Holy chic. It’s here! Sofia Coppola’s fab fashion heist film The Bling Ring is in theaters now.
In the fame-obsessed world of Los Angeles, a group of teenagers take us on a thrilling and disturbing crime-spree in the Hollywood hills. Based on true events, the group, who were fixated on the glamorous life, tracked their celebrity targets online, and stole more than 3 million in luxury goods from their homes. Their victims included Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom, and Rachel Bilson, and the gang became known in the media as “The Bling Ring.”
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In the fame-obsessed world of Los Angeles, a group of teenagers take us on a thrilling and disturbing crime-spree in the Hollywood hills. Based on true events, the group, who were fixated on the glamorous life, tracked their celebrity targets online, and stole more than 3 million in luxury goods from their homes. Their victims included Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom, and Rachel Bilson, and the gang became known in the media as “The Bling Ring.”
Here’s what you and your girls will need for a legit Friday night.
Check out our new giveaway
Bestsellers from the Smashbox ♥ The Bling Ring Kit
One winner will receive a kit that includes:
Mascara: $20
Lipstick: $22
Clutch Bag: $20
Total value: $62
Answer the following:
Name a famous makeup artist (past or present).
Official Rules:
1. You Must Be A Us Resident.
- 6/26/2013
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
In the fame-obsessed world of Los Angeles, a group of teenagers take us on a thrilling and disturbing crime-spree in the Hollywood hills. Based on true events, the group, who were fixated on the glamorous life, tracked their celebrity targets online, and stole more than 3 million in luxury goods from their homes. Their victims included Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom, and Rachel Bilson, and the gang became known in the media as “The Bling Ring.”
In The Bling Ring, Oscar Winning filmmaker Sofia Coppola takes us inside the world of these teens, where their youthful naivete and excitement is amplified by today’s culture of celebrity and luxury brand obsession. The members of the Bling Ring introduce us to temptations that any teenager would find hard to resist. And what starts out as youthful fun spins out of control, revealing a sobering view of our modern culture.
The Bling Ring Opens...
In The Bling Ring, Oscar Winning filmmaker Sofia Coppola takes us inside the world of these teens, where their youthful naivete and excitement is amplified by today’s culture of celebrity and luxury brand obsession. The members of the Bling Ring introduce us to temptations that any teenager would find hard to resist. And what starts out as youthful fun spins out of control, revealing a sobering view of our modern culture.
The Bling Ring Opens...
- 6/10/2013
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
In The Bling Ring, Oscar Winning filmmaker Sofia Coppola takes us inside the world of these teens, where their youthful naivete and excitement is amplified by today’s culture of celebrity and luxury brand obsession. The members of the Bling Ring introduce us to temptations that any teenager would find hard to resist. And what starts out as youthful fun spins out of control, revealing a sobering view of our modern culture.
Opening on June 14th in limited release, watch the new trailer for The Bling Ring.
In the fame-obsessed world of Los Angeles, a group of teenagers take us on a thrilling and disturbing crime-spree in the Hollywood hills. Based on true events, the group, who were fixated on the glamorous life, tracked their celebrity targets online, and stole more than 3 million in luxury goods from their homes. Their victims included Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom, and Rachel Bilson, and...
Opening on June 14th in limited release, watch the new trailer for The Bling Ring.
In the fame-obsessed world of Los Angeles, a group of teenagers take us on a thrilling and disturbing crime-spree in the Hollywood hills. Based on true events, the group, who were fixated on the glamorous life, tracked their celebrity targets online, and stole more than 3 million in luxury goods from their homes. Their victims included Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom, and Rachel Bilson, and...
- 4/27/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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Though she may have a limited number of films to her credit (only putting things out about every three years), Sofia Coppola is on the very short list of my favorite working directors. Not only is she responsible for one of my favorite films, but I even loved Somewhere, which threw people for a loop, and certainly didn’t resonate with audiences generally. Coming off the heels of that film and Marie Antoinette, which overall performed as bad with audiences and worse among critics, Coppola needs a boost to her status in the collective consciousness.
If a massive surge of hype surrounding a teaser counts for anything, she is apparently well on her way to getting that boost. Of course, the movie is going to have to actually do well, but this looks to have all the elements needed to at least outperform her last two efforts at the box office.
Though she may have a limited number of films to her credit (only putting things out about every three years), Sofia Coppola is on the very short list of my favorite working directors. Not only is she responsible for one of my favorite films, but I even loved Somewhere, which threw people for a loop, and certainly didn’t resonate with audiences generally. Coming off the heels of that film and Marie Antoinette, which overall performed as bad with audiences and worse among critics, Coppola needs a boost to her status in the collective consciousness.
If a massive surge of hype surrounding a teaser counts for anything, she is apparently well on her way to getting that boost. Of course, the movie is going to have to actually do well, but this looks to have all the elements needed to at least outperform her last two efforts at the box office.
- 3/14/2013
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Ahead of the anticipated release of Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring from A24 on June 14th, the new teaser trailer has just landed. In the spirit of the film and “hot from the black market,” have a look at the official teaser. Based on true events, The Bling Ring follows a group of teenagers who take a thrilling and disturbing crime-spree in the Hollywood Hills.
In the fame-obsessed world of Los Angeles, a group of teenagers take us on a thrilling and disturbing crime-spree in the Hollywood hills. Based on true events, the group, who were fixated on the glamorous life, tracked their celebrity targets online, and stole more than 3 million in luxury goods from their homes. Their victims included Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom, and Rachel Bilson, and the gang became known in the media as “The Bling Ring.”
In The Bling Ring, Oscar Winning filmmaker Sofia Coppola takes...
In the fame-obsessed world of Los Angeles, a group of teenagers take us on a thrilling and disturbing crime-spree in the Hollywood hills. Based on true events, the group, who were fixated on the glamorous life, tracked their celebrity targets online, and stole more than 3 million in luxury goods from their homes. Their victims included Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom, and Rachel Bilson, and the gang became known in the media as “The Bling Ring.”
In The Bling Ring, Oscar Winning filmmaker Sofia Coppola takes...
- 3/8/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Watch the new teaser trailer for The Bling Ring, starring Emma Watson, Leslie Mann and Taissa Farmiga. Sofia Coppola directs and writes the A24 release, as well as producing with Roman Coppola and Youree Henley. Darlene Caamano Loquet, Fred Roos, Michael Zakin and Paul Rassam serve as executive producers with Emilio Diez Barroso. The Bling Ring opens on June 14th in limited areas. Also in the cast are Claire Julien, Israel Broussard, Katie Chang, Georgia Rock, and Gavin Rossdale. In the fame-obsessed world of Los Angeles, a group of teenagers take us on a thrilling and disturbing crime-spree in the Hollywood hills. Based on true events, the group, who were fixated on the glamorous life, tracked their celebrity targets online, and stole more than 3 million in luxury goods from their homes. Their victims included Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom, and Rachel Bilson, and the gang became known in the media as “The Bling Ring.
- 3/8/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Watch the new teaser trailer for The Bling Ring, starring Emma Watson, Leslie Mann and Taissa Farmiga. Sofia Coppola directs and writes the A24 release, as well as producing with Roman Coppola and Youree Henley. Darlene Caamano Loquet, Fred Roos, Michael Zakin and Paul Rassam serve as executive producers with Emilio Diez Barroso. The Bling Ring opens on June 14th in limited areas. Also in the cast are Claire Julien, Israel Broussard, Katie Chang, Georgia Rock, and Gavin Rossdale. In the fame-obsessed world of Los Angeles, a group of teenagers take us on a thrilling and disturbing crime-spree in the Hollywood hills. Based on true events, the group, who were fixated on the glamorous life, tracked their celebrity targets online, and stole more than 3 million in luxury goods from their homes. Their victims included Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom, and Rachel Bilson, and the gang became known in the media as “The Bling Ring.
- 3/8/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
New production-distribution company A24 has acquired U.S. rights to Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring, based on the true story of a group of affluent Los Angeles teens that robbed celebrity homes. Emma Watson stars in the feature along with Israel Broussard, Katie Chang, Claire Julien, Taissa Farmiga, Leslie Mann, Gavin Rossdale and real-life Bling Ring victim Paris Hilton. It is based on the Vanity Fair article "The Suspects Wore Louboutins" by Nancy Jo Sales. The film was produced by Coppola, her brother Roman Coppola and Youree Henley. It was executive produced by Emilio Diez Barroso and Darlene
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- 1/16/2013
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Casa de Mi Padre's Matt Piedmont has reteamed with Gary Sanchez and Nala Films for an English-language comedy. Deadline reports that Piedmont will direct King Dork, based on the 2006 Frank Portman novel that has been adapted by D.V. DeVincentis. Filming is slated for June and will likely take place in Connecticut.
King Dork follows "best friends and outsiders Tom and Sam, who bond over their shared love of classic rock and roll, which helps them cope with the agony of getting through high school in 1987." Nala’s Emilio Diez Barroso and Darlene Caamano Loquet are producing along with Gary Sanchez’s Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Kevin Messick, and Chris Henchy. Nala will finance the comedy like it did on Casa de Mi Padre, which opens March 16.
This is the first project that McKay bought when Gary Sanchez was formed six years ago. DeVincentis has scripted two awesome music-related movies,...
King Dork follows "best friends and outsiders Tom and Sam, who bond over their shared love of classic rock and roll, which helps them cope with the agony of getting through high school in 1987." Nala’s Emilio Diez Barroso and Darlene Caamano Loquet are producing along with Gary Sanchez’s Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Kevin Messick, and Chris Henchy. Nala will finance the comedy like it did on Casa de Mi Padre, which opens March 16.
This is the first project that McKay bought when Gary Sanchez was formed six years ago. DeVincentis has scripted two awesome music-related movies,...
- 3/9/2012
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Matt Piedmont ("Casa de Mi Padre") is set to helm the English-language comedy "King Dork" for Gary Sanchez and Nala Films reports Deadline.
Based on the 2006 Frank Portman novel which is being adapted by D.V. DeVincentis ("High Fidelity," "Grosse Point Blank"), the story follows two best friends and outsiders who bond over their shared love of classic rock and roll. Said friendship helps them cope with the agony of getting through high school in 1987.
Emilio Diez Barroso, Darlene Caamano Loquet, Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Kevin Messick and Chris Henchy will produce. Shooting will begin in June, likely in Connecticut.
Based on the 2006 Frank Portman novel which is being adapted by D.V. DeVincentis ("High Fidelity," "Grosse Point Blank"), the story follows two best friends and outsiders who bond over their shared love of classic rock and roll. Said friendship helps them cope with the agony of getting through high school in 1987.
Emilio Diez Barroso, Darlene Caamano Loquet, Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Kevin Messick and Chris Henchy will produce. Shooting will begin in June, likely in Connecticut.
- 3/9/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Casa de Mi Padre director Matt Piedmont is jumping right into another project with Gary Sanchez and Nala Films, and this time he’ll work in English. Piedmont will direct King Dork, based on the 2006 Frank Portman novel that has been adapted by D.V. DeVincentis. Shooting will begin in June, most likely in Connecticut. The book is about best friends and outsiders Tom and Sam, who bond over their shared love of classic rock and roll, which helps them cope with the agony of getting through high school in 1987. The film will be produced by Nala’s Emilio Diez Barroso and Darlene Caamano Loquet and Gary Sanchez’s Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Kevin Messick and Chris Henchy. Nala is financing, as it did on Casa de Mi Padre, the Spanish-language comedy which plays SXSW and then opens March 16. McKay said that King Dork was the first project bought when he,...
- 3/9/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Los Angeles — Movie and TV studio Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. is creating a Hollywood powerhouse focused on young adult audiences with its purchase of Summit Entertainment, maker of the teen hit "Twilight" series, for $412.5 million, which the companies confirmed Friday.
The cash and stock deal brings the "Twilight" franchise – which has grossed more than $2.5 billion worldwide since the first movie blew out of the gates in late 2008 – under the same roof with Lions Gate's upcoming four-part series based on Suzanne Collins' young adult novels, "The Hunger Games."
"They have a tremendous outreach with fans and the ability to reach them through email, Facebook, et cetera," Lions Gate CEO Jon Feltheimer said of Summit. "Starting right now, today, we are going to utilize that institutional knowledge to move `Hunger Games' ahead even more quickly."
As members of a management team that owned 30 percent of the company, Summit co-chairmen Rob Friedman...
The cash and stock deal brings the "Twilight" franchise – which has grossed more than $2.5 billion worldwide since the first movie blew out of the gates in late 2008 – under the same roof with Lions Gate's upcoming four-part series based on Suzanne Collins' young adult novels, "The Hunger Games."
"They have a tremendous outreach with fans and the ability to reach them through email, Facebook, et cetera," Lions Gate CEO Jon Feltheimer said of Summit. "Starting right now, today, we are going to utilize that institutional knowledge to move `Hunger Games' ahead even more quickly."
As members of a management team that owned 30 percent of the company, Summit co-chairmen Rob Friedman...
- 1/14/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Third poster for Casa de mi Padre, starring Will Ferrell, Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna! The "funniest movie you'll ever read" from the gringos who bought you "Anchorman" opens March 16th, 2012 via Pantelion Films. In Casa de mi Padre, the Alvarez beothers try find a way to save their father's ranch, while ending up in a war with Mexico's most feared drug lord. Also in the cast are Nick Offerman, Genesis Rodriguez, Mariann Gavelo, Efren Ramirez, Adrian Martinez and Pedro Armendáriz Jr. A Nala Films and Gary Sanchez Productions collaboration, produced by Emilio Diez Barroso, Jessica Elbaum, Adam McKay, Kevin J. Messick, Darlene Caamano and Ferrell. Rated R for bloody violence, language, some sexual content and drug use.
- 12/28/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Third poster for Casa de mi Padre, starring Will Ferrell, Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna! The "funniest movie you'll ever read" from the gringos who bought you "Anchorman" opens March 16th, 2012 via Pantelion Films. In Casa de mi Padre, the Alvarez beothers try find a way to save their father's ranch, while ending up in a war with Mexico's most feared drug lord. Also in the cast are Nick Offerman, Genesis Rodriguez, Mariann Gavelo, Efren Ramirez, Adrian Martinez and Pedro Armendáriz Jr. A Nala Films and Gary Sanchez Productions collaboration, produced by Emilio Diez Barroso, Jessica Elbaum, Adam McKay, Kevin J. Messick, Darlene Caamano and Ferrell. Rated R for bloody violence, language, some sexual content and drug use.
- 12/28/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Third poster for Casa de mi Padre, starring Will Ferrell, Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna! The "funniest movie you'll ever read" from the gringos who bought you "Anchorman" opens March 16th, 2012 via Pantelion Films. In Casa de mi Padre, the Alvarez beothers try find a way to save their father's ranch, while ending up in a war with Mexico's most feared drug lord. Also in the cast are Nick Offerman, Genesis Rodriguez, Mariann Gavelo, Efren Ramirez, Adrian Martinez and Pedro Armendáriz Jr. A Nala Films and Gary Sanchez Productions collaboration, produced by Emilio Diez Barroso, Jessica Elbaum, Adam McKay, Kevin J. Messick, Darlene Caamano and Ferrell. Rated R for bloody violence, language, some sexual content and drug use.
- 12/28/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
#13. Casa de mi Padre - Matt Piedmont In my books, among best films to have been shown at last year's edition was Matt Piedmont's award winning Brick Novax's Diary (parts I & II). Casa de mi Padre - Piedmont's feature film debut as been a lock for a while now (see trailer), my thinking is this knee-slapper with subtitles is looking for the most ideal fest to tickle audiences and get a distributor to budge and pick up this oddball concept of a film that will play better as an indie film than a studio pic. Alumni Park City members Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal star alongside the Funny or Die folk. Look for a Premieres category showing. Update: The pic just got picked up by Pantelion Films with a March 16th set release date. We smell a possible SXSW entry as an alternative fest showing date. Gist: Scripted by Andrew Steele,...
- 11/8/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
Steve Carr ("Paul Blart: Mall Cop") is set to direct the comedy "The Boondoggle" for Nala Films reports Deadline.
Rob Riggle and Thomas Lennon will star as two guys who attend a boondoggle business trip. Despite the island-paradise setting, everything possible goes awry.
Christopher Halvorson penned the original draft while Emilio Diez Barroso, Darlene Caamano Loquet, Joe Roth, Palak Patel and Barrett Stuart are producing. Shooting kicks off in the late summer.
Rob Riggle and Thomas Lennon will star as two guys who attend a boondoggle business trip. Despite the island-paradise setting, everything possible goes awry.
Christopher Halvorson penned the original draft while Emilio Diez Barroso, Darlene Caamano Loquet, Joe Roth, Palak Patel and Barrett Stuart are producing. Shooting kicks off in the late summer.
- 6/23/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Nala Films has set Paul Blart: Mall Cop helmer Steve Carr to direct and Rob Riggle and Thomas Lennon to star in The Boondoggle, the comedy that the producer/financier bought in January as a spec. Riggle and Lennon play two guys who attend a boondoggle business trip. Despite the island-paradise setting, everything possible goes awry. Christopher Halvorson wrote the original draft. The film will shoot in late summer with Nala Films funding it. Nala's Emilio Diez Barroso and Darlene Caamano Loquet are producing with Joe Roth, Palak Patel and Barrett Stuart. Shooting will get underway in the summer. Carr's Rumpus Entertainment partner Jason Taragan will be exec producer. Riggle will next be seen in the Tom Hanks-directed Larry Crowne and is shooting 21 Jump Street, while Lennon will next be seen in Bad Teacher. Lennon, who rewrote this script with Riggle, usually writes with Ben Garant, who hatched...
- 6/22/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
#71. Casa de mi padre Director: Matt PiedmontWriter(s): Andrew SteeleProducers: Darlene Caamano, Emilio Diez Barroso, Jessica Elbaum, Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Kevin J. MessickDistributor: Rights Available. The Gist: This "will adopt the style of dramatic Mexican ‘telenovela’ soap, and will have English subtitles".....(more) Cast: Will Ferrell, Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna and Efren Ramirez List Worthy Reasons...: This may be Matt Piedmont's directorial debut, but the filmmaker needs to introduction for the millions of folks who've watched his stuff on Funny or Die. Additionally, this year is a break-out year for the filmmaker, Sundance patrons will get to see his pair of Brick Novax shorts. We heart the chemistry in the Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna pairing (this is their third) and they pretty much know how Mexican ‘telenovela’ soaps work as they both come from this world and though he is more often miss than hit,...
- 1/12/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
We already had a little chat about the upcoming Matt Piedmont’s Spanish comedy Casa de mi Padre or if you prefer “House of my father.”
So, by now, you know that Will Ferrell is attached to star in it, and to produce the whole thing.
Today, we’re here for a little casting update, because Diego Luna (that we all remember from Milk) and Gael Garcia Bernal (best known from Blindness) are joining the project as well!
At this moment, not much is known about the project, because the plot is being kept under wraps.
Still, according to some reports, the film will adopt the style of dramatic Mexican ‘telenovela’ soap, and will have English subtitles.
Diego Luna will play Ferrell’s brother, while Gael Garcia Bernal plays “a family friend.” Also in the cast are Genesis Rodriguez as Ferrell’s love interest, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Hector Jimenez and Adrian Martinez.
So, by now, you know that Will Ferrell is attached to star in it, and to produce the whole thing.
Today, we’re here for a little casting update, because Diego Luna (that we all remember from Milk) and Gael Garcia Bernal (best known from Blindness) are joining the project as well!
At this moment, not much is known about the project, because the plot is being kept under wraps.
Still, according to some reports, the film will adopt the style of dramatic Mexican ‘telenovela’ soap, and will have English subtitles.
Diego Luna will play Ferrell’s brother, while Gael Garcia Bernal plays “a family friend.” Also in the cast are Genesis Rodriguez as Ferrell’s love interest, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Hector Jimenez and Adrian Martinez.
- 9/15/2010
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
Matt Piedmont, best known for his directorial work with Funny or Die, is helming Casa de mi padre, a Spanish language comedy starring Will Ferrell.
While it’s a surprise to see Piedmont and Ferrell take on comedy in a foreign tongue, Piedmont is securing the film’s success by adding as many talented and notable Hispanic actors as possible. Most recently The Hollywood Reporter announced Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna, who co-starred in Y tu mamá también and Rudo y Cursi, have joined the ranks which includes: Genesis Rodriguez (Entourage), Pedro Armendariz Jr. (Casa de los babys), Hector Jimenez (Gentleman Bronchos), and Adrian Martinez (It’s Kind of a Funny Story).
It’s a smart cast lineup as American audiences are likely to follow Ferrell, while Bernal and Luna both hold international appeal. Add the sultriness Rodriquez with the comedy prowess of Jimenez and Martinez and the film...
While it’s a surprise to see Piedmont and Ferrell take on comedy in a foreign tongue, Piedmont is securing the film’s success by adding as many talented and notable Hispanic actors as possible. Most recently The Hollywood Reporter announced Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna, who co-starred in Y tu mamá también and Rudo y Cursi, have joined the ranks which includes: Genesis Rodriguez (Entourage), Pedro Armendariz Jr. (Casa de los babys), Hector Jimenez (Gentleman Bronchos), and Adrian Martinez (It’s Kind of a Funny Story).
It’s a smart cast lineup as American audiences are likely to follow Ferrell, while Bernal and Luna both hold international appeal. Add the sultriness Rodriquez with the comedy prowess of Jimenez and Martinez and the film...
- 9/11/2010
- by Kristy Puchko
- The Film Stage
Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna have joined Will Ferrell in the Spanish-language comedy "Casa de mi padre." According to The Hollywood Reporter, Matt Piedmont is directing. The cast includes Genesis Rodriguez, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Hector Jimenez and Adrian Martinez.The plot is being kept under wraps, but it will be told in an over-the-top Spanish telenovela style and feature English subtitles.Ferrell is producing with his Gary Sanchez Productions partners Adam McKay, Kevin Messick and Jessica Elbaum. Emilio Diez Barroso and Darlene Caamano Loquet of Nala Films are also producing. Bernal and Luna starred opposite each other in Alfonso Cuarón.s "Y tu mamá también." Bernal.s credits include "The Motorcycle Diaries," "Amores Perros" and "Letters to Juliet." Luna's most recent...
- 9/10/2010
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
"Y tu mama también" stars Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna will re-team again on the Spanish-language comedy "Casa de mi padre" (aka. "House of My Father") for Nala Films says The Hollywood Reporter.
The comedy is said to be an overly dramatic telenovela style story that will feature English subtitles, but plot details are unknown.
Will Ferrell also stars in and produces the project in which Bernal plays a family friend, while Luna plays Ferrell's brother.
Also recently cast are Genesis Rodriguez as Ferrell's love interest along with Pedro Armendariz Jr., Hector Jimenez and Adrian Martinez.
Matt Piedmont directs. Adam McKay, Kevin Messick, Jessica Elbaum, Emilio Diez Barroso and Darlene Caamano Loquet also produce.
The comedy is said to be an overly dramatic telenovela style story that will feature English subtitles, but plot details are unknown.
Will Ferrell also stars in and produces the project in which Bernal plays a family friend, while Luna plays Ferrell's brother.
Also recently cast are Genesis Rodriguez as Ferrell's love interest along with Pedro Armendariz Jr., Hector Jimenez and Adrian Martinez.
Matt Piedmont directs. Adam McKay, Kevin Messick, Jessica Elbaum, Emilio Diez Barroso and Darlene Caamano Loquet also produce.
- 9/10/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Toronto -- Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna, who worked together in "Y tu mama tambien," are joining Will Ferrell in "Casa de mi padre," the Spanish-language comedy being directed by Matt Piedmont.Also joining the cast are Genesis Rodriguez as Ferrell's love interest, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Hector Jimenez and Adrian Martinez.Affinity International, the joint sales arm of OddLot Entertainment and Bold Films, is handling international sales while CAA is handling North American.The "Padre" story is being kept under wraps, but it will be told in an overly dramatic telenovela style and feature English subtitles.Garcia Bernal plays a family friend; Luna is Ferrell's brother.Ferrell is producing with his Gary Sanchez Prods. partners Adam McKay, Kevin Messick and Jessica Elbaum.Also producing are Emilio Diez Barroso and Darlene Caamano Loquet of Nala Films, which is fully financing the pic.Nala is behind "Ceremony," the directorial debut of...
- 9/10/2010
- backstage.com
More Toronto coverage
Toronto -- Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna, who worked together in "Y tu mama tambien," are joining Will Ferrell in "Casa de mi padre," the Spanish-language comedy being directed by Matt Piedmont.
Also joining the cast are Genesis Rodriguez as Ferrell's love interest, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Hector Jimenez and Adrian Martinez.
Affinity International, the joint sales arm of OddLot Entertainment and Bold Films, is handling international sales while CAA is handling North American.
The "Padre" story is being kept under wraps, but it will be told in an overly dramatic telenovela style and feature English subtitles.
Garcia Bernal plays a family friend; Luna is Ferrell's brother.
Ferrell is producing with his Gary Sanchez Prods. partners Adam McKay, Kevin Messick and Jessica Elbaum.
Also producing are Emilio Diez Barroso and Darlene Caamano Loquet of Nala Films, which is fully financing the pic.
Nala is behind "Ceremony," the...
Toronto -- Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna, who worked together in "Y tu mama tambien," are joining Will Ferrell in "Casa de mi padre," the Spanish-language comedy being directed by Matt Piedmont.
Also joining the cast are Genesis Rodriguez as Ferrell's love interest, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Hector Jimenez and Adrian Martinez.
Affinity International, the joint sales arm of OddLot Entertainment and Bold Films, is handling international sales while CAA is handling North American.
The "Padre" story is being kept under wraps, but it will be told in an overly dramatic telenovela style and feature English subtitles.
Garcia Bernal plays a family friend; Luna is Ferrell's brother.
Ferrell is producing with his Gary Sanchez Prods. partners Adam McKay, Kevin Messick and Jessica Elbaum.
Also producing are Emilio Diez Barroso and Darlene Caamano Loquet of Nala Films, which is fully financing the pic.
Nala is behind "Ceremony," the...
- 9/10/2010
- by By Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Here's a glimpse at some interesting, unusual and/or noteworthy projects that were recently added to IMDbPro's database of development titles (with a bit of editorial commentary added to the mix).
The Deep Blue Sea-- Rachel Weisz is reportedly in talks to work with British auteur Terence Davies in his feature adaptation of Terence Rattigan's pre-Mad Men-era play about a suicidal woman who leaves her established husband for a drunk, ex-fighter pilot. Set up with funding from the recently-axed UK Film Council, this one may need a lot more signatures if it's ever going to take flight.
Old St. Louis-- As the buzz begins to build for his boxing biopic The Fighter, writer-director David O. Russell is already prepping his next bout. With Vince Vaughn and Universal Pictures in his corner, the team is developing this comedy-drama about a traveling salesman (Vaughn) who hits the road in search of his estranged daughter. They're eyeing Hit-Girl, Chloe Moretz, to play his kid and Scarlett Johansson for the role of his flirty secretary.
Casa de mi padre-- Will Ferrell in a Spanish language film? Es de verdad? His production company, Gary Sanchez Prods., says, Si. A co-production with Emilio Diez Barroso and Darlene Caamano Loquet's Nala Films, the film is supposed to begin filming in September.
Sausage Party-- From Superbad braintrusts Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and Jonah Hill, this is a super-secret CGI project that's so super secret we don't know what it's about (and sorta wonder if it's even for real). Kung Fu Panda director Mark Osborne will helm.
Imogene-- Funny girl Kristin Wiig stars in this comedy written by Michelle Morgan. No plot details yet, but it's grabbed the attention of American Splendor's Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, who're considering it as their follow-up to their current festival fave The Extra Man and HBO's Cinema Verite.
The Deep Blue Sea-- Rachel Weisz is reportedly in talks to work with British auteur Terence Davies in his feature adaptation of Terence Rattigan's pre-Mad Men-era play about a suicidal woman who leaves her established husband for a drunk, ex-fighter pilot. Set up with funding from the recently-axed UK Film Council, this one may need a lot more signatures if it's ever going to take flight.
Old St. Louis-- As the buzz begins to build for his boxing biopic The Fighter, writer-director David O. Russell is already prepping his next bout. With Vince Vaughn and Universal Pictures in his corner, the team is developing this comedy-drama about a traveling salesman (Vaughn) who hits the road in search of his estranged daughter. They're eyeing Hit-Girl, Chloe Moretz, to play his kid and Scarlett Johansson for the role of his flirty secretary.
Casa de mi padre-- Will Ferrell in a Spanish language film? Es de verdad? His production company, Gary Sanchez Prods., says, Si. A co-production with Emilio Diez Barroso and Darlene Caamano Loquet's Nala Films, the film is supposed to begin filming in September.
Sausage Party-- From Superbad braintrusts Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and Jonah Hill, this is a super-secret CGI project that's so super secret we don't know what it's about (and sorta wonder if it's even for real). Kung Fu Panda director Mark Osborne will helm.
Imogene-- Funny girl Kristin Wiig stars in this comedy written by Michelle Morgan. No plot details yet, but it's grabbed the attention of American Splendor's Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, who're considering it as their follow-up to their current festival fave The Extra Man and HBO's Cinema Verite.
- 8/6/2010
- by Eric Greene
- IMDbPro News
Emilio Diez Barroso and Darlene Caamano Loquet of Nala Films announced that they are teaming up with Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Kevin Messick and Jessica Elbaum of Gary Sanchez Productions to produce the Spanish-language comedy, Casa De Mi Padre (House of my Father), starring Will Ferrell. Nala Films is fully financing the project which is set to start shooting this September in California.
Will Ferrell’s participation in the project is not entirely based on his connection with the material. Rather, he was embroiled in a pending lawsuit against Gary Sanchez. Ferrell’s participation is part of a closed-door settlement between both parties. Further details were not disclosed.
Gary Sanchez issued the following statement regarding the resolution with Ferrell, “What comes around, goes around, Will Ferrell.”
According to producer Darlene Caamano Loquet, “Nala can’t comment regarding the circumstances surrounding why Will is attached to the project. We are just...
Will Ferrell’s participation in the project is not entirely based on his connection with the material. Rather, he was embroiled in a pending lawsuit against Gary Sanchez. Ferrell’s participation is part of a closed-door settlement between both parties. Further details were not disclosed.
Gary Sanchez issued the following statement regarding the resolution with Ferrell, “What comes around, goes around, Will Ferrell.”
According to producer Darlene Caamano Loquet, “Nala can’t comment regarding the circumstances surrounding why Will is attached to the project. We are just...
- 8/5/2010
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
Emilio Diez Barroso and Darlene Caamano Loquet of Nala Films announced that they are teaming up with Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Kevin Messick and Jessica Elbaum of Gary Sanchez Productions to produce the Spanish-language comedy, Casa De Mi Padre ("House of My Father"), starring Will Ferrell. Nala Films is fully financing the project which is set to start shooting this September in California. Will Ferrell's participation in the project is not entirely based on his connection with the material. Rather, he was embroiled in a pending lawsuit against Gary Sanchez. Ferrell's participation is part of a closed-door settlement between both parties. Further details were not disclosed. Gary Sanchez issued the following statement regarding the resolution with Ferrell, "What...
- 8/5/2010
- Comingsoon.net
The Weinstein Co. has snagged domestic distribution rights for "Shelter" which comes from Nala Films. The horror flick stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Julianne Moore. Release will be some time this year. Michael Cooney ("Identity") wrote the screenplay. Swedish duo Mans Marlind and Bjorn Stein ("Storm") direct the film produced by Darlene Caamano Loquet of Nala Films, Emilio Diez Barroso of Nala Investments and Mike Macari and Neal Edelstein of Macari Edelstein films. Budget is somewhere in the region of $22 million. Nala also has Max Winkler's romantic comedy "Ceremony" starring Uma Thurman and Michael Angarano. That film is in post-production phase.
- 5/11/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
A preview to horror film "Shelter" has been shared through an international trailer. Giving a look at Julianne Moore as a female forensic psychiatrist named Dr. Cara Jessup who examines her father's new patient Adam (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers), the snippet shares the thrills as the actress begins to learn about his past.
Cara is devoted to science and has a strong faith in God. But the more she unearths about Adam, the more her life and those closest to her are endangered, forcing her to question her strong beliefs in science and in God. Now she has to race against the clock to solve the mystery surrounding Adam while keeping her faith.
Produced by Darlene Caamano, Emilio Diez Barroso, Mike Macari as well as Neal Edelstein, "Shelter" is directed by Mans Marlind and Bjorn Stein. "Identity" screenwriter Michael Cooney provides the script for this upcoming thriller, which will be unleashed in U.
Cara is devoted to science and has a strong faith in God. But the more she unearths about Adam, the more her life and those closest to her are endangered, forcing her to question her strong beliefs in science and in God. Now she has to race against the clock to solve the mystery surrounding Adam while keeping her faith.
Produced by Darlene Caamano, Emilio Diez Barroso, Mike Macari as well as Neal Edelstein, "Shelter" is directed by Mans Marlind and Bjorn Stein. "Identity" screenwriter Michael Cooney provides the script for this upcoming thriller, which will be unleashed in U.
- 3/2/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Rebecca Mader, best known for her work on "Lost," has booked roles in the romantic comedy "Ceremony" and the Antonio Banderas mystery "The Big Bang." On "Lost," Mader played anthropologist Charlotte Lewis, who died last season. "Ceremony," directed by Max Winkler from his own script, follows a young man (Michael Angarano) and his best friend who crash the wedding of an older woman (Uma Thurman) with whom the young man is infatuated with. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Mader plays a married member of Thurman's wedding party who makes a pass toward Angarano. The movie is shooting in New York, with Darlene Caamano Loquet, Emilio Diez Barroso, Polly Cohen Johnsen and Matthew Spicer producing. Mader then will work on "The...
- 10/9/2009
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
Rebecca Mader, best known for her work on "Lost," has booked roles in Nala Films' coming-of-age romantic comedy "Ceremony" and the Antonio Banderas noir mystery "The Big Bang."
"Ceremony," directed by Max Winkler from is own script, follows a young man (Michael Angarano) and his best friend who crash the wedding of a thirysomething woman (Uma Thurman) with whom the young man is infatuated.
Mader plays a married member of Thurman's wedding party who makes overtures toward Angarano.
The movie is shooting in New York, with Darlene Caamano Loquet, Emilio Diez Barroso, Polly Cohen Johnsen and Matthew Spicer producing.
Mader then segues to "Bang," which stars Banderas as a private detective searching for a former stripper who is supposed to exist but no one has ever seen in a mystery connected to a particle collider. She plays a meth addict who works at a medical center pretending to have...
"Ceremony," directed by Max Winkler from is own script, follows a young man (Michael Angarano) and his best friend who crash the wedding of a thirysomething woman (Uma Thurman) with whom the young man is infatuated.
Mader plays a married member of Thurman's wedding party who makes overtures toward Angarano.
The movie is shooting in New York, with Darlene Caamano Loquet, Emilio Diez Barroso, Polly Cohen Johnsen and Matthew Spicer producing.
Mader then segues to "Bang," which stars Banderas as a private detective searching for a former stripper who is supposed to exist but no one has ever seen in a mystery connected to a particle collider. She plays a meth addict who works at a medical center pretending to have...
- 10/7/2009
- by By Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Uma Thurman will star in "Ceremony," a comedy written and directed by Max Winkler. The film is produced and financed by Nala Films.Michael Angarano has already been cast as a young man who falls in love with an older woman (Thurman) who is about to get married.According to Variety, Nala Films' Darlene Caamano Loquet and Emilio Diez Barroso will produce along with Polly Cohen Johnsen and Matt Spicer. Jason Reitman and Dan Dubiecki will be executive producers.Production on "Ceremony" begins Oct. 21 on Long Island.
- 9/30/2009
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
"Kill Bill" star Uma Thurman has been tapped to star in a Max Winkler-directed comedy. "Ceremony" will be produced and financed by Nala Films.
Nala's Darlene Caamano Loquet and Emilio Diez Barroso will produce with Polly Cohen Johnsen and Matt Spicer. Jason Reitman and Dan Dubiecki will be exec producers, as per Variety.
The film, written by Winkler, tells the story of a young man who falls for an older woman who is about to get married. 21-year-old actor Michael Angarano will be playing the main character, while Thurman will play his love interest.
Production will begin October 21.
Nala's Darlene Caamano Loquet and Emilio Diez Barroso will produce with Polly Cohen Johnsen and Matt Spicer. Jason Reitman and Dan Dubiecki will be exec producers, as per Variety.
The film, written by Winkler, tells the story of a young man who falls for an older woman who is about to get married. 21-year-old actor Michael Angarano will be playing the main character, while Thurman will play his love interest.
Production will begin October 21.
- 9/30/2009
- icelebz.com
Uma Thurman will star in Ceremony , a Max Winkler-directed comedy produced and financed by Nala Films, reports Variety . Michael Angarano is set to play a young man who falls for an older woman (Thurman) who is about to get married. Nala Films' Darlene Caamano Loquet and Emilio Diez Barroso will produce along with Polly Cohen Johnsen and Matt Spicer. Jason Reitman and Dan Dubiecki will be executive producers. Winkler wrote the script. Filming will begin Oct. 21 on Long Island.
- 9/30/2009
- Comingsoon.net
Ceremony, an up-coming Michael Angarano film, may just become a six-degrees of The Twilight Saga: New Moon and The Runaways star Kristen Stewart project. Says The Hollywood Reporter, Michael Angarano has signed on and Jesse Eisenberg is in negotiations to star in "Ceremony," a comedy from Nala Films on which Max Winkler is making his feature directorial debut. Jason Reitman and Daniel Dubiecki are exec producing. The indie film, which is being produced by Darlene Caamano Loquet and Emilio Diez Barroso along with former Warner Independent Pictures president Polly Cohen Johnsen and Matt Spicer, is very much of the Next Gen mold: Winkler is the son of actor Henry Winkler, and Reitman is the Oscar-nominated filmmaker son of Ivan Reitman. Also written by Win...
- 6/13/2009
- by thetwilightexaminer
- Twilight Examiner
Michael Angarano has signed on and Jesse Eisenberg is in negotiations to star in "Ceremony," a comedy from Nala Films. Max Winkler will be making his feature directorial debut and also wrote the script. Jason Reitman and Daniel Dubiecki are executive producing. Winkler is the son of actor Henry Winkler, and Reitman is the Oscar-nominated filmmaker son of Ivan Reitman. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film will be produced by Darlene Caamano Loquet and Emilio Diez Barroso along with former Warner Independent Pictures president Polly Cohen Johnsen and Matt Spicer. The comedy follows a young man (Eisenberg) who falls hard for an older woman about to be married. This prompts him to take along his unwitting friend (Angarano) to...
- 6/10/2009
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
Michael Angarano has signed on and Jesse Eisenberg is in negotiations to star in "Ceremony," a comedy from Nala Films on which Max Winkler is making his feature directorial debut. Jason Reitman and Daniel Dubiecki are exec producing.
The indie film, which is being produced by Darlene Caamano Loquet and Emilio Diez Barroso along with former Warner Independent Pictures president Polly Cohen Johnsen and Matt Spicer, is very much of the Next Gen mold: Winkler is the son of actor Henry Winkler, and Reitman is the Oscar-nominated filmmaker son of Ivan Reitman.
Also written by Winkler, the comedy follows a young man (Eisenberg) who falls hard for an older woman about to be married. The infatuation prompts him to take along his unwitting friend (Angarano) to a beach town in an effort to break up the wedding. Upon arriving, the young men quickly realize just how out of place they...
The indie film, which is being produced by Darlene Caamano Loquet and Emilio Diez Barroso along with former Warner Independent Pictures president Polly Cohen Johnsen and Matt Spicer, is very much of the Next Gen mold: Winkler is the son of actor Henry Winkler, and Reitman is the Oscar-nominated filmmaker son of Ivan Reitman.
Also written by Winkler, the comedy follows a young man (Eisenberg) who falls hard for an older woman about to be married. The infatuation prompts him to take along his unwitting friend (Angarano) to a beach town in an effort to break up the wedding. Upon arriving, the young men quickly realize just how out of place they...
- 6/9/2009
- by By Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Variety is reporting that Quantum of Solace director Marc Forster and producer William Horberg are reteaming on the tech thriller Disconnect for Nala Films. Written by Andrew Stern, the film explores the mystery of how people live in today's wired world, where the technology meant to bring them together only forces them further apart. Nala's Darlene Caamano Loquet and Emilio Diez Barroso optioned the script and will finance and produce the film. Brad Simpson and Forster are also producing via their Apparatus alongside Wonderful Films' Horberg.
- 5/8/2009
- Comingsoon.net
Mexico City -- Private firm Nala Investments and talent management company Latin World Entertainment have joined forces to launch Nala Entertainment, a Hispanic TV production venture that has begun operations with $100 million in funding.
Los Angeles/Miami-based Nala will focus on the financing, development and production of Spanish-language TV programs. Latin World Entertainment's chief executive Luis Balaguer says the upstart company is looking to produce two telenovelas a year with indie producer Argos, its Mexico-based partner.
A pilot already has been shot for Nala's first scripted series, "El Diez." Balaguer describes the program as " 'Entourage' meets the world of soccer."
Nala will be looking to sell its content to leading U.S. Spanish-language networks Univision and Telemundo and to broadcasters throughout Latin America.
Nala Investments is the parent company of Nala Films, which has produced such features as "In the Valley of Elah" and "The Air I Breathe."
Latin World...
Los Angeles/Miami-based Nala will focus on the financing, development and production of Spanish-language TV programs. Latin World Entertainment's chief executive Luis Balaguer says the upstart company is looking to produce two telenovelas a year with indie producer Argos, its Mexico-based partner.
A pilot already has been shot for Nala's first scripted series, "El Diez." Balaguer describes the program as " 'Entourage' meets the world of soccer."
Nala will be looking to sell its content to leading U.S. Spanish-language networks Univision and Telemundo and to broadcasters throughout Latin America.
Nala Investments is the parent company of Nala Films, which has produced such features as "In the Valley of Elah" and "The Air I Breathe."
Latin World...
- 2/26/2009
- by By John Hecht
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- If there is a subgenre that I don't care to see Julianne Moore's acting chops its in the supernatural/thriller kind....more specifically, paycheck films such as The Forgotten, Freedomland and last year's Next. Variety reports that the actress will play the title role in the same genre fair - an American film debut from the duo behind Swedish film Storm. The 22-25 million dollar project scripted by Michael Cooney ("Identity") is being produced by Nalafilms. Shelter follows a female forensic psychiatrist who specializes in debunking multiple personality disorder. When she discovers that her latest patient's various personalities are all murder victims, she struggles to find a logical explanation for the man's delusion. I believe Nala picked up the project from turnaround - Intermedia had the rights to the project back in 04'. Mans Marlind (an American Film Institute grad) and Bjorn Stein will begin filming in late March in Pittsburgh.
- 1/29/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
This review was written for the theatrical release of "In the Valley of Elah".Paul Haggis has not only avoided the dreaded sophomore slump, but the director and co-writer of the Oscar-winning "Crash" has returned with another bona-fide contender.
Ostensibly a murder-mystery set against the backdrop of the war in Iraq, "In the Valley of Elah" is a deeply reflective, quietly powerful work that is as timely as it is moving.
Further graced by an exceptional Tommy Lee Jones lead performance that would have to be considered one of the finest in the 60-year-old actor's career, the Warner Independent release is getting a little preliminary festival exposure at Venice and Toronto before opening in limited engagements on Sept. 14.
Strong word-of-mouth should ensure that the film plays well into awards season.
For those not up on their Old Testament, "In the Valley of Elah" refers to the place where David slew Goliath. It's an apt metaphor for the battle undertaken by Jones, as a grieving father fighting his way through a bureaucratic quagmire in search of the truth, and by the young men and women who are facing insurmountable odds of emerging physically and/or emotionally unscathed from an increasingly controversial conflict.
Jones' Hank Deerfield is a former military MP who receives a call that his son, Mike Jonathan Tucker, in flashbacks) has gone AWOL after returning from active duty in Iraq. When the elder Deerfield shows up in Albuquerque, N.M., to conduct his own personal investigation, it's subsequently discovered that his son has been a victim of foul play.
In his efforts to find out what really happened, Hank initially butts heads with Emily Sanders (a no-nonsense Charlize Theron), a recently promoted police detective who is fighting a couple of battles of her own -- against the close-knit military brass, and for respect from her colleagues, who make unsubtle intimations about her relationship with her boss (Josh Brolin).
As Hank stubbornly soldiers on, Emily eventually lends her support. As the two begin to piece together the events that led up to Mike's disappearance, Hank is also forced to take stock of his own belief system.
In part an adaptation of a Playboy magazine article by Mark Boal called "Death and Dishonor", the Haggis version is an eloquently written portrait of a man clinging to logic during a time of confusion and turmoil.
With equal amounts bravado, anguish and, ultimately, remorse filling the crevices of his world-weary visage, Jones never has been better; Theron also effectively portrays the multifaceted dimensions of a single mother and small-town detective whose tough exterior conceals a considerable amount of vulnerable self-doubt.
Making the most of the few scenes she has, Susan Sarandon is affecting as Jones' dutiful wife, while Frances Fisher does likewise as a topless bartender who provides Jones with some valuable leads.
Production values are equally accomplished, from cinematographer Roger Deakins' stirring visual compositions to production designer Laurence Bennett's tarnished Americana to Mark Isham's achingly poignant, string-laden score.
IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH
Warner Independent Pictures
Warner Independent Pictures presents in association with Nala Films, Summit Entertainment and Samuels Media, a Blackfriar's Bridge production
Credits:
Director-screenwriter: Paul Haggis
Producers: Paul Haggis, Laurence Becsey, Patrick Wachsberger, Steven Samuels, Darlene Caamano Loquet
Executive producers: Emilio Diez Barroso, Bob Hayward, David Garrett, Erik Feig, James Holt, Stan Wlodkowski
Director of photography: Roger Deakins
Production designer: Laurence Bennett
Music: Mark Isham
Costume designer: Lisa Jensen
Editor: Jo Francis
Cast:
Hank Deerfield: Tommy Lee Jones
Det. Emily Sanders: Charlize Theron
Joan Deerfield: Susan Sarandon
Sgt. Carnelli: James Franco
Mike Deerfield: Jonathan Tucker
Evie: Frances Fisher
Lt. Kirklander: Jason Patric
Chief Buchwald: Josh Brolin
Cpl. Penning: Wes Chatham
Running time -- 120 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
Ostensibly a murder-mystery set against the backdrop of the war in Iraq, "In the Valley of Elah" is a deeply reflective, quietly powerful work that is as timely as it is moving.
Further graced by an exceptional Tommy Lee Jones lead performance that would have to be considered one of the finest in the 60-year-old actor's career, the Warner Independent release is getting a little preliminary festival exposure at Venice and Toronto before opening in limited engagements on Sept. 14.
Strong word-of-mouth should ensure that the film plays well into awards season.
For those not up on their Old Testament, "In the Valley of Elah" refers to the place where David slew Goliath. It's an apt metaphor for the battle undertaken by Jones, as a grieving father fighting his way through a bureaucratic quagmire in search of the truth, and by the young men and women who are facing insurmountable odds of emerging physically and/or emotionally unscathed from an increasingly controversial conflict.
Jones' Hank Deerfield is a former military MP who receives a call that his son, Mike Jonathan Tucker, in flashbacks) has gone AWOL after returning from active duty in Iraq. When the elder Deerfield shows up in Albuquerque, N.M., to conduct his own personal investigation, it's subsequently discovered that his son has been a victim of foul play.
In his efforts to find out what really happened, Hank initially butts heads with Emily Sanders (a no-nonsense Charlize Theron), a recently promoted police detective who is fighting a couple of battles of her own -- against the close-knit military brass, and for respect from her colleagues, who make unsubtle intimations about her relationship with her boss (Josh Brolin).
As Hank stubbornly soldiers on, Emily eventually lends her support. As the two begin to piece together the events that led up to Mike's disappearance, Hank is also forced to take stock of his own belief system.
In part an adaptation of a Playboy magazine article by Mark Boal called "Death and Dishonor", the Haggis version is an eloquently written portrait of a man clinging to logic during a time of confusion and turmoil.
With equal amounts bravado, anguish and, ultimately, remorse filling the crevices of his world-weary visage, Jones never has been better; Theron also effectively portrays the multifaceted dimensions of a single mother and small-town detective whose tough exterior conceals a considerable amount of vulnerable self-doubt.
Making the most of the few scenes she has, Susan Sarandon is affecting as Jones' dutiful wife, while Frances Fisher does likewise as a topless bartender who provides Jones with some valuable leads.
Production values are equally accomplished, from cinematographer Roger Deakins' stirring visual compositions to production designer Laurence Bennett's tarnished Americana to Mark Isham's achingly poignant, string-laden score.
IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH
Warner Independent Pictures
Warner Independent Pictures presents in association with Nala Films, Summit Entertainment and Samuels Media, a Blackfriar's Bridge production
Credits:
Director-screenwriter: Paul Haggis
Producers: Paul Haggis, Laurence Becsey, Patrick Wachsberger, Steven Samuels, Darlene Caamano Loquet
Executive producers: Emilio Diez Barroso, Bob Hayward, David Garrett, Erik Feig, James Holt, Stan Wlodkowski
Director of photography: Roger Deakins
Production designer: Laurence Bennett
Music: Mark Isham
Costume designer: Lisa Jensen
Editor: Jo Francis
Cast:
Hank Deerfield: Tommy Lee Jones
Det. Emily Sanders: Charlize Theron
Joan Deerfield: Susan Sarandon
Sgt. Carnelli: James Franco
Mike Deerfield: Jonathan Tucker
Evie: Frances Fisher
Lt. Kirklander: Jason Patric
Chief Buchwald: Josh Brolin
Cpl. Penning: Wes Chatham
Running time -- 120 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
- 8/31/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Paul Haggis has not only avoided the dreaded sophomore slump, but the director and co-writer of the Oscar-winning Crash has returned with another bona-fide contender.
Ostensibly a murder-mystery set against the backdrop of the war in Iraq, In the Valley of Elah is a deeply reflective, quietly powerful work that is as timely as it is moving.
Further graced by an exceptional Tommy Lee Jones lead performance that would have to be considered one of the finest in the 60-year-old actor's career, the Warner Independent release is getting a little preliminary festival exposure at Venice and Toronto before opening in limited engagements on Sept. 14.
Strong word-of-mouth should ensure that the film plays well into awards season.
For those not up on their Old Testament, In the Valley of Elah refers to the place where David slew Goliath. It's an apt metaphor for the battle undertaken by Jones, as a grieving father fighting his way through a bureaucratic quagmire in search of the truth, and by the young men and women who are facing insurmountable odds of emerging physically and/or emotionally unscathed from an increasingly controversial conflict.
Jones' Hank Deerfield is a former military MP who receives a call that his son, Mike Jonathan Tucker, in flashbacks) has gone AWOL after returning from active duty in Iraq. When the elder Deerfield shows up in Albuquerque, N.M., to conduct his own personal investigation, it's subsequently discovered that his son has been a victim of foul play.
In his efforts to find out what really happened, Hank initially butts heads with Emily Sanders (a no-nonsense Charlize Theron), a recently promoted police detective who is fighting a couple of battles of her own -- against the close-knit military brass, and for respect from her colleagues, who make unsubtle intimations about her relationship with her boss (Josh Brolin).
As Hank stubbornly soldiers on, Emily eventually lends her support. As the two begin to piece together the events that led up to Mike's disappearance, Hank is also forced to take stock of his own belief system.
In part an adaptation of a Playboy magazine article by Mark Boal called Death and Dishonor, the Haggis version is an eloquently written portrait of a man clinging to logic during a time of confusion and turmoil.
With equal amounts bravado, anguish and, ultimately, remorse filling the crevices of his world-weary visage, Jones never has been better; Theron also effectively portrays the multifaceted dimensions of a single mother and small-town detective whose tough exterior conceals a considerable amount of vulnerable self-doubt.
Making the most of the few scenes she has, Susan Sarandon is affecting as Jones' dutiful wife, while Frances Fisher does likewise as a bartender who provides Jones with some valuable leads.
Production values are equally accomplished, from cinematographer Roger Deakins' stirring visual compositions to production designer Laurence Bennett's tarnished Americana to Mark Isham's achingly poignant, string-laden score.
IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH
Warner Independent Pictures
Warner Independent Pictures presents in association with Nala Films, Summit Entertainment and Samuels Media, a Blackfriar's Bridge production
Credits:
Director-screenwriter: Paul Haggis
Producers: Paul Haggis, Laurence Becsey, Patrick Wachsberger, Steven Samuels, Darlene Caamano Loquet
Executive producers: Emilio Diez Barroso, Bob Hayward, David Garrett, Erik Feig, James Holt, Stan Wlodkowski
Director of photography: Roger Deakins
Production designer: Laurence Bennett
Music: Mark Isham
Costume designer: Lisa Jensen
Editor: Jo Francis
Cast:
Hank Deerfield: Tommy Lee Jones
Det. Emily Sanders: Charlize Theron
Joan Deerfield: Susan Sarandon
Sgt. Carnelli: James Franco
Mike Deerfield: Jonathan Tucker
Evie: Frances Fisher
Lt. Kirklander: Jason Patric
Chief Buchwald: Josh Brolin
Cpl. Penning: Wes Chatham
Running time -- 120 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
Ostensibly a murder-mystery set against the backdrop of the war in Iraq, In the Valley of Elah is a deeply reflective, quietly powerful work that is as timely as it is moving.
Further graced by an exceptional Tommy Lee Jones lead performance that would have to be considered one of the finest in the 60-year-old actor's career, the Warner Independent release is getting a little preliminary festival exposure at Venice and Toronto before opening in limited engagements on Sept. 14.
Strong word-of-mouth should ensure that the film plays well into awards season.
For those not up on their Old Testament, In the Valley of Elah refers to the place where David slew Goliath. It's an apt metaphor for the battle undertaken by Jones, as a grieving father fighting his way through a bureaucratic quagmire in search of the truth, and by the young men and women who are facing insurmountable odds of emerging physically and/or emotionally unscathed from an increasingly controversial conflict.
Jones' Hank Deerfield is a former military MP who receives a call that his son, Mike Jonathan Tucker, in flashbacks) has gone AWOL after returning from active duty in Iraq. When the elder Deerfield shows up in Albuquerque, N.M., to conduct his own personal investigation, it's subsequently discovered that his son has been a victim of foul play.
In his efforts to find out what really happened, Hank initially butts heads with Emily Sanders (a no-nonsense Charlize Theron), a recently promoted police detective who is fighting a couple of battles of her own -- against the close-knit military brass, and for respect from her colleagues, who make unsubtle intimations about her relationship with her boss (Josh Brolin).
As Hank stubbornly soldiers on, Emily eventually lends her support. As the two begin to piece together the events that led up to Mike's disappearance, Hank is also forced to take stock of his own belief system.
In part an adaptation of a Playboy magazine article by Mark Boal called Death and Dishonor, the Haggis version is an eloquently written portrait of a man clinging to logic during a time of confusion and turmoil.
With equal amounts bravado, anguish and, ultimately, remorse filling the crevices of his world-weary visage, Jones never has been better; Theron also effectively portrays the multifaceted dimensions of a single mother and small-town detective whose tough exterior conceals a considerable amount of vulnerable self-doubt.
Making the most of the few scenes she has, Susan Sarandon is affecting as Jones' dutiful wife, while Frances Fisher does likewise as a bartender who provides Jones with some valuable leads.
Production values are equally accomplished, from cinematographer Roger Deakins' stirring visual compositions to production designer Laurence Bennett's tarnished Americana to Mark Isham's achingly poignant, string-laden score.
IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH
Warner Independent Pictures
Warner Independent Pictures presents in association with Nala Films, Summit Entertainment and Samuels Media, a Blackfriar's Bridge production
Credits:
Director-screenwriter: Paul Haggis
Producers: Paul Haggis, Laurence Becsey, Patrick Wachsberger, Steven Samuels, Darlene Caamano Loquet
Executive producers: Emilio Diez Barroso, Bob Hayward, David Garrett, Erik Feig, James Holt, Stan Wlodkowski
Director of photography: Roger Deakins
Production designer: Laurence Bennett
Music: Mark Isham
Costume designer: Lisa Jensen
Editor: Jo Francis
Cast:
Hank Deerfield: Tommy Lee Jones
Det. Emily Sanders: Charlize Theron
Joan Deerfield: Susan Sarandon
Sgt. Carnelli: James Franco
Mike Deerfield: Jonathan Tucker
Evie: Frances Fisher
Lt. Kirklander: Jason Patric
Chief Buchwald: Josh Brolin
Cpl. Penning: Wes Chatham
Running time -- 120 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
- 8/31/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- Quick Links > Mr. Burnout > Paul Dinello > Strangers with Candy Paul Dinello (Strangers With Candy) has signed on to direct Mr. Burnout from a screenplay by Eric Gravning. Nala Films’ Emilio Diez Barroso and Darlene Caamano Loquet will produce. Mr. Burnout is the story of an English teacher who turns into a cynical curmudgeon after ten years of teaching. He takes a bet, wagered by a female colleague that he’ll try to romance, that he can get three of his worst students into the Ivy League. Shooting is scheduled to kick off in January 2007. This will be Dinello’s first film since he hit Sundance in 2005 with the feature-length addition of the Comedy Central semi-hit “Strangers With Candy,” which he created alongside current Comedy Central star and the neo-Steve Carell, Steven Colbert. Dinello also serves as “consultant” on The Colbert Report, and appears frequently in the role of Tad.
- 8/14/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
Griffin Dunne is attached to direct the romantic comedy Only Ever You for NALA Films. Mike Petzold is writing the script and will co-produce. NALA chairman and CEO Emilio Diez Barroso and president Darlene Caamano Loquet are onboard to produce. The romantic comedy centers on a young widower who can't get over the death of his wife. It isn't until his life takes a series of mysterious events, promising encounters and twists of fate that he discovers the freshness of life. Thom learns to live fully again by getting over death and opening his heart to a new relationship. "Petzold has a great sense of humor and Nala and I have had great fun working on this new draft," Dunne said.
- 6/22/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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