Ridley Scott is reportedly attached to a smaller-scale thriller called Bomb, which he’s said to be taking on after Gladiator 2 and his ‘bucket list’ western.
Ridley Scott has had a busy year. He has Napoleon in cinemas at the moment and is currently hard at work on the set of Gladiator 2.
After that, reports last month claimed that he would be helming a ‘bucket list’ western – widely believed to be an adaptation of Wraiths Of A Broken Land, the S Craig Zahler novel that Scott optioned some years ago and has always been keen to make.
Scott’s ‘productions in development’ page on IMDb is always something to behold, with a boggling number of projects fighting for attention. But according to Deadline, the next project bubbling to the surface is Bomb, a dramatic thriller that is just a little more modest in scale than Scott’s last few productions.
Ridley Scott has had a busy year. He has Napoleon in cinemas at the moment and is currently hard at work on the set of Gladiator 2.
After that, reports last month claimed that he would be helming a ‘bucket list’ western – widely believed to be an adaptation of Wraiths Of A Broken Land, the S Craig Zahler novel that Scott optioned some years ago and has always been keen to make.
Scott’s ‘productions in development’ page on IMDb is always something to behold, with a boggling number of projects fighting for attention. But according to Deadline, the next project bubbling to the surface is Bomb, a dramatic thriller that is just a little more modest in scale than Scott’s last few productions.
- 12/18/2023
- by Dan Cooper
- Film Stories
Though the title Bomb is a compelling title for a short story, it does also carry worrisome overtones for a movie title, especially in this era of uncertain box office. Still, that isn't stopping Ridley Scott, who is attached to direct an adaptation of Kevin McMullin's tale.
The plot runs thus: Frankie Ippolito is a hostage negotiator called into duty the night before his wedding in London. A man who has parked himself in a construction site in Piccadilly Circus is standing on a newly uncovered, unexploded bomb from WWII. He tells local law enforcement he will only speak with Frankie, and this sets off a chain of events in which Frankie is drawn into an overnight struggle to stop the bomber with whom he has a past.
McMullin's story was the subject of a frenzied bidding battle between studios and streamers, with Disney's 20th Studios emerging triumphant. The...
The plot runs thus: Frankie Ippolito is a hostage negotiator called into duty the night before his wedding in London. A man who has parked himself in a construction site in Piccadilly Circus is standing on a newly uncovered, unexploded bomb from WWII. He tells local law enforcement he will only speak with Frankie, and this sets off a chain of events in which Frankie is drawn into an overnight struggle to stop the bomber with whom he has a past.
McMullin's story was the subject of a frenzied bidding battle between studios and streamers, with Disney's 20th Studios emerging triumphant. The...
- 12/17/2023
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
Studios are snapping up projects left and right before the end of the year, and now 20th Studios is getting in on the action. After a heated auction, the studio bought the rights to Kevin McMullin’s short story Bomb. The story lights the fuse for an action thriller with franchise potential, and Ridley Scott is coming aboard to direct. In addition to getting behind the camera, Ridley Scott’s production company, Scott Free, will produce Bomb. The project calls for a young actor to take the lead, so start taking bets on which of Hollywood’s up-and-coming stars could explode on screens for this hotly-anticipated presentation.
According to Deadline, several studios put their bidding paddles in the air for Bomb, including Netflix, Apple, Sony, and Warner Bros. 20th sealed the deal by saying Scott would direct. Plus, Scott has an existing relationship with McMullin, which I’m sure went...
According to Deadline, several studios put their bidding paddles in the air for Bomb, including Netflix, Apple, Sony, and Warner Bros. 20th sealed the deal by saying Scott would direct. Plus, Scott has an existing relationship with McMullin, which I’m sure went...
- 12/15/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Ridley Scott is continuing his prolific filmmaking post-“Napoleon.”
The “Gladiator” director, who is currently in production on its sequel starring Paul Mescal, is now attached to helm “Bomb,” based on a short story written by “Low Tide” filmmaker Kevin McMullin. Scott will serve as a producer through his production banner Scott Free Productions, with the film landing at 20th Century Studios.
IndieWire confirmed the news, as first reported by Deadline, with a source close to the project.
According to Deadline, 20th Century beat out studios Apple, Netflix, Sony, and Warner Bros. to close the film deal at “low seven figures” for McMullin to adapt the script from his own short story.
“Bomb” centers around a hostage negotiator named Frankie Ippolito, who is called into duty the night before his wedding to talk down a man who is standing on an unexploded bomb from WWII. The film is set in...
The “Gladiator” director, who is currently in production on its sequel starring Paul Mescal, is now attached to helm “Bomb,” based on a short story written by “Low Tide” filmmaker Kevin McMullin. Scott will serve as a producer through his production banner Scott Free Productions, with the film landing at 20th Century Studios.
IndieWire confirmed the news, as first reported by Deadline, with a source close to the project.
According to Deadline, 20th Century beat out studios Apple, Netflix, Sony, and Warner Bros. to close the film deal at “low seven figures” for McMullin to adapt the script from his own short story.
“Bomb” centers around a hostage negotiator named Frankie Ippolito, who is called into duty the night before his wedding to talk down a man who is standing on an unexploded bomb from WWII. The film is set in...
- 12/15/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Exclusive: In what might be the last big one in a flurry of pre-holiday material auctions, 20th Studios has bought the Kevin McMullin short story Bomb, an action thriller with franchise potential and a killer role for a young actor. Ridley Scott has attached to direct, with his Scott Free producing. McMullin will write the script.
This was a very competitive landscape with 10 bidders, including Apple, Netflix, Sony and Warner Brothers. Deal closed at low seven figures for the short story and the writing deal. Ultimately 20th prevailed when Scott attached to direct, and due to Scott Free’s relationship with McMullin.
Scott Free’s Ridley Scott and Michael Pruss are producing. Scott is coming off the hit Napoleon and is currently at work finishing Gladiator 2. This would come a ways down the line, since it has to be scripted and developed.
Short story is a template for an...
This was a very competitive landscape with 10 bidders, including Apple, Netflix, Sony and Warner Brothers. Deal closed at low seven figures for the short story and the writing deal. Ultimately 20th prevailed when Scott attached to direct, and due to Scott Free’s relationship with McMullin.
Scott Free’s Ridley Scott and Michael Pruss are producing. Scott is coming off the hit Napoleon and is currently at work finishing Gladiator 2. This would come a ways down the line, since it has to be scripted and developed.
Short story is a template for an...
- 12/15/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: We have just learned about this manga feature adaptation which is in early works at Columba Pictures, and that’s the Akihito Tsukushi Made in Abyss which Kevin McMullin is adapting. Roy Lee’s Vertigo Entertainment is producing, along with Bullet Train and Heroes actor Masi Oka.
Made in Abyss has spawned a 2017 anime TV series and a sequel film that premiered in Japan in January 2020, as well as an action-role playing game and digital publication.
Made in Abyss follows an orphan girl Riko, who seeks to find her mother, presumed dead, after she descends into a giant hole deep in the Earth called the Abyss. Riko’s adventures are with her robot friend Reg. The Abyss contains artifacts and remnants of a civilization long gone, and is therefore the popular hunting spot for Cave Raiders. Those who enter the cave can experience a curse or malady. Riko’s mother,...
Made in Abyss has spawned a 2017 anime TV series and a sequel film that premiered in Japan in January 2020, as well as an action-role playing game and digital publication.
Made in Abyss follows an orphan girl Riko, who seeks to find her mother, presumed dead, after she descends into a giant hole deep in the Earth called the Abyss. Riko’s adventures are with her robot friend Reg. The Abyss contains artifacts and remnants of a civilization long gone, and is therefore the popular hunting spot for Cave Raiders. Those who enter the cave can experience a curse or malady. Riko’s mother,...
- 6/25/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The 15th annual Black List survey was revealed Monday December 16, and it includes 66 un-produced screenplays from up-and-coming literary talent. Results were pooled from a survey of more than 250 film executives, each of whom contributed the names of up to 10 favorite scripts that were written in, or are somehow uniquely associated with, 2019 and will not have begun principal photography during this calendar year. This year, scripts had to receive at least six mentions to be included on the Black List.
Since 2005, more than a third of the screenplays included in the annual Black List surveys have become produced films, and often to notoriety — such as “Argo,” “American Hustle,” “Juno,” “The King’s Speech,” “Slumdog Millionaire,” “Spotlight,” “The Revenants,” “The Descendants,” and “Hell or High Water.” Melina Matsoukas’s 2019 film “Queen & Slim,” written by Lena Waithe with a story co-authored by James Frey, was featured on the 2018 Black List.
Below is the...
Since 2005, more than a third of the screenplays included in the annual Black List surveys have become produced films, and often to notoriety — such as “Argo,” “American Hustle,” “Juno,” “The King’s Speech,” “Slumdog Millionaire,” “Spotlight,” “The Revenants,” “The Descendants,” and “Hell or High Water.” Melina Matsoukas’s 2019 film “Queen & Slim,” written by Lena Waithe with a story co-authored by James Frey, was featured on the 2018 Black List.
Below is the...
- 12/16/2019
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
The Blood List, an annual survey of Hollywood’s best unproduced horror scripts, has anointed a class of 2019 which includes an Olivia Wilde project, an extreme bodybuilding misadventure and a sinister trip to a luxury spa.
Now in its eleventh year, the list was created by Brillstein Partners manager and producer Kailey Marsh (Hulu’s “Light as a Feather”). Over 50 film and TV executives at the story editor level and above voted on this year’s crop of scripts, a mix of both features and pilots, in horror and subgenres like thriller, sci-fi and dark comedy. The report also offers a user-submitted list called “Fresh Blood,” which saw 513 entrants on the Blood List site.
The most high profile of the projects is “Don’t Worry Darling,” set up at New Line with Wilde (“Booksmart”) taking the lead in front of and behind the camera. Carey Van Dyke and Shane Van Dyke...
Now in its eleventh year, the list was created by Brillstein Partners manager and producer Kailey Marsh (Hulu’s “Light as a Feather”). Over 50 film and TV executives at the story editor level and above voted on this year’s crop of scripts, a mix of both features and pilots, in horror and subgenres like thriller, sci-fi and dark comedy. The report also offers a user-submitted list called “Fresh Blood,” which saw 513 entrants on the Blood List site.
The most high profile of the projects is “Don’t Worry Darling,” set up at New Line with Wilde (“Booksmart”) taking the lead in front of and behind the camera. Carey Van Dyke and Shane Van Dyke...
- 11/2/2019
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Olivia Wilde’s next directorial project “Don’t Worry, Darling,” written by Carey Van Dyke and Shane Van Dyke, and the Eli Roth-produced “10/31” are among those unproduced scripts selected for the 2019 BloodList.
Also on the list is bodybuilding thriller “Apex” and time-traveling sci-fi film “The Traveler” by Austin Everett.
The BloodList is an annual list of the best unproduced screenplays and pilots of the year. It was created in 2009 by Kailey Marsh, who is a manager and producer at Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
Also Read: Joe Russo, Bryce McGuire Scripts Selected for 2018 BloodList
According to Studio System, 25% of the scripts that have been featured on the BloodList have gone on to be produced. Previous scripts that were featured on the BloodList include “Arrival,” “Birdbox,” “The Shallows,” “The Voices” and most recently, Sundance film “The Other Lamb” and Fantastic Fest’s “We Summon the Darkness.”
This year’s list also includes...
Also on the list is bodybuilding thriller “Apex” and time-traveling sci-fi film “The Traveler” by Austin Everett.
The BloodList is an annual list of the best unproduced screenplays and pilots of the year. It was created in 2009 by Kailey Marsh, who is a manager and producer at Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
Also Read: Joe Russo, Bryce McGuire Scripts Selected for 2018 BloodList
According to Studio System, 25% of the scripts that have been featured on the BloodList have gone on to be produced. Previous scripts that were featured on the BloodList include “Arrival,” “Birdbox,” “The Shallows,” “The Voices” and most recently, Sundance film “The Other Lamb” and Fantastic Fest’s “We Summon the Darkness.”
This year’s list also includes...
- 10/30/2019
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Low Tide, directed and penned by first-timer Kevin McMullin, is a Jersey Shore set narrative about buried treasure and fractured friendships. Alan (Keean Johnson), Red (Alex Neustaedter), and Smitty (Daniel Zolghadri) are troubled teens who rob homes, and during one of their excursions Alan’s brother Peter (Jaeden Martell) is forced to help them out. When [...]
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- 10/6/2019
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
By now, you all know the drill. When we have a busy week, article wise, when there isn’t enough space to get to everything hitting theaters, we use part of the weekend to catch up on reviews. Today, the round up has three titles to detail, which again represent a trio of very different genres. There’s the teen mystery Low Tide, the documentary Memory: The Origins of Alien, as well as the action outing Semper Fi. How are these films? Are any of them worth recommending? All of them? Well, read on to find out my take on each of the movies below… Low Tide Back at the Tribeca Film Festival, this teen-centric drama/mystery/thriller played, and I was bummed to have missed it. Now, as it hits theaters, I’ve finally caught up with it and am glad I did. Too often, having a younger cast...
- 10/5/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Few living novelists have been adapted as frequently as Stephen King, and yet, you can count on one hand the number of truly great movies to have come from that endeavor. That’s why I’m more keen on a new genre of projects that distill the essence of what King does best — retro tales of small-town New England characters faced with dangerous situations and the even more threatening local nutjobs, à la “Stranger Things” — than I am to catch “In the Tall Grass” or the upcoming “Doctor Sleep.”
My favorite King movie has long been “Stand by Me,” and I’d wager that’s one of the key influences writer-director Kevin McMullin had in mind with “Low Tide,” . There’s also a fair amount of “The Lost Boys” and “Goonies” in this teenage “Treasure of the Sierra Madre,” although first-time helmer McMullin is especially good at channeling the King vibe.
My favorite King movie has long been “Stand by Me,” and I’d wager that’s one of the key influences writer-director Kevin McMullin had in mind with “Low Tide,” . There’s also a fair amount of “The Lost Boys” and “Goonies” in this teenage “Treasure of the Sierra Madre,” although first-time helmer McMullin is especially good at channeling the King vibe.
- 10/5/2019
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Plot: The friendship of three young teenagers is tested when they illegally discover a secret treasure. Review: There is a certain picturesque beauty to Low Tide, a new crime drama from writer/director, Kevin McMullin. With his feature film debut, he tells a familiar story, one that is reminiscent of films like Goonies and Stand By Me. He has collected a young group of actors including Jaeden…...
- 10/4/2019
- by JimmyO
- JoBlo.com
It can be hard to recognize when a life-defining moment falls into your lap, especially when you’re still just a scrawny teenager who feels like he’s watching the world go by from the sidelines. As desperate as we are to grow up, people seldom clock the moment they start coming of age. Peter (Jaeden Martell) doesn’t have that problem. When this frustrated kid stumbles upon a bag full of $100,000 in buried treasure, he can practically hear the starting gun ringing in his ears.
Growing up on the Jersey Shore, Peter and his better-developed older brother Alan (“Alita” hunk Keean Johnson) haven’t really been able to appreciate the romantic allure that brings wealthy tourists to their blue-collar hometown. But a small fortune in gold coins has a way of altering your perspective in a hurry. This will be their one magic summer. This will be the year when everything changed.
Growing up on the Jersey Shore, Peter and his better-developed older brother Alan (“Alita” hunk Keean Johnson) haven’t really been able to appreciate the romantic allure that brings wealthy tourists to their blue-collar hometown. But a small fortune in gold coins has a way of altering your perspective in a hurry. This will be their one magic summer. This will be the year when everything changed.
- 10/2/2019
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
First-time filmmaker Kevin McMullin drew on his own background to tell a Jersey Shore story in “Low Tide,” and the personal connection shows. His coming-of-age tale doesn’t break new ground, but it does set the stage for continued potential.
McMullin was heavily inspired by both the setting and stories of his childhood, and convincingly blends the mix of menace and adventure found in films like “The Goonies” and “Stand by Me.”
He’s set his own movie somewhere around the mid-1980s, near Point Pleasant, New Jersey. It’s summer, and we can see immediately the clash between the suspicious “townies” and the vacationing “Bennies.” Most resentful among the locals is Red, who is both a few years older and a whole lot angrier than the teens he leads in undercover acts of class warfare.
Also Read: 'Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn' Film Review: 2019's Second...
McMullin was heavily inspired by both the setting and stories of his childhood, and convincingly blends the mix of menace and adventure found in films like “The Goonies” and “Stand by Me.”
He’s set his own movie somewhere around the mid-1980s, near Point Pleasant, New Jersey. It’s summer, and we can see immediately the clash between the suspicious “townies” and the vacationing “Bennies.” Most resentful among the locals is Red, who is both a few years older and a whole lot angrier than the teens he leads in undercover acts of class warfare.
Also Read: 'Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn' Film Review: 2019's Second...
- 10/2/2019
- by Elizabeth Weitzman
- The Wrap
Just because writer/director Kevin McMullin’s debut feature Low Tide centers on a trio of locals stuck in a New Jersey banks vacation town and forced to watch rich kids come every summer to treat them like one of the attractions with which to entertain themselves doesn’t mean it’s an “us versus them” story. Alan (Keean Johnson), Smitty (Daniel Zolghadri), and Red (Alex Neustaedter) seek to make it one by breaking into empty houses while their owners are having fun on the boardwalk, but reality soon shows how these teens aren’t created equal. While Smitty lives in a trailer with his grandma and Alan in a rundown home watching his brother Peter (Jaeden Martell) because Dad’s gone on a fishing boat for weeks, Red wants for nothing.
Well, that’s not completely true since he obviously wants for attention when his status as the richest...
Well, that’s not completely true since he obviously wants for attention when his status as the richest...
- 9/30/2019
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Low Tide centers on Alan (Keean Johnson), a high school youth who spends his summer breaking into the homes of New Jersey residents with his friends Red (Alex Neustaedter) and Smitty (Daniel Zolghardri). During one of their exploits, Alan brings his younger brother Peter (Jaeden Martell) along, and they find a bag of gold coins [...]
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- 9/30/2019
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
“She’s a countdown girl,” says a troubled teen named Red, “the closer she gets, the farther she gets from a 10.” It’s a crude judgment, though not an unexpected one from a group of boys watching women walk by on the pier. It’s also how “Low Tide” works. “Goonies” meets “The Lost Boys” is an attractive selling point, with a setting to fulfill its charming premise.
Continue reading ‘Low Tide’: Kevin McMullin’s Crime Thriller Is Like ‘Goonies’ Without The Fun [Review] at The Playlist.
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- 9/26/2019
- by Asher Luberto
- The Playlist
Jaeden Martell is about to have a pretty great autumn. About a month after he returns as young Bill Denbrough—alongside his adult counterpart, James McAvoy— to do battle with Pennywise in “It: Chapter 2,” the young actor will star in a story that looks just as dark, albeit without the killer clowns.
A24 has released its first trailer for “Low Tide,” the directorial debut for Kevin McMullin which looks like equal parts modern noir, suburban western and character-driven drama.
Continue reading ‘Low Tide’ Trailer: ‘It’ Actor Jaeden Martell Stars In Another Coming-Of-Age Thriller Coming This Fall at The Playlist.
A24 has released its first trailer for “Low Tide,” the directorial debut for Kevin McMullin which looks like equal parts modern noir, suburban western and character-driven drama.
Continue reading ‘Low Tide’ Trailer: ‘It’ Actor Jaeden Martell Stars In Another Coming-Of-Age Thriller Coming This Fall at The Playlist.
- 8/9/2019
- by Alex David Lynch
- The Playlist
"Red's crazy, and Red doesn't like it when people lie." A24 has unveiled the first trailer for an indie thriller titled Low Tide, which is the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Kevin McMullin. This first premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, and is heading to theaters in the fall. The film is about a group of young friends who get into trouble when they find a bag of gold coins. Alan, Red, and Smitty spend high summer on the Jersey Shore roving the boardwalk and getting into trouble. But the discovery of good old fashioned treasure sets the friends on an escalating course of suspicion and violence in this atmospheric thriller. The film stars Jaeden Martell, Shea Whigham, Keean Johnson, Alex Neustaedter, Daniel Zolghadri, as well as Kristine Froseth. This looks pretty mediocre, especially with that uber cliche "good guy/bad guy" speech. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Kevin McMullin's Low Tide,...
- 8/8/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
A24 and DirecTV will distribute teen crime drama Low Tide, which had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival over the weekend.
Kevin McMullin makes his feature debut on the project, which follows Alan, Red and Smitty, who spend the summer on the Jersey Shore, roving the boardwalk and getting into trouble, until the discovery of good old-fashioned treasure sets the friends on an course of escalating suspicion and violence.
It actor Jaeden Martell, Alita's Keean Johnson and Alex Neustaedter star, alongside Daniel Zolghadri, Kristine Froseth and Shea Whigham.
Neighborhood Watch's Richard Peete produced with Automatik's Rian Cahill ...
Kevin McMullin makes his feature debut on the project, which follows Alan, Red and Smitty, who spend the summer on the Jersey Shore, roving the boardwalk and getting into trouble, until the discovery of good old-fashioned treasure sets the friends on an course of escalating suspicion and violence.
It actor Jaeden Martell, Alita's Keean Johnson and Alex Neustaedter star, alongside Daniel Zolghadri, Kristine Froseth and Shea Whigham.
Neighborhood Watch's Richard Peete produced with Automatik's Rian Cahill ...
- 4/30/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
A24 and DirecTV will distribute teen crime drama Low Tide, which had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival over the weekend.
Kevin McMullin makes his feature debut on the project, which follows Alan, Red and Smitty, who spend the summer on the Jersey Shore, roving the boardwalk and getting into trouble, until the discovery of good old-fashioned treasure sets the friends on an course of escalating suspicion and violence.
It actor Jaeden Martell, Alita's Keean Johnson and Alex Neustaedter star, alongside Daniel Zolghadri, Kristine Froseth and Shea Whigham.
Neighborhood Watch's Richard Peete produced with Automatik's Rian Cahill ...
Kevin McMullin makes his feature debut on the project, which follows Alan, Red and Smitty, who spend the summer on the Jersey Shore, roving the boardwalk and getting into trouble, until the discovery of good old-fashioned treasure sets the friends on an course of escalating suspicion and violence.
It actor Jaeden Martell, Alita's Keean Johnson and Alex Neustaedter star, alongside Daniel Zolghadri, Kristine Froseth and Shea Whigham.
Neighborhood Watch's Richard Peete produced with Automatik's Rian Cahill ...
- 4/30/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
New Jersey-born Kevin McMullin, a shorts and commercial director who runs the NYC production outfit Boy and Star, makes his feature debut in the Tribeca Film Festival’s Narrative Competition with the location-rich teen crime drama Low Tide. Alan (Keean Johnson), Red (Alex Neustaedter), and Smitty (Daniel Zolghadri) spend their summer breaking into houses along the Jersey Shore, an enterprise that escalates from youthful petty crime into something much darker when one particularly valuable score — a bag of gold coins — is discovered. The gang is fractured apart, a division exacerbated by the presence of the local beauty, Mary (Kristine […]...
- 4/29/2019
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
New Jersey-born Kevin McMullin, a shorts and commercial director who runs the NYC production outfit Boy and Star, makes his feature debut in the Tribeca Film Festival’s Narrative Competition with the location-rich teen crime drama Low Tide. Alan (Keean Johnson), Red (Alex Neustaedter), and Smitty (Daniel Zolghadri) spend their summer breaking into houses along the Jersey Shore, an enterprise that escalates from youthful petty crime into something much darker when one particularly valuable score — a bag of gold coins — is discovered. The gang is fractured apart, a division exacerbated by the presence of the local beauty, Mary (Kristine […]...
- 4/29/2019
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Now in its eighteenth year, New York City’s own Tribeca Film Festival kicks off every spring with a wide variety of programming, from an ever-expanding Vr installation to an enviable television lineup, but the bulk of the annual festival’s programming is movies. This year’s festival offers up plenty of familiar faces with new projects alongside newcomers. While Tribeca’s wide-ranging conversation programs and reunion events tend to dominate the schedule, the festival also offers a robust selection of documentary and narrative features worth the trip downtown.
This year, the program has reached a new milestone: gender parity across its three competition sections. Fifty-two narratives and 51 documentaries will debut throughout the 12-day festival. The competition section features 12 documentaries, 10 U.S. narratives, and 10 international narratives. The event will also host 15 spotlight narratives, 16 spotlight documentaries, as well as five Midnight features, and 17 Viewpoints selections.
This year’s Tribeca Film Festival...
This year, the program has reached a new milestone: gender parity across its three competition sections. Fifty-two narratives and 51 documentaries will debut throughout the 12-day festival. The competition section features 12 documentaries, 10 U.S. narratives, and 10 international narratives. The event will also host 15 spotlight narratives, 16 spotlight documentaries, as well as five Midnight features, and 17 Viewpoints selections.
This year’s Tribeca Film Festival...
- 4/22/2019
- by Kate Erbland, Eric Kohn, David Ehrlich, Anne Thompson, Chris O'Falt, Jude Dry and Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
The 18th edition of Tribeca Film Festival will get underway next month, featuring 103 films from 124 filmmakers, with 50% women-directed films in the three competition sections. Highlights include world premieres directed by Abel Ferrara, Werner Herzog, Christoph Waltz, as well as films by Sebastian Schipper, Mary Harron, Peter Strickland, and Andrew Ahn.
Check out the lineup below for the festival taking place April 24 – May 5.
U.S. Narrative Competition
Tribeca’s U.S. Narrative Competition showcases extraordinary work from breakout independent voices and distinguished filmmaking talent. These ten world premieres will vie for the Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Actor, and Best Actress. Last year, the award for Best Narrative Feature went to Kent Jones’ Diane while Jeffrey Wright was awarded Best Actor for his role in O.G. Other previous films from this section include Reed Morano’s Meadowland (2015), Ingrid Jungermann’s Women Who Kill (2016), and...
Check out the lineup below for the festival taking place April 24 – May 5.
U.S. Narrative Competition
Tribeca’s U.S. Narrative Competition showcases extraordinary work from breakout independent voices and distinguished filmmaking talent. These ten world premieres will vie for the Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Actor, and Best Actress. Last year, the award for Best Narrative Feature went to Kent Jones’ Diane while Jeffrey Wright was awarded Best Actor for his role in O.G. Other previous films from this section include Reed Morano’s Meadowland (2015), Ingrid Jungermann’s Women Who Kill (2016), and...
- 3/5/2019
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
The Tribeca Film Festival has set its full feature slate for 2019, selecting 103 titles including world premieres of films by Jared Leto, Christoph Waltz, and Margot Robbie.
The 18th edition of the festival, which runs from April 24 to May 5, will include documentaries from Antoine Fuqua, Werner Herzog, and Abel Ferrara, and music-focused docs highlighting the lead singer of band Inxs (“Mystify: Michael Hutchence”), Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman (“The Quiet One”), and musician Linda Ronstadt (“Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice”) with Sheryl Crow performing after the premiere.
Leto’s “A Day in the Life of America” is a crowd-sourced documentary featuring footage from all 50 states on July 4, 2017. Waltz is making his directorial debut with the crime drama “Georgetown,” starring himself, Annette Bening, and Vanessa Redgrave. Robbie stars in and produces “Dreamland,” a Depression-era drama set in the Oklahoma dustbowl.
Other notable titles include “Mad Men” producer Semi Chellas making...
The 18th edition of the festival, which runs from April 24 to May 5, will include documentaries from Antoine Fuqua, Werner Herzog, and Abel Ferrara, and music-focused docs highlighting the lead singer of band Inxs (“Mystify: Michael Hutchence”), Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman (“The Quiet One”), and musician Linda Ronstadt (“Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice”) with Sheryl Crow performing after the premiere.
Leto’s “A Day in the Life of America” is a crowd-sourced documentary featuring footage from all 50 states on July 4, 2017. Waltz is making his directorial debut with the crime drama “Georgetown,” starring himself, Annette Bening, and Vanessa Redgrave. Robbie stars in and produces “Dreamland,” a Depression-era drama set in the Oklahoma dustbowl.
Other notable titles include “Mad Men” producer Semi Chellas making...
- 3/5/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Peter Strickland’s In Fabric among inaugural Tribeca Critics’ Week sidebar.
New work from Werner Herzog, the directorial debut of Christoph Waltz and a documentary about the late Inxs front man Michael Hutchence are among the line-up at the 18th Tribeca Film Festival presented by At&T, which includes the inaugural Tribeca Critics Week.
Unveiling the programme on Tuesday (5), festival brass noted that female directors account for half of the three competition strands. The feature programme includes 103 films from 124 filmmakers, of whom 42 are first-timers, and 19 return to Tribeca.
Some 40% of the feature films have one or more women directors, 29% are directed by people of color,...
New work from Werner Herzog, the directorial debut of Christoph Waltz and a documentary about the late Inxs front man Michael Hutchence are among the line-up at the 18th Tribeca Film Festival presented by At&T, which includes the inaugural Tribeca Critics Week.
Unveiling the programme on Tuesday (5), festival brass noted that female directors account for half of the three competition strands. The feature programme includes 103 films from 124 filmmakers, of whom 42 are first-timers, and 19 return to Tribeca.
Some 40% of the feature films have one or more women directors, 29% are directed by people of color,...
- 3/5/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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