Roadside Attractions has acquired North American rights to “Accidental Texan,” a comedy about a Harvard grad and actor stranded in the “Lone Star State” where he stumbles into the role of lifetime. The film, which stars Thomas Haden Church and Rudy Pankow, will open in theaters on March 8, 2024.
According to the official plot description, “Accidental Texan” kicks off when Erwin (Pankow), a recent Ivy League student, flames out of his first professional acting gig when he forgets to turn off his phone and triggers an explosive nightmare on set. With his career and cell phone in tatters, he flees the New Orleans movie set, only to have his car break down deep in the heart of Texas oil country. Seeking refuge and some possible phone service in a local diner, he meets Faye (Carrie-Anne Moss), a waitress who takes pity on him and offers up the phone book to find a local mechanic.
According to the official plot description, “Accidental Texan” kicks off when Erwin (Pankow), a recent Ivy League student, flames out of his first professional acting gig when he forgets to turn off his phone and triggers an explosive nightmare on set. With his career and cell phone in tatters, he flees the New Orleans movie set, only to have his car break down deep in the heart of Texas oil country. Seeking refuge and some possible phone service in a local diner, he meets Faye (Carrie-Anne Moss), a waitress who takes pity on him and offers up the phone book to find a local mechanic.
- 1/24/2024
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
It’s that time year again—when one might, upon their daily neighborhood perambulation, casually stumble upon a man dressed in a blood-splattered full-body jumpsuit and think to themself, this is perfectly fine and normal. But that’s the Halloween season for you, when the ghosts and goblins and AMC-obsessed Nicole Kidmans are out in full force for their yearly Halloween rituals.
Aside from meticulously inserting razor blades into the apples we all intend to hand out to local children, everyone’s favorite part of the Halloween season is—of course—the excuse to binge-watch our favorite horror movies, from the silly-scary (Hocus Pocus), to the fun-scary (Trick R Treat), to the scary-scary (The Evil Dead) or the really scary-scary (any news channel). In fact, horror movies have long been an integral part of the indie film ecosystem—turning minuscule budgets into huge box office numbers and launching the...
Aside from meticulously inserting razor blades into the apples we all intend to hand out to local children, everyone’s favorite part of the Halloween season is—of course—the excuse to binge-watch our favorite horror movies, from the silly-scary (Hocus Pocus), to the fun-scary (Trick R Treat), to the scary-scary (The Evil Dead) or the really scary-scary (any news channel). In fact, horror movies have long been an integral part of the indie film ecosystem—turning minuscule budgets into huge box office numbers and launching the...
- 10/27/2023
- by Matt Warren
- Film Independent News & More
Exclusive: Phoebe Tonkin (Babylon) is among the cast leading the indie crime drama And On The Eighth Day from debut feature filmmaker Alexandra Chando, which has just wrapped production in New Mexico.
Tonkin leads the cast, which is rounded out by Darren Mann (1923), Mustafa Speaks (All American), Valerie Mahaffey (Dead to Me), Lindsey Morgan (The 100), and Tanner Beard (We Summon the Darkness).
Story follows the journey of two small-time thieves who find themselves in a remote town in West Texas. The film is produced by Suzanne Weinert, who also penned the screenplay, alongside Janice Beard and Melissa Kirkendall. Executive producers are Marina Cappi of Cappi Studios and Lexie Beard. Sandra Adair, a longtime collaborator of Richard Linklater, is editing the pic. Adair has worked with Linklater since his 1993 breakout, Dazed and Confused. She was nominated for the Best Editing Oscar for her work on 2014’s Boyhood.
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Tonkin leads the cast, which is rounded out by Darren Mann (1923), Mustafa Speaks (All American), Valerie Mahaffey (Dead to Me), Lindsey Morgan (The 100), and Tanner Beard (We Summon the Darkness).
Story follows the journey of two small-time thieves who find themselves in a remote town in West Texas. The film is produced by Suzanne Weinert, who also penned the screenplay, alongside Janice Beard and Melissa Kirkendall. Executive producers are Marina Cappi of Cappi Studios and Lexie Beard. Sandra Adair, a longtime collaborator of Richard Linklater, is editing the pic. Adair has worked with Linklater since his 1993 breakout, Dazed and Confused. She was nominated for the Best Editing Oscar for her work on 2014’s Boyhood.
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- 6/27/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Mark Bristol directed Texas-set feel-good adventure.
Taylor & Dodge has boarded worldwide sales on the feel-good adventure feature Chocolate Lizards starring Thomas Haden Church, Rudy Pankow, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Bruce Dern.
Mark Bristol directed the story, which follows Harvard-educated Erwin Vandeveer (Pankow) who blows his first acting job and finds himself in Texas where he is taken under the wing of the nearly bankrupt oil driller Merle Luskey (Church) and his cohort Faye (Moss), who see him as their “savin’ angel”.
The trio set off on an adventure to outwit the bank, the sheriff, and a corrupt oil company...
Taylor & Dodge has boarded worldwide sales on the feel-good adventure feature Chocolate Lizards starring Thomas Haden Church, Rudy Pankow, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Bruce Dern.
Mark Bristol directed the story, which follows Harvard-educated Erwin Vandeveer (Pankow) who blows his first acting job and finds himself in Texas where he is taken under the wing of the nearly bankrupt oil driller Merle Luskey (Church) and his cohort Faye (Moss), who see him as their “savin’ angel”.
The trio set off on an adventure to outwit the bank, the sheriff, and a corrupt oil company...
- 2/27/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Rudy Pankow (Outer Banks) will play the lead role in Chocolate Lizards, an indie dramedy based on Cole Thompson’s 1999 novel of the same name, which also stars Carrie-Anne Moss and Julio César Cedillo, as well as Oscar nominees Thomas Haden Church and Bruce Dern, and is currently in production in Texas.
The film centers on Erwin Vandeveer (Pankow), a Harvard-educated actor just recently fired from the first real acting job he’s ever had in New Orleans, who hits the road back to Los Angeles, only to have his car break down outside Buffalo Gap, Texas. There, he meets roughneck Merle Luskey (Church), who is about to lose his oil drilling operation in 30 days, unless he can come up with the money to pay off his bank note.
These two down-and-outers at the end of their ropes subsequently join forces with Faye (Moss), the manager of the...
The film centers on Erwin Vandeveer (Pankow), a Harvard-educated actor just recently fired from the first real acting job he’s ever had in New Orleans, who hits the road back to Los Angeles, only to have his car break down outside Buffalo Gap, Texas. There, he meets roughneck Merle Luskey (Church), who is about to lose his oil drilling operation in 30 days, unless he can come up with the money to pay off his bank note.
These two down-and-outers at the end of their ropes subsequently join forces with Faye (Moss), the manager of the...
- 10/27/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Streamer enters fray after quiet start at festival.
Amazon Studios has swooped on Us rights to Tiff Platform selection Sound Of Metal starring Riz Ahmed and also picked up Midnight Madness entryThe Vast Of Night.
Amazon Studios is looking at a 2020 theatrical release on both titles. At time of writing it had not confirmed what type of theatrical release the films will get in the Us – whether they be the two-week run before a launch on Prime Video in the vein of The Report and The Aeronauts, or a longer run.
The streamer did the deal on Sound Of Metal with CAA Media Finance.
Amazon Studios has swooped on Us rights to Tiff Platform selection Sound Of Metal starring Riz Ahmed and also picked up Midnight Madness entryThe Vast Of Night.
Amazon Studios is looking at a 2020 theatrical release on both titles. At time of writing it had not confirmed what type of theatrical release the films will get in the Us – whether they be the two-week run before a launch on Prime Video in the vein of The Report and The Aeronauts, or a longer run.
The streamer did the deal on Sound Of Metal with CAA Media Finance.
- 9/13/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Amazon Studios announced on Thursday that it has picked up distribution rights to first-time filmmaker Andrew Patterson’s “The Vast of Night.”
The science-fiction thriller premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival in the Midnight Madness category Thursday night.
The film, set at the dawn of the space-race, takes place over the course of one night in 1950’s New Mexico, it follows a young switchboard operator and a radio DJ as they uncover a strange frequency that could change their lives, their small town, and all of Earth – forever.
“When we discovered The Vast of Night, we were all blown away by this slow-burn, supernatural story and the spectacular filmmaking,” Amazon co-head of Movies Ted Hope said in a statement. “Andrew Patterson is immensely talented with huge potential to become the next voice of this genre. We are so thrilled to be working with Andrew and can’t wait to...
The science-fiction thriller premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival in the Midnight Madness category Thursday night.
The film, set at the dawn of the space-race, takes place over the course of one night in 1950’s New Mexico, it follows a young switchboard operator and a radio DJ as they uncover a strange frequency that could change their lives, their small town, and all of Earth – forever.
“When we discovered The Vast of Night, we were all blown away by this slow-burn, supernatural story and the spectacular filmmaking,” Amazon co-head of Movies Ted Hope said in a statement. “Andrew Patterson is immensely talented with huge potential to become the next voice of this genre. We are so thrilled to be working with Andrew and can’t wait to...
- 9/12/2019
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
Amazon Studios has acquired worldwide rights to “The Vast of Night,” an alien contact tale, Variety has learned. The pact comes ahead of the film’s Thursday premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it is featured in the Midnight Madness section.
The film is said to have a distinct “Twilight Zone” vibe. It is set at the dawn of the space race and takes place over the course of one night in 1950s New Mexico. It follows a young switchboard operator (Sierra McCormick) and a radio DJ (Jake Horowitz) as they uncover a strange frequency, which they investigate to uncover its origin.
“The Vast of Night” is from first-time filmmaker Andrew Patterson and has earned strong reviews in the lead up to its official premiere, with many reviewers citing the confidence of the direction and the performances of the youthful cast. Film School Rejects called it an “out...
The film is said to have a distinct “Twilight Zone” vibe. It is set at the dawn of the space race and takes place over the course of one night in 1950s New Mexico. It follows a young switchboard operator (Sierra McCormick) and a radio DJ (Jake Horowitz) as they uncover a strange frequency, which they investigate to uncover its origin.
“The Vast of Night” is from first-time filmmaker Andrew Patterson and has earned strong reviews in the lead up to its official premiere, with many reviewers citing the confidence of the direction and the performances of the youthful cast. Film School Rejects called it an “out...
- 9/12/2019
- by Brent Lang and Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Deadline: Hot off winning the Best Narrative Feature prize at Slamdance for his directorial debut The Vast Of Night, Andrew Patterson has signed with Wme. Patterson wrote the film. Produced by Adam Dietrich and Melissa Kirkendall, the pic stars Sierra McCormick and Jake Horowitz. Endeavor Content is handling worldwide sales on the picture.
The agency will rep Patterson in all areas. Here’s a teaser trailer:
The Vast of Night Official Teaser from Andrew Patterson on Vimeo.
The agency will rep Patterson in all areas. Here’s a teaser trailer:
The Vast of Night Official Teaser from Andrew Patterson on Vimeo.
- 2/8/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
With very special Live performance by Austin’s own The Ugly Beats before the film!
Get a taste of what’s in store this Monday with this Mal Thursday’s Texas Tyme Machine podcast featuring guest DJ Melissa Kirkendall, director of Teen-a-go-go!
Every meaningful change in rock music started with some teenagers, alone in their parents’ garage, banging away at three chords. This rampaging doc features original recordings, never-before-seen Super 8 movies, rare archival footage, photographs and interviews with musicians, fans and industry experts on early rock & roll.
Teen A-go-go takes the viewer on an entertaining, nostalgic ride into the teen scenes of the mid-’60s and into the lives of the people who lived it. The British Invasion played an undeniable role on this uniquely American musical genre when on February 9, 1964 the Beatles premiered live on the Ed Sullivan Show. An estimated 73 million viewers (over 40% of the entire U.
Get a taste of what’s in store this Monday with this Mal Thursday’s Texas Tyme Machine podcast featuring guest DJ Melissa Kirkendall, director of Teen-a-go-go!
Every meaningful change in rock music started with some teenagers, alone in their parents’ garage, banging away at three chords. This rampaging doc features original recordings, never-before-seen Super 8 movies, rare archival footage, photographs and interviews with musicians, fans and industry experts on early rock & roll.
Teen A-go-go takes the viewer on an entertaining, nostalgic ride into the teen scenes of the mid-’60s and into the lives of the people who lived it. The British Invasion played an undeniable role on this uniquely American musical genre when on February 9, 1964 the Beatles premiered live on the Ed Sullivan Show. An estimated 73 million viewers (over 40% of the entire U.
- 4/8/2011
- by George Bragdon
- OriginalAlamo.com
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