Ava DuVernay’s latest Netflix project will examine the life and career of civil rights activist and former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick via “Colin in Black & White,” which is slated to premiere October 29 on Netflix. Netflix unveiled the trailer for the six-episode limited series on Tuesday, October 11. Watch the first full trailer below.
Per Netflix, the limited series “chronicles Kaepernick’s coming of age story, tackling the obstacles of race, class, and culture as the Black adopted child of a white family. ‘Colin in Black & White’ stars Jaden Michael as Young Colin before reaching the highest levels of American football as an NFL quarterback and becoming a cultural icon and activist; Nick Offerman and Mary-Louise Parker as his well-meaning parents Rick and Teresa; and Colin Kaepernick himself, who appears as the present-day narrator of his own story, guiding viewers through a robust and colorfully presented array of historical and contemporary contextual moments.
Per Netflix, the limited series “chronicles Kaepernick’s coming of age story, tackling the obstacles of race, class, and culture as the Black adopted child of a white family. ‘Colin in Black & White’ stars Jaden Michael as Young Colin before reaching the highest levels of American football as an NFL quarterback and becoming a cultural icon and activist; Nick Offerman and Mary-Louise Parker as his well-meaning parents Rick and Teresa; and Colin Kaepernick himself, who appears as the present-day narrator of his own story, guiding viewers through a robust and colorfully presented array of historical and contemporary contextual moments.
- 10/12/2021
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
Netflix has released a new first-look clip of “Colin in Black and White,” which tells the story of former NFL player Colin Kaepernick during his high school years growing up in central California.
The clip was released as part of the Netflix Tudum fan event. Kaepernick explained during his introduction of the clip that the six-part narrative drama produced with Ava DuVernay focuses on his high school years growing up in Turlock, Calif., a mid-sized city 60 miles east of San Jose, as the Black adopted son of white parents in a largely white community. As depicted in the clip, in high school Kaepernick set his sights set on becoming a professional baseball player.
The half-hour series is set to debut on Netflix on Oct. 29. Jaden Michael will star as a young Kaepernick, with the real Kaepernick appearing throughout as the narrator.
“The series explores the racism I faced from the...
The clip was released as part of the Netflix Tudum fan event. Kaepernick explained during his introduction of the clip that the six-part narrative drama produced with Ava DuVernay focuses on his high school years growing up in Turlock, Calif., a mid-sized city 60 miles east of San Jose, as the Black adopted son of white parents in a largely white community. As depicted in the clip, in high school Kaepernick set his sights set on becoming a professional baseball player.
The half-hour series is set to debut on Netflix on Oct. 29. Jaden Michael will star as a young Kaepernick, with the real Kaepernick appearing throughout as the narrator.
“The series explores the racism I faced from the...
- 9/25/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix announced that the third and final season of “Narcos: Mexico” will premiere on Nov. 5 and released some first looks at the episodes.
This third and final season follows the war that breaks out after Felix’s arrest and the new Mexican kingpins who emerge as newly independent cartels navigate political turmoil and escalating violence.
Returning series regulars include Scoot McNairy, José María Yázpik, Alfonso Dosal, Mayra Hermosillo, Matt Letscher, Manuel Masalva, Alejandro Edda and Gorka Lasaosa. New cast members include Luis Gerardo Méndez, Alberto Guerra and Luisa Rubino, with guest star Bad Bunny aka Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio.
Executive producers on the series are Sidonie Dumas; Christophe Riandee; Nicolas Atlan; José Padilha; Doug Miro; Andrés Baiz, who also directs; Eric Newman and showrunner Carlo Bernard. Other directors are Alejandra Márquez Abella, Luis Ortega, Amat Escalante and Wagner Moura direct. Gaumont serves as the production company.
Watch a teaser and...
This third and final season follows the war that breaks out after Felix’s arrest and the new Mexican kingpins who emerge as newly independent cartels navigate political turmoil and escalating violence.
Returning series regulars include Scoot McNairy, José María Yázpik, Alfonso Dosal, Mayra Hermosillo, Matt Letscher, Manuel Masalva, Alejandro Edda and Gorka Lasaosa. New cast members include Luis Gerardo Méndez, Alberto Guerra and Luisa Rubino, with guest star Bad Bunny aka Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio.
Executive producers on the series are Sidonie Dumas; Christophe Riandee; Nicolas Atlan; José Padilha; Doug Miro; Andrés Baiz, who also directs; Eric Newman and showrunner Carlo Bernard. Other directors are Alejandra Márquez Abella, Luis Ortega, Amat Escalante and Wagner Moura direct. Gaumont serves as the production company.
Watch a teaser and...
- 9/13/2021
- by Ethan Shanfeld and Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix said Thursday that its limited series Colin in Black & White, created by Ava DuVernay and Colin Kaepernick, will premiere on October 29.
The six-episode scripted drama chronicles Kaepernick’s coming-of-age tackling the obstacles of race, class and culture as the Black adopted child of a white family in Central California. Kaepernick narrates the tale as high school Colin (Jaden Michael) faces adversity on his way to becoming an All-Pro quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers and later a cultural icon and activist.
Nick Offerman and Mary-Louise Parker play Colin’s parents Rick and Teresa, while Kaepernick’s voice guides viewers through historical and contemporary contextual moments.
Kaepernick has been out of the NFL since 2016 after becoming the first to kneel during the national anthem as a protest against police violence. His actions spurred a national conversation about race and justice.
“I’m excited to share this first peek into...
The six-episode scripted drama chronicles Kaepernick’s coming-of-age tackling the obstacles of race, class and culture as the Black adopted child of a white family in Central California. Kaepernick narrates the tale as high school Colin (Jaden Michael) faces adversity on his way to becoming an All-Pro quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers and later a cultural icon and activist.
Nick Offerman and Mary-Louise Parker play Colin’s parents Rick and Teresa, while Kaepernick’s voice guides viewers through historical and contemporary contextual moments.
Kaepernick has been out of the NFL since 2016 after becoming the first to kneel during the national anthem as a protest against police violence. His actions spurred a national conversation about race and justice.
“I’m excited to share this first peek into...
- 8/12/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix debuted a first look at its upcoming scripted series based on the life of former NFL quarterback-turned social activist Colin Kaepernick on Thursday. The streaming service also revealed when the show, titled “Colin in Black & White,” will premiere.
Co-created by Kaepernick and Ava DuVernay, “Colin in Black & White” is described as “a bold new limited series that chronicles Kaepernick’s coming of age story, tackling the obstacles of race, class and culture as the Black adopted child of a white family.”
The six-episode, half-hour series, which premieres Oct. 29 on Netflix, also features the real Colin Kaepernick, who played for the San Francisco 49ers for six seasons, himself as narrator.
“Colin in Black & White” stars Jaden Michael as Young Colin “before reaching the highest levels of American football as an NFL quarterback and becoming a cultural icon and activist,” as well as Nick Offerman and Mary-Louise Parker,...
Co-created by Kaepernick and Ava DuVernay, “Colin in Black & White” is described as “a bold new limited series that chronicles Kaepernick’s coming of age story, tackling the obstacles of race, class and culture as the Black adopted child of a white family.”
The six-episode, half-hour series, which premieres Oct. 29 on Netflix, also features the real Colin Kaepernick, who played for the San Francisco 49ers for six seasons, himself as narrator.
“Colin in Black & White” stars Jaden Michael as Young Colin “before reaching the highest levels of American football as an NFL quarterback and becoming a cultural icon and activist,” as well as Nick Offerman and Mary-Louise Parker,...
- 8/12/2021
- by Jennifer Maas and Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
“Colin in Black & White,” Netflix’s upcoming series chronicling the coming-of-age story of football player and activist Colin Kaepernick, is set to premiere Oct. 29. The streamer also released several first-look images from the six-episode limited series co-created by Kaepernick and “13th” filmmaker Ava DuVernay,
Starring Jaden Michael as young Kaepernick, the show tells the story of the athlete’s formative years, focusing on how he navigated obstacles of race, culture and class as a Black child adopted into a white family. Nick Offerman and Mary-Louise Parker play Kaepernick’s adoptive parents, Rick and Teresa Kaepernick.
As one of the first look images shows, Kaepernick will also appear on-screen in the series, in addition to serving as the present-day narrator, guiding viewers through his childhood while providing historical and contemporary context.
“I’m excited to share this first peek into a project I co-created with the incomparable Ava DuVernay over the past couple of years,...
Starring Jaden Michael as young Kaepernick, the show tells the story of the athlete’s formative years, focusing on how he navigated obstacles of race, culture and class as a Black child adopted into a white family. Nick Offerman and Mary-Louise Parker play Kaepernick’s adoptive parents, Rick and Teresa Kaepernick.
As one of the first look images shows, Kaepernick will also appear on-screen in the series, in addition to serving as the present-day narrator, guiding viewers through his childhood while providing historical and contemporary context.
“I’m excited to share this first peek into a project I co-created with the incomparable Ava DuVernay over the past couple of years,...
- 8/12/2021
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
OWN announced Richard Roundtree and Terri J. Vaughn have joined the second season of romantic anthology drama, “Cherish The Day.”
Roundtree and Vaughn will be joining the cast in recurring roles. Roundtree is set to occur as Mandeville “Mv” St. James, a proud, loving, wry-humored former judge and widowed father of Sunday, played by Joy Bryant. Vaughn will recur as Anastasia, Ellis’ (Henry Simmons) soon-to-be ex-wife and the mother of their children.
“Cherish The Day” is an anthology series that chronicles the relationship of one couple, with each episode spanning a single day.
The first season of “Cherish The Day” starred Xosha Roquemmore, Alano Miller and Cicely Tyson, and debuted in Feb. 2020. During its seven-week first season, the series ranked No. 1 in its time period across all cable networks with Black women, households and total viewers.
While being led by Ava DuVernay, “Cherish The Day” achieved full gender parity with...
Roundtree and Vaughn will be joining the cast in recurring roles. Roundtree is set to occur as Mandeville “Mv” St. James, a proud, loving, wry-humored former judge and widowed father of Sunday, played by Joy Bryant. Vaughn will recur as Anastasia, Ellis’ (Henry Simmons) soon-to-be ex-wife and the mother of their children.
“Cherish The Day” is an anthology series that chronicles the relationship of one couple, with each episode spanning a single day.
The first season of “Cherish The Day” starred Xosha Roquemmore, Alano Miller and Cicely Tyson, and debuted in Feb. 2020. During its seven-week first season, the series ranked No. 1 in its time period across all cable networks with Black women, households and total viewers.
While being led by Ava DuVernay, “Cherish The Day” achieved full gender parity with...
- 8/5/2021
- by Jennifer Yuma
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Richard Roundtree (Family Reunion) and Terri J. Vaughn (The Steve Harvey Show) have been tapped for recurring roles opposite Henry Simmons and Joy Bryant in season 2 of OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network’s and Ava DuVernay’s anthology drama series Cherish the Day. Additionally, Angel Kristi Williams (Really Love), Sheldon Candis (Baltimore Boys) and Merawi Gerima (Residue) will direct episodes this season.
Cherish the Day, from DuVernay, Array Filmworks and Warner Bros. Television, is an anthology series that chronicles the relationship of one couple, with each episode spanning a single day. In season two, the rekindling of a romance is told — the love story of Ellis Moran (Simmons) and Sunday St. James (Bryant), who fell in love in high school but find themselves reunited in beautiful New Orleans. Ellis is a former basketball player who is now a single father of two, and Sunday is a vegetarian celebrity chef on the cusp of fame.
Cherish the Day, from DuVernay, Array Filmworks and Warner Bros. Television, is an anthology series that chronicles the relationship of one couple, with each episode spanning a single day. In season two, the rekindling of a romance is told — the love story of Ellis Moran (Simmons) and Sunday St. James (Bryant), who fell in love in high school but find themselves reunited in beautiful New Orleans. Ellis is a former basketball player who is now a single father of two, and Sunday is a vegetarian celebrity chef on the cusp of fame.
- 8/5/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Charles Barkley is out to conquer a new arena. The NBA Hall of Famer is exec producing his first scripted series, “The Line,” based on a bestselling exposé of the gambling scandal that nearly destroyed college basketball.
Rtg Features, the new sister studio to basketball media outfit Slam, is producing the multi-episode one-hour historical drama, partnering with exec producers Barkley and the company he co-founded, Round Mound Media. The show is adapted from Charley Rosen’s 1999 bestseller “Scandals of ’51,” which documents the explosive real-life crime saga that rocked the nation after World War II. Rtg is unveiling the project for buyers at AFM.
“I’m a big fan of Charley Rosen’s books, but ‘Scandals of ’51’ is especially timely to turn into a television series,” Barkley said. “It’s impossible to understand the present without knowing the past, and stories like this one — about cheating, racism and how easily amateur...
Rtg Features, the new sister studio to basketball media outfit Slam, is producing the multi-episode one-hour historical drama, partnering with exec producers Barkley and the company he co-founded, Round Mound Media. The show is adapted from Charley Rosen’s 1999 bestseller “Scandals of ’51,” which documents the explosive real-life crime saga that rocked the nation after World War II. Rtg is unveiling the project for buyers at AFM.
“I’m a big fan of Charley Rosen’s books, but ‘Scandals of ’51’ is especially timely to turn into a television series,” Barkley said. “It’s impossible to understand the present without knowing the past, and stories like this one — about cheating, racism and how easily amateur...
- 11/6/2020
- by Gregg Goldstein
- Variety Film + TV
Idris Elba, Rosario Dawson and Thomas Middleditch have teamed up for a project. However, slightly unusually, it’s a story for a basketball video game rather than a feature film.
The Luther star, Luke Cage star and Silicon Valley star appear in the When The Lights Are Brightest trailer, which was directed by Sheldon Candis (Baltimore Boys) and produced by SpringHill Entertainment, which was set up by James and Maverick Carter.
The trailer dropped during Microsoft’s Inside Xbox show at Gamescon in Cologne, Germany.
Elba plays a coach, Dawson stars as a player adviser and Middleditch as an agent. Other faces in the trailer include Mark Cuban, Ernie Hudson, Lamorne Morris and Scottie Pippen. James and Carter also appear in the trailer, having worked alongside NBA 2K20 developer Visual Concepts on the MyCareer mode in the game, which launches in September.
Exec produced by James and Carter, it is...
The Luther star, Luke Cage star and Silicon Valley star appear in the When The Lights Are Brightest trailer, which was directed by Sheldon Candis (Baltimore Boys) and produced by SpringHill Entertainment, which was set up by James and Maverick Carter.
The trailer dropped during Microsoft’s Inside Xbox show at Gamescon in Cologne, Germany.
Elba plays a coach, Dawson stars as a player adviser and Middleditch as an agent. Other faces in the trailer include Mark Cuban, Ernie Hudson, Lamorne Morris and Scottie Pippen. James and Carter also appear in the trailer, having worked alongside NBA 2K20 developer Visual Concepts on the MyCareer mode in the game, which launches in September.
Exec produced by James and Carter, it is...
- 8/20/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Check out the below new, timely short film from writer/director Sheldon Candis (“Luv”), presented by the Sundance Now Doc Club, which examines America’s love affair and easy accessibility to guns. The piece, titled “Who Will Survive America,” is part of… Continue Reading →...
- 7/25/2016
- by Tambay Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Released digitally today and on CD August 14, the original soundtrack for Sundance 2012 drama "Luv" features 18 original tracks from Portuguese composer Nuno Malo. Recorded with the Budapest Symphony in Hungary, the score tracks "a cinematic emotional journey for a boy and his conflicted Uncle. The nostaglia of Icelandic band Sigur Ros and the unsettling bass beats of Baltimore's BlaqStarr are the textures of the movie I wanted audiences to feel," says director Sheldon Candis. The soundtrack can be found on iTunes here and Amazon here. In celebration of its release, the film has released two new limited edition art prints, which fans can tweet...
- 5/26/2015
- by Jai Tiggett
- ShadowAndAct
Disney Channel is developing an original movie based on the life of 13-year-old baseball player Mo’Ne Davis, who made history in 2014 by becoming the first female to pitch a shutout in the Little League World Series. “Throw Like Mo,” written by Sheldon Candis and Justin Wilson (“Luv,” “A Slave in the White House”), will be executive produced by Debra Martin Chase (“The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,” Disney Channel’s “The Cheetah Girls” series). Davis and the female-centric Espnw will consult on the film. “There are so many great things happening to me right now, and it’s a very exciting time.
- 3/19/2015
- by L.A. Ross
- The Wrap
What do feature directors do in between films? There are lots of answers of course, but one of them is commercial work. Like Spike Lee's short film on Mo'ne Davis for Chevrolet or Ava DuVernay's piece for Fashion Fair, another director has stepped into the commercial world, this time with lauded ballerina Misty Copeland. Sheldon Candis, who directed the 2012 Sundance film "Luv," has directed a web series with Copeland for Under Armour Women called "I Will What I Want." In it, she describes her inspiration and the challenges as the first black woman in two decades to be a soloist at the American Ballet Theatre. This is the latest in a growing group of...
- 11/24/2014
- by Jai Tiggett
- ShadowAndAct
Maybe not since the early to mid-1990s, when Hanging With Mr Cooper, Sister, Sister, and Family Matters were all on air on ABC, have we seen this many shows centered around the lives of black characters on the network, at the same time. And let's not forget those that have yet to be ordered to series (but just might, as mid-season replacements), including projects from Keenen Ivory Wayans, Kevin Hart, Sheldon Candis and rapper/actor Eve. ABC is proving to be competition for the likes of Bet (as it revamps its lineup with more scripted original material), TV One and other black TV networks. Here's your first look at footage from one of...
- 5/13/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Last night, the Hollywood Black Collaborative (Hbc) hosted an informative panel discussion on the distribution methods of black independent films. Moderated by SAGIndie National Director Darrien Michelle Gipson, the panel included filmmakers Charles Murray (Things Never Said), Matthew Cherry (The Last Fall), Marta Cunningham (Valentine Road), Sheldon Candis (Luv), and Effie T. Brown, who produced the recent Sundance hit Dear White People. Panelists discussed the various funding models for their films, highlighting the roles of personal investment and working with investors and influencers. They also shared the importance of staying active and involved when working with a...
- 2/20/2014
- by Nijla Mumin
- ShadowAndAct
Maybe not since the early to mid-1990s, when Hanging With Mr Cooper, Sister, Sister, and Family Matters were all on air on ABC, have we seen this many shows centered around the lives of black characters on the network, at the same time (although they haven't all yet made it onto ABC's lineup, so everything I just said is moot). Earlier this week, rapper/actor Eve joined a *family* over at ABC that includes Shonda Rhimes, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Kevin Hart, Kenya Barris and Sheldon Candis - each either already has a show - or shows - on the network's lineup, or has a show - or shows - in development at the...
- 1/17/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Rapper/actor Eve will be joining Shonda Rhimes, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Kevin Hart, Kenya Barris and Sheldon Candis over at ABC (each of them either already has a show - or shows - on the network's lineup, or has a show - or shows - in development at the network). ABC has partnered up with Eve on what is said to be a semi-autobiographical comedy, currently untitled, which would see Eve both executive produce and star. Aaron Kaplan's Kaplan Entertainment will produce, with a likely 2015 season debut for the potential series, which will focus on interracial relationships (Eve is is engaged to British fashion designer Maximillion Cooper in real life, who is...
- 1/15/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
With Shonda Rhimes already an established brand at the network (2 successful shows on the air, and at least 3 or 4 more greenlit), and with Kevin Hart very recently selling an untitled divorce comedy based on his stand-up routine, and maybe I should throw in the recently greenlit A Slave In The White House series with Luv director Sheldon Candis adapting, is ABC becoming friendlier to so-called 'black-themed' content from black content creators? Might this be due, in part, to the success of Scandal? Maybe not since the early to mid-1990s, when Hanging With Mr Cooper, Sister, Sister, and Family Matters were all on air on ABC, have we seen this many shows...
- 10/9/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
As “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” continues its sleeper hit success, ABC has decided (per Deadline) to produce a limited series focused on a different White House servant, Paul Jennings. Adapted from Elizabeth Dowling Taylor’s “A Slave in the White House,” the show would focus on Jennings, a Virginia-born slave, as he simultaneously acts as President James Madison’s personal valet and as an anti-slavery activist. The show will be written and co-executive produced by “Luv” filmmakers Sheldon Candis and Justin Wilson, with Candis also handling directorial duties as he did on their first film. For now, the show’s only eyed as a 12-hour limited series though, as “Under the Dome” showed, the life of the show can always be extended in the event of runaway success. Fans of fat men falling down, rejoice! Variety is reporting that Kevin James has worked out a deal with Lionsgate to return...
- 10/3/2013
- by Cain Rodriguez
- The Playlist
Hollywood just loves making shows and movies about black servants and their white, Presidential bosses. Following the Oprahfied success of Lee Daniels' The Butler, ABC is developing a 12-hour miniseries about Paul Jennings, the Virginia-born slave who lived and worked with President James Madison. A Slave In The White House comes from filmmakers Sheldon Candis and Justin Wilson and is based on Elizabeth Dowling Taylor’s bestselling book of the same name. Both book and series chronicle Jennings’ relationship with the Madison family and his struggle to purchase his own family’s freedom. Jennings worked as a valet for Madison ...
- 10/2/2013
- avclub.com
ABC is developing a limited series based on Elizabeth Dowling Taylor's book A Slave in the White House, the true story of Paul Jennings, a slave who worked for President James Madison as a child and eventually bought his own emancipation from Daniel Webser. Jennings wrote the first White House memoir, A Colored Man's Reminiscences of James Madison, published in 1865, and lived to see his sons fight for the Union. According to Deadline, the twelve-hour miniseries will be written and co-executive produced by Sheldon Candis and Justin Wilson, the duo behind the 2012 Sundance drama Luv. Sounds educational!
- 10/2/2013
- by Margaret Lyons
- Vulture
Exclusive: Following the success of Lee Daniels’ The Butler, ABC has put in development a limited series about another famous black White House servant. A Slave In The White House, from filmmakers Sheldon Candis and Justin Wilson (Luv) and Deborah Spera and Maria Grasso’s One-Two Punch Prods, is a 12-hour limited series based on the true story of Paul Jennings, a Virginia-born slave who served as personal valet to President James Madison while at the same working behind the scenes as a subversive anti-slavery activist. Based on Elizabeth Dowling Taylor’s bestselling book, A Slave In The White House chronicles Jennings’ relationship with the Madison family, becoming the President’s surrogate son, and his journey to procure his own family’s freedom. Jennings spent his entire life in and around the White House from age 10 and, after buying his freedom at age 46, wrote the first White House memoir, A...
- 10/1/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
2012 Sundance festival drama Luv follows 11-year-old Woody (Michael Rainey Jr.) as he spends a day with his troubled ex-convict Uncle Vincent (Common). As the film is set to make its world television broadcast premiere on Bet tonight, August 7th at 9Pm Et/Pt with limited commercial interruption, director Sheldon Candis previously spoke with S&A about the process behind the film. S&A: Tell me about the inspiration for Luv - where the story came from, how the project started. Sc: Luv is a fictional story inspired by a true relationship that I had with one of my uncles when I was growing up in Baltimore. He was my hero. I was probably 9...
- 8/7/2013
- by Jai Tiggett
- ShadowAndAct
On the heels of the successful debut of Bet Premiere Cinema's original movie, Being Mary Jane, the Network will air the world television broadcast premiere of Sheldon Candis' Luv, which stars Common, and introducing Michael Rainey Jr. Exclusively sponsored by the 2013 Toyota Avalon, Luv debuts on Bet tonight, August 7th at 9Pm Et/Pt with limited commercial interruption. Candis' feature film debut, which made its debut at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in the dramatic competition section, was acquired by Indomina Entertainment, and saw a limited theatrically in the USA earlier this year. The film's official...
- 8/7/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Sure, Sunday tends to be overcrowded with high-end TV, including "True Blood," "The Newsroom," "Low Winter Sun," "Dexter," "Ray Donovan" and more, but what to watch the rest of the time? Every Monday, we bring you five noteworthy highlights from the other six days of the week. "Nine for IX": "The Diplomat" Tuesday, August 6 at 8pm on Espn Both Espn and NBC have Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan documentaries in the works, but before we relive that drama, Jennifer Arnold and Senain Kheshgi direct this doc about another figure skater from slightly before their era -- East Germany's Katarina Witt, "the most beautiful face of socialism," whose fame and success in the sport also earned her constant surveillance from the Stasi. "Luv": Broadcast Premiere Wednesday, August 7 at 9pm on Bet Sheldon Candis' indie film, which premiered at Sundance last year, makes its world premiere on Bet after...
- 8/5/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
On the heels of the successful debut of Bet Premiere Cinema's original movie, Being Mary Jane, the Network has announced the world television broadcast premiere of Sheldon Candis' Luv, which stars Common and introducing Michael Rainey Jr. Exclusively sponsored by the 2013 Toyota Avalon, Luv debuts on Bet on August 7th at 9Pm Et/Pt with limited commercial interruption. Candis' feature film debut, which made its debut at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in the dramatic competition section, was acquired by Indomina Entertainment, and saw a limited theatrically in the USA earlier this year. The film's official...
- 7/29/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
As usual... These aren't necessarily recommendations; consider it more of an Fyi - films we've talked about recently that are streaming on Netflix, that you might want to check out for yourselves. As with last week's list, the films on this week's list were all released in the last year, and only recently became available on Netflix to stream. So you're getting newer titles here. But without further ado, here's this week's list of 5: 1 - Sheldon Candis' feature film debut, Luv, which made its debut at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in the dramatic competition section, stars Common and Michael Rainey Jr. Indomina Entertainment acquired...
- 5/7/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Sheldon Candis' feature film debut, Luv, which made its debut at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in the dramatic competition section, stars Common and Michael Rainey Jr. Indomina Entertainment acquired the film after its Sundance premiere, and opened it in a limited theatrically in the USA on January 18th, 2013. It was also picked up by Bet for its eventual TV debut. The film's official synopsis reads: An orphaned 11-year-old boy is forced to face the unpleasant truth about his beloved uncle during one harrowing day in the streets of Baltimore. Dennis Haysbert, Danny Glover, Michael K. Williams, Meagan Good and Charles S....
- 4/2/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
This week: The long-delayed "Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One — Avengers Assembled" box set with "Marvel's The Avengers," "Thor," "Captain America: The First Avenger," "Iron Man," "Iron Man 2" and "The Incredible Hulk" plus geek-worthy collectibles is finally here.
Also new this week is the urban coming-of-age drama "Luv," the bath-salts crazy "John Dies at the End" and the horror-comedy "Stitches" featuring a killer clown.
'Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One — Avengers Assembled'
Box Office: $1.75 billion (six movies)
Rotten Tomatoes: N/A
Storyline: This limited edition 10-disc, 6-movie set has both Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D copies of "Marvel's The Avengers," "Thor" and "Captain America: The First Avenger." Also included on Blu-ray only are "Iron Man," "Iron Man 2" and "The Incredible Hulk" encased in a handsome metallic-looking case with collectibles and a bonus disc.
Extras! The movies come packaged with prop reproductions and artifacts from the films, including a glowing Tesseract of your very own.
Also new this week is the urban coming-of-age drama "Luv," the bath-salts crazy "John Dies at the End" and the horror-comedy "Stitches" featuring a killer clown.
'Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One — Avengers Assembled'
Box Office: $1.75 billion (six movies)
Rotten Tomatoes: N/A
Storyline: This limited edition 10-disc, 6-movie set has both Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D copies of "Marvel's The Avengers," "Thor" and "Captain America: The First Avenger." Also included on Blu-ray only are "Iron Man," "Iron Man 2" and "The Incredible Hulk" encased in a handsome metallic-looking case with collectibles and a bonus disc.
Extras! The movies come packaged with prop reproductions and artifacts from the films, including a glowing Tesseract of your very own.
- 4/1/2013
- by Robert DeSalvo
- NextMovie
The coming-of-age film “Luv,” starring Common, Danny Glover, Dennis Haysbert, Meagan Good, Charles S. Dutton and newcomer Michael Rainey, Jr., will be out on DVD, VOD and digital release April 2, thanks to Indomina Releasing. The film, directed by Sheldon Candis, was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and won the title of Best Independent Feature at the 2013 Black Reel Awards. The special features that you’ll be able to get on the Blu-ray include deleted scenes, director and writer commentaries, behind-the-scenes featurette “The Making of Luv” and “See Luv,” Common and Rainey’s opinions on the film. ShockYa is proud to hold a giveaway, [ Read More ]
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- 3/21/2013
- by monique
- ShockYa
DVD, VOD and Digital Release Date: April 2, 2013
Price: DVD $19.97
Studio: Indomina/Vivendi
Common (r.) gives his nephew some life lessons in Luv.
Common (The Odd Life of Timothy Green), Danny Glover (Death at a Funeral) and Meagan Good (Think Like a Man) star in the 2012 coming-of-age drama Luv.
In the film, Woody (Michael Rainey Jr.) lives with his grandmother (Lonette McKee, The Cotton Club) and longs for his family to be reunited. His charismatic Uncle Vincent (Common) has just returned home after eight years in prison, determined to straighten out his life. One morning, instead of dropping Woody off at school, Vincent decides to give the boy a tutorial on how a man gets things done. Woody jumps at the chance to join his father figure for the day. Their time together changes from optimistic to desperate as Vincent’s plan to open a restaurant is crushed and his past...
Price: DVD $19.97
Studio: Indomina/Vivendi
Common (r.) gives his nephew some life lessons in Luv.
Common (The Odd Life of Timothy Green), Danny Glover (Death at a Funeral) and Meagan Good (Think Like a Man) star in the 2012 coming-of-age drama Luv.
In the film, Woody (Michael Rainey Jr.) lives with his grandmother (Lonette McKee, The Cotton Club) and longs for his family to be reunited. His charismatic Uncle Vincent (Common) has just returned home after eight years in prison, determined to straighten out his life. One morning, instead of dropping Woody off at school, Vincent decides to give the boy a tutorial on how a man gets things done. Woody jumps at the chance to join his father figure for the day. Their time together changes from optimistic to desperate as Vincent’s plan to open a restaurant is crushed and his past...
- 3/21/2013
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Dennis Haysbert has booked a co-starring role in the CBS drama pilot Backstrom, from writer Hart Hanson, based on the Swedish book series that centers on Everett Backstrom, an overweight, hot-tempered detective who tries, and fails, to change his self-destructive behavior. Haysbert will play John Almond, a detective working with Backstrom. Haysbert, most recently seen on the big screen in Sheldon Candis' Luv, will next appear in a thriller titled Wards Island, alongside Ernie Hudson and Bill Duke, which centers on a viral outbreak in New York City that turns the infected into werewolves; and also he's replaced the late Michael Clarke Duncan in the follow-up film to the...
- 3/4/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Film Independent has selected eight filmmakers for its 12th annual Directing Labs, which will give the group of directors access to digital cameras and other production resources to pursue their latest projects. Mentors will also help the filmmakers with script feedback, editing and other tools for their films. This year's mentors include James Ponsoldt, director of 2013 Sundance hit "The Spectacular Now" and Angela Robinson, writer and director for TV shows such as 'The L Word." Past lab participants include Sheldon Candis for "Luv," which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival,...
- 2/4/2013
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
Film Independent has announced the filmmakers and projects selected for its 12th annual Directing Lab, an intensive program that helps directors develop new feature films and improve their craft. Among this year's Lab Mentors are Karen Moncreiff ("The Trials of Cate McCall," "The Dead Girl"), James Ponsoldt ("The Spectacular Now," "Smashed") and Angela Robinson ("True Blood," "The L Word"). In the Directing Lab filmmakers gain access to a wide variety of production resources, receive script feedback, are able to cast actors to workshop scenes, and collaborate with cinematographers. After completion of the program the accepted directors become Film Independent Fellows and receive year-round support. Among the recent projects created through the Directing Lab are Sheldon Candis' "Luv", which premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and Robbie Pickering's "Natural Selection,"...
- 2/4/2013
- by Erin Whitney
- Indiewire
As an actor, Common the rapper has showed up in Terminator: Salvation, Just Wright, and every episode of AMC's Hell on Wheels. Now he stars in the indie drama Luv as a former inmate whose young nephew (played luminously by then-10-year-old Michael Rainey Jr.) joins him for a day in the life of a one-time criminal trying to become a legitimate businessman. First-time director Sheldon Candis accurately described the movie as "Pursuit of Happyness punched in the face with Training Day." Here, Common discusses becoming his young co-star's favorite rapper, feeling feelings, and what fans can expect from his forthcoming tenth album.What's Michael Rainey Jr. like? Does he want to be an actor, or was that just a kid acting like a kid?Oh, man, he's totally an actor. This is actually his second film; his first film he did was an Italian film. He spoke Italian in...
- 1/21/2013
- by Zach Dionne
- Vulture
While the vast majority of the independent film world was busy in Park City scoping out Sundance's 2013 offerings, the indie box office saw a Sundance 2012 alum -- Sheldon Candis's "Luv" -- as the sole newcomer on a slow weekend. The film -- distributed by Indomina -- opened on 45 screens and found a reasonable $2,000 per-theater-average. Its total gross over the weekend was $90,000. Overall, the weekend was led by two holdovers each featuring casts whose average age is well over 70. Michael Haneke's "Amour" and Dustin Hoffman's "Quartet" both expanded very nicely this weekend, the former boosted from its 5 Oscar nominations and the latter impressively holding strong despite a shutout. "Amour" grossed $431,261 from 36 theaters (up from 15), a 61% boost from last weekend. That made for a $11,479 per-theater-average, the highest of any film in release. Ahead of further expansion, the film's total now stands at...
- 1/20/2013
- by Peter Knegt
- Indiewire
Editor’s note: Luv hits limited release today, so please take a look at Allison’s Laff review of the film, originally published on June 19, 2012. Set on the streets of Baltimore, Maryland, writer/director Sheldon Candis’s feature debut Luv creates a world that is both beautiful and terrifying seen through the eyes of characters who also slide back and forth across that line. After watching his nephew Woody (Michael Rainey Jr.) shyly look away from one of his female classmates who seemed to be showing interest in him, Woody’s uncle Vincent (Common) decides to have his eleven-year-old nephew spend the day with him instead of going to school and “learn real world shit.” Vincent is a well-dressed man who drives around town in a sleek black Mercedes and carries a nice leather briefcase from meeting to meeting. It is no surprise that Woody looks up to him and his day in the “real world” starts...
- 1/19/2013
- by Allison Loring
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
It's all about Jessica Chastain this weekend, with Andrew Muschetti's horror title "Mama" joining Oscar-nominated holdover "Zero Dark Thirty" at the box office. The modestly reviewed "Mama" is probably the best bet of the new releases. Chastain's bulked-up opponents include Arnold Schwarzenneger in "The Last Stand" (directed by Korean auteur Kim Ji-woon) and Mark Wahlberg in "Broken City"--macho films with tepid to wimpy Tomatometer scores. On the limited release circuit, both Sheldon Candis' "Luv" and Bruno Dumont's "Hors Satan" are sitting decently with critics. "Mama" Dir. Andres Muschetti, Spain | Universal | Cast: Jessica Chastain, Isabelle Nelisse, Megan Charpentier, Nikolaj Coster Waldau | 62% Fresh | Roger Ebert: "Movies like 'Mama' are thrill rides. We go to be scared and then laugh, scared and then laugh, scared and then shocked. Of course, there's...
- 1/18/2013
- by Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
Writer/director Sheldon Candis’ first feature is a gutsy Baltimore drama centered on 11-year-old Woody (Michael Rainey Jr.), a fatherless youth who gets a lesson in the hard-knock life from his hustler Uncle Vincent (Common). At the outset, Woody is living with his grandmother (Lonette McKee), longing to reunite with his estranged mother (Tracey Heggins), and is enamored with his Uncle Vincent, who’s just been released from an eight-year stretch in prison. Woody happily accepts a ride to school from Vincent one morning, only to be taken for an even wilder ride when his uncle decides Woody should instead spend the day on the streets with him. Vincent is trying to go straight...
- 1/18/2013
- by Jai Tiggett
- ShadowAndAct
Chicago – Assigned the role of World’s Worst Father Figure, Common delivers a performance so compelling that it nearly makes Sheldon Candis’ blood-soaked odyssey worth the trip. Nearly, however, is the key word. For all of it merits, this picture derails into a ditch of heavy-handed implausibility at the precise moment when it should be soaring.
Rating: 2.5/5.0
One of the recurring images in “Luv,” which is memorably etched in its poster art, is the back of a child’s head as it looks off into a blurred universe that it can’t fully comprehend. Much of the tangled, murky plot is viewed from the perspective of this 11-year-old boy, Woody (Michael Rainey Jr.), who shares the audience’s confusion at the mounting danger that threatens to engulf him entirely. Candis’ vision of Baltimore is intensely claustrophobic, with houses uneasily wedged against one another, confining the desperate protagonists like rats in a maze.
Rating: 2.5/5.0
One of the recurring images in “Luv,” which is memorably etched in its poster art, is the back of a child’s head as it looks off into a blurred universe that it can’t fully comprehend. Much of the tangled, murky plot is viewed from the perspective of this 11-year-old boy, Woody (Michael Rainey Jr.), who shares the audience’s confusion at the mounting danger that threatens to engulf him entirely. Candis’ vision of Baltimore is intensely claustrophobic, with houses uneasily wedged against one another, confining the desperate protagonists like rats in a maze.
- 1/18/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Luv is the Drug: Candis’ Debut an Ensemble to “Like”
When one thinks of representations of Baltimore in cinema, it’s easy to default to John Waters’ films in one’s mind. Not so with director Sheldon Candis’ sophomore feature, Luv, a Baltimore set coming-of-age tale that, for the most part, is quite compelling, though due to some glaring implausible moments, loses significant steam by the closing credits.
Newcomer Michael Rainey Jr. stars as Woody, a thirteen year old boy left by his mother to live with his grandmother. It’s obvious that Woody’s mom has been having some kind of difficulties (she’s actually at a drug rehabilitation center in North Carolina) and his hope lies with being reunited with her. His Uncle Vincent (Common) has just been released from prison (serving eight years of a 20 year sentence), and as the film opens, Vincent has decided to drive Woody to school,...
When one thinks of representations of Baltimore in cinema, it’s easy to default to John Waters’ films in one’s mind. Not so with director Sheldon Candis’ sophomore feature, Luv, a Baltimore set coming-of-age tale that, for the most part, is quite compelling, though due to some glaring implausible moments, loses significant steam by the closing credits.
Newcomer Michael Rainey Jr. stars as Woody, a thirteen year old boy left by his mother to live with his grandmother. It’s obvious that Woody’s mom has been having some kind of difficulties (she’s actually at a drug rehabilitation center in North Carolina) and his hope lies with being reunited with her. His Uncle Vincent (Common) has just been released from prison (serving eight years of a 20 year sentence), and as the film opens, Vincent has decided to drive Woody to school,...
- 1/18/2013
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
So much of director-cowriter Sheldon Candis’ Luv demonstrates a singularity of vision and maturity of craft. With the city of Baltimore as a backdrop/character in its own right—similar to its “role” in the iconic TV show The Wire, an association alluded to with the casting of Michael Kenneth Williams (Omar) as a harassing cop—the filmmaker has produced an intensely personal movie and discovered an immense young talent in Michael Rainey Jr. But Candis doesn’t trust his himself to pull it off, weighing the film down with a disconnected score that pushes an otherwise edgy story into melodrama....
- 1/18/2013
- Pastemagazine.com
Title: Luv Director: Sheldon Candis Starring: Common, Michael Rainey Jr., Danny Glover, Dennis Haysbert, Charles S. Dutton Don’t let the title, Luv, fool you. This is a stripped-down drama about greed, payback, and at certain turns, respect. Now that all sounds lovely (pun intended), but the filmmakers forgot to show some substantial love (pun still intended) to the filmmaking mechanics. And by neglecting the mechanics, none of those themes fully come through. It’s essentially a 94 minute acting reel for the star, Common (though some acting reels – comprised of random clips from an assortment of movies/TV shows – tell a better story than this). And the guy is awesome [ Read More ]
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- 1/17/2013
- by Joe Belcastro
- ShockYa
Sheldon Candis's new movie, "Luv," tells the story of a young boy's relationship with his uncle through the course of a day in Baltimore. Parallels with "The Wire" are inevitable, as the television show has, for better or worse, defined "Baltimore" for the outside world. "Luv" explores similar themes, and the director also manages a large and talented ensemble (Danny Glover, Dennis Haysbert, Charles S. Dutton) coping with issues of morality and individual choice. The more striking difference is that "Luv" takes a child's perspective for this classically structured coming-of-age story set in the Baltimore crime underworld. "Luv" begins with a young boy (a brilliant Michael Rainey Jr.) engaged in a primping routine, as his school clothes are laid out carefully on a chair. He wields a bottle of cologne almost too big for his hands. Then, he pulls out a black gun from a drawer, points...
- 1/17/2013
- by Maggie Lange
- Thompson on Hollywood
Luv
Written by Sheldon Candis and Justin Wilson
Directed by Sheldon Candis
USA, 2012
Fans of the Baltimore crime drama The Wire will probably take to this coming-of-age drama like a duck to water. Luv follows a day with Woody, a young boy whose mother has left him, and his uncle Vincent, who has recently been released from prison. When trying to legitimately start his own business, Vincent finds out that he is unable to secure funds for his venture and has to resort to his criminal connections to proceed.
For its 94 minute running time, there is a lot to process in terms of character and plot development. The majority of the dialogue is very ‘street’, so it is sometimes hard to keep up with the developments if you aren’t familiar with the lingo, but what Luv doesn’t try and do is glamorize being a criminal like most crime dramas,...
Written by Sheldon Candis and Justin Wilson
Directed by Sheldon Candis
USA, 2012
Fans of the Baltimore crime drama The Wire will probably take to this coming-of-age drama like a duck to water. Luv follows a day with Woody, a young boy whose mother has left him, and his uncle Vincent, who has recently been released from prison. When trying to legitimately start his own business, Vincent finds out that he is unable to secure funds for his venture and has to resort to his criminal connections to proceed.
For its 94 minute running time, there is a lot to process in terms of character and plot development. The majority of the dialogue is very ‘street’, so it is sometimes hard to keep up with the developments if you aren’t familiar with the lingo, but what Luv doesn’t try and do is glamorize being a criminal like most crime dramas,...
- 1/17/2013
- by Katie Wong
- SoundOnSight
Sheldon Candis’ Luv debuted at Sundance last year, featuring a career-defining performance from Common as the adult lead in this tense dramatic thriller.
The film spent last year on the festival circuit, coming to the UK for Sundance London – you can read our review here – which is where I saw it, and thought it was brilliant.
It’s finally about to arrive in theatres in the Us, screening exclusively at AMC Theatres from next Friday. And with its release so close, the theatre chain have debuted a new, not-suitable-for-work featurette, giving us a look at the themes of betrayal and distrust that run through Luv.
“With his mother in rehab and his father out of the picture, young Woody Watson (Michael Rainey Jr.) lives with his grandmother (Lonette McKee) in suburban Baltimore and longs for his family to be reunited. His charismatic Uncle Vincent (Common) has recently returned home after eight years in prison,...
The film spent last year on the festival circuit, coming to the UK for Sundance London – you can read our review here – which is where I saw it, and thought it was brilliant.
It’s finally about to arrive in theatres in the Us, screening exclusively at AMC Theatres from next Friday. And with its release so close, the theatre chain have debuted a new, not-suitable-for-work featurette, giving us a look at the themes of betrayal and distrust that run through Luv.
“With his mother in rehab and his father out of the picture, young Woody Watson (Michael Rainey Jr.) lives with his grandmother (Lonette McKee) in suburban Baltimore and longs for his family to be reunited. His charismatic Uncle Vincent (Common) has recently returned home after eight years in prison,...
- 1/15/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Rapper Common has spent the last five years gracefully transitioning into a full-time acting career, partially helped by his ongoing role on the AMC Western series "Hell on Wheels," but with Sheldon Candis' Luv , he takes center stage playing Vincent, a former prison inmate put in charge of taking his young nephew Woody (newcomer Michael Rainey Jr.) to school. Instead, Vincent decides the boy needs to learn more about the real world so he takes him around Baltimore on a number of his daily errands. The first stop is a bank where Vincent is trying to get a loan for a club he wants to open. When that doesn't work out, he turns to his former crime boss, Mr. Fish, played by Dennis Haysbert, to get the money, but dubious of Vincent's loyalty, Mr. Fish tests it by sending Vincent...
- 1/15/2013
- Comingsoon.net
First-time feature filmmaker Sheldon Candis made a splash in Park City this time last year with his U.S. Dramatic contender "Luv," a blistering semi-autobiographical tale that cuts close to the heart. The drama, written by Candis and Justin Wilson, centers on Woody (remarkable newcomer Michael Rainey, Jr.), an 11-year-old boy who is dealt a harsh dose of reality when his Uncle Vincent (Common) decides to show him what it takes to be a man in Baltimore. [Editor's Note: This interview originally ran during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. "Luv" opens in select theaters this Friday.] Candis, a graduate of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, has several short films to his name, including "The Walk" and "The Dwelling," a documentary that chronicles the lives of two homeless Tokyo residents. Additionally, he has created viral web content for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Rock the Vote and world-infamous street artist...
- 1/14/2013
- by Nigel M Smith
- Indiewire
Sheldon Candis' feature film debut, Luv, which made its debut at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in the dramatic competition section, stars Common and Michael Rainey Jr. Indomina Entertainment acquired the film after its Sundance premiere, and will open it theatrically in the USA on January 18th, 2013. It was also picked up by Bet for its eventual TV debut. The film's official synopsis reads: An orphaned 11-year-old boy is forced to face the unpleasant truth about his beloved uncle during one harrowing day in the streets of Baltimore. Dennis Haysbert, Danny Glover, Michael K. Williams, Meagan Good and Charles S....
- 12/28/2012
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
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