirby, and Becky Ann Baker.
In the pic, two strangers embroiled in bad relationships wind up in the same upstate New York Airbnb. They’re forced to confront quarantine and their disdain for one another in this unexpected and unlikely love story. Holmes wrote and produced alongside Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman of Yale Productions.
“As soon as we read this script, and heard Katie’s vision, we knew this was a project we had to be a part of. Katie is just as talented a writer/director as she is an actress,” said Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman.
- 5/4/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
"One of the main story and design decisions is that it's a spaceship that works with gravity." Now playing on Netflix is the sci-fi thriller Stowaway, about a crew on a mission to Mars that discovers a surprise extra passenger on their voyage. I really enjoyed the film - the physics are real, the designs are real, it's a story not so much about space as it is about how to deal with humanity. Directed by Joe Penna, most of the film takes place in the cramped quarters of their spaceship, along with a few perilous space walks. Netflix has debuted two behind-the-scenes videos about how they made the film - one with commentary / interviews, the other with only B-roll footage from the sound stages. They explain that this was filmed inside of the "tallest sound stage in the world" - at the Bavaria Studios near Munich, and also at Mmc Studios in Cologne.
- 5/3/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
by Matt St Clair
Shamier Anderson is the titular "Stowaway"
One common trope in space movies is daddy issues. Whether it involves trying to find one’s dad in space or a sad father dealing family issues, as this 2019 Vulture article points out, it's a constant in outer-space movies. That's been especially true of this last decade with First Man, Interstellar, Ad Astra, and Netflix’s very recent space venture The Midnight Sky. But a surprise development! The new space movie Stowaway, from writer/director Joe Penna, is the rare film to abandon that trend altogether. The central quartet have struggles but not one of them is a daddy issue.
Commander Marina Barnett (Toni Collette), botanist David Kim (Daniel Dae Kim), and medical researcher Zoe Levensen (Anna Kendrick) barely touch on their respective home lives as they make their way to Mars for a two-year space mission...
Shamier Anderson is the titular "Stowaway"
One common trope in space movies is daddy issues. Whether it involves trying to find one’s dad in space or a sad father dealing family issues, as this 2019 Vulture article points out, it's a constant in outer-space movies. That's been especially true of this last decade with First Man, Interstellar, Ad Astra, and Netflix’s very recent space venture The Midnight Sky. But a surprise development! The new space movie Stowaway, from writer/director Joe Penna, is the rare film to abandon that trend altogether. The central quartet have struggles but not one of them is a daddy issue.
Commander Marina Barnett (Toni Collette), botanist David Kim (Daniel Dae Kim), and medical researcher Zoe Levensen (Anna Kendrick) barely touch on their respective home lives as they make their way to Mars for a two-year space mission...
- 5/2/2021
- by Matt St.Clair
- FilmExperience
Much of the action in science-fiction thriller “Stowaway” takes place inside an overcrowded spaceship. The challenge for production designer Marco Bittner Rosser: making the set seem as small as possible yet functional for the shooting crew.
The film, which debuted April 22 on Netflix, stars Anna Kendrick, Toni Collette and Daniel Dae Kim as astronauts on a mission to Mars. Shamier Anderson plays the fourth astronaut — a surprise addition who compromises the mission with his presence.
Screenwriter-director Joe Penna immersed himself in space design research, and chose the International Space Station for his model. The idea of artificial gravity became the basis for the space shuttle’s rotating design.
Rosser’s earliest conversations with Penna were technical. “How do elements that are in the script have to work functionally inside the ship, then relate to the [spinning] exterior?” he asked. “How do they get from A to B? What are the connections between the modules?...
The film, which debuted April 22 on Netflix, stars Anna Kendrick, Toni Collette and Daniel Dae Kim as astronauts on a mission to Mars. Shamier Anderson plays the fourth astronaut — a surprise addition who compromises the mission with his presence.
Screenwriter-director Joe Penna immersed himself in space design research, and chose the International Space Station for his model. The idea of artificial gravity became the basis for the space shuttle’s rotating design.
Rosser’s earliest conversations with Penna were technical. “How do elements that are in the script have to work functionally inside the ship, then relate to the [spinning] exterior?” he asked. “How do they get from A to B? What are the connections between the modules?...
- 4/30/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Cinematographer Jannicke Mikkelsen is used to working with non-traditional filmmaking techniques, methods and in unique environments. In fact, it’s kind of her thing. Over the last decade, the Norwegian film director and cinematographer has solved innovative tech challenges with and for David Attenborough, the rock band Queen, Apollo11’s 50th-anniversary installation for NASA and was a mission specialist — their videographer and data manager — aboard the 2019 World Record flight polar circumnavigating Earth.
Most recently, she was the VFX cinematographer for “Stowaway,” a Netflix release starring Anna Kendrick, Toni Collette, Shamier Anderson and Daniel Dae Kim about a perilous journey to Mars that is compromised when an extra passenger shows up.
“Usually,” says Mikkelsen, “visual effects are kept separate from film production, which has never made sense to me, especially if you’re like you’re shooting a sci-fi, a VFX-heavy movie or a 3D movie. With ‘Stowaway,’ the lines did blur more,...
Most recently, she was the VFX cinematographer for “Stowaway,” a Netflix release starring Anna Kendrick, Toni Collette, Shamier Anderson and Daniel Dae Kim about a perilous journey to Mars that is compromised when an extra passenger shows up.
“Usually,” says Mikkelsen, “visual effects are kept separate from film production, which has never made sense to me, especially if you’re like you’re shooting a sci-fi, a VFX-heavy movie or a 3D movie. With ‘Stowaway,’ the lines did blur more,...
- 4/23/2021
- by Valentina I. Valentini
- Variety Film + TV
Rutherford Falls on Peacock is a groundbreaking sitcom with a lot of room to grow about an almost unspoken part of America.
“Peacock’s Rutherford Falls—which Schur developed alongside star Ed Helms and Sierra Teller Ornelas, now the first Native American to be the showrunner on a television comedy—takes place in, well, Rutherford Falls, a spot in the Northeast where settler Lawrence Rutherford ‘brokered a uniquely fair and honest deal’ with the fictional Minishonka tribe that was already there.”
Read more at Thrillist.
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier‘s deification of Steve Rogers is one of the most notable flaws of the show.
“In a lot of cases, when someone dies, many people will immediately act as if they were a saint upon the Earth, truly too good for this sinful world, and had never done anything wrong in their life ever. It’s a natural reaction,...
“Peacock’s Rutherford Falls—which Schur developed alongside star Ed Helms and Sierra Teller Ornelas, now the first Native American to be the showrunner on a television comedy—takes place in, well, Rutherford Falls, a spot in the Northeast where settler Lawrence Rutherford ‘brokered a uniquely fair and honest deal’ with the fictional Minishonka tribe that was already there.”
Read more at Thrillist.
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier‘s deification of Steve Rogers is one of the most notable flaws of the show.
“In a lot of cases, when someone dies, many people will immediately act as if they were a saint upon the Earth, truly too good for this sinful world, and had never done anything wrong in their life ever. It’s a natural reaction,...
- 4/23/2021
- by Ivan Huang
- Den of Geek
As Joe Penna’s “Stowaway” blasts off to Mars in its opening moments, we quickly learn the archetypes of the anxious astronaut trio at its center: Dr. Zoe Levenson (Anna Kendrick) is the energetic one, Commander Marina Barnett (Toni Collette) is the cooly collected one, and Dr. David Kim (Daniel Dae Kim) is the quiet one. Bound together by their mutual intellect and excitement for their two-year mission, they make a solid team. Everything is going just fine — except, that is, for the unexpected fourth member of their mission, an unconscious and injured stranger (Shamier Anderson), stuck up inside a vital piece of machinery and dripping blood onto the space station floor.
Such is the fascinating conceit of “Stowaway,”
The film’s opening act is an impressive one, with Penna only improving upon the skills that made his last feature, the similarly chilling adventure drama “Arctic,” such a riveting watch.
Such is the fascinating conceit of “Stowaway,”
The film’s opening act is an impressive one, with Penna only improving upon the skills that made his last feature, the similarly chilling adventure drama “Arctic,” such a riveting watch.
- 4/22/2021
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Imagine suddenly waking up disoriented in an unfamiliar place. As you walk through the narrow, round tunnel hallway, you reach the window and look out to see space – vast, uncharted blackness with millions of stars. Suddenly, you spot the Earth, your home. That's where you're supposed to be and where your family is. Soon you learn that you're now on a two-year mission to Mars, and you're not coming back any earlier than that. That's the situation that Michael (played by Shamier Anderson) finds himself in at the start of this film. In the Netflix Original Stowaway, directed by filmmaker Joe Penna (of Arctic previously), the characters must fight to survive their voyage in space while struggling with existential questions throughout. Penna's sci-fi drama has a memorable opening sequence. It is solely concerned with the launch procedure. Commander Marina Barnett (Toni Colette) communicates with Jim, a Hyperion team member down on Earth,...
- 4/22/2021
- by Zofia Wijaszka
- firstshowing.net
[The following story contains spoilers for Stowaway.]
There is very little Shamier Anderson won’t do to prepare for a role. In Joe Penna’s new space drama Stowaway, co-starring Toni Collette, Anna Kendrick and Daniel Dae Kim, Anderson plays Michael Adams, the titular character who’s discovered during a mission to Mars. While Michael’s presence was unintended, he inadvertently sets off a chain of events that puts the spaceship’s four passengers in grave danger. To get himself in the headspace of his character, Anderson employed some rather practical measures.
“Every morning, a couple hours before my call time, I would sleep in that tiny ...
There is very little Shamier Anderson won’t do to prepare for a role. In Joe Penna’s new space drama Stowaway, co-starring Toni Collette, Anna Kendrick and Daniel Dae Kim, Anderson plays Michael Adams, the titular character who’s discovered during a mission to Mars. While Michael’s presence was unintended, he inadvertently sets off a chain of events that puts the spaceship’s four passengers in grave danger. To get himself in the headspace of his character, Anderson employed some rather practical measures.
“Every morning, a couple hours before my call time, I would sleep in that tiny ...
- 4/22/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
[The following story contains spoilers for Stowaway.]
There is very little Shamier Anderson won’t do to prepare for a role. In Joe Penna’s new space drama Stowaway, co-starring Toni Collette, Anna Kendrick and Daniel Dae Kim, Anderson plays Michael Adams, the titular character who’s discovered during a mission to Mars. While Michael’s presence was unintended, he inadvertently sets off a chain of events that puts the spaceship’s four passengers in grave danger. To get himself in the headspace of his character, Anderson employed some rather practical measures.
“Every morning, a couple hours before my call time, I would sleep in that tiny ...
There is very little Shamier Anderson won’t do to prepare for a role. In Joe Penna’s new space drama Stowaway, co-starring Toni Collette, Anna Kendrick and Daniel Dae Kim, Anderson plays Michael Adams, the titular character who’s discovered during a mission to Mars. While Michael’s presence was unintended, he inadvertently sets off a chain of events that puts the spaceship’s four passengers in grave danger. To get himself in the headspace of his character, Anderson employed some rather practical measures.
“Every morning, a couple hours before my call time, I would sleep in that tiny ...
- 4/22/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Every Breath You Take: Penna Ponders Morality in Jittery Space Odyssey
“In space, no one can hear you scream,” a foreboding tagline of another sci-fi classic once cautioned. But conserving the oxygen necessary to breathe, much less scream, is the anxiety inducing thrust of Stowaway, the sophomore film from Brazilian filmmaker Joe Penna. A US/German co-production sporting expert tech feats and narrative beats earning comparison to Cuaron’s Gravity (2013), Penna and regular co-scribe Ryan Morrison move from the chilly environs of their last endeavor, Arctic (2018) to unprecedented perils in the heavens.
Although we’re used to a different kind of vibe suggested by plots involving humans interacting with ‘unwanted guests’ aboard their spacecrafts, Penna concocts a ferocious moral dilemma created by a formidable mixture of human folly and questionable conservation of resources.…...
“In space, no one can hear you scream,” a foreboding tagline of another sci-fi classic once cautioned. But conserving the oxygen necessary to breathe, much less scream, is the anxiety inducing thrust of Stowaway, the sophomore film from Brazilian filmmaker Joe Penna. A US/German co-production sporting expert tech feats and narrative beats earning comparison to Cuaron’s Gravity (2013), Penna and regular co-scribe Ryan Morrison move from the chilly environs of their last endeavor, Arctic (2018) to unprecedented perils in the heavens.
Although we’re used to a different kind of vibe suggested by plots involving humans interacting with ‘unwanted guests’ aboard their spacecrafts, Penna concocts a ferocious moral dilemma created by a formidable mixture of human folly and questionable conservation of resources.…...
- 4/22/2021
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
What’s the thing that a good movie director does? In a way, that’s a silly question, since good directors do a thousand things, and filmmakers are diverse creatures. But in an age of freeze-dried blockbuster storytelling, it’s important to remind yourself that a good director leads you through a story step by step, moment by moment, always creating an honest immersion out of human dynamics.
Joe Penna is that kind of director. He’s a natural; whatever “it” is, he’s got it. “Stowaway” is only his second feature, and like the first, “Arctic” (2018), which starred Mads Mikkelsen as an explorer stranded in the frozen wilderness, it’s a tale of survival in extreme circumstances. This one is an outer-space adventure, which these days makes you think that it must be a spectacle film. But
The movie opens in the capsule during liftoff, with Penna taking a page from “First Man,...
Joe Penna is that kind of director. He’s a natural; whatever “it” is, he’s got it. “Stowaway” is only his second feature, and like the first, “Arctic” (2018), which starred Mads Mikkelsen as an explorer stranded in the frozen wilderness, it’s a tale of survival in extreme circumstances. This one is an outer-space adventure, which these days makes you think that it must be a spectacle film. But
The movie opens in the capsule during liftoff, with Penna taking a page from “First Man,...
- 4/22/2021
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
It’s a wonder that anyone is still interested in becoming an astronaut after the procession of cinematic calamities that have befallen space travelers over the years. Netflix seems to be pursuing a specialty in the genre, with Stowaway arriving shortly on the heels of the apocalyptic George Clooney starrer The Midnight Sky. Joe Penna’s sophomore feature clearly owes a debt to 1969’s Marooned in its depiction of a small space crew dealing with a life-threatening crisis.
Stowaway is more confined and claustrophobic than most films of its type, set entirely aboard the confines of a spaceship and featuring but ...
Stowaway is more confined and claustrophobic than most films of its type, set entirely aboard the confines of a spaceship and featuring but ...
- 4/22/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It’s a wonder that anyone is still interested in becoming an astronaut after the procession of cinematic calamities that have befallen space travelers over the years. Netflix seems to be pursuing a specialty in the genre, with Stowaway arriving shortly on the heels of the apocalyptic George Clooney starrer The Midnight Sky. Joe Penna’s sophomore feature clearly owes a debt to 1969’s Marooned in its depiction of a small space crew dealing with a life-threatening crisis.
Stowaway is more confined and claustrophobic than most films of its type, set entirely aboard the confines of a spaceship and featuring but ...
Stowaway is more confined and claustrophobic than most films of its type, set entirely aboard the confines of a spaceship and featuring but ...
- 4/22/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Welcome to this week’s “Just for Variety“…
Chanel may not be throwing its annual pre-Oscar dinner with Charles Finch this week, but that doesn’t mean the legendary French fashion house won’t be celebrating the Academy Awards. I can exclusively reveal that about 150 VIPs will not only receive a Chanel gift box on April 24 filled with goodies to toast the Oscars, but the house will also make a donation to The Actors Fund to support the organization’s Covid relief efforts. The gift comes with a link to a video (watch it above) featuring images of past dinners and the starry guests, including Margot Robbie, Pharrell Williams, Carey Mulligan, Demi Moore, Cate Blanchett, Pedro Almodóvar, Chris Pine, Sienna Miller, Taylor Russell, Mick Jagger, Jessica Chastain, Tracee Ellis Ross, Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts, Robert De Niro, Robin Wright. Keira Knightley, Kaitlyn Dever, Jessica Biel, Sofia Coppola and Sofia Boutella,...
Chanel may not be throwing its annual pre-Oscar dinner with Charles Finch this week, but that doesn’t mean the legendary French fashion house won’t be celebrating the Academy Awards. I can exclusively reveal that about 150 VIPs will not only receive a Chanel gift box on April 24 filled with goodies to toast the Oscars, but the house will also make a donation to The Actors Fund to support the organization’s Covid relief efforts. The gift comes with a link to a video (watch it above) featuring images of past dinners and the starry guests, including Margot Robbie, Pharrell Williams, Carey Mulligan, Demi Moore, Cate Blanchett, Pedro Almodóvar, Chris Pine, Sienna Miller, Taylor Russell, Mick Jagger, Jessica Chastain, Tracee Ellis Ross, Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts, Robert De Niro, Robin Wright. Keira Knightley, Kaitlyn Dever, Jessica Biel, Sofia Coppola and Sofia Boutella,...
- 4/21/2021
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
The new science fiction thriller "Stowaway", directed by Joe Penna, stars Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim, Shamier Anderson and Toni Collette, streaming April 22, 2021 on Netflix:
"...the crew of a spaceship headed to Mars discovers an accidental stowaway shortly after takeoff.
"Too far from Earth to turn back and with resources quickly dwindling, the ship's medical researcher emerges as the only dissenting voice...
"...against the group consensus that has already decided in favor of a grim outcome..."
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"...the crew of a spaceship headed to Mars discovers an accidental stowaway shortly after takeoff.
"Too far from Earth to turn back and with resources quickly dwindling, the ship's medical researcher emerges as the only dissenting voice...
"...against the group consensus that has already decided in favor of a grim outcome..."
Click the images to enlarge...
- 4/21/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Stowaway Trailer — Joe Penna‘s Stowaway (2021) movie trailer has been released by Netflix. The Stowaway Trailer stars Shamier Anderson, Anna Kendrick, Toni Collette, and Daniel Dae Kim. Crew Joe Penna and Ryan Morrison wrote the screenplay for the film. Volker Bertelmann created the music for the film. Ryan Morrison conducted the film [...]
Continue reading: Stowaway Trailer: Anna Kendrick & Toni Collette Find a Stowaway onboard Their Ship Headed to Mars in Joe Penna’s 2021 Movie...
Continue reading: Stowaway Trailer: Anna Kendrick & Toni Collette Find a Stowaway onboard Their Ship Headed to Mars in Joe Penna’s 2021 Movie...
- 3/26/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Netflix has debuted a new trailer for the sci-fi thriller ‘Stowaway’ featuring Anna Kendrick and Toni Collette.
On a mission headed to Mars, an unintended stowaway accidentally causes severe damage to the spaceship’s life support systems. Facing dwindling resources and a potentially fatal outcome, the crew is forced to make an impossible decision.
Directed by Joe Penna, the film stars Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim, Shamier Anderson and Toni Collette.
Also in trailers – Racism isn’t the only terror to face in 50s’ America; trailer drops for Amazon Prime series ‘Them’
The film is released on the streamer April 22nd.
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On a mission headed to Mars, an unintended stowaway accidentally causes severe damage to the spaceship’s life support systems. Facing dwindling resources and a potentially fatal outcome, the crew is forced to make an impossible decision.
Directed by Joe Penna, the film stars Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim, Shamier Anderson and Toni Collette.
Also in trailers – Racism isn’t the only terror to face in 50s’ America; trailer drops for Amazon Prime series ‘Them’
The film is released on the streamer April 22nd.
The post Toni Collette & Anna Kendrick star in trailer for ‘Stowaway’ appeared first on HeyUGuys.
- 3/25/2021
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The new science fiction thriller "Stowaway", directed by Joe Penna, stars Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim, Shamier Anderson and Toni Collette, streaming April 22, 2021 on Netflix:
"...the crew of a spaceship headed to Mars discovers an accidental stowaway shortly after takeoff. Too far from Earth to turn back and with resources quickly dwindling, the ship's medical researcher emerges as the only dissenting voice against the group consensus that has already decided in favor of a grim outcome..."
Click the images to enlarge...
"...the crew of a spaceship headed to Mars discovers an accidental stowaway shortly after takeoff. Too far from Earth to turn back and with resources quickly dwindling, the ship's medical researcher emerges as the only dissenting voice against the group consensus that has already decided in favor of a grim outcome..."
Click the images to enlarge...
- 3/24/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Stowaway – Shamier Anderson as Michael Adams. Cr: © 2021, Stowaway Productions, LLC, Augenschein Filmproduktion GmbH, Rise Filmproduktion GmbH. All rights reserved.
Coming to Netflix on April 22 is director Joe Penna’s intriguing sci-fi film Stowaway.
On a mission headed to Mars, an unintended stowaway (Anderson) accidentally causes severe damage to the spaceship’s life support systems. Facing dwindling resources and a potentially grim outcome, a medical researcher (Kendrick) emerges as the only dissenting voice against the clinical logic of both her commander (Collette) and the ship’s biologist (Kim).
Catch a look at this first preview now.
Add it to your Netflix cue here: https://www.netflix.com/title/81321986
Stowaway stars Academy Award nominee Anna Kendrick, Academy Award nominee Toni Collette, Daniel Dae Kim, and Shamier Anderson.
Directed by Joe Penna and written by Joe Penna and Ryan Morrison, Stowaway is the second feature from Penna and Morrison, the duo behind the Cannes Official Selection Arctic.
Coming to Netflix on April 22 is director Joe Penna’s intriguing sci-fi film Stowaway.
On a mission headed to Mars, an unintended stowaway (Anderson) accidentally causes severe damage to the spaceship’s life support systems. Facing dwindling resources and a potentially grim outcome, a medical researcher (Kendrick) emerges as the only dissenting voice against the clinical logic of both her commander (Collette) and the ship’s biologist (Kim).
Catch a look at this first preview now.
Add it to your Netflix cue here: https://www.netflix.com/title/81321986
Stowaway stars Academy Award nominee Anna Kendrick, Academy Award nominee Toni Collette, Daniel Dae Kim, and Shamier Anderson.
Directed by Joe Penna and written by Joe Penna and Ryan Morrison, Stowaway is the second feature from Penna and Morrison, the duo behind the Cannes Official Selection Arctic.
- 3/24/2021
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
In the new sci-fi drama “Stowaway,” Toni Colette commands a small crew of four people leading a two-year mission to Mars in hopes of one day colonizing the planet. The only problem is, she knows only three of the four will be able to survive.
“Stowaway” launches on Netflix next month, and it’s the story of an unintended stowaway who finds himself aboard a shuttle to Mars, stuck away from his family for two years. But when he accidentally causes severe damage to the ship’s life support systems, the crew realizes they only have enough oxygen for three people to survive, leading the crew to make the tough choice of turning back and sacrificing their goal or putting someone’s life in danger.
“For their sanity, they need to try this,” Collette says in the trailer. “It’s imperative that we try.”
Starring alongside Collette are Anna Kendrick,...
“Stowaway” launches on Netflix next month, and it’s the story of an unintended stowaway who finds himself aboard a shuttle to Mars, stuck away from his family for two years. But when he accidentally causes severe damage to the ship’s life support systems, the crew realizes they only have enough oxygen for three people to survive, leading the crew to make the tough choice of turning back and sacrificing their goal or putting someone’s life in danger.
“For their sanity, they need to try this,” Collette says in the trailer. “It’s imperative that we try.”
Starring alongside Collette are Anna Kendrick,...
- 3/24/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Netflix’s exploration of space continues after “The Cloverfield Paradox,” “Away,” and “The Midnight Sky” with the upcoming thriller “Stowaway,” starring Anna Kendrick, Toni Collette, Daniel Dae Kim, and Shamier Anderson. The movie comes from writer-director Joe Penna, who proved his thriller bonafides with his Mads Mikkelsen-starring wilderness movie “Arctic.” “Stowaway” stars the four-person ensemble as astronauts aboard a spaceship to Mars. The one problem is that there’s only enough oxygen on the ship for three people.
Netflix’s official synopsis for “Stowaway” reads: “On a mission headed to Mars, an unintended stowaway accidentally causes severe damage to the spaceship’s life support systems. Facing dwindling resources and a potentially fatal outcome, the crew is forced to make an impossible decision.”
“I had never really read anything like it,” Collette recently told Entertainment Weekly about her decision to join the Netflix project (it’s her third high profile...
Netflix’s official synopsis for “Stowaway” reads: “On a mission headed to Mars, an unintended stowaway accidentally causes severe damage to the spaceship’s life support systems. Facing dwindling resources and a potentially fatal outcome, the crew is forced to make an impossible decision.”
“I had never really read anything like it,” Collette recently told Entertainment Weekly about her decision to join the Netflix project (it’s her third high profile...
- 3/24/2021
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Netflix greeted us with first-look images from their upcoming film Stowaway just two days ago and now the streamer has unveiled the first trailer for their mission to Mars sci-fi thriller. Stowaway is written by Joe Penna and Ryan Morrison with Penna also serving as director. Onboard for this mission in outer space is Anna Kendrick, Toni Collette, Daniel Dae Kim, and Shamier Anderson.…...
- 3/24/2021
- by Gaius Bolling
- JoBlo.com
“There’s no way for all of us to survive.” Joe Penna, director of the Mads Mikkelsen-starring Arctic, is next headed to outer space for the sci-fi thriller Stowaway, which has an impressive cast including Toni Collette (Hereditary) and Anna Kendrick (A Simple Favor), alongside Daniel Dae Kim (Hellboy) and Shamier Anderson (“Wynonna Earp”). Today, Netflix has debuted the official trailer. Find it […]...
- 3/24/2021
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Youtube musician-turned-director Joe Penna took the Cannes Film Festival by storm back in 2018 with his feature-length debut, “Arctic.” In that film, Mads Mikkelsen plays a pilot stranded in the arctic circle who embarks on a perilous rescue mission after a helicopter crash leaves an injured woman in his care. It’s a white-knuckle film despite its modest budget and barebones cast. And despite the expansive polar landscape, it’s also tense and claustrophobic and taps into the primal themes of survival at the brink of death.
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Penna looks up to something similar in his next film, “Stowaway.” Instead of the far north’s barren chill, this time, Penna plunges his small cast into another vast and desolate landscape: outer space.
Continue reading ‘Stowaway’ Trailer: Anna Kendrick & Toni Collette Experience A Space Mission Gone Wrong In New Thriller at The Playlist.
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Penna looks up to something similar in his next film, “Stowaway.” Instead of the far north’s barren chill, this time, Penna plunges his small cast into another vast and desolate landscape: outer space.
Continue reading ‘Stowaway’ Trailer: Anna Kendrick & Toni Collette Experience A Space Mission Gone Wrong In New Thriller at The Playlist.
- 3/24/2021
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
"There is no way for all of us to survive..." Netflix has revealed the official trailer for a sci-fi thriller titled Stowaway, an intriguing concept similar to Gravity or Europa Report or Ad Astra. The latest film from Arctic director Joe Penna. On a mission to Mars, an unintended stowaway accidentally causes damage to the spaceship's life support systems. Facing dwindling resources and a potentially fatal outcome, the crew is forced to make an impossible decision. The cast includes Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim, Shamier Anderson, and Toni Collette. This looks gorgeous!! Not only are all the spaceship shots stunning, buut even the cscore in this trailer is ravishing. I love space travel sci-fi like this!! Bring it on. And as a big fan of Arctic, I've got a good feeling Penna has been cookin' up something very tasty to enjoy on Netflix this spring. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Joe Penna's Stowaway,...
- 3/24/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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