Exclusive: Brooklyn-based filmmaker Ged Dickersin (Coda) is launching True Indy, a production company intent on making films that can and should be made independently, with filmmakers telling acutely relevant stories for the world market.
True Indy sees the opportunity to attract financing for films that can be made in the $1 million-$5 million range, reducing the financial risk to investors and increasing the chances for a return on the investment. The company is introducing its slate of original U.S.-born indies at the upcoming European Film Market in Berlin, as well as looking to partner with filmmakers from around the world in international co-productions.
“Independent filmmaking has developed so much, with budgets that exceed what the new world market can return, making it difficult for private equity to support the independents,” Dickersin said. “Coming out of the pandemic and the strikes, the cost of making a film has inflated drastically,...
True Indy sees the opportunity to attract financing for films that can be made in the $1 million-$5 million range, reducing the financial risk to investors and increasing the chances for a return on the investment. The company is introducing its slate of original U.S.-born indies at the upcoming European Film Market in Berlin, as well as looking to partner with filmmakers from around the world in international co-productions.
“Independent filmmaking has developed so much, with budgets that exceed what the new world market can return, making it difficult for private equity to support the independents,” Dickersin said. “Coming out of the pandemic and the strikes, the cost of making a film has inflated drastically,...
- 2/13/2024
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Michelle Randolph (1923) and Jacob Lofland (Joker 2) are set as leads opposite Billy Bob Thornton in Land Man, Paramount+s upcoming series from Taylor Sheridan and Christian Wallace.
Co-created by Sheridan and Wallace, Land Man is set in the proverbial boomtowns of West Texas and is a modern day tale of fortune seeking in the world of oil rigs. The series is an upstairs/downstairs story of roughnecks and wildcat billionaires fueling a boom so big, it’s reshaping our climate, our economy and our geopolitics. Thornton stars as Tommy Norris, a crisis manager for an oil company.
Randolph will play Ainsley Norris, the wild and strong-willed seventeen year old daughter of Tommy Norris (Thornton).
Lofland will play Cooper Norris, Tommy Norris’ (Thornton) son who is new to the demanding work in the oil and gas fields of West Texas.
Land Man is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios,101 Studios,...
Co-created by Sheridan and Wallace, Land Man is set in the proverbial boomtowns of West Texas and is a modern day tale of fortune seeking in the world of oil rigs. The series is an upstairs/downstairs story of roughnecks and wildcat billionaires fueling a boom so big, it’s reshaping our climate, our economy and our geopolitics. Thornton stars as Tommy Norris, a crisis manager for an oil company.
Randolph will play Ainsley Norris, the wild and strong-willed seventeen year old daughter of Tommy Norris (Thornton).
Lofland will play Cooper Norris, Tommy Norris’ (Thornton) son who is new to the demanding work in the oil and gas fields of West Texas.
Land Man is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios,101 Studios,...
- 5/23/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Marc Maron might have lost an opportunity with Maggie Gyllenhaal.
During an interview with Vulture, Maron admitted to wanting a second shot at speaking with “The Lost Daughter” director Gyllenhaal on his podcast “Wtf with Marc Maron” because, well, now he’s finally seen her 2018 movie, “The Kindergarten Teacher,” directed by Sara Colangelo.
“I’d like to talk to Maggie Gyllenhaal again, because I did something I never do with her, where I hadn’t watched the thing she was there to promote, which she was very proud of,” Maron said of missing out on Gyllenhaal’s feature before speaking with her. “It was a real misstep on my part, and a lesson that I learned. There are some people like that who I could have done a little better with. But what we do is a career-spanning interview, so it would take a certain type of person, or a...
During an interview with Vulture, Maron admitted to wanting a second shot at speaking with “The Lost Daughter” director Gyllenhaal on his podcast “Wtf with Marc Maron” because, well, now he’s finally seen her 2018 movie, “The Kindergarten Teacher,” directed by Sara Colangelo.
“I’d like to talk to Maggie Gyllenhaal again, because I did something I never do with her, where I hadn’t watched the thing she was there to promote, which she was very proud of,” Maron said of missing out on Gyllenhaal’s feature before speaking with her. “It was a real misstep on my part, and a lesson that I learned. There are some people like that who I could have done a little better with. But what we do is a career-spanning interview, so it would take a certain type of person, or a...
- 7/8/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Anna Baryshnikov (Dickinson) will join Oscar nominee Kristen Stewart in A24’s romantic thriller Love Lies Bleeding from double BAFTA Award-nominated director Rose Glass (Saint Maud).
The film written by Glass and Weronika Tofilska is reportedly set in the world of bodybuilding, examining a romance fueled by ego, desire and the American Dream. Film4 developed the project alongside the filmmakers and will co-finance alongside A24, which is producing and handling the pic’s global release. Andrea Cornwell is also producing for Lobo Films, alongside Oliver Kassman for Escape Plan Productions.
Baryshnikov starred as Lavinia Dickinson, sister of poet Emily Dickinson (Hailee Steinfeld), in Apple’s Peabody Award-winning series, Dickinson, which came to the end of its third and final season last December. The actress made her feature film debut in Amazon’s Oscar-winning Manchester by the Sea, written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan, also appearing opposite Maggie Gyllenhaal in...
The film written by Glass and Weronika Tofilska is reportedly set in the world of bodybuilding, examining a romance fueled by ego, desire and the American Dream. Film4 developed the project alongside the filmmakers and will co-finance alongside A24, which is producing and handling the pic’s global release. Andrea Cornwell is also producing for Lobo Films, alongside Oliver Kassman for Escape Plan Productions.
Baryshnikov starred as Lavinia Dickinson, sister of poet Emily Dickinson (Hailee Steinfeld), in Apple’s Peabody Award-winning series, Dickinson, which came to the end of its third and final season last December. The actress made her feature film debut in Amazon’s Oscar-winning Manchester by the Sea, written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan, also appearing opposite Maggie Gyllenhaal in...
- 6/16/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Josephine Decker knows it sounds a little weird — that the filmmaker behind such tone poems as “Thou Wast Mild & Lovely” and “Butter on the Latch” and internal dramas like “Madeline’s Madeline” and “Shirley” wanted to make an Apple-backed adaption of a popular YA novel for her fifth feature film — but it made perfect sense to her.
“I remember calling my mom when I first got the movie and I was like, ‘I’m making my first happy movie, Mom. You’re going to love it. You’re going to be so excited to watch it!'” Decker said in a recent interview with IndieWire. “She’s like, ‘What’s it about?’ And I was like, ‘It’s about a girl whose sister died.’ But it really is, by far, my happiest movie. It’s much more positive than the things I usually make, and I was really ready for that.
“I remember calling my mom when I first got the movie and I was like, ‘I’m making my first happy movie, Mom. You’re going to love it. You’re going to be so excited to watch it!'” Decker said in a recent interview with IndieWire. “She’s like, ‘What’s it about?’ And I was like, ‘It’s about a girl whose sister died.’ But it really is, by far, my happiest movie. It’s much more positive than the things I usually make, and I was really ready for that.
- 2/9/2022
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Photo: ‘Worth’ What is Life Worth? New to Netflix is legal drama ‘Worth’ from director Sara Colangelo, the director behind ‘The Kindergarten Teacher’ starring Maggie Gyllenhaal. The film depicts a true story and follows Michael Keaton as a Washington D.C. lawyer who is tasked with the managing of compensation for the families of victims of the September 11th attacks — paired with A-list co-stars Stanley Tucci and Amy Ryan, the film attempts to deliver a compelling legal drama while also paying respect to the victims and families affected by the attacks. Related article: ‘In the Heights’ – Behind the Scenes and Full Commentary/Reactions from Cast & Crew Related article: The Hollywood Insider’s CEO Pritan Ambroase: “The Importance of Venice Film Festival as the Protector of Cinema” ‘Worth’ is an incredibly impactful film — something to note before watching the film is that it is by no means an easy watch.
- 9/7/2021
- by Sean Aversa
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
On a Labor Day weekend when “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” exploded to a record $90 million initial four- day gross, Disney also expanded Premium VOD platforms for its $100 million-plus box office “Jungle Cruise” ($29.99). As with other PVOD titles, it’s making a strong debut on multiple charts after an initial Disney+ home exclusive.
“Jungle Cruise” leads at Vudu, which favors higher-priced titles with its revenue tally. Among transactional charts, iTunes has it as #3, with GooglePlay placing it at #5. “The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard” (Lionsgate/$5.99) repeats at #1 at both iTunes and Google, and at #5 is the highest non-pvod films at Vudu. All of this reinforces that Disney can maximize returns from multiple outlets even as films still do well in theaters.
“Don’t Breathe 2” (Sony/$19.99), a surprise PVOD release after three weeks in theaters, is #2 at Vudu, #3 at iTunes, and #5 at GooglePlay. The film fell a modest 18 percent in...
“Jungle Cruise” leads at Vudu, which favors higher-priced titles with its revenue tally. Among transactional charts, iTunes has it as #3, with GooglePlay placing it at #5. “The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard” (Lionsgate/$5.99) repeats at #1 at both iTunes and Google, and at #5 is the highest non-pvod films at Vudu. All of this reinforces that Disney can maximize returns from multiple outlets even as films still do well in theaters.
“Don’t Breathe 2” (Sony/$19.99), a surprise PVOD release after three weeks in theaters, is #2 at Vudu, #3 at iTunes, and #5 at GooglePlay. The film fell a modest 18 percent in...
- 9/6/2021
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
The Kindergarten Teacher director Sara Colangelo’s sensitive and poignant film about the victim compensation fund is a surprisingly necessary tribute
Worth begins with a cacophony of urgent noise. Sirens, screams, crashes, panic – a hurricane of chaos that The Kindergarten Teacher director Sara Colangelo then tasks herself with sifting through over the next almost two hours. How does one even begin to make sense of what happened on 11 September 2001?
Related: Why is Spike Lee’s 9/11 docuseries so controversial?...
Worth begins with a cacophony of urgent noise. Sirens, screams, crashes, panic – a hurricane of chaos that The Kindergarten Teacher director Sara Colangelo then tasks herself with sifting through over the next almost two hours. How does one even begin to make sense of what happened on 11 September 2001?
Related: Why is Spike Lee’s 9/11 docuseries so controversial?...
- 9/6/2021
- by Benjamin Lee
- The Guardian - Film News
If you thought watching Godzilla and King Kong fight for global super-monster supremacy was epic, wait until you watch the two movies in Sara Colangelo’s “Worth” duke it out. On the one hand, this real-life 9/11 drama is a triumph of the human spirit, and on the other, it’s a triumph for corporations convincing the families of 9/11 victims to waive their right to legal recourse in a desperate attempt to weasel their way out of getting sued.
“Worth” tells the story of lawyer Kenneth Feinberg, played with a gravely, drawling austerity by Michael Keaton. In the college course he teaches, Feinberg invites his students to ponder the question, “What is life worth?” — but not in the usual philosophical sense. He’s asking his class to engage in a difficult legal conundrum that comes up all too often: in the case of wrongful death, how does a lawyer determine how...
“Worth” tells the story of lawyer Kenneth Feinberg, played with a gravely, drawling austerity by Michael Keaton. In the college course he teaches, Feinberg invites his students to ponder the question, “What is life worth?” — but not in the usual philosophical sense. He’s asking his class to engage in a difficult legal conundrum that comes up all too often: in the case of wrongful death, how does a lawyer determine how...
- 9/3/2021
- by William Bibbiani
- The Wrap
By Ben Miller
With the 20th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks approaching, Sara Colangelo’s Worth paints a compassionate picture of the victims and their families while attempting to get into the heads of the lawyers in charge of assigning a dollar amount to the victims. While the lead trio are each superb, the host of character actors and actress recounting their lost loved ones tug at the heartstrings. Poignantly acted and directed, the film lacks the flash and grandstanding of the usual Hollywood fare, but still delivers a heartfelt message on the value of life.
Following the 9/11 attacks, to stave off the potential of economically disastrous lawsuits against the airlines, the United States Attorney General assigns respected lawyer Kenneth Feinberg (Michael Keaton) as the Special Master of the fund allocated to compensate victims and their families of the attacks...
With the 20th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks approaching, Sara Colangelo’s Worth paints a compassionate picture of the victims and their families while attempting to get into the heads of the lawyers in charge of assigning a dollar amount to the victims. While the lead trio are each superb, the host of character actors and actress recounting their lost loved ones tug at the heartstrings. Poignantly acted and directed, the film lacks the flash and grandstanding of the usual Hollywood fare, but still delivers a heartfelt message on the value of life.
Following the 9/11 attacks, to stave off the potential of economically disastrous lawsuits against the airlines, the United States Attorney General assigns respected lawyer Kenneth Feinberg (Michael Keaton) as the Special Master of the fund allocated to compensate victims and their families of the attacks...
- 9/2/2021
- by Ben Miller
- FilmExperience
Netflix is leaping into fall with a number of new films and TV shows, as well as its regular new rotation of existing shows and movies.
Among the original drama films coming to the streamer this month are the 9/11 biographical drama Worth on Sept. 3. Starring Michael Keaton, Amy Ryan and Stanley Tucci, the Sara Colangelo-directed film is based on true events and follows Keaton’s attorney as he faces the seemingly impossible task of determining the extent of compensation for families who were victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. The Starling, which hits Netflix on Sept. 24, stars Melissa McCarthy, Chris ...
Among the original drama films coming to the streamer this month are the 9/11 biographical drama Worth on Sept. 3. Starring Michael Keaton, Amy Ryan and Stanley Tucci, the Sara Colangelo-directed film is based on true events and follows Keaton’s attorney as he faces the seemingly impossible task of determining the extent of compensation for families who were victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. The Starling, which hits Netflix on Sept. 24, stars Melissa McCarthy, Chris ...
Netflix is leaping into fall with a number of new films and TV shows, as well as its regular new rotation of existing shows and movies.
Among the original drama films coming to the streamer this month are the 9/11 biographical drama Worth on Sept. 3. Starring Michael Keaton, Amy Ryan and Stanley Tucci, the Sara Colangelo-directed film is based on true events and follows Keaton’s attorney as he faces the seemingly impossible task of determining the extent of compensation for families who were victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. The Starling, which hits Netflix on Sept. 24, stars Melissa McCarthy, Chris ...
Among the original drama films coming to the streamer this month are the 9/11 biographical drama Worth on Sept. 3. Starring Michael Keaton, Amy Ryan and Stanley Tucci, the Sara Colangelo-directed film is based on true events and follows Keaton’s attorney as he faces the seemingly impossible task of determining the extent of compensation for families who were victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. The Starling, which hits Netflix on Sept. 24, stars Melissa McCarthy, Chris ...
Whether you’re staying in or heading to the theaters, this September has something for every taste, including a return to horror by a modern master, to a movie in which Nicolas Cage wanders through a post-apocalyptic Japan. History buffs have their pick of a new Ken Burns documentary or a new Ryan Murphy docudrama, and fans of musicals have a couple of options as well. Let’s get started with one of the month’s biggest releases, the latest installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Theaters,...
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Theaters,...
- 8/30/2021
- by Keith Phipps
- Rollingstone.com
This year, Netflix grabbed a whopping 35 Oscar nominations for its slate of original movies, including 10 nominations for David Fincher’s “Mank,” six nominations for Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” and five nominations for the August Wilson adaptation “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” which featured the final performance from star and Best Actor nominee Chadwick Boseman. The total number of nominations for the streaming service ranked among the most ever by a single studio and dwarfed the Netflix tally in 2020 when the platform grabbed 24 nominations to lead all distributors.
But judging merely by quantity, 2021 could become the biggest year yet for Netflix. Over the final four months of the year, the studio will debut more than 40 titles, including new movies from past Oscar favorites like Adam McKay, Jane Campion, and Paolo Sorrentino as well as buzzy features from first-time filmmakers such as Lin-Manuel Miranda and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Ahead,...
But judging merely by quantity, 2021 could become the biggest year yet for Netflix. Over the final four months of the year, the studio will debut more than 40 titles, including new movies from past Oscar favorites like Adam McKay, Jane Campion, and Paolo Sorrentino as well as buzzy features from first-time filmmakers such as Lin-Manuel Miranda and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Ahead,...
- 8/26/2021
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
An attorney learns a lesson in empathy when he is faced with the near-impossible task of determining how to compensate families who suffered incalculable losses as a result of the September 11th attacks in 2001.
Watch Worth, on Netflix September 3: https://www.netflix.com/title/80226212
Following the horrific 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, Congress appoints attorney and renowned mediator Kenneth Feinberg (Michael Keaton) to lead the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. Assigned with allocating financial resources to the victims of the tragedy, Feinberg and his firm’s head of operations, Camille Biros (Amy Ryan), face the impossible task of determining the worth of a life to help the families who had suffered incalculable losses. When Feinberg locks horns with Charles Wolf (Stanley Tucci), a community organizer mourning the death of his wife, his initial cynicism turns to compassion as he begins to learn the true human costs of the tragedy.
Watch Worth, on Netflix September 3: https://www.netflix.com/title/80226212
Following the horrific 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, Congress appoints attorney and renowned mediator Kenneth Feinberg (Michael Keaton) to lead the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. Assigned with allocating financial resources to the victims of the tragedy, Feinberg and his firm’s head of operations, Camille Biros (Amy Ryan), face the impossible task of determining the worth of a life to help the families who had suffered incalculable losses. When Feinberg locks horns with Charles Wolf (Stanley Tucci), a community organizer mourning the death of his wife, his initial cynicism turns to compassion as he begins to learn the true human costs of the tragedy.
- 8/13/2021
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Netflix has debuted the trailer for the upcoming drama featuring Michael Keaton and Stanley Tucci, ‘Worth.’
Based on true events, the film follows the financial fall-out after the horrific 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Congress appoints attorney and renowned mediator Kenneth Feinberg (Michael Keaton) to lead the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. Assigned with allocating financial resources to the victims of the tragedy, Feinberg and his firm’s head of operations, Camille Biros (Amy Ryan), face the impossible task of determining the worth of a life to help the families who had suffered incalculable losses. When Feinberg locks horns with Charles Wolf (Stanley Tucci), a community organizer mourning the death of his wife, his initial cynicism turns to compassion as he begins to learn the true human costs of the tragedy.
Directed by Sara Colangelo, the film star Tate Donovan, Shunori Ramanathan, Talia Balsam, Laura Benanti, Marc Maron,...
Based on true events, the film follows the financial fall-out after the horrific 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Congress appoints attorney and renowned mediator Kenneth Feinberg (Michael Keaton) to lead the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. Assigned with allocating financial resources to the victims of the tragedy, Feinberg and his firm’s head of operations, Camille Biros (Amy Ryan), face the impossible task of determining the worth of a life to help the families who had suffered incalculable losses. When Feinberg locks horns with Charles Wolf (Stanley Tucci), a community organizer mourning the death of his wife, his initial cynicism turns to compassion as he begins to learn the true human costs of the tragedy.
Directed by Sara Colangelo, the film star Tate Donovan, Shunori Ramanathan, Talia Balsam, Laura Benanti, Marc Maron,...
- 8/10/2021
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Worth Trailer — Sara Colangelo‘s Worth (2020) movie trailer has been released by Netflix. The Worth stars Michael Keaton, Stanley Tucci, Amy Ryan, Tate Donovan, Laura Benanti, Talia Balsam, Shunori Ramanathan, Marc Maron, Chris Tardio, Victor Slezak, Gayle Rankin, Catherine Curtin, Johanna Day, and James Ciccone. Crew Max Borenstein wrote the screenplay for [...]
Continue reading: Worth (2020) Movie Trailer: Michael Keaton Uses a Mathematical Formula to Compensate the Families of 9/11 Victims...
Continue reading: Worth (2020) Movie Trailer: Michael Keaton Uses a Mathematical Formula to Compensate the Families of 9/11 Victims...
- 8/10/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Premiering back at Sundance Film Festival in 2020, it’s not surprising there’s been a wait to see Worth, written by Max Borenstein and directed by Sara Colangelo. Picked up by Netflix timed to the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the drama follows Congress-appointed attorney Kenneth Feinberg (Michael Keaton), who runs the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. Along with his firm partner Camille Biros (Amy Ryan), Feinberg quickly produces a formula by which to calculate what each victim’s loved ones are owed. While Charles Wolf (Stanley Tucci), a community organizer mourning the death of his wife, enters the picture, their plans get complicated. Ahead of a September 3 debut on Netflix, the first trailer has now arrived.
Dan Mecca said in his Sundance review, “Watching Keaton and Tucci go at each other in a handful of scenes is worth the price of admission. Here are two of the best actors we have,...
Dan Mecca said in his Sundance review, “Watching Keaton and Tucci go at each other in a handful of scenes is worth the price of admission. Here are two of the best actors we have,...
- 8/9/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Ashok Amritraj’s Hyde Park Entertainment and West Madison Entertainment’s Christina Papagjika and Matthew Salloway have partnered to produce the feature biopic Bury the Lede, based on the true story of Connie Lawn, who was the longest-serving White House correspondent ever with a tenure that spanned over 50 years.
Broadway director Anna D. Shapiro will helm the script written by Joy Gregory (Madam Secretary). Shapiro also serves as the Artistic Director of the celebrated Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago and will soon be directing the Broadway-bound musical The Devil Wears Prada with music by Sir Elton John.
Lawn started her career covering the 1968 Robert F. Kennedy presidential campaign. From conducting one of the last interviews with Kennedy standing inches away during the assassination, living at the Watergate complex during the break-in and Nixon fallout, being abducted in Lebanon and staging her escape,...
Broadway director Anna D. Shapiro will helm the script written by Joy Gregory (Madam Secretary). Shapiro also serves as the Artistic Director of the celebrated Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago and will soon be directing the Broadway-bound musical The Devil Wears Prada with music by Sir Elton John.
Lawn started her career covering the 1968 Robert F. Kennedy presidential campaign. From conducting one of the last interviews with Kennedy standing inches away during the assassination, living at the Watergate complex during the break-in and Nixon fallout, being abducted in Lebanon and staging her escape,...
- 4/22/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Worth, a film about Kenneth Feinberg, the lawyer who oversaw the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, is headed to Netflix this September – a month which will mark the 20th anniversary of the attacks. Michael Keaton plays Feinberg in the movie, which comes from director Sara Colangelo and writer Max Borenstein. Amy Ryan, Stanley Tucci, Tate Donovan, Shunori Ramanathan, […]
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- 2/19/2021
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
“Worth,” a true story drama starring Michael Keaton, has been picked up by Netflix and Higher Ground Productions, the company founded by Barack and Michelle Obama.
Directed by Sara Colangelo and written by Max Borenstein, “Worth” stars Keaton as Kenneth Feinberg, the man tasked to oversee the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. In his efforts to find compensation for over 5,300 people who lost loved ones or suffered serious health problems as a result of the terrorist attacks, Feinberg was faced with the emotional toil of trying to put a price on human life. In the end, Feinberg and his team secured $7.1 billion for the federal fund.
Based on Feinberg’s 2006 memoir “What Is Life Worth,” the film premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and also stars Stanley Tucci, Amy Ryan, Tate Donovan and Laura Benanti.
Keaton is producing “Worth” with Borenstein, Marc Butan for MadRiver Pictures, Anthony Katagas for Keep Your Head,...
Directed by Sara Colangelo and written by Max Borenstein, “Worth” stars Keaton as Kenneth Feinberg, the man tasked to oversee the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. In his efforts to find compensation for over 5,300 people who lost loved ones or suffered serious health problems as a result of the terrorist attacks, Feinberg was faced with the emotional toil of trying to put a price on human life. In the end, Feinberg and his team secured $7.1 billion for the federal fund.
Based on Feinberg’s 2006 memoir “What Is Life Worth,” the film premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and also stars Stanley Tucci, Amy Ryan, Tate Donovan and Laura Benanti.
Keaton is producing “Worth” with Borenstein, Marc Butan for MadRiver Pictures, Anthony Katagas for Keep Your Head,...
- 2/17/2021
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
The Barack and Michelle Obama-led shingle Higher Ground has acquired the Michael Keaton film “Worth,” in partnership with their distributor Netflix.
Directed by Sara Colangelo (“The Kindergarten Teacher”), the film is adapted from the Kenneth Feinberg memoir “What Is Life Worth?” and follows the lawyer’s process in awarding the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund.
Netflix will stream the film in the U.S., Canada, Latin America, Australia, the UK, France, Turkey and select other countries. The project played in competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, prior to the global spread of coronavirus. It’s set for release this September, marking the 20th anniversary of the attack on New York City.
Feinberg was appointed special master of the compensation fund, tasked by Congress to allocate financial rewards to the victims of the tragedy. The film follows his search to calculate incalculable loss in the face of cynicism, bureaucracy, and the politics of division.
Directed by Sara Colangelo (“The Kindergarten Teacher”), the film is adapted from the Kenneth Feinberg memoir “What Is Life Worth?” and follows the lawyer’s process in awarding the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund.
Netflix will stream the film in the U.S., Canada, Latin America, Australia, the UK, France, Turkey and select other countries. The project played in competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, prior to the global spread of coronavirus. It’s set for release this September, marking the 20th anniversary of the attack on New York City.
Feinberg was appointed special master of the compensation fund, tasked by Congress to allocate financial rewards to the victims of the tragedy. The film follows his search to calculate incalculable loss in the face of cynicism, bureaucracy, and the politics of division.
- 2/17/2021
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Teamed with Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground, Netflix has acquired North American and other territorial rights to Worth, the Sara Colangelo-directed adaptation of the Kenneth Feinberg memoir What Is Life Worth. Feinberg, who is played by Michael Keaton in the film, was appointed Special Master of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. Pic premiered at 2020 Sundance. Tasked by Congress to allocate financial compensation to victims of the tragedy, the film chronicles his battles against bureaucracy and the daunting notion of trying to assess the value of those killed, in the face of cynicism, bureaucracy and the politics of division. Feinberg’s committee awarded $7.1 billion in taxpayer funds paid out to 5300 people whose lives were irrevocably changed that fateful day when terrorists flew planes into the Twin Towers in the World Trade Center, and hijacked and crashed commercial planes in DC and other U.S. cities.
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Netflix will...
- 2/17/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
The latest in our series of writers highlighting underappreciated films recommends Maggie Gyllenhaal’s standout performance as a woman losing her grip in a tense thriller
There are many things The Kindergarten Teacher, a 90-minute psychodrama now available to watch online, is not. It is not, for one, in any of the main pandemic-streaming categories – not a stress-processing action flick (Contagion), nor a nostalgic favorite. It’s not one of Netflix’s popular originals; the streamer seems to have botched the film’s Us promotion when it was released in October 2018, despite an absolute knockout performance from Maggie Gyllenhaal that inexplicably did not earn any award nominations. But The Kindergarten Teacher, directed by Sara Colangelo and based on the 2014 Israeli film of the same name, is worth a watch as an absorbing portrait of one individual’s subtle but desperate slide into obsession, and as an affair story, though not the kind you’d expect.
There are many things The Kindergarten Teacher, a 90-minute psychodrama now available to watch online, is not. It is not, for one, in any of the main pandemic-streaming categories – not a stress-processing action flick (Contagion), nor a nostalgic favorite. It’s not one of Netflix’s popular originals; the streamer seems to have botched the film’s Us promotion when it was released in October 2018, despite an absolute knockout performance from Maggie Gyllenhaal that inexplicably did not earn any award nominations. But The Kindergarten Teacher, directed by Sara Colangelo and based on the 2014 Israeli film of the same name, is worth a watch as an absorbing portrait of one individual’s subtle but desperate slide into obsession, and as an affair story, though not the kind you’d expect.
- 4/17/2020
- by Adrian Horton
- The Guardian - Film News
As the coronavirus pandemic forces global audiences into their homes and film and television production grinds to a halt, unsold independent films have become attractive options for distributors seeking fast content, numerous industry insiders tell Variety.
Streamers including Apple TV Plus, Hulu, Amazon Prime and the major studios are showing renewed interest in finished films from festivals past, like January’s Sundance, as well as orphans from the canceled SXSW and postponed Tribeca film festivals, sources say.
Netflix is also in the game, according to one top sales agent speaking on the condition of anonymity, though it faces a unique roadblock: the amount of time and money it would take to dub acquired films in the languages of its 160 million global subscribers, which could be prohibitive in streaming those movies immediately.
Spokespeople for Apple, Hulu, Amazon and Netflix declined to comment on the matter, though many inside those com- panies...
Streamers including Apple TV Plus, Hulu, Amazon Prime and the major studios are showing renewed interest in finished films from festivals past, like January’s Sundance, as well as orphans from the canceled SXSW and postponed Tribeca film festivals, sources say.
Netflix is also in the game, according to one top sales agent speaking on the condition of anonymity, though it faces a unique roadblock: the amount of time and money it would take to dub acquired films in the languages of its 160 million global subscribers, which could be prohibitive in streaming those movies immediately.
Spokespeople for Apple, Hulu, Amazon and Netflix declined to comment on the matter, though many inside those com- panies...
- 3/25/2020
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Actor and filmmaker Stanley Tucci will front series “The Californian Century,” set to air on BBC Radio 4.
Tucci will play a cynical screenwriter who narrates the stories of ten people who helped build California over the last 100 years. They include Francis Boggs, the first person to direct a full movie in California; Hattie McDaniel, the first black actor to win an Oscar for her role in “Gone With The Wind”; rapper Ice-t; and Jerry Brown, the longest serving governor of the state.
The 10-part series is created, written and produced by BBC journalist Laurence Grissell.
Tucci said: “Having spent a lot of time working in California, I was very interested in narrating this series about the people who made the biggest impact on the state during its most fruitful century.”
Richard Knight, BBC Radio 4’s factual commissioning editor, added: “California’s political, social and cultural significance is huge – touching...
Tucci will play a cynical screenwriter who narrates the stories of ten people who helped build California over the last 100 years. They include Francis Boggs, the first person to direct a full movie in California; Hattie McDaniel, the first black actor to win an Oscar for her role in “Gone With The Wind”; rapper Ice-t; and Jerry Brown, the longest serving governor of the state.
The 10-part series is created, written and produced by BBC journalist Laurence Grissell.
Tucci said: “Having spent a lot of time working in California, I was very interested in narrating this series about the people who made the biggest impact on the state during its most fruitful century.”
Richard Knight, BBC Radio 4’s factual commissioning editor, added: “California’s political, social and cultural significance is huge – touching...
- 2/17/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Almost 20 years after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 claimed nearly 3,000 lives, director Sara Colangelo’s Worth attempts to project some humanity back onto that statistic. The whole movie revolves around a central question: how much is a human life worth? In this true story, Michael Keaton and Amy Ryan star as a […]
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- 1/26/2020
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
In the wake of a tragedy, who decides who gets compensated? And how much? These are the opening queries in Worth, written by Max Borenstein and directed by Sara Colangelo. Following the terror attacks of September 11th, 2001, Congress appointed attorney Kenneth Feinberg to run the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. Along with his firm partner Camille Biros, Feinberg quickly produces a formula by which to calculate what each victim’s loved ones are owed. It’s an unfair system, paying out larger sums to those who made more money when they were alive. With a deadline and a requirement to get at least eighty percent of the victims to sign (thereby agreeing not to sue the airlines), there is a ticking clock. Of sorts.
Charles Wolf, who lost his wife in the attacks, emerges as an opponent to Feinberg’s plan. He starts a website called Fix The Fund, forming...
Charles Wolf, who lost his wife in the attacks, emerges as an opponent to Feinberg’s plan. He starts a website called Fix The Fund, forming...
- 1/25/2020
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
As a child, when future TV host Fred Rogers would see scary images on the news, his mother would tell him, “Look for the heroes.” If Fred were a boy today, she’d add, “Look for Ken Feinberg.” Feinberg, the lawyer at the center of Sara Colangelo’s “Worth,” specializes in putting a price tag on human tragedy. He’s brought his calculator to the shootings in Sandy Hook, Aurora, Virginia Tech and Orlando, and tallied spreadsheets for victims of the Boston Bombing, the Bp oil spill, Agent Orange, asbestos, bad breast implants, bad car ignitions, Boeing 737s, the Catholic Church and Penn State. Feinberg even haggled the value of the Zapruder Tape.
Here, Colangelo (“The Kindergarten Teacher”) and screenwriter Max Borenstein are only interested in Feinberg’s most famous case: the payout for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. The two-year grind involved more than 7,000 families and turned the disaster accountant,...
Here, Colangelo (“The Kindergarten Teacher”) and screenwriter Max Borenstein are only interested in Feinberg’s most famous case: the payout for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. The two-year grind involved more than 7,000 families and turned the disaster accountant,...
- 1/25/2020
- by Amy Nicholson
- Variety Film + TV
Sundance Film Festival isn’t just a market for independent movies and a place to discover new talent — it’s also a barometer of current moods.
In 2020, an election year, it’s not always easy to separate politics from art — and maybe it shouldn’t be, not at Sundance. Hillary Clinton will visit Park City to premiere “Hillary,” a four-hour Hulu docu-series with unparalleled access to the first woman to capture a major political party’s nomination for president of the United States. This year’s lineup of more than 100 movies also features a Gloria Steinem biopic, non-fiction films about the Aclu and March for Our Lives and a horror movie about a killer black weave that doubles as an allegory about racial inequality.
As buyers and movie fans gather in the snow for another edition of Sundance, here are Variety’s picks for the 17 buzziest movies that could be...
In 2020, an election year, it’s not always easy to separate politics from art — and maybe it shouldn’t be, not at Sundance. Hillary Clinton will visit Park City to premiere “Hillary,” a four-hour Hulu docu-series with unparalleled access to the first woman to capture a major political party’s nomination for president of the United States. This year’s lineup of more than 100 movies also features a Gloria Steinem biopic, non-fiction films about the Aclu and March for Our Lives and a horror movie about a killer black weave that doubles as an allegory about racial inequality.
As buyers and movie fans gather in the snow for another edition of Sundance, here are Variety’s picks for the 17 buzziest movies that could be...
- 1/23/2020
- by Kate Aurthur and Ramin Setoodeh
- Variety Film + TV
It’s another Sundance Film Festival full of slopes, snow, stars and sales. That’s right, the market at the Sundance Film Festival is gearing up yet again with some buzzy titles among those just premiering at the festival and those in competition. And after last year produced some mega deals for movies like “Late Night,” “The Farewell” and “Brittany Runs a Marathon” to name just a few, these are the features and documentaries TheWrap will be keeping an eye on while in Park City.
Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen
In “Disclosure,” trans director Sam Feder sits down with Hollywood’s other leaders and thinkers in the trans community like Laverne Cox, Lilly Wachowski, Yance Ford, Mj Rodriguez, Jamie Clayton and Chaz Bono. The documentary grapples with the history of trans characters in TV and movies, going way back to “Dog Days Afternoon” and “Boys Don’t Cry” up through FX’s “Pose.
Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen
In “Disclosure,” trans director Sam Feder sits down with Hollywood’s other leaders and thinkers in the trans community like Laverne Cox, Lilly Wachowski, Yance Ford, Mj Rodriguez, Jamie Clayton and Chaz Bono. The documentary grapples with the history of trans characters in TV and movies, going way back to “Dog Days Afternoon” and “Boys Don’t Cry” up through FX’s “Pose.
- 1/21/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Some of this year’s buzziest titles premiering at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, which opens Thursday, come to Park City with distribution in hand. It’s a growing trend that agents, sellers, and buyers have mixed feelings about — one that some distributors say makes for a more challenging market and forces them to think outside the box and give a second look to films they may have passed over.
But there are still plenty of movies with promise for distributors in all segments of the industry. Buyers are gearing up for what they expect to be a competitive market. There’s mainstream theatrical potential in films like “Worth,” about the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, while competitive buyers — particularly streamers — could seize the opportunity to build a brand around a new voice like Radha Blank, the star, writer, and director of “The 40-Year-Old Version.”
After dominating this year’s Oscar nominations,...
But there are still plenty of movies with promise for distributors in all segments of the industry. Buyers are gearing up for what they expect to be a competitive market. There’s mainstream theatrical potential in films like “Worth,” about the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, while competitive buyers — particularly streamers — could seize the opportunity to build a brand around a new voice like Radha Blank, the star, writer, and director of “The 40-Year-Old Version.”
After dominating this year’s Oscar nominations,...
- 1/21/2020
- by Chris Lindahl
- Indiewire
Production in Tampa, Florida, set for January 2020 start.
Los Angeles based Oak Street Pictures is set to commence production on Nothing Like The Son and has said Michael Keaton is in the cast of the drama based on real events stemming from Hurricane Maria that devastated Puerto Rico in late 2017.
The coming-of-age story centres on Ray Bracero, who survives his senior year of high school alone and homeless, when his single mother is forced to return to Puerto Rico just before the 2017 disaster, according to the Oak Street Pictures website.
As he struggles with violence, love and the hope of his biological father’s return, Ray strikes up an unexpected father/son relationship with Jack (who according to Oak Street’s website will be played by Keaton), another survivor and recovering addict with unorthodox wisdom.
Eric Fleming (The Almost Guys) will direct from his screenplay and Oak Street says Keaton also serves as executive producer.
Los Angeles based Oak Street Pictures is set to commence production on Nothing Like The Son and has said Michael Keaton is in the cast of the drama based on real events stemming from Hurricane Maria that devastated Puerto Rico in late 2017.
The coming-of-age story centres on Ray Bracero, who survives his senior year of high school alone and homeless, when his single mother is forced to return to Puerto Rico just before the 2017 disaster, according to the Oak Street Pictures website.
As he struggles with violence, love and the hope of his biological father’s return, Ray strikes up an unexpected father/son relationship with Jack (who according to Oak Street’s website will be played by Keaton), another survivor and recovering addict with unorthodox wisdom.
Eric Fleming (The Almost Guys) will direct from his screenplay and Oak Street says Keaton also serves as executive producer.
- 12/18/2019
- by 55¦Chris Evans¦49¦
- ScreenDaily
Production in Tampa, Florida, set for January 2020 start.
Los Angeles based Oak Street Pictures is set to commence production on Nothing Like The Son, a drama based on real events stemming from Hurricane Maria that devastated Puerto Rico in late 2017, with Michael Keaton in the cast.
The coming-of-age story centres on Ray Bracero, who survives his senior year of high school alone and homeless, when his single mother is forced to return to Puerto Rico just before the 2017 hurricane, according to the Oak Street Pictures website, which says Keaton will star.
As he struggles with violence, love and the hope...
Los Angeles based Oak Street Pictures is set to commence production on Nothing Like The Son, a drama based on real events stemming from Hurricane Maria that devastated Puerto Rico in late 2017, with Michael Keaton in the cast.
The coming-of-age story centres on Ray Bracero, who survives his senior year of high school alone and homeless, when his single mother is forced to return to Puerto Rico just before the 2017 hurricane, according to the Oak Street Pictures website, which says Keaton will star.
As he struggles with violence, love and the hope...
- 12/18/2019
- by 55¦Chris Evans¦49¦
- ScreenDaily
While a few lauded Sundance Film Festival titles like “The Farewell” and “The Report” still seek 2020 awards attention, the 2019 narrative selection became more talent discovery than Oscar launchpad as heated buys like “Late Night” and “Brittany Runs a Marathon” fizzled at the box office. For the documentary section, however, it’s a different story.
While Sundance’s nonfiction program has always been strong, it’s now becoming the festival’s premier showcase. The intensely competitive Sundance doc selections yield a high percentage of Oscar nominations, including four out of last year’s final five. Many of this year’s doc contenders debuted at Sundance 2019, including Gotham Awards winner “American Factory,” “Apollo 11,” “Edge of Democracy,” New York Film Critics Circle winner “Honeyland,” “Knock Down the House,” “One Child Nation,” and “Sea of Shadows.”
Sundance’s fictional narratives remain impressive, producing a countless number that generate great reviews, and launch careers across the industry spectrum.
While Sundance’s nonfiction program has always been strong, it’s now becoming the festival’s premier showcase. The intensely competitive Sundance doc selections yield a high percentage of Oscar nominations, including four out of last year’s final five. Many of this year’s doc contenders debuted at Sundance 2019, including Gotham Awards winner “American Factory,” “Apollo 11,” “Edge of Democracy,” New York Film Critics Circle winner “Honeyland,” “Knock Down the House,” “One Child Nation,” and “Sea of Shadows.”
Sundance’s fictional narratives remain impressive, producing a countless number that generate great reviews, and launch careers across the industry spectrum.
- 12/5/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
While a few lauded Sundance Film Festival titles like “The Farewell” and “The Report” still seek 2020 awards attention, the 2019 narrative selection became more talent discovery than Oscar launchpad as heated buys like “Late Night” and “Brittany Runs a Marathon” fizzled at the box office. For the documentary section, however, it’s a different story.
While Sundance’s nonfiction program has always been strong, it’s now becoming the festival’s premier showcase. The intensely competitive Sundance doc selections yield a high percentage of Oscar nominations, including four out of last year’s final five. Many of this year’s doc contenders debuted at Sundance 2019, including Gotham Awards winner “American Factory,” “Apollo 11,” “Edge of Democracy,” New York Film Critics Circle winner “Honeyland,” “Knock Down the House,” “One Child Nation,” and “Sea of Shadows.”
Sundance’s fictional narratives remain impressive, producing a countless number that generate great reviews, and launch careers across the industry spectrum.
While Sundance’s nonfiction program has always been strong, it’s now becoming the festival’s premier showcase. The intensely competitive Sundance doc selections yield a high percentage of Oscar nominations, including four out of last year’s final five. Many of this year’s doc contenders debuted at Sundance 2019, including Gotham Awards winner “American Factory,” “Apollo 11,” “Edge of Democracy,” New York Film Critics Circle winner “Honeyland,” “Knock Down the House,” “One Child Nation,” and “Sea of Shadows.”
Sundance’s fictional narratives remain impressive, producing a countless number that generate great reviews, and launch careers across the industry spectrum.
- 12/5/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
More than half of the movies competing for the U.S. Dramatic prize at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival come from directors who identify as people of color.
Sundance reports that 53%, or nine of 17 directors across 16 films listed in competition as part of the 2020 lineup, are non-white. 118 feature films were announced as part of the lineup on Wednesday, and 34%, or 40 of the films, were directed by one or more filmmakers of color. And specifically across the 65 directors in all four competition categories, 56 films in all, 38% of the directors are people of color.
That’s right on par with the initial wave of films announced for 2019’s slate, which featured 36% as directed by people of color. However, that number changed slightly as more films were subsequently announced to the full lineup.
Directors of color in the U.S. Dramatic competition include: Esteban Arango for “Blast Beat,” Angel Manuel Soto for”Charm City...
Sundance reports that 53%, or nine of 17 directors across 16 films listed in competition as part of the 2020 lineup, are non-white. 118 feature films were announced as part of the lineup on Wednesday, and 34%, or 40 of the films, were directed by one or more filmmakers of color. And specifically across the 65 directors in all four competition categories, 56 films in all, 38% of the directors are people of color.
That’s right on par with the initial wave of films announced for 2019’s slate, which featured 36% as directed by people of color. However, that number changed slightly as more films were subsequently announced to the full lineup.
Directors of color in the U.S. Dramatic competition include: Esteban Arango for “Blast Beat,” Angel Manuel Soto for”Charm City...
- 12/4/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, and Maggie Q are set to star in The Asset, an action-thriller from The Foreigner and Casino Royale director Martin Campbell and The Expendables outfit Millennium Media. It’s a package to warm the hearts of Afm action aficionados.
Arthur Sarkissian of the Rush Hour franchise will produce, along with Moshe Diamant (The Hurricane Heist) and Rob Van Norden (Rambo: Last Blood).
Written by Richard Wenk (The Equalizer 2), the story follows Rembrandt (Keaton) and Anna (Maggie Q), two of the world’s premier assassins who share a mysterious past from Vietnam. For years, they traversed the globe competing for high-profile contracts. But when Anna’s mentor Moody (Jackson) is murdered, she and Rembrandt must form an uneasy alliance and return to Vietnam to track down his killer.
Millennium is handling world sales and will launch the fun-sounding project at the Afm this week.
Arthur Sarkissian of the Rush Hour franchise will produce, along with Moshe Diamant (The Hurricane Heist) and Rob Van Norden (Rambo: Last Blood).
Written by Richard Wenk (The Equalizer 2), the story follows Rembrandt (Keaton) and Anna (Maggie Q), two of the world’s premier assassins who share a mysterious past from Vietnam. For years, they traversed the globe competing for high-profile contracts. But when Anna’s mentor Moody (Jackson) is murdered, she and Rembrandt must form an uneasy alliance and return to Vietnam to track down his killer.
Millennium is handling world sales and will launch the fun-sounding project at the Afm this week.
- 11/5/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Israel’s Best Director Struggled With Jewish Identity For 20 Years, and It Fueled His Greatest Movie
The first thing that Nadav Lapid’s “Synonyms” wants you to know about its muscular protagonist, played by judo expert turned dancer Tom Mercier, is that his penis is large and circumcised. You don’t yet know his name, what he’s doing in Paris, or why the cavernous apartment where he’s staying is completely unfurnished; only that his Platonic ideal of a physique wasn’t given to him as a blank slate.
Like the Jewishness it sometimes implies, a circumcision is easy to hide from others, and even easier to ignore about yourself. But for Yoav, who’s exiled himself from Israel in a desperate bid to escape the “Israeli destiny” and everything it implies, it’s a nagging reminder of where he came from.
“The movie worships that body,” Lapid told me during a recent interview in Manhattan, “but it’s also a cursed and stranded thing.
Like the Jewishness it sometimes implies, a circumcision is easy to hide from others, and even easier to ignore about yourself. But for Yoav, who’s exiled himself from Israel in a desperate bid to escape the “Israeli destiny” and everything it implies, it’s a nagging reminder of where he came from.
“The movie worships that body,” Lapid told me during a recent interview in Manhattan, “but it’s also a cursed and stranded thing.
- 10/25/2019
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
The cross hangs heavy in the opening shot of Maternal, the first narrative feature from Italian documentary filmmaker Maura Delpero. In this introduction, we see a young and beautiful Argentinian nun who is about to start her first day in a new hogar–a convent that houses and supports young single mothers and pregnant women. She gives her crucifix one last squeeze before leaving the car and the weight of the gesture is clearly felt.
The Catholic Church remains, for good reason, one of the most bloated fish in the barrel–the lowest of hanging fruits–but Delpero’s film, to its credit, neither shoots or grabs. The director visited four hogars while researching Maternal and says the only reason she chose the Catholic one was that it seemed to have the most interesting hierarchal system. Faith thus gives a significant edge to Delpero’s story but the film is...
The Catholic Church remains, for good reason, one of the most bloated fish in the barrel–the lowest of hanging fruits–but Delpero’s film, to its credit, neither shoots or grabs. The director visited four hogars while researching Maternal and says the only reason she chose the Catholic one was that it seemed to have the most interesting hierarchal system. Faith thus gives a significant edge to Delpero’s story but the film is...
- 8/13/2019
- by Rory O'Connor
- The Film Stage
Production set for September in Kiev, Ukraine.
Maggie Grace exorcism-on-a-plane horror Incident On 459 has sparked key sales for Imr International in Cannes, led by deals with TF1 for France, and Wild Bunch for Germany and Italy.
Kim Fox and her team have licensed the film for Spain (TriPics), Latin America (Cdc), Middle East (Eagle Film), Japan (Gaga), Indonesia (Pt Amero), Taiwan (MovieCloud), Eastern Europe (Vertical), Israel (United King), and Vietnam (Oneworld Alliance).
Kevin Greutert (Saw franchise) will direct from a screenplay by Chris Sparling about a psychologist and her special needs son who board a transatlantic flight containing a demonically possessed passenger.
Maggie Grace exorcism-on-a-plane horror Incident On 459 has sparked key sales for Imr International in Cannes, led by deals with TF1 for France, and Wild Bunch for Germany and Italy.
Kim Fox and her team have licensed the film for Spain (TriPics), Latin America (Cdc), Middle East (Eagle Film), Japan (Gaga), Indonesia (Pt Amero), Taiwan (MovieCloud), Eastern Europe (Vertical), Israel (United King), and Vietnam (Oneworld Alliance).
Kevin Greutert (Saw franchise) will direct from a screenplay by Chris Sparling about a psychologist and her special needs son who board a transatlantic flight containing a demonically possessed passenger.
- 5/21/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights to Nadav Lapid’s feature drama “Synonyms,” which had its world premiere at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival earlier this year and won the top prize Golden Bear for best film.
“Synonyms,” co-produced by director Maren Ade (“Toni Erdmann”) amongst others, is loosely based on Lapid’s own experience as a young man who rejects his Israeli heritage and flees to Paris. It is Lapid’s third feature following his “Policeman” and “The Kindergarten Teacher.”
“Synonyms” will have its theatrical premiere this fall and will be available on VOD and home video this winter.
Last year Kino Lorber also picked up rights for the Golden Bear winner, Adina Pintilie’s sexually intimate odyssey “Touch Me Not.” Kino Lorber also released Lapid’s “The Kindergarten Teacher” stateside, which saw an English-language remake in 2018 written and directed by Sara Colangelo which debuted at the...
“Synonyms,” co-produced by director Maren Ade (“Toni Erdmann”) amongst others, is loosely based on Lapid’s own experience as a young man who rejects his Israeli heritage and flees to Paris. It is Lapid’s third feature following his “Policeman” and “The Kindergarten Teacher.”
“Synonyms” will have its theatrical premiere this fall and will be available on VOD and home video this winter.
Last year Kino Lorber also picked up rights for the Golden Bear winner, Adina Pintilie’s sexually intimate odyssey “Touch Me Not.” Kino Lorber also released Lapid’s “The Kindergarten Teacher” stateside, which saw an English-language remake in 2018 written and directed by Sara Colangelo which debuted at the...
- 5/16/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The Sara Colangelo-directed What Is Life Worth has commenced principal photography in New York with new additions to the ensemble cast. As Deadline has previously reported, Michael Keaton and Stanley Tucci star in the true-life biographical drama. Newly boarding are Oscar nominee Amy Ryan, Talia Balsam and Tate Donovan.
The Black List script from Max Borenstein is based on Kenneth Feinberg’s memoir. Feinberg, a powerful DC insider lawyer, was put in charge of the 9/11 Fund. In almost three years of pro bono work on the case, he fought off the cynicism, bureaucracy and politics associated with administering government funds to victims’ families — and in doing so, discovered what life is worth.
Ryan, who was last seen in Beautiful Boy and has Late Night coming in June, is repped by Gersh. Divorce and Mad Men‘s Balsam, and Donovan are also repped by Gersh. Laura Benanti,...
The Black List script from Max Borenstein is based on Kenneth Feinberg’s memoir. Feinberg, a powerful DC insider lawyer, was put in charge of the 9/11 Fund. In almost three years of pro bono work on the case, he fought off the cynicism, bureaucracy and politics associated with administering government funds to victims’ families — and in doing so, discovered what life is worth.
Ryan, who was last seen in Beautiful Boy and has Late Night coming in June, is repped by Gersh. Divorce and Mad Men‘s Balsam, and Donovan are also repped by Gersh. Laura Benanti,...
- 4/25/2019
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Laura Benanti has joined the cast of true-life biographical drama What Is Life Worth. The Michael Keaton/Stanley Tucci-starrer is directed by Sara Colangelo with production starting this month.
The Black List script from Max Borenstein is based on Kenneth Feinberg’s memoir. Feinberg, a powerful DC insider lawyer, was put in charge of the 9/11 Fund. In almost three years of pro bono work on the case, he fought off the cynicism, bureaucracy and politics associated with administering government funds to victims’ families — and in doing so, discovered what life is worth.
Benanti will play Karen Abate, the widow of a New York City firefighter who died in 9/11 and turns up at Feinberg’s office with her three kids to tell him her story.
The Tony Award winner is currently starring on Broadway as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady and plays recurring character Quinn on TVLand’s Younger.
The Black List script from Max Borenstein is based on Kenneth Feinberg’s memoir. Feinberg, a powerful DC insider lawyer, was put in charge of the 9/11 Fund. In almost three years of pro bono work on the case, he fought off the cynicism, bureaucracy and politics associated with administering government funds to victims’ families — and in doing so, discovered what life is worth.
Benanti will play Karen Abate, the widow of a New York City firefighter who died in 9/11 and turns up at Feinberg’s office with her three kids to tell him her story.
The Tony Award winner is currently starring on Broadway as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady and plays recurring character Quinn on TVLand’s Younger.
- 4/8/2019
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Shunori Ramanthan and Victor Slezak have joined the cast of the Michael Keaton-starrer What Is Life Worth. The true-life biographical drama is directed by The Kindergarten Teacher‘s Sara Colangelo and also stars Stanley Tucci. Principal photography is set to begin next month in New York.
The Black List script from Max Borenstein is based on Kenneth Feinberg’s memoir. It’s described as being in the vein of Erin Brockovich and the Oscar-winning Keaton- and Tucci-starrer Spotlight. The story centers on Feinberg, a powerful DC insider lawyer put in charge of the 9/11 Fund. In almost three years of pro bono work on the case, Feinberg fought off the cynicism, bureaucracy and politics associated with administering government funds to victims’ families — and in doing so, discovered what life is worth.
Ramanathan will play Anisha Dass, a young Ivy League-educated lawyer who had been preparing to work for a...
The Black List script from Max Borenstein is based on Kenneth Feinberg’s memoir. It’s described as being in the vein of Erin Brockovich and the Oscar-winning Keaton- and Tucci-starrer Spotlight. The story centers on Feinberg, a powerful DC insider lawyer put in charge of the 9/11 Fund. In almost three years of pro bono work on the case, Feinberg fought off the cynicism, bureaucracy and politics associated with administering government funds to victims’ families — and in doing so, discovered what life is worth.
Ramanathan will play Anisha Dass, a young Ivy League-educated lawyer who had been preparing to work for a...
- 3/26/2019
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Film tops Black Panther’s three-day opening last year.
Today’s Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.30
RankFilm (Distributor)Three-day gross (Mar 8-10) Total gross to date Week 1 Captain Marvel (Disney) £12.8m £12.8m 1 2 Fighting With My Family (Lionsgate) £1m £3.7m 2 3 The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (Warner Bros) £810,000 £16.8m 5 4 Instant Family (Paramount) £670,000 £9m 4 5 How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (Universal) £651,113 £18m 6 Disney
Disney’s latest superhero blockbuster Captain Marvel started its UK box office run with an impressive £12.8m opening this weekend.
That’s the best start for a film in the Marvel cinematic universe that introduces a singular character to the franchise,...
Today’s Gbp to Usd conversion rate: 1.30
RankFilm (Distributor)Three-day gross (Mar 8-10) Total gross to date Week 1 Captain Marvel (Disney) £12.8m £12.8m 1 2 Fighting With My Family (Lionsgate) £1m £3.7m 2 3 The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (Warner Bros) £810,000 £16.8m 5 4 Instant Family (Paramount) £670,000 £9m 4 5 How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (Universal) £651,113 £18m 6 Disney
Disney’s latest superhero blockbuster Captain Marvel started its UK box office run with an impressive £12.8m opening this weekend.
That’s the best start for a film in the Marvel cinematic universe that introduces a singular character to the franchise,...
- 3/11/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Gyllenhaal is spellbinding in Sara Colangelo’s complex tale of a teacher who becomes too deeply involved with a gifted five-year-old in her care
“It’s Ok,” coos Maggie Gyllenhaal in this brilliantly modulated psychodrama about broken dreams and conflicted desires. “Kindergarten teachers are allowed to call their students.’’
Are they really? Gyllenhaal’s Lisa Spinelli, a disenchanted fortysomething Staten Islander, is on the phone to a five-year-old. She thinks he’s a new Mozart; a child possessed (in every sense?) of a preternatural talent “so fragile and so rare” that modern society “does everything to crush’’. But is Lisa simply projecting her own aspirations and anxieties on to this young boy? And how far will she go to see her ambitions fulfilled?...
“It’s Ok,” coos Maggie Gyllenhaal in this brilliantly modulated psychodrama about broken dreams and conflicted desires. “Kindergarten teachers are allowed to call their students.’’
Are they really? Gyllenhaal’s Lisa Spinelli, a disenchanted fortysomething Staten Islander, is on the phone to a five-year-old. She thinks he’s a new Mozart; a child possessed (in every sense?) of a preternatural talent “so fragile and so rare” that modern society “does everything to crush’’. But is Lisa simply projecting her own aspirations and anxieties on to this young boy? And how far will she go to see her ambitions fulfilled?...
- 3/10/2019
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
New openers also include The Kindergarten Teacher, Everybody Knows, and Border.
It has been a tough beginning to 2019 for the UK box office. At the end of February, box office receipts were tracking at 24% down on the same two-month period in 2018, which roughly accounts for £57m ($74m) in ticket sales.
Notably absent from the release calendar so far has been a blockbuster hit – last year had Black Panther, which took a huge £50.6m after being released on Feb 13 – but that could change this weekend with the release of Disney’s Captain Marvel.
According to Screen sources, the film has already...
It has been a tough beginning to 2019 for the UK box office. At the end of February, box office receipts were tracking at 24% down on the same two-month period in 2018, which roughly accounts for £57m ($74m) in ticket sales.
Notably absent from the release calendar so far has been a blockbuster hit – last year had Black Panther, which took a huge £50.6m after being released on Feb 13 – but that could change this weekend with the release of Disney’s Captain Marvel.
According to Screen sources, the film has already...
- 3/8/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Cullen Conly is becoming a manager at Mosaic. He leaves his post as Motion Picture Literary agent in the New York offices of ICM Partners. At that agency, he repped such filmmakers as Cory Finley (Bad Education), Paul Downs Colaizzo (Brittany Runs a Marathon), Nisha Ganatra (Late Night), Charlie McDowell, Kat Candler, Sian Heder, Dome Karukoski (Tolkien), Andrew Ahn (Driveways), and Yance Ford, who was Oscar nominated for Strong Island.
Prior to joining ICM, Conly was the Manager of the Feature Film Program of the Sundance Institute, where he worked in the Screenwriter and Director Labs. Among the filmmakers he supported in that program are Ryan Coogler, David Lowery, Marielle Heller, Sara Colangelo, Sean Durkin, Benh Zeitlin, Lena Dunham and Ry Russo-Young. Before Sundance, Conly worked in development and production at Paramount Vantage and began his film career in the mailroom at the William Morris Agency.
Said Mosaic principal...
Prior to joining ICM, Conly was the Manager of the Feature Film Program of the Sundance Institute, where he worked in the Screenwriter and Director Labs. Among the filmmakers he supported in that program are Ryan Coogler, David Lowery, Marielle Heller, Sara Colangelo, Sean Durkin, Benh Zeitlin, Lena Dunham and Ry Russo-Young. Before Sundance, Conly worked in development and production at Paramount Vantage and began his film career in the mailroom at the William Morris Agency.
Said Mosaic principal...
- 3/5/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Entertainment One has signed a multi-year first-look deal for scripted and unscripted TV programming with Mgmt.Entertainment. Under the pact, eOne will serve as the studio on all projects, in addition to managing the worldwide rights.
“I’ve known Mgmt’s David Schiff for 30 plus years and I’ve always been impressed with his eye for talent and material,” said Mark Gordon, eOne’s President and Chief Content Officer of Film and Television. “Mgmt has built an incredibly impressive roster and have established themselves as a true powerhouse in the industry. We are thrilled to embark on this new partnership to create television content for audiences worldwide.”
Launched in 2007 by David Schiff as The Schiff Company, the management firm run by partners Schiff, Courtney Kivowitz and Christian Donatelli, changed its name to Mgmt. Entertainment in early 2015.
“In the current ever-changing landscape, our partnership with eOne will provide another outlet for our extraordinary clients’ ambitions.
“I’ve known Mgmt’s David Schiff for 30 plus years and I’ve always been impressed with his eye for talent and material,” said Mark Gordon, eOne’s President and Chief Content Officer of Film and Television. “Mgmt has built an incredibly impressive roster and have established themselves as a true powerhouse in the industry. We are thrilled to embark on this new partnership to create television content for audiences worldwide.”
Launched in 2007 by David Schiff as The Schiff Company, the management firm run by partners Schiff, Courtney Kivowitz and Christian Donatelli, changed its name to Mgmt. Entertainment in early 2015.
“In the current ever-changing landscape, our partnership with eOne will provide another outlet for our extraordinary clients’ ambitions.
- 2/28/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
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